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The 2023 Miami GP was a cringefest, with the fake marina still pretending to be a real one and a WWE style driver introduction. But hey, at least we got to see some awesome racing action on the track! Verstappen widened his lead in the championship, while Perez kept nipping at his heels. There were no big bangs, but it was still a blast to watch.
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Music
Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix
# Miami Grand Prix 2023 Discussion
## Introduction
* The Miami GP was a lackluster event, with a fake marina and a WWE-style driver introduction.
* The only positive aspect was the exciting racing action on the track.
* Verstappen extended his championship lead, while Perez remained in contention.
* There were no major incidents, but the race was still entertaining.
## Race Highlights
* Kevin Magnussen was the unsung hero of the race, finishing in P4.
* Verstappen dominated the field, annihilating the competition.
* Fernando Alonso was paid to watch the race, as he struggled to keep up with the leaders.
* The three Spanish drivers (Alonso, Sainz, and Perez) had a disappointing race.
* Ferrari's drivers and team made several mistakes, costing them valuable points.
* Lewis Hamilton had a poor qualifying session, but recovered to finish in P6.
* Hard tires were the surprise stars of the race, with many drivers opting for the more durable compound.
* Martin Brundle's new enforcer, Sir Jackie Stewart, made a memorable appearance.
## Looking Ahead to Vegas
* There is concern that the cringeworthy aspects of the Miami GP may be amplified in Las Vegas.
## Social Media
* Follow F1 Fanfiction on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter for more updates and content.
## Music
* Intro: "Howling (Sting)" by Gunnar Olsen
* Outro: "Your Intro" by Audionautix # 2023 Miami Grand Prix: A Review
## Introduction
- The 2023 Miami Grand Prix was a controversial event, marked by artificial elements like a fake marina and a WWE-style driver introduction.
- Despite the criticisms, the race produced thrilling on-track action, with Max Verstappen extending his championship lead and Sergio Perez chasing closely behind.
## Race Highlights
- Kevin Magnussen emerged as an unsung hero, delivering a strong performance.
- Verstappen dominated the field, showcasing his exceptional driving skills.
- Fernando Alonso's lackluster performance raised questions about his motivation.
- The Spanish trio of Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, and Pedro Martinez had mixed results.
- Ferrari's strategic errors and driver mistakes contributed to their underwhelming performance.
- Lewis Hamilton's radio communication with his team highlighted his frustration.
- Hard tires proved to be the surprise stars of the race, offering unexpected advantages.
## Controversies and Quirks
- Martin Brundle's new enforcer, Sir Jackie Stewart, added an element of intrigue to the commentary.
- The fake marina and other artificial features drew criticism for their inauthenticity.
- Speculation arose regarding the continuation of the "Cringefest" at the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix.
## Conclusion
- The 2023 Miami Grand Prix was a polarizing event, combining exciting racing with questionable elements.
- The upcoming triple header promises more intense action and drama as the Formula One season progresses.
[00:00.000 -> 00:02.720] Since we are on the lonesome memes, I have to point out a few more.
[00:03.080 -> 00:07.840] Did you see him smelling the flowers behind Vastapan in the post race?
[00:08.320 -> 00:15.200] Oh yeah. And it isn't even like, you know, he's just standing there waiting for his turn and he's going to go back and like,
[00:15.440 -> 00:17.560] you know, talk to the guy and he's waiting.
[00:17.560 -> 00:18.600] He was done by then.
[00:18.640 -> 00:24.840] No. Yeah, exactly. If you see the whole frame, like he walks into the frame, he smells it and then fucks off.
[00:25.280 -> 00:26.080] Exactly.
[00:35.200 -> 00:41.120] Hey Sarang, you live in the States. Did you go to a Chipotle, claim your free Chipotle?
[00:42.400 -> 00:45.960] Oh man, I was just running on my way but unfortunately I
[00:45.960 -> 00:50.280] didn't get the code. But I was literally refreshing like Haas's page
[00:50.280 -> 00:54.640] continuously to see the code. But man people are fast and hungry for some Chipotle.
[00:54.640 -> 01:00.640] I wonder if one of them actually came to deliver to those folks also
[01:00.640 -> 01:05.980] because we had those photos also taken in Chipotle dressing in uniform or with the delivery bag.
[01:05.980 -> 01:15.100] Welcome back folks to F1 Fan Fiction, a show about race weekend reviews and racing community interviews.
[01:15.100 -> 01:17.100] We are your hosts. I am Akash.
[01:17.100 -> 01:17.940] And I am Saran.
[01:17.940 -> 01:21.780] And this week, obviously, we are in the States with the Miami GP.
[01:21.780 -> 01:26.000] Miami. Hell yes. Let's continue talking about
[01:26.000 -> 01:28.000] Haas a little bit I guess.
[01:28.000 -> 01:30.000] Since we are in America,
[01:30.000 -> 01:32.000] let's talk about the only American team
[01:32.000 -> 01:34.000] which for some reasons
[01:34.000 -> 01:36.000] don't advertise themselves as Americans
[01:36.000 -> 01:38.000] but here they are.
[01:38.000 -> 01:40.000] Well for people who are
[01:40.000 -> 01:42.000] confused about what we were talking about earlier
[01:42.000 -> 01:44.000] like Haas' sponsor Chipotle
[01:44.000 -> 01:48.000] was running a promotion that if Haas scores a point this race,
[01:48.000 -> 01:52.000] they would give out one free entree and they tweeted out the code.
[01:52.000 -> 01:56.000] But man, people were fast. I didn't get any of that. I'm still bitter about it.
