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We return to the Canadian GP after a 2 year gap due to COVID and it did not disappoint us! While it was not the most exciting race at the lead, there was just enough action to keep you hooked. Max walked to his victory and yet again increased his lead in the WCC. Ferrari yet again losing out to RBR, are left scratching their heads.
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**Summary of the Canadian Grand Prix 2022:**
- Latifi, despite finishing last, was voted Driver of the Day by internet fans, continuing a trend of support for his consistent underperformance.
- Red Bull Racing secured their sixth consecutive race win since 2013, second only to Vettel's nine-race streak.
- Max Verstappen dominated the race, increasing his lead in the World Drivers' Championship.
- Sergio Perez retired due to a potential gearbox issue, further solidifying Verstappen's position as the team's number one driver.
- Alpine surprised everyone with their strong performance, with Fernando Alonso qualifying P2 and Esteban Ocon battling with Charles Leclerc for much of the race.
- Several teams struggled with pit stops during the race, including McLaren, Alonso, Ricciardo, Leclerc, and Haas.
- Zhou Guanyu, despite being labeled a "pay driver," impressed with his performance, overtaking four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.
- Lance Stroll, the only Canadian driver on the grid, had a strong race, defending well against a train of cars behind him and finishing in the points.
- Daniel Ricciardo showed signs of improvement, starting the race in the top six and battling with other midfield cars before a late-race issue.
- Aston Martin's strategy for Vettel was questionable, with the team opting for a two-stop strategy that ultimately cost him positions.
- Mercedes failed in their attempt to manipulate the FIA to gain an advantage, as the governing body stood firm on its technical directives.
- The race featured several exciting moments, including trains of cars battling for position and close overtakes.
- The smaller cars, introduced in 2022, were seen as a contributing factor to the increased competitiveness and close racing. # Canadian Grand Prix Post-Race Discussion
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## Introduction
The Canadian Grand Prix, after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, delivered an exciting race filled with action, strategy, and controversy. Max Verstappen secured a comfortable victory, extending his lead in the World Championship standings, while Ferrari continued to struggle behind Red Bull.
## Key Points and Highlights
- **Nicholas Latifi's Hilarious Spin:** Latifi, known for his entertaining incidents on the track, provided comic relief with a comical spin during the race. The moment was captured in a popular meme, solidifying his status as the true "Driver of the Day."
- **Red Bull's Dominance:** Red Bull once again showcased their superiority, with Verstappen claiming victory and Sergio Perez finishing in second place. The team's strategic decisions and car performance proved too strong for their rivals.
- **Did Red Bull Sabotage Perez?:** Some pundits questioned whether Red Bull intentionally hindered Perez's race by delaying his pit stop, costing him a potential victory. This theory remains a topic of debate among fans and experts.
- **Alpine's Strategy Blunders:** Alpine, known for their strategic prowess, made a series of puzzling decisions during the race. Fernando Alonso's long stint on hard tires and Esteban Ocon's early pit stop left them out of contention for a podium finish.
- **Pit Stop Chaos:** Several teams faced difficulties during pit stops, leading to costly delays and lost positions. This highlighted the importance of efficient and precise pit crews in Formula One.
- **Zhou's Pay Driver Status Questioned:** Guanyu Zhou's impressive performance in the race raised questions about his status as a "pay driver." His strong showing suggested that he may have earned his place on the grid based on merit rather than financial backing.
- **Stroll's Home Advantage:** Lance Stroll, the lone Canadian driver on the grid, enjoyed a strong race, finishing in the points. His performance was particularly impressive considering the pressure of competing in his home Grand Prix.
- **Daniel Ricciardo's Struggles Continue:** Daniel Ricciardo's poor form continued in Canada, with the Australian driver finishing outside the points. His struggles have raised concerns about his future in Formula One.
- **Aston Martin's Questionable Strategy:** Aston Martin's strategy for Sebastian Vettel was puzzling, with the team opting for a bizarre tire strategy that hindered his performance. Vettel's frustration was evident over the team radio.
- **Mercedes' Failed FIA Manipulation:** Mercedes' attempt to influence the FIA's regulations regarding porpoising backfired, with the governing body implementing a new directive that limited the teams' ability to manipulate the car's ride height.
- **Toxic Twitter Fans:** The race weekend was marred by toxic behavior from some fans on social media, particularly on Twitter. The relentless criticism and personal attacks directed at drivers and teams highlighted the negative aspects of online fandom.
- **Train Formations:** The new regulations resulted in the formation of several "trains" of cars on the track, with multiple drivers running closely together. This provided exciting racing but also highlighted the challenges of overtaking with the current car design.
- **Need for Smaller Cars:** The size of the current Formula One cars was identified as a factor limiting overtaking opportunities. Experts suggested that reducing the size of the cars could improve wheel-to-wheel racing and overall spectacle.
## Conclusion
The Canadian Grand Prix delivered a mix of excitement, controversy, and strategic blunders. Max Verstappen's dominance continued, while Ferrari's struggles persisted. The race also shed light on the challenges and opportunities presented by the new regulations, sparking discussions about the future of Formula One.
[00:00.000 -> 00:07.680] We got a new meme where Ferrari is the one to ruin race strategies.
[00:07.680 -> 00:09.520] Alpine coming in with hold my beer.
[00:20.400 -> 00:29.640] Hello and welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction, a show about F1 race reviews and F1 community
[00:29.640 -> 00:32.080] interviews.
[00:32.080 -> 00:35.320] This is the Canadian Grand Prix.
[00:35.320 -> 00:39.840] I think we're having this race after a few years because of the whole COVID issues.
[00:39.840 -> 00:44.400] But boy oh boy, glad, glad to be here.
[00:44.400 -> 00:46.240] We are your hosts. I am Akash.
[00:46.600 -> 00:47.400] And I'm Sarang.
[00:47.640 -> 00:49.600] And let's get into it.
[00:49.800 -> 00:51.880] You know, before we do anything,
[00:52.520 -> 00:55.600] I wanna like, let's talk about some stats, you know, some stats
[00:56.200 -> 00:59.960] that we've seen over the race weekend.
[00:59.960 -> 01:02.040] Actually, you know what, even before that,
[01:02.640 -> 01:04.400] I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say,
[01:04.800 -> 01:10.800] the internet has not disappointed us with voting Latifi as the driver of the day.
[01:10.800 -> 01:27.000] And I say this, and I say this because like they never actually showed the driver of the day until after the whole thing was over and revealed Charles was the driver of the day. So, yeah, by the way, for those who don't know, there has been going, uh,
[01:27.080 -> 01:30.520] you know, an ongoing conspiracy as such to, you know,
[01:30.560 -> 01:34.680] vote Latifi as the driver of the day, because of course he deserves it. Right.
[01:35.640 -> 01:38.320] He's after all Mr. Consistent, right.
[01:38.360 -> 01:41.560] Because he has gotten the last position consistently.
[01:41.720 -> 01:47.280] Inconsistency to perform is also a form of consistency. That's your t-shirt
[01:47.280 -> 01:52.880] quote for the day. But if I'm not wrong, I guess probably this was his first home race.
[01:53.600 -> 01:57.680] I'll have to probably check that. But I think this was his first home race. And having said that,
[01:57.680 -> 02:04.800] like some interesting stats is Friday practice marked like 15 years to Vettel's debut.
[02:05.000 -> 02:11.400] Friday practice marked like 15 years to Vettel's debut. 15 years back, Hamilton won his first race ever here at Canada.
[02:11.400 -> 02:15.600] And that accident was because there's more Punjabis in Canada than...
[02:15.600 -> 02:18.200] In case you're wondering, anyways.
[02:18.200 -> 02:25.200] Some interesting commentary stuff that I heard during the last few laps is
[02:30.400 -> 02:31.300] we have seen some major upsets and some last minute last lap overtakes.
