Podcast: F1 Fanfiction
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The 2022 French GP was another great race at the Paul Ricard Circuit. Ferrari handed off the tradition of messing up to their drivers this race and Max is handed yet another victory. Mercedes got the best result so far with a 2-3!
Listen to the full episode to find out what happened to Sergio at VSC restart and why was Max so confident about everyone suffering from front left degradation.
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Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
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**Race Summary:**
* Ferrari's strategy woes continued as Charles Leclerc crashed due to a mistake, while Carlos Sainz Jr. received a penalty for an unsafe pit stop.
* Sergio Perez lost out on a podium finish due to a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) restart mix-up, allowing George Russell to take third place.
* Max Verstappen secured another dominant victory, with Mercedes achieving its best result of the season with a second and third-place finish.
**Key Points:**
* Ferrari's team strategy and driver errors have cost them valuable points, leading to frustration within the team.
* Leclerc's crash highlighted the pressure he faces to deliver results and his tendency to make mistakes under pressure.
* Sainz's penalty demonstrated the importance of following pit lane procedures and avoiding unsafe releases.
* Perez's VSC restart error exposed the need for improved communication and situational awareness during race restarts.
* Verstappen's victory showcased his dominance and Red Bull's strong form, extending his championship lead.
* Mercedes' improved performance, aided by the FlexiFloor rule changes, offers hope for a more competitive second half of the season.
**Curiosities and Insights:**
* Verstappen's radio message about front-left tire degradation was attributed to the high track temperatures, turn 10 and 11's high-speed corners, and the tungsten-asphalt runoff areas.
* The extension of the pit lane exit and the reduced speed limit may have influenced teams' strategies and contributed to tire degradation.
* Lewis Hamilton's 100% podium rate with his LGBT-themed helmet highlights the positive impact of his advocacy for diversity and inclusion.
* Fernando Alonso's record-breaking number of laps in F1 and Esteban Ocon's first home points finish were notable achievements.
* The lack of race wins for drivers after their 300th Grand Prix remains a statistical anomaly, with Hamilton aiming to break the curse.
**Controversies and Memorable Moments:**
* The finger-waving incident between Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda, and Vettel's face-palm reaction to Lance Stroll's last-lap error, highlighted the growing frustration among experienced drivers with younger teammates' mistakes.
* Valtteri Bottas's struggles continued, raising questions about his future in Formula One.
* Daniel Ricciardo's accurate prediction of the race outcome, made during a post-qualifying interview, showcased his insightful understanding of the sport.
* Fernando Alonso's strategic brilliance, including his four-dimensional chess moves, earned him praise and admiration from fans and pundits.
**Overall Message:**
The French Grand Prix provided another thrilling race with unexpected twists, strategic battles, and memorable moments. While Ferrari's struggles continued, Red Bull and Mercedes emerged as the frontrunners, setting the stage for an exciting second half of the season. The race also highlighted the importance of teamwork, communication, and situational awareness in Formula One, as well as the impact of driver experience and strategic decision-making on race outcomes. **2022 French Grand Prix Recap: Ferrari's Mishaps, Mercedes' Resurgence, and Alonso's Strategic Brilliance**
The French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit delivered another exciting race, with Ferrari's drivers making uncharacteristic errors and Max Verstappen securing yet another victory. Mercedes achieved their best result of the season with a 2-3 finish.
**Ferrari's Continued Struggles:**
Ferrari's woes continued in France, with both Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc making mistakes during the race start. Sainz dropped to P8, while Leclerc found himself in P7. Alonso's strong start allowed him to move into P8, adding to Ferrari's frustrations.
**Perez's Missed Opportunity:**
Sergio Perez faced misfortune during the VSC restart, losing positions due to a slow start. This incident raised questions about his ability to challenge for the World Drivers' Championship (WDC).
**Russell's Lack of Penalty:**
George Russell escaped a black and white flag for his aggressive driving, sparking discussions about the consistency of stewarding decisions.
**Hamilton's Hilarious Meme:**
Lewis Hamilton's post-race photo, showing him lying on the floor in the cool-down room, became a viral meme, capturing the exhaustion and intensity of the race.
**Ricciardo's Accurate Prediction:**
Daniel Ricciardo's prediction about Alonso's strategic move to slow down the chasing pack proved to be accurate, highlighting his astute understanding of the sport.
**Alonso's Masterful Strategy:**
Fernando Alonso displayed his strategic prowess by intentionally slowing down the chasing pack, led by Lando Norris, to degrade their tires. This move showcased his experience and racecraft.
**Red Bull's Upgrades:**
Red Bull introduced upgrades to their air intake outwash and Mercedes added air outlets on the front wheels, sparking speculation about their impact on the upcoming regulation changes regarding flexi floors.
**Verstappen's Camaraderie:**
Max Verstappen's comments about Sergio Perez's need for his own points in the WDC battle demonstrated the strong camaraderie within the Red Bull team.
**Conclusion:**
The French Grand Prix showcased the evolving dynamics of the 2022 Formula One season, with Ferrari facing ongoing challenges, Mercedes making progress, and Alonso continuing to impress with his strategic brilliance. The upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix promises further excitement as the title battle intensifies.
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[01:02.760 -> 01:06.800] let's get into the French Grand Prix. In today's episode,
[01:06.800 -> 01:13.280] you know what we want to tell you is why you've been probably seeing these memes of a labor room
[01:13.280 -> 01:20.720] when it comes to F1. Why did Max say on the radio that he believes everyone's struggling with their
[01:20.720 -> 01:25.200] front left tires? Why was he so confident? And why was Perez caught
[01:25.200 -> 01:29.880] off guard during the VSC restart? I mean, these are some curiosity driven items that
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[01:41.120 -> 01:48.080] with that, let's get into the episode. Sarah,
[01:49.760 -> 01:50.320] what is happening at Ferrari, man?
[01:54.000 -> 01:54.240] Dude, no, man. I feel like crying. I'm not even kidding. Like,
[01:57.360 -> 01:59.960] I'm not a diehard Ferrari fan, but you know, I mean, Ferrari, everybody likes Ferrari. Whoever likes racing likes Ferrari.
[02:01.600 -> 02:06.600] Yeah, exactly. It's a red car. Who wouldn't like it, right? And it's so sad, man.
[02:06.600 -> 02:09.720] What? It just seems like they're just falling apart, right?
[02:09.720 -> 02:13.600] Like, yeah, it's it's always switching between the team and the driver.
[02:13.600 -> 02:16.320] Like one day the team fucks up, one day the driver fucks up.
[02:16.880 -> 02:17.880] It's so weird.
[02:19.960 -> 02:24.280] Yeah, man. Yeah, it's it's not their rear when it is their rear.
[02:24.320 -> 02:26.000] That's the best way to describe it.