[01:56.000 -> 02:02.000] But anyways, great performance by Haas man. What was going on in qualification?
[02:02.000 -> 02:05.600] I was in shock. P4 by K.Mag.
[02:05.600 -> 02:08.400] Some definite home race energy.
[02:08.400 -> 02:12.800] Totally. I was so impressed. I was so happy.
[02:12.800 -> 02:16.640] And when I saw him P4, I was like, oh man, yes. I want that Chipotle.
[02:16.640 -> 02:27.000] Yeah. I am on the fence like what would have happened if Laclalerc wouldn't have pulled a Schumacher again on himself.
[02:27.000 -> 02:29.000] I think like the fourth time now.
[02:29.000 -> 02:37.000] But nonetheless, I mean after having seen the race as well, I mean that Haas did have some real good pace.
[02:37.000 -> 02:46.000] Some real good pace with some beautiful overtakings as well with the likes of Mercedes or you know even giving out a fight to Charles in the Ferrari.
[02:46.000 -> 02:54.000] That was the most comical part I think like Charles stuck behind a horse for like what good 10 laps or something.
[02:54.000 -> 03:00.000] He ended up overtaking but then I think K-Mag even eventually still fought that back and stuff.
[03:00.000 -> 03:06.000] For me I think yeah I mean K-Mag was sort of like a driver of the day. I don't remember who eventually got it.
[03:06.000 -> 03:07.800] I think it was Wustappen.
[03:07.800 -> 03:08.800] But, yeah.
[03:08.800 -> 03:09.800] Anyways.
[03:09.800 -> 03:18.500] Besides the actual prom queen, who won the prom queen, K Mag, I think, was the brilliant driver of the day for me.
[03:18.500 -> 03:24.300] That doesn't take away from Hulkenberg himself too.
[03:24.300 -> 03:30.000] Because he too was driving right lap center. Brilliant. Brilliant.
[03:30.000 -> 03:33.000] I think they have been doing pretty well this season as such.
[03:33.000 -> 03:38.000] They are kind of unspoken. I mean, people are not talking about them somehow.
[03:38.000 -> 03:45.000] I mean, from where they have come, if you remember just 2 or three years back. They have made tremendous progress.
[03:45.000 -> 03:54.000] Let's see. I think they have finally gotten a decent driver pairing that is stable enough that can get them some points.
[03:54.000 -> 03:56.000] So, let's find out.
[03:56.000 -> 04:01.000] Well, I guess we need to talk about the main team here.
[04:01.000 -> 04:04.000] The leading champion and the person right behind him.
[04:04.000 -> 04:06.100] Both Verstappen and Perez.
[04:06.100 -> 04:07.600] What are your thoughts, man?
[04:07.600 -> 04:09.700] New tarmac.
[04:09.700 -> 04:11.000] New tarmac.
[04:11.000 -> 04:16.000] But that didn't seem to affect Red Bull in any sense or any form.
[04:16.000 -> 04:17.700] They didn't get the memo, man.
[04:17.700 -> 04:18.500] That's all.
[04:18.500 -> 04:19.900] Lights out.
[04:19.900 -> 04:21.000] Lights out.
[04:21.000 -> 04:22.200] The Red Bull fucks off.
[04:22.200 -> 04:24.200] And we get to F1.
[04:24.200 -> 04:27.680] So, here is the thing. I mean, definitely Chekhov's got that pace.
[04:27.680 -> 04:35.520] He sat on that P1 for a good long time and sure at that point, Max was annihilating the field behind him and stuff.
[04:35.520 -> 04:40.400] But where it gets to me and hear me out on this one is, right?
[04:40.400 -> 04:43.040] Like, half way through the… Actually, not even half way.
[04:43.040 -> 04:46.480] Like, maybe towards after like the first-stoppage sort of thing, right?
[04:46.480 -> 04:53.240] Max was doing the same time as Perez, who was on fresher rubber.
[04:53.240 -> 04:57.440] And at the same time, Max had like a 16-second lead.
[04:57.440 -> 05:02.320] So, this comes from a radio message where Perez was like,
[05:02.320 -> 05:05.360] what is Max doing? And then he gets the time.
[05:05.440 -> 05:09.160] And then the commentators either said it or didn't, I don't know, but like
[05:09.440 -> 05:13.160] they showed the, the, the, the, the age of the tires and stuff.
[05:14.160 -> 05:17.600] This dude is running on way older tires than you, and he's
[05:17.600 -> 05:18.640] still putting up the same thing.
[05:18.640 -> 05:28.600] So what I'm trying to get at is the fact that sure Cheko knows how to drive now that, you now that he's also contending, but there's still some delta.
[05:28.600 -> 05:48.780] Max had this point who's just like some Chad moments in driving and not able to give a fight to anyone in that field. I totally agree, you know, Perez is good, but I still feel that he lacks that, you know,
[05:48.780 -> 05:52.440] that brilliance kind of a thing that Max clearly showed this race.
[05:52.440 -> 05:54.480] Like it was not his race to win at all.
[05:54.480 -> 06:01.000] He started at P9 and Miami is definitely not a track known for, you know, easy overtaking.
[06:01.000 -> 06:04.320] Though for him it was clearly.
[06:04.320 -> 06:06.120] He was doing like triple, double overtakes.
[06:06.120 -> 06:09.400] I don't know what was going on with him.
[06:09.400 -> 06:12.960] But regardless, he was just on fire, man.
