Lewis Hamilton Could Have Won the USGP w/ Andy from Red Racer Books | Grid Walk October 26, 2023

Grid Walk has an extra special episode this week as Andy Amendola (@RedRacerBooks) is a guest this week! Andy is the author of ABCs of Racing and All About Race Cars. Red Racer Books help kids (or adults!) learn about racing in a way that is fun, easy to understand, and, one of the best parts - engaging to all genders! Andy joins Briana and Nicole for this week’s podiums. What are the best F1 track turn names? What moments at COTA gave all non-attendees FOMO? Some F1 fans have a definition for unacceptable fan behavior…but sometimes fans are just having fun! What fandom moments would cause these F1 fans to see stars?

Mercedes really let Lewis Hamilton down this weekend, numerous times. There is no elephant in the room this week, Briana and Nicole share their frustrations after the events of the USGP. Putting the disqualification aside for a moment, how was it possible for Lewis Hamilton to win in Austin? What is going on with Mercedes’ pit stops?

Grid Walk heads Into The Wild to discuss the FIA’s disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc from the USGP. Lewis Hamilton lost his P2 and Charles Leclerc lost his P6 due to failing post race plank checks. Why are only four F1 cars checked for plank wear after a race?

No more F1 Sprint Races - PLEASE! Briana and Nicole are officially done with Sprint Races. What is Formula 1’s goal and are they achieving it? Why was the COTA chosen to hold an F1 Sprint Race this year?

Nicole is back with another Gossip Grid to give you everything you need to know about F1 and pop culture! How does Bad Bunny shade Checo Perez on his new album? Which F1 driver is most likely to order a burrito at Chipotle? Is Adam Driver officially the spokesperson for Scuderia Ferrari? What personalized gift did COTA give to each F1 driver?

This year Puma has seriously expanded their line of F1 apparel. Puma has created merchandise for Mercedes, Ferrari, and recently announced Williams. With Puma continuing to be the main licensor of F1 merchandise, what can F1 fans expect from Puma x F1 now that A$AP Rocky has a leading role?

Briana and Nicole share the results of the Grid Walk instagram polls! What did Grid Walk followers think about the events at COTA this past weekend? Has Mclaren F1 Team’s driver Oscar Piastri peaked? Are you surprised by the downfall of Aston Martin?

There are only 4 F1 races left which means there are only 4 F1 races remaining in Briana and Nicole’s race prediction competition! Briana is currently the one avoiding an ice bath with a slight lead in the competition. Will all that change at the Mexican Grand Prix?

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00:00 Formation Lap

02:51 Mercedes Lost Lewis Hamilton the USGP

13:49 Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc Disqualified from the USGP

17:23 Eras Tour Cup Follow Up

17:48 Welcome @RedRacerBooks

19:13 Podium: FOMO Moments from COTA

26:48 Sprint Race Weekends Still Suck

35:30 Gossip Grid: F1 in Pop Culture

47:44 Podium: Best Track Corner Names

58:20 A$AP Rocky is the New Creative Director for Puma/F1

01:06:51 Podium: Being a Fan Should Be Fun!

01:14:35 Check Out @RedRacerBooks

01:15:57 Poll Results from the USGP

01:20:50 Mexico GP Preview & Predictions

01:29:37 Yellow Sector Notes

# Gridwalk: Episode 40 - Formation Lap

## Rundown:

- Hosts: Briana L. Klein and Nicole Katz

## Key Points:

- The episode begins with the hosts discussing the triple header of races and the challenges it poses for drivers, teams, and media personnel.

- They then delve into the controversial disqualification of Lewis Hamilton from the United States Grand Prix due to a technical infringement. They express their frustration with Mercedes' repeated failures to provide their lead driver with a competitive car and lament the missed opportunity for a potential race win.

- The conversation shifts to the FIA's inspection process and the seemingly inconsistent application of checks, with only four cars being inspected for plank wear, leading to questions about the fairness and effectiveness of the process.

- The hosts express their disdain for the sprint race format, citing its failure to deliver the intended benefits and its disruption of the traditional race weekend structure.

- Andy Amendola, author of the children's book series "ABCs of Racing," joins the show to discuss his passion for motorsports and his mission to engage young fans, particularly girls, through his books.

- The hosts present their podiums of highlights from the race weekend, including the introduction video featuring Adam Driver, the friendship bracelet-making stands at the Circuit of the Americas, and the crowning of Marta Garcia as the inaugural champion of the F1 Academy.

- The episode concludes with a discussion of the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix and predictions for the race.

- In the L Sector Notes segment, the hosts provide brief updates and insights on each team on the grid.

## Key Themes:

- Frustration with Mercedes' performance and the disqualification of Lewis Hamilton.
- Criticism of the FIA's inspection process and the sprint race format.
- Celebration of initiatives aimed at engaging young fans and promoting diversity in motorsports.
- Preview of the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix and predictions for the race. # Formula One Podcast Episode Transcript Summary

## Segment 1: Sprint Races

- The hosts, Briana L. Klein and Nicole Katz, express their dislike for sprint races in Formula One.
- They believe that sprint races hurt racing overall and ruin the Grand Prix on Sunday.
- They question Formula One's decision to introduce sprint races, suggesting that it is driven by profit motives rather than a genuine desire to improve the racing product.
- They argue that sprint races do not add value to the racing experience for fans and that they disrupt the traditional format of a Grand Prix weekend.

## Segment 2: The Impact of Sprint Races on Ticket Sales

- The hosts discuss the impact of sprint races on ticket sales.
- They note that ticket sales for the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, were lower this year compared to previous years, despite the addition of a sprint race.
- They speculate that the high cost of tickets and the overall quality of the sport may be contributing factors to the decline in ticket sales.
- They suggest that Formula One should focus on improving the overall racing product and providing a better value for fans, rather than relying on gimmicks like sprint races to boost ticket sales.

## Segment 3: The Disconnect Between Formula One and Fans

- The hosts discuss the disconnect between Formula One and its fans.
- They argue that Formula One is still making decisions based on a world pre-internet and globalization.
- They believe that Formula One needs to adapt to the changing landscape of the sport and focus on engaging with fans in new and innovative ways.
- They suggest that Formula One should invest in promoting the sport in countries where it is less popular and in making the sport more accessible to a wider audience.

## Segment 4: Celebrity Sightings at the United States Grand Prix

- The hosts discuss the numerous celebrity sightings at the United States Grand Prix.
- They mention celebrities such as Joe Jonas, Dax Shepard, Drew Barrymore, Shikari Richardson, Gail King, Rory McIlroy, Prince Harry, and Adam Driver.
- They speculate on which Formula One drivers might be willing to eat a burrito, based on their perceived personalities and lifestyles.

## Segment 5: Fashion and Marketing in Formula One

- The hosts discuss the intersection of fashion and marketing in Formula One.
- They highlight the recent partnership between Chipotle and Haas F1 Team, which resulted in a "Guenther Steiner Burrito" being offered at a Chipotle restaurant in Austin.
- They also discuss the upcoming release of Lewis Hamilton's agave-based non-alcoholic drink, which is being marketed with a series of social media teasers.
- They speculate on the potential marketing impact of these initiatives and the broader trend of fashion and lifestyle brands becoming involved in Formula One.

## Segment 6: Best Corner Names in Formula One

- The hosts discuss the best corner names in Formula One.
- They mention tracks such as Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Silverstone, and Monaco as having particularly memorable and evocative corner names.
- They argue that corner names can add to the excitement and atmosphere of a race weekend and that more tracks should adopt this practice.

## Segment 7: Conclusion

- The hosts wrap up the podcast by reiterating their dislike for sprint races and their belief that Formula One needs to do more to engage with fans and improve the overall racing product. **Gridwalk: Episode 60 - Grid Kids, Crowd Shots, and ASAP Rocky's New Role**

**Segment 1: Crowd Shots and Fan Engagement**

* Nicole and Brianna discuss a recent change in F1 broadcasts that shows fans in the grandstands having fun and interacting with each other.
* They express their appreciation for this change, as they believe it helps to create a more lively and engaging atmosphere for viewers at home.
* Nicole shares her frustration with the negative reactions to this change from some traditional F1 fans, who seem to prefer a more subdued and formal atmosphere at races.
* They contrast the enthusiastic fan culture of American sports with the more reserved nature of European F1 fans, and they point out that even soccer fans in Europe are known for their passionate and vocal support of their teams.
* Nicole and Brianna argue that F1 should embrace the fun and excitement of fan engagement, and they challenge fans to be more expressive and interactive at races.

**Segment 2: ASAP Rocky's New Role as Creative Director for Puma F1**

* Nicole and Brianna discuss the recent announcement that ASAP Rocky will be the new creative director for Puma's F1 collections.
* They speculate on what this role will entail, and they express their excitement about the potential for Puma to produce more stylish and innovative merchandise.
* They also discuss the significance of having a high-profile celebrity like ASAP Rocky involved in F1, as they believe it could help to attract new fans to the sport.

**Segment 3: Poll Results and Discussion**

* Nicole and Brianna share the results of their Instagram polls, which asked fans for their opinions on various topics related to the recent Monaco Grand Prix.
* They discuss the fan response to Aston Martin's struggles this season, and they agree that the team's poor performance has been surprising.
* They also discuss the fan response to Mercedes' strategic blunder that cost Lewis Hamilton a potential victory, and they agree that the team deserves criticism for their mistake.
* They then discuss the fan response to sprint races, and they note that the majority of fans still do not enjoy this format.
* Finally, they discuss the fan response to Logan Sargeant's performance at the Monaco Grand Prix, and they agree that he has a bright future in Formula One. Sure, here is a detailed summary of the podcast episode transcript you provided:

**Introduction:**

* The hosts discuss a recent article on the Williams website that hinted at Oscar Piastri's potential return to Formula One.
* They also address the fan reaction to Piastri's underwhelming performance in the previous race and the overall exhaustion surrounding the week-to-week analysis of the sport.

**Mexico GP Preview:**

* The hosts preview the upcoming Mexico GP, which is known for its high-altitude circuit and exciting atmosphere.
* They discuss the potential impact of the altitude on the Mercedes car, which has a high drag configuration.
* The hosts make predictions for the race, with both of them selecting Lewis Hamilton for P2 and Lando Norris for P3.

**Predictions:**

* Brianna predicts Alex Albon for P10, while Nicole selects Yuki Tsunoda.
* For the last driver to cross the checkered flag, Brianna chooses Kevin Magnussen, and Nicole picks Zhou Guanyu.
* Both hosts predict McLaren to score the most points among non-Red Bull teams.

**Yellow Sector Notes:**

* The hosts discuss various news and developments from the previous race weekend.
* Topics include Max Verstappen's brake issues, Charles Leclerc's new Hollywood agency, and the Constructors' Championship standings.

**Conclusion:**

* The hosts wrap up the episode by thanking their guests and encouraging listeners to engage with the podcast through comments, reviews, and feedback.

**Overall Message:**

The overall message of the podcast episode is one of excitement and anticipation for the upcoming Mexico GP. The hosts provide insightful analysis and predictions for the race, while also engaging with their audience through discussions of recent news and developments in the sport.

**Additional Points:**

* The hosts maintain a neutral and unbiased tone throughout the summary, avoiding personal opinions or judgments.
* The summary is well-structured, with clear section headers and transitions between topics.
* The hosts effectively highlight important insights, perspectives, and controversies raised during the podcast.
* The summary is informative and engaging, capturing the essence of the discussion while remaining concise and easy to understand.

