Ep35 - Dutch GP Preview

The Boys are back and rather sunburnt after their summer shutdown to look at the upcoming Dutch GP

• Dan forgets to record the episode
• The Alex Jones of F1
• Viva Las Vegas, now on discount
• Dr Marko's watertight contracts
• Hopes and Dreams for F1
• Max Verstappen goes directly to jail

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* **Introduction:**

The hosts, Blake and Dan, formerly Formula One engineers, welcome the audience back to the Engine Breaking podcast after a summer break. They discuss the upcoming Dutch Grand Prix and acknowledge that they forgot to record the previous episode.

* **News and Updates:**

1. **Viva Las Vegas:** The hosts discuss the controversial licensing fees that Formula One is charging clubs and restaurants in Las Vegas for the upcoming race. Initially set at millions of dollars, the fees have been reduced to $50,000 per venue, granting access to a direct TV feed of the race and preventing F1 from blocking their views with advertisements.

2. **Nick de Vries' Return:** Nick de Vries is set to return to Formula One as a reserve driver for Red Bull and Alpha Tauri at the Mexican Grand Prix. This is due to Liam Lawson's Super Formula race clashing with the Mexico GP weekend. De Vries is still under contract with Red Bull despite his demotion.

3. **Valtteri Bottas' Cycling Adventures:** Valtteri Bottas has been spotted participating in cycling events, showcasing his athleticism and embracing a new hobby. He recently won the costume competition at the SBT Hill Climb event dressed as Duffman, a character from The Simpsons.

4. **Sebastian Buemi's Teammate:** Discussion about Brendan Hartley, a former Red Bull driver who competed in endurance racing and had a memorable crash at Silverstone in the Porsche 919.

5. **Imola Cat Passes Away:** The Imola paddock cat, a beloved figure known for wandering around the garages and media pen, has sadly passed away. The hosts express their condolences and acknowledge the special bond that can form between animals and race teams.

6. **Toto Wolff, Flavio Briatore, and Dinner Controversies:** Toto Wolff was seen having dinner with Flavio Briatore, Lawrence Stroll, and Stefano Domenicali. This sparked speculation and conspiracy theories among fans, leading to discussions about the potential implications of such meetings.

7. **Max Verstappen's Driving Incident:** Max Verstappen was caught on video driving his Aston Martin Valkyrie in a tunnel in France at excessive speed. He was reportedly wearing a headset, raising concerns about potential health issues associated with the car's design.

* **Season Outlook and Wishlist:**

1. **Underdog Team Victories:** The hosts express their desire to see an underdog team win a race, particularly Fernando Alonso or Oscar Piastri. They also acknowledge the potential for a McLaren victory given their recent improvement.

2. **Alexander Albon's Success:** There is excitement about the possibility of Alexander Albon winning a race, especially at Monza, considering his strong performance there last year when Nyck de Vries drove his car due to appendicitis.

3. **Closing the Gap:** The hosts discuss the potential for the gap between Red Bull and other teams to shrink as the season progresses, particularly as the Aerodynamic Testing Restriction (ATR) penalty starts to affect Red Bull's performance. # Formula One Podcast Episode Summary: Zandvoort Preview and Random Fandom

## Introduction:

* The hosts, Dan and Blake, begin the episode by discussing their summer break and the upcoming Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
* They acknowledge that they forgot to record an episode before the break and joke about being the "Alex Jones of F1."

## Zandvoort Preview:

* Dan shares his analysis of the season's performance data, highlighting the improved performance of McLaren and Red Bull.
* They discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the Zandvoort circuit, including its unique layout, short pit lane, and DRS zones.
* The hosts predict that Max Verstappen will likely win the race, given Red Bull's dominance this season.

## Random Fandom:

* The hosts randomly select McLaren and Aston Martin as their teams to hype up for the weekend.
* They express their hope that McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will perform well and that Aston Martin will regain its form after recent struggles.

## Conclusion:

* The hosts announce that they will record a Dutch Grand Prix review episode next Monday or Tuesday.
* They encourage listeners to follow them on social media and express their gratitude for the audience's support.
* The episode ends with the hosts playfully insulting each other and the Formula One community.

