Ep18 - Saudi GP Preview

It's only been one race and already every team that isn't Red Bull or Aston Martin appears to be in meltdown, the boys look at the upcoming Saudi GP weekend and pick their random fandoms for the upcoming weekend

• Mercedes Meltdown
• Game of Thrones: House of Maranello
• Dan Hates Everyone
• Dr.Marko's Magic Nokia
• Alex Albon Licking Batteries
• Trackside Toilets Top Trumps

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**Introduction:**

* The first Grand Prix of the season has already caused a stir, with every team except Red Bull and Aston Martin seemingly in crisis.
* The podcasters preview the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and select random teams to support for the weekend.

**News:**

* Ford and Red Bull's partnership for 2026 is confirmed, with Ford providing battery technology and Red Bull producing the combustion engine.
* Dr. Helmut Marko discusses his relationship with Red Bull management, expressing some distance from the current structure.
* AlphaTauri is confirmed to remain part of the Red Bull family, despite rumors of a potential sale.

**Mercedes Meltdown:**

* Mercedes endured a disastrous start to the season, finishing outside the podium while customer team Aston Martin secured a third-place finish.
* Toto Wolff called it the worst race of his career, while Lewis Hamilton criticized the team's development process.
* Mercedes issued a letter to fans acknowledging their disappointment and addressing the negative feedback they received.

**Game of Thrones: House of Maranello:**

* Ferrari is reportedly undergoing a shake-up under new team principal Fred Vasseur, with several senior figures facing the axe.
* Charles Leclerc met with Ferrari president John Elkann to discuss the team's struggles and seek solutions.
* CEO Benedetto Vigna's involvement in the day-to-day operations of the team could potentially clash with Vasseur's authority.

**Dan Hates Everyone:**

* The podcasters discuss the potential for further drama and upheaval within Ferrari, highlighting the team's history of internal strife.

**Dr. Marko's Magic Nokia:**

* Dr. Helmut Marko's reliance on his old Nokia phone for post-race debriefs with Dietrich Mateschitz is mentioned, emphasizing his traditional approach.

**Alex Albon Licking Batteries:**

* Alex Albon's habit of licking 9-volt batteries is jokingly referenced, highlighting his unconventional methods of generating energy.

**Trackside Toilets Top Trumps:**

* The podcasters engage in a lighthearted discussion about the quality of trackside toilets at various circuits, adding a touch of humor to the episode.

**Random Fandom:**

* Dan and Blake select random teams to support for the upcoming weekend, adding an element of unpredictability and excitement to their viewing experience.

**Wild Takes and Conspiracy Theories:**

* The podcasters invite listeners to share their wild takes and conspiracy theories related to Formula One, promising to discuss them in a future episode.

**Fraud Watch and Engine Mode Good Boy:**

* The podcasters consider potential candidates for the "Fraud Watch" and "Engine Mode Good Boy" segments, highlighting individuals or teams that deserve recognition or criticism.

**Conclusion:**

* The podcast wraps up with a brief recap of the main talking points, emphasizing the significance of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the potential for further drama in the Formula One world. # Podcast Episode Summary: The Engine Breaking Podcast

## Overview:

- The podcast begins with a discussion about the recent developments in Formula One, including the poor performance of teams other than Red Bull and Aston Martin.

- The hosts, Dan and Blake, express their skepticism about Aston Martin's and Fernando Alonso's chances of success this season, citing the team's recent departures and rumors of internal issues.

- They also speculate about potential driver swaps, such as Leclerc to Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari, but ultimately agree that both options have their drawbacks.

- The hosts then engage in a lighthearted segment called "The Shit House," where they discuss various amusing topics related to Formula One, such as the use of Amazon Kindles as headrests in McLaren cars.

## Season Rewind:

- The hosts take a trip down memory lane to revisit the previous season, highlighting key moments and storylines.

- They recall Red Bull's disastrous start to the 2022 season, with both cars retiring in the first race due to fuel issues, and Ferrari's initial strong performance before fading as the season progressed.

- They also discuss Max Verstappen's controversial qualifying lap at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where he crashed in the final two turns but still secured pole position, leading to debates about whether the lap should be considered legitimate.

## Jeddah Circuit Preview:

- The hosts preview the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, focusing on the unique characteristics of the Jeddah circuit.

- They highlight the circuit's high-speed nature, with 27 corners and only seven instances where drivers come off the throttle during a lap.

- They also discuss the importance of a balance between top speed and downforce for cars to perform well on this track, and the potential advantages that Ferrari might have in terms of top speed.

## Top Five Qualifying Predictions:

- Dan and Blake make their predictions for the top five qualifiers in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

- Dan predicts a Red Bull-dominated qualifying session, with Sergio Perez in first, Max Verstappen in second, and Charles Leclerc in third.

- Blake's predictions are more conservative, with Verstappen and Perez in the top two positions, followed by Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, and George Russell.

## Podium Predictions:

- The hosts make their predictions for the top three finishers in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

- Dan predicts a Red Bull victory, with Perez in first, Verstappen in second, and Alonso in third.

- Blake's predictions are similar, with Verstappen in first, Perez in second, and Leclerc in third.

## Random Fandom Segment:

- The hosts introduce a new segment called "Random Fandom," where they randomly select a team to support for each race weekend and provide a brief report on their performance.

- Dan's randomly selected team is Alfa Romeo, while Blake's is Mercedes.

- Dan expresses his hope that Mercedes will improve their performance after a disappointing start to the season, while Blake jokes that he will be biased against Mercedes in his report.

## Conclusion:

- The podcast ends with the hosts discussing the upcoming race weekend and expressing their excitement for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. ## Podcast Episode Summary:

### Introduction:

- The podcast discusses the aftermath of the first race of the Formula One season in Bahrain and the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
- The hosts express their surprise at the struggles faced by teams other than Red Bull and Aston Martin in the season opener.

### Mercedes Meltdown:

- Mercedes' poor performance in Bahrain is analyzed, with the team facing difficulties in qualifying and race pace.
- The hosts highlight Mercedes' focus on pit stop practice and calibrating themselves to the FIA's penalty system.

### Game of Thrones: House of Maranello:

- Ferrari's struggles in Bahrain are discussed, particularly the double energy store failures experienced by Carlos Sainz.
- The hosts express concern for Ferrari's performance and predict potential issues in the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

### Dan Hates Everyone:

- Dan's general dislike for everyone is acknowledged, and the hosts discuss the reasons behind his negative attitude.

### Dr. Marko's Magic Nokia:

- Dr. Helmut Marko's influence at Red Bull is examined, with the hosts attributing the team's success to his leadership.
- They discuss Marko's ability to identify and develop young talent, as well as his strategic decision-making.

### Alex Albon Licking Batteries:

- Alex Albon's unusual habit of licking batteries is mentioned, and the hosts speculate on the reasons behind this behavior.

### Trackside Toilets Top Trumps:

- The hosts engage in a lighthearted discussion about the quality of trackside toilets at Formula One circuits.

### Random Fandoms for the Saudi Arabian GP:

- The hosts reveal their random fandom choices for the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, expressing their support for various teams and drivers.

### Conclusion:

- The hosts wrap up the episode by highlighting the key points discussed and expressing their excitement for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

### Additional Notes:

- The podcast episode includes a segment where the hosts interact with Twitter users and discuss their feedback on the show.
- The episode also features a recommendation for the podcast "I'm Not Here to Hurt You," which explores the story of an academic who becomes a bank robber.

