Mercedes back on the PODIUM & Heartbreak for Lando | Spanish GP🇪🇸

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast!! Barcelona was one of the BEST races we've seen this year! Both Mercedes drivers on the podium is absolutely epic, could this be the return of Mercedes?! We also dive into the Indy Car which was also on this evening. We hope you guys love this episode. New episodes every Thursday & Monday! Big love
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# Formula One: Barcelona Grand Prix Recap and Analysis

## Race Overview:

* Max Verstappen claimed his 40th career victory, dominating the Spanish Grand Prix from start to finish.
* Lewis Hamilton finished second, followed by George Russell in third, securing a Mercedes one-two finish.
* Sergio Perez, who started fourth, finished in fourth place after a late charge to catch Russell.
* Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel finished in sixth and seventh, respectively, for Aston Martin.
* Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, and Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top 10.

## Key Moments and Controversies:

* Lando Norris had a disappointing race, starting from third but finishing 10th after a first-lap collision with Lewis Hamilton.
* Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second penalty for forcing Mick Schumacher off the track, dropping him from ninth to 10th.
* Sergio Perez was told to hold position behind George Russell despite having fresher tires, leading to speculation about team orders.
* Max Verstappen received multiple warnings for exceeding track limits but avoided a penalty, sparking discussions about the enforcement of track limits.

## Upgrades and Technical Insights:

* Mercedes introduced a significant upgrade package for the Barcelona race, which seemed to improve the car's performance.
* Aston Martin also brought several upgrades, but the team failed to capitalize on them, finishing in sixth and seventh.
* Red Bull had two new upgrades, and Ferrari brought numerous upgrades, highlighting the ongoing development battle among the top teams.

## Driver and Team Performances:

* Max Verstappen's dominance continued, extending his championship lead.
* Mercedes showed impressive pace with a one-two finish, indicating their return to competitiveness.
* Aston Martin's struggles raised questions about the effectiveness of their upgrades.
* Lando Norris' disappointing race highlighted the challenges of converting qualifying pace into race results.

## Overall Takeaways:

* The Spanish Grand Prix provided an exciting race with several battles and overtakes, particularly on the revised final corner of the circuit.
* Mercedes' resurgence has shaken up the championship battle, adding intrigue to the upcoming races.
* The ongoing development race among the top teams will be crucial in determining the outcome of the 2023 season. **Podcast Summary: The Pit Stop**

**Hosts:** Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca

**Episode:** "IndyCar, Leclerc's Talent, and Max Verstappen's Retirement Hints"

**Key Points:**

* **IndyCar Series:**
* NTT IndyCar Series is a popular American open-wheel racing series.
* The NTT stands for "NTT Data," a Japanese multinational information technology and business solutions company.
* The series features two engine suppliers: Honda and Chevrolet.
* Points are distributed to the entire team, and all drivers receive points for finishing the race.
* The Detroit circuit is a 1.645-mile track, and the race consists of 100 laps, totaling 164.5 miles.
* IndyCar cars are faster on oval circuits but may not be as quick as F1 cars on tighter tracks.
* The rolling start format in IndyCar is unique, with drivers bunching up into a grid formation while driving.

* **Charles Leclerc's Talent and Potential:**
* Leclerc is recognized for his exceptional talent in Formula One.
* He excels in qualifying laps, often securing pole positions.
* However, Leclerc's race pace has been a concern, leading to criticism and comparisons to his teammate, Carlos Sainz.
* Sainz has demonstrated better racecraft and consistency, resulting in a more successful season so far.

* **Max Verstappen's Retirement Hints:**
* Verstappen has hinted at the possibility of retiring from Formula One earlier than expected.
* He has expressed concerns about the direction of the sport, particularly regarding rule changes and the introduction of new formats.
* Verstappen's comments have sparked discussions about his long-term commitment to Formula One.
* The hosts speculate that Verstappen may be interested in exploring other racing series or pursuing different passions.

* **Other Notable Topics:**
* Lando Norris' unique and humorous approach to media interviews is praised.
* The hosts discuss the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix and express their desire to attend the race.
* They also mention their plans for the upcoming week, including James' wedding and a break from racing.

**Overall Message:**

The podcast delves into various topics related to Formula One, including the IndyCar Series, Charles Leclerc's talent and race pace issues, Max Verstappen's retirement hints, and other notable news and discussions. The hosts provide their perspectives and engage in lively banter, offering an entertaining and informative podcast for Formula One enthusiasts.