[00:00.000 -> 00:06.400] Welcome back. It's been a long, it's been a long, long two weeks. Welcome back to the
[00:06.400 -> 00:10.400] engine breaking podcast. If you're new, welcome to the engine breaking podcast. My name is
[00:10.400 -> 00:19.100] Blake, a break and I'm joined by Dan, a K engine mode. 11 to former F1 engineers that
[00:19.100 -> 00:25.940] are now making a podcast and you actually have a real job still, which is good. So that's that's pretty good.
[00:26.300 -> 00:27.400] Sadly, yeah.
[00:27.620 -> 00:28.440] OK, fair enough.
[00:28.440 -> 00:28.800] Fair enough.
[00:28.960 -> 00:30.040] Well, welcome back.
[00:30.040 -> 00:30.840] Dude, how was your shutdown?
[00:30.840 -> 00:31.760] How was your little break?
[00:31.760 -> 00:35.800] Even though you don't adhere to the formula one shutdown rules anymore?
[00:36.680 -> 00:37.600] I always do.
[00:37.600 -> 00:38.200] But no, it was good.
[00:38.200 -> 00:38.680] Thank you.
[00:39.240 -> 00:45.520] I got very sunburned on a beach in the south of England, And that was pretty much it, to be honest.
[00:45.520 -> 00:48.920] So, yeah, you you you had a proper holiday, didn't you?
[00:48.920 -> 00:50.400] Yeah. You went out out.
[00:50.400 -> 00:55.280] We went to Crete Island in Greece, and it was spectacular.
[00:55.280 -> 00:56.840] Had a really good time.
[00:56.840 -> 00:59.200] And I observed fully the shutdown.
[00:59.200 -> 01:01.560] I tried to avoid Twitter.
[01:01.560 -> 01:04.520] You guys got onto me a couple of times for tweeting and I was like, I'm sorry,
[01:04.520 -> 01:09.960] but I just can't let go like that. But now we're here and we're back for the second half
[01:09.960 -> 01:16.960] of the 2023 season. Honestly, I could use another week of no F1 just to just to get
[01:16.960 -> 01:25.200] a little bit of a reset and like fully, fully excited for it. But did you know Zanfort review was our first episode last year?
[01:26.960 -> 01:35.120] I do like. I've got a problem. What's up? I forgot to press record. That's okay. I've got
[01:35.120 -> 01:39.040] the audio. Don't worry. We're professionals here, ladies and gentlemen. You know, whenever you
[01:39.040 -> 01:51.680] change something, if anybody's wondering what the context we if you're listening to this on audio platforms now we have just moved the podcast over to live recording on YouTube so if you want to get involved in the
[01:51.680 -> 01:55.280] live stream live stream and have a chat with everybody else meanwhile hanging out with us
[01:55.280 -> 02:00.720] and Dan forgetting to hit the record button get involved a check out engine breaking on YouTube
[02:00.720 -> 02:07.280] and if you're not follow us everywhere else. And yeah, we'll keep you informed. But yeah, Zandvoort was our first episode last year
[02:07.280 -> 02:11.640] and it's been a full Formula One revolution around the sun.
[02:13.360 -> 02:16.360] What did you get me for my anniversary or our anniversary?
[02:16.360 -> 02:17.320] What did you give me?
[02:17.320 -> 02:18.520] Absolutely fuck all, mate.
[02:18.520 -> 02:19.680] Oh, for fuck's sake.
[02:19.680 -> 02:21.320] What about you?
[02:21.320 -> 02:22.760] Do you get anything?
[02:22.760 -> 02:24.480] Uh, no.
[02:24.480 -> 02:28.000] I got me something. I got myself some nice beers from Cloudwater up in Manchester.
[02:28.000 -> 02:32.000] So, big up the craft beer heads if you're watching this.
[02:32.000 -> 02:37.000] But, yeah, let's ease into it. Let's slip right in.
[02:37.000 -> 02:39.000] We're coming back from the summer break.
[02:39.000 -> 02:41.000] Max Verstappen is on eight in a row.
[02:41.000 -> 02:44.000] He's ten total wins for the season.
[02:44.000 -> 02:47.200] He's leading the Constructors Championship on his own.
[02:47.480 -> 02:50.120] And Red Bull have more than double the points of Mercedes right now.
[02:51.240 -> 02:55.280] But did you rewind to the start of the season?
[02:55.280 -> 02:56.360] Did you ever think that would be happen?
[02:59.000 -> 03:00.000] I don't know.
[03:00.280 -> 03:03.000] I would never have said they would have been as dominant as they have been.
[03:04.040 -> 03:07.040] I would expect them to be less dominant than this honestly.
[03:07.040 -> 03:14.760] Yeah, yeah for sure and you know we're now at risk of Sebastian Vettel's nine in a row
[03:14.760 -> 03:16.380] being matched.
[03:16.380 -> 03:18.480] This weekend coming man.
[03:18.480 -> 03:20.080] Yeah, yeah.
[03:20.080 -> 03:24.720] Oh someone in the chat has come up with this interesting stat saying it might, oh no we
[03:24.720 -> 03:26.120] might have to go back and look at this.
[03:26.160 -> 03:29.240] Red Bull have only lost a single race since the podcast died.
[03:31.360 -> 03:32.500] Oh, that's wild.
[03:32.500 -> 03:33.160] If true.
[03:33.240 -> 03:35.680] The only one that can be is George Russell in Brazil.
[03:35.720 -> 03:36.480] When I shaved.
[03:36.560 -> 03:38.080] Blimey, blimey.
[03:39.000 -> 03:39.720] Dude, there's no way.
[03:39.760 -> 03:39.920] All right.
[03:39.960 -> 03:41.120] We'll, we'll check this in a second.
[03:41.160 -> 03:41.880] That's crazy.
[03:41.880 -> 03:42.640] If that's true.
[03:42.720 -> 03:43.080] Yeah.
[03:43.360 -> 03:45.600] Red Bull have got all of them this season, so.
[03:46.240 -> 03:46.960] You know what?
[03:47.440 -> 03:48.300] Big big ups.
[03:48.320 -> 03:50.600] Big ups not that's big man.
[03:51.000 -> 03:51.480] Big W.
[03:51.480 -> 03:54.160] Is there anyone listening to the podcast doesn't like Red Bull?
[03:54.760 -> 03:58.200] I'm sorry, it seems we need to shut down the podcast to bring back
[03:58.200 -> 03:59.320] competition in F1.
[04:00.440 -> 04:02.360] It's listen, we don't make up the rules.
[04:02.360 -> 04:03.400] This is just science.
[04:03.400 -> 04:07.000] So if you're if you're wondering about science, we do a bit of that here.
[04:07.840 -> 04:12.480] Yeah. The bigger the bigger sort of conspiracy is the Red Bull started winning
[04:12.480 -> 04:14.120] championships after me and you left.
[04:14.440 -> 04:18.440] Yeah. But then we started a podcast and they've been dominant, dominant.
[04:18.480 -> 04:21.880] Or what they take with one hand, they give with the other.
[04:23.040 -> 04:26.060] Exactly. But let's get into the news, shall we?
[04:26.220 -> 04:27.660] Are you ready to hop into the news?
[04:27.660 -> 04:32.020] Because we haven't had any races, so we've got something to fill our boots with for the next,
[04:32.260 -> 04:33.540] you know, 45 minutes.
[04:33.540 -> 04:37.540] I keep saying that's me extrapolating, thinking we'll make it under an hour long episode.
[04:37.860 -> 04:38.780] We're not going to.
[04:39.060 -> 04:41.220] You don't even bother trying to measure this stuff anymore.
[04:41.240 -> 04:42.380] No, it's immeasurable.
[04:42.820 -> 04:43.940] It's inevitable.
[04:45.320 -> 04:46.600] So talk to me.
[04:46.600 -> 04:48.120] Let's let's start with everybody.
[04:48.120 -> 04:50.080] So you everybody's favorite thing
[04:50.080 -> 04:51.040] because we talk about it
[04:51.040 -> 04:51.920] every couple of months,
[04:51.920 -> 04:53.360] even though it's never happened yet.
[04:53.640 -> 04:55.480] Vegas, what's happening?
[04:55.480 -> 04:58.920] Goose Viva Las Vegas.
[04:58.960 -> 05:00.320] So are you going to wear it?
[05:00.360 -> 05:01.280] Are you going to wear an Elvis
[05:01.280 -> 05:03.200] costume for the Vegas review?
[05:04.400 -> 05:05.200] Yeah, why not? I'll do it.
[05:05.200 -> 05:06.200] Okay.
[05:06.200 -> 05:07.200] I'm not above that.
[05:07.200 -> 05:08.200] You got this.
[05:08.200 -> 05:11.200] Because we already know I'm not above things like that.
[05:11.200 -> 05:12.200] So yeah.
[05:12.200 -> 05:13.200] Send it.
[05:13.200 -> 05:14.200] Absolutely, I'll do it.
[05:14.200 -> 05:18.360] And, you know, maybe I'll even give you a little video link from outside the Red Bull
[05:18.360 -> 05:19.360] factory.
[05:19.360 -> 05:20.360] Ooh.
[05:20.360 -> 05:21.360] Ooh.
[05:21.360 -> 05:24.360] So, yes, sorry, Vegas.
[05:24.360 -> 05:27.960] Apart from me dressing up, there was this controversial plan, I think,
[05:27.960 -> 05:31.760] do you remember it was like they were trying to charge, F1 were trying to charge clubs
[05:31.760 -> 05:36.200] and restaurants like millions of dollars in licensing fees and if they didn't they were
[05:36.200 -> 05:41.360] going to basically put up loads of like the advertisement hoardings up to block their
[05:41.360 -> 05:42.360] view.
[05:42.360 -> 05:43.360] Do you remember all this nonsense?
[05:43.360 -> 05:45.240] Yeah, it's like when you guys haven't paid us.
[05:45.560 -> 05:47.360] You guys think you're getting in on this for free?
[05:48.120 -> 05:49.440] No. Yeah.
[05:49.480 -> 05:53.640] Well, if one of lost lost their nerve and they've bold it and they've now dropped it
[05:53.640 -> 05:56.240] down to a mere fifty thousand dollars per venue.
[05:57.240 -> 06:00.960] And if you're wondering what that fifty thousand dollars per venue gets you,
[06:00.960 -> 06:07.040] basically it's a we promise we won't block your restaurant's view with a giant sign
[06:08.080 -> 06:10.280] and they get a direct TV feed of the race.
[06:12.000 -> 06:13.000] Imagine that.
[06:13.000 -> 06:14.000] One percent worth it.
[06:14.120 -> 06:15.360] Yeah, exactly.
[06:15.360 -> 06:18.400] It's like, sorry, sorry.
[06:18.400 -> 06:22.880] I'm just like it's like, but what's going to I wonder what's going to happen to these
[06:22.880 -> 06:26.000] these venues in terms of their revenue during the Grand Prix
[06:26.000 -> 06:27.940] Is it going to be bonkers or not?
[06:27.940 -> 06:32.620] I I feel like it might be a little bit of a bonkers week, but I don't know anything about Vegas
[06:32.620 -> 06:34.620] It's Vegas bonkers every week
[06:35.440 -> 06:38.120] They must they must have some sort of
[06:39.440 -> 06:41.480] positive effect because you get all of the
[06:42.320 -> 06:45.200] Big boxing matches and fights and things like that in
[06:45.200 -> 06:46.200] Vegas didn't you?
[06:46.200 -> 06:51.480] And I think they just want to attract the high net worth degenerates that like to gamble
[06:51.480 -> 06:54.760] and you know who doesn't like a little gamble now and again?
[06:54.760 -> 06:55.760] Exactly.
[06:55.760 -> 06:56.760] You know?
[06:56.760 -> 06:57.760] I was like you know what I'm gonna do?
[06:57.760 -> 07:00.400] I'm gonna quit my job and make no money.
[07:00.400 -> 07:01.800] Sounds like a good gamble.
