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[00:00.000 -> 00:08.120] The 2023 season is almost upon us. 20 drivers, 10 teams and 23 races. Time to do it all again.
[00:08.120 -> 00:14.560] Can anyone knock Red Bull and Max Verstappen off their perch? This is the Sky Sports F1
[00:14.560 -> 00:15.560] podcast.
[00:15.560 -> 00:20.000] Hello all, we've got a podcast.
[00:20.000 -> 00:21.000] Woohoo!
[00:21.000 -> 00:22.000] Finally.
[00:22.000 -> 00:23.000] Finally.
[00:23.000 -> 00:24.000] Maybe a bit late to the party.
[00:24.000 -> 00:25.680] I'm a little bit concerned.
[00:25.680 -> 00:26.680] Go on.
[00:26.680 -> 00:30.280] Because with your hair and good looks you shouldn't be hidden in a podcast.
[00:30.280 -> 00:31.280] Well he's not is he?
[00:31.280 -> 00:32.280] Oh it's a vodcast!
[00:32.280 -> 00:33.280] It's a vodcast!
[00:33.280 -> 00:34.280] Yeah, why?
[00:34.280 -> 00:36.640] The world can see your beautiful mug.
[00:36.640 -> 00:38.320] Karun, you can come on every week.
[00:38.320 -> 00:39.320] That's where the confidence stops.
[00:39.320 -> 00:40.320] You haven't introduced us yet.
[00:40.320 -> 00:42.360] With that sort of flattery.
[00:42.360 -> 00:43.360] Let's introduce you.
[00:43.360 -> 00:45.440] Nat Pinkham, Ted Kravitz and Corinne Chandler.
[00:45.440 -> 00:46.440] Welcome.
[00:46.440 -> 00:47.440] Nat Pinkham.
[00:47.440 -> 00:48.440] Hi.
[00:48.440 -> 00:49.440] Have you changed your name?
[00:49.440 -> 00:50.440] Tedos Kravitzo.
[00:50.440 -> 00:51.440] Natalie Pinkham.
[00:51.440 -> 00:52.440] You're suddenly Nat now.
[00:52.440 -> 00:55.240] I can be whatever you want.
[00:55.240 -> 00:56.240] Would you rather be Natalie?
[00:56.240 -> 00:57.240] Sorry.
[00:57.240 -> 00:58.240] No, I've never been called Natalie in my life.
[00:58.240 -> 00:59.240] No?
[00:59.240 -> 01:00.240] No.
[01:00.240 -> 01:01.240] Nat.
[01:01.240 -> 01:02.240] Pinky.
[01:02.240 -> 01:03.240] Pink.
[01:03.240 -> 01:04.240] None of this is making the edit, is it?
[01:04.240 -> 01:05.000] Anyway, hello, Matt. Hello, hello, hello.
[01:05.000 -> 01:06.000] It's a pleasure to be a guest on your podcast.
[01:06.000 -> 01:07.680] Thank you Ted, thank you, thank you.
[01:07.680 -> 01:12.040] Just for a bit of context, we'll be with you every Tuesday throughout the Formula 1 season
[01:12.040 -> 01:17.160] to discuss the biggest topics, help you understand the sometimes complex world of Formula 1.
[01:17.160 -> 01:19.600] So let's kick things off shall we?
[01:19.600 -> 01:20.920] Start by talking about testing.
[01:20.920 -> 01:23.520] Ted, you were there, was it useful?
[01:23.520 -> 01:28.800] Well before we kick things off, Matt, can we have some sort of general disclaimer that
[01:28.800 -> 01:36.600] we are not talking either for ourselves or for Sky Sports. We do or do not believe what
[01:36.600 -> 01:41.560] we're saying and we don't mean any of it or we do mean it at the same time.
[01:41.560 -> 01:44.040] I mean all the things I say, thank you very much.
[01:44.040 -> 01:45.480] So don't at us.
[01:45.480 -> 01:49.280] Mean what you say, say what you mean. Don't complain about anything we say and don't take
[01:49.280 -> 01:54.720] what we say seriously at all or take it seriously or believe that we think what we say or don't
[01:54.720 -> 02:01.720] what we say. Have you had a winter of trolling? You seem a bit burnt. Let's do a general disclaimer
[02:01.720 -> 02:06.000] and with that disclaimer out of the way, we're free to talk openly, aren't we?
[02:06.000 -> 02:07.000] Now the disclaimer is out of the way.
[02:07.000 -> 02:08.000] Don't edit that out.
[02:08.000 -> 02:10.320] What did you learn from testing?
[02:10.320 -> 02:11.320] Did you find it useful?
[02:11.320 -> 02:12.320] Let's go with that.
[02:12.320 -> 02:13.320] I did.
[02:13.320 -> 02:14.320] I did, of course.
[02:14.320 -> 02:15.320] Testing is always useful.
[02:15.320 -> 02:20.560] I learned that the cars look quite good this year, I think, raised up a bit.
[02:20.560 -> 02:25.200] The first time I saw them out on track, with the floor edges being raised by 15mm,
[02:25.200 -> 02:30.360] not a lot, centimetre and a half, about half an inch, it just looks a bit better. I felt
[02:30.360 -> 02:34.480] last year they looked a little bit stiff, a bit low to the ground. Alright, it looked
[02:34.480 -> 02:38.440] quite cool in some shots where you could see them, you know, with just a few millimetres
[02:38.440 -> 02:42.200] between car and ground. But actually being able to see a bit of daylight underneath the
[02:42.200 -> 02:46.720] car, I just felt it looked a bit better. Some fod yn well. Roedd rhai o'r car yn edrych yn fwy pliabl,
[02:46.720 -> 02:48.880] yn fwy cymdeithasol.
[02:48.880 -> 02:49.720] Roeddwn i'n teimlo'n dda.
[02:49.720 -> 02:51.480] Byddwn yn siarad am y cymdeithasol.
[02:51.480 -> 02:53.240] Rydw i wedi dysgu llawer o hynny.
[02:53.240 -> 02:58.040] Rydw i wedi dysgu bod F1 yn gynllunio'n fwyaf.
[02:58.040 -> 03:00.120] Mae yna bob amser newid o'r stori,
[03:00.120 -> 03:03.040] newid o'r tîm, i ddod i mewn a bod yn cymdeithasol.
[03:03.040 -> 03:04.560] Dwi'n dweud newid o'r tîm,
[03:04.560 -> 03:05.280] yn hytrach na'id ymlaen.
[03:05.280 -> 03:06.120] Dydyn ni ddim gennyf unrhyw un o'r rhai.
[03:06.120 -> 03:07.840] Dwi'n gwybod a ydym yn mynd i'r hyn nesaf.
[03:07.840 -> 03:12.480] Ac, ie, ddysgais fy mod i'n ddod yn fwy o gynnig
[03:12.480 -> 03:13.280] dros y byd hefyd.
[03:13.280 -> 03:15.520] A ddysgais hefyd fod Gwda
[03:15.520 -> 03:17.440] ddim yn cael ei ddefnyddio.
[03:17.440 -> 03:19.720] Dwi'n gwybod, mae'n anglicwyd.
[03:19.720 -> 03:21.160] Wel, byddwn i bob amser yn dweud Gowda.
[03:21.160 -> 03:21.880] Byddwch chi?
[03:21.880 -> 03:22.320] Byddwch chi?
[03:22.320 -> 03:22.760] Gowda.
[03:22.760 -> 03:23.640] Dywodd bob amser yn dweud Gowda.
[03:23.640 -> 03:24.520] Dwi'n gwybod, dwi'n dweud Gowda.
[03:24.520 -> 03:26.000] Efallai yw'n ddweud Londyn Upbringing. Dywodd nhw'n dweud Gowa. Byddwch chi? Gouda.
[03:26.000 -> 03:28.000] Gouda.
[03:28.000 -> 03:30.000] Gouda.
[03:30.000 -> 03:32.000] Gouda.
[03:32.000 -> 03:34.000] Gouda.
[03:34.000 -> 03:36.000] Gouda.
[03:36.000 -> 03:38.000] Gouda.
[03:38.000 -> 03:40.000] Gouda.
[03:40.000 -> 03:42.000] Gouda.
[03:42.000 -> 03:44.000] Gouda.
[03:44.000 -> 03:46.000] Gouda. Gouda. Ac rydw i'n hoffi ddweud bod dim gowdair wedi'i gosod yn y ffilmio o'r segment hwn. Yn y bai oedd y rhyts yn cael ei gosod.
[03:46.000 -> 03:49.000] Ie, roedd hanner ohonoch wedi cael ei gosod ar y fflwr Alfa Tauri.
[03:49.000 -> 03:51.000] Felly ie, roeddwn i'n ei ddod o'r rhannau hynny.
[03:51.000 -> 03:55.000] Ond roeddwn i'n cael yn y diwrnod hwnnw, a'r ddiweddaf, yn y test,
[03:55.000 -> 03:58.000] ar gyfer dynion i'r ddau ffyrdd.
[03:58.000 -> 04:06.320] Roedd e'n ddim yn ddiddorol, ond ddim yn ddiddorol. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Wel, i mi. Roeddwn i'n cael yn y gwaith, ac roeddwn i'n rhoi gynnyrch i'w gilydd, ond nid oedd e'n ddiddorol.
[04:06.320 -> 04:07.520] Ond roeddwn i'n gwybod ei fod yn ddiddorol.
[04:07.520 -> 04:08.020] Mae'n unig bach.
[04:08.020 -> 04:10.800] Yn y ddifrifol o Sebastian Vettel, na fydd y gwyr yn ymwneud â'r gwyr.
[04:10.800 -> 04:11.300] Mae'n dda iawn.
[04:12.160 -> 04:15.280] Ond os yw unrhyw un yn meddwl beth ydym yn siarad amdano ar arian,
[04:15.280 -> 04:18.800] a allwch chi ddweud, a ddefnyddwch chi'r pysg o gheis i ddweud...
[04:19.480 -> 04:19.980] Y rhedeg.
[04:19.980 -> 04:21.480] Y rhedeg, ie.
[04:22.760 -> 04:24.360] Ie, mae'n ddifrifol iawn.
[04:24.360 -> 04:24.860] Mae'n ddifrifol iawn.
[04:24.860 -> 04:27.000] Mae'n ddifrifol iawn, felly mae'n ddifrifol iawn. Dwi'n dweud i chi beth rydw i cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'n cael eu cymryd. Mae'n dweud bod y cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'n cael eu cymryd.
[04:27.000 -> 04:30.000] Mae'n dweud bod y cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'n cael eu cymryd.
[04:30.000 -> 04:33.000] Mae'n dweud bod y cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'n cael eu cymryd.
[04:33.000 -> 04:35.000] Mae'n dweud bod y cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd in the first year.
[04:35.000 -> 04:38.000] Mae'r cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai'u cymryd in the first year.
[04:38.000 -> 04:45.000] Mae'r cyfrifiadau yn cael eu cymryd yn y ffordd y byddai' mynd ati ymlaen – roedd yn ddifrifol,
[04:45.000 -> 04:48.000] a'n ddod yn iawn o ran ymdrech.
[04:48.000 -> 04:50.000] Yn amlwg, rydw i wedi sôn yn ddifrifol.
[04:51.000 -> 04:56.000] Y peth a ddod yn iawn i mi oedd McLaren.
[04:56.000 -> 04:59.000] Rwy'n ymdrech i fod yn ymwneud â'r ffordd
[04:59.000 -> 05:02.000] y mae'r drifoedd ymgyrchol ym Mhrydain yn gwneud
[05:02.000 -> 05:04.000] penderfyniadau o ffyned y gallai'r drifoedd ymgyrchol ymgyrchu.
[05:04.000 -> 05:10.780] Alan Jones yn mynd i Beatrice Haas, Mark Webber choosing Williams over Renault in 2005 as
[05:10.780 -> 05:15.700] he watched Alonso romp to the title when he had the option to go there. And obviously
[05:15.700 -> 05:18.960] the recently well-documented saga of Daniel Ricciardo struggles.
[05:18.960 -> 05:20.520] Leaving Red Bull at the wrong time.
[05:20.520 -> 05:27.160] Yes, so I'm slightly concerned for Oscar because I do think he is on pure talent and
[05:27.160 -> 05:31.640] based on, you know, I've known him a little bit and speak to his engineers at Prema who
[05:31.640 -> 05:37.280] he was with in F2 and F3 and they think he is, in fact, they went to the point of saying
[05:37.280 -> 05:41.440] he was better than Leclerc when they had Leclerc at Prema.
[05:41.440 -> 05:46.000] And you know, he was genuinely the best young talentla junior oddi wrth Max Verstappen.
[05:46.000 -> 05:50.000] Rwy'n gobeithio ei fod yn gweithio i'w gilydd,
[05:50.000 -> 05:55.000] oherwydd nid yw'n edrych yn dda i McLaren.
[05:55.000 -> 05:58.000] Dyna'r broblem, yw'n i? Yn ystod yr olyg,
[05:58.000 -> 06:01.000] er mwyn ei wneud yn ychydig yn ôl,
[06:01.000 -> 06:04.000] i ddod o'r cymorth a'r presiwn,
[06:04.000 -> 06:06.840] mae angen i chi ddod o'r olyg yn ddwyieith. back to take some of the expectation off, some of the pressure off. You just want to have a clean season.
[06:06.840 -> 06:10.760] And if he's not going to get that, I mean, I suppose the concern for him
[06:10.760 -> 06:14.800] is, is that Lando knows how difficult that car is to drive and and doesn't,
[06:15.080 -> 06:20.480] you know, he can probably get come to terms with the car quicker than Oscar can.
[06:20.480 -> 06:21.480] I mean, I don't know.
[06:21.480 -> 06:24.800] Well, it's more you just you just get hidden.
[06:24.800 -> 06:25.720] You just get forgotten.
[06:25.720 -> 06:28.760] You know, if you think of Lewis's impact when he arrived in F1
[06:29.560 -> 06:32.560] was instantaneous because he was in the top team.
[06:32.920 -> 06:35.680] He didn't. I mean, I still maintain it's one of the greatest rookie
[06:35.680 -> 06:38.560] seasons we've ever seen. 2007, when he did that. Yeah.
[06:39.440 -> 06:41.480] But he was at the forefront.
[06:41.480 -> 06:47.120] You know, we were all watching out, watching him at the front. And if you get buried at the bottom end of the forefront, we were all watching him at the front and if you get buried at
[06:47.120 -> 06:50.960] the bottom end of the field you can be a bit anonymous which is hard to make an impact.
[06:50.960 -> 06:56.840] I don't think anonymous is bad necessarily, you can learn your craft at the back with
[06:56.840 -> 06:57.840] the pressure off.
