It's Coming Home - 2022 British GP Preview

After the legendary Steve Slater narrated some of the finest British GP memories a few days ago, our show regulars are back with the 2022 British GP Preview.

But this episode has a special guest, too. Daniel Ricciardo's physio Michael Italiano joins us to explain how drivers have coped with porpoising & what it takes to be race fit through a demanding and compact Formula 1 calendar of 22-odd races.

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In this episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast, Soumil and Kunal preview the upcoming 2022 British GP at Silverstone - will the title battle finally resume? Will Ferrari blow up or will they blow their rivals away? The talk this weekend will be about upgrades - remember Mercedes' 'Silverstone upgrade' in 2021 and how that changed the team's fortunes for the rest of the season?

@f1statsguru aka Sundaram does a double take - he reports on kerbs and their sponsor-inspired colours followed by his stats preview segment. Instagrammer Aditya Bhat tells us why tyres will be stressed this weekend - remember Lewis Hamilton's three-wheel drive to victory a few years ago?

This is a power-packed episode - a fitting one for Silverstone. Tune in!

(Season 2022, Episode 38)

Follow our hosts: Sundaram Ramaswami, Aditya Bhat, Soumil Arora and Kunal Shah

Image courtesy: Mercedes

**Navigating the Challenges of Porpoising and Demanding F1 Calendar: Insights from Daniel Ricciardo's Physio, Michael Italiano**

* **Porpoising and Its Effects on Drivers:**

* Porpoising, a significant issue in Formula 1 this season, has led to discomfort and physical strain among drivers.
* Daniel Ricciardo experienced severe headaches and lower back pain after the Baku race, which showcased extreme porpoising.
* Recovery and sleep are crucial for drivers to manage the effects of porpoising.

* **Adapting to the New 2022 Cars:**

* The heavier and quicker 2022 cars demand more physical preparation from drivers.
* Daniel Ricciardo's training regimen has remained consistent, focusing on improving physical capabilities to handle the new cars.

* **Maintaining Immunity and Health Amidst a Hectic Calendar:**

* Drivers must prioritize their health to perform at their best throughout the long and demanding Formula 1 calendar.
* Consistent jet lag protocols, proper hygiene, and a balanced diet are essential for staying healthy.
* Supplementation and sunlight exposure also play a vital role in maintaining immunity.

* **Jet Lag Protocols:**

* Acclimatizing to different time zones is crucial for drivers to perform optimally.
* Jet lag protocols involve adjusting meal timings, light exposure, caffeine intake, and exercise to transition the body to the new time zone.
* The Baku to Canada race, with an eight-hour time difference, presents a significant challenge in terms of jet lag management.

**The Colorful History of Kerbs at the British Grand Prix**

* **Black and White Kerbs at Silverstone:**

* Silverstone's kerbs are distinctively black and white, unlike the commonly seen red and white kerbs.
* This traditional color scheme was prevalent in the 1970s when kerbs were not as common as they are today.

* **Sponsor-Inspired Kerb Colors:**

* Over the years, the kerbs at Silverstone have changed colors to match the title sponsors.
* During the Marlborough sponsorship in the 1980s, the kerbs were painted red and white.
* In the 1990s, Foster's sponsorship led to blue and white kerbs.
* Santander's title sponsorship from 2007 onwards brought back the red and white color scheme.

**The Evolving Role of Kerbs in Formula 1**

* **Safety and Track Limits:**

* Kerbs serve as physical markers of track limits, preventing drivers from gaining an unfair advantage by going off-track.
* They also act as a safety measure, deterring drivers from taking excessive risks and potentially crashing.

* **Car Setup and Performance:**

* Kerbs can be strategically used by teams to optimize car setup and performance.
* Riding over kerbs can help improve lap times by providing better traction and stability.
* However, excessive kerb usage can lead to tire wear and damage to the car's suspension.

**Conclusion:**

The British Grand Prix promises to be an exciting and unpredictable race, with teams bringing upgrades and drivers aiming to make their mark on home soil. The unique characteristics of Silverstone, including its black and white kerbs, add to the intrigue of this iconic race.

**Title:** Inside Line F1 Podcast: British GP Preview

**Hosts:** Soumil Arora, Kunal Shah, Sundaram Ramaswami (F1StatsGuru), Aditya Bhat (Bhat.tech)

**Date:** Season 2022, Episode 38

**Summary:**

- The Inside Line F1 Podcast team previews the upcoming 2022 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

- Daniel Ricciardo's physiotherapist, Michael Italiano, joins the show to discuss how drivers cope with porpoising and the demands of a compact Formula 1 calendar.

- F1StatsGuru Sundaram Ramaswami presents a feature on the colorful kerbs at various circuits, including Silverstone, and shares interesting trivia about their history and sponsorship connections.

- The team discusses the various upgrades that teams are bringing to Silverstone, including Alpine's new floor and top body, Williams' upgrade for Alex Albon's car, and McLaren's decision to slow down on upgrades due to budget cap constraints.

- Aditya Bhat analyzes the challenges of tire management at Silverstone, highlighting the aggressive fast cornering that puts a lot of stress on the front left tire. He mentions the 2020 British Grand Prix tire blowouts and Pirelli's subsequent increase in tire pressures to address the issue.

- The hosts predict the outcome of the British Grand Prix, with Kunal Shah favoring a Charles Leclerc pole position and win, Soumil Arora hoping for a strong performance from Carlos Sainz, and Sundaram Ramaswami also supporting Leclerc.

- The team invites listeners to share their predictions on social media and encourages them to leave reviews and subscribe to the podcast.

- A special guest appearance is teased for the next episode, hinting at a familiar voice from Formula One broadcasts.

