Podcast: F1 Fanfiction
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Finally, this torturous season is over! We are back to bring you our thoughts for the final race of this season.
In this episode we discuss:
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Music
Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix
**Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Overview:**
* Red Bull's dominance continued with Max Verstappen securing his 15th win of the season, breaking the record for most wins in a single F1 season.
* Sergio Perez finished P3, securing P2 in the Drivers' Championship for Red Bull.
* Charles Leclerc took P2 for Ferrari, earning him P2 in the Drivers' Championship.
* Mercedes secured P2 in the Constructors' Championship, with George Russell finishing P5 and Lewis Hamilton finishing P18.
**Key Talking Points:**
* **Verstappen's Record-Breaking Season:** Verstappen's 15 wins in a single season surpassed Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel's previous record of 13 wins. His consistent dominance throughout the season highlighted his exceptional skill and the strength of the Red Bull car.
* **Perez's Redemption:** After a challenging start to the season, Perez rebounded to secure P3 in the Drivers' Championship and play a crucial role in Red Bull's Constructors' Championship victory. His strong performance in the latter half of the season showcased his resilience and determination.
* **Leclerc's Consistent Challenge:** Despite Ferrari's overall struggles this season, Leclerc consistently challenged Verstappen for race wins and podium finishes. His P2 finish in the Drivers' Championship reflected his talent and dedication, solidifying his position as one of the top drivers in F1.
* **Mercedes' Resurgence:** After a difficult start to the season, Mercedes gradually improved their performance, culminating in securing P2 in the Constructors' Championship. George Russell's consistent top-five finishes and Lewis Hamilton's occasional podiums demonstrated the team's progress and potential for a stronger 2023 campaign.
**Controversies and Memorable Moments:**
* **Perez's 5-Second Penalty:** During the race, Perez received a 5-second penalty for causing a collision with Lando Norris. This penalty ultimately cost him the chance to challenge Leclerc for P2 in the Drivers' Championship, sparking debates about the fairness of the decision.
* **Las Vegas Rant:** Following the announcement of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Christian Horner criticized the proposed track layout, comparing it to an "inverted dead pig." This comment generated significant media attention and highlighted the ongoing discussions about the suitability of certain circuits for F1 racing.
**Overall Season Assessment:**
* The 2022 F1 season was marked by Red Bull's圧倒的な支配, with Verstappen delivering a record-breaking performance.
* Ferrari showed signs of improvement, with Leclerc emerging as a consistent challenger to Verstappen.
* Mercedes made progress in the latter half of the season, securing P2 in the Constructors' Championship.
* The midfield battle was fiercely contested, with several teams and drivers showcasing their potential.
* The season also featured controversies and memorable moments, adding to the excitement and drama of the sport. **Season Finale Recap and Discussion**
* The podcast hosts express their relief that the long and tedious Formula One season is finally over.
* They discuss the various controversies and memorable moments from the final race in Abu Dhabi, including:
* Max Verstappen's decreasing salary despite his championship win.
* Red Bull's dominant performance throughout the season.
* Sergio Perez's thrilling battle with the Mercedes drivers and his subsequent 5-second penalty.
* Alex Albon's impressive performance, beating the Alpha Tauri team single-handedly.
* Logan Sargent's disappointing season, finishing 21st in a 20-driver competition.
* The hosts also mention the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix and express their skepticism about its success.
* They acknowledge that running the podcast requires a lot of effort and financial resources and encourage listeners to consider donating to support their work.
* The hosts conclude the episode by expressing their hope that the next season will be more exciting and less drawn-out.
**Additional Points:**
* The hosts mention that Yuki Tsunoda deserves a proper chance to prove himself in a competitive car.
* They criticize Haas F1 Team's poor performance and lack of consistency.
* They express their disappointment with Valtteri Bottas's underwhelming season and suggest that he should be replaced.
* The hosts praise the FIA for successfully organizing the Las Vegas Grand Prix despite the logistical challenges.
* They acknowledge that the post-race podium ceremony in Abu Dhabi was somewhat chaotic and disorganized.
* The hosts encourage listeners to interact with them on social media and share their thoughts on the races and the podcast.
[00:00.000 -> 00:03.460] So, the meme that you are saying, right, like,
[00:03.460 -> 00:07.500] not everything is perfect or not everyone is perfect with Red Bull,
[00:07.500 -> 00:10.540] holds true for Logan Sargent too,
[00:10.540 -> 00:13.760] because he's got one point in one race and zero everywhere else.
[00:13.760 -> 00:16.300] So, he's also not consistent in getting a zero.
[00:36.600 -> 00:42.520] Hello. Hello. Welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction. We are here. We are here. We finally found the upload button. We are here. We are here. After the Qatar Grand Prix, someone reminded us,
[00:42.520 -> 00:46.640] thank you for all your messages, man. Yeah, we've missed doing this too.
[00:46.640 -> 00:49.840] Maybe not because of all the boringness. No, but we've missed this.
[00:49.840 -> 00:56.080] But better late than never. Let's address the elephant in the room. I know you love us.
[00:56.080 -> 01:00.080] We know you love us. So here we are for y'all.
[01:00.080 -> 01:01.080] Back.
[01:01.080 -> 01:04.560] Back, yeah. For the finale.
[01:04.560 -> 01:05.060] Well, we had other episodes. So we weren't completely gone. Back. Back. Yeah. For the finale. I think the emotional...
[01:05.060 -> 01:07.660] Well, we had other episodes, so we weren't completely gone.
[01:08.060 -> 01:14.780] That's true. That's true. Check out our collaboration with the Indian Racing League, the IRL podcast,
[01:15.100 -> 01:23.780] where we've been debunking stories and decoding behind the scenes of how to get a championship going, what goes on,
[01:23.780 -> 01:28.400] what are the different verticals from the people actually making it happen.
[01:28.400 -> 01:39.800] And so the stories that you hear are the efforts, are the hard work, the blood and sweat that goes on behind getting the championship out to you guys.
[01:39.800 -> 01:47.400] So go check those out. Four episodes are already out. The fifth one is going to drop soon. And we've got one with the constructors themselves.
[01:47.400 -> 01:49.840] So there's more content coming out
[01:49.840 -> 01:54.400] while the usual Dutch national anthem is being played.
[01:54.400 -> 01:55.760] We are your hosts.
[01:55.760 -> 01:57.240] I am Akash.
[01:57.240 -> 01:58.840] And I'm Sarang.
[01:58.840 -> 02:01.920] And let's get into this finale.
[02:01.920 -> 02:04.520] Sarang, it's over.
[02:04.520 -> 02:07.960] It's over. This tortuous season is finally over.
[02:08.640 -> 02:13.400] Oh man, seriously, right? Isn't it like the
[02:13.400 -> 02:17.120] the the mixed feeling of, oh, fuck, finally it's over.
[02:17.120 -> 02:18.760] And also, man, it's over.
[02:19.280 -> 02:22.840] Yeah, right. Because to be honest, like, let's not beat around the bush.
[02:22.840 -> 02:28.320] But to be honest, like the reason why we didn't record after Qatar is because we were bored.
[02:28.320 -> 02:33.720] Right? Because it's the same cars going around in circles, nothing new is happening.
[02:33.720 -> 02:42.200] Sure, you have a barbecuing inverted pig track happening last weekend, but who cares about it, man? It's the same drama, same nonsense.
[02:42.200 -> 02:47.240] Wait, sir. I have to take a moment for the pep talk.
[02:47.240 -> 02:53.000] Anyway, sorry. Continue.
[02:53.000 -> 02:56.800] No, that's not me. And Sarang, that's not original sentence, right?