[06:12.960 -> 06:18.120] But you know what, one thing a lot of people kind of missed out is that just because Perez
[06:18.120 -> 06:22.600] was on P1 didn't mean that he was very comfortable with the car because he actually said this
[06:22.600 -> 06:29.280] as well, right after the qualifications interviews, he this was actually one of his worst weekends
[06:29.280 -> 06:34.280] that what he said right up till qualification because he didn't find the balance in the
[06:34.280 -> 06:41.000] car and like he wasn't very comfortable and I think we kind of saw that like Max was just
[06:41.000 -> 06:51.700] untouchable at one point even I had tweeted about this I think that Perez was at like 22 lap hold tires and Stappen was on like some 40 lap hold tires
[06:51.700 -> 06:56.600] and they're still doing the same time like you know what you just said.
[06:56.600 -> 07:02.980] It was one of those moments when it reminds me like why Hamilton was
[07:02.980 -> 07:06.200] where he was and why Botas was kind of always given the second
[07:06.200 -> 07:11.920] driver treatment. Kind of seeing the glimpses back, that's what I feel a little bit. Even
[07:11.920 -> 07:18.000] though I generally am kind of secretly rooting for Chekko to win this championship. But I
[07:18.000 -> 07:19.000] don't think that's happening.
[07:19.000 -> 07:25.920] Oh yeah, everyone loves a good underdog story. I mean, I'm there with you. I'm there with you. But a brilliant weekend from
[07:25.920 -> 07:32.080] from Max. A good point was this three way into turn one on I think like lap or something.
[07:33.280 -> 07:39.680] Charles and Mag were sort of like fighting into the hairpin. Once they get out of the hairpin
[07:40.400 -> 07:45.160] through the S, Max decides to be like, Okay, I'm just going to take both of them.
[07:45.160 -> 07:46.640] Let them fight. Exactly.
[07:46.640 -> 07:48.680] So, so brilliant move there.
[07:48.680 -> 07:54.080] But on a very, not a very, but somewhat of a concerning note,
[07:54.080 -> 07:58.840] and this is what I think like some of the commentators also said on F1 TV,
[07:58.840 -> 08:05.000] is the fact that they were pushing Max to the point of safety
[08:05.000 -> 08:11.000] that even when they took the pit stop, they could ensure that they could get that P1
[08:11.000 -> 08:13.000] now that he was in that P1 position.
[08:13.000 -> 08:18.000] And the commentator said that this could also be a fact of
[08:18.000 -> 08:22.000] the wind tunnel time in the CFDs sort of going down later into the season
[08:22.000 -> 08:25.520] and they want to collect as many points as they can
[08:26.160 -> 08:29.840] before things start getting to effect. So, what do you think about that?
[08:29.840 -> 08:34.320] Yeah, man, that makes sense. I think even last episode, Geet mentioned this a little,
[08:34.320 -> 08:39.360] if you remember, that even though like Red Bull right now are doing very well and the gap is like
[08:39.360 -> 08:46.380] increasing, but yeah, once the wind tunnel time runs out, I think other teams are going to catch up. So I think I agree with what you're saying.
[08:46.380 -> 08:50.100] They are a bit concerned probably with things.
[08:50.100 -> 08:53.460] Like, I don't think there was a concern in this race,
[08:53.460 -> 08:55.540] the way they were talking that they needed to maintain
[08:55.540 -> 08:56.900] the gap with Alonso.
[08:56.900 -> 08:59.340] I think that was probably just like a, you know,
[08:59.340 -> 09:03.020] a way of kind of mentioning to him how, I don't know,
[09:03.020 -> 09:06.560] like to keep his pace ahead to stay away from Perez
[09:06.560 -> 09:09.720] but like you know not being direct about it or something like that I don't know.
[09:09.720 -> 09:15.200] That's what it felt to me like because I didn't really see a launch as a threat for Max
[09:15.200 -> 09:16.960] that they had to make him aware of it.
[09:16.960 -> 09:19.280] Apparently his engineers did side.
[09:19.280 -> 09:20.280] Yeah right.
[09:20.280 -> 09:28.400] But let's see I think it's an interesting point though. And let's see, like, how does this rule work out overall?
[09:28.400 -> 09:33.400] I hope it does because Red Bull is clearly running away with the championship.
[09:33.400 -> 09:35.200] And I mean, you're right.
[09:35.200 -> 09:40.360] Like, Alonzo wasn't really a threat because he wasn't racing yesterday.
[09:40.360 -> 09:45.000] He was a spectator watching the same race that we were.
[09:45.000 -> 09:51.000] Right. So, did you catch the drift?
[09:51.000 -> 09:54.000] You know what he did, right? Like during the race.
[09:54.000 -> 09:59.000] Of course, man. So, I saw this meme. I actually even posted that on Twitter.
[09:59.000 -> 10:04.000] It was that, you know, the expanding brain meme, right?
[10:04.000 -> 10:07.280] Like, we are commoners, we pay money to watch the race
[10:07.280 -> 10:10.240] and you know there are a few others and then the last one that
[10:10.240 -> 10:14.560] get in the team and you know drive for them and get paid to just watch the race
[10:18.960 -> 10:24.160] for those who are confused Alonso came up on the radio and like complimented Lance
[10:26.720 -> 10:30.640] Alonso came up on the radio and like complimented Lance for an overtake into P1. And he's like, you know, that was great. Turn 1, right? Yeah, sorry, my bad.
[10:30.640 -> 10:33.600] He was like, this move was great.
[10:33.600 -> 10:41.000] He saw it on his screen. I think between turn 16 or something. That's what he said.
[10:41.000 -> 10:52.000] Yeah, but there was no threat behind him him there was no threat ahead of him. He was just sort of like in a qualifying as if no one had come out of the garages at this point.
