Podcast: Grid Walk
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Grid Walk is an F1 podcast but Briana and Nicole HAD to talk about the University of Miami Men’s Basketball team making it to the NCAA March Madness Final Four! It is a historic moment for the Miami Hurricanes making Briana and Nicole proud alumni.There is an upcoming 25 day F1 race hiatus due to the cancellation of The Chinese Grand Prix. Grid Walk announces Formula 1 Goes On Spring Break. After the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, for 25 days, Briana and Nicole will be sharing reviews of Formula 1 sponsors! Make sure to follow the Grid Walk show on all social media platforms!The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix has brought all of the teams to the outback to race! There is an incredible amount of buzz online about fan-favorite (one of Nicole’s favorites) Daniel Ricciardo’s presence at this weekend’s activities. Briana and Nicole discuss the marketing power of the Daniel Ricciardo and Oracle Red Bull Racing combination. Daniel Ricciardo will not be driving on the grid but another Australian, Oscar Piastri, will be. Will Mclaren F1 Team try to use their new Aussie’s charisma to their advantage?Briana and Nicole continue their season-long competition with their picks and predictions for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Will Max Verstappen reclaim P1 on the podium? Will Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team or Scuderia Ferrari just miss the top 3? Out the the back of the grid which team, Williams Racing, Scuderia AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake, MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, or Mclaren F1 Team, will score the most points?CEO of Formula One Group Stefano Domenicali recently made statements about changing the current set up of free practice during race weekends. Briana has come up with some creative solutions that could replace the current format. Somehow Nickelodeon’s DoubleDare comes up?Nicole ends this week’s Grid Walk episode with a special trip to Australian and current Oracle Red Bull Racing Reserve Driver Daniel Ricciardo.Grid Walk is a weekly Formula 1 show that releases every Thursday. For daily F1 content follow @gridwalkshow on all social media platforms.
**Grid Walk: Episode 20 - Daniel Ricciardo Week**
**Overview**
This episode of the Grid Walk podcast focuses on the upcoming Australian Grand Prix and the surrounding Formula One news. The hosts, Briana L. Klein and Nicole Katz, discuss Daniel Ricciardo's return to Australia, McLaren's struggles, and a recent PR blunder by Stefano Domenicalli regarding free practice sessions. They also make predictions for the race and engage in a lighthearted segment where Briana proposes various unconventional ideas to replace free practice.
* Daniel Ricciardo's return to Australia as a non-driver has generated excitement and media attention.
* McLaren is facing challenges, including the departure of key personnel and ongoing car issues.
* Stefano Domenicalli's comments about potentially eliminating free practice sessions sparked controversy and discussion.
* The hosts make their predictions for the Australian Grand Prix, with varying picks for the winner, podium finishers, and other categories.
* Briana presents several creative and humorous ideas to replace free practice sessions, such as having teams compete for practice time based on their championship positions or adding an endurance race to the weekend format.
**Memorable Quotes**
* "We're heading into F1 Spring Break, so we've put together a very interesting content plan on social media." - Briana L. Klein
* "This course has been fun. I have seen a lot of TikToks of like European fans that are like what time do we have to wake up? Six o'clock in the morning like that's that's nuts!" - Nicole Katz
* "I don't like their Australian GP merch so like even when I was like, oh this will be like a cool thing they could do for Oscar It's like not my favorite." - Nicole Katz
* "I understand. I'm still up by three points after Bahrain, and we're gonna hope that we don't make the same predictions and then a reminder to everyone what is on the line here is the loser at summer break will have to do the next prediction segment from a peloton which neither of us wants to do." - Briana L. Klein
* "I'm just really relieved that we didn't have the same picks." - Nicole Katz
* "Well, we had a PR safety car this week, which to those listening, just means that someone in the world of F1 makes a PR blunder." - Briana L. Klein
* "I think that every race weekend, we should add more sessions and there should be a super sprint." - Briana L. Klein
### Discussion on Practice Session Changes:
- The hosts discuss four proposed changes to the practice sessions:
- **Skills Challenge:** Introduce skills challenges during practice, awarding points for tasks like fastest pit stop or best reaction time.
- **Scaled Practice Times:** Reduce the overall practice time but award points based on performance, incentivizing teams to maximize their limited time.
- **Double Qualifying:** Add an additional qualifying session for each race type (sprint and Grand Prix), increasing the importance of qualifying and potentially creating more strategic opportunities.
- **Endurance Break:** Introduce a weekend format where teammates share driving duties, emphasizing teamwork and endurance.
### Evaluation of Proposed Changes:
- The hosts assess the feasibility and potential impact of each proposal:
- **Skills Challenge:** While entertaining, it may be logistically challenging and could detract from the primary purpose of practice sessions, which is data collection and car setup.
- **Scaled Practice Times:** This idea could add excitement and encourage teams to push the limits, but it might compromise the reliability and safety aspects of the sport.
- **Double Qualifying:** Adding more qualifying sessions could increase the spectacle and strategic elements, but it might also lead to more congestion on track and potential incidents.
- **Endurance Break:** The endurance format could showcase teamwork and driver versatility, but it may require significant changes to the car design and race strategy.
### Concerns and Considerations:
- The hosts acknowledge the need for innovation in Formula One, but they emphasize the importance of maintaining the integrity and core principles of the sport:
- **Data Collection:** Practice sessions are crucial for teams to gather data, fine-tune their cars, and make informed decisions for the race. Eliminating or significantly reducing practice time could compromise the safety and performance of the drivers and teams.
- **Driver Development:** Practice sessions provide opportunities for young and reserve drivers to gain experience and prepare for future races. Reducing practice time could limit their development and hinder the growth of future talent.
- **Unintended Consequences:** The hosts caution against making drastic changes without thoroughly considering the potential unintended consequences, such as increased costs, logistical challenges, and a diminished fan experience.
### Conclusion:
- The hosts conclude that while innovation is essential for the growth and evolution of Formula One, any changes to the weekend format must be carefully evaluated and implemented in a way that preserves the core values and integrity of the sport. They emphasize the need for a balanced approach that respects the history and traditions of Formula One while embracing progress and innovation.
[00:00.000 -> 00:07.280] I meant to wear a Miami shirt today to celebrate and completely blanked because I did laundry today for the first time in three weeks
[00:07.280 -> 00:14.160] And this is my favorite shirt, and I was like soft comfy f1 shirt and until this moment realized oops
[00:15.040 -> 00:16.680] cuz like
[00:16.680 -> 00:23.040] Somehow we're you know Miami's a basketball school. Yeah, so what Miami the University of Miami
[00:23.520 -> 00:25.000] we're in the final four.
[00:25.480 -> 00:30.480] So we are, I can't say a football school right now,
[00:31.520 -> 00:33.920] but I guess historically speaking,
[00:33.920 -> 00:36.360] University of Miami is a football school,
[00:36.360 -> 00:39.620] but we're in the final four of March Madness.
[00:40.480 -> 00:42.680] Cold ground on our lineup for the grand,
[00:42.680 -> 00:47.000] it's lights out and away we go this week's grid
[00:47.000 -> 00:48.000] log.
[00:48.000 -> 00:49.000] Very confusing.
[00:49.000 -> 00:50.000] Why?
[00:50.000 -> 00:51.000] My brain.
[00:51.000 -> 00:59.440] But along, here for the ride, love it, super fun, the women's team made it to the elite
[00:59.440 -> 01:01.680] eight as a nine seed.
