welcome to F1 Fanfiction where we are joined by renowned content creator Rohan Gulati, diving into the thrilling world of Formula 1. Our discussion delves into the Japanese Grand Prix, exploring emotions from the race weekend, strategic moves by teams like Ferrari, and challenges faced by Mercedes.
In this episode we discuss:
- Daniel's Isolated incident
- The 5-car pit brawl 🥊
- Mercedes's anti-Midas touch 🥲
- Alien vomit team screws up pitstop, again..
- Williams Chassis Controversy Continues ©️
- Tsunoda's non-explicit radio message
- Stroll's "GP2 engine" moment 👀
- The unovertakable Magnusson
Running this podcast takes up a lot of passion, hard work, and real money. If you like listening to our podcast and have the money to spare, please consider donating at F1 Fanfiction is a F1 Podcast (buymeacoffee.com)
Follow Rohan on his Instagram to get some hilarious more F1 content! Rohan Gulaty (@rohangulaty)
Join F1 Fanfiction at our Socials:
Instagram: @f1fanfiction
Tiktok: @f1fanfiction
Twitter: @f1fanfiction
Music
Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen
Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix
[00:00:00] that only Danny recorded a difference for this race I have in because 12 was on his left Ricardo
[00:00:06] was so concerned that we could only see almost less that this 12 will be capacity.
[00:00:12] I need to like make some distance from it, he didn't realize that there was someone
[00:00:16] coming on his mind on it so that is why Ricardo defines that, he always so scary at times
[00:00:30] Hello, hello and welcome back to F1 Fanfiction issue where we discuss the race weekend
[00:00:36] and sometimes try to do racing community interviews.
[00:00:39] I know we've been lagging on that but stay tuned this is an interesting series that's going
[00:00:43] to come up anyways.
[00:00:45] This episode is a Japanese Grand Prix favorite track of almost every driver that's ever
[00:00:52] be asked this question.
[00:00:54] But before we get into that we are your hosts, I am Akash.
[00:00:57] And I'm Sarang.
[00:00:59] And today we've got a guest, I guess introduce yourself take it over.
[00:01:06] Hey guys, I'm Rohan Gulati, I make F1 videos, none of you what I've seen before, I don't
[00:01:14] show my face since it's just W videos, I'm dubbing random stuff.
[00:01:20] So just to add on to the randomness in my life and from I'll have a different team.
[00:01:28] I think a random review of this chapter is easy.
[00:01:33] Yep, that's the goal.
[00:01:36] So for folks who know the Indian tradition, today's Goongadu, this is face reveal of Rohan Gulati
[00:01:44] basically right here.
[00:01:46] I'm saying right here but there is no video you're listening to this on Spotify or whatever
[00:01:50] but you still can't see it.
[00:01:52] You'll see a real somewhere pop up on the channel so yes there's a face reveal.
[00:01:59] Anya, man if you've not heard or seen or know about this content go check out Rohan
[00:02:06] Gulati.
[00:02:07] Absolutely hilarious.
[00:02:08] If you think we have fun you should check it out.
[00:02:12] Raw thoughts on your weekend, what did you think about this weekend?
[00:02:16] Like I am a Daniel Ricardo fan so my weekend started in that day.
[00:02:23] That's about this second.
[00:02:26] That's a decent shirt.
[00:02:28] So like honestly it was terrible to start with, like have a morning alarm of what 10,
[00:02:34] 30 like I wanted like at world last night woke up early like 10, 30 was that for the
[00:02:40] first Sunday.
[00:02:42] I join in with full excitement everything that he's seen.
[00:02:47] That's the full scene in the room.
[00:02:50] That's a great nice atmosphere for the title of this week and yeah 30 seconds it all
[00:02:57] had lasted.
[00:02:58] Yes that's it.
[00:02:59] Rohan, the living SpongeBob meme right?
[00:03:06] Like he got his chair out sat on it and like okay I'm done.
[00:03:13] I'm not going back out.
[00:03:14] Yeah, so like if you're watching the rest of the live like when they showing the front view
[00:03:20] of what was happening.
[00:03:21] Right.
[00:03:22] And that's right.
[00:03:23] Yeah.
[00:03:24] You could see on the live you could see two cars head fast.
[00:03:28] Yeah yeah yeah yeah.
[00:03:29] Then this will and I knew.
[00:03:31] And that's what I was talking about.
[00:03:33] I'm just saying, I'm not going to be talking about this.
[00:03:35] It would be the new thing.
[00:03:36] It's a record.
[00:03:37] See firstly because of the leaves now they are blue livery.
[00:03:40] So I could get out of this that there is either Williams or the Sir Ricardo or it could be
[00:03:48] actually.
[00:03:49] I knew as Sonora, I knew Sonora would find a way and take get out of the back.
[00:03:55] So yeah, I kind of knew and then they showed a team RV.
[00:03:59] Then I knew it would be a car.
[00:04:01] Yeah.
[00:04:02] 34 seconds of pure city.
[00:04:04] And then there was a long break.
[00:04:07] Yeah.
[00:04:08] So it was a full chaos that I had think.
[00:04:11] So that gave me time to reassemble myself shared one sad story on my head.
[00:04:17] So this is what I usually do that helps because you have an effcement community.
[00:04:22] Right.
[00:04:23] And then you can share the copy.
[00:04:26] Yeah, the story from book that we are trying to worry about some five six reactions all of
[00:04:35] us like now let's yeah, now let's go.
[00:04:38] So after that it was talking about the whole is it was quite tactical and strategic.
[00:04:44] Yes.
[00:04:45] Yeah.
[00:04:46] The high temperatures.
[00:04:48] Yeah.
[00:04:49] And the strategic choices of the tires it was all down.
[00:04:53] So it was all down to the strategy and good pit stops.