[02:56.800 -> 03:01.960] So, I saw this video of Christian Horner being asked, like,
[03:01.960 -> 03:09.120] who is, you know, hey, what track this is, this is, this is. And like one of the track that he gets shown is the Vegas track.
[03:09.120 -> 03:12.880] And he goes, Oh, that's an inverted dead pig. That's Vegas. So that's,
[03:12.920 -> 03:14.400] that is words, not mine.
[03:15.800 -> 03:19.560] Wow. Love this. Oh boy.
[03:20.800 -> 03:21.560] Yeah. I mean, I'm,
[03:21.560 -> 03:27.680] I'm kind of glad that the season is done because I have hopes like as usual
[03:27.680 -> 03:28.680] with next season.
[03:28.680 -> 03:33.280] But as you said, you know, of course, I'm gonna miss not, you know, looking forward
[03:33.280 -> 03:35.840] to the Sunday morning ritual, right?
[03:35.840 -> 03:38.320] And that's definitely there.
[03:38.320 -> 03:42.560] The break is always kind of the boring part of the season.
[03:42.560 -> 03:48.800] But yeah, the way the season has been the you know like the absolute
[03:48.800 -> 03:54.000] dominance by Red Bull and I think they also posted this right I think like nobody's perfect
[03:54.000 -> 04:00.560] end of a list oh is it just yeah so they they posted this uh because they lost that one race in
[04:00.560 -> 04:08.480] in Singapore exactly yeah yeah yeah exactly precisely just one, one goes away to Ferrari and everything else is Red Bull
[04:08.480 -> 04:11.920] racing, which is insane. Like the amount of records they've broken,
[04:11.920 -> 04:15.760] right? I think I briefly saw a post yesterday of somebody who
[04:15.760 -> 04:22.160] like listed all the records that was tap and broke this season. And man,
[04:22.160 -> 04:25.120] I think probably it's also a record of beating records.
[04:25.120 -> 04:25.920] Something I don't know.
[04:25.920 -> 04:27.200] It's making shit up now.
[04:27.200 -> 04:28.000] But yeah.
[04:30.200 -> 04:30.560] Yeah.
[04:30.560 -> 04:32.120] Why would I not be surprised?
[04:32.920 -> 04:33.400] What is it?
[04:33.400 -> 04:38.080] I think like three races to Perez and then one to science was it?
[04:38.080 -> 04:38.360] Yeah.
[04:38.360 -> 04:40.080] And then, uh, yeah.
[04:40.160 -> 04:41.560] And that's about it, right?
[04:41.920 -> 04:42.120] Yeah.
[04:42.120 -> 04:42.720] That's about it.
[04:43.480 -> 04:44.040] Pretty much.
[04:44.560 -> 04:46.000] Yeah. Yeah, and that's about it, right? Yeah, that's about it. Pretty much.
[04:46.000 -> 04:50.000] Yeah, and I heard like, they are also gonna pay a hefty fine for that.
[04:50.000 -> 05:00.000] Not exactly a fine, but the way the new rules are structured for the entry fee that each team has to pay every year.
[05:00.000 -> 05:06.400] It's structured upon how many points they earn in the championship.
[05:06.400 -> 05:13.200] So because of that Red Bull is going to be paying a whopping 10.6 million dollars as an entry fee.
[05:13.200 -> 05:19.200] I don't get this. So why do they have to like, because they have no, I have no idea what this is.
[05:19.200 -> 05:25.760] So basically, it's just, you know, like paying for your license kind of a thing.
[05:25.760 -> 05:31.440] So it's so like all teams pay an entry fee each year which they have to and like I think
[05:31.440 -> 05:38.120] FI possibly uses that for like all their you know day to day stuff.
[05:38.120 -> 05:42.160] That fee is directly proportional to the points you make in the championship.
[05:42.160 -> 05:43.160] Yep.
[05:43.160 -> 05:48.000] Doesn't that counter intuitive to like the prize money you get because being on the top sort of thing?
[05:48.000 -> 05:50.000] It is, it is definitely.
[05:50.000 -> 05:57.000] I mean so I think next time they should strategize that they need to win it but with least number of points as possible.
[05:59.000 -> 06:04.000] I think that is what Mercedes was trying to do during their dominance, right?
[06:04.000 -> 06:09.760] Like, oh yeah, we're going to make sure we win but like right just above the margin so we don't have to pay as much.
[06:09.760 -> 06:15.920] Yeah. What's happened, I can imagine this conversation that Christian will be like,
[06:15.920 -> 06:18.880] dude, don't win so much. We have to pay a large entry fee.
[06:18.880 -> 06:21.760] And he's like, no, I don't care. Let me win. That's it.
[06:21.760 -> 06:28.000] Or all we know, maybe there's a clause in the contract like if you win beyond these points, you pay this month.
[06:28.000 -> 06:30.000] Right.
[06:30.000 -> 06:32.000] That's possible.
[06:32.000 -> 06:35.000] Salary actually decreases as he even starts winning more races.
[06:35.000 -> 06:41.000] It's the first reverse appraisal that I've seen.
[06:41.000 -> 06:43.000] Right. Exactly.
[06:43.000 -> 06:46.800] Oh boy, man, but I think we have to take a moment to talk about
[06:46.800 -> 06:53.080] Red Bull in general this season, you know, because like, yeah, it's been impeccable performance,
[06:53.080 -> 06:58.960] right? Like most of these dominance days, we have seen like those memes of like the
[06:58.960 -> 07:03.280] Germany pitch top or whatever, right? Like, and things like that. They still had these
[07:03.280 -> 07:05.120] blunders back then as well.
[07:06.080 -> 07:10.560] But it's just insane how good Red Bull has been this season. And I think we have to give
[07:11.760 -> 07:19.200] a hats off to them for it. You say them. You say them. But I'm seeing our notes here. And
[07:19.200 -> 07:27.440] a sentence that you've written is, thousand laps led in a single season. And it's not for the team. It's for a driver.
[07:27.440 -> 07:29.760] It's just one guy.
[07:29.760 -> 07:32.480] That's true. That's true, man.
[07:32.480 -> 07:38.560] No, I mean, forget Perez. I'm including the rest of the team for Red Bull.
[07:38.560 -> 07:40.560] Not exactly Perez, but yeah.
[07:40.560 -> 07:49.000] No, no, no. I get it. I mean, it takes a village to do, to achieve this for sure, for sure. But man, what a start.
[07:49.000 -> 07:55.400] I think without Vastapan wouldn't have been possible. So that's there still. So kind of true as well what you said.
[07:56.200 -> 08:05.680] Sure dominance. It's weird, right? I mean, we talk about one guy, but the other driver sort of like, I don't know if it's manufactured because at this point it can't
[08:05.680 -> 08:11.120] be this manufactured because he was I mean the first five races or six races right the guy
[08:12.080 -> 08:18.400] um has had podiums he's had those wins as well and at a level it felt like it is going to be
[08:18.960 -> 08:26.520] Rosberg versus Hamilton 2023 sort of thing right within Red Bull but God knows what happened
[08:26.520 -> 08:32.640] after that man like he just he just was annoying yeah yeah it was like a flip
[08:32.640 -> 08:36.980] switch right all of a sudden like exactly all of a sudden and not even
[08:36.980 -> 08:41.600] entertaining to that point it is oh no it was embarrassing dude yeah annoying I
[08:41.600 -> 08:46.000] agree cringe as well at points I I don't know. Oh boy.
[08:46.000 -> 08:48.000] You know, I was
[08:48.000 -> 08:50.000] listening to this podcast
[08:50.000 -> 08:52.000] where I think Alex Alvon
[08:52.000 -> 08:54.000] was a guest and
[08:54.000 -> 08:56.000] Oh yeah. I mean I didn't listen to
[08:56.000 -> 08:58.000] the whole thing but I heard like a part of it.
