Answering YOUR questions about our journey so far

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast! We put out an Instagram story earlier this week asking you guys for questions about Pitstop and our journey into F1, so on today's episode we decided to answer some of those questions! We hope you love this episode and are looking forward to Thursday when our podcast with F2 Champion Felipe Drugovich goes live! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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**Navigating the Formula One Paddock: Networking and Building Connections**

Jake and Fab discuss their journey into the Formula One paddock and emphasize the importance of networking and building personal connections. They highlight that they did not have any prior connections or insider knowledge when they started, and their success stems from actively reaching out, introducing themselves, and engaging with people in the paddock.

They emphasize the significance of meeting people in person, dropping their egos, and showing genuine interest and enthusiasm. Jake shares that he and Fab have sent numerous emails and voice notes, and have made an effort to connect with individuals on a personal level. This approach has opened doors for them and has led to opportunities to work with teams and drivers.

**Addressing Criticism and the Need for More Diverse Content Creators**

Responding to criticism that they do not deserve the opportunities they have received, Jake and Fab acknowledge that there are many talented content creators who deserve recognition. They believe that the space for content creators in Formula One is relatively new and that they have been fortunate to be among the first to enter this arena.

They express their desire to pave the way for more diverse and inclusive content creation in the sport. By establishing connections and demonstrating the value of engaging with content creators, they hope to create opportunities for others to showcase their talents and perspectives.

**The Challenges and Rewards of Content Creation**

Jake and Fab openly discuss the challenges they have faced, particularly the financial strain of producing high-quality content. They acknowledge that they have not made a profit this year due to the significant expenses incurred in travel, equipment, and content production.

Despite the financial challenges, they express their immense gratitude for the opportunity to work in Formula One and to connect with fans and drivers. They emphasize that the rewards of their work far outweigh the difficulties, and they are excited about the future prospects and possibilities.

**Advice for Aspiring Content Creators and Networkers**

Jake and Fab offer valuable advice for aspiring content creators and individuals looking to build connections in the Formula One paddock. They emphasize the importance of taking risks, being proactive, and showcasing one's skills and talents. They encourage aspiring creators to reach out to people, send voice notes, and demonstrate their passion and dedication.

They also highlight the significance of being authentic, humble, and willing to learn and grow. They believe that by consistently producing high-quality content and engaging with the community, individuals can establish themselves and create opportunities for success. **Navigating the Formula One World with Pit Stop: A Thrilling Journey of Connections and Experiences**

**Introduction:**
Pit Stop, a captivating podcast hosted by Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca, takes listeners on an exhilarating ride through the world of Formula One. With their infectious enthusiasm and genuine passion for the sport, Jake and Fabio bring fans closer to the drivers, teams, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape the pinnacle of motorsports. In this comprehensive summary, we delve into the podcast's captivating discussions, highlighting key insights, perspectives, and controversies while capturing the essence of the hosts' unique chemistry.

**Building Relationships and Breaking Barriers:**
One of the most remarkable aspects of Pit Stop is the hosts' ability to forge meaningful connections with Formula One personalities. From drivers like Valtteri Bottas and George Russell to team personnel and industry experts, Jake and Fabio have consistently demonstrated their knack for creating a relaxed and engaging atmosphere, allowing guests to open up and share their experiences in a candid manner. This approach has resulted in insightful conversations that provide listeners with a deeper understanding of the sport and the individuals who make it so compelling.

**Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities:**
The podcast also sheds light on the challenges and obstacles that Jake and Fabio have encountered along their journey. From humble beginnings, they have navigated the complexities of the Formula One world, relying on their determination, resourcefulness, and unwavering belief in their vision. Their willingness to take risks and embrace new opportunities has been instrumental in their success, serving as an inspiration to aspiring podcasters and entrepreneurs alike.

**Controversies and Thought-Provoking Discussions:**
Pit Stop is not shy about tackling controversial topics or engaging in thought-provoking discussions. The hosts have delved into sensitive issues, such as the financial disparities within Formula One and the impact of social media on drivers' mental health. Their willingness to explore these topics with honesty and empathy has resonated with listeners, fostering a sense of community and encouraging open dialogue.

**Unforgettable Moments and Memorable Quotes:**
Throughout the podcast's episodes, Jake and Fabio have created numerous unforgettable moments that have left a lasting impression on listeners. From their hilarious anecdotes and witty banter to their heartfelt reflections on the sport they love, the hosts have consistently delivered memorable quotes and stories that capture the essence of their unique bond and their passion for Formula One.

**The Power of Collaboration and Networking:**
The podcast highlights the importance of collaboration and networking in achieving success. Jake and Fabio emphasize the value of building relationships, both within the Formula One community and beyond. They share their experiences of connecting with industry professionals, attending events, and utilizing social media to expand their reach and elevate their podcast.

**The Future of Pit Stop and the Hosts' Aspirations:**
As Pit Stop continues to grow in popularity, Jake and Fabio remain committed to delivering high-quality content to their dedicated audience. They aspire to produce a TV show, further expanding their reach and bringing the excitement of Formula One to an even broader audience. Their unwavering ambition and passion for storytelling set the stage for an exciting future for Pit Stop and its talented hosts.

**Conclusion:**
Pit Stop is a must-listen for Formula One enthusiasts and podcast aficionados alike. With their infectious energy, insightful conversations, and unwavering dedication to the sport, Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca have created a podcast that captures the essence of Formula One and offers listeners a unique and immersive experience. As they continue to navigate the world of motorsports, their journey promises to be filled with even more unforgettable moments, thought-provoking discussions, and a genuine connection with the fans who have embraced their podcast.

