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We return to the Australian GP after a long 2 years wait. The 2022 Australian GP was the 3rd race in the season, and it seems to be clear that Charles and Ferrari are in it for the championship. Flawless performance by Charles while Max’s car noped out again. The race down under was exciting with actions all around the field. An awesome performance by Albon who dragged the back marker Williams into their first point of the season.
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# F1 Fan Fiction: Australian Grand Prix 2022 Race Review
## Introduction
- The Australian Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Charles Leclerc of Ferrari dominated the weekend, securing a grand slam (pole position, race win, fastest lap, and leading every lap).
- Max Verstappen of Red Bull suffered another retirement due to a power unit issue.
- Alex Albon scored Williams' first point of the season with a P10 finish.
## Race Highlights
- Leclerc led from start to finish, controlling the race from the front.
- Verstappen retired from the race on lap 3 with a power unit issue.
- Sergio Perez of Red Bull finished second, followed by George Russell of Mercedes in third.
- Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished fourth after a strong drive from P10 on the grid.
- Fernando Alonso of Alpine had a disappointing race, finishing outside the points after a pit stop issue.
- Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin was fined €5,000 for riding a scooter on the track after the race.
## Key Moments
- Leclerc's dominant performance: Leclerc was in a class of his own throughout the weekend, showcasing his brilliance and confirming his status as a championship contender.
- Verstappen's continued struggles: Verstappen's retirement marked his third consecutive DNF, raising concerns about Red Bull's reliability.
- Russell's podium finish: Russell continued his impressive start to the season with a podium finish, further cementing his position as a future star.
- Hamilton's fighting spirit: Hamilton showed his fighting spirit with a strong drive from P10 to P4, demonstrating his determination to challenge for the championship.
- Alonso's pit stop issues: Alonso's race was compromised by a pit stop issue, highlighting the importance of smooth and efficient pit stops in Formula One.
## Controversies and Memorable Moments
- F1 TV's coverage of the podium: F1 TV viewers were denied the podium celebrations due to a technical issue, sparking criticism and disappointment among fans.
- Vettel's scooter ride: Vettel's decision to ride a scooter on the track after the race drew mixed reactions, with some finding it amusing and others criticizing it as unprofessional.
- The Stroll-Latifi incident: Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi collided on track, resulting in a safety car period. The incident was widely criticized for its lack of awareness and sportsmanship.
## Conclusion
- The Australian Grand Prix was a race of mixed fortunes, with Leclerc's dominance, Verstappen's struggles, and Russell's podium finish being the key storylines.
- The race also featured several controversies and memorable moments, adding to the drama and excitement of the event.
- With the championship battle heating up, the Formula One season is set for an enthralling and unpredictable ride in the races to come. # Formula One Fan Fiction: Australian Grand Prix 2022 Recap
## Charles Leclerc's Grand Slam Dominance
- Charles Leclerc's exceptional performance at the Australian Grand Prix earned him a grand slam, securing pole position, leading every lap, setting the fastest lap, and winning the race.
- Ferrari's strategic decisions proved successful, allowing Leclerc to maintain a comfortable lead throughout the race.
## F1TV's Technical Issues
- F1TV faced technical difficulties during the podium celebrations, resulting in viewers missing out on the post-race festivities.
- This incident highlights the need for reliable broadcasting services to ensure fans can fully experience the excitement of Formula One races.
## Carlos Sainz Jr.'s Legacy as the New "S🅱️inalla"
- Carlos Sainz Jr.'s unfortunate retirement from the race due to a hydraulic issue has drawn comparisons to Sebastian Vettel's infamous "S🅱️inalla" moment.
- Sainz's retirement cost Ferrari valuable points in the Constructors' Championship.
## George Russell's Team Orders Controversy
- George Russell received team orders from Mercedes to allow Sergio Perez to overtake him during the race.
- This decision was met with mixed reactions, with some criticizing Mercedes for prioritizing team strategy over individual driver performance.
## Lewis Hamilton's Underdog Status
- Lewis Hamilton's struggles in the new Mercedes car have positioned him as an underdog in the championship battle.
- Hamilton's uncharacteristic errors and lack of pace have raised questions about his ability to challenge for the title this season.
## Alexander Albon's Redemption Drive
- Alexander Albon's impressive drive from P20 to P10 with the Williams car showcased his talent and determination.
- Albon's performance earned praise from fans and pundits alike, highlighting his potential to achieve greater success in the future.
## Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi's Battle of the Buffoons
- Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi's collision during the race added a comedic element to the Australian Grand Prix.
- The incident, dubbed the "Battle of the Buffoons," became a viral moment on social media.
## Fernando Alonso's Disastrous Race
- Fernando Alonso's race was plagued by issues, including a power unit failure during qualifying and a poor tire strategy during the race.
- Alonso's struggles resulted in a disappointing P17 finish, highlighting the challenges Alpine faces in the 2022 season.
## Sebastian Vettel's Scooter Practice
- Sebastian Vettel's scooter ride during practice became a lighthearted moment amidst the intense competition.
- The incident provided comic relief and showcased Vettel's playful personality.
## Overall Takeaways
- The Australian Grand Prix delivered an exciting race with plenty of action and drama throughout the field.
- Charles Leclerc's dominance and Alexander Albon's impressive drive were among the highlights of the race.
- The race also shed light on the challenges faced by some teams, including Ferrari, Mercedes, and Alpine.
[00:00.000 -> 00:12.320] Talking about Max, right? Like, he's P6, first of all. He's still behind Lewis. So I think he's living in 2021, trying to beat Lewis at some level.
[00:12.320 -> 00:20.760] That's what is happening. I think they both are still stuck in the PTSD of the last phase.
[00:36.120 -> 00:41.100] Hello friends, welcome back to yet another episode at F1 Fan Fiction. We race here this weekend after two years.
[00:41.100 -> 00:42.780] That news is big.
[00:42.780 -> 00:43.900] We are your hosts.
[00:43.900 -> 00:47.840] I am Akash. And I'm Sarang. Let's get into it.
[00:47.840 -> 00:54.000] Sarang, two years we've waited to be on this track. Two years and more Ferrari's
[00:54.000 -> 01:00.760] been waiting to get back on to leading with a gap. Yeah, just draw emotions. What
[01:00.760 -> 01:06.080] do you think about the race? What do you think about the race? Yeah man I mean the race itself like at least for the
[01:06.080 -> 01:13.120] lead of the race was pretty boring I mean we knew pretty much who's gonna win the race but
[01:13.120 -> 01:18.640] you know like returning back to Australia after two years I think I'd almost forgotten this track
[01:18.640 -> 01:22.960] and I think with the changes that they have done for the track as well yeah I loved it like
[01:23.600 -> 01:26.040] the cars were a lot faster, like
[01:26.040 -> 01:31.220] a lot of those corners are a lot smoother now. So, you know, they can carry more speed.
[01:31.220 -> 01:36.060] So and of course, it's somehow, yeah, Ferrari and Charles, I don't know that combination.
[01:36.060 -> 01:41.100] I think they're going to just take it away, right? Seems like it. What we doubted, I think
[01:41.100 -> 01:47.720] back in 2018 with Vettel there is, yeah, I think that gamble or that long sightedness
[01:47.720 -> 01:50.360] from Ferrari is definitely paying off.
[01:50.360 -> 01:52.040] But you know, your comment on that track,
[01:52.040 -> 01:56.200] I think FIA got very overly enthusiastic
[01:56.200 -> 01:59.000] with making some of those corners straighter
[01:59.000 -> 02:02.680] with like four DRS zones to start the weekend off.
[02:02.680 -> 02:04.920] Then realizing, I think we've gone a bit overboard.
[02:04.920 -> 02:06.200] Let's cut it down to three.
[02:06.200 -> 02:14.760] Yeah, because I think at one point, if you have four DRS zones, you might as well keep DRS on throughout the track.
[02:14.760 -> 02:20.080] So, fair game that they realized it.
