"I nearly blinded Yuki 2 hours before a race" Yuki Tsunoda's coach Michael Italiano on Pitstop!

Michael NEARLY blinded Yuki 2 hours before their FIRST EVER race together🤯 Welcome back to Pitstop! Today we're joined by our good friend Michael Italiano once again. Last year Michael came on Pitstop and we chatted all about what it was like to work with Daniel Ricciardo in Formula 1, this year he's working with Alpha Tauri's Yuki Tsunoda. Some hilarious F1 stories in this episode and we also hit the go kart track for the REAL LIFE pitstop fastest lap! One of our favourite episodes we have ever done with Michael & Yuki being such great personalities, hearing how they work together in the Formula 1 world is amazing. We hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to RATE the Podcast 5 Stars! It really helps us to bring in more guests for you guys to enjoy. Michael, thank you so much for joining us again. Hope you have a great summer break and best of luck for the rest of the season to yourself, Yuki & the whole of Alpha Tauri.
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**Navigating the World of Formula One: A Conversation with Michael Italiano**

**Introduction:**

* The episode begins with the hosts, Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca, welcoming the special guest, Michael Italiano, to the show.
* Italiano, a former Formula One coach and trainer, joins the podcast to share his experiences and insights from the world of Formula One racing.

**Building Relationships with Drivers:**

* Italiano emphasizes the importance of establishing a strong relationship with the driver as a coach.
* He explains that trust is crucial for effective coaching, as the driver needs to feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and challenges.
* Italiano shares an anecdote about how he built a rapport with Yuki Tsunoda, the young Japanese driver he currently coaches, by engaging in casual conversations and finding common interests.

**Adapting Coaching Styles to Different Drivers:**

* Italiano highlights the need to adapt coaching styles to suit the individual needs and personalities of different drivers.
* He explains that what works for one driver may not be effective for another, and it is important to find the right approach to optimize performance.
* Italiano contrasts his coaching experiences with Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, demonstrating how he tailored his approach to each driver's unique characteristics.

**Yuki Tsunoda's Training and Development:**

* Italiano discusses Yuki Tsunoda's initial resistance to training and gym work.
* He explains that he took a fresh approach, focusing on data-driven motivation and setting clear goals for Tsunoda's progress.
* Italiano emphasizes the importance of understanding what motivates a driver and finding ways to engage them in the training process.

**The Importance of Neck Strength in Formula One:**

* Italiano highlights the significance of neck strength for Formula One drivers due to the intense physical demands of the sport.
* He shares an anecdote about his friendly competition with Daniel Ricciardo to have the thicker neck, showcasing the competitive spirit among drivers.

**A Hilarious Incident during a Mobility Session:**

* Italiano recounts a humorous incident that occurred during a mobility session with Yuki Tsunoda.
* He explains how he accidentally hit Tsunoda in the eye with a golf ball while playfully trying to get his attention.
* Italiano describes the immediate concern and panic he felt, as Tsunoda was in pain and unable to open his eye.
* After applying ice and waiting anxiously, Tsunoda was eventually able to open his eye, much to Italiano's relief.

**Conclusion:**

* The episode ends with the hosts and Michael Italiano reflecting on the importance of humor and camaraderie in the world of Formula One.
* Italiano emphasizes the value of building strong relationships with drivers and adapting coaching styles to suit their individual needs.
* The conversation highlights the unique challenges and rewards of working in Formula One and the importance of maintaining a positive and supportive environment for drivers to thrive. # **Pit Stop Podcast Episode Summary**

**Hosts:** Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca

**Guest:** Michael Italiano, Performance Coach for Yuki Tsunoda

**Key Topics Discussed:**

1. **Yuki Tsunoda's Eye Injury:**
- Italiano accidentally injured Tsunoda's eye with a ping pong ball just before a race weekend.
- The team kept the injury secret to avoid distractions during practice and qualifying.
- Tsunoda used eye drops to manage the pain and eventually recovered.

2. **Yuki Tsunoda's Training and Development:**
- Italiano emphasizes independence and responsibility in Tsunoda's training regimen.
- Tsunoda uses a heart rate monitor linked to an app to track his training sessions.
- Italiano believes that Tsunoda enjoys training and is committed to improving his performance.

3. **Cultural Differences Between AlphaTauri and McLaren:**
- Italiano finds the culture at AlphaTauri to be welcoming and supportive.
- He maintains good relationships with former colleagues at McLaren and occasionally banters with them.

4. **Yuki Tsunoda's Excitement for the Japanese Grand Prix:**
- Tsunoda is eager to race in his home country and experience the cultural aspects of Japan.
- Italiano looks forward to exploring Tokyo and trying various Japanese cuisines with Tsunoda.

5. **Michael Italiano's Sim Racing Challenge:**
- Italiano participated in a sim racing challenge against the podcast hosts.
- Despite limited practice, he approached the challenge with confidence.
- Italiano ultimately finished last in the challenge but enjoyed the experience.

**Overall Message:**
Michael Italiano provides insights into his role as Yuki Tsunoda's performance coach, highlighting the driver's progress, their relationship, and the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix. The episode also features a lighthearted sim racing challenge with Italiano, adding a fun element to the discussion.