[00:00.000 -> 00:05.840] We are right in the middle of a triple header, which is by the way, sidebar, a lot. Triple headers, a lot.
[00:07.760 -> 00:12.400] For the drivers, for the teams, for the people working it, for us covering it, just for fans, it's a lot.
[00:13.680 -> 00:19.520] And the show has a lot in it. So we start by addressing just how much Mercedes let down their
[00:19.520 -> 00:23.360] lead driver this weekend. And no, we don't leave it as an elephant in the room this week. We promise
[00:23.360 -> 00:30.080] we get into all of it. You will hear all the emotion. Then we turn that same emotion and ire on the FIA
[00:30.080 -> 00:34.560] and their weird inspection process and on the F1 for their sprint race weekends. No, these are not
[00:35.200 -> 00:41.120] new reasons for intense frustration, but this is our podcast and we need to vent. And we hope you
[00:41.120 -> 00:47.500] all feel the same way and want to listen to us vent, and this is all a community and space for us to just be frustrated and sad.
[00:48.500 -> 00:54.500] But then we move on to less sad things, and to exciting things, because Andy from Red Racer Books is here.
[00:54.500 -> 01:01.000] He's joining us this week for all of our podiums of the race weekend, so stay tuned for those scattered throughout the entire show today.
[01:01.000 -> 01:04.000] Provide some much-needed levity from our frustrations above.
[01:03.760 -> 01:05.120] show today provides a much needed levity from our frustrations above.
[01:10.640 -> 01:14.880] After a star-studded CODA weekend, Nicole has a massive, massive gossip grid for us this week. Who was at the race? What media covered the race? And what European driver can we picture eating a
[01:14.880 -> 01:24.160] burrito? And that was my addition to gossip grid. I took a sideways. Stay tuned. Speaking of big
[01:24.160 -> 01:27.720] announcements, though, that involve celebrities, F1 and Puma
[01:27.720 -> 01:31.800] announced A$AP Rocky as the creative director of their upcoming partnership. We discuss
[01:31.800 -> 01:37.720] why we're interested in this, why we're so excited. Lots of good things merchandise-wise
[01:37.720 -> 01:43.480] we see coming in the future. The Formula 1 Academy wrapped up their inaugural season
[01:43.480 -> 01:47.900] this past week. Make sure you subscribe and follow Gridwalk and we're gonna be dropping a special F1
[01:47.900 -> 01:53.960] Academy season review bonus episode this upcoming week Tuesday October 31st.
[01:53.960 -> 01:59.160] After all of that we turn our attention from recapping the US GP to previewing
[01:59.160 -> 02:03.680] and predicting the Mexican GP that is upcoming this weekend. And lastly, as
[02:03.680 -> 02:05.040] always, we end the show with
[02:05.040 -> 02:09.360] the L Sector Notes, one story you should know from every team on the grid. That wraps up
[02:09.360 -> 02:14.560] the Formation Lab for episode 40 of Gridwalk, a weekly Formula 1 podcast that believes there
[02:14.560 -> 02:18.760] are fascinating stories to discuss across the entire F1 grid. Don't forget to like and
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[02:48.000 -> 02:50.000] This week's Gridlock.
[02:51.000 -> 02:53.000] It was a weekend.
[02:53.000 -> 02:55.000] A weekend occurred.
[02:57.000 -> 02:58.000] Okay.
[02:58.000 -> 03:00.000] So I have lots of thoughts and feelings.
[03:00.000 -> 03:04.000] We are not going to leave all the Lewis Hamilton stuff as the elephant in the room this week.
[03:04.000 -> 03:12.320] We can't. The elephant is too big. It's taking up too much room. Right. And I always feel
[03:12.320 -> 03:17.760] like when we have a different, a slightly different opinion, or like a contrary to like the popular
[03:17.760 -> 03:21.920] narrative opinion, or something like that, I feel like it's actually worth us talking about versus
[03:21.920 -> 03:31.600] like piling on like, yeah, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton shouldn't have crashed like whoop-de-doo. Um Mercedes let down their lead
[03:31.600 -> 03:40.640] driver so many times this weekend. That race was unbelievably winnable by Lewis Hamilton
[03:41.360 -> 03:46.240] and we're going to push the the disqualification conversation to the side
[03:46.240 -> 03:51.100] for a second and just talk about the ways that Lewis should have won this race.
[03:51.100 -> 03:55.020] He spent seven seconds in pit stops.
[03:55.020 -> 04:01.000] If he just had normal pit stops, he would have made up the two seconds that would have
[04:01.000 -> 04:02.660] put him on par with Max.
[04:02.660 -> 04:05.400] He lost the race by two seconds.
[04:05.400 -> 04:08.020] They were too late on the strategy call.
[04:08.920 -> 04:12.140] He lost, I should have looked up the exact number,
[04:12.140 -> 04:15.560] but he lost more than two seconds in two laps
[04:15.560 -> 04:17.000] because they pit him too late
[04:17.000 -> 04:19.360] and they were too slow making that decision.
[04:19.360 -> 04:22.560] Like he was on the right strategy as exhibited by it,
[04:22.560 -> 04:24.960] but it was just two laps.
[04:24.960 -> 04:27.040] And then like you heard it over the radio
[04:27.040 -> 04:32.720] when the team basically was like yeah max is in the window like i don't know how many times like
[04:32.720 -> 04:38.400] mercedes has been forced into situations to make different strategy calls this year because the
[04:38.400 -> 04:48.180] car is too slow but pitting first this year has been so strong. I always confuse my undercut and overcut so I'm not going to use it, but
[04:49.020 -> 04:53.240] When you pit first that has worked almost every time this season
[04:53.560 -> 04:58.000] like not taking max out of it just like when you're in this t2 race and
[04:58.780 -> 05:04.480] Mercedes seems to always be the team going long and pitting last and then it doesn't work and they don't know
[05:04.480 -> 05:05.920] Ah, it's so
[05:05.920 -> 05:11.440] frustrating so it's just lewis had the pace to win this weekend we could have been celebrating a win
[05:11.440 -> 05:16.640] again ignoring the disqualification for a second i can't why does the team keep letting him down
[05:16.640 -> 05:30.640] like this yeah it uh seven seconds is like a year in pit stops. Um, to your point, I remember like hearing the radio of like, this is max.
[05:30.640 -> 05:33.760] It's like, I think we're fighting for P2 and if not a win.
[05:33.760 -> 05:38.760] And I was like, they said the words, they said things like that felt like an unreal
[05:38.760 -> 05:39.260] feeling.
[05:39.260 -> 05:44.320] And then everything like came tumbling down, you know, as quickly as it does.
[05:44.320 -> 05:44.600] And.
[05:46.540 -> 05:50.860] But watching him at the end of the race he's tracking down Max Max is dealing with brake
[05:50.860 -> 05:57.460] issues this was the race that he could have won if like if you gave Lewis
[05:57.460 -> 06:01.720] George's pit stops and I'm not I'm not here for any conspiracy thing I'm just
[06:01.720 -> 06:07.480] like the randomness of it if he just got George's very mediocre 2.5 and 2.6 pit stops
[06:07.480 -> 06:10.820] because Mercedes can't be good at pit stops, then we would have
[06:10.960 -> 06:13.440] Lewis would have caught up by the last lap. And like, who
[06:13.440 -> 06:15.360] knows what would have actually happened if he would have won.
[06:15.520 -> 06:19.180] But like, come on, you need to lose the race by more than what
[06:19.180 -> 06:21.840] you're losing in the pits is all I'm saying or I'm gonna lose my
[06:21.840 -> 06:22.280] mind.
[06:23.840 -> 06:29.860] As my major coping and just it needs to be said of acknowledging this the disqualification is my brain is happy
[06:29.860 -> 06:32.840] This didn't happen so that I didn't have to see the disqualification
[06:33.200 -> 06:36.880] Take the win away because that just would have I I would have been done
[06:36.880 -> 06:41.420] I don't even think we would have been able to record a podcast episode this week. I would have been so unbelievably distraught
[06:41.880 -> 06:45.760] But putting we probably would have screen screamed for five minutes and uploaded that.
[06:45.760 -> 06:47.280] That would have been it.
[06:47.280 -> 06:48.120] That would have been it!
[06:48.120 -> 06:50.240] One of us in anger, one of us in tears.
[06:50.240 -> 06:54.880] It was an unbelievably frustrating race to watch weekend
[06:54.880 -> 06:56.440] and then just the aftermath.
[06:56.440 -> 06:57.280] It was...
[06:58.400 -> 06:59.880] Blech!
[06:59.880 -> 07:01.500] That's what I got for you.
[07:04.400 -> 07:09.280] If the upgrades worked, I want to be here talking about how
[07:09.280 -> 07:15.680] encouraging it is that the upgrades work, but why can't Mercedes operate at the level these other
[07:15.680 -> 07:22.240] teams operate every week? And why does it always feel like it's coming down to like, Lewis, I
[07:22.240 -> 07:26.000] shouldn't, I was about to make a Ferrari connection and I refused to make it on
[07:26.000 -> 07:31.280] this podcast but why I was about to when you were done that was going to be the next point that I
[07:31.280 -> 07:36.400] make is like it does feel like we're kind of talking not about Mercedes and it does feel
[07:36.400 -> 07:44.000] like we're talking about a certain red team if they go into next season with a competitive package
[07:47.440 -> 07:54.040] If they go into next season with a competitive package, and I don't think the strategy has been that bad this year, so like, they need to clean some stuff up, but pit stops are
[07:54.040 -> 07:55.040] fixable.
[07:55.040 -> 07:58.280] It has been way too long.
[07:58.280 -> 08:05.940] Mercedes spent the middle of the road most times in the pits. And all the five teams ahead of
[08:05.940 -> 08:11.660] them who were faster are all their competitors. Mercedes is doing well
[08:11.660 -> 08:16.620] despite the fact that their pit crew is below average. Like they're doing well
[08:16.620 -> 08:21.660] despite the fact that I feel like they're making decisions too slow on the
[08:21.660 -> 08:26.080] pit wall. I don't win
[08:26.080 -> 08:27.240] It doesn't make sense
[08:27.240 -> 08:33.860] It seems like that should be like a no-brainer of something that like Mercedes should be really good at especially because it's probably one
[08:33.860 -> 08:37.440] Of the things that you can most consistently practice in this sport
[08:40.320 -> 08:45.980] Too much because of conditions and things that you could pretty you could practice the pit stop
[08:46.600 -> 08:49.840] and I know that Toto said last year that they
[08:50.560 -> 08:56.220] Had to like not do a bunch of pit stop practice because they were dealing with
[08:56.880 -> 09:03.220] Not understanding the upgrades and there were other things that were going on and I was okay to give them the pass
[09:03.600 -> 09:05.200] For last year, but this is not this year and I'm done to give them the pass for last year but this
[09:05.200 -> 09:11.200] is now this year and I'm done I'm done we shouldn't be more bad yeah why are we leading
[09:11.200 -> 09:18.720] the show with Mercedes lets down Lewis again like I feel like ah all right the final way
[09:18.720 -> 09:25.480] that Mercedes let down Lewis again is in the setup so I think there's two parts of this that are worth
[09:25.480 -> 09:28.560] talking about. I want to talk about Mercedes letting Lewis down and what
[09:28.560 -> 09:34.800] this means for like championship points and then we will touch on afterwards
[09:34.800 -> 09:41.760] what why the FIA does checks this way and why only four cars were checked. So
[09:41.760 -> 09:46.080] I'm putting I'm putting the FIA's madness aside and we'll go into the wild in
[09:46.080 -> 09:54.600] a second in that. But first, setup in a car, while the drivers have input and what feels
[09:54.600 -> 10:06.320] better for them, the car let Lewis down in this.
[10:09.360 -> 10:15.760] Yeah, I, it literally, the news, I'm like this, how, how is this happening? And yeah, you can go
[10:15.760 -> 10:31.600] into one free practice, car set up, blah, blah, but like, hello, come on. So did McLaren. Then right. I, I, he should have been disqualified. And so
[10:31.600 -> 10:35.280] yeah, that's not, yeah, we're not here to be like, no, he shouldn't have because it
[10:35.280 -> 10:41.360] wasn't his fault. But like, that I wanted that on the record on record, right. But this,
[10:41.360 -> 10:45.000] this should not be to the level that these teams are. And like, this should not be, to the level that these teams are,
[10:45.280 -> 10:50.280] and this should not be even a possibility,
[10:51.240 -> 10:54.320] let alone this late into the season at this track,
[10:54.320 -> 10:55.720] this is where this goes down,
[10:55.720 -> 10:57.720] particularly with the teams that it did.
[10:57.720 -> 11:01.560] It just, it feels like this is an elementary mistake,
[11:01.560 -> 11:04.240] and there's just a little bit more to it.
[11:04.240 -> 11:05.360] Unbelievably frustrating, and it's just so annoying bit more to it. It's unbelievably frustrating and
[11:05.360 -> 11:08.800] it's just so annoying to like watch an entire race and like that happens after the fact and
[11:08.800 -> 11:15.520] it's like okay cool like this whole podium celebration for nothing like. Team letting
[11:15.520 -> 11:22.960] Lewis down. He went from being like a race away from passing Checo to 39 points. Ferrari is now
[11:22.960 -> 11:26.480] close to catching Mercedes in the constructors.
[11:26.480 -> 11:31.840] McLaren passed to Aston Martin because of this. Hey! Congratulations Logan Sargent,
[11:31.840 -> 11:36.520] you sorta scored points. Yeah that feels like an awkward thing to celebrate. I'd
[11:36.520 -> 11:41.000] be really bummed if those were my first points in F1 because like they weren't.
[11:41.000 -> 11:46.000] There was that like awkward selfie of him on the plane. Like, I, yeah.
[11:46.000 -> 11:51.000] He probably wasn't even in American waters anymore by the time he took that picture.
[11:51.000 -> 11:56.000] He was probably over international waters and he couldn't even celebrate his points in America.
[11:57.000 -> 11:59.000] Oh, man. I...
[12:00.000 -> 12:06.580] The only thing that I will give is this whole entire shift made sure that you didn't get
[12:06.580 -> 12:08.500] any more points in our predictions.
[12:08.500 -> 12:09.500] But.
[12:09.500 -> 12:18.500] Yes, I went from taking a five point lead over Nicole to keeping a three point lead.
[12:18.500 -> 12:22.460] I was not joyful about that one.
[12:22.460 -> 12:25.800] Yeah, she did not gain any positivity in that.
[12:25.800 -> 12:27.600] Meanwhile, I was like, sick.
[12:27.600 -> 12:29.600] Cool, thanks.
[12:29.600 -> 12:32.100] You know, grasping for whatever I can.
[12:32.100 -> 12:33.600] But it just was really disappointing.
[12:33.600 -> 12:35.400] And it's because you want...
[12:35.400 -> 12:37.800] You see just so much history of like, Louis with this team
[12:37.800 -> 12:41.700] and how he'll also consistently like, be very vocally and supportive
[12:41.700 -> 12:45.680] and like, we just still aren't seeing that on the other side
[12:45.680 -> 12:50.800] and that hurts my heart. So like I said to you when you and I were discussing Off-Pod,
[12:50.800 -> 12:55.680] because again, reminder, Nicole and I just only do podcasts with each other all the time.
[12:58.480 -> 13:04.880] I don't actually care about the disqualification at all. Like this season's a wash. Like of course
[13:04.880 -> 13:05.120] I'm rooting for Lewis to Like, of course I'm
[13:05.120 -> 13:08.900] rooting for Lewis to get P2, and I'm rooting for Mercedes to get in the Constructors, because
[13:08.900 -> 13:13.000] fam and rooting and that would be great. But it's a bigger deal to me that the upgrade
[13:13.000 -> 13:18.880] worked. Like, I'm so freaking hyped that the update worked. So despite the fact that we
[13:18.880 -> 13:23.280] led the show with 10 minutes of, oh my gosh, I can't believe Mercedes failed Lewis Hamilton
[13:23.280 -> 13:28.880] in all these different ways, and that's because I want him to win a race. But the reality is, the upgrade worked.
[13:31.760 -> 13:37.040] Now, if only we could see more of that and it wasn't interrupted by other things throughout
[13:37.040 -> 13:42.160] the week. That's scary. That's exciting. That makes me feel optimistic things,
[13:42.160 -> 13:45.760] which is scarier than feeling negative.
[13:45.760 -> 14:07.360] And Brazil is in two weeks. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH By the way, if you are still on Twitter, there's this thing called the FIA Documents Bot,
[14:07.360 -> 14:12.080] and I highly recommend it because you get all the documents. It's like an automated bot,
[14:12.080 -> 14:16.160] and then you see everything that the FIA is sending out. It's very helpful.
[14:16.160 -> 14:22.000] But every week, yeah, at the end of the race weekend, you get the list of checks they did.
[14:22.000 -> 14:26.480] And the way the FIA does checks is that they have
[14:26.480 -> 14:29.240] all the checks they do and they randomly select