[01:01.680 -> 01:07.920] I don't, I fundamentally, my brain cannot process the sporting enjoyment that I have
[01:07.920 -> 01:16.080] received from my university's basketball team for the last couple weeks. Not a thing that I've ever
[01:16.080 -> 01:22.480] experienced. I can also just watch coach Larnaga be excited about anything and just he's just such a
[01:23.440 -> 01:25.700] pure soul and his like post-game interview could just tell he's just such a pure soul. And his like
[01:25.740 -> 01:29.500] post game interview, he was just so happy, like, yes, for
[01:29.500 -> 01:32.740] himself or whatever. But like the team, the boys, and they
[01:32.740 -> 01:38.780] were so close last year. And go Canes, baby, Final Four. And I'm
[01:38.980 -> 01:42.620] like, we're not going to Houston. So everyone stop asking.
[01:43.060 -> 01:49.520] Because we can't. We have to wake up to watch cars in Australia
[01:50.240 -> 01:56.880] but that doesn't mean we don't want to be in Houston. We just can't. If Nicole didn't start a
[01:56.880 -> 02:07.340] new job Tuesday of this week we probably would be on a plane to go to Houston and just be like, oops, missing the Australian GP, it's at weird hours anyway.
[02:07.340 -> 02:13.340] I think Parker would disown me as an owner if I were to now go to another place.
[02:13.340 -> 02:21.980] As we're all like now in a childhood bedroom and starting a new job and he's very confused and things.
[02:21.980 -> 02:25.580] Yeah, but
[02:29.220 -> 02:29.380] on the Dan levitard show today, they interviewed Katie Meyer,
[02:32.180 -> 02:35.300] who's the coach of the women's team. And it was the most wholesome like I adore her and she's worked so hard for this
[02:35.300 -> 02:38.820] program and listening to her talk. And then she was really
[02:38.820 -> 02:42.540] frustrated about that game. Admittedly, like, she was like,
[02:42.540 -> 02:45.580] no, our game plan was right. And I was like, ah, that's so frustrating.
[02:45.580 -> 02:47.680] Cause we could have two teams in the final four right now.
[02:48.780 -> 02:52.560] But the Dan Leventart show said something that really struck home for
[02:52.560 -> 02:57.480] like a particular part of my brain, the part that lived in Florida for college
[02:57.480 -> 03:03.640] years, and it's that we are two games away from having an FAU UM men's
[03:03.640 -> 03:09.000] basketball final and the chaos that that would be is just absurd.
[03:09.000 -> 03:16.360] See, my brain can't get past the point. I thought you were even just gonna be getting to like just
[03:16.360 -> 03:22.080] two games away of UM being in the final of something. But yes, I wish we were going to
[03:22.080 -> 03:26.800] Houston. We're a basketball school now. This will happen again.
[03:26.800 -> 03:29.900] You know what stinks? That's the only, like,
[03:29.900 -> 03:33.360] Texas major city that we haven't traveled to for, like,
[03:33.360 -> 03:38.160] a sporting event. Yeah, we went to Austin for CODA
[03:38.160 -> 03:41.500] and then we went to Dallas for, like, a UMLSU game.
[03:41.500 -> 03:47.000] Yeah, you're right. For some reason we've traveled to Texas a lot.
[03:47.000 -> 03:55.000] I mean Texas just has lots of space for stuff and sports and Chip and Joanna games.
[03:55.000 -> 04:01.000] This week we have a bunch to talk about. Of course it is Daniel Riccardo week, also known as
[04:01.000 -> 04:05.560] Oscar Piastry week and the Australian GP Week is really what
[04:05.560 -> 04:10.560] we're talking about here. There's a lot to talk about. Of course, Nicole is going
[04:10.560 -> 04:14.280] to obsess over Daniel Ricciardo. We're gonna talk a little bit about McLaren
[04:14.280 -> 04:17.920] because of course all of that is intertwined and if you stay tuned to the
[04:17.920 -> 04:23.280] end of the podcast, Nicole is probably going to do something a bit ridiculous,
[04:23.280 -> 04:26.320] silly, unhinged, use your adjective of choice, but I would
[04:26.320 -> 04:31.040] recommend sticking around or going to that part of the video if you're watching on YouTube.
[04:32.720 -> 04:37.680] We're also going to do our race week predictions, give you an update on how our predictions fared
[04:37.680 -> 04:44.080] in the Saudi Arabian GP, see if we can get anything right this week is really the goal.
[04:44.080 -> 04:49.840] The goal is at least one thing right and getting some points. And lastly we're gonna touch on
[04:49.840 -> 04:55.080] our second PR safety car. We went one episode and we, maybe two episodes, we
[04:55.080 -> 04:59.520] have another PR safety car here because Stefano Domenicalli said some words
[04:59.520 -> 05:06.300] about free practice that got everyone's brain spinning. So we're gonna break down the PR blunder and
[05:07.300 -> 05:08.920] predict and just
[05:08.920 -> 05:12.820] come up with some things that maybe can replace free practice.
[05:12.820 -> 05:15.140] We're gonna give F1 some free ideas and
[05:15.500 -> 05:19.720] have a little bit of fun with it because he left it open for us to figure out what's gonna replace it.
[05:20.340 -> 05:27.000] But first, this is going to be our last race weekend for 25 days.
[05:27.000 -> 05:34.000] We're heading into F1 Spring Break, so we've put together a very interesting content plan on social media,
[05:34.000 -> 05:39.000] and Nicole's going to break down just what we're going to be doing for our version of F1 Spring Break.
[05:39.000 -> 05:46.840] So for our F1 Spring Break, we are going to be doing 25 days of reviewing F1 sponsors
[05:46.840 -> 05:51.840] making short video reviews on all of our social media channels so make sure you
[05:51.840 -> 05:54.880] go follow us everywhere at gridwalk show and we're gonna making short video
[05:54.880 -> 06:00.400] content reviewing all different types of Formula One sponsors F1 really cares
[06:00.400 -> 06:04.600] about their sponsors and so we're gonna give you some honest reviews there's
[06:04.600 -> 06:09.800] gonna be some restaurant visits, some cocktail making, some general shopping,
[06:09.800 -> 06:11.880] and we'll let you know what's what.
[06:11.880 -> 06:14.400] So make sure you're following us absolutely everywhere.
[06:14.400 -> 06:19.440] We won't let you go without content, even when there's no races.
[06:19.440 -> 06:23.200] I would like to propose a toast.
[06:23.200 -> 06:27.100] Happy Daniel Ric Daniel Ricardo week. It is a
[06:28.280 -> 06:35.440] fantastic week. I've waited so long for this and the man will not even drive, but he will be everywhere.
[06:37.760 -> 06:39.760] F-E-A.
[06:40.600 -> 06:43.160] Just imagining you on the train ride home,
[06:43.960 -> 06:47.000] like, rehearsing that in your head, like,
[06:47.000 -> 06:48.600] we will give a toast.
[06:48.600 -> 06:56.000] She gave me zero warning that that's what was gonna happen.
[06:56.000 -> 06:58.000] Incredible.
[06:58.000 -> 07:00.000] Incredible.
[07:00.000 -> 07:06.960] I'm so excited.
[07:06.960 -> 07:11.560] I just am now worried that this week is going to be this massive letdown because he's not
[07:11.560 -> 07:12.560] racing.
[07:12.560 -> 07:15.560] No, but there's content.
[07:15.560 -> 07:16.560] Yes.
[07:16.560 -> 07:17.560] Yes.
[07:17.560 -> 07:22.680] And it's almost better that he's not racing because every weekend I have to go in with
[07:22.680 -> 07:26.280] like a, this like slight stress of like oh no
[07:26.280 -> 07:31.240] like what is the what am I gonna see that just like hurts it makes me sad
[07:31.240 -> 07:38.280] besides Mexico which again I will you know just go I will die on the hill of
[07:38.280 -> 07:47.300] Mexico last year was so much fun to watch but yeah I'm just excited He's been having a great time on the internet.
[07:47.300 -> 07:50.300] The internet's just like all hyped everywhere about,
[07:50.300 -> 07:51.700] like, the comments.
