Formula E experience @ Hyderabad ePrix

Welcome to a brand-new episode of F1 Fanfiction, where we delve into the world of Formula E and the recent Hyderabad ePrix. 

This was the first FIA grade event held in India after the exit of F1 from India. The Hyderabad ePrix took place on the streets of the city, which provided a unique challenge for the drivers. The track was technical and demanding, making it a real test of skill and agility for the competitors.

In this episode Akash delves into his experience of meeting the Team Principle of Jaguar TCS Racing, making himself comfortable at the lounge and gaining access to pits! Unfortunately, the weekend was a double DNF for Jaguar TCS Racing however they bagged 3 pts for a pole position. We bring you our insights into attending a Formula E race event and some behind-the-scenes scoops!

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

**Introduction: A Thrilling Experience at the Hyderabad E-Prix**

* Akash and Sarang express their gratitude to TCS leadership for facilitating their access to the pits and the lounge area during the Hyderabad E-Prix.

* Despite the double DNF for Jaguar TCS Racing, they managed to secure 3 points for a pole position.

**Highlights from the Event:**

* Akash shares his excitement about meeting the Team Principal of Jaguar TCS Racing and gaining valuable insights from pit engineers.

* Sarang compares the Formula E race to a Mario Kart championship, emphasizing the use of fan boosts and the potential for incorporating interactive elements.

**Formula E Overview:**

* Formula E is the electric counterpart of Formula One, focusing on clean energy, sustainability, and promoting a brighter future in motorsports.

* The ninth season of Formula E takes place on street tracks, showcasing the sport's commitment to urban environments.

* India's hosting of the Hyderabad E-Prix marks a significant milestone for the country, especially with the involvement of Dilbar Gill as CEO of GreenCo, a Hyderabad-based clean energy company.

**The Race:**

* Mahindra Racing, an Indian team, participates in Formula E, adding to the excitement for Indian fans.

* The Hyderabad E-Prix features a tight and narrow street circuit, providing a challenging and thrilling race.

* Mitch Evans, a Jaguar driver, initially leads the race but strategically uses the attack mode, dropping to P4.

* The race showcases the importance of strategy, with drivers carefully managing their battery usage and utilizing the attack mode effectively.

* The tight track and depleting battery levels create a nail-biting finish, with drivers pushing their limits to secure positions.

**Track Evaluation:**

* Akash and Sarang share their mixed opinions about the Hyderabad street circuit.

* They appreciate the exciting sections like turn 3 and turn 4 but express concerns about the narrowness and potential danger of certain corners.

* They acknowledge the challenges of designing a street circuit that meets FIA standards while ensuring safety and entertainment.

**Pit Walk and Pit Access:**

* Akash describes the unique experience of walking through the pits and interacting with team members during the race.

* They encounter celebrities and motorsport personalities, creating a casual and lively atmosphere.

* The presence of Mohammed bin Sulaim, the FIA President, and Akbar Ibrahim, the FMSCI President, sparks optimism for a long-term partnership between India and the FIA.

**Controversy Surrounding Buemi's Penalty:**

* Sébastien Buemi, who initially finished 3rd, faced a drive-through penalty converted to a 30-second penalty, dropping him to P14.

* The penalty was due to exceeding the 300-kilowatt power limit during the race, resulting in a sporting regulation violation.

* Buemi's team, Envision, expressed frustration, claiming that the battery malfunction was beyond their control and that they followed the parameters set by Williams, their battery supplier.

**Jaguar TCS Racing's Misfortune:**

* Both Jaguar TCS Racing drivers, Mitch Evans and Sam Bird, crashed out of the race, resulting in a double DNF.

* Bird's poor qualifying performance and subsequent attempt to overtake Evans from the inside led to the collision.

* The incident highlights the pressure and challenges faced by teams during a race weekend. # F1 Fanfiction: Hyderabad ePrix Special

In this special episode of F1 Fanfiction, Akash delves into his experience attending the Hyderabad ePrix, the first FIA grade event held in India since Formula One's departure. The race took place on the challenging streets of Hyderabad, providing a thrilling test for the drivers.

Despite a disappointing double DNF for Jaguar TCS Racing, the team secured three points for a pole position, highlighting the unique aspect of Formula E's points system. Akash had the opportunity to interact with the team's Principle, James Barclay, and other key personnel, gaining insights into their optimism and disappointment.

The Hyderabad ePrix marked a significant moment for motorsport in India, attracting fans from across the country. Akash observed the growing fan base and the positive impact on the city of Hyderabad. He expressed hope for a long-term commitment to Formula E in India, acknowledging the challenges but remaining optimistic about the sport's future in the country.

Akash expressed gratitude to TCS leadership, Jaguar, and other sponsors for the opportunity to be part of key events, including the TCS leadership meet, Jaguar reception dinner, and access to the pits. He emphasized the unique experience of witnessing the cars up close and personal, gaining valuable insights from pit engineers.

While some conversations remained confidential, Akash hinted at the possibility of future fireside episodes featuring guests from the event. He looked forward to covering upcoming Formula E races, including testing and the library sessions.

Overall, the Hyderabad ePrix special episode provided an engaging and informative account of Akash's experience at the event, highlighting the growing popularity of Formula E in India and the potential for future growth and success.

