Verstappen vs Leclerc

Here we are on Episode 11 of the Pitstop Podcast, and yesterday was race day in Jeddah! We give you our pre-race thoughts and predictions, before diving into everything that happened during the race on this crazy street track. Join us every Monday & Thursday for Q&A’s, guests, race predictions, and a whole load of laughter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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# Episode Summary: Race Recap and Analysis

The episode begins with a discussion about the surprising grid positions for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Hamilton starting in 16th place and several Mercedes-powered cars failing to make it out of Q3. The hosts express their excitement for the race and acknowledge the ongoing controversy surrounding the safety of the Jeddah circuit.

**Race Highlights:**

* Max Verstappen secures a hard-fought victory, showcasing his dominance and determination.
* Charles Leclerc delivers a strong performance, pushing Verstappen to the limit and engaging in thrilling battles throughout the race.
* Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez also perform well, securing third and fourth positions respectively.
* Fernando Alonso impresses with his pace and battles, qualifying in seventh and finishing in fifth place.
* Lewis Hamilton recovers from his poor starting position to finish in sixth place, demonstrating his resilience and skill.

**Key Insights and Observations:**

* The new regulations have significantly impacted the dynamics of the race, leading to closer battles and more overtaking opportunities.
* DRS (Drag Reduction System) plays a crucial role in the race, with drivers strategically using it to gain an advantage on straightaways.
* The DRS flap is controlled by the driver, allowing them to manage its usage and optimize their performance.
* The race showcases the importance of the middle and end stages of the race, as drivers can make up positions and challenge for the lead.
* The Jeddah circuit remains a dangerous track, with several drivers experiencing technical issues and crashes, highlighting the need for improved safety measures.

**Controversies and Memorable Moments:**

* The hosts discuss the ongoing debate about the suitability of the Jeddah circuit for Formula One racing, given its high-speed nature and lack of runoff areas.
* They speculate on the possibility of a reverse grid format, which would see the slowest qualifiers starting at the front of the grid, as a potential solution to promote more exciting races.
* The episode features a lighthearted discussion about the hosts' desire to attend various Formula One races, including the home Grand Prix's and the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

**Overall Takeaway:**

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix delivered an exhilarating and unpredictable race, showcasing the new regulations' impact on the sport and highlighting the intense competition among the top drivers. The episode provides an engaging and informative analysis of the race, capturing the excitement, controversies, and key moments that made it a memorable event. # Race Review: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022

## Introduction

The hosts, Jake Boys and Fabio Bocca, begin the podcast by discussing their upcoming trip to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where they'll have the chance to drive various cars up a hill climb. They also express their excitement for the upcoming Australian Grand Prix.

## Race Recap

The hosts then delve into a detailed recap of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. They discuss the impressive performances of Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and Sergio Perez, who finished in the top three positions, respectively. They also highlight the strong drives of George Russell and Fernando Alonso, who finished in the top five.

## Stand-In Drivers

The hosts discuss the performances of the stand-in drivers who replaced the regular drivers who were unable to compete due to COVID-19. They praise Nyck de Vries for his impressive debut with Williams, and they also mention the solid performances of Jack Aitken and Pietro Fittipaldi.

## Haas' Strong Result

The hosts express their delight at Haas' strong result in the race, with Kevin Magnussen finishing in the points for the second consecutive race. They credit team principal Guenther Steiner for the team's turnaround in form.

## Mercedes' Potential

The hosts discuss Mercedes' potential for improvement in the upcoming races. They believe that if the team can resolve its porpoising issues, it could be a major contender for race wins.

## Respect Between Leclerc and Verstappen

The hosts commend the respect shown between Leclerc and Verstappen both during and after the race. They note that the two drivers have a long history of racing together, and they appreciate the professionalism and sportsmanship they displayed.

## Red Bull's Strategy

The hosts analyze Red Bull's strategy in the race, which involved holding back Verstappen for most of the race before unleashing him for a late attack on Leclerc. They believe that this strategy was executed perfectly and that it ultimately led to Verstappen's victory.

## Upcoming Australian Grand Prix

The hosts look ahead to the upcoming Australian Grand Prix, which will take place in two weeks. They express their excitement for the race and speculate on the potential for more surprises and close battles.

## Conclusion

The hosts wrap up the podcast by encouraging listeners to follow them on Instagram and TikTok for more F1 content. They also remind listeners to leave a five-star review and subscribe to the podcast.

