F1 Rumors Swirl & Brazil Grand Prix Preview | Grid Walk November 2, 2023

Where to begin with the Mexican Grand Prix!?!? The world of Formula 1 is far from boring at the moment and this episode of Grid Walk is proof! Briana and Nicole (attempt to) give you absolutely everything that is currently happening in F1 including what is happening in the rumor mill!

There were plenty of moments at the Mexico Grand Prix that inspired Briana and Nicole’s podiums this week! Nicole shares the moments of the Mexican Grand Prix that had her jaw on the floor! Briana brings her podiums of favorite quotes from the Mexican Grand Prix!

Nicole, Grid Walk’s resident Daniel Ricciardo fangirl, is trying to contain her excitement after the events of the F1 race weekend in Mexico. Daniel Ricciardo qualifying P4 was a pleasant surprise. Will Nicole finally be buying Red Bull merchandise (specifically Ricciardo Red Bull merchandise)?

Before diving into the pile of F1 rumors, Nicole and Briana discuss Mercedes’ most recent announcement. Mercedes announced that Chief Technical Officer Mike Elliot has chosen to leave his role. What does this mean for Mercedes going into the 2024 F1 season?

Formula 1 is proving to be a circus with the amount of rumors flying around the paddock this week! Briana and Nicole discuss the tea being spilled in the world of F1 and share how real they think these stories are. Is Formula 1 canceling the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Is Audi backing out of Formula 1 before they actually got in? Has Lawrence Stroll sold his shares in the Aston Martin F1 team and is Lance Stroll no longer driving for Aston Martin? Is Fernando Alonso re-retiring? Or is Sergio Perez announcing his retirement? There is a long list of F1 drivers that could possibly replace Checo. Is Carlos Sainz leaving Ferrari?

Lewis Hamilton announced his new non-alcoholic agave beverage, Almavé. What does a non-alcoholic agave beverage taste like? How does Almavé prove that Lewis Hamilton is continuing to build a lifestyle brand?

Grid Walk is celebrating the last F1 Sprint Race of 2023 with a “Sprint” Gossip Grid, giving you everything you need to know about F1 and pop culture at top speed. Which F1 teams were successful Swifties with the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)? How is Alex Albon once again being the F1 king of skin care? Who is the target audience of the opening ceremonies of the Las Vegas Grand Prix?

Briana and Nicole continue their competition of F1 predictions with the Brazilian Grand Prix. Will Lewis Hamilton be on the podium again for his second home race of the season? Will either Mclaren driver be on the podium in Brazil? Will Esteban Ocon or Daniel Ricciardo score points this weekend? Will any F1 teams struggle to set up their car with only one free practice session in Brazil?

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00:00 Instagram Mom, Lewis

01:34 Formation Lap

05:05 Podium: OMG Moments from the Mexico GP

12:19 Ricciardo Won the 2024 Red Bull Seat?

18:28 Podium: Quotes of the Weekend

22:38 Mike Elliot Departs Mercedes

27:31 Will this Hurt the 2024 Mercedes Car?

30:10 F1 Journalist Set F1twt Aflame

33:34 Nico Rosberg Returning?!

34:15 Rumor 1: Abu Dhabi Race Cancelation?

36:05 Rumor 2: Audi Pulling Out of F1?

38:15 Rumor 3: Stroll Selling Aston Martin?

42:19 Rumor 4: The 2nd Red Bull Seat?

45:03 Rumor 5: Carlos Sainz Leaving Ferrari?

46:09 The Business Behind Lewis Hamilton's New Non-Alcoholic Spirit

52:29 Gossip Grid: F1 Pop Culture News

59:10 Poll Results from the Mexico GP Weekend

01:03:57 Predicting & Previewing the Brazil GP

01:13:34 Yellow Sector Notes

**Formation Lab: Mexico City Grand Prix Recap**

* Briana and Nicole discuss the exciting moments from the Mexico City Grand Prix, including Lewis Hamilton's overtake on Charles Leclerc, Daniel Ricciardo's strong qualifying performance, and Sergio Perez's unfortunate DNF.

* They also highlight some memorable quotes from the weekend, such as Ferrari's confidence in their tire strategy, Lewis Hamilton's praise for his own driving, and Esteban Ocon's playful banter with Nico Hulkenberg.

* The hosts then analyze the news of Mike Elliott's departure from Mercedes as Chief Technology Officer, speculating on the potential impact it may have on the team's performance in 2024.

**Sprint Gossip Grid: Mexico City Grand Prix**

* Nicole shares various rumors and speculations circulating in the Formula One community, including the possibility of Audi withdrawing from F1 before officially joining, cryptic tweets by F1 journalists hinting at big driver moves, and the potential for a major shakeup in the driver lineup for the 2024 season.

**Marketing of Lewis Hamilton's Non-Alcoholic Tequila**

* Briana and Nicole discuss the marketing campaign for Lewis Hamilton's new non-alcoholic tequila brand, highlighting its unique flavors and the involvement of renowned mixologists in its creation. They also address the criticism surrounding the drink's high price point.

**Preview and Predictions for Lewis Hamilton Week Two**

* The hosts preview the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix, which marks Lewis Hamilton's second home race of the season. They make predictions for the race, with Nicole aiming to catch up in their ongoing predictions competition and avoid an ice bath in three race weekends.

**L Sector Notes: Team Stories**

* Briana and Nicole provide brief updates on various teams across the Formula One grid, including McLaren's struggles with reliability, Alpine's potential driver lineup changes, and Aston Martin's recent resurgence in form.

**Silly Season Rumors:**

The hosts then delve into the ongoing speculation and rumors surrounding various driver and team changes in Formula One. They mention a cryptic tweet by Spanish journalist Albert Fabrega, which has sparked a flurry of discussions and theories among fans. While they acknowledge the excitement and intrigue surrounding these rumors, they also emphasize the need for caution and responsible reporting, especially when it comes to sensitive topics like driver contracts and team strategies.

**Specific Rumors Discussed:**

1. **Abu Dhabi Race Cancellation:** The hosts consider the possibility of the Abu Dhabi race being canceled and replaced by the Las Vegas Grand Prix as the season finale. They express skepticism about this rumor, given the significant financial investment made by Abu Dhabi to host the race.

2. **Audi's Potential Withdrawal from F1:** The hosts discuss the rumors suggesting that Audi might pull out of Formula One before its planned entry in 2026. They acknowledge that Audi has already invested heavily in the project, but they also point out the recent changes in leadership at Audi and Volkswagen, which could potentially lead to a shift in priorities.

3. **Aston Martin Team Shakeup:** The hosts address rumors about a potential shakeup within the Aston Martin F1 team, including the sale of Lawrence Stroll's stake in the team and subsequent changes to the driver lineup. They express doubt about the likelihood of these rumors materializing, given Stroll's personal investment in the team and the recent technical directive issues faced by Aston Martin.

4. **Second Red Bull Seat Contenders:** The hosts discuss the ongoing speculation surrounding the second Red Bull seat, with several drivers reportedly in contention. They mention names like Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz, but they emphasize that it's difficult to predict who will ultimately fill the seat.

5. **Carlos Sainz Leaving Ferrari:** The hosts address rumors suggesting that Carlos Sainz might leave Ferrari in the near future. They express skepticism about this possibility, given Sainz's recent strong performances and his apparent contentment with the team.

**Lewis Hamilton's Non-Alcoholic Beverage Brand:**

The hosts discuss Lewis Hamilton's recent launch of a non-alcoholic tequila and agave beverage brand called Almave. They speculate on the taste and potential success of the product, considering the growing trend of non-alcoholic beverages and Hamilton's personal involvement in the project.

**Sprint Race Gossip Grid:**

The hosts conclude the episode with a special "sprint version" of the Gossip Grid segment, focusing on recent news and events in Formula One. They discuss Taylor Swift's release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), the upcoming Keanu Reeves documentary on Ross Brawn, the release date for the Inside the Track documentary series on CNBC, Alex Albon's skincare promotion, and the lineup for the Las Vegas Grand Prix opening ceremony.

**Gossip Grid**

* The opening ceremony for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was a hot topic, with speculation about potential performers ranging from Journey to Keith Urban to J Balvin.
* The Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil will also be part of the festivities, ensuring a true Vegas experience.

**Race Weekend Poll Results**

* Sergio Perez's weekend left many fans sad, with 56% of poll respondents welcoming Daniel Ricciardo back to Red Bull.
* Lewis Hamilton is predicted to overtake Sergio Perez in the championship standings by the end of the season, with 89% of respondents agreeing.
* Ferrari's Mexican Grand Prix weekend was deemed to have maximized their potential, with 67% of respondents choosing this option.

**FP1 Rookie Performances**

* David Schumacher impressed many by outperforming Fernando Alonso in FP1, becoming the only rookie to do so.
* Liam Lawson also had a strong showing, finishing ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly.

**Lewis Hamilton's New Drink**

* 50% of poll respondents expressed interest in trying Lewis Hamilton's new drink, while the other half remained undecided or uninterested.

**Predictions for the Brazilian Grand Prix**

* Mercedes is the favorite to be the fastest non-Red Bull team in Brazil, with 62% of respondents predicting their success.
* Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris are the top picks for P2 and P3, respectively, with both drivers receiving high praise for their recent performances.
* Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon are predicted to finish in the top 10, while Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen are expected to be the last to cross the checkered flag.
* Mercedes and McLaren are the favorites to score the most points among non-Red Bull teams.

**Yellow Sector Notes**

* The Las Vegas Grand Prix is still not sold out.
* Spanish broadcaster Dazan extends their broadcast partnership with F1 through 2026.
* Lewis Hamilton sets the record for podiums in Formula 1 with 197.
* Nico Hülkenberg celebrates his 200th Grand Prix start.
* Mercedes announces a 67% reduction in emissions year over year through the use of biofuel.

