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Yeah we know we missed the Dutch GP, sorry about that but we both needed a much-needed vacation!
Welcome back to a new Race Episode for the 2023 Italian GP at none other than the Temple of Speed, Autodromo Nazionale Monza. While it seemed that the Ferrari might get a win finally, their plans were foiled by Max who set a new record of ten consecutive. race wins!
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Music
Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix
# **2023 Italian Grand Prix: A Thrilling Race at Monza**
## **Key Race Moments and Insights:**
1. **Sainz's Fierce Defense:** Carlos Sainz Jr. showcased exceptional defensive driving, particularly at the start of the race, preventing Max Verstappen from overtaking him. Despite Verstappen's complaints, Sainz's moves were deemed fair by commentators.
2. **Verstappen's Record-Breaking Streak:** Max Verstappen secured his tenth consecutive race win, setting a new record in Formula One history. His dominance continued at Monza, where he led from start to finish.
3. **Battle for Custody of Lando Norris:** Rumors emerged about potential interest from Red Bull in acquiring Lando Norris, leading to speculation about a custody battle between teams. Norris, however, is reportedly not keen on breaking his contract with McLaren.
4. **Red Bull's Pursuit of 1000 Points:** With Verstappen's consistent victories, Red Bull has the opportunity to achieve 1000 points this season if Verstappen wins every remaining race and Sergio Perez secures eight second-place finishes.
5. **Albon's Resurgence:** Alexander Albon continued his impressive form, finishing P6 and gaining 20 points in the last five races. He demonstrated strong defensive skills, holding off McLaren drivers and Lewis Hamilton.
6. **Hamilton's Strategy and Rookie Target:** Hamilton employed a bold strategy by starting on hard tires, aiming to capitalize on a potential safety car. While he managed to overtake several drivers, he ultimately finished P5. He also targeted rookie Oscar Piastri, engaging in a brief but intense battle.
7. **Sainz's On and Off-Track Defense:** Sainz not only defended on the track but also off the track, reportedly chasing down a thief post-race.
8. **Hamilton's Apology for Incident:** Hamilton acknowledged his mistake and apologized to Esteban Ocon after causing a collision during the race.
9. **Russell's Frustration and Driving Style:** George Russell expressed disappointment over not securing a podium finish, despite a solid P5 result. He was involved in a few incidents, including an off-track excursion and a penalty for a collision with Ocon. Russell's driving style was described as impulsive, with a focus on overtaking rather than long-term strategy.
10. **Magnussen's Lap Attempt:** Kevin Magnussen briefly appeared to be in contention with the Ferraris during a late-race battle. However, it was revealed that he was actually trying to un-lap himself, leading to amusement among commentators.
11. **Pit Crew Race:** A humorous moment occurred during the formation lap when Yuki Tsunoda's car stalled twice. As engineers rushed to fix the issue, they had to race across the pit lane, creating an impromptu "pit crew race."
12. **Liam Lawson's Impressive Debut:** Liam Lawson, standing in for Yuki Tsunoda, had a strong performance in his second race, qualifying P11 and finishing P11. He was praised for his consistency and ability to adapt quickly to the AlphaTauri car.
13. **Ricardo's Hand Injury:** Daniel Ricardo's absence from the race due to a hand injury sparked speculation. A conspiracy theory emerged suggesting that Ricardo was in Australia filming a promotional video for GoPro, a brand he represents, ahead of the release of a new model.
14. **P2 is the New P1:** With Verstappen's dominance, the battle for second place has become the new focus of excitement in Formula One.
## **Overall Race Rating:**
- Akash: 6/10
- Saran: 7.5/10
## **Conclusion:**
The 2023 Italian Grand Prix at Monza delivered an entertaining race, highlighted by Sainz's defensive driving, Verstappen's record-breaking streak, Albon's resurgence, and Hamilton's strategic gamble. The battle for second place remains intense, and the pursuit of 1000 points by Red Bull adds an intriguing storyline to the remaining races of the season.
[00:00.000 -> 00:07.000] I feel like Russell is somewhere one of those drivers who doesn't think much.
[00:07.000 -> 00:10.000] Yeah, yeah, he doesn't think long term.
[00:10.000 -> 00:11.000] Car ahead.
[00:11.000 -> 00:13.000] Car ahead, overtake.
[00:13.000 -> 00:36.240] Me no talk many words. Hello and welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction, a show where we bring you our banter into the race weekend.
[00:36.240 -> 00:45.800] We've taken this year a bit slow so far, that's for sure. I think we missed one more race at the start and then we've... we're not going to do a Dutch GP.
[00:45.880 -> 00:50.400] But here we are with Monza, the other Italian crown,
[00:51.920 -> 00:54.520] and every race going forward is going to come, that's for sure.
[00:55.080 -> 01:02.440] So stay tuned, subscribe, follow us wherever you are listening to this episode on, and do rate us if you do like
[01:02.760 -> 01:06.400] the episode. With that said, we are your hosts.
[01:06.400 -> 01:07.680] I am Akash.
[01:07.680 -> 01:08.800] And I'm Saran.
[01:08.800 -> 01:10.140] And let's get into it.
[01:10.140 -> 01:12.320] A decent race, I would say.
[01:12.320 -> 01:15.480] I mean, a six on 10 for me.
[01:15.480 -> 01:17.120] How was it for you?
