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Russian GP held at Sochi Autodrom is usually one of the dullest races, and boy were we surprised! With 3 different people leading the race in different parts of the race, and rain completely putting the grid on its head, it gave us one of the best Russian GPs! With only 2 points separating the championship contenders and only 7 races to go, we are in for a exciting championship battle!
* A thrilling race at Sochi Autodrom, known for its dullness, kept fans on the edge of their seats. * Three different drivers led the race at various points, and rain dramatically changed the grid positions. * Lando Norris, starting from 100th on the grid, had a commanding lead but lost it due to a late rain shower, allowing Lewis Hamilton to secure his 100th victory. * Max Verstappen had a surprise attack, moving up from 9th to 2nd position, while Valtteri Bottas struggled throughout the race, finishing in 5th place. * Dr. Helmut Marko sent a cryptic message to Pierre Gasly, hinting at Sergio Perez's lack of performance. * Carlos Sainz Jr. smoothly maneuvered into P3, while Alfa Romeo surprisingly secured P8. * Aston Martin and Red Bull had a close encounter, with Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel colliding, resulting in a penalty for Stroll. * Fernando Alonso made a cheeky move, overtaking several cars in one maneuver.
**Additional Discussion Points:**
* The ongoing debate about whether Lando Norris should have pitted for tires during the rain. * The contrasting driving styles of Hamilton and Norris, with Hamilton capitalizing on situations and Norris pushing the limits. * The resurgence of McLaren, with both Norris and Daniel Ricciardo performing well in recent races. * Mercedes' struggles, including strategic errors and Bottas' poor performance. * The difficulties faced by Red Bull's second driver, with Sergio Perez failing to impress. * The impressive performance of Ferrari, with Carlos Sainz Jr. securing a podium finish. * The struggles of Alfa Romeo, with Antonio Giovinazzi's radio issues and Kimi Raikkonen's lackluster performance. * The bidding war for the second seat at Alfa Romeo, with Guanyu Zhou, a Chinese driver, and a South African driver vying for the position. * Sebastian Vettel's record-breaking number of overtakes this season. * Lance Stroll's improved performance, marred by his collision with Vettel. * Fernando Alonso's bold move, overtaking several cars in one maneuver.
## Highlights of the Race:
- **Alonso's Cheeky Move:** Fernando Alonso made a daring maneuver on the first lap, skillfully navigating through the bollards and escape route to gain positions. Although he eventually gave back two places, his audacious move highlighted his racing prowess.
- **Max Verstappen's Attack:** Max Verstappen, despite starting from the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, displayed an aggressive driving style, overtaking several cars and briefly leading the race. However, tire management issues hindered his progress, ultimately resulting in a second-place finish.
- **Bottas' Lack of Motivation:** Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes' second driver, appeared unmotivated and struggled to keep up with the leading pack. His lackluster performance raised questions about his commitment to the team.
- **Gasly's Resurgence:** Pierre Gasly, driving for AlphaTauri, delivered a strong performance, securing a surprise eighth-place finish. This result marked a significant improvement for Gasly, who had faced criticism for his inconsistent performances earlier in the season.
- **Aston Martin and Red Bull Sandwich:** Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc engaged in an intense battle for position, with Vettel ultimately prevailing. Max Verstappen found himself caught in the middle of this duel, narrowly avoiding a collision.
## Controversies and Notable Moments:
- **Alonso's Escape Route Maneuver:** Alonso's daring move through the escape route sparked discussions about the legality and fairness of such tactics. Race officials ultimately decided not to penalize Alonso, as he did not gain an unfair advantage or impede other drivers.
- **Camera Direction Issues:** The race broadcast faced criticism for its poor camera work, with viewers missing several exciting battles due to the focus on less significant incidents. Fans expressed frustration at the lack of coverage for key moments, particularly the Vettel-Leclerc duel.
## Conclusion:
The Russian Grand Prix 2021 delivered an exhilarating and unpredictable race, exceeding expectations and providing fans with a thrilling spectacle. The race's twists and turns kept viewers engaged throughout, showcasing the unpredictable nature of Formula One racing. With only seven races remaining in the championship, the battle for the title promises to be intense and captivating.
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[00:00.000 -> 00:04.440] I think in one of the interviews, Sunoda himself was surprised that how did he get a contract. [00:09.640 -> 00:13.800] He must be like, man, I've tried really bad to fuck this up. How am I getting this? [00:14.800 -> 00:16.720] It's this easy? Oh my God. [00:23.320 -> 00:29.920] Hello folks. Welcome back to another episode with us at F1 Fan Fiction. [00:29.920 -> 00:32.800] We are your hosts, I am Akash. [00:32.800 -> 00:34.800] And I'm Sarang. [00:34.800 -> 00:41.720] And before we get started, first of all, thank you for all the love on our previous episode, [00:41.720 -> 00:50.080] the fireside chat with Aditya Patel. You know what, personally, I think it is one of our, both of ours, [00:50.080 -> 01:01.040] favorite episode to both record, edit and listen to. And it's been so much joy to have you guys reach out to us and, you know, [01:01.040 -> 01:09.160] share this across your friends and everyone. So, thank you for for all the love we promise to keep bringing such episodes again on to this [01:09.160 -> 01:15.960] week oh my god what a thrilling race towards the end yesterday a battle of [01:15.960 -> 01:22.520] hundredth versus first Sarang I see again I'm going out of words Sarang take [01:22.520 -> 01:27.600] it away man yeah it was crazy right like, it was so funny. Like, 100th of first. [01:27.600 -> 01:33.200] Like, it's so insane. Like, on one hand, you have, I mean, not a rookie anymore, [01:33.280 -> 01:37.560] but like his third year in F1, but still relatively a rookie. [01:37.600 -> 01:44.320] And the other guy, you know, who's basically seven time world champion, Lewis