Can Sergio Perez fight Max Verstappen for the 2023 F1 title? | The Race F1 Podcast

Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to review the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the first of F1’s modified sprint weekends.
There’s discussion over whether the new format was an improvement over the previous sprint format and an explanation of how Esteban Ocon’s bizarre pitlane fast lane near-miss on the race’s final lap happened.
Sergio Perez’s most convincing victory against Max Verstappen is also discussed as his chances of victory if he didn’t receive help from the well-timed safety car intervention.
The trio also discuss what this win means for Perez’s title hopes as well as the looking at all of the stories further down the field such as Fernando Alonso helping his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz’s weekend of ‘damage limitation’.

0:00 The new sprint format
4:32 The pitlane controversy
9:44 Perez v Verstappen
23:49 Leclerc gets going
27:23 Subdued Sainz
31:35 Aston Martin damage limitation
33:34 Russell's clash with Verstappen
36:39 Alpine's nightmare
41:01 Why was Russell not given a penalty?
43:30 Is the new sprint format a step forward?
46:19 Should Sainz be fearful of F2 star?
48:11 Did Williams under-perform?
50:20 Is the RB19 similar to the early season RB18?
51:45 McLaren's upgrade
53:31 Bottas struggling
55:15 The top four teams
56:03 Is Lawson in contention at AlphaTauri?
59:30 Push-to-pass better than DRS?
1:01:04 Could the sprint be a non-points fun race?

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