[06:57.840 -> 07:04.520] I think it's worse if someone like McLaren and Lando is outperforming you in the way
[07:04.520 -> 07:05.520] that you did Daniel. Yeah, so we'll see, that was a thing. yw'r ffordd y gafodd Daniel i'w gynnal.
[07:05.520 -> 07:08.720] Iawn, fe wnaethon ni weld.
[07:08.720 -> 07:10.920] Rydw i wedi gweld e, yn ddiweddar, ar Piastri.
[07:10.920 -> 07:12.800] Mae'n 21 oed, dwi'n gwybod pa mor ifanc.
[07:12.800 -> 07:15.760] Rydw i'n meddwl ei fod yn fwy oed.
[07:15.760 -> 07:17.920] Ond mae wedi cael ychydig o gyffredin cyflym,
[07:17.920 -> 07:19.920] felly mae'r car ddim yn gymharol yn ychydig o flynyddoedd
[07:19.920 -> 07:22.480] yn ychydig o bethau'n ddifrifol.
[07:22.480 -> 07:24.480] Iawn, a'r peth arall yw,
[07:24.480 -> 07:26.640] rydw i wedi clywed i. Yeah, and I think the other thing was, you know, I wrote a column before testing about
[07:27.600 -> 07:33.680] my sort of dark horse prediction and being Aston Martin and off the back of what I saw from Ted's
[07:33.680 -> 07:40.400] piece out in Bahrain. It sounds like they've hit the ground running. We'll see when we get to the
[07:40.400 -> 07:47.000] actual race weekend. But having Fernando Alonso in the car, eich bod yn y car, efallai na fyddant yn gwneud y swydd ar y Saturday.
[07:47.000 -> 07:53.000] Ond dwi'n dweud i chi, a fyddai Alonso a Fernando yn y car yn y car yn ystod y podium.
[07:53.000 -> 07:55.000] Nid oedd yn ymwneud â hynny.
[07:55.000 -> 07:58.000] A phant, pam nad oeddent yn gwneud y swydd ar y Saturday? Beth rydych chi'n dweud am Alonso'r gwaleoedd?
[07:58.000 -> 08:01.000] Wel, nid oedd y cyflawniad unwaith yn dda oedd e?
[08:01.000 -> 08:04.000] Nid oedd e'n dda.
[08:04.000 -> 08:08.000] Dwi'n gweld yr hyn rydych chi wedi'i ddweud, ond nid oedd y cy un-lap yn eithaf dda, ond oedd e'n gwasanaeth? Yn unig, oherwydd nid oedd e'n dda. Dw i'n gweld yr hyn rydych chi'n ei ddweud, ond dylai'r gwasanaeth un-lap yn eithaf dda.
[08:08.000 -> 08:10.000] Rydyn ni'n teimlo eich gwaith, Ted.
[08:10.000 -> 08:12.000] Dw i'n credu eich gwaith.
[08:12.000 -> 08:14.000] Dyna'r gwasanaeth un-lap yn ymwneud â'r test.
[08:14.000 -> 08:16.000] Iawn, felly byddai'n dda iawn ar y boddi.
[08:16.000 -> 08:18.000] Yn eithaf dda.
[08:18.000 -> 08:20.000] Yn eithaf dda iawn ar y boddi.
[08:20.000 -> 08:22.000] Yn eithaf dda iawn ar y boddi.
[08:22.000 -> 08:24.000] Dyma'r pwysig.
[08:24.000 -> 08:27.000] Dyma'r pwysig. Dyma'r pwysig. Yn ystod y pobl, mae'n dweud bod y cyngor yn cael ei ddweud. Nid oeddwn i wedi dweud rhywbeth yn gyfrifol, felly nid oeddwn i'n dweud un peth. Rydyn ni'n mynd i ddod yn ôl i Aston Martin yn y podcast nesaf,
[08:27.000 -> 08:29.000] achos rwy'n credu y gallent, efallai, ym mis hwn,
[08:29.000 -> 08:31.000] gynnwys problemau Red Bull a Max Verstappen.
[08:31.000 -> 08:33.000] Rwy'n eisiau, cyn i ni ddod o'r test,
[08:33.000 -> 08:35.000] siarad am y llwyth o'r test ym mis hwn.
[08:35.000 -> 08:37.000] Ted, pam oedd y test yn fwy cyflawn ym mis hwn?
[08:37.000 -> 08:39.000] Roedd George Russell, cyn y test,
[08:39.000 -> 08:41.000] yn dweud bod tri dyddiad ddim yn hynod.
[08:41.000 -> 08:43.000] Roedd eisiau mwy, eisiau efallai dwy farchion
[08:43.000 -> 08:45.280] yn tri dyddiad. Felly, pa ffyrdd o'ch cyfleuoedd er mwyn cael ei gael? three days wasn't enough. He wanted more. He wanted maybe two cars in three days.
[08:45.280 -> 08:48.360] So what are your reflections now, having had it?
[08:48.360 -> 08:52.080] He's a driver, so he wants more practice, which is valid.
[08:52.080 -> 08:53.800] The engineers want more so that they
[08:53.800 -> 08:56.480] can do their engineering thing, which is not valid.
[08:56.480 -> 08:59.960] They can do one, basically.
[08:59.960 -> 09:02.480] And it's interesting because it's why
[09:02.480 -> 09:03.840] you're giving me that funny look.
[09:03.840 -> 09:05.000] It's interesting because they will all get to the first race. Ac mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd... Dyna pam rydych chi'n dweud hynny'n ddiddorol. Mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:05.000 -> 09:06.000] Nid yw'r mewnwyr i gyd yn ymddiriedd fel hynny.
[09:06.000 -> 09:07.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:07.000 -> 09:08.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:08.000 -> 09:09.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:09.000 -> 09:10.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:10.000 -> 09:11.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:11.000 -> 09:12.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:12.000 -> 09:13.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:13.000 -> 09:14.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:14.000 -> 09:15.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:15.000 -> 09:16.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:16.000 -> 09:17.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:17.000 -> 09:18.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:18.000 -> 09:19.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:19.000 -> 09:20.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:20.000 -> 09:21.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:21.000 -> 09:22.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:22.000 -> 09:23.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:23.000 -> 09:24.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd...
[09:24.000 -> 09:25.000] ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd... ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd... ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd... ...mae'n ddiddorol oherwydd... ...mae'n ddiddorol us on TV and us fans to get to the first race and have something going on rather than just
[09:25.000 -> 09:29.440] a procession when all the engineers say, oh, we had great 12 days of testing. That was
[09:29.440 -> 09:34.680] fantastic. Engineer voice goes on. That was fantastic. You know, we get to the reliability
[09:34.680 -> 09:39.360] is faultless. They're all got perfect setups. They all get to the Grand Prix, 20 cars finish,
[09:39.360 -> 09:43.080] nothing happens. They all finish where they qualify, round and round and round. The engineers
[09:43.080 -> 09:45.920] say, well, fantastic. I love that. It turned out exactly as I predicted.
[09:45.920 -> 09:47.120] Aren't I clever?
[09:47.120 -> 09:48.720] And that will make a disasterous run.
[09:48.720 -> 09:50.080] And we've got 23 races this year.
[09:50.080 -> 09:52.880] Anyone who said that three races, three days of testing
[09:52.880 -> 09:55.760] wasn't enough is a fool, basically.
[09:55.760 -> 09:57.360] Well, do you remember?
[09:57.360 -> 09:58.480] It was perfectly.
[09:58.480 -> 09:59.680] It was enough.
[09:59.680 -> 10:01.000] And there was loads of running.
[10:01.000 -> 10:03.600] People were doing three Grand Prix distances in a day
[10:03.600 -> 10:05.720] because the reliability was so good, as Natalie says. So it was fine. Unless you're McLaren. Roedd y cymaint o rhwydwaith, a roedd pobl yn gwneud tri o'r amgylcheddau Grand Prix yn un diwrnod, oherwydd roedd y cymorth yn dda iawn, fel y dywedodd Natalie.
[10:05.720 -> 10:06.520] Felly roedd yn iawn.
[10:06.520 -> 10:07.520] Yn unig os ydych chi'n McLaren.
[10:07.520 -> 10:12.480] A gaf i chi ddweud, pan oedd y rhan cyflawn ar gyfer Covid,
[10:12.480 -> 10:14.880] roedd y Nürburgring yn ddiweddar iawn.
[10:14.880 -> 10:17.520] Roedd angen i ni fynd i'r diwethaf heb ymrwmeth ymrwmeth.
[10:17.520 -> 10:19.840] Ond roeddem i ni i gyd i siarad yn y sôn, yn y llwybr.
[10:19.840 -> 10:21.440] Rydyn ni'n teimlo'r ffaith bod e'n gwneud hynny.
[10:21.440 -> 10:22.080] Iawn.
[10:22.080 -> 10:26.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn ymddangos y math o wybodaeth hwnnw ar y podcast, Caroon. Rydw i'n rhaid i mi ddweud. Yn y ffordd, rydw i'n rhaid i mi yn dweud hynny. Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny. Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:26.000 -> 10:28.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:28.000 -> 10:30.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:30.000 -> 10:32.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:32.000 -> 10:34.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:34.000 -> 10:36.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:36.000 -> 10:38.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:38.000 -> 10:40.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:40.000 -> 10:42.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:42.000 -> 10:44.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny.
[10:44.000 -> 10:45.000] Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod hynny. Dydyn ni ddim yn dweud hynny ar sgiliau gwahanol. Rwy'n hoffi. Ond dwi ddim yn dyrwywr. Rydyn ni'n cymryd, Cary.
[10:45.000 -> 10:46.000] Roedd y llad iawn.
[10:46.000 -> 10:47.000] Roedd yn ddiddorol.
[10:47.000 -> 10:50.000] Yr hyn rwy'n ei gael yn eich gweld yw'r testu Barcelona.
[10:50.000 -> 10:52.000] Mae rhai pethau i'w ddweud am y llwyddyn ddiweddar
[10:52.000 -> 10:54.000] ym Mharlon a Barcelona,
[10:54.000 -> 10:56.000] oherwydd mae gennym nifer o ffans
[10:56.000 -> 10:57.000] o'r wahanol Ewrop,
[10:57.000 -> 10:58.000] a rhai o'r wahanol byd,
[10:58.000 -> 11:00.000] sy'n mwy agysg.
[11:00.000 -> 11:01.000] Dwi ddim yn ei weld.
[11:01.000 -> 11:03.000] Rwy'n credu bod ticketau'n cael eu cael
[11:03.000 -> 11:09.380] ar gyfer y testu Barhain. Roedd rhai bobl yn y gwrthdrefn sy'n debyg i gael y ticket, neu efallai, dwi'n credu, I didn't really see I believe tickets were sold for Bahrain testing There were some people in the grandstand who must have got there with a ticket or maybe I think with your race ticket
[11:09.380 -> 11:11.380] Got you entrance to testing as well
[11:11.440 -> 11:17.120] but there wasn't a buzz in the way that you got a Barcelona testing and I know that some of our
[11:17.680 -> 11:22.480] viewers and some people the fans around really valued that time of
[11:22.920 -> 11:27.000] Barcelona testing where you could ar gyfer paddock,
[11:27.000 -> 11:28.000] yn eich gwybod.
[11:28.000 -> 11:31.000] Yn Barcelona gallwch gael pwynt ar gyfer paddock ar gyfer y testau.
[11:31.000 -> 11:33.000] Ac roedd hynny'n un o'r teimladau pan gafodd
[11:33.000 -> 11:35.000] y teimlad y gafodd i unrhyw un ddim.
[11:35.000 -> 11:37.000] Oherwydd na allent wneud hynny yn y partiau dechrau.
[11:37.000 -> 11:38.000] Na, na, na, na.
[11:38.000 -> 11:39.000] Mae fan yna y gallwch chi ddod i'w blwydd.
[11:39.000 -> 11:41.000] Roedd yn unrhyw ddiddordeb,
[11:41.000 -> 11:42.000] unrhyw ddiddordeb,
[11:42.000 -> 11:44.000] o fwynhau F1.
[11:44.000 -> 11:46.000] Na, na, na. Felly rwy'n rhanbarthu o hynny, ac rwy'n gwybod bod hynny'n rhanbarthu gan lawer o faniaid. Ond hefyd roedd yn anhygoel, yn anhygoel, y ffyrdd o gofio F1. Nid yma.
[11:46.000 -> 11:48.000] Felly rwy'n rhaid i mi gael y gwaith.
[11:48.000 -> 11:50.000] Ac rwy'n gwybod bod y gwaith yn rhaid i llawer o faniaid.
[11:50.000 -> 11:52.000] Rydyn ni wedi gwneud 13 munud,
[11:52.000 -> 11:54.000] ond dim byddwn ni wedi gwneud unrhyw beth.
[11:54.000 -> 11:56.000] Iawn, dywedoddwn,
[11:56.000 -> 11:58.000] rydyn ni'n gweithio ar y rhan hwn.
[11:58.000 -> 12:00.000] Dyma'r rhan fwyaf,
[12:00.000 -> 12:02.000] rydyn ni'n meddwl am y rhan hwn,
[12:02.000 -> 12:04.000] byddwn ni'n mynd trwy'r rheni a'r fyrwyr
[12:04.000 -> 12:07.580] a gallant, yn realistig, mount a challenge to last year's champions,
[12:07.580 -> 12:09.740] I should say, Red Bull and Max Verstappen.
[12:09.740 -> 12:11.940] So, before we talk about the others,
[12:11.940 -> 12:14.060] let's talk about Red Bull and Max Verstappen.
[12:14.060 -> 12:15.580] Now, start with you.
[12:15.580 -> 12:18.020] What about that domination of last year?
[12:18.020 -> 12:21.380] Because it was, I mean, it was incredible, wasn't it, to see?
[12:21.380 -> 12:24.020] And difficult, really, when you cast your mind back,
[12:24.020 -> 12:25.840] to remember it was a double DNF in Bahrain last year, and actually, it was a bit of a slow burner, yn anhygoel, oedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud. Ac yn anhygoel, mewn gwirionedd, pan fyddwch chi'n cael eich meddwl yn ôl, i'w cofio, roedd y D&F ddwyfran
[12:25.840 -> 12:27.440] yn Barhain yn y blwyddyn diwethaf,
[12:27.440 -> 12:28.280] ac mewn gwirionedd, roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:28.280 -> 12:29.120] Roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:29.120 -> 12:29.960] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:29.960 -> 12:30.800] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:30.800 -> 12:31.640] ac roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:31.640 -> 12:32.460] Roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:32.460 -> 12:33.300] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:33.300 -> 12:34.140] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:34.140 -> 12:34.960] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:34.960 -> 12:35.800] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:35.800 -> 12:36.640] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:36.640 -> 12:37.460] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:37.460 -> 12:38.300] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:38.300 -> 12:39.140] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:39.140 -> 12:39.960] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:39.960 -> 12:40.800] roedd e'n rhaid i mi ddweud.