[02:26.040 -> 02:32.040] They have an exceptional car, but it is making sure that their team strategy meetings
[02:32.480 -> 02:35.080] are actually deciphering how we can fuck this one up.
[02:35.840 -> 02:42.960] Because I'm saying this because we've started to learn their race modes as well.
[02:43.360 -> 02:46.240] We now know race mode E is explosion.
[02:46.840 -> 02:50.560] We now know race mode B is run into your barriers.
[02:50.960 -> 02:51.800] Exactly.
[02:52.520 -> 02:56.680] Slowly and slowly we learn what A, C and E mean as well.
[02:56.680 -> 02:57.520] Sure.
[02:59.600 -> 03:02.920] Yeah, man. It's chaotic.
[03:02.920 -> 03:09.000] I mean, first of all, the error that Charles made was like quite a rookie mistake, honestly.
[03:09.000 -> 03:15.000] I mean, he was not under any pressure. The only pressure that he had was probably like that Max was doing an undercut on him.
[03:15.000 -> 03:21.000] But that was still neck and neck. And he kind of overall throughout the race, he had an advantage over Max.
[03:21.000 -> 03:26.700] So, you know, I feel even if, even if, you know, he would have come behind Max, I probably think with fresher tires,
[03:26.700 -> 03:30.180] he could have overtaken him. Nothing makes sense to me what happened.
[03:30.580 -> 03:34.980] Fair. And I think like the whole community's thought when he did
[03:34.980 -> 03:38.940] run out and run into the barriers was probably threefold.
[03:39.280 -> 03:42.940] Was it the tires? Was it something wrong with his brake pedal or, you know,
[03:42.980 -> 03:49.820] the axle issue that he's been having or was it like his mistake and he did come into pressure
[03:49.820 -> 03:55.060] thinking like we've seen him have a fastest lap and still sort of come into
[03:55.060 -> 04:00.220] pressure like his fastest lap is probably gonna go away so maybe it was that so
[04:00.220 -> 04:07.000] but but it's at least not reassuringly reassuring that they did come out with the result of what went wrong.
[04:07.000 -> 04:13.560] And Leclerc says he doesn't deserve to win the championship title if he keeps making these mistakes.
[04:13.560 -> 04:16.880] So, I am stupid. I am stupid.
[04:16.880 -> 04:17.880] Yeah, I am stupid.
[04:17.880 -> 04:23.320] Yeah, man. I mean, I don't want to beat a dead horse.
[04:23.320 -> 04:25.080] But, oh man, a dead horse, but
[04:27.600 -> 04:30.000] Oh man, that dead horse Ferrari. Anyways.
[04:32.120 -> 04:33.760] I get it now. Oh damn.
[04:34.760 -> 04:35.600] Quite a low blow there. Anyways.
[04:37.640 -> 04:42.160] But, man, but it was unfortunate, man. It was heartbreaking.
[04:42.160 -> 04:46.520] I feel it's just slipping out of their hands and, and even signs, right? Like,
[04:47.200 -> 04:50.240] of course you did a brilliant effort in terms of, you know,
[04:50.240 -> 04:52.680] just overtaking half the field three times.
[04:53.960 -> 04:56.680] It seemed like he was stuck in a time loop to me, very honestly.
[04:58.680 -> 05:02.520] A Christopher Nolan movie where he just keeps rotating in time.
[05:04.720 -> 05:10.760] And he fucked up again because he just went off during the pitch stop when there was a red light.
[05:10.760 -> 05:14.280] And of course he like impeded, who was it? Albon, I think, right?
[05:14.840 -> 05:17.120] Yeah. The Williams of Albon came behind him. Yes.
[05:17.520 -> 05:20.160] And that was super unsafe and he got a five second penalty.
[05:20.480 -> 05:22.920] But honestly, I feel it should have been much harsher than that.
[05:23.040 -> 05:27.240] But you're understating it there because I don't think many people know this.
[05:27.240 -> 05:33.640] It was actually science's fault that he ran the red light as soon as he was off the jacks.
[05:33.640 -> 05:41.000] Because sometimes, more often than not, it's usually the team turns it into a green light and it's an unsafe relief.
[05:41.000 -> 05:42.440] But in this case, it was him.
[05:42.440 -> 05:45.600] It was him. Yeah. It was entirely him.
[05:50.280 -> 05:54.600] And it's like, if you don't like, you know, follow the red light, then it's getting dangerous at that point.
[05:54.600 -> 05:56.240] Like things could have gotten really bad.
[05:56.640 -> 06:01.040] Yeah. Yeah. And, and the other thing I noticed is like,
[06:01.040 -> 06:05.200] there is a sidecam of from the garage where science
[06:05.200 -> 06:10.520] is leaving and then Albon is coming and he has to brake and I'm in my head like
[06:10.520 -> 06:14.800] there is a visible smoke as he locks up and stuff obviously to avoid that collision
[06:14.800 -> 06:34.320] and in my head I'm like there are 20 engineers standing like just 50 meters saying, fuck, we just put a new tire on there.
[06:38.080 -> 06:38.160] No, I think not because Albon's is William. So they are there.
[06:40.040 -> 06:45.400] Their garage must be like probably the last one. See sometimes, sometimes being last does help. Okay. So no one, no, you say from it, you see,
[06:48.800 -> 06:51.960] see sometimes, sometimes being lost does help. So
[06:56.440 -> 06:56.520] so there, there you have it. But I don't know, man, uh,
[06:59.480 -> 07:02.000] again, like talking about Ferrari, talking about clowns, dead horses and everything jokes apart,
[07:02.600 -> 07:09.120] what's going on with science and his engineer, man. Like it weird a lot of times like he is always in a panic mode whenever
[07:09.120 -> 07:14.680] he's talking with them. He is right and I can't tell myself if he's being
[07:14.680 -> 07:19.680] confident enough to overrule his engineers at this point because he has
[07:19.680 -> 07:25.440] done it in the past or is he actually panicking? And I mean his engineers are no less.
[07:27.440 -> 07:35.040] He was told to come into pits while he was in the corner fighting for that P4 position
[07:35.040 -> 07:41.440] or P3 whichever that was at that point and I'm like and there are comments saying you know F1
[07:41.440 -> 07:48.980] TV probably showed it at a later point but, there is actually a race footage where you can see that he was told that.
[07:49.220 -> 07:52.100] And I'm like, and even the competitors at that point were frustrated.
[07:52.100 -> 07:54.540] Like, aren't they not seeing him fight Perez?
[07:55.660 -> 07:59.900] Exactly. It's ridiculous, man. Like, uh,
[08:00.700 -> 08:02.860] I don't know. I don't know. It's just very weird.
[08:03.260 -> 08:09.960] Like they are going at it at 200 miles per hour into a corner and they're like, you know, pit, pit, pit.