[07:51.700 -> 07:54.500] The Australian GP posted every single driver
[07:54.500 -> 07:56.800] in every single driving,
[07:56.800 -> 08:00.400] and whoever's bracing at all this week,
[08:00.400 -> 08:02.500] all of the home drivers,
[08:02.500 -> 08:03.900] and every comment is just like,
[08:03.900 -> 08:04.700] where's Danny Rick?
[08:04.700 -> 08:05.800] How did you not bring up Danny Rick?
[08:05.800 -> 08:10.820] I'm like guys, he's not driving and like I recognize that but also like where's Danny Rick, you know, I
[08:11.940 -> 08:17.880] Just like that in this crucial PR moment for Red Bull with their drivers
[08:18.760 -> 08:22.800] Probably having a high likelihood of being dramatic on track this week
[08:22.960 -> 08:25.200] They have been able to spend the last
[08:25.200 -> 08:29.760] three days going, shiny toy, shiny toy over here, look at the look at the
[08:29.760 -> 08:33.920] fun Daniel Riccardo video, look at his new helmet, oh shiny toy!
[08:46.000 -> 08:53.000] Give me more! It's great! It's incredible! It's what he's so good at! It is why this is all happening and why he's here. And we knew that when it was announced. Early Sade knew that.
[08:53.000 -> 08:58.000] It's all a PR move. But it'll be great. It'll be exciting.
[09:00.000 -> 09:04.000] It'll be an interesting race, I guess. Maybe.
[09:04.160 -> 09:10.920] could be an interesting race, I guess, maybe. Yeah, this Grand Prix is not my favorite,
[09:10.920 -> 09:14.680] but one of my favorite parts about the Australian Grand Prix is that
[09:14.680 -> 09:18.920] all of Europe has weird time to watch the race, and it just feels like the one
[09:18.920 -> 09:22.680] time a year where they experience what we experience every time, so like,
[09:22.680 -> 09:24.320] I find that fun.
[09:24.320 -> 09:29.240] This course has been fun. I have seen a lot of TikToks of like European fans that are
[09:29.240 -> 09:33.920] like what time do we have to wake up? Six o'clock in the morning like that's that's nuts!
[09:33.920 -> 09:38.920] And then there's some that are like well American fans have to do this every week
[09:38.920 -> 09:48.640] and it's like yeah that blows but we have to do it this week. I think the race will be okay. I'm in the realm of rooting
[09:48.640 -> 10:01.120] for the Honda driveshaft to be a problem still, unfortunately. We got about six different
[10:01.120 -> 10:06.000] rumors this week about, is Ferrari bringing a massive upgrade? Is Ferrari not
[10:06.000 -> 10:10.240] bringing any upgrade? Is Ferrari bringing an entirely new car? No, no, no, it's just
[10:10.240 -> 10:15.000] tiny changes. And I can't keep up. And at this point of recording on Wednesday, I don't
[10:15.000 -> 10:19.680] know. Like, I just don't know.
[10:19.680 -> 10:30.400] Probably as soon as we're done recording, maybe we'll get an official announcement and know but especially now like media day and everything is all backwards and whatever
[10:30.400 -> 10:36.880] day anything is happening. So yeah it'll be very interesting what news will come
[10:36.880 -> 10:44.680] out that completely voids or ruins the pics that we make. Oh yes. Yeah I do think
[10:44.680 -> 10:47.040] the most interesting thing about this week for me is that
[10:47.040 -> 10:52.160] this is going to be the first media sessions after McLaren announced. They fired James Key
[10:52.800 -> 10:59.040] and they are bringing in a big Ferrari designer and it was also announced that they're bringing
[10:59.040 -> 11:05.600] in a big Aston Martin aerodynamicist. And I just find it very interesting that in the week where Red Bull
[11:05.600 -> 11:11.760] is going to get the full PR shiny toy distraction of Daniel Riccardo that do you really think
[11:11.760 -> 11:27.680] McLaren is wishing that they had the shiny Daniel Riccardo toy this week? Yes I do and I love that they don't this is so it's so great. It's so funny. I also don't like their
[11:28.480 -> 11:33.420] Australian GP merch so like even when I was like, oh this will be like a cool thing they could do for Oscar
[11:33.420 -> 11:39.860] It's like not my favorite. I think you have to look at and this is anyone listening or watching go look at Alfa Romeo's
[11:40.880 -> 11:48.480] Australia merch it's so extra and so ridiculous and also Joe's helmet is so great. All really
[11:48.480 -> 11:52.800] wonderful. They don't have an Australian. I mean, I guess they kind of have an Australian.
[11:52.800 -> 12:02.080] VB's like an Australian by proxy. I guess. Spends enough time there. But it's just, I
[12:02.080 -> 12:06.000] don't know, not looking like the ideal weekend for McLaren at all
[12:06.000 -> 12:09.840] It's not looking good PR wise. It's not looking good
[12:10.720 -> 12:15.020] Tech that car wise I like all entirely I you know
[12:15.600 -> 12:19.740] It's a tree to see what they're gonna do with Oscar this week
[12:20.120 -> 12:25.360] Because he's done very limited media up until this point, but it's his home race
[12:25.360 -> 12:33.260] and McLaren needs a distraction. So if he has an ounce of PR charisma in him,
[12:33.260 -> 12:38.000] they're going to wring it out this week to the best of their ability.
[12:38.000 -> 12:41.340] So I'm just, I'm intrigued to get to know Oscar more this week,
[12:41.340 -> 12:44.460] because I think of all the weeks, this will be the week.
[12:44.460 -> 12:49.600] We've been saying for a long time we want more Oscar. We want to meet Oscar. I
[12:49.600 -> 12:54.200] mean we've met him. We want like just more but yes 100% agree this is the week
[12:54.200 -> 13:00.920] to do it. McLaren we know what you are capable of doing in creation of content
[13:00.920 -> 13:06.880] with your drivers like time to have fun with it, do something fun with Oscar.
[13:06.880 -> 13:10.880] Make Australian pastries with Oscar and like lean into the joke.
[13:10.880 -> 13:12.800] Now I'm giving you content ideas.
[13:12.800 -> 13:19.480] Yeah, it's just, I'm intrigued with this weekend's going to bring with that.
[13:19.480 -> 13:27.600] And you also can just tell the state of all the teams in F1 right now that the two big takeaways in our Australian
[13:27.600 -> 13:33.920] GP preview is how is Red Bull going to use Daniel Ricciardo as a distraction? How is McLaren going
[13:33.920 -> 13:42.240] to use Oscar Piastri as a distraction? Which just sums it all up. All right, we do predictions every
[13:42.240 -> 13:46.360] single race week. We are doing two seasons of predictions
[13:46.360 -> 13:50.000] where we're totaling up points between now and summer break
[13:50.000 -> 13:53.760] and then we will reset and do the second half of the season.
[13:53.760 -> 13:58.160] We are picking the winner, just missed the podium,
[13:58.160 -> 14:00.640] best of the rest, and last in the points,
[14:00.640 -> 14:04.080] and then the highest scoring team from 6 through 10
[14:04.080 -> 14:07.620] in the current constructors' standing. So basically the worst team that does the
[14:07.620 -> 14:12.500] best. We picked this way because if we were gonna pick a podium we probably
[14:12.500 -> 14:16.720] would pick the same podium every week. Which leads me into for race 2, the
[14:16.720 -> 14:23.200] Saudi Arabian GP, Nicole and I picked almost identical picks and not only were
[14:23.200 -> 14:26.000] they almost identical but both of us ended
[14:26.000 -> 14:27.760] the weekend with zero points.
[14:27.760 -> 14:33.480] So we both had, you know, just awful, awful week of picks for us.
[14:33.480 -> 14:36.640] Yeah, it was a rough week for us.
