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The 2022 Spanish GP was possibly the best Spanish GP we have had in the recent history. With RBR gainging a massive lead over Ferrari, they overtook them in both the WDC and the WCC. With some bad luck for Charles and some great strategy calls by the Red Bull pitwall , they managed to convert a 2-3 into a 1-2!
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# Spanish Grand Prix Debrief
- The 2022 Spanish Grand Prix was one of the most exciting races in recent history, with Red Bull gaining a significant lead over Ferrari in both the WDC and WCC standings.
- Charles Leclerc's bad luck and Red Bull's strategic calls allowed Max Verstappen to convert a 2-3 start into a race win.
## Key Points and Highlights
- The hosts discuss the race's highlights, including Hamilton's impressive drive from P19 to P5, Russell's strong performance, and the drama between Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
- They also analyze the impact of the new regulations on the race, noting that Mercedes appears to have resolved its porpoising issues and that Ferrari's engine reliability concerns are becoming a theme of the 2022 season.
- The episode features a lighthearted discussion of various memes and social media reactions related to the race, including jokes about Nikita Mazepin's lingering presence at Haas, Hamilton's frustration with his car, and Perez's struggles with team orders.
## In-depth Analysis
- The hosts provide an in-depth analysis of the race strategies employed by the top teams, highlighting the significance of Red Bull's decision to pit Verstappen for a second time, which ultimately gave him the edge over Russell.
- They also discuss the implications of Leclerc's retirement for the championship battle, noting that Ferrari needs to address its reliability issues quickly if it wants to challenge Red Bull for the title.
- The episode concludes with a discussion of the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix, with the hosts predicting that Leclerc will be determined to perform well in his home race after his disappointing result in Spain.
The 2022 Spanish Grand Prix witnessed a thrilling race with Red Bull extending their championship lead over Ferrari. Max Verstappen secured a crucial victory, while Sergio Perez finished second, resulting in a 1-2 finish for the team. This episode delves into the key moments, controversies, and highlights of the race.
**Key Points and Main Arguments:**
1. **Red Bull's Strategic Masterclass:**
- Red Bull's strategy calls played a significant role in their success. They effectively managed tire wear and pit stops, allowing Verstappen and Perez to overtake Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
- Verstappen's aggressive strategy, involving a four-stop or three-stop plan, enabled him to catch up and overtake Valtteri Bottas in an unconventional manner at Turn 12 or 13.
2. **Mercedes' Struggles:**
- Mercedes faced difficulties in the race, with Lewis Hamilton retiring due to a suspected hydraulic issue. George Russell, however, managed to secure a podium finish, benefiting from Hamilton's retirement.
- Bottas, now driving for Alfa Romeo, expressed frustration with his team's strategy, believing he could have achieved a better result with a three-stop strategy instead of the two-stop plan they employed.
3. **Aston Martin's Underwhelming Performance:**
- Aston Martin, led by Lance Stroll, endured a challenging race. Stroll's tendency to spin and cause incidents drew criticism from the commentators.
- The team's overall performance was disappointing, with both Stroll and Sebastian Vettel finishing outside the points. Their struggles highlighted the difficulties in adapting a car designed for a different engine and aero package.
4. **Sainz's Precautionary Retirement:**
- Sainz retired from the race as a precautionary measure due to a suspected engine issue. Ferrari opted for this decision to prevent potential damage to the power unit.
- This retirement impacted the team's championship aspirations, as they lost valuable points to Red Bull in both the drivers' and constructors' standings.
5. **Lando Norris' Tonsillitis:**
- Norris revealed that he was suffering from tonsillitis during the race. Despite the discomfort, he managed to finish in the points, showcasing his resilience and determination.
6. **F1 TV's Improvements:**
- F1 TV implemented positive changes based on feedback from fans. They introduced a picture-in-picture feature during race highlights, allowing viewers to follow both the live action and the highlights simultaneously.
- The use of live drone FPV footage was experimental and received mixed reactions. While some appreciated the new perspective, others found the fisheye lens distortion unappealing.
**Conclusion:**
The 2022 Spanish Grand Prix showcased Red Bull's strategic prowess and the challenges faced by their rivals. Aston Martin's struggles highlighted the complexities of adapting a car to different specifications. The race also featured notable moments such as Verstappen's daring overtake, Bottas' frustration, and Norris' resilience despite illness. F1 TV's improvements were welcomed, while the use of drone FPV footage sparked discussions about its potential and limitations. Overall, the race delivered excitement, drama, and talking points for Formula One fans.
[00:00.000 -> 00:02.760] Will Smith slapping someone and like the same thing happens.
[00:03.040 -> 00:07.080] Like imagine Will Smith there slapping and like science spins and then spins.
[00:17.440 -> 00:20.160] Hello and welcome to F1 Fan Fiction.
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[00:26.480 -> 00:32.600] it's gonna be a banterful F1 race review episode which is what this podcast is
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[00:50.520 -> 00:57.200] the episode. We are your hosts. I am Akash and I'm Sarang and just thoughts about
[00:57.200 -> 01:03.400] the race Sarang there like it was a dryish but a fun race for me. I had fun
[01:03.400 -> 01:06.600] but I was bored. How was it for you?
[01:06.600 -> 01:12.280] Just thoughts on the race. I think the best way to capture it is that I
[01:12.280 -> 01:16.760] was like really on the edge of my seat till like the 3-4th of the race I would
[01:16.760 -> 01:22.600] say or 2-3rd of the race and then I just like snoozed off. Like right up till
[01:22.600 -> 01:25.760] where the drama was going on with where things were shifting around, I think
[01:25.760 -> 01:27.280] it was pretty fun.
[01:27.280 -> 01:32.400] But once things settled down, once team orders started coming into the picture, it started
[01:32.400 -> 01:34.800] getting a little boring.
[01:34.800 -> 01:38.680] But I don't know.
[01:38.680 -> 01:40.360] I mean, a lot of people are talking this.
[01:40.360 -> 01:44.800] Was this probably the most interesting Spanish GP in the recent history at least?
[01:44.800 -> 01:47.920] Oh, yeah. In the recent recent history for sure. For sure.
[01:47.920 -> 01:50.800] Because like and especially like with 2022, right?
[01:50.800 -> 01:54.960] Like with the changes that have come in and everyone's still trying to figure out what's happening.
[01:54.960 -> 01:58.480] Mark sort of starting to come back. This race.
[02:01.120 -> 02:02.560] Recent time for sure.
[02:03.440 -> 02:05.600] Best ever, that's question mark.
[02:05.600 -> 02:10.600] Because like they showed Pastor Maldonado somewhere in there.
[02:10.600 -> 02:16.800] And I'm like he's won a GP there, which I would have never expected him to win and stuff.
[02:16.800 -> 02:24.000] So, I think like that to me, for me was an interesting race back in 2012 or 2011 or something like that.
[02:24.000 -> 02:25.760] But yeah, recent times for sure. This was a great race. This was a great race. interesting race back in 2012 or 2011 or something like that but yeah recent
[02:25.760 -> 02:32.080] times for sure this was a great race this was a great race. Yeah yeah no yeah I agree
[02:32.080 -> 02:36.720] like I wouldn't say that it was the best Panacea GP race yet but yeah it was a
[02:36.720 -> 02:40.360] pretty decent race compared to the ones we have had in the past especially
[02:40.360 -> 02:48.760] during the Mercedes dominance. So I think there's also this weird stat that I think in the last, I think since 2018 if I'm not wrong.
