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What an anticlimax for the so called heated battle between Max and Lewis. Another race and another crash between Merc and Red bull. What a crazy race this has been with the grid completely mixed up. What a drive by Ocon and Vettel and who other than the G.O.A.T Lewis Hamilton! Just after 2 races suddenly Mercedes leads the WDC and Hamilton leads the WDC!
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- The Hungarian Grand Prix was an exciting race with chaotic moments and stunning performances.
- The race began with a red flag due to heavy rain, causing numerous crashes and incidents.
- Rookie driver Bottas made a costly mistake, triggering a chain reaction that eliminated several cars from the race.
- Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were among those affected by the crashes, further complicating Red Bull's season.
- There were several intense battles throughout the race, including Mick Schumacher's impressive defense against Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon's brilliant drive to victory.
- Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton engaged in a thrilling battle, with Alonso showcasing his experience and skill in defending his position.
- The race also featured moments of camaraderie, such as Alonso lifting Ocon up after his victory and George Russell's willingness to compromise his race for the benefit of his teammate Nicholas Latifi.
- The race provided a mix of drama, excitement, and wholesome moments, making it a memorable event in the Formula One season. # Episode Summary: "Unpredictability and Controversy in Hungary"
## Race Highlights:
* Esteban Ocon and Sebastian Vettel delivered impressive performances, securing podium finishes.
* Lewis Hamilton, despite starting from the back of the grid, managed to secure a remarkable victory, propelling Mercedes to the top of the Constructors' Championship and himself to the lead of the Drivers' Championship.
## Key Moments and Controversies:
* The podcast delves into several key moments and controversies that occurred during the race:
* Bottas' rookie mistake at the start, which resulted in a poor position on the grid.
* Hamilton's lonely position at the starting grid, highlighting the strategic challenges he faced.
* Sainz's bold decision to call the strategy shots at Ferrari, demonstrating his growing confidence and influence within the team.
* Mick Schumacher's aggressive driving, earning him a reputation as a fearless racer.
* Vettel's close encounter with Ocon's rear end, leading to a tense moment on the track.
* Fernando Alonso's impressive performance, showing that he still has the skills and determination to compete at the highest level.
* George Russell's entertaining radio messages, providing insights into the challenges and emotions experienced during the race.
* The FIA's response to fan feedback, evidenced by the changes made to the commentary team and the introduction of a rotating panel of guests.
* The intriguing "F1 Triathlon" moment, where drivers had to switch cars due to mechanical issues.
* Aston Martin's unfortunate disqualification due to a fuel irregularity, highlighting the importance of adhering to technical regulations.
## Aston Martin's Support for Vettel's Advocacy:
The hosts applaud Aston Martin's support for Sebastian Vettel's advocacy for LGBT rights in Hungary, despite the potential consequences from the FIA. They emphasize the importance of drivers using their platforms to raise awareness and promote positive change.
## Upcoming Guest Episode:
The podcast announces a special episode featuring a guest from an undisclosed background for a fireside chat. The hosts promise an engaging and informative discussion, encouraging listeners to stay tuned for the upcoming episode.
## Conclusion:
The podcast concludes by reiterating the unpredictable and exciting nature of the 2021 Formula One season, with the championship battle still wide open and plenty of races remaining. The hosts encourage listeners to follow them on social media and look forward to the next episode, which promises to be entertaining and insightful.
[00:00.000 -> 00:05.400] Yeah, yeah. Though it felt like very blatant ad for Mercedes.
[00:05.400 -> 00:09.960] Like he was just showing that look how I am as a teammate, as a second driver.
[00:11.040 -> 00:11.760] Hire me.
[00:11.760 -> 00:16.480] While Botas can crash people, I can let Hamilton go.
[00:23.480 -> 00:31.220] Hello, you know where you are. This is F1 Fan Fiction. We are your hosts. I am Akash.
[00:31.220 -> 00:32.720] And I'm Saran.
[00:32.720 -> 00:39.520] And this week we have the Hungarian Grand Prix. If you watch this race, you know, you
[00:39.520 -> 00:46.960] know this is one of the best races of your life. But before we get started we've
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[01:11.160 -> 01:17.120] fiction and now into the episode I think I've lost my tongue I genuinely am lost
[01:17.120 -> 01:24.200] on words on what that restart was Sarang take it away man yeah yeah it was it was
[01:24.200 -> 01:27.520] insane like I think this was definitely one of the best races
[01:27.520 -> 01:35.520] I've seen in a while. I mean, there's so much that went on, I really don't know where to start.
[01:35.520 -> 01:40.800] But you know, let's start at the start, which was basically just chaos, you know, like, obviously,
[01:41.680 -> 01:46.100] it was wet, and everybody had to start on enters. And I think that that time itself,
[01:46.100 -> 01:49.700] everyone knew that it's going to be a very interesting race and interesting
[01:49.700 -> 01:50.540] start.
[01:51.160 -> 01:55.320] Because like all the strategies that they had kind of tried to bake into,
[01:55.320 -> 02:00.320] you know, yesterday of Merckx going on mediums and Red Bull going on Reds,
[02:01.760 -> 02:05.160] I mean, softs was basically just thrown out of the window.
[02:05.160 -> 02:08.600] And yeah, you saw what happened at lap turn one.
[02:08.800 -> 02:13.960] Oh, man. I know like, you know, over the weekend, it's been raining.
[02:13.960 -> 02:15.960] So there was anticipation that it's going to be rain.
[02:16.000 -> 02:17.520] There's going to be some chaos.
[02:18.040 -> 02:27.880] But yesterday, it felt like the rain gods just, you know, downpoured that rain just for that first lap chaos.
[02:27.880 -> 02:29.440] And then it was bright and sunny.
[02:29.440 -> 02:33.520] But that first lap chaos that got created.
[02:33.520 -> 02:37.040] So starting off on how it started to unveil.
[02:37.040 -> 02:39.720] Let's unpackage this.
[02:39.720 -> 02:41.600] An amazing race start.
[02:41.600 -> 02:50.740] Slightly slower reaction from Bottas. Lando taking perfect opportunity from there.
[02:50.740 -> 02:51.880] Weaving to the right.
[02:51.880 -> 02:56.480] You know, gunning out there past those Alpha Tauris.
[02:56.480 -> 02:58.900] You know, going for it.
[02:58.900 -> 03:02.040] He is ahead of Bottas.
[03:02.040 -> 03:07.080] And Bottas, I mean, given this is his first season, obviously,
[03:07.840 -> 03:14.800] new to F1, he doesn't know what the sport is, doesn't know how conditions work.
[03:14.800 -> 03:23.880] So skids off, locks up and crashes into Lando and just causes this chaotic chain reaction.
[03:23.920 -> 03:25.040] Lando and just causes this chaotic chain reaction.
[03:28.720 -> 03:29.000] Yeah, there was this tweet by Charles. I don't know if you saw that.
[03:32.960 -> 03:33.400] Basically he tweeted something like it was a good game of bowling.
[03:34.240 -> 03:40.520] So frustrating.
[03:44.840 -> 03:45.000] It felt like those bowling pins, you know, pins flying around here.
[03:45.000 -> 03:47.000] Botas the bowling ball.
[03:47.000 -> 03:49.000] Botas pretty much yeah.
[03:49.000 -> 03:55.000] I think I know what this was all about.
