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F1 2025 | Baku Recap & Singapore GP Preview - Fast Laps with the Boys · Banter with the Boys

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get laced up let's go it's time for banter with
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the boys welcome back to banter with the boys
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Fast laps. Here with me this week, our co -host
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Joe. Welcome back for another show. Obviously,
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it's your show too, duh. Donning your Williams
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racing hat, of course, because Carlos will get
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into it. Viva. Viva, indeed. And then Max Verstappen
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shirt. I appreciate your commitment to continuing
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to wear the Max Verstappen shirt when it matters.
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I'm glad someone appreciates it. I don't. Are
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you referring to the someone that's not here
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this evening? He's the one who got it for me.
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I'm sure he really appreciates seeing me wear
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it. But it's a sad day when I have to don it.
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Indeed. Indeed. Especially on a race as such
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where... One of the papayas did not finish. Anyway,
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we'll get into it. We'll get into it. Sad day
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for Joe. Anyway, Mike's not here this week. He's
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out doing Mike things. He's what? He's at a concert.
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Oh, sweet. He's at a concert. He's at a concert.
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Yeah, we had to switch up schedules a little
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bit, and unfortunately, schedules collided. We're
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not filming on the same day. But he's here in
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spirit. I have notes. He's here in his notes.
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Trust us. He's here in his notes. Don't worry
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about that. You'll miss nothing. And Kev, behind
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the cameras, obviously getting everything done
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for us, as always. So with that, Kev, let's head
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right into our Azerbaijan GP recap. Oh, we're
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back. Sorry. Here we are. We're like waiting
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on you. Bang, bang. Yeah, you're both looking
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at me. All right. So our pre -race banter, quality
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practice, yada, yada. But you got any notes,
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Joe? I mean, it was a pretty hectic weekend.
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I did not catch practice. Oh. Oh. Oh, no. I made
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a ton of notes, and none of them are in my sheet.
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Which is very interesting. Based on memory. Let
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me, okay, I'll just say, I'm going to try pulling
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it up here and see if somehow it just got lost
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here. For practices at the very least, we had
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a red flag. We had both McLarens. We had a lot
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of red flags. That's right. In practice, we only
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had one, I think. Is it quality we have some?
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Yeah, I'll talk about that. Because there's some
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convo to have there. In practice, both McLarens
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did end up hitting the wall, and both of them
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messed up their suspension a little bit. I think
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they were able to, obviously, they got enough
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fixed and were able to get back out. Okay, that's
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weird. I just didn't update here. Qualifying.
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This was a record -breaking qualifying. The most
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red flags in a qualifying in F1 history. ever.
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I'm just going to go down the list really quick.
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Yep, do it up. Albon tags the inside of T1, breaks
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his front left suspension. That's red flag one.
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Nico sends his nose into turn one after a lockup,
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breaks his front wing off, but gets back to the
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pits. That's red flag two. Gasly locks up, goes
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straight into the runoff at the same turn, and
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right behind his teammate, Cole Pinto takes the
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turn and gives it a little too much juice, sending
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his rear into the barrier, knocking him off kilter,
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and sending his nose into the barrier, destroying
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the front of his car. That's red flag three.
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Ollie grab walks his Haas to a halt after going
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slightly wide on T2, knocking into the concrete
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barrier and deforming his suspension. That's
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four. Charles goes into the barriers at T15 after
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locking up while turning to go down the hill.
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That's red flag five. And finally, Oscar Piastri
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hits the barriers head on at the turn after the
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first DRS straight. Red flag six. Six red flags.
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There was, like, a little bit of, like, I mean,
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weather was a little weird near the end. It wasn't
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really raining, but it was kind of, like, sprinkling.
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It was like a mist. Yeah, kind of. Kind of like
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a mist. You couldn't see anything, but, like,
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people were starting to get ponchos on a little
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bit, and apparently it made the track at least
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a little bit slippery. God, Franco hit hard,
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man. Yeah, yeah. So we kind of were kind of attributing
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that. uh you know oscars and charles at the very
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least to maybe a slightly damp track but it was
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a crazy crazy qualifying session probably unfortunately
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maybe a little bit crazier than the race itself
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um just because it was very hectic and a little
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bit long the last five laps are awesome in the
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race personally yes the last five and then lap
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one was also pretty interesting i guess can usually
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be hectic yeah But yeah, that was pre -race.
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Yeah, I'm just speed running through it there.
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Oh, yeah. Ouch. Poor Oscar. Okay. Yeah, so that
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leaves our starting grid to be for Stappen, Sainz,
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Lawson, Antonelli, Russell, Sonoda, Norris, Hajar,
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Piastri, Leclerc. You ever think you'd ever say
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Lawson so high up? I didn't think. Right behind
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Sainz. Yeah, and then Antonelli. Honestly, those
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right there. I mean, Antonelli's at least slightly
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more believable because of the car, right? But
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for Stappen, Sainz, Lawson, Antonelli. Crazy.
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Russell, Sonoda. Yeah, it's insane. And then
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Lando. nps three two spots later like what it's
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crazy so just kind of a tiny bit of context um
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the red flag happened this was essentially what
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like the grid looked like i think norris actually
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norris was where he was but i believe norris
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made like the fastest lap of the race and just
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couldn't get anything better and then verstappen
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stole it either way i think verstappen made another
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record -breaking In the race? No, in qualifying.
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I think he made another track record. I might
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be off base about Norris. Verstappen made his
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final lap was the fastest, and Norris could not
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improve. It was pretty much just Verstappen that
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improved. I happen to be going through Q3 right
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now, and the track does look like... It doesn't
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look dry, but it doesn't look wet. It's just
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damp a little bit. Slightly damp. Or the M word,
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moist. Some people hate that word. I'm good.
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I was fine. But yeah, anyway, okay. All right,
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well, let's get into it here. Who should we start
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with? Let's go, well, Alpine. Okay, so. Franco
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actually was having a somewhat okay race for
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a while, and then the little thing with Albon
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and then just really couldn't recover from that.
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To Franco's defense, that was Albon's fault,
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but it's unfortunate. Right, it's an unfortunate
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scene, but Gasly also didn't do anything. The
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only thing he was able to do at the end was pass
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Franco. I mean, that's it. I just put Alpi needs
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to be relegated to F2 in here. I thought you
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were referencing Colapinto, but you mean the
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whole team. The whole team. That's crazy. Well,
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I like Gasly, obviously. That's no question.