[02:48.760 -> 02:55.000] Like Merck and Red Bull are the only teams that have gotten to the podium at Spanish GP.
[02:55.000 -> 02:58.000] That puts things in perspective.
[02:58.000 -> 03:05.400] True. I mean, and then in the past 5 years, it's always been Hamilton who's been qualifying P1, right?
[03:05.400 -> 03:08.520] So, and Bottas one time in the middle there somewhere.
[03:08.520 -> 03:09.840] But like, right.
[03:11.840 -> 03:17.480] Yeah, I think this year in general, I guess, has been like a streak breaker for Hamilton
[03:18.400 -> 03:24.600] through and through, like all the long streaks that he has like gathered through the years of, you know,
[03:24.920 -> 03:28.360] winning this race for five consecutive times that race for like
[03:28.360 -> 03:33.380] six consecutive times and things like that everything's you know like getting
[03:33.380 -> 03:38.840] reset to zero for him now again. So let me let me just first put this out there.
[03:38.840 -> 03:44.780] You heard it first on F1 Fan Fiction that Murk is gonna be back and this time
[03:44.780 -> 03:45.680] like sure
[03:45.680 -> 03:50.520] the Australian P3 for Russell was also somewhat of a comeback but like I call
[03:50.520 -> 03:58.360] this as a true comeback right like you let's let's dive into it like through
[03:58.360 -> 04:03.840] the whole race as it happened. Akash, you know what I was I was gonna ask you I was gonna
[04:03.840 -> 04:11.640] ask you did you scratch the lot a lot this week at all yeah right like me being this thing and
[04:11.640 -> 04:19.520] work being on the podium sure yeah let's let's call it that yeah but yeah like I
[04:19.520 -> 04:24.280] think like your theory held up in the sense that they got those upgrades like
[04:24.280 -> 04:30.560] we have been talking about like bringing it in spain for a long time now and i think uh overall we can see like in
[04:30.560 -> 04:35.200] fact in fp1 fp2 as well it was pretty evident that they are pretty fast now and as well the car is
[04:35.200 -> 04:41.120] not bouncing around as much as before so you know a little bit and this got called out in like a
[04:41.120 -> 04:47.720] commentary somewhere like they've i think like one of the qualifying sessions where they said like for poising at some level is
[04:47.720 -> 04:52.600] completely resolved on Mercedes end now all they need to go back and do is
[04:52.600 -> 04:58.680] focus on the engine and like the pace yeah right right right yeah and I think
[04:58.680 -> 05:05.400] we could clearly see that I mean with the whole race that Hamilton had today.
[05:05.640 -> 05:09.160] And of course, George as well. I mean, think about it. Hamilton, of course,
[05:09.160 -> 05:13.280] had some bad luck with Magnussen, like crashing into him.
[05:13.440 -> 05:16.760] And I don't know what K-Mag was doing because I feel it was entirely his
[05:16.760 -> 05:20.720] fault. I'm a little surprised he was not given a penalty, honestly speaking,
[05:21.600 -> 05:23.040] because he did turn into him.
[05:24.160 -> 05:26.160] I think like he gave himself the penalty
[05:26.160 -> 05:30.000] right like he wandered off and then repeat 20 and then...
[05:30.000 -> 05:34.000] He stayed there for most of the days.
[05:34.000 -> 05:39.000] I guess that's right that's why they probably didn't give him the penalty because he anyways gave it to himself.
[05:39.000 -> 05:45.440] Like I was seeing Hamilton's on board on the race start replays and everything's going fine.
[05:45.440 -> 05:49.180] He's taking a good line. There's no competition. There's nothing. And then all
[05:49.180 -> 05:54.080] of a sudden there is this tap and I'm like what just happened? Like why did KMag
[05:54.080 -> 06:06.240] all of a sudden do this? I mean this being Latifi or Mazipin. Oh wait, wait a second, Kmag is in Mazipin's car.
[06:12.160 -> 06:20.160] Does Mazipin's spirit still live there? Exactly. Is this the ghost of lingering Mazispin out there? Oh, oh, oh, okay. I have a theory. So apparently, if you go and check Mazipin's Twitter bio,
[06:20.160 -> 06:25.360] it still says Formula One driver. I think that is why. Because his spirit still lives in the car.
[06:25.360 -> 06:27.360] Yes.
[06:27.360 -> 06:31.360] You heard it first on the fan section.
[06:31.360 -> 06:33.360] As everything else.
[06:33.360 -> 06:35.360] Yes.
[06:35.360 -> 06:37.360] Exactly.
[06:37.360 -> 06:39.360] But there was a launch of a start, right?
[06:39.360 -> 06:41.360] I feel like Russell, for example.
[06:41.360 -> 06:43.360] Russell had a launch of a start.
[06:43.360 -> 06:49.600] Sure, at the end of that first lap, he maintained the position that he started off on the grid.
[06:49.600 -> 06:52.600] But like, I think the start was just too brilliant.
[06:52.600 -> 06:54.000] Even if you see Perez.
[06:54.000 -> 06:59.240] Perez, like you can see, right, like he just bounced to the right and then like launched.
[06:59.240 -> 07:01.400] So, both of those cars.
[07:01.400 -> 07:03.400] Oh, yeah. That was pretty awesome, actually.
[07:03.400 -> 07:05.000] I was quite surprised to see that.
[07:05.000 -> 07:11.000] Yeah, and he just like shot into the traffic and then like tucked himself behind. I think was it Russell?
[07:11.000 -> 07:16.000] Yeah, they retained their positions, but it was just brilliant the way they launched in.
[07:16.000 -> 07:23.000] Yep, yep. I think like pretty much everybody at the start of the grid, except for Sainz of course, had a good start.
[07:23.000 -> 07:31.680] I don't know what, I think are called sleeping or something he's just having with that house number two to be the new yeah
[07:31.680 -> 07:38.240] exactly uh i think this time again we had that graphic about charles and max for the restart and
[07:38.240 -> 07:47.600] i think charles won out this time in terms of the action time right uh I guess George has had a good one as well. I think Perez as well had a good one.
[07:47.600 -> 07:55.600] Yeah, overall good starts I guess. Though one thing I have to point out, Hamilton of course, he had the bad luck.
[07:55.600 -> 08:11.400] And he almost quit, didn't he? So now the non-race track Hamilton fan in me saying like he is just being a cranky baby
[08:11.400 -> 08:14.840] and be like yeah I want to quit because I'm not winning sort of thing.
[08:14.840 -> 08:20.180] But I feel like there is this overall power unit issue that's floating around on the track
[08:20.180 -> 08:23.200] and obviously we'll come to this as a whole segment.
[08:23.200 -> 08:27.560] But I think Hamilton knowing everything that he knows about his car and stuff,
[08:27.560 -> 08:32.080] I feel like he knows he has a good car and rather than pushing the car,
[08:32.080 -> 08:34.520] he'd rather retire the car to save that engine.
[08:35.360 -> 08:38.440] That's true. That's true. And that's the thing, right?
[08:38.440 -> 08:41.600] Like I was a bit surprised when he said that because, you know,
[08:41.600 -> 08:43.440] of all the drivers out there,
[08:43.440 -> 08:49.280] like he is not one of those who usually is ready to quit right like yeah he is very
[08:49.280 -> 08:53.520] persistent yeah yeah but like I think Bono gave him some encouragement and
[08:53.520 -> 08:57.640] yeah I think then he just went hammer time throughout the race after that.
[08:57.640 -> 09:00.600] And that was a good encouragement right because they were like oh we actually
[09:00.600 -> 09:05.160] have a point to the shot to the points. P8 is what we are targeting.
