Secrets of the lightning quick pit stop crew

Nicola Hume speaks to sporting Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley and Senior Engineer Rich Wolverson about the art of the Oracle Red Bull Racing pit stop team.

They discuss what it takes to join the pit stop team, and how everyone who travels juggles doing pit stops with other roles in the garage. They also talk about their own respective journeys to their current positions and how they are aiming to reclaim their world record, whilst also prioritising consistency over one-off headline grabbing stops.

Also, in our 'Oracle Red Bull Racing in 100 Objects' section, Jonathan and Rich bring an object that symbolises their experience as part of the travelling team.
Finally, they take on the HP Poly Challenge, as they have to identify different bits of audio in just 1.82 seconds, the length of the team’s fastest ever pit stop.

**Navigating the Nuances of Formula One Pit Stops: A Conversation with Red Bull Racing's Experts**

In this episode of the Talking Ball podcast, brought to you by HP Poly, Nicola Hume engages in a captivating conversation with two esteemed guests from Oracle Red Bull Racing: Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley and Senior Engineer Rich Wolverson. Together, they delve into the intricacies of Formula One pit stops, highlighting the teamwork, precision, and strategic decision-making that contribute to the team's remarkable success.

**The Art of Pit Stop Coordination**

Jonathan Wheatley, with his extensive experience in the world of Formula One, provides valuable insights into the dynamic role of a sporting director. He emphasizes the significance of ensuring that all personnel and resources are meticulously organized and arrive at the track on time. Additionally, he oversees the team's relationship with the FIA, navigating the complexities of race weekend regulations.

Meanwhile, Rich Wolverson, an engineer responsible for the car's specifications and build, offers a unique perspective on pit stop execution. He explains his role as the "car controller," ensuring that the wheels are safely secured and the car exits the pit lane without causing any hazards. This high-pressure position requires split-second decision-making, especially when faced with unpredictable weather conditions or chaotic race scenarios.

**The Importance of Team Cohesion and Talent Identification**

The discussion highlights the crucial role of teamwork and camaraderie within the pit crew. Jonathan Wheatley reveals that the team includes an individual from the IT department who is also trained as a pit crew member, demonstrating the versatility and dedication required for success. The identification of talented individuals is a meticulous process that involves observing body shape, physique, and movement, along with the ability to handle pressure.

**The Evolving Landscape of Pit Stop Technology**

The conversation addresses the impact of technology on future pit stops. While the FIA has implemented regulations to maintain the human element in pit stops, there is a desire to prevent excessive automation that could diminish the significance of teamwork. Jonathan Wheatley emphasizes the importance of preserving the pit stop as a human endeavor, highlighting the pride and satisfaction derived from witnessing the team's collective efforts.

**Communication and Strategy: The Keys to Success**

The podcast explores the communication dynamics between the pit crew and the race strategists. Jonathan Wheatley describes the fluid nature of pit stop planning, often relying on subtle cues and observations to alert the crew about potential pit stops. He acknowledges the importance of maintaining open communication with Will Courtney, Hannah Schmitz, and other strategists to ensure a coordinated approach.

**Building a Strong Team Culture**

The discussion underscores the significance of fostering a positive and supportive team culture. Jonathan Wheatley and Rich Wolverson emphasize the value of mutual respect and understanding among team members. They recognize that personal challenges and setbacks can impact an individual's performance, and they strive to create an environment where everyone feels supported and motivated to deliver their best.

**The Pursuit of Consistent Excellence**

The podcast concludes with a focus on the team's relentless pursuit of consistent excellence in pit stops. Jonathan Wheatley emphasizes the importance of achieving a fast minimum average time rather than aiming for record-breaking individual pit stops. He acknowledges the exceptional performance of McLaren in achieving a new record but maintains that the team's primary goal is to maintain a high level of reliability and efficiency.

**The Importance of Pit Stops**

Pit stops are a crucial aspect of Formula One racing, often determining the outcome of a race. The time it takes to complete a pit stop can significantly impact a driver's position on the track, making it a high-pressure situation for the pit crew.

**The Pit Crew: A Team Effort**

The pit crew consists of a dedicated group of individuals, each with a specific role to play. From changing tires to refueling the car, every member must work in perfect sync to ensure a quick and efficient pit stop. The podcast highlights the physical demands of the job, the mental focus required, and the importance of communication and teamwork.

**The Evolution of Pit Stop Strategies**

Over the years, pit stop strategies have undergone significant changes. The podcast explores the factors that influence these strategies, such as the number of pit stops, the timing of the stops, and the type of tires used. The hosts discuss the impact of these strategies on race outcomes and the challenges teams face in making the right decisions.

**The Human Element: Camaraderie and Teamwork**

The podcast emphasizes the strong sense of camaraderie and teamwork among pit crew members. These individuals spend countless hours training together, building trust and understanding that are essential for success during races. The hosts share anecdotes and stories that illustrate the unbreakable bonds formed within the pit crew.

**The Satisfaction of Success**

The podcast delves into the immense satisfaction that pit crew members experience when they execute a successful pit stop. The feeling of contributing to the team's overall performance and helping the driver achieve victory is a powerful motivator for these individuals. The hosts discuss the moments of celebration and the sense of accomplishment that come with a well-executed pit stop.

**Conclusion**

The podcast concludes with a reflection on the overall message and takeaway from the discussion. The hosts emphasize the importance of recognizing the skill, dedication, and teamwork of pit crew members, who often work behind the scenes but play a vital role in the success of Formula One teams. The podcast leaves listeners with a newfound appreciation for the complexity and significance of pit stops in Formula One racing.

