Ted’s Podbook | Silverstone excitement builds

Craig Slater joins Ted on this week’s Podbook ahead of the British GP at Silverstone. The pair take a walk around the new Aston Martin factory and describe how it compares to the factory of other teams. Discussions over track limits also continue, as well as looking at Lewis Hamilton’s latest comments on his F1 future.

# Aston Martin Unveils Opulent New Factory

## Ted's Podbook Podcast Summary

### Introduction

- Ted Kravitz and Craig Slater join the audience from the new Aston Martin factory ahead of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
- The pair discuss the impressive facilities, comparing them to other teams' factories.

### Aston Martin's New Factory

- The new Aston Martin factory is a 250-meter long, pale pewter building with a prominent light well running its length.
- It features modern amenities, spacious workspaces, and elegant design elements.
- The factory is a symbol of Lawrence Stroll's ambition and investment in the team.

### Track Limits Controversy

- The ongoing debate over track limits continues, with drivers receiving numerous penalties for exceeding track limits in recent races.
- Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz express their frustration with the situation.
- Hamilton suggests an amnesty on certain corners during the race to avoid a deluge of penalties.

### Lewis Hamilton's Future

- Hamilton hints at the possibility of racing for another five years, potentially extending his career until the 2026 engine regulation changes.

### McLaren's Headquarters Revamp

- Ted reflects on the significance of company culture and simplicity in achieving success.
- He cites the example of Athens experiencing a surge in intellectual and political life before the construction of the Parthenon.

### Aston Martin's Championship Potential

- With the new factory and a competitive car, Aston Martin aims to challenge for the Formula One World Championship in the coming years.
- The team's partnership with Honda as a works team could further strengthen their position.

### Conclusion

- The podcast wraps up with Ted and Craig expressing their excitement for the upcoming British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone.

