This podcast is useless... ALONSO GOT 3RD!

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast! Woweee what a race that was. Jeddah is always a crazy race! In this episode we tune in before the race again to give you our thoughts and predictions, talk about the F2 feature race, and all our thoughts on the main event of the evening! Thanks for listening along guys, send in your questions to us on our Instagram @Pitstop for a chance to have them answered in the next episode!
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Welcome to the Pit Stop Podcast! Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca are your hosts. Here's a detailed summary of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix episode:

**Pre-Race Predictions:**

* Jake predicted Verstappen to win, Alonso second, and Perez third.
* Fabio predicted Perez to win, Alonso second, and Verstappen third.

**Race Highlights:**

* Alonso made a bold move at the start, overtaking Perez and taking the lead.
* Verstappen drove aggressively from 15th position, eventually finishing second.
* Sergio Perez held on to win the race, despite a five-second time penalty.
* Fernando Alonso was initially awarded third place, but a ten-second penalty dropped him to fifth.
* George Russell secured a podium finish for Mercedes, coming in third.

**Post-Race Analysis:**

* The hosts praised Perez for his victory and acknowledged Verstappen's impressive performance.
* They discussed the controversial time penalties handed to Alonso and Aston Martin.
* They highlighted Russell's strong performance in the Mercedes.
* The hosts expressed concern about the performance of the McLaren cars.
* They mentioned Oscar Piastri's battle with Lando Norris and Logan Sargent.

**Random Topics:**

* The hosts discussed a statistic suggesting that the winner of the first race of the season often finishes second in the championship.
* They speculated about the possibility of Logan Sargent joining Red Bull in the future.
* They shared their thoughts on the collaboration between Red Bull and Ford.

**Conclusion:**

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was an exciting race with plenty of drama and unexpected twists. Perez's victory, Verstappen's comeback drive, and Alonso's penalty were key talking points. The hosts provided insightful analysis and engaged in entertaining discussions throughout the episode. # Pit Stop Podcast Summary: Post-Race Analysis and Predictions

## Introduction

* Hosts Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca discuss the recent Formula One race in Imola, Italy.
* They analyze the performances of various drivers and teams, highlighting key moments and controversies.
* The hosts also make predictions for upcoming races and speculate on potential driver and team changes.

## Race Recap and Analysis

* Red Bull's dominance continues, with Max Verstappen winning the race and Sergio Perez finishing second.
* Fernando Alonso secures a podium finish for Alpine, but is later disqualified due to a technical infringement.
* Mercedes struggles, with Lewis Hamilton finishing fourth and George Russell fifth.
* Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have disappointing races, finishing outside the points.

## Driver and Team Performances

* Verstappen is praised for his commanding performance, while Perez is criticized for his lack of pace.
* Alonso's disqualification is seen as a major setback for Alpine, who had hoped to challenge for the podium.
* Hamilton and Russell's struggles raise questions about Mercedes' competitiveness this season.
* Piastri and Norris are seen as victims of their team's poor performance, with McLaren and Williams struggling for pace.

## Predictions for Upcoming Races

* The hosts predict that Red Bull will continue to dominate in the upcoming races.
* They believe that Ferrari and Mercedes will be the main challengers to Red Bull, but they may struggle to match the pace of the Red Bull cars.
* The hosts also discuss the possibility of a surprise winner from a midfield team, such as Alpine or Aston Martin.

## Speculation on Driver and Team Changes

* The hosts speculate on the possibility of Logan Sargeant joining Red Bull in the future, replacing Sergio Perez.
* They also discuss the possibility of a USA League in Formula One, featuring American drivers and teams.
* The hosts propose a rule change that would limit the number of years a driver can spend at a team, promoting driver movement and creating more excitement.

## Conclusion

* The hosts wrap up the podcast by expressing their excitement for the upcoming races and thanking their listeners for their support.
* They also tease a special announcement for their next episode.