[02:35.600 -> 02:37.600] A few references to one back in 1991, another one in 2020, should be 2011 with Button.
[02:38.300 -> 02:41.900] There was one race where Nigel Mansell was waving to the audience
[02:41.900 -> 02:44.600] and was overtaken on the last straight.
[02:45.600 -> 02:50.200] And you know when they said that science was chewing down or trying to get on max,
[02:50.200 -> 02:52.600] and I was wondering maybe we would see something like that.
[02:52.900 -> 02:56.600] But some max positions gained plus 14 by Leclerc.
[02:56.800 -> 02:59.000] Brilliant drive from P19 to P5.
[02:59.400 -> 03:02.400] Max positions lost minus 12 by Kmag.
[03:02.900 -> 03:04.400] Ah, what was happening there?
[03:04.700 -> 03:09.800] Alonso eventually ended up getting his five-second penalty for weaving on the straight or dare
[03:09.800 -> 03:17.280] I say horizontally poor poising on that straight and dropped to P9.
[03:17.280 -> 03:25.720] And an interesting one is Red Bull Racing wins a sixth straight race since 2013.
[03:28.920 -> 03:28.960] Only second best after Vettel's nine race streak.
[03:32.520 -> 03:33.520] So that's something going on for Red Bull Racing. But Sarang,
[03:36.520 -> 03:36.640] on to your race thought.
[03:41.560 -> 03:42.400] I want you to sort of dive us into the whole RBR versus Ferrari
[03:43.600 -> 03:44.480] giant weekend.
[03:48.680 -> 03:54.440] Well, I think today it was entirely Red Bull's game. I feel like honestly, when I started watching the race, or even before the race, I was quite
[03:54.440 -> 03:59.840] confident that Max is going to win because I mean, his main competitors are not there,
[03:59.840 -> 04:01.200] Perez and Leclerc.
[04:01.200 -> 04:02.680] So there's nobody to stop him.
[04:02.680 -> 04:05.680] Sainz is of course a good driver, no slander against him.
[04:05.680 -> 04:13.200] But he hasn't performed as well as Leclerc, we can say, at least this season. So he was clearly not a threat.
[04:13.200 -> 04:17.840] Yeah, I mean, we did see some action towards the end, but that's also debatable because
[04:18.880 -> 04:25.040] you could also say that Max was probably just managing his tyres to make sure keep some life here towards the end.
[04:30.960 -> 04:31.520] So honestly speaking, I think it was pretty much a slam dunk by Red Bull this time.
[04:33.080 -> 04:33.360] And I think they are just killing it.
[04:39.640 -> 04:44.920] This season, it seemed at the very start that, you know, they are probably like too overconfident. And they probably were at the start, but they have pretty easily caught up with Ferrari by now.
[04:45.440 -> 04:46.440] Probably were at the start, but they have pretty easily caught up with Ferrari by now. True.
[04:46.440 -> 04:50.960] We did see Max, I think, dominating three practice one and maybe even two.
[04:50.960 -> 04:55.480] I can't remember if we do results, but we had like Max on the top.
[04:55.480 -> 05:00.600] Even the commentators said with the way Ferrari's been doing, who is there right now to sort
[05:00.600 -> 05:09.320] of stop RBR domination. Maybe a Mercedes, or sorry, a Hamilton media interview coming statement
[05:09.840 -> 05:12.640] that so much winning from Max is going to bore the audience.
[05:15.320 -> 05:16.800] That might come up soon, I guess.
[05:19.720 -> 05:25.960] But I don't know why RBR sort of is, again, like it's just all toss up in the air.
[05:26.320 -> 05:29.800] But Perez losing his car, potential gearbox issue,
[05:29.800 -> 05:32.880] which he did sort of confirm during the post race interview.
[05:33.880 -> 05:37.720] But I don't, I haven't checked like the details, details of it. I don't know.
[05:37.720 -> 05:42.600] Is RBI sort of putting all efforts into Max's car at this point and just
[05:43.480 -> 05:49.800] on purpose sabotaging Perez so there is no driver contention at the top.
[05:49.800 -> 05:56.600] Yeah, right. I mean, considering Christian Horner, considering Helmut Marko, considering RBR,
[05:56.600 -> 06:00.560] it's, you know, this is within the realms of possibilities, very honestly.
[06:00.560 -> 06:01.920] Yeah, right.
[06:01.920 -> 06:06.720] Who knows, man. Like, okay, So honestly, let me put it out there.
[06:06.720 -> 06:10.920] I am totally team Perez this championship. Let me make it very clear.
[06:15.440 -> 06:19.920] Yeah. I mean, Perez is doing great, man. I love seeing him these days.
[06:20.960 -> 06:24.480] Always till now, he seemed like a very boring uncle on the track,
[06:24.720 -> 06:25.720] but suddenly he's like a very boring uncle on the track, but suddenly
[06:25.720 -> 06:32.040] he's like turning into a Chad like it's awesome how his confidence has grown with the car,
[06:32.040 -> 06:33.720] how comfortable he has gotten.
[06:33.720 -> 06:36.740] Of course, like today was not his day.
[06:36.740 -> 06:40.600] And yesterday he did mess up in the wets by kind of hitting the walls.
[06:40.600 -> 06:44.160] But at the same time, they also were like splitting their strategies yesterday because
[06:44.160 -> 06:48.360] they put him on inters while Max was still on wets. So, you know, who knows? That
[06:48.360 -> 06:54.460] was also probably something nefarious going on there. But yeah, man, sad for Perez. I'm
[06:54.460 -> 06:59.940] more sad that like Max is taking it away with the championship. Like the lead has increased
[06:59.940 -> 07:06.200] even more now. And I'm sure since this lead is there between Perez and Max, we'll see
[07:06.200 -> 07:08.960] more team orders as the season goes ahead.
[07:08.960 -> 07:11.080] Yeah, possibly, possibly.
[07:11.080 -> 07:16.680] And you know, I think I've said this, I think it was Monaco, where it feels like there is
[07:16.680 -> 07:19.920] definitely an RVR camp forming within the camp.
[07:19.920 -> 07:26.000] Because even with the post celebrations and stuff, right, like it's a huddle of Marco, Christian Honor,
[07:26.720 -> 07:33.600] Christian Honor's wife and Max's girlfriend, like all sort of like come together and it's like a good happy family.
[07:33.600 -> 07:37.040] And I'm like, I just don't see anyone from Perez camp here.
[07:38.000 -> 07:44.560] So, obviously nothing's going on. It's just a very informally, very formal campus feeling that I get.
[07:44.640 -> 07:44.800] going on. It's just a very informally, very formal campus feeling that I get.
[07:46.080 -> 07:46.120] Yeah, man. Yeah.
[07:51.240 -> 07:51.640] But as I think he's in a good mind space and a good form at this point
[07:52.760 -> 07:52.800] to bring the fight on.
[07:57.120 -> 07:57.160] The way sort of science was putting that fight on during those last
[07:59.640 -> 08:00.040] laps, he had new tires.
[08:04.880 -> 08:05.680] He had DRS every single lap of those last 10 laps.
[08:08.520 -> 08:08.840] But man... Which was utterly useless by the way.
[08:10.920 -> 08:11.000] Exactly. Exactly.
[08:15.040 -> 08:15.720] Cause the RBR was like faster on those straights.
[08:20.600 -> 08:23.280] And kudos to also Max for sort of like using some brilliant battery management and, you know,
[08:23.280 -> 08:25.040] fighting through that to just
[08:25.040 -> 08:30.560] keep science at bay. Yeah man I don't know what it's very weird like Ferrari
[08:30.560 -> 08:34.960] it didn't seem like they had the engine advantage at all today maybe it was the
[08:34.960 -> 08:39.920] setup maybe it was possibly they sacrificed some you know straight-line
[08:39.920 -> 08:48.920] speed in favor of some you at corners. But clearly, Science was not at all even,
[08:48.920 -> 08:52.920] he was not even troubling Max very honestly with his DRS.