[10:52.000 -> 11:07.600] Makes sense. I saw memes be surprised to at this point.
[11:07.600 -> 11:11.200] Sorry, since we are on a lonesome, I have to point out a few more.
[11:11.200 -> 11:13.200] Definitely dude, go for it.
[11:13.200 -> 11:20.200] Did you see him smelling the flowers behind Vastapan in the post race?
[11:20.200 -> 11:22.200] Oh yeah.
[11:22.200 -> 11:25.760] What was going on there man?
[11:25.760 -> 11:30.360] And it isn't even like, you know, he's just standing there waiting for his turn and he's
[11:30.360 -> 11:33.960] gonna go back and like, you know, talk to the guy and he's waiting.
[11:33.960 -> 11:34.960] He was done by then.
[11:34.960 -> 11:35.960] No, yeah, exactly.
[11:35.960 -> 11:40.920] If you see the whole frame, like he walks into the frame, he smells it and then fucks
[11:40.920 -> 11:41.920] off.
[11:41.920 -> 11:42.920] Exactly.
[11:42.920 -> 11:43.920] I'm loving this.
[11:43.920 -> 11:44.920] I'm loving this version of Alonso.
[11:44.920 -> 11:49.000] Right. fails it and then f**ks off. Exactly. I'm loving this. I'm loving this version of Alonso.
[11:49.000 -> 12:04.000] Right. On a stat with respect to Alonso, apparently, sorry not even apparently, Alonso has more podiums this season than the entire Turbo Hybrid era combined.
[12:04.000 -> 12:09.760] Oh my goodness that's amazing
[12:09.760 -> 12:15.480] well let's go back a little and let's see what happened at the restart what
[12:15.480 -> 12:19.400] was your reaction as soon as the restarted? I think it was a clean restart
[12:19.400 -> 12:25.000] for once two things stood out for me. Perez had...
[12:25.000 -> 12:25.880] Teen with an asterisk.
[12:25.880 -> 12:28.080] Sure. I mean, obviously.
[12:28.080 -> 12:30.640] Perez had a brilliant race start.
[12:30.640 -> 12:35.800] I mean, I think Alonso before the race did say that he wants to sort of like
[12:35.800 -> 12:40.200] have a good start and maybe overtake Perez into those initial turns
[12:40.200 -> 12:43.600] and try and maintain that lead for as long as he can
[12:43.600 -> 12:45.400] because he knew the Red Bull Bull is going to eat him.
[12:45.400 -> 12:48.240] But Perez had different plans, right?
[12:48.240 -> 12:51.880] So, he had a clean race start. He f**ked off. And we were on to F1.
[12:51.880 -> 12:54.640] The other thing that did stood out to me was Norris.
[12:54.640 -> 12:58.360] Because Norris was quick on his reaction.
[12:58.360 -> 13:02.520] Overtook DeVries cleanly.
[13:02.520 -> 13:08.280] But I think, like, getting into that turn one one had one of the Williams probably in his way.
[13:08.320 -> 13:14.640] I don't know. I don't know. Maybe had him in his way and Devries sort of like ran into the back of Norris.
[13:15.160 -> 13:17.800] Yeah. I don't know what happened there. Did he get a penalty for it?
[13:18.160 -> 13:20.840] No. No. No. I think not. Right. That was lap one. So yeah, probably not.
[13:20.880 -> 13:22.920] Lap one, turn one, racing incident.
[13:24.120 -> 13:25.600] And he tried to save his car.
[13:25.600 -> 13:32.000] Like if you see the copter cam, like there's a good lock up, smoking up and all those sort of things.
[13:32.000 -> 13:35.000] Yeah, but yeah, overall the race start, I loved it.
[13:35.000 -> 13:40.600] Like, of course, like Perez went away, but I loved the way Alonso like covered, who was behind him?
[13:40.600 -> 13:42.600] P3, Sainz, right?
[13:42.600 -> 13:43.400] Yeah, should be Sainz.
[13:43.400 -> 13:43.600] Yeah.
[13:43.600 -> 13:44.000] Yeah.
[13:44.000 -> 13:44.600] Yeah.
[13:44.600 -> 13:45.840] The three Spanish speaking. Yeah. We have to talk about that, right? Yeah, it should be science. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The three Spanish
[13:45.840 -> 13:50.880] speaking. Yeah. Yeah. We have to talk about that. Right. Oh yeah. It was a big event actually.
[13:50.880 -> 13:55.440] In Mexico. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah, exactly. It's almost the same thing. Exactly.
[13:57.520 -> 14:02.960] Like three Spanish speaking drivers in Miami, like that was a dream come true. Like, yeah,
[14:02.960 -> 14:06.240] that was very surprising thanks to Charles for
[14:06.240 -> 14:14.640] you know orchestrating all that of course. But by the way like speaking of race starts I mean
[14:15.200 -> 14:20.000] I never asked you this what was your overall reaction of the race? Overall reaction of the
[14:20.000 -> 14:28.000] race I liked it personally like while there was no one big event in the race as such,
[14:28.000 -> 14:33.360] there was a lot of like, you know, there were a lot of intricacies as such I could say like,
[14:33.360 -> 14:37.280] like I wasn't bored as such, you know, there was something going on. There was some excitement
[14:37.280 -> 14:41.880] here and there. You know, the start itself was very surprising. I never expected what's
[14:41.880 -> 14:47.000] happened to like just eat up everybody like and that too on hards. I was like, what is going on?
