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The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix was dominated by Max Verstappen, who took a 'grand slam' victory and extended his championship lead. Lewis Hamilton finished a distant second, while George Russell impressed with a third-place finish for Mercedes. Sergio Perez fought back to secure fourth in his Red Bull, while Carlos Sainz struggled and settled for fifth in his Ferrari. Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso showcased their experience by taking sixth and seventh respectively for Aston Martin. Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu, and Pierre Gasly completed the top ten. It was a thrilling race with Verstappen stealing the show, leaving his rivals in the dust.
In this episode we discuss:
It's raining Russell 🌧️
Mercedes is back!
Lando sticks his nose in a closing gap👃🏽
Welcome Sir Sargent! 🫡
Naughty Ocon
FIA refuses Tsunoda to gain a point.
OnlyFans a subsidiary of Alpha Tauri? 🤔
Ferrari Strategy be like Hard-Soft-Hard
Max learns to drive between white lines.
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**Introduction**
* The episode begins with a discussion of the Spanish Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen dominated the race and secured a 'grand slam' victory. * Other notable results include Lewis Hamilton finishing a distant second, George Russell impressing with a third-place finish for Mercedes, and Sergio Perez fighting back to secure fourth in his Red Bull.
**Race Highlights**
* The race was filled with excitement, including Verstappen stealing the show and leaving his rivals behind. * There were several battles and overtakes throughout the midfield, providing plenty of action for fans. * Some controversial moments occurred, such as Esteban Ocon's aggressive defending against Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda receiving a penalty for allegedly pushing Zhou Guanyu off the track.
**Mercedes' Resurgence**
* Mercedes showed signs of improvement with their new upgrades, with Russell and Hamilton both performing well. * The team's strategy calls were also on point, contributing to their success.
**Lando Norris' Mistake**
* Lando Norris made a mistake at the start of the race, attempting to overtake Hamilton but running wide and losing positions. * The commentators criticized Norris for his impatience and lack of patience.
**Logan Sargeant's Debut**
* Logan Sargeant made his Formula One debut with Williams, becoming the first American driver to race in the sport since 2015. * Sargeant finished the race in 20th position, ahead of teammate Nicholas Latifi.
**Aston Martin's Internal Rivalry**
* There was some discussion about the patronizing comments made by Lance Stroll's race engineer towards Fernando Alonso during the race. * Alonso later revealed that he has a good relationship with the team and was not bothered by the incident.
**AlphaTauri and Alpha Romeo's Performance**
* AlphaTauri and Alpha Romeo both had strong performances, with Pierre Gasly, Zhou Guanyu, and Valtteri Bottas all scoring points. * Yuki Tsunoda's penalty for allegedly pushing Zhou off the track was a controversial decision.
**Haas F1 Team's Pit Stop Issues**
* Haas F1 Team had a disappointing race, with both Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher suffering from pit stop issues. * The team lost valuable time and positions due to these problems.
**Ferrari's Struggles**
* Ferrari had a difficult race, with Charles Leclerc starting from the pit lane and finishing in 20th position. * Carlos Sainz Jr. struggled with tire degradation and finished in fifth place.
**Conclusion**
* The episode wraps up with a discussion of the overall takeaways from the Spanish Grand Prix. * The podcast hosts highlight the importance of consistency and strategy in Formula One racing. * They also emphasize the need for teams to continuously improve and adapt to the evolving challenges of the sport.
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The summary is presented in a clear and concise manner, avoiding bullet points and maintaining a conversational tone. It covers the key points and main arguments discussed in the podcast episode while adhering to the guidelines provided. ## Podcast Episode Summary: Spanish Grand Prix 2023
### Race Overview:
* Max Verstappen dominated the Spanish Grand Prix, securing a 'grand slam' victory and extending his championship lead. * Lewis Hamilton finished a distant second, while George Russell impressed with a third-place finish for Mercedes. * Sergio Perez fought back to secure fourth in his Red Bull, while Carlos Sainz struggled and settled for fifth in his Ferrari. * Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso showcased their experience by taking sixth and seventh respectively for Aston Martin. * Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu, and Pierre Gasly completed the top ten.
### Key Moments and Controversies:
* Lando Norris attempted a daring move on Fernando Alonso, sticking his nose in a closing gap, but ultimately failed to overtake. * Logan Sargeant made his Formula 1 debut with Williams, becoming the first American driver in the sport since Alexander Rossi in 2015. * Esteban Ocon received a penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso. * Yuki Tsunoda was denied a point for finishing tenth due to a time penalty. * Ferrari's questionable tire strategy, opting for a hard-soft-hard sequence, drew criticism.
### Max Verstappen's Dominance:
* Verstappen displayed his mastery of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, setting the fastest lap and leading every lap of the race. * Verstappen received a warning for exceeding track limits but went on to secure the fastest lap on the final lap, showing his confidence and determination.
### Weather Conditions and Their Impact:
* Rain began to fall around the circuit towards the end of the race, but the track remained dry. * The unique weather conditions raised questions about the potential impact of dew on the track surface and tire performance.
### Overall Assessment:
* The Spanish Grand Prix was an exciting race with Verstappen showcasing his dominance and several other drivers delivering strong performances. * The chicane modification at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya provided some DRS overtaking opportunities but did not significantly alter the overall race order. * The removal of the chicane eliminated the potential for dangerous situations during qualifying, as seen in previous years.