[02:20.080 -> 02:22.480] And yeah.
[02:22.480 -> 02:28.960] But I think, man, like, you have to give it up to Charles man.
[02:28.960 -> 02:38.000] Like he has stood the test of fire as such, you know, when he joined, it didn't seem like,
[02:38.000 -> 02:41.080] you know, Ferrari just became shit at that point.
[02:41.080 -> 02:48.400] So, but he stuck around, he fought around and he has shown his brilliance a lot of
[02:48.400 -> 02:53.040] times, even like in the last year, I think, especially when was that, Sylvester, right?
[02:53.040 -> 02:57.200] Where he was leading the race for a while and then he had some engine issues at the end.
[02:58.000 -> 03:02.800] And yeah, so I think this is going to be the year of Charles, probably.
[03:03.840 -> 03:07.680] Yeah, that gap's definitely building. I mean, he's dominated the whole weekend.
[03:09.280 -> 03:15.360] Apart from like the FP1s and the FP2s, that part's fine. But like, other than that,
[03:16.240 -> 03:22.960] even through the race, right, like, there wasn't a moment where he was trying to contest with anyone.
[03:22.960 -> 03:27.040] He was in his own world with no one in front of him, no one behind him.
[03:27.040 -> 03:30.880] Yeah, just a flawless victory.
[03:30.880 -> 03:34.560] I'm wanting that fastest lap after fastest lap. What was that?
[03:34.560 -> 03:36.680] I just got to talk about that, man.
[03:36.680 -> 03:42.680] He was just like being a greedy person at that point because
[03:42.680 -> 03:47.440] he was already like on his fifth streak of beating his own fastest lap.
[03:47.440 -> 03:51.240] And then he's like, okay, shall we pit for the fastest lap?
[03:51.240 -> 03:55.360] And he also got told to stand on, right? Like chill, dude, chill.
[03:55.360 -> 04:01.000] In just plain, formal, easy words, like shut the f**k up and keep driving.
[04:01.000 -> 04:13.320] Yeah, I think he's just too over enthusiastic at this point. I don't think he imagined that he would be, you know, probably in for the championship.
[04:13.320 -> 04:27.200] And yeah, I mean, I can understand in his excitement of leading the race, he wants each and every point. But, chill out man.
[04:27.200 -> 04:40.600] Confusion is also part of some of his reactions where, I think even we've done a good screen grab at the position where he gets off the car, he does the interview and then he's going to the podium and he's got this like very surprised look on his face.
[04:40.600 -> 04:41.800] Like, yeah, this happened.
[04:42.840 -> 04:45.120] Oh, sorry. Now, since you say that, okay.
[04:49.840 -> 04:53.600] I have to really bring out this topic. F1 TV, for some reason, have decided that podium is not an important part of the race.
[04:54.000 -> 04:56.680] And we were completely denied the podium.
[04:57.160 -> 05:00.920] I was watching and then they suddenly started showing the, you know,
[05:00.920 -> 05:05.000] the out screen of the standings and then the F1 team.
[05:05.000 -> 05:06.760] So, I am like, wait, wait, what's going on?
[05:06.760 -> 05:08.160] Where's the podium?
[05:08.160 -> 05:12.120] So, that's why, Sarang, the remedy to that is...
[05:12.120 -> 05:16.200] Come on, man. You've heard this a zillion times now.
[05:16.200 -> 05:20.280] Press the red button if you are on Sky Sports to go back and see the repeat.
[05:20.280 -> 05:21.720] That's right.
[05:21.720 -> 05:23.320] He's been saying this all along.
[05:23.320 -> 05:28.720] Yeah, my bad, man. My bad. I need to find that red button right now.
[05:28.720 -> 05:36.520] But while Charles is having all this fun, what is that other guy doing?
[05:36.520 -> 05:40.720] What is he doing? Taking his own break. What is he doing?
[05:40.720 -> 05:43.960] Yeah, I don't know what was going on with him this weekend.
[05:43.960 -> 05:46.000] He was just not there.
[05:46.000 -> 05:51.000] Like throughout practices, even in quali, he qualified for P8, P9, something like that, right?
[05:51.000 -> 05:52.000] Yeah, he was gone there.
[05:52.000 -> 05:54.000] Just a terrible day.
[05:54.000 -> 05:56.000] I think, what, lap 3 he spun out?
[05:56.000 -> 06:02.000] Like Vettel, I think he's like, completely filling in Vettel's shoes.
[06:02.000 -> 06:08.960] Being mentored by Vettel, right? We'll of course get to Vettel later. Being mentored by Vettel. We will of course get to Vettel later.
[06:08.960 -> 06:16.560] This is what you do when you start a season. I like how you spin.
[06:16.560 -> 06:19.680] And I think that reminded Vettel to spin as well. But yeah we'll get to it later.
[06:19.680 -> 06:26.000] We'll get to that. Spines. I don't know if you're gonna get the car.
[06:26.000 -> 06:26.500] Spines?
[06:26.500 -> 06:32.000] Yeah, right? Because I mean that second Ferrari needs a new S-B whatever.
[06:32.000 -> 06:37.000] Yeah, yeah, that's right. I can see that happening. Yeah, why not?
[06:37.000 -> 06:43.000] But nonetheless, I mean, I feel like he's overexerting himself. There is still some mental stability that he needs.
[06:43.000 -> 06:46.240] I mean, last season we saw a splendid drive from him.
[06:46.240 -> 06:49.040] I think he's just gotten frantic this season.
[06:49.040 -> 06:56.800] Once he settles in, I am surely rooting for a science podium and a science actually P1.
[06:56.800 -> 07:01.680] Yep. I mean, he is third on the driver's standings right now.
[07:01.680 -> 07:07.280] So, you know, it's Carlos, man. I think he, I think it was an
[07:07.280 -> 07:12.320] off day for him, I guess, at the office. I think, and we have seen this even last season that, you
[07:12.320 -> 07:17.600] know, we talked about this a couple of times that he starts off not as well, but he kind of builds
[07:17.600 -> 07:23.600] up his season. So I think he'll be there soon. Yeah. And I think like this car, everyone's
[07:23.600 -> 07:25.640] figuring out, cause like everything's changed after
[07:25.640 -> 07:27.120] seven years.
[07:27.120 -> 07:32.880] So everyone's still figuring this car out.
[07:32.880 -> 07:34.880] But let's reveal the secret who's P2?
[07:34.880 -> 07:42.560] Well, well, well, none other than the ex Williams driver, Mr. George Russell.
[07:42.560 -> 07:48.720] Man, P2 in the driver's standing after three races, not bad at all.
[07:48.720 -> 07:53.760] That too in the Mercedes, which is not even close to the fastest car on the track.
[07:54.480 -> 07:58.280] Um, yeah, I'm like, I'm surprised, very honestly.
[07:58.280 -> 08:02.000] Like I, I had my doubts about Russell all along.
[08:02.360 -> 08:10.800] Like, yeah, I mean, we always saw his brilliant quality performances, getting into Q1, Q3 a lot of times and things like that.
[08:10.800 -> 08:16.560] But I had my doubts how he will perform at Mercedes, especially against Hamilton.
[08:16.560 -> 08:19.600] But he has proven everybody wrong, hasn't he?
[08:19.600 -> 08:25.880] He has been beating Hamilton so far in this season. So, that's got to be going for him.
[08:30.140 -> 08:31.000] And we at F1 Fan Fiction at least call this his first podium.
[08:33.080 -> 08:34.480] Spa does it count. Spa does it count. Spa was a non-race.
[08:37.900 -> 08:40.720] But yeah, first podium, right? Like, amazing.
[08:41.860 -> 08:43.880] P2? P3, sorry. Yeah.
[08:43.880 -> 08:44.960] Yeah, P3.
[08:44.960 -> 08:47.080] Not bad at all. P3 in the most case.
[08:47.080 -> 08:53.880] Not bad. He could have gotten a P2, but that was an interesting tire message up to him.