[08:58.000 -> 09:00.000] But yeah, basically what
[09:00.000 -> 09:02.000] he was talking about is like about Max
[09:02.000 -> 09:04.000] like being teammates with Max
[09:04.000 -> 09:09.120] and his experience about it about and he mentioned that like you know a lot of people say that
[09:09.120 -> 09:13.800] the car is built around him and things like that but he says that that's not
[09:13.800 -> 09:20.080] really true like you know it's a car it's on a standalone itself it's a very
[09:20.080 -> 09:28.240] fast car and it's somewhat that Max is able to drive it well to its limit and extract the most
[09:28.240 -> 09:36.560] out of it. Yes, it does favor his style but it's not exactly tuned to be in his favor per se.
[09:38.080 -> 09:46.160] So, I felt like that's more appreciation Max. Like even though I totally agree it was,
[09:46.160 -> 09:47.760] you know, all we say that, you know,
[09:47.760 -> 09:49.520] it's boring, blah, blah, blah, and everything,
[09:49.520 -> 09:51.800] but credit where credit's due, you know, like.
[09:51.800 -> 09:52.840] Oh, totally, dude.
[09:52.840 -> 09:56.120] I mean, it's not an easy feat to show dominance like this,
[09:56.120 -> 09:58.480] right, like it takes consistency, talent,
[09:58.480 -> 09:59.800] skill, whatever you have.
[10:00.680 -> 10:01.920] And I mean, I'm taking,
[10:01.920 -> 10:04.680] I want to take away some credit away from Perez as well
[10:04.680 -> 10:14.080] at this point, because say what you will, but these are sort of like the best 20 drivers in the world facing this sport, right?
[10:14.080 -> 10:26.880] Like, so adaptiveness should be a skill to also have. And I mean, and this goes for Ricardo with the McLaren season last year as well, right? If it takes you a whole year to still not get used to the car,
[10:26.880 -> 10:32.400] I'm going to start sort of questioning you and your ability to adapt as well, right?
[10:32.400 -> 10:38.320] And this was also said for like Schumacher because like he could have been thrown into any car
[10:38.320 -> 10:46.000] and he was easy to adapt maybe after a race or something, knew how to get into his new car, so to say.
[10:46.000 -> 10:47.500] Right.
[10:47.500 -> 10:52.800] But yeah, just goes to show how consistent Max is.
[10:52.800 -> 10:55.800] As much as I hate him now that he's dominating.
[10:55.800 -> 10:56.800] Definitely.
[10:56.800 -> 11:07.280] Yeah, let's use Perez to sort of like go to what was happening P2 right.
[11:07.280 -> 11:14.160] Leclerc starting of the race strong, I forget was he on?
[11:14.160 -> 11:18.720] In fact I thought that he was actually like I for a moment I thought that he might actually
[11:18.720 -> 11:23.560] stay along with Max because I think for the first good five or six laps he was like within
[11:23.560 -> 11:27.500] one second or you know nearby around there like not too far away.
[11:27.500 -> 11:33.700] Was he on pole qualifying? Where did he start?
[11:33.700 -> 11:35.700] P2 right?
[11:35.700 -> 11:42.300] Yeah, because that race start was very nice. That race start was nice. I mean Max taking the lead and all. Sure.
[11:42.300 -> 11:48.560] I forget how many times I counted but if it was a drinking game to take a shot every time the commentators said,
[11:48.560 -> 11:55.320] I still can't understand why Leclerc didn't take the lead of the race, I would have been sloshed by Lap 10.
[11:55.320 -> 11:56.640] Is what I want to say.
[11:56.640 -> 12:03.760] Because, yeah, I mean, maybe Crofty or DC or whoever it was, Palmer, whoever it was,
[12:03.760 -> 12:06.200] they've said it so many times.
[12:06.200 -> 12:13.000] And I agree with them, right? Like Leclerc had those moments and opportunities to take that lead from Max.
[12:13.000 -> 12:18.440] And if the situations were reversed, Max would have been all elbows out and be like,
[12:18.440 -> 12:27.600] yeah, damage to the car, I don't care. I'm taking that lead. Oh yeah definitely man but yeah I mean you know it's like
[12:28.240 -> 12:35.680] I feel like at least now uh given the current grid I feel Lekler is the only guy who can bring
[12:35.680 -> 12:45.000] it to max at the moment that's what I feel at least I don't see any other driver uh you know fighting him you know toe to toe per se.
[12:45.000 -> 12:46.000] Yeah.
[12:46.000 -> 12:58.000] So like even though while I have seen Lekler like binning it many times like he is fast but he is not consistent.
[12:58.000 -> 12:59.000] Yeah.
[12:59.000 -> 13:08.520] He kind of doesn't show up every time when needed kind of. Uh, so yeah, but I think he's the second best still on the grid.
[13:08.520 -> 13:09.760] I would say like, yeah, yeah.
[13:09.760 -> 13:12.560] Hamilton short, but right now they don't have a good car at all.
[13:13.200 -> 13:18.400] So, I mean, they're getting there while we say that they're P2, but it
[13:18.400 -> 13:19.800] took them a season to get there.
[13:21.640 -> 13:21.880] Okay.
[13:21.880 -> 13:27.000] Let's, let's talk about the Mercedes versus Ferrari drama a little while we are talking about Leclerc.
[13:27.000 -> 13:32.720] I really enjoyed that. While we see it as a boring vignesse, I really enjoyed that part a lot.
[13:32.720 -> 13:41.000] I agree. I agree. And it took two teams for Mercedes to be P2. It took Ferrari to put themselves in P3.
[13:41.000 -> 13:46.000] And I am not talking about Abu Dhabi. I'm talking about the whole season that they've had, right?
[13:46.000 -> 13:52.800] Like all the shenanigans they've started pulling. But the good part, I think, that's come out of all of this
[13:52.800 -> 14:00.800] is the fact that even Leclerc is now realizing after science that he also needs to be a race engineer
[14:00.800 -> 14:08.800] and strategist, whatever. Because he can't rely on the team anymore. But yeah man, last lap drama,
[14:08.800 -> 14:15.920] taking it to the finale, finally Mercedes ending up P2, taking that bigger chunk of the prize money.
[14:16.640 -> 14:29.520] Yeah, fun. Fun right. When Leclerc started saying things like, what's the gap between Perez and Russell, calculating
[14:29.520 -> 14:35.280] all that, calculating the fact that if Perez goes ahead of him, 5 second penalty, everything,
[14:35.280 -> 14:38.240] it was so entertaining.
[14:38.240 -> 14:43.400] It really felt like a Formula Dank meme, it didn't feel like real life, very honestly
[14:43.400 -> 14:47.600] to me. But yeah, it was. And
[14:48.480 -> 14:53.520] unfortunately, yet again, Perez disappointed everybody by not creating that five second gap.
[14:54.960 -> 15:01.040] And yeah, Mercedes back to P2. Man, that's a feat, right?
[15:01.040 -> 15:05.440] Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you, you correct me, you corrected me on this before you started recording
[15:05.440 -> 15:12.080] because i thought it was hamilton overtaking sunoda that did it for them but it turns out
[15:12.080 -> 15:17.120] sonoda again overtook like they never showed it so i thought like it never happened but sonoda
[15:17.120 -> 15:26.680] got the place back it looks like and uh perez obviously disappointing so he dropped behind Russell and actually Russell ensured
[15:26.680 -> 15:29.480] that Mercedes is P2.