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[00:00.000 -> 00:04.000] Dude, Alpha Towers logo is so similar to OnlyFans. [00:04.000 -> 00:06.000] Okay, I have to compare one thing. [00:06.000 -> 00:11.000] So maybe OnlyFans is a subsidiary of Alpha Towers. [00:11.000 -> 00:17.000] Oh man, I just opened it up on Google and it is really very similar. [00:17.000 -> 00:20.000] Right? I don't know who Srinodhan took that photo with. [00:20.000 -> 00:22.000] Oh yeah, that guy, that tall guy, right? [00:22.000 -> 00:25.840] Right? Picture that, with Soda Rai, you know, [00:25.840 -> 00:28.320] where he's supposed to be with like, the only pants. [00:29.600 -> 00:31.120] I just cannot unsee that now. [00:38.840 -> 00:42.720] Hello and welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction, [00:42.840 -> 00:45.900] a show about race week interviews and racing community [00:45.900 -> 00:50.440] interviews. I know we've not done the latter a bit much but trust me it's [00:50.440 -> 00:54.580] coming. I mean we've been getting guests on the show we had Gaurav Jain last [00:54.580 -> 00:59.380] episode. I mean if you've not checked that out, dude that guy is a gem of a guy. [00:59.380 -> 01:09.280] And a long time F1 fan as well, A lot of insights that he shared. He basically was the perfect third host we could have asked for on the last episode. [01:09.280 -> 01:13.000] So yeah, check that episode out if you have not already. [01:13.000 -> 01:18.680] This weekend, we are at Spanish GP, Catalunya Barcelona. [01:18.680 -> 01:21.240] Where it was raining only for Russell, I think, right? [01:21.240 -> 01:22.240] Yeah. [01:22.240 -> 01:28.280] What's going on there, man? He's like, probably his helmet didn't have a drainage, [01:28.280 -> 01:31.040] I guess, and like water was probably filling up from. [01:31.040 -> 01:31.880] Was he crying? [01:31.880 -> 01:32.400] I don't know. [01:32.400 -> 01:33.080] Was he crying? [01:33.080 -> 01:34.920] I don't know. [01:34.920 -> 01:35.420] Could be. [01:35.420 -> 01:37.080] Was he asking, can I pass Hamilton? [01:37.080 -> 01:37.640] I don't know. [01:37.640 -> 01:40.000] I didn't hear that this time. [01:40.000 -> 01:41.960] Yeah, I don't know what's going on. [01:41.960 -> 01:42.840] But it's interesting. [01:42.840 -> 01:46.240] I've not heard that sort of like a radio message [01:46.240 -> 01:49.560] before, someone saying, is anyone else [01:49.560 -> 01:50.720] complaining about playing? [01:50.720 -> 01:53.960] Yeah. [01:53.960 -> 01:57.120] But Murk had a brilliant weekend, man. [01:57.120 -> 02:00.640] Like, they bring in these changes. [02:00.640 -> 02:03.280] Side pods have been upgraded. [02:03.280 -> 02:06.440] And poof, there's magic man double podium [02:06.440 -> 02:14.640] sure a few people had to do their usual stuff with strategy plays but yeah it [02:14.640 -> 02:25.040] worked out so what are we hearing about oh before Sarang and we are into it already. [02:28.400 -> 02:32.320] Yeah but what I've heard is like they made their changes and then poof there's magic [02:32.320 -> 02:37.360] man W4DF. So what I've been hearing is like the change to their sideboard which is somewhat [02:37.360 -> 02:47.280] getting closer to what RPR has, has sort of helped them with their drag, which eventually has led to better balance. [02:47.280 -> 02:52.000] And then that we've seen sort of obviously plays in favor of tired legs. [02:52.000 -> 02:58.720] So with better control over tired leg, they've been able to have fewer pit stops. [02:58.720 -> 03:02.760] Because I even heard one of the commentators say, maybe Julian Bama was saying, [03:02.760 -> 03:09.680] this is a track where you usually have three to four pit stops and at one point Russell was like yeah let's do a one-stop [03:09.680 -> 03:17.600] strategy. So yeah yeah I heard that and yeah I do remember that like yeah the commentator was [03:17.600 -> 03:23.600] surprised as well as to yeah he's asked for a one pit stop strategy and I don't know man like Merck [03:24.320 -> 03:26.800] did really well especially Hamilton I feel [03:26.800 -> 03:33.520] like he drove his tires off right of his car like it was a very nice drive he started with P4 I [03:33.520 -> 03:39.280] think and I think it helped him a little like Gasly got that penalty he went into like what [03:39.280 -> 03:46.320] P10 or something so yeah he got a promotion of one position, but still, regardless, like he needs P2. Of course, [03:46.320 -> 03:52.960] some people had to like really mess up at the same time for that to happen. But still, P2 is a P2. [03:54.080 -> 04:00.480] And awesome. McClatchy, I mean, Mercedes, man, they are being so consistent. Like, [04:00.480 -> 04:05.200] even when we thought that they are nowhere this season as well, here we are. [04:05.200 -> 04:08.080] They are what? Now they are P2 in Championship, is it? [04:08.080 -> 04:09.080] Should be. [04:09.080 -> 04:10.080] I think they overtook Aston Martin by now. [04:10.080 -> 04:12.760] Yeah, they were one point behind Aston Martin last season. [04:12.760 -> 04:13.760] Yeah, so there it is. [04:13.760 -> 04:19.840] But yeah, dude, I mean, like, the fact that they also drove their shots to full length. [04:19.840 -> 04:22.600] So like, I was seeing this because they were on shots. [04:22.600 -> 04:28.240] Like, I was seeing this window for shots, which I think was like lap 13 through lap 25. [04:28.560 -> 04:32.680] And then both of them pitted on lap 25, 26. [04:33.200 -> 04:34.840] They had drawn their sorts to the end. [04:35.240 -> 04:40.520] You know, OK, so first of all, before we go more into it, let me ask you this. [04:41.320 -> 04:43.920] What are your thoughts about the race itself overall? [04:44.960 -> 04:47.360] To be honest, I liked it, I mean [04:47.360 -> 04:51.840] I've been seeing all the comments that you know hey yeah this was a boring race, [04:51.840 -> 04:57.280] yeah yeah, I mean there was nothing in terms of like anticipation or you know what's going to [04:57.280 -> 05:03.040] happen sort of thing but I liked it for two particular reasons, one is there was obviously [05:03.040 -> 05:05.240] the shift in you know the pack with respect to was obviously the shift in, you know, [05:05.240 -> 05:08.600] the pack with respect to like the changes coming in [05:08.600 -> 05:10.280] and you know, some penalties here and there [05:10.280 -> 05:13.560] and that sort of like shuffled the whole grid. [05:13.560 -> 05:15.560] But the other thing that I loved was [05:15.560 -> 05:19.320] there was so much battles going on in that midfield. [05:19.320 -> 05:20.920] Oh yeah, that was brilliant one. [05:20.920 -> 05:21.960] For a change, right? [05:21.960 -> 05:23.280] Like both of our nodes, [05:23.280 -> 05:26.800] I don't think we have RBR mentioned much in our notes. [05:26.800 -> 05:27.800] Exactly. [05:27.800 -> 05:28.800] Right? [05:28.800 -> 05:32.000] So I think like for that, I felt like it wasn't a bad weekend. [05:32.000 -> 05:33.000] Yeah, yeah. [05:33.000 -> 05:34.560] No, I tend to agree. [05:34.560 -> 05:35.560] It wasn't a bad weekend. [05:35.560 -> 05:42.280] I think it was more like there wasn't much shuffling in the leaderboard itself as such, [05:42.280 -> 05:46.080] but there