Please note that the summary is generated based on the transcript and
may not capture all the nuances or details discussed in the podcast
episode.
Notes
In this Episode we have a special surprise. This episode is dedicated to banter and discussing controversies and events around F1. We discuss the following topics in this episode:F1 getting some Non-Fungible Token actionControversies surrounding Saudi Arabia GPExtreme EElectric HumveeMazepin being a prick on and off the trackHaas's shady sponsorshipsHaas - American car in Russian liveryNASCARJelle's marble runs Drive to Survive dramaCyril Abiteboul's tattoo betRace limitsSprint racesMusic:Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar OlsenOutro: Your Intro by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artist: http://audionautix.com/FanFiction By Anirudh Mendiratta @MontanaDesi on Twitter
Summary
some summary
Raw Transcript with Timestamps
[00:00.000 -> 00:05.000] Yeah, I mean it's pretty weird that he would post something like that. [00:05.000 -> 00:11.000] I mean, like, it's fucked up that he's doing something like it, but why post a video? [00:11.000 -> 00:23.000] Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Fan Fiction Podcast. [00:23.000 -> 00:24.000] We are- [00:24.000 -> 00:25.920] Wait, wait, wait, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. [00:25.920 -> 00:26.920] Who's this guy? [00:26.920 -> 00:27.920] I don't know. [00:27.920 -> 00:29.520] This, this, this isn't one of us. [00:29.520 -> 00:30.520] Wait, who's this? [00:30.520 -> 00:31.520] Who's this guy? [00:31.520 -> 00:32.520] Let me do this again. [00:32.520 -> 00:33.520] Let me do this again. [00:33.520 -> 00:34.520] Wait. [00:34.520 -> 00:35.520] Hey, guys. [00:35.520 -> 00:39.080] Welcome back to another episode with F1 Fan Fiction. [00:39.080 -> 00:41.160] We are your real hosts. [00:41.160 -> 00:43.040] I am Akash. [00:43.040 -> 00:44.820] And I'm Saran. [00:44.820 -> 00:48.120] And I'm today's guest Anirudh. Yeah, well, welcome [00:48.120 -> 00:54.960] to the show. Thank you. Thanks for having me. How's it going? It's going good. Sweet, [00:54.960 -> 01:00.240] sweet. So folks, if you've already not caught it, we've got a guest with us and you know [01:00.240 -> 01:06.920] the you know the drill, right? So we've got our website now live. If you still haven't for whatever reason, [01:06.920 -> 01:09.000] if you're living under a rock or any other reason [01:09.000 -> 01:10.920] that you haven't checked it out yet, [01:10.920 -> 01:14.040] go check us out at f1fanfiction.com. [01:14.040 -> 01:16.680] You can listen to us on any of your favorite [01:16.680 -> 01:18.480] streaming platforms. [01:18.480 -> 01:21.760] So feel free to listen to us anywhere [01:21.760 -> 01:24.080] that you get your podcasts, rate us, comment, [01:24.080 -> 01:25.120] do the usual [01:29.320 -> 01:29.360] CTA type of stuff today's episode is a special episode with our guest [01:31.160 -> 01:37.840] Let's call this fireside chat And this will be this is the first of a series of fireside chats where we have guests [01:38.200 -> 01:43.320] Potentially also one of our fans who can join us later and we'll make a series out of this [01:43.320 -> 01:46.360] So this is the first ever episode to a fireside. [01:46.360 -> 01:55.840] Also, folks, what we've got for you is a chance to join us at F1 Fan Fiction in F1 Fantasy. [01:55.840 -> 02:02.000] So follow us on our Twitter handle at the rate F1 Fan Fiction or our Instagram at the [02:02.000 -> 02:06.880] rate F1 Fan Fiction or just come to our website to check us out [02:06.880 -> 02:14.240] where we've got a league code where you can join us F1 Fan Fiction in F1 Fantasy throughout [02:14.240 -> 02:15.240] the season. [02:15.240 -> 02:20.720] So head over follow us on our social media to get the code and join us in the fun. [02:20.720 -> 02:30.720] And to kick us off into the episode, what do you have for us, Anirudh? So, I don't know if you guys noticed, F1 has also jumped into the NFT craze [02:30.720 -> 02:38.720] with some NFTs at Vettel for Vettel first run, Lance first run. [02:38.720 -> 02:43.520] And so, let's... Do you guys know what NFTs are? [02:43.520 -> 02:53.660] I mean, kind of so an NFT is basically a scam and the scam is that you have a file and any [02:53.660 -> 02:58.280] file that you want to sell to someone right could be a JPEG file could be an audio file [02:58.280 -> 02:59.600] could be a GIF. [02:59.600 -> 03:06.000] I tried to sell an NFT and I was pretty unsuccessful in doing that. So I'll tell you about my experience too. [03:06.000 -> 03:12.800] But with NFT, you essentially create a token for your item on the blockchain on the Ethereum [03:12.800 -> 03:16.200] blockchain and then that token is what gets sold. [03:16.200 -> 03:22.000] So on the Ethereum blockchain, you can have contracts where you essentially sell one token [03:22.000 -> 03:30.500] and get another token and one of the token can be money and the other token can be some tokenized form of art. But first of all [03:30.500 -> 03:35.360] that token is completely different from the actual thing and secondly there is [03:35.360 -> 03:40.780] many Ethereum blockchains there isn't just one blockchain so you essentially [03:40.780 -> 03:45.280] have this token tokenized form of art and you can exchange it for [03:45.280 -> 03:49.200] a Ethereum token which essentially can be converted to money. [03:49.200 -> 03:52.160] But the token is not the real thing first of all. [03:52.160 -> 03:58.720] It's a tokenized form of that art and it's signed by the key of the person who's selling it. [03:58.720 -> 03:59.680] Wait, wait, wait, wait. [03:59.680 -> 04:07.040] So you're telling me that I basically get nothing in return, right? You don't get anything in return. [04:07.040 -> 04:13.440] So Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet for two and a half million. You can just retweet that for free, [04:13.440 -> 04:18.880] you can take a screenshot of that. I took a screenshot, I took a big printout of that, [04:18.880 -> 04:23.280] just to make sure that I could have something physical. But yeah, you can do that. And the [04:23.280 -> 04:25.560] worst thing is, it's not even exclusive. [04:25.900 -> 04:31.420] If you see the F1 NFTs, the Vettel first run, they're selling 250 editions of it. [04:31.860 -> 04:35.060] So, and each edition has each edition. [04:35.100 -> 04:35.660] Makes sense. [04:35.660 -> 04:35.880] Right? [04:39.580 -> 04:42.200] So they want to make as much money as possible. [04:42.200 -> 04:42.560] Right? [04:42.700 -> 04:47.400] So I don't know if you guys saw this Snoop Dogg tried to [04:47.600 -> 04:51.500] sell a bunch of NFTs and he managed to sell some pretty [04:51.500 -> 04:55.500] successfully, but there was this one NFT where he tried to [04:55.500 -> 04:58.900] sell 20,000 copies for $500. [04:59.400 -> 05:03.100] That's just 10 billion dollars if he sells them, but I was [05:03.100 -> 05:05.440] happy to see that he could only sell less than [05:05.440 -> 05:12.560] 500k dollars worth of it. Yeah, this is another tweet that I saw that somebody like created these [05:12.560 -> 05:19.520] pixel arts of all the teams and all the drivers and basically