[00:04:57] Yes, yes.
[00:04:58] Like like surprisingly Ferrari had a nice strategy this week.
[00:05:04] And I heard that's a reason.
[00:05:06] Yeah, it was.
[00:05:07] I have to tell you one of our stops that is the idea.
[00:05:12] Yes.
[00:05:13] So when you take your own decisions, you do well.
[00:05:17] So I think that like this land that doesn't from science.
[00:05:20] Science.
[00:05:21] Totally.
[00:05:22] And what the.
[00:05:24] What must it is and like it's just not happening for them.
[00:05:27] I just don't know.
[00:05:28] Like when you don't have it's like when you don't have anything everything.
[00:05:32] Yeah.
[00:05:33] Yeah.
[00:05:34] Keeps going bad.
[00:05:35] Yeah.
[00:05:36] Yeah.
[00:05:37] It is that I everything which they used to do turned into gold at that time.
[00:05:41] But now we're never going to just not working.
[00:05:44] Yeah, this turns to shit anything that you see on that point.
[00:05:48] Did you see this?
[00:05:49] They posted it sometime today on Twitter where they have that door.
[00:05:52] Yeah.
[00:05:53] Silver and the new black if you can't handle me at my things.
[00:05:56] You don't deserve me.
[00:05:58] And the funnier part is Red Bull is replying to them saying.
[00:06:02] I've done are you do it?
[00:06:03] Are you five or something?
[00:06:05] I feel bad for you.
[00:06:08] And for the new fans.
[00:06:10] Co-legs started falling.
[00:06:12] Lewis had a later time.
[00:06:14] Yeah.
[00:06:15] But you have just just a last championship.
[00:06:17] Yeah.
[00:06:18] And since they are just the sadness, yeah.
[00:06:20] Like I said.
[00:06:21] Yes.
[00:06:22] And for those teenagers at least like people over Red Bull and they have seen that struggle.
[00:06:26] Yes.
[00:06:27] Yes.
[00:06:28] Yes.
[00:06:29] It is been been.
[00:06:30] So now.
[00:06:31] So they have where their celebration comes from because they are seeing that way.
[00:06:34] Yeah.
[00:06:35] Yeah.
[00:06:36] Just feel bad now.
[00:06:37] Hamilton is leaving that don't know who to support.
[00:06:39] Like like.
[00:06:40] Like.
[00:06:41] Like.
[00:06:42] Are they a person?
[00:06:43] And are they are.
[00:06:44] Right.
[00:06:45] And.
[00:06:46] Imagine if we would have actually gone to Red Bull.
[00:06:48] It should have exploded.
[00:06:49] Oh my god.
[00:06:50] Yeah.
[00:06:51] What do I do now?
[00:06:52] What I want to like when I name them.
[00:06:54] They just find.
[00:06:55] I think every race you just can't take your eyes off.
[00:06:58] Allons.
[00:06:59] So he's doing something about the last leg in Australia.
[00:07:02] He had that moment with Russell.
[00:07:04] Yeah.
[00:07:05] Or rather a shunt debacle.
[00:07:07] Yeah.
[00:07:08] And this time around he did it.
[00:07:10] Full statically.
[00:07:11] Yeah.
[00:07:12] Yeah.
[00:07:13] Yeah.
[00:07:14] Like getting past the like today.
[00:07:16] I made a video and I had that comparison.
[00:07:18] I had a long story.
[00:07:19] Holy and Piazzi is RCD.
[00:07:21] And.
[00:07:22] I was just taking RCD.
[00:07:24] I knew.
[00:07:25] And as soon as fully by the way.
[00:07:29] As soon as the long so bent.
[00:07:31] Piazzi made an error.
[00:07:33] There was no one to say.
[00:07:34] Yeah.
[00:07:35] Yeah.
[00:07:36] And his analogy and so yeah.
[00:07:38] Lonsa was brilliant.
[00:07:39] Statistically, technically.
[00:07:40] Yeah.
[00:07:41] And since you talk about a lot so I have to talk about.
[00:07:44] Uh, lunches message because it is such a contrast that at one place a lot so came in what?
[00:07:50] Fifth six.
[00:07:51] I forget what it was.
[00:07:52] Yeah.
[00:07:53] But uh, stole came under the radio and I think it was one of the most painful.
[00:07:56] Radio messages that I heard which when he said that what's going on with this car like they
[00:08:01] feel like a different category which is very akin to GP to engine.
[00:08:05] What a Lonsa said.
[00:08:07] Yeah.
[00:08:08] I don't know if a Lonzo is doing this on purpose in the sense like he's basically shown what
[00:08:13] he can do.
[00:08:14] Like if you don't want to be a hanging cow, like don't come too close to me in the last
[00:08:19] ages right?
[00:08:20] Because Piazzi was getting into that DRS zone obviously on purpose and tactically from a Lonzo
[00:08:25] as well.
[00:08:26] But then he was like Mirko, I don't want to repeat Trusson.
[00:08:29] I can't Japanese grow up to be.
[00:08:31] But no, let's let's take let's start with this whole whole Ricardo de baccala.
[00:08:37] So in Ricardo's word he says that this incident is an isolated event in itself.
[00:08:44] Sure, he can keep himself happy with that statement.
[00:08:48] But but I mean while I'm not a Ricardo fan fan per se I mean from back in the day if you
[00:08:56] would have asked me this in 2017 who can still be a world champion I would have answered
[00:09:00] Daniel at that point right?
[00:09:02] Like in his in his red bulltays.
[00:09:04] But is it is it time for RBVs to now sort of start looking for a second driver which
[00:09:10] people are already they already are.
[00:09:12] People are already waiting at the
[00:09:14] Oh, I don't know if you saw yesterday there was this one shot where like this camera man
[00:09:19] was like focused on Daniel and then he zooms out and he lost and just standing behind
[00:09:24] you know that meme of like somebody is like pointing a gun at you.