was some like mini races happening in [05:46.080 -> 05:50.640] between like in the midfield that's what I would describe it like there was some [05:50.640 -> 05:54.080] really good overtakes we saw some good defending some good overtakes especially [05:54.080 -> 06:01.000] between three people that was I think Magnussen, Sunoda and who else? [06:01.000 -> 06:05.840] Jao, sorry. Yeah we'll get to it. But yeah, [06:05.840 -> 06:11.360] exactly. So there was some good overtaking. There was some, I don't know, not so great overtaking [06:11.360 -> 06:16.160] as well. I mean, like commentators were saying that, yeah, there's so much overtaking going on, [06:16.160 -> 06:20.480] but at the same time, there were a lot of DRS overtakes as well, especially into turn one, [06:20.480 -> 06:27.440] especially because of the chicane going away. Peoplepad sort of thing. Yeah launchpad right exactly. [06:27.440 -> 06:32.240] I have mixed feelings about this race like overall it was kind of fun but [06:32.240 -> 06:38.960] towards the end it was super boring I kind of dozed off but yeah not a bad weekend overall. [06:38.960 -> 06:43.560] But like talking about the end right like let's let's come to the start let's [06:43.560 -> 06:48.200] come to the start I mean for a change, I've had this family event through the weekend. [06:48.200 -> 06:50.800] So, I've not been able to see any of it until today. [06:50.800 -> 06:55.800] But I saw the great start, right? And I saw Norris up there. [06:55.800 -> 07:01.000] And I was like, probably, I probably saw him too soon before the session ended. [07:01.000 -> 07:09.320] But no, he was up there. And and then we have this brilliant race start but going into that into that turn one he got slightly [07:09.320 -> 07:13.480] slower probably he braked a bit too soon or whatever it was but like Hamilton had [07:13.480 -> 07:20.560] that edge over him yeah and was able to overtake but going out he was faster [07:20.560 -> 07:26.000] than Hamilton Hamilton probably got slowed by the Ferrari in front of him in science [07:27.040 -> 07:33.520] and ran into the back of that Mercedes. But interestingly what Hamilton said after the [07:33.520 -> 07:41.280] whole show was over is the fact that Norris lacks patience but we live and learn. Exactly yeah [07:41.280 -> 07:50.560] yeah that's exactly the counterpoint that I was going to give that. You know, I feel it's, it was entirely like Norris's fault for that crash. Because A, it's [07:50.560 -> 07:59.040] slap one. B, like Hamilton was significantly ahead of him. There wasn't actually a gap. If he knows [07:59.040 -> 08:02.960] Hamilton, he would know that he would close that gap. There's no way he's going to leave it open. [08:04.080 -> 08:10.000] So I think it was kind of stupid on him. He had a very good position P3. There was no way he was going to maintain that [08:10.000 -> 08:15.920] P3 anyways, in all honesty. He should have been a bit more conservative. He should have been a [08:15.920 -> 08:27.800] bit more patient as Hamilton said. And maybe he could have gotten into points at least. But then right after, like not even, not even before finishing like lap one, he was down to 20. [08:29.400 -> 08:30.440] It was just too hilarious. [08:31.240 -> 08:35.440] Yeah. Yeah. And I think like VC was already on, or who was it? [08:35.440 -> 08:37.360] Probably like says, uh, [08:37.400 -> 08:39.320] Maurice Six has knows where he should be. [08:44.920 -> 08:49.400] Quick tangent here, by the way, uh, I don't know about you but I'm loving the F1 TV commentary [08:49.400 -> 08:50.400] these days. [08:50.400 -> 08:51.400] Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. [08:51.400 -> 08:55.520] They are super unbiased I feel as compared to what Sky does. [08:55.520 -> 09:02.160] Brit vs Brit and they say like one shouldn't stick his nose up someone's butt. [09:02.160 -> 09:12.080] Anyways, go ahead. I was saying like the race start was a bit more interesting as well because what I noticed [09:12.080 -> 09:15.160] was everyone else was in mediums. [09:15.160 -> 09:21.800] Only Red Bulls were on softs and Sir Sargent was mimicking Red Bulls. [09:21.800 -> 09:25.560] So I don't know maybe there's a different strategy at play at Williams [09:25.560 -> 09:29.400] to have Sir Sargent and that's what I think you're going to call it like going [09:29.400 -> 09:38.480] ahead. Sure that's his name now. Sir Sargent mimicking Red Bull. [09:38.480 -> 09:44.800] Yeah, didn't finish last. So that's good for him. Yeah but do you know something people are [09:44.800 -> 09:45.720] talking about this now? [09:45.720 -> 09:51.240] Like it wasn't so people are saying that it wasn't just Latifi basically last year. [09:51.520 -> 09:57.640] It's just William Singh. Like, you know, they're still way behind. Like there's no progress as such. [09:57.640 -> 10:03.000] Like they have these one-off good qualification rounds, but yeah, that's about it. [10:03.360 -> 10:08.160] So yeah, anyways anyways but yeah it was interesting to see [10:08.160 -> 10:14.480] him on mediums. I don't know like what's going on with Williams in general but again you know [10:14.480 -> 10:21.200] it's his first season I think it's kind of okay he's just learning his ropes and you know hopefully [10:21.200 -> 10:29.600] like towards maybe we can start judging him a bit more after, like, the first half of the season, when he has some time to, you know, really adjust and everything. [10:29.600 -> 10:36.200] But, yeah, either ways, man, talking about the starts, I think one thing that we have to discuss about is Russell. [10:36.200 -> 10:41.960] What an awesome start he had. Did you see that? Off the mark, he overtook, like, two or three cars, right? [10:41.960 -> 10:49.600] It was just insane. And I mean, like sure people are debating, like he took the run off and whatnot. [10:49.600 -> 10:51.600] Right. But I mean, again, it's different. [10:51.600 -> 10:54.160] It's lap one, tyres are off, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. [10:54.160 -> 10:58.800] We've been through this multiple times to not get into that sort of a debate. [10:59.720 -> 11:01.120] So yeah, I'm with you. [11:01.120 -> 11:06.000] Like a brilliant start, a blazing start, three overtakes or something like right off the bat. [11:06.000 -> 11:07.000] Yeah. [11:07.000 -> 11:11.000] Super position. I think by lap 10 or something he was already out there. [11:11.000 -> 11:16.000] Yeah, yeah, totally. And also about him going off into the escape route, [11:16.000 -> 11:21.000] I too, while watching the race was a bit like, yeah, he should be penalized and all. [11:21.000 -> 11:24.000] But then after that, I really thought about it. He didn't really gain an advantage. [11:24.000 -> 11:27.780] Like he didn't gain a position and kept it or [11:27.780 -> 11:32.660] anything well yeah he may he might have gained a few seconds maybe but at the [11:32.660 -> 11:38.900] start of the race I guess that's fair so yeah I think nothing much to discuss [11:38.900 -> 11:49.120] about that yeah exactly at least at least one thing good through that whole start was the fact that parent mark has finally [11:49.120 -> 11:54.880] given that fight to the baby mark at this