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[00:54.080 -> 00:57.800] You're listening to the most fraudulent F1 podcast
[00:57.800 -> 01:00.560] with Dan, AKA EngineNode11.
[01:00.560 -> 01:03.760] I secretly moonlighted to tell what Marco at race weekend.
[01:03.760 -> 01:05.180] And Blake, AKA Break. Echo chambers of f weekend and Blake, a.k.a.
[01:05.180 -> 01:08.800] Break echo chambers of farts and idiots on Twitter after races.
[01:08.800 -> 01:11.520] It's the engine breaking up one podcast.
[01:17.280 -> 01:20.520] Straight in with the toots, straight in with the toot toot.
[01:20.660 -> 01:24.580] Welcome back to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix preview.
[01:25.000 -> 01:25.120] We're going to give you an introduction of what to expect. We're going to dig into all the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix preview.
[01:27.600 -> 01:29.080] We're gonna give you an introduction of what to expect. We're gonna dig into all the gossips.
[01:29.080 -> 01:32.640] Well, this is a very technical, technical podcast
[01:32.640 -> 01:34.480] where we only focus on objective things.
[01:34.480 -> 01:36.200] We don't offer any opinions.
[01:36.200 -> 01:38.040] We're not full of crap half the time.
[01:39.280 -> 01:40.120] No, I'm just kidding.
[01:40.120 -> 01:41.240] Nobody believes you.
[01:41.240 -> 01:44.060] Nobody, this is the most fraudulent Formula One podcast
[01:44.060 -> 01:45.000] on the internet, but I'll tell you why in
[01:45.000 -> 01:46.000] a second.
[01:46.000 -> 01:48.520] We're going to dig into the gossip.
[01:48.520 -> 01:51.360] Apparently Ferrari and Mercedes are already imploding after race one.
[01:51.360 -> 01:53.720] Is this being blown out of proportions in the media?
[01:53.720 -> 01:54.720] Who knows?
[01:54.720 -> 01:55.720] Are we going to make it worse?
[01:55.720 -> 01:56.720] Yes, probably.
[01:56.720 -> 01:57.720] Probably.
[01:57.720 -> 02:00.160] So welcome to the engine breaking podcast.
[02:00.160 -> 02:06.240] My name is Blake and I am joined here by the gorgeous Dan, AKA engine mode 11.
[02:06.240 -> 02:11.840] We are two former Formula One engineers that are completely biased towards Red Bull because
[02:11.840 -> 02:15.120] they paid our salaries for a number of years.
[02:15.120 -> 02:19.600] And now we're here making fraudulent, terrible Formula One content for you.
[02:19.600 -> 02:24.320] But also the thing we kind of sometimes know what we're talking about.
[02:24.320 -> 02:25.140] But the bad part, here's the
[02:25.140 -> 02:26.580] bad part for you guys.
[02:26.580 -> 02:30.240] You guys can't tell when we're wrong because you start to believe us and that's how we
[02:30.240 -> 02:31.240] trick you.
[02:31.240 -> 02:35.720] So, um, well, that is a gaslighting engine breaking F1 podcast.
[02:35.720 -> 02:38.360] Oh my God.
[02:38.360 -> 02:41.960] That's what we do here.
[02:41.960 -> 02:47.920] The gaslighting, we're going to change the name officially to the gaslighting podcast, which is basically what Ferrari do to all their fans to get them to
[02:47.920 -> 02:52.120] still support them after this many, many years. It's like, this is your fault. This is going
[02:52.120 -> 02:58.080] badly. So what do we, what do we got in this episode? We got some news. We're going to
[02:58.080 -> 03:02.280] do a little rewind segment that we've added. It's where we kind of look back at last year
[03:02.280 -> 03:05.320] this time. And what was the vibe? what was happening, where were teams at?
[03:05.320 -> 03:08.120] We'll give you guys a little Jetta preview.
[03:08.120 -> 03:12.560] Dan's cooked up the random fandom where we both get assigned a team for the weekend and
[03:12.560 -> 03:13.760] we kind of follow them around.
[03:13.760 -> 03:16.120] We got a report card, we make some notes.
[03:16.120 -> 03:17.120] We do.
[03:17.120 -> 03:22.760] And I will just say for the viewers of video, I have bad news for you.
[03:22.760 -> 03:25.000] The spinning wheel has not arrived in time.
[03:25.000 -> 03:30.360] Oh my goodness well it was promised what are we gonna do for them I think you
[03:30.360 -> 03:37.280] should shave again. If you want to deal with my wife by all means but let me
[03:37.280 -> 03:42.660] tell you she will fuck you up. But you said she's great. She is but if you take
[03:42.660 -> 03:46.520] my beard off she loves my beard.
[03:46.520 -> 03:48.360] She used to do roller derby.
[03:48.360 -> 03:50.120] You know what roller derby is?
[03:50.120 -> 03:51.120] Yeah.
[03:51.120 -> 03:52.120] It's badass.
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[03:53.120 -> 03:54.120] And she will, she will fuck you up.
[03:54.120 -> 03:55.120] Awesome.
[03:55.120 -> 03:56.120] What else?
[03:56.120 -> 03:57.120] We asked Twitter for some stuff.
[03:57.120 -> 03:59.720] We got, we've got all your wild takes.
[03:59.720 -> 04:02.720] You got your conspiracy theories and we're going to go, we're going to vet a couple of
[04:02.720 -> 04:04.480] those at the end of the podcast.
[04:04.480 -> 04:06.680] So if you were interacting with us on Twitter,
[04:06.680 -> 04:08.680] if you're not following us on Twitter yet,
[04:08.680 -> 04:09.600] what are you doing?
[04:09.600 -> 04:10.480] Yeah, why not?
[04:10.480 -> 04:11.880] Engine breaking on Twitter.
[04:11.880 -> 04:14.280] We take all the most toxic parts of Twitter,
[04:14.280 -> 04:15.680] sprinkle some glitter on it,
[04:15.680 -> 04:17.480] and then present it.
[04:17.480 -> 04:18.880] Then roll them in shit,
[04:18.880 -> 04:20.280] I think actually.
[04:20.280 -> 04:22.600] Then the glitter,
[04:22.600 -> 04:23.920] the glitter sticks to that part.
[04:23.920 -> 04:26.720] But yeah, then we will go back and do
[04:26.720 -> 04:27.720] will do.
[04:27.720 -> 04:28.720] I don't.
[04:28.720 -> 04:30.680] Are we going to nominate somebody for fraud watch and engine mode?
[04:30.680 -> 04:31.680] Good boy this week.
[04:31.680 -> 04:34.520] Or we just going to wait and tell people we're actually got.
[04:34.520 -> 04:36.960] We've had two events in a race.
[04:36.960 -> 04:42.320] I think we'll just maybe because I don't really have any strong candidates.
[04:42.320 -> 04:43.320] No no, exactly.
[04:43.320 -> 04:46.280] And all the all the gossip and everything else we're going to air anyway, so that's
[04:46.280 -> 04:47.280] fine.
[04:47.280 -> 04:50.920] So if you are listening to this on Spotify or watching on YouTube, we also stream this
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[05:07.800 -> 05:08.800] But we know you all anyway.
[05:08.800 -> 05:09.800] Yeah.
[05:09.800 -> 05:13.520] And make the effort to come and say hello because Blake's a fucking idiot and has decided
[05:13.520 -> 05:15.240] to do this as a full-time job.
[05:15.240 -> 05:16.240] So oh my God.
[05:16.240 -> 05:17.240] Yeah.
[05:17.240 -> 05:18.240] Yeah.
[05:18.240 -> 05:19.240] That's my validation.
[05:19.240 -> 05:20.720] It's like people come to talk to us about race cars.
[05:20.720 -> 05:23.360] I was smart and I secured a full-time contract.
[05:23.360 -> 05:28.400] So you know what? I sometimes don't
[05:28.400 -> 05:32.560] brush my teeth until after lunchtime. I can do that when I'm working from home. I guess when you
[05:32.560 -> 05:37.280] work from home, I can do the same. I mean, do you do that when you go into the office as well? Yeah,
[05:37.280 -> 05:43.440] I mean, listen, I've already got my pants on right now. Oh my God, he's standing up. No,
[05:43.440 -> 05:47.520] he's not standing up. If you're watching on video, you know this, but why don't we get into the news?
[05:47.560 -> 05:48.040] Sure.
[05:48.040 -> 05:48.680] Why don't we get into the news?
[05:48.680 -> 05:49.120] What we got?
[05:49.600 -> 05:50.480] Let's go from the top.
[05:52.840 -> 05:54.560] I've got cat hair on my lip.
[05:54.680 -> 05:54.960] Have you?
[05:55.000 -> 05:55.600] Okay, cool.
[05:55.600 -> 05:56.480] I'm not editing that out.
[05:56.480 -> 05:57.160] That can stay in.
[05:57.640 -> 05:58.000] That's fine.
[05:58.400 -> 06:02.920] Uh, so we got some, uh, news on, in regards to the Ford and Red Bull
[06:02.920 -> 06:05.420] partnership for 2026 which I think
[06:05.420 -> 06:09.700] like everyone kind of forgot with all the drama of the Mercedes meltdown and
[06:09.700 -> 06:20.580] the Ferrari Game of Thrones situation. I want Charles to know it was me! Yeah yeah
[06:20.580 -> 06:26.720] I think it's pretty much what we expected. It's just going to be like a licensing deal really.
[06:27.300 -> 06:32.940] Um, but Red Bull are sort of leaning on Ford to help them out with the
[06:32.940 -> 06:34.720] hybrid and battery technology.
[06:35.540 -> 06:35.700] Yeah.
[06:35.700 -> 06:36.280] It makes sense.
[06:36.280 -> 06:40.840] Cause you can't just chuck a couple of double A's and sell it open together and
[06:40.840 -> 06:42.360] think, yeah, this is my ERS.
[06:42.360 -> 06:43.200] This is good to go.
[06:43.600 -> 06:43.720] Yeah.
[06:43.720 -> 06:46.040] What about the Daracel roll hoop on the Willys? You reckon? Well, that's what they've done. How many kilowat this is my ERS. This is good to go. What about the Darryl cell roll hoop on the Willys?
[06:46.040 -> 06:46.440] You reckon?
[06:46.440 -> 06:47.200] That's what they've done.
[06:47.200 -> 06:48.280] How many kilowatts is that?
[06:48.280 -> 06:50.600] Yeah, it's bad for gravity as well.
[06:51.320 -> 06:53.360] If you, that's how Alex Alvin dies his hair.
[06:53.360 -> 06:55.720] He just sort of pokes his tongue on top of the air hoop, like a
[06:55.720 -> 06:56.720] 9-volt battery.
[06:57.440 -> 06:58.960] Super Saiyan Albon.
[06:58.960 -> 06:59.440] That's it.
[07:00.920 -> 07:02.840] So helmet was basically like.
[07:03.800 -> 07:06.500] Red Bull powertrains are producing the combustion engine
[07:06.500 -> 07:10.000] and Ford are going to be involved with the battery technology.
[07:10.000 -> 07:12.400] And that was that was pretty much it.
[07:12.400 -> 07:15.400] And I think we kind of all expected that because Red Bull have
[07:15.400 -> 07:19.500] dumped a lot of money and resources and facilities and hired up
[07:19.500 -> 07:22.200] basically hoovered up everybody that wanted to leave Mercedes.
[07:22.200 -> 07:22.900] That was good.
[07:22.900 -> 07:24.100] They're like, yeah, you can come over here.
[07:24.100 -> 07:28.360] We'll we'll make a power unit next. And then
[07:28.360 -> 07:31.160] everybody at Mercedes seems really sad right now, but we'll get back to that. There's not
[07:31.160 -> 07:36.160] been too many rumors from the power unit side of Mercedes. It's all heavily focused on the
[07:36.160 -> 07:40.120] chassis side from everything I've heard or everything that people are poking out in the
[07:40.120 -> 07:46.040] press. The engine can't be doing that badly because it works for the Aston.
[07:51.640 -> 07:53.200] Dan, Jesus, it wasn't valid, can't be slander if it's a fact.
[07:57.680 -> 08:02.200] I guarantee you, I can go find on the Internet a hundred instances of people taking factual statements as slander, but what about Ferrari in Singapore the other
[08:02.200 -> 08:05.400] year? You remember the two Ferraris on the Red Bull?
[08:05.400 -> 08:06.640] This is not an opinion.
[08:06.640 -> 08:07.640] This is a statement of fact.
[08:07.640 -> 08:10.560] It's like, well, actually, it was an opinion.
[08:10.560 -> 08:11.560] Classic Ferrari.
[08:11.560 -> 08:13.640] But I'm still getting this.
[08:13.640 -> 08:14.960] Speaking of Red Bull, there's been.
[08:14.960 -> 08:21.400] Do you see the notes that the headline basically reading every other news site I saw had this
[08:21.400 -> 08:23.640] hell at Marco's like, I'm not tied to anybody.
[08:23.640 -> 08:25.820] I can do whatever I want.
[08:25.920 -> 08:29.980] Yeah. As in like, I can be, I didn't necessarily see that bit, but I saw the part where he
[08:29.980 -> 08:34.080] said, it's not the same, you know, since the passing of, um, Dietrich.