[03:55.000 -> 04:01.000] I think it was pretty much that Botas knew that he had to earn some favors at Mercedes
[04:01.000 -> 04:05.000] and the best way of doing that was like destroying both the Red Bull
[04:05.000 -> 04:14.000] drivers and then he just went into kamakaze mode. So contract renewal coming in soon I guess. Exactly.
[04:14.000 -> 04:27.840] Yeah, that was a rookie mistake. 10 cars right like maybe 10 cars I don't know how many so let's count so both Red Bulls Lando obviously stroll on
[04:27.840 -> 04:34.220] Leclerc yeah that was a whole other mini incident going yeah but but part of the
[04:34.220 -> 04:40.340] chaos Ricardo spinning off because of that so that's six yeah
[04:40.340 -> 04:45.880] Botas obviously himself that that's seven. Yeah.
[04:50.300 -> 04:50.340] Yeah. That's, that's all I can think of. Seven. Maybe I'm missing someone, but yeah.
[04:51.520 -> 04:54.020] Seven cars.
[04:57.060 -> 04:57.380] Yeah. It's pretty insane. Right. I mean, wow.
[04:59.900 -> 05:02.980] Like I couldn't believe what's going on. First of all, my first reaction was like, you know, what the hell? Like, you know,
[05:02.980 -> 05:09.280] I thought that Max is out. Right. So obviously, uh, Hamilton was like, you know,
[05:09.280 -> 05:13.600] just running away. I was like, you know, so frustrated by that,
[05:13.600 -> 05:18.280] especially after the last season, all the craziness that went by all the,
[05:18.280 -> 05:22.480] you know, uh, yeah, whatever. I don't want to get into it again, but yeah.
[05:22.840 -> 05:25.480] But it was so frustrating at that point of time.
[05:25.480 -> 05:28.720] But yeah, it, it, things unfolded, right?
[05:28.720 -> 05:34.160] Like for the first time, I think Max was on the receiving end of the advantage of a red flag as such.
[05:34.200 -> 05:34.560] Yeah.
[05:35.720 -> 05:36.000] Yeah.
[05:36.320 -> 05:36.560] Yeah.
[05:36.800 -> 05:37.000] Yeah.
[05:37.040 -> 05:38.880] It was insane what his engineers did.
[05:39.440 -> 05:41.520] I want to, I want to raise a few things there.
[05:41.520 -> 05:50.800] So obviously Lando, you know, almost at the end of that red flag coming with the news that he's not going to continue.
[05:52.360 -> 06:01.240] Which was a heartbreaking incident because he's been in points right from the start. It's been a, you know, fantastic season for him.
[06:06.240 -> 06:12.960] season for him. So that was a gutting incident. But what started surprising me was Perez was hit, yes, as a cause of this. But he started driving off and I
[06:12.960 -> 06:18.400] personally don't know why he had to stop and like what happened because the way I
[06:18.400 -> 06:22.640] saw it he was probably in front of Max or right behind Max when they were
[06:22.640 -> 06:31.440] clearing off that whole area. So and then I just saw him parked at a meter parking somewhere. So I was like why is he stopped
[06:31.440 -> 06:40.400] somewhere? I think basically from what I've heard that his engine was damaged and I guess like
[06:40.400 -> 06:45.200] his engineers like told him to just stop the car because they must be thinking about
[06:45.200 -> 06:49.000] the long game about trying to preserve the engine.
[06:49.000 -> 06:55.720] And yeah, as you can see, Red Bull this time is running some issues with their engines
[06:55.720 -> 07:00.080] because last race Max has pretty much lost his engine.
[07:00.080 -> 07:05.600] Though I think Honda did clear it, but I don't think they'll be using it for races.
[07:07.240 -> 07:07.480] But actually, they're going to be using it.
[07:09.200 -> 07:15.040] No. Or was this a new? I'm not sure because because I know the Honda guy was like, he hopes this is good.
[07:15.040 -> 07:19.680] Otherwise, they're going to have to go to the third and the last reserve engine, which they don't want to.
[07:20.880 -> 07:22.560] But yeah, that's something we should probably look into.
[07:22.560 -> 07:25.800] And we'll probably post on our Insta and Twitter, TikTok.
[07:25.800 -> 07:27.120] So, folks, check it out.
[07:29.400 -> 07:33.120] But yeah, that curse for that second driver at Red Bull continues, man.
[07:33.120 -> 07:36.480] I feel like Perez is such a good driver.
[07:36.480 -> 07:41.680] I mean, when he has had that opportunity, he has proved himself, right?
[07:41.960 -> 07:45.760] Like even with qualifying qualifying the front two were
[07:45.760 -> 07:51.080] locked in Mercedes and Red Bull but that second driver curse for Red Bull
[07:51.080 -> 07:57.720] continues. There's some interesting comments from Max as well post race
[07:57.720 -> 08:04.720] right you wanna get into that clickbaity article factual statement.
[08:04.720 -> 08:08.040] I mean the statement really sounds like a complete you know clickbaity article factual statement. Yeah. I mean, the statement really sounds like a complete, you know,
[08:08.080 -> 08:11.680] clickbaity article. Like he said something on the lines of again,
[08:11.680 -> 08:14.640] taken out by a Mercedes, almost impossible to drive.
[08:14.680 -> 08:17.600] At least I got one point though. Actually got two points.
[08:17.720 -> 08:20.920] We'll get to it later, but yeah, at least got one point.
[08:20.920 -> 08:23.600] We scored something of, you know, a lot of freak moments,
[08:23.960 -> 08:28.440] which are costing us a lot of points, is which is entirely true I mean I don't
[08:28.440 -> 08:33.320] think Max was like trying to imply anything over here but yeah it's it's
[08:33.320 -> 08:38.760] quite weird that your rival team is the cause of all the accidents you're going
[08:38.760 -> 08:48.000] through at the moment. Oh man, oh man yeah. But that first lap chaos was just insane.
[08:48.000 -> 08:52.000] This other incident that was happening, let's get into that.
[08:52.000 -> 08:56.000] The stroll, Ricardo, Leclerc incident that happened.
[08:56.000 -> 09:00.000] Which was not directly connected with Botas' incident.
[09:00.000 -> 09:04.000] But I think the whole thing was a correlating effect of the whole thing.
[09:04.000 -> 09:09.440] So, my take on the whole thing is Leclerc was being a brilliant
[09:09.440 -> 09:15.720] driver trying to avoid the whole chaos turned a bit more in yes so let's get
[09:15.720 -> 09:20.720] this out at least for me which is the conditions were very wet tires were
[09:20.720 -> 09:25.760] probably not warmed up so the grip just was lacking from all drivers.
[09:26.440 -> 09:31.300] Stroll had already committed into his inline and he
[09:31.300 -> 09:36.000] locked up too. One thing led to another and they were driving on top of each
[09:36.000 -> 09:36.840] other.
[09:39.080 -> 09:42.360] Yeah. I mean, it's,
[09:42.440 -> 09:43.960] it's sad that, you know,
[09:43.960 -> 09:46.240] so many people got eliminated from the race,
[09:46.240 -> 09:47.600] like right in the first lap.
[09:48.120 -> 09:54.200] And you could, I mean, I, I won't say that like Botas did anything nefarious here,
[09:54.200 -> 09:56.800] but it was a stupid mistake from his end.
[09:56.840 -> 10:01.520] It was a really rookie mistake, like for a person of his caliber, he should have
[10:01.520 -> 10:02.240] known better.