they are trying to sell NFTs for [05:19.520 -> 05:27.020] those. So basically you don't even own that art, right? You just own some ghost representation of it. [05:27.020 -> 05:29.360] Obviously nobody's bought anything from the site, [05:29.360 -> 05:31.680] but good for him. [05:31.680 -> 05:32.520] He spent a lot on creating that. [05:32.520 -> 05:36.360] I feel like it's a point for creativity at this point, [05:36.360 -> 05:37.200] right? [05:37.200 -> 05:40.040] Like what is the most sporadic [05:40.040 -> 05:41.640] and the craziest thing you can sell? [05:41.640 -> 05:43.000] Is it, can you make money [05:43.000 -> 05:46.080] or can you make fools a lot of people [05:52.000 -> 05:57.520] what what wins more is the game I think that's that's what NFT is and and there is also it it's pretty interesting how sometimes NFTs are implemented so sometimes it's a token of the [05:57.520 -> 06:07.960] actual bytes of the file but sometimes they'll host that URL on some website and then the token is just a token of that [06:07.960 -> 06:08.960] link. [06:08.960 -> 06:14.400] So if they take that link down for some reason, then you're fucked. [06:14.400 -> 06:17.400] Oh man, it's a crazy world. [06:17.400 -> 06:19.640] Imagine having an auction for this. [06:19.640 -> 06:23.000] That's going to be like the penultimate like, okay, now we. [06:23.000 -> 06:26.800] Yeah, I think buying NFT is the ultimate just showing people that [06:26.800 -> 06:32.240] you have fuck you money because it's like resale value is completely drops to zero immediately. [06:32.880 -> 06:39.760] So let me tell you about my experience with trying to sell an NFT. I tried to make an NFT and just [06:40.560 -> 06:46.440] converting tokenizing that file cost $50 in Ethereum transaction fee. [06:46.440 -> 06:49.040] So that is just, that is just the transaction. [06:49.040 -> 06:52.200] So that's people who are mining or staking Ethereum. [06:52.200 -> 06:55.520] And that is just those people making money. [06:55.520 -> 07:04.440] Talking about making money, I've heard that F1 is planning to make a lot of money at Saudi [07:04.440 -> 07:05.000] Arabia. [07:05.000 -> 07:10.000] Yeah, why not? I mean, I think after Hamilton said this dialogue, [07:10.000 -> 07:16.000] Cash is King, I mean, any bit of, you know, what's the word like, [07:16.000 -> 07:22.000] self-respect for the sport that it might have, like, let's serve the fans, [07:22.000 -> 07:25.080] that's gone away. At this point, cash is key. [07:30.080 -> 07:30.400] And on one side they start having discussions about let's race as one and [07:33.200 -> 07:33.480] inclusiveness and blah, blah, blah. [07:38.480 -> 07:38.560] And then they go to the only country where everything that they've said is not [07:40.600 -> 07:41.800] possible and race there. [07:44.280 -> 07:47.120] Yeah. Let's get chopping, man. Let's get chopping. Have you heard about any reporters lately? [07:47.840 -> 07:52.800] I've never mind. I was going to say are women drivers allowed to race? [07:54.320 -> 08:00.000] Obviously only in Saudi. They gotta have a male passenger also with them. [08:01.320 -> 08:07.680] Just imagine just imagine like the husband of the woman is like strapped to the engine behind. [08:07.680 -> 08:10.360] Hey, I'm not, I'm not saying it's only the husband. [08:10.360 -> 08:12.120] It could be their newborn child. [08:12.120 -> 08:13.640] It has to be a male person. [08:13.640 -> 08:15.600] That's, that's about it. [08:15.600 -> 08:16.600] Yeah. [08:16.600 -> 08:20.040] So yeah, it's going to, I don't know. [08:20.040 -> 08:22.520] I don't agree with it. [08:22.520 -> 08:28.480] I'm kind of disappointed with FIA that on one hand they try to, you know, [08:28.480 -> 08:33.840] bring in some good initiatives, which they started with, you know, having that pre and racism [08:34.480 -> 08:40.640] photo shoot that they have. I mean, yeah, it's mostly PR, but at least they are trying to send [08:40.640 -> 08:45.600] some message out there. But, you know, this is just hypocrisy at its finest. [08:45.600 -> 08:46.600] Yeah. [08:46.600 -> 08:51.680] And I mean, for all the hate that I give Hamilton, I mean, this is one stance that I like about [08:51.680 -> 08:55.640] him and he's, he's come out and said this as well, that he recognizes that there is [08:55.640 -> 08:59.360] value to being at the position that he is. [08:59.360 -> 09:04.480] And if he's not using his position to voice opinions and, you know, sway people in the [09:04.480 -> 09:06.000] good direction, then what good [09:06.000 -> 09:11.200] is that position and he's doing that so for all the aid that I have towards him as a probably on [09:11.200 -> 09:16.000] the racetrack this just counterbalances all of it because at the end of the day he's fighting for [09:16.000 -> 09:25.360] the good oh yeah but about the Saudi GP I mean I don't even like the track it's it's literally a NASCAR track gone fancy. [09:29.200 -> 09:31.200] You know, as I said, cars go in a circle, you know. [09:32.400 -> 09:32.920] Literally an oval. [09:33.680 -> 09:33.720] Yes. [09:38.600 -> 09:41.920] Just, just think, just think of a thing where maybe the NASCAR role was made by someone who's 20 years old and you know, can draw still straight lines. [09:42.120 -> 09:43.840] This one's just drawn by a two year old. [09:43.840 -> 09:45.700] So the straights are just a bit swiggly. [09:45.700 -> 09:47.100] That's that's about it. [09:47.100 -> 09:49.100] It looks like a hairpin like, you know, [09:49.100 -> 09:53.100] have you seen like a that the typical long hairpins that come? [09:53.900 -> 09:56.900] If you just attach the two open ends, [09:56.900 -> 09:57.600] that's about it. [09:57.600 -> 09:58.400] That's that's the track. [09:58.400 -> 09:59.800] I mean, it's got everything right. [09:59.800 -> 10:01.000] It's got two straights. [10:01.000 -> 10:02.800] It's got one hairpin turn. [10:02.800 -> 10:05.480] That's a pretty interesting track. [10:05.480 -> 10:06.480] Yeah. [10:06.480 -> 10:13.960] I mean, it's pretty clear why the races on the calendar is to fill their pockets. [10:13.960 -> 10:17.400] I mean, yeah, nothing much more to say about that. [10:17.400 -> 10:19.600] I mean, we're talking about races. [10:19.600 -> 10:29.040] What we have 23 races on the calendar or something along those lines. Who at FIA decided to have three week gap and then scrum everything together [10:29.680 -> 10:30.520] towards the end? [10:30.520 -> 10:33.960] It was absolutely stupid. I mean, you have the first race, [10:34.000 -> 10:38.280] which was surprisingly very exciting for the first race for F1. [10:38.720 -> 10:41.600] And then, then absolutely nothing. Crickets, like there's, [10:41.640 -> 10:50.740] there's three weeks of a gap. Everyone's bored at home. Yeah. I don't get it. And did you see the calendar? Towards the end of the season, they have 2 triple headers. [10:50.740 -> 10:53.800] Like, who was in charge of this? [10:53.800 -> 10:58.580] I mean, I am guessing it's ground availability or whatever. Arena availability and what not. [10:58.580 -> 11:10.800] But I feel for the drivers and the teams. Because while FI is trying to make money out of the scheduling and maybe benefit out to them