BAHRAIN TESTING - FABS NOTEBOOK

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast! We are alive and well after an AWFUL Monday morning running the Silverstone Circuit with Redbull UK! Somehow we made it (without cutting any corners obviously) and are fresh off the back of Bahrain Testing Day 1, so check out what we have to say about it in this episode!
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Here's a detailed summary of the Formula One podcast episode:

**Introduction:**

- The hosts, Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca, start the podcast by discussing the recently concluded pre-season testing in Bahrain.
- They mention that they watched the testing sessions and have a lot to talk about.
- They also talk about their recent trip to the Silverstone track, where they did a lap of the circuit in a Red Bull car.

**Main Discussion:**

- The hosts discuss the new Haas pit wall, which is significantly smaller than the pit walls of other teams.
- They speculate on the reasons behind Haas' decision to have a smaller pit wall, such as cost savings and improved efficiency.
- They also talk about the different camera angles used during the testing sessions and how they affect the perception of the cars.
- They discuss the performance of various drivers during the testing sessions, including Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, and Max Verstappen.
- They also talk about the new mandatory qualifying format that is being introduced for two races this year, which requires drivers to use specific tire compounds in each qualifying session.
- They speculate on the reasons behind this change and how it might affect the races.
- They also discuss the gradual elimination of tire blankets, which are used to warm up tires before races.

**Conclusion:**

- The hosts wrap up the podcast by discussing potential ways to make pre-season testing more entertaining for fans.
- They suggest introducing a one-on-one battle format at the end of the testing sessions, where drivers compete against each other in timed laps.
- They acknowledge that some teams may still be trying to keep their strategies secret during testing, but they believe that adding an element of competition could make testing more engaging for fans.

**Overall:**

The podcast provides an informative and engaging discussion of the pre-season testing sessions in Bahrain, covering various aspects such as car performance, driver performances, rule changes, and potential improvements to testing. The hosts offer their insights and opinions on these topics, making the podcast an interesting listen for Formula One fans. # Pit Stop Podcast: Formula One Testing Day 1 Recap

**Introduction**

* Hosts Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca discuss the first day of Formula One testing in Bahrain.
* They analyze the performance of various teams and drivers, and speculate on potential storylines for the upcoming season.

**Key Insights and Perspectives**

* Jake and Fabio believe that McLaren is sandbagging their performance in testing to keep their true pace a secret.
* They also discuss the possibility of Lando Norris leaving McLaren if the team does not improve its performance.
* They speculate that Fernando Alonso could have a successful season with Aston Martin, given his strong performance in testing.
* They note the importance of reserve drivers, as Felipe Drugovic was able to get valuable experience in Lance Stroll's absence.
* They discuss the new wing mirrors on the F1 cars, which are larger and provide a wider field of view.
* They mention a statistic that 70% of younger siblings are more successful than their older siblings, and speculate on whether this applies to racing careers.
* They express excitement for the release of the new season of Drive to Survive on Netflix, and discuss some of the controversies surrounding the show.
* They mention that Williams has released its own documentary series called "Untold Story," which focuses on the team's 2022 season.
* They discuss the absence of Sergio Perez from testing and speculate on the reasons behind it.
* They wonder why Red Bull was allowed to have only one driver on track during testing, while other teams had both drivers participating.
* They praise Fernando Alonso's ability to change buttons and settings on his steering wheel while driving at high speeds.
* They speculate on who the best reverse parker on the grid might be, with Carlos Sainz being a potential candidate.

**Controversies and Notable Moments**

* Jake and Fabio disagree on whether McLaren is sandbagging or not.
* They also have different opinions on whether Fernando Alonso can have a successful season with Aston Martin.

**Overall Message and Takeaway**

* The podcast provides an informative and engaging discussion of the first day of Formula One testing in Bahrain, offering insights into the performance of various teams and drivers, as well as potential storylines for the upcoming season.