[10:02.400 -> 10:06.560] But I, I have seen him drive terribly a lot of times in wet.
[10:06.560 -> 10:12.080] I think the last time was Imola, right? When it was a wet race and he was somewhere 8th or something.
[10:12.080 -> 10:17.520] Or 9th actually, right? Because Russell hit him. Yeah, that was Imola again.
[10:17.520 -> 10:26.560] I agree to your point. He is a good driver, but you are not good in wet, you're not good in wet.
[10:26.560 -> 10:30.640] So it was pretty much down to him that the whole chaos started in the first place.
[10:30.640 -> 10:35.760] I don't think the second incident with Stroll would have ever happened if not for the first
[10:35.760 -> 10:36.760] one.
[10:36.760 -> 10:41.480] Yeah, because I think like primarily Leclerc wouldn't have turned that much in to save
[10:41.480 -> 10:43.000] himself from the chaos.
[10:43.000 -> 10:45.040] So yeah, you're right.
[10:45.040 -> 10:50.320] But I feel like the final jolt was when Leclerc tapped off Ricciardo
[10:50.320 -> 10:53.520] and he spun off and I was like, ah, this guy, man.
[10:53.520 -> 10:57.280] Because he was almost weaving himself through the whole chaos
[10:57.280 -> 10:59.280] and he was almost out.
[10:59.280 -> 11:01.280] Except that last minute touch.
[11:01.280 -> 11:05.400] But the best weaving that's happened is how Ocon's gotten
[11:05.400 -> 11:11.080] himself out of this chaos and Alonzo just followed him wherever he was going
[11:11.080 -> 11:18.640] and actually Vettel as well. I'm just gonna sneak past here you know I don't
[11:18.640 -> 11:26.280] know get into this nonsense. Brilliant weaving there, that got some amazing turn of events, right?
[11:26.280 -> 11:28.160] Like Ocon was just then right up there.
[11:28.160 -> 11:30.360] So brilliant.
[11:30.360 -> 11:32.560] Yeah, I think that that incident happened.
[11:32.560 -> 11:40.960] And then, you know, like, obviously, everybody was like, the broadcast was also kind of concentrating on all the cars that were damaged and everything.
[11:40.960 -> 11:48.640] And I think at least for some time, I wasn't looking at the leaderboard and like I just glanced there and I saw that Vettel is like
[11:48.640 -> 11:52.920] second or third something. I'm like wait what's going on? Hamilton was still leading
[11:52.920 -> 12:00.760] with the race. And I was like wow what's that? It was pretty weird that
[12:00.760 -> 12:10.120] you know like Hamilton again kind of lucked out or whatever, that he, he just ran away from the whole thing just before,
[12:10.120 -> 12:11.120] like the whole thing happened.
[12:11.120 -> 12:14.840] But if you saw that thing very intensely,
[12:15.200 -> 12:20.480] Hamilton did skid slightly, like he did have a slight moment there and he just,
[12:20.480 -> 12:23.480] like, was able to catch the car.
[12:23.480 -> 12:24.760] Catch it, right? Yeah.
[12:30.560 -> 12:36.000] Oh dude, I think like Latifi at that point was probably like third or fourth or fifth or something. Oh yeah. Right up there. I was like wait a Williams in top five what is happening.
[12:38.000 -> 12:45.400] Yeah it felt like a fever dream you know like everything was just jumbled up. Yeah. God knows what was going on.
[12:45.560 -> 12:49.800] And then I think the red flag basically came up and yeah,
[12:49.800 -> 12:54.640] I was kind of happy that, you know, at least what's happened is getting some
[12:54.640 -> 12:58.600] chance. But then when, when I, I recall when he was going back to the pits,
[12:59.000 -> 13:01.920] he was talking to his engineer and his, his engineer is like, you know,
[13:01.920 -> 13:06.160] the watch board is gone and he's like the whole thing. And he's like, yes, the whole thing.
[13:09.040 -> 13:09.240] Yeah.
[13:09.240 -> 13:12.680] And then the camera is panned there and I was like, Oh yeah, the whole right thing is
[13:12.680 -> 13:13.200] missing.
[13:15.720 -> 13:17.680] Something seems wrong here.
[13:18.600 -> 13:20.000] I want to bring this up here.
[13:20.000 -> 13:23.840] Like Red Bull engineers are a beast.
[13:24.240 -> 13:28.160] Those guys are a crazy bunch of people, man.
[13:28.160 -> 13:33.460] They fixed, duct taped it for sure, but like they fixed that car to make it a
[13:33.460 -> 13:37.300] drivable car in those 30, 25, whatever minutes.
[13:37.460 -> 13:37.760] Yup.
[13:37.880 -> 13:38.300] Wow.
[13:38.600 -> 13:38.920] Yup.
[13:38.960 -> 13:39.260] Yup.
[13:39.760 -> 13:44.680] That was something really like, uh, I, I saw that they were, you know, like
[13:44.880 -> 13:45.520] applying some
[13:45.520 -> 13:48.640] resin on the floor as well because I think trying to fill in the cracks and
[13:48.640 -> 13:53.120] stuff and they were obviously like just going wild with duct tape you know that
[13:53.120 -> 14:00.480] was really funny to see it felt a lot like Jagad to me you know. Exactly and I
[14:00.480 -> 14:05.040] didn't know like they were doing this until I saw too many strips lying.
[14:05.040 -> 14:07.680] I was like, wait, are they sellotaping, duct taping this whole thing?
[14:11.120 -> 14:11.620] Yeah.
[14:12.480 -> 14:20.960] But speaking of red flag, you know, let's go to the start of this red flag situation.
[14:21.760 -> 14:24.960] The sun's coming out, but everyone's on inters.
[14:25.200 -> 14:27.040] flag situation. The sun's coming out, but everyone's on inters.
[14:32.720 -> 14:34.400] I have to accept I've never seen a race start like this where it's just one car on the grid.
[14:39.440 -> 14:45.840] Oh yeah, that was just too funny. Like, I think even the commentators were talking about, you know, like, it's getting dried and every day, like they were also discussing that would Hamilton go into the pits.
[14:45.840 -> 14:52.400] I mean that did make sense but like in from his defense I do agree that it made sense for him to
[14:52.400 -> 14:57.760] go to the grid start because if he would have gone into the pits whoever was second would basically
[14:57.760 -> 15:07.760] go and start from the grid. So I think being the first gives you that disadvantage. And after like basically the second, third, like went in,
[15:07.800 -> 15:09.960] it was clear that everybody else would go in as well.
[15:10.520 -> 15:14.600] So it was a lose, lose, lose situation for him either ways.
[15:14.640 -> 15:19.640] So I guess like that was the best thing you could do given that situation.
[15:19.640 -> 15:21.200] But yeah, it was really funny.
[15:23.080 -> 15:27.240] You know what, you know what, it felt something like, you know,
[15:27.280 -> 15:30.800] like during these like hunting games and stuff like that,
[15:30.800 -> 15:34.760] like they release the animal first, you know, give it a head start.
[15:35.480 -> 15:39.000] Something felt like, you know, go Hamilton, go you should run.
[15:39.000 -> 15:40.880] And then everybody's going to try to catch you as a thing.
[15:42.960 -> 15:49.520] Oh wow. what an analogy.
