2023 F1 Liveries and Testing w/ Desiree and Virginia

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Welcome to F1 Fanfiction, where we have a special episode featuring two amazing guests, Desiree and Virginia, who run the popular @formula1_twins Instagram account. In this episode, we will be discussing the liveries and aero designs of all the F1 teams for the 2023 season and sharing our thoughts and opinions.

Our guests, Desiree and Virginia, share their unique experience of attending a livery launch for Alpine.

Together with our guests, we will be taking an in-depth look at livery and aero design that stood out, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses, and sharing our thoughts of each design.

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Music

Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix

**Episode Summary: Unveiling the Thrills of Formula One Liveries and Aero Designs**

1. **Livery Standouts:**
- Mercedes: A striking black livery with neon yellow and red accents, replacing their traditional silver.
- Ferrari: Retains its iconic red color but introduces a new "cannon" nose design, featuring a unique dimple.
- Alfa Romeo: Adopts a Coca-Cola-inspired livery, earning the nickname "Coca-Cola bottle."
- Haas: Debuts a Chipotle-sponsored livery, sparking discussions about the team's financial situation.

2. **Aero Design Highlights:**
- Ferrari's "cannon" nose: A distinctive design that has generated buzz among fans and experts.
- S-ducts: The reintroduction of S-ducts on some cars, potentially leading to protests from rival teams.

3. **Alpine Livery Unveiling Event:**
- Desiree and Virginia, hosts of the Formula1_twins Instagram account, share their experience attending the Alpine livery launch.
- The event included an unveiling of the team's pink and blue liveries, as well as a chance to interact with team principal Otmar Szafnauer.

4. **Nico Hulkenberg's Return:**
- Nico Hulkenberg's return to Formula One with Haas is discussed, with skepticism about his performance and potential conflicts with team principal Guenther Steiner.

5. **McLaren's Testing Struggles:**
- McLaren faces technical issues during pre-season testing, raising concerns about their performance in the upcoming season.

6. **Expectations for the Season:**
- Mercedes' performance is a topic of discussion, with some expecting more from the team based on testing results.
- Red Bull remains a strong contender, while McLaren's struggles raise questions about their competitiveness.
- Toto Wolff mentions a second Mercedes livery that is more in line with the designs of other teams.

7. **Additional Points:**
- The use of duct tape as a solution to technical issues in Formula One is questioned, highlighting the irony of using a simple material in a sport known for advanced engineering.
- The Haas team's history of making questionable decisions is mentioned, including their struggles with driver lineups and financial partnerships.
- The hosts emphasize the importance of not reading too much into testing results, as teams may be running different programs and setups. In this episode of the F1 Fanfiction podcast, the hosts are joined by Desiree and Virginia, who run the popular Instagram account @formula1_twins. The episode focuses on the liveries and aero designs of all the F1 teams for the 2023 season.

The hosts and guests discuss the unique experience of attending a livery launch for Alpine, and provide in-depth analysis of the livery and aero design for each team, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. They also share their thoughts on the potential performance of each team based on testing results and driver changes.

The podcast also delves into rule changes for the 2023 season, including a new tire format for qualifying that aims to create a more level playing field and reduce tire wastage. Additionally, larger mirrors will be used to improve visibility for drivers.

The episode concludes with a bold prediction that Sergio Perez will leave Red Bull by the end of the season due to rising tensions, and that Daniel Ricciardo will make a comeback. The hosts and guests express their excitement for the upcoming season and encourage listeners to follow @formula1_twins on social media for more insights and content.