whatever they have got going at their end. [11:10.800 -> 11:16.000] At the end of the day, anyone who is on the logistics side is having a nightmare. [11:16.000 -> 11:18.760] Oh yeah. For sure. [11:18.760 -> 11:25.200] The other good part is, it's good for us. Because we get to squeeze in two more episodes in this week for our fans. [11:25.200 -> 11:27.200] So I am not complaining. [11:27.200 -> 11:30.200] Yeah, I mean that's not too bad. [11:30.200 -> 11:37.000] What's this, but switching gears, what's this new Extreme E thing that I've been seeing all over the internet? [11:37.000 -> 11:39.000] Extreme E doesn't have gears, man. [11:39.000 -> 11:47.000] What? why? Okay, sorry, that was a bad one. [11:47.000 -> 11:53.960] Anyways, yeah, Xtreme E. Yeah, that was something. [11:53.960 -> 12:01.120] Basically Xtreme E is this new race series for electric SUVs that they have started to [12:01.120 -> 12:06.360] so called, you know, bring climate change to the forefront and you know spread [12:06.360 -> 12:10.280] awareness of climate change so they're going to do like six races I think at [12:10.280 -> 12:14.400] all the locations where like the climate change currently can be seen like the [12:14.400 -> 12:17.480] effects of the climate change can currently be seen I think they have [12:17.480 -> 12:28.400] races at it started with Saudi Arabia I don't know why so desert, I think they wanted to talk about desertification. [12:28.400 -> 12:32.120] So obviously they have to go to Saudi Arabia for that. There's no other country which has [12:32.120 -> 12:36.800] desert. They did the first race there. The exciting thing about it is that like, if you [12:36.800 -> 12:42.280] see the teams, did you see the qualification for it? It basically was Rosberg was Hamilton [12:42.280 -> 12:46.000] again. I mean, I, when I saw the results, I was a little confused. [12:46.000 -> 12:47.000] Yep. [12:47.000 -> 12:48.000] They both have teams. [12:48.000 -> 12:50.240] I think Hamilton's team won in this. [12:50.240 -> 12:51.240] No, sorry. [12:51.240 -> 12:52.240] Rosberg's team won. [12:52.240 -> 12:53.240] Hamilton's team took pole. [12:53.240 -> 12:54.720] It was kind of fun. [12:54.720 -> 12:57.360] I kind of saw some clips for it. [12:57.360 -> 13:00.480] It's a pretty weird format for qualifications. [13:00.480 -> 13:05.560] They like do, they change drivers in the race and they have like one male and one [13:05.560 -> 13:10.460] female driver and for qualification they have to switch cars I mean switch [13:10.460 -> 13:14.540] drivers between laps so they have to do two laps one lap with the first driver [13:14.540 -> 13:18.800] and they switch to the second driver. How many laps do they go do they change cars [13:18.800 -> 13:25.280] like Formula E where you know it can't go the whole race and they have to switch cars. Or do they just have 20 hours [13:25.280 -> 13:33.760] of pit stop. That would be pretty fun right? Like they drive a entire lap of couple laps and then [13:33.760 -> 13:37.680] they get into the pit and then you know they put on the charger and everybody's like sitting you [13:37.680 -> 13:44.240] know. And imagine it's like a real charging station so there's only two Tesla superchargers [13:44.240 -> 13:46.500] and there's five cars waiting to charge. [13:47.200 -> 13:49.800] And one of the superchargers has been iced by someone. [13:51.900 -> 13:56.700] I don't so speaking of extreme cars and electric vehicles. [13:56.900 -> 14:00.600] First of all, I don't understand in the Venn diagram of people [14:00.600 -> 14:04.900] who like extreme cars and people like electric vehicles. [14:04.900 -> 14:07.900] I don't I don't know if there is even an intersection of that. [14:07.900 -> 14:10.700] Apparently there is right? [14:10.700 -> 14:13.800] I think there's this new Hummer that's coming out, right? [14:13.800 -> 14:18.300] Yeah, so GMC is coming out with a new electric Hummer. [14:18.300 -> 14:23.500] It's going to be like Hummer is the classic little dick midlife [14:23.500 -> 14:24.400] crisis car. [14:24.400 -> 14:25.040] I don't know who would want that, who would say that I want a Hummer is the classic little dick midlife crisis car. [14:27.760 -> 14:27.800] And I don't know who would want that. [14:32.600 -> 14:32.920] Who would say that I want a Hummer, but I want an electric version of a Hummer. [14:33.640 -> 14:33.700] I'd buy one. [14:34.200 -> 14:34.460] Why not? [14:39.040 -> 14:40.760] Cause, cause why, why would I buy a regular car when I can buy something that I have to charge every half a, half a month? [14:43.440 -> 14:47.080] And it also, it's going to cost like a hundred and fifty thousand [14:47.080 -> 15:00.700] dollars. Wow. Yeah, when are you getting one, Akash? Yeah, I mean as soon as I get my brains back. I think we need to start a [15:00.700 -> 15:05.200] Patreon soon for this. Yeah, and they claim [15:05.200 -> 15:10.140] that it's going to go more than 300 miles. I don't know how but [15:10.160 -> 15:10.800] let's see. [15:10.880 -> 15:15.120] That would actually not be bad. You know, if if they can make a [15:15.120 -> 15:19.800] Hummer go as long as 300 miles. I mean, jokes aside, that's [15:19.800 -> 15:22.480] actually a good thing. I don't know what how huge the battery [15:22.480 -> 15:24.840] on that thing is going to be and how long it's going to take to [15:24.840 -> 15:29.960] charge that. Yeah. But 300 miles for a Hummer. Yeah, yeah, that [15:29.960 -> 15:34.940] would be good. Though I as you said, you know, like I can totally imagine it being having [15:34.940 -> 15:42.360] like a huge battery probably like a trailer which it like hauls behind. So yeah, I think [15:42.360 -> 15:46.000] they're trying to address a similar market as the cyber truck. [15:46.000 -> 15:48.000] Oh man, cyber truck. [15:48.000 -> 15:50.000] That's where they're planning to compete. [15:50.000 -> 15:54.000] What abomination is that truck, man? I don't understand. [15:54.000 -> 15:58.000] I don't know, dude. People seem to like it for some reason. [15:58.000 -> 16:06.080] I'm on that side, so wait, it's two against one on this on this recording itself. I like the design. [16:09.280 -> 16:11.680] Yeah, I've already converted man. So [16:13.360 -> 16:19.200] it is I will give it that it is different from any other car I've ever seen. [16:19.200 -> 16:22.400] Yeah, definitely. I can I can see that. Yes, I can see that. [16:22.440 -> 16:25.560] I can, I can see that. Yes, I can see that. [16:29.680 -> 16:35.680] For me, no, I mean, for me, it's, it's, it's the fact that it's the non-conventional design and you know, it's not the usual that every OEM tries to do. [16:36.040 -> 16:36.540] Yeah. [16:37.200 -> 16:42.040] And, and the shape is such that if I go crazy and if I want to run people [16:42.040 -> 16:49.920] over, it's like the perfect head-on collision design. [16:49.920 -> 16:53.880] For the sociopath who cares about the environment. [16:53.880 -> 16:54.880] Exactly. [16:54.880 -> 16:58.800] Yeah, I can totally agree. [16:58.800 -> 17:08.200] But coming back to F1 and its controversies or in quotes as we've been talking about, you can't take away one [17:08.200 -> 17:12.400] of the biggest controversies that started off this