[00:00.000 -> 00:10.200] I think overall this was a brilliant experience. I just can't thank enough TCS leadership for agreeing to having us, inviting us and getting us access to the pits.
[00:10.200 -> 00:18.840] Having some pit engineer actually talk to us about the car, be up close and personal, just touch the car, right?
[00:18.840 -> 00:22.080] When it's bare naked that too, not like just display like...
[00:22.000 -> 00:35.720] it that way, not like just play. Hey Akash, I think you just recently went to watch a Mario Kart race or something like
[00:35.720 -> 00:36.720] that.
[00:36.720 -> 00:37.720] I did.
[00:37.720 -> 00:38.720] What was that all about?
[00:38.720 -> 00:42.400] I don't know dude, like a few people came out of the simulation and decided to drive
[00:42.400 -> 00:43.400] it on a track.
[00:43.400 -> 00:47.200] But yeah, the concept is pretty much the same.
[00:47.200 -> 00:51.700] Uh-huh. Right. Yeah, I think so. Like with all the fan boosts and everything.
[00:51.700 -> 00:53.200] Do they also throw bananas?
[00:53.200 -> 00:56.800] I wish. I wish. I was talking to a friend, right?
[00:56.800 -> 01:00.800] And we were saying or we were discussing like they could
[01:00.800 -> 01:04.300] literally make this into the death match movie sort of thing.
[01:04.300 -> 01:06.800] Like you can pick up weapons and start throwing at people.
[01:08.800 -> 01:13.920] But yeah, folks, if you're confused of what sort of blabbering is happening at this point,
[01:14.600 -> 01:20.720] this is F1 Fan Fiction, a show about race weekend reviews and racing community interviews.
[01:21.240 -> 01:22.840] Yeah, that's how I want to start.
[01:22.840 -> 01:24.280] This episode we are F.E.
[01:24.280 -> 01:25.280] Fan Fiction, by the way. Yeah, this episode we are F.E. Fan Fiction. Yeah, that's how I want to start. This episode we are FE fan fiction by the way.
[01:25.280 -> 01:31.520] Yeah, this episode we are FE fan fiction. Yeah, right. This is special, right? Sarang, I mean,
[01:31.520 -> 01:38.720] it comes to India for the first time, a formula grade event of that magnitude. I mean,
[01:38.720 -> 01:44.080] I think there have been other events and stuff. So that's okay. But a formula grade
[01:44.080 -> 01:45.480] event of that magnitude
[01:45.480 -> 01:50.940] happening after a decade definitely feels special. And that too on a street track.
[01:50.940 -> 01:57.820] Yeah but I mean it's awesome and I myself a first of all didn't know
[01:57.820 -> 02:02.980] that there was a formula e event happening in Hyderabad and I think there
[02:02.980 -> 02:05.000] is some story behind that as well right.
[02:05.000 -> 02:05.500] Yes.
[02:05.500 -> 02:11.000] Do share that but A, I didn't know it was happening and I was super confused when you were like,
[02:11.000 -> 02:16.000] I think I'm going to Formula E. Wait, where exactly are you going for Formula E?
[02:16.000 -> 02:26.200] Yeah, yeah. This was, let's say, let's say this wasn't on the charts for at least a fun fan fiction.
[02:26.200 -> 02:29.800] It wasn't gonna happen. It wasn't supposed to happen.
[02:29.800 -> 02:36.200] But I think serendipity struck us more for me than for you at this point.
[02:36.200 -> 02:37.400] I was there in spirit.
[02:37.400 -> 02:43.600] Unfortunately, Sarang, if you would have pre-porned your trip by a month, we would have gone together.
[02:43.600 -> 02:46.480] That's true.
[02:48.440 -> 02:48.880] But it was fun nonetheless.
[03:00.720 -> 03:01.800] So to give some background, right, like, first of all, folks, if you want to get Formula E 101, head over to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, wherever you get your short form content.
[03:07.040 -> 03:13.520] There's a there's a beautiful Formula E 101 that F1 Fan Fiction's created. Go to the page, check it out. It's a one-minute, 20-second video. Get the basics and why Sarang said,
[03:13.520 -> 03:20.480] I was at a Mario Kart championship. So pause here, go there, check that for a minute and come back,
[03:21.280 -> 03:26.160] assuming now you're back, just to get some history into what's happening,
[03:26.160 -> 03:33.880] right? So, Formula E is the electric counterpart for Formula One, the Formula One, the sport
[03:33.880 -> 03:41.560] that we've loved for years. This is the ninth season of Formula E, and it usually races
[03:41.560 -> 03:47.200] on street tracks, with some exceptions where it does do the conventional one.
[03:47.200 -> 03:50.680] For example, I think Mexico, it does the autodrome.
[03:51.040 -> 04:07.520] But it's all about clean energy, sustainability, going for a brighter future, better future sort of thing, but still staying grounded with adrenaline rush, so to say, as part of motorsport. That's the fundamental idea. Now,
[04:07.520 -> 04:11.600] India is hosting this and this was titled as the GreenCo
[04:12.880 -> 04:17.440] Formula, Hyderabad Formula Electric sort of thing. So, basically, the title sponsor was GreenCo,
[04:17.440 -> 04:23.600] is what I'm trying to say. GreenCo Group is a Hyderabad-based clean energy company.
[04:29.680 -> 04:38.000] is a Hyderabad based clean energy company. And what makes this a double whammy for India here is not only was this being hosted in India, but Greenco recently hired Dilbar Gill, who was a
[04:38.640 -> 04:45.000] former team principal and a chief executive of Mahindra Racing to be its CEO.
[04:45.960 -> 04:50.360] And Gil has headed the Formula E team for nine years
[04:50.360 -> 04:52.840] before leaving in September to join.
[04:52.840 -> 04:56.600] So what that ends up doing is not only we've got
[04:56.600 -> 05:00.760] India hosting, but Mahindra Racing,
[05:00.760 -> 05:03.560] who's also part of one of the 11 teams
[05:03.560 -> 05:07.120] that's in Formula E, a home Grand
[05:07.120 -> 05:09.520] Prix for us.
[05:09.520 -> 05:14.320] Think of it as Force India racing in India.
[05:14.320 -> 05:17.680] But at that point, Force India did have maybe other sponsors.
[05:17.680 -> 05:20.600] In this case, it's only Mahindra.
[05:20.600 -> 05:23.560] So that's all of the history, geography, background.
[05:23.560 -> 05:30.320] And you already know what the 101 for the sport is, if you've already now seen our short video there.
[05:30.320 -> 05:31.320] Yeah, man.
[05:31.320 -> 05:37.440] I guess it was pretty awesome that this event happened successfully, especially after I