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[00:59.920 -> 01:06.480] No joke, this is Haas's pit wall. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's like a bus stop.
[01:06.480 -> 01:08.480] It's actually like a bus stop, wow.
[01:08.480 -> 01:22.480] Welcome back to the Pit Stop Podcast.
[01:22.480 -> 01:29.920] Episode 10, Season 2. Episode sen- sen? Episode sen season 2. Yeah,
[01:29.920 -> 01:36.640] fresh, hot and fresh off the back of testing in Bahrain. Yeah we held today's podcast, we didn't
[01:36.640 -> 01:40.960] release it at midnight last night because we wanted to watch testing and boy oh boy do we have some
[01:40.960 -> 01:49.760] stuff to talk about. There was a lot that happened, I learned a lot because last year I don't believe we watched Bahrain testing last year. No, well, we were at Barcelona testing last year
[01:49.760 -> 01:55.500] I don't know where that's gone. They didn't do it this year. It's already having one test. They did they did they didn't film it
[01:55.500 -> 02:00.220] Oh, really? Yeah, they're in Barcelona testing. Okay, we'll cut that bit out. I don't know. Don't know for sure
[02:00.220 -> 02:02.980] Oh, well, we have confirmed we survived Silverstone as well
[02:02.980 -> 02:08.120] Last time we spoke we were going to run the lap of Silverstone we did make it round we are
[02:08.120 -> 02:13.320] back. It was touch and go. It was tough. We nearly didn't make it we cut a few
[02:13.320 -> 02:16.480] corners. We did cut a few corners that video will be out on the running channel
[02:16.480 -> 02:19.980] with Red Bull so hopefully you guys get to see that very soon and then it was my
[02:19.980 -> 02:25.120] birthday yes I had lots of fun my birthday I'm a two day celebration yeah
[02:25.120 -> 02:28.480] had a two day celebration went home saw some friends came back to London went
[02:28.480 -> 02:34.140] out last night and here we are testing is over I know fabs notebook has been in
[02:34.140 -> 02:39.480] full swing I've done my classic and screen grabbed a few things as well nice
[02:39.480 -> 02:43.720] so I feel like today's episode is gonna be a really interesting one as we dig
[02:43.720 -> 02:45.120] into these cars.
[02:45.120 -> 02:49.960] It's going to be interesting because I basically took a lot of notes, but I didn't really know
[02:49.960 -> 02:50.960] what any of it meant.
[02:50.960 -> 02:51.960] Okay.
[02:51.960 -> 02:53.960] So, and I did a lot of listening to Crofty.
[02:53.960 -> 02:55.440] There was a lot of listening today.
[02:55.440 -> 02:59.240] I believe the guy in the commentary box with him was Anthony Davidson.
[02:59.240 -> 03:00.240] Yes.
[03:00.240 -> 03:05.200] Now, why don't you explain to me who, for the people who are listening who don't know,
[03:05.200 -> 03:06.040] who Anthony Davidson is.
[03:06.040 -> 03:07.200] Why would you do this to me though?
[03:07.200 -> 03:08.120] You know I don't know.
[03:08.120 -> 03:10.080] I don't know who Anthony Davidson is.
[03:10.080 -> 03:11.440] A racer, apparently.
[03:11.440 -> 03:13.880] He does a terrible David Croft impression,
[03:13.880 -> 03:17.280] but I will say that that made the commentary
[03:17.280 -> 03:18.120] a lot more entertaining
[03:18.120 -> 03:19.680] because it was like three hours long.
[03:19.680 -> 03:22.080] So they must have struggled to know what to talk about.
[03:22.080 -> 03:22.920] Well, mate, they did.
[03:22.920 -> 03:23.840] It's nice to know that, you know,
[03:23.840 -> 03:28.400] even someone of Crofty's caliber still can be a bit clueless when you're sat there during testing.
[03:28.400 -> 03:29.300] What do you talk about?
[03:29.300 -> 03:30.700] It is a long time, three hours.
[03:30.700 -> 03:32.700] They pulled in Felipe Dragovic.
[03:32.700 -> 03:43.200] It's very strange to watch Felipe out there when we're looking back at Aliribor behind us and we got Felipe and Oscar who have set times and now they're both out there driving.
[03:43.200 -> 03:46.580] What we have been talking about over this last year,
[03:46.580 -> 03:47.760] we're starting to realize it.
[03:47.760 -> 03:49.240] We're starting to actually see it happening.
[03:49.240 -> 03:50.600] We've always said like,
[03:50.600 -> 03:52.040] these guys have been to our house
[03:52.040 -> 03:53.500] and we're going to see them on TV.
[03:53.500 -> 03:56.280] And there it was like Oscar and Dragovic.
[03:56.280 -> 03:57.800] Yeah, it feels very strange now.
[03:57.800 -> 03:58.960] Sick, so cool.
[03:58.960 -> 04:00.680] It's really, really cool.
[04:00.680 -> 04:03.160] And it's great to see Dragovic getting that chance.
[04:03.160 -> 04:09.860] I swear on the pod with Dragovic or or before I said or maybe to Will that for the first race of
[04:09.860 -> 04:13.260] the season Lance Stroll is gonna get injured and Felipe is gonna step into
[04:13.260 -> 04:17.140] the car. I made that joke if anyone remembers hearing that please message
[04:17.140 -> 04:21.300] and tell me what pod that was in because I swear I've said that. Well the first
[04:21.300 -> 04:28.320] race of the season is in nine days. Yeah well I'll take it for testing if I got it for that. So let's say for instance Lance was still
[04:28.320 -> 04:33.760] like not very well for practice and then even qualifying but then by the race he
[04:33.760 -> 04:35.920] was good. Do you think he would do the race or do you think they'd give it to
[04:35.920 -> 04:42.840] Felipe? I think it would be Lance's 100% if he's fit enough. What if Felipe does
[04:42.840 -> 04:48.720] like the qualities or at least the practices? Well do you remember it happened last year with De Vries didn't it where if he'd done a certain
[04:48.720 -> 04:53.120] something he had to do the race because you remember he did like practice in a Williams
[04:53.680 -> 04:56.560] and then he like raced for Aston Martin or was it the other way around?
[04:56.560 -> 05:00.160] Other way around. Yeah he did a practice in an Aston Martin and raced for Williams.
[05:00.160 -> 05:03.120] No he did a practice in a Williams and raced for AlphaTauri.
[05:03.120 -> 05:04.800] Oh my god. Was that it?
[05:04.800 -> 05:05.000] No no it's one big quiz. I think that was it. I think that was it yeah. No, he did a practice in a Williams and raced for AlphaTauri. Oh my god! Was that it?
[05:05.000 -> 05:07.000] No, no, it's one big quiz, one big maze.
[05:07.000 -> 05:09.000] I think that was it, yeah.
[05:09.000 -> 05:12.000] Yeah, and seeing Nick out on track as well, seeing the rookies go.
[05:12.000 -> 05:13.000] We've made many notes.
[05:13.000 -> 05:16.000] I don't know if anyone's sat and watched all the testing as well.
[05:16.000 -> 05:17.000] I assume a lot of people did.
[05:17.000 -> 05:18.000] We did.
[05:18.000 -> 05:20.000] Well, we didn't quite catch all of it because it was on quite early.
[05:20.000 -> 05:22.000] Oh yeah, we did skip the bit that was really early.
[05:22.000 -> 05:24.000] It was a late night last night.
[05:24.000 -> 05:26.560] But we have some notes guys so before we go
[05:26.560 -> 05:33.240] any further why don't we dive straight into do do do fabs notebook breaking
[05:33.240 -> 05:36.600] news before you jump into fabs notebook I want to jump into a little something
[05:36.600 -> 05:42.880] hit me baby it's from Matt Daniels 1986 I'm quite liking monitoring the
[05:42.880 -> 05:47.340] messages on pitstop because people are sending in like cool stuff. 1986 so he is
[05:48.160 -> 05:50.160] 14 plus 22 23
[05:50.820 -> 05:56.640] 37 right I think I think it'd be 37. Well done to Daniel. But anyway yeah
[05:57.020 -> 06:00.720] Matt has messaged us. Matt. Just a little nugget of information
[06:00.720 -> 06:04.860] It's only little and obviously there's a slight chance that if this isn't real
[06:04.860 -> 06:09.280] I haven't proof checked it, but to me it sounds pretty accurate. Go on nugget man.
[06:09.280 -> 06:15.960] Lewis Hamilton starts this season with more wins, 103 wins, than everyone else on the
[06:15.960 -> 06:21.200] grid combined. No. Apparently every other racer on the grid has only got 90 wins between
[06:21.200 -> 06:28.840] them and Hamilton has got 103 on his own. Wow. Yeah, when he said that I thought, wow, I've got to say that on the pod.
[06:28.840 -> 06:29.840] That's pretty crazy.
[06:29.840 -> 06:31.320] Because Vettel would have had loads, right?
[06:31.320 -> 06:32.320] But Vettel's gone now.
[06:32.320 -> 06:33.320] Yeah, what about that?
[06:33.320 -> 06:34.320] Fernando?
[06:34.320 -> 06:36.000] Yeah, Bolonzo will be carrying the numbers now and Max.
[06:36.000 -> 06:37.880] You've got to Google that.
[06:37.880 -> 06:40.840] But, yeah, when you lose Vettel you can see why.
[06:40.840 -> 06:43.600] 103 wins is quite extraordinary, mate.
[06:43.600 -> 06:45.960] It is, but it's a long expansive career
[06:45.960 -> 06:50.040] now man. The thing about Lewis is that he doesn't look old. No. Lewis could still be
[06:50.040 -> 06:58.200] our age. Do you know what I mean? Yeah and he's so fit as well. Do you know how old he is? Like 34? He's like 38 mate. What? He's 38 years old.
[06:58.200 -> 07:03.560] Well yeah 103 wins is pretty impressive. The other screen grab I've got even
[07:03.560 -> 07:05.000] though you want to get into Fab's notebook.
[07:05.000 -> 07:07.500] Fernando Alonso's only got 32 wins.
[07:07.500 -> 07:11.300] Yeah, see? Well, that's why. There's such a big gap. You're gonna like this.
[07:11.300 -> 07:17.000] Did anyone notice Haas's box, what do you call it, on the side of the track?
[07:17.000 -> 07:18.000] They're a pit wall.
[07:18.000 -> 07:25.040] So Haas deliberately have a smaller pit wall this year because it saves them £250,000 a race.
[07:25.040 -> 07:26.040] Really?
[07:26.040 -> 07:27.440] Yes, by not transporting it.
[07:27.440 -> 07:31.560] So when it's gone past every other team's pit wall they're mad saving it, it looks really
[07:31.560 -> 07:32.560] good yeah?
[07:32.560 -> 07:34.560] No joke, this is Haas' pit wall.
[07:34.560 -> 07:37.560] It's like a bus stop.
[07:37.560 -> 07:39.560] It's absolutely like a bus stop.
[07:39.560 -> 07:40.560] Wow.