[00:00.000 -> 00:03.080] Hello and welcome back to Talking Ball, brought to you by HP Poly.
[00:03.080 -> 00:08.040] I'm Nicola Hulme, where on this podcast, we talk all things Oracle Red Bull Racing
[00:08.040 -> 00:10.680] here from the factory in Milton Keynes.
[00:10.680 -> 00:12.680] We are joined by two very special guests today.
[00:12.680 -> 00:15.040] We have a pit stop special.
[00:15.040 -> 00:17.880] I had to just make sure that I got that right, because that's really hard to say.
[00:17.880 -> 00:19.920] Pit stop special. There we go. Nailed it.
[00:19.920 -> 00:23.840] So our first guest is sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.
[00:23.840 -> 00:24.600] Hi there.
[00:24.600 -> 00:25.960] Lovely.
[00:25.960 -> 00:28.360] And we're also joined by Senior Engineer,
[00:28.360 -> 00:30.080] it's Rich Wolverson.
[00:30.080 -> 00:31.280] Good afternoon.
[00:31.280 -> 00:32.720] Thank you so much for joining me.
[00:32.720 -> 00:34.080] How are you both?
[00:34.080 -> 00:36.440] Reasonably relaxed, considering the time of year.
[00:36.440 -> 00:37.400] Yeah? Yeah.
[00:37.400 -> 00:38.280] Well, first things first,
[00:38.280 -> 00:40.880] I think we should formally let everybody know
[00:40.880 -> 00:42.720] what you both do here at Red Bull.
[00:42.720 -> 00:44.160] So I'll start with you, Jonathan.
[00:44.160 -> 00:46.000] So where would we normally see you? I mean, I normally see you sat onw i'n gwybod beth ydych chi i gyd yn y Red Bull. Felly, byddwn i'n dechrau gyda chi, Jonathan. Felly, ble byddwn ni'n gweld chi?
[00:46.000 -> 00:49.000] Dwi'n meddwl, rydw i'n gweld chi'n y pitwall pan rwy'n gwylio'r rhestr.
[00:49.000 -> 00:52.000] Felly, beth yw eich dydd i dydd yma yng Nghymru?
[00:52.000 -> 00:54.000] Felly, rwy'n meddwl, yn y ffordd rwy'n ei wneud,
[00:54.000 -> 00:56.000] yw sicrhau bod yr holl bobl,
[00:56.000 -> 00:58.000] yr holl eich gynnyrch,
[00:58.000 -> 00:59.000] yn cael eu hymryd,
[00:59.000 -> 01:00.000] yn cael eu hymryd yn iawn,
[01:00.000 -> 01:05.000] yn rhoi'r rôl iawn, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i gyd, i put in the right roles, all arrives at the track at the right time, we do a great job when we're at the track.
[01:05.000 -> 01:14.000] I'm also in charge of our FIA relationship on the sporting side, keeps me busy over the course of a race weekend.
[01:14.000 -> 01:18.000] And yeah, I try to manage the day-to-day operation of the race team.
[01:18.000 -> 01:23.000] And of course one of the major roles in that is our team pit stop performance.
[01:23.000 -> 01:26.640] And Rich? So, I'm an engineer.
[01:26.640 -> 01:29.720] I look after the spec of the car,
[01:29.720 -> 01:32.880] the build of the car, work with mechanics, the design.
[01:32.880 -> 01:35.480] All the departments back here to what car we
[01:35.480 -> 01:38.240] want to effectively run at the track for certain events.
[01:38.240 -> 01:40.760] So, Vegas, we have a different car to last week, for example.
[01:40.760 -> 01:43.400] Then, another part of my role is pit stops.
[01:43.400 -> 01:46.180] So, yes, I am the car control
[01:46.180 -> 01:50.100] as we call it. Nowadays we don't have a lollipop, we've got traffic light systems.
[01:50.100 -> 01:56.060] So you're not, it's not a stop go guy? No, I've got a little accessory I brought with me, my tool.
[01:56.060 -> 02:01.500] We'll talk about that later. So yes, it's all modernised now. So we use a traffic light system.
[02:01.500 -> 02:07.880] So I'm in charge of car control, which is basically making sure the wheels are effectively on safety, safely, and the
[02:07.880 -> 02:11.540] car leaves the pit lane safely so it doesn't crash into anyone coming up, the
[02:11.540 -> 02:16.680] traffic etc. So yes it's quite an overwhelming role at certain times
[02:16.680 -> 02:20.480] depending on the race. Yeah, it's quite a high pressure job. Well yeah I mean sometimes it's
[02:20.480 -> 02:23.840] clinical, everything goes well and then other times there's traffic, there's rain,
[02:23.840 -> 02:27.720] there's safety cars, there's all sorts of chaos thrown at you,
[02:27.720 -> 02:29.840] which always tends to happen really.
[02:29.840 -> 02:32.360] There's no weekends ever straightforward.
[02:32.360 -> 02:33.880] Yeah, I'm sure there's like certain scenarios
[02:33.880 -> 02:36.200] where you just can't prepare for,
[02:36.200 -> 02:39.200] like the weather in Brazil, for example,
[02:39.200 -> 02:41.160] you couldn't prepare for what that was gonna be like
[02:41.160 -> 02:43.200] to then prepare what your pit stops are gonna be like.
[02:43.200 -> 02:44.040] No, exactly.
[02:44.040 -> 02:45.600] Well, the timing of that was actually perfect in Brazil, wasn't it?
[02:45.600 -> 02:46.600] Yeah.
[02:46.600 -> 02:47.600] The cars came back.
[02:47.600 -> 02:48.600] Dodged the bullet there.
[02:48.600 -> 02:53.200] Whereas Zandvoort, for example, Zandvoort was probably the worst for a long time anyway.
[02:53.200 -> 02:54.200] I think so, yeah.
[02:54.200 -> 02:56.400] Why? What specifically happened in Zandvoort?
[02:56.400 -> 03:00.000] Well, there was a monsoon, effectively, and the pit lane is that small.
[03:00.000 -> 03:01.000] We were on dry time.
[03:01.000 -> 03:04.800] Yeah, the pit lane is that small there. There's no room to pit stop anyway.
[03:04.800 -> 03:09.800] But then when it's raining, everyone piles in at the same time and it gets a bit busy, shall we say.
[03:09.800 -> 03:10.300] Yeah.
[03:10.300 -> 03:16.200] And Rich has been really modest, he's made some brilliant calls in terms of releasing the car into the fast lane this year.
[03:16.200 -> 03:19.400] Because it's a very, very tight area to work in.
[03:19.400 -> 03:23.500] It's like, I guess it's like an aircraft carrier flight deck, you know.
[03:23.500 -> 03:26.000] Everyone has to know what everyone's doing all the time.
[03:26.000 -> 03:28.080] It makes Monaco easy now, basically.
[03:28.080 -> 03:30.200] Monaco used to be the worst, and now this one.
[03:30.200 -> 03:34.800] Because essentially, you're in control of when the car leaves.
[03:34.800 -> 03:35.320] Yes.
[03:35.320 -> 03:38.200] So, it's like milliseconds.
[03:38.200 -> 03:42.840] Well, it's strange because you're that used to what happens.
[03:42.840 -> 03:44.440] It's all in slow motion.
[03:44.440 -> 03:47.120] Then I watch the track maps, et cetera,
[03:47.200 -> 03:48.680] to see what traffic's coming behind.
[03:48.760 -> 03:50.480] So you've sort of got an idea of what's happened.
[03:50.560 -> 03:52.640] But then it's when something unexpected happens during the pit stop,
[03:52.720 -> 03:56.600] because it's never, like, clockwork, shall we say.
[03:56.680 -> 03:59.160] And then something just happens and you're like,
[03:59.240 -> 04:02.560] it's, yeah, like, if there's a slow corner and there's a car coming,
[04:02.640 -> 04:05.000] you're like, I try to judge what's going on.
[04:05.000 -> 04:06.000] It's busy.
[04:06.000 -> 04:10.000] Essentially, like, so you have two jobs, don't you, really?
[04:10.000 -> 04:13.000] So how did you end up working in pit stops?
[04:13.000 -> 04:21.000] Because, so what I've heard, Jonathan, right, is that there is someone that works in IT that also is part of the pit crew.
[04:21.000 -> 04:26.240] So to me, I'm like, well, how does that work? Is there here atithio? Yn y ffactori yma, mae gennych gwasanaeth
[04:26.240 -> 04:28.280] i bobl ddod a gweithio
[04:28.280 -> 04:29.520] yn y pit stop?
[04:29.520 -> 04:31.120] Mewn rhan o.
[04:31.120 -> 04:32.440] Yn gyntaf, ie, rwy'n credu,
[04:32.440 -> 04:33.400] efallai nad yw'n gwybod iawn,
[04:33.400 -> 04:34.640] ond mae'r pwll-grw
[04:34.640 -> 04:35.280] yn cymryd rhan
[04:35.280 -> 04:36.680] o bob math o debygau gwahanol.
[04:36.680 -> 04:37.120] Ie.
[04:37.120 -> 04:38.120] Nid ymwneud â'r cymorth arall,
[04:38.120 -> 04:39.400] ond, gwylio'r gwybod,
[04:39.400 -> 04:40.080] efallai un diwrnod.
[04:40.080 -> 04:41.000] Mae gennym rhai o'r tîm yma
[04:41.000 -> 04:42.000] ac maen nhw'n gwybod i'w gwasanaethu.
[04:42.000 -> 04:42.360] Efallai un diwrnod
[04:42.360 -> 04:43.000] byddwn yn cael rhywun
[04:43.000 -> 04:44.640] i'w cymorth yma.
[04:44.640 -> 04:47.000] Ond mae 22 o bobl yn y pit stop, gan gynnwys drifo.
[04:47.000 -> 04:49.000] Mae angen argyfwngau.
[04:49.000 -> 04:51.000] Yn wir, mae ym mis Mawrthau wedi bod yn anodd iawn arni
[04:51.000 -> 04:53.000] o ran diwydiantau,
[04:53.000 -> 04:54.000] ymarferiaethau,
[04:54.000 -> 04:56.000] pobl sy'n rhaid i gyd gael gweithiau.
[04:56.000 -> 04:58.000] Felly mae angen i gyd llawer o bobl
[04:58.000 -> 05:00.000] yn y argyfwngau i'w wneud.
[05:00.000 -> 05:03.000] Ac rwy'n gweithio gyda thîm o bobl gwych yma
[05:03.000 -> 05:06.280] rydw i wedi gweithio gyda nhw am ddau blynedd a'u helpu i ddeall y talent to do it and I work with a great team of people here that I've been working with for a long time
[05:06.280 -> 05:08.040] who help identify that talent
[05:08.040 -> 05:11.400] and help introduce them into the pit crew.
[05:11.400 -> 05:13.940] So how do you identify the talent in the first place?
[05:13.940 -> 05:18.120] So does somebody go, oh, I'm pretty fast with my hands,
[05:18.120 -> 05:19.800] can I come and show you what I can do?
[05:19.800 -> 05:22.320] And you'll just come and upload it like an audition?
[05:22.320 -> 05:24.360] I guess the fundamental is they have to travel,
[05:24.360 -> 05:25.960] so they have to actually be at the track,
[05:25.960 -> 05:27.200] because otherwise it's quite difficult
[05:27.200 -> 05:29.200] to do a pit stop from the factory.
[05:29.200 -> 05:32.680] So we tend to look at people within our travelling crew.
[05:32.680 -> 05:35.880] We look at their body shape, their physique, how they move.
[05:35.880 -> 05:38.340] We've got a clinical management team here
[05:38.340 -> 05:39.680] that helps identify people
[05:39.680 -> 05:41.600] that might be good for certain roles.
[05:41.600 -> 05:46.000] Then there's a sort of day-to-day coaching crew
[05:46.000 -> 05:48.640] that works with the pit crew.
[05:48.640 -> 05:51.120] Phil Turner's one of those, works with Richard.
[05:52.120 -> 05:55.560] Some of the other guys, we just try to identify a role
[05:55.560 -> 05:57.300] where somebody's really comfortable.
[05:57.300 -> 05:59.120] And even when you get all through that,
[05:59.120 -> 06:00.920] you've then got to put them under some kind of pressure