[01:17.120 -> 01:18.720] I think I rated it higher actually,
[01:18.720 -> 01:20.400] probably like 7.5.
[01:20.400 -> 01:21.400] Oh wow.
[01:21.400 -> 01:24.560] Yeah, I mean, yeah, everybody knew who's gonna win.
[01:24.560 -> 01:26.720] Like I think that's pretty much a given for this season.
[01:26.720 -> 01:28.720] I think that there's nothing to discuss there.
[01:28.720 -> 01:31.120] Although, was it for this race?
[01:31.120 -> 01:32.120] This race? I mean...
[01:32.120 -> 01:34.440] That's true. Yeah. There was actually a question mark, right?
[01:34.440 -> 01:35.440] Right.
[01:36.440 -> 01:38.320] There were some really good battles.
[01:38.320 -> 01:42.200] Sainz, I think he raced like anything.
[01:42.200 -> 01:43.200] Yeah.
[01:43.200 -> 01:44.200] Loved him, man.
[01:44.200 -> 01:47.240] I usually am never a fan of signs.
[01:47.240 -> 01:51.000] Like he oftentimes can't defend that well, I feel,
[01:51.000 -> 01:52.480] a lot of times.
[01:52.480 -> 01:54.760] But yeah, yesterday he was just like fighting for his life.
[01:54.760 -> 01:56.160] It felt that way at least.
[01:56.160 -> 01:58.400] Right, right.
[01:58.400 -> 02:01.120] And then, I mean, after the quali session,
[02:01.120 -> 02:03.440] they were showing the track dominance chart.
[02:03.440 -> 02:07.680] And what struck me was the fact that the Ferrari really
[02:07.680 -> 02:11.520] had some good straight line speed.
[02:11.520 -> 02:14.440] And all the domination from the Ferrari
[02:14.440 -> 02:17.280] was anywhere but the corners, where, I mean,
[02:17.280 -> 02:19.800] obviously, the Red Bull is better, right?
[02:19.800 -> 02:24.640] And this track being one of those where it's a faster
[02:24.640 -> 02:25.000] track, more straights, it's a faster track,
[02:25.380 -> 02:29.300] more straights, except the two skeins,
[02:29.300 -> 02:32.020] the curves are also a bit faster.
[02:32.020 -> 02:36.820] I, for one, did think that there might be a miracle
[02:36.820 -> 02:39.760] and we'd see probably some reds on the podium.
[02:39.760 -> 02:41.240] True that, true that.
[02:41.240 -> 02:43.260] Yeah, I mean, I had the hopes for it, of course,
[02:43.260 -> 02:47.000] but deep down inside there was this monster
[02:47.000 -> 02:54.000] whispering in my ear, that leave all hope while you enter.
[02:54.000 -> 03:01.000] Yeah, no that's true. And I guess with every passing lap during the race, Hoso Stapin was
[03:01.000 -> 03:05.100] probably also unbuckling his belt, you know, more and more and more.
[03:05.100 -> 03:06.100] Yeah.
[03:06.100 -> 03:08.740] I must start beating this kid not able to overtake.
[03:08.740 -> 03:09.740] Yeah, probably.
[03:09.740 -> 03:10.740] Yeah, man.
[03:10.740 -> 03:16.180] But I have to say, man, like, it was some brilliant racing overall.
[03:16.180 -> 03:21.460] I think especially like there was this one defensive move that Sainz did.
[03:21.460 -> 03:25.120] I think it was turn one, lap 14 or 13.
[03:25.120 -> 03:26.120] Oh yeah.
[03:26.120 -> 03:28.440] Yeah, it was really good, man.
[03:28.440 -> 03:33.800] He gave him no space and of course Max was complaining, but I think that was a completely
[03:33.800 -> 03:34.800] fair move.
[03:34.800 -> 03:41.080] But even in that complaint, I could hear a smile and I don't know if Alex or David or
[03:41.080 -> 03:46.080] whoever was on commentary at that point said, even Max knows he's having fun with this defense.
[03:46.080 -> 03:51.880] So yeah, yeah, I guess like at that point probably Max knew he was putting enough pressure on
[03:52.640 -> 03:58.520] science to sort of like make that mistake and well that came in with that lockup and there was no looking back.
[03:58.840 -> 04:04.800] Yeah, and after that he just flew past right? Like I think there was this point where he was defending really hard like
[04:04.020 -> 04:08.040] just flew past right like I think there was this point where he was defending really hard like Max was sandwiched between like both the Ferrari drivers
[04:08.040 -> 04:12.920] and of course he flat-spotted Max went ahead and then suddenly science was
[04:12.920 -> 04:18.220] under threat from Charles as well right yeah at that point it felt like oh no
[04:18.220 -> 04:23.880] science is gonna do this as well but man he was like holding on to it with his dear life
[04:23.880 -> 04:25.000] yeah well that's interesting though right like that whole situation in the He was like holding on to it with his dear life. Yeah.
[04:25.000 -> 04:27.000] That's interesting though, right?
[04:27.000 -> 04:29.000] Like that whole situation in the front.
[04:29.000 -> 04:32.000] So, here's where I started rating.
[04:32.000 -> 04:34.000] Like here's where my rating started dropping.
[04:34.000 -> 04:40.000] Because everything was only about those first four positions to be really honest, right?
[04:40.000 -> 04:41.000] Right.