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[00:59.680 -> 01:04.680] Alonzo pushed him back, and Alonzo takes the win!
[01:04.680 -> 01:06.000] Fernando!
[01:06.000 -> 01:08.000] Go on the boy!
[01:16.000 -> 01:20.000] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Pit Stop Podcast.
[01:20.000 -> 01:24.000] It's Sunday the 19th and it's bloody race day!
[01:24.000 -> 01:26.000] We're sat here on the sofa
[01:26.000 -> 01:28.000] as per usual like every other week
[01:28.000 -> 01:30.000] pretty much. But we've got the F1 on the TV
[01:30.000 -> 01:32.000] it's kicking off in about 30 minutes.
[01:32.000 -> 01:34.000] 30 minutes until lights out and away we go.
[01:34.000 -> 01:36.000] We're obviously going to be taking you
[01:36.000 -> 01:38.000] through the first corner live
[01:38.000 -> 01:40.000] as well. Live! Action!
[01:40.000 -> 01:42.000] I like giving our little chat after
[01:42.000 -> 01:44.000] qualifying, before the race, to
[01:44.000 -> 01:45.600] talk about everything we said
[01:45.920 -> 01:49.220] Well, absolutely mate because we made a few predictions on the last pod
[01:49.220 -> 01:55.920] Mm-hmm, they're a little bit invalidated now because I know we said Oscar Piastri driver of the day and that he's starting eighth
[01:56.600 -> 02:02.520] Yeah, that's unbelievable. That's really good. That's really good. But Max is obviously not starting anywhere near the front
[02:02.520 -> 02:05.280] Yeah, you said Max was going to win. Yeah.
[02:05.280 -> 02:08.080] Do you reckon Max could actually make it all the way through the field?
[02:08.080 -> 02:09.240] I don't think he could win it.
[02:09.240 -> 02:10.960] I think he could honestly get a podium.
[02:10.960 -> 02:15.360] You said yesterday you feel like Red Bull could be doing it deliberately just to show how good he is.
[02:15.360 -> 02:20.160] No, yesterday I was saying I think Red Bull feel like they have to let Checo win at least one race.
[02:20.160 -> 02:20.720] Really?
[02:20.720 -> 02:22.280] Yeah, sorry, sorry Max.
[02:22.280 -> 02:24.400] Car's broken so Checo's going to take this one.
[02:24.400 -> 02:25.000] Sorry, mate.
[02:25.000 -> 02:30.200] Do you actually think 15th, Max could come through? I mean if anyone can, Max in that red bull can.
[02:30.200 -> 02:32.700] He could come through, it's a hard track though.
[02:32.700 -> 02:34.000] A lot of safety cars.
[02:34.000 -> 02:38.200] I'm really ill by the way, the people listening at home, I'm ill. I feel like Jake might be getting ill.
[02:38.200 -> 02:40.000] Yeah, I swear I say this every week.
[02:40.000 -> 02:41.000] Yeah, stop getting ill.
[02:41.000 -> 02:45.400] I'm ill all the time, but it's not gonna ruin my energy levels mate, because I'm buzzing for this race.
[02:45.400 -> 02:49.900] Your prediction, Verstappen to win, Alonso second, obviously starting second.
[02:49.900 -> 02:50.400] Yep.
[02:50.400 -> 02:53.700] That is unbelievable for the Aston Martin, and Lance is up there as well.
[02:53.700 -> 02:58.700] So you predicted Verstappen to win, Alonso to win, Alonso second, Perez third.
[02:58.700 -> 03:03.200] I predicted Perez to win, Alonso second, and Verstappen third.
[03:03.200 -> 03:05.660] See, I think Verstappen could take third.
[03:05.660 -> 03:06.500] You reckon?
[03:06.500 -> 03:07.880] I think he could from 15th, yeah.
[03:07.880 -> 03:09.180] What about Oscar Piastri?
[03:09.180 -> 03:11.060] Because him coming eighth is amazing.
[03:11.060 -> 03:14.780] He was, his first race he only lasted 13 laps, disaster.
[03:14.780 -> 03:16.140] You know, we wanted him to do amazing
[03:16.140 -> 03:19.060] and then we watched him yesterday, Lando was unfortunate.
[03:19.060 -> 03:20.420] Mate, it's the unknown, isn't it?
[03:20.420 -> 03:21.580] But it's so exciting.
[03:21.580 -> 03:22.660] It's the unknown.
[03:22.660 -> 03:23.500] Yeah.
[03:23.500 -> 03:24.320] Lining up next to Hamilton.
[03:24.320 -> 03:26.320] I'd have loved to have, yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy. I'd have loved to have seen where Lando would have come if he. It's the unknown. Yeah, I know it's the Hamilton. I'd have loved to have yeah, that's crazy
[03:26.320 -> 03:30.380] I'd love to assume where land I would have come if he hadn't ruined the car, but Oscar
[03:30.380 -> 03:34.720] I really don't know mate to be honest. However out of all the rookies
[03:34.940 -> 03:39.940] This is a stat which got me yesterday was that obviously Nick the Vries has not driven this track before
[03:40.160 -> 03:44.520] Yeah, because when did that when did they when was the first generation 21 21?
[03:44.520 -> 03:45.800] Then obviously he was in Formula E
[03:45.800 -> 03:51.360] So it's only ever been two winners Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen last year who will be the third winner?
[03:51.360 -> 03:53.680] I know Alonso, baby. Oh my god
[03:54.960 -> 04:00.760] Today it would just open up the whole championship with especially if the step and can't make it through
[04:00.760 -> 04:08.600] Yeah, if we do see safety cars something crazy could happen happen here. Which, we must talk about F2 quickly. Mate, that's exactly what I wanted to go on
[04:08.600 -> 04:13.520] to next. We must, because that was amazing. I'm really getting into it. This year's really
[04:13.520 -> 04:22.080] special for us, because we actually have people... I'm going to sneeze. Go on. He's doing that
[04:22.080 -> 04:28.720] weird face where he's staring into oblivion. Yeah, it's doing the thing where it tickles the inside of your nostril no i can't do it i can't admit it yeah obviously we had ollie
[04:28.720 -> 04:32.560] on the pod and we know a few f2 drivers so when we watch it it feels a lot more personal and
[04:33.280 -> 04:39.440] straight off the bat tayo poor chair is a dick no i don't mean that but fucking hell i mean that
[04:39.440 -> 04:44.640] was a bad bad bad move no we want him on the pod to talk about as well for anyone who watched f2
[04:44.640 -> 04:46.720] like it's just there was a
[04:46.720 -> 04:50.060] Lot of chaos really mean it's one of those tracks where you're gonna have a load of stuff happening
[04:50.240 -> 04:54.980] There was a bit of a bad move from teleport chair put himself and it put ollie bearman out of the race
[04:55.160 -> 04:58.140] Yeah, it was a shame that was in the sprint and then in the actual race
[04:58.140 -> 05:02.400] Ollie was flying like that prema looks so quick like he's driving really well
[05:02.400 -> 05:06.320] I think it's it's just there was a few spins from a few drivers
[05:06.320 -> 05:07.160] and it just didn't end up
[05:07.160 -> 05:09.360] and he ended up getting a point coming 10th.
[05:09.360 -> 05:11.120] It's Alex Brundle doing the commentary, right?
[05:11.120 -> 05:12.040] For F2?
[05:12.040 -> 05:12.860] Yeah, I think so.
[05:12.860 -> 05:14.440] With someone else.
[05:14.440 -> 05:15.340] He made a good point.
[05:15.340 -> 05:18.720] He was like, look, you know, Oli Behrman's like 17.
[05:18.720 -> 05:20.480] All of these lads in F2 are quite young.
[05:20.480 -> 05:23.060] I mean, they are, what was the term?
[05:23.060 -> 05:26.200] They're juniors, they're junior, they're junior just junior race junior drivers or whatever
[05:26.200 -> 05:27.880] we're going to call it so this is the
[05:27.880 -> 05:29.960] time when they learn and like I don't
[05:29.960 -> 05:31.760] know if you notice but Teo Porchetta
[05:31.760 -> 05:34.000] didn't do that same move in the feature
[05:34.000 -> 05:35.920] race that he was doing in the sprint so
[05:35.920 -> 05:37.600] so he's obviously learned from that.
[05:37.600 -> 05:39.040] Well he did it the first time and he
[05:39.040 -> 05:40.360] made the jump but he obviously thought
[05:40.360 -> 05:41.840] you know what that was good and I watched
[05:41.840 -> 05:43.720] it and I thought you know what it worked
[05:43.720 -> 05:46.660] but he's gonna crash and then he went on it on the second time didn't he
[05:46.660 -> 05:50.880] and tried to jump too yeah and it was just unnecessary so I can understand why
[05:50.880 -> 05:55.400] Ollie was annoyed. It's also quite quite interesting watching the F2
[05:55.400 -> 05:58.440] because you the more that you watch it and you listen to the guys you learn a
[05:58.440 -> 06:02.240] lot of stuff and I've learned a little bit about F2 cars because from what I
[06:02.240 -> 06:08.340] I mean I'm sure you're under the same impression we thought all all F2 cars were the same. Yeah I thought they were pretty
[06:08.340 -> 06:12.480] they can't change them anywhere near as much. So they are yeah I mean so the
[06:12.480 -> 06:16.420] engine and that is the same but even down to like the aerodynamics like the
[06:16.420 -> 06:20.580] the actual shape of the car they're all the same yet some cars can still be
[06:20.580 -> 06:24.620] faster than others. So that apparently after doing a bit of googling
[06:24.620 -> 06:27.520] apparently that's all down to just like the setup
[06:27.520 -> 06:29.980] of the car, how the team sets that car up
[06:29.980 -> 06:31.360] for that specific track.
[06:31.360 -> 06:33.880] So it really is who's got the best garage.
[06:33.880 -> 06:35.800] The teams, mate, they must be so much,
[06:35.800 -> 06:37.320] I mean, not much more important than F1,
[06:37.320 -> 06:39.200] but they're very important to get this out, right?
[06:39.200 -> 06:40.720] I find it mad, their pits.
[06:40.720 -> 06:43.000] Their pits, the fact one guy has to take the wheel off
[06:43.000 -> 06:44.240] and like, they're a lot slower
[06:44.240 -> 06:46.560] because there's only one person per wheel but yeah the pressure
[06:46.560 -> 06:51.840] on that person to get it off get the other one line it up get the bolt on yeah
[06:51.840 -> 06:56.360] and then you can't be as in sync can you know it's like we spoke to who did we
[06:56.360 -> 06:59.560] have on we have Matt Matt on and he was talking about being and working in f2 and
[06:59.560 -> 07:03.400] he was saying like the pressure on the people in the pit crew is so high in f2
[07:03.400 -> 07:05.560] oh there's Rufus high on the bus come on the TV in the pit crew is so high in F2. Oh, there's Ruf Buscombe! Buscombe!
[07:05.560 -> 07:06.560] He's so high on the um...
[07:06.560 -> 07:07.560] Ruf Buscombe on the TV!
[07:07.560 -> 07:10.680] Because they know they've got these kids that want to be F1 drivers, they can't mess it
[07:10.680 -> 07:11.680] up for them.
[07:11.680 -> 07:12.680] Yeah.
[07:12.680 -> 07:15.140] But we should, I do want to give a massive shout out to Prema because they look really
[07:15.140 -> 07:20.560] really quick today and Vesti, Vestigard, obviously Oli's team mate, he won today, which is insane.
[07:20.560 -> 07:24.360] Doohan came second, Deruvla third, who also looks really quick.