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[01:00.480 -> 01:03.280] That doesn't make much sense to me as a real.
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[01:18.880 -> 01:26.000] Well, well, well then welcome back Another one! Another one! I'm really jumping! I've just put my leg out!
[01:26.000 -> 01:30.000] Oh dear, he's put his leg out trying to join in on the intro.
[01:30.000 -> 01:38.000] Ladies and gents, welcome back to another episode of the Pit Stop Podcast!
[01:38.000 -> 01:40.000] Alright, that's a wrap on Barcelona!
[01:40.000 -> 01:42.000] That is a wrap on Barcelona!
[01:42.000 -> 01:44.000] How's the leg, mate?
[01:44.000 -> 01:45.600] It clicks at an awkward angle.
[01:45.600 -> 01:50.280] You put your leg out quite frequently. Yeah I know, God, need to start doing a little
[01:50.280 -> 01:57.760] bit more exercise. Oli Behrmann! One in Formula 2! That is what we like to see! Absolutely
[01:57.760 -> 02:02.560] incredible from both Premier Drives. Is that second win of the year is it for Oli? Yeah
[02:02.560 -> 02:05.840] I believe so, I believe that's his second. Yeah. Epic. Epic. We'll get into that.
[02:05.840 -> 02:07.360] I haven't got many notes on the F2,
[02:07.360 -> 02:08.840] but I want to say as well,
[02:08.840 -> 02:11.320] we were waiting for the IndyCar to finish
[02:11.320 -> 02:13.240] before we'd started putting.
[02:13.240 -> 02:15.520] This fucking race goes on for hours.
[02:15.520 -> 02:16.560] A hundred laps.
[02:16.560 -> 02:17.960] There's 12 laps left to go.
[02:17.960 -> 02:20.720] So we decided to mute it and have it on in the background.
[02:20.720 -> 02:22.840] Obviously supporting our boy, Marcus Armstrong.
[02:22.840 -> 02:24.000] Yeah, down an eighth.
[02:24.000 -> 02:27.440] That might change through the pod, which is actually quite exciting we've got 12 laps
[02:27.440 -> 02:31.160] left currently under a safety car. We did put out on Instagram didn't we sending some
[02:31.160 -> 02:35.060] stuff about IndyCar because this is the first time we've properly watched it. I have been
[02:35.060 -> 02:39.280] watching it over the last couple of weeks actually ever since we met Marcus and when
[02:39.280 -> 02:42.680] I've been seeing James or whatever we've been speaking about it. Well he hasn't really been
[02:42.680 -> 02:45.280] in it much because the last one was the Indy 500
[02:45.280 -> 02:47.440] and Marcus doesn't take part in that.
[02:47.440 -> 02:48.280] No.
[02:48.280 -> 02:49.120] We'll get onto that.
[02:49.120 -> 02:51.000] Take me into Formula One, Fab Brundle.
[02:51.000 -> 02:53.720] Formula One, Barcelona, Mount Melon,
[02:53.720 -> 02:54.680] or whatever it's called.
[02:54.680 -> 02:55.520] Where'd you get that from?
[02:55.520 -> 02:56.960] It's called, the place that the track is on
[02:56.960 -> 02:58.000] is called like Mount Melon.
[02:58.000 -> 02:58.840] Oh, really?
[02:58.840 -> 02:59.680] No, not really.
[02:59.680 -> 03:00.760] Very beautiful where it is.
[03:00.760 -> 03:01.840] It is beautiful.
[03:03.040 -> 03:04.240] Verstappen came first.
[03:04.240 -> 03:06.440] Yeah. There we go. Once again. Did
[03:06.440 -> 03:11.600] you hear him at the end? He doesn't even seem like he's like happy with himself anymore.
[03:11.600 -> 03:17.480] He's like, yeah, what I made. There's another one. He's like, yeah, sweet. I love the way
[03:17.480 -> 03:21.280] the Christian they were trying to tell him. By the way, I can't believe that's not Christian
[03:21.280 -> 03:25.060] on the mic. When someone's talking to Max it sounds so
[03:25.060 -> 03:31.000] much like Christian yeah the track limit it sometimes is though oh yeah most of
[03:31.000 -> 03:33.320] the time yeah yeah most of the time yeah the guy telling them about the track
[03:33.320 -> 03:37.440] limits yeah goes and does a fast lap anyway for stepping first yeah but most
[03:37.440 -> 03:42.400] impressively Hamilton's second Mercedes are back and Russell third ladies are
[03:42.400 -> 03:49.680] back in business are they do you think they are well mate this pod is gonna be a banger because I have got
[03:49.680 -> 03:54.360] some secret sauce on Mercedes oh my god have you yeah well how secret are we
[03:54.360 -> 03:59.840] talking it's pretty secret is that no chance I would know you've been studying
[03:59.840 -> 04:03.440] the floor pics from Monaco and you all I'm saying is there's been some people
[04:03.440 -> 04:07.520] that have sent in some stuff for today's pod giving me some information. Okay. Okay. That's all
[04:07.520 -> 04:11.600] I'm saying. Who's been sending that in? Well, do you want to know? Not yet. Not yet. We'll
[04:11.600 -> 04:16.600] get into it. Yeah. Mercedes floor chat will be coming up as well. Okay. Really? Uh huh.
[04:16.600 -> 04:20.680] They're going a bit Sky Sports with this. All right. Well, yeah, but it may not be-
[04:20.680 -> 04:25.840] Jake Brundle. I see. No, but I will say, because we said that we didn't think Christian Horner cared
[04:25.840 -> 04:28.760] about the fact that people had seen Red Bull's floor,
[04:28.760 -> 04:29.720] did we?
[04:29.720 -> 04:31.700] Well, I think he was bluffing.
[04:31.700 -> 04:35.200] I'm telling you now, it's the complete opposite.
[04:35.200 -> 04:37.040] Shit has hit the fan.
[04:37.040 -> 04:37.880] I bet.
[04:37.880 -> 04:39.160] Yeah, big time.
[04:39.160 -> 04:40.360] It's everywhere.
[04:40.360 -> 04:41.180] Really?
[04:41.180 -> 04:42.020] Yeah.
[04:42.020 -> 04:43.360] We will get into that as well.
[04:43.360 -> 04:44.200] Jesus Christ.
[04:44.200 -> 04:45.000] Well, to wrap up the top 10,
[04:45.000 -> 04:48.800] so we've got Verstappen first, Hamilton second, Russell third, Perez in fourth.
[04:48.800 -> 04:53.000] Yep. A bit controversial around that.
[04:53.000 -> 04:56.500] Why? Because I think, I actually think he could have got George in the end there.
[04:56.500 -> 05:00.000] What? Because he couldn't get around the lap car?
[05:00.000 -> 05:02.000] Well, he wasn't told to pass. He wasn't told to hammer it.
[05:02.000 -> 05:05.160] He was told to wait. And then do you remember on like the last three or four laps
[05:05.160 -> 05:06.440] they said, give him the green light
[05:06.440 -> 05:08.800] and said Perez go ahead, attack, attack mode.
[05:08.800 -> 05:09.760] It's tough, isn't it?
[05:09.760 -> 05:10.600] Bare mode.
[05:10.600 -> 05:12.000] But then was Russell all out
[05:12.000 -> 05:13.440] or was he just managing his tires
[05:13.440 -> 05:15.440] in case Perez come right behind him, you know?
[05:15.440 -> 05:18.200] But either way, Mercedes getting back there with a one-two
[05:18.200 -> 05:19.040] Really impressive.
[05:19.040 -> 05:22.000] Is amazing considering the start to their season.
[05:22.000 -> 05:22.840] Yes.
[05:22.840 -> 05:24.560] It's great to see that their upgrades are working.
[05:24.560 -> 05:27.000] That whole new side pod is a big change
[05:27.000 -> 05:28.160] for a Formula One car.
[05:28.160 -> 05:29.200] Really impressive.
[05:29.200 -> 05:32.360] Signs in fifth, Stroll sixth, Alonso seventh.
[05:32.360 -> 05:34.640] So we got the two Aston Martins in sixth and seventh.
[05:34.640 -> 05:35.900] I was hoping for more.
[05:35.900 -> 05:37.460] How about you?
[05:37.460 -> 05:39.160] You know me, mate.
[05:39.160 -> 05:40.000] Yeah.
[05:40.000 -> 05:40.840] It was a tough one.
[05:40.840 -> 05:41.660] It was a tough pill to swallow.
[05:41.660 -> 05:42.500] Was it a tough day today?
[05:42.500 -> 05:45.480] I wasn't really sure what was going on.
[05:45.480 -> 05:48.680] I have to admit, a bit of me went into this weekend thinking, you know what, Alonso could
[05:48.680 -> 05:49.680] actually win.
[05:49.680 -> 05:51.640] I just felt like he might actually win.
[05:51.640 -> 05:53.480] They were bringing upgrades as well, weren't they?
[05:53.480 -> 05:54.480] Yeah, I've got the upgrades.
[05:54.480 -> 05:57.600] Don't worry about it, we're going to the upgrade chat.
[05:57.600 -> 05:58.600] You do?
[05:58.600 -> 05:59.600] Mate, of course I am.
[05:59.600 -> 06:00.600] We'll bring them now, because I'm on an Alonso hype train.
[06:00.600 -> 06:02.720] We want to know what teams brought upgrades this weekend.
[06:02.720 -> 06:04.680] Yeah, well let me just finish the line up then.
[06:04.680 -> 06:05.660] So we've got Ocon in eighth,
[06:05.660 -> 06:07.420] Sonoda in ninth and Joe in 10th.
[06:07.420 -> 06:10.780] So round of applause to Joe for points.
[06:10.780 -> 06:13.540] Yeah, but I do feel sorry for Sonoda in a way,
[06:13.540 -> 06:15.540] because the only reason Sonoda's not in the points
[06:15.540 -> 06:17.180] is because he had that five second penalty
[06:17.180 -> 06:19.220] for where he ran Joe off the track.
[06:19.220 -> 06:20.660] Now, what do you think about that?
[06:20.660 -> 06:23.020] Yeah, we butted heads on this a little bit,
[06:23.020 -> 06:23.900] didn't we or did we not?
[06:23.900 -> 06:24.780] I don't really know.
[06:24.780 -> 06:25.020] It's a racing incident. Listen, listen. Incident! What do you think about that? Yeah, we butted heads on this a little bit, didn't we? Or did we not? I don't really know.
[06:25.020 -> 06:26.360] It's a racing incident.
[06:26.360 -> 06:27.700] Listen, listen.
[06:27.700 -> 06:28.540] Incident!
[06:28.540 -> 06:30.080] I think it is an incident.
[06:30.080 -> 06:31.640] Toto, I think it's an incident.
[06:31.640 -> 06:34.440] I think, honestly, it's, yeah, I don't know.
[06:34.440 -> 06:35.280] It's one of those things that it's racing.
[06:35.280 -> 06:36.120] A five second penalty?
[06:36.120 -> 06:38.680] He didn't purposely steer into him.
[06:38.680 -> 06:39.720] No.
[06:39.720 -> 06:40.620] It's tough, isn't it?
[06:40.620 -> 06:41.460] But then you've got the argument that-
[06:41.460 -> 06:42.840] I think a five second penalty is BS.
[06:42.840 -> 06:49.840] If Joe didn't go off, they touch. touch so what's wrong with a little touch and well you're in there