[04:41.000 -> 05:07.680] I mean, Max did get a better reaction time, but couldn't hold off. I mean, couldn't take off as much as science did. But after those 15 laps, once he did, you know, half of the race was only those first four drivers.
[05:07.680 -> 05:10.600] And I was like, are there other drivers in the race?
[05:10.600 -> 05:14.080] And it's not like there were battles happening too, right?
[05:14.080 -> 05:16.240] Like they were just positioned as they were.
[05:16.240 -> 05:19.120] So more or less nothing much was happening.
[05:19.120 -> 05:21.920] Though I kind of would say this,
[05:21.920 -> 05:24.080] that while there were like active battles,
[05:24.080 -> 05:27.640] there was still a lot of defenses
[05:27.640 -> 05:28.640] going on in general.
[05:28.640 -> 05:35.280] Like for example, like Albon, if you take his example, and even I think even like, who's
[05:35.280 -> 05:36.280] that guy?
[05:36.280 -> 05:37.280] Sorry, Hamilton.
[05:37.280 -> 05:45.000] I forgot about him. Oh f**k. Anyways. Oh f**k. Yeah.
[05:45.000 -> 05:46.000] So yeah.
[05:46.000 -> 05:49.000] And that guy who yeah just won 7 world championships.
[05:49.000 -> 05:50.000] But anyways.
[05:50.000 -> 05:51.000] But oh no.
[05:51.000 -> 05:54.000] According to Max Six by the way.
[05:54.000 -> 05:56.000] I mean he doesn't read Wikipedia.
[05:56.000 -> 05:57.000] Right he doesn't.
[05:57.000 -> 05:58.000] Yeah.
[05:58.000 -> 06:00.560] Anyways but getting back to the point.
[06:00.560 -> 06:03.160] I think there was still a lot going on.
[06:03.160 -> 06:05.720] Like I think there were a lot of team battles going on, like,
[06:06.760 -> 06:10.280] PS3 and Land Rover fighting.
[06:10.440 -> 06:12.720] It was all teams fighting each other.
[06:12.720 -> 06:14.560] Ferraris, of course, towards the end of the race.
[06:14.560 -> 06:16.200] It was an intense battle there.
[06:17.120 -> 06:20.360] So, like, while I agree that, you know, we didn't see a lot of action,
[06:20.760 -> 06:26.000] it was interesting enough to, you know, keep me hooked onto it, I would say.
[06:26.000 -> 06:39.000] Fair enough. That's an interesting side point on the McLarens because Lando was on the radio saying, you know, quote unquote team orders, but nothing came through.
[06:39.000 -> 06:52.320] And then Lando was like, fuck this, I'm going to take matters in my own hand and overtake this guy. But Piastri is… We diverged from where we were. So, we'll come back and close the loop.
[06:52.320 -> 06:58.480] But Piastri isn't someone who's driving his rookie season, to be honest.
[06:58.480 -> 07:00.800] Doesn't feel that way at all.
[07:00.800 -> 07:08.160] Yeah, right. Like a lap or two, battling out with like a seven-time world champion, eventually, obviously lost.
[07:08.160 -> 07:35.520] But a good stance nonetheless and, you know, driving without being under pressure or making a mistake as such, at least as visible on the TV. Yeah, I'm really growing a fan of him. I don't know if it's going to be the same if we put him in a Williams and like swap, you know, someone from Williams out like Sargent into a Milan.
[07:35.520 -> 07:46.280] I don't know if it's a car, but obviously, P. Astry has the credits and, you know, the championship titles backing him. Yeah, man, that's true.
[07:46.280 -> 07:51.280] Yeah, but let's get back to the red versus blue a little.
[07:51.280 -> 07:53.280] Yeah, yeah, let's close that loop.
[07:53.280 -> 07:56.280] Yeah, sure. Talking about...
[07:56.280 -> 07:58.280] Since we're talking about teammates fighting,
[07:58.280 -> 08:02.280] there's another team where nobody's fighting with each other.
[08:02.280 -> 08:05.360] That's... where they're not even close to each other.
[08:05.760 -> 08:07.480] Right. Max and Perez.
[08:09.480 -> 08:12.960] Yeah, I'm hearing some rumors about Perez next season.
[08:13.240 -> 08:15.240] What? Like what? Not going to make it?
[08:15.240 -> 08:19.520] I think Marco came out and said that Perez is not performing well.
[08:19.520 -> 08:24.080] I mean, yeah, and they are considering Lando apparently.
[08:24.760 -> 08:28.000] But I don't think Lando is going to be ready to break his contract.
[08:28.000 -> 08:31.240] But let's see. There's also some drama that I think even
[08:32.080 -> 08:34.800] Zach Brown came up and said that, you know,
[08:35.000 -> 08:37.560] we are going to like enforce our contracts, kind of.
[08:38.800 -> 08:42.320] An indirect thing, threat rather for Lando.
[08:43.520 -> 08:50.980] Yeah, custody battles between mom and dad. I mean I saw I saw some
[08:50.980 -> 08:58.900] post from Nico Rosberg saying Lando is gonna send in a surprise. Everyone was sort of like
[08:58.900 -> 09:14.400] jinxing the fact and cursing Nico saying hey, now that you've tweeted this, this will never happen. I didn't know this was the context behind it. Lando to Red Bull. No, man, I hope
[09:14.400 -> 09:21.240] he doesn't. I mean, yeah, I would agree. Honestly, according to me, Perez is the right guy right
[09:21.240 -> 09:26.240] now for that Red Bull, I feel because it's better to not have a team
[09:26.240 -> 09:31.440] mate that can actually... yeah exactly. Otherwise we saw what happens at Ferrari right? That's
[09:31.440 -> 09:36.720] exactly what happened with them. And I mean sure they want the best results and everything
[09:38.320 -> 09:42.960] but yeah they're P1 drivers and constructors so it doesn't really matter much right?
