What happened with Ferrari at Monaco?!

Welcome back to Episode 29 of the Pitstop Podcast! Absolute chaos this weekend at the Monaco GP. There’s so much to cover in this episode - from the weather to the heartbreak Leclerc suffered this weekend and a triumphant win for Sergio Perez and Redbull! It was sure as hell an exciting race to watch so strap in as we talk about everything that happened. 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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**Race Recap and Analysis:**

* The Monaco Grand Prix, known for its challenging street circuit, delivered an exciting and chaotic race.
* Sergio Perez, driving for Red Bull, secured a remarkable victory, marking his third career win and becoming the first Mexican driver to win in Monaco.
* Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari finished second, followed by Max Verstappen of Red Bull in third, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in fourth, and George Russell of Mercedes in fifth.
* The race was heavily influenced by rain, leading to a rolling start and several safety car periods.
* Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri impressed with his aggressive overtaking maneuvers, especially in the wet conditions.
* The Ferrari team faced a strategic blunder during a pit stop, costing Leclerc valuable time and potentially the race win.
* Red Bull's pit crew demonstrated exceptional efficiency and made timely decisions, contributing to Perez's victory.

**Key Insights and Perspectives:**

* The importance of teamwork and strategy in Formula One racing was highlighted, with Red Bull showcasing a well-executed race plan.
* The mental and physical demands on Formula One drivers were discussed, emphasizing the intensity and focus required throughout a race.
* The constant evolution and improvements in Formula One technology were mentioned, particularly in the area of safety features.
* The unpredictability of Formula One races was acknowledged, with weather conditions and unexpected incidents playing a significant role.

**Controversies and Memorable Moments:**

* The Ferrari pit stop error, which cost Leclerc a potential victory, sparked discussions about the team's strategic decision-making.
* The retirement of several drivers, including Kevin Magnussen, Mick Schumacher, and Alexander Albon, added to the drama of the race.
* The debate over whether Latifi finished the race or not generated some amusement among the hosts.

**Overall Message and Takeaway:**

The Monaco Grand Prix showcased the captivating nature of Formula One racing, with its unpredictable twists and turns, strategic challenges, and the immense skill and dedication of the drivers and teams involved. **Podcast Episode Summary: Monaco Grand Prix Analysis**

The podcast begins with the hosts discussing the Monaco Grand Prix, expressing their excitement and relief that the race took place despite the threat of rain. They mention that Latifi finished the race in 15th position, ahead of Zhou and Tsunoda.

**Hamilton's Helmet Swap and Radio Communication**

The hosts bring up Lewis Hamilton's helmet swap during the race, noting that he switched to a new helmet with amethyst stones for healing properties. They also highlight Hamilton's radio communication with his team, where he inquired about the distance to the pack behind him, expressing surprise at being so far behind.

**Alonso's Performance and Contract Situation**

The hosts commend Fernando Alonso's performance in Monaco, emphasizing his ability to hold up the pack behind him and maintain his position despite having a slower car. They speculate about Alonso's contract situation, suggesting that he may retire after leaving Alpine at the end of the season.

**Monaco's Place in Formula One**

The hosts engage in a lively discussion about Monaco's place in Formula One, considering whether it should remain on the calendar. They acknowledge the unique challenges and excitement of the track but also recognize the limitations it presents for overtaking and competitive racing.

**Baku Grand Prix Preview**

The hosts express their anticipation for the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, acknowledging their lack of knowledge about the track. They plan to quiz each other on Baku's characteristics in the next podcast episode.

**YouTube Channel Promotion and Giveaway**

The hosts remind listeners to subscribe to their YouTube channel, Pit Stop, and announce an ongoing giveaway on their TikTok account. They encourage listeners to participate in the giveaway for a chance to win prizes.

**Monaco's Future and Potential Track Modifications**

The hosts continue their discussion on Monaco's future, considering the possibility of rotating it with Imola on the calendar. They also suggest creative ideas for modifying the track layout to address the challenges of overtaking and improve the racing spectacle.

**Conclusion and Farewell**

The hosts wrap up the podcast by thanking their listeners and encouraging them to follow, subscribe, and rate the podcast. They express their excitement for the upcoming Thursday episode and bid farewell to their audience.