[06:49.840 -> 06:56.720] once in a while dance why are you being so weird little touch don't hurt no one
[06:56.720 -> 06:59.680] you were just touching my shoulder a minute ago I've got a bad shoulder
[06:59.680 -> 07:03.280] that's good that's reminded me I don't know how that's reminded me but I did
[07:03.280 -> 07:05.300] quickly want to say before we do the best pod ever
[07:05.500 -> 07:10.640] Thank you to everyone for all the messages about the episode with Victor because we haven't spoke to you since yeah
[07:10.640 -> 07:14.680] It was a great episode really nice to get a listener on like what a special perspective
[07:14.680 -> 07:17.100] I saw a load of people messaging like can I come on the next one?
[07:17.100 -> 07:18.440] Yeah, we've had a lot of people ask
[07:18.440 -> 07:24.480] we've also had a lot of people send in like amazing voice messages saying like where they listen to the pod why they listen to
[07:24.480 -> 07:27.960] It and to be honest, it's really nice to hear from you guys so if
[07:27.960 -> 07:30.760] you have been listening to the pod and you've been listening for a while please
[07:30.760 -> 07:33.760] do send us a message on Instagram at pitstop let us know why you like it
[07:33.760 -> 07:37.840] maybe what we could do better what you'd love to hear yeah and we'll when we'll
[07:37.840 -> 07:41.400] oblige when we fabs I know a few things we could probably do better well it's
[07:41.400 -> 07:45.020] just I don't know we'll get get there. We'll get there.
[07:45.020 -> 07:45.860] Yeah.
[07:45.860 -> 07:46.700] Time is a beautiful thing.
[07:46.700 -> 07:47.520] I won't go into it.
[07:47.520 -> 07:48.360] It's hard to remember that we've only been, well.
[07:48.360 -> 07:49.960] I just lost my train of thought
[07:49.960 -> 07:51.840] because Flavor Flavors on the TV.
[07:51.840 -> 07:53.440] What I was saying was, what we could do better
[07:53.440 -> 07:54.840] is just our knowledge could still be better,
[07:54.840 -> 07:56.680] but no, Flavor Flavors on the TV.
[07:56.680 -> 07:57.640] Yeah, but knowledge comes with time.
[07:57.640 -> 07:59.440] It's still only been a year.
[07:59.440 -> 08:00.280] It's still only been a year.
[08:00.280 -> 08:02.960] It's only been a year.
[08:02.960 -> 08:03.800] Uh-uh.
[08:04.760 -> 08:06.000] The IndyCar. Uh-uh. The Indy car is on.
[08:06.000 -> 08:08.000] Uh-uh.
[08:08.000 -> 08:10.000] Yeah.
[08:10.000 -> 08:12.000] Marcus is driving around in a Tata.
[08:12.000 -> 08:14.000] Oh God.
[08:14.000 -> 08:16.000] What is this?
[08:16.000 -> 08:18.000] Oh God, please.
[08:18.000 -> 08:20.000] Something mad, right?
[08:20.000 -> 08:22.000] Before we fully dive into the F1, let's hit it chronologically.
[08:22.000 -> 08:24.000] F2 was exciting.
[08:24.000 -> 08:25.600] Do you want to know something I learned today in F2? What hit it chronologically. F2 was exciting.
[08:25.600 -> 08:27.480] Do you want to know something I learned today in F2?
[08:27.480 -> 08:28.320] What did you learn today?
[08:28.320 -> 08:29.440] I did not know this.
[08:29.440 -> 08:31.120] I did not know this, right?
[08:31.120 -> 08:33.760] You cannot make your mandatory pit stop
[08:33.760 -> 08:36.320] until the end of lap six.
[08:36.320 -> 08:38.080] So you can't pit early?
[08:38.080 -> 08:41.360] I don't know whether that's just for Barcelona
[08:41.360 -> 08:43.360] and whether it's different per track.
[08:43.360 -> 08:47.040] But Clem and Hadjar, I think came together on lap one.
[08:47.040 -> 08:49.200] So they pitted, but they couldn't count that
[08:49.200 -> 08:51.440] as their mandatory pit.
[08:51.440 -> 08:53.480] I'm fairly sure you can do that in F1.
[08:53.480 -> 08:54.480] Really?
[08:54.480 -> 08:57.360] That doesn't make much sense to me as a real.
[08:57.360 -> 08:59.200] The list has got me again.
[08:59.200 -> 09:02.880] It's two out of two episodes in a row.
[09:02.880 -> 09:03.800] You've done, to be fair,
[09:03.800 -> 09:06.480] you've done really well for 130 odd episodes. I know. And in out of two, two episodes in a row. You've done, to be fair, you've done really well for 130 odd episodes.
[09:06.480 -> 09:07.320] I know.
[09:07.320 -> 09:10.640] And in the last two, your lisp has been going a little bit.
[09:10.640 -> 09:12.240] But I'm not, I don't know about that
[09:12.240 -> 09:14.120] because surely there's more likely to be contact
[09:14.120 -> 09:15.480] on the first corner for everyone.
[09:15.480 -> 09:18.900] Surely, well, I guess that doesn't make it mandatory,
[09:18.900 -> 09:19.740] does it?
[09:19.740 -> 09:20.580] That's interesting that you learned that.
[09:20.580 -> 09:21.400] It is interesting.
[09:21.400 -> 09:22.400] Where did you watch F2?
[09:24.160 -> 09:26.960] It's where you were in here when I was watching F2.
[09:26.960 -> 09:29.840] I just remember you saying like 10 seconds ago, when you watched F2?
[09:29.840 -> 09:30.840] Yeah, I was out.
[09:30.840 -> 09:31.840] Where were you?
[09:31.840 -> 09:32.840] I was just out.
[09:32.840 -> 09:36.920] What do you mean you watched F2?
[09:36.920 -> 09:40.360] Juan Correa was racing.
[09:40.360 -> 09:41.360] That's not going in.
[09:41.360 -> 09:42.360] Oh, okay.
[09:42.360 -> 09:43.360] Juan Correa.
[09:43.360 -> 09:46.440] Why can't it go in?
[09:46.440 -> 09:51.800] Juan Correa was racing in the F2 today, which I thought was mad impressive, yeah.
[09:51.800 -> 09:57.360] And it's mad because he flies straight from the F2 in Barcelona to go do Le Mans race.
[09:57.360 -> 09:58.720] I know, that is crazy.
[09:58.720 -> 09:59.720] That's mega.
[09:59.720 -> 10:01.040] I can't believe they can do that.
[10:01.040 -> 10:02.040] And also it's hot there.
[10:02.040 -> 10:11.840] Barcelona is a hard circuit, especially with the new layout. Yeah, I want to know how that like takes its toll on your body to do two races,
[10:11.840 -> 10:16.400] plus isn't it like the 24 hour in Le Mans that he's doing? Is he, is that, that's what it is
[10:16.400 -> 10:20.880] right? I think it's like one of the lower, the lower leagues or lower levels, I could be completely
[10:20.880 -> 10:24.960] off here because I think the actual 24 hour in Le Mans is next week. Mate I can't keep up with
[10:24.960 -> 10:25.720] all these different series.
[10:25.720 -> 10:27.440] Watching IndyCar for the first time.
[10:27.440 -> 10:29.680] I watched a load of F3 this weekend as well.
[10:29.680 -> 10:31.160] I caught a little bit of F3 as well.
[10:31.160 -> 10:32.760] Yeah, F3 is really good.
[10:32.760 -> 10:34.760] But I want to quickly bring up on the pod
[10:34.760 -> 10:36.680] something I heard Crofty say earlier.
[10:36.680 -> 10:37.520] Okay.
[10:37.520 -> 10:39.640] He said, he can't figure out why you're allowed
[10:39.640 -> 10:41.720] to use DRS in qualifying.
[10:41.720 -> 10:42.920] You motherfucker.
[10:42.920 -> 10:43.760] Have you got a note of that as well?
[10:43.760 -> 10:44.880] I had that in bold.
[10:44.880 -> 10:46.920] If DRS is an overtaking tool, why do they use it in qualifying. You motherfucker. Have you got a note of that as well? I had that in bold. If DRS is an overtaking tool,
[10:46.920 -> 10:48.840] why do they use it in qualifying?
[10:48.840 -> 10:51.800] And it makes certain cars on the grid,
[10:51.800 -> 10:54.800] I'm not gonna name any names,
[10:54.800 -> 10:56.200] a lot faster than others.
[10:56.200 -> 10:58.800] Exactly, almost twice as fast.
[10:58.800 -> 11:00.960] But then if we start doing this,
[11:00.960 -> 11:01.960] what we're saying now,
[11:01.960 -> 11:04.160] this is a dangerous bridge to cross.
[11:04.160 -> 11:09.360] Because if you start saying, well, if if you change that that would benefit that team that starts
[11:09.360 -> 11:15.280] to become unfair you know like you can't blame said team for just having a great
[11:15.280 -> 11:19.560] design having an amazing team an amazing car amazing drivers and this this
[11:19.560 -> 11:28.400] basically leads on to it basically leads on to Adrian Newey again because hang on hang on how on earth
[11:28.400 -> 11:32.000] have you just moved all the way away from what i just said we haven't even had the chat about
[11:32.000 -> 11:36.960] the olympic qualifying yet you're really trying to talk about adrian no we're still on the we're
[11:36.960 -> 11:42.080] still on the topic because he designs the fucking wing yes i know yeah well they were saying that
[11:42.080 -> 11:45.740] his worth because ferrari were trying to buy him, right?
[11:45.740 -> 11:48.760] So his worth should be like the same
[11:48.760 -> 11:51.180] as what Verstappen would be worth, if not more.
[11:51.180 -> 11:52.900] Messiah, the Verstappen.
[11:52.900 -> 11:55.300] Messiah, the Verstappen.
[11:55.300 -> 11:56.140] Verstappen's mom.
[11:56.140 -> 11:56.980] Verstappen's mom is called-
[11:56.980 -> 11:58.800] He's a pivotal piece of the puzzle.
[11:58.800 -> 12:01.260] Yeah, more so.
[12:01.260 -> 12:02.100] Yeah, that's true.
[12:02.100 -> 12:03.020] I wonder how much he does get.
[12:03.020 -> 12:04.700] I'd say he's like 60, 40.
[12:05.760 -> 12:08.760] Adrian Nui, Verstappen.
[12:08.760 -> 12:10.360] Who's winning the championship for Red Bull?
[12:10.360 -> 12:11.200] I'd say it's actually 60.
[12:11.200 -> 12:12.280] Well, Constructors are winning, aren't they?
[12:12.280 -> 12:14.440] I'd say it's 60% Adrian Newey.
[12:14.440 -> 12:15.840] And Verstappen is winning.
[12:15.840 -> 12:18.720] But yeah, what do you think about DRS and qualifying?
[12:18.720 -> 12:20.360] Well, I kind of just summed it up.
[12:20.360 -> 12:25.400] I think Adrian Newey has clearly designed an amazing wing for the car.
[12:25.400 -> 12:30.920] I'm not talking about Red Bull, I'm talking about every car. Every car, like why is DRS
[12:30.920 -> 12:33.960] enabled on qualifying if it's an overtaking tool?