[09:43.680 -> 09:45.560] Sure he's a choker but
[09:45.560 -> 09:50.320] as long as you're getting your results that's what you care like you you're you
[09:50.320 -> 09:55.400] have your prize money who cares I don't think Christian cares if Perez is taking
[09:55.400 -> 09:59.520] a few million dollars less in his prize money as long as he's getting that
[09:59.520 -> 10:05.840] constructors prize money exactly and you, since you, since you bought out Horner,
[10:05.840 -> 10:11.800] I have to point out there was this meme that I saw on Formula Dank where there's this photo
[10:11.800 -> 10:17.040] of Christian Horner looking like sneakily at the camera or like having that smirk while
[10:17.040 -> 10:27.000] looking at the camera. And compared to that, that I don't know if you remember this, this is a meme of a small girl smirking while a fire
[10:27.000 -> 10:28.000] burning houses behind her.
[10:28.000 -> 10:29.000] Oh yeah, the houses burning down.
[10:29.000 -> 10:30.000] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[10:30.000 -> 10:33.000] And they are like competing next to each other.
[10:33.000 -> 10:36.000] Like just watching the world burn.
[10:36.000 -> 10:39.000] That's a nice one.
[10:39.000 -> 10:47.000] Also, you know what, I read somewhere that there's a chance that they can get a thousand points this time if
[10:47.000 -> 10:55.000] Max wins every single race from here on and Perez wins at least like eight races or something.
[10:55.000 -> 11:10.080] Get second position. I mean that's what the win is in the second place Second position is for you first. The former is definitely gonna happen but like the latter is where I have my questions about.
[11:10.080 -> 11:12.720] Exactly. Money is against it.
[11:13.840 -> 11:16.000] So this brings me to two memes. Okay.
[11:17.920 -> 11:29.920] One is that the next race is Singapore and there is a photo of Lawrence, Lance, Alonzo in a frame saying
[11:29.920 -> 11:35.880] this duo just want to remind you that the next race is Singapore and I think the reference
[11:35.880 -> 11:39.520] is to obviously Crash Gate.
[11:39.520 -> 11:44.600] And then the other meme is the fact where it's a Chris Pratt, you know, at this point
[11:44.600 -> 11:45.120] I want to ask this sort of question sort of thing where it's a crisp rat, you know, at this point, I want to ask
[11:45.120 -> 11:51.700] the sort of question sort of thing where it's if Max wins all the races going ahead and
[11:51.700 -> 11:57.440] he wins the first race next year, is that consecutive 19 wins or does it reset every
[11:57.440 -> 11:58.440] year?
[11:58.440 -> 12:05.000] Which is a fair question because I have the same question now.
[12:05.000 -> 12:08.000] Does it reset next year or does it keep increasing?
[12:08.000 -> 12:12.000] Let us know if anyone knows the answer to this.
[12:12.000 -> 12:14.000] Yes, please. Thanks.
[12:14.000 -> 12:17.000] I really hope it resets.
[12:17.000 -> 12:19.000] Or not actually, that will be fun.
[12:19.000 -> 12:21.000] Anyways.
[12:21.000 -> 12:23.000] 50 wins consecutive.
[12:23.000 -> 12:26.480] Yeah.
[12:33.360 -> 12:39.600] Well, I guess at least what I can credit Ferrari is that they let, I know I skipped to Ferrari, but anyways, what I wanted to credit to Ferrari is that they let their drivers fight man. Like
[12:39.600 -> 12:44.240] it was totally against the interest of the team, everything, but it was in the interest of the
[12:44.240 -> 12:48.240] fans. So, you know, that's all. Hang on. So you are saying the team does have an interest?
[12:48.240 -> 12:54.640] Looking at this year or this few seasons, I don't think the team has any interest.
[12:54.640 -> 13:02.080] But ballsy move, dude. I think there was once when... Who was told?
[13:02.080 -> 13:04.640] I think like Science was told or Laclerc was told.
[13:04.640 -> 13:06.280] Laclerc was told? I think like science was told or Leclerc was told. Leclerc was told.
[13:06.320 -> 13:09.160] No risk, no risk. Bring it home sort of thing.
[13:09.160 -> 13:11.480] But I don't think anyone listened.
[13:12.240 -> 13:16.000] Exactly. Well, I think it's fair.
[13:17.120 -> 13:19.760] At least we got a good show. So, you know, I'm happy with that.
[13:19.960 -> 13:24.080] You know, I feel like they should at least do this more
[13:24.280 -> 13:26.960] because trying to be too safe.
[13:26.960 -> 13:29.240] I mean, here's where it pisses me off.
[13:29.240 -> 13:44.560] And again, one of the reasons why my rating is a bit low, not just for this race, but like the whole season, past season sort of thing is the fact like we've lost that old racing, racing, you know, fight and aggression bit.
[13:44.560 -> 13:47.480] People sometimes play too conservatively, right?
