Was that fair on Sainz?! 🤔 Vegas Predictions

Welcome back to the Pitstop Podcast! The time has finally come! After all the chatter online, we're finally at the point of the year where we get to experience Formula 1 in Las Vegas! We can't wait to see what happens in Quali and the Race, especially after the chaos that surrounded FP1 and FP2.. Lets talk about it in this episode! Hope you loved our last episode with Natalie Pinkham, check it out if you haven't already! Lets goooo
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1. **Las Vegas Grand Prix Struggles:**
- The inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix faced significant challenges, including track surface issues and delays.
- Drivers expressed frustration, particularly Max Verstappen, who criticized the track conditions.
- The race was delayed due to track repairs, causing inconvenience for fans and teams.


2. **Driver Salaries:**
- Jake and Fabio discussed the salaries of Formula One drivers based on a list they found online.
- Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were at the top of the list, earning $35 million and $55 million, respectively.
- Fernando Alonso's salary was surprisingly low at $5 million, while Sergio Perez earned $10 million.
- The accuracy of the salary figures was questioned, and it was noted that drivers likely receive bonuses for points and wins.


3. **Ross Brawn and Brawn GP:**
- Jake and Fabio praised the Disney documentary on Ross Brawn and his role in Formula One.
- They highlighted Brawn's success in leading Brawn GP to a championship title in 2009.
- The challenges faced by Brawn GP, including financial difficulties, were discussed.


4. **Las Vegas Grand Prix Opening Ceremony:**
- The opening ceremony of the Las Vegas Grand Prix featured various artists and performances.
- Max Verstappen expressed his dislike for the ceremony, stating that it made him feel like a clown.
- Jake and Fabio understood Verstappen's perspective, emphasizing that drivers should focus on racing rather than elaborate ceremonies.


5. **Max Verstappen's Authenticity:**
- Jake and Fabio praised Max Verstappen's genuine and straightforward personality.
- They appreciated his willingness to speak his mind, even if it meant criticizing aspects of Formula One.
- Verstappen's dedication to racing and his focus on winning were highlighted as positive qualities.

The podcast episode begins with the hosts discussing their excitement for the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix and reminiscing about past races. They mention how Max Verstappen's mentality of taking every race seriously, even after winning the championship, is admirable. They also discuss the humorous moments during the Netflix golf tournament involving Pierre Gasly, Alex Alban, and Lando Norris.

The hosts then move on to make their podium predictions for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Fabio predicts Fernando Alonso will win, followed by Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. Jake's prediction is George Russell in third, Charles Leclerc in second, and Lando Norris in first. They acknowledge that these predictions are based on limited information from FP1 and FP2 and that the race could unfold differently.

They discuss the potential challenges drivers may face due to the new track and the reported track surface issues. They also mention rumors of cold weather and possible rain, which could affect tire performance.

The hosts then talk about the disruption caused to Las Vegas due to the race and whether it is worth it for the city to host the event for the next ten years. They acknowledge that the race brings in a lot of attention and revenue but also recognize the inconvenience it may cause to residents.

The conversation shifts to childhood memories and TV shows, with Jake mentioning Ed, Edd n Eddy, a cartoon he enjoyed watching.

The hosts wrap up the episode by thanking Natalie Pinkham for joining them on the podcast and expressing their gratitude to Sky Sports for making it possible. They also mention the possibility of a Christmas special episode and encourage listeners to send in guest recommendations.

The podcast concludes with a reminder of the upcoming race weekend and a request for listeners to share their podium predictions on Instagram. The hosts also mention the early morning broadcast time for UK viewers and the availability of daily fantasy sports options for the race.

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[01:00.160 -> 01:02.160] The question is, do you feel it?
[01:02.160 -> 01:03.520] Do I feel what?
[01:03.520 -> 01:04.640] Do you feel it?
[01:04.640 -> 01:05.000] What's it? I can feel it. I feel it coming. What is it? Do I feel what? Do you feel it?
[01:05.000 -> 01:06.000] What's it?
[01:06.000 -> 01:08.000] I can feel it. I feel it coming.
[01:08.000 -> 01:09.000] What is it?
[01:09.000 -> 01:10.000] And I love it.
[01:10.000 -> 01:11.000] What are we feeling?
[01:11.000 -> 01:13.000] It's that wonderful time of year everyone.
[01:13.000 -> 01:17.000] I know the Formula One is over, but we're coming near Christmas.
[01:17.000 -> 01:20.000] We've just set the Christmas tree up.
[01:20.000 -> 01:31.840] The Christmas tree is up in the Pitstop flat
[01:36.640 -> 01:38.040] We've waited all year and here we are it's the Las Vegas Grand Prix
[01:44.360 -> 01:44.960] And welcome back to Pitstop. There we go great intro. Hello everyone. How are we doing on this wonderful?
[01:46.800 -> 01:50.320] Whatever day is you listening on yeah, we're recording this on a Friday, the plan was to record it yesterday
[01:50.320 -> 01:55.040] The time zones with the Vegas thing are quite messed up, we wanted to record it after FP1
[01:55.040 -> 01:56.160] We wanted to see what happened
[01:56.160 -> 02:00.800] Did wait up all night and there is a lot to talk about in today's episode
[02:00.800 -> 02:04.240] What on earth is going on the other side of the pond?!
[02:04.240 -> 02:08.480] Jake stayed up all night and I was like no that's ridiculous and even though it
[02:08.480 -> 02:12.000] was two o'clock by the time I went to bed when they called it off at 430 and
[02:12.000 -> 02:14.800] then they were it was a red flag and I thought they'd come back at 8 I was I
[02:14.800 -> 02:17.960] could stay up to wait and just go to sleep after that so I stayed up all that
[02:17.960 -> 02:22.400] time and then it gets pushed back even more and there was no way I could stay
[02:22.400 -> 02:27.200] up any longer why did you stay up to Bro, because that's the time it was meant to be on!
[02:27.200 -> 02:28.800] The Formula 1 was meant to be on!
[02:28.800 -> 02:31.800] But someone didn't fix the bloody holes in the ground!
[02:32.400 -> 02:33.400] Oh, I thought you were going to say, like,
[02:33.400 -> 02:36.600] someone didn't fix the bloody TV so I couldn't watch it!
[02:36.600 -> 02:39.600] I was thinking, why do I have to fix the TV?
[02:39.600 -> 02:40.600] No...
[02:40.600 -> 02:41.800] There's holes in the ground, mate.
[02:41.800 -> 02:45.520] The Vegas Grand Prix, there is some serious problems over there.
[02:45.520 -> 02:49.280] It's, yeah, it's pretty bad. I think it was kind of expected.
[02:49.280 -> 02:52.760] We knew something was going to go wrong because it's the first time they've done it.
[02:52.760 -> 03:00.880] Yeah, I think it's pretty crazy that the track is being opened up like in between sessions to the road.
[03:00.880 -> 03:06.360] That's just crazy. Like, so, so for example we're filming this right now
[03:06.360 -> 03:12.120] before practice three it's at 4 a.m. tonight we will be watching it but right
[03:12.120 -> 03:16.360] now the roads are open to the cars and they're gonna shut it again like they
[03:16.360 -> 03:22.360] have no idea like what truck or what lorry is like I don't know surely
[03:22.360 -> 03:25.440] anything could happen no but Formula One should know what they're doing though,
[03:25.440 -> 03:27.320] because they do this in Melbourne.
[03:27.320 -> 03:30.040] Yeah, I guess it's just the first time, right?
[03:30.040 -> 03:31.960] Everyone's a bit rusty on their first time, you know?
[03:31.960 -> 03:32.800] Do you know?
[03:32.800 -> 03:34.240] I can tell you that for sure.
[03:34.240 -> 03:36.640] Do you know what they did to fix the hull?
[03:36.640 -> 03:37.920] No, do you want to tell me?
[03:37.920 -> 03:38.760] Why don't really know?
[03:38.760 -> 03:40.800] Because you know how to do building stuff.
[03:40.800 -> 03:42.360] Yeah, well, you said,
[03:42.360 -> 03:43.840] why can't they just pour concrete down it?