[14:36.640 -> 14:42.800] So going into this week, I am still up by three points after Bahrain, and we're gonna
[14:42.800 -> 14:46.560] hope that we don't make the same predictions and
[14:46.560 -> 14:51.920] then a reminder to everyone what is on the line here is the loser at summer
[14:51.920 -> 14:56.240] break will have to do the next prediction segment from a peloton which
[14:56.240 -> 15:11.000] neither of us wants to do. Nope. I don't want to go on a peloton, not on a podcast. So. Yeah. So, Nicole, who do you have as the winner
[15:11.000 -> 15:19.820] of the Australian GP? My winner is, and I have not hit delete on this row in my little
[15:19.820 -> 15:33.360] note for like almost a month now, I guess, Max Verstappin. Shocker me too. Like I said last week. One of these weeks one of us will come with a
[15:33.360 -> 15:40.040] different winner but it won't be for a while. Yep. So then we basically, cuz then
[15:40.040 -> 15:46.240] we're not doing podiums, so our P, just missing the podium, who do you have?
[15:47.040 -> 15:48.320] Avalonzo.
[15:49.440 -> 15:50.320] Okay, very fair.
[15:56.000 -> 15:57.600] I think that two straight podiums, something's bound to eventually go wrong.
[16:00.640 -> 16:01.360] I just, but not too wrong. I think I'm just gonna have him P4.
[16:01.600 -> 16:02.160] Okay.
[16:02.720 -> 16:03.520] What about you?
[16:06.560 -> 16:09.540] Do you have the sounder board prepared? In P4, I have Lewis.
[16:09.540 -> 16:13.740] Yeah, hopefully.
[16:13.740 -> 16:14.580] I understand.
[16:14.580 -> 16:19.340] I, yeah, but you know, it's happened.
[16:19.340 -> 16:20.780] Could happen again.
[16:20.780 -> 16:24.620] And I just need, and I'm going in risky business.
[16:24.620 -> 16:26.000] We're going to pick pick it and it just
[16:26.000 -> 16:30.080] made me feel good and that's all of the factual information I have to provide
[16:30.080 -> 16:36.820] with that pick. Yeah I don't think that's like super wild and out there. If we
[16:36.820 -> 16:41.120] were picking our podium and you put a Mercedes on the podium I would be like
[16:41.120 -> 16:46.240] but that would be a true level. You must miss the podium. Right, right, right, right, right.
[16:46.240 -> 16:50.640] Yeah, but I am manifesting a good good Lewis weekend. Happy vibes.
[16:52.800 -> 16:55.660] Okay, what about your p7 best of the rest?
[16:56.160 -> 17:01.640] Who have you got? My best of the rest is the bestie with the restie Esteban Ocon.
[17:04.640 -> 17:09.440] Okay the resty, Esteban Ocon. Ah, okay. I'm just really relieved that we don't have the
[17:09.440 -> 17:10.120] same picks.
[17:10.360 -> 17:14.960] Yeah, that too. Yeah, I was waiting for you. Your face was
[17:14.960 -> 17:16.600] immediately like, okay, it's gonna be different.
[17:17.160 -> 17:19.480] Yeah, yeah, it's mine is George Russell.
[17:20.000 -> 17:22.800] Oh, okay. I was just...
[17:22.960 -> 17:26.360] I thought you were gonna say Lance or George was what I was
[17:26.360 -> 17:27.960] assuming you were going to pick.
[17:27.960 -> 17:33.080] No, I'm pulling for a Lance podium this week, if I'm being completely honest, because I
[17:33.080 -> 17:38.800] need some happy vibes in my life and I have no faith in that Mercedes car. So we're pulling
[17:38.800 -> 17:52.000] for a Lance podium. Um. So, uh, then before going to teams, who is your last in points just makes it P10?
[17:52.000 -> 17:54.840] I'm going to go with Yuki.
[17:54.840 -> 17:59.400] I'm going to say that this is the week he finally gets that point because I think he
[17:59.400 -> 18:01.440] deserves it and I want to root for it.
[18:01.440 -> 18:03.360] So I have Yuki in P10.
[18:03.360 -> 18:04.360] What about you?
[18:04.360 -> 18:09.120] Wholesome. Wholesome. I will one upup you with more wholesome, Alex Albon.
[18:10.960 -> 18:12.320] Yes, I would much rather be rooting.
[18:13.280 -> 18:18.720] Yeah, a lot of my picks are just like, I want good things to happen to you people right now.
[18:18.720 -> 18:28.200] Like, you know, and it's all not impossible. So that's kind of where I picked with my heart a little bit more this week than and you know what?
[18:28.200 -> 18:32.360] What do I have to lose? I am already losing in the points right now. So
[18:34.000 -> 18:36.000] All right, lastly
[18:36.360 -> 18:37.880] we have
[18:37.880 -> 18:43.680] The team from p6 to p10 that you think is gonna score the most points this week as a reminder those teams
[18:43.360 -> 18:49.600] to P10 that you think is going to score the most points this week. As a reminder, those teams currently not in order that I'm about to say them are Alvaro Mayo, Williams, Haas,
[18:49.600 -> 18:54.440] Alfatari, and McLaren is who you have to choose from. Which of those teams do you think is
[18:54.440 -> 18:57.760] going to score the most points this week?
[18:57.760 -> 19:14.000] As I'm kind of predicting that none of these other teams will be in the points and I had picked Alex in P10 I am picking Williams. For the exact same rationale I picked Alphatari.
[19:14.000 -> 19:19.640] Right, there we go. It was just logic. I was debating maybe picking Alphatari of
[19:19.640 -> 19:23.400] like, oh maybe, I don't know, something interesting could happen but I'm like
[19:23.400 -> 19:28.100] nah, we'll continue with the logic. I'll be mad and Alex would be mad if I don't know something interesting could happen but I'm like nah we'll continue with the logic I'll be mad and Alex would be mad if I didn't follow
[19:28.100 -> 19:35.940] through. I think the silliness is that the smart play is probably actually the
[19:35.940 -> 19:41.560] McLaren because we really can't get a third race where just everything out of
[19:41.560 -> 19:49.580] their control goes wrong. Where like Pierre decides to run into Oscar and the debris flies over every car only to hit Lando.
[19:49.580 -> 19:52.780] But I don't feel like rooting for that, so I didn't pick them.
[19:52.780 -> 19:57.580] I will not accept this even as a theory during Daniel Ricciardo week.
[19:57.580 -> 19:59.580] That is unbelievable.
[19:59.580 -> 20:03.580] Gosh, I'm so relieved that we didn't have back-to-back race weeks with the exact same picks.
[20:03.580 -> 20:13.360] Because that was wild. And it was so annoying also because I feel like they were good picks and then just so
[20:13.360 -> 20:20.000] many things went wrong but that is the sport. Like always we will keep you updated through the
[20:20.000 -> 20:29.600] weekend with how our predictions go on all of our social channels at Gridwalk Show. So if you want to root for, against, laugh at our misery when we eventually get most
[20:29.600 -> 20:33.200] of this wrong, come do that.
[20:33.200 -> 20:41.240] Well, we had a PR safety car this week, which to those listening, just means that someone
[20:41.240 -> 20:44.000] in the world of F1 makes a PR blunder.
[20:44.000 -> 20:46.640] And what happens when someone makes a blunder in racing?
[20:46.720 -> 20:47.520] There's a safety car.
[20:47.560 -> 20:49.320] So PR safety car.
[20:49.680 -> 20:54.440] This week, Stefano Domenicalli, who is the head of the Liberty
[20:54.440 -> 20:56.600] Media Formula One side of things.
[20:56.600 -> 20:57.560] So not the FIA.
[20:57.560 -> 21:03.240] FIA handles stewarding rules, Formula One, media, money.
[21:04.000 -> 21:05.240] That's, that's the division. That's the division.
[21:05.240 -> 21:07.340] That's the short answer.
[21:07.340 -> 21:08.540] Yeah.