[07:24.360 -> 07:25.040] Right, we are
[07:25.040 -> 07:28.640] now on the grid time for our Martin Brundle gridwalk I will give a shout out
[07:28.640 -> 07:31.880] to Lays and me I think he's been incredible again I very much enjoyed the
[07:31.880 -> 07:36.960] Hamilton lie detector clip on sky sports and I'm loving Nico Rosberg yeah Nico
[07:36.960 -> 07:40.720] Rosberg looks great my dad keeps calling him Rico noseburg
[07:40.720 -> 07:45.480] it's close it's not bad I would what did he say to me on the phone earlier? He said
[07:45.480 -> 07:49.960] yeah what about Lando in quali and I was like yeah he was like yeah he Lando'd
[07:49.960 -> 07:57.320] he landed it straight into the wall. Worst dad joke I've ever heard in my life.
[07:57.320 -> 08:01.000] Should we come back on the first corner? Yeah we'll tune back in we're about 20
[08:01.000 -> 08:04.600] minutes away so it's an exciting time do you reckon we're gonna have any DNFs
[08:04.600 -> 08:05.160] today?
[08:05.160 -> 08:07.680] shit, two more predictions by the way
[08:07.680 -> 08:09.080] we need to give predictions, oh we already
[08:09.080 -> 08:11.840] have yeah so Max I think he can make
[08:11.840 -> 08:13.240] third what about the Claire mate because he's
[08:13.240 -> 08:15.440] taken a 10 grid penalty well the Ferrari
[08:15.440 -> 08:17.440] doesn't look slow. It's your mate, your mate
[08:17.440 -> 08:19.280] your mate's on TV. Who's my mate?
[08:19.280 -> 08:23.520] Will Smith! Will Smith! Hello Will!
[08:23.520 -> 08:25.000] Look who's my mate, it's Will Smith.
[08:25.000 -> 08:26.000] Let's go!
[08:26.000 -> 08:27.000] Legend.
[08:27.000 -> 08:29.000] I'm expecting big things from Russell as well.
[08:29.000 -> 08:32.000] Like Russell's starting third. That's amazing for Russell.
[08:32.000 -> 08:34.000] We're so excited, we just keep talking about it.
[08:34.000 -> 08:37.000] That Mercedes isn't that great. I know, we're just chatting absolute shit now.
[08:37.000 -> 08:40.000] We'll be back on the first corner of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
[08:40.000 -> 08:45.400] I really hope Fernando Alonso pulls something out of the bag here.
[08:47.120 -> 08:54.400] This is the start. And here we go Jake. The clock has struck 8 o'clock. 8 p.m. sharp local time there in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
[08:54.400 -> 08:59.280] The cars are leaving the grid. I didn't actually know Logan Sargent was last. He didn't set a time yesterday.
[08:59.280 -> 09:01.040] So Lando's 19th, not last.
[09:01.040 -> 09:03.520] Unfortunate, a very bad day for Sargent.
[09:03.520 -> 09:05.120] Logan was so unlucky because he got
[09:05.120 -> 09:09.000] it deleted for turn 27 when he apparently went off the track. Do you know what bit?
[09:09.000 -> 09:13.920] Did that still stand? Yeah, but it's because there's that bit where it goes into the pit
[09:13.920 -> 09:19.080] and his wheels went over that pit line or touched that pit line. And if you touch that
[09:19.080 -> 09:28.000] white line coming round that straight from turn 27, you your lap Jake Brundle yeah well you know I wanted to step up and say that
[09:28.000 -> 09:29.520] Jake fucking Button over it
[09:29.520 -> 09:32.480] ask me something about this track do you want to know about the strategies
[09:32.480 -> 09:36.480] um whoa yeah go on then well they're saying it's going to be a one stop which
[09:36.480 -> 09:39.680] is interesting that is very interesting especially after watching an f2 earlier
[09:39.680 -> 09:42.320] the tires were getting destroyed obviously a different time of the day
[09:42.320 -> 09:46.080] the temperature was different on track.
[09:46.080 -> 09:52.600] But there'll probably be a safety car as well. Now I'll have you know you're giving me strategy I actually gave some
[09:52.600 -> 09:58.120] strategy advice to an actual race strategist Ruth Buscombe at Alfa Romeo
[09:58.120 -> 10:03.080] last year I made a few bold predictions and they came true yeah they came true
[10:03.080 -> 10:05.280] for Alfa Romeo and. So she asked me
[10:05.280 -> 10:10.360] earlier today, what lap? I just have a thing with laps. Got the crystal ball out. I said
[10:10.360 -> 10:17.400] lap 27 and I said lap... I can't remember. What are these laps for? What did you tell
[10:17.400 -> 10:23.800] us these laps are about? The thing is I don't know. I said lap 27 and lap 45. Listen, it's
[10:23.800 -> 10:27.080] a tight track. Don't charge at the beginning.
[10:27.080 -> 10:29.600] If you do charge at the beginning, it'd be a disaster.
[10:29.600 -> 10:31.400] But you were telling Rufus to do it.
[10:31.400 -> 10:33.000] I said, Rufus, yeah.
[10:33.000 -> 10:36.800] I said go long, go long, search for those points mid-race.
[10:36.800 -> 10:38.240] Don't rush it, don't rush it.
[10:38.240 -> 10:40.080] It's a long race, a lot of laps.
[10:40.080 -> 10:41.560] So, let's see.
[10:41.560 -> 10:46.400] The cars are now coming around the final corner as they line up.
[10:46.400 -> 10:49.200] Mike Crack on TV now as we zoom in.
[10:49.200 -> 10:54.320] It's weird seeing the graphics on like Sky where there's the three team bosses and Mike Crack standing there.
[10:54.320 -> 10:54.820] Yeah.
[10:54.820 -> 10:57.840] Like them three, you just don't normally see someone from Aston Martin there.
[10:58.320 -> 10:58.820] It's uh...
[10:58.820 -> 11:00.880] Oh, Lonzo's back in going out there.
[11:00.880 -> 11:02.160] Lonzo doing a little drift.
[11:02.160 -> 11:03.120] Icy-nicy.
[11:03.120 -> 11:06.260] Doesn't that look beautiful? The track at night with all the lights. It does look amazing there.
[11:06.260 -> 11:10.880] And that little drone show they got going on. It looks so stoked. Are they LED screens in the water?
[11:11.320 -> 11:16.800] That's beautiful. Wow. Beautiful track, never been but I'd love to go. Oscar Piastri in eighth
[11:16.800 -> 11:21.620] I can't believe he's lining up next to Lewis Hamilton. I really hope this race goes well for him. That's special.
[11:21.620 -> 11:29.920] That really is special. It's so special. If he can just get good points today. Ed, there's Ed. I love it when it goes to the garage. Where's Cal? Where's Cal? You
[11:29.920 -> 11:36.560] always see Cal and Brad though. Yeah. As their cars are now lining up on the grid. Cor, Alonzo
[11:36.560 -> 11:39.840] looks a little bit out of his box there, doesn't he? Yeah, he looks a little bit to the right.
[11:39.840 -> 11:42.360] Imagine if he got a penalty for that. What do you reckon the rule is with the box? You
[11:42.360 -> 11:47.200] just have to be in it or can your friend in it? Yeah, you got in it and someone got a penalty for that last time.
[11:47.200 -> 11:48.200] So your nose cone can't...
[11:48.200 -> 11:50.960] Yeah, he's out of the box, mate.
[11:50.960 -> 11:52.520] He does look out of the box, no?
[11:52.520 -> 11:53.520] He could get a...
[11:53.520 -> 11:54.520] Yeah, everyone else is right next to the line.
[11:54.520 -> 11:56.120] Alonso could get a penalty for that.
[11:56.120 -> 11:57.840] Yeah, he might.
[11:57.840 -> 11:59.320] That's really interesting.
[11:59.320 -> 12:01.040] As the safety car lines up now.
[12:01.040 -> 12:04.040] Ladies and gentlemen, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
[12:04.040 -> 12:05.200] Gonna hand it over
[12:05.200 -> 12:09.680] to Crofty. Come on Oscar. Here we go. We're gonna take you through the...
[12:12.560 -> 12:19.040] Checo comes over. Heavy to block Alonso. Alonso pushes him back. And Alonso's in front!
[12:19.040 -> 12:22.560] That's how it's done! Fernando!
[12:22.560 -> 12:25.540] Go on the boy. That's how it's done. Fernando!
[12:25.540 -> 12:26.860] That's how it's fucking done.
[12:26.860 -> 12:27.700] Where's Oscar?
[12:27.700 -> 12:28.780] Go on Oscar.
[12:28.780 -> 12:29.980] Go on Oscar.
[12:29.980 -> 12:32.100] He's fine, I think Oscar's stayed eighth.
[12:32.100 -> 12:33.580] Oh, someone's losing some body weight.
[12:33.580 -> 12:35.140] Someone's lost something.
[12:36.060 -> 12:37.740] Oh, he's out round the outside!
[12:37.740 -> 12:39.620] Fernando's pulling away!
[12:39.620 -> 12:42.780] Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we will be back after the race.
[12:42.780 -> 12:45.360] Is that Oscar Piastri in front of Esteban Ocord?
[12:45.360 -> 12:46.960] He's gained two places.
[12:46.960 -> 12:49.080] Oh, no, no, no.
[12:49.080 -> 12:51.040] Oscar's still behind Hammond, he's eighth.
[12:51.040 -> 12:51.880] Okay.
[12:51.880 -> 12:54.560] We'll be back after the race with our full race review.
[12:54.560 -> 12:55.400] Wow.
[12:55.400 -> 12:56.220] Alonso!
[12:58.000 -> 13:03.000] Alonso has been noted for a full starting position.
[13:03.120 -> 13:04.680] Just coming back in here just to let you all know.
[13:04.680 -> 13:06.240] Yeah, we said that. We said that.
[13:06.240 -> 13:07.440] Yeah, we said it. We just said it.
[13:07.440 -> 13:08.280] So we were right.
[13:08.280 -> 13:10.320] BitStop Podcast were right about Sandman.
[13:10.320 -> 13:11.360] We were right.
[13:12.680 -> 13:13.800] And there we have it.
[13:13.800 -> 13:17.320] The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is over.
[13:17.320 -> 13:20.520] Perez has held on and he has won.
[13:20.520 -> 13:24.760] Verstappen has come from 15th and he finished second.
[13:24.760 -> 13:26.920] Fernando Alonso finished third,
[13:26.920 -> 13:30.440] but he had a time penalty.
[13:30.440 -> 13:32.440] That is a disaster.
[13:32.440 -> 13:33.560] That's not good, mate.
[13:33.560 -> 13:34.680] That's really not fucking good.
[13:34.680 -> 13:37.120] I mean, for a start, round of applause to Sergio Perez
[13:37.120 -> 13:37.960] because the guy did it.
[13:37.960 -> 13:39.120] Yeah, let's give that.
[13:39.120 -> 13:40.360] Credit where credit is due.
[13:40.360 -> 13:41.760] Absolutely made him drop it.
[13:41.760 -> 13:43.640] Yeah, the safety cars brought it all back together
[13:43.640 -> 13:46.840] numerous times and he showed that he was the quickest in that Red Bull today
[13:46.840 -> 13:49.120] We will take it back to our predictions later on in the pod
[13:49.120 -> 13:55.420] But let's just focus on the here and now which is Sergio Perez one max drove into the pit lane at the end when he was
[13:55.420 -> 13:56.440] meant to drive
[13:56.440 -> 13:58.440] straight onto the grid
[13:58.760 -> 14:06.000] Max drove into the pit lane, but the top three cars line up on the grid don't they? Oh what and he didn't line up? I didn't even see that.
[14:06.000 -> 14:06.560] Nah.
[14:06.560 -> 14:08.560] Well if they're giving penalties out for everything...
[14:09.280 -> 14:11.040] Yeah then where's that penalty?
[14:11.040 -> 14:15.120] Yeah let's talk about the penalty straight away because we noticed it.