year, right? [17:12.400 -> 17:13.400] Masipin. [17:13.400 -> 17:16.160] Ah, that guy, that egghead. [17:16.160 -> 17:17.480] I don't know what to talk about him. [17:17.480 -> 17:22.920] I mean, the whole video that surfaced, I mean, I don't know where to start. [17:22.920 -> 17:27.680] So first of all, the video comes out. I hope everyone knows [17:27.680 -> 17:31.440] about what I'm talking about. Yeah, it was awesome. [17:35.680 -> 17:43.840] Jokes apart. I mean, Mazipan, I think it was not the right thing to do. He never should have posted [17:43.840 -> 17:45.680] it online. [17:45.680 -> 17:48.420] There was a lot of shady stuff that was going on behind this. [17:48.420 -> 17:51.880] So apparently it turns out that when that video came out, you know, obviously there [17:51.880 -> 17:53.620] was a lot of outrage. [17:53.620 -> 17:58.900] People were, you know, asking Haas to drop him as a driver and everything. [17:58.900 -> 18:06.600] So there came out a tweet from that girl who was in the video and she was like you know saying [18:06.600 -> 18:11.180] that we are just friends it was just a part of the joke and everything but like [18:11.180 -> 18:16.500] obviously redditors were trying to investigate this and people were like [18:16.500 -> 18:22.100] you know literally following her Twitter and kind of were trying to pick up bread [18:22.100 -> 18:26.880] crumbs from there so yeah like a few days later, she was talking a lot. [18:26.880 -> 18:30.560] Like she was tweeting a lot about, you know, how it wasn't okay. [18:30.560 -> 18:33.680] She was being threatened and everything because, you know, [18:33.680 -> 18:39.280] obviously, like Papa Mazupan is pretty much, what do you call, a Russian oligarch. [18:39.280 -> 18:41.520] So, you know how it goes. [18:41.520 -> 18:43.920] I don't know our guest's thoughts on this [18:43.920 -> 18:47.320] because I know we were talking offline about this video with him. [18:47.320 -> 18:49.800] So, Rudh, your thoughts on the video. [18:49.800 -> 18:52.800] So, by the way, when I said the video was awesome, [18:52.800 -> 18:56.200] I thought you were talking about the video of him spinning off the track. [18:56.200 -> 18:59.920] Yeah, that was definitely awesome. [18:59.920 -> 19:00.720] Yeah. [19:00.720 -> 19:03.720] And then I was like, shit, that's probably not the right thing to say. [19:03.720 -> 19:06.200] No, don't worry, we would have edited that out anyways. [19:12.920 -> 19:13.140] Yeah. [19:13.140 -> 19:17.200] I mean, it's pretty weird that he would post something like that. [19:17.440 -> 19:23.040] I mean, like it's fucked up that he's doing something like it, but why post a video? [19:24.120 -> 19:28.000] Yeah. something like it but why post a video? Yeah I mean especially when you know he's about to make a [19:28.000 -> 19:35.200] debut on the world stage and what made him think that this was probably the right idea. But then [19:35.200 -> 19:39.520] this isn't the first time he's messed up right? Like I think as soon as this came out it there [19:39.520 -> 19:46.320] were there were news I don't know true or not but like he's he's done such stupid stuff in the past as well. [19:46.320 -> 19:51.360] Yeah I think on and off the track both because even on on track I think pretty much he was [19:51.920 -> 19:58.160] like as we had discussed in the last episode where he you get suspended if you like you know [19:58.160 -> 20:07.100] accumulate a lot of penalty points by causing some safety incidents. Mazepin was very close to that. I think he was away just one point away from it, [20:07.100 -> 20:08.600] from getting a race ban. [20:08.600 -> 20:12.000] And like he has done a lot of dangerous shit recently, [20:12.000 -> 20:16.100] you know, pushing opponents off the road while racing, [20:16.100 -> 20:19.300] not leaving space at corners while battling. [20:19.300 -> 20:24.000] And yeah, he's not liked around the paddock at all. [20:24.000 -> 20:28.200] I think you have to be an adrenaline junkie to be into F1 [20:28.200 -> 20:33.400] racing in the first place. So I think that's what a lot of these [20:33.400 -> 20:37.560] people get their kicks from. And he's not thinking that how will [20:37.560 -> 20:40.760] this affect my future? How will this affect my long term? He's [20:40.760 -> 20:46.400] like he's in a speeding car at 300 plus kilometers per hour, right? [20:46.400 -> 20:47.400] He doesn't care. [20:47.400 -> 20:50.760] That's, that's what he gets his kick out of. [20:50.760 -> 20:54.640] Yeah, I think the difference between him and others are like, as soon as the others are [20:54.640 -> 21:01.000] off the track, their, their adrenaline subsides, and they realize that like normal life again, [21:01.000 -> 21:05.000] for him, I think it's always there because I'm pretty sure he's spinning off the track. [21:05.000 -> 21:08.000] I wouldn't be surprised. [21:08.000 -> 21:15.000] Because he never says, my concept is he never finishes the race at least from his F1 career. [21:15.000 -> 21:16.000] He never finishes the race. [21:16.000 -> 21:19.000] So he still has those laps to finish. [21:19.000 -> 21:21.000] And I think he's just doing it off the track. [21:21.000 -> 21:25.400] That makes perfect sense. [21:25.400 -> 21:29.320] But I love Reddit for the memes that, you know, he's created. [21:29.320 -> 21:34.520] He's created a world record apparently that he's the shortest distance traveled on an [21:34.520 -> 21:39.160] F1 track before spinning off. [21:39.160 -> 21:42.280] He wasn't the one driving the car in that video though, right? [21:42.280 -> 21:44.160] Like he was on the passenger seat. [21:44.160 -> 21:46.760] I can't remember. He was on the passenger seat like he was on the passenger seat he was on [21:46.760 -> 21:51.480] the passenger seat somebody was so I think his face actually doesn't show up [21:51.480 -> 21:57.920] in the video just his infamous hand does because he's he's pretty lost in that [21:57.920 -> 22:02.440] video I mean if he's the one driving then this is all the more messed up than [22:02.440 -> 22:08.400] just the video part of it yeah I had I had seen it long ago. I don't really like recall the details. [22:08.400 -> 22:11.680] It's not something that I really want to register in my mind. Yeah. [22:12.880 -> 22:15.200] But I mean, you can't you can't ignore [22:15.920 -> 22:21.200] Haas's contribution to the controversies if you're talking about Mazepin, right? [22:21.200 -> 22:25.520] I mean, it goes it goes backwards, but then with Haas comes Urakali [22:25.520 -> 22:31.040] and then all the way to Rich Energy right it's the long trail of yeah you know the surprising [22:31.040 -> 22:37.440] thing is like when Lance Troll had come into the sport everybody was really pissed off you know [22:37.440 -> 22:46.560] for people who don't know Lance Troll is basically the kid of the billionaire Lawrence Stroll who bought Force India which originally [22:46.560 -> 22:51.600] was Force 3 who bought... see I keep forgetting man this team just keeps changing its name that [22:51.600 -> 22:56.640] was Force India just two years ago it was Racing Point some last year or something and this year [22:56.640 -> 23:04.640] that is Aston Martin Racing. Anyways