[13:47.480 -> 13:48.600] Exactly, right?
[13:48.600 -> 13:49.080] Yeah.
[13:49.080 -> 13:52.120] Like leaving room, whatever.
[13:52.120 -> 13:54.880] I mean, in the old days, you could see tires.
[13:54.880 -> 13:59.040] Sure, it's a safety hazard, but you could see tires fucking flying off, right?
[13:59.040 -> 14:00.920] Exactly.
[14:00.920 -> 14:02.080] People just sending it.
[14:02.080 -> 14:03.320] Exactly, man.
[14:03.320 -> 14:09.000] So, I mean, I'm like, I'm all all for the old style of racing with the new safety norms.
[14:09.000 -> 14:14.000] Just basically stop being a bitch about every time someone tries to overtake you.
[14:14.000 -> 14:16.000] Exactly. Yup. Yup.
[14:18.000 -> 14:25.440] Well, there was somebody though who was absolutely not letting anybody overtake him, which is Al Bourne,
[14:25.560 -> 14:30.080] who's become like, who's, I think like achieved this legendary status for me,
[14:30.080 -> 14:33.280] at least right now, because he's just gone berserk. Right.
[14:33.320 -> 14:38.040] And like the past five races, I think he gained some 20 points,
[14:38.040 -> 14:39.680] which is insane.
[14:39.680 -> 14:43.000] Oh, is it? That's an interesting stat. That's an interesting stat. Wow.
[14:43.040 -> 14:48.000] And I think he got only one point in the first five races. That's how he has improved.
[14:48.000 -> 14:56.000] Oh wow. That's awesome. That's awesome dude. Like where did he finish? P4 this race?
[14:56.000 -> 15:02.000] This race? No. I think it was P6. But still, nevertheless, like still amazing.
[15:02.000 -> 15:10.140] I mean that's how I think good he was driving because yes my brain thinks he was P4 but yeah dude brilliant.
[15:10.140 -> 15:17.800] I remember at some point he was fighting Hamilton as well and my brain was like probably this guy is going to get PTSD
[15:17.800 -> 15:25.840] because of all the knocking off that's happened in the past, right? Like the rear tap from Hamilton.
[15:28.480 -> 15:30.240] Oh yes, multiple times.
[15:37.040 -> 15:43.040] Like now he can probably see like because of him driving nice and Hamilton again booting him off, they'll probably kick him off of this team as well. Hamilton ruining careers for Albon only.
[15:43.000 -> 15:58.000] Hamilton ruining careers for Albon only. But man, it was insane. It almost felt like a handicap match to me where these two McLaren boys trying to make a go at Albon and he's just like a wall.
[15:58.000 -> 16:08.240] Just like, yeah, do anything you want to. There's no going ahead of me. They tried everything, they threw strategies, they tried undercuts, they tried actually
[16:08.240 -> 16:10.160] racing him on the track.
[16:10.160 -> 16:14.840] They threw everything at him and nothing worked at all.
[16:14.840 -> 16:19.080] I think there was just a few laps at the start of the race, I think two or three laps where
[16:19.080 -> 16:25.600] I think PS3 went ahead of Albon, but once he regained that position, it was just anchored down.
[16:28.800 -> 16:31.200] And then of course, Hamilton took care of PS3. So,
[16:32.240 -> 16:38.000] yes, he was right back at the end of the grid later on, unfortunately.
[16:38.960 -> 16:45.120] Hey, I just want to make a quick jump back to the Reds.
[16:45.120 -> 16:49.520] Because a special call out to Science,
[16:49.520 -> 16:52.600] because he wasn't just chasing folks on the track.
[16:52.600 -> 16:56.920] But did you see he chased a thief down post-race as well?
[16:56.920 -> 17:01.840] So defending himself on the track and off the track,
[17:01.840 -> 17:02.400] this bugger.
[17:02.400 -> 17:06.720] Yeah? He was really on fire.
[17:06.720 -> 17:08.800] Yeah.
[17:08.800 -> 17:11.960] And he was coming back, coming back.
[17:11.960 -> 17:12.960] Yeah.
[17:12.960 -> 17:18.160] I guess overall, I think Albon should get a better seat,
[17:18.160 -> 17:19.840] or at least Williams maybe.
[17:19.840 -> 17:21.880] Actually, this might be the right place as well,
[17:21.880 -> 17:24.400] because Williams clearly is making strides.
[17:24.400 -> 17:25.500] So God knows. Yeah, Williams is making strides. So, God knows.
[17:25.500 -> 17:33.500] Yeah, Williams is again in that Ferrari zone, right, where they do have that good straight line speed
[17:33.500 -> 17:37.800] and Albon was milking it for every drop at that point, right?
[17:37.800 -> 17:43.700] So, yeah, I think, I don't know.
[17:43.700 -> 17:49.520] I mean, if Williams can figure their stuff out, I don't know if it's a budget thing or an engineering thing.
[17:49.520 -> 17:50.520] Yeah.
[17:50.520 -> 18:05.600] Albon's looking promising enough to keep giving them at least like a position around P5 consistently. So, let's see. But I think overall Williams has made a lot of progress since ever since like the ownership
[18:05.600 -> 18:12.960] change from you know like the Williams family to actually this what Donington capital right
[18:12.960 -> 18:18.760] I think yeah yeah I think they have made a lot of changes overall the structure in the
[18:18.760 -> 18:26.000] engineering team and everything yeah so yeah I, I think he's probably struck gold at this point.