[00:00.000 -> 00:02.680] Hold on, I can probably turn my back on.
[00:02.680 -> 00:03.840] I will not.
[00:03.840 -> 00:05.840] No, no, because we stopped recording
[00:05.840 -> 00:08.240] and we started talking and I just brought up,
[00:08.240 -> 00:09.480] we were talking about what our graphics
[00:09.480 -> 00:10.480] should be on Instagram.
[00:10.480 -> 00:12.560] And I said, oh, we should use the photos
[00:12.560 -> 00:14.140] that Louis took of Charles and Carlos.
[00:14.140 -> 00:15.360] And then Nicole started to freak out.
[00:15.360 -> 00:18.200] And I was like, oh no, no, no, we need to freak out.
[00:18.200 -> 00:21.240] Louis was being like everyone's Instagram batty mommy.
[00:21.240 -> 00:23.320] Like he was like, I got, okay,
[00:23.320 -> 00:27.380] you're gonna stand next to like this very colorful archway
[00:27.380 -> 00:34.520] No, it's standing like he was like having an entire like creative photo shoot and you're gonna and I was weren't good
[00:34.740 -> 00:38.720] No, and I've been this, you know every girl or friend, you know
[00:38.720 -> 00:42.640] Take turns you go through all the spots and like Lewis is that guy and it's kind of yeah
[00:42.640 -> 00:45.120] Like I thought they were gonna be like the sickest photos.
[00:45.120 -> 00:49.120] Lewis doesn't take his own photos of course you're not gonna be good.
[00:49.120 -> 00:54.760] But I do I love that he like saw Charles and Carlos like leaning on the letters it was
[00:54.760 -> 01:00.640] like we need the shot and you're right like I you describing it as like being everyone's
[01:00.640 -> 01:07.760] like Instagram mom is incredible. And everyone else is in their team kits and stuff.
[01:07.760 -> 01:12.160] He's in this pink furry bucket hat and a Dior sweater vest.
[01:13.200 -> 01:14.160] It is so...
[01:15.840 -> 01:17.280] Lewis's commitment...
[01:17.280 -> 01:20.000] Obviously, Lewis comes in in this fully curated fit,
[01:20.000 -> 01:25.520] and then he just replaces the shirt for either a black or white oversized Mercedes T.
[01:25.520 -> 01:30.240] And sometimes, and then, but he will leave on the accessories. So the fact that he left on the
[01:30.240 -> 01:37.040] fucking hat. Incredible. Yep, incredible. Happy Lewis Hamilton week number two!
[01:39.680 -> 01:42.320] Wow, feels so good. This is so fun. This is so joyous.
[01:42.560 -> 01:44.560] I feel so good. This is so fun. This is so joyous.
[01:49.560 -> 01:49.720] Brazilian citizen, Lewis Hamilton is our home driver this weekend.
[01:53.520 -> 01:58.060] So let's all collectively take a moment and put out all the positive vibes that he has a great home race weekend, positive vibes, positive vibes.
[01:58.060 -> 02:01.520] And we'll keep those positive vibes up the entire episode today.
[02:02.120 -> 02:05.680] But before we move on to previewing the Brazilian Grand Prix, first
[02:05.680 -> 02:10.120] we have to talk about all the big stories from the Mexico GP weekend, which really is
[02:10.120 -> 02:13.520] that we just need to give space for Nicole to freak out about Daniel Ricciardo's banner
[02:13.520 -> 02:17.720] weekend because, like, who knows what this means for Sergio Perez, but we need to take
[02:17.720 -> 02:21.600] every opportunity for Nicole to be happy about Daniel Ricciardo because last season was so
[02:21.600 -> 02:28.000] sad, so depressing. Also, the rumor mill was swirling
[02:28.000 -> 02:33.200] all this week in the F1 space. Disclaimer, you should know this more than any other week. It is
[02:33.200 -> 02:38.160] currently Tuesday. If there is big news tomorrow on Wednesday, we will of course record an add-on
[02:38.160 -> 02:43.120] and pop it in here. If it comes out on Thursday, the same day as the episode, obviously we can't
[02:43.120 -> 02:47.960] talk about it. So just, you know, give us some leniency this week.
[02:47.960 -> 02:49.000] But we talk about,
[02:49.000 -> 02:52.320] will Audi actually pull out of F1 before they really join?
[02:52.320 -> 02:55.240] Why are F1 journalists tweeting such cryptic things?
[02:55.240 -> 02:57.200] Are we on the verge of something big?
[02:57.200 -> 02:59.060] Some big driver musical chairs?
[02:59.060 -> 03:00.760] Or are they all just messing with us
[03:00.760 -> 03:03.000] because it's fun to do so?
[03:04.660 -> 03:06.460] It was announced today that Mike Elliott is
[03:06.460 -> 03:10.020] out at Mercedes. He's stepping down from the chief technology officer role just
[03:10.020 -> 03:13.780] months after moving there from the technical director role. We discussed
[03:13.780 -> 03:19.080] what effect this could have on Mercedes 2024 competitive hopes. As always, our
[03:19.080 -> 03:23.540] podiums of the race weekend will be scattered throughout the episode and we
[03:23.540 -> 03:25.280] will share the results of our race weekend
[03:25.280 -> 03:30.640] polls. Nicole has a sprint gossip grid from the Mexico GP week and we discuss the marketing of
[03:30.640 -> 03:36.640] Lewis's new non-alcoholic tequila. Well I think technically you would say agave drink but that's
[03:36.640 -> 03:47.960] tequila and we get into all of this. And that if and if that isn't enough to jam into this episode, we preview and predict Lewis Hamilton week two.
[03:47.960 -> 03:52.200] Nicole makes a push to catch up in our predictions race
[03:52.200 -> 03:54.840] and hope to not end up in an ice bath
[03:54.840 -> 03:56.680] in three race weekends.
[03:56.680 -> 03:59.060] Lastly, as always, we end the show with the L Sector Notes,
[03:59.060 -> 04:02.160] one story you should know from every team on the grid.
[04:02.160 -> 04:03.440] That wraps up the Formation Lab
[04:03.440 -> 04:06.880] for this crazy jam-packed episode 41 of Gridwalk,
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[04:09.560 -> 04:11.740] to discuss across the entire F1 grid.
[04:11.740 -> 04:13.280] Since this is such a packed episode,
[04:13.280 -> 04:14.600] I do wanna call attention to the fact
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[04:57.280 -> 05:05.000] Cooling down on our wind up on the grid, it's lights out and away we go this week's gridlock.
[05:05.000 -> 05:11.600] I love the Mexico GP. I always enjoy watching it. The fans are fun. The teams have a lot
[05:11.600 -> 05:18.160] of fun and I also just really enjoy the circuit and there's always just like some extra special
[05:18.160 -> 05:25.800] moments but particularly this weekend there were plenty of special sparkle moments at the Mexico GP and
[05:25.800 -> 05:31.140] there were several moments this weekend that just made me go oh my gosh so these
[05:31.140 -> 05:37.680] are my podium of moments in the Mexico GP that had my jaw on the floor so an
[05:37.680 -> 05:41.440] honorary mention because we always got to sometimes throw in things that we
[05:41.440 -> 05:47.240] just really want to talk about it is is not already mentioned. Max's arrival to the podium.
[05:49.120 -> 05:54.920] I love that the Mexico Grand Prix does this, but watching Max Verstappen with a sombrero
[05:54.920 -> 06:01.200] sitting on the Red Bull, lifting up from the ground was the most unbelievably extra thing.
[06:01.440 -> 06:10.640] And I also just love every year with this race race old videos come back of drivers levitating from the ground and it's so dramatic and I absolutely
[06:10.640 -> 06:17.480] obsessed with it so every time I see it I just am like how are other races not
[06:17.480 -> 06:25.840] doing this please I am pro car levitation I am anti the sombrero.
[06:25.840 -> 06:26.800] Yeah, yeah.
[06:26.800 -> 06:28.360] Wasn't really for the sombrero.
[06:28.360 -> 06:31.880] I'm really hyped about, again, the levitating of the floor.
[06:31.880 -> 06:32.680] Right.
[06:32.680 -> 06:36.040] Sombrero felt like really an unnecessary piece of it all,
[06:36.040 -> 06:39.480] given Max Verstappen's, I don't know, not, you know, like it's-
[06:39.480 -> 06:42.120] F1 just traveling around the world doing-
[06:42.120 -> 06:42.960] Trying to-
[06:42.960 -> 06:46.240] Generalizations and stereotypes of everywhere they visit.
[06:48.240 -> 06:51.440] But again, the floor, podium is dramatic.
[06:51.440 -> 06:56.880] The car. I think the car should always be a part of the celebration. I think that that is
[06:56.880 -> 06:59.920] definitely something every other race should learn from. But then maybe it would make this
[06:59.920 -> 07:04.640] one less special. But like, no, car should be a part of it. It's super hype. I can't believe
[07:04.640 -> 07:09.040] that's not on your podium, though, that that's just an honorable mention.
[07:09.040 -> 07:10.040] Yes, I know.
[07:10.040 -> 07:12.080] This was a really tough podium altogether.
[07:12.080 -> 07:16.200] I feel like all of these had me absolutely screaming all weekend.
[07:16.200 -> 07:20.000] And this one I even debated moving up higher on my podium.
[07:20.000 -> 07:25.000] My P3, Lewis's overtake on Charles.
[07:25.000 -> 07:27.480] I know, I know.
[07:27.480 -> 07:28.520] I'm shocked it's not higher,
[07:28.520 -> 07:30.360] but given other circumstances of the weekend
[07:30.360 -> 07:31.520] that we will be getting into,
[07:31.520 -> 07:33.360] it just naturally is not for me.
[07:33.360 -> 07:36.380] But it was, that overtake,
[07:36.380 -> 07:38.440] which I have then watched a thousand times before.
[07:38.440 -> 07:40.800] You know those moments when you just like hear
[07:40.800 -> 07:44.080] like it's hammer time, like screaming in your ears.
[07:44.080 -> 07:45.520] Like it was one of those beautiful
[07:45.520 -> 07:51.280] moments I could imagine all of the like goose duck memes like and you know three miles Lewis
[07:51.280 -> 07:56.480] Hamilton it's those moments that just make you feel on fire as an F1 fan and like there's the
[07:56.480 -> 08:01.360] gap and he took it so I was getting really hyped and it was just like he's doing it he's doing it
[08:01.360 -> 08:05.200] and then P2 finish felt really good as a Lewis fan this weekend.
[08:06.580 -> 08:07.600] All right, now we're getting into
[08:07.600 -> 08:09.820] where everything gets really saucy.
[08:09.820 -> 08:14.620] My P2, moments that had my jaw on the floor.
[08:14.620 -> 08:17.540] Dainey Rick qualifying P4?
[08:19.220 -> 08:22.300] Wow, this bit's really awkward without sounders.
[08:22.300 -> 08:27.000] Um, I think we're gonna add it in post.
[08:27.000 -> 08:28.000] okay!
[08:28.000 -> 08:30.000] it's so nice.
[08:30.000 -> 08:33.000] only, you know why?
[08:33.000 -> 08:35.000] i can just do it live.
[08:35.000 -> 08:36.000] you don't wanna just do it live?
[08:36.000 -> 08:38.000] but anyway, if you could just turn it over.
[08:38.000 -> 08:42.000] dani rick qualifying p4.
[08:42.000 -> 08:45.000] and checo qualifying P5.
[08:45.000 -> 08:47.000] So...
[08:47.000 -> 08:50.000] Again, how is this not your P1? I'm so confused.
[08:50.000 -> 08:54.000] Well, because there may be one that's unbelievably obvious now as my P1.
[08:54.000 -> 08:58.000] I couldn't believe this. I was barely able to text Brianna while watching qualifying.
[08:58.000 -> 09:01.000] I just kept saying fever dream. None of it was real.
[09:01.000 -> 09:06.040] I was so worried that I was going to say something and jin jinx it and he was gonna just like break his other hand.
[09:06.040 -> 09:07.640] I don't know what was happening.
[09:07.640 -> 09:11.360] And look, I love Danny Ricardo.
[09:11.360 -> 09:14.520] All of my excitement is nothing against Checo.
[09:14.520 -> 09:20.340] Like, it is a really difficult situation and I am just rooting for the success of Danny
[09:20.340 -> 09:25.440] Rick, which unfortunately some may, who knows, be at the cost of Checo.
[09:25.440 -> 09:27.280] But I just need to make that clear.
[09:27.280 -> 09:28.560] I don't dislike Checo.
[09:28.560 -> 09:30.080] It's been very rough.
[09:30.080 -> 09:32.880] But wow, it was so unbelievable to see Danny Rick
[09:32.880 -> 09:35.100] have the weekend that he did after, you know, stuff.
[09:35.100 -> 09:37.160] But whatever, we'll get into all that later.
[09:37.160 -> 09:42.160] And my number one jaw-dropping moment of the Mexico GP,
[09:43.080 -> 09:44.720] Checo's DNF.
[09:44.720 -> 09:46.900] I don't remember what the P1 sound is, so I can't do it.
[09:49.300 -> 09:52.900] I still can't believe that it happened.
[09:52.900 -> 09:55.700] How soon it happened, how dramatic it happened.
[09:55.800 -> 10:00.100] It, seeing Checo in that car was absolutely heartbreaking
[10:00.100 -> 10:00.800] after the fact.
[10:00.800 -> 10:03.200] It was, you know, really pushing to the limit.
[10:03.200 -> 10:05.760] You could tell how much this race
[10:05.760 -> 10:09.920] meant to him in the moment and like all the stakes of it, like just really felt the build up there.
[10:10.880 -> 10:16.080] Oh, and the fan, like there was just adorable Checo fans like sobbing in the stands. And like,
[10:16.080 -> 10:20.640] I've been that person where it's just absolutely so heartbreaking. And so there was so much build
[10:20.640 -> 10:27.260] up for this and to like, that's what this came down to was just like, very heartbreaking to watch.
[10:28.680 -> 10:31.240] I, so to place everyone listening
[10:31.240 -> 10:32.800] in my living room for this.
[10:32.800 -> 10:34.800] So the Eagles game is getting wrapped up.
[10:34.800 -> 10:37.600] So I'm watching that and the sound is on the Eagles game.
[10:37.600 -> 10:39.240] But I have the start on,
[10:39.240 -> 10:41.360] like my full multi-viewer set up still.
[10:41.360 -> 10:44.440] And it just so happened that the start
[10:44.440 -> 10:45.000] coincided with like a commercial break on the Eagles game. So I looked up and I was like, ooh, just so happened that the start coincided with
[10:45.000 -> 10:47.880] like a commercial break on the Eagles game. So I looked up and I was like, ooh,
[10:47.880 -> 10:50.600] I get to watch the start. This is so great. This is so exciting. And I'm
[10:50.600 -> 10:57.420] watching it. And I screamed when I saw the Red Bull car go flying. And for like
[10:57.420 -> 11:00.360] a second I didn't realize like which car was flying. Because on the starts I
[11:00.360 -> 11:04.440] really watched Lewis Hamilton's on board. And so I got distracted and pulled away.