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I don't hide that, but the whole team. Let's
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see. I mean, okay, Aston too. Also not a very
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awesome day. I mean, Stroll, kind of similar
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to Franco, was kind of like up in that P11 to
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P13 range for a minute. I don't really know what
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happened. I don't know if it's a mixture of strategy
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because we saw a lot of different strategies.
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A lot of teams kind of used different strategies
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between the two drivers for sure more so than
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I feel like in other races is what it felt like
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to me anyway. I don't know. I didn't check the
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numbers on that. But as far as like, you know,
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Mercedes kind of feels like a good example of
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that. Racing Bulls kind of feels like a good
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example of that. You know what I mean? Yeah,
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definitely. And then Alonzo never really. Other
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than almost rear -ending Oscar at the start of
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the race, Alonso really didn't. too much no you
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know i mean it was a quiet day for aston yeah
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it was i mean i mean it's more of the same it
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kind of feels like it was a quiet day for half
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the pack really really um until again like i
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said at the end there where it was we'll get
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into that here in a minute actually because that's
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kind of exciting what does he have for hoss does
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he have anything interesting for hoss no he doesn't
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update this but they they nothing really happened
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for hoss i think no i'm just saying did he send
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you anything oh no no no no no notes on hoss
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nope dang no notes on hoss nope i just put Yeah,
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it was a day. It was a race. They raced it. They
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were there. They showed up. Okay, so now let's
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get into the nitty -gritty here. Let's do it.
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Let's do it. Let's not do Williams. Technically,
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they would be next because Albon's 13, but we'll
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save it because Sainz got three because he's
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cool. Excuse me. All right. I mean, kick Sauber.
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We didn't talk about them yet. Also another kind
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of a tough day. Again, half the pack kind of
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had a tough day. But Bortoletto had an okay drive.
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Bortoletto? Oh, Kicksalber, yeah. Kicksalber,
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yeah. I was thinking of someone else, sorry.
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Or a different team, my bad. All good, all good.
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Another bottom tier. I just kind of put in here,
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he continues to show us, watch out for 2026.
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Yeah. You know what I mean? With all the unpredictability
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that we have going into 26 as far as who's going
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to perform. Gabby's really starting to kind of
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end the season well and seems like he's getting
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more consistent, which is kind of fun to watch.
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But other than that. For me, not anything crazy
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for kick this race. I know we're keeping it short
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on some of these, but seriously, this is one
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of the most uneventful races. Pretty much, yeah.
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It's fairly uneventful. I like this track, though.
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I forgot because it was so early in the race.
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I actually want to go back to Aston really quick.
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I also very much like Baku. Alonzo kind of screwed
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over by Piastri a little bit at the start. It
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was obviously... He did jump it. He jumped it
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because I think he was probably watching Piastri
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versus the lights a little bit, or maybe he just
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saw him at the periphery and then jumped. I mean,
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yeah, you've got to watch the lights, but at
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the same time, if you're that far back, it is
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probably quicker to watch the person in front
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of you. It might be. Yeah, it might be. But he
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did jump start because he was running off of
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Piastri. He technically didn't gain an advantage,
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but he did still get a penalty, so that also
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did not help his race. I don't think it would
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have really made that much. of a difference in
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terms of points but i thought i'd call that out
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anyway tough break for alonzo it you know stuff
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happens we can't not give him a penalty right
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it's just kind of falcos for sure nope 100 racing
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yep racing uh ferrari real quick um yeah i don't
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know i mean it it felt like it could have been
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a better day i mean charles was kind of running
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okay hamilton was kind of right in that p8 to
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p10 area for most of the day um but i think charles
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not being able to get into that pack that we
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saw there at the end where it had um oh who was
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it It was Liam, Yuki, Lando, and then it was
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Hamilton, actually, that was trying to chase
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them down, too, in that pack in the last, like,
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five, six laps. That was exciting to me, actually,
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and I can't wait to talk about Liam, of all people,
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actually, once we get to that point. But I don't
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know. I feel like that's a disappointing day
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for Ferrari. I feel like they had some opportunities.
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Or do you think that's where the car is? That
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is exactly where it is. Man, disappointing day
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for Ferrari, I definitely will agree, but I think
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a really good day for Hamilton. I mean, 12th
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to 8th, pretty good. There was just a very quick
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moment. He tried giving the place back to Leclerc
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at the very end of the race, but unfortunately
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didn't slow down enough, so he got the points.
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Yeah, I saw that. They said that he tried, but
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then the one commentator, I think it was, was
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like, well, it doesn't seem like he tried very
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hard. He didn't try very hard, yeah. That's funny.
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I think it was a pretty good day for Hamilton.
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I mean, he got into the points. He drove as good
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as a player. It's a good point. You know what
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I mean? At least you got into points. I think
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it's interesting you kind of keep alluding to
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kind of like the last five laps of the race.
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I actually, personally, I think that the first
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like six to ten were probably the most exciting
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for me. It was probably more exciting than the
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last. And that's when we saw really the Ferraris
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rather doing something like they were getting
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past because they started so far behind. They
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were starting to get past some of those like
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slow runners that got. You don't happen to. And
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I don't expect you to know this. You don't happen
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to know what tire they both started on, do you?
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Oh, I mean, I could find out really quick here,
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I think. I'm just I'm just curious because, you
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know, you saw somebody like George Russell who
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started on the hard that went that worked out
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very, very well for him, obviously. I don't know.
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I thought they did show you. I thought they did
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too. I was just curious if maybe one of them
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was on a hard at all. No, I definitely erased
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the strategies for sure on this one. I can't
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complain if I'm Ferrari, I guess, but for me...
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Personally, I was a non -Ferrari fan. I kind
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of expect them to be a little bit higher, so
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I hope they keep trending upwards as we get towards
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the end of the season. Is Lewis Hamilton's contract
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only for one year, too? No, no. I thought they
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only did for one. Okay, they did sign him multi
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-year? Okay. I'm almost positive that. Okay,
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I couldn't remember if they only had him for
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one or not. That's probably right. Why would
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he leave then? There's no way. It's for two seasons.
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2025 and 2026. With the possibility of an extension.
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Everybody's got the possibility of an extension.
