Podcast: F1 Fanfiction
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As promised here we are with our first bite where we cover all the liveries covered till the time of recording. We go over the liveries and the unique aero of each car relvealed thus far.
In this episode we discuss the following teams:
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The podcast episode delves into the liveries and unique aerodynamic features of five Formula One teams: Haas, Red Bull, Aston Martin, McLaren, and Alpha Tauri. The discussion highlights key observations and insights about each team's car design and branding.
**Haas:**
- The team's virtual launch did not reveal much, leading to speculation that Haas may not have done their homework and rushed the launch to avoid criticism.
- Technical director Simon Resta, a former Ferrari employee, joins the team, hinting at a possible technical collaboration between Haas and Ferrari.
**Red Bull:**
- The team retains its signature matte paint livery, but with a few tweaks.
- New air ducts or grills are observed on the top view of the car, sparking curiosity about their role in air ducting and engineering.
**Aston Martin:**
- The team's livery features an elongated air duct or grill running along the cockpit, possibly compensating for a narrower rear end and aiding in air and heat dissipation.
- The front wing design is praised for its clear branding and well-placed sponsor logos.
- The Aston Martin green livery is appreciated, especially after the departure of BWT's watermelon-like pink shade.
**McLaren:**
- The team's livery is visually striking, with a combination of blue, black, and papaya orange.
- The use of glow-in-the-dark paint on the tires and certain parts of the car is highlighted as a unique and eye-catching feature, especially for night races.
**Alpha Tauri:**
- The team's livery is criticized for its monochrome look, with an excessive amount of white and a shrinking blue presence.
- The Alpha Tauri car appears to have a wider rear wing compared to other teams, although it could be an optical illusion due to the white color.
- The top view of the car reveals a unique double-barrel jet engine exhaust-like design, possibly related to the different air intake system.
The podcast concludes with anticipation for the remaining five team liveries to be revealed, particularly Ferrari and Mercedes. The hosts express their hopes and concerns about potential livery changes, especially Mercedes' rumored return to silver arrows.
[00:00.000 -> 00:08.160] Also the Mercedes actually because I think they're going to revert back to their silver arrow colors, which I'm not a fan of.
[00:08.160 -> 00:11.040] I hope not. That'll just make me hate the team more.
[00:13.160 -> 00:14.280] Please don't do that.
[00:15.320 -> 00:20.600] I think it's slightly too late for you to ask them not to do that.
[00:33.000 -> 00:35.000] We are your hosts folks. If you've missed us, I am Akash. And I'm Saran.
[00:35.000 -> 00:41.000] And this is the first byte that we get into mid-season about five libraries that we bring to you.
[00:41.000 -> 00:46.520] Haas, Red Bull, Alpha Tauri, Aston Martin, McLaren. I don't know
[00:46.520 -> 00:50.440] which one you are going first. Saran, pick one. Let's start.
[00:50.440 -> 00:56.080] Let's start with my favorite team Haas, of course.
[00:56.080 -> 01:05.280] So of course, Haas being Haas had a very virtual launch. They didn't really show their cars.
[01:05.280 -> 01:06.680] Everybody was really confused.
[01:07.040 -> 01:10.560] They showed some pictures, which basically everybody is saying is
[01:10.560 -> 01:15.160] this nothing, but just the stock car, which is modified a little.
[01:15.720 -> 01:20.120] So I think it seems to me like Haas didn't do their homework and that's
[01:20.120 -> 01:26.400] why they just, they went in first just to, you know, try to push the guilt away.
[01:26.400 -> 01:30.900] Did they not do their homework or work in general?
[01:30.900 -> 01:38.600] You know, the part that I'm curious about is like going into 2021, those guys were like,
[01:38.600 -> 01:41.200] Oh, you know what, we are already working on 2022.
[01:41.200 -> 01:43.100] So, we don't care what happens this season.
[01:43.100 -> 01:45.880] And what was the
[01:45.880 -> 01:50.640] work did they have like a 15 year old kid just like painting the car and
[01:50.640 -> 01:55.920] preparing themselves for digital. I feel like you're calling me out at what I do
[01:55.920 -> 02:11.200] at work. At least the kid who's just painted stencils over the concept car, good job there.
[02:11.200 -> 02:16.120] At least you know, it looks not bad.
[02:16.120 -> 02:23.040] Yeah, not bad. I mean it's a white car and with some text on it.
[02:23.040 -> 02:25.000] Yeah, not much to talk it. Yeah. Yeah.
[02:25.000 -> 02:26.000] Nice regardless.
[02:26.000 -> 02:33.000] I think there's some other changes going on right at us other than the car.
[02:33.000 -> 02:34.000] Yes.
