Podcast: F1 Fanfiction
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And we are back at Interlagos for the 2022 Brazilian GP. I like to call this the most interesting boring race of the season. With so much drama that just put the entire K-Drama industry out of buisness.
In this episode we discuss:
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Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
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**Summary of the F1 Fan Fiction Podcast Episode:**
The episode begins with a discussion about the Brazilian Grand Prix, which is referred to as the "most interesting boring race of the season." The hosts, Akash and Sarang, are joined by a guest named Catherine, who shares her perspective as a Lando Norris fan.
**Key Points:**
* Sprint Races:
- Sarang initially had mixed feelings about sprint races, but the excitement of the Brazilian sprint race, particularly Kevin Magnussen's pole position, changed his opinion somewhat.
- Catherine, a Lando Norris fan, expresses her admiration for Norris and explains why she supports him.
* Controversial Incidents:
- The episode delves into various controversial incidents that occurred during the race, including:
- Daniel Ricciardo's penalty for colliding with Kevin Magnussen.
- Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris' collision, resulting in a five-second penalty for Norris.
- The heated exchange between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, leading to a penalty for Verstappen.
- Verstappen's refusal to give up his position to Sergio Perez, causing tension within the Red Bull team.
* Mercedes' Resurgence:
- The hosts discuss Mercedes' impressive performance in the Brazilian Grand Prix, with George Russell securing his first Formula One victory and the team achieving a one-two finish for the first time since 2020.
* Other Notable Performances:
- Fernando Alonso's remarkable climb from P17 to P5 and Charles Leclerc's recovery drive from P18 are highlighted as examples of exceptional driving.
* FIA Blunders:
- The episode criticizes the FIA's handling of certain incidents, particularly the failure to penalize Yuki Tsunoda for an unsafe release.
* Red Bull Drama:
- The ongoing tension between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez is analyzed, with Catherine expressing her opinion that Verstappen should have given up his position to Perez as a gesture of gratitude for his teammate's support throughout the season.
**Overall Message:**
The episode emphasizes the excitement and drama of the Brazilian Grand Prix, while also acknowledging the controversies and highlighting the impressive performances of certain drivers. The hosts engage in a lively discussion, sharing their perspectives and inviting listeners to join the conversation through social media. **Navigating the Thrills and Controversies of the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix**
In this episode, we delve into the captivating and dramatic events that unfolded at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race that lived up to its reputation as the "most interesting boring race of the season."
**Ricciardo's Penalty Pursuit and the Question of Race Count**
Daniel Ricciardo faced a string of penalties throughout the race, leaving us to ponder whether the Formula One calendar has become too packed with races, potentially compromising the quality of the sport.
**Ferrari's Indestructible Car and Max Verstappen's Controversial Behavior**
The indestructible Ferrari, despite suffering damage, continued to perform, highlighting the team's resilience. However, Max Verstappen's aggressive driving and subsequent clash with Sergio Perez's father stirred controversy, raising questions about his behavior on the track.
**Mercedes' Resurgence and the Overlooked Tsunoda**
Mercedes' resurgence, with George Russell securing a podium finish, marked a significant moment for the team. However, the FIA's oversight in forgetting to allow Yuki Tsunoda to unlap himself during the safety car restart raised concerns about the consistency and competency of the governing body.
**The Perils of Debris on the Track**
The incident involving a piece of plastic from Carlos Sainz's car becoming lodged in Charles Leclerc's brake duct served as a reminder of the safety hazards posed by debris on the track, prompting calls for stricter regulations.
**Key Takeaways and Concluding Thoughts**
The 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix was a rollercoaster of emotions, showcasing brilliant driving, questionable penalties, and controversial moments. The race highlighted the need for consistent penalty enforcement, improved safety measures, and a potential reassessment of the race calendar to ensure the integrity and excitement of the sport.
[00:00.000 -> 00:02.920] I can see the rage of our listeners.
[00:04.200 -> 00:06.480] I'm never going to listen to this podcast again.
[00:06.480 -> 00:09.520] Please, this is sarcasm.
[00:09.840 -> 00:13.040] This is how sarcasm with F1 Fan Fiction sounds like.
[00:13.160 -> 00:17.280] You know, you've got to have some dark sense of humor if you are part of this community.
[00:24.280 -> 00:28.400] Hello and welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction.
[00:28.400 -> 00:34.520] This is a show about F1 race weekend reviews and racing community interviews.
[00:34.520 -> 00:43.760] And this one has been a very controversial one, to be very honest.
[00:43.760 -> 00:44.920] Let's start the episode at least.
[00:44.920 -> 00:46.480] We are your hosts. I am Akash.
[00:47.040 -> 00:48.080] And I'm Sarang.
[00:48.080 -> 00:52.880] And today we have a guest with us. Actually, take it away.
[00:52.880 -> 01:01.920] Hi, my name is Katy. I'm from Osorno, Chile. To start, I think yesterday's race was one of the
[01:02.560 -> 01:09.280] best races of the season. We had so much emotion. I think it was amazing.
[01:09.920 -> 01:13.360] Welcome to the show, Catherine. Welcome, yeah. Welcome to the show. So we've heard like at
[01:13.360 -> 01:20.160] least for Catherine, this was the best race of the season. How was it for you, Sarang?
[01:20.160 -> 01:24.720] Oh, well, I don't know. I have mixed feelings. Like the race itself, if you look at it
[01:26.800 -> 01:30.720] in itself, it was, I mean, there were things going on, so it was interesting. But at the same time,
[01:30.720 -> 01:36.640] the stakes were at literally zero since the World Championship is over. So nothing that happens in
[01:36.640 -> 01:42.400] these races has any consequences pretty much. So I don't know. I had like mixed feelings about it.
[01:42.400 -> 01:45.760] Before we go any further right like I wanna tell
[01:45.760 -> 01:51.240] this to our audience so Catherine you are a fan of Lando Norris right like I
[01:51.240 -> 01:55.400] think like and and please tell our audience like what your official
[01:55.400 -> 02:12.960] Instagram handle is and and why why Lando Norris? Yes I don't know. I think Lando, when I met F1, Lando was the best race, the best driver
[02:13.920 -> 02:20.320] that I met. I'm mainly a Lando fan, but I also support most of the race. I think everyone
[02:20.320 -> 02:29.000] here for something. Fair enough. And folks, if you also want to check out her page
[02:29.000 -> 02:31.000] on Instagram, that is
[02:31.000 -> 02:33.000] lando.norris underscore f1
[02:33.000 -> 02:35.000] Go check it out.