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What the hell? They say it's a multi -year. Two
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seasons is technically multi -year. I don't know
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if maybe there's also he has an out after second.
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Maybe Ferrari's like, oh, we're going to keep
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you on for a while, but you haven't out for some
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reason. If you want to retire or whatever, but
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that'd be the only out. Unless you want to get
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out to go somewhere else. If you want to jump
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ship to Aston, it's okay. No, that'd be weird.
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All right. Yeah, I kind of want to save McLaren
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for close to the last two. Okay, let's do Racing
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Bulls. isaac getting into points was awesome
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he was up a little higher but hey we'll take
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a p10 so here's the thing with liam at the end
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of the race now it's not like it didn't feel
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like yuki was trying was really charging that
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hard to me per se or trying that hard to get
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around him i think yuki was kind of content finishing
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where he was without the possibility of wrecking
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and now you wrecked you and and possibly liam
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which Red Bull as a whole doesn't look good,
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right? So I don't know if you're even thinking
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about that. Probably not in that moment, right?
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But it didn't seem like he was attacking him.
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Anyway, I still want to give Liam his flowers.
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I mean, he really was fighting off Yuki there
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and held to get P5. I thought Liam actually raced
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a solid race all day. absolutely i mean he got
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not just points but like decent points right
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right no for sure qualified really really well
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it's best ever start um and kept it high up in
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the points yeah that's that's not a that's not
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a result to scoff at and then yeah having your
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teammate finishing points too i'll be slightly
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lower um very good day for for v carb um very
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good day for lawson and yeah the battle of sonota
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is interesting i think It's not like I was on
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the edge of my seat, right? No, absolutely not.
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I wasn't by any means, but I was extremely intrigued
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by it because I really just wanted to see what
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Liam was going to do. And then, of course, the
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commentators are playing into it, right? They're
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like, oh! Yuki's coming up on Liam and they're
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racing for their F1 careers. It's like, no, probably
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not actually. Not in this particular race. Yuki's
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like, I want to be in that car. Liam's like,
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get away from me. It's a curious slot. As far
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as skill level and how they go about maneuvering,
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I don't know how you look at a driver to bring
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them up to the parent team. The big sister team,
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I guess. We're going to call it the big sister
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team? The Max Bowls? The Max Bowls are the big
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sister team? The thought also crossed your mind.
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Do they make Lawson give it to Sonota? See if
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that ever would have happened. I'm jumping on
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your train then at that point. That's BS! I'm
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kind of angry you're not already on my train.
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You think about it, there's literally no reason
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for them to do that. They need G -Carb to get
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points. Red Bull is not going to get like yuki
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gets like another three points oh big whoop right
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right right right but no it was just for me it
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was cool to see liam finish the race that way
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yeah you know what i mean because he's kind of
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holding up yuki who then was holding up lando
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arguably we'll get to lando um and then who is
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who is holding up hamilton and hamilton was kind
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of catching up to him now of course they're all
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discombobulated up there close racing it's Hamilton's
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going to catch him no matter what at that point.
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But once he got up there, he didn't do anything.
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But just being able to hold all those guys back
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was impressive to me. Oh, man, should we rip
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the Band -Aid off on McLaren? I think we have
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to, yeah. I think let's rip the Band -Aid off
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on McLaren. What an opportunity that was presented
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to Lando that just he didn't take it, man. He's
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still what? 30 points back? Maybe not that many.
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No, I think it's a little bit more than that.
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And considering Oscar didn't even get to finish
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the race, dude, what an opportunity. A little
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less than 30, yeah. I don't know. I'm disappointed
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for Lando. I'm not a McLaren fan, obviously,
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but I'm disappointed for Lando to at least not
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try to make that race more interesting. Yeah.
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You know what I mean? And it's not necessarily
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all him, you know what I mean? But it's... yeah
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it's it's unfortunate i don't think he i mean
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it sucks first off that oscar retired right obviously
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yeah he i mean it's he said that he felt like
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the car felt really good before he crashed in
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qualifying and then yeah he just has i mean it
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was just i mean like such a horrible start off
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the line just like stuck there not moving and
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then crashing before the end of the lap it's
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like i'm just i'm truly i still have no idea
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what happened like yeah i think he's got a scrub
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that entire thing from his brain. He's got to
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pretend like Baku does not exist. And with where
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Lando finished, and that's really your only competitor
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right now for WDC, you're pretty much going to
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have constructors locked up. You didn't this
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week because of your ass, but you know what I
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mean? They had an opportunity to win this weekend.
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Didn't quite happen. Nothing really changed per
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se, so I think you're right. You have to completely
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forget about Baku and just move on. So now the
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point difference is 25. So to reach Piastri,
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Lando has to basically do what Piastri did and
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win a race with Piastri DNFing. He had the opportunity,
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though. I'm hoping to not see PSG DNF again.
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Because I don't want to see a championship won
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that way either, you know what I mean? Per se.
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But it would be interesting. It would even the
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odds a little bit. Even if PSG does DNF in Singapore,
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I'm going to knock on wood here because obviously
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I don't want that to happen. But if he does and
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Norris wins, that brings them equal. And now
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they're fighting for the championship again.
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Right. which would be crazy. And that's so like,
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it's inner team fighting for the entertainment.
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Please give it to me. Entertainment value off
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the charts. Right. Uh, uh, entertainment value
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off the charts. Right. I had to digest that one
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for a second. Um, but yeah, hopefully that doesn't
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happen. Lando. Yeah. Unfortunately take the advantage.
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Just a really bad McLaren race. Like just straight
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up. It, it worries me for the next couple of
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races. I am. maybe i'll wait singapore's a toss
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-up too singapore's a little bit of a toss -up
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um mclaren has been okay here uh mercedes has
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been pretty okay here but i mean like they've
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been good at like cold tracks not hot tracks
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but like but like history shows that mercedes
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shows up so yeah it's kind of it's a bit of a
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toss -up you're right um right who's next you
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want to talk about mercedes all right all right
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all right Yeah, Mercedes is cool. I mean, frick.
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Oh, no, we have to talk about Williams first.
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No, Mercedes. We have to talk about Mercedes.
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We'll go Mercedes. We'll go Mercedes, yeah. Great
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race. I mean, both drivers, really, truly. But
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George Russell really put on a show for me. Just
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consistent, real consistent race. Antonelli had
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a hiccup kind of early on, but he really found
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his groove. I mean, finishing P4 right now for
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Antonelli, I'm not looking for anything more.