[07:40.560 -> 07:43.560] I don't know if anyone else has seen it, it's just a tiny little image with three chairs
[07:43.560 -> 07:44.560] in it.
[07:44.560 -> 07:45.000] So they've only got three people on the pit wall?
[07:45.000 -> 07:46.300] Well yeah, I'd assume so.
[07:46.300 -> 07:47.200] How does that work?
[07:47.200 -> 07:49.000] They must just have more back at the factory.
[07:49.000 -> 07:50.400] We saw Ruth Buscombe.
[07:50.400 -> 07:51.100] We did.
[07:51.100 -> 07:53.100] Buscombe, remember the bus?
[07:53.100 -> 07:54.400] Yeah, we did see Ruth Buscombe.
[07:54.400 -> 07:55.000] On TV.
[07:55.000 -> 08:00.400] To be fair, after going to the Red Bull factory, which we did the other day, and they have all that comms inside, like where everyone sits,
[08:00.400 -> 08:02.600] I can see why they would have less people at the track.
[08:02.600 -> 08:08.240] If it costs so much money and you can do it all back there they have no delay yeah yeah they said
[08:08.240 -> 08:13.400] there's no delay between Red Bull HQ and any circuit they go to apart from
[08:13.400 -> 08:20.040] Australia where there's like a 0.04 second latency which is yeah yeah fine
[08:20.040 -> 08:23.400] yeah that's pretty crazy that's crazy so I just thought I'd show you a horse's pit
[08:23.400 -> 08:26.500] wall the factory tour was pretty cool Red Bull actually they told us to not
[08:26.500 -> 08:29.720] take any notes so I took my phone out and I took a load of notes of the engine
[08:29.720 -> 08:35.540] everything else so that'll be coming in a separate episode anyway let's get into
[08:35.540 -> 08:40.880] fab's notebook guys welcome back to fab's notebook we have just finished off Bahrain
[08:40.880 -> 08:45.000] testing day one great day it was as well. It was a great day.
[08:45.000 -> 08:48.000] I actually learnt a lot because we've just been sat here listening to everyone talk.
[08:48.000 -> 08:50.000] I learnt a lot about there's new tyres coming in.
[08:50.000 -> 08:52.000] Warning, warning, warning.
[08:52.000 -> 08:54.000] The battery on the laptop is about to die.
[08:54.000 -> 08:55.000] Oh no.
[08:55.000 -> 09:00.000] Okay, Fab's just gonna quickly go on an epic adventure to save the day.
[09:00.000 -> 09:04.000] Basically, if the laptop dies, we will lose everything we've done so far.
[09:04.000 -> 09:05.720] Because everything is plugged into the interface.
[09:05.720 -> 09:10.880] So Fab, run as fast as you can!
[09:10.880 -> 09:14.640] It's clicking away, it's red.
[09:14.640 -> 09:15.640] Bright red.
[09:15.640 -> 09:19.640] Yeah, me and Fab came back and used all of the fitness stuff we spoke about on the podcast
[09:19.640 -> 09:20.640] before.
[09:20.640 -> 09:23.880] We sat here with these fitness recovery bands over our legs.
[09:23.880 -> 09:25.720] Wow, the recovery socks were insane.
[09:25.720 -> 09:26.720] They were good.
[09:26.720 -> 09:27.720] Very, very good.
[09:27.720 -> 09:28.720] Yeah.
[09:28.720 -> 09:33.320] If you're an athlete, which I'm not, but if you are listening, try them out.
[09:33.320 -> 09:34.320] I feel recovered.
[09:34.320 -> 09:35.320] Good.
[09:35.320 -> 09:36.320] Good.
[09:36.320 -> 09:40.580] So my notes, basically, Jake, are a bit all over the place, so I'm going to have to kind
[09:40.580 -> 09:44.880] of sort through and pick and find some interesting stuff.
[09:44.880 -> 09:45.040] But the
[09:45.040 -> 09:49.120] first thing that you and me said as soon as we went on, we were watching
[09:49.120 -> 09:52.440] Lewis go around from the car cam and you said where's the bloody nose cone?
[09:52.440 -> 09:56.880] That's a bit strange. Well it's just a camera angle isn't it? I mean and that's
[09:56.880 -> 10:00.160] when we started talking about the placement of the wheel. From that camera
[10:00.160 -> 10:04.840] behind the head where you see a bit of the helmet and then the halo, you used to
[10:04.840 -> 10:08.160] be able to see the front nose cone over the top of the halo but the way it's
[10:08.160 -> 10:11.920] adjusted the way the cameras in there now and aimed down at the helmet you
[10:11.920 -> 10:16.260] can't see the nose cone on the Ferrari you can only see a little bit of it and it
[10:16.260 -> 10:19.300] makes the car look like it's a completely different shape. Well I don't know if
[10:19.300 -> 10:22.860] it's just me like because it's you know second year in now and I'm starting to
[10:22.860 -> 10:27.280] pick up on more shit but But to like watching that today,
[10:27.280 -> 10:30.600] I realized how different the cockpit setups are for everyone
[10:30.600 -> 10:33.360] like we watched Sergeant in the Williams.
[10:33.360 -> 10:34.180] Yeah.
[10:34.180 -> 10:36.200] Williams's screen is mounted on the car
[10:36.200 -> 10:37.480] rather than actually on the steering wheel,
[10:37.480 -> 10:39.280] which I don't know why they do that.
[10:39.280 -> 10:41.980] How on earth could you concentrate?
[10:43.040 -> 10:45.920] Cause you got to think the gears are on the thing right?
[10:45.920 -> 10:50.720] Yeah. So you're and they change so many buttons on the remote as it is. The thing is, the wheel sorry.
[10:50.720 -> 10:54.160] If you're turning the steering wheel it's gonna your hand's gonna get in the way of the screen
[10:54.160 -> 10:59.840] if it's not mounted on the wheel. So why have Williams always done that? I don't know that
[10:59.840 -> 11:04.240] is it it's got to be their preference surely the drivers could change that it's got to be
[11:04.240 -> 11:10.400] their preference. Maybe it's just it costs more money to put it on the wheel and then it is the maybe they're really trying to save cash
[11:10.400 -> 11:15.160] So no, there'll be people out there that know even the way that he's steering wheel was though
[11:15.400 -> 11:19.400] Logan's steering wheel was literally right up in his chest right up in his chest
[11:19.400 -> 11:21.640] He sat there with his arms almost like bent up
[11:21.640 -> 11:26.120] And then Alonzo's one looked a bit further away. You could see the whole wheel, you could see the screen.
[11:26.120 -> 11:28.480] Oh, even hearing the word of Fernando Alonso
[11:28.480 -> 11:29.320] gets me excited right now.
[11:29.320 -> 11:31.720] Fernando Alonso, you are P2.
[11:31.720 -> 11:32.640] P2!
[11:32.640 -> 11:35.080] In day one of testing, wow, what a performance.
[11:35.080 -> 11:38.640] Yeah, it's, obviously Crofty was talking about
[11:38.640 -> 11:40.160] whilst he's on, and you've got to remember
[11:40.160 -> 11:41.880] you can't get carried away by any of the times,
[11:41.880 -> 11:43.480] but it is your first look at,
[11:43.480 -> 11:44.840] it's your first look at the cars,
[11:44.840 -> 11:48.000] like, you know, if you're a fan you're going to get excited about these times.
[11:48.000 -> 11:51.600] It's going to be probably as good, maybe, as they'll get this year.
[11:51.600 -> 11:54.600] Who knows? Who knows? There's a lot of money spent on Aston Martin.
[11:54.600 -> 11:58.400] Yeah, I do think there is and I think Fernando's took that seat.
[11:58.400 -> 11:59.600] New wind tunnel.
[11:59.600 -> 12:01.400] It should be quicker than Alpine, hopefully.
[12:01.400 -> 12:02.400] I think so.
[12:02.400 -> 12:08.760] How interesting was all that wind tunnel stuff that he was talking about? I'm sure you've made notes on that. I wish I had
[12:08.760 -> 12:14.120] but I didn't. All I wrote down was Crofty talking about wind tunnel times. It
[12:14.120 -> 12:20.000] basically means that Aston Martin have like 118, I think, more goes in the wind
[12:20.000 -> 12:26.340] tunnel than Red Bull. I think Aston Martin get like 320 goes roughly, sessions
[12:26.340 -> 12:30.580] whatever that consists of and yeah they said like... Red Bull get like
[12:30.580 -> 12:35.100] 200 they had some more but they get that penalty for last year as well. Yeah well
[12:35.100 -> 12:38.100] when they broke it down like that it was really interesting but they don't, Aston
[12:38.100 -> 12:40.420] Martin don't get to use their wind tunnel until like halfway through the
[12:40.420 -> 12:43.940] year anyway because it's not finished yet right? That's what I hear. Yeah but
[12:43.940 -> 12:46.000] surely they'll be using someone else's.
[12:46.000 -> 12:48.200] And I wonder if you can pick when you use it.
[12:49.080 -> 12:49.920] Like, do you reckon you can go,
[12:49.920 -> 12:53.040] I'll do 10 this week, I'll do 20 next week?
[12:53.040 -> 12:53.880] I really don't know.
[12:53.880 -> 12:55.120] Would you reckon you have to put it in there for a day
[12:55.120 -> 12:56.920] and run it through like 50 times?
[12:56.920 -> 12:58.360] And what does it even do?
[12:58.360 -> 12:59.480] Well, you got to think, they get like,
[12:59.480 -> 13:02.800] so let's say they get roughly 300 goes in it,
[13:02.800 -> 13:03.880] and you got 20 races.
[13:03.880 -> 13:06.060] I mean, you would do it before every race
[13:06.060 -> 13:07.720] for the track, right?
[13:07.720 -> 13:09.560] And then so multiple times per track.
[13:09.560 -> 13:10.400] Maybe.
[13:10.400 -> 13:12.540] 10 times, 20 times per track.
[13:12.540 -> 13:13.380] Maybe.
[13:13.380 -> 13:14.200] I don't know.
[13:14.200 -> 13:15.520] I mean, Red Bull having less isn't gonna affect them,
[13:15.520 -> 13:16.360] is it?
[13:16.360 -> 13:17.560] I mean, what we've just seen today
[13:17.560 -> 13:21.880] is the world champion come out and do 150 laps.
[13:21.880 -> 13:24.960] How is he not absolutely shattered?
[13:24.960 -> 13:25.000] That's shocking, isn't it? To just stay as the quickest driver out there, do 150 laps, how is he not absolutely shattered?
[13:25.000 -> 13:26.160] That's shocking, isn't it?
[13:26.160 -> 13:28.200] To just stay as the quickest driver out there,
[13:28.200 -> 13:31.200] do 150 laps, imagine the data Red Bull
[13:31.200 -> 13:32.640] have took away from that today.
[13:32.640 -> 13:34.700] Because he's the best driver on the grid,
[13:34.700 -> 13:36.800] just going round and round and round.
[13:36.800 -> 13:38.920] These, I was saying to Fab when we were watching it,
[13:38.920 -> 13:41.280] like you can't really practice other than out the sim.