[08:52.920 -> 08:56.080] He was quite comfortable, Max was pretty comfortable.
[08:56.080 -> 08:59.360] It always seemed like he's right there if Max fucked up.
[08:59.360 -> 09:01.360] But yeah, that clearly didn't happen.
[09:01.360 -> 09:03.360] Sad day for Science.
[09:03.360 -> 09:07.560] Honestly, okay, so one of the commentators mentioned this and that's when I realized that
[09:07.720 -> 09:09.640] science is actually not one race till now.
[09:11.800 -> 09:15.840] He's stuck at P2 forever. He is.
[09:16.400 -> 09:19.240] Yep. Yep. Yep. I think it is.
[09:20.800 -> 09:23.960] Let's see. How many, how many P2s has he gotten?
[09:24.360 -> 09:26.100] I saw somewhere that...
[09:26.100 -> 09:30.980] Yeah, this should be his fourth or fifth, I guess.
[09:30.980 -> 09:34.180] Yeah, I guess so as well. Yeah, probably fourth.
[09:34.180 -> 09:36.380] Yeah, man. Let's see.
[09:36.380 -> 09:40.420] I mean, someday, he might just win it.
[09:40.420 -> 09:44.460] And even if he wins it, it will definitely be with a penalty or something like that.
[09:44.460 -> 09:46.720] So, nobody will know that he won.
[09:46.720 -> 09:50.760] His first win has to come that way.
[09:50.760 -> 09:52.360] Yeah, of course.
[09:52.360 -> 09:58.000] Lekhler, even with the engine penalty and everything, starting at P19, he did pretty
[09:58.000 -> 09:59.000] good.
[09:59.000 -> 10:01.440] Yeah, I guess like that's the new Ferrari plan.
[10:01.440 -> 10:09.080] Like obviously they can't keep the cars working when they are all the way up so it's like toss them all the way to the back they'll power
[10:09.080 -> 10:12.960] through the field and at least that will make the drivers happy that you know at
[10:12.960 -> 10:18.320] least we used the Ferrari in a good way rather than complaining that we weren't able to keep P1.
[10:18.320 -> 10:22.600] So at this point I think there's a new strategy forming at Ferrari Camp.
[10:22.600 -> 10:28.360] Right that makes sense you can not lose from P1 to P4 when you never had P1, right?
[10:29.160 -> 10:33.520] And this proves your Tifosi tears theory.
[10:33.520 -> 10:36.880] Because Leclerc was P19.
[10:36.920 -> 10:40.680] There were enough Tifosi tears to bringing up to P5.
[10:43.000 -> 10:47.000] And right when he reached right up till Ocon, they ran out of it.
[10:47.000 -> 10:53.900] And then he was just stuck there forever.
[10:53.900 -> 11:00.640] Fair enough. Dude, but you gotta give it to Charles, man.
[11:00.640 -> 11:08.520] At this point, I feel like Ferrari is completely to blame. Otherwise, he is, he has found his complete mojo.
[11:08.760 -> 11:10.760] He's extracting everything out of that car.
[11:10.760 -> 11:17.160] Even with like a debauched 5.3 second bad pit stop, he's sort of like, you know,
[11:17.160 -> 11:21.320] powering through the field up on to P5 at this point, which is just brilliant.
[11:21.880 -> 11:24.560] I mean, I don't know. Again, like, I want to open this up.
[11:24.560 -> 11:26.720] Like, I don't know if it's an attribute of the Canadia
[11:26.720 -> 11:30.680] Grand Prix, but like he struggled behind that car of Ocon.
[11:31.200 -> 11:32.800] Like he just wasn't able to overtake him.
[11:32.960 -> 11:37.040] It was very odd. I don't know, like clearly overtakes were happening.
[11:37.600 -> 11:41.800] And Charles was part of it, right? Like he was like doing many overtakes.
[11:42.440 -> 11:46.240] And I don't know why. I think it's mainly the Alpine
[11:46.240 -> 11:49.280] straight line speed a lot of people have been talking about this their straight
[11:49.280 -> 11:54.840] line speed is really good and that's why like Alonso I mean not this race but in
[11:54.840 -> 11:58.860] previous races like in Monaco and I think there was another race where people
[11:58.860 -> 12:02.500] were stuck behind him and that's basically main that's the main reason
[12:02.500 -> 12:07.000] why he is able to keep people behind them because Alpine has a very good straight line speed.
[12:07.000 -> 12:14.440] And I think that further exemplifies that Ferrari no more is the fastest engine out there on the track.
[12:14.440 -> 12:16.440] That's what it seems like.
[12:16.440 -> 12:25.240] Yeah, and speaking of Alpine, like the last race too, if you would observe, like Alonzo was in the
[12:25.400 -> 12:30.120] quote unquote limelight, because there were some sort of expectations coming out of
[12:30.120 -> 12:35.040] Alonzo to either be on the podium at Baku, but obviously the other cars outshone him.
[12:35.040 -> 12:39.800] So, he wasn't able to. But like at this race, both the drivers showed the true
[12:39.800 -> 12:44.760] potential of Alpine. And we got a new meme where
[12:50.000 -> 12:52.000] potential of Alpine and we got a new meme where Ferrari is the one to ruin race strategies, Alpine coming in with hold my beer.
[12:52.000 -> 12:59.360] Oh man, yes. Okay. Let's, let's talk about this. Alpine. Okay. First of all, Alonso P2
[12:59.360 -> 13:03.760] in qualification. That was insanely good. I think throughout the weekend, FP1, FP2,
[13:03.760 -> 13:05.520] FP3, they have been pretty fast.
[13:05.520 -> 13:10.000] It was pretty clear that they might be right up there in at least top five somewhere.
[13:10.000 -> 13:16.160] And of course, he delivered that P2, all his experience, since I don't even remember when he's
[13:16.160 -> 13:21.920] been driving, but all the experience that he's gathered. Yeah, like today I was talking to a
[13:21.920 -> 13:27.280] friend of mine, like who hasn't watched F1 in a while. And I was telling him that Alonso is P2.
[13:27.280 -> 13:29.280] And he was like, wait, what? Is he still racing?
[13:29.280 -> 13:31.280] Hasn't he retired?
[13:31.280 -> 13:33.280] No. No.
[13:33.280 -> 13:37.360] I think he is the new Kimi where he retires with Kimi's kids at this point.
[13:37.360 -> 13:40.080] Because the way he is going at like 40.
[13:40.080 -> 13:42.720] I think he is the oldest on the track.
[13:42.720 -> 13:46.240] The oldest person to ever race, sort of thing.
[13:46.240 -> 13:50.400] The number of years. And he delivers a P2.
[13:50.400 -> 13:59.760] Yeah, man. Brilliant. And even after that, even in the start of the race, he was able to keep his position for at least 4 laps, I think.
[13:59.760 -> 14:07.680] After which, signs overtook him. Of course, he was not at the right place. So, he was gonna be overtaken by somebody.
[14:07.680 -> 14:14.560] But still, I think regardless, he drew a pretty good race. But Alpine completely let him down.
[14:14.560 -> 14:27.360] Alonso vs Hamilton was happening up all the way on that front. And I was like, wow wow this feels like so much more 2007-8 situation
[14:27.360 -> 14:32.000] when you know these two are fighting each other and like it's just the back of that era.
[14:34.320 -> 14:42.480] But strategy wise man like we get the safety car so now that runs into the wall for I don't know
[14:42.480 -> 14:46.800] if he was on that what's that show where they tell you what to do on the radio
[14:46.800 -> 14:50.000] and then you have to just do it even how silly it is, right?