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That is perfectly fine, especially if George
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is in podium. Yeah. You know, at least, you know.
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That was a great race. I guess I'm trying to
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figure out what else I'm looking for from Antonelli
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in this first year. I mean, that's took care
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of the car. You didn't get any penalties. You
21:45
raced a clean race. Sweet. Really good points.
21:50
What more can you really ask for? You could ask
21:52
for a podium, but not at the cost of your car.
21:55
How far back was he behind Carlos? I don't think
21:57
he was even going to sniff him, was he? I don't
22:00
think he was that close. I thought he was a little
22:03
close. He was reeling him in, but not like...
22:06
He was... He was actually only two seconds. Two
22:10
and a half seconds away. He was getting there.
22:13
I guess two seconds looks farther away. when
22:17
they're going mock jesus yeah um but yeah no
22:20
curious to see um and russell finds his way into
22:23
the podium once again i i would imagine both
22:25
these drivers get re -signed next year i mean
22:28
why wouldn't they i would imagine you know um
22:31
and if they do i'm really excited about mercedes
22:35
next year actually yeah if they bring the same
22:38
two drivers back Yeah. You know what I mean?
22:40
Yeah, everybody's getting in a new car. Yeah,
22:42
I get all that. Second year Antonelli is exciting.
22:44
I think it would be exciting to watch. I think
22:46
second year, all these drivers are going to be
22:48
really interesting. I think it's a really good
22:51
rookie class. It's been an honor. It's been an
22:53
honor. It's been an honor. All right. Let Williams
22:58
just do it up, man. Let's go. Once again, Williams
23:02
either has two cars doing really poorly, two
23:06
cars doing just OK, or one car doing pretty good.
23:09
And that's it. I mean, with a crazy qualifying
23:13
lap and bringing it home only one place down,
23:17
signs like he killed it. He absolutely killed
23:20
it. He did exactly what you do. He pretty much
23:22
had a flawless race. He just kept it where he
23:24
needed. He managed to the people around him.
23:29
Obviously, he let Russell through, but not much
23:33
you can do in that situation. He's in a Williams.
23:37
He really didn't want to, but... i mean the restart
23:42
they had a restart and he he kept it like yeah
23:45
crazy crazy good racing from science he was battling
23:48
i think he was battling you're talking the restart
23:50
at the way beginning yeah way beginning i think
23:52
he was battling lawson for a little bit actually
23:54
antonelli because i think antonelli got ahead
23:56
of lawson and he started going for signs and
23:58
i think he was just battling antonelli for a
24:00
little bit there um so yeah i thought it was
24:03
a really good race from signs albon um getting
24:06
that penalty after hitting colapinto sucks um
24:09
sucks a lot um you know like i said williams
24:14
is just one or the one or the other it seems
24:17
like yeah no that i forgot about that restart
24:21
i'll talk about it more when we talk about max
24:23
but god he's He pisses me off. He's just so damn
24:29
good. All right, all right, all right. Well,
24:31
actually, we are talking about Max. Yeah. Right?
24:34
Is that it? Dang. They need to do more in the
24:38
race so we can talk more. Truly. Well, and Mike's
24:41
not here, you know. Yeah, that's true. Anyway,
24:44
but Max Verstappen getting the win. That's why
24:46
you're wearing the Max shirt. I'm wearing the
24:47
Max shirt. It felt right. I don't know why. He
24:53
felt like he was excited about it, which was
24:58
kind of fun for me. You know what I mean? He
25:00
jumped into the mechanics and was talking to
25:04
George and Carlos in the... What do we call the
25:09
room? Cooldown room? I actually have to agree
25:13
with you. It's cool to see him like, I don't
25:17
want to say refreshing. we just got done watching
25:20
an entire season yeah of straight dominance no
25:24
it's not refreshing but it's like it's cool to
25:27
see that side of him like he's still excited
25:29
about it like it's he still gets joy out it's
25:31
not just another day in the office anymore right
25:33
um yeah it's cool to see any driving it's cool
25:36
to see any driver like that um but he i mean
25:38
he deserved the win uh that restart that's what
25:41
i want to talk about real quick that restart
25:42
he just I feel like you never really know when
25:46
he's going to go. He was waiting for a while,
25:49
too. He went almost to the longest point you
25:52
could. I never really felt like I've seen him
25:56
weave that much. Yeah. You know what I mean?
25:58
And he was doing it almost the whole time, and
26:01
I feel like he never really does it that long.
26:03
You saying that reminded me. I have a vivid memory
26:06
of me watching the race and seeing him do that
26:08
and seeing signs like he was warming his tires
26:11
for a while, but for the last 30 seconds of him
26:14
waiting for Max to restart, he was just steady,
26:17
waiting, waiting. And I was like, oh, signs is
26:19
locked in. He's just waiting. Well, and everybody
26:22
else started accordion. behind him because max
26:24
just out here doing what he wants yeah he's yeah
26:28
he's got that he's got restarts locked down he
26:31
knows what he's doing like yeah exactly he's
26:34
just he's just like he's like no i gotta warm
26:36
up the tire guys oh i'm already two seconds away
26:38
like that's just how it goes yeah no and like
26:41
he he got away immediately a second and a half
26:43
off signs like just yeah immediately yeah immediately
26:46
so like i remember watching him be like yeah
26:48
i mean there was no way dude what are you supposed
26:50
to do yeah if your signs are anybody in that
26:53
you see verstappen qualified first and and a
26:56
williams in second you're like oh verstappen's
26:58
winning the race It just is. That's what's going
27:00
to happen. In a place like Baku? Nah, there's
27:03
just no way. It says here, read note from Mike.
27:07
Oh, yeah. I'll go ahead and pull that up. Talk
27:09
about Yuki. Yuki, yeah. So the only thing for
27:13
Yuki is, I mean, great race, right? P6. I'm taking
27:15
that from Yuki all day, considering what we've
27:17
seen from him this season in the Red Bull. My
27:21
thing is, is I do wish, now, when I was talking
27:23
about Liam, you know what I mean? It was different.
27:26
But I do wish. The thing that Mike said must
27:31
be spicy. I'm sorry, please. Yeah, I'll go on.