[18:26.000 -> 18:35.000] One weird fact, source being the commentators, is that last year Albon had a pentacitis and Nick DeVries
[18:35.000 -> 18:36.000] Oh yeah.
[18:36.000 -> 18:46.960] drove his car on this track and when Albon got to the car and he was, got to the hotel and he was in the room that
[18:46.960 -> 18:52.360] damned him last year and you know whatever happened where Nick was staying
[18:52.360 -> 18:57.200] he went to the reception and asked for the room to be changed it was like no I'm
[18:57.200 -> 19:05.520] not staying in this one. Now he must be like okay I want his room. Tell me what room he's taking.
[19:06.480 -> 19:07.120] It's right.
[19:08.560 -> 19:13.520] He must be like, if Albon can get back after the Red Bull debacle, so can I.
[19:16.480 -> 19:21.360] There's this rumor again, obviously it's fake and it's a meme where it's like Nick DeVries
[19:21.360 -> 19:26.840] applying for engineering positions, like nothing to do with racing anymore.
[19:26.840 -> 19:27.680] I feel.
[19:27.680 -> 19:31.040] Oh, by the way, did you notice this?
[19:31.040 -> 19:33.880] Nick DeVries is possibly going to be,
[19:33.880 -> 19:38.080] and I think he is going to be the 21st driver
[19:38.080 -> 19:39.680] in a 20 driver championship.
[19:39.680 -> 19:43.720] Yeah, legend.
[19:43.720 -> 19:52.400] Legends, legends like Latifi and Mazepin who have achieved this amazing feat.
[19:52.400 -> 20:01.600] Yeah, let's talk about Mercedes because I mean nothing else was happening much but Russell.
[20:01.600 -> 20:05.800] Russell at some point was heard on the radio saying,
[20:05.800 -> 20:08.360] Hey, I was at least expecting a podium today.
[20:08.360 -> 20:10.760] Doesn't sound like we're going to get one.
[20:10.760 -> 20:12.240] Where did he end up?
[20:12.240 -> 20:16.360] I think pretty decent though. I think P5.
[20:16.360 -> 20:19.000] Oh, yeah. P5.
[20:19.000 -> 20:23.560] I think he drove a pretty good race overall.
[20:23.560 -> 20:25.520] He was driving dirty a little.
[20:25.520 -> 20:31.680] Actually, both of them were going off track, I think twice. Russell and I think he also,
[20:31.680 -> 20:33.520] I think both got penalty as well. Yeah.
[20:34.240 -> 20:37.680] Not sure, I don't remember the Russells, but yeah, Hamilton.
[20:38.800 -> 20:46.400] I don't recall actually. Oh, now I'm confused. I don't recall if he got a penalty, but he was under investigation for the incident with Ocon, I think,
[20:46.400 -> 20:51.160] where they both went off into turn one,
[20:51.680 -> 20:53.480] similar to what happened with him in Perez.
[20:54.680 -> 20:57.200] Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember this now.
[20:58.040 -> 21:02.000] I think he never gave the position back. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[21:02.000 -> 21:06.640] I think he was already like two cars ahead and never give the position back.
[21:06.640 -> 21:11.240] And it was very weird because like even the commentator said this that why was he fighting him?
[21:11.240 -> 21:16.440] Because they were not on the same strategy and he knew that Ocon is going to pit eventually.
[21:16.440 -> 21:28.000] I feel like Russell is somewhere one of those drivers who doesn't think much. Yeah, yeah, he doesn't think long term.
[21:28.000 -> 21:32.000] Car ahead overtake.
[21:32.000 -> 21:36.000] Me no talk many words.
[21:40.000 -> 21:44.000] So, but yeah, I mean a good finish I guess like
[21:44.000 -> 21:47.840] even Hamilton, oh Hamilton had a brilliant
[21:47.840 -> 21:54.440] day right like there's this whole, have you seen this, there's this whole you know defensive
[21:54.440 -> 22:01.000] tweet from Mercedes saying why Hamilton didn't deserve the penalty that he took.
[22:01.000 -> 22:05.000] They have like put a whole research paper out there in the TV.
[22:05.000 -> 22:09.500] And then Hamilton's like, yeah, I made the mistake.
[22:09.500 -> 22:11.000] I went in and apologized.
[22:11.000 -> 22:15.000] And even on the radio, I think these race engineers are so
[22:15.000 -> 22:21.000] tuned to hearing only complain that I think Hamilton came
[22:21.000 -> 22:28.960] on to the radio and was like, uh, uh, there was, there was no room left. And the race engineer is like, yeah,
[22:28.960 -> 22:31.880] we see, we see that we are on it. And he's like, no, no, no.
[22:31.920 -> 22:33.360] I did not leave any room.
[22:35.280 -> 22:36.320] I'm like, wow.
[22:37.680 -> 22:39.720] Oh man. I missed this part.
[22:44.600 -> 22:51.000] Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's good. I mean, I think it's pretty refreshing, very honestly, for a driver to say that.
[22:51.000 -> 22:57.120] Oh yeah, my bad, you know. Realizing he's made a mistake.