[21:08.540 -> 21:11.940] He, well, at a different race for a different series,
[21:11.940 -> 21:16.240] was interviewed by a Portugal news outlet.
[21:16.240 -> 21:18.160] And he was quoted as saying,
[21:18.160 -> 21:20.840] in a normal weekend, the one consisting of free practice,
[21:20.840 -> 21:22.040] one and two on Friday,
[21:22.040 -> 21:24.620] each session should be awarding either points
[21:24.620 -> 21:25.040] or single
[21:25.040 -> 21:30.160] qualifying laps or a qualification for a different or shorter Saturday race instead of a third free
[21:30.160 -> 21:35.920] practice, perhaps the mechanism of a reverse grid." So basically he's throwing out a bunch of ideas.
[21:36.480 -> 21:40.720] Essentially he goes on to say like, we're just putting everything on the table
[21:45.000 -> 21:45.320] everything on the table to mix up what a weekend format is.
[21:50.080 -> 21:51.800] Of course, the headline that takes over the media, so there was a lot of context there,
[21:51.800 -> 21:56.000] is that he basically called for a canceling
[21:56.000 -> 21:59.520] of F1 practices for a lot of reasons.
[21:59.520 -> 22:03.120] One being sporting, he thinks the teams have too much time
[22:03.120 -> 22:04.820] to get things right over the weekend,
[22:04.820 -> 22:09.440] so there's less opportunity for a grid shakeup but also he's saying that
[22:09.440 -> 22:15.500] he wants more points-giving sessions for excitement but of course scandalous
[22:15.500 -> 22:21.680] headlines you know head of f1 wants to cancel all practices and some people
[22:21.680 -> 22:25.240] love this idea some people hate this idea No one's in the middle about this idea,
[22:25.240 -> 22:27.240] which is why it's a PR safety car. Basically,
[22:28.120 -> 22:30.080] this idea
[22:30.080 -> 22:33.640] went out into the ether in a way that I'm sure F1 didn't love.
[22:34.320 -> 22:38.980] Because it's an incomplete idea when it's looked at that way. That's why I actually think this is super interesting.
[22:39.480 -> 22:43.280] There's, you know, we want to have less free practice sessions.
[22:44.040 -> 22:47.560] They're going to replace it with something.
[22:47.560 -> 22:53.880] The way sports leagues make all of their money is normally through media broadcasting rights.
[22:53.880 -> 22:59.680] Therefore, F1's not going to be like, yes, you know what, I used to give you X number
[22:59.680 -> 23:04.960] of hours of TV content, we're now going to give you less, and we want you to pay us more.
[23:04.960 -> 23:05.000] That's not how it works. hours of TV content, we're now going to give you less and we want you to pay us more.
[23:05.000 -> 23:07.440] That's not how it works.
[23:07.440 -> 23:10.040] But of course, none of that went out into the ether.
[23:10.040 -> 23:15.240] It was just panic because free practice is going away.
[23:15.240 -> 23:16.800] No free practice, no practice.
[23:16.800 -> 23:18.520] There will be no free practice.
[23:18.520 -> 23:19.640] It will be canceled.
[23:19.640 -> 23:20.840] I don't believe in it.
[23:20.840 -> 23:22.840] And that is all he probably said, right?
[23:22.840 -> 23:23.840] Yeah.
[23:23.840 -> 23:30.240] No, no one wants to. Yeah, I did just read like a very long coordinated quote that was really just about like them being
[23:30.240 -> 23:35.680] flexible and discussing changing up the Grand Prix weekend, which I do think is an interesting
[23:35.680 -> 23:43.040] concept. I think generally speaking, a lot of people, you and I included, not big sprint weekend
[23:43.040 -> 23:45.360] people, because the sprint race is normally kind
[23:45.360 -> 23:53.040] of boring. Yeah. Overall, and there's a lot that can be done to fix the sprint race, but I do, I do
[23:53.040 -> 23:58.560] like the thought process that this PR blunder is sending us down. So if he's not gonna fill in the
[23:58.560 -> 24:04.160] back half for us, I thought it'd be fun if I pitched a bunch of ideas at you of if we're gonna
[24:04.160 -> 24:05.200] take away or change
[24:05.200 -> 24:11.200] up the way a weekend works and take away some practice, here are some both unhinged and actual
[24:11.200 -> 24:17.760] logical ideas of different things we could replace it with. And then you can rank my pitches on,
[24:18.400 -> 24:25.240] you know, zero to five, five meaning like F1 take this idea, zero being like that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard
[24:26.160 -> 24:28.000] Don't ever mention that again
[24:28.000 -> 24:34.240] Am I like cosplaying as T'Pana? Should I get like glasses and I'll just like pretend that I'm like, ah, this is response
[24:34.240 -> 24:36.240] This is all my pictures. Okay
[24:36.240 -> 24:38.240] We're gonna rate this, here we go
[24:38.240 -> 24:42.880] But again, I'm ready for ridiculous. Give me unhinged. I want these ideas
[24:43.240 -> 24:47.200] You're welcome again to F1 for good ideas,
[24:47.200 -> 24:54.880] courtesy of Brianna's brain. There you go. Yeah, because I just, I am on the side of,
[24:56.000 -> 25:01.440] like, I find enjoyment watching practice. But I know most people don't watch F1 the way I do with
[25:01.440 -> 25:10.000] the live timing and looking and like estimating lap times and using that to predict the weekend. And I do also just want to throw out there that I completely
[25:10.000 -> 25:14.720] understand the argument that if we're not going to allow in-season testing, we need to allow the
[25:14.720 -> 25:23.520] teams to have on-track time. Right. But maybe they don't need three free practice sessions because
[25:23.520 -> 25:25.440] the one thing I do like about a sprint
[25:25.440 -> 25:29.600] weekend is that you have an opportunity for someone to get something wrong like
[25:29.600 -> 25:33.400] Red Bull got Brazil wrong last year and we wouldn't have had that great
[25:33.400 -> 25:37.680] Mercedes weekend if Red Bull didn't get it wrong because they had more practice
[25:37.680 -> 25:42.720] time so I get the value in that but so I'm gonna start with a more serious
[25:42.720 -> 25:46.880] pitch okay I think that's fair start the with the serious and let's, you know,
[25:46.880 -> 25:50.200] grow to the ridiculous.
[25:50.200 -> 25:53.320] So, super simple, easy way
[25:53.320 -> 25:56.520] is sprint should just have its own qualifying session.
[25:56.520 -> 26:00.080] So we have a sprint race, we have a real race,
[26:00.080 -> 26:03.880] we have two qualifying sessions, we replace, like, so
[26:03.880 -> 26:08.320] we replace the Friday FP1 or FP2 with an
[26:08.320 -> 26:16.080] additional qualify. Easy fix. Then we don't get that weird qualifying sessions. Two qualifying,
[26:16.080 -> 26:28.500] two race. Huh? One practice. So one practice Friday, qualifying, race, quali race?
[26:28.500 -> 26:29.500] Yeah.
[26:29.500 -> 26:32.500] Yeah, or quali race race.
[26:32.500 -> 26:33.500] Either way.
[26:33.500 -> 26:39.200] But I think something we all don't love about sprint races is that it just puts the grid
[26:39.200 -> 26:41.500] back to normal for the Grand Prix.
[26:41.500 -> 26:45.400] But if you have two qualifying sessions,
[26:50.360 -> 26:55.200] gets it spicy. I'm not, you know what, that's kind of fun. I don't want to give a five. So I may retroactively give a five
[26:55.240 -> 27:01.000] and change but right now I'm at a four. If they're listening,
[27:01.000 -> 27:05.360] I'm now like we should we, make him have a meeting.
[27:06.440 -> 27:09.560] I will point out that that's not a like uncommon thought.
[27:09.920 -> 27:10.200] Right.