[00:00.000 -> 00:21.440] It's coming home folks, it's coming home.
[00:21.440 -> 00:24.160] Well, it's not what you think it is.
[00:24.160 -> 00:25.360] Something might be coming home this year.
[00:25.360 -> 00:27.840] We don't know about the football World Cup at the end,
[00:27.840 -> 00:30.640] but Formula One certainly does come back home right here
[00:30.640 -> 00:33.760] to Silverstone in the middle of the British summer.
[00:33.760 -> 00:36.560] And my word, what a race this promises to be.
[00:36.560 -> 00:39.840] And we've got so much to discuss on this particular episode
[00:39.840 -> 00:42.560] of the Inside Line of One podcast and pitch the podium with you,
[00:42.560 -> 00:45.840] because not only did we have a special British GP preview
[00:45.840 -> 00:48.600] featuring Steve Slater, the voice of Formula 1
[00:48.600 -> 00:51.240] in this previous week, where we had him discussing
[00:51.240 -> 00:53.400] his favorite British GP memories over the years,
[00:53.400 -> 00:56.880] we also have in this particular episode, firstly,
[00:56.880 -> 00:59.360] a comment from Michael Tanniano, a segment from him
[00:59.360 -> 01:01.600] where he explains the challenges of racing
[01:01.600 -> 01:03.080] in the modern Formula 1 calendar,
[01:03.080 -> 01:10.640] how to deal with porpoising, and also also how do we manage the time zone changes. Moreover, a special story from F1 stats guru
[01:10.640 -> 01:16.400] about a rather underrated and under noticed aspects of the British GP and of course the
[01:16.400 -> 01:20.440] regular stats review segment and along with that, that's not all folks, we've also got
[01:20.440 -> 01:25.280] more a special segment from Aditya Bhatt as well, bhatt.tech on Instagram, where
[01:25.280 -> 01:29.680] he explains the problems and the challenges that teams will have to deal with with the
[01:29.680 -> 01:34.900] tyres at the British GP. So it's a power-packed episode, much like what the British GP tends
[01:34.900 -> 01:39.360] to be every single year as well. But I've forgotten to introduce myself, which I shall
[01:39.360 -> 01:43.320] do right now. My name is Somal Arora. I'm the host of The Driving Force on Disney Plus
[01:43.320 -> 01:47.000] Hotstar and I am joined by Kunal Shah, the former marketing
[01:47.000 -> 01:50.920] head of the Force India F1 team, who also is an FIA-accredited
[01:50.920 -> 01:53.720] Formula One journalist who's currently working with the Via
[01:53.720 -> 01:56.440] Play network in Norway, the second biggest Formula One
[01:56.440 -> 01:57.800] broadcaster in the world.
[01:57.800 -> 02:01.080] And I suppose, Kunal, the British GP is,
[02:01.080 -> 02:02.580] I've mentioned this before as well,
[02:02.580 -> 02:03.880] it's like an orange juice.
[02:03.880 -> 02:05.800] We just look forward to it every time. It's
[02:05.800 -> 02:08.320] so power packed. I don't think anyone doesn't like it.
[02:10.000 -> 02:12.720] And the British TV will also have a lot of vitamin D given
[02:12.720 -> 02:16.600] just the weather that we are experiencing in the Great
[02:16.600 -> 02:21.400] Britain. But thank you, Somal. That was an epic, long
[02:21.420 -> 02:27.640] introduction. We have just so many segments to look forward to this episode.
[02:27.640 -> 02:31.240] Just the way we are going to have a lot of battles to look forward to this
[02:31.240 -> 02:36.880] weekend. I tell you what, I am actually looking forward to the battle of the
[02:36.880 -> 02:41.520] opening lap because you know the breaking point after the start is almost
[02:41.520 -> 02:45.600] three corners in given just how flat out the new start line is and I say
[02:45.600 -> 02:52.800] new despite it being around for almost 11 or 12 races now right and and you know I'm just so
[02:52.800 -> 02:59.360] excited given how even Formula One has been using the opening lap of the several previous races to
[02:59.360 -> 03:06.520] hype up the race this weekend. Yeah and what I love about the British GP is the way they're covering the opening lap
[03:06.520 -> 03:10.600] in terms of camera work over the last couple of years, because just the way the camera
[03:10.600 -> 03:15.400] swings down from the opening straight back onto the national straight, that's just amazing
[03:15.400 -> 03:16.400] stuff.
[03:16.400 -> 03:17.400] But that's one thing.
[03:17.400 -> 03:20.440] What other thing excites you the most in this particular weekend, Kunal?
[03:20.440 -> 03:25.360] Because I find it very hard to look beyond a Leclerc versus Verstappen fight because
[03:25.360 -> 03:30.120] finally I feel like after last weekend maybe with new upgrades coming in the
[03:30.120 -> 03:33.960] fight could be levelized or if anything we could just see the best fight we have
[03:33.960 -> 03:37.680] because Silverstone is a circuit that offers the best chances for racing so
[03:37.680 -> 03:40.160] that's on my hit list what about you?
[03:40.160 -> 03:46.000] Oh definitely it's it's gonna be the battle let's hope the title battle
[03:46.000 -> 03:51.520] actually remains a title battle given how Ferrari have imploded in the last
[03:51.520 -> 03:55.160] three or four races but above everything else you know I know Silverstone is
[03:55.160 -> 03:59.280] going to be a massive challenge for the drivers you know the high-speed corners
[03:59.280 -> 04:04.040] they love it it's also going to be a massive challenge for tires those are
[04:04.040 -> 04:07.680] you know the new tires that we're going to see this year,
[04:07.680 -> 04:11.600] just the way we've got the new cars to look forward to as well.
[04:11.600 -> 04:15.080] Will we see enough following that will happen?
[04:15.080 -> 04:21.080] We've usually also seen DRS strains between cars with similar pace and so on.
[04:21.080 -> 04:26.160] So how will the new regulation driven cars perform?
[04:26.160 -> 04:28.800] Will there be more following? Will there be more battles?
[04:28.800 -> 04:33.760] And then, of course, the new tyres, you know, the left front that Aditya is going to speak about
[04:33.760 -> 04:39.360] later on in the episode as well. That is usually the most tortured of all the four tyres.
[04:39.360 -> 04:47.160] Now, will that tyre hold on? Will that tyre be the limiting factor in giving us battles this weekend?
[04:47.160 -> 04:51.040] That's going to be one major thing to watch out for but there's so much more and that's
[04:51.040 -> 04:54.600] going to come up after a very short break. Be right here.
[04:54.600 -> 04:59.640] Hey folks, welcome back into the Inside Line F1 podcast and pitch the podium. My name is
[04:59.640 -> 05:04.000] Somal Arora and we were on the subject of discussing what we love about the British
[05:04.000 -> 05:05.000] GP and what we look forward to for this particular weekend and we were on the subject of discussing what we love about the British GP and what we look
[05:05.000 -> 05:07.000] forward to for this particular weekend.
[05:07.000 -> 05:11.040] And we were on the subject of tyres, but I also want to talk about this whole title battle
[05:11.040 -> 05:16.360] because it could be such a pivotal point in this title race right now, because new upgrades
[05:16.360 -> 05:17.560] are supposed to be coming in.
[05:17.560 -> 05:20.400] Obviously, this is the home of most Formula One teams, right?
[05:20.400 -> 05:24.360] I think seven out of 10 of them, if I'm not mistaken, are based in the UK.
[05:24.360 -> 05:25.360] So it's logistically
[05:25.360 -> 05:27.320] very easy to bring in new upgrades over here.
[05:27.320 -> 05:29.960] But could that completely change the pecking order, Kunal?
[05:29.960 -> 05:34.040] Could we see, say, someone like Red Bull running away with it, or perhaps Ferrari going back?
[05:34.040 -> 05:38.980] Because that's been something we've been missing quite a fair bit over the last four weekends.
[05:38.980 -> 05:43.620] Just taking cue from what you said, Samuel, the big question is going to be, will Ferrari
[05:43.620 -> 05:46.160] blow up, or will they actually end up
[05:46.160 -> 05:51.520] blowing their rivals on track because I really hope it's the latter because that's what we really
