Max and Checo look back at the 2023 season

Nicola Hume is joined by Max Verstappen and Checo Perez for an end of season chat. They share their highlights of 2023, talk about the celebrations after the Las Vegas Grand Prix and also what they plan to do in the winter break before testing gets underway in 2024.

Then they answer questions from Talking Bull listeners on a range of topics from whether a driver can tell exactly how long a pit stop is in the car, their favourite christmas traditions and who would win in a go-karting race between all the team principles.

**Race Recap and Season Highlights:**

* The 2023 Formula One season concluded with Max Verstappen securing his third world championship title and Red Bull Racing claiming both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.
* Verstappen's victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked the team's 17th win of the season, further solidifying their dominance.
* Sergio "Checo" Perez achieved his best-ever finish in the Drivers' Championship, securing second place and contributing to Red Bull's 1-2 finish.
* The RB19 proved to be a formidable car throughout the season, with Verstappen and Perez acknowledging its exceptional performance.

**Reflections on the Season:**

* Verstappen expressed his gratitude for the team's efforts and recognized the challenges they faced during the season, particularly in the latter half.
* Perez highlighted the team's strong start to the season and the subsequent challenges posed by their competitors' development.
* Both drivers acknowledged the contribution of Oracle's data and strategy analysis in their success.

**Looking Ahead to 2024:**

* Verstappen and Perez remained tight-lipped about their expectations for the upcoming season, emphasizing the uncertainty surrounding the performance of their competitors.
* They identified McLaren as a potential threat, given their impressive progress in the latter half of the 2023 season.
* Verstappen stressed the importance of consistency and maintaining focus on individual performances to achieve championship success.

**Off-Season Plans:**

* Verstappen and Perez expressed their eagerness for a break from the intense racing schedule.
* Both drivers plan to spend time with family and friends, travel, and engage in recreational activities during the off-season.

**Insights into Personal Lives and Preferences:**

* Verstappen revealed his fondness for Japanese cuisine, particularly a dish called "Japanese kebab."
* Perez expressed his love for Mexican food, specifically mentioning "un lunche," a traditional bread with meat dish.
* Both drivers shared their favorite Christmas movies, with Verstappen mentioning "Home Alone" and Perez opting for "Pequeño Angelito," the Spanish translation of "Home Alone."

**Gratitude and Farewell:**

* The podcast concluded with expressions of gratitude from the hosts and drivers for the successful season and the support of the listeners.
* Verstappen and Perez wished each other good luck for the upcoming season and looked forward to seeing each other on the track in 2024.

