Lewis Hamilton, Can He? Will He?

With a 36-point deficit in the Drivers’ Championship, can and will Lewis Hamilton win his fourth title in 2016? Will Nico Rosberg’s lady luck shine all season long? While Ferrari vs. Mercedes might seem to be a farce, Nico Rosberg vs. Lewis Hamilton is serious business, say Mithila and Kunal in this week’s episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast. (Read: F1, Back In Business?)

Apart from Hamilton’s race notes, Rosberg needs to read and learn from his party notes. Burger King, like really? And we ask the question everyone wants to – are Hamilton’s off-track activities making him lose focus on-track? He might not have any more jokers left, but isn’t he the joker himself?

APPLAUD! All 22 cars finished the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix, 3 different teams made it to the podium and Fernando Alonso finished his first full race of the season. APPLAUD! (Read: Alonso, The Unluckiest Double World Champion?)

Could Raikkonen and Ricciardo have raced to the podium had it not been for their opening lap issues? Also, did Mercedes try too hard to get Hamilton to test all of Pirelli’s compounds in China? We tell you why Force India is a dream team as they ‘follow their leader’ and has Haas run out of ‘beginner’s luck’?

18 driver, 18 bills and 18 credit card payments – it seems that DUTCH is the flavour of the Formula 1 season. We also speculate why Raikkonen, Palmer, Magnussen and Haryanto missed the #racingunited dinner in China. (Read: Match Fixing And Formula One)

Finally, 22 minutes to dry a damp patch on the main straight? Whoever said that the Chinese are most efficient! (Read: Why The Chinese GP Is Shorter!)

Tune in!

(Season 2016, Episode 12)

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