[14:50.000 -> 14:54.200] So I think like it was one of those moments where the guys on the radio just said like,
[14:54.200 -> 14:57.400] now floor it. And he did and he ran into the wall.
[14:57.400 -> 15:00.200] So anyways, the safety car was out.
[15:00.200 -> 15:05.000] They waited for like so long to get Alonzo in.
[15:06.880 -> 15:08.880] And when they decided to get him in,
[15:09.040 -> 15:12.840] it was already time for the safety car to go. So they had to stay out.
[15:13.560 -> 15:16.120] It was just a mess. It was just a mess.
[15:16.160 -> 15:18.480] No, it was a mess overall. I mean, yes,
[15:18.480 -> 15:22.680] that safety car definitely was one of them, but there were many opportunities,
[15:22.680 -> 15:29.040] like the first virtual safety car car that was what I think whereas then there was it was very weird
[15:29.040 -> 15:32.800] that they were just not pitting him like everybody else is pitting left and right
[15:32.800 -> 15:36.640] and I don't know they probably thought they'll just keep the position I don't
[15:36.640 -> 15:40.600] know what was going on did they think it was Monaco I mean I don't understand
[15:40.600 -> 15:46.400] yeah maybe they have too much faith in him creating a train and not letting anyone go ahead.
[15:46.400 -> 15:47.680] That's like doesn't matter.
[15:47.680 -> 15:50.160] Yeah, it made no sense.
[15:50.160 -> 15:52.240] The strategy was like outright stupid.
[15:52.240 -> 15:57.120] Man, it's sad to see him like drop through the ranks.
[15:57.120 -> 16:00.800] And then of course, he finished P6, but not really, right?
[16:00.800 -> 16:02.240] I think he got a penalty as well.
[16:02.240 -> 16:05.880] Yes, five seconds for that horizontal pour poising.
[16:05.880 -> 16:08.920] But they pitted him at lap 29.
[16:08.920 -> 16:14.680] And for a moment there, the thought was this is probably going to be a one-stopper.
[16:14.680 -> 16:18.600] Where they put on huds and then he goes all the way to the end.
[16:18.600 -> 16:22.680] So I'm just seeing the charts for Alonso.
[16:22.680 -> 16:26.560] Like they literally had the worst possible strategy they could decide.
[16:26.560 -> 16:35.680] So he was on 28 laps on mediums, like what anyways, then he was 21 laps on hards
[16:36.560 -> 16:41.840] and then 21 laps on mediums again. So basically they overdrove the mediums,
[16:41.840 -> 16:51.400] they didn't use the hards enough. And then at the last end, they got, you know, probably like just the right amount of laps on the mediums.
[16:51.400 -> 16:54.400] Two stopper with the minimum laps on hards. That's...
[16:54.400 -> 16:58.000] Yep, exactly. I've never seen a strategy like this.
[16:58.000 -> 17:07.200] That is me playing the F1 online game the first day of my... This tyre feels good.
[17:10.200 -> 17:10.800] Very weird.
[17:11.500 -> 17:16.100] It feels like Ferrari basically just passed the mantle to Alpine.
[17:16.100 -> 17:18.700] This is like, you know, carry the torch for us.
[17:19.500 -> 17:24.700] Yeah. And then at some point, Alonso wanted team orders.
[17:26.400 -> 17:29.320] Wasn't given, was asked to like just fight it out of Ocon.
[17:30.080 -> 17:33.440] They wanted to keep Charles behind them. Obviously, that didn't work.
[17:34.480 -> 17:40.520] There was some commentary about like Alonzo probably having an engine issue at that point.
[17:42.160 -> 17:45.480] It's like everything happening at one everything at like one
[17:45.480 -> 17:51.440] moment all together like just I don't know yeah we are strategy and we are
[17:51.440 -> 17:57.080] called as well yeah anyways Alpine has always been a mess it's I think we've
[17:57.080 -> 18:01.520] talked about this before as well and you know it's very weird considering that
[18:01.520 -> 18:05.440] Alpine is basically Renault and the amount of money they put in
[18:05.440 -> 18:10.480] into the development and everything. I think they spend, they're the third largest spenders
[18:10.480 -> 18:15.360] on the grid or something, after Ferrari and Red Bull, oh fourth, sorry, after Mercedes,
[18:15.360 -> 18:19.200] Ferrari and Red Bull. I think they need to now put some money into their strategists.
[18:21.120 -> 18:25.400] Yeah. But Ocon had a good weekend, right? Ocon at least was able to annoy Leclerc for a good weekend.
[18:25.400 -> 18:29.360] Ocon at least was able to annoy Leclerc for a few laps.
[18:29.360 -> 18:33.120] Was there something happening with Hamilton as well?
[18:33.120 -> 18:35.280] He tried.
[18:35.280 -> 18:43.480] I think when Alonso was basically in P2 or rather in P3, when science had already overtaken him.
[18:43.480 -> 18:46.720] He was talking on the radio asking his engineer
[18:46.720 -> 18:51.440] where is Zocon and he's like you know right ahead of Hamilton and he's like so you know what we need
[18:51.440 -> 19:06.840] to do. Basically alluding to the he's a lion like a lion. He's a lion. The lion was totally failed. Yeah, totally failed. Because Hamilton just went by.
[19:06.960 -> 19:10.720] Yeah, I don't think the radio message was delivered to Ocon.
[19:10.800 -> 19:12.280] Yeah, if only.
[19:13.240 -> 19:16.760] Ah, on to some serious topic, on to some serious topic.
[19:17.320 -> 19:19.960] Yeah, let's share the presentation that you've got.
[19:20.200 -> 19:23.360] Sure. Yeah, let me bring up my PowerPoint presentation.
[19:23.360 -> 19:26.960] Let's deepen the tone at this point.
[19:26.960 -> 19:29.960] It's serious business at this point.
[19:29.960 -> 19:34.360] Let's go to the first one.
[19:34.360 -> 19:39.360] And it's basically a four panel one.
[19:39.360 -> 19:42.860] With two and a half. Oh, by the way, anybody who's on audio,
[19:42.860 -> 19:50.400] we have links to these memes in the show notes. So check it out there. This is, this is one of those, I think like
[19:50.400 -> 19:55.840] the Ghazalie slash Ocon moment where like they had to pit him at the end. Remember,
[19:55.840 -> 20:00.800] I forget like what race it was earlier this year. They had to pit him because of the FIA regulations
[20:00.800 -> 20:08.120] that yeah, you have to pit sort of thing. It clearly seemed that way. So like KMAG,
[20:08.120 -> 20:15.080] okay so just so that people know basically it's 4 panel image from two and a half men where you
[20:15.080 -> 20:20.160] know Haas is saying you know I think I forgot something and then it's like if you forgot then
[20:20.160 -> 20:25.520] it wasn't important and then Haas is like yeah you're right and then it's basically
[20:25.520 -> 20:32.960] K-Mag you know standing in the rain waiting for 50 lap old hard tires.
[20:32.960 -> 20:36.880] Man it was yeah they messed up their race right.
[20:36.880 -> 20:41.920] Haas completely they had such a good result in qualification and then just went all downhill
[20:41.920 -> 20:42.920] from there.
[20:42.920 -> 20:43.920] True.
[20:43.920 -> 20:47.600] Anyways let's go to the next one
[20:47.600 -> 20:57.600] It's a GIF of a truck almost hitting the polar but not really and the caption signs trying to overtake Max
[20:57.600 -> 21:12.280] That's exactly how it seemed like. Infinity loop never happening thingy yeah. It's a very famous Indian disappointed fan meme.