[00:00.000 -> 00:02.000] Alpine is Force India, right?
[00:02.000 -> 00:03.000] No, Renault.
[00:03.000 -> 00:08.000] Okay, so the confusion is because BWT was with Force India and that was the pink car.
[00:08.000 -> 00:09.000] Right?
[00:09.000 -> 00:11.000] The prominent pink car.
[00:11.000 -> 00:14.000] Yeah, that's the lineage I'm trying to at least place in my mind.
[00:14.000 -> 00:16.000] Is that where it's coming from?
[00:16.000 -> 00:18.000] Yeah, delivery, yes.
[00:18.000 -> 00:20.000] The car, probably no.
[00:33.280 -> 00:40.160] Hello, hello! Episode 3 and yeah, the season's getting started. Race week, this is going to be fun, fun colors, fun libraries, testing going on. F1's been busy
[00:40.160 -> 00:47.140] February, so let's talk about it. This is F1 Fan Fiction, a show about race weekend
[00:47.140 -> 00:52.040] reviews and motorsport community interviews. We are your hosts. I am Akash
[00:52.040 -> 00:58.240] and I'm Saran and today we've got two new hosts for you as well.
[00:58.240 -> 01:06.400] Off to you hosts. Hello I'm Desiree, I'm part of the F1 twins or the Formula One twins from Instagram.
[01:06.400 -> 01:12.400] We are 28 years old twin sisters from Hamburg and we host an Instagram account,
[01:12.400 -> 01:18.400] the Formula One twins, and we share our passion for Formula One and travel the world.
[01:18.400 -> 01:22.400] Also a warm welcome from me, my name is Virginia.
[01:22.400 -> 01:27.120] As Desiree said, we are twins, so we have the same age
[01:27.680 -> 01:36.080] and we are turning 29 in some days. So we are quite old. I mean, usually people come to us and
[01:36.080 -> 01:44.080] say, how old are you? Aren't you in your early twenties? No, we are in the early thirties almost.
[01:52.000 -> 01:57.200] now we are in the early 30s almost. But that's all is good right? I would be mad if somebody is coming and asking if I'm 20. I'm perfectly cool with that. Awesome, thank you for being here.
[01:57.200 -> 02:02.640] Pure pleasure. Folks, as you heard right, go check them out formula1
[02:02.640 -> 02:06.320] underscore twins on Instagram. You know it's their birthday
[02:06.320 -> 02:11.440] coming up so go give them a follow and then wish them a happy birthday that's coming up in a few
[02:11.440 -> 02:18.880] days. All right with that into the episode before we reveal like our hosts favorite libraries
[02:18.880 -> 02:27.760] Twitter and Instagram again unanimously has selected Mercedes as 2023 favorite livery
[02:27.760 -> 02:33.000] dethroning Ferrari from last year and I see Virginia's wearing a Ferrari cap in
[02:33.000 -> 02:40.280] support and consolation for last year's winner. But with that said I want to
[02:40.280 -> 02:45.400] first ask Desiree and Virginia, what are your favorite?
[02:48.920 -> 02:49.560] I think we agree on this point. It's definitely Mercedes.
[02:50.680 -> 02:51.040] Mercedes. Yeah.
[02:53.160 -> 02:57.840] What does it for you though? Like I'm curious at this point, like is it the jet black or like what for Mercedes was nice?
[02:57.960 -> 03:00.040] I mean, first of all, it's our favorite team.
[03:00.240 -> 03:05.500] So we are influenced by this. For the Furthermore, I think it's a new concept.
[03:05.500 -> 03:09.000] They are running a black car and not the same as last year.
[03:09.000 -> 03:11.000] And I think it looks kind of aggressive.
[03:11.000 -> 03:20.000] And I think the combination from black and the two neon colors, yellow and red, they look great.
[03:20.000 -> 03:29.000] Yeah, it almost seems as if Mercedes has been playing around with the with the light switch like going to a dark and light and dark and light and alternating seasons.
[03:29.000 -> 03:38.000] Because like, I think last to last two seasons, they were using the black livery. And then last year, they switched to the silver again. And now they're back to black.
[03:39.000 -> 03:45.520] Unlike Red Bull, man, like they tempted us so much with that white Honda livery and they
[03:45.520 -> 03:50.400] never picked on man. Yeah I loved it it was so beautiful.
[03:50.400 -> 03:56.880] Yes unfortunately Red Bull like rarely changes anything about their
[03:56.880 -> 04:03.080] livery because their brand is so so important to them. Yeah but honestly
[04:03.080 -> 04:06.640] like when you're there at the racetrack, the Red Bull is the car
[04:06.640 -> 04:11.000] that looks like the best on the racetrack. I don't know, these colors
[04:11.000 -> 04:16.760] match the racetrack so good. It's so bright and you can't not see it.
[04:16.760 -> 04:23.040] Yeah, it really stands out. I mean, the same with McLaren last year.
[04:23.040 -> 04:29.120] Yeah, it really looks neon when you're on the racetrack and watch it live.
[04:29.120 -> 04:36.400] Okay, so then I'm now curious with this thing. What car, what livery do you easily miss?
[04:36.400 -> 04:38.800] Like it's easy to miss. I mean you can't miss a car.
[04:38.800 -> 04:42.800] You know, you mean what looks the most unspectacular?
[04:42.800 -> 04:43.800] Yeah.
[04:43.800 -> 04:47.120] Yeah, I mean for for example, Williams, they
[04:47.120 -> 04:49.200] don't stick out with the dark blue.
[04:49.200 -> 04:50.200] Quite interesting.
[04:50.200 -> 04:50.680] Yeah.
[04:50.680 -> 04:53.480] But Eston Martin is also very beautiful.
[04:53.480 -> 04:57.320] I do like the dark green.
[04:57.320 -> 05:03.520] It looks so traditional somehow, but also new and just
[05:03.520 -> 05:04.200] looks very nice.
[05:04.200 -> 05:04.700] Fresh.
[05:04.700 -> 05:07.920] Fresh. And as Desiree said also the McLaren like when you see it
[05:07.920 -> 05:13.640] on track it looks like a big Lego car. I know they have the Lego car you know you can build
[05:13.640 -> 05:18.800] it I would really love to try it. Okay so with Williams then do you think like the older
[05:18.800 -> 05:25.080] you know the white blue martini giant logos or old Williams. Was, was that then better?
[05:25.080 -> 05:27.720] Cause personally, I think like this blue is nice.
[05:28.000 -> 05:30.680] Yeah, it's, it's a beautiful blue, definitely.
[05:30.720 -> 05:34.240] But in terms of sticking out from other cars, it fails.
[05:34.320 -> 05:38.560] I instantly hope that they, now that they are collaborating with golf,
[05:39.320 -> 05:44.120] they come up with a cool concept, like at one of the races, that would be nice.
[05:44.120 -> 05:44.600] Yeah.
[05:44.680 -> 05:46.320] One of those McLaren concepts as well
[05:46.320 -> 05:51.920] right the the delivery that they had in Monaco was it last year or last last year I don't recall but
[05:53.280 -> 05:57.520] that's what I've heard about Williams like even though the color blue looks really good
[05:57.520 -> 06:01.840] I've heard from a lot of people that on track it doesn't look as good and it looks pretty
[06:01.840 -> 06:05.920] it looks very dull as such on track as compared to what it looks on