[08:09.960 -> 08:13.160] And they were having this conversation like just some time ago as well, right?
[08:13.160 -> 08:18.760] Like on the radio that he said that we should pit or whatever, like the opposite or whatever.
[08:18.760 -> 08:19.760] It's weird.
[08:19.760 -> 08:25.680] And another thing that happened, I think, was the engineer basically told him that we've got a five second stop and go penalty.
[08:25.680 -> 08:30.080] And then science is like, wait, no, we have just gotten normal five second penalty.
[08:30.080 -> 08:31.360] It's not a stop and go penalty.
[08:31.360 -> 08:34.560] It's weird that science has to correct his engineer about it.
[08:34.560 -> 08:35.560] Right, right.
[08:35.560 -> 08:39.720] He is basically becoming the strategist and as well as the engineer.
[08:39.720 -> 08:40.720] He is everything.
[08:40.720 -> 08:41.720] Yeah, he is everything.
[08:41.720 -> 08:42.720] One man team.
[08:42.720 -> 08:44.520] He is the Tom Cruise of Hollywood.
[08:44.520 -> 08:46.560] He is the Kamala
[08:46.560 -> 08:52.160] Hassan of the Tollywood film industry. He is the Farhan Akhtar of Bollywood and from
[08:52.160 -> 08:55.720] wherever you are listening he is that one man show. But it's interesting man
[08:55.720 -> 08:59.680] having that situational awareness to correct your engineers and that's why I
[08:59.680 -> 09:04.000] sort of get this confidence in him and I get confused if he's actually
[09:04.000 -> 09:05.600] overwriting his engineers or he's
[09:05.600 -> 09:10.800] being panicky. Because I want to let's dive deeper into this because this is one of the curiosity
[09:10.800 -> 09:18.480] topics that we've had through the race on did he actually need to be pitted? When if he did need
[09:18.480 -> 09:26.640] to be when did he need to be and could have he gone through the race knowing what his positions were. So, did the engineers actually fuck up?
[09:27.520 -> 09:30.440] My take is not really.
[09:30.800 -> 09:32.080] He had to be pitted.
[09:32.080 -> 09:40.440] I have this one screenshot from when I was seeing the race where there is such a blatant degradation on his front tire
[09:41.360 -> 09:45.720] that I feel if he wasn't pitted,
[09:49.160 -> 09:49.240] the tire would have gone and probably both the Ferraris would have been out.
[09:50.080 -> 09:50.760] What's your take?
[09:53.320 -> 09:54.800] And then we would be screaming at the Ferrari guys, that how did you mess this up?
[09:54.880 -> 09:58.760] Yes. Didn't you see the tire degradation? Yeah, exactly.
[09:59.080 -> 10:01.560] Fair point, man. I mean, when you say it that way,
[10:01.560 -> 10:08.800] I think I do understand their perspective. Like it's, it's bird in hand, better than two in the bush kind of a thing.
[10:09.520 -> 10:13.280] So make sense that they gave up the places that they had gained.
[10:13.280 -> 10:17.760] But I feel that in that perspective, maybe they could have still done something better.
[10:17.760 -> 10:20.720] Like, as you mentioned, like probably they should have pitted him earlier.
[10:20.720 -> 10:25.000] Also, I feel that maybe they should have told him, don opinion. Yes. Right. And maybe they should have also told him,
[10:25.000 -> 10:28.000] don't find all these people because you are going to lose out.
[10:28.000 -> 10:31.000] So, you know, maybe do something else. I don't know.
[10:31.000 -> 10:33.000] They could have thought about something else. That's what I feel.
[10:33.000 -> 10:37.000] That's one that I've not heard. That's one that I've not heard.
[10:37.000 -> 10:41.000] Like there could be a plan C where C means, you know, we are locked in at P5.
[10:41.000 -> 10:43.000] We don't fight for a P4 position.
[10:43.000 -> 10:44.000] Exactly. Yeah.
[10:44.000 -> 10:45.520] Because you have...
[10:45.520 -> 10:50.240] Just play it safe anyways, right? Like, there was no point of risking things anyways. If you
[10:50.240 -> 10:54.800] know that you're going to pit and you are going to lose those positions, why make this overtake?
[10:54.800 -> 10:55.360] Fair enough.
[10:55.360 -> 11:00.720] You know, first of all, being stuck in that time loop of re-overtaking everybody.
[11:00.720 -> 11:08.400] Fair enough. Percentage-wise, between the engineers and science in terms of like the pit stop, stop strategy,
[11:09.600 -> 11:12.480] where's the more blame for you? What's the split?
[11:12.840 -> 11:14.520] I think I wouldn't say,
[11:15.920 -> 11:18.200] I wouldn't say that there's a blame on anyone.
[11:18.200 -> 11:22.360] I think both did a good job of whatever they had.
[11:22.480 -> 11:25.480] I think I would say it's 50 50 in the sense that,
[11:26.240 -> 11:28.000] yeah, I mean, overall in the race, of course,
[11:28.000 -> 11:32.680] science holds the blame of making the mistake of even going off into
[11:33.240 -> 11:37.000] the pit lane without a green light. But I think in this perspective,
[11:37.000 -> 11:39.240] I think it was a good decision from Ferrari.
[11:39.280 -> 11:42.840] I do agree after the explanation that you gave me that. I mean,
[11:42.840 -> 11:44.320] I think Benotto also said the same thing, right.
[11:44.320 -> 11:46.040] So it makes sense to me that they,
[11:46.720 -> 11:48.600] From a race engineering point of view,
[11:48.600 -> 11:53.600] I think Benotto was invocally vocal saying that we did this weekend from our
[11:54.520 -> 11:57.120] point of view was perfect. The driver's fucked up.
[11:59.360 -> 12:02.360] So I kind of, I kind of, I kind of get it.
[12:02.360 -> 12:08.340] And I sort of lay the blame a bit more on science this weekend than the engineers and the clown cap
[12:08.340 -> 12:17.280] moves from the engineers to the drivers. If you all do not agree to this and if you have a different opinion,
[12:17.280 -> 12:20.520] if you think we are blabbering about something completely... Then fight me.
[12:20.520 -> 12:27.000] Yeah, find us and fight us. But no, write down in the comment and tell us what you think actually happened.
[12:27.000 -> 12:33.000] Tell us what's your opinion and you know we speak our minds out so can you.
[12:33.000 -> 12:38.000] So let's talk about this. The other ask, beating a dead horse.
[12:38.000 -> 12:46.960] I challenge someone in the audience to create a meme of Ferrari engineers beating a dead horse
[12:46.960 -> 12:56.320] let's create this meme. What else is happening man? Speaking of memes you
[12:56.320 -> 13:05.000] showed me a meme about someone screaming. Oh yeah oh my god dude dude, that Charles scream was like,
[13:05.000 -> 13:07.600] you know, it was so primal. It was like,
[13:07.600 -> 13:12.160] it came from like such a place of hurt deep inside of him.