[21:12.280 -> 21:20.040] Hamilton in 2021 when he gets P3 with the disappointed fan meme and then the next one
[21:20.040 -> 21:24.740] is Hamilton in 2022 when he gets a P3 and that's basically that meme where that guy
[21:24.740 -> 21:25.520] goes crazy celebrating a P3 and that's basically that meme where that guy goes crazy
[21:25.520 -> 21:34.480] celebrating in P3. Yeah it is that. Even his post-trace commentary interview sort of thing was
[21:34.480 -> 21:39.040] oh it was a brilliant weekend we got P3 we're back on podium happy to be here.
[21:40.320 -> 21:44.560] This is exactly what it feels. All right uh the last one is
[21:42.000 -> 21:44.000] This is exactly what it feels. Alright. The last one is...
[21:44.000 -> 21:46.000] Pit stops today.
[21:46.000 -> 21:48.000] An otter trying to...
[21:48.000 -> 21:50.000] No, this is not an otter.
[21:50.000 -> 21:52.000] A sloth trying to...
[21:52.000 -> 21:54.000] Slowly stamping the paper.
[21:54.000 -> 21:56.000] Man, all of the pit stops
[21:56.000 -> 21:58.000] were so slow and terrible.
[21:58.000 -> 22:00.000] I think McLaren had a terrible pit stop.
[22:00.000 -> 22:02.000] They were trying to do a double stack and completely
[22:02.000 -> 22:04.000] failed. Who else?
[22:04.000 -> 22:05.440] Alonso had a shitty pit stop.
[22:05.440 -> 22:10.560] Ricardo, they botched Ricardo's pit stop. Leclerc's pit stop was botched. Yeah.
[22:10.560 -> 22:14.800] And I think there was one more. Somebody's tire they forgot to bring out. I think it was
[22:14.800 -> 22:22.960] some Haas. Haas, right? I forget who it was. Yeah, it was all. Yeah, I don't know why we have been
[22:22.960 -> 22:25.720] seeing this theme recurring again and again.
[22:25.720 -> 22:30.120] Oh, by the way, we are at the end of the meme so we don't have anything else.
[22:30.120 -> 22:33.240] But yeah, continuing on to the topic of pitch tops.
[22:33.240 -> 22:34.680] It's weird.
[22:34.680 -> 22:39.240] This season I'm seeing overall, there are a lot of botched pitch tops or a lot of slow
[22:39.240 -> 22:40.240] pitch tops.
[22:40.240 -> 22:47.760] I don't even recall seeing, you know, like a sub second pitch stop this season at all. Forget sub 2 second,
[22:47.760 -> 22:54.160] I haven't even seen a sub 2.5 second pitch stop and it's not at a common anymore. Clearly the
[22:54.160 -> 22:58.880] tires, the larger tires are probably playing into it and also some of the regulations that
[22:58.880 -> 23:06.560] FI had gotten last season, if you recall, to kind of nerf Red Bull's pitch tops. So, that I think is probably
[23:06.560 -> 23:12.880] playing into the picture. And yeah, it's kind of weird that suddenly pitch tops have become like a
[23:12.880 -> 23:18.160] weakness for most teams now, all of a sudden. But I'm fine with it as long as it's a consistency
[23:18.160 -> 23:25.520] across the board. I think there was a 2.3 or a 2.8, something like that yesterday with maybe Max.
[23:26.240 -> 23:29.400] But again, like I think it was still a 2.8.
[23:29.480 -> 23:32.200] But as long as it's across the board, no advantages.
[23:32.360 -> 23:35.400] But it's slower than everything that we've seen before.
[23:35.920 -> 23:39.840] We spoke about sort of like the Alpine Red Bull Ferrari.
[23:39.840 -> 23:44.080] But you know what? I mean, overall, to be honest, it was a dry of a race.
[23:44.080 -> 23:52.720] It wasn't like something that was extraordinary. Definitely not. Yeah, but there were these moments
[23:52.720 -> 23:59.080] where you know drivers outshone themselves and I was having fun watching
[23:59.080 -> 24:08.880] some of these drivers like I wanna let's start with the race start. So Perez, Ocon and Russell had a brilliant race start.
[24:09.240 -> 24:17.640] FIS or the Sky Sports have started showing this thing where like at the end of lap four or five, they sort of show maximum
[24:17.640 -> 24:24.320] positions gained by drivers like after the first few laps. And they show the first three drivers, like the top three drivers.
[24:24.160 -> 24:24.400] the first few laps and they show the first three drivers, like the top three drivers.
[24:25.440 -> 24:26.440] And these three were there.
[24:30.760 -> 24:30.880] And you saw like plus two, plus two, plus three sort of thing, which is brilliant.
[24:37.120 -> 24:37.520] And especially like having named like an Ocon where, sure the car's getting better,
[24:41.600 -> 24:41.680] but you're not used to seeing this name there. Right. So it's brilliant.
[24:45.000 -> 24:49.000] Xiao. Oh man, Xiao for me yesterday was... Oh yeah, I've frankly become a fan of his.
[24:49.000 -> 24:53.000] He's been doing so good, especially in his rookie year.
[24:53.000 -> 24:56.000] He out qualified botas, second time I think right?
[24:56.000 -> 24:59.000] As well as last race as well.
[24:59.000 -> 25:05.000] And of course last few races he's been having terrible luck with DNFs and engine failures and all that.
[25:05.000 -> 25:09.000] But finally, finally he finished the race.
[25:09.000 -> 25:15.000] You know, as we have I think even talked about this a bit. I don't remember when, but sometime.
[25:15.000 -> 25:26.760] Even though he is a paid driver, not really because it's not like his dad is funding his career, you know, like he has big sponsors, sponsors. Then, you know, that's, that's the case with a lot other drivers too.
[25:26.760 -> 25:30.240] Like for example, Paris has a very big backing of Carlos Slim,
[25:30.600 -> 25:32.440] who's basically like the richest guy in Mexico.
[25:32.440 -> 25:34.240] And even Telsal is because of him, I guess.
[25:34.560 -> 25:36.120] Yeah, exactly. So, you know,
[25:36.360 -> 25:41.560] I wouldn't exactly call Ja as a paid driver because it's not like he
[25:42.280 -> 25:44.480] is there only because of his daddy's money.
[25:44.560 -> 25:47.160] Yeah. And, uh And yeah, sure.
[25:47.160 -> 25:52.840] Like, it makes sense if the only countryman from your country is reaching that level,
[25:52.840 -> 25:56.120] you know, companies are going to sponsor you to try and get you that seat.
[25:56.120 -> 25:58.760] So I think that's fair. And it's not like...
[25:59.800 -> 26:08.460] I don't go the extra mile by saying that if he was to get into Max's RBR or like Hamilton's Mercedes from last year,
[26:09.320 -> 26:12.320] he will show like a podium finishing result too.
[26:12.320 -> 26:16.480] Because I saw this one overtake that he did on Vettel.
[26:17.420 -> 26:20.520] And you know, he was so brilliant to watch.
[26:20.520 -> 26:30.720] Because I think like somewhere around lap 57-ish or whatever, he completely told himself behind Vettel, launched himself from Vettel's DRS and then sort of
[26:30.720 -> 26:35.200] like late break to the way you see Daniel late break at his career point
[26:35.200 -> 26:39.240] and then overtaking Vettel. And I was like, dude, this guy is in his rookie season
[26:39.240 -> 26:46.520] overtaking a four-time world champion and it is brilliant to watch.
[26:52.880 -> 26:53.400] Though, while we are praising him so much, there was this one really funny moment during the race.
[26:57.520 -> 26:58.120] On the radio, I think he was a bit frustrated by the lack of power.
[27:03.000 -> 27:03.200] So he comes on to the radio and it sounded a lot like they raced me too hard.