[13:41.280 -> 13:44.480] But to give the world champion 150 laps around Bahrain
[13:44.480 -> 13:45.920] is like priceless
[13:46.480 -> 13:51.520] he will be a better driver after that testing session. Do you know how far he went? How many
[13:51.520 -> 13:59.600] like what it? I don't know 150 laps? Yeah it was 500 miles. He did 500 miles? 500 miles like pulling
[13:59.600 -> 14:06.060] that g-force driving around that track. We did 11 laps in a go-kart I thought my body
[14:06.060 -> 14:09.240] was about to fall apart well they say after a race you lose all that body
[14:09.240 -> 14:13.320] weight they say how hard one races that would be like nearly three races worth
[14:13.320 -> 14:18.240] of laps and he's just I know it was it spread out it wasn't like in a row they
[14:18.240 -> 14:23.640] had little breaks in that and they pit and but either way that is that's quite
[14:23.640 -> 14:25.640] a feat and then it's quite cool to think like,
[14:25.640 -> 14:27.040] yeah, we do know Brad.
[14:27.040 -> 14:27.880] And so thanks, man.
[14:27.880 -> 14:29.440] I was about to say, what you said,
[14:29.440 -> 14:30.920] like mad props to Brad,
[14:30.920 -> 14:33.720] because he's the guy who's training this lad.
[14:33.720 -> 14:36.120] For sure, we always see him out there in Monaco,
[14:36.120 -> 14:38.280] training him, making sure his diet's all right.
[14:38.280 -> 14:39.120] And you're thinking, wow,
[14:39.120 -> 14:40.240] if this person can go and do that,
[14:40.240 -> 14:42.080] he's a world champion, Brad must be smashing it.
[14:42.080 -> 14:43.680] Yeah, and if we're friends with this guy,
[14:43.680 -> 14:46.080] then why the fuck aren't we world champions?
[14:46.080 -> 14:48.960] Why am I sat here on a sofa like this?
[14:48.960 -> 14:54.320] Yeah, my takeaway from Red Bull was I do expect them to be very quick.
[14:54.320 -> 14:55.320] Should we go gym tonight?
[14:55.320 -> 14:56.320] No.
[14:56.320 -> 14:57.320] No gym tonight.
[14:57.320 -> 14:58.320] Love Island's on tonight, mate.
[14:58.320 -> 15:00.680] And it's the second half of movie night.
[15:00.680 -> 15:01.680] Remember?
[15:01.680 -> 15:03.560] Oh, we can watch it on repeat.
[15:03.560 -> 15:06.120] No, we have to watch it live. Love Island,
[15:06.120 -> 15:09.560] I can't believe we're talking about this on the Pit Stop podcast. Yeah, let's cut away
[15:09.560 -> 15:15.400] from that. I must say, after the stuff, after the hate that I gave to Al Fatari for their
[15:15.400 -> 15:20.360] livery, not really liking it, I must admit, the actual shape of their car when it's coming
[15:20.360 -> 15:28.880] down towards you on the circuit, I think it looks really nice. I said this in the last pod I think, the cars look a lot more boxy this year, they look a bit more
[15:28.880 -> 15:33.480] angular, especially the front, like the nose bit that comes out, you know, not the actual
[15:33.480 -> 15:38.520] wing but the pointy bit at the front of the car, just looks more square, not on all of
[15:38.520 -> 15:42.420] them, but on the Alfa Tauri it looks really nice. But there is a bit of confusion between
[15:42.420 -> 15:44.240] the Alfa Tauris and the Haas this year.
[15:44.240 -> 15:46.080] They were talking about that, weren't they? They were saying what would
[15:46.080 -> 15:49.840] happen if they had to change? Who would be the one to make that decision? Could
[15:49.840 -> 15:53.420] the FIA tell one of them to change and then it would be who do they
[15:53.420 -> 15:57.720] change? But then it made me think like wow imagine if you did have to submit
[15:57.720 -> 16:00.840] your car and then if someone else had a similar one you could say you have to
[16:00.840 -> 16:04.320] change it. Like there was a deadline and the teams could submit their car to like
[16:04.320 -> 16:05.080] the FIA.
[16:05.080 -> 16:05.920] Yeah.
[16:05.920 -> 16:07.320] That would actually be quite cool,
[16:07.320 -> 16:08.480] but then it wouldn't be worth it
[16:08.480 -> 16:10.240] because they are all different colors really.
[16:10.240 -> 16:12.960] I mean, before they actually spoke about it on the TV,
[16:12.960 -> 16:13.800] I did write down,
[16:13.800 -> 16:15.960] do you reckon the cars can change their livery still
[16:15.960 -> 16:17.100] like this late in the game?
[16:17.100 -> 16:20.280] But then do you remember last year,
[16:20.280 -> 16:21.760] I think Alfa Romeo did it this year as well,
[16:21.760 -> 16:24.040] but last year Alfa Romeo's car came out in testing
[16:24.040 -> 16:25.560] like all camouflage. Yeah. And I was like, wow, look at year as well, but last year Alfa Romeo's car came out in testing, like all camouflage.
[16:25.560 -> 16:28.160] And I was like, wow, look at that fucking liver,
[16:28.160 -> 16:28.980] it's awesome.
[16:28.980 -> 16:30.600] And then they obviously, it wasn't that.
[16:30.600 -> 16:32.520] Yeah, well Alpines is going to start pink.
[16:32.520 -> 16:33.360] Exactly, yeah.
[16:33.360 -> 16:35.280] So yeah, you do, I think they do have a bit
[16:35.280 -> 16:36.600] of adjustment period.
[16:36.600 -> 16:38.460] I think, but the problem is the car,
[16:38.460 -> 16:40.160] the whole look of the car is pretty much down to the
[16:40.160 -> 16:41.320] sponsors.
[16:41.320 -> 16:42.360] Cause like the sponsors say,
[16:42.360 -> 16:44.720] we want that amount of brand and we want to buy that.
[16:44.720 -> 16:46.800] I don't know how it works, but I assume it amount of branding we want to buy that I don't know how it works but I assume it's like we want to
[16:46.800 -> 16:50.400] buy that placement spot and you got to think if that brand's logo is like a
[16:50.400 -> 16:54.400] certain color yeah and the rest of the car has to pretty much go with it so a
[16:54.400 -> 16:59.040] lot of the coloring of the car is done predominantly by the sponsor and I think
[16:59.040 -> 17:02.560] it's done really well on the Williams with that Duracell battery yeah is it
[17:02.560 -> 17:06.640] Williams yeah that Duracell battery over Is it Williams? Yeah, I think so. That Duracell battery over the halo
[17:06.640 -> 17:10.040] and over the camera at the top is actually really cool.
[17:10.040 -> 17:10.880] Yeah.
[17:10.880 -> 17:13.540] Like that's a really good way of putting placement in.
[17:13.540 -> 17:15.280] The McLaren looks lovely.
[17:15.280 -> 17:16.340] Do you know what I was thinking?
[17:16.340 -> 17:17.760] Yeah, oh my God, I got to say,
[17:17.760 -> 17:19.240] the McLaren does look unreal.
[17:19.240 -> 17:21.440] Do you know what I didn't think looked unreal?
[17:21.440 -> 17:22.280] Go on.
[17:22.280 -> 17:23.100] Was the Red Bull.
[17:23.100 -> 17:24.520] Now I have a theory behind this, right?
[17:24.520 -> 17:27.000] And it's all literally just come together in my head as I'm talking. I'm ready. Do you remember we went to the Red Bull. Now I have a theory behind this right and it's all literally just come together in my head as I'm talking.
[17:27.000 -> 17:28.000] Wow, I'm ready.
[17:28.000 -> 17:31.360] Do you remember we went to the Red Bull factory and they showed us like the outside of the
[17:31.360 -> 17:34.760] car and they showed us the different kinds of paint that they used.
[17:34.760 -> 17:39.480] Yeah but before you go any further I do remember her saying about us talking about all the
[17:39.480 -> 17:41.680] stuff on the pod, are we fine to say this?
[17:41.680 -> 17:43.680] Yeah, it's a public tour.
[17:43.680 -> 17:44.680] Yeah, you sure?
[17:44.680 -> 17:46.920] Well yeah, Red Bull, I mean, it's nothing bad anyway.
[17:46.920 -> 17:49.120] Red Bull, imagine if I just blew the lid
[17:49.120 -> 17:50.800] on fucking everything right now.
[17:50.800 -> 17:52.240] There's a knock at the door.
[17:52.240 -> 17:54.480] Every single team starts doing really well.
[17:55.400 -> 17:57.080] They change the paint on their car,
[17:57.080 -> 17:57.920] like the color of it,
[17:57.920 -> 18:00.800] depending on whether it's a night race or a day race.
[18:00.800 -> 18:02.680] So it looks better in different lighting.
[18:02.680 -> 18:04.560] Like when it gets, when if it's a night race,
[18:04.560 -> 18:06.280] they'll change the, like the yellow.
[18:06.280 -> 18:07.400] So it's a bit more fluorescent.
[18:07.400 -> 18:10.720] So it stands out, but they've been testing all day.
[18:10.720 -> 18:12.800] So it was like broad day, like earlier.
[18:12.800 -> 18:14.200] I thought the car looked fire.
[18:14.200 -> 18:15.640] Then it got dark.
[18:15.640 -> 18:17.160] I didn't think it really stood out that much.
[18:17.160 -> 18:19.360] So maybe I'm just thinking now
[18:19.360 -> 18:21.080] they just had the daytime paint on.
[18:21.080 -> 18:21.920] Definitely.
[18:21.920 -> 18:23.920] And it got to dark and it just looked a bit underwhelming.
[18:23.920 -> 18:26.480] That's mad that Red Bull have different paints for the time of the race.
[18:26.480 -> 18:30.760] Because that means they have to re-spray the cars in between the races.
[18:30.760 -> 18:36.360] That's an extra added thing. I didn't even ever think about that. I reckon they just
[18:36.360 -> 18:40.720] transport different ones already painted up. You reckon? You reckon they got enough?
[18:40.720 -> 18:46.520] Yeah, the Red Bull innit? Yeah, the Red Bull doesn't really stand out
[18:46.520 -> 18:47.360] as very different.
[18:47.360 -> 18:48.440] The Mercedes looks beautiful.
[18:48.440 -> 18:50.080] Mercedes looks mean as hell.
[18:50.080 -> 18:50.920] Love it.
[18:50.920 -> 18:52.780] It is quite strange seeing it like all black
[18:52.780 -> 18:53.620] around the cockpit though,
[18:53.620 -> 18:55.760] because it makes it look like where he sat is tiny,
[18:55.760 -> 18:58.640] because like all the outing of the inside bit's black.
[18:58.640 -> 19:01.560] So it looks like his seat is actually tinier than Mercedes.
[19:01.560 -> 19:02.400] When the light hits it,
[19:02.400 -> 19:04.000] you can see it's all carbon as well.
[19:04.000 -> 19:07.240] Yeah, no, it is really nice seeing the cars out on track.
[19:07.240 -> 19:09.600] I think the Williams looks very,
[19:11.020 -> 19:12.840] I feel like the Williams and Alpina look quite similar