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[00:58.120 -> 01:16.360] Fred Meyer, fresh for everyone. Welcome back to the Pit Stop Podcast. It's race weekend and the race is going to be off
[01:16.360 -> 01:21.360] in 10 minutes. We're at Jeddah this weekend and we need to start off by saying Hamilton
[01:21.360 -> 01:26.120] 16th. That is absolutely nuts.
[01:26.120 -> 01:28.560] The first five cars that didn't make it out of Q3
[01:28.560 -> 01:31.120] were Mercedes powered cars.
[01:31.120 -> 01:32.600] How does that look for Hamilton?
[01:32.600 -> 01:35.000] How's he going to do starting from 16th today?
[01:35.000 -> 01:38.720] Doesn't sound great, but if there was anyone on the grid
[01:38.720 -> 01:40.920] who can turn it around, it's going to be him.
[01:40.920 -> 01:42.000] Completely agree.
[01:42.000 -> 01:43.720] We saw it last year when they had the sprint race.
[01:43.720 -> 01:44.760] I think it was Brazil.
[01:44.760 -> 01:45.160] I'm pretty sure it was Brazil when he had the sprint race, I think it was Brazil, I'm pretty sure
[01:45.160 -> 01:48.760] it was Brazil, when he had the engine change and he started at the back of the grid and
[01:48.760 -> 01:49.760] won the bloody race.
[01:49.760 -> 01:50.760] Yeah.
[01:50.760 -> 01:51.760] Like after the engine change.
[01:51.760 -> 01:55.000] So he's an absolute monster, I wouldn't be surprised to see Hamilton climb in the field
[01:55.000 -> 01:56.000] today.
[01:56.000 -> 01:57.000] Anything can happen.
[01:57.000 -> 02:00.240] Really great news to see that Mick Schumacher is okay after that crash yesterday.
[02:00.240 -> 02:05.100] Jeddah is a dangerous circuit as we know. Hopefully there's no crashes today.
[02:05.100 -> 02:08.560] Before the race starts, we're just going to go for our predictions once more and talk
[02:08.560 -> 02:12.060] about who we think is more likely. Fab, would you go for?
[02:12.060 -> 02:16.640] In my predictions? Now, there's been a lot of controversy between you and me about this.
[02:16.640 -> 02:20.160] No, but I'll give it to you because you've got a big third place that has actually qualified
[02:20.160 -> 02:22.980] quite high up. I do have a big third place. It's the boy,
[02:22.980 -> 02:25.140] the guy with the El Planeo.
[02:25.140 -> 02:25.980] It's Fernando Alonso.
[02:25.980 -> 02:28.080] This guy says Alonso is going to get third
[02:28.080 -> 02:29.540] and I'm like, no chance.
[02:29.540 -> 02:32.540] And then Alonso going and qualifies seventh.
[02:32.540 -> 02:34.200] Like that is unbelievable.
[02:34.200 -> 02:35.800] How on earth is he there?
[02:35.800 -> 02:37.760] There's theory behind my predictions.
[02:37.760 -> 02:39.360] I don't just take a shot in the dark.
[02:39.360 -> 02:41.400] You smashed it with has to get points
[02:41.400 -> 02:42.240] in the first few races.
[02:42.240 -> 02:43.980] Magnussen is 10th for today's race,
[02:43.980 -> 02:45.020] which I'm really excited about. But first you went Hamilton. So you do need him to come from in the first few races. Magnussen is 10th for today's race, which I'm really excited about.
[02:45.020 -> 02:46.540] But first you went Hamilton,
[02:46.540 -> 02:48.920] so you do need him to come from the back of the grid.
[02:48.920 -> 02:52.300] Second, you went Russell, third you've got Alonso.
[02:52.300 -> 02:54.760] My prediction is the current top three.
[02:54.760 -> 02:56.400] So I've got Leclerc to win,
[02:56.400 -> 02:59.280] Verstappen second and Perez third.
[02:59.280 -> 03:00.120] So it could happen.
[03:00.120 -> 03:01.320] Verstappen's in fourth though.
[03:01.320 -> 03:02.140] It could happen.
[03:02.140 -> 03:03.760] Oh, is Verstappen in fourth for the start?
[03:03.760 -> 03:04.600] Oh yeah, he is, isn't he?
[03:04.600 -> 03:05.420] It's Fer Ferrari's wrecking.
[03:05.420 -> 03:07.360] However, the conversation that we had with Lissi
[03:07.360 -> 03:10.560] when she was saying that she predicts chaos in Jeddah.
[03:10.560 -> 03:12.800] So I think she could be onto something.
[03:12.800 -> 03:15.160] She thinks Leclerc and Verstappen crash, don't she?
[03:15.160 -> 03:16.000] I can see it happening.
[03:16.000 -> 03:17.260] I can see it happening.
[03:17.260 -> 03:18.920] The race is about to begin.
[03:18.920 -> 03:21.600] We will be back with you after it.
[03:21.600 -> 03:23.680] I cannot wait for this one.
[03:23.680 -> 03:30.120] Strap in, start your your engines let's get it
[03:34.160 -> 03:43.040] Wow what an amazing race perfect for me boy takes the win but happen takes it
[03:43.040 -> 03:45.480] right at the end it was an absolute battle.
[03:45.480 -> 03:47.880] Blinder of a race, exactly what you wanted.
[03:47.880 -> 03:52.440] Like, two people racing each other, Leclerc looks amazing, Verstappen looks amazing,
[03:52.440 -> 03:55.480] Sainz looks amazing, Perez looks amazing, Mercedes look better!
[03:55.480 -> 03:58.480] They look much better, and just what an amazing start to the season.
[03:58.480 -> 04:03.200] Two banging races, the cars are doing what they're meant to do, so it's going to be a good season.
[04:03.200 -> 04:06.400] It's amazing to see so much respect on the track.
[04:06.400 -> 04:08.920] You see drivers like Verstappen and Leclerc
[04:08.920 -> 04:12.400] right behind each other, all them laps going at each other.
[04:12.400 -> 04:14.880] It's the perfect start to the season.
[04:14.880 -> 04:17.160] And I am so excited for the next race now.
[04:17.160 -> 04:19.040] You've got two, they both won a race.
[04:19.040 -> 04:20.880] Constructors points looking good.
[04:20.880 -> 04:22.040] Ferrari are doing amazing.
[04:22.040 -> 04:23.960] Red Bull coming really strong.
[04:23.960 -> 04:25.400] Mercedes looking strong,
[04:25.400 -> 04:26.880] McLaren look better.
[04:26.880 -> 04:28.000] McLaren do look better,
[04:28.000 -> 04:29.880] unfortunate to what happened to Ricciardo.
[04:29.880 -> 04:32.360] Oh mate, we've got so much to get into.
[04:32.360 -> 04:33.920] There is a fucking lot to talk about.
[04:33.920 -> 04:34.760] Let's start from the front.
[04:34.760 -> 04:35.800] There's so much to get into.
[04:35.800 -> 04:40.800] What a race, Max Verstappen, he has got the win he wanted.
[04:41.920 -> 04:44.280] Kind of proving what he's about, isn't he?
[04:44.280 -> 04:46.560] The first one didn't work out for them, not his fault, the car he wanted. It's kind of proving what he's about, isn't he? The first one didn't work out for them.
[04:46.560 -> 04:48.400] Not his fault, the car's fault.
[04:48.400 -> 04:51.840] But yeah, today he put a blinder in, so fair play to him.
[04:51.840 -> 04:54.000] One of my favourite things I took was the way,
[04:54.000 -> 04:57.680] about halfway through, Christian said he knew they had enough power at the end.
[04:57.680 -> 05:00.080] And it seemed that Verstappen very much had a game plan.
[05:00.080 -> 05:02.400] Like you said, he closed his DRS,
[05:02.400 -> 05:06.000] so he knew what he was doing in the latter stages to get the pace.
[05:06.000 -> 05:07.100] Yeah, interesting.
[05:07.100 -> 05:09.200] Was learning so much every time we watch it.
[05:09.200 -> 05:10.500] Learn more and more and more.
[05:10.500 -> 05:12.100] Learn something new about DRS today.
[05:12.100 -> 05:13.300] We'll touch on that later.
[05:13.300 -> 05:16.200] But yeah, no, seems like the strategy paid off.
[05:16.200 -> 05:18.600] On the other hand, Lewis Hamilton's didn't.
[05:18.600 -> 05:19.500] No.
[05:19.500 -> 05:22.100] Well, the pit window on Lewis Hamilton was very unlucky.