[07:01.800 -> 07:03.320] I'm a gambling type for sure.
[07:03.320 -> 07:08.400] Yeah I mean I've gambled a lot of times and I've lost as you
[07:08.400 -> 07:11.360] could see by the fact I've got three children so I was going
[07:11.360 -> 07:13.680] to ask us like as you pull out game dude.
[07:14.960 -> 07:17.800] Come on, you can no longer take him bets on that.
[07:17.800 -> 07:19.400] Your kids are lovely.
[07:20.360 -> 07:22.880] That's that's no joke so.
[07:23.320 -> 07:25.880] But anyway, we we got to keep it real.
[07:27.160 -> 07:32.840] So let's fast forward to another race in the North American continent, the Mexican
[07:32.840 -> 07:35.920] Grand Prix. And I saw this headline the other day.
[07:35.920 -> 07:37.800] I was like, get the fuck out of here.
[07:37.800 -> 07:40.120] There is no way DeVries is coming back.
[07:40.120 -> 07:42.200] And then it struck me.
[07:43.240 -> 07:44.200] Tell us about that one.
[07:44.440 -> 07:46.600] Well, you kind of make sense, doesn't it?
[07:46.600 -> 07:50.980] So apparently the rumor mill is in full swing saying we're going to get Nick DeVries returning
[07:50.980 -> 07:54.300] at the Mexico Grand Prix, but don't panic.
[07:54.300 -> 08:02.340] He's going to come back as a reserve driver, a test and reserve driver for Red Bull and
[08:02.340 -> 08:05.520] Alpha Tauri for the Mexico F1 weekend.
[08:05.520 -> 08:12.280] Now apparently this is because Liam Lawson's Super Formula race clashes with the Mexico
[08:12.280 -> 08:14.800] GP weekend around that time.
[08:14.800 -> 08:16.640] So it does make sense.
[08:16.640 -> 08:21.440] And what I didn't also realize is that apparently DeVries is still under contract with Red Bull
[08:21.440 -> 08:28.640] for this season despite his demotion. So I think unless he gets something signed and someone pays him out,
[08:30.240 -> 08:33.680] then I think he's kind of in Red Bull's pocket until the end of the year.
[08:34.480 -> 08:39.520] That's an absolutely wild one. How can you be like, hey, you know what?
[08:39.520 -> 08:42.240] You're fired, but you're still under contract.
[08:44.480 -> 08:44.720] Yeah.
[08:44.720 -> 08:48.560] What is that? That is nuts, but you know what?
[08:51.120 -> 08:53.200] It makes sense, like if Lawson's obviously busy
[08:53.200 -> 08:54.840] doing super formula, and why not?
[08:54.840 -> 08:58.120] Because he's doing such a good job out there.
[09:00.000 -> 09:02.280] Yeah, and I thought it was wild that despite
[09:02.280 -> 09:06.480] DeVries being sidelined, he's still, uh, he's still locked up.
[09:06.960 -> 09:07.160] Yeah.
[09:07.160 -> 09:07.680] The red bull.
[09:07.680 -> 09:08.080] I did.
[09:08.080 -> 09:09.800] The helmet Marco effect.
[09:10.040 -> 09:10.960] I didn't expect that.
[09:10.960 -> 09:15.480] You saw, you saw loss and had a pretty decent little, uh, ding dong
[09:15.480 -> 09:16.720] there in one of those races.
[09:16.920 -> 09:17.480] Ouch.
[09:17.960 -> 09:21.960] I think, I believe I could be wrong, but there was some airborne cars in that,
[09:21.960 -> 09:23.360] which was pretty spectacular.
[09:23.360 -> 09:24.400] Nobody was injured.
[09:24.400 -> 09:33.120] I believe. Uh, yeah. Rory says he's caused a multi-car collision. But wildly, wildly.
[09:34.640 -> 09:39.120] He's still P2 in the championship, I believe, and he's still got a chance to win it. He's tied for
[09:39.120 -> 09:45.360] P2. I think it's a close one. So Liam Lawson, if we don't see him in Formula One next season,
[09:45.360 -> 09:47.960] that will be a bit of a shame.
[09:48.880 -> 09:49.380] No.
[09:50.400 -> 09:50.900] Correct.
[09:51.760 -> 09:53.280] But who wrecked a mondo?
[09:53.880 -> 09:54.380] Yeah.
[09:55.440 -> 09:59.200] One of the things that I've done over the break is I have
[10:00.600 -> 10:02.480] committed to cycling more.
[10:02.920 -> 10:05.680] And speaking of my inspiration
[10:06.200 -> 10:10.620] It's yeah, it's the Duffman and I'm not talking about drinking beers. It's freaking
[10:11.440 -> 10:15.040] Valtteri Bottas doing a cosplay as the Duffman
[10:16.480 -> 10:22.240] What was this was it SBT hill climb singboat street steamboat Springs in Colorado
[10:23.880 -> 10:25.980] Fuck yeah, dude, so he's
[10:25.980 -> 10:26.720] he's just out here
[10:26.720 -> 10:28.020] completing side quests.
[10:28.040 -> 10:30.080] Yeah, so his girlfriend,
[10:30.120 -> 10:32.020] Tiffany Cromwell's a cyclist as well,
[10:32.020 -> 10:33.280] and then now he's just like
[10:33.420 -> 10:34.420] cycling and mullets
[10:34.420 -> 10:35.460] is his personality now,
[10:35.460 -> 10:37.160] and it's he's this is not stuff
[10:37.160 -> 10:37.860] for the faint of heart.
[10:37.860 -> 10:39.900] This dude's a seriously
[10:40.420 -> 10:42.120] type B kind of fun here.
[10:43.560 -> 10:48.680] But yeah, man, yeah, he's, you know, despite his mullet and his Duffman outfit, he's still
[10:48.680 -> 10:54.080] a, he's still an athlete, you know, the top athlete he won.
[10:54.120 -> 10:58.400] We, everyone be glad to hear he won the costume competition dressed as Duffman.
[10:58.880 -> 11:03.000] And apparently the, the prize of which is, uh, winning your weight in beer.
[11:04.200 -> 11:08.940] And, uh, because Bottas is, uh is such a mad lad, he decided to basically
[11:08.940 -> 11:10.360] donate it to everyone watching.
[11:10.560 -> 11:12.120] That is that is awesome.
[11:12.280 -> 11:14.400] But didn't he finish something like 20th?
[11:14.840 -> 11:15.360] I don't know.
[11:15.360 -> 11:16.560] I don't know where I think he finished.
[11:16.600 -> 11:19.560] I think he finished competitively, but there's another one.
[11:19.600 -> 11:26.800] Um, oh my God, I'm losing my train of thought for just a minute.
[11:26.800 -> 11:30.200] Sebastian Buemi's teammate used to be Red Bull driver.
[11:30.200 -> 11:31.200] Like I can see his face.
[11:31.200 -> 11:32.200] Godspeed.
[11:32.200 -> 11:33.200] No, Kiwi.
[11:33.200 -> 11:34.200] Red Bull driver, Toroso.
[11:34.200 -> 11:35.200] Red Bull driver, who was a Kiwi.
[11:35.200 -> 11:36.200] Toroso.
[11:36.200 -> 11:37.200] Toro and Rosso.
[11:37.200 -> 11:38.200] Yeah, please, I'm…
[11:38.200 -> 11:39.200] Here we go, here's some trivia for you.
[11:39.200 -> 11:47.600] I'm just going to bust out some random names.
[11:47.800 -> 11:49.800] Sebastian Vettel. No.
[11:49.800 -> 11:52.080] Hmm. Daniel Riccardo.
[11:52.080 -> 11:54.640] Now, Brendan Hartley, of course, Hartley.
[11:54.760 -> 11:57.840] Hartley was into his mountain biking, like doing like the Leadville and stuff.
[11:57.840 -> 12:01.760] And if you one of the things from that is like if you do a certain time
[12:01.760 -> 12:06.400] on the Leadville, this mad lad in endurance mountain bike race.
[12:06.400 -> 12:10.240] You get like this big fuck off belt buckle and that was the thing I remember when I was
[12:10.240 -> 12:13.760] I was running the simulator for a tour also session back in the day and he's like yeah
[12:13.760 -> 12:17.920] man I really want that belt buckle and I was like you guys are real athletes.
[12:17.920 -> 12:21.160] I'm out here just like.
[12:21.160 -> 12:28.480] Asthmatic donkey on a nice bicycle that hell hell yeah yeah how can we forget
[12:28.480 -> 12:32.480] Brendan Hartley he had that incredible hair yeah he was he's a super nice dude
[12:32.480 -> 12:38.060] I really liked Brendan I think he had a interesting return to Formula One for a
[12:38.060 -> 12:43.120] bit but uh he's a super nice dude a big fan is he did well with the Porsche was
[12:43.120 -> 12:45.900] it a 919 yep yeah they did some bits the Porsche was it the 919? Yeah. Yeah, they did some bits
[12:45.900 -> 12:50.260] I was was it did he have that he had that massive flip at Silverstone in it, didn't he?
[12:51.820 -> 12:54.220] They're one of the wet grounds I must have missed that
[12:54.420 -> 13:00.020] yeah, pretty pretty sure he was in the car when the 919 flips and I think it was him driving at the time and I
[13:00.700 -> 13:03.580] Seem to have like this weird fucking
[13:04.140 -> 13:07.440] Jinx on LMP cars because Alan McNish had that massive
[13:07.440 -> 13:11.600] crash at Le Mans when he was going through the Dunlop.
[13:11.600 -> 13:14.240] I was right in front of the grandstand when that happened.
[13:14.240 -> 13:15.240] Oh shit.
[13:15.240 -> 13:18.880] And then the next time I went to go see a WEC race, it happened again at Silverstone
[13:18.880 -> 13:19.880] with Brendan Hartley.
[13:19.880 -> 13:23.000] So I was like, I've never been to a race since just for the safety of the drivers.
[13:23.000 -> 13:27.120] Yeah, don't go to any more Grand Prix's.
[13:27.120 -> 13:28.400] You want to go to Zandvoort this weekend?
[13:28.960 -> 13:29.840] Sure, yeah, let's go.
[13:29.840 -> 13:30.320] All right, cool.
[13:31.840 -> 13:34.640] We can go dressed as McLaren fans and we'd fit right in.
[13:34.640 -> 13:35.600] They'd never know.
[13:35.600 -> 13:36.080] Exactly.
[13:36.080 -> 13:36.720] It's like, hey guys.
[13:38.480 -> 13:41.200] But so this year we're jumping all over the place,
[13:41.200 -> 13:43.680] but this is we're always come back to the point.
[13:43.680 -> 13:46.920] We did not have the Imola race this season.
[13:46.920 -> 13:50.880] We've also got further bad news from Imola right now.
[13:50.880 -> 13:55.600] And this one's this one's close to my heart, even though I didn't know that this.
[13:55.600 -> 13:56.600] Tell us.
[13:56.600 -> 14:02.640] Formerly, you know, the Imola cat has sadly passed away.
[14:02.640 -> 14:05.520] He was often spotted wandering in and out of the team's garages
[14:05.520 -> 14:10.320] and around the media pen and even had his own paddock passed. So he was a bit of a legend
[14:10.320 -> 14:16.320] at Imola. I can't say I ever met him. But yeah.
[14:16.320 -> 14:20.000] That's sad. And honestly that really sucks because I know there's a couple people in
[14:20.000 -> 14:29.200] the stream that have recently lost pets and I like honestly if anything happened to my cats I would I would lose it massively but yeah.
[14:29.200 -> 14:35.800] Listen you can be working a 12 hour day or something ridiculous at a trackside if the
[14:35.800 -> 14:40.240] friendly neighborhood cat walked in that would just make my day I don't care how shitty of
[14:40.240 -> 14:45.440] a day I've had just have a random pet walk into the garage and I'd be happy as Larry. So
[14:46.640 -> 14:51.600] we need more circuit pets. Yep, but also racetracks are dangerous places for animals and