[12:33.960 -> 12:37.760] Because it just makes you go quicker, like it doesn't make any difference.
[12:37.760 -> 12:38.760] Every car didn't have it.
[12:38.760 -> 12:42.960] This is what I mean, everyone's allowed to use DRS in qualifying so it's not as if Red
[12:42.960 -> 12:48.060] Bull's got an upper hand, it's just that Adrian Newey has designed a better wing than the rest of the team so he
[12:48.060 -> 12:52.580] should they shouldn't be punished for having such a great design. No. Such a
[12:52.580 -> 12:58.020] great airflow. Oh well you've stumped me. An aero package. Yeah Crofty also said
[12:58.020 -> 13:01.300] maybe they could only allow them to use a hundred seconds of DRS a race and then
[13:01.300 -> 13:05.960] they have to use it wisely. Now that has just blown my socks off.
[13:05.960 -> 13:07.080] I know.
[13:07.080 -> 13:07.920] That's a-
[13:07.920 -> 13:08.740] Holy shit.
[13:08.740 -> 13:09.800] That's not a bad idea, is it?
[13:09.800 -> 13:10.960] That's unreal.
[13:10.960 -> 13:12.600] Because then if you were going for an overtake,
[13:12.600 -> 13:15.040] you'd really have to go for an overtake.
[13:15.040 -> 13:16.480] And it's almost like the ERS,
[13:16.480 -> 13:18.840] when they charge the battery and they use the battery
[13:18.840 -> 13:20.580] and they have to recharge it.
[13:20.580 -> 13:22.720] That's quite interesting.
[13:22.720 -> 13:24.560] Something to think about there on the Pit Stop podcast.
[13:24.560 -> 13:27.160] Wow, Crofty, you bad, bad man.
[13:27.160 -> 13:30.080] I've got to say the Crofty and Brundle have been on it.
[13:30.080 -> 13:30.920] Oh yeah.
[13:30.920 -> 13:31.760] Brundle's incredible.
[13:31.760 -> 13:32.760] Crofty's incredible.
[13:32.760 -> 13:34.320] My dad, my dad was telling me,
[13:34.320 -> 13:36.160] my dad hadn't watched the race.
[13:36.160 -> 13:37.320] I was chatting to him on the phone earlier.
[13:37.320 -> 13:38.200] He hadn't watched the race yet.
[13:38.200 -> 13:39.120] He was watching it on repeat.
[13:39.120 -> 13:40.920] Cause I think he was out at the pub or something
[13:40.920 -> 13:42.040] during the day.
[13:42.040 -> 13:44.360] And he said, for the last two or three weeks,
[13:44.360 -> 13:45.320] my dad's been saying like,
[13:45.320 -> 13:46.920] Martin Brundle's been absolutely on it,
[13:46.920 -> 13:48.120] he's been so good every race,
[13:48.120 -> 13:51.040] he's been so snappy and knows all of his facts.
[13:51.040 -> 13:53.000] And then he said, but in practice or something,
[13:53.000 -> 13:54.440] or qualifying for Barcelona,
[13:54.440 -> 13:57.400] he just, he wasn't saying as much as he normally would,
[13:57.400 -> 13:59.840] or he didn't seem quite as sharp.
[13:59.840 -> 14:03.440] And then it turns out that it had been his birthday.
[14:03.440 -> 14:05.240] So they've probably been on the lash.
[14:05.240 -> 14:06.840] A hundred percent been on the lash.
[14:06.840 -> 14:08.000] And probably a little bit hung over
[14:08.000 -> 14:09.160] in the commentary box the next day.
[14:09.160 -> 14:10.400] I don't know.
[14:10.400 -> 14:11.760] We've been there in Barcelona.
[14:11.760 -> 14:13.320] We've been there in Barcelona.
[14:13.320 -> 14:14.760] We've been hung over in the midday sun.
[14:14.760 -> 14:16.880] Who wants to hear about the upgrades?
[14:16.880 -> 14:19.840] Hang on, Marcus Armstrong's down into seventh.
[14:19.840 -> 14:20.960] Up into seventh.
[14:20.960 -> 14:21.800] Up into seventh.
[14:21.800 -> 14:23.920] Let's go Marcus Armstrong.
[14:23.920 -> 14:24.760] I want to know about what.
[14:24.760 -> 14:25.600] Yeah, you said about the upgrades.
[14:25.600 -> 14:27.080] I've actually got some notes here.
[14:27.080 -> 14:30.560] This weekend, Red Bull came with two new upgrades.
[14:30.560 -> 14:33.400] Aston Martin came with five new upgrades.
[14:33.400 -> 14:34.240] Holy shit.
[14:34.240 -> 14:35.440] And then ended up sixth and seventh.
[14:35.440 -> 14:36.600] So whatever they trialed,
[14:36.600 -> 14:38.000] obviously didn't work on this track.
[14:38.000 -> 14:38.840] Okay.
[14:38.840 -> 14:40.160] Mercedes bought two.
[14:40.160 -> 14:42.040] Ferrari bought loads.
[14:42.040 -> 14:42.880] McLaren bought one.
[14:42.880 -> 14:43.760] They did.
[14:43.760 -> 14:44.760] Alfa Tauri bought two.
[14:44.760 -> 14:45.000] Williams bought two. And this is where we They did. Alfa Tauri bought two.
[14:45.000 -> 14:46.000] Williams bought two.
[14:46.000 -> 14:50.320] And this is where we get onto what I'm saying about the floor.
[14:50.320 -> 14:56.560] Nico Rosberg has said that Mercedes are going mad about the Red Bull floor.
[14:56.560 -> 15:00.480] Apparently the whole team is putting everything into it, studying absolutely everything about
[15:00.480 -> 15:01.480] it.
[15:01.480 -> 15:02.480] Really?
[15:02.480 -> 15:03.480] They have got everyone going crazy about it.
[15:03.480 -> 15:04.480] Well of course they are.
[15:04.480 -> 15:08.880] It's like the biggest thing ever. And what's quite crazy is if Mercedes have pulled out a two and a
[15:08.880 -> 15:13.200] three, we've not enough time to do anything from what they've learned. Imagine in like a couple of
[15:13.200 -> 15:14.400] races time.
[15:14.400 -> 15:16.160] Do you think it's that simple?
[15:16.160 -> 15:21.440] Well, no, not really, because surely it works all together. It's like, it is a bit like what
[15:21.440 -> 15:24.800] Victor was saying on the pod. Oh yeah, shout out Victor, by the way, he was the one who told me
[15:24.800 -> 15:25.440] about how many upgrades cars have had. He sent me a voice note. He said, hey boys for the pod. Oh yeah, shout out Victor, by the way. He was the one who told me about
[15:25.440 -> 15:26.880] how many upgrades cars have had.
[15:26.880 -> 15:28.000] He sent me a voice note.
[15:28.000 -> 15:29.200] He said, hey boys, for the pod,
[15:29.200 -> 15:30.040] you might want to know this.
[15:30.040 -> 15:31.520] So if anything I've said's wrong.
[15:31.520 -> 15:32.720] Please carry on doing that, Victor.
[15:32.720 -> 15:34.600] Yeah, if anything I've said's wrong,
[15:34.600 -> 15:36.200] it's not on me, all right?
[15:36.200 -> 15:37.400] But that's interesting, isn't it?
[15:37.400 -> 15:39.320] Like that flaw, them flaw-
[15:39.320 -> 15:41.160] I just, I don't know.
[15:41.160 -> 15:43.560] I don't know how much they're allowed to change.
[15:44.600 -> 15:45.440] Can a team do that?
[15:45.440 -> 15:46.880] Within budget cap, you can change it
[15:46.880 -> 15:49.040] as much as you want on your car pretty much.
[15:49.040 -> 15:50.480] You can, if you want to try something new,
[15:50.480 -> 15:51.320] you want to do something,
[15:51.320 -> 15:52.760] but it's whether you can get it in budget,
[15:52.760 -> 15:55.540] get it sustainable, get it ready.
[15:56.860 -> 15:58.460] You're at the point in the year.
[15:59.680 -> 16:01.120] You've mopped the floor, haven't you?
[16:01.120 -> 16:01.960] Yeah.
[16:01.960 -> 16:03.080] Smells really good in here.
[16:03.080 -> 16:05.240] Yeah, I've tidied the whole flat.
[16:05.240 -> 16:06.760] I mopped the whole floor.
[16:06.760 -> 16:07.600] When has a floor ever smelled good?
[16:07.600 -> 16:10.040] I took the bin bags out earlier, there was 10 bin bags.
[16:10.040 -> 16:10.920] What?
[16:10.920 -> 16:12.480] The floor has never smelled good before, mate.
[16:12.480 -> 16:13.320] I know, mate.
[16:13.320 -> 16:15.960] I used antibacterial and bleach together.
[16:15.960 -> 16:18.400] And what did you put in the washing machine?
[16:18.400 -> 16:19.720] Right, lesson learned, okay?
[16:19.720 -> 16:22.480] Don't put fairy liquid in a washing machine.
[16:22.480 -> 16:24.200] I was trying to wash my Nike Air Force,
[16:24.200 -> 16:26.240] and I thought, a bit of that white stuff to get the dirt off them, and a bit of fairy liquid in a washing machine. I was trying to wash my Nike Air Force and I thought bit of that white stuff
[16:26.240 -> 16:28.760] to get the dirt off them and a bit of fairy liquid.
[16:28.760 -> 16:30.280] In the washing machine?
[16:30.280 -> 16:31.120] Yeah.
[16:31.120 -> 16:33.840] You put the white, you put the white shoe paint
[16:33.840 -> 16:34.680] inside the washing machine?
[16:34.680 -> 16:36.200] No, no, no, the powder.
[16:36.200 -> 16:37.040] Oh, the powder.
[16:37.040 -> 16:39.120] The powder that made stuff go really white.
[16:39.120 -> 16:41.120] I thought that I'll put that in and actually it has worked.
[16:41.120 -> 16:41.960] It has worked.
[16:41.960 -> 16:44.560] But yeah, if you put foam, if you put,
[16:45.720 -> 16:46.720] I can't even. Fairy liquid. If you put foam, if you put... I can't even...
[16:46.720 -> 16:47.720] Fairy liquid.
[16:47.720 -> 16:49.520] If you put fairy liquid in a washing machine, you get a lot of foam.
[16:49.520 -> 16:50.520] Oh dear.
[16:50.520 -> 16:51.520] You ever put it down a toilet?
[16:51.520 -> 16:52.520] No, what does it do?
[16:52.520 -> 16:53.520] Don't put it...
[16:53.520 -> 16:54.520] Should we go and do it?
[16:54.520 -> 16:57.040] Put it in the top bit.
[16:57.040 -> 16:58.040] Oh really?
[16:58.040 -> 17:00.040] You know, when you take the lid off and you put loads of fairy liquid...
[17:00.040 -> 17:02.640] Yeah, it goes foam everywhere.
[17:02.640 -> 17:03.640] Don't do that.
[17:03.640 -> 17:05.600] Yeah, so the floor is being investigated.
[17:05.600 -> 17:09.120] So we'd have to keep seeing what the cars can do.
[17:09.120 -> 17:11.880] I'm gutted for Landa about this weekend, to be honest.
[17:11.880 -> 17:14.160] It was just a really weird weekend.
[17:14.160 -> 17:15.960] I've got it written down here from earlier.
[17:15.960 -> 17:18.040] Everyone was struggling in qualifying
[17:18.040 -> 17:20.040] or a lot of people were struggling in qualifying.
[17:20.040 -> 17:21.840] We lost a Claire in Q1.
[17:21.840 -> 17:23.360] That's never happened for him.