[03:43.840 -> 03:48.600] And I thought, they can't do that because it's a it's a sewage okay sewage pipe surely
[03:48.600 -> 03:52.680] there's water and other stuff going down there but no apparently I think they did
[03:52.680 -> 03:56.840] they just pushed tarmac into it hey they should have just got me over there I I
[03:56.840 -> 04:00.160] know how to do this kind of thing. What would you have done? Well like I said to you I would have put a
[04:00.160 -> 04:03.440] platform down the hole a little bit so it could cement couldn't have fallen
[04:03.440 -> 04:07.620] down oh like a plug yeah and then I would have cemented on top of it and
[04:07.620 -> 04:11.460] then afterwards I would have just pushed it through so I opened again but what I
[04:11.460 -> 04:14.620] don't get is how it's settled so quick was that what the delay was because they
[04:14.620 -> 04:17.980] were waiting for the concrete so I don't know because it was delayed for that two
[04:17.980 -> 04:23.140] hours wasn't it there's different ways to look at it it is a disaster start for
[04:23.140 -> 04:25.240] Vegas but Toto did a really good
[04:25.240 -> 04:27.080] statement and I do agree with him in a
[04:27.080 -> 04:29.160] lot of ways he's like look I've seen some
[04:29.160 -> 04:30.920] stuff about this yeah apparently he went
[04:30.920 -> 04:33.080] off he did because you had this happens
[04:33.080 -> 04:34.640] at races before Button was talking about
[04:34.640 -> 04:36.080] when he went over a drain like it's not
[04:36.080 -> 04:38.800] a first-time thing but it's being so
[04:38.800 -> 04:41.400] heavily criticized because it's Vegas
[04:41.400 -> 04:43.800] and it's FP1 and everyone's looking for
[04:43.800 -> 04:48.600] something to go wrong but realistically what about all the credit for all the people that have
[04:48.600 -> 04:52.320] done amazing to actually put this on like you know these kind of things
[04:52.320 -> 04:56.200] happen all the time you could have a rained off event and think about Imola
[04:56.200 -> 05:00.440] think of how badly Imola needed needed racing this year there are they needed
[05:00.440 -> 05:04.400] the money for the track and then it all gets cancelled yeah that's different
[05:04.400 -> 05:05.240] that's a bit different.
[05:05.240 -> 05:07.080] Or when you go watch a race and it gets red flagged
[05:07.080 -> 05:08.480] because of the rain and the fans don't get
[05:08.480 -> 05:09.560] to watch anything.
[05:09.560 -> 05:12.440] It's all the same thing, this has happened before.
[05:12.440 -> 05:15.000] It's just really unfortunate that it's on the first race
[05:15.000 -> 05:16.680] in Vegas and everyone's watching.
[05:16.680 -> 05:18.760] I'm still undecided, I wanna watch the race first
[05:18.760 -> 05:19.720] and actually see how it goes,
[05:19.720 -> 05:21.480] because no one still knows what it's gonna be like
[05:21.480 -> 05:22.600] to race on this track yet.
[05:22.600 -> 05:23.580] Yeah, a pig.
[05:23.580 -> 05:25.320] The track is actually a pig.
[05:25.320 -> 05:26.320] It's the upside down pig.
[05:26.320 -> 05:31.400] If you haven't seen that yet, just look at a track map and it's a bloody pig.
[05:31.400 -> 05:33.400] Yeah, I know, that's very weird.
[05:33.400 -> 05:37.560] Yeah, I've seen people on Instagram posting, you saw it as well, people posting watching
[05:37.560 -> 05:40.000] the race from their hotel room.
[05:40.000 -> 05:43.960] But then they pan around and the race track's like outside their hotel window.
[05:43.960 -> 05:44.960] So what time did it fit?
[05:44.960 -> 05:46.720] I think everyone had to leave at two, right?
[05:46.720 -> 05:49.720] I'm fairly sure like all the food stalls and everything
[05:49.720 -> 05:50.980] and like all the merchandise stores,
[05:50.980 -> 05:52.680] they can only stay open till two o'clock.
[05:52.680 -> 05:55.600] Yeah, well, that was the problem, right?
[05:55.600 -> 05:59.120] Because the FP2 original time
[05:59.120 -> 06:01.400] was when their license was up till.
[06:01.400 -> 06:02.320] And then when they realized
[06:02.320 -> 06:04.120] they had to push it back even more,
[06:04.120 -> 06:07.640] they obviously had to get the fans out now that sucks because if you bought a
[06:07.640 -> 06:12.320] ticket for day one you got nine minutes of fp1 and you waited all that time for
[06:12.320 -> 06:17.080] fp2 that's and then you've been kicked out and then it happens it happens after
[06:17.080 -> 06:19.960] you've been kicked out it's probably people still trying to get home and it's
[06:19.960 -> 06:24.640] happening and I do know I do know that these tickets were expensive to yeah so
[06:24.640 -> 06:30.400] it must be annoying yeah to go all that way to then make a good point on Twitter
[06:30.400 -> 06:34.400] I saw his tweet it was a picture of the track and the cars go around at like 4
[06:34.400 -> 06:39.400] a.m. and I and then he was like I dread to think what everyone is thinking who's
[06:39.400 -> 06:45.640] sleeping because it was so it's so loud yeah and it's a 4 a.m. Go around middle of Vegas
[06:45.640 -> 06:51.000] What about all the other people in them hotels that aren't there for f1? Vegas is a noisy place, but not that no
[06:51.280 -> 06:57.240] Yeah, it must be awful mate consider. Most people are probably there for holiday as well. Yeah, so yeah, that's tough
[06:57.240 -> 07:01.000] That's tough. It remains to be seen mate. Let's see what happens in the race
[07:01.000 -> 07:01.320] Yeah
[07:01.320 -> 07:06.880] I don't really want to give a judgment on overall Vegas until after the race or even until seeing qualifying or even FP3
[07:06.880 -> 07:12.680] today because everyone was a bit like... Yesterday was a scrappy day on TV
[07:12.680 -> 07:17.040] Christian Horner was swearing, Toto was swearing, everyone was giving it a bit of
[07:17.040 -> 07:21.120] satin and I was liking that. Christian gave Ted the middle finger, did you see? Yeah.
[07:21.120 -> 07:27.640] I love that, he was like scratching his face. Christian Christians 50 or best birthday yesterday happy birthday Christian Horner it was
[07:27.640 -> 07:33.120] what did I see what did I see they said something about that okay it's gone
[07:33.120 -> 07:37.000] what about him being 50 years oh no yeah it was Ted it was Ted's asking why
[07:37.000 -> 07:41.880] Christian doesn't wear his glasses why doesn't he don't know maybe they reflect
[07:41.880 -> 07:45.920] on camera they were just speaking about it, yeah. Well, guys, quick one.
[07:45.920 -> 07:49.160] We haven't spoke to you off the back of Natalie Pinkham.
[07:49.160 -> 07:50.880] What an episode.
[07:50.880 -> 07:53.600] If you haven't watched the Natalie Pinkham episode yet,
[07:53.600 -> 07:55.460] please do go watch it on YouTube.
[07:55.460 -> 07:57.840] If you've listened to it, we hope you enjoyed it.
[07:57.840 -> 08:00.560] We sat on knowing we had Natalie Pinkham.
[08:00.560 -> 08:02.640] And then when she came last Thursday,
[08:02.640 -> 08:05.140] straight after it, it went to the event and it was in edit.
[08:05.140 -> 08:07.980] So we were super busy trying to get that out for Sunday.
[08:07.980 -> 08:10.140] A mega episode, Natalie is amazing.
[08:10.140 -> 08:11.880] Do you know what's crazy is that we've grown up
[08:11.880 -> 08:13.940] having Natalie there the whole time,
[08:13.940 -> 08:15.100] cause we're in the UK.
[08:15.100 -> 08:18.580] But I guess a lot of people outside of the UK
[08:18.580 -> 08:20.460] who don't watch F1 through Sky,
[08:20.460 -> 08:21.460] probably don't know who she is.
[08:21.460 -> 08:22.940] Yeah, if you don't watch F1 through Sky,
[08:22.940 -> 08:24.620] you might have never seen her.
[08:24.620 -> 08:25.500] But she's amazing, she is. Yeah, if you don't watch everyone for sky, I've never seen her. Yeah, but she's amazing
[08:25.500 -> 08:29.640] She is an absolute gem. Yeah, she is and after that pod
[08:29.640 -> 08:34.060] I saw a few comments and stuff and it made me think about Danica Patrick, right?
[08:34.060 -> 08:38.640] Yeah, because we don't know a lot about her do we know I know nothing about her to be honest
[08:38.640 -> 08:41.740] No, she is a is a she was a driver
[08:42.580 -> 08:45.640] Yeah, I knew that in America in a series or something yeah
[08:45.640 -> 08:50.240] in the indie I think it's the indie 500 or I'm not sure the indie 700 I don't
[08:50.240 -> 08:53.560] know what it is but she's she's like the only woman to have ever done it in one
[08:53.560 -> 08:59.080] Wow yeah and I thought what a great guest for the pod yeah well a bit of an
[08:59.080 -> 09:02.880] impossible one to get but well we never thought we'd get Nat Pinkham we had
[09:02.880 -> 09:07.360] some great comments on the vid of people saying I can't believe you got it. I think we always knew we were gonna get it
[09:07.360 -> 09:12.160] eventually we knew we did write it on the board and manifest it. It just took a long time yeah I
[09:12.160 -> 09:15.400] remember when we sat on the balcony the other day I told you I wanted to ask you
[09:15.400 -> 09:18.600] something about F1 and you said wait for the pod and it's just come completely
[09:18.600 -> 09:23.840] back to me. Right it's about Adrian Newey so I didn't know this about Adrian
[09:23.840 -> 09:27.640] Newey but everyone assumes he's like the main Red Bull guy for the car, don't they?
