2023 Abu Dhabi GP

[00:00:00] So the mean that you are saying, not everything is perfect or not everyone is perfect with it. Oldstru for Logan Sargent too, because he's got 1.1 raise and 0 everywhere else. He's also not consistent in the hero. Hello, hello, welcome back to F1 Fanfiction. We are here. We are here.

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[00:02:04] It's over the season. The torture season is finally over. Man, seriously. It's easy to say that. Isn't it like the mixed feeling of, oh, fuck, finally it's over and also man, it's over. Yeah, it's okay.

[00:02:19] Because do be honest, lay, lay, let's not beat her on the bush but to be honest, like the reason why we didn't record after Qatar is because we were bored. Yeah, because it's the same cars going around in circles. Nothing news happening.

[00:02:34] Sure, you have like a barbeque being inverted big track happening last weekend but who cares about it? And it's the same drama, same nonsense. I am too big a moment for the picked up. No, that's not me. And Sardin, that's not original sentence, right?

[00:02:56] So I saw this video of Christian Hornar being asked. Like, who is he? What like this is this is. And like one of the track that he gets sure and is the weakest track and he goes, oh, that's an inverted dead pick, that's weak.

[00:03:12] So that's his words, not mine. Wow, love this. Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of glad that in the season is done because I have hopes, like as usual with an ex-season, well, as you said, you know, of course,

[00:03:30] I'm going to miss not looking forward to the Sunday morning ritual. You can do a fine. That's definitely there. The break is always kind of the boring part of the season. But I'll have the way the season has been, you know, like the absolute dominance

[00:03:49] where Red Bull and I think they also posted this right. I think like nobody's perfect and a list. Oh, is it? Just yeah, so they posted this because they lost that one race in the Singapore. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly.

[00:04:04] One goes away to Ferrari and everything else is Red Bull racing, which isn't saying, like the amount of records they've broken. I think I, I briefly saw a post yesterday of somebody who, like listed all the records that was tap and broke the season.

[00:04:21] And I think probably it's also a record of beating records, something I don't know. It's making a stop-knows. Yeah. Yeah, why would I not be surprised? What is it? I think like three races, two pairs and then want to sign, so is it? Yeah, and that's about it.

[00:04:41] Yeah, that's about it. Pretty much. Yeah, and I heard like, they are also going to pay a hefty fine for that kind of not exactly a fine, but the way the new rules are structured for like the entry fee that each team has to pay every year.

[00:05:00] It's structured upon how many points they earn in the championship. So because of that Red Bull is going to be paying a whopping $10.6 million as an entry fee. I don't get this.

[00:05:14] So why do they have to, like, because they have no, I have no idea what this is. So basically it's just, you know, like, paying for your license kind of a thing. Okay. So like all teams pay an entry fee each year which they have to.

[00:05:30] And like I think FI pro possibly uses that for like all their, you know, D today stuff opened that. That D is directly proportional to the points you make in the championship. Yep.

[00:05:43] Doesn't that counter intuitive to like the price and you get because being on that actually thing? It is definitely more like I think next time this is started, that they need to win it. But with least number of points is for me.

[00:05:59] I think that's what more cities was trying to do during their dominance. Like we make sure we win, but like right just above the margins. So we don't have to pay as much. Yeah. We're stopping, we'll stop when like I can imagine this conversation that Christian,

[00:06:15] we do don't win so much. We have to pay a large entry fee and he's like, no, I don't care. Like me, win that's it. Or all we know, maybe there's a clause in the contract. Like if you win beyond the point you pay the sum. Right.

[00:06:30] That's what's a good deal. It's all actually decreases as he wins. It's the first a Brazil that has seen. Exactly. Oh boy. Man, but I think we have to take a moment to talk about Red Bull in general this season. Yeah. Like yeah, it's been impeccable performance.

[00:06:53] Like most of these dominance, we have seen like those memes of like the Germany, Pitchtop or whatever. Right. Like and things like this still had these blenders. Back there as well. But it's just insane how good Red Bull has been the season.

[00:07:09] And I think we have to give like a, you know, hats off to them for it. You say them. You say them, but I am seeing our notes here and a sentence that you've written is 1000 laps lead in a single season. Yeah. And it's not for the team.