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[00:59.920 -> 01:03.920] Everything was looking really, really good. Yuki was super fit. Friday came around, Friday
[01:03.920 -> 01:04.920] practice.
[01:04.920 -> 01:08.000] Friday practice, bro. This is on the Friday before the race?
[01:08.000 -> 01:11.000] Yes, this is the Friday before the race. First practice together. First weekend together.
[01:11.000 -> 01:15.500] He grabbed the golf ball and he just lobbed it onto my shin. Obviously it hurt, right? And he's giggling.
[01:15.500 -> 01:18.000] And I was like, okay, cool. You think that's funny? Okay, cool. No worries.
[01:18.000 -> 01:21.500] He took the foam roller and started rolling his back. I just like threw the golf ball at him.
[01:21.500 -> 01:30.800] Like I wasn't even looking. And it hit him straight in the eye. Like right eye. Like and I even heard the pop. Like he hit it clean.
[01:30.800 -> 01:34.000] By this point we're leaving for the track in about two hours and he just
[01:34.000 -> 01:36.520] looked at me and he's like...
[01:51.280 -> 01:54.120] Ladies and gents, welcome back to Pit Stop. I know the intro is better now. It's got considerably better since last time. That was big energy, mate. That was big energy.
[01:54.120 -> 01:57.520] We've had a good morning, guys. We've been on a little adventure. We have another guest
[01:57.520 -> 02:01.880] with us today. Yep, a very special guest, a returning guest. I'm just picking some fluff
[02:01.880 -> 02:05.000] off the microphone. Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Italiano!
[02:05.000 -> 02:07.000] Let's go!
[02:07.000 -> 02:08.000] Thanks guys.
[02:08.000 -> 02:10.000] This room has changed quite a lot.
[02:10.000 -> 02:13.000] More so a lot of merch. I'm quite jealous.
[02:13.000 -> 02:16.000] Yeah, when you came it was probably pretty bare in here.
[02:16.000 -> 02:17.000] Oh yeah, it was empty.
[02:17.000 -> 02:21.000] You were our first guest with the cameras, I remember it.
[02:21.000 -> 02:24.000] Because it was like the best looking episode we have ever done, do you remember?
[02:24.000 -> 02:26.600] It feels like a long time and the episode's
[02:26.600 -> 02:29.760] done all right recently I don't blame you I mean I'm following it and yeah
[02:29.760 -> 02:32.120] you're getting some you get some good names up on here I mean look at this
[02:32.120 -> 02:36.520] fastest lap leaderboard it's uh it's quite a resume I won't lie yeah it's
[02:36.520 -> 02:39.800] cool but last time you were here that wasn't even there and that you just made
[02:39.800 -> 02:49.720] a good point of how quick Brad's lap is Ben It's phenomenal. Well done. But yeah, as Fab was saying this morning, we went out and we did the first ever episode
[02:49.720 -> 02:52.920] of the Pit Stop Go Karting Championship.
[02:52.920 -> 02:54.480] Is that what we're going to call it?
[02:54.480 -> 02:55.480] Fastest lap.
[02:55.480 -> 02:56.840] The Pit Stop fastest lap in real life.
[02:56.840 -> 03:01.120] Yeah, we've been very lucky guys that we've basically, we're working with a track, Brentwood
[03:01.120 -> 03:03.120] Karting, shout out to Dan.
[03:03.120 -> 03:05.400] They're kind of making their track the home
[03:05.400 -> 03:06.800] of the Pit Stop fastest lap.
[03:06.800 -> 03:09.760] So, and Michael, you're the first guest to set a lap.
[03:09.760 -> 03:10.600] So.
[03:10.600 -> 03:11.760] Yeah, it was, it was fun.
[03:11.760 -> 03:15.280] It's actually, it's quite a fun track, a bit tricky,
[03:17.180 -> 03:19.600] not too happy how you guys teamed up together
[03:19.600 -> 03:21.720] and gave each other a bit of a slip stream.
[03:21.720 -> 03:23.080] So I was already down there.
[03:24.160 -> 03:26.160] I've got loads of excuses. so let me know when you want them
[03:27.880 -> 03:29.480] Well, let's roll that now
[03:29.480 -> 03:37.760] Let's roll the carton and we'll be back after it for those of you watching a large percentage of you aren't subscribed to the YouTube
[03:37.760 -> 03:41.160] So please do hit the subscribe button hit the like button leave a comment down below
[03:41.160 -> 03:46.160] We reply to all of them and here you go. this is Michael, the Pit Stop fastest lap. Oh boy.
[03:46.160 -> 03:50.040] Hello everyone, we're here at Brentwood Karting, this is going to be the home of the Pit Stop
[03:50.040 -> 03:55.240] fastest lap. We've got the Sim laps, now we've got karting laps. We've got our first guest.
[03:55.240 -> 03:57.240] There he is. Hello.
[03:57.240 -> 04:01.240] Let's hit the track.
[04:01.240 -> 04:06.120] And here we go then, the pit stop fastest lap hits the track.
[04:06.120 -> 04:09.640] Michael reckons he's quicker than the both of us, has had some coaching from Yuki, can
[04:09.640 -> 04:10.920] he apply it on the track?
[04:10.920 -> 04:13.800] All three of us out here to set our fastest times.
[04:13.800 -> 04:17.840] I do want to remind people, these karts look slow, they're actually very fast when you're
[04:17.840 -> 04:18.840] in them, okay?
[04:18.840 -> 04:23.240] It's all about taking the corners perfectly, you need to ride the kerbs.
[04:23.240 -> 04:27.000] And speaking of riding kerbs, Fab's not doing that right now as he takes that one wide by the looks of things.
[04:27.000 -> 04:33.000] Ooh, Jake's staying perfectly within the lines. Now this corner we're coming up to here, you can take it flat.
[04:33.000 -> 04:37.000] But getting it right takes unbelievable level.
[04:37.000 -> 04:42.000] You do have to ease the shower as you come round the end, fly down the straight and into the first turn which is where Michael is now.
[04:42.000 -> 04:44.000] This is flat out through here.
[04:44.000 -> 04:48.800] Speeds. Serious speeds for the Pitstop Fastest Lap right here.
[04:48.800 -> 04:53.080] And into the final chicane before you come round the big home straight.
[04:53.080 -> 04:55.560] What has Michael Italiano done?
[04:58.880 -> 05:02.440] He's too happy. He's too happy.
[05:02.440 -> 05:05.000] It has to be him first. I'm convinced. You ready boys?
[05:05.000 -> 05:06.000] Yeah, I am.
[05:06.000 -> 05:10.320] I do just want to add a disclaimer, as we know, as we spoke about, as a weight advantage
[05:10.320 -> 05:12.680] to some of us, I must say.
[05:12.680 -> 05:13.680] You pointed at me first!
[05:13.680 -> 05:14.680] You pointed at me first!
[05:14.680 -> 05:15.680] He's 95 kilos, I'm 82, you're 60.
[05:15.680 -> 05:16.680] You just pointed at me.
[05:16.680 -> 05:17.680] So that means he's protecting me.
[05:17.680 -> 05:18.680] Which means I'm slow.
[05:18.680 -> 05:19.680] You guys ready then?
[05:19.680 -> 05:20.680] Yeah, go on.
[05:20.680 -> 05:28.120] Start at the pit stop, Brentwood,
[05:28.120 -> 05:37.400] karting, fastest lap leaderboard. Yes boys! By a long way! Damn. Oh there is a weight
[05:37.400 -> 05:42.880] difference. There is a serious weight difference. Let's take a look at the lap that got the
[05:42.880 -> 05:45.400] time then because I have no idea how I managed
[05:45.400 -> 05:50.840] to do it. I've crossed the line very nicely, stuck to the inside. I don't actually have
[05:50.840 -> 05:56.680] any DRS. Fab is a little bit too far in front. This first corner didn't catch me out. May
[05:56.680 -> 06:01.680] have run the curve a little bit there, a bit too much. But this is where I was perfect.
[06:01.680 -> 06:06.000] I figured out that if I go from the outside in I can straight line
[06:06.000 -> 06:11.760] all the way around here into the corner which I was usually braking and I believe this is
[06:11.760 -> 06:18.080] the one time I don't drift out. I stay to the inside which kept me here we go maybe
[06:18.080 -> 06:25.400] I do have a little bit of a slipstream there actually but there you go that is my Pitstop fastest lap.
[06:26.600 -> 06:28.500] And that's that. Jake is the fastest.
[06:28.500 -> 06:29.820] Can you believe it?
[06:29.820 -> 06:32.520] Bro, honestly, it does not make sense.
[06:32.520 -> 06:36.280] You're 95 kg, I think mine are at least 105.
[06:36.280 -> 06:38.960] You weigh about 40 kg.
[06:38.960 -> 06:40.280] No, I'm 78.
[06:40.280 -> 06:41.960] You have no excuse with me.
[06:41.960 -> 06:43.400] I have slapped you.
[06:43.400 -> 06:45.420] I am clearly heavier than you. No, Michael is clearly heavier than me, okay? He's got 17 excuse with me. I have I have slapped you. I am clearly heavier than you know
[06:45.520 -> 06:50.160] Michael is clearly having a beer cake. He's got 17 kilos on me. I will say though
[06:50.880 -> 06:54.440] Even with 17 kilos, I think you were a 1.7 seconds
[06:57.040 -> 07:02.800] Think that would count but look a slipstream I'm gonna say one or two tenths on that track
[07:03.400 -> 07:06.580] 17 kilos give me half a second.
[07:06.580 -> 07:09.280] So you're still a second quicker than me.
[07:09.280 -> 07:10.520] So I can't really complain.
[07:10.520 -> 07:12.500] To be honest, we know that you've had a bit experience
[07:12.500 -> 07:14.800] in a cart before with Yuki.
[07:14.800 -> 07:16.240] Yeah, yeah, I have.
[07:16.240 -> 07:17.800] And he's taught me quite a bit,
[07:19.040 -> 07:21.400] mainly to do with like lines and like how to position