[09:08.000 -> 09:08.040] And then coming P19 to finishing P5.
[09:10.200 -> 09:11.560] That's just, that's the Hamilton. Like that's the Hamilton we know.
[09:11.560 -> 09:12.080] Exactly.
[09:12.640 -> 09:13.760] Yeah, exactly.
[09:14.000 -> 09:19.080] And I mean, I was a little saddened to see that, you know, he was actually
[09:19.080 -> 09:21.720] trying out a different strategy if you saw during the start of the race.
[09:22.160 -> 09:25.760] Everybody else was on softs and Hamilton was only driver on
[09:25.760 -> 09:32.720] mediums. So he had gone into the race with a different strategy. He knew from the start that
[09:32.720 -> 09:39.680] he has the pace and he probably has the machinery to maybe even get on the podium.
[09:39.680 -> 09:46.640] So, or who knows when the race, because honestly speaking, the pace at which he was driving, like it was insane.
[09:46.640 -> 09:50.520] Like it, so the funny thing is, you know, while I was watching the race,
[09:50.520 -> 09:53.480] I didn't realize that Hamilton was driving so well because they didn't show him
[09:53.480 -> 09:57.840] much. Like, I remember he was like P19 for a while,
[09:58.280 -> 10:01.040] and then slowly he like overtook a few people.
[10:01.360 -> 10:03.600] He reached around P17 or P16.
[10:04.120 -> 10:05.720] And then all of a sudden in the
[10:05.720 -> 10:09.580] middle of the race I saw the leaderboard and I was like he's at P6. I'm like wait
[10:09.580 -> 10:15.240] wait what happened like how did he get there? Yeah yeah he shot through the
[10:15.240 -> 10:28.200] ranks pretty quick. No but you're right like while they should have showed him first of all right like that's poor
[10:28.200 -> 10:33.040] race direction to some extent because that's what got me bored to a level
[10:33.040 -> 10:37.920] because all they showed was a Russell yesterday yeah and that was a good fight
[10:37.920 -> 10:40.880] but that went on for so long that we missed out on so many other
[10:40.880 -> 10:47.160] opportunities there yeah but yeah man, overall loved how this
[10:47.160 -> 10:50.400] guy's driven. You were mentioning something about this right like you were
[10:50.400 -> 10:54.560] saying that if that incident with Magnuson wouldn't have happened he would
[10:54.560 -> 10:57.840] have been on podium because there was like a time difference in terms of like
[10:57.840 -> 11:03.720] how he... Oh yeah. So what was that? I've forgotten. Yep, yep. So basically I think on the radio I
[11:03.720 -> 11:05.280] don't remember was it Boone or Rosatoto, either of them I think on the radio, I don't remember was it Bono,
[11:05.280 -> 11:09.440] Rosa, Toto, either of them came on to the radio at the end and basically told him
[11:09.440 -> 11:15.420] that he started off the race like 50, sorry 40 seconds off the lead and ended
[11:15.420 -> 11:20.200] the race around like 30 seconds. So he basically, even after crashing out,
[11:20.200 -> 11:29.040] even after crashing out, he made up 10 seconds which is so good and I, without the crash, without the extra pit stop that he had to take at the start of the race,
[11:29.440 -> 11:33.560] who knows, he could have even probably won the race at that pace, which he was going on.
[11:34.040 -> 11:35.880] So super impressive.
[11:36.160 -> 11:43.200] So this was something like Hamilton back in Brazil, I think last year or last to last year, where he just launched out of somewhere.
[11:43.680 -> 11:44.200] But, you know,
[11:44.240 -> 11:46.600] Actually, there's another theory about it. Sorry to interrupt you,
[11:46.600 -> 11:49.040] but there's another theory about it.
[11:49.120 -> 11:51.960] The dialogue that he said about saving the engine, right?
[11:51.960 -> 11:56.400] So a lot of people are speculating that maybe they were running at a higher
[11:56.400 -> 11:58.000] engine mode for Hamilton.
[11:58.720 -> 12:03.520] And that is why he probably thought that it would be a good idea to skip this
[12:03.520 -> 12:08.000] race because if they're running at a higher engine mode they might damage it more as well and
[12:08.000 -> 12:13.240] you know that also explains that radio message on like the penultimate lap of
[12:13.240 -> 12:17.240] him letting science by because if he doesn't then they're gonna kill the
[12:17.240 -> 12:26.000] engine and they won't even finish the race exactly yeah that's interesting then in that case.
[12:26.000 -> 12:29.300] Because at one point, it looks like they are back.
[12:29.300 -> 12:35.300] But then at the second end, it looks like, yeah, there's still stuff everyone still figure out.
[12:35.300 -> 12:41.600] You know what though, as much as I love Murr coming back, I don't want them to get like overly good.
[12:41.600 -> 12:43.100] Because then you lose.
[12:43.100 -> 12:45.440] Because at this point point like the brilliant part
[12:45.440 -> 12:50.720] about 2022 season has been the battle that's going on. Like there's a good back and forth.
[12:50.720 -> 12:55.360] Yeah. And like a three-way back and forth that's just going to pump up the the entertainment.
[12:55.360 -> 13:00.240] Yep. Like if it becomes like Merc dominance or Ferrari dominance or Red Bull dominance then it
[13:00.240 -> 13:08.400] makes it boring again. Hey by the way okay I have to point this out was was
[13:08.400 -> 13:12.900] the dash on like the dashboard on Russell's car complimenting the car or
[13:12.900 -> 13:17.220] something what was going on there? Good good yeah you're referring to the cool car thing right?
[13:17.220 -> 13:30.400] I've never seen that ever like I don't know what was going on there. I was like, I know it's a cool car, but why the warning about it?
[13:30.400 -> 13:35.920] But I guess that, that again ties into the same theory that they probably were running
[13:35.920 -> 13:40.760] a higher engine mode because that warning was pretty absurd considering that there was
[13:40.760 -> 13:41.760] no car ahead of him.
[13:41.760 -> 13:43.400] And that's what George said as well.
[13:43.400 -> 13:47.240] Like I'm driving in the clean air why am I getting this warning?
[13:47.240 -> 13:53.160] yeah he was caught by surprise. Makes no sense yeah yeah. I don't know what the what the radio
[13:53.160 -> 13:58.520] engineering feedback was to that but yeah he was surprised to like why am I
[13:58.520 -> 14:08.000] being asked to cool down the car. Right yep yep. But like on the front right like I Like, I mean, sure, Russell and Murk were on the front.
[14:08.000 -> 14:12.000] Russell was literally leading the race for a few laps without the pit stop.
[14:12.000 -> 14:13.000] At a point he was.
[14:13.000 -> 14:18.000] But the true leader overall over the weekend, I still feel was Leclerc.
[14:18.000 -> 14:26.340] I mean, Max won the race. Russell was leading sure like I think that Ferrari has has gotten
[14:26.340 -> 14:30.940] itself into something where Laclaire could have won the race if not for the
[14:30.940 -> 14:37.400] issue. Overall I feel like with the final result in hindsight it's like
[14:37.400 -> 14:46.240] Ferrari was just being Ferrari last night. Yeah and Charles being Charles, I guess. Like because he was practicing for next weekend. Yeah.
[14:48.000 -> 14:52.000] And his practice goes on from the last weekend because, uh, if,
[14:52.000 -> 14:53.120] I don't know if you had seen this,
[14:53.120 -> 14:56.600] but there was this clip floating around where he had participated in some Monaco
[14:57.840 -> 15:02.520] race or something like that. Yeah. He crashed out Nikhil's car.