[11:04.440 -> 11:08.240] And everyone in my family was like are you okay are you dying
[11:08.240 -> 11:10.840] what is going on and I was like a red-walled car went flying and they were
[11:10.840 -> 11:15.880] all like it's okay Brianna like great is everyone okay I was like I think so
[11:15.880 -> 11:21.400] but I don't know the car went flying it was so dramatic I one I'm glad that he's
[11:21.400 -> 11:27.880] just not hurt and it's safe but aside, Checo this weekend, like, fully embodied.
[11:27.880 -> 11:30.920] The, like, stupid F1 cliche that's like,
[11:30.920 -> 11:32.680] you can't win a race in turn one,
[11:32.680 -> 11:34.920] but you can definitely lose a race in turn one.
[11:34.920 -> 11:37.560] And I just have never seen a better example
[11:37.560 -> 11:41.920] of that being evident in a thing.
[11:41.920 -> 11:45.480] Yeah, in the cool-down room when Max Lewis and Charles were
[11:45.880 -> 11:51.360] Rewatching and Lewis is like he pulled the me in Qatar. Like it was like he said it love a self-aware King
[11:51.360 -> 11:59.200] Yeah, I was like wow, so unbelievably self-aware, but I don't even post raise interviews. All of it was just ouch. So
[12:00.480 -> 12:06.000] Yeah, you're right. That's a pretty obvious p1. Yeah, but you know what, really all of these you could...
[12:06.000 -> 12:09.000] That one is the P1, the rest you could all just throw around and put there,
[12:09.000 -> 12:12.000] but that Checo DNF is still just...
[12:12.000 -> 12:15.000] Well, now that we've talked about Checo DNF sadness,
[12:15.000 -> 12:17.000] do you want to go scream about Daniel Riccardo for a couple of minutes?
[12:17.000 -> 12:19.000] Please! Please!
[12:19.000 -> 12:21.000] Okay, let's go do that.
[12:21.000 -> 12:25.920] Okay, his lap in Q2, he did get the big toe from Yuki.
[12:25.920 -> 12:30.080] So a lot of people are like, oh, the pace is just because he got a toe and it's not
[12:30.080 -> 12:31.080] like real pace.
[12:31.080 -> 12:32.680] And like, yeah, it's an alfatari.
[12:32.680 -> 12:34.320] It's not like quote unquote real pace.
[12:34.320 -> 12:36.680] Like Checo should be up there with Max.
[12:36.680 -> 12:39.520] But his Q3 lap, Yuki wasn't there.
[12:39.520 -> 12:41.800] So it wasn't a toe.
[12:41.800 -> 12:45.000] And he was actually able to do that lap.
[12:45.300 -> 12:47.980] Q4, P4, whatever.
[12:47.980 -> 12:49.020] I can't even speak.
[12:49.020 -> 12:50.660] What letters are we supposed to be talking about?
[12:50.660 -> 12:52.620] This is not a real weekend.
[12:52.620 -> 12:55.740] This is, no, I mean, it was, it was so unbelievably real.
[12:55.740 -> 12:56.820] I felt so alive.
[12:56.820 -> 12:59.500] This is the most alive I've felt in such a very long time
[12:59.500 -> 13:00.820] as a Daniel Ricciardo fan.
[13:00.820 -> 13:01.740] I feel revived.
[13:01.740 -> 13:04.220] I feel like my soul has been like saved
[13:04.220 -> 13:06.920] after like being heartbroken at Coda last year,
[13:06.920 -> 13:12.120] all so many things. This was a fever dream the entire weekend.
[13:12.320 -> 13:17.800] I don't really know what happened that it just kind of
[13:17.840 -> 13:21.440] makes me really worried that I'm going to be buying Red Bull
[13:21.440 -> 13:22.440] merch next year.
[13:22.840 -> 13:27.180] I can't believe this is a sidebar that I can't believe I didn't put on the outline
[13:27.180 -> 13:28.660] to talk about this week.
[13:28.660 -> 13:33.840] I can't believe Red Bull decided to drop Daniel Riccardo Red Bull merch, not El Fatahri merch,
[13:33.840 -> 13:38.680] Red Bull merch, specifically the hat, in Mexico GP week!
[13:38.680 -> 13:42.400] Like right before Mexico GP week, everyone was like, oh my god there's a Daniel Riccardo
[13:42.400 -> 13:44.080] Red Bull hat on the store.
[13:44.080 -> 13:48.320] Like this week of all weeks, you would think maybe CODA week, but no, Mexico GP week, everyone was like, Oh my God, there's a Daniel Ricardo Red Bull hat on the store. Like this week of all weeks, you would think maybe CODA week, but no, Mexico
[13:48.320 -> 13:52.720] GP week is when Daniel Ricardo fans who've been asking for Red Bull merch
[13:52.720 -> 13:56.920] since he was announced as a reserve driver got Mexico GP weekend.
[13:57.120 -> 13:58.280] Oh my gosh.
[13:58.440 -> 14:03.040] Me, literally, if we, if you've been a long time gridwalk listener, AKA
[14:03.040 -> 14:05.900] you've been here since Australia.
[14:05.900 -> 14:07.940] We had a little bet to see how much
[14:07.940 -> 14:10.120] of the Daniel Ricciardo content would push me
[14:10.120 -> 14:13.820] to purchase merchandise, Red Bull merchandise,
[14:13.820 -> 14:15.680] and there, because there hasn't been
[14:15.680 -> 14:17.200] official Red Bull merchandise,
[14:17.200 -> 14:19.080] and I have always said that if there was a hat
[14:19.080 -> 14:23.200] with the three, I would buy, and now it's there,
[14:23.200 -> 14:27.160] and if it wasn't for 1989 Taylor's version getting released over the weekend
[14:27.160 -> 14:31.840] and me buying a cardigan, I probably would have had to spend my money elsewhere.
[14:32.360 -> 14:33.280] So,
[14:33.320 -> 14:36.320] Oh, everyone listening is going to be so jealous that you got the blue cardigan.
[14:36.800 -> 14:37.400] Oh, I did.
[14:37.400 -> 14:40.480] And it already shipped and everyone, I don't know how that's even possible.
[14:40.480 -> 14:42.560] So catch me wearing that in an upcoming episode.
[14:42.920 -> 14:43.400] Um,
[14:43.880 -> 14:46.720] there's a really funny, um actually, I think it's linked as
[14:46.720 -> 14:51.400] a guide in on our Instagram of all the videos we did about
[14:51.400 -> 14:55.680] like, will Nicole buy Red Bull merch? It's just a fun series of
[14:55.680 -> 14:58.340] videos if you want to watch. I think it's like 15 minutes in
[14:58.340 -> 15:00.480] total with all the videos together, like I'd highly
[15:00.480 -> 15:03.680] recommend it. And in the end, she obviously didn't buy
[15:03.680 -> 15:06.520] official Red Bull merch because there was none to buy.
[15:06.520 -> 15:10.080] But Mexico GP week is when you should, I don't know.
[15:10.080 -> 15:12.900] Yeah, it's so shady.
[15:12.900 -> 15:14.880] It's so Red Bull coded.
[15:14.880 -> 15:17.440] It's so everything that,
[15:17.440 -> 15:20.800] how they make every single decision and move.
[15:20.800 -> 15:24.480] The rest of the season will be unbelievably interesting
[15:24.480 -> 15:26.000] moving forward.
[15:26.000 -> 15:31.000] Now it all just feels like really inevitable.
[15:31.000 -> 15:34.000] I mean, Mexico is where all that went.
[15:34.000 -> 15:37.000] It just really feels like signed, sealed, delivered, and we've been joking around,
[15:37.000 -> 15:39.000] like, is this the end?
[15:39.000 -> 15:40.000] We've been talking for weeks.
[15:40.000 -> 15:44.000] I feel like every race we come on here, we're like, did that seal the deal?
[15:44.000 -> 15:49.440] At this point, who will be in that second Red Bull seat is just a, well, we all know
[15:49.440 -> 15:50.440] it's not Sergio Perez.
[15:50.440 -> 15:55.640] Like, if it, if we actually start preseason testing next year and it's Checo, I will be
[15:55.640 -> 16:01.160] floored because we are all just so, like, everyone on the internet, even Checo fans
[16:01.160 -> 16:02.640] are like, yeah, it's not going to be Checo.
[16:02.640 -> 16:03.640] Like, I don't-
[16:03.640 -> 16:05.600] It's not going to be Checo, it's going to be Dan. I Like, I don't- It's not gonna be Checo, it's gonna be Dan.
[16:05.600 -> 16:07.520] I'm putting on every Danny Rick related hat
[16:07.520 -> 16:09.640] that is currently in my vicinity right now.
[16:11.000 -> 16:12.180] This is a look.
[16:12.180 -> 16:14.040] If you're not, if you're listening on audio
[16:14.040 -> 16:14.960] and not watching on YouTube,
[16:14.960 -> 16:16.360] I recommend at least popping over
[16:16.360 -> 16:19.200] and clicking to the time code to see the look
[16:19.200 -> 16:20.840] that Nicole is currently sporting.
[16:20.840 -> 16:23.740] Yeah, no, it really feels like I should do a shoeie,
[16:23.740 -> 16:25.720] but I also have already done one
[16:25.720 -> 16:29.920] of those on the podcast already, so I feel like you can't do two of those within a calendar
[16:29.920 -> 16:30.920] year on the podcast.
[16:30.920 -> 16:37.080] I feel like you need to save that for the announcement, not like we think an announcement's
[16:37.080 -> 16:42.080] coming, but like an actual announcement, and I stand by, I'm rooting against this heavily.
[16:42.080 -> 16:46.360] Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right. But how much fun
[16:46.560 -> 16:49.400] and chaotic this podcast will be.
[16:49.520 -> 16:53.760] But I can't reconcile with you being a Red Bull fan. I don't
[16:53.760 -> 16:54.760] know how I'm gonna survive next season.
[16:54.760 -> 16:59.240] You have a Danny Rick fan who just happened. But you see,
[16:59.240 -> 17:03.760] look, look, we're okay. Look, look, every all of my Red Bull
[17:03.760 -> 17:05.560] items will also have some piece
[17:05.560 -> 17:11.360] of Luke's Hamilton attached so that everyone knows what I'm about. Um, yeah, this is a
[17:11.360 -> 17:16.320] really weird, wild time. If you had said any of this to Nicole back in February, she would
[17:16.320 -> 17:21.320] have just been like, that's a joke. That's Nick DeVries has won a race. I didn't really
[17:21.320 -> 17:30.320] think that, but like that, I would have believed that before I would have believed what has occurred in Mexico. The Nicole Katz crying on the grid in Austin staring at the
[17:30.320 -> 17:34.320] Daniel Ricardo McLaren garage would be very confused right now because at this that point
[17:34.320 -> 17:38.640] he hadn't even been announced as a Red Bull Reserve driver yet and you were still holding out hope that
[17:38.640 -> 17:43.360] he was going to be the Mercedes Reserve driver. It was a whole, yeah, totally different universe.
[17:43.360 -> 17:50.340] Yeah, that was a different universe. No, you know, the one me that would 1000% believe that this was happening is the me
[17:50.340 -> 17:56.800] that was watching last year's Mexico GP and Danny Ricardo just like had the race of his
[17:56.800 -> 18:00.840] like year last year. And it was like, not even an incredible, unbelievable finish, but
[18:00.840 -> 18:06.280] just that he had enough gap to stay. You know know, there was- I don't, no, it was very exciting.
[18:06.280 -> 18:08.040] It was like him on the hards at the end of the race,
[18:08.040 -> 18:09.720] like weaving through everything.
[18:09.720 -> 18:10.560] I don't know what it is about Daniel.
[18:10.560 -> 18:11.920] There was penalties, he had to create a gap.
[18:11.920 -> 18:15.800] It's like, that race is only exciting to me last year
[18:15.800 -> 18:17.200] and everyone else, like, it's so boring.
[18:17.200 -> 18:19.240] I was like, it was so exciting.
[18:19.240 -> 18:22.040] I was rooting for P8 the whole time.
[18:22.040 -> 18:25.200] Daniel Ricardo, the Mexico GP, who knew?
[18:25.200 -> 18:27.220] Don't tell Checo.
[18:29.520 -> 18:31.340] All right, my podium this week
[18:31.340 -> 18:33.660] is my top quotes of the weekend.
[18:33.660 -> 18:35.880] Yes, Nicole normally brings the top quotes,
[18:35.880 -> 18:37.640] but I called dibs this week
[18:37.640 -> 18:40.500] because I was really excited to talk about some of these.
[18:40.500 -> 18:42.340] I really appreciated this weekend
[18:42.340 -> 18:45.680] how confident Ferrari was all weekend.
[18:45.680 -> 18:48.560] So my honorable mention is the Leclerc Beridio.
[18:48.560 -> 18:55.120] We believe that in about five laps, hard tires will be faster than the mediums.
[18:55.120 -> 18:57.360] I liked this side of Ferrari.
[18:57.360 -> 19:00.900] Like I liked Ferrari not wavering on decisions and being confident.
[19:00.900 -> 19:04.680] So I'm in favor of this, but it's just one of those, this is why it's not fully on the
[19:04.680 -> 19:06.360] podium, but it's worth talking about because in
[19:06.360 -> 19:10.560] hindsight it's a little funny to see they're just pure confidence and what's
[19:10.560 -> 19:19.640] gonna happen all right p3 post race Lewis fantastic now we just need to give
[19:19.640 -> 19:26.380] you the car that can win that driving was perfection.
[19:31.380 -> 19:31.540] This radio just made me so happy.
[19:33.580 -> 19:35.980] And if you didn't watch the onboard, you probably missed Lewis cross the finish line
[19:35.980 -> 19:38.100] and just was sitting there pumping his fish
[19:38.100 -> 19:42.700] and was so excited and happy about the performance that day.
[19:42.700 -> 19:44.180] And he had so much fun.
[19:44.180 -> 19:49.360] And it was just a reminder that like, I love seeing the emotion of these drivers, good or bad.
[19:49.360 -> 19:53.680] Like I like when Max gets angry. I like when drivers do something great in a race
[19:53.680 -> 19:57.520] and are excited to cross the finish line and to show that excitement.
[19:57.520 -> 20:01.360] And I just seeing Louis that excited and then hearing about his driving
[20:01.360 -> 20:04.640] perfection because that is what it was, deserves a P3.
[20:04.720 -> 20:07.040] and then hearing about his driving perfection, because that is what it was, deserves a P3.
[20:10.320 -> 20:14.960] All right, I went back and forth on these on what should be P1 and P2, so you can let me know, both you, Nicole, and anyone listening, if I ordered them wrong.
[20:14.960 -> 20:20.640] But my P2, who is the McLaren radio, we know what Russell is like. He's all or nothing.
[20:30.320 -> 20:35.000] or nothing I was now realizing there's such a good chance that all of these sounds are gonna make it to the episode I'm definitely not writing it yeah I
[20:35.000 -> 20:38.920] apologize to everyone for these obnoxious noises but our sounders just
[20:38.920 -> 20:46.160] not working this week so I'm just making we're DIYing you know this barbie straw based sounders
[20:48.880 -> 20:53.840] the thing is I told Nicole hey I'm just gonna add them in and post our soundboard's not working