[08:34.080 -> 08:38.260] And he says, like, he's not as close to whoever, whatever management
[08:38.260 -> 08:39.280] structure they've got now.
[08:39.280 -> 08:44.260] And he's like, oh, I don't, I don't always do a end of race review to things.
[08:44.260 -> 08:47.000] Like he just seems, it seemed like a bit distant really.
[08:47.320 -> 08:51.860] Um, but then him and, um, Dietrich and Marco were very
[08:52.000 -> 08:53.260] personable together, weren't they?
[08:53.260 -> 08:55.600] I mean, they were friends as well as colleagues.
[08:55.600 -> 08:58.040] So I guess it's not the same, is it?
[08:58.580 -> 08:58.880] Yeah.
[08:59.080 -> 09:03.100] Speaking of, and that, that post race review, I remember every time
[09:03.100 -> 09:07.260] we would finish a Grand Prix, Hel helmet would pick up his old Nokia phone
[09:07.260 -> 09:10.600] and he'd be on the phone and he would be caught talking to Dietrich at the end of every race
[09:10.600 -> 09:13.060] just giving an update.
[09:13.060 -> 09:17.020] How many times I remember so many times he forgot a charger for that phone and somebody
[09:17.020 -> 09:19.180] had to go source what it's like.
[09:19.180 -> 09:20.380] Nobody's got a Nokia charger.
[09:20.380 -> 09:22.820] We've got Apple and we've got USB.
[09:22.820 -> 09:23.820] That's all we've gotten.
[09:23.820 -> 09:31.800] He's like, yeah, can someone dig out a 90s Nokia charger, please for a helmet? He's old school, but so basically
[09:31.800 -> 09:36.040] the people saying in the press is now that is, I believe it's all of them in slough is
[09:36.040 -> 09:40.800] the now taken over the whole thing, which looks after the formula one side of the team.
[09:40.800 -> 09:45.760] And how much just said, I'm not that close with him. I talk to Dietrich
[09:45.760 -> 09:49.280] every day as a friend, but I don't really know this. So it seems like there could be
[09:49.280 -> 09:54.440] an interesting dynamic there. Will it change anything that we see? I don't know. Will the
[09:54.440 -> 09:59.960] juniors team be managed differently? Because we know that like Rocky, since he's stepped
[09:59.960 -> 10:04.400] back of head of race engineering, he's now looking after the young drivers program. And
[10:04.400 -> 10:08.700] that's, that was kind of a, kind of went in under the radar, but it'd be
[10:08.700 -> 10:11.100] interesting to see how that evolves in the longterm.
[10:11.100 -> 10:13.740] I think it's all great when everybody's winning and happy, but.
[10:14.240 -> 10:18.960] You know, if anybody can Mount a challenge in the crack, start to form,
[10:18.960 -> 10:19.880] what's that going to look like?
[10:20.320 -> 10:21.360] That'd be interesting to say.
[10:22.380 -> 10:22.860] Yes.
[10:22.860 -> 10:26.320] And he did also come out and say that AlphaTauri is not for sale.
[10:26.320 -> 10:30.800] It's you know it was rumored that they were going to be put up for sale.
[10:30.800 -> 10:35.920] I think obviously the passing of Dietrich may have fanned some of those flames a bit.
[10:35.920 -> 10:42.240] Because I think it's been sort of not a very well kept secret that I think AlphaTauri was
[10:42.240 -> 10:47.680] never the favorite part of F1 investment.
[10:49.200 -> 10:49.680] Not yet.
[10:50.480 -> 10:54.960] They're hanging around, Marco said. Yeah, no, they're sticking around. And to be fair,
[10:54.960 -> 11:00.960] even I thought, I always thought AlphaTauri was always for sale if you have the right amount of
[11:00.960 -> 11:07.960] money. But it is, but, but at the same time, like I, at this rate, just like thinking of
[11:08.160 -> 11:10.760] extrapolating a little bit about what AlphaTauri is supposed to be, it's
[11:10.760 -> 11:14.880] supposed to be the junior team, um, is supposed to develop the drivers, but.
[11:17.340 -> 11:21.120] I mean, quite a few of the recent drivers haven't come through that.
[11:22.320 -> 11:24.960] And then I don't, I don't see Sunoda and I don't see DeVries
[11:24.960 -> 11:32.240] ending up at Red Bull at this point, not for any specific reason, but I just don't. Yeah,
[11:32.240 -> 11:35.640] it's interesting. Cause like all the, on none of the Red Bull juniors got put in that. So
[11:35.640 -> 11:40.920] it's like, okay, what's happening to Lawson and Algo and the other guys. And then, you
[11:40.920 -> 11:44.200] know, what, what does that mean for the progression? So that's, that's interesting. Is the team
[11:44.200 -> 11:45.600] for sale or not?
[11:45.600 -> 11:46.600] I reckon you're right.
[11:46.600 -> 11:47.600] I reckon it's always for sale.
[11:47.600 -> 11:48.600] I reckon we could buy it.
[11:48.600 -> 11:56.600] Yeah, we'll get what we can do is we can copy Twitch's source code, start an illegal or
[11:56.600 -> 11:58.600] like sketchy gambling website.
[11:58.600 -> 12:07.200] OK, and then do a streaming platform and do that and then we'll sponsor AlphaTauri as the title sponsor
[12:07.200 -> 12:10.640] and we'll take it over. What are we going to call this new site? A punch?
[12:10.640 -> 12:13.680] Uh, yes, punch. We'll go with punch, yeah.
[12:15.680 -> 12:19.360] Take a cheeky small 500 million dollar loan, no big deal.
[12:20.880 -> 12:24.160] And if you're not aware of what that was, that's basically a big fuck you to kick.
[12:24.160 -> 12:25.600] Sue me, I don't give a fuck.
[12:26.200 -> 12:30.800] Yeah, that's that's a sketch that's going down like a crap sandwich, but.
[12:31.800 -> 12:33.400] But what?
[12:33.900 -> 12:34.900] So let's talk about it.
[12:34.900 -> 12:36.700] We've had one Grand Prix this season, right?
[12:36.700 -> 12:37.900] We've had one Grand Prix.
[12:38.100 -> 12:39.500] So he's done.
[12:39.500 -> 12:42.400] I'll see seasons over, but let's talk about it.
[12:42.600 -> 12:44.200] Let's put this in context, right?
[12:45.180 -> 12:46.200] Mercedes finished.
[12:46.700 -> 12:50.260] Outside of the podium while Aston Martin, their customer team finished
[12:50.280 -> 12:54.860] third, the dark Lord himself, Toto, what a total call that race.
[12:55.200 -> 12:59.440] What did like, it was, it was the worst race of his career or something.
[12:59.440 -> 12:59.820] I don't know.
[12:59.820 -> 13:01.300] He was Germany.
[13:01.300 -> 13:04.780] The other year was pretty bad too, when they were all dressed up in the period
[13:04.780 -> 13:11.440] appropriate for that occasion. Yeah, this was just like normal suits. Sorry. I know
[13:11.440 -> 13:15.560] we've got Mercedes fans listen to this podcast as well. So I'm sorry, you just have to bear
[13:15.560 -> 13:22.080] with us for 10 minutes while we, but I mean, what was it Monaco 16 when Red Bull threw
[13:22.080 -> 13:25.000] away Ricardo's easy win. Yep.
[13:25.000 -> 13:26.000] That was nice.
[13:26.000 -> 13:27.000] That was nice.
[13:27.000 -> 13:28.000] But like, we're adults.
[13:28.000 -> 13:31.000] We can take these things and reflect on them
[13:31.000 -> 13:34.000] and find somebody else to scapegoat that's not either of us.
[13:34.000 -> 13:37.000] Me and you were never responsible for anything.
[13:37.000 -> 13:39.000] We were nothing negative.
[13:39.000 -> 13:41.000] All the victories came from us.
[13:41.000 -> 13:43.000] The reason they've won these two championships
[13:43.000 -> 13:49.360] is because of all the foundation work that we laid, right? If you could, if you're not watching on video, you can't hear
[13:49.360 -> 13:54.160] the face I'm making right now, but it's the face that one makes when we're both full of shit.
[13:54.160 -> 13:59.520] But I think people can sense that sort of sarcasm in my voice. It's just there permanently.
[13:59.520 -> 14:04.400] Yeah, exactly. It's like, wait a minute. There's nothing sincere about this.
[14:04.400 -> 14:09.680] I'm telling you now, they still use systems in that company, and I guarantee you they've not changed the password on them.
[14:09.680 -> 14:13.080] So I'm telling you, that's my foundation for their victories.
[14:13.120 -> 14:14.760] They're still using my passwords.
[14:15.880 -> 14:17.040] Indeed, indeed.
[14:17.240 -> 14:20.000] So Toto says worst race ever.
[14:20.800 -> 14:28.520] Russell, Russell's comms manager about to, yeah, go to the forever box.
[14:28.520 -> 14:29.520] What did Russell say?
[14:29.520 -> 14:34.880] Oh, boy, we're going to win every race this season.
[14:34.880 -> 14:38.920] Seriously, that's race one's over and he says they've got it on lock.
[14:38.920 -> 14:44.400] Now, Hamilton has been, he was quite outspoken.
[14:44.400 -> 14:45.120] I can't remember the podcast.
[14:45.120 -> 14:51.160] I would love to give it credit, but Hamilton was talking about that and he says basically
[14:51.160 -> 14:54.440] long story short is they didn't listen to me.
[14:54.440 -> 14:56.640] I just want some accountability.
[14:56.640 -> 14:59.720] You know, he says I know how to develop a car and of course he does.
[14:59.720 -> 15:00.720] He knows what he needs.
[15:00.720 -> 15:04.720] It's it's not a joke, so.
[15:04.720 -> 15:07.360] Not a happy camp. It's race one and they're already
[15:07.360 -> 15:08.360] upset. What?
[15:08.360 -> 15:17.520] Eight years of winning. And this is not before, before I get fucking moaned out here, this
[15:17.520 -> 15:26.240] isn't a dig, right? But eight years of winning does breed a certain amount of contempt and yeah sort of I don't know what you'd
[15:26.240 -> 15:32.600] call it not not lax but you know you don't just win eight and then expect to
[15:32.600 -> 15:36.800] carry on winning you have to fight for each year and I think maybe they've been
[15:36.800 -> 15:43.680] a little bit affected by the senior staff leaving you know so yeah they are
[15:43.680 -> 15:45.200] in it at the moment.
[15:45.200 -> 15:47.800] Entitlement, that's, yeah, maybe that's the word I'm looking for.
[15:47.800 -> 15:48.800] I don't know, but.
[15:48.800 -> 15:55.000] But at the same time, it sounds very much to me like Lewis has been quite clearly, it's
[15:55.000 -> 15:59.720] like, you know, as a driver at that level, you can usually articulate things that you
[15:59.720 -> 16:02.760] need to add performance and things that you need.
[16:02.760 -> 16:05.860] You know, if it's rebalancing the car, that's where the driver is at.
[16:06.040 -> 16:09.160] If it's a philosophy that says, here's how we add performance to the car.
[16:09.800 -> 16:12.820] That's that's on the team to work with the driver to make sure when they're
[16:12.820 -> 16:16.100] adding performance to the car, that it is going in the right direction.
[16:16.100 -> 16:18.540] But he kind of got some backlash for that.
[16:18.760 -> 16:21.040] Cause people are saying, you know, don't bite the hand that feeds.
[16:21.040 -> 16:23.460] It's like, we're not really feeding right now.
[16:23.700 -> 16:24.060] Now,
[16:24.060 -> 16:30.000] Lewis spent six months of last year driving around with 25 compact computers strapped to the
[16:30.000 -> 16:35.920] back of that car. And it made absolutely fuck all difference. So I'm kind of on his side on this one.
[16:35.920 -> 16:42.400] Yeah, I get it. I am as well. It's like, but like, so this is this is all this building up,
[16:42.400 -> 16:48.040] right? And Mercedes, did you read Mercedes note to fans?
[16:48.040 -> 16:50.560] So their newsletter thing, what did you make of it?
[16:50.920 -> 16:54.520] I thought it was a bit, a bit much.
[16:55.560 -> 16:56.120] Maybe.
[16:56.440 -> 17:02.160] Um, yeah, it's like you say, it was, it was one race.
[17:02.200 -> 17:05.720] And then all I could think of was that scene from Harry Potter where
[17:05.720 -> 17:07.720] all the letters come bursting through the letterbox.
[17:07.720 -> 17:12.400] I'm like, I'm thinking that's the Tifosi if Ferrari wrote them a letter every single time,
[17:12.400 -> 17:13.400] you know?
[17:13.400 -> 17:14.400] Yeah, exactly.
[17:14.400 -> 17:16.480] It's like first time.
[17:16.480 -> 17:21.480] Yeah, but the letter basically was like, yeah, we're not happy with the performance.
[17:21.480 -> 17:22.520] We're trying to fix it.