[15:29.480 -> 15:34.600] And again one more thing I wanted to bring out was like for through the season a lot
[15:34.600 -> 15:38.680] of people have been complaining about how Russell is beating Hamilton in qualification
[15:38.680 -> 15:42.280] how he has been ahead of him and things like that.
[15:42.280 -> 15:48.160] And if we see the table now it's pretty clear who's the better driver
[15:48.160 -> 15:54.000] still. Yet again, if you remember the same thing we were talking about last season, where he had a
[15:54.000 -> 15:58.400] poor start in the season, a lot of people were blabbering that, yeah, Rasal is better than him,
[15:58.400 -> 16:02.880] blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And the same thing happened two years in a row.
[16:02.960 -> 16:03.800] And the same thing happened two years in a row.
[16:05.360 -> 16:05.680] Yeah. Yeah.
[16:10.320 -> 16:11.240] I feel like there's this saying in Hindi, right? Bab-bab hota hai.
[16:15.440 -> 16:17.520] Right? It's that, man.
[16:17.520 -> 16:23.120] I mean, I get, I feel George's aggression.
[16:23.120 -> 16:28.000] I like what he brings to the track. But dude, you're sitting P8, man. In driver's stance.
[16:28.000 -> 16:29.000] Exactly.
[16:29.000 -> 16:34.000] Almost 50 points away from your teammate.
[16:34.000 -> 16:36.000] 50 points is a lot.
[16:36.000 -> 16:38.000] Yeah. So, come on.
[16:38.000 -> 16:48.000] Yeah. I hear he was getting some cryptic responses as well. And he was asking questions to his engineer. What was going on there?
[16:48.000 -> 16:57.000] So there I think I'm still with Russell because what ended up happening was he was trying to figure out what is happening in the race.
[16:57.000 -> 17:05.640] And I mean obviously they knew going in how close it's going to be for that P2 title. So he was kind enough to sort of like ask what's happening, where is Hamilton?
[17:05.880 -> 17:09.120] And then his race engineer goes like, dude, you got to do your best.
[17:09.120 -> 17:10.200] You, yeah.
[17:11.120 -> 17:15.720] Basically not answering what's happening in the race and just telling him, you know,
[17:15.720 -> 17:17.840] come on, you can do, you can do, you should do it.
[17:17.840 -> 17:18.400] You should do it.
[17:18.440 -> 17:20.440] I'm like, come on, give him an answer.
[17:20.440 -> 17:25.400] And on the other side, I think like science asked or someone else like science
[17:25.400 -> 17:29.520] asked right like what is happening in the race and as a race engineer goes yeah we are
[17:29.520 -> 17:38.600] fucked so we are hoping to get a safety car and I'm like dude what the fuck is this yeah
[17:38.600 -> 17:52.800] you don't deserve to be people with... me. Every time Ferrari says this, it's the meme playing in my head. Hope is a dangerous thing, my friend.
[17:53.920 -> 18:05.400] But I love how candid those guys are on radio. I love that. It's like, it's like they have no shame at all. Like, yeah man, let's hope for a safety car.
[18:05.400 -> 18:07.400] That might help us.
[18:07.400 -> 18:08.400] Oh boy.
[18:08.400 -> 18:11.400] Yeah, I think there was a similar thing that happened with Norris as well.
[18:11.400 -> 18:15.400] I think he too asked something about what's going on.
[18:15.400 -> 18:17.400] He too got an interesting message.
[18:17.400 -> 18:20.400] I'm like, why don't you tell your neighbors, dude?
[18:20.400 -> 18:22.400] Yeah, exactly.
[18:22.400 -> 18:29.280] True. But I think it's like, from the team's perspective, I
[18:29.280 -> 18:34.440] mean, again, it all depends on what kind of a conversation they had three days, what kind
[18:34.440 -> 18:38.880] of a working relationship in general is, you know, with the driver, I think there are different
[18:38.880 -> 18:42.800] drivers with different levels of trust in the team as well as with the driver in the
[18:42.800 -> 18:45.760] sense that the team knowing the driver how
[18:46.880 -> 18:53.520] flustered they get or whatever kind of psychology playing into the game. Maybe it's a way of them
[18:54.320 -> 18:59.520] purposely shielding the driver from the information so that they listen to what
[18:59.520 -> 19:08.280] these guys are saying instead of them going rogue. I mean I can understand why behind it kind of but
[19:08.280 -> 19:12.440] still it was funny.
[19:12.440 -> 19:19.200] Coming back to Perez, let's take a moment to talk about his 5 second penalty. What do
[19:19.200 -> 19:28.120] you think about it? Well, you know, till yesterday, or like even today, before I watched the footage closely,
[19:28.120 -> 19:35.200] I felt like the penalty was unfair.
[19:35.200 -> 19:40.920] But after looking at the clip properly from both the angles, like from his view and Norris's
[19:40.920 -> 19:49.280] view, I feel, yeah, I think the penalty made sense to me. No, man. I'd say that's where I don't think I completely agree with you.
[19:49.280 -> 19:56.400] I mean, it's a racing incident. And it's not like Norris didn't take the escape.
[19:56.400 -> 20:02.160] I mean, if you see Norris, right? He sort of turned in. They touched or whatever.
[20:02.160 -> 20:06.240] And then Norris was like, oh, fuck, you know what? I am going to take advantage of the situation.
[20:06.240 -> 20:12.400] And he just does this to his steering and goes off the curb area to take that lead.
[20:12.400 -> 20:15.440] And he was never asked to take the position back as well.
[20:15.440 -> 20:21.440] So, I am like, you take the position and the opponent gets a five-second penalty.
[20:21.440 -> 20:24.160] I mean, that's a death sentence, right? At this stage.
[20:24.160 -> 20:25.040] That's true. Actually, right? At this stage.
[20:29.920 -> 20:36.240] That's true. Actually, you're right. I actually, now that I remember the whole incident, when I watched this right now, I only watched the actual incident itself and not what happened
[20:36.240 -> 20:40.880] afterwards. But now that you say it, it like reminds me of the whole thing again. And yes,
[20:40.880 -> 20:45.060] I agree. Like if he wouldn't had taken that escape route and right and
[20:45.060 -> 20:48.580] wouldn't had gained such a large advantage and which he did like he
[20:48.580 -> 20:54.180] ended up way ahead of Perez. If not for that I would I would still say that
[20:54.180 -> 21:00.100] that the penalty made sense and the incident isolated in itself as well I
[21:00.100 -> 21:03.660] would still say that but yeah now with that context actually I do remember.
[21:03.660 -> 21:05.040] Right. Now. Yeah.
[21:05.040 -> 21:10.080] Now what I also don't like is the post drama that it's created. Like, I mean, it was,
[21:10.800 -> 21:16.160] it's fine for a driver to be pissed in the moment and say like, this is bull crap. And this is not
[21:16.160 -> 21:22.160] the first time we are hearing, like people saying such things, right? Like, Mac saying it
[21:22.160 -> 21:25.160] sarcastically, obviously not on those exact words, saying like,
[21:25.160 -> 21:30.600] yeah, that's fine, give them my regards. I mean, that's literally calling them bull crap, right?
[21:30.600 -> 21:42.120] So, creating a post-controversy for... Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I think FIA directors don't probably value their life as much from the Mexican mafia.
[21:42.120 -> 21:49.900] I don't know what's happening. Papa Paret seems like a teddy bear, but I'm sure he's got a gun collection in his house.
[21:49.900 -> 21:51.700] Oh boy, he's a thug, don't worry.
[21:51.700 -> 21:57.200] Exactly. So all in all, I don't think Perez deserved that penalty.
