JAKES BIG F1 BONANZA - MERCEDES

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**Mercedes F1 Team History and Insights:**

- Mercedes entered Formula One in 1954 and won consecutive World Drivers' titles in 1954 and 1955 with Juan Manuel Fangio.
- After the tragic Le Mans disaster in 1955, Mercedes withdrew from Formula One until 1989.
- In 1994, Mercedes returned to Formula One as an engine supplier, partnering with McLaren.
- Mika Häkkinen won the 2008 World Drivers' Championship with a Mercedes engine in a McLaren car.
- In 2009, Ross Brawn bought the Honda Formula One team and renamed it Brawn GP.
- Jenson Button won the 2009 World Drivers' Championship with Brawn GP, and the team was subsequently purchased by Mercedes.
- In 2010, Mercedes became a fully-fledged Formula One team with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg as drivers.
- Mercedes struggled initially, but from 2014 to 2020, the team dominated Formula One, winning seven consecutive Constructors' Championships and six Drivers' Championships with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
- Toto Wolff is the current Team Principal and CEO of the Mercedes F1 Team, and he holds a significant shareholding in the team.
- Mercedes is one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, with a total of 103 race wins, 122 pole positions, and 79 fastest laps.

**Questions for Fab:**

1. What is the nickname for the Mercedes F1 Team?
- Answer: The Silver Arrows

2. Who was the first driver to win a World Drivers' Championship for Mercedes?
- Answer: Juan Manuel Fangio

3. Which team did Mercedes partner with as an engine supplier in 1994?
- Answer: McLaren

4. Who won the 2008 World Drivers' Championship with a Mercedes engine?
- Answer: Lewis Hamilton

5. Who was the Team Principal of Mercedes when they entered Formula One as a fully-fledged team in 2010?
- Answer: Ross Brawn

6. Which drivers were part of the Mercedes lineup in 2010?
- Answer: Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg

7. How many Constructors' Championships has Mercedes won in Formula One?
- Answer: 7

8. How many Drivers' Championships has Mercedes won in Formula One?
- Answer: 6

9. Who is the current Team Principal and CEO of the Mercedes F1 Team?
- Answer: Toto Wolff

10. How many race wins has Mercedes achieved in Formula One?
- Answer: 103 **The Mercedes Dominance in Formula One: A Comprehensive Overview**

**Introduction**

This podcast episode delves into the history of the Mercedes Formula One team, highlighting their remarkable achievements and dominance in recent years. The discussion covers key milestones, driver lineups, and statistical insights that showcase Mercedes' unparalleled success.

**Mercedes' Rise to Dominance**

* In 2010, Mercedes F1 team was launched, marking the beginning of their journey in Formula One.
* Ross Brawn, a former team principal, played a crucial role in shaping the team's early success.
* Lewis Hamilton joined Mercedes in 2013, marking a turning point for the team.
* With Hamilton at the helm, Mercedes won their first Constructors' Championship in 2014, initiating a streak of seven consecutive titles.
* Nico Rosberg, Hamilton's teammate, also contributed to Mercedes' success, winning the Drivers' Championship in 2016.

**Statistical Dominance**

* Mercedes holds the record for the highest number of podium finishes in Formula One history.
* The team has achieved a remarkable 103% podium rate, far exceeding other successful constructors like Ferrari and Red Bull.
* Mercedes' dominance is evident in their impressive 281 podiums in just 271 races.

**Key Moments and Controversies**

* The 2016 Drivers' Championship battle between Hamilton and Rosberg was intense, with Rosberg ultimately securing the title.
* Ross Brawn's departure from Mercedes in 2013 led to speculation and uncertainty about the team's future.
* Valtteri Bottas joined Mercedes in 2017 as Hamilton's teammate, bringing stability to the team's driver lineup.

**Conclusion**

Mercedes' dominance in Formula One has been a defining characteristic of the sport in recent years. The team's strategic decisions, exceptional drivers, and technological advancements have propelled them to unprecedented success. As the new Formula One season approaches, anticipation builds for whether Mercedes can continue their reign or if a new challenger will emerge to dethrone them.