[00:09:31] Also like and I take I'll behind that one.
[00:09:39] Yeah, all the fans are you guys not so much fun for me but yeah.
[00:09:48] The advice like talking just early from like unbiased point of view it is kind of like see
[00:09:56] when he left red bull you could see that lenses of magic for some time in red.
[00:10:02] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah or the five on a yes that's on it on the current and that car was being built
[00:10:10] around here.
[00:10:11] Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[00:10:12] I think after that McLaren there is nothing apart from that Italy the P1P3.
[00:10:18] Yes, right, right.
[00:10:19] And there was nothing isolated event yeah.
[00:10:23] Yeah and that to happen because first happened in Hamilton took it that.
[00:10:28] Oh, yes, that's right.
[00:10:29] Yeah.
[00:10:30] So people kind of forget it.
[00:10:32] I remember it so I have to mention.
[00:10:37] But so yeah, but now if you see like everyone was likely now he got a good preseason also last
[00:10:44] year was just a half kind of season.
[00:10:46] Right.
[00:10:47] And you had to give it to him.
[00:10:49] You can't just get into a current keep that.
[00:10:52] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:10:53] But now it's been four races and although whatever this was DNF but you can see that's to notice
[00:11:00] completely and see early out performing.
[00:11:03] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:11:04] If you are and Liam Los and did our brilliant job last year and every.
[00:11:11] Yeah, he has been got out of here.
[00:11:13] He has been promised to see it next season.
[00:11:16] So as to be either Sonora or the car does the new and I think they are planning to give them
[00:11:24] a like I think half season definitely but maybe they would have planned off season.
[00:11:29] Yeah, yeah.
[00:11:30] And then we will see what.
[00:11:31] But I think we kind of know that what is happening.
[00:11:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:11:36] And for the man you talk about Sonora but like he that he was on a different planet at home
[00:11:44] and like it was two to four things were amazing that he did on like this.
[00:11:49] A few master of S.
[00:11:51] Yeah, he really turned one turn two on the places to look out for right like after.
[00:11:56] And then he was like a diagonal when people sort of like go out you have that opportunity
[00:12:00] but this is yeah, I mean we talk about stroll as well but like Sonora was on a different planet
[00:12:06] at home.
[00:12:07] So also did that right?
[00:12:08] Yeah.
[00:12:09] Yeah and the thing is I guess matured.
[00:12:11] I remember couple of places where he was in top 10 and because of him being greedy for that
[00:12:16] one extra position he just could have been right now.
[00:12:20] And we value of every point like he understands where their car is they should not top 10.
[00:12:28] It is just thanks to Straun who is not performing that way that you get that one extra slot inside
[00:12:35] top 10.
[00:12:36] That's true.
[00:12:37] And anything and there's what has his do it you can see how it's done.
[00:12:41] Yeah, I feel they are doing a brilliant job in that.
[00:12:44] Oh yes.
[00:12:45] Yes.
[00:12:46] And then he just started overtaking that you know.
[00:12:48] Yeah, yeah.
[00:12:49] Yeah, yeah.
[00:12:50] Totally very difficult to take on this.
[00:12:53] Yes.
[00:12:54] That is simple.
[00:12:55] That is an hope even who is trying to take that point and then in the last.
[00:13:00] I can but with this again if they had four five more laps I can but would have overtaken
[00:13:06] the Sonora because they had done that same strategy right like with what you just said
[00:13:12] right like with the train it is just a kudos to the visa or team for their amazing pit stop.
[00:13:18] But it was a Maglid train.
[00:13:20] Yeah, yeah.
[00:13:21] Mag was leading the whole pack and if you would have come out again it was again Chalo Subh Miripi Chalik the same story.
[00:13:27] You know something okay since you mentioned this pit stop first of all that pit stop that shot of that pit stop was a beautiful shot in the world.
[00:13:35] It's five cars coming out of the pit stop altogether.
[00:13:38] Okay, first of all they didn't show it live.
[00:13:40] They like as soon as it happened they switched to that.
[00:13:43] I don't know if it was a fuck is going on here.
[00:13:45] Yes, yes, yes.
[00:13:46] Was there like a safety car or something that everybody jumped in?
[00:13:48] I don't know what happens and also when Snowdorf is coming out the way he said thanks to the team
[00:13:54] I first thought that it is sarcastic.
[00:13:56] I thought that he's angry at the team.
[00:13:58] And like wait didn't you come ahead why you angry at them?
[00:14:01] You don't expect you don't expect to know that to be so organized on the race.
[00:14:05] Exactly.
[00:14:06] Yeah, generally it's just B by B.
[00:14:09] Yeah, yeah.
[00:14:10] They were literally words this time which we could listen.
[00:14:14] Yeah.
[00:14:15] Yeah.
[00:14:16] Yeah.
[00:14:17] Talking about that pit stop again you just got to feel bad for boaters.
[00:14:25] Like the guy can do anything but he knows when he put inside the pit he'll have to come 10 seconds later.
[00:14:32] So what like and then like come at the little dimension it was a decent stop only 8 seconds.
[00:14:39] I don't know.
[00:14:40] Dude he was comparing himself other average so you know.
[00:14:45] I think it's very clear so about the state whatever that you guys are now.
[00:14:53] They should go for a one stop or wherever possible.
[00:14:57] That is the only way they can say sometime.
[00:15:00] I feel like if there was a one stop or possible in this race which like you two.
[00:15:06] Yeah, go ahead because you're making a stop you are anyways losing 15 seconds.
[00:15:12] Yeah yeah.
[00:15:13] So better to if boaters I don't think boaters cares now.
[00:15:17] Yeah that's true he's he's tacked out just for grace marks what they did was like that first pit stop that boat has did.
