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The 2021 Brazilian GP gave us one of Hamilton's most dominant performances. While having to overtake the entire field twice due to DSQ in Qualification due to his DRS opening just 0.2mm wider than the regulation and 5 place grid penalty received due to using extra ICU components. Max had tried his best to hold back the beast but Hamilton just breezed by him on to take the victory and thus reviving the championship battle.
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Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
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**Summary of the F1 Fan Fiction Podcast Episode on the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix:**
* **Hamilton's Dominant Performance:**
- Lewis Hamilton delivered a commanding performance, overcoming a 25-place grid penalty due to engine and DRS infringements.
- Hamilton showcased exceptional driving skills, overtaking the entire field twice to secure victory and revive the championship battle.
* **Bottas' Reliable Support:**
- Valtteri Bottas played a crucial role as Hamilton's teammate, executing team orders to allow Hamilton to pass and maintain the lead.
- Bottas secured a solid third-place finish, benefiting from a virtual safety car that played to Mercedes' advantage.
* **Toto Wolff's Controversial Celebration:**
- Toto Wolff, Mercedes team principal, sparked controversy with his over-the-top celebration, including removing his mask and making a provocative gesture.
- Wolff's actions were criticized for being disrespectful and arrogant, overshadowing Mercedes' impressive performance.
* **Mercedes' Technical Superiority:**
- Mercedes demonstrated a significant performance advantage over Red Bull, with their car exhibiting superior speed and handling.
- The team's dominance raised questions about potential rule-bending and the legality of their car's design, particularly the flexi-wing.
* **Max Verstappen's Respectable Race:**
- Max Verstappen put up a valiant fight against Hamilton despite the performance gap between their cars.
- Verstappen showcased his racing prowess with several defensive maneuvers, although some were deemed aggressive and resulted in a black-and-white flag warning.
- Verstappen acknowledged Hamilton's impressive performance and maintained a level of professionalism throughout the race.
* **Ferrari's Triumph Over McLaren:**
- Ferrari extended its lead over McLaren in the battle for third place in the Constructors' Championship.
- Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc secured fourth and fifth positions, respectively, while McLaren's Lando Norris finished tenth and Daniel Ricciardo retired.
* **Red Bull's Red Button Rant:**
- David Croft, the Sky Sports commentator, repeatedly mentioned the "red button" feature on the Sky remote throughout the race, drawing criticism from listeners.
- Croft's excessive use of the phrase was seen as unprofessional and distracting, detracting from the excitement of the race.
* **Mazepin's Rare Positive Moment:**
- Nikita Mazepin, often criticized for his erratic driving, displayed improved racecraft and avoided incidents, earning praise from the podcast hosts.
* **Battle for Fifth Place:**
- The midfield battle for fifth place saw intense competition between Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, and Esteban Ocon.
- Perez ultimately secured the position, earning an extra point for Red Bull in the Constructors' Championship.
* **Overall Takeaways:**
- The Brazilian Grand Prix showcased Hamilton's resurgence as a championship contender and highlighted Mercedes' technical superiority.
- The race featured exciting battles throughout the field, with several teams and drivers delivering impressive performances.
- Controversies surrounding Mercedes' celebrations and the legality of their car added intrigue to the event. **Title: Formula One 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix Recap and Analysis**
**Introduction:**
The 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix was filled with excitement, controversy, and stunning performances. Lewis Hamilton delivered a dominant display, overcoming a disqualification in qualifying and a grid penalty to secure victory and reignite the championship battle with Max Verstappen. This episode delves into the key moments, controversies, and insights from the race.
**Hamilton's Remarkable Victory:**
Hamilton's triumph in Brazil showcased his exceptional talent and unwavering determination. Despite starting from the back of the grid due to penalties, he swiftly overtook the entire field twice, demonstrating his mastery of the Interlagos circuit. His victory revived the championship battle, setting the stage for a thrilling conclusion to the season.
**Bottas' Solid Performance:**
Valtteri Bottas played a crucial role in Mercedes' success, securing a podium finish and aiding Hamilton's charge through the field. His consistent performance throughout the season has solidified his position as a reliable and valuable teammate to Hamilton.
**Toto Wolff's Expletive-Laden Rant:**
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff's outburst, captured on team radio, reflected the intense emotions and high stakes of the championship battle. His frustration with the perceived unfairness of the penalties imposed on Hamilton highlighted the pressure and tension within the team.
**Mercedes' Superior Car:**
The Mercedes car once again proved its dominance, showcasing its immense speed and handling capabilities. Hamilton's ability to overtake numerous cars with relative ease demonstrated the car's superiority, making it a formidable force on the track.
**Max Verstappen's Aggressive Driving:**
Verstappen's aggressive driving style was evident throughout the race, as he attempted to defend his position from Hamilton. His tactics, including a controversial move on Hamilton, drew criticism from some quarters, raising questions about the limits of acceptable racing behavior.
**Ferrari's Triumph Over McLaren:**
Ferrari secured a double points finish, with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finishing ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris. This result strengthened Ferrari's position in the constructors' championship and demonstrated the team's progress in recent races.
**Red Bull's Red Button Controversy:**
Red Bull faced criticism for their decision to use a "red button" engine mode on Sergio Perez's car, which appeared to give him a significant performance boost. This move raised questions about the legality and fairness of such tactics, prompting discussions within the F1 community.
**Mazepin's Positive Moment:**
Nikita Mazepin, often criticized for his performances, had a positive race in Brazil, finishing ahead of teammate Mick Schumacher. This result provided a rare bright spot for the Haas driver, who has struggled throughout the season.
**Battle for Fifth Place:**
The battle for fifth place in the drivers' championship intensified, with Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz all within striking distance of each other. This three-way fight adds another layer of excitement to the remaining races of the season.
**Conclusion:**
The 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix was a captivating spectacle that showcased the intensity and drama of Formula One racing. Hamilton's remarkable victory, Bottas' steady performance, and the controversies surrounding Verstappen and Red Bull made this race a memorable one. With three races remaining in the season, the championship battle is poised for a thrilling climax.
[00:00.000 -> 00:03.000] Red button. Let's address the red button first, you know.
[00:03.000 -> 00:07.400] Crofty, we get it. There's a red button on the Sky Remote.
[00:07.400 -> 00:09.200] Now shut the f**k up, please.
[00:09.200 -> 00:12.200] Genuinely, man. Genuinely.
[00:12.200 -> 00:17.000] If you would have said that red button thing one more time, I would have personally flown to
[00:17.000 -> 00:30.760] wherever he is sitting and slapped him across his face like, shut the f**k up. Please.
[00:34.200 -> 00:35.160] Hello and welcome to The Lost Race in the Americas,
[00:39.480 -> 00:40.040] the Brazilian Grand Prix or what now is the South Polo Grand Prix.
[00:42.680 -> 00:42.800] You are listening to F1 Fan Fiction,
[00:50.140 -> 00:50.680] a show about F1 races brought to you by two F1 fans for the F1 community.
[00:52.000 -> 00:52.200] We are your hosts.
[00:53.200 -> 00:53.380] I am Akash.
[00:54.380 -> 00:54.800] And I'm Saran.
[00:57.140 -> 00:57.480] And let's get into it.
[01:04.800 -> 01:06.880] What a race weekend, at least for Mercedes, going up and down like the sinusoidal wave. Yeah, a brilliant week.
[01:06.880 -> 01:11.680] They had, I think like pretty much a Bollywood blockbuster.