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[00:56.640 -> 01:00.400] Albon retired, Magnusson, Schumacher.
[01:00.400 -> 01:01.940] Did Latifi make it through?
[01:01.940 -> 01:02.780] I think he did.
[01:02.780 -> 01:04.280] I think Latifi did finish the race.
[01:04.280 -> 01:16.320] Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Well done, Latifi make it through? I think he did. I think Latifi did finish the race
[01:19.740 -> 01:22.060] Ladies and gents, welcome back to the pit stop podcast
[01:25.600 -> 01:27.320] Wow, we have just wrapped up a little weekend at Monaco, and what a race that was.
[01:27.320 -> 01:30.600] Perez showing everyone and getting the recognition
[01:30.600 -> 01:31.800] he deserves.
[01:31.800 -> 01:36.520] Probably one of the most chaotic, exciting, and I don't know,
[01:36.520 -> 01:38.240] kind of whatever you want to call it, race,
[01:38.240 -> 01:39.800] I've seen probably this season.
[01:39.800 -> 01:41.080] I was really worried at one point.
[01:41.080 -> 01:42.600] I really thought they were going to cancel it.
[01:42.600 -> 01:44.160] I was just watching that rain come down,
[01:44.160 -> 01:45.960] the red flag was driving, getting out the cars. I was thinking, no, I have not waited a really thought they were going to cancel it. I was just watching that rain come down, the red flag, the drivers getting out of the cars,
[01:45.960 -> 01:49.800] I was thinking, no, I have not waited all weekend for this for you to cancel it, please
[01:49.800 -> 01:51.100] do not cancel this race.
[01:51.100 -> 01:54.400] It sounded like it could have gone pear-shaped, but we finally made it through.
[01:54.400 -> 01:57.200] So today, Jake, we're just going to recap pretty much on the race, because there was
[01:57.200 -> 01:58.320] so much that happened.
[01:58.320 -> 02:01.800] Yeah, as you guys know, after the race for Monday morning, we like to give you our thoughts
[02:01.800 -> 02:07.920] on the race, talk through it, pick out some key points, and just have a chat about Formula One. This is our chance to let you
[02:07.920 -> 02:08.920] know how much we've learned.
[02:08.920 -> 02:09.920] Yeah, not a lot.
[02:09.920 -> 02:12.920] Not a lot. We were saying about this the other day, weren't we, at the World Championship
[02:12.920 -> 02:17.520] Qualifier, we were like, we're learning quite quick, but we're not actually trying to learn.
[02:17.520 -> 02:21.880] We're not going out there to deliberately search things and find things out. We're learning
[02:21.880 -> 02:22.880] naturally.
[02:22.880 -> 02:25.420] That's it, yeah. I think if we made a point of like,
[02:25.420 -> 02:26.600] really learning everything,
[02:26.600 -> 02:28.360] then we'd kind of lose what we're about,
[02:28.360 -> 02:30.520] which is new fans, you know?
[02:30.520 -> 02:32.600] So, but why don't we, we'll kick it off
[02:32.600 -> 02:34.840] with just giving you a little rundown of the standings.
[02:34.840 -> 02:38.160] Perez obviously won Monaco, which is absolutely amazing.
[02:38.160 -> 02:41.160] His third ever race win,
[02:41.160 -> 02:44.560] but the first Mexican guy to ever win a race in Monaco.
[02:44.560 -> 02:49.120] And it makes him the most successful Mexican Formula One driver ever
[02:49.120 -> 02:55.240] unbelievable we had Sainz in second Verstappen third Leclerc fourth we'll
[02:55.240 -> 02:59.520] dive into that very soon that's a bit of a heartbreak for me and for the rest of
[02:59.520 -> 03:06.840] the Ferrari fans Russell fifth Norris sixthso 7th, big boy Alonso coming through, Hamilton 8th,
[03:06.840 -> 03:11.720] Bottas 9th and Vettel 10th. And I want to make a little note of Gasly in 11th, man.
[03:11.720 -> 03:13.600] Yeah, started 18th so did very well.
[03:13.600 -> 03:14.600] What a show.
[03:14.600 -> 03:18.520] Arguably, yeah, put on the show. For the first whole part of the race it was all about Gasly
[03:18.520 -> 03:22.840] doing the overtakes. It's hard to overtake at Monaco but blimey was he going for it.
[03:22.840 -> 03:26.760] Absolutely, yeah, Monaco is probably like the hardest race to overtake on and then
[03:26.760 -> 03:30.760] don't forget in the rain. Yeah well Al Fattori made a great decision to put him
[03:30.760 -> 03:35.000] on intermediates at that point other people were out there and wet and as the
[03:35.000 -> 03:39.080] track got drier the intermediates really showed and he was able to just get right
[03:39.080 -> 03:44.320] behind people like a dog and just you know. Sniffing them out. Sniff, sniff, sniff, go!
[03:44.320 -> 03:46.200] That's literally what Gasly did.
[03:46.200 -> 03:47.840] Gasly had the edge there, which was nice
[03:47.840 -> 03:50.280] because I feel like Gasly is one of those drivers where,
[03:50.280 -> 03:51.680] I mean, we've been saying it for a long time.
[03:51.680 -> 03:53.240] And not just us, like, I mean, everyone says it.
[03:53.240 -> 03:56.040] He's definitely the guy that has the potential
[03:56.040 -> 03:58.240] to really kind of be a star driver.
[03:58.240 -> 04:00.480] He's just not in the right car, I would say.
[04:00.480 -> 04:01.760] They were talking about on TV today,
[04:01.760 -> 04:03.920] they were saying they don't think he'll go Red Bull.
[04:03.920 -> 04:09.480] But then, we can't talk about anyone going to Red Bull right now Verstappen's fine there and Perez just won the race
[04:09.480 -> 04:13.100] So Red Bull are perfectly fine. Their driving lineup is great
[04:13.260 -> 04:18.460] Perez proves why he's a part of that team and now I feel like moving forward
[04:18.460 -> 04:21.340] Do you feel like maybe the strategy is going to change a little bit?
[04:22.100 -> 04:23.700] No, because of the contracts
[04:23.700 -> 04:26.000] so Max Verstappen is signed to be the number one driver
[04:26.000 -> 04:28.000] and Checo is signed to be number two
[04:28.000 -> 04:30.000] and even though Checo has been amazing
[04:30.000 -> 04:32.000] over the last couple of races in Barcelona
[04:32.000 -> 04:34.000] he was great, he was really, really good
[04:34.000 -> 04:36.000] today, he's just had a patient drive
[04:36.000 -> 04:38.000] but he's aware he's the number two driver
[04:38.000 -> 04:40.000] in that team. But Red Bull aren't
[04:40.000 -> 04:42.000] going to turn around to him like today
[04:42.000 -> 04:44.000] they aren't going to... he wasn't holding
[04:44.000 -> 04:47.520] up the pack today so Verstappen could get through. You know what I mean? The whole strategy isn't
[04:47.520 -> 04:48.760] just so Verstappen wins.
[04:48.760 -> 04:53.000] Well to me, today also shows the strategy of the teams. I mean Red Bull just absolutely
[04:53.000 -> 04:55.080] nailed it with those pit stops.
[04:55.080 -> 04:56.080] I think Red Bull-
[04:56.080 -> 04:57.080] Sainz was leading.
[04:57.080 -> 05:00.920] Yeah, Red Bull definitely did well with their pit stops and made the right calls but I think
[05:00.920 -> 05:06.520] the only reason Ferrari didn't win today was because of one bad decision. Like that one pit problem they had.
[05:06.520 -> 05:08.400] Oh my God, was it a bad decision?
[05:08.400 -> 05:10.280] Yeah, so we were watching on TV
[05:10.280 -> 05:12.720] and I haven't actually looked into it afterwards
[05:12.720 -> 05:15.480] to see what happened yet, but from what it looked like,
[05:15.480 -> 05:18.640] it looked like Sainz was coming in for his first pit stop
[05:18.640 -> 05:21.120] and they called in Sainz, obviously,
[05:21.120 -> 05:23.480] but then it looks like they accidentally called in Leclerc
[05:23.480 -> 05:28.040] as well, or some reason Leclerc thought he was coming in as well. Did you hear the radio? Yeah it said box, box.
[05:28.040 -> 05:31.600] As he's just coming around Razkaz I mean he was literally there and they're
[05:31.600 -> 05:35.960] telling him to box so like straight away he's turned in and as he's turning in.
[05:35.960 -> 05:41.840] Then they go back on, no no stay out, stay out, stay out. And you can see Leclerc losing his marbles.
[05:41.840 -> 05:45.640] Then he goes mad on the mic yeah. You see him like whacking the steering wheel, going crazy.
[05:45.640 -> 05:46.480] And you would.
[05:46.480 -> 05:48.600] Yeah, man, because they weren't ready for him to box.
[05:48.600 -> 05:50.000] There was a big miscommunication there.
[05:50.000 -> 05:52.240] I don't think he was meant to get the message to box.
[05:52.240 -> 05:54.440] I think it was an error from someone in the team
[05:54.440 -> 05:56.160] because when he came into the pits,
[05:56.160 -> 05:57.760] he was sat behind signs,
[05:57.760 -> 06:00.000] waiting for signs to get his, you know,
[06:00.000 -> 06:01.800] that's why he spent so long in the pits.
[06:01.800 -> 06:03.680] He lost so much time waiting for signs to be done.
[06:03.680 -> 06:05.680] I've never seen a queue like that in the pits to go.
[06:05.680 -> 06:06.520] Do you know what I mean?
[06:06.520 -> 06:08.080] It's a crazy old track.
[06:08.080 -> 06:11.400] Like just the way, I couldn't believe that instead
[06:11.400 -> 06:13.360] of like going down a massive pit lane,
[06:13.360 -> 06:14.900] you just like turn right.
[06:14.900 -> 06:16.840] They almost have to just like whack an indicator
[06:16.840 -> 06:19.240] on in the middle of a track and just go right into the pits.
[06:19.240 -> 06:20.080] Mad.
[06:20.080 -> 06:24.160] This weekend has really shown to me how it's a team effort
[06:24.160 -> 06:29.560] to win a championship. I mean, it's a it's a it's a team effort to win a championship you mean it's not you can't having like an amazing driver just isn't
[06:29.560 -> 06:33.360] enough no no way it isn't enough and like I mean if Ferrari are gonna keep
[06:33.360 -> 06:38.240] making these mistakes I mean obviously the last race in Barcelona which we were
