Imola Round up & George Russell’s start to the season…

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# Pit Stop Podcast Episode Recap: Imola Race Weekend Debrief

**Hosts:** Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca

**Key Points:**

- The hosts, Jake and Fabio, had an incredible experience at the Imola Grand Prix, which exceeded all their expectations.
- They faced challenges with rain, lack of camera equipment, and a quirky hotel, but these obstacles added to the adventure.
- The highlight of their trip was appearing on Sky Sports during the race, which was a surreal and unforgettable moment.
- They encountered supportive fans, including Irish and Italian supporters, and made connections with interesting individuals like the deputy mayor of Bologna and the owner of a sofa company.
- The new regulations for the 2022 Formula One season seem to be working well, as evidenced by closer racing and more overtakes, even without DRS.
- George Russell has had an impressive start to the season, consistently finishing in the top five and scoring points in every race.
- Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, has struggled with the Mercedes car, finishing 13th in Imola and raising questions about his championship chances.

**Insights and Perspectives:**

- The hosts emphasized the importance of embracing spontaneity and flexibility when traveling to a Grand Prix, as unexpected opportunities may arise.
- They expressed their gratitude for the support of their audience, which has helped them grow their podcast and connect with fellow Formula One enthusiasts.
- The hosts acknowledged the controversies surrounding DRS and the performance of certain drivers, but they maintained a neutral stance and focused on providing an informative and engaging discussion.
- They highlighted the significance of George Russell's strong start to the season, suggesting that he may be a genuine contender for the championship.

**Controversies and Noteworthy Moments:**

- The hosts mentioned the issue with DRS not functioning properly during the race, which limited overtaking opportunities.
- They discussed Lewis Hamilton's poor performance in Imola and his comments about not being in contention for the championship.
- The hosts briefly touched on the topic of Mazepin's retirement from Formula One and the potential impact on the Mercedes team.

**Overall Message:**

The hosts conveyed their excitement about the new Formula One season and the positive changes brought by the new regulations. They emphasized the importance of embracing the unexpected and celebrating the sport's passionate community. The episode captured the thrill and camaraderie of attending a Grand Prix and provided insightful commentary on the key talking points from the Imola race weekend. # Formula One Podcast Episode Summary: The Imola Grand Prix and Beyond

**Key Points:**

- The Imola Grand Prix was a thrilling race with unexpected twists and turns.
- Charles Leclerc's unfortunate retirement from the lead due to a car issue was a major disappointment.
- Lando Norris' impressive performance secured him a podium finish, fulfilling the hosts' predictions.
- The McLaren team showed significant improvement in their car's performance.
- Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing are seen as the strongest contenders for the Constructors' Championship.
- Ferrari's early dominance may be challenged by Red Bull's consistent strength.
- The hosts speculate on whether Hamilton's confidence may be affected by Russell's strong performances.
- Valtteri Bottas' impressive finish in the Alfa Romeo highlights the team's potential with the Ferrari engine.
- Yuki Tsunoda's seventh-place finish was a positive result for AlphaTauri.
- The hosts express their excitement about an upcoming podcast episode featuring a special guest who will share insights on driving a Formula One car.

**Insights and Perspectives:**

- The hosts emphasize the unpredictability and excitement of the current Formula One season, with multiple teams and drivers capable of challenging for victories.
- They acknowledge the impressive performances of Lando Norris and McLaren, suggesting that the team has made significant strides forward.
- The hosts recognize Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing as the current frontrunners, but they acknowledge that Ferrari remains a strong contender.
- They speculate on the mental challenges faced by Lewis Hamilton, given his teammate George Russell's strong performances.
- The hosts express admiration for Valtteri Bottas' success in the Alfa Romeo, highlighting the team's potential with the Ferrari engine.

**Overall Takeaway:**

The Imola Grand Prix provided thrilling racing and unexpected results, showcasing the intense competition and unpredictability of the current Formula One season. The hosts provide insightful analysis and commentary, highlighting the key moments and performances that shaped the race. They also offer their perspectives on the broader championship battle and the challenges faced by individual drivers and teams.