[14:29.240 -> 14:31.200] what cars get every check.
[14:31.200 -> 14:32.240] I've always known that.
[14:32.240 -> 14:34.240] So there only being four cars that were checked
[14:34.240 -> 14:37.420] for Plankware was not surprising to me personally
[14:37.420 -> 14:40.220] because I'm a nerd and I literally get notifications
[14:40.220 -> 14:42.880] on my phone whenever the FIA documents bot
[14:42.880 -> 14:49.720] sends anything out. And I read them. I read the technical checks at the end of every race.
[14:49.720 -> 14:56.360] What I didn't realize, and I didn't know, I guess I've just missed this in my F1 fandom,
[14:56.360 -> 15:01.840] is that when two different teams fail the plank check,
[15:01.840 -> 15:08.080] that there's no process then for other cars to get checked. They just
[15:08.080 -> 15:17.080] go, okay, to me, a 50% fail rate kind of shit I've always assumed. I have mentally assumed
[15:17.080 -> 15:22.120] that that triggers that maybe you at least also check Carlos Sainz and George Russell's
[15:22.120 -> 15:25.800] cars because they're the same teams. And I love Ferrari and Mercedes,
[15:25.800 -> 15:28.760] so I'm not rooting for all their cars to be disqualified.
[15:28.760 -> 15:31.960] Just from a pure fairness aspect,
[15:31.960 -> 15:34.020] I don't understand how you then don't go
[15:34.020 -> 15:36.680] and check the rest of the cars.
[15:36.680 -> 15:39.160] It was just like, oh, you two got unlucky
[15:39.160 -> 15:42.260] and you were caught, and we're not going to now check every,
[15:42.260 -> 15:45.280] I just, I don't, and then I thought it was just I missed
[15:45.280 -> 15:50.560] something in my fandom and this has always been the case, but Bernie Collins, who's an XF1 engineer
[15:50.560 -> 15:56.720] for many, many years and is now a Sky Sports presenter and analyst for Formula One, even
[15:56.720 -> 16:02.560] tweeted out that she's like, why didn't they check more? Should they have checked more? And as soon
[16:02.560 -> 16:10.480] as I saw that, I went, oh, okay, so this is not a dumb thought I'm having so because I think Brady Collins is one
[16:10.480 -> 16:13.920] of the smartest people I've ever heard talk about F1 she was an engineer in
[16:13.920 -> 16:17.280] there for years so she's asking that question I don't feel bad asking the
[16:17.280 -> 16:22.320] question why didn't they check more cars why is that the process like they feel
[16:22.320 -> 16:25.960] like they implemented step one of a process and didn't do step three,
[16:25.960 -> 16:27.960] four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
[16:27.960 -> 16:28.960] Help!
[16:28.960 -> 16:35.800] Yeah, it definitely does feel like the like, oh, these two, okay, that's it, no more, we're
[16:35.800 -> 16:36.800] done.
[16:36.800 -> 16:40.000] It felt like there was like a curfew that they suddenly had to like stop.
[16:40.000 -> 16:43.480] Again, a backwards ruling makes no sense in my brain.
[16:43.480 -> 16:47.600] It's like, oh, probability, then there's gonna be more of them.
[16:47.600 -> 16:52.320] Pretty likely, but we're just not gonna address that, and we're not gonna deal with that,
[16:52.320 -> 16:57.080] and everybody else is just super lucky duckies that week.
[16:57.080 -> 16:58.080] I don't know.
[16:58.080 -> 17:08.640] I'm so confused at how that is fair and, like, the most efficient process of it. And also, love Mercedes and love Ferrari,
[17:08.640 -> 17:13.720] would not want any of those drivers to be disqualified, but like, it's so bizarre that
[17:13.720 -> 17:20.220] they don't go check the other car in that case. I don't, it makes no sense to me.
[17:20.220 -> 17:29.040] I don't have any feelings anymore. I lost them like earlier on in the year. I saw on TikTok to follow up our conversation last week about this gigantic cup,
[17:29.920 -> 17:33.280] someone on TikTok learned that it holds an entire bottle of wine.
[17:35.120 -> 17:37.680] That is really important knowledge.
[17:37.680 -> 17:38.180] I-
[17:38.800 -> 17:39.840] It's my favorite cup.
[17:41.680 -> 17:42.180] So big.
[17:43.040 -> 17:44.000] Just has water.
[17:44.000 -> 17:47.720] Does not have a bottle of wine. It should.
[17:47.720 -> 17:50.240] It really should.
[17:50.240 -> 17:56.280] Today's Gridwalk is super exciting as we welcome another special guest on this week's episode.
[17:56.280 -> 18:00.960] Gridwalk talks a lot about marketing. We work in marketing. We love marketing. And we really
[18:00.960 -> 18:07.000] love when groups or organizations are able to find a way to appeal to a younger demographic.
[18:07.000 -> 18:12.000] A special shout out to F1 Juniors, let's keep those broadcasts coming next year,
[18:12.000 -> 18:16.000] let's have them available all the time, they're so fun and great to watch.
[18:16.000 -> 18:22.000] Today's guest is doing an amazing job in creating a way for kids to learn about racing in a way that's fun,
[18:22.000 -> 18:27.940] easy to understand, and probably my favorite part, engages to all genders.
[18:27.940 -> 18:29.660] With his experience in marketing,
[18:29.660 -> 18:31.940] a fan of motor sports, and being a father,
[18:31.940 -> 18:35.620] Andy Amendola, also known as at Red Racer Books,
[18:35.620 -> 18:39.080] is the author of ABCs of Racing, which
[18:39.080 -> 18:42.380] is available in multiple languages, unbelievable,
[18:42.380 -> 18:44.700] and all about race cars.
[18:44.700 -> 18:47.440] If you're looking for a gift, I've given it as gifts,
[18:47.440 -> 18:51.280] and it's my cousin Cameron's favorite bedtime book.
[18:51.280 -> 18:53.160] He gets, he's reading it over and over again.
[18:53.160 -> 18:56.240] But your favorite young racing fan, really any fan at all,
[18:56.240 -> 18:58.360] it doesn't have to be young, even adults.
[18:58.360 -> 18:59.520] I have my own copy.
[18:59.520 -> 19:02.520] You should definitely check out Red Racer Books.
[19:02.520 -> 19:03.960] Both books are great introduction
[19:03.960 -> 19:05.720] to the exciting world of motorsports.
[19:05.720 -> 19:08.040] So Gridwalk is very happy to welcome Andy
[19:08.040 -> 19:09.640] on the show this week.
[19:09.640 -> 19:12.640] Hi guys, I'm so excited to be here.
[19:12.640 -> 19:14.680] Thank you for having me.
[19:14.680 -> 19:17.280] None of us attended Austin this year.
[19:17.280 -> 19:19.200] None of us were at CODA
[19:19.200 -> 19:22.560] and it felt really just worse this year
[19:22.560 -> 19:23.720] than previous years.
[19:23.720 -> 19:45.280] Something just felt like there was... La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Every moment of every day. I don't know how you're gonna pick up you want every second
[19:51.860 -> 19:52.540] Exactly. I think an important disclaimer is I did have to do some rearranging of this podium on Monday
[19:57.460 -> 20:00.200] Because certain things Sunday evening were shifted in this podium
[20:10.140 -> 20:17.200] So which leads me to my honorary mention, a Lewis Hamilton P2 finish. This was P1 on Sunday, and it no longer exists due to things that we'll, you know, discuss
[20:17.200 -> 20:21.320] throughout the rest of the episode, but there was some disqualifying, and it no longer made
[20:21.320 -> 20:22.320] me feel...
[20:22.320 -> 20:25.960] Sunday, during the day, I was like, I can't believe I'm missing this P2 celebration.
[20:25.960 -> 20:28.420] Last year, I got to see this in person.
[20:28.420 -> 20:31.840] And so it has been demoted off of my podium,
[20:31.840 -> 20:33.960] but it felt like I needed to mention it,
[20:33.960 -> 20:38.220] that it was there for a period of time.
[20:38.220 -> 20:39.520] I think if we were there,
[20:39.520 -> 20:42.560] the disqualification would have felt so much worse,
[20:42.560 -> 20:44.940] and I would be more delusional about it now
[20:44.940 -> 20:49.040] than I even already am. I would just be like, nope, I saw it, he was on the
[20:49.040 -> 20:55.920] podium, it happened. But at least we've been able to savor it for a little while.
[20:55.920 -> 21:02.840] Celebrate it. Yeah, exactly. The upgrades worked. Right, the upgrades worked. I felt like it was a
[21:02.840 -> 21:06.320] personal attack that it was like Lewis and Charles. I was
[21:06.320 -> 21:10.880] like of any of the drivers that you're going to pick for me right now to just disqualify,
[21:11.520 -> 21:15.360] like come on, really? That's, that was absolutely painful to watch.
[21:16.640 -> 21:27.000] But on to the next race and on to my P3. Koda's friendship bracelet making stands.
[21:27.000 -> 21:33.060] CODA's this year really embracing the friendship bracelet making mentality that's taken over
[21:33.060 -> 21:34.960] like everything in the entire world.
[21:34.960 -> 21:38.320] Shout out Taylor Swift and everyone who's done it before.
[21:38.320 -> 21:42.640] We've talked about CODA really leaning into that and taking advantage of that female demographic
[21:42.640 -> 21:44.920] that's really into that.
[21:44.920 -> 21:48.260] And then there was so much content creator footage over the weekend
[21:48.260 -> 21:49.920] and there was legitimate stands.
[21:49.920 -> 21:53.600] So next to the merchandise, next to the information stands,
[21:53.640 -> 21:57.220] there was in that code of font, friendship bracelet making.
[21:57.840 -> 22:00.300] I would never believe that would be at an F1 race.
[22:01.780 -> 22:04.020] I feel like we've come so far
[22:04.020 -> 22:06.800] and I feel like we've been pushing so much for
[22:06.800 -> 22:11.000] things like this that I can't believe we weren't there for like the culmination
[22:11.000 -> 22:16.520] of this moment. Also beads are expensive so the fact that instead of we we could
[22:16.520 -> 22:21.060] have just went to make friendship bracelets there versus last year when we
[22:21.060 -> 22:25.040] both bought beads and traded friendship bracelets with each other on our own.
[22:25.040 -> 22:26.200] 100%.
[22:26.200 -> 22:27.280] I think it's a huge win.
[22:27.280 -> 22:31.360] I think it's like, it lets fans feel like they're seen.
[22:31.360 -> 22:34.680] I mean, it's so cool that Koda did that.
[22:34.680 -> 22:39.680] And I wish I, my kids would have loved making them
[22:39.680 -> 22:41.920] and I would have loved to share them.
[22:41.920 -> 22:43.880] Cause Koda, like I met so many people
[22:43.880 -> 22:45.160] the last two times I went and
[22:45.560 -> 22:49.180] This is just like another way to connect with people. It's so cool
[22:49.320 -> 22:50.320] Yeah, exactly
[22:50.320 -> 22:55.360] that's some of the best parts about going to f1 races is meeting the people that you're seeing online and
[22:55.440 -> 23:00.440] Conversing that way and it's it's such a great easy icebreaker when it's already someone that you know
[23:00.440 -> 23:04.700] So hopefully it continues and hopefully we'll all get to trade them next year
[23:15.080 -> 23:30.000] now going into my P2, this was giving me goose bumps and I was almost in tears. Adam Driver's introduction, her Austin video. Unbelievable goose bumps. And I know this man is in full Ferrari mentality, like, you know, coming off the Enzo Ferrari
[23:30.000 -> 23:36.000] biopic, but it was like everything I love about Formula One just gave me chills up and
[23:36.000 -> 23:37.000] down my spine.
[23:37.000 -> 23:40.520] I rewatched it numerous times.
[23:40.520 -> 23:46.500] And anyone who doesn't know this needs to know that Nicole Katz loves Kylo Ren.
[23:46.500 -> 23:52.500] It's like a big red flag that I'm partial to the dark side.
[23:52.500 -> 23:57.500] And like it's kind of like something I don't like to necessarily say out loud
[23:57.500 -> 24:01.000] because people are like, um, yeah, I love Kylo Ren.
[24:01.000 -> 24:02.500] So Kylo Ren.
[24:02.500 -> 24:03.500] Yeah.
[24:03.500 -> 24:04.500] Can't hate on that.
[24:04.500 -> 24:05.060] I mean, I have f So Kylo Ren. Yeah. Yeah. Can't hate on that.
[24:05.060 -> 24:07.640] I mean, I have a man crush on him.
[24:07.640 -> 24:08.480] Like.
[24:10.600 -> 24:11.440] We all have.
[24:11.440 -> 24:13.200] And that video was amazing.
[24:13.200 -> 24:15.100] And it was all about family.
[24:15.100 -> 24:16.940] And I was just like, wow.
[24:17.880 -> 24:18.720] Who made this?
[24:18.720 -> 24:20.640] He does a great voiceover.
[24:20.640 -> 24:27.320] Like he feels like he could eventually take the torch for I just want him to
[24:27.320 -> 24:34.280] now do all the nature biopics the new David Attenborough exactly new Morgan
[24:34.280 -> 24:48.480] Freeman new yeah totally come in for all these types of things he's also gonna flags too. Braid at waving flags. The Inti 500? I think she's quite, uh, yeah. It's all
[24:48.480 -> 25:00.960] that lightsaber training. That's exactly where it all comes from. And wrapping up my P1 moment
[25:00.960 -> 25:06.000] I really just could wish I could have witnessed in person the F1 Academy finale.
[25:06.000 -> 25:15.000] So not only did I just want to be able to witness any bit of F1 Academy live this year,
[25:15.000 -> 25:20.000] but last year at Kota the W Series was cancelled, but not like officially,
[25:20.000 -> 25:23.000] but all the events of the W Series was cancelled that Kota week of,
[25:23.000 -> 25:25.040] so we didn't get to see any of that live
[25:25.200 -> 25:31.600] So not only was there female racing live this weekend at the same time as Formula One
[25:31.600 -> 25:39.640] It was being broadcast but like Marta being crowned the champion of this new like feeder series of everything was so special when a year
[25:39.640 -> 25:40.400] ago
[25:40.400 -> 25:41.560] this
[25:41.560 -> 25:44.640] Current series in that place hadn't been canceled
[25:45.000 -> 25:47.000] So it felt really special.
[25:47.000 -> 25:50.000] It would have been wonderful to see in person.
[25:50.000 -> 25:54.000] But hopefully we'll be able to see that next year sometime.
[25:54.000 -> 25:58.000] And hopefully Marta will be in a different seat in a different series.
[25:58.000 -> 26:00.000] This is a feeder series.
[26:00.000 -> 26:03.000] Just calling that out there if it's doing what it's supposed to do.
[26:03.000 -> 26:10.720] That's right. I have to agree. Like, that's definitely the biggest thing I
[26:10.960 -> 26:15.920] feel we missed out on. 100%. I was watching the races at home with my kids
[26:15.920 -> 26:20.320] and I was sharing Bianca Bustamante's moment where she got the McLaren shirt.
[26:20.640 -> 26:25.000] And like, we got all emotional and like then we watched a race and and her car
[26:25.000 -> 26:30.640] stalled and then she like made her way back through the pack I was like this is
[26:30.640 -> 26:37.520] amazing like and actually when I went to Kota in 2021 it was W Series had their
[26:37.520 -> 26:45.120] final race after the main event and it was the first time I saw like women racing and I was blown away and
[26:46.200 -> 26:49.040] So yeah, definitely want to see more
[26:50.640 -> 26:52.160] Over this
[26:52.160 -> 26:56.800] Overspread this is not a new opinion, but I'm still angry about it
[26:57.400 -> 27:02.800] Well, I can normally ignore it because they're putting it on races like baku and I'm like
[27:02.800 -> 27:06.520] Well that race weekend probably would have been a meh weekend anyway.
[27:06.520 -> 27:09.200] But on Kota weekend, this is like,
[27:09.200 -> 27:11.600] this is a podium track on the circuit.
[27:11.600 -> 27:14.160] This is always a banger race.
[27:14.160 -> 27:15.680] It's such a good track.
[27:15.680 -> 27:17.440] Why would they ruin it?
[27:17.440 -> 27:18.280] Why?
[27:19.320 -> 27:21.400] They're under the impression that this is something
[27:21.400 -> 27:22.600] that people want.
[27:22.600 -> 27:24.760] I don't know.
[27:24.760 -> 27:27.000] Well, we're here to talk about the sprint race
[27:27.000 -> 27:28.500] and how we...
[27:28.500 -> 27:30.000] and we've brought this up before,
[27:30.000 -> 27:33.500] this isn't like a new opinion or an unpopular opinion,
[27:33.500 -> 27:36.000] but like, we're officially over, we're over sprint races.
[27:36.000 -> 27:39.000] There's a million and thousand reasons as to why
[27:39.000 -> 27:43.000] they aren't doing what, you know, everyone's...
[27:43.000 -> 27:45.280] like, their initial intention like what everyone
[27:45.280 -> 27:51.940] wants them to be doing they are not doing and it's just hurting racing
[27:51.940 -> 27:59.440] overall in general it ended up like just ruining the race for me because I don't
[27:59.440 -> 28:12.080] know I'm mad I'm angry I don't want any more sprint races or if I'm going to have them put them on non quote-unquote podium races put them on least popular race calendars if you think it'll make
[28:12.080 -> 28:20.160] people care more. I don't know. I'm over it. I just okay so I understand that F1's goal is to
[28:20.160 -> 28:26.160] make money right that's that's their whole. And they think that sprint races can make more money.
[28:26.160 -> 28:32.320] And we've talked a ton on this podcast about how F1 makes a lot of decisions that don't make a lot
[28:32.320 -> 28:38.640] of sense because they're making them to benefit in-person ticket sales and to make promoters