[08:53.880 -> 08:58.360] Being told not to hold Perez back. But, you know, I am a bit surprised there, to be honest.
[08:58.360 -> 09:06.240] So, there was a good battle going on between Russell and Perez in those later stages in the race.
[09:06.240 -> 09:13.040] And Russell was defending brilliantly against Perez until a point I think like their race engineers saw
[09:13.040 -> 09:20.800] that he's probably damaging those tires and was asked to not damage tires as a result of holding Perez and let Perez go.
[09:20.800 -> 09:25.840] To which like Russell was surprised and I'm thinking what else was he expecting. I mean,
[09:25.840 -> 09:31.600] it's a situation where he does want that P2, which is in the bag. But you got to do what you can do.
[09:32.560 -> 09:36.640] Yeah, no, I think it was the wise decision for most of these because it's like, you know,
[09:37.280 -> 09:47.120] while fighting for the P2, you might as well lose the P3. So, you know, try and get that P3 instead of with the small chance of getting the P2. So,
[09:47.680 -> 09:53.200] I think fair game and being the new driver in the team, I'm glad he heard what his team was
[09:53.200 -> 09:56.880] telling him to do. Unlike someone in Russia last year.
[09:59.760 -> 10:09.600] Yep, yep, yep. Mr. Landon Norris. But, yeah. But I think Russell, we are just seeing the start of his season.
[10:09.600 -> 10:12.080] So, I am pretty excited to see what he can do.
[10:12.080 -> 10:14.680] And beating Hamilton, fair and square.
[10:14.680 -> 10:17.720] By the way, did you expect there is going to be team orders?
[10:17.720 -> 10:22.160] Because P3, P4. I for one was expecting team orders.
[10:22.160 -> 10:32.800] Yeah, yeah. At one point expecting team orders. Yeah. At one point I thought, because I think there was this point where Hamilton and who was it? He was fighting somebody.
[10:32.800 -> 10:35.440] And then he overtook him again. Was it Alonso?
[10:35.440 -> 10:37.440] Could have been.
[10:37.440 -> 10:41.040] I think it was Alonso. Yeah, I think Alonso then pitted or something like that.
[10:41.040 -> 10:44.560] And then he was able to get close to Russell.
[10:44.560 -> 10:45.280] And at that point I thought that maybe he was able to get close to Russell and at that
[10:45.280 -> 10:49.240] point I thought that maybe he might really bring a challenge to Russell but
[10:49.240 -> 10:56.280] he couldn't right he wasn't there like he I think he reached up to two seconds
[10:56.280 -> 11:02.520] from him but then yeah he just fell behind yeah. True, in fact and this is
[11:02.520 -> 11:10.120] what you were telling me earlier right right? And now that we are having this conversation, it feels so apt that in fact, we probably might see a reverse.
[11:10.440 -> 11:12.840] Lewis, it's James this season. Right?
[11:12.840 -> 11:15.520] Yeah. Right. I think it might just happen.
[11:15.760 -> 11:17.800] Finally, Lewis, it's James.
[11:18.240 -> 11:19.680] Please let George buy.
[11:19.920 -> 11:21.000] That's going to pain.
[11:21.400 -> 11:22.560] That's going to pain.
[11:22.920 -> 11:25.000] That's going to be a pain for like millions of people.
[11:25.000 -> 11:27.680] Yeah, man. Yeah.
[11:29.280 -> 11:32.960] But you know, I love how the season is turning out very honestly, because I,
[11:33.360 -> 11:35.840] I think Cheyenne also said the same thing last episode,
[11:36.640 -> 11:40.720] where I'm actively finding myself rooting for Hamilton when watching the race,
[11:40.720 -> 11:43.520] which I don't remember in last, you know,
[11:43.520 -> 11:46.960] how much of a US I've ever like really rooted for him.
[11:48.640 -> 11:51.720] And it's, it's awesome to see him as an underdog, like very honestly,
[11:51.720 -> 11:56.040] I'm kind of in a way happy because, you know, yeah, he has,
[11:56.080 -> 11:57.720] he has been a seven time world champion,
[11:57.720 -> 12:02.560] but a lot of times he hasn't had that big of a
[12:02.640 -> 12:08.200] good fight. And I think just seeing him really prove his mettle right now,
[12:08.200 -> 12:09.120] it's fun to watch.
[12:10.320 -> 12:13.680] Right. Right. And, and race after race,
[12:13.720 -> 12:18.040] there's been like masterclass from him. This race again, like we, we,
[12:18.040 -> 12:22.680] we talk about Red Bull being, or Max particularly being like the,
[12:22.680 -> 12:25.000] the start king sort of guy.
[12:25.520 -> 12:30.520] But a dive into directly P3 on turn one was just wonderful of Hamilton.
[12:32.520 -> 12:35.600] Yeah. He came out of nowhere. Like I was watching the start.
[12:35.640 -> 12:39.680] And then suddenly I saw like him just scooting by and like, Hey, hello, I'm here.
[12:41.680 -> 12:43.560] I didn't know what was going on all of a sudden.
[12:43.760 -> 12:46.840] And I think at one point he was also leading the race. Am I wrong?
[12:46.920 -> 12:50.320] I thought I saw that. Or was it second? Oh no, he was second.
[12:50.320 -> 12:55.080] I think Luckluck pitted and he would have become the
[12:55.080 -> 12:57.560] leader, but he pitted the same lap. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
[12:58.360 -> 13:01.400] I was, I was a little afraid at that point. I thought that he might just,
[13:01.400 -> 13:04.040] you know, just, he'll be like, okay, I'm going to take this. Thank you.
[13:04.880 -> 13:07.520] And I'm not going to pit.
[13:07.520 -> 13:08.520] Exactly.
[13:08.520 -> 13:12.200] I would have not been surprised if he goes from there.
[13:12.200 -> 13:16.440] As much as again, like as not a Hamilton fan, I would not have liked it.
[13:16.440 -> 13:22.320] But that would have been a class of driving just out of nowhere taking that Mercedes into
[13:22.320 -> 13:23.320] P1.
[13:23.320 -> 13:28.440] But nonetheless, I mean, we saw a glimpse of Ham versus Alonso.
[13:28.440 -> 13:31.320] This time around, there wasn't much of a fight.
[13:31.320 -> 13:35.520] Good DRS assistance to Hamilton's credit.
[13:35.520 -> 13:37.960] Simple overtake on Alonso.
[13:37.960 -> 13:39.760] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[13:39.760 -> 13:44.760] No, but I'm really enjoying just watching Hamilton now, you know, somehow.
[13:44.760 -> 13:48.080] Like, I'm sad for him that he's not fighting for the wins.
[13:48.080 -> 13:54.040] But nevertheless, he's like really scraping by and, you know, just giving the fight to everybody.
[13:54.040 -> 13:58.240] So, it's awesome. Yeah. Love to see it.
[13:58.240 -> 14:02.840] Wasn't there a radio message at the end of the race too, where...
[14:02.840 -> 14:10.560] I don't really get what the context was, but I noticed him saying, you guys put me in a very difficult position.
[14:10.560 -> 14:13.760] I don't know who and what and why that was targeted.
[14:13.760 -> 14:20.080] Yeah, I'm not sure either. I guess probably must be related to strategy or something.
[14:20.080 -> 14:24.800] Maybe he was planning for some other strategy and they kind of overrided him or something like that.
[14:24.800 -> 14:26.280] Could be in that context.
[14:26.320 -> 14:29.520] I was also very confused what exactly was he alluding to.
[14:31.000 -> 14:32.200] But I don't know.
[14:32.600 -> 14:35.720] It seemed a little bit like they raced me too hard, very honestly.
[14:37.000 -> 14:40.720] Could be. Could be. All right. So then let's just make speculations at this point.
[14:40.720 -> 14:42.320] So it could have been race me,
[14:42.480 -> 14:51.760] they raced me too hard Or I am guessing he knows he is going to finish behind Russell who is a newbie in a third race.