[09:27.640 -> 09:32.960] And he is, like he obviously is very involved in the design still. A key figure.
[09:32.960 -> 09:34.960] Draws all the hand draws them.
[09:34.960 -> 09:40.760] Yeah, but he doesn't spend barely any time on Red Bull anymore, compared to his other projects. It's not like his main thing.
[09:40.760 -> 09:48.640] Red Bull's like, he's been given enough time now to work on other things so he's also building the next Red Bull road car that's why they pay him
[09:48.640 -> 09:51.560] so much isn't it yeah I didn't want him to go he was gonna leave wasn't he and
[09:51.560 -> 09:57.120] he's also building a submarine mate really he's building a submarine and
[09:57.120 -> 10:02.400] it's because Dietrich Massachusetts he had a dream before he passed of like
[10:02.400 -> 10:09.480] going to the bottom of the ocean and like going around similar to the thing which sadly had the accident so he's working on
[10:09.480 -> 10:13.440] building one of them at the same time as doing Red Bull F1 Adrian Newey is
[10:13.440 -> 10:18.100] building a submarine that's pretty cool that's big mate that's big I wouldn't go
[10:18.100 -> 10:22.500] in it to be fair if Adrian Newey is building it I probably would but I'm not really a
[10:22.500 -> 10:25.400] bit of a claustrophobic man I don't really like that kind of stuff.
[10:25.400 -> 10:28.000] Also, it sounds like there's a fucking F1 car outside the flat.
[10:28.000 -> 10:29.000] It might be the motorbikes.
[10:29.000 -> 10:30.000] Did you hear that?
[10:30.000 -> 10:31.000] There's a load of motorbikes that come and have a meeting on the corner.
[10:31.000 -> 10:32.000] They do.
[10:32.000 -> 10:34.000] Yeah, there's a group of about 30 motorcyclists.
[10:34.000 -> 10:35.000] And it's jokes.
[10:35.000 -> 10:40.000] It's a pedestrianised area, so you're not even allowed to drive on there.
[10:40.000 -> 10:42.000] They just go and hang out on the corner of our flat.
[10:42.000 -> 10:45.160] Now, we think it's the coolest thing thing ever so we stand and watch over the balcony
[10:45.160 -> 10:51.020] But you can imagine everyone else comes out to their balconies and is calling down security, calling the police
[10:51.460 -> 10:54.020] Yeah, you have to really behave where we live.
[10:54.020 -> 10:57.440] I do have a question for you and for the people at home as well.
[10:57.440 -> 10:58.540] Okay, ask us.
[10:58.540 -> 11:00.180] The question is do you feel it?
[11:00.640 -> 11:01.860] Do I feel what?
[11:01.860 -> 11:02.860] Do you feel it?
[11:02.860 -> 11:03.820] What's it?
[11:03.820 -> 11:07.020] I can feel it. I feel it coming. it I can feel it I feel it coming what is
[11:07.020 -> 11:12.500] it and I love it it's that wonderful time of year everyone I know the formula
[11:12.500 -> 11:18.060] one is over but we're coming near Christmas we've just set the Christmas
[11:18.060 -> 11:23.940] tree Christmas tree is up in the pit stop flat we were sorting out our spare
[11:23.940 -> 11:27.440] room some of you may know that our spare room's full of shite.
[11:27.440 -> 11:28.920] So we moved everything out of there
[11:28.920 -> 11:30.080] and we found the Christmas tree.
[11:30.080 -> 11:30.920] So we thought, you know what?
[11:30.920 -> 11:32.300] It is mid-November.
[11:32.300 -> 11:34.120] We haven't even had Vegas yet.
[11:34.120 -> 11:37.920] It has a mini Sergio Perez helmet on the top as the angel.
[11:37.920 -> 11:39.080] Absolutely no joke.
[11:39.080 -> 11:40.360] Our Instagram is at Pit Stop.
[11:40.360 -> 11:41.200] Go and have a look.
[11:41.200 -> 11:42.840] It did have a Sky Sports microphone,
[11:42.840 -> 11:44.800] but we've replaced it for the helmet.
[11:44.800 -> 11:47.080] And once again, we have no decorations no no
[11:47.080 -> 11:50.200] decor so what have you done you've improvised yeah there's a few paddock
[11:50.200 -> 11:55.320] passes on there's a few Polaroid photos we'll get some more bits in now
[11:55.320 -> 11:58.720] because we have to stick it in the back of the videos yeah especially for the
[11:58.720 -> 12:02.160] Christmas special I'm not sure whether the 17th of November is actually too
[12:02.160 -> 12:08.000] early I feel like there's a slight chance we could have jumped the gun by like a week.
[12:08.000 -> 12:14.000] It is a little bit early but we haven't really got any plans now until the end of the year so why not just stick it up?
[12:14.000 -> 12:19.000] F1 coming to an end we need to keep as happy as we can. I do think having the Christmas tree is going to be here.
[12:19.000 -> 12:31.280] But that's what's been happening in the last week. Hope guys enjoyed Natalie back to Vegas so here we are ahead of fp3 we have the fp2 results obviously you're a very very
[12:31.280 -> 12:37.520] happy man with how it finished Ferrari are not equally and I that I'm not Matt
[12:37.520 -> 12:42.200] Gallagher mate no Fernando Alonso stirred he confirmed and p2 mate I
[12:42.200 -> 12:45.820] thought you'd be happy about that yeah sure let's talk
[12:45.820 -> 12:53.140] Carlos Sainz yeah now this is a bit of a touchy subject because I'm joking I
[12:53.140 -> 12:58.940] don't really care loads of people like how could they do that to Carlos Sainz
[12:58.940 -> 13:03.540] yeah I understand it's yeah it's not fair is it really he doesn't deserve it
[13:03.540 -> 13:05.160] no I think it would have happened to anyone
[13:05.160 -> 13:10.600] I think the penalty is obviously for the change of the power unit. That's normal across the board, but apparently
[13:11.820 -> 13:13.820] Gone, that's where you finish up. Well
[13:14.880 -> 13:21.320] Not necessarily. Apparently that wasn't where I was gonna go. That wasn't the adjective. I was gonna go apparently the car was too low
[13:22.220 -> 13:25.160] But other cars hit it as well. Right.
[13:25.160 -> 13:26.840] He wasn't the only driver to hit it, was he?
[13:26.840 -> 13:28.240] I don't know, I was sleeping.
[13:28.240 -> 13:30.640] So I set my alarm, I did set my alarm for eight.
[13:30.640 -> 13:32.960] You come back out with your doobah, I was still here.
[13:32.960 -> 13:35.680] I set my alarm for eight after previously going to bed
[13:35.680 -> 13:38.320] because FP1 was canceled and I slept through it.
[13:38.320 -> 13:41.160] Oh mate, I was up all night, I had a great night.
[13:41.160 -> 13:44.360] But the issue is this, he's had to change his power unit,
[13:44.360 -> 13:46.720] which has given him a 10 pace grid penalty, but Ferrari is this, he's had to change his power unit, which is giving him a 10 pace grid penalty.
[13:46.720 -> 13:49.520] But Ferrari is saying, it's the track's fault
[13:49.520 -> 13:51.720] that we had to change our engine.
[13:51.720 -> 13:56.040] How can you now give us a 10 pace grid penalty?
[13:56.040 -> 13:58.720] Don't take the piss out of me, Trey.
[14:00.760 -> 14:01.920] Hang on.
[14:01.920 -> 14:04.720] Right, just for a sec, let me just get stuck in.
[14:04.720 -> 14:05.920] Who else hit it?
[14:06.800 -> 14:08.040] Sonoda hit it.
[14:08.040 -> 14:10.880] But after signs, after signs?
[14:10.880 -> 14:12.980] No, before, a few people hit it
[14:12.980 -> 14:13.820] when you look through the cameras before.
[14:13.820 -> 14:16.200] A few people, so they hit it before signs hit it?
[14:16.200 -> 14:18.640] Yeah, because do you remember there was that yellow flag?
[14:18.640 -> 14:20.540] And then they red flagged it.
[14:20.540 -> 14:22.240] So someone had hit it before.
[14:23.120 -> 14:25.280] But I think signs it took his engine out. I'm pretty sure I watched a replay of Sonoda's car, you can hear it hit it before, but I think signs it took his engine out.
[14:25.280 -> 14:27.360] I'm pretty sure I watched a replay of Sonoda's car.
[14:27.360 -> 14:28.640] You can hear it hit it.
[14:28.640 -> 14:30.680] Yeah, definitely people hit it before.
[14:30.680 -> 14:31.500] Like it was-
[14:31.500 -> 14:32.520] I'm getting mixed up.
[14:32.520 -> 14:33.360] What are you getting mixed up with?
[14:33.360 -> 14:34.560] I'm getting mixed up because we've just been watching
[14:34.560 -> 14:36.840] the Brawn dog, which by the way, can I say is amazing.