[17:23.360 -> 17:25.000] He's never gone out in Q1 before. Yeah, the car. Maybe that's for him. He's never gone out in Q1 before.
[17:25.000 -> 17:25.920] Yeah, the car.
[17:25.920 -> 17:26.760] Maybe that's a lie.
[17:26.760 -> 17:29.600] He's never had a pit lane start before.
[17:29.600 -> 17:31.800] Did you just pull that fact from the FL?
[17:31.800 -> 17:33.400] Or do you know that he's never gone out in Q1?
[17:33.400 -> 17:34.240] From in here, mate.
[17:34.240 -> 17:36.520] Right in this noggin here.
[17:36.520 -> 17:38.040] No, I'm just quoting Crofty.
[17:38.040 -> 17:40.240] Perez out in Q2.
[17:40.240 -> 17:42.120] And George was out in Q2.
[17:42.120 -> 17:44.480] Two Mercedes in the top three.
[17:44.480 -> 17:46.400] Yeah, and Lando fucked it first lap.
[17:46.400 -> 17:48.040] Yeah, it was a shame with that Lando,
[17:48.040 -> 17:50.400] with a little touch with Hamilton won that.
[17:50.400 -> 17:53.200] What's your thoughts on that?
[17:53.200 -> 17:54.040] It's one of them.
[17:54.040 -> 17:55.240] It's a racing incident.
[17:55.240 -> 17:58.260] Like, obviously no one got penalized.
[17:58.260 -> 18:00.760] No one got, I'm not in a position to sit here
[18:00.760 -> 18:02.240] and say it's his fault, am I?
[18:02.240 -> 18:03.320] I don't even know.
[18:03.320 -> 18:04.640] Yeah, I know, but you can have an opinion.
[18:04.640 -> 18:07.160] Like he did get a bit pinched.
[18:07.160 -> 18:09.080] It's tough, they're all going around that corner.
[18:09.080 -> 18:09.920] I was watching it.
[18:09.920 -> 18:13.040] He had, was it Lewis on the inside?
[18:13.040 -> 18:14.760] And he was, but he was looking at,
[18:14.760 -> 18:18.400] there was Stroll on the outside coming up to his left.
[18:18.400 -> 18:21.640] And I saw him move the car over to try and block Stroll off,
[18:21.640 -> 18:23.440] which is like, if you've got a car either side of you,
[18:23.440 -> 18:24.760] what can you do?
[18:24.760 -> 18:25.680] Well, that's it, what can you do?
[18:25.680 -> 18:26.720] You've got to block one of them.
[18:26.720 -> 18:27.720] So he's blocking that one.
[18:27.720 -> 18:30.240] And then Lewis came ahead and then he just got pinched.
[18:30.240 -> 18:32.400] It's just unfortunate when that happens on lap one,
[18:32.400 -> 18:34.120] you see it come up box box and you think,
[18:34.120 -> 18:35.800] ah, you're starting from the back now.
[18:35.800 -> 18:37.880] Like that is tough.
[18:37.880 -> 18:40.520] One thing that still shocks me about this whole thing
[18:40.520 -> 18:43.200] is the way that there can be like two weeks
[18:43.200 -> 18:45.260] or a week before a race, you go do your lap.
[18:45.260 -> 18:47.780] Everything builds up for that thing.
[18:47.780 -> 18:49.620] And on the first corner, it could be over.
[18:49.620 -> 18:52.580] Like that must be so mentally tough for these drivers,
[18:52.580 -> 18:54.740] especially if it's like your home race or your,
[18:54.740 -> 18:57.340] like Lando starting third, that won't be easy.
[18:57.340 -> 18:59.460] This is chance to get a really good result.
[18:59.460 -> 19:00.440] Chance?
[19:02.300 -> 19:03.140] If what's your-
[19:03.140 -> 19:03.980] Are you Monogask?
[19:03.980 -> 19:04.900] What's your man?
[19:04.900 -> 19:05.680] What's Manogask? Manogask? You're from Monaco gas, what's your math? What's Madagasc?
[19:05.680 -> 19:06.500] Madagasc.
[19:06.500 -> 19:07.340] Madagasc.
[19:07.340 -> 19:08.180] From Monaco.
[19:08.180 -> 19:11.640] It is his last chance.
[19:11.640 -> 19:14.880] Max was cracking me up, mate.
[19:14.880 -> 19:19.000] Max was cracking me up because he was so far ahead.
[19:19.000 -> 19:21.860] He was like 18, 19 seconds ahead of Lewis in second.
[19:21.860 -> 19:24.440] And he was still getting warnings and getting black,
[19:24.440 -> 19:27.640] flat black, black, black, black, for going over the track limits and he's got like
[19:27.640 -> 19:31.640] Christian on the blower to him saying max slow the fuck down you don't need to
[19:31.640 -> 19:34.560] get a penalty and he's just like what if I get a penalty anyway I'm still not
[19:34.560 -> 19:38.960] gonna lose no it's quite funny and then he was asking who's got fastest lap and
[19:38.960 -> 19:47.100] obviously Perez had it so he sped up got more track limits where it is and got the fastest lap.
[19:47.100 -> 19:48.100] He got what he wanted.
[19:48.100 -> 19:49.100] Fair play.
[19:49.100 -> 19:52.260] 40 wins of Red Bull now for Max Verstappen.
[19:52.260 -> 19:54.260] It's getting up there quick.
[19:54.260 -> 19:59.700] It's very very, you were talking about earlier, you were saying like has this ever happened
[19:59.700 -> 20:02.820] where someone's been so far in front?
[20:02.820 -> 20:05.960] Like obviously we didn't watch when Hamilton was winning
[20:05.960 -> 20:07.240] all them years, so I don't know.
[20:07.240 -> 20:08.560] And we're going to have to go back and watch
[20:08.560 -> 20:11.360] what the time difference was for him winning races,
[20:11.360 -> 20:15.000] because I don't know whether this is like normal.
[20:15.000 -> 20:15.840] No.
[20:15.840 -> 20:17.400] But then it does make you think,
[20:17.400 -> 20:21.760] if Perez's car and Max's car are exactly the same,
[20:21.760 -> 20:24.440] then how fucking good is Max?
[20:24.440 -> 20:26.620] Because Perez is clearly very good as
[20:26.620 -> 20:30.180] well the thing is you can't even look at the previous standings and look at the
[20:30.180 -> 20:34.820] points difference and compare it because because like more races loads of
[20:34.820 -> 20:40.640] different things to take into also like just times times between like like first
[20:40.640 -> 20:44.660] and second place like if you know if max is always constantly like 20 seconds
[20:44.660 -> 20:49.680] ahead ahead of whoever's in second that's nuts i don't know if that has ever happened before i
[20:49.680 -> 20:54.880] know lewis has obviously won a lot of championships but has he always been like 20 30 seconds ahead
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[21:55.060 -> 21:57.260] I don't know the time differences,
[21:57.260 -> 22:00.600] but they were talking about it today.
[22:00.600 -> 22:03.400] It's one of them where I'm so appreciative of it.
[22:03.400 -> 22:08.440] And it's like, Max, you're amazing. Red Bull have done an incredible job. It's like, guys, we get it.
[22:08.440 -> 22:14.280] You're amazing. Please let everyone come back together. Like, I just want to see
[22:14.280 -> 22:19.920] on the last like five laps, two or three cars like battling, even for like third.
[22:19.920 -> 22:27.880] Like we had it a bit today when Perez was trying to catch Russell. That was like me sat on my sofa like, come on.
[22:27.880 -> 22:31.480] Even though I wanted Russell to get on the podium, I was sat there and I'm thinking,
[22:31.480 -> 22:32.680] come on Perez, please.
[22:32.680 -> 22:34.840] Just because I want that battle on that last lap.
[22:34.840 -> 22:35.840] That's what I want to see.
[22:35.840 -> 22:36.840] Do you know what though?
[22:36.840 -> 22:40.120] I have to say Barcelona today was one of the more exciting races this year.
[22:40.120 -> 22:44.640] And I honestly can say hands down, it must have been like an amalgamation of things,
[22:44.640 -> 22:45.360] right?
[22:45.360 -> 22:48.260] Mercedes obviously changing the car and doing really well,
[22:48.260 -> 22:50.200] but changing that last corner of the track.
[22:50.200 -> 22:51.560] Amalgamation?
[22:51.560 -> 22:53.400] Amalgamation of different things, yeah.
[22:53.400 -> 22:55.160] What a word!
[22:55.160 -> 22:56.760] What does that mean?
[22:56.760 -> 22:58.740] Just like things coming together,
[22:58.740 -> 23:00.540] like multiple things coming together.
[23:00.540 -> 23:02.680] The track, changing the last corner of the track
[23:02.680 -> 23:04.160] has changed everything.
[23:04.160 -> 23:06.760] Yeah. Because I think Brondle was saying,
[23:06.760 -> 23:09.920] you can now get speed in those last two corners
[23:09.920 -> 23:12.380] and set yourself up better for the straight.
[23:12.380 -> 23:14.080] There was a load of overtakes going on on that straight.
[23:14.080 -> 23:14.920] A few spicy ones.
[23:14.920 -> 23:17.680] So you can get speed.
[23:17.680 -> 23:19.520] And it's not a new chicane, is it?
[23:19.520 -> 23:20.360] No, it's not.
[23:20.360 -> 23:21.200] No, it's not.
[23:21.200 -> 23:22.020] It's not.
[23:22.020 -> 23:22.860] Mr. GP man.
[23:22.860 -> 23:23.700] Dun, dun, dun.
[23:26.760 -> 23:27.840] Nobody knows!
[23:29.280 -> 23:30.760] What are you even on about?
[23:30.760 -> 23:32.440] You've completely lost me.
[23:32.440 -> 23:34.320] I've completely lost my mind.
[23:34.320 -> 23:35.960] Someone asked us today,
[23:35.960 -> 23:39.120] do you think Max will achieve what Lewis has?
[23:39.120 -> 23:39.960] Seven world titles.
[23:39.960 -> 23:41.720] What do you think?
[23:41.720 -> 23:43.840] Do you think he's got it in him?
[23:43.840 -> 23:44.960] Oh.
[23:44.960 -> 23:45.960] And don't just think about him,
[23:45.960 -> 23:50.100] think about everything F1, like all circumstances.
[23:50.100 -> 23:53.080] I think where Red Bull have done very well
[23:53.080 -> 23:56.480] is that when the change happened in the cars,
[23:56.480 -> 23:58.360] they were like the most prepared.
[23:59.400 -> 24:01.240] They were like, we're here, we're ready,
[24:01.240 -> 24:03.440] like we've got it sorted, I think.
[24:03.440 -> 24:05.200] I think quite planned ahead.
[24:05.200 -> 24:08.100] But I do think that the rest of the teams on the grid,
[24:08.100 -> 24:09.960] especially your top ones, Mercedes,
[24:09.960 -> 24:12.120] maybe even Ferrari in a couple of years,
[24:12.120 -> 24:13.580] will be a lot closer.
[24:13.580 -> 24:16.760] I don't think it, I can't imagine us just having a max,
[24:16.760 -> 24:18.960] max, max, max, max for like year after year.
[24:18.960 -> 24:21.220] I think we've seen that a little bit again today.