[05:22.100 -> 05:26.140] If Lewis Hamilton had have got in just before the pit lane had closed,
[05:26.140 -> 05:28.340] he would have been fine, but he missed, had to stay out.
[05:28.340 -> 05:30.620] And then he obviously had a disadvantage of his tyres,
[05:30.620 -> 05:32.500] which took him from sixth to like 16th.
[05:32.500 -> 05:33.900] So very unlucky for him.
[05:33.900 -> 05:35.540] Russell had a good race.
[05:35.540 -> 05:38.180] My favourite, one of my highlights has got to be
[05:38.180 -> 05:42.180] Alonso at Ocon for that like five lap shootout.
[05:42.180 -> 05:46.600] The Alpines were head on head and I was like saying to Fab, how is
[05:46.600 -> 05:49.160] their team not saying stop, stop, they're going to crash.
[05:49.160 -> 05:54.520] Amazing, yeah. I think the team was letting him race for the first 20 laps and then after
[05:54.520 -> 05:58.480] that I think they told Ocon to stay behind Alonso. But didn't he overtake him later on
[05:58.480 -> 05:59.480] anyway?
[05:59.480 -> 06:02.360] Yeah, and then the principal when he came on though said that that was strategy, to
[06:02.360 -> 06:05.920] keep Bottas behind. If that was strategy
[06:05.920 -> 06:10.320] to keep drivers behind and they didn't crash it did work quite well but Fernando was very
[06:10.320 -> 06:15.880] unlucky towards the end of the race. That sucks by the way so many cars DNF'd today.
[06:15.880 -> 06:20.960] You know it was like three cars in one lap. It's all in the space of like a few seconds
[06:20.960 -> 06:26.320] of each other. Alonso first car overheated then Bottas went to the pits and just retired his car.
[06:26.320 -> 06:27.360] It's so gutting,
[06:27.360 -> 06:29.680] especially when there's not a race every weekend,
[06:29.680 -> 06:30.980] you can't just suddenly go again.
[06:30.980 -> 06:32.920] They have to now wait two weeks to get out there.
[06:32.920 -> 06:34.760] Sunoda, Sunoda, Sunoda.
[06:34.760 -> 06:36.400] Sunoda, Sunoda.
[06:36.400 -> 06:39.920] Sunoda didn't even complete the formation lap, mate.
[06:39.920 -> 06:41.120] I know, what happened there?
[06:41.120 -> 06:41.960] I didn't hear actually what happened to his car.
[06:41.960 -> 06:42.920] Well, I think the power unit,
[06:42.920 -> 06:44.640] they've had a lot of problems, Alvatore,
[06:44.640 -> 06:46.560] with the power and stuff like that.
[06:46.560 -> 06:48.320] And it looked like what was happening yesterday
[06:48.320 -> 06:49.800] in qualifying and in practice,
[06:49.800 -> 06:52.480] they just could not get the car to start.
[06:52.480 -> 06:55.400] But then Alfa Romeo were having similar issues
[06:55.400 -> 06:57.680] with the start and the getaway.
[06:57.680 -> 07:00.360] We need to look into more what the issue is there.
[07:00.360 -> 07:01.200] Yeah, it was just a stalling error.
[07:01.200 -> 07:02.720] These cars are having a very similar issue,
[07:02.720 -> 07:04.000] which is quite strange.
[07:04.000 -> 07:06.080] The Alfa Romeo kept going into stall mode
[07:06.080 -> 07:12.040] I think. And then Latifi... Or anti-stall mode rather. Latifi didn't do it. Did Latifi do it?
[07:12.040 -> 07:14.720] Latifi went into the wall again, didn't he? He did indeed.
[07:14.720 -> 07:18.600] Yeah, well, we don't like seeing anyone going to the wall, but it had to be Latifi if anyone.
[07:18.600 -> 07:21.280] I did say I didn't think Williams would get any points this weekend.
[07:21.280 -> 07:26.920] I'm worried for Williams, but they just don't look very strong to be honest.
[07:26.920 -> 07:30.320] They're still early days of course you got to think about which
[07:30.320 -> 07:33.160] teams are gonna keep progressing throughout the year I guess.
[07:33.160 -> 07:33.660] Definitely.
[07:33.660 -> 07:38.000] I suppose some teams are gonna like have a good car now and maybe it will just stay the same the
[07:38.000 -> 07:39.340] whole year and then maybe...
[07:39.340 -> 07:43.080] Well that's what you were saying about Ferrari, you were saying that Ferrari might have given
[07:43.080 -> 07:48.000] this everything for that first race hoping that they can run and run and run but what if Red Bull
[07:48.000 -> 07:51.640] have got more as well like we didn't really get to see the full Red Bull last
[07:51.640 -> 07:54.880] weekend because if you think about like this if Red Bull had played the same
[07:54.880 -> 07:58.600] but same plan they just played this weekend last weekend they probably would
[07:58.600 -> 08:01.960] have won the race again but their car died yeah yeah it's just unfortunate
[08:01.960 -> 08:04.920] their car died you can't really plan things like that you can't plan around
[08:04.920 -> 08:06.160] things like that but yeah I't plan around things like that.
[08:06.160 -> 08:07.400] But yeah, I've always said,
[08:07.400 -> 08:10.140] I think the main battle for Ferrari this year is just,
[08:10.140 -> 08:11.600] if they are strong now,
[08:11.600 -> 08:14.300] it's just maintaining it until December.
[08:14.300 -> 08:16.280] I always think teams like Red Bull, Mercedes
[08:16.280 -> 08:18.120] are always gonna be able to be,
[08:18.120 -> 08:19.800] innovative is the word.
[08:19.800 -> 08:22.960] I think they'll always, their car will always get better
[08:22.960 -> 08:23.800] because they're good at it.
[08:23.800 -> 08:25.920] But if Ferrari can keep up with them.
[08:25.920 -> 08:28.200] I definitely think Ferrari are going to be right there,
[08:28.200 -> 08:29.040] without a doubt.
[08:29.040 -> 08:30.500] I think it is going to be very close.
[08:30.500 -> 08:34.200] I love seeing the four of the Red Bulls and the Ferraris.
[08:34.200 -> 08:36.840] When you see that, it makes it so exciting
[08:36.840 -> 08:38.720] when the lineup is like a Ferrari at the front,
[08:38.720 -> 08:40.000] Ferrari fourth, Red Bulls in the middle.
[08:40.000 -> 08:43.160] Because the battle, when there's a line of people in DRS,
[08:43.160 -> 08:45.040] it just makes it so interesting.
[08:45.040 -> 08:47.180] And it is going to be incredible having that battle.
[08:47.180 -> 08:50.000] I feel like we have the end of last season battle
[08:50.000 -> 08:51.540] within two races.
[08:51.540 -> 08:54.040] We have two people that are fighting to win.
[08:54.040 -> 08:56.080] When usually there's, you know, Lewis Hamill
[08:56.080 -> 08:58.480] and someone just completely running away of everything.
[08:58.480 -> 09:00.160] But you can't take anything from Hamill today.
[09:00.160 -> 09:01.480] He was unlucky with the pit window,
[09:01.480 -> 09:04.260] but he did start 16th and he was sixth.
[09:04.260 -> 09:08.000] Imagine if he could have pitted under that safety car, would have been a whole other race.
[09:08.000 -> 09:10.240] Well, who knows? He had a good strategy.
[09:10.240 -> 09:13.120] I looked at it at the beginning and we didn't know why some people were on hards.
[09:13.120 -> 09:15.760] You said Hulkenberg was on hards as well.
[09:15.760 -> 09:17.680] And maybe it was just there at the back of the grid.
[09:17.680 -> 09:19.120] You're hoping for the safety car.
[09:19.120 -> 09:24.640] You can stay out and pit under the safety car, which did work in a few people's favour
[09:24.640 -> 09:25.160] and didn't work in some few people's favor and didn't
[09:25.160 -> 09:29.460] work in some people's favor this week but it's always very interesting learning
[09:29.460 -> 09:32.660] about the rules around the safety car what you can and can't do when it's a
[09:32.660 -> 09:35.660] virtual safety car because there's different safety cars different flags