[15:04.520 -> 15:07.680] And then this race again, of course he had the engine
[15:07.680 -> 15:14.280] failure. I mean not his fault but still you know it's just so so funny I don't
[15:14.280 -> 15:18.520] know it just it's like you know we couldn't come up with these storylines
[15:18.520 -> 15:25.360] even if we wanted to write it. It writes itself. And the funny thing is like when he crashed right like when he
[15:25.360 -> 15:31.440] cashed Nikki's car you could sort of not see but you could imagine like a gasp
[15:31.440 -> 15:36.600] from everyone they go he crashed a vintage car and then the commentators
[15:36.600 -> 15:41.240] come to save their day by saying like we've seen a number of accidents in this
[15:41.240 -> 15:52.300] car but this is the first one after a number of years and like okay that's lowering the blow at this point for sure. I guess maybe it's
[15:52.300 -> 15:56.900] either that he's just getting his crashes out early so that he can maybe
[15:56.900 -> 16:08.000] win his home race finally or rather complete his home race finally. Let's get a bet on. I bet you a beer that he is not going to finish next race.
[16:08.000 -> 16:15.000] Alright, sure. I'll take it up. I guess this might be the first race that he finally finishes.
[16:15.000 -> 16:27.720] Oh man, I'd gladly was performing so well this weekend.
[16:27.720 -> 16:29.120] I mean, bad luck for him.
[16:29.120 -> 16:32.680] But as we mentioned, he got off the line beautifully.
[16:32.680 -> 16:34.520] His reaction time was faster.
[16:34.520 -> 16:39.120] He covered Max very well, held on to the race lead.
[16:39.120 -> 16:47.000] And of course, his engine decided to commit suicide but...
[16:47.000 -> 16:54.760] But your point on him covering off Max right I feel like and I've seen like it's an
[16:54.760 -> 16:59.200] observation since Saudi right maybe this has been going on for a while now but I
[16:59.200 -> 17:04.400] feel like he knows beautifully how to hold Max off and I don't know if this
[17:04.400 -> 17:05.160] goes back from
[17:05.160 -> 17:10.600] their experience as carting together like he does this very beautifully yeah
[17:10.600 -> 17:14.960] yeah in fact at points I think that he does it better than Hamilton as well
[17:14.960 -> 17:20.120] because that they go back so far back that they know each other's driving
[17:20.120 -> 17:25.520] style so well by now that I think yeah he just kind of handles him very well.
[17:30.720 -> 17:35.040] Right and I think like we saw a flavor of it and obviously this is the first time because Russell's not been in that contention ever but like we saw a flavor of it between Russell and
[17:35.040 -> 17:40.560] Max too because that too was like brilliant defending from Russell right like and again
[17:40.560 -> 17:52.880] this is probably again back from their carting days because all these trio, quattro, whatever you want to call it, like even Lando, if he gets up in the mix, I think like it's going to be the same battle when they all club together.
[17:53.840 -> 18:00.600] Yep. Yep. Yep. Yeah. I mean, of course, like George, rather Max had a handicap while fighting with George.
[18:00.600 -> 18:02.160] So like I give that to him.
[18:02.480 -> 18:04.640] Him himself doing that to himself?
[18:04.760 -> 18:06.880] Yeah. Probably. I don't to him. Him himself doing that to himself? Yeah.
[18:06.880 -> 18:14.180] Probably I don't know what was going on with that. Anyways, oh talking about handicaps
[18:14.180 -> 18:23.340] talking about handicaps what was science doing? Yeah I think I said this right in
[18:23.340 -> 18:31.480] this episode already like he's trying to fight with K Mac for that ghost of Masip in lingering around on the track somewhere.
[18:31.480 -> 18:50.400] Yeah, home race I had expected that he might you know really do something. He did do something that's that's that is usual I think even on the commentator like my science spins off okay yeah sure move on let's just let's just move on yeah in
[18:50.400 -> 18:56.520] today's news science spins okay the only good part was at least he had a good
[18:56.520 -> 19:02.520] recovery from there so yeah that's that's something some brownie points for
[19:02.520 -> 19:08.900] Ferrari I mean yeah they lost one, but at least the second car finished for P4, I guess.
[19:08.900 -> 19:10.400] P4, yes.
[19:10.400 -> 19:13.000] Yeah. So, not a total loss for them.
[19:13.000 -> 19:18.300] But regardless, I think Red Bull overtook both the championship leads now.
[19:18.300 -> 19:19.400] So, that's that.
[19:19.400 -> 19:25.560] Yes. Yes. And I think like that's speaking to some consistency there with the Ferrari engine now.
[19:25.560 -> 19:29.560] Like it's how ironical that like the role reversals have happened.
[19:29.560 -> 19:34.120] Because like starting of the season, we saw Red Bull engine reliability issues.
[19:34.480 -> 19:37.880] We did see a flavor of it during Q3 yesterday.
[19:38.520 -> 19:39.720] Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah.
[19:40.200 -> 19:42.760] But Ferrari now and that makes sense.
[19:42.760 -> 19:44.760] And Charles was vocal about it.
[19:44.760 -> 19:47.860] I think like in the Post Trace Press interview interview where he was like, we have to...
[19:47.860 -> 19:54.100] Like we're doing so well and we can't just be losing it in this way, which is fair enough, right?
[19:54.100 -> 19:59.400] Because they genuinely after like yours have a good shot at that championship.
[19:59.400 -> 19:59.900] Right.
[19:59.900 -> 20:03.800] And do it early on before like Red Bull and Mercedes catch up.
[20:03.800 -> 20:06.720] It's like, do as fast as you can.
[20:07.360 -> 20:07.960] Sort of thing.
[20:09.040 -> 20:09.720] That's true, man.
[20:09.720 -> 20:14.120] And I think it's heartbreaking for any driver that like, after you put in
[20:14.120 -> 20:19.040] everything, like it all goes away because of reasons that you have absolutely no
[20:19.040 -> 20:19.800] control over.
[20:20.040 -> 20:20.480] Exactly.
[20:20.520 -> 20:21.880] Yeah.
[20:21.880 -> 20:26.960] I mean, I think overall, I think it is becoming a theme of 2022, I guess,
[20:26.960 -> 20:31.600] because like Red Bull, of course, we saw in the first few races, Ferrari, as you mentioned,
[20:31.600 -> 20:39.680] and I think there was another Ferrari power car that was a Jao, right? Yeah, exactly. And also
[20:39.680 -> 20:45.000] Mercedes as well. I mean, they didn't DNF, but still the warning was there. They were gonna.
[20:45.000 -> 20:46.000] Yup, exactly.
[20:46.000 -> 20:47.000] So, yeah.
[20:47.000 -> 20:52.000] Coming into the weekend, I was talking to a friend of mine too about this.
[20:52.000 -> 20:57.000] And my predictions were, like, Lakhler doesn't finish P1.
[20:57.000 -> 21:02.000] And then she goes, like, probably, then you're saying Max is going to be P1.
[21:02.000 -> 21:05.440] And I'm like, no, Red Bull actually does not even finish.
[21:09.520 -> 21:14.640] Cause like I had, I had definite issues with them, like based on how, how Max car performed in Q3 and they had that engine question marks.
[21:14.640 -> 21:18.120] So like Red Bull never finishes, Lajlaya is not P1.
[21:18.520 -> 21:20.200] And then I don't care sort of thing.