[07:21.400 -> 07:23.200] the cart heading into corners.
[07:23.200 -> 07:26.880] As you can tell tell it's really helped
[07:29.720 -> 07:34.240] Your third mate so far, so that's not bad you're still on the podium Yeah, I can't wait to get more people on we will continue the pit stop fastest lap a fun little segment
[07:34.240 -> 07:36.160] We will also get you on the sim at the end though
[07:36.160 -> 07:41.380] Can you just get some heavier people to do that to do that carting track because I don't think anyone's gonna be slower than me
[07:41.380 -> 07:43.380] I was about to call someone out
[07:43.840 -> 07:45.640] I remember last time do you remember we said
[07:45.640 -> 07:47.480] he's got the best posture and you just said it then.
[07:47.480 -> 07:49.040] You do have amazing posture.
[07:49.040 -> 07:49.880] Oh, thanks guys.
[07:49.880 -> 07:53.200] Just a beautiful face and a great figure and your legs.
[07:53.200 -> 07:55.080] You're just trying to soften me up after coming last.
[07:55.080 -> 07:55.920] I'm so happy.
[07:55.920 -> 07:56.740] I'm so happy.
[07:56.740 -> 07:57.840] I'm so happy.
[07:57.840 -> 07:59.400] Michael, it's been a minute, all right,
[07:59.400 -> 08:00.640] since you've been in the flat.
[08:00.640 -> 08:02.760] People have wanted you back, which is great.
[08:02.760 -> 08:04.840] We've been having comments about you and stuff.
[08:04.840 -> 08:07.480] Your life's changed a little bit since we last spoke.
[08:07.480 -> 08:08.440] Yeah. Yeah.
[08:08.440 -> 08:12.280] I'm trying to remember like in season when we actually
[08:12.280 -> 08:14.000] spoke, but yeah, I know I was with McLaren.
[08:14.000 -> 08:14.820] I was with Daniel.
[08:14.820 -> 08:18.340] Yeah. Now I'm with Al Fatari, Yuki, younger driver.
[08:18.340 -> 08:19.560] So yeah, lots changed.
[08:20.400 -> 08:21.800] Moving teams has been not,
[08:21.800 -> 08:24.560] not really a unfamiliar territory for me.
[08:24.560 -> 08:27.380] It's now my fourth team, but first time changing drivers
[08:27.380 -> 08:29.380] so that was a
[08:29.420 -> 08:32.760] Very weird. Yeah, I will say race one in Bahrain felt weird
[08:35.460 -> 08:40.860] Maybe not as weird now was when you know come come now that Daniel was on the other side of the garage, but
[08:41.500 -> 08:45.840] Yeah, get getting used to that and not walking, just knowing which driver room
[08:45.840 -> 08:49.200] to walk in now is becoming a bit of a challenge.
[08:49.200 -> 08:50.920] Making sure I don't walk into Daniel's driver room,
[08:50.920 -> 08:51.920] I walk into Yuki's.
[08:52.880 -> 08:54.640] But yeah, yeah.
[08:54.640 -> 08:56.600] But honestly, it's going, it's all going great.
[08:56.600 -> 08:59.840] Like working with Yuki is really cool.
[08:59.840 -> 09:02.360] He's got tremendous amount of potential as a young kid
[09:02.360 -> 09:03.980] and a lot to learn.
[09:03.980 -> 09:06.680] And me as a coach, I love, I guess,
[09:06.680 -> 09:08.480] teaching what I've learned in life and as a coach.
[09:08.480 -> 09:10.000] And just like, you know,
[09:10.000 -> 09:11.800] I guess being a bit of a mentor to these guys.
[09:11.800 -> 09:15.360] So taking on a young guy has been quite nice.
[09:15.360 -> 09:16.740] You know, he's put a lot of trust into me
[09:16.740 -> 09:18.720] and helped me like nurture him,
[09:18.720 -> 09:21.000] not only as an athlete, but as a person.
[09:21.000 -> 09:21.920] So it's been cool.
[09:21.920 -> 09:23.600] Yeah, we were talking about that in the car
[09:23.600 -> 09:24.440] on the way to go car.
[09:24.440 -> 09:26.480] And that's the first time I've ever heard, I've ever even thought about that. That it's, cool. Yeah. We were talking about that in the car on the way to go karting and that's the first time I've ever heard,
[09:26.480 -> 09:27.640] I've ever even thought about that,
[09:27.640 -> 09:30.240] that it's your job isn't just there to make sure they're
[09:30.240 -> 09:31.560] ready for the race, is it really?
[09:31.560 -> 09:34.520] It's off the track and making sure, or is that your job?
[09:34.520 -> 09:35.520] Or do you just do that for him?
[09:35.520 -> 09:36.800] Because he's like a friend,
[09:36.800 -> 09:39.000] like want to be there on a personal level for him.
[09:39.000 -> 09:41.160] Yeah. I think it depends on the agenda, right?
[09:41.160 -> 09:43.360] And like, and the particular character that you're working
[09:43.360 -> 09:44.880] with, you know, like, so with Daniel,
[09:44.880 -> 09:46.580] him being a senior driver, right? And like, and the particular character that you're working with, you know, like, so with Daniel, him being a senior driver,
[09:47.720 -> 09:50.680] he kind of like, he's already kind of like molded himself
[09:50.680 -> 09:52.400] and who he is as a person.
[09:52.400 -> 09:54.760] And he built this professionalism over time.
[09:54.760 -> 09:56.400] So kind of when I came in,
[09:56.400 -> 09:59.200] I already saw a very strong sense of professionalism
[09:59.200 -> 10:02.240] and how he approaches race weekends and whatnot.
[10:02.240 -> 10:04.520] But with Yuki, I think he's still figuring himself out,
[10:04.520 -> 10:05.880] you know, he's very young.
[10:05.880 -> 10:07.400] So I think, you know, to come into this sport
[10:07.400 -> 10:10.260] and just be, you know, exposed to so much,
[10:10.260 -> 10:12.040] it's quite, it can be quite daunting.
[10:12.040 -> 10:14.240] And these young drivers don't really get taught
[10:14.240 -> 10:16.200] how to deal with pressure and how to get dealt,
[10:16.200 -> 10:17.800] you know, how to deal with the external environment
[10:17.800 -> 10:18.620] that's around them.
[10:18.620 -> 10:22.020] So yeah, my coaching with Yuki is very, very different
[10:22.020 -> 10:23.120] to my coaching with Daniel,
[10:23.120 -> 10:25.040] which is, which has been refreshing,
[10:25.040 -> 10:30.800] right? Like, obviously, you know, the way I guess the way Daniel left, left, left, originally left
[10:30.800 -> 10:36.240] the sport is back, but it's probably not, not ideal. And, you know, I obviously had, you know,
[10:36.240 -> 10:40.320] further endures that I would have loved to achieved with Daniel. You know, I had big hopes that, you
[10:40.320 -> 10:46.040] know, we're going to achieve something great together. So now being with Yuki is like, okay, cool.
[10:46.040 -> 10:47.360] Well, now my mindset has to change.
[10:47.360 -> 10:49.600] I've got this young kid that needs a lot more guidance
[10:49.600 -> 10:52.300] and certain things that he needs to work on
[10:52.300 -> 10:53.640] and yeah, helping him with that.
[10:53.640 -> 10:56.440] And so far, yeah, we're making progress.
[10:56.440 -> 10:57.800] It is a bit like daddy daycare.
[10:57.800 -> 10:59.920] Like you're like, cause you were saying,
[10:59.920 -> 11:03.540] his kind of, what's the word for it?
[11:03.540 -> 11:06.140] Kind of mental process and everything with the track,
[11:06.140 -> 11:07.780] it also affects his personal life.
[11:07.780 -> 11:10.620] And you're trying to balance both of those things.
[11:10.620 -> 11:11.500] Yeah, exactly.
[11:11.500 -> 11:14.160] I think with Yuki, the issue's never been,
[11:14.160 -> 11:15.060] is he fast enough?
[11:15.060 -> 11:16.100] Like he's quick.
[11:16.100 -> 11:18.500] He's really, really quick.
[11:18.500 -> 11:20.260] I see that, the team sees that.
[11:21.180 -> 11:24.860] It's more about how he approaches particular diversity
[11:24.860 -> 11:27.520] around, you know, when it comes to sport,
[11:27.520 -> 11:28.500] it's never gonna be smooth.
[11:28.500 -> 11:29.680] You can have your ups and downs
[11:29.680 -> 11:32.000] and it's how you treat those downs
[11:32.000 -> 11:35.540] and how you respond to those critical moments in sport
[11:35.540 -> 11:36.960] where things don't go your way,
[11:36.960 -> 11:38.680] how you actually gonna respond to that.
[11:38.680 -> 11:41.040] And the truth is, if you don't respond well to that,
[11:41.040 -> 11:43.600] especially in this sport, it will drown you.
[11:43.600 -> 11:45.000] Like emotionally, it will drown you. Like emotionally, it will drown you
[11:45.000 -> 11:50.000] because this sport, it just goes on so quick, right?
[11:50.160 -> 11:52.040] There's just 24 races.
[11:52.040 -> 11:53.480] Honestly, sometimes you just feel like
[11:53.480 -> 11:54.640] you're in a bit of a simulation.
[11:54.640 -> 11:56.240] You just go, go, go, right?
[11:56.240 -> 11:58.240] So like this year just goes so quick.
[11:58.240 -> 12:00.560] You can't just drown in your emotions.
[12:00.560 -> 12:02.480] You can't keep holding onto the past.
[12:02.480 -> 12:03.520] You need to keep looking forward.
[12:03.520 -> 12:08.000] So yeah, giving Yuki some anchoring techniques
[12:08.000 -> 12:11.280] to help him, I guess, deal with certain adversity
[12:11.280 -> 12:12.120] that sports gonna bring.
[12:12.120 -> 12:16.320] Cause let's be honest, it's part of the deal, right?
[12:16.320 -> 12:18.740] Like in sport, you're not gonna just be on a high
[12:18.740 -> 12:19.580] for the rest of your career.
[12:19.580 -> 12:21.480] You're always gonna have some sort of low.