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[00:59.680 -> 01:00.680] Well, it's a good idea.
[01:00.680 -> 01:01.680] We put it out there.
[01:01.680 -> 01:02.680] Let's see if we've done it.
[01:02.680 -> 01:03.680] The burn on your mouth is making me laugh.
[01:03.680 -> 01:04.680] It's coming out.
[01:04.680 -> 01:05.000] Hasn't it got worse? Well it's a good idea, we put it out there. Let's see if we've done it. The burn on your mouth is making me laugh.
[01:05.000 -> 01:06.000] Hasn't it got worse?
[01:06.000 -> 01:07.000] It's coming out.
[01:07.000 -> 01:08.000] Hasn't it got worse?
[01:08.000 -> 01:11.000] Babba's got a line, like a burn, out the corner of his mouth.
[01:11.000 -> 01:13.000] Do you want to tell the people how you got that burn?
[01:21.000 -> 01:24.000] Welcome back to the Pit Stop Podcast.
[01:24.000 -> 01:25.000] Happy Monday. Hope everyone had a Stop Podcast. Happy Monday.
[01:25.000 -> 01:27.000] Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.
[01:27.000 -> 01:28.000] Happy New Year.
[01:28.000 -> 01:30.000] Yeah, Happy New Year.
[01:30.000 -> 01:31.000] Happy 2023 guys.
[01:31.000 -> 01:33.000] It's off to a good one for us.
[01:33.000 -> 01:34.000] I hope it is for you too.
[01:34.000 -> 01:36.000] Not the best start.
[01:36.000 -> 01:38.000] We did miss our first ever episode.
[01:38.000 -> 01:40.000] We should maybe just quickly say sorry.
[01:40.000 -> 01:41.000] What do you mean?
[01:41.000 -> 01:42.000] We did miss last Thursday's episode.
[01:42.000 -> 01:43.000] Haven't we missed a couple more as well?
[01:43.000 -> 01:46.600] No, that's the only episode we've ever missed.
[01:46.600 -> 01:47.600] Very interesting.
[01:47.600 -> 01:51.560] Because we've normally covered it by either doing like an extra one that week or something.
[01:51.560 -> 01:52.880] Good excuse, I think.
[01:52.880 -> 01:58.160] Because last week, not only did we go go-kart in the quadrant, which left me with an injury.
[01:58.160 -> 02:00.160] Yep, you also threw up everywhere.
[02:00.160 -> 02:01.160] I did, I did.
[02:01.160 -> 02:09.300] And I'll give us some credit, I'll give us some credit Give us some credit because we did film we did actually film like a 20-minute thing didn't we before we went to wings for life
[02:09.300 -> 02:14.820] On Thursday we did and the plan was to come back after the party and talk to you after
[02:15.280 -> 02:18.360] This event because as you guys know is that amazing event for us?
[02:18.360 -> 02:22.680] We did it as our first ever event in f1. We went we went back there on Thursday
[02:22.860 -> 02:25.900] We saw all these crazy people, had a lot of
[02:25.900 -> 02:26.900] wine.
[02:26.900 -> 02:27.900] Not a chance in hell.
[02:27.900 -> 02:28.900] No.
[02:28.900 -> 02:30.140] Were we going to do that pod when we got back?
[02:30.140 -> 02:33.620] I have never beelined it for my room that quick before.
[02:33.620 -> 02:36.420] Literally, walked through the front door, we didn't even turn the lights on, I went
[02:36.420 -> 02:39.020] straight in my room, closed the door and just went straight to bed.
[02:39.020 -> 02:44.060] The hour journey across London from Joe McCary's showroom back to our flat was quite painful.
[02:44.060 -> 02:47.240] I think it was the one extra espresso martini I had
[02:47.240 -> 02:48.780] that sent me over the edge.
[02:48.780 -> 02:50.640] But I would like to say thank you to Wings for Life
[02:50.640 -> 02:52.240] for having us.
[02:52.240 -> 02:54.300] Antonio, thank you so much for sorting it out.
[02:54.300 -> 02:55.460] Last week was crazy.
[02:55.460 -> 02:57.720] Can't wait for you to see the video with Quadrant.
[02:57.720 -> 03:00.360] Can't wait for the pictures from Wings for Life to come out
[03:00.360 -> 03:01.560] because there was one point in the night
[03:01.560 -> 03:02.720] I was really hammered.
[03:02.720 -> 03:03.640] I told you, didn't I?
[03:03.640 -> 03:05.500] I didn't see any photographers really.
[03:05.500 -> 03:09.000] You were talking to, I think this might have actually been when you were talking to Perez,
[03:09.000 -> 03:13.500] because it's like the only time I wasn't with you. Christian was there, it was pretty cool.
[03:13.500 -> 03:15.000] We saw Damon as soon as we walked in.
[03:15.000 -> 03:17.500] Damon said hello first, couldn't believe it.
[03:17.500 -> 03:20.000] As soon as we walked in the door, the first person that says us,
[03:20.000 -> 03:21.500] hello boys, oh it's Damon.
[03:21.500 -> 03:24.500] We didn't even have to go up to him, he just sniffed us out, he smelt us.
[03:24.500 -> 03:26.720] How strange is that compared to last year?
[03:26.720 -> 03:27.560] Do you remember?
[03:27.560 -> 03:28.720] Because literally last year,
[03:28.720 -> 03:30.920] Damon was sat behind you all night.
[03:30.920 -> 03:34.160] And at the end of the very night, you went up to him.
[03:34.160 -> 03:35.000] Yeah.
[03:35.000 -> 03:35.820] And that's when we met him.
[03:35.820 -> 03:37.080] But the whole time we were like, holy shit.
[03:37.080 -> 03:37.920] Yeah.
[03:37.920 -> 03:39.920] There's a few other people there that I wanted to talk to
[03:39.920 -> 03:41.600] and just didn't get the chance.
[03:41.600 -> 03:43.600] I'm going to put this out there right now.
[03:43.600 -> 03:44.440] Go on, put it out.
[03:44.440 -> 03:45.620] Because if he does listen,
[03:45.620 -> 03:47.120] which I know that he probably doesn't,
[03:47.120 -> 03:50.520] but John Giddings, if you're listening to this podcast,
[03:50.520 -> 03:52.240] I really wanted to have a conversation with you
[03:52.240 -> 03:54.340] at Joey Makary's and I just didn't get the chance.
[03:54.340 -> 03:56.600] Again, I saw you the first time,
[03:56.600 -> 03:58.000] I knew that you were someone.
[03:58.000 -> 03:59.080] Is this Isla White, man?
[03:59.080 -> 04:01.000] He had white hair.
[04:01.000 -> 04:02.620] He had perfectly tan skin.
[04:02.620 -> 04:05.640] The guys, I don't know, I'm guessing he's probably,
[04:05.640 -> 04:06.480] we did?
[04:06.480 -> 04:08.620] We did, after the last event, if anyone remembers,
[04:08.620 -> 04:11.560] we spoke on the pod trying to guess who he was.
[04:11.560 -> 04:15.960] Yeah, John Giddings, I'm putting it out there right now.
[04:15.960 -> 04:17.480] I really wanted to come talk to you,
[04:17.480 -> 04:19.920] but it just, the stars didn't align again
[04:19.920 -> 04:23.040] for the second time, so maybe something's heating up.
[04:23.040 -> 04:28.040] Yeah, well, we met him, well, you saw him him and he didn't speak to him but there you go hopefully
[04:28.040 -> 04:29.040] John is listening.
[04:29.040 -> 04:31.480] Loads has been happening in the flat as well.
[04:31.480 -> 04:34.240] Fab has built a racetrack.
[04:34.240 -> 04:35.320] Are we going here?
[04:35.320 -> 04:37.640] We could tell him about the racetrack we've got.
[04:37.640 -> 04:38.640] Why not?
[04:38.640 -> 04:41.040] We had a special delivery come through the post didn't we?
[04:41.040 -> 04:42.040] Yes.
[04:42.040 -> 04:43.040] What was it?
[04:43.040 -> 04:44.040] Scalextrics!
[04:44.040 -> 04:48.120] It was. Not just one box, it was two. Not just one box, two boxes. I think we have
[04:48.120 -> 04:51.880] to do something for them, I don't know what it is, but I jumped the gun and built the
[04:51.880 -> 05:02.560] track in the living room. I ain't just talking about the track, we have three buildings,
[05:02.560 -> 05:05.880] we have a pit lane, and we also have a communications box
[05:05.880 -> 05:07.440] and we have the red and white barriers
[05:07.440 -> 05:08.400] around some of the corners.
[05:08.400 -> 05:09.240] Nice.
[05:09.240 -> 05:11.280] When I'm just spanking it a little bit too fast.
[05:11.280 -> 05:12.400] I like the track layout as well.
[05:12.400 -> 05:15.240] You didn't build the one the box tells you to,
[05:15.240 -> 05:16.960] you've put in a bit of space.
[05:16.960 -> 05:18.760] Yeah, I have.
[05:18.760 -> 05:22.000] We have, I tried to emulate a few different tracks,
[05:22.000 -> 05:22.840] basically real life tracks.
[05:22.840 -> 05:23.680] Oh yeah, what did you do?
[05:23.680 -> 05:24.600] Didn't you bring in a bit?
[05:24.600 -> 05:25.080] Well, top right hand corner, we've got a circular sort of tracks, basically. Real life tracks. What did you do? Didn't you bring in a bit?
[05:25.080 -> 05:25.900] Well, top right hand corner,
[05:25.900 -> 05:27.940] we've got a circular sort of part,
[05:27.940 -> 05:29.060] which goes into a bridge.
[05:29.060 -> 05:32.180] Now that's very similar to Suzuka, Japan.
[05:32.180 -> 05:33.020] Okay.
[05:33.020 -> 05:33.860] And then we got this.
[05:33.860 -> 05:35.300] I was trying to look over there over the sofa.
[05:35.300 -> 05:37.420] We're sat on the sofa and it's on the floor by the kitchen.
[05:37.420 -> 05:38.620] So I'm like looking over there.
[05:38.620 -> 05:40.980] We've got a huge straight down here, Monza.
[05:40.980 -> 05:41.820] Yeah, yeah.
[05:41.820 -> 05:42.860] It's like the Monza straight pretty much.
[05:42.860 -> 05:48.880] And then we have this sort of weaved section. I like that bit. Which is like a high speed, kind of almost a straight,
[05:48.880 -> 05:54.360] but it's a bit curvy like a snake. The barriers make perfect sense there. You've done amazing.
[05:54.360 -> 05:57.920] There's no barriers there. I came out the shower and I walked into the lounge and there's
[05:57.920 -> 06:02.100] a bloody race track. He's built all the grandstands and everything. And not only do we have a
[06:02.100 -> 06:06.120] fresh new Scalextrics track that we can spend hours playing on,
[06:06.120 -> 06:11.360] we also received one of your, I say we, you received a late Christmas present.