[05:37.440 -> 05:43.640] was pretty sad to hear about, you know, the IRL and all that not, you know, living up
[05:43.640 -> 05:45.600] to the standard which they had promised.
[05:45.600 -> 05:51.120] So I was kind of sad about that, but I'm glad that finally a proper FIA grade event went
[05:51.120 -> 05:53.000] through with no issues.
[05:53.000 -> 05:55.720] And in fact, a very interesting race as well.
[05:55.720 -> 05:57.760] And of course, we'll discuss about that a little.
[05:57.760 -> 05:59.000] Through that, through that.
[05:59.000 -> 06:03.200] But before we proceed, right, I mean, we've said this, but we are your hosts.
[06:03.200 -> 06:04.200] I am Akash.
[06:04.200 -> 06:05.200] And I'm Sadan.
[06:05.200 -> 06:10.000] And we are already into it at this point.
[06:10.000 -> 06:11.520] But six minutes into it.
[06:11.520 -> 06:12.520] Six minutes.
[06:12.520 -> 06:13.520] Yeah.
[06:13.520 -> 06:18.680] I sort of see the IRL thing as a good beta test, to be honest.
[06:18.680 -> 06:28.100] Like I see optimism there in the sense like, we probably ran into issues with some management and some accidents that
[06:28.100 -> 06:30.120] also happened and stuff.
[06:30.120 -> 06:35.960] But I think that was more of a learning opportunity to sort of get a feel for the street circuit.
[06:35.960 -> 06:38.680] And it's not just the venue, right?
[06:38.680 -> 06:44.240] It's the people who come to see there, the local authorities, the city itself, the fans
[06:44.240 -> 06:46.160] across the country for that moment.
[06:47.680 -> 06:53.920] And to get a sense of what issues logistically and operationally you may run into.
[06:53.920 -> 06:59.600] And I think that event did exactly that. Now, the cherry on top would have definitely been
[06:59.600 -> 07:10.080] if we would have gotten a brilliant race and everything would have been just super smooth. Unfortunately, it didn't go that way, but lessons learned and things gained from there
[07:10.080 -> 07:13.440] were definitely put up at this FIA grade event.
[07:13.440 -> 07:14.440] And boy, it was amazing.
[07:14.440 -> 07:15.440] That's good to hear.
[07:15.440 -> 07:21.560] Well, I guess let's start with this first of all, how did you sneak?
[07:21.560 -> 07:22.560] Did you sneak in there?
[07:22.560 -> 07:23.560] What happened?
[07:23.560 -> 07:26.680] Yeah, so I got loaded as cargo.
[07:26.680 -> 07:36.160] And then, no, I guess all thanks to folks at TCS for getting, hooking this up for F1
[07:36.160 -> 07:37.160] Fan Fiction.
[07:37.160 -> 07:44.200] TCS leadership teams being nothing but generous with, you know, their messages and helping
[07:44.200 -> 07:47.000] us sort of have access the way we've had.
[07:47.000 -> 07:53.400] I've never been to such an event and we've only been on the other side of the mic talking about it.
[07:53.400 -> 08:09.120] But to even get a glimpse from any stand would have just blown my mind, let alone the way they handled us. So all thanks to them, it's serendipity is how let's put this as
[08:09.920 -> 08:18.000] that F1 fan fiction was able to get its eyes that to us. Tell me about this thing man. I saw you
[08:18.000 -> 08:25.280] clicked a photo with the Jaguar TCS's team principal. What was all that about? What's his name?
[08:25.280 -> 08:25.800] James.
[08:25.800 -> 08:25.960] Yeah.
[08:25.960 -> 08:30.200] James Barclay was the team principal for Jaguar.
[08:30.960 -> 08:32.240] So let's rewind a bit, right?
[08:32.240 -> 08:47.040] Like, I think the TCS folks were there starting Wednesday, if I'm not wrong, but maybe Thursday, but like, let's say Wednesday, they had like a small event for just the TCS folks where they interviewed a bunch of people
[08:47.040 -> 08:49.480] from the team, the drivers and stuff.
[08:49.480 -> 08:53.080] But obviously, I couldn't go because of work and other stuff.
[08:53.080 -> 08:57.640] But eventually, I ended up being there on Friday.
[08:57.640 -> 09:01.360] So the event actually is Friday and Saturday, which is the main event.
[09:01.360 -> 09:05.040] Friday is free practice one and Saturday you have free practice
[09:05.040 -> 09:08.280] to qualifying main race and then the post race events.
[09:08.280 -> 09:14.080] So I reach Friday and I'm staying with a friend with Richard chatting and stuff and I know
[09:14.080 -> 09:16.440] like I need to be there by evening.
[09:16.440 -> 09:29.120] So I'm like, let's do this and I call and I call up someone at DCS that hey, you know, I'm here'm here, excited, and so on and so forth.
[09:29.120 -> 09:36.600] And they say, would you want to join us at the TCS leadership meeting that we are having?
[09:36.600 -> 09:41.400] And I'm like, obviously, I'm not going to say no.
[09:41.400 -> 09:44.280] At this point, bring on everything that you want.
[09:44.280 -> 09:49.080] So I'm not going to say no. And obviously obviously I wanted to. Jokes aside, I obviously wanted
[09:49.080 -> 09:57.160] to. So I head there and it's fun. It's basically the TCS leadership team. I get to meet everyone.
[09:57.160 -> 10:06.320] We're chit chatting. So we do that. And then we know like there's a dinner that was hosted by Jaguar themselves.
[10:06.320 -> 10:08.320] So we were all taken there.
[10:08.320 -> 10:12.080] I have no idea what to expect at every given moment that I was there.
[10:12.080 -> 10:16.560] So, like on him, they're gonna introduce themselves.
[10:16.560 -> 10:21.120] It's gonna be like a formal reception sort of thing for 5 to 10 minutes.
[10:21.120 -> 10:24.640] And then you all can go and mingle, click photos and do whatever it is.
[10:24.640 -> 10:31.280] I'm like, okay, sure. This sounds like a just a chill thing. I go up there, you know, there's the
[10:31.280 -> 10:36.960] official folks from Jaguar with James Barclay and the reserve driver sitting there and they're
[10:36.960 -> 10:40.400] chit-chatting and we're sitting, we're standing like an audience, right? So at this point, there
[10:40.400 -> 10:46.760] is still this gap. I mean, I'm already on cloud nine. So that happens. And
[10:46.760 -> 10:53.160] they say, you know, yeah, thank you for being here. Enjoy the food and drinks and, you know,
[10:53.160 -> 10:58.480] click pictures and socialize. I'm like, okay, this is done. James, James was taken on stage.
[10:58.480 -> 11:03.640] He basically clicked a few pictures with with their sponsors. And while they were almost
[11:03.640 -> 11:06.180] getting done, I was like, I gotta jump
[11:06.180 -> 11:07.180] in. I gotta do this.