[14:36.840 -> 14:37.680] Oh yeah, on Disney.
[14:37.680 -> 14:38.800] The Brawn dog on Disney.
[14:38.800 -> 14:41.400] But I'm thinking of when that spring came out
[14:41.400 -> 14:42.240] and hit Mazda.
[14:42.240 -> 14:44.880] No, that was a long time ago.
[14:44.880 -> 14:46.760] That equally is nuts.
[14:46.760 -> 14:48.520] That is nuts, yeah.
[14:48.520 -> 14:49.880] I never knew that happened to Massa.
[14:49.880 -> 14:51.200] I don't want to ruin it for the people at home.
[14:51.200 -> 14:52.880] If you haven't watched it, you've got to watch it.
[14:52.880 -> 14:54.400] It's on Disney, it's amazing.
[14:54.400 -> 14:56.440] No, well, that's what everyone online
[14:56.440 -> 14:57.640] is talking about right now,
[14:57.640 -> 15:01.320] is the fact that Sainz has been given a 10 place grid penalty
[15:01.320 -> 15:04.400] for something that definitely wasn't his or Ferrari's fault.
[15:04.400 -> 15:06.400] What is your thoughts on that?
[15:06.400 -> 15:08.680] It sounds completely unfair.
[15:08.680 -> 15:10.960] I don't know, and I don't really know all the ins and outs.
[15:10.960 -> 15:12.600] Maybe there's like some secret rule
[15:12.600 -> 15:14.800] on page nine of the F1 handbook.
[15:14.800 -> 15:17.640] I don't, I'm not sure, but yeah, it's completely unfair.
[15:17.640 -> 15:18.480] It's not his fault at all.
[15:18.480 -> 15:19.920] But from what I heard, mate,
[15:19.920 -> 15:22.920] they checked his car and they were running the car too low.
[15:22.920 -> 15:31.240] So I hear that's why. Did they check any other cars I don't know do you know what this weekend
[15:31.240 -> 15:35.160] is either gonna be amazing or a disaster and I feel like we can only truly make
[15:35.160 -> 15:40.360] our judgment after the race on Sunday like for sure I do think that's
[15:40.360 -> 15:44.360] completely unfair on signs makes no sense to me if he's been damaged on the
[15:44.360 -> 15:48.200] tracks why should he have a penalty if anything the FIA should be
[15:48.200 -> 15:52.760] saying to Ferrari guys we're so sorry like here's some money towards the car I
[15:52.760 -> 15:56.160] don't know how it works Ferrari's luck mate they just haven't had it this year
[15:56.160 -> 15:59.520] have they really maybe it's because they're due like mega luck next year
[15:59.520 -> 16:04.480] yeah maybe Ferrari go and win like the next five constructors I do just want to
[16:04.480 -> 16:05.760] go back to the Christmas tree quickly.
[16:06.320 -> 16:08.880] Um, because we're also drinking some mulled wine.
[16:08.880 -> 16:10.080] Oh, where's my wine?
[16:10.080 -> 16:12.000] It's just on the table next to you.
[16:12.000 -> 16:12.960] Just down at the shop.
[16:12.960 -> 16:14.640] Fab's made some mulled wine.
[16:14.640 -> 16:19.520] And I thought as the Christmas tree's on, I thought stick a hob of mulled wine on.
[16:19.520 -> 16:20.160] So I did that.
[16:20.160 -> 16:20.960] It's quite nice, isn't it?
[16:20.960 -> 16:21.920] That's lovely and warm.
[16:21.920 -> 16:23.120] That's my first sip I've had.
[16:24.480 -> 16:26.840] Yeah, it's gorgeous that is beautifully really um
[16:26.840 -> 16:29.960] yeah need a bit snow now don't we I
[16:29.960 -> 16:31.480] don't think it really snows in London
[16:31.480 -> 16:35.000] mate breaking news how breaking this is
[16:35.000 -> 16:36.600] so break it with a bit of bloody
[16:36.600 -> 16:39.080] passion so breaking news
[16:39.080 -> 16:42.520] Aston Martin owner Lauren Stroll sells
[16:42.520 -> 16:47.000] f1 team steak at 1 billion valuation.
[16:47.000 -> 16:48.000] Okay.
[16:48.000 -> 16:49.000] Do you know anything about this?
[16:49.000 -> 16:50.000] Yes.
[16:50.000 -> 16:51.600] Oh my god, thank god.
[16:51.600 -> 16:58.480] Laurence has sold a minority stake of the company to a group that is an American group
[16:58.480 -> 16:59.480] which are very good with branding.
[16:59.480 -> 17:01.040] It's an investment group called Arctos.
[17:01.040 -> 17:02.840] Yep, they're very good with branding.
[17:02.840 -> 17:08.340] They also have stakes in the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club owner Fenway Sports Group. There's
[17:08.340 -> 17:12.540] no argument that this is definitely a step in him releasing some equity or
[17:12.540 -> 17:16.880] making a sale on his behalf of something. He's definitely letting something go
[17:16.880 -> 17:21.240] here. Everyone's been talking about him, you know, setting up and doing something.
[17:21.240 -> 17:27.280] So this does now put a spotlight on Lance. The smaller Lawrence's pool becomes,
[17:27.280 -> 17:29.020] however, Lance hasn't been terrible
[17:29.020 -> 17:30.420] in the last few weekends.
[17:30.420 -> 17:32.680] Let's not, you know, he finished ahead of Alonso,
[17:32.680 -> 17:33.640] I'm pretty sure.
[17:33.640 -> 17:34.840] He might've just made that up.
[17:34.840 -> 17:35.680] Yeah.
[17:35.680 -> 17:36.520] High chance I made that up.
[17:36.520 -> 17:38.080] I think he qualified better,
[17:38.080 -> 17:39.520] but he hasn't, he's still, he just,
[17:39.520 -> 17:43.960] he hasn't been a standout driver, really.
[17:43.960 -> 17:47.040] He hasn't been. So I would love to see a bit of a
[17:47.040 -> 17:49.760] change there. It's probably not easy to stand out in a team with Alonso.
[17:49.760 -> 17:51.680] Especially if Alonso doesn't go to
[17:51.680 -> 17:54.440] Red Bull which I think he should. Yeah
[17:54.440 -> 17:56.720] I'm sure you do. Then something should happen to
[17:56.720 -> 17:58.800] the team. I don't know what because the
[17:58.800 -> 18:01.640] car started off really well and they've
[18:01.640 -> 18:03.000] got the new factory now right? They've got
[18:03.000 -> 18:04.600] the new wind tunnel. Yeah big investments. So the
[18:04.600 -> 18:07.080] car next year will be fire, hopefully.
[18:07.080 -> 18:09.660] Who was it that told us that when Lawrence bought the team,
[18:09.660 -> 18:11.840] it was 200 million?
[18:11.840 -> 18:15.000] And now a couple of years later, it's valued at 1.1 billion.
[18:15.000 -> 18:16.760] I don't remember that.
[18:16.760 -> 18:17.600] I've got no idea.
[18:17.600 -> 18:20.400] Yeah, also I'm not sure whether I should have said that.
[18:20.400 -> 18:21.240] Yeah.
[18:21.240 -> 18:23.000] I don't know where I heard that.
[18:23.000 -> 18:24.320] Here's a little fun game.
[18:24.320 -> 18:25.000] Go on. I wanna play a little fun game. Go on.
[18:25.000 -> 18:26.000] I wanna play a little fun game with you.
[18:26.000 -> 18:27.000] Please, make it really fun.
[18:27.000 -> 18:30.000] We've gone through this before, but it's been updated for 2023.
[18:30.000 -> 18:32.000] It's the driver's salaries, right?
[18:32.000 -> 18:35.000] And we're not gonna get too far into it, because we have looked at it before.
[18:35.000 -> 18:38.000] But I wanna just do a little game of higher or lower.
[18:38.000 -> 18:40.000] To see who you think...
[18:40.000 -> 18:42.000] Off the top of my head, would be better.
[18:42.000 -> 18:43.000] Yeah.
[18:43.000 -> 18:45.040] So, I'll go straight in obviously with with
[18:45.040 -> 18:51.840] max yeah all right so he's his is 55 mil yeah dollars so if I was to say Lewis
[18:51.840 -> 18:56.880] Hamilton what would you say Lewis is higher yeah and this is just based off
[18:56.880 -> 18:59.840] salaries yeah I was gonna say now you're gonna tell me I'm incorrect it's just
[18:59.840 -> 19:03.960] based on salaries it's lower mate 35 million yeah that's what that says but
[19:03.960 -> 19:09.320] it's definitely not okay so then then we've got let's let's go with Lando Norris
[19:09.320 -> 19:15.200] okay yeah so what do you think he gets 20 million 20 move spot on
[19:15.200 -> 19:23.240] Charlotte Claire 20 18 he's less he's lower yeah let's make it fun you got a
[19:23.240 -> 19:26.240] scream with either higher or lower. You just gotta say it as quick as possible.