[14:51.760 -> 14:57.200] Not getting a first podium for Mercedes and he is like, this is just too difficult for me.
[14:57.200 -> 15:00.240] It could be one of those.
[15:00.240 -> 15:03.040] Yeah, man. Yeah, man.
[15:03.040 -> 15:05.700] Wait, where is Hamilton, by the way, in the standings?
[15:05.700 -> 15:08.220] I think, fourth, right? Fifth.
[15:08.220 -> 15:14.000] He is still above Max because he got that stunner of a race.
[15:14.000 -> 15:16.340] Oh, yeah. Yeah, man.
[15:16.340 -> 15:20.760] Well, we skipped Mr. Perez. So, I think we need to talk about him next.
[15:20.760 -> 15:28.400] Yeah, talking about podiums, right? I mean, P2, that was good. I would have loved for him to have a fight with
[15:28.400 -> 15:35.840] Leclerc too, but that was way too quick for anyone to catch him. Yeah, yeah. But I think Perez was still in a very good form
[15:35.840 -> 15:47.200] yesterday. He started with P3, right? And I think he fell back a little at one point. I think Hamilton overtook him, I guess, right? For the P3 at the start.
[15:47.200 -> 15:53.840] And then he took it back, I guess. But after the pit stop as well, he really cut through the field.
[15:53.840 -> 16:01.200] He kind of had a bad pit stop in the sense that he was released into traffic. So he had to make those overtakes again.
[16:01.200 -> 16:05.480] But credit to him still. P2.
[16:06.080 -> 16:09.200] Yeah. It was a fighting day for Perez to be honest.
[16:09.200 -> 16:11.720] I mean, first he had to battle that out with Hamilton.
[16:13.080 -> 16:15.640] Then there was a battle with Alonso.
[16:16.560 -> 16:24.920] Overall, he was then again, I mean, sure, Russell was quite behind him, but there was still a threat coming from behind.
[16:25.000 -> 16:25.920] quite behind him, but there was still a threat coming from behind.
[16:30.840 -> 16:31.040] Overall, it was, it was more of a busy day at work sort of thing.
[16:35.240 -> 16:36.200] Well, while we say that, while we say that, we also had the radio from him. Are you guys still awake?
[16:40.040 -> 16:44.160] Yeah. Did he just miss them or something? Right. Like, it's like, where am I?
[16:44.280 -> 16:45.040] Is this broken?
[16:47.840 -> 16:52.440] That was fun. Yeah. But I guess all his action was at the start of the race.
[16:52.440 -> 16:56.640] And then he was just on a lonely Island, 20 seconds away from Charles.
[16:56.640 -> 17:01.240] And the person behind was also like far away. So, yeah.
[17:01.680 -> 17:11.000] Yeah. I think significant happened with him. I mean, I think he was at one point also concerned about what was happening with Red Bull.
[17:11.000 -> 17:19.000] Because it's happened with him, right? Like the first race Max goes out and he's just chilling there driving and then all of a sudden the car nopes out.
[17:19.000 -> 17:28.320] So this time around he decides to be pre-emptive just asking the garage, what was wrong with Max's car? And he gets, and he gets shut down for that.
[17:28.640 -> 17:33.640] Exactly. And I, I, even while listening to the radio, like while watching the race,
[17:33.640 -> 17:37.040] he, I heard his engineer, like, you know, it's not relevant to our car.
[17:37.320 -> 17:40.320] And I'm like, wait, how is it not relevant? Isn't it the same car?
[17:44.920 -> 17:47.000] It's fine. If it catches fire, just, just go.
[17:47.760 -> 17:50.960] Yeah. No, just drive faster so that, you know,
[17:50.960 -> 17:52.840] the flames go behind and they don't come.
[17:53.160 -> 17:58.160] That's a nice strategy. Maybe Red Bull adapts that strategy this season.
[17:59.120 -> 18:00.640] Oh, by the way, since you said fire,
[18:00.640 -> 18:03.640] did you notice like when Verstappen jumped out of the car,
[18:04.200 -> 18:05.840] he was like calling the marshals
[18:05.840 -> 18:11.280] like, you know, like extinguish the fire and he's like pointing exactly where the fire is. It was
[18:11.280 -> 18:16.640] just too funny to look at that. The marshal at that point too looked so confused to be really
[18:16.640 -> 18:22.720] honest. Like he did. He probably, I kid you not and I'm like the marshals probably thinking Westphalen
[18:22.720 -> 18:26.040] is asking him to take a photo or, you know,
[18:26.040 -> 18:29.760] Hey, I don't want to, I don't want any celeb moment is what the Marshall's thinking.
[18:30.000 -> 18:32.200] You don't get a bike to drive like whatever.
[18:32.200 -> 18:34.320] He's, he's going through all those thoughts.
[18:34.320 -> 18:36.480] And Max is like, dude, there's a fire.
[18:39.320 -> 18:40.000] Yeah, man.
[18:40.800 -> 18:43.760] Westphalen man, he's having a bad time.
[18:47.840 -> 18:51.400] I think he, now I think he's decided that there are only two options for him that either he wins the race otherwise he
[18:51.400 -> 18:56.960] just parks his car at the track that's it like that would be nice really good
[18:56.960 -> 19:01.960] have a great start take the lead and then just be like all right that was fun
[19:01.960 -> 19:09.360] I think I think we'll see this sometime where he's probably, you know, at the last lap,
[19:09.440 -> 19:13.320] like he realizes that he can't overtake Charles anymore.
[19:13.720 -> 19:19.040] And he's like, okay, just just directly drive into the pit instead of going through the finish line.
[19:24.160 -> 19:29.800] But that Red Bull power train performance is genuinely concerning at this point.
[19:29.800 -> 19:34.000] Like third race in a row, something's going down.
[19:34.000 -> 19:37.800] At large, that car seems very concerning.
[19:37.800 -> 19:43.920] Ferrari's almost got it in the bag if this is what ends up happening with Red Bull.
[19:43.920 -> 19:48.560] Because besides them, there is no one really to give them that challenge.
[19:49.200 -> 19:50.760] Yeah. And you know, funnily,
[19:50.800 -> 19:54.520] if this continues Mercedes might still win the constructors.
[19:54.520 -> 19:56.880] Very honestly, that's a possibility.
[19:58.520 -> 20:02.920] Serendipity at this level is, Oh my God.
[20:03.760 -> 20:07.600] Man, that would be awesome, isn't it? Without any wins
[20:07.600 -> 20:17.360] still winning the constructors. Oh man that is gonna be hilarious if that happens. Talking about
[20:17.360 -> 20:25.600] Max right like he's he's P6 first of all he's he's still behind Lewis. So, I think he's living in 2021,
[20:28.100 -> 20:29.200] trying to beat Lewis at some level.
[20:30.300 -> 20:31.800] That's what is happening.
[20:35.700 -> 20:39.800] I think they both are still stuck in the PTSD of the last race.
[20:42.300 -> 20:42.700] So, yeah, I don't know what's going to happen.
[20:46.640 -> 20:46.680] So, going to the other side, wasn't,
[20:51.400 -> 20:53.640] wasn't he being told on race restarts also yesterday to not do something that he's, he's becoming infamous for?
[20:53.840 -> 20:57.240] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, this,
[20:57.240 -> 21:01.280] this rule has always been there like in the book. Oh, has it? Yeah. Yeah.
[21:01.360 -> 21:07.720] But it was not really enforced properly. Of course, like that's, that's the whole thing, right?
[21:07.720 -> 21:12.080] Like for at least the last year, entirety of the last year, like
[21:12.080 -> 21:15.640] race directors would put out certain rules, which are, which will be enforced
[21:16.000 -> 21:17.920] more stringently as compared to others.
[21:18.280 -> 21:20.960] And that's how they generally like announce the rules in their
[21:22.200 -> 21:22.720] second year.
[21:22.720 -> 21:24.360] Like what is the exact rule?