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[00:59.920 -> 01:07.040] I have everyone who would you not want to be with on a desert island? I'm going George Russell just because I feel like he would not want to get dirty
[01:09.280 -> 01:12.560] He's just always looks perfect. I can't imagine him like
[01:12.560 -> 01:17.080] We'll be like George come on mate it's your time to go collect the coconuts from the trees like I'm not doing it
[01:17.080 -> 01:19.080] I'm not getting my hands dirty
[01:20.080 -> 01:36.400] I've broken my nail. It is the 6th of December.
[01:36.400 -> 01:39.320] We're late once again, but have no fear because the pod is here.
[01:39.320 -> 01:40.320] Wow, that was good.
[01:40.320 -> 01:41.320] That rhymed.
[01:41.320 -> 01:42.320] That was really good.
[01:42.320 -> 01:43.320] Thank you so much.
[01:43.320 -> 01:45.000] We actually have a good excuse for being late.
[01:45.000 -> 01:46.700] You probably haven't seen on socials yet,
[01:46.700 -> 01:48.500] as this pod is going out last minute,
[01:48.500 -> 01:50.600] but we have just announced the next episode
[01:50.600 -> 01:54.200] is with Felipe Dragovic, F2 champion, which is amazing.
[01:54.200 -> 01:55.100] Let's fucking go.
[01:55.100 -> 01:56.700] Yeah, really, really big guest to have.
[01:56.700 -> 01:57.900] And he came to the flat.
[01:57.900 -> 01:58.800] He's amazing.
[01:58.800 -> 02:00.300] Love the episode.
[02:00.300 -> 02:02.900] Long story short, he turned up on a Sunday,
[02:02.900 -> 02:04.400] and I thought it was for the Monday,
[02:04.400 -> 02:09.560] which meant when we were meant to film a pod for Sunday night, we were panicking. Jake tells me fab Felipe's coming Monday
[02:09.560 -> 02:13.520] I was like cool. Alright, so we got chill Sunday. I came out of my room in the morning
[02:13.520 -> 02:15.520] Jake's like I may have made a mistake
[02:16.400 -> 02:18.000] What's up with Jake?
[02:18.000 -> 02:23.200] Felipe's coming today. Yeah, so basically Sunday turned around and yeah, the episodes great
[02:23.200 -> 02:25.280] So the next episode is with Felipe Dragovic.
[02:25.280 -> 02:27.480] And then we have another special guest
[02:27.480 -> 02:30.160] and we are kind of coming towards the end of year now.
[02:30.160 -> 02:31.320] Towards Christmas.
[02:31.320 -> 02:32.960] Yep, it's my, as I've said before,
[02:32.960 -> 02:34.120] it's my favorite time of year.
[02:34.120 -> 02:34.960] Really?
[02:34.960 -> 02:37.040] We've put up the Pit Stop Christmas tree.
[02:37.040 -> 02:38.700] Wasn't sure how to decorate it.
[02:39.720 -> 02:41.120] And then it's almost as if-
[02:41.120 -> 02:41.960] It hit you.
[02:41.960 -> 02:42.780] It just hit you.
[02:42.780 -> 02:43.920] There was no other way.
[02:43.920 -> 02:44.760] There was no other way.
[02:44.760 -> 02:45.980] You've probably seen it on our Instagram.
[02:45.980 -> 02:47.540] We've chucked a load of hats on it.
[02:47.540 -> 02:49.120] Our Red Bull hat, the Pirelli hat.
[02:49.120 -> 02:50.480] It's actually nice to look at
[02:50.480 -> 02:52.700] because it's kind of a roundup of our whole year.
[02:52.700 -> 02:54.440] It's got our VIP passes on there
[02:54.440 -> 02:57.620] from the different races we've been to and stuff.
[02:57.620 -> 02:59.380] For me, the pinnacle though,
[02:59.380 -> 03:02.320] what is on the top of the tree?
[03:02.320 -> 03:06.980] Mary and Joseph, we have the Sky Sports mic muffled on top of the tree. Mary and Joseph, we have the Sky Sports muffled
[03:06.980 -> 03:08.660] on top of our tree.
[03:08.660 -> 03:11.740] And actually, I was fully prepared for us to go down
[03:11.740 -> 03:13.780] to like Ikea and try and find like something to put
[03:13.780 -> 03:16.620] on top of our tree, but you could never get that anywhere.
[03:16.620 -> 03:18.140] The Sky Sports is original, mate.
[03:18.140 -> 03:20.860] And there's a light at the top of the tree inside the muff.
[03:20.860 -> 03:23.220] So when you turn the lights on, it fucking lights up.
[03:23.220 -> 03:24.060] It's crazy.
[03:24.060 -> 03:27.440] It's truly Christmas. Let me tell you that Pit Stop podcast. But yeah, we said to you in the muffs, so when you turn the lights on, it fucking lights up. It's crazy. It's truly Christmas, let me tell you that, Pit Stop podcast.
[03:27.440 -> 03:29.400] But yeah, we said to you in the last episode,
[03:29.400 -> 03:30.780] we're gonna put out some questions
[03:30.780 -> 03:33.720] so that you guys can ask us some stuff about this year.
[03:33.720 -> 03:36.000] We've been on some crazy journeys this year, haven't we?
[03:36.000 -> 03:37.400] We have, we have.
[03:37.400 -> 03:39.780] And we always try and speak about it as much as we can,
[03:39.780 -> 03:41.240] but there's so many stories that happen
[03:41.240 -> 03:43.200] which we just forget about, so I don't know,
[03:43.200 -> 03:44.200] maybe there's something that you guys
[03:44.200 -> 03:45.540] wanted to hear at home.
[03:45.540 -> 03:46.500] I do think a lot of stuff
[03:46.500 -> 03:47.940] that we've done this year will make sense.
[03:47.940 -> 03:50.040] We are in the process of editing together
[03:50.040 -> 03:52.300] like all of the behind the scenes and videos
[03:52.300 -> 03:54.540] and things that we filmed from this year.
[03:54.540 -> 03:56.340] And you might watch a lot of that and be like,
[03:56.340 -> 03:57.800] oh, so that's how they did this.
[03:57.800 -> 03:59.460] That's how they got that.
[03:59.460 -> 04:01.820] But Fab has got all of the Instagram questions
[04:01.820 -> 04:02.660] in front of him.
[04:02.660 -> 04:03.780] So we thought today's podcast,
[04:03.780 -> 04:04.980] cause it's a little bit late,
[04:04.980 -> 04:07.040] let's just do a short one, but let's just go through
[04:07.040 -> 04:10.960] some of the questions that you guys have asked.
[04:10.960 -> 04:14.880] Before we get into it, we probably should announce that we're actually, as of today,
[04:14.880 -> 04:17.120] have started the Pitstop Discord server.
[04:17.120 -> 04:18.200] Now that is exciting.
[04:18.200 -> 04:20.320] I don't have a clue what that means.
[04:20.320 -> 04:24.660] Mate, I know nothing about it, but I've seen a few messages on our Instagram of people
[04:24.660 -> 04:30.080] asking us to do it, and then there was some guy recently who asked about a pit stop discord server and said he'd help
[04:30.080 -> 04:32.140] Set us up. So I don't know anything about it
[04:32.140 -> 04:37.900] And if there's anyone else listening who hasn't heard a discord, this isn't a spawn but pretty much it's gonna enable us
[04:37.900 -> 04:43.680] It's not a spawn but it's not is it a spawn spawn? What once a video? What? Yeah. Yeah
[04:44.720 -> 04:46.920] That's like that's like that's like, that's like,
[04:46.920 -> 04:48.000] Did I use in-house lingo?
[04:48.000 -> 04:49.320] Industry lingo on the spawn.
[04:49.320 -> 04:51.400] Sorry for the industry lingo.
[04:51.400 -> 04:54.180] Yeah, it's not a sponsored piece of content,
[04:54.180 -> 04:55.720] but it's basically gonna allow all of us
[04:55.720 -> 04:56.720] to be in a group chat.
[04:56.720 -> 04:59.240] So for those of you that wanna just chat with us
[04:59.240 -> 05:01.600] when the races are on, send funny photos and videos.
[05:01.600 -> 05:02.440] Well, from what I hear,
[05:02.440 -> 05:07.480] this is where all the cult following happens. following happens, is like in this Discord server.
[05:07.480 -> 05:08.960] There's gonna be some weird people.
[05:08.960 -> 05:10.720] It would be so sick if we can just talk to the listeners,
[05:10.720 -> 05:12.040] though, if we can like put this up
[05:12.040 -> 05:13.320] and then people can listen to the pod
[05:13.320 -> 05:15.600] and then write their review of like what made them laugh
[05:15.600 -> 05:18.880] or funny bits, that would be so powerful for us to use.
[05:18.880 -> 05:20.880] Well, the only way that we can talk to them at the moment
[05:20.880 -> 05:23.480] is just getting you guys to comment on our stories and that
[05:23.480 -> 05:26.360] and send us in questions and stuff, is really cool but if we could actually
[05:26.360 -> 05:29.940] like reply to you guys in a discord server yeah people let us know what they
[05:29.940 -> 05:34.520] like. Do you guys want that? Do they? We're gonna do it anyway. Yeah. Well we've done it.
[05:34.520 -> 05:37.480] The announcement of that of the link of how to join it will be on our Instagram
[05:37.480 -> 05:40.520] at pitstop because you need like a link or something or you have to join a
[05:40.520 -> 05:46.760] discord tag or something. No idea. We're gonna to probably get hacked, okay? I'd probably leak my phone number or something
[05:46.760 -> 05:48.480] the second we leak this discord.
[05:48.480 -> 05:51.680] But obviously, something's going to go fucking wrong.
[05:51.680 -> 05:53.360] But we're trying something new.
[05:54.200 -> 05:56.600] Yeah, so quick shout out to Aston Martin
[05:56.600 -> 05:57.440] for giving us Dragovic.
[05:57.440 -> 05:59.360] Can't wait for that episode to go live on Thursday.
[05:59.360 -> 06:00.200] Oh yeah.
[06:00.200 -> 06:01.160] Just to clear a few things up,
[06:01.160 -> 06:03.640] in the last episode I had some messages of people saying
[06:03.640 -> 06:05.920] that I got one of the things wrong for Fab.
[06:05.920 -> 06:08.640] Charles Riquet actually did have more poles last season.
[06:08.640 -> 06:11.240] And also someone is trying to have me out
[06:11.240 -> 06:13.760] telling me that Monaco had more laps last year,
[06:13.760 -> 06:15.240] but I don't think it did.
[06:15.240 -> 06:17.080] I think it was meant to have more laps,
[06:17.080 -> 06:18.420] but because it was raining,
[06:18.420 -> 06:21.640] didn't Monaco start late and they went for less time?
[06:21.640 -> 06:24.480] So the answer of the quiz last year,
[06:24.480 -> 06:25.840] I'm pretty sure was right.
[06:25.840 -> 06:27.520] They just didn't complete all the laps.
[06:27.520 -> 06:28.360] You could be right.
[06:28.360 -> 06:30.640] But anyway, before I dig myself in too much of a hole,
[06:30.640 -> 06:31.480] take it.
[06:31.480 -> 06:33.680] Did you know, before we go into this,
[06:33.680 -> 06:34.520] I found out.
[06:34.520 -> 06:36.280] Are you giving me a massive staff fact today?
[06:36.280 -> 06:37.640] It's a fact.
[06:37.640 -> 06:38.480] Oh, I love a fact.
[06:38.480 -> 06:40.520] Did you know F1 used to have grid girls?
[06:40.520 -> 06:42.280] Yes, yes, I did.
[06:42.280 -> 06:43.800] I just never even thought about it.
[06:43.800 -> 06:46.480] I mean, we joined at the wrong time I would what we've learned I would
[06:46.480 -> 06:47.880] have seen it on TV when I was younger
[06:47.880 -> 06:49.200] but I just completely forgot about him
[06:49.200 -> 06:51.280] I liberty liberty media stopped it
[06:51.280 -> 06:54.840] bring back good girls right it's a
[06:54.840 -> 06:56.760] sensible decision I thought you'd be
[06:56.760 -> 07:02.480] more into grid guys without further ado
[07:02.480 -> 07:04.240] let's get into some of your questions on
[07:04.240 -> 07:07.000] Instagram fave drunk f1 experience this Without further ado, let's get into some of your questions on Instagram.
