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FORMULA 1:
DRIVE TO SURVIVE
NETFLIX
We know how the
fourth series of Drive To
Survive finishes: in
acrimony and
confusion after the
final lap of the deciding
race of last year’s
Formula 1 season. No
matter, the selective,
fly-on-the-wall
approach
mischievously dissectsthe frosty relationship
between alpha-male
title rivals Lewis
Hamilton and Max
Verstappen and their
respective teams,
Mercedes and Red Bull.
Alas for Netflix, riled by
his perception that
Drive To Survive
overemphasises feuds,
Verstappen refused to
take part, beyond
brooding in the
distance and some
swearing behind thewheel. It is sadly a hole
the docu-series cannot
fill. The ending is
high-octane drama, of
course, but so too is
the episode on1 Luca Ferraro (GBR)
2 Jamie Hunter (NZ)
3 George Finlayson (AUS)
4 Simon Schuerch (SWI)
5 Ollie Wynne-Griffith (GBR)
6 To m G e o r g e (GBR)
7 James Bernard (USA)
8 Ollie Parish (GBR)
9 Charlie Marcus (cox) (GBR)1 Liam Corrigan (USA)
2 David Ambler (GBR)
3 Barnabe Delarze (SWI)
4 Jack Robertson (AUS)
5 Roman Roosli (SWI)
6 Charlie Elwes (GBR)
7 Angus Groom (GBR)
8 Tobias Schroder (GBR)
9 Jack Tottem (cox) (GBR)1 Adriana Perez Rotondo (SPA)
2 Caoimhe Dempsey (IRE)
3 Paige Badenhorst (SA)
4 Ruby Tew (NZ)
5 Bronya Sykes (GBR)
6 Sarah Portsmouth (GBR)
7 Grace Prendergast (NZ)
8 Imogen Grant (GBR)
9 Jasper Parish (cox) (GBR)1 Julia Lindsay (CAN)
2 Amelia Standing (GBR)
3 Christine Cavallo (USA)
4 Anja Zehfuss (USA)
5 Anastasia Posner (GBR)
6 Gabrielle Smith (CAN)
7 Erin Reelick (USA)
8 Annie Anezakis (AUS)
9 Joe Gellett (cox) (GBR)* Race moved from Henley to London(G an1111122 44 66 88The event returns to the River^33333555557777799999
Thames today for the first time in
three years, having been cancelled in
2020 and raced on the Great Ouse in
2021 due to coronavirus restrictions.
by Ben Willcocks
BREAKING DOWN THE
... 2022 BOAT RACE
OLYMPIC COMPANY
Thirteen Olympians will participate in this year’s boat race,
including four GB medal winners from Tokyo. Tom George and
Ollie Wynne-Griffith, who both won bronze last year, will feature
in the Cambridge men’s team while Charlie Elwes — a teammate
of theirs in Japan — is set to race for Oxford men. Oxford also
have Team GB’s Angus Groom, who won Olympic silver in the
men’s quadruple sculls last summer.
In the women’s race, New Zealand gold medallist Grace
Prendergast, right, will race for Cambridge after topping the
podium in the coxless pair in Japan. Rowing alongside
Prendergast is British Olympian Imogen Grant – she missed
out on an Olympic medal by one hundredth of a second
last summer.
Anastasia Posner, a medical student and former Team GB
rower, is racing for Cambridge for a fifth time, having triumphed
in all four of her boat races between 2013 and 2016.ENTER GEORGE CLOONEY
Hollywood star George Clooney,
left, paid a surprise visit to the
Oxford women’s team during
one of their training sessions
ahead of the 2022 race.
Recalling the day, Annie
Anezakis said: “George Clooney
came and visited us which was a
huge day. We went into the boat
base and I was saying to Erin
and Christine ‘Guys that man
looks so much like George
Clooney’ and they were like
‘Yeah, not really – whatever.’