[06:05.920 -> 06:12.240] screen and I've also heard the same about Aston Martin but the opposite that like on screen when
[06:12.240 -> 06:17.120] you're watching the race the Aston Martin looks almost black not green but on track it looks a
[06:17.120 -> 06:23.360] lot more greener so yeah I guess there's a big difference between what we see on TV versus yeah
[06:23.360 -> 06:25.960] what you see on track. Overall though,
[06:25.960 -> 06:31.740] I think there's some trend going on that I've seen and especially I think the direction
[06:31.740 -> 06:37.480] that Mercedes has also taken with the choice of the color of choosing black livery is that
[06:37.480 -> 06:41.840] all teams are trying to shed their weight in terms of paint and they are more willing
[06:41.840 -> 06:47.120] to show like the raw bodywork as well because even like Mercedes
[06:47.120 -> 06:53.040] has you know some parts which are not painted but they are just like the carbon fiber showing so
[06:54.000 -> 07:01.200] it seems like a lot of teams are going for you know minimalistic paints this season. Yeah maybe
[07:01.200 -> 07:05.160] maybe that's an approach we will see if it works out. Yeah, that's what I think.
[07:05.200 -> 07:10.600] I saw this, I think it was Sam Collins who was talking about this on the F1
[07:10.800 -> 07:14.720] YouTube channel that if this continues, basically we'll start seeing like
[07:14.720 -> 07:20.080] completely naked cars and like F5 might have to step in and have like a minimum
[07:20.080 -> 07:22.680] percentage of paint that they have to use or something like that.
[07:24.760 -> 07:29.000] You mentioned we will have, we won't have a red Ferrari anymore.
[07:29.000 -> 07:31.000] No one could imagine that.
[07:31.000 -> 07:36.000] The colors there are so suited to the brand.
[07:36.000 -> 07:41.000] More than suited to the brand, I feel like it's also suited to the sport in general.
[07:41.000 -> 07:47.540] Because if you ask anyone, at least in India for sure, for sure, right. Like, I mean, and the US as well, like my experience being the
[07:47.540 -> 07:52.300] same, imagine a color when you think of fast cars on an F1 track and like the
[07:52.300 -> 07:55.940] first thing they think is a red color. So yeah.
[07:57.600 -> 07:59.900] Not having red on the track, I think is a deal breaker.
[08:02.260 -> 08:07.880] And that was like the splash of black, I mean, it's for me, it's the best livery.
[08:07.880 -> 08:11.240] Like our final was between Ferrari and Mercedes.
[08:11.580 -> 08:16.280] I mean, I voted for Ferrari, but yeah, I like the hint of black on that.
[08:16.640 -> 08:16.840] Yeah.
[08:16.840 -> 08:23.360] But I guess, Ferrari again, I guess they didn't win this time because like, they
[08:23.360 -> 08:26.300] haven't changed their livery much since the last season at all.
[08:26.300 -> 08:28.400] If you think about it, it's almost the same.
[08:28.400 -> 08:30.800] And people like to see some change.
[08:30.800 -> 08:35.300] And in general, I guess, most teams are using the exact same livery as last year.
[08:35.300 -> 08:38.500] Say, maybe Alfa Romeo has changed it a bit.
[08:38.500 -> 08:42.500] But I guess all other teams are pretty much using the same thing.
[08:42.500 -> 08:50.960] Except for Haas, I guess all other teams are pretty much using the same filter, except for Haas, I guess, because they don't have a Russian sponsor and decided to change colors.
[08:52.400 -> 08:58.000] But I mean, when they still had the Uraq Hali sponsor, I really loved the car, to be honest.
[08:58.000 -> 09:02.240] Like the front wing in those colors. I think it was a brilliant concept.
[09:02.240 -> 09:04.720] Now, I just wanted to add a thing this year.
[09:04.720 -> 09:12.920] Haas looks a little bit like liquorice. When I see it and it's one of
[09:12.920 -> 09:29.600] my favorite sweets. Now that you say it I can I can see it. And then you see like the giant MoneyGram logo on top. I wonder how much money they gave man.
[09:29.600 -> 09:36.640] Like it's, you just cannot miss MoneyGram up there. Yeah, I mean they are the main sponsor.
[09:36.640 -> 09:43.040] Same with Petronas for example. Yeah, while since you're talking about sponsors, one team which is
[09:43.040 -> 09:46.680] really lacking that I see in sponsorship is the Alpha Tauri
[09:46.680 -> 09:53.760] because that car looks like pretty much naked like there's no sponsors on the car except for the front nose
[09:53.760 -> 10:00.160] and I know there are also some rumors going on right about Red Bull giving them some ultimatums
[10:00.160 -> 10:03.680] I haven't heard of those rumors so please tell me more
[10:03.680 -> 10:05.880] For sure, let me enlighten you.
[10:05.880 -> 10:12.560] So basically, the rumors that I've heard, Dr. Marco basically said to AlphaTaui that
[10:12.560 -> 10:18.800] either move to the UK and share operations, probably not operations, but it's easier to
[10:18.800 -> 10:31.320] handle both operations in the same location than in two different locations because I guess it's costing them way too much to handle two teams in like two different geos. So that's what
[10:31.320 -> 10:35.100] like is going on and I think there's also some talks about if the team
[10:35.100 -> 10:40.240] itself doesn't decide to move they would be probably be sold off to one of the
[10:40.240 -> 10:45.280] newer teams that's trying to join. So there's some action going on.
[10:45.280 -> 10:52.320] So does that mean like basically whatever's being spoken about in 2026, Andretti or one of those
[10:52.320 -> 10:57.120] teams will just end up buying AlphaTauri? Exactly, because also there's all shenanigans going on
[10:57.120 -> 11:03.360] about other teams trying to jack up the entrance fee, right? That's what I've heard. So they don't
[11:03.360 -> 11:05.840] basically, I guess they're trying
[11:05.840 -> 11:09.380] to increase the entrance fee or double it for under 80 f1 or something like
[11:09.380 -> 11:14.200] that yeah anti-american policy with like all the data still coming in from America
[11:14.200 -> 11:18.280] yeah that's quite interesting I mean it's a bold decision from Red Bull not
[11:18.280 -> 11:23.220] having a junior team anymore you know where they rise their drivers I think
[11:23.220 -> 11:25.680] it's probably just a empty thread. I don't
[11:25.680 -> 11:32.640] think they might want to sell it. But on Haas, sorry Haas, who has Chipotle? Because that threw
[11:32.640 -> 11:39.680] me off. Somebody has Chipotle? Someone has Chipotle. Now I can't remember if it's Alfa Romeo
[11:39.680 -> 11:45.000] or Haas. Let me see, let me google it and see. And apparently like that.
[11:45.000 -> 11:46.000] It's Haas.
[11:46.000 -> 11:47.000] It's Haas.
[11:47.000 -> 11:49.000] What I read was and that stood out for me.
[11:49.000 -> 11:53.000] Chipotle is a bigger sponsor than MoneyGram.
[11:53.000 -> 11:57.000] And I can't even fight it on the livery.