[15:49.520 -> 15:55.240] I guess they'll start, you know, if Hamilton wins this championship as well, like given
[15:55.240 -> 15:59.200] that Red Bull has such a strong package, I think what they should try doing for next
[15:59.200 -> 16:07.560] time is, you know, do the opposite, like let the whole grid start early, hold Hamilton in the pits and like leave him one lap after and tell him to win the race.
[16:09.880 -> 16:12.600] I think that's a new format that they will soon adopt.
[16:14.280 -> 16:16.240] But Merck was on point yesterday.
[16:16.240 -> 16:20.360] Their strategy was on point, except the start.
[16:20.360 -> 16:21.480] Yeah, sure.
[16:21.480 -> 16:23.360] That was a lose-lose situation probably.
[16:23.360 -> 16:25.520] But after that the
[16:25.520 -> 16:30.860] hunt to the first or wherever he ended up right like the second place was
[16:30.860 -> 16:36.080] on-point work strategy and speaking of strategy... That undercut was everything. Oh that
[16:36.080 -> 16:41.820] worked on point it was just brilliant from the team but speaking of strategies
[16:41.820 -> 16:46.400] it felt like Ferrari was gonna be Ferrari and mess up science race.
[16:46.400 -> 16:49.440] Or it was just part of the whole strategy.
[16:49.440 -> 16:56.000] But there was this brilliant moment where Sunoda was, I want to say third, but don't quote me on this.
[16:56.000 -> 16:58.360] But Sunoda was third, science was fourth.
[16:58.360 -> 17:03.320] And race engineers asked science to come into the pits.
[17:03.320 -> 17:07.760] And science was this firm, no, no folks, no.
[17:08.240 -> 17:09.560] Be patient. We got this.
[17:10.720 -> 17:13.000] Where his folks were still,
[17:14.400 -> 17:18.120] his folks were still standing with the tires and everything ready,
[17:18.520 -> 17:21.680] maybe to take off Sunoda's engineers.
[17:21.960 -> 17:25.400] Cause we saw Sunoda come in, in that lap.
[17:25.400 -> 17:30.800] And then Science probably came in a lap or two after and all of that just worked perfectly for him.
[17:30.800 -> 17:32.400] And this happened throughout the race.
[17:32.400 -> 17:35.800] Like, it felt like Science was dictating his terms on the track.
[17:35.800 -> 17:39.400] And it worked out perfectly for him. P3. Wow, what a finish.
[17:39.400 -> 17:47.280] Yep. Yeah, and I think this is the second time for him that he got P3 without the celebrations, which is like really sad for that.
[17:47.280 -> 17:54.520] He has inherited his P3 position without actually enjoying the podium.
[17:54.520 -> 18:00.000] This was a complete deja vu for me of Vettel's last year at Ferrari because like, if you
[18:00.000 -> 18:05.600] remember, Vettel was pretty much always calling the shots for strategy during the last year.
[18:05.600 -> 18:09.840] That's what it kind of like totally reminded me of looking at signs.
[18:09.840 -> 18:15.920] Yeah, I'm guessing like Ferrari's got a good car maybe, but yeah, they're not good strategists.
[18:15.920 -> 18:27.700] Nope, never have been. But man, like yesterday was... There's so much built up excitement about this race, man.
[18:27.700 -> 18:30.100] What great battles.
[18:30.100 -> 18:32.500] Just amazing battles.
[18:32.500 -> 18:37.500] We'll come to Alonso versus Hamilton and everything
[18:37.500 -> 18:40.600] because that requires its own sweet discussion.
[18:40.600 -> 18:46.000] But starting off, my first one was was Micsha Macker versus everyone.
[18:46.000 -> 18:52.440] Oh yes. This is the first time I've seen him in action him racing anyone but Nikita Mazepin
[18:52.440 -> 18:57.900] who by the way was was knocked off by Kimi not Kimi technically but Kimi's
[18:57.900 -> 19:06.720] engineers. Yeah. But the Iceman was involved in the excitement. But anyways, Make sure Mac is racing Max.
[19:06.920 -> 19:07.420] Wow.
[19:07.480 -> 19:08.800] What a difference.
[19:09.120 -> 19:09.620] Yeah.
[19:10.160 -> 19:11.320] Max had no chance, right?
[19:11.320 -> 19:13.560] Like it was quite weird to see.
[19:14.080 -> 19:18.040] I mean, obviously Max was managing a severely damaged car.
[19:19.400 -> 19:22.320] He literally didn't have a car.
[19:22.840 -> 19:23.520] And okay.
[19:23.800 -> 19:26.600] So think about this half a Red Bull is still faster than a car. And okay, so think about this, half a Red Bull is still faster than a
[19:26.600 -> 19:36.520] Haas. Getting back to the point, it is insane that Max wasn't able to even get a
[19:36.520 -> 19:42.400] peep, you know, on either side of Mick and yeah, without DRS he wasn't able to do
[19:42.400 -> 19:48.360] anything at all. And I wouldn't give the whole thing to it being half a car.
[19:48.400 -> 19:53.560] Sure, he had a half a car, but the way Mick was driving,
[19:53.640 -> 19:56.960] that just showed that he's defending his position.
[19:57.480 -> 20:01.320] And seeing him fight was just too brilliant.
[20:01.360 -> 20:05.800] Because not just Max, there was somewhat of a train behind Max
[20:05.800 -> 20:09.480] who was trying to get past Mick as well. And he was defending them as well.
[20:09.480 -> 20:15.480] So, and it happened twice. Because like mid-race, there was this train getting created
[20:15.480 -> 20:18.920] behind Mick with Ricciardo and Max and others behind him.
[20:18.920 -> 20:20.120] I think Hamilton was there as well.
[20:20.280 -> 20:25.520] Yeah, in that mix. And Mick was just holding them off, which is just brilliant to watch.
[20:27.000 -> 20:28.200] An amazing other battle.
[20:28.200 -> 20:33.320] I really hope that Mick gets a better car, at least an Alfa next year or something. I don't know.
[20:33.600 -> 20:36.120] I feel his talent is getting wasted here at Haas.
[20:37.120 -> 20:43.680] At this point, you know, I agree with... I mean, at this point, I wouldn't be too sad if Kimi retired.
[20:43.880 -> 20:46.720] As long as I see him in the paddock somewhere.
[20:46.720 -> 20:48.320] Because I want to continue seeing him.
[20:48.320 -> 20:52.320] But give Kimmy's seat to McMahon.
[20:52.320 -> 20:53.920] Yeah, he deserves better.
[20:53.920 -> 21:01.520] Another battle that was just too fantastic was Ocon Vettel.
[21:01.520 -> 21:06.720] Right after that fourth lap, fifth lap, whenever, you know, that,
[21:06.720 -> 21:11.240] that happened all the way through the end. Just too brilliant.
[21:12.520 -> 21:17.520] Yeah. I think Okon has, you know, proven himself today entirely.
[21:17.520 -> 21:21.640] Like what a race he has driven, almost flawless.
[21:22.960 -> 21:25.600] I mean, yeah, obviously he made a few mistakes here and there, but
[21:25.600 -> 21:31.600] yeah, like he got the job done. Yeah, exactly. He got the job done. So that doesn't matter.
[21:31.600 -> 21:36.800] And brilliant drive by this young Frenchman. I mean, it's awesome that, you know, French
[21:36.800 -> 21:45.880] driver in a French team. I think the stats were like, this is the first time after Alan Frost back in 19...
[21:46.480 -> 21:52.420] I don't know what year that was. 1987 or something like that. Yeah, which is it was just quite cool.