so Lance Stroll bought Force India and he named it as [23:04.640 -> 23:06.040] Racing Point. [23:06.040 -> 23:07.880] That was obviously a temporary name. [23:07.880 -> 23:12.800] They were trying to find a better long-term deal with some other automotive company that [23:12.800 -> 23:15.160] they could collaborate with for branding. [23:15.160 -> 23:19.240] And they found, so basically Lance Stroll bought Aston Martin, he bought a minority [23:19.240 -> 23:20.240] stake in it. [23:20.240 -> 23:23.280] So yeah, they decided to rename the team as Aston Martin. [23:23.280 -> 23:26.840] But yeah, coming back to the topic, when Lance Stroll came in, [23:26.840 -> 23:28.720] everybody was super pissed off, [23:28.720 -> 23:32.640] saying that he is just a billionaire's kid, [23:32.640 -> 23:34.800] he basically just bought the seat [23:34.800 -> 23:37.760] and there are more deserving people out there [23:37.760 -> 23:38.580] and everything. [23:38.580 -> 23:42.280] But literally it's like everything that people earlier [23:42.280 -> 23:43.840] blamed Lance for, [23:43.840 -> 23:46.720] this guy Mazapan is filling his shoes entirely. [23:46.720 -> 23:51.600] Like, everything that people thought Lance would be, [23:51.600 -> 23:56.240] Mazepin is making sure that he lives up to that reputation. [23:56.240 -> 23:58.880] The thing with Stroll though is like, [23:58.880 -> 24:00.400] he's proved himself. [24:00.400 -> 24:01.640] Oh yeah, for sure. [24:01.640 -> 24:05.600] Mazepin's new, although I don't have any hopes from him. [24:05.600 -> 24:07.600] Yeah, he's gonna keep spinning anyways. [24:07.600 -> 24:10.320] But Stroll's proven himself. [24:10.320 -> 24:15.280] So, yes, he did get a seat by just buying it. [24:15.280 -> 24:21.680] But he's, you know, shut his critics down by showing what he can do on the track. [24:21.680 -> 24:26.120] And I was one of those where I was like, Oh yeah, nepotism, whatever, whatever. [24:26.480 -> 24:28.840] But immediately after that, [24:28.840 -> 24:33.200] when I actually looked his history and track record up, I mean, not just F1, [24:33.200 -> 24:37.120] I mean, he's done good in the past as well. Yeah. But this guy just spins. [24:37.160 -> 24:40.360] So, um, and, [24:40.360 -> 24:44.160] and the sponsors that sort of come in with him too, right? Like Urakali, [24:44.800 -> 24:47.680] that's, that's one of the shadiest sponsorship deals [24:47.680 -> 24:49.160] that I've ever seen in this book. [24:49.160 -> 24:50.960] Hey, come on, that's not the shadiest. [24:50.960 -> 24:53.320] Haas, I think pretty much holds the record [24:53.320 -> 24:56.800] for all the shady deals that go by in F1. [24:56.800 -> 24:58.000] You remember, right? [24:58.000 -> 24:59.440] Rich Energy. Rich Energy. [24:59.440 -> 25:03.480] Which, that was a whole load of bullshit. [25:03.480 -> 25:09.240] I mean, even when this announcement was made made, I remember like there were so many discussions [25:09.240 -> 25:14.560] on Reddit about this that, you know, people are obviously the keyboard investigators who [25:14.560 -> 25:17.960] are trying to track down what rich energy is. [25:17.960 -> 25:24.360] And they basically tried to, you know, find their filings with whatever the equivalent [25:24.360 -> 25:26.840] is in the UK for SEC. [25:26.840 -> 25:32.320] And they found out the address that was registered for the company and they were looking through [25:32.320 -> 25:35.920] Google Street View to find what's actually there. [25:35.920 -> 25:42.440] Obviously there was this really shitty building at that address and nothing really existed. [25:42.440 -> 25:48.120] And people were obviously trying to buy even a single can of rich energy. [25:48.120 -> 25:52.480] They were claiming that they were a competitor of Red Bull and you know, they had an energy [25:52.480 -> 25:55.880] drink which was better and obviously they wanted to make a team that is better than [25:55.880 -> 25:56.880] Red Bull. [25:56.880 -> 26:01.240] But yeah, you couldn't even buy a single can of that shit. [26:01.240 -> 26:04.920] Were they based or did they claim to be based in the US? [26:04.920 -> 26:08.600] I think not. I think they were based off UK. Yeah. [26:08.800 -> 26:13.280] Okay. I think it's not a problem with rich energy. I mean, their [26:13.280 -> 26:16.160] business might have been doing good, but then Haas was so [26:16.160 -> 26:19.140] underperforming that they lost all their money and the company [26:19.140 -> 26:20.080] itself went bankrupt. [26:22.840 -> 26:28.680] Oh, man. How do you see that seen that guy, that William Story, I think his name was. [26:28.680 -> 26:31.720] And yeah, what a story he had made. [26:31.720 -> 26:37.600] That guy first of all looked, I don't know, like an Amish guy started a business or something [26:37.600 -> 26:38.600] like that. [26:38.600 -> 26:39.600] Because you saw his beard, right? [26:39.600 -> 26:43.760] It was like right up to here. [26:43.760 -> 26:48.700] And that guy, everything is shady about it. I mean, a lot [26:48.700 -> 26:52.460] of people say that he wasn't actually even the CEO, he probably was just hired to play [26:52.460 -> 26:58.000] that role. This moreover seemed like a money laundering scheme, that you know, somebody [26:58.000 -> 27:07.440] was just trying to wash their hidden earnings or something like that. But I mean, that goes on in F1 with all teams. [27:07.440 -> 27:10.080] I mean, what do you think mission win now is? [27:10.080 -> 27:14.540] What do you think that a better tomorrow [27:14.540 -> 27:15.640] or whatever that is? [27:15.640 -> 27:20.280] No, something that McLaren also has some shady sponsor [27:20.280 -> 27:21.120] like that, right? [27:21.120 -> 27:23.840] I think it's basically a tobacco company masking [27:23.840 -> 27:29.480] as another company because F1 band tobacco and alcohol advertising yeah and they can't [27:29.480 -> 27:34.180] have mission winnow on on their livery so they are just trying these weird [27:34.180 -> 27:39.740] vomit color stuff on the livery to make it look like mission winnow [27:39.740 -> 27:49.920] like we just drop paint but yeah rich I mean, I obviously decided not to spend too much time on them. [27:49.920 -> 27:55.360] I mean, all my interactions of harsh, shady stuff has been through drive to survive. [27:55.920 -> 27:59.680] Most of it, I mean, other and me getting curious after that. [27:59.680 -> 28:03.680] But yeah, that rich energy stuff was some good stuff. [28:03.680 -> 28:05.200] But then came Ura Kali. So. Oh, wow. That is some, I mean, that rich energy stuff was some good stuff. But then came Ura Kali. [28:05.200 -> 28:06.200] So... [28:06.200 -> 28:07.200] Oh, wow. [28:07.200 -> 28:08.200] That is some... [28:08.200 -> 28:09.560] I mean, that is brilliant. [28:09.560 -> 28:16.200] I mean, I respect them for, you know, the ingenuity that they brought in that, you know, [28:16.200 -> 28:21.320] just changed the logo of the company so that we can put the Russian colors on the car. [28:21.320 -> 28:23.120] It makes perfect sense. [28:23.120 -> 28:37.000] Right. I mean, some background here before we again start rambling, but like, basically because of the anti-doping, all the other sports stuff that Russia has been