[00:07:26] It's for a driver. Yeah. It's just one guy. That's true. That's true man. No, I mean forget that as I'm including the rest of the team for Red Bull not not exactly Ferris but yeah. No, no, no, no, I get it.

[00:07:41] I mean it takes a village to do to achieve this for sure for sure. But man. The water. No, I think without stopping without having to be impossible. So that's there still. So kind of true as well. What you said. Sure dominance. It's weird.

[00:07:58] I mean we talk about one guy, but the other driver sort of like, I don't know if it's manufactured because at this point it can't be this manufactured because he was, I mean the first five races or six races. Right? The guy has had podiums.

[00:08:13] He's had those wins as well. And at a level, it felt like it is going to be Rossburg versus Hamilton 2020. So I don't think right. Yeah. You within Red Bull. But God knows what happened after that man like he just was annoying. Yeah, yeah.

[00:08:32] It was like a flip switch trade all of a sudden. Exactly. All of a sudden. And not even entertaining to that point. It is. Oh no. It was advancing. Yeah. No. I agree. In this will at points. I don't know.

[00:08:47] You know, I was listening to this podcast where I think Alex Alvon was a guest and I mean I didn't listen to the whole thing but I heard like a part of it.

[00:08:58] But yeah, basically what he was talking about is like about max like being teammates with max and his ex-girlfriend. And he mentioned that like you know a lot of people say that the car is built around him and really that. But he says that that's not really true.

[00:09:14] Like you know it's a car. It's on a standalone itself. It's a very fast car. And it's. So what that max is able to drive it well to its limit. Yeah. On extract the most out of it.

[00:09:29] Yes, it does favor his style but it's not exactly you know, like tune to be in his favor. Yeah. So you know, so you know I felt like that's kind of more appreciation for max.

[00:09:44] Like even though I totally agree it was you know all we say that you know it's boring blah blah blah and everything but credit Where credits do you know like oh good lead would. I mean it's not an easy feat to show dominance like this right?

[00:09:56] Like it takes consistency, talent, scale or whatever you have. And I mean I'm taking I want to take away some credit away from Perez as well at this point because

[00:10:06] say what you will but these are sort of like the best 20 drivers in the world facing this word right? Like so adaptiveness should be a skill to also have.

[00:10:19] And I mean and this goes for Ricardo with the McLaren season last year as well right if it takes you a whole year to still not get used to the car. I'm going to start sort of questioning you and your ability to adapt as well right?

[00:10:33] And this this was also said for lecture Macker because like he could have been thrown into any car and he was easy to adapt maybe after a reason something new how to get into his new cars or so to say.

[00:10:47] Right, but yeah just goes to show how consistent max is as much as I hate him now that is dominating. But yeah let's use Perez to sort of like go to. What was happening P2 right. Right, like the player starting with the race strong.

[00:11:12] I forget was he actually was actually like for a moment I thought that he might actually stay along with Max because I think for the first time could fight with six laps he was like within one's the kinder.

[00:11:25] And you were by around there like not too far away but yeah of course even pole was even pole qualifying. Where did he start P2 right?

[00:11:35] Yeah because the race start was very nice that the race start was nice I mean Max taking the lead and all sure I forget how many times I counted but if it was a drinking game to take a short every time commentator said.

[00:11:49] I still can't understand why LaClaire didn't take the lead of the race. I would have been sloshed by lap 10 is whatever I say because.

[00:11:58] Yeah, I forget I mean maybe Crafty or who I DC or whoever it was like Palmer whoever it was they've said it so many times and I agree with them right like LaClaire had those moments and opportunities to take that lead from Max.

[00:12:13] But if the situations were reversed Max would have been all elbows out and damage to the car I don't care I'm taking that lead.

[00:12:23] Definitely one but yeah I mean it's like I feel like at least now given the current grade I feel like LeClaire is the only guy who can bring it to Max at the moment that's what I feel at least.

[00:12:38] I don't see any other driver fighting him two to two per se. Yeah so like even though while I have seen LeClaire like being in it many times like he's fast but he is not consistent. Yeah, he doesn't show up every time when needed kind of.