[06:11.360 -> 06:15.800] Yes, went home yesterday which was nice, haven't been home since before Christmas, and my mum
[06:15.800 -> 06:21.000] got me the McLaren Lego set to build, which is unreal, I can't believe I've got that,
[06:21.000 -> 06:23.560] I wanted it for ages and it was sold out.
[06:23.560 -> 06:30.400] So mum, thank you very much, gonna build that, gonna put it in the background and one day when Mr. Lando Norris comes to our flat himself, he can sign it.
[06:30.400 -> 06:33.280] Time to compete with Katie Fairman on the build.
[06:33.280 -> 06:34.320] She built one?
[06:34.320 -> 06:35.280] She built one.
[06:35.280 -> 06:36.720] What do you reckon her build time was?
[06:36.720 -> 06:37.520] Oh, I don't know.
[06:37.520 -> 06:41.280] It says 18+, I have never seen 18 plus Lego before.
[06:41.280 -> 06:44.720] Genuinely, what do you reckon the build time on that is gonna be?
[06:44.720 -> 06:46.160] Because look at the pieces.
[06:46.160 -> 06:53.360] 1,432 pieces, mate. That's, by my calculations, I would say that that's going to take roughly
[06:53.360 -> 06:54.360] six hours.
[06:54.360 -> 06:56.680] Six hours? I reckon we should film it.
[06:56.680 -> 06:59.880] Not continuous. Like, we might do a couple hours here, a couple hours there.
[06:59.880 -> 07:01.760] That's going to take us about three days.
[07:01.760 -> 07:04.800] I don't think we'll ever do it. We'll never, ever build it.
[07:04.800 -> 07:05.400] There's been car launches this week as well. don't think we'll ever do it. We'll never, ever build it.
[07:05.400 -> 07:07.600] There's been car launches this week as well.
[07:07.600 -> 07:09.320] Matt and Tommy have also launched P1.
[07:09.320 -> 07:10.440] Congrats to you guys.
[07:10.440 -> 07:13.040] We'll get them on and we'll get a behind the scenes chat.
[07:13.040 -> 07:13.880] The boys, the boys.
[07:13.880 -> 07:15.560] Yeah, it's good to see them doing something.
[07:15.560 -> 07:17.960] AlphaTauri have got red on the Alpha.
[07:17.960 -> 07:18.800] Have you seen that?
[07:18.800 -> 07:19.620] Yeah.
[07:19.620 -> 07:20.840] AlphaTauri, what'd you think about red?
[07:20.840 -> 07:22.440] Nah, I don't really like it.
[07:22.440 -> 07:23.520] Don't like it.
[07:23.520 -> 07:27.000] It's, I have to admit, yeah, bar the red paint,
[07:27.000 -> 07:31.280] sorry, I've got like a fucking croak in my throat. You've just been in the studio for
[07:31.280 -> 07:35.280] four hours making music. There's a frog in my throat. Oh yeah, to let everyone know,
[07:35.280 -> 07:39.480] Jake has spent the last four hours planning like a Bible's worth of notes because I've
[07:39.480 -> 07:43.560] been at band practice, so Jake spent all morning. Yeah, once we've got through just a little
[07:43.560 -> 07:45.300] bit about the cars, I'll tell them all about that.
[07:45.300 -> 07:48.500] I have, I did promise in one of the latest podcasts
[07:48.500 -> 07:51.180] that I was gonna go for it and make a real effort.
[07:51.180 -> 07:52.020] Yeah, you did, you did.
[07:52.020 -> 07:54.220] So I've made a real effort for today's pod
[07:54.220 -> 07:55.300] once we get into it.
[07:55.300 -> 07:56.740] I don't like the red.
[07:56.740 -> 07:59.180] It is different, it is very different.
[08:00.220 -> 08:01.420] It's quite a nice red, though.
[08:01.420 -> 08:02.900] It's the graphic I don't like.
[08:02.900 -> 08:04.420] It's like how they released it.
[08:04.420 -> 08:05.600] It's like a white background with a couple of lines.
[08:05.600 -> 08:07.520] How they released it has made you not like the car.
[08:07.520 -> 08:09.440] Yeah, I don't think it's very good.
[08:09.440 -> 08:10.240] It doesn't look very good.
[08:10.240 -> 08:12.000] My favourite car is the Alfa Romeo.
[08:12.000 -> 08:13.600] Um, we'll have to wait till we see them all
[08:13.600 -> 08:15.280] and then we'll do like a maybe a top 10.
[08:15.280 -> 08:17.440] Maybe we'll rate them on the pod once we've seen all of them.
[08:17.440 -> 08:19.280] Shakedown. A grid shakedown.
[08:19.280 -> 08:21.600] They're currently doing a shakedown, aren't they?
[08:21.600 -> 08:22.560] Don't even know what a shakedown is.
[08:22.560 -> 08:23.840] At Silverstone.
[08:23.840 -> 08:26.980] All the cars are at Silverstone going out, aren't they? Because I've seen the vids and that. But what is a shakedown? They they? Don't even know what a shakedown is. At Silverstone. All the cars are at Silverstone going out aren't they? Because I've seen the vids and
[08:26.980 -> 08:30.580] that. But what is a shakedown? They are, I don't know. It's not testing is it? Thought
[08:30.580 -> 08:35.220] it's when you're outside a club and you're trying to get in. I actually thought it was
[08:35.220 -> 08:39.780] fucking, that's actually what I thought it was as well. I swear it's just media. Have
[08:39.780 -> 08:45.000] you got a new phone? No. Thought your phone was grey Er, green. No, that's my old phone, mate.
[08:45.000 -> 08:46.000] But when did you get that?
[08:46.000 -> 08:49.560] That's always been my phone, you must not pay any attention whatsoever.
[08:49.560 -> 08:50.560] When did you get that?
[08:50.560 -> 08:51.960] You've had a green one this whole time.
[08:51.960 -> 08:52.960] No, I haven't.
[08:52.960 -> 08:54.220] This has been my phone forever.
[08:54.220 -> 08:56.240] Just quickly, what model phone is that?
[08:56.240 -> 08:58.600] It's an iPhone 11 Pro.
[08:58.600 -> 08:59.600] You've got the new one.
[08:59.600 -> 09:00.600] Oh, you cracked the green one.
[09:00.600 -> 09:01.600] Yeah, you do.
[09:01.600 -> 09:02.600] No, you dropped it off the balcony.
[09:02.600 -> 09:03.600] I dropped it off my balcony.
[09:03.600 -> 09:04.600] Interesting.
[09:04.600 -> 09:07.640] To be fair, to O2, I had a new phone within less than 24 hours after dropping it off the
[09:07.640 -> 09:12.520] balcony. So that isn't actually sponsorship for O2, but that is very good customer support
[09:12.520 -> 09:13.520] if you take out their scheme.
[09:13.520 -> 09:18.880] Yeah, we love O2. They want to offer us anything they can, but we ain't looking for it.
[09:18.880 -> 09:23.360] Get the shoutouts in now. Yeah, and I was watching all the Shakedown stuff and it's
[09:23.360 -> 09:26.280] crazy because Drive Survivor there, and obviously they're filming the new season.
[09:26.280 -> 09:29.280] We haven't even seen last season.
[09:29.280 -> 09:32.120] And it just makes me think there's gonna be so many stories
[09:32.120 -> 09:34.240] that come out in Drive Survive
[09:34.240 -> 09:36.060] that I reckon no one knows about yet.
[09:36.060 -> 09:37.440] Things that will make sense
[09:37.440 -> 09:39.200] or little things they've captured.
[09:39.200 -> 09:40.520] And I just can't wait to see that.
[09:40.520 -> 09:42.840] We got, it's out on the 25th, 13 days.
[09:42.840 -> 09:43.940] So this will be out on Monday.
[09:43.940 -> 09:48.640] So 12 days until the new Drive Survive that's not long no that's in two weeks
[09:48.640 -> 09:52.240] there's a chance we could be in it like obviously it's middle school but you
[09:52.240 -> 09:56.960] were filmed at the end of the day I saw the guy film you I don't know mate I
[09:56.960 -> 09:59.920] don't know and you were talking to George Russell the only way that they
[09:59.920 -> 10:04.320] would put us in and I saw we did have a few quick words of will about this
[10:04.320 -> 10:07.560] because when we all came on the podcast just before Christmas,
[10:07.560 -> 10:09.240] was it before or after?
[10:09.240 -> 10:10.080] Yeah, just before.
[10:10.080 -> 10:11.040] Christmas.
[10:11.040 -> 10:13.200] He still had some interviews to do left for them.
[10:13.200 -> 10:14.600] So we were like,
[10:14.600 -> 10:16.840] Will, if you don't mind just mentioning us.
[10:16.840 -> 10:18.560] Just quickly.
[10:18.560 -> 10:19.760] And then if you talk about us,
[10:19.760 -> 10:21.120] then they have to edit us in.
[10:21.120 -> 10:22.040] Yeah.
[10:22.040 -> 10:22.880] Well, it's a good idea.
[10:22.880 -> 10:23.720] We put it out there.
[10:23.720 -> 10:24.560] Let's put it out.
[10:24.560 -> 10:26.960] The burn on your mouth is making me laugh.
[10:26.960 -> 10:28.440] It's coming out.
[10:28.440 -> 10:29.280] Hasn't it got worse?
[10:29.280 -> 10:31.040] Baba's got a line, like a burn,
[10:31.040 -> 10:32.600] out for the corner of his mouth.
[10:32.600 -> 10:35.160] Do you want to tell the people how you got that burn?
[10:35.160 -> 10:37.260] At Joey McCarrie's Driving Force event,
[10:37.260 -> 10:38.760] we, Red Bull Wings for Life,
[10:38.760 -> 10:42.160] we, they served dinner and they served a dessert
[10:42.160 -> 10:47.640] and it was like a chocolate, a round chocolate thing thing and it's meant to look like a racing car wheel because it had
[10:47.640 -> 10:51.600] like the the tire mark on the plate didn't it? I didn't see that. Really blurred
[10:51.600 -> 10:57.800] vision by that point. Yeah, coming out of the women's toilets when I saw that woman I was like, she's not being it.
[10:57.800 -> 11:05.400] It was ridiculous. And it had a sparkler, had a sparkler coming out. Yeah. And I just, I think you told me to eat the whole thing
[11:05.400 -> 11:06.760] in one go, so I tried to,
[11:06.760 -> 11:09.520] and I burnt the side of my face on a sparkler.
[11:09.520 -> 11:10.360] Oh.
[11:10.360 -> 11:11.180] So, yeah.
[11:11.180 -> 11:12.160] Well, that might heal soon.
[11:12.160 -> 11:13.780] Don't do that.
[11:13.780 -> 11:14.620] Okay.
[11:14.620 -> 11:15.440] Because it hurts.
[11:15.440 -> 11:16.280] Well, there we go.
[11:16.280 -> 11:17.520] Kids, we're all learning something here.
[11:17.520 -> 11:18.360] Yeah.