[21:52.540 -> 22:00.220] So the stat is like a French in a French winning. Yep, French. Yeah, a French driver winning in a French team.
[22:01.080 -> 22:02.960] Yeah.
[22:02.960 -> 22:08.640] But yeah, man, I think the way he's had his past few races with whatever
[22:08.640 -> 22:14.240] incidents and you know him being knocked off right after his contract renewal. Yeah. Now,
[22:14.880 -> 22:22.480] seeing him yesterday was and the beauty of it was, you know, Vettel was obviously gunning for it,
[22:22.480 -> 22:26.240] trying to have Ocon make a mistake and everything,
[22:26.240 -> 22:29.040] which is just that brilliance of those two.
[22:29.040 -> 22:36.200] But every other incident yesterday was masked by Ocon at P1.
[22:36.200 -> 22:45.000] Because the pure happiness in the entire pit section was so, so happy to watch man.
[22:45.000 -> 22:46.560] That feeling was just amazing.
[22:47.440 -> 22:52.440] Yeah, definitely. I mean, I think pretty much whenever underdog wins,
[22:53.080 -> 22:56.840] like people love that story. And that's exactly what happened yesterday.
[22:57.160 -> 23:02.400] I mean, it was literally two underdogs, Ocon and Vettel. Like, I feel Ocon,
[23:02.560 -> 23:08.940] I think earlier, like before his stint started at Alpine, he was pretty
[23:08.940 -> 23:13.840] much hated by a lot of people because reasons, I don't know.
[23:13.840 -> 23:19.240] But yeah, but I think it was mainly because of the Max incident that had happened back
[23:19.240 -> 23:20.240] in 2018.
[23:20.240 -> 23:26.960] But yeah, I think most people didn't like him a lot, but I think he has become a lot more likable recently.
[23:27.520 -> 23:31.480] And yeah, I'm quite happy to see him do well.
[23:31.760 -> 23:33.120] I did not expect him.
[23:33.160 -> 23:41.160] I was, I mean, I would, I would say that I was one of the people who didn't really believe in him a lot before this year.
[23:41.680 -> 23:47.200] But I think ever since, like, since the season started, we both have been talking about, you know, how good of a job he's been doing.
[23:47.200 -> 23:49.200] And that shows.
[23:49.200 -> 23:58.000] I guess like his contract renewal is also part of this because it's evident that he's doing good. So yeah, sure. Let's keep him for a few more years.
[23:58.000 -> 24:10.760] But now let's talk about his other driver. All the pent up frustration from 2007 that rivalry oh my yeah viewers
[24:10.760 -> 24:16.020] viewers or listeners I know you're listening to this sort of tone way too
[24:16.020 -> 24:21.000] much but if you've not seen tomorrow's race I don't care if you stop listening
[24:21.000 -> 24:29.880] to us right now go watch yesterday's race but don't so listen to us right now and continue through this emotion and feel this with
[24:29.880 -> 24:36.000] us but oh my god Alonzo versus Hamilton
[24:36.000 -> 24:49.520] I mean I was blown away by the quality of racing that I saw in those few laps. There was so many moments when they came so close together and, and,
[24:50.120 -> 24:53.600] you know, I was at not the edge of my seat.
[24:53.720 -> 24:55.000] I was actually standing up.
[24:55.000 -> 25:00.000] Like I tried sitting through that point, but I couldn't, I was just standing up.
[25:00.040 -> 25:01.040] I just could not sit.
[25:01.520 -> 25:03.240] And wow, that was insane.
[25:03.240 -> 25:05.440] Like what racing, you know,
[25:05.680 -> 25:11.040] and Hungary is like one of the most difficult tracks to overtake at because it's such a narrow track, right?
[25:11.280 -> 25:15.600] It's like a go-kart track almost. And on that point of yours, I mean, I think
[25:16.320 -> 25:19.760] even Hamilton was struggling to get past
[25:20.400 -> 25:24.720] Gio for that matter when he was from 14th, climbing his way up.
[25:25.300 -> 25:28.440] He wasn't able to catch up Alphas, right?
[25:28.440 -> 25:32.400] So yeah, that track is a very challenging track.
[25:32.400 -> 25:33.100] Sorry, continue.
[25:34.200 -> 25:34.600] Yup. Yup.
[25:34.860 -> 25:35.040] Yeah.
[25:35.040 -> 25:41.200] So like my point being that even if it was a very difficult to overtake at this track,
[25:41.560 -> 25:46.040] we saw a lot of good action as we mentioned like Mick Schumacher, Ocon
[25:46.040 -> 25:53.320] and Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton. Yeah, truly brilliant racing. It shows that how much all
[25:53.320 -> 26:00.060] of these teams have gained in performance now that like the midfield teams are no more,
[26:00.060 -> 26:08.320] you know, like a whole class different than these faster teams. Like they can challenge them given
[26:08.320 -> 26:13.120] the right circumstances not on all tracks of course but yeah given the right circumstances
[26:13.120 -> 26:19.040] they can challenge these bigger teams for the wins and that's what happened today. Like although like
[26:19.040 -> 26:29.720] we yeah we'll get to it later but yeah Vettel lost his second position. And yeah, but still like, yeah, it was surprising to see Alpine
[26:29.840 -> 26:31.120] and Ashton Martin.
[26:32.440 -> 26:38.040] Their defense from Alonso was a true mark of a world champion,
[26:38.120 -> 26:40.600] experienced, amazing driver.
[26:41.160 -> 26:45.880] And it genuinely took me back to you know what I started
[26:45.880 -> 26:52.720] following this sport since 2005-6-7 ish time frame and I was an Alonso fan
[26:52.720 -> 26:57.800] since then and yesterday's race took me back to my childhood and I was like wow
[26:57.800 -> 27:02.680] what a brilliant fight and it wasn't just like because of the whole Alonso
[27:02.680 -> 27:08.040] Hamilton rivalry obviously that that emotion also played in Alonzo fighting.
[27:08.040 -> 27:10.600] But just that brilliant defense, right?
[27:10.600 -> 27:17.140] Like knowing where an overtakes potential, knowing your car so well that you can push
[27:17.140 -> 27:22.480] it to that edge that even if Hamilton's on the inside, you can defend yourself from the
[27:22.480 -> 27:23.480] outside.
[27:23.480 -> 27:30.400] And still giving each other enough, you know enough room where there was this moment where Hamilton complained that
[27:30.400 -> 27:35.200] you can't do this at high speeds, which probably is true, but it's just Hamilton cribbing.
[27:35.760 -> 27:40.960] And on replay, even Crofty and we have Nico Rosberg yesterday.
[27:40.960 -> 27:41.920] So, let's come to that too.
[27:41.920 -> 27:52.240] But they said that there was a car's length. So, as a professional world champion, you're showing your true mark where you're fighting with grace.
[27:52.240 -> 27:58.800] Man, those few laps were amazing. I'm guessing if Alonso wouldn't have locked up on that first turn,
[27:58.800 -> 28:02.040] he would have still continued fighting maybe for a lap or two more.
[28:02.040 -> 28:07.000] That's what I was about to say. There was just one mistake that was required from his end.
[28:07.000 -> 28:09.000] And that's it. That's what lost him that position.
[28:09.000 -> 28:12.000] You know, that one lock-up was the end of it.
[28:12.000 -> 28:14.000] Otherwise, he was doing a great job.