[17:22.520 -> 17:28.160] But long the TLDR of that letter was, it was like some of you entitled shits of fans
[17:28.160 -> 17:30.560] are being absolutely toxic assholes.
[17:30.920 -> 17:32.440] Please stop.
[17:32.880 -> 17:36.680] But I guess it's the problem is like the negativity bias on the Internet.
[17:36.680 -> 17:39.120] You don't hear the good stories because they're not that exciting.
[17:39.400 -> 17:42.120] The stories that piss you off, you're going to comment on that shit.
[17:42.120 -> 17:44.040] You're going to retweet it and you're going to quote tweet it.
[17:44.480 -> 17:51.280] But oh my God. Yeah, yeah, I see. I see what you're saying. Yeah. And that was,
[17:51.280 -> 17:55.440] that was really what that message was. The message was, it's like, everybody's been clear about the
[17:55.440 -> 18:01.200] performance, right? The message was either way, here's, it was like the shit sandwich, but it was
[18:01.200 -> 18:05.120] like, uh, like a hot dog turned upside down.
[18:05.360 -> 18:09.280] Yeah, Mercedes very much got that big company PR. Whereas if
[18:09.280 -> 18:12.440] it was me, I've been like, listen here, you cunts, right?
[18:15.920 -> 18:18.680] We know it shit fucking get over yourselves.
[18:20.520 -> 18:26.960] Imagine, imagine if Mercedes admin goes off the rails and just loses their shit by the
[18:26.960 -> 18:27.960] season.
[18:27.960 -> 18:33.240] Yeah, I admin if you're if you're listening to this by some chance, listen, throw it all
[18:33.240 -> 18:34.240] away.
[18:34.240 -> 18:37.640] There's a place for you here on this podcast.
[18:37.640 -> 18:41.480] Send it absolutely full on send it.
[18:41.480 -> 18:43.960] Oh my god, yep.
[18:43.960 -> 18:48.880] And those who was probably writing that letter, One of our homies. Yikes,
[18:48.880 -> 18:53.920] yikes. But anyway, but going back to the development thing, there was another,
[18:53.920 -> 18:59.040] and we've mentioned this before, during testing, Anthony Davidson, who's one of Mercedes simulator
[18:59.040 -> 19:04.240] development drivers made a comment. And he said the simulators for the most part for the engineers.
[19:04.400 -> 19:11.720] made a comment and he said the simulators for the most part are for the engineers. And to me, having worked with a couple of Formula 1 simulators, that tells me something
[19:11.720 -> 19:15.920] about the way that they think of the simulators as a whole and the way they use it.
[19:15.920 -> 19:19.680] Like I'm sure, because the simulators are the only thing that the driver can feel before
[19:19.680 -> 19:21.640] they get to the real car.
[19:21.640 -> 19:22.640] But yeah, this is that maybe.
[19:22.640 -> 19:31.080] This is right up your alley. This isn't it? Yeah. But like to me, that comment tells me that if the, if the simulator is only for the engineers
[19:31.080 -> 19:35.240] and the drivers aren't getting much out of it, there's probably something missing in
[19:35.240 -> 19:42.840] that because I'm pretty sure they, you'd expect them to both get something out of it basically.
[19:42.840 -> 19:50.360] Yeah. Yes. Okay. So, so that's, that's my big question mark and that kind of knocks on with what Lewis says.
[19:50.360 -> 19:54.900] But from what we understand, I could be wrong on this because I don't have a diary of every
[19:54.900 -> 19:56.840] time that Lewis was in the simulator.
[19:56.840 -> 19:58.840] He wasn't a massive fan of the Formula One simulator.
[19:58.840 -> 20:01.040] No, I don't think he was.
[20:01.040 -> 20:06.080] I don't think he's a huge fan of the simulator. Some drivers are just like that.
[20:06.080 -> 20:09.640] I know there's some drivers that used to get like motion sickness and things like that
[20:09.640 -> 20:11.640] when they were in it.
[20:11.640 -> 20:15.880] And then you got others like fucking Max Verstappen who was born in the simulator.
[20:15.880 -> 20:17.760] He is still strapped into the Matrix.
[20:17.760 -> 20:20.000] He's got the umbilical that plugs into the back.
[20:20.000 -> 20:24.560] Yeah, if you look underneath the back of Max's hair and it's just like that plug in the back
[20:24.560 -> 20:26.560] of his neck like the Matrix.
[20:26.560 -> 20:31.760] I was born into the sim.
[20:31.760 -> 20:34.120] Yeah, exactly.
[20:34.120 -> 20:40.040] So you know, it's one race in and Mercedes have basically, they're apparently just melting
[20:40.040 -> 20:42.760] and the fans are super unhappy.
[20:42.760 -> 20:45.220] Understandably, a second year of this,
[20:47.140 -> 20:48.100] another year of pain can many endure it.
[20:52.900 -> 20:55.100] Listen again, sorry to the Mercedes fans listening, but you're just going to have to hold that I believe is what the kids say.
[20:55.340 -> 20:56.900] Every team has its struggles.
[20:56.940 -> 20:57.820] Now it's your turn.
[20:58.500 -> 20:58.900] Yeah.
[20:59.180 -> 21:03.100] And some people have, some people have said, and I think incorrectly that there
[21:03.100 -> 21:06.560] are a lot of new fans to the sport that have come in in the last couple of years
[21:06.560 -> 21:09.400] and they've been, they've found Mercedes
[21:09.400 -> 21:10.280] has been their team, right?
[21:10.280 -> 21:12.440] You come in, you're like, who don't want my team?
[21:12.440 -> 21:15.280] I like Lewis, I like Valtteri, I like George,
[21:15.280 -> 21:17.680] I like Mercedes, I like Toto, and they're new.
[21:17.680 -> 21:22.680] And they're like, listen, ask Ferrari how they feel.
[21:24.000 -> 21:25.480] You know, you're like, welcome.
[21:25.520 -> 21:26.560] Speaking of.
[21:27.480 -> 21:28.480] Speaking of.
[21:28.520 -> 21:29.920] Speaking of, let's.
[21:30.960 -> 21:33.080] The game of Maranello.
[21:45.800 -> 21:46.800] Yeah, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, Walking down the streets while Fred Vasseur ringing the bell. Yeah. Oh my God.
[21:46.800 -> 21:47.800] Or is it Fred?
[21:47.800 -> 21:48.800] Let's get into it.
[21:48.800 -> 21:50.520] What do we got moving there?
[21:50.520 -> 21:58.160] Because there's, I can't tell if all of this is over hype and the Italian media blowing
[21:58.160 -> 22:02.040] it out or if it's really getting shaken up there.
[22:02.040 -> 22:10.640] What do we know? The Italian media has never been my go-to source for 100% reliable information.
[22:10.640 -> 22:14.920] But you're their go-to source and he's driving to Marinello to deliver a handwritten letter
[22:14.920 -> 22:15.920] in a Fiat Panda.
[22:15.920 -> 22:20.280] Yeah, shout out to the Italian media for that one.
[22:20.280 -> 22:22.280] L'Il Gazetta, GGs.
[22:22.280 -> 22:23.840] Absolute gamers.
[22:23.840 -> 22:28.600] Yeah, my Italian friend I used to work with messaged me when he saw that.
[22:28.600 -> 22:31.000] It was just like, how the fuck have you gotten onto like the Italian
[22:31.000 -> 22:34.040] fucking biggest Italian sports website?
[22:34.040 -> 22:35.280] I'm like, I have no idea, mate.
[22:35.320 -> 22:35.960] I don't know.
[22:36.840 -> 22:40.720] But there anyway, so what's happening in Ferrari, basically what we
[22:40.720 -> 22:46.960] understand from the media and that is Fred's gone in there and he said, look,
[22:46.960 -> 22:47.960] you can have your one race.
[22:47.960 -> 22:55.440] And then after that, the fucking Scythe's coming out, he's got the cloak out and he's
[22:55.440 -> 23:00.600] basically walking around the department saying, listen here, you're out.
[23:00.600 -> 23:04.280] He's like a Dementor just sucking all the happiness out of everybody.
[23:04.280 -> 23:05.300] Or is he?
[23:05.300 -> 23:07.060] Well, was there any happiness there to begin with?
[23:07.060 -> 23:08.060] You know?
[23:08.060 -> 23:09.060] No.
[23:09.060 -> 23:10.060] There was passion in them.
[23:10.060 -> 23:15.460] Listen, if this is what he's doing and he's going around, you know, kicking arses, good.
[23:15.460 -> 23:22.140] Then he's won me over already because that team needed a kick up the arse.
[23:22.140 -> 23:26.040] And whether that means kicking off a bunch of certain senior people
[23:26.040 -> 23:29.440] or not, you know.
[23:29.440 -> 23:35.320] Speaking of entitlement, that team's senior management seems to reek of entitlement, like
[23:35.320 -> 23:37.040] we're Ferrari, we should be winning everything.
[23:37.040 -> 23:40.600] No, you little shitbags, you can't just sit there and be like we're Ferrari, we're going
[23:40.600 -> 23:41.600] to win everything.
[23:41.600 -> 23:46.000] You have to actually work at it, take responsibility, and sort it out.
[23:46.680 -> 23:47.640] It was just unlucky.
[23:48.280 -> 23:51.400] You can't say that for an entire season again, just unlucky.
[23:51.400 -> 23:55.480] It's like, Leclerc's had two of his power electronics units fail.
[23:55.800 -> 23:56.160] Yeah.
[23:56.960 -> 23:57.320] Yeah.
[23:57.360 -> 23:58.920] That's just unlucky.
[23:58.960 -> 24:02.440] By the way, to get into the factory, you have to walk down this corridor and smash
[24:02.480 -> 24:05.600] these six mirrors with a hammer as you walk past.
[24:05.600 -> 24:06.600] Oh my God.
[24:06.600 -> 24:09.600] Or walk under this ladder.
[24:09.600 -> 24:12.400] But, but like, let's put that in context.
[24:12.400 -> 24:15.360] People join and leave Formula One teams all the time.
[24:15.360 -> 24:18.680] And sometimes we don't know about a lot of the big movements in teams.
[24:18.680 -> 24:23.400] Like remember a couple of years ago when Mercedes was building up to the V6 era, they hoovered
[24:23.400 -> 24:26.600] up all the chiefs in the world from everywhere.
[24:26.600 -> 24:30.320] You know, all of the big names at some point, for the most part, ended up there.
[24:30.320 -> 24:36.360] But yeah, so the biggest one lately is a guy called David Sanchez, who I believe is the
[24:36.360 -> 24:37.800] chief engineer.
[24:37.800 -> 24:38.800] And he's like, I'm gonzo's.
[24:38.800 -> 24:42.680] Yeah, he's going to be, he's going to be stuck on a gardening period for a while.
[24:42.680 -> 24:46.120] But the rumors have it that he's going to Maccas, to McLaren.
[24:46.600 -> 24:46.880] Yep.
[24:47.240 -> 24:52.160] So he's going to be getting in his Fiat Panda and driving back to the UK,
[24:52.160 -> 24:54.320] giving it a bit of on the way.
[24:54.760 -> 24:55.480] Yeah, exactly.
[24:55.480 -> 24:58.800] David, if you're listening, I don't know you, but I believe in you.
[24:59.080 -> 25:03.600] And if you can, if you can help turn McLaren around, please do.
[25:04.120 -> 25:04.960] Congratulations.
[25:04.960 -> 25:07.920] You've gone from one walking disaster to another.
[25:07.920 -> 25:10.840] I think one of them can be fixed, I'm not sure which one, but I think one of them can
[25:10.840 -> 25:11.840] be.
[25:11.840 -> 25:14.680] There you go, hot take, hot take.
[25:14.680 -> 25:15.680] What up?
[25:15.680 -> 25:19.680] Did you hear about after the Grand Prix?
[25:19.680 -> 25:22.000] Is this the council of Leclerc?
[25:22.000 -> 25:23.000] Yeah, exactly.
[25:23.000 -> 25:27.000] Leclerc said, right, I'm gonna get the shame
[25:27.000 -> 25:32.480] lizard out and we're gonna walk down this ring the bell. And he, he asked for an audience
[25:32.480 -> 25:36.800] with the FIA or the Ferrari president, John Elkann after the Bahrain Grand Prix. He's
[25:36.800 -> 25:41.560] like, listen, this is a shit show. What do we need to do? So he goes and gets the president
[25:41.560 -> 25:46.200] of Ferrari does have a sit down, which I'm assuming unbelievable
[25:46.200 -> 25:47.200] flex, you know?
[25:47.200 -> 25:54.560] Yeah, I think that implies some huevos grandes because in the same way that their Ferrari,
[25:54.560 -> 25:57.160] I think he is he is the big dog.
[25:57.160 -> 26:00.320] But I mean, Charlotte Claire is probably one of the best drivers on the Formula One grid
[26:00.320 -> 26:05.520] and he's had to endure some stuff which very likely might be soul destroying.
[26:05.520 -> 26:14.440] Oh yeah, Charles gets my award for most mental fortitude for not just constantly wanting
