<p>Graham and Luke return to review the first round of F1 2026, and...well, maybe it&#39;s closer than we think? </p><p>This week we talk:</p><ul><li>Mercedes live up to favourites tag, but Ferrari give them good run for money…before strategy fumble (1:37)</li><li>Ollie Bearman, the class of the midfield; Ocon unlucky not to score points (29:25)</li><li>Arvid Lindblad stars in debut weekend; early setback for Lawson (33:45)</li><li>Bortoleto scores debut points for Audi; unfortunate DNS for Hulk (39:39)</li><li>Gasly and Ocon refuse to grow up (44:37)</li><li>A great Alonso start as good as it gets for Aston (50:25)</li><li>Perez and Cadillac finish the race; rivalry with Lawson re-ignites (53:04)</li><li>Norris’ and Verstappen’s weekends analysed (55:50)</li><li>Hadjar undone by reliability (64:39)</li><li>Piastri’s pre-race crash (67:31)</li><li>Disappointing weekend for Williams and Colapinto, other than his quick reactions (71:51)</li><li>More light shed on Aston/Honda struggles(76:55)</li><li>Drivers share their displeasure of the new F1 (87:15)</li><li>Chinese GP Preview (105:16)</li></ul>