[06:38.240 -> 06:43.160] at we saw Leclerc with a very healthy lead ahead of the pack and his car
[06:43.160 -> 06:48.160] packed in like that and it ain't good enough. Yeah the mistakes are not good enough I really thought
[06:48.160 -> 06:52.280] Leclerc had it today pole position was everything and at the beginning of the
[06:52.280 -> 06:56.160] race he started off really well he had he had clean air you know how it was at
[06:56.160 -> 06:58.760] the beginning of the race all the rain was flying up so to be at the front
[06:58.760 -> 07:02.480] you're in the best position you haven't got all that warm. Well we had a rolling start
[07:02.480 -> 07:06.240] we had a rolling start. Yeah it was it was a weird way to start today's race
[07:06.240 -> 07:11.920] but then again I'm just so happy it actually happened. It was interesting because no one
[07:11.920 -> 07:15.120] really knew how much rain there was going to be and thankfully there was no more rain throughout
[07:15.120 -> 07:20.400] the race but I do wish they did start when we should have because it would have been hilarious.
[07:20.400 -> 07:24.240] It would have been so like entertaining to watch in that rain. Well there was like enough time at
[07:24.240 -> 07:27.160] the beginning for them to have started the race in the dry.
[07:27.160 -> 07:30.400] They would have had about six or seven minutes of dry before it would have pitched it down.
[07:30.400 -> 07:31.400] They missed the gap, right?
[07:31.400 -> 07:33.880] So they would have started on slicks.
[07:33.880 -> 07:37.960] They all would have had to have pitted straight away to wets.
[07:37.960 -> 07:39.720] It would have been absolute chaos.
[07:39.720 -> 07:41.760] To be fair, we probably would have seen a lot more crashes.
[07:41.760 -> 07:42.760] Yeah.
[07:42.760 -> 07:43.760] Yeah.
[07:43.760 -> 07:44.760] You never want anyone to crash.
[07:44.760 -> 07:46.280] You never want anyone to get hurt, but a wet race is always fun
[07:46.280 -> 07:48.280] because it opens up the grid for the people at the back.
[07:48.280 -> 07:49.800] That's what we know a lot of the drivers
[07:49.800 -> 07:50.640] were hoping for today.
[07:50.640 -> 07:53.520] Gasly wanted a wet race and he got a wet race
[07:53.520 -> 07:54.440] and he had a great race.
[07:54.440 -> 07:55.760] He was unlucky to come 11th.
[07:55.760 -> 07:57.560] Man, there's no room for error at Monaco.
[07:57.560 -> 07:58.440] No room for error.
[07:58.440 -> 08:01.040] I could not believe that one shot they showed
[08:01.040 -> 08:03.520] where it showed you the tire and the barrier
[08:03.520 -> 08:08.120] and you literally cannot even see a gap. Mate, could you could fit like a like a cigarette paper. It's
[08:08.120 -> 08:13.040] ridiculous how on earth did they do that for that many laps in the rain you got to
[08:13.040 -> 08:16.400] think it's not even just one lap at this point they're getting tired they've done
[08:16.400 -> 08:19.560] it over and over again their concentration has to get better and
[08:19.560 -> 08:23.640] better throughout the race you can't get less concentrated. I can't think of a
[08:23.640 -> 08:29.840] sport where you have to be that switched on for that amount of time. No and this is
[08:29.840 -> 08:34.200] the thing when we did a video the other day and Ollie said that footballers can
[08:34.200 -> 08:38.120] compete with Formula One drivers like physically we had a bit of backlash on
[08:38.120 -> 08:41.520] that some people were like no they couldn't like footballers are so much
[08:41.520 -> 08:49.320] fitter. I play football I love football I work with football but I'm telling you now, footballers are not as fit and not
[08:49.320 -> 08:52.280] as mentally and physically trained as these people because on a football field
[08:52.280 -> 08:56.720] yeah you have to play for 90 minutes but when you're not on the ball you're kind
[08:56.720 -> 08:59.600] of just like wandering around the pitch getting into position making sure you're still in play.
[08:59.600 -> 09:01.960] These guys are in the thick of it.
[09:01.960 -> 09:03.760] The whole time for longer than a football match.
[09:03.760 -> 09:05.040] For an hour and a half, two hours.
[09:05.040 -> 09:06.440] And they can't switch off.
[09:06.440 -> 09:09.800] And like in football, yeah, you might take a tumble.
[09:09.800 -> 09:11.560] I mean, we've seen some horrendous like.
[09:11.560 -> 09:14.120] I love the way you've said that, you might take a tumble.
[09:14.120 -> 09:15.200] Yeah, well, yeah.
[09:15.200 -> 09:16.320] Yeah, you might get a tackle.
[09:16.320 -> 09:18.680] And we've seen like horrendous like leg breaks and shit,
[09:18.680 -> 09:21.200] but like you're never really like threatening your life.
[09:21.200 -> 09:22.320] You're risking your life.
[09:22.320 -> 09:23.320] Do you know what I mean?
[09:23.320 -> 09:27.800] With F1, I mean, you are centimeters away from game over.
[09:28.200 -> 09:29.500] Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.
[09:29.500 -> 09:30.200] I'm not stupid.
[09:30.200 -> 09:32.300] Like obviously some footballers are going to be quicker runners
[09:32.300 -> 09:34.600] and obviously a Formula One driver wouldn't be better at
[09:34.600 -> 09:36.700] football than a footballer, but I'm just saying about like
[09:36.700 -> 09:39.300] the mental and physical fitness behind this.
[09:39.800 -> 09:42.300] Football is constant but has brakes.
[09:42.300 -> 09:45.000] Formula One is the second them lights go,
[09:45.000 -> 09:46.960] you can barely blink.
[09:46.960 -> 09:49.040] And your whole body is in full strain
[09:49.040 -> 09:50.380] trying to hold this car together.
[09:50.380 -> 09:52.400] You don't get 10 seconds off the ball.
[09:52.400 -> 09:54.000] You get 10 seconds off the ball, you're in the wall.
[09:54.000 -> 09:55.280] I think that's what I love about F1.
[09:55.280 -> 09:57.440] I feel like I'm constantly being surprised by this sport.
[09:57.440 -> 09:58.280] Yeah, me too.
[09:58.280 -> 09:59.100] Which is amazing.
[09:59.100 -> 10:01.000] I feel like, I don't know, with football,
[10:01.000 -> 10:02.760] you kind of know what's going on after a couple of games.
[10:02.760 -> 10:05.720] With this, I'm constantly like, wow, I can't believe it.
[10:05.720 -> 10:09.120] Different tracks, different cars, everything's different each year,
[10:09.120 -> 10:11.520] different drivers, different team members.
[10:11.520 -> 10:14.920] I mean, there's so many parts to this machine
[10:14.920 -> 10:18.200] that if you find yourself having just one element,
[10:18.200 -> 10:21.480] which is out of touch, then it can blow the whole thing.
[10:21.480 -> 10:24.000] I've been so surprised over the last few races,
[10:24.000 -> 10:25.760] just watching the pit crews.
[10:25.760 -> 10:26.800] When we were in Barcelona,
[10:26.800 -> 10:28.400] we were lucky enough to be sat in a position
[10:28.400 -> 10:29.360] where we could see the pit wall
[10:29.360 -> 10:30.960] and we could see the crews and everything.
[10:30.960 -> 10:32.800] I've never really thought about the work
[10:32.800 -> 10:34.640] that goes in in the crew.
[10:34.640 -> 10:35.920] Obviously, you know about pit stops,
[10:35.920 -> 10:36.640] you know how quick they are,
[10:36.640 -> 10:37.280] they know they're great,
[10:37.280 -> 10:38.880] but all the stuff behind that,
[10:38.880 -> 10:41.440] like when they're all coming out to the track
[10:41.440 -> 10:42.960] at the beginning, sorting all the tyres,
[10:42.960 -> 10:43.920] you saw it today,
[10:43.920 -> 10:47.640] they had to rush them new tyres, like, all the way across.
[10:47.640 -> 10:50.040] They were putting on new visors, new helmets.
[10:50.040 -> 10:51.720] They have to completely change the car
[10:51.720 -> 10:53.680] within such a small amount of time.
[10:53.680 -> 10:55.400] And the safety car coming out to check
[10:55.400 -> 10:56.720] if the track was dry enough.
[10:56.720 -> 10:58.840] Again, something that I just didn't really expect.
[10:58.840 -> 10:59.680] No.
[10:59.680 -> 11:00.880] And there was a lot of rain today.
[11:00.880 -> 11:02.280] That was a very wet race.
[11:02.280 -> 11:04.480] We're lucky we didn't see more crashes.
[11:04.480 -> 11:11.560] I mean, we saw a couple, notably. I'm couple, notably. Have you noted Latifi on the photo before the race even started?
[11:11.560 -> 11:17.340] Latifi crashing on the formation lap. I'm sorry, okay, I don't want to be that guy but
[11:17.340 -> 11:24.880] we are too early into the season. Latifi has had a horrendous start. That team must be
[11:24.880 -> 11:27.320] thinking this is costing us so much money.
[11:27.320 -> 11:30.560] Not in the best car on the grid, as we know.
[11:30.560 -> 11:32.080] But that, I'm sorry, but-
[11:32.080 -> 11:36.360] Put Latifi in a fucking house and he wins every race.
[11:36.360 -> 11:37.800] You're mental.
[11:37.800 -> 11:40.360] No, I think the door is well,
[11:40.360 -> 11:41.600] I think before this race,
[11:41.600 -> 11:43.620] the door was open a little bit for Piastri.
[11:43.620 -> 11:45.200] I think there was a draft coming through. I genuinely think after today, the door was open a little bit for Piastri. I think there was a draft coming through.
[11:45.200 -> 11:48.200] I genuinely think after today, the door is just like,
[11:48.200 -> 11:50.400] you can genuinely see the other person on the other side.
[11:50.400 -> 11:51.600] I wouldn't be surprised.
[11:51.600 -> 11:54.600] I think we'll see a mid-season swap, and I think it will be Piastri.
[11:54.600 -> 11:56.800] That's going to be really, really exciting to see
[11:56.800 -> 11:58.800] because it will change the dynamic a lot.
[11:58.800 -> 12:01.800] Well, both horses went out today, which was gutting.
[12:01.800 -> 12:02.800] That was gutting.
[12:02.800 -> 12:04.800] So we saw Kevin Magnussen retire.