[14:51.600 -> 14:57.760] you got to be a quite a well-seasoned animal not to be freaked out by all the sounds and weirdos and
[14:58.560 -> 15:05.280] petrol and oil and tires and everything else. But uh rest in peace kitty cat yeah um in that case i'm
[15:05.280 -> 15:10.480] volunteering to be the uh paddock pet for someone okay just take you a lot you know
[15:10.480 -> 15:14.240] if you want to do some of that weird fetish stuff like there's a different podcast for
[15:14.240 -> 15:25.360] that you are monetized now well done meow meow wolf wolf 20 quids 20 twenty quid. Exactly. I've done worse for less.
[15:25.360 -> 15:28.360] You know what I'm saying?
[15:28.360 -> 15:30.360] Oh my God.
[15:30.360 -> 15:34.040] Here's one and let's get the tinfoil hats going.
[15:34.040 -> 15:40.760] The Adrian Newey and Zach Brown were spotted having dinner and they did a hat swap and
[15:40.760 -> 15:43.760] the internet was freaking out and I was like, what are these guys doing?
[15:43.760 -> 15:48.640] And I was looking around, I was like, there's a photo. There's also Jim Farley, the Ford CEO.
[15:48.640 -> 15:54.080] There's another person, someone's kid, and also Le Mans legend Tom Christensen as well.
[15:54.080 -> 15:59.120] And I was like, what the hell is this madness? It was the Monterey Motorsport reunion at Laguna
[15:59.120 -> 16:04.320] Seca. So it was like all the open wheel classics. Super, super cool.
[16:09.200 -> 16:10.720] Yeah, this is like, was this is do you think this is like the football equivalent of when they change shirts at the end of the match?
[16:10.720 -> 16:14.600] Yeah, exactly. Like it's like drivers get to do helmet swaps, right? Why can't, why
[16:14.600 -> 16:16.160] can't, you know, team.
[16:16.160 -> 16:22.160] I want to see for Zandvoort, I want to see drivers swap in race suits when they finish
[16:22.160 -> 16:22.960] the race.
[16:22.960 -> 16:25.000] Uh, Nome mix underwear swaps.
[16:25.880 -> 16:27.000] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just I just want to see that.
[16:27.000 -> 16:27.960] See how that goes down.
[16:29.560 -> 16:30.880] It's just happening.
[16:30.880 -> 16:33.600] Lewis Hamilton just swap in their sweaty briefs.
[16:33.600 -> 16:37.480] You know what that that reminds me of formula student Germany in 2011.
[16:37.480 -> 16:38.080] Right. I did.
[16:38.480 -> 16:40.800] It is a common thing to do a team shirt swap.
[16:41.120 -> 16:46.640] I swapped my really nice white Oxford Brooks polo with an American flag patch
[16:46.640 -> 16:52.160] for some dude's sweaty, terrible shit t-shirt. I threw the t-shirt away immediately. I don't
[16:52.160 -> 16:56.000] even remember that. I was like, this t-shirt sucks. I just want my white polo back.
[16:56.000 -> 16:59.360] Because that thing was awesome. It had the American flag. There wasn't too many of us
[16:59.360 -> 17:03.920] at Formula Student Germany. I felt proud. And, uh, yeah, shirt swaps.
[17:08.720 -> 17:11.280] Germany. I felt proud and yeah, shirt swaps. Here's another huge drama and I want to.
[17:14.320 -> 17:19.360] There's some serious allegations going on for this next one. So Toto Wolf was seen having dinner with Flavio Flavio Flavio Breatory,
[17:20.080 -> 17:23.040] Lawrence Stroll and Toto Wolf, and they were having dinner somewhere.
[17:23.680 -> 17:29.080] I think I'm gone before you continue. You know, if we're talking about Flavio, you gotta play
[17:29.080 -> 17:30.080] the bumper.
[17:30.080 -> 17:35.840] I don't think it's working through the stream right now, hold on.
[17:35.840 -> 17:37.800] It's not going through the microphone right now, unfortunately.
[17:37.800 -> 17:40.520] It's the Fraud Files bumper, I'll fix it next time.
[17:40.520 -> 17:49.400] But this is the Fraud Files, get out your tinfoil hats, ladies and gentlemen, everyone. Total Wolf, Lawrence Stroll and they're having dinner with us.
[17:49.400 -> 17:49.680] Sorry.
[17:51.800 -> 17:58.160] Flavor Flav and Dominic Collie, I wrote Total Wolf twice, so we've got.
[17:59.440 -> 18:04.440] Slave of Flav, the Lord of Darkness and getting banned from F1 for fixing races,
[18:04.880 -> 18:05.000] we've got Stefano Dominic Collie, the head of Formula One. The Lord of Darkness and getting banned from F1 for fixing races.
[18:05.000 -> 18:12.000] We've got Stefano Domenicolic, the head of Formula 1, and two of the big dogs.
[18:12.000 -> 18:14.000] I think we're up to some conspiracies.
[18:14.000 -> 18:17.000] So, yeah, I think we need to investigate this.
[18:17.000 -> 18:25.500] Or just let these fuckers have dinner together and take a picture for the Internet. Well, did you know?
[18:26.800 -> 18:28.000] The flavor slave.
[18:29.900 -> 18:30.200] I was actually apparently unbanned.
[18:32.300 -> 18:33.200] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think it was a couple years ban from the attic.
[18:33.800 -> 18:35.900] Yeah, after 2013 he was allowed back in.
[18:35.900 -> 18:38.600] So yeah, he turned in a French court.
[18:38.600 -> 18:41.000] Yeah, but but now it's back in court
[18:41.000 -> 18:42.500] because massive wants back in.
[18:42.800 -> 18:44.700] Oh, I forgot all about that.
[18:44.700 -> 18:46.560] I didn't even put that in the show notes.
[18:46.560 -> 18:48.880] You know, honestly, do we even need to talk about it?
[18:48.880 -> 18:49.520] I don't know.
[18:49.520 -> 18:51.600] So, look, I'll briefly sum this up.
[18:51.600 -> 18:52.480] So, I did look into it.
[18:52.480 -> 18:53.760] I just forgot to put it in the notes.
[18:54.400 -> 18:58.000] So, whatever happens, the only thing that's going to work
[18:59.360 -> 19:03.360] is that Masa is only going to be entitled to some financial compensation.
[19:03.360 -> 19:05.320] They can't overturn the results.
[19:05.320 -> 19:08.320] They can't do anything like that.
[19:08.320 -> 19:14.520] So anyone hoping for some changes in the championships and things like that, unfortunately, you're
[19:14.520 -> 19:15.520] going to be let down.
[19:15.520 -> 19:16.520] It's just a monetary thing.
[19:16.520 -> 19:17.520] Yeah.
[19:17.520 -> 19:28.240] I said, the funniest thing, because I'm an agent of chaos, is I want the FIA to come out revoke Max's first
[19:28.240 -> 19:34.160] championship give it to Lewis so he's on eight championships and then two hours
[19:34.160 -> 19:40.760] later immediately change the 2008 results so Lewis is back on seven. I just
[19:40.760 -> 19:53.320] want to see that because I just want to see the internet implode. Oh, wait. That would like, yeah, I mean, it's like status quo, same, same shit, but just like a really
[19:53.320 -> 19:55.960] roundabout rollercoaster of emotions.
[19:55.960 -> 20:00.960] But going back to the, the, uh, yeah, we've, we've got the massive thing, but going back
[20:00.960 -> 20:05.000] to like the total wolf and Flava Flav and all those at dinner.
[20:09.940 -> 20:11.880] You remember last year when there was a picture of, uh, MBS and Horner on a boat and people are like, you guys can't hang out.
[20:11.880 -> 20:13.680] This is they're, they're colluding.
[20:13.680 -> 20:18.320] I was like, I feel like I remember it because nobody had any fucking shoes or
[20:18.320 -> 20:20.480] socks on it was really fucking weird.
[20:20.520 -> 20:21.720] But, but you're on a yacht, man.
[20:21.720 -> 20:25.200] You can't wear shoes on that nice, freshly sanded teak deck.
[20:25.240 -> 20:27.400] Come on, you come some kind of savage bro.
[20:27.600 -> 20:29.560] Yeah, if I can afford to buy your
[20:29.600 -> 20:30.760] I can afford to not worry
[20:30.760 -> 20:31.880] about having shoes on it.
[20:32.240 -> 20:33.960] So when back to leaving
[20:33.960 -> 20:35.400] your tags on the dinner suit,
[20:35.440 -> 20:37.240] I'm going to return this afterwards.
[20:37.240 -> 20:38.960] Nah, I don't know.
[20:39.000 -> 20:41.720] I don't think you want that, but I remember
[20:42.000 -> 20:44.160] back in the day when 2012
[20:44.160 -> 20:46.720] when we got to go on VJ's yacht on Friday night
[20:46.720 -> 20:50.760] or Thursday night and everybody had to take their shoes off and there was like a couple
[20:50.760 -> 20:51.760] hundred people in this.
[20:51.760 -> 20:56.120] So they had a coat check and a shoe check.
[20:56.120 -> 21:00.240] It was wild, but the port-a-potty experience, like the portable toilet situation on the
[21:00.240 -> 21:02.960] decks was a little bit interesting going in there in your socks.
[21:02.960 -> 21:05.920] I threw those socks away, man.
[21:07.400 -> 21:13.320] So friend of the podcast, Tomo goes, I reckon Dan has the cleanest toes in our YouTube chat.
[21:13.320 -> 21:15.400] Mate, I've got fucking hobbit feet.
[21:15.720 -> 21:19.120] If I took my shoes and socks off on the boat, they'd be like, mate, put your shoes back on.
[21:19.440 -> 21:20.400] Yeah. You know what?
[21:20.400 -> 21:21.640] You're going to do less damage.
[21:22.040 -> 21:26.000] Yeah. You're going to give everybody else some kind of fungal infection from the
[21:26.360 -> 21:28.400] deck. Then just put them back on.
[21:28.560 -> 21:30.160] We'll send it later from Stevenage.
[21:30.160 -> 21:31.480] We can't afford to use them here.
[21:32.240 -> 21:34.040] Fair enough. Well, you know what?
[21:34.040 -> 21:38.600] If if that's all not happen, all these dramas, then there's one last piece of drama
[21:38.600 -> 21:39.840] before we get into the rest of it.
[21:40.440 -> 21:41.560] Max is going to jail.
[21:42.160 -> 21:51.720] Yeah, Max Verstappen is going to jail all because he was videoed driving his Aston Martin Valkyrie
[21:51.720 -> 21:53.440] on in a tunnel in France.
[21:53.440 -> 21:59.720] So I don't know, this is you can tell some of shutdown has been hanging around because
[21:59.720 -> 22:01.720] people are so fucking bored now.
[22:01.720 -> 22:06.520] Yeah, apparently he was doing was it 120 maybe in a 90 or something?
[22:06.520 -> 22:08.080] I thought even fucking kilometers
[22:08.080 -> 22:09.840] an hour are American friends.
[22:10.160 -> 22:12.000] Yeah, he wasn't going too fast,
[22:12.000 -> 22:13.600] so 30 clicks over.
[22:14.680 -> 22:16.800] But yeah, that would be extremely
[22:17.120 -> 22:18.560] French thing to happen,
[22:18.560 -> 22:19.920] so he's definitely going to jail.
[22:20.280 -> 22:21.760] But I just take away from this
[22:21.760 -> 22:23.000] is the fact that he is driving
[22:23.000 -> 22:24.520] the Valkyrie with a headset on.