[11:07.180 -> 11:08.180] Yeah, gotta take that chance.
[11:08.180 -> 11:09.180] Exactly.
[11:09.180 -> 11:10.180] With the car, with the MD. So,
[11:10.180 -> 11:11.180] Of course, yeah.
[11:11.180 -> 11:20.220] I'm like, hey, James, one more picture, right? And I sneak in there, hand my camera to, I
[11:20.220 -> 11:23.940] want to say it was a CR agent or someone on their team.
[11:23.940 -> 11:24.940] Okay.
[11:24.940 -> 11:28.520] And that's how we have that picture there.
[11:28.520 -> 11:29.520] That's pretty cool, man.
[11:29.520 -> 11:32.600] Okay, more than anything, tell me about this.
[11:32.600 -> 11:35.400] How awesome was it standing so close to the car itself?
[11:35.400 -> 11:42.760] I gotta tell you, dude, like when we made that Insta Reel and we've been chatting about
[11:42.760 -> 11:43.760] this, right?
[11:43.760 -> 11:45.000] Like the new J3 cars and stuff.
[11:45.000 -> 11:49.000] It's one thing to sort of like see it in a picture and you know,
[11:49.000 -> 11:54.000] talk about it being like a jet engine sort of design stream like and what not.
[11:54.000 -> 11:56.000] It's pretty much just like an arrowhead.
[11:56.000 -> 11:58.000] It is and it's brilliant dude.
[11:58.000 -> 12:03.000] Like the look and feel of that car in person is just amazing.
[12:03.000 -> 12:05.800] And again, this is probably a geek and nerd
[12:05.800 -> 12:11.260] inside me that just got fascinated by a fast car at that point. But yeah, seeing it in
[12:11.260 -> 12:16.440] person and it's tiny to my surprise, I thought it's going to be like whatever, you know,
[12:16.440 -> 12:30.080] quite long ass, but it wasn't. It was long, but it wasn't like as I expected. But yeah, that's what she said.
[12:30.440 -> 12:32.040] Yeah.
[12:32.360 -> 12:32.480] Yeah.
[12:36.080 -> 12:37.640] I had to take my, obviously, obviously.
[12:45.600 -> 12:53.280] Anyways, let's, let's talk about a little bit about, I guess they might, you know, not invite you again because as soon as you went there, both of their drivers crashed out. Yeah, I think their bad luck started off as soon as I reached
[12:53.280 -> 13:00.400] close to the venue itself because funnily enough, and this is, I think this is because we were doing
[13:00.400 -> 13:14.400] it for the first time, I'm giving them benefit of doubt at this point, Greenco-Hyderabad, like too much. But Friday free practice at 4, 4.30, it got delayed at one point because of two
[13:14.400 -> 13:22.000] reasons. One, Pascal Werlein crashed during free practice, causing debris and delay in the session.
[13:22.000 -> 13:27.080] The other one was also because apparently,
[13:27.080 -> 13:28.240] and there's a video about it,
[13:28.240 -> 13:30.800] so I don't know why and how it happened,
[13:30.800 -> 13:32.200] but someone opened the,
[13:32.200 -> 13:34.380] so because it's a street circuit,
[13:34.380 -> 13:37.040] the roads are blocked and you can't get near and stuff,
[13:37.040 -> 13:39.120] but someone opened the barricade.
[13:39.120 -> 13:39.960] A barricade?
[13:39.960 -> 13:40.800] Yes. Oh my God.
[13:40.800 -> 13:44.100] And live traffic got onto the track.
[13:44.100 -> 13:46.160] So it took some time to clear that out.
[13:46.160 -> 13:51.360] And that delayed the whole free practice session.
[13:51.360 -> 13:55.360] So I think the bad luck started since then.
[13:55.360 -> 13:57.200] Why am I not surprised?
[13:57.200 -> 14:08.480] At first when someone said this on the Friday dinner reception, I was like, no, you are joking. I mean, this can happen. I'm not going to be surprised as you said.
[14:08.480 -> 14:17.120] And then come Saturday, like there's this flood of people tweeting about it and the stories and everything. I'm like, what is happening here?
[14:17.120 -> 14:27.800] But about the crash, man, like, let's talk about the race a little bit. Yeah. I guess it was, it was a pretty exciting race.
[14:27.800 -> 14:30.560] Honestly, I have been sleeping over Formula E.
[14:30.560 -> 14:35.960] Like I remember a few years back when it kind of had started gaining popularity.
[14:35.960 -> 14:43.920] I used to watch a few races, but I guess back then it was a, they had battery issues, like they had to change batteries in between.
[14:43.920 -> 14:45.680] They had to change cars, dude. They had to step out.
[14:45.680 -> 14:48.640] Change cars, sorry, actually, they used to, yeah, they used to have to jump out of the car.
[14:49.760 -> 14:53.840] Now I remember, exactly, not swap out batteries. They used to swap out the cars itself.
[14:54.880 -> 14:59.360] So it wasn't as fun. And I guess the cars were also slower as well, comparatively.
[14:59.360 -> 15:02.960] But I guess it's changing a lot now, looking at like this race.
[15:04.080 -> 15:05.880] It was a pretty close race.
[15:05.880 -> 15:07.640] So I think there were pretty good fights.
[15:07.960 -> 15:11.440] And first of all, I think the main advantage that you get in formula
[15:11.480 -> 15:15.560] E is that since the constructors, most of the cars are so close to each
[15:15.560 -> 15:19.760] other in terms of performance, uh, you get more, much more clues that he's
[15:19.760 -> 15:24.200] saying, and I guess also with the other aspects like fan boost and, uh, you know,
[15:24.200 -> 15:25.000] those, uh, correct. Is that like fan boost and you know those.
[15:25.000 -> 15:29.600] Although let me correct you there like fan boost has been discontinued in 2020.
[15:29.600 -> 15:30.600] Oh is it?
[15:30.600 -> 15:33.480] Yeah, 2022 was the last time they did it.
[15:33.480 -> 15:37.920] So we did put it in the video because like it sounds super cool.
[15:37.920 -> 15:41.280] But there is a caveat which says like you know 2023 that's been discontinued.
[15:41.280 -> 15:42.280] Yeah.
[15:42.280 -> 15:43.280] Gotcha.
[15:43.280 -> 15:44.960] But they still have those other boost areas right?
[15:44.960 -> 15:45.960] I forget what.
[15:45.960 -> 15:46.960] Yeah.
[15:46.960 -> 15:49.960] Active boost or charge, sorry, attack mode.
[15:49.960 -> 15:50.960] Charge attack.
[15:50.960 -> 15:51.960] Right.
[15:51.960 -> 15:52.960] Attack mode.
[15:52.960 -> 15:55.600] But that's akin to F1 having like DRS.
[15:55.600 -> 16:00.040] Cause in this, the wings, like they aren't like a DRS shaped wing.
[16:00.040 -> 16:04.120] So it's sort of like akin to having that in Formula E.
[16:04.120 -> 16:10.120] But as far as I understand, it still kind of plays like into your strategy a little