[20:53.840 -> 20:58.480] but she continues to make the sound as if I'm not going to leave it in because I'm most definitely
[20:58.480 -> 21:08.400] gonna leave her making these like horn sounds in um I just love that George Russell has this reputation now and everyone knows
[21:08.400 -> 21:13.280] like even other teams are just like yeah that's George Russell. Now I will say that he's more
[21:13.280 -> 21:18.160] all or nothing with Lewis Hamilton but the fact that everyone else is just like be careful.
[21:19.280 -> 21:30.560] Like there's two drivers on the grid right now who have a wrecking ball reputation and one is Sergio Perez and the other is George Russell. So at least when Logan Sargent crashes out he's
[21:30.560 -> 21:34.880] normally not taking people with him. Well he's too far behind, there's no one there.
[21:34.880 -> 21:50.520] Oh poor guy. Alright P1 Esteban Ocon, you can say to Haas that I'm gonna go for it, so they better be ready." And what made this quote so great isn't necessarily that quote, even though it is
[21:50.520 -> 21:54.600] great, that Okan's like, let Nico Hulkenberg know that I'm gonna do an
[21:54.600 -> 22:01.280] overtake! Like, it's just so, like, I don't think of a good connection. But that Nico
[22:01.280 -> 22:06.440] Hulkenberg then responded, you must really like my rear end. What took you so long?
[22:06.440 -> 22:11.120] S. Monokan on his Instagram story, which was just like
[22:11.400 -> 22:16.800] perfect F1 driver banter. I loved every second of it.
[22:17.680 -> 22:22.040] If that wasn't your P1, I was going to describe this entire
[22:22.040 -> 22:25.440] scenario as my P1 quote of the weekend.
[22:25.440 -> 22:30.680] So I would have done this podium just for that quote, so I'm so glad you did it, because
[22:30.680 -> 22:32.200] I would have done the same thing.
[22:32.200 -> 22:33.960] I did this podium just for this quote.
[22:33.960 -> 22:39.680] I 100% as soon as I saw that on Instagram, I was like, this needs to be discussed.
[22:39.680 -> 22:43.200] All right, if you've been listening to this and you're like, I just want to hear them
[22:43.200 -> 22:46.080] talk about all the rumors, almost, right after this.
[22:46.080 -> 22:49.320] Because first we have to talk about the actual news and then I feel like we're free to talk
[22:49.320 -> 22:52.540] about the circus chaos of all the rumor mill news.
[22:52.540 -> 22:58.120] And that is that Mike Elliott put in his notice on Monday this week, and it was announced
[22:58.120 -> 23:08.080] Tuesday this week, that he will be leaving Mercedes as of today. So a reminder to everyone the saga of this. Mike Elliott
[23:08.080 -> 23:15.760] took over as Technical Director for the start of this regulation set. So for the 2022 car,
[23:15.760 -> 23:20.160] essentially took over as Technical Director. Then midway or a third of the way through
[23:20.160 -> 23:25.680] this season, Mike Elliott stepped down as technical director of Mercedes. He
[23:25.680 -> 23:30.480] stepped down as technical director, but technically weirdly got a promotion into chief technology
[23:30.480 -> 23:36.320] officer. And the then chief technology officer, James Allison, who was the previous Mercedes
[23:36.320 -> 23:42.800] technical director, took the technical directorship back. And it was pitched as this whole like,
[23:42.800 -> 23:45.640] you know, like, hey, we're all happy. Like, Mike would rather
[23:45.640 -> 23:49.560] do this and James would rather do that and James is going to be technical director and
[23:49.560 -> 23:54.400] it's all copacetic and it's all great. And then essentially Mike Elliott is now leaving
[23:54.400 -> 23:59.640] Mercedes. Everything seems copacetic. Like it doesn't seem like this was all like, we're
[23:59.640 -> 24:09.040] going to give him chief technology officer and then fire him. Like this doesn't seem to be coming from Mercedes side per se, but it is an interesting,
[24:10.280 -> 24:13.800] it's been a dramatic year for Mike Elliott and Mercedes.
[24:13.800 -> 24:15.020] I do think it's worth pointing out
[24:15.020 -> 24:18.420] that he's been with the team for well over 10 years
[24:18.420 -> 24:20.920] in through all the successful years.
[24:20.920 -> 24:23.660] So if you are stomping on Mike Elliott's grave,
[24:23.660 -> 24:25.000] that is completely unfair.
[24:25.000 -> 24:30.460] I think there's so many reasons why Mercedes didn't come out of the gates at the start
[24:30.460 -> 24:35.780] of 2022 in this regulation set, super successful. And I think putting that all on one person
[24:35.780 -> 24:39.000] is completely unfair. And if we're going to put it all on one person, maybe put it on
[24:39.000 -> 24:44.760] the person in charge being total wolf. But, uh, Nicole, what were your thoughts when you
[24:44.760 -> 24:46.760] saw this announcement? And what are your thoughts when you saw this announcement?
[24:46.760 -> 24:48.600] And what are your thoughts on how this affects
[24:48.600 -> 24:51.160] Mercedes going to 2024?
[24:51.160 -> 24:56.160] So, anytime I see an announcement about F1 teams,
[24:56.200 -> 24:59.080] administrations shifting, I always just feel
[24:59.080 -> 25:00.560] like it's a two-parter.
[25:00.560 -> 25:03.840] I just feel like someone announces someone is leaving,
[25:03.840 -> 25:05.520] and then it's just like a matter of time
[25:06.180 -> 25:09.680] Until we get like a they're going somewhere else
[25:09.680 -> 25:13.300] Like we've been you know, not that we're in the rumor mill right now
[25:13.380 -> 25:15.680] But we were talking about like is Mattia
[25:15.960 -> 25:22.780] Lino LaFerrari and like maybe is there something at Alpine or just like all of the back-and-forth switcheroo that we saw with
[25:22.800 -> 25:28.440] Mercedes and Williams it does there's like been a lot of like the back and forth switcheroo that we saw with Mercedes and Williams, there's like been a lot of like switching back and forth. So I just feel like normally when someone
[25:28.440 -> 25:34.360] leaves somewhere, they're taking their skills and definitely not any of their knowledge
[25:34.360 -> 25:41.480] of other teams to other places. So like, I always just feel when it's like a scenario
[25:41.480 -> 25:45.520] where it doesn't seem like, you know, there was a firing or something like that.
[25:45.520 -> 25:47.920] Just, I feel like we're gonna be seeing Mike Elliott
[25:47.920 -> 25:50.160] somewhere else on the grid.
[25:50.160 -> 25:50.980] Yeah.
[25:50.980 -> 25:53.120] It was said in all the press releases
[25:53.120 -> 25:55.800] that he hasn't decided where he's going,
[25:55.800 -> 25:58.240] but he just is leaving Mercedes.
[25:58.240 -> 26:01.360] I agree, it does kind of feel like half an announcement.
[26:02.240 -> 26:04.400] Something that we should earmark to talk about
[26:04.400 -> 26:06.380] in the offseason is
[26:06.380 -> 26:14.240] gardening leave in F1 and why we are seeing less, like actually people moving teams is
[26:14.240 -> 26:19.000] a good thing if you want to see a competitive series. Like we want to see Red Bull doing,
[26:19.000 -> 26:21.880] if Red Bull's doing really well, we want to see as many people leaving Red Bull and going
[26:21.880 -> 26:27.240] to other teams as possible and sharing that knowledge and the length of this so I'm not going to get on this whole
[26:27.240 -> 26:30.760] thing today so earmark everyone if you want to hear that hear about gardening leave and
[26:30.760 -> 26:37.200] how it's hurting parody and f1 let us know so then we'll definitely make that episode
[26:37.200 -> 26:41.680] I think what's interesting about this is I think my galley gets so much public scrutiny
[26:41.680 -> 26:47.400] for essentially creating the two worst cars that Mercedes
[26:47.400 -> 26:52.680] has put into F1 since the Michael Schumacher era. Not the Mick! The Michael Schumacher
[26:52.680 -> 26:59.840] era. And he has been very public about how that has weighed on him and how he didn't
[26:59.840 -> 27:10.720] think he was right for the technical director role, and maybe he thought moving to this other role he would be able to take a step back and feel better about things.
[27:10.720 -> 27:19.280] And I don't like to pontificate about other people's mental states, so it's not that.
[27:19.280 -> 27:23.920] But I think that for now we could believe Mike Elliott when he says he doesn't know
[27:23.920 -> 27:27.080] what he wants to do next.
[27:27.080 -> 27:31.640] And I just, I think he's very smart and a very good engineer and I hope he lands somewhere
[27:31.640 -> 27:33.600] interesting that makes him happy.
[27:33.600 -> 27:35.880] Yeah, for sure.
[27:35.880 -> 27:41.560] And then at least like for Mercedes in 2024, I personally, like going back to your point
[27:41.560 -> 27:46.260] of you can't blame every single issue on just one person. So like him leaving doesn't drastically
[27:47.300 -> 27:51.760] affect my view right now of 2024 like too much differently because it's just like
[27:52.160 -> 27:55.600] Not that I don't think he's had like a major impact in some way shape or form
[27:55.600 -> 27:59.640] But I don't think one person departing is going to drastically affect at least right now
[28:00.040 -> 28:03.380] Especially like, you know, they've been talking about 2024 for a long time. I
[28:05.200 -> 28:13.520] especially like, you know, they've been talking about 2024 for a long time. I still feel kind of the same. I feel as nervous and as hopeful and excited for 2024 that I did a week ago.
[28:13.520 -> 28:20.560] I hope it's black again, and I hope it's fast. Yeah, this doesn't tip my scales either.
[28:21.760 -> 28:25.280] For next year, if you were, if we were having a conversation about how does this
[28:25.280 -> 28:30.260] make you feel about the five to 10 year prospect prospects of the Mercedes team?
[28:30.280 -> 28:34.040] I might be like, Oh, I mean, like, it always hurts to lose smart people.
[28:34.600 -> 28:36.360] So like long-term like that.
[28:36.360 -> 28:39.960] But I think sometimes we all collectively in our conversations of things, because
[28:39.960 -> 28:42.760] even though the championships are over, we're all still mentally very much in
[28:42.760 -> 28:48.960] the 2023 season that we forget that the teams are probably on month four
[28:48.960 -> 28:51.200] to six, depending on how early they started,
[28:51.200 -> 28:55.860] of developing the 2024 cars.
[28:55.860 -> 28:57.900] This was handed over to James Allison
[28:57.900 -> 29:00.560] to Technical Direct a while ago.
[29:01.620 -> 29:03.840] And so like, yeah, I don't,
[29:03.840 -> 29:08.720] if the Mercedes car is really good or really bad next year,
[29:08.720 -> 29:13.260] or likely it will be somewhere in between, but just to take the extremes, I don't think
[29:13.260 -> 29:18.180] Mike Elliott staying or leaving in the team was going to affect, directly affect next
[29:18.180 -> 29:20.620] year per se.
[29:20.620 -> 29:23.780] So I agree with you.
[29:23.780 -> 29:27.600] And I just caution everyone, please be kind on social media.
[29:27.600 -> 29:32.660] I know that that's hard and a wild thing for me to say, but it doesn't hurt to be kind.
[29:32.660 -> 29:33.660] He is a human being.
[29:33.660 -> 29:37.620] No matter how you have felt, or no matter how frustrated we all collectively have been
[29:37.620 -> 29:46.440] about the Mercedes performance over the last nearly two years now, kind, like, pushing your anger on this one person
[29:46.440 -> 29:47.520] isn't going to help that.
[29:47.520 -> 29:49.880] So please, please, please, just, you know,
[29:51.320 -> 29:53.000] we've said this before,
[29:53.000 -> 29:55.560] but if you need a place to dump emotions and feelings,
[29:55.560 -> 29:59.240] like Gridwalk's DMs are open, send us a message
[29:59.240 -> 30:01.440] and vent to us and like, we're totally there.
[30:01.440 -> 30:03.640] And if that's gonna stop you from sending a mean tweet,
[30:03.640 -> 30:05.920] like, please, please do that. Vent to us, like, we're totally there. And if that's gonna stop you from sending a mean tweet, like please, please do that.
[30:05.920 -> 30:08.280] Bend to us, like we're here.
[30:08.280 -> 30:10.860] We're the most emotional sports fans you'll probably find.
[30:10.860 -> 30:11.840] So like we get it.
[30:13.040 -> 30:16.160] So just because silly season was rather like quiet
[30:16.160 -> 30:19.000] and not as silly as it could have sillied.
[30:19.000 -> 30:21.440] So now everyone's just like rumor happy
[30:21.440 -> 30:25.000] and throwing every possible idea around.
[30:25.280 -> 30:29.260] I just think F1 said, you want to confine us to a season.
[30:29.260 -> 30:31.780] Therefore we're going to be silly always.
[30:33.560 -> 30:35.500] We are silly season.
[30:36.700 -> 30:40.120] So if you are not as chronically online as the two of us,
[30:40.120 -> 30:42.320] we are here to bring you up to date.
[30:43.440 -> 30:47.040] There is a fantastic Spanish F1 tech journalist,
[30:47.040 -> 30:53.920] primarily Albert... Jabreja? That would be mine. You know what, that actually sounded really,
[30:53.920 -> 30:59.920] really good. Yeah. He, since he's Spanish, he primarily, like, if he's going to get a scoop
[30:59.920 -> 31:05.000] on something, it's normally Fernando, Carlos, or Ferrari. He's pretty connected in the Ferrari
[31:05.000 -> 31:11.680] organization. He's the guy who does all the F1 tech demos, if you just like need a connection.
[31:11.680 -> 31:17.920] But so he's like really ingrained in the paddock. And he tweeted in Spanish on Sunday, I don't
[31:17.920 -> 31:30.920] want to believe the rumor that they just told me now in the paddock period Period. No. Period. And then, like, he was even in the comments when people
[31:30.920 -> 31:34.220] are like, someone said, like, at least put some emojis to give us clues, and then he
[31:34.220 -> 31:40.460] did the emoji with the zipped mouth. Essentially Albert wanted to start some shit. Then Will
[31:40.460 -> 31:46.960] Buxton quote tweeted it with just a gif of like a mascot-y character running
[31:46.960 -> 31:51.520] away from an explosion.
[31:51.520 -> 31:59.000] Then the Monday morning he tweeted, good morning, I'm just gonna, again in Spanish so this is