[02:34.000 -> 02:35.000] It isn't really changing.
[02:35.000 -> 02:36.000] Yeah.
[02:36.000 -> 02:37.000] The technical director.
[02:37.000 -> 02:38.000] Yeah.
[02:38.000 -> 02:39.000] Good.
[02:39.000 -> 02:40.000] I don't know much about this.
[02:40.000 -> 02:47.680] No, it's just a it's just a line in the blip of news that happens.
[02:47.680 -> 02:52.280] Technical director Simon Resta, who's an Italian Ferrari
[02:52.280 -> 02:53.920] man through and through.
[02:53.920 -> 02:57.840] I mean, I think he spent a better part of more
[02:57.840 -> 02:59.240] than a decade at Ferrari.
[02:59.240 -> 03:00.200] Wow.
[03:00.200 -> 03:02.960] Probably, I think you were mentioning this,
[03:02.960 -> 03:12.680] probably this is part of some Ferrari yeah sure right right right I now now I recall what I was talking about right
[03:12.680 -> 03:21.040] Ferrari and Haas basically Ferrari is trying to groom Haas into the B team so
[03:21.040 -> 03:29.800] like they are you know providing some help to them. Sorry but like if they just need make they can take it.
[03:29.800 -> 03:32.800] They don't need to convert us to a Ferrari team to take make.
[03:32.800 -> 03:33.800] Go on.
[03:33.800 -> 03:34.800] Right.
[03:34.800 -> 03:35.800] Yeah, I agree.
[03:35.800 -> 03:41.960] But I think this is basically probably just a part of that deal to bring in some knowledge
[03:41.960 -> 03:48.960] into their B team as well. So yeah, let's see if that kind of helps us, if at all.
[03:48.960 -> 03:58.120] For mix sake and I hope that they improve at least a little
[03:58.120 -> 04:01.720] and are at least in some contention this year.
[04:01.720 -> 04:07.360] Hey, Steiner is saying both of their drivers are going to compete for points this season.
[04:07.360 -> 04:10.840] So I have the same crazy prediction.
[04:10.840 -> 04:16.160] For a second, I thought you're going to say they're going to compete for podiums and I
[04:16.160 -> 04:19.160] was going to say wow, really?
[04:19.160 -> 04:20.160] Yeah, they do.
[04:20.160 -> 04:21.160] They do.
[04:21.160 -> 04:32.300] And once Steiner is asleep, I think they do compete for podiums. Where other 18 drivers are not on the track. It's just those two driving and yeah, it happens sometimes.
[04:32.300 -> 04:42.400] But moving on, moving on. I mean, personally I'm not too, the library we don't see much.
[04:42.400 -> 04:46.400] Nothing's happening there. It's the same car, Russian flag as we've said earlier.
[04:46.400 -> 04:50.200] So, nothing more to talk about there. Moving on to the next one.
[04:50.200 -> 04:53.700] What's coming out of the hat? Next one.
[04:53.700 -> 05:00.000] The hat? Let's see. Let's go with the last year's winner, right?
[05:00.000 -> 05:06.000] Mr. Biles, Happens team. Sure. Sure. I think they need
[05:06.000 -> 05:08.000] they need a
[05:08.000 -> 05:10.000] new creative
[05:10.000 -> 05:12.000] designer or whatever that name is.
[05:12.000 -> 05:14.000] Do play with some colors
[05:14.000 -> 05:16.000] man. Play with some colors.
[05:16.000 -> 05:18.000] Come on.
[05:18.000 -> 05:20.000] I mean, it's nice. I do.
[05:20.000 -> 05:22.000] I still am a sucker
[05:22.000 -> 05:24.000] for that livery very honestly.
[05:24.000 -> 05:28.160] The matte paint really looks nice and everything, but come on,
[05:28.160 -> 05:32.240] change it up a little, at least, you know, even, even Mercedes, okay.
[05:32.280 -> 05:35.400] Who were well known for not changing their livery at all,
[05:35.880 -> 05:38.600] did something different with their black car. You know,
[05:38.840 -> 05:43.040] you won the championship last year, you know, do mix it up a little.
[05:43.200 -> 05:44.040] Like, I don't know.
[05:45.600 -> 05:50.560] I agree. Um, you know, do mix it up a little. Like, I don't know. I agree. Um, you know, I would have loved to see, um,
[05:50.600 -> 05:55.320] they, they, they, they tweaked and they sort of like teased us with this
[05:55.760 -> 06:00.360] white livery as part of like the Japanese, uh,
[06:00.880 -> 06:03.360] Grand Prix that was going to happen, but didn't sort of thing. Right.
