Ep87: F1 Spanish GP: The Win Kimi Apologised For
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Ep87: F1 Spanish GP: The Win Kimi Apologised For

B1IntermediateSeptember 14, 202643 min
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Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 F1 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, then said it probably should have been Lando Norris's. Di disagrees: McLaren pitted Lando after the virtual safety car had ended, then took seven seconds to change his tyres. Mercedes called Kimi in within three seconds. The better team won. On a Formula 1 weekend both hosts rate the dullest of the season, Di and Ciara Gillan still find plenty to argue about. Max Verstappen cut a corner and gave the place back before the stewards had to act. Lewis Hamilton lost his brakes on lap six for...

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Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix and then said it probably should have been Lando's. McLaren botched the virtual safety car, Lando put his feet on the table and drank a non-sponsored drink he wasn't meant to, and the president of the FIA has already decided which driver he'd like to see win. All that from the dullest race of the season. Let's get into it.

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Hello, hello, and welcome back to Away We Go podcast, a Formula One podcast that goes beyond the track limits to talk about travel and lifestyle surrounding the sport. I'm your host, Diane Bortoletto, and today I'm at home in Margaret River and joined again by the ever lovely Kira Gillan from Formula Live Pulse. Welcome back to the show, Kira.

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Yeah, he thinks having me back. We've just had the Spanish Grand Prix, not at the Mad Rick, at the Mad Rick, apparently that's how you are supposed to pronounce it, in Madrid, the Spanish Grand Prix. And I've got to be honest, it was boring as, boring as. After the high from Monza last week,

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