FAB IS BACK 🤩 Singapore GP Predictions

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast! Fab is FINALLY back from Portugal and Jake couldn't be happier which is great, so we're now back in the flat together and embracing each other with open arms.. no more virtual pods! Anyway its SINGAPORE Race Week and we're gearing up for what looks like is going to be a wet one, so let's dive into it! Plus Fab has a few suggestions on how F1 could be better.. @Pitstop on Instragram - DM us your questions!
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# Pit Stop: Unveiling the Singapore Night Race and Formula One Innovations

## Episode Overview

- Hosts Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca reunite after Fabio's brief absence.
- The podcast welcomes the Singapore Grand Prix, a night race amidst potential rainy conditions.
- The hosts discuss a hypothetical scenario of a power outage during the night race, emphasizing the safety concerns of Formula One cars lacking headlights.

## Innovations in Formula One: A Brainstorming Session

- Jake proposes hosting a Formula One race on a frozen lake, utilizing tires with spikes for traction.
- Fabio suggests an F1 triathlon race, combining driving, sprinting, and cycling, with reserve drivers participating in relay-style segments.
- The hosts consider the possibility of drivers swapping cars mid-race to introduce an element of unpredictability.
- They discuss the potential of requiring teams to purchase affordable cars from Facebook Marketplace and race them in a separate segment.
- The idea of mandating teams to field rookie or new drivers in a few races each season is brought up to provide opportunities for young talents.

## Fernando Alonso's Milestone and Lance Stroll's Performance

- Jake highlights Fernando Alonso's achievement of completing 20,000 laps in Formula One, a record-breaking feat.
- The hosts analyze Lance Stroll's performance this season, comparing it to Alonso's impressive results in the same Aston Martin car.
- They note Stroll's lack of podium finishes and consistently lower placings compared to Alonso.
- The discussion centers around Stroll's underperformance and the unlikelihood of him being replaced due to his father's ownership of the team.

## Concluding Remarks

- The hosts acknowledge the need for a change in Aston Martin's driver lineup, expressing their desire to see Felipe Drugovich take Stroll's place.
- Jake and Fabio emphasize the importance of innovation in Formula One to maintain excitement and attract new audiences.
- The episode concludes with a brief mention of Apple Card's new feature allowing daily cash back to be grown in a high-yield savings account. **Podcast Episode Summary: Post-Italian Grand Prix and Singapore Grand Prix Predictions**

**Key Points:**

* Lance Stroll is underperforming compared to his teammate Fernando Alonso, holding back the Aston Martin team.

* Fernando Alonso is confident in Aston Martin's decision-making and intends to stay in Formula One as long as he has a shot at winning the championship.

* Max Verstappen is seen as a potential future star outside of Formula One, particularly in sim racing and business ventures.

* Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc are also viewed as having promising post-F1 careers, with potential in fashion, music, and other creative fields.

* Nikita Mazepin has been pursuing various activities since leaving Formula One, including DJing, off-road racing, and endurance racing.

* Marcus Armstrong has renewed his contract in IndyCar, which is considered an exciting and challenging racing format.

* The AlphaTauri team is rumored to be receiving upgrades inspired by Red Bull's current car, which could benefit drivers Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda.

* Liam Lawson's recent 11th-place finish and potential for points in Singapore could secure his place on the grid for next season.

* Predictions for the Singapore Grand Prix:

* Sergio Perez in second place, potentially even first

* Fernando Alonso in second or third place due to his skill in wet conditions

* Oscar Piastri in third place

* Wildcard prediction: Liam Lawson finishing in the points (10th place)

* George Russell in fourth place

* The podcast encourages listeners to share their predictions and guest suggestions via Instagram and voice messages.

* A humorous discussion about fake Instagram accounts and sugar daddy/sugar mummy requests concludes the episode.