[28:14.000 -> 28:17.000] But I didn't believe that he would hold him back throughout the race.
[28:17.000 -> 28:19.000] It was a matter of time.
[28:19.000 -> 28:21.000] Yeah, it was a matter of time for sure.
[28:21.000 -> 28:23.000] But it was just like, how long?
[28:23.000 -> 28:26.160] Because I think, in a way, if you think about it, Ocon
[28:26.160 -> 28:31.720] won the race because Alonso was able to keep Hamilton at bay. Because anybody else, like
[28:31.720 -> 28:36.800] Sainz was in a terrible condition because his tyres were really old. This guy, Hamilton
[28:36.800 -> 28:42.840] was on fresh mediums, like not fresh, but relatively fresher mediums. And I don't think
[28:42.840 -> 28:46.800] either Vettel or Sainz would have been able to keep Hamilton at bay.
[28:46.800 -> 28:50.800] And it would have just been a matter of time that he won the race as well.
[28:50.800 -> 28:51.800] True.
[28:51.800 -> 28:57.200] So, yeah, I think credit to Alonso for playing the team game as well,
[28:57.200 -> 29:01.400] because he did kind of put himself in risk as well,
[29:01.400 -> 29:05.100] because to think of it from his perspective he should have
[29:05.100 -> 29:09.500] just let him go because he wouldn't have been able to race him through the end.
[29:09.500 -> 29:15.900] I feel like he was having pure joy. This was all the pent up frustration.
[29:15.900 -> 29:22.700] There were two pent up frustrations. First of all, 2007, the epic rivalry back then
[29:22.700 -> 29:29.480] between these two. And two, his frustration of driving a GP2 engine for these years
[29:29.480 -> 29:33.960] and finally having a car that can fight, you know, World Championship.
[29:33.960 -> 29:34.480] Exactly.
[29:34.480 -> 29:40.800] So that, but I feel like yesterday was too wholesome.
[29:40.800 -> 29:45.780] And I want to bring this up because up is sorry Alonzo waited all that
[29:45.780 -> 29:51.640] while for Rukon to come in. The whole pit was happy for Rukon coming in and him
[29:51.640 -> 29:56.840] just lifting. I've never seen a teammate lifting the other teammate up man. Wow
[29:56.840 -> 30:10.920] that was just a happy moment. Did you notice one thing right after the race there was this weird triathlon thing going on. Everyone was running. Vettel ran back. I didn't understand what is going on. Why is everybody
[30:10.920 -> 30:18.920] running around on the track? I think after Hamilton's celebration last race everybody
[30:18.920 -> 30:22.360] is kind of got in the head that that's what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to
[30:22.360 -> 30:25.640] get out of the car and run around here and there after you win the race.
[30:26.200 -> 30:29.360] Yeah. It's like race, run and drink.
[30:33.400 -> 30:36.800] And one more thing I saw was that I think what happened was like, uh,
[30:36.840 -> 30:39.720] Ocon was like running to the like, uh, paddock, right.
[30:39.720 -> 30:43.840] And, uh, all of his teammates for some reason went to the podium area.
[30:43.840 -> 30:45.440] They thought that he's going to come there.
[30:45.440 -> 30:47.520] I don't know why, but they went there.
[30:47.520 -> 30:50.720] And when he ran into the paddock, nobody was there to greet him.
[30:50.720 -> 30:53.040] He was just wandering around.
[30:53.040 -> 30:54.040] What should I do here?
[30:54.040 -> 30:55.040] There was nobody here.
[30:55.040 -> 30:56.040] The beauty about this.
[30:56.040 -> 31:01.360] So, for folks who don't have context, what ended up happening was, after the race, you
[31:01.360 -> 31:11.040] take a victory lap on usually on these, except one or two tracks the where you don't usually do a victory lap come back and stop at a one
[31:11.040 -> 31:17.600] two three you know winners position now in the past few races what's happened is
[31:17.600 -> 31:21.800] you they've stopped on the track so you they don't go into the pits and they
[31:21.800 -> 31:28.000] stopped on the track Ocon's poor guy never won a race at Hungary, let alone anywhere else.
[31:28.000 -> 31:32.520] So, he's... and no one's told him what to do.
[31:32.520 -> 31:37.360] So, he's assumed you've got to go onto the track, whereas everyone else has gone into the pits.
[31:37.360 -> 31:41.160] And he's gone onto the track, seeing like no one's here.
[31:41.160 -> 31:46.240] So, he just stopped at the end of the pit lane and was running his way back.
[31:54.720 -> 32:02.640] But, but, but yeah, just a wholesome moment of Alonzo lifting him. Another wholesome event that happened yesterday, which was Russell playing just a brilliant team mate, right? What was it? I forget
[32:02.640 -> 32:05.160] what the radio was, but I know that I think
[32:05.160 -> 32:08.840] something like he basically said that you know if you want to compromise my
[32:08.840 -> 32:13.840] race for you know Latifi's race tell me what to do because we need to
[32:13.840 -> 32:16.920] prioritize him for the team which totally made sense because at that point
[32:16.920 -> 32:21.720] of time I think Latifi was third or fourth at that point and of course like
[32:21.720 -> 32:25.040] you know he would have gained them a lot. And he had a better race pace yesterday.
[32:25.040 -> 32:27.520] So Russell understood and realized that.
[32:28.000 -> 32:28.600] Yeah. Yeah.
[32:28.600 -> 32:33.040] Though it felt like very blatant ad for Mercedes.
[32:33.040 -> 32:37.520] Like he was just showing that, look how I am as a teammate, as a second driver.
[32:37.520 -> 32:42.080] While Botas can crash people, I can let Hamilton go.
[32:42.640 -> 32:43.200] Exactly.
[32:45.000 -> 32:49.000] So it completely felt to me like it was an ad.
[32:49.000 -> 32:53.000] Virtual resumes, different sort of CVs.
[32:53.000 -> 32:56.000] Exactly. Hey, but my prophecy is finally true.
[32:56.000 -> 32:59.000] Yes, exactly.
[32:59.000 -> 33:02.000] I drop, I leave.
[33:02.000 -> 33:05.400] Yup, so where's your million dollars, dude?
[33:07.000 -> 33:08.080] Yeah, man. I should have...
[33:09.080 -> 33:12.080] Every...
[33:14.600 -> 33:15.600] So what, finally Latifi now has
[33:17.600 -> 33:17.880] five to four points, I guess.
[33:18.880 -> 33:20.800] Five or four points. Yeah, where did he end up? Seventh, right?
[33:20.840 -> 33:21.280] Oh, wow.
[33:21.280 -> 33:25.320] Yeah, seven and eight. Seven and eight is what's going to be now Latifi and Russell.
[33:25.320 -> 33:25.600] Yeah.
[33:26.320 -> 33:28.920] So it's almost 7-ish points for them.
[33:29.920 -> 33:33.360] So they were obviously above Haas.
[33:34.560 -> 33:37.160] They were obviously above Haas.
[33:37.160 -> 33:39.440] Are they already above the Alpha?
[33:39.480 -> 33:41.600] I would love to check that.
[33:41.600 -> 33:44.000] I don't know. I love to check. I'm not sure either.
[33:49.840 -> 33:55.280] I guess they are. Yeah, Romeo is well that's right. Wow. So, they are at 8 right now. Who would have thunk Williams at 8th.
[33:55.280 -> 33:57.280] That's awesome.