[21:20.760 -> 21:23.960] Yeah. Honestly, you know, every time Max's radio comes on,
[21:23.960 -> 21:25.680] I always start imagining that
[21:25.680 -> 21:31.880] okay, he's gonna say losing power, losing power.
[21:31.880 -> 21:36.040] It's the 2021 version of my tires are gone.
[21:36.040 -> 21:38.280] Yeah, man.
[21:38.280 -> 21:50.200] Well, I guess we you you set up the runway for flying into our memes I guess sure let's get
[21:50.200 -> 21:59.140] some fresh hot memes sure mean sexual one of these days I promise I'm gonna do
[21:59.140 -> 22:10.320] like one of those like floating text that goes super fast like meme section. All right here goes nothing
[22:11.880 -> 22:18.000] what do we have as the first one? Oh we've got animation this time.
[22:18.000 -> 22:25.800] That's right. All right so let's take a look at the first one. And I love this one and there has been so much drama about this.
[22:26.700 -> 22:29.900] So, yeah, that's right.
[22:29.900 -> 22:35.000] People who are on audio, it's basically Max on top of Hamilton.
[22:35.200 -> 22:39.200] Don't think dirty things. Max's car on top of Hamilton's car.
[22:43.300 -> 22:50.880] At Monza, which was nine-ish months back right and it actually was like yeah it was and then
[22:50.880 -> 22:59.120] here we have the green Red Bull that's the Aston Martin which is basically a copycat of the Red
[22:59.120 -> 23:07.020] Bull down below so this is a good one. I love this one. There are multiple flavors of this whole copy meme but like
[23:07.020 -> 23:11.760] I think like this one tops it for me yeah yep and the timeline matches so
[23:11.760 -> 23:16.040] perfectly right like that that's the someone whoever thought about this I
[23:16.040 -> 23:19.760] don't know where we got this image from it like whoever's thought about brilliant
[23:19.760 -> 23:26.960] thinking back like nine nine nine ish months back. That's right. Alright, let's let's go on
[23:26.960 -> 23:35.800] to the next one. So Charles Leclerc saying like this has been the worst DNF in my
[23:35.800 -> 23:41.840] career and this is like the Simpsons Homer Simpson sort of meme that that you
[23:41.840 -> 23:51.000] might have seen. Charles Leclerc saying this has been the worst DNF in my career so far and Homer Simpson saying next week Monaco's GP
[23:51.000 -> 23:59.920] which is the reference to like so far. Yeah this has been the worst DNF of your career so far.
[23:59.920 -> 24:05.880] So far. Don't get too cocky.
[24:05.880 -> 24:08.920] The next one has to be nobody.
[24:08.920 -> 24:14.080] And then the text says Hamilton after dropping back to P19 after contact with K-Mag.
[24:14.080 -> 24:17.880] And then the photo is of basically somebody quitting the F1 game.
[24:17.880 -> 24:22.080] Are you sure you want to quit to main venue?
[24:22.080 -> 24:24.560] Is this radio message for real?
[24:24.560 -> 24:26.000] Is that what he said?
[24:26.000 -> 24:29.000] Yeah, I mean, yeah, he pretty much...
[24:29.000 -> 24:31.000] This is photoshopped.
[24:31.000 -> 24:36.000] Oh, that thing. I've also added a photoshop here. Right. Yeah, I totally forgot about that.
[24:36.000 -> 24:39.000] Is that a photoshop or is that what he said?
[24:39.000 -> 24:44.000] Yeah, it's a photoshop. So, yeah, there's a radio pop up right next to the game saying that
[24:44.000 -> 24:45.360] Guys, fuck this shit, man. I want to go home. okay yeah there's a radio pop-up right next to the game saying that guys
[24:45.360 -> 24:51.600] fuck this shit man i want to go home i can totally imagine saying him that just
[24:51.600 -> 24:56.560] paraphrased his words in a better way i get it that was the essence of it
[24:56.560 -> 24:59.520] anyways so you know
[24:59.760 -> 25:08.420] all right what do we have right, the last one I think. Yep. Yep. So firsts, everybody's firsts.
[25:08.420 -> 25:15.140] It's the classic man waiting to get hanged with the caption first time and that's basically
[25:15.140 -> 25:20.520] Bota saying to Perez, is this your first time for team orders?
[25:20.520 -> 25:23.340] Oh, dude. Oh, man.
[25:23.340 -> 25:28.880] I think it was his initiation into the second rule, I guess. Today was it like it was a
[25:28.880 -> 25:35.600] reality check for Perez. It was. But you've set this up perfectly right like
[25:35.600 -> 25:50.760] this our last meme and next section we want to get into is the drama at Red Bull. And I don't want to call it exactly like Malaysia Sapang.
[25:50.760 -> 25:54.240] I think like 2011, was it or 2010?
[25:54.240 -> 25:57.760] Quentin Weber, multi-21.
[25:57.760 -> 25:58.760] Yeah.
[25:58.760 -> 26:00.360] It just reminded me of that.
[26:00.360 -> 26:02.960] Yeah, man. It was...
[26:02.960 -> 26:03.960] Yeah.
[26:03.960 -> 26:09.920] I mean, I felt bad for him. Like it was his race to
[26:09.920 -> 26:15.280] win. Like he deserved it. I mean, Max fucked up, right? Like he made a mistake and Oh yeah,
[26:15.280 -> 26:20.960] by the way, the same exact spot as science. I think that was just a Mazapan spirit licking
[26:20.960 -> 26:25.600] around at that turn T4. I think Mazapan's spirit was the one that was
[26:25.600 -> 26:32.800] blowing the wind there probably. Yeah, right. Like, oh, technically there's a gust of wind
[26:32.800 -> 26:40.480] that's throwing these cars off like a tailwind. Sure. We know now. We know now. Yeah. And
[26:40.480 -> 26:48.000] it was too funny to see as well, actually speaking, like, science fun at that spot spot and then just after, I think it was just few laps after right?
[26:48.000 -> 26:49.360] I think not too far away.
[26:49.360 -> 26:51.360] Yeah, just a lap or two behind.
[26:51.360 -> 26:52.560] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[26:52.560 -> 26:54.240] And then Max spins as well.
[26:54.240 -> 27:08.000] As a meme, don't you think it's one of those memes where you know how you have something happening in loop over different scenarios and it's like Max either kicking the car or off late like Will Smith
[27:08.000 -> 27:12.480] slapping someone and like the same thing happens. Like imagine Will Smith there slapping and like
[27:12.480 -> 27:23.120] science spins and then Max spins. Yeah I can see that. It almost was like Mario Kart where somebody
[27:23.120 -> 27:25.000] like dropped a banana peel there.
[27:25.000 -> 27:30.000] It was. That's true too. Someone should make these videos. Yeah, it was.
[27:30.000 -> 27:37.000] Yeah, right. But, man, Max is really living the WDC life, right?
[27:37.000 -> 27:38.000] He is.
[27:38.000 -> 27:40.000] He is complaining throughout the race.
[27:40.000 -> 27:45.440] There was so much drama going on between GP and him. It was so fun to watch.
[27:45.440 -> 27:49.880] I think they were like quibbling like a couple.
[27:49.880 -> 27:54.600] Basically at one point, I think Max was of course frustrated with the DRS issue that
[27:54.600 -> 27:55.600] he had.
[27:55.600 -> 27:56.760] And it was very funny to watch as well.
[27:56.760 -> 28:01.480] Like he was pressing the button and the DRS was shutting off automatically.
[28:01.480 -> 28:07.440] This too, sorry but this too is that meme where this guy is cycling and then he pokes his own front wheel
[28:07.440 -> 28:11.000] with a thing and is like, Oh, these roads are so bad.
