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What would Formula 1 look like if we were in charge?In this episode, we're making the changes we'd love to see in F1. Some are realistic, some are controversial, and a few might have fans arguing in the comments.Here's what we're getting rid of (or changing):🏁 Blue flags🎤 Mandatory Martin Brundle grid walk interviews🏆 Points for every finisher, not just the top 10🚫 Plus plenty more ideas that we think would make Formula 1 even better.Do you agree with our picks, or have we completely lost the plot?Let us know in the comments: What's ONE thing you'd get rid of in Formula 1?👍 If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more F1 discussions, race reviews, previews, and debates every week.
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We love Silverstone. That's important to say upfront.The British Grand Prix is one of the greatest races on the Formula 1 calendar. The atmosphere, the history, the crowds, the circuit itself — Silverstone is everything a Formula 1 race should be. We were there this year. We had an incredible time.And we came home absolutely furious about the prices.Because here's what it actually costs to attend the British Grand Prix in 2026.£300 for a Sunday ticket. £150 for parking. £8 for a pint. £40 for a hat. £20 for a programme. £18 for a meal deal.Let that sink in. A family of four attending the British Grand Prix on Sunday — tickets, parking, a round of drinks and something to eat — is looking at well over £1,500 before they've bought a single piece of merchandise or paid for travel.This isn't a premium experience surcharge. This is profiteering. And it's happening at a race that has always prided itself on being the home of British motorsport — a race that was built on passionate, loyal fans who have been coming to Silverstone for decades.Because here's what makes this different to Monaco or Las Vegas. Nobody pretends those races are for ordinary fans. They're luxury events with luxury price tags and everyone knows it going in. But Silverstone has always felt different. It's always felt like it belongs to the fans. The campsites. The queues. The standing sections. The sense that this is a people's race.And the prices are quietly killing that.Because £150 for parking isn't a premium. It's a barrier. £8 for a pint isn't hospitality pricing. It's exploitation. And £300 for a Sunday ticket — for a race that starts at 3pm and is over by 5 — is becoming genuinely difficult to justify for the fans who have been coming here their entire lives.We love Silverstone. We want to keep going. But if the prices keep rising at this rate, a lot of the fans who made this race what it is won't be able to afford to.And that should worry everyone.
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Lewis Hamilton was supposed to be the story at Silverstone.Nine British Grand Prix victories. A Ferrari that has been improving race by race. A home crowd that was ready to go absolutely wild. And a championship that suddenly, genuinely needed him to deliver.He finished third.And Charles Leclerc won.
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Earlier this year, we made a video called "F1 Isn't Real Racing Anymore. Prove Me Wrong."Nobody proved us wrong. But eight races into the 2026 season, the racing has.Because here's the thing about the 2026 Formula 1 regulations. We didn't like them. The battery deployment. The energy management. The hybrid complexity that made it feel less like racing and more like a moving engineering puzzle. We said it out loud and we meant it.
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It's time for the British Grand Prix.And for the first time in a long time, nobody knows what's going to happen.Because the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship has never felt more alive than it does heading into the British Grand Prix. Russell won Austria. Antonelli leads the championship but looked vulnerable for the first time this season. Verstappen reminded everyone at the Red Bull Ring exactly why he's a four-time world champion. And Lewis Hamilton — at his home race, in a Ferrari, in front of a crowd that has always adored him — arrives with momentum, a point to prove, and Silverstone in his bones.