[12:21.480 -> 12:22.760] Having said that though,
[12:22.760 -> 12:25.720] with everything that Daniel went through last year,
[12:25.720 -> 12:27.000] I think there was a lot of emotion
[12:27.000 -> 12:30.640] and a lot of mind monkeys as Freddie Hunt calls them,
[12:30.640 -> 12:33.280] mind monkeys, with everything that was going on.
[12:33.280 -> 12:35.920] Did you find yourself helping with that as well, in a way?
[12:35.920 -> 12:37.200] Or trying to help?
[12:37.200 -> 12:40.000] Yeah, I think, you know, at times,
[12:40.000 -> 12:42.480] you definitely need to be a sounding board as a coach.
[12:42.480 -> 12:44.480] You know, sometimes these guys just need a vent,
[12:44.480 -> 12:48.240] vent what they're feeling, vent what's going on with them.
[12:48.240 -> 12:50.400] And so, yeah, I definitely was,
[12:52.120 -> 12:54.000] I was definitely a sounding board for Daniel
[12:54.000 -> 12:56.680] and, you know, I was trying to be as open as I could with him
[12:56.680 -> 12:59.080] and help him through, you know, a difficult time
[12:59.080 -> 13:00.800] in his career, because, you know, as we said,
[13:00.800 -> 13:03.680] he's had some amazing highs in his career,
[13:03.680 -> 13:06.200] which is something a lot of drivers would love to achieve with what Daniel's achieved. And then all of a sudden he's now, you know, as we said, he's had some amazing highs in his career, which is something a lot of drivers would love to achieve
[13:06.200 -> 13:07.200] with what Daniel's achieved.
[13:07.200 -> 13:09.440] And then all of a sudden he's now, you know,
[13:09.440 -> 13:11.960] he now had to deal with the low and, and, you know,
[13:11.960 -> 13:12.800] all credit to him,
[13:12.800 -> 13:14.280] he's obviously gone the right way about it.
[13:14.280 -> 13:16.120] And now he's got himself back into the sport,
[13:16.120 -> 13:17.960] refreshed, reset, ready to go.
[13:17.960 -> 13:19.080] And, you know, he, you know,
[13:19.080 -> 13:21.180] he's openly come out and said like, yes, that, that,
[13:21.180 -> 13:23.480] that break is obviously something I needed.
[13:23.480 -> 13:25.640] So yeah, I think I
[13:26.240 -> 13:32.820] Think you can definitely learn a lot about yourself in some in some real like disappointing times in in your career
[13:32.820 -> 13:36.800] And if anything it can almost be your biggest growth at times as well hundred right?
[13:36.800 -> 13:39.540] Yeah, so that's another exciting thing, too
[13:39.540 -> 13:43.440] I guess from Daniel side is like, you know, if he has put the work in for it with himself
[13:43.640 -> 13:45.560] He's probably just gonna keep growing from this.
[13:45.560 -> 13:48.480] So, and hopefully it reflects on the track for him.
[13:48.480 -> 13:50.600] What would you say is the biggest difficulty
[13:50.600 -> 13:51.720] about this swap?
[13:51.720 -> 13:54.280] Like what's the difference between the two drivers
[13:54.280 -> 13:55.800] and what's the one thing that you think is like
[13:55.800 -> 13:57.480] the hardest thing here?
[13:57.480 -> 14:00.600] Cause I guess you were so used to the way one routine was
[14:00.600 -> 14:03.960] or one person and now you've completely swapped someone new.
[14:03.960 -> 14:08.080] Yeah, I think the handover period is the most difficult part it's obviously like
[14:08.080 -> 14:12.480] building that that relationship because if you don't have that person-to-person
[14:12.480 -> 14:17.160] relationship with your driver all of a sudden you don't have that that trust
[14:17.160 -> 14:21.840] barrier that's there and obviously like as a coach you need your driver to trust
[14:21.840 -> 14:25.080] you right because you know you're you're doing a lot for them.
[14:25.080 -> 14:26.120] You're asking for a lot.
[14:26.120 -> 14:28.360] And if there's no trust, there's a bit of resistance
[14:28.360 -> 14:31.800] then progress can not be so linear.
[14:31.800 -> 14:33.840] So I think the biggest difficulty
[14:33.840 -> 14:35.580] is just building that report.
[14:35.580 -> 14:38.200] So what we did, Yuki and I,
[14:38.200 -> 14:41.240] we decided to go to Dubai together for pre-season,
[14:41.240 -> 14:42.160] which is very risky
[14:42.160 -> 14:44.300] because we'd only met for an hour in Abu Dhabi
[14:44.300 -> 14:45.540] after the race for a coffee,
[14:45.540 -> 14:46.740] just to see if, you know,
[14:46.740 -> 14:47.580] let him suss me out a little bit.
[14:47.580 -> 14:50.540] And that's how he decided was just that hour meeting.
[14:50.540 -> 14:51.500] Yeah. Damn.
[14:51.500 -> 14:52.340] Yeah. Yeah.
[14:52.340 -> 14:53.160] We went for coffee.
[14:53.160 -> 14:54.340] Did you talk about serious stuff in the hour meeting
[14:54.340 -> 14:55.180] or just?
[14:55.180 -> 14:56.580] No, we actually talked about fashion
[14:56.580 -> 14:58.380] because I saw he had some pretty fancy shoes on.
[14:58.380 -> 15:00.060] I was like, okay, you got a bit of swag.
[15:00.060 -> 15:01.580] Talk to me about this.
[15:01.580 -> 15:03.820] And then we spoke about food, surprise.
[15:03.820 -> 15:04.660] He loves his food.
[15:04.660 -> 15:05.780] Loves his food.
[15:05.780 -> 15:08.740] So I think literally one of his first questions was like,
[15:08.740 -> 15:10.140] what's your favorite cuisine?
[15:10.140 -> 15:11.780] And I was like, oh shit, he's serious.
[15:11.780 -> 15:12.620] I was about to say the right thing.
[15:12.620 -> 15:14.020] What did you say?
[15:14.020 -> 15:15.220] I said, Japanese and Italian.
[15:15.220 -> 15:16.620] And he goes, oh, good answer.
[15:18.260 -> 15:20.620] I was like, in my head, I was like, I've got the job.
[15:21.980 -> 15:23.100] And then I was like, and yours?
[15:23.100 -> 15:24.140] And he goes, same.
[15:24.140 -> 15:26.760] I was like, okay, good start.
[15:26.760 -> 15:30.040] So yeah, an hour coffee and then he was like,
[15:30.040 -> 15:31.000] yep, cool, let's do it.
[15:31.000 -> 15:34.520] So went to Dubai and fortunately for those two
[15:34.520 -> 15:36.980] and a half weeks, we got along really well.
[15:36.980 -> 15:39.740] And it was just natural, like no one forced anything.
[15:39.740 -> 15:41.520] We just got to the hotel.
[15:41.520 -> 15:43.480] I talked about our families,
[15:43.480 -> 15:45.840] just the general chit chat of getting to know someone,
[15:45.840 -> 15:47.520] how you grew up.
[15:47.520 -> 15:49.440] He was telling me he was a bit of a rebel in school
[15:49.440 -> 15:51.920] and he always used to get grounded or suspended.
[15:51.920 -> 15:54.480] And he reckons he spent more time outside of the class
[15:54.480 -> 15:55.480] than inside of the class.
[15:55.480 -> 15:58.600] So I was like, well, thank God you're quick at racing.
[15:58.600 -> 16:01.120] We did the same, but we're not very, very quick.
[16:01.120 -> 16:02.240] Well, I'm quick at racing.
[16:02.240 -> 16:03.920] I'm fast, I'm a pistol bust.
[16:03.920 -> 16:04.760] You are, yeah.
[16:04.760 -> 16:08.920] You're gonna never get that going. So So yeah that was probably the most difficult part
[16:08.920 -> 16:13.100] is just making sure that I build that relationship with Yuki because the rest wouldn't progress
[16:13.100 -> 16:18.640] without that. Yeah it's no secret that we know from Drive Survive and other things that
[16:18.640 -> 16:24.040] Yuki hates training. Like I've always known him as the one guy that hates training, gym
[16:24.040 -> 16:26.220] and stuff like that and your job is literally to do that
[16:26.220 -> 16:29.360] With him. So how have you stepped into that? And how is he finding it?
[16:29.360 -> 16:35.100] Is he is he enjoying training or are you having to force him to the gym or is he not missing his alarms?
[16:35.480 -> 16:40.240] Yeah, it's funny because like when I first came in to train you can come on board
[16:40.240 -> 16:46.960] You obviously you can quite easily have a bit of a picture on what you perceive this person to be based
[16:46.960 -> 16:51.880] on external chat or external, I guess, noise,
[16:51.880 -> 16:53.680] like drive to survive.
[16:53.680 -> 16:56.120] But I kind of came in with it, like just a fresh approach.
[16:56.120 -> 16:56.940] I'm like, you know what?
[16:56.940 -> 16:59.340] I'm not gonna let people tell me what he's like
[16:59.340 -> 17:00.400] or what he's not like.
[17:00.400 -> 17:03.360] I'm just gonna go in and observe what I find straight away.
[17:03.360 -> 17:10.400] And truth is, like, he was was a machine like we trained so hard and he didn't complain once
[17:10.620 -> 17:17.280] He didn't nag once it was just let's get to business. Let's go. This is why we're here and
[17:18.000 -> 17:20.120] Honestly, like we smashed all these PB's
[17:20.440 -> 17:25.000] So like I'm kind of glad I went in with that approach because I probably would have taken my coaching
[17:25.000 -> 17:26.520] a little bit differently.
[17:26.520 -> 17:28.780] My approach a little bit differently to training,
[17:28.780 -> 17:30.600] but I was like, nope, we're doing this, we're doing that.
[17:30.600 -> 17:32.320] And I noticed very quickly
[17:32.320 -> 17:34.800] that he's a very data-driven guy.
[17:34.800 -> 17:37.140] So I noticed, because that was one thing,