[11:18.360 -> 11:20.480] Anyway, time to introduce what I've been working on,
[11:20.480 -> 11:22.560] because this is going to take us a while to get through.
[11:22.560 -> 11:23.400] Jesus Christ.
[11:23.400 -> 11:24.280] Ladies and gentlemen,
[11:24.280 -> 11:25.920] welcome to Jake's special segment. However, I'm not going to take us a while to get through. Jesus. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Jake's special segment.
[11:25.920 -> 11:28.360] However, I'm not going to take full credit for this.
[11:28.360 -> 11:30.120] Credit is going to Matt Paul.
[11:30.120 -> 11:33.600] Matt Paul DMed us and I spoke to you about it ages ago.
[11:33.600 -> 11:38.600] He said you should dig deep into the 10 teams on the grid.
[11:38.600 -> 11:39.600] Okay.
[11:39.600 -> 11:40.600] Wait, you're not quizzing me, are you?
[11:40.600 -> 11:41.600] I'm not going to quiz you.
[11:41.600 -> 11:42.600] Praise the Lord.
[11:42.600 -> 11:44.440] But we're going to learn together.
[11:44.440 -> 11:46.240] That's pretty much where we're going to go with today's episode.
[11:46.240 -> 11:47.720] It's quite pit stop, so it works.
[11:47.720 -> 11:50.960] Yeah, well we're new Formula One fans, we've been watching for like a year now, a year
[11:50.960 -> 11:57.680] and a bit, so let's dig into a team and go through the history to now and just see what
[11:57.680 -> 11:58.680] I learned.
[11:58.680 -> 12:02.800] And I'll be honest, whilst doing this, so much shit made sense.
[12:02.800 -> 12:03.800] Can I pick a team then?
[12:03.800 -> 12:05.840] Well, no, because I've just spent four hours
[12:05.840 -> 12:07.400] researching Mercedes.
[12:07.400 -> 12:09.320] So we're doing Mercedes for today's episode.
[12:09.320 -> 12:11.120] I felt like that would be a good one to start with.
[12:11.120 -> 12:11.960] Why not?
[12:11.960 -> 12:14.440] And also because what actually made me do it
[12:14.440 -> 12:16.260] is I saw something on Ross Brawn
[12:16.260 -> 12:18.840] and then I remembered that we met Ross Brawn
[12:18.840 -> 12:20.720] and I had no idea who Ross Brawn was.
[12:20.720 -> 12:22.440] So I was like, you know what, this is bad.
[12:22.440 -> 12:29.320] Like I should actually go and figure out who this guy is. We need him too. We need John Giddings and we need Ross
[12:29.320 -> 12:32.760] Braun. I think we should put some posters up on the back here like wanted
[12:32.760 -> 12:38.360] the old Western wanted posters. We actually could to be fair. Yeah we do need Ross
[12:38.360 -> 12:43.840] Braun on and yeah this Matt Paul DM'd in and said research some teams so I've
[12:43.840 -> 12:46.340] literally gone away and researched.
[12:46.340 -> 12:47.400] Matt Paul?
[12:47.400 -> 12:49.280] Yeah, isn't it cool that they're.
[12:49.280 -> 12:50.460] It's got two first names.
[12:50.460 -> 12:51.300] Matt and Paul.
[12:51.300 -> 12:53.420] Yeah, but it's P-O-O-L-E.
[12:53.420 -> 12:55.820] Oh, okay, not P-A-E, okay, got it.
[12:55.820 -> 12:56.660] Oh, quickly.
[12:56.660 -> 12:57.500] Apologies, Matt.
[12:57.500 -> 12:59.880] Before we get into that, just remind me,
[12:59.880 -> 13:02.680] this is like a Mandela effect, okay?
[13:03.740 -> 13:05.440] What, this Mercedes thing? No, no, I've got a Mandela effect, okay? This is- What, this Mercedes thing?
[13:05.440 -> 13:07.340] No, no, I've got a Mandela effect for you right now.
[13:07.340 -> 13:08.440] Go on.
[13:08.440 -> 13:10.440] Say it, Skaelectrics.
[13:10.440 -> 13:11.780] Just say it.
[13:11.780 -> 13:13.060] Skaelectric.
[13:13.060 -> 13:14.900] You know, because now you're deliberately doing it
[13:14.900 -> 13:16.500] from what you've seen.
[13:16.500 -> 13:21.500] S-C-A-L-E-X-T-R-I-C, Skaelectric.
[13:22.380 -> 13:24.940] But isn't it Skaelectrics?
[13:24.940 -> 13:28.000] Skaelectrics. My whole life I have believed it's Scalextrics.
[13:28.000 -> 13:32.000] And then earlier when I was looking at that box, there's an X in the middle of it.
[13:32.000 -> 13:35.000] It's S-C-A-L-E-X.
[13:35.000 -> 13:36.000] Scalex.
[13:36.000 -> 13:37.000] Trick.
[13:37.000 -> 13:39.000] No X on the end, a C.
[13:39.000 -> 13:41.000] Okay.
[13:41.000 -> 13:43.000] Welcome to school, I've wrote.
[13:43.000 -> 13:45.240] I've wrote welcome to school, I've wrote. I've wrote welcome to school.
[13:45.240 -> 13:46.080] Okay.
[13:46.080 -> 13:48.040] Because as I've done this, I've learned so much
[13:48.040 -> 13:50.680] that I thought I might as well try and teach you
[13:50.680 -> 13:52.920] and teach the people at home at the same time.
[13:52.920 -> 13:55.080] I also did just want to say before you dive into that,
[13:55.080 -> 13:56.480] I like your hoodie.
[13:56.480 -> 13:57.320] Oh yeah, thank you.
[13:57.320 -> 13:58.920] I'm wearing a red Pit Stop hoodie.
[13:58.920 -> 14:00.480] It's very nice.
[14:00.480 -> 14:01.700] If you're listening, you can't see it,
[14:01.700 -> 14:04.560] but it's if it clips on TikTok and Pit Stop
[14:04.560 -> 14:06.320] and Instagram, it looks very nice.
[14:06.320 -> 14:07.320] People are going to want it.
[14:07.320 -> 14:08.600] We've got a few different colours.
[14:08.600 -> 14:10.120] But you can't get them yet.
[14:11.760 -> 14:12.560] Where am I at?
[14:12.560 -> 14:14.640] Today we're going to do Mercedes F1 Team,
[14:15.200 -> 14:18.040] one of the most prolific Formula 1 teams of all time.
[14:18.400 -> 14:20.520] As we go through from the beginning to the end,
[14:20.720 -> 14:22.680] there is going to be questions for Fab.
[14:23.160 -> 14:25.160] So for those of you playing along at home, please do listen to everything. And when we get to the end, there is going to be questions for Fab. So for those of you playing along at home,
[14:25.160 -> 14:26.640] please do listen to everything.
[14:26.640 -> 14:28.240] And when we get to the questions,
[14:29.440 -> 14:32.240] I just hope you do better than Fab.
[14:32.240 -> 14:33.060] I feel like-
[14:33.060 -> 14:34.400] Hang on, you don't even know what I'm going to do yet.
[14:34.400 -> 14:35.760] This is what I wrote.
[14:35.760 -> 14:37.560] It was a really good idea, I think.
[14:37.560 -> 14:39.240] Before we do this,
[14:39.240 -> 14:42.600] you should tell me everything you know about Mercedes.
[14:42.600 -> 14:44.040] I can't, you have to ask me.
[14:44.040 -> 14:45.120] I don't know if I can.
[14:45.120 -> 14:47.320] Let's just be simple, team boss.
[14:48.160 -> 14:49.000] Toto, Wolf.
[14:49.000 -> 14:50.440] Current drivers.
[14:50.440 -> 14:52.600] George, Hamilton and Lewis Russell.
[14:52.600 -> 14:54.700] Yeah, before Russell, who was it?
[14:58.800 -> 15:00.120] It's gonna be a long day.
[15:00.120 -> 15:02.080] Yeah, this is stupid because I obviously know,
[15:02.080 -> 15:04.840] I watched it last year, but I'm a bit tired, Jake.
[15:04.840 -> 15:10.360] Bottas. Yeah, of course it was Bottas. Okay, we're gonna have to learn. Yeah, this is stupid because I obviously know I watched it last year, but I'm a bit tired Jake Bottas yeah, of course, okay, we're gonna have to learn. Yeah, okay. I was about say who's before Bottas
[15:12.080 -> 15:15.000] But you're not gonna know that are you yeah, I am it's Nico Rosberg
[15:15.000 -> 15:20.840] How do you know that not know Bottas cuz I do I'm so used to Bottas being out for a minute
[15:20.840 -> 15:26.000] That is fair cuz the year you've watched him. Yeah, he's been out for a minute. Yeah, so that is the year you've watched him, he's been out for a minute. So that is fair.
[15:26.000 -> 15:27.920] Well, let's start with when they were born.
[15:27.920 -> 15:31.620] 1954, Mercedes entered the grid.
[15:32.600 -> 15:33.660] Yeah.
[15:33.660 -> 15:34.500] Remember that.
[15:34.500 -> 15:35.320] Okay.
[15:35.320 -> 15:36.160] That's very important.
[15:36.160 -> 15:37.000] Take your word for it.
[15:37.000 -> 15:37.820] They're in Brackley, outside Oxford.
[15:37.820 -> 15:40.380] And as of right now, they are owned by Mercedes
[15:40.380 -> 15:43.480] and Toto has a large shareholding.
[15:43.480 -> 15:45.400] A very large shareholding, as we know. Yes. What do you reckon his net worth is? Toto has a large shareholding, a very large shareholding as we know.
[15:45.400 -> 15:47.360] What do you reckon his net worth is?
[15:47.360 -> 15:48.480] Toto Wolf.
[15:48.480 -> 15:50.880] How much do you reckon Toto Wolf is worth?
[15:50.880 -> 15:51.720] Net worth?
[15:51.720 -> 15:54.520] It would help if I knew how much Mercedes is worth.
[15:54.520 -> 15:55.360] Yeah, I don't know.
[15:55.360 -> 15:56.180] F1 team.
[15:56.180 -> 15:57.020] I don't know.
[15:57.020 -> 15:58.480] Mercedes as a brand will be worth a lot.
[15:58.480 -> 16:00.120] Yeah, but that's like separate, isn't it?
[16:00.120 -> 16:01.360] Yeah.
[16:01.360 -> 16:03.000] Toto Wolf's net worth,
[16:03.000 -> 16:07.640] it would literally be a shot in the dark, mate. It would be a shot in the dark, I'd say like, a hundred million.
[16:07.640 -> 16:10.320] Yeah, well, it's five hundred and fifty-four million.
[16:10.320 -> 16:11.080] Jeez.
[16:11.080 -> 16:15.720] Toto Wolf got money, and also learned that his name is Torgan Christian Wolf.
[16:15.720 -> 16:17.880] He's got Christian in the middle of his name.
[16:17.880 -> 16:19.080] Now that's interesting.
[16:19.080 -> 16:20.520] That is something he wants to hide.
[16:20.520 -> 16:21.680] Because they do not like each other.
[16:21.680 -> 16:22.680] They do not like each other.
[16:22.680 -> 16:25.600] And that's not public, you can't find that in many
[16:25.600 -> 16:27.680] places well it is now yeah hope everyone
[16:27.680 -> 16:30.120] knows he earned 16 million a year and
[16:30.120 -> 16:31.520] he's made all his money from being a
[16:31.520 -> 16:33.640] huge business he earned 16 million a year