Hamilton. [01:45.920 -> 01:57.440] You know, so, yeah, I mean, wow, kudos to Lando, but alas, he was not able to win the race. But [01:57.440 -> 02:03.040] still, I feel that whatever he achieved today was something he should be proud about. And [02:05.680 -> 02:11.640] today was something he should be proud about and he'll soon be there. A win's definitely coming man and a championship win is also definitely [02:11.640 -> 02:19.120] coming. He has what it takes to win these, to put that pressure on whoever's [02:19.120 -> 02:28.400] failing him or is in front of him. It just wasn't his last four laps. That's where it's a, it was his day, [02:28.400 -> 02:34.440] it was his weekend, it just wasn't his last four laps. [02:34.440 -> 02:41.080] I think, yeah, I was fairly confident that he would win the race, you know, except for [02:41.080 -> 02:47.840] what happened with the rain. But yeah, the way he had maintained the lead throughout, not throughout the race, [02:47.840 -> 02:50.320] but like once he got from science after that, [02:50.320 -> 02:55.640] he pretty much was in command of the lead. And he was dictating the race. [02:55.640 -> 02:57.920] He was dictating the pace of the race as well. [02:57.920 -> 03:02.520] I think just towards the end we had that Hamilton had reached him, [03:02.520 -> 03:07.080] but that also was because the track was getting slicker and it was getting wetter. [03:07.080 -> 03:15.240] So yeah, sad for him. But yeah, kudos to Hamilton for that, I must say, because... [03:15.240 -> 03:17.720] Capitalizing on the situation totally. [03:17.720 -> 03:23.080] Exactly. And that's exactly what his strengths are, right? Like, even on bad days, he has a good day. [03:23.080 -> 03:25.400] This is, I think, the perfect example of it, right? [03:25.400 -> 03:27.320] Like, he had a poor start. [03:27.320 -> 03:31.440] He was stuck behind Ricardo for pretty much throughout the race. [03:31.440 -> 03:34.560] He was going nowhere. [03:34.560 -> 03:37.800] And then, even on a bad day, he had a great day, right? [03:37.800 -> 03:40.080] Like, wins with P1. [03:40.080 -> 03:41.080] Right? [03:41.080 -> 03:49.740] But I want to, you know, take this moment to sort of use the whole conversations that that's [03:49.740 -> 03:51.140] been happening. [03:51.140 -> 03:58.340] So there's the internet storm and you know on one side saying that Lando should have [03:58.340 -> 03:59.720] pitted. [03:59.720 -> 04:02.720] You can see Hamilton pit, why don't you pit. [04:02.720 -> 04:07.280] So hindsight hindsight hindsight conversations here. [04:07.280 -> 04:13.960] Let me give you my take on this and then, Sarang, I want to hear what you say, okay? [04:13.960 -> 04:20.560] So, my thing on the whole thing is, sure, in hindsight right now, it looks like Lando should have pitted. [04:20.560 -> 04:32.320] He should have done this and he should have done that. But and there are multiple tweets on this as well. So what if, right, he first of all, you're about to win [04:32.320 -> 04:39.720] your first ever Grand Prix. Behind you, you have a knighted seven time world champion [04:39.720 -> 04:45.520] trying to gun for his hundredth win. So he's equally pumped up about this. [04:45.520 -> 04:52.120] And you know, the conditions are such that you never know what's happening behind you. [04:52.120 -> 04:57.760] So what if you do pit and the rain doesn't progress as it did. [04:57.760 -> 05:01.200] And worst case it stops. Like the wind changes and it stops. [05:01.200 -> 05:07.440] And now you look like a fool. Like I'm pretty sure the whole sure the whole internet's going to go, he should not have pitted. [05:07.440 -> 05:10.200] Why did he go against his engineers? Like he should have taken the call. [05:10.240 -> 05:12.320] Yeah. So it's all hindsight, hindsight. [05:13.160 -> 05:17.680] I just feel like he took the right decision for himself that he thought was the [05:17.680 -> 05:21.560] best in that scenario. It didn't work out. So, [05:22.720 -> 05:26.560] man, heartbroken. But, yeah, that's, that's my take. What's yours? [05:27.520 -> 05:34.520] Yeah. I mean, I feel for him, you know, I do kind of agree with you that hindsight is always 20, 20, but, [05:35.600 -> 05:42.840] but at the same time, I feel that this is what, you know, kind of distinguishes Hamilton from Lando in the sense that, [05:47.200 -> 05:52.320] Hamilton from Lando in the sense that, you know, we have seen Hamilton time and again disagree with Bono and straight up say no to any team order of pitting and things like [05:52.320 -> 05:53.320] that. [05:53.320 -> 05:58.720] But I think Lewis also knows when to listen to his engineers as well. [05:58.720 -> 06:05.000] And I think this exactly was the moment where he kind of his experience helped him where he [06:05.000 -> 06:09.280] knew that, you know, when his engineer is like third time on the radio, [06:11.040 -> 06:15.400] come in. So he definitely is onto something. Yeah. [06:16.200 -> 06:20.240] He took advantage of it. And obviously I do agree that Hamilton being in the [06:20.240 -> 06:24.480] second position always has the advantage of reacting to what Lando does. And [06:24.480 -> 06:30.800] yeah, that's that. I do agree that Lando, you know, he had everything to lose at that point. So [06:30.800 -> 06:36.080] pitting was definitely a, you know, very tough decision. But at the same time, I think that [06:36.080 -> 06:40.800] he kind of also was in a similar situation as Lewis where, you know, his engineer was there [06:40.800 -> 06:47.280] literally the third time telling him that, you know, come in for interviews and he's like, no, shut up. So yeah, [06:48.480 -> 06:53.280] I think he considering how good McLaren have been recently in terms of [06:53.280 -> 06:58.080] their strategy calls and everything and how like competent, [06:58.440 -> 06:59.880] you know, Andrea Seidel is, [07:00.240 -> 07:04.280] I think Lando should have probably listened to his engineer from that [07:04.280 -> 07:05.000] perspective. [07:05.000 -> 07:08.000] I mean, I can understand if it was Vettel in Ferrari, you know. [07:08.000 -> 07:12.500] Or Kimi at Bahrain. Shut up, I know what to do. [07:12.500 -> 07:23.500] But yeah, man, and I feel like, so post-race interviews, they were with the press next to each other. [07:23.500 -> 07:25.800] And then Lewis tells Lando, [07:25.800 -> 07:30.720] you didn't want to go in, did you? And he says, no, I did not. [07:30.720 -> 07:36.200] And immediately Lewis goes, me too, even I didn't want to go in. [07:36.200 -> 07:39.000] I