[00:00.000 -> 00:14.840] Hello everybody and welcome back to the Sky Sports F1 podcast feed and to Ted's pod book
[00:14.840 -> 00:15.840] from Silverstone.
[00:15.840 -> 00:20.440] And it's a very special edition of the pod book because you are actually joining us,
[00:20.440 -> 00:26.120] myself and Craig Slater, at the new Aston Martin factory, or as we should call them
[00:26.120 -> 00:33.120] by their full name, the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One team, I believe, Craig,
[00:33.120 -> 00:38.920] is the official name. And this is quite a factory. Would you like to do the descriptive
[00:38.920 -> 00:42.040] bit or should I join you in it? What kind of building are we in?
[00:42.040 -> 00:49.520] Like one of those 1950s radio broadcasters we can talk about the miles of corridors leading into chambers where
[00:49.520 -> 00:57.000] great decisions are made. But I mean it is significantly more opulent than the
[00:57.000 -> 01:01.440] previous building which still exists but which might crack the team principal has
[01:01.440 -> 01:07.000] just announced that the wrecking ball will soon be active upon. So I would say Mae'r Prif Weithredwr y Tîm wedi'i gynhyrchu y bydd y ball ymgyrch yn ymwneud â'i gilydd yn y dyfodol.
[01:07.000 -> 01:30.000] Byddwn i'n dweud, er enghraifft, y bydd y llwybr ymdrechon y byddwn ni'n ei chael ymlaen yn eithaf o fawr o'r trofiadau sy'n cyflogu bod y cyhoeddiad yw bod y trofiadau pwdio'n mynd i ddod yma dros y blwyddyn nesaf.
[01:30.000 -> 01:35.000] Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n rhan o'r cyfnod hon. Mae'n siŵr bod llawer ohono,
[01:35.000 -> 01:46.680] ymdrechion arbennigol o ddatblygu cymdeithasol materion F1, you're the one materials having the appropriate spaces for drawing areas and
[01:46.680 -> 01:52.440] engineering rooms and race bays and so on part of it as well is surely a kind
[01:52.440 -> 01:57.760] of demonstration of the power and potential of this team so that every
[01:57.760 -> 02:02.320] time people arrive for work they understand that they're not in a
[02:02.320 -> 02:05.040] midfield team anymore in the old Jordan factory they're not in a midfield team anymore. In the old Jordan factory.
[02:05.040 -> 02:07.960] They're in a, what expects to be a front running team
[02:07.960 -> 02:09.400] from here on.
[02:09.400 -> 02:12.400] So yeah, just to further those descriptions from Craig,
[02:12.400 -> 02:14.320] if you know Silverstone, you'll know the Dadford Road,
[02:14.320 -> 02:18.080] it goes from the A43 down to the Silverstone main entrance.
[02:18.080 -> 02:21.040] And on the side of the road that's not
[02:21.040 -> 02:22.520] the Silverstone Innovation Park,
[02:22.520 -> 02:24.280] with the light industrial units,
[02:24.280 -> 02:26.840] on the other side of the road road where it used to be behind the
[02:26.840 -> 02:33.840] Jordan factory and some campsites is now I would say probably a 250 meter long
[02:33.840 -> 02:38.560] building maybe even topping 300 meters with a car park in the end of it so it's
[02:38.560 -> 02:43.440] quite it's very long. Pale pewter in color a sort of a pale shade of green
[02:43.440 -> 02:48.680] it's that sort of fashionable shading we have around here. Obviously British Racing Green is
[02:48.680 -> 02:53.360] Aston Martin's color but it's a kind of paler, trendier hue.
[02:53.360 -> 02:59.840] It is and very long and not quite as wide as it is long, such are the
[02:59.840 -> 03:10.840] constraints of the site. Not constraints, it's just the way the site is. So I'd say it's probably about, what, 80 meters wide and then about 200 meters long. So it's
[03:10.840 -> 03:15.720] very long and running the whole length of the factory there is this rather
[03:15.720 -> 03:19.800] beautiful sort of light well. So you've got all the light coming in from
[03:19.800 -> 03:23.200] the sides, obviously with the big windows, and one of the race bays
[03:23.200 -> 03:28.680] looks out onto the, almost onto the end of the Dadford Road when it gets the roundabout where you go
[03:28.680 -> 03:34.680] right for the M1 and left for the M40 and running through the middle of it is