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[00:57.000 -> 01:01.760] What the hell just happened this last weekend?
[01:01.760 -> 01:03.360] I have no idea.
[01:03.360 -> 01:06.720] I genuinely have no idea. I remember leaving the flat
[01:06.720 -> 01:12.640] thinking we were just going to watch a race, make a vlog. We were on fucking television.
[01:31.600 -> 01:37.120] Welcome back to the Pit Stop Podcast. The show where two new Formula 1 fans learn as fast as they can. We have had the most crazy weekend ever and in today's episode we're
[01:37.120 -> 01:41.520] going to be rounding up our trip to Imola, looking at George Russell's amazing start
[01:41.520 -> 01:45.200] to the season, giving our opinion on whether the new regulations
[01:45.200 -> 01:51.000] are making a positive change, rounding up Lando Norris' weekend and looking ahead to
[01:51.000 -> 01:52.600] the race in Miami.
[01:52.600 -> 01:58.520] But Fab, let's start with what I feel like I could talk about for hours this weekend.
[01:58.520 -> 02:01.640] Mate, I don't know where to start.
[02:01.640 -> 02:02.640] What...
[02:02.640 -> 02:03.960] I don't know.
[02:03.960 -> 02:06.020] Just the start of what a weekend.
[02:06.020 -> 02:08.680] If I had to rate this weekend out of 10,
[02:08.680 -> 02:09.640] I'd give it a 12.
[02:09.640 -> 02:12.060] It was absolutely insane.
[02:12.060 -> 02:14.120] We had no expectations.
[02:14.120 -> 02:15.720] Like absolutely no expectations
[02:15.720 -> 02:18.800] because Fab surprised me with the trip for one.
[02:18.800 -> 02:21.000] I had no idea we were even going 10 days ago.
[02:21.000 -> 02:22.960] So we pulled together as much money as we could,
[02:22.960 -> 02:24.360] booked the cheapest flights we could,
[02:24.360 -> 02:26.500] booked the shittest hotel that we could.
[02:26.500 -> 02:29.220] Which actually ended up being alright. It was sound.
[02:29.220 -> 02:33.660] I feel like we'll tell you about the hotel later on in the episode. It was a bit weird,
[02:33.660 -> 02:38.340] but it did the job. We had no expectations, we were lucky enough to be gifted some tickets
[02:38.340 -> 02:42.480] by the track, Fab had messaged them and they said, yeah, come down. And we were like the
[02:42.480 -> 02:46.000] only British people making content there, so they loved that.
[02:46.000 -> 02:49.400] And I don't know how we ended up on Sky Sports, but yeah.
[02:49.400 -> 02:52.040] Let's start from the bloody beginning, right?
[02:52.040 -> 02:53.800] That's such a sentence.
[02:53.800 -> 02:55.600] How did we end up on Sky Sports?
[02:55.600 -> 02:56.800] Content's notebook, mate.
[02:56.800 -> 02:57.840] Oh, man.
[02:57.840 -> 02:59.320] Well, the people should know that we
[02:59.320 -> 03:01.560] didn't know that that was going to happen when we originally
[03:01.560 -> 03:02.600] had the book.
[03:02.600 -> 03:04.320] No, we had no idea about any of that.
[03:04.320 -> 03:05.880] We went there with the camera and we were like,
[03:05.880 -> 03:07.640] we're going to make a YouTube video.
[03:07.640 -> 03:09.120] That was literally it.
[03:09.120 -> 03:10.760] But it was raining so much when we got there
[03:10.760 -> 03:12.000] that we couldn't get the camera out.
[03:12.000 -> 03:12.840] So we couldn't vlog.
[03:12.840 -> 03:14.700] So everything kind of fell into place.
[03:14.700 -> 03:15.980] We couldn't vlog.
[03:15.980 -> 03:17.640] So that was like the backup.
[03:17.640 -> 03:19.880] Well, yeah, the backup was just going on Sky.
[03:19.880 -> 03:22.280] Yeah, what a shame, eh?
[03:22.280 -> 03:24.600] No, it would have been cool to have like made a video,
[03:24.600 -> 03:27.500] but I don't know, we'll do that next time we go to another race.
[03:27.500 -> 03:31.200] Yeah, we got busy and we did other things, and I'm glad we did everything we did.
[03:31.200 -> 03:33.200] We put up as much content as we can.
[03:33.200 -> 03:35.700] But let's just go to the beginning.
[03:35.700 -> 03:41.400] We've left for the airport at 4am, we've picked Milly up, we've gone to Heathrow, we've checked the car in,
[03:41.400 -> 03:46.580] and we've just sat there thinking about how this weekend's gonna be amazing talking about how it's a sprint and we're
[03:46.580 -> 03:50.060] Really lucky to go to a sprint because there's extra things and it's gonna be a long weekend
[03:50.060 -> 03:54.020] That in itself was like exciting enough the fact that we were gonna see essentially two races
[03:54.020 -> 03:59.300] Yeah, no, definitely completely agree. We get there on the first day. We pick up our little car little higher car
[03:59.300 -> 04:02.020] Yep, Fiat Panda, which by the way, I
[04:02.900 -> 04:06.080] Am I'm gonna refer to her as M, she was driving for the
[04:06.080 -> 04:10.360] whole trip, um, but there was like two occasions when I had to drive it.
[04:10.360 -> 04:11.360] You saved us, didn't you?
[04:11.360 -> 04:16.240] Just because it was in a sticky situation, and it was without doubt the worst car I've
[04:16.240 -> 04:20.080] ever driven in my life, and I haven't driven many cars, but it was terrible.
[04:20.080 -> 04:22.240] Well, it did the job.
[04:22.240 -> 04:24.600] So fair play to her for driving that whole thing, shout out M.
[04:24.600 -> 04:25.240] It was very small
[04:25.360 -> 04:30.300] Yeah, it was small. You should see the size of the suitcase. I took and how much weight it was
[04:30.300 -> 04:36.380] We took the whole studio of equipment like literally the whole studio of equipment in this suitcase had to pay
[04:36.480 -> 04:42.420] 65 pound at the airport because I was overweight. That's pretty sad about that. Yeah, but you rammed into the back of it
[04:42.420 -> 04:46.240] Yeah, my suitcase filled up the whole boot. It was like Mr. Bean's car.
[04:46.240 -> 04:47.240] It literally was.
[04:47.240 -> 04:48.920] Whoever sat in the back had to have all the rest
[04:48.920 -> 04:50.120] of the bags over the top of them.
[04:50.120 -> 04:52.080] Yeah, and we're not small human beings either.
[04:52.080 -> 04:55.280] We're both like plus six foot, so it wasn't easy.
[04:55.280 -> 04:57.280] We arrive in Bologna, we pick up the car,
[04:57.280 -> 04:59.840] we head to the hotel, and this was the first day,
[04:59.840 -> 05:02.240] chill day, so we got to this hotel, right?
[05:02.240 -> 05:08.100] Bear in mind, we couldn't find any hotels by ImLA because everything was sold out people have booked this like years in
[05:08.100 -> 05:15.720] advance maybe oh we were searching air B&Bs normal B&Bs hotel. We thought we were going to stay at an air B&B right and the one of the pictures on it was a
[05:15.720 -> 05:19.760] picture of the family you're staying with and they were creepy as fuck so I'm
[05:19.760 -> 05:24.360] so glad we didn't have to stay with them oh and then don't forget the motorhome
[05:24.360 -> 05:25.240] idea at one point there was a possibility we didn't have to stay with them. Oh, and then don't forget the motorhome idea.
[05:25.240 -> 05:26.720] At one point, there was a possibility
[05:26.720 -> 05:28.000] we were maybe gonna be cramped
[05:28.000 -> 05:29.680] into like some little caravan thing.
[05:29.680 -> 05:30.840] Yeah, we thought about camping.
[05:30.840 -> 05:32.520] We thought about camping at the beach.
[05:32.520 -> 05:34.400] We considered all options.
[05:34.400 -> 05:38.920] And then Em was trying to find a hotel
[05:38.920 -> 05:40.140] and she said it was fully booked,
[05:40.140 -> 05:41.600] but Fab emailed this one and they were like,
[05:41.600 -> 05:43.080] yeah, we got two rooms left.
[05:43.080 -> 05:44.120] We'll do a deal for them.
[05:44.120 -> 05:46.680] So we got a deal for these rooms we get to this hotel
[05:47.400 -> 05:52.260] There is not a single person in this hotel. All the keys were still in the holes