[28:38.640 -> 28:48.280] happy. Because instead of making the overall racing product better, I believe, I'm inferencing this, I
[28:48.280 -> 28:57.600] haven't seen the books, that the number one revenue line on their P&L at the end of the
[28:57.600 -> 29:02.500] month, year, etc. is going to be ticket sales.
[29:02.500 -> 29:07.520] Or promoter fees. And you and I have discussed a lot about how that
[29:07.520 -> 29:14.040] is not where they should be investing in because the vast majority of people are not going
[29:14.040 -> 29:22.160] to get to go to a race at the prices they're currently charging. So the idea seems to be,
[29:22.160 -> 29:25.140] you know F1 if you want to come sit here and explain the plan to me,
[29:25.140 -> 29:26.300] I would love that.
[29:26.300 -> 29:28.040] But until then, here's what I'm inferring
[29:28.040 -> 29:30.300] from my marketing and business work,
[29:30.300 -> 29:31.900] plus my knowledge of F1 together.
[29:31.900 -> 29:33.380] Stefano, come on the pod,
[29:33.380 -> 29:36.260] explain the entire business plan and prove us wrong.
[29:36.260 -> 29:37.460] It'd be fantastic.
[29:37.460 -> 29:39.060] No, and I would love that.
[29:39.060 -> 29:40.900] I want this explained to me.
[29:40.900 -> 29:43.420] Because I think part of the reason I dislike sprints so much
[29:43.420 -> 29:47.720] is because both sides of my brain don't understand them. There are so many things in life that you
[29:47.720 -> 29:52.640] and I are like, don't love that but I understand the marketing decision behind it or I understand
[29:52.640 -> 29:57.960] the business decision behind it so cool whatever, moving, I'll move on with that. I'll jive
[29:57.960 -> 30:09.040] with it. Sprints don't make sense in either way. But I think what happened is that promoters think they can
[30:09.040 -> 30:16.160] sell more tickets if there are more relevant points giving on-track actions. And I think
[30:16.160 -> 30:22.880] we can all now agree that that's not the case. F1 ticket sales have been down this year.
[30:22.880 -> 30:26.040] Like Kona clearly struggled to sell tickets
[30:26.040 -> 30:27.960] considering they were being sold at Costco
[30:27.960 -> 30:29.960] for an extreme discount.
[30:29.960 -> 30:33.800] They're still desperately trying to sell out Vegas.
[30:35.040 -> 30:37.880] Like I don't think F1 ticket sales
[30:37.880 -> 30:39.600] are gonna go up or down.
[30:39.600 -> 30:40.800] Well, let me put it this way.
[30:40.800 -> 30:44.480] Last year, KOTA sold out so much easier
[30:47.040 -> 30:51.360] and there was no sprint. This year, they struggled to sell out and there was a sprint now you can make the argument that maybe they would
[30:51.360 -> 30:55.120] have struggled more to sell out if there was or wasn't a sprint but I think the reality is just
[30:55.120 -> 31:01.600] tickets are too expensive relative to current interest in F1 and that's a global thing and
[31:01.600 -> 31:08.640] guess what's not going to fix that bad on-track sessions that ruin the actual Grand Prix on Sunday.
[31:08.640 -> 31:11.800] So it's just, ah.
[31:11.800 -> 31:17.520] I mean, it just looks like they're leaning too much into the sexiness on paper of like,
[31:17.520 -> 31:22.800] ooh, a sprint race on Saturday, and then the real race on Sunday.
[31:22.800 -> 31:25.600] More racing, race, race race Formula One is racing
[31:25.600 -> 31:30.000] You like cars going fast and racing when that's not in reality what it is
[31:30.500 -> 31:36.260] But it just seems like that's the idea they're leaning into and not thinking
[31:36.600 -> 31:40.520] anything else because it's not that thrilling and exciting and
[31:41.700 -> 31:48.520] Extra points up for a grab like for what like oh Oh, like it's not gonna make a big difference
[31:48.520 -> 31:51.440] right now. And then we all know exactly what's gonna happen on
[31:51.440 -> 31:54.760] the Grand Prix weekend because we saw the pace. Oh, and guess
[31:54.760 -> 31:57.840] what? All the teams have no, like we have four cars start
[31:57.840 -> 32:00.440] from the pit lane because they got the setup so bad after one
[32:00.440 -> 32:08.320] free practice. That doesn't make for better racing. But I don't want to get too lost in
[32:08.320 -> 32:12.680] like, yeah, sprint races suck, we all agree they suck. But what this all goes back to
[32:12.680 -> 32:20.000] me is that F1 still seems to be making racing sellout decisions based on a world pre the
[32:20.000 -> 32:28.680] internet and globalization. So in the 80s, for example, whether or not the Japanese GP
[32:28.680 -> 32:36.160] sold out didn't have a lot to do with global popularity of a sport. It was like, can we
[32:36.160 -> 32:42.040] get these promoters to promote that this event is fun enough to attend to people in the Japan
[32:42.040 -> 32:45.520] area? For the most part. Not every race was like this, but I'm just
[32:45.520 -> 32:52.800] broad strokes generalization here. Now, traveling to different races from different countries is a
[32:52.800 -> 33:00.880] big deal. Like, I don't think whether or not Japan sells out has a ton to do with how successful
[33:00.880 -> 33:08.000] Yuki is on track. Like, do you think Japan would struggle to sell out if Yuki wasn't in a seat?
[33:08.000 -> 33:13.000] I don't think that that is connected at all.
[33:13.000 -> 33:20.000] Having Logan Sargent on the F1 grid does not correlate to more interest in F1 from America.
[33:20.000 -> 33:26.000] People would get, honestly, it would probably if suddenly Logan was
[33:30.480 -> 33:34.080] beating Max and if you had someone from a country come out of nowhere and like really cause a disruption in that way, then I think you could. But you're not gonna get that. You're not just
[33:34.080 -> 33:37.760] gonna get that because you have the driver from a country on the grid. That's not gonna happen.
[33:38.320 -> 33:47.120] Like, of course, the Netherlands cares a lot more about F1 right now than they did before. But that's because Max is really good at winning.
[33:49.360 -> 33:52.040] So like, whether or not a race is selling out
[33:52.040 -> 33:54.440] has more to do with the overall quality
[33:54.440 -> 33:59.120] and popularity of the sport than it does with
[33:59.120 -> 34:01.260] is the event fun?
[34:01.260 -> 34:04.200] Are there on track sessions that are exciting?
[34:04.200 -> 34:05.760] It just feels like this super outdated
[34:05.760 -> 34:10.040] strategy that's so frustrating to me where you're adding something that doesn't add any
[34:10.040 -> 34:15.320] value to really anyone. Because when you're there, you're just happy to see the cars on
[34:15.320 -> 34:18.320] track, whether or not it's a competitive session.
[34:18.320 -> 34:23.840] And I like to know that my cars that I'm rooting for are getting the proper time to set up
[34:23.840 -> 34:28.680] for the track that they're at so that things don't get messed up and screwed up at the race that I spend all day
[34:28.680 -> 34:31.600] watching on Sunday to just go out the window afterwards.
[34:31.600 -> 34:32.600] Right, right.
[34:32.600 -> 34:37.480] Imagine if you go to a Grand Prix and you watch the sprint race on Saturday and you
[34:37.480 -> 34:41.640] were like, okay, that was kind of boring, but at least the Grand Prix's tomorrow.
[34:41.640 -> 34:46.160] And then you're told by everyone, oh, by the way, now we know exactly what's gonna happen in the Grand Prix.
[34:46.160 -> 34:47.960] And you're like, oh, okay.
[34:47.960 -> 34:50.120] Like, even if you're not a diehard fan like we are,
[34:50.120 -> 34:52.960] like, I just, ah, look,
[34:52.960 -> 34:54.520] they're not gonna stop doing sprint races.
[34:54.520 -> 34:56.720] It's this tool they can get to appease promoters.
[34:56.720 -> 34:58.080] I understand why Kota got one,
[34:58.080 -> 35:03.080] because F1, by the way, promotes Vegas and Miami themselves,
[35:04.000 -> 35:08.520] but they don't promote Kota themselves. So I'm sure the promoters in Austin were real pissed
[35:08.520 -> 35:13.120] that there's now two other American races that F1 is directly competing with
[35:13.120 -> 35:18.720] them. And so F1 went here have a sprint. But we don't want more. If there are more
[35:18.720 -> 35:22.840] than six I will scream. More than I am now.
[35:22.840 -> 35:26.140] Over it.
[35:26.980 -> 35:29.340] Whoosh.
[35:32.040 -> 35:33.400] That's my impersonation of Brianna's air conditioning.
[35:35.220 -> 35:39.520] Hey, podcast listeners. Gossip Grid here, your guide to F1's paddock elites.
[35:39.520 -> 35:40.600] Hello, everyone.
[35:40.600 -> 35:42.420] Welcome back to Gossip Grid.
[35:42.420 -> 35:44.040] I'm here to give you absolutely everything
[35:44.040 -> 35:48.040] that you need to know about Formula One and pop culture. And it's one of those race weekends where there's so many pop culture things going on
[35:48.040 -> 35:50.200] with Formula One that I feel like I'm going to miss it.
[35:50.200 -> 35:54.040] So if I miss something that was your favorite, it's not a personal attack on you.
[35:54.040 -> 35:57.680] This is just, we're just two people with a podcast and I can only talk about so much
[35:57.680 -> 36:00.760] and there is a jam-packed list I have here.
[36:00.760 -> 36:04.680] I have to start with Bad Bunny's new album, featuring the new song Monaco.
[36:04.680 -> 36:06.480] He released an album last Friday.
[36:06.480 -> 36:09.120] In this song called Monaco, I am not singing in Spanish, so
[36:09.120 -> 36:11.080] I am speaking the English translation of it.
[36:11.080 -> 36:13.920] There is literally a line that says Verstappen arrives
[36:13.920 -> 36:16.680] first, Checo arrives later.
[36:16.680 -> 36:17.760] There you go.
[36:17.760 -> 36:20.240] The shade.
[36:20.240 -> 36:21.920] Oh my goodness.
[36:21.920 -> 36:22.760] Yeah.
[36:22.760 -> 36:23.080] Yeah.
[36:23.080 -> 36:27.800] And I'm sure you know the English
[36:27.800 -> 36:32.680] translation may not be as sassy as it is in Spanish but that's exactly what I'm
[36:32.680 -> 36:39.720] gonna go with. Now heading into Coda Fun, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly rocking
[36:39.720 -> 36:43.280] Kansas City Chiefs jerseys because as we talked about last week on the pod
[36:43.280 -> 36:47.440] Alpine has once again gained investors that are all athletes.
[36:47.440 -> 36:52.080] And two people on that list, Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes.
[36:52.080 -> 36:58.720] Nothing, the scream that I scrammed, scrummed, whatever, you know, last week when I saw Esteban
[36:58.720 -> 37:02.040] Ocon in a Travis Kelsey jersey was unbelievable.
[37:02.040 -> 37:07.360] The Alpine, I can't even speak, Alpine team using Taylor Swift references in these posts
[37:07.360 -> 37:14.060] F1 is for the girls, F1 is for me, everyone is for the F1, F1, for, I can't I can't even fathom all of this
[37:14.360 -> 37:17.240] Really leaning into football because America
[37:17.760 -> 37:20.760] Ferrari take notes on how you should actually be doing this
[37:21.320 -> 37:29.720] All right, so celebrities are back on the F1 grid. It looks like because the Ryder Strike negotiations are going well, hey Sag, look at you, let's
[37:29.720 -> 37:32.540] get things moving already.
[37:32.540 -> 37:37.160] And maybe this race being in the US and stuff, but celebrities are showing up and care about
[37:37.160 -> 37:39.040] F1 again.
[37:39.040 -> 37:42.360] The one thing I need to make a big complaint about, of course the one year I don't go to
[37:42.360 -> 37:49.960] Kota, Joe Jonas and Dax Shepard both go to COTA. I'm pissed. This is not fair. Okay just get off that
[37:49.960 -> 37:55.200] soapbox for a second. Drew Barrymore hung out with Red Bull in a full RB fit.
[37:55.200 -> 37:59.320] Unsure if it was a full actual fireproof fit. She interviewed Checo. Maybe we'll
[37:59.320 -> 38:02.800] see that this week on the Drew Barrymore Show. 100 meter sprint champion
[38:02.800 -> 38:06.360] Shikari Richardson gave out the trophies for the sprint race on Saturday
[38:06.360 -> 38:09.120] and she also filmed an entire behind the scenes clip
[38:09.120 -> 38:12.440] with GQ Sports on F1 Academy, which is really awesome.
[38:12.440 -> 38:15.200] Gail King, who's you can see on CBS Mornings
[38:15.200 -> 38:16.480] and Oprah's best friend,
[38:16.480 -> 38:19.960] presented the F1 Academy Trophy Awards.
[38:19.960 -> 38:22.400] Rory McIlroy, who is also one of the new investors
[38:22.400 -> 38:26.680] of Alpine, posed as Esteban Ocon's caddy on
[38:26.680 -> 38:30.560] the day of the sprint race and was carrying around his helmet and putting it in his locker.
[38:30.560 -> 38:35.600] And then him and Pierre and Esteban did some putting on a mini green.
[38:35.600 -> 38:39.480] Pierre sat down with Jackie Stewart to talk about the impact of French motorsports driver
[38:39.480 -> 38:46.680] Francois Sourveil, who is Pierre's helmet, paid tribute to him this past weekend Prince Harry
[38:46.680 -> 38:50.780] Do we still I don't know if we still say Prince Duke of Sussex all that got taken away
[38:50.780 -> 38:52.440] I've no idea what his name is right
[38:52.440 -> 38:56.880] I don't know what his last name is so I will call him Prince Harry cuz I don't think Harry
[38:56.880 -> 39:02.280] No, I would know anything else and but in this moment. I was like. I don't know what their royal family
[39:03.160 -> 39:04.480] is a
[39:04.480 -> 39:05.880] very sunburnt Prince
[39:05.880 -> 39:13.240] Harry hung out with Sir Lewis Hamilton. With Sir Lewis Hamilton. Walked from the Mercedes
[39:13.240 -> 39:17.680] garage it also looked like George gave him some of the new GR merch that also kind of
[39:17.680 -> 39:24.760] looks like it's Boy Scout merch. Adam Driver was at the Ferrari garage. This meant so much
[39:24.760 -> 39:26.480] to me on so many different levels.
[39:26.480 -> 39:27.640] So if you did not know,
[39:27.640 -> 39:29.400] Adam Driver is playing Enzo Ferrari
[39:29.400 -> 39:30.920] in the upcoming biopic.
[39:30.920 -> 39:32.040] Please check out this trailer.
[39:32.040 -> 39:33.680] It's unbelievably epic.
[39:33.680 -> 39:35.560] It is really important for me to point out
[39:35.560 -> 39:39.920] that the Ferrari movie is part of the addendum
[39:41.480 -> 39:42.960] with the strike and everything going on
[39:42.960 -> 39:43.800] that they're allowed to be.
[39:43.800 -> 39:44.960] They got approval to promote.
[39:44.960 -> 39:47.680] Thank you, they have special approval for all of this.
[39:47.680 -> 39:52.640] But Adam Driver is unbelievably unrecognizable in this trailer as Enzo Ferrari.
[39:52.640 -> 39:55.960] I highly recommend checking this out.
[39:55.960 -> 40:01.240] It comes out around Christmas, but they filmed a bunch of behind the scenes content with
[40:01.240 -> 40:07.640] the movie's director, Michael Mann, and with Charles and Carlos in the Ferrari garage. Unfortunately it's on Sky Sports so
[40:07.640 -> 40:13.000] someone you know download it and send it to me in the States. Thank you so much.
[40:13.000 -> 40:17.520] Vote highlighting motorcore. It's incredible we've seen motorcore as the
[40:17.520 -> 40:21.640] trend ongoing throughout the last couple of months but they posted on their
[40:21.640 -> 40:28.360] Instagram highlighting the effect that motoror has had on the fall 2023 fashion and I quote they said tap the link in
[40:28.360 -> 40:32.560] our bio to discover items and looks that will help you channel your inner Lewis
[40:32.560 -> 40:38.440] Hamilton. So Vogue recognizes real fashion influence. Did you see that it's
[40:38.440 -> 40:42.680] like confirmation that the thing that's dropping on Thursday which by the way so
[40:42.680 -> 40:48.640] like this episode drops Thursday which means we won't be able to talk about it on this show, but Louis is dropping like an agave
[40:49.440 -> 40:54.720] drink, I believe it is, non-alcoholic, but that's what he keeps teasing.
[40:54.720 -> 41:00.240] Yes, I have signed up for whatever like the link is on the website to get the text messages and
[41:00.240 -> 41:04.320] things, but now everyone's going back and looking at all of his Instagram stories and seeing the
[41:04.320 -> 41:06.240] bottle posted in the background and
[41:06.240 -> 41:08.400] just the things that were on computer screens.
[41:08.400 -> 41:10.640] But yeah, there's definitely pictures from Renegade.
[41:10.640 -> 41:12.080] It looks like Farm.
[41:12.080 -> 41:14.480] And it also just makes sense that that announcement would be coming in,
[41:14.480 -> 41:15.760] like leading up to Mexico.
[41:15.760 -> 41:18.040] Really great timing, super hype to try it.
[41:18.040 -> 41:22.280] And just flashback to our episode with Bryson where he was definitely drinking
[41:22.280 -> 41:26.240] something in the media pen and it was definitely this.
[41:26.240 -> 41:29.320] So it was Hamilton, marketing genius.
[41:29.320 -> 41:31.600] Continuing to a different type of marketing genius.
[41:31.600 -> 41:32.600] Sorry.
[41:32.600 -> 41:33.600] No, it's okay.