[12:40.800 -> 12:41.640] roedd e'n rhaid i me ddweud.
[12:41.640 -> 12:42.460] roedd e'n rhaid i me ddweud.
[12:42.460 -> 12:46.880] roedd e'n rhaid i me ddrech. Yn ymdrech?
[12:46.880 -> 12:48.880] Ie.
[12:48.880 -> 12:55.040] Mae yna un o'r hyder o'r cyfior i Max a'r tîm.
[12:55.040 -> 12:57.040] Mae'n ymddangos yn lle da iawn.
[12:57.040 -> 12:59.040] Nid ydw i'n gallu gweld y rhai o'r rhai arall.
[12:59.040 -> 13:05.200] A oes y cyfan ym mis Mawrth yn ymdrech? Karim, is this the first year he started as an out-and-out favourite at the beginning of the season?
[13:05.200 -> 13:06.200] Yes, I think so.
[13:06.200 -> 13:09.600] I think, you know, last year there were so many unknowns with the new cars, who was going
[13:09.600 -> 13:11.600] to be there, who wasn't, etc, etc.
[13:11.600 -> 13:14.760] And we still thought Mercedes were going to be in the fight.
[13:14.760 -> 13:20.360] Honestly, coming off the back of 2021, where Mercedes and Red Bull were fighting so hard
[13:20.360 -> 13:25.040] until the end, what Red Bull did last year to still arrive with a new set of
[13:25.040 -> 13:29.000] rules with the most competitive car, or one of the most, was seriously
[13:29.000 -> 13:32.040] impressive. I mean I remember speaking to James Allison about it in the summer and
[13:32.040 -> 13:37.680] he was very complimentary of the fact that Red Bull had managed to
[13:37.680 -> 13:42.600] arrive with a strong car. Because you're right, 21 must have taken a lot out of them.
[13:42.600 -> 13:46.900] So yeah, I think you're right, must have taken yeah, that's intense, right? Yeah. So yeah, I think this is I think you you're right
[13:46.900 -> 13:49.160] there's the first time he's at the out in our favorite I
[13:52.000 -> 13:54.280] Think last year we the only
[13:54.960 -> 13:58.160] We're clutching a straws on me to see how we could get a competitive fight
[13:58.160 -> 14:03.860] But I think of testing last year and the Red Bull did look like the best car and actually when we got to the race
[14:03.860 -> 14:06.480] It seemed like Ferrari had more sandbags in it
[14:06.560 -> 14:08.760] and they turned the engines up a bit more.
[14:08.840 -> 14:12.360] I do think they've, from what I understand,
[14:12.440 -> 14:16.880] that they perhaps turned the engines up on the Alfa Romeo a bit more at testing,
[14:16.960 -> 14:18.520] just to see where the potential was,
[14:18.600 -> 14:22.160] while keeping their own engine modes undercover a bit more.
[14:22.240 -> 14:25.280] Is that the reason that it went pop on day three?
[14:31.280 -> 14:39.120] Possibly. Maybe. Yeah. They had a power unit. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know. So that's kind of what I was alluding to. So yeah, maybe when we get to the weekend, the Ferrari will be more competitive
[14:39.120 -> 14:44.000] over one lap. I think that the traits we saw last year, where there were too many races,
[14:44.000 -> 14:44.640] I think the traits we saw last year, where there were too many races,
[14:48.160 -> 14:48.880] you know, Miami, Imola come to mind, Ricard comes to mind, where
[14:55.280 -> 14:58.960] the superior pace on Sunday in terms of tyre wear from Max and Red Bull just meant he overtook the Ferrari or was about to overtake the Ferrari when it crashed in France's case.
[14:58.960 -> 15:02.080] So I think that's the issue still for Ferrari.
[15:02.080 -> 15:06.720] On the long runs, they just haven't got the tyre wear under control.
[15:06.720 -> 15:09.360] Let's not forget, you know, you go back to your original question.
[15:11.360 -> 15:16.000] Is this the first time Verstappen has gone into the series, the season, as favourites?
[15:16.000 -> 15:24.160] I mean, there is a reasonably commonly held opinion amongst some people in the paddock
[15:24.160 -> 15:26.720] that they only changed the rules, or part
[15:26.720 -> 15:30.560] of the reason why they changed the rules, was to stop Mercedes dominance.
[15:30.560 -> 15:34.400] Well, that certainly worked, didn't it?
[15:34.400 -> 15:39.600] And they also changed the rules, of course, Formula One, FIA, main stated aim of changing
[15:39.600 -> 15:46.640] the rules, or stated aim completely, was to improve the racing. And it did do that to a large degree,
[15:46.640 -> 15:51.440] but then 2021, the championship has decided, old rules,
[15:51.440 -> 15:54.240] championship has decided on the last lap.
[15:54.240 -> 15:59.240] 2022, it's decided in Japan with four races still to go.
[16:00.020 -> 16:02.220] So it didn't exactly close up the field
[16:02.220 -> 16:04.080] in terms of the championship, did it?
[16:04.080 -> 16:07.440] It meant that Red Bull got it right so much that they are now,
[16:07.880 -> 16:10.240] you know, the favorites going in. Absolutely.
[16:10.240 -> 16:14.840] And that I think dominance will run probably until the next world change in 2026.
[16:14.840 -> 16:16.040] Really? Yeah.
[16:16.040 -> 16:20.920] Yeah, it's a Ted's got a point because momentum, you think about it, right?
[16:21.160 -> 16:24.480] It it emboldens the designers belief.
[16:24.840 -> 16:27.520] They've arrived with a strong car in 22,
[16:27.520 -> 16:30.160] and they've gone, OK, we're on the right path.
[16:30.160 -> 16:31.360] They've got conviction.
[16:31.360 -> 16:35.640] Because ultimately, designing a Formula One car is an art.
[16:35.640 -> 16:38.080] And it's about these people channeling
[16:38.080 -> 16:41.840] their creative art juices with the underlying principles
[16:41.840 -> 16:43.720] of physics and mathematics.
[16:43.720 -> 16:47.800] And if they've got confidence in their design process,
[16:47.800 -> 16:48.880] then the next time they go there,
[16:48.880 -> 16:50.080] they push the envelope a bit more
[16:50.080 -> 16:51.160] because they're confident.
[16:51.160 -> 16:53.200] Now, if you're Mercedes and you've come off the back
[16:53.200 -> 16:55.840] of a year where your team principal
[16:55.840 -> 16:59.400] has publicly called the car a shit box
[16:59.400 -> 17:03.680] on multi-million people watching broadcast,
[17:03.680 -> 17:06.080] then your confidence is a bit shaky, isn't it?
[17:06.080 -> 17:08.160] When you've got to then design next year's car.
[17:08.160 -> 17:10.200] And then, like Ted says, momentum,
[17:10.200 -> 17:12.200] you know, it goes with stable doors.
[17:12.200 -> 17:14.280] You've got the next and the next and the next.
[17:14.280 -> 17:15.400] So yeah, it's tricky.
[17:15.400 -> 17:17.600] And it's trickier for the Red Bull,
[17:17.600 -> 17:19.840] sorry, trickier for the Mercedes people
[17:19.840 -> 17:22.160] and the others to have that confidence
[17:22.160 -> 17:25.280] in their own creative idea. I wonder then if perhaps the people who can stop Red Bull, er mwyn iddo gynnal y confidenciaid yna i gynnal eu syniadau creativa.
[17:25.280 -> 17:29.160] Ac efallai yna, os yw'r bobl sy'n gallu stopio Red Bull,
[17:29.160 -> 17:32.200] y mwyaf proffegol i stopio Red Bull, Red Bull?
[17:32.200 -> 17:34.640] Efallai y mater o Sergio Perez?
[17:34.640 -> 17:35.640] O'r batl internal.
[17:35.640 -> 17:36.640] O'r batl internal.
[17:36.640 -> 17:39.240] Efallai, a gofynwch am Brasil nos oes,
[17:39.240 -> 17:41.040] a'r pedigrâdau tîm,
[17:41.040 -> 17:42.640] Verstappen ddim yn arwain y le,
[17:42.640 -> 17:44.800] dim yn eich gwneud Perez yn y mellon meinio
[17:44.800 -> 17:46.000] i gynnal Peter yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:46.000 -> 17:48.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:48.000 -> 17:50.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:50.000 -> 17:52.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:52.000 -> 17:54.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:54.000 -> 17:56.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:56.000 -> 17:58.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[17:58.000 -> 18:00.000] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd,
[18:00.000 -> 18:02.000] yn y ffyrdd,
[18:02.000 -> 18:04.000] yn y ffyrdd,
[18:04.000 -> 18:05.800] yn y ffyrdd, yn y ffyrdd, Ie, maent ar y dda. Ie, a gallwch chi roi ar y cyhoedd cyhoeddus fel mwy os ydych chi eisiau,
[18:05.800 -> 18:07.760] ond nid yw'n ymwneud â'r ffaith
[18:07.760 -> 18:11.440] y mae Maxfield yn teimlo'n ymdrech
[18:11.440 -> 18:13.800] ar yr hyn sy'n digwydd yng Nghymru.
[18:13.800 -> 18:15.120] Ar yr hyn sy'n ei gredd yng Nghymru.
[18:15.120 -> 18:17.120] Ie, ar yr hyn sy'n ei credd yng Nghymru.
[18:18.600 -> 18:19.960] Wel done, disclaimer, kicking in.
[18:19.960 -> 18:20.800] Disclaimer, ie.
[18:21.840 -> 18:24.160] Ond hefyd,
[18:29.000 -> 18:33.000] gweldwch, yn y pen draw,id ydyn ni'n gwybod ar ôl y brif hyn o'r bêl a phan maen nhw'n ymlaen a'u cymryd â'u cefnogi neu'n gwblhau'n unig.
[18:33.000 -> 18:39.000] Ond rwy'n ddiddorol o'r cyfnod o ddewis Valtteri Bottas,
[18:39.000 -> 18:41.000] gadewch i mi, Caller,
[18:41.000 -> 18:44.000] a dweud bod yn mynd i mewn i ddau blynedd
[18:44.000 -> 18:45.000] pan ddewisais fy mod i ddim yn my, iawn. Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn.
[18:45.000 -> 18:46.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:46.000 -> 18:47.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:47.000 -> 18:48.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:48.000 -> 18:49.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:49.000 -> 18:50.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:50.000 -> 18:51.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:51.000 -> 18:52.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:52.000 -> 18:53.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:53.000 -> 18:54.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:54.000 -> 18:55.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:55.000 -> 18:56.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:56.000 -> 18:57.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:57.000 -> 18:58.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:58.000 -> 18:59.000] Iawn, iawn.
[18:59.000 -> 19:00.000] Iawn, iawn.
[19:00.000 -> 19:01.000] Iawn, iawn.
[19:01.000 -> 19:02.000] Iawn, iawn.
[19:02.000 -> 19:03.000] Iawn, iawn.
[19:03.000 -> 19:04.000] Iawn, iawn.
[19:04.000 -> 19:09.160] Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn. Iawn, iawn. view and his goals for the season and say okay I can actually play a really good teammate and number two to Max because let's be honest you cannot take
[19:09.160 -> 19:15.960] Max Verstappen on at Red Bull. I think he knows. I think he knows that. He's never going to admit it though.
[19:15.960 -> 19:19.960] Of course I'll never admit it. Until maybe he's left the team. I think he knows it.
[19:19.960 -> 19:26.520] His job is like Eddie Irvine's was a Ferrari, which is be a good number two and...
[19:26.520 -> 19:28.360] Win the races Max doesn't win.
[19:28.360 -> 19:29.200] Exactly.
[19:29.200 -> 19:30.040] Take the points away from the team.
[19:30.040 -> 19:31.400] You know what, I think,
[19:31.400 -> 19:35.160] and I actually think Checo has gone into,
[19:36.120 -> 19:37.960] rightly, gone with the Eddie Irvine
[19:37.960 -> 19:39.960] instead of Ruben's Barry Keller mentality.
[19:39.960 -> 19:41.520] You remember at the start of every season,
[19:41.520 -> 19:42.840] Ruben's would go, this is my year,
[19:42.840 -> 19:44.600] the car feels more suited for me,
[19:44.600 -> 19:46.520] this is the year I'm going to challenge Michael.
[19:46.520 -> 19:48.920] And he just got more and more angry and more and more upset.
[19:48.920 -> 19:53.760] Whereas Irvine went, I'm going to be a Ferrari driver, I'm going to make a lot of money.
[19:53.760 -> 19:54.980] And guess what?
[19:54.980 -> 19:57.800] On the odd occasion when Michael has a bad day, I get some podiums.
[19:57.800 -> 20:01.760] Because don't forget that Red Bull ultimately saved Pera's career.
[20:01.760 -> 20:06.080] Okay, he had a brilliant performance in Bahrain when he won for racing point,
[20:06.080 -> 20:10.640] and that ultimately sealed the deal for him at Red Bull,
[20:10.640 -> 20:14.200] but he was without a drive going into the next season.
[20:14.200 -> 20:15.480] So his, yeah.
[20:15.480 -> 20:16.960] Even on pure pace, how many times
[20:16.960 -> 20:19.160] will he really threaten Max?
[20:19.160 -> 20:20.580] Three times, four times a year?
[20:20.580 -> 20:22.280] Maybe, but this is no reflection on,
[20:22.280 -> 20:25.120] Checo is a great guy and a bloody good racing
[20:25.120 -> 20:26.120] driver.
[20:26.120 -> 20:29.480] You know, he is not, but he is not Max Verstappen because not many people are.
[20:29.480 -> 20:32.560] And arguably Red Bull have, yes, that's true.
[20:32.560 -> 20:34.560] There is only one Max Verstappen.
[20:34.560 -> 20:36.120] In terms of ability.
[20:36.120 -> 20:41.400] Arguably, Red Bull have exactly the right way to go hunting for a world championship
[20:41.400 -> 20:44.560] is to have a guy who's going to be going for the world championship and the other guy is
[20:44.560 -> 20:46.000] effectively to support him. Even if they don't have to be so public. yw gael un o'r bobl sy'n mynd i'r Campio Byd, ac mae'r rhai arall yn gynhyrchu'r cymorth. Er bod angen iddo ddod yn cyhoeddus.