We approached and surprise,
surprise it was George.”HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Men’s race
165 races
Cambridge
85
80
OxfordThe Women’s race
74 racesCambridge
4530
(1 dead heat) Oxford
Last ten women’s racesYear Winner Winning distance (lengths) Winning time
Cambridge
Cambridge
CambridgeOxfordCambridgeCambridgeOxford
Oxford
OxfordOxford¾
5
724¼116½
4
1¾116:27
18:47
19:0621:496:3818:3319:45*
5:50
7:216:38TEAMS
Last ten men’s racesYear Winner Winning distance (lengths) Winning time
Cambridge
Cambridge
CambridgeCambridgeCambridgeOxfordOxford
Oxford
OxfordOxford1
1
32½4¼1¼6½
11
1⅓414:12
16:57
17:5118:3817:2316:5917:34
18:36
17:2817:32202120132019
2018
2017
2016
2015
20142012
2011202120132019
2018
2017
2016
2015
20142012
2011Men Womenwooden spoonists
Haas, funded by the
soon-to-be-sanctioned
Russian oligarch
Dmitry Mazepin, whose
petulant (also
soon-to-be-
sanctioned) son Nikita
just happened to be
their — in every sense
— pointless driver.
Mazepin Sr’s solution to
Jr’s ineptitude behind
the wheel? Simply
build him a new car.
John AizlewoodMY
CLUB
WHY SOUTHAMPTON?
I’m born and bred
Southampton — a Hampshire
boy. My dad was in the army, a
soldier based at Winchester,
so we’ve all had our base
down here and I’ve come
home to roost to live in
Hampshire myself, just north
of Southampton.EARLY MEMORIES?
The Dell would never be the
most beautiful place to watch
football but my goodness it
was fun going as a kid. One of
my abiding memories would
be Graeme Souness scoring
at the old Dell, when Liverpool
beat Southampton. Little did I
know that 30 years or so later I
would be sitting next to him in
a studio at various grounds.
My shame is I remember
one day, when Ian Branfoot
was manager, people used to
bring — it was awful looking
back at it — old boxes of fruit
and tomatoes. At that age,
you sort of join the crowd and
I remember coming very
close [to hitting him] with a
rotten tomato. I’m appalled
now when I think about it.BEST OF TIMES?
Getting the job as the face of
Super Sunday and Monday
Night Football and getting the
chance to present
Southampton matches. The
first season I started, they
weren’t in the Premier League,
and then they had that great
season in the Championship
to gain promotion and I was
so excited about fulfilling a
dream — presenting
Southampton matches on the
TV. The first match was at the
Etihad and it looked for a long
time like we were going to
come away with possibly
three points or at least one.
And the away fans, a little bit
like a Poznan, used to turn
around and celebrate with the
studio. I would sit there
blushing because I was trying
to stay neutral.WORST OF TIMES?
The relegation was
heartbreaking but now I live
the disappointment through
my son — he’s 12 and he’s
Southampton mad. I’ve taken
him twice to Wembley and
both of them have ended in
tears. The League Cup final in
2017 and the FA Cup semi-final in 2018. It broke my heart
to see him go through the
emotions I remembered so
well as a kid.FAVOURITE PLAYER?
Everyone would expect me to
say Matt Le Tissier because I
grew up in that era and
worked with him, but it’s
actually Steve Williams. He is
the best central midfield
player I’ve ever seen put on a
Southampton shirt. When he
left for Arsenal, my world
ended. I just thought he was a
brilliant player — on the ball
particularly. He was much
more aggressive and
temperamental looking back
but I used to idolise him.LEAST FAVOURITE PLAYER?
When I was young, we used to
hurl abuse at Franny Benali —
to start with he was a bit of a
hate figure but he then
became a club legend and a
good friend.Days spent at
The Dell hold
very special
memories for
Ed ChamberlinBenali became a cult figureTHOUGHTS ON THIS SEASON?
Southampton have done an
amazing job considering
every fan was expecting
doom and gloom at the start
of the season. Ralph
[Hasenhüttl] will get a lot of
the credit but a lot of it is
down to the structure and
hierarchy at the club. In Martin
Semmens we have arguably
one of the best chief
executives in the league.FOOTBALL OR RACING?
As a day out, going to watch
Southampton with my lad
Sam is my favourite way of
relaxing. Football is a great
way of escaping and it’s now
my hobby.
Ben WIllcocks
Ed Chamberlin will be
presenting ITV’s Grand
National Festival coverage
from 1.45pm on Thursday