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[00:59.920 -> 01:05.840] Singapore is a night race, as we know. Loads of people are there. Sadly we're not.
[01:05.840 -> 01:08.000] But I don't even care because Fab's home.
[01:08.000 -> 01:13.520] I couldn't care less just the fact that Fab is home. Oh my god I was going crazy.
[01:13.520 -> 01:16.640] You know you were coming back at 3 and then you didn't get back till like 4?
[01:16.640 -> 01:19.680] At 3 o'clock I was standing by the front door looking through the keyhole.
[01:19.680 -> 01:24.080] And then I'd be going out to the window like looking for your car coming up the road
[01:24.080 -> 01:25.160] and I just couldn't see it.
[01:25.160 -> 01:26.000] I'm pacing around the flat.
[01:26.000 -> 01:27.600] You are literally, we are a couple of dogs, mate.
[01:27.600 -> 01:28.440] Yes.
[01:28.440 -> 01:30.440] ♪♪♪
[01:35.440 -> 01:40.080] Ladies and gents, welcome back to Pit Stop,
[01:40.080 -> 01:43.600] circling the streets of Singapore at night.
[01:43.600 -> 01:44.880] No, I'm only joking, I haven't got one.
[01:44.880 -> 01:45.480] You haven't got one? No, I haven't got one. You haven't got one?
[01:45.480 -> 01:47.400] No, I haven't got one for this week, mate, I haven't.
[01:47.400 -> 01:48.600] Fab is home!
[01:48.600 -> 01:52.000] Fab has officially sat back in front of me, the time has come.
[01:52.000 -> 01:54.400] He has made it back to the United Kingdom.
[01:54.400 -> 01:56.200] Thank the Lord!
[01:56.200 -> 01:59.840] I bared the three-hour plane journey, easy jet flight,
[01:59.840 -> 02:02.120] which, I must say, was quite easy.
[02:02.120 -> 02:03.360] Very nice!
[02:03.360 -> 02:06.200] Do you know what, though? You know how much I don't like flying?
[02:06.200 -> 02:08.200] I've gotten better at it.
[02:08.200 -> 02:09.720] I actually have got great at it.
[02:09.720 -> 02:12.760] I'm cool with flying now, my palms don't get sweaty, everything's all good.
[02:12.760 -> 02:18.320] But I went for a wizzo, I went for a wizzo-mclizzo halfway through the flight, just as I've got
[02:18.320 -> 02:19.320] to the toilet.
[02:19.320 -> 02:20.320] Bing!
[02:20.320 -> 02:24.960] Hi guys, so we are approaching some stormy weather.
[02:24.960 -> 02:28.580] Please could you get back to your seat immediately as we are going to experience some severe turbulence?
[02:28.580 -> 02:30.580] I was are you joy?
[02:31.900 -> 02:37.460] Not good. I've been in the toilet before when there's bad turbulence. It's not it's not ideal really even bouncing around and
[02:38.780 -> 02:42.480] It's so good to have you back my friend. Thanks. It's been the worst
[02:43.460 -> 02:46.000] That's been the worst ten days
[02:46.000 -> 02:50.160] of my life no joke like thank God you're home it was a bit longer wasn't it but
[02:50.160 -> 02:55.360] mate I feel it feels good to be back it was like it was just it was a lovely
[02:55.360 -> 03:01.360] holiday but when you've been out of touch from work, pit stop, the flat, you
[03:01.360 -> 03:05.520] for that long it's like I need to come back home.
[03:05.520 -> 03:06.900] I need to come back, I'm itching.
[03:06.900 -> 03:08.040] Within the first couple of days
[03:08.040 -> 03:09.880] of being on that sunbed by the pool,
[03:09.880 -> 03:12.240] my feet were doing that, my feet were going.
[03:12.240 -> 03:13.400] You deserve the break though.
[03:13.400 -> 03:15.720] You haven't had a holiday like that in years.
[03:15.720 -> 03:16.560] In a long time.
[03:16.560 -> 03:19.320] So I do hope you had the best time.
[03:19.320 -> 03:20.140] It was good.
[03:20.140 -> 03:22.360] I had sun here, I had sun in the United Kingdom.
[03:22.360 -> 03:25.360] I went out down South, I went to a swimming pool.
[03:25.360 -> 03:26.200] You know, I made the most of it.
[03:26.200 -> 03:27.520] A little pool party, was it?
[03:27.520 -> 03:29.560] Yeah, it was a little bit of a pool party.
[03:29.560 -> 03:31.120] You know, I've made the most of it,
[03:31.120 -> 03:33.400] but I have gone crazy about you being here,
[03:33.400 -> 03:37.080] so we've now gone and done our Tesco's food shop.
[03:37.080 -> 03:39.680] Fab is officially back, which means I might eat,
[03:39.680 -> 03:40.720] which is gonna be great.
[03:40.720 -> 03:43.000] I did a little bit of cooking whilst he was away.
[03:43.000 -> 03:43.820] Did ya?
[03:43.820 -> 03:44.660] A little bit.
[03:44.660 -> 03:46.500] What did you cook? I made fajitas, I made some bacon sandwiches.
[03:46.500 -> 03:48.000] Oh nice!
[03:48.000 -> 03:50.000] That sounds very, very good.
[03:50.000 -> 03:52.500] But I'm glad you were back, let me tell ya.
[03:52.500 -> 03:56.500] Do you know what, we had some good feedback because that was the first time that we had done like virtual pod.
[03:57.500 -> 04:02.200] And I wasn't sure how it was gonna go. I thought there was gonna be like loads of lag between the mics and that.
[04:02.200 -> 04:05.680] But we got a few DMs from people and everyone was like, mate, we couldn't even tell the difference.
[04:05.680 -> 04:07.720] Didn't even know that you were not in the same room.
[04:07.720 -> 04:08.680] So happy days.
[04:08.680 -> 04:10.520] There was some amazing DMs on the account actually,
[04:10.520 -> 04:12.800] like that one you replied to and sent that voice note.
[04:12.800 -> 04:15.160] We like to reply to people when they send us a voice note
[04:15.160 -> 04:17.680] because we don't hear from you guys unless you tell us.
[04:17.680 -> 04:19.400] And this guy sent a message saying how much
[04:19.400 -> 04:22.160] he's been loving the pod and then messages mean the world.
[04:22.160 -> 04:23.640] So please do send in a message
[04:23.640 -> 04:25.520] if you've been listening for a while, we appreciate it.
[04:25.520 -> 04:27.120] They do, like all we want to do,
[04:27.120 -> 04:29.200] like all we've, we're very aware that like this,
[04:29.200 -> 04:30.680] we've kind of built this platform,
[04:30.680 -> 04:33.180] but it would never be without the listeners at home.
[04:33.180 -> 04:35.840] So we just want to like entertain you guys.
[04:35.840 -> 04:38.260] We want to do whatever you guys want to hear.
[04:38.260 -> 04:39.600] So DM us.
[04:39.600 -> 04:41.360] It's like when we spoke about dreams,
[04:41.360 -> 04:44.080] the amount of feedback we got from that was crazy.
[04:44.080 -> 04:48.960] We actually probably received more messages of people saying, oh I love that, that was really interesting than
[04:48.960 -> 04:54.120] we do, probably because everything we say about F1 is wrong, but yeah, this is an entertainment
[04:54.120 -> 04:58.440] show hosted by two best mates really, so we just want it to be as fun as we can for the
[04:58.440 -> 05:02.840] listeners. Yeah, so if we ever do like veer off Formula 1 or motorsport for a little bit
[05:02.840 -> 05:07.560] here and there, you know, if some of you don't like it let us know if some of you love it and you love
[05:07.560 -> 05:11.720] hearing other stuff let us know send a little DM hmm if you don't mind hearing
[05:11.720 -> 05:14.800] Jake and Fab talk about dreams by the way I had a crazy dream when I was out
[05:14.800 -> 05:18.560] there well go on then well it was crazy when I woke up well two things happened
[05:18.560 -> 05:22.980] right I woke up in the morning this was a different day my girlfriend said Cor
[05:22.980 -> 05:26.720] what were you dreaming about last night and I was actually didn't remember didn't know what the dream was
[05:26.720 -> 05:31.760] but apparently right I was laying on the bed facing her and she's woken up
[05:31.760 -> 05:40.360] because I'm going my legs were doing this if I was running like I'm sweating
[05:40.360 -> 05:44.280] like it must have been an awful dream but the dream I do remember which
[05:44.280 -> 05:45.400] actually isn't that crazy,
[05:45.400 -> 05:48.320] but I just, I was down by the river.
[05:48.320 -> 05:49.640] It was like, you know where like,
[05:49.640 -> 05:51.760] there's like a river where like the sea comes in?
[05:51.760 -> 05:52.580] Yeah.
[05:52.580 -> 05:54.320] Sort of like a harbor, but like a British harbor.
[05:54.320 -> 05:57.240] So it's not like, like Yaz fucking Marina in Dubai.
[05:57.240 -> 06:01.280] It's like a nice quaint little British sort of town.
[06:01.280 -> 06:03.040] And there was a few people fishing.
[06:03.040 -> 06:08.700] There was some sort of fishing competition going on and I've grabbed this rod right and I fancy myself as a
[06:08.700 -> 06:12.480] fisherman I've caught a few fish in my life and I've cast this rod out into the
[06:12.480 -> 06:17.240] river which wasn't very big and all of a sudden the rod snaps in my hand mate so
[06:17.240 -> 06:23.840] I'm grabbing the rod and I'm yanking this fish and I think what happened was
[06:23.840 -> 06:26.360] because I watched Big Fish, the movie.
[06:26.360 -> 06:27.440] Remember that film?
[06:27.440 -> 06:28.280] Yeah.
[06:28.280 -> 06:29.940] And in that he catches a giant fish.
[06:29.940 -> 06:33.800] I caught this fish, must've been a hundred pounds.
[06:33.800 -> 06:36.920] I don't know what that is in other metric weight, wherever.
[06:36.920 -> 06:39.360] This fish mate was this big.
[06:39.360 -> 06:40.720] In your dream, were you holding it?
[06:40.720 -> 06:42.080] I was holding it, it was huge.
[06:42.080 -> 06:44.040] And what you do is when you go carp fishing,
[06:44.040 -> 06:45.860] if they're like kind of flapping about in your hand
[06:45.860 -> 06:47.140] and they're going a bit crazy,
[06:47.140 -> 06:49.000] you put your thumb in their mouth
[06:49.000 -> 06:50.920] and they suck on your thumb,
[06:50.920 -> 06:51.760] Yeah.
[06:51.760 -> 06:53.320] Like that, and it chills them out
[06:53.320 -> 06:56.160] before you gently put them back in the water.
[06:56.160 -> 06:58.800] So I've tried, in my dream, I've tried to do this,
[06:58.800 -> 07:01.160] but because the fish is so fucking big,
[07:01.160 -> 07:03.040] I've put my whole fist,
[07:03.040 -> 07:05.160] my whole fist in its mouth. And then it's got these giant teeth. So it's like started fucking big, I've put my whole fist in its mouth. My whole fist in its mouth.
[07:05.160 -> 07:06.760] And then it's got these giant teeth.
[07:06.760 -> 07:09.640] So it's like started chewing my arm off.
[07:09.640 -> 07:13.000] Isn't it funny how you remember such individual things
[07:13.000 -> 07:14.320] about your dreams?
[07:14.320 -> 07:17.440] Yeah. Some dreams really stick with you and some don't.
[07:17.440 -> 07:19.160] But because there hasn't been anyone in the flat