[05:52.260 -> 05:56.980] When we when we say not a single person we literally mean not a single person in there
[05:56.980 -> 06:00.980] We have the whole place to ourself. We literally did have this whole hotel to ourselves
[06:00.980 -> 06:04.600] It was quite old-fashioned quite run down, but the air con did work. We had a balcony
[06:04.600 -> 06:08.680] We had a shower and to be honest, we could have just had a rug on the
[06:08.680 -> 06:11.080] floor and we would have been fine. We didn't really care.
[06:11.080 -> 06:13.760] Don't forget the B-Day. We had a bloody B-Day. Yeah, first time.
[06:13.760 -> 06:17.240] Which is like a mini bath. Yeah, but you could do anything in there.
[06:17.240 -> 06:19.160] You can do anything in the B-Day. Anyway.
[06:19.160 -> 06:20.720] What did you do in the B-Day? Nothing.
[06:20.720 -> 06:21.720] Me neither.
[06:21.720 -> 06:26.000] Nah, yeah, it was insane. The first day we just chilled out, the second day... By the Nothing. Me neither.
[06:29.280 -> 06:33.680] No, yeah, it was insane. The first day we just chilled out. The second day, by the way, we did tell you some of this in our last episode, but it was all so crazy.
[06:33.680 -> 06:39.280] Just want to sit down and like round it up. Yeah, we make sure we don't like repeat anything,
[06:39.280 -> 06:42.400] but you've made a few notes, so it's good. Yeah, we get there on the first day. We have,
[06:42.400 -> 06:45.400] we recorded in the car, so the last episode was like a live.
[06:45.400 -> 06:48.000] I really love the fact we did a live podcast.
[06:48.000 -> 06:50.040] Like our reactions were so pure, weren't they?
[06:50.040 -> 06:52.620] Well, the idea that we had going into it
[06:52.620 -> 06:54.800] was that we really wanted to podcast
[06:54.800 -> 06:56.680] like the whole of the race,
[06:56.680 -> 06:58.120] but then it would have been like an hour and a half long.
[06:58.120 -> 06:58.960] Yeah.
[06:58.960 -> 07:00.400] So, but I think the way that we did it was a lot better.
[07:00.400 -> 07:02.680] We'd like took clips over the weekend,
[07:02.680 -> 07:04.120] smashed them together,
[07:04.120 -> 07:12.000] and you get a bit of diversity then. Like we were in the room at one point and then we're in the car and then we're at the race and I think when you can hear the cars like flying past that was sick.
[07:12.000 -> 07:25.920] We were still figuring out like the audio equipment of what sounds best. I think if we went to another race, which hopefully we get to do at some point, we'll do exactly the same thing, but it'll be better. Like the audio, we'll just have better mics, better wires. We'll know what we need better now.
[07:25.920 -> 07:28.800] It turns out we forgot the fucking wires anyway on race day.
[07:28.800 -> 07:31.160] Like we took all this equipment in Jake's suitcase.
[07:31.160 -> 07:33.440] We took like a whole studio's worth of stuff.
[07:33.440 -> 07:35.720] We managed to bring it on every single day
[07:35.720 -> 07:36.560] and then on race day.
[07:36.560 -> 07:37.960] The day we actually needed it.
[07:37.960 -> 07:39.840] No wires, no cables.
[07:39.840 -> 07:42.520] We get there on day one, it's absolutely pissing with rain.
[07:42.520 -> 07:44.040] This was qualifying day, Friday.
[07:44.040 -> 07:45.680] We knew it was going to be a wet one.
[07:45.680 -> 07:50.480] There were so many red flags throughout qualifying and we ended up in this tower, which was like
[07:50.480 -> 07:53.760] the tower of, I don't know, was it the Marlborough Tower back in the day?
[07:53.760 -> 07:56.760] It used to be called the Marlborough Tower, yeah, I think it's just the tower now.
[07:56.760 -> 08:05.000] Most amazing view ever, we were so lucky to be there. Yeah, on our first day, our first ever Grand Prix,
[08:05.000 -> 08:10.000] we somehow ended up on Ted's bloody notebook.
[08:10.960 -> 08:11.940] Ted's bloody notebook.
[08:11.940 -> 08:13.640] And the reason that is so significant
[08:13.640 -> 08:17.000] is because me and Fab have been filming this whole journey
[08:17.000 -> 08:19.440] from like day one, just because we get so excited
[08:19.440 -> 08:20.260] about things like this.
[08:20.260 -> 08:21.400] Ones of me being like, oh my God,
[08:21.400 -> 08:23.160] we've got 5,000 followers and stuff like this.
[08:23.160 -> 08:24.000] We filmed everything.
[08:24.000 -> 08:24.820] Oh yeah, on our phones, yeah.
[08:24.820 -> 08:25.240] Yeah, yeah. And I can remember specifically me and Fab being sat on our balcony being like, oh my God, we've got 5,000 followers and stuff like this. Oh yeah, on our phones. Yeah, yeah.
[08:29.200 -> 08:29.480] And I can remember specifically me and Fab being sat on our balcony being like, one day,
[08:34.240 -> 08:34.400] I want it to get to the point where your dad, because Fab's dad loves Formula One, can watch
[08:36.360 -> 08:36.400] at home and we're on TV.
[08:39.400 -> 08:39.440] This was like two weeks before we even went out.
[08:43.160 -> 08:47.240] And yeah, and we were thinking like five years down the line, maybe, like we might get this one chance to go on Sky at some point in our lives.
[08:47.240 -> 08:51.320] Our first ever race, our first ever day at a Grand Prix,
[08:51.320 -> 08:53.160] we've somehow improved.
[08:53.160 -> 08:54.680] Fucking television.
[08:54.680 -> 08:57.480] Not only that, in the paddock on our first day.
[08:57.480 -> 09:00.560] That was like a truly momentous moment.
[09:00.560 -> 09:02.200] That was all thanks to Millie.
[09:02.200 -> 09:03.120] Yeah, it was M.
[09:03.120 -> 09:04.800] Like, oh yeah, M, sorry, sorry.
[09:04.800 -> 09:09.560] Yeah, we just got really, really really lucky everything just fell into place yeah it
[09:09.560 -> 09:15.480] was the most incredible weekend ever I hope you guys love the live from it what
[09:15.480 -> 09:18.520] was some of your favorite moments of the weekend I just found things funny like
[09:18.520 -> 09:21.960] the way we put part that panda that fear of panda in that massive field and all
[09:21.960 -> 09:29.440] them cars will get stuck in the mud yeah Yeah, so I think the event was, there were so many people there, it was kind of slightly
[09:29.440 -> 09:33.680] disorganized and not disorganized but like they were just like struggling with parking and that.
[09:33.680 -> 09:38.800] We had a car park that we were parking in for the first like two days and then on the third day it
[09:38.800 -> 09:43.520] was either the sprint, no it was race day wasn't it, they made us park somewhere else. But then
[09:43.520 -> 09:46.240] like some people were saying like you have to somewhere else. But then some people were saying, like, you have to park in there.
[09:46.240 -> 09:48.840] And then other people were saying, you can't park here.
[09:48.840 -> 09:51.400] But we were like, we're just gonna park here anyway.
[09:51.400 -> 09:53.120] Yeah, we needed to park as close to the track,
[09:53.120 -> 09:55.240] realistically, because we'd agreed with the track
[09:55.240 -> 09:56.960] that we had this room to film in.
[09:56.960 -> 09:59.720] And we had so much camera equipment and it was raining.
[09:59.720 -> 10:02.560] So we couldn't just walk really far there.
[10:02.560 -> 10:04.560] Genuinely, we would've all just got ruined.
[10:04.560 -> 10:05.120] So luckily, we managed to get this spot in a field. We couldn't like just walk really far there genuinely would have all just got ruined so luckily
[10:05.880 -> 10:11.600] We managed to get this spot in the field and when we were coming out every other car was getting pulled out by trackers
[10:11.600 -> 10:14.680] But the Panda the Panda came through at the last minute
[10:14.680 -> 10:17.640] I chucked it into reverse and I floored that bad boy