[11:57.000 -> 11:59.000] I'm like where is this?
[11:59.000 -> 12:01.000] Okay.
[12:01.000 -> 12:04.000] I just saw the most amazing image of
[12:04.000 -> 12:12.000] Nico Hulkenberg and K-Mag holding a Chipotle bag in their F1 uniform.
[12:12.000 -> 12:30.000] I also saw that, yeah. I was wondering, that this brand is so big and that they have so much money.
[12:30.000 -> 12:36.720] Yeah, I foresee them delivering food very soon and there are fun cars possibly for Chipotle.
[12:36.720 -> 12:40.720] Having deep in Chipotle, I'm concerned for the team now.
[12:40.720 -> 12:47.000] We're going to get some medicines as well for loose motions and stuff.
[12:47.000 -> 12:53.000] There will definitely be some jokes for the Mexican race.
[12:53.000 -> 12:55.000] Oh yeah, oh yeah.
[12:55.000 -> 12:57.000] I can see that already.
[12:57.000 -> 13:03.000] Oh yes, let's talk about the Coca-Cola team.
[13:03.000 -> 13:07.440] That's basically the Alfa Romeo steak.
[13:07.440 -> 13:12.320] That's what they call it, right? I still don't know what steak is. Yeah, it's some crypto thingy.
[13:12.320 -> 13:17.120] I don't know what that is. It's one of those more shady sponsors. Wait, are these people
[13:17.120 -> 13:23.520] are still taking crypto sponsorships? Well, I guess cash is king, so why not? Until they are not sure.
[13:24.000 -> 13:25.000] Well, I guess cash is king, so why not? Until they run out. Exactly.
[13:25.000 -> 13:29.760] I mean, the Miami EPP, isn't it also like the main sponsor is crypto?
[13:29.760 -> 13:31.760] Oh, yeah. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[13:31.760 -> 13:32.760] Of course.
[13:32.760 -> 13:39.880] And I think that even Aston Martin has crypto.com as one of their bigger sponsors.
[13:39.880 -> 13:47.160] I don't know, like, why too many people aren't talking about Alfa Romeo as a Coca-Cola bottle.
[13:47.160 -> 13:49.960] I'm so waiting for the Reddit community
[13:49.960 -> 13:52.000] to create so many memes out of it.
[13:52.000 -> 13:53.040] Waiting for the memes.
[13:53.040 -> 13:53.540] Yes.
[13:53.540 -> 13:54.040] Yeah.
[13:54.040 -> 13:54.540] Yeah.
[13:54.540 -> 13:55.040] Yeah.
[13:55.040 -> 13:55.540] Yeah.
[13:55.540 -> 13:57.600] To be honest, I didn't realize that.
[13:57.600 -> 14:02.400] I just saw a half Ferrari in it, to be honest.
[14:02.400 -> 14:03.720] Oh, yeah.
[14:03.720 -> 14:04.520] That's true.
[14:04.520 -> 14:08.540] That's true. What gave away for me was there is a
[14:08.540 -> 14:16.060] picture of Bottas and Xiao, who's their reserve driver, I'm their reserve driver,
[14:16.060 -> 14:20.220] all three of them standing and it's literally, it's literally like the black
[14:20.220 -> 14:32.200] outfit and then the red stripe where you have like the Coca-Cola labels. All three of them standing like a Coke bottle. I kid you not. But speaking
[14:32.200 -> 14:38.800] of that, what do you think of Botas' new hairstyle? Botas 8.0 or 9.0, whatever it is now.
[14:38.800 -> 14:43.960] It's interesting. I mean, you know, we've been big Justin Bieber fans when we were
[14:43.960 -> 14:45.400] younger and he also had
[14:45.400 -> 14:50.480] this period of changing hairstyles and Louis has also started with that.
[14:50.480 -> 14:57.840] You know, like one time he had blonde hair and then, I don't know, now he's been for
[14:57.840 -> 15:03.800] such a long time in this phase of having long hair and I think Bottas is just copying it,
[15:03.800 -> 15:06.640] you know like also coming up with
[15:06.640 -> 15:13.600] new hairstyles and being in the media. Why not? I don't know. I think he had also posted a video
[15:13.600 -> 15:18.320] during the break I remember of him changing the hairstyle. There's this video on Instagram I think
[15:18.320 -> 15:23.120] that he had released. It was about like him and his girlfriend and like he goes in who is the
[15:23.120 -> 15:25.280] barber shop changes his hairstyle and stuff.
[15:25.280 -> 15:30.080] So I think this is a gag that he's been playing around with for a while now.
[15:30.080 -> 15:33.880] And especially with the helmet that he's come out with for the testing, which is basically
[15:33.880 -> 15:36.160] his hairstyle on the outside.
[15:36.160 -> 15:39.240] But I mean, it's great content he's creating there.
[15:39.240 -> 15:43.400] You know, with his hair, it's brilliant to film reels out of it or to make photos.
[15:43.400 -> 15:47.500] And as I said, the the media they love this news.
[15:47.500 -> 15:51.000] So he's pushing his own brand, his name I mean.
[15:51.000 -> 15:57.500] Yeah, definitely. And you know that's one thing I really appreciate about Botas is like even back when he was in Mercedes,
[15:57.500 -> 16:03.500] he was often like trolled upon by people for like you know being like the second driver in the team,
[16:03.500 -> 16:07.440] like not being good enough and everything but what I love about him is that he has
[16:07.440 -> 16:11.400] like embraced all of the memes and all of the trolls that have been out there
[16:11.400 -> 16:15.120] and he is you know getting ahead of them and like trying to make fun of himself
[16:15.120 -> 16:20.400] before somebody can do that for him so I love that like attitude of his and
[16:20.400 -> 16:24.640] overall like ever since he has left Mercedes it seems like he is you know
[16:24.640 -> 16:26.800] like mentally in a better state it seems like he is mentally in a better state.
[16:26.800 -> 16:33.240] It seems because he is so much more friendly and so much more enthusiastic while talking
[16:33.240 -> 16:34.240] to the press as well.
[16:34.240 -> 16:37.200] Overall, it seems like he is thriving in Alfa Romeo.
[16:37.200 -> 16:38.200] Yes, absolutely.
[16:38.200 -> 16:42.640] I think he is living a new life in a new team.
[16:42.640 -> 16:44.320] And yeah, that's what he fits in.
[16:44.320 -> 16:46.560] It's great to see.
[16:46.560 -> 16:51.760] And I also think that he is the leader in this team. I mean Joe as a rookie in his
[16:51.760 -> 16:57.360] second season and Valtteri comes with good experience from Mercedes from a
[16:57.360 -> 17:05.600] very big and successful team so I think he made his point at Alpha. But while we are on the library topic,
[17:05.600 -> 17:09.520] any specific aero design that stood out for you?
[17:09.520 -> 17:11.520] The Ferrari nose?
[17:11.520 -> 17:13.520] The Ferrari nose, the cannon.
[17:13.520 -> 17:19.920] As I firstly saw this picture, I thought like it's a fail.
[17:19.920 -> 17:22.320] You know, it's a fail construction that it wasn't
[17:22.320 -> 17:26.000] purposed to really look like what it is now. But it's a failed construction that it wasn't purpose to really look like that what it is now,
[17:26.640 -> 17:32.320] but it's a great concept maybe. You're talking about the dimple, right? The dimple that gets