[07:19.160 -> 07:21.780] for so long and I've spent like a lot of this time
[07:21.780 -> 07:22.960] on my own, there's been no one here.
[07:22.960 -> 07:23.960] I've just been working.
[07:23.960 -> 07:26.040] My dreams have been crazy.
[07:26.040 -> 07:31.040] And in them, I just have had such like amazing experiences
[07:31.200 -> 07:32.320] or they've been so active.
[07:32.320 -> 07:33.720] And I think it's because I've done nothing
[07:33.720 -> 07:35.460] and spoke to no one in a day.
[07:35.460 -> 07:38.160] So I've gone to sleep with so much in my head
[07:38.160 -> 07:40.120] that like my brain has come to life.
[07:40.120 -> 07:41.300] Cause I had days last week
[07:41.300 -> 07:42.840] where I didn't speak to anyone all day.
[07:42.840 -> 07:44.800] Like I didn't in my mouth say anything.
[07:44.800 -> 07:48.320] I text people, but I didn't even leave the house and say to anything to anyone
[07:48.320 -> 07:50.320] So when I was in my dream it all came alive
[07:50.400 -> 07:56.000] But it was quite exciting. Some of the most crazy chats, some of the most random people. Honestly, my dreams have been more exciting than my life
[07:56.080 -> 08:01.920] For the last like ten days when you haven't been here, so. What we've been talking about recently is like more guests
[08:01.920 -> 08:06.280] We wanted to get on the pod because we didn't we haven't really had as many guests in the August break I
[08:06.280 -> 08:10.080] think last year what happened was we were like inundated with amazing guests
[08:10.080 -> 08:14.640] like in the last summer break because we like pre-booked them but this year we
[08:14.640 -> 08:18.240] had so much stuff going on that we didn't really like pre-book guests so it
[08:18.240 -> 08:21.960] got to August and we like everyone in the f1 world is on holiday yeah I was
[08:21.960 -> 08:24.880] sending emails and everyone was just sending me they're like out of office
[08:24.880 -> 08:25.920] email because they're on holiday which is was sending emails and everyone was just sending me their out of office email
[08:25.920 -> 08:27.480] because they're on holiday, which is fair enough.
[08:27.480 -> 08:30.480] So guys, if you have any particular guests in mind that you want to hear,
[08:30.480 -> 08:31.480] just send us a DM.
[08:31.480 -> 08:35.120] But we also have done loads more guests this year than we did last year.
[08:35.120 -> 08:37.920] Like last year, we'd only done like two or three before summer break.
[08:37.920 -> 08:39.640] That's why we did guest month.
[08:39.640 -> 08:43.560] But this year we've done, we've had multiple guests every month.
[08:43.560 -> 08:47.400] So we've got 15 guests on the leaderboard and we have some good ideas
[08:47.400 -> 08:50.740] for guests lined up like for those who have listened and you listen to the
[08:50.740 -> 08:54.080] Freddy Hunt episode, obviously that is someone you might not have usually
[08:54.080 -> 08:58.480] listened to but it's one of my favorites because it's a story you wouldn't know.
[08:58.480 -> 09:02.680] So I think rather than trying to get all these, I don't know, big-name people or
[09:02.680 -> 09:05.400] stuff like that, that would be an amazing amount of views from the off.
[09:05.400 -> 09:09.000] We're trying to think about who would have an amazing story
[09:09.000 -> 09:10.560] that could come on and tell it.
[09:10.560 -> 09:13.240] And I don't know, that way we can learn something
[09:13.240 -> 09:15.400] and get big behind the scenes even more, really.
[09:15.400 -> 09:17.240] I don't want to hear the same story
[09:17.240 -> 09:18.640] someone else has already had.
[09:18.640 -> 09:21.080] Yeah, and it doesn't have to be like Formula One.
[09:21.080 -> 09:23.400] Like I think, you know, most people who listen to our pod,
[09:23.400 -> 09:27.000] if you're into motorsport, like you might want to hear,
[09:27.000 -> 09:28.700] I mean, the feedback that we get is like,
[09:28.700 -> 09:32.000] is more about the journey into like where they have gotten.
[09:32.000 -> 09:33.520] So like, you know, it doesn't,
[09:33.520 -> 09:35.680] even when we have like, you know,
[09:35.680 -> 09:39.280] people in F1 or F2 on the pod or X drivers
[09:39.280 -> 09:40.840] or anyone surrounding the F1 world,
[09:40.840 -> 09:43.720] like we're never just talking about the here and now of F1,
[09:43.720 -> 09:49.680] we talk about their whole journey. And that's, to to you and me and to a lot of people that listen, that's the interesting part,
[09:49.680 -> 09:55.600] is like their journey. So you know, if you wanted to hear from someone like from MotoGP, from like
[09:55.600 -> 10:00.160] Rally, from WEC, anything like that, or maybe someone who's not even in motorsport, because we
[10:00.160 -> 10:04.320] have done a few people, just high performing people, yeah, like just let us know, like anyone
[10:04.320 -> 10:05.920] out there you want to hear and you think we could get
[10:05.920 -> 10:10.160] on and yeah just look into it. We'll invite them to the flat everyone can come on the sim whether
[10:10.160 -> 10:13.680] they're a racing driver or not the more we open the leaderboard up to people
[10:13.680 -> 10:18.920] that aren't drivers then the further away from the bottom I'm gonna get so I'm
[10:18.920 -> 10:22.640] willing to get as many people on the show that don't drive as possible.
[10:22.640 -> 10:25.480] Exactly I mean Yuki's coach, Michael Italiano,
[10:25.480 -> 10:27.480] is now at the bottom of the leaderboard.
[10:27.480 -> 10:29.320] But I am still top of the go-kart in one.
[10:29.320 -> 10:31.080] But I think we have another guest for that,
[10:31.080 -> 10:33.640] which we're actually gonna try and sort after this podcast.
[10:33.640 -> 10:35.800] Today is the first day Fab has been home.
[10:35.800 -> 10:37.120] It's not like, you know,
[10:37.120 -> 10:38.640] that's where there's been a bit of a gap.
[10:38.640 -> 10:40.080] Fab is finally home.
[10:40.080 -> 10:41.000] Here we go.
[10:41.000 -> 10:43.800] Singapore Grand Prix is coming this weekend.
[10:43.800 -> 10:47.560] A night race. Apparently it's gonna be raining.
[10:47.560 -> 10:48.920] Yeah, I heard that.
[10:48.920 -> 10:50.960] Oh, more rain?
[10:50.960 -> 10:53.600] And you know what, I saw a post about this
[10:53.600 -> 10:55.960] and it was just a question because it was a link
[10:55.960 -> 10:58.240] to a podcast and I only saw it just now,
[10:58.240 -> 10:59.440] so I haven't had the time to read it,
[10:59.440 -> 11:01.760] but the question was really interesting
[11:01.760 -> 11:03.240] and I want your thoughts in it.
[11:03.240 -> 11:08.360] The question was, what happens if all the lights go out mid-race,
[11:08.360 -> 11:10.220] during a night race?
[11:10.220 -> 11:12.080] Like if there's a power cut.
[11:12.080 -> 11:13.440] Where they would, yeah, true, what?
[11:13.440 -> 11:15.200] So mid-race, yeah, and the cars,
[11:15.200 -> 11:16.600] where the cars don't have lights on them, do they?
[11:16.600 -> 11:17.680] They only have the brake lights.
[11:17.680 -> 11:18.960] They don't have headlights.
[11:18.960 -> 11:19.800] No.
[11:21.160 -> 11:22.760] Yeah, that would be a disaster.
[11:22.760 -> 11:24.960] I guess all the cars would have to just brake
[11:24.960 -> 11:27.560] on the side of the track and just wait, no?
[11:27.560 -> 11:28.560] I don't know.
[11:28.560 -> 11:30.880] They wouldn't go out, would they, if there was no lights?
[11:30.880 -> 11:35.400] But then if they went midway round, I don't know, it's an interesting, surely they'd just
[11:35.400 -> 11:36.400] stop and pull over.
[11:36.400 -> 11:39.840] The thing is, I had the same thought as you, was like, well, there's no headlamps on the
[11:39.840 -> 11:40.840] cars, right?
[11:40.840 -> 11:47.520] But I thought, like, you know, the question in my head was, how do you make F1 more exciting?
[11:47.520 -> 11:50.160] Cause F1 is constantly, you know, the same,
[11:50.160 -> 11:51.560] the same thing all the time, which is great.
[11:51.560 -> 11:54.460] That's what F1 is, but taking your head out of it
[11:54.460 -> 11:57.040] for a minute, how do you make F1 more exciting, right?
[11:57.040 -> 12:00.120] Rally. Now in rally, they race at night, mate.
[12:00.120 -> 12:02.880] They race at night and they drive through woods
[12:02.880 -> 12:03.840] and fields and stuff.
[12:03.840 -> 12:05.040] And they've got headlamps on the cars
[12:05.120 -> 12:08.200] Okay, you know, they haven't got floodlights. No, and they still do it
[12:08.200 -> 12:12.320] Yeah, I think how exciting would it be to do a night race in f1?
[12:12.960 -> 12:15.280] But they just got headlamps on the cars and no floodlights
[12:18.240 -> 12:23.580] Very safe mate, they're going 200 miles now and you want them to just go with a headlight
[12:24.080 -> 12:25.060] I'm sure there's
[12:25.060 -> 12:29.580] things they could do in F. Look, we always speak about this and this is one of the
[12:29.580 -> 12:32.900] podcasts you'll get about Formula One where we can throw ridiculous things
[12:32.900 -> 12:38.220] around. What are they actually gonna change? Like, the tracks are probably
[12:38.220 -> 12:41.980] always gonna be pretty similar. That's why I love the bank corners because for
[12:41.980 -> 12:50.080] me that little thing feels a little bit different. I love this, like, I love the bank corners because for me that little thing feels a little bit different I love this like I love certain turns corners that can be really
[12:50.080 -> 12:55.640] exciting yeah what's that famous maggots and Beckett's maggots and Beckett's is
[12:55.640 -> 13:05.960] cool I love the snake at Mexico there's like certain bits of tracks I've got I've got a couple of ideas mate. Oh. Yeah, I do.
[13:05.960 -> 13:11.120] One of them is racing on ice.
[13:11.120 -> 13:13.280] An F1 track on a frozen lake.
[13:13.280 -> 13:15.080] Now I've seen, you laugh, yeah?
[13:15.080 -> 13:16.080] I like it.
[13:16.080 -> 13:19.920] I've seen Red Bull put an F1 car on ice before.
[13:19.920 -> 13:20.920] And it worked.
[13:20.920 -> 13:21.920] It went round.
[13:21.920 -> 13:26.000] So let's put an F1 race on a frozen lake and what's our
[13:26.000 -> 13:34.400] compound would you have for that? Wets? Probably spikes. So you're saying they make
[13:34.400 -> 13:42.080] f1 multi surface so we every week one week would be like mud one week would be
[13:42.080 -> 13:45.680] like ice well now this brings me on to my next idea
[13:45.680 -> 13:50.020] right that would just become another form of racing I'm glad well no
[13:50.020 -> 13:53.440] because it's still a Formula One car it's still a Formula One team