[21:24.360 -> 21:25.840] Let's, let's get that context
[21:27.120 -> 21:34.480] as in what you can't do and what can you do. Sure, so basically at the safety car we start
[21:34.480 -> 21:39.360] right, so the way the safety car restarts work is that in the last lap the safety car goes into
[21:39.360 -> 21:48.480] the pits and then the leader there is becomes the de facto safety car. And so the real rule of the safety car is that you as a driver can never get alongside
[21:48.480 -> 21:50.640] the safety car.
[21:50.640 -> 21:57.720] Like of course, in some very weird situations, that's a different thing, but generally speaking.
[21:57.720 -> 22:08.800] And when the first car in this case, Charles is the safety car at the last lap. We have always seen Max doing that weird thing of, you know, coming almost to,
[22:09.120 -> 22:11.680] you know, just next to his front wing.
[22:11.720 -> 22:11.960] Yeah.
[22:11.960 -> 22:12.200] Right.
[22:12.200 -> 22:17.580] And so of course that creates dangerous situations and they basically put the
[22:17.580 -> 22:22.160] hammer down that you absolutely cannot go ahead of the rear wing of the car ahead
[22:22.160 -> 22:22.440] of you.
[22:22.440 -> 22:24.000] So yeah, that's it.
[22:24.440 -> 22:25.000] That's it for
[22:25.000 -> 22:30.240] Max but since since we are here I think it would be a good time to go into the
[22:30.240 -> 22:37.760] meme section because I have a perfect meme for this right now. For folks who
[22:37.760 -> 22:42.440] are not listening to us on video this is a good point probably to switch to
[22:42.440 -> 22:45.520] YouTube because yeah we're doing a
[22:45.520 -> 22:50.160] screen share and showing the memes that we are talking about but nonetheless
[22:50.160 -> 22:54.920] we're gonna be descriptive so you're gonna you're gonna hear most of these
[22:54.920 -> 23:00.400] memes have been picked up from our very own formula dank reddit because that's
[23:00.400 -> 23:06.240] the best place to get these or Twitter but oh all right so that's the best place to get these or Twitter. But, Oh, all right. So that's the first one.
[23:09.640 -> 23:12.360] Okay. So for folks who are listening, so it's,
[23:12.360 -> 23:15.560] it's basically like two model figures,
[23:15.600 -> 23:20.160] like standing with like Darth Vader's figure and
[23:20.720 -> 23:25.520] Superman just breathing down his nose behind him with the guy like Darth Vader
[23:25.520 -> 23:28.880] being Leckler just trying to do the safety car restart and worst happening
[23:28.880 -> 23:36.560] is breathing down his neck. This just connected with me so well because
[23:36.560 -> 23:46.000] this is Saudi Arabia GP this is Australian GP and we are going to probably see this again for sure.
[23:46.000 -> 23:47.000] Or do we have next?
[23:47.000 -> 23:49.000] Let's go with the next one.
[23:49.000 -> 23:51.000] The radio message that we just talked about.
[23:51.000 -> 23:56.000] When you realize you are N2 driver now, alright.
[23:56.000 -> 23:58.000] Hamilton radio, you guys put me in a...
[23:58.000 -> 24:01.000] Exactly man, this is so true.
[24:01.000 -> 24:02.000] This is so true.
[24:02.000 -> 24:05.440] And that's why I wouldn't be surprised if there comes a point where it's like
[24:05.440 -> 24:07.600] Louis is James. Yeah.
[24:10.440 -> 24:14.280] Yeah, man. Uh, I hope he improves, but let's see. I, I,
[24:14.280 -> 24:17.640] I just want to hear that statement at least once. And you know,
[24:17.640 -> 24:20.920] I would be happy statistically. I'm rooting for it. Yes.
[24:23.440 -> 24:24.960] All right. Oh, this is the list.
[24:23.000 -> 24:24.000] for it yes I agree. Alright.
[24:24.000 -> 24:27.000] Oh this is hilarious.
[24:27.000 -> 24:33.000] Okay, Stroll has some amazing statistics that this meme points out.
[24:33.000 -> 24:37.000] 0 points, 0 podiums and 7 penalty points.
[24:37.000 -> 24:41.000] Here we have Mr. James Bond 007.
[24:41.000 -> 24:46.640] They call me Bondond, Stroll Pond.
[24:51.160 -> 24:51.200] Oh man, this guy has had such a terrible weekend.
[24:53.520 -> 24:56.000] I mean, I don't know what's going on. Did you see one of those audience members who has,
[24:56.040 -> 25:00.280] who has a cutout called Cassius King and then they flip it and it's,
[25:00.280 -> 25:02.120] and it's troll's face on it.
[25:04.000 -> 25:05.000] I did see that.
[25:05.000 -> 25:06.000] Yeah, man.
[25:07.000 -> 25:09.000] Yeah, we will get to trolls soon.
[25:10.000 -> 25:12.000] This is the famous monkey meme.
[25:12.000 -> 25:14.000] The monkey looks at you and then he looks away.
[25:14.000 -> 25:15.000] What is this?
[25:15.000 -> 25:18.000] Perez, what was the problem with Max's car?
[25:18.000 -> 25:20.000] It is not relevant for our car.
[25:20.000 -> 25:22.000] Oh, yeah, this monkey meme makes so much sense.
[25:22.000 -> 25:23.000] Yeah, man.
[25:23.000 -> 25:27.040] He's like, okay, are you serious? Like, are we not going to talk about it?
[25:29.840 -> 25:30.320] True.
[25:30.320 -> 25:35.600] Oh man, the next one, I love this one. This is, this is, this was the highlight of my weekend.
[25:36.160 -> 25:45.720] Vettel going down the straight on a scooty was the next best thing of this weekend, according to him. And he got fined 5k for it.
[25:45.720 -> 25:49.240] I don't think he gives two rats ass at that point.
[25:49.240 -> 25:53.440] Like sure, that's my dinner maybe.
[25:53.440 -> 25:54.640] Yeah, right.
[25:54.640 -> 25:57.440] I mean, look at him, man.
[25:57.440 -> 26:00.000] He is driving down the F1 track,
[26:00.000 -> 26:02.000] waving to the crowd,
[26:02.000 -> 26:04.000] giving no f***s about.
[26:04.000 -> 26:10.680] If you've seen that track, at least he is religious about taking that curve right inside out on the race line.
[26:10.680 -> 26:12.680] So he has done that well.
[26:12.680 -> 26:16.680] What does this read? So Vettel saying, I have done plenty of preparation for the race.
[26:16.680 -> 26:18.680] The preparation, yes.
[26:20.680 -> 26:24.680] And that's exactly what weekend was pretty much like.
[26:27.440 -> 26:30.360] And the last one, the most important one.
[26:30.360 -> 26:31.360] This is a burn.
[26:31.360 -> 26:32.360] Yeah.
[26:32.360 -> 26:37.980] I mean, this is when she asks how long you can last and then me, it shows Red Bull power
[26:37.980 -> 26:46.400] trains and the guy she tells you not to worry about that's basically Alex Albon on his ards.
[26:49.360 -> 26:59.360] Okay, Albon is always hard, I guess.
[27:05.760 -> 27:07.760] I think this would be the apt time to talk about Albon, I guess. Sure, go for it, take it away.
[27:07.760 -> 27:12.480] Alright, I think driver of the day was given to Charles, right?
[27:12.480 -> 27:15.840] For me, very honestly, the driver of the day definitely was Albon.
[27:15.840 -> 27:17.840] Should have been, for sure.
[27:17.840 -> 27:29.040] Yeah man, like what he did in the Williams in the third race of the season, holding on to that P7, driving 57 laps on the same
[27:29.040 -> 27:35.120] tires. It's funny how like, you know, I had actually seen another meme. I kind of lost it
[27:35.120 -> 27:41.680] now, but it was that basically, you know, I don't pit because I need to, I pit because I have to.