accused of, [28:37.000 -> 28:47.480] the Russian flag basically is banned from sports and so is it from F1 and you can't have it on the libraries or you [28:47.480 -> 28:54.540] know anywhere else. But the ingenuity that Ura Kali is, they just changed their logo [28:54.540 -> 29:01.720] design to look like a Russian flag and well now you are my sponsor so I got to have your [29:01.720 -> 29:05.360] logo on the car. Well my American car now looks like a Russian car. [29:05.360 -> 29:13.360] That's what I love about it, man. It's the only American team on the track and it is [29:13.360 -> 29:17.160] covered in Russian colors. I love the irony. [29:17.160 -> 29:20.240] So what makes them American? [29:20.240 -> 29:28.240] So basically Haas, Gene Haas, who is the owner of Haas, which is a CNC company, I think, right? [29:28.240 -> 29:35.360] And I think they're pretty famous here. I think Gene Haas has been involved in motorsports in [29:35.360 -> 29:41.520] NASCAR, I think a lot. And I think after spending a couple years, you know, having a pretty good [29:41.520 -> 29:47.700] team actually in NASCAR, Gunter Steiner, who is basically the team principal of Haas, kind of [29:47.700 -> 29:51.380] approached him to, you know, start a new team in F1. And then [29:51.380 -> 29:53.800] he decided to, you know, why not, like, we have been [29:53.800 -> 29:57.040] successful at NASCAR, we can do this fun as well. But [29:57.740 -> 30:01.940] apparently, not, as you can see, with what's happening right now. [30:02.140 -> 30:06.000] So speaking of NASCAR, what does what do you guys and what is the typical F. So speaking of NASCAR, what do you guys [30:06.000 -> 30:08.000] and what does the typical F1 fan [30:08.000 -> 30:10.000] think of NASCAR? [30:10.000 -> 30:12.000] I can't comment too much because now we're gonna have [30:12.000 -> 30:14.000] the Saudi Arabia race which is NASCAR [30:14.000 -> 30:16.000] 2.0. [30:20.000 -> 30:22.000] Vietnam was also kind of gonna be that way. [30:22.000 -> 30:24.000] You remember that, like triangle shape. [30:24.000 -> 30:25.360] Two long streets. [30:27.520 -> 30:36.640] NASCAR I think people at least F1 fans are not big fans of NASCAR as far as you know it goes [30:36.640 -> 30:40.640] because I mean you just take a left turn and [30:44.960 -> 30:46.480] There is no step 2. [30:46.480 -> 30:47.480] Yeah. [30:47.480 -> 30:50.040] And you finish the race. [30:50.040 -> 30:51.040] That's it. [30:51.040 -> 30:52.040] Yeah. [30:52.040 -> 30:57.200] I don't know why it's NASCAR is considered more of a white trash racing. [30:57.200 -> 30:58.400] Yeah. [30:58.400 -> 31:02.320] I guess it's because probably of the people who go to see those races. [31:02.320 -> 31:03.320] Yeah. [31:03.320 -> 31:06.960] I feel like F1 has a classier audience. [31:07.960 -> 31:08.800] Clearly, right? [31:11.160 -> 31:15.000] I can hear the, I can hear the keyboard keys clicking right now. [31:15.040 -> 31:16.960] People are furiously emailing us. [31:18.480 -> 31:23.520] But no, I mean, my, my only positive thing about NASCAR is the endurance. [31:23.520 -> 31:27.820] Cause it's like some crazy number of laps that you go around, right? [31:27.820 -> 31:34.500] So that's the only good part about that race that it's actually endurance of being in that car. [31:34.500 -> 31:37.320] No, but actually it does take a lot of skill. [31:37.320 -> 31:44.000] I mean, if you look at the races, a lot of the skill in the sport is about just maintaining [31:44.000 -> 31:47.200] your pace and keeping the right distance behind the car ahead of you. [31:47.200 -> 31:50.200] Because you know you want to gain as much draft as you can. [31:50.200 -> 31:53.200] And when the moment is right, you go for that overtake. [31:53.200 -> 31:55.700] And overtakes in NASCAR are crazy, you know. [31:55.700 -> 32:02.200] They are, you know, just flying by the track at full throttle throughout the race. [32:02.200 -> 32:05.000] And there's no margin of error at all. [32:05.000 -> 32:06.000] Yeah. [32:06.000 -> 32:10.000] Plus the pit stops aren't as civilized as it can be. [32:10.000 -> 32:16.000] Yeah, I mean I've seen tires flying off and hitting some guy who's trying to change a tire. [32:16.000 -> 32:20.000] I'm like, dude, what? Where's safety in this? [32:20.000 -> 32:25.100] I feel like it must, there is an element of safety in having a [32:25.200 -> 32:27.300] nice roof over your head though. [32:27.900 -> 32:29.900] Yeah, but you don't get an F1. [32:30.400 -> 32:30.800] Yep. [32:30.800 -> 32:32.000] Yeah, definitely. [32:32.300 -> 32:34.100] I yeah, and one more thing. [32:34.100 -> 32:35.400] I think they have a shorter crew. [32:35.400 -> 32:38.000] I think they just have one guy doing everything or two guys. [32:38.000 -> 32:41.900] One guy is like refueling and one guy changing the tires and [32:41.900 -> 32:44.500] he's running around the car changing all the tires. [32:47.360 -> 32:52.000] Yeah, they sometimes you know start refueling even before the car stops like while it's starting [32:52.000 -> 32:59.080] to pit one of the pit shop workers like runs and tries to loosen the you know or open the [32:59.080 -> 33:03.880] flap for the fuel so that they can get a small head start with that. [33:03.880 -> 33:08.760] NASCAR is the same one I mean I agree that I haven't seen much but NASCAR is [33:08.760 -> 33:12.000] the same one where the driver also gets out and all of this is happening right [33:12.000 -> 33:18.480] because it takes quite some time but is that a different sport? There's so many car racing sports. [33:18.480 -> 33:24.080] I think we just lost a few hundred people. [33:28.640 -> 33:36.880] lost a few hundred people. Come back, come back, we'll go back to F1 stuff. Come back. NASCAR is amazing. It's like, oh why don't I see it more. You might as [33:36.880 -> 33:47.000] well see the marble races. Oh yeah. Those are fun. Have you seen those? A few. I don't, I can't say I have many. [33:47.000 -> 33:50.000] I've seen exactly one. [33:50.000 -> 33:53.000] I feel like they're all the same. [33:53.000 -> 33:57.000] Well, yeah, it obviously is. [33:57.000 -> 34:03.000] Yeah, but it's pretty fun, you know, I mean, there's this channel, I mean, for people who [34:03.000 -> 34:09.720] don't know, there's this channel, I mean, for people who don't know, there's this channel on YouTube. I think they are, these are these two Dutch guys who run that channel. [34:09.720 -> 34:17.980] And I think it's, I don't know how to pronounce it, because it's a Dutch name, but Jellis? [34:17.980 -> 34:26.960] Jellis? I don't know how it's pronounced. Anyways, something, Marble Runs someone's marble runs, and they basically have this track, [34:26.960 -> 34:31.000] and they have, so they basically use gravity [34:31.000 -> 34:33.400] to run those marbles through the track, [34:33.400 -> 34:35.800] and at the end of the track, they have this conveyor belt, [34:35.800 -> 34:39.640] which gets those marbles back to the start at the top, [34:39.640 -> 34:43.240] and then, yeah, the marbles keep rolling around. [34:43.240 -> 34:46.800] So I think back when Formula E and Formula One [34:46.800 -> 34:49.120] was due to coronavirus last year, [34:49.120 -> 34:51.640] it was