[06:00.920 -> 06:03.720] so you get some idea of how they can handle pressure.
[06:03.720 -> 06:06.240] And sometimes it's just me stood behind them
[06:06.240 -> 06:08.640] in a pit stop, you know, when you're practicing
[06:08.640 -> 06:09.960] in the factory.
[06:09.960 -> 06:11.400] I always figure if they can't do it
[06:11.400 -> 06:13.680] with just me stood there, then they're not gonna be able
[06:13.680 -> 06:16.200] to do it with about a billion people watching them on TV.
[06:16.200 -> 06:17.760] Okay, well now I have to ask you,
[06:17.760 -> 06:19.960] what's more nerve-wracking, actually doing it,
[06:19.960 -> 06:21.600] actually doing your job at a race
[06:21.600 -> 06:24.520] or doing your job in a practice with Jonathan overlooking?
[06:24.520 -> 06:30.280] Oh no, practice for me. Yeah, no, no for me. I'm more watching what the mechanics are doing during this practice
[06:30.280 -> 06:33.960] shall we say. Yeah, I can't practice mine in that sort of thing.
[06:33.960 -> 06:37.200] So how did you end up doing what you do at the pit stops?
[06:37.200 -> 06:40.480] I kind of inherited it with the role to be honest. When I first got the job, the guy
[06:40.480 -> 06:50.400] who did my previous job did that and then then kind of stepped into that, and then took up the engineering side of the pit stop itself as well.
[06:50.520 -> 06:53.880] We've evolved the equipment and the processes so much over the years.
[06:54.000 -> 06:56.000] I run the data systems for that at the track.
[06:56.120 -> 06:59.360] So there's a lot more in the background that you don't really see,
[06:59.480 -> 07:02.680] but is inherent to the pit stop working effectively, isn't it?
[07:02.800 -> 07:05.840] I mean, we say there's 22 people.
[07:05.840 -> 07:07.280] As Jonathan said, the driver's most important,
[07:07.280 -> 07:09.560] well, as important as everyone else,
[07:09.560 -> 07:11.360] because if he gets it wrong, we get it wrong.
[07:11.360 -> 07:13.940] So everyone's got to do their own little bit.
[07:13.940 -> 07:15.640] And there's only so many of us at the track anyway,
[07:15.640 -> 07:17.480] which is why people in IT,
[07:17.480 -> 07:19.120] everyone sort of has to get involved,
[07:19.120 -> 07:20.880] because that's all we've got, isn't it, effectively?
[07:20.880 -> 07:24.320] So did you join, you joined originally as an engineer
[07:24.320 -> 07:25.000] to start working on the cast?
[07:25.000 -> 07:27.000] Yes, so I originally worked in the design office.
[07:27.000 -> 07:28.000] Yeah.
[07:28.000 -> 07:32.000] And then a racing job became available and then I got that.
[07:32.000 -> 07:34.000] Nice, nice. Are you enjoying it?
[07:34.000 -> 07:41.000] I'd love it. I mean, you've got to love it really. I mean, I've been travelling 12 years now, so you've got to love it to do it.
[07:41.000 -> 07:42.000] Yeah.
[07:42.000 -> 07:44.000] Because it is your life, really. Well, it is, isn't it?
[07:44.000 -> 07:48.600] Yeah, it is. It's like, even when you're back, it still is, you know.
[07:48.600 -> 07:50.280] Living and breathing it.
[07:50.280 -> 07:51.120] Effectively.
[07:51.120 -> 07:51.940] Yeah.
[07:51.940 -> 07:55.600] I mean, Jonathan, you started as a mechanic, didn't you?
[07:55.600 -> 07:59.640] And then you ended up joining Red Bull in 2006.
[07:59.640 -> 08:02.400] So how has your journey from when you started
[08:02.400 -> 08:04.560] at Red Bull in 2006 been to now?
[08:04.560 -> 08:06.960] Because it's a completely different world now, isn't it? I mean, yeah. Pa mae eich byd o'r ddechrau o'r Red Bull yn 2006 i nawr? Mae'n bywyd gwahanol nawr, dwi'n credu.
[08:06.960 -> 08:10.120] Ie, ac mae'n llai i fwyna'n gweithio gyda'r tîm
[08:10.120 -> 08:13.280] yn y byd y mae'n fwyna'n gweithio gyda'r tîm
[08:13.280 -> 08:14.880] ac yn ceisio gwneud fy nôl.
[08:14.880 -> 08:17.840] Dwi wedi bod yma ers 2006,
[08:17.840 -> 08:20.120] roeddwn i 16 mlynedd yn F1 yn y blaen,
[08:20.120 -> 08:23.080] rwy'n deall dynol iawn sut y gweithwyr ymlaen.
[08:23.080 -> 08:26.000] Christian oedd wedi rhoi cyfle i mi i rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny. Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny. Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:26.000 -> 08:28.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:28.000 -> 08:30.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:30.000 -> 08:32.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:32.000 -> 08:34.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:34.000 -> 08:36.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:36.000 -> 08:38.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:38.000 -> 08:40.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:40.000 -> 08:42.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:42.000 -> 08:44.000] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny.
[08:44.000 -> 08:47.200] Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny. Rwy'n credu bod y cydweithwyr yn dweud hynny. that I wanted to work in and Christian's honestly left me to just do that over the last 17, 18 years.
[08:47.200 -> 08:51.920] That's amazing. Do you have any particular proud moments over the last few years?
[08:51.920 -> 08:58.000] Yeah, I think, you know, I'm tremendously highly motivated still, which is maybe surprising
[08:58.000 -> 09:02.720] considering how long I've done it. Working with teams for me is the best job in the world.
[09:02.720 -> 09:07.120] It honestly doesn't feel like a job. There's numerous times that I feel proud of the team
[09:07.120 -> 09:08.120] over the course of the year,
[09:08.120 -> 09:10.120] especially when you put,
[09:10.120 -> 09:11.720] maybe when you put a pit crew together
[09:11.720 -> 09:14.560] with a lot of reserves in it at the last minute,
[09:14.560 -> 09:17.440] and they're a bit shaky in practice and what have you,
[09:17.440 -> 09:19.000] and they deliver in the race,
[09:19.000 -> 09:20.720] makes me tremendously proud, you know,
[09:20.720 -> 09:24.680] and to play a small part in what happens there.
[09:24.680 -> 09:30.600] I mean, as Formula One is moving on, everything's all becoming very high tech.
[09:30.600 -> 09:37.600] So how will technology make an impact on future pit stops, on the future of F1?
[09:37.600 -> 09:47.120] That's a really good question, because a few years ago, the FIA clamped down on what you could and couldn't do,
[09:47.120 -> 09:50.200] or defined, let's say, what you could and couldn't do in a pit stop.
[09:50.200 -> 09:55.200] And I was adamant from the very beginning that it needs to be a human endeavour.
[09:55.200 -> 09:58.720] It is a team contribution towards the result at the weekend,
[09:58.720 -> 10:00.800] and it's absolutely vital it stays like that.
[10:00.800 -> 10:06.120] So I hope it doesn't get any more complicated technically than it is now. I hope that nobody's given any more assistance to do their job mae'n dal fel hyn. Felly gobeithio nad yw'n cael mwy o ddifrifio'n technigol na'r bydd ar hyn o bryd.
[10:06.120 -> 10:09.040] Gobeithio nad yw unrhyw un wedi rhoi ymdrechion
[10:09.040 -> 10:11.260] i wneud eu swydd na'u bod yn barod,
[10:11.260 -> 10:14.640] oherwydd yn gyfraith mae'n rhaid i 22 o bobl
[10:14.640 -> 10:17.480] gael 1.8 segnd yn dda.
[10:18.480 -> 10:29.840] 1.8 segnd, byddwn yn siarad am hynny ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn of we are going to talk about that a little bit later on because I have to remind me. We'll talk about it later. Meanwhile I do have to ask when it comes
[10:29.840 -> 10:36.680] to an actual race and say I'm sat down watching a race and I just hear I don't
[10:36.680 -> 10:41.600] know GP on the radio say to Max box box box how much notice does the pit crew
[10:41.600 -> 10:47.920] get when it comes to a pit stop like would you have to be instantly, or do you kind of get a couple of laps notice,
[10:47.920 -> 10:49.600] okay, they're going to come in in a little bit?
[10:49.600 -> 10:52.800] Jonathan tends to give us a heads up just so everyone's prepared.
[10:52.800 -> 10:53.800] If I know about it.
[10:53.800 -> 10:54.800] Yeah, it's true.
[10:54.800 -> 10:57.800] It's very fluid, shall we say.
[10:57.800 -> 10:59.600] But it depends on the scenario.
[10:59.600 -> 11:04.360] Sometimes you can sense, or if there's a crash and you know there's going to be a red flag,
[11:04.360 -> 11:05.800] everyone's... Yeah.
[11:05.800 -> 11:08.800] Yeah, you kind of get the feeling from the race, but yeah.
[11:08.800 -> 11:12.800] You're also trying to be subtle about it as well, so the other teams don't realise, so...
[11:12.800 -> 11:14.800] But you've got to put your helmets on and everything, haven't you?
[11:14.800 -> 11:15.800] Well, we keep our helmets on.
[11:15.800 -> 11:16.800] Oh, we're meant to keep our helmets on.
[11:16.800 -> 11:18.800] Just hold it down, you know, swing it about, and then just casually go,
[11:18.800 -> 11:19.800] go, go, go!
[11:19.800 -> 11:22.800] I mean, you know, they're a pretty well-drilled team.
[11:22.800 -> 11:25.600] They're supposed to keep their crash helmets on through the...
[11:25.760 -> 11:28.360] And make the odd funny movement every now and then
[11:28.520 -> 11:29.840] so people might think we're doing something,
[11:30.000 -> 11:33.560] but ultimately people sit there without their crash helmets on and what have you.
[11:33.720 -> 11:35.840] So, we...
[11:36.000 -> 11:38.800] I try to stay ahead of what's happening on strategy.
[11:38.960 -> 11:41.960] I try to get a heads-up for what might be happening.
[11:42.120 -> 11:44.440] I try in various ways to alert the crew
[11:44.600 -> 11:46.920] that something might be happening in the next few laps.
[11:46.920 -> 11:49.560] So they're going to a slightly higher state of alert.
[11:50.520 -> 11:52.680] And, you know, as a pit bull,
[11:52.680 -> 11:54.480] we've been working together for a long time.
[11:54.480 -> 11:56.920] Adrian, Christian, myself, Will, Courtney,
[11:56.920 -> 11:59.760] we've been on that pit bull since 2006.
[11:59.760 -> 12:02.080] Some of them before me.
[12:02.080 -> 12:06.120] So we kind of know what each other are thinking, what they're doing
[12:06.120 -> 12:10.480] and there's the odd unpleasant surprise when we decide all of a sudden
[12:10.480 -> 12:13.600] we're gonna pit stop. Or the driver does, sometimes the driver just comes in himself.