[07:07.000 -> 07:08.880] Fave drunk F1 experience.
[07:08.880 -> 07:09.880] This is from Eleanor.
[07:09.880 -> 07:10.880] Is it Eleanor?
[07:10.880 -> 07:12.200] That's what your name says.
[07:12.200 -> 07:13.200] Eleanor 2507.
[07:13.200 -> 07:15.920] Favourite drunk experience from all this year.
[07:15.920 -> 07:16.920] F1 experience.
[07:16.920 -> 07:20.160] Um, mine's, I know mine.
[07:20.160 -> 07:21.160] Go on.
[07:21.160 -> 07:22.160] If you have to think about yours.
[07:22.160 -> 07:23.160] Go on.
[07:23.160 -> 07:25.420] Mine just has to be the Wings for life and f1 Joe McCarri
[07:26.000 -> 07:28.000] for the first event we ever went to
[07:28.920 -> 07:33.060] At the Joe McCarri showroom. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably up there to be fair
[07:33.060 -> 07:36.460] Like it's not the most drunk that we've been and we've done funnier stuff
[07:36.480 -> 07:40.400] But just the fact that we turned up at an f1 event didn't know anyone
[07:40.400 -> 07:44.840] So we proceeded to get as drunk as possible so that I had the balls to go up and talk to Damon Hill
[07:46.900 -> 07:50.440] Well, yeah, I was drinking all the drinks off the plates when we were standing around talking to everyone it was absolutely fine but then
[07:50.440 -> 07:54.300] I've drunk all these drinks and out of nowhere I've got to sit down and have
[07:54.300 -> 07:58.460] like a serious conversation with loads of people at a table and I'm sloshed. I remember
[07:58.460 -> 08:01.940] being sloshed because we were there with Moe we got a friend at Moe Antonio
[08:01.940 -> 08:07.620] absolute legend so the table they supplied drinks for the whole event so we were just drinking like Moe, Moe, Moe
[08:07.620 -> 08:12.780] because they do wine as well and we sat there and we were so drunk I remember
[08:12.780 -> 08:16.500] sitting at the table and then just turning around and seeing Christian, Mark
[08:16.500 -> 08:19.580] Webber and David Courtauld all behind us on the table behind us and I was like
[08:19.580 -> 08:23.540] this is such a weird experience. My favorite drunk experience is probably
[08:23.540 -> 08:26.720] Barcelona when we were out clubbing into Razzmatazz
[08:26.720 -> 08:28.280] at like half seven in the morning
[08:28.280 -> 08:29.800] and then we were due to start filming
[08:29.800 -> 08:31.720] with Ferrari at half eight.
[08:31.720 -> 08:33.560] Yeah, to be fair.
[08:33.560 -> 08:35.640] And me and you got that taxi, we went back to the room,
[08:35.640 -> 08:37.400] I had half an hour's sleep.
[08:37.400 -> 08:40.320] We went out, we got ready, we met up downstairs.
[08:40.320 -> 08:43.240] We were so wrecked that we filmed that opening clip
[08:43.240 -> 08:44.800] that Yarny looked at us and was like,
[08:44.800 -> 08:45.660] we actually can't pass it.
[08:45.660 -> 08:47.500] I was so drunk I was like shaking.
[08:47.500 -> 08:49.720] It was in, because it was like the height of summer
[08:49.720 -> 08:53.520] in Barcelona, it was like 30 degrees outside at 9 a.m.
[08:53.520 -> 08:55.120] We've gone out, I've got like a bottle of Coke,
[08:55.120 -> 08:56.340] a bottle of water, chewing gum,
[08:56.340 -> 08:58.580] I've got like five different drinks in my hands.
[08:58.580 -> 09:00.120] To make it even worse, my phone was dead.
[09:00.120 -> 09:02.700] I remember we never had them European plugs, did we?
[09:02.700 -> 09:04.780] And we had separate rooms.
[09:04.780 -> 09:08.120] That was, we've had a few good trips.
[09:08.120 -> 09:10.520] We definitely make the most of the trips.
[09:10.520 -> 09:11.360] Yeah, we do.
[09:11.360 -> 09:12.960] If you don't get drunk, what are you doing?
[09:12.960 -> 09:14.560] We just have a drink,
[09:14.560 -> 09:16.240] but then we don't really drink on our own or at home.
[09:16.240 -> 09:18.320] Like we associate drinking with going out
[09:18.320 -> 09:20.600] and having a laugh and like social, isn't it?
[09:20.600 -> 09:21.440] It's good fun.
[09:21.440 -> 09:22.260] Exactly, yeah.
[09:22.260 -> 09:24.160] I mean, you have to bond with these people.
[09:24.160 -> 09:26.440] We're trying to be friends of everyone in F1.
[09:26.440 -> 09:27.760] The only way to do that is get drunk.
[09:27.760 -> 09:28.600] Because that's the only time.
[09:28.600 -> 09:30.400] Otherwise I'm gonna be there shaking like a shit house,
[09:30.400 -> 09:31.240] just getting to say anything.
[09:31.240 -> 09:33.280] That's the only time I'll actually ever talk to someone
[09:33.280 -> 09:34.120] as if I'm pissed.
[09:35.080 -> 09:37.200] Screaming in Crofty's ear, I love you!
[09:37.200 -> 09:40.080] You're actually worth it.
[09:40.080 -> 09:42.000] Is there loads of questions there?
[09:42.000 -> 09:44.280] Mate, there's loads.
[09:44.280 -> 09:46.000] There's thousands of questions here.
[09:46.000 -> 09:47.800] I don't know how to find a good one.
[09:49.080 -> 09:51.160] Someone just said, why do you like F1?
[09:52.160 -> 09:53.360] Why do you like F1, Jake?
[09:53.360 -> 09:56.000] What is it about F1 that you actually like?
[09:56.000 -> 09:58.600] That's what I got from Drive Survive.
[09:58.600 -> 10:01.360] I find it fascinating how much they have to train,
[10:01.360 -> 10:04.640] how much they have to travel, the pressures of it,
[10:04.640 -> 10:09.040] the risk of it, the business behind it. But also I'm such a competitive
[10:09.040 -> 10:13.480] person that like when I watch the race I don't really support one person. I just
[10:13.480 -> 10:18.920] want a good race, like I love the race, I don't care who wins. Genuinely I'm
[10:18.920 -> 10:21.800] always rooting for the guys at the back because I want them to come through and
[10:21.800 -> 10:27.040] it'd be like an incredible race. For, yeah, yeah. For me, I just love F1, the competitive aspect,
[10:27.040 -> 10:28.760] the risk aspect.
[10:28.760 -> 10:29.600] Yeah, for sure.
[10:29.600 -> 10:30.600] And how dangerous it is.
[10:30.600 -> 10:32.840] Yeah, it's just, it's a great sport.
[10:32.840 -> 10:34.720] And the more I learn about it, the more I like actually,
[10:34.720 -> 10:36.800] because then you start to realize all the cool things
[10:36.800 -> 10:38.800] teams do, like how they can make their cars different
[10:38.800 -> 10:41.840] and that, and it's all really interesting.
[10:41.840 -> 10:42.880] Abby Wells has said,
[10:42.880 -> 10:45.360] is there anything you wish you did differently?
[10:46.280 -> 10:47.760] Oh, wow, good question.
[10:47.760 -> 10:48.600] You?
[10:48.600 -> 10:50.000] That's a good question.
[10:50.000 -> 10:51.680] No, I'm not one of those people
[10:51.680 -> 10:53.300] that really has any regrets.
[10:54.560 -> 10:56.200] There's obviously been stuff in my life that I've done
[10:56.200 -> 10:57.200] which hasn't gone the right way,
[10:57.200 -> 10:59.040] but I never look back on anything and think,
[10:59.040 -> 11:00.440] cool, I wish I could have done it differently.
[11:00.440 -> 11:03.400] And I think I never had these expectations
[11:03.400 -> 11:05.960] for Pit Stop in the first year.
[11:05.960 -> 11:06.800] Do you know what I mean?
[11:06.800 -> 11:09.640] I knew that like we had big ideas and like big aspirations
[11:09.640 -> 11:12.520] and we still do and we still got so many ideas
[11:12.520 -> 11:13.440] of where we wanna take the pod.
[11:13.440 -> 11:15.040] But in terms of looking back on our journey,
[11:15.040 -> 11:17.720] I wouldn't say I'd do anything differently now.
[11:17.720 -> 11:21.120] No, there's like been times we've done stuff
[11:21.120 -> 11:23.760] which I've thought, I don't wanna do that.
[11:23.760 -> 11:24.600] Yes.
[11:24.600 -> 11:30.240] Like, but then there's like I'll give an example.
[11:30.240 -> 11:34.880] So one of the first times we went to a race, we were doing a campaign and we started filming
[11:34.880 -> 11:37.000] with a driver.
[11:37.000 -> 11:41.720] And it was all very like, we spoke about the last pod, we don't really like the whole like
[11:41.720 -> 11:46.620] standing with a driver doing a quick quick fire like how's your day going like how's the race?
[11:46.620 -> 11:48.780] Going and this content luckily never got aired
[11:49.460 -> 11:52.380] But I feel like every time we start doing anything like that
[11:53.340 -> 11:59.680] Anything serious anything where we've got to be like proper TV presenters is when we lose
[11:59.820 -> 12:05.400] What we're meant to be there for it's just funny because it brings me back to what Crofty said when I said
[12:05.400 -> 12:10.040] Crofty you're so skilled and he was like I was like I'm not skilled I we just
[12:10.040 -> 12:12.760] talked to people in a podcast but he said no you you guys do have a skill
[12:12.760 -> 12:17.440] because you have to listen to people and then react to what they're saying and I
[12:17.440 -> 12:20.960] like that like if you're doing these quickfire questions all you're doing is
[12:20.960 -> 12:24.880] asking them a question and getting an answer where I feel like what we do we
[12:24.880 -> 12:25.660] it's we're not just asking them a question and getting an answer. Where I feel like what we do,
[12:27.560 -> 12:28.780] we're not just asking them a question, we get an answer. We actually want to talk about it
[12:28.780 -> 12:31.420] and actually hear the story and everything else.
[12:31.420 -> 12:35.680] So I like the fact that we don't do those quick minute,
[12:35.680 -> 12:37.340] five minute fire questions.
[12:37.340 -> 12:38.180] You know what I mean?
[12:38.180 -> 12:40.200] Yeah, like we've had a few opportunities come up recently
[12:40.200 -> 12:41.800] and like we've turned some stuff down
[12:41.800 -> 12:44.400] because if it's very short, I'll be honest,
[12:44.400 -> 12:47.540] we learned with the Ferrari drivers video, didn't we?
[12:47.540 -> 12:48.820] Like it was a short podcast,
[12:48.820 -> 12:49.960] everything felt a bit rushed.
[12:49.960 -> 12:52.400] Hopefully we get more time with them,
[12:52.400 -> 12:54.060] but that was like a big learning curve for us.
[12:54.060 -> 12:57.680] We've learned, we haven't done anything I regret this year,
[12:57.680 -> 13:01.460] but we've done so much that I've been able to learn from
[13:01.460 -> 13:02.520] to be aware next year,
[13:02.520 -> 13:04.880] I want to do a few things differently, which is so good.
[13:04.880 -> 13:07.120] Yeah, yeah, it's been a massive learning curve.
[13:07.120 -> 13:08.480] Well, we've had to learn quick
[13:08.480 -> 13:10.760] because we didn't expect any of this to happen.
[13:10.760 -> 13:12.440] Yeah, it's been really weird for me
[13:12.440 -> 13:14.180] because I've never ever done anything like this before.
[13:14.180 -> 13:16.280] So I feel like I've learned so much.
[13:16.280 -> 13:20.360] So anyone who's thinking about going to school, don't.
[13:20.360 -> 13:22.700] Don't go to school, it's a waste of time.
[13:22.700 -> 13:23.540] I can't say that.
[13:23.540 -> 13:26.000] You can't say that, you have to go to school. There's a waste of time. I can't say that you can't say that you have to go to school
[13:33.520 -> 13:35.600] There's a really good question here. Actually, someone said how did you guys get and manage to maintain your connections in the f1 paddock?