[19:12.840 -> 19:14.480] from the front, but you know,
[19:14.480 -> 19:16.400] as we get going through the season.
[19:16.400 -> 19:19.240] Speaking of Williams, I have a question for you.
[19:19.240 -> 19:21.720] Who, in your honest opinion,
[19:21.720 -> 19:25.760] do you think is going to be the Nicholas Latifi of 2023?
[19:27.440 -> 19:31.600] Who is going to be sat at the back? Or do you think it will move around, you know,
[19:31.600 -> 19:35.200] it could be a different person every week? Or do you think we're going to see, you know,
[19:35.200 -> 19:39.440] one candidate that's going to be sat in last place for most of the season?
[19:39.440 -> 19:46.160] I don't know. I don't know. I don't reckon, I actually don't reckon we'll have someone just sat at the bottom
[19:46.720 -> 19:50.800] Like who's just never, I think we'll have people that like won't score points again
[19:51.360 -> 19:53.200] Like that's quite likely
[19:53.200 -> 19:58.560] But then I don't know really are you saying Latifi is someone that's crashing all the time or Latifi and someone
[19:58.560 -> 20:00.640] Latifi was just always last wasn't he?
[20:01.440 -> 20:08.160] I'll admit like I don't have the strongest hopes for like Yuki I know
[20:08.160 -> 20:13.680] that's really hard to say I do like Yuki not him I think the car I don't really
[20:13.680 -> 20:19.960] have the strongest hopes for Al Fatahri if I had to think logically yeah I would
[20:19.960 -> 20:26.780] have to say sergeant yeah I mean no one's expecting him to be anywhere higher
[20:26.780 -> 20:27.800] than like midfield.
[20:27.800 -> 20:29.780] So people would be expecting Sergeant
[20:29.780 -> 20:31.420] to probably be lower down.
[20:31.420 -> 20:32.540] It's like Will was saying,
[20:32.540 -> 20:35.900] he's Albon might come like in points,
[20:35.900 -> 20:37.100] half the races this year.
[20:37.100 -> 20:39.740] If he does, Williams will be buzzing with that probably.
[20:39.740 -> 20:43.420] If Sergeant's even remotely close to Alex,
[20:43.420 -> 20:44.260] it will be a good year.
[20:44.260 -> 20:45.280] No one's expecting him to
[20:45.280 -> 20:49.720] step in and you know not the quickest car to step in and do something
[20:49.720 -> 20:53.080] incredible I think it's easy to dish dirt on the old Williams but then yet
[20:53.080 -> 20:57.840] like you said you do have an Alex Albon who was doing all right last year like
[20:57.840 -> 21:01.680] he didn't get points he's a really good driver yeah yeah for sure and he's
[21:01.680 -> 21:07.600] getting better there's really good there's something probably this is probably the highlight of Fab's notebook to be honest. Oh really?
[21:07.600 -> 21:10.500] It's coming up. I wrote it in capital letters. Oh my god.
[21:12.360 -> 21:16.960] I'm fairly sure this is happening. I don't know if you heard it either, so I'm gonna surprise you right now.
[21:17.120 -> 21:22.560] There is a new mandatory qualifying format coming this year to two races.
[21:23.320 -> 21:24.640] Okay.
[21:24.640 -> 21:27.280] Asterix. might not be fact,
[21:27.280 -> 21:29.160] but I'm fairly sure it is fact.
[21:29.160 -> 21:32.240] They're doing it for two qualifying sessions this year.
[21:32.240 -> 21:33.200] They're doing it mandatory.
[21:33.200 -> 21:35.860] So in Q1, you have to use hard tires.
[21:35.860 -> 21:39.840] Q2, you have to use mediums and Q3, you have to use softs.
[21:39.840 -> 21:42.520] And everyone has to stay on those tires.
[21:42.520 -> 21:45.100] And are they doing that so that people can't,
[21:45.100 -> 21:46.400] cause you used to have to start the race
[21:46.400 -> 21:48.360] on the ones you qualified on, right?
[21:48.360 -> 21:50.840] Yeah, they're doing that.
[21:50.840 -> 21:53.320] So people use all three tire compounds?
[21:53.320 -> 21:54.600] They, I don't know.
[21:54.600 -> 21:57.680] Crofty was like, why change something that isn't broken?
[21:57.680 -> 22:00.040] Qualifying is fine how it is.
[22:00.040 -> 22:01.760] Maybe they're just trying to switch it up for a new year.
[22:01.760 -> 22:04.200] And also that whole idea is wiped out if that's a wet race.
[22:04.200 -> 22:06.520] If qualifying's wet, they won't be able to even do that.
[22:06.520 -> 22:07.200] Yeah.
[22:07.200 -> 22:08.440] That is kind of right.
[22:08.440 -> 22:10.880] Like, why would you change something that isn't broken?
[22:10.880 -> 22:13.160] Like, I don't get that because I think that's actually
[22:13.160 -> 22:16.120] one of the beauties of qualifying, when someone starts on them tyres.
[22:16.120 -> 22:18.680] But then at the same time, it's like the sprint races.
[22:18.680 -> 22:20.360] People are like, why do we need them?
[22:20.360 -> 22:21.600] You know, I guess it makes sense.
[22:21.600 -> 22:25.100] It's quite exciting to just have a little change and see how the drivers adapt
[22:25.100 -> 22:28.220] It does I'm thinking about like why they do different tire compounds
[22:28.220 -> 22:34.540] It makes sense for the third heat because you'll have the ten quickest drivers with the quickest tire compound and they'll be fresh
[22:35.000 -> 22:41.900] Everyone will be out on soft freshers, but I'm thinking for the first heat you're gonna have 20 drivers out there on hards
[22:42.460 -> 22:44.520] Surely hards take longer to warm up. I
[22:42.440 -> 22:44.580] to have 20 drivers out there on hards, surely hards take longer to warm up.
[22:45.680 -> 22:46.760] I mean, I don't know.
[22:46.760 -> 22:49.520] If that is true, if what I've just said is true,
[22:49.520 -> 22:51.040] which there's a good chance it's not,
[22:51.040 -> 22:52.720] but if it is, then we'll just have to wait and see.
[22:52.720 -> 22:55.360] And aren't they taking out tire blankets even more this year
[22:55.360 -> 22:57.320] and then next year, tire blankets are gone.
[22:57.320 -> 22:58.220] They're reducing the heat.
[22:58.220 -> 22:59.360] They reduced the heat of them, didn't they?
[22:59.360 -> 23:01.600] Yeah, I'm pretty sure next year, tire blankets are gone.
[23:01.600 -> 23:02.560] No more tire blankets.
[23:02.560 -> 23:03.820] So you're going to have to warm up.
[23:03.820 -> 23:05.480] Maybe that's why they're trying to introduce stuff
[23:05.480 -> 23:06.320] like this now.
[23:06.320 -> 23:09.480] Like bonfires underneath the wheels, spinning them around.
[23:09.480 -> 23:10.960] I actually, that reminds me,
[23:10.960 -> 23:13.240] I thought they should add something to testing.
[23:13.240 -> 23:16.040] Obviously it's testing, so they couldn't add anything.
[23:16.040 -> 23:18.280] Originally I said they should do a sprint race, didn't I?
[23:18.280 -> 23:19.960] I said, why don't they just do a sprint race there,
[23:19.960 -> 23:21.200] make it entertaining.
[23:21.200 -> 23:22.040] They're never going to do that.
[23:22.040 -> 23:23.000] Oh, in testing.
[23:23.000 -> 23:24.360] Yeah, I know they're never going to do that.
[23:24.360 -> 23:25.680] But then I thought, what could gonna do that. I know they're never gonna do that. But then I thought what could they do
[23:25.680 -> 23:27.360] that would like add something?
[23:27.360 -> 23:29.080] Like maybe on like day three,
[23:29.080 -> 23:30.680] like at the end of the day,
[23:30.680 -> 23:32.080] they just, you know, like in FE,
[23:32.080 -> 23:34.040] they do like the battles one V one.
[23:34.040 -> 23:36.160] Yeah, they just get like two people out on track
[23:36.160 -> 23:38.040] and they just do laps and they just time it.
[23:38.040 -> 23:39.440] And then whoever is quicker goes through
[23:39.440 -> 23:41.520] and someone would win this thing at the end of the day.
[23:41.520 -> 23:44.400] Like everyone, cause everyone's doing speed laps anyway.
[23:44.400 -> 23:46.560] They could just time the speed laps compete them against put
[23:46.560 -> 23:50.480] them against someone and do it in a freestyle I don't know I'm just trying to think how
[23:50.480 -> 23:53.440] can they make testing a little bit more. Half the teams are still trying to be
[23:53.440 -> 23:56.960] secretive though isn't they I mean today that's what I was thinking you know we
[23:56.960 -> 24:00.520] spoke about this a lot what happened with McLaren today and again I know it's
[24:00.520 -> 24:03.920] testing and I know that they're not trying to get the fastest lap
[24:03.920 -> 24:08.560] necessarily they're just going for data but I mean with the McLarens all the way down the bottom,
[24:08.560 -> 24:10.560] are they sandbagging?
[24:10.560 -> 24:11.560] That's the term that you use.
[24:11.560 -> 24:15.160] Do you know what, I love that word because I remember exactly about a year ago we were
[24:15.160 -> 24:16.520] like, what is that?
[24:16.520 -> 24:18.680] We were trying to figure out like what that would mean.
[24:18.680 -> 24:20.080] I still didn't really know what it was.
[24:20.080 -> 24:25.200] Well it just basically means extra weight, not putting your engine makes up as much.
[24:25.200 -> 24:27.940] Like you got to think, these teams are smart enough
[24:27.940 -> 24:29.800] to know that if they add a certain amount of weight
[24:29.800 -> 24:31.960] to the car, that would be that in time.
[24:31.960 -> 24:34.080] So it doesn't matter what we see on TV.
[24:34.080 -> 24:35.960] They've got their own data back at the factory
[24:35.960 -> 24:37.360] knowing they added the weight.
[24:37.360 -> 24:40.520] So, so there could be sandbagging.
[24:40.520 -> 24:41.360] What?
[24:41.360 -> 24:42.840] Or maybe they're not,
[24:42.840 -> 24:45.000] and maybe they're not going to be very good this year.
[24:45.000 -> 24:50.000] And then you said, if they're not good this year, does Lando leave McLaren this year?
[24:50.000 -> 24:55.000] At the end of this year, if they're no good, what kind of position is Lando in?
[24:55.000 -> 25:01.000] It's, do you know what? Firstly, I do think McLaren are sandbagging hard.
[25:01.000 -> 25:05.000] Because I think if I'm going to just say a
[25:05.340 -> 25:06.380] gamble and if I'm wrong,
[25:06.380 -> 25:08.160] I obviously it will come back to bite me in the ass,
[25:08.160 -> 25:10.520] but I reckon they are a little bit quicker than that.