[01:15.600 -> 01:21.280] I don't know what was going on with them. Some rule breaking going on.
[01:21.920 -> 01:22.560] Some penalties.
[01:22.560 -> 01:26.280] Finally we saw a return of Hamburg.
[01:26.920 -> 01:28.440] Yes, that's right.
[01:28.880 -> 01:29.880] Finally, I think.
[01:30.560 -> 01:31.480] Yeah. Yeah.
[01:31.480 -> 01:32.560] I thought, yeah.
[01:32.800 -> 01:34.240] Right. Like it took a while.
[01:34.280 -> 01:37.240] I think Hamilton on the podium itself, I think it's been a while.
[01:37.240 -> 01:38.680] It feels like it's been a while.
[01:40.000 -> 01:41.440] And Netto is just dominant.
[01:41.480 -> 01:44.960] I mean, I thought we were like transported back to last year.
[01:46.120 -> 01:47.400] That's what it was like.
[01:47.440 -> 01:50.680] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This weekend was like that. You're right.
[01:51.160 -> 01:53.200] It was the return of 2020 Hamilton.
[01:53.640 -> 01:55.360] Yeah. Complete, complete Hamilton.
[01:57.440 -> 02:00.800] No, but superb driving yesterday. I feel like superb driving.
[02:01.320 -> 02:07.460] Whatever was given to them as penalties, we'll come to that later in the episode.
[02:08.220 -> 02:11.420] It was all because of their doing. It was not so... Yeah,
[02:11.420 -> 02:13.820] people did walk over them or something like that.
[02:14.420 -> 02:17.860] But irrespective of all of that, getting a pole,
[02:18.740 -> 02:23.740] dropping down to P20, getting to P5, dropping down to P10
[02:23.900 -> 02:25.000] and from there winning.
[02:26.880 -> 02:31.880] It goes to show that you are a seven time world champion for some people.
[02:32.560 -> 02:35.680] Brilliant masterclass from Hamilton.
[02:36.480 -> 02:39.800] Exactly. I mean, wow. He was just flying.
[02:39.800 -> 02:43.840] Like it was weird like ever since after like in qualifying, right?
[02:43.840 -> 02:46.000] Like first of all, in the right like first of all in the
[02:52.800 -> 02:58.960] like the real qualifying for the sprint race. It's so confusing anyways for qualifying itself he was super fast the sprint race as we saw he just like cut through the field and there was a
[02:58.960 -> 03:06.720] point where he was just overtaking one person per lap and at the exact same point which was a start finish.
[03:12.000 -> 03:13.920] It was weird. It felt like people are just editing the video and just switching the drivers there.
[03:19.360 -> 03:27.840] It was insane. His speed was insane. He was not making any mistakes. He was on some super focus mode. He, I think, is clawing back. It felt like the championship was like, you know, going away from his hands.
[03:27.840 -> 03:33.440] But it's kind of now that, you know, he's like, hey, I'm back. You know, I'm not gonna let you win so easily.
[03:33.440 -> 03:41.280] But I think the interesting part about Interlagos is you have two straights back to back.
[03:41.280 -> 03:45.760] So you get a DRS. And as soon as you finish your DRS on the main straight,
[03:45.760 -> 03:51.520] you are in the DRS detection point, which you more or less end up getting because you're using the
[03:51.520 -> 03:57.520] strip stream on the main straight. So you got a DRS on the back straight again. I think that's
[03:57.520 -> 04:06.320] the beauty of this track and you do end up seeing quite a lot of overtakes and some interesting racing overall. So yeah,
[04:06.320 -> 04:13.040] just brilliant track and amazing fighting overall as well. But still credit to Max, right? I mean,
[04:13.040 -> 04:20.240] he was in a far worse car. Genuinely, Mercedes was on some other level. They were leagues apart,
[04:20.240 -> 04:26.000] honestly, both the cars on the track. But Max did a brilliant job with you know
[04:26.000 -> 04:31.600] defending with whatever he could like the only place where he had a little
[04:31.600 -> 04:36.560] edge was in sector 2 because of the twisty bits where Red Bull was a little
[04:36.560 -> 04:41.400] faster than the Mercedes but he used that to his advantage he was positioning
[04:41.400 -> 04:47.040] his car so well to defend I mean mean, at points, yeah, he did do a
[04:47.040 -> 04:54.000] couple dirty moves. I mean, I wouldn't say exactly dirty, but that's the limit at which
[04:54.000 -> 04:58.320] they are right now. But yeah, one of them was definitely dirty, which was the weaving
[04:58.320 -> 05:06.000] on the street. That was, yeah, not in the best. To be honest, I think he knew that was happening. As soon as his
[05:06.000 -> 05:13.440] engineers told him about the black and white flag, he was like, oh, perfect. Say hi. So I think he
[05:13.440 -> 05:19.920] exactly knew. And he kind of knew about it and just went for it. So I think at some point he
[05:19.920 -> 05:25.360] definitely knew like whatever he does, Hamilton is is gonna fly past. It was like
[05:25.360 -> 05:30.680] obviously a little bit of desperation as well from his end but yeah at the end I
[05:30.680 -> 05:34.160] think he just didn't have any choice. I mean you know there's a saying that you
[05:34.160 -> 05:38.640] can't defend top speed right like you just can't.
[05:40.520 -> 05:49.200] Speaking about Mercedes, Botas being asked to sit, roll, stay, handshake, it went perfectly
[05:49.200 -> 05:50.600] fine yesterday.
[05:50.600 -> 05:55.560] I for one thought he was probably just going to retire his car at that point, the way he
[05:55.560 -> 05:58.040] slowed down his car to let Hamilton pass.
[05:58.040 -> 06:03.000] When they showed it, first of all, you know, I remember like when we were watching, like
[06:03.000 -> 06:05.600] yeah, he was cutting through the field obviously.
[06:11.520 -> 06:12.320] But then he overtook Sainz and Luk-Luk. And I thought, yeah, it might take him at least
[06:16.800 -> 06:20.880] some time to overtake Botas, maybe a lap or two. But then suddenly, they showed on the camera that Hamilton is ahead. I'm like, wait, what? When did that happen?
[06:22.560 -> 06:26.560] And then suddenly, off camera, again, they show them, you know,
[06:26.560 -> 06:31.920] switching positions and Tuataz pretty much basically just breaks entirely till Hamilton
[06:31.920 -> 06:40.480] overtakes him. That was a bit, yeah. But I think overall, he did drive well.
[06:40.480 -> 06:47.000] I think Mercedes is anyway strong at Interlogos in general, if you think about it.
[06:47.000 -> 06:54.760] Like, every year they've come here, at least Hamilton has had a brilliant, not luck, but like a race here,
[06:55.080 -> 07:02.680] be it from 2008 with Glock or just snatching that championship from Massa to yesterday,
[07:02.680 -> 07:07.520] where overall he just dominated the race and Botas dominated the
[07:07.520 -> 07:13.200] following suit with him and be it team orders or whatnot it was just just brilliant to see Mersuus.
[07:14.000 -> 07:20.560] Though I am not sure Botas would had entered a P3 if it was not for some luck on his end as
[07:20.560 -> 07:26.720] well for a change. Basically if you remember when he went to pit, that's exactly,
[07:26.720 -> 07:31.920] I mean he got a virtual safety car to pit right and as soon as he was getting out,
[07:31.920 -> 07:39.440] the virtual safety car ended and he could get onto racing speed instantly. So if not for that,
[07:40.400 -> 07:46.000] I guess Perez would at least maybe there for the contention of P3.