[14:15.120 -> 14:20.080] We did notice when it lined up we said at the beginning of the pod the car looked like it was
[14:20.080 -> 14:21.200] off. We got something right.
[14:21.200 -> 14:21.920] Guys we said it.
[14:21.920 -> 14:24.160] Can you believe it? I mean I can't believe it.
[14:24.160 -> 14:24.640] We was right.
[14:29.480 -> 14:34.600] And then it comes on the radio he gets a five-second penalty which we knew we were looking at the times and he sat it and he still come out fine even after
[14:34.600 -> 14:38.040] the five-second penalty everything kind of worked out with the safety car it
[14:38.040 -> 14:43.000] then turns out whilst he was sitting his five-second penalty the person on the
[14:43.000 -> 14:45.260] back the person at the front, sorry,
[14:45.260 -> 14:46.420] or the back with the hammer,
[14:46.420 -> 14:48.180] not hammer, what's it called?
[14:48.180 -> 14:49.020] What's that?
[14:49.020 -> 14:49.840] The jack.
[14:49.840 -> 14:50.680] The jack.
[14:50.680 -> 14:52.180] That's the word I was looking after.
[14:52.180 -> 14:55.620] Touch the car, 10 second time penalty for that.
[14:55.620 -> 14:58.260] I believe it was only the last pod episode
[14:58.260 -> 14:59.460] where I was saying, you know,
[14:59.460 -> 15:02.220] Aston Martin team, so streamlined,
[15:02.220 -> 15:03.340] you know, they won't make a mistake.
[15:03.340 -> 15:05.040] Everyone in there is on
[15:05.040 -> 15:08.200] it. It's also on Fernando Alonso's car and we spoke to
[15:08.200 -> 15:10.000] Fernando Alonso's number one mechanic
[15:10.000 -> 15:11.960] yeah luckily Mikey doesn't do the jack
[15:11.960 -> 15:13.880] so we can't blame Mikey directly but
[15:13.880 -> 15:15.480] who's gonna be in trouble? You little
[15:15.480 -> 15:17.640] cronies who look up to Mikey you're the
[15:17.640 -> 15:18.880] ones who are the naughty ones. It's
[15:18.880 -> 15:20.440] interesting I was listening though to
[15:20.440 -> 15:22.080] the way they do it their teams time it
[15:22.080 -> 15:23.840] themselves and then someone on the team
[15:23.840 -> 15:26.840] has to say right that's five seconds do you know I mean so as soon and then someone on the team has to say, right, that's five seconds, do you know what I mean?
[15:26.840 -> 15:28.440] So as soon as that car comes in,
[15:28.440 -> 15:30.840] someone has to go bang on like a stopwatch, I guess.
[15:30.840 -> 15:34.060] And then as soon as it's five seconds, they're like, yep.
[15:34.060 -> 15:35.960] So they have to get it spot on
[15:35.960 -> 15:37.120] and they're not doing anything
[15:37.120 -> 15:39.160] until they hear someone say, yep.
[15:39.160 -> 15:40.000] So-
[15:40.000 -> 15:40.920] What is a physical yep?
[15:40.920 -> 15:43.480] Well, yeah, it's not timed by the FIA
[15:43.480 -> 15:49.480] or anything like that, the teams have to do it themselves and then it's reviewed after, I'm pretty sure, because I saw something
[15:49.480 -> 15:56.240] from Matt P1, Matty P1? Matt Gallagher from P1. And he made a good point, like that incident
[15:56.240 -> 15:59.760] happened in the middle of the race, so it's quite tough to tell him at the end of the
[15:59.760 -> 16:06.200] race that he's lost 10 seconds, because you haven't given him any opportunity to try and make up 10 seconds.
[16:06.200 -> 16:09.200] Well, if you heard the radio, they said,
[16:09.200 -> 16:11.400] they said it could be another five-second penalty.
[16:11.400 -> 16:15.400] So Aston Martin were hoping it was going to be a five-second penalty.
[16:15.400 -> 16:18.700] That's why Alonso had to push at the end to be five seconds ahead.
[16:18.700 -> 16:23.200] But because Esteban Ocon got the 10-second penalty last race,
[16:23.200 -> 16:24.100] Yes, yes.
[16:24.100 -> 16:26.760] that meant that they couldn't change the rules
[16:26.760 -> 16:28.520] for Fernando Alonso, they had to do it.
[16:28.520 -> 16:30.000] It's gutting, it is gutting,
[16:30.000 -> 16:31.800] because that would have been Alonso's 100th podium.
[16:31.800 -> 16:33.480] I saw a load of posts on Instagram
[16:33.480 -> 16:35.040] celebrating him for his 100th podium
[16:35.040 -> 16:36.600] that have shortly been deleted.
[16:36.600 -> 16:37.800] As do I, I haven't deleted theirs.
[16:37.800 -> 16:39.400] I don't think so.
[16:39.400 -> 16:40.400] Maybe they're still arguing it,
[16:40.400 -> 16:41.800] but it's definitely going to stand.
[16:41.800 -> 16:43.520] And also George Russell,
[16:43.520 -> 16:46.280] I think it's worth congratulating George Russell as well
[16:46.280 -> 16:48.760] because that Mercedes is also very bad
[16:48.760 -> 16:50.160] compared to the rest of the field.
[16:50.160 -> 16:51.000] Yeah.
[16:51.000 -> 16:53.840] And he has stepped into that Mercedes last year
[16:53.840 -> 16:54.960] and being consistent,
[16:54.960 -> 16:57.800] and now he's got a podium in the second race.
[16:57.800 -> 17:01.120] He's against Hamilton in the same car.
[17:01.120 -> 17:02.920] He's a very good driver.
[17:02.920 -> 17:05.120] Hamilton did a post-race interview.
[17:05.120 -> 17:05.960] Did he?
[17:05.960 -> 17:07.960] And he said that it was 50-50,
[17:07.960 -> 17:09.600] same car but two different setups,
[17:09.600 -> 17:10.520] which do you want?
[17:10.520 -> 17:13.020] He went for one, George went for the other.
[17:13.020 -> 17:13.860] What, today?
[17:13.860 -> 17:14.920] And that was literally it.
[17:14.920 -> 17:17.420] And he even made a dig, like,
[17:17.420 -> 17:19.560] you know, it's normally 50-50,
[17:19.560 -> 17:22.220] George is normally wrong, I'm normally right.
[17:22.220 -> 17:24.760] This time, he was right and I was wrong.
[17:24.760 -> 17:25.240] And I thought, Lewis, you're a seven-time world champion, normally wrong, I'm normally right. This time he was right and I was wrong.
[17:25.240 -> 17:27.080] And I thought, I thought,
[17:27.080 -> 17:29.560] Lewis, you're a seven time world champion, okay?
[17:29.560 -> 17:32.280] You don't need to drop that little nugget in there.
[17:32.280 -> 17:33.860] You don't need to do that.
[17:33.860 -> 17:35.600] We all think you're amazing, okay?
[17:35.600 -> 17:36.560] Don't worry about it.
[17:36.560 -> 17:38.160] I saw Toto talking to Rosberg as well.
[17:38.160 -> 17:39.920] That was cool because they have a different dynamic
[17:39.920 -> 17:41.240] because they're like friends clearly
[17:41.240 -> 17:43.560] because they worked together for years.
[17:43.560 -> 17:49.280] And Toto was saying how they're gonna bring some major developments pretty soon but
[17:49.280 -> 17:51.800] I think they're gonna stick with a lot of the things they've done because it
[17:51.800 -> 17:54.800] looks like they're they're changing their bodywork and they're changing the
[17:54.800 -> 17:58.120] under of the car but they're not gonna be able to change everything too
[17:58.120 -> 18:00.840] dramatically because they go over the cost gap so that Mercedes is probably
[18:00.840 -> 18:03.840] going to continue to look different to the rest of the grid. Exactly I mean he
[18:03.840 -> 18:08.240] said we're not we're not at a crossroads where it's like you know one car or another.
[18:08.240 -> 18:13.440] We've gone down one road to design this car so it's about making this version of the car
[18:13.440 -> 18:14.440] the best it can be.
[18:14.440 -> 18:16.440] You can't just send me switch I guess.
[18:16.440 -> 18:20.560] I don't know. I actually don't know. I guess not. It'd be too much work wouldn't it?
[18:20.560 -> 18:24.560] What are your notes on Ferrari? Ferrari had an interesting race.
[18:24.560 -> 18:28.600] Didn't have nothing too much on Ferrari. I like the too much on Ferrari I don't really know where they were
[18:28.600 -> 18:31.360] well they started Charles on softs didn't they and then halfway through Charles
[18:31.360 -> 18:35.720] became came behind signs and wanted to go around him it looked like they made a
[18:35.720 -> 18:40.720] good decision pitting the two lads was it late yeah they left the Ferrari boys
[18:40.720 -> 18:44.560] out two laps later once Stroll had pitted. Well they called signs in didn't they and then
[18:44.560 -> 18:45.120] he didn't go in.
[18:45.120 -> 18:47.160] Yeah it was a dummy which gave him like
[18:47.160 -> 18:48.920] extra time and then so they came out
[18:48.920 -> 18:51.160] quite far ahead of the pack in front of
[18:51.160 -> 18:53.560] Stroll but then there was a safety car.
[18:53.560 -> 18:56.320] So all of that work undone.
[18:56.320 -> 18:58.280] Yeah the safety cars did undo the work
[18:58.280 -> 19:00.080] today but that's where I think credit
[19:00.080 -> 19:01.320] where credit is due
[19:01.320 -> 19:03.680] Red Bull are doing an amazing job
[19:03.680 -> 19:08.040] they're very quick I mean it's very easy for us to sit on this podcast and say, we don't want the same things
[19:08.040 -> 19:09.040] happen every week.
[19:09.040 -> 19:13.760] But when you've got teams like Mercedes, Ferrari, you know, Aston Martin, all under the same
[19:13.760 -> 19:18.480] budget cap and Red Bull are still, you know, that much quicker.
[19:18.480 -> 19:22.160] Credit where credit is due, they're doing incredible work in the factory and the garages.
[19:22.160 -> 19:25.560] And it's funny to see Max's face after coming second.
[19:25.560 -> 19:26.400] I know.
[19:26.400 -> 19:27.220] Just didn't look very happy, did he?
[19:27.220 -> 19:28.060] No.
[19:28.060 -> 19:29.160] Well, he wasn't happy, was he?
[19:29.160 -> 19:30.680] About the fastest lap at the end.
[19:30.680 -> 19:33.240] Him and Perez both weren't happy on the last few laps
[19:33.240 -> 19:34.760] about that fastest lap thing.
[19:34.760 -> 19:36.460] Cause Perez wanted to know the gap
[19:36.460 -> 19:37.920] and whether he should push.
[19:37.920 -> 19:39.920] And they wouldn't tell Max what the fastest lap was.
[19:39.920 -> 19:41.140] So he went and did it anyway.
[19:41.140 -> 19:42.640] That takes balls.
[19:42.640 -> 19:46.000] Your second, you've done 50 laps of a Grand Prix
[19:46.000 -> 19:48.800] and on that last lap, on your blown out tires,
[19:48.800 -> 19:51.660] you're gonna go out there and set a fastest lap.
[19:51.660 -> 19:53.080] Yeah, he's like, I'll try it, why not?
[19:53.080 -> 19:53.920] And then he got it.
[19:53.920 -> 19:55.200] That's ballsy.
[19:55.200 -> 19:56.680] Another good weekend for Red Bull.
[19:56.680 -> 19:59.400] Aston Martin, they, Aston Martin are due
[19:59.400 -> 20:00.800] a good weekend, I think.
[20:00.800 -> 20:03.640] I mean, it's easy to forget about Stroll
[20:03.640 -> 20:08.280] because of what Alonso did today. But mean obviously Stroll dropping out was shite so it
[20:08.280 -> 20:14.480] wasn't the best weekend not a bad weekend for Mikey no as yeah as as
[20:14.480 -> 20:17.760] Checo was like getting out of his car Mikey was like the first person to greet