[13:17.120 -> 13:19.720] That meme was amazing. I think it was a Taylor Swift song.
[13:19.760 -> 13:21.520] I troubled I think right.
[13:21.520 -> 13:28.000] Head on to our Twitter and posted it up there at the rate of fun fan fiction on Twitter.
[13:28.000 -> 13:31.000] It's too good. It's too perfect.
[13:31.000 -> 13:49.720] That and I feel like the other one where you know there is this Ferrari fan is now frustrated and a Mercedes fan is grinning. And, and what's interesting is they have like a cut clip image from like Bahrain where a Ferrari fan is grinning and like a Mercedes fan is frustrated.
[13:50.800 -> 13:52.120] So yeah.
[13:53.480 -> 13:57.760] Nice one. Yeah. Like today's that short,
[13:57.840 -> 13:59.920] that GIF that is of course created now,
[13:59.920 -> 14:03.560] and I'm sure it's going to be plastered everywhere on the internet for the next
[14:03.560 -> 14:09.280] following races. It was so perfect. And I think, you know, this is one of those times when I really appreciate these
[14:09.280 -> 14:14.080] race directors for catching these moments. Like oftentimes we bash them for, you know,
[14:14.080 -> 14:20.320] cutting off from action and showing audience, but I think moments like these is what, you know,
[14:20.320 -> 14:25.120] kind of make it, makes it worth and really appreciate them for catching these moments in the first place.
[14:25.120 -> 14:28.240] Yeah. So yeah, kudos to them for that.
[14:29.120 -> 14:35.400] While we bash the drivers, Science is actually very conscious about what's going on during the race,
[14:35.400 -> 14:42.040] because he did come out and tell Sky Sports F1 that he decided not to put the water reserve in the car
[14:42.280 -> 14:45.000] because his F1 75 is overweight.
[14:45.760 -> 14:50.120] So ridiculous man. Some redemption for his consciousness there.
[14:51.160 -> 14:54.560] I can't sit through a 40 minute podcast without having a drink, man.
[14:54.560 -> 14:56.080] How the hell is it driving?
[14:57.760 -> 15:01.880] And in that heat wave sort of situation that's going around in Europe,
[15:02.480 -> 15:03.320] right now.
[15:03.920 -> 15:05.060] Hashtag climate change. No, it's, it's a f now. Hashtag climate change.
[15:05.900 -> 15:09.720] No, it's a fad. It's a fad.
[15:10.420 -> 15:12.600] That's sarcasm. That is sarcasm.
[15:16.860 -> 15:21.260] But speaking of drama and everything that's been going on, dude,
[15:21.340 -> 15:26.160] Red Bull, they weren't short of any drama yesterday too. Yeah first of all
[15:26.160 -> 15:31.280] like what was, I mean we kind of know but while watching the race itself like I
[15:31.280 -> 15:35.060] was like you know what is Perez doing. He was literally caught with his pants
[15:35.060 -> 15:41.240] down like George just went past by him man. It was sad to see and of course like
[15:41.240 -> 15:45.920] there was there were reasons why that happened. FIA kind of fucked up.
[15:47.120 -> 15:52.480] I think Paris also fucked up in a sense because nobody else got fooled by it, only him.
[15:53.360 -> 15:56.800] But at the same time, it's... So let's first actually give some context.
[15:58.640 -> 16:06.040] What happened was basically that at the end of a virtual safety car, FIA has this hardware device, once they press
[16:06.040 -> 16:10.280] the button, they send a signal, safety car is ending.
[16:10.280 -> 16:15.660] After 10-15 seconds, there's a randomized time after which the track goes green after
[16:15.660 -> 16:17.940] this signal is sent.
[16:17.940 -> 16:23.720] But they send a signal, it didn't end, the track didn't go green.
[16:23.720 -> 16:28.360] Automatically what had happened is one of their hardware failed and the signal of track
[16:28.360 -> 16:29.840] getting cleared did not get sent.
[16:30.360 -> 16:35.440] So if I re-send the signal of a virtual safety car ending and that
[16:35.440 -> 16:38.480] basically confused Perez. And I think what happened,
[16:38.720 -> 16:42.720] it was also kind of bad luck for him that he was speeding,
[16:43.200 -> 16:45.880] thinking that the track is going to go green after 15
[16:45.880 -> 16:49.160] seconds. So he, he was kind of, you know, ramping up his Delta.
[16:49.960 -> 16:52.960] And suddenly then he got another message of, you know,
[16:52.960 -> 16:55.800] what you've got is ending. So he had to, again, you know,
[16:56.800 -> 17:00.160] get his Delta back down. And while that was happening,
[17:00.160 -> 17:03.520] he fell into the bracket of the 10 to 15 seconds where the track went green.
[17:05.600 -> 17:11.920] So, yeah, I mean, that's that. It was just like a mix of bad luck mix of,
[17:12.560 -> 17:14.720] you know, being caught sleeping a bit.
[17:16.800 -> 17:21.760] I don't know who's to blame and like where the solution for this lies to, but I feel like
[17:22.400 -> 17:29.980] it's, it's not a racing track incident, but it's one of those moments where, you know, you can't really, it's incident noted,
[17:29.980 -> 17:31.980] no further action required sort of situation.
[17:31.980 -> 17:36.400] And I think it's part of racing. These things are a part of it.
[17:36.400 -> 17:41.420] Like luck does play a picture in racing. So, you know, yeah, that's that.
[17:41.420 -> 17:42.460] You win some, you lose some.
[17:42.460 -> 17:52.200] Fair enough. And you know, what's interesting here, because you say luck is, moments ago, this happens like five laps before race finish.
[17:53.080 -> 17:58.240] And moments ago, Russell and Perez sort of touch into each other.
[17:58.240 -> 18:01.040] And, you know, Perez is sort of thrown off.
[18:01.360 -> 18:06.400] He joins the track in front of Russell and then there is this continuous
[18:06.400 -> 18:11.360] bickering and complaining that's coming in from Russell. Give the position back. Give the position
[18:11.360 -> 18:18.720] back. We'll come to that. But that happens. This happens. And then this then transforms into the
[18:18.720 -> 18:25.480] fact that Perez keeps continuously complaining about Russell is going off the track and give me the position back.
[18:25.480 -> 18:33.200] So, I don't know. It's luck in play where, you know, for the first incident, who actually needed to be in the front.
[18:33.200 -> 18:38.720] There is a shot where Russell slightly touched Perez. So, maybe Perez deserves that position sort of thing.