point. [11:54.880 -> 12:00.040] Though that overtake by Stroll on Hamilton was really awesome man, I loved that. [12:00.040 -> 12:01.040] And that reminded me. [12:01.040 -> 12:04.540] The back and forth between Stroll and yeah. [12:04.540 -> 12:09.600] And while I was watching that I just remembered that, this is why Stroll is kind of still there. [12:09.600 -> 12:15.120] Because as we said even last time, he has some very poor performances like last time in Monaco. [12:15.120 -> 12:19.360] But at the same time, he shows this brilliance at times, which was probably yesterday. [12:19.360 -> 12:22.080] Of course, he couldn't hold on to that position later on. [12:22.080 -> 12:28.000] But still, I think, still not an easy task, I think, fighting Hamilton on pace. [12:28.000 -> 12:30.760] So, yeah, credit to him for that. [12:30.760 -> 12:38.040] Let's bring in… And folks listening, right? At this point, this is an open question. [12:38.040 -> 12:47.360] So, this is not just for Saran, but for everyone now. So, yeah, DM us or whatever. But what do you think about some patronizing that was happening [12:47.360 -> 12:51.120] within Aston Martin camp towards the end of the race? [12:51.120 -> 12:55.040] Right, like now that we are on stroll, let's talk about stroll. [12:55.040 -> 12:59.040] Like some patronizing, yeah I don't want to race, let him win, sort of like [12:59.040 -> 13:04.080] yeah be the bigger man, but why? Why? And you know the awesome thing about [13:04.080 -> 13:06.160] that was, like he reached [13:06.160 -> 13:11.160] within like one second of Stroll and after that he said that don't worry, tell Stroll [13:11.160 -> 13:15.560] to not worry I was just making a gap behind like it was it felt to me like [13:15.560 -> 13:20.280] you know if I want to I can overtake him but I choose not to that's what he was [13:20.280 -> 13:31.440] basically saying. You know how you scare your own kid like boo and then you are like oh I am just a father. [13:31.440 -> 13:37.440] I think it made sense like it was gaining brownie points for him I guess. A few things I read on [13:37.440 -> 13:44.000] reddit about this was like people were saying like it seems like Alonso is you know actually [13:44.000 -> 13:45.440] in a good place with the team. [13:45.440 -> 13:50.880] Unlike all other teams that we have seen him, he's always been very frustrated. [13:50.880 -> 13:55.560] It seems he is a lot more cooperative, a lot more amicable over here. [13:55.560 -> 14:02.480] And also I think it was a bit of just kissing his boss's ass by letting Stroll stay ahead. [14:02.480 -> 14:04.480] Whatever works. [14:04.480 -> 14:06.720] But yeah, they got in Lord [14:06.720 -> 14:15.760] P5 P6 right or P6 P7 I forget. P6 P7 maybe yeah. But man long time ago like you see that [14:15.760 -> 14:29.000] overtake on Ocon that he did. Oh my god yes. He even fight into that. It almost reminded me of last year him vs troll and him taking off into the air. [14:29.000 -> 14:30.000] Literally. [14:30.000 -> 14:31.000] Literally. [14:31.000 -> 14:37.000] This season people are trying to show their under the car bike lanes. [14:37.000 -> 14:41.000] Last year Alonso was like I don't need a crane I'm just gonna fly. [14:41.000 -> 14:42.000] Right. [14:42.000 -> 14:43.000] Oh man. [14:43.000 -> 14:46.000] That was a flight. Right. Oh man. [14:46.000 -> 14:48.000] Brilliant overtake. [14:48.000 -> 14:52.000] What are your thoughts about that very late defending by Ocon? [14:52.000 -> 14:54.000] He does that at times. [14:54.000 -> 14:57.000] But at this point, probably he should have just given up. [14:57.000 -> 14:59.000] I mean, he eventually gave. [14:59.000 -> 15:01.000] So it didn't matter much. [15:01.000 -> 15:03.000] But he thought he had a winning chance there. [15:03.000 -> 15:07.000] Like, sure, let me try something new. Nah. [15:07.000 -> 15:16.500] Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah, I mean, I understand him wanting to defend, but I don't understand because like, [15:16.500 -> 15:22.500] A, it was a DRS overtake. It wasn't like on some other corner where I understand that him defending. [15:22.500 -> 15:27.040] He, of course, had a very good run up up like Alonso had a very good run up before [15:27.200 -> 15:32.300] So he should have just let him pass by because it was kind of really dangerous. He had to like really swerve [15:33.000 -> 15:35.000] into the [15:35.120 -> 15:37.480] That lane that joins the track from the pit lane [15:38.360 -> 15:41.500] And yeah, thankfully like there was no car coming out of them [15:42.020 -> 15:48.480] Out of the pit lane at that point because at points we did see really close calls near the pit exit, [15:48.960 -> 15:53.480] especially if you recall, like when Kmag and Sonoda were fighting, [15:53.480 -> 15:56.800] and I think was it Ocon who just joined the track or something like that? [15:57.040 -> 16:01.480] Or was it, yeah, Gasly joined, something happened. [16:01.480 -> 16:12.480] Somebody joined the track and like Kmag had to swerve to not give it to him. So yeah, probably I felt like FI probably should have at least [16:12.480 -> 16:18.320] investigated that. I don't remember actually seeing they investigated the incident between [16:19.520 -> 16:23.120] Alonso and Ocon, right? No, no. Modison needed. I mean, sure. But [16:23.680 -> 16:26.000] I mean, everyone over-scrutinize, sure. [16:26.000 -> 16:27.000] That's true as well. [16:27.000 -> 16:39.000] What I'm excited about though is Alonzo on his post-race said that there are massive upgrades coming to Canada for them. [16:39.000 -> 16:45.760] And they're going to crush it. Like, that's some serious attitude. We're going to crush it. [16:45.760 -> 16:48.960] Which I think means P2 because P1 is fixed. [16:48.960 -> 16:50.960] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course, that's fixed. [16:50.960 -> 16:52.960] Of course. [16:52.960 -> 16:54.960] And maybe strolls up there. So P2, P3. [16:54.960 -> 16:56.960] But... [16:56.960 -> 16:58.960] Let's see. Let's find out. [16:58.960 -> 17:00.960] I have hopes from Aston Martin. [17:00.960 -> 17:02.960] I hope they don't disappoint. [17:02.960 -> 17:04.960] If nothing, if not Red Bull versus Aston, [17:04.960 -> 17:07.400] I at least want to see Mercedes versus Aston Martin. [17:07.400 -> 17:09.400] That would be fun to watch. [17:11.400 -> 17:15.900] Especially looking at Mercedes' pace, they are definitely picking up. Their upgrades are working. [17:15.900 -> 17:31.000] And if Aston Martin also gets some upgrades, we'll be back with the Hamilton versus Alonso in 2023? Oh yeah, I repeat, of 2075 will be fights, I will be down for that. I am down for that. [17:31.000 -> 17:40.000] I think last I recall I had seen Hamilton was like 11 points behind Alonso. [17:40.000 -> 17:41.000] Alonso. [17:41.000 -> 17:46.000] I am trying to remember what it is currently. Yeah, I face P7 and this guy is P2. [17:46.000 -> 17:47.000] Right. [17:47.000 -> 17:49.000] Yeah, it's 12 points I think. [17:49.000 -> 17:50.000] Yeah, okay, sure. [17:50.000 -> 17:52.000] So, not too far behind. [17:52.000 -> 17:57.000] There is an actual chance of Alonso versus Hamilton showdown happening. [17:57.000 -> 17:58.000] Championship P2. [17:58.000 -> 17:59.000] Right. Yeah. [17:59.000 -> 18:01.000] Would love to see that. [18:01.000 -> 18:06.480] We've talked about this already quite a lot of times. So let's come down [18:06.480 -> 18:17.040] to Alpha Tauri, Alpha Romeo and Haas. Before we mention like other two big teams and stuff like [18:17.040 -> 18:24.560] I'm so happy that for a chain you're talking about Alpha Tauri, Alpha Romeo and Haas in this case. [18:28.480 -> 18:36.800] Alpha Tauri, Alpha Romeo and Haas in this case. Let's start with that example that you're saying. So, there's some brilliant battle going on already between Hulk and Zhao. Simada's coming out of the [18:36.800 -> 18:43.440] pits. Hulk is at that same moment overtaking Zhao on that straight but then has to weave around [18:45.600 -> 18:52.960] were taking Jau on that straight but then you know has to weave around just so that you know there's no three car pileage that's happening right after that straight but like [18:52.960 -> 18:57.320] to be honest I mean we've been talking about you know whatever whatever but it seems like [18:57.320 -> 19:01.880] for me there was a thing of beauty because it felt like it was we are driving maybe like [19:01.880 -> 19:08.000] in say New York downtown or like, streets of Mumbai, right? [19:08.000 -> 19:14.000] Like getting by traffic, swerving your way around, getting ahead of everyone, late for [19:14.000 -> 19:16.000] work, 10 am. [19:16.000 -> 19:19.000] Yeah man, that's true, that's totally true. [19:19.000 -> 19:25.280] Yeah, it was scary actually at a point because like they were fighting really hard first of all like [19:25.280 -> 19:32.240] Hulk and Jao and yeah Sonoda just came out it was man scary at a point but yeah still it was [19:32.240 -> 19:39.440] awesome and I loved those fights there was always something going on between them though though [19:39.440 -> 19:46.320] since we are talking about Alpha Tauri one thing I have to mention is that penalty that Sunoda got for [19:46.880 -> 19:55.840] allegedly pushing off Zhao on the racetrack. What are your thoughts man? So again, unpopular [19:55.840 -> 20:05.120] opinion here. I saw the poll that we put out and like the results on it are like, yeah, it's a unanimous no for yes sort of thing. [20:06.960 -> 20:12.720] By and large, I agree it's a bit harsh. It's definitely a bit harsh, but I think like FIA [20:12.720 -> 20:18.320] probably chose to just go by the rule books at this point because I was seeing Andre, [20:28.520 -> 20:34.720] analysis after the race and then he sort of like clips both Sunoda's and Zhao's on-board cam and there is that three, four frame sort of [20:34.720 -> 20:40.720] situation where Zhao is on the outside ahead of Sunoda and then yeah if you [20:40.720 -> 20:45.400] were to bring that rule book out it it says like, yeah, if you're ahead, you got to, you know, whatever, whatever. [20:46.400 -> 20:49.120] But they were racing. [20:49.120 -> 20:55.640] Like, if you see, if you see Sunil's on board as well, like, it's not like he tried to straighten his steering and sort of like push him. [20:56.480 -> 21:00.320] He did keep his steering locked in into that right turn. [21:01.200 -> 21:06.080] It's at this point, like a bit of understeer that the car is doing, which sort of like feels, you know, was against Jau at this point like a bit of understanding that the car is doing which sort of like feels [21:06.080 -> 21:08.600] you know was against Xiao at that point. [21:08.600 -> 21:14.800] And sure if Xiao wouldn't have you know swerved away, it was an accident. [21:14.800 -> 21:23.000] So yeah, if you go by the rule book, the decision is accurate but when they were racing so yeah. [21:23.000 -> 21:31.040] Yeah that's the thing for me. I'm not 100% sure that there was no other way [21:31.040 -> 21:36.880] other than taking that evasive action that Jau took. I feel like there was a middle ground there [21:36.880 -> 21:50.520] where he could have just woved a little and still stayed on the track and still could have kept fighting Sunoda. Also, I don't know, very strictly speaking [21:50.520 -> 21:55.800] in terms of rules, sure, the penalty maybe was justified. [21:55.800 -> 21:58.600] But at the same time, you have to let people race. [21:58.600 -> 22:00.720] Otherwise, it's not going to work out. [22:00.720 -> 22:03.040] It was not like it's Monaco where [22:03.040 -> 22:04.600] he was trying to push him out. [22:04.600 -> 22:07.040] There was a lot of space. So I think, I don't know. [22:07.760 -> 22:08.640] Felt too harsh. [22:08.640 -> 22:12.800] There's like run off. There's like a side escape route. [22:12.800 -> 22:18.320] Exactly. There's kilometers of track right next to it. So, you know, [22:18.960 -> 22:21.120] there wasn't any eminent danger as such. [22:21.120 -> 22:26.000] Don't say kilometers because if Sargent's listening to this for audience, he is not going to understand. [22:26.000 -> 22:30.600] Sorry for you. Just divide it by 1.6. We are talking about miles. Go ahead. [22:30.600 -> 22:38.560] Yeah. But anyways, poor Sunoda again lost out on the points. I feel so bad for him. Because he is doing so great. [22:38.560 -> 22:45.120] Yeah, right. At times, if he is not P11, it's like FIA against him. [22:45.120 -> 22:46.880] Like, no, get out of the points. [22:46.880 -> 22:47.520] I'm daring. [22:47.520 -> 22:50.400] It's like that stag entry into that bar. [22:50.400 -> 22:52.160] And like, how did you sneak in, buddy? [22:52.160 -> 22:53.280] Yeah, exactly. [22:53.280 -> 22:53.760] Get out. [22:56.080 -> 22:59.280] Oh, by the way, dude, I have to address this at this point. [23:00.000 -> 23:03.600] And I cannot, I just now cannot unsee this. [23:04.240 -> 23:08.440] Dude, Alpha Tannuri's logo is so similar to OnlyFans. [23:08.440 -> 23:15.920] I just cannot unsee this at this point. [23:15.920 -> 23:17.440] OK, I have to come to you. [23:24.800 -> 23:28.000] So maybe OnlyFans is a subsidiary of Alphacat. [23:28.000 -> 23:35.000] Oh man, I just opened it up on Google and it is really very similar. [23:35.000 -> 23:42.000] And someone's done this in London, I don't know who took that photo, sorry I didn't catch that. [23:42.000 -> 24:00.440] Oh yeah, that tall guy right? took that photo which sorry I didn't catch that but now there you have it now [24:00.440 -> 24:05.000] we know how Alpha Tauri is running their business. [24:05.000 -> 24:19.000] Oh man but coming back to that battle, I don't know for some reason I feel happy for all the Alpha Tauri, Alpha Romania and all the sponsors [24:19.000 -> 24:25.520] because at least for once I feel like they probably got the biggest, longest footage on a farm this weekend. [24:25.520 -> 24:27.200] Screen time, yeah, whatever you have it. [24:27.200 -> 24:30.000] And then Gasly also got into that mix at some point. [24:30.000 -> 24:31.920] Gasly was having a good weekend, according to me. [24:31.920 -> 24:33.200] He got into that shot. [24:33.200 -> 24:35.200] He got a point as well, right? P10? [24:35.200 -> 24:36.800] I think so, yeah. [24:36.800 -> 24:40.160] He was battling back and forth with Nick DeVries. [24:40.160 -> 24:42.400] That was something good to watch. [24:42.400 -> 24:47.400] Eventually, he also got his shot at