[22:57.120 -> 23:01.280] But I guess Hamilton still drove a pretty amazing race overall, except for that, you
[23:01.280 -> 23:09.600] know, of course the incident between him and PR but other than that he was first of all on the opposite strategy that itself was
[23:09.600 -> 23:15.660] very ballsy starting on so see it comes back to the Albon point where you know
[23:15.660 -> 23:31.800] Hamilton's quote-unquote ruining rookie's careers this time around PS3 I think he just randomly chooses one rookie like whose career do I want to destroy.
[23:31.800 -> 23:36.160] And he doesn't go for like the Williams or Alphans.
[23:36.160 -> 23:41.360] Because he knows they are winning their own career.
[23:41.360 -> 23:45.880] Somebody who actually has some potential. Right. And he is. Sorry to go off track.
[23:45.880 -> 23:46.880] Yeah.
[23:46.880 -> 23:52.120] So first of all, yeah, first of all, like he started on an opposite strategy.
[23:52.120 -> 23:53.800] That itself was very ballsy.
[23:53.800 -> 23:57.840] Starting on hards in Bonza where straight line speed is so important.
[23:57.840 -> 24:00.080] That itself was insane.
[24:00.080 -> 24:03.840] He drew such a long stint.
[24:03.840 -> 24:08.600] But at the same time, I felt at one point he actually could have won the race,
[24:08.840 -> 24:11.680] like especially when everybody else had pitted.
[24:12.360 -> 24:16.840] If there was a safety car at that point, he would have advantaged like
[24:16.880 -> 24:21.840] tremendously at that point. Basically, he would have gotten a free pit stop.
[24:22.160 -> 24:23.000] Yeah.
[24:23.000 -> 24:23.820] Yeah.
[24:24.560 -> 24:28.320] Yeah. But I guess overall, I mean, brilliant driving, right?
[24:28.320 -> 24:33.760] Like, he was told he has a 5-second at some point within himself.
[24:33.760 -> 24:41.120] I think he knew it was coming and then, yeah, just took the charge, built that gap and didn't make that 5-second count.
[24:41.120 -> 24:42.120] Yeah.
[24:42.120 -> 24:46.320] I was hoping some battle between Alonso and Hamilton as well,
[24:46.320 -> 24:54.840] but I guess that was still a pretty smooth overtake on their... Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean,
[24:54.840 -> 24:56.600] perfect weekend from Hamilton except...
[24:56.600 -> 25:06.400] Yeah, pretty much, man. Yeah, pretty much. And I think even like it wasn't like, it was just the strategy that won him his place.
[25:06.400 -> 25:08.400] P6 I think, right?
[25:08.400 -> 25:12.400] Oh, by the way, I think earlier we mentioned Dalbon got P6, but he got P7.
[25:12.400 -> 25:19.800] But Hamilton had to really fight for it, especially after pitting onto his mediums.
[25:19.800 -> 25:22.800] Of course, he had a tier advantage against everybody else, I'll leave it to that.
[25:22.800 -> 25:27.200] But still, he had to make those moves on track. He didn't get them in like…
[25:27.200 -> 25:30.800] He didn't get those positions back because of a pitch-up or something.
[25:30.800 -> 25:33.040] He had to actually make those moves on track.
[25:33.040 -> 25:36.600] You know, overtaking Alonso, overtaking both the McLarens, Albon.
[25:36.600 -> 25:43.680] And yeah, he still managed to get that 5-second gap with Albon and retain his position.
[25:43.680 -> 25:45.280] So, amazing drive.
[25:46.560 -> 25:50.640] Yeah, for sure. Let's bitch about a few other drivers at this point.
[25:52.560 -> 25:57.680] There's this interesting bit, at least I found it interesting, is the fact like in the last 10
[25:57.680 -> 26:04.400] laps, Sainz, Perez and Leclerc were battling, right? And Sainz was sort of in the front.
[26:01.480 -> 26:05.480] was over battling, right? And if, and Science was sort of in the front
[26:05.480 -> 26:08.280] and these guys wanted their slip stream
[26:08.280 -> 26:10.480] and wanna, you know, not cut through the air,
[26:10.480 -> 26:11.320] blah, blah, blah.
[26:11.320 -> 26:14.480] So if Science was changing lines on the straight,
[26:14.480 -> 26:17.360] the other two drivers, like you could see Perez follow him
[26:17.360 -> 26:20.680] even if like it meant he'd have to wait for an overtake.
[26:20.680 -> 26:23.440] So did Leclerc behind him.
[26:23.440 -> 26:26.320] And then there was K-mag who was also doing the
[26:26.320 -> 26:32.240] same and I was like, wow, Kmag is this close? I got to see the table. And only 2 seconds
[26:32.240 -> 26:38.040] later I realized. He was lapped. Exactly, that f**ker was trying to un-lap himself and
[26:38.040 -> 26:46.600] pulling off the stunts that these three were. I'm like, chill bro, chill.
[26:49.920 -> 26:50.200] You have a Ferrari powered engine, but you are not a Ferrari. Chill.
[26:55.000 -> 26:55.120] Exactly. Oh God. Yeah. It is too funny.
[26:57.600 -> 26:58.120] I was also very confused. I saw them fighting.
[27:02.520 -> 27:03.480] And exactly this is random other car doing something there. Like, wait, what's going on?
[27:08.280 -> 27:13.600] The other one that, uh that that was interesting was Yuki and the whole the whole situation there was funny
[27:13.600 -> 27:20.040] because like yeah this car nopes out twice in a row right exactly so his car
[27:20.040 -> 27:26.880] nopes out on the formation lap and the drivers are standing on the grid.