[19:26.240 -> 19:26.740] Alright.
[19:26.740 -> 19:27.240] Charles Leclerc.
[19:27.240 -> 19:27.740] HIGHER!
[19:27.740 -> 19:28.240] H-higher?
[19:28.240 -> 19:28.740] Yeah.
[19:28.740 -> 19:29.240] Yeah, you're right.
[19:29.240 -> 19:29.740] YEAH!
[19:29.740 -> 19:31.240] You just said lower!
[19:31.240 -> 19:32.240] Yeah, I know, I was triggered there.
[19:32.240 -> 19:36.240] Alright, then let's go with George Russell.
[19:36.240 -> 19:38.240] Higher or lower than Leclerc?
[19:38.240 -> 19:38.740] Yeah.
[19:38.740 -> 19:39.240] Lower.
[19:39.240 -> 19:40.240] Yeah, what do you reckon?
[19:40.240 -> 19:41.740] Yeah, because Hamlet would suck it all up.
[19:41.740 -> 19:42.740] What do you reckon he gets?
[19:42.740 -> 19:43.740] Russell's an 17, I reckon.
[19:43.740 -> 19:44.240] 16?
[19:44.240 -> 19:45.500] Russell's an 8 mil. 8? 8. What Hamilton's sucking it all up. What do you reckon he gets? Russell's an 17 I reckon. 16? Russell's an 8 mil.
[19:45.500 -> 19:46.000] 8?
[19:46.000 -> 19:46.500] 8.
[19:46.500 -> 19:48.000] What a shame, is that it?
[19:49.000 -> 19:49.500] Perez.
[19:49.500 -> 19:50.000] What a shame.
[19:50.000 -> 19:52.000] No, no, Carlos Sainz.
[19:52.500 -> 19:53.000] Higher or lower?
[19:53.000 -> 19:53.500] Higher.
[19:53.500 -> 19:54.000] Scream it.
[19:54.000 -> 19:54.500] Higher.
[19:54.500 -> 19:55.000] Higher!
[19:56.500 -> 19:58.000] What do you think Carlos Sainz gets?
[19:58.500 -> 19:59.000] 22.
[19:59.000 -> 19:59.500] Nah.
[19:59.500 -> 20:01.000] Nah, probably 7.
[20:02.000 -> 20:05.280] Carlos Sainz gets half the amount of Leclerc.
[20:05.600 -> 20:06.480] Twelve million.
[20:06.600 -> 20:08.240] Oh, what a shame!
[20:08.240 -> 20:10.440] Don't know how accurate this list is.
[20:10.440 -> 20:12.080] And we'll end it off with two more.
[20:13.160 -> 20:14.000] Fernando Alonso.
[20:14.840 -> 20:15.960] Higher or lower than Sainz?
[20:15.960 -> 20:16.320] Mm.
[20:16.320 -> 20:16.800] Higher.
[20:16.800 -> 20:17.320] Lower.
[20:17.720 -> 20:18.400] Lower!
[20:18.400 -> 20:19.640] Apparently five million.
[20:19.840 -> 20:21.240] Red Bull, are you hearing that?
[20:21.240 -> 20:24.360] You can get Fernando Alonso's for five million!
[20:24.880 -> 20:26.320] How much is Perez being paid?
[20:26.320 -> 20:28.320] Perez?
[20:28.320 -> 20:30.320] What do you reckon? Higher or lower than 5 million?
[20:30.320 -> 20:32.320] It'll be higher, won't it?
[20:32.320 -> 20:33.320] How much higher?
[20:33.320 -> 20:33.820] Double.
[20:33.820 -> 20:34.320] Double?!
[20:34.320 -> 20:34.820] 10 million.
[20:34.820 -> 20:40.820] For Red Bull there's a half price to it, there seems to be something going wrong here.
[20:40.820 -> 20:45.440] Yeah, for half the price you can get a 10 times better driver. Who
[20:45.440 -> 20:50.200] do you think is the lowest? On the grid? Yeah. Logan? Yeah. It's gotta be, it'll be one of
[20:50.200 -> 20:53.680] the rookies. I reckon Oscar's is probably more than it says. I reckon Oscar's probably
[20:53.680 -> 20:59.760] on like couple now. Yeah Oscar's says 2 mil, he's down in 14th. Lance Stroll gets less
[20:59.760 -> 21:05.080] than Piastri apparently. Wow. Yeah. But yeah, that list is probably pretty wrong.
[21:05.080 -> 21:06.600] It's probably completely wrong, isn't it?
[21:06.600 -> 21:09.480] And they probably get mad bonuses for points
[21:09.480 -> 21:10.320] and wins and everything.
[21:10.320 -> 21:14.320] I'd love to actually look at an F1 driver's contract.
[21:14.320 -> 21:17.680] That would be amazing, just to see how everything works.
[21:17.680 -> 21:19.040] Well, it's funny what Bernie Eccleston
[21:19.040 -> 21:21.280] was saying in the Braun doc last night.
[21:21.280 -> 21:24.200] He was saying, I don't like contracts.
[21:24.200 -> 21:28.460] Yeah. Whenever you're doing business, if anything ever gets to a contract stage you know
[21:28.460 -> 21:33.740] that it's not trustworthy now I thought that was bad although I was cool as hell
[21:33.740 -> 21:39.180] do you because to me that's that's like rustic business you know yeah but
[21:39.180 -> 21:49.600] there's definitely a lot of people that don't like yeah we don't really I'm sure there's you know
[21:49.600 -> 21:52.720] loads of great stuff I'm sure there's some awful stuff out there but I think
[21:52.720 -> 21:58.800] he's cool like he's done a cool job you know running Formula One and if he's
[21:58.800 -> 22:06.580] doing fucking multi-million dollar handshakes that's badass I like that I feel like you'd have to
[22:06.580 -> 22:10.460] have a bit of paper I wouldn't feel safe to be honest but that Disney thing is
[22:10.460 -> 22:15.340] amazing the story behind it and like Ross Brawn's story we have a Ross Brawn
[22:15.340 -> 22:21.260] book in the background of the pod we met Ross Brawn I knew he was a big dog we've
[22:21.260 -> 22:24.660] always known he's a big dog you haven't read the book no we haven't read the
[22:24.660 -> 22:25.240] book but I don't think I knew any of the stuff about him until I watched this he was a big dog, we've always known he's a big dog. You haven't read the book. No, we haven't read the book,
[22:25.240 -> 22:27.940] but I don't think I knew any of the stuff about him
[22:27.940 -> 22:30.680] until I watched this Disney doc and his career
[22:30.680 -> 22:32.560] and everything he's been through and to make that team
[22:32.560 -> 22:34.080] and to have a team named after him,
[22:34.080 -> 22:36.560] only clocked when I was watching it,
[22:36.560 -> 22:37.960] the team's named after him.
[22:37.960 -> 22:39.800] How did you only clock that?
[22:39.800 -> 22:41.400] Because I didn't even know, mate.
[22:41.400 -> 22:42.680] It's one of them obvious things.
[22:42.680 -> 22:44.880] Bron GP is named after Ross Bron.
[22:44.880 -> 22:46.520] Ran by Ross Brawn.
[22:46.520 -> 22:49.120] But it's crazy because I've seen a clip on TikTok
[22:49.120 -> 22:50.800] of the debt collectors,
[22:50.800 -> 22:54.640] the actual debt collectors going into Brawn
[22:54.640 -> 22:57.120] and to get that money around the time of the doc.
[22:57.120 -> 22:58.560] I've seen the video,
[22:58.560 -> 23:01.240] like footage on their chest from a camera.
[23:01.240 -> 23:02.080] Wow.
[23:02.080 -> 23:04.480] And that's nuts because you just know it's all true.
[23:04.480 -> 23:05.720] Is it Ronnie Pickering?
[23:05.720 -> 23:06.920] Ronnie Pickering.
[23:06.920 -> 23:09.240] Ronnie Pickering went to get the cash.
[23:09.240 -> 23:13.640] Did you watch the opening ceremony at Vegas?
[23:13.640 -> 23:14.480] I did.
[23:14.480 -> 23:15.880] When they all stood on those platforms.
[23:15.880 -> 23:16.380] I did.
[23:16.380 -> 23:18.840] What did you think of that?
[23:18.840 -> 23:20.480] It's a very American thing.
[23:20.480 -> 23:22.160] It's an opening ceremony.
[23:22.160 -> 23:24.440] I mean, it is an exciting thing.
[23:24.440 -> 23:25.440] It's good. It's nice. I mean, they had an opening ceremony. I mean it is an exciting thing. It's good. It's nice
[23:25.440 -> 23:32.440] I mean they had a incredible budget the amount of artists they got their big names and stuff max absolutely hated it
[23:32.440 -> 23:38.640] Yeah, max core max has been max has been vocal and I've loved it. I've loved it because
[23:39.360 -> 23:46.840] Why should you not be you know, you don't need to follow a script. I think Max makes a very valid point.
[23:46.840 -> 23:49.920] Vegas quite clearly is a big show.