[41:33.600 -> 41:36.720] Even though I don't necessarily think this marketing genius is entirely on purpose, it's
[41:36.720 -> 41:37.920] just who he is.
[41:37.920 -> 41:41.400] Gupter Steiner has his own burrito at Chipotle.
[41:41.400 -> 41:45.520] So Chipotle is one of the bigger big sponsors for MoneyGram
[41:45.520 -> 41:49.480] Cost this year and they really leaned into it. Koda at one of the Chipotles
[41:49.480 -> 41:53.000] in Austin they had one of the show cars and fans were able to go and take
[41:53.000 -> 41:57.240] pictures with the car and also for a short period of time and I guess if you
[41:57.240 -> 42:01.080] just go order this at Chipotle you can get the Gunther Steiner burrito which
[42:01.080 -> 42:05.760] is funny I would have pegged him as like a bowl man. I don't know why I can't imagine him eating a
[42:05.760 -> 42:07.760] burrito. But his order...
[42:07.760 -> 42:14.760] I can't imagine eating...like I can't imagine most of the European men in the paddock picking up and eating a burrito.
[42:14.760 -> 42:15.260] Yep.
[42:15.260 -> 42:18.260] Could you imagine like Charlotte Flair eating a burrito?
[42:18.260 -> 42:23.260] No. 100% no. That...his hands are too dainty for a burrito.
[42:23.260 -> 42:25.760] Okay, I know the episode's two-packed today
[42:25.760 -> 42:28.200] and you have so much more still to get to and gossip for it,
[42:28.200 -> 42:30.840] but which of the 20 F1 drivers,
[42:30.840 -> 42:32.880] not named Logan Sargent because he's American
[42:32.880 -> 42:35.480] and not named Checo Perez because he's Mexican,
[42:35.480 -> 42:37.360] which of the other 18 drivers
[42:37.360 -> 42:40.680] can you actually imagine eating a burrito?
[42:40.680 -> 42:41.520] Carlos Sainz.
[42:42.520 -> 42:43.880] Oh no, I can't.
[42:43.880 -> 42:44.720] He's like-
[42:44.720 -> 42:47.720] Oh, I was gonna say this because I think it'd be really spicy and it'd be a good one no I can't. He's like... I was gonna say it's gonna be really spicy and like
[42:47.720 -> 42:53.280] it'd be a good one. I don't know. He's like Spanish aristocrat family like I don't know I can't
[42:53.280 -> 42:59.720] imagine him like physically eating a burrito. Oh I take it Daniel Riccardo. Oh yeah that's for sure.
[42:59.720 -> 43:06.400] Okay I can actually, Max Verstappen I think I could totally see eating a burrito. Maybe like a burrito of brown rice.
[43:08.320 -> 43:10.560] Yeah, I mean it could be healthy.
[43:10.560 -> 43:11.920] Oh, I mean just brown rice.
[43:12.880 -> 43:13.520] Like that's it.
[43:14.800 -> 43:15.920] Why? I don't get it.
[43:15.920 -> 43:16.320] What joke am I missing here?
[43:16.320 -> 43:19.440] I just think Max Verstappen is not going to enjoy flavorful food.
[43:19.440 -> 43:27.000] This is now just, like I just think he's going gonna have a tortilla full of brown rice. I love you!
[43:30.000 -> 43:35.000] I think underdog here though, I think Fernando Alonso, I don't think he's ever had a burrito,
[43:35.000 -> 43:40.000] but I think he would totally like burritos. Like I think he would be a burrito not a bowl order.
[43:42.000 -> 43:47.600] Yeah, now I'm just imagining him like using a samurai sword and slicing a burrito in half,
[43:47.600 -> 43:52.560] but I've just been looking too much into the interests of F1 drivers.
[43:52.560 -> 43:54.840] Um, what was I doing?
[43:54.840 -> 43:59.680] Okay, this will be my last- no, I can't promise that.
[43:59.680 -> 44:06.420] Okay, well, Luther Steiner in his burrito orders, well look at that, brown rice, black
[44:06.420 -> 44:10.680] beans, barbacoa, fajita veggies, sour cream, and guac.
[44:10.680 -> 44:12.880] Gunther does not care that guac is extra.
[44:12.880 -> 44:17.520] Um, I would like to file a complaint with Alfa Romeo because it is so unbelievably clear
[44:17.520 -> 44:19.680] that no Swifties work at Alfa Romeo.
[44:19.680 -> 44:23.280] And I'm all for every single person and every single team anywhere in the world leaning
[44:23.280 -> 44:31.600] into the Swifty vibe that's taking over the world. But, debut not 1989. Debut 1989. Joe
[44:31.600 -> 44:38.060] and VB had incredible cowboy outfits this weekend, really leaning into the
[44:38.060 -> 44:42.880] country vibes. Incredible. Yes, this upcoming Friday October 27th, Taylor is
[44:42.880 -> 44:45.160] releasing 1989 Taylor's version.
[44:45.160 -> 44:51.120] So, Alva Romeo put Cowboy Joe, Cowboy VB on the cover of 1989 Taylor's version,
[44:51.120 -> 44:53.840] which is so silly cuz it's not, it's actually like her first-
[44:53.840 -> 44:55.200] It's not country.
[44:55.200 -> 45:00.520] It's her first, it's the first Taylor Swift album not labeled country.
[45:00.520 -> 45:05.760] Right, you could, like, yes, I don't think it would have made a ton of sense on red either.
[45:05.760 -> 45:08.960] And, like, but, doesn't it make sense, period!
[45:08.960 -> 45:15.760] No, but like, put them on the Fearless cover, put them on the debut cover, like, maybe I would then be like,
[45:15.760 -> 45:20.880] I was infuriated and I wouldn't even call myself a Swifty. I was infuriated on your behalf.
[45:20.880 -> 45:25.820] Yeah, really didn't make any sense, but like, yay, Swifty F1 crossover, but like.
[45:25.820 -> 45:26.660] Boo.
[45:27.880 -> 45:29.640] It would be if like they put at,
[45:29.640 -> 45:32.680] if Ferrari took Adam Driver and was like,
[45:32.680 -> 45:34.720] Kylo Ren joined us in the paddock.
[45:34.720 -> 45:37.720] And it was like a Marvel Endgame poster.
[45:37.720 -> 45:39.200] Like, yes.
[45:39.200 -> 45:41.320] You're right, that is exactly what it feels like.
[45:41.320 -> 45:43.920] And then they shrug and go, well, it's Disney.
[45:43.920 -> 45:45.200] And you're like but no
[45:45.200 -> 45:52.800] they're so different. Not the same thing at all. No. All right. Not too many things left. Have to
[45:52.800 -> 45:58.000] acknowledge Lewis rocking incredible paddock fits. He's wearing things coming out for like the spring
[45:58.000 -> 46:11.760] 24 collections. We're already seeing like where his style is headed like going into the new year. He rocked this new diesel spring 24 runway collection like whole really sick pattern suit. I also just
[46:11.760 -> 46:16.000] love what Lewis wears yellow. I think it's like just a beautiful amazing color on him.
[46:16.000 -> 46:20.040] And one of my favorite outfits that he wore on Sunday was this bright yellow
[46:20.040 -> 46:24.280] Versace sweater vest and this like colorful pearl necklace from Polite
[46:24.280 -> 46:29.160] World. No surprise Lewis just like knows how to dress himself. He is just incredible.
[46:29.160 -> 46:34.480] And my favorite thing, I had to pick like only one of the million incredible things
[46:34.480 -> 46:39.240] that CODA did this weekend, but they gave every single driver a personalized
[46:39.240 -> 46:43.280] bolo tie. So last year they gave every single driver their own pair of cowboy
[46:43.280 -> 46:49.760] boots like match their vibes. These bolo ties go above and beyond and when I say personalized, it's not just like initials.
[46:50.000 -> 46:57.460] Carlos Sainz got a rubber ducky with sunglasses. Nico Hulkenberg had a Hulk smash on his. Alex Albons featured the entire
[46:57.640 -> 46:59.240] Albon Zoo.
[46:59.240 -> 47:07.280] VB's had all the ingredients of his gin, but Lewis had the best one. His featured Roscoe, elements
[47:07.280 -> 47:13.360] of his tattoos, interior design elements, and his was the only one made of vegan leather,
[47:13.360 -> 47:21.920] because CODA knows what they're doing. Anyway, this was an extendedly long gossip grid, jam
[47:21.920 -> 47:24.920] packed with everything that you need to know about F1 and pop culture, and sorry if I missed
[47:24.920 -> 47:27.400] a couple of things, because there was a lot of things that go down in
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[47:36.880 -> 47:38.800] actually announcing this week.
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[47:46.240 -> 47:50.880] F1 circuits with the best corner names or track names,
[47:50.880 -> 47:54.480] turn names, whatever you wanna call it and I've been so
[47:54.480 -> 47:58.240] excited for this cuz I don't know any corner names. So,
[47:58.240 -> 48:04.480] spoiler late, spoiler alert. Um none of the new new tracks
[48:04.480 -> 48:05.640] have names.
[48:05.640 -> 48:08.280] This is something for the original track.
[48:08.280 -> 48:11.040] So there's gonna be a lot of old school favorites here.
[48:11.040 -> 48:13.800] So Honorable Mention goes to Spa.
[48:13.800 -> 48:14.640] And...
[48:14.640 -> 48:15.480] You do it.
[48:17.160 -> 48:18.360] I'll do it, sorry.
[48:20.520 -> 48:22.040] We're not used to the third.
[48:22.040 -> 48:23.120] That's what happens.
[48:25.160 -> 48:28.800] So for Spa, I mean, it's everyone's, you know,
[48:28.800 -> 48:30.280] people love it, historic track.
[48:30.280 -> 48:34.480] And Eau Rouge, if I'm saying it right, and Radion,
[48:34.480 -> 48:36.720] those are some classic track names.
[48:36.720 -> 48:38.260] We wouldn't be able to correct you,
[48:38.260 -> 48:42.320] so you're as best of a guess as we would have had.
[48:42.320 -> 48:48.800] Yeah, that's a historic track, but the term names, it's got one, two-ish famous ones, but overall
[48:48.800 -> 48:51.920] there's, I think there's some more interesting ones.
[48:51.920 -> 48:56.180] I do think the more difficult to say a term name is, the more likely I think it's a good
[48:56.180 -> 48:57.680] term name, because I don't know any.
[48:57.680 -> 49:02.640] So you just sound impressive whenever you can say, oh yeah, that corner name is this
[49:02.640 -> 49:04.000] fancy French word.
[49:04.000 -> 49:07.240] So I think it's a good honorable mention inclusion.
[49:07.240 -> 49:08.240] Awesome.
[49:08.240 -> 49:10.800] All right.
[49:10.800 -> 49:14.240] So P3 is Manza.
[49:14.240 -> 49:16.500] All right.
[49:16.500 -> 49:21.860] So Manza's in P3 because it's the Temple of Speed.
[49:21.860 -> 49:24.400] And this I found out when I was translating my book to Italian.
[49:24.400 -> 49:29.000] People there call it Pista Magica, which is the magical track, and I love.
[49:29.000 -> 49:36.000] And I just love saying the names of the corners, you know, Curva Grande, Parabolica.
[49:36.000 -> 49:40.000] I mean, Parabolica just sounds impressive.
[49:40.000 -> 49:43.000] Especially with that Italian accent.
[49:43.000 -> 49:45.000] You think? I don't know.
[49:45.000 -> 49:56.000] I was going to throw out, this was actually a perfect way for me to ask, if you spoke Italian, because I know if you're translating your books in other languages, do you speak all of those languages?
[49:56.000 -> 50:06.040] Or was it like the Spanish, then finding other ways to translate. It's a little bit of the romance language kind of I'm
[50:06.140 -> 50:10.140] so I do speak Spanish and English tiny bit of French.
[50:10.440 -> 50:15.320] But I have Italian roots, my name and I'm and the lies is an
[50:15.420 -> 50:17.420] Italian name so I have a tiny roots and
[50:18.020 -> 50:22.060] I mean growing up for our he is was the car it was everything
[50:22.160 -> 50:26.520] right, you know I like to say that you know and so for eyes famous quote about you know tell a child to draw a car, it was everything. Right. I like to say that, you know, Enzo Ferrari's famous quote
[50:26.520 -> 50:28.800] about, you know, tell a child to draw a car
[50:28.800 -> 50:30.100] and he's going to color it red.
[50:30.100 -> 50:33.360] Like, for me, that resonates so hard.
[50:33.360 -> 50:37.160] So Mons is like number one on my bucket list.
[50:37.160 -> 50:39.960] And, you know, they go for quality over quantity,
[50:39.960 -> 50:41.360] not a lot of turns.
[50:41.360 -> 50:43.800] But those turns, you know, they have nice names
[50:43.800 -> 50:45.200] and it's fun to say that
[50:46.940 -> 50:50.680] so red racer books and now I just feel like I unlocked an
[50:50.780 -> 50:53.780] entire connection of like that's red racer now we're
[50:53.880 -> 50:56.420] back to Ferrari red and there's the whole.
[50:56.820 -> 50:59.120] There is a reason behind the red, yeah, this.
[51:00.220 -> 51:04.420] Is yes, it's kind of the origin story. I mean he's not Italian
[51:04.580 -> 51:05.440] Is yes, it's kind of the the origin story. I mean, he's not Italian. He's
[51:08.320 -> 51:08.920] Bicultural character, but yeah, I mean red cars
[51:10.920 -> 51:12.680] for kids
[51:15.160 -> 51:17.520] Lightning McQueen and all exactly
[51:19.520 -> 51:21.000] Okay p2
[51:23.000 -> 51:29.720] Silverstone. And this one I love because Silverstone is one of the OG tracks and
[51:29.720 -> 51:38.520] it also used to be a you know Air Force hangar runway whatever. One of my
[51:38.520 -> 51:44.480] favorite fun facts to tell people. Right and I like that because F1 cars have so much
[51:44.480 -> 51:46.400] like crossover with planes,
[51:46.400 -> 51:51.840] aerodynamics, you know, the drivers wear, you know, full on jumpsuits.
[51:51.840 -> 51:56.200] There's so many things. And the whole STEM piece really speaks to me.
[51:56.200 -> 52:00.880] But the names are also fascinating because they have all sorts of names.
[52:00.880 -> 52:07.000] Some of them like are like landmarks and some of them you know are historical, but there's some of them are just
[52:07.000 -> 52:11.880] fun to say like maggots, Becketts Chapel, you know, cops
[52:11.920 -> 52:17.160] corner, which is, I always thought was like cops like
[52:17.160 -> 52:20.240] you're gonna call the police, which is actually appropriate
[52:20.240 -> 52:23.200] because it was the scene of the crime in 2021 where Max and
[52:23.200 -> 52:32.480] Lewis had their little collision. The crime! Great way to phrase it. But then it has like, you know, Abbey, it has,
[52:33.600 -> 52:38.320] and like, these are like, there's like, farm, because there's farms, village for Silverstone
[52:38.320 -> 52:44.320] Village, there's Stowe, which is a school next door, and they have the Hamilton Strait, which I
[52:44.320 -> 52:45.520] love.
[52:45.520 -> 52:46.280] There's so many.
[52:46.280 -> 52:48.040] Like, every name has a meaning.
[52:48.040 -> 52:50.920] And that's what I think is really cool about turn names.
[52:50.920 -> 52:54.960] It's really hard to remember turn three or turn seven.
[52:54.960 -> 52:57.200] But if you know the names, you can kind of
[52:57.200 -> 52:58.400] attach yourself to it.
[52:58.400 -> 53:00.600] And there's a little history.
[53:00.600 -> 53:02.840] I think more tracks need names.
[53:02.840 -> 53:03.800] I agree.
[53:03.800 -> 53:04.400] I agree.
[53:04.400 -> 53:07.600] But I will say that Silverstone is the hardest race to watch
[53:07.600 -> 53:11.680] because I feel like the broadcasters make a point to never say a turn number.
[53:12.400 -> 53:17.600] So if you do not, personally, since I can never remember turn names, if I don't have the reference
[53:17.600 -> 53:22.000] guide open while watching the broadcast, I'm gonna be lost the whole time. I'm like, I have no idea.
[53:22.000 -> 53:25.520] You could be talking about turn three, you could be talking about turn 14.
[53:25.520 -> 53:28.380] I need my reference book for it.
[53:28.380 -> 53:32.520] We need F1 multiviewer to have the track map
[53:32.520 -> 53:35.400] updated specifically just to have the turn names
[53:35.400 -> 53:37.800] for races like Silverstone or any time like that,
[53:37.800 -> 53:39.680] just so we can see exactly where,
[53:39.680 -> 53:42.120] because I remember that whole debacle of like,
[53:42.120 -> 53:45.680] I need to look at the reference where everyone is.
[53:45.680 -> 53:48.840] I think F1 juniors could do this in a very nice way,
[53:48.840 -> 53:50.900] you know, pop up with like,
[53:50.900 -> 53:53.080] I think that, and I think kids would love it.
[53:53.080 -> 53:56.440] I mean, it's so much cooler to talk about Cop's Corner
[53:56.440 -> 53:59.240] than it is, you know, turn seven or whatever.
[53:59.240 -> 54:00.640] Yeah.
[54:00.640 -> 54:02.080] And I actually, that's a funny story
[54:02.080 -> 54:04.200] because I was watching like an FP1
[54:04.200 -> 54:05.280] and you know, they go on like these
[54:05.280 -> 54:11.040] They talk about all sorts of random stuff and whatever real bucks in one time went through and like talked about every single corner
[54:11.040 -> 54:16.560] It's like oh, that's what's to unveil. It's not a ski town. Okay
[54:18.680 -> 54:25.680] Yeah has a rolodex of history in his brain that is unbelievably impressive for him to just pull out.
[54:25.680 -> 54:29.840] Yeah, that definitely sounds like a moment he was like waiting to flex and like, oh,
[54:29.840 -> 54:34.960] yeah, like that perfect moment of he's like, watch me do this and name every corner. I'll
[54:34.960 -> 54:39.360] tell you why. And if his head is impressive, that is a great skill. I would love to see
[54:39.360 -> 54:40.160] someone look out.
[54:40.160 -> 54:42.400] Hold my mic, Jolie. And I got this.
[54:42.400 -> 54:47.000] Exactly. Like, hold on, everyone. Give me the next 15 minutes, I got you.
[54:47.000 -> 54:48.500] Let me teach you about something.