[12:13.600 -> 12:16.960] Or the driver does. Has that happened? Yeah, this year it happened.
[12:16.960 -> 12:22.360] Trekko in Zandvoort. Max in Austin. Max in Austin, yeah, sometimes they box themselves.
[12:22.360 -> 12:29.400] I wanted to ask actually, because you are sat on the pit wall, how close in communication are you with Will Courtney or Hannah Schmitz
[12:29.400 -> 12:30.840] or whoever's on strategy?
[12:30.840 -> 12:33.440] Like, do they sort of communicate with you
[12:33.440 -> 12:36.880] when they want to plan to do a pit or is it vice versa?
[12:36.880 -> 12:40.440] Yeah, I think, you know, we have protocols and procedures
[12:40.440 -> 12:46.000] and as with all such things, sometimes under the white heat of competition,
[12:46.000 -> 12:48.000] some of those slip.
[12:48.000 -> 12:52.000] What's good is we know each other pretty well now.
[12:52.000 -> 12:55.000] We've had all the conversations after making mistakes
[12:55.000 -> 12:57.000] or making our lives difficult.
[12:57.000 -> 12:58.000] We've been through all of that.
[12:58.000 -> 13:00.000] And I get a pretty good feel now.
[13:00.000 -> 13:05.520] It's rare that a pit stop comes as a complete surprise.
[13:07.880 -> 13:09.560] It can still happen sometimes. But for the most part, I think we,
[13:09.560 -> 13:12.200] considering it's, you know, the amount of racing we do
[13:12.200 -> 13:13.440] and the amount of pit stops we do
[13:13.440 -> 13:15.720] and the amount of strategy talk there is,
[13:15.720 -> 13:17.560] I think picking our way through it,
[13:17.560 -> 13:19.680] I have to say that sometimes as well,
[13:19.680 -> 13:23.160] Christian might identify that there's a conversation going on
[13:23.160 -> 13:25.280] that I'm not aware of that might be leading to a
[13:25.280 -> 13:30.400] pit stop and I think we all just try to help each other out. Nice and how close are you with
[13:30.400 -> 13:34.640] Christian because obviously you've known each other for a really long time. Yeah we've known each other
[13:34.640 -> 13:40.720] really well it's a great working relationship Christian allows me to to do my job, he asks
[13:40.720 -> 13:46.520] pertinent questions every now and then which is how it should be and I enjoy working with him Mae'n gofyn cwestiynau cyffredinol bob amser, sy'n ymwneud â sut mae'n rhaid. Rwy'n mwynhau gweithio gyda ni,
[13:46.520 -> 13:48.520] oherwydd rwy'n credu pan rydych chi'n cael
[13:48.520 -> 13:50.520] y cymaint o ffridad i wneud eich swydd,
[13:50.520 -> 13:52.520] mae'n anodd iawn.
[13:52.520 -> 13:54.520] A mae'r cwestiwn yn deall hynny.
[13:54.520 -> 13:56.520] Oherwydd rydw i wedi gwneud y podcast hon ym mis hon,
[13:56.520 -> 13:58.520] mae'r tîm rydw i'n gwrthdod,
[13:58.520 -> 14:00.520] a phob un rydw i'n gwrthdod yma yn y ffatri,
[14:00.520 -> 14:02.520] mae pawb mor dda,
[14:02.520 -> 14:04.520] a phob un yn cael ei gilydd iawn.
[14:04.520 -> 14:08.880] Rwy'n credu mai dyna'n rhaid iawn's a really important part, I mean especially when it comes to the pit crew, you all kind of have to be
[14:09.440 -> 14:15.440] on the same page as each other, right Rich? Yeah it's like a big family in a way,
[14:15.440 -> 14:17.600] the race team itself, I mean... A dysfunctional...
[14:20.000 -> 14:22.000] Exactly! Of course, it's a normal family!
[14:21.000 -> 14:22.000] Exactly. Of course, it's a normal family.
[14:22.000 -> 14:24.000] I feel like a skunk, just bringing them up here.
[14:24.000 -> 14:28.000] But no, everyone's got the same goal, ultimately.
[14:28.000 -> 14:35.000] Everyone's driven, here to win, want to be the fastest car, fastest pit stop, fastest…
[14:35.000 -> 14:40.000] It's like, it's in our DNA, isn't it? It's part of the ethos of the team.
[14:40.000 -> 14:44.000] It's what Red Bull is, effectively. For me, anyway, that's what we are.
[14:44.000 -> 14:46.560] Well, because, I mean, Red Bull are renowned
[14:46.560 -> 14:47.640] for the pit stops now.
[14:47.640 -> 14:49.360] It's a thing.
[14:49.360 -> 14:50.360] You think of pit stops,
[14:50.360 -> 14:51.920] you think of the Red Bull Racing Team,
[14:51.920 -> 14:52.960] and you think of that pit crew
[14:52.960 -> 14:55.200] just absolutely smashing it every single time.
[14:55.200 -> 14:57.400] And when it comes to morale in the team
[14:57.400 -> 15:01.320] and working together, talking milliseconds,
[15:01.320 -> 15:03.440] what happens if there is just that one person
[15:03.440 -> 15:05.080] that's a little bit out?
[15:05.080 -> 15:07.280] Do you then instantly have to replace that person?
[15:07.280 -> 15:10.560] Or do you then audition someone else to play that role instead?
[15:10.560 -> 15:13.520] Or because you're saying there's been illnesses along the way
[15:13.520 -> 15:15.720] and you're having someone to step in as a reserve,
[15:15.720 -> 15:16.800] everyone has to be on it.
[15:16.800 -> 15:19.560] All 22 people have to be on it.
[15:19.560 -> 15:24.040] What has been fascinating for me over the years
[15:24.040 -> 15:26.920] is how people respond to issues they're
[15:26.920 -> 15:29.320] having in their private life, maybe at work,
[15:29.320 -> 15:32.120] the way they present themselves at work, small, minor injuries,
[15:32.120 -> 15:34.160] yet having this drive and dedication
[15:34.160 -> 15:37.440] to still perform at the highest possible level.
[15:37.440 -> 15:40.760] So I've said it before.
[15:40.760 -> 15:42.480] It's not about the fastest pit stop.
[15:42.480 -> 15:45.040] It's about the fastest minimum average
[15:45.040 -> 15:46.960] that we can do all year long.
[15:46.960 -> 15:50.200] And it's that monotonous two second pit stop
[15:50.200 -> 15:51.240] that we're after, you know,
[15:51.240 -> 15:53.920] if I could be absolutely certain
[15:53.920 -> 15:55.120] that every pit stop for the year
[15:55.120 -> 15:57.720] would be two seconds, 2.1 seconds,
[15:57.720 -> 16:00.280] I'd be a happy man for the rest of my life, you know.
[16:00.280 -> 16:02.960] And winning these trophies has been about
[16:02.960 -> 16:05.200] an incredibly dedicated crew of people,
[16:05.200 -> 16:08.600] sacrificed an awful lot, travelled away from home an awful lot,
[16:08.600 -> 16:10.800] putting an incredible amount of effort in,
[16:10.800 -> 16:15.800] and it's tremendously, well, it makes me tremendously proud to see what they've achieved.
[16:15.800 -> 16:21.600] Are there certain people that end up in certain positions on the car?
[16:21.600 -> 16:26.840] I was trying to explain this to Ellis, who helps put this podcast together to kind of,
[16:26.840 -> 16:28.800] because I try to visualize a pit stop.
[16:28.800 -> 16:31.440] And if I was doing a pit stop or changing a tire,
[16:31.440 -> 16:35.280] I would naturally want to turn left to put the tire on
[16:35.280 -> 16:37.960] to then do it with my right hand because I'm right-handed.
[16:37.960 -> 16:40.200] So then do you specifically then choose somebody
[16:40.200 -> 16:42.880] who's left-handed to go on the other side of the car?
[16:42.880 -> 16:47.320] So then you go looking for left-handed people.
[16:47.320 -> 16:48.520] I wouldn't say it's handed people,
[16:48.520 -> 16:49.800] but people do have a preference.
[16:49.800 -> 16:50.640] Yeah.
[16:50.640 -> 16:51.480] If they can put it on the right or the left.
[16:51.480 -> 16:52.320] Yeah.
[16:52.320 -> 16:53.800] There's definitely that, that is a factor.
[16:53.800 -> 16:54.620] Yeah.
[16:54.620 -> 16:56.040] And you get a few that can do everything.
[16:56.040 -> 16:56.880] Yes.
[16:56.880 -> 16:57.700] You can do so many jobs in the pits.
[16:57.700 -> 16:58.540] Of course.
[16:58.540 -> 16:59.380] You know, we like them.
[16:59.380 -> 17:01.040] Of course, there's multi-talented people.
[17:01.040 -> 17:03.880] But you do tend to put the bigger, stronger guys
[17:03.880 -> 17:07.360] on the bigger wheels, you know, and to
[17:07.360 -> 17:11.280] do a front flap adjust, you don't need a big, strong guy to do the front flap adjust.
[17:11.280 -> 17:14.760] In fact, you need somebody small, able to move really quickly and get out of the way
[17:14.760 -> 17:16.720] of the car when it leaves the pit box.
[17:16.720 -> 17:21.240] So there's some pretty obvious roles that you would try people out for in the first
[17:21.240 -> 17:22.240] instance.
[17:22.240 -> 17:25.160] Did some of the roles change when the tyre size changed?
[17:25.160 -> 17:27.360] Because the tyres got bigger, didn't they?
[17:27.360 -> 17:28.920] Yeah, they got bigger and heavier.
[17:28.920 -> 17:30.280] We went to the 18-inch tyres.
[17:30.280 -> 17:32.560] But what amazed me was the crew just went
[17:32.560 -> 17:33.600] and rebuilt themselves.
[17:33.600 -> 17:36.440] They worked harder on their core strength over the winter.
[17:36.440 -> 17:39.240] They came back and I think as you've seen this year,
[17:39.240 -> 17:43.480] the pit stop times, the ultimate fastest pit stop times
[17:43.480 -> 17:45.600] that we thought we maybe wouldn't see again
[17:45.600 -> 17:49.280] after the 13 inch wheels, yeah, we're seeing them again now.
[17:49.280 -> 17:52.400] Yeah, yeah, I mean, when it comes to the training,
[17:52.400 -> 17:54.720] you're saying core training, so do they,
[17:54.720 -> 17:57.440] because there is a gym here at Red Bull HQ.
[17:57.440 -> 17:58.280] Yeah, there are three.
[17:58.280 -> 17:59.100] It's a very nice gym.
[17:59.100 -> 18:00.640] There are three, and the race team
[18:00.640 -> 18:02.900] have their own specific one,
[18:02.900 -> 18:04.960] which isn't because they're special,
[18:04.960 -> 18:05.000] it's because we've got machines with longer cables in The race team have their own specific one, which isn't because they're special,
[18:05.000 -> 18:09.040] it's because we've got machines with longer cables in,
[18:09.040 -> 18:11.760] so you can simulate more and more
[18:11.760 -> 18:14.200] of the type of movements that they have to do in the field.
[18:14.200 -> 18:16.320] We've got some specialised equipment in there
[18:16.320 -> 18:19.720] to help them with understanding and moving wheels around.
[18:19.720 -> 18:23.600] And what we talk about in terms of core stability
[18:23.600 -> 18:26.960] is that's really future-proofing yourself and season-proofing yourself, Ac y rhai rydyn ni'n siarad am o ran gweithredu'r gynllun yw'r ffaith bod hynny'n ymdrech i'ch gwirio'r dyfodol
[18:26.960 -> 18:28.400] ac i'ch gwirio'r sefyllfa,