[00:13:06] But I think he's the second best till on the grade I would say like yeah Hamlet and sure but right now they don't have a good car at all. So I mean they're getting there while we say that they're P2 but it took them season to get there.

[00:13:21] Okay let's talk about the Mercedes was a Ferrari drama little man while we were talking about LeClaire. I really enjoyed that. And why is it was a bull in his? I really enjoyed that part a lot. I agree. And it took two teams for Mercedes to be P2.

[00:13:39] It took Ferrari to put themselves in P3 and I'm not talking about Abu Dhabi. I'm talking about the whole season that they've had like a position and it just started bullying.

[00:13:49] But the good part I think like that's come out of all of this is the fact that even LeClaire is now realizing after science that he also needs to be a race engineer and you know try to taste whatever. Because he can't rely on the team anymore.

[00:14:06] But yeah man last lap drama taking it to the finale finally Mercedes ending up P2 taking that bigger chunk of the prize money. Yeah yeah fun right. The whole I love like the when LeClaire started saying things like you know let's what's the gap between Paris and Russell.

[00:14:28] You're calculating all that like calculating the fact that if Paris goes ahead of a 5 second penalty everything. It was so entertaining like it was it really felt like like a formula dank meme, a drink like real life when it's lead to me.

[00:14:45] But yeah it was and unfortunately yet again, there is disappointed everybody by not creating that 5 second. And yeah Mercedes back to P2 man that's a feat right.

[00:15:01] Yeah yeah yeah and you you correct me you corrected me on this before he started recording because I thought it was Hamilton overtaking soon.

[00:15:09] The that did it for them but it turns out so no the again overtook like they never showed it so I thought like it never happened.

[00:15:16] But another got the place back it looks like and Paris obviously disappointing so he dropped behind Russell and actually Russell ensured that Mercedes is P2.

[00:15:29] And again one more thing I wanted to bring out was like for the season a lot of people have been complaining about how Russell is beating Hamilton and qualification. How he has been ahead of him and things like that.

[00:15:41] And if we see the table now it's pretty clear who's the better driver still yet again if you remember the same thing we were talking about last season where he had a poor start in the season.

[00:15:55] A lot of people were blabbering that yeah Russell is better than him blah blah blah blah blah. And the same thing happened two years in a row. Yeah I feel like there's this there's this saying in Hindi right Bob Bob with a sort of.

[00:16:14] It's it's that man I mean yeah I get I feel I feel George's aggression I like what he brings to that track but do you're sitting P8 man in trial. Almost 50 points away from your team mate so 50 points is a lot so yeah so come on.

[00:16:41] I hear he was getting some tip tip responses as well and he was asking questions was engineered what was going on there. So there I think I'm still with Russell because what ended up happening was he was trying to figure out orders happening in the race.

[00:16:57] And I mean obviously they knew going in how close it's gonna be for that P2 title so he was kind enough to sort of like ask what's happening where is Hamilton and his race engineer goes like dude you've got to do your best you.

[00:17:09] Yeah basically not answering what's happening in the race and just telling him you know come on you can do you should do it you should do it.

[00:17:18] Like come on give him an answer and on the other side I think like science asked or someone else like science asked right like what is happening in the race. And his race engineer goes yeah we are fucked so we are hoping that a safety card.

[00:17:33] And I'm like dude what the fuck is it yeah you don't deserve to be. Yeah every time for a race as this it's the it's the it's the mean playing in my head like hope is a dangerous thing my friend.

[00:17:52] But but I love how candid those guys are on radio I love that word it's like it's like they have no shame at all like like. Yeah man like let's hope for a safety card that my Delphas.

[00:18:06] Oh my yeah I think there was this similar thing that happened with Noris as well I think he too. Something good. I'm like why don't you tell me what is dude exactly.

[00:18:25] But I think it's like from the teams perspective I mean again it all depends on what kind of a conversation they had previous.

[00:18:33] What kind of a relationship in general is you know with the driver I think they're different drivers with different levels of trust in with the team as well as with the driver in the sense that the team knowing that driver how.

[00:18:46] You know flustered they get or you know whatever like kind of psychology playing into the game maybe it's a way of them like purposely shielding. That driver from the information too so that they listen to what these guys are saying instead of them going wrong.