[00:00.000 -> 00:09.000] The Talking Bull podcast is back. Expect funny moments, plenty of action and untold stories throughout the years. Brought to you by HP Poly.
[00:10.000 -> 00:17.000] Hello and welcome back to Talking Bull brought to you by HP Poly. I'm Nicola Hulme. This is the podcast where we talk all things Oracle Red Bull Racing.
[00:18.000 -> 00:24.000] Now, we have an end of season special for you. We are joined today by both drivers. It's Checo Perez and Max Verstappen.
[00:27.000 -> 00:27.840] How are you both?
[00:27.840 -> 00:30.840] Yeah, I mean, it's been busy, but we're good.
[00:30.880 -> 00:32.000] We're still alive.
[00:32.000 -> 00:36.040] Is it more exhausting doing all kind of the media interviews and things
[00:36.040 -> 00:39.120] once the season is done or the actual racing?
[00:39.120 -> 00:40.720] Which one's more exhausting?
[00:40.720 -> 00:42.520] This is more mentally draining,
[00:42.520 -> 00:45.520] which I find probably harder than the physical side of driving.
[00:47.360 -> 00:51.760] But you must be exhausted. It's been a very long but very successful season,
[00:51.760 -> 00:54.080] but you both must be just ready for Christmas.
[00:54.960 -> 01:01.040] I am ready. I can't wait, to be honest. It's been a long year. I mean, we finished the year and
[01:01.840 -> 01:05.120] it just felt like it just got harder once we finished it off.
[01:05.120 -> 01:09.280] You know, we had the TES, we had the Japan, we had the Baku.
[01:09.280 -> 01:16.960] So we've been quite busy, but luckily it seems like today we're going to have a beautiful break.
[01:16.960 -> 01:19.840] Well, because last time I spoke to you, it was just after the summer break.
[01:19.840 -> 01:20.960] So you were very relaxed.
[01:20.960 -> 01:21.840] Yeah, I was very fresh.
[01:21.840 -> 01:23.280] Well rested, very refreshed.
[01:23.280 -> 01:24.240] I'm not so fresh anymore.
[01:23.280 -> 01:24.280] So you were very relaxed, well rested, very refreshed. I'm not so fresh anymore.
[01:24.280 -> 01:25.280] No.
[01:25.280 -> 01:30.840] Actually, last time we spoke to you, Max, was when you had just won your third world
[01:30.840 -> 01:32.080] championship.
[01:32.080 -> 01:35.560] How does it feel now that everything's all kind of settled and we have a beautiful looking
[01:35.560 -> 01:37.480] trophy sat here on the table?
[01:37.480 -> 01:40.360] Yeah, pretty much the same, to be honest.
[01:40.360 -> 01:45.840] I mean, after Abu Dhabi, I was very ill for a couple of days. So I'm still recovering from that.
[01:46.380 -> 01:49.440] Plus then of course, like the traveling, um, uh, checker sets
[01:49.440 -> 01:50.760] so that, that didn't really help.
[01:51.220 -> 01:55.040] Um, but yeah, I know of course that, um, I'll have like two really nice
[01:55.040 -> 01:59.440] weeks where I can really just switch off, not look at my emails, F1 related stuff.
[02:00.760 -> 02:04.880] I, I already, to be honest, I have to apologize to my engineer because
[02:06.620 -> 02:10.560] he sent me three emails relating to next year and I didn't respond.
[02:10.560 -> 02:13.700] I saw him today, I saw him today.
[02:13.700 -> 02:14.700] So I made up for it.
[02:14.700 -> 02:15.700] Okay, so it's all right.
[02:15.700 -> 02:16.700] Yeah, we're good.
[02:16.700 -> 02:17.700] You know our relationship.
[02:17.700 -> 02:18.700] It's lovely.
[02:18.700 -> 02:19.700] It's a bromance.
[02:19.700 -> 02:28.160] So yeah, no, I'm definitely looking forward to take a bit of time off, but I felt like
[02:28.160 -> 02:32.240] Abu Dhabi when I was standing on the podium that it did hit me a little bit, of course,
[02:32.240 -> 02:33.480] with the achievements this year.
[02:33.480 -> 02:38.120] And yeah, it was a bit sad to climb out of the RB19 at the time.
[02:38.720 -> 02:40.640] I mean, we have to talk about the RB19.
[02:41.040 -> 02:48.000] I mean, how quickly into the season did you realise the RB19 was going to be so successful?
[02:48.000 -> 02:58.000] Well, I think testing in Bahrain, the car felt really nice, but Bahrain is a very specific track layout where, you know, also with the surface is very aggressive.
[02:58.000 -> 03:05.040] So it doesn't always mean if you go well in Bahrain that you're going to have an incredible season.
[03:05.040 -> 03:10.840] But then, yeah, the races after that, we had quite a lot of different kind of tracks.
[03:10.840 -> 03:14.760] And yeah, I think at one point you realise like, okay, well, you know, championship is
[03:14.760 -> 03:19.360] on, you know, if nothing crazy happens in terms of reliability and stuff, we can have
[03:19.360 -> 03:20.840] a great year.