[18:28.400 -> 18:32.400] oherwydd rydyn ni eisiau yr un pwll o'r rheswm ym mis Rhys 1 a'r rheswm 24.
[18:32.400 -> 18:34.000] Ie.
[18:34.000 -> 18:36.560] Ac os ydyn ni'n gweld hwn,
[18:36.560 -> 18:41.600] neu'n clywed hwn ar gyfer ymdrech i fod yn rhan o'r pwll o'r rheswm,
[18:41.600 -> 18:48.320] pa sylwadau byddwch chi'n rhoi iddyn nhw? Oherwydd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywedodd, dywed of the Red Bull pit crew, what advice would you give them? Because it seems you can't go and study being in a pit crew,
[18:48.320 -> 18:49.920] so what advice would you give to somebody
[18:49.920 -> 18:51.960] that's desperate to join a pit crew in Formula One?
[18:51.960 -> 18:54.880] Well, I'm assuming somebody's not as at school
[18:54.880 -> 18:56.920] in this scenario and they're looking at it on TV
[18:56.920 -> 18:57.840] and they want to do it.
[18:57.840 -> 19:00.120] I mean, we always encourage people to initially
[19:00.120 -> 19:03.480] try to get some sort of weekend work, gophering,
[19:03.480 -> 19:06.440] they call it, for a racing team somewhere,
[19:06.440 -> 19:12.000] in a good quality single-seater series maybe in the UK. They get to understand that 9 o'clock
[19:12.000 -> 19:16.000] in the morning is 9 o'clock in the morning, and if you're down at 9.01 the van's left,
[19:16.000 -> 19:20.480] you have to make your own way to the track, and basically start working your way through
[19:20.480 -> 19:26.520] then. Then start engaging with Formula 1 teams. You know, you only get out of life
[19:26.520 -> 19:30.280] what you put into it. You have to put a huge amount of effort to get into Formula One.
[19:30.280 -> 19:35.320] You imagine how many CVs we get. And you have to use every tool at your disposal to do that.
[19:35.320 -> 19:39.080] But generally our best pit crew come from that route.
[19:39.080 -> 19:47.640] Okay, so here on Talking Ball we have a thing called 100ems. So every guest that comes in brings an item in with them
[19:47.640 -> 19:48.960] and we have a nice little chat
[19:48.960 -> 19:51.040] and then it ends up in our beautiful Hall of Fame.
[19:51.040 -> 19:55.400] Now, I have noticed there's a really cool looking trophy on this table.
[19:55.600 -> 19:57.840] Can you talk me through this trophy, Jonathan?
[19:58.080 -> 20:03.720] Yeah, DHL run a championship within a championship in Formula One.
[20:04.040 -> 20:05.560] The Pit Stop Challenge.
[20:05.560 -> 20:07.600] I'm sure people have seen on Instagram
[20:07.600 -> 20:08.960] that after every single race,
[20:08.960 -> 20:11.640] there's a timetable issued,
[20:11.640 -> 20:14.520] there's points scored for those in the top 10.
[20:14.520 -> 20:17.000] And I'm very proud to say that Red Bull
[20:17.000 -> 20:19.160] have been at the top of that for five years.
[20:19.160 -> 20:21.680] We're currently leading the Pit Stop Championship
[20:21.680 -> 20:22.500] again this year,
[20:22.500 -> 20:25.440] which shows that whatever we're doing, we're doing well.
[20:25.440 -> 20:27.640] And then we've got a well-motivated crew.
[20:27.640 -> 20:29.800] And each year there's this individual trophy
[20:29.800 -> 20:33.000] that DHL come up with, and I absolutely love them.
[20:33.000 -> 20:34.800] They're all completely unique.
[20:34.800 -> 20:37.920] And this one here has a wheel nut in the top of it.
[20:37.920 -> 20:41.000] And of course it's absolute, everyone understands,
[20:41.000 -> 20:42.600] that's the definition of time.
[20:42.600 -> 20:43.440] The sands of time.
[20:43.440 -> 20:44.280] And that is a proper working hourglass, I did test it.
[20:44.280 -> 20:45.920] And it's a proper working hourglass.
[20:45.920 -> 20:46.960] Yeah.
[20:46.960 -> 20:49.480] And every trophy is unique, completely different.
[20:49.480 -> 20:51.680] No theme running through them at all,
[20:51.680 -> 20:53.440] other than the fact that they're there
[20:53.440 -> 20:57.080] to as a trophy for the DHL championship.
[20:57.080 -> 20:59.440] So was this, is this a 2022?
[20:59.440 -> 21:02.040] I think that's a 2022 one, yeah.
[21:02.040 -> 21:02.880] So, I mean.
[21:02.880 -> 21:04.720] We've only got one hand on the other one at the moment.
[21:04.720 -> 21:05.560] Well, that's the thing. I have to bring up McLaren now. The 2022 one, yeah. So, I mean- We've only got one hand on the other one at the moment, not both.
[21:05.560 -> 21:09.180] Well, that's the thing, I have to bring up McLaren.
[21:09.180 -> 21:10.020] Now-
[21:10.020 -> 21:10.840] Who?
[21:10.840 -> 21:14.160] As we're recording this, there are still two races to go.
[21:14.160 -> 21:15.620] By the time this episode comes out,
[21:15.620 -> 21:17.680] you may have absolutely smashed that record,
[21:17.680 -> 21:21.840] but they beat your record by 0.02 of a second.
[21:21.840 -> 21:27.720] Milliseconds, like not even a snap of your fingers. So, what are you doing
[21:27.720 -> 21:35.560] right now to prepare to beat that in either Vegas or Abu Dhabi? No pressure.
[21:35.560 -> 21:37.800] I wouldn't say we're preparing to beat that really, we're just...
[21:37.800 -> 21:43.560] Oh, you've got to be!
[21:43.560 -> 21:49.000] We obviously, as Jonathan said, want consistent, reliable pit stops, not world record.
[21:49.000 -> 21:52.000] If we go out and try and get a world record every time, there'll be an issue.
[21:52.000 -> 21:56.000] We don't want an issue to affect the race.
[21:56.000 -> 21:58.000] Whereas if a 1.8 did come along, it'd be all right.
[21:58.000 -> 22:01.000] Because ultimately it will happen at some point.
[22:01.000 -> 22:03.000] It's about 22 people being perfect.
[22:03.000 -> 22:05.320] And it's difficult for that
[22:05.320 -> 22:08.520] to happen but we've got it in us. We have got it in us.
[22:08.520 -> 22:14.400] Yeah and also there's, you know, there's the way the season flows through. We've had a
[22:14.400 -> 22:18.440] lot of injuries, we've had a lot of, like I say, pit replacements in the pit crew. They've
[22:18.440 -> 22:24.080] done an amazing job. What we call the reserves have done an incredible job of turning up
[22:24.080 -> 22:29.920] on race day. I mean, don't forget, very likely your very first live pit stop in Formula 1 is for a race win at
[22:29.920 -> 22:36.000] Red Bull. This isn't like you're not in 10th, 15th place. This is going to be for a race win,
[22:36.000 -> 22:41.600] very first time you've done it. And I think what we do well and what the team does well amongst
[22:41.600 -> 22:49.680] itself is put their arms around people, make them feel comfortable. So we've got a tremendously great average pit stop rate for the last few years.
[22:49.880 -> 22:53.360] We know we're capable of greatness, but there's also a time and a place for that.
[22:53.720 -> 22:57.440] And what we saw with the McLaren stop, and I'm totally happy talking about it
[22:57.440 -> 23:00.600] after a couple of weeks of therapy,
[23:00.600 -> 23:05.000] is an incredibly well executed pit stop
[23:05.960 -> 23:08.520] by every single person, all 22 of them,
[23:08.520 -> 23:09.880] including the driver.
[23:09.880 -> 23:11.640] And hats off to them.
[23:11.640 -> 23:12.820] They did an amazing job,
[23:12.820 -> 23:17.520] but our goal is to keep winning this trophy
[23:17.520 -> 23:20.220] and keep doing the lowest average times of everyone.
[23:20.220 -> 23:22.960] And at some point it'll all click together.
[23:22.960 -> 23:24.400] And yeah, I'd be lying if I said
[23:24.400 -> 23:26.200] it's not a target to beat it.
[23:26.200 -> 23:28.920] And when, if you do, well, I'm going to say when.
[23:28.920 -> 23:33.000] When you do win the trophy again this year, what's the celebration?
[23:33.000 -> 23:34.960] You're going out for pizza, what's the plan?
[23:34.960 -> 23:37.800] It's expensive in Abu Dhabi, I don't know.
[23:37.800 -> 23:39.520] It's cheaper than pizza.
[23:39.520 -> 23:41.400] Water for everyone.
[23:41.400 -> 23:44.160] No, but, you know, we still have to deliver it.
[23:44.160 -> 23:46.640] The crew gets a massive amount of satisfaction.
[23:46.640 -> 23:48.360] And I think the whole team gets it.
[23:48.360 -> 23:50.960] I mean, it's extraordinary when we won it
[23:50.960 -> 23:52.940] the last few years, when you come back to the factory,
[23:52.940 -> 23:55.480] the amount of people that come up and say, thank you.
[23:55.480 -> 23:56.520] And I think, you know what,
[23:56.520 -> 24:00.680] the sprint race has been an interesting phenomenon this year
[24:00.680 -> 24:03.640] because you don't do pit stops in sprint races.
[24:03.640 -> 24:08.800] And you kind of get off the pit wall and you go and see the crew after the race.
[24:09.000 -> 24:13.920] And there's that lack of absolute involvement and engagement in the race result.
[24:14.120 -> 24:17.560] And what you get in a race with a pit stop is you get that involvement.
[24:17.760 -> 24:21.880] You feel a complete connection with the result that you've achieved.
[24:22.080 -> 24:24.920] Yeah. I think that's the incredible thing.
[24:25.000 -> 24:27.000] And Rich, you have you've brought your item with you,
[24:27.000 -> 24:30.000] which to me, I don't know, it looks like a traffic light.
[24:30.000 -> 24:34.000] It is a traffic light. I call it my light board, shall we say.
[24:34.000 -> 24:38.000] So this is what I hold during the pit stops, so to speak.
[24:38.000 -> 24:40.000] Oh, yeah, so what's on the back there?
[24:40.000 -> 24:42.000] I have numerous buttons.
[24:42.000 -> 24:44.000] There's numerous buttons on there which control the lights on there
[24:44.000 -> 24:46.080] and what the driver sees, et cetera.
[24:46.080 -> 24:50.120] So that is ultimately what I release the car with
[24:50.120 -> 24:51.280] or hold the car with.
[24:51.280 -> 24:53.760] Driver comes in and you, is it working now?
[24:53.760 -> 24:54.680] There'll be a red light there.
[24:54.680 -> 24:55.840] Oh, so is it not working now?
[24:55.840 -> 24:56.680] Does it have to be plugged in?
[24:56.680 -> 24:57.500] No, no, it needs plugging in.
[24:57.500 -> 24:58.340] Oh, right, okay.
[24:58.340 -> 25:01.200] So red light will be on and then as soon as you've checked,
[25:01.200 -> 25:02.960] do you have to visually check everything
[25:02.960 -> 25:04.000] or is there like a-
[25:04.000 -> 25:04.840] Effectively, yeah.
[25:04.840 -> 25:05.440] Something that tells you...