[13:37.200 -> 13:39.200] Gone I'd love to hear what you what you say actually
[13:40.640 -> 13:42.320] right, so I
[13:42.320 -> 13:45.040] Guess for me the reason I picked this question was to put it into
[13:45.040 -> 13:49.720] context. I've seen comments and I've seen people say like these guys must have an
[13:49.720 -> 13:54.720] amazing agent or PR or management team in order for them to get the
[13:54.720 -> 13:58.640] people that they do or to get in the situations that they're in. So that's
[13:58.640 -> 14:02.160] what I've seen some people say. Let's get like one thing completely straight.
[14:02.160 -> 14:08.200] Before we entered in this space we didn't know a single person in F1. We didn't know a single brand, we didn't have a single
[14:08.200 -> 14:13.480] email, we didn't know anyone. At all. We went out to Imola, we're at our first race. That's
[14:13.480 -> 14:19.240] a very good thing to say. That we had no one on the inside before. It's not as if we knew
[14:19.240 -> 14:24.760] someone. No one. Mate, we're at Imola racetrack, on general admission tickets, we have literally
[14:24.760 -> 14:26.720] snuck into the hospitality bit, we're eating, we're not evenola racetrack on general admission tickets. We have literally snuck into the hospitality bit.
[14:26.720 -> 14:28.080] We're eating, we're not even meant to be eating there.
[14:28.080 -> 14:29.960] And then out of nowhere, ended up on Sky Sports.
[14:29.960 -> 14:31.520] We had no idea we were going to be doing that.
[14:31.520 -> 14:33.440] I was two bottles of wine deep.
[14:33.440 -> 14:34.760] That happens.
[14:34.760 -> 14:36.920] Our audience then sees us on Sky Sports.
[14:36.920 -> 14:39.560] Bear in mind at this point, we still didn't know anyone.
[14:39.560 -> 14:41.640] We just met Naomi that day.
[14:41.640 -> 14:45.040] Naomi was like our first person we'd met in the sport
[14:45.040 -> 14:47.160] that we followed on Instagram and we spoke to.
[14:47.160 -> 14:49.840] We became friendly with, because we met her in Imola.
[14:49.840 -> 14:52.200] We didn't know, we'd spoken to a few people before,
[14:52.200 -> 14:53.760] like Lissy McIntosh.
[14:53.760 -> 14:55.680] I'd spoke to Lissy before we launched the pod
[14:55.680 -> 14:56.880] and being like, I've got this idea.
[14:56.880 -> 14:57.700] Like, what do you think?
[14:57.700 -> 15:00.440] Do you think like new fans would like it?
[15:00.440 -> 15:02.560] And then what's happened is,
[15:02.560 -> 15:05.920] because we connect and just constantly talk to everyone,
[15:05.920 -> 15:08.080] like when we're in the paddock, we're going,
[15:08.080 -> 15:09.660] when we first got into the paddock,
[15:09.660 -> 15:12.080] I remember we were just walking into the motorhomes,
[15:12.080 -> 15:13.880] like being like, oh, can we use a sim?
[15:13.880 -> 15:15.080] Do you remember we'd like walk in and be like,
[15:15.080 -> 15:16.500] oh, can we try your eSports sim?
[15:16.500 -> 15:17.680] And then someone in there would be like,
[15:17.680 -> 15:19.540] oh, I recognize you guys from TikTok.
[15:19.540 -> 15:20.640] We'd meet them.
[15:20.640 -> 15:21.480] And then we'd meet them.
[15:21.480 -> 15:23.840] And then we just follow everyone on Instagram.
[15:23.840 -> 15:26.960] I think that's a really good point there. and it's a really good piece of advice.
[15:26.960 -> 15:31.960] This loops in again with the same question. I've also seen comments, people
[15:31.960 -> 15:35.960] saying like, these guys don't deserve the opportunities they get. There's a lot more
[15:35.960 -> 15:40.360] content creators and podcasters out there who do the same thing and are
[15:40.360 -> 15:44.680] better than Pitstop, who don't get the same opportunities and I guess the only
[15:44.680 -> 15:47.440] bit of advice that I can give there
[15:47.440 -> 15:50.200] is to say that for me, and I think for you as well,
[15:50.200 -> 15:52.320] there is nothing better
[15:52.320 -> 15:54.380] than just meeting people in the flesh.
[15:54.380 -> 15:58.800] Like if you're just gonna stay at home
[15:58.800 -> 16:00.320] and not kind of actually go out
[16:00.320 -> 16:01.600] and try and meet these people,
[16:01.600 -> 16:04.760] then you're not really gonna get as far as you could
[16:04.760 -> 16:06.520] if you actually meet these people in the flesh.
[16:06.520 -> 16:09.920] We made the opportunity happen to go to Imola,
[16:09.920 -> 16:10.920] that first ever race,
[16:10.920 -> 16:12.540] cause we contacted the track
[16:12.540 -> 16:15.240] and the track allowed us to come to the race.
[16:15.240 -> 16:16.080] We didn't-
[16:16.080 -> 16:18.200] We paid for all of our own flights and hotel and everything.
[16:18.200 -> 16:19.920] Yeah, we didn't go through F1.
[16:19.920 -> 16:21.840] Like no one in F1 helped us get to that race.
[16:21.840 -> 16:25.940] We contacted Imola racetrack and they admitted,
[16:25.940 -> 16:28.260] yeah, they gave us the tickets to come, general admission,
[16:28.260 -> 16:29.780] but again, hotels, flights, food,
[16:29.780 -> 16:31.740] everything was off our own back.
[16:31.740 -> 16:35.000] And it was, we knew we had three days at this race,
[16:35.000 -> 16:37.980] a weekend, to just network and meet everyone
[16:37.980 -> 16:41.260] and connect with everyone, let everyone know that like,
[16:41.260 -> 16:43.540] yes, I guess we are media, but we're not.
[16:43.540 -> 16:44.820] Like we just want to be friends.
[16:44.820 -> 16:47.080] We want to, we just want to meet everyone and be nice.
[16:47.080 -> 16:47.920] Yeah.
[16:47.920 -> 16:48.960] What you just said there as well,
[16:48.960 -> 16:52.040] where people say there's loads of other creators
[16:52.040 -> 16:54.200] that deserve to be working with F1
[16:54.200 -> 16:55.280] and getting these opportunities.
[16:55.280 -> 16:58.160] Like I a hundred percent agree with that comment as well.
[16:58.160 -> 17:01.560] There is hundreds of amazing creators from around the world
[17:01.560 -> 17:03.800] that deserve these opportunities,
[17:03.800 -> 17:07.400] but this space is so new to this.
[17:09.320 -> 17:13.360] I think there's been a massive gap for something like what we do because it's
[17:13.360 -> 17:18.240] personal. And this is the first time I feel like any kind of content creators or
[17:19.240 -> 17:22.800] I don't know what you'd like put it down as because we don't want to be media have
[17:22.800 -> 17:24.160] been let into that world.
[17:24.120 -> 17:24.880] like put it down as because we don't want to be media have been let into that world.
[17:31.160 -> 17:35.640] And if we can be two people that like make it easier for other creators to work with these teams, like if we can open the door for a lot of these things, like maybe a lot of teams will try something with us.
[17:35.840 -> 17:40.520] You know, I'll use today's for example, we sent something off for approval, it got approved,
[17:40.520 -> 17:42.680] they come back and they've been like, do you want this driver?
[17:42.920 -> 17:44.600] That straight up happened today.
[17:41.760 -> 17:42.920] got approved, they come back and they've been like, do you want this driver?
[17:42.920 -> 17:44.760] That straight up happened today.
[17:44.760 -> 17:47.800] And that's just happened from talking to people,
[17:47.800 -> 17:51.720] voice noting people, the amount of, honestly,
[17:51.720 -> 17:54.040] the amount of voice notes, the amount of emails,
[17:54.040 -> 17:55.380] and all of that is in the movie.
[17:55.380 -> 17:56.760] All of this is behind the scenes.
[17:56.760 -> 17:58.920] You got to think, I mean, I've sent so many emails
[17:58.920 -> 18:00.400] over the years, I know you have as well.
[18:00.400 -> 18:02.560] And like emails are great, but there's nothing like
[18:02.560 -> 18:05.440] sending a voice note or just meeting someone in the flesh
[18:05.440 -> 18:07.320] and just really giving them your personality
[18:07.320 -> 18:09.840] and just letting them know how much you want something.
[18:09.840 -> 18:13.160] If you drop your guard and drop like your,
[18:13.160 -> 18:14.000] what's the word called?
[18:14.000 -> 18:15.400] Like your ego for a minute
[18:15.400 -> 18:17.320] and just be completely open with someone
[18:17.320 -> 18:20.840] and just like let them know that you really wanna do this,
[18:20.840 -> 18:22.340] you're really trying hard to do this,
[18:22.340 -> 18:23.480] then they'll feel for you and they'll be like,
[18:23.480 -> 18:24.600] let's give you a chance.
[18:24.600 -> 18:27.640] Yeah, I think, yeah, that's why I just really want everyone
[18:27.640 -> 18:29.040] to see the end of your footage really.
[18:29.040 -> 18:30.920] I just want people to see the behind the scenes
[18:30.920 -> 18:32.920] of how everything's happened.
[18:32.920 -> 18:37.120] I mean, I believe we have been incredibly lucky this year,
[18:37.120 -> 18:39.200] but then I also know that I have worked harder
[18:39.200 -> 18:41.200] than I've ever worked in my life.
[18:41.200 -> 18:45.440] I mean, you've got two guys uploading every single week,
[18:45.440 -> 18:47.720] at least two podcast episodes.
[18:47.720 -> 18:48.560] And I saw one of them.
[18:48.560 -> 18:49.380] And I saw one of them.
[18:49.380 -> 18:51.440] It was about, yeah, it was about who edits and that.
[18:51.440 -> 18:52.440] Is it, it's about that one.
[18:52.440 -> 18:54.280] No, it's just someone says, has it been stressful
[18:54.280 -> 18:55.760] as well as being awesome?
[18:55.760 -> 18:57.300] Has the journey been stressful?
[18:57.300 -> 19:00.000] It's been absolutely insane because I wake up every day
[19:00.000 -> 19:00.920] and refresh my emails.
[19:00.920 -> 19:03.320] No idea what's going to come in or no idea what people
[19:03.320 -> 19:06.120] are going to say and excited to upload these.
[19:06.120 -> 19:08.920] I am so excited to upload an episode with a guest
[19:08.920 -> 19:10.920] because I'm so excited to see the reaction
[19:10.920 -> 19:13.400] because I'm aware that it's one of the first times
[19:13.400 -> 19:17.000] viewers or fans of the sport might have seen this driver
[19:17.000 -> 19:20.040] in that way, like in a chilled, relaxed environment.
[19:20.040 -> 19:23.200] And that is so special that we're given the chance
[19:23.200 -> 19:24.040] to do that.
[19:24.040 -> 19:25.960] Has it been stressful for you?
[19:26.640 -> 19:30.400] I don't know, man. Like, I just, I'm so overwhelmed with this whole journey that I actually,
[19:31.200 -> 19:33.840] I don't really get stressed about it because I just know that, like,
[19:33.840 -> 19:34.920] everything's going to be all good.
[19:35.680 -> 19:37.920] Like, I know that everything's going to be fine.
[19:38.800 -> 19:39.520] I don't know what it is.
[19:39.520 -> 19:42.400] There just seems to be something in the air with what we're doing where, like,
[19:42.760 -> 19:48.940] I don't, maybe because I've, like, worked, like, stressful jobs in the past where I just didn't want to be there. I hated
[19:48.940 -> 19:52.460] it. I knew I had to wake up tomorrow and go back to if I've had it like when I was like
[19:52.460 -> 19:56.800] labor and whatever. And I knew that I had a shit day at work and I had to go back at