[12:04.800 -> 12:05.080] Even they said on TV, they said even they didn't know he retired. Yeah, but before you knew it, passes went out today which was gutting. That was gutting. So we saw Kevin Magnussen retire.
[12:05.080 -> 12:06.160] Even they said on TV,
[12:06.160 -> 12:07.760] they said even they didn't know he retired.
[12:07.760 -> 12:08.880] Yeah, but before you knew it,
[12:08.880 -> 12:09.720] they missed it.
[12:09.720 -> 12:10.560] I didn't even know what happened.
[12:10.560 -> 12:11.560] Before you knew it,
[12:11.560 -> 12:13.080] Schumacher was just straight into a wall.
[12:13.080 -> 12:14.440] That was scary, man.
[12:14.440 -> 12:16.760] I hate seeing that because when I,
[12:16.760 -> 12:18.400] it wasn't until Fab reminded me
[12:18.400 -> 12:19.920] that the reason it looks so bad
[12:19.920 -> 12:21.920] is because it's meant to,
[12:21.920 -> 12:23.320] because the car breaks up,
[12:23.320 -> 12:24.840] which is better for the driver.
[12:24.840 -> 12:28.200] They did that after the Romain Grosjean crash as well so is that why they did it
[12:28.200 -> 12:30.980] that's the reason why because of that they've now made it on impact it like
[12:30.980 -> 12:33.840] falls apart almost yeah it's made it easier for it to like
[12:33.840 -> 12:36.680] detach because you see some wheels on their own in the back of the track and
[12:36.680 -> 12:40.580] you think oh my god this car is split in half like it makes my heart sing I saw
[12:40.580 -> 12:44.120] them wheels just rolling around I was thinking there's the back of the car
[12:44.120 -> 12:45.480] where's Mick this is horrend car. Where's Mick?
[12:45.480 -> 12:47.240] This is horrendous, but it's meant to happen.
[12:47.240 -> 12:50.120] Yeah, it's all health and safety.
[12:50.120 -> 12:50.960] Which is great.
[12:50.960 -> 12:52.920] He got straight out of the car and that was that.
[12:52.920 -> 12:54.440] But there was going to be errors today.
[12:54.440 -> 12:56.360] There was going to be,
[12:56.360 -> 12:58.480] we were quite lucky that it was only that really.
[12:58.480 -> 12:59.320] I mean,
[12:59.320 -> 13:00.520] There's a lot of chat about like, you know,
[13:00.520 -> 13:04.000] how heavy do you go on the health and safety?
[13:04.000 -> 13:06.720] Because the whole point of the sport is the risk factor.
[13:06.720 -> 13:08.080] And that's what makes it exciting.
[13:08.720 -> 13:10.880] However, changes like this, it doesn't matter
[13:10.880 -> 13:13.200] because even though like you're making the car safer
[13:13.200 -> 13:15.600] for the drivers, which is, I mean, obviously a good thing.
[13:15.600 -> 13:18.080] They're still like, like we've just been talking about.
[13:18.080 -> 13:20.240] They're centimeters away from life or death
[13:20.240 -> 13:24.640] going into a barrier at, you know, 180, 200 miles an hour.
[13:24.640 -> 13:26.280] So you're never going gonna lose that element.
[13:26.280 -> 13:29.760] No, I think that would be why we didn't see them start
[13:29.760 -> 13:32.400] in the rain, because you always have that element,
[13:32.400 -> 13:33.840] but they look at it and they go,
[13:33.840 -> 13:36.760] what can we do away from what they do?
[13:36.760 -> 13:38.680] And arguably, as we could admit,
[13:38.680 -> 13:40.600] even though we would have loved to have seen it,
[13:40.600 -> 13:42.920] if they had have started in that torrential rain,
[13:42.920 -> 13:44.640] it probably would have been horrendous.
[13:44.640 -> 13:47.280] Do you think it would have been the same last year with Michael
[13:47.280 -> 13:51.280] Massey as race director as we know we got we've got three race directors this
[13:51.280 -> 13:55.000] year on you know they're spinning that they're flipping. Yeah so was it the
[13:55.000 -> 13:58.880] stupid question but you might know is it the actual race director the guy that
[13:58.880 -> 14:01.240] was stood down there with the umbrella the one that's making the decision when
[14:01.240 -> 14:04.200] they go then the one that's going 10-minute warning. That was an old race
[14:04.200 -> 14:06.040] director who from McLaren.
[14:06.040 -> 14:06.880] Oh really?
[14:06.880 -> 14:08.480] But is it the race directors making that call
[14:08.480 -> 14:09.680] going 10 minute warning?
[14:09.680 -> 14:10.880] Yes, I believe so.
[14:10.880 -> 14:12.640] Yeah, I think safety wise,
[14:12.640 -> 14:14.280] they wouldn't have let anyone go in that.
[14:14.280 -> 14:16.760] Last year they called off a whole race because of rain.
[14:16.760 -> 14:19.600] They only did one lap, so same thing.
[14:19.600 -> 14:20.440] I thought it was-
[14:20.440 -> 14:21.280] It's hungry.
[14:21.280 -> 14:22.520] Yeah, something like that.
[14:22.520 -> 14:26.040] But yeah, I think rain is quite dangerous with these cars
[14:26.040 -> 14:28.440] when they're going nearly 200 miles an hour.
[14:28.440 -> 14:31.200] You can't mess around, their lives are at risk.
[14:31.200 -> 14:33.680] It's funny how you can have so much quality control
[14:33.680 -> 14:37.840] over a sport now, and then something as simple
[14:37.840 -> 14:38.680] as the weather-
[14:38.680 -> 14:39.500] I know.
[14:39.500 -> 14:40.340] Can have such an effect.
[14:40.340 -> 14:41.160] I know, isn't it funny?
[14:41.160 -> 14:42.000] It's crazy.
[14:42.000 -> 14:43.800] I mean, we saw at the start of this race,
[14:43.800 -> 14:47.080] we saw every single team using different tyres.
[14:47.080 -> 14:50.400] We saw slicks, intermediates and wets on the grid
[14:50.400 -> 14:52.840] all at the same time, which I've never seen before.
[14:52.840 -> 14:54.100] It's crazy because you practise,
[14:54.100 -> 14:56.840] you do three practise sessions and you do qualify
[14:56.840 -> 15:00.300] and you get so used to the track driving in a dry way.
[15:00.300 -> 15:02.080] And then everything you've just done
[15:02.080 -> 15:03.120] pretty much goes out the window
[15:03.120 -> 15:08.600] because you've got to follow the dry line. So Le the Claire pretty much set the dry line right because he was first
[15:09.380 -> 15:11.380] But he probably had it harder
[15:11.880 -> 15:13.880] Because he wasn't following a dry line
[15:14.080 -> 15:18.300] So I wonder whether that makes it easier to be at the front or easier to be at the back in a wet race with
[15:18.300 -> 15:24.200] The addition of the tunnel as well. That's mad. I never thought about the rest of the track wet until they said about it
[15:24.200 -> 15:25.540] I wasn't I didn't realize yeah
[15:25.540 -> 15:28.720] Obviously the tunnel would be dry and they're putting water into it crazy
[15:28.720 -> 15:32.700] I feel for all the other people who were out there because you think like Monaco see the yacht
[15:32.700 -> 15:35.780] It's gonna be hot. It's gonna be like blazing song. I'm gonna go out a t-shirt
[15:35.780 -> 15:40.860] We actually had a friend who's had a yacht on that on that little straight bit like prime location
[15:40.860 -> 15:43.940] And he's been sending me videos all weekend, and it's looked absolutely amazing
[15:43.440 -> 15:46.640] crime location and he's been sending me videos all weekend and it's looked absolutely amazing. On a race day it just pisses me off.
[15:46.640 -> 15:49.840] It's covered in like a sheet because it's raining so much.
[15:49.840 -> 15:51.040] Probably wasn't cold though.
[15:51.040 -> 15:55.840] No. Well at least it stopped raining for the majority of the race and even though we didn't get all the laps done.
[15:55.840 -> 15:59.440] So if you are, because we've got new fans listening, if you're wondering why we
[15:59.440 -> 16:02.960] didn't have all the laps it's because there's only a three-hour
[16:02.960 -> 16:06.120] window for the event and they have two hours of race
[16:06.120 -> 16:10.480] time that they're allowed to do and because of the stoppings at the beginning and the
[16:10.480 -> 16:13.800] red flag and stuff like that, they just didn't have enough time to complete the race.
[16:13.800 -> 16:18.800] So as soon as it was coming up to the limit, that's why we didn't get as much.
[16:18.800 -> 16:21.760] But we still got a load of racing, which was great.
[16:21.760 -> 16:25.400] And to be honest, I wouldn't want anything more
[16:25.400 -> 16:26.880] than to see Perez win a race.
[16:26.880 -> 16:28.240] So I'm very happy about it.
[16:28.240 -> 16:29.240] I mean, I know you're not,
[16:29.240 -> 16:30.920] but it's great to see it after last week.
[16:30.920 -> 16:32.680] No, no, no, I'm happy for Perez.
[16:32.680 -> 16:35.720] I would rather it have been Perez than Verstappen.
[16:35.720 -> 16:37.540] But I think he needs a little bit of that glory.
[16:37.540 -> 16:38.380] Yeah, I agree.
[16:38.380 -> 16:39.360] He was welling up on the podium.
[16:39.360 -> 16:40.480] He deserves it, man.
[16:40.480 -> 16:41.400] That guy deserves it.
[16:41.400 -> 16:43.920] Verstappen would not be where he is without Perez.
[16:43.920 -> 16:45.960] And Perez probably the same without Verstappen.
[16:45.960 -> 16:49.960] They do work well as a team. They have the buy-in back and forward, but they are good teammates.
[16:49.960 -> 16:55.460] Speaking of Verstappen, I mean, Nico Rosberg was talking about it too, like yesterday, day before.
[16:55.460 -> 16:58.800] He just hasn't looked on the money this weekend.
[16:58.800 -> 16:59.600] No, no.
[16:59.600 -> 17:04.400] I don't know what it is. Is it him or is it the car? Like he just hasn't had that confidence going in.
[17:04.400 -> 17:06.720] He's been losing like a tenth of a second through the corners.
[17:06.720 -> 17:09.200] Yeah, they were talking about it in qualifying yesterday.
[17:09.200 -> 17:10.440] You know what?
[17:10.440 -> 17:12.800] I said to you when we were watching it,
[17:12.800 -> 17:14.040] when it was got to the race