[24:21.220 -> 24:24.720] Like seven of the 10 constructors
[24:24.720 -> 24:26.840] are in the top 10 in qualifying today.
[24:26.840 -> 24:28.840] That is a sick fact.
[24:28.840 -> 24:30.880] Apart from the fact that qualifying was yesterday,
[24:30.880 -> 24:32.840] I was really close to being perfect.
[24:32.840 -> 24:35.600] Well, on the grid today, the starting grid today.
[24:35.600 -> 24:36.440] Yeah.
[24:36.440 -> 24:39.440] Okay, all right, fuck me, I got something wrong again.
[24:40.960 -> 24:43.080] But that is really interesting
[24:43.080 -> 24:46.040] to have seven of the 10 constructors on the starting grid.
[24:46.040 -> 24:48.240] So that does mean that they're all getting a little bit closer.
[24:48.240 -> 24:52.040] Red Bull have the one lap pace because Carlos Sainz started second.
[24:52.040 -> 24:54.320] And we've seen it with Leclerc getting poles this year.
[24:54.320 -> 24:57.000] There's no doubt that Red Bull's...
[24:57.000 -> 25:03.600] Guys, Jake in edit here with Fabs, just a quick one.
[25:03.600 -> 25:04.600] That was really bad.
[25:04.600 -> 25:09.280] That was really, really really bad how have you got
[25:09.280 -> 25:16.320] that big stuff I was trying to say the Red Bulls no I was trying to say the
[25:16.320 -> 25:21.240] Ferraris have one lap pace and I've somehow managed to say Red Bull every
[25:21.240 -> 25:25.560] time the worst part about it was I didn't even realise at the time what you were saying. No.
[25:25.560 -> 25:26.400] Anyway.
[25:26.400 -> 25:27.680] I didn't even realise I was saying it.
[25:27.680 -> 25:28.920] Back to the programme.
[25:28.920 -> 25:33.920] Right, how can a car be quick in a qualifying lap
[25:34.560 -> 25:35.880] and be so shit in a race?
[25:35.880 -> 25:36.800] Yeah, I don't know.
[25:36.800 -> 25:37.640] I honestly don't know.
[25:37.640 -> 25:39.920] Because surely a qualifying lap is just like
[25:39.920 -> 25:41.320] you do 50 of them for a race.
[25:41.320 -> 25:42.920] Am I, I know tyre deck.
[25:42.920 -> 25:43.760] No, obviously that's not true.
[25:43.760 -> 25:45.840] Tyre deck, cabins, fuel loads.
[25:45.840 -> 25:48.120] Yeah, but no, but yeah, but racing is different.
[25:48.120 -> 25:50.600] How can your race pace be so bad if you can get pole,
[25:50.600 -> 25:51.420] is what I'm saying.
[25:51.420 -> 25:54.600] How can, do you get what I'm trying to say?
[25:54.600 -> 25:55.840] No, I do get what you're trying to say,
[25:55.840 -> 25:59.640] but as soon as there's other cars on the grid,
[25:59.640 -> 26:00.480] it's different, isn't it?
[26:00.480 -> 26:01.300] It's different.
[26:01.300 -> 26:02.720] What, because it comes a race?
[26:02.720 -> 26:03.560] Because it's a race, yeah.
[26:03.560 -> 26:06.120] You can't just drive wherever the hell you like.
[26:06.120 -> 26:07.400] You don't seem to realize that
[26:07.400 -> 26:10.800] because every time you and me race on the F1 game.
[26:10.800 -> 26:12.680] We're in a good little season at the moment, aren't we?
[26:12.680 -> 26:13.960] Well, it was going really well
[26:13.960 -> 26:16.320] because I was in Red Bull and you were in Ferrari
[26:16.320 -> 26:18.520] and then it gets to the mid-season driver swap
[26:18.520 -> 26:19.360] and this guy comes into.
[26:19.360 -> 26:20.200] I got sacked.
[26:20.200 -> 26:22.680] You tried to renew for a high demand.
[26:22.680 -> 26:23.520] They were never going to give you a high demand.
[26:23.520 -> 26:26.960] Yeah, well, Ferrari sacked me, so Red Bull picked me up.
[26:26.960 -> 26:29.280] You come to Red Bull and now I was at Red Bull.
[26:29.280 -> 26:30.320] At really low risk.
[26:30.320 -> 26:32.560] And now neither of us finish any race
[26:32.560 -> 26:35.400] because he just takes me out, or I take you out.
[26:35.400 -> 26:37.880] Whoever's winning gets taken out.
[26:37.880 -> 26:38.840] That's the way it goes.
[26:38.840 -> 26:39.840] Correct.
[26:39.840 -> 26:40.840] So we need a big comeback
[26:40.840 -> 26:42.120] because the media is really hot on us
[26:42.120 -> 26:44.360] on the F1 game at the moment.
[26:44.360 -> 26:47.240] I really do think that,
[26:47.240 -> 26:51.560] I do think that Max has got it in him to do as well as Lewis.
[26:51.560 -> 26:54.960] Whether I think that he actually will stay in the sport
[26:54.960 -> 26:57.200] long enough to achieve that, I don't know.
[26:57.200 -> 26:59.040] Because I've heard like little hints of Max
[26:59.040 -> 27:01.760] talking about retirement already here and there.
[27:01.760 -> 27:04.600] And obviously he's well young and he wouldn't do it yet.
[27:04.600 -> 27:06.600] But the fact that he's talking about it a little bit,
[27:06.600 -> 27:07.440] I don't think-
[27:07.440 -> 27:08.520] I think he was saying more like,
[27:08.520 -> 27:10.740] he's not likely to go to another team, isn't he?
[27:10.740 -> 27:12.840] He was saying like, when my Red Bull contract's over,
[27:12.840 -> 27:13.680] like I'm done.
[27:13.680 -> 27:15.960] Like, but that conversation about him retiring
[27:15.960 -> 27:18.200] mainly come out from all the rec changes
[27:18.200 -> 27:19.440] and all the changes in format.
[27:19.440 -> 27:21.080] He was saying like, look, if it keeps changing,
[27:21.080 -> 27:22.160] this isn't the race that I want to do.
[27:22.160 -> 27:23.900] He was saying there's other races series
[27:23.900 -> 27:26.000] that would interest him. Really? Yeah, it wasn't the race that I want to do. He was saying there's other races series that would interest him.
[27:26.000 -> 27:26.840] Really?
[27:26.840 -> 27:29.760] Yeah, it wasn't necessarily about, you know, leaving F1.
[27:29.760 -> 27:32.360] It was more just, well, it was about that, but he was,
[27:32.360 -> 27:34.360] I just can't see him at any other team.
[27:34.360 -> 27:37.360] Also, can you imagine Max at any other team?
[27:37.360 -> 27:39.680] He's like one of them superheroes.
[27:39.680 -> 27:41.760] You can't just like put Superman
[27:41.760 -> 27:43.080] in a Batman outfit kind of thing.
[27:43.080 -> 27:43.920] Well, they did it.
[27:43.920 -> 27:46.320] They did it with Michael Schumacher when he came back, he went to Mercedes
[27:46.320 -> 27:47.320] didn't he? It didn't work.
[27:47.320 -> 27:48.960] No, I can't see that one.
[27:48.960 -> 27:50.520] Sorry, he went to McLaren didn't he?
[27:50.520 -> 27:56.040] But one thing for sure is, I said a couple of pods ago that I thought maybe Lewis Hamilton
[27:56.040 -> 27:57.600] could go to Ferrari, that was a glitch.
[27:57.600 -> 27:59.240] A glitch in the matrix?
[27:59.240 -> 28:04.000] A slight error, after today I can almost certainly predict that I don't think that's going to
[28:04.000 -> 28:09.440] happen, so just cut and forget that I ever even said that please and thank you. Well, the IndyCar's finished
[28:09.440 -> 28:14.240] Yeah, and also please forget that. I just said that Michael Schumacher went to McLaren because it was obviously Mercedes
[28:16.600 -> 28:19.480] Really wanted to cover your back. I didn't even notice you say that
[28:19.800 -> 28:24.360] This is why podcasts are dangerous because you gotta imagine you just sat there talking into a microphone
[28:24.480 -> 28:25.220] Yeah, you just well mate Victor said it Victor said it you gotta imagine you just sat there talking into a microphone. Yeah.
[28:25.220 -> 28:26.720] You just talk and talk and talk.
[28:26.720 -> 28:27.520] Victor said it.
[28:27.520 -> 28:28.320] Victor said it.
[28:28.320 -> 28:34.880] You can be sat in front of your TV at home and you're the only person telling yourself that you're right.
[28:34.880 -> 28:38.000] You know, I could sit here, right, and watch a race and be like,
[28:38.000 -> 28:41.760] yep, he's won seven of those consecutive races and you don't fucking know.
[28:42.320 -> 28:43.840] So as far as you're concerned, I'm right.
[28:43.840 -> 28:44.640] That's so true.
[28:44.640 -> 28:46.320] But you haven't got people listening at home
[28:46.320 -> 28:47.640] who are going to DM us saying
[28:47.640 -> 28:49.160] that was completely wrong fam.
[28:49.160 -> 28:50.320] No, but I do love the DMs
[28:50.320 -> 28:51.720] where people tell us we've got stuff wrong.
[28:51.720 -> 28:52.760] It's the absolute best.
[28:52.760 -> 28:53.600] So do I, it's great.
[28:53.600 -> 28:55.880] What we got on is we put out about the IndyCar, didn't we?
[28:55.880 -> 28:57.240] Before we just go on to the IndyCar,
[28:57.240 -> 28:59.540] I've got one more thing to raise.
[28:59.540 -> 29:00.380] If you-
[29:00.380 -> 29:03.120] Raise it loud, raise it high, raise it now.
[29:03.120 -> 29:03.960] Up in the sky.
[29:03.960 -> 29:05.960] Raise it up in the sky. it up in the sky go why oh
[29:05.960 -> 29:11.480] why spirit in the sky I do want to talk about Oli Behrman again because he's a
[29:11.480 -> 29:15.360] rising star all right he's doing really well in the f2 he's part of the Ferrari
[29:15.360 -> 29:20.000] driver Academy if you had asked me at the start of this year or potentially
[29:20.000 -> 29:26.600] even the end of last year you know if he wins f2 Oli Be Oli Behrman, there's a good chance that, you know,
[29:26.600 -> 29:29.400] maybe he'll do a Schwarzman and he'll have like a year out
[29:29.400 -> 29:33.000] and he'll be a reserve driver for Ferrari.
[29:33.000 -> 29:35.280] I don't see him going straight in, but you know,
[29:35.280 -> 29:37.520] if he was to go straight in and take potentially
[29:37.520 -> 29:40.320] a Ferrari seat, because I don't know where else he would go,
[29:40.320 -> 29:41.600] who does he replace?
[29:42.600 -> 29:47.520] I could actually see, this is another Jake prediction,
[29:47.520 -> 29:49.920] but I could see him with teammates with Leclerc.
[29:51.000 -> 29:52.560] Like, like definitely.
[29:52.560 -> 29:55.840] But Sainz has beaten Leclerc in this year's championship.