[18:38.720 -> 18:45.920] But it's one of those moments, right? Like, karma sort of way where Russell wasal was meant to be in the front and you know just
[18:45.920 -> 18:52.720] the events happened where he ended up in the front. Maybe, who knows? Yeah, makes you think.
[18:54.960 -> 19:01.600] But now you know what those safety car rules were and hopefully your curiosity is now satiated.
[19:01.600 -> 19:06.480] Yeah man, I mean I personally didn't know about this rule about the 10 to 15 seconds
[19:06.480 -> 19:11.040] uh randomized thing it was quite interesting and it makes sense like so that you can't really
[19:11.040 -> 19:17.760] predict exactly when the safety car is gonna go off so yeah uh that's a good idea. Anyways yeah
[19:17.760 -> 19:23.040] talking about whining man Russell like what was going on with him right like even Toto had to
[19:23.040 -> 19:26.000] come on the radio and like tell him him to put his head down and drive.
[19:26.000 -> 19:32.120] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty much slapping him down like, shut up and eat your food.
[19:32.120 -> 19:34.920] You know how you do it to the kids. Eat your face.
[19:34.920 -> 19:35.920] Yep.
[19:35.920 -> 19:41.720] But on the other hand, I think like, Perez wasn't completely wrong.
[19:41.720 -> 19:48.320] Because there is visual evidence of images of Russell actually running off the track in the last two, three laps.
[19:49.760 -> 19:52.000] So I don't know what you make of it, but to be honest,
[19:52.000 -> 19:56.120] I'm not too bugged by it because sure it's just part of heavy racing that's
[19:56.120 -> 19:56.960] happening at that point.
[19:57.480 -> 19:59.640] Yeah. I mean, like who knows,
[19:59.640 -> 20:02.200] like a lot of people are kind of angry about it that,
[20:02.800 -> 20:06.000] so we don't exactly know how many times he went off the track.
[20:06.000 -> 20:09.600] Like I feel that they should at least give him a black and white flag,
[20:09.640 -> 20:14.040] if not for a penalty. It's weird that they didn't call it off at all.
[20:14.520 -> 20:15.680] That was also a bit weird.
[20:15.800 -> 20:18.160] How about this, Aran? How about this?
[20:18.720 -> 20:23.480] Let's call this the redemption back from Masi's mistake last
[20:24.640 -> 20:25.160] season.
[20:25.880 -> 20:27.120] Giving it to his teammate.
[20:27.120 -> 20:30.040] Yeah. And it's all squared off and settled off at this point.
[20:30.040 -> 20:32.800] So, no more. You know, it's gone.
[20:33.280 -> 20:35.920] You got a P3. Have fun. Done.
[20:36.160 -> 20:37.120] Exactly. Yeah.
[20:38.760 -> 20:45.000] But the good part with that is, at least, they are now inching in closer to that P3 position for WCC.
[20:45.600 -> 20:46.440] Right. So,
[20:49.080 -> 20:53.160] About Red Bull, one thing about Red Bull actually, Max, man,
[20:53.160 -> 20:54.160] he's just taking it away.
[20:54.160 -> 20:58.200] I read a stat somewhere that basically ever since Imola,
[20:58.240 -> 21:02.920] he has earned more points than all constructors and teams
[21:02.960 -> 21:06.840] together, except for Ferrari. He's just three points behind Ferrari.
[21:07.440 -> 21:09.680] Wow. Wow.
[21:10.760 -> 21:11.600] What the wow.
[21:14.680 -> 21:15.800] What the wow.
[21:18.480 -> 21:20.880] The most ridiculous thing I read. It was, yeah,
[21:20.880 -> 21:24.400] it was such a comfortable win for him. I think I must be bored,
[21:24.400 -> 21:25.360] very honestly, during the race.
[21:26.560 -> 21:34.880] Yeah, which brings me to this interesting radio message where Max said he strongly believes all
[21:34.880 -> 21:40.400] drivers are struggling with their front left. And I heard that radio message and it got me
[21:40.400 -> 21:46.720] thinking like why did he say that?'s actually happening and to my research which is
[21:46.720 -> 21:52.080] still minimal because there isn't any information out there I'm attributing this to like two
[21:52.080 -> 22:08.400] factors one the track temperatures were superbly high going to you know the heat wave no rain, no humidity, blah, blah, blah. And turn 10 and 11 attribute to this tracks,
[22:08.400 -> 22:11.680] high speed corner factors, which sort of when combined,
[22:11.680 -> 22:16.200] both factors combined, end up degrading your fronts
[22:16.200 -> 22:17.760] very heavily.
[22:17.760 -> 22:18.580] Right.
[22:18.580 -> 22:21.540] And there are blistering images of tires,
[22:21.540 -> 22:23.400] even like when you see the race finish, right?
[22:23.400 -> 22:27.000] Like I think Max's car parks right in front
[22:27.000 -> 22:30.080] and when he gets out, there is this finish photo
[22:30.080 -> 22:33.680] or a slow-mo video that spans from his tires.
[22:33.680 -> 22:36.320] It's botched, it's completely botched.
[22:36.320 -> 22:40.480] So we're attributing our curiosity to turn 10 and 11
[22:40.480 -> 22:44.140] of the track design and the track temperatures
[22:44.140 -> 22:47.760] and the heat waves, which made Max say that
[22:47.760 -> 22:54.080] statement. You know what, while you were talking about this, I was thinking about one thing came
[22:54.080 -> 23:00.400] to my mind was one more thing I think that could be attributing is the blue and red strips that are
[23:00.400 -> 23:05.160] on the runoff areas because Because basically what those strips are,
[23:05.160 -> 23:08.080] are basically a mix of tungsten and asphalt.
[23:08.080 -> 23:11.200] And I think we also created a short on that.
[23:11.200 -> 23:13.440] So go check it out if you wanna.
[23:13.440 -> 23:16.780] But basically I think, and if you go on the stripes,
[23:16.780 -> 23:18.620] I think that damages your tires a lot more.
[23:18.620 -> 23:21.440] So I guess whenever these drivers
[23:21.440 -> 23:23.200] kind of go onto the runoff area,
[23:23.200 -> 23:25.720] I think that must be also damaging the tiles a bit more.
[23:25.720 -> 23:32.160] That's a very good point that I have not heard people talk about online and communities.
[23:32.160 -> 23:38.000] Folks, if you find out actually what went wrong beyond the three factors that we are
[23:38.000 -> 23:43.400] talking about, which we are attributing to that radio message, do write in so that the
[23:43.400 -> 23:46.320] whole community can benefit from that research.
[23:46.960 -> 23:52.400] Speaking of that, some stats that I want to dive into at this point is,
[23:54.080 -> 23:58.480] this might technically be the last time we see French Grand Prix for a long time,
[23:58.480 -> 24:02.000] at least that's what the commentators were saying before the race went on.