[02:35.000 -> 02:38.000] You'll see all Lando appraisal
[02:38.000 -> 02:40.000] stories and posts
[02:40.000 -> 02:42.000] and everything about Lando.
[02:42.000 -> 02:45.000] So many, so many additions.
[02:45.000 -> 02:47.000] Yes, yes, yes.
[02:47.000 -> 02:49.000] So yeah, give it a check.
[02:49.000 -> 02:54.000] But coming back to the weekend, this was a sprint weekend.
[02:54.000 -> 03:02.000] Sarang, at least, we haven't been much of a fan of sprint weekends.
[03:02.000 -> 03:03.000] Right.
[03:03.000 -> 03:08.680] Did this one change your opinion? It somewhat did actually. I don't
[03:08.680 -> 03:14.720] know like it was it was fun to watch the sprint race especially of course the main highlight
[03:14.720 -> 03:19.240] that he had came back on pole position which itself was incredible. That was the first
[03:19.240 -> 03:23.960] time that I think he's been on pole. He was able to maintain it like not like of course
[03:23.960 -> 03:26.080] not the pole position but he
[03:26.080 -> 03:30.560] was still able to get a point out of it. I don't know, sprint races are starting to grow on me a
[03:30.560 -> 03:38.240] bit. I think like the short 24-ish lap race is pretty fun to watch without you know strategy
[03:38.240 -> 03:42.880] coming into the picture and it's basically just raw performances of drivers in this case
[03:43.440 -> 03:45.300] because of that, that we judge
[03:45.300 -> 03:47.380] and not the team or any other factor.
[03:47.380 -> 03:50.280] So yeah, I know it's starting to grow on me.
[03:50.280 -> 03:55.240] It was interesting to see KMAG on poll because here is what I noticed.
[03:55.240 -> 04:01.780] I noticed that they have never had this situation because their communications director was
[04:01.780 -> 04:08.100] trying to understand what to tell on mic because they have never spoken on the mic before.
[04:08.100 -> 04:16.460] And FP2, I saw K Mag practicing how to launch start from the first position.
[04:16.460 -> 04:16.960] He was right.
[04:16.960 -> 04:26.320] So, I want to know this. So, Kathy, I don't know how long have you been following the sport, but has it been long
[04:26.320 -> 04:37.200] enough for you to see K-Mag and be happy that he was probably P1? Yes, I mean, I see F1 three years.
[04:37.200 -> 04:47.440] Also, I see the race since 2015. Okay, okay. Yeah, so K-Mag has always been there when you see. Yes. Yes. Yes.
[04:47.440 -> 04:55.760] I think Magnussen is a good driver. So many times I think it's too aggressive, but
[04:55.760 -> 05:09.680] it's a good driver. Yes. He brings good actuation on the track. So, the pole, I think, has merit. But I don't think it's
[05:09.680 -> 05:17.280] for the performance of the car. It was just because the rain helped him. But I think it
[05:17.280 -> 05:18.280] was a good feeling.
[05:18.280 -> 05:26.440] Yes, yes. That is actually a very good point. Because it was a… while it is good that he was P1,
[05:26.440 -> 05:30.120] it was a combination of two very important factors.
[05:30.120 -> 05:36.440] One that George Russell beached his car into the sand bringing the red flags out.
[05:36.440 -> 05:44.080] And then obviously, the rains making it difficult to beat K-Max time that he did on the dry
[05:44.080 -> 05:46.600] tyres. So yeah, that's true.
[05:46.600 -> 05:51.880] It was a bit surrender pitches, but nonetheless P1 for Haas.
[05:51.880 -> 05:52.680] Of course.
[05:52.680 -> 05:53.640] I think first and only.
[05:53.640 -> 05:55.640] I don't think Haas will ever get a P1.
[05:55.640 -> 05:56.960] I don't know.
[05:56.960 -> 05:58.680] I'm just missing them, but no.
[05:58.680 -> 05:59.400] I hope they do.
[05:59.400 -> 06:00.480] I hope they do.
[06:00.480 -> 06:02.680] But still, credit where it's due.
[06:02.680 -> 06:05.400] Like while I agree it was some form, some
[06:05.400 -> 06:10.960] part of luck, it's also the fact that he was first on track.
[06:10.960 -> 06:16.320] So they did predict that the rain would come and some something like George beaching his
[06:16.320 -> 06:18.680] car might happen and which is why he was first on track.
[06:18.680 -> 06:20.480] So you know, that's fair game.
[06:20.480 -> 06:22.800] It's part of the whole qualification process.
[06:22.800 -> 06:26.200] One Ferrari team at least trying to get their strategy correct.
[06:26.200 -> 06:27.400] Sure. Exactly.
[06:27.400 -> 06:28.800] Yes.
[06:28.800 -> 06:33.400] What else was very standing out for Sprint?
[06:33.400 -> 06:34.800] I'm trying to think here.
[06:34.800 -> 06:36.800] I don't know about standing out.
[06:36.800 -> 06:38.600] I know about pushing out though.
[06:38.600 -> 06:39.800] What do you mean?
[06:39.800 -> 06:41.200] Struhl pushing out Vettel.
[06:41.200 -> 06:42.200] Oh, that was Sprint.
[06:42.200 -> 06:43.000] Oh, yeah.
[06:43.000 -> 06:44.000] Oh, yeah.
[06:44.000 -> 06:45.760] Yeah, what was he doing? And I mean like Vettel. Oh that was Sprint. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah what was he doing and
[06:45.760 -> 06:51.560] I mean like Vettel's reaction was also very iconic. Okay. He just like. He just said okay
[06:51.560 -> 06:55.320] that's it. Do you know there is this meme I don't know if both of you Katherine you
[06:55.320 -> 07:01.120] and Sarang know of this meme where there is something very ridiculous happening in the
[07:01.120 -> 07:05.240] video and then this this black guy comes on screen very
[07:05.240 -> 07:10.960] smilingly says okay that there is a meme like that I don't know if you've seen
[07:10.960 -> 07:16.960] this so that that is what it felt like for Vettel like Vettel saying like that
[07:16.960 -> 07:26.240] dude in that blue costume you know the black complexion guy. And then the above image is Stroll pushing him out.
[07:26.240 -> 07:29.960] Stroll pushing him out. That was so funny. Yeah.
[07:32.080 -> 07:33.440] It was super dangerous though.
[07:33.440 -> 07:35.400] I don't know what Stroll was trying to do,
[07:35.400 -> 07:39.600] like pulling that move off on his teammate and especially like, yeah,
[07:39.600 -> 07:42.280] it was, and you know, like after watching this,
[07:42.400 -> 07:45.480] I went back to the last race where like he did
[07:45.480 -> 07:48.560] something similar to Alonso as well.