[17:32.320 -> 17:47.720] formed. Yeah. I saw this meme that that's not really a dimple, rather that's just a pasta sauce storage. Yeah. That's why I said it looks like a can.
[17:54.840 -> 17:57.920] Right. Yeah. I guess that's Ferrari has been the talk of the town again.
[17:57.920 -> 18:00.760] Like that dimple was one thing that really stood out to people.
[18:00.760 -> 18:03.840] And also another thing that people have been talking a lot about is the S
[18:03.840 -> 18:09.240] ducts that like showed up on the car which which I think was
[18:09.240 -> 18:13.400] outlawed some years ago but I think there have been some rule change because
[18:13.400 -> 18:17.880] of which they can be they are able to reintroduce it but I think Red Bull and
[18:17.880 -> 18:22.000] Mercedes are already kind of you know mumbling and grumbling and protesting
[18:22.000 -> 18:30.480] about it so I don't know what's going to happen with all that. All right. One thing we just can't pass through while talking about libraries. And
[18:30.480 -> 18:37.600] I don't know if folks here know, but you all got a chance to fly to UK and watch one of the
[18:37.600 -> 18:42.480] libraries unveiling. If I'm not wrong, this is the Alpine All French team, correct? Correct.
[18:42.480 -> 18:46.960] Correct. Yeah. Tell us, tell us more what happens behind the scenes?
[18:46.960 -> 18:51.360] How, like, how is this basically what, how, why, enlighten us?
[18:51.680 -> 18:52.160] Everything.
[18:54.960 -> 18:58.800] Yeah, maybe we can start with how it all started.
[18:59.840 -> 19:07.760] Like, I mean, we were in contact with a press officer from the Alpine team on Instagram,
[19:07.760 -> 19:12.320] but I mean, just occasionally, like twice a year, let's say.
[19:12.320 -> 19:15.080] But one time he said, oh, well, I like your content.
[19:15.080 -> 19:17.200] And then I started my LinkedIn research.
[19:17.200 -> 19:19.320] You know, I want to be more present on LinkedIn as well
[19:19.320 -> 19:21.160] with our account.
[19:21.160 -> 19:24.160] And so I found him there and added him as a contact.
[19:26.080 -> 19:30.200] And one day he asked me, are you excited for the season? How are you? And I said, yes, of course I'm excited.
[19:30.200 -> 19:37.160] I'm excited for all the liveries to come. And he said, yeah, we'll be at one of the
[19:37.160 -> 19:40.680] lounges. And I said, of course, no, I won't. I mean, you have to be invited for that.
[19:40.680 -> 19:45.200] And then he gave us an invitation, which was very kind.
[19:45.200 -> 19:50.200] And I saw that they invited quite a few creators
[19:50.280 -> 19:52.080] from Instagram and TikTok to the delivery,
[19:52.080 -> 19:55.920] which is a very clever move of them, I would say,
[19:55.920 -> 19:58.280] because then they have, you know,
[19:58.280 -> 20:00.400] content creation from another angle
[20:00.400 -> 20:03.220] than just from the official account.
[20:03.220 -> 20:05.000] I really love that they want to,
[20:05.000 -> 20:08.000] I mean, at least I hope that it stays like that,
[20:08.000 -> 20:13.000] that they will push more creator content throughout the season.
[20:13.000 -> 20:14.000] Fair enough.
[20:14.000 -> 20:17.000] So tell us, how was the event itself?
[20:17.000 -> 20:20.000] What happens during the event?
[20:20.000 -> 20:22.000] From my perspective, at least,
[20:22.000 -> 20:28.540] it seems like more of just an unveiling and probably like a party or something is there some other insights
[20:28.540 -> 20:32.240] that they shared like do you actually see the car or is it just a
[20:32.240 -> 20:38.260] show car that they generally put there? Yeah I think it was a show car because
[20:38.260 -> 20:45.680] it was very light and because we we slept on the on the tires and then it rolled a little bit, you know.
[20:45.680 -> 20:54.760] So I think there wasn't any engine in it. But what was quite cool was when we
[20:54.760 -> 21:01.360] entered the event and we saw Otmar in front of the stage, Otmar Safnauer, and
[21:01.360 -> 21:12.000] then we walked to him and talked to him, which was quite cool to get so close to a team principal.
[21:12.000 -> 21:18.000] And we had a chat with him, it was quite funny. And we also took a selfie with him, which looks...
[21:18.000 -> 21:20.000] Yeah, I mean, I love it.
[21:20.000 -> 21:27.480] I mean, you have one, the one that we can take is like a virtual Photoshop.
[21:27.480 -> 21:31.280] So it's way better than 99% of the audience here.
[21:34.600 -> 21:35.100] Yeah.
[21:35.280 -> 21:36.480] Um, it was great.
[21:36.480 -> 21:44.620] And, um, I kind of screamed when I saw the pink livery first, because I thought
[21:44.620 -> 21:46.480] they only had this pink livery,
[21:46.480 -> 21:53.360] but then I saw also the blue car. And I really liked that they have two different liveries.
[21:53.360 -> 22:01.120] And they said they want to race more with the pink livery, but the main livery
[22:01.120 -> 22:05.360] will be blue. I think last year they only raced with the pink livery
[22:05.360 -> 22:16.200] in Bahrain. One or two races. Twice. I think I remember that Otmar said they want to race
[22:16.200 -> 22:18.000] more with the pink livery.
[22:18.000 -> 22:20.720] Yeah, I think the first four races.
[22:20.720 -> 22:21.720] Are we?
[22:21.720 -> 22:22.720] I think so.
[22:22.720 -> 22:26.120] Yeah, so I am looking forward to it. But question there, like are they
[22:26.120 -> 22:31.700] are they very vocal and do they say why they only race for like the first three
[22:31.700 -> 22:38.440] or four races and not the whole, like why the two races, the liberties? I mean they gave a
[22:38.440 -> 22:54.500] reason for the pink livery and they said they want to push BWT as a brand and their message behind the brand.
[22:54.500 -> 23:00.500] Yeah, and I also think it's the fact that Alpine doesn't probably want to lose their identity completely
[23:00.500 -> 23:09.880] because one of the purposes of replacing Renault with Alpine was that they want to like market their sports car brand which is Alpine
[23:09.880 -> 23:15.000] more so it doesn't make sense for them to completely remove the blue color and
[23:15.000 -> 23:18.160] replace it with their main sponsor because then you know they're not
[23:18.160 -> 23:21.000] getting a chance to actually push their brand as well so I think they have
[23:21.000 -> 23:28.800] reached like a balance where they are still getting some money into the team by you know having the pink livery for like a few races and still
[23:28.800 -> 23:31.000] be able to market their brand as well.
[23:31.000 -> 23:35.520] It's been so many years and but Alpine is Force India right?
[23:35.520 -> 23:40.520] No, no. Okay, so the confusion is because BWT was with Force India and that was the
[23:40.520 -> 23:41.520] pink car.
[23:41.520 -> 23:42.520] Right?
[23:42.520 -> 23:49.000] The prominent pink car. That's the lineage I'm trying to place in my mind. Is that where it's coming from?