[24:02.000 -> 24:05.440] Alonso makes the history of most laps in
[24:05.440 -> 24:12.240] F1 overtaking Kimi and it's again gonna happen with most races ever. I think it's
[24:12.240 -> 24:17.880] gonna be Singapore where that ends up happening. Ocon had never scored points
[24:17.880 -> 24:23.480] at his home and he was able to yesterday. So that's kudos to Ocon. Ocon's been
[24:23.480 -> 24:29.160] having a brilliant season. We spoke about Ocon in our episode with Craig Scarborough last weekend as well.
[24:29.160 -> 24:30.360] So go check that out too.
[24:31.720 -> 24:39.040] Ferrari has now lost 75 points owing to their own drama and nonsense from a winning position.
[24:39.440 -> 24:42.080] So that's something.
[24:42.200 -> 24:43.640] The last three words matter a lot.
[24:43.640 -> 24:47.920] That hurts, man. That hurts to hear.
[24:47.920 -> 24:52.320] That's almost as much as some of the teams trying to find points.
[24:52.320 -> 24:57.760] So that's that. Something that happened in this Grand Prix was
[24:57.760 -> 25:02.440] the exit point for the pit lane was extended roughly by 90 meters.
[25:02.440 -> 25:05.440] And obviously the speed limit's been
[25:05.440 -> 25:08.160] dropped to the 60 kilometer mark hour also,
[25:08.160 -> 25:11.200] which means that drivers end up in the pit lane
[25:11.200 -> 25:13.480] limiter for a longer time.
[25:13.480 -> 25:16.400] And that could also be one of the attributes of strategies
[25:16.400 -> 25:20.700] not taking a two-stop strategy in this race,
[25:20.700 -> 25:23.120] and more tire damage, so on and so forth.
[25:23.120 -> 25:27.200] One stat which Sarang wants to read out is something that he's found out,
[25:27.200 -> 25:28.440] which is an interesting one.
[25:29.000 -> 25:32.280] Yeah. Right. Actually, I, while I just remembered another one,
[25:32.280 -> 25:36.480] so I'll give a bonus stat along with that. So first is of course, like, you know,
[25:36.480 -> 25:39.760] Hamilton, this is his 300 GP, which is awesome.
[25:40.560 -> 25:46.200] And one awesome thing is that he has had a hundred percent podium rate whenever he
[25:46.480 -> 25:48.440] owns a LGBT themed helmet.
[25:48.960 -> 25:54.160] And I mean, the season and it's awesome, right?
[25:54.160 -> 25:55.680] Like it's too cool.
[25:55.680 -> 26:00.920] Like every time he has worn that helmet, he's been on the podium and basically his
[26:00.920 -> 26:03.080] message spreads even wider with that.
[26:03.880 -> 26:04.680] That's pretty cool.
[26:04.840 -> 26:05.000] It's a fascinating one, actually. that. Yeah. That's pretty cool.
[26:05.000 -> 26:06.000] It's a fascinating one, actually.
[26:06.000 -> 26:07.000] Yeah.
[26:07.000 -> 26:08.000] Yeah.
[26:08.000 -> 26:10.000] We race as one actually giving him wins.
[26:10.000 -> 26:11.000] Yeah, exactly.
[26:11.000 -> 26:12.000] Yeah.
[26:12.000 -> 26:20.000] And there's one bonus stat that no driver has won a race after the 300 GP.
[26:20.000 -> 26:21.000] After.
[26:21.000 -> 26:22.000] Okay.
[26:22.000 -> 26:23.000] Yeah.
[26:23.000 -> 26:24.000] So Hamilton hasn't yet.
[26:24.000 -> 26:26.480] So, you know, of course, I'm pretty sure he will win some race.
[26:26.480 -> 26:28.000] I'm pretty sure that will happen.
[26:28.000 -> 26:29.240] But he's going to break the curse.
[26:29.240 -> 26:30.400] So far, the stats stand.
[26:30.400 -> 26:31.400] So, yeah.
[26:32.400 -> 26:38.520] Yeah, but for Mercedes on that note, I think this was the best result they could have this season.
[26:38.520 -> 26:44.360] I think their first, if not the first, their second, double podium for the season.
[26:44.360 -> 26:49.900] I can't remember and I could be wrong. Please correct me, audience, if I am wrong.
[26:49.900 -> 26:54.120] But double podium, man. Lovely, lovely result there.
[26:54.120 -> 26:57.220] I think they are finally getting back into the game, man.
[26:57.220 -> 27:01.960] And especially with the FlexiFloor rules also coming in,
[27:01.960 -> 27:06.300] it's definitely going to nerf other teams a bit as well.
[27:06.300 -> 27:10.140] So, maybe Mercedes might be in a better position.
[27:10.140 -> 27:13.820] Maybe not getting to that second position ever.
[27:13.820 -> 27:14.500] Of course not.
[27:14.500 -> 27:18.480] But at least might pick up a win or two throughout the season.
[27:18.480 -> 27:19.260] Something like that.
[27:19.260 -> 27:20.140] I don't know. Let's see.
[27:20.140 -> 27:22.060] Yeah. Fair enough.
[27:22.060 -> 27:25.200] What else was happening, Sarang? What else was happening on the grid? Yeah, fair enough.
[27:28.800 -> 27:29.600] Ah, what else was happening, Saurabh? What else was happening on the grid?
[27:34.720 -> 27:39.760] I think a few interesting things happened at the very start of the race. I think a few people had some great starts. I think K-Mac was one of them. I think he gained like,
[27:39.760 -> 27:43.920] what, seven positions or something? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seven positions in lap one.
[27:44.000 -> 27:44.080] seven positions or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Seven positions in lap one.
[27:47.400 -> 27:47.440] Yeah. Blistering piece, right.
[27:50.720 -> 27:51.720] But then it suddenly dissipated all of that.
[27:52.720 -> 27:54.120] I don't know what happened.
[27:55.440 -> 27:59.720] It's interesting though, right? Like that Haas has started proving itself so well
[28:00.120 -> 28:04.520] and K-Mag proving that with like that lap one, seven position.
[28:04.960 -> 28:08.760] I don't know why they decided to play bumper cars, him and Mick later on,
[28:09.540 -> 28:15.500] where they ran into each other. And I didn't dive much into it, like whose fault it was, to be honest.
[28:15.960 -> 28:20.880] So audience, again, if you know who was actually at fault, tell us and tell the community who was at fault.
[28:21.220 -> 28:25.000] But I mean, that resulted in Kmag's brilliant performance,
[28:25.640 -> 28:28.640] taken home into the garage and he had to retire his car.
[28:28.840 -> 28:33.840] The last time the two horses had crashed was when Kmag and this guy,
[28:34.240 -> 28:35.280] Grosjean were together.