[25:05.440 -> 25:09.200] There are control systems in there that tell me what's going on, so it's not...
[25:09.200 -> 25:11.600] But it's still down to your fingers.
[25:11.600 -> 25:12.480] To release the kaya.
[25:12.480 -> 25:16.960] Yeah. So the timing of the pit stop comes down to your thumbs.
[25:16.960 -> 25:18.640] Or the trap. Well, sort of.
[25:18.640 -> 25:19.280] I'm just gonna...
[25:19.280 -> 25:20.400] If I let go, yeah.
[25:20.400 -> 25:20.880] I'm gonna throw that up.
[25:20.880 -> 25:22.400] Or run me over, one of the two, actually.
[25:23.200 -> 25:26.960] Because really, in terms of physicalness-
[25:26.960 -> 25:28.480] Mine is the last part of the puzzle show.
[25:28.480 -> 25:30.440] Yeah, physicalness and technicalness,
[25:31.880 -> 25:33.440] which is the hardest role to play
[25:33.440 -> 25:35.720] when it comes to a pit stop?
[25:35.720 -> 25:37.040] Or does everyone have,
[25:37.040 -> 25:40.120] because physically you've got the guys changing the tires,
[25:40.120 -> 25:43.280] but then also mentally, you have to be on it.
[25:43.280 -> 25:44.480] You have to be on it.
[25:44.480 -> 25:48.320] Because if you miss it by half a second or something like that...
[25:49.520 -> 25:50.520] He crashes.
[25:50.520 -> 25:51.520] But, yeah.
[25:53.000 -> 25:56.120] But it's a mental and physical challenge.
[25:56.120 -> 25:57.120] Yeah.
[25:57.120 -> 25:58.720] It really is. And over the course of the season,
[25:58.720 -> 26:01.240] you know, you've got human beings making decisions.
[26:01.240 -> 26:03.040] Richard, once again, really modest.
[26:03.040 -> 26:04.760] I think it was his idea to come up with this
[26:04.760 -> 26:06.400] because we were worried that the halo,
[26:06.520 -> 26:11.400] that if the driver stopped out of position, which happens often,
[26:11.520 -> 26:14.440] then maybe they wouldn't be able to see the light through the halo.
[26:14.560 -> 26:16.120] So the idea, I think it was your idea,
[26:16.240 -> 26:18.600] to have a light panel that you could hold where the driver could see.
[26:18.720 -> 26:21.760] I stand in front of the car, well, to the midway,
[26:21.880 -> 26:23.280] in front of the car with this.
[26:23.400 -> 26:25.040] And I only actually get out of the way
[26:25.040 -> 26:26.080] when I'm happy for him to move,
[26:26.080 -> 26:28.080] which is so far not chopped my legs off,
[26:28.080 -> 26:31.280] but Checo gets very excited every now and then.
[26:31.280 -> 26:33.920] But not every F1 team has one of these.
[26:33.920 -> 26:35.600] No, we're the only ones who use it actually.
[26:35.600 -> 26:37.800] Oh, very nice.
[26:37.800 -> 26:39.160] I like it.
[26:39.160 -> 26:41.000] I mean, obviously it does the trick.
[26:41.000 -> 26:42.200] Clearly it does the trick.
[26:42.200 -> 26:44.200] And it must be a very proud moment
[26:44.200 -> 26:46.520] to be able to create something like that,
[26:46.520 -> 26:49.600] that obviously works and is getting you trophies like this.
[26:49.600 -> 26:52.160] Yeah, the problem is if you don't stand in front of them
[26:52.160 -> 26:54.080] with something, they kind of,
[26:54.080 -> 26:55.600] as soon as they drop, they want to go.
[26:55.600 -> 26:56.440] Yeah.
[26:56.440 -> 26:57.520] But sometimes they can't go.
[26:57.520 -> 27:00.840] But like, what happens if the driver slightly overdoes it
[27:00.840 -> 27:03.160] on one side or the other, or slightly overdoes it?
[27:03.160 -> 27:04.080] Does that affect everything?
[27:04.080 -> 27:08.080] Because you're all sat there prepped, ready to put some tyres on.
[27:08.080 -> 27:11.840] Well everyone's out of position then, they've either got a stretch or it's too close to
[27:11.840 -> 27:16.640] them and that's when you get a slow stop. So the driver position is very
[27:16.640 -> 27:20.520] important. Well there we go, we're gonna add those two items into our hall of fame.
[27:20.520 -> 27:31.800] I might need that back for next week. Yeah, hold on to it, hold on to it. And I also have to talk about the Blind Pit Stop Challenge, which will now, as we speak,
[27:31.800 -> 27:35.520] is available to watch on YouTube, so we can have a little look at it.
[27:35.520 -> 27:39.280] But talk me through the Blind Pit Stop Challenge and what happened there.
[27:39.280 -> 27:41.280] I'll let you talk.
[27:41.280 -> 27:43.280] Well, I'll let you talk.
[27:43.280 -> 27:48.000] For some reason, we thought it would be a good idea to do that before a triple header, was
[27:48.000 -> 27:49.000] it?
[27:49.000 -> 27:50.000] Yeah, good idea.
[27:50.000 -> 27:52.500] On paper it sounded okay.
[27:52.500 -> 27:53.500] Could you have been involved?
[27:53.500 -> 27:57.220] No, you couldn't have been involved in that, to be able to see that all the tyres were
[27:57.220 -> 27:59.300] on and off, because yours is a visual job.
[27:59.300 -> 28:00.300] I can hear it.
[28:00.300 -> 28:01.300] No way!
[28:01.300 -> 28:02.300] Yeah, you can.
[28:02.300 -> 28:03.300] You just get used to it.
[28:03.300 -> 28:04.300] Really?
[28:04.300 -> 28:05.000] Yeah. So the moment you hear, used to it. Really? Yeah.
[28:05.000 -> 28:07.000] So you just, the moment you hear, vwoop, vwoop, done.
[28:07.000 -> 28:10.000] Yeah, you can, if it's all in sync or something.
[28:10.000 -> 28:11.000] That's quite a good impression, right?
[28:11.000 -> 28:12.000] Yeah, yeah.
[28:12.000 -> 28:13.000] Thank you so much.
[28:13.000 -> 28:16.000] And honestly, that's what I heard on the pitbull with the McLaren stuff in Qatar.
[28:16.000 -> 28:17.000] Wow.
[28:17.000 -> 28:19.000] I thought, ooh, that was all right.
[28:19.000 -> 28:20.000] You just knew.
[28:20.000 -> 28:21.000] Hopi stalls.
[28:21.000 -> 28:22.000] You felt it.
[28:22.000 -> 28:23.000] Hopi stalls!
[28:23.000 -> 28:24.000] What?
[28:24.000 -> 28:25.760] Hopi's truck away.
[28:27.080 -> 28:30.400] Look, Vegas and Abu Dhabi, who knows what could happen?
[28:30.400 -> 28:31.480] Who knows?
[28:31.480 -> 28:33.720] You may end up in the one-sevens.
[28:35.120 -> 28:37.420] Because, right, I'm just gonna,
[28:37.420 -> 28:42.420] I heard that it is possible that it happened in practice
[28:42.840 -> 28:45.920] once you got into one-sevens in a practice session.
[28:45.920 -> 28:48.000] But obviously it doesn't count because it's not an array situation.
[28:48.000 -> 28:50.120] No, it's quicker than that in pit stops.
[28:50.120 -> 28:51.480] We get, what's the corner times?
[28:51.480 -> 28:55.080] I mean, we can get 1.6s on individual corner times.
[28:55.080 -> 28:56.720] But we had them in the race last weekend, actually.
[28:56.720 -> 28:59.040] We had a couple of 1.6s on the front right, for example,
[28:59.040 -> 29:00.640] front left during the race.
[29:00.640 -> 29:02.880] It's just, as I said, it's getting everything together.
[29:02.880 -> 29:04.640] OK, I'm hopeful.
[29:04.640 -> 29:05.720] I'm hopeful that...
[29:05.840 -> 29:09.640] No, from the front axle, you get 1.45s, 1.48s.
[29:09.680 -> 29:11.680] Wow. That's incredible.
[29:11.880 -> 29:14.400] Yeah, but I mean, it's like I say, when you see, when you...
[29:14.960 -> 29:17.680] I think I look at a pit stop and I see a thing of beauty when it's,
[29:18.680 -> 29:20.040] when it goes as it should do.
[29:20.040 -> 29:24.240] And it is, like I say, it's that human contribution to motor racing,
[29:24.240 -> 29:25.520] which I think is extraordinary. It's just as an F1 fan, Ac fel dweudwn, mae'n ymdrech i'r rhesymau ffyrddau cymdeithasol, a dywedais i mi, mae'n anhygoel.
[29:25.520 -> 29:28.520] Yn fan F1,
[29:28.520 -> 29:30.680] un sydd wedi gweld am ychydig o flynyddoedd,
[29:30.680 -> 29:32.120] ac rydych chi'n gweld y gofynnau go iawn
[29:32.120 -> 29:33.920] sy'n cymryd ychydig o ddegau o ddegau,
[29:33.920 -> 29:34.960] ac nawr dywech chi'n gweld,
[29:34.960 -> 29:36.080] yn ddiweddar,
[29:36.080 -> 29:38.120] mae'n mynd i fyny i'w gwybod
[29:38.120 -> 29:40.160] pa mor gyflym ydych.
[29:40.160 -> 29:43.000] Pa oedd eich cyfnod go iawn, Richard?
[29:43.000 -> 29:46.000] 2013, roeddem with Seb, yeah.
[29:46.000 -> 29:48.000] So we were already...
[29:48.000 -> 29:51.000] We were early development with that, weren't we?
[29:51.000 -> 29:54.000] Yeah, my first pit stop, the chief mechanic grabbed my arm and said,
[29:54.000 -> 29:57.000] you should be able to do rear jack. That was in 1991.
[29:57.000 -> 30:00.000] The car came in, and I think the second lap it was full of fuel
[30:00.000 -> 30:03.000] and my feet didn't touch the ground, I was just hanging off the jack
[30:03.000 -> 30:04.000] because I wasn't heavy enough.
[30:04.000 -> 30:06.880] I do remember my heart rate for that first race, my first ever race.
[30:06.880 -> 30:10.640] Yeah, it's quite something isn't it. Yeah I bet, and you can't afford to have shaky hands in that
[30:10.640 -> 30:18.160] situation can you? No, but it was incredible just the adrenaline and the way it built up to it.
[30:18.160 -> 30:24.560] Yeah. Now you're kind of just used to it, it's normal, you say normal. Normal but yeah,
[30:24.560 -> 30:26.440] you know, someone will come along like someone,
[30:26.440 -> 30:27.760] if you've got someone that's ill,
[30:27.760 -> 30:29.760] someone comes in and it is their first race
[30:29.760 -> 30:32.840] and you see yourself in them going in it for the first time.
[30:32.840 -> 30:34.000] Oh yeah, for sure.
[30:34.000 -> 30:37.640] But they're built up a long way before they get to that.
[30:37.640 -> 30:39.400] Even the weekend just builds up to the races
[30:39.400 -> 30:41.160] and the way they practice, et cetera, so.
[30:41.160 -> 30:42.460] And we're good with our coaching
[30:42.460 -> 30:44.000] and talking people through it,
[30:44.000 -> 30:48.000] setting expectations that are reasonable, you know, for what you can do. ac et cetera. Ac rydyn ni'n dda gyda'n hyfforddiant a chwarae'r bobl drwy sefydlu cymorth sy'n ddigon iawn i'r hyn rydyn ni'n gallu ei wneud.
[30:48.000 -> 30:51.000] Rydyn ni'n gwneud ein holl ffordd i gael pobl i'w sefydlu i'r crew
[30:51.000 -> 30:52.000] yn ystod y cyfrin cyflym.
[30:52.000 -> 30:57.000] Oherwydd, ie, gallwch chi teimlo'r anodd o gynrychioliad
[30:57.000 -> 30:59.000] ac wrth gwrs, mae pethau'n mynd yn iawn.
[30:59.000 -> 31:02.000] Ac maen nhw'n mynd yn iawn mwy o'n aml na'ch meddwl.
[31:02.000 -> 31:04.000] A oes unrhyw fath o scenarioau penodol
[31:04.000 -> 31:06.000] sy'n dod i'r gweithdai le mae pethau wedi mynd yn iawn?