[10:17.640 -> 10:24.840] And it was a 4x4 Mercedes like a 4x4 BMW stuck in the mud. We made out absolutely perfectly fine
[10:24.840 -> 10:25.120] I know I don't know how maybe I should I maybe I gave the Fiat Panda a bit too much flack a 4x4 BMW stuck in the mud and we made out absolutely perfectly fine.
[10:25.120 -> 10:29.200] I know, I don't know how. Maybe I gave the Fiat Panda a bit too much flack.
[10:29.200 -> 10:33.200] I feel like there's so many things we're going to forget about that weekend and like you
[10:33.200 -> 10:37.000] said we'll remember them over the course of time and probably bring back things and if
[10:37.000 -> 10:38.960] you have any questions about Imola just send them in.
[10:38.960 -> 10:43.840] Our Instagram is at Pitstop, our TikTok is at Pitstop, we posted so many pictures this
[10:43.840 -> 10:45.720] weekend on the account.
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[10:55.560 -> 10:58.880] Yeah, that is quite the accomplishment.
[10:58.880 -> 11:00.880] And we're back in the charts on Spotify.
[11:02.320 -> 11:03.920] And that's all thanks to you guys,
[11:03.920 -> 11:06.080] because you are the ones who believe in us,
[11:06.080 -> 11:08.280] and you are the ones who keep listening,
[11:08.280 -> 11:10.000] keep sharing it with your friends.
[11:10.000 -> 11:11.920] You guys are just unstoppable.
[11:11.920 -> 11:14.600] And between me and Jake, and you guys,
[11:14.600 -> 11:16.160] we're hopefully gonna build an empire.
[11:16.160 -> 11:17.920] Haven't the comments just been amazing?
[11:17.920 -> 11:19.680] On everything, like on TikTok.
[11:19.680 -> 11:21.340] Yeah, you know, I was watching that video earlier.
[11:21.340 -> 11:24.840] Jake put up a video of me on TikTok,
[11:24.840 -> 11:26.880] wearing some like weird shirt,
[11:26.880 -> 11:29.360] but it was just with like TikTok music over it.
[11:29.360 -> 11:31.760] And while we was just commentating the race.
[11:31.760 -> 11:33.880] Sounded a little bit like, what was the song?
[11:33.880 -> 11:35.260] It was an emotional song.
[11:35.260 -> 11:40.260] ♪ This is what dreams are made of. ♪
[11:40.280 -> 11:46.840] ♪ Hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of. � need. But some of the comments on there,
[11:46.840 -> 11:49.160] like one person in particular just commented saying
[11:49.160 -> 11:50.520] like, this got me emosh.
[11:50.520 -> 11:52.600] And like, I got emosh just watching it
[11:52.600 -> 11:55.040] because it is emotional, man.
[11:55.040 -> 11:58.080] Like we did like more than we ever thought
[11:58.080 -> 11:59.320] we were gonna do this race.
[11:59.320 -> 12:01.480] We never expected it to come this quick.
[12:01.480 -> 12:04.160] So, and like I said, it's not just because of us,
[12:04.160 -> 12:08.800] it's because everyone else, so. I can't really wrap my head around the fact that like the TikToks nearly
[12:08.800 -> 12:13.800] got 40,000 followers. And just every comment that comes in from someone, people are so
[12:13.800 -> 12:16.600] supportive. Like these people don't even know us until they watch these videos, but people
[12:16.600 -> 12:21.240] seem to love it. And I've never worked on a project or like done anything online before
[12:21.240 -> 12:28.640] where everyone has just responded so well. So thank you very much and the coolest bit is in bloody Italy we met some of
[12:28.640 -> 12:35.440] you guys like didn't we? We were just walking around and people would like come running over or shout something like them Irish guys
[12:35.440 -> 12:39.680] shout out to the Irish guys. There was this one Irish guy I know he's probably
[12:39.680 -> 12:43.760] listening right now he was about eight foot tall and he had like a massive
[12:43.760 -> 12:48.220] Irish flag and he just came like bounding over Jake and Fab and he was just yeah man
[12:48.220 -> 12:51.460] yeah send us them photos that was that was great to meet you and anyone else we
[12:51.460 -> 12:54.700] met please do send the photos you sat next to the mayor of Imola as well
[12:54.700 -> 12:58.340] deputy mayor of Imola didn't you at dinner once? Yeah we had some food oh no it was
[12:58.340 -> 13:03.660] actually the deputy mayor of Bologna she was she was a professor at uni I can't
[13:03.660 -> 13:06.340] remember some sort of engineering or something she taught.
[13:06.340 -> 13:07.180] But yeah, definitely.
[13:07.180 -> 13:08.300] Me and Em were just sat there
[13:08.300 -> 13:10.380] and you were having this full blown conversation with me.
[13:10.380 -> 13:12.100] You just love chatting to me, don't you?
[13:12.100 -> 13:12.940] I love chatting.
[13:12.940 -> 13:13.760] That's fascinating by anyone.
[13:13.760 -> 13:16.140] And then we spoke to like another guy, Alessandro.
[13:16.140 -> 13:19.940] He owns a slugger and an Italian sofa company, wasn't it?
[13:19.940 -> 13:20.780] He's a legend.
[13:20.780 -> 13:22.500] And we need a new sofa because guys,
[13:22.500 -> 13:24.340] look at the state of this pit stop sofa.
[13:24.340 -> 13:27.380] We told him we needed a new sofa. He was like, I'll get you a new sofa.
[13:27.380 -> 13:31.500] Alessandro, if you're listening, if you're watching, look at the state of this sofa.
[13:31.500 -> 13:33.700] You did put it on his phone, didn't you? You showed him it's pit stop.
[13:33.700 -> 13:35.700] Everyone, everyone. I typed it in. Everyone's fine.
[13:35.700 -> 13:37.700] Everyone that meets, he goes on their phone and types it in and gets them to follow us.
[13:37.700 -> 13:40.700] You've seen him on live TV going Instagram at pit stop.
[13:40.700 -> 13:42.700] I know, twice as well.
[13:42.700 -> 13:50.080] That is a promotion we like. I like it a lot. Yeah, the hotel was a little bit creepy.
[13:50.080 -> 13:53.840] There was just like a woman and an old man running it, but they were the loveliest people
[13:53.840 -> 13:54.840] in the world.
[13:54.840 -> 13:57.520] It was just creepy because there was like no one there, but you can't complain.
[13:57.520 -> 13:58.520] It did the job perfectly.
[13:58.520 -> 14:03.120] Do you guys want to know what the craziest thing about like, I guess it's not just Italy,
[14:03.120 -> 14:10.040] it's Europe in general if you order a drink like a whiskey or a vodka like over here in England you'll get
[14:10.040 -> 14:14.740] like a shot or a double shot man in Italy you ask for a whiskey coke they
[14:14.740 -> 14:18.440] fill the glass like three quarters of the way full with whiskey and then you
[14:18.440 -> 14:21.780] get like a drab of coke in there we had one can of coke and it did us for like
[14:21.780 -> 14:25.080] five drinks you can get like a drop in the top of it.
[14:25.080 -> 14:26.600] Every sip was like a shot.
[14:26.600 -> 14:28.600] You was like one drink and you're slaughtered.
[14:28.600 -> 14:30.080] Cause we went back upstairs, didn't we?
[14:30.080 -> 14:32.880] And Em was like, how are you that drunk?
[14:32.880 -> 14:34.600] We went downstairs for one drink, came back up.
[14:34.600 -> 14:35.440] We couldn't even see.
[14:35.440 -> 14:38.280] If you guys could see how we celebrated this weekend,
[14:38.280 -> 14:41.440] every single day we just went out because we were like,
[14:41.440 -> 14:42.920] every day just topped the next day.
[14:42.920 -> 14:48.740] And we were like, this is, this is quite truly truly unbelievable and the day we were driving back from the first day when
[14:48.740 -> 14:55.120] we went live on Sky people were sending us videos of us like like like sending recordings
[14:55.120 -> 15:00.240] of us on TV and as soon as they started coming through I just lost my shit we pulled the
[15:00.240 -> 15:04.580] car over didn't we and we just started running around jumping like playing music we were
[15:04.580 -> 15:07.160] like this is unbelievable. I think the most surreal