[17:14.040 -> 17:15.760] and Verstappen had Leclerc behind him,
[17:15.760 -> 17:17.480] he was just playing defense.
[17:17.480 -> 17:20.280] If Verstappen can stay ahead of Leclerc in any race,
[17:20.280 -> 17:21.880] he'll fit go home from that race thinking,
[17:21.880 -> 17:23.000] oh, well, that's not too bad.
[17:23.000 -> 17:29.000] I mean, obviously Perez and Sainz are still in the championship but Leclerc and Verstappen are clear so if
[17:29.000 -> 17:32.480] Verstappen's got Leclerc behind him, it's happy days for him I think.
[17:32.480 -> 17:35.500] Do we have an update on the current standings now? I'd love to...
[17:35.500 -> 17:40.860] I can get them but before I get them, George Russell, top five again. Every race this season
[17:40.860 -> 17:42.760] so far has come in the top five.
[17:42.760 -> 17:44.520] We didn't really hear a lot about him this race.
[17:44.520 -> 17:47.060] Well, we didn't and then it randomly popped up, didn't it?
[17:47.060 -> 17:49.320] George Russell took 11 seconds
[17:49.320 -> 17:51.940] off Charles Leclerc's fastest lap on one lap.
[17:51.940 -> 17:53.140] And that's because he swapped, didn't he?
[17:53.140 -> 17:55.540] He went onto the, I think he was the first out
[17:55.540 -> 17:57.580] on intermediates, or he'd put his hards on.
[17:57.580 -> 17:59.340] And he had a bit of a free track in front of him,
[17:59.340 -> 18:00.460] no traffic and all of that shit.
[18:00.460 -> 18:01.860] Well, yeah, at one point, George Russell
[18:01.860 -> 18:03.460] was only nine seconds behind the leader
[18:03.460 -> 18:04.340] towards the end of the race.
[18:04.340 -> 18:05.600] George Russell had a great race.
[18:05.600 -> 18:06.600] Absolute beast.
[18:06.600 -> 18:08.800] Yeah, because you can't get round cars on this track really.
[18:08.800 -> 18:13.200] If that was another track, I just think George Russell's looking better and better, man.
[18:13.200 -> 18:18.000] I think he's going to be on that podium and I think he's going to be on that podium a lot this year.
[18:18.000 -> 18:20.800] Oh yeah, I mean I hope so. I think he deserves it.
[18:20.800 -> 18:26.680] And I still, you know, I mean I say this like every fucking podcast, but we're still so early into the season.
[18:26.680 -> 18:27.520] We are.
[18:27.520 -> 18:28.600] We saw what happened last season.
[18:28.600 -> 18:31.280] I mean, me and Jake joined late last season,
[18:31.280 -> 18:32.560] but I mean, all you got to do is go back
[18:32.560 -> 18:35.320] and look through what happened during last season.
[18:35.320 -> 18:38.260] I mean, Verstappen was so far ahead of Lewis,
[18:38.260 -> 18:40.680] and then it took, you know, X amount of races
[18:40.680 -> 18:42.000] and Lewis caught up.
[18:42.000 -> 18:47.200] And then we saw the classic finish at the end where they were
[18:47.200 -> 18:50.320] neck and neck so I mean this this can still go either way.
[18:56.960 -> 19:01.280] The current gap, Lewis Hamilton is currently sixth in the driver's standings, Max Verstappen is first.
[19:01.280 -> 19:09.680] The current gap between Hamilton and Verstappen is the same as it was last year and then they overtook each other and then they made the gap again for the other driver
[19:09.680 -> 19:15.280] and then they caught up again. So the current gap is nothing really, like anyone could catch up. So
[19:15.280 -> 19:19.440] let's just see how it goes. But yeah the current driver standings are Max Verstappen first,
[19:19.440 -> 19:26.240] 125 points. Charles Leclerc second, 116. Sergio Perez. That makes me feel slightly better.
[19:26.240 -> 19:27.080] Yeah, only just, mate.
[19:27.080 -> 19:28.120] Only just behind nine points.
[19:28.120 -> 19:28.960] That's fine.
[19:28.960 -> 19:30.440] I just, I wish he could have got the podium today.
[19:30.440 -> 19:31.720] Yeah, in his home race.
[19:31.720 -> 19:33.620] But at least he finished the race.
[19:33.620 -> 19:35.840] And that's probably what he was thinking.
[19:35.840 -> 19:38.160] At that point, he wasn't going to catch Verstappen
[19:38.160 -> 19:40.120] because Verstappen did pull away a little bit.
[19:40.120 -> 19:42.560] I mean, cheerfulness in the face of adversity,
[19:42.560 -> 19:44.840] like he's very good at that.
[19:44.840 -> 19:49.920] Leclerc's very good at like being positive in a shit situation but I mean I know deep down.
[19:49.920 -> 19:51.920] He definitely wasn't positive man he started pole.
[19:51.920 -> 19:52.320] It cuts deep though.
[19:52.320 -> 19:54.640] You don't start pole and finish fourth at Monaco and you're happy.
[19:54.640 -> 19:56.400] You start pole at Monaco you have to win.
[19:56.400 -> 20:00.880] When they had the red flag after Schumacher's crash I saw him in the pits and he's just like
[20:00.880 -> 20:01.520] shaking his head.
[20:01.520 -> 20:05.320] Yeah man it's because it was Ferrari Well, it was the team's mistake.
[20:05.320 -> 20:06.960] It's got nothing to do with him.
[20:06.960 -> 20:09.440] Yeah, Sergio Perez third, 110.
[20:09.440 -> 20:10.400] So at this point,
[20:10.400 -> 20:13.600] Sergio Perez is only 15 points behind Max Verstappen.
[20:13.600 -> 20:16.720] If Max Verstappen DNFs a race and Sergio Perez wins,
[20:16.720 -> 20:18.280] Sergio Perez will be first.
[20:18.280 -> 20:19.120] Kaboom.
[20:19.120 -> 20:20.440] Well, yeah, or Leclerc,
[20:20.440 -> 20:22.780] but I'm just trying to get across how close this is.
[20:22.780 -> 20:25.120] George Russell, fourth, 84 points.
[20:25.120 -> 20:27.240] Carlos Sainz, fifth, 83rd.
[20:27.240 -> 20:28.880] It's just not been happening for Carlos Sainz.
[20:28.880 -> 20:31.280] I wasn't aware he's never won a race
[20:31.280 -> 20:32.760] until they said today it would be his first win.
[20:32.760 -> 20:34.360] I thought he did alright today.
[20:34.360 -> 20:35.920] Yeah, maybe.
[20:35.920 -> 20:38.160] Again, the team, that was the team for Carlos.
[20:38.160 -> 20:39.440] Where's the bigger problem?
[20:39.440 -> 20:42.000] Who has the bigger teammate issue?
[20:42.000 -> 20:43.720] Ferrari or Red Bull?
[20:43.720 -> 20:47.080] Because I think Perez and Verstappen
[20:47.080 -> 20:50.320] could easily bounce between and win races one, one, one, one.
[20:50.320 -> 20:53.260] But I don't think Sainz and Leclerc can do that.
[20:53.260 -> 20:55.400] But maybe that's the dynamic Ferrari want.
[20:55.400 -> 20:59.640] I feel like Red Bull are gonna be on the streak now
[20:59.640 -> 21:02.560] of what Mercedes have done for the last seven years.
[21:02.560 -> 21:03.400] Do you?
[21:03.400 -> 21:07.800] I feel, or eight years, or nine years, or whatever the hell it is, I feel like this could be
[21:07.800 -> 21:08.800] it now for Red Bull.
[21:08.800 -> 21:13.360] We're not going to see, I don't think we're going to see many regulation or car changes
[21:13.360 -> 21:14.840] over the next couple of years at least.
[21:14.840 -> 21:21.200] No, not until 2026 is the next one and that's when Volkswagen and the other, Porsche, are
[21:21.200 -> 21:24.320] joining together for the new electric engines.
[21:24.320 -> 21:33.600] So I do, I think this could be Red Bull for the foreseeable now, if, if Ferrari can't
[21:33.600 -> 21:35.000] quite pull it together.
[21:35.000 -> 21:38.600] Yeah, I think Ferrari are really close and they've got the drivers, but the issue is
[21:38.600 -> 21:43.300] clearly not with, to be honest, the issue probably isn't really with the drivers at
[21:43.300 -> 21:44.300] the moment.
[21:44.300 -> 21:45.720] No, I think what's happened is,
[21:45.720 -> 21:48.920] I think Ferrari have almost gotten used to not being that,
[21:48.920 -> 21:51.140] like one of the front running teams.
[21:51.140 -> 21:54.800] And so maybe they just, they need to just check themselves.
[21:54.800 -> 21:56.260] They need to just be like, look,
[21:56.260 -> 21:58.400] we are smashing it at the minute.
[21:58.400 -> 22:01.000] Give everyone a little slap around the face.
[22:01.000 -> 22:01.840] Do you know what I mean?
[22:01.840 -> 22:03.080] Lay off the booze.
[22:03.080 -> 22:06.480] Like, just get your head, just get your head in the
[22:06.480 -> 22:07.480] game a bit more.
[22:07.480 -> 22:13.200] I know what you're saying because no matter how much time they put into the car in the
[22:13.200 -> 22:17.440] factory and no matter how much resources they put into getting the best car out and having
[22:17.440 -> 22:22.960] the best drivers ready, the pit crew and the team there on a race day is another set of
[22:22.960 -> 22:29.160] like a hundred people that all have to be a hundred percent that day. Like this is way, this that's
[22:29.160 -> 22:33.760] what I love about this Formula One train. It's not just the driver, it's not just
[22:33.760 -> 22:37.840] the car. Like when you support one team you're supporting like thousands of
[22:37.840 -> 22:41.800] people that need to be on the ball and if they're not on the ball something's
[22:41.800 -> 22:48.040] gonna go wrong. Like someone back in the factory might forget to pack some, I don't know, might forget to screw something in properly.
[22:48.040 -> 22:49.720] Just anything could go wrong.
[22:49.720 -> 22:52.580] So you need, you're supporting a massive group of people
[22:52.580 -> 22:54.040] really when you support a team.
[22:54.040 -> 22:57.160] There's lots of cogs in the machine.
[22:57.160 -> 22:58.400] Yeah, it was a shame for Albon,
[22:58.400 -> 23:00.720] he retired today, I'm pretty sure.
[23:00.720 -> 23:04.480] Albon retired, Magnussen, Schumacher.
[23:04.480 -> 23:06.020] Did Latifi make it through?
[23:06.020 -> 23:06.860] I think he did.
[23:06.860 -> 23:08.380] I think Latifi did finish the race.
[23:08.380 -> 23:10.080] Woo hoo hoo hoo!
[23:10.080 -> 23:11.760] Well done Latifi!
[23:11.760 -> 23:13.600] But I'm not 100% sure, so don't quote me on that.
