Driver Change at AlphaTauri: A Daniel Ricciardo Super Fan & Skeptic React | Grid Walk Bonus

WELL THIS IS A SURPRISE! Daniel Ricciardo has been announced as an immediate replacement of Nyck de Vries at Scuderia Alpha Tauri. While your regularly scheduled Grid Walk episode will be out on Thursday this news meant for an EMERGENCY BONUS EPISODE!

As a Daniel Ricciardo super fan, Nicole, and Daniel Ricciardo skeptic, Briana, it was crucial to discuss the news of Oracle Red Bull Racing letting Scuderia Alpha Tauri borrow their reserve driver for the remainder of the F1 Season.

While many F1 fans speculated about this announcement, did any F1 fans expect it so soon? Maybe F1 fans should be less surprised based on Oracle Red Bull Racing’s history with how they change their F1 drivers? Should Daniel Ricciardo fans be excited about his return to the grid? Does this make the remainder of the season for Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo just a battle for Sergio Perez’s Oracle Red Bull Racing seat? Should Sergio Perez be nervous? How will Daniel Ricciardo do at the Hungarian Grand Prix?

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**Daniel Ricciardo's Return to Formula One with AlphaTauri:**

* Briana Klein and Nicole Katz express their excitement and surprise at the news of Daniel Ricciardo joining AlphaTauri for the remainder of the 2023 Formula One season.

* Ricciardo's return to the grid generates mixed reactions among fans, with some expressing enthusiasm and others questioning his decision given his recent struggles.

* The podcast discusses the implications of Ricciardo's move for the AlphaTauri team, particularly in relation to Yuki Tsunoda's position and the potential competition between the two drivers.

* Klein and Katz analyze Ricciardo's lap times during testing, acknowledging that while he was not as fast as Max Verstappen, the different conditions and tire compounds make it difficult to draw definitive conclusions about his pace.

* The hosts speculate on the possibility of Ricciardo and Tsunoda battling for Sergio Perez's Red Bull seat next season, considering the uncertainty surrounding Perez's future with the team.

* Klein and Katz emphasize the importance of managing expectations for Ricciardo's performance, given his recent lack of pace and the challenges he may face in the AlphaTauri car.

* The podcast acknowledges the disappointment of Nick de Vries.

* Klein and Katz discuss the broader implications of Ricciardo's return for the Formula One grid, highlighting the need for a variety of drivers with different strengths and weaknesses to create a more dynamic and competitive field.

* The hosts express their anticipation for the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix, where Ricciardo will make his debut for AlphaTauri, and speculate on the potential storylines and rivalries that may emerge as a result of his return.

* Klein and Katz conclude the podcast by acknowledging the chaotic nature of the news surrounding Ricciardo's move and promise to provide a more critical analysis of the situation in their next episode.