[00:19:02] I mean I can understand why behind it kind of but still it was funny so you know. Coming back to Perez let's take a moment to talk about his five second penalty. What do you think about it?

[00:19:20] Well you know till yesterday I would like even today before I watched the footage closely I felt like the penalty was unfair.

[00:19:32] But but after looking at like the clip properly from both the angles like from his view and narcissus view I feel yeah I think the penalty made sense to me.

[00:19:44] No man I see that's where I don't think I completely agree with you I mean it's a racing incident and it's not and it's not like nor is it didn't take the escape I mean if you if you see the chorus right like he sort of turned in they.

[00:20:00] They touched. And then nor is it like oh fuck you know what I'm going to take advantage of the situation and he it just does this to his steering and like goes off the the current area to take that.

[00:20:12] And he was never asked to position back as well so I'm like you know the position. And the opponent gets a five second penalty I mean that's a death sentence right at this.

[00:20:24] That's true actually you're right I actually now that I remember the whole incident when I watched this right now.

[00:20:32] I only watched the actual incident itself and not what happened afterwards but now that you say it it like reminds me of the whole thing again and yes I agree like if he wouldn't have taken that escape route and.

[00:20:44] Right and wouldn't have gained such a larger advantage and which he did like he ended up way ahead of Paris. Now if not for that I would I would still say that that the penalty made sense and the incident isolated in itself as well.

[00:21:00] I would still say that but yeah now with that context actually I do remember right. Yeah, what I also don't like is the post drama that it's great.

[00:21:08] I really like I mean it was it's fine for a driver to be pissed in the moment and say like this is bullcraft. And this is not the post time we're hearing like these people saying such things right like.

[00:21:21] Maxing it's are castically obviously not on those exact words saying like yeah that's fine give them my regards I mean that's that's really calling them bullcraft right. Yeah, creating a post controversy for.

[00:21:35] Yeah, I don't I mean I think if I a directors don't probably value their life as much from the Mexican mafia I don't know what's up. Papa for a themes like a teddy bear but I'm sure he's got a good collection in his house.

[00:21:49] Oh boy, he's a thing don't do it. Exactly. So all in all I don't think there has deserved that penalty. I mean it would have sort of obviously changed the situation way too much for Mercedes but cash is king.

[00:22:04] So who knows what happened behind the scene and I'm all up for controversies with cash. Yeah, yeah I know that's right like five second was probably harsh and as well I think Norse would should have also been asked to give the position back at least.

[00:22:24] I think it would have been fair if he was asked to give the position back and then Perez was given the penalty. Yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah. What's interesting is right like a few labs before this.

[00:22:36] Along so break tested Hamilton I don't know if you call it yeah. Yeah, yeah. And break testing at 200 game pH and all of that that was fine. That's the same thing that happened back in Saudi right? No, sometimes you could see not some time back.

[00:22:53] I remember the commentators saying this sometime back. And I think like they were called to the stewards and the commentator was saying like if the conversation was the most a long so conversation ever. It's like, I mean that's where I felt the safest to break so I break.

[00:23:10] You got no argument to break. I don't know who's behind me. I felt same breaking there. What are you at? What are you at? So yeah, that's fine. That's that's no penalty but this is one. Yeah.

[00:23:33] I think they wanted some drama in the Rezaklist so they knew putting there is that five second penalty would spice things up a little with the red bull and sorry the people in the world. So you know, you know, you know, just then being incompetent that said.

[00:23:50] Yeah, speaking of a long so he was having one of those GP to engine type days. Yes, sir. Yeah. He's one of those drivers right?

[00:24:00] Like this whole season I think like he's also one of those drivers which started off with a bang right like a few remember initial racist.

[00:24:06] You were on the podium and I was like oh fuck yeah, this guy is going to get a some wins and it's going to be a me. Yeah, yeah, it has to be marked in this that this side and then again some switch. Facialed out to it. Yeah.

[00:24:18] The other side and it just facilities out completely. Yeah, totally totally man. I think where did he end up? Let me see how forth still. But again, I think majority of the points that he earned was in the first half.