[06:03.840 -> 06:10.120] I loved it. I, and I was for one like hoping to see some sort of a flavor there with that
[06:10.120 -> 06:18.120] but yeah the same old same old. Yep, though regardless I think as soon as I
[06:18.120 -> 06:22.920] think when the launch happened I texted you saying that you know I hate this you
[06:22.920 -> 06:26.520] know why why are they doing the same liberty again and again?
[06:27.000 -> 06:29.680] But I think it did grow on me a little later on.
[06:29.680 -> 06:34.240] Like, uh, I like the way they have used yellow.
[06:34.360 -> 06:39.720] I mean, even the previous US card was the same, but the way the nose looks now,
[06:39.720 -> 06:44.720] the way the nose like, uh, you know, melds into the front wing now, I really
[06:44.720 -> 06:48.960] like how it looks overall and yeah still
[06:48.960 -> 06:56.720] awesome. True. What's interesting coming out of these libraries and we have another example going
[06:56.720 -> 07:07.520] in this episode. Are these grills or air ducts or whatever that's ported on top. Like some of these top views have these grilled bars
[07:07.520 -> 07:08.520] that you started seeing.
[07:08.520 -> 07:13.520] And Red Bull has like the latter half of its body grilled.
[07:14.000 -> 07:15.240] That's gonna be interesting to see,
[07:15.240 -> 07:18.080] because not all teams are playing with this grill,
[07:18.080 -> 07:21.040] at least like the digitized version of Haas didn't have it.
[07:21.040 -> 07:22.560] And then the other libraries,
[07:22.560 -> 07:25.320] except Aston Martin in today's episode, also don't have it and then the other libraries except Aston Martin in today's episode also
[07:25.320 -> 07:26.320] don't have it.
[07:26.320 -> 07:34.400] So I'd be curious to see how those grills sort of end up playing a role in air ducting
[07:34.400 -> 07:39.920] and you know air flows and all of the engineering things that they would have thought behind.
[07:39.920 -> 07:41.960] I don't know what you're talking about.
[07:41.960 -> 07:47.040] Oh so check this out so hang on for folks on audio obviously you can't know what you're talking about. Oh, so check this out. So hang on. For folks on audio, obviously, you
[07:47.040 -> 07:50.880] can't see what I'm sharing with Saran.
[07:50.880 -> 07:55.520] But go on Google and check out Red Bull's library.
[07:55.520 -> 07:58.120] Type in Red Bull 2022 library.
[07:58.120 -> 08:04.480] And in the top view, right behind the cockpit,
[08:04.480 -> 08:08.000] on both ends, sports like a grill.
[08:08.000 -> 08:10.000] I see what you're talking about.
[08:10.000 -> 08:12.000] And Aston Martin goes the same.
[08:12.000 -> 08:17.000] So let's pick Aston Martin next after we are done pouring our thoughts on this one.
[08:17.000 -> 08:22.000] But the interesting part with Red Bull is it's only on the latter half of that body.
[08:22.000 -> 08:26.840] So I'm curious on you, how that plays a role.
[08:27.280 -> 08:30.440] Every team's trying to engineer this for themselves.
[08:31.760 -> 08:34.080] And as I said, like let's pick Aston Martin
[08:34.080 -> 08:36.840] and let me start off with the same air duct.
[08:36.840 -> 08:41.840] The same top view that you end up seeing for Aston Martin,
[08:42.680 -> 08:46.300] it's got this air duct flow going end to end,
[08:46.300 -> 08:50.400] almost all the way through the cockpit as well,
[08:50.400 -> 08:53.000] but stopping right at the driver's position.
[08:54.100 -> 08:55.600] Yeah, it's quite interesting, right?
[08:55.600 -> 08:59.000] Like even comparing both the Red Bull and Aston Martin,
[08:59.000 -> 09:01.700] they both have a different kind of a grill,
[09:01.700 -> 09:11.600] as you were putting it earlier. And I think it's probably like different philosophies in general,
[09:11.600 -> 09:17.480] because I've seen two different kinds of, you know, the cockpits as well,
[09:17.480 -> 09:23.520] like towards like some puppets, some of them have a pretty fat behind
[09:28.960 -> 09:33.020] them have a pretty fat behind, really thick, so to put it. But yeah, some have a much narrower back end.
[09:33.020 -> 09:39.640] And I think this basically the grill kind of possibly is a way of just, you know, compensating
[09:39.640 -> 09:48.160] for you know, a narrower behind and letting the heat escape and also the air escape that's entering through
[09:48.160 -> 09:50.760] you know the front inlets.