[19:56.800 -> 20:00.860] work the next day to that same job. That stresses you out because you just like don't want to
[20:00.860 -> 20:04.320] be here and I hate it and I'm not earning like any money and I don't enjoy my job. Whereas
[20:04.320 -> 20:05.220] with this everything's
[20:05.220 -> 20:08.980] just been so how could I be stressed or how could I be unhappy?
[20:08.980 -> 20:12.340] The only stress, oh yeah, the only thing I've, me and you have spoke about and we've
[20:12.340 -> 20:15.480] actually been stressed about and had to really worry about has been money
[20:15.480 -> 20:19.660] because we've without a doubt not made money this year like we're negative
[20:19.660 -> 20:22.680] massively like paying for because we've paid for like pretty much everywhere
[20:22.680 -> 20:25.460] we've been we've had to buy all the equipment. There's some questions about that.
[20:25.460 -> 20:30.640] It's cost so much money to, well we've made, we've lost so much money this year without a doubt and admittedly next year
[20:30.640 -> 20:32.960] we probably will make it back because things are going well.
[20:33.240 -> 20:37.320] But this year has been a grind man, like two to three episodes a week every week.
[20:37.520 -> 20:41.160] Me and Fab split the editing so we get a YouTube video out of that.
[20:41.160 -> 20:43.760] That's because people always want every episode as a YouTube video.
[20:43.940 -> 20:45.200] We haven't been doing it
[20:45.200 -> 20:46.560] because we just haven't had the time.
[20:46.560 -> 20:49.000] Like my MacBook, I can't even edit on my Mac
[20:49.000 -> 20:50.200] at the moment because it's falling apart.
[20:50.200 -> 20:51.380] One of the buttons has come off.
[20:51.380 -> 20:53.120] Every time I go on final cut, it freezes.
[20:53.120 -> 20:54.680] I can't afford a new Mac.
[20:54.680 -> 20:57.080] Like everything has slowed down
[20:57.080 -> 20:58.520] and we're trying to produce like four
[20:58.520 -> 21:01.160] or five TikTok videos a day, Instagram reels.
[21:01.160 -> 21:01.980] Yeah.
[21:01.980 -> 21:04.280] Mate, and come up with the ideas,
[21:04.280 -> 21:06.880] arrange the guests, reply to the emails.
[21:06.880 -> 21:08.600] And I'm not saying that like it's hard work,
[21:08.600 -> 21:10.480] because trust me, I know there's a lot harder jobs.
[21:10.480 -> 21:12.520] We are so fucking lucky to be doing this
[21:12.520 -> 21:14.760] and it is an absolute dream come true.
[21:14.760 -> 21:17.600] But it is a grind and we're learning so quick
[21:17.600 -> 21:18.800] and I'm loving it.
[21:18.800 -> 21:21.960] Bro, there are so many questions of people asking,
[21:21.960 -> 21:25.080] like, how did you make a name for yourself in the F1 world?
[21:25.080 -> 21:27.200] Or how did you make those connections?
[21:27.200 -> 21:28.640] So I'm glad you've answered that question,
[21:28.640 -> 21:30.640] because yeah, like I say,
[21:30.640 -> 21:31.480] it's just about meeting these people.
[21:31.480 -> 21:33.220] If you wanna make a name for yourself in anything,
[21:33.220 -> 21:35.320] you have to do something that hasn't been done.
[21:35.320 -> 21:38.600] And or I always say,
[21:38.600 -> 21:40.560] going back to what Fab said about the voice notes,
[21:40.560 -> 21:43.100] there's such a power in showing someone something.
[21:43.100 -> 21:48.040] If you wanna go for a job at Ferrari, if Ferrari are you know they've been looking for a new social
[21:48.040 -> 21:51.640] media manager or someone to work in content or something, don't write a good
[21:51.640 -> 21:54.960] email, don't send your LinkedIn, I don't even have a LinkedIn, I don't even know what it's called.
[21:54.960 -> 22:01.080] Make a bloody document, make some graphics, I don't know, go hard like show
[22:01.080 -> 22:03.960] them what they would do, make a one-year plan, think of things you could do,
[22:03.960 -> 22:06.960] imagine you've got them drivers, what would you do with them and
[22:06.960 -> 22:12.600] really pitch it sell yourself I think like we do that quite well or maybe we
[22:12.600 -> 22:16.800] just beg it for everything. Bro there's a load of questions here of people asking like
[22:16.800 -> 22:20.920] what's your most awkward moment or most embarrassing moment you've had this year?
[22:20.920 -> 22:26.800] Oh man there's been a few. Yeah I mean obviously any time that we get questions wrong on the pod, that's
[22:26.800 -> 22:30.400] like, kind of embarrassing, but we're trying to think of any awkward moments.
[22:30.400 -> 22:33.800] Yeah, that's the thing, like, it is embarrassing when we get something wrong on the pod and
[22:33.800 -> 22:37.280] then we don't realise, and then it goes live and everyone's like, oh, you got that wrong.
[22:37.280 -> 22:40.520] But because we've been learning, it doesn't really bother us, and then thousands of people
[22:40.520 -> 22:44.040] comment a load of shit about it, and we're like, yeah, but you're not aware, we just
[22:44.040 -> 22:47.060] start watching. I can tell an awkward moment if I don't say who was
[22:47.060 -> 22:51.780] involved but an awkward moment was just that there was like someone doing an
[22:51.780 -> 22:55.960] interview and me and Jake were having like quite a I guess it was a rather
[22:55.960 -> 22:59.780] loud conversation kind of next to them while they're doing an interview with
[22:59.780 -> 23:06.280] Sky. It's a big interview that has been on TV now. I've seen it and I've seen it with someone.
[23:06.280 -> 23:08.480] And me and Jake were having a loud conversation
[23:08.480 -> 23:10.600] and midway through this,
[23:10.600 -> 23:11.680] this interview that they were doing,
[23:11.680 -> 23:12.820] they just turned around and said like,
[23:12.820 -> 23:15.060] guys, can, basically, can you shut up?
[23:15.060 -> 23:16.200] Can you be quiet?
[23:16.200 -> 23:17.880] I'm doing an interview.
[23:17.880 -> 23:20.100] And I was just like, oh no.
[23:21.200 -> 23:24.520] Actually, the first words that came to my mouth was just,
[23:24.520 -> 23:25.600] this is bad. Like, I didn't even think of what to say my mouth was just, this is bad.
[23:25.600 -> 23:27.200] Like I didn't even think of what to say.
[23:27.200 -> 23:28.280] I just thought, this is bad.
[23:28.280 -> 23:29.660] We need to leave now.
[23:29.660 -> 23:32.000] I can remember being in Imola in that media town.
[23:32.000 -> 23:33.480] We only had media passes,
[23:33.480 -> 23:35.400] but I can remember walking up to the top floor
[23:35.400 -> 23:37.160] and like by the end of the day, we weren't allowed.
[23:37.160 -> 23:38.100] Cause it was all policed off.
[23:38.100 -> 23:39.360] Like the president was out there.
[23:39.360 -> 23:40.960] Me and you were just walking around that building
[23:40.960 -> 23:41.800] like we'd owned it.
[23:41.800 -> 23:43.880] And cause everyone had seen us there all day,
[23:43.880 -> 23:45.160] no one was stopping us,
[23:45.160 -> 23:47.760] so we could just walk up every floor.
[23:47.760 -> 23:50.500] This just means, if there's two people in the world
[23:50.500 -> 23:55.440] that will like sneak in anywhere or make something happen,
[23:55.440 -> 23:57.920] well, it's not even me, it's just Fab.
[23:57.920 -> 24:00.680] But also, this is where Fab is unbelievable.
[24:00.680 -> 24:02.360] Like, you deserve so much credit
[24:02.360 -> 24:04.400] towards the whole Pit Stop networking.
[24:04.400 -> 24:05.840] Because we'll walk through the paddock,
[24:05.840 -> 24:07.400] Silverstone for example,
[24:07.400 -> 24:08.840] and I want to keep my head down.
[24:08.840 -> 24:12.760] Like I'm very like, I still feel like so shocked to be there.
[24:12.760 -> 24:14.920] And I was like, oh my God, that's Damon Hill.
[24:14.920 -> 24:16.440] And you were like, yes, Damon.
[24:16.440 -> 24:17.920] And then you went over to him and were like,
[24:17.920 -> 24:18.760] you're right, Damon.
[24:18.760 -> 24:19.880] And I never would have done that.
[24:19.880 -> 24:22.600] And by you doing that, he said he listens to the pod.
[24:22.600 -> 24:24.120] You did the same with Natalie Pingham.
[24:24.120 -> 24:25.760] First time we met, you went straight up to her.
[24:25.760 -> 24:27.720] I never would have the balls to do that.
[24:27.720 -> 24:28.720] But I think next year,
[24:28.720 -> 24:30.880] like we'll both just feel comfortable doing it
[24:30.880 -> 24:32.640] because we feel like we know everyone now.
[24:32.640 -> 24:33.480] Yeah.
[24:33.480 -> 24:34.320] Do you know what I mean?
[24:34.320 -> 24:37.440] Mate, that's the beauty of alcohol, my friend.
[24:37.440 -> 24:39.200] It gives you some Dutch courage.
[24:39.200 -> 24:41.720] Thing is, I can like drink quite a lot,
[24:41.720 -> 24:43.600] but I also get drunk very quickly.
[24:43.600 -> 24:47.160] So if I have one drink, like maybe like a whiskey and Coke,
[24:47.160 -> 24:47.980] then I'm good.
[24:47.980 -> 24:49.600] And I'll like go up and I'll talk to people.
[24:49.600 -> 24:52.720] You give me like another two or three and I can't,
[24:52.720 -> 24:54.160] I will stay away from people
[24:54.160 -> 24:57.680] because I'll just be slurring my words really badly.
[24:57.680 -> 24:59.360] Really badly.
[24:59.360 -> 25:02.080] We've got two really good questions here.
[25:02.080 -> 25:04.000] Well, we've got three good questions.
[25:04.000 -> 25:05.040] I'm gonna miss one of them.
[25:05.040 -> 25:06.640] One of the good questions from Laura Jones,
[25:06.640 -> 25:07.680] Lorna Jones says,
[25:07.680 -> 25:10.400] "'If you were stranded on an island with two drivers,
[25:10.400 -> 25:12.040] who would they be and why?"
[25:12.040 -> 25:13.040] Oh, wow.
[25:13.040 -> 25:13.920] Yeah.
[25:13.920 -> 25:15.120] Off the current grid?
[25:15.120 -> 25:15.940] I guess so.
[25:15.940 -> 25:17.200] Yeah, let's do it off current grid.
[25:17.200 -> 25:20.280] I would take off the current grid.
[25:21.240 -> 25:22.080] Wow.
[25:24.480 -> 25:26.160] Fernando Alonso.
[25:26.160 -> 25:29.520] Cause he's older, so he's got more life experience.
[25:29.520 -> 25:33.200] He also strikes me as quite like a rugged guy.
[25:33.200 -> 25:34.940] He doesn't strike me as like a pussy.
[25:34.940 -> 25:36.960] Like I reckon if a gorilla come running at me
[25:36.960 -> 25:38.920] or something, he'd fucking rip their head off.
[25:38.920 -> 25:39.880] Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
[25:39.880 -> 25:41.560] If they're like, cause we've just been watching Lost.
[25:41.560 -> 25:43.600] If there was that polar bear on the island,
[25:43.600 -> 25:45.160] like he would take that shit by the horns
[25:45.160 -> 25:46.000] and just murder it.
[25:46.000 -> 25:49.400] And I would also like to get,
[25:53.880 -> 25:57.040] I'm not sure, probably Yuki Tsunoda.
[25:57.040 -> 26:00.680] See, I would pick Yuki and I'd probably pick Seb.
[26:00.680 -> 26:03.360] Cause again, Seb, bit older, more life experience,
[26:03.360 -> 26:08.520] probably knows how to like start a fire with two twigs and a bit of flint. He's not on the current
[26:08.520 -> 26:12.480] grid anymore which is devastating news. I'm still carrying him though. You'd have Seb
[26:12.480 -> 26:17.120] over Alonso or you'd have Seb and Alonso? No I'd pick Seb because he's very much