[31:59.000 -> 32:03.200] an auto translation, I'm just gonna say one thing about the rumor I told you yesterday,
[32:03.200 -> 32:06.160] which by the way you didn't tell us the rumor, you just told us the one existed.
[32:06.160 -> 32:09.160] It gave us zero information.
[32:09.160 -> 32:13.860] From the tone of the text, it is understood that I would not like it to happen.
[32:13.860 -> 32:17.240] From here, you can speculate as much as you slash we want."
[32:17.240 -> 32:22.480] So he's basically saying, yeah, you're right, I don't want this rumor to be true, speculate
[32:22.480 -> 32:26.880] away, and I hope it remains a rumor and not news.
[32:26.880 -> 32:28.800] End of thread, period.
[32:30.420 -> 32:35.420] This is literally just like dropping something scary
[32:35.420 -> 32:36.440] and like running away.
[32:36.440 -> 32:38.580] Like he's dropping a stink bomb and be like,
[32:38.580 -> 32:40.880] I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it.
[32:40.880 -> 32:42.200] Oh my goodness.
[32:42.200 -> 32:47.280] Like, I feel like the second tweet made it like almost made it worse
[32:48.320 -> 32:56.120] This is essentially felt to me like a five-year-old kid running up to me like I know something you don't know and it's bad
[32:57.400 -> 32:59.960] And the thing that I told you that I know guess what?
[32:59.960 -> 33:04.920] It's so bad that I'm so upset about it and everyone's gonna also be upset about it
[33:04.880 -> 33:05.840] it's so bad that I'm so upset about it and everyone's gonna also be upset about it.
[33:10.160 -> 33:15.760] But I can't tell you what it is yet. Right, I'm not gonna say it, I'm not gonna ruin the sources. It's so bad. Right, and then like Will Buxton butting his nose in. So this basically caused
[33:15.760 -> 33:24.240] F1 Twitter to just light in flames. And there's now like so many people saying this is what it is,
[33:24.240 -> 33:25.760] that is what it is, that is what it is.
[33:25.760 -> 33:29.920] And like people are saying oh because it's Albert it's probably this or because of things
[33:29.920 -> 33:31.700] we already know it's probably that.
[33:31.700 -> 33:36.880] So I pulled a list, things that I read that people seem very confident in.
[33:36.880 -> 33:41.560] No the Nico Rosberg is returning rumor is not on this list.
[33:41.560 -> 33:44.840] And I just want to say whoever started that rumor like salute to you.
[33:44.840 -> 33:49.280] Because that is like peak chronically online humor. And it's like, which is my favorite kind of
[33:49.280 -> 33:52.440] thing where it's like when you're chronically online, you get that that's a joke, but it
[33:52.440 -> 33:57.440] like makes people who are not online enough, like really mad. So like, shout out to you,
[33:57.440 -> 34:07.640] whoever you are. I loved that rumor. So not that. Nicole and I are going to rate these on feasibility. Like, do we think this is actually what Albert
[34:07.640 -> 34:13.520] is teasing? And then, like, so this is not our rating on, like, whether we want this
[34:13.520 -> 34:18.000] to happen. It's just, like, do we think this is a feasible thing?
[34:18.000 -> 34:25.920] So starting with rumor number one I read, and this is in no particular order, that the Abu Dhabi race is going to
[34:25.920 -> 34:31.160] be cancelled and Vegas is going to be the final race of the season.
[34:31.160 -> 34:33.160] One, this is very feasible.
[34:33.160 -> 34:35.200] Five, not feasible.
[34:35.200 -> 34:38.080] Where are you landing on the spectrum for this rumor?
[34:38.080 -> 34:40.720] I'm falling right in the middle on this.
[34:40.720 -> 34:45.200] I think it's a little too soon to make this call given like the current state
[34:45.200 -> 34:53.000] of everything going on in the world. If anyone hasn't heard like the rumors about Abu Dhabi
[34:53.000 -> 34:56.880] getting canceled be because of like the unrest in the Middle East and safety and things like
[34:56.880 -> 35:06.080] that, which also has been a topic of conversation at F1 races like before. So I right now I'm in the place of I don't
[35:06.080 -> 35:08.480] think there's an announcement coming right now about this. I wouldn't be
[35:08.480 -> 35:15.000] surprised later. So I feel pretty neutral. I don't necessarily... it doesn't seem
[35:15.000 -> 35:21.640] impossible to me right now. I put this out of five. I think this is unbelievably
[35:21.640 -> 35:26.960] not feasible. There's no way this is happening. Abu Dhabi spends so much money
[35:26.960 -> 35:28.840] to have this race every year.
[35:28.840 -> 35:33.240] I don't want Vegas to be the last race on the calendar.
[35:33.240 -> 35:35.800] I really like the Abu Dhabi circuit.
[35:35.800 -> 35:37.160] Yeah, I don't want to end
[35:37.160 -> 35:40.940] with whatever the poppin' circumstance may be.
[35:40.940 -> 35:41.840] Maybe I'll love it.
[35:41.840 -> 35:44.520] Maybe it'll be like the Mexico GP and it'll be fun,
[35:44.520 -> 35:47.040] but I don't want this year to end on Vegas.
[35:47.040 -> 35:54.080] It also, like, I don't think it would end on Vegas because there's a week break between Vegas and Abu Dhabi.
[35:54.080 -> 35:57.440] So I think we would have like a week break and then a random cancellation
[35:57.440 -> 36:00.880] and it would like, we would retroactively know that Vegas is the last race.
[36:00.880 -> 36:04.480] So if this is gonna happen, I hope they announce it before we actually get the Vegas race
[36:04.480 -> 36:12.000] so we know it's the final race of the season. Rumor? Audi is pulling out of F1 before it has
[36:12.000 -> 36:17.680] even really started and to be fair to Audi they have spent millions and millions of dollars they
[36:17.680 -> 36:26.720] already own 25% of Sauber they've spent 100 million dollars in engine development this year already for the
[36:26.720 -> 36:32.960] 2026 season, so they've done things, but we haven't seen them on track. Nicole, from one very feasible
[36:32.960 -> 36:38.960] to five not feasible at all, where do you put Audi is pulling out of F1? Five, too much money already,
[36:40.080 -> 36:45.520] I don't think there's, they have been like the point of direction of this is how this team's
[36:45.520 -> 36:53.600] going to go and so much talk about like they're joining in 2026 and the amount of money that has
[36:53.600 -> 37:00.480] been thrown at this there's no way they're backing out right now that would be so unbelievably stupid
[37:01.920 -> 37:08.160] it would be stupid which actually makes me think it's more feasible. So before
[37:08.160 -> 37:14.400] I give you my number, I will say that this is coming up in light of Audi has a new CEO
[37:14.400 -> 37:20.560] and Volkswagen has a new CEO, I believe it is, or a new board chair. I'm panicking and
[37:20.560 -> 37:28.920] forgetting which one. Basically there's new leadership. Yeah. And so the leadership that signed the F1 deal and decided to make this
[37:28.920 -> 37:34.960] commitment is no longer with Audi and Volkswagen therefore like I could see
[37:34.960 -> 37:39.620] them making like coming in and being like ah that's an expensive decision I
[37:39.620 -> 37:44.220] wouldn't have made and like maybe deciding like some cost cutting our
[37:44.220 -> 37:47.280] losses. I'm gonna put put this at a 3.
[37:47.280 -> 37:52.880] Because there's one thing Volkswagen does in F1, it's make bad decisions and not actually
[37:52.880 -> 37:53.880] join.
[37:53.880 -> 37:59.720] So if this was announced, I'd be like, well that sucks and it's also not that surprising.
[37:59.720 -> 38:04.080] But I would also be like, I can't believe they've spent probably close to $300 million
[38:04.080 -> 38:05.280] at minimum.
[38:05.280 -> 38:11.780] We designed an entire engine regulation and implemented an engine cost cap around what
[38:11.780 -> 38:16.720] Audi wanted for them to just pull out. That would be fitting. That would 100% be super
[38:16.720 -> 38:25.480] fitting. Rumor! Aston Martin, Lawrence Stroll has sold his stakes in the Aston Martin f1 team and
[38:26.560 -> 38:27.880] therefore
[38:27.880 -> 38:31.180] There's going to be a switch up in the Aston Martin lineup
[38:31.180 -> 38:37.720] I've seen everything from Fernando Alonso leaving slash retiring to Lance Stroll losing his seat to
[38:38.280 -> 38:39.400] like
[38:39.400 -> 38:46.800] Checo Perez rejoining what is was the former racing point. Like I have seen every lineup under the sun, but it all stems
[38:46.800 -> 38:51.000] from Lauren Stroll is pulling out of the F1 business.
[38:52.600 -> 38:53.500] I don't think so.
[38:53.500 -> 38:58.400] I'm trying to think of where I would like give like a number
[38:58.400 -> 38:58.800] on this.
[38:58.800 -> 39:00.000] I guess a four.
[39:00.000 -> 39:08.560] The only reason I'm like not at a five is like because Recently, they've been unbelievable. They like Aston Martin has fallen off so hard
[39:08.740 -> 39:14.780] But I just foresee that team like reeling in the success and the possibility they had earlier the start of the year
[39:14.780 -> 39:20.360] I don't think Alonzo is in the place where he he does not seem to be
[39:20.880 -> 39:27.880] Defeated enough to be retiring right now. I think there's still like the like, ah, possible promise.
[39:27.880 -> 39:32.240] So anything in the terms of like the Aston Martin realm and like the shuffling around
[39:32.240 -> 39:35.400] of seats and things, I don't think so.
[39:35.400 -> 39:38.520] And just in terms of like the business of where Lawrence Stroll would be like selling
[39:38.520 -> 39:41.600] things, if anything, I feel like it would be like next year would be like the time to
[39:41.600 -> 39:49.840] be selling before regulations set, switch up or like getting closer to that maybe like I just don't think right now would be like the time for his
[39:49.840 -> 39:55.200] most bang for his buck especially where Aston Martin is. Yeah this feels like selling would
[39:55.200 -> 40:00.400] be selling when the stock is at its lowest of the season I mean pretty high overall
[40:01.280 -> 40:08.740] um like they have Honda coming in um I I've always felt like Lauren Stroll's investment
[40:08.740 -> 40:14.680] in the team has been dependent on how much Lance wants to race. Like it feels like a
[40:14.680 -> 40:19.920] father-son duo. I also don't normally like pay attention to Lance Stroll rumors of losing
[40:19.920 -> 40:33.040] that seat because I just know like until he decides he doesn't want to race for that team anymore he will keep racing for that team. The thing I do buy is that there's unrest
[40:33.040 -> 40:40.120] in Aston Martin as a whole. But I agree I don't I put it around a four as well like
[40:40.120 -> 40:44.440] it would it be completely crazy if we found out that like Lauren Stroll sold off his stake
[40:44.440 -> 40:45.340] in the team?
[40:45.340 -> 40:46.040] No.
[40:46.720 -> 40:48.320] Do I think it's happening right now?
[40:48.320 -> 40:50.720] Do I think that's what Albert is tweeting about?
[40:50.720 -> 40:52.160] Completely distraught.
[40:52.160 -> 40:52.720] No.
[40:52.720 -> 40:53.360] I don't.
[40:53.360 -> 40:55.680] I don't think that's what's going on here, so...
[40:56.320 -> 40:57.280] Meh, I...
[40:57.800 -> 40:58.600] I don't know.
[40:58.600 -> 41:04.400] I do vote that this seems like the fastest Fernando Alonso progression that we've seen.
[41:04.400 -> 41:08.080] Like, if you haven't heard, Alonso has a cyclical relationship with every
[41:08.080 -> 41:11.960] new team he goes to, where he goes and he's having great results and everyone's
[41:11.960 -> 41:16.200] like he is a godsend and then things get a slightly angry and discontent and then
[41:16.200 -> 41:19.520] this week he he had an issue and had to retire the car but I really think
[41:19.520 -> 41:22.040] Fernando Alonso just didn't feel like driving around at the back of the race
[41:22.040 -> 41:29.280] which is like totally fair to him. Like, whatever you do you, Fernando. But like, like things have gotten testy and angry. So like,
[41:29.280 -> 41:35.520] of this, Fernando pulling the plug on the Aston Martin experiment, if he has a better seat,
[41:35.520 -> 41:40.880] could totally see that happening. But the rest of it, I don't think he's retiring.
[41:40.880 -> 41:43.760] If that's like the switch around of things, I don't think he's going nowhere just yet. And
[41:43.760 -> 41:47.080] honestly, if there was an unrest in Aston Martin right now, given
[41:47.080 -> 41:53.000] the season they had, I would be more concerned. I would feel unrest. I do feel unrest. How
[41:53.000 -> 41:57.220] way, what happened? How did this go? How did this go down? This has nothing. This can't
[41:57.220 -> 42:01.960] just be from those single technical directive. Like what? You know, so much like someone
[42:01.960 -> 42:06.000] let me know. I need a hard knocksocks for aston martin of f1 2023
[42:07.680 -> 42:13.440] i stand by though that um i don't think this is gonna happen but fernando alonso to the second
[42:13.440 -> 42:20.480] red bull seat please that sounds like drama i can get behind oh my god i can't even think about that
[42:20.480 -> 42:25.120] right now well that will lead me into the next rumor which
[42:25.120 -> 42:29.440] is the second Red Bull seat. Here are the list of drivers I have seen attached to
[42:29.440 -> 42:33.400] the second Red Bull seat. There was a denial, well there wasn't a denial, there
[42:33.400 -> 42:37.160] was news again that Lando again turned down the second Red Bull seat which I
[42:37.160 -> 42:41.560] will only, I only put in here to say if you have the colonies go do it. But
[42:41.560 -> 42:45.940] whatever, you know, okay. Checo's losing it, Daniel
[42:45.940 -> 42:50.500] Ricardo's getting it. I've seen rumors this week that Charles is getting it because of
[42:50.500 -> 42:54.960] the amount that Red Bull posted about him this weekend, and Christian Horner stopped
[42:54.960 -> 43:05.720] and spoke to Charles Leclerc more than normal, and ah! So, essentially, I'm going to group all of these rumors under second Red Bull seat and
[43:08.620 -> 43:10.080] some how it's relating to Checo or