[09:35.660 -> 09:41.180] and I didn't know that because what were they doing under the virtual safety car
[09:41.180 -> 09:46.640] you only have to reduce your Delta you have to maintain a Delta, but I don't think like you don't,
[09:46.640 -> 09:49.080] the pack doesn't have to close up like under a safety car,
[09:49.080 -> 09:50.720] all the cars have to come together
[09:50.720 -> 09:51.560] and they're all behind each other.
[09:51.560 -> 09:53.180] Yeah, because I did notice Leclerc got really far ahead,
[09:53.180 -> 09:54.680] but then he did bring the gap back.
[09:54.680 -> 09:56.160] So they must have radioed in and said,
[09:56.160 -> 09:58.960] look, you're out with your Delta, you've got to slow down.
[09:58.960 -> 10:00.600] I'm guessing that's kind of what happened.
[10:00.600 -> 10:01.560] I guess so, yeah.
[10:01.560 -> 10:02.440] But it was great.
[10:02.440 -> 10:04.660] The way that they caught back up was absolutely a shame.
[10:04.660 -> 10:08.460] Such a big shame for Zoe. Looked like he was gonna have a
[10:08.460 -> 10:12.060] brilliant race he was started off really well and he lost complete power as well.
[10:12.060 -> 10:16.020] Joe yeah and he got the time penalty. He got the time penalty that you just hate to see
[10:16.020 -> 10:19.560] that he got points in his rookie debut you want him to pick off where he left
[10:19.560 -> 10:24.700] off. Alonso losing power gave us the most amazing race you predicted him third on
[10:24.700 -> 10:25.280] the podium and for a little bit I actually race. You predicted him third on the podium.
[10:25.280 -> 10:27.760] And for a little bit, I actually thought.
[10:27.760 -> 10:28.920] There was a glimmer of hope.
[10:28.920 -> 10:29.760] There was a glimmer of hope.
[10:29.760 -> 10:31.960] Early on in the race, when he was battling O'Connor,
[10:31.960 -> 10:33.800] I thought, yeah, he's just gonna fly through the pack.
[10:33.800 -> 10:36.160] I thought, maybe he's gonna actually do this.
[10:36.160 -> 10:38.480] At that point, I really was shitting myself
[10:38.480 -> 10:40.480] because I knew if you got, well, at one point,
[10:40.480 -> 10:42.000] I thought I'd got all three right
[10:42.000 -> 10:43.380] and then it just fell to shit.
[10:43.380 -> 10:49.680] Why didn't I put Verstappen first? I triple-drived at him, like thinking he'd win and he won, but on my predictions I put
[10:49.680 -> 10:50.680] Leclerc.
[10:50.680 -> 10:51.680] I just switched it.
[10:51.680 -> 10:54.880] But that's great though because there's always been such an importance in qualifying, there
[10:54.880 -> 10:59.800] still is, a big importance in the start of the race, but now I think you're going to
[10:59.800 -> 11:03.760] see a trend where you're going to start to see the importance of the middle and the end
[11:03.760 -> 11:04.760] of the race as well.
[11:04.760 -> 11:07.080] It's not over if you're if you're not in the
[11:07.080 -> 11:09.720] front in the beginning. I definitely agree with that I feel like it used to
[11:09.720 -> 11:13.960] be like if you were Powell you've pretty much won like I don't know why I felt
[11:13.960 -> 11:17.640] like that's how it was anyway but maybe it's getting further and further from
[11:17.640 -> 11:20.800] that. Well this has been their aim with the new cars design of the new cars has
[11:20.800 -> 11:24.400] been to do that so I think it looks like they're achieving what they wanted.
[11:24.400 -> 11:26.320] That's when I saw something interesting the other day
[11:26.320 -> 11:30.760] actually it was about the proposal of a reverse grid and a lot of people don't
[11:30.760 -> 11:36.200] like it, a lot of people do like it. It's interesting. I think that's stupid.
[11:36.200 -> 11:40.680] I think it's a stupid idea yeah yeah because if there was a massive
[11:40.680 -> 11:44.920] difference in car or skill. But it would work out fair for everyone
[11:44.920 -> 11:47.000] throughout the whole season no matter what.
[11:47.000 -> 11:52.080] Because say Lance Stroll started pole because he came last and Lance Stroll won, that means
[11:52.080 -> 11:53.880] next race he'd start last.
[11:53.880 -> 11:55.520] Do you kind of get what I'm saying?
[11:55.520 -> 11:56.680] So it kind of would work out.
[11:56.680 -> 11:58.400] No, I thought it would be through qualifying.
[11:58.400 -> 12:00.880] Yeah, but it would work the same through qualifying, wouldn't it?
[12:00.880 -> 12:04.040] If you came last, if you got first in qualifying and came 20th.
[12:04.040 -> 12:07.680] Yeah, but then surely everyone who's qualifying would want to not go as
[12:07.680 -> 12:10.640] fast as they could so they started at the front of the grid oh maybe you're
[12:10.640 -> 12:14.800] right then how the fuck would that work I don't know I don't know I just thought
[12:14.800 -> 12:17.880] it was interesting I guess this is why we're seeing the introduction of things
[12:17.880 -> 12:21.920] like sprint races they're doing as much as they can to change things up I like
[12:21.920 -> 12:24.360] that by the way I like gives you something to look forward to because
[12:24.360 -> 12:27.160] qualifying to us now is quite exciting.
[12:27.160 -> 12:28.320] Not as exciting as a race.
[12:28.320 -> 12:32.800] So if there's like a little short sprint race on a Saturday.
[12:32.800 -> 12:33.640] I quite like it as well.
[12:33.640 -> 12:35.920] Because it adds in more chances to get points.
[12:35.920 -> 12:37.540] So it makes the overall excitement
[12:37.540 -> 12:40.320] of who's going to win the championship just even better.
[12:40.320 -> 12:41.860] It'd be interesting to hear what you guys think
[12:41.860 -> 12:42.720] about sprint races though.
[12:42.720 -> 12:44.360] So please do send us a message.
[12:44.360 -> 12:45.340] At this point in the podcast
[12:45.340 -> 12:50.820] I just want to quickly say one. Thank you for being here to if you're not already following the podcast
[12:50.820 -> 12:56.120] Please do hit the follow button and if you haven't rated it, please do rate it five star. It really helps us out
[12:56.120 -> 13:01.560] We're here every Monday and every Thursday and we're loving being here. So yeah, thanks for being it
[13:01.560 -> 13:06.600] But also Ricardo went out his engine completely died in the pit lane.
[13:06.600 -> 13:08.440] So McLaren started good and out of nowhere,
[13:08.440 -> 13:09.560] they've got an engine issue.
[13:09.560 -> 13:12.000] Alonso, Ricciardo, and Bottas all like in the same space.
[13:12.000 -> 13:12.840] Oh yeah, Bottas went as well,
[13:12.840 -> 13:14.800] and Bottas was having a great race.
[13:14.800 -> 13:15.720] He's retired his car.
[13:15.720 -> 13:16.560] What do you think is wrong?
[13:16.560 -> 13:18.840] Do you just think they're not ready?
[13:18.840 -> 13:21.480] It's just, I think, I mean, I can't comment
[13:21.480 -> 13:23.320] because we only started properly watching halfway
[13:23.320 -> 13:28.560] through last season, but I feel like this just could be an issue at the start of any season, especially when
[13:28.560 -> 13:29.920] they're making changes like this to the car.
[13:29.920 -> 13:33.080] I mean, a lot of the time they haven't changed much about the car or the design.
[13:33.080 -> 13:36.240] This is like the biggest change that they've made in quite a few years, I think.
[13:36.240 -> 13:37.800] So the teams are just trying to adapt.
[13:37.800 -> 13:38.800] True.
[13:38.800 -> 13:41.840] And they just don't know what, I mean, you can test the car in a wind tunnel and you