[00:24:32] If I see his standing, it's pretty much like at one point he was he was the customer E. P. 3 right? Yeah, like for like good five or six races he's like 15 15 15 15 points. Yeah, then a few one second two seconds.

[00:24:49] And then after I think let's see what was this Austria. That was his first P5 money got credited into his accord. Right. He's like okay now and I see you next year.

[00:25:06] Yeah, and after that he got one P2 in Netherlands but after like other than that pretty much. Yeah, he was nowhere. Oh, P3 in Brazil. Yeah, forgot to put that. Sure. PNF's P15 P9 P8 P9 P7.

[00:25:24] Yeah, so most of his points are all from the first half of the season. Right. And still P4 nice. Yeah, not bad. But I would have sort of like like to see a few wins and show that. That has to matter a bit of there as well.

[00:25:38] And well, by the way, we have to give him some slack because he was the only driver again in their team. So you know, we have more it. This is interesting. So for most of the season that is true.

[00:25:50] But I don't know if you've noticed, but like since the Papa's role news has come out of you. You were back, but he's got a 12 some of his take. And I don't think there's concrete news on how much he's selling, but like he's selling some big chunk.

[00:26:05] Baby's role sort of like starting his module and like he was newest P2 for a few laps yesterday as well. So I don't know. I don't know. Maybe he has a good one. Yeah, I'm looking at the standing right now. The first few races are like 6th DNF.

[00:26:27] Yeah, 4th. Oh, that's one. Not bad. But after that it is 7th 12 DNF. You know, all below somewhere and then everything changes after Mexico. DNF and Mexico Brazil P5 last week is new five. Yeah, new scumbras. If I can't. If I can't. I'm not sure if you can.

[00:26:46] I don't know where he is. Where he's already end. Yes, we can. Yeah, see. Sure. One point at least. Passing grades.

[00:26:58] You're showing the time not well, that's why that's why I asked him like couldn't beat McLaren because they had only one driver and then one and half driver. Okay, let's give him a half standing. But going into next year, right? I would have what I'm excited about is.

[00:27:15] It's P.A.Strian McLaren because McLaren now. Yes. If you see right like the first half of the season, some parts were in there and they didn't have those upgrades and then I think like again Austria or off after that summer break.

[00:27:28] Once they got a few things changed on to that car McLaren's had such a big turnaround. Yeah, in more than McLaren like P.A.Strian man. Yes, indeed that guy up there fighting hard in his rookie season. That's a real doozy.

[00:27:44] So next year, if McLaren can still find their most start of the season itself. Yeah, and if it's not a formula max going into the next season, Oh man, I'm excited. I'm excited.

[00:28:01] Yeah, I don't know any stats on this but like just from the top of my head. Can we call him like the or can we say that this was his best rookie season? Oh, yeah. All rookie drivers? I guess. I think I can't imagine. Sure.

[00:28:20] Yeah, I mean, sure some of these other drivers end up in like the 1.5 formula teams but. Yeah, I think like P.A.Strian and Jal. I think these two drivers have been my favorite rookies in the recent years. Yeah.

[00:28:37] Unfortunately, the latter, it's a little bit kind of or at least the team didn't. So we haven't seen him much but. Yeah, but the fun part is right. Like yesterday at checkered flag, uh, show got the fireworks, right? It's okay. Oh yeah.

[00:28:54] So what ended up happening was like, Jal was right ahead of max getting that. And as soon as like Max was finishing and check flag, the Abu Dhabi fire were frames. And it was like, how getting that along with you. Oh, for me. How kind. Very, yeah, man.

[00:29:18] Like P.A.Strian brilliant. Like it's a dream come true. Like pretty much for him. Like after all the drama, it's not like it was straight forward. Like the Alpine drama that went down, you know, at that point, you know,

[00:29:33] if you recall everybody was like snobbing him kind of like, it was very unprofessional to do what he did. Love love love love love. But he's like showed up and he like shot everybody's mouth after the season he's had. Uh, one race win. Okay, it was a sprint.

[00:29:48] Purchtile a race win as a race win. Uh, Yeah. Yeah. Super. Yeah. Well, since we're talking about a rookie driver, I think there's going to be a rookie team as well. Next season. We're not not a rookie, but it's like just changing their clothes and coming back. Out.