[16:33.640 -> 16:35.880] being the Mercedes team boss he gets 60
[16:35.880 -> 16:37.680] million that's just his wages yeah but
[16:37.680 -> 16:39.320] he also owns loads of other businesses
[16:39.320 -> 16:41.840] because he is also a manager isn't he
[16:41.840 -> 16:46.920] total managers like Ocon he managed Bottas for a bit.
[16:47.120 -> 16:48.280] There was loads of other people.
[16:48.280 -> 16:49.920] He's managed loads of people.
[16:49.920 -> 16:50.760] Right.
[16:51.680 -> 16:52.720] And the next thing I wrote down
[16:52.720 -> 16:54.360] is the first question for Fab.
[16:54.360 -> 16:56.560] Do you know Mercedes's nickname?
[16:56.560 -> 16:57.720] The Silver Arrows.
[16:57.720 -> 17:00.400] Okay, this is very good, look, in brackets.
[17:00.400 -> 17:03.080] Multiple choice if he is clueless.
[17:03.080 -> 17:04.280] What was the other choice?
[17:04.280 -> 17:05.360] Well, no, I didn't have them yet.
[17:05.360 -> 17:06.760] I was just going to say something stupid,
[17:06.760 -> 17:09.720] like red arrows, blue arrows.
[17:09.720 -> 17:10.560] But you got that.
[17:10.560 -> 17:12.240] I appreciate you looking out for me like that.
[17:12.240 -> 17:14.360] And now this is where we're going right back.
[17:14.360 -> 17:17.080] This is where we wouldn't know any of this.
[17:17.080 -> 17:19.280] So this is like a first time me learning it
[17:19.280 -> 17:20.720] while saying this.
[17:20.720 -> 17:23.280] But the silver arrow is his first ever race in Formula One
[17:23.280 -> 17:26.440] was the French Grand Prix in 1954,
[17:26.440 -> 17:31.560] and that was Joan Manuel Fangio, and he was their driver who won in the debut race.
[17:31.560 -> 17:37.400] Fangio won the World Driver's title in their debut, and he also followed it up in 1955.
[17:37.400 -> 17:42.760] Mercedes then pulled out of Formula One after the Le Mans disaster, after that.
[17:42.760 -> 17:47.540] So they won two consecutive years, and then they just pulled out of Formula One completely.
[17:47.540 -> 17:48.380] Wow.
[17:48.380 -> 17:50.320] Mercedes were no longer in Formula One.
[17:50.320 -> 17:53.280] That Fangio went on and continued.
[17:53.280 -> 17:55.360] Well, the Le Mans disaster was really bad.
[17:55.360 -> 17:57.120] What happened at Le Mans?
[17:57.120 -> 17:58.000] I knew this was coming.
[17:58.000 -> 18:00.640] So I wrote for when Fab asks,
[18:02.280 -> 18:04.360] and I'm reading this strictly off Wikipedia
[18:04.360 -> 18:06.400] because this is like a big disaster. So it's fact then? Yeah, and I'm reading this strictly off Wikipedia because this is like a big disaster.
[18:06.400 -> 18:07.240] So it's fact then?
[18:07.240 -> 18:08.300] Yeah, and I don't really know.
[18:08.300 -> 18:12.280] So in 1955, Le Mans disaster was a crash
[18:12.280 -> 18:16.700] that occurred on June, 1955, during the 24 hour of Le Mans.
[18:17.840 -> 18:20.080] Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd
[18:20.080 -> 18:23.840] killing 83 spectators and French driver, Pierre Levere,
[18:23.840 -> 18:27.360] sorry if I'm pronouncing names wrong, and injuring nearly 180 more.
[18:27.360 -> 18:30.560] It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history
[18:30.560 -> 18:35.440] and it prompted Mercedes-Benz to withdraw from motor racing until 1989.
[18:35.440 -> 18:38.720] How have we not heard about the most catastrophic crash in motor racing?
[18:38.720 -> 18:40.640] Well mate, this is why we're doing this series,
[18:40.640 -> 18:45.920] because so much will make sense from names to people to Jean Manuel Fangio
[18:45.920 -> 18:47.920] I'm gonna grab that bit of red fluff off the side of your head
[18:47.920 -> 18:51.440] You're so kind we didn't even know anything really about Fangio he's been
[18:51.440 -> 18:55.280] brought up in numerous quizzes this guy's won five world drivers titles
[18:55.280 -> 18:58.360] he's the third most successful driver ever I knew that because of the
[18:58.360 -> 19:01.600] graphics we used to make yeah we were making the graphics on Instagram
[19:01.600 -> 19:04.880] we used to put the headshots in he's the one who sat in the car
[19:04.880 -> 19:05.840] you could never get a good photo the black He's the one who sat in the car. You could never get a good photo.
[19:05.840 -> 19:08.540] The black and white photo of him sat in the car, yeah.
[19:08.540 -> 19:10.640] But then we skip into 1994,
[19:10.640 -> 19:14.120] and this is two years before I entered the world.
[19:14.120 -> 19:15.840] I don't know why the fuck I've wrote that on my notes.
[19:15.840 -> 19:17.880] That's gonna confuse me, isn't it?
[19:17.880 -> 19:19.320] I was born in 1996.
[19:19.320 -> 19:20.160] Yes.
[19:20.160 -> 19:20.980] 1994.
[19:20.980 -> 19:21.820] Math.
[19:21.820 -> 19:22.920] Mercedes are back in Formula One,
[19:22.920 -> 19:25.360] but as an engine manager, manufacturer.
[19:25.360 -> 19:26.360] For whom?
[19:26.360 -> 19:29.000] Well, this is where I thought you were going to ask.
[19:29.000 -> 19:30.900] They were with McLaren.
[19:30.900 -> 19:32.160] It was McLaren Mercedes.
[19:32.160 -> 19:35.080] And they won three drivers titles with their engines.
[19:35.080 -> 19:36.720] And that was with Mika Haineken.
[19:36.720 -> 19:37.560] Yes.
[19:37.560 -> 19:38.380] Mika Haineken, sorry.
[19:38.380 -> 19:39.220] Yeah.
[19:39.220 -> 19:40.060] Haineken?
[19:40.060 -> 19:40.880] Haineken.
[19:40.880 -> 19:41.720] Haineken.
[19:41.720 -> 19:42.560] Okay, that's right.
[19:42.560 -> 19:43.380] Mika Haineken.
[19:43.380 -> 19:44.220] We met him, didn't we?
[19:44.220 -> 19:45.520] Didn't we see him somewhere?
[19:45.520 -> 19:46.360] Yes.
[19:46.360 -> 19:47.640] Was he at F1 Arcade?
[19:47.640 -> 19:48.480] Yep.
[19:48.480 -> 19:49.320] He was at F1 Arcade.
[19:49.320 -> 19:50.140] Yeah, he was.
[19:50.140 -> 19:51.200] We didn't see him though, or didn't speak to him.
[19:51.200 -> 19:54.540] Actually, I swear he was quite tall for a driver.
[19:54.540 -> 19:55.380] Wasn't he quite big?
[19:55.380 -> 19:57.000] I honestly don't remember.
[19:57.000 -> 19:58.320] I don't really know.
[19:58.320 -> 19:59.360] I didn't see him.
[19:59.360 -> 20:01.920] But then we jump into 2008.
[20:01.920 -> 20:03.820] Okay, and it says, question for Fab.
[20:03.820 -> 20:07.480] McLaren won the 2008 World Drivers Championship
[20:07.480 -> 20:15.320] with a Mercedes engine. Who was driving in 2008? McLaren. Lewis. Lewis was. Lewis Hamilton.
[20:15.320 -> 20:21.480] Yeah. Lewis Hamilton wins his first World Drivers title in 2008 at McLaren with a Mercedes
[20:21.480 -> 20:26.360] engine. Sponsored by Vodafone. Here we go, in a silver and red car, beautiful car.
[20:26.360 -> 20:27.440] Yep.
[20:27.440 -> 20:28.760] That was just off the noggin.
[20:28.760 -> 20:30.400] That wasn't even on the notes.
[20:30.400 -> 20:31.240] What?
[20:31.240 -> 20:33.240] That was a silver and red car.
[20:33.240 -> 20:34.600] I remembered the color.
[20:34.600 -> 20:35.440] Oh.
[20:35.440 -> 20:37.960] Well yeah, silver arrows and red Vodafone,
[20:37.960 -> 20:38.800] that's pretty fucking obvious.
[20:38.800 -> 20:39.640] Yeah, makes perfect sense, that's pretty much it.
[20:39.640 -> 20:40.760] Anyway, well done mate.
[20:40.760 -> 20:43.480] In 2009, a year after Lewis's first win,
[20:43.480 -> 20:46.640] Braun, Formula one team was introduced
[20:47.400 -> 20:51.080] And that was Ross brawn. Yeah, he bought that team from Honda
[20:51.080 -> 20:54.000] Do you know who Ross brawn was working with before he started brawn?
[20:54.480 -> 20:58.800] He was working with I watched it. Oh my god. You're now gonna teach the teacher
[21:00.040 -> 21:07.420] So little teachers, who's he working with? I don't know. I asked you he was I- I mean, he's been with multiple teams, but who was the last team he was with before he
[21:07.420 -> 21:08.420] started Braun?
[21:08.420 -> 21:09.420] Could have been Ferrari, maybe.
[21:09.420 -> 21:11.620] Or I could get a load of shit for that.
[21:11.620 -> 21:13.300] Don't worry, I've got it.
[21:13.300 -> 21:17.000] We have to just stick to the timeline, and everything will make sense.
[21:17.000 -> 21:21.900] This is where it gets really, really interesting about Ross Braun, Braun GP, and that, because
[21:21.900 -> 21:24.480] I just had absolutely no clue.
[21:24.480 -> 21:26.200] And maybe there's people out there that are like,
[21:26.200 -> 21:27.480] I knew all of this shit.
[21:27.480 -> 21:28.680] Like I didn't need to know.
[21:28.680 -> 21:29.520] Go on.
[21:30.660 -> 21:32.440] But yeah, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
[21:32.440 -> 21:35.000] were the drivers for that year at Braun GP.
[21:35.000 -> 21:38.080] In 2010, a year straight after that,
[21:38.080 -> 21:40.320] Braun GP were no longer a team
[21:40.320 -> 21:42.840] because they were bought by Mercedes.
[21:42.840 -> 21:44.560] So that is where Mercedes have come from.
[21:44.560 -> 21:45.440] Did you know that?
[21:45.440 -> 21:47.160] They were birthed from, from Braun.
[21:47.160 -> 21:49.480] They split off from McLaren and took over from Braun.
[21:49.480 -> 21:51.640] Yeah, for McLaren, they were only supplying an engine.
[21:51.640 -> 21:52.960] And then for Mercedes, they,
[21:52.960 -> 21:54.440] so they weren't actually a team.
[21:54.440 -> 21:57.560] No, but they were always called McLaren Mercedes though.
[21:57.560 -> 21:58.600] Yes. Yeah.
[21:58.600 -> 22:00.720] A bit like you have maybe Aston Martin.
[22:00.720 -> 22:02.280] That always confused me as a child.
[22:02.280 -> 22:03.560] I didn't, I just didn't get like,
[22:03.560 -> 22:06.240] why is there two, two cars in one team?
[22:06.240 -> 22:08.760] Yeah, it confuses me now.