[26:14.440 -> 26:17.580] to drive that car into a wall at every race.
[26:17.580 -> 26:19.320] Go flat out into a wall mate.
[26:19.320 -> 26:20.320] Okay.
[26:20.320 -> 26:21.320] Yeah.
[26:21.320 -> 26:22.320] Question?
[26:22.320 -> 26:25.600] Stop inventing, stop inventing.
[26:34.200 -> 26:34.800] Oh, but there's also the idea that the CEO of Ferrari Benedetto Vigna is like.
[26:39.300 -> 26:40.900] Trying to get more involved with the day-to-day and Vasu is just rocked up and he's like I'm going to turn this.
[26:41.700 -> 26:45.680] Mess into something functional and then the CEO is like, ah, let me help.
[26:45.680 -> 26:48.520] And he's like, please don't, please don't.
[26:48.560 -> 26:48.920] Yeah.
[26:48.960 -> 26:50.200] That's an awful conversation.
[26:50.200 -> 26:51.960] Cause how would you just sort of go to your boss?
[26:51.960 -> 26:54.400] Who's just hired you and say, no, fuck off.
[26:55.080 -> 26:55.960] Let me deal with this.
[26:57.880 -> 27:02.160] So maybe he starts stepping on Vasseur's toes and they sabotage themselves for
[27:02.160 -> 27:04.240] another year or two until they can get rid of Vasseur.
[27:04.280 -> 27:11.040] I'm not even a Tifosi and I can't handle another year of Ferrari having issues.
[27:11.040 -> 27:12.240] It's fucking depressing, man.
[27:12.240 -> 27:16.200] They should be like realistically, Aston and Mercedes aren't challenging Red Bull this
[27:16.200 -> 27:17.200] year at all.
[27:17.200 -> 27:18.200] I don't see it happening.
[27:18.200 -> 27:21.360] Maybe towards the end of the season on a couple of super high downforce tracks, they might
[27:21.360 -> 27:22.360] be closer.
[27:22.360 -> 27:25.840] Monaco, Singapore. maybe some stuff towards the
[27:25.840 -> 27:30.480] end of the season, but that's it. Like far is the only chance we have. And we'll come
[27:30.480 -> 27:32.080] back to their performance profile in a minute, but
[27:32.080 -> 27:33.360] Speaker 2
[27:33.360 -> 27:36.120] you've got no faith in Aston Martin and Alonzo.
[27:36.120 -> 27:37.120] Speaker 3
[27:37.120 -> 27:41.200] Not this year, but it doesn't mean that the trajectory is not spectacular. Can they sustain
[27:41.200 -> 27:46.240] it? Um, I don't think it was a fluke, but there's other. There's like several other departures.
[27:46.240 -> 27:47.240] There's Laurent Mekes.
[27:47.240 -> 27:50.560] So he's the Ferrari race director.
[27:50.560 -> 27:55.320] Rada is also rumored to be going or, you know, these are we're now like deep into the rumor
[27:55.320 -> 28:00.520] mill, but apparently Laurent Mekes, who's the race director at Ferrari, apparently he
[28:00.520 -> 28:03.880] wanted to go back to FIA or F1.
[28:03.880 -> 28:05.600] And just there was like, nope, you're not going anywhere.
[28:05.640 -> 28:07.560] So that got held.
[28:08.840 -> 28:09.840] Oh, come on, Fred.
[28:09.880 -> 28:15.560] I'm sort of starting to come on board to the Fred hype train if he's kicking
[28:15.560 -> 28:17.080] ass and things like this.
[28:17.360 -> 28:18.840] Can we get a toot toot there for Fred?
[28:18.840 -> 28:20.080] No, you can have more than that.
[28:20.120 -> 28:21.080] Fred, you get a...
[28:23.360 -> 28:24.480] Oh my God.
[28:24.520 -> 28:26.300] That's the super to the super to
[28:27.500 -> 28:34.060] Yeah, but uh last bit last bit of news in the rumor mill. Have you seen people already throwing around?
[28:34.880 -> 28:36.880] Leclerc to Mercedes and
[28:36.900 -> 28:38.820] Lewis to Ferrari
[28:38.820 -> 28:40.820] Yeah, yeah
[28:40.820 -> 28:42.820] I'm not really sure what
[28:44.060 -> 28:52.040] Hey, um, like neither like both of these things suck. Do you want to trade sucks? Hmm? Yeah, who wants to you know?
[28:52.960 -> 28:59.540] Who wants to eat the shit sandwich here? You know, who's got the worst shit sandwich. Well, this is this is a different shit sandwich. So
[29:00.760 -> 29:07.480] Hmm. My favorite one though. The moment is Lando to Red Bull.
[29:07.480 -> 29:10.680] That would be like kind of cool though.
[29:10.680 -> 29:11.680] Not for Perez.
[29:11.680 -> 29:19.240] No, and this is the thing, I think people are too quick to sort of write Perez off.
[29:19.240 -> 29:20.240] I agree.
[29:20.240 -> 29:26.300] If he's, you know, if he's just going to finish one place behind Max all year, that's exactly
[29:26.300 -> 29:27.300] what Red Bull want.
[29:27.300 -> 29:30.580] Congratulations, you've secured your contract extension.
[29:30.580 -> 29:35.420] And if they had actual competition, that's what they actually need to win the drivers
[29:35.420 -> 29:36.420] and constructors.
[29:36.420 -> 29:37.420] Yeah.
[29:37.420 -> 29:41.420] If you put Lando in there and Lando and Max are going to start beefing for wins, and we're
[29:41.420 -> 29:45.240] going to see like Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen at Baku
[29:45.240 -> 29:46.240] version 2.0.
[29:46.240 -> 29:49.240] They're not going to want that.
[29:49.240 -> 29:53.560] Yeah, we don't want to see that.
[29:53.560 -> 29:55.440] We don't want to see that.
[29:55.440 -> 29:59.720] But Lando needs to get out of McLaren because that is a team that is in trouble.
[29:59.720 -> 30:01.320] I don't see them turning that around.
[30:01.320 -> 30:05.120] They're too busy gluing fucking Amazon Kindles to the headrests.
[30:06.240 -> 30:10.320] Zach Brown is furiously downloading Adrian Newey's how to build a car to
[30:10.320 -> 30:14.880] get that to display on them so they can just read that while they're in the garage.
[30:17.520 -> 30:19.040] Oh, that's horrible.
[30:19.480 -> 30:19.920] That's horrible.
[30:19.920 -> 30:24.920] So I think that's all we've got on the news and the, uh, the shit house.
[30:24.920 -> 30:26.520] We've got some the news and the. The shit house or we've got some something new.
[30:27.040 -> 30:30.400] I think this would be a cool segment to do for most weeks.
[30:30.400 -> 30:32.040] We have a race preview.
[30:32.320 -> 30:34.560] I have time we have a off week to race preview.
[30:34.560 -> 30:37.960] Will do a little season rewind to take you guys with us.
[30:37.960 -> 30:39.160] We do what you are.
[30:39.200 -> 30:39.720] There you go.
[30:39.760 -> 30:41.600] We need to download area.
[30:42.640 -> 30:44.320] Yeah, that oh my God.
[30:44.720 -> 30:46.000] Add your own effects if you're in the car.
[30:46.000 -> 30:48.000] Thank you.
[30:48.000 -> 30:50.000] Yeah, exactly.
[30:50.000 -> 30:52.000] Exactly. If you're listening
[30:52.000 -> 30:54.000] on the way to the car, it's something we
[30:54.000 -> 30:56.000] encourage you guys to do within your local
[30:56.000 -> 30:58.000] laws and legislation is if it's
[30:58.000 -> 31:00.000] somewhere we can do it, give us a little toot toot.
[31:00.000 -> 31:02.000] If you're parked up in traffic,
[31:02.000 -> 31:04.000] roll your window down and tell
[31:04.000 -> 31:05.060] somebody maybe on the
[31:05.060 -> 31:08.400] sidewalk in the car next you ask what they've heard of the engine breaking podcast.
[31:08.400 -> 31:12.040] Seriously, yeah, yeah, we have.
[31:12.040 -> 31:15.380] Somebody needs to literally do that and send us a video of them asking strangers if they've
[31:15.380 -> 31:19.280] listened to the engine breaking podcast and then the follow up and I'm getting arrested
[31:19.280 -> 31:22.220] for harassing people after.
[31:22.220 -> 31:24.560] Don't get arrested, but this is our little season rewind.
[31:24.560 -> 31:27.640] So just to give you guys a little and I think at the beginning of the season, it's nice
[31:27.640 -> 31:32.480] to look back because this was a different story last season and we could see this repeat
[31:32.480 -> 31:34.560] with different players in this game.
[31:34.560 -> 31:38.480] A trip down memory lane.
[31:38.480 -> 31:39.480] What do we got?
[31:39.480 -> 31:40.480] Talk to me.
[31:40.480 -> 31:41.480] Talk to me.
[31:41.480 -> 31:43.520] Well, look, I'm going to be real with you.
[31:43.520 -> 31:47.080] The only thing I really remember of last year was the oil refinery
[31:47.080 -> 31:49.780] incident and, uh, the drone attack on that.
[31:50.540 -> 31:50.900] Yeah.
[31:50.980 -> 31:54.980] That was kind of the, uh, biggest news point that I remember to be honest.
[31:55.180 -> 31:58.300] Um, yeah, that was fucking wacky.
[31:58.700 -> 32:01.060] Nobody knew what the fuck was going on, whether the race
[32:01.060 -> 32:02.100] was going to go ahead or not.
[32:02.120 -> 32:03.460] going on, whether the race was going to go ahead or not.
[32:10.280 -> 32:12.640] But in terms of the actual racing, um, what was it? Ferrari were looking hot cause it was the start of the year.
[32:12.640 -> 32:13.980] They, they started strong.
[32:14.560 -> 32:14.720] Yeah.
[32:14.760 -> 32:17.480] The car looked fast at qualifying pace, good race pace.
[32:17.880 -> 32:20.760] Red Bull forgot to put enough fuel in it at the first race.
[32:20.760 -> 32:21.960] So both cars retired.
[32:22.000 -> 32:24.120] So no one really knew what was going on with them.
[32:29.480 -> 32:33.360] Yeah. Yeah. It was, it was Red Bull Double DNF race one last year. Yeah the budget cap issues were coming in early they were too busy
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[33:43.920 -> 33:47.520] Let me add Mercedes just kind of like a bit off in third and we're like, Oh, they'll get
[33:47.520 -> 33:48.520] better.
[33:48.520 -> 33:49.520] They'll get better.
[33:49.520 -> 33:50.520] Yeah.
[33:50.520 -> 33:52.420] Max gave us the world's greatest qualifying lap.
[33:52.420 -> 33:57.360] If you ignore the last two turns where he crashed.
[33:57.360 -> 33:58.360] I don't get that.
[33:58.360 -> 34:01.920] Like when people gas up laps that didn't happen, I'm like, it's not a thing.
[34:01.920 -> 34:08.000] And I saw somebody get a lot of backlash for it because, but it's like at the same time, it's like, I don't know.
[34:08.000 -> 34:13.440] I'll have you know, it was the greatest sector one, the sector two the world's ever seen.
[34:13.440 -> 34:19.600] No, I don't. You got to finish the lap. You got to finish the lap, but um, well, don't
[34:19.600 -> 34:25.040] worry for all the Maxwell Staff and fans listening. I'm going to fucking finish Blake.
[34:26.440 -> 34:26.760] That's the end of the podcast.
[34:27.260 -> 34:30.600] I got to go.
[34:34.240 -> 34:34.680] But like, here's the here's the vibe from the beginning of last season.
[34:40.280 -> 34:44.520] Red Bull down horrendously, double DNF and qualifying Sunoda and Jetta and qualifying Sunoda's engine plays up and he doesn't set a lap time in qualifying.
[34:44.560 -> 34:49.700] So everybody's thinking these Red Bull powertrains are terrible. It's like, uh, it's a rebadged
[34:49.700 -> 34:54.540] Honda and most of the stuff that's not working is on the chassis side, not the engine side.
[34:54.540 -> 35:00.500] So it's not really hard to maybe the lack of testing. That's my favorite thing. If it
[35:00.500 -> 35:05.480] goes wrong, it's a rebadged Honda. If we're winning, it's a Red Bull powertrains unit.
[35:05.480 -> 35:06.480] Exactly, exactly.
[35:06.480 -> 35:08.680] But, um, I don't know.
[35:08.680 -> 35:09.840] Let's just let's just rip through the race.
[35:09.840 -> 35:11.400] I did a couple notes that qualify.
[35:11.400 -> 35:12.680] She knows big man.
[35:12.680 -> 35:13.680] Yeah.
[35:13.680 -> 35:15.920] So here's like the performance summary of what happened last year.
[35:15.920 -> 35:18.120] Red Bull had insane top speed in qualifying.
[35:18.120 -> 35:22.640] There were 10 kilometers an hour faster in the straights over Ferrari Perez got pulled
[35:22.640 -> 35:25.480] the clear signs for stopping on Ocon, Russell, Hamilton.
[35:25.480 -> 35:27.600] Sorry, Ocon and then Russell.
[35:27.600 -> 35:30.400] Hamilton didn't make it out of Q1, he had a disaster Q1.
[35:30.400 -> 35:37.640] But so we basically go Perez, Ferrari, Max, Ocon, and the Alpine, and then the Mercedes.
[35:37.640 -> 35:40.880] So this is race two, Mercedes fans.