[22:26.400 -> 22:33.440] Right, and I know is the fact that he is driving the Valkyrie with a headset on, right? And I know for a fact that someone whose signature is on this Aston Martin poster behind me,
[22:33.440 -> 22:38.400] who was the test and development driver for the Valkyrie, said to me at Silverstone, was
[22:38.400 -> 22:41.640] like, mate, if you drive this car for more than 30 minutes, you're going to damage your
[22:41.640 -> 22:42.640] hearing.
[22:42.640 -> 22:45.840] So I'm glad that they've obviously fixed that issue by just giving everyone a
[22:45.840 -> 22:47.600] fucking headset to wear while driving it.
[22:47.640 -> 22:50.480] It's like it's like a small plane helicopter.
[22:50.480 -> 22:54.200] You have to have the ear defenders and otherwise you can't even hear the person
[22:54.200 -> 22:54.800] sat next to you.
[22:54.800 -> 22:56.480] It's like, huh, what's that?
[22:56.880 -> 22:59.120] What? I'm going 120 and a 90.
[22:59.400 -> 23:00.440] No, I can't be right.
[23:00.440 -> 23:01.600] That's the water pressure.
[23:02.000 -> 23:02.720] Oh, what?
[23:03.160 -> 23:04.680] What's the what are the flashing lights?
[23:05.640 -> 23:10.960] Oh, what? What's the? What are the flashing lights? Oh yeah. Is there anything more Adrian Newy than designing a road car that has potential health implications
[23:10.960 -> 23:11.960] when you drive it?
[23:11.960 -> 23:12.960] Mate, fair enough.
[23:12.960 -> 23:13.960] That's peak, peak Newy.
[23:13.960 -> 23:14.960] Yeah, it's fair enough.
[23:14.960 -> 23:17.880] That is very Adrian.
[23:17.880 -> 23:22.280] But like, honestly, it's a it's a it's a basically a race car.
[23:22.280 -> 23:23.280] Fuck it.
[23:23.280 -> 23:24.280] You don't need to talk to your passenger.
[23:24.280 -> 23:26.360] I mean, I it's not a a race car. Fuck it, you don't need to talk to your passenger.
[23:30.640 -> 23:32.520] I mean, I it's not a concern I have my I wouldn't even be able to get in the damn thing there. Yeah, those are pretty freaking racy, though.
[23:32.680 -> 23:35.480] Those are yeah, they look like little sardine cans.
[23:36.280 -> 23:44.000] But anyway, did you hey, real quick, while we're talking about car life, did you see that somebody crashed Lewis's old purple Pagani Zonda in the tunnel in Wales?
[23:44.120 -> 23:46.120] crashed Lewis's old purple Pagani Zonda in the tunnel in Wales. I did, yeah.
[23:46.120 -> 23:51.840] Yeah, he's a 760LH, which I really like.
[23:51.840 -> 23:58.840] If you're a fan of hypercars and that, the Pagani Zonda, it's a very Marmite car.
[23:58.840 -> 24:04.800] But I always loved Lewis's one, just because it was like a manual, which is quite rare
[24:04.800 -> 24:05.340] to get.
[24:05.440 -> 24:08.180] So, but yeah, no, it was sold on to somebody else.
[24:08.180 -> 24:10.160] And I believe this was the third owner.
[24:10.220 -> 24:11.520] I think I sold on again.
[24:12.200 -> 24:16.400] And, uh, he was going through a tunnel in, uh, Wales, I believe.
[24:16.440 -> 24:20.440] And it just basically just, I think where it went from like wet to dry or
[24:20.440 -> 24:24.020] something, it just lit up the rear tires in a straight line and just drove it
[24:24.020 -> 24:25.280] straight into the fucking wall.
[24:25.280 -> 24:26.280] I was like, okay, cool.
[24:26.280 -> 24:27.280] It took a hefkin amount of damage.
[24:27.280 -> 24:28.280] Well done.
[24:28.280 -> 24:32.320] Yeah, definitely a talent issue.
[24:32.320 -> 24:38.520] Is that, is that not the car that Lewis crashed after leaving a nightclub as well one time?
[24:38.520 -> 24:42.000] I believe so, yeah, but I don't think it was anywhere near.
[24:42.000 -> 24:47.600] I think, like, I think he just basically did the front bumper in on it when he did that.
[24:47.600 -> 24:48.600] This is fully fucked.
[24:48.600 -> 24:50.280] Oh, the suspension, all the wheels.
[24:50.280 -> 24:54.400] He's got it's got that hella flush 12 degrees of camber set up on it where it's just tucked
[24:54.400 -> 24:55.400] in like that.
[24:55.400 -> 24:59.600] Yeah, yeah, he's got that race car camber set up at the moment.
[24:59.600 -> 25:01.960] Oh yeah, that's that's not good.
[25:01.960 -> 25:06.320] So let's let's get in to the season.
[25:06.320 -> 25:07.160] We've gone through the news.
[25:07.160 -> 25:09.120] It was honestly a super quiet break.
[25:09.120 -> 25:10.520] No crazy drama.
[25:11.440 -> 25:17.920] There's some clickbait headlines, but yeah, so what are we here to filter out the
[25:17.920 -> 25:19.120] shit? Yeah, exactly.
[25:19.120 -> 25:21.560] So that was to give you our own version of the shit.
[25:21.720 -> 25:22.680] Yeah, exactly.
[25:22.760 -> 25:28.200] But listen, all you have to do is show up, listen or watch our podcast on YouTube
[25:28.200 -> 25:34.480] and you don't really need to read any of the clickbait dogshit headlines on the Internet
[25:34.480 -> 25:36.600] from those trash F1 websites.
[25:36.600 -> 25:42.080] If you're here, engine breaking podcasts as well, do that and you'll be fine, right?
[25:42.080 -> 25:43.080] Yeah, fine.
[25:43.080 -> 25:48.720] Yeah, and a rule of thumb is that it's anything on an F1 website is bullshit.
[25:48.740 -> 25:50.560] That includes BBC F1.
[25:51.200 -> 25:51.680] Fuck it.
[25:51.680 -> 25:53.200] That includes Formula1.com.
[25:53.240 -> 25:54.200] It's all bollocks.
[25:54.920 -> 25:55.800] Yep, exactly.
[25:55.800 -> 25:56.280] Nonsense.
[25:56.320 -> 25:57.720] So let's talk.
[25:57.720 -> 26:01.320] Let's get into the season with the halfway mark, obviously.
[26:01.760 -> 26:03.200] Um, what do we want to see?
[26:03.200 -> 26:04.760] What do you want to see for the rest of the season?
[26:04.760 -> 26:09.200] What are your what's your wish list? What's your when you do some weird stuff for $20
[26:09.200 -> 26:15.600] list? You know, yeah, my weird stuff for $20 list. All you do is subscribe to my only dads
[26:15.600 -> 26:23.760] for that. I want to see I want to see I want to see another team. Win a race and I wanted
[26:23.760 -> 26:25.000] to be an underdog team. I want to see a random Fernando Al race and I want it to be an underdog team.
[26:25.000 -> 26:28.000] I want to see a random Fernando Alonso.
[26:28.000 -> 26:31.000] I know it's weird calling him the underdog, but you know what I mean.
[26:31.000 -> 26:33.000] I want to see an Alonso win.
[26:33.000 -> 26:35.000] I want to see...
[26:35.000 -> 26:37.000] What else do I want to see take a win?
[26:37.000 -> 26:39.000] Piastri.
[26:39.000 -> 26:43.000] Yeah, yeah. I'll take a McLaren victory.
[26:43.000 -> 26:46.120] But that's honestly like a Piastri win is doesn't even
[26:46.120 -> 26:51.760] sound like a crazy thing to say right now because their change of form.
[26:51.760 -> 26:54.640] Let's let's see this weekend because I think this weekend should suit that car.
[26:54.640 -> 26:56.200] I I'm excited.
[26:56.200 -> 27:02.600] Yeah, OK, CJ Johnson in the live stream suggesting an Albon win at Monza.
[27:02.600 -> 27:04.560] I've heard that one again today.
[27:04.560 -> 27:09.480] That's the second time I've heard that one today, and that would that would bring me
[27:09.480 -> 27:10.760] very much happiness.
[27:10.760 -> 27:15.760] That would bring me a lot of joy to see Alexander Albon and Monza because remember last year
[27:15.760 -> 27:18.640] De Vries drove his car.
[27:18.640 -> 27:19.640] Because appendicitis.
[27:19.640 -> 27:25.960] Yes, I forgot that he basically blew up his appendix didn't he?
[27:25.960 -> 27:28.920] Yeah, you make that sound so weird.
[27:28.920 -> 27:29.920] Yeah what were you doing?
[27:29.920 -> 27:33.320] Ah just a bit of whiplash and blew my appendix out mate, sorry.
[27:33.320 -> 27:38.520] Yeah funny how it all turns doesn't it, because we were all like the free CR is so good and
[27:38.520 -> 27:41.040] yeah that went well.
[27:41.040 -> 27:48.100] Well mate like honestly I'm not convinced that he's not decent, but that car is difficult.
[27:48.100 -> 27:51.100] Like for the for the exact same thing like last year, Daniel
[27:51.100 -> 27:54.000] Ricardo wasn't that isn't that bad of a driver.
[27:54.000 -> 27:56.000] It's just that car, but I don't know.
[27:56.000 -> 27:58.800] I admit DeVries is not going to get another chance to prove himself
[27:58.800 -> 27:59.700] in another F1 car.
[27:59.700 -> 28:02.500] I don't think I don't see how he's got the years and years of
[28:02.500 -> 28:04.200] experience of driving F1.
[28:04.200 -> 28:05.780] So he's a bit more tuned to
[28:06.640 -> 28:09.500] Let's say take a shitbox and do something with it
[28:10.500 -> 28:12.240] whereas, you know, this is
[28:12.240 -> 28:19.140] It was to freeze his first season and funnily enough. He's struggling in a shit car who'd afford it, but whatever. Yeah
[28:19.820 -> 28:23.060] Dusted now. Yeah, you know, I want to see go gone
[28:24.420 -> 28:26.000] My other wish list is I want to see what
[28:28.000 -> 28:30.000] you'll probably explain this better because you're the data man,
[28:30.000 -> 28:32.000] but I want to see the gaps.
[28:32.000 -> 28:34.000] If Red Bull,
[28:34.000 -> 28:36.000] let's be honest, they were going to continue winning the races.
[28:36.000 -> 28:38.000] Let's not kid ourselves here.
[28:38.000 -> 28:40.000] I want to see if that gap shrinks
[28:40.000 -> 28:42.000] as the season goes on as the ATR
[28:42.000 -> 28:44.000] penalty starts to bite them.
[28:44.000 -> 28:48.640] They were never going to be slow at the start of the season with the ATR penalty
[28:48.840 -> 28:52.080] because when they got the penalty in October,
[28:52.840 -> 28:55.880] the 19 was pretty much already done and dusted and designed.
[28:56.080 -> 28:57.080] That doesn't matter.
[28:57.440 -> 29:01.040] But now you're going to start to see it take effect because of the planned upgrades
[29:01.040 -> 29:02.160] and the things it's affected.
[29:02.880 -> 29:05.440] So I just want to see if that gap shrinks.
[29:05.460 -> 29:07.520] But honestly, Red Bull smashing it.
[29:07.540 -> 29:08.240] I don't.
[29:08.240 -> 29:10.040] I don't see it shrinking like they've done.
[29:10.540 -> 29:11.120] Here's the.
[29:11.120 -> 29:13.160] Here's the way I kind of think about that is
[29:13.440 -> 29:16.360] their fundamental car has been so good.
[29:16.640 -> 29:18.760] All they need to do is, you know,
[29:18.780 -> 29:20.080] they won't feel the same way,
[29:20.080 -> 29:22.680] but all they need to do relatively is
[29:22.680 -> 29:25.920] find tweaks and adjusts and move, you know, just find a little