[20:17.760 -> 20:20.720] him you really he was kind of one of the friends aren't they he gave a massive
[20:20.720 -> 20:25.680] hug and I thought well that's decent yeah he's happy for Checo and also
[20:25.680 -> 20:27.740] Alonso did what he did. Aston Martin will be
[20:27.740 -> 20:29.360] happy with Alonso's points but
[20:29.360 -> 20:30.840] it's just a shame as a team
[20:30.840 -> 20:31.880] they didn't get anything for Lance
[20:31.880 -> 20:33.400] isn't it because Lance would have been
[20:33.400 -> 20:35.840] quick as we saw when the teams if you
[20:35.840 -> 20:37.320] looked at it today it was very much like
[20:37.320 -> 20:39.680] Red Bulls, Mercedes, Ferraris everyone
[20:39.680 -> 20:40.880] was together weren't they
[20:40.880 -> 20:42.560] yeah so you know that Lance probably
[20:42.560 -> 20:44.120] would have been in the top five
[20:44.120 -> 20:47.560] yeah if he had have stayed in the race he was was yeah he was for a while. So that's a
[20:47.560 -> 20:51.640] massive drop of points. We also spoke at the beginning of the pod about Oscar
[20:51.640 -> 21:00.480] Piastri. Now that didn't go to plan did it? Driver of the day? Who was your driver of the day in the end?
[21:00.480 -> 21:05.000] Probably Perez. Yeah? Probably Perez or probably Verstappen.
[21:05.000 -> 21:06.000] Yeah.
[21:06.000 -> 21:07.000] Probably Verstappen, to be fair.
[21:07.000 -> 21:09.000] Yeah, I give Driver of the Day to Verstappen.
[21:09.000 -> 21:13.000] I think that's a pretty mean feat on what is a so-called street circuit to come from 15.
[21:13.000 -> 21:16.000] However, it was nice to see the McLaren lads at the back.
[21:16.000 -> 21:19.000] Look, they haven't got a car this year, so far.
[21:19.000 -> 21:20.000] They have got a tractor.
[21:20.000 -> 21:22.000] The car is a load of shit.
[21:22.000 -> 21:24.000] They had D-O-R-S, who were they behind with D-O-R-S?
[21:24.000 -> 21:26.000] Logan Sargent. They had D-O They had DRS open behind a Williams.
[21:26.000 -> 21:27.000] Logan Sargent.
[21:27.000 -> 21:28.000] And they couldn't get past it.
[21:28.000 -> 21:30.000] However, at the end, Oscar took Lando.
[21:30.000 -> 21:31.000] Yep.
[21:31.000 -> 21:32.000] Big statement.
[21:32.000 -> 21:33.000] And then Oscar took Sargent.
[21:33.000 -> 21:39.000] Well, I think Oscar took Lando because Lando was on mediums that were running out, but Oscar was on hards.
[21:39.000 -> 21:40.000] So they just let him through.
[21:40.000 -> 21:41.000] So he took him.
[21:41.000 -> 21:42.000] But he didn't really let him through.
[21:42.000 -> 21:44.000] They were scrapping, mate.
[21:44.000 -> 21:46.880] They were scrapping. He let him through eventually, but they were scrapping. And then he took Sargent. Yeah, because he didn't really let him through. They were scrapping mate, they were scrapping. He let him through eventually, but they were scrapping.
[21:46.880 -> 21:49.920] And then he took Sargent through. So yeah, it was...
[21:50.760 -> 21:51.840] They were, I don't know.
[21:51.840 -> 21:55.920] But that was a shame for Oscar because he had to pit. He lost his nose, a bit of the nose cone early on.
[21:56.080 -> 21:57.240] Straight up.
[21:57.240 -> 22:00.480] Right at the beginning. Literally just as we were doing our commentary.
[22:00.480 -> 22:07.920] In that, in that, when you said something went flying, I think that was the bit of Oscars nose code I think it we didn't even notice so that was a big
[22:07.920 -> 22:13.840] shame yeah big big big notebook do you know what nothing more really from the
[22:13.840 -> 22:19.960] race but I had a few bits and bobs I wrote down the cold days back when I was
[22:19.960 -> 22:22.600] just sat here on the sofa feeling a bit delirious I think I was a bit hungover
[22:22.600 -> 22:25.880] and you and me were just chatting, chatting random stuff.
[22:25.880 -> 22:28.960] We just come up with, we crafted a few stories
[22:28.960 -> 22:30.840] of like what could happen in F1.
[22:30.840 -> 22:32.680] And I wrote them down here and I just left them here.
[22:32.680 -> 22:34.680] So I feel like we should, we should just talk about that.
[22:34.680 -> 22:36.000] Oh, what are the three stories?
[22:36.000 -> 22:37.880] Well, the first story is that I just heard Crofty
[22:37.880 -> 22:42.240] talking about this on, during the F2 quali, I think.
[22:42.240 -> 22:45.340] He said, there's a stat where whoever has won
[22:45.680 -> 22:51.760] Whoever wins the first race of the season so Bahrain they always come second in the championship. I haven't researched
[22:51.760 -> 22:54.360] I don't know. No, that is how I've seen that's happened
[22:54.360 -> 22:57.600] But how often has that happened because I think it's happened like a considerable amount of time
[22:57.600 -> 23:03.180] Yeah, no, I've definitely heard that but it's just so hard to even imagine that with the Red Bulls
[23:03.560 -> 23:06.480] Hmm, it's so hard to imagine that.
[23:06.480 -> 23:08.200] Well, didn't Charles Leclerc win the first race
[23:08.200 -> 23:09.680] last year at Bahrain?
[23:09.680 -> 23:10.520] Yeah.
[23:10.520 -> 23:11.760] Did he come second or third?
[23:11.760 -> 23:13.560] He won the first race.
[23:13.560 -> 23:14.400] Yeah.
[23:14.400 -> 23:15.220] Because both Red Bulls DNFed.
[23:15.220 -> 23:16.060] Yeah.
[23:16.060 -> 23:16.880] And then he comes second in the drivers.
[23:16.880 -> 23:17.720] Yeah.
[23:17.720 -> 23:20.560] I don't know whether I'm much of a stat man
[23:20.560 -> 23:22.160] when it comes down to stuff like that.
[23:22.160 -> 23:24.040] I don't know whether I really believe in
[23:24.040 -> 23:25.000] it's all black magic. It's like mythic. Is it mythical? What would be the word to stuff like that. I don't know whether I really believe in... It's all black magic.
[23:25.000 -> 23:29.000] It's like mythic. Is it mythical? What would be the word for something like that?
[23:29.000 -> 23:30.000] Um... Mythril.
[23:30.000 -> 23:31.000] Mystic.
[23:31.000 -> 23:32.000] Mythril.
[23:32.000 -> 23:33.000] Yeah, Mythril.
[23:33.000 -> 23:34.000] It's all Mythril.
[23:34.000 -> 23:35.000] It's a Mythril cry.
[23:35.000 -> 23:36.000] It's a Mythril chain body.
[23:36.000 -> 23:39.000] No, don't get me wrong. I think everyone wants the same thing. We'd love to see someone else win.
[23:39.000 -> 23:40.000] What about if Perez does it?
[23:40.000 -> 23:44.000] Well, so here's the thing, right? This is the second thing that I've got written down.
[23:44.000 -> 23:46.360] Logan... Logan Sargent to Red Bull. Well, so so here's the thing right? This is the second thing I've got written down Logan
[23:46.360 -> 23:49.300] Logan Sargent to Red Bull, okay
[23:50.240 -> 23:52.320] Where how it's happening? Why?
[23:53.380 -> 23:59.240] Because I think about this whole collab think about the whole Red Bull collab before yeah, so Ford
[23:59.760 -> 24:02.360] America USA all that shit
[24:02.760 -> 24:04.200] America, USA, all that shit.
[24:05.840 -> 24:06.680] Red Bull are gonna dash Checo. They're gonna dash.
[24:06.680 -> 24:11.480] You can't say that after probably Checo's best race ever.
[24:11.480 -> 24:12.920] You're gonna come on here and say,
[24:12.920 -> 24:15.200] Red Bull are gonna dash Checo that week.
[24:15.200 -> 24:16.120] You can't do that.
[24:16.120 -> 24:17.940] Red Bull gave that race to Checo.
[24:19.040 -> 24:19.880] What?
[24:19.880 -> 24:21.600] They tampered with Max's car in quali,
[24:21.600 -> 24:22.640] so Checo could win the race.
[24:22.640 -> 24:25.720] And then, so he gets the race early on, Checo's happy.
[24:25.720 -> 24:26.800] And then for the rest of the season,
[24:26.800 -> 24:28.000] Max is going to dominate.
[24:28.000 -> 24:29.840] So the way I see this going,
[24:29.840 -> 24:31.840] Red Bull dash Checo,
[24:31.840 -> 24:34.880] after like whenever the contract finishes,
[24:34.880 -> 24:36.440] end of the year, Logan Sergeant,
[24:36.440 -> 24:38.160] straight beeline to Red Bull,
[24:38.160 -> 24:39.000] Daniel Ricciardo is like,
[24:39.000 -> 24:40.600] what the fuck's going on?
[24:40.600 -> 24:41.920] What the hell is going on?
[24:41.920 -> 24:43.640] Danny Ricciardo ain't gonna be happy about that.
[24:43.640 -> 24:44.720] He would not be happy.
[24:44.720 -> 24:47.240] He's like, I got to drive a fucking VB12
[24:47.240 -> 24:48.920] down Milton Keynes High Street
[24:48.920 -> 24:50.280] with bloody David Coulthard.
[24:50.280 -> 24:51.100] Get me on track.
[24:51.100 -> 24:53.400] Oh no, Logan Sargent's taking my seat.
[24:53.400 -> 24:55.920] And how sure are you this is happening?
[24:55.920 -> 24:56.760] Where have you seen this?
[24:56.760 -> 24:58.360] I have it in my dreams.
[24:58.360 -> 24:59.840] I haven't crystal balled it,
[24:59.840 -> 25:00.920] but it's been in my dreams.
[25:00.920 -> 25:03.280] So you've kind of just thought this yourself
[25:03.280 -> 25:04.800] and then come on the pod and said it's happening
[25:04.800 -> 25:07.400] or have you read this from a credible source?
[25:07.400 -> 25:08.240] I'm not.
[25:08.240 -> 25:09.060] Oh, you are.
[25:09.060 -> 25:09.900] I'm telling you.
[25:09.900 -> 25:11.240] You are the credible source.
[25:11.240 -> 25:12.700] I'm the credible source.
[25:12.700 -> 25:17.700] I came up with it because when you read stuff online,
[25:18.640 -> 25:20.520] how is that really a credible source?
[25:20.520 -> 25:22.120] Cause how would you know if that person's creditable?
[25:22.120 -> 25:23.080] What, cause I read it online.
[25:23.080 -> 25:24.480] And everything has changed your life.
[25:24.480 -> 25:25.400] I've just said it on a pod.
[25:25.400 -> 25:29.000] I see what you're saying. Ford is an American brand, would probably love to
[25:29.000 -> 25:32.440] have an American driver, but Ford would rather have a driver that could win
[25:32.440 -> 25:37.760] every week. Logan Sargent was actually doing like very well, pretty good today.
[25:37.760 -> 25:41.480] Very well. He was. The Williams has paced, shame about Alba. He had his elbows out.
[25:41.480 -> 25:48.160] Yeah, he was he was really going for it. Yeah, I feel like he's got really stuck in to the grid, which is great. And I feel like
[25:48.160 -> 25:52.400] Oscar has as well. He's just, it's not gone his way. And it's really sad to watch.
[25:53.600 -> 25:57.760] Oscar clearly has the credenche. Yeah, there's no doubt about that. Him and
[25:57.760 -> 26:04.320] Lando are both so quick, but that McLaren is so bad. It's actually so bad.
[26:04.320 -> 26:05.460] London bus. It really is horrend bad. It's actually so bad. London bus.
[26:05.460 -> 26:09.080] It really is horrendous. Look at my t-shirt!
[26:09.080 -> 26:13.000] I'm wearing a Michael Schumacher t-shirt today.
[26:13.000 -> 26:16.080] Greasy Tees hooked me up with a sick Michael Schumacher t-shirt.