[07:48.560 -> 07:53.080] And I started to think the flying car thing.
[07:53.080 -> 07:57.440] So you know, that makes me think that I probably put more blame on Stroll because he did basically
[07:57.440 -> 07:59.320] the same thing this time as well.
[07:59.320 -> 08:00.320] He's consistent.
[08:00.320 -> 08:01.320] It's yeah.
[08:01.320 -> 08:08.160] I think Stroll didn't respect his teammates space.
[08:08.160 -> 08:16.500] So I think 10 penalty seconds was good because I don't know it's so dangerous.
[08:16.500 -> 08:22.880] So that was just 10 seconds or did he also get like any extra penalty points on the license
[08:22.880 -> 08:23.880] points?
[08:23.880 -> 08:26.640] I think two penalty points on the license points? I think two penalty points.
[08:26.640 -> 08:29.800] That makes sense.
[08:29.800 -> 08:37.600] Because if you remember, this has happened in the past with I think I want to call like Rosberg and Hamilton where
[08:37.600 -> 08:41.200] Hamilton had to go on the outside on the grass and
[08:41.200 -> 08:45.600] luckily the cars were safe but it it knocked both the cars off so
[08:45.600 -> 08:53.280] I think it was Spain 2016. Yeah yes it was definitely 2016 when
[08:53.280 -> 09:00.320] uh Rosberg won definitely yes and I think like Vettel has bad luck with uh with Brazil as well
[09:01.280 -> 09:06.480] it was it was with Leclerc where he where he went into him out of anger or something too, right?
[09:06.480 -> 09:09.180] Oh, yeah. I think, yes.
[09:09.180 -> 09:10.900] Two years back or something.
[09:10.900 -> 09:15.840] So, yeah. Wettel and Brazil don't go together.
[09:15.840 -> 09:21.060] The other person I feel like isn't good with Brazil is Checo.
[09:21.060 -> 09:25.520] Because Alonso... I keep confusing between sprint and main race.
[09:25.520 -> 09:33.040] Alonso and Checo was... Sorry, Alonso and Ocon. Sorry, my bad. Ocon. That was also the sprint
[09:33.040 -> 09:37.200] race, right? Like, not the main race. Yes. I think sprint race, yeah.
[09:38.160 -> 09:46.100] Ocon has also been doing quite dirty tactics there. It's not a track that he is comfortable with, I feel.
[09:46.100 -> 09:53.700] I, for once, was very surprised when Alonso got that penalty because it was two things, right?
[09:53.700 -> 10:00.580] One, Ocon was trying to push or probably was not trying but it was such a wide turn
[10:00.580 -> 10:09.700] or a faster turn or maybe he understeered or whatever, right? Like it pushed Alonzo out such that it imbalanced him.
[10:10.300 -> 10:14.400] That sort of knocked Okon's side belly.
[10:14.700 -> 10:18.500] Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I remember that incident now very well. Wow.
[10:18.500 -> 10:22.900] That was super scary actually, because at one point his car was like, you know,
[10:23.500 -> 10:28.160] just about 90 degrees and then he snapped it back somehow, but yeah,
[10:28.160 -> 10:29.320] it was super dangerous.
[10:30.480 -> 10:34.920] And then comes on radio that Alonzo got a penalty for it. So I'm like,
[10:38.480 -> 10:41.560] yeah, man, I mean, we'll get to it soon, but FIA,
[10:41.600 -> 10:44.840] I don't know what they were doing with judgments this race,
[10:44.840 -> 10:48.640] because there are a lot of those which I kind of disagree with but you know we'll
[10:48.640 -> 10:52.520] get to it I think this was one of them yeah yeah which I had actually forgotten
[10:52.520 -> 10:57.880] about that he had gotten the penalty I don't know if both of you, Katrin you and Sarang have seen this but
[10:57.880 -> 11:03.200] which was also a meme which is like I think Alonzo said that one more race and
[11:03.200 -> 11:05.280] we are done and I'm happy we move on sort
[11:05.280 -> 11:11.860] of thing. Right. And then there is a cut to meme where Vettel says you will now be joining
[11:11.860 -> 11:14.440] Strolls all the best sort of thing.
[11:14.440 -> 11:35.000] Yes, I think. I don't know what is better. Like Ocon or Strolls. I don't know. I think as a driver maybe Ocon is better, but as a team maybe Aston Martin is. So that's just my opinion.
[11:35.000 -> 11:47.200] Maybe one of the most unexpected movements in the season is Alonso to Aston Martin. But I think Alonso needs a break. Alpine is not what it was in
[11:47.200 -> 11:57.160] 2021. He's already 40 something, right? So him taking a break is... Another retirement
[11:57.160 -> 12:08.100] and come back again. Maybe. Let's go to the main event, the main race, um, main race, dashing cars, right?
[12:08.100 -> 12:09.740] I think that, that, that was my team.
[12:09.740 -> 12:12.300] Like it was just everybody crashing into each other.
[12:12.740 -> 12:16.520] It seemed like everybody was desperate for like the last two races.
[12:16.900 -> 12:18.840] Everybody wanted to capitalize on it.
[12:19.000 -> 12:25.040] And, uh, of course we saw? I don't know that.
[12:29.600 -> 12:29.640] Basically we saw dashing cars. Daniel taking off K-Mag,
[12:33.520 -> 12:34.120] very beautifully in first lap. Poor guy, K-Mag got a poor.
[12:38.120 -> 12:43.120] Dude, I think I, you know, I put up a story on Instagram a few, few hours back that I want to be full sarcastic and I want to take hate
[12:43.120 -> 12:45.300] for this, this episode, because I want to take hate for this this episode because I want to
[12:45.300 -> 12:51.640] defend these guys I feel it was K Mac's fault I don't think it was yeah cuz how
[12:51.640 -> 12:57.640] is that so let's do this I feel see first of all we all know that Daniel is
[12:57.640 -> 13:07.800] a king of late braking right K Mac is it oh, he's probably breaking a bit more and Daniel knows what his car is.
[13:07.800 -> 13:13.200] Right. So, he's trying to... He's not anticipating Kmag breaking that much. That's one.
[13:13.200 -> 13:16.700] Two, he knows if he gets a penalty, he'll perform better.
[13:16.700 -> 13:20.500] Of course. So, he's trying to get that 10-second penalty.
[13:20.500 -> 13:22.700] So that he can perform better.