[15:07.160 -> 15:11.440] thing for me since being back home is that we both follow like F1 on Instagram
[15:11.440 -> 15:15.100] and they all they post so many clips up now of like the post like after the race
[15:15.100 -> 15:18.680] they post clips of the race yeah and the best part is like they'll like you watch
[15:18.680 -> 15:22.480] parts of when they're flying down the track and then you'll see the tower and
[15:22.480 -> 15:27.440] I'm sitting there thinking you can see I was in that tower! I'm hanging that window with you!
[15:27.440 -> 15:31.400] Yeah anyone looking at Cubs Bank of Imola, look in the second window up on that tower on
[15:31.400 -> 15:34.560] the left-hand side and you'll see like two people there and you
[15:34.560 -> 15:39.400] might see like a mic by the window and that's us! We're in so many of the clips
[15:39.400 -> 15:43.200] and like the drivers cams and everything yeah it was just the most unbelievable
[15:43.200 -> 15:47.920] weekend ever like it was it was mind-blowing to be honest Nah, it was just the most unbelievable weekend ever. Like, it was, it was mind blowing to be honest.
[15:47.920 -> 15:48.840] It was great.
[15:48.840 -> 15:50.040] And I want to clear one thing up
[15:50.040 -> 15:51.680] that we did get wrong in our live,
[15:51.680 -> 15:53.080] because it's good to clear things up.
[15:53.080 -> 15:55.600] We didn't know why Joe started in the pits,
[15:55.600 -> 15:57.040] because we were watching down over the race
[15:57.040 -> 15:57.880] and the pits was right under us.
[15:57.880 -> 15:58.720] In our live?
[15:58.720 -> 16:00.760] Oh yeah, we went live in the hotel.
[16:00.760 -> 16:01.600] Is that what you mean?
[16:01.600 -> 16:02.800] No, when we went live, yeah,
[16:02.800 -> 16:04.400] but they cleared it up in the live, didn't they?
[16:04.400 -> 16:05.880] They said it was Park Ferme rules.
[16:05.880 -> 16:06.720] Yeah.
[16:06.720 -> 16:07.640] But when we were looking over the pits,
[16:07.640 -> 16:10.320] Joe started a pit lane start in the race
[16:10.320 -> 16:11.560] and we didn't know why,
[16:11.560 -> 16:13.920] but that was because he changed his car after the sprints
[16:13.920 -> 16:14.920] at Park Ferme rules.
[16:14.920 -> 16:15.760] I'm glad we learned that.
[16:15.760 -> 16:18.240] You can't change your car after the sprint,
[16:18.240 -> 16:19.640] otherwise you start in the pits.
[16:19.640 -> 16:21.080] Because he had damage, right?
[16:21.080 -> 16:22.880] Yeah, he must've got damage or something.
[16:22.880 -> 16:23.720] I don't really know.
[16:23.720 -> 16:28.160] We couldn't really tell everything going on in the race, could we? We didn't have wifi, we didn't have
[16:28.160 -> 16:31.760] a screen. That's like one of the downsides, I don't want to say downsides but like when
[16:31.760 -> 16:37.760] you watch at home you see everything. Do you remember, was it in the sprint when Leclerc
[16:37.760 -> 16:41.200] wasn't, or was it in the actual race? No it was in the sprint, Leclerc wasn't catching
[16:41.200 -> 16:44.880] he was letting people pass and we were like why is this happening? And we didn't know
[16:44.880 -> 16:46.680] why, you were saying like,
[16:46.680 -> 16:48.240] oh Ferrari, I've got some problems.
[16:48.240 -> 16:50.520] Yeah, because he literally just let some people pass.
[16:50.520 -> 16:53.320] Yeah, yeah, but it took for my dad to ring me up
[16:53.320 -> 16:55.040] and tell me that we had some problem
[16:55.040 -> 16:56.480] with the degradation of his tyres.
[16:56.480 -> 16:57.320] So yeah, we didn't know.
[16:57.320 -> 16:58.560] We had no idea.
[16:58.560 -> 17:00.420] It was like a pro and con thing,
[17:00.420 -> 17:04.280] because yeah, we couldn't tell what was going on in the race,
[17:04.280 -> 17:07.080] but we probably had the best view in the house in the aspect of the fans
[17:07.080 -> 17:10.880] opposite us had a big screen right next to us but we just couldn't see it unless
[17:10.880 -> 17:14.760] we hang out a window yeah I had a crook neck trying to like see that screen but
[17:14.760 -> 17:17.760] we managed to figure out what was going on by knowing Verstappen was at the front
[17:17.760 -> 17:21.400] Verstappen absolutely battered it I that was such an impressive performance by
[17:21.400 -> 17:24.680] Red Bull all weekend really impressive from the Bulls and it's nice to see
[17:24.680 -> 17:26.480] Horner happy again. But the best
[17:26.480 -> 17:32.520] part about being on that section of the track was that that's exactly where the DRS kicks
[17:32.520 -> 17:37.760] in so we were seeing like all these overtakes it was just unfortunate that DRS wasn't working
[17:37.760 -> 17:41.980] for like half the race. But mate how amazing is that because I tell you what that brings
[17:41.980 -> 17:44.680] me on to one of the points which I said at the beginning of the video but let's jump
[17:44.680 -> 17:47.360] into that next then. The fact that DRS was
[17:47.360 -> 17:52.120] barely enabled this week, I'm not 100% sure why, I think there was an error with it, like
[17:52.120 -> 17:57.320] that's why it wasn't on like all the time when it should have been. So if DRS wasn't
[17:57.320 -> 18:01.920] enabled as much but there was all them amazing overtakes, that then brings us to the question
[18:01.920 -> 18:06.160] of how do you feel the new regulations and cars are performing after a few races?
[18:06.160 -> 18:10.560] Because it looks like they can have the close to close racing like that and that's without DRS.
[18:10.560 -> 18:20.720] I would love to know what would have happened if DRS was working because we saw how close Leclerc was to Perez at some points.
[18:20.720 -> 18:24.960] Definitely, that was the battle really wasn't it? Because we were saying Verstappen's gone.
[18:24.960 -> 18:25.040] Verstappen was gone. We were saying Verstappen's gone.
[18:25.040 -> 18:26.040] Verstappen was gone.
[18:26.040 -> 18:29.120] Verstappen, we were like Verstappen's won after like five laps.
[18:29.120 -> 18:34.880] By the way, I saw a horrendous graphic that everyone put up and they were trolling Hamilton
[18:34.880 -> 18:40.920] but it was like, it was 77 seconds between Hamilton and Verstappen, like why post that?
[18:40.920 -> 18:44.120] I mean, to be honest, it's mad.
[18:44.120 -> 18:45.120] It's mad.
[18:45.120 -> 18:46.760] How on earth has that happened?
[18:46.760 -> 18:50.600] How on earth has the Mercedes done that?
[18:50.600 -> 18:53.440] But how on earth is Lewis Hamilton struggling so much in that car?
[18:53.440 -> 18:57.440] Well, we're so confused because Russell done alright.
[18:57.440 -> 18:58.440] Russell did okay.
[18:58.440 -> 18:59.760] So let's quickly round up.
[18:59.760 -> 19:01.260] Do you think the new rules are good?
[19:01.260 -> 19:02.260] And then we're going to Russell.
[19:02.260 -> 19:04.480] Oh, you got some stuff about Russell.
[19:04.480 -> 19:06.400] Yeah, I've got some stuff about Russell. Let's tuck into that. Do you think the new regulations working good and then we're going to Russell. Oh you got some stuff about Russell. Yeah I've got some stuff about Russell.
[19:06.400 -> 19:07.400] Alright let's tuck into that.
[19:07.400 -> 19:09.400] Do you think the new regulations working? You liking it?
[19:09.400 -> 19:09.900] Yes.
[19:09.900 -> 19:10.400] You enjoying it?
[19:10.400 -> 19:11.400] Yeah yeah yeah absolutely.
[19:11.400 -> 19:14.900] Yeah I definitely think it's better and I definitely love the fact that there's a smaller gap.
[19:14.900 -> 19:20.400] I used to like, one thing that would have put me off before would have been the bloody like massive gap in the midfield
[19:20.400 -> 19:22.900] and just not really a competitive race.
[19:22.900 -> 19:26.440] Like when you said, you know when they came around corner, there was like that five in a line.