[00:15:25] That was a good one.
[00:15:26] Oh that was a good one.
[00:15:27] It's like we've done so bad to you will give you one good one then they were back to normal.
[00:15:32] They did the same with Jow then they did it's a boat as again.
[00:15:36] We have this running theory one like where we think what Kate or whatever alien,
[00:15:41] Spitalian, warm and team does is basically pick random 20 people from like the VIP paddock pass and then give the
[00:15:49] guy and be like go change time.
[00:15:51] Go change time.
[00:15:52] Impossible.
[00:15:53] Like possible.
[00:15:54] Don't even want to defend them they can't defend them.
[00:15:58] There's so much money is involved in this code how much we have to talk about it.
[00:16:03] And when you see this thing happening on a regular basis,
[00:16:07] It's a good for me I did content every weekend.
[00:16:10] Yeah good for us of course.
[00:16:14] Whenever there is a lot of content because of 40 grids,
[00:16:18] I know that there's that team will give us a stop point.
[00:16:23] Yeah but it's bad again right like it's like the new folks think of like
[00:16:29] Bota as this guy who drives this badly in a car that is good.
[00:16:33] He is a good driver.
[00:16:36] He is just becoming a fin more and more that's it.
[00:16:41] You see this weekend his practice time is also a quality or
[00:16:45] You know that he was literally in that he was literally the lead contenter for that
[00:16:51] He can't.
[00:16:52] Yeah actually I was quite surprised he was yeah, he was doing really well.
[00:16:56] And after that first of you can see that green cube car
[00:17:00] The fried color which again the thing is the car is also so widely visible.
[00:17:06] Yeah.
[00:17:07] That you know when this crew up you can see that
[00:17:10] Who's good at that?
[00:17:14] Changing the topic of it and going back to actually where we started but
[00:17:18] There's one important point that I really need to talk about.
[00:17:21] That is the crash between the car do and Albonne.
[00:17:25] So since there has been so much controversy with like Williams and their car
[00:17:30] And chassis Logan not getting the car everything.
[00:17:33] The irony is that a Logan got Albonne's repaired chassis this time right.
[00:17:39] And first of all he crashed out in what F P 1 F P
[00:17:43] F P 1 that was funny.
[00:17:45] I thought that he's trying to pull a fast one that he thought I'll crash this car
[00:17:48] And let's see if they give me that car.
[00:17:51] The second thing of course Albonne crashes this car.
[00:17:56] Now my question is what happens if both their chassis get damaged or what are they going to do?
[00:18:01] This is a thing so this is a running thing right like I think I think
[00:18:05] I don't know we'll have to look into the regulations and if one was maybe you chime in but
[00:18:10] So far it does not count as them not participating.
[00:18:14] But it is a threat that they might be out of chassis in the next race
[00:18:20] And they might have to sit one out.
[00:18:22] So I don't know I could be completely wrong here but I saw like a comment or a running threat on red it somewhere that
[00:18:29] it is a possibility that they might sit one out.
[00:18:32] And the question was like is it okay if a team sits one out?
[00:18:36] Nobody knows, at least try it out.
[00:18:38] Yeah I think in terms of regulations I don't think even the teams would know
[00:18:42] because how the FI is a regulation and the key point changes.
[00:18:46] Nobody would have thought like what will the team do if they don't come to the team?
[00:18:51] I can see a top KTA in for the car to work.
[00:19:00] But even I saw before the weekend there like someone had some
[00:19:07] journalists had asked really I'm about the like if they have an experience as you know
[00:19:12] and I think they don't have until the next race also.
[00:19:17] So if you saw like even Logan kind of crashed up it towards the end of the race
[00:19:23] or that time.
[00:19:24] Yes.
[00:19:25] So like just like I think.
[00:19:28] And he reversed on to that track.
[00:19:30] Oh yes.
[00:19:31] Oh yes.
[00:19:32] I was thinking oh my god.
[00:19:35] That was so dangerous man.
[00:19:37] Throw Killa Di.
[00:19:40] Actually it could have been dangerous for people who were actually running for
[00:19:44] actually doing something you people is but yeah it was I think yeah
[00:19:49] it was kind of meant to be key.
[00:19:51] Yeah.
[00:19:52] Yeah.
[00:19:53] Logan is just given up I think his confidence has taken a big big hit
[00:19:57] like and he did show glimpse of some good overtaking this race.
[00:20:02] Like you could see he was he was in the mix for Saturday.
[00:20:05] Yeah that's what I was going to say he was doing pretty good this race actually.
[00:20:08] When he hadn't pitted it especially when he hadn't pitted and like others had
[00:20:11] he was up like somewhere around 12 13 and I was like obviously he's not going to stay here
[00:20:16] but he was giving a tough fight for people with fresh air tires to try and
[00:20:20] over it.
[00:20:21] That was at least some few good luck.
[00:20:23] Yeah.
[00:20:24] That fight car pitstop completely screwed him like he came out last and last
[00:20:28] and then I think he never recovered from that.
[00:20:33] And what so notup what is place like no one could come here to like
[00:20:38] as to hide their best to have a different strategy they put a
[00:20:42] shift it to soft but again.
[00:20:44] Lans like just put it in and it's actually really of painful yeah.
[00:20:49] Yeah.
[00:20:50] Oh.
[00:20:51] That's so actually reminded me of that Arjun and he put chocolate
[00:20:54] like you can't be so dirty yeah yeah yeah yeah.
[00:20:57] Like that he was actually there yeah that Lans I finish showed that kind of
[00:21:02] pain and for as it comes a meme but you think of his point of it
[00:21:07] actually was definitely not the comment like again we can't defend it
[00:21:11] because in the same pair of Lans is doing so well.