[13:53.440 -> 13:58.160] exactly so this well because there's probably some drivers that would be way
[13:58.160 -> 14:04.440] better on like mud you know I mean this brought me on to my next idea right
[14:04.440 -> 14:05.160] picture this close your eyes for a second my eyes are shut and picture this You know what I mean? This brought me on to my next idea, right?
[14:05.160 -> 14:07.200] Picture this, close your eyes for a second.
[14:07.200 -> 14:08.040] My eyes are shut.
[14:08.040 -> 14:08.880] And picture this, right?
[14:08.880 -> 14:11.360] You know, like at the start of like a universal movie
[14:11.360 -> 14:12.840] when it comes up, it says universal.
[14:12.840 -> 14:16.680] Imagine this, F1 triathlon race.
[14:18.260 -> 14:19.880] Imagine, imagine this, right?
[14:19.880 -> 14:20.720] Hear me out, right?
[14:20.720 -> 14:22.320] All right, all right, my eyes are still shut.
[14:22.320 -> 14:23.960] Everyone always bangs on
[14:23.960 -> 14:26.400] about how F1 drivers are athletes, yeah?
[14:26.400 -> 14:27.240] Yeah.
[14:27.240 -> 14:29.200] You're an athlete, I'm an athlete,
[14:29.200 -> 14:31.860] I take an ice bath, I do this, that, and the other.
[14:31.860 -> 14:35.300] If you're an athlete, prove it to me, right?
[14:35.300 -> 14:39.400] So the F1 triathlon race, it's lights out and away we go.
[14:39.400 -> 14:40.700] They go out on the circuit,
[14:40.700 -> 14:43.680] they do 10 laps in the car, right?
[14:43.680 -> 14:47.180] All of a sudden, everyone stops, everyone gets out the circuit, they do 10 laps in the car, right? All of a sudden, everyone stops, everyone gets out the car
[14:47.180 -> 14:50.520] and they've got to fucking sprint a lap of the circuit.
[14:50.520 -> 14:51.800] All right, so all the drivers,
[14:51.800 -> 14:53.280] it's like a relay race, yeah?
[14:53.280 -> 14:56.400] They get out, they've all got to sprint one lap,
[14:56.400 -> 14:58.680] you and me have done it, we ran around Silverstone.
[14:58.680 -> 15:00.080] We did run around Silverstone.
[15:00.080 -> 15:02.040] We got to sprint one lap of the track.
[15:02.040 -> 15:02.880] Crawled, whatever we did.
[15:02.880 -> 15:05.240] But there'd still be people driving. If not we did. But there'd still be people driving.
[15:05.240 -> 15:06.580] If not everyone was in,
[15:06.580 -> 15:09.520] there'd still be people driving while someone's running.
[15:09.520 -> 15:11.440] Well, that's what makes it dangerous, all right?
[15:11.440 -> 15:13.640] No, it can't be that.
[15:13.640 -> 15:14.480] They all get out.
[15:14.480 -> 15:15.760] No, because after 10 laps,
[15:15.760 -> 15:18.840] like Max isn't gonna be a whole lap ahead of someone.
[15:18.840 -> 15:19.680] You know?
[15:19.680 -> 15:21.400] I don't know, maybe two.
[15:21.400 -> 15:22.420] I think you'd be all right.
[15:22.420 -> 15:23.260] So they all get out,
[15:23.260 -> 15:25.000] they all gotta sprint a lap of the track, right?
[15:25.000 -> 15:29.000] Back in the cars, yeah? But they're not F1 cars, alright?
[15:29.000 -> 15:39.000] Each team on the F1 grid has to spend £1000 out of the budget cap on a shitty car that they found on Facebook Marketplace.
[15:39.000 -> 15:41.000] Yeah, that's the rule, is it?
[15:41.000 -> 15:42.000] That's the rule.
[15:42.000 -> 15:45.040] It has to be on Facebook marketplace and under a thousand pounds.
[15:45.040 -> 15:47.440] And then all of a sudden there is no like,
[15:47.440 -> 15:49.280] oh, you know, Red Bull had the better car.
[15:49.280 -> 15:50.240] Cause they're all shit.
[15:50.240 -> 15:51.880] You know, there will still be cars that are better,
[15:51.880 -> 15:53.040] but that's down to the,
[15:53.040 -> 15:54.400] that's not down to Adrian Newey,
[15:54.400 -> 15:56.640] like pencil drawing a fucking new wing.
[15:56.640 -> 15:59.620] That's like who can buy the best car for under a grand.
[15:59.620 -> 16:01.020] Okay. Top gear style.
[16:01.920 -> 16:03.760] You remember the car park at Imola?
[16:03.760 -> 16:04.600] Yeah.
[16:04.600 -> 16:05.440] You remember it rained last year?
[16:05.440 -> 16:07.240] Getting stuck in the mud and they were pulling cars out
[16:07.240 -> 16:08.080] with tractors, yeah.
[16:08.080 -> 16:10.800] Yeah, it was muddy and it was ridiculous.
[16:10.800 -> 16:12.600] All the fans were caught in the car park.
[16:12.600 -> 16:14.560] It was a field, it rained, it was awful.
[16:14.560 -> 16:17.280] Each driver then has to do three laps
[16:17.280 -> 16:19.400] around the muddy car park
[16:19.400 -> 16:23.300] in this shitty thousand pound car they bought off Facebook.
[16:23.300 -> 16:24.140] Yeah?
[16:24.140 -> 16:26.400] Three laps. Back to the circuit three laps, back to the circuit.
[16:26.400 -> 16:28.620] They ran back to the circuit, back to the F1 cars,
[16:28.620 -> 16:30.600] 10 more laps around the circuit,
[16:30.600 -> 16:33.440] and then it becomes a proper relay race from here on.
[16:33.440 -> 16:38.160] Each driver, after 10 laps, has to get out the car,
[16:38.160 -> 16:40.200] they have to pass the wheel.
[16:40.200 -> 16:41.040] Pass the wheel!
[16:41.040 -> 16:42.520] Pass the steering wheel, right?
[16:42.520 -> 16:43.560] Or just get out the car,
[16:43.560 -> 16:45.080] and they have to trade
[16:45.080 -> 16:46.800] with a reserve driver.
[16:46.800 -> 16:49.640] So each team, this is like the only bit
[16:49.640 -> 16:50.760] which actually could work, right?
[16:50.760 -> 16:52.280] So each team have like two, what,
[16:52.280 -> 16:54.120] at least two reserve drivers, don't they?
[16:54.120 -> 16:55.000] Yeah.
[16:55.000 -> 16:56.740] So both team members have to get out
[16:56.740 -> 17:00.600] and they have to hand the car to the reserve drivers
[17:00.600 -> 17:02.360] and they've got to do 10 laps.
[17:04.040 -> 17:07.100] That's the believable part out of all of it, I would say.
[17:07.100 -> 17:09.060] That would be mad interesting.
[17:09.060 -> 17:10.860] It's a full on triathlon.
[17:10.860 -> 17:13.180] So, you know, Lance Stroll's handing over to-
[17:13.180 -> 17:14.900] I'm surprised you haven't been swimming.
[17:14.900 -> 17:17.660] Well, just wait till I get to the end.
[17:17.660 -> 17:18.500] All right.
[17:18.500 -> 17:20.300] Filippo Dragovic and the Aston Martin,
[17:20.300 -> 17:23.540] you've got Liam Lawson going out in the AlphaTauri.
[17:23.540 -> 17:25.280] You've got, you know, whoever Red Bull have got,
[17:25.280 -> 17:26.120] I don't know.
[17:26.120 -> 17:26.940] Schwarzman.
[17:26.940 -> 17:28.120] Schwarzman in the Ferrari.
[17:28.120 -> 17:29.480] That would be interesting, I think.
[17:29.480 -> 17:30.720] That'd be really fun.
[17:30.720 -> 17:34.280] Yeah, but it also is a completely different sport to F1.
[17:34.280 -> 17:37.000] The only thing from that I took that could work,
[17:37.000 -> 17:38.480] what about if-
[17:38.480 -> 17:40.200] Was the face of marketplace car, right?
[17:40.200 -> 17:41.160] Yeah, that's right.
[17:41.160 -> 17:43.480] I would love to see the whole F1 grid,
[17:43.480 -> 17:45.320] but get a car face a marketplace.
[17:45.320 -> 17:47.320] Like that's the kind of thing I'd love us to set up.
[17:47.320 -> 17:49.160] Like if we could get 20 grand together,
[17:49.160 -> 17:51.680] we got all the drivers, we bought them all a car
[17:51.680 -> 17:53.200] and they all just race around a track.
[17:53.200 -> 17:54.800] That would be great.
[17:54.800 -> 17:57.580] What about if every race,
[17:57.580 -> 18:01.240] there was a deal where both drivers have to swap cars?
[18:02.520 -> 18:06.400] So like my red Max, red Max would have to get in Sergio's and Sergio would have
[18:06.400 -> 18:08.320] to get into Matt's. That's it. That's just the game plan.
[18:08.320 -> 18:09.560] Yeah, but if George had to swap-
[18:09.560 -> 18:11.160] But then it wouldn't work, because what if one BNF?
[18:11.160 -> 18:13.440] If George had to swap with Lewis, Lewis couldn't reach the pedals.
[18:13.440 -> 18:15.400] That's true, so that wouldn't work.
[18:15.400 -> 18:19.480] No, but I think the reserve driver thing could be really interesting. But then finally, right,
[18:19.480 -> 18:27.040] so just to round up here, after 10 laps again, then finally, right, you know, if there, if it's Monaco, if it's Yas Marina,
[18:27.040 -> 18:27.880] the drivers have to get-
[18:27.880 -> 18:28.920] They really thought about this.
[18:28.920 -> 18:30.600] They got to get out of the car,
[18:30.600 -> 18:33.360] they got to dive in the fucking bay and swim 10 lengths.
[18:35.320 -> 18:37.160] Then back to the track,
[18:37.160 -> 18:39.520] then they got to cycle 10 laps.
[18:39.520 -> 18:41.800] You really are trying to get something new
[18:41.800 -> 18:43.160] out of Formula One now, innit?
[18:43.160 -> 18:45.680] And then finally back to the car and then drive 10 laps.
[18:45.680 -> 18:50.160] I think this would be like, this shouldn't be every race, but this could be like an end
[18:50.160 -> 18:53.840] of year, or once every couple of years, like an all-stars thing.
[18:53.840 -> 18:55.240] For a charity thing?
[18:55.240 -> 18:56.240] Yeah.
[18:56.240 -> 19:00.240] Like a charity F1 triathlon?
[19:00.240 -> 19:01.880] It would be quite good fun to see what they could do.
[19:01.880 -> 19:03.040] I think it'd be fun.
[19:03.040 -> 19:07.040] But then at the same time, it costs so much, these cars, are they going to put them through the extra?
[19:08.200 -> 19:09.800] I don't think they're going to do any of that to be honest.
[19:09.800 -> 19:11.800] I don't think they'd even bat a fucking eyelid at my idea.
[19:11.800 -> 19:13.440] But it's my idea and I like it.
[19:14.160 -> 19:19.040] I do like the idea of them potentially trying to get a reserve driver in the car.
[19:19.320 -> 19:23.600] Any idea of trying to get more people driving for a team, I'm a big fan of.
[19:23.600 -> 19:28.120] Because I look at the Dragobits situation and want to see him driving. Yeah you look at the Liam Lawson
[19:28.120 -> 19:31.880] situation, a reserve driver, has gone out and he's managed to finish you know races
[19:31.880 -> 19:35.120] you look at Nick Davries managed to get in there. Could they not make it you know
[19:35.120 -> 19:38.840] at the moment they have to do like three P1 appearances they have to do three
[19:38.840 -> 19:42.860] practice appearances for each team over the season. I thought it was two. Or two
[19:42.860 -> 19:46.640] for the youth. Could they not just make that like two races?
[19:46.640 -> 19:52.760] For like for two races a year, each team has to pick a rookie or has to pick someone new