[20:46.000 -> 20:48.000] Y cwestiwn yw,
[20:48.000 -> 20:50.000] a yw Ferrari yn mynd i gael
[20:50.000 -> 20:52.000] plan i wneud hyn
[20:52.000 -> 20:54.000] yn organig,
[20:54.000 -> 20:56.000] neu'n ymdrechol
[20:56.000 -> 20:58.000] o'r blaen, heb i'r drifodd ei gwybod,
[20:58.000 -> 21:00.000] nad ydyn nhw'n mynd i gael un o'r bobl
[21:00.000 -> 21:02.000] i wneud y cyfrifiadau.
[21:02.000 -> 21:04.000] Nid yw'n gallu
[21:04.000 -> 21:30.000] ddecydio'n half-drys y sefydliad, Mae'r cymorth yma yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud â'r cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cymorth yn ymwneud ag y cymorth y byddai'r cyes yn dangos bod ganddo ddau cyllid cyfrifol i'r tîm, fel y gwnaeth Williams arbennig gyda Mansell a PK ar gyfer Prost ac ystyriaethau fel hynny.
[21:30.000 -> 21:38.000] Ond fel pwrist, rwy'n hoffi'r ffaith bod Mercedes yn rhoi George yn eithaf da o gyfle i Lewis.
[21:38.000 -> 21:45.360] Rwy'n gwybod o ran y tîm nad yw'r peth dda, ac rwy'n cyd-dod â chi'n unol i hynny. Ond rwy'n hoffi'r fath o gweld hynny. I know from a team's perspective it's not the right thing and I completely agree with you on that.
[21:45.360 -> 21:46.360] But hang on.
[21:46.360 -> 21:47.360] But I quite like watching that.
[21:47.360 -> 21:50.160] I agree but Lewis and George weren't fighting for a title.
[21:50.160 -> 21:52.200] They're not at that point yet.
[21:52.200 -> 22:00.920] So if Carlos and Charles are and Max and Checo are, you've got to back one of your drivers
[22:00.920 -> 22:01.920] in that moment.
[22:01.920 -> 22:04.240] I think we'd all rather it happened organically.
[22:04.240 -> 22:08.160] There's a colossal battle between Sainz and Leclerc.
[22:08.160 -> 22:11.120] Sainz is right there with him, which I think he is, and he's well motivated.
[22:11.120 -> 22:12.560] Like a Monza, they call it off.
[22:12.560 -> 22:14.720] And then at some point, you know, but Leclerc gets it.
[22:14.720 -> 22:17.760] Someone's got to finish ahead of the other person who's doing races.
[22:17.760 -> 22:21.440] But they don't manipulate it, but organically it happens.
[22:21.440 -> 22:22.960] And the other guy says, OK, you know what?
[22:22.960 -> 22:24.000] You've got more points.
[22:24.000 -> 22:25.840] Now you pick up the bat and we'll go for the championship.
[22:25.840 -> 22:27.600] So do you have a date in mind?
[22:27.600 -> 22:29.720] Do you have a cutoff point, this point in the season,
[22:29.720 -> 22:30.800] this is where we have to start?
[22:30.800 -> 22:33.640] Yeah, like I'd say something like Monza.
[22:33.640 -> 22:35.440] I actually think, you know, let them fight.
[22:35.440 -> 22:36.280] And then after Monza,
[22:36.280 -> 22:39.560] before we start the back end of the season, the flyways,
[22:39.560 -> 22:44.080] if you're a long way behind, if you're more than,
[22:44.080 -> 22:46.800] I don't know, if you're more than 40 points behind your teammate,
[22:46.800 -> 22:53.000] once we get to Singapore, then you're now number two.
[22:53.000 -> 22:54.400] You make it sound so simple.
[22:54.400 -> 22:58.800] To be sure, Fred, to be sure, Fred Vasseur will have a point, a cut-off date.
[22:58.800 -> 23:00.400] And he will know that.
[23:00.400 -> 23:02.400] Well, racing's in his DNA, isn't it?
[23:02.400 -> 23:04.800] You don't look very comfortable crossing your legs there, Ted.
[23:04.800 -> 23:06.000] I feel like you've... I'm more comfortable doing it. Are you? Right, excellent. Mae racing yn ei DNA, dwi'n credu. Dwi'n credu dydych chi ddim yn edrych yn hyderus i'ch le.
[23:08.000 -> 23:10.000] Dwi'n hyderus i'w wneud. Dwi'n siwr o fod yn dweud...
[23:10.000 -> 23:12.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:12.000 -> 23:14.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:14.000 -> 23:16.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:16.000 -> 23:18.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:18.000 -> 23:20.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:20.000 -> 23:22.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:22.000 -> 23:24.000] ...dwi'n dweud...
[23:24.000 -> 23:28.120] ...dwi'n dweud... ...dwi'n dweud... Ferrari, I think, yeah, Red Bull this year, look, it's clear, they are the team to beat, right, but Ferrari seem to be second in line, I think that's fair off to testing as the
[23:28.120 -> 23:33.160] team that could challenge them. I think, let's cast our minds back to the launch.
[23:33.160 -> 23:35.160] Are you sure about that, Matthew?
[23:35.160 -> 23:36.160] No.
[23:36.160 -> 23:37.160] Are you sure Ferrari are second?
[23:37.160 -> 23:38.160] Who do you think is second?
[23:38.160 -> 23:39.160] Come on, go on, tell me.
[23:39.160 -> 23:40.160] Go on.
[23:40.160 -> 23:41.160] Tell me.
[23:41.160 -> 23:42.160] Aston Martin.
[23:42.160 -> 23:43.160] Okay.
[23:43.160 -> 23:47.760] I don't think they're second, but I think think but Fernando's race run was much better than
[23:47.760 -> 23:54.560] Leclerc's or Sainz's, showed none of the tyre degradation that the Ferraris had and
[23:54.560 -> 24:00.160] Nett would have been ahead of the Ferraris. This is the most exciting of all the options
[24:00.160 -> 24:03.760] by the way isn't it I mean speak ye not too soon with your Ferrari.
[24:05.000 -> 24:08.000] I think depending on when people are listening to this, of course.
[24:08.000 -> 24:10.000] If it's after Bahrain, then the Bahrain car.
[24:10.000 -> 24:11.000] It may not age well.
[24:11.000 -> 24:14.000] Fernando Alonso goes out in...
[24:14.000 -> 24:21.000] If Aston do have this down and, you know, they are the team that's perhaps second in
[24:21.000 -> 24:26.760] the championship, I mean, what an epic battle that would be, having Alonso and Verstappen battle throughout the season.
[24:26.760 -> 24:28.240] He's not going to be battling Verstappen.
[24:28.240 -> 24:29.960] No, he's not going to be battling Verstappen.
[24:29.960 -> 24:31.800] He might be battling Leclerc and Sainz.
[24:31.800 -> 24:32.640] Sure, okay, fine.
[24:32.640 -> 24:34.040] And Lewis and George.
[24:34.040 -> 24:34.880] Okay.
[24:34.880 -> 24:35.720] Yes, but yes.
[24:35.720 -> 24:36.720] Being right at the front, yeah.
[24:36.720 -> 24:40.120] Oh yeah, I mean, I want to see more of the Lewis and Alonso.
[24:40.120 -> 24:41.440] Where was it we had the Lewis and Alonso battle?
[24:41.440 -> 24:42.400] Budapest.
[24:42.400 -> 24:43.440] And I said, a couple of years ago?
[24:43.440 -> 24:47.000] Budapest, wasn't it, when he was blocking Lewis when Ocon won that race.
[24:47.000 -> 24:50.000] And I said, I've been waiting since 2007 for this.
[24:50.000 -> 24:52.000] And yeah, that's great.
[24:52.000 -> 24:54.000] But yeah, any of it. It would just be fantastic.
[24:54.000 -> 24:56.000] Alonso is in a good place.
[24:56.000 -> 24:58.000] He looks very trim, don't you think?
[24:58.000 -> 24:59.000] He looks like a real athlete.
[24:59.000 -> 25:01.000] I think he always has been.
[25:01.000 -> 25:04.000] But he just looks in good shape, good form right now.
[25:04.000 -> 25:07.980] Yeah, I mean, you know, the surprise of the season could be that Fernando Alonso has made a
[25:07.980 -> 25:14.820] good career choice for a change and it's the old hashtag mission 33 is doing the rounds. Let me tell you a story about that.
[25:14.820 -> 25:20.860] So he was in the press conference, can't remember what day it was in Bahrain and can I name
[25:20.860 -> 25:29.160] the journalist? Yeah. So Luke Smith has now moved on from Autosport and his replacement is a chap called Matt
[25:29.160 -> 25:30.400] Kew.
[25:30.400 -> 25:36.760] And so picture this, okay, you're Autosport magazine, Autosport the Bible of motor racing
[25:36.760 -> 25:39.200] journalism throughout the world.
[25:39.200 -> 25:46.000] Your first position as Grand Prix reporter for Autosport magazine, you know, your first press conference.
[25:46.000 -> 25:52.280] So it's this chap Matt Kew, and he says, Matt Kew, Autosport, Fernando, you've made some
[25:52.280 -> 25:57.720] effectively says you've made some terrible decisions on the driving over the years.
[25:57.720 -> 26:00.680] Is this the last that you've actually made a good one?
[26:00.680 -> 26:06.080] And I could only hear it because I was listening on the monitor outside in the press conference
[26:06.080 -> 26:12.440] outside in the in the media pen because they're coming out to the pen when they do interviews afterwards
[26:12.440 -> 26:17.440] And I could just I was thinking oh, you know strong one Matt. Good luck and I could just hear
[26:17.440 -> 26:19.680] I was ready to hear Alonso saying
[26:20.360 -> 26:23.440] Who do you think you're talking to or how dare you ask me a question like that?
[26:23.440 -> 26:27.840] He didn't but the answer he gave was just dripping in,
[26:27.840 -> 26:32.840] you know, annoyance with the premise of Matt's question.
[26:33.620 -> 26:34.960] I mean, strong work from Matt Kew,
[26:34.960 -> 26:37.240] you know, straight off the bat to go in
[26:37.240 -> 26:40.320] with a kind of fairly aggressive, two feet,
[26:40.320 -> 26:43.000] I don't know how old he is, two feet first question.
[26:43.000 -> 26:44.800] And he's right, you know, Matt's right.
[26:44.800 -> 26:45.600] He has, Karun's right, he's made some questions. dwi ddim yn gwybod pa oedd e. Cwestiwn cyntaf, a dyw e'n iawn. Matt yw iawn, mae Caroon yn iawn,
[26:45.600 -> 26:46.760] mae wedi gwneud rhai cwestiynau.
[26:46.760 -> 26:49.280] Ond roedd y cyfansoddau o Fernando
[26:49.280 -> 26:51.440] yn ddod o'r ffordd,
[26:51.440 -> 26:52.960] dydych chi ddim yn gwybod
[26:52.960 -> 26:54.240] am y rhesymau
[26:54.240 -> 26:56.680] ar ôl i mi wneud fy nghyfresau cario.
[26:56.680 -> 26:57.720] Ac efallai y byddwch chi'n ymdrechu
[26:57.720 -> 26:58.640] boddau'n iawn,
[26:58.640 -> 26:59.880] neu'n dod i fod yn iawn,
[26:59.880 -> 27:01.360] ond rydw i wedi'u gwneud
[27:01.360 -> 27:03.160] gyda rhesymau da iawn,
[27:03.160 -> 27:04.440] a dywech chi ddim yn ddiddorol
[27:04.440 -> 27:05.640] ar hyn o bryd i mi wneud y cario. Dwi'n Fernando, gallwch chi ffeinio iddo ffeinio hwn, ar hyn o bryd i mi wneud y penderfyniadau rydw i wedi'u gwneud But I made them with a bloody good reason why. And don't you doubt why I made the career.
[27:05.640 -> 27:06.640] I'm being Fernando.
[27:06.640 -> 27:07.880] You can imagine him thinking this.
[27:07.880 -> 27:11.120] Why I made the decisions I did and had to make the moves I made.
[27:11.120 -> 27:13.220] But I regret none of them.
[27:13.220 -> 27:14.220] This is Fernando.
[27:14.220 -> 27:15.220] Yeah.
[27:15.220 -> 27:16.220] All right.
[27:16.220 -> 27:17.220] Sure.
[27:17.220 -> 27:18.220] He'll regret.
[27:18.220 -> 27:19.220] Sorry, you can carry on your answer now.
[27:19.220 -> 27:20.220] No, no, this is good.
[27:20.220 -> 27:21.220] I'm enjoying the theatre of this.
[27:21.220 -> 27:22.220] He'll regret some of his moves.
[27:22.220 -> 27:23.220] Of course he will.
[27:23.220 -> 27:25.480] But he will argue that there was valid points behind all of them.
[27:25.480 -> 27:26.680] Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
[27:26.680 -> 27:27.640] Going to Ferrari was the right thing.
[27:27.640 -> 27:29.000] Leaving Ferrari was the right thing.
[27:29.000 -> 27:32.560] You can only make decisions about anything in life with what you know at that moment in time.
[27:32.560 -> 27:33.840] He left Ferrari because he thought, OK, they're good.
[27:33.840 -> 27:36.000] I'm allowing, I can win races and challenge championships,
[27:36.000 -> 27:37.480] but we're always going to be second.
[27:37.480 -> 27:39.560] And has borne out to be correct on that.
[27:39.560 -> 27:43.160] Ferrari have always been second or worse since Fernando left.
[27:43.160 -> 27:45.760] You know, and all right, maybe he should have gone somewhere
[27:45.760 -> 27:46.960] at some point.
[27:46.960 -> 27:51.720] Fernando would have won the 2018 championship in a Ferrari.
[27:51.720 -> 27:52.720] Yes.
[27:52.720 -> 27:54.800] Well, had he just carried on.
[27:54.800 -> 27:55.840] Had he stayed.
[27:55.840 -> 27:58.120] If it was Fernando Alonso in that Ferrari,
[27:58.120 -> 28:00.360] as good as it was against Lewis Hamilton,
[28:00.360 -> 28:01.920] he would have won that championship.
[28:01.920 -> 28:04.520] But now we're going to find out, going back to your question,
[28:04.520 -> 28:09.000] is to see whether Fernando has got some more race wins
[28:09.000 -> 28:14.000] and by extension a third world championship in him.
[28:15.000 -> 28:17.000] Dun, dun, dun!
[28:17.000 -> 28:19.000] That's very exciting.
[28:19.000 -> 28:21.000] Well, that's Fernando.
[28:21.000 -> 28:24.000] Also, Fernando is Ted's favourite driver of all time ever.
[28:24.000 -> 28:25.200] Isn't he? Come on. Don't tell the nice people. of all time ever. Isn't he?