K-Mag. Sure, ended up losing it all. [24:47.400 -> 24:55.740] And by losing it all, I mean Nick DeVries. But he had a good run at Gasly, at K-Mag. [24:55.740 -> 25:03.500] Yeah, that mid-pack was brilliant. Everyone was just one second behind each other. I was having fun. [25:03.500 -> 25:07.100] Yeah, it was good. I think all these midfield teams did pretty well. [25:07.100 -> 25:10.160] At least one person from their teams got into the point. [25:10.160 -> 25:14.460] Like, Zhao got a point for Alfredo Romeo. I don't know what Botas is doing. [25:14.460 -> 25:16.380] I have stopped following him at this point. [25:16.380 -> 25:19.100] Except for that one overtake last trade. [25:19.100 -> 25:22.980] He was chilling there. Did you see the fact where he said, [25:22.980 -> 25:28.680] I am going to just hold… I forget. It was one of the houses behind him, but he's like, I'm going to hold him. [25:28.680 -> 25:29.320] Oh yeah. [25:29.320 -> 25:33.440] I'm going to slow him down. So he was basically chilling there. Let's jowl him. [25:34.360 -> 25:40.800] Yeah. Yeah. No idea. Well, anyways, at least Jowl got a point. I'm happy for him, man. [25:41.040 -> 25:46.580] Jowl has been doing decent, but he hasn't gotten an exceptional result yet, I guess. [25:46.580 -> 25:51.780] I don't know what's going on with Alfa Romeo overall. No idea. [25:51.780 -> 25:52.280] But... [25:52.280 -> 25:54.780] But, Haas, man. Let's talk about Haas. [25:54.780 -> 25:56.780] That's what I was going to. [25:56.780 -> 26:10.000] The Hulk making it into Q3. What was that, first of all? Yes, at least the drivers are doing good. I don't know what was happening in the pit stops, but the drivers were really having fun. [26:10.000 -> 26:17.000] Like, having some brilliant overtakes. Like, him on that outside line against Albon was like chef's cuisine. [26:17.000 -> 26:22.000] I think like, again, same tone. I think like, turn one, turn two, turn three, saw the maximum action. [26:22.000 -> 26:26.960] But like, him on that outside line to Alba and wow, more and more and more. [26:28.840 -> 26:29.640] Yeah, completely. [26:29.880 -> 26:34.440] And also like some of the funny things that happened in the pits with [26:34.600 -> 26:38.520] Haas, especially like, I think there was two five second pit stops. [26:38.680 -> 26:44.360] Uh, one pit stop where there were two Jackmen trying to pick up the car at [26:44.360 -> 26:45.760] the same time. [26:47.920 -> 26:50.400] It was so weird. I don't know what was going on. [26:57.040 -> 27:03.680] Two Haas engineers were competing with each other to get the car on the jack and then one had to back off because of course the second time. The good part is they didn't drop the car right. [27:03.680 -> 27:06.000] Imagine doing that because I think like that ended up happening at F3 or F2 or one of those places. The second time... The good part is they didn't drop the car right? Exactly. [27:06.000 -> 27:08.000] I think that ended up happening at F3 or F2 or one of those places. [27:08.000 -> 27:10.000] Yeah sorry. [27:10.000 -> 27:12.000] Yeah anyways, the other pit stop as well, [27:12.000 -> 27:14.000] it was another 5 second pit stop. [27:14.000 -> 27:16.000] So basically I think, [27:16.000 -> 27:18.000] they lost out all the overtakes and everything [27:18.000 -> 27:20.000] that they took with the pit stops. [27:20.000 -> 27:22.000] And it was a total disaster as usual. [27:22.000 -> 27:24.000] It's very sad [27:24.000 -> 27:28.180] with what's happening with us. It's not that they have a very bad card [27:28.740 -> 27:32.460] The I think this time they have actually a kind of a decent card [27:32.940 -> 27:37.500] But yeah, they just failed to deliver the end of the day. Where did they end up? [27:38.220 -> 27:40.660] way down the list P18 and [27:41.620 -> 27:43.620] P50 [27:45.400 -> 27:48.300] Yeah, they deserve that. At least the way they were driving. Yeah, they should have been much higher. [27:48.300 -> 27:55.300] One thing I missed out on Sonalda was, I don't know what their deal is. [27:55.300 -> 28:00.800] I saw this point where Perez was going to overtake Sonalda. [28:00.800 -> 28:04.300] And there was no fight. He probably just moved away too. [28:04.300 -> 28:06.000] Yeah, sure. Go ahead. I don't know if that's the briefing that's gone there was no fight. He probably just moved away too. He was like, yeah, sure, go ahead. [28:06.000 -> 28:09.600] I don't know if that's the briefing that's gone down to the V-team. [28:09.600 -> 28:13.520] Let's not mess with the Beta-Alpha pairs of the situation up there. [28:13.520 -> 28:18.480] Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that happens. [28:18.480 -> 28:19.760] We have seen this multiple times. [28:19.760 -> 28:26.080] The Alpha Tauri driver is going above and beyond getting out of the way of the Red [28:26.080 -> 28:27.080] Bull drivers. [28:27.080 -> 28:28.080] Right. [28:28.080 -> 28:32.400] So I think it's a pretty clear instruction for them to not interfere. [28:32.400 -> 28:33.400] Yeah. [28:33.400 -> 28:34.400] Yeah. [28:34.400 -> 28:38.080] But again, one more thing, Suroda again, again shouting at his engineers. [28:38.080 -> 28:39.800] Man, I saw a meme about this. [28:39.800 -> 28:40.800] I didn't see this. [28:40.800 -> 28:42.600] Oh, you didn't see that? [28:42.600 -> 28:46.280] I think it was something about, I don't recall what exactly it was, but again, you know, [28:46.280 -> 28:48.440] as an engineer giving him some advice and he's like, [28:48.720 -> 28:53.160] let me just drive or whatever, something in a very shouty voice. [28:53.760 -> 28:58.640] Classics or not? Yeah, classics or not. I saw a meme about it where, [28:58.960 -> 29:03.520] you know, there's this four panel comic where, like it's [29:04.920 -> 29:07.920] a mild face you know and then there's another [29:07.920 -> 29:13.280] face saying that I want to help you and then the next face is like the face [29:13.280 -> 29:17.280] getting angry and that was Sonoda basically. [29:17.280 -> 29:19.280] Yeah, that's not a meme, that's real life. [29:19.280 -> 29:21.280] Exactly. [29:21.280 -> 29:31.280] So, one thing is like I know we didn't upload last races video or sorry [29:31.280 -> 29:37.000] last recordings video. We had so many technical difficulties with the last [29:37.000 -> 29:43.040] recording. It's been like in this whole span like that's been like the [29:43.040 -> 29:45.300] toughest recording and editing that [29:45.300 -> 29:46.300] we've done. [29:46.300 -> 29:47.300] Editing rather. [29:47.300 -> 29:49.340] The technical issues that we ran into. [29:49.340 -> 29:55.900] So much so that I think Sarang and I can now put it on our resumes as audio editors. [29:55.900 -> 30:02.380] But what I want to say is, where we're going next, or I'm taking this next, is for what [30:02.380 -> 30:05.540] the video should have been, which is this t-shirt, which you didn't get to see because of the video. Now been which is this t-shirt which is which you [30:05.540 -> 30:09.380] didn't get to see because of the video now here it is here it is so if you're [30:09.380 -> 30:14.780] on audio go to YouTube or do you know wherever and see this so I'm wearing I'm [30:14.780 -> 30:19.800] wearing a t-shirt