was like, he's right there. I don't want to come in. [07:39.000 -> 07:49.560] But yeah, I think that's the experience versus, you know, first time trying to do this. [07:49.560 -> 07:52.480] It's sad, but you learn out of it. [07:52.480 -> 07:53.480] I'm pretty sure. [07:53.480 -> 07:54.480] Exactly. [07:54.480 -> 07:58.840] Yeah, I'm pretty sure yesterday was a very shitty night for Lando. [07:58.840 -> 08:05.440] But the type of a person he is, he's taking so many learnings out of this. [08:08.720 -> 08:12.840] So, yeah, I think, I think definitely this is like a, you know, investment in his career in the sense that like he lost some today, [08:12.840 -> 08:15.560] but I think he gained a valuable lesson, [08:15.560 -> 08:18.360] which will win him a lot more races in the future. [08:18.400 -> 08:22.400] So I think he's going to be collecting his compound interest soon, I guess. [08:23.760 -> 08:25.600] I mean, it's, it's overdue. [08:25.600 -> 08:30.280] If you notice, their last two races or the last two weekends as a package have been just [08:30.280 -> 08:31.760] too good for McLaren. [08:31.760 -> 08:36.600] It's been back to back brilliant weekends, both those drivers, even Ricardo, putting [08:36.600 -> 08:38.240] that pressure on Hamilton. [08:38.240 -> 08:44.120] Sure, his pit stop was a bit messed up, but what a brilliant weekend for both of them. [08:44.120 -> 08:46.320] Yeah, yeah, definitely. Ricardo is, [08:46.320 -> 08:51.840] I think, really getting comfortable in the car now because, yeah, earlier on we saw that how [08:52.400 -> 08:57.360] uncomfortable he seemed and I think he also mentioned in this in a couple of interviews [08:57.360 -> 09:02.160] that, you know, after the summer break he basically got a reset, mentally speaking as well. [09:02.320 -> 09:02.760] reset mentally speaking as well. [09:05.080 -> 09:05.200] And I think that really helped him. [09:10.360 -> 09:13.080] And it goes to show that even these athletes are, who are pretty much the top of their sport. [09:13.080 -> 09:16.680] You know, they're literally the top 20 drivers in the sport. [09:16.960 -> 09:18.600] Almost, you could say with a Nastrik. [09:21.520 -> 09:26.920] But yeah, like for most of them, they are pretty much the top and even they are vulnerable [09:26.920 -> 09:30.200] to mental health issues. [09:30.200 -> 09:37.640] And I think it's great that these days, more of these younger drivers are more open to [09:37.640 -> 09:39.700] talking about this. [09:39.700 -> 09:43.520] Even George Russell, I've seen a lot of times him tweeting about it. [09:43.520 -> 09:47.000] And even I think Lewis also talks about it a lot these days. [09:47.000 -> 09:50.920] And I think it's pretty good that people are talking about it more. [09:50.920 -> 09:54.960] And yeah, I think everybody is kind of vulnerable too. [09:55.120 -> 09:57.960] But yeah, great that Riccardo is out of that slump now. [09:58.240 -> 09:59.320] Yep, yep, yep. [09:59.680 -> 10:06.200] And I mean, it's sort of been like a balance of equilibrium in terms of McLaren versus Mercedes. [10:06.200 -> 10:11.200] Because Mercedes is not having it good. I mean, sure, they won a race yesterday. [10:11.200 -> 10:16.800] But overall, it wasn't a complete good package for them, right? [10:16.800 -> 10:20.100] Like, they butchered their own qualifying, right? [10:20.100 -> 10:26.000] Like, Lewis was fourth. Yeah, right? Like, he was fourth and Botas was fifth on the grid. [10:26.840 -> 10:28.920] A place where they're usually one, two. [10:29.920 -> 10:35.440] The other cars have gotten faster or they are not doing well in terms of whatever it is. [10:35.800 -> 10:40.440] Lewis bumping into the pit wall while entering was something. [10:40.440 -> 10:41.280] Embarrassing, I think. [10:42.080 -> 10:44.000] He didn't have a good race start, as you mentioned. [10:44.000 -> 10:46.000] He was stuck behind Ricardo. [10:46.000 -> 10:48.000] But at the end, Serendipity did win. [10:48.000 -> 10:50.000] Although just for Lewis. [10:50.000 -> 10:53.000] Botas was still... I don't know what was happening with him. [10:55.000 -> 10:57.000] Oh man, that poor guy. [10:57.000 -> 10:59.000] I think McLaren, they pretty much... [10:59.000 -> 11:01.000] I mean, most of these, they pretty much... [11:01.000 -> 11:08.440] You know, every meeting, they decide how are you gonna rag Botas today? And that's what they decided that let's give him an upgrade. [11:08.440 -> 11:12.640] And I think Bhotas was like, man, I already have an engine, you know. [11:14.520 -> 11:16.000] Wasn't the same reason why he, [11:16.080 -> 11:20.800] why he went to the end of the pits last race or last to last race? [11:20.840 -> 11:22.800] Yup. Yup. Yup. Exactly. That's the exact reason. [11:22.800 -> 11:24.400] Why did they change his power unit then? [11:24.400 -> 11:31.080] Yeah. So what they claim is that we want two extra engines to, you know, finish the last [11:31.080 -> 11:34.360] one third of the races, which makes zero sense. [11:34.360 -> 11:39.840] I probably am with the Illuminati on this one where I feel like he was, he was probably [11:39.840 -> 11:43.840] put all the way back just to block Max Verstappen off. [11:43.840 -> 11:46.000] And what a defending he's done. [11:46.000 -> 11:47.000] Brilliant. [11:47.000 -> 11:50.000] Yup, yup. That was just, you know... [11:50.000 -> 11:54.000] You know what, I saw footage of [11:54.000 -> 11:58.000] Burtas, Max and Perez walking by before the race. [11:58.000 -> 12:01.000] And like, this was I think posted on Reddit. [12:01.000 -> 12:11.000] People were talking about that, yeah, these guys basically colluded. Anduded and Bhutas was like hey I'm not gonna block you just go by. [12:11.000 -> 12:18.000] You know they are trying to fuck with me so I will try to fuck with them a little as well. [12:18.000 -> 12:25.160] Oh man. But that was yeah I mean even the commentators were like, he could have done a better job. [12:25.160 -> 12:27.200] And I'm like, stress on the word could. [12:27.200 -> 12:29.200] Did he want to? [12:29.200 -> 12:30.200] Yeah. [12:30.200 -> 12:33.720] Yeah, that's, that's, uh, we're going to come back to this. [12:33.720 -> 12:34.720] I mean, that's what happens when... [12:34.720 -> 12:39.000] No, I was saying, I want to come back to your words, two week notice. [12:39.000 -> 12:43.520] This is, this is exactly what two week notice is. [12:43.520 -> 12:44.520] Exactly. [12:44.520 -> 12:48.720] But yeah, still brilliant drive by Bhotas. [12:48.720 -> 12:51.840] It seemed like he would be