[07:46.000 -> 07:50.000] Maybe at the end, he might not be able to defend that position.
[07:50.000 -> 07:53.000] But I guess Perez would be up there.
[07:53.000 -> 07:57.000] But Bhutas, yeah, otherwise he did drive well.
[07:57.000 -> 08:06.240] But I think that was a little unlucky on Perez's end that Bhut has got that advantage. I mean yesterday it
[08:06.240 -> 08:14.080] happened a couple of times where it did work in favor of Mercedes too with quite
[08:14.080 -> 08:21.120] a bit with the virtual safety car the safety car itself coming out so so you
[08:21.120 -> 08:27.800] know that gap that does end up building with 40% or whatnot,
[08:27.800 -> 08:33.600] the delta reduction does end up happening and gives benefit to the driver.
[08:33.600 -> 08:41.000] So, there was some serendipity at the end with Mercedes and Botas for sure.
[08:41.000 -> 08:47.280] Yeah, though I think it was pretty much Mercedes's weekend in terms
[08:47.280 -> 08:53.560] of performance I mean they also had some other weirdness going around with them
[08:53.560 -> 09:05.320] like especially Toto I don't know what's wrong with that guy he's just a man I'm going to beat myself while saying these things. But I hate that people.
[09:05.600 -> 09:07.440] Dude, come on.
[09:07.800 -> 09:09.920] You know what? This is where I flipped.
[09:09.960 -> 09:11.520] This is where my emotions flipped.
[09:11.680 -> 09:13.000] You know, I was...
[09:13.320 -> 09:16.640] If we were doing this live, you know, the audience who would...
[09:16.760 -> 09:21.160] listening to us would have been like, he's so happy for Mercedes, for a change,
[09:21.200 -> 09:23.400] although he despises Hamilton and whatnot.
[09:23.440 -> 09:29.280] But now that I'm recording this and having seen how they've celebrated, they celebrate
[09:29.280 -> 09:34.960] as if the whole world spotted against them and they want to take anything away from their
[09:34.960 -> 09:35.960] hard-earned riches.
[09:35.960 -> 09:39.280] And I don't understand why they behave this way.
[09:39.280 -> 09:45.600] Like Toto removing his mask and the meme that's become of him with the pointing finger aggressiveness.
[09:45.600 -> 09:47.000] Sure, adrenaline, but...
[09:47.000 -> 09:48.800] Sorry, sorry, one quick thing.
[09:48.800 -> 09:51.600] Tutu wasn't wearing a mask at all yesterday.
[09:51.600 -> 09:52.100] No, no.
[09:52.100 -> 09:53.300] Just wanted to point that out.
[09:53.300 -> 09:54.600] True, true.
[09:54.600 -> 09:59.200] But he did wear it for one second just to remove it in front of the cameras
[09:59.200 -> 10:01.400] while Hamilton was getting on the podium.
[10:01.400 -> 10:04.200] And that just pisses me off, man.
[10:04.200 -> 10:08.400] That just pisses me off, man. How many rules do you need to flaunt?
[10:08.760 -> 10:13.120] That's one. That's one. Hamilton himself, like, there's a reason why
[10:13.120 -> 10:17.240] I start despising this guy is how he celebrates.
[10:17.240 -> 10:21.760] I mean, sure, you have the right to celebrate, but him correcting his engineers on the
[10:21.760 -> 10:26.600] radio saying, not 20 position penalty, but like 25.
[10:27.340 -> 10:30.500] Even if it was 30, all of it was your doing.
[10:30.980 -> 10:35.180] You messing up with your rear wheel, you taking the engine change,
[10:35.540 -> 10:39.540] is not something that was forced upon you because someone hit you.
[10:39.940 -> 10:44.000] It was something that you did was warrantied a great place penalty.
[10:44.340 -> 10:47.320] So rather than being cocky and condescending about it,
[10:48.360 -> 10:51.600] come on. Sure. And that's where I flip. That's where I flip.
[10:52.040 -> 10:57.000] All my love for... was gonna come back for Hamilton and Mercedes this weekend.
[10:57.160 -> 11:03.600] And yeah, and the respect that was gonna come because of the 25 place fight.
[11:04.040 -> 11:06.480] It's just gonna... It's just gone away.
[11:07.480 -> 11:14.320] I do kind of agree. The whole celebration, the whole message from Toto about
[11:15.320 -> 11:18.440] yesterday, especially I think in the sprint race, you know, fuck them all.
[11:19.040 -> 11:23.960] I mean, dude, like you guys broke some rules. And think about Aston Martin, right?
[11:24.480 -> 11:34.040] Vettel's second position, disqualified for not having 0.3 liters of fuel at the end.
[11:34.040 -> 11:39.000] And that too was kind of proven that there was some damage on the car which had caused
[11:39.000 -> 11:40.000] it.
[11:40.000 -> 11:41.760] And the same thing happened with these guys as well.
[11:41.760 -> 11:44.960] Yeah, agreed, you had some damage, but rules are rules.
[11:44.960 -> 11:46.440] You broke some technical regulations.
[11:46.440 -> 11:48.560] So you are going to get those penalties.
[11:48.560 -> 11:51.040] Like people are not, no, it's weird.
[11:51.040 -> 11:55.840] They were posing as if, you know, like, like other teams did them dirty.
[11:55.840 -> 11:58.320] Or, you know, there was some dirty tricks going around or something.
[11:58.320 -> 12:00.800] You know what? I'm sorry, but you know what this reminds me of?
[12:00.800 -> 12:05.760] There's this meme of three image thing where the first one's a guy riding a bicycle,
[12:05.760 -> 12:10.120] the second one he's he poking a stick into his front wheel and then he falls.
[12:10.120 -> 12:11.920] This is exactly that scenario.
[12:11.920 -> 12:17.680] That second image is them messing with their car to break rules and stuff
[12:17.680 -> 12:20.160] and then the third one is them complaining.
[12:20.160 -> 12:21.560] They are giving us penalties.
[12:21.560 -> 12:24.880] So like dude, you are doing this to yourself.
[12:24.880 -> 12:25.280] Come on.
[12:26.280 -> 12:32.600] You know what though? You know what though? I'm glad they did that because otherwise we would have a very shitty boring race.
[12:34.640 -> 12:37.840] It would basically be just Hamilton doing laps around.
[12:38.640 -> 12:44.120] Yeah, I think at that point he would have still fought what's happened, but just to lap himself.
[12:44.880 -> 12:46.360] Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah that's I
[12:46.360 -> 12:53.160] agree they did have a better car this weekend so but the interesting part is
[12:53.160 -> 12:57.640] both Christian Horner and Max and I'm pretty sure more folks in the garage to
[12:57.640 -> 13:09.000] sort of anticipated this this type of Mercedes dominance and it's interesting because there are
[13:09.000 -> 13:15.960] these news articles I think I think there's a brilliant one by us.motorsport.com
[13:15.960 -> 13:23.280] where they are they are showing how Red Bull is gonna protest the
[13:23.280 -> 13:25.000] flexi wing that Merck has.
[13:26.200 -> 13:28.600] So there's going to be something coming up on there.
[13:28.600 -> 13:30.440] I don't know too many details.
[13:30.440 -> 13:34.720] I think we'll only have to wait and see what it will end up doing.