[28:25.200 -> 28:27.200] Don't tell the nice people.
[28:27.200 -> 28:29.200] It's true though, isn't it?
[28:29.200 -> 28:31.200] No, it's not.
[28:31.200 -> 28:33.200] Ertan Sen is my favourite driver of all time.
[28:33.200 -> 28:35.200] Of the current grid, who's your favourite driver?
[28:35.200 -> 28:37.200] I don't have one.
[28:37.200 -> 28:39.200] Don't lie to me!
[28:39.200 -> 28:41.200] I say Fernando Alonso. He's mine.
[28:41.200 -> 28:43.200] You can share him, don't worry.
[28:43.200 -> 28:48.000] They're all lovely boys, Natalie, but I couldn't choose one between them.
[28:48.000 -> 28:51.000] Well, he's older than me. Actually, that's not what I think and you know it.
[28:51.000 -> 28:54.000] I know, I know. This is a whole other podcast.
[28:54.000 -> 29:00.000] Right, let's talk then about the second slash third, depending on which way you look at it,
[29:00.000 -> 29:07.500] in standing, shall we say, after testing Ferrari. And yeah, I wanna just think back to the test
[29:07.500 -> 29:10.240] and get your guys' reactions to how surprised,
[29:10.240 -> 29:11.420] pleasantly surprised you were
[29:11.420 -> 29:15.740] that they chose to run the car live.
[29:15.740 -> 29:16.660] Sorry, not during the test,
[29:16.660 -> 29:18.080] speak up on, during the launch.
[29:18.080 -> 29:20.940] They chose to run the car live during the broadcast.
[29:20.940 -> 29:22.980] And was that a show of strength,
[29:22.980 -> 29:24.820] the show of, you know, we are here
[29:24.820 -> 29:28.400] and we are confident in this. I don't think it's been done but I don't think
[29:28.400 -> 29:30.880] it's a big deal I don't know why everyone on the internet was going mad
[29:30.880 -> 29:34.560] getting excited about it it's only a mark of how rubbish launches are that
[29:34.560 -> 29:39.120] the one that does it properly a singled out for some amazing revolution.
[29:39.120 -> 29:42.600] Naomi and I did Mercedes you saying that wasn't proper I didn't watch it sorry
[29:42.600 -> 29:46.000] thanks very much I was on this child care duty but no listen I think the Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes. Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes. Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:46.000 -> 29:48.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:48.000 -> 29:50.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:50.000 -> 29:52.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:52.000 -> 29:54.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:54.000 -> 29:56.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:56.000 -> 29:58.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[29:58.000 -> 30:00.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[30:00.000 -> 30:02.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[30:02.000 -> 30:04.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.
[30:04.000 -> 30:05.000] Iawn, rydw i wedi gweld Mercedes.du mai dyma'n bwysig iawn. Nid, ond dwi'n gyda chi, rwy'n hoffi.
[30:05.000 -> 30:07.000] Oh, mae'n iawn.
[30:07.000 -> 30:09.000] Dwi'n credu y gallwn gael ychydig mwy o hwyl gyda'r lansiwyr, a wnaethom?
[30:09.000 -> 30:12.000] Dwi eisiau mynd i'r dyddiau'r High School o McLaren.
[30:12.000 -> 30:14.000] Y cymdeithas ar hyn o bryd, ac fe wnaethom Red Bull,
[30:14.000 -> 30:17.000] lle'r dynion o'r ddewis oedd Mr Doodle,
[30:17.000 -> 30:20.000] yn y bôn, y dynion sy'n dodolio arall yn Alford Tower.
[30:20.000 -> 30:22.000] Dw i'n hoffi Mr Doodle.
[30:22.000 -> 30:24.000] Gallwn ni ddodolio Mr Doodle ar y polisi?
[30:24.000 -> 30:25.000] Iawn, iawn, alright, fine.
[30:25.000 -> 30:26.000] Guess the word.
[30:26.000 -> 30:27.000] Doodle off.
[30:27.000 -> 30:28.000] Next week.
[30:28.000 -> 30:31.360] You know, we had, half of them didn't have the, well, most of them didn't have the new
[30:31.360 -> 30:32.360] car.
[30:32.360 -> 30:33.360] I know.
[30:33.360 -> 30:34.360] Anyway.
[30:34.360 -> 30:35.360] So we should be taking testing.
[30:35.360 -> 30:36.360] So let's start with the launchers.
[30:36.360 -> 30:37.360] So we get launches.
[30:37.360 -> 30:38.360] So we get launches.
[30:38.360 -> 30:39.360] Okay, fine, fine, fine.
[30:39.360 -> 30:40.360] Let's start with the launchers.
[30:40.360 -> 30:43.760] Alright, I think the point for me is, yeah, I thought it gave a really great impression
[30:43.760 -> 30:47.000] of the car, the way they were feeling about the year ahead.
[30:47.000 -> 30:59.000] Obviously a new boss, Fred Vasseur in. What is in his in-tray in order to get Ferrari up to speed and up to the ability to challenge Red Bull at the front? What do you reckon?
[30:59.000 -> 31:05.520] I actually think his relationship with Charles Leclerc will be an interesting dynamic because I think one of the problems before was, y bydd y cyfansodd â Charlotte Clare yn dynamic ddiddorol. Rwy'n credu, un o'r broblemau cyn hynny,
[31:05.520 -> 31:08.080] nid wyf yn gwybod a oedd Charlotte yn teimlo'n ddiddorol
[31:08.080 -> 31:09.720] neu'n ymdrechol yn unrhyw ffordd,
[31:09.720 -> 31:12.520] ond nid oedd yn gwneud penderfyniadau cyfrifol
[31:12.520 -> 31:14.760] yn y ffordd y gafodd Carlos ar gyfer Team Radio.
[31:14.760 -> 31:18.720] A dwi'n meddwl a bydd ei gysylltiad fawr gyda Fred Vasseur
[31:18.720 -> 31:20.600] yn newid y meddwl hwnnw arno.
[31:20.600 -> 31:24.000] A bydd e'n fwy agored yng nghyfathrebu'r mater y mwyaf.
[31:24.000 -> 31:24.840] Y father y mwyaf?
[31:24.840 -> 31:26.280] Y father y mwyaf? Dng nghyfraithau sy'n bwysig y mwyaf.
[31:26.280 -> 31:29.640] Dwi ddim wedi gweld y ffilm Ferrari ar ôl,
[31:29.640 -> 31:33.200] o'r Drive to Survive, a phobl efallai, gyda'r ffingr Benotto
[31:33.200 -> 31:36.080] yn ymgyrchu. A oes gennynt y cyflawniad?
[31:36.080 -> 31:39.080] Nid. Ond roeddent yn dangos'r ffilm.
[31:39.080 -> 31:42.080] Felly nid ydynt yn gwybod beth oedd y cyflawniad.
[31:42.080 -> 31:45.400] Os oedd yn yr hyn rydyn ni'n meddwl, a oedd Benotto yn ddangos llawer o'r ffingr, seen before. So we don't know what that audio was. If it was what we think it was, which
[31:45.400 -> 31:50.200] was Benotto tearing a strip off Leclerc, then I think that's instructive, isn't it? Well,
[31:50.200 -> 31:56.400] you don't wag your finger when you're saying, well done, you, I'm so proud of you. Yeah,
[31:56.400 -> 32:05.280] listen, I think Ferrari, the car looked decent. It had a little bit more bouncing than the Red Bull, which looked
[32:05.280 -> 32:09.200] very, very stable despite the rule changes.
[32:09.200 -> 32:13.160] They didn't hit the ground immediately happy and confident with the setup, they needed
[32:13.160 -> 32:16.360] to do a little bit of donkey work, but they were there or thereabouts.
[32:16.360 -> 32:20.440] And as I said before, I think they have got the engines turned down quite a bit.
[32:20.440 -> 32:25.880] Now obviously the engines were in Achilles' heel for them last year in terms of reliability.
[32:25.880 -> 32:30.640] So we'll see if they've got on top of that as the season unfolds and the mileage on the
[32:30.640 -> 32:37.640] engine goes up. Obviously they lost one we think with the Alfa Romeo in Bahrain. A bit
[32:37.640 -> 32:46.560] of the engine. But I think ultimately when you come back to your question in terms of Frederico Vassil's
[32:46.560 -> 32:56.280] inbox, there was, you know, we spent a lot of last year being upset and like Ferrari
[32:56.280 -> 33:08.080] fans around the world raging about how they'd thrown away this opportunity. But when you actually sit down and look at it, if you consider where they were in 2020,
[33:08.080 -> 33:13.800] after fuel flow gate, they were rubbish.
[33:13.800 -> 33:14.800] They were sixth.
[33:14.800 -> 33:20.240] And then they made a huge step forward, you know, again, 0.7% the year after for 21, gain
[33:20.240 -> 33:22.320] another 0.7% last year.
[33:22.320 -> 33:25.960] Arguably, over one lap, they had the fastest car across the season.
[33:25.960 -> 33:27.040] So yeah, over one lap.
[33:27.040 -> 33:30.520] So they actually had a good year.
[33:30.520 -> 33:32.360] But it's that last step.
[33:32.360 -> 33:36.120] I think, and this is why I still maintain,
[33:36.120 -> 33:38.800] they should have found a way to keep Binotto.
[33:38.800 -> 33:42.080] Because I think from a design standpoint,
[33:42.080 -> 33:46.600] with a new set of regulations, the design group came up with a good car.
[33:46.600 -> 33:49.880] Up until Spa, the upgrade plan was working well.
[33:49.880 -> 33:51.800] From Spa onwards, they all just lost motivation
[33:51.800 -> 33:54.600] when Max destroyed them from 14th on the grid.
[33:54.600 -> 33:55.920] And then it just spiraled.
[33:57.240 -> 33:58.840] Race Ops, of course, strategically,
[33:58.840 -> 34:01.740] there was a whole litany of errors.
[34:01.740 -> 34:04.280] But actually, it didn't need a reinvention.
[34:04.280 -> 34:06.480] And I think having Fred Verso work
[34:06.480 -> 34:12.000] alongside Mattia Bonotto, because they get on well, don't they? Yeah, it could have been the
[34:12.000 -> 34:18.080] Jean-Thor Rospron remake of the 90s, which was early 2000, which was very successful.
[34:18.080 -> 34:22.880] Now, you know, you've got Fred Verso, who I believe, you know, he doesn't speak Italian.
[34:22.880 -> 34:25.160] He's not been at the team.
[34:25.160 -> 34:26.960] And Ferrari's different.
[34:26.960 -> 34:29.000] Eight of the 10 teams on the grid,
[34:29.000 -> 34:30.680] and I'm including Alfa Tauri here,
[34:30.680 -> 34:32.240] because although they're technically in Faenza,
[34:32.240 -> 34:33.920] they have a lot of people in the UK.
[34:33.920 -> 34:37.360] Eight out of 10 teams are from the motorsport valley of the UK
[34:37.360 -> 34:38.880] and there's a different mindset.
[34:38.880 -> 34:40.600] Ferrari are different.
[34:40.600 -> 34:43.520] And you need to have somebody like Pinotto, who's
[34:43.520 -> 34:47.960] been there for 30 years and understands the deep-rooted cultural mindset
[34:47.960 -> 34:48.800] of that team.
[34:48.800 -> 34:49.800] So-
[34:49.800 -> 34:50.920] Could have been a good team.
[34:50.920 -> 34:52.520] I feel they're gonna,
[34:52.520 -> 34:54.200] they're actually gonna feel his loss there.
[34:54.200 -> 34:55.040] What stopped it?
[34:55.040 -> 34:56.320] Male pride and ego?
[34:56.320 -> 34:57.160] Or just pride and ego?
[34:57.160 -> 34:58.000] I don't know, because there was a handover.
[34:58.000 -> 35:00.080] Pinotto wouldn't have wanted to be demoted to,
[35:00.080 -> 35:01.480] because Ferrari still don't have a technical director.
[35:01.480 -> 35:03.160] Doesn't have to be demotion, though, does it?
[35:03.160 -> 35:04.000] They divide it up.
[35:04.000 -> 35:05.680] But they don't have one technical director. There's have to be Dimoclio, does it? They divide it up. But they don't have one technical director.
[35:05.680 -> 35:09.040] There's Cardile, I think, on the chassis side,
[35:09.040 -> 35:10.880] and then another chap on the engine side.
[35:10.880 -> 35:12.080] But they could have...
[35:12.080 -> 35:15.920] Were it not for male pride and ego,
[35:15.920 -> 35:16.720] what's wrong with us men?
[35:16.720 -> 35:18.480] The downfall of many a man.
[35:18.480 -> 35:19.880] What is wrong with us men?
[35:19.880 -> 35:23.000] Couldn't Binotto have accepted staying on,
[35:23.000 -> 35:24.840] but in some kind of technical leadership role
[35:24.840 -> 35:29.480] with a general manager, maybe, that Vassar would have come in above him?
[35:29.480 -> 35:33.000] What was the Paddy Lowe Toto name titles, wasn't it?
[35:33.000 -> 35:36.120] Like team principal technical and team principal sporting or something.
[35:36.120 -> 35:37.120] Something like that.
[35:37.120 -> 35:40.280] It would have been a good thing I think because Benotto deserves some credit but maybe he
[35:40.280 -> 35:45.680] wouldn't have accepted now reporting to somebody else, you know, if he did stay.
[35:45.680 -> 35:52.720] I'll tell you the other thing. I'm really annoyed he's gone before I found out he owned a lovely vineyard in Italy,
[35:52.720 -> 35:56.480] which I learned in Try To Survive. We could have scored ourselves a little invite to that.
[35:56.480 -> 35:57.680] I'm really annoyed that he's gone.
[35:57.680 -> 35:59.800] You're only as good as what happens after the vineyard.
[35:59.800 -> 36:02.320] Anyone can own a vineyard. It's whether you make decent wine.
[36:02.320 -> 36:04.360] Well, you know, Gunther seemed quite happy in that little bit.
[36:04.360 -> 36:06.680] Would you trust Tiber Natato to make good wine?
[36:06.680 -> 36:10.080] My mate's dad owns a vineyard, but his wine is awful.
[36:10.080 -> 36:11.080] It's like vinegar.
[36:11.080 -> 36:12.080] He's not an Italian engineer.
[36:12.080 -> 36:13.080] I feel like it's a science.
[36:13.080 -> 36:14.080] Two things about Fred Vasseur.
[36:14.080 -> 36:15.080] First of all, don't call him Fred anymore.
[36:15.080 -> 36:16.080] It's Frederic, if you don't mind.
[36:16.080 -> 36:17.080] Thank you very much.