[16:10.120 -> 16:12.800] bit because you have to go off track.
[16:12.800 -> 16:17.720] You have to go off the racing line, go over that activation zone to be able to get, I
[16:17.720 -> 16:21.040] think it's like 20 kilowatts of power or something like that.
[16:21.040 -> 16:22.040] 50 is it?
[16:22.040 -> 16:23.040] Okay.
[16:23.040 -> 16:24.040] Yeah.
[16:24.040 -> 16:26.720] So, uh, yeah. So, I think it's a, I like the fact that
[16:26.720 -> 16:34.000] there's so much different things to consider for strategy as compared to F1. That it's a nice,
[16:34.560 -> 16:40.000] you know, change of pace as such. Yeah. And I think like what people probably need to also
[16:40.000 -> 16:47.680] realize is, right, like the F1 that everyone's gotten to love at this point has been around since 1950 or 51.
[16:47.680 -> 16:53.760] And it's taken like whatever 70, 80 years to get to the level that it is and still people
[16:53.760 -> 17:00.960] bicker and crib about them making changes. And this is just the fourth race of the...
[17:00.960 -> 17:02.000] Formative years.
[17:02.000 -> 17:08.080] Yeah. And it's already evolved so much. So I guess we need to give them the
[17:08.080 -> 17:14.280] benefit of the doubt there that the sport is growing. And in that regard, coming back
[17:14.280 -> 17:22.600] to the attack charge mode, I think that's a brilliant substitution for DRS at this point.
[17:22.600 -> 17:32.800] And we saw how you're on point, dude like I feel strategy plays such an important role there also, because you don't have pit stops in this, right? Like it's a one shot thing.
[17:32.800 -> 17:46.000] And how you leverage that track position is so important. And we saw that in the race, I think like in the initial laps. So, Mitch Evans, who's one of the Jaguar drivers, was leading the race. He had a brilliant qualifying.
[17:46.000 -> 17:55.000] But one of the initial laps, he decides to go for the charge mode, which makes him go outside the racing line.
[17:55.000 -> 17:57.000] And he drops to P4 or P5.
[17:57.000 -> 17:59.000] He drops to P4. Yeah, I saw that.
[17:59.000 -> 18:04.000] So, yeah, you gotta factor that in. I mean, everyone's gonna go for the charge mode at some point,
[18:04.000 -> 18:08.320] but how you do it, when you do it and all, it's definitely going to be very important.
[18:08.320 -> 18:25.520] Yeah, man. Yeah, that was, that's pretty cool. I think another part of strategy, which I really like, like was wondering was, you know, towards the end of the race, I noticed that A they show the exact percentage of battery remaining on card.
[18:25.520 -> 18:30.080] And like everybody is like, you know, draining down to zero. And then, you know, everybody's
[18:30.080 -> 18:35.000] panicking but I like some people obviously were consuming some charge because some of
[18:35.000 -> 18:39.560] them did have some charge. So I think it's a pretty cool thing to think of even in terms
[18:39.560 -> 18:43.840] of this strategy that you know, when do you use the maximal power and everything.
[18:43.840 -> 18:48.320] Fair enough, dude. And I feel like that, you know, you hit it so much on the nail,
[18:48.320 -> 18:54.560] yeah. Like it's, it's interesting because A, the racing I felt was way more tighter and closer
[18:54.560 -> 19:00.640] than F1. I mean, F1 is getting there since the last season. But you did see like if Max got a
[19:00.640 -> 19:04.960] lead initially, he's just going to fuck off, right? Like he's, he's gone. You're basically
[19:04.960 -> 19:08.360] racing with the remaining and you can't take the back marker.
[19:08.360 -> 19:13.720] So you're initially, you're basically racing with the middle eight in this game, except
[19:13.720 -> 19:15.800] like the DNFs.
[19:15.800 -> 19:22.280] And I forget who finished last, but he was limping his way in the last laps.
[19:22.280 -> 19:27.840] It was a tight race through the end, attributed obviously to Hyderabad street circuit,
[19:27.840 -> 19:32.720] which is somewhat like Monaco is what I felt like tight, narrow lanes and not much room for
[19:32.720 -> 19:39.040] overtaking, but still tight race nonetheless. And that combined with the fact like, oh no,
[19:39.040 -> 19:45.760] you are depleting your battery is, it just makes it so much more nail-biting.
[19:46.480 -> 19:50.000] Definitely. Since though, actually, since you've mentioned the track,
[19:50.000 -> 19:54.800] let's talk about the track a little. What are your thoughts about it? Let me get that first.
[19:56.240 -> 20:06.000] I, it's a love-hate. I'll tell you that. Like I like it in the sense like it's got some good points.
[20:06.000 -> 20:11.000] Like I think turn 3 and turn 4 are good points where you can go.
[20:11.000 -> 20:13.000] Yeah, turn 3 is a hairpin which looks pretty cool.
[20:13.000 -> 20:16.000] And they've got like that active mode, active charge mode right there.
[20:16.000 -> 20:18.000] Yeah, they have the attack mode there.
[20:18.000 -> 20:22.000] I like the chicane at turn 16 and 17 as well.
[20:22.000 -> 20:29.360] And at turn 16 and 17 as well and at turn 12 and 13. So I like how there's not too many
[20:29.360 -> 20:32.960] crazy straights but also gives room for like turning around.
[20:35.280 -> 20:44.320] 8 because I feel like that turn 1 and turn 2 are quite dangerous. Like it's a tight,
[20:44.320 -> 20:47.520] like for a street track and that. A street track. Yeah. And it's a tight like for a street track and that street track
[20:47.520 -> 20:56.040] it's a choke point right exactly it's a choke point so I think like as a viewer of destruction
[20:56.040 -> 21:07.280] and snark yes bring it on yes of course but at the same point, like, yeah, that's a tricky place to be.
[21:07.280 -> 21:08.280] Yeah.
[21:08.280 -> 21:13.160] And also that weird dinosaur neck thingy.
[21:13.160 -> 21:15.160] I don't like the shape of the track.
[21:15.160 -> 21:16.160] Oh, damn.
[21:16.160 -> 21:17.160] Yeah.
[21:17.160 -> 21:18.160] A bit weird.
[21:18.160 -> 21:22.440] Now that you say, I was looking more of it as a right facing elephant with the trunk
[21:22.440 -> 21:24.400] at turn three, turn four.
[21:24.400 -> 21:26.000] Sure. Okay. Yeah, I see that too.
[21:26.000 -> 21:34.520] But, yeah, I mean, it's still, I'm happy that we have a proper street circuit, which meets
[21:34.520 -> 21:40.560] a FIA grade, first of all, we had a successful event. And yeah, I do see potential in it,