[09:50.760 -> 09:56.160] So true yeah yeah it's gonna be interesting how that engineering works out but picking
[09:56.160 -> 10:01.400] on this topic and moving to the next team Aston Martin they sported in a very interesting
[10:01.400 -> 10:08.000] way where they've got it all the way coming, you know, to the cockpit seat where the driver is going to be there.
[10:08.000 -> 10:15.000] So, they've got like a longer vent. And at least on their top view, right, like the difference doesn't show up.
[10:15.000 -> 10:26.040] The only thing that could be affected and why they've got this design is, well, folks, I'm calling it front flaps but whatever the whatever it's called
[10:26.040 -> 10:31.560] which are two you know ears sort of thing pointing towards your front wheels
[10:31.560 -> 10:36.000] when you see it from the top view those are a bit more elongated for both Red
[10:36.000 -> 10:40.440] Bull and Aston Martin and maybe that's got something to do with the amount of
[10:40.440 -> 10:49.720] air that they take in and then need to throw out. You're actually right. I think that seems like it because you're right as you say those
[10:49.720 -> 10:59.080] air intakes basically air intake flaps let's call it I don't know. In fact in all both
[10:59.080 -> 11:08.400] the Red Bulls in fact if you see the Alpha Tauri as well as the Red Bull and Aston Martin have much longer ones as compared to the McLaren and Haas.
[11:08.400 -> 11:13.400] Interesting point. And though Alpha doesn't have the grill, right?
[11:13.400 -> 11:18.400] Exactly. We'll come to Alpha Tauri, but they don't have the grill.
[11:18.400 -> 11:26.960] Yes. But if you see, they have a fat bottom as well as compared to the Red Bull. Interesting. Yeah. So that's, that's the,
[11:26.960 -> 11:30.240] that's the engineering part that I'm really curious about.
[11:30.240 -> 11:33.760] Cause it looks like Red Bull and Aston Martin are playing similar games,
[11:33.760 -> 11:35.600] but the B team on Red Bull is,
[11:35.640 -> 11:38.840] is going for a different engineering for outlets.
[11:39.880 -> 11:42.440] I think it makes perfect sense. Right. Just hedging your bets.
[11:44.520 -> 11:45.640] True.
[11:45.640 -> 11:49.320] On Aston Martin, I love how they've done their front wing.
[11:49.320 -> 11:52.920] Very clear branding without any, you know,
[11:52.920 -> 11:57.920] side skirt missing information or misplaced brand names.
[11:58.680 -> 12:03.680] Aramco and Cognizant, very well placed throughout the body.
[12:04.040 -> 12:04.880] Yep.
[12:04.880 -> 12:06.440] You know, one thing which I really wanted to
[12:06.440 -> 12:11.760] appreciate about the Aston Martin was that they got rid of BWT. I mean don't
[12:11.760 -> 12:16.160] get me wrong I used to love the pink cars I used to really like the Racing
[12:16.160 -> 12:22.360] Point pink cars when they were there but I hated the weird watermelon shading
[12:22.360 -> 12:27.000] that they had. That was completely ruining the Aston Martin look.
[12:27.000 -> 12:31.000] And I'm loving the fact that it's back to its former glory.
[12:31.000 -> 12:35.000] True, true. That is very true.
[12:35.000 -> 12:39.000] I like this green. I mean some people have been
[12:39.000 -> 12:43.000] dissing this sort of whatever shade of green slash
[12:43.000 -> 12:45.280] metal tone it is.
[12:45.280 -> 12:48.800] But yeah, I am digging this for sure.
[12:49.560 -> 12:53.040] So I kind of know where that hate comes from.
[12:53.600 -> 12:57.440] So I do kind of agree to some basis of it.
[12:57.720 -> 13:00.960] So basically a lot of people are saying,
[13:00.960 -> 13:05.120] and I do agree that the color that it looks right now is
[13:05.120 -> 13:12.560] under ideal lighting conditions and it looks great in these photographs, but when on track,
[13:12.560 -> 13:17.480] when the race is going on, oftentimes the light is not really the best always.
[13:17.480 -> 13:25.760] And it, the car looks a lot like a black Mercedes a lot of times.
[13:25.760 -> 13:31.760] So I think that's what people don't really like about this color and maybe they should
[13:31.760 -> 13:36.760] have changed it a little bit just so that it looks a little better on the track.
[13:36.760 -> 13:39.160] But yeah, still I love the car regardless.
[13:39.160 -> 13:43.400] And I think even last time I think it was on the top of our list right for the best
[13:43.400 -> 13:46.500] level is so it's still the same pretty much.
[13:46.500 -> 13:47.500] In fact, improved.
[13:47.500 -> 13:48.500] So I still love it.
[13:48.500 -> 13:49.500] Not complaining.