[17:37.140 -> 17:38.440] coaching him in the gym, I was like, okay,
[17:38.440 -> 17:40.400] I need to figure out what motivates this guy.
[17:40.400 -> 17:41.600] I don't know him, right?
[17:41.600 -> 17:45.840] So I don't know if me talking to him
[17:45.840 -> 17:47.800] like during a set is gonna motivate him.
[17:47.800 -> 17:50.240] I don't know if he is like someone who will respond
[17:50.240 -> 17:51.700] to my type of coaching just yet,
[17:51.700 -> 17:52.960] cause he doesn't know me.
[17:52.960 -> 17:54.840] I haven't earned that respect yet.
[17:54.840 -> 17:57.600] But I noticed very early on, if I showed him data
[17:57.600 -> 17:59.360] and be like, cool, okay, this is your PB
[17:59.360 -> 18:01.240] or this is where I want you to be at
[18:01.240 -> 18:03.960] with your next strength by April.
[18:03.960 -> 18:05.440] And he'd be like, oh wow, that's a lot. I'm like, yeah, it is a lot. That's where I want you to be. And then every day by April. And he'd be like, oh wow, that's a lot.
[18:05.440 -> 18:06.520] I'm like, yeah, it is a lot.
[18:06.520 -> 18:07.720] That's where I want you to be.
[18:07.720 -> 18:09.760] And then every day he'd be like, what's my number?
[18:09.760 -> 18:10.600] What's my number?
[18:10.600 -> 18:12.400] And I was like, okay, now I see how I'm getting through.
[18:12.400 -> 18:14.080] I found the formula.
[18:14.080 -> 18:16.840] So that's what the cool thing was about preseason
[18:16.840 -> 18:18.840] is like you said, you're just getting to know someone,
[18:18.840 -> 18:20.360] understanding what motivates them,
[18:20.360 -> 18:21.880] understanding like how to actually get through
[18:21.880 -> 18:22.720] to him a little bit.
[18:22.720 -> 18:24.960] And yeah, so that's kind of like,
[18:24.960 -> 18:25.160] yeah, learned a lot kind of like, yeah,
[18:25.160 -> 18:27.960] learnt a lot through Dubai and just, yeah,
[18:27.960 -> 18:28.920] spending a bit of time together.
[18:28.920 -> 18:30.320] Speaking of necks, you actually,
[18:30.320 -> 18:32.120] I can tell you train your neck.
[18:32.120 -> 18:33.920] Because it's fucking wham.
[18:33.920 -> 18:35.880] I went through a phase of using the neck harness
[18:35.880 -> 18:39.440] only because me and Daniel were just having a chat
[18:39.440 -> 18:41.820] and we're just like, whose neck's thicker?
[18:41.820 -> 18:45.100] And I think Blake measured Daniel's neck one year in Abu Dhabi and my neck, and my neck was one centimetre thicker. And I think Blake measured Daniel and Daniel's neck
[18:45.100 -> 18:46.540] one year in Abu Dhabi and my neck
[18:46.540 -> 18:48.980] and my neck was one centimeter thicker.
[18:48.980 -> 18:49.940] And I was so proud of that.
[18:49.940 -> 18:51.460] So I kept training it because I was like,
[18:51.460 -> 18:53.860] I want to keep have a bigger neck than Daniel.
[18:53.860 -> 18:56.780] So that was like my competitiveness coming out.
[18:56.780 -> 19:00.100] But yeah, I think, I mean, Yuki's next pretty,
[19:00.100 -> 19:00.940] pretty thick now.
[19:00.940 -> 19:01.940] I think he'd probably have me.
[19:01.940 -> 19:02.780] I reckon.
[19:02.780 -> 19:04.340] We noticed that with Oscar,
[19:04.340 -> 19:07.040] because Oscar came on our pod before he was an F1 driver.
[19:07.040 -> 19:09.680] You know, he's like a young lad sat there and he's grown into this
[19:09.680 -> 19:12.800] this bloke. His neck is massive now. His neck is fucking huge, man.
[19:12.800 -> 19:16.400] Yeah, well I mean they drive so much, right? So I think,
[19:16.400 -> 19:21.440] and also the more pre-seasons Oscar does now, I think you just naturally, you see
[19:21.440 -> 19:24.560] he's probably going to keep going, I think. I noticed you shared a clip on your
[19:24.560 -> 19:27.320] Instagram not long ago. It was when you went on Sky Sports
[19:27.320 -> 19:31.800] Pod and you were talking about a story with Yuki from when you just started training with
[19:31.800 -> 19:37.480] him and I'm desperate for you to tell it on this show because it absolutely killed me.
[19:37.480 -> 19:43.280] Yeah I think this was the first time I actually thought I may lose my job.
[19:43.280 -> 19:46.600] I felt fairly safe until this moment, but yeah.
[19:46.600 -> 19:50.500] So like pre-season went well, did testing in Italy.
[19:50.500 -> 19:51.920] Everything was looking really, really good.
[19:51.920 -> 19:53.400] Yuki was super fit.
[19:53.400 -> 19:56.800] So we've, you know, we've come into Bahrain first race
[19:56.800 -> 19:59.440] and where we stay in Bahrain, we stay on the beach.
[19:59.440 -> 20:00.560] It's a really nice spot.
[20:00.560 -> 20:04.720] So every morning I was teaching Yuki a mobility session.
[20:04.720 -> 20:07.620] So just honestly, wake up in the morning,
[20:07.620 -> 20:09.340] we go on the grass, get some sun in the morning.
[20:09.340 -> 20:11.860] So get some natural sunlight and we just sit on the grass
[20:11.860 -> 20:13.900] and we'll just do a mobility session.
[20:13.900 -> 20:17.220] Because he was a bit stiff when I first got ahold of him
[20:17.220 -> 20:19.180] in January and he was really enjoying
[20:19.180 -> 20:20.620] these mobility sessions in the morning,
[20:20.620 -> 20:22.220] just getting some sun.
[20:22.220 -> 20:25.940] So Friday came around, Friday practice.
[20:25.940 -> 20:27.140] I texted him, I was like, cool,
[20:27.140 -> 20:28.360] let's do our mobility session.
[20:28.360 -> 20:30.360] So Friday practice, bro.
[20:30.360 -> 20:32.460] This is on the Friday before the race.
[20:32.460 -> 20:34.320] Yes, this is first practice together,
[20:34.320 -> 20:36.120] first weekend together.
[20:36.120 -> 20:37.480] I thought this was like a training session
[20:37.480 -> 20:38.320] outside of season.
[20:38.320 -> 20:39.840] No, mate, this is race weekend.
[20:39.840 -> 20:41.080] Oh my, Michael.
[20:41.080 -> 20:41.920] Yeah, I know.
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[22:09.800 -> 22:10.640] All right.
[22:10.640 -> 22:11.460] Oh.
[22:11.460 -> 22:16.460] So we've gone out, we've rolled the mats out
[22:16.460 -> 22:19.680] and essentially like I have a golf ball
[22:19.680 -> 22:22.200] and we use the golf ball to roll out the ball of our feet
[22:22.200 -> 22:23.980] and just loosen up our feet.
[22:23.980 -> 22:26.720] So he's rolling his feet and I'm got the foam roller.
[22:26.720 -> 22:28.400] So I'm rolling at my back.
[22:28.400 -> 22:31.320] And then what he's done, he's grabbed the phone, he's grabbed the golf ball and he just
[22:31.320 -> 22:32.560] lobbed it onto my shin.
[22:32.560 -> 22:34.760] And I'm like, yeah, obviously it hurt.
[22:34.760 -> 22:35.760] Right.
[22:35.760 -> 22:36.760] And he's giggling.
[22:36.760 -> 22:38.760] Cause you know, good thing about me and Yuki, we banter each other quite a lot.
[22:38.760 -> 22:40.760] Um, and I was like, okay, cool.
[22:40.760 -> 22:41.760] You think that's funny?
[22:41.760 -> 22:42.760] Okay, cool.
[22:42.760 -> 22:43.760] No worries.
[22:43.760 -> 22:47.320] So like I let him go and then he starts, he took the foam roller, started rolling his back.
[22:47.320 -> 22:48.920] So I grabbed the golf ball.
[22:48.920 -> 22:51.760] And then as I was walking to get the sparky ball,
[22:51.760 -> 22:53.680] I just like threw the golf ball over my shoulder.
[22:53.680 -> 22:55.000] Like I wasn't even looking.
[22:55.000 -> 22:56.640] And I just thought, I'll just lob it.
[22:56.640 -> 22:58.800] And it'll probably get him in the shin or something.
[22:58.800 -> 23:00.040] I've lobbed it.
[23:00.040 -> 23:01.880] And he's like rolling on his back
[23:01.880 -> 23:06.120] and it has hit him straight in the eye, like right eye.
[23:07.600 -> 23:10.000] And I even heard the pop, like he hit it clean.
[23:10.840 -> 23:12.760] And like golf balls are hard.
[23:12.760 -> 23:16.520] Like, and he was like, it was a fair, decent lob.
[23:16.520 -> 23:17.340] And-
[23:17.340 -> 23:18.180] You've lobbed it up in the sky
[23:18.180 -> 23:19.120] and it's come down on his-
[23:19.120 -> 23:20.320] Yep.
[23:20.320 -> 23:21.160] Yeah.
[23:21.160 -> 23:21.980] That would hurt.
[23:21.980 -> 23:22.820] Oh no, it hurt.
[23:22.820 -> 23:26.540] Like he was rolling in pain, you're holding on to his eye I
[23:27.060 -> 23:32.500] Panicked I was like, okay. I'm just this is in your new job as well. Yeah. Yes my new job and I was I panicked
[23:32.500 -> 23:34.800] So I just I ran to the bar
[23:39.560 -> 23:41.560] Sorry, I think I did
[23:42.000 -> 23:44.440] I think I did
[23:50.680 -> 23:51.560] Was like are you okay and all I'm hearing is ah, okay, I need to do something here so I ran to get some ice
[23:55.840 -> 24:00.520] Came back with some ice and I was like dude just put this on you on your face I'm like, I'm so sorry and I was what to be like I to be honest
[24:00.520 -> 24:05.200] I was waiting for him just to absolutely tear me apart. Kick off. Like kick off.
[24:05.200 -> 24:06.200] Yeah.
[24:06.200 -> 24:08.760] To his point, I think he was just in so much pain, he just, he didn't.
[24:08.760 -> 24:13.000] And he just looked at me and he's like, and he looked at me and it was just already red.
