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welcome to the late breaking F1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me Ben Hocking reviewing the first qualifying session of the 2026 Formula One season,
a qualifying session dominated by Mercedes, a one-two from row lockout,
George Russell getting pole position ahead of Kimi Antonelli.
Sam there's a lot to talk about in terms of where the team's teams lie where these drivers have all qualified but before we get to all of that i mean this is the first time we've seen these cars out on track in anger what did you make of it oh it was so good it was so good to see cars going i would say full pelt around the track but there were many instances
as we've now seen where they're not going full pelt around the racetrack um and that is something that is going to take a lot of adjustment is corners that used to be heading to them flat out,
you know, brake at the latest moment possible.
That's the whole point of this show, late braking.
And now you'll get braking three, 400 metres before the braking zone to do this super clipping,
which is a new phrase that we're having to adjust to.
You like that one, mate?
I actually, I'm not a massive fan of the super clipping,
but I think I dislike the term super, super, oh, I can't even say it.
Super clipping even more.
Yeah, it's like porpoising never died.
It just managed to resurface as something else.
Well, that's that's evil for you.
It'll always re-emerge as something else.