[00:21:14] But you know the weird part about stroll is that at times not this season
[00:21:19] but at times he has shown that brilliance in him like he definitely is
[00:21:23] he has the makings of a good driver but he doesn't have the consistency I guess
[00:21:27] like mean he's interesting.
[00:21:29] Yeah I think very well summed up there because again like whenever
[00:21:33] I create memes on stall now like they always those four five comment
[00:21:37] you know about it.
[00:21:38] Like I was just so funny.
[00:21:39] So I and again I understand like when we were in who actually
[00:21:47] understand the sport they can see that he has that potential he has that
[00:21:51] and he has to be interested in that car because that sometimes
[00:21:56] like because these kind of mistakes and these kind of again
[00:22:00] out of the stuff and finishes are not except table like in a race like this
[00:22:05] just to finish on straws.
[00:22:07] The only Danny recorded defense for this race I have in because
[00:22:11] 12 was on his left.
[00:22:13] The third was so concise but the third was so concise.
[00:22:17] But we can really see on his left that this 12 will be
[00:22:23] capacity and it will be like I need to like see some distance from him
[00:22:27] he will be in trend and then someone is coming on his right also.
[00:22:31] So that is the part of defense that one is so scary and on starts especially
[00:22:37] on start.
[00:22:38] Well is that yeah yeah yeah he is that overtakes or is it
[00:22:43] so it's true he's masterful.
[00:22:47] He has a masterful title either over six five cars or he crashes
[00:22:52] that's it nothing in between.
[00:22:54] Yeah so yeah that's my whole defense one.
[00:22:59] No that's very true now that you say that it doesn't make sense to me I
[00:23:04] hadn't thought about it that way.
[00:23:08] Talking about consistency from scrolls or changing gears right
[00:23:13] I want to talk about science the limping maniac he's
[00:23:17] consistently being on podium this season I mean only three races
[00:23:22] that he's mature but I don't know something's gotten into him
[00:23:27] right I'm loving it probably losing his job is it that's it.
[00:23:32] I theorized this I said that each time they should just threaten him that
[00:23:36] they're going to fire him next season no matter what just so that he
[00:23:39] performs.
[00:23:40] I think it is it is kind of there in F1 only like you know if you
[00:23:44] remember when check code didn't didn't have a contract.
[00:23:50] He produced some races the whole time like going from last to
[00:23:55] five.
[00:23:56] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah he got into that and I think that
[00:24:02] another informed rival could be honest with Red Bull although
[00:24:08] I feel check code this season has been doing what's needed of
[00:24:12] Yeah that's true yeah what does Red Bull want from a second
[00:24:16] driver like a boat has to be happen.
[00:24:21] What happens is the door then it goes keep there the on second
[00:24:26] spot when you did play a team game.
[00:24:30] When the last the counter and he's doing it that's true but I'm
[00:24:35] worried about what I'm worried about he's like he started last
[00:24:38] season also this way and then I don't know where he got lost
[00:24:41] right so yeah it's interesting now it's what's this season I feel
[00:24:46] the only changes everyone knows that no no he's not a
[00:24:49] good person.
[00:24:50] Last season first of all also good hyping.
[00:24:53] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah it is happening.
[00:24:58] It is happening maybe we are having a fight of the ages
[00:25:01] and all yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:25:05] and I have spent my long time having fun so far.
[00:25:08] And now you see even if the difference is just 10 to 15 points
[00:25:12] no one even even the journalist are just asking first
[00:25:15] step in front of Paris.
[00:25:17] You think that the championship isn't
[00:25:21] you bad the total feels like and the
[00:25:24] step is least funny he's like what's
[00:25:27] the total thing I think about it.
[00:25:30] On a normal normal driver would say no no no
[00:25:35] it's too early to start I feel they are doing it right now
[00:25:38] but step and full stage we will lie
[00:25:41] go to a saying nice things about a peaceful
[00:25:44] gossip board actually but I have a theory
[00:25:50] but like I have a theory maybe Hamilton sort of
[00:25:53] like did all of this just for the fun.
[00:25:57] He's like I'll go first of all go to Ferrari
[00:26:01] which displaces science now science starts
[00:26:03] performing Perez is in threat so he'll probably
[00:26:06] put up like science will come and he has old red
[00:26:09] bull ties right like he's a red
[00:26:11] so he'll probably come back to Red Bull
[00:26:13] which now Perez is I don't want to go to Hamilton
[00:26:16] plays because Mercedes are not doing good
[00:26:18] but where do I go so it's it's
[00:26:20] poking everyone out like the whole round
[00:26:22] probably he's in whatever
[00:26:25] all probably Hamilton just won Paris out
[00:26:28] the table for Paris
[00:26:30] probably Hamilton is just taking his revenge
[00:26:33] for what Paris said
[00:26:35] he's like that different
[00:26:37] he does not probably Hamilton has not hit
[00:26:40] but yeah
[00:26:42] oh my god
[00:26:44] he overtook and won the ring
[00:26:46] yeah
[00:26:47] probably he is the board of why you came in between
[00:26:50] a cent
[00:26:51] exactly
[00:26:52] he blocked him right
[00:26:54] oh my god he a next level plot
[00:26:58] yeah
[00:27:01] he is out of contrast
[00:27:03] and he's like for a
[00:27:05] probably that's the
[00:27:07] you are on to something