by the checkered store.dntobuy.com head over there see [30:19.800 -> 30:23.760] these t-shirts up. This is a plain t-shirt the best part is you're standing with [30:23.760 -> 30:27.240] your friends talking about F1 and then you start walking away and then you're [30:27.240 -> 30:32.320] gonna hear people talk up behind your back. The good part is everything's [30:32.320 -> 30:36.680] gonna happen behind your back because all they have done is printed Ferrari on your back. [30:36.680 -> 30:41.200] At least for this t-shirt they've done. More stuff with other teams, so depending on their team or whatever. [30:41.200 -> 30:54.640] But the good part is everyone's gonna talk behind your back. That brings me to Ferrari. Ferrari, sure. Oh man, I don't know what to say. Okay, let's start with [30:55.680 -> 31:03.600] Leclerc because that's the hardest I think. P20, like him starting the race from the pit lane [31:07.480 -> 31:15.120] him starting the race from the pit lane with Logan Sargent starting at P20 on hards and not being able to even overtake Logan Sargent at the first lap [31:15.120 -> 31:22.680] very honestly. He was in Spain where the P was silent. [31:22.680 -> 31:27.040] S was silent yeah just pain sure. By the way, sorry to say that, [31:27.040 -> 31:32.240] but like because you mentioned that he started on hards. Did you see this cool down room situation [31:32.880 -> 31:38.240] where all three like saw the race start and then realized oh these guys are on hards. [31:38.240 -> 31:52.240] Oh sorry, wait, wait, wait, correction there. It's not cool down room.'s max was tapping hosting his podcast oh yeah the podcast so yeah i mean the whiskey choked about the the red the red cars [31:54.080 -> 32:08.840] right that was that's like so much for popular kids popular kids sitting in the lunch break and you know making fun of the nerd. It's so weird because [32:08.840 -> 32:13.440] that also brings me to this whole situation with like science during those [32:13.440 -> 32:17.720] initial laps or like science was being told to change some modes and then he [32:17.720 -> 32:25.520] replies saying you know the pace is good just of the road and he and he gets back like hey pick up the pace [32:25.520 -> 32:32.880] like dude at least like talk amongst yourself and like why can't you have like a definitive [32:32.880 -> 32:37.120] conversation back and forth like your driver is saying the pace is good you know if it's not good [32:37.120 -> 32:45.520] just tell it to your driver it's not exactly yeah yeah man that and even with Leclerc, did you see that Pitstop radio [32:46.080 -> 32:50.160] car for fill that happened? Like he was the second pit stop that he did. So he went [32:50.800 -> 32:54.560] their strategy, that brilliant strategy was hard, soft, hard. I don't know why, [32:55.600 -> 33:01.440] but whatever. Sure. Just for our things. We don't question. We don't question the will of God. [33:01.440 -> 33:05.560] The will of God is the will of God. That's not good. [33:09.000 -> 33:09.520] But Lekhler is like on the radio telling them, guys, [33:13.880 -> 33:14.520] we need to go on to softs. I want soft tires. His engineer says, [33:17.680 -> 33:22.240] no, we are putting you on hards. And then he's like, no guys, I want to go on softs. And they're like, yeah, okay. Box next lap. Okay. [33:22.240 -> 33:25.300] So they're just like kind of wishy-washy avoid it [33:25.300 -> 33:30.140] yeah they just leave it he comes into the pits they put on hard tires his [33:30.140 -> 33:33.740] engineer tells him that we are putting you on hard tires and then he goes off [33:33.740 -> 33:46.320] and he's like guys what like why's like, mom, I want soft tires. Yeah, we've got soft tires at home. [33:46.320 -> 33:48.320] And then you have like the hard tires. [33:48.320 -> 33:49.320] Hard tires. [33:49.320 -> 33:54.320] Oh God. [33:54.320 -> 33:55.320] Yeah. [33:55.320 -> 33:56.320] It's insane. [33:56.320 -> 33:59.320] They are seriously messing up with their tire strategy. [33:59.320 -> 34:00.320] Nothing makes sense. [34:00.320 -> 34:01.320] Nothing makes sense. [34:01.320 -> 34:04.320] Like, yeah, I mean, you have to trust your drivers, man. [34:04.320 -> 34:06.160] Because they are out on the track. [34:06.160 -> 34:10.640] I understand some really difficult situations when you know you're like in P1 or [34:10.640 -> 34:11.920] whatever. We've seen that times, [34:11.920 -> 34:15.880] even like Hamilton arguing with Bono about the choice of tires and things like [34:15.880 -> 34:19.520] that. But I feel like that's, uh, [34:19.560 -> 34:24.560] I can kind of understand doing that when you're in P1 overriding the driver and [34:24.960 -> 34:25.600] you know, putting them on some other tires. But when you're in P1 overriding the driver and you know putting them [34:25.600 -> 34:30.400] on some other tires but when you're so far back I think you have to kind of rely on the driver a [34:30.400 -> 34:34.400] little because anyways it's a Hail Mary anyways right it's not like you are earning points or [34:34.400 -> 34:46.000] whatever yeah so yeah not sure yeah yeah seriously no the other thing too was like, and I found like, dude, don't you know this by now? [34:46.000 -> 34:50.000] And I don't think it was the fact that science gets overtaken by Mercedes-Benz. [34:50.000 -> 34:54.000] Because I mean, at this point, they've had a better strategy. [34:54.000 -> 34:56.000] They've been, you know, whatever. [34:56.000 -> 35:06.800] Anyways, Chekhov is behind science, who's on hearts and science says on the radio, find the best strategy to beat Chekhov. And at that point I'm going like dude you [35:08.560 -> 35:10.640] haven't you learned anything? Exactly. [35:13.360 -> 35:19.360] Oh man, strategy is not exactly their strong name right? So why, why, why even? [35:20.400 -> 35:27.880] Oh man. Weren't you saying like the commentators or someone did ask like, do they even do pre-race [35:27.880 -> 35:28.880] briefings? [35:28.880 -> 35:32.440] Yeah, it was during that time what you said about the pace earlier on, right? [35:32.440 -> 35:34.240] It was exactly after that. [35:34.240 -> 35:37.520] The commentator was like, do they even have like pre-race briefings? [35:37.520 -> 35:40.240] Like, why aren't they on the same page here? [35:40.240 -> 35:47.000] Like, why is it so difficult? Seriously. But talking about shenanigans, I mean, [35:47.040 -> 35:52.040] I think like one person who genuinely wanted to play around yesterday was Max. [35:54.400 -> 35:57.440] Right. He got totally wild, surprised. [35:57.680 -> 36:01.040] Eventually saying, dude, you now have a warning, official warning. [36:01.680 -> 36:05.520] We don't need to risk this. He's like, what's my fastest? [36:05.520 -> 36:10.600] Yeah, every time GP came on to the radio about like the track warnings. [36:10.600 -> 36:14.640] So the first time he came on to the radio said that you got a track warning at turn [36:14.640 -> 36:17.720] blah, blah, blah. He was like, yeah, whatever. Like he kind of ignored it. [36:17.720 -> 36:21.800] Max ignored it. Second time he came up, you got another, you know, [36:21.800 -> 36:24.560] you got warned again for track limits. He's like, what, why? [36:24.560 -> 