[19:52.760 -> 19:53.760] to drive for them?
[19:53.760 -> 19:55.520] I think that'd be mega.
[19:55.520 -> 19:57.840] That would be so cool.
[19:57.840 -> 20:02.280] Because you have to think these reserve drivers, they do have to keep up their fitness in case
[20:02.280 -> 20:03.280] something crazy happens.
[20:03.280 -> 20:04.280] They have to be at a race as well.
[20:04.280 -> 20:06.080] Yeah, like the Daniel Ricciardo and Liam Lawson thing.
[20:06.080 -> 20:09.480] Because if they pulled into F1 randomly you want to know that they actually can handle
[20:09.480 -> 20:12.600] the car for that many laps.
[20:12.600 -> 20:17.600] The man that can handle the car for a lot of laps is Fernando Alonso because when he
[20:17.600 -> 20:25.000] crossed the line at Monza he has officially completed 20,000 laps in Formula 1.
[20:26.280 -> 20:30.080] That is quite a big amount of laps, isn't it?
[20:30.080 -> 20:32.000] That's the first time anyone's ever done that in Formula 1.
[20:32.000 -> 20:35.320] That is the first time anyone has ever done 20,000 laps.
[20:35.320 -> 20:37.620] I've got some stuff about Alonso, actually.
[20:39.760 -> 20:42.880] Well, it's about Alonso and Stroll, right?
[20:42.880 -> 20:45.780] So, you and me have spoken recently about
[20:45.780 -> 20:49.380] Logan Sargent and how he's performing this year and we've also discussed
[20:49.380 -> 20:52.940] Checo they've been two kind of big topics of what we've been chatting about
[20:52.940 -> 21:00.460] recently but we haven't really spoken about Lance Stroll that much and we have
[21:00.460 -> 21:05.920] a little bit but we haven't really kind of looked at his performance and kind of compared it.
[21:05.920 -> 21:09.560] So I saw a post from Nico Rosberg,
[21:09.560 -> 21:11.360] and he basically said that Lance Stroll
[21:11.360 -> 21:12.880] needs to get his act together
[21:12.880 -> 21:14.240] because his performance right now
[21:14.240 -> 21:17.000] is not sustainable for the team.
[21:17.000 -> 21:17.840] It's not.
[21:17.840 -> 21:19.800] When you got someone, when you got the car how it is,
[21:19.800 -> 21:21.680] which is better than it's ever been,
[21:21.680 -> 21:24.480] and you've got Alonso put in that car
[21:24.480 -> 21:30.040] where he has this year, Lance Stroll just hasn't really been cut in it to be honest so
[21:30.040 -> 21:34.880] or at least that's what I thought so I went through all the races so far this
[21:34.880 -> 21:38.960] year and I looked at where they've both finished right so if you want to hear
[21:38.960 -> 21:47.160] this this is I'd love to hear it Bahrain first, first race of the year, Alonso third on the podium, stroll sixth.
[21:47.160 -> 21:51.080] Saudi, Alonso third, stroll DNF.
[21:51.080 -> 21:53.920] Australia, Alonso third, stroll fourth.
[21:53.920 -> 21:54.760] Not bad from stroll there.
[21:54.760 -> 21:57.160] Fourth is, that's fourth and sixth so far.
[21:57.160 -> 21:59.000] Goes downhill from here.
[21:59.000 -> 22:02.500] Azerbaijan, Alonso fourth, stroll seventh.
[22:02.500 -> 22:06.100] Miami, Alonso third, stroll seventh. Miami, Alonso third, stroll 12th.
[22:06.100 -> 22:10.500] Monaco, Alonso second, stroll DNF.
[22:10.500 -> 22:13.860] Spain, Alonso seventh, stroll sixth.
[22:13.860 -> 22:15.320] That's the only time that he's finished
[22:15.320 -> 22:16.820] above Alonso all year.
[22:17.720 -> 22:22.580] Austria, sorry, Canada, Alonso second, stroll ninth.
[22:22.580 -> 22:25.600] Austria, Alonso fifth, stroll ninth. Silverstone, Alonso seventh, Stroll ninth. Austria, Alonso fifth, Stroll ninth.
[22:25.600 -> 22:29.160] Silverstone, Alonso seventh, Stroll 14th.
[22:29.160 -> 22:32.240] Hungary, Alonso ninth, Stroll 10th.
[22:32.240 -> 22:34.900] Belgium, Alonso fifth, Stroll ninth.
[22:35.800 -> 22:36.640] Fucking hell.
[22:38.400 -> 22:41.960] Netherlands, Alonso second, Stroll 11th.
[22:41.960 -> 22:45.720] And finally, Monza, Alonso ninth, Stroll 16th. and finally Monza, Alonso 9th, Stroll 16th.
[22:45.720 -> 22:47.200] So when you work this out right,
[22:47.200 -> 22:52.200] Alonso has a 50% podium success rate this year.
[22:52.360 -> 22:55.840] 50% in that Aston Martin is decent.
[22:55.840 -> 22:59.520] He's made the podium seven times this year in 14 races
[22:59.520 -> 23:01.420] and Stroll hasn't made one podium.
[23:02.360 -> 23:04.200] Same car, hasn't made a single podium.
[23:04.200 -> 23:06.760] Stroll isn't a two-time world champion.
[23:06.760 -> 23:07.600] He isn't.
[23:08.940 -> 23:12.340] A lot of it has got to come down to just that though, surely.
[23:12.340 -> 23:13.640] And you've got to think about it,
[23:13.640 -> 23:15.440] there isn't another world champion on the grid
[23:15.440 -> 23:17.160] that they could just grab for their team.
[23:17.160 -> 23:19.400] You've only got Alonso, Lewis and Max
[23:19.400 -> 23:21.160] on the grid that are world champions.
[23:21.160 -> 23:23.120] It's not like they can just pull another
[23:23.120 -> 23:28.320] world champion in for the seat. I'm with you and I think everyone agrees,
[23:28.320 -> 23:33.480] Stroll is underperforming. One, he's probably never gonna go anywhere is he
[23:33.480 -> 23:36.760] as we always say. Well that's the thing mate, Aston Martin have said that their
[23:36.760 -> 23:43.080] driver lineup will remain unchanged for 2024. So I don't know about you but it's
[23:43.080 -> 23:47.500] come pretty evident to me that someone has to take out Lance Frel.
[23:48.800 -> 23:49.900] Alright.
[23:49.900 -> 23:51.900] Mike Crack might have to hire a hitman.
[23:51.900 -> 23:55.400] It's because we just want Dragovich in there.
[23:55.400 -> 23:56.400] Poison Berries.
[23:56.400 -> 23:57.400] Poison Berries?
[23:57.400 -> 23:58.400] Another cycling accident.
[23:58.400 -> 23:59.400] He's the son of the owner of the team.
[23:59.400 -> 24:03.900] Something has to happen, mate, because that's what I mean. He's not going to get rid of him.
[24:03.900 -> 24:07.080] How do you think Lance feels?
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[25:33.640 -> 25:38.920] Because he knows that he's in a car that has the ability to podium. Well, not maybe not
[25:38.920 -> 25:42.520] every week at the moment, you know, it's struggling a little bit now, but towards the start of
[25:42.520 -> 25:47.360] the season it was great. But like Lance must feel not gutted,
[25:47.360 -> 25:49.360] but like that will push him.
[25:49.360 -> 25:50.320] He's a racing driver.
[25:50.320 -> 25:51.880] You know, he's got every interest
[25:51.880 -> 25:53.320] of being an F1 world champion,
[25:53.320 -> 25:55.160] whether he's getting the results right now or not.
[25:55.160 -> 25:56.000] Like.
[25:56.000 -> 25:57.480] Yeah, I think he feels a lot of pressure for sure.
[25:57.480 -> 26:00.720] And also I don't even reckon his hand is fully fixed yet.
[26:00.720 -> 26:02.480] There's still the clips of when he drives,
[26:02.480 -> 26:04.240] you can see he still does things weird
[26:04.240 -> 26:08.240] with the steering wheel. A broken hand isn't just like a yep it's fixed
[26:08.240 -> 26:12.160] and also the pressure they're putting on them hands you know every couple of
[26:12.160 -> 26:16.920] weeks is gonna probably undo any of the healing you know you'd reckon you'd need
[26:16.920 -> 26:21.160] a long time off to actually fix a hand. Fully fix it yeah. We might notice it when
[26:21.160 -> 26:24.240] Ricciardo comes back. That's the thing mate it does make me wonder like what's
[26:24.240 -> 26:26.680] it's such a shame for Ricciardo, after having that year off,
[26:26.680 -> 26:28.280] finally comes back and then that happens.
[26:28.280 -> 26:32.280] Like, yeah, who knows how long it's going to take for him to fix his wrists.
[26:32.280 -> 26:35.880] Yeah, I mean, there's not really any excuses I can make for Stroll.
[26:35.880 -> 26:39.080] I mean, I want to see Aston Martin up there.
[26:39.080 -> 26:41.280] We love the whole Aston Martin team, the whole set up.
[26:41.280 -> 26:42.280] I just...
[26:42.280 -> 26:44.080] It's funny, as well.
[26:44.080 -> 26:45.800] I just want to see Stroll I'd
[26:45.800 -> 26:50.280] rather Stroll do something amazing then us sit here and say he's got a go like
[26:50.280 -> 26:53.680] I'd rather he surprised us well it's all about perspective because it's easy to
[26:53.680 -> 26:56.960] look at the points difference it's easy to look at where they're finishing and
[26:56.960 -> 27:02.240] the points difference Alonso with 170 points so far Stroll with 47 points so
[27:02.240 -> 27:07.480] you can look at it like that but then then Mike Crack kind of, he did say like, you know,
[27:07.480 -> 27:09.520] on average, there's only about three tenths
[27:09.520 -> 27:11.320] between their drivers, which is nothing.
[27:11.320 -> 27:14.280] Yeah, and as a team, Aston Martin are fourth
[27:14.280 -> 27:15.500] in the driver's standings.
[27:15.500 -> 27:17.560] They are going to be happy with that
[27:17.560 -> 27:19.440] because they are not better than Red Bull.
[27:19.440 -> 27:20.720] They're not better than Mercedes
[27:20.720 -> 27:22.480] and they're not better than Ferrari.
[27:22.480 -> 27:24.400] That's, and to be honest,
[27:24.400 -> 27:25.840] they probably can't even believe they're not better than Ferrari. That's, and to be honest, they probably can't even believe
[27:25.840 -> 27:27.160] they're ahead of McLaren.
[27:27.160 -> 27:31.000] I mean, and they've almost got double McLaren's points.
[27:31.000 -> 27:34.760] McLaren have got 115, Aston Martin have got 217.
[27:34.760 -> 27:37.000] McLaren might pick up more towards the end of the year,
[27:37.000 -> 27:39.600] but Aston Martin probably would have bit your hand off
[27:39.600 -> 27:42.160] for fourth at the beginning of the year, I think.
[27:42.160 -> 27:45.760] I agree, mate, but the one part I don't agree about that with is them being better than Mercedes at the beginning of the year, I think. I agree, mate, but the one part I don't agree about that with
[27:45.760 -> 27:48.040] is them being better than Mercedes at the minute,
[27:48.040 -> 27:51.720] because Alonso is ahead of Lewis in the championship,
[27:51.720 -> 27:53.960] and George Russell's got 109 points.
[27:53.960 -> 27:58.640] So if Lance had been performing better,
[27:58.640 -> 27:59.960] he could be, you know,
[27:59.960 -> 28:02.520] he could have gathered more points than George.
[28:02.520 -> 28:04.080] You know, they could be third in the championship.
[28:04.080 -> 28:05.080] Yeah, definitely.
[28:05.080 -> 28:08.440] It's Lance definitely holding the team back without a doubt.