[13:41.840 -> 13:47.600] can do qualifying laps, practice laps or whatever, but until you've got cars actually racing each other, you don't know how they're
[13:47.600 -> 13:48.600] going to perform.
[13:48.600 -> 13:51.360] So it's new to them as it is to us.
[13:51.360 -> 13:54.880] Yeah, we genuinely never watched the start of a season before, so we're not aware that
[13:54.880 -> 13:59.960] the issues cars have and people have, but it is a shame to watch the people DNF today
[13:59.960 -> 14:02.200] that were doing amazing, especially Alonso.
[14:02.200 -> 14:07.900] But I do want to talk with you about the Leclerc-Verstappen battle from the beginning because they were saying
[14:07.900 -> 14:12.500] the whole way through that Leclerc was getting so much time out of sector one
[14:12.500 -> 14:16.180] it was just constantly Leclerc's getting all that time in sector one and then
[14:16.180 -> 14:19.300] what do you say he's doing he's like holding getting all this time in that
[14:19.300 -> 14:23.400] sector yeah he was he was making up the time so that Verstappen wasn't in his
[14:23.400 -> 14:25.960] DRS in the first sector because they're quicker through there
[14:25.960 -> 14:29.640] I think I'm assuming the second and third sectors are more straight
[14:29.920 -> 14:35.680] Basically Ferrari increased the downforce for this race so they could get through the corners quicker interesting, but obviously
[14:36.440 -> 14:42.440] Sacrifice straight line speed with that so that's why once for Stappan overtook him in like the second to last lap
[14:42.440 -> 14:48.960] He couldn't catch up with him. Yeah, so we definitely saw the new regulations in their battle like we did
[14:48.960 -> 14:53.080] last week. Halfway through the race when they were DRS in and out, overtook, come
[14:53.080 -> 14:57.520] back, DRS in again. They had a few few swaps at first and second and it's great
[14:57.520 -> 15:02.800] to see that as well. But what's the DRS thing then? So how does that work? Why did
[15:02.800 -> 15:06.080] why is he turning on his DRS on and off?
[15:06.080 -> 15:07.200] Because you've just found out
[15:07.200 -> 15:08.680] that the driver controls the DRS.
[15:08.680 -> 15:09.660] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[15:09.660 -> 15:11.040] I was under the impression, right,
[15:11.040 -> 15:12.720] because this is how it happens on the game,
[15:12.720 -> 15:15.440] is that when you go into a DRS section,
[15:15.440 -> 15:17.160] it just activates and then as soon as you leave it-
[15:17.160 -> 15:18.000] It's on its own, right?
[15:18.000 -> 15:18.820] I thought it was the same thing.
[15:18.820 -> 15:19.760] I thought it was automatic.
[15:19.760 -> 15:21.520] I didn't know that you could turn it on and off.
[15:21.520 -> 15:24.320] Basically, I don't know which lap it was on,
[15:24.320 -> 15:28.240] but Verstappen was behind Leclerc in the DRS section
[15:28.240 -> 15:30.100] where there's like another one straight after it.
[15:30.100 -> 15:33.040] And he could have gone for him, but he turned his DRS off.
[15:33.040 -> 15:34.600] And I was thinking like, why is that just,
[15:34.600 -> 15:36.160] cause they were still on the straight.
[15:36.160 -> 15:38.200] And I was thinking, why is his DRS flap
[15:38.200 -> 15:39.720] just like gone back up?
[15:39.720 -> 15:40.640] Like when he could have done it.
[15:40.640 -> 15:42.320] But what he was doing is he was,
[15:42.320 -> 15:44.640] he didn't want to go too heavy in the corner
[15:44.640 -> 15:47.560] and then flat spot.
[15:47.560 -> 15:50.880] Oh, you would not want a flat spot.
[15:50.880 -> 15:51.720] That's it.
[15:51.720 -> 15:54.960] So yeah, he saved it there so that on the next straight,
[15:54.960 -> 15:55.800] he could have it.
[15:55.800 -> 15:56.960] So he could stay within the position.
[15:56.960 -> 15:57.800] Yeah.
[15:57.800 -> 15:58.640] Really interesting to see that.
[15:58.640 -> 16:02.040] Well, I had genuinely no idea that the RS was controlled
[16:02.040 -> 16:02.880] by the driver.
[16:02.880 -> 16:04.440] I assumed it was completely all mag as well,
[16:04.440 -> 16:06.160] like a sensor, they go past a certain zone
[16:06.160 -> 16:07.160] and it just goes, whoop.
[16:07.160 -> 16:09.880] But that's just because we only know from the fucking game.
[16:09.880 -> 16:11.040] And I think actually on the game,
[16:11.040 -> 16:12.240] you can turn it on as well.
[16:12.240 -> 16:13.060] Oh really?
[16:13.060 -> 16:14.160] So you can do it manually, yeah.
[16:14.160 -> 16:15.880] Oh wow, I didn't even know that.
[16:17.880 -> 16:19.520] No, it was a great race from Ferrari.
[16:19.520 -> 16:22.960] I was really interested in when Verstappen kept radioing in
[16:22.960 -> 16:29.400] and saying that Leclerc's gone over the pit line. Because when I watched it for a couple of times, I actually thought Leclerc
[16:29.400 -> 16:33.840] had. Even when I watched it, for some reason in my eyeliner, I was thinking Leclerc's got
[16:33.840 -> 16:35.840] a pit. Maybe when they just go that little bit left.
[16:35.840 -> 16:36.840] I didn't notice it.
[16:36.840 -> 16:37.840] Did you not?
[16:37.840 -> 16:38.840] I didn't notice it, no.
[16:38.840 -> 16:44.800] I did notice it. But yeah, I feel like Verstappen's just gonna fucking say anything he can, can't
[16:44.800 -> 16:47.080] he? No, but he was probably, maybe he was right, I don't know, but...
[16:47.080 -> 16:49.880] He gets a bit arsey on the mic, doesn't he?
[16:49.880 -> 16:51.880] He's just got a lot of personality!
[16:51.880 -> 16:53.080] You can hear like Christian Horner saying,
[16:53.080 -> 16:56.480] Okay Max, calm down, just calm down, keep your head down, we'll do the work.
[16:56.480 -> 16:57.680] Just do what you do.
[16:57.680 -> 17:02.080] Yuki's the hardest to deal with though, his radio messages when his car dies, I'd love to hear that.
[17:02.080 -> 17:03.880] They'll have it on Drive and Survive, I'm sure.
[17:03.880 -> 17:06.120] He'll be going absolutely mental, wouldn't he?
[17:06.120 -> 17:06.960] Probably, yeah.
[17:06.960 -> 17:08.880] In the formation lap, that sucks, mate.
[17:08.880 -> 17:11.960] There's no worse time to go out than the very beginning.
[17:11.960 -> 17:12.800] No.
[17:12.800 -> 17:14.080] You don't even get a chance.
[17:14.080 -> 17:15.880] I mean, I'm just, I mean, in a way,
[17:15.880 -> 17:18.120] you're kind of just happy that like, shit, like,
[17:18.120 -> 17:20.600] like I'm happy that, you know, three cars retired.
[17:20.600 -> 17:22.880] I mean, obviously Latifi had his crash,
[17:22.880 -> 17:26.160] but that wasn't like a bad crash really,
[17:26.160 -> 17:27.760] considering what Schumacher had in qualifying.
[17:27.760 -> 17:30.800] Considering how dangerous this track is,
[17:30.800 -> 17:34.920] you're lucky, well, it's good that the people that did DNF
[17:34.920 -> 17:37.600] and didn't have a fucking horrible crash,
[17:37.600 -> 17:39.240] because it's a dangerous track.
[17:39.240 -> 17:41.960] We were talking on a live just before we come and done this
[17:41.960 -> 17:43.760] and we asked people whether they thought
[17:43.760 -> 17:48.720] Jettish should stay. Do you think it should stay or would you rather them replace it?
[17:48.720 -> 17:53.640] I know that for this time round they extended some of the barriers out so
[17:53.640 -> 17:57.280] there was more space. I don't know whether that helped or not maybe they're
[17:57.280 -> 18:00.160] just more used to the track now because it's only the second time they've driven