[21:57.200 -> 22:03.200] I mean, it would have sort of obviously changed the situation way too much for Mercedes,
[22:03.200 -> 22:06.640] but Cash is king. So who knows what happened behind the scene.
[22:06.640 -> 22:09.840] And I'm all up for controversies with Cash so...
[22:09.840 -> 22:13.840] Yeah.
[22:13.840 -> 22:18.560] Yeah I know, that's right. Like, 5 seconds was probably harsh.
[22:18.560 -> 22:24.160] And as well I think Northwood should have also been asked to give the position back at least.
[22:24.160 -> 22:28.000] I think it would have been fair if he was asked to give the position back at least. I think it would have been fair if he was asked to give the position back
[22:28.000 -> 22:32.000] and then Perez was given the penalty.
[22:32.000 -> 22:36.000] What's interesting is, a few labs before
[22:36.000 -> 22:40.000] this, Alonzo break-tested Hamilton.
[22:40.000 -> 22:44.000] I don't know if you caught that.
[22:44.000 -> 22:46.560] And break-testing at 200 kmph and all of that.
[22:46.560 -> 22:47.120] That was fine.
[22:47.120 -> 22:50.720] The same thing had happened back in Saudi, right?
[22:50.720 -> 22:53.360] No, sometime back.
[22:53.360 -> 22:55.840] I remember the commentator saying sometime back.
[22:57.120 -> 23:01.280] And I think like they were called to the stewards and the commentator was saying like
[23:01.280 -> 23:04.160] the conversation was the most Alonzo conversation ever.
[23:10.500 -> 23:16.500] He was like, I mean, that's where I felt the safest to break. So I break. Yeah, you got no argument to that, right?
[23:16.500 -> 23:22.500] I don't know who's behind me. I felt safe breaking there. So I break there.
[23:22.500 -> 23:32.000] What are you want to do? But anyway, so yeah, that's fine. That's no penalty. But sure, this was one.
[23:32.000 -> 23:45.280] I think they wanted some drama in the race at least. So, they knew putting Perez that 5-second penalty would spice things up a little bit the Red Bull and sorry the Mercedes and Ferrari
[23:45.280 -> 23:52.040] situation or we're you know just them being incompetent that's it. Speaking of
[23:52.040 -> 23:59.520] Alonzo he was having one of those GP2 engine type days. He's also one of those
[23:59.520 -> 24:02.280] drivers right like this whole season I think like he's also one of those
[24:02.280 -> 24:08.720] drivers which started off with a bang right like if you remember the initial races, he was up there on the podium and I was like,
[24:08.720 -> 24:11.920] Oh f**k yeah, this guy is going to get some wins and it's going to be amazing.
[24:11.920 -> 24:13.840] Aston Martin, this, that, this, that.
[24:14.240 -> 24:16.160] And then again, some switch.
[24:16.160 -> 24:16.960] Fizzled out, right?
[24:16.960 -> 24:17.280] Yeah.
[24:18.560 -> 24:20.960] All of a sudden, it just fizzled out completely.
[24:22.400 -> 24:23.920] Yeah, totally, totally man.
[24:23.920 -> 24:24.960] I think, where did he end up?
[24:27.760 -> 24:33.760] Let me see. Fourth still but again I think majority of the points that he earned was in the first half. If I see his standing
[24:33.760 -> 24:40.320] that's pretty much like at one point he was he was the customary P3 right? Yeah. Like for like good
[24:41.040 -> 24:51.940] five or six races he's like 15 15 15 15 points then a few 1 second 2 seconds and then after
[24:51.940 -> 24:57.340] I think let's see what was this Austria that was his first P5.
[24:57.340 -> 25:00.940] After money got credited into his account.
[25:00.940 -> 25:06.240] Right he is like ok now I'm done.
[25:06.240 -> 25:07.640] See you next year, fellas.
[25:07.640 -> 25:13.720] See you next year. Yeah. And after that, he got one P2 in Netherlands. But after like
[25:13.720 -> 25:18.040] other than that, pretty much, yeah, he was nowhere. Oh, P3 in Brazil. Yeah, forgot to
[25:18.040 -> 25:28.800] put that. Sure. PNFs, P15, P9, P8, P9, P7. Yeah, so most of his points are all from the first half of the season.
[25:28.800 -> 25:31.600] And still P4, nice.
[25:31.600 -> 25:37.800] Yeah, not bad. But I would have sort of like to see a few wins and see that Aston Martin a bit up there as well.
[25:37.800 -> 25:44.400] And well, by the way, we have to give him some slack because he was the only driver again in their team.
[25:44.400 -> 25:47.120] So, you know,
[25:53.040 -> 25:59.440] this is interesting. So for most of the season, that is true. But I don't know if you've noticed, but like since the Papa Stroll news has come out a few weeks back, that he's gonna sell some of his
[25:59.440 -> 26:05.840] steak, right? And I don't think there's concrete news on how much he is selling but he is selling some big chunk.
[26:05.840 -> 26:15.280] Babystroll sort of like started finding his mojo and he was 3-2 for a few laps yesterday as well.
[26:15.280 -> 26:20.320] So I don't know. I don't know. Maybe he is scared for it.
[26:20.320 -> 26:28.640] I am looking at the standings right now. The first few races are 6th DNF, poor.
[26:28.640 -> 26:35.120] That was a good one. Australia. But after that it is 7th, 12th, DNF, all below somewhere.
[26:35.120 -> 26:46.000] And then everything changes after Mexico. DNF in Mexico, Brazil P5, Las Vegas P5. Las Vegas P5. Yeah, news comes out. P5, P5. Exactly.
[26:46.000 -> 26:48.000] P2 for a few years. I don't know where he is.
[26:48.000 -> 26:50.000] Where did he end?
[26:50.000 -> 26:52.000] Yeah, see. Sure, sure. But at least point.
[26:52.000 -> 26:54.000] One point at least.
[26:54.000 -> 26:56.000] Passing grades.
[26:56.000 -> 26:58.000] Passing grades.
[26:58.000 -> 27:00.000] He is showing that I am not.
[27:00.000 -> 27:02.000] Well, that's why Aston Martin
[27:02.000 -> 27:04.000] couldn't beat McLaren.
[27:04.000 -> 27:09.800] Because they had only one driver. then one and a half driver. Okay, let's give him a half standing.
[27:09.800 -> 27:17.800] But going into next year, what I'm excited about is Piastri and McLaren.
[27:17.800 -> 27:25.000] Because McLaren now, if you see, the first half of the season, some parts weren't there and they didn't have those upgrades.
[27:25.000 -> 27:31.760] And then I think like again, Austria or after that summer break, once they got a few things changed onto that car,
[27:31.760 -> 27:34.160] McLaren's had such a big turnaround.
[27:34.160 -> 27:36.960] And more than McLaren, like Piastri, man.
[27:36.960 -> 27:41.920] I've seen that guy up there fighting hard in his rookie season.
[27:41.920 -> 27:52.560] That's a real doozy. So next year, if McLaren can still find their mojo start of the season itself.
[27:54.560 -> 28:01.480] Yeah, and if it's not a Formula Max going into the next season, oh man, I'm excited. I'm excited.