[22:10.160 -> 22:12.240] Yeah, and then that's when they became Mercedes.
[22:12.240 -> 22:16.400] Ross Brawn was then the team principal at Mercedes.
[22:16.400 -> 22:18.020] So did you know that?
[22:18.020 -> 22:20.920] That when Mercedes launched, Ross Brawn was team principal.
[22:20.920 -> 22:23.040] In the first year, in 2010.
[22:23.040 -> 22:23.920] I actually didn't know that.
[22:23.920 -> 22:25.360] And in 2010, can you remember
[22:25.360 -> 22:27.680] the first ever Mercedes lineup?
[22:27.680 -> 22:28.920] No, definitely not.
[22:28.920 -> 22:31.880] He pulled Michael Schumacher out of retirement.
[22:31.880 -> 22:32.840] Oh, wasn't that 2011?
[22:32.840 -> 22:33.660] Was that 2010?
[22:33.660 -> 22:34.500] Yeah, I've got it in.
[22:34.500 -> 22:35.320] I thought that was 2011.
[22:35.320 -> 22:37.240] In 2010, he pulled Michael Schumacher out of retirement
[22:37.240 -> 22:38.920] and he had Nico Rosberg with him.
[22:38.920 -> 22:40.960] Michael Schumacher personally had said,
[22:40.960 -> 22:42.920] I will come out of retirement because if Ross Baron
[22:42.920 -> 22:44.840] is involved with this car, I want to race.
[22:44.840 -> 22:46.960] Because everyone knows how good, I just feel so bad when
[22:46.960 -> 22:51.040] we met Ross Brawn I didn't know who he was. Now you do. I'm actually quite glad
[22:51.040 -> 22:54.960] I've done this. Now you know we have to get him on the pod. Yeah, yeah we
[22:54.960 -> 22:58.880] actually do I need to apologize for him and obviously whilst Mercedes were
[22:58.880 -> 23:02.640] finding their feet from 2010 to like 2013 Red Bull just won four drivers
[23:02.640 -> 23:05.840] titles and world titles in a row, it was Sebastian Vettel.
[23:05.840 -> 23:07.740] So Mercedes, when they first came in
[23:07.740 -> 23:09.720] to actual Formula One as a team,
[23:09.720 -> 23:12.960] weren't that successful in the first four years
[23:12.960 -> 23:15.200] because Vettel had absolutely ran away a bit.
[23:15.200 -> 23:17.400] When Vettel was racing for Red Bull,
[23:17.400 -> 23:19.440] who do you reckon his teammate was?
[23:19.440 -> 23:21.680] Vettel's teammate at Red Bull.
[23:23.640 -> 23:25.200] So you're looking in the years like 2010.
[23:25.200 -> 23:26.800] Mark Webber was one of them.
[23:26.800 -> 23:28.600] Mate, spot on!
[23:28.600 -> 23:29.640] Yeah, was it just him?
[23:29.640 -> 23:32.120] 10 points to fucking Gryffindor!
[23:32.120 -> 23:32.960] Was it just him?
[23:32.960 -> 23:35.400] Let's go, because I was expecting us to be here for ages.
[23:35.400 -> 23:36.920] You're a bloody wizard, Fabby!
[23:36.920 -> 23:37.760] Mark Webber!
[23:37.760 -> 23:39.320] Fabby, Fabby, you're a wizard!
[23:39.320 -> 23:41.880] You absolutely smashed that, bro.
[23:41.880 -> 23:43.520] I can't believe you got that straight away.
[23:43.520 -> 23:44.360] I'm buzzing with that.
[23:44.360 -> 23:46.720] To all you gatekeepers out there, I do know my shit.
[23:46.720 -> 23:49.440] This is great. Yeah, Mark Webber was his teammate then.
[23:49.440 -> 23:56.640] So then Red Bull have won four in a row, Ross Brawn then leaves Mercedes due to a disagreement, you know, about his role in the team.
[23:56.640 -> 24:02.800] So Ross Brawn at Mercedes as team principal, they didn't win like a driver's title or a world championship with Ross Brawn.
[24:02.800 -> 24:03.760] No, Schumacher never won.
[24:03.760 -> 24:07.020] But he did, you know, was, helped build the team
[24:07.020 -> 24:09.020] and it come from Brawn and all of that.
[24:10.040 -> 24:11.240] Ross Brawn then leaves Mercedes.
[24:11.240 -> 24:14.280] On the 23rd of Jan, 2017, Ross Brawn came back
[24:14.280 -> 24:15.120] into Formula One.
[24:15.120 -> 24:16.980] As we know, Ross Brawn is still in Formula One.
[24:16.980 -> 24:20.280] But back to Mercedes, it's 2014.
[24:20.280 -> 24:24.100] Lewis Hamilton joins Mercedes with teammate Nico Rosberg.
[24:24.100 -> 24:27.280] Now this goes back to that thing we watched on YouTube.
[24:27.280 -> 24:29.120] There is an amazing show on YouTube.
[24:29.120 -> 24:30.920] Wasn't Lewis already there?
[24:30.920 -> 24:33.160] Lewis joins Mercedes in 2014.
[24:33.160 -> 24:34.200] He was at McLaren.
[24:34.200 -> 24:35.040] Cool.
[24:35.040 -> 24:38.360] He was at McLaren Mercedes, and then he joins up.
[24:38.360 -> 24:39.200] Cool.
[24:39.200 -> 24:40.640] I thought he switched so much earlier than that.
[24:40.640 -> 24:44.440] No, he'd only won one World Drivers title in 2008.
[24:44.440 -> 24:45.840] He then joins Mercedes
[24:45.840 -> 24:53.040] in 2013 and he won his debut year at Mercedes 2013. And then goes on a streak forever. Which
[24:53.040 -> 24:57.920] begins, okay. So that was his second World title though because he won in 2008. Mercedes
[24:57.920 -> 25:03.880] went on to win seven Constructors in a row as soon as Lewis and Nico joined. Six with
[25:03.880 -> 25:06.880] Hamilton and one with Nico Rosberg.
[25:06.880 -> 25:08.600] And this is where I've wrote the name of the show,
[25:08.600 -> 25:12.520] Origins of the Silverwar on YouTube, such that,
[25:12.520 -> 25:14.760] type that in on YouTube, cause it's amazing.
[25:14.760 -> 25:19.280] It's the year of 2014 and they're just battling all year,
[25:19.280 -> 25:20.440] like as teammates.
[25:20.440 -> 25:22.600] And Nico pips it and then quits.
[25:22.600 -> 25:24.200] Yeah, no, that's 2016.
[25:24.200 -> 25:25.000] Is that 2016?
[25:25.000 -> 25:27.000] 2016, Hamilton lost out by 5 points.
[25:27.000 -> 25:28.000] Oh my god.
[25:28.000 -> 25:31.000] They were both so far clear, I believe Daniel Ricciardo was third.
[25:31.000 -> 25:34.000] I don't have that table in front of me, so I could be wrong.
[25:34.000 -> 25:40.000] If you were Nico Rosberg and you had been battling for it for like 2 years prior, and then you got it, would you have quit?
[25:40.000 -> 25:42.000] I think I would have.
[25:42.000 -> 25:45.340] Maybe because he was like aware that Hamilton had so
[25:45.340 -> 25:49.540] many more that like he was probably thinking I'm probably not gonna win it
[25:49.540 -> 25:54.740] next year because my team looks so good. At this point Mercedes were so far
[25:54.740 -> 25:59.680] clear so far clear in fact at the end of the podcast there is one stat that I
[25:59.680 -> 26:04.980] found at the very end I tell you unbelievable about Mercedes I had to
[26:04.980 -> 26:07.200] proof check it and proof check it and proof check it.
[26:07.200 -> 26:08.040] A stat.
[26:08.040 -> 26:09.560] Just something that I just couldn't believe
[26:09.560 -> 26:11.880] would actually be real.
[26:11.880 -> 26:14.280] I'm gonna think about it and try and guess it.
[26:15.160 -> 26:17.160] Well, when we get there, you tell me what you think it is.
[26:17.160 -> 26:18.360] Rosberg announces retirement,
[26:18.360 -> 26:20.120] obviously wanted to spend more time with his family,
[26:20.120 -> 26:21.920] and then it's time for Valtteri Bottas,
[26:21.920 -> 26:24.320] 2017, lined up with Lewis Hamilton.
[26:24.320 -> 26:25.360] Question for Fab, whereteri Bottas, 2017, lined up with Lewis Hamilton. Question for Fab.
[26:26.120 -> 26:28.440] Where was Bottas before Mercedes?
[26:29.280 -> 26:31.600] So he joined Mercedes in 2017.
[26:31.600 -> 26:35.400] So yeah, I wasn't watching it this time, so I've got no idea.
[26:35.400 -> 26:38.000] Exactly, I wasn't watching. I had no idea until I Googled this.
[26:38.840 -> 26:40.120] Valtteri Bottas.
[26:40.440 -> 26:45.520] That's what I mean, I remember some of the stuff from like the 2006 era a little bit
[26:45.520 -> 26:48.760] because I did watch it for a little bit but then there was such a massive gap when I didn't.
[26:48.760 -> 26:52.200] He was at one team in F1 from 2013 to 2016.
[26:52.200 -> 26:52.960] Bottas.
[26:52.960 -> 26:53.460] Before.
[26:53.460 -> 26:54.460] Mmm.
[26:56.200 -> 26:57.200] We might be here for a while.
[26:57.200 -> 26:58.700] It's a team that's not on the grid now, is it?
[26:58.700 -> 26:59.400] No, they are on the grid.
[26:59.400 -> 26:59.900] Are they still on the grid?
[26:59.900 -> 27:00.400] Yeah, it's Williams.
[27:00.400 -> 27:00.900] Okay.
[27:00.900 -> 27:02.600] It's Williams, yeah, it would have been hard.
[27:02.600 -> 27:04.600] Yeah, 77 races, 9 podiums.
[27:06.720 -> 27:12.320] And then I wrote this, got really tricky. With Williams? Yeah, it was with Williams. Nine podiums with Williams. Yeah, yeah.
[27:12.440 -> 27:14.720] But you've got to remember Williams are a really successful team.
[27:15.520 -> 27:21.280] Especially like, back then, not really recently. Earlier though. This is why when I found this stat, I thought it was so crazy.
[27:21.280 -> 27:26.760] So I've wrote it all down and I've compared the teams. So I've put this in order of who's the most
[27:26.760 -> 27:28.360] successful constructor.
[27:28.360 -> 27:30.840] So obviously you've got Ferrari, Williams, McLaren,
[27:30.840 -> 27:33.420] Mercedes, Red Bull, Lotus would be in there as well,
[27:33.420 -> 27:35.600] but I couldn't find the stats online.
[27:35.600 -> 27:36.440] For Lotus?
[27:36.440 -> 27:39.520] Really strange, like it seems like everything to do
[27:39.520 -> 27:41.000] with Lotus has disappeared.
[27:41.000 -> 27:43.860] So if anyone could like just clear up anything
[27:43.860 -> 27:44.700] with Lotus for me, that'd be great.
[27:44.700 -> 27:46.680] Isn't it the same situation where it was another team
[27:46.680 -> 27:47.520] and they just, Lotus engine.
[27:47.520 -> 27:48.340] Is that it?
[27:48.340 -> 27:49.180] Have they been bought in the name?
[27:49.180 -> 27:50.320] No idea, no idea.
[27:50.320 -> 27:52.140] I have no idea.