[03:34.680 -> 03:38.600] this light well that goes down onto some concrete a concrete floor very nice the
[03:38.600 -> 03:42.720] rest of it very nice porcelain wide big porcelain tiles there's lots of wood
[03:42.720 -> 03:50.080] everywhere there's lots of polished brass. Yes, polished brass banisters and then sort of a deep coloured oak staircase.
[03:50.080 -> 03:55.360] So this is a, the reason I'm describing this to you, dear listener, is that this is a world away
[03:55.360 -> 04:08.640] from the sort of plastic, you know, cable covered and tattered tiles and old carpets of the Jordan, Spica, Midland, Force India factory.
[04:08.640 -> 04:13.000] So this is the epitome of what Lawrence Stroll was talking about when he took over
[04:13.000 -> 04:18.360] this team, when he renamed it Aston Martin. And you would argue it now has a...
[04:18.360 -> 04:23.120] it can hold its own this factory. And we've seen the race bays, we've seen the
[04:23.120 -> 04:30.080] machine shops, we've seen... not everything has moved in here yet but it will be soon, the design office upstairs. This is to rival,
[04:30.080 -> 04:35.040] for my money, this is to rival right up there with the best. This is to rival Mercedes, all right,
[04:35.040 -> 04:40.240] it's not as big as Mercedes but Enstone certainly. Williams, I think it's much more modern than
[04:40.240 -> 04:44.480] Williams, looks like a nicer place to work or not, that's a difficult, difficult word to say,
[04:44.480 -> 04:46.720] looks like a more inspirational place to work I'd say than Williams and they like a nicer place to work, or, that's a difficult word to say, looks like a more inspirational place to work,
[04:46.720 -> 04:48.400] I'd say, than Williams, and they're a factory
[04:48.400 -> 04:51.240] that's starting to show its age a little bit.
[04:51.240 -> 04:54.160] And McLaren, I mean, is a whole different building,
[04:54.160 -> 04:55.880] so it's difficult to compare.
[04:55.880 -> 04:58.320] It doesn't have the kind of grand concept
[04:58.320 -> 05:00.480] of the McLaren Technology Center,
[05:00.480 -> 05:03.560] it's that there is a functionalism here
[05:03.560 -> 05:06.600] to balance the nice decor.
[05:06.600 -> 05:14.380] Interestingly they call the long passageway which runs the whole length of this long thin
[05:14.380 -> 05:20.800] building as you're describing it, has the streets rather than McLaren has the boulevard,
[05:20.800 -> 05:22.400] but there are echoes of that.
[05:22.400 -> 05:27.000] So I think they want to maintain what you previously described as their feet on the Ond mae yna eich gweithwyr o'r hynny. Felly rwy'n credu eu bod nhw eisiau gael yr hyn a ddewiswyd eich bod chi'n gynhyrchu yn y blynyddoedd
[05:27.000 -> 05:32.000] a'u ffyrdd ar y pwll ar y ffyrdd,
[05:32.000 -> 05:37.000] a'u galluau'n ffwrddio, a'u ambwysiadau'n ddewis,
[05:37.000 -> 05:41.000] gyda'r ffaciliau mwyaf dda sydd gennynt.
[05:41.000 -> 05:49.540] Yn y cyfnod, rwy'n credu, yw'r tunnel ffyrdd, sydd ddim yn ymlaen, they have. Chief among them I think is the wind tunnel which is not yet online, it's going to be available next year to them but which spares them this
[05:49.540 -> 05:56.140] 10-mile drive up to someone else's in brackets Mercedes facility and I suppose
[05:56.140 -> 06:00.740] in that sense along with their Honda partnership which is coming up
[06:00.740 -> 06:06.160] this is a team standing very firmly on its own two feet, independently,
[06:06.160 -> 06:11.200] and doing as it pleases. Not least because they've got a lot of money behind them, they've got a lot
[06:11.200 -> 06:15.600] of sponsors. There is a new sponsor, when I say new I'll put it in inverted commas, on the car
[06:15.600 -> 06:22.000] this weekend. It's Valvoline, which is the American oil and petrol concern. It's actually
[06:22.000 -> 06:26.140] part of Aramco, so it's not really new. It's entirely owned of Aramco, so it's not really new.
[06:27.680 -> 06:30.800] It's entirely owned by Aramco, the Saudi existing title sponsor of the team.
[06:30.800 -> 06:32.680] But if you see it on the car and you think,
[06:32.680 -> 06:34.740] oh, that's new, it might not be new money,