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[00:05.760 -> 00:09.240] So some context before Nicole starts screaming.
[00:09.240 -> 00:14.920] We recorded the podcast a little early this week and Nicole on said podcast said, you
[00:14.920 -> 00:16.160] know what's going to happen?
[00:16.160 -> 00:18.880] What's going to happen is they're going to announce Daniel Riccardo is getting the Al
[00:18.880 -> 00:19.880] Fatahri seat.
[00:19.880 -> 00:22.160] Today, I have been traveling all day.
[00:22.160 -> 00:24.040] I've been on flights all day.
[00:24.040 -> 00:26.360] And before I get on that first flight, you know what I see?
[00:26.360 -> 00:28.560] I see exactly that bit of news
[00:28.560 -> 00:31.000] and we have not discussed it yet.
[00:31.000 -> 00:33.260] Nicole Katz, are you okay?
[00:33.260 -> 00:34.320] I am unwell.
[00:34.320 -> 00:36.720] And literally as you're texting me this morning,
[00:36.720 -> 00:40.800] I'm like, no, no, I was in such unbelievable denial.
[00:40.800 -> 00:42.640] I was like, there's no, no way.
[00:42.640 -> 00:47.520] And then I think also just the Oscar piastri situation of it all was like, until like,
[00:48.400 -> 00:51.560] Daniel says something like, I won't acknowledge it because
[00:51.560 -> 00:53.480] they could just be like, everyone's celebrating. And then
[00:53.480 -> 00:55.560] he's like, I didn't give permission for this to happen
[00:55.560 -> 00:59.120] because we've seen it happen before. But oh my god, oh my
[00:59.120 -> 01:03.160] god, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I am backtracking entirely on
[01:03.160 -> 01:05.840] every single thing that I said a couple episodes ago
[01:06.400 -> 01:12.000] About Daniel Riccardo should focus on his mental health and just be happy outside of the grid because I am hyped
[01:12.000 -> 01:16.560] I am so excited and I'm sorry Nick. I don't want this has nothing to do with Nick DeVries
[01:16.560 -> 01:19.240] Yeah before more screaming
[01:19.240 -> 01:25.520] I do think it's worth pointing out like f, F Red Bull and how they handle things.
[01:25.520 -> 01:26.520] So wrong.
[01:26.520 -> 01:29.360] It is, like, no rookie.
[01:29.360 -> 01:36.960] I, someone put this really well on social media today, but if you decided after one
[01:36.960 -> 01:41.560] race that you desperately needed a driver you never wanted, you hire them, and then
[01:41.560 -> 01:44.560] you instantly regret hiring them, whose fault is that?
[01:44.560 -> 01:46.560] Because it is not Nick DeVries fault. No
[01:47.880 -> 01:49.880] Definitely not Nick's fault. I
[01:50.320 -> 01:53.720] just I feel endlessly sorry for him and
[01:54.760 -> 01:56.760] I don't I
[01:57.200 -> 02:05.600] Don't want Nicole's screaming to come across like Nicole doesn't also feel endlessly sorry. I feel so bad for Nick Dupree. And I also have to acknowledge-
[02:05.600 -> 02:06.500] And Red Bull sucks!
[02:06.500 -> 02:12.800] Right, like Red Bull sucks and also like, wow, Daniel Ricciardo has to drive the Alphatari.
[02:12.800 -> 02:16.600] Which, look, I understand and I'm not trying to focus on that right now.
[02:16.600 -> 02:21.300] This is the moment of unbelievable, like, you want to know how I feel right now?
[02:21.300 -> 02:25.440] Go to F1's main Instagram account and see like nine back-to-back posts
[02:25.440 -> 02:26.640] of Daniel Ricciardo's face.
[02:26.640 -> 02:27.480] And you're just like,
[02:27.480 -> 02:29.760] was someone kind of missing Daniel Ricciardo on the grid?
[02:29.760 -> 02:31.520] Because yes, everyone was.
[02:32.520 -> 02:33.360] I'm not excited-
[02:33.360 -> 02:34.560] Not me!
[02:34.560 -> 02:35.800] Okay, right, okay, great.