[19:26.440 -> 19:28.040] And we're like, how sick is that?
[19:28.040 -> 19:29.820] Imagine DRS was on.
[19:29.820 -> 19:31.740] This would have been a great track to have DRS on
[19:31.740 -> 19:33.240] because it's such a long DRS zone.
[19:33.240 -> 19:34.820] So it's gutting.
[19:34.820 -> 19:37.680] But yeah, Lando Norris said it's 100% better.
[19:37.680 -> 19:41.840] That's what Lando Norris said after his podium finish.
[19:41.840 -> 19:46.240] He said, I think it's better than it has been for many years, is basically
[19:46.240 -> 19:50.480] what Lando Norris is saying. So it seems like some of the drivers are on side of the new regulations.
[19:50.480 -> 19:54.240] But yeah, we don't really know much about that. Let's skip away from that as quickly as possible.
[19:58.320 -> 20:03.920] Hit me with some Russell facts. Well, let's just get your opinion straight away first with
[20:08.080 -> 20:13.120] Well, let's just get your opinion straight away first with how do Mercedes have one driver in that exactly the same car as Hamilton finishing fourth and then have a seven time world champion
[20:13.120 -> 20:16.240] finishing 13th?
[20:16.240 -> 20:20.080] I do know the cars are set up differently and after watching an interview with Toto,
[20:20.080 -> 20:28.120] I mean Toto has been apologising to Lewis, He's like, man, I'm sorry But we haven't given you the car that you want and Lewis is saying like they quizzed him on
[20:28.320 -> 20:32.680] The quiz Lewis on like about the World Championship. He's like man, I'm not in the World Championship this year
[20:32.680 -> 20:35.920] No, no, no way. He's not no chance in hell
[20:35.920 -> 20:39.200] I mean, there's still time to turn it around but will they?
[20:39.400 -> 20:44.820] They're turning it around from like that position and considering last last week. He didn't he's this season
[20:44.820 -> 20:46.280] He hasn't made it out of q1
[20:46.280 -> 20:51.960] He hasn't made it out of q2 and he's finished bloody 13th like it couldn't have been a worse start for him
[20:51.960 -> 20:58.000] You know what I reckon is happening. They're chucking Mazepin in the Mercedes and everyone thinks it's hammering. It's not it's not
[20:58.840 -> 21:02.440] Mazepin where's Hamilton then how and he's got so nice chilling
[21:03.560 -> 21:07.840] He actually he actually retired last year. That's actually what happened, yeah. Yeah,
[21:07.840 -> 21:12.560] Mav knows all the facts. How weird was it looking down at the cars? Like, they were under us,
[21:12.560 -> 21:16.320] we were, they were directly under, we could see the driver's hands, like when Verstappen won the
[21:16.320 -> 21:22.080] race, I could see his wrist pumping in the car. As he went past, he like slowed down, you could
[21:22.080 -> 21:26.560] see him doing that, and that's the shot you get on like Netflix or F1 when they're like woo!
[21:26.560 -> 21:28.960] You could see it! In fact we saw it!
[21:28.960 -> 21:34.720] The cool part about where we was was our manager M she said she asked a
[21:34.720 -> 21:38.880] question about the tyres she asked why they do the formation lap yeah and then
[21:38.880 -> 21:43.400] she asked about the pit like why when you come out the pit they're okay but so
[21:43.400 -> 21:45.060] you have to warm the tyres up in the formation lap and then when you come out the pits they had the, but So you have to warm the tires up in the formation lab
[21:45.060 -> 21:47.380] And then when you come out of the pits they had the blankets around them
[21:47.380 -> 21:52.160] And they're warm, but you can tell that they they lose their heat very quickly because when they're coming down that pit lane
[21:52.160 -> 21:56.920] I remember looking around the corner just as they speed up just as they speed up and they can't end
[21:56.920 -> 22:01.480] They can't apply full throttle like they have to like feather it because the and the back end starts going
[22:01.480 -> 22:03.480] It's been a little bit
[22:03.480 -> 22:05.000] Not quite ready.
[22:05.000 -> 22:05.840] Not quite ready.
[22:05.840 -> 22:08.720] But yeah, Russell has had an incredible start to the season.
[22:08.720 -> 22:10.800] He's actually arguably had one of the best starts
[22:10.800 -> 22:12.840] to the season of any driver on the grid
[22:12.840 -> 22:17.480] because he has scored points in every race
[22:17.480 -> 22:18.420] so far this season.
[22:18.420 -> 22:19.540] He's the only driver to do it.
[22:19.540 -> 22:20.380] Sick.
[22:20.380 -> 22:21.220] Only driver to do it.
[22:21.220 -> 22:22.060] Really?
[22:22.060 -> 22:23.160] Yeah, only driver to do it this season.
[22:23.160 -> 22:24.520] Score points in every race.
[22:25.520 -> 22:28.480] What about Leclerc? Okay, that might be wrong
[22:33.600 -> 22:40.420] No, no, no, no, honestly, there's there's something about it only driver to finish in top five. No. Yeah, that's it
[22:40.420 -> 22:49.480] He's the only driver to finish in the top five in every race so far. George Russell is finishing in top five every race. That's not bad. Fourth in Bahrain, fifth in
[22:49.480 -> 22:52.880] Saudi Arabia, third in Australia, and fourth in Imola.
[22:52.880 -> 22:56.440] That's so nice to hear because you remember like at the start of this season we sort of
[22:56.440 -> 23:00.840] had our reservations about whether he was actually going to do any well at Mercedes.
[23:00.840 -> 23:05.000] We did. And I absolutely love to see it. I just
[23:12.600 -> 23:13.440] You've got Russell who's currently got 49 points a season Hamilton's who Hamilton's Hamilton is currently got 28, but you could argue
[23:17.200 -> 23:19.000] Russell DNFs a race Hamilton goes wins a race the points will be level again So how long really isn't that far away?
[23:19.000 -> 23:22.440] But I think Mercedes don't look like they're going to be winning that Constructors
[23:22.440 -> 23:27.800] I mean Red Bull and Ferrari as units look look pretty solid but the race was gutting for Leclerc, wasn't it?
[23:27.800 -> 23:33.020] It was gutting for Leclerc. I don't really want to talk about it. It was gutting for
[23:33.020 -> 23:37.460] Ferrari in general because especially when you see that when Sainz went out on
[23:37.460 -> 23:41.740] that first lap it wasn't his fault. He says that he left enough room for Ricciardo.
[23:41.740 -> 23:48.000] Did you see the clip of Ricciardo going into the Ferrari garage to say sorry? Yeah, yeah. I feel for Ricciardo, man.
[23:48.000 -> 23:50.720] I don't really know what's going on at the minute with him.
[23:50.720 -> 23:54.720] The McLarens have definitely taken a leap forward this race at Imola.
[23:54.720 -> 23:57.520] They weren't doing this well at the start of the season.
[23:58.160 -> 24:00.960] I'm pretty sure Ricciardo had pitted like three times by lap 10
[24:00.960 -> 24:02.320] because he just kept coming under us.
[24:02.320 -> 24:04.560] Obviously, he had to pit after the sign sting damage
[24:04.560 -> 24:07.760] and then he pitted again, I change of tyres. It done like three pits
[24:08.320 -> 24:13.200] like so early on. But yeah the McLarens made a big step up and me and you both predicted,
[24:13.200 -> 24:16.640] we got to give it to ourselves, we both said Norris on the podium this weekend.
[24:16.640 -> 24:22.080] Yeah. I predicted him second, you predicted him third and everyone was like nope no way and he
[24:22.080 -> 24:25.740] did it. Well the fact that he qualified up there was good enough for me.
[24:25.740 -> 24:26.580] I was like, bosh, we've done it.
[24:26.580 -> 24:27.400] Yeah, me too.
[24:27.400 -> 24:28.340] But then he finished there.
[24:28.340 -> 24:31.660] Yeah, he's, well, lucky that Zines
[24:31.660 -> 24:32.900] didn't really finish the race.