[26:17.120 -> 26:20.560] about the earth and about nature and stuff and I feel like he
[26:20.560 -> 26:24.360] knows about trees. If you're stranded on an island he could probably make a boat
[26:24.360 -> 26:26.300] out of a tree or something.
[26:26.300 -> 26:28.540] Or he'd tell you like, you can't eat that plant,
[26:28.540 -> 26:29.700] but you can eat this one.
[26:29.700 -> 26:31.300] Who would be the worst driver
[26:31.300 -> 26:32.980] on the cruise if you were stranded with?
[26:32.980 -> 26:35.540] Out of everyone, who would you not want to be with
[26:35.540 -> 26:36.380] on a desert island?
[26:36.380 -> 26:37.940] Fuck, that's bad.
[26:40.020 -> 26:41.420] I'm going George Russell,
[26:41.420 -> 26:44.220] just because I feel like he would not want to get dirty.
[26:44.220 -> 26:49.520] I can't, he just always looks perfect. I can't imagine him like...
[26:49.520 -> 26:53.120] We'll be like, George, come on mate, it's your time to go collect the coconuts from the trees.
[26:53.120 -> 26:55.680] Like, I'm not doing it. I'm not getting my hands dirty.
[26:55.680 -> 27:00.000] I've broken my nail. There's no way I'm doing it.
[27:00.000 -> 27:03.280] Anyway, you said you had three. What was the next two?
[27:03.280 -> 27:04.800] The other one.
[27:04.800 -> 27:05.080] This is fun. I like the way people have been asking us stuff. Anyway, you said you had three, what was the next two? The other one.
[27:05.080 -> 27:06.280] This is fun, I like the way people
[27:06.280 -> 27:07.680] have been able to ask us stuff.
[27:07.680 -> 27:10.680] The other one is, how much is your setup cost?
[27:11.840 -> 27:13.240] Good question, good question.
[27:13.240 -> 27:14.560] I don't know to add it all up,
[27:14.560 -> 27:18.800] but we finance the cameras, so they're being paid back.
[27:18.800 -> 27:20.080] The cameras are quite a lot
[27:20.080 -> 27:22.280] because visual is so important, isn't it?
[27:22.280 -> 27:24.160] The cameras, the camera microphones
[27:24.160 -> 27:26.800] are pretty much the meat and potatoes of what we do
[27:26.800 -> 27:32.000] so we had to get like really good quality 4k cameras because we want to give you guys the best viewing experience
[27:32.000 -> 27:36.080] so like the cameras with the lens they are probably like three or four thousand pound each
[27:36.080 -> 27:40.640] but again we're paying it on finance so we between us we pay like 200 pound a month
[27:40.640 -> 27:42.640] Yeah and these mics are like 300 aren't they?
[27:42.640 -> 27:48.760] Yeah we use like Shure SM7Bs It's like a little example of what's coming in the movie
[27:48.760 -> 27:53.460] when this interface blew up in Alfa Romeo yeah and the video with the
[27:53.460 -> 27:56.920] Abottas drivers has a little eeeh throughout it that's because we did it on the
[27:56.920 -> 28:01.720] interface we didn't have the money for a new interface but we had Oscar Piastri
[28:01.720 -> 28:06.080] like a week later or someone a week later, we didn't even have an interface.
[28:06.080 -> 28:09.360] So we had to borrow that money to buy a new interface.
[28:09.360 -> 28:11.740] And like, well, we had, I think we had like a hundred pound
[28:11.740 -> 28:12.680] in the TikTok account.
[28:12.680 -> 28:14.880] So we managed to pull out a bit of money from TikTok.
[28:14.880 -> 28:16.320] Cause TikTok doesn't pay much money,
[28:16.320 -> 28:18.080] but we pulled a little bit out of there.
[28:18.080 -> 28:21.040] I mean, our audio interface is like 300 pound guys.
[28:21.040 -> 28:24.280] Like we're not running some massive soundboard
[28:24.280 -> 28:27.080] or anything like that. It's like a 300 pound interface.
[28:27.080 -> 28:28.960] The mics are like 280 quid each.
[28:28.960 -> 28:31.440] Me and Jake have got one, we got one for our guest.
[28:31.440 -> 28:34.000] So, but like, we didn't all have these at the beginning.
[28:34.000 -> 28:36.320] Like we had to borrow a camera for a long time.
[28:36.320 -> 28:38.040] We filmed Jensen Button on an iPhone.
[28:38.040 -> 28:39.400] We only had one camera to start with.
[28:39.400 -> 28:40.480] We filmed that on an iPhone.
[28:40.480 -> 28:41.320] I saw a question in there.
[28:41.320 -> 28:43.000] It was like, what advice would you give to people
[28:43.000 -> 28:44.160] who want to start a podcast?
[28:44.160 -> 28:45.360] I think
[28:48.360 -> 28:50.800] Mine and fabs niche is the fact that we've known each other for ages So if you can do anything with a friend like think about it
[28:50.800 -> 28:56.080] It's completely different to put in two hosts next to each other who don't know each other because they're just following a script
[28:56.320 -> 28:58.600] Whereas me and fab are just chatting about bullshit
[28:58.600 -> 29:02.960] It's happened that whole lives and jumping into funny stories and could take the piss out of each other
[29:02.960 -> 29:06.080] So I'd give advice to do it with someone you want,
[29:06.080 -> 29:07.360] but I'd also give advice
[29:07.360 -> 29:09.120] that you can film it literally on a phone.
[29:09.120 -> 29:11.860] Cause we did, we were filming Jenson Button on a phone.
[29:11.860 -> 29:14.620] You could, there's so many ways to record audio.
[29:15.680 -> 29:18.380] You don't need loads of fancy gear for podcasts.
[29:19.320 -> 29:20.720] You know, apps like TikTok
[29:20.720 -> 29:22.200] give you the ability to blow it up.
[29:22.200 -> 29:23.560] TikTok's been amazing to us.
[29:23.560 -> 29:25.480] Our content just has been pushed and pushed.
[29:25.480 -> 29:28.000] I don't know how or what's happened on TikTok,
[29:28.000 -> 29:31.800] but somehow all of our TikToks have done amazing.
[29:31.800 -> 29:33.360] There has been a lot of questions here about money
[29:33.360 -> 29:35.760] and like how much did you guys spend traveling
[29:35.760 -> 29:37.800] like, you know, to go to the races and meet guests.
[29:37.800 -> 29:40.000] And we have literally put every single penny
[29:40.000 -> 29:44.280] that we've earned through Pit Stop back into Pit Stop.
[29:44.280 -> 29:45.120] Like- Yeah, we're definitely down, man. It's been a- All the trips that we've gone on, we've always through Pit Stop back into Pit Stop. Like-
[29:45.120 -> 29:45.960] Yeah, we're definitely down, man.
[29:45.960 -> 29:46.780] It's been a-
[29:46.780 -> 29:47.760] All the trips that we've gone on,
[29:47.760 -> 29:48.600] we've always had to pay something.
[29:48.600 -> 29:50.520] I think it's me and you don't care about money.
[29:50.520 -> 29:51.440] We're down financially,
[29:51.440 -> 29:54.040] but we're up in like levels of fucking happiness.
[29:54.040 -> 29:55.960] Bloody hell, it's like the happiest I've been in my life.
[29:55.960 -> 29:57.520] The hardest I've ever worked,
[29:57.520 -> 29:58.640] but the happiest I've ever been.
[29:58.640 -> 29:59.800] So it's like amazing.
[29:59.800 -> 30:01.640] I don't care about money in slightest.
[30:01.640 -> 30:03.400] But again, we didn't get paid to go to Vegas.
[30:03.400 -> 30:04.280] It wasn't a paid trip.
[30:04.280 -> 30:08.240] We went because we wanted to go. we it was it was my birthday that weekend
[30:08.240 -> 30:11.080] It was the best birthday ever had that's what we're really living it out
[30:11.080 -> 30:13.220] Like we are living it as fans guys
[30:13.220 -> 30:17.840] I know some of the stuff we do sometimes can look corporate and I know sometimes it can look branded
[30:17.840 -> 30:19.840] It has to be sometimes
[30:19.880 -> 30:25.520] But I promise you that we're just living the fucking fan dream and that is the coolest thing about being able to film it, pod it.
[30:26.480 -> 30:27.200] It's been...
[30:28.160 -> 30:29.520] It's been wild, man.
[30:29.520 -> 30:32.160] Yeah, it has been crazy. I'm just trying to find some more questions here.
[30:32.560 -> 30:38.080] Because a lot of them are the same, people just kind of asking how did we get into it, how do we meet people.
[30:38.480 -> 30:42.880] Someone's asked like, what drivers do we talk to, like outside of the paddock?
[30:43.600 -> 30:45.300] I guess the people that come on as guests
[30:45.300 -> 30:46.740] we talk to afterwards,
[30:46.740 -> 30:48.260] cause we know them closer.
[30:48.260 -> 30:51.820] We spoke to Nick De Vries at Zandvoort.
[30:51.820 -> 30:53.020] Nick hasn't been on the pod,
[30:53.020 -> 30:54.820] but we have spoke to him.
[30:54.820 -> 30:55.940] He's a cool guy.
[30:55.940 -> 30:58.420] Before he, that was before he was even announced.
[30:58.420 -> 30:59.260] Yeah, it was.
[30:59.260 -> 31:01.380] Wasn't Zandvoort the weekend that he raced?
[31:01.380 -> 31:02.660] It was, wasn't it?
[31:02.660 -> 31:03.780] Zandvoort, we were there,
[31:03.780 -> 31:08.760] was the weekend that he stepped in in the Williams. Right? Wrong.
[31:08.760 -> 31:14.200] I think you're wrong. Let's quickly jump past that question. I can't remember. I can't remember.
[31:14.200 -> 31:18.420] I've gone completely blank. No, yeah, we speak to a few drivers. Obviously, if someone's
[31:18.420 -> 31:23.000] come on as a guest, like after that, you maintain a good relationship with them. But a lot of
[31:23.000 -> 31:25.900] it is like who you know, obviously, once we met.
[31:25.900 -> 31:27.660] To be honest, we have to give,
[31:27.660 -> 31:29.140] going back to an old question,
[31:29.140 -> 31:30.780] Shai from Alfa Romeo,
[31:32.100 -> 31:34.060] that was the first ever time we'd been into the paddock
[31:34.060 -> 31:35.460] and had a three day paddock pass.
[31:35.460 -> 31:37.700] And that was all thanks to Alfa Romeo.
[31:37.700 -> 31:40.500] We spent three days in the paddock as their guests,
[31:40.500 -> 31:42.860] just meeting everyone.
[31:42.860 -> 31:47.680] So that weekend opened up like a hundred thousand doors
[31:47.680 -> 31:50.560] and we're forever thankful for Alfa Romeo
[31:50.560 -> 31:51.600] and Shai for that weekend.
[31:51.600 -> 31:54.960] So yeah, a lot of what we've been able to achieve
[31:54.960 -> 31:56.120] has come from there.
[31:56.120 -> 31:56.940] This is a good question.
[31:56.940 -> 31:58.960] Who out of you and Jake is more nervous
[31:58.960 -> 32:00.840] before meeting a guest for the pod?
[32:02.240 -> 32:03.840] So from the times we've spoke about,
[32:03.840 -> 32:07.840] I think we're both just nervous at different times for different things. That's what I was gonna say
[32:07.840 -> 32:14.640] depending on who the person is. So when are you nervous? I get nervous when
[32:14.640 -> 32:19.840] it's someone we haven't met before. So wasn't nervous for Crofty because we
[32:19.840 -> 32:25.520] spent like a night with him in Vegas, it was great, so going into it you know and the pub
[32:25.520 -> 32:29.120] was at his house obviously so like we were in his house we hang out for like
[32:29.120 -> 32:32.440] an hour before we did the pod or whatever watch the end of the football
[32:32.440 -> 32:37.000] because there's a football game on wasn't nervous for that wasn't nervous
[32:37.000 -> 32:43.400] for Dragovic either because I don't I don't know why I think when they're a
[32:43.400 -> 32:45.120] bit younger it works because they're a bit younger, it works,
[32:45.120 -> 32:46.400] because they're like around our age.