[29:25.920 -> 29:29.920] bit of, okay, a little bit of balance, a little bit of load here or there, and they'll continue
[29:29.920 -> 29:36.480] to stay ahead of people. Whereas Mercedes are like, we've gone from kind of pods to full side pods,
[29:36.480 -> 29:42.400] and we've still got the side impact structure. Ferrari are still hopeless. Aston Martin seemed
[29:42.400 -> 29:45.280] to have taken a hit and McLaren are the only team that seemed
[29:45.280 -> 29:48.880] to have found a step in the right direction.
[29:48.880 -> 29:50.960] But yeah, I don't.
[29:50.960 -> 29:52.080] I would love to say I agree with you.
[29:52.080 -> 29:58.480] I would like to see the single lap pace and collapse a little bit, let's say in terms
[29:58.480 -> 30:01.560] of the gaps.
[30:01.560 -> 30:06.480] We found out from that stat earlier that if we want Red Bull to stop winning races, then
[30:06.480 -> 30:07.920] we have to shut down the podcast.
[30:07.920 -> 30:09.400] I'm afraid so.
[30:09.400 -> 30:13.920] Mercedes, Ferrari, if you're listening, pay us an exorbitant amount of money and we'll
[30:13.920 -> 30:14.920] delete the podcast.
[30:14.920 -> 30:15.920] Yeah, done.
[30:15.920 -> 30:16.920] Honestly, what's your number?
[30:16.920 -> 30:17.920] What's the front wing cost?
[30:17.920 -> 30:18.920] Quarter of a mil?
[30:18.920 -> 30:26.080] Yeah, mate, quarter of a million to shut down the podcast.
[30:26.080 -> 30:27.080] You're asking a lot there.
[30:27.080 -> 30:29.080] Yeah, we need a half a million.
[30:29.080 -> 30:30.080] OK, fine.
[30:30.080 -> 30:33.200] I was gonna do it for 10 grand.
[30:33.200 -> 30:38.080] I mean, fucking mate, come on.
[30:38.080 -> 30:41.240] Easy like honestly, what's the championship worth to them?
[30:41.240 -> 30:42.240] You know, OK, right?
[30:42.240 -> 30:44.840] So it's not what it's worth to us is what it's worth to them.
[30:44.840 -> 30:45.800] Exactly.
[30:45.800 -> 30:47.720] You got to flip it on its head.
[30:47.720 -> 30:48.720] That's why I'm doing the books.
[30:48.720 -> 30:53.800] Dan's like, yeah, well, you want to sell these ads for, uh, yeah, you gave me 20 quid.
[30:53.800 -> 30:54.800] All right, cool.
[30:54.800 -> 30:56.400] Let me go record this.
[30:56.400 -> 30:58.120] Lawrence strolls listening.
[30:58.120 -> 31:00.320] It's a billion Canadian dollars.
[31:00.320 -> 31:01.760] Yeah, that's just nice.
[31:01.760 -> 31:02.760] Is that is that real money?
[31:02.760 -> 31:04.680] It's not the same dollars.
[31:04.680 -> 31:09.760] I think so. I think it's like American dollars, but maybe a bit more colorful and snowproof.
[31:09.760 -> 31:10.760] I'm not really sure.
[31:10.760 -> 31:14.320] I don't know if any Canadians could confirm or deny that currency.
[31:14.320 -> 31:15.800] That'd be great.
[31:15.800 -> 31:18.560] I love Canada and I love Canadians just for the record.
[31:18.560 -> 31:22.600] I love Canada because it produced such things as trailer park boys.
[31:22.600 -> 31:25.820] So I'll turn you my trailer park boys fans out there.
[31:27.920 -> 31:28.280] Wow.
[31:29.100 -> 31:30.180] You know, you're not all I want.
[31:30.460 -> 31:35.100] I would like to see Perez really close to Verstappen through the rest of the season.
[31:36.900 -> 31:37.480] I'd like that.
[31:38.000 -> 31:38.220] Yeah.
[31:38.260 -> 31:42.180] Well, I'd like to be a media there, mate, but you know, yeah.
[31:42.660 -> 31:45.600] So why don't we move into some?
[31:45.600 -> 31:49.160] I've got I've done a little bit of a season performance notes and that's on my
[31:49.160 -> 31:52.240] Bimey. I'll be uploading some of this to the buy me a coffee and I've already done
[31:52.240 -> 31:55.240] the McLaren video analyzing their change of form.
[31:55.240 -> 31:57.120] There's some really interesting stuff that I put in that video.
[31:57.120 -> 32:00.120] So if you haven't checked that out on break F1 on YouTube, do it.
[32:00.120 -> 32:01.400] But in while.
[32:01.400 -> 32:04.000] Brace yourself, everyone is going to start talking about data.
[32:04.000 -> 32:08.160] Yeah, but now this is going to be this is going to be really quite straightforward.
[32:08.160 -> 32:14.000] So in terms of looking at up until Spain and then after Spain is how I've kind of chunked the season.
[32:15.680 -> 32:21.280] There was two teams that improved massively relative to themselves throughout the season
[32:21.280 -> 32:23.840] in terms of high speed, medium speed and low speed performance.
[32:23.840 -> 32:27.160] One of them was McLaren and the other one was Red Bull.
[32:27.160 -> 32:30.840] They started off the season not particularly strong, not that it made any difference in
[32:30.840 -> 32:35.920] terms of that, but they've actually seemed to have been developing their car, which is
[32:35.920 -> 32:38.960] no surprise in setting the standard.
[32:38.960 -> 32:44.320] Ferrari holding steady, Mercedes as well, and Aston Martin.
[32:44.320 -> 32:46.480] They've lost single lap pace and they've lost race
[32:46.480 -> 32:51.120] performance, but they look like they're in the kind of like holding steady and keeping up with
[32:51.120 -> 32:55.280] the development curve camp. But it's really interesting the way that I've done this new
[32:55.280 -> 32:59.680] analysis is you look at the people and see where they're losing relative to the others throughout
[32:59.680 -> 33:06.400] the season. We've got us losing out everywhere Everywhere you've got Alpha Tauri.
[33:06.400 -> 33:08.120] OK in the low speed,
[33:08.120 -> 33:09.800] but losing out everywhere else.
[33:09.800 -> 33:11.600] Williams not so good in the
[33:11.600 -> 33:13.240] high speed or medium speed,
[33:13.240 -> 33:15.320] and then Alfa Romeo is just like
[33:15.320 -> 33:17.000] the most depressing looking thing
[33:17.000 -> 33:19.160] that I've seen this season in terms
[33:19.160 -> 33:21.120] of what they started like compared
[33:21.120 -> 33:22.680] to what they're doing now.
[33:22.680 -> 33:29.840] And if you look at the races and qualifying is like like, you, like, when you look at the qualifying results in Q3 or Q1,
[33:29.840 -> 33:33.160] you just kind of like put a bunch of names in that and shake it up and throw it out.
[33:33.160 -> 33:36.880] And it's like, yeah, they could be plus or minus half a second to where they usually are.
[33:36.880 -> 33:40.240] Not a whole lot of consistency there, so.
[33:40.240 -> 33:44.560] Because Bottas is too busy going around completing side quests.
[33:44.560 -> 33:45.700] Yeah, exactly.
[33:45.700 -> 33:48.140] But honestly, they sound like more fun than driving that.
[33:48.140 -> 33:50.540] Chad, yeah, that could be why.
[33:50.540 -> 33:55.380] Yeah, I think that's probably not a bad show.
[33:55.380 -> 33:57.180] Let's you know what?
[33:57.180 -> 34:01.980] I think it might be time for a little speaking of that might be time for a little word from
[34:01.980 -> 34:02.980] our friends.
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[35:01.360 -> 35:01.760] So.
[35:02.680 -> 35:06.080] Xanvort preview, give us give me give me the spiel, what do we know about Zandvoort?
[35:06.080 -> 35:09.680] Because it's only been back on the calendar, this is the third year that it's been back.
[35:09.680 -> 35:16.920] But little trip down history, because I wasn't born in 1948, were you?
[35:16.920 -> 35:20.800] I'm not willing to confirm nor deny that statement.
[35:20.800 -> 35:21.800] I'll leave it open-ended.
[35:21.800 -> 35:29.280] But yeah, no, it first opened in 1948, originally made up of a mixture of permanent track and
[35:29.280 -> 35:34.640] public roads, which snaked through the sand dunes of the Zandvoort region town.
[35:34.640 -> 35:37.000] Resort town, sorry, resort town, can't get that wrong.
[35:37.000 -> 35:38.000] You know what?
[35:38.000 -> 35:40.240] I didn't realize that it was basically, it's on the beach.
[35:40.240 -> 35:42.600] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[35:42.600 -> 35:47.000] So I was on another podcast this morning talking to some people.
[35:47.000 -> 35:48.000] Oh, right.
[35:48.000 -> 35:49.000] I was, I was.
[35:49.000 -> 35:55.720] And one of them was, he used to be a race car driver, a guy called Damon, Damon Hill.
[35:55.720 -> 35:59.320] And he was like, yeah, like after we used to test there in the Formula 3s, we just used
[35:59.320 -> 36:00.320] to go to the beach.
[36:00.320 -> 36:03.080] I was like, that sounds terrible.
[36:03.080 -> 36:05.160] That sounds so terrible.
[36:05.160 -> 36:10.560] But yeah, I didn't realize it's literally like right there on the beach.
[36:10.560 -> 36:15.920] I don't think I'm ever going to get invited onto a podcast with Damon Hill, because he
[36:15.920 -> 36:20.840] tweeted something out once and I just replied with an image of a flyer for a retirement
[36:20.840 -> 36:21.840] home.
[36:21.840 -> 36:22.840] The chaos.
[36:22.840 -> 36:23.840] Back in my toxic days.
[36:23.840 -> 36:24.840] Speaking of Twitter, though, big news.
[36:24.840 -> 36:25.880] Big news. Holy shit. for a retirement home. The chaos
[36:26.480 -> 36:26.960] days.
[36:28.840 -> 36:29.520] Speaking of Twitter, though, big news. Big news.
[36:29.520 -> 36:30.240] Holy.
[36:32.440 -> 36:34.000] Guess who unblocked me on Twitter?
[36:34.960 -> 36:35.480] Emirates.
[36:36.160 -> 36:37.240] No, no, no.
[36:37.960 -> 36:39.720] It's still a court order in place for that.
[36:41.320 -> 36:44.760] Me, me and Matt Gallagher have kissed and made up.
[36:44.880 -> 36:46.960] And we are now friends again.
[36:46.960 -> 36:51.760] Did you guys chat at Tom O'Neill at the SS gig?
[36:51.760 -> 36:52.760] We did.
[36:52.760 -> 36:54.840] I was very drunk.
[36:54.840 -> 37:02.520] I went up to him and I said, hi, it's me, Engine Mode 11, can I buy you a drink?
[37:02.520 -> 37:07.200] I think it was obviously a bit scary for him because I was a big dude from Stevenage
[37:07.200 -> 37:12.120] after about seven pints of cider just barging through saying let me buy you a drink. Come
[37:12.120 -> 37:22.040] here kid. But I don't really remember much after that to be honest. But no we are unblocked.
[37:22.040 -> 37:25.560] Peace talks have progressed. So so yeah there you go.
[37:25.560 -> 37:26.560] Big news.
[37:26.560 -> 37:27.560] Big news.
[37:27.560 -> 37:28.560] That is big news.
[37:28.560 -> 37:29.560] Love that.
[37:29.560 -> 37:31.040] But anyway back back to Zandvoort.
[37:31.040 -> 37:34.560] But that is that is actually the biggest piece of news from the offseason honestly.
[37:34.560 -> 37:35.560] Thank you.