[02:35.800 -> 02:37.800] But I'm not gonna ruin your moment.
[02:37.800 -> 02:39.000] No, thank you for not taking me on.
[02:39.000 -> 02:40.440] This is about you.
[02:40.440 -> 02:42.640] I'm so unbelievably excited
[02:42.640 -> 02:50.740] and I'm not focusing on the unbelievable brick of a car that he now has to operate and drive and go through whatever whatever doesn't matter
[02:51.020 -> 02:56.380] Daniel Riccardo is gonna be part of a race day. I don't know what ESPN is gonna do what the grandstand it does
[02:57.820 -> 03:05.600] The contest were my favorite tweets when everyone was like, well, what about the grandstand? What about the grandstand? Oh, no.
[03:05.600 -> 03:12.080] So some actual, like, analysis here for a second. I think the general consensus here is that Yuki
[03:12.080 -> 03:16.400] and Daniel are going to duke it out for Checo's Red Bull seat for the rest of the season.
[03:17.600 -> 03:22.480] I think that if that wasn't the intention, I think they would have put anyone but Daniel
[03:22.480 -> 03:24.320] Ricardo in that seat.
[03:24.320 -> 03:31.280] 100%. Second thing that has come out since is I know there's a lot of people
[03:31.280 -> 03:35.400] upset about Liam Lawson but apparently like the AlphaTauri seat for next year
[03:35.400 -> 03:41.840] is his no matter what because this is like a who's gonna get Checo's seat kind
[03:41.840 -> 03:48.100] of situation and not necessarily, like apparently they didn't want to pull him out of super formula when he's doing so
[03:48.100 -> 03:53.600] well and like disrupt his development I believe is the quote but like yeah
[03:53.600 -> 03:58.880] Red Bull's really great at developing drivers uh-huh moving on and then the
[03:58.880 -> 04:06.000] the oh there was another there there was there was a good thought there, but then it turned into
[04:06.000 -> 04:12.000] screaming in my head about how this is going to be a really
[04:12.000 -> 04:16.000] interesting... Like, you and I are now probably going to spend
[04:16.000 -> 04:20.000] the rest of the season like Team Yuki, Team Daniel, and that's
[04:20.000 -> 04:21.000] going to be wild.
[04:21.000 -> 04:23.000] I was not ready.
[04:23.000 -> 04:26.680] Like, I thought that was at least to like silly season,
[04:26.680 -> 04:29.640] like maybe, and that was like the part of my brain
[04:29.640 -> 04:30.480] that was like,
[04:30.480 -> 04:33.640] maybe Ricardo's gonna come back to the grid
[04:33.640 -> 04:35.960] and da da da, buh buh buh buh buh buh.
[04:35.960 -> 04:37.660] Like, no.
[04:39.280 -> 04:42.980] Ha ha, like this morning I was like, oh wow, look at the,
[04:42.980 -> 04:45.480] I was looking at all of the pictures from testing
[04:45.480 -> 04:47.040] and I'm like, wow, the number three on the card.
[04:47.040 -> 04:47.880] Seb!
[04:47.880 -> 04:49.240] Oh my God, no.
[04:49.240 -> 04:52.520] The Seb, honestly, that's when I lost it.
[04:52.520 -> 04:56.400] That is when I officially was like, oh no, oh no.
[04:56.400 -> 04:59.580] I'm totally unbelievably hyped and on this train
[04:59.580 -> 05:01.140] of just unbelievable excitement
[05:01.140 -> 05:03.080] and ignoring everything else about this.
[05:03.080 -> 05:06.300] The Seb photos were just, he comes over and
[05:06.300 -> 05:11.100] he's like, I'm going to just come over and say hi and not going to say who I am. And then Daniel's
[05:11.100 -> 05:18.180] face is like, oh my gosh, it's Seb! And I'm just, no, can't do it, cannot. I wish they were any
[05:18.180 -> 05:23.980] other team but Red Bull, but that is where it happened, and the moment itself, separating from
[05:23.980 -> 05:25.320] the evil empire
[05:25.320 -> 05:26.480] was so cute.