[06:34.740 -> 06:37.080] but it's certainly a new brand coming to the car.
[06:37.080 -> 06:38.240] Just pick up on what you were,
[06:38.240 -> 06:40.820] you're comparing this place to all the other factories.
[06:40.820 -> 06:42.920] And what's very interesting is,
[06:42.920 -> 06:44.480] despite the fact that the MTC,
[06:44.480 -> 06:47.520] the McLaren Technology Center center is this incredibly futuristic
[06:47.960 -> 06:53.460] building a lot of their facilities have had to be overhauled or are being in the process of
[06:53.640 -> 06:59.300] Being overhauled at the moment not least the wind tunnel there as well Williams you spoke about I had dinner there
[06:59.760 -> 07:02.100] last night and they
[07:03.480 -> 07:07.240] As I think is quite well publicized now, really do feel that they are
[07:07.240 -> 07:14.340] being held back by being prevented from investing serious money in what they think is fairly
[07:14.340 -> 07:21.580] ancient technology, particularly the wind tunnel at Grove, which was one of the first
[07:21.580 -> 07:27.000] relatively modern wind tunnels, but which is now way out of date. yn ystod y tunnelau ffyrdd, ond mae'n ddifrif o ddatblygu.
[07:27.000 -> 07:36.000] Ond maen nhw'n ymwneud â'r cymdeithasau, yn y ffordd sy'n ymwneud â sut y gall y clwbau chwarae'r fforddau,
[07:36.000 -> 07:41.000] maen nhw'n gallu adeiladu'r sefydliad, allu gael y cyllid o'r gosg,
[07:41.000 -> 07:46.920] os ydynt yn gweithio'n fath o fuddsoddiad yn y busnes gyffredinol, yn hytrach na'r trwyddiadau'n ddifrifol i gael cyd-dynesydd. if they can show that it's a kind of investment in the general business rather than just a cheap trick
[07:46.920 -> 07:48.400] to gain a short-term advantage.
[07:48.400 -> 07:50.520] Yeah, there's a capital expenditure, isn't there?
[07:50.520 -> 07:52.400] I think that's the one.
[07:52.400 -> 07:55.280] One thing I have noticed is that the one trophy that is out
[07:55.280 -> 07:57.840] that everybody can have a look at and perhaps to inspire
[07:57.840 -> 07:59.280] is the best result they've had so far,
[07:59.280 -> 08:01.820] which is second from the Canadian Grand Prix.
[08:01.820 -> 08:02.880] Fernando Alonso's second.
[08:02.880 -> 08:04.840] It's right in front of us.
[08:04.840 -> 08:07.860] I think that's the small one they get to take away.
[08:07.860 -> 08:10.540] I think, or maybe they are just quite that small.
[08:10.540 -> 08:12.420] It looks like a bit of a replica size to me.
[08:12.420 -> 08:18.900] But in any case, Fernando Alonso was feeling optimistic, more optimistic than he was in
[08:18.900 -> 08:21.540] Austria about a positive weekend.
[08:21.540 -> 08:22.660] And I think this is going to be crucial.
[08:22.660 -> 08:26.920] They have a good upgrade package to here, to Aston Martin. And even though you've got the others with a Mercedes, they've got a front wing, Ferrari's still taking
[08:26.920 -> 08:29.200] advantage of the upgrades they had at the last race in
[08:29.200 -> 08:31.180] Austria that worked so well for them.
[08:31.180 -> 08:33.400] Red Bull, I mean, you'd say is probably out there.
[08:33.400 -> 08:38.480] And by all measures, everyone talks about, well, they're out
[08:38.480 -> 08:39.560] by themselves.
[08:39.560 -> 08:41.160] But is this the place?
[08:41.160 -> 08:51.360] And Fernando Alonso seemed to be determined to give the people and everybody in this facility
[08:51.360 -> 08:56.840] a good debut by getting back onto the podium, where they weren't able to do in Austria.
[08:56.840 -> 08:59.560] So I think they've got every chance of doing very well here, Aston Martin.
[08:59.560 -> 09:03.640] I think this circuit is really up their boulevard, or is it street?
[09:03.640 -> 09:04.640] Wow.
[09:04.640 -> 09:08.000] So high speed, you think, has been the advantage of this car
[09:08.000 -> 09:13.400] and obviously that's what we have around here so yeah you would hope they have
[09:13.400 -> 09:17.160] had that little plateau because they they were heralding the the upgrade
[09:17.160 -> 09:21.720] package that came a couple of races ago as something quite significant and it