[27:43.200 -> 27:46.560] There's this other one too, where it's like Russell takes three years to get
[27:46.560 -> 27:50.720] points or Williams and Albon is third race, hold my beer.
[27:53.280 -> 27:57.760] Yeah, man, that, that guy, I think, I think you were talking about the Sakash right?
[27:57.760 -> 28:02.560] Like the pit stop that he did at the last lap, which is pretty interesting in the first place.
[28:02.560 -> 28:08.160] I think at one point, even the commentators were not sure what the rules are in the aspect of like,
[28:08.160 -> 28:12.480] can you finish the race in the pit lane? The fact that, you know,
[28:12.680 -> 28:17.080] if we see the Delta between Gasly and Albon as we were talking about earlier,
[28:17.440 -> 28:20.960] I think he was how many, I think just six seconds behind him.
[28:21.560 -> 28:27.000] Even less, no, even less, four seconds behind Ghazali at the end of the race.
[28:27.000 -> 28:28.000] Yeah, exactly.
[28:28.000 -> 28:36.000] And I mean, he could had possibly beat the number one driver of Alpha Tauri in a Williams.
[28:36.000 -> 28:37.000] Yeah.
[28:37.000 -> 28:38.000] Yeah.
[28:38.000 -> 28:44.000] And what's funny is he would have beaten the guy who he replaced, who then like got kicked
[28:44.000 -> 28:45.960] him out of the
[28:45.960 -> 28:47.560] whole, the whole show.
[28:49.560 -> 28:49.960] Right.
[28:53.640 -> 28:58.280] You know, for people who probably don't have context to this, might be missing a lot
[28:58.280 -> 29:04.600] in this story because how, how ironic it is that Albon in a Williams was about to
[29:04.600 -> 29:06.640] beat Gasly in an Alpha Tauri.
[29:06.640 -> 29:07.140] Yeah.
[29:07.140 -> 29:09.480] It is just too awesome.
[29:09.480 -> 29:13.240] And by the way, just checked, it was only 3.1 seconds away from Gasly.
[29:13.240 -> 29:15.160] So, man.
[29:15.160 -> 29:16.440] So, he could have.
[29:16.440 -> 29:20.120] So, 57 laps on hards and then he pits for softs, right?
[29:20.120 -> 29:28.060] So, if he would have gone maybe 4 or 5 laps earlier, I mean, sure, with the math on how much pace and delta they have with Gasly,
[29:28.300 -> 29:31.600] I think there was a possibility like with those softs in there,
[29:31.600 -> 29:33.760] he could have taken Gasly for a P9.
[29:35.000 -> 29:39.220] Yeah, man, that thing would have been just too, too entertaining
[29:39.220 -> 29:41.360] if that really came true.
[29:41.360 -> 29:44.160] But still, nonetheless, one point, nonetheless.
[29:44.160 -> 29:45.100] On the flip side we
[29:45.100 -> 30:07.160] could have also heard they raced me so hard this time from Gasly. That would have been too much fun. But no, regardless, I think he's putting Latifi to shame.
[30:07.160 -> 30:12.560] And Latifi, man, what the f**k is he doing again?
[30:12.560 -> 30:16.920] Him and Stroll. Okay, let's talk about that incident real quick.
[30:16.920 -> 30:20.760] Since we are kind of talking about Latifi, what are your thoughts about it?
[30:20.760 -> 30:22.640] The crash at Polly?
[30:22.640 -> 30:26.000] First of all, both are douchebags.
[30:26.000 -> 30:29.600] So let's let's start there. They are just trying to see whose father can
[30:29.600 -> 30:35.040] probably spend more money out of the two and the worst they can crash. I probably
[30:35.040 -> 30:38.800] also want to start this conspiracy theory that those two families are
[30:38.800 -> 30:45.280] taking money from other drivers so that they can crash and drivers can win and the tables can turn.
[30:49.280 -> 30:49.920] Let's start this. That's possible. I think it's very plausible.
[30:58.400 -> 31:05.200] It is. It is. Having said that, yeah, it is a weird situation, man. So Latifi parks his car sort of thing because he's asked to let Stroll by. Stroll goes by, all of a sudden stroll decides to also slow
[31:05.200 -> 31:10.280] down. For a second there I thought he was on a hot lap and Latifi was on a
[31:10.280 -> 31:16.760] cool down, but both of them were not on a hot lap. Why were they racing? And then
[31:16.760 -> 31:26.560] why did Latifi decide to... what was he doing? It was like, you know, the perfect storm, like a battle of the douchebags.
[31:26.560 -> 31:31.240] As you said, like man, first of all, stroll.
[31:31.240 -> 31:31.480] Okay.
[31:31.480 -> 31:32.920] This is a recurring thing.
[31:33.040 -> 31:36.640] And I think he completely deserves blame for this, that he just
[31:36.640 -> 31:37.760] doesn't check his mirrors.
[31:37.760 -> 31:38.840] I think that's just a thing.
[31:39.200 -> 31:40.840] He has zero situational awareness.
[31:40.840 -> 31:50.640] I think I also saw a GIF where he was just about to be run over by a crane and then like the new the TV reporter like stops him. Like I think he had crashed
[31:50.640 -> 31:55.200] out of some race. I don't recall what race that was, but basically the crane was like
[31:55.200 -> 31:59.200] picking the car and taking it away. And he, of course, with zero situational awareness
[31:59.200 -> 32:05.200] was just walking in front of it. And then that reporter like just blocks him.
[32:11.160 -> 32:12.040] And yeah, I mean he didn't check his mirrors again and also Latifi what the hell was he doing there?
[32:12.040 -> 32:15.880] Like first of all he parked his car all right at the side of the track.
[32:15.880 -> 32:20.840] I don't know what was going on and suddenly started racing him and it was
[32:20.840 -> 32:23.480] just stupid like all around stupidity all around.
[32:23.480 -> 32:24.440] That's all I can say.
[32:25.360 -> 32:28.920] And it kind of shows like, you know, I think I was talking about this
[32:29.880 -> 32:32.120] with a friend of mine that
[32:32.120 -> 32:35.840] these pay drivers seem to care lesser about their cars
[32:35.840 -> 32:39.160] as compared to all the other drivers who are
[32:39.920 -> 32:42.200] really fighting for their position in the team.
[32:43.480 -> 32:48.480] I mean, it's clear how less Latifi cares probably
[32:48.480 -> 32:53.040] about his engineers, very honestly, who have to really slog to rebuild that car. And he just keeps
[32:53.040 -> 32:58.800] crashing it. It's like, come on, it's respect for your team that you bring the car home.
[32:58.800 -> 33:03.920] It's things like these that separate the good drivers from the paid drivers.
[33:05.520 -> 33:12.120] things like these that separate the good drivers from the paid drivers. But although, because you say this right, I think I for one am flipping my opinion
[33:12.120 -> 33:18.120] about Xiao as the paid driver because him while being a paid driver, even though
[33:18.120 -> 33:22.840] he finished P11, I think in a post-race interview is like, given that we know we
[33:22.840 -> 33:30.160] can be in the points for the first two races, I think my motive going on into the season is going to be fighting for
[33:30.160 -> 33:35.480] those points. And I have never heard either of these two billionaires say this.
[33:35.480 -> 33:41.000] Yeah, but I think the difference again here is that Jaa was a different kind of
[33:41.000 -> 33:49.680] a pay driver in the sense that it's not his money. He has a big sponsor who is paying for a seat. So he still has kind of, you know,
[33:49.680 -> 33:54.160] his neck is on the line. Yeah. His neck is still on the line. Like Jesus last year.
[33:55.680 -> 33:59.600] Italian Jesus. Yes, of course. How can we forget him?
[34:02.000 -> 34:05.640] But, but yeah, I mean, just poor all around, man.
[34:05.640 -> 34:08.240] Like, it was embarrassing for the sport, very honestly.
[34:08.240 -> 34:10.960] Whatever they did on the track, it was just...
[34:10.960 -> 34:15.720] The only good thing that came from Stroll was probably the train that he was leading, right?