[05:51.520 -> 05:57.680] want. We want a title battle. It's a battle we've been hoping for. It's a battle that we've been
[05:57.680 -> 06:03.280] sort of given glimpses of since Spain, since Ferrari's resurgence, but their reliability hasn't
[06:03.280 -> 06:09.200] stayed and the last thing we'd all want is you, Max Verstappen walking away with the title
[06:09.200 -> 06:11.440] three or five races before the end of the season.
[06:11.440 -> 06:16.400] I mean, I would love a last lap battle in Abu Dhabi in 2022 as well.
[06:16.400 -> 06:18.640] And I'm pretty sure you guys all do as well.
[06:19.680 -> 06:20.480] Yeah, exactly.
[06:20.480 -> 06:25.600] And if anything, we have seen Silverstone being the turning point many times in the season.
[06:25.600 -> 06:28.640] We saw it last year after Mercedes brought the new upgrades.
[06:28.640 -> 06:33.920] That was where the battle kind of got rejuvenated and also in 2013 where it faded away.
[06:33.920 -> 06:38.720] But we do know that this is that point of the year when things can change for the better or for the worse.
[06:38.720 -> 06:46.160] So let's hope in this case that we do see Ferrari come back stronger and we do have a bit of a fight but apart from Ferrari as
[06:46.160 -> 06:52.080] well Kunal, I'm just wondering do we see our main protagonists let's say last half a track because
[06:52.080 -> 06:56.080] that's something that's on the mind of that's on my mind because last year didn't quite happen and
[06:56.080 -> 06:59.920] the opening laps tend to be so ferocious here if anything this is going to be the best place to
[06:59.920 -> 07:04.960] watch a first lap proper hardcore Leclerc vs Verstappen fight that's going to be box office stuff
[07:04.960 -> 07:07.360] watch a first lap proper hard-core Leclerc vs Verstappen fight. That's gonna be box-office stuff.
[07:12.000 -> 07:19.440] It is gonna be box-office stuff and you know now my mind goes back to what you said about Mercedes's legendary Silverstone upgrade from last season right. That's what brought them back into
[07:19.440 -> 07:26.080] the title battle in 2021 right. Could Ferrari's upgrades bring them there? That's the big question.
[07:26.080 -> 07:30.080] They have said they still are not fully sure of their reliability and they're going to
[07:30.080 -> 07:36.800] run more sensors right. But at least Charles Leclerc now has a new PU and you know Mattia
[07:36.800 -> 07:43.000] Abbinotto has said he can actually go and be as aggressive for the remaining races before
[07:43.000 -> 07:45.760] the summer break. But speaking of also
[07:45.760 -> 07:50.320] Mercedes right, they have been promising of massive upgrades here at Silverstone
[07:50.320 -> 07:55.000] as well. Formula One has been saying will we see a new Silver Arrows from this
[07:55.000 -> 07:59.480] race weekend and if their Silverstone upgrades are anything to go by I
[07:59.480 -> 08:09.960] wouldn't rule them out being closer to the Ferrari versus Red Bull battle and boy oh boy if that happens and if that happens at the British Grand Prix it's
[08:09.960 -> 08:14.160] going to be epic because what Formula One has said they're expecting close to
[08:14.160 -> 08:19.440] 400,000 fans through the course of a three-day weekend and I think that's
[08:19.440 -> 08:24.880] bonkers. That's ridiculous how do you get so many people into a whole racing
[08:24.880 -> 08:25.400] circuit in the
[08:25.400 -> 08:29.940] first place? And let's not forget, we also had the Goodwood Festival of Speed the last
[08:29.940 -> 08:34.260] weekend as well, so there's at least a hundred thousand people attending there and then many
[08:34.260 -> 08:38.280] of them coming here close by. It's ridiculous what the motorsport summer is like in the
[08:38.280 -> 08:42.240] UK, but yeah, of course, if you've only got a few good months of weather, you probably
[08:42.240 -> 08:45.120] got to make the most of it. But that's enough on the
[08:45.120 -> 08:49.920] weather. I think we shouldn't go too much on that. We should talk about Mercedes because it seems like
[08:49.920 -> 08:54.160] a bit of a long shot right now, doesn't it Kunal, that Mercedes will be able to get back in the lead
[08:54.160 -> 09:00.080] battle. But you're right, if it does happen, it's a big can of worms. I wonder how the season will
[09:00.080 -> 09:05.920] pan out in that case. But I suppose the time is now because Hamilton, of course, is approaching
[09:06.480 -> 09:11.600] a new record, an unwanted record in a way. At this weekend, if he doesn't win the British GP,
[09:11.600 -> 09:16.720] which seems likely at this case, he'll end up matching his, not matching actually, going past
[09:16.720 -> 09:22.400] his worst ever streak of, worst ever winless streak in a way. He's going to go to 11 races.
[09:22.400 -> 09:28.720] And can you believe it? In his career, he's never had 11 races in a row without winning a Grand Prix. And that stat is courtesy of
[09:28.720 -> 09:33.120] F1 Stats Guru, who's also going to have a special stats review segment coming up rather
[09:33.120 -> 09:37.320] soon. But can you believe it, Kunal? Hamilton's been that consistent. And I suppose it's going
[09:37.320 -> 09:43.460] to be a new blip in his record. I'm actually going to add another Hamilton
[09:43.460 -> 09:47.000] stat. And we're not attacking him, guys, we're just talking of Hamilton,
[09:47.000 -> 09:50.000] because we'd really love to see him bounce back,
[09:50.000 -> 09:52.000] because that's what he needs to do.
[09:52.000 -> 09:57.000] The stat here is that Hamilton has never not won a race
[09:57.000 -> 10:02.000] till the 10th round of any season that he's participated in.
[10:02.000 -> 10:07.120] And the British Grand Prix is the 10th round of the 2022 Formula One
[10:07.120 -> 10:13.280] season. So if he doesn't win this weekend, 2022 automatically then goes on to become
[10:14.080 -> 10:19.920] a new record for him, where of course he's had 11 winless races, like you pointed out,
[10:19.920 -> 10:27.660] and that he's taken more than 10 rounds in a season to come up with his first win of the season, right?
[10:27.660 -> 10:29.760] But, you know, one of the things of Mercedes
[10:29.760 -> 10:33.540] that I'm really excited about is they claimed in Spain
[10:33.540 -> 10:35.720] that they have cured their porpoising.
[10:35.720 -> 10:38.480] It just so happened that the races that followed
[10:38.480 -> 10:41.120] just had very bumpy track surfaces
[10:41.120 -> 10:43.800] that caused them mechanical bouncing,
[10:43.800 -> 10:45.760] which was basically the car bottoming out.
[10:45.760 -> 10:49.240] And that was just the maximum that suspension geometry
[10:49.240 -> 10:50.440] could ride, right?
[10:50.440 -> 10:53.040] Now, talking of that,
[10:53.040 -> 10:56.760] Silverstone of course has a much smoother track surface,
[10:56.760 -> 10:57.600] right?
[10:57.600 -> 10:58.440] It's a proper racing circuit,
[10:58.440 -> 11:00.960] one of the best, one of the most iconic ones.
[11:00.960 -> 11:03.200] Will porpoising come back?
[11:03.200 -> 11:04.680] Will porpoising be a problem?
[11:04.680 -> 11:06.880] Or will Mercedes' sold Porpoising
[11:06.880 -> 11:12.080] actually bring them closer to the fight? Because that's going to be one of the big questions that
[11:12.080 -> 11:17.920] we will also see this weekend Samuel. Yeah so I just did a bit of research it turns out that the
[11:17.920 -> 11:23.040] rock band Bastille will be performing at the end of the British GP but if Mercedes don't have a fix
[11:23.040 -> 11:28.360] it'll it'll seem like Russell and Hamilton will be already celebrating it in the middle of the race, because they'll be the headbangers
[11:28.360 -> 11:32.800] in that case, they'll just be bouncing around so much. But it's a big test ride, you're
[11:32.800 -> 11:37.120] right Kunal, because all the other races were full of bumpy races, bumpy circuits, bumpy
[11:37.120 -> 11:42.020] surfaces, the British GP is quite the opposite of that. So maybe this is the best time to