[33:57.280 -> 34:02.240] Because at Alpha, nothing is happening. No one cares about poor Gio.
[34:02.240 -> 34:05.240] He was there because he survived he was
[34:05.240 -> 34:11.640] there because he survived the whole debacle he was Mazipin for yesterday I guess
[34:11.640 -> 34:19.080] yeah I really didn't get the purpose of why he was driving
[34:21.840 -> 34:27.000] yeah let's bring this up Nico Nico, sorry I'll continue.
[34:27.000 -> 34:30.000] Yeah, exactly. That's what I wanted to talk about.
[34:30.000 -> 34:33.000] Nico's commentary was the highlight for the day for me.
[34:33.000 -> 34:38.000] In the sense that, if whoever heard the last episode,
[34:38.000 -> 34:42.000] there were some really good words that I was talking about,
[34:42.000 -> 34:46.440] Crofty, and I think if somebody at FIA listens to our
[34:46.440 -> 34:50.400] show because this is the second time that has happened that we have criticized
[34:50.400 -> 34:56.260] something and then they have changed it right away in the next race. I love the
[34:56.260 -> 35:00.080] fact that Nico Rosberg was there this time. I think he was there for the
[35:00.080 -> 35:08.560] qualifications as well right? Yeah yeah and it's good to see that there was some neutrality that he
[35:08.880 -> 35:13.640] brought in terms of his rival or, you know, post
[35:15.080 -> 35:20.800] previous rival. But he was being a bit diplomatic.
[35:21.240 -> 35:29.240] There were a few instances when Krofty asked him, like, what would you have done you have done and he's like yeah we'd have to see what's happening and
[35:29.240 -> 35:33.120] Krafty was like well it's happening right in front of us we see what's
[35:33.120 -> 35:38.040] happening so what would you have done and he just be he was just being a bit
[35:38.040 -> 35:42.960] diplomatic there but nonetheless that's just one instance which was a con I
[35:42.960 -> 35:45.400] wouldn't call it a con but there
[35:45.400 -> 35:52.920] were 99 other which was pleasurable having him up there. Yeah no definitely
[35:52.920 -> 35:57.260] like I feel that what they should do is they should have a probably like a
[35:57.260 -> 36:03.820] rotating panel of guests to involve with the commenting because I think
[36:03.820 -> 36:05.920] it's getting kind of old and you know
[36:05.920 -> 36:12.220] I think a lot of people have talked about this last time that the British bias is there at least in the commenting
[36:12.220 -> 36:14.220] It's definitely there like you
[36:14.660 -> 36:16.660] Can feel it for sure
[36:16.860 -> 36:24.500] So I feel that by bringing in more people you'll get a you know a mixed bag of opinions and that's a good thing
[36:24.500 -> 36:26.960] Yeah, when you get different perspectives.
[36:26.960 -> 36:30.720] Totally. So I'm kind of glad that they did try this this time.
[36:30.720 -> 36:36.960] Yeah, I'd love to see, you know how we get Jensen Button to do post-race,
[36:36.960 -> 36:40.880] we see Mark Webber come and do post-race, like sure, bring them on.
[36:40.880 -> 36:47.880] Like, you know, during a race, first 15 laps X, next 15 laps Y.
[36:49.000 -> 36:49.840] Spin it around.
[36:50.040 -> 36:54.360] I think there was this, it felt like, like, like something like that happening in
[36:54.360 -> 36:58.480] this race. Because there was this revolving door of commentators that was coming by,
[36:58.480 -> 37:00.280] like there was Karun Chandhok for some time.
[37:00.280 -> 37:02.640] With Krofty as a consistent.
[37:03.480 -> 37:06.240] Yep. Yep. Exactly. So, yeah, I think it's a good idea.
[37:06.240 -> 37:08.040] So I know there was Karun Chandhok.
[37:09.400 -> 37:13.480] Yeah, there was Karun Chandhok, there was Nico Rosberg.
[37:13.920 -> 37:17.040] I don't know if Brundle came in and left. I probably didn't pay attention,
[37:17.040 -> 37:18.760] but definitely a few came in.
[37:18.840 -> 37:22.200] I could hear a couple of different voices. That was for sure.
[37:22.600 -> 37:26.880] And obviously like Ted sometimes joins right from somewhere down in the paddocks,
[37:26.880 -> 37:28.640] and he was there as well in between.
[37:31.240 -> 37:33.760] So I think, yeah, some good improvements there.
[37:35.640 -> 37:37.080] Yeah, yeah.
[37:37.080 -> 37:38.400] Marketing the sport, right?
[37:41.840 -> 37:46.720] Talking about marketing, let's also talk a little bit about Aston Martin, because I think
[37:46.720 -> 37:52.480] they are doing something like really supporting Vettel with his mission.
[37:52.480 -> 38:00.440] That's what we see with his mission of protesting for LGBT rights in Hungary, because I think
[38:00.440 -> 38:06.240] recently there was this a bunch of anti-LGBT laws that were passed in Hungary and
[38:06.240 -> 38:12.480] Vettel had decided to kind of protest that and so he had this whole theme going on where
[38:12.480 -> 38:18.640] he had these like rainbow shoes and rainbow t-shirt and everything the whole whole get up
[38:18.640 -> 38:22.960] and yeah I think and it's great that Aston Martin is really backing him with all that.
[38:23.200 -> 38:28.000] It's great that Aston Martin is really backing him with all that. What we also see, you know, Mercedes doing with Hamilton in that sense.
[38:28.000 -> 38:32.320] So, yeah, I just want to give a shout out to Vettel for that.
[38:32.320 -> 38:35.000] Like just overall, what a genuine guy.
[38:35.000 -> 38:36.320] And, you know, yeah.
[38:36.320 -> 38:48.360] But then eventually Vettel got into some limelight firing for this from the FIA and to be honest I feel like there's some just
[38:48.360 -> 38:53.220] huge hypocrisy going around within FIA I mean it's their drivers obviously
[38:53.220 -> 38:59.020] standing up for these causes because now they realize they have this platform but
[38:59.020 -> 39:07.200] as FIA if you were to penalize this again, there's probably some half-baked information here.
[39:07.200 -> 39:11.960] There's probably some regulations, everything's set in stone, yada, yada.
[39:12.280 -> 39:15.240] But just from a layman's perspective at this point,
[39:15.640 -> 39:17.520] and the banter that goes on on this channel,
[39:17.560 -> 39:22.320] I feel like FIA should probably amend those things to back such
[39:22.320 -> 39:25.280] things, because they have this platform to you
[39:25.280 -> 39:32.480] know voice such opinions and and even thinking of penalizing Vettel for doing
[39:32.480 -> 39:45.000] something like this it sends a wrong message so if again whoever is we know whoever's listening, take a note. That guy or gal, whoever it is.
[39:46.320 -> 39:47.560] Exactly. Exactly.
[39:49.600 -> 39:53.640] But the fun part was, you know, post-trace, there was this, this Vettel interview,
[39:55.120 -> 39:57.960] where this, this topic was brought up about his t-shirt.
[39:58.080 -> 39:58.600] Right.
[39:59.040 -> 40:01.040] Sarang, why don't you throw some light on this?
[40:01.360 -> 40:05.640] Yeah. I think, yeah, basically like this, this topic came up about, you know,
[40:05.640 -> 40:09.640] he basically got a reprimand from FIA saying that, you know,
[40:09.680 -> 40:12.440] you can't wear any political,
[40:12.520 -> 40:15.880] like any clothes with a political message on it, something like that.