[27:06.600 -> 27:10.520] He was like, there's no power to overtake. It seemed like a kid complaining to his mom, like, you know,
[27:12.240 -> 27:13.200] candy or something.
[27:16.040 -> 27:19.560] At least I'm happy that he got his car to the finish line,
[27:19.600 -> 27:22.480] crossed that and was able to show his talent,
[27:22.480 -> 27:24.400] because brilliant right from him.
[27:24.720 -> 27:27.920] The other one that I want to bring up is Stroll.
[27:28.480 -> 27:34.400] He was the Canadian Ministry of Defense yesterday. Your thoughts on Stroll yesterday?
[27:34.400 -> 27:40.960] He did so good, man. I was pleasantly surprised. Like till now, at least this season, okay. I mean,
[27:40.960 -> 27:48.000] we have kind of defended Stroll a lot in previous seasons, but this season, I think he has been pretty shit, very honestly.
[27:48.000 -> 27:56.000] I think today was finally the day where he kind of proved himself a bit. At least he got, I don't know, he probably got more comfortable.
[27:56.000 -> 28:05.400] More patriotic maybe. Yeah, exactly. Who knows. He drove a brilliant race, man. Like he was defending so well.
[28:06.280 -> 28:10.640] There was a train behind him, right? Like I think it was three cars behind him.
[28:10.800 -> 28:16.000] Yeah. It was Troll, Jao, Sonoda, Ricardo and Vettel, right? Yeah.
[28:16.880 -> 28:22.320] It was fun to watch. At least one Canadian proved, like made his country proud a bit.
[28:24.600 -> 28:28.000] Yeah. Cause the other one knew that the internet's trying to do that for him.
[28:28.000 -> 28:31.000] So, he didn't have to do anything on track.
[28:31.000 -> 28:39.000] But you know what, I want to bring this moment up where Ghazali almost sort of runs into stroll.
[28:39.000 -> 28:43.200] And then this happened like just before that pit entrance straight.
[28:43.200 -> 28:44.800] Oh, yeah.
[28:44.800 -> 28:45.580] Ghazali entered into the pits. Now, at that point, that confused me. And this happened just before that pit entrance straight. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
[28:45.580 -> 28:49.420] And Gasly entered into the pits. Now at that point, that confused me.
[28:49.420 -> 28:56.140] Was Gasly always meaning to go into the pits? And if he was, why was he fighting Stroll?
[28:56.140 -> 28:57.980] That was very weird.
[28:57.980 -> 29:05.360] Or at that point, was it like, oh, I'm so late on breaking that I'm already in the pits.
[29:05.680 -> 29:09.440] Might as well like, let's just, you know, go into the pits.
[29:09.720 -> 29:13.720] Yeah. It was very weird. First of all, I was super confused.
[29:13.720 -> 29:15.240] So when they showed the replay,
[29:15.360 -> 29:18.800] it seemed like he was just going to crash into a stool straight up, you know,
[29:18.840 -> 29:23.800] and then suddenly he just goes straight into the pits. So it was so bizarre.
[29:23.800 -> 29:25.360] It almost seemed like, you know,
[29:25.360 -> 29:29.520] in a lot of games, like when you reach a certain, you cross a certain exact
[29:29.760 -> 29:34.800] location, the game takes over and you know, the animation starts, like the cut scene
[29:34.800 -> 29:36.960] starts. It's exactly how it looked to me.
[29:39.600 -> 29:41.280] That is so true. That is so true.
[29:42.560 -> 29:46.960] Like he just crossed that line and then he just had to go through it because the cut
[29:46.960 -> 29:47.800] scene started.
[29:49.160 -> 29:51.640] Yes. On point there.
[29:51.960 -> 29:56.040] But the other good thing coming out of Stroll was he finished in points. P10,
[29:57.600 -> 30:02.160] 64 or lap 65 overtaking Daniel to
[30:02.520 -> 30:05.200] launch himself into that one point position.
[30:06.080 -> 30:10.920] A good weekend from him. Speaking of Daniel, forgetting whatever's happened so far,
[30:11.560 -> 30:14.320] I personally feel he had a good weekend.
[30:14.520 -> 30:19.360] I think Ricardo suddenly, it seems like he's starting to, you know,
[30:19.360 -> 30:22.720] kind of get comfortable with that car because Ajay Bhaizan, he was doing good.
[30:23.040 -> 30:26.720] Same thing we saw today as well.
[30:33.920 -> 30:41.760] That's great. I mean, I'm happy, honestly, because it's almost cringe watching Daniel at this point. Like every time I see him like way behind P15P section, my body goes into like this
[30:42.800 -> 30:46.400] cringe reaction and just ignore. And I think that he's not there on
[30:46.400 -> 30:53.040] the track because I can't see him there. It's so sad to see him there, man. But yeah, overall,
[30:53.040 -> 30:58.400] I think today he had a pretty decent race. Of course, like his race messed up at the end, but
[30:59.120 -> 31:02.720] at least he tried from his side. So yeah, that's it.
[31:01.680 -> 31:02.000] right from his side. So, yeah. Yeah.
[31:04.720 -> 31:10.400] I think like even during a race start, he was all the way up to P5 or maybe P6 if I'm being too...
[31:10.400 -> 31:10.960] Oh, really?
[31:10.960 -> 31:11.360] Yeah.
[31:11.360 -> 31:12.880] I didn't know that. Interesting.
[31:13.600 -> 31:20.160] He was there. He was there. And he was... I think yesterday he was completely outshining Norris.
[31:21.280 -> 31:28.000] Yeah. Yeah, totally. Of course. I think Norris was way behind. He was, I think at one point he was the dead last or second last, I guess.
[31:28.000 -> 31:32.000] Did he even get some penalty even after like...
[31:32.000 -> 31:40.000] Oh yeah, he also got a penalty. I think he got a five second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. I don't know when. I didn't exactly catch that, but...
[31:40.000 -> 31:49.160] Maybe he was missing the party. The double stacking that they were just relaxing on Daniel's tyres.
[31:49.160 -> 31:53.520] Yeah, man. It's great though.
[31:53.520 -> 31:57.800] I am happy for Daniel. I hope he continues this form for the rest of the season
[31:57.800 -> 31:59.560] and gets better.
[31:59.560 -> 32:01.760] Good, good, Daniel.
[32:01.760 -> 32:06.880] With a thick Australian throat.
[32:06.880 -> 32:07.380] Yeah.
[32:10.480 -> 32:16.560] While we're talking about drivers that outshone themselves, let's also talk about Vettel a bit.
[32:17.680 -> 32:18.480] Go for it.
[32:18.480 -> 32:19.280] Clearly did it.
[32:20.880 -> 32:26.120] But I think there was some blame to be placed on Aston Martin, I guess this time.
[32:26.120 -> 32:27.120] Why?
[32:27.120 -> 32:28.120] It was very weird.
[32:28.120 -> 32:30.780] First of all, for the qualification.
[32:30.780 -> 32:36.520] So apparently, I don't know if you heard the radio right after Q1 when they told him that
[32:36.520 -> 32:38.260] you know, you're out.
[32:38.260 -> 32:40.080] He was super frustrated saying that.
[32:40.080 -> 32:45.680] Basically, I think they changed the tire pressures than what they had set earlier in FP3,
[32:46.120 -> 32:48.240] which makes no sense. Why would you do that?
[32:48.280 -> 32:53.440] And I guess Vettel didn't know because he was actually confused and he was like asking them,
[32:53.440 -> 32:55.720] like, you know, did we change it and why did we change it?
[32:57.120 -> 32:59.600] So first of all, his qualification got messed up.
[32:59.600 -> 33:02.400] And I think even the strategy that he was on was pretty bizarre.
[33:02.520 -> 33:08.600] He also was like following this very weird strategy similar to this guy Alonso.
[33:08.600 -> 33:10.600] Let me take a look.