[23:13.600 -> 23:15.000] I don't think he came last either.
[23:15.000 -> 23:15.840] Let me just check.
[23:15.840 -> 23:17.000] But did he come last?
[23:17.000 -> 23:17.840] Guess.
[23:17.840 -> 23:19.600] He wouldn't, I think he wouldn't have come last
[23:19.600 -> 23:20.440] if Albon had taken the race.
[23:20.440 -> 23:22.360] Mate, Latifi did not come last.
[23:22.360 -> 23:23.360] Oh, Joe come last?
[23:23.360 -> 23:24.680] Nope, Sinoda did.
[23:24.680 -> 23:27.920] Then Joe, then Latifi in 15th.
[23:27.920 -> 23:28.800] What a performance.
[23:28.800 -> 23:30.280] Unbelievable.
[23:30.280 -> 23:32.160] Absolutely, oh man.
[23:32.160 -> 23:34.640] When Hamilton radioed in and went,
[23:34.640 -> 23:36.960] how, well we got to get onto Alonso,
[23:36.960 -> 23:39.080] but when Hamilton radioed in and went,
[23:39.080 -> 23:40.280] how far away are they?
[23:40.280 -> 23:42.440] Thinking that he was like right behind the pack
[23:42.440 -> 23:44.840] and they were like 30 seconds and he was like,
[23:44.840 -> 23:47.840] what, what, behind me? And he was like, behind the pack and they were like 30 seconds and he was like what what behind me and he was like yeah mate imagine that
[23:47.840 -> 23:52.120] you're Hamilton you're stuck in traffic with Alonso holding up the pack and you
[23:52.120 -> 23:56.080] know you're about to get lapped yeah he didn't get lapped in the end but just
[23:56.080 -> 23:59.800] knowing that they're behind you like coming nearer to the back you than the
[23:59.800 -> 24:04.200] front that would hurt. Hamilton did a helmet swap mid-race as well. Did he? Yeah he was I saw
[24:04.200 -> 24:09.280] when there was a red flag I saw on Instagram he was talking about, he wrote a massive thing like, this is my
[24:09.280 -> 24:15.000] new helmet for Monaco, it's got amethyst in it, or some sort of purple stone, like healing
[24:15.000 -> 24:16.000] properties and shit.
[24:16.000 -> 24:21.120] He's a very deep guy, Hamilton, and he was talking about how much this helmet meant to
[24:21.120 -> 24:23.080] him and then halfway through the race he swapped it out.
[24:23.080 -> 24:27.680] I think that's the first time I've ever seen a ever seen. Fab thinks that Lewis Hamilton knows who he is.
[24:27.680 -> 24:32.880] Yeah. Don't you tell him. Lewis Hamilton knows who I am. Yeah he thinks he does. Lewis Hamilton
[24:32.880 -> 24:36.600] wants to go for a beer with Fab. Well basically when we were in the paddock
[24:36.600 -> 24:40.040] Fab made eye contact with Hamilton and then Fab kept saying him round to me again.
[24:40.040 -> 24:45.480] He's looked at me again. Hamilton was doing an interview pre-race, was it?
[24:45.480 -> 24:46.320] Oh no, it's post-race.
[24:46.320 -> 24:47.320] After qualifying, I think.
[24:47.320 -> 24:48.160] Yeah, maybe.
[24:48.160 -> 24:49.200] Oh no, it was after race.
[24:49.200 -> 24:51.900] Yeah, and he stood there and I was just in a position
[24:51.900 -> 24:54.020] like sort of to the side.
[24:54.020 -> 24:55.400] And it's like one of those classic things
[24:55.400 -> 24:56.520] where when someone's talking
[24:56.520 -> 24:58.040] and then they're thinking about what to say next
[24:58.040 -> 25:01.040] and they look to the side and he kind of looked over me.
[25:01.040 -> 25:02.440] And then the second time he looked,
[25:02.440 -> 25:04.480] he was like staring straight down the barrel.
[25:04.480 -> 25:05.720] He was looking me dead in the eye.
[25:05.720 -> 25:07.120] He did that about four or five times.
[25:07.120 -> 25:11.960] I'm thinking, this guy, this guy recognizes who I am.
[25:11.960 -> 25:13.400] He's going to come up to me afterwards.
[25:13.400 -> 25:15.700] He's going to say, hey, what's good.
[25:15.700 -> 25:18.360] Let's go for a beer and let's go to Razzmatazz afterwards.
[25:18.360 -> 25:20.000] And that's the night away.
[25:20.000 -> 25:21.480] I'm thinking, yeah, let's hit it.
[25:21.480 -> 25:23.280] Well, but he didn't.
[25:23.280 -> 25:24.120] So he must have,
[25:24.120 -> 25:24.960] Yeah, I was about to say, just so you know,
[25:24.960 -> 25:25.760] none of that happens. Yeah, his schedule, his schedule must have got But he didn't, so he must have. Yeah, I was about to say, just so you know, none of that happens.
[25:25.760 -> 25:27.960] Yeah, his schedule must have got in the way.
[25:27.960 -> 25:29.120] Yeah, he must have been busy.
[25:29.120 -> 25:30.080] But he did text me and says,
[25:30.080 -> 25:32.320] yo, bro, sorry I missed you.
[25:32.320 -> 25:35.040] So you're gonna catch up with him soon, yeah.
[25:35.040 -> 25:37.640] Yeah, we're gonna have a little session.
[25:37.640 -> 25:40.640] Man, it's crazy how you've became friends
[25:40.640 -> 25:41.480] with so many people.
[25:41.480 -> 25:45.160] I'd also like to say, we watched the race today,
[25:45.160 -> 25:46.920] working with Sky Sports.
[25:46.920 -> 25:48.000] How sick is that?
[25:48.000 -> 25:48.840] Pretty sick.
[25:48.840 -> 25:49.680] Unreal, man.
[25:49.680 -> 25:51.080] They sent us a package.
[25:51.080 -> 25:53.000] We've got Sky Sports mugs, polos, a lot.
[25:53.000 -> 25:53.840] Yeah, like we did-
[25:53.840 -> 25:55.560] Bottle of Moet, which by the way,
[25:55.560 -> 25:56.560] for anyone out there listening,
[25:56.560 -> 25:59.060] he may be unaware, it is pronounced Moet.
[25:59.060 -> 26:01.840] I've had confirmation from someone at Moet.
[26:01.840 -> 26:03.040] I always thought it was Moet.
[26:03.040 -> 26:03.920] So did I.
[26:03.920 -> 26:06.320] And I really still do think it's Moet, but he said it was Moet. So did I. And I really still do think it's Moet,
[26:06.320 -> 26:08.720] but he said it's Moet, so, and he works there.
[26:08.720 -> 26:09.560] So we have to now say Moet.
[26:09.560 -> 26:10.920] Antonio seems pretty sure.
[26:10.920 -> 26:12.120] I think he knows what he's on about.
[26:12.120 -> 26:12.960] I think he knows what he's on about.
[26:12.960 -> 26:13.800] So we'll go with Moet.
[26:13.800 -> 26:14.840] Yeah, we'll stick with Moet.
[26:14.840 -> 26:16.360] But yeah, we worked with Sky Sports today,
[26:16.360 -> 26:17.680] did an amazing campaign with them,
[26:17.680 -> 26:20.040] where we watched the race, they sent us a load of stuff,
[26:20.040 -> 26:23.200] and we just watched it from the best seat
[26:23.200 -> 26:24.200] in the house at home.
[26:24.200 -> 26:27.200] It's been a really, really cool day, and I've always wanted to work with Sky,
[26:27.200 -> 26:28.200] so I thought I'd tell you that.
[26:28.200 -> 26:30.520] Yeah, and the future's looking really exciting as well.
[26:30.520 -> 26:32.240] Not any spoilers out there or anything like that,
[26:32.240 -> 26:34.760] but I mean, we have some friggin' big stuff coming,
[26:34.760 -> 26:36.800] so guys, like and subscribe.
[26:36.800 -> 26:39.200] Fabs has been all over Hamilton like a rash.
[26:40.600 -> 26:42.600] Hamilton is coming to the flat
[26:42.600 -> 26:44.320] and we're going to play Scalextrics in the living room.
[26:46.000 -> 26:55.000] Alonso. Ohonso! Wow. Now what was he doing? Because he was seventh and sixth was like 30 seconds
[26:55.000 -> 26:59.520] in front of him. Hamilton could not get round him. He was holding the pack up. He was holding
[26:59.520 -> 27:05.480] up the whole field. Playing games mate. I think it's because he was slow but then I
[27:05.480 -> 27:09.800] think he had some issues with his tires he needed a pit or something well so did
[27:09.800 -> 27:12.680] Perez at the end you know he had to damage control the tires because Perez
[27:12.680 -> 27:16.360] had a flat spot. He's just not a great car mate. Yeah and he was aware of that
[27:16.360 -> 27:19.800] and because he knew how hard it was for people to get around him he just held up
[27:19.800 -> 27:23.560] the pack and he kept his tires fine built the battery up and then I don't
[27:23.560 -> 27:26.240] know if you noticed but towards the end of the race,
[27:26.240 -> 27:28.120] he just pulled away and flew
[27:28.120 -> 27:29.520] and then no one was anywhere near him.
[27:29.520 -> 27:32.120] Mate, Alonso, like forget his age, man,
[27:32.120 -> 27:33.440] and everything else like that.
[27:33.440 -> 27:36.120] Alonso still has the credentials
[27:36.120 -> 27:39.520] to be like a pole sitter, 100%.
[27:39.520 -> 27:41.720] And we said this in the last podcast,
[27:41.720 -> 27:44.400] but his contract with Alpine runs out
[27:44.400 -> 27:45.120] at the end of this year.
[27:45.440 -> 27:50.720] I'm really excited to see where he's going to go. I don't think that no team is not going to offer him a place.
[27:51.120 -> 27:57.600] Obviously, you know, Ricardo, McLaren, not really sure how that's looking to be honest with you.
[27:58.080 -> 28:03.920] Still early on in the season, but that could go one of two ways and it's looking like one way more than the other.
[28:04.560 -> 28:07.640] So, I don't know. I mean, just putting it out there,
[28:07.640 -> 28:11.320] let's say for instance, Riccardo maybe moves teams,
[28:11.320 -> 28:14.560] there's a seat at McLaren, Alonso comes in,
[28:14.560 -> 28:16.920] start challenging Landa a bit more.
[28:16.920 -> 28:17.760] Mate, I had this-
[28:17.760 -> 28:18.800] I love you, I love it.
[28:18.800 -> 28:21.040] I was about to say, I love you.
[28:21.040 -> 28:23.200] No, I love it when you get into your bold predictions
[28:23.200 -> 28:24.200] and you say stuff like that,
[28:24.200 -> 28:29.720] because I just think like, bro, McLaren are not going to take Alonso.
[28:29.720 -> 28:33.960] Like I love Alonso, I'm with you, he's a legend, right?
[28:33.960 -> 28:36.640] But this is just my honest opinion, okay?
[28:36.640 -> 28:40.520] I might be wrong, but I don't think he's going to be going to another team now.
[28:40.520 -> 28:42.960] I think it will be the end when even-