[21:40.560 -> 21:46.000] like the T3, I love that maybe they should smooth out T1, T2 probably a bit more that
[21:46.000 -> 21:52.600] might make things a bit better possibly but yeah I think overall it's a decent track.
[21:52.600 -> 21:55.880] I wouldn't say I'm a fan of it but not that I hate it.
[21:55.880 -> 21:56.880] Yeah, exactly.
[21:56.880 -> 22:00.640] I don't hate it but it's something that I don't love as well.
[22:00.640 -> 22:01.640] It's good.
[22:01.640 -> 22:02.640] It's good.
[22:02.640 -> 22:03.640] It's good.
[22:03.640 -> 22:06.960] Let's talk about the main event here. The pit walk and
[22:06.960 -> 22:11.680] pit access man. What was going on there with you? I know I was trying to, I was trying
[22:11.680 -> 22:18.240] to TG you as much as I could from there. But I think either they had network jammers or
[22:18.240 -> 22:23.240] it was just because you have so much public there that you know the network goes down.
[22:23.240 -> 22:25.060] But boy that was fun.
[22:29.540 -> 22:32.900] So we started, so we started the race day with Ace Grandstand, which is, I think like the straight between turn 15 and turn 16.
[22:33.720 -> 22:34.600] Beautiful spot.
[22:35.080 -> 22:38.600] I think the only thing that I don't like about street circuit, and I think I've
[22:38.600 -> 22:43.920] started seeing this at some places in, in Monaco and the other stuff that happens
[22:43.920 -> 22:45.400] on street track too,
[22:45.680 -> 22:49.920] is you're more towards the ground level than like sort of like a, you know,
[22:50.000 -> 22:55.160] viewers level as you would in a, in a, in a regular race arena.
[22:55.920 -> 22:58.800] So that's the only thing, but the thrills there,
[23:00.520 -> 23:04.560] I don't want to compare F1 and FE with like engine sounds and stuff,
[23:04.960 -> 23:08.000] cause it's two different, it's apples to oranges at this point.
[23:08.000 -> 23:19.000] But the thrill is there, man. Like we started off with Ace Grandstand, we watched the qualifying from there with the TCS team and just super brilliant.
[23:19.000 -> 23:26.400] We also saw like one of the crashes. I mean, my first race crash, obviously felt, I was happy that someone crashed because
[23:28.560 -> 23:33.920] you've never seen a crash, right? You don't hear like the super hard braking and then the loud
[23:33.920 -> 23:39.280] part that happens. So it wasn't that bad. Luckily, he walked out of it and there was a crane that
[23:39.280 -> 23:47.720] took the car away and stuff. But Kelvin Venderlande from ABD CUPRA ended up into the barriers right
[23:47.720 -> 23:53.280] after turn 16 and I just got there like just two minutes before he crashed us like yes
[23:53.280 -> 23:55.560] but oh there's a red light.
[23:55.560 -> 23:59.240] That's more proof if anybody is looking.
[23:59.240 -> 24:10.000] I mean we've established there's darkness here come on. established this darkness. But yeah, the sun started getting brighter after that. So we
[24:10.000 -> 24:15.600] decided to sort of like move bags and there was a good two, two and a half, three hours before
[24:16.240 -> 24:21.280] the race started, which is when all these events of pit walk and, you know, get to meet the team
[24:21.280 -> 24:25.760] and stuff was happening. So we packed our bags, we moved across
[24:25.760 -> 24:30.880] the bridge and across the track into the grandstand, which I think they were calling the boss
[24:30.880 -> 24:37.440] experience lounge. And boy, it's well named. It was an experience. Let me be honest, we get in,
[24:38.000 -> 24:48.000] we get in and basically we were with the team there, who's not supposed to be in the pits when the race is on, was obviously all up there.
[24:48.000 -> 24:49.000] Right.
[24:49.000 -> 24:58.000] And it's as described as you would imagine, right? Like everyone's just free flowing, go catch anyone, go talk to anyone if you want.
[24:58.000 -> 25:06.560] You know, I was thinking of Viraj Ghelani. We had him on our show last year after he visited Baku.
[25:06.560 -> 25:11.600] And he was talking about how casual things are with like celebs just being around you.
[25:11.600 -> 25:15.040] And that's the first thought I had. Like, what is happening?
[25:15.040 -> 25:21.040] Let me tell you this. Like, at some point, for folks who follow cricket as well, at some point,
[25:21.040 -> 25:29.500] I was sitting with the team having drinks. And right on my next table, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar, Yusvinder Chahal,
[25:29.500 -> 25:33.300] they were just chilling there having their drinks and chit-chatting and what not.
[25:33.300 -> 25:36.300] And that was casual. I'm like, cool.
[25:36.300 -> 25:41.100] 10 feet down to me, Nagarjuna, Sachin and these folks are hanging out.
[25:41.100 -> 25:43.600] And I'm like, what is happening?
[25:43.600 -> 25:46.200] Big deal. Yeah. folks are hanging out and I'm like awesome what is happening big deal yeah I was like
[25:46.200 -> 25:50.560] sure if they can if I'm here and they are here we're probably equal so let's treat it
[25:50.560 -> 26:05.760] that way I'm like they don't come to me for an autograph I'm not gonna go to them for Oh man, yeah but that sounds like a fun time.
[26:05.760 -> 26:08.760] It was man, it was.
[26:08.760 -> 26:14.920] The highlight I think which folks listening y'all might be interested in is
[26:14.920 -> 26:21.120] Mohammed bin Sulaim was at the venue and he walked in,
[26:21.120 -> 26:26.840] he unfortunately had a tragic event in his family just a day before, but
[26:26.840 -> 26:29.200] he was kind enough to come there.
[26:29.200 -> 26:35.520] But he walked into a room with a bunch of folks, including the FMSCI president Akbar
[26:35.520 -> 26:36.520] Ibrahim.
[26:36.520 -> 26:40.880] Fingers crossed, man, fingers crossed for this being a long-term partnership between
[26:40.880 -> 26:43.720] India and FIA at this point.
[26:43.720 -> 26:47.000] And for folks who don't know, Mohammed bin Sulaim is the FIA president.
[26:47.400 -> 26:54.000] So the FIA president and the FMSCI, the Indian Motorsport Body President sitting in one room.
[26:55.000 -> 26:57.600] Hopefully good things come out of it. Let's be optimistic.
[26:57.600 -> 26:58.400] Makes me hopeful.
[26:58.800 -> 27:09.200] Yeah. Yeah. If that ends up happening and if the folks there didn't banish F1 fanfiction, maybe Sarang is going to keep taking his India trips in February.