[11:42.020 -> 11:45.000] find out if that Mercedes generally has something underneath it
[11:45.000 -> 11:50.500] But on the subject of poppicing we've got someone very interesting to talk to as I mentioned at the start
[11:50.500 -> 11:55.320] We've got Michael Italiano Daniel Ricciardo's fitness coach fitness trainer, whatever you'd like to call him
[11:55.360 -> 12:02.000] He comes on the show right now and explains the challenges of poppicing and also how the drivers actually deal with changing time zones
[12:02.000 -> 12:04.000] So that comes up right now
[12:06.480 -> 12:10.520] All right, so big hello and welcome to Michael Italiano.
[12:10.520 -> 12:13.560] We've had him before on video, not so much on audio,
[12:13.560 -> 12:16.240] but it's great to have you on the show, Michael.
[12:16.240 -> 12:20.600] Thank you so much for spending time with me this morning
[12:20.600 -> 12:24.080] to talk about the role of a physio
[12:24.080 -> 12:27.760] when it comes to Formula One drivers and these
[12:27.760 -> 12:34.400] extra long seasons that we're seeing. And Michael, the first question, which is the most popular
[12:34.400 -> 12:39.920] topic, it's like the buzzword for the season, you know, porpoising, you know, what are the effects
[12:39.920 -> 12:48.400] that you have seen on drivers and more specifically Daniel Ricciardo this season when it comes to porpoising?
[12:48.400 -> 12:50.680] Yeah, thanks for having me on, Kunal.
[12:50.680 -> 12:52.280] It's nice to speak to you.
[12:52.280 -> 12:58.520] And yes, porpoising has been the hot topic this year for sure.
[12:58.520 -> 13:03.360] Lucky enough for McLaren, they didn't experience porpoising
[13:03.360 -> 13:05.920] the first five, six rounds. So, we were one
[13:05.920 -> 13:11.440] of the teams who were kind of outside the limelight when it came to porpoising and Mercedes
[13:11.440 -> 13:19.000] and Ferrari were kind of the more aggressive cars that showcased the aggressive porpoising.
[13:19.000 -> 13:28.040] However, I will say as of Baku, McLaren have made some changes and paupusing has started
[13:28.040 -> 13:30.480] to occur.
[13:30.480 -> 13:33.840] What I have noticed is that it does impact the driver.
[13:33.840 -> 13:40.480] I mean, it's very, very, I think, clear and predominantly obvious when the athletes are
[13:40.480 -> 13:46.160] getting out of the car that you can see that they're in a little bit of discomfort.
[13:52.000 -> 14:00.080] I think Baku was a great example of how extreme the porpoising can be. I think that's as worse as it will get for the season when it comes to porpoising. I also think, yeah, Daniel,
[14:00.080 -> 14:05.800] I mean, I can only comment based on my driver, of course. What the porpoising caused,
[14:05.800 -> 14:10.040] I think Daniel had quite a severe headache after Baku
[14:10.040 -> 14:12.920] and a lot of lower back pain.
[14:12.920 -> 14:16.880] So that were the two main, I guess, parameters
[14:16.880 -> 14:19.520] that came with the porpoising effect of the cars.
[14:20.600 -> 14:22.760] And how do you sort of deal with it?
[14:22.760 -> 14:50.560] So what's the recovery process for you? I'm sure it's different than the previous season. So how did you sort of help Daniel, a lot of dynamic stretching, and just keeping him moving. I just didn't want him just doing nothing and sitting on a couch
[14:50.560 -> 14:56.080] all day. I think it just made matters worse and it was really just lock him up. So, yeah, there's a
[14:56.080 -> 15:01.760] strong emphasis on recovery and not much of an emphasis on training or exercising, just trying to
[15:02.400 -> 15:09.600] get him feeling right because it's something that his body hasn't endured before. You know, you can't really train for porpoising. You can do a little
[15:09.600 -> 15:14.160] bit from spinal loading, but it's something that his body had never experienced before. And then
[15:14.160 -> 15:19.280] he went straight to Baku and that's the extreme of the extreme. So, he kind of went from zero to
[15:19.280 -> 15:27.280] 100. And yeah, to be fair, his body felt it, but he wasn't as bad as what I thought he'd be.
[15:27.280 -> 15:32.000] So yeah, a lot of emphasis on recovery and sleep.
[15:32.000 -> 15:35.600] But look, he's fine.
[15:35.600 -> 15:40.400] I think these teams will definitely find a way around it for sure.
[15:40.400 -> 15:43.280] And like you said, I don't think there'll be much paucity in Silverstone, so that's
[15:43.280 -> 15:44.280] a good thing.
[15:44.280 -> 15:48.720] That's fantastic. And you've spent a lot of years with Daniel and just the way
[15:48.720 -> 15:55.040] drivers are adapting to the newer cars from this year, you've sort of made that adaptation
[15:55.040 -> 15:59.680] as well. And we've heard how these cars are far different from their predecessors.
[15:59.680 -> 16:05.960] But sticking to a comparison, did any of the previous era Formula One cars that Daniel
[16:05.960 -> 16:10.360] has driven suffer from porpoising at any point?
[16:10.360 -> 16:13.600] From what I'm aware of, no.
[16:13.600 -> 16:19.080] From the previous eras, I mean I've been with Daniel since the start of 2018 and I haven't
[16:19.080 -> 16:29.240] seen any of these characteristics that we're seeing this year, yeah, be similar within 18, 19, 20 or 21.
[16:29.240 -> 16:31.640] So clearly it is the ground effect cars
[16:31.640 -> 16:33.240] that are a bit more of a handful.
[16:33.240 -> 16:36.400] And I assume that they're also laying more emphasis
[16:36.400 -> 16:38.240] on the role of a physio this season.
[16:38.240 -> 16:41.280] I mean, with the purposing and all the effects
[16:41.280 -> 16:42.520] that you've had to train for,
[16:42.520 -> 16:45.040] especially then with the recovery and the likes.
[16:45.040 -> 16:49.840] Do you sort of have to do more work with Daniel through the course of a season? And we've got
[16:49.840 -> 16:55.520] back-to-back races, so recovery time is also not as much as before, I guess.
[16:57.280 -> 17:01.840] Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say we're more important this year than any other year. I think
[17:02.880 -> 17:12.220] definitely if people understand the role of a coach, it's a very diverse role, from strength and conditioning, from the nutrition,
[17:12.220 -> 17:18.200] from preparing them to race, being a sounding board, and even just being a mental coach
[17:18.200 -> 17:27.280] for them and helping them through the tough times and the pressures that Formula One bring. And that's not just the internal
[17:27.280 -> 17:31.640] pressure, the external pressures are massive as well. We talked about 23 races, I think
[17:31.640 -> 17:38.600] jet lag itself is just a massive pressure itself. So, yeah, I wouldn't say I'm doing
[17:38.600 -> 17:43.880] more work than the year prior, to be honest. I think if anything, it's getting a little
[17:43.880 -> 17:50.480] bit easier pre-COVID. I felt the COVID years were quite difficult because of the restrictions on traveling
[17:51.040 -> 17:55.920] and our requirements and what we needed to do in order to get to one place to the other
[17:55.920 -> 18:01.680] and how restricted we were within the constraints of a hotel. So, I actually found that was more
[18:01.680 -> 18:06.340] difficult than this year. I think this year is actually becoming more normal.
[18:07.840 -> 18:10.360] So yeah, I'm actually, I think this is more enjoyable
[18:10.360 -> 18:12.940] to be honest, putting the porpoising out of it.
[18:13.800 -> 18:16.520] Sticking to the 2022 cars, you know,
[18:16.520 -> 18:19.120] we've known that these cars are much quicker,
[18:19.120 -> 18:20.840] especially when it comes to cornering,
[18:20.840 -> 18:23.800] they are heavier to drive, pretty much of a handful.
[18:24.880 -> 18:26.800] Any more physical – I mean,
[18:26.800 -> 18:31.920] is Daniel needing to train more to tackle these cars than the previous era of cars? Of course,
[18:31.920 -> 18:36.480] keeping purposing aside. No, not really, because every year,