[03:20.840 -> 03:25.000] But of course, I never thought that, you know that the car would win all the races by one.
[03:25.000 -> 03:30.000] I mean, and Checo, for you, your best ever finish in a drivers' championship.
[03:30.000 -> 03:33.000] How are you feeling after getting a 1-2?
[03:33.000 -> 03:35.000] That was a brilliant finish for Red Bull. How are you feeling?
[03:35.000 -> 03:37.000] Yeah, it was a great year overall.
[03:37.000 -> 03:39.000] It started very strongly.
[03:39.000 -> 03:48.120] We had some up and downs during the mid-season, but we managed to come around them
[03:48.200 -> 03:53.200] and secure the best season in the history for our team.
[03:53.360 -> 03:55.800] I think it's what everyone back home deserved
[03:55.800 -> 03:58.360] because they've done a tremendous car.
[03:58.360 -> 04:01.840] And like Max said, since Bahrain
[04:01.840 -> 04:03.920] and the first four or five races,
[04:03.920 -> 04:06.160] we knew we had a really strong package.
[04:06.160 -> 04:13.280] But the competition closed the gap really quickly into us, quicker than I really thought.
[04:13.280 -> 04:18.240] I was surprised how much they were able to develop through the years. So it just got harder.
[04:18.240 -> 04:21.680] Do you think that's because they have little cheeky looks at your car?
[04:21.680 -> 04:22.320] Do you think that's what it is?
[04:22.320 -> 04:24.000] I think it helps, definitely.
[04:22.480 -> 04:24.080] he looks at your car. Do you think that's what it is? I think it helps. Definitely.
[04:25.760 -> 04:30.560] I mean, you landed it in Vegas. How did you celebrate?
[04:31.520 -> 04:33.360] Bearing in mind you were in Vegas at the time.
[04:33.360 -> 04:34.080] Not much.
[04:34.080 -> 04:35.520] Oh, really?
[04:35.520 -> 04:39.520] No, because Vegas was... I think Max had a better celebration than...
[04:39.520 -> 04:41.280] Yeah, I had a bit of apple juice.
[04:42.000 -> 04:43.200] Yeah, good, yeah, good.
[04:43.200 -> 04:45.840] Yeah. I mean, the race was so late, you know.
[04:45.840 -> 04:46.480] It was, wasn't it?
[04:46.480 -> 04:50.720] Yeah, we left the circuit like two o'clock or something at night.
[04:50.720 -> 04:55.760] So, yeah, I mean, I arrived into the club and it was basically empty.
[04:55.760 -> 04:57.120] Oh, you actually went to a club?
[04:57.120 -> 05:01.440] Yeah, but it was late, you know, I guess people already had been partying the whole week.
[05:02.480 -> 05:03.600] People were tired.
[05:03.600 -> 05:06.640] But actually, it ended up great because I was, you know, with friends, family,
[05:06.640 -> 05:10.000] and then Martin Garrix, a friend of mine, he was playing and it was just our table.
[05:10.000 -> 05:11.120] That was a nice name drop.
[05:11.120 -> 05:13.520] Honestly, like just a great, great night.
[05:13.520 -> 05:15.360] And there were no other people celebrating.
[05:15.360 -> 05:17.040] The club was all for you.
[05:17.040 -> 05:18.080] Yeah, a private club.
[05:18.080 -> 05:22.800] Actually, I think I saw a video of you, that you went up with the DJ and you, uh, you were
[05:22.800 -> 05:23.600] quite clear.
[05:23.600 -> 05:28.520] Yeah, there were a few people left and they started singing Czech
[05:28.520 -> 05:34.320] so I was like just raving on it.
[05:34.320 -> 05:39.120] In terms of Vegas as a race as a whole, how was the experience?
[05:39.120 -> 05:41.160] Because it was a favorite race for me.
[05:41.160 -> 05:43.200] I mean, I really do.
[05:43.200 -> 05:44.560] I really liked your race suits.
[05:44.560 -> 05:48.400] I really liked them. I thought they looked brilliant. So did you enjoy it? I mean, I also
[05:48.400 -> 05:53.040] enjoyed your singing at the end there, Max. Yeah. You think there's a career after I've won? Yeah,
[05:53.040 -> 06:00.320] I think so. I blame my mic. Of course. Oh yeah, that's a good idea. It's like against my lips.
[06:00.320 -> 06:04.400] Yeah. So I can't fully express my vocal cords. Right. Yeah.
[06:08.320 -> 06:14.680] lips. Yeah. So I can't fully express my vocal cords. Right. Yeah. Yeah, no, it's absolutely shocking. Yeah, no, I basically, I mean, I got pushed into it by Christian again. And
[06:14.680 -> 06:20.000] then I mean, I can't leave him hanging, right? So I have to, you know, I have to do it in
[06:20.000 -> 06:22.620] my best possible.
[06:22.620 -> 06:23.620] You can give it a go.
[06:23.620 -> 06:24.620] Now?
[06:24.620 -> 06:25.600] Now. This is not a good mic. It's not the right mic. It's not it a go. Now? Now.
[06:25.600 -> 06:26.600] This is not a good mic.
[06:26.600 -> 06:27.600] It's not the right mic.
[06:27.600 -> 06:28.600] It's not the singing mic.
[06:28.600 -> 06:29.600] It's a podcast.