[23:49.920 -> 23:53.680] But I don't feel like anyone can say it's not a good race
[23:53.680 -> 23:57.240] or not about the racing until at least we've seen it.
[23:57.240 -> 23:58.840] Like give it a chance, you never know.
[23:58.840 -> 24:01.920] This overtaking on this straight could be amazing, surely?
[24:01.920 -> 24:04.200] Surely people could take someone and take them again?
[24:04.200 -> 24:05.440] Well, Max was asked about it
[24:06.160 -> 24:13.320] And he said in quotation marks for me. You can you can skip it all you can skip all these things
[24:13.320 -> 24:18.400] I don't know what he meant here, but he said it's not about the singer. It's just standing up there
[24:18.400 -> 24:25.120] You look like a clown and he did yeah, he was standing there. You can see it on his face. Yeah, he's hating it
[24:25.120 -> 24:27.720] He said he's not gonna pretend and I know exactly no
[24:27.720 -> 24:32.380] I know exactly how he feels like you would feel like a clown standing there unless you know
[24:32.380 -> 24:34.380] Unless you love all that shit and you lap it up
[24:34.760 -> 24:38.860] You're on a podium which rises out the ground. What are the fucking Jonas Brothers?
[24:38.860 -> 24:45.560] This is like the weirdest thing. I get it. It looks cool on TV. I'm not against it.
[24:45.560 -> 24:46.380] That's the thing.
[24:46.380 -> 24:48.060] I'm not against it, but I do empathize
[24:48.060 -> 24:50.520] with those comments from Max.
[24:50.520 -> 24:52.120] I completely understand.
[24:52.120 -> 24:53.960] And it just makes me like him even more.
[24:53.960 -> 24:56.880] I've said this countless times, but since watching F1,
[24:56.880 -> 24:58.600] when you first watch it,
[24:58.600 -> 25:01.000] and we got in through Drive to Survive,
[25:01.000 -> 25:03.080] and he didn't want to be in the first couple series,
[25:03.080 -> 25:07.760] and then he's kind of portrayed as this character through it and then you watch him on TV but like
[25:07.760 -> 25:11.700] it's not in it's these little things which make me like him even more because
[25:11.700 -> 25:16.080] it proves that he's just there for the for the racing yeah he purely just wants
[25:16.080 -> 25:20.400] to win like he's won the championship he doesn't have to take this so seriously
[25:20.400 -> 25:24.160] but I was reading comments he was having a conversation with David Croft and he
[25:24.160 -> 25:26.540] said like in this break that I've had off I've just been on the
[25:26.540 -> 25:29.960] sim hammering it hard yeah you know you would have been and he was like why you
[25:29.960 -> 25:32.920] haven't got to take it seriously you don't you've won the championship maybe
[25:32.920 -> 25:36.760] he's like yeah but if I don't win Vegas I wouldn't live it down hmm he's I just
[25:36.760 -> 25:41.120] love that mentality yeah I agree that's why I've always like Max I think Max is
[25:41.120 -> 25:47.200] a fantastic driver gonna break an incredible amount of records, but I loved watching him say that shit as well.
[25:47.200 -> 25:49.400] I think that's just raw, isn't it?
[25:49.400 -> 25:50.840] Yeah.
[25:50.840 -> 25:53.600] Yeah, and I like that it goes out on TV.
[25:53.600 -> 25:54.960] Yeah, like I said earlier,
[25:54.960 -> 25:57.280] there was loads of swearing and stuff on TV,
[25:57.280 -> 25:59.720] and Simon Lazenby killed me, to be fair.
[25:59.720 -> 26:02.360] After Natalie said Simon Lazenby's funny,
[26:02.360 -> 26:05.340] I have to admit I watched guys video where
[26:05.340 -> 26:09.560] they did golf with Lando Oscar and everyone hilarious
[26:09.560 -> 26:12.680] Lazenby is actually hilarious. By the way that golf tournament that was live
[26:12.680 -> 26:21.000] streamed on Netflix that was funny. The Netflix cut. Oh my god Pierre Gasly. Pierre Gasly he hit some terrible balls but it was so funny.
[26:21.000 -> 26:27.840] He really hit it really high. He backed it straight into the crowd. Alex Alban took a slip. He did, yeah.
[26:27.840 -> 26:31.200] But he's, him and his girlfriend's like a pro golfer so he gets good coaching.
[26:31.200 -> 26:35.520] They play golf a lot. No, that was good. This whole build-up to Vegas has been
[26:35.520 -> 26:40.520] has been unbelievable and you can bet your second dollar, bet your next dollar,
[26:40.520 -> 26:43.840] what's the term? Bottom dollar. Bet your bottom dollar that next year will probably be
[26:43.840 -> 26:46.120] even bigger and better build- you know they'll just keep
[26:46.120 -> 26:48.320] growing for Vegas yep especially the
[26:48.320 -> 26:49.800] Pit Stop boys are there next year yeah
[26:49.800 -> 26:53.320] that's it it'll be juice give me it was
[26:53.320 -> 26:54.760] never gonna go perfectly for them
[26:54.760 -> 26:56.760] because we're not there exactly we bring
[26:56.760 -> 26:59.240] the good luck exactly their mistake not
[26:59.240 -> 27:03.320] ours give me your podium prediction this
[27:03.320 -> 27:04.520] is the first time that we've done
[27:04.520 -> 27:05.400] predictions I'm gonna prediction. This is the first time that we've done predictions.
[27:05.400 -> 27:06.240] I'm going to burp.
[27:08.240 -> 27:11.100] This is the first time that I have done,
[27:11.100 -> 27:15.000] that we have done predictions after watching FP1 and FP2.
[27:15.000 -> 27:17.680] So maybe we have a bit more of an understanding
[27:17.680 -> 27:18.960] of what we think is going to happen.
[27:18.960 -> 27:22.000] Well, the Ferraris were quick, Aston Martin third.
[27:22.000 -> 27:26.480] My podium is going to be mixed because I do think that if there's
[27:26.480 -> 27:31.600] ever a track, like they were talking about a little bit on the show, but no one's raced
[27:31.600 -> 27:34.360] it before, you know, there could be mistakes.
[27:34.360 -> 27:36.200] People will try different strategies.
[27:36.200 -> 27:37.840] Who knows what might happen.
[27:37.840 -> 27:39.800] It's not the hardest track in the world.
[27:39.800 -> 27:42.060] There's like a couple of hard corners.
[27:42.060 -> 27:44.000] That's why Max said it's boring.
[27:44.000 -> 27:47.120] I don't know if he quoted that, but he pretty much did.
[27:47.120 -> 27:48.200] You know, so let's see.
[27:48.200 -> 27:52.700] But my third place is going to be George Russell.
[27:52.700 -> 27:53.840] All right.
[27:53.840 -> 27:55.000] Yeah. Okay.
[27:55.000 -> 27:56.960] What haven't been put off by what happened last time
[27:56.960 -> 27:58.480] on a street track with him?
[27:58.480 -> 27:59.320] You think he's got it?
[27:59.320 -> 28:01.840] No, he was just under too much pressure there.
[28:02.760 -> 28:03.600] I like Russell.
[28:03.600 -> 28:05.160] I think he's a good driver and they spoke about it.
[28:05.160 -> 28:07.320] He's had a bad season off the back of last season.
[28:07.320 -> 28:09.440] How's he only have one podium this year
[28:09.440 -> 28:11.680] off the back of last year winning a race in that?
[28:11.680 -> 28:13.400] It's not been a good year for Russell, has it?
[28:13.400 -> 28:14.920] No, no it hasn't.
[28:14.920 -> 28:17.880] And I'd like to see him do something in Vegas.
[28:17.880 -> 28:19.640] How about you, Third?
[28:19.640 -> 28:21.320] I've been rubbing, mate.
[28:21.320 -> 28:22.360] I've been rubbing.
[28:22.360 -> 28:23.440] You've been rubbing?
[28:23.440 -> 28:24.280] I've been rubbing.
[28:24.280 -> 28:25.100] What have you been rubbing? What have you been rubbing? I've been rubbing that crystal. I've been rubbing. You've been rubbing? I've been rubbing. What have you been rubbing?
[28:25.100 -> 28:27.980] I've been rubbing that crystal ball.
[28:27.980 -> 28:28.820] We threw it out.
[28:28.820 -> 28:29.800] You got a new one.
[28:29.800 -> 28:31.600] I had my own one the whole time.
[28:31.600 -> 28:33.120] Oh my God.
[28:33.120 -> 28:33.960] Yep.
[28:33.960 -> 28:37.380] And in third place, I am putting Lando Norris.
[28:38.320 -> 28:39.280] Yep.
[28:39.280 -> 28:41.760] I think he's shown that he's got the pace.
[28:41.760 -> 28:43.200] Car's looking really amazing.
[28:44.800 -> 28:46.840] He's, I think he's just got it to be up there.
[28:46.840 -> 28:48.280] Has he got it to win?