[28:08.440 -> 28:11.160] But I'd say Russell is probably a much,
[28:11.160 -> 28:13.680] much better driver than Lance.
[28:13.680 -> 28:15.240] Yeah, I don't, I don't really, I can't really speak on it.
[28:15.240 -> 28:18.280] I don't really know, but speaking on Alonso,
[28:18.280 -> 28:19.840] he's come out and said something.
[28:19.840 -> 28:21.520] So I'm just on GPfans.com.
[28:21.520 -> 28:23.560] Yeah, he came out and said that Aston Martin
[28:23.560 -> 28:27.120] aren't making mistakes like every other team.
[28:27.120 -> 28:27.940] Oh really?
[28:27.940 -> 28:30.000] That's not what I've got, but that's interesting.
[28:30.000 -> 28:31.560] No, he just, and it made me think,
[28:31.560 -> 28:33.400] is he talking about budget caps?
[28:33.400 -> 28:37.040] Is he talking about, I don't know, upgrades?
[28:37.040 -> 28:39.740] Is he, what's he talking about there?
[28:39.740 -> 28:42.040] I think he believes in the team
[28:42.040 -> 28:43.480] and I think he will stay with the team
[28:43.480 -> 28:45.280] because they're not making mistakes
[28:45.280 -> 28:51.920] and he has basically said one condition his one condition for staying in F1 beyond 2024
[28:52.480 -> 28:58.160] is that he will he intends to keep driving in Formula One as long as he has a small shot at
[28:58.160 -> 29:02.800] winning the championship still so he believes that he could still win the championship and that's why
[29:02.320 -> 29:06.320] So he believes that he could still win the championship and that's why he's staying in Formula One.
[29:06.320 -> 29:10.880] And what he basically did was he compared himself
[29:10.880 -> 29:13.560] to himself back in the day,
[29:13.560 -> 29:15.560] because he said the cars are very different now.
[29:15.560 -> 29:17.720] So it says here, Alonso was keen to point out
[29:17.720 -> 29:20.800] the differences between the cars that he started out with
[29:20.800 -> 29:22.520] compared to what he races now.
[29:22.520 -> 29:24.960] And he said, when I started in 2001,
[29:24.960 -> 29:28.440] we still had an ignition switch in a largely analog car.
[29:28.440 -> 29:30.800] Now the car like is completely different.
[29:32.760 -> 29:33.720] But two decades later,
[29:33.720 -> 29:36.000] I can see how technology is changing the game.
[29:36.000 -> 29:38.960] If I had to race against Alonso in 2006,
[29:38.960 -> 29:41.960] I'd beat him exactly because of those details.
[29:41.960 -> 29:45.360] So he's saying he would have beaten himself
[29:45.360 -> 29:47.440] even back when he was a world champion
[29:47.440 -> 29:48.800] in the car that they're in now.
[29:48.800 -> 29:50.840] Yeah, I'm sure he probably would.
[29:50.840 -> 29:53.540] So he must believe that he's,
[29:53.540 -> 29:55.960] I mean, of course, every driver on the grid still believes,
[29:55.960 -> 29:57.780] but you know what Alonso's like,
[29:57.780 -> 30:00.000] you've seen him make these rash decisions in the past
[30:00.000 -> 30:01.120] where he leaves teams and stuff.
[30:01.120 -> 30:01.960] He obviously thinks he can win.
[30:01.960 -> 30:03.540] He says that this is the best decision he's ever made,
[30:03.540 -> 30:04.720] going to Aston Martin.
[30:04.720 -> 30:06.360] He does love it there.
[30:06.360 -> 30:08.320] And you see all the pictures of him with Mikey
[30:08.320 -> 30:10.640] and that, you know that he loves the team.
[30:10.640 -> 30:12.760] He's definitely at home there, definitely coming.
[30:12.760 -> 30:15.160] It's definitely the Fernando Alonso show,
[30:15.160 -> 30:18.560] whether it's Stroll's dad owning it or not,
[30:18.560 -> 30:20.200] it is the Fernando Alonso show.
[30:20.200 -> 30:22.240] He's the face of Aston Martin.
[30:22.240 -> 30:23.920] Oh mate, I still think he's the face of F1,
[30:23.920 -> 30:24.760] to be honest.
[30:24.760 -> 30:30.260] Well, he is definitely one of them. He's one of the most famous drivers ever. He's one of the best drivers ever like to me
[30:31.160 -> 30:33.160] Ronaldinho is the face of football
[30:33.440 -> 30:39.040] Always say this he's the face of football. He was a big football. Yeah, he was a massive player
[30:39.040 -> 30:44.320] All right without being stupid. I would say Cristiano Ronaldo is still the face of football
[30:44.960 -> 30:48.080] Definitely one of the most yeah, he's well the most followed person on
[30:48.080 -> 30:51.800] Instagram really is he really yeah how many followers he got I don't know maybe
[30:51.800 -> 30:56.640] like 600 700 million what something like that there's a lot of people isn't it
[30:56.640 -> 31:00.920] all right so Cristiano Ronaldo you know at the top of the food chain I probably
[31:00.920 -> 31:03.960] sound like a dad here like all my facts are outdated when it comes to football
[31:03.960 -> 31:08.120] but let's have a quick look now on Instagram Cristiano Ronaldo. That was a guess
[31:08.120 -> 31:14.160] I know he's got the most mouse, but I'd assume it's probably in the 600. He's got 604 million, right?
[31:14.160 -> 31:19.580] That's a lot of followers and then you've got Lewis Hamilton right at the top of the f1 food chain
[31:20.960 -> 31:22.960] 34.5 million yeah
[31:28.040 -> 31:33.440] Completely different sport completely different and then Max Verstappen with 10 mil. I'm actually surprised Max has 10 mil followers. He's got 10 mil followers
[31:33.440 -> 31:38.320] real quick, really. Because Lewis has been around for a lot longer and been succeeding
[31:38.320 -> 31:42.200] for a lot longer. And does a lot of other stuff outside of Formula One, I guess. But
[31:42.200 -> 31:45.800] Max is very loved everywhere other than UK media.
[31:45.800 -> 31:47.560] Max is loved worldwide.
[31:47.560 -> 31:49.840] Everything I see from him anywhere else is great,
[31:49.840 -> 31:51.480] but then the UK media,
[31:51.480 -> 31:55.240] because of Lewis and everything and Russell and Lando,
[31:55.240 -> 31:56.720] the UK media will be the first,
[31:56.720 -> 31:58.880] and we're from the UK, like I see it.
[31:58.880 -> 31:59.960] There's so much shit.
[31:59.960 -> 32:03.120] They just want to write about this and Max, this and Max.
[32:03.120 -> 32:06.040] Which driver on the current grid
[32:06.040 -> 32:11.780] Do you think we'll have like the the kind of the biggest career outside of f1 when they leave?
[32:15.240 -> 32:17.240] Oh
[32:17.600 -> 32:21.440] On the current grid on the current grid so like will continue to grow their following
[32:21.440 -> 32:23.940] I think I'm themselves as a person as a figure
[32:23.940 -> 32:26.280] I think max will have a massive career
[32:26.280 -> 32:28.640] outside of like actually racing cars.
[32:28.640 -> 32:29.480] Really?
[32:29.480 -> 32:31.320] Cause you know, he's launching his own racing team.
[32:31.320 -> 32:32.160] Yeah.
[32:32.160 -> 32:34.280] I could see him like completely changing the game
[32:34.280 -> 32:37.600] for sim racing, because he's massive about that.
[32:37.600 -> 32:38.720] So I agree with that.
[32:38.720 -> 32:39.720] Like, I think he could be like,
[32:39.720 -> 32:42.040] he could own businesses and do this, that and the other
[32:42.040 -> 32:43.880] and never step away from racing.
[32:43.880 -> 32:46.800] But I mean kind of like them as a celebrity,
[32:46.800 -> 32:48.560] as a star, as a single person.
[32:48.560 -> 32:51.900] I'd probably say Russell could do very well,
[32:51.900 -> 32:56.160] like fashion, like high-end stuff.
[32:56.160 -> 32:58.720] I don't know what, maybe it could be James Bond.
[32:58.720 -> 32:59.560] I don't know.
[32:59.560 -> 33:02.320] I think, you know what I mean?
[33:02.320 -> 33:03.280] Johnny English.
[33:03.280 -> 33:06.200] I think Lando is going to be very successful anyway because Johnny English! I think Lando's gonna be very successful anyway
[33:06.200 -> 33:09.000] cause he's very, like, he's just a clued up great guy.
[33:09.000 -> 33:11.240] Like, whatever he touches will turn to gold.
[33:11.240 -> 33:13.800] I thought Lando, I think he's a likeable guy.
[33:13.800 -> 33:14.640] I think he'll do a lot of fun stuff.
[33:14.640 -> 33:15.460] But then you've got like, Charles Leclerc,
[33:15.460 -> 33:17.440] who can release music, and like,
[33:17.440 -> 33:20.000] is also a very lovable guy.
[33:20.000 -> 33:21.760] His music could bang.
[33:21.760 -> 33:23.800] Like, what if he started doing remixes and stuff,
[33:23.800 -> 33:26.720] and piano-ing, and making songs and...
[33:26.720 -> 33:28.260] He could be the next David Guare.
[33:28.260 -> 33:31.720] But these people are so highly,
[33:31.720 -> 33:34.220] are so highly skilled in what they do
[33:34.220 -> 33:37.400] that a lot of them would be able to take on anything else
[33:37.400 -> 33:40.000] and still be at the peak, still be at the top.
[33:40.000 -> 33:42.380] Like they could not necessarily just move sports
[33:42.380 -> 33:43.480] and be pro, but...
[33:43.480 -> 33:44.800] They've got the drive and the push, right?
[33:44.800 -> 33:47.380] Yeah, they'll definitely have that mental ability.
[33:47.380 -> 33:50.180] Like, so I wouldn't be surprised if you see,
[33:50.180 -> 33:53.820] I don't know, any of them do anything really successful.
[33:53.820 -> 33:57.160] Just looking at like what old Nikita Mazepin's up to
[33:57.160 -> 33:58.980] since he left Formula One.
[33:58.980 -> 34:00.220] Oh, it feels like a while ago
[34:00.220 -> 34:02.300] since we did the first couple of clips on this pod
[34:02.300 -> 34:04.580] and we joked about Mazepin having no wins.
[34:04.580 -> 34:15.200] So he's been on a beach, he's been jet skiing, it looks like he's DJ'd at some sort of football match
[34:15.200 -> 34:21.520] or some sort of rugby match or something like that? Is that football or rugby? So he's DJing?
[34:21.520 -> 34:27.600] Yeah, football, in Moscow. He's been off-roading in some off-road cars.
[34:27.600 -> 34:28.800] He's been climbing a few mountains.
[34:28.800 -> 34:32.000] He's been cycling and he's also been doing some more racing, mate.
[34:32.000 -> 34:33.000] Endurance racing.
[34:33.000 -> 34:34.000] Mm-hmm.
[34:34.000 -> 34:36.400] Interesting. Very, very interesting.
[34:36.400 -> 34:37.600] There's a lot of racing categories.
[34:37.600 -> 34:40.000] Oh, we should give a massive shout-out to Marcus Armstrong,
[34:40.000 -> 34:42.000] who has renewed his contract in IndyCar.
[34:42.000 -> 34:44.000] That is fantastic news.
[34:44.000 -> 34:45.000] Congrats, Marcus. That is fantastic news. Congrats, Marcus.
[34:45.000 -> 34:46.840] That is absolutely brilliant.
[34:46.840 -> 34:47.960] Glad to see that.