[13:49.500 -> 13:54.760] Oh, by the way, what's Oatmar up to?
[13:54.760 -> 13:55.760] He's gone home.
[13:55.760 -> 13:56.760] Has he found a new job?
[13:56.760 -> 13:57.760] Yeah, he has.
[13:57.760 -> 13:58.760] What's he up to?
[13:58.760 -> 13:59.760] He has?
[13:59.760 -> 14:00.760] Yeah, I think he's going to Alpine.
[14:00.760 -> 14:08.100] I thought if he's probably unemployed, we bring him on as the third host.
[14:08.100 -> 14:16.800] Yeah, I think he recently got replaced by Mike Crack.
[14:16.800 -> 14:30.960] Wow, man. I think Strollack, he has a lot of experience under his belt.
[14:30.960 -> 14:38.000] Like he was the team principal for Porsche WEC team, which everyone knows what great
[14:38.000 -> 14:52.000] things they have been achieving at Le Mans. on. So yeah, I think good prospect for Ashton Martin, I guess because Otmar, yeah, I don't,
[14:52.000 -> 14:57.680] I'm not sure how good he was because Ashton Martin seemed like they have a lot of resources and still
[14:57.680 -> 15:05.000] not making it right. So I guess it was the right time to change, especially with the new regulations and everything.
[15:05.000 -> 15:13.000] True. For folks who probably don't know much about us and maybe Sarang at this point, I want to ask Sarang some questions.
[15:13.000 -> 15:29.000] For your love of tires, talk to us weird those slits somehow like invoke my try for me.
[15:29.000 -> 15:37.000] I don't know something about the slits it just sits very uncomfortable with me.
[15:37.000 -> 15:46.000] Especially on the top view. Especially on the top view. I think I know why.
[15:46.000 -> 15:48.000] Every time I see this, I imagine
[15:48.000 -> 15:50.000] scraping my hand
[15:50.000 -> 15:52.000] on the, you know, while
[15:52.000 -> 15:54.000] greeting cheese or something like that.
[15:54.000 -> 15:56.000] I think it's probably that.
[15:58.000 -> 16:00.000] But if you also see their top view,
[16:00.000 -> 16:02.000] the side body
[16:02.000 -> 16:04.000] on the rear is so
[16:04.000 -> 16:09.040] taken back that even those rear tires feel like
[16:09.040 -> 16:16.360] they're just going to scrape through the body and there's going to be like a slice of rubber
[16:16.360 -> 16:20.760] cheese on the pit every time this car moves.
[16:20.760 -> 16:21.760] Yeah, right.
[16:21.760 -> 16:25.000] Now that I look at it, I actually noticed it quite well earlier,
[16:25.480 -> 16:33.560] because all other cars have a lot of distance. And Aston Martin, for some reason, has a lot of confidence in their tolerances.
[16:36.640 -> 16:48.160] I think I'm worried, like even if even if they break or even if they break or accelerate too hard, the G's are going to take the body in such a way like the tires just fly off the back.
[16:48.160 -> 16:51.120] Oh, I think that's the new technology, man. I get it. Look at this.
[16:51.360 -> 16:58.160] So basically, as soon as the race starts and they like accelerate, some part of that bodywork will basically fly out.
[16:58.520 -> 17:01.480] So they lose some weight. So they get some weight advantage.
[17:02.400 -> 17:03.800] As soon as the race starts.
[17:04.040 -> 17:10.080] Man, I love it. Which is, yeah, that's a nice way to poke holes into the regulations because while you
[17:10.080 -> 17:13.520] started the race, you're still within regulation bounds.
[17:13.520 -> 17:17.120] But then, oh, you can't control what's happening after the race starts.
[17:17.120 -> 17:18.120] Sure.
[17:18.120 -> 17:19.120] Oh, wow, that's smart.
[17:19.120 -> 17:26.160] Especially with Vettel spinning around, I really want to see how well it holds up.
[17:28.000 -> 17:36.000] Who's next? Oh yeah let's let's talk about McLaren. I love what they're doing
[17:36.000 -> 17:43.520] with their library. The colors are popping out really well. There's just too
[17:43.520 -> 17:48.760] much too much money I feel that Velo's given them. It's like everywhere.
[17:48.760 -> 17:55.660] I see from the top there's Velo. I see from the side there's Velo. Probably they've written Velo on their underbelly too.
[17:55.660 -> 17:57.660] I don't know. There's Velo everywhere.
[17:57.660 -> 18:06.160] Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. You know, but regardless of what the brands are written, I can't get my eyes off that blue, man.
[18:06.200 -> 18:10.200] Like I don't see anything else other than the blue for some reason.