[23:49.000 -> 24:07.200] Delivery, yes. The car, probably no. So, but then do you also, did you I think he would have had time to talk to us,
[24:07.200 -> 24:09.600] but yeah, we just didn't know what to say.
[24:09.600 -> 24:14.800] I think that is on brand with him.
[24:14.800 -> 24:17.200] Like every time I've seen him in an interview,
[24:17.200 -> 24:21.400] it always seems like he's very confused about what he's supposed to talk about.
[24:21.400 -> 24:26.880] He's confused and then ends up saying things like I am better than Alonzo.
[24:31.520 -> 24:34.160] Yeah, it was a, it was a, it was a nice event.
[24:35.120 -> 24:35.620] Total.
[24:35.920 -> 24:39.480] And then do you guys also get invited to like an after party sort of thing?
[24:40.640 -> 24:41.960] There was an after party.
[24:42.400 -> 24:50.000] Yeah, but we were standing on our high heels for hours and our feet hurt so much, so we decided to go home.
[24:50.000 -> 24:52.000] I mean to our apartment.
[24:52.000 -> 24:54.000] Fair enough.
[24:54.000 -> 24:58.000] That's a tough call, how do you make that decision?
[24:58.000 -> 25:04.000] It's like on one side there's this party going on with the team team and on the other side it's the pain.
[25:04.000 -> 25:11.800] Yeah, it's a tough call. Yeah, the lounge itself was in a separate big room, call it
[25:11.800 -> 25:17.520] like that, and then afterwards the party. It means it was actually in a very big
[25:17.520 -> 25:27.380] building, like a fabric, and the dance floor and the other dance floor that was, I think it was open for everyone
[25:27.380 -> 25:34.080] desiré wasn't it? I think it was public access, but there was a dedicated area for the VIP
[25:34.080 -> 25:35.080] guests.
[25:35.080 -> 25:39.040] You're talking about VIP guests, I have to talk about the most VIP guest in F1, that
[25:39.040 -> 25:47.600] is Nico Hulkenberg, because he is one of the few rare people in F1 who has gone out, came back, gone out and came back
[25:47.600 -> 25:53.840] multiple times now and he is finally back. He has a season pass to the paddock.
[25:56.480 -> 26:01.360] That's right. What are your thoughts on Vajnay and Distry about Halkenberg? Do you think he is going
[26:01.360 -> 26:07.200] to be back in like full form or is it just going to be a stopgap until they find a better driver?
[26:08.700 -> 26:11.400] Yeah, I mean, it's difficult to say.
[26:12.000 -> 26:17.800] He's a very funny guy, but I don't think he's a special person or special driver.
[26:17.800 -> 26:18.800] You know what I mean?
[26:21.200 -> 26:24.500] So, I mean, he's there, but nobody cares at all.
[26:25.440 -> 26:28.960] That's my opinion.
[26:28.960 -> 26:34.600] I also think, I mean, he's very experienced and one of the older ones.
[26:34.600 -> 26:42.280] And I also have the feeling that he's very confident and says, like talks was what is
[26:42.280 -> 26:52.000] on his mind, just as Gunter is as well. So I can imagine that they will come into conflicts because they are both so alike with their opinions.
[26:52.000 -> 26:56.000] It can crash I think like another fox matching dog.
[26:56.000 -> 27:07.520] I don't know if you guys remember but there was this incident between KMAG and Nico. This was 2019, I think, or 18, I don't recall, where they had this
[27:07.760 -> 27:10.440] verbal fight right after the race.
[27:11.200 -> 27:14.720] Press conference sort of thing, right? Yeah, post-match.
[27:15.560 -> 27:18.480] So and now they're teammates. So just imagine what's going to happen.
[27:18.480 -> 27:26.000] You know, it will be interesting if there will be a crash on the track.
[27:26.000 -> 27:32.000] I mean, Günther knows how it feels because Grosjean and Magnussen, I think,
[27:32.000 -> 27:36.000] they were winning every second race or so.
[27:36.000 -> 27:42.000] This is something Günther doesn't want.
[27:42.000 -> 27:47.280] That's why these two guys left the team.
[27:47.280 -> 27:48.580] Yeah.
[27:48.580 -> 27:51.640] It will be interesting.
[27:51.640 -> 27:58.880] Yeah. And that's also maybe why I think Rojna was asked to fill that second seat even last year or last to last year.
[27:58.880 -> 28:04.720] But he was like, peace out. I am not coming. I am having fun in that other type of racing.
[28:04.720 -> 28:05.840] I don't want to come back to any of this. but I'm not coming out in that other.
[28:07.760 -> 28:08.240] I don't want to come back to any of this.
[28:11.680 -> 28:15.120] It's going to be fun. I think, especially like all three of them, I think are like really lively characters, uh, like Kmag, uh,
[28:15.160 -> 28:19.320] Gunter Steiner and Nikos. It's going to be a fun year again.
[28:22.040 -> 28:23.400] I don't know what's with Haas,
[28:23.440 -> 28:26.720] but somehow it seems like they always make the worst decisions
[28:26.720 -> 28:32.480] somehow and they always end up with like a very weird driver lineup. It's so odd that they
[28:32.480 -> 28:39.680] suffered so much back in the days when like K-Mag and Romain Grosjean were together. Somehow they
[28:39.680 -> 28:45.440] used to always fight or crash, something used to happen happen they are low on budget they go
[28:45.440 -> 28:50.320] with the Russian sponsorship that also falls through you know everything that
[28:50.320 -> 28:56.640] they have touched somehow has gone to shit I don't know why but I hope I hope
[28:56.640 -> 29:09.840] things change but yeah it's going to be a sorrow they have support yes have Chipotle now. Yes. Do not forget that. They are literally touching shit at this point.
[29:09.840 -> 29:22.880] So it's the weekend where like the cars start looking like dentures and fixtures and fractures
[29:22.880 -> 29:29.900] and you know whatever they have these new cool sensor. So many cars breaking I don't know I saw so many engineers like
[29:29.900 -> 29:33.600] taping up cars with tape and everything what was going on during that?
[29:33.600 -> 29:36.780] I think you're referring to McLaren have you all seen what
[29:36.780 -> 29:45.400] happened to McLaren? I only heard that Lando was like smashing his hand against the wall.
[29:45.400 -> 29:45.900] Oh yes.
[29:45.900 -> 29:49.500] That was a funny sight.
[29:49.500 -> 29:55.000] Yeah, I mean, I saw quite a lot of posts and reels and memes and stuff around McLaren.
[29:55.000 -> 29:59.600] But it's the second year in a row where they haven't had a good testing season.
[29:59.600 -> 30:02.100] Last year, I think, they had issues with their brake duct.
[30:02.100 -> 30:05.820] This year, like with one of the wheel
[30:08.020 -> 30:08.520] encapsulations near the brake area again.
[30:14.620 -> 30:17.480] It's a very weird sort of setup that started cracking up and for the love of God I can't understand this. The solution to every...
[30:18.000 -> 30:22.860] First of all, F1 is a sport which is like at the pinnacle of engineering. Like you have