[24:13.000 -> 24:14.000] Couldn't open it.
[24:14.000 -> 24:15.000] So it wasn't open yet.
[24:15.000 -> 24:16.000] And I'm like, oh no.
[24:16.000 -> 24:23.280] So we started applying ice on it for about, yeah, five minute intervals for about an hour.
[24:23.280 -> 24:27.120] Probably I reckon after 35 minutes, he could slowly start to open it.
[24:27.120 -> 24:28.680] By this point, we're leaving for the track
[24:28.680 -> 24:29.720] in about two hours.
[24:29.720 -> 24:32.740] And I'm like, oh no, this is not good.
[24:32.740 -> 24:33.760] So I'm sitting there like-
[24:33.760 -> 24:35.560] Your heart must have dropped, bro.
[24:35.560 -> 24:37.480] I've never apologized so much in my life.
[24:37.480 -> 24:40.160] I was apologizing every 30 seconds, right?
[24:40.160 -> 24:42.160] And then to Yuki's point, he just looks at me
[24:42.160 -> 24:43.240] and he's like, how is it?
[24:43.240 -> 24:44.440] And I'm looking at it.
[24:44.440 -> 24:47.040] And I'm like, it's fine, man.
[24:47.040 -> 24:47.880] But it's shut.
[24:47.880 -> 24:50.120] Yeah, and I'm like, it's not too bad.
[24:50.120 -> 24:50.960] Right?
[24:53.280 -> 24:55.280] So he goes, okay.
[24:55.280 -> 24:56.360] He's like, let's test it.
[24:56.360 -> 24:57.800] I'm like, okay, what do you wanna do?
[24:57.800 -> 24:59.560] He's like, let's play table tennis.
[24:59.560 -> 25:01.880] And I'm like, oh, this is gonna end bad.
[25:01.880 -> 25:03.120] Straight in the eye again.
[25:03.120 -> 25:04.080] And to give you some context,
[25:04.080 -> 25:05.760] we were playing table tennis every morning
[25:05.760 -> 25:07.720] and I was smoking him every morning.
[25:07.720 -> 25:09.360] So I'm like, the last thing I wanna do
[25:09.360 -> 25:11.800] is smoke him again with one eye, right?
[25:11.800 -> 25:14.320] So like we get to the table tennis
[25:14.320 -> 25:17.040] and I'm just like hitting him back gently.
[25:17.040 -> 25:17.960] And then he kicks off.
[25:17.960 -> 25:19.480] He's like, I know you're taking it easy.
[25:19.480 -> 25:22.640] I was like, oh no.
[25:22.640 -> 25:24.800] I was just trying to get his confidence back up.
[25:24.800 -> 25:28.080] So we played a bit of table tennis, kept icing it.
[25:28.080 -> 25:30.600] We get to the track and the first thing I can think of is
[25:30.600 -> 25:33.240] I need to tell everyone at the track,
[25:33.240 -> 25:35.120] not to say anything about his eye.
[25:35.120 -> 25:37.520] Because if everyone just starts honing in and be like,
[25:37.520 -> 25:38.880] what happened to your eye?
[25:38.880 -> 25:40.920] All of a sudden that's gonna be a natural distraction
[25:40.920 -> 25:42.760] come P1 and P2.
[25:42.760 -> 25:45.840] So I've like stormed into the paddock,
[25:45.840 -> 25:46.840] gone straight into hospitality.
[25:46.840 -> 25:48.280] I'm like, don't say anything about his eye.
[25:48.280 -> 25:49.640] All right, I've got it sorted.
[25:49.640 -> 25:50.480] I've got it sorted.
[25:50.480 -> 25:51.300] Everyone's like, yep, okay.
[25:51.300 -> 25:52.140] Everything's under control, don't worry.
[25:52.140 -> 25:52.980] I run straight to the doctor.
[25:52.980 -> 25:54.720] I'm like, we need eye drops.
[25:54.720 -> 25:55.760] This is what I've done.
[25:55.760 -> 25:57.800] And the doctor's just like, you idiot.
[25:57.800 -> 26:01.100] I've literally, I've gone to the mechanics.
[26:01.100 -> 26:02.080] Don't say anything to my eye.
[26:02.080 -> 26:03.760] Don't say anything to Yuki about his eye.
[26:03.760 -> 26:06.800] Literally the first person that walks into our race room,
[26:06.800 -> 26:09.640] I haven't told the marketing team.
[26:09.640 -> 26:10.960] Literally the marketing team walks in,
[26:10.960 -> 26:12.960] oh my God, what happened to your eye?
[26:12.960 -> 26:13.800] No.
[26:14.720 -> 26:17.760] And Yuki was just like, I could tell he was frustrated.
[26:17.760 -> 26:20.060] Like, what have you done to me sort of thing.
[26:21.880 -> 26:26.080] Thankfully, he was okay. Yeah, we use some eye drops
[26:26.840 -> 26:29.120] His eye was hurting for about 10 days after
[26:29.960 -> 26:33.280] Unfortunately, so we did have to keep a close eye on it. But I'm unintended
[26:34.040 -> 26:36.040] Yes, yes touché
[26:37.080 -> 26:39.080] But hey, I didn't lose my job
[26:40.160 -> 26:47.080] And the rest is history. We actually had a pretty good race race one actually. So yeah, I think we finished p11
[26:48.720 -> 26:51.200] Thankfully because I was like if we have a bad race, I'm definitely getting the blame
[26:52.720 -> 26:59.400] But yeah, just a freak accident where I have literally hurt my driver before a race weekend
[26:59.400 -> 27:05.000] Which is not ideal good icebreaker, you know, yeah, probably can't get any worse from here
[27:05.000 -> 27:11.520] now I hope not I hope not it was he started it he did yeah did yeah I just
[27:11.520 -> 27:17.600] went to new heights but I shouldn't have but uh yeah I like honestly I was quite
[27:17.600 -> 27:21.560] scared that he wasn't gonna race like that that Friday I was convinced that he
[27:21.560 -> 27:25.140] might not better yeah on a serious note that he could have been really bad oh
[27:25.700 -> 27:28.200] No, it definitely could have it was it was a complete
[27:30.920 -> 27:36.040] Like I understand like it was very reckless of me to just throw it and
[27:44.000 -> 27:45.920] I was kicking myself that night.
[27:45.920 -> 27:46.840] I didn't sleep, I don't think.
[27:46.840 -> 27:51.440] But all like, I must give Yuki a big, big shout out there.
[27:51.440 -> 27:53.600] He took it well.
[27:53.600 -> 27:56.840] He didn't make me feel worse than what I already felt.
[27:56.840 -> 27:59.320] And he got on with business.
[27:59.320 -> 28:01.840] So yeah, as a coach, I'm just gonna say
[28:01.840 -> 28:03.040] that was just good coaching by me.
[28:03.040 -> 28:04.280] I was just throwing adversity his way
[28:04.280 -> 28:05.280] and just seeing how he could cope.
[28:05.280 -> 28:06.160] Yeah, no, that's that.
[28:06.160 -> 28:06.320] Yeah.
[28:06.320 -> 28:07.600] You're breaking boundaries with the coaches.
[28:07.600 -> 28:07.800] Yeah.
[28:07.800 -> 28:08.840] You should run a book or something.
[28:09.640 -> 28:10.640] Tossing balls and people.
[28:10.640 -> 28:19.080] Did Michael, didn't Michael Phelps coach purposely crack his goggles before a semifinal just to like, see if he could cope with the adversity of having water in his eye?
[28:19.120 -> 28:19.600] Really?
[28:19.640 -> 28:19.960] Yeah.
[28:19.960 -> 28:21.080] I think, I think that's a technique.
[28:21.080 -> 28:22.240] So I'm going to run with that.
[28:22.640 -> 28:23.120] Oh, wow.
[28:23.120 -> 28:26.160] I purposely heard his eye just to see how he could
[28:26.160 -> 28:27.000] cross check that.
[28:27.000 -> 28:29.160] But I'm pretty sure he did something like that to try
[28:29.160 -> 28:32.280] and like put it, put Michael outside of his comfort zone
[28:32.280 -> 28:34.240] to see how he deals with it on the spot.
[28:34.240 -> 28:35.080] You know what I mean?
[28:35.080 -> 28:37.080] And that's kind of like helps you prepare for the unknown
[28:37.080 -> 28:38.780] when it comes to competitional sport.
[28:38.780 -> 28:40.120] Was it a final though?
[28:40.120 -> 28:41.080] I think it was a semi.
[28:41.080 -> 28:41.920] Oh, that's fine then.
[28:41.920 -> 28:44.720] But definitely cross check my, not my, my info,
[28:44.720 -> 28:46.480] but let's just, let's just roll with that.
[28:46.480 -> 28:51.480] Like I purposely hurt his eye to see how he would react.
[28:51.680 -> 28:53.400] Yeah, and now he's a better driver because of it.
[28:53.400 -> 28:54.220] Yeah, and he passed.
[28:54.220 -> 28:55.400] I gave him an A plus for that.
[28:55.400 -> 28:56.840] Whereabouts does Yuki live?
[28:56.840 -> 29:00.000] Faenza, so near the Apotari factory.
[29:00.000 -> 29:01.480] So how often do you see him?
[29:01.480 -> 29:03.360] Like on an average week?
[29:04.640 -> 29:06.280] To be honest, I don't go to Faeenza much.
[29:06.280 -> 29:08.440] I'm trying to give him more independence
[29:08.440 -> 29:10.400] and responsibility when he's back there.
[29:10.400 -> 29:13.980] Like obviously I'll give him a plan and he's been so good.
[29:13.980 -> 29:15.960] Like he will do every session.
[29:15.960 -> 29:17.320] He will fill in the session.
[29:17.320 -> 29:19.880] I get a notification telling me he's done a session.
[29:19.880 -> 29:21.840] If he can't do the session, he has to do it tomorrow.
[29:21.840 -> 29:24.600] He rings me and says, this is why I can't do it.
[29:24.600 -> 29:25.880] I will do it tomorrow. He rings me and says, this is why I can't do it. I will do it tomorrow.
[29:25.880 -> 29:27.320] And he always does.
[29:27.320 -> 29:30.360] So like this whole, he doesn't like training business.
[29:30.360 -> 29:33.080] I think, honestly, I think we can supersede that now.
[29:33.080 -> 29:35.360] Like from what I've seen is the guy loves training.
[29:35.360 -> 29:36.200] Like he's-
[29:36.200 -> 29:37.600] Does he just tell you that he's training
[29:37.600 -> 29:39.120] or do you actually have video footage?
[29:39.120 -> 29:43.260] So the app that I use actually links his heart rate