[27:09.200 -> 27:09.700] Yes.
[27:09.700 -> 27:11.700] Starting next year.
[27:11.700 -> 27:13.700] Exactly. We'll see.
[27:13.700 -> 27:29.960] What else happened in the race? I guess there was some controversy. I think there was some controversy about Buemi who ended the race 3rd but went to P14 I think in the final standings.
[27:29.960 -> 27:36.320] I think it was mainly because from what I read was because of breaking like reaching
[27:36.320 -> 27:38.500] a sporting regulation.
[27:38.500 -> 27:43.200] So it basically states that you can't at any point during the race like exceed the 300
[27:43.200 -> 27:48.320] kilowatts power limit that is established.
[27:48.320 -> 27:53.080] And basically they gave him a drive-thru penalty, like a black and white flag, but since he
[27:53.080 -> 27:57.040] had already finished the race, they basically converted it into a 30 second penalty, which
[27:57.040 -> 27:59.680] was very harsh and he basically ended up P14.
[27:59.680 -> 28:02.520] He was out of the points.
[28:02.520 -> 28:06.440] And yeah, of course, his team, Envision, was pissed off, of course, like his team and vision was pissed off, of
[28:06.440 -> 28:11.640] course, because they, first of all, they don't develop their own battery.
[28:11.640 -> 28:18.080] Of course, they use Williams as their supplier and they claim that they followed all the
[28:18.080 -> 28:21.560] parameters that Williams had set for them.
[28:21.560 -> 28:25.080] And like what happened was out of their control as a matter of fact what the
[28:25.080 -> 28:31.360] claim is that one of their cells in the battery was malfunctioning was overheated and it was
[28:31.360 -> 28:37.120] under delivering power so you know they were actually like at a disadvantage but there
[28:37.120 -> 28:47.040] was some spike that happened which like triggered this like you, their sensors and FI's like, yeah. And you caught me exactly when the spike happened. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[28:47.880 -> 28:49.080] FI's like tough shit.
[28:51.360 -> 28:55.160] But I guess there's some controversy going on there because I think there's also
[28:55.160 -> 28:58.240] Dan Ticktum who also faced a similar thing.
[28:59.000 -> 29:03.600] And basically they are trying to say that this has something to do with
[29:03.600 -> 29:06.560] Gen 3 cars and how the batteries
[29:06.560 -> 29:12.960] are that like these weird transient spikes are you know causing things but who knows
[29:12.960 -> 29:17.720] like how truthful they are.
[29:17.720 -> 29:21.560] I don't think Dan Tickton is going to be that pissed because he anyways DNFed right I think
[29:21.560 -> 29:36.600] he's got other things to worry about at this point. But that's tough, man. Like Nick Cassidy and, you know, Buemi, definitely finishing P2, P3 was brilliant.
[29:36.600 -> 29:38.760] Yeah, tough shit.
[29:38.760 -> 29:46.080] I mean, I don't know who's right, who's wrong. But yeah, it was unfortunate for Bohemi that like from his
[29:46.080 -> 29:51.760] perspective, he really didn't do anything wrong and he was just punished for no reason.
[29:52.400 -> 29:58.480] Yeah, yeah, that's such his life. Well, speaking of misfortune, the home team that you know, you
[29:58.960 -> 30:06.400] were with, not the home team, but still kind TCS, Jaguar, both their drivers crashing out.
[30:06.400 -> 30:10.960] And that too, it was Bird just plowing into Mitch.
[30:10.960 -> 30:14.400] What was going on there, man? What's going on with Jaguar?
[30:14.400 -> 30:20.000] I don't think Bird was suiting into the heat at Hyderabad.
[30:20.000 -> 30:31.160] He wasn't having a good day, man. He's had a good season so far. But he had an unfortunate qualifying as well where he overshot the track limits.
[30:31.160 -> 30:33.520] I think at turn 17, if I'm not wrong.
[30:33.520 -> 30:40.200] Essentially disqualifying his time and putting him in like P5 or P6, if I'm not wrong.
[30:40.200 -> 30:47.000] But if that wouldn't have happened, there was a good chance both Jaguars would have been like P1, P2 at race start.
[30:47.000 -> 30:53.000] So at least Mitch got his car right all up there.
[30:53.000 -> 31:07.560] It was set up to be a beautiful race, but I think what ended up happening was Bird was sort of trying to go the inside, break a bit late, unfortunately caught Mitch on his destruction
[31:07.560 -> 31:15.800] part there and collateral damage to late breaking was Mitch and both Jaguars out.
[31:15.800 -> 31:22.280] But the fun part now to the other side of the thing, right, like the fun part in this
[31:22.280 -> 31:25.040] unfortunate event is like experiencing the
[31:25.040 -> 31:30.080] trauma that the team goes through because as soon as that happens, obviously as a spectator, we've
[31:30.080 -> 31:36.400] got this reaction to gasp, but that gasp sort of like sounds different when the team who's got like
[31:36.400 -> 31:46.560] stake into it does it. It was sad. It was definitely sad. And you could sort of like sense the energy coming down after that.
[31:46.560 -> 31:53.280] Because, A, not only you were expecting to win, but have like an awesome weekend set up for yourselves.
[31:53.280 -> 31:59.280] And then from there to go to two DNFs, it pinches you, man. It pinches you.
[31:59.280 -> 32:08.640] And the night before, right, like, we got a... when I got a chance to like speak with the folks from the team, everyone was super optimistic.
[32:08.760 -> 32:17.000] Qualifying looked amazing because the cars got in beautiful engineering under it, under its hood to sort of like deliver that power.
[32:18.080 -> 32:21.800] Mitch has been P2 last season.
[32:21.960 -> 32:23.720] So he's got his skills up there.
[32:23.720 -> 32:26.720] Bird was having a, you having a beautiful season so far.
[32:27.600 -> 32:35.680] So, when I spoke with James Barclay, when I spoke with their other top folks
[32:36.400 -> 32:42.800] from the sustainability guy, composite material delivery guy, everyone was super optimistic
[32:42.800 -> 32:45.600] during the dinner. And when you have that much,
[32:46.560 -> 32:52.960] something to look forward to and that sort of like shatters is what you could feel in that moment
[32:52.960 -> 32:57.280] there. So yeah, definitely unfortunate. Glad to just be there with the team.
[32:57.280 -> 33:06.200] There's still a silver lining for them that, and this is one thing unique about Formula E that they also hand out points to the pole position.