[30:23.600 -> 30:25.140] technology that comes to F1
[30:25.140 -> 30:31.300] and then trickles down to the general automobile industry, but the solution for
[30:31.300 -> 30:36.300] any issue that breaks is a duct tape. I don't get this.
[30:36.300 -> 30:47.000] Why is everything a duct tape? So that proves that duct tape is the pinnacle of engineering. That's out. But yeah, so McLaren is not having a good weekend.
[30:47.000 -> 30:54.000] But an open question to all three of you, Virginia, Visari and Sarang.
[30:54.000 -> 31:02.000] What are your expectations? What did you think of the testing just as a high-level 30,000 feet EU?
[31:02.000 -> 31:05.880] How was the testing weekend for you? What are you expecting out of it?
[31:06.120 -> 31:06.960] What stood out?
[31:06.960 -> 31:07.480] What was good?
[31:07.480 -> 31:08.040] What was bad?
[31:08.480 -> 31:11.680] I mean, I think I was expecting more from Mercedes.
[31:13.120 -> 31:18.280] To be honest, Red Bull, like always, I think nothing changed at all.
[31:19.000 -> 31:20.000] I think that's it.
[31:23.760 -> 31:29.600] I do agree because, you know, like testing, I feel at least you shouldn't make much sense
[31:29.600 -> 31:33.480] out of it or try to make much sense out of it because we don't know what programs these
[31:33.480 -> 31:38.680] teams were running and what setups they were running so any data that we have gathered
[31:38.680 -> 31:50.400] from here I think is pretty much you know not yeahaharan, what you are saying is, I should not get my hopes up with Xiao, who was top of the leaderboard on day 2.
[31:50.400 -> 31:52.400] Yes, exactly.
[31:52.400 -> 31:55.760] He is putting my expectations on the right foot.
[31:55.760 -> 32:00.880] So, I think overall, I don't know what will happen next.
[32:00.880 -> 32:06.680] But I guess, at least looking at testing, one thing is for sure. McLaughlin is again going to have a bad time, I guess,
[32:06.680 -> 32:10.880] because they haven't had a lot of running time on track, which is always not good.
[32:11.320 -> 32:16.200] Uh, and I don't know. Uh, mostly seems to be sandbagging as usual.
[32:17.360 -> 32:20.840] Red Bull seem to be fast. Yeah. You know, the usual suspects.
[32:21.160 -> 32:26.800] Yeah. And also Toto Wolf mentioned that they have a second
[32:26.800 -> 32:33.040] livery. Oh yes. Which comes closer to the concept of the other cars on the grid.
[32:33.040 -> 32:38.720] Yep. I don't know about this. Can you talk a bit more? I don't know what this is.
[32:38.720 -> 32:45.400] Yeah, I think, I mean, they have a second monocoque or something like that.
[32:50.560 -> 32:51.200] And it looks more like, I mean, the Mercedes is very slim, you know,
[32:56.200 -> 32:57.600] and I think the other concept looks more like the other cars. So not that slim.
[32:57.600 -> 33:06.760] Yeah, so it's basically like Mercedes has adopted the side sideboard less design, right? Like they have a sideboard design.
[33:07.080 -> 33:11.580] So I think they're doing like a AB testing kind of a thing where they have one
[33:11.580 -> 33:16.160] design, which would have sideboards, which is more akin to like the Red Bull model.
[33:16.640 -> 33:20.400] And the one that we are seeing right now is kind of a, you know,
[33:20.520 -> 33:22.800] a successor to the previous one, but I don't know, like,
[33:22.840 -> 33:27.120] they haven't like revealed it, they haven't revealed any details
[33:27.120 -> 33:32.720] about it. So it could also be just mind games, because Mercedes does do that sometimes, but
[33:32.720 -> 33:38.080] I don't know. I also want to leave some thoughts about Aston Martin, because on one of the test in
[33:38.080 -> 33:45.000] GACE, Fernando Alonso was on second, I think, second fastest time, which is incredible.
[33:45.000 -> 33:52.000] And once again, I have to say, like you can have a fast car in tests,
[33:52.000 -> 33:54.000] but how does it look then in the race?
[33:54.000 -> 34:00.000] And secondly, what are you doing with this fast car as we've seen it last year with Ferrari?
[34:00.000 -> 34:01.000] You can mess it all up.
[34:01.000 -> 34:06.280] Like you have to have the right strategy, the right tires ready and everything.
[34:06.560 -> 34:12.200] You know, like this is what I'm wondering if, um, as Martin is really fast and could
[34:12.200 -> 34:16.960] be like on third position in the team leadership.
[34:17.440 -> 34:18.000] Are they really?
[34:18.000 -> 34:20.040] They don't have any more races.
[34:20.040 -> 34:20.360] Yeah.
[34:21.720 -> 34:24.360] But I think I hear Fernando screaming.
[34:21.680 -> 34:24.400] Yeah. But I think I hear Fernando screaming.
[34:24.400 -> 34:31.600] But, Desiree, he's been doing that for years and years now,
[34:31.600 -> 34:32.100] right?
[34:32.100 -> 34:37.240] Like, there's always a new team, new people, same words.
[34:40.160 -> 34:41.560] That's true.
[34:41.560 -> 34:44.880] Alpine, McLaren, now Aston Martin, I guess.
[34:44.880 -> 34:45.720] Let's see what happens.
[34:45.720 -> 34:51.740] But I have heard like, at least Twitter and a few Reddit polls are talking
[34:52.260 -> 34:54.640] well and worthy about Aston Martin
[34:55.160 -> 35:00.360] because they have got this like a very unique sideboard design where sort of like they
[35:00.920 -> 35:06.540] have a groove going in which apparently is helping with downforce and
[35:06.840 -> 35:09.080] you know, more streamlined arrow.
[35:09.640 -> 35:14.400] I mean, only time will tell obviously, but it does look fast.
[35:15.240 -> 35:19.640] If nothing, it's going to be like at least top of the table for formula 1.5.
[35:19.640 -> 35:19.880] Right.
[35:19.880 -> 35:20.680] I think we're back.
[35:22.960 -> 35:23.480] Yeah, it makes sense.
[35:23.520 -> 35:28.880] And I think there's some work like talk going on about Aston
[35:28.880 -> 35:34.800] Walton with regards to Lance Struhl. I think he was in a bike accident from what I know.
[35:34.800 -> 35:40.400] That's why he's not present for the testing and he might be missing like a few races as well.
[35:41.840 -> 35:47.360] I think this might be the season where we have the most number of rookies in the start of
[35:47.360 -> 35:52.800] the season which will be four. Yeah that's right when Felipe Dogo drives then it's gonna be four
[35:52.800 -> 36:00.000] rookies in the first race. Is it official though like as much as I love Seb, I really want Felipe
[36:00.000 -> 36:05.520] to come and drive like it's obviously room for new talent to come and show their talent.
[36:07.120 -> 36:12.480] I think it's pretty official by now because I think Aston Martin has tweeted about it and stuff.
[36:14.640 -> 36:19.920] Yeah and I really wouldn't want to see Seb again. I really love Seb but I don't know,
[36:19.920 -> 36:25.640] he's retired, let him stay there right now. It's, it's, yeah, there's no point in getting him back.
[36:26.160 -> 36:30.160] I can't agree more. I see him playing with his kids on the field,