[43:11.440 -> 43:15.880] Fernando or Carlos is why Albert is sad and stressed about the rumor
[43:15.880 -> 43:20.760] I know I didn't really give you a lot of concrete information to write there, but just so how you feel it
[43:21.320 -> 43:24.360] Checo bye-bye is out of one
[43:20.800 -> 43:21.300] So how you feeling?
[43:24.700 -> 43:25.200] Checko bye-bye is at a one.
[43:29.300 -> 43:29.800] Um, Charles at Red Bull on a five.
[43:34.100 -> 43:38.600] I think Charles will have to be dragged out of a Ferrari garage, like kicking, screaming, crying, screaming, crying, throwing up.
[43:39.000 -> 43:45.000] Carlos has been like this while the, the beer sponsor, Garcia Estrella,
[43:45.720 -> 43:46.560] like,
[43:47.600 -> 43:48.440] leaving Ferrari,
[43:48.440 -> 43:49.640] leaving Ferrari gives me,
[43:49.640 -> 43:50.480] has me in the,
[43:50.480 -> 43:52.720] EBGB still.
[43:52.720 -> 43:55.280] So, I don't want to,
[43:56.600 -> 43:59.200] I would be shocked if either of these boys leave Ferrari
[43:59.200 -> 44:01.580] in like the next three months.
[44:01.580 -> 44:04.680] But, I don't know.
[44:04.680 -> 44:09.920] We will see. With my, if I, I I mean I do think if Checo's my one for
[44:09.920 -> 44:16.320] Checo leaving is Danny Rick getting the seat but I just because I don't think I would I can't see
[44:16.320 -> 44:28.960] Helmut Marko choosing Yuki for the seat whether like that's like you know he's a Honda driver he's not a Red Bull driver yeah I agree
[44:28.960 -> 44:34.120] it's a one for Checo I feel like Checo's out whether he retires he ends up in another seat
[44:34.120 -> 44:39.320] and I think the reason we've gotten not just because of this tweet fiasco this week but
[44:39.320 -> 44:43.040] the reason we're getting so many rumors about different drivers filling the second Red Bull
[44:43.040 -> 44:48.720] seat is because I honestly believe Red Bull doesn't know. I think Red Bull is doing everything they can to try to
[44:48.720 -> 44:55.280] put different drivers into that seat and I think they know they can always fall back on Daniel
[44:55.280 -> 44:59.920] Ricciardo so there's no... so I think the reason we haven't gotten any announcements or anything
[44:59.920 -> 45:06.440] is because Checo's out and they don't know. And that's why things are chaotic. Three Alfa Tauri drivers.
[45:06.440 -> 45:09.600] Well, the last thing I had here I kind of touched on,
[45:09.600 -> 45:14.320] which is, is Carlos leaving Ferrari?
[45:14.320 -> 45:16.880] And you kind of touched on it.
[45:16.880 -> 45:18.880] I would be stunned this year.
[45:18.880 -> 45:23.920] Like, if he was leaving Ferrari this year, I would be floored.
[45:23.920 -> 45:26.360] Yeah, it doesn't feel like a right now.
[45:26.360 -> 45:30.520] Like I don't, but I just don't have the same sentiment that I do about like Charles needing
[45:30.520 -> 45:33.900] to be dragged out by security of the Ferrari garage.
[45:33.900 -> 45:37.900] I just don't get that same vibe from Mr. Smooth Operator.
[45:37.900 -> 45:43.160] So I do, I could see us seeing him somewhere else before we see Charles somewhere else,
[45:43.160 -> 45:50.960] but I don't think that's a hot take or surprise from anybody. Five. I'd still put it on a five for this year.
[45:50.960 -> 45:55.880] But I will say all of this has opened up to me that if the only announcement we
[45:55.880 -> 46:00.320] get in the coming like in the time between now and before preseason testing
[46:00.320 -> 46:03.000] is the only change we get is an announcement that like Logan's
[46:03.000 -> 46:10.500] retaining his seat I will be floored. I'm like, I'm at a 1 for there is chaos yet to happen. There's clearly chaos yet to happen.
[46:10.500 -> 46:23.500] So we have watched Sir Lewis Hamilton soft launch a non-alcoholic beverage brand over the last few weeks and months.
[46:23.500 -> 46:26.080] We have.
[46:26.080 -> 46:30.160] And there was a time where we were like, oh, maybe it's music.
[46:30.160 -> 46:38.600] And nope, surprise, it is non-alcoholic tequila with agave beverage.
[46:38.600 -> 46:48.960] Almave is what has been revealed to us going into the Mexico GP. I think there's two things here. One is
[46:48.960 -> 46:54.080] I have zero idea what this drink will taste like. I ordered it mostly because I don't
[46:54.080 -> 47:01.160] understand the idea of an agave drink that's not tequila because it's to me tequila just
[47:01.160 -> 47:05.280] tastes like alcohol. So how is it non-alcoholic? I don't understand. So let's start there.
[47:05.280 -> 47:06.520] What is this thing gonna taste like
[47:06.520 -> 47:07.940] when it arrives at my doorstep,
[47:07.940 -> 47:10.040] besides just being a really cool looking bottle
[47:10.040 -> 47:12.480] that I'll be excited to have on my bar cart?
[47:12.480 -> 47:13.880] Yeah, the bottle's beautiful.
[47:13.880 -> 47:15.320] Like all of the branding is stunning,
[47:15.320 -> 47:17.280] which like is no surprise, but I'm, yeah,
[47:17.280 -> 47:21.080] I think agave beverages,
[47:21.080 -> 47:23.520] and I think this is gonna just burn.
[47:23.520 -> 47:26.200] So I'm intrigued to see you get
[47:26.200 -> 47:30.560] yours and for your review and then I will decide based on that whether I will
[47:30.560 -> 47:35.060] buy again I 1989 Taylor's version I have only been able to spend Swifty money
[47:35.060 -> 47:40.560] this weekend so it's I've not been able to touch my f1 reserve money just yet so
[47:40.560 -> 47:45.400] I do want to try it I wondering if maybe they'll be like
[47:45.920 -> 47:53.360] Certain f1 races or like maybe they'll be like bars or something. They should do a brand activation in Vegas
[47:53.560 -> 47:56.320] Lewis Hamilton, I know you're a big fan of the pod and
[47:57.360 -> 47:59.360] Lh44 all of the members of the team
[47:59.360 -> 48:03.720] So the brand activation that you're definitely gonna do in Vegas for this can't wait to see it, right?
[48:03.720 -> 48:09.080] I agree that Vegas to me feels like the best and worst place
[48:09.360 -> 48:13.360] to promote a non-alcoholic drink ever.
[48:14.160 -> 48:18.720] The non-alcoholic drink space has been this like really
[48:18.720 -> 48:22.320] growing market. Like I,
[48:22.360 -> 48:26.360] like people who have been paying attention to this, not only in F1
[48:26.360 -> 48:31.160] do they heavily promote like non-alcoholic beers. Now that comes from a
[48:31.160 -> 48:34.700] space of regulation, like Heineken really just wants you to buy Heineken, but they
[48:34.700 -> 48:38.200] have to promote the double zero Heineken because they're not allowed to promote
[48:38.200 -> 48:54.360] drinking in relation to cars going fast, because drinking and driving and all the reasons why people shouldn't do that. But even outside of F1, I think it was Bud Light and Heineken and all these brands
[48:54.360 -> 49:00.240] have launched non-alcoholic versions. There's been a trend in people under 35 heavily wanting
[49:00.240 -> 49:06.340] to go out with their friends and drink but they don't actually want to consume alcohol. So
[49:06.340 -> 49:10.340] like non alcoholic spirits has been a growing market. So this
[49:10.340 -> 49:13.860] is very, a very trendy investment that Lewis has made
[49:13.860 -> 49:15.100] into this brand.
[49:15.240 -> 49:18.840] Yeah, I mean, the way that I like to see it, we've seen Lewis
[49:18.840 -> 49:22.220] has been expanding his like own personal brand for like a very
[49:22.220 -> 49:25.840] long time. And he's like observing from the outside, he's made it
[49:25.840 -> 49:32.960] very clear that he's trying to make whatever his brand, the Lewis Hamilton world of branding,
[49:32.960 -> 49:38.800] basically into a lifestyle brand. So he's been doing his merch, there's been music in the past,
[49:38.800 -> 49:47.680] the different endeavors that he dabbles into. So it's not a surprise to me that like he sees this untapped potential
[49:47.680 -> 49:53.560] of a market, especially in the area of non-alcoholic beverages with the growth that it's seen.
[49:53.560 -> 49:58.360] And also recently, like while Googling some of this, there's been articles of him in discussion
[49:58.360 -> 50:03.600] about how he like talks openly how he's like no longer drinks because he'll drink like
[50:03.600 -> 50:06.320] one or two times a year and just feel like really crappy about it
[50:06.320 -> 50:07.160] and stuff like that.
[50:07.160 -> 50:08.320] So my brain's like,
[50:08.320 -> 50:09.960] you started working on this two years ago.
[50:09.960 -> 50:11.260] So you started talking about this
[50:11.260 -> 50:12.840] in interviews two years ago.
[50:12.840 -> 50:17.840] So it's an area within the Lewis Hamilton,
[50:18.320 -> 50:20.780] LH44, like lifestyle.
[50:20.780 -> 50:24.060] So you have your foundation, you have your merchandise,
[50:24.060 -> 50:30.240] you have everything else that you can, it's another like check on the list of like, ways that he can like,
[50:30.240 -> 50:35.680] pursue an area that he's passionate in while still like, being Lewis Hamilton.
[50:35.680 -> 50:39.800] So I pulled some hard data, despite saying I didn't Google this before, but I was like,
[50:39.800 -> 50:42.760] let me see if I can get something from like a Forbes or somewhere reputable. So this is
[50:42.760 -> 50:51.560] according to Forbes, that in last year in 2022, no and low alcohol beverages grew by more than 7% in
[50:51.560 -> 50:57.140] volume sales across the 10 biggest global markets. So that's normally like European
[50:57.140 -> 51:00.960] markets and the US markets. It's normally a very Western leaning. They don't list what
[51:00.960 -> 51:08.400] the global markets are, but just so you, anyone listening to this knows this, and it surpassed 11 billion in market value as
[51:08.400 -> 51:13.840] a vertical, and that's up from 8 billion in 2018. So just we're saying this is
[51:13.840 -> 51:18.840] like a growing vertical interest, like a lot more people are buying or choosing
[51:18.840 -> 51:23.460] to buy no or low alcohol content beverages. I don't understand low alcohol
[51:23.460 -> 51:29.640] content beverages, like look, if you're gonna drink just drink. Would that be like no that's like low carb I was
[51:29.640 -> 51:35.840] thinking like a Michelob or like Miller Lite. I'm thinking it's just like a
[51:35.840 -> 51:40.960] low proof mm-hmm but I don't know I don't know what they're this Forbes
[51:40.960 -> 51:45.160] article in particular is they're not being very specific about it but it just
[51:45.160 -> 51:50.840] gives you a good scope of it. You've convinced me though I do think that this I can now connect
[51:50.840 -> 51:57.760] this to Lewis more than I mentally was. But I do think it's clear that he's passionate
[51:57.760 -> 52:02.640] about this and I just like whenever Lewis gets excited or passionate about projects
[52:02.640 -> 52:06.240] and like to the fact that there's a lot of like him growing
[52:06.240 -> 52:11.520] his global brand like I will always be supportive of and excited when Lewis does anything that's just
[52:12.320 -> 52:17.760] not connected to F1. And also we got a great meme out of it.
[52:20.080 -> 52:21.120] Oh wait hold on I have a cup.
[52:24.080 -> 52:26.000] That's good. Have you tried it? That's good.
[52:26.000 -> 52:29.000] No, it's just so, yeah, so casual.
[52:29.000 -> 52:31.000] We knew what you were doing, Lewis!
[52:31.000 -> 52:38.000] Hey podcast listeners, Gossip Grid here, your guide to F1's paddock elites.
[52:38.000 -> 52:43.000] Hello everyone, welcome back to Gossip Grid, a very special edition of Gossip Grid
[52:43.000 -> 52:46.200] is to celebrate the last sprint race of the year
[52:47.440 -> 52:52.780] This I'm here to give you a sprint version of the gossip grid
[52:52.780 -> 52:55.000] I'm gonna just try to do this fast and speedy
[52:55.000 -> 52:58.000] I have a short couple of cool things just because I thought it would be fun
[52:58.000 -> 53:03.160] And I'm really excited to be done with sprint races at least for 2023
[53:03.520 -> 53:06.040] So starting off this past Friday,
[53:06.040 -> 53:08.120] if you haven't heard me mention this already in the show,
[53:08.120 -> 53:10.560] Taylor Swift released 1989 Taylor's version
[53:10.560 -> 53:12.480] and it has completely flipped my world upside down,
[53:12.480 -> 53:14.480] which is absolutely no idea,
[53:14.480 -> 53:17.000] which is absolutely like no brand new information.
[53:17.000 -> 53:18.520] Blah, blah, blah.
[53:18.520 -> 53:20.400] Everyone and their mother in the F1 world
[53:20.400 -> 53:22.080] was a Swifty on Friday.
[53:22.080 -> 53:24.520] And it was like really suspicious to see like
[53:24.520 -> 53:28.460] who was really being like doing a good job and who absolutely wasn't. Last week I
[53:28.460 -> 53:32.500] called out Alfa Romeo and Coda for being fake Swifties and Posers and for just
[53:32.500 -> 53:37.260] throwing cowboys of VB and Joe on the cover of 1989 which made absolutely no
[53:37.260 -> 53:41.120] sense. This week they were a little bit better. They were prepping for FP1 by
[53:41.120 -> 53:45.160] listening to 1989 Taylor's version with Wildest Dreams playing in the
[53:45.160 -> 53:46.160] background.
[53:46.160 -> 53:47.160] So fine, you did a little bit better.
[53:47.160 -> 53:51.680] Alpine wished everyone happy 1989 Taylor's Version Day Team, but you can tell that this
[53:51.680 -> 53:55.880] was a scheduled post and they're absolutely clueless because they used the stolen version
[53:55.880 -> 53:59.000] of Style, so I'm immediately mad at Alpine.
[53:59.000 -> 54:02.320] All of the points they got for the Travis Cumpsey Jersey the week before immediately
[54:02.320 -> 54:04.240] subtracted and gone.
[54:04.240 -> 54:08.840] Shoutout to Mercedes for putting their drivers on the album cover and at least updating 1989
[54:08.840 -> 54:12.360] to the year that like Lewis and Georgia were born.
[54:12.360 -> 54:16.280] Minimal effort but you didn't mess up and change something.
[54:16.280 -> 54:17.280] They were slightly creative.
[54:17.280 -> 54:24.120] And you didn't use the wrong version of the music which is the point of the entire thing.
[54:24.120 -> 54:25.640] Someone there who knew