[00:27:09] yes
[00:27:11] but to me for that
[00:27:13] I don't want you to be replacing them
[00:27:15] but I personally think science should be
[00:27:19] that should have been the driver of the day
[00:27:21] not look like
[00:27:22] and maybe look like got it for that one stop
[00:27:25] which stop
[00:27:27] but here's my defense
[00:27:29] which is
[00:27:31] and in the post-trace with Weber
[00:27:33] what science said was
[00:27:35] tire deck started going down
[00:27:37] because earlier in the race
[00:27:39] the first few laps were sunny
[00:27:41] but then the clouds came in
[00:27:43] which sort of slowed down the tire
[00:27:45] so it obviously played in favor
[00:27:47] but then science holding the fork
[00:27:49] to be able to
[00:27:51] stop Bp3
[00:27:53] I think for me
[00:27:55] that made him more of a driver
[00:27:57] I mean you could look at both ways
[00:27:59] I agree like could be either of them
[00:28:01] but earlier on that point
[00:28:03] of a
[00:28:04] a la Claire can science
[00:28:05] right one thing I actually started liking
[00:28:07] is these AWS simulations
[00:28:11] so one of that they showed
[00:28:13] after the race was that
[00:28:15] if la Claire could have taken that extra stop
[00:28:17] then he would have dropped
[00:28:19] to p7 or p8
[00:28:21] obviously we'll never know
[00:28:23] if that simulation was right
[00:28:25] but in the past they've been pretty accurate with this
[00:28:27] so I think like
[00:28:29] I'm starting to
[00:28:31] this thing is keeping the geek
[00:28:33] and me alive
[00:28:35] beyond just pure strategy
[00:28:37] and cloud cover you know games
[00:28:39] that teams have to play
[00:28:41] so yeah Kudos and Shauder
[00:28:43] to Amazon for putting these up
[00:28:45] and it actually makes one interesting viewing
[00:28:47] like
[00:28:49] when you get a stack
[00:28:51] like that on the
[00:28:53] you want it to be
[00:28:55] you want the teams to implement it
[00:28:57] and you want to scout it
[00:28:59] so this port has
[00:29:01] so much more
[00:29:03] like off that rack
[00:29:05] than actually what's happening on that rack
[00:29:07] that's it
[00:29:09] especially on a track like this
[00:29:11] and a race like this
[00:29:13] so much was happening
[00:29:15] so about the tired
[00:29:17] and under cloud
[00:29:19] and under sun
[00:29:21] the things are normal viewer
[00:29:23] who is actually voting even for the driver of the debut
[00:29:25] yes yes
[00:29:27] or you think about
[00:29:29] yeah
[00:29:31] and the thing is
[00:29:33] half of the time people are not even listening
[00:29:35] exactly for me it's so important
[00:29:37] but I'm learning so much
[00:29:39] like
[00:29:41] not that I know
[00:29:43] he can sometimes
[00:29:45] they go
[00:29:47] over the sky
[00:29:48] and you can see
[00:29:50] that you are
[00:29:52] that red button
[00:29:54] but so much you can learn from them
[00:29:56] yes
[00:29:58] so
[00:30:00] people like
[00:30:02] the volume is all
[00:30:04] people are just watching this
[00:30:06] what is happening
[00:30:08] for everything
[00:30:10] yes
[00:30:12] with these new steps
[00:30:14] but yeah
[00:30:16] I'm looking for an interesting way to see that
[00:30:18] and yeah
[00:30:20] and good to see that
[00:30:22] just to sum up on the science thing
[00:30:24] it's just good to see him
[00:30:26] like I think he is a bit carefree now
[00:30:28] last season he was not
[00:30:30] taking too much pleasure
[00:30:32] that he
[00:30:34] someone who can't be outperformed by
[00:30:36] his team
[00:30:38] he's not
[00:30:40] he has been
[00:30:42] made with land or not
[00:30:44] he's a good and
[00:30:46] honest
[00:30:48] knowledge
[00:30:50] like
[00:30:52] although he had that
[00:30:54] car for a while
[00:30:56] science was
[00:30:58] brilliant at his time
[00:31:00] and he was outperformed in knowledge
[00:31:04] so see
[00:31:06] you could just see
[00:31:08] and then the race it could be like that one.
[00:31:10] There was that, and eventually it was science would actually
[00:31:15] work whatever it is for us.
[00:31:18] That seems like it's not going to be an irony.
[00:31:22] But this season I think it's just so great to watch him.
[00:31:25] Like how he's doing his smooth operator thing.
[00:31:29] Like the play.
[00:31:31] Yeah, kind of like the lack of appendix,
[00:31:36] but whatever it is.
[00:31:38] But yeah, lesser weight.
[00:31:41] Talking about that point also,
[00:31:43] to say the other thing I noticed was Norris versus Leclerc.
[00:31:47] And I think like those two are the only drivers that ended up
[00:31:50] pitting together.
[00:31:51] Oh yeah.
[00:31:52] That was also an interesting strategy at play right?
[00:31:55] Like what what ended up happening was Norris was asked to pits
[00:31:59] when he said his tires were somewhat okay.
[00:32:02] But because Leclerc was right in front they wanted to
[00:32:05] get him.
[00:32:06] Now I don't know if you saw the numbers but Leclerc got a
[00:32:09] 2.4 and Norris for 2.6.
[00:32:11] Yes, yes.
[00:32:12] Should have been the opposite for this to have laid out,
[00:32:15] but it didn't.
[00:32:16] And sadly enough like when they came out Russell ended up sandwiching
[00:32:21] in between those.
[00:32:22] Oh yes.
[00:32:23] Oh yes.
[00:32:24] Norris had to sort of like height his way up again.
[00:32:26] Eventually did not overtaking Leclerc any point,
[00:32:29] but like still a p5 or a p6.
[00:32:33] Yeah.
[00:32:34] Yeah that's tough day for him.
[00:32:36] Didn't work out for them that well.
[00:32:38] Yeah.
[00:32:39] But it was interesting that both of them were ready and they
[00:32:42] kind of happened the same lap because sometimes it's like a
[00:32:46] bluff also at the driver.
[00:32:48] Like you just don't know what's happening.
