"Mercedes are still lost" 😲💬 | Imola PREVIEW | Sky Sports F1 Podcast 

Time Stamps: 0:01 Introduction 3:26 Lando's first win 7:40 Cars improving & Red Bull domination 12:43 Departure of 2 mechanics & track, possibilities 18:55 On Lewis to Ferrari 21:00 Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen (future) 27:05 Imola highlights 30:00 Letters Sky Sports

This proper podcast setup is way better than before. Massive improvement in audio and with the hosts interacting with each other.

I am an old grey haired F1 fan and I know that any team’s multi season domination is usually followed by a period of relative “underperforming” …. by definition . No big deal, no big surprise.

Can Sky Sports add timestamps to their videos please

i love harry benjamin i heard him on f1 tv he was always objective and accurate.

They did a really good job commentating during the race. So much better than the usual long standing Sky lead presenter

The Brit hype machine is running overtime again. All based on one race where safetycar luck and bad RB weekend was a fact. My god.

2025 Toto joins Ferrari.

Looking at it from an engineering point of view, if your CFD and wind tunnel results don’t agree with what happens on track the the CFD and/ or wind tunnel results are wrong somewhere. Just reading Adrian Newley’s book and he had that problem and discovered an issue with the wind tunnel at Southampton University. Hamilton and Russel have tried different setups with only minor improvements. There has to be something wrong with their modelling….

I feel like Ferrari feels different because Fred’s tenure has seen them make aggressive hiring decisions of people of various nationalities, instead of the old Ferrari way of filling the team overwhelmingly with Italians, boxing out dozens of prospects that could bring much needed technical skill to the team. Something’s been missing since Jean todt departed in 2007, as Domenicali’s tenure was a rollercoaster, and since 2012 they’ve been off the mark. I think Fred is the one that can bring them back to the glory a team like Ferrari should have.

I enjoyed that podcast! Well done!

Im so happy about this, in Australia we cant get F1TV easy and I put the race on mute most of the time because of croftys yelling, especially the start, on live i change the audio to the pit channel to just hear engines

So looking forward to the new commentary team! Good Luck!

So Harry thinks Max is going to willingly give up the 2025 title, hand it to Sainz , and go somewhere else… but won’t say where? 🤨 Christ, and I thought Crofty talked some nonsense. 🤣

Listening to Harry, I am glad that I have a subscription to the F1 broadcast.

Harry lost all credibility by suggesting Max will leave RBR this year. Laughable

Nice to see Harry I listened to him a bunch on motogp podcasts but I’m sure he’ll be great with Sky sports

Super enjoyable, Ben & Karun have really good chemistry 👍🏻

@14:11 verstappen just said yesterday that newey won't have some time off, cause red bull didn't requested it.

Good to hear from Karun that he will be in the paddock. The studio version of the F1 show turns me cold..and head for the off button.

Can the editor also add sections of the podcast in the video? Makes it easier to follow certain sections or selectively listen to those aspects

I spent 17 years working for F1, Many of them in the Brackley factory when it was Honda. Wonderful times. Very hard work, I was the Composites Project Manager. I so miss it, Best wishes to everyone in Brackley. I did briefly join Mercedes Engines ... and was the 11th F1 buyer to leave them in 12 months. Most dreadful experience of my life

you guys really need chapters

Wow i get to watch 1 out of 6 videos from you guys..why can't we watch ALL of your videos here in Australia?

Norris was gifted by the safetycar

As someone who has been to the Indy 500, I can confirm that traffic is the most insane you’ll ever see.

Good to see them on the same room!. About time to get out of the zoom calls work from home 😁

Why is Antonelli so highly rated? F2 is not fast. Not slow. Just average.

looking foward to my favourite commentators baxk in the paddock!

Love Harry from Crash MotoGP podcast 😊

Great look for the podcast! Looks like money.

A similar thing happened at the end of the Mansell, Senna, Prost era where they all seemed to just take turns (then retire, or retire and return) for Willams which had a ridiculously dominant car. Another Newey car so would make sense if he goes to Ferrari. Maybe Alonso might get one year after Lewis is done.