[54:25.640 -> 54:30.240] enough to understand that Taylor Swift was born in 1989 and that's why the album was called that.
[54:30.240 -> 54:36.600] Thank goodness. Mercedes admins, we see you. Moving on, we got some updates about the
[54:36.600 -> 54:42.320] Keanu Reeves unscripted documentary show filmed with Disney Plus. If you are
[54:42.320 -> 54:45.480] one of the few people that don't know the entire Ross Brawn story
[54:45.480 -> 54:51.560] I'm not gonna tell you anything about what this show is about and you need to watch it because if you exist somehow boy
[54:51.560 -> 54:53.400] I can't wait for you to watch this
[54:53.400 -> 54:59.940] So the documentary series is called brawn the impossible formula one story all four episodes will drop in the UK on Disney
[54:59.940 -> 55:06.240] Plus and on the in the US and I guess wherever you have Hulu. Check Hulu or Disney Plus on November 15th.
[55:06.240 -> 55:08.760] That's where you will find this entire series.
[55:08.760 -> 55:10.600] Incredible, one of the best stories I've ever heard
[55:10.600 -> 55:13.240] in my entire life of sports.
[55:13.240 -> 55:17.640] CNBC has announced a release date for an Inside the Track,
[55:17.640 -> 55:20.200] the business of Formula One documentary series
[55:20.200 -> 55:22.240] will be airing on November 16th.
[55:22.240 -> 55:23.800] Huh, there's a lot of content that week.
[55:23.800 -> 55:24.640] I wonder why.
[55:24.640 -> 55:26.340] Oh, Vegas is that weekend.
[55:26.340 -> 55:27.180] That is why.
[55:27.180 -> 55:30.640] So, CNBC will be talking about the rapid growth
[55:30.640 -> 55:33.260] of attendance, viewership, market value,
[55:33.260 -> 55:35.220] examining different title sponsors
[55:35.220 -> 55:36.800] like the MoneyGram Haas deal
[55:36.800 -> 55:38.840] and the introduction of F1 Academy this year.
[55:38.840 -> 55:40.980] So I'm really excited to see this.
[55:40.980 -> 55:42.940] Alex Albon is promoting skincare.
[55:42.940 -> 55:45.080] Once again, there's another CeraVe ad
[55:45.080 -> 55:51.000] posted today and it is a spooky Halloween bit. It's so silly, it's so fun.
[55:51.000 -> 55:54.960] Again, my favorite thing about Alex is that I love that he films like these ads
[55:54.960 -> 55:59.760] that just seem like they're that old-school YouTube skit, like you filmed
[55:59.760 -> 56:03.520] it yourself in your bathroom, which is what it looks like he did. So he's
[56:03.520 -> 56:05.960] promoting skincare, he's also just funny as heck,
[56:05.960 -> 56:09.080] and more drivers listen to Alex Alba.
[56:09.080 -> 56:12.560] And my last bit of gossip grid for this sprint gossip grid
[56:12.560 -> 56:15.680] this week, Las Vegas Grand Prix opening ceremony's lineup
[56:15.680 -> 56:18.360] has been announced, and I need someone to tell me
[56:18.360 -> 56:23.360] if any of these artists have anything in common whatsoever.
[56:23.840 -> 56:25.560] Andra Day, Journey, Keith Urban,
[56:25.560 -> 56:27.520] Swedish House Mafia, 30 Seconds to Mars,
[56:27.520 -> 56:30.560] Will.i.am, J Balvin, who was at the Mexico GP
[56:30.560 -> 56:33.560] this past weekend and hung out at the Ferrari Garage.
[56:33.560 -> 56:36.240] But basically, they are trying,
[56:36.240 -> 56:37.920] they're doing kind of what they try to do
[56:37.920 -> 56:39.240] at the Super Bowl halftime show
[56:39.240 -> 56:41.180] and having a little bit of something for everyone.
[56:41.180 -> 56:43.380] So if you like R&B, if you like country,
[56:43.380 -> 56:47.400] if you like reggaeton, you can tune in to the Las Vegas
[56:47.400 -> 56:51.120] GP opening ceremonies at 10.30pm. Oh my god, that is so
[56:51.120 -> 56:54.520] unbelievably late. So they're really trying to appeal a bunch
[56:54.520 -> 56:58.080] of people will be intrigued if it sticks, I guess check it out
[56:58.080 -> 57:01.920] on ESPN too. They're streaming it on YouTube, which is cool. I
[57:01.920 -> 57:04.000] don't know that seems like a kind of a hot mess. What are
[57:04.000 -> 57:04.520] your thoughts?
[57:04.840 -> 57:06.320] I'm team opening ceremony.
[57:06.320 -> 57:09.560] I will always be team hoopla, period.
[57:09.560 -> 57:10.880] Like just hoopla.
[57:10.880 -> 57:12.800] But I wanted to answer your question when you were like,
[57:12.800 -> 57:15.320] if anyone can tell me what all of these have in common.
[57:15.320 -> 57:18.480] The snarky answer is they all said yes to F1.
[57:18.480 -> 57:21.360] The less snarky answer is I think a lot of them
[57:21.360 -> 57:24.240] have residencies in Vegas, or at least
[57:24.240 -> 57:26.800] like longstanding relationships in Vegas.
[57:27.520 -> 57:33.280] Um, not and then like there's like the J Balvin who doesn't have a Vegas residency but he just
[57:33.280 -> 57:38.080] loves F1 so I think but like that's I think the biggest connection is this might actually be
[57:38.080 -> 57:49.280] their attempt to be like Vegas. So give me I need Journey, Keith Urban, and like, who's the third one I want to throw in here?
[57:50.240 -> 57:55.200] Yeah, J Balvin. Let's put all three of them on the same stage at the same time and let's see what
[57:55.200 -> 57:59.680] happens. I just want to know who is tasked with doing the transitions between all the different
[57:59.680 -> 58:08.680] acts because that's, like, even if they're not on the stage at the same time like that is going to be a mission but I agree with you like to me it feels like like
[58:08.680 -> 58:13.400] SNL isn't really great because SNL just wants to appeal to everyone there's no
[58:13.400 -> 58:17.940] such thing as appealing to everyone this screen too many cooks in the kitchen you
[58:17.940 -> 58:21.840] just needed to pick a target demographic
[58:22.320 -> 58:24.640] and they could not. Little bit of everything.
[58:24.640 -> 58:25.480] But I stand by it.
[58:25.480 -> 58:29.840] Hoopla, chaos, Driver Introductions, give me the chaos.
[58:29.840 -> 58:32.600] I loved the Miami opening ceremony
[58:32.600 -> 58:34.120] that they didn't repeat this year,
[58:34.120 -> 58:36.440] that they only did it at year one.
[58:36.440 -> 58:38.720] It was so much fun.
[58:38.720 -> 58:41.880] It's Vegas, go all out.
[58:41.880 -> 58:44.840] I wanna see Showgirls, the Blue Man Group,
[58:44.840 -> 58:45.720] nothing is more Vegas than the Blue Man Group, nothing is more Vegas
[58:45.720 -> 58:49.080] than the Blue Man Group. You know, the only thing that could feel more Vegas right now
[58:49.080 -> 58:53.200] is if like, the holding was done in front of or inside the sphere with like, you two.
[58:53.200 -> 58:56.600] Like, and give me like a Britney Spears. Like, these are two big names that wouldn't say
[58:56.600 -> 58:59.600] yes to F1, but you know my point, is like, go all out!
[58:59.600 -> 59:04.160] Well, the Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil will also be there, so you really are getting
[59:04.160 -> 59:05.380] everything involved.
[59:05.380 -> 59:06.580] Vegas!
[59:06.580 -> 59:07.780] Vegas, baby!
[59:07.780 -> 59:12.980] But that is everything I have for this really sprinted through gossip grid.
[59:12.980 -> 59:20.540] Every week after a race weekend, on our Instagram stories, we put up a polls of the race weekend
[59:20.540 -> 59:24.780] to get all of your thoughts on what happened this weekend.
[59:24.780 -> 59:25.000] So we're
[59:25.000 -> 59:29.640] gonna go through all the results of the race weekend polls right now. If you
[59:29.640 -> 59:33.760] didn't participate this week it will be the Monday after the race weekend. These
[59:33.760 -> 59:38.760] go up at Gridwalk Show. Participate please! We like hearing your thoughts. So
[59:38.760 -> 59:44.000] poll number one. Perez's weekend made me and the options were sad, mad, welcome
[59:44.000 -> 59:46.300] back to Red Bull Danny Rick.
[59:46.300 -> 59:51.540] And it seems like we don't have a lot of Checo fans in our particular audience, so if you're
[59:51.540 -> 59:54.160] a Checo fan and you didn't participate you should go let your voice be heard because
[59:54.160 -> 59:59.100] the winner at 56% was welcome back to Red Bull Danny Rick.
[59:59.100 -> 01:00:02.580] And we will move on, because we know how Nicole feels on that one.
[01:00:02.580 -> 01:00:03.580] Oops!
[01:00:03.580 -> 01:00:07.100] My answer was sad. It honestly really made
[01:00:07.100 -> 01:00:13.520] me sad this weekend. Seeing the kids cry was a lot. I felt sad for Checo, but I was also
[01:00:13.520 -> 01:00:17.420] celebrating Danny Rick again. They're not mutually exclusive, but kind of they are
[01:00:17.420 -> 01:00:27.040] mutually exclusive. No, you can hold two feelings at once. Those are both allowed to coexist all right poll number two will
[01:00:27.040 -> 01:00:31.000] Lewis Hamilton pass Checo for p2 in the championship by the end of the season
[01:00:31.000 -> 01:00:37.440] yes no were the options and the winner was yes at 89% he is 20 points behind
[01:00:37.440 -> 01:00:46.560] let's go Brazil I got it would be so close if he wasn't disqualified.
[01:00:50.960 -> 01:00:55.520] Great Ferraris Mexico GP weekend. I put this up as a poll because I personally was a little confused about how to feel about Ferrari's weekend and I wanted you all to tell me the answer. So the
[01:00:55.520 -> 01:01:01.200] options were they maximized what they could, they could have been P2, or no thoughts left only
[01:01:01.200 -> 01:01:10.720] sadness. And the winner was they maximized what they could 67% 22% was the second winning one with no thoughts left only sadness.
[01:01:10.720 -> 01:01:18.480] Yeah, that's that that's the like hardcore like Tifosi answer. No feelings
[01:01:18.480 -> 01:01:24.240] left to give. But it seems good that we all kind of collectively feel like you
[01:01:24.240 -> 01:01:26.240] you know what Fer, you were wrong,
[01:01:26.240 -> 01:01:28.640] but you did what you could.
[01:01:28.640 -> 01:01:30.240] Did you get that tire strategy right?
[01:01:30.240 -> 01:01:31.240] No.
[01:01:31.240 -> 01:01:32.240] But you did what you could.
[01:01:32.240 -> 01:01:39.760] All right, we had five rookies participate in FP1 this week, so running through them,
[01:01:39.760 -> 01:01:50.000] Berman did Haas, Doohan was for Alpine, Vesti was Merc, Hajar at Alphatari, and poor Portier
[01:01:50.000 -> 01:01:54.240] at Alfa Romeo didn't even get out for a lap, so he wasn't even a part of my poll. It made
[01:01:54.240 -> 01:01:59.760] the poll of four drivers very easy on me. So which rookie impressed you the most during FP1?
[01:02:00.640 -> 01:02:05.440] I think it was Biermann, but I think I only did that just because he had the highest,
[01:02:05.440 -> 01:02:06.440] like quickest time.
[01:02:06.440 -> 01:02:12.240] Like, I think I was literally like, you were not the worst.
[01:02:12.240 -> 01:02:13.400] I also picked him.
[01:02:13.400 -> 01:02:15.800] He also won at 60%.
[01:02:15.800 -> 01:02:21.720] And I picked him because he was the only rookie driver to outperform a typical on the grid
[01:02:21.720 -> 01:02:24.040] driver for fastest lap.
[01:02:24.040 -> 01:02:25.600] He was above Fernando Alonso.
[01:02:25.600 -> 01:02:35.360] Now, not that I put a lot of, like, stock in FP1 times, but if someone's gonna impress me,
[01:02:35.360 -> 01:02:40.680] you taking your Haas and you being faster than Fernando Alonso, I'll give it to you.
[01:02:40.680 -> 01:02:41.720] That's a fun fact.
[01:02:41.720 -> 01:02:42.520] Hmm.
[01:02:42.520 -> 01:02:47.240] Will you be trying Lewis Hamilton's new drink?
[01:02:47.240 -> 01:02:50.520] The options were yes, already ordered, yes, ordering soon,
[01:02:50.520 -> 01:02:52.760] I'm undecided, and not for me.
[01:02:52.760 -> 01:02:55.040] So this was pretty close across the board.
[01:02:55.040 -> 01:02:59.520] The winner was yes, ordering soon at 38%.
[01:02:59.520 -> 01:03:03.000] If you add that to the 12% that said they already ordered,
[01:03:03.000 -> 01:03:06.880] 50% of our audience is saying yes they want to try it
[01:03:07.520 -> 01:03:12.320] and then it's split perfectly in half at 25% apiece to I'm undecided and not for me.
[01:03:13.200 -> 01:03:16.880] Yeah I could get that. Generally positive vibes around the release.
[01:03:18.880 -> 01:03:26.400] And last but not least, which non-Red Bull team will be the fastest in Brazil? The options were Mercedes, McLaren,
[01:03:26.400 -> 01:03:32.120] Ferrari and other and for the second week in a row Ferrari and other got 0% a piece and the
[01:03:32.120 -> 01:03:39.960] winner was 62% at Mercedes. People are feeling high about the Mercedes after Lewis's P2. But
[01:03:39.960 -> 01:03:45.960] no one thinks it's Ferrari or a different team. Everyone's so funny. Ferrari or other.
[01:03:45.960 -> 01:03:47.520] No one.
[01:03:47.520 -> 01:03:48.640] It just always makes me laugh
[01:03:48.640 -> 01:03:51.000] because the randomness of some Ferrari fan
[01:03:51.000 -> 01:03:52.320] listening to this right now being like,
[01:03:52.320 -> 01:03:54.240] you know what, I'm gonna be hopeful.
[01:03:54.240 -> 01:03:56.720] Like, I'm gonna throw one on Ferrari and no one,
[01:03:56.720 -> 01:03:58.760] everyone's like, no, it's not Ferrari.
[01:03:58.760 -> 01:04:00.680] Nothing left, just sad.
[01:04:01.520 -> 01:04:09.600] I just, I don't want to, I don't want another sprint race. I want to watch my qualifying
[01:04:09.600 -> 01:04:19.880] on Saturday. This is, of all the sprint races, like, Brazil has a history of at least having
[01:04:19.880 -> 01:04:28.280] fun sprint races, but I just, it ruins the Grand Prix. Yeah. Yeah not a fan not a fan not a
[01:04:28.280 -> 01:04:36.600] fan. Predictions for Lewis Hamilton week. We pick the sprint and the race so there's
[01:04:36.600 -> 01:04:41.640] a lot of points on the line. I think I'm up by three points right now. Yeah you're either
[01:04:41.640 -> 01:04:46.880] up by three or four I think. I believe it's 5 to 8. We
[01:04:46.880 -> 01:04:53.180] get one point for every correct prediction made. Since we write these down in advance
[01:04:53.180 -> 01:04:57.440] and this won't change any of your viewpoints, I'm just telling you right now, this is not
[01:04:57.440 -> 01:05:02.480] the order we normally do it, but Lewis Hamilton is my P2. I want to pick him to win the race,