[18:00.160 -> 18:04.360] like racing. Maybe they're more used to it I'm not really sure. It's a very high
[18:04.360 -> 18:07.280] speed track considering how tight it is.
[18:07.280 -> 18:08.120] So I mean-
[18:08.120 -> 18:10.280] And it's a lot of concrete walls.
[18:10.280 -> 18:11.120] Yeah, yeah.
[18:11.120 -> 18:12.200] Like concrete walls,
[18:12.200 -> 18:13.920] that how on earth is that ever gonna work
[18:13.920 -> 18:16.520] with a car going 108 miles an hour into it?
[18:16.520 -> 18:18.240] Initially, if you'd have asked me like
[18:18.240 -> 18:19.160] at the end of last year,
[18:19.160 -> 18:20.840] I'd have said get rid of that track, man.
[18:20.840 -> 18:23.080] Cause it just looks like a death pit.
[18:23.080 -> 18:23.920] Yeah.
[18:23.920 -> 18:26.580] F2 as well, they struggled with it big time.
[18:27.780 -> 18:29.880] But nah, I don't know.
[18:29.880 -> 18:30.720] I don't love it.
[18:30.720 -> 18:31.640] That was a good race, though.
[18:31.640 -> 18:32.480] That was an amazing race.
[18:32.480 -> 18:33.300] That was a fucking good race.
[18:33.300 -> 18:34.320] And it was great to watch that,
[18:34.320 -> 18:36.120] but then I, yesterday in qualifying,
[18:36.120 -> 18:38.240] Mick's crash was so horrible.
[18:38.240 -> 18:40.360] And then you think, we were really lucky
[18:40.360 -> 18:41.480] that nothing like that happened today.
[18:41.480 -> 18:43.080] They take it within the centimetre,
[18:43.080 -> 18:44.720] you know, we got it on in front of us now.
[18:44.720 -> 18:46.900] When they go up to that wall and that final turn
[18:46.900 -> 18:49.620] and certain corners there, they are risking everything.
[18:49.620 -> 18:52.060] In their eyesight, it must look like they've hit the wall.
[18:52.060 -> 18:53.900] They have to take it so close.
[18:53.900 -> 18:58.060] How on earth are they trained to know that exact angle?
[18:58.060 -> 19:00.580] Like I'd overcook that every time.
[19:00.580 -> 19:02.020] You can see how close they get in there.
[19:02.020 -> 19:02.860] Within like an inch.
[19:02.860 -> 19:03.680] Do you know what though?
[19:03.680 -> 19:04.520] Do you know what?
[19:04.520 -> 19:06.720] I think this might sound ridiculous,
[19:06.720 -> 19:09.280] but I mean, if you're a driver,
[19:09.280 -> 19:11.360] if you're a racer and that's what you do for a living,
[19:11.360 -> 19:12.680] I think it'd be easier to judge it
[19:12.680 -> 19:13.960] than it is for us on like,
[19:13.960 -> 19:15.320] watch like playing it on a screen
[19:15.320 -> 19:17.300] with an analog stick on a controller.
[19:17.300 -> 19:18.140] Do you know what I mean?
[19:18.140 -> 19:20.200] Because you've got much more play.
[19:20.200 -> 19:23.120] You got, what's the word that I'm looking for?
[19:23.120 -> 19:24.440] Like when you turn the steering wheel,
[19:24.440 -> 19:25.840] you can be more precise of it.
[19:25.840 -> 19:28.160] Whereas with an analog stick, it doesn't move as far.
[19:28.160 -> 19:29.000] So you're telling me.
[19:29.000 -> 19:31.720] I'm basically saying to you, put me in a fucking car.
[19:31.720 -> 19:33.040] I'll get a better lap time.
[19:33.040 -> 19:35.120] So do you think if I put you in your Golf
[19:35.120 -> 19:36.720] and put you on that track and said,
[19:36.720 -> 19:38.440] take that corner really quick and don't hit the wall.
[19:38.440 -> 19:40.800] I'd roll the Golf, mate.
[19:40.800 -> 19:41.880] I would roll the Golf.
[19:41.880 -> 19:44.720] There's no way my Golf would get around any of those corners.
[19:44.720 -> 19:46.000] Flat out. But I'm telling you now, any's no way my golf would get around any of those corners, flat out.
[19:46.000 -> 19:50.000] But I'm telling you now, any F1 teams that may be listening, put me in one of your cars,
[19:50.000 -> 19:54.000] I will set a quicker lap time than whoever you've got driving for you right now.
[19:54.000 -> 19:59.000] I will. Because I just have that pure speed inside of me.
[19:59.000 -> 20:02.000] And you bleed red Ferrari.
[20:02.000 -> 20:06.280] The monkey's trying to get out of the cage, all I want to do is just get in and just do what I know I'm born to do.
[20:06.280 -> 20:08.760] Throw him in a car, let him see what he's got.
[20:08.760 -> 20:10.920] Probably kill myself in about three seconds.
[20:10.920 -> 20:12.160] Pew!
[20:12.160 -> 20:13.120] Straight into a barrier.
[20:13.120 -> 20:15.160] I reckon if you actually got an F1 car,
[20:15.160 -> 20:16.320] you'd go really slow.
[20:16.320 -> 20:18.280] I reckon you've got this feeling of like,
[20:18.280 -> 20:19.240] yeah, I'd raz it,
[20:19.240 -> 20:20.840] but I reckon you'd feel how quick it is
[20:20.840 -> 20:22.400] and then like crawl around the corners.
[20:22.400 -> 20:25.080] You'd have to go well slow in the beginning, wouldn't you?
[20:25.080 -> 20:26.560] Also, I'd want to do it on a track,
[20:26.560 -> 20:28.960] like the French track where you've got like miles of space.
[20:28.960 -> 20:31.240] Yeah, so if you do slide out, you're not too bad.
[20:31.240 -> 20:32.280] Fuck going to like Monaco.
[20:32.280 -> 20:33.680] Monaco.
[20:33.680 -> 20:36.160] Head first into a warm-up.
[20:36.160 -> 20:37.000] Full speed.
[20:37.000 -> 20:39.640] Me and my dad did it in his Citroen Picasso.
[20:39.640 -> 20:40.480] What?
[20:40.480 -> 20:41.320] Yeah.
[20:41.320 -> 20:42.320] Where you drove the track?
[20:42.320 -> 20:43.840] Yeah, because it's just a street track, isn't it?
[20:43.840 -> 20:44.680] Yeah.
[20:44.680 -> 20:46.640] Monaco, so you can drive around it. Yeah, cause it's just a street track, isn't it? Yeah. Monaco, so you can drive around it.
[20:46.640 -> 20:49.160] Yeah, and it's ledge because they still have the red
[20:49.160 -> 20:51.440] and white like curbs on the floor, like all year round.
[20:51.440 -> 20:52.440] They don't take them up.
[20:52.440 -> 20:53.280] That's so sick.
[20:53.280 -> 20:54.280] So when you actually go to Monaco,
[20:54.280 -> 20:55.600] you can actually see the race track.
[20:55.600 -> 20:56.560] Let's do that this year.
[20:56.560 -> 20:58.000] Let's go and drive the track.
[20:58.000 -> 20:58.820] I'd love to.
[20:58.820 -> 20:59.920] And set a time with traffic.
[20:59.920 -> 21:01.680] With curbs, just set a time.
[21:01.680 -> 21:02.520] 10 and a half minutes.
[21:02.520 -> 21:03.680] As fast as we can.
[21:03.680 -> 21:04.520] I would love to do that.
[21:04.520 -> 21:05.680] That'd be great fun.
[21:05.680 -> 21:07.280] We were actually talking about how fun it would be
[21:07.280 -> 21:09.560] if like, what did we say?
[21:09.560 -> 21:10.800] We said it with Lissy, didn't we?
[21:10.800 -> 21:12.840] If all the, everyone got a yacht.
[21:12.840 -> 21:13.680] Yeah.
[21:13.680 -> 21:14.520] That'd be a dream.
[21:14.520 -> 21:17.360] We have to figure out the cheapest way to get to the races.
[21:17.360 -> 21:19.960] I would have got tickets for any race.
[21:19.960 -> 21:21.680] I would go anywhere.
[21:21.680 -> 21:24.680] Literally, I've got no reason to not be any of them.
[21:24.680 -> 21:25.480] I'd love to go.
[21:25.480 -> 21:28.680] Just after seeing that today and seeing the battle,
[21:28.680 -> 21:30.880] we were saying we think the home Grand Prix's
[21:30.880 -> 21:31.960] would be really good.
[21:31.960 -> 21:34.600] Like if we went Silverstone for like English drivers
[21:34.600 -> 21:36.520] or Mexico, you know what I mean?
[21:36.520 -> 21:37.360] Yeah.
[21:37.360 -> 21:38.760] I feel like you'll have a more of a party there