27:35
The thing about Yuki is... Dang, messed up my
27:38
train of thought. I'm so sorry. You look frustrated
27:40
over there. It's okay. Dang, where was I going?
27:44
Oh, I just wish you would have gave a little
27:45
bit more to Liam there. You know what I mean?
27:48
Oh, like tried getting there a little bit more?
27:50
Right, but I feel like, again, he was just comfortable.
27:51
Like you said, what's another few points going
27:53
to do for Yuki at this point? You know what I
27:55
mean? Or you crash out and get nothing. Do you
27:57
think Yuki was comfortable, or do you think Lawson
28:00
was just keeping away from him? There was a couple
28:03
times Yuki had DRS the whole time. end of the
28:07
race right but he still just couldn't find the
28:10
right line i don't know yeah i think lost managed
28:13
pretty well so like he felt like he really did
28:15
it felt like he really doesn't like him like
28:17
yeah i have tire despair so like he gets close
28:19
i'll just go away no big deal right right i felt
28:22
like there's a lot of that i think for a lot
28:23
of drivers kind of racing each other sure What's
28:27
Mike's comment? He literally read the comment,
28:31
turned the phone upside down, and slammed it
28:34
on the table. So you heard a slam. That was Joe
28:36
slamming his phone in disgust. I almost don't
28:38
want to say this just in spite of him, but I'm
28:41
going to because I think it's good content, I
28:45
guess. Oh, God. Quote from Mike. While I am an
28:50
Oscar Piastri fan, Max is now as close to Oscar
28:53
as Lando was to him last year. I am now rooting
28:57
for Max Verstappen to win WDC in a huge comeback.
29:00
It would be so epic. Okay. Wow. In that short
29:06
little bit, there's a lot to unpack there. Yes.
29:09
I was not thinking this exact same thing as him,
29:13
but I was thinking... In kind of the same vein,
29:16
but in a different mindset, I am really worried
29:19
Max is going to have a comeback. This season?
29:23
Yes. I fear McLaren is falling apart a little
29:27
bit. I know they've only had, like, maybe two
29:29
iffy races, but, like, they haven't. Yeah, but
29:33
more so recently, right? They just haven't looked
29:36
as strong as they had recently. Yeah, they haven't
29:39
looked as strong as they did earlier in the season.
29:42
So, if it's not been winning this, I'm like,
29:45
dude. His word epic is true. Like, that would
29:50
be crazy epic. out of the realm of possibility
29:53
that max could do it and that i'm not rooting
29:56
for that i don't want that to happen but it really
29:58
worries me that it could happen he's already
30:00
a legend but could you imagine it's unfortunate
30:02
you are now an f1 god it's unfortunate that it
30:05
would be a sick comeback right it's like it would
30:08
be like a sick comeback but it's like he's had
30:10
his moment it's so annoying to a new person right
30:13
i want to see an oscar or orlando i want to see
30:15
a new wdc sure i'd be i'd even be okay it'd be
30:19
scary again i'd be okay even got second right
30:21
that'd be fine a lot has to happen for him to
30:24
get first right he has to do more than win every
30:27
race like if he wins every race and lando and
30:31
oscar get p2 p3 in any order i still think oscar
30:35
wins sure i don't think that matters yeah so
30:38
a lot has to happen but like when mclaren fails
30:41
they fail a lot that's another thing i want to
30:42
talk about mclaren as well lando's the only mclaren
30:46
on the track and they give him that pit stop
30:48
for the second weekend in a row are you kidding
30:52
me a a bad tire swap are you kidding me mclaren
30:56
what is that what is that they're making their
31:00
decision bro He's not even on track. Oscar's
31:04
not even in the garage. That's how bad it is.
31:07
Oscar's track side on a different turn where
31:09
he crashed. Watching his phone. Watching the
31:11
race on his phone. His feet up. That's how bad
31:13
it is. That was like probably like, I mean, that
31:16
and the Lando kind of like the whole, what was
31:19
it? Zandvoort like trio that were kind of like
31:21
had their head and they were sitting on that
31:22
and that like top like track side driver out
31:27
moments for me. Just like watching them either
31:29
like watching the race. or in a little bit of
31:31
pain and sorrow. You hate that? Watching Oscar
31:34
sit there on his phone? No, I thought it was
31:36
hilarious. Would you rather have been with the
31:39
team trying to help Lando or do you think that's
31:42
out of the realm at this point? I'd do the same.
31:45
I mean, come on. You had a horrible start and
31:48
then you crashed into the wall lap one. It's
31:49
like, no, I'm just going to go ahead and stay
31:51
here for a second. He needs some alone time.
31:52
At the wall. At the wall he crashed. I need to
31:55
think about what I've done. For the entirety
31:58
of the race. Max could do it. That's what's scary.
32:03
It's crazy. I think what made me have such a
32:09
guttural reaction is that he's rooting for Max.
32:12
That is... crazy to me i i him and i have shared
32:17
the opinion that max has grown on us a little
32:19
bit i don't hate him as much as i used to that's
32:21
what happened to lewis for me because when i
32:22
first got into it i hated lewis because he was
32:25
so effing dominant and then as soon as max started
32:28
winning i was like god i'd really like to see
32:30
lewis win again yeah i'm like what happened to
32:32
me Yeah. Because I didn't like how Lewis treated
32:34
some people, you know, even and all that. Same
32:37
thing with Max. Max started winning, felt like
32:40
he was treating people weird. I was like, what
32:42
is going on? Him not winning all the time makes
32:44
him feel more like a person. I think like maybe
32:46
that's what it is. I still recognize he's probably
32:49
the greatest of all time. Like, unfortunately,
32:51
like Mac could be the greatest of all time. And
32:54
that's just how it is. Better than Lewis Hamilton.
32:57
Yeah. All said and done. Like, I don't think.
33:01
This is tough. No, I was about to say, I don't
33:06
know if I'd even put Alonso in the same conversation
33:10
anymore. It's hard because we're looking at peak
33:13
to peak, and I'm not seeing that. I'm just seeing
33:15
them racing right now, and it's very obvious
33:17
Max is better. But I'm saying when they're done
33:20
and you can go back and look peak to peak. I
33:22
started watching F1 in the dominance of Max,
33:27
so it's hard. I'd have to really go back and
33:30
watch a lot and just see the moves they made.
