Kimi vs George HEATS Up & Hamilton’s Best Ferrari Weekend Yet?
5/27/202650 min
In this week's episode of High Performance Racing, Otmar, Jake and Rob break down the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix and the growing tension at Mercedes as George Russell and Kimi Antonelli go wheel-to-wheel.
Was George unlucky, or is Kimi now a genuine title threat? The trio discuss Mercedes’ rules of engagement, whether Toto Wolff needs to step in, and why Antonelli is already being talked about as a generational talent.
Plus, we look at Lewis Hamilton’s breakthrough P2 for Ferrari, what it says about his confidence, why Charles Leclerc may be feeling the pressure, and whether McLaren made a major strategy mistake by starting on intermediates.
And... as always - some dad jokes to close. Let us know what you think and leave us a comment, question or message!
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First 90 secondsJake Humphrey· Host0:00
[whooshing] Gentlemen, welcome along. How you doing?
Speaker 20:03
All good. All good. Fresh from, uh, Canada.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:08
Amazing. Well, look, thank you for being back.
Speaker 20:09
Landed this morning, this morning. [whistling] Um, yeah, it was good.
Speaker 30:13
All cool.
Speaker 20:13
Yeah, yeah, it was good. Eventar got me here. [laughs] Didn't miss a beat.
Speaker 30:17
Oh, Eventar.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:18
That's his... Who owns that, I wonder?
Speaker 30:20
Who, who owns Eventar?
Speaker 20:20
[exhales] I don't know. They just asked me to wear this T-shirt.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:23
That's lovely. But you- Or maybe I do [laughs]. You smell fresh. Otmar arrived and had a shower in the building.
Speaker 30:28
I did. I know. I saw on our little group chat, which is why I said there's too much information on this chat. [laughs] He said, "I've had a shower and I feel much better." I was like, "What sort of fucking operation have I walked into here?"
Jake Humphrey· Host0:38
That's exactly what you said. And on that note, welcome along to another episode of High Performance Racing. We are gonna talk about, of course, uh, George and Kimi, and the state of the championship. We're gonna discuss exactly what McLaren were thinking and why they were thinking it, um, in the Canadian Grand Prix. We're gonna definitely talk about Lewis Hamilton. Is there anything else from the weekend that you really want to talk about that you haven't heard being discussed elsewhere that you want to bring to the table?
Speaker 20:59
Yeah, let's see what happens as we go. [laughs] Might be.
Jake Humphrey· Host1:03
That's basically our approach to every show so far.
Speaker 21:05
[laughs] Yeah.
Jake Humphrey· Host1:06
Let's just see what happens and [laughs] yeah.
Speaker 21:07
Jump off that bridge when we get to it.
Speaker 31:09
Yeah.
Speaker 21:09
All right. The, the- Ask us some questions ... talk about something else bridge.
Jake Humphrey· Host1:12
Okay. Uh, please make sure that you subscribe to High Performance Racing. Almost everyone that enjoys the show isn't subscribed. It really helps us if you can. Let's do it then. Welcome along to the latest episode of High Performance Racing as we review the Canadian Grand Prix. So we're now three days post-race. We saw an emotional George