[34:47.960 -> 34:51.520] I definitely think IndyCar is a very exciting format.
[34:51.520 -> 34:53.400] I was watching it when I was with James
[34:54.440 -> 34:55.760] and it's very different to F1
[34:55.760 -> 34:57.920] and I had a million questions.
[34:57.920 -> 35:00.040] Because I first thought it was just a round track
[35:00.040 -> 35:02.000] and then you start to learn all the different stuff.
[35:02.000 -> 35:02.920] It's three different tracks, right?
[35:02.920 -> 35:04.800] It's just completely different.
[35:04.800 -> 35:06.080] Three different styles of tracks, sorry. You've got the ovals, you've got the street circuits and you learn all the different stuff. It's three different tracks, right? It's just completely different. Three different styles of tracks, sorry.
[35:06.080 -> 35:07.800] You've got the ovals, you've got the street circuits,
[35:07.800 -> 35:09.160] and you've got the normal circuits.
[35:09.160 -> 35:10.440] And now we've got some friends that look like
[35:10.440 -> 35:11.880] they're going into WEC next year,
[35:11.880 -> 35:13.680] so it looks like we're gonna have to follow that
[35:13.680 -> 35:14.800] and see what's going on there,
[35:14.800 -> 35:16.240] because I still don't fully understand
[35:16.240 -> 35:18.760] the bronze, silver, gold,
[35:18.760 -> 35:21.280] but I guess the idea is to have the quickest bronze
[35:21.280 -> 35:23.440] that you can, because they take up
[35:23.440 -> 35:25.840] the least amount of something.
[35:25.840 -> 35:26.680] But-
[35:26.680 -> 35:28.600] Yeah, Correa kind of briefly mentioned it to us, didn't he?
[35:28.600 -> 35:29.600] Kind of how it works.
[35:29.600 -> 35:31.840] Like if you have a great bronze driver, that's brilliant,
[35:31.840 -> 35:33.360] because a lot of the other bronze drivers
[35:33.360 -> 35:34.440] might be not as good.
[35:34.440 -> 35:35.360] Yeah.
[35:35.360 -> 35:38.400] I would say I'm probably a silver, verging on gold.
[35:38.400 -> 35:40.920] I would say you're probably like a copper ore.
[35:40.920 -> 35:41.760] Copper ore, tin ore.
[35:41.760 -> 35:43.680] I'm more like a mithral.
[35:43.680 -> 35:44.880] I'm like mith gold.
[35:44.880 -> 35:45.000] Mate, I'm fucking rune, don't you worry about it. You DDP, blast blast. I'm more like a mithral. I'm like mith gold.
[35:45.000 -> 35:46.000] Mate, I'm fucking rune.
[35:46.000 -> 35:47.000] Don't you worry about that.
[35:47.000 -> 35:48.000] You DDP++.
[35:48.000 -> 35:49.000] I'm dragon.
[35:49.000 -> 35:50.000] Don't you worry about that.
[35:50.000 -> 35:51.000] I'm full dragon gilded.
[35:51.000 -> 35:52.000] Full dragon.
[35:52.000 -> 35:56.120] Alpha Tauri are doing something for this weekend.
[35:56.120 -> 35:57.120] Hang on, you've got to say breaking news.
[35:57.120 -> 35:59.480] Now I know we spoke about it a couple of weeks ago.
[35:59.480 -> 36:00.480] Breaking news, mate.
[36:00.480 -> 36:01.480] You've got to say it.
[36:01.480 -> 36:02.480] Well, okay, breaking news.
[36:02.480 -> 36:03.480] There we go.
[36:03.480 -> 36:06.240] There is still the rumour going around next year that AlphaTauri are going to run this year's Red Bull.
[36:07.200 -> 36:08.320] Now...
[36:08.320 -> 36:10.320] I've only heard that from you.
[36:10.320 -> 36:12.760] Yeah, but you know I know a lot of stuff behind the scenes, mate.
[36:12.760 -> 36:19.880] And there's a big rumor going around this weekend that Red Bull have decided internally that they need to back
[36:20.400 -> 36:27.520] AlphaTauri more because they are partner teams. Like, realistically, I don't know why why they don't I don't know why one is so much slower than the other they
[36:27.520 -> 36:33.540] surely can share resources so for Singapore Alfa Tauri are bringing
[36:33.540 -> 36:38.320] Red Bull inspired upgrades so if the rumors are true they'll be bringing
[36:38.320 -> 36:43.220] Red Bull's upgrades some of them on to the Alfa Tauri which is exciting for
[36:43.220 -> 36:45.280] Liam Lawson and Tsunoda.
[36:46.400 -> 36:50.800] That's exciting for Liam. Oh it's very exciting for Liam. Liam came 11th last race. If Liam manages to get points,
[36:50.800 -> 36:55.360] because Helmut's already, well Helmut's banned from F1 at the moment so we won't mention his
[36:55.360 -> 37:01.680] name on the pod, but Liam Lawson got 11th last race. If he gets points there's no way he won't
[37:01.680 -> 37:07.520] be on the grid next year. Like someone will find room for Liam Lawson. I think he deserves it mate I don't know much about the guy
[37:07.520 -> 37:10.800] but I'd love him on the pod and I think he deserves it I think his attitude's
[37:10.800 -> 37:16.480] been stellar since he's been in F1 would love to see him in there. How old is he?
[37:16.480 -> 37:20.640] He's quite a young guy. Quite young I think he's like 21, 22. Yeah yeah he's
[37:20.640 -> 37:23.640] right at the beginning of his career I bet he's buzzing to race in Singapore.
[37:23.640 -> 37:29.520] Singapore is a night race as we know know. Loads of people are there. Sadly, we're not.
[37:29.520 -> 37:31.440] But I don't even care because Fab's home.
[37:32.720 -> 37:37.280] I couldn't care less. Just the fact that Fab is home. Oh my god, I was going crazy.
[37:37.280 -> 37:40.400] You know you were coming back at three and then you didn't get back till like four?
[37:40.400 -> 37:43.040] At three o'clock I was standing by the front door looking through the keyhole.
[37:44.480 -> 37:48.320] And then I'd be going out to the window, window looking for your car coming up the road and I just
[37:48.320 -> 37:49.320] couldn't see it.
[37:49.320 -> 37:50.320] We were pacing around the flat.
[37:50.320 -> 37:51.760] We are a couple of dogs mate.
[37:51.760 -> 37:54.040] Just thinking hurry up and get back.
[37:54.040 -> 37:58.480] I farted last night and my girlfriend said your fart smells like a dog's fart.
[37:58.480 -> 38:00.920] Like we are dogs.
[38:00.920 -> 38:03.480] I might just get rid of all the plates in the house and we start eating out of a dog
[38:03.480 -> 38:04.480] bar on the floor.
[38:04.480 -> 38:08.160] I had my mum and the dog come and stay at you, that was lovely, little Lola.
[38:08.160 -> 38:09.720] There was a little cockapoo in the flat.
[38:09.720 -> 38:12.160] And I went and saw Mrs Doubtfire the musical in London.
[38:12.160 -> 38:14.480] I thought you were going to say Mrs Dabeninger, our old dance teacher.
[38:14.480 -> 38:16.480] Mrs Dabeninger, our old dance teacher, yeah.
[38:16.480 -> 38:18.000] I wonder what she's up to now.
[38:18.000 -> 38:20.960] Well, she also did sex education with me.
[38:20.960 -> 38:24.880] You never ever forget the teacher that helps you put a condom on a cucumber.
[38:24.880 -> 38:29.720] You never ever forget that teacher. No, I had condom on a cucumber you never ever forget no I had mr. Ashdown he helped you did he I don't
[38:29.720 -> 38:37.600] really need much help me because I am all about safety speaking of car upgrades
[38:37.600 -> 38:41.400] right you were just talking about alpha Tari there something that we didn't
[38:41.400 -> 38:49.360] speak about which is pretty big fucking news in F2 was that they released the car for next year and we haven't spoken about it no
[38:49.360 -> 38:53.440] we didn't have a chance did you see it no mate it looks mega what let me I'll
[38:53.440 -> 38:57.040] just come over there quick and have a look at your phone so this is the box
[38:57.040 -> 39:00.800] oh yeah wow it looks very similar to what they've done in F1 Academy so the
[39:00.800 -> 39:06.800] note the front of it the nose looks like an F1 car. But look at that, I mean there were so many comments about it.
[39:06.800 -> 39:07.800] Look at the rear wing!
[39:07.800 -> 39:08.800] The rear wing!
[39:08.800 -> 39:09.800] Oh my god, woah!
[39:09.800 -> 39:15.640] Look at it from that angle, it looks like a, woah, it looks like a, there's another
[39:15.640 -> 39:16.640] format in racing.
[39:16.640 -> 39:20.320] It might be called like Hydra-car or something like that, where they can do whatever they
[39:20.320 -> 39:21.320] want.
[39:21.320 -> 39:22.320] It looks a bit like that.
[39:22.320 -> 39:24.120] The rear wing looks very interesting.
[39:24.120 -> 39:30.000] Hypercar, something like that. Hydra-car? I can't remember what it's called! James was telling me about it the other day!
[39:30.000 -> 39:33.560] and on water hey that looks amazing so every team's gonna have the exact same
[39:33.560 -> 39:37.600] car they can change the premise gonna look lovely in there yeah it's gonna look
[39:37.600 -> 39:43.560] sick yeah my recommendation to anyone would be next year follow the f2 from
[39:43.560 -> 39:45.320] the beginning because it's like pretty much over now yeah like next year follow the F2 from the beginning because it's like
[39:45.320 -> 39:49.800] pretty much over now but like next year just follow it from the beginning
[39:49.800 -> 39:53.520] because yeah I think also a lot of the people that have been on the pod wink
[39:53.520 -> 40:01.320] wink there might be a few more additions to the F2 grid. Exactly yeah. So you're gonna wanna follow that.
[40:01.320 -> 40:05.000] Predictions mate, predictions for the Singapore Grand Prix.
[40:05.000 -> 40:06.560] Okay.
[40:06.560 -> 40:07.400] Right.
[40:08.520 -> 40:10.280] Now you gotta use a little bit of knowledge here
[40:10.280 -> 40:11.120] about what you know about-
[40:11.120 -> 40:12.440] And I'm gonna give you a wild card as well.
[40:12.440 -> 40:16.680] Also, your prediction of signs at Monza, perfect.
[40:16.680 -> 40:17.500] What did I predict?
[40:17.500 -> 40:18.840] You predicted him to get on the podium.
[40:18.840 -> 40:20.280] I think you might've said he comes second,
[40:20.280 -> 40:21.840] but he come third.
[40:21.840 -> 40:22.680] Yeah.
[40:22.680 -> 40:24.360] But I remember saying, no way, so-
[40:24.360 -> 40:25.520] Well, he should have been in second,
[40:25.520 -> 40:27.000] but then yeah, his tires went in.
[40:27.000 -> 40:28.720] They were lucky they both finished the race
[40:28.720 -> 40:29.840] at the end of it.
[40:29.840 -> 40:31.640] I am gonna say, I'm gonna put,
[40:31.640 -> 40:33.480] I am gonna put Checo up in second again.
[40:33.480 -> 40:34.360] I know I've skipped third,
[40:34.360 -> 40:35.780] but I'm gonna put Checo in second again.
[40:35.780 -> 40:37.440] Cause it is a street circuit.
[40:37.440 -> 40:40.040] I think Checo normally does well street circuits.
[40:40.040 -> 40:41.720] Yeah, Checo does love a street circuit.
[40:41.720 -> 40:44.240] I'll go Checo second, potentially even first mate,