[13:22.700 -> 13:27.360] But who knew that Kmag is gonna put his car in
[13:27.360 -> 13:34.840] reverse gear and knock Daniel out of it.
[13:34.840 -> 13:39.960] But I think it's Ricardo's fault.
[13:39.960 -> 13:42.600] In reality it is but.
[13:42.600 -> 13:45.600] He risked too much.
[13:45.840 -> 13:48.960] Yeah, yeah. No, it's definitely his fault and
[13:48.960 -> 13:52.880] I think like he it's it's I mean I think he's just trying to prove himself at
[13:52.880 -> 13:55.760] this point but I don't think this is the impression
[13:55.760 -> 13:58.480] that he wants to create very honestly. It's too late.
[13:58.480 -> 14:02.960] Exactly, it's too late. Yeah, it was a bit too late and bit too aggressive
[14:02.960 -> 14:05.880] and I don't know what's going on with him.
[14:05.880 -> 14:10.280] Anyway, I mean, at this point, I'm like, it's only one race left.
[14:10.280 -> 14:15.800] I actually, I'm going to take this poll tomorrow, folks listening to us.
[14:15.800 -> 14:19.400] Check out the story on maybe Twitter also, but Instagram for sure.
[14:19.400 -> 14:20.800] But I want to take this poll.
[14:20.800 -> 14:22.400] 23 races.
[14:22.400 -> 14:28.480] I as a fan, I'm a bit tired. I would have been happy with like one or two less
[14:28.480 -> 14:36.640] races than this to call it a season. But this and next year there's one more extra. So, I mean,
[14:36.640 -> 14:46.000] I like F1. I love F1. I'm doing this for F1. But yes, I think the same. It's a lot of race in a year. Right, too much.
[14:46.000 -> 14:55.000] And I think it's detrimental to F1 as well I feel because I think that this might have a negative effect on the fans as well.
[14:55.000 -> 15:02.000] Because of course there is burnout, like not just within the teams, of course they are actually traveling everywhere.
[15:02.000 -> 15:09.600] So I'm pretty sure the team members must be really frustrated by the increased number of races but I think even from
[15:09.600 -> 15:17.360] the fan perspective you're diluting the importance of the races by introducing so many and I don't
[15:17.360 -> 15:23.040] know like towards these last few races I think this is probably like the first season when I
[15:23.040 -> 15:27.200] thought like you know hey man like this is a way long season, you know.
[15:27.200 -> 15:31.400] Yeah. I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it was like probably two or three races shorter.
[15:31.400 -> 15:33.920] Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. I know.
[15:33.920 -> 15:38.800] Anyways, coming back to it takes two to tango.
[15:38.800 -> 15:41.560] Who's the next one? Charles and Lando.
[15:41.560 -> 15:44.400] This one was an okay one.
[15:44.400 -> 15:48.500] What do you think about this? This was like, meh, sure, they crash.
[15:48.500 -> 16:06.240] I think it's both fault. But I think it's a little more fault of Lando. He stepped on the kerb which made him lose control of the car so fair enough yeah and i think that that penalty was perfect like i think the
[16:06.240 -> 16:13.040] punishment matched the crime it wasn't a very big error uh they gave him a five second penalty and
[16:13.840 -> 16:18.400] penalty points i think but it was good to see like ferrari not retiring right i think luclair
[16:18.400 -> 16:28.000] continued his race and yes i was very surprised so so rightlerc had so much good luck.
[16:28.000 -> 16:29.000] Yeah.
[16:29.000 -> 16:37.000] That's what like generally his, when I saw his car like in the barriers, nose front, I was like, okay, that's it.
[16:37.000 -> 16:39.000] There's another safety car coming in for sure.
[16:39.000 -> 16:43.000] But then his car started moving again, like on the mini map.
[16:43.000 -> 16:45.120] I'm like, wait, what's going on here?
[16:46.360 -> 16:51.840] Before we go to the next one, right, which then is going to kick us into like the bigger drama that's happened.
[16:52.120 -> 16:58.480] Let's get into the subtle level of the fight going into the bigger drama.
[16:59.200 -> 17:02.760] The first level, level one, which is Max versus Hamilton.
[17:02.760 -> 17:03.280] Wow.
[17:03.480 -> 17:06.800] I think it's totally Verstappen's fault.
[17:08.200 -> 17:15.600] He could easily have lifted and waited for the next lap or take a better line at the finish of the Senas.
[17:15.900 -> 17:21.500] I don't know. I think Verstappen was a little bit immature yesterday.
[17:21.600 -> 17:24.100] Apparently, took a step back.
[17:24.100 -> 17:26.160] Yeah, that's a fair point. And if we say this
[17:26.160 -> 17:34.640] was Vastapan's fault, then Vastapan versus Ocon, which is not apples to apples, but was again,
[17:34.640 -> 17:48.000] Ocon's fault. What was more annoying for me was the arrogance in his statement that he made after the fact that it cost Hamilton
[17:48.000 -> 17:50.760] a race win versus I just got a five second.
[17:50.760 -> 17:54.520] Yeah, that was, yeah, that was very cocky.
[17:54.520 -> 17:55.520] That was, yeah.
[17:55.520 -> 18:01.480] Anyways, yeah, it seemed like Verstappen was in his worst behavior yesterday.
[18:01.480 -> 18:09.160] Like, honestly, like like I, okay. So to start with like the first crash itself,
[18:09.720 -> 18:13.400] at least I'm of the opinion that it was a racing incident and not like,
[18:13.600 -> 18:18.280] I don't agree with the penalty. I, for me, at least it would have been just,
[18:18.280 -> 18:22.200] you know, it's a racing incident and leave it as it is because Max anyways,
[18:22.200 -> 18:23.760] got punished on his own.
[18:23.800 -> 18:27.520] Like it's not like he was leading the race or something after that.
[18:27.880 -> 18:30.440] So he got a natural punishment out of it. Uh,
[18:30.480 -> 18:31.720] and I think that was fair enough.
[18:31.740 -> 18:33.640] He was pretty much at the back of the grid anyways.