[06:29.600 -> 06:31.560] You need the right mic for it.
[06:31.560 -> 06:33.240] It's a different mic.
[06:33.240 -> 06:36.960] So I need to talk about your highlights of the year.
[06:36.960 -> 06:41.480] Was there anything in particular in the year that stood out for you?
[06:41.480 -> 06:48.760] Definitely, I'll say Baku. Baku winning both races, the sprint and the main race.
[06:48.760 -> 06:55.200] I love Baku. So do you have a version of this? Is this your actual trophy? Yeah, this is
[06:55.200 -> 06:58.760] always the one we have to give to the team. Yeah, because there's a huge trophy cabinet
[06:58.760 -> 07:03.320] here at the factory. These are the real ones. Right, okay. So do you have a replica that
[07:03.320 -> 07:05.600] then sits at home? Which looks the same.
[07:05.600 -> 07:07.560] I think it's actually quite an elegant trophy that.
[07:07.560 -> 07:09.120] Yeah, it is.
[07:09.120 -> 07:11.720] So did you look at the bottom then to be able to tell which one's the real one and which
[07:11.720 -> 07:12.720] one's not?
[07:12.720 -> 07:13.720] Well, they come identical, no?
[07:13.720 -> 07:15.720] Yeah, yeah, they're exactly the same, yeah.
[07:15.720 -> 07:19.000] These are sometimes, they have a different bottom, I don't know why.
[07:19.000 -> 07:23.320] I mean, how does that feel to see your name actually, like, scribed onto that now?
[07:23.320 -> 07:24.640] 2023 Max Verstappen.
[07:24.640 -> 07:27.920] I mean, I remember of course when it was still
[07:27.920 -> 07:29.280] around the step years, right?
[07:29.280 -> 07:31.120] And you see that, you know, he's holding the trophy
[07:31.120 -> 07:32.400] and like, wow, you know,
[07:32.400 -> 07:34.440] that is something really impressive.
[07:34.440 -> 07:35.560] You know, you only think about,
[07:35.560 -> 07:37.800] oh, it would be quite cool if you have your name on it,
[07:37.800 -> 07:38.640] you know?
[07:38.640 -> 07:41.800] And then, you know, you see it three times on there
[07:41.800 -> 07:43.960] with all these other great drivers on there.
[07:45.000 -> 07:46.000] It's cool.
[07:46.000 -> 07:47.000] It's not too shabby.
[07:47.000 -> 07:48.000] Yeah, I mean, I can't complain.
[07:48.000 -> 07:50.000] Yeah, shouldn't feel that bad.
[07:51.000 -> 07:55.000] So we are at the end of the season, so we do, I know that you do want to have a little break,
[07:55.000 -> 07:58.000] but we do need to look forward to next season as well.
[07:58.000 -> 08:04.000] Are there any particular teams or any particular drivers that you are just going to keep an eye on
[08:04.000 -> 08:07.280] because you feel like they might be quite close with you next year?
[08:07.280 -> 08:10.320] I don't want to think too much.
[08:10.320 -> 08:16.020] I'm so exhausted now that I mean, it's so hard also to predict who's going to be where,
[08:16.020 -> 08:17.020] but certainly.
[08:17.020 -> 08:19.920] I mean, we were the only team that was really consistent.
[08:19.920 -> 08:23.180] That's the thing that behind us, it was really up and down and you know, it was one team
[08:23.180 -> 08:24.680] second and another team.
[08:24.680 -> 08:27.980] That's why the battle was quite close behind us it was really up and down and you know it was one team second and another team so that's why the battle was quite close behind us.
[08:27.980 -> 08:31.540] So it will all depend on how much they will improve you know in the winter time.
[08:31.540 -> 08:35.660] Which one I think was the most impressive behind us from where they started to where
[08:35.660 -> 08:37.740] they ended was definitely McLaren.
[08:37.740 -> 08:42.100] So it looks like yeah they might be very strong next year.
[08:42.100 -> 08:46.640] Yeah I mean thinking ahead to next year as, is there any way that you're going to attack
[08:46.640 -> 08:47.880] things differently?
[08:47.880 -> 08:52.320] Or because it's been such a successful year for both of you, you're just going to go in
[08:52.320 -> 08:55.680] with exactly the same mindset as what you did this year?
[08:55.680 -> 08:57.240] Every year is a little bit different.
[08:57.240 -> 09:01.200] It also depends, of course, how good the car is going to be.
[09:01.200 -> 09:04.160] But I think you also just rely a lot on your experience.
[09:04.160 -> 09:08.280] I mean, you have experience already, I think think a lot in your career and in F1.
[09:08.720 -> 09:12.160] And you know that if you want to fight for a championship, of course, the
[09:12.160 -> 09:13.440] most important thing is the car.
[09:13.440 -> 09:16.720] But besides that is your performances need to be very consistent.