[33:10.600 -> 33:18.600] He was also like 51 laps on that hards at the end, which makes no sense.
[33:18.600 -> 33:22.800] He was 6 laps on the medium and then he had a super heavy pit stop.
[33:22.800 -> 33:24.800] I don't know exactly why.
[33:24.800 -> 33:25.360] Then they put him on to hards where he was again just 14 laps on the medium and then he had a super early pitch stop. I don't know exactly why. Then they put him
[33:25.360 -> 33:31.680] on to hards where he was again just 14 laps on the hards and then 51 laps on hards again.
[33:35.120 -> 33:41.680] I don't know what that strategy was at all. Sure. I'm not surprised because again a conspiracy
[33:41.680 -> 33:46.600] theory coming out here. Papa Strolls paid money for patriotism to win.
[33:46.600 -> 33:49.600] That's somewhat possible.
[33:49.600 -> 33:55.800] Very honestly, with the P6 that he got last race and the kind of overtakes that he did last race,
[33:55.800 -> 33:57.800] I am pretty sure that they were...
[33:57.800 -> 34:01.400] And Canada again being like his, you know, comfortable spot.
[34:01.400 -> 34:02.600] Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
[34:02.600 -> 34:04.600] Maybe, maybe.
[34:04.600 -> 34:08.720] They probably just nerfed him. I just want to keep creating these conspiracy theories.
[34:08.720 -> 34:20.920] Why not? Well I want to see how the news sort of starts bubbling up now with
[34:20.920 -> 34:31.000] whatever we saw coming after Baku on Mercedes trying to change the regulations into their favor.
[34:31.000 -> 34:35.000] No back pain this race?
[34:35.000 -> 34:37.000] Yeah, exactly right.
[34:37.000 -> 34:47.120] You know what, I'm kind of glad that FIA brought in that regulation, I mean the new directive for setting like the
[34:47.120 -> 34:48.760] maximum power poise.
[34:48.760 -> 34:53.320] I don't I don't exactly know what exactly it is, but basically the gist of it is that
[34:53.320 -> 34:58.800] they are now basically measuring some some metric which measures the horizontal power
[34:58.800 -> 35:01.200] poising that these drivers are facing.
[35:01.200 -> 35:02.200] Yeah, the vertical sorry.
[35:02.200 -> 35:10.560] See, dude, you confused me with the whole topic of Purple Icing. Thanks, yeah. Vertical Purple Icing.
[35:13.520 -> 35:20.080] And I think they've basically set a limit on that so that teams have to like, sacrifice the
[35:20.080 -> 35:27.120] performance to reduce Purple Icing. And that's a good good thing definitely. I'm glad that if I didn't
[35:27.120 -> 35:35.600] fall for the Mercedes's tricks to try and nerf the other teams and you know whatever. But I think
[35:35.600 -> 35:42.320] like yeah you're right like where's the back pain now? No one's talking about it. All of a sudden
[35:42.320 -> 35:45.320] it's gone.
[35:48.720 -> 35:50.720] P3, P4. Yeah. It all, again, it goes back to our point, what we had discussed last time, right? Like I give,
[35:50.760 -> 35:54.920] I want to give them the benefit of doubt that, yeah, I'm sure they were in pain.
[35:54.920 -> 35:59.360] It's not all fake, but there was definitely some, some, you know,
[36:00.160 -> 36:02.800] acting going on or at least some, you know,
[36:03.240 -> 36:08.000] over-exaggeration going on probably to prove their point, to hammer their point
[36:08.000 -> 36:16.000] to show that, you know, nerve feather team so that, you know, for the health and safety of the travel blah blah blah.
[36:16.000 -> 36:29.000] There's this other meme floating around post Baku where, you know, it's like, Oh, we have issue X. Once we resolve that,
[36:29.320 -> 36:33.400] we're going to be fighting competition and it builds up and it builds up.
[36:33.760 -> 36:36.560] And then there is like Bahrain, they spoke this,
[36:36.600 -> 36:41.000] then Baku they spoke this and it builds up. And then Abu Dhabi, they say,
[36:41.760 -> 36:47.400] the gravitational forces put on by the sun and the moon are affecting the car in so and so way.
[36:47.760 -> 36:51.200] Once we eliminate the sun and the moon, we'll be fighting for the title.
[36:55.440 -> 36:58.440] But anyways, I think they did pretty well today.
[36:58.440 -> 37:02.480] I think this was the best Mercedes's result till date, like in the season.
[37:02.720 -> 37:05.480] P... what was it? P3, P4, right?
[37:05.480 -> 37:06.280] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[37:06.280 -> 37:08.080] Hamilton back on podium.
[37:08.080 -> 37:10.080] I think like his second podium for the season.
[37:10.080 -> 37:12.280] He sounded super happy.
[37:12.280 -> 37:15.080] He was finally addressing the fans.
[37:15.080 -> 37:22.080] I think like 183 or 180x podium for Hamilton in his career.
[37:22.080 -> 37:23.600] Maybe I've lost count at this point.
[37:23.600 -> 37:26.000] Exactly. Exactly. So, at this point. Exactly.
[37:26.000 -> 37:28.000] So, brilliant man.
[37:28.000 -> 37:30.000] You know, what was...
[37:30.000 -> 37:32.000] Let's put it this way. Let me ask you this.
[37:32.000 -> 37:34.000] What was your
[37:34.000 -> 37:36.000] Mercedes, if not Hamilton,
[37:36.000 -> 37:38.000] Mercedes highlight
[37:38.000 -> 37:40.000] from the race week?
[37:40.000 -> 37:42.000] From the race week. I think, for me,
[37:42.000 -> 37:44.000] it has to be the...
[37:44.000 -> 37:47.440] when Max was rejoining right after the pit stop.
[37:49.280 -> 37:52.280] Suddenly I felt like it was transported into last year.
[37:54.400 -> 37:56.680] I was having this PTSD of, you know,
[37:56.680 -> 38:00.000] them patching. I thought this is going to be Silverstone part two.
[38:00.800 -> 38:03.640] And I don't know if Hamilton did it on purpose or not,
[38:03.680 -> 38:09.680] but like you could see him sort of coming in a bit more on the curb as Max was coming out.
[38:09.680 -> 38:12.440] Oh man. Oh man.
[38:12.440 -> 38:13.680] Oh, it was fun.
[38:13.680 -> 38:16.800] But you know what I saw? I saw an image on Dank.
[38:16.800 -> 38:21.000] I don't know if it's true, but like Dank has this one image where
[38:21.000 -> 38:27.200] post that, that, that curve straight that goes into like a chicane and then sort of bounces out
[38:27.200 -> 38:31.080] back onto an outward C before the U-turn.
[38:31.720 -> 38:35.520] There's a Marshall waving blue flags to Hamilton.
[38:36.000 -> 38:41.000] Oh wow.
[38:42.400 -> 38:46.400] Oh wow. Oh wow. Harsh.
[38:47.440 -> 38:48.160] Oh man. That's gonna hurt.
[38:52.160 -> 38:55.440] I just want to imagine what would happen if they crashed today. What would like, I'm pretty sure Twitter would just blow up first of all.
[38:56.960 -> 38:58.800] Giga, Chad, I'm fan.
[39:00.000 -> 39:01.760] Hang on, you know what, let's point this out.
[39:01.760 -> 39:04.480] Because I think like at least for the F1 party,
[39:04.480 -> 39:07.120] you are way more active on Twitter than I am for us.
[39:07.600 -> 39:14.560] And these fans, man, have gone mental to the point where some of it is just pure toxicity.
[39:14.560 -> 39:18.080] For sure, man. I mean, I've noticed this a lot.
[39:18.080 -> 39:20.960] That like on Twitter, especially Hamilton fans.