[27:52.140 -> 27:55.360] But yeah, since Mercedes F1 team launched in 2010,
[27:55.360 -> 27:58.900] they have competed in 271 races,
[27:58.900 -> 28:02.120] picking up 281 podiums.
[28:02.960 -> 28:07.920] As a team, they've picked up more podiums than races now obviously you have two drivers that is possible
[28:07.920 -> 28:13.120] Mercedes yeah, well that what okay? Yeah, that's crazy. It's a crazy fact at the end
[28:13.120 -> 28:18.600] Yeah, this is crazy fact, but it gets crazier. We're gonna put it into like percentages to the other team
[28:18.600 -> 28:19.360] Oh my god
[28:19.360 -> 28:23.840] You've got to remember Mercedes haven't had as many races because they were newer than a lot of teams
[28:23.840 -> 28:28.800] And you got to remember that there is two race two drivers so you technically could pick up double
[28:28.800 -> 28:37.360] podium every time but Ferrari have 16 constructors they have a 76% podium rate which is amazing as
[28:37.360 -> 28:45.360] well Ferrari's podium rate is incredible because they've had over a thousand races. Yeah, how many races have Mercedes had? 271.
[28:45.360 -> 28:45.920] And...
[28:45.920 -> 28:46.880] So a lot less.
[28:46.880 -> 28:48.800] Oh my god, so Ferrari's just...
[28:48.800 -> 28:50.880] Ferrari podium rate is insane as well.
[28:50.880 -> 28:55.040] Williams, nine constructors, but only a 39% podium rate.
[28:55.040 -> 28:58.160] McLaren, eight, 53% podium rate.
[28:58.160 -> 28:59.920] McLaren, 271...
[28:59.920 -> 29:00.720] Mercedes.
[29:00.720 -> 29:01.760] Sorry, yeah.
[29:01.760 -> 29:03.840] McLaren, 53% podium rate.
[29:03.840 -> 29:06.880] Mercedes, 271 races,
[29:07.080 -> 29:10.620] 103% podium rate.
[29:10.620 -> 29:13.080] And I thought, let's compare it to Red Bull
[29:13.080 -> 29:15.000] because Red Bull were like reasonably new,
[29:15.000 -> 29:17.240] like not, you know, like Williams are a lot older,
[29:17.240 -> 29:18.360] Ferrari are a lot older,
[29:18.360 -> 29:21.120] because Red Bull have only had 348.
[29:21.120 -> 29:25.000] And Red Bull have got a podium rate of 67%
[29:25.000 -> 29:26.980] and they've got similar amount of races
[29:26.980 -> 29:31.800] because Mercedes have done 271, Red Bull have done 348.
[29:31.800 -> 29:34.340] The rate, the difference in them percentages, mate,
[29:34.340 -> 29:37.340] 103% and 67%.
[29:37.340 -> 29:39.780] Mercedes have been absolutely dominant.
[29:39.780 -> 29:43.700] Yeah, that's like, a lot of that is Lewis.
[29:43.700 -> 29:44.820] Yeah.
[29:44.820 -> 29:45.680] Really, and that puts into context how good he actually is. Do you feel a little bit like, That's like a lot of that is Lewis. Yeah. Really?
[29:45.680 -> 29:47.680] And that puts into context how good he actually is.
[29:47.680 -> 29:49.800] Do you feel a little bit like,
[29:49.800 -> 29:50.960] I'll be honest, it's quite weird.
[29:50.960 -> 29:52.320] Cause I imagine a bit like
[29:52.320 -> 29:54.320] if I started watching football now
[29:54.320 -> 29:56.600] and I didn't know how good Ronaldo or Messi was,
[29:56.600 -> 29:58.080] I wouldn't appreciate it.
[29:58.080 -> 29:59.440] And then I'd probably understand
[29:59.440 -> 30:00.640] why people would give me shit
[30:00.640 -> 30:01.760] because as a football fan,
[30:01.760 -> 30:04.000] I like that incredible.
[30:04.000 -> 30:06.660] And we don't know, cause we didn't really watch it.
[30:06.660 -> 30:07.500] Do you know what it is?
[30:07.500 -> 30:09.540] Like the world is such a funny place.
[30:09.540 -> 30:11.980] So I mean, obviously Lewis is like the best driver,
[30:11.980 -> 30:13.660] like the best driver in the world, probably.
[30:13.660 -> 30:14.500] Do you know what I mean?
[30:14.500 -> 30:16.100] Like after you read those out,
[30:16.100 -> 30:19.760] I still can't believe your phone's not green, by the way.
[30:19.760 -> 30:21.540] But there is so many variables,
[30:21.540 -> 30:23.960] like even down to the point where like, you know,
[30:23.960 -> 30:27.240] maybe in the time that Lewis has been racing,
[30:27.240 -> 30:30.880] there just hasn't been stiff enough competition.
[30:30.880 -> 30:33.560] And then maybe, so maybe like 10 years from now,
[30:33.560 -> 30:35.040] there'd be another driver on the grid,
[30:35.040 -> 30:36.400] which is like bonkers.
[30:36.400 -> 30:38.280] And Lewis never could have had the season,
[30:38.280 -> 30:41.480] or the seven championships that he did.
[30:41.480 -> 30:42.920] You know what I mean?
[30:42.920 -> 30:44.760] Like, obviously, yeah, he's amazing.
[30:44.760 -> 30:45.320] He's amazing.
[30:45.320 -> 30:48.800] And he hasn't been challenged really up until now by Max.
[30:48.800 -> 30:52.500] But if there was a Max, you know, back in 2015,
[30:53.880 -> 30:55.080] what would that have looked like?
[30:55.080 -> 30:58.480] Maybe, but at the same time, like there was really,
[30:58.480 -> 31:02.440] because Lewis joined Mercedes in 2013.
[31:02.440 -> 31:04.600] And as soon as he joined Mercedes, he won.
[31:04.600 -> 31:07.700] Yeah. Whereas he wasn't that car quick enough before that.
[31:07.700 -> 31:08.400] And Vettel was great.
[31:08.400 -> 31:10.700] And Vettel had won four in a row.
[31:10.700 -> 31:12.500] But then maybe the Red Bull car wasn't as quick?
[31:12.500 -> 31:13.900] Yeah, it could have just been nowhere near as quick.
[31:13.900 -> 31:16.100] But there's a lot of variables when you think about it.
[31:16.100 -> 31:21.700] Even down to the point of the weather, like maybe one season had more wet races than another.
[31:21.700 -> 31:22.300] Do you know what I mean?
[31:22.300 -> 31:24.100] Like even stuff like that will affect it.
[31:24.100 -> 31:26.200] When I was writing all this out and trying to figure it out,
[31:26.200 -> 31:27.600] I was like, how deep can I go?
[31:27.600 -> 31:29.300] Because there's going to be so much I'm going to miss.
[31:29.300 -> 31:32.700] I don't understand like R&D, aerodynamics, all the shit about the cars.
[31:32.700 -> 31:35.200] You said back in the day, people were putting stuff on their cars
[31:35.200 -> 31:36.300] that was completely illegal.
[31:36.300 -> 31:36.700] Yeah.
[31:36.700 -> 31:39.500] And then they'd be told after like race one, they had to take it out.
[31:39.500 -> 31:41.800] Have you not seen the Formula 1 cars where they got six wheels?
[31:41.800 -> 31:42.600] No.
[31:42.600 -> 31:44.600] I haven't, and you always talk about the Ferrari with the arms.
[31:44.600 -> 31:47.600] I've only ever seen the picture. I want to see the Ferrari with the arms racing mate!
[31:47.600 -> 31:53.120] Mate, they brought out Formula One cars with six wheels yeah, two on each side at the back and two
[31:53.120 -> 31:58.720] at the front, so four at the back. What? Did it race? Like a lorry you know, yeah, you know how it has like-
[31:58.720 -> 32:03.120] No it didn't, you're actually lying! No mate, the whole grid was like that. You, no it didn't, what year?
[32:03.120 -> 32:05.280] They had two wheels either side, I don't know the year,
[32:05.280 -> 32:07.000] two wheels either side of the back, like a lorry,
[32:07.000 -> 32:08.280] like when they're next to each other.
[32:08.280 -> 32:10.520] So four at the back in total and two at the front.
[32:10.520 -> 32:13.200] And they also had like this jet engine,
[32:13.200 -> 32:15.000] like booster at the back,
[32:15.000 -> 32:17.600] which looked like the back of a fighter jet.
[32:17.600 -> 32:18.480] This isn't real.
[32:18.480 -> 32:19.320] This is real.
[32:19.320 -> 32:20.920] This is real, I promise.
[32:20.920 -> 32:22.960] I will show you right now on Google,
[32:22.960 -> 32:24.120] an F1 car with six.
[32:24.120 -> 32:25.520] Oh no, the two wheels are at the front
[32:25.520 -> 32:29.540] I thought you know can I see a video of it drive? I fucked it, but look at that
[32:30.400 -> 32:32.400] What?
[32:32.620 -> 32:35.520] Did that actually race though well yeah look there
[32:37.280 -> 32:39.000] Legendary
[32:39.000 -> 32:40.040] 1977
[32:40.040 -> 32:47.400] Wow the back wheels massive and the front two are tiny yeah tiny and it looks like Homer's car from Simpsons hit and run
[32:47.680 -> 32:51.920] With the bowl with the big bubble on the top does yeah, I think so
[32:51.960 -> 32:55.020] That's so strange to me that you would put I can't believe they're at the front
[32:56.560 -> 33:01.200] The six-wood Williams f1 car that never raced that's got two in the bag. That's crazy
[33:01.800 -> 33:04.980] Funny how cars have evolved me. Why would they do that?
[33:05.680 -> 33:08.560] I've said this before but I look at the cars on the grid now and I think they look
[33:08.560 -> 33:12.160] fucking stupid like they look like clown shoes the wheels are so big I prefer
[33:12.160 -> 33:15.400] them small and the cars are so big yeah when they I think like it's more fun
[33:15.400 -> 33:19.120] watching the f2 cars go side-by-side in a minute yeah that is true actually
[33:19.120 -> 33:22.640] that's probably why I love f2 so much hmm do you reckon they'll ever get
[33:22.640 -> 33:28.160] smaller though now oh they're more likely to get bigger I that, yeah, no I think this is some weird period that
[33:28.160 -> 33:32.040] F1's in, I think they'll get smaller again. I hope so. If they get smaller I would definitely
[33:32.040 -> 33:38.440] see better racing and they do look miles better. Yeah, we just learnt a shit tonne about Mercedes
[33:38.440 -> 33:42.480] so I thought it'd be really fun to finish off with a couple of little questions just
[33:42.480 -> 33:47.200] to see what we've taken in and hopefully next time we get to these on the pod and we're talking about
[33:47.200 -> 33:51.400] something we'll remember it. Hopefully this is the last time we ever forget
