British GP Race Review: Charles Shines at Silverstone
7/5/202631 min
In this special edition of the pod, Damon Hill joins Rosanna Tennant and Harry Benjamin live on stage at Silverstone to reflect on a thrilling British Grand Prix in front of a packed audience. Charles Leclerc claimed his first victory in almost two years after Kimi Antonelli's race was compromised by a wheel failure, meaning Ferrari have now won two of the last three Grands Prix. We hear from Leclerc, and the team also unpick the confusion that unfolded in the closing laps as the race finished behind the safety car.
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Rosanna Tennant· Host1:09
Hello, and welcome to your Chequered Flag podcast, and we've got a special edition of the show for you because we're recording it in the pop-up hotel right in the middle of Silverstone Circuit. And as I look out from the hotel, I can see helicopters landing and taking off, taking some of the VIPs home, I'm sure, after a great day of racing, and we've still got