[18:37.520 -> 18:46.240] taking away the new, I guess, set up of the cars. It's such an innovative sport, right? So, every year,
[18:46.240 -> 18:51.520] the cars are getting quicker no matter what's being reinforced. So, we kind of- we always had
[18:51.520 -> 18:56.400] the same mindset that whatever our PBs are the year before, we need to better them, right? Because
[18:56.400 -> 19:00.160] there's going to be- these cars are going to be faster. They're going to have more downforce.
[19:00.960 -> 19:04.720] And, you know, when you've got more downforce and you've got, you know, more quicker cornering,
[19:04.720 -> 19:07.680] you know, you're going to experience more G-force on the body, on the neck.
[19:07.680 -> 19:13.760] So, our attitude didn't change at all in this pre-season and it won't change for next season.
[19:13.760 -> 19:17.760] It's, you know, the concept is the same, that the cars are getting quicker.
[19:17.760 -> 19:21.440] So, physically, we need to get better every year.
[19:22.880 -> 19:27.720] Yeah, that's nice to hear. I mean, irrespective of whatever the car is going to be,
[19:27.720 -> 19:31.080] we've got to make sure that we are as physically tip top
[19:31.080 -> 19:32.680] in shape as one can be.
[19:32.680 -> 19:37.640] And something that I personally wanted to know about,
[19:37.640 -> 19:40.400] specific to immunity, I mean, we're
[19:40.400 -> 19:43.360] looking at 22, 24, 25 races.
[19:43.360 -> 19:44.720] That's being discussed.
[19:44.720 -> 19:46.120] Now, an average human,
[19:46.120 -> 19:48.380] and I'm speaking more about myself here,
[19:48.380 -> 19:50.840] you tend to pick up a flu, you fall sick,
[19:50.840 -> 19:52.320] you have kids going to school,
[19:52.320 -> 19:54.040] bringing home viruses, et cetera,
[19:54.040 -> 19:57.640] various things that you could just tend to fall sick.
[19:57.640 -> 20:02.040] Now how is it that a driver actually is capable
[20:02.040 -> 20:04.560] of maintaining such high immunity
[20:04.560 -> 20:07.160] and not falling sick basically,
[20:07.160 -> 20:10.240] and being able to be 100% in shape
[20:10.240 -> 20:13.060] for such long calendars?
[20:14.560 -> 20:16.040] Yeah, it's extremely tough.
[20:16.040 -> 20:19.660] And what people have to realize is it's their job, right?
[20:19.660 -> 20:22.720] So their job is to technically stay healthy.
[20:22.720 -> 20:25.920] So I guess that's another role that we play
[20:31.600 -> 20:37.600] is ensuring that they're following consistent jet lag protocols to get onto the correct time zone as quick as possible. You know, general hygiene habits as well. So, wearing face masks
[20:37.600 -> 20:48.260] on planes, using hand sanitizer on planes, making sure you're choosing appropriate food options when you're in unfamiliar countries
[20:48.260 -> 20:53.640] that you might not, your body might not be able to tolerate because obviously, being
[20:53.640 -> 20:58.280] Westerners, we're very sensitive to particular foods, which is something that you have to
[20:58.280 -> 21:00.600] accept.
[21:00.600 -> 21:06.280] Sleep is a massive one, sleep, getting sunlight, getting sunlight, getting vitamin D, you know, so
[21:06.280 -> 21:12.280] it's these basic lifestyle principles that really go a long, long way to being healthy.
[21:12.280 -> 21:15.840] And you know, supplementation is another big one that we really stick to, make sure you're
[21:15.840 -> 21:23.400] getting in your healthy vitamins, eating very well, so nutritional dense foods.
[21:23.400 -> 21:25.000] And it's all these things that add up
[21:25.000 -> 21:27.320] to keeping yourself healthy and in tune
[21:27.320 -> 21:30.920] and most importantly sharp to be prepared to race.
[21:31.800 -> 21:33.960] I'm gonna ask you a question a little deeper
[21:33.960 -> 21:35.800] about jet lag protocols.
[21:35.800 -> 21:37.600] I've actually heard of jet lag,
[21:37.600 -> 21:39.760] but not about jet lag protocols.
[21:39.760 -> 21:43.440] Is that something you could explain a little more in detail
[21:43.440 -> 21:45.280] given that we've just had back-to-back
[21:45.280 -> 21:52.640] races, fly-away races. Of course, now the calendar is more in the European section of the season,
[21:52.640 -> 21:59.200] but I'd love to hear more about a jet lag protocol. Yeah, I mean when we're going from European race
[21:59.200 -> 22:05.360] to European race, it definitely makes it a lot easier, but Baku to Canada is a big one. It's an eight-hour time
[22:05.360 -> 22:13.200] zone difference. And generally speaking, it takes one day per one hour to get used to. So, for an
[22:13.200 -> 22:20.720] eight-hour time difference, it should take eight days to fully climatize to the time zone. So,
[22:22.080 -> 22:28.040] you could say it was physically impossible to be fully in the time zone by
[22:28.040 -> 22:32.720] the Sunday of the race in Montreal. But so, that's one thing you have to consider when
[22:32.720 -> 22:37.120] the jet lag protocol is the time difference. So, if it is a four-hour time difference,
[22:37.120 -> 22:40.720] you want to get or four or five-hour time difference, you want to get to that particular
[22:40.720 -> 22:46.400] region, four or five days prior to the race, right? And then there
[22:46.400 -> 22:49.920] are systems in place that, you know, there are some key parameters that you need to focus on
[22:49.920 -> 22:55.120] when it comes to jet lag protocols is meal timings. So, getting onto the, you know, meal timings onto
[22:55.840 -> 23:00.720] as early as quick as possible to the actual time zone you're traveling to.
[23:02.560 -> 23:06.240] Light exposure. So, making sure that, you know, when it is, you are to, light exposure. So making sure that you know when it is,
[23:06.240 -> 23:08.360] you are getting the light exposure when needed.
[23:08.360 -> 23:09.880] So first thing in the morning,
[23:09.880 -> 23:11.680] go get yourself 10 minutes of light
[23:11.680 -> 23:14.960] and then dimming all your lights by 6 p.m. that night.
[23:14.960 -> 23:17.680] Caffeine timing is another powerful, powerful way
[23:17.680 -> 23:19.720] to get yourself onto the time zone.
[23:19.720 -> 23:24.180] So you can really do some fantastic things with caffeine
[23:24.180 -> 23:25.520] to get yourself onto the time zone.
[23:25.520 -> 23:30.020] And exercise works very, very well
[23:30.020 -> 23:32.820] within a jet lag protocol to transition your body
[23:33.800 -> 23:36.400] to getting it winding down and ready for sleep
[23:36.400 -> 23:37.440] when need be.
[23:37.440 -> 23:40.700] So these are probably the four or five key elements
[23:40.700 -> 23:43.320] that we focus on and that we use
[23:43.320 -> 23:44.840] when getting onto time zones.
[23:45.800 -> 23:50.360] Vacuum Canada being a very difficult one, and I think we've got some tricky ones
[23:50.360 -> 23:54.440] coming up. You know, Singapore into Japan is another tricky one.
[23:55.760 -> 24:00.080] So, yeah, it's not something we're unfamiliar with.
[24:00.120 -> 24:04.880] It's just it's something that you it's probably the most important aspect of racing,
[24:04.920 -> 24:05.280] is making sure that you it's probably the most important aspect of of of racing is making
[24:05.280 -> 24:11.840] sure that you get that right. Wow I actually had a visual of you waking up Daniel at two in the
[24:11.840 -> 24:16.160] morning saying all right Daniel sorry I know you need to sleep but it's time to eat breakfast and
[24:16.160 -> 24:23.040] acclimatize to the you know the time zone. I wouldn't I wouldn't do that that'd be that'd be
[24:23.040 -> 24:27.000] a that'd be a grumpy Daniel if I did that.
[24:27.000 -> 24:36.000] I don't think I've ever seen a grumpy Daniel. I mean, he's one of the chirpiest characters in the paddock, I must say.
[24:36.000 -> 24:48.080] Wow, Ekanul. I didn't think that among all the other challenges that McLaren are facing this year and all the other racing drivers are also facing this year, that time zone management would also be such an important factor. But when you come to think of it,
[24:48.080 -> 24:53.200] it is so essential because just in the last race weekend or two, we went from Baku all the way in