[14:47.000 -> 14:50.000] He's literally doing double overtakes on hards.
[14:50.000 -> 14:52.000] And like, what the f**k?
[14:52.000 -> 14:58.000] On that statement, I think Alonzo, after quali or sometime during the weekend,
[14:58.000 -> 15:06.440] said that he expects Max to overtake him in a P2 at lap 25 ish.
[15:06.440 -> 15:07.440] 25 yeah.
[15:07.440 -> 15:10.880] And it ended up happening at like lap 14 or 15.
[15:10.880 -> 15:11.880] 14 yeah.
[15:11.880 -> 15:12.880] Exactly right.
[15:12.880 -> 15:15.200] So there was always something going on.
[15:15.200 -> 15:21.960] I think there was also some battles like undercutting going on between signs and Alonso.
[15:21.960 -> 15:24.040] So there was like a mini race between them.
[15:24.040 -> 15:26.480] Of course it was neutralized because of his stupid penalty.
[15:26.480 -> 15:27.480] Yeah.
[15:27.480 -> 15:30.120] Like stupid because he was stupid, not because of the penalty.
[15:30.120 -> 15:34.480] But anyways, so there was constantly something going on.
[15:34.480 -> 15:36.000] I personally enjoyed it.
[15:36.000 -> 15:41.680] I'm more of a surprise that it being Miami, my first impression or my first thoughts was
[15:41.680 -> 15:47.220] that this track would not be good for racing considering that it's a narrow track and everything
[15:47.860 -> 15:49.980] But clearly I'm proven wrong
[15:50.560 -> 15:54.200] So yeah, I mean I welcome the track even though I was very
[15:55.000 -> 15:58.420] Suspicious of it such. Yeah. Yeah, I think like for me
[15:58.420 -> 16:05.280] It was more of a race of micro overtakes because there was obviously constantly, you know, shuffling around and stuff going on.
[16:07.040 -> 16:15.760] But I want to pick up the drift here with Ferrari. I know we spoke about, we've decided not to talk
[16:15.760 -> 16:21.440] about them when they sort of like fuck up. But at this point, it was their drivers and not the team.
[16:22.800 -> 16:26.520] It was a day when actually everything was decent and going
[16:26.520 -> 16:31.960] good from the garage, sort of-ish, again comes with an asterisk. Both the drivers decided
[16:31.960 -> 16:38.120] to be clowns. Of course, man. It's like, you know, they are playing a tag team match between
[16:38.120 -> 16:42.440] the drivers and the team and like they keep passing the buck to each other like today
[16:42.440 -> 16:45.220] who's gonna fuck up is the drivers of the team. Like today, who's going to fuck up? Is it the drivers or the team? Right.
[16:45.220 -> 16:48.320] And this today was definitely the drivers.
[16:48.320 -> 16:51.400] It definitely feels like they've gotten a section
[16:51.400 -> 16:53.560] during their pre-race team meeting
[16:53.560 -> 16:57.000] where they're going to flip a coin and decide who's right.
[16:57.000 -> 16:57.800] Anyways, continue.
[16:57.800 -> 16:58.300] Sorry.
[16:58.300 -> 16:58.960] Yeah, right.
[16:58.960 -> 17:01.160] So that's the latest confidence theory.
[17:01.160 -> 17:03.400] But anyways.
[17:03.400 -> 17:06.960] But yeah, like Charles, being Charles like I don't know
[17:06.960 -> 17:12.400] what man he that's the thing you know I was I think talking about this last season as well I
[17:12.400 -> 17:18.480] remember if I can remember correct me that Charles while he is a brilliant driver he has those
[17:18.480 -> 17:23.760] extraordinary performances at times where I don't think anybody else can extract out that performance
[17:23.760 -> 17:29.520] from that car on some particular tracks but consistency and like the temperament is something that he still
[17:29.520 -> 17:36.400] lacks as what Max has clearly shown he has. And you know, repeating that performance race after
[17:36.400 -> 17:43.120] race is something of an issue and until and unless so it's like even the Ferrari didn't drop the ball
[17:43.120 -> 17:48.000] he clearly did. So, you know, there's nobody else to blame.
[17:48.000 -> 17:51.760] And Sainz as well, yeah, I don't know. He could have easily been P3, I think.
[17:51.760 -> 17:56.880] If not for his over-speeding, which again was a very silly mistake.
[17:56.880 -> 17:57.920] But yeah.
[17:57.920 -> 18:02.160] Yeah, I think that's all we get for Ferrari for this weekend.
[18:02.160 -> 18:05.000] Switching gears. I want to spend some good time for Ferrari for this week. Yeah, moving on. Switching gears. Yeah, switching gears.
[18:05.000 -> 18:11.960] I want to spend some good time with Mercedes for this weekend because they were having
[18:11.960 -> 18:14.640] what I think was an interesting weekend.
[18:14.640 -> 18:21.600] I mean, at one end, Toto did say that he's utterly disappointed because the car was bad
[18:21.600 -> 18:22.600] everywhere.
[18:22.600 -> 18:28.640] Yeah. because the car was bad everywhere. But overall during race day 2, there was some distinct
[18:28.640 -> 18:33.440] behavior that we saw from both the drivers, both the cars. What is your take?
[18:34.160 -> 18:43.040] Yeah, I don't know with most of these. It's weird that Hamilton is, I don't know whether
[18:43.040 -> 18:45.000] it's again kind of somewhat of what
[18:45.000 -> 18:50.240] we saw last season where like Hamilton was doing the sacrifices for doing some weird
[18:50.240 -> 18:52.880] setups and maybe they're doing the same thing again.
