rich 1.0 George Russell's weekend went from bad to worse: slower than teammate Kimi Antonelli all weekend, punted off by Hamilton on lap one, and now 50 points adrift in the championship. Can he salvage his season before the summer break? Jennie Gow steps in for Nicola as she and Ben Edwards break down an absorbing Belgium Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli bags his sixth win of the season and looks utterly untouchable. Charles LeClerc grabbed second but escaped a controversial defence on Oscar Piastri — should he have been penalised? Plus, Max Verstappen secures another podium but those McLaren rumours just aren’t going away. Joining the show is legendary TV producer Andy Wilman (Top Gear, The Grand Tour, Clarkson's Farm) with a fascinating story about one of the all-time greats, ‘el Maestro’, Fangio. Plus we take a look at: Aston Martin's dire form — Fernando Alonso finishes two laps down The tight midfield battle: Alpine vs Racing Bulls vs a resurgent Audi Isaac Hadjar's remarkable run and what it means for Red Bull's second seat Hungarian GP preview and summer break driver market speculation The Prediction Championship of the World standings update Drop your Hungary predictions in the comments! 🔔 HIt the FOLLOW button so you never miss an episode. 📱 Follow us @ESSENTIALF1 on socials. Essential F1 https://audioboom.com/channels/5148359-essential-f1 Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43458036/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8930763/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>