Ferrari's in trouble, Renault's cooked and Williams is absolutely roasted. We investigate the disappointing lack of fast-food sponsorship in Formula One on our way to analysing the safety car-less Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
So still that question hangs in the air as Formula One hurtles towards its European leg of the season. is anyone good enough to beat Mercedes? On current form, the answer is a resounding no.
Michael and Rob are joined by Trent 'Not McGinley' Price to consider just how badly wrong F1 could get any qualifying changes, Helmut Marko's penchant for fake news and whether the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be haunted by Marcus Ericsson's racing ghost.
Michael, Rob and Pete disagree about the Baku Red Bull Racing crash, then agree Daniel Ricciardo will leave RBR next year, but then disagree about where he's going, and Finnish commentator Niki Juusela gets a mention to balance out all the Australia chat.
Lewis Hamilton has ended his longest victory drought since 2015-16 with a win on the streets of Baku, but the reigning world champion admitted his Mercedes car wasn’t fast enough to win on merit.
Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo will apologize to their Red Bull Racing team for their crash in Azerbaijan, but both want to retain their freedom to race each other for the rest of the season.
Sebastian Vettel believes he had no choice but to try to pass Valtteri Bottas for the lead after the safety car restart on Lap 48 despite the move losing him a podium finish.
Lewis Hamilton claimed a fortunate first victory of the season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, inheriting the race lead after Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel’s races imploded in the last 10 laps.
McLaren is pinning its season’s hopes on a major upgrade at next month’s Spanish Grand Prix, but the bloodletting for its poor start to the year has already begun, with the team reportedly axing one of its technical chiefs.
As Sebastian Vettel celebrated his third successive pole position, his teammate Kimi Raikkonen was left wondering what could have been after losing his shot at P1 in a moment of sudden oversteer.
Red Bull Racing’s qualifying deficit to the more powerful Ferrari and Mercedes cars won’t matter in the race because the slipstream effect in Baku is so powerful, says Daniel Ricciardo.