[35:40.880 -> 35:44.640] Honestly, at this point, we're still upset about Abu Dhabi 2021.
[35:44.640 -> 35:49.640] They weren't really too focused on how bad the next year was going to go, and they couldn't comprehend
[35:49.640 -> 35:54.040] how bad the start of 23 would be for them. But here we are. They were too busy at this
[35:54.040 -> 35:59.600] moment in time, turning their drivers spines into jelly. Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's like
[35:59.600 -> 36:07.960] porpoising. And then it got worse. It got much worse. But during the race, Perez led
[36:07.960 -> 36:12.200] the open of the race. For the most part, he loses out in the pit stop sequence. Alonzo
[36:12.200 -> 36:17.280] and Alcon, teammate on teammate, they had some heavy scraps and that was getting kind
[36:17.280 -> 36:18.280] of wacky.
[36:18.280 -> 36:22.480] I was a big fan of Alonzo and Alcon going at it.
[36:22.480 -> 36:23.480] Me too.
[36:23.480 -> 36:25.840] Alcon's got that dog in him.
[36:25.840 -> 36:29.880] I always say Ocon can be a bit anonymous in a race, like sometimes you kind of forget
[36:29.880 -> 36:30.880] he's there.
[36:30.880 -> 36:34.240] Like when he captured all those penalties last week.
[36:34.240 -> 36:38.440] Yeah, speed running, getting black flagged.
[36:38.440 -> 36:39.840] That was wow.
[36:39.840 -> 36:41.240] Any percent.
[36:41.240 -> 36:46.400] But when he's fighting against his teammate, he does not give a shit.
[36:46.400 -> 36:49.120] He will fucking put them into the wall.
[36:49.120 -> 36:50.120] Yeah.
[36:50.120 -> 36:53.120] And Perez, is Perez a scene of the bit of that?
[36:53.120 -> 36:54.120] Yeah.
[36:54.120 -> 36:59.480] I don't think Alonso got too heavy into that, but basically Perez loses out on the race
[36:59.480 -> 37:06.320] lead of that because somebody put it in the bazzars.
[37:10.000 -> 37:10.760] Oh, is this everyone's favorite Mick Schumacher?
[37:12.520 -> 37:12.960] No, it was Latifi who bazzared it.
[37:13.960 -> 37:14.480] Oh, was it? Yeah.
[37:14.480 -> 37:15.960] Oh, in the race, sorry.
[37:15.960 -> 37:16.960] Yeah, in the race, yeah.
[37:16.960 -> 37:20.880] Qualifying was where Mick put it into the wall, didn't he?
[37:21.200 -> 37:21.720] Yeah.
[37:21.720 -> 37:26.640] And we got that dramatic shot of when they lifted up the car on the crane
[37:26.640 -> 37:32.000] it just sort of split in two which Drive to Survive absolutely did not replay about eight
[37:32.000 -> 37:36.960] times in a row to make it look more dramatic. Zoom in on the oh my god look at this technology
[37:36.960 -> 37:47.440] unhinged braking. Upskirt shots of F1 cars. to survive. You got blood on your hands. I've got to say my my arrow peoples,
[37:47.440 -> 37:49.360] especially the homies on the Tech Heads podcast,
[37:49.360 -> 37:51.360] they love a good diffuser shot.
[37:52.080 -> 37:53.360] They like when there's a,
[37:53.360 -> 37:55.120] you know, when the car gets lifted up on the crane,
[37:55.120 -> 37:57.200] they're like, show me the diffuser shots.
[37:57.200 -> 37:58.800] That's all those guys want to see.
[37:58.800 -> 37:59.920] I know that isn't his podcast.
[37:59.920 -> 38:01.840] Listen, you fucking nerds, right?
[38:02.640 -> 38:03.360] Enough of that.
[38:04.560 -> 38:05.460] That's the good stuff.
[38:05.460 -> 38:06.600] Honestly, that is the good stuff.
[38:06.860 -> 38:12.980] But, um, so the safety car from Latifi caused a little bit of shenanigan.
[38:12.980 -> 38:14.900] Paris comes out of the safety car line.
[38:15.220 -> 38:17.420] You know, there's the safety car line as you exit the pit lane, right?
[38:17.820 -> 38:18.900] Oh, I remember this.
[38:18.900 -> 38:19.220] Yeah.
[38:19.220 -> 38:23.860] It was like, Paris comes out just like just behind and then, you know,
[38:24.100 -> 38:26.600] he gets a run up in some head of him.
[38:26.600 -> 38:30.040] And so signs it's like, I'm pretty sure I was, he was so calm. He's like, I'm pretty
[38:30.040 -> 38:34.360] sure I was ahead. Um, you should get the race directors to look at that. So the race directors
[38:34.360 -> 38:39.480] were wait until after the safety car is over. There's a couple of laps and they're like,
[38:39.480 -> 38:43.960] Hey, can you guys let check go back through? Like let Chuck have check. We'll give it the
[38:43.960 -> 38:46.000] place back up. It's like, we've been under safety car for ages.
[38:46.000 -> 38:46.840] You could have done this there.
[38:46.840 -> 38:49.640] Yeah, so that that was when I ripped in last year to the FIA
[38:49.640 -> 38:52.760] and they were on fraud watch because all of this shit happened
[38:52.760 -> 38:55.200] because Massey made the wrong decision.
[38:55.200 -> 38:57.200] And one of the reasons was he didn't have the capacity.
[38:57.200 -> 38:58.480] He was trying to do too much.
[38:58.480 -> 38:59.680] So what do they do?
[38:59.680 -> 39:03.080] The fucking boneheads take three or four laps of safety car
[39:03.440 -> 39:05.420] to look at some on board footage and say
[39:05.420 -> 39:07.060] yep give the spot back.
[39:07.060 -> 39:08.060] It was so clear.
[39:08.060 -> 39:10.840] I mean and I'm not I'm not armchairing this.
[39:10.840 -> 39:13.340] I'm telling you it's not that hard.
[39:13.340 -> 39:14.820] Stop gaslighting the listeners.
[39:14.820 -> 39:15.820] All right.
[39:15.820 -> 39:16.820] It's not that hard.
[39:16.820 -> 39:18.500] It's not that hard.
[39:18.500 -> 39:19.500] Yeah well.
[39:19.500 -> 39:22.180] That's that's what she said.
[39:22.180 -> 39:24.300] We talked about the qualifying right.
[39:24.300 -> 39:25.200] Oh my god. Oh my god.
[39:25.200 -> 39:26.200] Oh my god.
[39:26.200 -> 39:29.200] I'm just like, I'm just like on a roll.
[39:29.200 -> 39:30.200] Yeah, this is sorry.
[39:30.200 -> 39:31.620] This is a very serious podcast.
[39:31.620 -> 39:32.620] Please continue.
[39:32.620 -> 39:33.620] No, no, it isn't.
[39:33.620 -> 39:34.620] Yeah, it is.
[39:34.620 -> 39:35.620] Okay, no, it's not.
[39:35.620 -> 39:41.400] Um, what are we saying about the, we said the Red Bull had the super top speed, right?
[39:41.400 -> 39:43.680] Remember the cat and mouse at the end of the race?
[39:43.680 -> 39:48.520] Yeah, I didn't like this. I thought this was sketchy as fuck, man.
[39:48.520 -> 39:53.640] Basically, no one wants to go across the line first, so they get the person behind them
[39:53.640 -> 39:58.360] gets DRS. So basically everyone just fucks around and slams the anchors on and things
[39:58.360 -> 40:02.760] like that. It's like, Jesus Christ, can we like, can we not do this, please?
[40:02.760 -> 40:08.560] Yeah, I mean, that was, that was bad. We almost had Verstappen smashing into the back of Leclerc.
[40:09.240 -> 40:12.840] Because they basically the two DRS activation zones were next to each other.
[40:12.840 -> 40:14.000] So you finish one DRS straight.
[40:14.000 -> 40:17.640] If you're ahead, you get the DRS back on them and so on and so forth or whatever.
[40:17.640 -> 40:19.240] It's just like it was chaos.
[40:19.240 -> 40:22.160] So I think they should probably fix that.
[40:22.440 -> 40:24.720] But do we know if they're doing anything about that yet?
[40:26.680 -> 40:27.920] I looked for the notes. I didn't see race directors.
[40:27.920 -> 40:30.000] Notes won't be out until Wednesday or something.
[40:30.000 -> 40:35.120] So, um, I'm sure somebody in the press, you know, you got, you not got that number?
[40:35.600 -> 40:36.000] No.
[40:36.000 -> 40:37.520] Oh, strange.
[40:37.520 -> 40:38.520] I do.
[40:39.400 -> 40:39.920] Do you?
[40:39.920 -> 40:40.400] Yeah.
[40:40.400 -> 40:40.920] Maybe.
[40:40.920 -> 40:41.440] Call him.
[40:41.440 -> 40:41.640] Yeah.
[40:41.640 -> 40:42.120] Okay.
[40:43.400 -> 40:45.000] Oh, sorry. No, that was sorry. Wrong number. Yeah. Okay. Oh, sorry.
[40:45.000 -> 40:46.000] No, that was sorry.
[40:46.000 -> 40:47.000] Wrong number.
[40:47.000 -> 40:48.000] That was George.
[40:48.000 -> 40:54.640] Oh, so at the end of last year, Max ends up winning ahead of Leclerc, Sarnes and Perez
[40:54.640 -> 40:57.360] obviously lost out.
[40:57.360 -> 41:01.480] Russell finishes fifth, Hamilton down in 10th.
[41:01.480 -> 41:07.520] And then the Ocon is up there in 6th and Lando in P7 so I don't think we're
[41:07.520 -> 41:11.600] going to see the same thing this year other than Red Bull ahead but hmm.
[41:11.600 -> 41:17.000] Do you want my hot take for this race?
[41:17.000 -> 41:18.000] Yeah go on.
[41:18.000 -> 41:19.680] Is that the part of the segment we're on now?
[41:19.680 -> 41:20.680] No, no.
[41:20.680 -> 41:24.720] Because you've done such a big, listen listeners chat, he's done such a beautiful job with
[41:24.720 -> 41:27.880] the notes for this show because I've been so busy with my actual job
[41:27.880 -> 41:30.720] I don't want to mess this up for him
[41:31.560 -> 41:36.720] You should quit you should come to content and be like permanent imposter syndrome permanent
[41:36.720 -> 41:42.940] Go fight like wake up fight or flight anxiety. I can't wait for hours a creation for a living because I hate people
[41:43.560 -> 41:45.120] That's true.
[41:45.120 -> 41:48.560] We actually, we like you guys that are listening to this, but the general.
[41:48.560 -> 41:50.440] No, I just hate everyone.
[41:50.440 -> 41:51.440] Absolutely everyone.
[41:51.440 -> 41:54.080] I hate, I hate you.
[41:54.080 -> 41:55.080] I hate my kids.
[41:55.080 -> 41:56.080] I hate my wife.
[41:56.080 -> 41:57.080] I hate everyone listening.
[41:57.080 -> 42:00.080] I just fucking hate people.
[42:00.080 -> 42:01.440] Yeah, it's fair.
[42:01.440 -> 42:02.480] I get it.
[42:02.480 -> 42:03.480] I get it.
[42:03.480 -> 42:06.000] Hennessy says we hate you too and it's fair. I get it. I get it. Hennessy says we hate you too and it's okay.
[42:06.000 -> 42:11.000] Yes, this relationship I've got with all of you is built on a mutual hatred.
[42:11.000 -> 42:13.000] You know what I mean?
[42:13.000 -> 42:15.000] And disrespect.
[42:15.000 -> 42:17.000] People are assholes, you know?
[42:17.000 -> 42:18.000] Exactly.
[42:18.000 -> 42:20.000] I'm an asshole and that's okay.
[42:20.000 -> 42:25.000] What about the Jetta preview?
[42:25.000 -> 42:27.000] Let's talk about the track.
[42:27.000 -> 42:29.000] Yeah, sorry, nobody's listened in to my therapy sessions.
[42:29.000 -> 42:31.000] Sorry, let's get back to the F1.
[42:31.000 -> 42:35.000] Yeah, but let's get into the preview and we'll talk about how much we hate or love Jetta.
[42:35.000 -> 42:39.000] Is the circuit people? The circuit's not people, we don't hate it.
[42:39.000 -> 42:41.000] I actually kind of dig it.
[42:41.000 -> 42:43.000] It's different.
[42:43.000 -> 42:45.160] It is different.
[42:49.680 -> 42:52.280] Sorry, I've just got a text now where my wife is listening and she goes, I can't believe you said you hate us all.
[42:52.280 -> 42:53.120] Oh!
[42:55.280 -> 42:57.760] Join us for next week's episode from a shed
[42:57.760 -> 43:01.080] where I've now divorced and sleeping in someone's shed.
[43:01.080 -> 43:02.520] And yeah.
[43:02.520 -> 43:03.360] I don't have a shed yet.
[43:03.360 -> 43:05.040] I might have to get a shed for Dan when he comes down.
[43:05.040 -> 43:11.760] Yeah, in your garage. Yeah, that's not good. No, so the Jeddah circuit, sorry Jeddah circuit,
[43:12.720 -> 43:16.640] I think they've made some changes to it I believe because last year there was some parts where it
[43:16.640 -> 43:20.880] was like, hmm, if you come off the track you're just basically going to barrel into this wall at
[43:20.880 -> 43:25.120] 190 miles an hour. So. Simples.
[43:27.960 -> 43:28.000] Let the car sort that use the car is to absorb all the energy.
[43:28.920 -> 43:29.120] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[43:30.480 -> 43:30.920] Just meant possibly go wrong.
[43:32.280 -> 43:32.760] No big, no big.
[43:35.920 -> 43:36.680] Um, so this is our third year at the track.