[40:16.400 -> 40:20.160] I think that's basically what the rule is like that during the national Anthem
[40:20.160 -> 40:26.320] thing, you can't wear a politically influenced stuff or whatever.
[40:26.680 -> 40:30.840] But yeah, basically what he said was on the lines of, you know, like, uh,
[40:30.880 -> 40:35.040] you know, what they want to disqualify me. They can do that. Uh,
[40:35.080 -> 40:37.080] I don't care. I would do it again.
[40:37.400 -> 40:40.400] And I think he has completely learned this from Kimmy
[40:42.520 -> 40:45.000] because I've never seen Vettel talk like this.
[40:48.000 -> 40:52.480] Zero fucks given. And the funnier part was he did get disqualified,
[40:52.480 -> 40:54.040] but for a completely different reason.
[40:55.600 -> 41:00.120] Yeah. So that's, that's some gossip to go around, you know, wink wink.
[41:02.200 -> 41:03.240] But yeah, I think the whole,
[41:03.280 -> 41:08.440] whole disqualification was basically because of people who don't
[41:08.440 -> 41:13.200] know it's basically that there's a rule by FIA that you have to submit at least one liter
[41:13.200 -> 41:15.000] of fuel after the race.
[41:15.000 -> 41:18.880] You have to ensure that you have at least one liter of fuel in the car after the race
[41:18.880 -> 41:23.700] so that FIA can conduct tests and make sure that the fuel is within regulations and they're
[41:23.700 -> 41:25.520] not adding some performance enhancing agents to the fuel is within regulations and they're not adding some
[41:25.520 -> 41:31.440] performance enhancing agents to the fuel or something like that which might give them an
[41:31.440 -> 41:38.960] edge. And basically Vettel's car, they were only able to extract like 0.3 liters and I think that
[41:38.960 -> 41:45.440] was one of the reasons why Vettel stopped somewhere in between and like had to run to the paddock because they
[41:45.440 -> 41:48.520] kind of knew that they had very little fuel.
[41:48.520 -> 41:49.520] Yeah, exactly.
[41:49.520 -> 41:56.880] But, but what Aston Martin claims is that they had actually 1.7 liters of fuel in there
[41:56.880 -> 42:01.840] and they had some lift pump issues, which basically I think is a fuel pump, which like
[42:01.840 -> 42:05.280] gets the fuel from the tank to the engine or something like that.
[42:05.280 -> 42:12.800] And because of that, the remaining 1.4 liters of fuel was not extractable. So I think FIA
[42:12.800 -> 42:20.040] basically impounded his car and they had kept it in custody. And they were like conducting
[42:20.040 -> 42:31.200] for some more tests. I think it's still unclear. I don't know. It's still up in the air. Yeah, me neither. Yeah, I'm not too sure. Yeah, it's all confusing. It's not... I'm pretty sure
[42:31.200 -> 42:36.240] Aston Martin's probably like, we have three weeks. Sure, do whatever you want. Yeah, let's see the
[42:36.240 -> 42:44.000] heck out of that. But what's going to be interesting now is summer breaks coming in.
[42:44.320 -> 42:46.520] What's going to be interesting now is summer breaks coming in.
[42:48.120 -> 42:48.920] I'm hoping to see some good. The table still.
[42:48.920 -> 42:49.320] Yeah.
[42:49.400 -> 42:53.880] I'm hoping to see some good upgrades in all garages except us.
[42:55.880 -> 42:58.560] But I'm hoping to see some great upgrades.
[42:59.400 -> 43:09.960] Hoping to see the curse for that second driver at Red Bull vanish and Max's luck change as well.
[43:09.960 -> 43:17.920] So three weeks, let's see what's coming out of these cars, these garages.
[43:17.920 -> 43:20.240] There's still more than half the season to go.
[43:20.240 -> 43:22.240] So we have 10 races.
[43:22.240 -> 43:24.960] We still have like 12 or 13 races to go.
[43:24.960 -> 43:27.240] So this is anybody's game at this point.
[43:27.560 -> 43:30.000] And that's the beauty what this season has brought.
[43:30.000 -> 43:34.400] 2021 is just pure joy to watch.
[43:34.840 -> 43:40.040] Yeah. I think Red Bull have kind of lost their lead that they had
[43:40.160 -> 43:42.120] just before entering the last two races.
[43:42.120 -> 43:45.600] I think the last two races were terrible for Red Bull.
[43:45.600 -> 43:52.760] Like, you know, whatever the reasons were, they lost out on some huge points. And not just that,
[43:52.760 -> 43:58.960] like their competitors still gained points. So that was the worst part of it. And especially
[43:58.960 -> 44:03.360] if you remember, there was this another whole controversy that happened in qualy where they
[44:03.360 -> 44:08.580] were not able to put in a good lap and you know obviously there was this whole thing about
[44:08.580 -> 44:12.520] Hamilton not letting them by and everything but honestly looking at
[44:12.520 -> 44:18.280] everything from every every source it's not exactly the case. Red Bull dropped
[44:18.280 -> 44:23.720] the ball yeah he did a lap no slower than any of his other laps in fact it
[44:23.720 -> 44:25.920] was the fastest so So, you know,
[44:25.920 -> 44:31.520] it's completely on Red Bull. They fucked up. They should have gone earlier. And yeah, so
[44:31.520 -> 44:36.160] these are the small tiny things that, you know, they have to ensure that they don't
[44:36.160 -> 44:39.840] drop the ball there. Yeah, what happened in the first lap was out of their hands. But
[44:39.840 -> 44:44.640] yeah, if they want to win this championship, they really need to get rid of these small
[44:44.640 -> 44:46.000] mistakes and iron those out.
[44:46.000 -> 44:53.000] Also on there, like a shout out to a few folks on Twitter who showed us evidential data,
[44:53.000 -> 44:56.000] which prompted us to go back and check these facts out.
[44:56.000 -> 45:05.000] But this is what we've been saying, like as a community of F1 fanfiction, you know, prove us wrong when we are wrong.
[45:05.160 -> 45:10.160] So we can present those facts correctly
[45:10.880 -> 45:14.320] and don't have our hate for Hamilton bubble up,
[45:14.320 -> 45:16.480] or at least my hate for Hamilton bubble up.
[45:17.600 -> 45:21.160] But on that note, keep engaging with us
[45:21.160 -> 45:25.580] because these minute facts is what shows the true
[45:25.580 -> 45:33.100] light of what commentary and live qualifying radio messages don't because
[45:33.100 -> 45:38.220] Hamilton was fast there and there's no fault of his there. On that note next
[45:38.220 -> 45:45.320] week folks is gonna be a special episode sometime during next week where we've got a guest with us
[45:45.320 -> 45:53.520] from I don't want to name this that's the mystery a fireside chat with I don't
[45:53.520 -> 45:58.520] want to name yet so so stay tuned for next week's episode it's gonna be a fun
[45:58.520 -> 46:03.080] one I guarantee that it's it's not gonna be as fun as Hungary or how the season
[46:03.080 -> 46:05.360] is turning up but it's going to be fun.
[46:05.760 -> 46:10.080] Until next episode, have fun folks, follow us everywhere.
[46:10.840 -> 46:12.080] This is us signing off.
[46:12.280 -> 46:12.720] Bye bye.