[26:16.080 -> 26:17.560] Filipe Dragobic wants one as well, doesn't he?
[26:17.560 -> 26:24.560] He does, he wants a Senna one, so Greasy Tees. I've got a twitch. Greasy Tees, hook him up.
[26:24.560 -> 26:26.680] Right, final story that I have for you.
[26:26.680 -> 26:28.600] Out of the three, this is the last one.
[26:28.600 -> 26:29.760] And then I'll take you through the grid
[26:29.760 -> 26:30.600] and the constructors.
[26:30.600 -> 26:31.640] Fuck yeah, I can't wait.
[26:31.640 -> 26:33.480] Yeah, I can't wait either.
[26:33.480 -> 26:34.640] Get this right.
[26:34.640 -> 26:36.880] So, you know, there's a lot of people
[26:36.880 -> 26:38.040] that want to get into F1.
[26:38.040 -> 26:40.160] There's only 20 seats.
[26:40.160 -> 26:42.480] F1's kind of started to blow up more in the Middle East.
[26:42.480 -> 26:44.880] America's coming back, trying to bring more races through.
[26:44.880 -> 26:45.800] America's got three races
[26:45.800 -> 26:48.120] You know could is there room for a fourth?
[26:49.080 -> 26:54.160] Potentially if there is four races. Why don't f1 start a USA League?
[26:55.520 -> 27:01.440] F1 USA League, it's all American and like Mexican drivers only there's like ten races a year
[27:01.560 -> 27:04.700] It's just a completely different set of drivers f1 USA
[27:05.600 -> 27:10.080] Money There's like 10 races a year. It's just a completely different set of drivers. F1 USA. Money! Right, right, okay.
[27:10.080 -> 27:12.160] First of all, I would like to ask again,
[27:12.160 -> 27:14.400] where have you had this or where have you got this from?
[27:14.400 -> 27:15.360] But you again!
[27:15.360 -> 27:16.560] It's me, obviously, yeah.
[27:17.360 -> 27:18.800] All these come to me in my dreams.
[27:18.800 -> 27:20.720] You've just made up some ridiculous, right, okay.
[27:21.840 -> 27:22.400] How is it ridiculous?
[27:22.400 -> 27:26.120] What you're saying there is actually what I think they should do with boxing.
[27:26.120 -> 27:28.520] Because that's why it's hard to follow boxing.
[27:28.520 -> 27:29.520] Well there is.
[27:29.520 -> 27:30.520] American like belts.
[27:30.520 -> 27:31.520] There's American belts.
[27:31.520 -> 27:35.000] Yeah, but if boxing was in a league it would be easier to follow who was better than who
[27:35.000 -> 27:36.000] and who was fighting who.
[27:36.000 -> 27:42.000] So first inspiration straight for me was the fact that, you know, football has the Euros.
[27:42.000 -> 27:43.320] America has their own football leagues.
[27:43.320 -> 27:45.160] Would you be happy if they brought back the F1 race
[27:45.160 -> 27:48.200] where they go in the countries that we saw,
[27:48.200 -> 27:49.720] where like the German drivers go together,
[27:49.720 -> 27:50.960] the Spanish drivers go together,
[27:50.960 -> 27:52.680] would that be good enough for you?
[27:52.680 -> 27:53.520] When was that?
[27:53.520 -> 27:54.880] It used to happen a while ago,
[27:54.880 -> 27:56.640] because Mick used to race with Vettel.
[27:56.640 -> 27:57.680] No, all I'm saying is,
[27:57.680 -> 27:59.440] is like if this sport's going to continue to grow,
[27:59.440 -> 28:01.680] and if F1 want to keep making more money,
[28:01.680 -> 28:02.960] which they obviously do,
[28:02.960 -> 28:07.160] then, you know, they could have 10 races and just have a USA league.
[28:07.160 -> 28:08.120] I see what you're saying.
[28:08.120 -> 28:09.520] Would it be like,
[28:09.520 -> 28:11.520] you know how they have FIA, Formula 4,
[28:11.520 -> 28:13.720] Renault, like Germany, and then like England.
[28:13.720 -> 28:15.280] Would it be a bit like that and America?
[28:15.280 -> 28:16.720] There's enough tracks in Europe
[28:16.720 -> 28:18.200] to have like a European league.
[28:18.200 -> 28:20.960] You can have a European league, an American league.
[28:20.960 -> 28:23.160] There's so much room to build circuits
[28:23.160 -> 28:27.000] over in the Middle East that you could just build and have a whole like league over there and then
[28:27.000 -> 28:30.440] you could have like you know once a year you can have a World League where so
[28:30.440 -> 28:34.240] what it would be is like the Americans are competing in their league and once
[28:34.240 -> 28:39.800] that if they win the f1 USA League then they can get a seat in the global one so
[28:39.800 -> 28:43.400] okay I love the idea who we pitch in and see that and actually
[28:43.400 -> 28:47.960] Stefano Di Monacalo if you're also, there's a fourth story not written down
[28:47.960 -> 28:51.940] I'm just coming to my head at the moment and it's something that I've actually spoke
[28:51.940 -> 28:53.460] We actually had this conversation the other day
[28:53.460 -> 28:57.440] I don't know if we had it on the pod already and then we did we had we spoke about it on the pod
[28:57.720 -> 29:03.160] Okay, what was it? It's just having like a cap on how many years you could spend a team. I
[29:03.960 -> 29:05.800] Think did we speak about it on last pod?
[29:05.800 -> 29:07.620] Yeah, I'm pretty sure you did say something about that.
[29:07.620 -> 29:09.080] Yeah, I don't think they should do that.
[29:09.080 -> 29:12.120] I do, throw everyone's name into a hat, have a draw.
[29:12.120 -> 29:15.740] You can have driver swaps in the three years.
[29:15.740 -> 29:18.600] So if say, you know, Ricardo had one year at McLaren
[29:18.600 -> 29:20.280] and he was like, fuck this, I'm getting out of here.
[29:20.280 -> 29:21.440] He could leave if he wanted to,
[29:21.440 -> 29:23.900] but he can't spend no more than three years.
[29:23.900 -> 29:27.020] So Max could win the championship this year. That would have been
[29:27.620 -> 29:29.620] More you know, is that three years at rebel?
[29:30.500 -> 29:32.500] Yeah shrug
[29:32.980 -> 29:35.300] Shrug is inaudible. So no one knows
[29:38.580 -> 29:42.320] Yeah, so, you know if max won it this year he can't do no more years
[29:42.320 -> 29:45.600] I don't I don't think that would work. Why not? I wouldn't want to do that.
[29:45.600 -> 29:46.100] Why not?
[29:46.100 -> 29:48.500] I think let someone stay at team for as long as they want.
[29:48.500 -> 29:50.000] But three's enough.
[29:50.000 -> 29:52.200] It's so much more exciting, right?
[29:52.200 -> 29:57.200] Think about how bored you and me have been watching Max out front for the last year.
[29:57.200 -> 30:01.800] Imagine someone who's watched Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes win for seven years on the track.
[30:01.800 -> 30:04.200] The only way it would ever work would be if it was randomised though,
[30:04.200 -> 30:05.680] because otherwise it would be unfair, because he'd be like, well, I'm the best driver, why am I now in the worst car The only way it would ever work would be if it was randomized though, because otherwise it would be unfair.
[30:05.680 -> 30:07.280] Cause you'd be like, well, I'm the best driver.
[30:07.280 -> 30:08.720] Why am I now in the worst car?
[30:08.720 -> 30:09.840] Like it would be bullshit.
[30:09.840 -> 30:10.680] What do you mean?
[30:10.680 -> 30:12.600] It'd have to be completely randomized for it to be fair
[30:12.600 -> 30:13.440] for everyone.
[30:13.440 -> 30:14.280] That's what I'm saying, bro.
[30:14.280 -> 30:16.240] You put names into a hat and then teams have to pick up
[30:16.240 -> 30:17.080] two names.
[30:17.080 -> 30:18.480] We've been saying this for a year on the pod.
[30:18.480 -> 30:20.040] This was one of our first ideas.
[30:20.040 -> 30:21.200] This is what they should do.
[30:21.200 -> 30:22.400] I completely agree.
[30:22.400 -> 30:23.320] It would be amazing.
[30:23.320 -> 30:24.520] But you've just said you don't agree.
[30:24.520 -> 30:25.720] And that you think it's a bad idea.
[30:25.720 -> 30:26.540] No, no.
[30:26.540 -> 30:27.380] What the fuck are you talking about?
[30:27.380 -> 30:28.680] It would only work if it was randomized.
[30:28.680 -> 30:31.120] It wouldn't work if you said you can only spend
[30:31.120 -> 30:33.760] two years at Mercedes and then you've got to move teams.
[30:33.760 -> 30:35.280] You've got to go to another team.
[30:35.280 -> 30:36.240] That wouldn't work.
[30:36.240 -> 30:38.920] You couldn't say you've only spent two years there
[30:38.920 -> 30:39.760] and then you can't be there anymore.
[30:39.760 -> 30:41.880] No, you've got a maximum of three years.
[30:41.880 -> 30:43.840] So you can't spend more than three years at a team.
[30:43.840 -> 30:44.680] I think every year is huge.
[30:44.680 -> 30:47.680] If you want to change teams in between and then the
[30:47.680 -> 30:51.080] teams agree on it they can but you just can't stay longer than three years I
[30:51.080 -> 30:54.920] think that's good because three championships that's enough bro that is
[30:54.920 -> 30:59.040] enough you don't need seven or eight championships do you?
[30:59.040 -> 31:02.960] well let's see because I don't think that's gonna happen it's an interesting
[31:02.960 -> 31:05.720] thought ain't gonna happen if I ain't the king.
[31:05.720 -> 31:08.200] A lot of stuff is gonna change in Formula One.
[31:08.200 -> 31:09.320] A lot of stuff is gonna change.
[31:09.320 -> 31:12.240] What the sport we see now is very different.
[31:12.240 -> 31:13.080] Team me up.
[31:13.080 -> 31:16.360] Like imagine when we've got kids in like 20, 30 years
[31:16.360 -> 31:18.640] and we're watching this with our kids and some-
[31:18.640 -> 31:20.480] If it's you, it's gonna be the next couple of years,
[31:20.480 -> 31:22.560] apparently, with the way you're talking.
[31:22.560 -> 31:24.080] Whoa, don't even,
[31:24.080 -> 31:27.560] because I will dig you so deep on this podcast right now.
[31:27.560 -> 31:28.400] You will have to make so many cuts.
[31:28.400 -> 31:30.840] All I'm saying is there may be a special someone
[31:30.840 -> 31:32.880] that's popped into one of our lives.
[31:32.880 -> 31:36.680] Whoa, why would you say that?
[31:36.680 -> 31:38.040] Right, do you remember the last one?
[31:38.040 -> 31:40.480] I said Fab went to F1 Arcade, guess who with?
[31:40.480 -> 31:41.680] This is all gonna be cut.
[31:41.680 -> 31:43.000] But why, you started it.
[31:43.000 -> 31:43.840] This is all gonna be cut.
[31:43.840 -> 31:44.680] You literally come on board.
[31:44.680 -> 31:46.000] I haven't mentioned any names
[31:46.000 -> 31:50.400] did I did it was a fun arcade you can
[31:50.400 -> 31:51.680] clap as much you won't believe it in
[31:51.680 -> 31:53.920] Paris one today for stopping second
[31:53.920 -> 31:56.000] Russell third Alonzo fourth Hamilton
[31:56.000 -> 31:58.680] fifth you need is love to Red Bull to
[31:58.680 -> 32:00.960] Ferrari drivers six and seven o'clock on
[32:00.960 -> 32:02.760] and gasoline eight for nine that's good