[09:16.720 -> 09:20.960] And that's something that you have to try and, yeah, achieve again.
[09:21.080 -> 09:25.320] And every single year, it's a new challenge, you know, to try and
[09:25.320 -> 09:26.320] do that.
[09:26.320 -> 09:30.280] Yeah. I mean, we are now approaching the off season. So what are you going to be doing?
[09:30.280 -> 09:31.280] Eat.
[09:31.280 -> 09:36.380] Of course you're going to eat and then you might have a few little drinks to celebrate
[09:36.380 -> 09:39.600] with the family. Is there anything else that you do like? Do you carry on training?
[09:39.600 -> 09:40.600] No traveling.
[09:40.600 -> 09:41.600] No traveling. Okay.
[09:41.600 -> 09:51.920] I can't really say that. I'm still traveling quite a lot. Yeah, well I have to go to a wedding of my brother-in-law in Brazil.
[09:51.920 -> 09:55.680] So then I'll spend Christmas there as well, because otherwise I'm traveling back to Europe
[09:55.680 -> 09:56.680] again.
[09:56.680 -> 10:00.560] So that would be nice because you know, it's good temperatures around there at the moment.
[10:00.560 -> 10:09.360] So escape the cold and then I go back to the cold, into the snow a little bit. Because I haven't been skiing for like five years, at least five years.
[10:09.360 -> 10:14.560] So yeah, hopefully I don't need to call the team start of January that I broke a leg.
[10:14.560 -> 10:15.760] Yeah, be careful.
[10:15.760 -> 10:17.120] Yeah, I'll try to be careful.
[10:17.120 -> 10:18.080] You will be driving with one leg.
[10:18.080 -> 10:20.800] Yeah, I need to do the old school driving.
[10:20.800 -> 10:26.920] And then, yeah, you know, slowly when you start, when you're in January, you start,
[10:26.920 -> 10:27.920] you start training again.
[10:27.920 -> 10:28.920] Okay.
[10:28.920 -> 10:29.920] Is it the same for you then, Checo?
[10:29.920 -> 10:30.920] Yeah, pretty much.
[10:30.920 -> 10:32.520] I won't be going to the snow.
[10:32.520 -> 10:38.840] I was in the snow last year, so I will go a bit warmer to the beach in Mexico.
[10:38.840 -> 10:39.840] Oh, very nice.
[10:39.840 -> 10:40.840] Yeah, lovely.
[10:40.840 -> 10:42.120] With the family, just chilling.
[10:42.120 -> 10:48.000] With family and friends, play some golf and yeah, just have a few weeks to disconnect
[10:48.000 -> 10:49.760] from recharged batteries.
[10:49.760 -> 10:52.120] Yeah, I get it.
[10:52.120 -> 10:56.520] Now Oracle plays a huge part in helping the team come up with the right strategies throughout
[10:56.520 -> 10:57.520] the season.
[10:57.520 -> 11:02.220] So is there any particular race, like one race that stands out from this year that came
[11:02.220 -> 11:05.360] down to a really bold strategy call?
[11:05.360 -> 11:07.680] Is there anything else that anything that stands out for you?
[11:07.680 -> 11:08.680] Sunboard?
[11:08.680 -> 11:09.680] Sunboard, yeah.
[11:09.680 -> 11:15.000] I mean, it was a crazy race where it could have gone so wrong, but I think we got a lot
[11:15.000 -> 11:16.800] of calls right.
[11:16.800 -> 11:22.120] It starts already with, we have so many strategies, like calculated and processed already before
[11:22.120 -> 11:24.360] we even, you know, start the race.
[11:24.360 -> 11:28.280] And then basically you can just throw everything in the bin because it starts
[11:28.280 -> 11:31.560] raining and you have to make it up very quickly again.
[11:31.600 -> 11:31.920] Yeah.
[11:31.960 -> 11:36.160] Of course we had in mind, you know, there is rain coming and stuff, but still when
[11:36.160 -> 11:40.320] it actually happens and then whatever happens on lap one, if people are pitting
[11:40.320 -> 11:43.760] or not, because for example, Tscheko was B, what were you in the grid?
[11:43.760 -> 11:44.520] B7.
[11:44.520 -> 11:45.040] 7. And he came in you in the grid? P7. Seven.
[11:45.040 -> 11:46.960] And he came in out in the lead.
[11:46.960 -> 11:47.200] Yeah.
[11:47.200 -> 11:49.360] While I had, you know, I stayed out one more lap.
[11:49.360 -> 11:52.320] So the whole strategies were out of phase basically.
[11:52.320 -> 11:56.480] But then I think the team, you know, did an amazing job for the rest of the race to always
[11:56.480 -> 12:00.160] be on the right tires at the right time because, you know, it started raining.
[12:00.160 -> 12:02.240] Then we went back to slicks, then it started raining again.
[12:02.240 -> 12:09.520] Then it actually went even worse where you had to switch to extreme tires at one point. So then the red flagged it.
[12:09.520 -> 12:14.560] So yeah, it was just very hectic, but the team, because of all the information that they had,
[12:14.560 -> 12:19.680] made all the right calls as well. Yeah. So when it comes to Oracle and the strategy and the data,