[09:21.720 -> 09:26.000] didn't really seem to to give them the lift that I suppose the expectation was o'r cyfansoddau a'r cyd-destunau a'r cyfansoddau a'r cyfansoddau yn ystod y cyfansoddau.
[09:26.000 -> 09:28.000] yn ystod y cyfansoddau a'r cyfansoddau a'r cyfansoddau
[09:28.000 -> 09:30.000] yn ystod y cyfansoddau a'r cyfansoddau
[09:30.000 -> 09:32.000] yn ystod y cyfansoddau a'r cyfansoddau
[09:32.000 -> 09:34.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:34.000 -> 09:36.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:36.000 -> 09:38.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:38.000 -> 09:40.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:40.000 -> 09:42.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:42.000 -> 09:44.000] a'r cyfansoddau
[09:44.000 -> 09:46.960] a'r cyfansoddau Mae'r ambysiwn i ddod at y pethau yma'n ddangos iawn. Roedd Dan Fallows yn y
[09:46.960 -> 09:53.680] cyflwyno yma'r dydd. Mae ganddyn nhw gynhwysion arbennig yn y pipeline,
[09:53.680 -> 10:01.520] heb cwestiwn, ac, ie, rydyn nhw'n meddwl bod yn gallu gwneud pethau
[10:01.520 -> 10:06.480] dros ystod ystod y seswn fel y tîm sydd wedi bod yn eu rhaidwyr, of making steps over the course of the season as the teams which have been their rivals thus far,
[10:06.480 -> 10:10.960] you know, Ferrari and Mercedes. Yes, it was quite a nice reception. I was late, unfortunately,
[10:10.960 -> 10:16.320] because I was still doing the F1 show, but the reserve drivers, Stoffel van Doorn and, well,
[10:16.320 -> 10:20.720] Pedro de la Rosa is not really a reserve driver, but he's a driver, were here, and Jessica Hawkins
[10:20.720 -> 10:28.280] as well. Did we hear from Mike Craig? Yes, he did. He came in and cracked a few, well, not quite jokes.
[10:28.280 -> 10:29.120] He was-
[10:29.120 -> 10:29.940] Really?
[10:29.940 -> 10:32.680] He's the least overtly witty man
[10:32.680 -> 10:33.800] I can think of in the paddock.
[10:33.800 -> 10:36.720] He has this slightly austere, German,
[10:36.720 -> 10:39.400] four-spring Dirk technique way about him, I suppose.
[10:39.400 -> 10:40.400] Say that again.
[10:40.400 -> 10:41.640] I'm not gonna do that again.
[10:41.640 -> 10:44.300] But he, I kind of figured him as a kind of fourth member
[10:44.300 -> 10:45.240] of Kraftwerk a little bit, a slightly mysterious figure, you know, creative. Dwi ddim yn mynd i wneud hynny, ond rwy'n meddwl ei fod yn rhan ffyrdd o gwaith crafdd,
[10:45.240 -> 10:48.320] yn ddiddorol, yn creadigol.
[10:48.320 -> 10:50.320] Ond roedd e'n ei gael yn ystyried yma'r diwrnod, oedd e?
[10:50.320 -> 10:52.880] Ie, roedd e, ond roedd e'n dod ymlaen a gadael ymlaen a dweud,
[10:52.880 -> 10:55.280] wow, dyma'r cyfnod fwyaf yma y diwrnod hwn.
[10:55.280 -> 10:59.600] Rwy'n credu bod mwy o bobl yma na'r rhai rydyn ni'n ei arloesu i,
[10:59.600 -> 11:01.960] sy'n cael y rhifl o laffter.
[11:01.960 -> 11:29.880] Ond, mae e... Ie, mae e'n ffyrdd o'r dweud y byddai'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dfydlu'n dda i'r swydd hon. Efallai yw'n ychydig yn arddangos y ffigur sy'n cael ei ddod o'r ffordd,
[11:29.880 -> 11:36.320] a dyna Laurence Stroll, sy'n ymwneud â'r datblygiadau.
[11:36.320 -> 11:40.280] Dan Fallows yw'n dod allan i'r stryd i ddod o'r ffigur hefyd.
[11:40.280 -> 11:43.000] I ddysgrifio'r ffigur,
[11:43.000 -> 11:46.400] Dan Fallows ddim yn ddod o'r ffigur y byddai'r rhai arall yn ei ddod o'r ffigur. what he is. Yeah, he's just just to describe the scene. Dan Fallows doesn't wear the the green Aston Martin shirts that
[11:46.400 -> 11:49.120] everybody else does. So, he can wear a white shirt but he's got
[11:49.120 -> 11:51.640] his pass. Evening, Dan. Have a good have a good evening. Uh
[11:51.640 -> 11:54.320] see you at the circuit. He's leaving for the night. Right,
[11:54.320 -> 11:57.360] Craig, let's just do the last couple of minutes on any stand
[11:57.360 -> 12:01.280] out lines that you got from the from the paddock this evening.
[12:01.280 -> 12:05.840] Uh I'll give you Carlos Sainz and track limits I'll give
[12:05.840 -> 12:10.320] you Lewis Hamilton and track limits I'll go on track limits tonight which Lewis