[34:15.720 -> 34:16.560] Ah, yes.
[34:16.560 -> 34:21.600] So, I guess, like, we're getting the close race that we are being promised.
[34:21.600 -> 34:26.240] We are seeing that the cars are, you cars are overtaking each other way too often.
[34:26.880 -> 34:31.400] And what was that train? So we had Stroll, Gasly, Botas, Alonso,
[34:31.400 -> 34:35.240] Mick, Zhao and K-Mag. That big of a train,
[34:35.240 -> 34:38.840] a seven car train was just going through the track.
[34:39.600 -> 34:43.240] Yeah, man. At one point I was very confused as to what's going on.
[34:43.240 -> 34:47.240] And I think Alonso was, because he said this on the radio,
[34:47.640 -> 34:49.960] that why doesn't Gasly just overtake him?
[34:53.360 -> 34:57.040] It felt like there is a traffic jam, you know, like Alonzo is honking from behind.
[34:59.880 -> 35:00.720] Oh man.
[35:02.640 -> 35:09.360] While we talk about Alonzo, let's flip to Alonzo and then come back to the Stroll-Rettl family.
[35:09.360 -> 35:13.560] Alonzo, I'd say it was a decent week from him,
[35:13.560 -> 35:16.680] but a poor finish overall on the weekend.
[35:18.920 -> 35:20.880] He got passed by almost everyone.
[35:20.880 -> 35:22.320] Xao, J-Mag.
[35:24.440 -> 35:28.720] I don't know if there's a lack of pace or what's happening with that Alpine,
[35:29.440 -> 35:32.480] HP2 engine back. I just don't know. I just don't know.
[35:33.120 -> 35:36.640] I don't know. I think, I think it's more of an issue of,
[35:37.640 -> 35:41.680] the reliability that's, that's going to be a trouble for them because Kali,
[35:41.680 -> 35:44.560] he did prove that he had pace. Very honestly,
[35:44.580 -> 35:49.960] the lap where his car noped out of course, uh, he was actually
[35:49.960 -> 35:51.200] going for the provisional pole.
[35:51.240 -> 35:56.840] Uh, if you look at his many, many sectors, he was purple almost throughout and he
[35:56.840 -> 36:01.240] probably could have gotten the pole position if he was able to complete his lap.
[36:01.440 -> 36:06.880] Uh, but yeah, his engine just noped out and I think in the race as well he did
[36:06.880 -> 36:14.480] good till say about 75 percent of the race right up till when he pitted for his mediums from the
[36:14.480 -> 36:19.920] hards. I think everybody this is a good yeah this is a good point to talk about it Sarang. I think
[36:19.920 -> 36:27.680] like you've got the most context here but but this tire strategy has, has, has affected quite a lot of drivers. I mean, three, I think we, we,
[36:27.880 -> 36:28.720] we can't get it right.
[36:29.280 -> 36:31.520] Pretty much what it seems like. And it's weird.
[36:31.560 -> 36:33.600] I don't know how exactly it works.
[36:33.620 -> 36:38.360] Maybe it's related to the track temperatures because
[36:39.320 -> 36:43.840] it seemed like everybody who first was on hards and then went on to mediums
[36:44.240 -> 36:46.000] had a terrible end of the race.
[36:46.000 -> 36:51.000] Like Alonso as well as K-Mac because they both were like way ahead.
[36:51.000 -> 36:56.000] I think Alonso at one point, as we said, like him and Hamilton were battling it out.
[36:56.000 -> 36:59.000] He was at like P4 or P5 at one point.
[36:59.000 -> 37:08.680] And then after that pit stop, it just became nasty because I think he pitted again because I can see that Lonzo had two pit stops.
[37:08.680 -> 37:13.000] And after his first medium stint, he went for another medium tire.
[37:13.000 -> 37:19.280] So clearly he had no grip left because that seemed like a move out of desperation at the end.
[37:19.960 -> 37:27.000] And then on the other side, Stroll, I think, was doing something similar.
[37:27.880 -> 37:30.280] But I feel like there was a good call on him.
[37:30.280 -> 37:35.280] So, Stroll ended up with like three pit stops, which is the highest amongst like everyone
[37:35.280 -> 37:36.680] are guessing yesterday.
[37:36.680 -> 37:41.760] But he still ended up finishing P12 versus Alonzo's P17
[37:41.760 -> 37:45.800] with a seven position climb.
[37:48.200 -> 37:51.880] So I think like he moved from hard to mediums, realized this is not going to work and then moved back to hards immediately.
[37:52.080 -> 37:55.520] Yep. Yep. Yep. Yeah. I think that's what happened probably.
[37:56.240 -> 38:00.560] And because actually that's, that's the part that confuses me, right?
[38:00.600 -> 38:04.400] Like, because if you look at the first 10 or first nine, rather,
[38:04.880 -> 38:08.640] all of them started on mediums and ended on hards,
[38:08.680 -> 38:13.520] but they didn't have a hard time. But yeah, Alonso for some reason,
[38:13.520 -> 38:14.520] I don't know what happened.
[38:15.080 -> 38:19.520] Yeah. Maybe going the other way was probably easier. Yeah. Yeah. This is,
[38:20.080 -> 38:22.560] this is interesting because yeah, going, and,
[38:22.560 -> 38:25.200] and I guess like it's a lot of large numbers as well at that point.
[38:25.200 -> 38:29.040] Like everyone's probably doing the same thing. So you are in that same bucket.
[38:29.040 -> 38:33.280] Whereas if you're trying to do something completely opposite of what everyone's doing.
[38:33.280 -> 38:34.160] It starts out true.
[38:34.160 -> 38:39.200] Yeah. I think even K-Mag got affected by the same thing.
[38:39.200 -> 38:42.320] Mick was able to have like smooth overtakes on him.
[38:42.320 -> 38:46.080] Although Mick almost knocked himself out during
[38:46.080 -> 38:49.960] that safety car. That could have resulted in a safety car.
[38:49.960 -> 38:53.280] That was scary man. Yeah, that was really scary.
[38:53.280 -> 38:56.840] Yeah. KMAG also getting affected by hard to medium
[38:56.840 -> 39:02.160] shifts. Yeah, I mean, that was a very interesting
[39:02.160 -> 39:08.800] thing to look out for. Like, I would for. I would like to look into the technical analysis on that.
[39:08.800 -> 39:12.800] But it's quite interesting how he just fell from the order.
[39:12.800 -> 39:19.120] Because actually, if you look at the last lap time of Alonso, it was pretty good.
[39:19.120 -> 39:20.920] It was 120.
[39:20.920 -> 39:23.640] So he still had pace.
[39:23.640 -> 39:25.480] But yeah, super weird. Something went wrong. 120. So he still had pace, but,
[39:26.480 -> 39:26.560] yeah, super weird.
[39:30.280 -> 39:30.600] Something, something went wrong. Speaking about crashes,
[39:35.480 -> 39:40.200] I think Vettel mentoring has probably some effect on anyone who he's either backfilled or talking to science, Mick, two people, right?
[39:40.640 -> 39:42.200] Yep. And himself, obviously.
[39:42.320 -> 39:46.000] And himself, of course. Yeah. First First race, he had to do it.
[39:46.000 -> 39:48.000] It was like cutting the ribbon.
[39:48.000 -> 39:52.000] Because the season hadn't started for him yet.
[39:52.000 -> 39:58.000] So, he was like, let's officially begin the start of the 2022 season.
[39:58.000 -> 40:00.000] He tried it once with the gravels.
[40:00.000 -> 40:02.000] He tried it once and it didn't work.
[40:02.000 -> 40:05.600] He was like, I probably just got to do it where there's no gravel.
[40:05.600 -> 40:07.600] So I can yes do this.
[40:11.600 -> 40:14.500] Yeah, I mean that meme was so true, right?
[40:14.500 -> 40:17.700] Like the practice that he did was pretty much see he didn't get
[40:18.000 -> 40:18.700] FP1.