[12:19.680 -> 12:25.540] et cetera, how much of it do you see before each race or do you just rely on everyone that's
[12:25.540 -> 12:26.540] on the pit wall?
[12:26.540 -> 12:31.220] Well, I mean, of course, everyone has their own job, right? So we trust that they do the
[12:31.220 -> 12:35.780] right things in terms of when they are, of course, working with the software. But of
[12:35.780 -> 12:39.720] course, every morning before the race, we go in detail, of course, through the possible
[12:39.720 -> 12:50.400] scenarios and strategies and we share our opinion. And yeah, then we go into the race normally happy with what is decided normally.
[12:50.400 -> 12:53.800] And yeah, most of the time, of course, it works out really well.
[12:53.800 -> 12:59.800] Actually, speaking of Oracle, we do have some questions that have been sent in via their social media.
[12:59.800 -> 13:02.600] So our first one is from Andrew.
[13:02.600 -> 13:04.800] I'm Andy Kellett from Austin, Texas.
[13:04.800 -> 13:09.800] I was wondering if you could add any race to the calendar, where to bet?
[13:09.800 -> 13:10.800] For me, Mugello.
[13:10.800 -> 13:11.800] Why?
[13:11.800 -> 13:12.800] Trek Layouts.
[13:12.800 -> 13:16.520] It's so many fast corners and the fun car, it's so nice.
[13:16.520 -> 13:17.520] What about for you, Checo?
[13:17.520 -> 13:18.520] San Marino.
[13:18.520 -> 13:19.520] Oh yeah, very nice.
[13:19.520 -> 13:23.240] Of course, for obvious reasons.
[13:23.240 -> 13:27.120] We do have a load of questions as well that have come in from our Talking Board listeners
[13:27.120 -> 13:31.600] that have got in touch via the social channels and via the Paddock as well.
[13:31.600 -> 13:34.640] So this one is from Phoenix in the UK, who says,
[13:34.640 -> 13:42.080] If you could create a track, create a race anywhere in the world, where would it be?
[13:42.080 -> 13:45.000] If you could create a brand new track, where would you do it?
[13:45.000 -> 13:47.000] Well, I would of course, I would choose Holland.
[13:47.000 -> 13:50.000] Naturally. Well, just like around your own street.
[13:50.000 -> 13:53.000] Well, we don't really have a lot of space left, I think.
[13:55.000 -> 14:02.000] I don't know, I mean, I would just try to combine a lot of cool combinations of corners from other kinds of tracks.
[14:02.000 -> 14:05.000] For me, I would choose Guadalajara.
[14:05.000 -> 14:10.000] We have a lot of space, so we wouldn't have that problem.
[14:10.000 -> 14:13.000] This is from Andy in the UK who says,
[14:13.000 -> 14:15.000] what was your favourite race this year?
[14:15.000 -> 14:21.000] Sandford, just because of all the scenarios that we had to stay on top of.
[14:21.000 -> 14:25.240] I enjoyed Sandford, yeah, it was a very enjoyable race with a lot of action.
[14:25.240 -> 14:27.920] It happened a lot of things.
[14:27.920 -> 14:28.920] And naturally, Baku.
[14:28.920 -> 14:33.600] Baku, yeah, obviously when you win, it's special.
[14:33.600 -> 14:37.480] This is from Gabor from Hungary who says, have you ever played FIFA against each other?
[14:37.480 -> 14:38.480] Yeah, yeah, we did.
[14:38.480 -> 14:39.480] Back in the day.
[14:39.480 -> 14:40.480] We were not teammates.
[14:40.480 -> 14:41.480] In Japan.
[14:41.480 -> 14:42.480] Which year was it?
[14:42.480 -> 14:43.480] Japan.
[14:43.480 -> 14:44.480] In 19, maybe?
[14:44.480 -> 14:45.000] Yeah. When there was a typh Yeah, which year was it? Japan.
[14:45.000 -> 14:46.000] In 19 maybe?
[14:46.000 -> 14:47.000] Yeah.
[14:47.000 -> 14:49.000] When there was a typhoon, we couldn't race on Saturday.
[14:49.000 -> 14:50.000] Yeah.
[14:50.000 -> 14:51.000] So all the drivers were...
[14:51.000 -> 14:52.000] Oh, yes.
[14:52.000 -> 14:53.000] Yeah, I remember that.
[14:53.000 -> 14:54.000] We were dominating.
[14:54.000 -> 14:55.000] Naturally.
[14:55.000 -> 14:56.000] Yeah, we were actually...
[14:56.000 -> 14:57.000] I think we were the only ones that played.
[14:57.000 -> 14:58.000] We actually were dominating.
[14:58.000 -> 15:00.000] We have to play it sometime.
[15:00.000 -> 15:02.000] Again, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[15:02.000 -> 15:07.320] This is from Johan in Costa Rica, who says, what is your favourite Christmas activity
[15:07.320 -> 15:10.320] that's not eating or drinking?
[15:10.320 -> 15:11.320] Sleeping.
[15:11.320 -> 15:12.320] Come on!
[15:12.320 -> 15:19.000] I was literally very serious, like waking up so late and like, no, I mean, watch a movie
[15:19.000 -> 15:22.280] or whatever, you know, like just with the family together or whatever.
[15:22.280 -> 15:23.520] Well, I like Home Alone.