[36:30.200 -> 36:31.320] but not in a car.
[36:32.800 -> 36:37.360] So I saw this image and I think like F1's official account tweeted this image
[36:37.360 -> 36:39.280] after all three day of testing.
[36:39.280 -> 36:44.240] And I'm just going to quote it in terms of like time gain or like the
[36:44.240 -> 36:46.240] time difference between 2022
[36:46.240 -> 36:51.940] and 2023, Williams ended up gaining the most compared to last year with like
[36:51.940 -> 36:57.160] some 2.378 seconds and then it was followed by Aston Martin and Alfa
[36:57.160 -> 37:10.640] Romeo and Merc leads RBR and Ferrari. So Merc is at 2.095 versus RBR at 1.415 and Ferrari at 1.381.
[37:10.640 -> 37:16.160] So that order seems very interesting. But at the end of the pack, there's Alpha Tauri,
[37:16.160 -> 37:25.200] who's already again, mind you, got an ultimatum, has no sponsors. And it's actually slower than last year by 0.064 seconds.
[37:25.200 -> 37:30.400] So, I don't know. It's not looking so good for AlphaTauri at this point.
[37:30.400 -> 37:37.800] Yeah, right. I'm sure Gasly must be smiling and laughing his way into the platform right now.
[37:37.800 -> 37:40.400] That's true.
[37:40.400 -> 37:47.760] Yeah, but I feel this is such a pity because I really have high hopes on Nick de Vries.
[37:47.760 -> 37:54.760] And I want him to have a good start into Formula One and not being stuck in a slow, slow car.
[37:54.760 -> 37:55.760] Yes, yes.
[37:55.760 -> 37:58.320] But I mean, the same for Oscar.
[37:58.320 -> 38:00.200] I also have high hopes on him.
[38:00.200 -> 38:02.640] I mean, look at his career.
[38:02.640 -> 38:03.680] It's fabulous.
[38:03.680 -> 38:06.720] And then he's sitting down in such a good star.
[38:06.720 -> 38:08.880] True, true, true.
[38:08.880 -> 38:14.160] Yeah, but I think William's making the most progress makes sense to me. Of course,
[38:14.160 -> 38:19.920] the slowest part on the track would make the most significant progress in terms of performance. So
[38:19.920 -> 38:28.000] that falls in line. I think what stood out in particular would be Ashton Martin and Alfa Romeo because they weren't that bad.
[38:28.000 -> 38:34.400] They had some good results. So, there might be some decent results this season from them. Let's see how it goes.
[38:34.400 -> 38:40.400] But yeah, Sarang, you were talking about stuff that's also changed in terms of maybe rules or something.
[38:40.400 -> 38:46.720] Oh, yes. There's one very interesting rule that I saw about and I think I there was talk about this even last season
[38:46.960 -> 38:49.700] but basically they are going to do some testing with
[38:50.360 -> 38:52.360] the tire format for
[38:52.720 -> 38:57.680] qualifications, so basically right now the way it is that you have free choice of tires, but
[38:58.360 -> 39:04.240] What what they are planning for is having like fixed compound for each of the qualifications
[39:04.320 -> 39:07.160] So like it would be like hards for the Q1,
[39:07.800 -> 39:10.080] mediums for the Q2 and softs for the Q3.
[39:10.560 -> 39:14.040] And what FIA is basically saying that there are two purposes for this.
[39:14.040 -> 39:17.960] One is like to A, have a more fair, you know,
[39:17.960 -> 39:22.760] like a more fair playing field for all the teams to have the same ties and fixed
[39:22.760 -> 39:25.840] number of ties as well, which will be two per session.
[39:25.840 -> 39:29.640] And the second reason would be that it would save
[39:29.640 -> 39:33.040] tires as well. So it would save the wastage of tires rather.
[39:33.040 -> 39:37.280] Since you know exactly what compound you're going to use,
[39:37.280 -> 39:39.680] and it's fixed to two,
[39:39.680 -> 39:43.720] there would be less wastage. So I'm kind of hoping that this works out.
[39:43.720 -> 39:45.040] Seems like a reasonable
[39:45.040 -> 39:46.040] thing to do.
[39:46.040 -> 39:51.040] I didn't know so far. Thank you for updating me.
[39:51.040 -> 39:57.400] I don't know, but I didn't know the reasons why. And I think it's such a great approach
[39:57.400 -> 40:00.720] also to follow the net zero aim.
[40:00.720 -> 40:04.600] Exactly. And it's in line with the net zero thing as well. Exactly. And I think the other
[40:04.600 -> 40:08.160] update that they're doing, of course course there are a few more other technical updates
[40:08.160 -> 40:13.520] but something that's more visible to us possibly is that they're using larger mirrors this time
[40:13.520 -> 40:19.280] because I think a lot of people had a lot of complaints last year because A, mirrors were
[40:19.280 -> 40:27.000] flying around breaking off and visibility was very poor for a lot of drivers.
[40:27.000 -> 40:32.840] So I think some good insights there. It was interesting learning how library
[40:32.840 -> 40:36.480] demos happen because I've never spoken with anyone who's been to a live
[40:36.480 -> 40:42.000] library showcase. But that was fun. Thank you for sharing that. Thank you for
[40:42.000 -> 40:47.200] being on the show. Hoping to chat more in the future and
[40:47.200 -> 40:52.440] sharing content and just being part of the community. Off to you and we sign off.
[40:52.440 -> 40:57.640] Yeah, thanks for having us today. Last but not least, I want to share a bold prediction
[40:57.640 -> 41:03.400] with all of you guys, which is that Sergio Perez has to leave his cockpit by the end
[41:03.400 -> 41:05.360] of the season because the tension
[41:05.360 -> 41:08.320] gets too high and Daniel Ricciardo will be back.
[41:08.320 -> 41:10.920] Yesterday she said in the middle of the season.
[41:10.920 -> 41:11.920] No, you're kidding.
[41:11.920 -> 41:12.920] I meant the middle of the season.
[41:12.920 -> 41:13.920] Oh, wow.
[41:13.920 -> 41:14.920] Wow.
[41:14.920 -> 41:15.920] That's a very good prediction.
[41:15.920 -> 41:16.920] It was already here and then she said middle of the season.
[41:16.920 -> 41:17.920] Off the charts now.
[41:17.920 -> 41:18.920] Okay.
[41:18.920 -> 41:25.840] Okay. prediction. It was already here and then she said middle of the season.
[41:25.840 -> 41:33.440] Off the charts now. Okay, okay. Yeah, so finally Daniel Ricciardo will
[41:33.440 -> 41:37.920] achieve his goal to drive in Las Vegas on a legal way
[41:37.920 -> 41:47.380] in a real car. I'm loving this. We are crossing our fingers for Daniel. I think that's a
[41:47.380 -> 41:53.880] unanimous at least liking that we want to come back in terms of like a list of
[41:53.880 -> 42:02.080] 10 drivers. Yeah, everyone's gonna agree to that. On that note, folks, go follow
[42:02.080 -> 42:07.000] Formula1 underscore twins on Instagram, Twitter, anywhere you can find them.
[42:07.000 -> 42:10.000] Sarang, close us off.
[42:10.000 -> 42:13.000] Alright, signing off. Goodbye.
[42:13.000 -> 42:16.000] Goodbye.
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