[40:44.240 -> 40:45.440] but no, I'm gonna, yeah street circuit. I'll go Checo second. Potentially even first, mate, but...
[40:45.440 -> 40:46.280] No, I'm gonna...
[40:46.280 -> 40:47.100] Yeah.
[40:47.100 -> 40:48.080] Okay.
[40:48.080 -> 40:49.520] I'll go...
[40:49.520 -> 40:51.080] Oh.
[40:51.080 -> 40:52.520] It's really sad,
[40:52.520 -> 40:54.600] because it's got to the point where, like,
[40:54.600 -> 40:57.200] I always just say Oscar first or Orlando first
[40:57.200 -> 40:58.800] because I want it to happen.
[40:58.800 -> 41:01.440] But when you're so certain what one and two is going to be,
[41:01.440 -> 41:02.640] which we pretty much are,
[41:02.640 -> 41:05.240] like, it makes predictions not very fun.
[41:06.600 -> 41:09.320] Like obviously I think it's gonna be Max and then Checo.
[41:09.320 -> 41:11.080] And for me, it's just who comes third.
[41:11.080 -> 41:13.880] Pretty much is what I'm thinking as well.
[41:13.880 -> 41:18.220] I would like to think that Carlos will be running high
[41:18.220 -> 41:21.380] off of that last race and could do well,
[41:21.380 -> 41:23.440] but it's such a different circuit to Monza
[41:23.440 -> 41:28.720] that I just don't know. Because it's a wet race, or looks like it might be,
[41:28.720 -> 41:32.200] I'm gonna go Max Verstappen to win,
[41:32.200 -> 41:34.600] Fernando Alonso second,
[41:34.600 -> 41:36.360] because he's good in the rain,
[41:36.360 -> 41:40.360] and I don't know, just Alonso isn't it, and then I'll go Perez third.
[41:40.360 -> 41:43.960] See I'd love to put Alonso in there, and I've been putting him in my Pino...
[41:43.960 -> 41:46.360] Pinodios? Pinodios? Pinocchios! I've been putting him in my Pino-Pinodios? Pinodios? Pinocchios!
[41:46.360 -> 41:47.840] I've been putting him in my podiums.
[41:47.840 -> 41:48.680] Cheerios!
[41:48.680 -> 41:49.800] Oh yeah, I love Cheerios.
[41:49.800 -> 41:51.200] How have I not had Cheerios in ages?
[41:51.200 -> 41:52.080] Cheerios are great.
[41:52.080 -> 41:53.880] I haven't had a good bowl of cereal in ages.
[41:53.880 -> 41:54.720] Frosties are good.
[41:54.720 -> 41:55.760] I used to love cereal so much
[41:55.760 -> 41:57.080] that I'd eat it out of a saucepan,
[41:57.080 -> 41:58.560] because it's bigger than the bowls at home.
[41:58.560 -> 41:59.760] That's just smart, mate.
[41:59.760 -> 42:01.080] Yeah.
[42:01.080 -> 42:02.920] I just don't know if I can put Alonso on the podium,
[42:02.920 -> 42:04.480] because I just don't, I'm not really sure
[42:04.480 -> 42:05.160] what's happened to
[42:07.160 -> 42:07.920] Aston this last couple races, so
[42:11.760 -> 42:12.720] I'm gonna put Oscar Piastri in third. Okay, what about
[42:14.800 -> 42:16.040] wildcards last week I said Albon I
[42:19.880 -> 42:20.000] Keep trying to put Liam Lawson in the points as my wildcard, but I'm gonna do it again
[42:26.020 -> 42:30.160] I'm gonna put Liam Lawson in the points. I'm gonna put him ninth. Liam Lawson wildcard in the points I just don't know though because the street circuit has even raised this
[42:30.160 -> 42:32.760] That would be a big that would be a big ask
[42:32.760 -> 42:39.620] I mean he has been smashing it but street circuit Singapore points for Liam Lawson would be huge. I say 10th then
[42:40.000 -> 42:44.640] Okay, he came 11th last week. So I'd say it's pretty possible 10th for Liam Lawson's my wildcard
[42:45.460 -> 42:48.460] My wildcard is I'm just gonna go with fourth
[42:49.300 -> 42:51.020] George Russell
[42:51.020 -> 42:52.900] So I'm extending my podium.
[42:52.900 -> 42:54.900] Okay, no Lewis in there?
[42:54.900 -> 42:56.900] Maybe, maybe fifth
[42:56.900 -> 42:58.900] But George is coming fourth this week.
[42:58.900 -> 42:59.900] Interesting.
[42:59.900 -> 43:00.900] Got a little feeling.
[43:00.900 -> 43:02.900] Crystal ball has been speaking.
[43:02.900 -> 43:04.900] It has, you've been giving it a little rub while I've been away?
[43:04.900 -> 43:05.200] Yeah, thank God you're here. I've got a little feeling. Crystal Ball has been speaking. It has, you've been giving it a rub while I've been away?
[43:05.200 -> 43:07.120] Yeah, thank God you were here.
[43:07.120 -> 43:09.640] When you weren't here, I was just staring at the wall
[43:09.640 -> 43:11.960] doing this podcast, my God.
[43:11.960 -> 43:14.000] We had fun though, doing the pod virtually.
[43:14.000 -> 43:16.360] I'm sure you had fun away on holiday.
[43:16.360 -> 43:17.200] Well, I was, when I was-
[43:17.200 -> 43:19.200] My life has experienced some dramatic changes.
[43:19.200 -> 43:20.040] When we were recording,
[43:20.040 -> 43:22.240] I was just staring at the wall as well.
[43:22.240 -> 43:23.880] Oh, what were you thinking about?
[43:23.880 -> 43:24.720] You.
[43:24.720 -> 43:25.840] Oh. Oh. Oh, what were you thinking about? You.
[43:25.840 -> 43:27.840] Awwwww.
[43:27.840 -> 43:29.840] Oh, that was really sweet.
[43:29.840 -> 43:31.840] Yeah.
[43:31.840 -> 43:33.840] Anyway.
[43:33.840 -> 43:36.840] Ladies and gents, I hope you've enjoyed this pod.
[43:36.840 -> 43:38.840] Yeah, I hope everyone has a fantastic week.
[43:38.840 -> 43:40.840] Obviously it all kicks off on Friday.
[43:40.840 -> 43:42.840] And this is going out a little bit early, so
[43:42.840 -> 43:47.820] let us know your predictions. Instagram's at Pitstop. Send them through. Send us a voice message. Like we said earlier in the early so let us know your predictions Instagram's at Pitstop send them through send us a voice message like we said
[43:47.820 -> 43:51.180] earlier in the pod let us know if you got any guest suggestions yeah let's
[43:51.180 -> 43:55.720] make this make this clear this is like this is kind of Thursday's pod and last
[43:55.720 -> 43:58.840] Monday's pod kind of wrapped up into one that's why it's a bit longer than usual
[43:58.840 -> 44:03.200] how long have we been going about 41 minutes we got 41 minutes 41 minutes of
[44:03.200 -> 44:08.700] fun exactly mate and by the time you had the music at the start and the end, I'm talking about 42, 43.
[44:08.700 -> 44:10.400] Well, that's a big one.
[44:10.400 -> 44:12.200] Yeah, I hope everyone's enjoyed.
[44:12.200 -> 44:14.700] Please rate the podcast 5 stars. It's gonna be a great race.
[44:14.700 -> 44:16.000] We'll see you guys after it.
[44:16.500 -> 44:18.500] There are our predictions. Let us know yours!
[44:18.500 -> 44:20.000] Yep, send us a DM.
[44:20.000 -> 44:25.000] And just don't send us any photos because that would be weird.
[44:25.800 -> 44:26.300] What?
[44:26.300 -> 44:26.800] What?
[44:26.800 -> 44:27.300] What?
[44:27.300 -> 44:27.800] Just...
[44:27.800 -> 44:28.800] Photos of what?
[44:28.800 -> 44:29.800] Not anything.
[44:29.800 -> 44:30.800] Why did you say that?
[44:30.800 -> 44:31.300] I don't know.
[44:31.300 -> 44:32.300] Just...
[44:32.300 -> 44:35.300] Just DM us with text or a voice note.
[44:35.300 -> 44:36.800] Send us photos if you want.
[44:36.800 -> 44:37.800] Well...
[44:37.800 -> 44:38.800] I mean you can if you want.
[44:38.800 -> 44:40.800] But I ain't saying I'm going to open them.
[44:40.800 -> 44:41.800] That's all I'm saying.
[44:41.800 -> 44:43.800] You're weird.
[44:43.800 -> 44:44.800] You're weird.
[44:44.800 -> 44:48.000] I get some weird DMs on Instagram though from fake accounts.
[44:48.000 -> 44:53.000] Like weird people like the amount of people that get hacked with like a million followers
[44:53.000 -> 44:57.000] and they're like, they get loads of fake likes in their account and they're like,
[44:57.000 -> 45:02.000] Hey, I, hey Jake, I've been following you for ages and I really want you to invest in my new project.
[45:02.000 -> 45:06.000] Like, every day from these people that are like,
[45:06.000 -> 45:07.680] famous accounts that are hacked.
[45:07.680 -> 45:09.640] I get the same bloke and he says,
[45:09.640 -> 45:11.960] Fabio, hello man.
[45:11.960 -> 45:14.680] Like he calls me men rather than man.
[45:14.680 -> 45:16.920] And the thing is he does this like once a week,
[45:16.920 -> 45:18.680] but then he deletes the previous message
[45:18.680 -> 45:19.520] and just sends it again.
[45:19.520 -> 45:20.360] Yeah, then sends it again, I get that.
[45:20.360 -> 45:21.560] So I'm thinking about accepting it
[45:21.560 -> 45:22.600] and just messaging back saying,
[45:22.600 -> 45:23.440] hey mate, what's up?
[45:23.440 -> 45:25.600] My mum was sat where I'm sat right now
[45:26.280 -> 45:32.320] Reading out messages to me. She gets on Instagram. My mum is getting messages from old men
[45:32.720 -> 45:37.960] Saying hi, Michelle been following you for a while. Would love you to be my sugar, baby
[45:37.960 -> 45:39.960] Oh look after you, buy you whatever you want
[45:41.680 -> 45:46.040] My mum's sat there like should I reply and I'm like no because it's. And my mum's sat there like, should I reply? And I'm like, no, cause it's fake.
[45:46.040 -> 45:48.560] And my mum's like, yeah, but I'd like a holiday.
[45:48.560 -> 45:51.080] And I'm like, mum, it's not real.
[45:51.080 -> 45:53.000] I don't think people are trying to scam.
[45:53.000 -> 45:55.160] Michelle, if you're listening, just don't,
[45:55.160 -> 45:56.320] don't even go there.
[45:56.320 -> 45:58.520] She's so nice that she'd fall for it.
[45:58.520 -> 46:00.360] We've all heard about the Tinder swindler.
[46:00.360 -> 46:01.560] All right, as soon as they get you,
[46:01.560 -> 46:02.680] they're going to want money out of you.
[46:02.680 -> 46:03.680] So don't do it.
[46:03.680 -> 46:05.420] However, I am looking for a sugar daddy. So if't do it. However, I am looking for a sugar daddy
[46:05.420 -> 46:07.420] So if anyone out there wants me
[46:07.420 -> 46:09.420] You're looking for a sugar daddy?
[46:09.420 -> 46:11.420] Oh no, sorry, sugar mummy!
[46:11.420 -> 46:16.920] I've always had my queries about you and what you might be into
[46:16.920 -> 46:21.440] Which is either way is fine. Like you you can be whatever you if you want to have a sugar daddy mate
[46:21.440 -> 46:23.440] That's absolutely fine. I don't, I want a sugar mummy
[46:24.000 -> 46:28.000] Well, sometimes people just say stuff from the heart without thinking about it.
[46:28.000 -> 46:30.000] And sometimes they just say the wrong thing.
[46:30.000 -> 46:32.000] I feel like that came straight from the heart.
[46:32.000 -> 46:34.000] It did sound quite pure.
[46:34.000 -> 46:36.000] Oh god, it's time to end the podcast.
[46:36.000 -> 46:38.000] Ladies and gents!
[46:38.000 -> 46:40.000] Thank you for listening and see you guys on Monday.
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