[36:17.080 -> 36:18.080] Secondly, you know how we call him Laughing Fred Vasseur sometimes?
[36:18.080 -> 36:19.080] Because he's always me.
[36:19.080 -> 36:20.080] Because he's always me.
[36:20.080 -> 36:21.080] Because he's always me.
[36:21.080 -> 36:22.080] Because he's always me.
[36:22.080 -> 36:23.080] Because he's always me.
[36:23.080 -> 36:24.080] Because he's always me.
[36:24.080 -> 36:26.840] Because he's always me. Because he's always me. Because he's always me. Because he's always me. Because he's always me. if you don't mind. Secondly, you know how we call him laughing Fred Vasseur sometimes?
[36:26.840 -> 36:32.440] Because he's always me. Because first of all, it was a kind of ironic thing because any
[36:32.440 -> 36:36.600] photos you could find of himself when he was ART was of him snarling and looking mean.
[36:36.600 -> 36:37.600] He was a scowler.
[36:37.600 -> 37:08.080] A real scowler. But latterly, when you come dweud, "'Oh a very, very important person.
[37:08.240 -> 37:11.560] If the Italian fans see a guy who's laughing and joking around the place.
[37:11.560 -> 37:12.760] And not in Italian.
[37:12.760 -> 37:13.760] Well, he doesn't speak Italian.
[37:13.760 -> 37:14.760] That's what I mean.
[37:14.760 -> 37:17.400] And isn't taking the thing completely seriously.
[37:17.680 -> 37:18.840] That's a bit of a knife edge.
[37:18.840 -> 37:20.160] Vasso's got to watch that.
[37:20.160 -> 37:22.360] He has to be aware of it, first of all, which I don't think he is.
[37:22.680 -> 37:29.440] And he has to watch that because that's a serious job being technical don't think he is, and he has to watch that. Because that's a serious job, being technical, being boss of Ferrari, as far as the Italians
[37:29.440 -> 37:33.440] are going. We might think, oh great, you know, great, fantastic, what a great guy, you know,
[37:33.440 -> 37:37.200] he's wearing his pressure lightly. And maybe it's a way of sort of, you know,
[37:37.200 -> 37:42.000] having an anti-pressure suit, is being laughing and being jokey around the place.
[37:42.000 -> 37:46.800] To quote him, in your notebook yesterday, would be the biggest challenge of his life.
[37:46.800 -> 37:48.160] Of his life, yes. Professional life.
[37:48.160 -> 37:48.560] Professional life, yeah.
[37:48.560 -> 37:49.840] I mean, that's the understatement of the year.
[37:51.840 -> 37:53.920] Yeah, I mean, it's quite something to hear someone say that though.
[37:53.920 -> 37:56.960] He's gone from running a team who are pretty anonymous,
[37:58.080 -> 38:00.240] to running the most high-pressure team on the grid.
[38:00.240 -> 38:01.120] And the Salese.
[38:01.120 -> 38:04.960] I think it sounds like we shouldn't get too excited by Ferrari.
[38:04.960 -> 38:05.000] Maybe. I don't know. I don't get too excited by Ferrari.
[38:05.000 -> 38:06.000] Maybe. I don't know.
[38:06.000 -> 38:08.000] I'm certainly as excited as I was.
[38:08.000 -> 38:12.000] I tell you what, Carlos Sainz seems in a better place now than he did this time last year.
[38:12.000 -> 38:15.000] And he came second at the Bahrain Grand Prix in 22.
[38:15.000 -> 38:17.000] Race winner now.
[38:17.000 -> 38:20.000] He was out of sorts. He wasn't comfortable in the car.
[38:20.000 -> 38:22.000] And he said that feels very different this year.
[38:22.000 -> 38:26.080] I think the new front tyres helped him.
[38:26.080 -> 38:28.160] Just speaking a little bit with...
[38:28.160 -> 38:32.720] Sorry, we seem to have some sort of alarm in the background.
[38:32.720 -> 38:34.120] What's that, Natalie?
[38:34.120 -> 38:36.600] Oh, it's the tyre chat alarm.
[38:36.600 -> 38:38.240] Matt, how do you...
[38:38.240 -> 38:41.440] Could you program the tyre chat alarm?
[38:41.440 -> 38:42.440] Thank you so much.
[38:42.440 -> 38:47.000] Is this a feature of this new podcast? It's interesting that you seem to have some sort of tyre chat alarm. It didn't go off earlier, weirdly. Ciaradwch amdano, Ciaradwch amdano. Dyma ffeintio'r podcast newydd. Mae'n ddiddorol, mae gennych gweithio
[38:47.000 -> 38:48.000] mewn ffyrdd o gair.
[38:48.000 -> 38:49.000] Nid oedd yn mynd yn ffwrdd yn gyntaf.
[38:49.000 -> 38:52.000] Pan fyddai'r cwmni'n dechrau gair?
[38:52.000 -> 38:53.000] Iawn, iawn.
[38:53.000 -> 38:55.000] Sori, Caroon, gadewch i'r cwmni'n dechrau gair.
[38:55.000 -> 38:56.000] Mae'n ddiddorol.
[38:57.000 -> 38:59.000] Mae'r newydd ffront gair,
[38:59.000 -> 39:01.000] gan Pirelli,
[39:01.000 -> 39:03.000] a bydd yn y ffyrdd o gampanion
[39:03.000 -> 39:04.000] y gallaf ei gysylltu fel rhan o'r cair.
[39:04.000 -> 39:05.120] Mae'r mechanol wedi'i ddifrifio. by Pirelli, which will be in a variety of compounds, which I can list as part of my
[39:05.120 -> 39:06.640] checklist. I've unplugged the machine now.
[39:06.640 -> 39:14.640] I think the feel seems to suit him a bit more. You're absolutely right, he was never as comfortable
[39:14.640 -> 39:18.800] with the car last year and he was constantly having to find a setup that worked for him
[39:18.800 -> 39:45.840] and he was just always behind the clear. He was just a little couple of tenths, sometimes oedd yn ddod o'r ffordd, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychydig, ychyden yn ystod y seoson. Os ydw i'n angen. Os ydw i'n angen, ie. Rwy'n credu bod yna ddisgwyl yn ddifrifol yno yng Nghymru
[39:45.840 -> 39:47.840] ynghylch pa fydd yn y drifo cyntaf.
[39:47.840 -> 39:48.840] Iawn, gadewch i ni ddod ato.
[39:48.840 -> 39:49.840] Mercedes.
[39:49.840 -> 39:50.840] Pa ffyrdd o'r Mercedes
[39:50.840 -> 39:51.840] yn dod allan ar y moment?
[39:51.840 -> 39:52.840] O'r testau,
[39:52.840 -> 39:53.840] a fydd Lewis Hamilton
[39:53.840 -> 39:54.840] yn cael'r car hwn
[39:54.840 -> 39:55.840] i'w hysbysu
[39:55.840 -> 39:56.840] ar ei cyfrif o'i llwyr o gyd.
[39:56.840 -> 39:57.840] Rwy'n credu
[39:57.840 -> 39:58.840] yr hyn sy'n ddiddorol
[39:58.840 -> 39:59.840] oedd
[39:59.840 -> 40:00.840] y diwrnod un yn edrych yn dda,
[40:00.840 -> 40:01.840] y diwrnod ddau,
[40:01.840 -> 40:02.840] dim llawer,
[40:02.840 -> 40:03.840] y diwrnod tri,
[40:03.840 -> 40:04.840] yn dda eto.
[40:04.840 -> 40:06.880] Ac mae'n debyg mae'n rhoi'r llunio i'w gweld
[40:06.880 -> 40:10.240] efallai y bydd y ffynonell gweithredu'n fwy cyflawniol na'r rhai sy'n ei chynllunio.
[40:10.240 -> 40:11.920] Roeddwn i'n teimlo bod y cyfleoedd yn dda ar y lansi.
[40:11.920 -> 40:16.160] Roedd ymdrechion ar y brosiect yn eu problemau,
[40:16.160 -> 40:20.000] ond nid yw'n gallu mynd allan o'r testau
[40:20.000 -> 40:21.120] yn fwy cyflawniol,
[40:21.120 -> 40:25.480] yn y ffordd y gall Red Bull, Aston Martin, even Ferrari can.
[40:25.480 -> 40:26.880] But smoother than last year?
[40:26.880 -> 40:30.360] Well definitely better than last year. George said they're in a much better place than they
[40:30.360 -> 40:31.360] were 12 months ago.
[40:31.360 -> 40:33.360] It's the E word, Matthew, the E word.
[40:33.360 -> 40:34.360] Go on.
[40:34.360 -> 40:40.360] Well it could be eighth or eight and is that actually going to happen? Because unless something
[40:40.360 -> 40:45.920] really weird happens, Lewis is not going to win an eighth championship this year, is he? But he's made it quite clear that he's not going anywhere anyway. Unwaith na ddylai rhywbeth ddiddorol ddigwydd, nid yw Lewis yn gynnal llawysgrif eighth ym mis Hynny.
[40:45.920 -> 40:49.520] Ond mae'n gwneud hi'n dda iawn bod e ddim yn mynd i unrhyw le.
[40:49.520 -> 40:53.360] Iawn, felly, ar ôl hynny, rydyn ni'n edrych ar ôl eighth, ond mae'r ail e-dwyr ar Mercedes
[40:53.360 -> 40:55.760] yw eiddo.
[40:55.760 -> 41:00.800] Ac yn ddiweddar, mae Toto wedi'i ddweud ar y lansi, rydyn ni'n gobeithio bod car yn gallu
[41:00.800 -> 41:02.560] ymdrechu ar y llawysgrif eiddo.
[41:02.560 -> 41:05.000] Fe wnaeth George Russell ddefnyddio'r e-gwaith, eithaf na,
[41:05.000 -> 41:06.000] dwy oes, yn un anser,
[41:06.000 -> 41:07.000] ar ddeg dwy,
[41:07.000 -> 41:08.000] pan roedd yn y confres ffrasgol
[41:08.000 -> 41:09.000] yn Barain.
[41:09.000 -> 41:10.000] Eithaf na.
[41:10.000 -> 41:11.000] Wel, eithaf na.
[41:11.000 -> 41:12.000] Dwi'n credu,
[41:12.000 -> 41:14.000] maen nhw'n dal i ddod o'r
[41:14.000 -> 41:15.000] mhwnt maen nhw'n dod o'r ddau,
[41:15.000 -> 41:16.000] dweud,
[41:16.000 -> 41:17.000] dweud,
[41:17.000 -> 41:18.000] dweud,
[41:18.000 -> 41:19.000] dweud,
[41:19.000 -> 41:20.000] dweud,
[41:20.000 -> 41:21.000] dweud,
[41:21.000 -> 41:22.000] dweud,
[41:22.000 -> 41:23.000] dweud,
[41:23.000 -> 41:24.000] dweud,
[41:24.000 -> 41:29.520] dweud, dweud, dweud, dweud, dweud, gave them a boost just when they needed it. Trajectory was such that it got- Well, yeah, but as Abu Dhabi turned out,
[41:30.680 -> 41:33.320] like Red Bull kind of lost all discipline in Brazil,
[41:33.320 -> 41:34.140] didn't they?
[41:34.140 -> 41:35.560] They were fought between themselves,
[41:35.560 -> 41:37.360] they were off the pace, everything went badly,
[41:37.360 -> 41:39.440] they ended up shouting at each other.
[41:39.440 -> 41:40.280] And then Abu Dhabi-
[41:40.280 -> 41:41.120] It shows how quickly it can go wrong though,
[41:41.120 -> 41:41.940] doesn't it?
[41:41.940 -> 41:43.400] And how quickly it can go right again,
[41:43.400 -> 42:06.880] when Abu Dhabi, Red Bull came to Abu Dhabi last year, said, right, none of this nonsense, we are going to dominate the weekend, right? Ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond ond o than most others. But to your point, I think it's going to take another year for Mercedes
[42:06.880 -> 42:11.200] at least. Yeah, I really do. Yeah. Don't you? Do you think by the end of the year,
[42:11.200 -> 42:14.960] do you think by the end of the year we'll get a Mercedes fighting at the front? I think the
[42:14.960 -> 42:20.080] second half of the year when the wind tunnel time reset happens from the 1st of July,
[42:20.720 -> 42:27.520] you know, will help to skew the picture. But if by that stage, they're so far behind in the points,
[42:27.520 -> 42:29.160] then there's some big decisions to be made, right?
[42:29.160 -> 42:31.920] At that point, they go, okay, forget this car,
[42:31.920 -> 42:34.960] we're out of this fight, we're gonna focus
[42:34.960 -> 42:37.840] on developing a new concept for next year
[42:37.840 -> 42:40.040] because you can't keep persevering with the same concept
[42:40.040 -> 42:42.960] for more than two years, point A.
[42:42.960 -> 42:48.280] Point B, if you were someone like Mike Elliott
[42:48.280 -> 42:51.280] and his team of designers in aero department.
[42:51.280 -> 42:52.400] Mercedes technical director.
[42:52.400 -> 42:54.560] Yeah, sorry, Mercedes technical director.
[42:54.560 -> 42:56.400] And the aero department there,
[42:56.400 -> 42:59.560] because it is an aero formula we're in right now,
[42:59.560 -> 43:02.080] and that's where the deficiencies are,
[43:02.080 -> 43:04.800] you're starting to feel that pressure, aren't you?
[43:04.800 -> 43:06.040] Coming back to what I was saying before
[43:06.040 -> 43:07.000] in terms of confidence.
[43:07.000 -> 43:10.160] So it creates this whole heap of things.
[43:10.160 -> 43:15.160] So I think the development curve is gonna be fascinating.
[43:15.440 -> 43:18.240] If they can find the answers
[43:18.240 -> 43:20.480] and unlock this untapped potential
[43:20.480 -> 43:23.760] that they keep talking about in the first half of this year,
[43:23.760 -> 43:24.840] then they'll build on that
[43:24.840 -> 43:28.720] and they'll have more wind tunnel time than their rivals and they'll be able
[43:28.720 -> 43:33.360] to make progress, blah, blah, blah, blah. But if they're not, then we're into a cycle
[43:33.360 -> 43:36.640] which could affect Edin 24.
[43:36.640 -> 43:41.600] Is the team starting? Is the championship, you know, championship dominant teams always
[43:41.600 -> 43:43.680] unravel sooner or later?
[43:43.680 -> 43:47.000] Well, it's cyclical, isn't itasol, ond y sport yw'n...
[43:47.000 -> 43:51.000] Mae Ferrari yn ymgynghori, Ross Brawn, Jean Tott, Michael Schumacher.