[28:42.960 -> 28:47.480] I completely disagree. Really? we should ask the people then
[28:47.680 -> 28:48.180] Yeah
[28:48.180 -> 28:53.440] Send us a message on app it's not where you think you have you have more of a fresh mindset to it because you didn't
[28:53.440 -> 28:55.240] Really watch it before but I know
[28:55.240 -> 29:00.600] from when I was watching before how much of a fucking legacy that guys carved through the sport and
[29:00.800 -> 29:05.760] For him to be in seventh seventh position at Monaco in arguably one of
[29:05.760 -> 29:09.840] the worst cars on the grid it says a lot man and I had the conversation
[29:09.840 -> 29:14.280] I had a conversation with my dad before the race and my dad was like
[29:14.280 -> 29:17.960] I didn't even mention Alonso my dad was like Alonso's on form like he still got
[29:17.960 -> 29:21.300] it and I was like he still absolutely has got it yeah but the Alpine is good
[29:21.300 -> 29:26.000] this season they've got a good car Ocon, I think Ocon is just doing really well.
[29:26.000 -> 29:31.000] Yeah, they've got two good drivers. I don't know, we'll see. My opinion would be that he'll retire after Alpine.
[29:31.000 -> 29:34.000] So, if I'm wrong, you can clip this and put it wherever you want.
[29:34.000 -> 29:37.000] I don't think so. It could go like a...
[29:37.000 -> 29:43.000] If you had to put all the money in your bank account on it, where would you say it'll be at the end of the season?
[29:43.000 -> 29:47.200] If he left Alpine, what team do you think suits Alonso? If he did go?
[29:47.200 -> 29:54.160] Being realistic, I feel like it could be just something like Alfa Tauri, if Gasly moves.
[29:54.160 -> 29:57.120] But are Alfa Tauri any better than Alpine?
[29:57.120 -> 30:02.440] Yeah, I think they are. But that's me being realistic. That's not where I want him to
[30:02.440 -> 30:06.080] go. I'd like to see him in one of the front running cars.
[30:06.080 -> 30:09.440] I would love to see, I would love for one team
[30:09.440 -> 30:12.800] just to give Alonso six months or a year
[30:12.800 -> 30:16.000] in a front running car, just to see what happens.
[30:16.000 -> 30:18.240] Mate, this is, Alpine are doing well.
[30:18.240 -> 30:19.720] They're sick from the driver's standards.
[30:19.720 -> 30:20.680] They've got 40 points.
[30:20.680 -> 30:24.840] Out of 10, which means they're the other side of halfway.
[30:24.840 -> 30:28.800] Haas, Aston Martin and Williams. he's not gonna go to a he's not gonna go to
[30:28.800 -> 30:34.160] Romeo, McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull is he? He could go to Romeo okay we'll
[30:34.160 -> 30:38.440] see because let's see what happens with Joe very bold if Joe doesn't pull his
[30:38.440 -> 30:44.280] weight this year you got Bottas and Alonso in the Alphas Wow like the way you
[30:44.280 -> 30:45.080] think I love the way you think.
[30:45.080 -> 30:45.960] I love the way you think.
[30:45.960 -> 30:46.800] So do I.
[30:46.800 -> 30:48.360] What other notes did you make from the race this weekend?
[30:48.360 -> 30:49.440] I see you got a few notes there.
[30:49.440 -> 30:50.520] Few more notes.
[30:50.520 -> 30:52.240] Red flag, la da da da da.
[30:54.080 -> 30:56.280] Well, I mean, after the red flag,
[30:56.280 -> 30:58.560] the race, the podium was pretty much decided.
[30:58.560 -> 30:59.920] It was looking like, you know,
[30:59.920 -> 31:02.440] there was points when you and me were getting really excited
[31:02.440 -> 31:06.200] where it was looking like maybe Sainz would catch Perez.
[31:06.200 -> 31:08.520] Well, it looked like he wanted it.
[31:08.520 -> 31:11.560] Sainz was on the hards, Perez was on the mediums,
[31:11.560 -> 31:13.480] his tyres were starting to degrade a lot,
[31:13.480 -> 31:15.520] but Perez managed to hold onto it.
[31:15.520 -> 31:16.780] Well, he just slowed the pack up.
[31:16.780 -> 31:19.840] I think as new fans,
[31:19.840 -> 31:22.920] maybe we should give our opinion as new fans on Monaco,
[31:22.920 -> 31:24.160] because we're not looking at it
[31:24.160 -> 31:27.200] from all the other point of view. What do you think about Monaco? Do you
[31:27.200 -> 31:31.560] think it has to stay? Do you think it's a good race? Do you think it, like genuinely, do
[31:31.560 -> 31:36.040] you think it's a good race? Yes. Yeah, I definitely think it's a good race. I'll
[31:36.040 -> 31:40.880] admit I found it a bit annoying when there was like four, the top four, a
[31:40.880 -> 31:48.480] second between all of them and no one could overtake and like Sainz was trying but there's just no room but I think that would be different
[31:48.480 -> 31:52.320] on a dry day I think the reason there was so little room to overtake is
[31:52.320 -> 31:56.880] because no one wanted to get off the dry line. I think you need to have one or
[31:56.880 -> 32:00.640] two of those tracks in the calendar which is so barbaric and outlandish and
[32:00.640 -> 32:05.240] different like I don't want to just see like all these massive tracks
[32:05.240 -> 32:07.200] where all the racing is exactly the same.
[32:07.200 -> 32:09.700] And I want to see the drivers put into a position
[32:09.700 -> 32:12.080] where they have to rethink their style.
[32:12.080 -> 32:12.920] No, I agree.
[32:12.920 -> 32:15.040] You can't apply the same techniques that we saw last week
[32:15.040 -> 32:16.700] in Barcelona to Monaco.
[32:16.700 -> 32:17.620] I agree.
[32:17.620 -> 32:19.980] The way you said that to me about that did make me realize,
[32:19.980 -> 32:21.760] yeah, that's why it's there, isn't it?
[32:21.760 -> 32:24.000] It's once, it's once, it's one track.
[32:24.000 -> 32:25.600] And Singapore is tight too.
[32:25.600 -> 32:27.800] So you've got two tracks in the calendar.
[32:27.800 -> 32:29.960] But Singapore's flooded with DRS zones
[32:29.960 -> 32:32.580] and like got long straights, whereas this is like,
[32:34.360 -> 32:36.680] what's that bit after turn one on Monaco,
[32:36.680 -> 32:38.760] straight after turn one, there's that really thin
[32:38.760 -> 32:40.360] like bit up to that big corner.
[32:40.360 -> 32:41.320] Yep.
[32:41.320 -> 32:43.600] Lewis Hamilton tried to take a long zone on that
[32:43.600 -> 32:46.320] and I looked at that and I thought no way
[32:46.320 -> 32:49.240] You're gonna squeeze that car through there, but I've seen someone do it
[32:49.240 -> 32:54.120] I think it was like I think maybe John or someone like that has done it done an amazing move up there
[32:54.120 -> 32:56.160] And if you have a lot of drivers have done a move up there
[32:56.160 -> 32:59.840] I think I think I think the cars are just too big this year
[32:59.840 -> 33:04.540] I think Hamilton maybe thought for a minute that he was in like, you know a 2020 car
[33:04.540 -> 33:07.040] Have the back wheels always been bigger than the front wheels?
[33:07.600 -> 33:08.400] Yeah, I believe so.
[33:08.400 -> 33:09.840] The back wheels do look big.
[33:09.840 -> 33:11.040] It's like a hot rod style.
[33:11.040 -> 33:15.200] That's just, yeah, that's just the way it is because the back end, I guess, tends to slip out more.
[33:15.840 -> 33:18.560] I think Carlos Sainz at the end there, he would have gone for it, but
[33:18.560 -> 33:22.560] he was probably speaking to the team and they were saying we would much rather take
[33:22.560 -> 33:25.200] second and fourth than just fourth.
[33:25.200 -> 33:26.760] You know, one mistake there,
[33:26.760 -> 33:29.560] you saw Verstappen nearly went into the back of signs
[33:29.560 -> 33:32.380] like two, three times around that corner.
[33:32.380 -> 33:33.720] Cause the breaking points,
[33:33.720 -> 33:36.100] like they were all trying to stay so close.
[33:36.100 -> 33:37.520] You're just not going to be able to overtake,
[33:37.520 -> 33:38.360] you know, at that point.
[33:38.360 -> 33:40.180] Perez played a perfect race.
[33:40.180 -> 33:41.640] Nothing can be taken away from him.
[33:41.640 -> 33:43.840] He absolutely deserved it.
[33:43.840 -> 33:46.800] Leclerc was so unlucky and on another day,
[33:46.800 -> 33:49.400] you'd always normally expect pole position to win.
[33:49.400 -> 33:51.600] There was a lot of pressure on Leclerc this weekend.
[33:51.600 -> 33:54.600] And I mean happy that he at least finished the race,
[33:54.600 -> 33:56.000] but it wasn't the result that he wanted.
[33:56.000 -> 33:57.200] No, he won't be happy with that.
[33:57.200 -> 33:59.200] Ferrari probably won't be that happy with that.
[33:59.200 -> 33:59.600] No.
[33:59.600 -> 34:04.500] I mean, Red Bull and Ferrari are just going to try and out better each other every week.
[34:04.500 -> 34:10.040] And this week and last week, Red Bull have Ferrari are just going to try and out better each other every week and this week and last week Red Bull have done better and that's why they're now ahead in the drivers
[34:10.040 -> 34:11.860] and the constructors.
[34:11.860 -> 34:16.840] But it's so close and next week we've got Azerbaijan and I'll admit now that's Baku
[34:16.840 -> 34:17.840] isn't it?
[34:17.840 -> 34:19.920] I know nothing about it.
[34:19.920 -> 34:24.320] So the episode before that is going to be amazing because I can't even, don't even know
[34:24.320 -> 34:25.480] what it looks like.
[34:25.480 -> 34:26.600] I can't remember it from the game.
[34:26.600 -> 34:27.440] Well, I quizzed you on Monaco.
[34:27.440 -> 34:28.280] I know nothing about Baku.
[34:28.280 -> 34:29.720] So maybe you should quiz me on Baku.
[34:29.720 -> 34:30.760] Do you want to be quizzed on Baku?
[34:30.760 -> 34:32.800] Not really, but I think the fans might like to see it.
[34:32.800 -> 34:34.160] We should tell the fans though,
[34:34.160 -> 34:37.200] if you haven't subscribed to our YouTube, please do.
[34:37.200 -> 34:40.320] Go on YouTube, type in Pit Stop, Jake and Fab or something,