[18:33.960 -> 18:37.200] And considering the fact that like, of course,
[18:37.220 -> 18:41.000] like the rules have changed a bit this year and that's basically what has caused
[18:41.000 -> 18:47.120] this controversy because basically the rules up till last year were that if your car
[18:47.120 -> 18:54.160] is at the halfway length of the car ahead of you, you're considered to be alongside the car next to
[18:54.160 -> 18:59.120] you. But this year they changed the wordings to say that it doesn't say halfway length anymore,
[18:59.120 -> 19:06.080] it only says significantly alongside, which is a very vague term and it's not you know you can't define it
[19:06.080 -> 19:12.000] so it's up to the discretion of the race directors to define what that is and in this particular
[19:12.000 -> 19:19.840] situation they said that we consider significantly alongside is when both the front wheels are like
[19:19.840 -> 19:26.800] matching each other but i don't exactly agree with that because then at that point, I don't
[19:26.800 -> 19:32.880] know, then you're basically saying that do not ever try to attempt inside overtake pretty
[19:32.880 -> 19:38.720] much. And I feel that would be detrimental to racing in general. So I'm not sure. While
[19:38.720 -> 19:47.680] I totally agree that Max was pretty arrogant this race, I don't agree with the penalty that was given in general.
[19:48.160 -> 19:52.040] I mean, there are two things here, right? Like one is that the car,
[19:52.120 -> 19:55.160] if we see a snapshot of the first tap,
[19:55.600 -> 20:00.280] the second tap was probably either him losing balance and then
[20:00.280 -> 20:04.480] running into Hamilton, or he actually went crazy. The latter,
[20:04.560 -> 20:11.240] the latter is, is, is a bigger safety issue if he goes crazy on that track at that speed.
[20:11.720 -> 20:16.280] But let's, for the sake of sanity, assume he lost control.
[20:17.000 -> 20:28.160] Right. But the first snapshot of them colliding is Max's car is almost more than half or almost at least half over the curbs.
[20:28.160 -> 20:36.520] Right. And at that point, if he were to go over the curbs, that penalty should have then been on Lewis.
[20:36.520 -> 20:49.800] Because the new rules also say that if you push the car outside to gain an advantage, you get a penalty. So, it's just... At that point, maybe they gave the penalty to Max, sure.
[20:49.800 -> 20:54.240] But him being cocky just took all my questioning.
[20:54.240 -> 20:57.320] Even if you were wrong, that behavior was like,
[20:57.320 -> 21:01.080] okay, I don't like it. Anyways, that's just a fact.
[21:01.080 -> 21:03.760] But that stirred up a whole new drama, right?
[21:03.760 -> 21:07.320] And let's talk about this. The Red Bull drama.
[21:07.320 -> 21:09.960] Before we come to the FIA blunders.
[21:09.960 -> 21:13.040] Red Bull drama.
[21:13.040 -> 21:15.240] Yathirin, let me start with you.
[21:15.240 -> 21:20.440] What do you think? Should Max have given the position back to Chaikumar?
[21:20.440 -> 21:22.800] I think, yes.
[21:22.800 -> 21:29.000] Because he was in his right, but it's something he owes to his teammates.
[21:29.000 -> 21:36.000] Basically, in my opinion, the most sensible thing for Verstappen was to give the position to Perez.
[21:36.000 -> 21:47.400] He had nothing to lose. It cost him nothing to be a good teammate. After all, Perez always helped Edwin. Yeah. And I want to start up some controversy again because I am in that.
[21:47.400 -> 21:53.760] I think it's fine he didn't give the position back, to be honest.
[21:53.760 -> 21:58.840] And I will tell you why. My take is, he worked so hard.
[21:58.840 -> 22:07.960] He went last, overtook everybody, came all the way to Perez, while Perez was being overtaken
[22:07.960 -> 22:15.440] by everyone else. Again, he went all cocky about it, which is what pissed me off. But
[22:15.440 -> 22:26.200] it's fine he didn't give it back. I can see the rage of our listeners. I'm never going to listen to this podcast.
[22:31.280 -> 22:34.640] This is how sarcasm with F1 fan fiction sounds like, you know, you're going to have some dark sense of humor if you are part of this
[22:34.640 -> 22:35.480] community.
[22:37.280 -> 22:38.360] All right, go on. Sorry.
[22:39.080 -> 22:41.040] Yeah, I know. I mean, I kind of agree. So, you know,
[22:41.040 -> 22:44.160] I see both sides of this, like, you know, I,
[22:44.200 -> 22:48.280] I'm kind of ambivalent on this entire controversy. Like on one hand,
[22:48.320 -> 22:52.400] it is like Paris was four seconds behind Max and you know,
[22:52.680 -> 22:55.800] four seconds is significant time in racing.
[22:56.200 -> 22:59.160] And especially when your teammate who was knocked off, who has,
[22:59.240 -> 23:01.800] who had a damaged front wing, went into the pits,
[23:01.880 -> 23:05.120] served a five second penalty came out, overtook everybody, overtook you as well. And then you saying that, give into the pits, served a five second penalty, came out, overtook everybody,
[23:05.120 -> 23:11.040] overtook you as well. And then you saying that give me the position back. I don't exactly agree
[23:11.040 -> 23:18.640] with that. I do understand the other side of it, however, that he has immensely helped Max. In fact,
[23:19.280 -> 23:26.000] Max has to give like at least like 30 or 40% credit for last year's finale.
[23:26.000 -> 23:27.000] Yes.
[23:27.000 -> 23:33.600] You know, the Abu Dhabi 2021 race, where Perez, I think he held up Hamilton for like eight
[23:33.600 -> 23:34.600] seconds or something.
[23:34.600 -> 23:41.920] He not only held up Hamilton, but also gave Max a toe to sort of like slingshot on that
[23:41.920 -> 23:45.800] second straight to then get a DRS.
[23:45.800 -> 23:46.800] Exactly.
[23:46.800 -> 23:47.800] Yeah.
[23:47.800 -> 23:52.200] So, you know, considering those factors and considering the fact that if he wants to be
[23:52.200 -> 23:59.480] a long-term, you know, winner for Max, he has to have a Botas on his side, which is,
[23:59.480 -> 24:02.120] you know, Perez basically.
[24:02.120 -> 24:06.080] And if he's pissing off Perez, he's not going to help him from next year.
[24:07.120 -> 24:12.160] So I don't understand what was his logic behind doing it. While I completely understand
[24:12.160 -> 24:16.240] the competitor side of him where he would be like, you know, he's four seconds behind me,
[24:16.240 -> 24:19.360] I'm not going to just stop my car in the middle of the road and let him pass by.
[24:20.480 -> 24:28.040] But I think from the perspective of, you know, more of a long-term thinking, he should have given it away. Or rather,
[24:28.560 -> 24:31.280] I also placed some fault on the team as well.
[24:31.440 -> 24:35.160] Oh, this is definitely toxicity within team and miscommunication.