[28:11.360 -> 28:14.760] It's that sort of thing. Yeah, exactly.
[28:18.120 -> 28:19.880] Exactly. I don't know what was going on. I,
[28:19.920 -> 28:22.880] I'm pretty sure it was not all Max who was doing it.
[28:22.880 -> 28:26.300] I'm pretty sure there was some mechanical issue with the DRS as well.
[28:26.780 -> 28:30.580] But apparently like basically what GP was telling him constantly was that, you
[28:30.580 -> 28:35.540] know, you're pressing the button too many times, just press it after the
[28:35.540 -> 28:39.040] curve so that you know, like, so that it stays on.
[28:39.420 -> 28:39.620] Yeah.
[28:39.620 -> 28:44.360] It was, it was pretty hilarious to like see Max losing it, saying like, I'm
[28:44.360 -> 28:46.320] pressing the button 50 fucking times.
[28:46.480 -> 28:50.120] And I'm pretty sure right, right on the opposite end of the pit wall,
[28:50.320 -> 28:54.560] Perez's race engineer is going like, man, what a tool.
[28:54.560 -> 28:55.680] Let my guy win.
[28:56.320 -> 29:01.440] Exactly. Oh yeah. And the, uh, the radio by Perez as well, right?
[29:01.440 -> 29:06.000] I think when Max, yeah, rather not at the end, way before.
[29:06.000 -> 29:10.080] When Max was trying to overtake Russell and he was having issues with you know his DRS.
[29:10.960 -> 29:15.600] This guy is closing in and he's getting near I think he was like 1.5 seconds behind Max at
[29:15.600 -> 29:20.560] that point and he's like you know hello team orders where are they. Yeah and he did say like
[29:20.560 -> 29:27.680] I'm faster than both of them like I can go by by. And it's true because like, okay, sorry, Russell hadn't pitted then.
[29:27.680 -> 29:32.480] God knows how he was still fighting Max off, but he hadn't pitted then.
[29:32.480 -> 29:37.360] Max, between Max and Perez, Perez has had a pit stop.
[29:37.360 -> 29:40.040] And it was somewhat of an undercut on his own teammate.
[29:40.040 -> 29:41.880] Because he had better tires.
[29:41.880 -> 29:44.880] And he was rightful to say like, I have better pace.
[29:44.880 -> 29:47.040] Because he had warmer, better tires was rightful to say like I have better pace because he had warmer better tires at that point
[29:47.320 -> 29:53.340] Definitely. Yeah, we saw that and we saw that like as soon as Max was off like the overtake that Perez got on
[29:53.980 -> 29:57.420] Russell like it was like this is how it should have happened. Cakewalk, right? Yeah
[29:59.020 -> 30:02.480] Man and it was I mean Red Bull somehow like
[30:03.040 -> 30:05.760] Handled it well there because they pitted Max.
[30:05.760 -> 30:09.760] So, they kind of avoided that situation altogether of using team orders.
[30:09.760 -> 30:13.080] So, fair play to them on doing that.
[30:13.080 -> 30:16.360] But Perez, man, he was on fire.
[30:16.360 -> 30:18.560] Made no mistakes throughout the race.
[30:18.560 -> 30:21.360] Held his own. I think, played the team game as well.
[30:21.360 -> 30:29.600] And of course, I think it was a heartbreak for him. A lot of Perez fans. So, that too, right? He's played the team game as well. And of course, I think it was a heartbreak for him. Like a lot of Ferris fans. So that too, right? Like he's played the team game.
[30:29.600 -> 30:35.760] Let's talk about this. So after the race, they are going in that classic Ford-Lamon
[30:35.760 -> 30:42.720] winning over Ferrari way of like together, sure, whatever. But there was this radio message where
[30:42.720 -> 30:45.720] it's like, let's not talk now. We'll talk later.
[30:45.720 -> 30:53.480] And I'm thinking like, okay, sure, this guy needs a contract renewal. So he's gonna comply at this point.
[30:53.480 -> 30:59.720] But out of everyone who switched teams over last year, like Ricardo, he's not doing good science.
[30:59.720 -> 31:02.440] Just kidding somewhere off on skates.
[31:02.440 -> 31:08.520] Whatever. just kidding somewhere off on skates. He's the only one who sort of like made
[31:08.520 -> 31:14.520] Helmut Marko prove wrong race over race that he shouldn't have gone off
[31:14.520 -> 31:19.160] and like a great decision made of keeping him in the team. The challenge is
[31:19.160 -> 31:24.080] now gonna be like the multi 21 sort of situation where Perez is equally gonna
[31:24.080 -> 31:26.480] get good at fighting for that championship.
[31:27.840 -> 31:31.840] And they don't have a backup driver. Like if they let him go, who takes his seat?
[31:32.720 -> 31:39.520] Exactly. They don't have anybody. That's true. And it's complicated, man. Like at one point,
[31:39.520 -> 31:48.560] of course, all of these drivers are fighting for their own benefit as such. They are teammates but at the
[31:48.560 -> 31:54.400] end of the day everybody wants to win. But I really like a perspective that one of our listeners put
[31:54.400 -> 32:00.720] on Twitter. I think there was this post where we had replied on Twitter where we said basically
[32:00.720 -> 32:10.560] like totally agree, they should have let him race. It's just the sixth race in the season. So it's too early to decide who's going to win the championship. To which I think
[32:10.560 -> 32:16.240] it was one of our listeners was Parikshit who basically said that at the end of the day,
[32:16.240 -> 32:21.200] and of course I'm paraphrasing here, but at the end of the day, these are highly paid
[32:22.160 -> 32:25.640] employees at the end of the day of constructors and I mean think
[32:25.640 -> 32:29.800] about it if your boss tells you to do something and if you don't agree to do
[32:29.800 -> 32:34.360] that like they have the right to fire you right like so you're getting paid to
[32:34.360 -> 32:39.080] do a job and his job fortunately unfortunately whatever it is is to be
[32:39.080 -> 32:47.280] the second driver. It's a different type of a desk job. Yep. At the rate Parikshit Gary.
[32:47.280 -> 32:52.480] That's the handle if any of our listeners want to go out and follow him and check him out.
[32:52.480 -> 32:58.160] But yeah, I like that perspective. I think like he's in a corporate sense of ways, he's not wrong.
[32:58.160 -> 33:05.600] Yeah, that's right. So, fair play. And of course, he played the team game. He didn't argue much.
[33:05.600 -> 33:11.680] He basically didn't cause any issues. Just let him buy when he was ordered to.
[33:11.680 -> 33:14.320] So, yeah, fair play to Perez as well.
[33:14.320 -> 33:22.480] I think the only good part of Max being Max was that overtake on turn 12 or 13.