[24:53.200 -> 24:58.560] the middle of Europe to Canada and back within one race weekend. So it's ridiculous how many
[24:58.560 -> 25:03.200] things the drivers have to take into account. But coming to McLaren, for them, it's going to be a
[25:03.200 -> 25:07.580] tough, tough task home race. And as we discussed with Steve Slater on this last episode of the
[25:07.580 -> 25:11.920] Inside Line F1 podcast, McLaren just seem to crumble under pressure right here in
[25:11.920 -> 25:15.760] the UK so it's a big race for them in general especially for Ricciardo who's
[25:15.760 -> 25:22.680] been showing signs of recovery. Ricciardo showing signs of recovery I mean that's
[25:22.680 -> 25:26.080] a good plug after having his physio literally speak to us a few
[25:26.080 -> 25:31.600] minutes ago. But you know it all depends what which McLaren is going to turn up you know.
[25:31.600 -> 25:36.400] Suddenly they've turned up at circuits where they have been challenging Mercedes and then suddenly
[25:36.400 -> 25:43.280] they come up at circuits where they are just about challenging the Alpine. So will McLaren actually
[25:43.280 -> 25:50.000] have a turnaround? Again it's a home race for them and just like that there's a home race for you know six other teams.
[25:50.000 -> 25:58.000] There's a home race for so many drivers. We've actually got what four British drivers on the grid. We've got Hamilton, Russell, Norris and Albin.
[25:58.000 -> 26:10.440] Right just that's a what a 20% of the grid is British if that's that's some math I could do? Yeah exactly and most of the engineers participating are British as well.
[26:10.440 -> 26:14.820] It's it's just a home of Formula One at this stage right you've got you've got
[26:14.820 -> 26:19.160] to give into that but the popularity of the fans everything just all culminates
[26:19.160 -> 26:22.280] at this particular weekend which is gonna be so so interesting to talk about
[26:22.280 -> 26:27.800] but on the subject of McLaren we also have this whole new found support for Landon Norris.
[26:27.800 -> 26:33.520] And now with their with their package in Baku, it's so hard to tell where they do stand.
[26:33.680 -> 26:36.680] And that's going to be an interesting part to see how things happen in the midfield.
[26:36.680 -> 26:43.240] But we shall get to the midfield in general and how the teams are managing their upgrades in a second, because we have a special story.
[26:43.240 -> 26:45.720] Now, of all the things you notice across
[26:45.720 -> 26:49.600] a race weekend, what pops up first on the racetrack? I'm sure you might be thinking
[26:49.600 -> 26:54.180] of the surface, the cars, the drivers, the advertisements, but rarely do we ever talk
[26:54.180 -> 26:59.200] about the curbs. So here's F1 stats guru Sundaram with a special feature about the curbs and
[26:59.200 -> 27:06.240] the British GP. Let's hear him out. Hey folks, this is Sundaram aka the F1 Stats Guru and I've come across something very
[27:06.240 -> 27:08.440] fascinating about the kerbs in Formula 1.
[27:08.440 -> 27:13.240] Now if I ask you to imagine a picture of a kerb around the edge of a circuit, you'll
[27:13.240 -> 27:17.160] most likely be thinking of the red and white coloured ones because they are the most commonly
[27:17.160 -> 27:19.080] used colours for kerbs.
[27:19.080 -> 27:23.440] That said, do you remember what colour the kerbs are at Silverstone?
[27:23.440 -> 27:26.880] Give yourself a pat on the back if you correctly guessed black and white.
[27:26.880 -> 27:31.120] Yes, the kerbs at Silverstone are actually black and white, which seems odd these days,
[27:31.120 -> 27:34.520] but in fact was a very common sight in the 70s.
[27:34.520 -> 27:38.160] Many tracks didn't really have kerbs back in the day, but when they did, they were mostly
[27:38.160 -> 27:39.640] black and white.
[27:39.640 -> 27:43.120] The livelier colours started coming in slowly over the years.
[27:43.120 -> 27:49.520] We did a little digging up and found a few interesting coincidences about this. Let's talk about the British Grand Prix in particular.
[27:49.520 -> 27:54.320] When Marlborough decided to sponsor the event in the 80s, the kerbs were painted red and white.
[27:54.320 -> 27:58.960] In the 90s, the kerbs turned blue and white, probably because of the Foster sponsorship in
[27:58.960 -> 28:04.800] those days. And when Santander became the title sponsor in 2007, the kerb colours were changed to,
[28:04.800 -> 28:07.640] you guessed it, red and white once again.
[28:07.640 -> 28:12.100] The kerbs eventually went back to their traditional black and white colours in 2016, which Silverstone
[28:12.100 -> 28:15.020] claims to be a cost-effective measure.
[28:15.020 -> 28:17.640] And Silverstone isn't the only example here.
[28:17.640 -> 28:22.920] The kerbs at Interlagos turned green, yellow and white once Petrobras sponsored the event.
[28:22.920 -> 28:25.440] And Spa went the same route as well as painting
[28:25.440 -> 28:30.560] their kerbs red and yellow when they partnered with Shell. But some circuits also add a nice
[28:30.560 -> 28:35.520] local flavour to it. The kerbs at La Salle and Monza have the colours of the national flags
[28:35.520 -> 28:40.880] painted on them, which I think is great to see. Overall, I like coloured kerbs, it just adds
[28:40.880 -> 28:48.640] character, but the black and white ones have history written all over it. Well, I'm sure you'll be paying extra attention to the curbs at the British Grand Prix,
[28:48.640 -> 28:52.320] and stay tuned for more such stories on the Inside Line F1 Podcast.
[28:52.320 -> 28:56.480] Hey, I've not yet spoken about the numbers, so maybe this is a good time to do the stats
[28:56.480 -> 29:01.680] preview of the British Grand Prix. Whenever we talk about Sylvester, history just kicks in
[29:01.680 -> 29:09.320] straight away, because this is one of the oldest circuits in the sport and the British Grand Prix is also the only race apart from the Italian
[29:09.320 -> 29:14.280] Grand Prix to be held every year since Formula 1's inception in 1950.
[29:14.280 -> 29:18.640] Silverstone is also the third fastest Formula 1 track on the current calendar. Cars run
[29:18.640 -> 29:24.040] at almost 251 kmph on an average, which is just behind Monza and Jeddah.
[29:24.040 -> 29:27.760] Now, we all know the corners at this particular track, don't we?
[29:27.760 -> 29:33.600] Copse, Maggots, Becketts, Chapel, these are the most iconic corners in Formula 1, so much so that
[29:33.600 -> 29:38.080] even the team's engineers prefer calling these corners by their actual name rather than the
[29:38.080 -> 29:45.640] corner numbers. The local boy, Lewis Hamilton, he can potentially claim two records this weekend if he wins or
[29:45.640 -> 29:49.660] even if he stands on the podium. The first one is for the most wins at a
[29:49.660 -> 29:55.080] single circuit. He has eight wins at Silverstone and the second one is for
[29:55.080 -> 30:00.760] the most podiums at a circuit. He has 12 podiums at this very venue. But if Lewis
[30:00.760 -> 30:05.760] Hamilton fails to win this time out, this could be his longest winless spell
[30:05.760 -> 30:11.600] in Formula 1 of 11 races. He's never gone 11 races without even winning one of those races,
[30:11.600 -> 30:17.200] but this could be a first in his 15 year long career. Lastly, let's talk about Ferrari.
[30:17.200 -> 30:22.160] Shah Laclerc has been absolutely phenomenal, especially on on Saturdays when it comes to
[30:22.160 -> 30:25.060] qualifying, but those haven't really converted to the
[30:25.060 -> 30:30.180] sort of performances they would like to see on Sundays. Leclerc has taken 6 pole positions
[30:30.180 -> 30:34.860] already this year, but at Sylvestern, they don't really have the best qualifying record.
[30:34.860 -> 30:39.620] Ferrari have taken pole positions just 4 times in the last 30 years at Sylvestern, so let's
[30:39.620 -> 30:44.580] see if Leclerc or science can help improve that record on Saturday.