[12:10.320 -> 12:14.400] Hamilton was effectively saying you know it was a bad look for Formula One.
[12:14.400 -> 12:20.300] You were one or two people pushed back on your suggestion in advance of the Grand Prix
[12:20.300 -> 12:23.820] in Austria it was a big at the beginning of the Grand Prix when we're starting to
[12:23.820 -> 12:29.920] accrue these penalties that oh we should have gone back to what Charlie Whiting used to do which was
[12:29.920 -> 12:35.560] if you could see something like this maelstrom of penalties coming then well let's have a
[12:35.560 -> 12:37.800] kind of an amnesty on certain corners.
[12:37.800 -> 12:38.800] Only for the race?
[12:38.800 -> 12:39.800] Yes.
[12:39.800 -> 12:40.800] When it's the same for everybody?
[12:40.800 -> 12:44.280] Obviously in qualifying it's not the same for everybody and you have to have a rule
[12:44.280 -> 12:45.920] for qualifying because people go and do their laps and you have to have a rule for qualifying because people go and do their laps
[12:45.920 -> 12:48.880] And you have to have some sort of standardization, but if you make it the same well
[12:48.880 -> 12:51.760] I mean, I suppose you could do it for qualifying, but that's what Lewis said tonight
[12:51.760 -> 12:52.200] Wasn't it?
[12:52.200 -> 12:57.640] We never used to have problems here before in Austria and we didn't have track limits in the race before yeah in the race
[12:57.640 -> 13:02.360] But but in the race like we've seen Toto Wolff made this point like we've seen at the US Grand Prix in Austin
[13:02.840 -> 13:05.400] Texas before in the race it gets
[13:05.400 -> 13:09.680] so ridiculous that you won't be able to do everybody, as indeed they almost
[13:09.680 -> 13:13.720] couldn't do everybody, you had to wait until 10 p.m. local, or was it 11 p.m.? No,
[13:13.720 -> 13:17.340] it's about 10 p.m. wasn't it, to get the result in Austria, but you know
[13:17.340 -> 13:20.880] what, if it's the same for everybody, there's no competitive advantage, yes it
[13:20.880 -> 13:23.960] is breaking the rules, but if it's the same for everybody, then it's the most
[13:23.960 -> 13:28.160] practical thing, realistically, reasonably, to get the actual race done and have a result
[13:28.160 -> 13:29.160] that everyone's happy with it.
[13:29.160 -> 13:34.240] It was kind of playground stuff, wasn't it? One driver after another, dobbing the other
[13:34.240 -> 13:39.000] one in. I've just seen him go. It became a bit dreary and not very edifying.
[13:39.000 -> 13:45.480] Anyway, Hamilton, as you can imagine, was pretty hard on actually letting it go.
[13:45.480 -> 13:46.480] Was Sainz as well?
[13:46.480 -> 13:47.760] You spoke to him.
[13:47.760 -> 13:55.560] I think he felt that there would be little point in...
[13:55.560 -> 13:58.440] He's very controlled anyway, isn't he?
[13:58.440 -> 13:59.760] He doesn't like to appear...
[13:59.760 -> 14:04.240] I think he's conscious of the fact that if he gets angry, then it shows that he's, in
[14:04.240 -> 14:27.000] a sense, vulnerable, unable to control himself. So I thought he was quite dignified today. Mae'n well.
[14:27.000 -> 14:31.000] Ac yna roedd y broblem, sy'n golygu ei fod wedi'i dynnu,
[14:31.000 -> 14:35.000] pan ddod o'r le i Ferrari i newid y tyriau
[14:35.000 -> 14:38.000] ac nad oeddent yn gallu'n effeithiol ddwylo'r cariau.
[14:38.000 -> 14:41.000] Rydyn ni'n credu ei fod wedi dweud ar y cyfnod,
[14:41.000 -> 14:44.000] ym mhob cyfnod, fod wedi cael ei wneud i ddweud fel ddwch.
[14:44.000 -> 14:51.320] Wel, roedd yn dweud ei fod wedi cael sgwrs ddiddorol gyda'r tîm, in the immediate aftermath he'd been made to look like a fool. Well he said he'd had interesting discussions with the team but ultimately he had reached a
[14:51.320 -> 14:57.760] reasonable enough conclusion himself that they were not trying to
[14:57.760 -> 15:02.440] damage his race. All right anything else?
[15:02.440 -> 15:06.680] I thought the best line today was Naomi Schiff's managed to get from Lewis Hamilton that he could race
[15:06.680 -> 15:07.880] for another five years.
[15:07.880 -> 15:16.160] I was trying to trap Lewis around the 2026 engine change