[28:04.000 -> 28:07.600] excited. I'm excited. Yeah, man. Totally. Like, I don't know any starts on this, but like, just from the top of my head,
[28:07.920 -> 28:14.240] can we call him like the or can we say that this was his best
[28:14.240 -> 28:18.840] rookie season of all rookie drivers, I guess? I think I
[28:18.840 -> 28:22.600] can't imagine. Yeah, sure. Yeah. I mean, sure. Some of these
[28:22.600 -> 28:26.560] other drivers end up in in like the 1.5 formula teams. I mean, sure, some of these other drivers end up in like the 1.5 Formula teams, but
[28:28.240 -> 28:34.800] yeah, I think like Piastri and Zhao, I think these two drivers have been my favorite rookies
[28:34.800 -> 28:41.120] in the recent years. Yeah, unfortunately, the latter fizzled out kind of, or at least the team
[28:41.120 -> 28:45.280] did. So we haven't seen him much, but
[28:49.520 -> 28:49.920] but the fun part is right. Like yesterday, um, at checkered flag,
[28:53.000 -> 28:55.840] uh, got the fireworks. Right. So,
[28:56.880 -> 28:59.920] ended up happening was like, Joe was right ahead of Max getting lab.
[29:00.440 -> 29:07.000] And as soon as like Max was finishing flag, the Abu Dhabi firework train started.
[29:07.000 -> 29:11.000] And it was like, Zhao getting that along with him.
[29:11.000 -> 29:13.000] He was like, Oh, for me?
[29:13.000 -> 29:15.000] How kind.
[29:18.000 -> 29:27.000] But yeah man, like Piyasri, brilliant. Like it's a dream come true pretty much for him. After all the drama and it's
[29:27.000 -> 29:33.280] not like it was straight forward like the Alpine drama that went down at that point
[29:33.280 -> 29:38.280] if you recall everybody was snubbing him kind of like it was very unprofessional to do what
[29:38.280 -> 29:45.840] he did blah blah blah but he showed up and he shut everybody's mouth after the season he's had.
[29:46.240 -> 29:50.640] One race win. Okay, it was a sprint but still a race win is a race win.
[29:53.800 -> 29:54.840] Superb man.
[29:54.840 -> 29:57.840] Well, since we're talking about a rookie driver,
[29:57.840 -> 30:00.640] I think there's going to be a rookie team as well next season.
[30:00.640 -> 30:01.240] Which one?
[30:01.240 -> 30:06.080] Not really a rookie but it's like just changing their clothes and coming
[30:06.080 -> 30:11.280] back out. That's Alpha Tauri who is being renamed yet again.
[30:11.280 -> 30:18.200] What is it next year? I've lost count of what it is. What is it next year?
[30:18.200 -> 30:23.080] Again, these are rumors. It's nothing official yet but there have been some leaked documents
[30:23.080 -> 30:25.680] and stuff which alludes that
[30:25.680 -> 30:31.360] the new name is going to be and I hate it personally uh racing bulls which is like
[30:31.360 -> 30:46.540] bullshit but I don't know uh what that name is racing bulls racing bulls and and their updated has a zebra print on it. Yeah. That's very smart.
[30:46.540 -> 30:53.380] Exactly. Oh boy. And the funny thing is like the original name that the team had which
[30:53.380 -> 31:00.520] is Toro Rosso which is literally Red Bull in Italian right and it was such a brilliant
[31:00.520 -> 31:05.200] P on words. It meant the same thing. It was very clear what the team is.
[31:06.080 -> 31:11.840] They changed it. They launched a new brand for it, Alpha Tauri. Or rather it was the opposite.
[31:11.840 -> 31:16.320] They named it for the brand. But still, I think it didn't make a lot of money or whatever. But
[31:16.320 -> 31:20.880] now they've decided to rename it yet again to Racing Bulls. By the way, somebody needs to
[31:20.880 -> 31:25.800] remind them that changing names doesn't really change the team or its performance.
[31:25.800 -> 31:28.640] Rebranding yourself is not the answer.
[31:29.140 -> 31:29.640] Right.
[31:30.980 -> 31:35.480] If that was all, then Williams would have rebranded every season pretty much.
[31:35.480 -> 31:36.140] Right.
[31:37.980 -> 31:38.580] Right.
[31:39.080 -> 31:42.580] Oh, while I say that, Williams beat them this season, right?
[31:42.580 -> 31:44.480] So that's there.
[31:44.480 -> 31:52.000] Actually, you know what? That P7 battle was something that I was excited for.
[31:52.000 -> 31:57.000] And I do not mean this in a gag way. I actually mean this in a real sense.
[31:57.000 -> 32:04.000] Because Sunoda actually, I think was giving a good fight, leading from the front.
[32:04.000 -> 32:06.480] Because Ricardo was out of points. I mean,
[32:06.480 -> 32:10.800] at some point, he was P10. So maybe there could have been an opportunity for a point or two.
[32:12.320 -> 32:16.560] But I think like this whole season with all the drama that has happened with the second driver
[32:16.560 -> 32:22.080] at AlphaTauri, I think Sunoda has taken charge to lead that effort as the primary driver.
[32:23.680 -> 32:27.220] And for me, I think he was a good driver of the day yesterday.
[32:27.220 -> 32:31.260] Briefly, even led the race, man. Imagine that.
[32:31.260 -> 32:32.260] Oh yeah, exactly.
[32:32.260 -> 32:36.060] I mean, it shouldn't come from the commentator. It sounds condescending.
[32:36.060 -> 32:40.460] But the commentator said, the commentator words were like,
[32:40.460 -> 32:52.960] imagine reading this, Sun they're leading the race. Oh boy. Yeah exactly right.
[32:52.960 -> 32:58.480] No man but he has been actually pretty good this season like while like the points don't
[32:58.480 -> 33:09.320] say so but he was pretty much P11 for the longest time. He was just right about there, but just not getting points at the same time.
[33:09.320 -> 33:16.440] So, yeah, I mean, he's, I don't know, I feel Yuki still hasn't gotten a proper chance to
[33:16.440 -> 33:17.440] prove himself.
[33:17.440 -> 33:23.200] Like, he hasn't had a good car to, I see that he still has potential definitely.
[33:23.200 -> 33:26.800] But at the same time, yeah, never know.
[33:26.800 -> 33:29.280] I mean he is P14 in drivers.
[33:29.280 -> 33:30.960] So I don't think that's bad.
[33:30.960 -> 33:34.880] P14 out of the 22 drivers that raced this season.
[33:34.880 -> 33:35.680] Not bad.
[33:35.680 -> 33:36.560] That's true.
[33:36.560 -> 33:38.560] And with the shit car that they had.
[33:38.560 -> 33:39.600] Pretty much.
[33:39.600 -> 33:40.240] Yeah.
[33:40.240 -> 33:41.440] So, yeah.
[33:41.440 -> 33:49.120] Oh, by the way, 22 drivers, right? Yeah, the way 22 drivers right yeah yeah 22 drivers
[33:49.120 -> 33:58.240] and who is 21st?
[33:58.240 -> 34:00.240] Netherlands are squeezing Gidhathgarh
[34:00.240 -> 34:02.240] Sargent
[34:02.240 -> 34:11.200] oh yeah Logan Sargent who got knocked out by Liam Lawson who attended two races.
[34:11.200 -> 34:12.200] Two races.
[34:12.200 -> 34:17.160] Oh sorry not two, five races my bad.
[34:17.160 -> 34:20.160] But still.
[34:20.160 -> 34:24.000] Joined mid-season out of the blue.
[34:24.000 -> 34:27.600] Still ended up ahead of a guy who was who raised the entire season.
[34:27.600 -> 34:33.000] Dude, Williams beat Alpha Tauri, okay, for a P7.
[34:33.000 -> 34:38.200] Okay, so Williams has 28 points of which 27 points are Alexander Alba.
[34:38.200 -> 34:39.200] Of course.
[34:39.200 -> 34:40.600] So...
[34:40.600 -> 34:47.200] That guy has been on fire pretty much. So, the meme that you are saying, right, like,
[34:47.200 -> 34:51.200] not everything is perfect or not everyone is perfect with Red Bull
[34:51.200 -> 34:54.200] holds true for Logan Sargent too.