[24:35.960 -> 24:38.760] And because if you go back and listen to the entire radius,
[24:38.760 -> 24:42.800] actually there's this clip that I found on Reddit where somebody has like
[24:43.280 -> 24:45.280] combined both the radios of Perez
[24:45.280 -> 24:48.440] and Max with their respective engineers.
[24:48.440 -> 24:55.760] And the way it unfolded was Perez's engineer was continuously telling him that, you know,
[24:55.760 -> 24:58.520] Max is going to give you the position, right?
[24:58.520 -> 25:05.920] But if you go back to Max's radio, he doesn't get that communication till three turns from the finish line on
[25:05.920 -> 25:12.000] the last lap, which is according to me, a bit too late for you to tell somebody
[25:12.000 -> 25:15.320] that, you know, just give up your position, stop your car for four seconds,
[25:15.320 -> 25:17.080] let the car behind you go ahead.
[25:17.480 -> 25:19.560] As I feel it, I don't know.
[25:19.560 -> 25:20.320] I'm not very sure.
[25:20.320 -> 25:24.440] It almost felt like, felt to me like the team just wanted to show that they're
[25:24.440 -> 25:25.040] telling Max that let Paris by, but they didn't really want it is what, I don't sure it almost felt like felt to me like the team just wanted to show that they're telling max
[25:25.680 -> 25:32.080] that let Paris by but they didn't really want it is what i don't know i'm of mixed opinions through
[25:32.640 -> 25:41.520] the whole controversy overall yes besides max has won the championship so yeah it's a little intense
[25:41.600 -> 25:42.080] It's a little intense.
[25:52.480 -> 25:53.360] Yeah. And apparently there is news, there is a stat that Red Bull has never had one, two as driver championship.
[25:56.720 -> 25:57.040] And if that is true, this is their opportunity to...
[25:57.800 -> 25:58.160] Exactly.
[26:00.920 -> 26:00.960] This is Christian Honour's golden crown at this point.
[26:06.800 -> 26:14.480] Right. And I blame this a bit more on the team too, because of two things. One, you've spoiled a kid so much that the kid is throwing tantrums and
[26:14.480 -> 26:25.520] at this point, that's one. And two, there was a situation in the sprint race as well, where Checo asked for that position.
[26:25.520 -> 26:27.200] Oh, yeah.
[26:27.200 -> 26:28.680] And he was denied.
[26:28.680 -> 26:29.680] Denied, yeah.
[26:29.680 -> 26:34.400] And I would have assumed that they would talk about this at least between the main race
[26:34.400 -> 26:35.960] and the sprint race.
[26:35.960 -> 26:42.560] But to see a repeat of it, and then like, you know, Max being all arrogant and cocky
[26:42.560 -> 26:48.000] about it, is probably shedding good light on the character.
[26:48.720 -> 26:55.040] He should have given, could have given, we've seen some defensive side of why that could not
[26:55.040 -> 27:00.240] have been possible. Sure, keeping that aside, it's the attitude which I think all of us have
[27:00.240 -> 27:06.960] a problem with at this point. I don't know. Yesterday, the Red Bull drama was so intense.
[27:09.680 -> 27:13.600] And also all the comments in the like media pen later on, right? Like I think
[27:14.320 -> 27:20.880] Max was probably like saying that this was related to Monaco and I don't get it. Like it's
[27:21.440 -> 27:31.160] races ago. You've already won the championship, man like who gives a shit just let it go. Apparently. Imagine this we know for sure
[27:31.160 -> 27:37.320] however cute Papa Perez looks like he's a don. Oh yeah of course. He's a don.
[27:37.320 -> 27:49.000] Like don't get me he's a don. Imagine imagine people showing up with guns in Netherlands or Monaco or wherever Max stays at this point.
[27:49.000 -> 27:55.000] If they do, we don't say this. We don't provoke anyone.
[27:55.000 -> 28:03.000] I think it's somewhat of an unmasking of Red Bull as well.
[28:03.000 -> 28:08.000] I would think that the fact that the tension that's been boiling beneath the team,
[28:08.000 -> 28:11.760] which still now probably was hidden, I think has been exposed a bit.
[28:12.160 -> 28:16.480] I think there's certainly some discontention there. There is some,
[28:17.160 -> 28:21.200] you know, rivalry kind of going on inside. And I think that's evident.
[28:21.200 -> 28:23.680] I think a lot of people have already said this,
[28:23.720 -> 28:27.880] that the team entirely favors Max and, you know,
[28:27.880 -> 28:31.280] like I don't completely blame them. Like he has given them results.
[28:31.780 -> 28:36.120] So I can kind of understand why the team is putting all their eggs in his
[28:36.120 -> 28:36.760] basket.
[28:36.760 -> 28:38.680] But he's an over pampered child at this point.
[28:38.680 -> 28:41.800] Yeah, exactly. Yep. That's true.
[28:42.520 -> 28:49.840] So I was telling this to one of our other followers on Instagram that,
[28:49.840 -> 28:56.960] and a good comeback to this would be, next year, Lewis Hamilton wins the championship,
[28:56.960 -> 29:00.920] depriving Max of his third title, taking the eighth title.
[29:00.920 -> 29:02.360] He retires.
[29:02.360 -> 29:08.560] And Perez moves to... Because Perez's contract expires next year. So
[29:08.560 -> 29:13.920] Perez moves to Mercedes and then Russell and Perez make sure Max never wins a championship.
[29:15.120 -> 29:22.800] That's karma. Yes, that would be fun. Oh, one point I have to pull out since we're talking
[29:22.800 -> 29:26.780] about Red Bull. Why is Checo so bad during safety car restarts?
[29:26.780 -> 29:29.980] Why is he always miles behind the car in front of him?
[29:29.980 -> 29:31.480] I don't know what's going on.
[29:31.480 -> 29:35.620] Does he not know what safety car restart is?
[29:35.620 -> 29:39.940] If he knows how to read the dashboard or whatever it is.
[29:39.940 -> 29:43.860] Because in fact, yesterday when I was watching the race, even the commentators were like,
[29:43.860 -> 29:48.920] you know, when the sign came up that safety car is ending and like
[29:49.000 -> 29:53.200] check was car was like about three to four car lengths behind Hamilton's.
[29:53.200 -> 29:55.520] And even the commentator is like, what is he doing?
[29:55.520 -> 29:58.600] Does he not know that the safety car is restarting? Why is he so behind?
[29:59.000 -> 30:00.360] How is he going to catch up with them?
[30:01.280 -> 30:03.000] All of this, you know what,
[30:03.000 -> 30:11.000] all of this has taken the light away from what was a brilliant race by Mercedes.