[32:02.760 -> 32:07.040] points for helping is in the air. Everywhere I look around.
[32:07.040 -> 32:12.040] Oh, yeah, this is what I'm good at.
[32:12.920 -> 32:13.760] I'm listening now.
[32:13.760 -> 32:14.580] Shut up.
[32:14.580 -> 32:15.420] I'm listening.
[32:15.420 -> 32:16.640] I'm listening.
[32:16.640 -> 32:17.920] If you're Oscar, how annoyed are you
[32:17.920 -> 32:19.840] that Alpine's finished at eight for ninth
[32:19.840 -> 32:21.000] in the second race?
[32:21.000 -> 32:22.400] I was thinking that halfway through.
[32:22.400 -> 32:25.280] Like, love you Oscar Oscar but we've got to
[32:25.280 -> 32:29.800] talk about it. Like genuinely how annoyed would you be when if your car is that
[32:29.800 -> 32:38.320] bad? It's tough right? Yeah, still a bit too early to like... Agreed, agreed. But I bet
[32:38.320 -> 32:41.960] Otmar is like rubbing his hands together laughing himself to sleep every night.
[32:41.960 -> 32:47.000] McLaren have a package coming for Baku. What kind of, well, we did a package last night
[32:47.000 -> 32:48.280] on the game, didn't we?
[32:48.280 -> 32:50.000] We had a package come through this morning.
[32:50.000 -> 32:53.320] Shout out to Quadrant for sending us some cool hoodies
[32:53.320 -> 32:54.140] and stuff.
[32:54.140 -> 32:56.120] We were scared though, because you don't usually get
[32:56.120 -> 32:59.040] deliveries on a Sunday and no one usually knocks at our door
[32:59.040 -> 33:01.440] so we tipped over to the door and have a little look
[33:01.440 -> 33:02.280] through the keyhole.
[33:02.280 -> 33:06.080] We're also the two most skeptical, like, like, anxious guys in the world.
[33:06.080 -> 33:08.640] So Jake's just like, there's going to be an explosive in there.
[33:08.640 -> 33:11.040] I genuinely was hiding behind the sofa.
[33:11.040 -> 33:11.600] Ah, you do.
[33:11.600 -> 33:13.520] Yeah, but you never know what you're going to be sent, right?
[33:13.520 -> 33:14.000] You don't.
[33:14.000 -> 33:15.520] Especially when you don't know what it is.
[33:15.520 -> 33:17.760] When you're opening, like, a random box.
[33:17.760 -> 33:19.520] Yeah, and who's delivering on a Sunday?
[33:19.520 -> 33:20.320] That's what I'm saying.
[33:20.320 -> 33:21.760] That's a private delivery.
[33:21.760 -> 33:22.960] That is a private delivery.
[33:22.960 -> 33:24.000] A PD, they call that.
[33:24.560 -> 33:26.480] Yes, a PD.
[33:26.480 -> 33:29.440] And Magnussen came 10th getting the final point,
[33:29.440 -> 33:32.280] which means our standings, Max Verstappen,
[33:32.280 -> 33:35.360] is ahead of Perez by a point.
[33:35.360 -> 33:37.200] Because of that fastest lap.
[33:37.200 -> 33:39.520] And we saw it when they're in the cool down room,
[33:39.520 -> 33:41.560] it looked like Perez wasn't aware
[33:41.560 -> 33:44.160] that Max had got the fastest lap point.
[33:44.160 -> 33:46.240] They obviously hadn't relayed the info to Perez
[33:46.240 -> 33:48.040] that Max is going for the fastest lap
[33:48.040 -> 33:50.520] because they told Perez to just maintain it.
[33:50.520 -> 33:51.360] At the end.
[33:51.360 -> 33:52.680] Was that before or after the cool down?
[33:52.680 -> 33:55.240] After, no before, before, before.
[33:55.240 -> 33:57.520] But then he went in the cool down room and asked Max.
[33:57.520 -> 33:59.280] He said, oh, did you get fastest lap?
[33:59.280 -> 34:00.800] And he said, yeah, yeah, I did.
[34:00.800 -> 34:01.760] So he didn't know.
[34:01.760 -> 34:02.600] Awkward.
[34:02.600 -> 34:04.560] Yeah, because they told Perez not to push
[34:04.560 -> 34:06.120] and I'm sure Perez would have wanted that point
[34:06.320 -> 34:12.020] That's that's so that is tough. F1 are doing this just this garage thing where people can like see into the
[34:12.380 -> 34:15.940] Into the the cool-down room, but I don't know if I'd want to be there mate. That's awkward
[34:15.940 -> 34:19.200] Yeah, just stand there and watch those three lads just be sweating
[34:19.200 -> 34:20.440] I do like that cool-down room
[34:20.440 -> 34:24.440] But I wish they had proper mics in them or at least a boom in the middle of it because it's hard to hear their
[34:24.440 -> 34:25.000] Audio. DTS need to get in there didn't they? Yeah, probably because they probably say some like but I wish they had proper mics in them or at least a boom in the middle of it. Cause it's hard to hear their audio.
[34:25.000 -> 34:26.520] DTS need to get in there, don't they?
[34:26.520 -> 34:27.360] Yeah.
[34:27.360 -> 34:29.360] Probably because they probably say some like
[34:29.360 -> 34:30.200] skeptical shit.
[34:30.200 -> 34:32.200] There's like levels if you want to give them some,
[34:32.200 -> 34:33.920] some privacy as well.
[34:33.920 -> 34:35.720] Like it's a very stressful weekend
[34:35.720 -> 34:37.760] and when there's cameras everywhere.
[34:37.760 -> 34:39.840] I saw a video of Lance like pushing away a drive
[34:39.840 -> 34:41.680] survive mic on like Friday.
[34:41.680 -> 34:43.800] Yeah, he was talking to Alonzo and I thought fair play.
[34:43.800 -> 34:48.840] Like, you want to talk to your teammate you know yeah I wouldn't be into that
[34:48.840 -> 34:53.280] myself personally that would really annoy me. But Alonzo third 27 points George Russell
[34:53.280 -> 34:58.960] fourth and yeah Lewis Hamilton sixth Carlos Sainz fifth we've got two Red Bulls
[34:58.960 -> 35:03.640] at the top and they look like they're running away with it. We go to Australia
[35:03.640 -> 35:06.000] next. We do Albert Albert Park, alright.
[35:06.000 -> 35:08.000] Previously has been a very unlucky track for Red Bull.
[35:08.000 -> 35:10.000] I think they had a win there in 2011.
[35:10.000 -> 35:15.000] I'm literally reciting the exact same words that Christian Horner said on the TV 10 minutes ago.
[35:15.000 -> 35:16.000] What did they win in 2011?
[35:16.000 -> 35:19.000] I don't know. I'm just... Word for word, that's just what he said.
[35:19.000 -> 35:29.300] Well, Nico Rosberg said that he thinks this is gonna be the furthest distance out front for Red Bull for the car since like 2014 when like Mercedes or someone or like
[35:29.300 -> 35:32.920] 2012 he said when Mercedes or someone was smashing it which don't make any
[35:32.920 -> 35:36.520] sense to me because I fought with Stapp and won then. I fought Vettel won for
[35:36.520 -> 35:40.520] Red Bull in 2012. Nothing really makes sense. Oh maybe that Red Bull was really
[35:40.520 -> 35:44.480] quick maybe Vettel's Red Bull in 2012 was so much quicker than everyone else's.
[35:44.480 -> 35:50.600] Probably. Because he said there's gonna be a gap like that again. Most likely. Because
[35:50.600 -> 35:56.520] Vettel was quick wasn't he? Like I said credit where credit's due, that Red Bull is phenomenal.
[35:56.520 -> 36:04.120] What can you say? Yeah. Sonic still seems a bit sus to me mate. I can't put my pinky
[36:04.120 -> 36:07.400] on it just yet but something smells a bit off.
[36:07.400 -> 36:08.640] What Christian said after the race,
[36:08.640 -> 36:10.480] you got to remember they haven't,
[36:10.480 -> 36:13.200] right now they haven't been affected by their penalty
[36:13.200 -> 36:15.000] because they've already done their wind tunnel time,
[36:15.000 -> 36:16.000] like the same as everyone else.
[36:16.000 -> 36:17.340] And they already planned the car
[36:17.340 -> 36:20.000] for the beginning of this year at the end of last year.
[36:20.000 -> 36:21.340] But in the latter half of the year,
[36:21.340 -> 36:23.240] there's more testing time.
[36:23.240 -> 36:25.760] And Aston Martin have like so much
[36:25.760 -> 36:28.000] compared to Red Bull, who have barely any.
[36:28.000 -> 36:31.540] So Red Bull are kind of expecting to drop back
[36:31.540 -> 36:33.200] as the other teams gain more.
[36:33.200 -> 36:35.480] So Aston Martin next year could be fire.
[36:35.480 -> 36:37.140] Well, hopefully before the end of the year,
[36:37.140 -> 36:38.840] I would like it not to go a whole year like this.
[36:38.840 -> 36:40.800] I'm joking about the whole Red Bull thing, by the way.
[36:40.800 -> 36:42.600] Mercedes were doing it for donkey's years.
[36:42.600 -> 36:43.680] So now it's Red Bull's turn.
[36:43.680 -> 36:47.540] So if they're killing it, then.'s the man are doing it now yeah I
[36:47.540 -> 36:52.580] mean they really are you can see that they're just off the pace yes you can
[36:52.580 -> 36:58.120] just but they're a lot closer than where I was actually chatting to him again my
[36:58.120 -> 37:01.340] mate Sam because Sam Vine started actually he's watching the F1 season
[37:01.340 -> 37:05.160] this year I like to think because of us yeah he listens to the pod and he's watching F1 now and I'd like to think he's watching the F1 season this year. I like to think because of us,
[37:05.160 -> 37:07.240] he listens to the pod and he's watching F1 now
[37:07.240 -> 37:08.640] and I'd like to think he's watching it.
[37:08.640 -> 37:10.600] Maybe not, maybe he wanted to watch it anyway.
[37:10.600 -> 37:13.560] But we had this great conversation and he's,
[37:13.560 -> 37:15.200] so he's talking to him,
[37:15.200 -> 37:17.760] I feel like he's talking to me 12 months ago.
[37:17.760 -> 37:19.840] He basically said, you know, I don't,
[37:19.840 -> 37:22.760] why is Max's car so much faster?
[37:22.760 -> 37:29.440] He's like, it doesn't make sense. like he was texting me mid-race saying like he's he's gained
[37:29.440 -> 37:33.520] seven places already just makes it a bit unfair when one person's car is so much
[37:33.520 -> 37:38.320] quicker than everyone else's. You can look at it that way but you have to like
[37:38.320 -> 37:41.540] take your head out of the fact that it's not just about the drivers and F1 is
[37:41.540 -> 37:44.680] that just about it's like a collaborative effort like it's about the
[37:44.680 -> 37:45.440] obviously you have
[37:45.440 -> 37:46.600] the World Drivers' Championship,
[37:46.600 -> 37:50.600] but the team's winning is a big part of it as well.
[37:50.600 -> 37:52.200] I've realized that more when we've been speaking
[37:52.200 -> 37:55.240] to like the mechanics and that, how big a part of,
[37:55.240 -> 37:57.560] like we say, you put these 20 drivers in a pool,
[37:57.560 -> 37:59.640] obviously some of them are faster than others,
[37:59.640 -> 38:02.160] but if you give any of them 20, that red bull,
[38:02.160 -> 38:05.400] they'll probably come on the podium to be fair.
[38:05.400 -> 38:06.740] But then that makes you think,
[38:06.740 -> 38:08.600] obviously you see teams that Aston Martin
[38:08.600 -> 38:10.080] are smashing it this year, doing great.
[38:10.080 -> 38:13.160] And so a Red Bull and Mercedes actually look like
[38:13.160 -> 38:14.160] they're going to be all right.
[38:14.160 -> 38:16.200] But if you take the teams out of it,