[33:22.480 -> 33:25.440] Which everyone was shocked. Even the commentators. Brandul was like, I have never in my career seen an overtake on turn 12 or 13 which everyone was shocked like even the commentators
[33:25.440 -> 33:30.480] like brandon was like i've never in my career seen an overtake at this point where max overtook
[33:30.480 -> 33:36.720] botas in a very unconventional way yeah and i think he was on a very aggressive strategy right
[33:36.720 -> 33:42.720] like it was essential to him to not get stuck behind anybody because he was basically on what
[33:42.720 -> 33:50.720] a four stop or three stopper i forgot how many pit stops he took but basically i think he was in such an aggressive strategy that he had
[33:50.720 -> 33:57.760] to like go ahead and catch up with these guys in the front but that overtake was lovely man and i
[33:57.760 -> 34:07.440] think the only other overtake that comes near that was i mean it wasn't overtake but the defense that Russell put up to Max in that turn
[34:07.440 -> 34:12.880] where he kind of just let him go ahead and then took back the lead in the very next turn. Man,
[34:12.880 -> 34:17.680] that was brilliant. Both of those were brilliant. But like, because we are talking about Botas and
[34:17.680 -> 34:22.080] I know we are not going to do it again. Everyone else, if you think about it, like let's take the
[34:22.080 -> 34:29.000] top seven, for example, right? Everyone out there were on a good three stop slash four stop strategy and Botas
[34:29.000 -> 34:33.560] yesterday was on a two stop strategy and when he got overtaken by
[34:33.560 -> 34:39.640] Hamilton towards the fag end of the race like he was rightfully true to be
[34:39.640 -> 34:51.360] annoyed that like they should have put him on a three because he was B4 at one point but like Bortas Alpha B4 like this yeah he couldn't do this in a more exactly
[34:51.360 -> 34:57.000] for a long time. He couldn't yeah. And yeah man it was so awesome I mean I'm enjoying
[34:57.000 -> 35:02.280] watching Bortas in Aston Martin he is doing so well and very honestly I don't
[35:02.280 -> 35:05.840] know maybe it's just me but he looks happier as well in general.
[35:05.920 -> 35:08.680] Like swimming naked in Denver and stuff.
[35:12.040 -> 35:14.800] No, it was for a good cause. So like I gave him credit for that.
[35:14.800 -> 35:19.320] He raised some money for charity, but yeah, I read a tweet about this,
[35:19.320 -> 35:20.600] which was really cool, which is,
[35:20.680 -> 35:25.000] it seems like Botas loves his ass more than anybody else because he's
[35:25.000 -> 35:34.620] been showing that off to the world everywhere. Speaking of Botas doing
[35:34.620 -> 35:40.000] voluntary work, I wanna sort of talk about some stats on the track.
[35:40.000 -> 35:47.500] Local boy, long time local boy actually Alonzo, gaining 11 positions yesterday.
[35:47.500 -> 35:49.500] Man, maximum position gained.
[35:49.500 -> 35:51.000] Brilliant work.
[35:51.000 -> 35:53.500] They never showed all of his 11 overtakes.
[35:53.500 -> 35:55.500] But I'm pretty sure they're gonna make like...
[35:55.500 -> 35:57.000] YouTube's gonna F1...
[35:57.000 -> 35:58.500] I saw nothing out of it.
[35:58.500 -> 35:59.500] Right.
[35:59.500 -> 36:04.500] I'm pretty sure like YouTube F1 team is gonna do one of those overtaking shots that they do.
[36:04.500 -> 36:07.680] That they've done at least over the past year or two.
[36:07.680 -> 36:10.080] That's what I hope to see it.
[36:10.080 -> 36:12.720] But yeah, maximum positions gained 11.
[36:12.720 -> 36:14.240] Superb, superb.
[36:14.240 -> 36:20.000] Maximum positions lost, Ghost of Mazipin occupied K-Mag.
[36:20.000 -> 36:21.840] I don't know how many lost like what?
[36:21.840 -> 36:24.640] 10, 9, 7, 8.
[36:24.640 -> 36:26.000] Too many. Too many to count.
[36:26.000 -> 36:32.400] Yeah, who knows. I mean, yeah, self-punishment well-deserved fine, I guess.
[36:35.040 -> 36:42.000] Well, talking about some self-deserved punishment, the other Red Bull, not Alphatauri,
[36:42.000 -> 36:46.880] the other Red Bull, that's Yashin martin i think they got what they
[36:46.880 -> 36:55.040] deserved the green red bull like they copied the red bull but i guess yeah but nothing worked out
[36:55.040 -> 37:02.400] for them right like it was all a total loss yeah it's like a ctrl c ctrl v gone wrong like the
[37:02.400 -> 37:08.280] ctrl c somewhere and then they changed the content on the clipboard before pasting. So they got a different
[37:08.280 -> 37:15.480] copy out there. It seems like the Aston Martin is like a deformed baby where
[37:15.480 -> 37:20.640] they got the worst genes from both the parents.
[37:29.280 -> 37:34.020] like wrong X wrong Y yeah yeah and stroll being stroll of course he was doing some weird shit I think he almost crashed into ghastly or somebody in the
[37:34.020 -> 37:39.160] pit lane and then I guess also spun around did some weird things was where
[37:39.160 -> 37:43.400] did they end up P18 19 something like that it was very terrible at this point
[37:43.400 -> 37:45.000] even the commentators don't care about it.
[37:45.000 -> 37:51.000] We call that fun. As soon as he spun, right, like as soon as he spun, they were like, oh,
[37:51.000 -> 37:56.000] strolls off the track. So on to Russell and Max. And I'm like, okay, nobody cares.
[37:58.000 -> 38:04.000] And in my head, in my head, anyways, exactly. And in my head, I'm like, okay, a green car spun.
[38:04.000 -> 38:06.600] A green car spun and a green car just went from behind.
[38:06.600 -> 38:10.120] I'm like, this could be a Sabinella or Stroll being Stroll.
[38:10.120 -> 38:13.520] And I'm like, at this point, like both spin so much that I'm like confused.
[38:13.520 -> 38:15.000] Like, who's, how's doing this?
[38:15.000 -> 38:18.720] Yeah. But regardless, Vettel did not too bad.
[38:18.720 -> 38:20.520] He finished P11. I'm surprised.
[38:20.520 -> 38:22.160] I had actually not noticed that till now.
[38:22.160 -> 38:22.680] Yeah.
[38:22.680 -> 38:24.840] Almost there in two points.
[38:24.840 -> 38:25.920] Not too bad for him, I guess till now. Almost there in the points. Not too bad for him I guess.
[38:26.560 -> 38:32.480] Yeah almost there in the points. But Ashton Martin man, it's weird this team.
[38:33.920 -> 38:39.760] I mean is it is it Lawrence Troll who does this? Just straight up copying shit.
[38:39.760 -> 38:45.680] Come on man, they did the same with the Mercedes, they tried to do the same with Red Bull this time.
[38:45.680 -> 38:51.680] It's weird, like how do they expect that a car that was designed for a completely different
[38:51.680 -> 38:57.520] engine with different aero would just work on a completely other manufacturer's engine.
[38:58.160 -> 39:11.480] It feels like it's, you know, it's exactly what we said like the stories write themselves yeah we couldn't had you know made up made this up at all anyhow for all the geeky folks
[39:11.480 -> 39:28.000] out there right I feel I feel Lauren stroll is running a That's quite possible. Just patching things up.
[39:28.000 -> 39:33.000] Yeah man. Just copying code and pasting it into production.
[39:33.000 -> 39:37.000] Straight into production.
[39:37.000 -> 39:42.000] Speaking of dramas right, lap 64.
[39:42.000 -> 39:47.040] Two laps before finish. Latifi overtakes Magnuson.
[39:47.040 -> 39:51.440] And I have my heart in my mouth. I'm like, this guy.
[39:51.440 -> 39:56.000] I don't know what's going on in his head. But like, if this guy crashes in.
[39:56.000 -> 39:59.360] I mean, anyways, Magnuson's been crashing into people today.
[39:59.360 -> 40:03.680] He's playing bumper cars. This Latifi is known to spin and crash.