[30:11.000 -> 30:20.000] So, let's move away from the, I want to call it manufactured drama at this point, because FIS trying.
[30:20.000 -> 30:33.840] See, the biggest winners out of this, I mean, we can comment whatever we want to stir up these controversies to bring in more audience and, you know, we know where we stand, but we can say something to, you know, do the juicy part.
[30:33.840 -> 30:38.640] But the true winners out of this are Liberty Media and Netflix.
[30:38.640 -> 30:39.840] Yeah.
[30:39.840 -> 30:49.760] That's where the money is. Anyway, this is all taking away the light from some brilliant performances yesterday.
[30:49.760 -> 30:55.600] None other than Russell winning his pole first win.
[30:55.600 -> 31:00.000] Thoughts on Mercedes' resurrection, you folks, both of you, an open question. What do you think?
[31:00.000 -> 31:03.760] Well, I think it was their best performance in 2022, right?
[31:03.760 -> 31:05.840] And I think they're pretty much back, I would say.
[31:05.840 -> 31:11.240] I'm really hyped for 2023 because Ferrari has clearly shown that they are not up for
[31:11.240 -> 31:13.240] a fight for the championship.
[31:13.240 -> 31:17.800] So I'm glad that Mercedes has been able to dig their way up again.
[31:17.800 -> 31:24.000] And I'm hoping that they really, you know, challenge the Red Bull team again.
[31:24.000 -> 31:26.000] And this time with two drivers, not just one.
[31:26.000 -> 31:29.000] Yes. Mercedes from Austin
[31:29.000 -> 31:32.000] were getting dangerously close.
[31:32.000 -> 31:35.000] He maybe...
[31:35.000 -> 31:38.000] I don't know. It's
[31:38.000 -> 31:41.000] great to see them again
[31:41.000 -> 31:44.000] on the fight and maybe for the next year.
[31:44.000 -> 31:51.600] Yeah. And I feel like there will be good contention too, because like with the reduced testing time
[31:51.600 -> 31:58.640] these guys are going to get in wind tunnel, Perez maybe won't start acting as a team player again.
[31:58.640 -> 32:05.600] Ferrari knows what they need to do to fight RBR and Mourork is always on that lookout to come back to the top.
[32:07.120 -> 32:11.200] Yeah, it is definitely going to be interesting 2023.
[32:13.040 -> 32:16.240] By the way, did he get driver of the day? Who was driver of the day?
[32:16.240 -> 32:17.920] Yeah, I don't know. I never saw that.
[32:17.920 -> 32:19.840] It was Hamilton, I think.
[32:21.280 -> 32:22.240] That would make sense.
[32:23.960 -> 32:30.920] Yeah, that would make sense. I think I sort of agree with our other follower, Ravisha, as well, who probably said it should
[32:30.920 -> 32:34.720] have been Russell, because it was a brilliant weekend from him, right?
[32:34.720 -> 32:41.240] Like sprint race, performance, setting pole and then again coming back as this maiden
[32:41.240 -> 32:44.360] P1 race victory.
[32:44.360 -> 32:45.000] But it's fine. It's fine.
[32:45.000 -> 32:48.000] I think there was some great driving from Hamilton as well.
[32:48.000 -> 32:52.000] So, but sure, it could go either ways.
[32:52.000 -> 32:53.000] Yeah, that's true.
[32:53.000 -> 32:58.000] And anyways, I doubt these drivers care as much about the driver of the day.
[32:58.000 -> 33:01.000] I think the win makes up for everything.
[33:01.000 -> 33:03.000] I don't think he cares.
[33:04.000 -> 33:06.240] As long as you get the win it's fine
[33:07.120 -> 33:12.320] and I know you were saying this or at least I see this in our notes here like first one two since
[33:12.320 -> 33:18.800] Imola 2020 oh yeah wow that's a long time waiting it's been a long time exactly
[33:21.520 -> 33:26.480] glad that they're back man very honestly I was kind of getting, I've started to get
[33:26.480 -> 33:33.280] bored of seeing this guy Max on the top step of the podium and especially after this behavior
[33:33.280 -> 33:40.400] in the last race. Yeah, let's see. But speaking of some good performances, some other few that
[33:40.400 -> 33:46.600] are being completely undershadowed, I feel is Alonzo going from P17 to P5.
[33:46.600 -> 33:48.900] Super overtaking.
[33:48.900 -> 33:54.600] Leclerc, I think, also going from P18 after his knockoff to all the way to P4.
[33:54.600 -> 33:57.000] That's crazy.
[33:57.000 -> 34:03.600] And I don't remember Ocon's number, but Ocon was also like the second highest overtaking yesterday.
[34:03.600 -> 34:09.800] The other one, which is a very subtle mention is Mick Schumacher in the sprint race,
[34:09.800 -> 34:15.600] because he went all the way from P20 to I think like eight places gain, P12 or P13.
[34:15.600 -> 34:23.000] So some brilliant driving, some brilliant racing on that track that just completely got overshadowed
[34:23.000 -> 34:25.200] with like stupid drama based off of
[34:25.200 -> 34:30.960] arrogance and confidence. Let's get back to the FIA blunders a bit. You know, mainly I think that
[34:32.480 -> 34:39.440] the kind of penalties that have been handed out throughout the season have been super inconsistent
[34:57.520 -> 35:12.480] In the sense that if you see Russell versus Carlos right at Austin, that and Stroll versus Alonso or Stroll versus Vettel or you know even this Hamilton versus Max. I don't exactly feel that all of these incidents were the same and worthy of the same amount of punishment for the drivers. I think there should be more distinction in terms of how dangerous the contact
[35:12.480 -> 35:21.040] really was. And I don't know, I don't agree that Max hitting Hamilton yesterday was equivalent to
[35:21.040 -> 35:25.920] Russell taking out Carlos where it was, you know, yeah, I don't know.
[35:25.920 -> 35:32.240] It's something that FIA needs to really improve upon their judgment. Let me ask you this,
[35:32.240 -> 35:37.120] Catherine, do you think FIA is doing this on purpose to stir up controversy?
[35:37.120 -> 35:42.880] I think the fear remains inconsistent, very inconsistent. That is true.
[35:42.880 -> 35:46.000] I think the problem was not Masih.
[35:46.000 -> 35:50.000] Oh by the way, did you see that during the last safety car restart?
[35:50.000 -> 35:53.000] Sunoda was just hanging around between the front.
[35:53.000 -> 35:55.000] No, I did not notice this. What is everyone doing?
[35:55.000 -> 35:58.000] Oh my god, they forgot him.