[00:32:50] So that's why that was so that again the moment which
[00:32:54] you mentioned quite an un-tariffed moment of probably this
[00:32:57] race.
[00:32:58] Yeah.
[00:32:59] Like I would have mentioned also like you.
[00:33:02] I kind of now remember that this kind of happened and again
[00:33:06] that's Russell sandwiching that's your point in difference
[00:33:09] in the pit stop against Lucien.
[00:33:11] Yeah.
[00:33:12] And that's just obviously was the bigger.
[00:33:14] Bigger impact.
[00:33:15] Yeah, yeah.
[00:33:16] But I think it took it took some time for him to overtake him.
[00:33:20] She was stuck.
[00:33:21] Yeah he was stuck for a while.
[00:33:23] It wasn't instant.
[00:33:24] Yeah.
[00:33:25] And again Russell is that kind of why you can't overtake so easily
[00:33:28] that's true.
[00:33:29] Like for example if also in front of you, you won't taste a second
[00:33:33] if he knows that if he's getting over like if somebody is
[00:33:36] overtake and max comes like also gets in the style that
[00:33:40] I don't want to waste time here.
[00:33:45] But then that's where he's able to sometimes of it.
[00:33:50] Yeah.
[00:33:51] Probably know that I think something against him.
[00:33:53] So like the kind of Russell is he doesn't get.
[00:33:57] Yeah.
[00:33:58] Yeah.
[00:33:59] Yeah.
[00:34:00] It goes to him like why should we?
[00:34:01] Yeah, why should he be like this?
[00:34:02] Yeah.
[00:34:03] These are drivers who are difficult to overtake and
[00:34:06] luckily for like a kind of work down in this way.
[00:34:10] When I said in Norris, Norris should have finished before
[00:34:14] like whatever the begin strategy was,
[00:34:18] I think they sink by so I don't think I found any errors from him.
[00:34:23] No.
[00:34:24] No, no.
[00:34:25] Yeah.
[00:34:26] Yeah.
[00:34:27] Yeah.
[00:34:28] I think he just went into the second on one of the turns if I
[00:34:31] Oh yeah, he did.
[00:34:32] Yeah.
[00:34:33] Yeah.
[00:34:34] Yeah.
[00:34:35] I think that was passing him that was taking on Laplacia.
[00:34:45] But on this topic now at the other driver actually want to see
[00:34:51] what he's going to do.
[00:35:01] But I mean, as a paid driver whatever you want to call him
[00:35:06] but he's got talent like he's shown he can do something on the
[00:35:10] track.
[00:35:11] Yeah.
[00:35:12] But he's I feel like never gotten that opportunity.
[00:35:13] So I mean tough luck on him as well.
[00:35:14] But I want to see him in a good car even if it's just for
[00:35:18] this or something just to show like you know here I can do this.
[00:35:22] Even look here on the season about now in the year there was
[00:35:25] Oh yeah.
[00:35:26] Yeah.
[00:35:27] Yeah.
[00:35:28] By the virtue of being before it.
[00:35:32] But honestly yes not yes.
[00:35:34] The thing is this season we can't count like this.
[00:35:37] This season doesn't count as sample size to judge and
[00:35:40] it's like for a so on stage.
[00:35:44] So they're just doing nothing.
[00:35:46] For example like you can't say Gasly is a bad driver.
[00:35:50] Yeah exactly.
[00:35:51] That doesn't exist right now.
[00:35:53] They need to have driving tractors what can they do?
[00:35:55] Yeah exactly.
[00:35:56] They have the new tractor.
[00:35:58] Poor Alpine man.
[00:35:59] Poor Alpine.
[00:36:00] Poor Gasly also.
[00:36:02] So you know, he's a better guy.
[00:36:04] He came from alpha to help him as an update for it.
[00:36:08] Yeah.
[00:36:09] But tell me this like talking of Alpine like tell me this.
[00:36:13] There was this lap 23 commentary radio message whatever right.
[00:36:17] Like Ocon was told push as much as you want can because like whatever
[00:36:23] right basically push and oh God.
[00:36:25] What frustrated like the hey, bro like accelerator full down
[00:36:30] at the spot.
[00:36:31] I am thinking like what is happening.
[00:36:37] Is it the driver?
[00:36:39] Is it the car?
[00:36:40] And at that point he was like dead last.
[00:36:43] I'm like what are they fighting for?
[00:36:47] Yeah.
[00:36:48] First let me just leave you a message.
[00:36:51] Push.
[00:36:52] Push.
[00:36:53] I feel this push is the adrenaline of the driver.
[00:36:58] I have seen many drivers losing their cool down there here push.
[00:37:03] Yeah.
[00:37:04] Because they feel they are giving it on.
[00:37:07] Why?
[00:37:08] What are you?
[00:37:09] As you have done it like that for two cars.
[00:37:14] So you are saying push.
[00:37:16] I feel it just push.
[00:37:18] Yeah.
[00:37:19] So as a track like Japanese,
[00:37:21] I have lateral and longitudinal pain in my neck up down right there.
[00:37:27] But I have a serious question.
[00:37:29] I have actually a serious question.
[00:37:31] So the engineers if assuming they are not doing this just to sort of like get a
[00:37:36] lot of the whole situation.
[00:37:37] They are seeing some data on their screens where they probably feel that the car can be pushed.
[00:37:42] But the driver saying like he is doing everything he can.
[00:37:45] So where is that delta?
[00:37:46] Is there a plant?
[00:37:48] And obviously there's now some regulations where you can't say a few things over the radio
[00:37:53] now,
[00:37:54] which I think like five years back wasn't the thing.
[00:37:56] But they've seen something which can help the driver right.
[00:38:00] So I'm thinking like this could be either a debrief session or like coded messages
[00:38:05] like Hamilton has right like tires are born whatever right.
[00:38:08] Yeah.