[00:30:06] That's Alfa Tauri who's being renamed yet again. But what is it? I think I've lost a bus count of like what what it is. What's what does it next year? Again, these are rumors like it's nothing officially yet, but there are some league documents and stuff which

[00:30:23] alludes that the new name is going to be on a hit at personally. Uh, racing bulls, which is like bullshared, but I don't know. Uh, what that name is. Racing bulls, racing bulls and they're updated delivery has a zebra print on it. Yeah. That's great. That's great.

[00:30:44] That's great. That's great. Exactly. And the funny thing is like the original name that the team had, which is Tauri or so, which is literally red bull in Italian, right? And it was such a brilliant period of words. Uh, it meant the same thing.

[00:31:03] It was not here what the team is. Uh, they changed it. They launched a new brand for it. Alpha Tauri like, uh, or rather that it was the opposite. They named it for the brand, but still I think it didn't make a lot of money or whatever,

[00:31:15] but now they've decided to rename it yet again to these symbols. By the way, somebody needs to remind them that changing names doesn't really change the team or its performance. Rebranding yourself is not the answer. Right.

[00:31:30] If if that was all, then William should have been branded every season for T1. Right. Right. Right. Oh, why let's say that. William's beat them this season, right? So that's there. Like actually, you know, I can't do that.

[00:31:46] That piece of embattled was something that I was excited for. Um, and I do not mean this in a gag way. I actually mean this in that real sense because

[00:31:58] Um, so know the actually I think was giving a good fight leading from the front because Ricardo is out of points. I mean at some point he was p 10, so maybe there could have been an opportunity for a point or two.

[00:32:11] Um, but I think like this whole season with all the drama that has happened with this second driver at Alpha Tauri, I think so know those taken charge to lead that effort as a primary driver.

[00:32:23] Um, and for me, I think he was a good driver of the day. Yeah. Uh, briefly even led the race man imagine that. Oh, yeah. Exactly. I mean, I shouldn't come from the commentator with sounds condescending, but the commentator said to

[00:32:37] Was like, uh, the commentator words were like, imagine reading this, so know they're leading their race. Oh, boy. Yeah. Exactly. Right. Yeah. No man, but he has me actually pretty good this season.

[00:32:56] Like, uh, why like the points don't say so, but he was pretty much p 11 for the longest time. He was just right about there, uh, but just not getting points at the same time. Yeah. So, uh, yeah. I mean, he's I don't know.

[00:33:13] I feel you keep still hasn't gotten a proper chance to prove himself. Like he hasn't had a good car to. I see that he still has potential definitely, uh, but at the same time. Yeah. Never know like, I mean, he's put in a driver.

[00:33:29] So I don't think that's bad. We 14 out of the 22 drivers race this season. And bad. That's true. And with the shit car that they had. Yeah. So yeah. Oh, by the way, we can 22 drivers, right? Yeah. 22 drivers. I'm not a driver. He's not. Yeah.

[00:33:51] Dury is the one car. First. And who's 21st? Yeah. He's a little bit just teasing. He's like, that's a sergeant. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Logan Sergeant, two got knocked out by Liam Losson who attended two races. Two races. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Not two viruses. My word.

[00:34:18] But still. Join mid season out of the blue. Uh, still ended up ahead of a guy who was raised the entire season. Dude, Williams beat Alfred Oury. Okay. For a piece seven. I guess, so Williams has 28 points of which 27 points are Alexander. Of course.

[00:34:39] So not guys beyond fire pretty much. Yeah. So the mean that you are saying, like not everything is perfect or not everyone is perfect with that. Old true for Logan Sergeant, too, because he's got 1 point in one race and zero everywhere else.

[00:34:57] So he's also smart consistent in the field. If you think about it, right? Yes. Nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. No. Boy. Oh boy. That's your take consistent in failures. Imagine that. So true.

[00:35:19] Oh man, but then that just goes to show that Alex alone has beat a team like that's insane. That's right. At team where like three different drivers raised no four. How many drivers raised that? Okay. But total of four.