[40:03.680 -> 40:08.340] So, 64, 66, Max is there but like
[40:08.340 -> 40:12.420] things can change and at this point this is this is when Hamilton's like
[40:12.420 -> 40:27.400] P4 like he's not let science pass. Some like P1, P2, Mercedes again. But I know why probably he didn't crash into K-man.
[40:27.400 -> 40:29.600] And I'll tell you the reason why.
[40:29.600 -> 40:33.100] Did you notice that Latifi also finished ahead of Albon as well?
[40:33.100 -> 40:38.200] And my theory is that Papa Latifi paid off Albon to let his kid by.
[40:38.200 -> 40:42.500] And since he knew that there was a payment made,
[40:42.500 -> 40:46.760] so he was careful to try and finish the race ahead of his teammate and break that,
[40:47.240 -> 40:51.520] you know, very, very long running streak of him always finishing behind his
[40:51.520 -> 40:52.360] teammate.
[40:57.360 -> 40:59.000] Yeah. He can put it on his resume now.
[41:00.120 -> 41:02.680] Didn't always finish behind my teammate.
[41:04.920 -> 41:06.720] What else was happening yesterday man?
[41:06.720 -> 41:10.880] Lando man, he was suffering through the race.
[41:10.880 -> 41:12.880] Was he?
[41:12.880 -> 41:14.880] Yeah, he had...
[41:14.880 -> 41:18.800] So the commentators were constantly saying that he had hay fever.
[41:18.800 -> 41:20.800] I don't know where they got that from.
[41:20.800 -> 41:28.760] But pretty much, at least on F1 TV, the commentator reminded that like at least 50 times during the race.
[41:29.320 -> 41:31.880] I mean like, okay, man, I get it. Move on now.
[41:33.040 -> 41:34.960] British media. Why am I not surprised?
[41:35.400 -> 41:39.040] Yeah. Yeah, of course. But basically he had tonsillitis.
[41:40.280 -> 41:43.360] What is it? Tonsillitis? I don't know how it's pronounced, but whatever.
[41:47.000 -> 41:50.000] Yeah. Basically his tonsils was swollen. I'm not an expert just saying.
[41:50.000 -> 41:53.000] So pardon my pronunciation.
[41:53.000 -> 42:01.000] While not a big deal, to be honest, I feel like it still sort of ends up affecting your race performance.
[42:01.000 -> 42:08.240] You're going through something when anyways you have to juggle million things on that track and driving and on top of that
[42:08.240 -> 42:12.760] right like he was driving brilliant like I would have if you wouldn't have caught
[42:12.760 -> 42:16.840] this on the radio like I would have never predicted like he was suffering
[42:16.840 -> 42:20.280] through something because like he was having a brilliant day in terms of like
[42:20.280 -> 42:28.080] how McLaren's been in 2022 like he was having a brilliant day. Yeah, I mean, I'm barely able to record this podcast today with a minor cold.
[42:29.360 -> 42:37.320] But yeah, kudos, kudos to Lando to be able to finish the whole race with that.
[42:39.440 -> 42:41.720] Two things before we wrap this up.
[42:42.040 -> 42:53.960] Time and again, we've proved like we are the first source of feedback to f1 TV and f1 yes they have somehow coincidence sure you
[42:53.960 -> 42:58.960] call it coincidence I call it someone listening to us they've taken our
[42:58.960 -> 43:02.760] feedback and done things right like the first one f1 TV
[43:02.760 -> 43:07.200] Saran because you get it you get it where you are they you're saying
[43:07.200 -> 43:13.040] they have a picture in picture what we've spoken about for races together yeah i think it's
[43:13.040 -> 43:17.520] basically what they do now is they show a picture and picture of the live race while they're showing
[43:17.520 -> 43:30.700] the highlights of the restart and i love this because finally, they have solved that issue of losing out on current action while trying to cover an older action, which everybody has already seen.
[43:30.700 -> 43:34.700] So great kudos on that to, you know, fixing that shit.
[43:34.700 -> 43:42.200] And even with that, we haven't seen all 11 overtakes from Alonzo, but it's a step in the right direction.
[43:42.200 -> 43:43.200] So we'll take it.
[43:43.200 -> 43:45.480] Step in the right direction. So, we'll take it. Step in the right direction.
[43:45.480 -> 43:49.680] Oh, while we are praising them, I have to give one.
[43:49.680 -> 43:54.360] There was this one moment where Max was like chasing Russell.
[43:54.360 -> 43:58.560] And during that time, I think this was just before the lap where he actually overtook.
[43:58.560 -> 44:03.760] At one point, they started showing the crowd while they were on the main straight.
[44:03.760 -> 44:06.480] I'm like, wait, what the f**k are you guys doing?
[44:06.480 -> 44:09.240] But you know what, this was at least better than qualifying.
[44:09.240 -> 44:15.280] Because qualifying, I feel like the crowd and the qualifying sessions got a good 50-50 share.
[44:15.280 -> 44:19.120] I'm like, they've shown enough crowd during the qualifying.
[44:19.120 -> 44:22.080] So, I'll take this lessened amount of...
[44:22.080 -> 44:29.040] But yeah, this season, there's just been too much of crowd so hey you guy yes we'll see crowd reactions but not at the cost of
[44:29.040 -> 44:36.480] like actual overtakes after having seen two cars only for like 20 laps. The other
[44:36.480 -> 44:41.120] thing I mean there's no it's it's an open discussion at this point because I
[44:41.120 -> 44:51.680] think like this is the first time they had like live drone FPV footage sort of thing. Thoughts on that? I mean it's not bad I guess if they
[44:51.680 -> 44:56.840] don't like overuse it I think it has its place if not always for the live feed
[44:56.840 -> 45:02.560] definitely for like highlights and stuff I think it's not bad like they're
[45:02.560 -> 45:06.080] testing things out I think it was a good idea to try it out.
[45:06.080 -> 45:11.440] But I personally didn't enjoy it much because like the fisheye lens kind of warps things
[45:11.440 -> 45:13.440] and it's not very pleasant to watch.
[45:13.440 -> 45:16.800] But okay, I mean, I'm not angry about it.
[45:16.800 -> 45:18.400] Yeah, I'm with you on that.
[45:18.400 -> 45:20.160] And for me, I'm like, yeah, sure.
[45:20.160 -> 45:22.640] Let's try it on experiment with FPVs.
[45:22.640 -> 45:29.120] I want to see like what value add does it bring in over like a copter cam like they've had copters for a while.
[45:29.120 -> 45:35.660] I think this is I'd probably vote for an FPV over a copter cam just from like an
[45:35.660 -> 45:38.720] environmental point of view like you don't have to fly a chopper for two
[45:38.720 -> 45:43.360] hours so you save that much fuel and sure whatever right but it should be a
[45:43.360 -> 45:51.300] good replacement to the copter cam that's out there. Yeah man overall I think a good weekend a
[45:51.300 -> 45:57.980] good race some some question marks coming into the engine we'll see how
[45:57.980 -> 46:02.680] that progresses over over the few races. Merck is definitely back so it's gonna
[46:02.680 -> 46:10.320] be fun I hope like Silverstone's probably what four races out now so it should be a fun one. We probably see
[46:10.320 -> 46:15.380] Merck dominance there out again. But yeah back-to-back races next weekend we'll be
[46:15.380 -> 46:21.240] back with Monaco. So we'll see you folks there. This is F1 Fan Fiction signing off.
[46:21.240 -> 46:28.920] Bye-bye.
[46:22.530 -> 46:24.050] Fan Fiction signing off.
[46:24.050 -> 46:24.930] Bye-bye.