[29:43.260 -> 29:44.440] to his polar heart rate.
[29:44.440 -> 29:45.880] Are you sure he's training? Well, I don't know what else is getting his heart rate to his polar heart rate. Are you sure he's training?
[29:45.880 -> 29:47.780] Well, I don't know what else is getting his heart rate
[29:47.780 -> 29:48.620] up to 180.
[29:48.620 -> 29:52.600] I'm just putting it out there.
[29:52.600 -> 29:53.560] You can never be sure.
[29:53.560 -> 29:55.140] I mean, he's, I know what raises my heartbeat.
[29:55.140 -> 29:56.300] I mean, he's burning calories.
[29:56.300 -> 29:57.940] So I mean, I'm fine.
[29:57.940 -> 29:59.540] It doesn't matter how you do it.
[30:04.180 -> 30:06.040] What do you do to keep fit?
[30:06.040 -> 30:06.880] You gym?
[30:06.880 -> 30:07.700] I'll do gym, I'll run.
[30:07.700 -> 30:09.500] Cause you said you're up at 6 a.m. this morning.
[30:09.500 -> 30:11.100] Is that a set routine for you?
[30:11.100 -> 30:12.580] Yeah, unless I'm jet lagged,
[30:12.580 -> 30:14.480] but yeah, that's usually a set routine for me.
[30:14.480 -> 30:15.320] But I like running,
[30:15.320 -> 30:17.840] cause I find running clears my head.
[30:17.840 -> 30:19.540] You know, a bit of a digital detox.
[30:19.540 -> 30:21.300] When you're running, you can't look at a screen
[30:21.300 -> 30:23.760] where at the gym these days, you've got TVs up.
[30:23.760 -> 30:26.660] And you know, sometimes you can have your phone in your pocket
[30:26.660 -> 30:27.640] or your phone on the floor
[30:27.640 -> 30:29.840] and you can be a bit distracted where running,
[30:29.840 -> 30:30.880] you can't really be distracted.
[30:30.880 -> 30:32.240] You just, this is you and yourself.
[30:32.240 -> 30:34.760] So yeah, probably running and gym
[30:34.760 -> 30:37.960] is probably the main two things that I can do consistently,
[30:37.960 -> 30:39.240] especially with all the travel.
[30:39.240 -> 30:40.080] Yeah.
[30:40.080 -> 30:40.900] Yeah, running's good.
[30:40.900 -> 30:42.440] And we got a nice place to run around there.
[30:42.440 -> 30:43.280] I definitely don't have a gym.
[30:43.280 -> 30:44.400] Yeah, that's why you go all the time.
[30:44.400 -> 30:47.200] Yeah, I don't have much of an excuse. Do you remember when you were here last time?
[30:47.200 -> 30:52.360] We asked you whether you wash Daniel's race suit and you said yes. Do you wash Yuki's? Hell no
[30:52.360 -> 30:56.720] You see you don't wash Yuki's. Nah, that goes straight to the laundry man. We got a laundry bag
[30:56.960 -> 31:02.280] So when he's got these small sweaty stuff, he puts it straight into the laundry bag. I don't touch it
[31:02.280 -> 31:05.240] I feel like Brad's getting,
[31:05.240 -> 31:08.520] taking the mick out of a little bit for washing Max's.
[31:08.520 -> 31:09.440] He washes Max's.
[31:09.440 -> 31:10.280] Yeah.
[31:10.280 -> 31:11.100] Interesting.
[31:11.100 -> 31:11.940] Yeah.
[31:11.940 -> 31:14.000] That was the whole thing last time was that you don't wash
[31:14.000 -> 31:15.600] Yuki's or Daniel's.
[31:15.600 -> 31:19.040] I think there's been maybe two races where I've had to
[31:19.040 -> 31:21.840] physically bring the laundry bag to my hotel
[31:21.840 -> 31:22.880] and get it laundered.
[31:22.880 -> 31:25.040] And then obviously then put it back in the laundry bag
[31:25.040 -> 31:25.940] and bring it back to the track.
[31:25.940 -> 31:28.400] I probably had to do that twice this year.
[31:28.400 -> 31:33.400] But if that's what Brad means by having to wash his clothes,
[31:33.520 -> 31:34.360] I'm assuming he's bringing it.
[31:34.360 -> 31:36.160] Oh yeah, I don't think Brad's there with the soap.
[31:36.160 -> 31:37.920] Yeah, I don't think he's bringing it home
[31:37.920 -> 31:40.720] and yeah, and then washing it in his own washing machine.
[31:41.680 -> 31:44.040] Yeah, it's not, to be honest, I think it's just,
[31:44.040 -> 31:45.040] it's just based on team
[31:45.040 -> 31:49.840] on what the team expectations are I don't have an issue doing it but the
[31:49.840 -> 31:53.320] team have a personnel person doing it but if they need a hand I'll obviously
[31:53.320 -> 31:57.920] offer so yeah there's probably a couple races where I've had to do it and I
[31:57.920 -> 32:02.000] think we I think I lost some some stuff I think some some stuff went missing
[32:02.000 -> 32:06.600] when I did it well it was you it wasn't you who gave Daniel two left-handed gloves?
[32:06.600 -> 32:07.520] Yes. Is that right?
[32:07.520 -> 32:08.840] Yeah. Yes that was me.
[32:08.840 -> 32:11.120] Any mishaps with Yuki yet at all?
[32:11.120 -> 32:12.280] Oh good question.
[32:12.280 -> 32:15.600] Um well I mean besides nearly blinding him, no.
[32:15.600 -> 32:18.480] Apart from that.
[32:18.480 -> 32:20.080] We'll forget about that.
[32:20.080 -> 32:22.280] Uh no so far so good.
[32:22.280 -> 32:24.760] I've been on it when it comes to the attire.
[32:24.760 -> 32:25.120] Mm-hmm
[32:25.120 -> 32:31.660] Yeah, he means born. Yeah, what would you say the biggest changes are between I don't know Alpha Tower and McLaren
[32:31.660 -> 32:37.860] Like within the garage or within the whole race weekend. Is there anything that's just completely different the culture
[32:37.860 -> 32:42.920] You know you get the Italians to the Brits like the Italians say they speak a little bit of English
[32:42.920 -> 32:49.020] But not so much, but so like I guess my how I can connect to them is a little bit restricted
[32:49.480 -> 32:52.480] but that hasn't affected the relationship at all like I've
[32:53.240 -> 32:56.280] I've built a very strong relationship with the entire team. They've been so welcoming
[32:56.880 -> 33:00.840] But yeah, probably just the culture. I think everything else is I mean once you're at the racetrack
[33:00.840 -> 33:04.920] It's all about just races what it is. Yeah, he's what he's the garages all feel the same just different colors
[33:04.920 -> 33:05.120] Yeah, but yeah, probably just a little bit racing. It is what it is. The garages all feel the same, just different colors.
[33:05.120 -> 33:07.960] But yeah, probably just a little bit of a culture difference
[33:07.960 -> 33:09.480] which is completely fine by me.
[33:09.480 -> 33:11.000] I've got a bit of Italian in myself.
[33:11.000 -> 33:13.640] So if anything, it just makes me feel closer to home.
[33:13.640 -> 33:16.080] And do you like get to go in the McLaren garage,
[33:16.080 -> 33:18.840] the motor home still and see some old friends or anything
[33:18.840 -> 33:21.160] or are you banned from there?
[33:21.160 -> 33:22.920] I wouldn't say I'm banned.
[33:22.920 -> 33:24.760] I think the hospitality, yes.
[33:24.760 -> 33:26.080] I wouldn't walk into the garage
[33:27.040 -> 33:30.260] But I see most of them walking through the paddock
[33:30.260 -> 33:30.760] So yes
[33:30.760 -> 33:35.840] Still still still good friends with them still chat a couple of them were bantering me about the ashes
[33:35.840 -> 33:37.480] So then you know, I would banter back
[33:37.480 -> 33:38.760] So because yes
[33:38.760 -> 33:43.000] That's there's still a bit of friendly fire there and McLaren and even Renault still
[33:43.200 -> 33:50.800] Still speak to a lot of the guys bum in Renault when me and Daniel there for two years. So now called Alpine. So so your brain even could fill your brain
[33:50.800 -> 33:54.760] Trying to know I know you did. I didn't I had no idea
[33:55.840 -> 33:57.840] Did you see that video?
[33:58.360 -> 34:01.640] I haven't seen it the laughing thing. I haven't the laughing challenge
[34:01.640 -> 34:05.160] But he was like touching you keys's leg Daniel laughter every single thing
[34:05.160 -> 34:08.120] I was better so pretty sure I felt like Daniel would have laughed first
[34:08.120 -> 34:08.560] Yeah
[34:08.560 -> 34:08.800] Okay
[34:08.800 -> 34:14.920] That must be so strange for you having them through there because that must feel like almost your whole formula one career is now in
[34:14.920 -> 34:19.800] One place. Yeah, essentially it's funny because it's funny who actually went in fans it last week
[34:19.800 -> 34:23.960] I went for dinner with Yuki and before the mains came out the tour done before the entrees came out
[34:23.960 -> 34:26.000] He said to me let's play a game.
[34:26.000 -> 34:27.680] I said, okay, what game are we playing?
[34:27.680 -> 34:29.960] He goes, first one to laugh pays for dinner.
[34:29.960 -> 34:31.640] And I was like, why is he doing this?
[34:31.640 -> 34:34.680] And now it makes sense because he did this with Daniel.
[34:34.680 -> 34:37.160] So we tried joking and whatnot.
[34:37.160 -> 34:40.800] And then eventually I just, it got to a point where entrees came out, we ate, mains came
[34:40.800 -> 34:41.960] out and no one had laughed yet.
[34:41.960 -> 34:43.680] I was like, geez, someone's out to pay for dinner here.
[34:43.680 -> 34:46.360] So I just put water in my mouth and I just spat it
[34:46.360 -> 34:51.920] all out he actually laughs so I won that one have you hit the karaoke with him
[34:51.920 -> 34:55.520] yeah we know he loves a little bit carry yeah not yet he I actually bought him a