[28:48.280 -> 28:53.800] I don't think so. It was his birthday, maybe he's got a bit of birthday luck on his side.
[28:53.800 -> 28:58.160] He's been playing a bit of golf, maybe he's just in the zone, I don't really know.
[28:58.160 -> 29:01.320] Maybe he went and won 20 grand on Blackjack last night, who knows?
[29:01.320 -> 29:03.640] But he might just be feeling something.
[29:03.640 -> 29:04.600] Second?
[29:04.600 -> 29:11.080] In second place, I'm going with Max Verstappen. Second I'm going Char Leclerc. Okay so I've
[29:11.080 -> 29:16.200] got Russell Leclerc. Nice. You've got Lando Verstappen. Yeah you want to know who I've got in first.
[29:16.200 -> 29:21.360] And you to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix Fabio? Fernando Alonso. Fernando
[29:21.360 -> 29:25.280] Alonso. Yep it's it's all become clear to me now in recent months
[29:25.280 -> 29:29.320] I've been thinking why hasn't he won a race yet it doesn't make sense it does
[29:29.320 -> 29:33.480] make sense because he's been waiting. He's been ah this whole time. He's been
[29:33.480 -> 29:36.880] waiting this whole time. He was just teasing everyone. Yeah yeah he's had a
[29:36.880 -> 29:41.240] black box in his car so he just had it de-restricted and he's saved it for the
[29:41.240 -> 29:45.680] Vegas Grand Prix he's gonna win flashing flashing lights, fireworks in the sky,
[29:45.680 -> 29:50.400] his name, a fucking drone show, puts together Fernando Alonso's face in the sky, there he is.
[29:51.120 -> 29:52.560] Cool, it's like you've dreamt it.
[29:52.560 -> 29:53.060] Yeah.
[29:53.600 -> 29:55.680] I'm going Lando Norris first place.
[29:55.680 -> 29:56.800] Ooh.
[29:56.800 -> 30:00.640] Gotta manifest it, like, he needs a win this year, I want him to get a win this year.
[30:00.640 -> 30:02.320] So no Max on the podium?
[30:02.320 -> 30:07.320] Well, the Red Bulls were fourth and sixth after FP2, I know FP2's nothing to go off, I know
[30:07.320 -> 30:09.080] that they're going to be mad quick.
[30:09.080 -> 30:11.520] FP2 it was?
[30:11.520 -> 30:14.600] Yeah well that's alright man, it was!
[30:14.600 -> 30:18.200] Not a great start to the weekend, FP whatever.
[30:18.200 -> 30:21.920] Think about it from a driver's point of view right, if you were in a car, say your signs,
[30:21.920 -> 30:25.200] and then you hit the floor like that, and you're going around a new track,
[30:25.200 -> 30:28.160] do you feel like you would have the confidence
[30:28.160 -> 30:30.720] to go out there and in qualifying,
[30:30.720 -> 30:32.040] slam it around the corners at 200 miles?
[30:32.040 -> 30:33.520] I'd go headbutt someone.
[30:33.520 -> 30:35.160] But do you not think you'd be nervous
[30:35.160 -> 30:36.520] something's gonna go wrong with the track
[30:36.520 -> 30:37.480] after it happening?
[30:37.480 -> 30:39.280] I'd get out of that car with that helmet on,
[30:39.280 -> 30:41.440] and I'd find anyone with an FIA t-shirt on,
[30:41.440 -> 30:43.200] and I'd go, bam, whack them on.
[30:45.040 -> 30:46.800] That happened, didn't it?
[30:46.800 -> 30:47.880] I'm sure it has happened.
[30:47.880 -> 30:49.200] Who's that guy that got out of the car
[30:49.200 -> 30:51.440] and smacked someone, James Hunt?
[30:51.440 -> 30:53.400] I reckon a few people have done it.
[30:53.400 -> 30:56.320] George Russell to Valtteri Bottas in Imola.
[30:56.320 -> 30:57.960] George did not whack Bottas.
[30:57.960 -> 30:59.000] He nearly did.
[30:59.000 -> 30:59.840] Really?
[30:59.840 -> 31:01.160] He nearly did at some point, yeah.
[31:01.160 -> 31:02.000] Wow.
[31:03.680 -> 31:10.720] But yeah, mate, what was the question? What was your question? You ignored everything I said. some point yeah Wow but yeah mate I asked you would you would you feel
[31:10.720 -> 31:14.480] confident no to go and fly around that track now how are the drivers just gonna
[31:14.480 -> 31:18.600] forget that yeah if it's yeah you get confident in your own skills if you
[31:18.600 -> 31:22.760] can't even confide in the track that's what I'm saying then it's worrying is
[31:22.760 -> 31:26.800] worrying yeah I wouldn't want to want to do that But then you're scared enough anyway because you're flying
[31:26.800 -> 31:31.180] at hundreds of miles per hour into a wall. You know, you're very close to the wall so
[31:31.180 -> 31:33.920] maybe you just forget about that kind of stuff. A lot of people have been talking about a
[31:33.920 -> 31:40.920] couple of things. One, the pit exit is apparently reasonably, not dangerous but tight. People
[31:40.920 -> 31:44.520] have been saying it's going to be ridiculously cold, which means the cars are going to struggle
[31:44.520 -> 31:46.600] to get any temperature in the tires off the beginning.
[31:46.600 -> 31:49.320] Heard rumors of rain, but haven't seen any yet.
[31:49.320 -> 31:52.000] Okay, but you'll keep us all updated on the weather report.
[31:52.000 -> 31:53.160] I will indeed. I'm sure.
[31:53.160 -> 31:54.000] Yep.
[31:54.000 -> 31:56.200] Yeah, there's a few rumors floating around,
[31:56.200 -> 32:00.080] but like I said, let's not make any judgment on it
[32:00.080 -> 32:01.480] until after the race.
[32:01.480 -> 32:04.120] I'm going to give Vegas the benefit of the doubt
[32:05.280 -> 32:09.120] for that fuck up in FP1, because you know, it was open to the race. I'm gonna give Vegas the benefit of the doubt for that fuck up in FP1 because you know it was open to the public. Sorry.
[32:09.840 -> 32:14.320] Sorry. Sorry to the listeners. I didn't mean to swear. It was open to the public. It's a normal
[32:14.320 -> 32:18.480] road. You know, they've had to put all this together, you know, at least they got out for FP2.
[32:19.120 -> 32:23.520] Let's just see what happens. And obviously our next pod is going to be after the race anyway.
[32:23.520 -> 32:26.960] So if it's a shit show, we'll tell you it's a shit show. I think we are
[32:26.960 -> 32:28.560] truly we don't know the answer until
[32:28.560 -> 32:30.960] next year I don't think you can truly
[32:30.960 -> 32:34.080] make a call on it until we see if they
[32:34.080 -> 32:35.440] learn from any of the mistakes that they
[32:35.440 -> 32:37.000] made this year and can apply it to next year.
[32:37.000 -> 32:39.480] God that sounds intense you're already saying
[32:39.480 -> 32:41.360] they've made loads of mistakes. Well it
[32:41.360 -> 32:43.440] hasn't gone so smoothly but then that's
[32:43.440 -> 32:48.040] kind of expected so it's more about the redemption you know yeah it's about like
[32:48.040 -> 32:51.300] can they bring it back I mean it still hasn't it hasn't gone terribly wrong the
[32:51.300 -> 32:55.400] race could go amazingly well but if anything does go wrong you know there
[32:55.400 -> 33:01.200] has been a lot of upset fans about what happened so let's just hope that if they
[33:01.200 -> 33:04.600] do smash the rest of the weekend can they do it next year as well because
[33:04.600 -> 33:05.160] this as we know it's been booked in for the next 10 years yeah so even if the So let's just hope that if they do smash the rest of the weekend, can they do it next year as well?
[33:05.160 -> 33:07.600] Because this, as we know, has been booked in for the next 10 years.
[33:07.600 -> 33:12.660] So even if the whole thing goes amazingly well, is the disruption to Las Vegas every
[33:12.660 -> 33:16.480] year for the next 10 years worth it for them?
[33:16.480 -> 33:19.160] Yeah, 100%.
[33:19.160 -> 33:20.760] It's still going to be like a home.
[33:20.760 -> 33:24.880] It's probably, I don't know really, we'll just have to wait and see.
[33:24.880 -> 33:29.360] But there's so many eyes on this I was thinking there's so many celebs in that
[33:29.360 -> 33:33.400] building it's absolutely ridiculous I was looking who's there oh yeah the
[33:33.400 -> 34:05.240] guest list is crazy that's just ridiculous mate and I think that is na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na you go way back to the to the wherever the channel was there's a Disney Channel
[34:05.240 -> 34:09.800] yeah that's when you were watching that's why that's so Raven days there
[34:09.800 -> 34:14.200] yeah I was never a Disney Channel man you know really you were more of a
[34:14.200 -> 34:21.600] Spongebob Simpsons but yeah sponge yeah with a slash of runescape Ed Ed and
[34:21.600 -> 34:25.000] Eddie what's that you've never watched Ed Ed and Eddie no I don't know what Slash of RuneScape. Ed, Edd n Eddy. What? Ed, Edd n Eddy? Yeah.