I think Horner will sign Sainz as a back up for Verstappen potentially leaving at the end of 25 or to keep him and Jos in check as part of the power play.

Thank god no Crofty ty sky ty ty ty u do listen imolas gonna be sooo good now ty ty ty

I think Lewis will do another contract at Ferrari after his 2yrs and stay on till he’s 43/45

Is Karun's shirt the new pink/green white/grey argument? My eyes can't tell

Merc certainly aren’t lost anymore at this stage after FP2 at Imola. I think the sheriff is back to town in the person of James Allison & things are about to change.

Sainz should sign with Williams and push on with a team that are building the riggt way

Ferrari must just remember the old saying when signing all these people like Newey that too many cooks.....🤔

So no Martin or Crofty this week?

Do the likes of Martin not feel a bit jumped over to have this random guy doing comms and not them? Martin would be perfect.

I will miss crofty he is very good, but I also think Karun is a really good pundit now . Hope it goes well

I like Karun's idea of Max taking a year out to do other things. It would be brilliant if he did!

Sometimes the ease with which these 'experts' are suggesting how F1-teams can solve problems and how they 'cannot understand how they [certain F1-teams] have not yet found solutions to their problems' is sometimes astonishing. As if they have done all of this F1-team work before in a successful way.

If Max finds the new Red Bull engine fall short - he then has only one good choice for 2026: Aston Martin with the Honda engine.

Kind of disappointed they didn't let Alex Jacques do it.

I think he hit it on the head. I think Red Bull know their power train isn't going to be up to scratch just like at the start of the Merc dominance. Same with why a lot are leaving Merc. It's all looking very promising for Ferrari.

I love how media totally disregard the known facts for something that makes for a good story. Newey departure though breaking news to media and the rest of the f1 consumers, I am certain in fact both Max and Horner mentioned that Adrian's departure was already in the pipeline. RB is so big a company so they have been working on this transition for a while which is why Max keeps telling you lot, Newey departure doesn't change things. He is comfortable and happy with what he got going with RB. As for the lower workers going elsewhere, that's absolutely normal in F! when a team is successful, people look for opportunities elsewhere especially given cost cap and also opportunities for going higher up the ladder. The most important pieces at Redbull are robust to handle change. As for the engine thing, while it is true that, this is new territory for RB, but we do well to remember Redbull hired engineers from across the paddock including retaining guys from the honda project, I am pretty certain they have the right minds and a top class facility never mind

I really hope that all this excitement doesnt boil down to the same as usual result. F1 NEEDS things to mix up

Do Crofty and Nico practise their commentary?

19:08 Wasn't the Lewis to Ferrari move leaked? Wdym he controlled the narrative?

This video aged like milk,its redbull struggling now 🤣🤣

Truly unsufferable amount of speculation

Can't wait to see Adrian at Ferrari next year, Fred is probably took him from Monaco on tour of Italy 😂😂😂

“We have had the domination from Red Bull so long..” 😂😂😂😂 did you really say that? Its only been the 2nd part of 2022 and full season 2023… Merc had 2014-2020! ……

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You can’t all be first

Is Martin getting ready to call it a day? He's missed a couple races already.

Ferrari is getting themselves in a load of trouble with all these new teammembers …. They will bring friction with the already existing crew, they don’t want to be ambushed or taken over by outsiders, the culture within Ferrari is nothing like any other team, that will clash. Communication issues. Getting new teammember in….means kicking current Ferrari crew out…. That will have an impact on the loyalty feel within the team as well. It will bring a lot of friction, irritation, misunderstandings, unhappy and less motivated crew members… All these changes all at once will destabilize the team for a period of time…… And..all these new teammembers means for cost cap that they need to FIRE FERRARI CREW for it…….

At the top are always the guidelines to keep the language clean. It's time for Sky to stick to this too. Because politely knocking someone to the ground is also not adhering to the guidelines

Stroll needs to go,so Sainz can join the big man Alonso!!!

I'm not excited about team Bahrain, i would rather Ferrari or RB for the win.