[38:16.200 -> 38:18.480] who do you think are actually like the top,
[38:18.480 -> 38:21.220] maybe like top five quickest drivers?
[38:21.220 -> 38:23.880] If you put them all in a Red Bull,
[38:23.880 -> 38:26.880] who would set the five quickest times, do you think?
[38:26.880 -> 38:28.960] Because I think Russell needs so much credit.
[38:28.960 -> 38:30.640] He'd, for me, be straight in there.
[38:30.640 -> 38:33.520] I do actually think he's so much better than people think.
[38:33.520 -> 38:36.920] Lewis, Max, and Alonso, for sure.
[38:36.920 -> 38:38.000] Definitely those three, anyway.
[38:38.000 -> 38:40.080] Lewis, Max, and Alonso.
[38:40.080 -> 38:41.760] Yeah, so Lewis would be in there,
[38:41.760 -> 38:43.600] Max would be in there, and Alonso would be in there.
[38:43.600 -> 38:46.440] I mean, I feel like Leclerc is faster than Sainz,
[38:46.440 -> 38:49.600] so it'd be stupid for me to put Sainz in there.
[38:49.600 -> 38:51.080] I feel like Leclerc is faster.
[38:51.080 -> 38:51.920] Okay.
[38:51.920 -> 38:52.740] By the way, I don't know if you saw
[38:52.740 -> 38:54.320] that very, very awkward moment
[38:54.320 -> 38:56.760] when they were doing the pre-race stuff,
[38:56.760 -> 38:59.360] and Charles and Carlos were painting each other,
[38:59.360 -> 39:00.960] or drawing each other. That was amazing.
[39:00.960 -> 39:04.920] And then the woman said to Carlos,
[39:04.920 -> 39:07.000] to Carlos, she was like,
[39:07.000 -> 39:08.720] what did she say?
[39:08.720 -> 39:09.920] She was like, are there any other,
[39:09.920 -> 39:12.560] any sports that you're better at than Charles?
[39:12.560 -> 39:14.200] And he was like, oh, every one of them.
[39:14.200 -> 39:15.040] Well, like a box,
[39:15.040 -> 39:16.240] I don't know what the fuck he said.
[39:16.240 -> 39:17.640] Paddle, yeah.
[39:17.640 -> 39:20.600] But then Leclerc was like, yeah, but just not racing.
[39:20.600 -> 39:21.720] And then he didn't say nothing.
[39:21.720 -> 39:23.720] And I was like, oh.
[39:23.720 -> 39:25.080] You do make a good point there
[39:25.080 -> 39:31.920] You couldn't put you couldn't really put signs in if you had to declare but then I've put hammering in and Russell was quicker right now
[39:32.040 -> 39:36.900] But then I do think if you put how more in and Russell in a red bull how much would smash him every week
[39:37.200 -> 39:40.360] It's tough these questions need to be answered. I
[39:41.440 -> 39:44.160] Agree, but then something needs to happen
[39:44.160 -> 39:48.000] Well, the pit stop simulator challenges is a good way of figuring out who the quickest driver is.
[39:48.000 -> 39:50.000] Because it's a shit sim, we've set it up badly.
[39:50.000 -> 39:52.000] So whoever's the quickest on our board...
[39:52.000 -> 39:56.000] I'm not too sure about how you've arranged these names on the board.
[39:56.000 -> 39:59.000] So I've somehow snuck a headfab on these boards.
[39:59.000 -> 40:01.000] I'm just looking at me thinking, I'm bottom.
[40:01.000 -> 40:09.000] Yeah, but you're quicker than me, it doesn't make much sense does it doesn't make much sense mate time penalty it must be it
[40:09.000 -> 40:13.160] must have been a blue flag let's finish I want to finish your five Fernando
[40:13.160 -> 40:16.960] Alonso Verstappen Hamilton okay I'm gonna do the same three because I think
[40:16.960 -> 40:26.200] they've got to be there Leclerc and you're gonna put Leclerc in yeah suppose he probably should be there I guess it's probably Leclerc in? Yeah.
[40:26.200 -> 40:28.200] I suppose he probably should be there.
[40:28.200 -> 40:30.800] I guess it's probably Leclerc and Russell then.
[40:30.800 -> 40:33.080] Probably Leclerc and Russell, mate.
[40:33.080 -> 40:34.640] But then am I only picking those guys
[40:34.640 -> 40:35.940] because they're from the fast teams
[40:35.940 -> 40:37.200] who have been at the front of the grid?
[40:37.200 -> 40:38.040] Probably.
[40:38.040 -> 40:40.760] Naturally, I'm probably just thinking they're the best.
[40:40.760 -> 40:42.600] Well, the one for me that gets in there
[40:42.600 -> 40:44.320] without being that is Russell.
[40:44.320 -> 40:47.360] Like Russell has done so well in such a bad car.
[40:47.360 -> 40:49.560] But then like, but then completely forget
[40:49.560 -> 40:52.200] about Valtteri Bottas, who did so well at Mercedes.
[40:52.200 -> 40:55.300] Didn't obviously get the championship ever,
[40:55.300 -> 40:56.760] but like solid driver.
[40:56.760 -> 40:58.560] And then Lando.
[40:58.560 -> 41:01.400] Like how quick actually is Lando in a car?
[41:01.400 -> 41:02.680] I actually don't know, to be honest.
[41:02.680 -> 41:04.120] Well, we don't know, because we haven't seen him.
[41:04.120 -> 41:05.520] The only years we've watched they've
[41:05.520 -> 41:11.040] given him a tractor. We haven't seen him be able to do anything yet.
[41:11.040 -> 41:15.480] But then Pierre Gasly was given the opportunity to drive for Red Bull earlier on in his career.
[41:15.480 -> 41:22.280] So if he had that trust ensued in him then, then if he was to get in now, surely he's
[41:22.280 -> 41:27.800] a better driver now. Maybe he's a quick driver. Who knows? It's the unknown, isn't it?
[41:27.800 -> 41:32.520] It's like if Patrick Vieira played for Wolves, would he have scored a goal in the second half?
[41:32.520 -> 41:35.320] Who knows?
[41:35.320 -> 41:38.360] I love it when you football reference because everything just makes perfect sense.
[41:38.360 -> 41:41.000] Yeah, chicken pie and a friggin' beer.
[41:41.000 -> 41:41.680] Yeah.
[41:41.680 -> 41:45.300] That's what I like. And a football and on a TV and a chicken pie and a point
[41:45.400 -> 41:49.640] Yeah, you probably listening to this on a Monday. What you guys up to this week?
[41:50.360 -> 41:52.360] This isn't MSN mate
[41:55.000 -> 41:58.840] Chat roulette what we do this week this week
[42:00.900 -> 42:02.900] We're gonna try and
[42:03.320 -> 42:06.320] Dig ourselves out of this awful hole that we've got ourselves in.
[42:06.320 -> 42:07.320] Oh yeah.
[42:07.320 -> 42:09.320] We're in a bit of a sticky situation.
[42:09.320 -> 42:11.480] We might talk about it at some point but yeah, we're in a bit of a...
[42:11.480 -> 42:12.680] A bit of a hole.
[42:12.680 -> 42:13.680] But anyway!
[42:13.680 -> 42:18.280] It could have been, let's just put it this way, it very nearly could have been the end
[42:18.280 -> 42:19.280] of Pit Stop.
[42:19.280 -> 42:22.360] Not the end of Jake and Fab but it could have been the end of Pit Stop.
[42:22.360 -> 42:23.360] Okay, yeah.
[42:23.360 -> 42:24.360] But it's not happening.
[42:24.360 -> 42:26.560] I love the way we laugh and joke about this, that's actually really serious. Yeah, and we're still in the thick of Jake and Fab but could have been the end of Pidge though. But it's not happening. I love the way we laugh and joke about this, it's actually really serious.
[42:26.560 -> 42:31.480] And we're still in the thick of it, we're still on the boat, we've still got water pouring
[42:31.480 -> 42:33.840] in but we're going to weather the storm and get through the other side.
[42:33.840 -> 42:36.520] We're just patching up the holes with duct tape at the moment and seeing what we can
[42:36.520 -> 42:40.560] do but hopefully we can make it through this storm.
[42:40.560 -> 42:42.920] But this year I think is going to be a good year.
[42:42.920 -> 42:43.920] What am I talking about?
[42:43.920 -> 42:44.920] I'm talking about this week.
[42:44.920 -> 42:45.000] It's going to be a good week I think. I talking about? I'm talking about this week.
[42:45.000 -> 42:46.000] It's going to be a good week.
[42:46.000 -> 42:48.000] I think. We haven't got a race.
[42:48.000 -> 42:49.000] We've got a little break now.
[42:49.000 -> 42:50.000] We've got a week off.
[42:50.000 -> 42:52.000] We've got a week off and then it's Australia.
[42:52.000 -> 42:54.000] So, yeah, it's going to be a big one.
[42:54.000 -> 42:57.000] Well, maybe we can come back on Thursday with a fun quiz or something.
[42:57.000 -> 42:59.000] Then we'll have a nice episode dropping on Sunday.
[42:59.000 -> 43:02.000] And then we'll have our race predictions on Thursday.
[43:02.000 -> 43:05.240] Let's do a fat quiz on Thursday.
[43:05.240 -> 43:05.680] Yeah?
[43:05.680 -> 43:07.240] Yeah, a huge one.
[43:07.240 -> 43:08.520] Everyone can get ready then.
[43:08.520 -> 43:10.780] They can know when they turn that Thursday episode on.
[43:10.780 -> 43:12.160] They've got to be prepared.
[43:12.160 -> 43:14.320] Yeah, prepped and up to snuff.
[43:14.320 -> 43:15.920] Or if you're going on a long road trip
[43:15.920 -> 43:18.720] with a friend, or a boyfriend, or girlfriend, or your family.
[43:18.720 -> 43:19.760] Or on your own.
[43:19.760 -> 43:20.560] Or on your own.
[43:20.560 -> 43:21.680] You can prep.
[43:21.680 -> 43:22.720] Yeah.
[43:22.720 -> 43:24.000] And that would be a great quiz.
[43:24.000 -> 43:28.320] It would be really good, guys. What should should do the quiz about oh I don't want
[43:28.320 -> 43:29.800] to I don't want to I don't want them to
[43:29.800 -> 43:31.600] get I don't because I don't know but I
[43:31.600 -> 43:32.800] don't say don't want the people at home
[43:32.800 -> 43:35.000] to have any idea I wanted to be fresh
[43:35.000 -> 43:37.240] okay they'll think on their feet well
[43:37.240 -> 43:38.760] there we go hope everyone has a
[43:38.760 -> 43:40.960] wonderful week the Grand Prix is over
[43:40.960 -> 43:43.200] the Red Bulls have once again showed how
[43:43.200 -> 43:47.160] quick they are Fernando Alonso has been taken of his podium
[43:47.160 -> 43:49.200] by something very strange, which is a shame
[43:49.200 -> 43:50.760] because it would have been his 100th podium.
[43:50.760 -> 43:52.920] But no doubt, Fernando Alonso, it will come.
[43:52.920 -> 43:53.800] It will come this year.
[43:53.800 -> 43:55.720] Do you think they could get a one-two this year?
[43:55.720 -> 43:58.680] I can't wait to see a one-two for Aston Martin.
[43:58.680 -> 44:00.400] Anything is possible.
[44:00.400 -> 44:01.400] Anything is possible.
[44:01.400 -> 44:03.480] Especially if we're up to both Red Bulls, D and F.
[44:03.480 -> 44:05.720] Yeah, I reckon Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull
[44:07.000 -> 44:14.040] You just said Logan, but that's the excitement of the Pit Stop podcast. Anything could happen. It really can
[44:14.160 -> 44:17.560] Thank you very much for listening to the Pit Stop podcast. Please rate it five stars
[44:18.200 -> 44:24.480] Follow it click the like button. It's all good stuff. Yeah. See you guys on Thursday for a massive quiz. See you on Thursday
[44:24.480 -> 44:26.200] Yeah, it's gonna be a good one
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