[27:26.880 -> 27:35.600] Oh, do you know why did it get delayed by 20 minutes? I still don't understand that.
[27:35.600 -> 27:41.160] Maybe Hamilton wanted to take a dump. I don't know. So, anyways, I mean, these guys are
[27:41.160 -> 27:48.300] standing on the grid. Everything's hot and warm. Two engineers have jumped off some wall and are standing.
[27:48.400 -> 27:50.840] Right. They thought they could get in, but now they can't.
[27:50.840 -> 27:56.540] So they're standing and everyone else is like fighting outside an ST bus tank.
[27:56.540 -> 27:59.240] There was literally like a race.
[27:59.240 -> 28:02.200] There was literally like a running race there.
[28:02.200 -> 28:03.480] Right on the pit.
[28:03.480 -> 28:06.320] No, and they're fighting off the marshals or whoever there is like,
[28:06.320 -> 28:08.320] Dude, I have a brilliant idea.
[28:08.320 -> 28:10.640] I have a brilliant idea. Formula 1.
[28:10.640 -> 28:13.200] You have to start this as a side event,
[28:13.200 -> 28:15.920] where we have a pit crew race, where they just race.
[28:15.920 -> 28:17.920] Who wins? Yeah.
[28:17.920 -> 28:22.000] They race across the pit lane and see who wins, which team wins.
[28:22.000 -> 28:23.840] Yeah, yeah, fair enough.
[28:23.840 -> 28:26.040] One point each race for the constructors.
[28:26.040 -> 28:34.440] That, the other side, the other side entertainment could also be like an MMA fight between like them trying to get onto the track fighting off the march.
[28:34.440 -> 28:36.200] It could be like Chandni Devi's fight.
[28:36.200 -> 28:37.600] But, yeah.
[28:37.600 -> 28:39.840] So instead of steel chairs, they'll have like jacks.
[28:39.840 -> 28:40.960] Exactly.
[28:40.960 -> 28:44.240] Running with the hydraulic pistons and whatever, right.
[28:44.240 -> 28:48.540] So, a different sort of Olympics. Never seen before.
[28:48.540 -> 28:50.540] Never seen before.
[28:50.540 -> 28:55.620] Ricardo, with his hand. We have to talk about this.
[28:55.620 -> 28:58.420] Since we didn't do last episode.
[28:58.420 -> 29:02.500] Liam Lawson, man, if I got the chance, right? It's amazing.
[29:02.500 -> 29:05.120] He's doing amazing as well we have to talk about
[29:05.120 -> 29:12.480] him like where did he qualify p11 p12 I think something like that uh and ended up as well I
[29:12.480 -> 29:19.680] think p11 so uh amazing yeah I guess uh brilliant drive I mean I didn't see much overtaking or
[29:19.680 -> 29:27.800] anything from him that I do remember but yeah ending ending just outside those points
[29:27.800 -> 29:35.280] yeah he totally even when Yuki wasn't there he got there like Yuki he was
[29:35.280 -> 29:41.880] always at P11 till now like I got you bro yeah and sharing an alpha stage just
[29:41.880 -> 29:49.500] one point behind one position behind. But considering it's only second race in the whole event, right?
[29:49.500 -> 29:53.300] And that too, without any pre-testing, pieces and testing, nothing at all.
[29:53.300 -> 29:56.300] Just getting into the car directly, it's like pretty awesome.
[29:56.300 -> 30:00.100] Liam, if you're listening to this, stay cautious because Hamilton's coming for you.
[30:00.100 -> 30:07.000] Yeah, Hamilton is like rubbing his hands.
[30:07.000 -> 30:09.000] You know there is this meme.
[30:09.000 -> 30:11.000] Oh the tree one.
[30:11.000 -> 30:14.000] The tree and the guy in the yellow jacket.
[30:14.000 -> 30:18.000] Yeah, so. Oh God.
[30:18.000 -> 30:25.000] But pretty awesome. By the way, do you know what happened to Ricardo's hand?
[30:25.000 -> 30:29.000] I have a conspiracy theory at this point to be really honest.
[30:29.000 -> 30:40.000] So Ricardo is a brand ambassador for GoPro and GoPro is releasing a new model at the end of this week.
[30:40.000 -> 30:50.160] And obviously they probably want to shoot or something. So I think he's gone back to Australia doing dirt biking or whatever he does for GoPro
[30:50.160 -> 30:52.480] and making some videos for them.
[30:52.480 -> 30:53.480] I don't know.
[30:53.480 -> 30:54.480] Yeah, who knows?
[30:54.480 -> 31:05.000] But I guess like it's pretty dangerous for a car to if Liam Lawson is doing so well,
[31:05.000 -> 31:13.400] Red Bull must be like, hey, if we can do, if we can pay the driver lesser and still get the same results, how about that?
[31:13.400 -> 31:19.200] Exactly, exactly. Karma dude, karma dude.
[31:19.200 -> 31:21.800] Yeah.
[31:21.800 -> 31:26.840] I guess that sums it up. I guess that sums it up for what this weekend was. Singapore
[31:26.840 -> 31:32.320] is next. Hopefully we see some crash gate sort of scandal conspiracy happening. Alonzo
[31:32.320 -> 31:36.320] probably... And Max Vostap then wins the Singapore GP.
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