[00:35:39] And it wouldn't even have a matter if like Logan, Logan didn't even get that one point. He would have still beat the entire team. One V4 and my God. One V4 and say imagine that. I think he can put that on his resume for sure.

[00:35:54] That's something really awesome to hear. Like I didn't really think about this this well. Like now that we're talking about it, I like it makes all come stinger. Right. Yeah. The only team that's I think like is playing their own game is the self saboteur

[00:36:12] Alpine because those friends, I don't know what the fuck is wrong. So there's there's a now a very prominent rivalry going on between Ocon and Albon.

[00:36:21] Because even during the race, I think there was a radio message where Albon was pissed on why they got undercut by his own team. Oh yeah. Right. And this is what the first time this being like this, this war will disappear. So yeah. So there's that.

[00:36:39] And then the other thing is like I don't think these guys probably know how to drive and I'm going to just say it because I mean the incident between Ocon and Hamilton. If I was Hamilton driving maybe even in my whatever, beat it up, Hyundai Accert.

[00:36:55] And someone was in front of me who got confused on when to break and how much to break and I rear ended the guy even after having a good apple boy. I thought it was how you, how do you, what the fuck? Yeah that was so close.

[00:37:13] Like they touched right. I think they touched. Yeah. Yeah. Hamilton had a barely hanging on left and there end played and I don't know what problem. Oh, one had with his fear and whatever. But doing so much heavy breaking man, so much heavy breaking. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:37:37] I think Hamilton getting break tested by Alonzo was probably still way way way safer than Ocon actually having Hamilton rear end into himself. Right. Maybe.

[00:37:54] And I think it was also, oh, one more thing I had to say was the very fact that Sonoda did not get knocked off my Hamilton during that overtake in the original itself. I think Sonoda should be given a price for that.

[00:38:11] Yeah because yeah, Hamilton has a bad reputation for doing this. Yeah, but for all red buildings like all red buildings. Yeah. That's true. Yeah, that's true. He in fact got the position back. That's like just impressive. Next level. Who else on? Oh, by the way. Okay.

[00:38:31] We must talk about two teams that we haven't talked about at all. So like let's not spend a lot of time but has what the fuck are they doing and what's going on. Let's talk about the next one. Yeah.

[00:38:43] I don't know if you notice this but do you know like I'd restart after like I mean I'd restart as at least for me like the first five laps. Okay. He lost six places. Oh man. It's insane. It's such a terrible season they have hired, man.

[00:39:09] Like I don't even feel bad. Like for Williams, I used to kind of feel bad a little like you know there. It feels like they're trying like at at has it doesn't even seem that they're trying very much. Yeah.

[00:39:22] And what's interesting for me is like they show promise in qualifying and it's not like they've consistently dropped below Pete and right? Like they've been there.

[00:39:34] The whole core magnation like one of those two at least will show promise and be like in the top five's at the top 10's. And then come raise day they're like okay I'm done. Bye. Yeah. Right. Either DNF or just dropped out.

[00:39:48] I have to like create a car that can go fast only one lap and that's it again after that it's like just gone. And they just rely that okay we'll get as far as we can in qualification.

[00:40:01] And after that we know that we're going to lose all positions. So you know just try and stick it out that's it. Damn and both as I think like these things. Yeah, I've got us yeah. Yeah, I'm kick his ass out man. I'm tired of him very honestly.

[00:40:14] At least give some. Okay. I have someone that you've not even noticed the whole season. That's true. I think he's only there to just promote me because naked as calendar that he's been creating the. Oh, yeah. But as is only fun. The dropping soon. There's a great.

[00:40:36] Just the winter cap nothing else on sure. Yeah. I'm getting worried here. You're right. Well, that's that's the season. That's all we had to talk about at this end of the season. So I think that pretty much sums it up. It does it does.

[00:40:56] And I honestly like yeah, I'm glad this is over. Too many memes coming out of it. We may just drop some memes that we like from there. The rumor has it. There's this two new call center folks at Ferrari. Science and luckily.

[00:41:16] But hey, it's over. It's over. Come on. You can you can enjoy. Nobody's perfect. I hope I hope next year isn't this long doesn't get boring soon enough. I think at least what let least keep us on is, you know,

[00:41:34] if all the championship drivers, constructors are not done maybe five races before this season. It's watching 20 to 23 24. I don't even know how many we have a drag. Yeah. And lesser resources as well. Like what the fuck is this kid you will man. I don't understand.