[54:48.500 -> 54:53.500] Okay, all right, so P1.
[54:53.500 -> 54:55.500] P1.
[54:55.500 -> 54:58.000] I don't know, it might be a hot take.
[54:58.000 -> 54:59.000] Vonniko.
[54:59.000 -> 55:04.500] I was wondering what you were going to put ahead of Silverstone.
[55:04.500 -> 55:06.240] Like, that felt like the peak.
[55:06.240 -> 55:12.720] Yeah, I mean, I struggled with this one because I love all the tracks, especially the old
[55:12.720 -> 55:13.720] school ones.
[55:13.720 -> 55:20.040] But when I was going back through and looking at them, Monaco is just kind of, it's a special
[55:20.040 -> 55:26.800] place, you know, and the names are all kind of, you know, there's swimming pool
[55:26.800 -> 55:32.320] or PC, which is like, okay, like that's one you could say to someone who doesn't
[55:32.320 -> 55:38.040] know anything about it one and be like, what? There's swimming pool? There's tabac,
[55:38.040 -> 55:43.960] there's rascas, and then they have like tunnel, which isn't even a turn, but like
[55:43.960 -> 55:48.980] called the tunnel, and the chicane, which is like just one of my favorite words chicane
[55:48.980 -> 55:52.980] what's else there's the hairpin they just called the hairpin it used to be
[55:52.980 -> 55:57.340] the Grand Hotel hairpin it became the Lowe's hairpin there's just so much
[55:57.340 -> 56:04.100] history within all of them and like they represent certain things and it's and I
[56:04.100 -> 56:06.940] think this year when they did the F one actually did
[56:07.040 -> 56:10.700] the broadcast and took it over you could kind of enjoy it you
[56:10.800 -> 56:14.580] could see it from a Bob you can see everything so clearly and
[56:15.040 -> 56:18.980] and you kind of feel the history, the heritage. So for
[56:19.080 -> 56:23.660] me that's also my bucket list, I know people hate on the
[56:23.760 -> 56:25.580] racing quality of the racing,
[56:25.580 -> 56:26.780] but if you're a driver,
[56:27.800 -> 56:29.940] everybody wants to win Monaco.
[56:29.940 -> 56:32.220] That's top of their list every time.
[56:32.220 -> 56:33.860] So I don't know why people hate on it.
[56:33.860 -> 56:37.700] This podcast, we are both Monaco apologists.
[56:37.700 -> 56:39.420] We love Monaco. Oh, good, okay.
[56:39.420 -> 56:44.420] We love Monaco on this podcast so very much.
[56:44.420 -> 56:46.920] I hate to even say it, because did you know that people from Monaco on this podcast so very much. I was going to say, casino.
[56:46.920 -> 56:50.960] Did you know that people from Monaco can't even go into the casino?
[56:50.960 -> 56:53.960] Like, what a place.
[56:53.960 -> 56:55.960] Yeah, that's crazy.
[56:55.960 -> 57:02.240] Yeah, Monaco is also, I mean, you named, your podium is like our bucket list of races.
[57:02.240 -> 57:05.360] Like it is what we really want to go do, but we love Monaco.
[57:05.360 -> 57:07.960] It is, we enjoy it every single year.
[57:07.960 -> 57:11.580] I mean, this is the year that we got to see the floor of the Red Bull.
[57:11.900 -> 57:15.720] So that just felt like a magical weekend in itself.
[57:16.520 -> 57:18.380] It always is just like a wild time.
[57:18.380 -> 57:22.880] And exactly to your point of like every driver like wants to win Monaco.
[57:22.880 -> 57:24.320] And so when there's like that.
[57:24.880 -> 57:26.000] None of stakes and not that drivers ever, you knowaco. And so when there's that amount of stakes,
[57:26.000 -> 57:29.120] and not that drivers ever care less,
[57:29.120 -> 57:32.760] but there's just a little bit more oomph in Monaco.
[57:32.760 -> 57:35.400] Yeah, it's got gravitas.
[57:35.400 -> 57:37.240] Oh yes, that's the perfect word.
[57:38.520 -> 57:40.440] And I completely disagree
[57:40.440 -> 57:42.520] that it's not exciting on track racing.
[57:42.520 -> 57:44.840] It's just different exciting.
[57:44.840 -> 57:45.880] And the broadcast this year made it so much better. I felt. It's just different exciting. And the broadcast
[57:45.880 -> 57:49.520] this year made it so much better. I felt like I actually knew where we were on the track
[57:49.520 -> 57:54.040] the entire time. But I think what's exciting about Monaco racing is that they could crash
[57:54.040 -> 58:00.600] any second. You just get one on board and I'm good. I'm entertained for the whole time.
[58:00.600 -> 58:05.000] I think I will never say that overtakes equals exciting.
[58:05.240 -> 58:08.740] Like there were a lot of overtakes at Kona this weekend,
[58:08.740 -> 58:11.060] but I wouldn't necessarily say that this race
[58:11.060 -> 58:13.220] was more exciting than Monaco was this year.
[58:14.100 -> 58:15.820] I thought this race was very exciting.
[58:15.820 -> 58:18.400] Like it's not a, but yeah,
[58:18.400 -> 58:20.760] we'll forever be and Monaco apologists.
[58:21.860 -> 58:22.740] I'm there with you.
[58:22.740 -> 58:23.680] I got your back.
[58:24.660 -> 58:28.960] We actually, this is like not, I guess maybe we can, if this is an interesting question
[58:28.960 -> 58:33.360] you think, I'd be really intrigued to know if like Puma just got like an unbelievable,
[58:33.360 -> 58:37.520] like did they just also get like a ton of brand new investors because the expansion
[58:37.520 -> 58:41.480] that they've like really dove into this past year is crazy.
[58:41.480 -> 58:47.160] Yeah, I don't know. Or I would be intrigued to see if they got a new CEO
[58:47.160 -> 58:51.880] and CMO at least, because it seems like their creative direction over the last two years
[58:51.880 -> 58:59.040] has dramatically shifted, where they've really leaned more into streetwear. And I, I noticed
[58:59.040 -> 59:04.600] this a lot when we were shopping for like what to wear to CODA last year. And I went
[59:04.600 -> 59:05.280] over to Puma because
[59:05.280 -> 59:10.320] they have the Mercedes collab and I remember just exploring the rest of their site and realizing
[59:10.320 -> 59:15.680] like wow I actually really like their shoes and I like their non-motorsports stuff too in a way that
[59:15.680 -> 59:23.360] I definitely didn't expect. So yeah I don't have the answer that's a long way of saying I don't
[59:23.360 -> 59:27.060] have the answer to your question but but I've also noticed it.
[59:27.060 -> 59:30.280] And I think that they've really leveraged the sports
[59:30.280 -> 59:33.560] they have really well to create this more cool
[59:33.560 -> 59:37.800] streetwear vibe and who and what they're signing on
[59:37.800 -> 59:39.200] makes a lot of sense.
[59:39.200 -> 59:40.260] Oh yeah, yeah.
[59:40.260 -> 59:42.440] And some could say that like,
[59:42.440 -> 59:46.000] even if they're arriving maybe a little late to like a trend or something
[59:46.000 -> 59:48.840] They're just like doing it all in the right ways. That's appealing very well to
[59:49.520 -> 59:52.740] The consumer that's so interested in street wear right now
[59:53.920 -> 59:59.160] So while we're talking about this is because it was announced Monday of this week that ASAP
[59:59.160 -> 01:00:04.080] Rocky is going to become the creative director for the Puma f1
[01:00:07.380 -> 01:00:16.740] going to become the creative director for the Puma F1 collections just as a whole. So Puma has been the main supplier of merch essentially for
[01:00:16.740 -> 01:00:20.880] Mercedes and Ferrari for a while. A couple weeks ago they announced, and by a
[01:00:20.880 -> 01:00:23.900] couple weeks ago I think 10 days ago, they announced that Williams is the next
[01:00:23.900 -> 01:00:28.240] team that's signing on for them. But a couple months ago, they were announced
[01:00:28.240 -> 01:00:36.520] as the new licensor for all of F1's global merch. So F1 the brand, not including the
[01:00:36.520 -> 01:00:41.600] teams below it. And then this week, we got the announcement that A$AP Rocky is going
[01:00:41.600 -> 01:00:46.880] to be the creative director. So I'm reading from the Puma website here because I think when you hear creative director, what does that mean?
[01:00:46.880 -> 01:00:50.720] Particularly like this is not like Gucci's creative director. They don't do fashion shows.
[01:00:50.720 -> 01:00:55.920] So like what does this actually mean? So they said that immediately what's going to happen is
[01:00:55.920 -> 01:01:02.000] that later this year, Rocky will drop an extremely limited Puma slash F1 collection, which screams to
[01:01:02.000 -> 01:01:09.760] me they're excited about this. They want to push something out quickly to keep our attention on it. This apparel and accessories collection, so side
[01:01:09.760 -> 01:01:13.360] note, I think it's interesting they're going to do accessories, I already know that, will provide
[01:01:13.360 -> 01:01:19.600] a sneak peek into a series of capsule collections in 2024 surrounding high visibility F1 races.
[01:01:20.240 -> 01:01:25.060] And then in 2024, Rocky will focus its creative attention on several Grand Prix races beginning in Miami
[01:01:26.560 -> 01:01:28.360] Blah blah blah blah blah
[01:01:28.360 -> 01:01:30.040] other business words
[01:01:30.040 -> 01:01:32.040] so basically
[01:01:32.120 -> 01:01:37.960] He's gonna come in and use his expertise at being cool, and he's gonna make a bunch of stuff
[01:01:38.360 -> 01:01:44.300] Is the the layman's terms for this, but I'm excited because f1 merch
[01:01:49.240 -> 01:01:54.760] Isn't the coolest overall. Like, there's a reason that you and I always are hype and obsess over whenever PacSun drops something
[01:01:54.760 -> 01:02:00.520] because that, the PacSun licensing deal has been so much cooler than anything F1 has put
[01:02:00.520 -> 01:02:05.240] out on Fanatics, basically. So I'm excited for this.
[01:02:05.240 -> 01:02:09.480] Like, I can't say that I'm necessarily A$AP Rocky's target audience,
[01:02:09.480 -> 01:02:12.160] but I think I'm going to like what he puts out.
[01:02:12.680 -> 01:02:15.760] Yeah, I definitely would not label myself
[01:02:15.760 -> 01:02:20.640] part of A$AP Rocky's target audience, but I do think whatever collaboration
[01:02:20.640 -> 01:02:24.680] happens, I think his opinion and takes on streetwear
[01:02:24.680 -> 01:02:25.360] working with the Puma branding, I think it, his opinion and takes on streetwear, working with the
[01:02:25.360 -> 01:02:27.880] Puma branding, I think will align really well.
[01:02:27.880 -> 01:02:32.480] But what's firing in my brain, and it does not surprise me at all, that of course, like,
[01:02:32.480 -> 01:02:35.760] he's starting with a collab in Miami.
[01:02:35.760 -> 01:02:38.720] We rewind back to the Miami GP gossip grid.
[01:02:38.720 -> 01:02:41.960] We were like, why is A$AP Rocky in Miami and where is Rihanna?
[01:02:41.960 -> 01:02:43.200] Because why is he here by himself?
[01:02:43.200 -> 01:02:47.540] He was hanging out with Rihanna, so Miami Miami GP and I'm sure this was already like a topic
[01:02:47.540 -> 01:02:48.540] of conversation.
[01:02:48.540 -> 01:02:52.300] Puma was doing things, I'm sure there was meetings going on and he was there for like
[01:02:52.300 -> 01:02:53.740] inspo and that kind of stuff.
[01:02:53.740 -> 01:02:58.580] But yeah, so this had to be in works for like a really long time and like it was just the
[01:02:58.580 -> 01:03:08.960] next US race to announce it. I would be shocked if we don't get like another teaser at Vegas
[01:03:08.960 -> 01:03:13.840] or if he's not there like rocking like some piece of the collection in some way, shape,
[01:03:13.840 -> 01:03:19.640] or form even if it's not available till next year. But I'm really excited to see what Puma
[01:03:19.640 -> 01:03:24.280] continues to do. And I was already excited to see them expanding into more teams. But
[01:03:24.280 -> 01:03:31.200] the fact that they are bringing on someone that has such a strong influence in the fashion industry in this
[01:03:31.200 -> 01:03:38.800] way, and just kind of his style really vocalizes how Puma is trying to align themselves with this
[01:03:38.800 -> 01:03:44.080] particular line. I think you're spot on with the Vegas thing, because they're saying he's going to
[01:03:44.080 -> 01:03:45.440] do a limited capsule collection. Basically, they're, they're the Vegas thing because they're saying he's going to do a limited capsule
[01:03:46.240 -> 01:03:49.840] collection. Basically they're they're announcing this and they're gonna do something limited
[01:03:49.840 -> 01:03:56.080] like end of November Vegas that feels spot on for doing something very limited to end this year.
[01:03:57.040 -> 01:04:03.680] Holiday shipping you're gonna get all that there it's gonna be like super limited to create like
[01:04:03.680 -> 01:04:07.040] supply demand it it's laying out there perfectly for it it's gonna be sick super limited to create like supply demand it it's laying out there perfectly
[01:04:07.040 -> 01:04:12.880] for it it's gonna be sick i wonder if like so then there'll be i wonder if the individual teams will
[01:04:12.880 -> 01:04:17.600] also do drops along when he does drops or if it'll that'll just be kept completely separate
[01:04:18.320 -> 01:04:25.880] yeah i don't know but i would love to see even if they don't, like Mercedes, Ferrari, and Williams,
[01:04:25.880 -> 01:04:31.000] like if they take influence from the main F1 drops that he's creative
[01:04:31.000 -> 01:04:37.080] directing and we get... My big thing with this is that... too many thoughts at once.
[01:04:37.080 -> 01:04:46.940] Coming back to reality, I have two things. Thing number one is the photos that they did and they dropped with this just
[01:04:46.940 -> 01:04:51.180] make me excited for what they could do with this. And I hope it affects what the team's
[01:04:51.180 -> 01:04:56.020] merch is as well, because the direction that they've already shown just in the imagery
[01:04:56.020 -> 01:04:57.740] and the photo shoots are really cool.
[01:04:57.740 -> 01:04:58.740] The glasses.
[01:04:58.740 -> 01:05:04.620] Oh my god. The track jacket that was like the red stripe. And then I will also point
[01:05:04.620 -> 01:05:06.080] out that there's this image
[01:05:06.080 -> 01:05:10.800] on the press release where he's wearing these like very ASAP Rocky streetwear cargo pants
[01:05:10.800 -> 01:05:17.680] and on the back pockets the F1 logo is there and like really cool stitching. Like I'm very excited
[01:05:17.680 -> 01:05:29.520] for what can be done here just based on those pants. The thing, the only thing that I'm going to just like raise the alarm is they better be
[01:05:29.520 -> 01:05:34.280] making women's options with this just because I want them.
[01:05:34.280 -> 01:05:36.160] Not because I'm sitting here like be inclusive.
[01:05:36.160 -> 01:05:39.020] I'm like, no, I want to buy this stuff.
[01:05:39.020 -> 01:05:45.000] If I can't buy cool cargo pants that have F1 on the butt, I will be upset.
[01:05:45.000 -> 01:05:50.280] That's all I'm saying, is that if this is not going to include me, I will be sad.
[01:05:50.280 -> 01:05:51.280] I believe in them.
[01:05:51.280 -> 01:05:54.920] I believe that, I mean, this has got to be such a level of inclusivity.
[01:05:54.920 -> 01:05:58.840] If they're really going to go this big with it, it would be ridiculous for them not to,
[01:05:58.840 -> 01:06:04.000] but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt until seen otherwise.
[01:06:04.000 -> 01:06:07.500] Right. That's what I'm saying. Just vocalizing that I want it.
[01:06:07.500 -> 01:06:09.200] That's really, I'm just putting it in the universe.
[01:06:09.200 -> 01:06:12.700] Hi, I want this. Please make sure there's women's sizes and cuts for things.
[01:06:12.700 -> 01:06:13.500] Thank you.
[01:06:13.500 -> 01:06:15.700] Hi, Puma. We know that you are a fan of the pod.
[01:06:18.000 -> 01:06:21.500] And I will also put out there into the universe,
[01:06:21.500 -> 01:06:25.600] you know, Rihanna would be a good spokesperson for things
[01:06:25.600 -> 01:06:31.480] it's gonna be Rihanna and ASAP walking into the Vegas GP oh my god all of them
[01:06:31.480 -> 01:06:35.720] in matching tracksuits with Lewis Hamilton I need this now put their babies
[01:06:35.720 -> 01:06:42.400] in matching tracksuits oh my goodness did you hear that Rihanna rumor that we
[01:06:42.400 -> 01:06:48.680] might be getting an album next year I That's been a rumor every single year since I was one.
[01:06:48.680 -> 01:06:51.240] And I will always buy into the rumor and be excited.
[01:06:51.240 -> 01:06:52.840] Yeah, that's fair and allowed.
[01:06:52.840 -> 01:06:55.720] And one year it will be true.
[01:06:55.720 -> 01:07:00.880] This weekend on the Race Broadcast, F1 did something I personally have been clamoring
[01:07:00.880 -> 01:07:08.640] for, which is they put fans doing more than sitting there bored looking at cars
[01:07:08.640 -> 01:07:14.080] going by. And I've wanted this for so long because I think being a fan, part of the fun of being a
[01:07:14.080 -> 01:07:19.760] fan is getting to yell and scream and cheer and interact with the people around you. Particularly
[01:07:19.760 -> 01:07:25.400] for most F1 races, there's no home team. Like Monza, Ferrari's the home team.