[25:10.520 -> 25:11.840] And like there's added way,
[25:11.840 -> 25:14.640] but if both of their drivers suddenly look really quick in
[25:14.640 -> 25:17.360] testing, everyone's going to be like, whoa.
[25:17.360 -> 25:20.920] And so I said that I reckon there's more way in Lando's car
[25:20.920 -> 25:24.080] less in Oscars to keep them like close and then there'll be
[25:24.080 -> 25:26.760] at the bottom, but they'll have their times anyway.
[25:26.760 -> 25:29.040] But what you just said, yeah,
[25:29.040 -> 25:31.800] if that isn't soundbagging,
[25:31.800 -> 25:33.040] and I know it says in day one,
[25:33.040 -> 25:35.760] it means absolutely nothing, like realistically.
[25:36.840 -> 25:39.880] If McLando isn't got a quick car next year,
[25:40.720 -> 25:43.440] I do worry a little bit because like,
[25:43.440 -> 25:46.260] he is gonna wanna win and he is a really quick driver
[25:46.300 -> 25:51.480] Where where could he possibly go? He would take Paris's seat a Red Bull like that
[25:51.520 -> 25:53.680] He would probably get a seat of Ferrari
[25:54.760 -> 25:56.760] He would
[25:57.120 -> 25:58.840] And max and him a friends
[25:58.840 -> 26:03.560] I saw a video from the other day where max picks his dream team and he says it would be with Lando
[26:03.560 -> 26:05.200] Right. Can you imagine he says the principal would be with Lando. Right, can you imagine that?
[26:05.200 -> 26:07.800] And he says the principal would be Christian Horner.
[26:07.800 -> 26:09.200] Imagine the chaos.
[26:09.200 -> 26:09.800] Yeah.
[26:09.800 -> 26:12.600] Lando and Max at Red Bull.
[26:12.600 -> 26:16.000] Danny Rick has his dreams shattered.
[26:16.000 -> 26:20.400] Like, I've been doing media for a fucking year, trying to get a fucking seat,
[26:20.400 -> 26:22.400] and now Lando comes in and takes it off me!
[26:22.400 -> 26:25.600] But then what about Ricciardo back to McLaren?
[26:25.600 -> 26:29.040] Uh... yeah.
[26:29.040 -> 26:32.880] I don't know, it's a tough one. I'm not worried for Oscar because it's his first year.
[26:32.880 -> 26:35.920] Like, there's so much pressure on him but it's still his first year.
[26:35.920 -> 26:38.240] You know, he's a rookie, he's got a lot to learn.
[26:38.240 -> 26:42.160] There's been a lot of hype about Oscar and I feel like our view is tainted a bit more
[26:42.160 -> 26:44.800] because we've been involved in it so much.
[26:44.800 -> 26:46.320] Yeah, don't get me wrong.
[26:46.320 -> 26:50.080] Like it's really tough.
[26:50.080 -> 26:52.000] I'll be honest, it's the first time we've ever watched
[26:52.000 -> 26:54.280] testing and actually understood what was going on.
[26:54.280 -> 26:55.120] But it's still-
[26:55.120 -> 26:56.200] Steady on, steady on.
[26:56.200 -> 26:57.040] Yeah, we still don't know exactly what's going on.
[26:57.040 -> 26:58.840] I mean, I was just watching cars go around a track.
[26:58.840 -> 26:59.680] I don't really know what was going on.
[26:59.680 -> 27:01.320] No, but what I mean is that it's the first year
[27:01.320 -> 27:03.240] we've watched it and been able to try and take on a bit
[27:03.240 -> 27:04.120] of the stats stuff.
[27:04.120 -> 27:10.040] But realistically, the numbers do mean nothing because cars are going out there trying the new tires trying like metal grills
[27:10.440 -> 27:16.600] Some people are doing 150 laps testing out for that flow stream paint wherever they want to call it. Yeah, the fluorescent paint
[27:16.600 -> 27:18.280] That's clever really clever
[27:18.280 -> 27:22.160] I like they said they said though that it does dry off the like sort of turn three
[27:22.320 -> 27:25.240] Well, did you chip and chipipping down the straight after turn three,
[27:25.240 -> 27:26.120] the paint has dried.
[27:26.120 -> 27:28.400] So you don't get a whole lap out of it.
[27:28.400 -> 27:31.160] Then they bring it back and LED scan it, right?
[27:31.160 -> 27:33.240] And see how it's brushed off.
[27:33.240 -> 27:35.280] Yeah, they bring it back to the garage.
[27:35.280 -> 27:37.160] They run an infrared light over it
[27:37.160 -> 27:38.560] and then they can take a picture of it.
[27:38.560 -> 27:42.040] That infrared light is fucking Adrian Newey's eyeball.
[27:42.040 -> 27:45.240] Like he's half cyborg, he just scans the car with his eye.
[27:45.240 -> 27:46.080] Probably does.
[27:47.360 -> 27:48.360] Yeah, everyone's been tested.
[27:48.360 -> 27:49.740] The one thing I will say is if Red Bull
[27:49.740 -> 27:52.960] weren't at full power today, then everyone is in trouble.
[27:52.960 -> 27:55.000] But it just shows.
[27:55.000 -> 27:59.080] Do we say Fernando Alonso is gonna maybe do something
[27:59.080 -> 28:00.480] in the Aston Martin or do we just say,
[28:00.480 -> 28:02.080] oh, it's a lucky lap in testing?
[28:02.080 -> 28:04.020] I think this is the best opportunity
[28:04.020 -> 28:09.920] that he would have to do bits in probably his last couple years of racing. You reckon? I don't think he's going to
[28:09.920 -> 28:15.760] be around for too much longer. He could be here next year I reckon, still. You make it sound like
[28:15.760 -> 28:20.880] he's dead, he's not dying, he'll be around. He won't be in Formula 1. On the F1 track. Well I
[28:20.880 -> 28:26.020] hope he does, I hope he has a couple more years. I'd just love to see him back in a competing car,
[28:26.020 -> 28:27.900] like one of the fronts.
[28:27.900 -> 28:29.300] Fully imagine the next few days,
[28:29.300 -> 28:30.620] he's always at the top in testing,
[28:30.620 -> 28:33.620] comes to Bahrain, puts himself on pole in an Aston Martin.
[28:33.620 -> 28:37.260] Imagine Checo goes out, or Max has to miss a race,
[28:37.260 -> 28:38.100] and Red Bull are like,
[28:38.100 -> 28:40.340] now we want Alonso to take the seat.
[28:40.340 -> 28:41.900] And don't even give it to Ricciardo.
[28:41.900 -> 28:42.740] Yeah, yeah.
[28:42.740 -> 28:43.580] Ricciardo's there.
[28:43.580 -> 28:44.400] Yeah, I love it.
[28:44.400 -> 28:47.360] He's like, oh, fucking hell, guys, again?
[28:47.360 -> 28:48.800] I thought I'd be racing again.
[28:48.800 -> 28:53.400] Filipe Dragovic takes Alonso's seat at Aston Martin.
[28:53.400 -> 28:57.720] Alonso's in the red bull, and he wins by 15 seconds.
[28:58.680 -> 29:00.440] It was, that, I actually, do you know what?
[29:00.440 -> 29:02.480] I got so many takeaways from watching that today
[29:02.480 -> 29:07.040] because it was amazing watching Filipe get that much time in the car.
[29:07.040 -> 29:09.440] You've got to imagine him, like, before he got that call.
[29:09.440 -> 29:12.400] He got it two days ago and told he was getting that,
[29:12.400 -> 29:14.640] but he knew he was a reserve driver this season,
[29:14.640 -> 29:20.320] probably expecting to get like maybe P1 and maybe a P1 this year in that car.
[29:20.320 -> 29:23.120] He might not have been expecting to drive that F1 car much.
[29:23.120 -> 29:29.280] Out of nowhere, he's in it, testing, like, going round and round and round and round, that's invaluable.
[29:29.280 -> 29:31.920] It's really cool, really cool that he's getting experience.
[29:31.920 -> 29:36.960] And he was quick, well it's so tough because what you really comparing it to?
[29:36.960 -> 29:40.080] Like what whose times are you comparing to?
[29:40.080 -> 29:44.680] In a way I kind of just wish you know I wish Lance all the best but I also wish
[29:44.680 -> 29:50.760] he doesn't quite make it back yet because I want I would like to do the
[29:50.760 -> 29:53.680] first race of the year. It's good that they've got that driver lineup though
[29:53.680 -> 29:57.760] like it just shows how important reserve drivers are. You never know when they're
[29:57.760 -> 30:01.200] gonna get pulled in. Do you want to know what else is important? Go on. The mirrors on
[30:01.200 -> 30:05.320] an F1 car. So important that they made them bigger this year.
[30:05.320 -> 30:06.160] The wing mirrors?
[30:06.160 -> 30:07.160] The wing mirrors, yeah.
[30:07.160 -> 30:10.400] So they're bigger on all cars, or do you get like a-
[30:10.400 -> 30:13.200] On all cars, they're a bit more widescreen.
[30:13.200 -> 30:14.840] Bit more, you can see a bit more.
[30:15.760 -> 30:18.880] Which is, they've obviously realized the importance of it,
[30:18.880 -> 30:21.000] because I think there was a few incidents last year.
[30:21.000 -> 30:22.040] I mean, it happens in general,
[30:22.040 -> 30:23.240] but where people like pulled out,
[30:23.240 -> 30:24.960] you know, Lance pulled out in front of Alonso.
[30:24.960 -> 30:28.320] Are they cameras now? No, no it's glass.
[30:28.320 -> 30:32.040] Um so I haven't read that somewhere I swear I've seen somewhere that they were
[30:32.040 -> 30:35.480] looking at introducing them as cameras. Really? Just so they could get a wider
[30:35.480 -> 30:39.680] shot or something and then you and the garage could like I don't know if this
[30:39.680 -> 30:42.760] is true this could be complete bullshit but apparently they do it looking at it
[30:42.760 -> 30:48.060] so the garage could like control the camera so that if there was a car coming like outside the garage could like move it
[30:48.060 -> 30:49.960] And you could see the car bloody hell
[30:49.960 -> 30:53.880] How does obviously you've only got a certain angle when you're looking in a car forward that sounds crazy?
[30:53.880 -> 30:58.560] There's someone like coming a bit further out. You can't see they could move it a bit, and you'd see him apparently
[30:58.560 -> 31:01.120] They're also fitting to 10 inch. I also don't know if I'm gonna
[31:04.000 -> 31:07.080] If that isn't a thing like like Red Bull, come on.
[31:07.080 -> 31:08.320] Do it, they should do it.
[31:10.400 -> 31:12.320] I've got one final thing on Fab's notebook here,
[31:12.320 -> 31:14.240] but again, it's quite interesting.
[31:14.240 -> 31:15.680] Not really F1 related in a way,
[31:15.680 -> 31:18.280] but Crofty was talking about it on the comms.
[31:18.280 -> 31:20.400] He said, apparently, well,
[31:20.400 -> 31:22.080] I think Anthony Davidson said this,
[31:22.080 -> 31:26.640] 70% of younger siblings are more successful