[34:25.000 -> 34:26.000] What's that?
[34:26.000 -> 34:27.000] You've never watched Ed, Edd n Eddy?
[34:27.000 -> 34:28.680] No, I don't know what that is.
[34:28.680 -> 34:29.680] You don't know what-
[34:29.680 -> 34:30.680] What is it?
[34:30.680 -> 34:31.680] Is it an English show?
[34:31.680 -> 34:32.680] No, it was American.
[34:32.680 -> 34:33.680] I've never- Oh, honestly man, I'm not that familiar.
[34:33.680 -> 34:34.680] Dude, never.
[34:34.680 -> 34:37.680] Because one of them's got a friend called Plank and it's literally a plank of wood.
[34:37.680 -> 34:38.680] Plankton?
[34:38.680 -> 34:39.680] No, Plank.
[34:39.680 -> 34:40.680] Oh, I don't know what you're on about.
[34:40.680 -> 34:41.680] Plankton!
[34:41.680 -> 34:42.680] Spongebob!
[34:42.680 -> 34:47.160] Yeah, look, if I'm overly tired, I actually need some sleep. Oh, blank. Oh, I don't know what you're on about. Blanked out! Spongebob! Yeah, look, if I'm overly tired,
[34:47.160 -> 34:48.920] I actually need some sleep.
[34:48.920 -> 34:50.840] Oh yeah, if you feel tired.
[34:50.840 -> 34:52.360] Imagine how those bloody drivers feel.
[34:52.360 -> 34:54.000] Yeah, how Oscar's story,
[34:54.000 -> 34:56.520] you got back to his hotel, but it was light outside.
[34:56.520 -> 34:58.800] He was like going to sleep on the day of quali.
[34:58.800 -> 34:59.760] That is weird.
[34:59.760 -> 35:01.120] That's really strange, isn't it?
[35:01.120 -> 35:03.720] Imagine how, what do you think was going on
[35:03.720 -> 35:04.920] behind the scenes last night?
[35:04.920 -> 35:07.360] Because to get that road not opened
[35:07.360 -> 35:10.400] and extended the track time that long,
[35:10.400 -> 35:12.160] who would, they would have had to been talking to what,
[35:12.160 -> 35:14.400] like the mayor or the government and being like,
[35:14.400 -> 35:16.320] we're so sorry, we need the track shut
[35:16.320 -> 35:17.480] for another four hours.
[35:17.480 -> 35:19.680] I just want to know why it's so late.
[35:19.680 -> 35:21.640] Also, I'm the mayor, I've got the key haven't I?
[35:21.640 -> 35:22.480] In my room.
[35:22.480 -> 35:23.480] You do have a key to the city.
[35:23.480 -> 35:25.680] I have the key, actually it's the key to Arizona.
[35:25.680 -> 35:26.520] Oh.
[35:26.520 -> 35:27.340] Yeah.
[35:27.340 -> 35:28.180] Nothing's happening there.
[35:28.180 -> 35:29.840] There's no Formula One race in Arizona.
[35:29.840 -> 35:31.360] I know, but they could make a bloody great race
[35:31.360 -> 35:32.280] around there, I tell ya.
[35:32.280 -> 35:35.240] But the Arizona, the Arizona race rainforest
[35:35.240 -> 35:36.580] isn't in Arizona.
[35:38.480 -> 35:39.400] What did you just say?
[35:39.400 -> 35:42.160] The Arizona rainforest isn't in Arizona.
[35:44.360 -> 35:46.000] Cause the Arizona
[35:46.000 -> 35:48.000] ooooh
[35:48.000 -> 35:50.000] what are you even talking about?
[35:50.000 -> 35:52.000] where is the Arizona rainforest?
[35:52.000 -> 35:54.000] there is no Arizona rainforest mate
[35:54.000 -> 35:56.000] Arizona is a desert
[35:58.000 -> 36:00.000] you're thinking of the Amazon
[36:04.000 -> 36:08.360] ladies and gentlemen thanks so much for tuning into the Pit Stop podcast.
[36:08.360 -> 36:10.420] We hope you loved our episode of Natalie.
[36:10.420 -> 36:11.800] It was amazing to get her on.
[36:11.800 -> 36:15.600] We've already had a load of recommendations of who else you want to see on next.
[36:15.600 -> 36:17.980] There's a few amazing ones.
[36:17.980 -> 36:20.280] Someone said, should I even say this?
[36:20.280 -> 36:22.600] Yeah, I will say it because I don't think we'll get her.
[36:22.600 -> 36:27.840] I think this is how you pronounce her name Leah Block okay Ken's Ken Block's daughter he's the
[36:27.840 -> 36:32.720] late great amazing rally driver do you remember I showed you Travis Pastrana
[36:32.720 -> 36:36.880] on TV the other day doing all that crazy stuff in the rally car Ken Block is uh
[36:36.880 -> 36:40.960] it's he's the guy who does it it's called Jim Karna okay and it's all these
[36:40.960 -> 36:45.740] crazy he was just the best rally driver in the world. Yeah, and his daughter's a racer
[36:46.180 -> 36:52.200] Okay, and I believe she is just getting into f1 academy. Oh, wow. I think she's just some Williams
[36:52.200 -> 36:57.420] Oh, yes, I saw that as their driver. Yeah. Well, let's definitely look into that. Oh would die for that
[36:57.420 -> 37:02.280] Yeah, like fabs just said the only feedback we get for the show is from you guys messaging us
[37:02.280 -> 37:03.920] So Instagram is at pit stop
[37:03.920 -> 37:06.160] Let us know what you're enjoying what you you're not, what you want to hear
[37:06.160 -> 37:11.760] from us, what you want to see, any guest recommendations. Natalie was amazing, I'm
[37:11.760 -> 37:16.200] very very happy that we got her, Sky Sports thank you so much for that one.
[37:16.200 -> 37:20.080] I think it's a really good app, it's really funny, I love it. We've had good
[37:20.080 -> 37:28.640] feedback and I'm really glad we got that out that feels like a good not quite end to the year because there is definitely room to squeeze in a few more
[37:28.640 -> 37:33.280] guests and we are thinking of a Christmas special we definitely think
[37:33.280 -> 37:37.360] of a Christmas but we don't want to give too much away to anyone just yeah
[37:37.360 -> 37:44.480] because we haven't got anything we don't have but we will find someone we will
[37:44.480 -> 37:46.560] go to the depths of the earth.
[37:46.560 -> 37:48.360] We have people who I think you and me
[37:48.360 -> 37:49.560] would be interested in,
[37:49.560 -> 37:53.120] but it's also about knowing who the majority of our fans
[37:53.120 -> 37:54.640] wanna listen to as well.
[37:54.640 -> 37:56.080] Yeah, that's it.
[37:56.080 -> 37:58.460] It's finding a guest that will create an episode
[37:58.460 -> 38:01.600] that hits like everyone that listens to us, I guess.
[38:01.600 -> 38:03.320] Some, it's not always gonna happen though.
[38:03.320 -> 38:04.640] Some people won't like that episode,
[38:04.640 -> 38:06.000] some people won't like that one.
[38:06.000 -> 38:11.000] We just have to make and talk to people we're interested in talking to and go from there really.
[38:11.000 -> 38:12.000] Yeah, indeed.
[38:12.000 -> 38:17.000] But if anyone recommends anyone, send them in at Pitstop, the Las Vegas Grand Prix is here!
[38:17.000 -> 38:20.000] Quick reminder of your podium, there's a Boeing going over the flat.
[38:20.000 -> 38:22.000] Ooh, plane spotting!
[38:22.000 -> 38:26.440] Two Rolls Royce engines thundering down the runway. My final
[38:26.440 -> 38:32.400] prediction was in third place, Lando Norris in second place, Max Verstappen, and first
[38:32.400 -> 38:37.320] place, the one and only, Bernardo Alonso. And mine was George Russell third, Charles
[38:37.320 -> 38:42.920] Leclerc second, and Lando Norris first. Let us know yours. Instagram, pitstop, enjoy the
[38:42.920 -> 38:48.160] race weekend. We'll be back on Monday for our podcast that we will record on Sunday night after the race.
[38:48.160 -> 38:51.600] Well, we'll be recording it Sunday morning, actually. Monday morning.
[38:51.600 -> 38:52.100] Yeah.
[38:52.100 -> 38:54.160] Sunday morning. No, because the race is Saturday night.
[38:54.160 -> 38:56.880] Yeah, so Sunday morning here.
[38:56.880 -> 39:00.720] For all of our UK viewers, the race is at 6am on Sunday.
[39:00.720 -> 39:01.520] Yeah.
[39:02.400 -> 39:04.400] So, that's early, isn't it?
[39:04.400 -> 39:08.480] It is, yeah. Right. well well I might go get some
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