[15:23.520 -> 15:24.520] Oh yeah, great film.
[15:24.520 -> 15:25.080] Yeah, good choice. Yeah. Do yeah, great film. Good choice.
[15:25.080 -> 15:25.960] Yeah. Chagay?
[15:25.960 -> 15:26.960] Pequeño Angelito.
[15:27.640 -> 15:29.720] It's a little angel.
[15:30.160 -> 15:31.600] Oh, nice.
[15:31.600 -> 15:32.200] Yeah.
[15:32.200 -> 15:33.440] You know which one it's…
[15:33.440 -> 15:35.920] I don't know. I'm missing the translator.
[15:35.920 -> 15:36.920] It's an English movie?
[15:36.920 -> 15:37.200] Yeah.
[15:37.200 -> 15:38.640] I thought you meant it's Mexican.
[15:38.640 -> 15:39.240] Is it an English movie?
[15:39.240 -> 15:41.160] No, it's an English film.
[15:42.200 -> 15:42.960] I…
[15:42.960 -> 15:44.040] Oh, it's Home Alone?
[15:44.040 -> 15:44.640] Really?
[15:45.360 -> 15:45.840] Oh, okay. Yeah, really, it's the same. How do you home alone! Really? Oh, okay.
[15:47.120 -> 15:48.400] How do you call it in English?
[15:48.400 -> 15:49.280] Home alone.
[15:49.280 -> 15:49.920] Home alone.
[15:49.920 -> 15:51.600] Which is the same film that Max was in.
[15:51.600 -> 15:52.100] Yeah.
[15:52.800 -> 15:54.160] But it's different in the translation.
[15:57.200 -> 15:58.880] Yeah, because he gets left alone.
[15:58.880 -> 15:59.440] Home alone.
[16:00.080 -> 16:01.520] No, we've all learned something today. I love that.
[16:02.320 -> 16:06.000] Ah, this is from Ryouchi in Japan, who says,
[16:06.000 -> 16:08.000] now I know Max is good at Japanese.
[16:08.000 -> 16:10.000] I would like to ask Checo and Max,
[16:10.000 -> 16:13.000] how many languages can you speak?
[16:13.000 -> 16:16.000] Depends, with or without alcohol.
[16:16.000 -> 16:17.000] Both.
[16:17.000 -> 16:19.000] Your French can be very good.
[16:19.000 -> 16:22.000] I mean, without alcohol,
[16:22.000 -> 16:29.680] I think it's three languages, but with alcohol… 69 languages.
[16:29.680 -> 16:36.680] This is from Y.E.J.A.M. from the Netherlands, who says, have you guys seen the RB20 yet?
[16:36.680 -> 16:42.800] I mean I saw some like drawings, not the actual car because it doesn't exist, but it looks
[16:42.800 -> 16:43.800] nice.
[16:43.800 -> 16:45.360] It exists on the simulator already though, right?
[16:45.360 -> 16:48.080] Yeah, yeah, but I mean like in real life there's no physical car yet.
[16:49.920 -> 16:51.360] Yeah, it looks interesting.
[16:53.760 -> 16:54.640] Is that all you can tell?
[16:54.640 -> 16:57.680] Yeah, I mean I can't pull the blueprint out.
[16:59.360 -> 17:01.200] This is from Jeff in Denmark who says,
[17:01.200 -> 17:06.000] can you feel if it's a two second or a 2.5 second pit stop?
[17:06.000 -> 17:07.000] Yeah.
[17:07.000 -> 17:08.000] Can you feel it?
[17:08.000 -> 17:09.000] I mean, not between…
[17:09.000 -> 17:16.000] Because when it's a two second, like a low two second or 1.8 or whatever, it's so synchronized,
[17:16.000 -> 17:17.000] the front and the rear.
[17:17.000 -> 17:18.000] Nothing happens.
[17:18.000 -> 17:21.000] It's just like off, on, front and rear.
[17:21.000 -> 17:31.200] You can feel it, it's just like, you know, attached to your body, you know, almost because, you know, you've got a good feel in the car. And yeah, when it's like 2.5 to 3 seconds,
[17:31.200 -> 17:35.920] there's always one wheel that is not synchronized. Ah, right. And also, I mean, it's funny how
[17:36.960 -> 17:46.720] that two-second stop feels like slow, like you might think that it's really fast, but in the car, it feels like you're there for
[17:47.520 -> 17:55.760] ages. Wow. 1.8, when I hit that in Brazil, I think it was, that one did feel quite quick,
[17:55.760 -> 18:00.000] but yeah, like 2, 2.2, then you're like, oh yeah, it's okay. But you must have, yeah,
[18:00.000 -> 18:05.680] once that 1.8 happened, you just, you felt it. Yeah, because it's so synchronized, it just goes off, on.
[18:05.680 -> 18:06.680] It's beautiful.
[18:06.680 -> 18:07.680] That's beautiful.
[18:07.680 -> 18:10.280] This is from Lacey in the UK, who says,
[18:10.280 -> 18:12.880] if all of the team principals had a karting race,
[18:12.880 -> 18:15.280] who do you think would actually win?
[18:15.280 -> 18:16.760] I think Christian.
[18:16.760 -> 18:17.560] I think Christian, yeah.
[18:17.560 -> 18:18.840] I mean, he's actually a racer, isn't he?
[18:18.840 -> 18:19.720] So, yeah.
[18:19.720 -> 18:20.600] Yeah, he's the only one.
[18:20.600 -> 18:24.160] And he's also probably one of the smaller, lighter ones.
[18:24.160 -> 18:27.040] I think he was the only racing driver out there.
[18:27.040 -> 18:27.540] Yeah.
[18:28.240 -> 18:30.560] Although Toto also, I saw some pictures as well.