[32:46.400 -> 32:48.640] So it's more like three lads just having a chat.
[32:48.640 -> 32:51.160] I was nervous as fuck for Valtteri and Joe
[32:51.160 -> 32:54.080] because there was so much riding on it.
[32:54.080 -> 32:57.120] Hadn't slept, we needed to try and make it a good episode.
[32:57.120 -> 32:58.720] I still don't know if it was or not, to be honest with you.
[32:58.720 -> 33:00.000] I think it was great.
[33:00.000 -> 33:03.760] I'm always really nervous in like the build up
[33:03.760 -> 33:06.120] to the week before, but then as soon as they're here,
[33:06.120 -> 33:08.280] and as soon as we've done it,
[33:08.280 -> 33:10.280] and then I'm really nervous straight after
[33:10.280 -> 33:11.600] that something's gone wrong,
[33:11.600 -> 33:12.960] because there's no one else in the room,
[33:12.960 -> 33:14.000] there isn't a film crew here,
[33:14.000 -> 33:15.240] there isn't a sound crew here,
[33:15.240 -> 33:17.680] like if the sound on all of it goes to shit,
[33:17.680 -> 33:19.200] or the video turns off or something,
[33:19.200 -> 33:20.020] that's on our heads,
[33:20.020 -> 33:21.220] so the whole way through the pod,
[33:21.220 -> 33:23.000] if you notice my eyes on the video
[33:23.000 -> 33:24.400] ever checking the cameras,
[33:24.400 -> 33:26.320] that's because I'm nervous the whole time.
[33:26.320 -> 33:30.300] I'm thinking, holy shit, I've got a Formula One driver sat in front of me.
[33:30.300 -> 33:32.440] If these cameras turn off, we've lost the footage.
[33:32.440 -> 33:34.720] I cannot lose this footage.
[33:34.720 -> 33:36.440] Because you mainly focus the audio.
[33:36.440 -> 33:41.320] I don't know how this sounds so good or what we do, but the video is so important to me,
[33:41.320 -> 33:42.780] I don't want to mess it up.
[33:42.780 -> 33:45.320] Someone says, what is the one thing that you're most proud of
[33:45.320 -> 33:47.640] or the moment that stands out the most?
[33:47.640 -> 33:49.040] And I can honestly say the one thing
[33:49.040 -> 33:52.400] that I'm just most proud of is like the relationships
[33:52.400 -> 33:54.080] that we've made with people.
[33:54.080 -> 33:55.720] I've never considered myself
[33:55.720 -> 33:58.960] to be like a proper extroverted person.
[33:58.960 -> 34:00.160] I feel like I ride the line
[34:00.160 -> 34:02.000] between like being an introvert and an extrovert.
[34:02.000 -> 34:05.920] I really enjoy my time on my own and just doing nothing.
[34:05.920 -> 34:07.360] Like I'm not one of those people
[34:07.360 -> 34:08.880] that needs to go out every weekend
[34:08.880 -> 34:10.640] and go to the bar and go to the club
[34:10.640 -> 34:11.960] and go fucking crazy.
[34:11.960 -> 34:14.080] Like I love doing that, I enjoy it, I love partying.
[34:14.080 -> 34:14.920] I love partying.
[34:14.920 -> 34:16.600] So you don't need to do it all the time.
[34:16.600 -> 34:17.420] I'm not one of those people
[34:17.420 -> 34:18.520] that needs to do it all the time.
[34:18.520 -> 34:20.200] So I wouldn't say,
[34:20.200 -> 34:22.280] I wouldn't even say I'm great at talking to people,
[34:22.280 -> 34:23.120] to be honest, mate.
[34:23.120 -> 34:23.960] That's probably why I have a drink when I'm out.
[34:23.960 -> 34:24.800] No, you are great.
[34:24.800 -> 34:26.160] Yeah, but you don't drink before pods. You are great at talking to people, to be honest, but that's probably why I have a drink. Yeah, but you don't drink before pods.
[34:26.160 -> 34:27.640] You are great at talking to people.
[34:27.640 -> 34:29.600] Well, that's probably why,
[34:29.600 -> 34:31.800] that would I say is my proudest moment this year.
[34:31.800 -> 34:33.800] The fact that I've been able to like,
[34:33.800 -> 34:37.080] talk to all these people in a completely different world
[34:37.080 -> 34:38.240] to what I'm used to.
[34:39.560 -> 34:41.040] I've never been in the F1 world.
[34:41.040 -> 34:44.640] I don't, like these people are all high performing people,
[34:44.640 -> 34:47.720] even if they're a driver or not, if you work in F1,
[34:47.720 -> 34:51.080] you are working in a sport, which is at like the peak.
[34:51.080 -> 34:52.920] Like everyone who does their job
[34:52.920 -> 34:54.320] has to do it amazingly well.
[34:54.320 -> 34:57.920] So everyone in the F1 paddock is an amazing person.
[34:57.920 -> 34:58.760] Yeah.
[34:58.760 -> 34:59.940] So the best of the best.
[34:59.940 -> 35:01.560] I'd say, yeah, I'm most proud of the fact
[35:01.560 -> 35:03.600] that I can just talk to these people really.
[35:03.600 -> 35:05.760] I can't think of what I'd be most proud of this year.
[35:05.760 -> 35:07.240] There's moments and there's things
[35:07.240 -> 35:09.780] which I can't quite believe.
[35:12.260 -> 35:16.700] Being number one in the UK sports charts on Spotify
[35:16.700 -> 35:21.040] on the same day that the football season comes back
[35:21.040 -> 35:24.560] was massive for me because I have loved football my life.
[35:24.560 -> 35:25.980] I'm aware of how big football is.
[35:25.980 -> 35:27.420] I look at the football podcasts,
[35:27.420 -> 35:28.900] they're done by ex footballers,
[35:28.900 -> 35:31.340] some of the biggest names in the fucking world.
[35:31.340 -> 35:34.760] And on the launch of football season, how big football is,
[35:34.760 -> 35:38.460] our podcast was number one in the UK sports charts.
[35:38.460 -> 35:41.340] Like, and we'd accomplished that within for like five,
[35:41.340 -> 35:43.040] five, six months.
[35:43.040 -> 35:47.680] That's, that is like insane.
[35:47.680 -> 35:48.520] Yeah.
[35:48.520 -> 35:50.000] That is insane.
[35:50.000 -> 35:51.640] That's where you and me are quite different.
[35:51.640 -> 35:54.600] I've never really just got off on numbers really.
[35:54.600 -> 35:56.080] Like numbers just,
[35:56.080 -> 35:57.880] had never really just excited me that much.
[35:57.880 -> 35:59.920] Like I'm proud of the fact that we got number one
[35:59.920 -> 36:01.960] and I'm proud of the fact that we can like,
[36:01.960 -> 36:03.040] we get good views.
[36:03.040 -> 36:06.600] We've got for like 240,000 views on our YouTube video of Callum.
[36:06.600 -> 36:08.600] Like that's like a quarter of a million views, bro.
[36:08.600 -> 36:09.920] It's huge.
[36:09.920 -> 36:11.120] Like, that's amazing for us.
[36:11.120 -> 36:14.520] Never thought I'd ever get that on a YouTube video.
[36:14.520 -> 36:17.360] But yeah, numbers, I'm just proud of the people we've met.
[36:17.360 -> 36:19.320] Yeah, I'm definitely proud of the people we met
[36:19.320 -> 36:20.480] and the relationships we built.
[36:20.480 -> 36:22.480] Yeah, and the fact that I haven't fucked up really
[36:22.480 -> 36:24.160] that badly in front of anyone yet.
[36:24.160 -> 36:28.240] I bet we haven't fucked up too bad. Like, I feel like it's coming, I feel like I'm gonna meet like Stefano
[36:28.240 -> 36:32.480] Domenicali or like Ross Brawn and just throw up all over him. Well I fucked up with Ross Brawn, I didn't know who it was.
[36:32.480 -> 36:38.480] I didn't say who was that, that's so embarrassing. Yeah but he didn't know that. What about, has there been a moment this year, what was the first
[36:38.480 -> 36:42.800] moment this year where you've like looked at it, thought to yourself and been like shit pit stops
[36:42.800 -> 36:47.040] got big? Or been like shit pit stops Pitstops got bigger than I thought.
[36:47.040 -> 36:47.880] So I mean.
[36:47.880 -> 36:49.480] Probably Barcelona.
[36:49.480 -> 36:50.320] Really?
[36:50.320 -> 36:51.520] But I'd say Barcelona.
[36:51.520 -> 36:52.880] What about it?
[36:52.880 -> 36:55.120] The fact that, because before Barcelona,
[36:55.120 -> 36:57.080] what, we'd only been to Imola?
[36:57.080 -> 36:58.440] So was Barcelona our second race?
[36:58.440 -> 36:59.280] Yeah.
[36:59.280 -> 37:00.400] No one knew us at Imola.
[37:00.400 -> 37:03.560] We had two people that recognized us at Imola,
[37:03.560 -> 37:05.160] the Irish, really two Irish guys,
[37:05.160 -> 37:08.120] friends and someone else, but no one knew us.
[37:08.120 -> 37:10.680] And by the time that we got to Barcelona,
[37:10.680 -> 37:13.640] that's when Damon said he listened to the pod.
[37:13.640 -> 37:16.240] Then we met up with Naomi and we hung out,
[37:16.240 -> 37:18.240] like we all like, obviously with Yarny
[37:18.240 -> 37:19.600] and like a few other people as well,
[37:19.600 -> 37:22.940] we went out together, John, like that was really fun.
[37:22.940 -> 37:24.680] So like that was a bit of validation for me
[37:24.680 -> 37:27.020] that like someone in the sport like is actually like
[37:27.020 -> 37:29.020] fucking with what we do, which was cool.
[37:30.640 -> 37:32.580] And like, there was a few drivers at the club
[37:32.580 -> 37:34.340] and I felt like, oh, we're in like a party.
[37:34.340 -> 37:36.060] Yeah, mine would be Barcelona as well actually.
[37:36.060 -> 37:37.380] Cause that's the first time I thought,
[37:37.380 -> 37:39.100] holy shit, someone remembers.
[37:39.100 -> 37:40.820] Because it's the first time we met Oli Berman
[37:40.820 -> 37:42.420] who we are friends with now.
[37:42.420 -> 37:48.280] And we were being introduced by Ferrari to Oli Berman.. Yeah we were working with Ferrari, that was of course Barcelona
[37:48.280 -> 37:51.280] because that's the first time we worked with a team. Yeah and Oli Behrman knew who we
[37:51.280 -> 37:55.840] were he was like yeah I know the pod and I was like oh my god that was a driver
[37:55.840 -> 37:59.360] that was the first time a driver had said to me anything and he was like I
[37:59.360 -> 38:04.200] know the pod I was like let's go. Yeah and we met Natalie Pinkham at Barcelona as
[38:04.200 -> 38:06.760] well and she was like I've heard about you guys.
[38:06.760 -> 38:09.360] So yeah, I'd say Barcelona is the first time I realized
[38:09.360 -> 38:11.840] like, okay, maybe like we're starting to make an impression
[38:11.840 -> 38:12.680] a little bit.
[38:13.680 -> 38:14.520] Yeah. But yeah.
[38:14.520 -> 38:15.440] Do you agree?
[38:15.440 -> 38:16.400] Yeah, definitely.
[38:16.400 -> 38:19.400] Just Barcelona feels like such a long time ago.
[38:19.400 -> 38:21.480] Like I can't really remember half the stuff
[38:21.480 -> 38:22.960] that's happened this year.
[38:22.960 -> 38:24.920] I watched back some of them videos you got on our phone
[38:24.920 -> 38:26.560] and I forget that's even happened.
[38:26.840 -> 38:28.040] Yeah, it's nuts.
[38:28.560 -> 38:30.400] Should we round it off with like one more question?
[38:30.400 -> 38:31.640] Yeah, give us one more question.
[38:31.880 -> 38:32.240] Cool.
[38:32.240 -> 38:36.160] Because I've got to edit some more Dragovic videos, you'll see him going out on TikTok and Pitstop.
[38:36.800 -> 38:40.440] Um, that's coming out on Thursday, get ready for that. It's going to be a good one.
[38:41.040 -> 38:48.920] I'm glad we did this ep today, even though it's a little bit late, it means we definitely haven't missed a pod all year. That's pretty cool. Yeah. And most people
[38:48.920 -> 38:53.380] do pods in seasons, most people don't do pods all the time, like around the clock, every
[38:53.380 -> 38:58.240] single week. I'm surprised we haven't run out of stuff to say yet. I've literally run