[28:37.040 -> 28:39.560] I see how you said this guy, Grosjean.
[28:40.400 -> 28:43.560] We're fading him out of our memories at this point. Okay.
[28:43.960 -> 28:44.800] Exactly.
[28:45.960 -> 28:49.320] And I think something had happened that they had crashed into each other.
[28:49.320 -> 28:51.200] And in the press conference,
[28:51.200 -> 28:55.520] Gurujan said something to him to K Mac and K Mac was like, you know,
[28:55.520 -> 28:56.360] suck my balls.
[29:02.160 -> 29:06.000] So it reminds me of that. I'm surprised that nothing of that happened.
[29:06.000 -> 29:12.000] I think K-Mac has become a much calmer driver now than he was before.
[29:12.000 -> 29:14.000] After his year of sabbatical, yeah.
[29:14.000 -> 29:18.000] And having a kid as well, I think, right? I think while he was away, he also had a kid.
[29:18.000 -> 29:22.000] So probably, you know, just settled down a bit more.
[29:22.000 -> 29:26.240] Let's satiate one of the curiosities that we spoke about in the start.
[29:26.240 -> 29:29.720] Why are legends annoyed with youngsters?
[29:29.720 -> 29:34.400] Last race, we saw the famous Alonzo finger-waving to Sunoda.
[29:34.400 -> 29:39.520] This race, we see Vettel face-palming his own teammate, Stroll.
[29:39.520 -> 29:40.960] Yeah.
[29:40.960 -> 29:41.600] Right?
[29:41.600 -> 29:43.920] I mean, it was Stroll's fault completely.
[29:43.920 -> 29:49.800] Last lap, last turn, completely slowing down, not going for that pace on the race line.
[29:49.800 -> 29:58.720] If Vettel wouldn't have braked that hard and swolled around, he would have run into his own team and would have seen Ricardo running into Max Baku sort of situation.
[29:58.720 -> 30:03.520] And yet again, Lance did not check his mirrors.
[30:03.520 -> 30:04.520] He did not?
[30:04.520 -> 30:05.100] Yet again. Lance did not check his mirrors. He did not? Yet again. Yeah.
[30:05.100 -> 30:07.800] He did not.
[30:07.800 -> 30:10.900] That guy doesn't have mirrors or he forgets that he has mirrors.
[30:10.900 -> 30:12.100] I don't know what happens.
[30:12.100 -> 30:13.000] Yeah.
[30:13.000 -> 30:16.300] So this race, we have Vettel's face palming moment.
[30:16.300 -> 30:19.800] Next race, hopefully, Lewis makes a legend.
[30:19.800 -> 30:20.500] Botas doing something?
[30:20.500 -> 30:21.000] Yeah.
[30:21.000 -> 30:21.900] Oh, Botas.
[30:21.900 -> 30:22.600] Yeah, Botas.
[30:22.600 -> 30:24.100] That too.
[30:24.100 -> 30:27.600] That too is possible. Okay. Talking about Botas, I have to mention
[30:27.600 -> 30:33.760] Jha. What the f**k is happening with him? That poor guy, his career is just destroyed all of a
[30:33.760 -> 30:41.440] sudden, it seems. He's not even able to finish a race these days. I think, in your rookie season,
[30:41.440 -> 30:45.600] you actually cannot make points. So it's the team making sure that,
[30:45.600 -> 30:48.280] Oh, you are making points? No.
[30:48.280 -> 30:49.960] No, no, no, no, no.
[30:49.960 -> 30:52.120] You can't break rookie rules.
[30:52.120 -> 30:55.960] So, I think that's what's happening.
[30:55.960 -> 30:59.560] Speaking of drivers, races being debauched,
[30:59.560 -> 31:02.400] I want to give a shout out to Daniel Ricardo.
[31:02.400 -> 31:04.600] So here's the context on what really happened.
[31:04.600 -> 31:12.320] Nini was made fun of for this. Post qualifying, he finishes Q11, P11 and he knows he's not going to get into Q3.
[31:13.120 -> 31:19.040] And then he goes to this post qualifying interview where the interviewer asks him,
[31:19.600 -> 31:27.100] how do you rate your chances of getting in the race start tomorrow? And then he goes like, okay, listen to me.
[31:27.100 -> 31:28.640] So I am P11.
[31:28.640 -> 31:33.500] We have Kmag at P10, who we know doesn't have good race start.
[31:33.500 -> 31:37.520] So I overtake him right there.
[31:37.520 -> 31:42.360] Then we have Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda, which we know make mistakes during the race
[31:42.360 -> 31:43.360] starts.
[31:43.360 -> 31:45.960] So I am immediately into P8 and then Alonso
[31:45.960 -> 31:51.600] is a hit or a miss. So if he misses, we move into P7 and if not, sure, he can stay at P7
[31:51.600 -> 31:59.600] and we'll be at P8. So we're definitely getting into P8 and he did call that out. He was P8
[31:59.600 -> 32:05.200] right at race start, man. So for all of those who made fun of him, suck on that.
[32:05.920 -> 32:09.840] Yep. Yep. He must be very happy about it. I'm sure.
[32:09.840 -> 32:12.640] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[32:13.360 -> 32:18.280] Yeah. Awesome man. Kudos for him. Like I'm, I'm happy. I do root for him,
[32:18.280 -> 32:23.040] but it's very, it's very uncomfortable to watch him very honestly, like at times.
[32:24.320 -> 32:25.280] So it was like,
[32:25.280 -> 32:29.160] I think we've been seeing him since so long his Red Bull days where we want him
[32:29.640 -> 32:32.880] to win a championship at some point, but it's not happening. We know that.
[32:33.040 -> 32:37.480] In other drama and other news, what was the labor room? What is the labor room?
[32:38.200 -> 32:39.760] Why are we seeing these memes, Sarang?
[32:39.840 -> 32:43.920] And like first of all, like Hamilton has given us gold, right?
[32:43.920 -> 32:48.880] In terms of meme currency, because the lying down on the floor in the
[32:48.960 -> 32:50.120] cool down room, right? Yeah.
[32:51.560 -> 32:54.920] And that photo is plastered everywhere, everywhere.
[32:55.320 -> 32:59.800] This is very one awesome meme that I saw where like Hamilton is lying on his
[32:59.800 -> 33:03.720] back and like the text over him is, you know,
[33:03.720 -> 33:12.000] wife giving birth to the child and George sitting next to him, looking at the camera, saying, father who's still watching the F1 race.
[33:12.000 -> 33:20.000] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, so now you know what the labor room is.
[33:20.000 -> 33:26.720] Hamilton ensuring that once Alonzo leaves, he steps into the legend fund making category.
[33:27.760 -> 33:30.480] He's kind of stepping into it. It feels to me very honestly.