[35:58.000 -> 36:01.000] What was this? Someone filled me in.
[36:01.000 -> 36:08.120] So they didn't let him unlap. So generally like before the safety car restarts, they allow the lapped cars to unlap themselves
[36:08.120 -> 36:10.560] and go back to the back of the grid, right?
[36:10.560 -> 36:13.480] So Sonoda somehow they forgot about him.
[36:13.480 -> 36:16.640] He was like in between seventh and eighth position somewhere.
[36:16.640 -> 36:18.440] Like he was lapped actually.
[36:18.440 -> 36:21.160] So he was like towards the end.
[36:21.160 -> 36:24.680] But basically they never allowed him to unlap himself.
[36:24.680 -> 36:26.880] But didn't he go into the pits or something?
[36:27.080 -> 36:31.600] Yeah, he did. But then they should still allow him to unlock because that's what the rules are.
[36:32.000 -> 36:36.160] So what happened is he basically was stuck between seventh and eighth.
[36:36.440 -> 36:43.480] The race restarted. He had to basically just give up the position and like go to the side of the track because he was blue flagged.
[36:43.480 -> 36:44.200] and like go to the side of the track because he was blue flagged.
[36:48.480 -> 36:48.840] And basically one lap was added to him for no reason.
[36:51.240 -> 36:52.800] He wasn't allowed to, you know, catch back.
[36:56.040 -> 36:57.400] And he was just shafted like that said, you know, fuck you. We don't care.
[36:59.280 -> 37:03.080] This is such new.
[37:06.280 -> 37:11.760] And this is so noob behavior. Totally. Look at Newki, man. This is a world-class sport with like multi-billion dollars.
[37:11.760 -> 37:17.520] I think he finished it like one second behind Latifi.
[37:17.520 -> 37:21.160] Behind Latifi?
[37:21.160 -> 37:23.360] One lap behind, actually.
[37:23.360 -> 37:25.000] Highlight of Latifi's One lap behind actually.
[37:29.080 -> 37:32.120] Highlight of Latifi's career. He's a true gotifi at this point.
[37:37.280 -> 37:40.600] I think like FIA combined net worth is more than so many countries' GDP at this point that they don't,
[37:40.800 -> 37:46.000] like they shouldn't be making these sort of blunders. But it is what it is.
[37:46.000 -> 37:49.760] What else? I think there are a few more topics we want to cover.
[37:49.760 -> 37:52.880] Oh yeah, the safety issue thing.
[37:52.880 -> 37:54.800] Dude, yeah, you were talking about this.
[37:54.800 -> 37:57.760] Helmet tear off stuck in science's brain duct.
[37:57.760 -> 38:00.240] This is the second time this has happened this year.
[38:00.240 -> 38:04.240] We've seen this earlier where it completely botched Leclerc's race.
[38:04.240 -> 38:04.960] Yeah.
[38:04.960 -> 38:05.820] Somehow, Ferrari... Boat time Ferrari, exactly. You've seen this earlier where it completely botched Leclerc's race. Yeah. Somehow Ferrari's…
[38:05.820 -> 38:07.320] By the way, both time Ferrari, exactly.
[38:07.320 -> 38:09.620] Somehow Ferrari's seem to…
[38:09.620 -> 38:12.920] Either the team fucks up or something happens on the track,
[38:12.920 -> 38:15.820] which is just completely against them.
[38:15.820 -> 38:20.620] But yeah, there should be some sort of safety rules coming into this,
[38:20.620 -> 38:24.620] where you just tuck the thing rather than flipping it off sort of thing.
[38:24.620 -> 38:26.480] Yeah. For sure. into this where you just tuck the thing rather than flipping it off sort of thing.
[38:31.680 -> 38:37.200] Yeah, for sure. Yeah, man. I mean, there's safety concerns around that. And I'm actually surprised till now, nothing of this happened, which is really surprising to me, because even like
[38:37.200 -> 38:42.000] years prior, I used to always watch them like throw the plastic thing away. And I used to
[38:42.000 -> 38:49.720] always think that you wouldn't just go in the car behind and like you know cause some issues but I don't know it's weird that
[38:49.720 -> 38:54.480] like it happened twice this year so I guess some tools might come by I don't know.
[38:54.480 -> 38:59.960] On a stat note I think there are two stats one is there's a first race since
[38:59.960 -> 39:05.680] Bahrein 2022 without the Red Bull on the podium, which was, I'm not going to lie, a good thing to see.
[39:05.680 -> 39:08.160] Yeah, definitely. Yes, I think the same.
[39:11.600 -> 39:16.800] The second stat is, I think like this was the 100th race for KMAG for Haas.
[39:18.240 -> 39:28.440] And it's not official yet, but it will be by the time this episode comes out that the second driver at Haas is 99.99% locked in
[39:28.960 -> 39:31.480] as the Hulk is back.
[39:31.480 -> 39:36.480] Sarang called this out way back in 2021
[39:36.960 -> 39:39.600] and it's finally happening folks in 2023.
[39:39.600 -> 39:41.440] Two years late, but Sarang is there.
[39:43.840 -> 39:44.840] Eventually, right?
[39:49.280 -> 39:55.360] But yeah, it's happening it's not announced yet but the Hulk is going to be back and the last thing I want to close this off with is Catherine let's
[39:55.360 -> 40:32.000] try and summarize this in your way to our audience who understand Spanish or your audience that have I think it was a good career. Brazil never disappoints, so I hope they can keep Brazil for many more years.
[40:32.000 -> 40:35.000] It's one of the best careers of the year.
[40:35.000 -> 40:40.000] I hope to be able to go to a career one day.
[40:40.000 -> 41:05.000] I hope the first one is Brazil. I'm glad you had fun and thank you for joining us.
[41:05.000 -> 41:08.000] Folks, that was Catherine for you.
[41:08.000 -> 41:13.000] Go check her out on her Insta page, which is Lando.Norris underscore F1.
[41:13.000 -> 41:19.000] Go give it a follow and see how she is a big fan of Lando Norris.
[41:19.000 -> 41:21.000] And F1.
[41:21.000 -> 41:23.000] And F1, obviously. Sorry. And F1.
[41:21.200 -> 41:23.360] And F1. And F1, obviously. Sorry. And F1.
[41:25.360 -> 41:31.920] Until the next last season finale, which hopefully doesn't stir up another drama and chaos.
[41:32.960 -> 41:34.960] This is Sarcasm signing off.
[41:34.960 -> 41:40.880] Bye-bye.
[41:36.170 -> 41:38.230] you