33:34
Louis was crazy dominant, too. He was. It makes
33:38
you wonder, like, obviously it's not just the
33:40
car. I mean, I think a lot of it was the car,
33:43
but a lot of it had to be Louis as well, right?
33:46
And also, I mean, the cost caps weren't a thing,
33:49
so Mercedes could spend to the moon if they wanted.
33:51
Yeah, so that all aside, it's going to be an
33:56
interesting six, five weeks, right? Because we're
34:02
on 21 now, I think. One, two, wait, one, two,
34:06
three. We still have seven weeks. Seven weeks?
34:10
Including Singapore, yeah. Oh, man, there's a
34:12
lot of time for him to make a move. A lot of
34:14
time for Max Verstappen to win the WDC. That's
34:16
what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Wow.
34:20
Well. I can't believe he sent that to me, and
34:23
I had to read it. You did. It's unfortunate.
34:27
I mean, he's got a point. It is. Norris was nowhere
34:32
close to Max by the end of last season. But,
34:35
I mean, it's Max Verstappen, right? Right. What
34:40
if he finishes two? Is that still just as crazy?
34:44
I would think so. It's pretty crazy. Don't get
34:47
me wrong. It's not as crazy as coming back and
34:49
winning WDC. But it's still pretty wild. It's
34:50
pretty crazy. It'd be pretty disappointing to
34:52
not see both McLarens up there after so hard
34:54
they were. 100%. And after the pure dominance.
34:57
The first half of the season. I mean, literally
35:00
peer dominance. Yep. I mean, yeah. So Max is
35:03
currently 44 points away from Norris and 69 points
35:08
away from Pastry. Again, a lot would have to
35:13
happen. Yeah, a lot would have to happen, but
35:15
it is not out of the realm of possibility. So
35:18
with that, I believe that kind of wraps up. I'm
35:22
going to go home and ponder that now. You should.
35:24
That's crazy. Just take a moment and ponder.
35:27
That's crazy. No, not right now because my thinking
35:29
is really slow, so we'll be here in silence for
35:32
a while. You know what? We're not even going
35:36
to go into news because we only got one little
35:39
thing, and then, Kev, what we'll do is we'll
35:41
head right into the Singapore preview after this
35:44
here. The only little bit of news that really
35:46
came out, if you will, whatever, you know, rip.
35:52
Rest in peace to Lewis's dog, Roscoe, who, like
35:56
we were talking before we even started recording,
35:58
just kind of became a staple of the grid. You
36:01
know what I mean? So, yeah, rest in peace, Roscoe.
36:05
I mean, part of the fam. More recognizable than
36:07
some of the drivers that we've had. Dude, probably,
36:10
yeah. Probably. Yeah, he was a legend. You know,
36:14
obviously he watches this podcast, so, you know.
36:17
big condolences to to lewis thoughts with do
36:19
you think people would know who maza maza pin
36:21
is over like roscoe only because of how crazy
36:25
spins yeah he's got the name right i'm trying
36:28
to think of a driver that maybe of the last couple
36:32
years that roscoe might be more popular oh roscoe
36:35
is definitely way more popular than logan sorry
36:37
logan do but well that's the given right that's
36:40
the default thought Thoughts with Lewis? Lewis
36:46
came out and said he lost his best friend. It
36:48
was really tough. It's truth, man. Pets are family.
36:54
With that, Kev, let's head right into our Singapore
36:57
GP preview. And I am here to bring you up to
37:15
speed for the Singapore GP this year called the
37:19
Formula One Singapore Grand Prix 2025. No name
37:23
sponsor. Yeah, that's kind of weird. I'm not
37:26
used to that. It's usually like Singapore Airlines
37:28
Grand Prix, but it's just Singapore Grand Prix
37:31
this year. Are you sure? Yeah, I checked. I'm
37:32
showing Singapore Airlines. Oh. Is that for 2025?
37:36
It says Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.
37:40
For 2025? Yeah. Oh, okay. Singapore Airlines.
37:43
So maybe. When I looked at F1 TV, it just said
37:47
Singapore. Yeah. And this is where I usually
37:48
get the names. Oh, well. I don't know. Schmelti,
37:51
what's weather look like? I'm still pulling it
37:54
up here. Okay. I'll say my fun fact then. Yeah.
37:57
This was Formula One's first night race. And
38:00
I think I've mentioned this before. It's a crazy
38:02
fact. Due to the physical demands of the service.
38:04
in the climate a driver can lose as much as three
38:07
kilograms that's 6 .6 freedom pounds during the
38:11
race 6 .6 Man, I need to race F1 races. That's
38:18
my answer. That's my answer, bro. That's all
38:21
I got to do. I made this note, and I was like,
38:22
oh, I could make a joke about, like, yeah, I
38:23
should probably race F1. That's all we got to
38:26
do, Joe. That's all we got to do. We just got
38:27
to race. It's easy, honestly. The weather's looking
38:29
iffy, right? Oh, really? So Friday, Saturday,
38:32
you got 40 % chance of rain right now. Sunday
38:36
race day goes down to, like, 14 % chance of rain.
38:39
But it's warm -ish. It's like 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
38:43
But it's going to be humid. as heck heck heck
38:47
so still looking out for probably a tough race
38:51
the rain poses an interesting man that qualifying
38:55
is going to be very interesting if it's a race
38:57
at night or midday there it's night night there
39:00
so i mean obviously the temp starts going down
39:04
we're looking at 83 82 but still 20 20 to 35
39:07
chance of rain oh man okay mercedes uh singapore
39:12
never fails to disappoint at least a little bit
39:15
something something crazy happens even if it's
39:17
not really on track something crazy will be in
39:20
the points oh my gosh um all right Our starting
39:24
grid last year was Norris to Verstappen, Hamilton
39:28
to Russell. Lando holds the lead through T1 with
39:31
Max behind, battling Lewis for second place almost
39:33
immediately. He keeps it as they get to T2. A
39:37
couple cars abort the turn and head off track,
39:39
namely Alonso and Charles, but they rejoin a
39:41
few places from where they started. Nico Hulkenberg
39:44
in the Haas in fifth position, making an overtake
39:46
on Piastri at the start after a bad entry into
39:48
11, but he is able to stick to Nico's bumper
39:51
and make the move a few turns later in the opening.