[43:51.000 -> 43:54.000] Y cymdeithas Red Bull gyda Sebastian Vettel.
[43:54.000 -> 43:58.000] Roedd y cymdeithasau'n newid y rhan fwyaf.
[43:58.000 -> 44:02.000] Ond mae'r rhan fwyaf yn ymgynghori'n fwyaf.
[44:02.000 -> 44:07.640] Mae'n cymdeithasol. Mae'n rhaid i bobl da i ffwrdd. Andy Cowell a James Allison
[44:07.640 -> 44:10.520] wedi mynd i rôl mwy.
[44:10.520 -> 44:13.440] Nicky Lauder wedi mynd i ffwrdd.
[44:13.440 -> 44:15.440] James Vowles wedi mynd i ffwrdd.
[44:15.440 -> 44:17.280] Mae'n cwestiwn.
[44:17.280 -> 44:20.160] Yw'r tîm sydd wedi'i ddominio?
[44:20.160 -> 44:21.480] Mae'n cyflawniol.
[44:21.480 -> 44:22.880] Yn ogystal â Mercedes,
[44:22.880 -> 44:24.720] rwy'n gobeithio yw George a Lewis
[44:24.720 -> 44:29.200] a'u gysylltiad. Fe wnaethon nhw ddweud nad oedden nhw'n mynd i'r campion, unraveling. Just a final point on Mercedes that I want to talk about is George and Lewis and their relationship and you mentioned earlier about how last year they weren't going for a championship
[44:29.200 -> 44:35.180] battle so it was all very cordial, it was all lovely and great noises coming from Mercedes.
[44:35.180 -> 44:39.320] But this year, as the pressure ramps up, perhaps they're not going to be involved in a championship
[44:39.320 -> 44:44.000] battle, but do we think, I mean for example last year Hamilton got 240 points, Russell
[44:44.000 -> 45:05.680] 275. Iawn, ond, ydych chi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n meddwl, dwi'n George had an incredible first season at the team. I thought he was brilliant last year. I thought
[45:05.680 -> 45:09.920] he coped so maturely with the fact that if you're going to sign for Mercedes, you're going to think
[45:09.920 -> 45:14.400] hello, finally, you know, I've been very patient with my career. I've stuck it out the back for
[45:14.400 -> 45:20.400] long enough. I'm finally coming to a proven entity and I'm going to shine. And then he didn't. And
[45:20.400 -> 45:25.280] that must have been quite difficult to grapple with. But I thought he handled it really well. Ac mae'n rhaid i hyn fod wedi bod yn anodd iawn i'w gweithredu, ond rwy'n credu ei fod wedi'i gynnal yn iawn.
[45:25.280 -> 45:30.240] Rwy'n credu ei dynamiac a'i gysylltiad gyda Lewis oedd yn brif.
[45:30.240 -> 45:33.360] Yn siŵr, yr hyn sydd wedi'i ffrontio oedd bob amser yn positif.
[45:33.360 -> 45:41.520] Ac, ie, rwy'n credu bod George wedi'i gael yn y ffwrdd, ac yna, yn ddifrifol, gael y llwyddiant a'r ffynnydd ar ddiwedd y blwyddyn.
[45:41.520 -> 45:48.000] Ie, ddau p beth ar hynny. Llewis, ar y rhan fwyaf o'r cymorth cyntaf,
[45:48.000 -> 45:51.000] troedd pethau gwahanol sy'n gwneud llawer o'r gwaith,
[45:51.000 -> 45:52.000] yn ystod y cymorth mewn car,
[45:52.000 -> 45:53.000] yn hytrach na'r ffordd y gafodd George
[45:53.000 -> 45:54.000] yn ymdrechol yn enwedig.
[45:54.000 -> 45:56.000] Roedd yn cymryd pwyntiau ar y lle.
[45:56.000 -> 45:58.000] Yn ail, nid oeddem ni'n gweld Llewis
[45:58.000 -> 46:00.000] yn ystod y cymorth a'r ffordd
[46:00.000 -> 46:01.000] y byddai'n ei hymryd.
[46:01.000 -> 46:03.000] Y ffordd y byddai'n dod i ddod i'r gyrraedd arall
[46:03.000 -> 46:05.040] pan fydd y cymdeithas ar gael.
[46:05.040 -> 46:08.920] Dwi ddim yn dweud bod yn gadael ei ffyrdd o'r gas oherwydd nad oedd yn darganfod y cymdeithas.
[46:08.920 -> 46:10.960] Dwi ddim yn credu ei fod wedi'i gynnal fel hynny, ond yn siŵr,
[46:10.960 -> 46:15.040] nid oedd yn cyrraedd y gyrraedd arall o'r cymdeithas oherwydd nad oedd yn y gyrraedd.
[46:15.040 -> 46:16.600] Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n beth da.
[46:16.600 -> 46:20.040] Mae'n beth o'r gwneud ymlaen ar y gwir o'r ddau o'r 2021.
[46:22.080 -> 46:30.000] Ond rydw i'n ymddangng ar hynny, ond efallai, dwi'n golygu, yn ymwneud â'ch cwestiwn, yw, yw George yn fwy cyflym na Lewis?
[46:30.000 -> 46:33.000] Ac mae hynny'n cwestiwn rydyn ni ddim yn gwybod'r cyfraith arno.
[46:33.000 -> 46:34.000] Iawn.
[46:34.000 -> 46:39.000] Dwi'n credu bod Lewis wedi dangos yr un fath o chwaraewr o'r tîm y mae wedi bod ym mhobl byd hefyd,
[46:39.000 -> 46:46.160] ac roedd yn barod i gynnal y gwaith anodd, a phosib yn rhan o'r tasgau anhygoel hefyd, o fewn y tîm. knuckle down, do the hard work and perhaps some of the unpopular tasks as well within the team.
[46:46.160 -> 46:55.560] That's Mercedes, the floor is now open for any other people, teams who might cause Red Bull and Max Verstappen
[46:55.560 -> 46:59.640] problems this year. We talked about Aston, talked about Fernando Alonso,
[46:59.640 -> 47:02.080] anyone else caught your attention?
[47:02.080 -> 47:06.000] I don't think we should put it in the context of who troubled Max Verstappen and Red Bull
[47:06.000 -> 47:12.000] because I think we have to keep in mind there's a gulf there.
[47:12.000 -> 47:20.000] But I think what we can perhaps talk about is this battle behind the top two.
[47:20.000 -> 47:26.960] And I think you've got Aston, you've got Alpine, Alfa Romeo, McLaren, Haas,
[47:26.960 -> 47:28.200] all these people are in that mix.
[47:28.200 -> 47:31.120] The midfield battle has been fun and interesting to watch.
[47:32.360 -> 47:34.280] I believe, like most people,
[47:34.280 -> 47:37.280] I think that Aston are the head of that.
[47:37.280 -> 47:38.320] They've invested heavily.
[47:38.320 -> 47:41.080] I think Dan Fallows, who's come in as the,
[47:41.080 -> 47:43.480] go on, graphics man, Dan Fallows.
[47:44.680 -> 47:47.360] It's not technical director, he's chief technical officer, isn't he?
[47:47.360 -> 47:48.360] I don't know.
[47:48.360 -> 47:50.360] You're in charge of graphics.
[47:50.360 -> 47:51.680] Say Dan Fallows.
[47:51.680 -> 47:52.680] Dan Fallows.
[47:52.680 -> 47:54.600] Aston Martin chief technical officer.
[47:54.600 -> 47:59.680] I think who's joined the team from Red Bull is very, very good and very highly rated and
[47:59.680 -> 48:00.680] very methodical.
[48:00.680 -> 48:03.040] Luca Fabato, who is...
[48:03.040 -> 48:06.700] Chief designer. methodical. Luca Fabato, who is chief designer, you know, I think they're all working well
[48:06.700 -> 48:14.000] and Luca's very into details, you know, he's very, very into every minutiae of the car
[48:14.000 -> 48:20.000] he's looked at. And yeah, so I think there's, you know, a lot of, a lot of positive vibes
[48:20.000 -> 48:26.000] out of there. Alpine is a weird one. I like Alpine. I love the Alpine story. I really
[48:26.000 -> 48:29.960] do. Difficult to get a read of them in testing though, but I'm with you. I mean, from the
[48:29.960 -> 48:37.080] moment of the launch, Zinedine Zidane. They were slowest in pre-season testing. They've
[48:37.080 -> 48:45.420] gained arguably some of the least time. In fact, they've lost time 2022
[48:45.420 -> 48:52.700] One day. Yes, the only team slower than last year in testing. So the stats don't paint a very good picture, but
[48:53.420 -> 48:55.980] There's something about ocon and Gatsby
[48:55.980 -> 49:01.900] They were never within less than half a second of each other and they are gonna be so so close
[49:01.900 -> 49:07.200] I think they're gonna score a lot of points. I heard that actually out of the test,
[49:07.200 -> 49:10.840] Gasly was quicker, was quicker, of course,
[49:10.840 -> 49:14.440] when the team know internally on the fuel loads and tires,
[49:14.440 -> 49:16.400] which I'm interested to see what that does
[49:16.400 -> 49:19.040] to the internal rivalry, actually,
[49:19.040 -> 49:21.760] if he comes in as a new boy and is quicker.
[49:21.760 -> 49:26.240] Because it's all very jokey, and we we're all mates and we're all going karting
[49:26.240 -> 49:30.720] in Normandy together right now but it's going to implode at the first strategic decision.
[49:32.160 -> 49:37.520] I think at some point it's going to be, maybe not the first race but it's going to explode
[49:37.520 -> 49:42.000] at some point. Great for us. Esteban is a mercurial character as is often the case with
[49:42.000 -> 50:05.200] French sportsmen. As is Cassidy. They can be brilliant or terrible and I think Ocon we saw mae'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r rhaid i'r r I said they're going to miss having Fernando Alonso there in the driver line-up and they
[50:05.200 -> 50:06.720] were all very defensive about that.
[50:06.720 -> 50:09.360] Well, something as obvious as that they got upset about.
[50:09.360 -> 50:13.600] I got a whole speech about how they've got a better line-up now and these two are going
[50:13.600 -> 50:16.480] to be brilliant and etc, etc.
[50:16.480 -> 50:17.480] And I go back to it.
[50:17.480 -> 50:22.160] I think it's not about this outright pace or the outright speed, but it's that week
[50:22.160 -> 50:25.920] in week out performance that a Fernando
[50:25.920 -> 50:27.720] or a Lewis or a Max delivers.
[50:27.720 -> 50:29.960] Delivery, even when the chips are down.
[50:29.960 -> 50:33.720] Yeah, as a benchmark for the other drivers, you know, who are mercurial characters.
[50:33.720 -> 50:37.120] So yeah, I think they're going to miss Fernando.
[50:37.120 -> 50:42.400] But I think, you know, Ben Norton, who's been with the team a little while on a senior design
[50:42.400 -> 50:45.000] role, worksda Matt Harmon.
[50:45.000 -> 50:47.000] Roedd e'n cymryd eich graffegiwch yma, rwy'n cael fy nghymryd.
[50:47.000 -> 50:49.000] Ie, oherwydd mae'n gwybod...
[50:49.000 -> 50:52.000] Roeddwn i'n gweld Ted wobblio yma.
[50:52.000 -> 50:57.000] Rydyn ni wedi cyflawni car iawn ym mis hwn.
[50:57.000 -> 51:01.000] Ac yn siarad â phobl o'r ffactorio, roedd ganddyn nhw un o'u hwylau gorau
[51:01.000 -> 51:05.360] o ran gynhyrchu'r car, car build, getting deadlines hit on time, getting
[51:05.360 -> 51:11.260] the car fired up to testing. Reliability was a weakness for the Renault power unit last
[51:11.260 -> 51:18.200] year of course, but I'm told they did over 5,000k on the full car dyno before they went
[51:18.200 -> 51:23.760] to Bahrain and they spent the Bahrain test not really worrying about long runs because
[51:23.760 -> 51:29.720] they're confident enough in reliability, they focused on quality laps rather than quantity.
[51:29.720 -> 51:34.720] Other things I'm excited about, maybe things that can excite us as much as the Maxwells,
[51:34.720 -> 51:36.600] who's going to challenge them?
[51:36.600 -> 51:38.200] Maybe if I can rephrase your question.
[51:38.200 -> 51:39.200] Yes, please do.
[51:39.200 -> 51:43.400] Sergeant Logan, I want to see whether he will be earning his stripes this year.
[51:43.400 -> 51:45.440] Are you going to call him Sergeant Logan all season?
[51:45.440 -> 51:46.840] I'm so excited for this.
[51:46.840 -> 51:48.640] I was making a joke about earning his stripes.
[51:48.640 -> 51:49.840] I know.
[51:49.840 -> 51:51.440] Logan Sargent is going to open his...
[51:51.440 -> 51:52.440] No, I get it.
[51:52.440 -> 51:54.440] Are you going to salute him when he pulls out of the pit garage?
[51:54.440 -> 51:57.440] I think he's much better than some cynics suggest.
[51:57.440 -> 51:59.440] I actually put him down as my rookie of the year.
[51:59.440 -> 52:01.440] Okay, good. I think you're not far off.
[52:01.440 -> 52:03.440] We'll get on to Lando maybe as a final thought.
[52:03.440 -> 52:05.360] I want to
[52:05.360 -> 52:10.720] see whether Joe Guagnu and Valtteri Bottas can do something special at Alfa Romeo Sauber.
[52:10.720 -> 52:15.120] I want to see what's happening with Yuki Tsunoda. That's an interesting one with Nick de Vries
[52:15.120 -> 52:19.200] coming in. Big season for him. Big season for Yuki Tsunoda. Such a likeable guy.
[52:19.200 -> 52:23.320] And really working on his fitness. He's taken on Michael Italiano, who's obviously Daniel's
[52:23.320 -> 52:28.160] trainer, and they've been working really hard. I saw them out in Dubai when I was on a bit of a jolly.
[52:28.160 -> 52:34.880] They weren't, they were training. He's so trim. And talking of trim, Niko Hulkenberg,
[52:34.880 -> 52:40.560] who is in the best shape I've ever seen him and is just a sign. What's that face?
[52:40.560 -> 52:46.320] Are you saying that he's handsome? That's your flirty face again. Yeah. He yn hanfodol? Yna eich ffach fflirti arall. Ie. Mae'n edrych yn miliyn o ddollarau.
[52:46.320 -> 52:47.160] Ac yn miliyn o ddollarau,
[52:47.160 -> 52:48.120] dim mwy o arian yma
[52:48.120 -> 52:49.640] yn y byd ffinansi.
[52:49.640 -> 52:52.000] Mae'n edrych yn miliyn o ddollarau.