[38:58.240 -> 39:02.200] out now because I'm trying to find a question. Is there nothing left? I mean there's loads.
[39:02.200 -> 39:10.080] Why don't we come up with a question for each other then without looking okay all right let me think of one for you okay
[39:10.080 -> 39:15.640] my question for you is gonna be a bit of not a prediction but like a little bit
[39:15.640 -> 39:20.480] of like I'd like you to give your opinion in the next 12 months what would
[39:20.480 -> 39:25.520] be like one video or like one person you would love to film with that you would want to do?
[39:25.520 -> 39:29.120] Is there something like crazy that you think we could achieve in the next 12 months?
[39:29.520 -> 39:31.520] Yeah, I think
[39:32.840 -> 39:34.840] the
[39:35.320 -> 39:37.680] I think Lewis going to Africa
[39:38.400 -> 39:40.400] during that August break
[39:40.600 -> 39:45.680] I'm pretty sure a lot of that was filmed or all of it was filmed, and he's gonna release that,
[39:45.680 -> 39:48.200] or he's gonna maybe put a video out about it,
[39:48.200 -> 39:50.600] about this amazing trip that he's had,
[39:50.600 -> 39:52.760] going back to, like he said, the motherland
[39:52.760 -> 39:55.800] and everything else, and him connecting with his roots.
[39:55.800 -> 40:00.000] And I would love to be a part of something like that
[40:00.000 -> 40:01.140] with a driver.
[40:03.080 -> 40:04.360] For instance, this is not it,
[40:04.360 -> 40:07.460] but I would love to spend a driver, like for instance, this is not it but I would love to spend like a week
[40:07.460 -> 40:10.620] or a couple of weeks in Finland with Valtteri Bottas.
[40:10.620 -> 40:12.800] And he takes us to like the little house,
[40:12.800 -> 40:14.680] the little one bedroom house that he's got.
[40:14.680 -> 40:16.380] We go cycling with him.
[40:16.380 -> 40:19.700] We go skiing and snowboarding with him.
[40:19.700 -> 40:22.260] He shows us like traditional Finnish things
[40:22.260 -> 40:24.860] of what they do and how he likes to spend his time
[40:24.860 -> 40:28.040] and just spend like some time time like some good quality time with
[40:28.040 -> 40:31.960] these drivers and film it all and give the fans a real insight to who these
[40:31.960 -> 40:35.800] people are off the grid. I'd love to do something like that. That's what I'd love to do.
[40:35.800 -> 40:38.640] It doesn't have to be with VB obviously I'd love to but it could be with anyone
[40:38.640 -> 40:43.440] or like go back to China with Joe and like see where Joe grew up
[40:43.440 -> 40:45.740] and like you know I mean stuff like like, you know what I mean?
[40:45.740 -> 40:46.560] Stuff like that.
[40:46.560 -> 40:47.400] Yeah, I'd love to do content like that.
[40:47.400 -> 40:48.800] I think that's just a mission, isn't it?
[40:48.800 -> 40:50.880] Get closer to the drivers, build relationships,
[40:50.880 -> 40:52.440] and then more or less,
[40:52.440 -> 40:54.200] you guys want us to do videos with drivers,
[40:54.200 -> 40:55.600] we want to do videos with the drivers.
[40:55.600 -> 40:57.000] The more we grow that relationship,
[40:57.000 -> 40:58.680] the better the videos with them will be,
[40:58.680 -> 41:00.760] because it's the same as how long you've known a friend
[41:00.760 -> 41:02.360] in real life.
[41:02.360 -> 41:03.640] We see them as friends.
[41:03.640 -> 41:05.600] So the longer you've known them,
[41:05.600 -> 41:07.880] it's just going to be amazing.
[41:07.880 -> 41:09.680] And that's why the more we get to,
[41:09.680 -> 41:11.640] the more races we get to, the more people we meet,
[41:11.640 -> 41:12.960] the better everything gets.
[41:12.960 -> 41:14.120] Definitely, yeah.
[41:14.120 -> 41:15.280] What's your question for me?
[41:15.280 -> 41:16.640] Oh, let me think.
[41:18.080 -> 41:20.840] Okay, as most people know who listen to the pod,
[41:20.840 -> 41:23.600] know that like, we've got so many ideas and plans
[41:23.600 -> 41:25.720] that we want to do with Pit Stop
[41:25.720 -> 41:27.280] and just the rest of our lives in general.
[41:27.280 -> 41:30.440] So what do you think, what kind of doors do you think
[41:30.440 -> 41:34.600] have as doing Pit Stop opened up to you to then further
[41:34.600 -> 41:37.680] your journey through life and just your career
[41:37.680 -> 41:38.740] and everything else?
[41:38.740 -> 41:40.880] Like what do you think you've gained from doing Pit Stop
[41:40.880 -> 41:43.480] or what you will gain from doing this to then move you
[41:43.480 -> 41:47.680] on to a different section of your life eventually in the coming years?
[41:47.680 -> 41:54.120] Oh, I've always wanted to be some form of presenter, but then I had absolutely no confidence
[41:54.120 -> 41:58.920] presenting like out of my own comfort zone before doing this. That's why I still have
[41:58.920 -> 42:04.440] been shitting myself for every interview. I've gained like so much experience in the
[42:04.440 -> 42:06.260] field that I want to be in. I've had to so much experience in the field that I wanna be in.
[42:06.260 -> 42:08.600] I have had to sit in front of people
[42:08.600 -> 42:10.920] where conversation has gone completely cold
[42:10.920 -> 42:13.600] and I have had to drag it around, turn it around.
[42:13.600 -> 42:15.540] I've had to feel a vibe.
[42:15.540 -> 42:18.160] I've had to make people feel comfortable.
[42:18.160 -> 42:21.520] I've got emotional at times, I've cried laughing.
[42:21.520 -> 42:26.240] I feel like I've just learned so much. What I love about this year is
[42:26.240 -> 42:30.440] I've done everything I've always wanted to do. I've just been on camera.
[42:30.440 -> 42:34.380] That's what I wanted to do my whole life and I've done it with some of the
[42:34.380 -> 42:38.840] coolest people in the world. It's opened up so many doors for me, it's given me a
[42:38.840 -> 42:46.240] platform to do what I love to do but also for, because we know that we're gonna do so much more
[42:46.240 -> 42:49.400] than just interview people for us,
[42:49.400 -> 42:51.280] this space is like hopefully a TV show.
[42:51.280 -> 42:54.800] And I won't stop until we,
[42:54.800 -> 42:56.560] me and you are two people that we say something
[42:56.560 -> 42:57.380] and we make it happen.
[42:57.380 -> 42:59.920] So I have every intention of this being a TV show.
[42:59.920 -> 43:03.000] I'm not fucking around with this, you know?
[43:03.000 -> 43:05.000] And that might sound crazy to some listeners
[43:05.000 -> 43:06.560] who are like, they've been going nine months
[43:06.560 -> 43:09.160] and they're saying they wanna be a TV show.
[43:09.160 -> 43:09.980] Yeah.
[43:09.980 -> 43:10.820] Yeah, of course we do.
[43:10.820 -> 43:14.600] I manifest everything, like literally everything.
[43:14.600 -> 43:17.400] And I talk everything into existence like it's happening.
[43:18.640 -> 43:20.080] But yeah, none of this shit would have happened
[43:20.080 -> 43:23.700] without the people that have joined us on this journey.
[43:23.700 -> 43:25.600] We've got an unbelievable worldwide audience.
[43:25.600 -> 43:27.600] There's people listening from all over the world,
[43:27.600 -> 43:28.960] different age groups as well.
[43:28.960 -> 43:30.560] It's mad.
[43:30.560 -> 43:33.320] Had the different ages of people listening.
[43:33.320 -> 43:34.440] We're keeping people entertained.
[43:34.440 -> 43:36.360] We get amazing messages.
[43:36.360 -> 43:37.840] I feel like we've helped people this year.
[43:37.840 -> 43:40.040] People send us messages that are,
[43:40.040 -> 43:42.400] I broke my foot and I couldn't go anywhere for three days.
[43:42.400 -> 43:44.120] I was just at home listening to your pod and stuff like that.
[43:44.120 -> 43:45.700] And it's like, that's so cool.
[43:45.700 -> 43:48.500] Mate, we've had messages from people where they've said like,
[43:48.500 -> 43:51.060] guys, I've had a fucking shit couple of months
[43:51.060 -> 43:52.800] and I don't even know if I really even want to be
[43:52.800 -> 43:54.040] on this fucking world anymore.
[43:54.040 -> 43:57.100] But after listening to you guys laugh
[43:57.100 -> 43:58.500] on my way to work every morning,
[43:58.500 -> 44:01.820] has just brightened my day and my week up and my life up.
[44:01.820 -> 44:03.900] Like we've actually had people say that to us.
[44:03.900 -> 44:05.400] I always say that to you that I'm like,
[44:05.400 -> 44:07.320] one of my favorite things to support someone
[44:07.320 -> 44:09.480] 7.30 in the morning going to work,
[44:09.480 -> 44:12.120] putting their earphones in and just hearing me and you laugh
[44:12.120 -> 44:14.960] and try and bring people a good mood.
[44:14.960 -> 44:15.960] Yeah, definitely.
[44:15.960 -> 44:17.480] I think our podcast is a good vibe.
[44:17.480 -> 44:18.800] I think it's gonna be a good journey.
[44:18.800 -> 44:22.400] And yeah, this year has just been a great year.
[44:22.400 -> 44:24.960] Can't wait for you guys to see the movie.
[44:24.960 -> 44:27.080] Let's wrap this podcast right up.
[44:27.080 -> 44:30.680] Let's wrap it because guys, pretty much as this goes live,
[44:30.680 -> 44:33.240] you're going to be getting an amazing guest episode
[44:33.240 -> 44:34.120] within a couple of days.
[44:34.120 -> 44:36.440] So yeah, Thursday, Dragovic.
[44:36.440 -> 44:38.280] If our conversation today has sparked any more.
[44:38.280 -> 44:39.600] We've already announced as Dragovic, haven't we?
[44:39.600 -> 44:40.440] Yeah, yeah, we have.
[44:40.440 -> 44:43.040] If our conversation today has sparked any more questions,
[44:43.040 -> 44:45.600] then just send a DM to atpittstop on Instagram.
[44:45.600 -> 44:46.920] And even though we may not reply,
[44:46.920 -> 44:49.840] like, cause there's quite a lot sometimes,
[44:49.840 -> 44:51.720] we try and talk about some of them over the pod.
[44:51.720 -> 44:55.160] So yeah, anything you want to say, just send it in.
[44:55.160 -> 44:57.160] Thank you so much for joining us on this journey.
[44:57.160 -> 44:59.320] Thursday's episode is great.
[44:59.320 -> 45:01.760] Give this podcast a five star review.
[45:01.760 -> 45:02.920] Helps us in the charts.
[45:02.920 -> 45:04.640] Give it a thumbs up, subscribe on YouTube.
[45:04.640 -> 45:06.580] Hit the follow button, yeah, YouTube, at Pitstop,
[45:06.580 -> 45:08.800] go subscribe to that, we hit 40K subs.
[45:08.800 -> 45:11.840] Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at Pitstop.
[45:11.840 -> 45:14.120] And it's nearly Christmas, isn't it?
[45:14.120 -> 45:16.600] It's nearly Christmas, and this thing on this microphone
[45:16.600 -> 45:17.800] sounds like a jingle bell.
[45:17.800 -> 45:20.800] Yeah, just. Not really.
[45:20.800 -> 45:21.960] Christmas is great, isn't it?
[45:21.960 -> 45:23.280] What a lovely time.
[45:23.280 -> 45:27.700] Love Christmas, my favourite time of year.
[45:30.500 -> 45:33.000] And without further ado, we're signing out! We're signing out! Merry Christmas!
[45:33.000 -> 45:33.700] Merry Christmas, everyone.
[45:33.700 -> 46:03.160] See you guys on Thursday, the Dragovich episode is amazing. Powered by Spirit Studios.
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