[18:11.280 -> 18:12.400] Yeah, no, you're right.
[18:13.080 -> 18:18.600] I loved how they teased us with sort of like a glimpse of a different tone and shade of blue.
[18:18.760 -> 18:22.120] But like, I forget what GP it was in 2021.
[18:22.120 -> 18:22.960] I think Monaco.
[18:23.120 -> 18:24.000] I think it was Monaco.
[18:24.480 -> 18:26.720] Yeah. And then that tease was really
[18:26.720 -> 18:33.920] well done. Yeah I mean I would have loved if they had that exact livery throughout the season,
[18:33.920 -> 18:41.120] the gulf livery but still I like this. It's like a good close second. Yes. Yes. Especially with the
[18:41.120 -> 18:46.760] black. You know I think what really awesome that they have done is if you
[18:46.760 -> 18:52.040] remember some years ago when Alonso was there in McLaren, they had this orange
[18:52.040 -> 18:53.700] black livery, which was also very good.
[18:53.700 -> 18:54.640] I remember back then.
[18:55.060 -> 18:59.880] And then there was this one time and they had this entirely papaya orange livery,
[19:00.340 -> 19:04.440] and then they introduced a little blue, uh, you know, in the last two years,
[19:04.840 -> 19:07.200] which was, I wasn't a fan of that blue.
[19:07.200 -> 19:28.640] I don't know. I didn't like it much. But this blue and that black and this papaya orange, I think it's just, it's something like, I think it's the best of all their liberties come together to form this. Yeah I also am a fan of how they've used that black belt around
[19:28.640 -> 19:33.840] like just below the head of the car where the halo merges and then that's
[19:33.840 -> 19:39.160] become sort of like their branding ad spot and then the rest of the car is
[19:39.160 -> 19:46.540] more cleaner. Yeah I think and there's a whole flow through the whole livery, I think, you know, that
[19:46.540 -> 19:53.320] a lot of other teams kind of have missed, I feel, in a lot of ways, like, think about
[19:53.320 -> 19:58.080] Haas, it's just white, you can't really, you know, like, you can't see the curves of the
[19:58.080 -> 20:06.320] car as such, which are really accentuated in the McLaren because they have used these three colors and also
[20:06.320 -> 20:08.680] the flow that you kind of mentioned.
[20:09.120 -> 20:10.440] Yeah, I love it.
[20:10.720 -> 20:12.680] And Oh, of course I can't forget.
[20:12.840 -> 20:18.680] Uh, I don't know if you saw during the launch when they just bought the lights
[20:18.680 -> 20:22.400] up, those glow in the dark paints, man, I love that.
[20:22.840 -> 20:23.560] You didn't see that.
[20:23.560 -> 20:23.840] Okay.
[20:24.040 -> 20:27.960] So basically they added some glow in the dark colors, uh, on the car,
[20:28.000 -> 20:32.800] on the tires. So if you look like a, look at a side, uh,
[20:33.680 -> 20:36.680] view of the car, the man, it looks too good.
[20:39.440 -> 20:43.120] Interesting. I really wonder if it's going to stay for night races.
[20:43.120 -> 20:44.680] That would be some spectacle, man.
[20:44.640 -> 20:49.200] I really wonder if it's going to stay for night races. That would be some spectacle man. Oh wow. Oh yeah, you're right. That would, yeah.
[20:49.680 -> 20:55.160] Yeah, you see like a bioluminescence floating around the track.
[20:55.160 -> 20:57.200] Yeah, that's a good point.
[20:59.480 -> 21:07.520] Is this going to be the best car from like the five that are still not shown themselves I
[21:07.520 -> 21:12.960] think maybe I think it's possible because Ferraris I have some good hopes
[21:12.960 -> 21:16.760] on Ferrari this time I don't know let's see they've also teased us with like a
[21:16.760 -> 21:25.500] red and black combination yeah yes you're right I am so... And I hope Mercedes doesn't end up doing like AMG, AMG, AMG again.
[21:25.500 -> 21:28.200] All throughout their library.
[21:28.200 -> 21:29.700] Just throughout, just AMG.
[21:29.700 -> 21:31.900] Yeah.
[21:31.900 -> 21:34.900] Who do we have left?
[21:34.900 -> 21:35.700] Oh, yeah.
[21:35.700 -> 21:36.500] For sure.
[21:36.500 -> 21:40.200] One item that's left, Alpha Tauri out of these five.
[21:40.200 -> 21:44.700] I think it could be picked like McLaren and Alpha Tauri next to each other.
[21:44.700 -> 21:47.700] Because I feel like personally, it's going from one extreme to the other.
[21:47.700 -> 21:52.200] What the hell are they thinking with like this monochrome sort of look.