[05:28.000 -> 05:29.480] Continue your screaming for a second,
[05:29.480 -> 05:33.400] buy me some time because I did find the actual lap times
[05:33.400 -> 05:34.520] that happened at testing today.
[05:34.520 -> 05:36.120] Cause there was a lot of misinformation
[05:36.120 -> 05:37.800] about his lap times.
[05:37.800 -> 05:39.840] And there were some people saying some wrong stuff.
[05:39.840 -> 05:40.840] So I would like to tell everyone-
[05:40.840 -> 05:43.720] I would literally love to hear some actual lap times
[05:43.720 -> 05:45.240] or anything that's logical that
[05:45.240 -> 05:52.520] I could like grasp onto and hold on to reality because I really do find myself slipping away,
[05:52.520 -> 05:56.200] which is kind of unfortunate because I do definitely think I've found myself in a place
[05:56.200 -> 05:59.840] of coming to terms with Daniel Riccardo's career path and just all of the choices that
[05:59.840 -> 06:01.560] he's made and everything.
[06:01.560 -> 06:03.360] His lack of pace.
[06:03.360 -> 06:04.360] Right.
[06:04.360 -> 06:08.300] The lack of pace. No, the best tweet today was the entire mathematical PEMDAS
[06:08.300 -> 06:11.300] equation of like, in order for like Daniel Riccardo to get
[06:11.300 -> 06:14.600] the seat at Al-Fatahri, it was just the unbelievable trail
[06:14.600 -> 06:17.100] of like everyone that basically replaced Daniel Riccardo
[06:17.100 -> 06:19.500] at Red Bull that led to Daniel Riccardo being at Al-Fatahri.
[06:19.500 -> 06:24.000] I also like the ones that are like Alex Alvon's appendix first
[06:24.000 -> 06:26.400] and now Daniel Riccardo is back
[06:26.400 -> 06:35.040] in an Elvatari. Like what is happening? And there was also like I mean and then there were also some
[06:35.040 -> 06:39.200] great ones like Alex Albon did not go through all that pain to finally get Nick DeVries an F1 seat
[06:39.200 -> 06:43.920] for it to happen like this. Like also just when will people stop trusting Red Bull? It's so
[06:43.920 -> 06:49.040] frustrating to watch all these young drivers be like, it's a great opportunity. And it's like, no, no, it's not.
[06:49.040 -> 06:54.000] It is not a great opportunity. They should have taken the Williams seat. I say they to like,
[06:54.000 -> 06:58.800] collectively all the young drivers who did, who are not named Logan Sargent, who apparently were
[06:58.800 -> 07:05.240] offered that Williams seat first. Like, I have so many emotions. I'm all over the place. I literally am Mr. Krabs
[07:05.240 -> 07:10.280] memeing of like excitement, but also like remember the reality of the situation,
[07:10.280 -> 07:19.840] but also like, take your Ricardo's back on the grid! Okay, so I'm gonna give some caveat before I give you this
[07:19.840 -> 07:26.380] report from Chris Medlund about the lap times. The caveat is, like, Red Bull is putting
[07:26.380 -> 07:31.300] him in that seat because they don't think he's useless. You know, if they
[07:31.300 -> 07:37.880] think it's, like, worth having him go around in P18 in that AlphaTauri. So
[07:37.880 -> 07:42.580] nothing I'm about to say should take down any of your excitement, okay?
[07:42.580 -> 07:45.920] I don't think it can. That's, that's, that's concerning.
[07:45.920 -> 07:50.000] Like, I think that's the worst part of it all, is that it's gonna be like, you could tell me that
[07:50.000 -> 07:55.280] that car, like, pulled out of the paddock and, like, popped a tire, and I'd be like, cool, the
[07:55.280 -> 08:00.240] other three were fine. I mean, he did spin it on lap one. I don't know if you saw that video, but
[08:01.200 -> 08:08.480] um, means he's pushing. So Pirelli has tested harder compound tires