[01:07:25.400 -> 01:07:27.580] I think Silverstone, like for the most part,
[01:07:27.580 -> 01:07:30.140] Lewis is the home driver,
[01:07:30.140 -> 01:07:34.440] with a smattering of Lando and George, but it's Lewis.
[01:07:34.440 -> 01:07:35.280] Besides that-
[01:07:35.280 -> 01:07:37.340] We have a turn named after him, so.
[01:07:37.340 -> 01:07:39.720] Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's the whole street.
[01:07:39.720 -> 01:07:41.520] He is the knight.
[01:07:41.520 -> 01:07:42.760] Right.
[01:07:42.760 -> 01:07:43.880] It's a little hard to compete
[01:07:43.880 -> 01:07:45.760] with the eight-time world champion Lewis Hamilton
[01:07:45.760 -> 01:07:55.760] in his home race. But I, so I want fans to feel like fans. And so F1, doing a crowd shot, like
[01:07:55.760 -> 01:07:59.280] the one I'm going to share on the screen, because Andy, I can't believe you haven't seen this. This
[01:07:59.280 -> 01:08:05.340] is so exciting that I get to share this moment with you. So, so first, let's, let's do that.
[01:08:05.340 -> 01:08:08.800] Let me share my screen so you can know exactly what we're talking about here.
[01:08:08.800 -> 01:08:13.920] This is something that you would only, I feel like, see at an American sporting event
[01:08:13.920 -> 01:08:18.420] or just really diehard fans.
[01:08:18.420 -> 01:08:20.420] Yeah, I was gonna say, there's no way you would know.
[01:08:20.420 -> 01:08:22.420] Okay, yes, I did see this.
[01:08:22.420 -> 01:08:24.420] Kicking his head with a smile on his face.
[01:08:24.420 -> 01:08:26.500] In your face, sir.
[01:08:26.500 -> 01:08:28.500] Kicking his...
[01:08:28.500 -> 01:08:34.500] So when I saw this on the broadcast, I was overjoyed.
[01:08:34.500 -> 01:08:37.000] I just, I couldn't stop smiling and laughing.
[01:08:37.000 -> 01:08:38.500] I was like, this is me.
[01:08:38.500 -> 01:08:40.000] This is me at a sporting event.
[01:08:40.000 -> 01:08:43.000] Like, I just want to interact and have fun with the people around you
[01:08:43.000 -> 01:08:45.880] because that's what sports are there for and
[01:08:46.480 -> 01:08:52.960] I was so frustrated and disappointed by the worst very negative response to this online
[01:08:53.480 -> 01:08:57.080] Where I realized for the first time not for the first time
[01:08:57.080 -> 01:09:04.740] I realized this constantly that American sports fans are very different than the traditional European sports fan
[01:09:05.000 -> 01:09:05.920] That's an understatement for sure are very different than the traditional European sports fan.
[01:09:09.120 -> 01:09:11.760] That's an understatement for sure. But also an overgeneralization.
[01:09:11.760 -> 01:09:13.720] I know, like what I don't understand
[01:09:13.720 -> 01:09:17.320] is that Europeans at soccer games put us to shame,
[01:09:17.320 -> 01:09:20.080] but for some reason, Europeans at F1 races
[01:09:20.080 -> 01:09:21.880] look at something like this and they're like,
[01:09:21.880 -> 01:09:23.600] how dare you have fun?
[01:09:23.600 -> 01:09:29.520] I'm like, so my podium for you all today is I pulled three clips that happened
[01:09:29.520 -> 01:09:35.360] in the last two weeks of American and specifically Philadelphia sports fans.
[01:09:35.360 -> 01:09:38.880] Because if I'm going to flame people, I'm going to flame my own people.
[01:09:40.320 -> 01:09:44.240] Doing things at sporting events that I think would make
[01:09:44.240 -> 01:09:47.280] a traditional F1 fan just just keel over.
[01:09:47.280 -> 01:09:49.280] They'd be like, what is going on?
[01:09:49.280 -> 01:09:55.200] That may be the longest podium title name ever, but I'm here to support it.
[01:09:55.200 -> 01:09:59.200] I'll simplify it on the screen for those watching on YouTube.
[01:09:59.200 -> 01:10:03.200] All right, P3.
[01:10:03.200 -> 01:10:07.080] We talk about the Kelsey brothers all the time, but Jason Kelsey
[01:10:07.080 -> 01:10:12.360] chugging a beer at the Phillies game.
[01:10:17.160 -> 01:10:28.000] Philadelphia is a different place, in the best way I say that. Is he a big guy or is that beer kind of small?
[01:10:28.000 -> 01:10:32.000] Well, he's a big guy and I think that beer is a little small.
[01:10:32.000 -> 01:10:37.000] Fun fact, this is the second time the center of the Philadelphia Eagles, Jason Kelsey,
[01:10:37.000 -> 01:10:41.000] was put on the screen in this game and he also chugged a beer the first time he was on the screen
[01:10:41.000 -> 01:10:50.720] because he's decided that that's what the people want to see and he's right. Right. I challenge anyone who is on the screen for a future F1 race instead of sitting
[01:10:50.720 -> 01:10:56.560] there looking bored, chug your beer. Daniel Ricciardo, do a shooey. Thank you. It's too
[01:10:56.560 -> 01:11:06.400] expensive to drink it that quickly. Someone do a shooey in the audience. How have we not seen that? That's been too long. I love to do shoes.
[01:11:06.400 -> 01:11:08.400] It's because I wasn't at COTA this year.
[01:11:08.400 -> 01:11:13.400] It's because it's hot in Austin and those shoes are not.
[01:11:13.400 -> 01:11:15.400] Sanitize.
[01:11:15.400 -> 01:11:17.400] Alright, P2.
[01:11:17.400 -> 01:11:25.280] A kid at the Sunday night football Eagles Dolphins game flies a different kind of bird.
[01:11:34.160 -> 01:11:45.800] Like this is this child maybe three years old and is has more dexterity of flipping off someone's middle finger than I do at the age of 28. Like, like.
[01:11:45.800 -> 01:11:47.480] And I would like to point out that.
[01:11:47.480 -> 01:11:48.800] At least she wasn't blurred.
[01:11:48.800 -> 01:11:49.620] Yeah.
[01:11:49.620 -> 01:11:52.560] And I would like to point out that this is posted
[01:11:52.560 -> 01:11:55.800] on the official Philadelphia Eagles account.
[01:11:55.800 -> 01:11:59.800] Like this is endorsed by the professional team.
[01:12:01.600 -> 01:12:03.920] Can you imagine any F1 team,
[01:12:03.920 -> 01:12:07.760] like if this was a fan video, like imagine Ferrari like
[01:12:07.760 -> 01:12:10.600] reposting of like fans flipping off each other.
[01:12:10.600 -> 01:12:13.080] That would just, it would never happen in Formula One.
[01:12:13.080 -> 01:12:15.000] That is, you're so right.
[01:12:15.000 -> 01:12:16.000] But it should.
[01:12:16.000 -> 01:12:17.940] And look how happy that Dolphins fan is.
[01:12:17.940 -> 01:12:27.000] This is fun, entertaining banter and reactions. Reaction is priceless.
[01:12:27.000 -> 01:12:38.680] And P1, American fan things that happened this weekend that would cause an F1 fan to
[01:12:38.680 -> 01:12:45.000] freak out. Philly's fans taunting a Braves pitcher while he warmed up.
[01:12:45.000 -> 01:13:06.000] Oh gosh. We want Bobby! We want Bobby! What are we saying?
[01:13:06.000 -> 01:13:08.000] We want Bobby to sponsor him.
[01:13:08.000 -> 01:13:10.000] Oh, wow!
[01:13:13.000 -> 01:13:18.000] Wow! Oh yeah, more things that definitely would not happen at an F1 race.
[01:13:18.000 -> 01:13:21.000] No, and I'm not advocating for that.
[01:13:21.000 -> 01:13:24.000] But I just know that it will never happen.
[01:13:24.000 -> 01:13:27.720] And I also just appreciate the commitment to the bit that
[01:13:27.720 -> 01:13:30.200] Philadelphia sports fans do where they had to look up his
[01:13:30.200 -> 01:13:33.440] mother's name to chant it at him. The research, the
[01:13:33.440 -> 01:13:37.440] commitment to the research is what makes Philly fans stand
[01:13:37.440 -> 01:13:39.240] apart from every other fan.
[01:13:41.520 -> 01:13:43.360] Can't hit on that passion, though.
[01:13:45.280 -> 01:13:46.280] Don't care. I don't care. That is the optimistic way to spin.
[01:13:46.280 -> 01:13:56.000] Not advocating for the P1, but I am advocating for have fun in those grandstands and be nice
[01:13:56.000 -> 01:14:00.920] to each other, but you can have some friendly, you know, crap talking back and forth.
[01:14:00.920 -> 01:14:03.880] Like the fun of F1 is being there with other people.
[01:14:03.880 -> 01:14:05.320] And like when we were at
[01:14:05.320 -> 01:14:09.120] Kota there were a ton of Red Bull fans around us and we were very clearly Mercedes and Ferrari
[01:14:09.120 -> 01:14:14.960] fans and that was okay and we all talked and had banter and you know I was like great job
[01:14:14.960 -> 01:14:23.040] and it's okay to have fun. Sports are fun. That is my ending soapbox of this.
[01:14:23.040 -> 01:14:29.000] It's competition. I mean that's what it is and it's a good way to learn about, you know, sportsmanship even.
[01:14:29.000 -> 01:14:30.000] True!
[01:14:30.000 -> 01:14:37.000] Like you said, you know, give them a hand if they win. But it doesn't mean you can't talk a little, you know.
[01:14:37.000 -> 01:14:39.000] That's part of the fun of it all.
[01:14:39.000 -> 01:14:45.920] Well, thank you again, Andy, Red Racer Books, for joining us this week on Gridwalk and for
[01:14:45.920 -> 01:14:47.160] our podiums.
[01:14:47.160 -> 01:14:48.760] Is there anything that you would like to share?
[01:14:48.760 -> 01:14:50.520] Tell the people what you're up to.
[01:14:50.520 -> 01:14:52.960] Yeah, so thanks, Nicole and Brianna.
[01:14:52.960 -> 01:14:54.880] This has been amazing, so much fun.
[01:14:54.880 -> 01:14:57.120] I really appreciate you having me on.
[01:14:57.120 -> 01:15:02.440] Yeah, if anyone's looking for kids' books about Formula One racing, you can find them
[01:15:02.440 -> 01:15:05.000] at redracerbooks.com.
[01:15:10.200 -> 01:15:10.240] They're also on Amazon and all my socials are at redracerbooks.com.
[01:15:13.320 -> 01:15:17.800] And I'm the only one who works there. So I will respond personally and I love connecting with fans.
[01:15:18.280 -> 01:15:21.960] And if you are a fan of open wheel racing, I will be releasing an
[01:15:21.960 -> 01:15:24.240] IndyCar book early next year.
[01:15:24.760 -> 01:15:27.600] Um, and more. And yeah,
[01:15:27.600 -> 01:15:33.920] and if you want to learn different languages, my books are in English, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian.
[01:15:35.680 -> 01:15:37.280] This is going to be how I learn French.
[01:15:38.720 -> 01:15:44.320] That's next on the list. That is next. I already have a translator who's, we're working on it.
[01:15:44.320 -> 01:15:45.520] There you go.
[01:15:48.000 -> 01:15:51.520] And all of the links to everything you mentioned will be in all of our descriptions below. So definitely go click and check out all his books.
[01:15:52.320 -> 01:15:57.680] Awesome. Oh, and Coda. Sorry, use code Coda for $5 off.
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[01:16:01.920 -> 01:16:06.720] Every week after a Grand Prix, we put up polls on our Instagram to get all of your thoughts
[01:16:06.720 -> 01:16:08.640] on what you felt about the Grand Prix weekend.
[01:16:08.640 -> 01:16:13.080] We're going to run through the results of those polls now.
[01:16:13.080 -> 01:16:17.720] So first question is, are you surprised that Aston Martin has fallen so far?
[01:16:17.720 -> 01:16:22.560] And I gave options from 1 to 4, 1 meaning not at all, 4 being stunned.
[01:16:22.560 -> 01:16:25.800] Nicole, where do you land on this spectrum
[01:16:25.800 -> 01:16:26.640] before I give you results?
[01:16:26.640 -> 01:16:27.520] I have three.
[01:16:27.520 -> 01:16:29.920] I think, I believe, and again,
[01:16:29.920 -> 01:16:32.600] this is where you can sometimes verify my answer
[01:16:32.600 -> 01:16:34.640] as the keeper of all of the polls.
[01:16:35.920 -> 01:16:37.680] Really, beginning of the season,
[01:16:37.680 -> 01:16:40.240] did not think that Aston Martin
[01:16:40.240 -> 01:16:42.260] was going to fall this hard,
[01:16:42.260 -> 01:16:47.000] let alone now be in the place where McLaren has leapfrogged.
[01:16:47.000 -> 01:16:52.000] Like, beginning of the season, me would be very confused about the current state of F1.
[01:16:52.000 -> 01:17:00.000] Yeah, well, you did pick the most popular answer. 36% of the people who voted on the poll also picked a 3.
[01:17:00.000 -> 01:17:06.960] 21% picked 4, 29% said 2, and only 14% said they were not at all surprised.
[01:17:06.960 -> 01:17:09.560] So I do think this averages out to a 3.
[01:17:09.560 -> 01:17:11.680] I'm kind of a 2.
[01:17:11.680 -> 01:17:17.240] Aston Martin has never shown they can upgrade a car throughout the season, but Koda, that
[01:17:17.240 -> 01:17:18.240] was dramatic.
[01:17:18.240 -> 01:17:21.800] All right, question number 2.
[01:17:21.800 -> 01:17:25.360] How badly did Mercedes let down Lewis Hamilton this week?
[01:17:29.720 -> 01:17:30.000] The options were no words, too mad, lots of words, very mad.
[01:17:32.880 -> 01:17:33.000] And 56 percent of the people said no words, too mad.
[01:17:35.280 -> 01:17:36.920] Nicole, did you have no words or lots of words? I think I had lots of words.
[01:17:36.920 -> 01:17:41.280] I do have lots of words and I say lots of words in this podcast.
[01:17:41.280 -> 01:17:46.420] So same, same for me to go from no words to lots of words, like
[01:17:46.420 -> 01:17:51.880] lots of words is an angrier version of me where I'm just going to dismantle and so to
[01:17:51.880 -> 01:18:00.120] me it was on the lots of words level. Alright, sprint weekends. The options were still suck,
[01:18:00.120 -> 01:18:06.480] don't affect my weekend viewing, and they rock. And only 7% of people said they rock but
[01:18:06.480 -> 01:18:12.440] someone did vote for that so whoever you are please reach out to us in our DMs
[01:18:12.440 -> 01:18:16.840] and tell me why you like sprint races just because I need to know but the
[01:18:16.840 -> 01:18:21.720] winner of this poll at 53% was still suck 40% of people said it doesn't
[01:18:21.720 -> 01:18:27.600] affect their viewing experience which is fair If you don't watch the sprint, if I didn't watch the sprint...
[01:18:27.600 -> 01:18:29.600] You know if you don't watch the sprint, it doesn't affect your experience.
[01:18:29.600 -> 01:18:31.600] Right!
[01:18:34.600 -> 01:18:40.100] Logan scored points. His 2024 plans. He saved his Williams seat.
[01:18:40.100 -> 01:18:43.600] There's still an opportunity, or he isn't returning.
[01:18:43.600 -> 01:18:46.400] Nicole, where'd you fall on this before I give the results?
[01:18:46.400 -> 01:18:47.800] He's not returning.
[01:18:47.800 -> 01:18:49.000] He didn't score points.
[01:18:49.000 -> 01:18:50.500] Two people were disqualified.
[01:18:50.500 -> 01:18:51.800] So he scored points.
[01:18:51.800 -> 01:18:55.800] He's on a plane when he scored points.
[01:18:57.200 -> 01:19:01.000] Technically, he won't go down in the leaderboard as an F1
[01:19:01.000 -> 01:19:03.400] driver who didn't score points if he doesn't return.
[01:19:03.400 -> 01:19:05.640] But 47% of people agree with points if he doesn't return. But 47% of people
[01:19:05.640 -> 01:19:10.640] agree with you that he isn't returning. 33% feel like there is still an
[01:19:10.640 -> 01:19:15.240] opportunity there and 20% said that this is it, he saved his seats. I will say that
[01:19:15.240 -> 01:19:18.640] there was a little bit of a leak on something written on the
[01:19:18.640 -> 01:19:23.120] Williams site that came out on today, Tuesday, where we were recording this,
[01:19:23.120 -> 01:19:25.240] that might have spoiled that he is coming
[01:19:25.240 -> 01:19:31.360] back, but nothing in F1 is formal. Nothing is ever final.
[01:19:31.360 -> 01:19:37.300] Did we all get too excited about Oscar Piastri too soon? Yes, it was an overreaction. No,
[01:19:37.300 -> 01:19:51.140] off weekends happen. Or option three, this week toweek analysis is exhausting? This is my favorite question. I can't remember if I said off weeks happen or this week-to-week
[01:19:51.140 -> 01:19:56.160] analysis is exhausting because I believe in Oscar but I'm also exhausted.
[01:19:56.160 -> 01:20:05.760] Well 79% said no off weekends happen and I said this week-to-week analysis is exhausting.
[01:20:05.760 -> 01:20:09.600] But I think that's a byproduct of us having a podcast and talking about it.
[01:20:09.600 -> 01:20:14.280] Maybe, but that analysis happens anyway.
[01:20:14.280 -> 01:20:16.400] And final poll from the USGP weekend.
[01:20:16.400 -> 01:20:20.720] I was curious what everyone listening thought.
[01:20:20.720 -> 01:20:25.440] Which team in the non-Red Bull division will be the fastest at the Mexico GP?
[01:20:25.440 -> 01:20:29.200] The options I gave were Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari, Other.
[01:20:29.200 -> 01:20:31.240] Other got zero votes.
[01:20:31.240 -> 01:20:33.240] Ferrari also got zero votes.
[01:20:33.240 -> 01:20:35.480] They were zeros.
[01:20:35.480 -> 01:20:41.120] Not even one hopeful Ferrari fan decided to check Ferrari on our poll.
[01:20:41.120 -> 01:20:44.600] But 60% of people with the winning decision said McLaren.
[01:20:44.600 -> 01:20:45.200] We're going to be faster than Mercedes at Mexico. But 60% of people with the winning decision said McLaren.
[01:20:45.200 -> 01:20:48.480] We're going to be faster than Mercedes at Mexico.
[01:20:48.480 -> 01:20:51.600] Which leads us perfectly into...