[39:20.960 -> 39:26.160] I mean, I don't want to single anybody out, but that's the trend that I've seen in general.
[39:26.160 -> 39:34.640] And thus I'm pointing it out that it's been months since Abu Dhabi, like everybody's, you know,
[39:34.640 -> 39:41.280] past it. Okay. Shit happened. Everybody agrees. Whatever went bad, went bad. Like Michael Massey
[39:41.280 -> 39:45.440] fucked up. Yeah, sure. But it's not exactly Worst Happens' fault at it.
[39:45.440 -> 39:49.520] Like he didn't tell Massey to do it, you know, people are still doubting about it.
[39:49.520 -> 39:52.080] I don't get it, man. Just move on. It's done.
[39:56.800 -> 39:58.360] Yeah, man. It's very weird.
[39:58.360 -> 40:03.480] Like a lot of times it feels to me that like a lot of Hamilton supporters are just,
[40:03.480 -> 40:06.080] you know, there because of the cult of personality and
[40:06.080 -> 40:13.200] not because they're actually interested in the sport. And they just keep drumming their own beat
[40:13.200 -> 40:21.120] regardless of what is happening. And it's very odd. I don't know. I don't enjoy going
[40:21.120 -> 40:26.000] on to Twitter, very honestly, for F, because it feels like such a toxic place.
[40:26.000 -> 40:28.960] Like everybody's just, you know, slandering each other,
[40:28.960 -> 40:32.560] just throwing slinging shit at each other pretty much.
[40:33.000 -> 40:36.240] And, uh, of course,
[40:36.360 -> 40:40.480] we're probably going to get a new owner who supports all of that. So yes,
[40:41.120 -> 40:41.960] of course,
[40:43.760 -> 40:47.720] anyways, man, as much as annoying it was for the past few years,
[40:48.240 -> 40:52.280] post safety car, Hamilton was concerned about his tires
[40:52.600 -> 40:57.920] and the battle that he might face going into the end of the race.
[40:58.480 -> 41:02.480] It was good to watch. It was nostalgia in some way, but it was, yeah.
[41:02.920 -> 41:07.320] I was rooting for Hamilton yesterday for some reason. Yeah, it was fun. It was routine for Hamilton yesterday for some reason. It was fun.
[41:07.360 -> 41:11.480] No, no, no. It was fun. It was, he was driving brilliantly. And, uh, you know,
[41:11.480 -> 41:16.520] one, one awesome thing that happened, which I love that happened is Hamilton is
[41:16.520 -> 41:21.240] now seven on 77 points and Botas is on 44 points.
[41:21.240 -> 41:23.000] So they are like basically trading their, uh,
[41:27.400 -> 41:28.400] the love for each other continues. Exactly.
[41:28.400 -> 41:29.400] Nice.
[41:29.400 -> 41:31.400] The brotherhood is strong.
[41:31.400 -> 41:34.000] This is good. This is good.
[41:34.000 -> 41:37.400] At some point, Russell was ahead of Lewis.
[41:37.400 -> 41:41.000] And I probably thought there's going to be team orders coming in.
[41:41.000 -> 41:44.400] But I think it was just like a pit stop not done sort of situation.
[41:44.400 -> 41:45.760] So that never happened. But Russell too yesterday, man. I don it was just like a pit stop not done sort of situation. So that never
[41:45.760 -> 41:50.400] happened. But Russell too yesterday, man, I don't think he put a foot wrong. Yeah, man. And he,
[41:50.400 -> 41:56.880] of course, you know, like he is now named as Mr. Consistency because he clearly is being in top
[41:56.880 -> 42:04.080] five almost every race. I think, I think this is one. Yeah, right. All races. Yeah, exactly. So
[42:03.840 -> 42:03.880] I think this is one. Yeah. All races. Yeah, exactly.
[42:06.560 -> 42:10.080] So he's been doing so good. Like I think he has completely proven that he deserves that position.
[42:10.120 -> 42:13.600] I think Mercedes, you know, struck gold, honestly,
[42:13.680 -> 42:17.920] like a lot of people had questions about why are they letting Bottas go?
[42:17.920 -> 42:20.240] Like why break a winning formula and everything,
[42:20.560 -> 42:22.520] but sometimes it makes sense.
[42:22.520 -> 42:27.000] And I think it completely makes sense from Mercedes's point of view with Hamilton.
[42:27.000 -> 42:34.000] Of course, he is great, but he is towards the end of his career. So, they need to invest in the new talent.
[42:34.000 -> 42:50.000] They need to find the new Hamilton per se for their team. And I think they have struck gold with Russell here. Yeah, agree. With the new regulations, just one topic that I also want to bring up is like, just some
[42:50.000 -> 42:52.800] amazing trains that were formed yesterday.
[42:52.800 -> 42:59.520] I think the first one was Albon, Botas, Leclerc, Norris and Stroll.
[42:59.520 -> 43:01.800] Albon leading the whole pack.
[43:01.800 -> 43:05.600] The funny part for me was they went into the pits also together.
[43:07.040 -> 43:10.400] All of them entering the pits together, all of them leaving the pits together.
[43:11.520 -> 43:16.320] Just like some bunch of like kindergartens holding hands and, you know, going down the track.
[43:17.200 -> 43:21.360] Another one that you've already mentioned, we've got like the defense ministry of Canada.
[43:23.360 -> 43:26.200] Stroll, Jow, Sinal, Rick and the Metal Train.
[43:26.960 -> 43:29.760] Starting with an Aston Martin, ending with an Aston Martin.
[43:30.120 -> 43:30.960] A good train there.
[43:31.960 -> 43:35.800] And the last one that I noticed was an Ocon train, Ocon, Alonzo,
[43:35.840 -> 43:39.000] Bortaz, Yao train in the last lap.
[43:39.000 -> 43:43.880] So overall, close racing, all within a second of each other.
[43:43.880 -> 43:51.640] So like just super close racing, super hard DRS sessions that all of them got for an overtaking opportunity.
[43:52.360 -> 44:01.200] I'm liking the new regulations as much as it's still forming these groups, but I like the way like some pack is able to keep close to each other.
[44:01.800 -> 44:06.000] Right. This is one thing that a lot of people have pointed out, and I do agree with it, is that it's great that now cars are at least able to follow each other. Right, this is one thing that a lot of people have pointed out and I do agree with it,
[44:06.000 -> 44:11.520] that it's great that now cars are at least able to follow each other, but there's still one major
[44:11.520 -> 44:16.800] thing that F1 needs to fix is the size of the cars. It's like that's one of the big issues
[44:16.800 -> 44:22.080] right now. So on most tracks, even if cars are able to follow each other like today, you know,
[44:22.080 -> 44:25.160] it was clear that cars can maintain that, you know,
[44:25.520 -> 44:29.640] within a second distance to the car ahead and comfortably, you know,
[44:29.640 -> 44:33.320] without damaging their tires, without over eating their car, but still,
[44:33.640 -> 44:37.720] it's still difficult to overtake a lot of times because the cars are so wide and
[44:37.720 -> 44:42.680] so long that still like wheel to wheel racing is
[44:42.680 -> 44:49.000] still somewhat difficult at this point. And that's something that needs to change.
[44:49.000 -> 44:59.000] I mean, I understand that with aerodynamics being the main factor these days, they require more surface area.
[44:59.000 -> 45:05.960] Thus, the cars are longer and wider, but I don't know some some area of improvement there I hope that if I like
[45:05.960 -> 45:11.460] continues with their you know attempt at making racing better and try to make
[45:11.460 -> 45:15.900] these cars a little smaller than what they are right now just so that we see
[45:15.900 -> 45:21.400] more wheel-to-wheel racing. That's a good point. Folks let us know your
[45:21.400 -> 45:27.260] thoughts on this parting comment and what should be done with the car.
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