[08:08.480 -> 08:09.440] without blankets.
[08:09.440 -> 08:12.520] So it's the continued testing of the no-tire blankets
[08:12.520 -> 08:14.240] for next year.
[08:14.240 -> 08:16.920] It was dry conditions versus qualifying
[08:16.920 -> 08:18.840] was mixed conditions.
[08:18.840 -> 08:23.560] And Riccardo's best time was 0.7 seconds off
[08:23.560 -> 08:25.000] of Verstappen's pull time.
[08:25.000 -> 08:27.900] So it was different tires, different conditions.
[08:27.900 -> 08:31.500] Like, you, I don't, like, we obviously can't really quantify it.
[08:31.500 -> 08:36.600] So it's like a little silly because, like, I think the tire compounds
[08:36.600 -> 08:39.900] are probably in the same range of, like, the harder compounds.
[08:39.900 -> 08:44.800] But, like, did he try a soft? But the conditions were better.
[08:45.000 -> 08:46.120] But like, did he try a soft, but the conditions were better.
[08:49.860 -> 08:52.960] So all this is telling me is, guess what, he's not as fast as Max, and we knew that.
[08:52.960 -> 08:53.800] Like, woohoo!
[08:53.800 -> 08:56.080] It's like, yeah, that's cool.
[08:56.080 -> 08:56.920] That would have been-
[08:56.920 -> 08:58.640] I don't know what I'm supposed to like, act.
[08:58.640 -> 08:59.480] Yeah, I don't know.
[08:59.480 -> 09:00.300] But I thought it was like,
[09:00.300 -> 09:03.440] it's the only real information we've gotten about his pace.
[09:03.440 -> 09:05.920] And like, he was the fastest driver.
[09:05.920 -> 09:08.160] He did the fastest lap of the day,
[09:08.160 -> 09:14.320] but he was running in the Red Bull against the Haas and the Williams.
[09:14.320 -> 09:17.760] I can't receive news of legitimate data.
[09:18.320 -> 09:20.480] Yeah, you're like, Brianna, I just want to scream more.
[09:20.480 -> 09:23.920] No, but my brain's like, he's in a seat, but there's like...
[09:25.280 -> 09:29.920] I feel like I can't absorb this information at the same time because one
[09:29.920 -> 09:39.840] does not equal the other in my brain what I don't know how long this
[09:39.840 -> 09:48.880] excitement's gonna last like same like okay if we get to hungry and he is slower than Yuki and
[09:48.880 -> 09:53.120] qualifying is like the positivity still there
[09:58.120 -> 10:06.000] that's enough you don't actually curious because I want to live in the hype, but I'm also like...
[10:09.560 -> 10:10.520] Depends on.
[10:10.520 -> 10:12.660] Depends on is my answer.
[10:13.680 -> 10:18.400] And I think that's a fair answer because yep, depends on.
[10:18.400 -> 10:19.960] Someone asked me today,
[10:21.640 -> 10:23.600] cause I'm walking through the airport with F1 clothes
[10:23.600 -> 10:27.440] and they're like, ah, Daniel Riccardo. and I'm like, yeah, no like they were like
[10:27.440 -> 10:29.840] Oh, that's gonna be great. He's gonna destroy Yuki and I went
[10:29.840 -> 10:32.820] Oh and you know like I just like made a noise and they're like
[10:32.820 -> 10:36.100] Oh and like they like could figure out that I knew something
[10:37.320 -> 10:43.520] But isn't Daniel Ricardo fast and I went Daniel Ricardo is the most mid of mid drivers. He's just
[10:49.120 -> 10:53.280] And Ricardo is the most mid of mid drivers he's just and they like clearly had never like actually like thought about Daniel Ricardo outside of like season
[10:53.280 -> 10:58.800] one of Driver's Superfly. But you know what, the grid needs mid drivers.
[10:58.800 -> 11:02.800] There's a there's a there's another universe that's different but that's not
[11:02.800 -> 11:08.080] this one that we currently live in and there's a universe that's different, but that's not this one that we currently live in. And there's a universe where he got destroyed by Max instead of Lando.