39:53
lap of the race taking his fifth spot back our
39:56
first retirement of the race comes in the shape
39:58
of alex albon on lap 16 seeing going around the
40:01
track at half power in his williams he safely
40:03
makes it back to the garage to cool off his overheating
40:05
car Lap 30, Lando already 22 seconds ahead of
40:09
Verstappen, starts to complain of a front wing
40:11
damage. A replay showing a lockup at the end
40:14
of one of the short straights, just brushing
40:16
the wall as he wheels himself back onto the racing
40:18
line. He pits a lap later for new tires, keeps
40:22
the same wing, damage minimal or mitigated. Tires!
40:25
Tires! After taking his pit stop and ending up
40:30
behind both Mercs, Piastri starts to make some
40:32
moves to get back to the podium, first on Hamilton
40:35
for fourth position. taking the outside line
40:38
around the mercedes on fresher tires further
40:41
down the grid a battle between alonzo and leclerc
40:43
in which leclerc is able to get ahead for seventh
40:45
four laps later piastri is in the same position
40:48
against russell now where he finds the exact
40:50
same outside line to overtake russell for the
40:52
final final podium slot The rest of the race
40:55
is filled with clips of drivers brushing against
40:57
the wall and some close calls with the barriers.
40:59
K -Mag retiring on lap 60, only two laps away
41:01
from the finish, and Landl finishing a cool 22
41:04
seconds ahead of Verstappen in second, with Danny
41:07
Rick taking the fastest lap for his Red Bull
41:09
team on his last F1 race ever. His last race
41:13
ever. I forgot about that. Our finals, Norris
41:16
Verstappen, Piastri, Russell, Leclerc, Hamilton,
41:19
Sainz, Alonso, Hulkenberg, and Perez. This is
41:23
actually another fun one for me on the game.
41:25
I don't hate Singapore. I used to be really...
41:29
Mike, this is one of Mike's best tracks. He loves
41:31
Singapore. I used to be pretty bad at Singapore.
41:33
It's kind of like off and on, I feel like, through
41:35
the games. But I think this game, I feel pretty
41:37
good about it. Okay, okay. I love night races,
41:41
by the way. Yeah, they're fun. It just... You
41:44
see the spark so much more and that excites me.
41:47
Like fire, fire, fire. Yeah. But yeah, interesting.
41:55
The weather's interesting. How last race ended
41:58
is interesting or not ended, but the results
42:00
of last race is interesting. Heading into this,
42:03
it's kind of tough. Like you said, interesting.
42:06
It is tough because the... I feel like the podium's
42:10
been fairly different, like, for the last couple
42:13
of years. I kind of mentioned this already. I
42:16
feel like, I mean, their car shouldn't be suited
42:19
to it, but Mercedes is typically pretty close
42:22
up there. McLaren's typically okay. Max is usually
42:25
not great at this track, although he's wanting
42:28
to break through this. Well, he's got to win
42:29
the WDC this year, so he's going to have to win.
42:31
So you're going to have to put him in one, Joe.
42:33
But are you going to end up having two McLarens
42:36
on your podium or not? Is this the first race
42:38
in a long time? That's a great question. I actually,
42:43
I'll try coming up with some sort of outline
42:46
for my predictions before coming. I didn't do
42:48
anything at all because I just don't know. I
42:50
want to kind of base it off of what you guys
42:51
do. I don't know either. Well, and Mike and me
42:54
are tied still because I think I put everything
42:56
in right here. So we all just got one point because
43:00
of Max. Yep. None of us picked him to win. Man,
43:02
the one weekend you don't pick George. Dude,
43:05
for real, man. That's rough, dude. I wonder where
43:10
I'm going this week. Who goes first between you
43:15
and Mike? Did we make Mike go first last time?
43:19
Because it was the first time we were sitting
43:23
at tied. Because we were tied last week, too,
43:24
obviously. And that would have been the first
43:27
time. Oh, yeah, that would have made sense. You
43:28
did make him go first last week. Yeah. I think
43:31
you should go first. I mean, because it doesn't
43:33
matter. Because it doesn't matter. Oh, I guess
43:34
it does matter because then you would know his
43:36
prediction. But that's okay. But he didn't know
43:39
mine when he made his. That's true. So I should
43:41
go now. Yeah. All right. That's a good point.
43:42
Glad we figured that out. Hey, that's a really
43:44
good point. Glad we figured that out. That's
43:45
a great point. Glad we figured that out. Okay.
43:47
So, hmm. So what do I do? Ding, ding, ding, ding,
43:55
ding, ding. It's tough. I don't envy you. I feel
44:06
like I can't really use last year. This year
44:09
feels different. McLaren wasn't fully dominating.
44:13
Well, they were towards the end of the year last
44:15
year. That's when they started turning on. They
44:18
were pretty good at this track last year. Gastry
44:20
got up to the podium and Lando finished 22 seconds
44:23
ahead of Verstappen. F, dude. I don't know who
44:28
I want here. And now it's weird because McClaren...
44:31
It's weird because Austin crashed last week.
44:32
That's weird to me. And he crashed because of
44:34
a lockup. He did. Yeah, he did. And he had a
44:37
bad week and all and all. But I think if he's
44:40
a champion, he's going to be able to wash that
44:43
out. And he's going to come back. And it's going
44:51
to go, dang, I don't like this. Can I just feed
44:54
you a little info just to like... George has
44:56
also proven to be pretty good at this track.
44:58
George is on my podium. Yeah. Okay, cool. He's
45:00
on my podium. I was hoping someone would do it.
45:02
He's definitely on my podium. I feel dumb not
45:05
to put him on the podium. He's gotten pretty
45:06
unlucky at this track. Right. But he's done pretty
45:09
well, I feel like. I'm going to go. Dang. I'm
45:14
going to go Lando George Oscar. Ooh, there it
45:19
is. You don't have Max on your podium. That is
45:25
crazy. He'll be four. He's going to be right
45:27
there. I don't know, dude. Maxwell Verstappen
45:30
could absolutely win this race. But again, not
45:33
historically great for him. Before you're right.
45:35
Yeah, it isn't. Yeah, what's Mike's? Can you
45:38
guess what his is? I haven't looked at it either.
45:41
It's spoilered on Discord, so I haven't seen
45:43
it yet. I think he has. Max has got to be on
45:46
there. Because he wants Max, I think it's going
45:49
to be Max. Lando. Max Oscar Lando. I don't think
45:55
he ever puts Lando above Oscar. Right. You think
45:58
it's going to be Max Oscar Lando? Yep. That sounds
46:01
good to me. It was Oscar Max Lando. Oscar Max
46:05
Lando. So he splits the McLarens. Okay. Okay.