[34:54.200 -> 34:57.200] Because he's got one point in one race and zero everywhere else.
[34:57.200 -> 35:00.200] So, he's also not consistent in taking the zero.
[35:00.200 -> 35:03.200] If you think about it, right?
[35:03.200 -> 35:06.000] Oh boy. Yes. Nobody is perfect.
[35:06.000 -> 35:08.000] Nobody is perfect.
[35:08.000 -> 35:12.000] Oh boy!
[35:12.000 -> 35:16.000] Can't even stay consistent in failures. Imagine that.
[35:16.000 -> 35:19.000] So true.
[35:19.000 -> 35:29.000] Oh man! But then that just goes to show that Alex alone has beat a team like that's insane.
[35:29.000 -> 35:35.000] Right? A team where like three different drivers raced, no four, how many drivers raced?
[35:35.000 -> 35:38.000] A total of four.
[35:38.000 -> 35:51.920] And it wouldn't even have mattered if like Logan didn't even get that one point, he would have still beat the entire team. 1v4, my god, this is insane. Imagine that. I think he can put
[35:51.920 -> 35:58.920] that on his resume for sure. That's something really awesome to hear. Like I didn't really
[35:58.920 -> 36:05.000] think about this this well, like now that we're talking about it, I like it makes all thumbs together.
[36:06.280 -> 36:11.440] Yeah. The only team that's I think like is playing their own game is the self
[36:11.440 -> 36:16.720] Saboteur Alpine because those French f**ks I don't know what the f**k is wrong.
[36:17.000 -> 36:21.760] So there's there's a now a very prominent rivalry going on between Ocon and Albon
[36:21.760 -> 36:25.020] because even during the race, I think there was a radio message where Albon was
[36:25.020 -> 36:29.600] pissed on why they, uh, they got undercut by his own teammates.
[36:30.740 -> 36:31.000] Right.
[36:31.340 -> 36:33.520] And this is not the first time there's been like this, this
[36:33.520 -> 36:34.760] war bill disagreement.
[36:36.640 -> 36:38.540] So yeah, so there's that.
[36:39.060 -> 36:44.360] And then the other thing is like, I don't think these guys probably know how to
[36:44.360 -> 36:49.600] drive and I'm going just say it because I mean the incident between Ocon and Hamilton
[36:49.600 -> 37:05.000] If I was Hamilton driving maybe even in my whatever beated up Hyundai Accent and someone was in front of me who got confused on when to brake and how much to brake and I rear endedended the guy even after having a good gap.
[37:05.000 -> 37:07.000] Oh boy! That was so close.
[37:07.000 -> 37:09.840] How do you... What the f**k?
[37:09.840 -> 37:13.840] Yeah, that was so close, man.
[37:13.840 -> 37:16.840] They touched, right? I think they did actually touch.
[37:16.840 -> 37:23.840] They touched. Hamilton had a barely hanging on left end plate.
[37:23.840 -> 37:29.400] And I don't know what problem Ocon had with his rear end or whatever.
[37:29.400 -> 37:36.000] But dude, there was so much heavy braking, man. There was so much heavy braking.
[37:36.000 -> 37:38.800] Yeah, yeah. Yeah, man.
[37:38.800 -> 37:44.000] I think Hamilton getting brake tested by Alonso
[37:44.000 -> 37:48.720] was probably still way, way safer than Pocon
[37:48.720 -> 37:52.320] actually having Hamilton rear end into himself.
[37:52.320 -> 37:53.320] Right.
[37:53.320 -> 37:54.320] Maybe.
[37:54.320 -> 38:03.400] And I think it is also, oh, one more thing I had to say was the very fact that Sunoda
[38:03.400 -> 38:06.960] did not get knocked off by Hamilton during that overtake.
[38:06.960 -> 38:10.960] In itself, I think Sunoda should be given a prize for that.
[38:10.960 -> 38:15.600] Yeah, because Hamilton has a bad reputation for doing this.
[38:15.600 -> 38:19.600] For all Red Bull drivers, all Red Bull rookies.
[38:19.600 -> 38:22.800] Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true.
[38:22.800 -> 38:25.480] He in fact got the position back.
[38:25.480 -> 38:27.880] That's like just impressive on next level.
[38:27.880 -> 38:30.200] Who else, man?
[38:30.200 -> 38:32.840] By the way, okay, we have to talk about two teams
[38:32.840 -> 38:34.200] that we haven't talked about at all.
[38:34.200 -> 38:36.080] So, like, let's not spend a lot of time.
[38:36.080 -> 38:39.080] But Haas, what the fuck are they doing, man?
[38:39.080 -> 38:40.240] What's going on?
[38:40.240 -> 38:46.000] Let's talk about the next one. Hahaha. Hahaha.
[38:46.000 -> 38:48.000] Hahaha.
[38:48.000 -> 38:50.000] Anyways.
[38:50.000 -> 38:52.000] I don't know if you noticed this
[38:52.000 -> 38:54.000] but did you know like at Ray Start
[38:54.000 -> 38:56.000] after like, I mean Ray Start is at least
[38:56.000 -> 38:58.000] for me like the first 5 laps.
[38:58.000 -> 39:00.000] Hulk lost 6 places.
[39:00.000 -> 39:02.000] Hahaha.
[39:02.000 -> 39:04.000] Oh man.
[39:04.000 -> 39:09.000] It's insane. It's such a terrible season they've had man.
[39:09.000 -> 39:15.000] Like I don't even feel bad. Like for Williams I used to kind of feel bad a little.
[39:15.000 -> 39:25.680] It felt like they are trying. At heart it doesn't even seem that they are trying very hard. And what's interesting for me is like,
[39:30.040 -> 39:32.280] they show promise in qualifying and it's not like they've consistently dropped below P10, right?
[39:32.280 -> 39:36.640] Like they've been there, Hulk or Magnus and like one of those two,
[39:36.640 -> 39:40.400] at least we'll show promise and be like in the top fives or the top 10s.
[39:40.960 -> 39:44.000] And then come race day, they're like, okay, I'm done. Bye.
[39:45.200 -> 39:45.640] Yeah. Right. Yeah.
[39:45.720 -> 39:46.080] Right.
[39:46.400 -> 39:48.400] Either DNF or just dropped out.
[39:48.640 -> 39:51.080] I have to like created a car that can go fast.
[39:51.080 -> 39:52.000] Only one lap.
[39:52.000 -> 39:52.600] And that's it.
[39:52.760 -> 39:55.000] Again, after that, it's like just gone.
[39:57.200 -> 40:01.280] And they just rely that, okay, we'll get as far as we can in qualification.
[40:01.520 -> 40:03.760] And after that, we know that we're going to lose all positions.
[40:03.760 -> 40:05.840] So, you know, just try and stick it out. That's it.
[40:07.040 -> 40:08.960] Them and Botas, I think like these three.
[40:08.960 -> 40:13.560] Yeah, Botas. Yeah. Yeah, man. Kick his ass out, man. I'm tired of him, very honestly.
[40:15.120 -> 40:16.520] At least give some...
[40:16.520 -> 40:20.280] How can you be tired of someone that you've not even noticed the whole season?
[40:20.280 -> 40:20.880] That's true.
[40:24.040 -> 40:29.400] I think he's only there to just promote, maybe be his naked ass calendar that he's been creating.
[40:29.400 -> 40:33.000] Botas's only fans are dropping soon.
[40:33.000 -> 40:39.400] Winter break. Just with the winter cap nothing else on.
[40:39.400 -> 40:50.800] Sure. It's getting vivid here. Well that's the season. That's all we had to talk about at this end of the season.