[21:38.760 -> 21:41.360] because the fans there will be like, I don't know,
[21:41.360 -> 21:42.600] you go to the Dutch Grand Prix,
[21:42.600 -> 21:44.640] there's going to be so many fucking crazy fans
[21:44.640 -> 21:46.320] getting lashed for Max, isn't it?
[21:46.320 -> 21:47.160] Yeah, of course.
[21:47.160 -> 21:49.000] It's going to be such a party.
[21:49.000 -> 21:50.960] I think we need to go to a home Grand Prix.
[21:50.960 -> 21:53.240] Silverstone is also like one of the old school,
[21:53.240 -> 21:55.520] like historic tracks, like Spa.
[21:55.520 -> 21:57.340] I know, I've been trying to get Silverstone tickets
[21:57.340 -> 21:59.480] on like ticket, reselling ticket websites.
[21:59.480 -> 22:01.440] We must've said this in every single podcast,
[22:01.440 -> 22:02.880] like, are you guys getting the hint yet?
[22:02.880 -> 22:05.280] Yeah, we're just hoping someone's listening to me.
[22:05.280 -> 22:07.080] They might have two spare tickets
[22:07.080 -> 22:09.800] or lying around collecting dust.
[22:09.800 -> 22:11.400] Tell you what we do have tickets for though.
[22:11.400 -> 22:12.240] What?
[22:12.240 -> 22:13.120] Courtesy of a good friend of ours,
[22:13.120 -> 22:14.320] Goodwood Festival of Speed.
[22:14.320 -> 22:16.280] Oh yeah, that's exciting, I've never been.
[22:16.280 -> 22:17.200] No, me neither.
[22:17.200 -> 22:18.920] What do they do there?
[22:18.920 -> 22:19.760] They just, I don't know.
[22:19.760 -> 22:21.200] I mean, there's just loads of race cars there.
[22:21.200 -> 22:22.960] Not just F1, I don't think.
[22:22.960 -> 22:24.320] But I think the exciting thing
[22:24.320 -> 22:26.000] about Goodwood Festival of Speed this year is that
[22:26.000 -> 22:32.960] they're showing the... there is a plane flying over our flat. That's a plane going over our flat and
[22:32.960 -> 22:36.920] it's so loud but it's pretty cool as well when you stand out of the balcony
[22:36.920 -> 22:40.120] and they fly right above the buildings. I actually quite like it. It is really cool.
[22:40.120 -> 22:43.320] Every day I just see them and think I wish I was on that plane. It's going
[22:43.320 -> 22:45.560] somewhere hot probably. Flying to one of the Grand Prix's
[22:45.560 -> 22:47.080] that we don't have tickets for.
[22:47.080 -> 22:48.440] Thing is, I would go anywhere,
[22:48.440 -> 22:50.920] but if it was to Australia, Fab hates flights.
[22:50.920 -> 22:52.600] Do you think you could do that long?
[22:52.600 -> 22:55.000] Do you know what, I would hate long haul flights
[22:55.000 -> 22:57.720] because I can't sleep sitting up.
[22:57.720 -> 23:00.240] Like I need to be horizontal to sleep.
[23:00.240 -> 23:03.560] So I can't sleep for like a whole 15 hour flight.
[23:03.560 -> 23:06.080] You're gonna be tired when we landed Australia then yeah
[23:07.560 -> 23:14.520] Definitely no, but yeah, no good with festival speed mate. There's gonna be the the old v10 Ferrari
[23:15.080 -> 23:20.080] F1 cars there, but with the old v10 engine, so they're gonna be loud mate. What year are they from?
[23:20.400 -> 23:24.220] Don't know only two thousands. Well, and they're like the famous f1 cars
[23:24.960 -> 23:25.520] There's been lots of different f1 cars Well and they're like the famous F1 cars? Well there's been
[23:25.520 -> 23:29.280] lots of different F1 cars but they're like, it was like the last era before
[23:29.280 -> 23:34.960] they went to v6 I think. Oh. So I mean. That would be sick. Yeah. Is it F1 cars though?
[23:34.960 -> 23:38.360] I thought it was like vintage cars, Goodwood Festival. They're all different, all
[23:38.360 -> 23:43.760] different kinds of cars. I think what it is is a hill climb. It's a hill climb. I
[23:43.760 -> 23:45.840] ain't climbing a fucking hill. No, no, no.
[23:45.840 -> 23:47.640] The cars do a hill climb.
[23:48.600 -> 23:49.440] What do you mean?
[23:49.440 -> 23:50.320] We get in a car?
[23:50.320 -> 23:53.480] So you get there and you get a choice of car
[23:53.480 -> 23:54.360] that you want to drive in
[23:54.360 -> 23:55.960] and everyone can pick from like 20 different cars.
[23:55.960 -> 23:56.800] Shut up, shut up.
[23:56.800 -> 23:58.480] And you got to drive up the thing.
[23:58.480 -> 23:59.320] Really?
[23:59.320 -> 24:00.160] No, I'm joking.
[24:00.160 -> 24:01.000] Oh.
[24:01.000 -> 24:01.960] I mean, it'd be cool.
[24:01.960 -> 24:03.400] If we got the opportunity to do it, it'd be cool.
[24:03.400 -> 24:07.080] No, but it's just like an uphill car sprint uphill
[24:07.080 -> 24:08.680] to see which car's the quickest.
[24:08.680 -> 24:09.640] Oh, sick.
[24:09.640 -> 24:11.080] I think it was on Top Gear.
[24:11.080 -> 24:11.920] Unreal.
[24:11.920 -> 24:12.740] Well, yeah, we're going to that.
[24:12.740 -> 24:14.200] So if any of you are going, might see you there.
[24:14.200 -> 24:15.760] Go to Festival Speed, hit us up.
[24:15.760 -> 24:20.080] We're going to be in the Pit Stop VIP area.
[24:20.080 -> 24:20.920] Imagine.
[24:20.920 -> 24:21.760] Surrounded by cameras.
[24:21.760 -> 24:24.320] One thing for sure, look for the people in Pit Stop merch
[24:24.320 -> 24:25.480] and you'll probably see us
[24:25.480 -> 24:31.480] Yeah, we're gonna be draped in it. So to round up today's episode of race review
[24:31.480 -> 24:38.280] Let's go through the final 20 the stand-ins where people came and just give an overall like it's amazing
[24:38.280 -> 24:44.780] See the stappan at the top love to see it Red Bull. I want the battle there. I want the Ferrari Red Bull battle
[24:44.780 -> 24:46.680] I'd love I'd absolutely love it next week
[24:46.680 -> 24:48.560] if out of nowhere Mercedes goes and wins.
[24:48.560 -> 24:49.920] Or K-Mag goes and wins.
[24:49.920 -> 24:51.640] It really opens it up then if you have-
[24:51.640 -> 24:52.480] Or Alonso.
[24:52.480 -> 24:53.800] Alonso, anyone.
[24:53.800 -> 24:54.640] Do you know what I'm saying?
[24:54.640 -> 24:55.920] Sonoda, Gasoline.
[24:55.920 -> 24:56.760] Or Alonso.
[24:56.760 -> 24:57.640] Ocon.
[24:57.640 -> 24:58.600] Or Alonso.
[24:58.600 -> 24:59.800] The TV.
[24:59.800 -> 25:00.640] Or Alonso.
[25:00.640 -> 25:02.600] Yeah, anyone, you know, just someone.
[25:02.600 -> 25:03.920] Or Joe.
[25:03.920 -> 25:06.120] If that did happen, or Sainz, you know.
[25:06.120 -> 25:06.960] Yeah.
[25:06.960 -> 25:07.800] Or Perez.
[25:07.800 -> 25:08.620] Exactly, or Russell.
[25:08.620 -> 25:09.460] Or Sebastian Vettel.
[25:09.460 -> 25:11.600] Let's just name the whole fucking grid.
[25:11.600 -> 25:12.440] Who we miss now.
[25:12.440 -> 25:13.800] Just anyone, loads of people.
[25:13.800 -> 25:15.720] We miss Norris, we miss Ricciardo.
[25:15.720 -> 25:16.560] I don't, I don't.
[25:16.560 -> 25:17.400] That's just Ricciardo.
[25:17.400 -> 25:19.440] Probably not gonna win.
[25:19.440 -> 25:21.600] No, yeah, Verstappen, it's amazing to see him back.
[25:21.600 -> 25:23.760] The two Ferraris, second and third,
[25:23.760 -> 25:25.560] they're gonna be killing it in the Constructors now
[25:25.560 -> 25:27.140] because these are Red Bull's first points.
[25:27.140 -> 25:28.320] They didn't get any last week.
[25:28.320 -> 25:30.720] So, Red Ferrari are flying in the Constructors.
[25:30.720 -> 25:32.300] Happy, happy Christian Horner.
[25:32.300 -> 25:33.280] Yeah. Oh God, yeah.
[25:33.280 -> 25:34.600] Christian Horner looks happy with that.
[25:34.600 -> 25:37.120] You would be, because they knew they had a good car week one.
[25:37.120 -> 25:38.560] They were just unlucky.