[30:44.580 -> 30:45.160] That was the stats preview. I'm Sundaram, or you can also improve that record on Saturday. That was the stats
[30:45.160 -> 30:49.360] preview. I'm Sundaram or you can also find me on Instagram and Twitter under
[30:49.360 -> 30:52.080] the name F1StatsGuru. I'll see you guys later.
[30:52.080 -> 30:56.280] Welcome back in folks to the Inside Line F1 podcast. The last person you heard
[30:56.280 -> 31:01.000] talking was F1StatsGuru Sundaram with this amazing feature on the curbs of the
[31:01.000 -> 31:06.000] British GP and also bringing us a stats preview of this particular race weekend.
[31:06.000 -> 31:10.880] And well, I suppose all of our listeners and viewers can only be paying a lot more attention
[31:10.880 -> 31:15.680] to the curbs. And I'll be honest, I didn't know that it was partially sponsored driven back in
[31:15.680 -> 31:20.640] the day. So that's a big learning for me too. Well, it's so exciting, right? Subliminal
[31:20.640 -> 31:25.800] messaging. That's what we marketers really hope to do. And this is so fascinating.
[31:25.800 -> 31:28.280] You know, it's like Sundaram wears multiple hats.
[31:28.280 -> 31:30.400] We of course know him as the F1 stats guru,
[31:30.400 -> 31:33.400] but here he's become a reporter investigating,
[31:33.400 -> 31:35.360] researching and so on.
[31:35.360 -> 31:37.160] And it's such a fascinating story.
[31:37.160 -> 31:40.240] And truth be told, when we actually discussed this story
[31:40.240 -> 31:41.980] and we spoke about curbs,
[31:41.980 -> 31:44.560] I went and Googled the hell out of all the curbs
[31:44.560 -> 31:45.200] that I could think of. And then all I see anyway is curbs, I went and googled the hell out of all the curbs that I could think of
[31:45.200 -> 31:54.080] and then all I see anyway is curbs now. Exactly but let's hope that this weekend the new upgrades
[31:54.080 -> 31:59.840] don't quite curb the progress of some midfield teams. Sorry I just had to, I have to grab every
[31:59.840 -> 32:04.560] pun opportunity that I get but back to the more serious stuff we have to talk about midfield teams
[32:04.560 -> 32:07.920] like Alpine and Williams because they are slated to also bring in some new
[32:07.920 -> 32:12.080] upgrades at this particular weekend. And I want to talk about Alpine more specifically
[32:12.080 -> 32:16.320] than Williams in this case, because it seems that they're going from strength to strength,
[32:16.320 -> 32:21.640] but they're not quite getting those big results. And after, let's just say the debacle of Fernando
[32:21.640 -> 32:27.200] Alonso's race in Canada, I just think they're going to bounce back stronger if of course the upgrades work too. So
[32:27.200 -> 32:31.440] for me, if there's one eight-sleep team to watch out for, that's going to be them.
[32:33.760 -> 32:38.000] That's going to absolutely be them. I mean, they're getting a new floor, they're getting a new
[32:38.000 -> 32:42.720] top body, they're very proud that the team has sort of worked very hard to get them this. And
[32:42.640 -> 32:49.440] team has sort of worked very hard to get them this. And Montreal was the third consecutive Canadian Grand Prix that the Renault
[32:49.440 -> 32:52.980] Alpine team brands have actually scored double points finishes.
[32:52.980 -> 32:57.740] And I, I loved how Otmar Safnauer put it after qualifying that our
[32:57.740 -> 33:03.300] computers still can't figure out how Fernando Alonso got P2 on the grid in
[33:03.300 -> 33:06.240] qualifying and he definitely if his luck
[33:06.240 -> 33:11.720] luck turns around he's definitely one of the eight sleep performers of the race
[33:11.720 -> 33:17.400] to watch out for Samuel. Indeed and what about Williams because they've also been
[33:17.400 -> 33:21.920] showing great signs of recovery and in the episode that we discussed with Steve
[33:21.920 -> 33:26.060] Slater we talked about their decline and how Formula One has kind of forgotten them
[33:26.060 -> 33:30.240] I don't think that's happening this year. Alex Albon has been producing performance after performance
[33:30.240 -> 33:34.160] If anything, I kind of intend, not intend, I'm sorry
[33:34.160 -> 33:40.340] I kind of expect them to have a bit of an outsider race because at the British GP with the tyre where you can see
[33:40.500 -> 33:42.500] alternative strategies work and
[33:42.600 -> 33:45.040] Williams just are of course forced to do that this year because
[33:45.040 -> 33:49.520] they have no other choice on pace they just can't get there so keep a keen eye on Alex Albon I
[33:49.520 -> 33:54.480] suppose he's going to be one to watch out for this time. And there's a reason why we actually say Alex
[33:54.480 -> 33:59.360] Albon and not Nicholas Latifi because the upgrade that Williams is actually bringing for the
[33:59.360 -> 34:06.400] for the British Grand Prix is only going to be installed on Alex Albin's car and their simulations
[34:06.400 -> 34:12.440] suggest that they will be almost a second quicker in qualifying, right?
[34:12.440 -> 34:17.480] And I don't know where that could place them in the pecking order because there was another
[34:17.480 -> 34:24.000] rumor that said it's a Red Bull styled upgrade which is why it's only going to Alex Albin's
[34:24.000 -> 34:25.220] car. Who knows? Maybe thatans car who knows maybe that's
[34:25.220 -> 34:31.560] the truth maybe that's just a joke but but you know and talking of upgrades you
[34:31.560 -> 34:34.400] know McLaren has actually turned around and said that they're going a little
[34:34.400 -> 34:39.020] slow on the upgrades because they've hit the maximum you know they're gonna hit
[34:39.020 -> 34:44.640] maximum budget cap either way so it's so exciting I sort of love the whole you
[34:44.640 -> 34:48.280] know upgrades and and how they fit within the budget cap talk
[34:48.280 -> 34:55.220] because no longer are teams just throwing everything at it. And that's another reason why, you know, Silverstone is where
[34:55.220 -> 35:05.740] most upgrades are coming. It's the home rates for a lot of teams. Freight is expensive. So you're not sort of sending things around at more expensive rates, you're testing them at home.
[35:06.840 -> 35:09.800] Factories are 20, within 20 miles radius,
[35:09.800 -> 35:11.960] but also most importantly, Samuel,
[35:11.960 -> 35:15.520] the next race, which is in Austria, features a sprint race.
[35:15.520 -> 35:17.500] So the opportunity to do a bit more
[35:17.500 -> 35:22.500] of testing data collection is a little less as well, right?
[35:22.560 -> 35:24.840] So that's one of the reasons why upgrades
[35:24.840 -> 35:26.480] are sort of coming in and
[35:26.480 -> 35:31.680] i'm waiting for the show and tell document which is usually released on a friday where all teams
[35:31.680 -> 35:37.520] except Haas will have all the pages filled up about the upgrades they are bringing. Yeah then there's
[35:37.520 -> 35:42.240] Haas and they're going to be bringing their upgrade back in Hungary so that's a long long
[35:42.240 -> 35:45.600] time coming but oh actually you you picked up on something I wanted to
[35:45.600 -> 35:51.520] talk about the sprint race will we miss it we had it last year and I don't think coming into this
[35:51.520 -> 35:56.800] weekend anyone misses it Kunal so and that's not to say that it's a bad concept we're still yet to
[35:56.800 -> 36:02.080] wait and watch but it's not featured as a part of the buzz this time out no or maybe I suppose it's
[36:02.080 -> 36:06.240] our job to create the buzz but but I personally don't feel so.
[36:06.240 -> 36:08.480] I personally don't feel like we're missing much.
[36:08.480 -> 36:09.440] What do you think?
[36:09.440 -> 36:11.720] I think the British shipping can live without it.
[36:11.720 -> 36:13.800] I mean, I don't think of it as a sprint race.
[36:13.800 -> 36:17.760] I think of it as another start that happens on a weekend,
[36:17.760 -> 36:20.800] another opportunity to have an opening lap.
[36:20.800 -> 36:22.920] And like I said at the start of the episode,