[31:06.000 -> 31:08.000] Ie, rwy'n credu gyda ni,
[31:08.000 -> 31:10.000] roedd gennym
[31:10.000 -> 31:12.000] unrhyw ddyniad lle rydyn ni wedi
[31:12.000 -> 31:14.000] gael y gyrraedd yn y pit lane,
[31:14.000 -> 31:16.000] y car Mark Webber, ac roedd yn gynnal
[31:16.000 -> 31:18.000] un ffilmwr. Ac,
[31:18.000 -> 31:20.000] pan y gallwch chi yma ym mis hwn,
[31:20.000 -> 31:22.000] a edrych ar y trofaethau,
[31:22.000 -> 31:24.000] a gweld y ffantastig ffordd o stopiau pit,
[31:24.000 -> 31:25.880] ac mae'r ddewis yn y ffordd hwn, os oes gennych unrhyw fath o ymdrechion, rydyn ni wedi gael rhywun yn dymuno, and go, you know, fantastic side of pit stops. And there's the downside like that. If you have any kind of empathy at all,
[31:25.880 -> 31:27.520] you've hurt somebody as far as you're concerned,
[31:27.520 -> 31:29.080] you've hurt somebody, you know.
[31:29.080 -> 31:31.680] And we carried out a root and branch review
[31:31.680 -> 31:34.920] of our pit stop in order to make it as safe
[31:34.920 -> 31:37.080] as humanly possible, you know.
[31:37.080 -> 31:38.760] And that was a massive priority
[31:38.760 -> 31:41.600] and had full commitment from Christian
[31:41.600 -> 31:43.840] and the technical team here at the factory.
[31:43.840 -> 31:47.440] And a group of very, very bright people came up with this
[31:47.520 -> 31:50.040] intelligent wheel gun system that we have now.
[31:50.120 -> 31:54.200] And, you know, it can't fix every problem,
[31:54.280 -> 31:55.880] but all of the problems we learned about
[31:55.960 -> 31:58.760] and everything that we thought might go wrong with a pit stop in future,
[31:58.840 -> 32:01.480] we tried to put some kind of a fix in it for that.
[32:01.560 -> 32:04.680] And as well as changing some other fundamental parts
[32:04.760 -> 32:07.000] of the components involved'r pit stop.
[32:07.000 -> 32:13.000] Rwy'n credu ein bod ni'n arfer ddim yn gwrthi fyny drwy pit stop bob dydd.
[32:13.000 -> 32:17.000] Rhaid i mi gofyn, cyn i ni ddechrau i gysylltiadau fan,
[32:17.000 -> 32:27.880] achos dyw eich bod chi'r fyn ymwneud â'r F the FIA and Red Bull. You seem to know rules that people don't know exist.
[32:28.440 -> 32:30.280] Have you read the rule book inside out
[32:30.280 -> 32:32.120] and you've got it printed on the back of your hat?
[32:32.120 -> 32:33.200] Yeah, it's like my job.
[32:33.200 -> 32:36.120] Yeah, but it's like, you seem to come out with things
[32:36.120 -> 32:41.120] that no one seems to know even existed in the first place.
[32:41.440 -> 32:43.600] It's just knowing the rule book inside out,
[32:43.600 -> 32:44.720] living and breathing it.
[32:44.720 -> 32:46.520] I think you've just hit the nail on the head.
[32:46.520 -> 32:49.480] You know, so I've been doing it for a long time.
[32:49.480 -> 32:52.840] The way I do my job is insane in a lot of ways
[32:52.840 -> 32:54.600] because I think through every single scenario
[32:54.600 -> 32:56.400] that I think could happen and I look at the rules
[32:56.400 -> 32:58.160] and I look at how the team might react
[32:58.160 -> 32:59.520] and I try to come up with an idea.
[32:59.520 -> 33:02.400] So I look like I'm completely in control in the time,
[33:02.400 -> 33:04.640] but I've put hours of thought into it.
[33:04.640 -> 33:25.040] And if I've done my job well, I think I'm very well prepared going into that event. 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 dweud, mae'n dweud, mae'n dweud, mae Like I say, I thought them through and I've been lucky sometimes that confidence has carried me
[33:25.040 -> 33:29.120] through where maybe the rules were a little bit vague.
[33:29.120 -> 33:32.560] Yeah, fair enough. Okay, right, so we've got lots and lots of questions that have come in
[33:33.120 -> 33:39.440] from fans. So our first couple are coming in from video. So over to question number one.
[33:39.440 -> 33:42.000] Hi, I'm Claire from the UK and my question is,
[33:42.000 -> 33:45.640] do you find yourself practicing pit stop alternatives at home,
[33:45.640 -> 33:48.440] for example, making a cup of tea?
[33:48.440 -> 33:49.280] Do you know what?
[33:49.280 -> 33:50.120] Do you know what?
[33:50.120 -> 33:51.920] Every single thing I try to do,
[33:51.920 -> 33:54.080] I try to take the minimum amount of time out of.
[33:54.080 -> 33:55.040] I think there's something to do
[33:55.040 -> 33:57.080] with being really hugely competitive.
[33:57.080 -> 33:59.120] So whether it's the drive on the way home,
[33:59.120 -> 34:01.680] within speed limits, trying to find the best route back
[34:01.680 -> 34:07.360] or whatever I do, I try to do it the best way possible and
[34:07.360 -> 34:10.720] the most efficient way possible. Really? Yeah. How fast are your showers?
[34:11.520 -> 34:15.520] The bare minimum time because then you can lie in bed for a little bit longer and in this job
[34:15.520 -> 34:20.240] sleep is really important. Are you the same Rich? With sleep yes.
[34:22.480 -> 34:26.300] Question number two. Hello everyone. I am Sergio from Mexico.
[34:26.700 -> 34:31.800] My question is, is being part of the Pit Stop crew a full-time job or you have
[34:31.800 -> 34:33.500] another task inside the team?
[34:34.200 -> 34:40.600] Everyone on the Pit Crew has their core role and then the Pit Stop role as
[34:40.600 -> 34:40.700] well.
[34:40.700 -> 34:44.700] They say you've got, not a part-time job, it's like another full-time job
[34:44.700 -> 34:49.280] in effect, isn't it? So you've always got something going on, like a mechanic
[34:49.280 -> 34:51.640] might be fixing his car and then he's got to come in to do a pit stop on
[34:51.640 -> 34:55.480] another car at the same time. It's always multitasking shall we say.
[34:55.480 -> 34:58.840] Yeah, so there isn't someone that's just pit crew only?
[34:58.840 -> 35:04.400] No, no, no. Everyone has to perform another role. We're limited on the amount of people that we can
[35:04.400 -> 35:06.640] have at the track that are operational.
[35:06.640 -> 35:08.880] And within that, there's a whole group of people,
[35:08.880 -> 35:11.440] engineers and what have you, that can't get involved in pit stops
[35:11.440 -> 35:13.600] because they have other jobs in running the car.
[35:13.600 -> 35:15.280] So you're down to a smaller pool of people.
[35:15.280 -> 35:19.120] So everyone has to be a jack of all trades.
[35:19.120 -> 35:21.840] This is why it might be handy to train up some of the marketing team
[35:21.840 -> 35:25.360] because they're getting stuff for social media, the admins. You might as well get those involved and get them trained up. ymchwilio'r rhan o'r tîm cymharu, oherwydd maen nhw'n cael pethau ar gyfer y cymdeithasau cymdeithasol, y gweithwyr.
[35:25.360 -> 35:29.200] Gallwch chi hefyd gael y rhai yn ymwneud â nhw a chael nhw'n ymchwilio.
[35:29.200 -> 35:31.120] Dyma o'r Rhyn yn y Philipina,
[35:31.120 -> 35:33.480] felly dyma o ddynion yn y paddeg,
[35:33.480 -> 35:34.560] sy'n dweud,
[35:34.560 -> 35:38.080] a wnes i chi wneud ymgyrch ym Milton Keynes hefyd?
[35:38.080 -> 35:39.560] Felly ymgyrch ymgyrch yma.
[35:39.560 -> 35:40.800] Iawn, wnes i.
[35:40.800 -> 35:43.120] Mae gennym ymgyrch yma
[35:43.120 -> 35:44.440] mewn set-up ganthro gyflogol.
[35:44.440 -> 35:48.360] Felly os edrychwch arno ar y adeiladau Lowdra, We do. We've got a pit stop car here and a complete gantry set up. So if you looked at it in the Lauda building,
[35:48.360 -> 35:51.640] you would see that we simulate pit stops as well as we can.
[35:51.960 -> 35:54.440] And we try to get the right balance of training people
[35:54.440 -> 35:56.920] and not training them so hard that they injure people.
[35:56.920 -> 36:00.640] So, yeah, there's several factory based pit stops carried out during the year.
[36:01.360 -> 36:03.280] This is from Damian in Poland, who said,
[36:03.280 -> 36:06.480] which tyre is easier to replace, rear or front? If I was doing it, I'd want to do the year. This is from Damian in Poland who said which tyre is easier to replace rear or front?
[36:06.480 -> 36:11.200] If I was doing it I'd want to do the front. Why is that? Because it's lighter and smaller.
[36:13.520 -> 36:18.080] Okay that's fair. Okay this is from Peter in the UK who says, ah we've already covered this,
[36:18.080 -> 36:23.840] if somebody is ill do you have substitute pit crew? What happens if like everyone's ill? Like
[36:23.840 -> 36:25.200] what happens in that scenario?
[36:25.200 -> 36:27.040] We nearly had that in Mexico didn't we?
[36:27.040 -> 36:31.360] Yeah we did yeah but I don't think we put a we didn't put a full crew together until
[36:31.360 -> 36:36.400] Sunday morning because there were so many people we had a really huge amount of stomach illnesses
[36:37.280 -> 36:41.520] in Mexico yeah and then the crew managed to put it together on a Sunday. I think we had three
[36:41.520 -> 36:44.800] different people in the crew doing different jobs.
[36:44.800 -> 36:48.420] And it's difficult because you have a reserve for one role but it
[36:48.420 -> 36:53.620] might be the other guy who's injured and you've got no reserve because he's injured.
[36:53.620 -> 36:59.300] I mean I'm just gonna throw this out there. Possible reserve? Are you prepared to step in?
[36:59.300 -> 37:05.920] No, my days, you know, I prefer to manage the job on point nowadays rather than pick up a wheel gun.
[37:06.560 -> 37:11.340] This is from Elsie in the USA who says, what's the favourite song to be playing in the garage?
[37:12.180 -> 37:16.560] So when, we've had various songs through various championship years,
[37:16.560 -> 37:20.400] but I think the most significant thing here is that when we win a race,
[37:20.980 -> 37:25.500] our small dedication to Dietrich Matuschitz is to play the Rolling Stones flat out.
[37:25.500 -> 37:30.500] And so while we might be playing dance music just ahead of a race or a qualifying session
[37:30.500 -> 37:36.000] to fire up everyone in the garage, we know we're going to come in and listen to some Rolling Stones if we've won the race.
[37:36.000 -> 37:37.000] That's fabulous.
[37:37.000 -> 37:39.500] I think we've listened to every song they've made now this year.
[37:39.500 -> 37:41.500] And we've got pretty loud speakers all around.
[37:41.500 -> 38:05.520] Nice. This is from Liv in the Netherlands who says, Hefyd, mae'n dweud llawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer o sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sgwrs. Hefyd, mae'n dweud lawer of sr moment pan ddod yno i'r diwrnod ddiwethaf.