[27:10.200 -> 27:10.520] Yeah.
[27:10.560 -> 27:12.120] Like so many people feel that way.
[27:12.120 -> 27:12.960] That's why I'm starting.
[27:13.040 -> 27:15.760] I'm like, okay, if you think that's a five, I think you're going to love some of the more
[27:15.760 -> 27:18.240] like ridiculous things I have out here.
[27:19.240 -> 27:23.720] So no matter what, this is how, how do we spice up practice?
[27:23.880 -> 27:26.720] Well, F1 loves scaling things right now.
[27:26.720 -> 27:32.640] So like wind tunnel time, CFD testing is all scaled to help the slower teams.
[27:33.440 -> 27:38.640] So imagine we had 90 minutes over the course of a weekend for practice,
[27:38.640 -> 27:44.880] but Red Bull only gets 10 minutes of practice, and McLaren is in P10, so they get 90 minutes.
[27:44.880 -> 27:46.960] So then you get like the top teams
[27:46.960 -> 27:55.440] frantically trying to complete as much learning they can do in 10 minutes. So we get some help
[27:55.440 -> 28:01.680] for the below the grid teams and we get some frantic chaoticness with like the top three teams
[28:01.680 -> 28:09.520] trying to get in enough practice time. Okay so I I'm answering this not in a, what I would want, cause I would love to see
[28:09.520 -> 28:09.880] this.
[28:09.960 -> 28:16.120] I would absolutely be so hectic and so fun to watch, but I'm trying to think of
[28:16.120 -> 28:23.360] this perspective as they want to spice this up because more eyes, more TV time,
[28:23.640 -> 28:24.440] all of this.
[28:25.400 -> 28:29.840] this up because more eyes, more TV time, all of this. And I'm thinking the more casual fan would not be as interested in
[28:30.120 -> 28:33.760] watching this type of free practice.
[28:33.760 -> 28:36.560] That's fair. That's fair. But if we're going to spice up
[28:36.560 -> 28:37.280] practice,
[28:37.320 -> 28:37.840] Right.
[28:38.360 -> 28:40.680] I don't want them to give points for it.
[28:41.040 -> 28:45.940] This I also agree with that. Yeah. Because this idea I had
[28:45.940 -> 28:49.500] to spike your ass. Right. Yes. Again, I love this. I would
[28:49.500 -> 28:53.080] absolutely think this would be incredible. But also at the same
[28:53.080 -> 28:55.100] time that I'm like, no, that means Mercedes will have less
[28:55.100 -> 28:58.780] time and I don't want McLaren to have 90 minutes of testing to
[28:58.780 -> 29:01.460] figure out whatever the heck they couldn't figure out in the
[29:01.460 -> 29:11.680] off season. But so I'm gonna give it a one, but only for the business fans that aren't as intense as us
[29:11.680 -> 29:14.320] wouldn't be watching it at 6am on ESPN.
[29:14.320 -> 29:16.960] Well, to be fair, they're not watching practice now.
[29:16.960 -> 29:17.600] Right, right.
[29:18.560 -> 29:21.200] Which is why admittedly they're having this conversation.
[29:21.200 -> 29:22.480] It's like, how do we get more people to watch this?
[29:22.480 -> 29:26.160] I don't think it'll cause more eyes other than us.
[29:26.960 -> 29:30.240] But would it improve racing on the weekend? Maybe.
[29:31.840 -> 29:32.560] You're right there.
[29:33.200 -> 29:38.720] No. You know, I'm just, I, I'm honestly like, I'm just backing it for the sake of backing it.
[29:38.720 -> 29:38.960] Yeah.
[29:38.960 -> 29:41.600] If they actually implemented this, the meltdown that would happen?
[29:42.160 -> 29:44.800] It would be horrendous. We, you know, we could not have that.
[29:42.000 -> 29:43.000] this, the meltdown that would happen? It would be horrendous.
[29:43.000 -> 29:45.000] We, you know, we could not have that.
[29:45.000 -> 29:53.000] So an issue with sprint weekends is that they're not making the sprints long enough that there's a tire degradation.
[29:53.000 -> 29:56.000] This doesn't solve that problem.
[29:56.000 -> 29:59.000] Okay.
[29:59.000 -> 30:01.000] I thought you had the solution.
[30:01.000 -> 30:02.000] Yes.
[30:02.000 -> 30:07.480] So my proposal, I do have solutions for that, but I just am going upfront and
[30:07.480 -> 30:09.840] saying that this idea does not solve that problem.
[30:10.440 -> 30:14.040] I think that every race weekend, we should add more sessions and
[30:14.040 -> 30:15.800] there should be a super sprint.
[30:16.400 -> 30:20.160] So like you just need to go crazy for 10 laps.
[30:20.520 -> 30:23.760] Then there needs to be the normal race, which should be averaged out at
[30:23.760 -> 30:25.040] whatever is a one to two stopper, the way they do races now. And then there should be the normal race, which should be averaged out whatever is a 1 to
[30:25.040 -> 30:27.520] 2 stopper, the way they do races now.
[30:27.520 -> 30:31.540] And then there should be an endurance race added.
[30:31.540 -> 30:37.320] And this should be three times the length of a normal F1 race, but the catch is that
[30:37.320 -> 30:42.040] both drivers, they need to do what they do in endurance racing, where the drivers actually
[30:42.040 -> 30:46.620] need to work as a team, and one does like the the first stint and one does the second stint.
[30:49.580 -> 30:54.180] That's crazy. Every team would need so many more tires.
[30:56.620 -> 31:01.080] Yes, it would be impossible. Like you could not have it. Oh!
[31:02.580 -> 31:06.600] But I just love the idea that like, whether or not Max won
[31:06.680 -> 31:10.080] would have to do with also whether or not like, Checo
[31:10.080 -> 31:14.040] performs. Like, I love the idea of like, making the drivers have
[31:14.040 -> 31:17.560] to work together more. So adding an endurance race where like,
[31:17.600 -> 31:20.040] they each have to do a stint and there's like, a tournament
[31:20.040 -> 31:20.520] scenario.
[31:20.800 -> 31:23.920] Max would hate it so much.
[31:24.080 -> 31:25.520] Oh, I think all the drivers would hate it.
[31:25.520 -> 31:26.360] Oh, yeah, yeah.
[31:26.360 -> 31:29.440] But now that exact scenario made me laugh.
[31:30.560 -> 31:31.400] That's a...
[31:31.400 -> 31:32.240] Hmm.
[31:34.640 -> 31:36.960] Yeah, so we have all these different kinds of races.
[31:36.960 -> 31:38.000] So there's the sprint race,
[31:38.000 -> 31:40.160] which is just gonna be about like power unit performance,
[31:40.160 -> 31:42.640] the normal race and Grand Prix we all know and love,
[31:42.640 -> 31:44.920] and then this endurance race edition.
[31:44.920 -> 31:48.800] God, could you imagine? They would have to also get rid of the budget cap. Like,
[31:48.800 -> 31:54.960] there would be no way that they would be able to- the amount of time that those crashes,
[31:54.960 -> 31:58.160] they would- this is- anyway, besides all of that, I...
[32:02.160 -> 32:02.960] I'm gonna give it a three.
[32:03.840 -> 32:04.000] Okay.
[32:04.000 -> 32:07.180] Because I have too many logistical questions, otherwise, I...
[32:07.180 -> 32:08.180] Is it a four?
[32:08.180 -> 32:09.180] No, because then I'm not ranking them.
[32:09.180 -> 32:13.260] I should have told you to rank them on, like, how much you actually want to see them.
[32:13.260 -> 32:14.260] Hey, hey, you're so right.
[32:14.260 -> 32:17.260] You know, at the end of this, at the end of this month...
[32:17.260 -> 32:20.620] I'll do a ranking of all of, like, how much I would want to see them.