[13:35.160 -> 13:40.160] But another interesting thing that's popped up on the internet is a return of
[13:41.080 -> 13:45.000] DAS, the driver assistive system that was banned
[13:46.880 -> 13:49.920] last year. Cause there's this footage of
[13:51.040 -> 13:55.000] Hamilton going up the main straight after the last corner,
[13:55.360 -> 14:00.160] just that bit pulling his steering wheel, something similar to that.
[14:00.160 -> 14:03.160] So my question at this point is,
[14:03.160 -> 14:09.000] is Mercedes trying to do everything in their power to, you know, flaunt, break, whatever you want to call it.
[14:09.360 -> 14:15.360] Just be as much as out there that they can to get that even position.
[14:16.640 -> 14:30.000] Yeah. Yeah. It's weird. I did see that video. It does look like DAS. I don't know. I mean I guess they must not be doing that because if I would definitely find it out.
[14:30.000 -> 14:36.000] But yeah, it did feel like it. I don't know. Maybe we'll have to look a little bit more.
[14:36.000 -> 14:50.960] Yeah, exactly. There's not much authenticated proof there. It's just someone's video. So yeah, there will have to be much more investigation than that. Yeah but something fishy is going on you know with the flexi wing as well what Red Bull is kind of
[14:50.960 -> 14:56.960] planning to protest but at this point they have also been saying that you know it's so late into
[14:56.960 -> 15:05.320] the season that even if they protest right now it's highly unlikely that you know any result would come out before the end of the
[15:05.320 -> 15:13.800] season so like it wouldn't really help anybody so they're kind of unsure about
[15:13.800 -> 15:17.980] whether they should protest or not but yeah let's see how it was but if this is
[15:17.980 -> 15:26.200] what the performance Delta is going to be here on and Saudi Arabia dude it's just a fucking straight that's all yeah
[15:26.200 -> 15:36.640] it's Daytona drunk track yep I can't even imagine at that point I think
[15:36.640 -> 15:45.840] Hamilton will be just like a you know like a blur around the track I can totally, I am totally getting the roadrunner and Wiley coyote vibes.
[15:50.800 -> 15:55.240] But it was, it wasn't, it wasn't a bad weekend from Red Bull themselves either.
[15:55.240 -> 16:00.280] I think like, I would have, I would have loved to see Perez
[16:00.760 -> 16:04.080] like extract more from the car, but
[16:08.880 -> 16:12.200] even beyond that, I think like he, the best he could. I loved him snatching that extra point.
[16:12.200 -> 16:13.880] And not for...
[16:13.880 -> 16:15.080] Awesome. Yeah.
[16:15.080 -> 16:15.720] Yeah.
[16:15.720 -> 16:16.520] That was really awesome.
[16:16.520 -> 16:17.760] We had to wait.
[16:17.760 -> 16:20.080] We had to wait almost like half a race.
[16:20.080 -> 16:21.640] Half a race length.
[16:21.640 -> 16:23.240] Sorry, not a race length.
[16:23.240 -> 16:26.800] Half a lap length to see Perez cross that finish line
[16:26.800 -> 16:30.880] to see if he snatched the purple flag.
[16:30.880 -> 16:37.880] But I liked it not for the point taken away from Hamilton towards Max.
[16:37.880 -> 16:40.280] But I liked the point going to Red Bull
[16:40.280 -> 16:44.880] because they are also inching close towards that Constructor Championship, right?
[16:44.880 -> 16:45.040] So, for me, it was more of that than, you know, giving it to Max. Red Bull, because they are also inching close towards that Constructor Championship.
[16:45.040 -> 16:49.760] So for me, it was more of that than giving it to Max.
[16:49.760 -> 16:50.760] Yeah, definitely.
[16:50.760 -> 16:57.520] I think for them, it was like a two birds, one stone kind of a thing.
[16:57.520 -> 16:59.520] So worked out perfectly.
[16:59.520 -> 17:01.160] Perfect decision.
[17:01.160 -> 17:05.000] I mean, he had a pit stop worth of gap behind.
[17:05.000 -> 17:08.500] So and again, there was the class apart, right?
[17:08.500 -> 17:11.500] Like Mercedes and Red Bull were in their own class.
[17:11.500 -> 17:13.500] Nobody else was even close by.
[17:13.500 -> 17:18.000] So yeah, I think definitely not a bad wicket for Red Bull.
[17:18.000 -> 17:20.000] Yep, yep, yep, yep.
[17:22.000 -> 17:29.520] Overall, I think I also liked the calmness and professionalism that Max showed in his
[17:29.520 -> 17:30.760] celebrations for sure.
[17:30.760 -> 17:32.400] I mean, he's not one.
[17:32.400 -> 17:36.480] So he's not gonna be over the top as well.
[17:36.480 -> 17:43.000] But even beyond that, I mean, acknowledging both him and Horner too, like acknowledging
[17:43.000 -> 17:47.340] how well Hamilton has driven around the track yesterday.
[17:47.340 -> 17:51.840] And all through the weekend, just shows some good professionalism
[17:51.840 -> 17:57.200] versus not being able to control your adrenaline.
[17:57.200 -> 17:59.540] F**k them all.
[17:59.540 -> 18:05.640] But overall, yeah, Red Bull does.
[18:05.640 -> 18:10.120] I mean, I don't particularly like Horner as well because he's selfish.
[18:10.120 -> 18:11.360] He's a shitstirrer, man.
[18:11.360 -> 18:15.160] Exactly. But then he takes up these fights with FIA,
[18:15.160 -> 18:19.920] brings some more entertainment and then ends up also being somewhat of professional
[18:19.920 -> 18:27.000] around the garage sandwich.
[18:27.000 -> 18:35.160] Yeah, it was Max definitely, you know, every race I watch him, I become, you know, I like
[18:35.160 -> 18:41.400] him more for the very fact that how calm he is.
[18:41.400 -> 18:42.400] It's weird, right?
[18:42.400 -> 18:45.120] It doesn't feel like he's in a championship at all.
[18:51.360 -> 18:51.920] Like, very honestly, like Hamilton does look like he is in a championship. He is stressed. He is,
[18:58.480 -> 19:06.120] you know, he's fierce. He is angry. Like it's very evident that he's there. On the other hand, this guy, it seems like, you know, he's just like coming for a race, like just logging in from his home for a sim race or something like that.
[19:07.200 -> 19:11.920] Yeah, right. Probably, probably Toto's betted his house against Hamilton.
[19:11.920 -> 19:16.640] Like, if I don't give you the race championship title, my house is yours, sort of thing.
[19:17.400 -> 19:19.320] You own my life or something like that.
[19:19.560 -> 19:26.000] That just makes them so pumped up every time they are inching close towards the championship title.
[19:29.560 -> 19:34.560] Well, not the championship title, but I think there's a title that two other teams are fighting for.
[19:34.560 -> 19:36.240] That's the position three.
[19:36.240 -> 19:40.600] Oh yeah, that battle is very interesting at this point, man.