[18:52.880 -> 18:57.640] But again, it seems like you know, Russell is clearly adapted more to the car sometimes
[18:57.640 -> 19:00.000] as I mean, that's what I feel.
[19:00.000 -> 19:02.080] Hamilton somehow isn't.
[19:02.080 -> 19:07.600] Qualification kind of proved that he got called, he got knocked out in Q2, which was a big shocker.
[19:07.600 -> 19:13.200] I don't recall when last when that happened. Also another thing that really surprised me that
[19:13.200 -> 19:19.040] Hamilton finally got the call up. What was that? Yeah, I forgot.
[19:19.040 -> 19:30.000] It's Valtteri, it's James. Yeah, it was ages, I think for the first time ever that I heard like, you know, Hamilton, James, probably not James.
[19:30.000 -> 19:33.000] Whoever he is, yeah, I mean, we're so bad at this point.
[19:33.000 -> 19:35.000] But equivalent of that.
[19:35.000 -> 19:37.000] You get the drift audience. You get the drift.
[19:37.000 -> 19:38.000] Right.
[19:38.000 -> 19:42.000] And then a second later into like turn, whatever it was, like 30.
[19:42.000 -> 19:45.600] That was the most explicit like you know like pass ever
[19:45.600 -> 19:55.680] like he literally parked if I was one of the mechanics I would have confused
[19:55.680 -> 20:05.000] myself like am I am I supposed to jack him at this point exactly no way no way Exactly. No in windows. No in windows. Yeah.
[20:05.000 -> 20:10.000] It didn't strike me till you said that.
[20:10.000 -> 20:15.000] You know what?
[20:15.000 -> 20:25.700] One thing I wanted to bring up, it's a little off topic, but let's discuss the hard tires a bit because I think they were probably the star of the race according to me and
[20:25.700 -> 20:31.900] whoever you know started with hards kind of succeeded in the race overall that
[20:31.900 -> 20:36.460] at least has been my analysis but overall I think it's I don't know what
[20:36.460 -> 20:41.540] it is but I think it could be two factors that a they had resurfaced the
[20:41.540 -> 20:45.880] track and B there was a rain right before the race so like all
[20:45.880 -> 20:52.240] rubber was kind of gone so maybe like that led to more tyre wear because of which hards
[20:52.240 -> 20:55.960] became like the superstar considering those factors.
[20:55.960 -> 21:00.280] You know one thing that I wanted to say was a lot of people said that PS2 should have
[21:00.280 -> 21:04.240] started on hards which I don't totally agree to because
[21:04.240 -> 21:06.800] Hindsight and ifs and buts Exactly Hindsight and ifs and buts.
[21:06.800 -> 21:08.240] Exactly, hindsight and ifs and buts.
[21:08.240 -> 21:11.040] Being P1, you can't decide to go on hards.
[21:11.040 -> 21:16.240] It's just not easy to defend that position with slow tire.
[21:16.240 -> 21:19.200] So, I don't blame him for that.
[21:19.200 -> 21:23.200] Max had nothing to lose.
[21:23.200 -> 21:25.520] So, he could take that risk easily.
[21:25.520 -> 21:31.520] And it paid off for him. So good for him. But I don't think Perish could have done anything else.
[21:32.160 -> 21:38.000] But yeah, what are your thoughts on like, hards and like the tire choice and strategies for people?
[21:38.720 -> 21:47.360] You know, that's true. I mean, I agree with what you're saying. And I think that even got complimented by, I forget who was coming
[21:47.360 -> 21:53.920] into the garages, but they wanted to switch him to hards early on. They did see that good
[21:53.920 -> 21:58.720] performance coming out of hards at that point. I think pretty much everyone, I think both the
[21:58.720 -> 22:05.680] McLarens, so one of course had to go in because of the damage, but I think even Devereux went in.
[22:05.680 -> 22:11.520] Both I think started on softs if I'm not wrong, but they switched to hards.
[22:11.520 -> 22:12.520] Who else?
[22:12.520 -> 22:13.520] Everyone.
[22:13.520 -> 22:18.520] As soon as like the pit wall started seeing data on hards, I think the call was to go
[22:18.520 -> 22:19.520] to hards.
[22:19.520 -> 22:20.520] Yeah.
[22:20.520 -> 22:21.520] Yeah.
[22:21.520 -> 22:22.520] Even Sainz tried to do the undercut, right?
[22:22.520 -> 22:23.520] By switching to hards.
[22:23.520 -> 22:27.000] But I think that too kind of backfired for Ferrari a bit
[22:27.000 -> 22:30.480] because A, of course, he got that penalty.
[22:30.480 -> 22:31.320] Right.
[22:31.320 -> 22:33.120] Which is funny, but yeah, it could have happened later too.
[22:33.120 -> 22:35.360] So, you know, that doesn't matter.
[22:35.360 -> 22:37.640] But I think their undercut overall failed
[22:37.640 -> 22:40.280] because Alonso was clearly maintaining pace
[22:41.280 -> 22:43.000] with his mediums as well.
[22:43.000 -> 22:45.280] You know, one thing, so actually I've been like
[22:45.280 -> 22:49.800] watching the race on F1T for a while and I knew about the live timing data and
[22:49.800 -> 22:53.880] stuff. Right. But and I've also looked at it a couple of times but I think
[22:53.880 -> 22:59.880] recently they have like upgraded it a lot like they have gotten a v2 of it and man the
[22:59.880 -> 23:09.320] data that you get on that is really exciting. From a geeky point of view, you just sort of like yeah yeah yeah. I was just like drooling over it going on every page you know
[23:09.320 -> 23:14.800] whoever has a fun TV I do recommend to go and or you know watch the live stats as
[23:14.800 -> 23:18.860] they happen it's a lot of fun. You can see like especially during a race like
[23:18.860 -> 23:22.480] this because you can still hear the commentary and like just follow the data.