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George Russell won the Austrian Grand Prix. His second win of the season. His seventh career victory. Pole position converted into a controlled, hard fought win at the Red Bull Ring.And somehow, that's not the headline.Because Max Verstappen recovered from fifth to second, closing down Russell's lead lap after lap in brutal Spielberg heat, and along the way produced exactly the kind of drive that reminds you why he's a four-time world champion. More than once during that recovery, Verstappen went wheel to wheel with Lewis Hamilton. Properly wheel to wheel. The kind of racing that immediately took us back to 2021.Five years later. Different teams, different stakes, same intensity.So that's our verdict on Austria. Russell won the race. Verstappen won the weekend.Because here's where the championship stands now. Russell has cut Antonelli's lead at the top of the standings to just 40 points. Antonelli had a messy opening stint and only found real pace too late, finishing third behind Verstappen. Ferrari, who looked genuinely competitive in qualifying with Leclerc on the front row, fell away badly in the race — Hamilton finishing fifth, Leclerc eighth after tyre struggles. And Norris endured a quiet, forgettable afternoon in seventh, miles from where McLaren need to be.But the racing itself. The racing was exceptional.Because when you actually watch what happened at the front of that field — the overtakes, the battles, the margins, the drama right up until the chequered flag — it's hard not to wonder whether the 2026 regulations are doing exactly what they were supposed to do. Closer racing. More unpredictability. Genuine battles rather than processions.We've said it before and Austria proved it again.
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You've got your tickets. You're going to Silverstone. And you have absolutely no idea what you're walking into.We've been. We've made the mistakes so you don't have to. And we've put together the five things that genuinely changed our experience for the better — the stuff nobody tells you until you've already learned it the hard way.Silverstone is one of the great Formula 1 weekends. But like any major event, knowing a few things in advance makes the difference between a good day and a great one.If you're heading to Silverstone this year, hopefully this helps. And if you're new here — welcome. We're The Chicane. We talk Formula 1 every week, covering the debates, the drama, and everything in between.
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Jack has an opinion. Jack always has an opinion.And this time it's about special liveries in Formula 1. The one-off designs. The commemorative paint jobs. The rainbow schemes, the retro throwbacks, the Pride rounds, the heritage editions, the partnered rebrands that last exactly one race weekend before disappearing forever.Jack thinks there are too many of them. That they're a distraction. That we're all here to watch racing, not a rolling art exhibition.
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Two years ago, Carlos Sainz had a choice.
Ferrari had just announced Lewis Hamilton was taking his seat. Sainz was a free agent, a four-time Grand Prix winner, and one of the most sought-after drivers on the grid. Audi came calling. Mattia Binotto — his former Ferrari boss, a man who knows exactly what Sainz is capable of — made him an offer. Even his father, Carlos Sainz Senior, reportedly wanted him to take it.
Sainz said no. He chose Williams instead.
At the time, it made sense. Williams were on the rise. They had Mercedes power. They had James Vowles rebuilding the team from the ground up. They finished fifth in the 2025 constructors’ championship. The future looked bright.And then 2026 happened.Williams arrived at the opening race overweight and uncompetitive. They missed pre-season testing. After seven rounds they are 251 points behind Mercedes. Sainz is 14th in the drivers’ championship with six points. At Barcelona he finished two laps down. Two laps. And Vowles has now admitted the team won’t realistically be fighting at the front until 2028.Sainz is 31 years old. He doesn’t have until 2028.So now the rumours are swirling. Multiple sources are reporting that Sainz is questioning his Williams future. Audi — led by Binotto, backed by one of the biggest manufacturers in the world, and making a reasonable start to their first F1 season — are reportedly back in the conversation. The deal he walked away from two years ago is apparently back on the table.And this time, Williams have given him every reason to take it.Because here’s the question. Was Sainz right to choose Williams over Audi in the first place? And if he leaves now — if he walks away from a team he helped rebuild — does it mean Williams are in even more trouble than anyone thought?
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The Austrian Grand Prix has been officially declared a heat hazard race. Track temperatures are forecast to hit 53°C. Europe is in the middle of a record breaking heatwave. And somehow, none of that is the hottest thing happening at the Red Bull Ring this weekend.Because Lewis Hamilton just won in Barcelona. His first ever win for Ferrari. And what was a 66-point gap to Antonelli six weeks ago is now just 41. The championship that looked like a formality is suddenly, genuinely, uncomfortably open.Hamilton arrives in Austria with momentum, a Ferrari that is improving race by race, and the kind of confidence that comes from proving everyone wrong at 41 years old. He wants back to back wins. Ferrari are bringing a power unit upgrade. And the Red Bull Ring’s long straights should play right into their hands.Is Hammer Time actually back? Austria is where we find out.