delayed and races were, [34:51.640 -> 34:54.560] it was pretty uncertain when the next race is going to be. [34:54.560 -> 34:57.520] These guys kind of partnered up with Formula E [34:57.520 -> 35:01.000] and they basically got the rights [35:01.000 -> 35:03.800] for all the graphic overlays for Formula E, [35:03.800 -> 35:05.440] the team names and everything. [35:05.440 -> 35:11.200] And they were pretty much running, you know, all the different GPs with like proper commentary and [35:11.200 -> 35:17.520] everything. And yeah, it was a lot of fun. I mean, they've brilliantly done it. It sounds silly, but [35:17.520 -> 35:27.080] yeah, it's, it's weird. For me, it was it was a bit weird in the sense that I'm actually confused how the [35:27.080 -> 35:32.160] white marble got over and ahead of the green marble. I mean, I'm just taking color names, [35:32.160 -> 35:39.560] but you get the point. Because it's, it's just two marbles. How is one overtaking the [35:39.560 -> 35:49.680] other if gravity works the same on both? But, but yeah, and then the green overtakes white again. So it's not at all monotonous. [35:50.040 -> 35:54.960] Yeah, I think they have to, to their credit, I think they do a [35:54.960 -> 35:58.480] good job designing an interesting track and also just [35:58.480 -> 36:01.680] making it interesting with the commentary. Oh, yeah, the track [36:01.680 -> 36:04.680] sometimes kind of splits the marbles into different parts. [36:04.680 -> 36:07.120] And that's why they can [36:07.120 -> 36:08.640] one of them can come ahead. [36:08.640 -> 36:12.360] I mean that there's also a lot of skill involved obviously. [36:12.360 -> 36:17.320] Yeah no but the other fun part to add to that point is that they also make like a grandstand [36:17.320 -> 36:21.600] and you know audience made out of marbles too right in the background. [36:21.600 -> 36:24.520] Oh yeah yes yes they do that. [36:24.520 -> 36:25.600] Oh I didn't notice that [36:27.600 -> 36:34.000] yeah guys yeah check it out on youtube search for marvel runs yeah it's it's pretty entertaining [36:35.280 -> 36:39.200] i mean you haven't got anything to do in this break anyways right i mean apart from listening [36:39.200 -> 36:46.000] to this podcast so yeah um did you watch drive to Survive by the way? [36:46.000 -> 36:51.000] Yeah, that and then all the drama that DTS likes to put it in. [36:51.000 -> 37:03.000] I feel like at some point they over exaggerated, like season 3 was just some dramatic music playing in the background and something. [37:03.000 -> 37:05.520] Yeah, it's pretty much a Hollywood movie. I mean, [37:06.320 -> 37:11.920] that's what it's designed for, right? Like, I think it's a smart move overall to rope in new [37:11.920 -> 37:18.720] fans. Netflix is the new thing. And so like everybody is, you know, nowhere to go at, [37:18.720 -> 37:23.760] you know, at the moment. So people are on Netflix, I think it makes sense to invest so much in making [37:23.760 -> 37:25.480] this documentary. I don't want to call it a documentary. It's I don it makes sense to invest so much in making this documentary. [37:25.480 -> 37:32.240] I don't want to call it a documentary. It's I don't know what to call it. Anyways, though. [37:32.240 -> 37:39.440] I mean, yeah, they add the drama because they want to get attention of new fans so that [37:39.440 -> 37:46.400] people start following I feel it's in a way good for the sport. I mean, they do over dramatize stuff. [37:46.400 -> 37:52.320] They do create these storylines which don't exist. But overall, I think it's good for [37:52.320 -> 37:57.040] the sport as more people watch. I think that will only bring more. [37:57.040 -> 38:02.800] Yeah, I guess like cringes what probably sells they know that and for someone like us, we [38:02.800 -> 38:05.280] are we are anyways watching the sport so we may not [38:05.280 -> 38:09.720] like the series even though maybe we watch it or not but like I'm pretty sure [38:09.720 -> 38:13.200] they've done their market research and they know that this is what gets fans [38:13.200 -> 38:18.920] drawn to or creates new fans. So sure this is probably what's working. Did you [38:18.920 -> 38:27.120] watch Cyril in Drive to Survive?. At one point, I literally was, [38:27.120 -> 38:29.120] the director should go, [38:29.120 -> 38:31.520] not cut, but like pause, [38:31.520 -> 38:32.720] and then be like, [38:32.720 -> 38:33.760] just cry, dude. [38:33.760 -> 38:34.560] Just cry. [38:35.120 -> 38:36.640] Take five minutes and cry. [38:36.640 -> 38:40.560] It seemed as if he was going through a breakup or something, man. [38:40.560 -> 38:43.440] Like he's just gotten off a very long relationship. [38:44.720 -> 38:47.360] Yeah, I think Christian or someone even mentioned it. [38:47.360 -> 38:53.360] It's just like seeing a very sad breakup or seeing your girlfriend just go away, [38:53.360 -> 38:56.160] but she's still going to be around sort of thing or something like that. [38:56.160 -> 38:57.840] And it felt like that. [38:57.840 -> 39:06.520] The way he was just talking about the whole Ricardo departure from Renault, man. [39:10.360 -> 39:14.600] And what and did you do you remember about the whole tattoo bed that was going on with Ricardo? And apparently, yeah, [39:14.600 -> 39:19.080] I was going to get a tattoo with Ricardo gets a podium with [39:19.080 -> 39:27.280] Renault. And obviously he did right. uh yeah so uh i remember drive to survive also like [39:27.280 -> 39:33.680] showed a lot about this and obviously he didn't do any tattoo that guy i don't know what happened [39:33.680 -> 39:39.840] to him did he did he get fired or something where is he now yeah i think i think he he probably got [39:40.400 -> 39:45.500] mixed up in some ranoff French politics and got shown the boot [39:45.500 -> 39:48.200] with the change in teams and [39:48.200 -> 39:51.900] probably his emotional side also took over. I don't know what went behind. [39:51.900 -> 39:54.700] Yeah, I think he got shown the boot. [39:54.700 -> 39:58.600] Yeah, and it doesn't make sense to me because [39:58.600 -> 40:02.500] Renault wasn't doing so good ever since they joined, you know, but [40:02.500 -> 40:05.960] just recently they had made some progress and it felt like, you know, but just recently they had made some progress [40:05.960 -> 40:11.620] and it felt like, you know, Cyril was probably making some progress with the team and then [40:11.620 -> 40:15.860] right when they were rebranding, he's off the team. [40:15.860 -> 40:18.860] There's definitely something going on there. [40:18.860 -> 40:20.760] But it's like what, LP in now in. [40:20.760 -> 40:23.440] Yeah, let's see. [40:23.440 -> 40:24.880] Let's see what happens with them. [40:24.880 -> 40:25.360] But there's there's [40:25.360 -> 40:29.920] more controversy in and around F1 anyways right like as we've also spoken [40:29.920 -> 40:36.560] in our first race race limits FIA there's there's just some shady stuff [40:36.560 -> 40:41.200] happening there I don't know if if they came back and and actually made any [40:41.200 -> 40:45.360] stricter laws around race limits, but there was this very funny meme [40:45.360 -> 40:49.880] where there is a cute comic cartoon