[23:22.480 -> 23:25.680] Yeah exactly and like you have like all the data of
[23:25.680 -> 23:30.480] my you know the mini sectors and everything you can see the comparison between two drivers as to
[23:30.480 -> 23:37.040] who's leading who's you know lagging in which sector which mini sector and everything. I digress
[23:37.040 -> 23:47.680] though but yeah overall I think a fun race in terms of like strategy playing kind of important role even though it didn't seem like
[23:47.680 -> 23:53.920] it even though it was just a one stop race still I think strategy was everything here yeah yeah
[23:55.440 -> 24:02.560] no that's true that's true unfortunately none of it worked for me yeah it was hard bro I mean
[24:04.000 -> 24:06.000] It was hard bro. I mean, coming back. It was a really large stack just saying.
[24:06.000 -> 24:13.000] We went from Hamilton to hard tires to F1D and back.
[24:13.000 -> 24:15.000] That's how we rolled.
[24:15.000 -> 24:26.640] No, but coming back to Hamilton, I guess like it was struggling for me to see that Haas, I mean, that doesn't take away like the brilliance of Haas for this weekend,
[24:26.640 -> 24:32.720] but like just from a historical point of view, like Haas overtaking Hamilton easily,
[24:32.720 -> 24:38.960] just something crazy to watch. An interesting thing that I did notice, and maybe my ears were
[24:38.960 -> 24:47.760] ringing, but correct me if I'm wrong, what I did hear was Hamilton was going to overtake Botas towards the faggot
[24:47.760 -> 24:55.760] of the race. And he was told on the radio, do not burn your tires into overtaking Botas.
[24:55.760 -> 25:01.680] Botas is going to help. What? Really? I was like, wait, did I hear this correctly?
[25:02.000 -> 25:08.000] Wait, did I hear this correctly? Is Botas still an ice cream lover licking stuff off?
[25:08.000 -> 25:13.000] Yeah man, who knows?
[25:13.000 -> 25:18.000] Maybe Toto offered Botas to make his ass famous because he definitely likes doing that.
[25:18.000 -> 25:21.000] So he was just helping out Hamilton with that.
[25:21.000 -> 25:27.600] Who knows. Man, but Hamilton actually, even though we talk about
[25:27.600 -> 25:32.000] you know, Valtteri and James, we joke about that, to really think about it, he had a pretty
[25:32.000 -> 25:39.000] decent race because he started with P16. Of course, he had an abysmal Q2 qualifications,
[25:39.000 -> 25:45.200] but he recovered, right? Like he started on hards, yous. That worked out for him again, of course.
[25:45.200 -> 25:53.440] And he was making the moves. He got himself into P6. So, he did an amazing recovery.
[25:53.440 -> 25:56.960] P13 to P6. Half the data.
[25:56.960 -> 25:58.160] Yeah, P13. Sure. Still.
[25:58.160 -> 26:09.360] And Carlos did have that penalty. I don't know. Maybe he could have still gotten him. What was the gap? I think the gap is only nine seconds.
[26:09.360 -> 26:14.480] So, a few more laps. Maybe, I don't know. Just giving him the benefit of the doubt.
[26:14.480 -> 26:17.120] Probably, a B-5 finish or something. Not bad.
[26:17.120 -> 26:21.860] But still, one thing. What's going on with Alfa Romeo?
[26:21.860 -> 26:27.400] What the hell is going on? I don't understand. I'm not even trying to put my head to it.
[26:27.400 -> 26:37.200] God knows. At least yesterday wasn't the complete abysmal performance. I mean, P13, P16, better than what they've seen this year.
[26:37.200 -> 26:41.200] But yeah, I have no clue what's wrong with Alfa.
[26:41.200 -> 26:45.400] Who else? What about the Alpines? Alpines had a decent weekend, right?
[26:45.400 -> 26:48.520] Oh, fine. Yeah. After what they saw at Baku,
[26:48.520 -> 26:54.180] yeah, seriously. For once, I'm happy that they had a good weekend.
[26:54.180 -> 26:57.280] Ocon, I think, again, went super long.
[26:57.280 -> 27:00.880] I don't know why he's… Was he on hards?
[27:00.880 -> 27:02.720] I mean, that would probably be the only reason
[27:02.720 -> 27:12.420] or a good logical explanation of why. Yeah yeah, Ocon, I think, yeah, he, he too did pretty decent. I think what he
[27:12.420 -> 27:18.480] started on hards, 39 laps on hards and then mediums, right. And I think Gasly had the
[27:18.480 -> 27:25.820] exact opposite strategy. Yeah. Ward did pretty decent. I think he, in fact, Gasly was maintaining P6 for a while.
[27:25.820 -> 27:29.500] But then Hamilton and Luckluck suddenly swooped in.
[27:29.500 -> 27:31.920] P4 actually. P4 for a good 1-6 of the race.
[27:31.920 -> 27:35.940] Wow. That's pretty cool, man.
[27:35.940 -> 27:38.580] So, Alpine also seems like on the up and up.
[27:38.580 -> 27:42.860] Or was it just this track? I don't know.
[27:42.860 -> 27:47.800] Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I mean, again, I feel like after what they've seen at Baku,
[27:47.800 -> 27:54.800] good six points finish, P8, P9 for Gasly and Ocon. I take that. I take that for sure.