nowhere. [12:51.840 -> 12:55.120] And then, the rain again just played into his hands. [12:55.120 -> 12:59.040] I think he gained some 9 positions from lap... [12:59.040 -> 13:04.400] Was it 48 where the kiosk started? [13:04.400 -> 13:07.520] Yeah, he was out of the points. He was way down. [13:07.520 -> 13:10.640] Like whatever, like 13, 14 something. [13:10.640 -> 13:13.200] Eventually, he ended up P5. [13:13.200 -> 13:15.000] So, that's stellar. [13:15.000 -> 13:15.560] Somehow. [13:15.560 -> 13:17.640] You know, that reminds me. [13:17.640 -> 13:21.880] I saw this other meme where it's like, you know, that same old meme of [13:21.880 -> 13:25.480] a parent holding the kid just saving from drowning. [13:25.500 -> 13:27.880] Someone almost drowning and someone's gone there. [13:28.280 -> 13:35.280] Right. So, it's like holding of Lando missing out on his first win. [13:35.560 -> 13:38.960] Someone almost drowning. The topic there is Lewis's 100th win. [13:39.560 -> 13:43.040] And then someone who's drowned is like two races back to back. [13:43.080 -> 13:45.960] I start from 20th and finish in top five. [13:48.200 -> 13:50.160] Rudy last race, he finished 22. [13:50.160 -> 13:50.520] Third. [13:50.880 -> 13:53.760] This race he finished 19th or 18th to fifth. [13:55.000 -> 13:55.400] You know what? [13:55.400 -> 13:55.960] I get it. [13:56.080 -> 13:56.640] I get it. [13:56.640 -> 14:00.120] He has selected the hardest mode in the difficulty setting. [14:02.640 -> 14:06.000] He's following the Perez route of starting from the finish. [14:06.000 -> 14:11.000] He's like, I'm not winning any races this season anyway. [14:11.000 -> 14:12.000] So let me try it from the back. [14:12.000 -> 14:14.000] You know, I might just win it. [14:14.000 -> 14:18.000] Might be the race director might just forget that I'm Manla behind and they might just give me the win. [14:18.000 -> 14:21.000] You know, just because it looks like it's a Mercedes. [14:21.000 -> 14:30.740] Oh man. Oh man. But it was a fun weekend for Botaz. I think [14:30.740 -> 14:37.100] Mercedes had fun ragging him and he had fun counter ragging Mercedes back up. But that [14:37.100 -> 14:45.200] overtake on Max just makes me think Max had a very weird win yesterday. [14:45.200 -> 14:49.200] I mean, podium. [14:49.200 -> 14:51.200] Yeah, close to a win. [14:51.200 -> 14:53.400] But a weird podium yesterday, man. [14:53.400 -> 14:57.400] What is he? P9 or something? P8, P7 or something? [14:57.400 -> 15:01.200] He had given up on himself. [15:01.200 -> 15:03.400] We had given up on him. [15:03.400 -> 15:05.720] And I don't know what happened. given up on himself. We had given up on him. [15:08.440 -> 15:11.760] And I don't know what happened like towards the end, suddenly, like I was obviously engrossed in, you know, Lando versus. [15:13.000 -> 15:16.360] I wasn't paying attention when Max is. And then suddenly after, you know, [15:16.360 -> 15:20.600] once we saw Lando just completely lost it and wasn't able to drive pretty much [15:20.600 -> 15:23.320] at all. He was pretty much swimming at point, I guess. [15:26.240 -> 15:31.000] And all of a sudden I see Max at number two. I'm like wait what what's going on? Right, right. [15:31.000 -> 15:37.760] What was that? And not that he was he was struggling towards the start at [15:37.760 -> 15:41.600] least. I mean he had a good start. He was he was trying to plow through the field [15:41.600 -> 15:46.160] which he was. He overtook Bortaz oh which [15:46.160 -> 15:51.160] reminds me so there's this moment right like where there was Gasly, Bortaz and [15:51.160 -> 15:59.040] Max and then Max overtakes Bortaz and then Bortaz is charging on to Max. [15:59.040 -> 16:07.760] Cheeky message to Pierre. Yeah who was it actually? Was it his engineer or was it just directly Dr. Marco? [16:08.960 -> 16:18.160] Who knows? It could have been, who knows man. That was an interesting message. [16:19.760 -> 16:29.920] Before context, I mean if you've missed this, you know, so what happened was, someone came, someone came onto Gasly's radio and just told him in encoded [16:29.920 -> 16:34.960] cryptic words, that Botaz is catching up on Max behind you. [16:35.160 -> 16:38.080] And that's where they left it. That's where they left it. [16:38.720 -> 16:40.840] It's up to you, what you do with that information. [16:42.600 -> 16:49.000] Your future may or may not be at stake. Exactly. Yeah, I think [16:49.000 -> 16:56.460] that's pretty much understood by now that Red Bull and [16:56.460 -> 17:01.240] Alphatauri are one team you could say because honestly speaking, [17:01.240 -> 17:08.360] both the drivers of both the teams, like the second drivers don't really perform at all. Uh, so, I mean, [17:08.360 -> 17:11.760] you have got Perez with, with, you know, I don't know what he does. [17:11.760 -> 17:13.680] Oh, Perez is there too, right? [17:14.640 -> 17:17.920] Exactly. And Sunoda, I mean, I don't even know where Sunoda is, [17:17.920 -> 17:19.360] what, what happened to him today. [17:20.640 -> 17:21.880] It's pretty much just Max. [17:22.800 -> 17:24.680] He beat Nikita Mazepin. [17:33.200 -> 17:42.400] Wow. 17. He beat Nikita Mazepin. I think in one of the interviews, Sunoda himself was surprised that how did he get a cut. He must be like, man, I've tried really bad to f**k this up. How am I getting this? [17:42.400 -> 17:45.000] It's this easy? Oh my god. [17:45.000 -> 17:49.000] And since then he's been finishing post P15. [17:49.000 -> 17:52.000] Like I gotta try this harder. [17:52.000 -> 18:00.000] But Parayya seriously man, I feel like he's just there with Telcel. [18:00.000 -> 18:04.000] Because Red Bull needs some money for engine next year. [18:04.000 -> 18:06.160] Yeah and then he'll be a [18:06.160 -> 18:13.520] bye-bye once they've got what they want. I think he's exactly like me, he comes into work, he punches his car and waits for the salary. [18:13.520 -> 18:19.720] That's pretty much it. And one of those weekends it'll be like bring your kids [18:19.720 -> 18:25.080] to work so he'll just get his son along like play play. Exactly. Play with the cars. [18:27.560 -> 18:31.840] I mean, I genuinely had hopes on a very, on a slightly serious note. [18:31.840 -> 18:37.200] I mean, nothing gets serious here, but like on a slightly serious note, I had hopes from him yesterday. [18:37.200 -> 18:41.280] Two reasons. Because he was up there. I mean, he was trying. [18:41.280 -> 18:46.800] He was being caressed by not going into the pits and leading the race for a few laps. [18:46.800 -> 18:54.480] Right. So, he was up there. I thought he'd be the Botas to Max by being that to Hamilton. [18:54.480 -> 19:00.720] I was like, okay, there'll be something there. And secondly, it was a damp, wet track sort of thing. [19:00.720 -> 19:05.560] And he's good. He's good at such scenarios definitely sure I'm [19:05.560 -> 19:12.600] hoping something out of Perez but I guess yeah he just went home yeah I [19:12.600 -> 19:17.080] don't know what it is with that second seat it's just cursed I think that's it [19:17.080 -> 19:33.920] like you know I think Ricardo did some weird juju magic just before leaving you know I mean I wanna now see sort of like two reactions if we could. One is Alonzo's on [19:33.920 -> 19:39.160] those GP2 like I want to just I want to have the camera on Alonzo's face and [19:39.160 -> 19:46.320] then like him watching his own clip GP2 engine, this is a piece of shit. Like that thing. [19:46.320 -> 19:54.440] And two, Ricardo, like camera on Ricardo and be like, what do you think about Red Bull now as the second driver there? [19:54.440 -> 19:56.640] Yeah. [19:56.640 -> 20:01.320] And I wouldn't be surprised because see, I want to, let's bring this up, Sarang. [20:01.320 -> 20:08.320] Like we both agree this, to this, that someone at, I don't know, like F1 Sky Sports or FIA or F1, [20:08.400 -> 20:09.440] someone somewhere, [20:10.160 -> 20:13.800] they've hired an intern whose job is to listen to F1 podcasts. [20:14.400 -> 20:19.040] Cause we've had multiple coincidences where we've said something and that's, [20:19.080 -> 20:20.640] that's gone on to become something. [20:21.560 -> 20:26.320] Yeah, definitely. I think just a couple episodes ago, if I'm not wrong, [20:26.320 -> 20:32.400] I think you were talking about that these guys should kind of have a rotating panel of commentators [20:32.400 -> 20:38.080] and that's exactly what happened. Today's race was pretty much that, I mean we saw [20:38.080 -> 20:43.040] Karun drop by, I think there was somebody else as well, I don't exactly recall but [20:43.040 -> 20:46.600] I mean obviously I was really busy watching the race today. [20:46.600 -> 20:50.320] And I didn't have time to listen to the commentators and see who's talking what, [20:50.400 -> 20:55.400] but, but I definitely saw that there's this, this rotating panel of [20:56.120 -> 20:58.600] which is actually really good. I'm kind of glad about that. [20:59.200 -> 21:02.520] I was bored listening to those two idiots for the whole race. [21:04.600 -> 21:08.080] So to that person who's listening to us on the other end, [21:08.080 -> 21:14.520] yeah, why don't you get us these shots, like, ask Alonzo what does he think now about McLaren [21:14.520 -> 21:28.960] and ask Ricardo what does he think now about that second seat. Yeah. Well, at least, FIA, I don't know whether they're listening to us or not, [21:29.120 -> 21:33.920] but I better hope that they start listening to themselves [21:33.920 -> 21:37.480] because another thing I kind of saw, [21:37.480 -> 21:41.640] which is weird today was if you notice that Lando did a very [21:41.640 -> 21:44.640] weird thing, or even a dangerous thing, [21:44.640 -> 21:47.000] you could see at the pit lane where [21:47.000 -> 21:50.440] he went out and went back in. [21:50.440 -> 21:56.200] And he was summoned to the stewards but not really given a penalty. [21:56.200 -> 21:57.200] I don't know what's going on. [21:57.200 -> 21:59.600] I think it's because Lando is not Max. [21:59.600 -> 22:02.520] Yeah, or even Hamilton actually. [22:02.520 -> 22:04.960] Because Hamilton was given a penalty, right? [22:04.960 -> 22:07.400] I think last year in Turkey or somewhere. [22:07.480 -> 22:10.480] I don't recall where, but yeah. [22:10.960 -> 22:15.520] I mean, to be honest, I need to go back and see what lap it was. [22:15.520 -> 22:20.200] Cause I forget the lap number, but FIA's justification from what at least I've [22:20.200 -> 22:27.120] heard is, um, track conditions weren't as, uh, as, as, [22:27.840 -> 22:30.260] uh, what's the word that I'm looking for? [22:30.260 -> 22:34.320] Track conditions weren't as safe, you know, it was raining or whatever. [22:34.720 -> 22:37.960] Uh, and that caused Lando to do whatever he did. [22:38.280 -> 22:43.120] So the benefit of doubt was given to Lando because of track conditions [22:43.120 -> 22:45.520] and the weather conditions. [22:45.520 -> 22:47.560] But yeah, yeah, yeah. [22:47.560 -> 22:49.840] I mean, I kind of do understand that. [22:49.840 -> 22:54.560] It also is like, you know, that poor fellow has already lost his babies coming in like [22:54.560 -> 22:55.560] seventh. [22:55.560 -> 23:00.200] You get three place position penalty. [23:00.200 -> 23:03.200] So you are 11th now. [23:03.200 -> 23:04.200] Yes. [23:04.200 -> 23:06.280] No, but I think they could have possibly, if not for this race, they could have at least So you are 11th now. [23:15.480 -> 23:15.800] No, but I think they could have possibly, if not for this race, they could have at least given him like a penalty point in the sense that the points that they get on the license. Yeah. [23:15.920 -> 23:20.800] I think that would have been fair enough if not for the, you know, proper position penalty. [23:21.560 -> 23:25.800] But I think that he, he at least warranted some penalty points for that. [23:25.800 -> 23:27.300] But anyways... [23:27.300 -> 23:35.300] I was just saying for a change, it was nice to not see Murks and Red Bulls on the TV for the longest part of the... [23:35.300 -> 23:48.040] Oh yeah. That's definitely true. I think after the qualification, right? Like, uh, Ferrari, McLaren, and Williams like on one, two, three, I was like, [23:48.040 -> 23:49.640] what year is this? Right? Like, [23:50.360 -> 23:54.840] last time this happened was sometime in 2004. Yeah. [23:55.680 -> 23:59.400] And that was quite on pure pace. I mean, uh, agree that like, [23:59.400 -> 24:04.280] there was some shenanigans with, uh, Hamilton crashing into that, uh, [24:06.680 -> 24:08.680] you know, barrier and everything, but still it was pretty much on pure pace. [24:08.680 -> 24:14.360] And wow, like that's something like all three of them brilliant drives. [24:14.360 -> 24:20.320] Unfortunately, Russell didn't get a result as good as it, but still he did his best, [24:20.320 -> 24:23.640] I guess, in the Williams that he could. [24:23.640 -> 24:26.000] And you were telling me this before we started recording, right? [24:26.000 -> 24:33.700] Like, Sochi as a track is more favorable for