[19:40.600 -> 19:47.840] It's being undervalued, but McLaren and Ferrari are going at it and actually yeah
[19:47.840 -> 19:52.240] that's something that should get more media attraction and restraction as well. There's
[19:52.240 -> 19:58.640] something brilliant happening at B3. Yeah yeah yeah and suddenly it seems like
[19:58.640 -> 20:04.240] it's just slipping away from McLaren right like they're so far behind like it's weird
[20:04.240 -> 20:05.800] like Ricc Ricardo I why did
[20:05.800 -> 20:10.860] he retire by the way? I missed that. No so there was some some issue with with the
[20:10.860 -> 20:14.440] power unit I think they have this McLaren the Mercedes engine at this
[20:14.440 -> 20:19.240] point and there was some problem with the power unit that they had to retire
[20:19.240 -> 20:25.600] the car but nothing otherwise. Okay either Either way, it's like not a great weekend.
[20:25.600 -> 20:30.120] Lando finishing 10th is, you know, Lando has just gone off the rails.
[20:30.120 -> 20:33.800] It seems like even at the start, it was an unnecessary risk that he took.
[20:34.360 -> 20:37.720] Like once you go out on the green area, you know,
[20:38.600 -> 20:42.320] the other driver is not obliged to give space. That's what I felt.
[20:42.400 -> 20:44.400] No, true, true, true. He's not obliged to,
[20:44.400 -> 20:48.360] but I felt like science did try to squeeze him on the right.
[20:49.280 -> 20:51.760] Sure. It was still them racing. So I don't,
[20:51.800 -> 20:54.760] I don't really have an opinion one way or another.
[20:56.280 -> 20:59.720] But overall it was fun to see them go at it.
[20:59.760 -> 21:03.840] I would have loved to not see a puncture at that point.
[21:05.520 -> 21:06.720] But still, yeah.
[21:08.840 -> 21:11.360] No, so I feel like it was an unnecessary risk.
[21:11.520 -> 21:15.840] I like Lando should have been more mature about it in the sense that
[21:17.440 -> 21:22.040] I agree that he has not had a good result in a while and he probably wanted to
[21:22.040 -> 21:25.260] get that opportunistic overtake in the lap one.
[21:25.260 -> 21:26.260] Yeah.
[21:26.260 -> 21:30.560] But yeah, that's where you know, kind of his rookiness probably still kind of shows.
[21:30.560 -> 21:33.400] Yeah, I think you're right.
[21:33.400 -> 21:38.600] I think he could have gotten that slipstream on the back straight and then probably turn
[21:38.600 -> 21:42.080] on the turn, the left turn or the U-turn right.
[21:42.080 -> 21:47.240] He could have taken signs out if he had that pace, which it seemed like he had at least from the restart.
[21:48.720 -> 21:51.880] But well, not a bad drive from him too,
[21:51.920 -> 21:55.720] like coming P10 from P20 after like a very big Delta.
[21:56.080 -> 21:57.880] So still some kudos there.
[21:57.880 -> 22:01.520] I think what's interesting for us at this podcast is
[22:02.240 -> 22:07.120] McLaren versus Ferrari has become a repeating segment for us on this show.
[22:07.120 -> 22:14.160] And it goes to show too because like Ferrari has extended their lead from McLaren by just 31.5
[22:14.160 -> 22:19.600] points, which could have been less if Ricardo was still there. So it's still anybody's game, I feel.
[22:20.720 -> 22:29.520] If Ricardo can pull this along with Lando up there, this is going to get very tight for P.P. and I'm excited for it.
[22:29.520 -> 22:39.480] Yeah, definitely. I'm really hoping that McLaren just get their shit together, honestly speaking.
[22:39.480 -> 22:45.440] It seems like they've just gone haywire. The formula that was just working so well
[22:46.560 -> 22:53.280] has just fallen apart is what feels like. It's very weird. Something definitely is going wrong.
[22:53.280 -> 22:58.000] They need to figure it out and just get their head into the game, I guess.
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[24:31.200 -> 24:36.080] out because we did have a third host yesterday before the race. So stay tuned
[24:36.080 -> 24:49.900] for something coming out and someone else's interview also coming in. Yeah, yeah let's let's get back on to the to the episode. So Sarang, thoughts on
[24:49.900 -> 24:55.860] British commentary from yesterday. Oh man okay red button, let's address the red
[24:55.860 -> 25:00.640] button first you know Crofty we get it there's a red button on the sky
[25:00.640 -> 25:07.280] remote. Now shut the fuck up please. Genuinely man, genuinely. If you would have said
[25:07.280 -> 25:12.240] that red button thing one more time, I would have personally flown to wherever he's sitting
[25:12.240 -> 25:19.440] and slapped him across his face like shut the fuck up please. Yeah man, I mean yeah I get it
[25:19.440 -> 25:26.200] you're pipping out you know sky but you know just chill a little please it's getting a bit
[25:26.200 -> 25:31.560] annoying race after race and today it was just weird like it was I I really
[25:31.560 -> 25:35.880] want to go back and count the number of times he said that I think it must be
[25:35.880 -> 25:42.160] yeah in the 10s or 20s 30s I don't know I've lost count the maximum amount of
[25:42.160 -> 25:45.000] time he said it in a particular race for sure,
[25:45.000 -> 25:47.000] to a point where it got annoying.
[25:47.000 -> 25:55.000] Also, I sort of get his enthusiasm for being a Brit, supporting a Brit.
[25:55.000 -> 25:58.000] Sure, by all means, right.
[25:58.000 -> 26:02.000] But somewhere down the line, I mean, you got to draw a line,
[26:02.000 -> 26:07.000] realizing you're a commentator for the sport and not for Hamilton only.
[26:08.000 -> 26:13.600] Because there was a visible change and shift in energy in the commentary
[26:14.520 -> 26:17.280] before and after Hamilton led the race.
[26:17.480 -> 26:20.280] I'm like, come on, that's somewhat not done.
[26:22.960 -> 26:24.640] Yeah. I honestly,
[26:28.400 -> 26:33.080] I completely missed this and I'm happy about it because I after listening to his red button bullshit for so long I just switched to
[26:33.080 -> 26:42.720] the pet lane channel so that I didn't have to listen to him anymore. Lucky you man I don't have a fun TV here so I still gotta listen to his voice.
[26:42.720 -> 26:49.000] yeah I'm pretty sure I did like catch some parts of it. I mean, I was switching between them.
[26:49.000 -> 27:08.960] But yeah, I totally agree that, you know, it was weird. He from Max I would say I mean but it was you
[27:08.960 -> 27:16.120] know it's wheel to wheel battle they are going at it at you know just at the limit of their
[27:16.120 -> 27:24.480] cars FIA pretty much said that there's no investigation necessary because they do have
[27:24.480 -> 27:25.600] access to a lot of data
[27:25.600 -> 27:30.360] that we or even the common readers don't have, which is basically the steering input and
[27:30.360 -> 27:31.360] everything.
[27:31.360 -> 27:37.800] And if they determined that there was no investigation necessary, I mean, it's pretty evident that
[27:37.800 -> 27:50.000] I don't know what the big deal was with Crofty constantly bringing that up. I mean, just because he didn't get to see if Max did a right-hand move on his steering wheel.
[27:50.000 -> 27:54.400] He was just so adamant that he should get a penalty. He should get a penalty.
[27:54.400 -> 28:06.440] Yeah, I mean, it was quite unwarranted for even Horner and I forget who was from the Mercedes garage speaking with
[28:06.440 -> 28:10.400] Massey at that point. Oh first of all I don't I don't understand why people
[28:10.400 -> 28:16.800] speak with Massey. He has no say in making a decision. He's exactly why is
[28:16.800 -> 28:25.000] Massey being brought into this conversation. It makes no sense at all. He is just the race director. He is not a steward. He doesn't get it.