[24:32.900 -> 24:36.180] No, lucky that Leclerc fell out, wasn't it?
[24:36.180 -> 24:37.020] That's where it was.
[24:37.020 -> 24:38.360] Leclerc falling out of it.
[24:38.360 -> 24:39.780] Kind of gave him his spot.
[24:39.780 -> 24:43.800] We were sat opposite like thousands of Ferrari fans
[24:43.800 -> 24:46.520] and we couldn't see the screen they could see.
[24:46.520 -> 24:48.000] And on that first bend when they went up,
[24:48.000 -> 24:49.120] me and Fab were going crazy,
[24:49.120 -> 24:50.520] like looking at each other, shouting into mics
[24:50.520 -> 24:52.080] and all of a sudden all the fans are like,
[24:52.080 -> 24:54.880] oh, and we'd hang out the window and look
[24:54.880 -> 24:58.400] and then we just realized that Sainz is like in the,
[24:58.400 -> 24:59.760] what do you call it, beached it.
[24:59.760 -> 25:01.200] Is it called beached?
[25:01.200 -> 25:02.040] I guess so, yeah.
[25:02.040 -> 25:03.320] Yeah, where you can't get out.
[25:03.320 -> 25:07.280] Yeah, so Sainz had beached it and-... No the worst one was the Leclerc one,
[25:07.280 -> 25:12.320] I had my head in my hands for that one man. He was pushing so hard. Like fair play to him for
[25:12.320 -> 25:17.120] getting out and going back around but the question that I would like to ask you Jake now, and this is
[25:17.120 -> 25:22.800] something that we've been talking about a lot, is whether Ferrari will continue their streak that
[25:22.800 -> 25:26.840] they've had early on but now that Red Bull are starting to do well,
[25:26.840 -> 25:31.440] do you see Ferrari starting to slip away now, or do you think they've just been unlucky?
[25:32.240 -> 25:35.720] I have said this since episode one of this season.
[25:36.760 -> 25:44.120] And I love Red Bull. I mean, look at me. I'm completely on brand. I'm wearing an Aston Martin t-shirt and an Aston Martin Red Bull hat.
[25:44.880 -> 25:45.240] No, I think Red Bull hat.
[25:45.240 -> 25:48.680] No, I think Red Bull are further ahead
[25:48.680 -> 25:50.200] than every other team on the grid.
[25:50.200 -> 25:53.680] Like I just do, they look quicker,
[25:53.680 -> 25:55.580] their cars definitely better.
[25:56.840 -> 25:58.080] They've just been unlucky.
[25:58.080 -> 26:01.720] Like if you got to think, they've both cars have DNFed
[26:01.720 -> 26:07.000] or maybe just Max Verstappen's DNF twice because of a car issue.
[26:07.000 -> 26:08.440] No Sergio did as well.
[26:08.440 -> 26:09.440] Have they both DNF'd?
[26:09.440 -> 26:11.200] I think Sergio did once.
[26:11.200 -> 26:13.800] Nothing to do with the drivers.
[26:13.800 -> 26:17.800] Max Verstappen is the best driver on the grid.
[26:17.800 -> 26:18.800] Would you argue that?
[26:18.800 -> 26:20.960] No, I wouldn't argue that.
[26:20.960 -> 26:22.000] I do believe that.
[26:22.000 -> 26:23.560] I do think he's the most exciting.
[26:23.560 -> 26:25.400] If anyone's going to go and smash records right now, it's Max Verstappen. Don't get me wrong, Charles Leclerc's amazing. I do believe that. I do think he's the most exciting if anyone's gonna go and smash records right now
[26:25.400 -> 26:29.660] It's Max Verstappen. Don't get me wrong Charles Leclerc is amazing. I think Sainz is amazing. I think Norris is amazing
[26:29.720 -> 26:35.040] But maybe it's because of the car he's got as well. Maybe if you put Norris in that Red Bull Norris would smash it as well
[26:35.040 -> 26:35.480] I don't know
[26:35.480 -> 26:36.800] But I think right now
[26:36.800 -> 26:42.080] Max Verstappen is the best driver on the grid and I think you give him a car that can win every week
[26:42.080 -> 26:47.320] He'll win every week just like in that sprint and. And I've been saying, Red Bull, I think, play the long game.
[26:47.320 -> 26:50.860] I think Ferrari have so much energy, but I think Red Bull know what they've got.
[26:51.240 -> 26:54.220] That's why in the sprint, Max took him at the end again.
[26:54.220 -> 26:57.720] Have you noticed how every time Max is winning or doing something, it's right at the end?
[26:57.720 -> 27:04.320] I feel like Red Bull can just match Ferrari for so long and then just be like, yeah, our time's right now.
[27:04.320 -> 27:06.000] For me, it it still is too
[27:06.000 -> 27:09.680] early to call it yeah definitely too early to call it I know the Ferraris are
[27:09.680 -> 27:13.240] still strong Ferrari will definitely win races this season, Ferrari Leclerc will
[27:13.240 -> 27:16.720] definitely have better races than Verstappen this season. However if if that means that
[27:16.720 -> 27:21.640] it's looking like Mercedes may may be out of the runnings for now how exciting is
[27:21.640 -> 27:25.880] it going to be now if the McLarens have come up to have the McLaren,
[27:25.880 -> 27:28.120] the Ferrari and the Red Bull going for it?
[27:28.120 -> 27:30.440] Because Lando is a fire driver.
[27:30.440 -> 27:33.280] Like he's actually better than I probably ever anticipated
[27:33.280 -> 27:34.360] he was going to be.
[27:34.360 -> 27:35.720] Oh, oh, what, Lando?
[27:35.720 -> 27:36.560] Yeah, yeah.
[27:36.560 -> 27:38.200] I completely agree because we don't know, do we?
[27:38.200 -> 27:39.720] And Jim, but there was that photo that we saw
[27:39.720 -> 27:41.480] of the comparison between the age gap
[27:41.480 -> 27:42.960] between Lando and Verstappen.
[27:42.960 -> 27:45.880] It was a photo of Verstappen when he was like, I don't know, 18.
[27:45.880 -> 27:46.880] Oh yeah, the photo of him, yeah, yeah.
[27:46.880 -> 27:47.880] Lando just looked like a little boy.
[27:47.880 -> 27:48.880] Yeah, he did look like a little boy.
[27:48.880 -> 27:53.240] So there is, even though they're both young lads, there's a big age gap between them.
[27:53.240 -> 27:55.440] No, yeah, I'm really, really glad Lando got a podium.
[27:55.440 -> 27:57.120] I hope that's the first of many for him.
[27:57.120 -> 28:01.360] And I would like to see Russell maintaining coming up there.
[28:01.360 -> 28:05.360] You do want a Mercedes in the running, like even though I want Red Bull to do well,
[28:05.360 -> 28:08.240] I would rather every week it was a different driver,
[28:08.240 -> 28:10.140] just so that when it gets to the end of the season,
[28:10.140 -> 28:12.980] it's like 50 points between like four drivers
[28:12.980 -> 28:15.080] would make it so interesting.
[28:15.080 -> 28:18.080] I don't think, I mean, correct me if I'm wrong.
[28:18.080 -> 28:19.240] Well, you're not going to be able to correct me,
[28:19.240 -> 28:22.040] but someone out there listening, correct me if I'm wrong.
[28:22.040 -> 28:25.240] But I don't know if F1 has ever really seen that. I don't
[28:25.240 -> 28:29.360] know if F1 has ever seen three or four teams competing for that top spot.
[28:29.360 -> 28:32.400] I think it might have been like one or two maybe but I don't know.
[28:32.400 -> 28:35.400] You don't know anything.
[28:35.400 -> 28:40.880] No, arguably that's why they've done what they've done isn't it. They're trying to make
[28:40.880 -> 28:49.320] it closer to driving and K-Max proved it. it Came back in the sprint came forth and that that was when we we saw or did he qualify for I think he might have
[28:49.320 -> 28:50.840] Qualified for sorry that could be wrong
[28:50.840 -> 28:51.320] I don't know
[28:51.320 -> 28:55.080] But I saw him in the qualified for because when we saw him in the paddock came back and go for going mad
[28:55.080 -> 29:02.640] He was the happiest guy on earth that day. He's best ever qualifying position. So that was amazing to see. Yeah, I I do feel
[29:03.280 -> 29:07.120] Like at this point in the season as horrible as it is to say, because
[29:07.120 -> 29:12.040] we're quite early on, I just see it slipping away from Hamilton. Like I think if he loses