[11:09.360 -> 11:15.040] Yeah, which honestly, I think I would have felt better about but I don't know. I then we would
[11:15.040 -> 11:21.040] have had the whole like, no, I can't get a press conference with Daniel Ricardo. Oh my no. Ricardo
[11:21.040 -> 11:27.000] in the media pit. I literally Hello. Hi. Hi. I need so much help. Oh my god.
[11:27.000 -> 11:32.240] If you're not watching on YouTube, you need to know that Nicole just picked up a landline.
[11:32.240 -> 11:35.000] In her home. Like, I just think that needs more-
[11:35.000 -> 11:37.000] That report. It's disconnected.
[11:37.000 -> 11:40.000] Who owns a landline?
[11:40.000 -> 11:46.860] It was recently disconnected, that's why it's still there.
[11:46.860 -> 11:50.920] This is just becoming too much.
[11:50.920 -> 11:57.020] I can't, I can't, I can't process any of this.
[11:57.020 -> 12:00.060] I can't believe now there's also just like not a race this weekend and I'm just gonna
[12:00.060 -> 12:03.460] be like sitting for the next week of like...
[12:03.460 -> 12:05.120] I think your hype is going to build
[12:05.120 -> 12:12.680] over the next 12 days or whatever it is. And then just come crumbling down so unbelievably fast. Maybe, like who knows.
[12:12.680 -> 12:16.640] Like I'm sure when I when we record next week's pod we'll like be like setting
[12:16.640 -> 12:24.400] healthy expectations. You'll be a little more sane than you are right now. I was doing a really good job of
[12:24.400 -> 12:26.800] controlling myself this morning but then as soon as like
[12:26.800 -> 12:32.240] the- literally it was the picture with Seb that I just- I lost it.
[12:32.240 -> 12:36.240] I think that's literally when I went just on the furious text chain to you of just like,
[12:36.240 -> 12:41.520] that's it, I've come to terms of understanding that this is a reality, because my brain was
[12:41.520 -> 12:49.680] not believing that Daniel Riccardo was going to be on the grid at all. This is what I was trying to pull up. I wanted to pull up Nicole's
[12:49.680 -> 12:55.840] like moment of realization over text message just because it is worth. So like
[12:55.840 -> 13:01.240] all morning I'm texting Nicole like hey here's the update here's who's reporting
[13:01.240 -> 13:10.280] what and I went from okay there's like one Dutch news outlet and like their source is a guy and then like then it was then it was
[13:10.280 -> 13:14.040] reported by another Dutch news outlet and it was like multiple sources and I
[13:14.040 -> 13:18.040] was like hmm that's more than just one guy and then like so basically I was
[13:18.040 -> 13:21.840] giving Nicole the play-by-play and then it happened and I didn't even get a
[13:21.840 -> 13:25.400] response I got on a plane- I was doing my job.
[13:25.400 -> 13:26.400] I totally was-
[13:26.400 -> 13:28.680] Yeah, you were at work.
[13:28.680 -> 13:29.960] Not even looking at my phone.
[13:29.960 -> 13:35.440] This existed for a good amount of time, and I had no idea.
[13:35.440 -> 13:41.400] So Nicole just responds to my whole thing, OMG, sorry, busy work morning.
[13:41.400 -> 13:47.240] And I'm like, this is the Nicole, the Daniel Riccardo fanatic Nicole Katz. That is not the response.
[13:47.240 -> 13:49.800] So in all caps, I go, Are you okay?
[13:50.120 -> 13:53.360] No, because I didn't process that any of it was real. Because
[13:53.360 -> 13:56.280] I was like, Nope, until I see and then I saw.
[13:57.600 -> 13:59.520] Yeah, she goes, I just want to hear it from Red Bull. I
[13:59.520 -> 14:02.200] literally won't believe it until then tbh. By the way, this