[40:18.700 -> 40:19.800] He didn't get FP2.
[40:21.300 -> 40:22.300] Did he do FP3?
[40:22.300 -> 40:23.000] I don't think so.
[40:23.000 -> 40:23.300] Did he?
[40:23.300 -> 40:24.000] I don't recall.
[40:24.300 -> 40:24.800] Kohli as well.
[40:24.800 -> 40:27.200] He did like two laps. I think that's it.
[40:27.200 -> 40:29.600] Got knocked out in Q1 itself.
[40:29.600 -> 40:34.240] And then the scooty ride was the only practice run he got pretty much.
[40:34.240 -> 40:40.240] I guess he was probably thinking he'll get to ride the scooty again if he just crashes.
[40:40.240 -> 40:42.400] Maybe that was his strategy.
[40:42.400 -> 40:45.880] Yeah, probably. He really liked it.
[40:46.240 -> 40:49.480] You know, that really reminds me of a photo that I'd seen of
[40:49.480 -> 40:50.000] Vettel.
[40:50.040 -> 40:53.040] Uh, this was long ago back when Vettel was in Ferrari.
[40:53.480 -> 40:59.120] I think this was at, um, the German GP where his dad was like
[40:59.120 -> 41:01.120] giving him a lift on his scooty.
[41:01.480 -> 41:07.320] Like his dad was wearing like a very plain white t-shirt and like you
[41:07.320 -> 41:13.200] know and him sitting behind him like a school kid with his backpack it was man
[41:13.200 -> 41:18.800] that was really awesome to look at that. This guy's turned around quite a lot
[41:18.800 -> 41:27.260] like I remember him not liking him at one point, same as Hamilton. And now he's become this cute little boy who's overgrown at this point.
[41:27.260 -> 41:30.420] But cute little boy going through the track.
[41:30.420 -> 41:35.500] There's an interesting stat at this point that the only drivers
[41:35.500 -> 41:40.580] who haven't scored points in the season so far are either Germans or Canadians.
[41:40.580 -> 41:45.000] Good point. Good point. Yeah.
[41:46.640 -> 41:50.480] But on a serious note, man, I think like he's, he's, he's a veteran.
[41:51.200 -> 41:54.960] Sure. This is the first time he's driving this new car. It's a,
[41:54.960 -> 41:58.000] it's a car that has changed after seven years and whatnot.
[41:58.760 -> 42:01.280] But I have a, I say,
[42:01.280 -> 42:03.880] I have a similar concern the same way I have for Red Bull.
[42:04.200 -> 42:10.800] Are there car issues with Aston Martin at this point that we'd probably see into the season?
[42:10.800 -> 42:19.200] Yeah, I think… I mean, honestly, Aston Martin might be the shittiest car on the track right now,
[42:19.200 -> 42:22.960] other than Williams. But then again, Williams, Albon is doing a great job.
[42:22.960 -> 42:26.680] So, you know, Williams is probably not the shittiest car and Aston Martin are
[42:27.680 -> 42:29.920] not the shittiest probably.
[42:29.920 -> 42:31.720] So who knows? Who knows?
[42:31.720 -> 42:33.760] I think it's just going to be pain for him.
[42:35.280 -> 42:35.840] Let's see.
[42:36.400 -> 42:40.040] Well, you know, before we close out, there's one thing I really wanted to call out
[42:40.240 -> 42:42.160] was McLaren, man.
[42:42.160 -> 42:45.300] Finally, I think finally they had a decent race.
[42:45.300 -> 42:47.500] Redemption race at Australia.
[42:47.500 -> 42:54.600] I was really worried about Ricardo. I was worried that he might be like P20 at Australian GP, but thankfully not.
[42:54.600 -> 43:01.500] He's also one of those like Leclerc who's had a bad stint at home.
[43:01.500 -> 43:05.880] We've seen that a couple of times where he's not finished or has had like
[43:06.120 -> 43:09.120] abysmal performance or whatever. But yeah, you're right.
[43:09.160 -> 43:11.920] Yesterday was redemption. I would have,
[43:11.920 -> 43:15.800] I would have hoped for him to finish over Norris, but
[43:16.720 -> 43:18.920] nonetheless a good, a good weekend both in points.
[43:18.920 -> 43:20.680] By the way, were there any team orders?
[43:20.720 -> 43:23.680] Because it seemed like they were driving like a unit pretty much.
[43:23.680 -> 43:26.480] I didn't see them separated ever throughout the race.
[43:28.120 -> 43:28.960] I don't know.
[43:30.200 -> 43:32.360] But they weren't even like firing distance from each other.
[43:32.400 -> 43:33.840] Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.
[43:34.280 -> 43:34.560] Maybe.
[43:34.560 -> 43:39.560] Or unless there was like a team order pre-race decided that, you know,
[43:39.560 -> 43:40.400] we maintain that.
[43:40.400 -> 43:43.360] Whoever is ahead just, yeah, got it. That's possible.
[43:43.640 -> 43:47.800] And it makes sense as well from the perspective of the team because right now they are so far behind.
[43:47.800 -> 43:50.800] It doesn't make sense fighting among the drivers at all.
[43:50.800 -> 43:55.800] Scoring those points is more important. So I guess it makes sense.
[43:55.800 -> 43:59.800] All in all, I think it was a good race.
[43:59.800 -> 44:02.800] Some other interesting stats.
[44:02.800 -> 44:06.480] Maximum positions gained is Gasly.
[44:06.480 -> 44:10.000] Yeah. No, sorry. Alex Albon. My bad.
[44:10.000 -> 44:11.400] Oh, yeah. That's what I was thinking.
[44:11.400 -> 44:18.760] Oh, by the way, since we were talking about him, one thing we forgot to mention was P10 to P...
[44:18.760 -> 44:22.840] Sorry, P20 to P10. Like, that's just insane, man.
[44:22.840 -> 44:23.720] Exactly.
[44:23.720 -> 44:25.840] Ted lost from the field to one point. Point. Not bad at all. With a William. With a William.'s just insane, man. Dead last from the field to one point.
[44:25.840 -> 44:27.200] Not bad at all.
[44:27.200 -> 44:28.240] With the Williams.
[44:28.240 -> 44:29.240] With the Williams, yeah.
[44:29.240 -> 44:33.840] And then maximum position lost, unfortunately, are Spaniard.
[44:33.840 -> 44:35.280] A lot.
[44:35.280 -> 44:40.800] Yeah, seven positions lost, starting 10th, ending 17th.
[44:40.800 -> 44:44.400] And who had the most overtakes?
[44:44.400 -> 44:47.680] I think it was K-Mag, right? I think with seven or eight,
[44:47.680 -> 44:53.120] something like that. Yeah. Yeah. It's good. Good race. I mean, see, the good thing that
[44:53.120 -> 44:58.520] I like about how this season's going and like the point we've started doing these stats
[44:58.520 -> 45:08.600] and these memes is, we aren't talking about race leaders or the podium finishers, right? Like it's all become about this mid-pack F1.5.
[45:09.520 -> 45:11.960] That's suddenly gotten all the attention.
[45:12.760 -> 45:16.800] Yeah. I love it about this season, very honestly.
[45:16.800 -> 45:19.680] Like that's where the real fight is.
[45:19.720 -> 45:24.200] Like everybody is just creeping for that each point and each position,
[45:24.680 -> 45:26.200] a lot more than people ahead.
[45:26.200 -> 45:28.280] So it's a lot of fun.
[45:28.880 -> 45:35.280] And with while everyone tries to figure out what happens, we will see y'all again,
[45:36.360 -> 45:38.760] two weeks from now at NIMOLA.
[45:39.080 -> 45:41.960] Until the next race, this is F1 Fan Fiction, signing off.
[45:42.120 -> 45:42.520] Bye-bye.
[45:42.690 -> 45:44.690] This is F1 Fan Fiction, signing off.
[45:44.690 -> 45:45.190] Bye-bye.