[29:55.840 -> 29:58.600] I think today only really happened because of it.
[29:58.600 -> 29:59.760] But even before today, bro.
[29:59.760 -> 30:01.520] Leclerc's better in a one lap place
[30:01.520 -> 30:03.680] and Sainz is better at the race, isn't it?
[30:03.680 -> 30:04.840] We've seen it this year.
[30:04.840 -> 30:05.680] We've seen it last year. There's too many incidents with Leclerc. There's too many incidents with Leclerc's better in a one lap place and Sainz is better at the race, isn't it? We've seen it this year, we've seen it last year.
[30:05.680 -> 30:07.680] There's too many incidents with Leclerc.
[30:07.680 -> 30:09.680] There's too many incidents with Leclerc.
[30:09.680 -> 30:11.680] Too many incidents with Leclerc.
[30:11.680 -> 30:13.680] He's making too many mistakes.
[30:13.680 -> 30:15.680] Look, I'm going to say this right now, yeah.
[30:15.680 -> 30:17.680] Mac Whabam!
[30:17.680 -> 30:19.680] Random, just random.
[30:19.680 -> 30:21.680] I'm going to say this right. That's got to sound like I said that.
[30:21.680 -> 30:23.680] What?
[30:23.680 -> 30:25.000] Because people don't always know who says what on the board.
[30:25.000 -> 30:27.040] Well, this is fab speaking now.
[30:27.040 -> 30:28.640] Don't don't confuse the people.
[30:30.640 -> 30:31.840] I'm going to say this right now.
[30:31.840 -> 30:33.040] Leclerc, all right.
[30:33.040 -> 30:37.520] He doesn't, he doesn't need to be a grand prix world
[30:37.520 -> 30:40.280] champion in order to succeed in life.
[30:40.280 -> 30:42.800] He's he's he's clearly multi-talented.
[30:42.800 -> 30:44.200] He can play the fricking piano,
[30:44.200 -> 30:45.420] but he can sing like an angel
[30:46.120 -> 30:48.120] He wants to be
[30:49.120 -> 30:56.560] Of course he does but and I've said this in the last couple of pods like my appreciation for max has grown so much because
[30:57.680 -> 31:02.040] You know and I'm not gonna name any names, but as a few drivers on the grid who?
[31:02.840 -> 31:06.680] They their Instagram is a bit like a fashion Instagram in a way,
[31:06.680 -> 31:07.760] which is cool as fuck.
[31:07.760 -> 31:10.240] Like I love clothes, I love like trying to dress cool
[31:10.240 -> 31:11.240] and like, I get it,
[31:11.240 -> 31:13.440] but you just look at the Stappan's Instagram
[31:13.440 -> 31:15.420] and it's like not really
[31:15.420 -> 31:17.760] like the other guys' Instagrams in a way.
[31:17.760 -> 31:20.720] I mean, it's just solely, solely racing pretty much.
[31:20.720 -> 31:21.920] And family, and family games.
[31:21.920 -> 31:23.560] I get exactly what you're saying,
[31:23.560 -> 31:26.760] because when one person might be picking an outfit
[31:26.760 -> 31:29.160] to wear to the race weekend, he's probably sat on the sim.
[31:29.160 -> 31:30.880] That's probably what it comes down to.
[31:30.880 -> 31:32.400] The guy's got a sim on his plane.
[31:32.400 -> 31:33.480] Yeah, he's clearly,
[31:33.480 -> 31:34.880] they were talking about today after the race,
[31:34.880 -> 31:36.720] he's built differently like,
[31:36.720 -> 31:38.960] but then I do also think the way he's been brought up,
[31:38.960 -> 31:43.000] trained and the way he performs will be more tiring.
[31:43.000 -> 31:44.720] I think it will be like,
[31:44.720 -> 31:47.160] I don't think he would be able to go as long
[31:47.160 -> 31:49.920] as like your Fernando Alonso's or your,
[31:49.920 -> 31:52.780] but then Fernando Alonso is one of the smartest
[31:52.780 -> 31:54.200] and the best drivers in the grid.
[31:54.200 -> 31:55.440] He's amazing bro.
[31:55.440 -> 31:56.840] But yeah, what you're saying is right.
[31:56.840 -> 31:59.520] For Max, it's like racing, racing, racing, isn't it?
[31:59.520 -> 32:00.640] And he loves FIFA.
[32:00.640 -> 32:04.300] I know he loves playing FIFA, but he doesn't,
[32:04.300 -> 32:05.000] it's not like,
[32:05.000 -> 32:06.600] he might not publicise it, mate.
[32:06.600 -> 32:08.040] He might be an amazing artist.
[32:08.040 -> 32:09.480] He might love chess.
[32:09.480 -> 32:10.640] He might bake cakes.
[32:10.640 -> 32:12.920] Max for schnapple shakes.
[32:12.920 -> 32:14.360] He might have a milkshake.
[32:14.360 -> 32:16.160] I reckon he makes apple schnoodle.
[32:16.160 -> 32:17.000] Apple schnoodle?
[32:17.000 -> 32:18.240] He does, he does.
[32:18.240 -> 32:20.080] He makes apple schnoodle a lot.
[32:20.080 -> 32:21.520] IndyCar series.
[32:21.520 -> 32:22.360] Oh yeah.
[32:22.360 -> 32:23.240] NTT.
[32:23.240 -> 32:24.800] What does NTT stand for?
[32:24.800 -> 32:27.480] That is the NG yeah. NTT. What does NTT stand for? That is the NGT.
[32:27.480 -> 32:29.200] NTT.
[32:29.200 -> 32:30.400] The race before, right?
[32:30.400 -> 32:34.040] No, this is called the NTT IndyCar series.
[32:34.880 -> 32:36.400] So it's not the Indy 500,
[32:36.400 -> 32:37.600] which we know as an oval track.
[32:37.600 -> 32:38.440] No, I'm asking you,
[32:38.440 -> 32:41.120] because I don't know what it stands for.
[32:41.120 -> 32:41.960] I don't know what it means, bro.
[32:41.960 -> 32:45.600] I've learned that there's two engine suppliers in IndyCar.
[32:45.600 -> 32:46.520] Yep, can you name them?
[32:46.520 -> 32:48.800] Yep, Honda and Chevrolet.
[32:48.800 -> 32:49.640] Very nice.
[32:49.640 -> 32:50.600] I actually thought there was three,
[32:50.600 -> 32:52.760] but I guess there's only two.
[32:52.760 -> 32:53.840] Points are distributed.
[32:53.840 -> 32:54.720] Andretti, no?
[32:54.720 -> 32:56.080] Or are they a team?
[32:56.080 -> 32:57.800] Sorry, there's only two?
[32:57.800 -> 33:00.480] Yeah, points are distributed for the whole team.
[33:00.480 -> 33:01.320] Okay.
[33:01.320 -> 33:02.160] For everyone.
[33:02.160 -> 33:04.000] All you gotta do is finish the race and you get points.
[33:04.000 -> 33:05.340] Apart from?
[33:05.340 -> 33:06.780] If you retire.
[33:06.780 -> 33:07.620] There you go.
[33:07.620 -> 33:10.680] I'm literally reading that Instagram box
[33:10.680 -> 33:11.960] of what people have sent in.
[33:11.960 -> 33:13.000] I don't know.
[33:13.000 -> 33:13.900] There's no way I'd know.
[33:13.900 -> 33:15.920] We ask people to send in some stuff you know
[33:15.920 -> 33:17.440] or have learned about IndyCar.
[33:17.440 -> 33:18.620] Well, if you get a good one,
[33:18.620 -> 33:19.840] make sure to shout out the name,
[33:19.840 -> 33:21.000] because they deserve it.
[33:21.000 -> 33:22.360] One thing I want to say, all right,
[33:22.360 -> 33:26.040] a hundred laps, that's very American. Well, because it's just, it's big. I like that. Fuck it, want to say, all right, 100 laps. That's very American.
[33:26.040 -> 33:26.880] Well, cause it's just, it's big.
[33:26.880 -> 33:27.720] I like that.
[33:27.720 -> 33:29.740] Fuck it, let's just do a hundred.
[33:29.740 -> 33:30.580] Let's just do a hundred.
[33:30.580 -> 33:31.560] That track's crazy as well.
[33:31.560 -> 33:32.760] That track reminds,
[33:32.760 -> 33:35.120] it reminds me a bit of like a Formula E track.
[33:35.120 -> 33:36.600] Or that reminds me a bit like the London Formula E track.
[33:36.600 -> 33:38.520] They even look a little bit like Formula E cars,
[33:38.520 -> 33:41.040] a little bit, a little bit, like a cross between.
[33:41.040 -> 33:42.780] I actually quite like the screen.
[33:42.780 -> 33:49.640] Like the screen that like keeps the wind out or whatever, but it's safer for one, I've learned that, so maybe that could be
[33:49.640 -> 33:52.200] something that could be introduced into Formula One at some point, but also
[33:52.200 -> 33:56.240] surely it makes a car smoother. They've tried it, it's been proposed.
[33:56.240 -> 34:00.480] Really? Red Bull designed it, did you know that? It's not true open cockpit racing.
[34:00.480 -> 34:08.960] Little winks going on back and forth. Is that why they do it? I've just got a twitch. It's not true open cockpit racing? Yeah well it's not is it? I mean you can call this single
[34:08.960 -> 34:13.200] seater but can you really, can you truly call it open cockpit? I don't know, send us a DM,
[34:13.200 -> 34:16.960] let us know your thoughts. They go a lot quicker in IndyCar though, the cars are a lot quicker so
[34:16.960 -> 34:21.120] safety for sure like it's a very important measure. Well they're a lot quicker around the
[34:21.120 -> 34:25.000] oval circuit but I guarantee they're not going to be as quick as an F1 car around this circuit.
[34:25.000 -> 34:27.000] Because it's very, very tight.
[34:27.000 -> 34:29.000] But could an F1 car even go around this circuit?
[34:29.000 -> 34:32.000] Probably not, mate, because it's... you see how bumpy it is?
[34:32.000 -> 34:33.000] Yeah, and there's stuff all over the track.
[34:33.000 -> 34:39.000] Mad bumpy. Now that's something that F1 drivers don't have to deal with as much, is a bumpy track like that.
[34:39.000 -> 34:45.060] You see them bumping, bumping down, thumping down the straights, and I just think, how are you even handling that?
[34:45.060 -> 34:46.580] Well, last year we had Porpoise.
[34:46.580 -> 34:48.100] Thank God the Porpoises have gone.
[34:48.100 -> 34:50.060] I saw a couple of tortoises yesterday.
[34:50.060 -> 34:50.900] Did you really?
[34:50.900 -> 34:52.620] I did huge ones too.
[34:52.620 -> 34:53.940] Fab's had a weekend away.
[34:53.940 -> 34:55.220] Woburn Safari Park.
[34:55.220 -> 34:56.980] Left me 100 laps.
[34:56.980 -> 35:00.780] All right, around this Detroit circuit in the IndyCar.
[35:00.780 -> 35:02.660] 1.645 mile circuit.
[35:02.660 -> 35:05.000] It's 164.5 miles.
[35:05.060 -> 35:08.240] So to put this into perspective with F1, for example,
[35:08.240 -> 35:11.960] Spa is seven kilometers, that's 4.35 miles.
[35:11.960 -> 35:16.960] 44 laps of the Spa circuit, that's 191.4 miles.
[35:16.960 -> 35:18.600] Silverstone is 5.9 kilometers.
[35:18.600 -> 35:20.760] You and me know that because we ran it.