[14:02.200 -> 14:04.600] entire conversation is happening in all caps.
[14:04.880 -> 14:05.520] Yes, that is in all caps yes that is
[14:05.520 -> 14:13.280] in all caps i screamed chris medlin reported it she goes i know but i just can't can't have not
[14:13.280 -> 14:20.800] processed i get on a plane yep and then i come off to what i believe to be i can't even but the
[14:20.800 -> 14:26.100] it goes eve and then a bunch of jiverish. Yeah. And then separate line, believe this.
[14:26.100 -> 14:27.700] Separate line, OMG.
[14:27.700 -> 14:31.000] Separate line, just Daniel Ricardo's name.
[14:31.000 -> 14:31.900] Then time.
[14:31.900 -> 14:33.800] She took a break because I wasn't responding
[14:33.800 -> 14:35.700] because I was on a plane and just goes,
[14:35.700 -> 14:37.500] I'm going to lose it.
[14:37.500 -> 14:38.400] Yeah.
[14:38.400 -> 14:41.900] I have to be a person at work, OMG.
[14:41.900 -> 14:47.080] And when I turned my phone off airplane mode and my layover I just went
[14:47.080 -> 14:53.760] bing bing bing. Nicole believes now. Nicole has come to terms with what the world has
[14:53.760 -> 14:58.900] already said is real and I was not ready to process and said no sorry I have to
[14:58.900 -> 15:03.600] do work things so I'm gonna not process this right now while you say hello and
[15:03.600 -> 15:05.140] I'm gonna say no busy work day and then I come back while you say, hello, and I'm going to say, no, busy work day.
[15:05.140 -> 15:07.500] And then I come back while you're in the air
[15:07.500 -> 15:08.940] and have a whole meltdown.
[15:11.980 -> 15:12.940] I wasn't ready.
[15:12.940 -> 15:13.980] I was not.
[15:13.980 -> 15:18.520] I literally, like, totally wasn't ready for any of this.
[15:18.520 -> 15:22.760] I feel very, it feels like a surprise party.
[15:22.760 -> 15:27.340] And now I'm not letting the reality of it fully hit besides
[15:27.340 -> 15:29.000] the fact that he's driving.
[15:29.000 -> 15:30.000] That's it.
[15:30.000 -> 15:33.480] And everything else I'll like, you know, wait to live.
[15:33.480 -> 15:36.680] There's no race this weekend, so I don't even have to think about it just yet.
[15:36.680 -> 15:43.600] I think until QALY at Hungary, I think I would support living in delusional happiness.
[15:43.600 -> 15:44.600] Sick.
[15:44.600 -> 15:47.320] Cool. That he's on a seat on the grid
[15:47.320 -> 15:51.900] Which is what you wanted like we were doing the pot at that the time last year
[15:51.900 -> 15:58.480] But Nicole was spent the entire time just screaming take any seat and I actually think most people who wanted Daniel Riccardo to continue his career
[15:58.540 -> 16:03.080] We're just like take any seat because getting off the grid is normally a death sentence
[16:06.060 -> 16:12.840] seat because getting off the grid is normally a death sentence. I cannot believe this. It is a lie. The number of things that needed to happen for this to
[16:12.840 -> 16:17.560] work out though, like that was still a bad career decision by Daniel Ricardo in my opinion.
[16:17.560 -> 16:23.280] 100%. Because Nick DeVries needed to underperform. Also it needed to be Nick
[16:23.280 -> 16:25.000] DeVries. There were other drivers.
[16:25.000 -> 16:27.800] Imagine if that was Colton Hurta.
[16:27.800 -> 16:29.440] That would, again, would now.
[16:29.440 -> 16:31.240] Because it was supposed to be Colton Hurta.
[16:31.240 -> 16:32.880] Right.
[16:32.880 -> 16:35.880] They probably wouldn't have gamed up on him as quickly
[16:35.880 -> 16:38.040] because the Nick DeVries thing was just
[16:38.040 -> 16:41.720] bread-boarding him and trying to get one over on Mercedes.