[29:12.040 -> 29:17.080] confidence in that car, and because Russell was doing so well in pretty much the same
[29:17.080 -> 29:22.840] car, like you say, there's so much more mental energy that goes into it and mental health
[29:22.840 -> 29:27.720] than people think. It would be draining, it would be so stressful to watch your
[29:27.720 -> 29:32.360] teammate do that. It's all a mind game, it is all mind games. Definitely I think
[29:32.360 -> 29:36.520] that's what one thing that Red Bull and Ferrari both have well, like if Red Bull
[29:36.520 -> 29:41.160] and Ferrari both won two, like Perez is not gonna catch Max but Red Bull won't
[29:41.160 -> 29:44.400] be telling him to, it will be hold off third and he'll be happy with that, like
[29:44.400 -> 29:48.020] if Perez is in front, you know when Perez got pole in
[29:48.020 -> 30:06.400] like the second race of the season yeah and he slipped down to fourth. Horne said no we want Perez to win this race that was when it was a race because he qualified pole like fair play but Max qualifying pole Red Bull aren't then gonna go let Perez through but you know I mean these two teams can work together well But I think if Hamilton starts qualifying well again and getting up there with Russell,
[30:06.400 -> 30:08.400] I think we'll see a Russell-Hamilton battle.
[30:08.400 -> 30:10.600] I mean, hey, look, it's a long season.
[30:10.600 -> 30:12.200] We know there's many races ahead.
[30:12.200 -> 30:15.400] There's many more opportunities for Philando Alonso to take the World Championship.
[30:15.400 -> 30:16.800] So we're just going to have to see what happens.
[30:16.800 -> 30:18.200] What about Bottas?
[30:18.200 -> 30:24.200] Leaving Mercedes, being Hamilton's teammate, and finishing this weekend 5th,
[30:24.200 -> 30:27.140] when Hamilton's finishing 15th 15 in an Alfa Romeo
[30:27.140 -> 30:32.320] A bloody Alfa Romeo fifth. It's the Ferrari engine. Well, let's say
[30:33.020 -> 30:35.020] Hamilton's done at the end of this year
[30:36.240 -> 30:39.280] No, I haven't have you seen that is that a thing going around is it everywhere?
[30:40.920 -> 30:45.640] If Hamilton was to drop out midseason or anything, but Bottas would go back. I don't think he would.
[30:45.640 -> 30:48.640] Also, Bottas and Russell had that little like scrap, didn't they?
[30:48.640 -> 30:52.240] Not like scrap, but didn't Russell slap Bottas in that clip?
[30:52.240 -> 30:54.640] They like take each other out. Remember what I'm on about?
[30:54.640 -> 30:55.840] We watched it on YouTube.
[30:55.840 -> 30:57.840] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[30:57.840 -> 31:00.040] Russell goes over and like slaps Bottas on the head.
[31:00.040 -> 31:01.440] Yeah, because he wiped him out.
[31:01.440 -> 31:04.040] I like Bottas. I wish the best for him.
[31:04.040 -> 31:06.320] And he's driving an Alfa Romeo with the Ferrari engines
[31:06.320 -> 31:10.440] I'm sorry Bottas. You want Bottas to do to do incredible. So yeah
[31:10.440 -> 31:13.880] Yeah, there's a few more drivers to shout out review over this weekend
[31:13.880 -> 31:17.420] But quickly if you haven't already, please do hit the follow button on the podcast
[31:17.420 -> 31:19.520] It really does help us out if you're listening right now
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[31:25.420 -> 31:33.660] you for being here. Yuki Tsunoda, seventh. Yuki did it. Yuki bloody did it. And we want
[31:33.660 -> 31:39.300] to see the AlphaTauri up there. We do, because I want Gazze to be doing well. It wasn't the
[31:39.300 -> 31:45.240] best week for Gazze to be honest, but Yuki had a great race. Vettel in eighth, that's cool.
[31:45.240 -> 31:46.640] That was Strahle in 10th.
[31:48.360 -> 31:49.360] What happened to...
[31:50.480 -> 31:51.320] Who?
[31:51.320 -> 31:52.140] What happened to Alonso?
[31:52.140 -> 31:53.400] He DNF'd me, didn't he?
[31:53.400 -> 31:54.240] Do you remember?
[31:54.240 -> 31:56.200] I remember you going, look at all the damage on his car,
[31:56.200 -> 31:57.240] but I couldn't see anything.
[31:57.240 -> 31:58.280] Oh yeah.
[31:58.280 -> 31:59.880] We don't actually know what happened,
[31:59.880 -> 32:00.720] because we couldn't see him.
[32:00.720 -> 32:01.720] We still haven't watched the heart,
[32:01.720 -> 32:03.560] we literally, I haven't slept.
[32:03.560 -> 32:04.760] Oh man, we're absolutely shattered.
[32:04.760 -> 32:09.720] We got back today and for the first time in like,
[32:10.760 -> 32:13.080] since we started, we've just been so motivated.
[32:13.080 -> 32:14.280] Well, we're always motivated to film,
[32:14.280 -> 32:15.800] but today we were like, we got a podcast,
[32:15.800 -> 32:17.800] we got a film, we got so much to talk about.
[32:17.800 -> 32:20.700] I think going to the race was like the motivation we needed,
[32:20.700 -> 32:21.540] wasn't it?
[32:21.540 -> 32:22.360] Because we'd watched it at home
[32:22.360 -> 32:27.920] and it became a bit repetitive in the aspect of, yeah ran out of things to talk about but now we've learned so
[32:27.920 -> 32:31.300] much more we're like oh my god we could talk about all this! We should probably let the guys know
[32:31.300 -> 32:34.520] because this goes out on Thursday but today's currently Tuesday so we actually
[32:34.520 -> 32:38.120] we touched down in the UK this morning after having about three hours sleep
[32:38.120 -> 32:42.640] this pod goes out on Thursday and we're recording it today because tomorrow
[32:42.640 -> 32:48.560] again is another exciting day for us tomorrow being Wednesday we we are we have another
[32:48.560 -> 32:53.200] guest on the pod when I say coming on the pod we're going to him we're going
[32:53.200 -> 32:58.520] to him to our drive yeah and it's a really exciting guest I can't wait to
[32:58.520 -> 33:03.000] get him on because we're gonna actually be able to ask someone what it's like to
[33:03.000 -> 33:08.040] drive a car but yeah no we won't go on that.
[33:08.040 -> 33:11.440] Let's round up this podcast a quick snappy midweek one but thank you very
[33:11.440 -> 33:14.800] much for helping us get the opportunity to do what we did this weekend it was
[33:14.800 -> 33:18.720] unbelievable it was a dream come true and it was the most fun we've ever had
[33:18.720 -> 33:22.160] so thank you so much to Ted thank you so much to Naomi thank you so much to Matt
[33:22.160 -> 33:26.880] quick shout out on that segment we didn't even say anything about that. Yeah, thanks to Julia as well from
[33:27.520 -> 33:28.840] Imola
[33:28.840 -> 33:34.360] Everyone just was amazing to us. Thank you to everyone. You've all treated us like kings. So yeah, thanks
[33:34.360 -> 33:38.000] I hope we can do more stuff with tracks. Hope we can get to some more races
[33:38.000 -> 33:42.460] I hope we can do some more stuff with sky sports because it's always been a dream of mine to hold a sky sports Mike
[33:42.760 -> 33:45.560] But you've lived your dream now. How do you top that?
[33:45.560 -> 33:46.560] Mate, I know.
[33:46.560 -> 33:49.560] I'm going to make it my bloody Facebook profile.
[33:49.560 -> 33:55.200] Yeah, we'll be back on Monday of a new episode with a very special guest.
[33:55.200 -> 33:56.200] Thank you for being here.
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[34:00.560 -> 34:02.760] I cannot believe what has just happened.
[34:02.760 -> 34:06.320] I cannot believe this is gone how it's gone.
[34:06.320 -> 34:08.320] At all. So let's cheers our beers.
[34:08.320 -> 34:10.320] We've both got a beer in our hands, let's cheers to that.
[34:10.320 -> 34:12.320] Let's cheers please. Thank you very much to all the listeners.
[34:12.320 -> 34:15.160] Have a great week and we'll see you guys on Monday.
[34:15.160 -> 34:16.160] Later.
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