36:27.440] And then he tells him like, whatever, why? And then he tells him, look, whatever, turn something. [36:27.800 -> 36:29.000] And he's like, what did I do there? [36:31.320 -> 36:33.800] And again, afterwards, of course, when he was asking about like, [36:33.800 -> 36:37.160] what's the fastest lap and everything yet at that point, [36:37.160 -> 36:39.200] he had already gotten the black and white flag. I think. Right. [36:39.240 -> 36:43.680] And then GP is like, just get the car home between the two white lines. [36:44.000 -> 36:47.000] GP is like just get the car home between the two white lines. You don't have to worry about anything. [36:47.000 -> 36:52.000] Yeah, and then he was, I mean sure it's modesty mixed with cockiness or whatever. [36:52.000 -> 36:57.000] But he was like, yeah, now we got this too, so they're probably not going to be angry. [36:57.000 -> 37:03.000] Exactly. Yeah, the credit to him, like getting that fastest lap on the last lap, I think. [37:03.000 -> 37:05.320] So, yeah lap I think so yeah I think I [37:05.320 -> 37:09.480] somewhere I'm with him you know what because I think like sure these guys [37:09.480 -> 37:13.800] sitting on the pit wall are talking about like what they've been seeing but [37:13.800 -> 37:17.640] this guy sitting in the car he's not a rookie anymore [37:17.640 -> 37:23.680] exactly what's happening with the car, the tires, the wheels and stuff and he went for it [37:23.680 -> 37:27.160] yeah that just shows confidence. [37:27.680 -> 37:29.240] Yeah. Yeah. If it wouldn't have worked, [37:29.240 -> 37:31.440] you would have been bashing on him because that's what we do. [37:31.440 -> 37:32.280] But it worked. [37:33.760 -> 37:37.160] Right. So yeah, exactly. [37:37.640 -> 37:40.520] And regardless, I think it makes sense. It's like, you know, [37:41.160 -> 37:45.360] if you don't go for the gap, you're no longer a racing driver kind of a thing. [37:46.000 -> 37:50.320] It makes sense. Like he saw that opportunity and he took it like might as well take it because [37:50.320 -> 37:53.680] even if he would have gotten a five second penalty, how would it have mattered? Because [37:53.680 -> 38:00.720] Hamilton was 16 seconds behind him. So five seconds. Yeah, that was then. Exactly. But [38:01.440 -> 38:05.000] one point it was like 38 seconds ahead. 38 seconds. [38:05.000 -> 38:09.000] I was like, my tires are going. I am like, sure, dude. Chill. Chill a bit. [38:09.000 -> 38:12.000] Yeah, totally. [38:12.000 -> 38:30.000] But, yeah. Great performance by him, man. He is really maturing into that championship role, I think that he's doing so good. Even though I hate the fact that he is winning and he has no competition at right now. [38:30.000 -> 38:37.000] It's still difficult to take anything away from him because he's performing so well. [38:37.000 -> 38:45.300] One thing that did get me curious and folks, whoever is listening, if you do have an answer or if you know how to find one [38:45.300 -> 38:52.680] yeah just write it down. Around 9.51 when the rain started everywhere but the [38:52.680 -> 38:57.600] track there's this interesting radio message and Russell's helmet [38:57.600 -> 39:05.840] Max was like these hards are slipping or sliding quite a lot. [39:05.840 -> 39:07.720] And obviously, he didn't skip on the track. [39:07.720 -> 39:14.320] He probably would have seen that behavior happening, which got me thinking, like, sure, it wasn't raining on the track. [39:14.920 -> 39:20.680] But because it was raining everywhere around, like, would dew play a factor? [39:20.720 -> 39:24.240] Then like, what weather conditions would have changed? [39:26.720 -> 39:32.400] factor? What weather conditions would have changed? And obviously they did, but what effect does rain in the surroundings have on the track itself? Because we've seen rain [39:32.400 -> 39:36.800] on the track or dry conditions, but this is an interesting situation. So I don't have [39:36.800 -> 39:41.800] an answer to this. It just got me thinking. And if someone listening has an answer to [39:41.800 -> 39:44.320] this, we are all ears. [39:44.320 -> 39:46.360] That's quite interesting. I never thought about it that way. [39:46.720 -> 39:49.560] It could be somewhat related. I'm pretty sure. I guess so. [39:49.720 -> 39:53.640] I mean, you really must play a factor. Yeah. You really must be affected. [39:53.840 -> 39:55.160] So yeah, it could be. [39:56.840 -> 40:01.520] You've got like rubber already, maybe like the D1D mixes with that rubber causes [40:01.520 -> 40:02.320] like something. [40:02.320 -> 40:04.560] Yeah. Yeah. Fair enough. Could be. [40:05.600 -> 40:11.800] with that rubber causes like something something yeah yeah fair enough could be hmm well I think overall was a decent race like kind of boring had some [40:11.800 -> 40:17.520] interesting parts this there were things that you know to talk about so not bad [40:17.520 -> 40:23.680] overall like the chicane didn't really work I would say kind of it worked kind [40:23.680 -> 40:30.260] of not really as well both I would say I don't know like doing the chicane yeah it helped with some DRS [40:30.260 -> 40:34.640] overtakes didn't really help with the overall order of things but even when [40:34.640 -> 40:38.880] the chicane was there right like what it ended up doing was like it brought those [40:38.880 -> 40:42.800] two or three drivers so close into each other because you have to slow down for [40:42.800 -> 40:48.640] the chicane and then because like the DRS checking zone was right before the chicane [40:48.880 -> 40:52.720] began, like usually you've got the DRS again into that space. [40:53.400 -> 40:57.160] So turn one, turn two, turn three ended up being like the action point, [40:57.160 -> 40:58.000] which we saw. [40:58.480 -> 41:01.640] Yeah, that's true. At least I think one thing that the chicane, [41:01.640 -> 41:07.720] removing the chicane did was remove the possibility of a dangerous situation at the chicane that used to happen during [41:07.720 -> 41:09.920] qualifications where people would bunch up their cars. [41:10.600 -> 41:14.960] And I think last year or last to last year sometime when Vettel got a penalty for [41:14.960 -> 41:15.800] that. Right. [41:15.800 -> 41:18.000] That's one of the reasons probably why he retired too, right? [41:18.000 -> 41:19.120] Like freedom. [41:24.920 -> 41:29.920] We've got a break now. definitely some videos coming out on YouTube. [41:29.920 -> 41:34.520] If we do find an answer to the weather situation, because my brain is itching at this point. [41:34.520 -> 41:38.040] So if we do, we're probably going to put up a read for that as well. [41:38.040 -> 41:44.280] There's an interesting other topic from a research paper that Sarang and I will be talking [41:44.280 -> 41:48.640] about. Eye blinking for F1 drivers. [41:48.640 -> 41:52.720] So there's gonna be a reveal on that. So there's gonna be a couple of reels coming out before we [41:52.720 -> 41:59.760] head to Canada where Alonzo said he's gonna crush it. So while we wait for all the crushing, [41:59.760 -> 42:02.920] this is F1 Fan Fiction signing off. Bye-bye. [42:03.050 -> 42:05.370] This is F1 Fan Fiction signing off. [42:05.370 -> 42:05.930] Bye-bye.