[27:54.800 -> 28:01.800] But at the end, I think there were a few things that did stand out.
[28:01.800 -> 28:06.040] I don't know if it's still the new regulations or what, but there was a good
[28:06.040 -> 28:08.640] seven car train in the midfield.
[28:09.200 -> 28:13.920] Everyone's, everyone was just within one second of each other, all getting DRSs.
[28:14.320 -> 28:15.600] Yeah.
[28:15.680 -> 28:18.120] Too much close racing for all the close racing.
[28:18.120 -> 28:18.620] Yeah.
[28:19.080 -> 28:22.720] I think Lance also said this in the interviews that, you know, what am I supposed to do?
[28:22.720 -> 28:29.120] There was this huge DRS train yeah he literally said that oh one thing I
[28:29.120 -> 28:33.720] have to I have to call out I don't know if you saw this but of course there has
[28:33.720 -> 28:39.320] to be something funny about the pre-show with Parton Brindle right did you see
[28:39.320 -> 28:45.920] that with Jackie Stewart? I'll tell you why because like if it it's the U S I know he's going to get bombed and yeah,
[28:45.920 -> 28:46.920] but tell me.
[28:46.920 -> 28:51.040] This was a little different actually this time. This time around nobody bullied him
[28:51.040 -> 28:58.200] but rather Jackie Stewart was bullying a security guy. Dude it was hilarious. So it was like
[28:58.200 -> 29:02.880] a cordon off section where Roger Federer was talking to, I think he was in the Mercedes
[29:02.880 -> 29:07.340] section at the, on the track when they're preparing
[29:07.340 -> 29:11.980] the cars right before the formulation laps and everything. And Roger Federer is there
[29:11.980 -> 29:15.420] and Martin Brundle is trying to get an interview with Roger Federer and he's like, he's trying
[29:15.420 -> 29:21.380] to call him, Roger, Roger, he's not paying attention. So he sends in Jackie Stewart,
[29:21.380 -> 29:24.460] okay, and he was just standing right beside him. So Jackie's like, you know, wait, I'll
[29:24.460 -> 29:29.280] go get him. And he like, goes past the security. The security first of all, wasn't
[29:29.280 -> 29:34.720] allowing him to go. Okay. He has this, of course, he's I think probably at a stage anyways,
[29:34.720 -> 29:39.920] of course, he's a Jackie Stewart. And he's at an age where, you know, he doesn't give a fuck
[29:39.920 -> 29:43.760] anymore. Anyway. So yeah, he just walked in, he just ignored the security and just
[29:43.680 -> 29:48.760] anymore anyway yeah yeah he just walked in he just ignored the security and just walked in and he is you know like calling Roger and he is pulling him by the arm
[29:48.760 -> 29:51.760] and he is like come get her
[29:51.920 -> 29:56.720] man I gotta find this I gotta find this
[29:57.720 -> 30:06.560] on a similar note do you know what Angela Cullen, Hamilton's aide, is doing after her being quote-unquote
[30:06.560 -> 30:07.560] sacked off?
[30:07.560 -> 30:09.960] Aha, what's that?
[30:09.960 -> 30:11.880] She is now an RBR fan.
[30:11.880 -> 30:20.840] I spotted Angela cheering for RBR as Max overtook Perez to take the lead of the race at lap
[30:20.840 -> 30:21.840] 48.
[30:21.840 -> 30:26.920] It's like that meme, you know, friendship with Hamilton is over. What's happened is my new best friend.
[30:30.680 -> 30:32.360] Oh man, there was one more thing. I don't know.
[30:32.360 -> 30:36.280] A lot of people talked about this. Like, I don't know if you saw this again.
[30:36.320 -> 30:41.320] This was the driver introductions that happened for the Miami GP.
[30:41.840 -> 30:46.080] So a credit where credit's due due there was this live music that was
[30:46.080 -> 30:49.160] playing there was this orchestra that they had called there was this conductor
[30:49.160 -> 30:53.000] was conducting it yeah all credits to them they were amazing but everything
[30:53.000 -> 30:57.720] else was total cringe about it because they had like this WWE style
[30:57.720 -> 31:06.000] announcements with LL Cool J like introducing each and every driver and they're like walking into music and everything.
[31:06.000 -> 31:09.200] Oh my God, that is so funny to watch.
[31:09.200 -> 31:11.200] Yeah, yeah.
[31:11.200 -> 31:19.200] I can't imagine what is going to happen at Vegas, like if this is what happens at Miami.
[31:19.200 -> 31:22.800] Sure, Liberty Media, Cash is King, do whatever you want.
[31:22.800 -> 31:25.680] I can't wait for the circus to come back to Europe.
[31:25.680 -> 31:31.240] At least normalcy slash decency will come down to a digestible level.
[31:32.080 -> 31:35.400] Yeah, except for some what sexism and some racism.
[31:35.400 -> 31:37.600] Yeah, I mean, new form of shenanigans.
[31:37.600 -> 31:38.840] Just the normal stuff.
[31:43.600 -> 31:50.580] And on that bombshell, this was Miami. We've got a good one week break before we head into
[31:50.580 -> 31:55.660] a triple header. So yeah, fasten your seatbelts because that's going to be like three races
[31:55.660 -> 32:00.460] back to back, back to back for all the quiet three months that they've given us.
[32:00.460 -> 32:01.460] Totally man.
[32:01.460 -> 32:12.760] Anyways, anyways. This is F1 Fan Fiction signing off. Bye bye