[01:05:02.480 -> 01:05:07.720] but I'm not that delusional. so he is p2 again in Brazil home race
[01:05:08.020 -> 01:05:09.460] Let's go
[01:05:09.460 -> 01:05:11.840] Louis Hamilton is also my p2
[01:05:11.840 -> 01:05:18.440] I also want to pick him to win but in my eyes p2 is winning races right now because yeah
[01:05:18.720 -> 01:05:22.920] That's how that goes. So yes, I'm glad you started there because I
[01:05:23.520 -> 01:05:27.320] Yeah, I that's that's where I'm at with that. I haven't wavered there
[01:05:27.360 -> 01:05:29.080] felt really good felt great.
[01:05:29.680 -> 01:05:32.680] I was like, we're just starting with this not talking about
[01:05:32.680 -> 01:05:35.600] anything else first. All right. We want to do sprit picks.
[01:05:36.560 -> 01:05:40.120] So we're gonna go from P2 in the race. Now we're gonna jump back
[01:05:40.120 -> 01:05:44.240] towards I think I just wanted to start with that. And then we'll
[01:05:44.240 -> 01:05:45.840] like do our normal order.
[01:05:45.840 -> 01:05:48.380] All right, you know, this chaos, why not?
[01:05:48.380 -> 01:05:49.380] Who even?
[01:05:49.380 -> 01:05:55.400] All right, so in the sprint race, who do you have as the last spot on the podium?
[01:05:55.400 -> 01:05:58.120] Mr. Orlando Norris.
[01:05:58.120 -> 01:06:01.040] And I have Mr. Oscar Piastri.
[01:06:01.040 -> 01:06:03.960] I'll be switched roles from last week.
[01:06:03.960 -> 01:06:09.160] That's so fun. Yeah. Brazil has the same high
[01:06:09.160 -> 01:06:17.640] altitude that, not as bad as Mexico, but it does have some general high altitude. I think
[01:06:17.640 -> 01:06:27.480] we didn't talk at all about Lando's like comeback that was self-created because of his bad qualifying. But I don't think that's gonna happen two weeks in a row.
[01:06:27.480 -> 01:06:32.980] So I think of all the drivers on the grid right now that I'm predicting to be competitive
[01:06:32.980 -> 01:06:36.780] with Lewis, Lando feels like the driver to be.
[01:06:36.780 -> 01:06:40.080] And spoiler alert, we don't predict it, but Lewis is also my sprint P2.
[01:06:40.080 -> 01:06:44.280] Basically, it goes Max, Lewis, everyone else.
[01:06:44.280 -> 01:06:48.120] Everyone else. So then you're
[01:06:48.120 -> 01:06:51.840] a PA in the sprint. Mr. Daniel Riccardo
[01:06:51.840 -> 01:06:55.600] oh wow
[01:06:55.600 -> 01:06:59.480] it feels weird if you I don't think you've ever predicted him
[01:06:59.480 -> 01:07:03.120] besides like last I don't even know if you've done that
[01:07:03.120 -> 01:07:12.500] I think you might have done didn't you pretty much last night pretty much 10th, which should probably be what happened
[01:07:14.560 -> 01:07:19.780] I have Alex Albon and p8 for the sprint. I just hope he has another good weekend
[01:07:24.600 -> 01:07:25.440] And then for most points in the sprint if you are not Red Bull I know. Talk about things we didn't talk about. I was super excited.
[01:07:25.440 -> 01:07:30.440] And then for most points in the sprint if you are not Red Bull.
[01:07:30.440 -> 01:07:31.440] Mercedes.
[01:07:31.440 -> 01:07:32.440] McLaren.
[01:07:32.440 -> 01:07:33.440] All right, making it interesting.
[01:07:33.440 -> 01:07:34.440] I feel like I pick McLaren every week.
[01:07:34.440 -> 01:07:35.440] I got tired of it.
[01:07:35.440 -> 01:07:39.600] I'm going with Mercedes.
[01:07:39.600 -> 01:07:42.000] I need points like so bad.
[01:07:42.000 -> 01:07:43.000] So...
[01:07:43.000 -> 01:07:45.000] It's getting a little too real.
[01:07:45.000 -> 01:07:47.360] I some behind the scenes, by the way, Nicole is the one who
[01:07:47.360 -> 01:07:49.880] brought up the idea that the stakes this time should be the
[01:07:49.880 -> 01:07:52.760] ice bath. And I think she's like staring it down and it's
[01:07:52.760 -> 01:07:53.600] getting a little
[01:07:53.680 -> 01:07:56.880] little. It's 42 degrees outside. And what is the current that was
[01:07:56.880 -> 01:08:01.000] when I literally got into the car today after work. What is
[01:08:01.080 -> 01:08:07.240] the temperature outside? 45 degrees, real feel is 41.
[01:08:07.240 -> 01:08:09.120] That's illegal.
[01:08:09.120 -> 01:08:10.920] Yeah, we'll have to talk about the logistics
[01:08:10.920 -> 01:08:13.680] of paying this off and like when we want to pay it off.
[01:08:13.680 -> 01:08:14.900] I think there's a couple of options.
[01:08:14.900 -> 01:08:17.640] There's obviously like the episode right after Abu Dhabi,
[01:08:17.640 -> 01:08:21.160] but then this also could be like the big like-
[01:08:21.160 -> 01:08:22.120] Return.
[01:08:22.120 -> 01:08:23.400] Yeah, the big return.
[01:08:23.400 -> 01:08:25.520] So if you have a preference on either one of
[01:08:25.520 -> 01:08:28.600] us whoever ends up in an ice bath would you like it to be directly after the
[01:08:28.600 -> 01:08:34.600] season or it would this be a fun celebration before our first predictions
[01:08:34.600 -> 01:08:41.720] of 2024 if you have a preference please let us know sway us either way but
[01:08:41.720 -> 01:08:45.680] moving on back to the race so we both have Lewis with P2.
[01:08:45.680 -> 01:08:46.680] Who's your P3?
[01:08:46.680 -> 01:08:47.680] Lando Norris!
[01:08:47.680 -> 01:08:48.680] Yeah, me too!
[01:08:48.680 -> 01:08:49.680] Yeah, I flipped.
[01:08:49.680 -> 01:08:56.880] I don't know, I always feel like Oscar has some special juju on sprint days, which is
[01:08:56.880 -> 01:09:02.120] why I was like, alright, I can do him as my P3, but yeah, no, at least in terms of race
[01:09:02.120 -> 01:09:08.240] and race pace, Lando's my P3 but yeah no at least in terms of race and race pace Lando's my P3. Yeah Oscar has shown such
[01:09:09.600 -> 01:09:15.680] like possibility this year and he's definitely had a fantastic rookie season where he seems to
[01:09:15.680 -> 01:09:22.640] continue to fall short is in overall tire management and race pace like if the if the
[01:09:22.640 -> 01:09:25.440] race if you need to manage your tires in the race, you're going
[01:09:25.440 -> 01:09:31.840] to see the gap between Lando and Oscar grow. Um, now that makes complete sense. That's
[01:09:31.840 -> 01:09:35.940] the hardest part of being an F1 driver from people who drive these cars, like being able
[01:09:35.940 -> 01:09:41.080] to manage a Pirelli tire. Like we saw the gap between Lewis and George this past weekend
[01:09:41.080 -> 01:09:45.060] be huge. And it's cause Lewis could actually manage the tires in a way that George couldn't.
[01:09:46.200 -> 01:09:49.560] So I say this all to say that like I think what you're saying makes complete sense.
[01:09:49.560 -> 01:09:53.260] Like it shorter stints tire where tire drop-off isn't an issue.
[01:09:53.420 -> 01:09:57.220] Like I think Oscar is going to be very competitive with Lando going forward.
[01:09:57.760 -> 01:09:59.760] Yeah, we shall see.
[01:10:01.480 -> 01:10:03.360] Who's your P10?
[01:10:03.360 -> 01:10:08.920] My P10, again, this is just like now funny in the order that we've done this, my P10
[01:10:08.920 -> 01:10:09.920] is Danny Rick.
[01:10:09.920 -> 01:10:14.200] Okay, mine's not, don't worry.
[01:10:14.200 -> 01:10:17.120] So mine is Esty Bestie.
[01:10:17.120 -> 01:10:18.880] Oh yay!
[01:10:18.880 -> 01:10:22.160] I was just, you know, my brain just feels like it's been in the place where it's so
[01:10:22.160 -> 01:10:25.200] nervous to like pick an picking alpine but like
[01:10:28.880 -> 01:10:34.160] i want who knows what's going on with alpine who knows what's going on with aston martin essentially i feel like pretty confident that like mercedes and mclaren don't seem to be
[01:10:34.160 -> 01:10:40.000] completely dropping the ball right now red bull is a million light years ahead ferrari sometimes
[01:10:40.000 -> 01:10:46.320] is up there everyone else who the hell knows is like, what is going on? Yeah, that's gonna be just
[01:10:46.320 -> 01:10:50.720] really fun to see if, you know, Alpine's able to do anything in the reindeer of the season because
[01:10:50.720 -> 01:10:56.880] it's been like such an up and down, but like this past weekend seemed relatively fine. Like, it just
[01:10:56.880 -> 01:11:07.920] wasn't on fire. So I would love for Estevesi to get some good points this weekend. I would also love for Daniel Ricard to get some good points this season.
[01:11:07.920 -> 01:11:10.080] Yeah, that'd be fantastic.
[01:11:10.080 -> 01:11:10.580] Yeah.
[01:11:12.160 -> 01:11:14.880] All right, so here's the negative side of it.
[01:11:14.880 -> 01:11:17.280] Who do you think is going to be the last to cross the checkered flag?
[01:11:17.280 -> 01:11:19.120] Reminder, if they DNF, it does not count.
[01:11:19.120 -> 01:11:21.040] They have to take the checkered flag.
[01:11:21.040 -> 01:11:21.600] Who'd you got?
[01:11:23.440 -> 01:11:27.600] I have Valtteri Bottas. Oh,
[01:11:28.000 -> 01:11:31.280] rough. Alfa Romeo, you think? Last week was Joe Guan Yu.
[01:11:32.800 -> 01:11:36.120] Yeah, I don't know. I just I'm getting bad vibes. There's also
[01:11:36.120 -> 01:11:42.160] like a potential of like a wet quali on Friday. So like, I
[01:11:42.160 -> 01:11:47.380] just don't I, there's a few teams with the back and forth of like one
[01:11:47.380 -> 01:11:51.640] set like one time set up. Are you going to mess it up? So my brain's going one time set
[01:11:51.640 -> 01:11:58.620] up. It may rain. Kevin Magnuson had some like crazy juju. I'm saying a lot of words. So
[01:11:58.620 -> 01:12:07.680] before I finish that, what who do you have last to finish? Kevin Magnuson. But my thought process was the exact
[01:12:07.680 -> 01:12:12.800] same as yours, which is like, all right, I think if someone's gonna get it wrong, it's gonna be an
[01:12:12.800 -> 01:12:19.040] Alfa Romeo or a Haas. And I don't know, I just, there's some teams where a driver crashes or some
[01:12:19.040 -> 01:12:23.200] drivers with that driver crashes, crashes, and I feel really good, like, oh, you're gonna have a
[01:12:23.200 -> 01:12:28.720] comeback, like solid race, maybe you won't get points but you won't like crash like that again I just
[01:12:28.720 -> 01:12:33.480] I could see Kevin not feeling confident in the car where the suspension just
[01:12:33.480 -> 01:12:38.400] failed him a week earlier and it just like not turn out great but I don't
[01:12:38.400 -> 01:12:43.000] think he's gonna DNF again so well it just would be now that I have decided
[01:12:43.000 -> 01:12:45.120] against it because this is last year where
[01:12:45.120 -> 01:12:51.400] he got pole. So now suddenly he goes from pole to DNF. So, you know, that's also sounds
[01:12:51.400 -> 01:12:55.480] pretty haas, but we have the same kind of thought process. I don't, you know, this is
[01:12:55.480 -> 01:13:02.900] again, the hardest thing that we predict is who is last. And the last thing to wrap up
[01:13:02.900 -> 01:13:05.760] our predictions for Brazil.
[01:13:05.760 -> 01:13:10.560] Most points in the race and you're not Red Bull, what team do you have?
[01:13:10.560 -> 01:13:11.560] Mercedes.
[01:13:11.560 -> 01:13:13.600] And I still have McLaren.
[01:13:13.600 -> 01:13:17.000] We both did that same strategy where it's like one of them.
[01:13:17.000 -> 01:13:19.240] Feels like it's going to be one of them.
[01:13:19.240 -> 01:13:22.280] Someone's in for a really positive weekend this weekend.
[01:13:22.280 -> 01:13:24.360] Hopefully it's me and my predictions.
[01:13:24.360 -> 01:13:26.320] And Sir Lewis Hamilton.
[01:13:26.320 -> 01:13:32.200] Well I also would love for it to be Sir Lewis Hamilton and I don't want to
[01:13:32.200 -> 01:13:35.840] verbose against Mercedes but like okay Danny Rick P10 thank you.
[01:13:35.840 -> 01:13:42.400] Welcome back to Yellow Sector Notes, not the fastest walk around F1 but we will complete a
[01:13:42.400 -> 01:13:48.940] full lap around the paddock hitting every F1 garage. Alright, to be honest with you all, the rumors that are swirling around F1 right now have
[01:13:48.940 -> 01:13:52.820] made my ability to actually find news that I think you should all know about every team
[01:13:52.820 -> 01:13:55.600] on the grid nearly impossible.
[01:13:55.600 -> 01:13:57.880] So we're not going to hit every garage this week.
[01:13:57.880 -> 01:14:00.280] It's the third race of a busy triple header.
[01:14:00.280 -> 01:14:03.420] I just hope you all forgive me for what's going to be a very rapid fire Yellow Sector
[01:14:03.420 -> 01:14:08.480] notes of some interesting notes, but definitely not every garage. No full lap this week.
[01:14:08.480 -> 01:14:13.600] The Vegas GP is still not sold out. The Spanish broadcaster Dazan extends their broadcast
[01:14:13.600 -> 01:14:20.720] partnership with F1 through 2026. Lewis Hamilton set the record for podiums in Formula 1 with 197
[01:14:20.720 -> 01:14:29.840] this past weekend, breaking Lewis Hamilton's record of 196. Nico Hülkenberg celebrated his 200th Grand Prix start at the Mexico GP this past weekend.
[01:14:29.840 -> 01:14:34.660] And Mercedes announced that they reduced emissions year over year by 67% with their use of biofuel
[01:14:34.660 -> 01:14:39.240] during the European leg of the F1 season, as, by the way, a reminder that all the F1
[01:14:39.240 -> 01:14:49.440] teams are ramping up to being completely carbon neutral in the next coming seasons. And that is your very, very quick and short gridwalk for November 20...
[01:14:49.440 -> 01:14:52.960] Not, no. For November 2nd, 2023.
[01:14:52.960 -> 01:14:55.360] I read too many things at once.
[01:14:55.360 -> 01:14:56.720] Let me start again.
[01:14:56.720 -> 01:15:00.240] That is the gridwalk for November 2nd, 2023 completed.
[01:15:00.240 -> 01:15:02.240] How is my sector time today, Nicole?
[01:15:02.240 -> 01:15:03.440] Fine.
[01:15:03.440 -> 01:15:10.000] Definitely so much faster than we will find out what Will and Albert were like actually tweeting about.
[01:15:12.000 -> 01:15:14.000] I don't think we'll ever know. I think they were toying with us.
[01:15:14.000 -> 01:15:19.000] I don't think we'll ever really know. There's nothing. They're just snickering like, eee, there's nothing.
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