[32:20.620 -> 32:21.620] Then I'm gonna give this one a four.
[32:21.620 -> 32:27.000] This is a four, because then I'll eventually just be able to rank them in whatever way I want.
[32:27.000 -> 32:39.720] Okay, my last and most unhinged idea is that Friday, in addition to you, you get free practice
[32:39.720 -> 32:45.740] one and free practice two, but during the course of that, you are given skills challenges you
[32:45.740 -> 32:48.180] must also complete.
[32:48.180 -> 32:53.100] And those skills challenges are for points, and you can complete them at any time during
[32:53.100 -> 32:54.100] the practice session.
[32:54.100 -> 32:57.460] And what do I mean when I'm talking about skills challenges?
[32:57.460 -> 33:06.660] Well, I mean like fastest pit stop, and like best reaction time from a driver, and like best reaction time from a driver and like something random like
[33:06.660 -> 33:12.180] how quickly can you get from the starting line to turn three depending on
[33:12.180 -> 33:16.380] the race circuit like just random exercises that they need to complete so
[33:16.380 -> 33:20.460] you can't just go out there in your free practice and do like oh yeah I'm just
[33:20.460 -> 33:25.560] gonna like do my thing it's like you need to do your thing and work in random skills
[33:31.860 -> 33:32.820] Like I knew that when you were pitching this idea and all of your skills. We're gonna be like
[33:34.400 -> 33:41.020] normal f1 skills But my brain immediately started thinking of like Nickelodeon double bear or like nuts and they're like
[33:42.920 -> 33:46.120] So like Max pulls it, jumps out of the
[33:46.120 -> 33:50.320] car, has to then go run up a hill.
[33:50.320 -> 33:53.960] So originally, that's where I started. I was like, okay, what's the most ridiculous thing
[33:53.960 -> 33:58.440] could I get the drivers to do? Right. And I was like, okay, so let me bring this back
[33:58.440 -> 34:07.120] down to like actual F1 things. But in reality, like, would I love it for Media Day instead of them having to
[34:07.120 -> 34:10.920] sit in a media pen and answer the same questions they always answer? Like, what if they had
[34:10.920 -> 34:17.360] to do that while, like, just completing, like, random Nickelodeon... Oh, do you remember
[34:17.360 -> 34:18.560] the Disney Channel games?
[34:18.560 -> 34:24.640] Of course I do. Do I remember the Disney Channel games? Of course I remember the Disney Channel
[34:24.640 -> 34:26.160] games. God, all of the Disney Channel games. God,
[34:26.160 -> 34:34.280] all of the Star Trek movies. Yes, I just would love if every weekend on media day, that's
[34:34.280 -> 34:40.120] how the F1 drivers had to like, interact. And that's how we interviewed them on things.
[34:40.120 -> 34:46.320] Like while they were climbing up a rock wall, we were like, so Charles, like, do you have faith in Ferrari still?
[34:46.480 -> 34:46.840] I don't know.
[34:46.840 -> 34:48.280] I'm just trying to get to the top here.
[34:50.800 -> 34:51.840] I have to ring the bell.
[34:52.200 -> 34:53.120] Those are the top of this.
[34:53.160 -> 34:56.520] That would, all of this for so many obvious reasons would never happen.
[34:56.520 -> 35:01.120] That is so incredibly funny and unhinged and like brings a whole new
[35:01.160 -> 35:03.000] meaning to like drive to survive.
[35:03.240 -> 35:03.640] Like,
[35:04.840 -> 35:07.440] so I need to take that idea and scale it
[35:07.440 -> 35:13.520] down to spicing up free practice with normal F1 skills. Like how quickly can the team change the
[35:13.520 -> 35:18.720] tire? Oh, you get five points on the constructors because you randomly changed a tire faster than
[35:18.720 -> 35:26.320] everyone else in free practice too. Like so many, oh my god, and there's so many like old people getting so mad
[35:26.320 -> 35:32.080] about all these things. I can just, that would just imagine that. Disclaimer to all of this is
[35:32.080 -> 35:39.280] we're having goofy fun here. Yeah, I think none of this. You and I at our core, I think just want
[35:39.280 -> 35:45.520] the normal Grand Prix weekend and like don't need to change all of this but hey we're gonna
[35:45.520 -> 35:49.320] have if everyone takes itself too seriously we're gonna have fun with this
[35:49.320 -> 35:53.060] if they're not going to fill in the blank of we're gonna take away practice
[35:53.060 -> 35:57.040] and replace it with X we are going to give you fun X's just there's my
[35:57.040 -> 36:05.720] disclaimer to all of this. Please no one tell us that weekends are fine as they are. We know we wake up every weekend and
[36:05.720 -> 36:11.600] watch all of the things. We pay to watch all of the things when we could technically get
[36:11.600 -> 36:13.600] it for free without commercials.
[36:13.600 -> 36:20.680] Right. Yeah, we like, yeah, we could get on here and do an entire segment about how like,
[36:20.680 -> 36:25.100] we don't want them to change the Grand Prix weekend and we actually like watching practice.
[36:25.100 -> 36:28.260] And I fundamentally believe that the problem with practice
[36:28.260 -> 36:31.160] isn't practice, it's the broadcasting of practice.
[36:31.160 -> 36:32.760] We could change up the broadcast
[36:32.760 -> 36:34.680] and make it so much more interesting.
[36:34.680 -> 36:39.140] Like Nicole gets my explanation during practice
[36:39.140 -> 36:40.840] as I'm sitting there looking at lap times
[36:40.840 -> 36:42.880] and like bring someone into the broadcast booth
[36:42.880 -> 36:48.160] to sit there and live analyze what we're seeing. And the best part of practice for me is watching Sam Collins walk down the pit
[36:48.160 -> 36:54.160] lane and explain the changes to us. Like you can do so much more on the different sides of F1.
[36:54.160 -> 36:57.680] But like, those are too rational. I want Disney Channel games.
[36:59.840 -> 37:05.120] Okay, well, when you're framing Disney Channel games of it all, that puts it at a 5.
[37:05.620 -> 37:11.920] So... What do I most want to see? I mean that. Like I really want to see the Disney Channel games.
[37:12.580 -> 37:13.080] Um...
[37:14.580 -> 37:15.080] Oof.
[37:15.580 -> 37:19.420] So we got... I gotta see Disney Channel games for sure.
[37:19.760 -> 37:22.320] Then I guess I'll put like a double quali.
[37:24.000 -> 37:26.120] Okay, yeah, that's a rational.
[37:27.520 -> 37:33.760] Okay, so we have cut now and then there's the I can't run
[37:33.760 -> 37:34.080] now.
[37:34.080 -> 37:35.040] Endurance break.
[37:35.120 -> 37:36.000] The endurance break.
[37:36.000 -> 37:37.960] Here, I'll give you I'll give you the four pitches.
[37:37.960 -> 37:38.800] Give me four.
[37:40.760 -> 37:44.160] Yeah, two were changes to the practice sessions themselves.
[37:44.280 -> 37:44.600] Right.
[37:44.600 -> 37:46.240] Which was one the skills challenge., which was one, the skills challenge
[37:46.240 -> 37:50.200] and two, the scaling practice times.
[37:50.200 -> 37:53.820] And then two were additions to the F1 weekend.
[37:53.820 -> 37:57.460] One was just adding qualifying, additional qualifying for every type of race.
[37:57.460 -> 38:01.860] And the second one was an endurance weekend.
[38:01.860 -> 38:06.480] So the teammates had to work together. Okay.
[38:06.480 -> 38:13.120] It's so ridiculous.
[38:13.120 -> 38:16.440] Dizzy channel.
[38:16.440 -> 38:19.120] All of this is endurance racing.
[38:19.120 -> 38:26.500] Double quali and then practice time change.