[40:50.800 -> 40:54.200] I think that pretty much sums it up.
[40:54.200 -> 40:56.200] It does. It does.
[40:56.200 -> 40:59.400] And honestly, I'm glad this is over.
[40:59.400 -> 41:06.120] Too many memes coming out of it. We may just drop some memes that we like from there
[41:12.680 -> 41:16.600] The rumor has it there's there's two new call center folks at Ferrari science and Leclerc
[41:22.400 -> 41:24.320] But hey, it's over it's over come on you can you can rejoice nobody's perfect I
[41:31.120 -> 41:32.480] Hope I hope next year isn't this long, doesn't get boring soon enough.
[41:37.280 -> 41:45.440] I think at least what will at least keep us on is, you know, if all the championship drivers, constructors are not done, maybe five races before the season ends. Because watching 22, 23, 24, I don't even know how many we have.
[41:45.440 -> 41:53.360] It was a drag. And lesser races as well. What the f**k is the schedule? I don't understand.
[41:53.360 -> 41:57.840] I think even Horner said something to the effect, especially I think about the last
[41:57.840 -> 42:05.000] week's GP. I think he said that all the crew, everybody else in the team was tired as fuck because first of all,
[42:05.240 -> 42:08.880] that start time was atrocious. 12am,
[42:08.900 -> 42:10.560] who the fuck races at 12am?
[42:12.240 -> 42:15.600] I saw people in the US tweeting that I usually,
[42:16.080 -> 42:21.080] I usually only miss or I usually only see the US and the American Grand Prix,
[42:22.640 -> 42:25.820] but this is a US Grand Prix that even I couldn't watch.
[42:25.820 -> 42:32.400] Exactly dude. Neither could I. I thought that that's one race that would be really awesome to watch live.
[42:32.400 -> 42:35.540] You know like at the start of the season.
[42:35.540 -> 42:40.880] Who is it for? Because Europeans are sleeping. It's too late for Americans.
[42:40.880 -> 42:44.460] Indians are watching and maybe Australians. That's it.
[42:44.460 -> 42:45.000] That's it.
[42:46.960 -> 42:49.520] That's it. And people in Vegas, cause they can't sleep on the loud noise that's going on in this.
[42:51.600 -> 42:55.400] I've been like, unfortunately we didn't make that episode. Maybe let's see.
[42:55.400 -> 42:58.200] We might come up with a follow up episode or something. Just, you know,
[42:58.200 -> 43:00.600] talk about random shit. But, uh,
[43:01.000 -> 43:11.360] but I have seen so much negativity from like the local folks in Vegas about the whole track being constructed, all the traffic jams and everything.
[43:11.360 -> 43:14.080] It was a complete shit show all over.
[43:14.080 -> 43:26.840] Let's first get it out of the way. Kudos to FIA for doing Cash is King correctly and putting up a show and getting all the millionaires, billionaires out there and making the money that they wanted and hoped for.
[43:27.640 -> 43:28.960] But, continue.
[43:33.480 -> 43:42.640] But, but I think like regardless of everything, all, all the shit things that happened, I think I hate to say it, but it was somewhat of a decent weekend.
[43:42.680 -> 43:46.640] Like, uh, while all the trackers
[43:46.640 -> 43:51.960] it wasn't too bad like the show that they put up was it looks spectacular
[43:51.960 -> 43:56.960] like the shots from the helicopter were amazing like no doubt about it like I
[43:56.960 -> 44:01.480] can't how much ever I want to hate on it I can't because the visuals were really
[44:01.480 -> 44:08.000] cool yeah no yeah ignoring every tiredness, fatigue, blah blah blah.
[44:08.000 -> 44:14.000] And also with the globe and the dome having been done.
[44:14.000 -> 44:18.000] And I think weirdly also a decent race I would say.
[44:18.000 -> 44:25.680] It wasn't as boring as the couple of other races that we've had in the later half in general.
[44:30.320 -> 44:31.280] There too, Perez has smaller balls compared to Max because there were a few more.
[44:37.600 -> 44:41.520] Anyways, although what was fascinating for me was the post-race situation. They dumped them into a Rolls Royce, those three together.
[44:41.520 -> 44:42.560] Oh boy, that was...
[44:42.560 -> 44:46.000] They put them somewhere else. I think like the Bellagio fountain
[44:46.000 -> 44:48.000] to interview with DC and then
[44:48.000 -> 44:50.000] brought them back. Oh boy! That was so weird.
[44:50.000 -> 44:52.000] The podium ceremony and I'm like
[44:52.000 -> 44:54.000] what the f**k is happening
[44:54.000 -> 44:56.000] at 2 in the morning man?
[44:56.000 -> 44:58.000] And the funniest thing was you know
[44:58.000 -> 45:00.000] initially I think the Red Bulls
[45:00.000 -> 45:02.000] engineer got in. So it was Lechler
[45:02.000 -> 45:04.000] Red Bulls engineer and
[45:04.000 -> 45:06.880] science setting. Worst happened didn't have any place to sit in the car.
[45:06.880 -> 45:08.800] Then they pulled out the engineer like,
[45:08.800 -> 45:10.800] what are you doing here, get out.
[45:12.400 -> 45:14.800] Yeah, because if I were the engineer, I would have been like,
[45:14.800 -> 45:16.800] what is going to happen somewhere else.
[45:16.800 -> 45:23.360] I didn't know there's a lone DC probably waiting there and just like I got to go and talk to him.
[45:25.360 -> 45:29.360] It was so weird man, that whole thing.
[45:29.360 -> 45:34.000] There were a few weird situations right like even Max called out
[45:34.000 -> 45:37.920] the whole you know standing as a clown where they were introducing their teams
[45:37.920 -> 45:41.520] and just had to stand and do nothing.
[45:41.520 -> 45:47.020] Pony show sort of situation. yeah all sorts of things the dream cover
[45:47.020 -> 45:53.080] coming out and yeah that's fine that's fine I think like they should have
[45:53.080 -> 45:58.800] learned from Baku and the mistakes they've made but I mean there's million
[45:58.800 -> 46:06.000] things to do so that's true yeah. Luckily, nobody was injured as bad.
[46:06.000 -> 46:08.000] That's season 2023.
[46:08.000 -> 46:15.000] While the season is over, it's definitely not done from us at F1 Fan Fiction.
[46:15.000 -> 46:22.000] As we said, the collaboration with the Indian Racing League, IRL, is going on strong.
[46:22.000 -> 46:26.160] So there will be an episode or two still dropping on that side.
[46:26.160 -> 46:30.400] Go check them out. If you are in India, especially in the southern part,
[46:30.400 -> 46:37.120] F4 is still happening with a few rounds left in Chennai. Go check that out.
[46:37.120 -> 46:49.120] Yeah, and with all of that said, we will hope to bring out a few fireside episodes for you before the next season begins.
[46:49.440 -> 46:52.840] Hopefully the next season isn't as of a drag as this one was.
[46:54.640 -> 46:56.600] If you had fun, you do you.
[46:56.720 -> 46:58.160] With that said, let us know.
[46:58.240 -> 46:59.040] Why did you have fun?
[46:59.680 -> 47:00.320] Actually, yeah.
[47:00.360 -> 47:00.800] You know what?
[47:00.800 -> 47:01.400] Let's interact.
[47:01.720 -> 47:02.560] Yeah, let's interact.
[47:02.560 -> 47:06.680] DM either one of us or the page or whatever, right?
[47:06.680 -> 47:12.480] Like, why did you enjoy the races after Qatar or Singapore when the whole season was anyways done?
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[47:26.360 -> 47:27.040] Bye-bye.