slipstreams, for those straights. [24:33.700 -> 24:38.100] Because even those turns are quite slipstream advantages. [24:38.100 -> 24:46.440] And I think Russell lost it a bit there to all of that slipstream disadvantage on his side. [24:46.440 -> 24:49.360] And advantage to the others that got on him. [24:49.360 -> 24:54.860] So, yeah, I mean, it would have been a golden weekend if even he would have been... [24:54.860 -> 24:59.480] Even if he would have been able to convert this. [24:59.480 -> 25:02.360] But nonetheless, I guess, like, he tried his best. [25:02.360 -> 25:05.280] So, no hopes lost there. But yeah, totally man. [25:05.280 -> 25:10.880] Seeing Ferrari, McLaren and Williams battle this out. [25:10.880 -> 25:19.080] Because I had missed qualification because I was doing something else and I wasn't able to see qualifying live. [25:19.080 -> 25:22.120] And I saw the results before I saw the qualifying. [25:22.120 -> 25:26.520] And I was like, oh, I need to see what went down for this to happen. [25:27.160 -> 25:30.200] And I came back and I saw this and I was like, wow, this is pure pace. [25:30.200 -> 25:31.520] This is brilliant racing. [25:31.520 -> 25:31.760] Right. [25:31.760 -> 25:32.280] Insane. [25:32.280 -> 25:32.560] Right. [25:32.640 -> 25:32.960] Yeah. [25:33.560 -> 25:33.880] Yeah. [25:34.680 -> 25:38.440] I think Ferrari are doing so well this season. [25:38.480 -> 25:44.640] Uh, they are finally like making up for all the, all the bad performance that they [25:44.640 -> 25:46.160] had last year and everything. [25:46.160 -> 25:49.480] And I think they are making gains in the engine department as well. [25:50.240 -> 25:55.080] Science, especially, I think that was, I mean, I, I, I love Vettel. [25:55.120 -> 25:56.440] I am a huge Vettel fan. [25:57.840 -> 26:02.880] But science is, I guess, the perfect person that they needed, right? [26:02.880 -> 26:06.400] Yeah. Smooth operator as we call, like everybody calls him. [26:06.400 -> 26:10.000] And I think he quite smoothly, you know, gelled into the team. Right. [26:10.000 -> 26:14.120] And yeah, he's pretty much matching [26:14.480 -> 26:18.120] Charles and also beating him. I mean, today, he clearly beat him. [26:19.600 -> 26:23.480] And wow, what a drive. At a point, he was leading the race. [26:23.760 -> 26:27.280] Yeah. He pitted early. He was obviously in a stunt behind, [26:27.280 -> 26:32.440] but took advantage of the rain and got himself again onto the podium. [26:32.480 -> 26:33.320] So yeah. [26:33.560 -> 26:34.520] Yeah, you're right. I mean, [26:34.520 -> 26:39.320] it doesn't feel like it's his first season with Ferrari [26:39.840 -> 26:44.360] because this is the second time where I've seen him lash out. [26:44.600 -> 26:47.680] I mean, in the adrenaline pump race mode. [26:47.680 -> 26:52.820] Not as in an anger mode but like lash out on his who was on the radio that you [26:52.820 -> 26:56.320] know what what the bullshit are you talking to me sort of thing. Like I think [26:56.320 -> 27:00.160] I don't remember the race but one of the races back they wanted him to come [27:00.160 -> 27:09.560] in and he was like no I'm not coming in and he stuck out and that worked out well for him and then yesterday he was winning. Lando got the [27:09.560 -> 27:13.400] better of him but he was he was up there he had a good slipstream good start he [27:13.400 -> 27:17.680] was ahead he pitted early as you mentioned and then was stuck behind. I [27:17.680 -> 27:25.000] think he was like P8 or something P7 P8 and then his engineers or someone on the radio tells him we are targeting a top [27:25.000 -> 27:28.000] five position and that just pisses him off. [27:28.000 -> 27:29.000] We can win this. [27:29.000 -> 27:30.000] What the f**k are you talking about? [27:30.000 -> 27:39.720] He is like man I was leading the race just some laps back and you are telling me P5. [27:39.720 -> 27:43.760] It's like the drivers have gotten their A game but Ferrari needs to bring their Ferrari [27:43.760 -> 27:46.160] game to the books. [27:47.120 -> 27:52.720] Yeah that's you know the trademark line of next year that Ferrari fans follow. [27:55.440 -> 28:01.280] Hey but I'm happy with Ferrari weekend. I'm sitting in a virtual Ferrari for this recording. [28:04.960 -> 28:07.040] But Ferrari's B team's got some issues [28:07.040 -> 28:14.880] what the hell is happening with Gio yesterday? No radio for Gio I mean wow right like go [28:14.880 -> 28:19.680] race we don't care what happens to you [28:19.680 -> 28:28.880] I think is this how they fire him? Like just cut off his radio and like just leave him out and not even tell him [28:28.880 -> 28:32.960] whether his contact is getting renewed or not. Right. [28:33.440 -> 28:37.160] It's yeah. I don't know what's going on with Alpha. [28:37.360 -> 28:41.960] I mean, honestly, because just a couple of years ago, right. [28:42.080 -> 28:48.320] I mean, Alpha, which is just by name, very honestly, it's basically Sauber, which the real team is. [28:48.320 -> 28:51.160] And I think 2018, they were, [28:51.240 -> 28:54.680] I think best among all of these last teams, right. [28:54.720 -> 28:59.040] And they just have fallen through the ranks in the last couple of years. [28:59.400 -> 29:03.960] No matter what, they never have a good day. They never have a surprise result. [29:04.360 -> 29:09.360] The best result they get is like T8, I guess, which Kimi got today. [29:09.360 -> 29:12.360] And yeah, I don't know what's going on. [29:12.360 -> 29:15.840] Otmar is still running the ship, right? For Alpha? [29:15.840 -> 29:27.000] I don't know. I think it's not Otmar. It's Frederick Westuer, I think, who was the former team principal of Toro Rosso at some point. [29:27.000 -> 29:29.000] I think so. But I could be wrong. [29:29.000 -> 29:31.000] Yeah, but he's a fun guy. [29:31.000 -> 29:34.000] He's actually a good guy, but I don't know what's wrong. [29:34.000 -> 29:37.000] Like something somewhere is not right. [29:37.000 -> 29:39.000] And they're, you know, operational. [29:39.000 -> 29:43.000] I think that second seed is also being contested quite a lot, right? [29:43.000 -> 29:45.760] Like this, I mean, Go's not gotten a contract yet. [29:46.360 -> 29:48.880] I'm pretty sure I might be pronouncing this wrong. [29:48.880 -> 29:50.560] So sorry, folks, to begin with. [29:50.760 -> 29:57.520] But Guan Yu Zhao from China, who's with F2 right now, he's contesting for the seat. [29:57.520 -> 29:58.480] I mean, China's probably... [29:58.480 -> 30:00.160] With 2 million dollars. [30:00.520 -> 30:01.040] Yeah. [30:01.560 -> 30:03.280] Is it 2 or 20 or something like that? [30:03.280 -> 30:04.720] Oh sorry, it's like 20 million dollars. [30:04.720 -> 30:06.000] My bad. Something something like that? Oh sorry, 20 million dollars, my bad. [30:06.000 -> 30:08.000] Yeah, something crazy like that. [30:08.000 -> 30:12.000] There's also contest from someone from South Africa is what I heard. [30:12.000 -> 30:14.000] I forgot who's the driver from South Africa. [30:14.000 -> 30:16.000] Oh wow, really? [30:16.000 -> 30:18.000] Basically, it's a bidding war happening for the second seat there. [30:18.000 -> 30:24.000] And for Jio, someone's put in a request to the Italian government to help him fund the seat. [30:24.000 -> 30:32.000] Oh yeah, I feel like it's all that cash is king sort of politics that's happening for the second seed. [30:32.000 -> 30:36.400] It's probably putting some pressure on their team and their driver. [30:36.400 -> 30:40.400] Kimmy is just there for fun weekends. [30:40.400 -> 30:46.800] My theory, I'm sure about it. It is right that he was faking it. [30:46.800 -> 30:47.800] He didn't have covid. [30:47.800 -> 30:53.800] He was just doing a pre-retirement party, I guess because he came in 8th all of a sudden. [30:53.800 -> 30:56.000] He's not recovering from anything. [30:56.000 -> 30:57.000] That's very clear. [30:57.000 -> 30:59.000] He was just fit as a fiddle. [30:59.000 -> 31:06.400] Sunday strolls with Kimmy. [31:06.400 -> 31:12.800] Talking about stroll, what the hell was stroll doing with Vettel? [31:12.800 -> 31:20.920] I think daddy's car seat so I can do whatever I want. [31:20.920 -> 31:23.960] No but honestly I think he's been having a good weekend. [31:23.960 -> 31:27.120] I think like this weekend and not just the weekend. [31:27.120 -> 31:30.920] I think we've said this in the previous episode and the previous episode to that too. [31:31.240 -> 31:37.280] Strolls definitely finding some mojo or found his mojo and he's pushing the car. [31:37.800 -> 31:43.160] Yesterday was just him being a bit on the nasty side and a bit cheeky, trying to push [31:43.480 -> 31:44.800] Vettel into that wall. [31:44.800 -> 31:46.080] bit on the nasty side and a bit cheeky trying to push Vettel into that wall. [31:47.240 -> 31:47.680] Shouldn't have done that. [31:51.720 -> 31:52.120] But yeah, Stroll was being Stroll. [31:58.400 -> 32:04.280] Yeah. I think this year somehow it seems a little weird to me because every year Stroll like, you know, does have this one brilliant performance at least once in the [32:04.280 -> 32:08.320] season. But so far, he's just failed to impress. [32:08.320 -> 32:11.880] I think Vettel has had the best of him for most of the season, I guess. [32:12.480 -> 32:15.200] And yeah, by the way, again, I don't know if you noticed or not, [32:15.200 -> 32:19.840] but Vettel is now holding the most number of overtakes in the season, [32:21.120 -> 32:23.240] which is pretty awesome. [32:23.360 -> 32:24.800] And yeah, Lance, I don't know. [32:24.800 -> 32:27.040] He was doing well actually today. [32:27.040 -> 32:31.920] Through the race. But I guess after the crash with Vettel, [32:31.920 -> 32:35.620] I think it didn't go well. And obviously, Vettel as well. [32:35.620 -> 32:39.460] Turned up 12th. So, overall a poor day for Aston. [32:39.460 -> 32:47.680] Right. Just out of fun, I am looking at some stat of Stroll versus Vettel in 2021. [32:47.680 -> 32:53.680] I mean, championship-wise, Vettel is sitting at 12th, Lance is at 13. [32:53.680 -> 32:59.200] And then, best race, Vettel's obviously gotten that podium. Lance is at 7. [32:59.200 -> 33:06.600] Both have had equal DNFs. But yeah, I mean, A, the number of overtakes that as we mentioned, Vettel [33:06.600 -> 33:12.000] sitting on their top and two podiums, one that was taken away from him. Okay, sure. [33:12.000 -> 33:20.080] But the two podiums that he's had, right. So Vettel's showing his, his veteranship there [33:20.080 -> 33:21.080] there as well. [33:21.080 -> 33:27.120] Yep, yep, yep. Veterans, right. Alonzo, what was he doing, man? [33:28.080 -> 33:32.400] Folks, I guarantee you, these are not scripted transitions. I don't know how this is happening. [33:35.120 -> 33:42.000] Yeah, Alonzo, what the hell were you doing, dude? I'm pretty sure everybody saw and the commentators [33:42.000 -> 33:48.160] said this as well that, you know, he was doing the practice run through the bollards and turned to escape route. [33:48.160 -> 33:54.360] And that's exactly what he did in the first lap. He just went for it. [33:54.360 -> 34:02.960] I was watching this and I told to myself that I am pretty sure he is not going to even attempt a turn. [34:02.960 -> 34:05.680] He is going to go and gun for it. [34:05.680 -> 34:14.120] And then they show the top helicopter shot and you can see he positions his car so well that no one can question him. [34:14.120 -> 34:16.800] Because it might look like he's gonna run into someone. [34:16.800 -> 34:25.520] But he just goes straight. I don't think he braked until he reached the barriers to curve his way around. [34:25.520 -> 34:27.160] It didn't seem like at all. [34:27.160 -> 34:34.640] Like I think he just skirted the boundaries, you know, so beautifully of, you know, just [34:34.640 -> 34:38.040] the grey area right in general. [34:38.040 -> 34:43.480] He was right in there, you know, just so that, you know, he gave, in fact, he gave two places [34:43.480 -> 34:44.480] after that. [34:44.480 -> 34:47.000] I think he gained four and then gave two places. [34:47.160 -> 34:51.040] And then I think somebody even asked Michael Massey about it, but he said that, [34:51.040 -> 34:56.880] you know, since he gave back positions and he didn't actually gain time as such. [34:58.240 -> 35:02.920] From that perspective, they didn't penalize him. And again, lap one, turn two. [35:08.000 -> 35:13.000] But that was really cheeky and smart by Alvanzo, I guess. A, he had a good start. So he was already up by one or two positions. [35:13.000 -> 35:14.000] As he always does, by the way. [35:14.000 -> 35:16.000] Yeah, I mean, he's good at it. [35:16.000 -> 35:21.000] And then post that, he gained two more positions just by doing this. [35:21.000 -> 35:25.460] I was having a blast. I was like, what is this guy? I love it. [35:25.460 -> 35:33.560] He was driving brilliantly. As we mentioned, Max was obviously not having a good time on his second stint. [35:33.560 -> 35:39.360] He was in his softs, no, mediums. And Alonso at that point had overtaken him