[21:52.200 -> 22:03.000] I think Alfa Tauri just blew themselves because year by year the ratio between the white and the blue has changed.
[22:03.000 -> 22:05.460] Like they started off with the almost white
[22:05.460 -> 22:10.080] car with a little blue in it and then last year that it was about 50-50 and
[22:10.080 -> 22:16.160] now it's like 70-30 so we know what next year they're gonna have pretty much. Yes
[22:16.160 -> 22:29.560] yes it's a well predicted move going into next year for sure. But it's still, oh man, like their branding, it feels,
[22:29.560 -> 22:33.680] sure, Alpha Tauri going off of that side belly up,
[22:33.680 -> 22:37.400] when seen from that side view, looks good.
[22:37.400 -> 22:40.920] But I guess, like for me, that's the only good part about this.
[22:40.920 -> 22:43.560] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would agree.
[22:43.560 -> 22:48.080] The top view as well, I think the front wing
[22:48.080 -> 22:54.800] looks great. The way they have, you know, they have no gaps at all between the lettering that
[22:54.800 -> 23:00.560] all other teams are not able to achieve. So yeah, great about that. But again, like these are
[23:01.520 -> 23:05.440] very minor things in the sense that the car still doesn't look good.
[23:05.880 -> 23:10.560] It's weird. I don't know that color combination. I'm not really a fan of.
[23:11.440 -> 23:12.760] True. True.
[23:14.400 -> 23:18.320] Also for their sponsors, Flexbox, I think they got played.
[23:20.320 -> 23:24.480] Totally man. If I was, if I was Flexbox, I would be asking for the refund.
[23:24.800 -> 23:34.800] Totally man. If I was Flexbox, I would be asking for a refund, right? I didn't notice this and I'm pretty sure you're not going to see it the same way I did see it after Sarang mentioned this to me.
[23:34.800 -> 23:43.200] Because of the side wing on the front wing, Flexbox actually looks like Xbox.
[23:43.200 -> 23:46.440] I think Microsoft got some free sponsorship at AlphaTauri.
[23:46.440 -> 23:46.940] Yeah.
[23:46.940 -> 23:47.440] Yeah.
[23:47.440 -> 23:47.940] Yeah.
[23:47.940 -> 23:48.440] Yeah.
[23:48.440 -> 23:50.760] Yeah.
[23:50.760 -> 23:53.360] One thing I want to ask you, Sarang,
[23:53.360 -> 23:58.480] and we've got this image in front of our screens,
[23:58.480 -> 24:01.480] which has a top view of all these five cars sitting
[24:01.480 -> 24:03.600] in front of us.
[24:03.600 -> 24:08.120] The only one difference I see noticeable for Alpha Tauri
[24:08.120 -> 24:13.120] is that they sport a wider rear wing than the others.
[24:13.880 -> 24:15.280] Maybe it's the white color
[24:15.280 -> 24:17.640] that's making it look a bit more wider,
[24:18.920 -> 24:23.160] but it's sort of slightly goes deeper
[24:23.160 -> 24:28.320] into their rear tires than at least for sure with Aston
[24:28.320 -> 24:34.680] Martin, which starts and stops at the outer inner limits of the rear tire.
[24:34.680 -> 24:35.680] Interesting.
[24:35.680 -> 24:37.680] Yeah, I think.
[24:37.680 -> 24:43.800] Yeah, I'm not sure actually, I think there are regulations on the depth of the wing.
[24:43.800 -> 24:46.440] So I probably think it's just the white, but I do agree.
[24:46.440 -> 24:50.120] Like just looking at it, just eyeballing it, it does really feel
[24:51.000 -> 24:52.840] like it is a lot larger.
[24:54.760 -> 24:58.760] But I think it's probably just the shape and the color that's kind of
[24:58.760 -> 25:00.080] tricking our eyes probably.
[25:02.320 -> 25:04.680] But yeah.
[25:04.880 -> 25:05.000] The other curious thing again, and like while looking at this top view is But yeah.
[25:05.000 -> 25:10.000] The other curious thing again, like while looking at this top view is
[25:10.000 -> 25:15.000] Alpha Tauri as compared to like McLaren, Aston Martin,
[25:15.000 -> 25:20.000] sure the digitized Haas and Red Bull, it feels like has this
[25:20.000 -> 25:26.640] sort of two cylinder system and this could again be like a top view color play sort of thing,
[25:26.920 -> 25:29.320] I'm leaning towards, but it looks like from the top view,
[25:29.320 -> 25:31.800] at least on a library standpoint, it looks like it's,
[25:31.840 -> 25:36.600] it's got this double barrel jet engine exhaust sort of look and
[25:36.600 -> 25:37.440] feel.