[38:05.520 -> 38:07.120] Nid yw pobl yn gweld diwrnod diwethaf ar ôl y rân,
[38:07.120 -> 38:10.480] mae'n rhedeg y cymeriad a'r holl ffordd i gael yr holl beth.
[38:10.480 -> 38:12.160] Ac ar y diwrnod diwethaf, pawb yno ar y ffôn
[38:12.160 -> 38:13.680] yn ceisio gweld y cyfnodau DHL,
[38:13.680 -> 38:15.160] i weld pa mor gyflym ydym yn y rân.
[38:15.160 -> 38:16.680] Dyna'r beth rydyn ni'n ei chymryd.
[38:16.680 -> 38:19.080] Ond, ie, o ran 24 rân,
[38:19.080 -> 38:21.760] mae'n llawer o amser, mae'n lawer o ddewis.
[38:21.760 -> 38:26.080] Mae angen teulu sy'n cymryd hynny, dylem ni ddweud? time away, it's a lot of dedication, you need a family who are accepting of that,
[38:26.080 -> 38:31.640] shall we say? But you can't do it for a long time unless you love it, because
[38:31.640 -> 38:36.760] you've got to dedicate so much time to it, it's just your life ultimately.
[38:36.760 -> 38:40.920] Yeah, and I think you raise a really interesting point, which is the
[38:40.920 -> 38:45.280] tremendous dedication of the families, and I think that's what people,
[38:45.280 -> 38:46.840] it's not immediately obvious to people
[38:46.840 -> 38:48.640] because yeah, it's a long time away from home.
[38:48.640 -> 38:49.760] It's a big commitment.
[38:51.280 -> 38:53.220] You wave goodbye to small children.
[38:55.400 -> 38:56.860] And you're away for a long time.
[38:56.860 -> 38:59.120] And I think it just shows that you couldn't do that
[38:59.120 -> 39:00.740] unless you were doing that with a team
[39:00.740 -> 39:03.840] that was a fantastic place to be a part of.
[39:03.840 -> 39:07.440] And that's what we've, with the incredible people
[39:07.440 -> 39:08.880] that we've got here on the race team,
[39:08.880 -> 39:11.120] it's that vibe that we have wherever we go.
[39:11.960 -> 39:14.400] And finally, this is from Andrea in Romania.
[39:14.400 -> 39:16.120] I really like this question.
[39:16.120 -> 39:16.960] How do you make sure
[39:16.960 -> 39:19.680] that you don't put the wrong tyres on a car?
[39:19.680 -> 39:21.920] So has there ever been a scenario, right,
[39:21.920 -> 39:25.040] where you've accidentally done three mediums and a soft? Not that. No, there've been a scenario, right, where you've accidentally done three mediums and a soft?
[39:26.160 -> 39:27.080] Not that.
[39:28.000 -> 39:31.520] No, there have been a few other scenarios that will haunt me to my grave.
[39:31.520 -> 39:32.720] Come on, you've got to tell me about them.
[39:32.720 -> 39:36.800] Well, we've had radio failures, so the car arrives in the pits
[39:36.800 -> 39:39.440] and you didn't know that that was going to happen.
[39:39.440 -> 39:43.640] We've had communication issues where the wrong set of tyres
[39:43.640 -> 39:47.560] was brought out to the car and then taken back again.
[39:47.560 -> 39:50.680] Now, obviously, we try to learn from all of those mistakes
[39:50.680 -> 39:53.600] and they've been painful and we've put procedures
[39:53.600 -> 39:58.120] and people in place to try to, and software,
[39:58.120 -> 40:00.720] and all sorts of things to try to get around it.
[40:00.720 -> 40:02.240] But it's, you're a hair's breadth away.
[40:02.240 -> 40:04.520] Look how many different tyres you've got, you know.
[40:04.520 -> 40:06.920] You've got however many sets
[40:06.920 -> 40:08.720] kicking around the garage on race day.
[40:08.720 -> 40:11.360] Something I'm always acutely aware of.
[40:11.360 -> 40:13.440] Oh, and a double stack.
[40:13.440 -> 40:15.400] Like preparing for a double stack.
[40:15.400 -> 40:17.880] That's such a big moment where, for me,
[40:17.880 -> 40:20.040] watching a race, knowing that a team's going in
[40:20.040 -> 40:22.180] for a double stack, I think is so exciting to watch
[40:22.180 -> 40:23.560] when I'm watching on the telly.
[40:23.560 -> 40:26.640] But for you, must be possibly the most stressful moment.
[40:27.520 -> 40:30.120] It gets less stressful when the first car's left.
[40:30.120 -> 40:30.960] You know?
[40:30.960 -> 40:31.780] Of course.
[40:31.780 -> 40:32.620] It depends on the gap as well.
[40:32.620 -> 40:34.660] And it depends on the gap.
[40:34.660 -> 40:35.760] But for us, once again,
[40:35.760 -> 40:38.200] that's a manifestation of team performance.
[40:38.200 -> 40:39.200] You know, and when we've done that,
[40:39.200 -> 40:42.280] we've done that a couple of times over the last few years
[40:42.280 -> 40:45.240] with confidence, and you can see the confidence in the crew.
[40:45.240 -> 40:49.040] And it's almost like it's that moment you've got to shine
[40:49.040 -> 40:51.680] and people just rise to the occasion.
[40:51.680 -> 40:54.040] And that is a fantastic moment when you execute
[40:54.040 -> 40:56.880] a double stop well with a small gap between cars.
[40:56.880 -> 40:59.820] And that's one of the, I think, if you're in the pit crew,
[40:59.820 -> 41:01.760] that's one of the ultimate experiences.
[41:01.760 -> 41:03.360] Yeah, that's one of those, oh, very nice.
[41:03.360 -> 41:04.200] Yeah, absolutely.
[41:04.200 -> 41:07.600] Well done, everyone. You've got a bit of a swagger after that. Yeah, I love that.
[41:07.600 -> 41:11.400] Right, so here on Talking Ball we have a thing called the HP Poly Challenge.
[41:11.400 -> 41:16.100] So they are our partners with this podcast and we have here the PolySync 20.
[41:16.100 -> 41:18.800] Now, they are the leaders in video and voice.
[41:18.800 -> 41:20.600] Here's what's going to happen.
[41:20.600 -> 41:24.800] I'm going to play you a clip that is 1.82 seconds long.
[41:24.800 -> 41:25.800] See what we did there?
[41:25.800 -> 41:27.520] It's the speed of a pit stop.
[41:27.520 -> 41:28.520] Thank you.
[41:28.520 -> 41:30.320] I'm going to play you a clip.
[41:30.320 -> 41:33.680] I need you to tell me what that clip is in that short amount of time.
[41:33.680 -> 41:39.440] Now, I have had a listen and I reckon you're going to do pretty well.
[41:39.440 -> 41:40.800] But let's see how you get on.
[41:40.800 -> 41:42.640] You can either play against each other as a team.
[41:42.640 -> 41:43.640] What do you want to do?
[41:43.640 -> 41:46.360] We work as a team all day long,
[41:46.360 -> 41:47.360] so why don't we do it as a team?
[41:47.360 -> 42:05.920] Okay, hier is clip number one. ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪� I've heard it a few times this year maybe. Yes, of course, it's the national anthem for the Netherlands, which I always think sounds like
[42:05.920 -> 42:07.240] Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.
[42:07.240 -> 42:08.720] It's the first song that comes into my head
[42:08.720 -> 42:09.560] every time I hear it.
[42:09.560 -> 42:10.400] Yeah.
[42:11.760 -> 42:12.920] I heard the Brazilian national anthem.
[42:12.920 -> 42:15.520] Now that's what I hear every time I hear it.
[42:15.520 -> 42:17.920] Now I've said it, you won't be able to un-hear it.
[42:17.920 -> 42:19.160] Right, clip number two.
[42:22.480 -> 42:24.920] Oh, that's the F1 theme, isn't it?
[42:24.920 -> 42:26.760] Is it? Give me more detail.
[42:26.760 -> 42:30.520] Oh, it's the one that they play... When do they play it?
[42:30.520 -> 42:33.120] The champagne? During the champagne bit, is it?
[42:33.120 -> 42:35.160] No. Would you like to hear it again?
[42:35.160 -> 42:40.160] Yeah, go on. Oh, no, there's Mexican!
[42:40.160 -> 42:45.000] That's absolutely not what we think.
[42:45.000 -> 42:46.000] Yeah, no, absolutely not.
[42:46.000 -> 42:48.000] Is that a mariachi band or something?
[42:48.000 -> 42:50.000] The mariachi version of the Formula 1 theme.
[42:50.000 -> 42:51.000] Which is so good.
[42:51.000 -> 42:52.000] I've not heard that.
[42:52.000 -> 42:55.000] In fairness, that's the first time I've ever heard it.
[42:55.000 -> 42:56.000] I don't need to hear any more either.
[42:56.000 -> 42:57.000] 1.82 is enough.
[42:57.000 -> 42:58.000] We don't hear the TV, remember.
[42:58.000 -> 43:00.000] It is so good.
[43:00.000 -> 43:02.000] That version of the theme is so brilliant.
[43:02.000 -> 43:04.000] Google it when you get the chance.
[43:04.000 -> 43:05.320] Right, clip number three.
[43:05.320 -> 43:07.320] Drivers will have to adapt their driving style.
[43:07.320 -> 43:08.520] Oh, Sebastian.
[43:08.520 -> 43:10.000] Oh, well, that was easy, wasn't it?
[43:10.000 -> 43:12.440] Yeah, but I played him on the radio for about 10 years.
[43:12.440 -> 43:14.160] Of course.
[43:14.160 -> 43:15.000] Yes, well done.
[43:15.000 -> 43:17.000] Well, I'd say you got three out of three.
[43:17.000 -> 43:18.280] I'm tempted to give you half a point
[43:18.280 -> 43:20.560] because you had a second listen on the second one.
[43:20.560 -> 43:21.960] I'm sure you changed that one.
[43:21.960 -> 43:25.000] Yeah, yeah, definitely sounded more mariachi the second time. I'm going to give you two and a half points out of three. That's what I'm going you'd change that one. It definitely sounded more Mariachi the second time.
[43:25.000 -> 43:28.000] I'm going to give you two and a half points out of three.
[43:28.000 -> 43:30.000] Has anyone got three out of three?
[43:30.000 -> 43:32.000] Well, it's been different for everybody.
[43:32.000 -> 43:35.000] I would say, actually, out of all of the Talking Bull episodes we've done,
[43:35.000 -> 43:40.000] the best one was Hannah Schmitz, Anna Groom and Roseanne Elvin
[43:40.000 -> 43:44.000] who came in and all three of them, within seconds,
[43:44.000 -> 43:45.200] just got every single
[43:45.200 -> 43:49.040] voice and it was unbelievable. Like they didn't have to hear any
[43:49.040 -> 43:52.960] clip a second time. It was the most impressive thing I think I've ever seen.
[43:52.960 -> 43:58.800] They didn't have mariachis. I'm sure Hannah would have got it though.
[43:58.800 -> 44:04.520] But thank you so much for joining me. Go and enjoy Vegas and enjoy Abu Dhabi and
[44:04.520 -> 44:05.840] go and smash that record out of the park because I believe in you. Thank you so much for joining me. Go and enjoy Vegas and enjoy Abu Dhabi and go and smash
[44:05.840 -> 44:08.740] that record out of the park because I believe in you.
[44:08.740 -> 44:09.740] Thank you very much.
[44:09.740 -> 44:11.480] Thank you for joining me. Thank you and we'll see you next time.