[35:20.760 -> 35:25.000] When we say ran, we cut a couple of corners,
[35:25.000 -> 35:27.400] did a little bit of walking, sat down for a little bit,
[35:27.400 -> 35:28.540] but we did complete it.
[35:28.540 -> 35:29.380] We did a little bit.
[35:29.380 -> 35:30.440] That was tough.
[35:30.440 -> 35:34.160] Two people who don't run or don't do that kind of exercise,
[35:34.160 -> 35:37.420] well, try to, but we just don't.
[35:37.420 -> 35:40.120] In my defense, I wasn't wearing the greatest shoes.
[35:40.120 -> 35:42.640] That reminds me of when we did Ben Nevis.
[35:42.640 -> 35:43.960] Ben Nevis was great, mate.
[35:43.960 -> 35:45.720] I would do that again in a heartbeat.
[35:46.840 -> 35:48.400] I was wearing your trainers.
[35:48.400 -> 35:50.080] No, I had your proper climbing boots
[35:50.080 -> 35:52.120] and you were wearing trainers.
[35:52.120 -> 35:55.360] Sliding up the snow at the top of Ben Nevis in Scotland.
[35:55.360 -> 35:56.400] Do you know what I'd love to see?
[35:56.400 -> 35:58.200] A snowy race.
[35:58.200 -> 36:00.120] Has there ever been one?
[36:00.120 -> 36:02.280] No, I don't think there has been.
[36:02.280 -> 36:03.960] Because you could never drive on it, could you?
[36:03.960 -> 36:05.000] No, I suppose. But they should put chains on the wheels. Like, you know, when you go skiing, you don't think there has been. Because you could never drive on it, could you? No, I suppose.
[36:05.000 -> 36:07.000] But they should put chains on the wheels.
[36:07.000 -> 36:09.000] Like, you know when you go skiing, you don't want them on.
[36:09.000 -> 36:12.000] Well, I liked the F2 sprint yesterday because it was wet.
[36:12.000 -> 36:15.000] At the beginning it was really wet, so they would come out on wet.
[36:15.000 -> 36:18.000] So it was really interesting to watch these younger drivers and see who's got the...
[36:18.000 -> 36:19.000] I missed the sprint.
[36:19.000 -> 36:22.000] Yeah, it's really interesting to see who's got the ability in the wet.
[36:22.000 -> 36:28.520] Because I do think that's a really good way to show how good a driver you are I think back to my days
[36:28.520 -> 36:32.080] in the car when I was in the show again man you and I was really able to show my
[36:32.080 -> 36:36.080] speed in the wet in the rain well she was spinning out all over the place I
[36:36.080 -> 36:42.280] was able to set my own you set a really blindingly quick lap well I like to
[36:42.280 -> 36:46.560] drift around the corners in the wet really works with my driving style.
[36:47.120 -> 36:48.880] You're a bit of an Alonso.
[36:48.880 -> 36:50.880] Yeah, Alonso slash Senna.
[36:50.880 -> 36:53.200] I've got mixes of people's driving styles.
[36:54.400 -> 36:55.840] Bit of a Stappan in there as well.
[36:55.840 -> 36:57.600] Yeah, every now and again there's a Stappan.
[36:57.600 -> 36:59.680] I would definitely take the lunch.
[36:59.680 -> 37:01.920] Silverstone is 5.9 kilometers, 52 laps.
[37:01.920 -> 37:03.840] That's 190 miles.
[37:03.840 -> 37:04.340] Okay.
[37:05.200 -> 37:08.120] So, you know, even though this is 100 laps,
[37:08.120 -> 37:10.780] it's not actually as long as a F1 race.
[37:12.480 -> 37:14.080] Oh, what was that?
[37:14.080 -> 37:15.280] I don't know.
[37:15.280 -> 37:16.120] That was three.
[37:16.120 -> 37:18.800] My mouth was shut, my brain just made a fucking noise.
[37:18.800 -> 37:20.080] That was three weird noises.
[37:20.080 -> 37:20.920] Yeah.
[37:23.560 -> 37:24.960] It's amazing how they started.
[37:24.960 -> 37:25.740] Did you see the start formation?
[37:25.740 -> 37:27.180] Yeah, different format.
[37:27.180 -> 37:29.140] It's a rolling start,
[37:29.140 -> 37:30.820] but they all have to like bunch up together.
[37:30.820 -> 37:32.940] But I don't know how it fully works.
[37:32.940 -> 37:34.620] They come around the corner
[37:34.620 -> 37:36.300] and they're all obviously separated,
[37:36.300 -> 37:39.260] but then they bunch up into like a grid formation
[37:39.260 -> 37:40.660] while they're still driving.
[37:41.980 -> 37:43.820] But the guy at the front decided to go
[37:43.820 -> 37:44.740] and they got yellow flagged
[37:44.740 -> 37:47.280] because apparently not enough of them had bunched up.
[37:47.280 -> 37:49.200] So how do they decide how many bunched up?
[37:49.200 -> 37:51.200] I don't know, but it's a cool way to start a race.
[37:51.200 -> 37:52.340] The best bit about the whole thing
[37:52.340 -> 37:54.240] is the guy on the interview before.
[37:54.240 -> 37:57.760] The guy, he took me out last week.
[37:57.760 -> 38:00.080] Let me tell you this, if he does it this week,
[38:00.080 -> 38:01.240] I'll be going with him.
[38:01.240 -> 38:02.560] That's nice.
[38:02.560 -> 38:05.200] That was precise. Do you want to take it again? That was spot on.
[38:05.200 -> 38:06.200] That was absolutely spot on.
[38:06.200 -> 38:14.200] He just said I was too nice, I'll be sure to take him with me next time.
[38:14.200 -> 38:15.480] Yeah, that was better.
[38:15.480 -> 38:16.480] That's pretty badass.
[38:16.480 -> 38:17.800] People didn't get it from what I said.
[38:17.800 -> 38:18.800] I think that's pretty cool.
[38:18.800 -> 38:21.480] I think that was Pato O'Ward and Ericsson.
[38:21.480 -> 38:22.960] I like to hear that.
[38:22.960 -> 38:24.760] Do you know what?
[38:24.760 -> 38:25.720] In a nice way. I just like knowing that. Do you know what? In a nice way.
[38:25.720 -> 38:27.120] I just like knowing that out there
[38:27.120 -> 38:28.440] is that there's a bit of banner.
[38:28.440 -> 38:32.200] 2022 Fab would have said,
[38:32.200 -> 38:35.400] F1 needs to take a leaf out of their book and do that.
[38:35.400 -> 38:36.960] But they're two very different sports.
[38:36.960 -> 38:38.080] They are, yeah, yeah.
[38:38.080 -> 38:39.600] So, but I love that.
[38:39.600 -> 38:40.760] I do love that.
[38:40.760 -> 38:41.600] I do love that.
[38:41.600 -> 38:42.440] Bit ice hockey-ish.
[38:42.440 -> 38:43.520] They're different series, aren't they?
[38:43.520 -> 38:44.360] It is.
[38:44.360 -> 38:47.700] I noticed it because Lando did an interview
[38:47.700 -> 38:50.520] after quali yesterday and he was joking.
[38:50.520 -> 38:51.960] He's only joking and he's like,
[38:51.960 -> 38:53.280] oh, it's signed his home track.
[38:53.280 -> 38:54.760] So I thought I'd give him a couple of attempts.
[38:54.760 -> 38:56.080] That's why it's second attempt.
[38:56.080 -> 38:57.740] And I know they're only joking because they're mates,
[38:57.740 -> 38:59.480] but a bit of me does think, wow,
[38:59.480 -> 39:00.800] whenever Lando does an interview,
[39:00.800 -> 39:02.840] he's like, he's one of the only ones on the grid
[39:02.840 -> 39:03.840] that like jokes.
[39:03.840 -> 39:05.120] Like, I feel like he's one of the only ones on the grid that like jokes like I feel like
[39:05.120 -> 39:11.920] he's not being completely under the thumb media trained I don't know everyone else is just a
[39:11.920 -> 39:15.760] little bit like yeah good race car's really good thank you to the team back at the factory let's
[39:15.760 -> 39:19.680] keep pushing and we'll be better next week thanks guys to the team back at Brackley thank you so much
[39:21.440 -> 39:26.580] you get something random I like that I think it's just slightly looser in the States.
[39:26.580 -> 39:29.040] I think their whole TV and broadcasting
[39:29.040 -> 39:31.560] in general is slightly looser.
[39:31.560 -> 39:33.680] Mate, they're playing music on the highlights.
[39:33.680 -> 39:35.540] When the highlights are coming up, they're playing music.
[39:35.540 -> 39:37.640] And I'm imagining the cars driving around
[39:37.640 -> 39:38.600] with it coming out the radio.
[39:38.600 -> 39:40.800] Mate, they were playing 80s disco tunes
[39:40.800 -> 39:42.360] after someone had just crashed.
[39:42.360 -> 39:45.360] That is epic.
[39:46.200 -> 39:47.160] It was unreal. I like the vibe.
[39:47.160 -> 39:48.560] I'm going to watch IndyCar a bit more
[39:48.560 -> 39:50.720] because I thought it was interesting.
[39:50.720 -> 39:52.600] It goes on for a long time, but it was interesting.
[39:52.600 -> 39:54.920] We have a week of racing now, don't we?
[39:54.920 -> 39:56.040] We do have a week off.
[39:56.040 -> 39:56.960] There's no racing.
[39:56.960 -> 39:58.720] We have James's wedding this weekend.
[39:58.720 -> 40:00.320] Yep, one of our mates' weddings.
[40:00.320 -> 40:01.960] And then yeah, weekend after is Canada,
[40:01.960 -> 40:03.560] meant to be a great race.
[40:03.560 -> 40:04.920] Don't really remember it from last year.
[40:04.920 -> 40:05.640] I would love to watch it again.
[40:05.640 -> 40:07.280] I would love to go to Canada.
[40:07.280 -> 40:09.920] Imagine being able to go there, do a bit of skiing first,
[40:09.920 -> 40:11.280] go over to the race.
[40:11.280 -> 40:12.880] Oh, I'd love to go to Canada one day.
[40:12.880 -> 40:14.200] It's lovely, it's a lovely country.
[40:14.200 -> 40:16.720] It's like blazing hot in the summer
[40:16.720 -> 40:17.800] and freezing cold in the winter.
[40:17.800 -> 40:19.500] Their seasons are like perfect.
[40:20.440 -> 40:22.080] And they've got bears, right?
[40:22.080 -> 40:22.920] I guess they do.
[40:22.920 -> 40:24.520] You saw some bears at the safari?
[40:24.520 -> 40:26.000] Did, did indeed, yes.
[40:26.000 -> 40:29.000] You really don't want to talk about this weekend.
[40:29.000 -> 40:32.000] Well, I went on a safari, what else do you want to know?
[40:32.000 -> 40:36.000] I wasn't in Africa, or like I was in the UK.
[40:36.000 -> 40:40.000] Woburn Safari Park, give Woburn Safari Park a shout out.
[40:40.000 -> 40:43.000] A shout out, yeah, shout out to Woburn Safari Park.
[40:43.000 -> 40:47.800] And guys, that is your Monday morning pod
[40:47.800 -> 40:52.120] yeah Monday morning whether you're tuning in on your way to work whether
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