[52:52.000 -> 52:54.320] Mae'n un o'r ffachau ffemil.
[52:54.320 -> 52:55.600] Dwi ddim yn gwybod pam rwy'n edrych ar chi, Natalie.
[52:55.600 -> 52:56.960] Os ydych chi'n gweld, os ydych chi'n cydnabod gyda fi,
[52:56.960 -> 52:57.800] yn y bôn,
[52:57.800 -> 52:59.160] ond rwy'n ffansio iddo.
[52:59.160 -> 53:01.120] Mae'n well iawn
[53:01.120 -> 53:02.160] gyda'r byd.
[53:02.160 -> 53:04.000] Mae'n un o'r ffachau ffemil
[53:04.000 -> 53:04.960] sydd wedi'u cael...
[53:04.960 -> 53:07.000] Wyt ti'n gwybod beth rwy'n mynd i'w credu? ...so ffod. Mae'n ddod yn fath, better with age. He is one of those male faces that's just got so handsome.
[53:07.000 -> 53:14.000] He's become a father. He's just at one with the world. He's quite grateful to be back in the sport.
[53:14.000 -> 53:16.000] It's a bit like K-Mag this time last year.
[53:16.000 -> 53:18.000] He's got great hair. He's got a few lines.
[53:18.000 -> 53:29.560] Second best male hair in the paddock. After Matt Baker. He's got a few little age lines around his face. He's got a great new haircut.
[53:29.560 -> 53:31.800] He's trim as you like. And I'm just...
[53:31.800 -> 53:32.800] He is prime.
[53:32.800 -> 53:35.040] He is. Hulkenberg looks fantastic.
[53:35.040 -> 53:37.080] Is Hulk going to beat K-Mag this year?
[53:37.080 -> 53:39.680] Don't care. He's just so handsome it doesn't matter.
[53:39.680 -> 53:41.880] That's all that matters.
[53:41.880 -> 53:45.840] On points, do you know what? He might fod. Mae'n bwysig.
[53:45.840 -> 53:48.320] Mae K-Mag yn y cymaint,
[53:48.320 -> 53:50.480] yn y cymaint o ddewisau
[53:50.480 -> 53:51.840] sy'n costio ei ffwrdd ymhellach,
[53:51.840 -> 53:53.760] neu sydd wedi'i wneud yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf.
[53:53.760 -> 53:55.280] Mae'n cael ei rhannu ar y set-up.
[53:55.280 -> 53:57.360] A fydd Mr Handsome yn cael
[53:57.360 -> 54:00.080] y cyngor allusol cyntaf yma?
[54:00.080 -> 54:01.720] Yn eithaf debyg.
[54:01.720 -> 54:02.640] Yn eithaf posib.
[54:02.640 -> 54:03.480] Na, rydw i wedi newid e.
[54:03.480 -> 54:04.720] Yn eithaf debyg?
[54:04.720 -> 54:05.600] Yn eithaf posib. No, I've changed it again. From probable to possible. Pick an answer.
[54:05.600 -> 54:06.600] Pick an answer.
[54:06.600 -> 54:07.600] Possibly.
[54:07.600 -> 54:08.600] And finally, Lando.
[54:08.600 -> 54:09.600] A word on Lando, yeah.
[54:09.600 -> 54:10.600] Shall we talk about poor Lando?
[54:10.600 -> 54:11.600] Yeah.
[54:11.600 -> 54:12.600] Why are you...
[54:12.600 -> 54:15.600] Well, it is a case of poor Lando, isn't it?
[54:15.600 -> 54:20.080] Why? I mean, well, because he signed his contract too soon as well.
[54:20.080 -> 54:21.080] Yes.
[54:21.080 -> 54:22.080] He should have got...
[54:22.080 -> 54:23.080] Sorry.
[54:23.080 -> 54:24.080] Go on, do you want to expand on that?
[54:24.080 -> 54:25.160] I'll tell you what. I just don't get it. I still don't get it. All these, like, I don't get it. Just sign Yes. Should have got. Sorry. Go on. Do you want to expand on that?
[54:25.160 -> 54:25.960] I'll tell you what.
[54:25.960 -> 54:26.880] I just don't get it.
[54:26.880 -> 54:27.760] I still don't get it.
[54:27.760 -> 54:29.520] All these, I don't get it.
[54:29.520 -> 54:30.880] Just sign a two-year deal.
[54:30.880 -> 54:31.700] McLaren loved it.
[54:31.700 -> 54:33.440] They would have done a two-year deal.
[54:33.440 -> 54:35.120] And it gives him the options.
[54:35.120 -> 54:36.760] It gives him options.
[54:36.760 -> 54:38.160] Why do you think he did it, then?
[54:38.160 -> 54:40.960] Because the McLaren now has gone backwards.
[54:40.960 -> 54:43.800] Because the McLaren has gone, because as a driver,
[54:43.800 -> 54:47.000] in Lando's position, it's different, right? If you were
[54:47.000 -> 54:54.040] at Red Bull, Mercedes or Ferrari, who are already a top three team, then having long-term
[54:54.040 -> 54:58.480] stability is great because you're like, okay, we're in the fight and one year we'll get
[54:58.480 -> 55:02.440] it over. But if you're a team that isn't yet in that fight. And particularly if you're
[55:02.440 -> 55:10.160] as young as Lando. Yeah. You know, he could have, I'm not saying don't say, McLaren was the best option for him and he's the best
[55:10.160 -> 55:16.320] option for him outside of the top three, but locking himself in, let's say Lewis does decide
[55:16.320 -> 55:21.840] halfway through this year, you know what, we're not going anywhere, it's not enough for me to win
[55:21.840 -> 55:29.600] the championship and he decides to stop. Lando is the number one pick on Toto, should be, I'm speaking out of turn here,
[55:29.600 -> 55:34.120] but I would imagine he would be the number one pick for Toto and Mercedes.
[55:34.120 -> 55:37.520] But then for him to be extracted out of his McLaren contract,
[55:37.520 -> 55:39.520] it's going to cost Toto and Mercedes.
[55:39.520 -> 55:43.520] Whereas if he was a free agent at the end of this year, it'd be an easier deal.
[55:43.520 -> 55:44.560] But they could still get him out.
[55:44.560 -> 55:45.600] I mean, there's no contract.
[55:45.600 -> 55:46.600] But it's harder.
[55:46.600 -> 55:47.600] But it's harder.
[55:47.600 -> 55:48.600] I don't think any contract can't be.
[55:48.600 -> 55:49.600] Of course not.
[55:49.600 -> 55:53.680] They paid 10 million for Valtteri Bottas.
[55:53.680 -> 55:54.680] Everything is possible.
[55:54.680 -> 55:55.680] We all know this.
[55:55.680 -> 55:56.880] But it just makes it a bit harder.
[55:56.880 -> 56:01.600] And as a driver, I'm not sure why you would put up that barrier.
[56:01.600 -> 56:07.000] Because let's say Leclerc decides, you know, I've had enough of the
[56:07.000 -> 56:13.640] Ferrari stuff. I fancy a Mercedes seat. And he, you know, if suddenly it's like, okay,
[56:13.640 -> 56:19.200] I've got to pay 5 million for Lando or 5 million to Leclerc, that suddenly becomes a decision,
[56:19.200 -> 56:23.120] right? Whereas if you're paying zero for one and five for the other, then it's... So I
[56:23.120 -> 56:26.400] just think he's given himself less options.
[56:26.400 -> 56:32.840] I have to say, brilliant negotiation by Zak. But anyway, the contract thing aside, McLaren
[56:32.840 -> 56:36.680] have gone down a different route. They realised last year's car didn't really have much mileage
[56:36.680 -> 56:40.320] in it in terms of development. They've tried another thing. They've admitted that they've
[56:40.320 -> 56:43.200] missed their targets and everyone's making a big thing of that, even though I've defended
[56:43.200 -> 56:45.120] them saying, well, people miss targets all the time.
[56:45.120 -> 56:49.440] I was going to say, do you not think it's a slightly unusual thing to be saying?
[56:49.440 -> 56:52.000] No I think it's a clever PR thing, they've got well ahead.
[56:52.000 -> 56:53.440] Taking the pressure off the drivers.
[56:53.440 -> 56:58.400] McLaren have some of the best, I would argue one of the best PR departments in Formula 1.
[56:58.400 -> 57:00.720] They have some very, I think you know who I'm talking about.
[57:00.720 -> 57:02.640] Well done Sophie Ogg, let's give her a name shout.
[57:04.800 -> 57:10.880] who I'm talking about. Well done Sophie Og, let's give her a name shout. Steve Atkins and Sophie Og and the rest of the PR team at McLaren are experts in their field and
[57:10.880 -> 57:14.160] I think with Zac Brown who's very good at PR as well, they've got well ahead of the
[57:14.160 -> 57:18.720] game there and that is some very good expectations management by admitting, getting Zac Brown
[57:18.720 -> 57:22.080] to admit in an FIA press conference. It wasn't as if he was under any pressure by asking
[57:22.080 -> 57:25.520] you know, a journalist pushing, he just well, we haven't met our targets.
[57:25.520 -> 57:26.520] Did he?
[57:26.520 -> 57:27.520] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[57:27.520 -> 57:28.520] In the NFI press conference.
[57:28.520 -> 57:29.520] So he did a Mac-U-Champion.
[57:29.520 -> 57:32.560] That's a brilliant bit of expectation management there, that anything from this point is a
[57:32.560 -> 57:33.640] benefit.
[57:33.640 -> 57:37.240] Whereas if they went into Bahrain and didn't get out of Q1, everyone was saying, what is
[57:37.240 -> 57:38.240] this?
[57:38.240 -> 57:40.360] McLaren, you know, disaster for McLaren.
[57:40.360 -> 57:42.320] But the car will go, will turn good.
[57:42.320 -> 57:46.080] They've got an upgrade package coming from for Baku.
[57:46.080 -> 57:46.920] Must remember this.
[57:46.920 -> 57:49.280] Mercedes upgrade package is Imola.
[57:49.280 -> 57:51.560] McLaren upgrade package is Baku, race four.
[57:51.560 -> 57:52.600] And then we can judge it.
[57:52.600 -> 57:55.080] But I think Lando's going to be a bit frustrated up
[57:55.080 -> 57:56.000] to that point.
[57:56.000 -> 57:57.360] But he's so good, Lando.
[57:57.360 -> 57:58.840] He is so good.
[57:58.840 -> 57:59.600] Oh, he's brilliant.
[57:59.600 -> 58:03.120] That he just needs to not let his head drop.
[58:03.120 -> 58:03.720] Keep with it.
[58:03.720 -> 58:06.040] Keep working. Keep your head up son.
[58:06.040 -> 58:11.240] I think that's helped answer the question of who will challenge Max Verstappen and Red
[58:11.240 -> 58:12.240] Bull this year.
[58:12.240 -> 58:13.240] What, nobody?
[58:13.240 -> 58:14.240] Yeah, essentially, I think...
[58:14.240 -> 58:18.040] You've taken an hour and seven minutes to say nobody.
[58:18.040 -> 58:19.040] I think what's clear...
[58:19.040 -> 58:22.000] We're so good at our jobs.
[58:22.000 -> 58:23.080] This is the point of the podcast.
[58:23.080 -> 58:26.200] I think that for me, yeah, it's quite clear
[58:26.200 -> 58:31.120] this season, Red Bull, Max Verstappen are leading from the front, but there are many
[58:31.120 -> 58:36.520] factors, there are many teams and drivers who on their day, we hope, fingers crossed,
[58:36.520 -> 58:40.320] can provide a good challenge. And you never know what's going to happen. You know, the
[58:40.320 -> 58:51.080] Red Bull could be unreliable. There were things in the middle of each of Checo's and Max's race runs the last couple
[58:51.080 -> 58:54.400] of days where they had to pit and fix something quickly.
[58:54.400 -> 58:59.000] It probably wouldn't have stopped their Grand Prix, but there were things I thought I saw
[58:59.000 -> 59:02.880] they would come in, stop, have a quick go into the pits, someone would take a picture
[59:02.880 -> 59:05.460] of something that wasn't quite right and then they'd fix it and send them out
[59:05.460 -> 59:11.580] again so there are little things yeah they're not bulletproof yet see you
[59:11.580 -> 59:15.300] know when you get a podcast considering we've just this is episode one yeah you
[59:15.300 -> 59:19.140] know a little icon yeah we have a picture of you thumbnail thank you you
[59:19.140 -> 59:22.500] have a picture of you and Nico Hulkenberg right I reckon that'll draw
[59:22.500 -> 59:26.000] the viewers in the paddock.
[59:26.000 -> 59:30.000] My husband often gets confused with two people.
[59:30.000 -> 59:34.000] One Nicole Holkenberg and one Ben Me, who is Brentford from Waller.
[59:34.000 -> 59:36.000] Yes, from Burnley.
[59:36.000 -> 59:38.000] You get confused with him.
[59:38.000 -> 59:40.000] Henry VIII, I got a lot of school, but anyway, that's another story.
[59:40.000 -> 59:42.000] We can come back to that.
[59:42.000 -> 59:44.000] You guys have to go film your preview for the season.
[59:44.000 -> 59:45.120] Yes. So we're going to have to wave back to that. You guys have to go film your preview for the season.
[59:45.120 -> 59:46.640] So we're going to have to wave goodbye to you.
[59:46.640 -> 59:47.640] Thank you Henry VIII.
[59:47.640 -> 59:48.640] That concludes the first.
[59:48.640 -> 59:49.640] We've enjoyed it haven't we?
[59:49.640 -> 59:51.520] Henry VIII is going to stick isn't it?
[59:51.520 -> 59:55.000] I mean you're a young Nico Hulkman. Nico Hulkman was 35. I thought he was older.
[59:55.000 -> 59:57.440] Oh Mick Schumacher. There's actually Mick Schumacher.
[59:57.440 -> 01:00:03.040] Mick Schumacher has one of the most recognisable faces in Formula 1 because his dad was Michael
[01:00:03.040 -> 01:00:04.560] Schumacher and he looks a bit like Michael Schumacher.
[01:00:04.560 -> 01:00:05.280] Yeah that's fair enough. That's because everybody knows Michael Schumacher. Yeah, that's fair enough.
[01:00:05.280 -> 01:00:07.400] That's because everybody knows Michael Schumacher's face.
[01:00:07.520 -> 01:00:10.960] And he looks a bit like his mum, who is Corinna Schumacher,
[01:00:10.960 -> 01:00:12.920] who everyone knows what Corinna Schumacher looks like.
[01:00:12.920 -> 01:00:16.360] Yeah. OK, we'll be back every Tuesday throughout the season.
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