46:11
Interesting. Are you putting two papayas on your
46:14
podium? Yes, I am. And it's going to be Max,
46:17
then. It's going to be Max, then. It's going
46:19
to be Lando, Max, and Oscar. Okay. Wait. Oh,
46:23
man. Max and Oscar. Do I want to put Oscar ahead
46:28
of Max? You'd be the only one with Oscar in second,
46:34
so if he does get second, you get the bonus points.
46:36
That's true. I'm going to do that. That's a good
46:37
point. What am I doing? What an idiot. You're
46:40
only two points behind us. What am I doing? I
46:42
promise. I think Max, this might be the year
46:45
he wins. Well, none of us picked him to win.
46:47
So I feel a little safe about that. And at least
46:49
you have him on the podium. Unlike me. I think
46:51
he's going to come back this year. But if George
46:53
gets on the podium, who does George push? If
46:56
George gets to the podium, who does he push out
46:58
of your guys' podium? That's Max, I think. So
47:00
here's what I'm thinking. Listen to this. And
47:03
hey, listen to this. I think either Max is on
47:09
the podium or he's in sixth. I truly think he's
47:13
doing really well or he's stuck low. yeah yeah
47:16
it's just not working out because that's just
47:19
how it goes right but progressively every year
47:22
he's gotten better and better at this track so
47:24
i think this might be the year he breaks the
47:26
curse i mean max has been on the podium the last
47:28
three races we would be of this year yeah of
47:32
this year yeah of this year yeah yeah before
47:35
that it was a two race hiatus then he was second
47:38
and then before that was a two race hiatus so
47:40
he's he's oh god it was a three race hiatus It
47:45
was a four -race hiatus. No, because I see him.
47:48
Red Bull Ring, Silverstone, Spa, Hungara Ring.
47:53
Four races. Red Bull Ring. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
48:00
He's back on the upswing. It was five races.
48:04
Nuh -uh. Spain. Yeah. Six? No, no. I meant in
48:09
a row. Sorry. In a row. One, two. Oh, there's
48:12
Canada. Canada's in there. There it is. Okay.
48:14
No, I was skipping over Canada for some reason.
48:16
We always forget about Canada. I had my blinders
48:17
on. Okay. Interesting. So then that means he's
48:20
due to not hit the podium this race. Is that
48:23
right? He's hit the podium three races in a row.
48:26
Is that right? Well. Well. Guess George is just
48:30
going to have to knock him off the podium. I
48:32
mean, if you didn't say George, I was going to
48:36
say George. So because I did. I feel okay. I
48:39
just wanted him somewhere in one of our podiums
48:42
because I truly believe he's good at this. Yeah,
48:45
exactly. When you get the point, I'm going to
48:48
be like, I did that. Okay, sounds good. I just
48:52
want to be valid in my thinking that he's good
48:55
at this track. That's all I want. Fair, though.
48:58
I'm only two points away. I already feel like
49:00
I've lost this thing. There's seven races left.
49:03
We just established there's seven races left.
49:06
And right now... With Oscar crashing last race?
49:09
I just run so bad. With guys like Mike claiming
49:12
that Max and is cheering Max on to go win the
49:15
WDC, there's a lot that could happen even within
49:17
our predictions. If he's rooting for Max, this
49:20
is not how Max does it with Oscar and Landon
49:22
on the podium. That's not how it works. Although
49:24
I guess predicting and rooting are two different
49:26
things. Whatever. No, you stay on that. You stay
49:31
on that soapbox job. All right. Well, or we could
49:36
see a Red Bull Red Bull. We could see a Ferrari
49:38
come in and take a podium. They are also fine
49:40
with that. Also hit or miss here. I would like
49:42
to see that. And I'd only like to see that because
49:44
it makes me feel better about the start of next
49:46
year. I want to see five teams coming out of
49:49
the gate. Just neck, neck. What am I trying to
49:53
say? Just neck and neck. I would like to see
49:55
that, too. A lot of neck and going. This is obviously
49:58
just a friendly little, friendly little, like,
50:01
not really a bet even. I just want to get your
50:02
opinion here. Okay, I was like, don't say friendly
50:04
like that after I just said there's a lot of
50:05
neck and going on. Whoa! What kind of podcast
50:09
are we turning this into? Singapore's tough,
50:15
right? Singapore's tough. Do we see any of the
50:18
rookies bow out during the race? i feel like
50:21
we have a pretty tough bunch here i don't know
50:23
if we see any of them like like bow out or do
50:26
we see anyone like if it is it's franco and it's
50:30
only because the car's poop okay you know i mean
50:33
that's kind of the vibe i got right now like
50:35
currently it's because i've god i've really been
50:39
liking what gabby's doing lately I have so much
50:41
respect for them when they go racing here because
50:43
after they get out of the track, after they get
50:45
out of the car, they're, like, covered. Like,
50:47
they've been in a swimming pool. Oh, yeah, yeah,
50:49
yeah, for sure. Me, too, when I play the game.
50:54
I'm just so focused. All right. We better close
50:58
this thing up. I'm starting to get unchained.
51:00
All right. What are we doing? All right, Joe.
51:04
You said that last pod too. To close? What are
51:08
we doing? I was over there laughing. You said
51:12
that, right? Tonight's the football pod. What
51:16
are we doing? What Joe's doing is he's going
51:20
to go home. I'm going to go home. Thanks for
51:22
coming all the way over here though. It's not
51:24
that far. I'm happy to be here. It was a lot
51:29
of fun. Sweet, as always. We were able to hold
51:32
down the fort without Mike. We should probably
51:34
just not have him back. Nice, done. You've got
51:38
to be listening to this. Of course, thanks for
51:40
being here. As you do naturally in this dwelling.
51:46
Wow, we need to close the show. Mike, we'll see
51:49
you next week. Do we have a show next week? No,
51:52
we don't. We'll see you in two weeks, Mike. Well,
51:55
I won't. I will. Joel, we'll see you sooner than
51:58
that. I've got to move on. Don't forget to like,
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52:10
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52:12
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52:18
not an outro. It's just bad. We will catch you
52:21
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