They have all failed in statistics, not enough data for conclusion they arrive at. Except Mercedes

10:36 Mercedes experimenting = excuses for Hamilton's inconsistent results.

Take a year of to let LH win his 8 wdc?

LOL at the British Bias/Opium Max will win by 20 seconds

So glad to see the back of Crofty for a race, who knows, this guy might actually know what team a driver races for 😅

I don't think even Chandok is interested in Chandok's opinion.

Karun…. The McLaren DID NOT WORK IN THE SPRINT NOR THE GP QUALI…… they ate the soft tyres!! They couldn’t even drive 1 full Quali lap with them!!

Alonso wouldn't have even come close to winning Imola 2005 had Kimi Raikkonen's car not broken down! Kimi was flying! What an overrated drive!

I fear Max’s revenge this weekend…

Mercedes have been ‘lost’ for 3 years. I don't know why this is still a surprise to everyone, people just love the Mercedes slander too much i guess.

If Red Bull Austria Sells out to Ford which is very likely. Will they want a US driver, and whom would it be ? Will HAAS sign Logan Sargent ? Will the F1 organisation allow a three driver team configuration given the amount of fly away races are exhausting the drivers and personal ?

`Why would Ferrari take failing Merc designers, aero people and engineers? I don't get it.

God I wish they'd stop wittering on about "Red Bull dominating for so long" - its been two years - big deal. Merceedes (8), Ferrari (6), McLaren (4), even Red Bulll themselves (4), another 7 teams have won back to back.

2025 I'm driving for Mercedes guys.🙋 the seat no one wants.😂😂😂😂😢

Oh no! Anyway....

Max won't leave Red Bull until a seat becomes available at Ferrari in maybe 3 years' time. Then, he'll make the switch to Ferrari, grab a couple of titles and retire.

Harry Benjamin was doing so well until he went full click bait nonsense. Sigh

All this talk of the merc engine being so good for 2026…makes you wonder if Max takes Oscars seat for 26 since McLaren are doing better with the merc engine and we end up with Max and Lando recreating Senna-Prost.

At least Lewis still at his best

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Please replace Crofty with Harry!!

Could you not get anyone better than Chandok as a guest? he has 11 entries, no points, and his best finish is 17th in formula E a decade ago.

'We dont really talk about Lewis to Ferarri anymore' is a an absolute JOKE. WE dont talk about it, you lot bring it up 14 times per interview, EVERY WEEKEND. I'd put 50 quid on it being brought up at least twice in every single skyf1 podcast since it was announced.

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A name change to Failcedes is mandatory.

Mercedes are more lost than my wife’s car fob 😂. She should get a job at Brackley the amount of times she loses it. They’ll be a good fit.

Its NOT A BORING SEASON WHEN MAX WINS EVERYTHING!!!! Its a INCREDIBLE, RECORDBREAKING SEASON TO ENJOY!!! The British anti Max talk…..

First comment!! P1

Mercedes nailed one car and everyone thought they were legends! Lucky seems more appropriate

Mercedes will be finished until the new regs in 2026 end

Karun is a nightmare should be martin or ant alongside harry so chuffed for harry spent years doing all the lower classes and doing bbc live radio and loves MotoGP mega choice

Everybody wants to see other drivers and teams in the mix to win and to champion. For this, it's important to make sure that what happened in Abu Dhabi 2021 and the budget transgression in 2022, that those unwanted interventions are prevented ever from happening again, and if they do, they will be more severely punished.

What's up with this "Harry"? Why is he pasted into this podcast? His mouth movement doesn't even match what he is saying, is he some kind of AI commentator project?

Matt Baker will never, ever give his own opinion.Does he even have one?

what a extremely dull show

Well Mercedes in a mess , Red Bull in a crisis, Newey going speculation, this is boring ! You have milked it enough, there are eight other teams, sixteen other drivers! I don’t think your programs are unbiased, with informative accurate information.

This could be the worst commentary weekend ever....

When one has a loving character, one will receive that in return. That's what we have seen with the gratulations Lando received. Differs massively from Max.