[34:55.520 -> 35:00.120] you know those Bluetooth karaoke microphones for his birthday so we've
[35:00.120 -> 35:03.520] got one of the track I haven't used him yet that's so I'm waiting for him to use
[35:03.520 -> 35:06.160] it so he was actually so excited when I got it for him.
[35:06.160 -> 35:07.160] I thought it'd be like a little joke.
[35:07.160 -> 35:09.100] I was like, oh, happy birthday, man.
[35:09.100 -> 35:13.480] He was like, whoa, I've always wanted one of these.
[35:13.480 -> 35:17.080] So yeah, I'm looking forward to banging out a session with him.
[35:17.080 -> 35:20.880] And we got the Japanese Grand Prix coming up soon.
[35:20.880 -> 35:24.160] We've got Zanvort, Monza, and then is it after that?
[35:24.160 -> 35:25.600] Singapore, Suzuka, doubleheader, yeah. How's Yuki feeling aheadort Monza and then is it after that? Singapore Suzuka doubleheader. Yep
[35:25.680 -> 35:28.640] How's Yuki feeling ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix? Is he excited?
[35:28.960 -> 35:33.520] Yeah, I think so, right? Like I think anyone's home Grand Prix always feel the extra love, you know
[35:34.320 -> 35:36.560] And I think Yuki does like yeah
[35:36.640 -> 35:39.760] I think he's I think he loves like Japan in general because you know
[35:39.760 -> 35:43.520] It is his hometown and his number one cuisine is Japanese
[35:43.600 -> 35:47.720] So all he wants to talk about is I can't wait to when we get to Tokyo to all the places
[35:47.720 -> 35:52.120] I'm gonna take you to eat. So I'm like surely he's gonna get treated like royalty there and you're gonna be like, yeah
[35:52.120 -> 35:59.400] That's what I was thinking. Well, look as long as he takes me to the restaurants. I'm happy because I love Japanese
[36:00.040 -> 36:02.520] So we've been speaking about Tokyo for quite a while already
[36:02.880 -> 36:07.640] So I'm really looking forward to that just I guess just a I guess experience what he's experiencing
[36:07.640 -> 36:12.400] And I'm sure he'll show me a little bit more of a cultural feel to what you know
[36:12.400 -> 36:14.360] Japan's about cuz yeah
[36:14.360 -> 36:18.240] Japan's a big place. So Tokyo and it's sometimes you can get a bit lost in that city
[36:18.240 -> 36:21.880] So to have him guard me around I'm actually really looking forward to it
[36:21.880 -> 36:25.400] But now we're gonna put you on the same. You don't think you're going to be very quick?
[36:25.400 -> 36:27.120] No, I think I'm going to suck at this, but let's go.
[36:27.120 -> 36:29.560] You've actually not really been in a sim before, have you really?
[36:29.560 -> 36:30.560] No.
[36:30.560 -> 36:33.800] So like, unlike karting, you can't throw any G-Force, so going into a corner, you've got
[36:33.800 -> 36:34.800] no idea.
[36:34.800 -> 36:40.360] Yeah, I was never massively into like gaming, so I'm not expecting much from my side, I'll
[36:40.360 -> 36:41.360] be honest.
[36:41.360 -> 36:46.600] Yeah, I was massively into gaming and I'm last, so I'm kind of hoping that today is the day that maybe I'm not last anymore. If I can beat you, I'll be honest. Yeah, I was massively into gaming and I'm last
[36:48.600 -> 36:48.920] If I can beat you I'll be happy
[36:53.720 -> 36:58.320] What we do is when we have a driver on we'll put medium traction on but as you're not a racing driver You can have full traction. You can have the racing line. Oh perfect. Yes. I mean that yeah
[37:01.120 -> 37:02.120] Okay
[37:02.120 -> 37:06.460] Still lost but you know, Johnny Herbert isn't very far in front of him.
[37:06.460 -> 37:08.860] And he used to drive a Formula 1 car, so...
[37:08.860 -> 37:09.500] That's a good point.
[37:10.160 -> 37:10.660] Let's hit it.
[37:11.100 -> 37:11.600] Here we go.
[37:11.600 -> 37:12.800] It's Michael Italiano.
[37:12.800 -> 37:14.100] Pit stop fastest lap.
[37:14.960 -> 37:16.160] What can he do?
[37:17.700 -> 37:18.300] Minimal...
[37:18.300 -> 37:20.500] I've got to say, minimal practice laps.
[37:20.900 -> 37:21.760] A lot of people...
[37:22.160 -> 37:28.920] A lot of people come here and they want to do as many practice laps as they can Michael's like nah fuck that mate three laps and I'm
[37:28.920 -> 37:38.680] fucking good it's all a mystery until the end that was good that was alright
[37:38.680 -> 37:41.400] apart from the grass
[37:44.000 -> 37:46.000] I'm not happy with those last two corners, if I'm being honest with you. I'm not happy at all.
[37:46.000 -> 37:48.000] I'll let you lock in now, I won't put you off.
[37:50.000 -> 37:52.000] Beautiful corner!
[37:52.000 -> 37:54.000] On the yellow curve!
[37:54.000 -> 37:55.000] Lovely!
[37:55.000 -> 37:57.000] I think I'm breaking a fall for sure.
[37:58.000 -> 38:00.000] Just imagine you're wrestling with a croc.
[38:01.000 -> 38:03.000] You've got a croc by the neck, you're fucking...
[38:04.000 -> 38:07.520] And here he goes, round the last ten of the Red
[38:07.520 -> 38:12.680] Bull Ring in Australia, in Austria! There he is, Michael Italiano.
[38:12.680 -> 38:19.000] Oh boy. Let's go bro.
[38:19.000 -> 38:21.120] Michael Italiano. Hit me.
[38:21.120 -> 38:23.680] It's good to have you back. You didn't set a lap last time because you didn't have a
[38:23.680 -> 38:25.280] leaderboard but now you are back. You didn't set a lap last time because you didn't have a leaderboard, but now you are back.
[38:25.280 -> 38:28.080] You've done the sim challenge, the fastest lap.
[38:28.080 -> 38:28.920] Yeah.
[38:28.920 -> 38:31.480] Whereabouts roughly do you think you may have come?
[38:31.480 -> 38:33.680] I just hope I beat Jake.
[38:33.680 -> 38:36.040] Everyone says that.
[38:36.040 -> 38:37.480] That's all I hope.
[38:37.480 -> 38:38.560] I don't want to be on the bottom man,
[38:38.560 -> 38:41.220] but I also wouldn't be surprised if I'm the bottom.
[38:41.220 -> 38:43.800] I've got to say, you didn't really, you didn't take,
[38:43.800 -> 38:48.400] I didn't feel that you took the practice lap seriously enough. Yeah a lot of people have had a lot more than that.
[38:48.400 -> 38:51.600] Yeah I did what two, two or three laps? You did like two but some people have had like ten.
[38:51.600 -> 38:56.400] Yeah people just fly into it bro. Oh I felt like I was holding you boys up. Nah nah nah.
[38:56.400 -> 39:05.000] Well Michael unfortunately you haven't come on the podium I must say you haven't you haven't come anywhere the podium, I must say.
[39:05.000 -> 39:08.800] You haven't come anywhere near the podium, to be honest with you.
[39:08.800 -> 39:11.400] You're really making this painful for me.
[39:11.400 -> 39:29.000] This may be the worst performance of your professional career, but I'm afraid to say 8.73 NOOOOO Jake Boyce has finally beaten someone
[39:29.000 -> 39:32.000] I was wondering why you were smiling
[39:32.000 -> 39:37.000] This is the best day of my life
[39:37.000 -> 39:41.000] And I stuffed up turn 2 you lucky boy
[39:41.000 -> 39:44.000] Still mate great effort so well done
[39:44.000 -> 39:45.500] Thanks boys.
[39:45.500 -> 39:46.340] Thanks mate.
[39:46.340 -> 39:49.040] Damn it.
[39:49.040 -> 39:51.040] Michael, so good to see you mate.
[39:51.040 -> 39:53.600] It didn't go well for you at the end there with the lap,
[39:53.600 -> 39:56.040] but it's always good to see you man.
[39:56.040 -> 39:58.360] Yeah, look, I'll work on my SIM practice for next time
[39:58.360 -> 40:03.360] for sure to wipe that silly smirk off your face.
[40:03.400 -> 40:04.240] No, but thanks for that.
[40:04.240 -> 40:06.000] Thanks for having me guys. Really, really, really like enjoy talking to you guys and thanks for the your face. No, but thanks for that. Thanks for having me guys.
[40:06.000 -> 40:08.000] Really, really, really like and enjoy talking to you guys.
[40:08.000 -> 40:10.000] And thanks for the carding. That was fun.
[40:10.000 -> 40:12.000] Yeah, I'm buzzing with this episode. I can't wait to edit that.
[40:12.000 -> 40:14.000] It was good fun.
[40:14.000 -> 40:16.000] Yeah, when we get a guest back, it's fun to do this stuff.
[40:16.000 -> 40:18.000] I hope you guys at home have enjoyed it.
[40:18.000 -> 40:20.000] Please do go follow Michael's socials. All the links will be down below.
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[40:24.000 -> 40:27.000] Anything you want to plug? Anything you want to say, let the people know before you go?
[40:27.000 -> 40:32.000] No, I mean, you can obviously find me on social media, at Michael Italiano, but besides that,
[40:32.000 -> 40:37.000] you'll probably see me walking around the racetrack this year, so yeah, all good.
[40:37.000 -> 40:38.000] Carrying plates of food.
[40:38.000 -> 40:39.000] And helmets.
[40:39.000 -> 40:41.000] Can't wait to see that for the rest of the season.
[40:41.000 -> 40:42.000] Helmet-watching!
[40:42.000 -> 40:46.480] Yeah, best of luck for the rest of the season mate to you and Yuki and to the whole team
[40:46.480 -> 40:49.920] to the whole of Alpha Tauri. Thanks mate. But thank you very much for watching the Pitstop
[40:49.920 -> None] podcast and we'll see you guys soon. Cheers Michael! Quality! Thanks guys, thanks. you