[28:25.000 -> 28:33.000] They just ring Massey up for no reason all the time as if he is the one making these decisions.
[28:33.000 -> 28:41.000] Dude, I think it's just, you know, like, they just want a space for venting out their frustration.
[28:41.000 -> 28:54.800] So they just call him up. And probably he is just a know just a good listener so he's like yeah I'll listen. But he does feel like that you know the calmness in his voice is so soothing. I'm like sure I'll believe what you say.
[28:54.800 -> 29:01.160] That voice totally feels like you know the voice of a kindergarten teacher
[29:01.160 -> 29:08.680] because that's exactly what he is doing, you know, handling a bunch of kids there because everybody's just complaining, you know,
[29:08.680 -> 29:12.640] that it's like he took my pencil, you know, it's pretty much,
[29:12.640 -> 29:15.600] pretty much just that level of complaining that they're doing.
[29:19.240 -> 29:20.240] But yeah, man, I think,
[29:20.240 -> 29:23.560] I think there should be some rules coming into commentary box too.
[29:23.800 -> 29:26.320] I'm just joking, But Massey was…
[29:26.320 -> 29:30.080] No, so Crofty and Brundle were a bit annoying yesterday.
[29:30.080 -> 29:34.160] Anywho, still benefit of doubt to them.
[29:34.160 -> 29:38.080] Being Brit, they want to support a Brit driver, sure.
[29:38.080 -> 29:41.520] What else was happening yesterday?
[29:41.520 -> 29:45.920] We spent quite a lot of minutes on this episode talking about
[29:47.200 -> 29:54.240] these four teams. But there was quite a lot happening in the trailing end and with all
[29:54.240 -> 30:01.840] the other teams and players as well. Yeah. I think another team that's
[30:03.280 -> 30:07.640] gotten a decent result today is Alpine, which was kind of unexpected, honestly.
[30:07.640 -> 30:08.240] Yeah.
[30:08.240 -> 30:14.320] Like in qualifications, sprint race, they didn't seem like they had a lot of pace.
[30:14.320 -> 30:18.320] But 8th and 9th, wow, not a bad day at all.
[30:18.320 -> 30:22.080] Yeah, Ocon and Alonso both lifting the teams up.
[30:22.080 -> 30:29.520] I mean, more so Alonso, it felt like. It did feel like Brazil and Ocon doing hand-in-hand.
[30:29.520 -> 30:36.640] He was going to have the same spot where, which caused Max to push.
[30:36.640 -> 30:38.160] He was going to knock off Gasly, I think.
[30:38.160 -> 30:44.240] Yeah. He was at same corner, that same turn. He was going to have that.
[30:44.240 -> 30:47.520] It really felt like his life flashed in front of his eyes.
[30:47.840 -> 30:53.680] Because the way he suddenly like turned his steering to the right.
[30:53.680 -> 30:58.480] I think he suddenly like in a paused mid-second, he remembered Max pushing him and everything.
[31:00.720 -> 31:03.280] Yeah. Max's face flashing in front of him.
[31:03.520 -> 31:04.320] Exactly.
[31:03.360 -> 31:04.360] Yeah, Max's face flashing in front of him. Exactly.
[31:04.360 -> 31:14.560] But yeah, I mean, both Alonso and Ocon have been brilliant in lifting their team up.
[31:14.560 -> 31:16.440] It's interesting to see it too, right?
[31:16.440 -> 31:20.280] Like, if you take a look at the Constructors' Championship,
[31:20.280 -> 31:25.500] both Alpine and Aston Martin are tied at 112 points at this moment.
[31:25.500 -> 31:30.800] So, there's a good battle happening for that position down there as well.
[31:30.800 -> 31:32.000] So, it's going to be interesting.
[31:33.000 -> 31:34.000] Who leads more?
[31:34.000 -> 31:38.000] Stroll was not having a good day and I don't have much hopes from him.
[31:38.000 -> 31:38.500] Seriously?
[31:41.000 -> 31:48.000] But yeah, the veterans trying to fight for their instructor. Vettel versus Alonso. It's gonna be fun.
[31:48.000 -> 31:54.640] Yeah, Vettel especially. I mean, it seems like he has a renewed energy suddenly.
[31:54.640 -> 31:58.080] Especially in the second half of the season, mainly I think.
[31:58.080 -> 32:05.600] Obviously, I think he got two P2s this season. Wow, he's been having a great season, honestly speaking. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[32:05.600 -> 32:08.900] One of it was taken away because of disqualification.
[32:08.900 -> 32:11.600] But honestly speaking, it was his win.
[32:11.600 -> 32:14.200] I mean, his second position still, I would say.
[32:14.200 -> 32:14.700] Yeah.
[32:14.700 -> 32:16.600] He doesn't get the points for it, fair enough.
[32:16.600 -> 32:19.800] But yeah, P2 is P2.
[32:19.800 -> 32:23.300] But yeah, my point being that Vettel is just doing great.
[32:23.300 -> 32:25.560] And Lance, as we had just talked
[32:25.560 -> 32:28.240] last time as well, I don't know what's going on.
[32:28.240 -> 32:30.440] Today was just bad luck I guess.
[32:30.440 -> 32:34.760] But yeah, still it didn't seem like he was on a lot of pace.
[32:34.760 -> 32:38.760] Yeah, it just felt like he was there somewhere.
[32:38.760 -> 32:45.000] But that overtake by Vettel and Alonso over Yuki was so much fun.
[32:45.000 -> 32:48.000] Veterans bullying a rookie there.
[32:48.000 -> 32:49.000] Yup.
[32:49.000 -> 32:56.000] Yuki being Yuki, I think his brain would have coerced and abused quite a lot when both overtook him.
[32:56.000 -> 33:04.000] But it was fun to see both of these guys take up on Yuki that way.
[33:04.000 -> 33:07.200] Yeah. Yuki was having a very weird day.
[33:07.200 -> 33:12.080] I mean, he first of all got that penalty.
[33:12.080 -> 33:14.080] I mean, what was his mistake?
[33:14.080 -> 33:16.320] I don't know. Why did he dive bomb there?
[33:16.320 -> 33:18.880] Did he lock up though? Did he lock up?
[33:18.880 -> 33:21.680] I don't know if it was just a mistake, mistake
[33:21.680 -> 33:24.960] or was it like a driving thing that he just couldn't control.
[33:24.960 -> 33:28.280] I don't know what happened there with him. Yeah me neither I
[33:28.280 -> 33:33.280] haven't like taken a look properly later on but either ways like you know 10
[33:33.280 -> 33:37.720] second penalty itself like put him at a you know large disadvantage his front
[33:37.720 -> 33:47.440] wing was damaged as well and yeah and then he was just like, you know, overtaken by Alonso and Vettel in one shot.
[33:47.440 -> 33:52.840] Yeah, that main straight, getting overtaken by both.
[33:52.840 -> 33:58.640] But it's interesting. Okay, now I'm finally starting to get FIA race control.
[33:58.640 -> 34:06.860] Because bringing out a safety car and damaging your front wing is equally penalized as
[34:06.860 -> 34:10.800] causing a red flag and a 51 G crash. I know. Now I get it.
[34:11.300 -> 34:15.380] Now it's even more dude. This was 10 second penalty.
[34:15.380 -> 34:19.340] He had got in the five second penalty. Oh, is it? Oh, okay. All right.