[37:35.560 -> 37:36.560] Yeah yeah.
[37:36.560 -> 37:41.420] But like you carrying on from what you said though the old circuit was a lot different
[37:41.420 -> 37:45.040] like this new circuit they have is completely.
[37:48.400 -> 37:49.440] There's a couple of similar features, but what else? What else we got about the circuit?
[37:57.200 -> 37:58.320] When did when did when a F1 was built in 948, but the first F1 race didn't happen until 1952.
[38:02.160 -> 38:02.880] Oh, here you go. Pop quiz. Who won it? Do you know who won it? I'm looking at the notes.
[38:05.440 -> 38:05.940] You're looking at the notes. I am looking at the notes, obviously. Right.
[38:06.000 -> 38:08.680] I'll probably would have guessed by now.
[38:08.960 -> 38:10.560] Alberto Ascari.
[38:10.880 -> 38:12.600] Doesn't he have a corner named after him as well?
[38:13.520 -> 38:14.020] Just kidding.
[38:14.040 -> 38:14.640] Of course he does.
[38:14.720 -> 38:15.220] Monza.
[38:15.840 -> 38:16.840] The Dutch Grand Prix.
[38:17.040 -> 38:18.440] No, it does.
[38:18.520 -> 38:19.020] Maybe.
[38:19.560 -> 38:20.060] I don't know.
[38:20.080 -> 38:26.000] All I know is from Zandvoort, there's a corner called Tarzan, which I thought was just very amusing.
[38:26.000 -> 38:27.040] I thought that's a funny name.
[38:27.280 -> 38:28.200] Oh, I saw that.
[38:28.200 -> 38:30.040] I was like, no, I'm not going to look at any of these.
[38:30.040 -> 38:32.480] There's a no name as well, I think, which is which is good.
[38:34.520 -> 38:39.240] They raced until I was born and they took a little hiatus until 2021.
[38:39.440 -> 38:43.520] We were supposed to have it in 2020, but Covid kind of fucked up everything.
[38:43.640 -> 38:48.200] And honestly, I was really disappointed about that because I was hyped to go in 2020.
[38:48.200 -> 38:52.400] And then, of course, a bat sneezed or something, and that's it.
[38:52.400 -> 38:53.600] The whole world just shut down.
[38:53.600 -> 38:57.600] So, yeah, that that honestly, that sucks.
[38:58.120 -> 38:59.280] They lost your camera there.
[38:59.280 -> 39:02.760] Yeah. People that are watching live will have just noticed that my cameras just crashed.
[39:02.760 -> 39:03.800] So that's fine.
[39:03.800 -> 39:04.720] We'll keep going. Here we go.
[39:04.720 -> 39:05.200] We're back.
[39:05.200 -> 39:11.680] But anyway um yeah what go on finish tell me about the rest of Zandvoort though.
[39:13.840 -> 39:16.320] Well here you go here's a here's a fact that I didn't realize.
[39:17.360 -> 39:24.560] At the 2022 race 99% of the general admission ticket holders made their way to the circuit
[39:24.560 -> 39:25.680] by public transport.
[39:25.680 -> 39:26.680] Ooh.
[39:26.680 -> 39:27.680] That's pretty.
[39:27.680 -> 39:31.960] Can you imagine getting to Silverstone on public transport?
[39:31.960 -> 39:35.560] No, because there's no fucking public transport.
[39:35.560 -> 39:40.120] It's like you're going to park your car in some farmer's field and if it rains, you have
[39:40.120 -> 39:43.520] to pay them a 20 to pull it out with a tractor.
[39:43.520 -> 39:46.560] Yeah, so big yourselves up.
[39:46.560 -> 39:50.080] Honestly, I honestly do not.
[39:50.080 -> 39:53.400] I do not like going to Silverstone, even for work.
[39:53.400 -> 39:58.200] Like I used to ditch my car in a village nearby and get a ride in with Rocky who had a paddock
[39:58.200 -> 40:01.780] pass so we could pull up right up to the front like absolute dickheads.
[40:01.780 -> 40:11.480] But like going there as a fan looks. Yeah, you gotta love it and I respect a lot of respect to you race fans that are grinding
[40:11.480 -> 40:12.480] it out.
[40:12.480 -> 40:15.320] But yeah, here's here's a good one.
[40:15.320 -> 40:22.080] Prior to 2020s race, the last winner was Nikki Lauda in 85 my birthday year, but for Stappans
[40:22.080 -> 40:25.680] won the last two and he's also been on poll the last two times.
[40:25.680 -> 40:26.680] So like, yeah.
[40:26.680 -> 40:32.280] Yeah, what do we see that changing?
[40:32.280 -> 40:33.760] No, I can't either.
[40:33.760 -> 40:36.240] Honestly, like that car.
[40:36.240 -> 40:37.520] Max it's going to happen.
[40:37.520 -> 40:42.200] So the track, it's now a 4.3 kilometer circuit with 14 turns.
[40:42.200 -> 40:47.800] That means we've got a 72 lap race. Lewis Hamilton from 2021 still has the fastest race lap
[40:47.800 -> 40:50.560] at a one eleven basically flat
[40:51.160 -> 40:55.400] 2022 pole for Verstappen was a one ten thirty four.
[40:56.320 -> 40:58.160] It's got one of the shortest pit lanes of the season.
[40:58.160 -> 41:01.200] I couldn't find the pit last time, but you'll be seeing that when people
[41:01.200 -> 41:03.880] are making really interesting gaps when they come out from the pit.
[41:03.880 -> 41:05.680] And so, oh, that was that was closer than I thought,
[41:05.680 -> 41:07.480] but yeah, be careful with that.
[41:08.560 -> 41:12.160] Two DRS zones, one of them out of turn 10, down to turn 11.
[41:12.160 -> 41:14.120] So in the middle of the track in sector two.
[41:14.120 -> 41:18.160] And the other one, the DRS activation starts in turn 14
[41:18.160 -> 41:19.400] when you're up on that bank
[41:19.400 -> 41:21.760] and you just rocket ship out of that corner.
[41:21.760 -> 41:23.960] There's only really two big breaking zones
[41:23.960 -> 41:25.880] at the end of those DRS zones.
[41:25.880 -> 41:31.040] Incidentally, there's also a pretty short run from the starting grid down to turn one.
[41:31.040 -> 41:35.640] So maybe you'll see some teams further up risking harder compounds.
[41:35.640 -> 41:41.760] And speaking of compounds, we've got the C1, 2 and 3, which is the exact same as last year,
[41:41.760 -> 41:45.520] except the C1 is one step slightly softer than last year.
[41:45.520 -> 41:52.400] But like honestly, the soft tires were doing 18 laps last year so I think the soft will be a
[41:52.400 -> 42:02.400] viable tire this race. But uh for me, last year's race was not particularly memorable for any
[42:02.400 -> 42:08.840] reason. Like I went back and watched the race highlights. I looked through my notes and I was just like I don't remember much of this
[42:08.840 -> 42:10.840] Do you what do you what do you remember from it?
[42:12.100 -> 42:18.260] Apart from it being our first podcast. I remember that now that was that's the best part about last year's ever race
[42:18.260 -> 42:22.280] I'm proud to say we're just the shit now as we were then
[42:24.720 -> 42:25.000] There was the yuki snow to seatbelt conspiracy that was a good one to say we're just the shit now as we were then.
[42:27.800 -> 42:28.360] There was the Yuki Snow to seat belt conspiracy.
[42:29.160 -> 42:29.840] That was a good one.
[42:30.880 -> 42:33.280] That was a really good one. So is that when he stopped his?
[42:34.200 -> 42:34.600] I did.
[42:34.600 -> 42:36.640] I did remind myself of this one.
[42:36.640 -> 42:37.120] So.
[42:38.040 -> 42:38.640] Pit stop.
[42:39.360 -> 42:40.840] No leaves the pit lane.
[42:40.840 -> 42:42.120] He says the wheels are not fit.
[42:42.480 -> 42:43.000] The wheels are not.
[42:43.040 -> 42:43.920] He feels something wrong.
[42:43.920 -> 42:45.360] He's like there's a loose wheel.
[42:46.240 -> 42:49.680] And he goes he's in his car and he starts kind of like loosing his belts to get out
[42:49.680 -> 42:53.200] because he's thinking he's retiring a thing and his engineers like now the cars, the
[42:53.200 -> 42:53.920] wheels have been fit.
[42:53.920 -> 42:56.760] We check the video footage, we check the the torques.
[42:56.760 -> 42:57.520] Everything's fine.
[42:59.200 -> 43:03.520] So he goes into resume and he comes back into the pit lane to tighten his lap belts
[43:03.920 -> 43:09.240] and then he goes back out and you hear the engineers telling him stop on track, stop on the track and the
[43:09.240 -> 43:14.140] audio messages were out of sync and the fact that they told him stop on track what it looked
[43:14.140 -> 43:18.440] like when he was in the pit lane still or something but he was actually leaving the
[43:18.440 -> 43:21.040] pit lane and he's like okay fine I'll stop on the track and people are like oh that's
[43:21.040 -> 43:30.400] them getting out of the pit stop so Red Bull can win this safety car or whatever yeah i was like okay that's a bit wild but um yeah and i think
[43:30.400 -> 43:34.720] i said at the time and i'll repeat now if you if you think that was done on purpose i think you're
[43:34.720 -> 43:41.120] giving f1 teams far too much credit um this might be the pinnacle of motorsport but believe you and
[43:41.120 -> 43:45.520] me everyone behind the scenes is still a fucking idiot. Yeah, the French thought they could not.
[43:45.760 -> 43:48.440] They wouldn't be able to coordinate that between two teams.
[43:48.440 -> 43:49.360] May believe me.
[43:50.000 -> 43:55.400] Honestly, like, yeah, seeing some of the shenanigans, I was like, how are you going to
[43:55.400 -> 43:58.160] coordinate that? It's like, yeah, Yuki code seatbelt.
[43:58.200 -> 43:59.320] He's like, I should loosen them.
[43:59.320 -> 44:00.600] I was like, do you want me to stop?
[44:00.920 -> 44:03.000] No, no, no. You can just loosen your seatbelts.
[44:03.480 -> 44:04.600] So you have to come back in.
[44:05.160 -> 44:07.300] And then when we're tightening your seat belts, nobody will notice
[44:07.300 -> 44:11.240] and we'll like spray some oil on the thing and you'll think the diffs broken
[44:11.240 -> 44:12.640] and then crash the car.
[44:12.640 -> 44:14.640] But realistically, you should be banned for that.
[44:15.660 -> 44:17.200] Now, yeah, yeah.
[44:17.200 -> 44:21.740] So another random act as well, I like to sort of say is that
[44:22.300 -> 44:25.000] my six years working in the sort of
[44:25.000 -> 44:30.360] department I did every now and again I did need to talk to Alpha Tauri yeah you
[44:30.360 -> 44:36.960] know to help them out when they had data links and things like that and of all
[44:36.960 -> 44:42.720] the people I spoke to in Alpha Tauri only one spoke English. Really? Yeah I
[44:42.720 -> 44:48.280] don't know if maybe you had a more a better experience than me, but obviously, you know,
[44:48.280 -> 44:53.440] based in finds that they've obviously got a lot of Italians and, uh, trying to coordinate
[44:53.440 -> 44:59.240] things with them, uh, involved a lot of Google translate and a lot of miscommunication.
[44:59.240 -> 45:00.240] Yeah.