[31:26.640 -> 31:27.880] than their older sibling.
[31:29.360 -> 31:31.640] Wow, what, like a competitive nature?
[31:31.640 -> 31:35.060] Yeah, when it comes to athletes, I think normally,
[31:35.060 -> 31:36.120] not normally, but you know.
[31:36.120 -> 31:37.640] Yeah, when it comes to athletes,
[31:37.640 -> 31:39.960] I could definitely see it, like when you said,
[31:39.960 -> 31:41.600] cause you're always competing with your older brother
[31:41.600 -> 31:42.440] or older sister.
[31:42.440 -> 31:43.260] Yeah.
[31:43.260 -> 31:44.240] I can definitely see that,
[31:44.240 -> 31:48.480] like even thinking back to when I was a kid. Yeah, sure, well yeah, Alonzo has an older sister,
[31:49.280 -> 31:54.000] LeClaire has an older brother, Lando has an older brother, George Russell has an older brother,
[31:54.000 -> 31:58.720] Lance Stroll has an older sister. I'm sure their older brothers and sisters are doing plenty good
[31:58.720 -> 32:03.680] stuff as well though, you know, let's not discredit them. Yeah well yeah, it depends how you judge,
[32:03.680 -> 32:05.120] you know, what's good or not.
[32:05.120 -> 32:07.000] I know, I definitely get what you mean.
[32:07.000 -> 32:08.720] Like for example, if you're an only child,
[32:08.720 -> 32:10.000] I reckon it would be harder.
[32:10.000 -> 32:11.960] But then Oscar's an only child.
[32:11.960 -> 32:12.800] Is he?
[32:12.800 -> 32:14.640] Yes, he told us, didn't he?
[32:14.640 -> 32:15.480] I guess he did, yeah.
[32:15.480 -> 32:16.300] Yeah, he did.
[32:16.300 -> 32:18.640] And that's another thing you got to think about.
[32:18.640 -> 32:21.440] I reckon a lot of like racing careers aren't able to happen
[32:21.440 -> 32:23.680] because like you might have a brother or sister
[32:23.680 -> 32:26.100] that your parents have got to be able to look after and then they can't
[32:26.100 -> 32:29.780] travel the world with you they can't it's there's so much more that goes into
[32:29.780 -> 32:34.700] we a lot of factors there's so much more that goes into it and I mean it's even
[32:34.700 -> 32:39.300] more amazing because Drive Survive comes out midnight tonight it does and we we
[32:39.300 -> 32:41.940] probably gonna sit up all night and watch all of it I genuinely reckon we
[32:41.940 -> 32:48.120] sit and binge the whole thing like just just watch the whole thing. Yeah it's gonna be like 9, 10 episodes isn't it? Yeah that's
[32:48.120 -> 32:51.800] fine. They're only like 45 minutes each. We're gonna be here till fucking 9 in the morning
[32:51.800 -> 32:55.440] bro. It'll be interesting to see the different story. Have you seen what Lando's done? Have
[32:55.440 -> 32:59.640] you seen the videos he's done? What? He watched it back? Reacting to Drive to Survive and
[32:59.640 -> 33:03.200] like ripping them to shreds. He's like I wasn't even arguing with Daniel then. Oh really?
[33:03.200 -> 33:05.600] Yeah he's like they took the audio from that race, I wasn't even arguing with Daniel then. Yeah, he's like, they've took the audio from that race.
[33:05.600 -> 33:07.600] I wasn't even arguing with Daniel.
[33:07.600 -> 33:09.360] And then when there's a clip of them,
[33:09.360 -> 33:10.840] there's like a clip of Will Buxton,
[33:10.840 -> 33:13.560] he's like, the tension between these two was really rising.
[33:13.560 -> 33:15.680] And Lando's like, no it isn't.
[33:15.680 -> 33:18.080] And there's like a video of them playing.
[33:18.080 -> 33:19.600] It's just so funny to watch.
[33:19.600 -> 33:21.020] So Matt and Tommy from P1,
[33:21.020 -> 33:22.640] they got early access to watch it.
[33:22.640 -> 33:25.240] And so I watched a bit of their live stream earlier.
[33:25.240 -> 33:26.440] They were talking about it.
[33:26.440 -> 33:29.640] And I think Matt gave it a seven out of 10.
[33:29.640 -> 33:31.920] He said, there's less of those narratives now.
[33:31.920 -> 33:33.120] Like it is more legit.
[33:33.120 -> 33:36.960] There's less like bullshit stories made up and stuff.
[33:38.720 -> 33:41.080] But there were a few things that annoyed him
[33:41.080 -> 33:42.680] and I can't remember what he said.
[33:42.680 -> 33:43.520] So-
[33:43.520 -> 33:45.440] We'll get that review once you've watched it.
[33:45.440 -> 33:46.280] Yeah, for sure.
[33:46.280 -> 33:47.800] Because it's like a Drive Survive podcast,
[33:47.800 -> 33:49.040] so people want to know what we think.
[33:49.040 -> 33:50.360] It's important what we think.
[33:50.360 -> 33:52.080] Also, Matt hasn't like texted us
[33:52.080 -> 33:53.560] and said that we're in it.
[33:53.560 -> 33:56.520] No, so that's significantly worrying, guys.
[33:56.520 -> 33:58.920] Bit bummed about that.
[33:58.920 -> 34:00.520] Have you seen what Williams is doing as well?
[34:00.520 -> 34:01.640] Untold story.
[34:01.640 -> 34:02.480] Nope.
[34:02.480 -> 34:04.080] Williams, because obviously to be fair to them,
[34:04.080 -> 34:06.000] they don't get that much time in Drive Survive.
[34:06.000 -> 34:07.000] Like they just don't.
[34:07.000 -> 34:10.120] Right, last year, not much happened for them.
[34:10.120 -> 34:12.840] And they've been filming like almost their own one.
[34:12.840 -> 34:14.280] And they released the channel art for it.
[34:14.280 -> 34:15.680] And it looks just like Drive Survive
[34:15.680 -> 34:17.000] and it's called the Untold Story.
[34:17.000 -> 34:19.080] And it literally just looks exactly like Drive Survive.
[34:19.080 -> 34:20.160] And it's two episodes long,
[34:20.160 -> 34:21.760] but it's like Williams' season.
[34:21.760 -> 34:22.600] Wow.
[34:22.600 -> 34:23.960] And I quite like that they've done that.
[34:23.960 -> 34:25.300] But then it made me think, wow,
[34:25.300 -> 34:27.400] if all the other teams latch onto that,
[34:27.400 -> 34:29.800] everyone's going to end up owning their own content.
[34:29.800 -> 34:31.100] Well, Alfa Romeo have one.
[34:31.100 -> 34:32.600] Yeah, Alfa Romeo do one.
[34:32.600 -> 34:33.600] What's it called again?
[34:33.600 -> 34:35.500] Um, I can't remember.
[34:35.500 -> 34:36.500] Beyond the Buscombe?
[34:36.500 -> 34:37.500] That's the one.
[34:37.500 -> 34:38.700] Yeah, that's the one.
[34:38.700 -> 34:39.500] Something like that.
[34:39.500 -> 34:42.600] It is actually really strange to see him for Soarer,
[34:42.600 -> 34:44.300] um, Ferrari.
[34:44.300 -> 34:46.320] Yeah, and who's the new guy that they've got at McLaren?
[34:48.120 -> 34:50.120] His name is also Andrea, I think.
[34:50.120 -> 34:53.320] It's not Andrea Seagull, is it? Andrea Seagull's gone to Alfa Romeo.
[34:53.320 -> 34:55.120] It's not the Seagull, no, it's the new guy.
[34:55.120 -> 34:57.920] Andrea Seagull is... who's that?
[34:58.520 -> 34:59.320] Adam Seagull.
[34:59.320 -> 35:02.320] Andrea Seagull is Adam Seagull, just to clear that up.
[35:02.320 -> 35:02.720] Yeah, yeah.
[35:02.720 -> 35:04.520] He's now the Alfa Romeo team principal.
[35:04.520 -> 35:05.680] Alfa Romeo? Yeah, isn't he? Adam Seagull's at Alfa Romeo? I Yeah, yeah. He's now the Alfa Romeo team principal. Alfa Romeo?
[35:05.680 -> 35:06.680] Yeah, isn't he?
[35:06.680 -> 35:07.680] Adam Seagull's at Alfa Romeo?
[35:07.680 -> 35:09.520] I'm pretty sure he's a new team principal here, replaced for SORT.
[35:09.520 -> 35:10.520] No way.
[35:10.520 -> 35:13.320] So if we ever spend a little bit of time with Alfa Romeo again this year, we might meet
[35:13.320 -> 35:14.320] Adam Seagull.
[35:14.320 -> 35:15.320] There is a little way to arrange a name.
[35:15.320 -> 35:17.680] But we don't actually know his real name!
[35:17.680 -> 35:20.400] Andreas Seagull is his real name.
[35:20.400 -> 35:21.400] Seagull.
[35:21.400 -> 35:22.400] Seagull, isn't it?
[35:22.400 -> 35:23.400] S-E-I-G-L or something.
[35:23.400 -> 35:24.400] I don't know.
[35:24.400 -> 35:25.760] Andreas Seagull. I'll call him Adam.
[35:25.760 -> 35:29.360] Why did Perez not test today? Do you know?
[35:30.480 -> 35:34.240] I actually googled it, but I didn't really find anything. I didn't really look very hard.
[35:34.240 -> 35:38.160] Maybe Red Bull just went full test. Well, do you reckon Max will test tomorrow?
[35:38.160 -> 35:44.640] What I want to know is why do Red Bull have the power to do that? Like, what if every team was
[35:44.640 -> 35:45.700] like, yeah, fuck it.
[35:45.700 -> 35:47.580] All right, we're only going to send one guy out as well.
[35:47.580 -> 35:49.620] And then there's only 10 people on the grid.
[35:51.440 -> 35:53.700] Why do Red Bull get to do shit like that?
[35:53.700 -> 35:57.180] Red Bull's like that kid at school who was like on the,
[35:57.180 -> 35:59.020] on the, what was that list?
[35:59.020 -> 36:00.620] Pathway, you know, pathway.
[36:00.620 -> 36:01.780] Red Bull's on pathway.
[36:01.780 -> 36:03.100] Yeah, Red Bull's on pathway.
[36:03.100 -> 36:06.000] And they get allowed, like if they're a bit naughty the teacher will be like
[36:06.000 -> 36:08.000] oh well don't worry about it.
[36:08.000 -> 36:10.000] For those of you in America or anywhere else around the world
[36:10.000 -> 36:12.000] pathway basically means you're in like
[36:12.000 -> 36:14.000] year 8 but you're able to take the test
[36:14.000 -> 36:16.000] like in year 12 would.
[36:16.000 -> 36:18.000] Aren't they called like a prefect?
[36:18.000 -> 36:20.000] I don't know. In the states I think that's what they're called.
[36:20.000 -> 36:22.000] A prefect? Possibly yeah.
[36:22.000 -> 36:24.000] You're just a goody two shoes and you do all
[36:24.000 -> 36:45.160] the work and you love the teachers and they put the whole of the red team Maybe it's really clever to just have Max out, because he's going to probably make the
[36:45.160 -> 36:46.160] least mistakes.
[36:46.160 -> 36:49.760] And if Perez and Max have exactly the same car and they put the whole of the red team
[36:49.760 -> 36:54.340] factory on Max for the day and say, look, let's get his stats, there's no one better
[36:54.340 -> 36:58.600] out there probably to drive that car round over and over again and relay back.
[36:58.600 -> 37:00.800] But why can't Checo just be out there as well?
[37:00.800 -> 37:01.840] Yeah, I don't know.