[34:19.340 -> 34:22.060] So this is way worse because this could kill someone. Sure.
[34:24.620 -> 34:28.400] Yeah. 10 second penalty. I felt was too harsh like even
[34:28.400 -> 34:35.040] if I don't know like yeah he he shouldn't have done that but 10 seconds is a bit too harsh I
[34:35.040 -> 34:50.400] don't know like yeah it doesn't make sense either ways it's quite weird I I guess. Now that I think about it, honestly, at that point, I thought that, you know, it's fine.
[34:50.400 -> 34:51.800] Like it was a mistake.
[34:51.800 -> 34:58.000] But yeah, probably five seconds would have been a much fairer penalty, I guess.
[34:58.000 -> 35:03.760] All of this is, you know, all of these discussions are coming up.
[35:03.760 -> 35:08.080] Every time I had coming up whenever there's been this, this, this sprint race,
[35:08.560 -> 35:12.880] I for one, honestly, don't like sprint races. Cause it just,
[35:13.560 -> 35:16.800] there is fun, but I don't know what are your thoughts on that, Saran?
[35:17.560 -> 35:22.240] Yeah, no, I mean, it's not, it's not helping the way that,
[35:22.520 -> 35:24.800] you know, all the media things that would help.
[35:25.000 -> 35:31.000] It's not helping the way that, you know, Liberty Media thinks it would help. They were expecting much crazier races because of the short format, but that's not true.
[35:31.000 -> 35:34.000] People are being more careful in these races.
[35:34.000 -> 35:38.000] And most drivers have said this, that they drive more carefully in these races because
[35:38.000 -> 35:41.000] this race doesn't earn any points.
[35:41.000 -> 35:45.640] Like just 3-1 points is nothing and that is just for the top three. Yeah.
[35:45.640 -> 35:51.720] So you know there isn't just enough incentive for these drivers to risk things.
[35:51.720 -> 35:56.700] So yes, the sprint format at least in the way that we have it right now doesn't make
[35:56.700 -> 35:57.700] any sense.
[35:57.700 -> 35:58.700] Yeah.
[35:58.700 -> 36:11.240] What do you think, what are your thoughts on, as I was having this conversation with a friend of mine, but what are your thoughts on the fastest lap point?
[36:11.240 -> 36:15.600] I mean, it was something at least for me in the first half of the season, but what are
[36:15.600 -> 36:17.720] your thoughts on it now?
[36:17.720 -> 36:19.680] I do definitely like it.
[36:19.680 -> 36:22.840] 21 points, there are 21 or so races, right?
[36:22.840 -> 36:27.040] So 21 points to be earned through the season is, is
[36:27.040 -> 36:32.160] definitely a big factor in terms of strategy. And we see that every race, like, you know, teams going
[36:32.160 -> 36:38.480] for that fastest lap, it's just another point of, you know, strategy, I would say, which is,
[36:38.480 -> 36:47.120] which just makes the whole thing more exciting, right? Like, having this another mechanism for the teams to earn points as such, because
[36:47.120 -> 36:55.560] this is after all a team sport, right? And things like sacrificing a bit for your teammate
[36:55.560 -> 36:59.720] is a part of it. And that's what happened for Perez. I mean, he didn't luckily lose
[36:59.720 -> 37:06.480] a position, but yeah, they probably might have still made him do it even if it probably
[37:06.480 -> 37:12.720] costed a position but I guess that's a awesome way of you know keeping things
[37:12.720 -> 37:18.120] interesting and I think it's working definitely. Right, right. I at some level
[37:18.120 -> 37:24.120] do think that it's being mis... not misused, not the right word but it's sort of
[37:24.120 -> 37:25.000] becoming a joke. Overused kind of. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's sort of becoming a joke.
[37:25.000 -> 37:26.400] Overused kind of. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[37:26.400 -> 37:31.400] Cause it's like your driver number two is asked to sacrifice.
[37:31.880 -> 37:36.280] Yeah, exactly. Right. So I think I probably, at least for me,
[37:36.280 -> 37:40.360] the thought was this, this is going to be an incentive for the race leader.
[37:41.120 -> 37:44.280] But now as you're pointing it out, which is, which is what's happening,
[37:44.280 -> 37:49.480] it's become like a strategy point. And somewhere rightfully so, right?
[37:49.480 -> 37:52.240] Like at this point where the championships got in this close,
[37:52.280 -> 37:56.720] every point matters for both driver championship and constructed championship.
[37:56.960 -> 37:59.360] So sure, it's being used in the right way.
[38:00.960 -> 38:02.920] And maybe this is what it was intended for.
[38:02.920 -> 38:06.440] So I'm the odd one out in this whole situation.
[38:06.440 -> 38:12.160] But in my head, I was like, this was more for an incentive to the leading driver, which
[38:12.160 -> 38:15.200] is somewhere is what's not happening.
[38:15.200 -> 38:20.760] You know, I think this is the perfect example of probably expectation versus reality in
[38:20.760 -> 38:26.880] the sense that I'm pretty sure the expectation of FIA was that it would
[38:28.400 -> 38:38.320] advantage the leaders of the race basically to go for the fastest lap. But yeah, it's F1.
[38:38.320 -> 38:46.800] This is what always happens. They find loopholes. They find those small tiny gaps in those laws to just skirt by.
[38:47.600 -> 38:52.240] And that's what every team does pretty much like Ferrari has done it, Red Bull has done it,
[38:52.240 -> 38:57.440] Mercedes has done it, everybody does it. It's part of the game. So, yeah, well,
[38:59.440 -> 39:02.240] whatever you introduce, they are going to find some weirdities.
[39:08.000 -> 39:15.520] introduced they are going to find some weirdities. Switching gears man, this episode let's talk a bit about Haas as well. I want to start off with Mick where pre-race there was this interesting banter
[39:15.520 -> 39:29.720] between Mick and Kimmy where Mick was asked how does he feel fighting against Kimmy? There was a silence and then he says, well, I don't get much chance to race against Kimmy.
[39:29.720 -> 39:34.120] To which Kimmy was like, I can slow down for you and then you can race me.
[39:34.120 -> 39:38.840] Cut to the race where they almost touch each other.
[39:38.840 -> 39:43.280] Exactly. Yeah, it was so weird.
[39:43.280 -> 39:48.000] That comment was... First of all all the whole interview was really awesome.
[39:48.000 -> 39:53.000] If you guys haven't you should please go and check it out.
[39:53.000 -> 40:08.880] But anyways, I do agree that it was just so good. In that sense that they did actually touch, they did actually have to race. But I think overall Haas, man, I feel for them,
[40:08.880 -> 40:14.560] man. I feel for the team, the entire team, honestly speaking, they have been through a
[40:14.560 -> 40:20.320] lot of shit in the sense that last year with the whole Rich Energy Tobacco. I mean, think about
[40:21.920 -> 40:25.000] all the people who put in hours of their life,
[40:25.280 -> 40:28.240] for them, the sport is their passion.
[40:29.680 -> 40:33.560] Each team member, each engineer, each driver
[40:33.560 -> 40:36.160] definitely is putting in a lot of hard work.
[40:36.160 -> 40:38.640] It's not for the lack of hard work
[40:38.640 -> 40:40.340] that they are not performing well.
[40:41.560 -> 40:44.380] It's just that they're not,
[40:49.120 -> 40:51.640] have that package that's competitive. And obviously funding has been a problem for them for a long time.