[25:38.600 -> 25:39.440] Yeah.
[25:39.600 -> 25:44.000] I think that again goes back to our previous discussion about the, uh,
[25:44.040 -> 25:48.240] you know, uh, inlet, the inlet wings or whatever that is
[25:49.120 -> 25:55.040] because I think they need have to dissipate the air somehow right so I think since they don't
[25:55.040 -> 26:01.760] have the grills like what the Red Bull and Aston Martin have so I guess they yeah that's why I
[26:01.760 -> 26:07.500] think they have a much thicker exhaust per se.
[26:07.500 -> 26:08.500] Quite interesting.
[26:08.500 -> 26:15.500] I mean, this is what I really love about these car reveals, like, you know, just speculating
[26:15.500 -> 26:19.940] about, you know, what's going to happen, looking at the cars and stuff.
[26:19.940 -> 26:20.940] It's pretty interesting.
[26:20.940 -> 26:23.740] It's so, it's so beautiful too, right?
[26:23.740 -> 26:26.360] Like, man, I've man folks I just get like
[26:26.360 -> 26:30.960] while you're listening to this get a top view image which compares all the all of
[26:30.960 -> 26:37.800] these five cars together but again like I link it in the show notes you can just
[26:37.800 -> 26:42.640] check that perfect perfect perfect like the other the other thing that now I'm
[26:42.640 -> 26:46.000] doing and I'm playing this game of spot the six differences sort of thing at this point.
[26:46.000 -> 26:54.000] But when you even see like the supports, the pushrod pull rods that go into the front tire.
[26:54.000 -> 27:05.000] Now check the difference between Alfa Tauri's nose to the front wheels versus how McLaren has a wider and a double beam support
[27:05.480 -> 27:08.200] into their front tires, right?
[27:08.200 -> 27:11.440] Yeah, in fact, the McLaren's support beams
[27:11.440 -> 27:14.640] almost look like they are wings, very honestly speaking.
[27:14.640 -> 27:15.480] Yes, yes.
[27:15.480 -> 27:16.300] Isn't it?
[27:16.300 -> 27:18.600] It feels like it's playing an aero role there
[27:18.600 -> 27:21.400] and they're not just there for the support.
[27:21.400 -> 27:23.640] Yes, yeah.
[27:23.640 -> 27:27.120] The Alfa Tauris is similar to Cognizant,
[27:27.400 -> 27:28.240] Aston Martin.
[27:29.520 -> 27:33.720] And then the Red Bulls are going slightly different from what
[27:34.440 -> 27:38.360] their B team has. But it's interesting, man. Like, yeah, having,
[27:38.360 -> 27:40.680] having these top views side by side,
[27:41.480 -> 27:46.000] puts things quite a lot into perspective on how they are playing around.
[27:46.000 -> 27:49.000] Yup, yup, yup, yup.
[27:49.000 -> 27:50.000] Hmm.
[27:50.000 -> 27:51.000] What else?
[27:51.000 -> 27:57.680] Yeah, any parting thoughts before we close this out for the second bite that will release
[27:57.680 -> 28:00.520] in a few days with the remaining five?
[28:00.520 -> 28:02.000] Well, I don't know.
[28:02.000 -> 28:05.800] I'm just excited with the rest of the liveries, I guess, especially
[28:05.800 -> 28:11.840] for the Ferrari, I think, as I just mentioned earlier, but also the Mercedes actually, because
[28:11.840 -> 28:17.920] I think they're going to revert back to their silver arrow colors, which I'm not a fan of.
[28:17.920 -> 28:30.960] I hope not. That'll just make me hate the team more. Please don't do that. I think it's it's it's slightly too late.
[28:30.960 -> 28:51.440] You never know. See if Aston Martin can change their neon green strip to the pink strip but I'm not giving them any money unfortunately. Hey Mercedes I'll stop
[28:51.440 -> 28:57.440] dissing you if you keep it black. I sorry that's all Sarang please remember I I'm
[28:57.440 -> 29:06.880] not gonna no Sarang's gonna stop on behalf of F1 fan fiction to do that I make no such promises.
[29:06.880 -> 29:13.440] For someone who is listening for that one person or a group that listens to us at FIA
[29:13.440 -> 29:17.280] it's been a fun week seeing all these libraries come out.
[29:17.280 -> 29:21.720] I know you all have less part to play than the teams who've organized and done this but
[29:21.720 -> 29:26.780] sure take the credit until the next so-called
[29:26.780 -> 29:31.800] byte that we will release for the next five libraries these are your hosts
[29:31.800 -> 29:40.180] signing off bye