[33:06.200 -> 33:06.700] Yes.
[33:06.700 -> 33:10.400] So at least they got the three points for Mitch.
[33:10.400 -> 33:10.900] Correct.
[33:10.900 -> 33:14.700] For that pole position. So even with the DNF, they still got at least three points.
[33:14.700 -> 33:16.200] At least three points.
[33:16.200 -> 33:17.500] Better than zero.
[33:17.500 -> 33:22.000] True that. And that also just helps Jaguar as a team.
[33:22.000 -> 33:22.500] Exactly.
[33:22.500 -> 33:30.560] Make that difference with I think Mahindra. Who was behind? Well, overall, I think the event was pretty successful.
[33:30.560 -> 33:35.040] Right. I would say. What do you think, man? Like, what's the future of Formula E in India?
[33:35.040 -> 33:41.360] I definitely would want a long term commitment there. I mean, I did get a chance to speak with
[33:41.360 -> 33:53.400] Mr. Akbar Ibrahim himself. He, you know, while there are other issues that need to be dealt with, he's sort of still pushing for the sport to be long-term in India.
[33:53.400 -> 34:01.400] It's definitely not going to be easy because the scale, the money, the grandeur and everything that's associated with it is tough.
[34:01.400 -> 34:08.640] But I, for one, am being optimistic at this point to have the sport come here year after year.
[34:08.640 -> 34:14.960] And this also expands to F1 if possible, but I think their hands are full with all the calendars,
[34:14.960 -> 34:17.920] all the locations that they've already partnered with.
[34:17.920 -> 34:22.480] So, yeah, I think there's future. I think there's future for Formula E in India.
[34:22.480 -> 34:27.040] There's a fan base that grew at a large because
[34:28.080 -> 34:33.120] these guys came to the country. I met folks who flew in from like Guwahati,
[34:35.120 -> 34:39.120] all over the places basically. I met someone who was from Chandigarh, from Guwahati.
[34:39.920 -> 34:46.560] So people were flying in. I flew in from Mumbai. So definitely people came from across the country to watch.
[34:46.560 -> 34:50.720] And also I think this was like a formula grade event after what was the last?
[34:50.720 -> 34:54.640] A decade. I mean the one I can remember is 2012.
[34:55.520 -> 34:58.240] 2012 right? I think when Vettel had won.
[34:58.240 -> 34:59.440] Yeah all three years went.
[34:59.440 -> 34:59.920] Long.
[34:59.920 -> 35:00.480] All three years went.
[35:01.040 -> 35:01.840] Of course. Yeah.
[35:03.200 -> 35:04.000] Ancient history.
[35:04.560 -> 35:09.720] Exactly. So since then and there were folks who had come only because of that.
[35:09.720 -> 35:37.680] I met with people because of the TCS relationships where, you know, they had gone to the Buddha International Circuit and they showed me videos of, you know, how the experience there was and, you know, they're loving it to be here and stuff. So, yeah, yeah, it's a boost for everyone because it's not just us benefiting for us fans here, but I'm pretty sure the Langana as a state, Hyderabad as a city are also benefiting.
[35:37.680 -> 35:44.080] Sure, people who don't have anything to do with the sport are going to be annoyed with roadblocks, the traffic that increases and stuff.
[35:44.480 -> 35:49.260] But as a city, yeah, I think they've done a good job.
[35:49.260 -> 35:53.580] Yeah, but I mean, that's, I feel like that's part in Basel, right?
[35:53.580 -> 35:57.940] If you're going to have any big event, I guess even like if you have huge cricket matches
[35:57.940 -> 36:00.620] or whatever, you still have the same thing.
[36:00.620 -> 36:04.620] So I guess that's just a part of things, usually happens on weekends anyways.
[36:04.620 -> 36:07.780] So you know, shouldn't affect a lot of people a lot.
[36:07.780 -> 36:14.040] But I'm glad I think because a, you know, if we never have events, which, you know,
[36:14.040 -> 36:17.280] inspire people to get into the sport in the first place, people will not get into the
[36:17.280 -> 36:18.280] sport.
[36:18.280 -> 36:19.280] I'm glad that this happened.
[36:19.280 -> 36:20.780] It was successful.
[36:20.780 -> 36:27.480] And I hope a lot more people get inspired and you know, like aim for getting into motorsports
[36:27.480 -> 36:30.000] and bright future ahead, I guess.
[36:30.000 -> 36:31.000] For sure.
[36:31.000 -> 36:32.000] We'll find out.
[36:32.000 -> 36:33.800] I think overall, this was a brilliant experience.
[36:33.800 -> 36:40.980] I just can't thank enough TCS leadership for agreeing to having us, inviting us and making
[36:40.980 -> 36:46.400] us part of like some of the key events like the TCS leadership meet, the
[36:46.400 -> 36:53.160] Jaguar reception dinner, being us able to like see the race with the team from, you
[36:53.160 -> 36:59.680] know, from the pits, be getting us access to the pits, having some pit engineer actually
[36:59.680 -> 37:06.720] talk to us about the car, be up close and personal, so to say, like just touch the car, right?
[37:07.600 -> 37:12.640] When it's when it's bare naked, that do not like just basically open car.
[37:14.560 -> 37:19.040] Hope that this sort of like expands into a relationship for a longer term commitment as
[37:19.040 -> 37:28.080] long as Jaguar and F1 and folks keep coming to India. But yeah, we've, it was it was brilliant talking
[37:28.080 -> 37:32.640] to a bunch of folks getting some beautiful insights. Obviously, we can't share everything
[37:32.640 -> 37:39.280] because it was spoken in confidence with no previous approval taken and we want to respect
[37:39.280 -> 37:46.920] whatever they've said. But nonetheless, some beautiful conversations had with a bunch of folks.
[37:46.920 -> 37:54.760] Hopefully we can get them on the show as future fireside episodes to share those stories officially.
[37:54.760 -> 37:56.480] But boy, it has been an experience.
[37:56.480 -> 38:01.160] So thank you once again, TCS leadership team, Jaguar, and all the other sponsors for having
[38:01.160 -> 38:05.920] us and looking forward to year on year as being part of this and
[38:06.560 -> 38:09.680] Saran booking his tickets in February. Of course.
[38:11.200 -> 38:18.000] Until the next episode, which we want to talk about the libraries and hopefully some testing
[38:18.000 -> 38:26.800] that ends up happening as well. Yeah, this is Formula E special episode from a special experience.
[38:26.800 -> 38:29.400] F1 Fan Fiction signing off.
[38:29.400 -> 38:30.120] Bye-bye.