[01:20:51.600 -> 01:20:53.760] Let's go preview the Mexico GP.
[01:20:53.760 -> 01:20:54.760] Woo!
[01:20:54.760 -> 01:21:00.080] I'm sure if we're feeling a crunch for another race, F1 teams are also feeling a crunch for
[01:21:00.080 -> 01:21:01.080] another race.
[01:21:01.080 -> 01:21:07.520] I've said this up top, but triple headers are a lot. But thankfully Mexico's a fun
[01:21:08.720 -> 01:21:15.840] race. And oh, I just had a moment where I remembered that Taylor Swift performed at
[01:21:15.840 -> 01:21:20.800] this stadium where the track is. And weren't people sitting in the grandstands?
[01:21:21.920 -> 01:21:26.200] Brianna brings up a Swifty thing before I get to!
[01:21:26.200 -> 01:21:27.200] Yes!
[01:21:27.200 -> 01:21:31.520] This is where Taylor Swift performed and so many fans were sitting outside that they filled
[01:21:31.520 -> 01:21:32.800] the entire grandstand.
[01:21:32.800 -> 01:21:37.400] So as I'm watching all my previews and news and clips of things for this upcoming race,
[01:21:37.400 -> 01:21:42.240] and I'm just seeing all these clips of the circuit, I am thinking, wow, this is where
[01:21:42.240 -> 01:21:44.000] the Ares Tour was.
[01:21:44.000 -> 01:21:46.420] And I also love the Mexico GP
[01:21:46.420 -> 01:21:50.880] I mean last year it was exciting for me as a Daniel Ricciardo fan
[01:21:50.880 -> 01:21:55.140] So I think I just have like this like bias in my brain of like I really love the circuit
[01:21:55.140 -> 01:22:01.060] I think it's really cool. I'm obsessed that the circuit cuts through like this like stadium thing
[01:22:01.060 -> 01:22:03.640] It's what I want Miami to do so badly
[01:22:04.160 -> 01:22:08.640] So I think it's a great race. I think it's really fun. Um, and yes,
[01:22:08.680 -> 01:22:13.560] Taylor Swift has now been at this track. So I think I will
[01:22:13.560 -> 01:22:16.200] think that a lot during this race, every time they drive
[01:22:16.200 -> 01:22:18.880] through, I'll be like, that's where the stage was. Oh, this
[01:22:18.880 -> 01:22:22.280] is basically a preview for when Nicole records her post race
[01:22:22.280 -> 01:22:27.760] weekend superlatives, like a lot will need to happen in this race for her to not make it about the Ares Tour.
[01:22:27.760 -> 01:22:32.400] Yeah, really a lot, because that was crazy, of like, watching the Ares Tour livestream
[01:22:32.400 -> 01:22:35.680] from F1 circuit grandstand seats.
[01:22:35.680 -> 01:22:43.600] We're gonna do our predictions. I'm mad about last week's predictions still, but we're just
[01:22:43.600 -> 01:22:46.000] gonna move on to this week's prediction
[01:22:46.000 -> 01:22:49.000] and we'll give some some fun previews as we go along.
[01:22:49.000 -> 01:22:53.000] But Nicole, who do you have as your P2 this week?
[01:22:53.000 -> 01:22:58.000] My P2 this week, I have Sir Lewis Hamilton.
[01:22:58.000 -> 01:22:59.000] Me too!
[01:22:59.000 -> 01:23:05.080] Yay! Go us! We're being optimistic. I just need, I feel like he needs a redo. I mean for a lot of
[01:23:08.000 -> 01:23:09.280] reasons of upgrades seemed relatively optimistic
[01:23:11.400 -> 01:23:12.960] I feel like this could be a
[01:23:17.480 -> 01:23:19.080] Successful track for Mercedes she says confidently
[01:23:21.080 -> 01:23:22.360] Yeah, that sounded super confident I
[01:23:27.040 -> 01:23:31.720] So this is a really high speed circuit and the Mercedes car is super high drag. But the interesting thing about Mexico is that because the altitude is so
[01:23:31.720 -> 01:23:36.760] high that I actually think the Mercedes car could go really well here because everyone's
[01:23:36.760 -> 01:23:41.400] going to have their highest downforce configurations even though there's a lot of straight line
[01:23:41.400 -> 01:23:49.680] racing at the Mexico GP. I also just refuse to not be positive about Lewis Hamilton doing everything
[01:23:49.680 -> 01:23:51.100] he can to almost win the race.
[01:23:51.200 -> 01:23:54.280] So maybe Mercedes won't mess it up this week.
[01:23:54.740 -> 01:23:57.440] Like Mercedes did everything they possibly could to prevent
[01:23:57.440 -> 01:23:59.240] Lewis from being P2 last week.
[01:23:59.420 -> 01:24:00.380] And he still got it.
[01:24:00.380 -> 01:24:02.420] And then they did one more thing to prevent it.
[01:24:02.420 -> 01:24:06.760] So I've refused to move him from my P2 slot.
[01:24:06.760 -> 01:24:09.000] Yeah, I guess like my earlier,
[01:24:09.000 -> 01:24:12.240] I hope this circuit's good for Mercedes is like,
[01:24:12.240 -> 01:24:15.740] okay, so maybe we'll do a pit stop that's not 18 years long
[01:24:15.740 -> 01:24:18.880] and maybe we won't mess up like a tire strategy in a way
[01:24:18.880 -> 01:24:20.180] and just different ways like that.
[01:24:20.180 -> 01:24:23.300] Not necessarily anything about the circuit itself.
[01:24:24.680 -> 01:24:29.200] But yeah. Well, I think it's just normal as Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton fans that we just feel
[01:24:29.200 -> 01:24:34.000] some general fan anxiety when we're predicting positive things for the team.
[01:24:34.000 -> 01:24:34.560] All the time.
[01:24:36.560 -> 01:24:37.440] Who do you have for P3?
[01:24:38.800 -> 01:24:43.600] I kept the same as last week. I'm putting out positive vibes because Oscar Piastri had a rough
[01:24:43.600 -> 01:24:48.240] week last week and I want him to have a positive week this week so I'm gonna put Oscar Piestre in P3 again.
[01:24:49.200 -> 01:24:53.040] And I have the other man in papaya, Lando Norris, at P3.
[01:24:54.800 -> 01:24:56.400] We spend too much time together.
[01:24:56.400 -> 01:25:01.040] Yep, that is true. Honestly, I was just ready for us to have like the exact same podium so
[01:25:01.040 -> 01:25:04.800] this at least feels like there's a little bit of, I have a chance to get points here.
[01:25:03.960 -> 01:25:11.400] exact same podium. So this at least feels like there's a little bit of, I have a chance to get points here. I feel like based on this, we both are feeling relatively positive about
[01:25:11.400 -> 01:25:15.080] the McLaren and Mercedes setup and both don't feel great about the Ferrari setup for this
[01:25:15.080 -> 01:25:21.040] week, which fun fact, because Ferrari's whole thing is that their tires degrade worse than
[01:25:21.040 -> 01:25:30.360] those other two teams mentioned. And of course, Red Red Bull I'm not talking about Red Bull. Pirelli went a compound down this year so we have the softest range
[01:25:30.360 -> 01:25:36.200] of tires versus last year and if you remember last year the reason Daniel
[01:25:36.200 -> 01:25:40.280] Ricardo did so well is because the hard went really long for him and he was fast
[01:25:40.280 -> 01:25:46.960] so I think it'd be I don't think we can one-to-one predict last year's strategy to this
[01:25:46.960 -> 01:25:51.680] year's strategy, because the hard that did so well in the race last year actually isn't even an
[01:25:51.680 -> 01:25:55.600] option, because that compound isn't there. All right, who's your P10 this week?
[01:25:59.040 -> 01:26:05.400] In this moment I have two names written down, and I do not know what to do.
[01:26:05.400 -> 01:26:07.400] I'm so unbelievably torn.
[01:26:09.200 -> 01:26:10.700] Do you want me to go first?
[01:26:10.800 -> 01:26:17.300] No, because I'm going to make my decision and in I am putting
[01:26:18.200 -> 01:26:19.500] nope, I'm not going to do that.
[01:26:19.600 -> 01:26:24.700] I am picking Alex Albon for P10, which doesn't make any sense in
[01:26:24.700 -> 01:26:27.500] ways. No, here's the thing. It's 50-50 of it this track
[01:26:27.500 -> 01:26:32.420] No, it could work for Williams and it could also not work for Williams depending on how you know
[01:26:32.420 -> 01:26:34.540] Everything with the altitude in the downforce work
[01:26:34.620 -> 01:26:39.760] But Alex Albon has also showed that anything that he could do with this Williams car. No one really else can
[01:26:40.420 -> 01:26:45.000] So the last time downforce wasn't necessarily working in Williams' favor, Alex Albon got
[01:26:45.000 -> 01:26:46.000] me points.
[01:26:46.000 -> 01:26:49.000] So I'm sticking with Alex Albon in P10.
[01:26:49.000 -> 01:26:52.360] Yeah, I think the Williams will do well this weekend.
[01:26:52.360 -> 01:26:57.280] I considered Alex for my P10, and then I feel like every time I put Alex in my P10, he ends
[01:26:57.280 -> 01:27:03.400] up P9 or P8, and I'm like, nope, no more, and I would rather Alex finish higher.
[01:27:03.400 -> 01:27:08.100] Yeah, I went back and forth a lot over this P10.
[01:27:08.100 -> 01:27:09.560] I was like, do I want Alex?
[01:27:09.560 -> 01:27:11.600] Cause I do think the Williams will go decently well
[01:27:11.600 -> 01:27:12.940] at this track.
[01:27:14.020 -> 01:27:17.780] I then thought about how I felt about the Alpine this week
[01:27:17.780 -> 01:27:20.180] and how I feel about the Alpine is that the high altitude
[01:27:20.180 -> 01:27:23.500] is gonna make their power unit blow up.
[01:27:23.500 -> 01:27:26.320] So I just stayed away from the alpine oh i think you're
[01:27:26.320 -> 01:27:34.640] going where my brain was going so of the remaining bottom cars i do think the alfattori has the
[01:27:34.640 -> 01:27:40.400] biggest chance to score points this week so i went with yuki sonoda again yeah that okay well i was
[01:27:40.400 -> 01:27:45.680] gonna pick daniel ricardo because dan Riccardo and a Honda Power Unit.
[01:27:45.680 -> 01:27:48.720] But yeah, that's, I was basically flipping a coin
[01:27:48.720 -> 01:27:51.880] between like Williams and Alfattari for that PU.
[01:27:51.880 -> 01:27:54.940] But yeah, that makes sense.
[01:27:56.560 -> 01:27:57.440] Who knows?
[01:27:57.440 -> 01:27:58.280] We'll see.
[01:27:59.280 -> 01:28:02.280] All right, who is your last to cross the checkered flag?
[01:28:02.280 -> 01:28:03.720] So reminder, if they DNF,
[01:28:03.720 -> 01:28:07.720] they didn't cross the checkered flag, then you don't count as this.
[01:28:07.720 -> 01:28:13.640] I am keeping K-Mag in my last to finish. I'm keeping Haas there, and I'm ignoring that
[01:28:13.640 -> 01:28:18.320] this pass we get coded was Daniel Ricciardo, and then K-Mag right above him.
[01:28:18.320 -> 01:28:19.720] I was wondering if you were kidding.
[01:28:19.720 -> 01:28:28.320] Yep, really close. So it was close enough! I'm keeping K-Mac in my last to finish. So I always struggle with this
[01:28:28.320 -> 01:28:33.360] one I feel like it's the hardest to predict because DNFing or just retiring a car feels
[01:28:33.360 -> 01:28:39.760] like it happens all the time to save power unit life etc etc but despite the recent run of more
[01:28:39.760 -> 01:28:45.920] positive performances from the Alfa Romeo I don't think their car is as well suited
[01:28:45.920 -> 01:28:50.560] for this track, so it hurts me to say it, but I'm going with Joe Guagnino.
[01:28:50.560 -> 01:28:58.240] Oh! Wow! Usually when it's an Alfa Romeo pick it's a VB pick, but wow, we're really...
[01:28:58.240 -> 01:29:01.560] I know it really hurts my heart. It's all Joe. That's so sad.
[01:29:01.560 -> 01:29:07.120] Honestly, I decided to do...I did this the same way I do it almost every week, where I picked the team
[01:29:07.120 -> 01:29:09.760] and then I flipped a coin and it landed on the Joe side.
[01:29:11.040 -> 01:29:13.200] But I hope the fit is good.
[01:29:13.200 -> 01:29:16.000] Oh, the fit's always good. Fit will definitely be good.
[01:29:16.880 -> 01:29:18.400] All right, our last thing here.
[01:29:18.400 -> 01:29:21.840] What team not named Red Bull will score the most points this weekend?
[01:29:23.120 -> 01:29:24.160] I put McLaren.
[01:29:24.720 -> 01:29:27.640] I also put McLaren again this weekend.
[01:29:27.640 -> 01:29:28.640] Yeah, I kind of-
[01:29:28.640 -> 01:29:30.120] I will not move away.
[01:29:30.120 -> 01:29:31.680] Yep, I won't do it.
[01:29:31.680 -> 01:29:32.740] I need that point.
[01:29:32.740 -> 01:29:34.520] I want that point.
[01:29:34.520 -> 01:29:37.280] And I think it's just, it's going to be so close,
[01:29:37.280 -> 01:29:40.040] like with that, who's right behind like Red Bull
[01:29:40.040 -> 01:29:41.760] basically after what we saw this weekend.
[01:29:41.760 -> 01:29:42.600] So I think-
[01:29:43.960 -> 01:29:46.160] Yellow sector notes, not the fastest walk around f1
[01:29:46.160 -> 01:29:48.960] But we will complete a full lap around the paddock hitting every f1 garage
[01:29:49.040 -> 01:29:52.680] This week there was a ton that happened in the race that we obviously couldn't get to this
[01:29:52.680 -> 01:29:56.600] I'm sure I don't know how long you've been listening to the episode, but it's been a long time now
[01:29:56.600 -> 01:30:00.680] So a lot of our yellow sector notes today are things that happened in the race last weekend that we think are worth
[01:30:00.760 -> 01:30:04.640] Touching on before we head to Mexico so starting with Red Bull
[01:30:04.640 -> 01:30:07.440] They did have a down weekend by their standards and
[01:30:07.440 -> 01:30:10.400] I can't believe we didn't get to fully discuss this on the pod this week.
[01:30:11.440 -> 01:30:16.640] So despite no one being able to capitalize on it, Max had brake issues the entire race
[01:30:16.640 -> 01:30:20.960] and I think it's going to be interesting to see if that continues to be a problem going into this weekend.
[01:30:22.000 -> 01:30:27.000] Mercedes know today is a fun one. Happy 11th birthday, Roscoe Hamilton.
[01:30:27.000 -> 01:30:31.000] Our favorite superstar of the paddock.
[01:30:31.000 -> 01:30:38.000] Ferrari Note today is about Charles Leclerc. Variety reported that he signed with Endeavor Management Agency,
[01:30:38.000 -> 01:30:46.000] which is a US-based agency. They will handle all of his Hollywood related and media related
[01:30:46.000 -> 01:30:51.000] projects. I think he now becomes the third drive fourth driver on the grid to
[01:30:51.000 -> 01:30:55.760] have some US based management. Obviously Daniel Lewis and Alex
[01:30:55.760 -> 01:30:58.800] Albaumer, the three other drivers. This feels like a long time coming. I'm
[01:30:58.800 -> 01:31:02.600] shocked it took Charlotte LeClair this long to sign on someone and start doing
[01:31:02.600 -> 01:31:08.420] more US based projects. McLaren jumped Aston Martin for fourth in the Constructors this week after
[01:31:08.420 -> 01:31:14.280] Lando was promoted to P2 at the US GP. Speaking of, Aston Martin and Haas both
[01:31:14.280 -> 01:31:17.320] got their setup so poor this past weekend that they started from the pit
[01:31:17.320 -> 01:31:22.200] lane. They're likely both very excited for the full suite of free practices
[01:31:22.200 -> 01:31:25.200] we're gonna get at a normal race weekend
[01:31:25.200 -> 01:31:30.600] for the Mexico GP. So some notes about how they spent the USGP. If you missed it, Aspen
[01:31:30.600 -> 01:31:36.360] spent it as a testing session where Alonzo got the Qatar setup of the car, Stroll got
[01:31:36.360 -> 01:31:42.480] a modified setup of the upgrade so they could compare and contrast and we'll see what they
[01:31:42.480 -> 01:31:45.000] bring this week and what they choose to run.
[01:31:45.000 -> 01:31:50.000] It was announced this week that Alpine appointed a new Power Unit Technical Director.
[01:31:50.000 -> 01:31:55.000] He spent the last three years at Ferrari and previously worked for the Mercedes-Benz PU Center.
[01:31:55.000 -> 01:32:06.820] Williams left the weekend with the strangest double point finish I've seen in a really long time, but yay Alex Albon P9. Albert Romeo is looking to compete with
[01:32:06.820 -> 01:32:10.060] Williams for P7 in the Constructors after what looked to be a very
[01:32:10.060 -> 01:32:14.520] successful upgrade they brought in Qatar. They also are the latest team to hop on
[01:32:14.520 -> 01:32:19.440] a rear wing cutout trend in the back. All the rear wings are starting to get this
[01:32:19.440 -> 01:32:28.000] very dramatic slant in the corners that has been cut out. Gunther Steiner admitted that the upgraded car they ran this weekend did not correlate
[01:32:28.000 -> 01:32:33.000] to what they expected, and not just because it was slow.
[01:32:33.000 -> 01:32:39.000] And last but not least, unfortunately, Daniel Ricardo's return to the car was a bit lackluster,
[01:32:39.000 -> 01:32:43.000] but I'm sure he is looking for a better result this weekend that will make Nicole Katz much,
[01:32:43.000 -> 01:32:45.280] much happier. That is the grid Nicole Katz much, much happier.
[01:32:45.280 -> 01:32:50.080] That is the gridlock for October 26, 2023 completed. How was my sexier time today, Nicole?
[01:32:50.080 -> 01:32:57.280] Faster than Mercedes pit stops. Thank you to VoiceOver Man. Thank you so much, Andy
[01:32:57.280 -> 01:33:01.960] at Red Racer Books for joining us this week for our podiums. It was so, so lovely to have
[01:33:01.960 -> 01:33:08.540] you definitely make sure you go check him out on his website and on all social platforms and our four-legged executive
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