[43:37.840 -> 43:41.400] Time flies when you're having fun. I don't remember 2021 because I wasn't paying attention that much.
[43:41.400 -> 43:45.480] Def one that year, that was when I was sad about was sad about Formula One from the start of the season,
[43:45.480 -> 43:48.400] not because of anything else, too much time in Formula One.
[43:48.760 -> 43:51.640] And then 2022 last year was fun.
[43:51.640 -> 43:52.880] Last year was actually a lot of fun.
[43:52.880 -> 43:56.880] So here's here's how I judge circuits, right?
[43:56.880 -> 43:59.560] Whether I like them or dislike them.
[43:59.560 -> 44:02.200] A, toilet facilities.
[44:02.200 -> 44:03.320] Fact. Factual.
[44:03.320 -> 44:09.560] If I've been to a circuit, worked there or whatever, if they have rubbish toilets, then
[44:09.560 -> 44:13.920] I don't care how good the venue is, I don't care how good the track is, if I have to wade
[44:13.920 -> 44:19.000] through inches of shit and piss to do my business, then...
[44:19.000 -> 44:21.000] Barcelona pre-toilet block upgrade.
[44:21.000 -> 44:22.320] Barcelona, Brazil.
[44:22.320 -> 44:26.320] Yeah, Brazil after the upgrade was nice, except for when the cleaners
[44:26.680 -> 44:30.720] were cleaning the toilets with a rag and then they cleaned the sinks with the same rag.
[44:30.720 -> 44:34.160] And numerous people had very bad stomach problems.
[44:34.160 -> 44:39.960] And basically the team doctor was like, yeah, you have to use the sinks, not in the bathroom.
[44:40.600 -> 44:41.920] It was pretty disgusting.
[44:41.920 -> 44:42.240] Yeah.
[44:44.040 -> 44:46.900] So, yeah, sorry, I judge it on toilet facilities.
[44:46.900 -> 44:51.500] Okay, and how difficult it is for me to drive in F1 the game.
[44:52.300 -> 44:54.800] Oh, are we going to do some of that content this season?
[44:54.800 -> 44:55.500] I think we should.
[44:55.500 -> 44:56.500] Yeah, for a laugh.
[44:56.800 -> 45:02.400] Now I cannot fucking drive a single lap cleanly of this circuit in F1.
[45:02.400 -> 45:05.300] So as far as I'm concerned, it's the worst circuit ever created.
[45:05.300 -> 45:06.780] It's such a cool track though.
[45:06.780 -> 45:08.360] It's so fast.
[45:08.360 -> 45:11.300] Like here's the crazy thing about this track, right?
[45:11.300 -> 45:12.900] It's just over six kilometers.
[45:12.900 -> 45:16.260] There are 27 turns and I swear to God in a Formula One car,
[45:16.260 -> 45:17.580] they're just like, yeah, that's a corner.
[45:17.580 -> 45:19.960] It's not a corner, it's a straight.
[45:19.960 -> 45:20.800] It's a straight.
[45:20.800 -> 45:23.860] So like a Baku sort of straight corner debacle.
[45:23.860 -> 45:27.100] Yeah, at the end of the lap, but it's like half, every half, every third of the lap is
[45:27.100 -> 45:29.400] one of those segments, like the final sector in Baku.
[45:29.400 -> 45:32.080] So I looked at the data earlier.
[45:32.080 -> 45:36.920] So there's 27 corners, some of them chicanes, so those look like one corner in the data.
[45:36.920 -> 45:40.680] The drivers only come off of throttle seven times around the lap.
[45:40.680 -> 45:43.240] And it's a 27 corner circuit.
[45:43.240 -> 45:45.920] So here's what that says to me
[45:45.920 -> 45:51.100] about the performance requirements of that track. Um, the car requires like a good balance
[45:51.100 -> 45:55.280] between top speed and downforce. We saw what happened last year with Ferrari and Red Bull.
[45:55.280 -> 46:00.480] Um, the track definitely favors high efficiency to put this in perspective, how much downforce
[46:00.480 -> 46:07.160] and power make a difference here. The F2 lap record. 13 seconds slower than F1.
[46:07.320 -> 46:11.200] I don't usually look at the F2 track records, but that's pretty far away.
[46:12.040 -> 46:12.840] That's pretty far away.
[46:13.960 -> 46:14.460] Are you muted?
[46:16.480 -> 46:17.320] I was muted.
[46:17.560 -> 46:18.000] Sorry.
[46:18.320 -> 46:22.240] That was 18 episodes in my first rookie mistake.
[46:22.560 -> 46:23.160] Nice.
[46:23.200 -> 46:23.720] We've done it.
[46:23.760 -> 46:27.400] I was basically saying 13 seconds is an age.
[46:27.400 -> 46:29.140] Yeah, it's an eternity, man.
[46:29.140 -> 46:32.400] So, and we saw one thing you talked about last year,
[46:32.400 -> 46:34.100] Max didn't go so well in qualifying.
[46:34.100 -> 46:36.240] Was it a setup issue?
[46:36.240 -> 46:37.940] Paris went really well.
[46:37.940 -> 46:40.900] So you, and he was saying basically the old Pirellis
[46:40.900 -> 46:42.400] don't have enough front end.
[46:42.400 -> 46:44.240] The new Pirellis apparently do have it to the point
[46:44.240 -> 46:45.640] that Ferrari might even struggle.
[46:45.640 -> 46:49.960] So anything over 13 seconds off is just showing off, isn't it?
[46:49.960 -> 46:50.960] That is true.
[46:50.960 -> 46:51.960] Yeah.
[46:51.960 -> 46:55.840] And Perez likes a cheeky street circuit.
[46:55.840 -> 46:56.840] He does.
[46:56.840 -> 46:57.840] He does.
[46:57.840 -> 46:58.840] When people are like, that's not a real narrative.
[46:58.840 -> 46:59.840] I'm like, that is, I don't know.
[46:59.840 -> 47:02.960] It's pretty, you know, he tends to go pretty well.
[47:02.960 -> 47:04.920] Statistically, I don't know.
[47:04.920 -> 47:05.920] Maybe, maybe he's my one to go pretty well. Statistically, I don't know. Maybe, maybe
[47:05.920 -> 47:12.160] he's my one to watch this weekend. I'm just unlucky. Why not? Why not? Listen real quick,
[47:12.160 -> 47:18.920] based on last week, I reckon I'll tell you what I think might be interesting. I think
[47:18.920 -> 47:25.880] Red Bull and Ferrari, tell me top speed game. I think Ferrari had the top speed advantage in last week.
[47:25.900 -> 47:29.020] The race didn't matter because they were horrendous in the race,
[47:29.020 -> 47:31.060] but Ferrari top speed demons.
[47:31.060 -> 47:31.420] I see.
[47:31.440 -> 47:32.620] I think they might do that again.
[47:32.940 -> 47:40.020] Um, Mercedes might go alright, but I think the Red Bulls the car to beat.
[47:40.020 -> 47:44.100] So why don't we get into our top five quality predictions?
[47:44.700 -> 47:45.720] What do you what? do you listen to this?
[47:45.840 -> 47:47.440] It's the prediction time, Dan.
[47:47.520 -> 47:48.200] Oh shit.
[47:48.200 -> 47:48.600] Yeah.
[47:48.800 -> 47:49.120] Wow.
[47:49.120 -> 47:50.560] I didn't even, I didn't even thought about this.
[47:50.560 -> 47:52.760] So it's going to be completely off the cuff, right?
[47:52.920 -> 47:53.360] It is.
[47:53.440 -> 47:56.080] Uh, I'm listen, it's my one to watch.
[47:56.120 -> 47:56.880] I'm backing him.
[47:56.960 -> 47:57.760] Perez, Paul.
[47:58.400 -> 47:58.600] Yep.
[47:59.120 -> 48:02.320] Uh, Perez, Paul, Charles second.
[48:02.560 -> 48:02.760] Yep.
[48:03.320 -> 48:07.500] Uh, I'm going for another cheeky Alonzo third.
[48:08.400 -> 48:09.500] Signs.
[48:10.500 -> 48:13.100] And then how many is that so far?
[48:13.100 -> 48:14.000] That's four in it.
[48:14.000 -> 48:14.500] Four.
[48:14.500 -> 48:20.400] And stick Russell in fifth because I think Max is going to kiss the wall again.
[48:21.000 -> 48:22.500] Oh, Max is going to.
[48:22.700 -> 48:24.300] Oh my goodness.
[48:24.500 -> 48:27.800] Bold. Bold. I mean, I don't want that. I'd hate
[48:27.800 -> 48:32.680] to say that, but I just fucking anything that I don't want to happen is going to happen.
[48:32.680 -> 48:38.200] So he's going to be continuously that lap that never was never completed. The second
[48:38.200 -> 48:43.800] best lap that never was in the world. The chat is going wild. They're like, well, no,
[48:43.800 -> 48:45.720] no Max. So I'm going to go with. No Max, so I'm going to go with
[48:45.720 -> 48:47.560] really boring qualifying predictions.
[48:47.560 -> 48:50.640] I'm going to go over Stappen Perez.
[48:50.640 -> 48:53.520] But for the top two in terms of qualifying,
[48:53.520 -> 48:55.640] I think it's going to be Ferrari 2nd
[48:55.640 -> 48:57.280] Rome Leclerc than signs.
[48:57.280 -> 48:59.720] I think Leclerc will go better than signs here.
[48:59.720 -> 49:02.800] And then my my.
[49:02.800 -> 49:05.760] I'm going to put Hamilton P5.
[49:05.760 -> 49:13.200] I do not think I, I'm not vibing that we will have an Aston in the top five and qualifying.
[49:13.200 -> 49:16.560] You don't think this circuit and Aston go together?
[49:16.560 -> 49:19.180] No, but we're just talking about qualifying.
[49:19.180 -> 49:21.880] How many points do you get in qualifying?
[49:21.880 -> 49:22.880] Fuck all.
[49:22.880 -> 49:23.880] Exactly.
[49:23.880 -> 49:25.000] So, so let's talk about so, let's talk about it.
[49:25.000 -> 49:29.000] Let's talk about it.
[49:29.000 -> 49:30.000] Podium predictions.
[49:30.000 -> 49:32.000] Top three.
[49:32.000 -> 49:36.480] Again, sticking with my boy Checo, I think he's my dark horse.
[49:36.480 -> 49:38.040] He's a bit of a lad.
[49:38.040 -> 49:40.160] And he was really close to Max last weekend.
[49:40.160 -> 49:42.400] And they've been trading through and through.
[49:42.400 -> 49:44.800] Like I think Perez is happy with this car.
[49:44.800 -> 49:46.120] Max also seems happy with it.
[49:46.120 -> 49:46.400] So.
[49:47.080 -> 49:47.400] Let's go.
[49:48.560 -> 49:52.880] Max second, even though I say he's not going to start in the top five, because I
[49:52.880 -> 49:56.160] think the red ball is like easy mode at the moment.
[49:57.480 -> 50:02.000] Uh, and then let's go for.
[50:04.920 -> 50:08.240] Ah, come on. Let's give it, let's give it to Charles for third place.
[50:08.240 -> 50:09.840] The boy needs some luck at the minute.
[50:09.840 -> 50:10.840] Yeah, he does.
[50:10.840 -> 50:11.840] He does.
[50:11.840 -> 50:12.840] Not bad.
[50:12.840 -> 50:15.800] Perez for Stapp and Leclerc.
[50:15.800 -> 50:20.680] That's a pretty, that sounds as boring as my top five prediction, doesn't it?
[50:20.680 -> 50:21.680] Does it?
[50:21.680 -> 50:24.320] No, no, I think it's sound.
[50:24.320 -> 50:25.320] I think it's sound. I think it's sound.
[50:25.320 -> 50:27.360] I want Latifi to make a triumphant return.
[50:27.360 -> 50:28.360] Shut up.
[50:28.360 -> 50:34.240] I'm going to go with my podium is Verstappen, Perez, Alonso.
[50:34.240 -> 50:35.240] Oh, you think?
[50:35.240 -> 50:39.000] I thought you just said the Aston's no good here.
[50:39.000 -> 50:42.160] I said no good in qualifying.
[50:42.160 -> 50:44.720] The Ferrari and Merc are going to be shit in the race.
[50:44.720 -> 50:49.200] You think? Even though this is a front limited track? Are you impressed I knew that?
[50:49.200 -> 50:50.200] Yeah.
[50:50.200 -> 50:52.200] Yeah, thanks. The internet told me that.
[50:52.200 -> 50:57.120] I reckon the Ferrari is still going to be trash on their tyres.
[50:57.120 -> 51:08.160] And in qualifying, I think the only downside is the Aston may struggle to overtake with top speed because last week
[51:08.160 -> 51:11.760] they had to put on a little bit more downforce than the Mercedes to be competitive.
[51:11.760 -> 51:16.560] So you think that's going to affect their straight line speed?
[51:17.280 -> 51:21.760] Yeah, I think potentially, but you know what, I'm giving it to him. Alonso's got,
[51:21.760 -> 51:26.080] he's been re-energized. he's sacrificed a bunch of fresh blood. Back
[51:26.080 -> 51:27.080] to back podium.
[51:27.080 -> 51:28.080] Back to back would be wild.
[51:28.080 -> 51:29.080] Out of control.
[51:29.080 -> 51:37.560] Yeah. Lawrence Stroll is just gonna change the birth certificate of Lance and put Alonzo's
[51:37.560 -> 51:38.560] name on it instead.
[51:38.560 -> 51:39.560] Yeah, exactly.
[51:39.560 -> 51:45.100] He's like, you were always my favorite son. Yeah.
[51:49.400 -> 51:51.600] Let's let's get on to let's do a little recap. It's time for the segment our new one.
[51:52.100 -> 51:53.400] Oh, random.
[51:53.400 -> 51:54.100] Random.
[51:54.400 -> 51:55.400] Yeah.
[51:56.000 -> 52:00.480] Yeah, the random fandom brought to you by the world's most fraudulent guy