[00:41:53] I think even Hornor said something to the effects. Especially I think about the last week is G. I think he said that all the crew, like everybody else in the team was tired as fuck because first of all that start time was at precious. Yeah.

[00:42:07] 12 AM who the fuck races at 12 AM. I know. I know people in the US tweeting that I usually, I usually only miss or I usually see the US. And the American Grand Prix. But this is a US Grand Prix that I couldn't watch exactly. You do it.

[00:42:27] Neither could I had to wait. I thought that that's one reason that would be really awesome to watch live. You know, like at the start of the season. Who is it for? Because your pins are sleeping. It's too late for Americans.

[00:42:40] Indians are watching and maybe Australians that's it. And people in Vegas because they can't sleep on the loud noise that's going on in this. Yeah, oh boy. I've been like unfortunately we didn't make that episode maybe let's see.

[00:42:55] We might come up with a follow up episode or something just you know, talk about random shit. But but I have seen so much negativity from like the local folks in Vegas about the whole track being constructed all the traffic jams and everything.

[00:43:11] It was a complete shit show all over. Yeah, let's let's forget it out of the way. Kudos to FIA for doing cash-skink correctly and putting up a show and getting all the millionaires, billionaires out there and making the money that they wanted one hope for. But. Content.

[00:43:33] But I think like regardless of everything all all the shit things are happened. I think. I hate to say it but it was somewhat of a decent weekend like. Like, uh, while all the traffic shit in the garden. It wasn't too bad.

[00:43:48] Like the show that they put up was it looks spectacular like the shots from the helicopter were amazing. Like no doubt about it. Like I can't eat how much ever I want to hate on it. I can't because the visuals were really cool. No, yeah.

[00:44:03] I mean ignoring every tiredness fatigue blah blah blah. Right. I do a thing. With and also like with the globe and the dome having been. Yeah. Yeah. And I think the early also a decent race I would say.

[00:44:17] Like it wasn't as boring as like the couple of other reasons that you've had. Uh, and the later half. Injeh. There too. Whereas has smaller balls compared to Max because you're a few more anyways. Although what was fascinating for me was the post-press situation.

[00:44:37] They dumped them into a roll slice those three together. Oh boy, that's them. Them somewhere else. I think like the belage you're fountain to interview with DC in the court. Oh my god. I'm so weird. Uh, podium ceremony.

[00:44:51] And I'm like, what the fuck is happening at two in the morning man? And the funny thing was, you know, initially I think the Red Bulls engineer got in. So it was let's look at Red Bulls engineer and sign setting.

[00:45:04] It was up and didn't have any place to sit in the car. I pulled out the engineer with the car. I'm not going to be there. Yeah, because if I were to get in here and I'd be like, What am I going to happen somewhere else?

[00:45:16] I don't know. I didn't know there's a low in DC probably waiting there. And just like I got to go and talk to him. It is so weird. It's a good thing. But yeah. Yeah, there were a few, there were a few weird situations.

[00:45:32] Like even Max called out the whole standing as a clown where they were introducing their teams and started to do nothing. Yeah. Only show sort of situation. Yeah. All sorts of things. The dream cover coming out. And yeah. That's fine. That's fine.

[00:45:51] I think like they should have learned from Baku and the mistakes they've made. But I mean, there's million things to do. That's loop through that. Luckily nobody was injured as bad but that's season 2023. While the season is over, it's definitely not done from us at FnF and FnFiction.

[00:46:14] As we said, the collaboration with the Indian Racing League, IRL is going on strong. So there will be an episode or two still dropping on that side. The goal check them on if you are in India, especially in this other part.

[00:46:30] F4 is still happening with a few rounds left in Chennai. Go check that out. Yeah, and with all of that said, we will... Whoop to bring out a few fires at episodes for you before the next season begins?

[00:46:48] Hopefully the next season isn't as of a drag as this one works for it. If you had fun, you do you with that said. And let us know. Why did you have fun? Actually, yeah. You know what you think? Yeah, let's interact DM either.

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