[25:38.560 -> 25:40.680] So to come back this week and get a win
[25:40.680 -> 25:42.320] is exactly what Horner wanted.
[25:42.320 -> 25:44.600] Russell P5, great drive from him.
[25:44.600 -> 25:46.520] Just shows that Mercedes has got it.
[25:46.520 -> 25:48.840] They just need a little bit more.
[25:48.840 -> 25:50.840] They didn't show a lot of him on TV, I thought, Russell.
[25:50.840 -> 25:53.280] No, they didn't show a lot of a few battles today
[25:53.280 -> 25:55.160] because for so long I wanted to watch
[25:55.160 -> 25:57.920] for Stapleton and Leclerc, it was on London.
[25:57.920 -> 25:59.880] They pretty much showed the Alpine boys.
[25:59.880 -> 26:00.720] Yeah.
[26:00.720 -> 26:02.960] Bottas and Magnussen, and then the two at the front.
[26:02.960 -> 26:04.320] It is hard to show everyone,
[26:04.320 -> 26:05.720] but it would be nice to see everyone,
[26:05.720 -> 26:07.240] but you can on F1 TV, can't you?
[26:07.240 -> 26:08.360] You can pick who you want to follow,
[26:08.360 -> 26:11.360] but we watch it on Sky, so we only get certain things.
[26:11.360 -> 26:13.560] But yeah, Russell Fifth showing that Mercedes have got it.
[26:13.560 -> 26:15.800] Do you think next week Mercedes is even stronger?
[26:15.800 -> 26:17.920] Do you think that car is developing?
[26:17.920 -> 26:19.920] I think if they can combat the porpoise
[26:19.920 -> 26:21.440] that they're dealing with.
[26:21.440 -> 26:22.960] What's the next track, Australia?
[26:22.960 -> 26:23.880] Yeah, Australia.
[26:23.880 -> 26:25.520] Yeah, who knows, man? track? Australia? Yeah, Australia. Yeah. Who knows
[26:25.520 -> 26:31.560] man? I think they definitely could. Yeah. I would like this Mercedes. Toto's got magic
[26:31.560 -> 26:35.840] fingers. So Alonso probably would have come either fifth, sixth or seventh if he stayed
[26:35.840 -> 26:40.880] in maybe he went out but Ocon came sixth. So Alpina got a quick car. Norris seventh,
[26:40.880 -> 26:45.680] Gasly eighth, Magnussen ninth, Haas points for two races in a row.
[26:45.680 -> 26:46.280] Let's go.
[26:46.280 -> 26:49.280] That is unbelievable and that is a great result for Haas.
[26:49.280 -> 26:50.880] Günther will be buzzing with that.
[26:50.880 -> 26:53.120] Günther will be absolutely over the moon.
[26:53.120 -> 26:57.280] Gutted Mick didn't race today, but they got points, which was more than worth it for them.
[26:57.280 -> 26:58.560] Hamilton finished 10th.
[26:59.520 -> 27:04.040] I actually thought he finished further back than that, but that's because there was so many DNFs.
[27:04.040 -> 27:06.440] Like in the end, there was one, two, three, four,
[27:06.440 -> 27:08.000] five, six DNFs.
[27:08.000 -> 27:10.040] I imagine what could have happened if he got that pit.
[27:10.040 -> 27:12.240] I know, it could have been completely different, couldn't it?
[27:12.240 -> 27:13.960] He was so unlucky there.
[27:13.960 -> 27:15.720] No, yeah, other than that,
[27:15.720 -> 27:17.880] there was no one really doing anything standout at the back.
[27:17.880 -> 27:19.880] I didn't expect Williams to get many points
[27:19.880 -> 27:22.920] and both Williams DNFed, so.
[27:25.180 -> 27:27.360] Yeah, I hope we see more from McLaren next week.
[27:27.360 -> 27:30.160] They're one team that I think will, at some point,
[27:30.160 -> 27:31.840] just step it up a little bit.
[27:31.840 -> 27:33.760] I actually don't think they're that far off Mercedes,
[27:33.760 -> 27:35.640] realistically, they're probably not.
[27:35.640 -> 27:38.000] So we didn't even talk about Albon,
[27:38.000 -> 27:39.600] you didn't, both Williams DNF'd.
[27:39.600 -> 27:40.440] What happened to him?
[27:40.440 -> 27:42.680] Was it when Stroll crashed into him?
[27:42.680 -> 27:44.120] Yeah, but that's interesting you said that.
[27:44.120 -> 27:46.000] I watched that and I thought Albon crashed into him.
[27:46.000 -> 27:48.000] Because Albon come from off the track.
[27:48.000 -> 27:51.000] So maybe one cut someone up somewhere.
[27:51.000 -> 27:53.000] Well it was on a corner, essentially
[27:53.000 -> 27:55.000] Stroll's down the middle of the track I think.
[27:55.000 -> 27:57.000] I think Albon's come on the inside
[27:57.000 -> 27:59.000] and they've both gone for the corner but
[27:59.000 -> 28:01.000] Stroll hasn't given him enough room.
[28:01.000 -> 28:04.000] Oh, I didn't actually see the highlight live.
[28:04.000 -> 28:05.480] I probably didn't see it right.
[28:05.480 -> 28:06.400] It busted his will.
[28:06.400 -> 28:08.960] So yeah, that was brutal for Albin.
[28:08.960 -> 28:11.520] But overall, when you look at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix,
[28:11.520 -> 28:14.960] you got to say now, just thank God there was no
[28:14.960 -> 28:17.000] horrible crashes, it's a dangerous track,
[28:17.000 -> 28:18.400] but they all were amazing today.
[28:18.400 -> 28:20.960] So much respect for every driver on the track.
[28:20.960 -> 28:23.440] Great seeing the respect between Leclerc and Verstappen.
[28:23.440 -> 28:24.280] At the end as well.
[28:24.280 -> 28:28.720] Waving at each other. When they do their interviews and they say like yeah there's a lot of respect
[28:28.720 -> 28:32.160] there, we're risking everything, they're going at high speeds, it's great. They've raced
[28:32.160 -> 28:36.840] together for so long haven't they? It's a bit of a pill to swallow for Leclerc I think
[28:36.840 -> 28:41.080] to be front for the whole race and then the last three laps you get overtaken. However
[28:41.080 -> 28:45.120] yeah he's shown professionalism. So 100% I like that.
[28:45.620 -> 28:49.020] 100% Leclerc seems like an amazing bloke and Verstappen
[28:49.020 -> 28:50.520] looks like he's going to push him the whole way.
[28:50.520 -> 28:53.420] I do think Red Bull's plan all day today was to just sit
[28:53.420 -> 28:56.020] there and sit there and sit there and go right at the end.
[28:56.020 -> 28:58.520] It looked like everything they did was planned for that
[28:58.520 -> 28:59.520] and it worked.
[28:59.820 -> 29:03.320] So it's going to be so exciting to see how we get on in
[29:03.320 -> 29:06.040] Australia. We've got a two week break, I believe.
[29:06.040 -> 29:10.800] We will still be podcasting every Monday and Thursday, but obviously we're going to have
[29:10.800 -> 29:14.600] less content because there's no race on, but you have to follow us on our Instagram and
[29:14.600 -> 29:15.600] TikTok.
[29:15.600 -> 29:18.840] We've been posting F1 game videos, all sorts of crazy shit.
[29:18.840 -> 29:19.840] We'll get creative.
[29:19.840 -> 29:24.680] We've got loads of crazy stuff coming your way, but that is the end of the Jedha Grand
[29:24.680 -> 29:25.400] Prix.
[29:25.400 -> 29:27.440] Max Verstappen's got his first win.
[29:27.440 -> 29:29.040] I triple-drived him.
[29:29.040 -> 29:30.640] Oh, you did, yeah.
[29:30.640 -> 29:31.480] Oh, nice.
[29:31.480 -> 29:32.320] I bet you're way ahead of me in the fantasy league now.
[29:32.320 -> 29:35.200] Hey, I got like 200 points for Verstappen today.
[29:35.200 -> 29:36.760] On for one person.
[29:36.760 -> 29:38.120] God dang.
[29:38.120 -> 29:39.960] Yeah, yeah, God dang.
[29:39.960 -> 29:41.200] Flip it.
[29:41.200 -> 29:42.560] Flip it, that's right.
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[29:48.000 -> 29:50.080] Pallet twist it
[29:55.440 -> 29:56.680] Give us podcast a five-star review follow if you haven't already and we'll see you guys on Thursday
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