[52:00.500 -> 52:04.880] because a I have not sorted out the sound effect for this yet and be my
[52:04.900 -> 52:11.420] spinny will. Oh, and I've just burped down the mic that was free well done so
[52:11.420 -> 52:17.060] there's your sound effect just me belching at the microphone and no spinny
[52:17.060 -> 52:21.960] will I'm afraid because I've ordered it but it hasn't arrived yet right well
[52:21.960 -> 52:33.280] we're gonna have to get into it. So what is this segment about? Basically we get accused of Red Bull bias thanks to the fact that they paid
[52:33.280 -> 52:38.560] our mortgages for like six and ten years or whatever. Cheers Christian. And you know
[52:38.560 -> 52:43.040] going on from what my therapy session earlier I want to prove to the internet
[52:43.040 -> 52:45.200] that I can hate every single team equally.
[52:45.200 -> 52:49.600] It doesn't matter to me. I, you know, every driver is mid and washed in my eyes.
[52:49.600 -> 52:50.800] Yeah, shit.
[52:50.800 -> 53:01.600] Exactly. So, uh, we are picking a team at random for each race weekend, and we're going to give a, like, a little book report in the race review.
[53:01.600 -> 53:08.000] So, last week I had Alfa Romeo, you had Ferrari.
[53:08.000 -> 53:15.680] Yeah, well it's just like, your review was pretty good, your report was decent for Alfa
[53:15.680 -> 53:20.120] last week yeah? As in your team did well and your report was also eloquent.
[53:20.120 -> 53:25.880] Wow, that's not something I would have ever said I was but okay
[53:29.080 -> 53:30.120] Righty we're teaching you we're teaching you ready for money
[53:35.200 -> 53:36.000] Who's this one for want me to pick first or you yeah, I'd pick for you first. All right, here we go
[53:38.320 -> 53:41.120] Spinny wheel virtual spinny wheel virtual spinny wheel
[53:43.800 -> 53:45.520] I'll get in I've got asked to Martin this week
[53:51.640 -> 53:52.600] Alonzo the Alonzo stand baby. Oh my god. Oh my god. All right, Dan has
[53:54.600 -> 53:55.040] Down right now you
[53:57.720 -> 53:58.640] It's been for me spin. It's been for me that boy
[54:00.640 -> 54:01.640] if you go
[54:06.000 -> 54:08.000] All was a swap around. You've got Alfa Romeo. Oh, OK.
[54:08.000 -> 54:12.000] Should we do another one or is it OK to review Alfa two weeks in a row?
[54:12.000 -> 54:14.000] I don't know. Do you want to spin again?
[54:14.000 -> 54:16.000] Yeah, let's do it again.
[54:16.000 -> 54:18.000] Alright. I'll re-spin it.
[54:18.000 -> 54:20.000] I want to see it spin again.
[54:20.000 -> 54:22.000] Do you hear that, Alfa Romeo? He's not interested in you.
[54:22.000 -> 54:24.000] Fuck you.
[54:24.000 -> 54:27.160] I think they'll do well. I've got bad news. You've got Alfa Romeo? He's not interested in you. I think they'll do well. I got bad news, you got Alfa Romeo again.
[54:27.160 -> 54:28.440] Alright, try it again.
[54:28.440 -> 54:30.720] Right, third time lucky.
[54:33.720 -> 54:36.120] If it's Alfa Romeo this time, you just have to fucking...
[54:36.120 -> 54:36.840] It's destiny.
[54:36.840 -> 54:39.000] Alright, congratulations, you got Mercedes.
[54:41.480 -> 54:43.480] I'm just going to dump on them because I'm biased.
[54:43.480 -> 54:46.680] Yeah, time to really be all those biases.
[54:46.680 -> 54:50.280] What are your feelings for your team?
[54:50.280 -> 54:52.880] Your Aston Martin report card going into the next weekend?
[54:52.880 -> 54:56.520] Hey, grande eres magic.
[54:56.520 -> 54:57.520] Magicalonzo!
[54:57.520 -> 55:05.840] I hope Lance, Sir Lance a lot gets a little bit of hype going as well now that he's probably
[55:05.840 -> 55:08.600] a bit further through his recovery after having a.
[55:08.600 -> 55:11.600] That vicious channel 989 session.
[55:11.600 -> 55:14.480] Oh yeah, the wankers whiplash.
[55:14.480 -> 55:17.400] The full story of Lance Stroll.
[55:17.400 -> 55:21.960] Exactly, but yeah, I'm.
[55:21.960 -> 55:27.080] I hope Mercedes let's let's be honest, I'm not going to be any harder on Mercedes than they
[55:27.080 -> 55:28.640] were on themselves last weekend.
[55:28.640 -> 55:29.640] That's true.
[55:29.640 -> 55:33.320] Is it your turn then to write the letter to the fans this week then?
[55:33.320 -> 55:36.600] Yeah, I'll talk to admin and I'll write the letter to the fans after that.
[55:36.600 -> 55:41.080] Because it's like, listen, you entitled shits, you don't even know what's going on.
[55:41.080 -> 55:42.480] You've not been through what we've been through.
[55:42.480 -> 55:51.160] You don't know how this feels. You sitting there from your armchair, angry and upset and munching on those cooler ranch
[55:51.160 -> 55:59.960] Doritos with your athletic build. Shut up. Shut up. Um, they'll be back, but they might
[55:59.960 -> 56:05.780] have a long way back or they might McLaren it. Yeah, well, we have to wait and see, won't we?
[56:06.080 -> 56:08.680] We will, but it's it happens to everybody.
[56:09.640 -> 56:12.780] Hey, like it's it's more surprising that it hasn't happened yet.
[56:14.240 -> 56:16.080] Yeah, eight years ahead of a run.
[56:16.540 -> 56:17.080] Yeah, it is.
[56:18.540 -> 56:19.140] Try that again.
[56:19.180 -> 56:20.580] It broke all the records.
[56:20.580 -> 56:21.040] There you go.
[56:22.840 -> 56:26.880] Oh my God, so we're not going to do the fraud watch segment this
[56:26.880 -> 56:37.000] week, but we could play the play the sound anyway, can't we? Yeah, I got it. Sound.
[56:37.000 -> 56:46.700] Oh my God. So so basically, but so pre Bahrain.
[56:46.700 -> 56:50.140] You put McLaren and I put Alpine on Fraud Watch.
[56:50.140 -> 56:51.140] Host Bahrain.
[56:51.140 -> 56:53.300] You continued McLaren on Fraud Watch.
[56:53.300 -> 56:57.260] That's two strikes, three strikes, and they're out of the championship.
[56:57.260 -> 57:01.340] I took the boring route and put Ferrari on Fraud Watch.
[57:01.340 -> 57:04.060] So Alpine, I think, redeem themselves a little bit.
[57:04.060 -> 57:05.160] They had a shit qualifying,
[57:05.160 -> 57:07.620] but their race pace, at least on a,
[57:07.620 -> 57:09.240] well, they did two things really well.
[57:09.240 -> 57:11.640] They did a lot of pit stop practice with Arkon,
[57:12.720 -> 57:15.200] checked all those systems and made sure that FIA
[57:15.200 -> 57:17.000] were consistent in the penalties that they gave out
[57:17.000 -> 57:18.280] for each of those infringements.
[57:18.280 -> 57:19.120] Yeah, they calibrated themselves.
[57:19.120 -> 57:19.940] They calibrated themselves.
[57:19.940 -> 57:21.400] They read the clock correctly though.
[57:21.400 -> 57:23.680] Mm, fucking hell, yeah.
[57:23.680 -> 57:24.520] And then-
[57:24.520 -> 57:27.440] And really, the only redemption from Alpine was Gasly, let's be honest.
[57:27.440 -> 57:31.280] He had a stonk, stonks race man.
[57:31.280 -> 57:34.080] He was coming through from P20 to P9.
[57:34.080 -> 57:36.280] He basically swapped spots with Alcon.
[57:36.280 -> 57:40.120] So hopefully, hopefully they have a better weekend.
[57:40.120 -> 57:45.000] But Ferrari, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ferrari on Fraud Watch again for me this week.
[57:45.000 -> 57:46.000] Oh really?
[57:46.000 -> 57:47.000] After Saudi, yeah.
[57:47.000 -> 57:54.000] Imagine, imagine Sainz has double energy store failures through the weekend.
[57:54.000 -> 57:59.000] That, listen, I would not put that upon my worst enemy.
[57:59.000 -> 58:00.000] No, I wouldn't either.
[58:00.000 -> 58:02.000] Don't you put that evil on the Tifosi.
[58:02.000 -> 58:04.000] It made me really, really sad.
[58:04.000 -> 58:06.040] But, so let's go back to our next segment. you put that evil on the Tifosi. It made me really, really sad, but.
[58:08.640 -> 58:09.200] So let's let's go back to our next segment. We're not going to give you
[58:09.200 -> 58:10.040] new predictions for this week.
[58:10.040 -> 58:11.080] We're going to wait until people
[58:11.080 -> 58:12.280] get a chance to prove yourself, but.
[58:13.520 -> 58:14.200] Oh, you did.
[58:14.200 -> 58:15.560] You lose a good boy.
[58:15.560 -> 58:16.320] I am.
[58:16.360 -> 58:17.320] I'm a good boy.
[58:17.640 -> 58:18.200] Engine mode.
[58:18.200 -> 58:18.760] Good boy.
[58:19.160 -> 58:21.320] That's like it's like a golden sticker
[58:21.320 -> 58:23.000] that we give to a team or driver
[58:23.000 -> 58:24.680] or whatever for the weekend.
[58:25.360 -> 58:26.240] Pre Bahrain.
[58:26.920 -> 58:28.300] I was on the Botas hype train.
[58:28.300 -> 58:31.200] I think the mullet had enchanted me a little bit and that stash was
[58:32.280 -> 58:33.120] magnificent.
[58:33.280 -> 58:36.960] Um, and the testing, yeah, the testing helmet.
[58:37.520 -> 58:40.240] Um, it would have been, it would have been even sweeter if they'd glued a little mullet
[58:40.280 -> 58:43.800] on the back of that, but it had to be no mechs and stuff, but we were in a little bit of
[58:43.800 -> 58:48.160] an alpha loving cause you had your show your pre-Bahrain good boy.
[58:48.160 -> 58:54.400] Yeah I think he's the drippiest, the second drippiest fashionista of the paddock.
[58:54.960 -> 58:55.680] Yeah.
[58:55.680 -> 59:02.640] And as a 34 year old middle-aged man doing a podcast from his spare room I can really
[59:02.640 -> 59:03.440] appreciate that.
[59:04.000 -> 59:06.100] Yeah fashion baby.
[59:07.300 -> 59:09.800] This is why you need to watch the video or see us live
[59:09.800 -> 59:13.000] because me and fashion are worlds apart.
[59:13.500 -> 59:16.300] Yep, but that's why we hate each other so much.
[59:16.300 -> 59:19.800] But um, post Bahrain, I was gassing up my American Florida
[59:19.800 -> 59:20.600] man, Sergeant.
[59:21.500 -> 59:21.900] Yeah.
[59:21.900 -> 59:22.200] Yeah.
[59:22.200 -> 59:24.400] Anytime we do any news on him, we have to start it with
[59:24.400 -> 59:25.200] Florida man does so and it with Florida man.
[59:25.200 -> 59:32.920] That was so and so Florida man drives race car real good. And you had a, you had a Lonzo,
[59:32.920 -> 59:41.160] which that was a magical Lonzo. Yeah, it was, you know, he's still out there kicking ass
[59:41.160 -> 59:46.420] and taking names. Uh, he, if it, I mean mean I don't think he will but here
[59:46.420 -> 59:51.020] was my random factoid that if he wins the championship this year he would be
[59:51.020 -> 59:54.940] there'd only be two people older than him that have been world champions and
[59:54.940 -> 01:00:00.940] that's Fangio and again I've forgotten the fucking second who the second one
[01:00:00.940 -> 01:00:06.820] was yeah the third potential oldest world champion.
[01:00:06.820 -> 01:00:10.000] Then he's still out there kicking ass in the age of the youngsters.
[01:00:10.440 -> 01:00:11.340] He's not going anywhere.
[01:00:11.340 -> 01:00:15.540] And like you saw what kind of like rich people money gets surgery for Lance.
[01:00:15.880 -> 01:00:18.740] I think Alonzo has got some of that rich people magic money, or it's
[01:00:18.740 -> 01:00:20.360] just the human sacrifice of virgins.
[01:00:20.460 -> 01:00:20.660] Yeah.
[01:00:20.660 -> 01:00:22.580] I'm not sure which one is he going to become like, what's it?
[01:00:22.580 -> 01:00:23.900] The million euros man.
[01:00:24.700 -> 01:00:26.720] They will rebuild him.
[01:00:26.720 -> 01:00:28.760] Oh my god.
[01:00:28.760 -> 01:00:32.880] We've done something new this week.
[01:00:32.880 -> 01:00:34.320] We've reached out to Twitter.
[01:00:34.320 -> 01:00:35.320] Oh Jesus.
[01:00:35.320 -> 01:00:39.880] And asked you guys, should we have a quick look at that on the episode?
[01:00:39.880 -> 01:00:42.560] Should we save that for our livestream homies only?
[01:00:42.560 -> 01:00:47.120] What do you say? Uh, where are we at?
[01:00:48.960 -> 01:00:53.040] There's a lot to go through. I think we should we should save that for a little twitch exclusive.
[01:00:53.040 -> 01:00:56.960] What are you saying? All right. Yeah. Okay. We're gonna we're gonna do that now. So if you're
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