[36:22.920 -> 36:25.320] the British Grand Prix is one of those circuits
[36:25.320 -> 36:29.240] where the opening lap can really bunch up the field
[36:29.240 -> 36:31.840] given the corners, the fast flowing corners we have
[36:31.840 -> 36:34.800] for almost nine or 10 corners throughout
[36:34.800 -> 36:37.620] and that's why the opening lap can be very fascinating.
[36:37.620 -> 36:41.440] So to me, if you give me two starts and two opening laps
[36:41.440 -> 36:44.520] on a Grand Prix weekend, I'll take it.
[36:44.520 -> 36:45.380] I mean, that's what we get
[36:45.380 -> 36:50.500] when you know the FISS safety car coming in this lap and then there is a rolling
[36:50.500 -> 36:55.220] start or sometimes even a standing start. So I don't know if I missed the sprint
[36:55.220 -> 37:00.780] concept or am I just saying give me more starts on a Grand Prix weekend.
[37:00.780 -> 37:04.660] Exactly but over the whole Grand Prix weekend one thing that's going to be
[37:04.660 -> 37:05.440] tested to the
[37:05.440 -> 37:10.480] absolute limit is the tyres. Now, cast your mind back to 2013, cast your mind back to
[37:10.480 -> 37:16.760] 2020, we saw so many tyre blowouts at this very circuit at Silverstone. So why do they
[37:16.760 -> 37:21.160] happen? What goes on there? And how do teams actually prepare for that? That's going to
[37:21.160 -> 37:30.720] come up in the next segment right here on the Inside Line F1 podcast. Here's Aditya Bhatt who you can check on social media as Bhatt.tech explaining this right here.
[37:32.000 -> 37:37.600] Remember the spectacular tyre blowouts at the 2020 British Grand Prix? Carlos Sainz had a
[37:37.600 -> 37:43.280] puncture in the McLaren, Bottas had his tyre pop. Mercedes warned race leader Lewis Hamilton about
[37:43.280 -> 37:50.240] the situation with his teammate. They advised him not to go for the fastest lap, just bring it home safe. And then his
[37:50.240 -> 37:56.560] tire blows as well. With Verstappen catching him at a rate of multiple seconds every corner,
[37:56.560 -> 38:00.680] Hamilton manages to limp over the finish line with three working tires and wins his home
[38:00.680 -> 38:06.360] race. If you noticed which tire it was, it was the front left on all of those
[38:06.360 -> 38:11.560] incidents. Now this is a thing with modern formula 1 cars at Silverstone. Cars keep getting
[38:11.560 -> 38:16.360] heavier which means more tyre wear in general anyway. But when you watch the British Grand
[38:16.360 -> 38:21.240] Prix this weekend, I want you to notice the amount of aggressive fast cornering. Turn
[38:21.240 -> 38:25.360] 1 flat into Abbey, the direction changes into Copse, the Maggots, Becketts
[38:25.360 -> 38:30.520] and Chapel complex, into Stowe, out of the Hangar Strait, that's a lot. The front left
[38:30.520 -> 38:36.880] tyre is always screaming for help, it's always at risk. In fact, according to Pirelli's Mario
[38:36.880 -> 38:43.800] Isola, and he said this after the incidents in 2020, it was 1,400 kg of lateral load on
[38:43.800 -> 38:46.760] that one tyre through a fast direction change.
[38:46.760 -> 38:52.000] In part, the tyre blowouts in 2020 were also attributed to safety cars, as in the cars
[38:52.000 -> 38:56.880] did a lot of laps behind the safety car, which meant they extended their tyre stints over
[38:56.880 -> 38:58.440] the safe tyre windows.
[38:58.440 -> 39:03.360] No unusual wear was seen on the rear tyres or even the front rights for that matter.
[39:03.360 -> 39:05.800] Following 2020 Silverstone, Pirelli's solution
[39:05.800 -> 39:11.160] was to increase tire pressures by 1 psi on the rears and 2 psi on the front tires. Higher
[39:11.160 -> 39:16.360] pressure equals lesser surface area of the tire touching the track equals lesser rate
[39:16.360 -> 39:20.780] of wear. The teams are definitely going to be very wary of tires coming into the British
[39:20.780 -> 39:30.000] Grand Prix this weekend. Tire management is going to be a huge factor so drivers and cars that are smooth as silk on the tyres should be feeling pretty confident.
[39:30.000 -> 39:34.400] Thank you so much for your time, I've been Aditya Butt at butt.tech on Instagram and
[39:34.400 -> 39:36.880] I'll see you on the next one.
[39:36.880 -> 39:40.720] Welcome back in folks to the Inside Line F1 Podcast, my name is Somal Arora and we just
[39:40.720 -> 39:44.760] heard Aditya Butt talk about the challenges of the tyres of the British GP and would the
[39:44.760 -> 40:05.880] new tyres come out with bigger tyres? Of course, Formula 1 has had this new regulation change the just log in all their data, right? So it's a test in the unknown. They might have some estimates, but that's also
[40:05.880 -> 40:08.680] going to be one major challenge to watch for, which in my mind
[40:08.680 -> 40:10.920] just makes the predictions a bit more cloudy,
[40:10.920 -> 40:13.400] because there's so many variables to consider now.
[40:13.400 -> 40:14.760] There's new tires.
[40:14.760 -> 40:17.360] There's, of course, the possibility of better racing,
[40:17.360 -> 40:18.960] new upgrades.
[40:18.960 -> 40:20.560] What else can you add into the mix?
[40:20.560 -> 40:21.760] It's like the ultimate combo.
[40:21.760 -> 40:24.080] This is going to be a really good race.
[40:24.080 -> 40:28.640] I'll add another factor, which is going to impact racing this weekend, which is wind and of course
[40:28.640 -> 40:33.920] the mixed weather if we were to get typical British weather. So Silverstone is of course
[40:33.920 -> 40:40.560] out in the airfield and you know lots of open spaces around it. So the wind can genuinely be
[40:40.560 -> 40:46.240] a factor like Steve Slater pointed out himself, you know, in the preview episode with him
[40:46.240 -> 40:49.320] where the weather station is actually located
[40:49.320 -> 40:52.640] just five kilometers away from the circuit, Southwest,
[40:52.640 -> 40:56.120] which is where Steve Slater's office is at an airfield,
[40:56.120 -> 40:56.960] right?
[40:56.960 -> 40:59.560] So the weather will also be a factor,
[40:59.560 -> 41:01.800] the wind even more so, Samuel.
[41:01.800 -> 41:04.000] And talking of predictions,
[41:04.000 -> 41:06.160] it is so tough to make a prediction but i'm going to
[41:06.160 -> 41:15.600] actually go for a Charles Leclerc pole position and a Charles Leclerc win it's finally gonna happen
[41:16.800 -> 41:21.680] hang on a moment the moment i heard Charles Leclerc pole position i thought the next thing
[41:21.680 -> 41:25.900] instinctively would be a Max Verstappen win, but no, that's a good one.
[41:25.900 -> 41:28.320] I still am going to keep on betting on Carlos Sainz.
[41:28.320 -> 41:32.280] I've got all my money on one horse, at least one prancing horse.
[41:32.280 -> 41:34.000] Hey, no, forever, whatever.
[41:34.000 -> 41:36.440] I'm just going to keep on making this joke every single time.
[41:36.440 -> 41:39.800] But point is, I hope that Carlos Sainz has a good weekend.
[41:39.800 -> 41:43.440] There's a bit of gravel around Silverstone, which could be a point of worry for all of
[41:43.440 -> 41:44.440] his fans.
[41:44.440 -> 41:49.540] But yeah, all jokes aside, this is going to be his time in my opinion.
[41:49.540 -> 41:52.700] Again, baseless totally, you can come at me for that but yeah, that's my prediction.
[41:52.700 -> 41:54.580] But folks, what is your prediction?
[41:54.580 -> 41:58.300] That is what I want to know right here and you can reach out to us on social media for
[41:58.300 -> 42:01.000] that but that's not the only thing you can use social media for.
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[42:11.920 -> 42:17.160] podium so folks thanks for listening and have a great British GP weekend we'll be back on
[42:17.160 -> 42:21.920] Monday with a really special guest perhaps a voice that you have heard very very often
[42:21.920 -> 42:27.040] on the Formula One broadcast so I'll leave you leave it to that to you to figure out who it actually is.
[42:27.040 -> 42:28.040] So see you then.
[42:28.040 -> None] Bye bye. you