[38:26.500 -> 38:29.500] Yeah. Scale back practice time change.
[38:29.500 -> 38:35.500] That is my order. Surprised I want to see the most unhinged stuff first.
[38:35.500 -> 38:41.000] And that's because I love the way that the calendar is.
[38:41.000 -> 38:46.760] So show me something completely different.
[38:50.040 -> 38:50.960] Yeah, I'm interested to see what they do.
[38:55.480 -> 38:58.560] Yeah, cuz it'll be another something that they trial. It's not gonna just be like, no more free practice. It'll be because
[38:58.560 -> 39:02.320] I feel like this is also just another, like, attempted
[39:02.320 -> 39:07.400] solution where they're like, well, sprint races might not be working,
[39:07.400 -> 39:11.040] but maybe after this year, because there's so many of them,
[39:11.040 -> 39:14.040] maybe they'll work because there's so many.
[39:14.040 -> 39:17.120] But if not, then we'll try something else.
[39:17.120 -> 39:21.880] Right, and I do commend their willingness to try things.
[39:23.000 -> 39:27.560] I would appreciate actually if they were more flexible with
[39:27.560 -> 39:33.240] when they were trying them. You know, like, I think we're year three of sprint races right
[39:33.240 -> 39:39.020] now and I think overall everyone's like, okay, so the pro is less practice. That's actually
[39:39.020 -> 39:46.160] a pro of the sprint race weekends. The con is the sprint race. So maybe we try to come up with a different solution
[39:46.160 -> 39:52.720] here to achieve the same goal, which admittedly I think that's what the CEO of F1, Stefano Domingo
[39:52.720 -> 39:59.360] was trying to say here. So we're just sad about why this all ended up to be a PR safety car,
[39:59.360 -> 40:04.160] because I think what he was getting at was actually a very smart thing, but then it was
[40:04.160 -> 40:08.520] taken and extrapolated into, we're getting rid of all free practice, which I don't think would
[40:08.520 -> 40:09.520] ever be...
[40:09.520 -> 40:15.520] I think it's good to remember that in F1 there are three voting parties in every decision.
[40:15.520 -> 40:20.240] There's the FIA, there's F1, and there's all 10 teams as a collective unit.
[40:20.240 -> 40:21.240] So for something like...
[40:21.240 -> 40:24.000] I don't think the teams would ever let all practice.
[40:24.000 -> 40:26.400] This is not... Everyone calm down. It's too important for like, data.
[40:27.040 -> 40:27.920] They can't.
[40:27.920 -> 40:32.800] And yeah, for getting certain drivers point, like, you know,
[40:32.800 -> 40:36.240] reserve drivers getting time and cars, it means too much.
[40:36.240 -> 40:38.560] So not gonna happen before...
[40:40.560 -> 40:42.240] Welcome to Yellow Sector Notes.
[40:42.800 -> 40:49.080] Not the fastest walk around F1, but we will complete a full lap around the paddock hitting every F1 garage. Starting with
[40:49.080 -> 40:53.320] Red Bull, Nike blocked Max Verstappen's use of the phrase Max One in any future
[40:53.320 -> 40:57.680] merchandise because of the Air Max trademark. Aston Martin's team principal
[40:57.680 -> 41:01.120] Mike Krack revealed that he did consider asking Vettel to come back if Lance
[41:01.120 -> 41:06.100] could not race in Bahrain. Louis and George both did speaking engagements
[41:06.100 -> 41:10.020] in Malaysia with Petronas before heading to Australia.
[41:10.020 -> 41:12.220] That was a mouthful, I don't know why.
[41:12.220 -> 41:15.220] Carlos Saenz became a true Instagram influencer
[41:15.220 -> 41:19.560] by giving us jet lag trips during his flight to Melbourne.
[41:19.560 -> 41:22.100] I loved it, please keep doing it.
[41:22.100 -> 41:23.820] It was unbelievably entertaining.
[41:23.820 -> 41:26.720] When I saw the first one, I'm like, oh my gosh,
[41:26.720 -> 41:28.360] this is going to be a continued series.
[41:28.360 -> 41:30.840] I'm convinced that he was just like staying awake,
[41:30.840 -> 41:33.040] writing different copy for these stories
[41:33.040 -> 41:34.600] and like planning it all out.
[41:34.600 -> 41:36.200] And that's just how he kept himself up
[41:36.200 -> 41:37.120] during this whole trip.
[41:37.120 -> 41:39.600] Because his answer to everything was, I'm going to stay awake.
[41:39.600 -> 41:43.240] We're going to stay awake and be a zombie.
[41:43.240 -> 41:46.560] We also got great behind the scenes photos of him and Lando and like a
[41:46.560 -> 41:53.120] helicopter tour. Like I'm here for Instagram influencer Carlos Sainz. Please give me more.
[41:53.120 -> 41:59.920] Just more. Pierre and the F2 driver and Alpine Reserve driver Jack Duhan, who is from Australia,
[41:59.920 -> 42:05.880] went surfing with their former surf champion this week. VB and Joe both have special helmets
[42:05.880 -> 42:07.560] for the race this weekend.
[42:07.560 -> 42:11.720] Haas teased a KMAG social media takeover this weekend,
[42:11.720 -> 42:14.960] or at least I think that's what those emojis meant,
[42:14.960 -> 42:16.680] so we'll see.
[42:16.680 -> 42:18.160] Alex Albon made an appearance
[42:18.160 -> 42:20.760] at the Williams pop-up store this week.
[42:20.760 -> 42:23.560] Alphatari is considering changing its name
[42:23.560 -> 42:24.680] according to Helmet Marco,
[42:24.680 -> 42:25.200] so take that with
[42:25.200 -> 42:26.720] a pound of salt.
[42:26.720 -> 42:28.960] Who knows what's actually going on.
[42:28.960 -> 42:32.200] Lastly, happy home race to Oscar.
[42:32.200 -> 42:35.120] I will be rooting for Hakam race for you this weekend.
[42:35.120 -> 42:39.200] Maybe not points, but hopefully not a bunch of chaos.
[42:39.200 -> 42:41.800] I'm rooting for him even if Nicole is not.
[42:41.800 -> 42:45.480] That is the gridlock for March 30th, 2023 completed.
[42:45.480 -> 42:47.720] How's my sector time today, Nicole?
[42:47.720 -> 42:49.600] Faster than F1 realized
[42:49.600 -> 42:52.180] they needed to paint wider grid boxes.
[42:52.180 -> 42:55.920] I'm excited for that this week.
[42:55.920 -> 42:57.000] Oh yes, for sure.
[42:57.000 -> 43:00.120] Definitely gonna be commented on, I have no doubt.
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[43:56.520 -> 43:59.080] and we sincerely hope that you join us.
[43:59.960 -> 44:04.960] And today definitely felt like a shoeie and not a gridwalk.
[44:05.000 -> 44:08.180] and today definitely felt like a shoeie and not a gridwalk.
[44:12.060 -> 44:13.380] So please indulge my extra-ness
[44:15.100 -> 44:17.220] in this Daniel Riccardo week
[44:20.220 -> 44:23.180] as I will get rid of this shoe after I do this. 1000% will get rid of this shoe after I do this.
[44:23.180 -> 44:26.000] That's what I told my mom. She's like, use a new shoe. I said, I'm gonna use a different one and then get rid of this. That's what I told my mom. She's like, use a new shoe.
[44:26.000 -> 44:28.000] I said, I'm going to use a different one and then
[44:28.000 -> 44:30.000] get rid of it.
[44:36.000 -> 44:38.000] It's gross. I don't think it's
[44:38.000 -> 44:40.000] not gross, but
[44:40.000 -> 44:42.000] I love it.
[44:42.000 -> 44:44.000] Alright, that's the show.
[44:44.000 -> 44:45.280] Bye!
[44:46.360 -> 44:47.440] It's the end.