[33:51.400 -> 33:55.920] something. Nope. From the beginning, it's not gonna happen, how many World Drivers
[33:55.920 -> 34:05.400] titles do Mercedes have? Mercedes? 7, 8, 9. Correct! Correct! You counted correct. I like, you counted up.
[34:05.400 -> 34:07.240] I know, I wanted to ramp up to it.
[34:07.240 -> 34:08.840] I wanted to fool you.
[34:08.840 -> 34:09.720] I wasn't winking.
[34:09.720 -> 34:10.800] I wasn't winking.
[34:10.800 -> 34:12.760] How many constructors do they have?
[34:13.800 -> 34:16.320] Eight, 12, or 14?
[34:18.400 -> 34:19.240] 12.
[34:20.160 -> 34:21.000] Eight.
[34:21.000 -> 34:22.000] Eight, well done.
[34:22.000 -> 34:23.640] Thank you.
[34:23.640 -> 34:25.400] I got confused with the first question.
[34:25.400 -> 34:27.280] How are you just suddenly managing to switch?
[34:27.280 -> 34:28.360] This is incredible.
[34:28.360 -> 34:29.960] Oh, I've actually put it here.
[34:29.960 -> 34:34.080] Ross Brawn has bought which team when he bought Brawn?
[34:36.400 -> 34:38.960] Or it was on that thing that I showed you
[34:38.960 -> 34:40.080] the other day on my phone,
[34:40.080 -> 34:42.040] the teams with the teams before,
[34:42.040 -> 34:43.240] on the episode that we didn't put out,
[34:43.240 -> 34:44.080] the one that we filmed on Thursday.
[34:44.080 -> 34:45.300] Oh yeah, that's what we went through on it
[34:45.300 -> 34:49.680] Yeah, Braun before was I know it wasn't Jaguar
[34:50.320 -> 34:52.200] Or was it?
[34:52.200 -> 34:56.140] No, it began with an M and it looked Mahindra, but it wasn't me because it's not Mahindra
[34:56.600 -> 35:00.000] The team begins of M that I've never heard of before. Well, I was Honda
[35:02.600 -> 35:05.000] We think in a Maserati?
[35:05.000 -> 35:06.000] No.
[35:06.000 -> 35:07.800] Because I found out they were in Formula 1 earlier, which I found quite fascinating.
[35:07.800 -> 35:09.560] Back in the day, a long, long time ago though.
[35:09.560 -> 35:11.480] Keep going, I'm going to just try and find this pic.
[35:11.480 -> 35:17.580] Mercedes have the highest number of race wins ever recorded in a Formula 1 season.
[35:17.580 -> 35:19.640] When did they get the record?
[35:19.640 -> 35:27.640] 2016 with Hamilton and Rosberg or 2020 with Hamilton and Bottas? They won 19 races
[35:27.640 -> 35:33.680] out of 21. I don't think it was a Bottas. Well think about 2020 could it have been?
[35:33.680 -> 35:39.760] Or 2016? I'll just go with 2016. I think 2016 would be the right decision.
[35:39.760 -> 35:43.520] Yeah. The Hamilton-Rosberg battle genuinely seems like one of the best
[35:43.520 -> 35:45.520] battles I've seen.
[35:45.520 -> 35:47.520] So please do go and watch that thing on YouTube.
[35:47.520 -> 35:51.720] Final question about Mercedes to see how much we've really learned.
[35:51.720 -> 35:52.440] Drumroll!
[35:52.440 -> 35:53.440] Final question.
[35:53.440 -> 35:55.720] The year is 2020.
[35:55.720 -> 35:57.480] It's the sick of hear?
[35:57.480 -> 35:58.480] Fuck!
[35:58.480 -> 36:00.680] Have one chance to read it!
[36:00.680 -> 36:02.000] Do the drumroll again!
[36:02.000 -> 36:03.280] Right, okay.
[36:03.280 -> 36:05.160] I'm doing a little bit of a parody. I'm trying to like really get this right. That again. Right, okay. I'm doing this right.
[36:05.160 -> 36:07.000] Trying to like really get this right.
[36:07.000 -> 36:08.720] That's not right.
[36:08.720 -> 36:10.280] Final question.
[36:10.280 -> 36:11.120] Yeah.
[36:11.120 -> 36:13.000] The year is 2020.
[36:13.000 -> 36:14.160] It's the Sakhir.
[36:14.160 -> 36:15.000] Oh, no.
[36:16.720 -> 36:18.080] How do you say that?
[36:18.080 -> 36:18.920] Sakhir.
[36:18.920 -> 36:20.160] What am I saying?
[36:20.160 -> 36:21.000] Sakhir.
[36:21.000 -> 36:21.840] Sakhir, I'm gonna do it
[36:21.840 -> 36:23.960] with some fast single strokes.
[36:23.960 -> 36:25.640] Final question.
[36:25.640 -> 36:26.800] The year is 2020.
[36:26.800 -> 36:30.360] It's a Sakhir Grand Prix weekend.
[36:30.360 -> 36:32.440] Lewis Hamilton has COVID.
[36:32.440 -> 36:33.360] Very sad.
[36:33.360 -> 36:35.480] Oh my God.
[36:35.480 -> 36:37.840] Who replaces him for the Grand Prix?
[36:37.840 -> 36:39.400] The one and only.
[36:39.400 -> 36:41.400] Oh shit.
[36:41.400 -> 36:42.240] Shit.
[36:42.240 -> 36:43.840] Cause there's two people actually.
[36:47.880 -> 36:49.440] How does your mind bring in- I was thinking Jack Aitken
[36:51.440 -> 36:51.960] Keep going why
[36:53.880 -> 36:56.840] Because I swear he filled in Was it for like a qualifying session but never made the race or some shit like that?
[36:56.840 -> 37:00.480] Did he actually do the race? I know George filled in for him George was at Williams
[37:00.480 -> 37:03.920] And he filled in for a race so and he got a puncture so could have been George
[37:03.920 -> 37:05.400] But I wish it was Jack Aitken. I think Jack Aitken was involved. Maybe he filled in for a race, and he got a puncture. So it could have been George, but I wish it was Jack Aitken.
[37:05.400 -> 37:07.400] I think Jack Aitken was involved.
[37:07.400 -> 37:08.720] Maybe he did the practice.
[37:08.720 -> 37:09.560] Yeah.
[37:09.560 -> 37:11.760] George then did the race and came ninth.
[37:11.760 -> 37:12.580] Yeah.
[37:12.580 -> 37:13.640] And got points with Mercedes.
[37:13.640 -> 37:16.680] Sounds a lot like what Nick de Ruys done last year.
[37:16.680 -> 37:17.520] Mate.
[37:17.520 -> 37:18.340] In a Williams though.
[37:18.340 -> 37:19.220] Nick de Ruys slapped it.
[37:19.220 -> 37:20.060] Yeah.
[37:20.060 -> 37:21.560] Nick de Ruys absolutely slapped it.
[37:21.560 -> 37:24.460] We're getting so close to the Formula One season now.
[37:24.460 -> 37:28.060] The car launch is this week. We've got Aston Martin today's Monday
[37:28.060 -> 37:32.020] you listen to some Monday maybe we're going Aston Martin tonight yep gonna see
[37:32.020 -> 37:36.740] Felipe's yeah good to see Felipe again take him a cappellina yeah hopefully
[37:36.740 -> 37:45.480] they sell them. Felipe let's get some cappellinas! Don't know what that was. I don't have a clue what I've just done.
[37:45.480 -> 37:49.600] On the 16th we're going to the Alpine party.
[37:49.600 -> 37:50.440] Are we?
[37:50.440 -> 37:52.840] Yes, the Alpine car launch party in the evening.
[37:52.840 -> 37:53.680] Ledge.
[37:53.680 -> 37:54.640] Till 2am.
[37:54.640 -> 37:55.840] That's going to be, is it till 2am?
[37:55.840 -> 37:57.080] That's going to be a big one.
[37:57.080 -> 37:59.840] That will be, I wonder who's going to be there.
[37:59.840 -> 38:01.200] Hopefully Gasly's there.
[38:01.200 -> 38:02.040] That would be cool.
[38:02.040 -> 38:04.720] Mission get Gasly on the pod is very much still happening.
[38:04.720 -> 38:09.320] Yeah, yeah. We haven't taken off, well, you haven't taken your foot off the gas with that.
[38:09.320 -> 38:13.480] Just keep going for it mate and maybe one day we'll be graced with his presence.
[38:13.480 -> 38:16.560] Or maybe we'll just wait until he comes on our TV show, which we are currently working
[38:16.560 -> 38:17.560] on.
[38:17.560 -> 38:21.480] Anyway, hope you've enjoyed the Pitstop podcast, rated it 5 stars.
[38:21.480 -> 38:26.300] Hit the follow button, send us a message on Instagram, at Pitstop, which team you want us to do next.
[38:26.300 -> 38:28.820] Shout out everyone who sends in ideas, by the way,
[38:28.820 -> 38:32.100] because like we said, when there's no race weekends,
[38:32.100 -> 38:33.420] when you guys give us these ideas,
[38:33.420 -> 38:35.880] we can go away, think about it, come back.
[38:35.880 -> 38:37.820] So yeah, send in anything you want us to do,
[38:37.820 -> 38:39.600] or you think would be fun.
[38:39.600 -> 38:41.960] And there'll be a new podcast on Thursday.
[38:41.960 -> 38:43.560] Hopefully, if we don't get too drunk again.
[38:43.560 -> 38:45.920] Yeah, there's quite a few events this week.
[38:45.920 -> 38:48.480] We've learnt now, February, car launch month,
[38:48.480 -> 38:50.080] we just have to keep our whips about us.
[38:50.080 -> 38:51.520] We just gotta take it slow, mate.
[38:51.520 -> 38:52.560] We gotta ease ourselves.
[38:52.560 -> 38:54.560] You can't give everything all at once.
[38:54.560 -> 38:56.960] Everyone can't expect two episodes a week.
[38:56.960 -> 38:57.800] You know what I mean?
[38:57.800 -> 38:59.360] We have to ease into it, guys.
[38:59.360 -> 39:02.240] We just done two episodes a week for a whole year.
[39:02.240 -> 39:05.000] Now we turn up at season two and we're like, ah.
[39:05.000 -> 39:07.000] Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.
[39:07.000 -> 39:14.000] We could be very close, if not have already gone past, the official 100th episode.
[39:14.000 -> 39:15.000] Oh really?
[39:15.000 -> 39:16.000] I need to go back and check.
[39:16.000 -> 39:25.440] Basically, we did actually celebrate a couple of episodes ago, but we did some part one and part twos last year which meant fab did point five
[39:25.440 -> 39:29.960] okay no yeah we did point fives of certain guests like to one episode split
[39:29.960 -> 39:36.360] into two no Will Buxton was episode 89 so we were a few away and this is
[39:36.360 -> 39:41.640] episode 7 so maybe in a couple of weeks so sick so we got four left Wow
[39:41.640 -> 39:46.120] should we for a massive party 100 episode pie yeah
[39:46.120 -> 39:49.320] party pop is gonna come we haven't got any mates we don't have any friends
[39:49.320 -> 39:54.840] no not nearly
[39:57.680 -> 40:01.200] it's gonna be a great party thank you very much for listening to the pit stop
[40:01.200 -> 40:22.640] podcast I'm gonna see you guys soon. Bye! Bye!
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