[34:40.320 -> 34:41.140] it will come up.
[34:41.140 -> 34:43.040] We just hit 3000 subscribers.
[34:43.040 -> 34:47.000] But if the people listening to the pod go and subscribe might hit, you know, 4,000 or something.
[34:47.000 -> 34:48.700] But yeah, or a hundred or ten million.
[34:48.700 -> 34:52.700] Yeah, well, I mean if all of you went and subscribed, then we'll hit 30 million.
[34:52.700 -> 34:54.700] But not all 30 million.
[34:54.700 -> 34:58.700] Imagine, but people probably don't really know how many people listen, do they?
[34:58.700 -> 35:02.700] They probably just listen at home, but they're like, I wonder how many other people listen.
[35:02.700 -> 35:03.700] Let me put it this way, guys.
[35:03.700 -> 35:07.640] There is a large percentage of people that listen to our podcast
[35:07.640 -> 35:09.840] who aren't subscribed to our YouTube channel.
[35:09.840 -> 35:11.600] So I'm going to put a challenge out right now.
[35:11.600 -> 35:17.040] I want everyone who's listening to this, all you guys who aren't subscribed, go subscribe
[35:17.040 -> 35:23.040] to our YouTube channel and maybe we will do at some point in the future, a little YouTube
[35:23.040 -> 35:24.320] exclusive giveaway.
[35:24.320 -> 35:26.900] Yeah, well we do have a giveaway running on our TikTok at the moment.
[35:26.900 -> 35:28.900] All our socials are at Pitstop as you know.
[35:28.900 -> 35:31.900] We'll be announcing the winner of that very soon, probably on the next podcast.
[35:31.900 -> 35:33.100] It's meant to be this podcast.
[35:33.100 -> 35:35.900] Yeah, but we didn't get it ready because the race was so good.
[35:36.400 -> 35:38.100] I'm just so glad they raced today.
[35:38.100 -> 35:39.800] I'm sure so many other people are as well.
[35:39.800 -> 35:43.000] I really thought, I really just could see it popping up at the top.
[35:43.500 -> 35:44.400] Race off.
[35:44.400 -> 35:46.000] I don't think Monaco should go.
[35:46.000 -> 35:47.000] No?
[35:47.000 -> 35:48.000] Nah.
[35:48.000 -> 35:49.000] Is that how we're going to leave it of Monaco?
[35:49.000 -> 35:50.000] We're going to say Monaco has to stay?
[35:50.000 -> 35:51.200] I think Monaco should stay.
[35:51.200 -> 35:54.800] I think maybe they could make a couple of alterations to the track even though there
[35:54.800 -> 35:56.680] isn't much wiggle room to do that.
[35:56.680 -> 36:01.440] I'll give my opinion on it and it's from what someone else commented and I saw the comment,
[36:01.440 -> 36:05.440] obviously I'm not smart enough to think of this myself, but someone else commented it
[36:05.440 -> 36:07.180] and I thought that would work.
[36:07.180 -> 36:08.520] Imola is the other one, isn't it?
[36:08.520 -> 36:09.800] That they're looking at removing.
[36:09.800 -> 36:11.920] They're looking at the only two that aren't signed
[36:11.920 -> 36:14.040] at the moment for next year, Imola and Monaco.
[36:14.040 -> 36:15.800] Well, Imola wasn't in for a while anyway.
[36:15.800 -> 36:16.640] No.
[36:16.640 -> 36:17.460] Then they brought it back.
[36:17.460 -> 36:18.960] Imola is like a classic, right?
[36:18.960 -> 36:21.000] And it's a great race to be fair.
[36:21.000 -> 36:24.040] It's just like lower on the budget side of things,
[36:24.040 -> 36:28.420] but that I think they're looking at potentially rotating the two of them so they will
[36:28.420 -> 36:32.360] take one out of the calendar but then every year will swap it will go Imola
[36:32.360 -> 36:35.400] then Monaco the next year, Imola that year, Monaco the next year, Imola that year
[36:35.400 -> 36:39.560] okay I'll put it to you this would you rather take out Imola or Monaco?
[36:39.560 -> 36:43.640] I'd rather take out Imola. I think if you're gonna swap them a year is too
[36:43.640 -> 36:49.000] much of a gap like you can't wait two years to have a Monaco race. Like if they, if they, if
[36:49.000 -> 36:52.680] the year was split up into seasons and you had like three race seasons a year
[36:52.680 -> 36:57.360] then you could do that. What do you think people don't like about Monaco? What do
[36:57.360 -> 37:00.680] you think makes people say they shouldn't race it? Do you think it's
[37:00.680 -> 37:04.400] because everyone wants to see you know constant overtakes? Do you think it's
[37:04.400 -> 37:09.080] because they want to see a constant fight for the podium that's always like that?
[37:09.080 -> 37:10.480] Or do you think that-
[37:10.480 -> 37:12.360] I think, I purely think it's newer fans.
[37:12.360 -> 37:16.760] I think it's newer fans who maybe just don't quite get it.
[37:16.760 -> 37:20.200] Yeah, but that's interesting because we're new fans and we've got new fans listening to us.
[37:20.200 -> 37:24.800] So we need you guys to tell us what you don't like and then we can go through the opinions on the pod.
[37:24.800 -> 37:27.460] I can see why people don't like it. Don't get me wrong. I can see
[37:27.460 -> 37:32.320] why there's an argument to remove. I don't. I don't see why people don't like it. I can.
[37:32.320 -> 37:36.800] I really can see why people don't like it. Why? We have four cars within a second of
[37:36.800 -> 37:42.160] each other and no one can overtake them because and look at Alonso. Yeah, but in another race
[37:42.160 -> 37:46.600] you have like one leader out front. Yeah, but... The cars are much more bunched in this.
[37:46.600 -> 37:49.040] We saw like six drivers behind Alonso.
[37:49.040 -> 37:50.280] You don't see that on a big track.
[37:50.280 -> 37:51.280] Yeah, I'm with you.
[37:51.280 -> 37:52.280] I agree.
[37:52.280 -> 37:54.360] I think there's good pros and cons.
[37:54.360 -> 37:59.360] But arguably, what Alonso did today would not pass on any other track because the whole
[37:59.360 -> 38:01.600] team, everyone else would just DRS straight around them.
[38:01.600 -> 38:02.600] There'd be gaps.
[38:02.600 -> 38:04.160] He'd be able to go around them.
[38:04.160 -> 38:07.080] The race is more of a constant race on another track.
[38:07.080 -> 38:09.440] Whereas Monaco, you're like qualifying
[38:09.440 -> 38:10.320] is more important, isn't it?
[38:10.320 -> 38:12.280] The grid position you're in on a Saturday
[38:12.280 -> 38:15.580] is almost what you're going to finish on a Sunday.
[38:15.580 -> 38:17.200] I'm with you that it's great.
[38:17.200 -> 38:18.240] And I want it to stay.
[38:18.240 -> 38:20.200] Well, I mean, we were saying that yesterday,
[38:20.200 -> 38:21.320] but then look what happened today.
[38:21.320 -> 38:22.160] Yeah.
[38:22.160 -> 38:22.980] That's not the case.
[38:22.980 -> 38:24.160] No, yeah, we're really lucky.
[38:24.160 -> 38:25.280] And Monaco needed that.
[38:25.280 -> 38:26.120] Monaco needed a good race.
[38:26.120 -> 38:28.920] Monaco really shines a light on everything else
[38:28.920 -> 38:31.720] other than the racing, the pit stops.
[38:31.720 -> 38:34.440] Yeah, I do think it's amazing the way it's like
[38:34.440 -> 38:37.800] that little pit and the track and yeah, it's a classic
[38:37.800 -> 38:39.640] and it's really special.
[38:39.640 -> 38:40.600] Look, I ain't fucking stupid.
[38:40.600 -> 38:43.120] Obviously the cars are too big for the fucking track now,
[38:43.120 -> 38:48.120] but I just think it's a small breath of fresh air
[38:49.840 -> 38:50.860] within a season.
[38:50.860 -> 38:53.600] It's one race out of 22 races.
[38:53.600 -> 38:55.120] I think let it be.
[38:55.120 -> 38:58.920] Maybe for Monaco, they should just scrap the race
[38:58.920 -> 39:01.180] and just do three days of qualifying,
[39:01.180 -> 39:03.040] where you add up your positions.
[39:03.040 -> 39:05.160] Because qualifying at Monaco is probably better,
[39:05.160 -> 39:06.280] it's like a race anyway.
[39:06.280 -> 39:07.120] Okay, I'll tell you what.
[39:07.120 -> 39:08.480] So they should just scrap the race
[39:08.480 -> 39:10.000] and just do qualifying three times.
[39:10.000 -> 39:12.360] I'll tell you what, what they need to do, yeah,
[39:12.360 -> 39:16.840] is they need to scrap the harbour, take out all the boats
[39:16.840 -> 39:19.040] and they need to, so you know how in Dubai
[39:19.040 -> 39:20.840] when they build roads out in the water,
[39:20.840 -> 39:23.440] they need to build like another half of the track
[39:23.440 -> 39:25.280] or a new section of the track out on a bridge, essentially in the water. Where it goes out like another half of the track or a new section of the track
[39:25.280 -> 39:27.880] out on a bridge, essentially in the water
[39:27.880 -> 39:31.360] where the track widens up, there's a long straight,
[39:31.360 -> 39:32.820] long straight with the DRS,
[39:32.820 -> 39:34.640] it's a massive overtaking section
[39:34.640 -> 39:37.600] and then you come back through the old school.
[39:37.600 -> 39:39.020] And you have to like sit behind them,
[39:39.020 -> 39:41.320] stay as close as you can so you've still got DRS.
[39:41.320 -> 39:44.320] That would be unbelievable.
[39:44.320 -> 39:46.200] Clip that, the fucking camera's dead.
[39:46.200 -> 39:50.800] The camera's dead so you can't clip it. That's exclusive audio for the Pit Stop listeners.
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[40:13.000 -> 40:14.000] Damn.
[40:14.000 -> 40:15.000] It's been an amazing weekend.
[40:15.000 -> 40:16.500] We really hope you've enjoyed the Monaco Grand Prix.
[40:16.500 -> 40:20.000] We're going to edit this, get it up, and chill out because we've had a busy old Sunday.
[40:20.000 -> 40:22.000] But thank you very much for listening.
[40:22.000 -> 40:25.040] And yeah, see you guys on Thursday, eh?
[40:25.040 -> 40:25.920] See you later.
[40:25.920 -> 40:26.800] See you later.
[40:26.800 -> 40:27.440] Have a great week.
[40:27.440 -> 40:27.940] Bye-bye.
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