[40:51.640 -> 40:59.280] I think, in fact, I guess Mazapan has mentioned this, that he doesn't have access to a proper
[40:59.280 -> 41:05.400] sim because Haas doesn't have one, but Mick does because he is a Ferrari driver.
[41:05.400 -> 41:10.360] So he does get access to the Ferrari sim, which is like, you know, top of the line.
[41:10.360 -> 41:18.480] So it's quite unfortunate that Haas is in a position where, you know, there's pretty much no hope, I would say, kind of, for the team.
[41:18.480 -> 41:21.280] There are no future prospects to the team.
[41:21.280 -> 41:25.000] It must be very difficult to go into work for,
[41:25.540 -> 41:30.260] I think each team member in there, I guess.
[41:30.260 -> 41:34.380] I feel more so for the Pit Garage members.
[41:34.380 -> 41:37.700] It's like they're putting almost as much hard work
[41:37.700 -> 41:40.340] as someone at Mercedes is,
[41:40.340 -> 41:44.620] and just to see that even if they get a P80,
[41:44.620 -> 41:45.960] I think they're going to be over the moon.
[41:46.840 -> 41:50.040] It sounds like they're going to be over the moon,
[41:50.040 -> 41:52.040] but it's not a good feeling to live by.
[41:53.440 -> 41:56.040] And your point on Mazipin, I mean,
[41:56.040 -> 41:59.960] we've given our fair deal of shit to Mazipin
[42:00.840 -> 42:03.240] for entertainment purposes.
[42:04.960 -> 42:07.840] But yeah, that guy's been taking quite a brunt of it.
[42:07.840 -> 42:19.400] Yeah, it does seem kind of evident at least. I don't know if everyone saw the interview after
[42:19.400 -> 42:25.500] the qualification before the sprint where Mazapan was very close to tears. I mean, I...
[42:25.500 -> 42:26.500] How is it?
[42:26.500 -> 42:33.500] Yeah, I... It felt like a very different side of him that I have not seen before.
[42:33.500 -> 42:42.500] And, you know, I definitely feel that, yes, he has had his share of shitty things, no doubt about it.
[42:42.500 -> 42:52.080] Right. of shitty things, no doubt about it. But at the same time, I guess I feel that the amount of bias that we form about a
[42:52.080 -> 42:56.760] person, because of certain incidents kind of does blind you a bit.
[42:57.280 -> 43:02.640] And in that sense, we forget that that person is also a person and things
[43:02.640 -> 43:04.160] like these do affect them.
[43:09.560 -> 43:10.560] I'm pretty sure he gets bullied a lot on the internet.
[43:12.000 -> 43:12.480] And yeah.
[43:16.160 -> 43:18.280] There's this whole thing about him being kicked out of the Mexican nightclub too, right? But I think he wasn't.
[43:18.680 -> 43:22.000] There's just some too much stuff that happened at the club,
[43:22.000 -> 43:23.760] but he did eventually get kicked out.
[43:24.120 -> 43:27.880] Yeah. And no, he actually didn't get kicked out it was just that his friends were
[43:27.880 -> 43:32.620] waiting outside and he was just explaining to the bodyguards that they
[43:32.620 -> 43:35.580] aren't his friends and like you know they are kind of on the list yeah
[43:35.580 -> 43:41.000] exactly and obviously internet wants to sensationalize everything and you know
[43:41.000 -> 43:45.440] the kind of people started posting that he got kicked out and things like that.
[43:45.440 -> 43:47.520] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[43:48.240 -> 43:50.640] Hey, you were mentioning he's also done some good, right?
[43:50.640 -> 43:53.120] Like, let's have some positive thoughts this way.
[43:53.120 -> 43:56.240] He's he helped raise some funds or something, right?
[43:56.240 -> 43:57.440] I don't know. I'm not too sure.
[43:57.440 -> 44:03.600] I think he was running a fundraiser where he basically, for cerebral palsy,
[44:03.600 -> 44:06.160] basically raising money for, I I think research for that.
[44:07.440 -> 44:14.640] And basically, the deal was that fans would donate to the fund and he would, he initially
[44:14.640 -> 44:21.760] said that he would match it. But later on, in fact, he doubled it. So good on him. No matter
[44:21.760 -> 44:26.480] what, like people do say that know this is just whitewashing
[44:26.480 -> 44:32.360] this you know trying to you know put himself in the good light and everything
[44:32.360 -> 44:38.200] but you know why exactly if you're doing good while doing that I'm okay with that
[44:38.200 -> 44:43.640] exactly even if it's for PR purposes you're helping someone so yeah do it for
[44:43.640 -> 44:48.080] the other yep exactly so kudos to him, I guess. Let's not...
[44:48.520 -> 44:51.320] Today we promise we'll not make fun of you, Vazipan.
[44:51.800 -> 44:53.080] Tomorrow will be another day though.
[44:53.520 -> 44:57.520] Yeah. We'll be back to our original selves tomorrow. So yeah,
[44:57.520 -> 44:59.760] no promises on tomorrow for sure.
[45:02.480 -> 45:05.440] But yeah, kudos for him too.
[45:05.440 -> 45:10.720] Yesterday, finally finishing P17 in front of his teammate,
[45:11.520 -> 45:14.760] Mick. So there's something good coming out for his race too.
[45:15.400 -> 45:16.240] Yep.
[45:17.120 -> 45:21.880] There's an interesting drivers championship fight forming for
[45:21.880 -> 45:28.680] P5. Lando sitting at 151, Leclerc at 148 and then Science at 139.5.
[45:29.120 -> 45:33.640] With three more races to go and the way Lando is dropping,
[45:33.640 -> 45:34.800] Science picking up.
[45:36.320 -> 45:39.000] There's going to be this interesting fight for P5.
[45:40.000 -> 45:43.440] Yeah, that's super interesting. I didn't notice this.
[45:43.440 -> 45:46.640] Like you're right, like Lando didn't score much
[45:46.640 -> 45:57.840] points recently. So 139.5 signs. Yeah, he's close as well, man. It's anybody's game. Honestly,
[45:57.840 -> 46:08.340] Ferrari are seen faster than McLaren at least, so I guess advantageantage, Sainz and Leclerc. Going ahead of Lando. But let's see.
[46:08.340 -> 46:12.840] Might as well. Let's see what happens.
[46:12.840 -> 46:14.840] I don't think we can make any guesses at this point.
[46:14.840 -> 46:16.840] Yeah, it's anybody's game.
[46:16.840 -> 46:20.140] What's sure is at least 1, 2, 3, 4.
[46:20.140 -> 46:27.600] Both Mohrk and Red Bull drivers are sitting comfortable at 1, 2, 3, 4.
[46:27.600 -> 46:32.600] The 1 and 2 is going to be till the end, but 3 and 4 is probably locked up.
[46:32.600 -> 46:39.000] So it's going to be an interesting battle to see what's happening at P1 and then the P5 fight.
[46:39.000 -> 46:41.000] Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep.
[46:41.000 -> 46:48.800] Amazing race though, you know. I love Brazil. Brazil has delivered a good race every time.
[46:48.800 -> 46:51.300] Yes. Yes. And the track is awesome.
[46:51.300 -> 46:56.800] You know, the crowd is awesome. Again, I think all the races in the Americas are awesome.
[46:56.800 -> 47:06.240] I would say. Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. Pretty, pretty. Back to the last three in the Gulf countries. Yeah. Should be fun.
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