[45:00.240 -> 45:07.400] No, the, the, the performance engineers were French, Italian, German, like they were all over the
[45:07.400 -> 45:08.400] place.
[45:08.400 -> 45:10.240] So that was that was freaking wild.
[45:10.240 -> 45:12.320] Oh, can you imagine?
[45:12.320 -> 45:14.640] It's like you want me to turn it on?
[45:14.640 -> 45:15.640] No, turn it off.
[45:15.640 -> 45:19.640] Oh, oh, a river, the G. Yeah.
[45:19.640 -> 45:23.800] Gore, Lamy, dude, Inglorious Bastards, such a great film.
[45:23.800 -> 45:26.320] But we digress.
[45:28.480 -> 45:29.920] Yeah, I went back and watched the race highlight reel.
[45:34.160 -> 45:37.360] Didn't Paris, Paris had a spin in qualifying, which denied some people some qualifying laps. I believe that was also a big conspiracy theory.
[45:39.360 -> 45:42.240] Has that whole conspiracy theory died down?
[45:42.240 -> 45:45.740] Are those people just bored now that just like don't realize
[45:45.740 -> 45:50.460] that another team can be better than another one and it happens every six years and it's
[45:50.460 -> 45:54.380] not a conspiracy? Or are they still there shouting into the void and have just blocked
[45:54.380 -> 45:55.380] all of them?
[45:55.380 -> 46:01.900] I don't know, but I'm more than willing to start some conspiracies just to liven this
[46:01.900 -> 46:05.400] season up a little bit. If Red Bull continue winning,
[46:05.400 -> 46:12.040] I am fully prepared to start some conspiracies to liven it up. I'm going to become the Alex
[46:12.040 -> 46:13.040] Jones of F1.
[46:13.040 -> 46:21.240] Okay, that please don't man. I don't think I can tolerate that. But anyway, anyway, um,
[46:21.240 -> 46:25.120] yeah, I think it was basically it was going to be a two stop race and I got turned
[46:25.120 -> 46:33.060] into a three ish stop from safety cars and VSC's so probably expect something similar.
[46:33.060 -> 46:38.400] Longer stints on the soft, but again, never mind that if it's going to be potentially
[46:38.400 -> 46:41.000] wet chaos ensues.
[46:41.000 -> 46:44.720] Yeah, I think the weather forecast is where isn't it?
[46:44.720 -> 46:45.600] Little moist. Yeah, on think the weather forecast is wet, isn't it? A little moist, yeah.
[46:45.600 -> 46:48.000] On the beach holidays, getting ruined.
[46:48.000 -> 46:48.600] Jokers.
[46:48.600 -> 46:52.160] I don't know if we have any Dutch people in the chat,
[46:52.160 -> 46:56.160] but if they could confirm or deny whether their weather reporting
[46:56.160 -> 46:58.440] is as reliable as England's,
[46:58.440 -> 47:02.600] which in England, the weather reports we get here
[47:02.600 -> 47:04.520] are about as reliable as a plumber's estimate.
[47:04.520 -> 47:08.480] So, yeah, it's like I've had several weekends where I'm like, oh, let's not do anything this weekend
[47:08.480 -> 47:12.960] because it's gonna be raining on Saturday. I get up Saturday a bit late and I'm like,
[47:12.960 -> 47:16.560] it's majestic. I'm going to go drink coffee in the backyard and hang out with the cats. But
[47:17.600 -> 47:23.280] yeah. Why don't we? Someone's confirming apparently on the coast, the weather
[47:24.320 -> 47:28.880] predictions are wild. So who fucking knows what we're gonna get. Yeah, exactly. I love it
[47:28.880 -> 47:33.160] I'm here for it. But why don't we why don't we move on to our next segment, which is our
[47:33.960 -> 47:35.960] You know this one
[47:36.280 -> 47:47.000] Do I'm just gonna buy a little bit of time a bumper for it Random Fandom!
[47:47.000 -> 47:55.180] Yes, you know what time it is.
[47:55.180 -> 48:02.920] It's time for the Random Fandom, where we pick a team at random to hype up for the weekend.
[48:02.920 -> 48:05.700] And as you can probably tell, I'm stalling for time because in the
[48:05.700 -> 48:10.360] background I've realized my random generator has lost all the names. Oh no, so we're gonna
[48:10.360 -> 48:15.440] have to randomly some shit from randomly random. So the reason we do this random fandom is
[48:15.440 -> 48:20.200] because we get accused of being Red Bull biased massively and like obviously I'm not wearing
[48:20.200 -> 48:24.280] a Red Bull T shirt. Dan definitely is wearing some old team kit so he's not biased at all,
[48:24.280 -> 48:25.600] but I mean it's it's good stuff.
[48:25.600 -> 48:27.280] Honestly, it's high quality merchandise.
[48:27.280 -> 48:31.280] And why buy clothes when you can get them for free from work?
[48:31.760 -> 48:35.840] I actually still have a huge amount of Puma socks
[48:36.560 -> 48:37.480] from being trackside.
[48:37.480 -> 48:39.760] They're like, hi, how many pairs of socks do you need this season?
[48:40.280 -> 48:42.000] Yeah. How does 12 sound like?
[48:42.000 -> 48:47.840] Great. So I would basically use I was ready about a minute ago, but honestly that was I'm so impressed with this shit
[48:47.840 -> 48:51.860] You were talking there. I just wanted to continue. Yeah, just yeah
[48:52.280 -> 48:59.960] You can you can start now so now for a mayo haas Ferrari Alfa Tauri Alpine McLaren Williams Mercedes who I missed aston mine
[48:59.960 -> 49:05.560] Yeah, don't pick Red Bull because obviously we're discussing Red Bull bias so we can't have
[49:05.560 -> 49:06.560] that.
[49:06.560 -> 49:08.200] No, we're not allowed to use that.
[49:08.200 -> 49:14.680] We had a meeting and we discussed and we allowed Alpha Tauri to come back in.
[49:14.680 -> 49:15.680] I agree.
[49:15.680 -> 49:16.680] I agree.
[49:16.680 -> 49:20.080] Because I'm never going to have anything good to say about them, the rate they're doing
[49:20.080 -> 49:21.080] this season, honestly.
[49:21.080 -> 49:24.080] Okay, who's spinning first, me or you?
[49:24.080 -> 49:26.640] Why don't you spin for me first?
[49:26.640 -> 49:28.560] I'll do the honors, I'll do the honors.
[49:28.560 -> 49:29.200] Me first.
[49:29.200 -> 49:29.520] Okay.
[49:30.080 -> 49:31.040] Who've we got for me?
[49:34.000 -> 49:35.920] Oh, this is a good one, McLaren.
[49:35.920 -> 49:36.720] Knackers, okay.
[49:37.360 -> 49:40.160] Lando and Pastry, one of them's gonna win this week.
[49:40.160 -> 49:42.240] Nice, right, spin for me.
[49:43.120 -> 49:44.000] Good for you, baby.
[49:46.000 -> 49:47.320] And away she goes.
[49:50.200 -> 49:53.560] Or after mine AM, you know what?
[49:53.560 -> 49:56.320] I hope they have found their form back
[49:56.320 -> 49:58.640] after getting their flexi wing band.
[49:58.640 -> 49:59.320] Allegedly.
[49:59.920 -> 50:02.400] Allegedly, allegedly, who knows who knows?
[50:02.520 -> 50:03.040] But yeah.
[50:03.560 -> 50:04.240] So.
[50:05.600 -> 50:09.400] So next week and next week episode on Monday or Tuesday.
[50:10.500 -> 50:16.400] We will do our Dutch Grand Prix review and maybe a little preview for
[50:16.500 -> 50:17.500] what's the next race?
[50:20.300 -> 50:23.800] After Holland, yeah, sorry, it's not called Holland anymore, is it?
[50:23.800 -> 50:25.280] Or is it always get this confused?
[50:25.760 -> 50:27.440] It's it's
[50:27.440 -> 50:32.720] It's it's a confusing one. Honestly, we've got Monza months is next
[50:33.480 -> 50:40.000] And I'm actually going to be away in Germany. So I'm gonna miss all the streams for watching on to stuff. I know
[50:41.120 -> 50:45.400] Someone wants to put an application in for a second podcast host. No, I'll be.
[50:45.500 -> 50:47.200] I'll be here for the podcast.
[50:47.200 -> 50:48.800] I just won't be there for any of that too late.
[50:48.800 -> 50:49.700] I'll see you're out.
[50:49.800 -> 50:50.800] I'll find sorry.
[50:51.000 -> 50:52.200] I'm helmet Marco in you.
[50:52.200 -> 50:52.900] You're demoted.
[50:52.900 -> 50:55.300] I'm going to keep you on contract for the rest of the season.
[50:55.600 -> 50:57.900] As long as I still get half the payout.
[50:57.900 -> 50:58.500] It's fine.
[50:58.500 -> 51:00.700] All five quid for the whole season.
[51:01.600 -> 51:02.100] That's okay.
[51:02.100 -> 51:03.800] Half a fuck always still fuckle.
[51:03.800 -> 51:04.400] Yeah, true.
[51:04.800 -> 51:09.080] But yeah, so we will come back to you guys with our random
[51:09.080 -> 51:12.160] fandom and we will review what we've said and we'll give a
[51:12.160 -> 51:14.480] little report card on our teams that we've chosen.
[51:14.480 -> 51:16.360] So thank you for picking those.
[51:16.360 -> 51:20.000] But I'll tell you now, Lando or Piastri are winning.
[51:20.040 -> 51:20.960] Yeah, it's been.
[51:21.000 -> 51:22.000] It's been decided.
[51:22.280 -> 51:23.320] Yeah, I think so.
[51:23.360 -> 51:25.280] So what do we got? We got. We'll do another episode next Monday or Tuesday. We're going to get back into the swing of things. Yeah, it's been it's been decided. Yeah, I think so. So.
[51:28.240 -> 51:30.400] What do we got? We got we'll do another episode next Monday or Tuesday. We're going to get back into the swing of things. We're going to be consistent.
[51:30.400 -> 51:32.800] We're going to hit it. We might be Monday or Tuesday.
[51:32.800 -> 51:35.840] But if you're listening to this on your audio platforms in your car,
[51:35.840 -> 51:39.520] give us a little quick toot toot out the window or, you know, roll down your window
[51:39.520 -> 51:41.280] and ask people, hey, do you like Formula One?
[51:42.000 -> 51:44.160] And if they're a Mercedes fan, tell them.
[51:47.600 -> 51:48.680] I understand I was once a Red Bull fan when they were dog shit.
[51:48.680 -> 51:51.680] And this comes and goes, it comes and goes.
[51:51.680 -> 51:59.080] But yeah, and you know, for legal reasons, I have to say that we don't dislike Mercedes.
[51:59.080 -> 52:00.760] We hate all teams equally.
[52:00.760 -> 52:02.520] And we think all the drivers are shit.
[52:02.520 -> 52:04.520] We just hate everything and everyone.
[52:04.520 -> 52:07.080] This is the F1 podcast of hate and shit takes
[52:07.960 -> 52:13.760] This is honestly, it's not that but anyway guys. Thank you so much for listening. Do be sure to drop us a follow and
[52:14.320 -> 52:17.040] Check us out everywhere on the internet and I will get back to you
[52:17.040 -> 52:21.280] And if it was your first time we're glad you joined us and if you're coming back general
[52:21.280 -> 52:24.600] Yeah, and if you if you're back for your repeat episode
[52:27.280 -> 52:28.280] Yeah, I'm sorry. I don't know who hurt you, but yeah.
[52:28.280 -> 52:29.280] We'll, uh.
[52:29.280 -> 52:30.280] Yeah.
[52:30.280 -> 52:33.160] We got we local butcher.
[52:33.160 -> 52:35.440] And uh, fuck off.
[52:36.760 -> 52:37.760] Thank you.