[16:41.720 -> 16:47.240] And then Checo needed to have a string of missing Q3
[16:47.240 -> 16:50.160] in the rocket ship for what, five races now?
[16:50.160 -> 16:51.360] Four or five?
[16:51.360 -> 16:53.040] At least, yeah.
[16:53.040 -> 16:56.040] None of it, again, none of this feels possible.
[16:56.040 -> 16:58.220] I am very confused.
[16:59.980 -> 17:02.720] Oh my God, I have to update my multi-viewer screens.
[17:05.100 -> 17:10.100] I get to bring back my Elham D. Rick.
[17:10.140 -> 17:12.620] Wow, how exciting!
[17:12.620 -> 17:13.780] Oh my gosh!
[17:13.780 -> 17:16.620] I have to totally redo my whole layout now again.
[17:16.620 -> 17:18.740] I'm so excited.
[17:18.740 -> 17:20.620] Does a driver get the boot
[17:20.620 -> 17:22.260] or does he just get worked in with your-
[17:22.260 -> 17:23.500] Oh no, just get worked in.
[17:23.500 -> 17:24.980] I mean, that's how last season
[17:24.980 -> 17:27.000] I would had Lewis and Danny Rick.
[17:27.000 -> 17:31.000] I've had a couple of races of just having four windows.
[17:31.000 -> 17:33.000] Oh, is that? You only have Lewis?
[17:33.000 -> 17:42.000] Yeah. Sometimes I'll open up my iPad and I'll throw in an SD Bestie, but it was always like a Lewis and a Danny Rick were just who I had.
[17:42.000 -> 17:44.000] I have four drivers.
[17:44.000 -> 17:46.320] You also have so many more screens than I do.
[17:46.320 -> 17:50.960] Although, shout out Prime Day, I just ordered a monitor. This is now getting to
[17:50.960 -> 17:59.200] like other places. Just like things about our life. But Danny Rick is back on the grid, and I have a lot of
[17:59.200 -> 18:03.920] things and feelings about it right now. They're mostly positive just because I'm
[18:03.920 -> 18:07.280] excited, and hopefully this is just good
[18:07.280 -> 18:10.880] happy things for him, but track record of career decisions, but
[18:10.880 -> 18:13.760] the we're focusing on the positive Nicole and then
[18:13.760 -> 18:18.080] everything else we'll deal with later because what? Because we can.
[18:18.080 -> 18:23.840] Because you can. Because I can. What is happening? Well, thank
[18:23.840 -> 18:27.560] you for listening to this chaotic gridwalk bonus.
[18:27.560 -> 18:29.400] Nicole screams about Daniel Riccardo
[18:29.400 -> 18:33.440] for x amount of minutes, however long this ends up being.
[18:33.440 -> 18:36.200] I promise we will actually analyze this
[18:36.200 -> 18:38.240] in a critical sense after Hungry.
[18:38.240 -> 18:40.040] If you're listening to this the day it drops,
[18:40.040 -> 18:41.880] tomorrow is Thursday, which is gridwalk day.
[18:41.880 -> 18:45.080] You will get a normal episode of Gridwalk tomorrow.
[18:45.080 -> 18:47.320] So make sure you come back for that.
[18:47.320 -> 18:51.120] Let me predict the future of news.
[18:51.120 -> 18:52.680] I like that we have that recorded.
[18:55.960 -> 18:57.800] Oh, so tomorrow's Gridwalk, we are
[18:57.800 -> 19:01.000] going to be talking all things British Grand Prix,
[19:01.000 -> 19:03.720] because we've yet to do that.
[19:03.720 -> 19:07.160] But Nicole Katz. Danielz Daniel Ricardo is on the
[19:07.160 -> 19:14.080] grid yeah if you thought that Nicole was unhinged up until this no until you hear
[19:14.080 -> 19:21.760] her react about Daniel Ricardo early I can't have a podcast and a future a lot
[19:21.760 -> 19:28.840] happening right now Wow oh my god I know Porsi McHorse comes back to Austin.
[19:28.840 -> 19:31.640] Daniel Ricciardo is going to have his dream of racing in Vegas!
[19:31.640 -> 19:35.840] This is such a great day!
[19:35.840 -> 19:36.840] Bye everyone!
[19:36.840 -> 19:38.840] See you tomorrow!
[19:43.410 -> 19:51.050] the next, video!!