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They're being way more liberal in using Team Radio this season too - very cool.

@darkmelkor said:

Awesome, thanks mate. I guess my next question is how much control the teams have over when it's deployed. Surely, like KERS there is an optimal moment to use it. It used to be in the low-range gears before long stretched to ensure you reached top speed quicker. But if it's delivering that much extra power then maybe it's more useful in the mid-range gears for overtaking.

Anybody know? :O

@jrht80 said:

Well at least now we're able to hear the tyres skid, the crowd cheer and even the bloke talking on the tannoy.

@darkmelkor said:

Not sure. AFAIK it's automatic but predicable, so how it's being used to overtake is beyond me. Hoping they go into it after the race.

@datarez said:

I'm not sure. 33 seconds of ERS is a third of a lap, but according to the commentators it's the reason for many of the non-straight overtakes we're seeing. As for DRS, it's still being used on the straight for overtakes, but I imagine overtaking cars are using the ERS also to alleviate the front car's ability to defend with it.

I recon we're gonna learn a lot more about all this once the race is over.

I'm gonna have to get Drew to move the podcast recording to 7am. There's no fucking way we're covering all this in an hour...

@mrfizzy said:

He broke too late, locked them and couldn't slow down fast enough. F1 cars cannot turn much at all while the brakes are locked, so he just kept going. Driver error is seems.

I cannot believe they were on-board for Bottas' crash. Following in Massa's footsteps. Hopefully he can re-join.

I don't even know what to look for here. Look at the names in that top 10. Overtaking all over the circuit.

Cautious of getting carried away, but this is tremendously exciting racing.

This is mental :D