saying, [40:49.880 -> 40:51.840] Max is gonna win this race. [40:51.840 -> 40:56.840] And then there's cut to two huge built guys, [40:57.080 -> 40:59.520] one's Mark Hamilton, one's Mark Taffai, [40:59.520 -> 41:02.720] both beating this cute comic down. [41:02.720 -> 41:05.280] And that's exactly what happened in the first race. [41:07.000 -> 41:09.320] Yeah, I don't get it. [41:09.320 -> 41:13.080] These guys look like a bunch of amateurs. [41:13.080 -> 41:16.440] I don't understand what are these guys doing? [41:16.440 -> 41:18.400] It's a simple thing, you know, [41:18.400 -> 41:20.480] create a rule before the race, [41:20.480 -> 41:23.200] stick to the rule, apply the rule, [41:23.200 -> 41:27.080] irrespective of who the driver is and let the race end [41:27.080 -> 41:33.660] in peace. I don't understand what games FIA is trying to play. It spoils the sport. It [41:33.660 -> 41:40.760] adds nothing to it. Is FIA owned by Mercedes? I'm just confirming. I don't know. Maybe it [41:40.760 -> 41:45.040] is. I mean, I'm just, I'm just trying to give the benefit of doubt to FIA. [41:46.960 -> 41:47.640] Does Mercedes like even pay their salaries? [41:49.080 -> 41:49.720] Probably Toto owns it. [41:53.400 -> 41:53.880] Do you know that Toto also owns a part of Aston Martin racing? [41:57.880 -> 41:57.920] Okay. So that, okay. So then Aston Martin is never going to beat Mercedes. Okay. [42:01.040 -> 42:01.800] So what else? Let's, let's, let's now, [42:04.240 -> 42:04.480] I think we can just predict who's going to win that championship. [42:06.000 -> 42:14.500] If we just go by this logic. Yeah, it's crazy. F1 is filled with such oddities. I mean, that is such a clear conflict of interest. [42:14.500 -> 42:27.600] He should never be allowed to own stake in a competitor while he is the team principal of one team and owns, you know, a third of the Mercedes F1 team so cash is king. [42:27.600 -> 42:32.880] Yeah and he says in drive to survive oh yeah cash is king for sure and he says in drive to survive [42:32.880 -> 42:37.840] too right like I don't think he plans to quit the sport anyways I mean he's got vested interest so [42:37.840 -> 42:46.640] much into the sport now that he'll just probably become one of those advisors or somewhere off screen but he's never leaving the paddock. [42:47.760 -> 42:52.000] Is that like a thread? It seems like a thread. I mean no comments. [42:55.280 -> 42:59.520] But yeah I mean speaking of I know I know you touched on this right like who decided to have [42:59.520 -> 43:09.280] a three-week gap and all that and and something that that I'm that we missed to bring up then was besides the 23 races [43:09.280 -> 43:13.560] and the crazy amount of scramming that's going to happen, this year we are also going to [43:13.560 -> 43:14.960] see sprint races. [43:14.960 -> 43:17.840] Oh yeah, that's right. [43:17.840 -> 43:25.160] That's something new that these guys are trying, I think as a part of again appealing to more people making [43:25.740 -> 43:28.360] every day a little bit more interesting because [43:29.000 -> 43:33.520] Traditionally the Friday is not as fun as you know [43:33.520 -> 43:38.400] Saturday and Sunday in a race weekend because you just have practice sessions on Friday [43:38.760 -> 43:49.580] So a lot of casual fans are not that interested in those races. That also drives down the ticket sales a bit for race weekends. I mean right now that [43:49.580 -> 43:54.100] there's no ticket sales but you know so I think this is a good time for them to [43:54.100 -> 43:59.760] test this out. But they are essentially trying to introduce sprint races so how [43:59.760 -> 44:05.600] it will work out is I think Friday there will be a qualification session based on that qualification [44:05.600 -> 44:15.840] session the grid will have a sprint race on on Saturday yeah and sprint race is essentially [44:15.840 -> 44:29.360] a shorter race where you wouldn't have a pit stop it's a sprint race and so I think the details are unclear. They haven't made an official announcement about it. [44:29.360 -> 44:35.200] Yeah and that too is a bit shady right because they don't know, they haven't come out and said [44:35.200 -> 44:41.680] what prize money, I mean everyone's rooting for that prize money at the end of the day and then they don't know how [44:41.680 -> 44:49.600] points and prize money and championship table and all those things that reward you for the race are gonna work [44:49.600 -> 44:52.320] and how that's gonna fit in with the main F1 race. [44:52.320 -> 45:01.600] I think I heard that FIA is gonna give out some money to all teams for repairs because this is basically an additional burden on all teams, right? [45:01.600 -> 45:05.800] And if like they crashed a car or something during the race race that's going to cost them a lot of money. [45:05.800 -> 45:10.200] So I think FIA is kind of giving some kind of an insurance for these teams that if [45:10.200 -> 45:16.960] you know any crashes occur or something they'll pay up to a certain amount to kind of make it a little bit easier for them. [45:18.000 -> 45:26.840] Sure, but for me, I mean it's still in that realm of FIA playing shady because I mean, I change a power unit for a sprint race. [45:26.840 -> 45:28.640] Can I keep it for the main race? [45:28.640 -> 45:30.760] Cause now I have a new power unit. [45:30.760 -> 45:33.440] I really hope FIA is crystal clear [45:33.440 -> 45:35.520] about the rules related to this. [45:35.520 -> 45:38.120] I guess we'll only find out if Mercedes is winning. [45:38.120 -> 45:40.800] That's where the rule comes in. [45:42.000 -> 45:43.320] Oh yeah. [45:43.320 -> 45:44.160] Let's see. [45:48.540 -> 45:55.340] Let's hope, I mean, I'm hoping that this would this would be fun but I'm kind of a little skeptical about it. Let's see how it rolls out. For [45:55.340 -> 46:09.000] folks we still have our guest online he's he's with us. Hey Anirudh. Hey everyone. Yeah, I'm happy to just listen to you all and learn more about F1. [46:09.000 -> 46:14.000] Well folks, that was yet another episode from F1 Fan Fiction. [46:14.000 -> 46:19.000] If you've made it this far, we've got a special surprise for you. [46:19.000 -> 46:31.360] The first person to reach out to us at either contact us at the rate f1fanfiction.com or on any of our social media platforms or anywhere. [46:31.360 -> 46:37.680] The first person to reach out to us gets a special NFT from F1 Fan Fiction. [46:37.680 -> 46:40.720] So DM us or just reach out to us. [46:40.720 -> 46:44.240] But this is F1 Fan Fiction signing off. [46:44.240 -> 46:48.160] It was amazing having Anirudh as our guest. [46:48.160 -> 46:52.240] And yeah, check us out on any of your favorite streaming platforms. [46:52.240 -> 46:54.360] Stay tuned for more episodes. [46:54.360 -> 46:56.200] Next weekend is a race weekend. [46:56.200 -> 46:59.400] So we are totally excited about it. [46:59.400 -> 47:05.180] One of the winter-rich tags, Imola, comes back in F1 2021. [47:05.180 -> 47:10.180] So until next week and the race week, this is us signing off. [47:10.180 -> 47:11.180] Bye bye. [47:11.180 -> 47:12.180] Bye. [47:12.180 -> 47:20.960] Thanks for having me guys. [47:18.040 -> 47:23.040] fiction