as well. [35:39.360 -> 35:46.500] So again, Alonso was driving brilliantly at that point. He started 6th, came in 6th. So, wow, again, kudos. [35:46.500 -> 35:52.500] I was actually waiting for a team radio message on Perez because Perez was right in front of Max. [35:52.500 -> 35:57.200] And I was waiting for a team order switch. And then they switched the cameras. [35:57.200 -> 36:01.700] They strolled us on cameras to some fight happening somewhere else. [36:01.700 -> 36:06.440] And then Alonso switched. I'm like, wait, where did Alonzo come from? [36:06.440 -> 36:08.480] What's what's happening with Alonzo? [36:08.520 -> 36:10.560] Oh, talking about, but trolled, right? [36:11.280 -> 36:14.240] The TV direction dude was terrible today. [36:14.280 -> 36:17.760] I mean, yes, there were so many battles. [36:17.760 -> 36:19.480] There were so many battles which they didn't show. [36:19.560 -> 36:21.440] Mainly, Vettel versus Charles. [36:21.440 -> 36:30.120] Like we were seeing that battle on the side screen of Max's, what do you call that? [36:30.120 -> 36:35.720] The cockpit cam, right? We were seeing the battle from his camera and they're not showing it on the main feed. [36:35.720 -> 36:38.760] And we are seeing some, you know, Hamilton doing laps. [36:42.880 -> 36:49.440] Yeah, dude, that, that, first of all, like Vettel charging down the field was just too brilliant to watch. [36:49.440 -> 36:56.480] But what was it? Like over three or four corners, they're going back and forth of each other. [36:56.480 -> 36:59.520] What a brilliant battle that was. [36:59.520 -> 37:06.300] That was awesome. And I think at one point, Max was probably looking at that battle and he was obviously pumped, right? [37:06.300 -> 37:09.100] He was just cutting through the field and he was super pumped. [37:09.100 -> 37:11.020] He was like, you know, just waiting to pounce on it. [37:11.400 -> 37:18.440] And at one point there was, I think, almost like an Aston Ratty bull sandwich, you know? [37:18.640 -> 37:19.780] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [37:20.280 -> 37:21.160] Yes, yes. [37:21.740 -> 37:22.240] Yeah. [37:22.860 -> 37:25.520] He could have been taken out there. [37:25.520 -> 37:28.440] I think that was a very risky move by him. [37:28.440 -> 37:38.480] In general, very honestly, it felt to me like for a change, Verstappen was in a less pressure situation of a race today. [37:38.480 -> 37:45.880] And he was more like just having fun and like, you know, I'm just going to go for it. [37:45.880 -> 37:52.960] Because very honestly speaking, he, he got the second position, but I feel he didn't actually manage his race very well. [37:52.960 -> 38:03.840] Because to think about it, he started on hard straight and he chewed through his tires because by lap, I think 26 or something, his tires were gone. [38:03.840 -> 38:07.680] His front left was all all visible on the camera. [38:07.680 -> 38:13.020] Exactly. And in the meantime, Lando and Hamilton are on mediums. [38:13.020 -> 38:17.000] And they're comfortably going into the 28th lap or something. [38:17.000 -> 38:21.880] So, obviously, he was not maintaining his tyres correctly. [38:21.880 -> 38:25.040] He was having a poor time in his mediums as well. [38:25.680 -> 38:33.920] And then he just, but however, just got the second position. Anyways, what was I talking again? [38:36.320 -> 38:39.440] Vettel versus Leclerc is where we were. [38:40.480 -> 38:42.160] But how did I reach Max, dude? [38:42.960 -> 38:48.280] Because Max was in the sandwich there. He could have ended his race with the two of them. [38:48.280 -> 38:55.600] Yeah, yeah. My brain is... I am still buzzing with the race. I don't know why. [38:55.600 -> 39:03.400] Yeah man, yesterday was... And to be honest, like the first 20 laps were dry. I was like, okay, this is an okay race. [39:03.400 -> 39:05.160] For this episode episode I don't [39:05.160 -> 39:09.320] have much points to take and then something happened okay we can talk [39:09.320 -> 39:15.280] about this and then the last five laps my brain exploded man I was like I have [39:15.280 -> 39:21.640] this season this season to be honest has just not disappointed like one or two [39:21.640 -> 39:27.000] races here and there but I feel like and this is what I want to see next season too. [39:27.000 -> 39:39.000] When these cars get tighter, we see the amount of competition, overtakes, battles, rivalries for even like, not just Championship 1 and 2. [39:39.000 -> 39:47.280] But, you know, if Lando would have won yesterday, he would have gotten so close to Botaz in [39:47.280 -> 39:51.920] terms of points that they were in good battle for P3 and P4. [39:51.920 -> 39:56.420] So it's, yeah, the season's shaping up really well. [39:56.420 -> 40:02.320] You know something, like of all the races, Russia, which has been a boring as fuck race, [40:02.320 -> 40:07.440] you know, for the past many seasons. And in fact, I think next year onwards, [40:07.440 -> 40:11.200] we're not coming to Sochi Autodrome anymore. I think we're going to the other one. I forget [40:11.200 -> 40:17.760] what the track name is. But basically, you know, everybody was rejoicing about that news that we're [40:17.760 -> 40:22.880] not coming back here. And then suddenly we have this mind blowing race today. [40:31.040 -> 40:38.240] have this mind-blowing race today. Yeah yeah. I think somebody is reconsidering things. I hope it rains whenever if they do it back in Sochi. Sochi without rain is [40:38.240 -> 40:45.000] probably not as fun. Bring out the sprinklers as Eccleston says. [40:45.000 -> 40:51.500] Man, they should bring him some time back if he can still walk around and be somewhere. [40:51.500 -> 40:52.500] I don't know where he is. [40:52.500 -> 40:55.500] Just have fun with him. [40:55.500 -> 41:00.000] Anyways, on that note, let's wrap it up here. [41:00.000 -> 41:03.500] This was a good chat, good episode. [41:03.500 -> 41:07.040] The race yesterday was brilliant again. [41:07.040 -> 41:11.000] I mean, if we fumbled our way throughout the episode anyway, [41:11.000 -> 41:15.040] then folks, keep in mind, we are still out of words for whatever has happened yesterday. [41:15.040 -> 41:17.040] Too many things to process. [41:17.040 -> 41:19.640] Too many battles missed, probably. [41:19.640 -> 41:24.000] For the guy who is listening to us from F1 FIA, [41:24.000 -> 41:26.080] let's get some good camera work done, too [41:27.520 -> 41:33.280] We'll see you on the next episode until then this is f1 fanfiction signing off