[18:30.560 -> 18:35.280] I think Christian Daphne went higher up in racing from all of them.
[18:35.280 -> 18:36.960] I would pay good money to watch that.
[18:36.960 -> 18:38.560] That would be a good karting race.
[18:38.560 -> 18:40.640] This is from Sean in the UK.
[18:40.640 -> 18:42.800] He says, are you looking forward to all of the funny
[18:42.800 -> 18:45.960] Red Bull marketing team games next year in 2022?
[18:45.960 -> 18:46.960] Yes!
[18:46.960 -> 18:49.720] You do some fun stuff though, right?
[18:49.720 -> 18:50.840] I'm not looking forward to it.
[18:50.840 -> 18:56.480] You drive some weird machines and race little RC, you do some fun stuff.
[18:56.480 -> 19:00.560] We've done everything, we've driven everything that you could imagine.
[19:00.560 -> 19:03.200] Didn't you drive like an ice machine somewhere?
[19:03.200 -> 19:05.040] Yeah, yeah, in Singapore.
[19:05.040 -> 19:12.320] Wherever you think of, we've driven it. And don't give any more ideas to our marketing team.
[19:13.280 -> 19:17.840] This is from Tia in Croatia, who says, what do you guys like to talk about when you're on your
[19:17.840 -> 19:26.800] way to a media event or you're waiting around for a session? Us? Yeah. It can be anything. Family related stuff, just you know,
[19:26.800 -> 19:33.100] what we're doing outside of the races. Yeah, whatever comes up. Is there like a go-to conversation
[19:33.100 -> 19:36.440] that you normally bring up like, oh, did you watch whatever last night? Like, because you
[19:36.440 -> 19:41.920] know, you're into the same kind of thing or? Just a normal, normal, like, life stuff. Yeah.
[19:41.920 -> 19:46.000] Yeah. Whatever you speak with a friend. I mean, yeah, I would just, yeah.
[19:46.000 -> 19:47.000] Or, you know, with family.
[19:47.000 -> 19:49.000] Very rarely we speak about racing, though.
[19:49.000 -> 19:52.000] I think it's the last subject that, yeah.
[19:52.000 -> 19:53.000] Yeah.
[19:53.000 -> 19:54.000] It's rare that we speak about racing.
[19:54.000 -> 19:56.000] Give me one food you're really looking forward to.
[19:56.000 -> 19:57.000] Kebab.
[19:57.000 -> 19:58.000] Oh, yes.
[19:58.000 -> 19:59.000] Yeah.
[19:59.000 -> 20:01.000] What, like, like a proper dirty food?
[20:01.000 -> 20:02.000] Yeah, yeah.
[20:02.000 -> 20:04.000] I have a Japanese kebab, though, in Japan.
[20:04.000 -> 20:05.000] Yeah, no, yeah. I have a Japanese kebab though in Japan.
[20:05.000 -> 20:07.000] Yeah, I had one as well.
[20:07.000 -> 20:08.000] Not too bad but...
[20:08.000 -> 20:13.000] I had one when I came back to Monaco just to test if it was good as well.
[20:13.000 -> 20:14.000] You gotta check.
[20:14.000 -> 20:15.000] Yeah, yeah.
[20:15.000 -> 20:16.000] You have to check these things.
[20:16.000 -> 20:17.000] I love it.
[20:17.000 -> 20:18.000] Checker, what are you looking forward to?
[20:18.000 -> 20:20.000] Un lunche.
[20:20.000 -> 20:21.000] What's that?
[20:21.000 -> 20:24.000] It's a bread with meat.
[20:24.000 -> 20:26.000] It's a Mexican kebab. It's a Mexican kebab.
[20:26.000 -> 20:27.000] It sounds like a kebab.
[20:27.000 -> 20:28.000] It's a Mexican kebab.
[20:28.000 -> 20:31.000] It's a Mexican kebab.
[20:31.000 -> 20:36.000] Yeah, I go to these little places where I eat my food.
[20:36.000 -> 20:39.000] It's happiness in those little places.
[20:39.000 -> 20:42.000] Well, I want to say a massive, massive thank you for joining us here today.
[20:42.000 -> 20:43.000] Enjoy the rest of-
[20:43.000 -> 20:45.760] I mean, we had to really, no, I'm just kidding.
[20:45.760 -> 20:48.240] It is in your contract that you do have to do stuff like this.
[20:49.200 -> 20:52.000] No, I had to but I really wish I had anything else.
[20:52.000 -> 20:55.680] That's the correct thing to say, thank you very much. You had to but you enjoy it.
[20:55.680 -> 20:56.160] Yeah, of course.
[20:56.160 -> 20:57.760] Of all of the media things, this one is your favourite.
[20:57.760 -> 20:58.960] No, no, for sure, for sure.
[20:58.960 -> 20:59.760] Yeah, of course.
[20:59.760 -> 21:01.680] Oh, thank you. Thank you very much for...
[21:01.680 -> 21:02.400] It's been good.
[21:02.400 -> 21:07.840] Enjoy your time off and I will see you next year and good luck for next season. Yeah, thank you. Enjoy your much. Thank you. Thank you very much for... That's been good. Enjoy your time off and I will see you next year and good luck for next season.
[21:07.840 -> 21:11.760] Enjoy the holidays and yeah.
[21:11.760 -> 21:13.840] Make sure you drink some Mexican water.
[21:13.840 -> 21:14.960] I'm sure Max will.
[21:14.960 -> 21:16.160] Very important.
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