[15:16.160 -> 15:19.400] regulations to see if I could get him to say that because
[15:19.400 -> 15:22.640] Mercedes built good engines, then he might be inclined to
[15:22.640 -> 15:25.600] at least stay in Formula One until we see how those if I could get him to say that because Mercedes build good engines then he might be inclined to
[15:25.600 -> 15:32.640] at least stay in Formula One until we see how those perform especially as it seems that perhaps
[15:33.600 -> 15:38.480] Red Bull might not be so well off in that department but so Lewis signaling five more
[15:38.480 -> 15:42.720] years. Yeah so you were trying to get tempt him to say another two and a half more years and Naomi
[15:42.720 -> 15:48.880] got a double that. There you go, that sums me up. Good all right well listen we will leave it
[15:48.880 -> 15:52.320] there we've we've gone five minutes over what I said you had Craig you have to
[15:52.320 -> 15:57.600] compile the report. I've thought about this a lot and you know particularly I
[15:57.600 -> 16:03.800] think it applies to McLaren Mercedes are about to revamp their headquarters and I
[16:03.800 -> 16:07.340] was speaking to the chief operating officer,
[16:07.340 -> 16:10.760] Rob Thomas, and reminding him that Athens
[16:11.620 -> 16:14.440] had much better intellectual and political life
[16:14.440 -> 16:16.500] before the Parthenon was built.
[16:16.500 -> 16:19.860] So the actual surroundings and plush opulent offices
[16:19.860 -> 16:22.440] do not necessarily deliver better results.
[16:22.440 -> 16:23.720] It's the people.
[16:23.720 -> 16:25.840] It's the people that matter.
[16:25.840 -> 16:27.000] Is that what you're saying?
[16:27.000 -> 16:29.240] The people and simplicity,
[16:29.240 -> 16:32.980] and often compressed spaces where the work is the focus
[16:32.980 -> 16:37.980] and people aren't spread around in kind of, in isolation.
[16:38.580 -> 16:41.600] Cramped conditions, I think, can often be very fertile,
[16:41.600 -> 16:43.560] especially for creatives.
[16:43.560 -> 16:47.920] Well, if they get more people here at Aston Martin,
[16:47.920 -> 16:49.880] it won't be so spacious.
[16:49.880 -> 16:53.080] They'll be back to having cramped desks like they did
[16:53.080 -> 16:54.800] when they were busting out of their old factory.
[16:54.800 -> 16:58.240] But certainly they have a car that they can do business
[16:58.240 -> 17:01.160] with this weekend and for the rest of the season,
[17:01.160 -> 17:03.720] and can only go on to greater strengths from here.
[17:03.720 -> 17:07.760] And you get the feeling just being here as we wrap this up, sitting in their lobby, that
[17:07.760 -> 17:14.240] this factory would not look out of place having a Formula One World Championship trophy somewhere
[17:14.240 -> 17:15.580] amongst these shelves.
[17:15.580 -> 17:18.920] It's that impressive, I think.
[17:18.920 -> 17:21.320] Probably when, not if.
[17:21.320 -> 17:22.320] After Red Bull?
[17:22.320 -> 17:27.540] Well, I was trying to, yes, that would be, if you were to ask which team will win the
[17:27.540 -> 17:33.240] championship next, I mean 2026 will, but then they're well placed there with Honda potentially
[17:33.240 -> 17:37.040] as a works team with an engine manufacturer.
[17:37.040 -> 17:40.880] I think they'd be a good each way bet to succeed Red Bull as champions.
[17:40.880 -> 17:41.880] All right, brilliant.
[17:41.880 -> 17:43.900] Listen, Craig, thank you very much for your company.
[17:43.900 -> 17:48.420] Thank you for listening and we look forward to having your company from the British, from the home of British
[17:48.420 -> 17:51.860] motor racing Silverstone throughout the weekend.
[17:51.860 -> 17:53.500] It's Friday, Friday, free practice.
[17:53.500 -> 17:58.440] It's the normal European sorting is the normal European timetable.
[17:58.440 -> 18:03.080] We have free practice one free practice two on Friday, free practice three on Saturday
[18:03.080 -> 18:08.440] and then qualifying and then the race from 1230 on Sunday. Listen, thank you very much for
[18:08.440 -> 18:12.400] listening we'll see you throughout the weekend. Bye bye.