[33:31.440 -> 33:38.560] I guess it comes with like a 300. Max is lifting his old team, man. I feel at this point.
[33:38.560 -> 33:43.600] Perez is trying to, but he's sort of trying to, but Max is doing a good job.
[33:47.560 -> 33:55.280] but he is sort of trying to but Max is doing a better job. Lastly, dude, Alonzo and his awareness. I feel so complete from within on why I started watching this
[33:55.280 -> 34:00.560] racing to begin with and the whole sport in 2006-2007 whenever Alonzo was
[34:00.560 -> 34:06.320] racing, right? That radio message was brilliant. Actually Actually Akash, why don't you take it?
[34:06.320 -> 34:13.840] Go ahead. So Alonzo is leading this whole train pack where Lando's right behind him and his pit
[34:13.840 -> 34:18.000] comes on to the radio telling him, Lando is getting quite close to you Alonzo. We're just
[34:18.000 -> 34:25.840] letting you know but he's getting quite close and Alonzo goes, I know, I'm doing that on purpose to kill their tires.
[34:25.840 -> 34:27.680] And I'm like, what the hell?
[34:27.680 -> 34:28.360] What is it?
[34:28.360 -> 34:42.160] So for people who just started watching this sport, there are other variants of the sport where you don't want to be the one punching through the air, like an MP race or a NASCAR oval race.
[34:42.160 -> 34:50.920] Or, you know, there are these other segments and other formats where you wouldn't want to do what Alonso is trying to do here. F1 is a sport where
[34:51.280 -> 34:58.620] you actually don't see this often from other drivers and you see Alonso trying to punch through the air where
[34:58.920 -> 35:03.480] other drivers trying to close in on him so that they have to power through
[35:06.560 -> 35:13.920] trying to close in on him so that they have to power through swerving around Alonzo to make that overtake and do that fight which ends up degrading their tires but you've never seen any driver say
[35:13.920 -> 35:20.880] this consciously in like a Sunday driving mode like hey yeah I'm doing this on purpose just so
[35:20.880 -> 35:26.160] that I can you can ruin their races.
[35:30.960 -> 35:31.360] And now that whole Monaco train formation where this all began makes sense.
[35:32.520 -> 35:34.400] Makes sense. Right. Yeah.
[35:36.440 -> 35:37.680] He's just trolling everybody at this point.
[35:39.640 -> 35:39.760] He's like, if I don't win the race,
[35:43.280 -> 35:44.640] I at least win the award of the meme Lord in the,
[35:45.000 -> 35:47.000] in the track. He is having fun there, man.
[35:47.000 -> 35:50.000] Like he's like, I can win the race, but you know what?
[35:50.000 -> 35:53.000] I'm going to stay P5, P6 and just have fun.
[35:54.000 -> 35:55.000] Yeah. Why not?
[35:57.000 -> 36:02.000] Yeah. I, I'm happy that we have Fernando on the track.
[36:02.000 -> 36:04.000] It's, it's awesome to have him.
[36:08.640 -> 36:15.600] We'll be sad too on the day when he goes. Yeah. So that's what was happening with the French Grand Prix. We're closing in on a season break here.
[36:15.600 -> 36:25.600] And we do see, you know, too many shenanigans with the drivers, with the teams, with the engineers happening in the second half.
[36:25.600 -> 36:30.640] But one drama that's been catching our attention off late is the whole Flexi
[36:30.640 -> 36:35.500] floor. We've created a whole short slash reel slash whatever you want to call it
[36:35.500 -> 36:39.920] with Craig Scarborough, Scarves Tech. It's on our socials, go check it out. But
[36:39.920 -> 36:43.560] Sarang, you pointed out something interesting that the front-runners are
[36:43.560 -> 36:45.160] trying to do, right?
[36:45.160 -> 36:46.160] What's that?
[36:46.160 -> 36:47.160] Enlighten us.
[36:47.160 -> 36:48.160] Right.
[36:48.160 -> 36:52.400] So I think that two upgrades that came in, one was from Red Bull, where they have basically
[36:52.400 -> 36:55.040] changed their air intake outwash.
[36:55.040 -> 37:00.220] That's basically like those pointy things that, you know, come up ahead in the front
[37:00.220 -> 37:05.840] of the car and which are basically sucking the air in, into the engine as well as the bottom of the car and basically sucking the air in into the engine as well as the bottom
[37:05.840 -> 37:08.160] of the car to create suction.
[37:08.160 -> 37:11.680] So I think like, of course, this is speculation.
[37:11.680 -> 37:16.200] The teams never revealed what the purpose is for the upgrades, but like the speculation
[37:16.200 -> 37:21.000] out there is that this is in preparation for the regulation changes in terms of flexi floor
[37:21.000 -> 37:27.360] that FI is bringing in and maybe Red Bull is like trying to mitigate those
[37:28.240 -> 37:34.960] changes and I think Mercedes also has an upgrade that's not really evident whether
[37:34.960 -> 37:39.200] it's a performance upgrade or are they like just trying to gather more data or something.
[37:39.840 -> 37:47.140] They have basically attached like a air outlet on the front wheels on the brakes.
[37:47.440 -> 37:51.340] So that is basically the two kinds of speculations that I've heard about them.
[37:51.340 -> 37:56.360] Is that one is that it is to cool the sidewall of the tires, as well as the
[37:56.360 -> 38:00.640] second speculation I've heard is that it's basically just to push the air, like
[38:00.880 -> 38:08.600] through the body in a certain way for in some aerodynamic sense. But interesting upgrades that the teams are bringing in.
[38:08.720 -> 38:10.920] It's yeah, quite intriguing.
[38:11.080 -> 38:15.960] Good enough. Good enough. And on that note, folks, this was the French Grand Prix.
[38:16.200 -> 38:20.280] It's interesting. This whole battle for the title is getting closer and closer.
[38:20.280 -> 38:25.100] I'm pretty sure Ferrari is going to get up there as well with the remainder of the year.
[38:25.100 -> 38:28.060] Murk is obviously fighting up into that battle as well.
[38:28.060 -> 38:31.140] Perez, as Max called out during one of the interviews,
[38:31.140 -> 38:35.080] why did Max not get a toe the way Sainz got a toe during…
[38:35.080 -> 38:37.460] Sorry, Leclerc got a toe during qualifying.
[38:37.460 -> 38:42.440] And Max called out, like, Perez is in the battle for WDC.
[38:42.440 -> 38:45.320] And that's why. Like, he needs his own point. So, that's brilliant awareness between the WDC. And that's why he needs his own point.
[38:45.360 -> 38:51.280] So that's brilliant awareness between the team members and yet amazing camaraderie.
[38:51.280 -> 38:57.440] So we'll see how this season evolves until the next race, the Hungarian Grand Prix.
[38:57.800 -> 38:59.760] These are your hosts, signing off.
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