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Eric Thompson: Sports Journalist on the Formula one Grand Prix in Japan · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Formula One hits Japan this weekend. Liam Lawson to race
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  Speaker 1: for the first time since dropping to the Racing Bulls.
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  Speaker 1: Lawson's replacement, who we've already heard from this our, Yuki Sonoda,
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  Speaker 1: will be racing for the main team on Sunday. Eric
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  Speaker 1: Thompson is a motoring journalist and has got up early
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  Speaker 1: for us. Good morning to you, Eric, Good morning Andrew.
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  Speaker 2: How are you.
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  Speaker 1: I am good. Do we expect any bitterness or awkwardness
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  Speaker 1: or maybe some elbow out racing between Liam and Yuki?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe some elbow out racing. Lawson has already shown that
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  Speaker 2: he's not scared of anybody on the track. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's upset Fernando Alonso and a few other people. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think I don't think elbows out will be an issue.
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  Speaker 2: Is certainly not going to hopefully he's not going to
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  Speaker 2: try and change his driving style. But those two have
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  Speaker 2: been friends since junior junior days, so I think there
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  Speaker 2: will be a little bit of a strain on there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's like your best you know, you get
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  Speaker 2: the big gig and then all of a sudden, you
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  Speaker 2: know you're still mate because you've got the big gig,
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  Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden you'll sort of move
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  Speaker 2: sideways for your your best mate to get the big gig.
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  Speaker 2: So and you know, egos are a play in that
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  Speaker 2: sport supports, and.
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  Speaker 1: This is what makes it so watchable. So look, this
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  Speaker 1: is a test for Liam, but it's also a test
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  Speaker 1: for the rebel car. Lawson claimed it was a dog,
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  Speaker 1: Yuki said this week it's okay Liam. Fans will want
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  Speaker 1: to see Yuki at the back of the track to
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  Speaker 1: prove that Liam wasn't as bad a driver as some maccount.
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  Speaker 2: What a great soumation Andrew, yes, exactly. But the thing
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  Speaker 2: is Liam Lawson, after his days on the simulator, said
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  Speaker 2: a very similar similar thing to Sonoda before the start
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  Speaker 2: of the sea. He said, Oh, the car's not that bad.
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  Speaker 2: I quite enjoy drying it. But although simulators are close,
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  Speaker 2: they're not the real thing. It's like having virtuality goggles
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  Speaker 2: on and you're playing your immerse inside a game. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you think it's real, but it's not real. And I
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  Speaker 2: think in about fifteen minutes pre practice starts, so in
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  Speaker 2: about half an hour we'll see how good a Sonoda
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  Speaker 2: Isn't that.
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  Speaker 1: I have one last question for you. I have one
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  Speaker 1: last question for you, because this has been worrying me.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think UB's RB twenty one, the Red Bull
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  Speaker 1: car has been fixed in the fortnight since the last race,
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  Speaker 1: changing conditions.
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  Speaker 2: No, because that car's fundamental problem is in the chassis.
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  Speaker 2: It's very nervy at the rear and very pointy at
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  Speaker 2: the front, which means everything's on the front. And there's
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  Speaker 2: very few drivers in the world that can drive a
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  Speaker 2: car like that makes the step and just happens to
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  Speaker 2: be one of them, So there's no way they can
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  Speaker 2: completely change the geometry of their car in a couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks. They can't try the air over and other things.
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