[37:01.840 -> 37:04.480] Maybe it splits the garage.
[37:04.480 -> 37:06.800] To be fair, there's probably an obvious reason why he wasn't out there as well. Yeah I don't know maybe it splits the garage to be fair there's probably an obvious reason why it wasn't out there
[37:06.800 -> 37:10.920] today like it's I don't know. To me it's just all for the looks. But then I'm
[37:10.920 -> 37:14.480] thinking where's Ricciardo? As soon as Aston Martin didn't have a driver out
[37:14.480 -> 37:18.440] there, Dragovic was in. So why didn't they just put Ricciardo out for a day if
[37:18.440 -> 37:21.680] Perez wasn't gonna race? So I don't get it really. Yeah I don't
[37:21.680 -> 37:26.000] understand it but hey that's the whole fun of the. You're not supposed to understand all of it.
[37:26.360 -> 37:26.760] No.
[37:27.080 -> 37:30.200] And we've got another couple of days of testing really to see what makes sense.
[37:30.200 -> 37:34.560] But my takeaways from testing day one is let's go Alonso.
[37:34.560 -> 37:37.280] Like it's good to see him doing a quick lap no matter what.
[37:37.320 -> 37:37.680] Yep.
[37:38.240 -> 37:42.880] McLaren is going to be an interesting one to watch because like Andy Johnson,
[37:42.920 -> 37:43.640] his ass name?
[37:46.720 -> 37:52.400] Anthony Davidson. Anthony, Anthony Anthony Joshua Theo Poitier yeah like Theo Poitier said Lando was really
[37:52.400 -> 37:56.720] really pushing it one lap the same lap like Alonso did you could see that
[37:56.720 -> 38:00.240] they're both really pushing but the McLaren just didn't have the grip in the
[38:00.240 -> 38:04.280] back so oh really he could tell he was really going for it they can set their
[38:04.280 -> 38:07.960] car up don't know because they were talking about how Valtteri Bottas
[38:07.960 -> 38:13.160] has more of a... if his car is gonna slide out he would prefer for
[38:13.160 -> 38:17.200] the front of his car to lose grip rather than the back. Really? So I think
[38:17.200 -> 38:20.760] that means the front of his car is a bit heavier than the back is, not sure.
[38:20.760 -> 38:24.280] Well you said Fernando Alonso, you noticed him changing the buttons more
[38:24.280 -> 38:25.640] than anyone else.
[38:25.640 -> 38:28.920] I've never really looked at anyone else, I've never really seen them do it, but Fernando
[38:28.920 -> 38:33.400] Alonso is like, he is changing his brake bias and pressing all these buttons on his steering
[38:33.400 -> 38:35.240] wheel for pretty much every corner.
[38:35.240 -> 38:39.920] How are you doing that at 200 miles an hour whilst trying to go round corners and that?
[38:39.920 -> 38:44.000] Like the level of knowing where everything is is unbelievable, there's no way he's looking
[38:44.000 -> 38:46.760] at that screen to scroll through to the, you know what I mean?
[38:46.760 -> 38:48.480] It's all muscle memory.
[38:48.480 -> 38:51.020] You wouldn't even really be able to look down.
[38:51.020 -> 38:52.980] I'd love to see what a steering wheel looked like
[38:52.980 -> 38:56.300] when Alonso first raced, compared to how it is now.
[38:56.300 -> 38:57.800] And I wonder what he prefers.
[38:58.760 -> 39:01.660] I think if you were to ask Alonso,
[39:01.660 -> 39:03.480] he's one of those guys that would just rather go
[39:03.480 -> 39:05.920] without all the bells and whistles.
[39:05.920 -> 39:08.400] Because he still loves karting, doesn't he?
[39:08.400 -> 39:12.000] Crofty said that he would say he would be the best reverse parker on the grid.
[39:12.000 -> 39:15.280] He thinks Alonso would be the best reverse parker on the grid.
[39:15.280 -> 39:15.920] Who do you think?
[39:15.920 -> 39:19.440] Well he just said that on commentary when he was asked it and I was thinking who do you reckon it would be?
[39:19.440 -> 39:22.400] The best reverse parker? I reckon...
[39:22.400 -> 39:28.760] I reckon George is absolutely terrible at reverse parking into a bay.
[39:28.760 -> 39:31.600] No, when you put a parallel park in between two cars.
[39:31.600 -> 39:34.200] I don't know why, I just feel like he would just be like,
[39:34.200 -> 39:35.200] I don't want to scratch the car.
[39:35.200 -> 39:36.920] I don't want to scratch the paint.
[39:36.920 -> 39:38.160] I'm getting a phone call!
[39:38.160 -> 39:41.200] I reckon someone like Carlos Sainz would be really good.
[39:41.200 -> 39:42.200] I don't know why.
[39:42.200 -> 39:43.200] Yeah, potentially.
[39:43.200 -> 39:44.200] Who knows?
[39:44.200 -> 39:46.480] I don't know who would Yeah potentially. Who knows I don't know who
[39:46.480 -> 39:49.320] would be the best reverse parker. Let us know who you think would be the best
[39:49.320 -> 39:53.520] reverse parker on our Instagram at pitstop we hope you've enjoyed our
[39:53.520 -> 39:57.360] little podcast after testing day one it's been a been an interesting day of
[39:57.360 -> 40:00.320] testing. It's been eventful we've learned some things we haven't understood
[40:00.320 -> 40:03.520] some things but hey that's the way the cookie crumbles. Yeah and next time we
[40:03.520 -> 40:07.740] speak to you it will be Monday which is perfect because it means
[40:07.740 -> 40:10.820] testing will be over and we'll be able to give you our full review before the
[40:10.820 -> 40:15.000] season. Maybe we could give like our updated driver's standings because I
[40:15.000 -> 40:20.440] mean maybe last time we were a bit ridiculous. Yeah and I fancy a little
[40:20.440 -> 40:23.940] quiz as well. What you want to bring a little quiz to the next ep? Yeah but I want to answer the
[40:23.940 -> 40:25.280] questions I want you to ask me them.
[40:25.280 -> 40:26.200] You want to answer the questions?
[40:26.200 -> 40:29.000] Maybe you could quiz me on stuff that we learn
[40:29.000 -> 40:30.260] from the rest of testing.
[40:30.260 -> 40:31.260] Okay, deal.
[40:31.260 -> 40:32.880] On Sunday, Monday, next week,
[40:32.880 -> 40:34.640] you're going to get a testing quiz.
[40:34.640 -> 40:36.800] Or even about Netflix's Drive to Survive.
[40:36.800 -> 40:38.160] I mean, we're going to discuss that anyway,
[40:38.160 -> 40:39.000] because we would have watched it.
[40:39.000 -> 40:40.440] Oh, the next pod's going to be a big one then.
[40:40.440 -> 40:42.680] We're going to have DTS, testing, and a quiz.
[40:42.680 -> 40:48.240] Guys, you should be excited for this one.s yeah please rate the podcast five stars hit the
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[40:56.440 -> 41:00.280] it's actually illegal though so you shouldn't be worried about that one but
[41:00.280 -> 41:04.600] many years of my time have been spent on LimeWire. Downloaded by polyphonic ringtones
[41:04.600 -> 41:08.000] bluetooth it what was the thing we called Bluetooth before Bluetooth?
[41:08.000 -> 41:10.000] Infrared. Oh my god.
[41:10.000 -> 41:12.000] Do you remember buying a song off the back of a magazine
[41:12.000 -> 41:14.000] and you'd like text a number?
[41:14.000 -> 41:16.000] Before that were like MP3 players and then you had the CD...
[41:16.000 -> 41:18.000] the portable CD players
[41:18.000 -> 41:20.000] Yeah. And then it was iPod.
[41:20.000 -> 41:22.000] And the second iPod come in...
[41:22.000 -> 41:26.200] Yeah, I wasn't around for like portable cassette players
[41:26.200 -> 41:28.200] really, I was a bit too young for that.
[41:29.200 -> 41:30.680] And ladies and gents, before we do leave,
[41:30.680 -> 41:33.040] don't forget the Discord is coming very, very soon.
[41:33.040 -> 41:35.440] We're in the final stages of completion.
[41:35.440 -> 41:37.340] We've had it set up by some amazing guys.
[41:37.340 -> 41:39.720] The Discord is coming very soon.
[41:39.720 -> 41:41.960] We will elaborate on it a bit more once it's out.
[41:41.960 -> 41:44.720] Like there's a reason behind why we're doing this.
[41:44.720 -> 41:45.600] We want to bring you guys together
[41:45.760 -> 41:50.880] But also there will be a few extra little perks and a few extra little bits and bobs that you guys can get your teeth stuck
[41:50.880 -> 41:55.200] into so even if you haven't used discord because me and Jake haven't really used it
[41:55.840 -> 41:58.080] You should check it out. We'll be in there as well
[41:58.080 -> 42:02.160] So from time to time me and Jake will pop in say hello give you guys updates and stuff
[42:02.160 -> 42:07.120] But hopefully it will just kind of run itself like a fan run Discord page.
[42:07.120 -> 42:09.080] We want it to be a safe environment.
[42:09.080 -> 42:10.880] So we're making sure it's getting vetted
[42:10.880 -> 42:12.480] and it's all secure and everything like that.
[42:12.480 -> 42:15.880] But that will be coming very, very soon.
[42:15.880 -> 42:17.880] Yeah, working on lots of exciting stuff.
[42:17.880 -> 42:19.560] I think the next episode is going to be a big one
[42:19.560 -> 42:20.480] before the season.
[42:20.480 -> 42:23.320] And then we've got the first race of the season.
[42:23.320 -> 42:24.240] So ladies and gentlemen,
[42:24.240 -> 42:25.700] the Formula One is officially back
[42:26.100 -> 42:28.100] Get ready for the new season
[42:28.100 -> 42:33.020] We're gonna be right here two episodes a week, and we're gonna be going to lots of races filming lots of videos
[42:33.020 -> 42:35.500] So get ready for an amazing year
[42:35.500 -> 42:36.000] Yeah
[42:36.000 -> 42:38.500] Can't wait to share it with you and outside of that also
[42:38.700 -> 42:44.200] Prepare because the pit stop boys are hitting the road this year you won't believe
[42:44.200 -> 42:45.800] You are giving so much away You this year. You won't believe. You are giving so much away.
[42:45.800 -> 42:46.640] You won't believe.
[42:46.640 -> 42:47.800] You won't believe it.
[42:47.800 -> 42:49.520] What we are working on this year.
[42:49.520 -> 42:51.480] All right, let me just leave it there.
[42:51.480 -> 42:52.320] Hmm.
[42:52.320 -> 42:53.160] Ho ho!
[42:53.160 -> 42:53.980] Ho ho!
[42:53.980 -> 42:56.080] Thank you very much for listening to the Pit Stop Podcast.
[42:56.080 -> 42:58.440] And we'll see you guys on Monday.
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