[00:38:09] So they could do something like this because obviously the engineers saw that there was
[00:38:14] something in the car that could be more juiced.
[00:38:17] But I just one thing I think it's more from the point of view that don't worry about the
[00:38:23] tires.
[00:38:24] Like you can go.
[00:38:26] You can go.
[00:38:27] But if you don't need to play a save game right now, I mean that is the context of these
[00:38:32] messages but the drivers get triggered.
[00:38:35] Yeah, they're two TV.
[00:38:37] And I feel that like certainly for someone like I've gone like I've been
[00:38:43] he fits into the car with a barely fit into the car.
[00:38:48] Yeah.
[00:38:49] And he is someone and Gaseley who's team at his podium.
[00:38:55] He's a few things.
[00:38:57] But the touch does really.
[00:38:59] Yeah.
[00:39:00] Yeah, that's a little romantic moment of.
[00:39:03] Yeah.
[00:39:04] So I met all these things.
[00:39:08] Firstly when you are a driver and you know that you are not fighting for top then I feel
[00:39:12] it is very frustrating.
[00:39:14] That you are not even in the like like you are waiting for some cabinet crashes to come into
[00:39:20] the way of the heart that is the hope they have.
[00:39:23] Right.
[00:39:24] So for yellow flags to three that's like a normal change over just started watching
[00:39:30] me and he got the fact that I think Ocon and Gaseley are like this in that hope.
[00:39:39] Yeah.
[00:39:40] Something happens again, something happens when they get their way to see how he celebrated
[00:39:46] when he qualified for a very well to you too.
[00:39:49] Oh yeah.
[00:39:50] Yeah.
[00:39:51] He finished P15 so I had died.
[00:39:55] He had the full Nanga Nasi could do it.
[00:40:01] When you go to the center where do I have that?
[00:40:05] And you know, P15 did I really do this in that excitement for P15?
[00:40:10] Like he's a nurse man.
[00:40:13] So you feel bad for him.
[00:40:16] No, but on the other side like this is engineers poking their drivers but on the other
[00:40:21] side we have Hamilton who's who's these engineers.
[00:40:24] Right?
[00:40:25] His radio message should I let Russell buy like I'm already that slow.
[00:40:29] I was so surprised to let Russell buy.
[00:40:31] How did you say these words should I let Russell buy like we to what world are we living in?
[00:40:36] I listened to his first news.
[00:40:38] He said that he was carrying an issue in his car which is why he wanted to let Russell
[00:40:45] buy.
[00:40:46] But I feel he's showing the Nanga's since the start of the season.
[00:40:52] I don't know if Madly is there.
[00:40:55] Madly he's a fatati right?
[00:40:59] Again, like poking over seven times champion you vote out his mentality.
[00:41:05] Yeah, obviously we joke here but obviously he's committed to his race.
[00:41:09] This is something I'm telling myself.
[00:41:12] I don't know what's going wrong at my city.
[00:41:28] How are they not able to figure out like the present issue they somehow figured out but still
[00:41:37] like you don't feel like it's the biggest slap in the face of moment was when they
[00:41:46] revealed the libraries and now obviously we see the result.
[00:41:50] That side port hump that Mercedes had which sort of like adapted and obviously
[00:41:57] deliberately magic out of it.
[00:41:59] It's like hold on, let me show you how this is done better.
[00:42:04] So I feel like something's obviously a miss with the whole you know it's not going to
[00:42:11] change until 26 hopefully with 26 whenever new things come in you know Murk is back let's
[00:42:18] say.
[00:42:19] And you want like you want Mercedes like even as like me being like a more of a red bull pro.
[00:42:24] Yeah, you love those fights between that good at Mercedes.
[00:42:28] No matter whoever was.
[00:42:29] Exactly.
[00:42:30] Just before like you came on today I was just talking with Akash and I said I really miss
[00:42:36] the Mercedes dominance days because those days weren't this dominant still yeah.
[00:42:41] You still had some races where somebody else would win.
[00:42:45] Yeah, there was still who.
[00:42:47] Yeah, there's still who.
[00:42:48] You know that that's national anthem is coming.
[00:42:53] But minus max right like there's still good fight that puts that gets put
[00:42:59] up in the top seven which I really like.
[00:43:04] They are bottom of the pack but like that last six is also always a good fight if you
[00:43:09] feel like there's shuffling happening continuously.
[00:43:12] Yeah, sad that the race directors don't show that that often but this is good racing
[00:43:17] happening down there as well but they never get footage.
[00:43:21] You can always see like when the graphic of the standing is actually very interesting to keep
[00:43:27] on that.
[00:43:28] Yeah, yeah.
[00:43:29] What's actually happening because those changes are happening way more frequently than what
[00:43:34] we see in top 10.
[00:43:36] Top 10 is really more strategy.
[00:43:38] Yeah, like like targeting over cutting there actually the overtakes are happening on a
[00:43:43] regular basis.
[00:43:44] Yes.
[00:43:45] And we can actually see most of them on replays.
[00:43:48] Replay.
[00:43:49] Probably half of them.
[00:43:50] So there's so many things happening.
[00:43:53] But if you know like to a picture in pictures or situation or whatever it is.
[00:44:00] What else what else from the weekend?
[00:44:04] No, I think we covered everything.
[00:44:07] It was science again on podium on a level of basis.
[00:44:11] I think you kind of like you have both been paraded.
[00:44:13] You're like you deserve to be like you want the podium more often and I think they'll get
[00:44:20] those chances.
[00:44:21] Yeah.
[00:44:22] Chaco is such a sweetheart.
[00:44:23] Chaco do you get that for the good?
[00:44:26] That's one that love about Chaco.
[00:44:30] That he's very unpredictable.
[00:44:33] Like they should have Chaco might come on a week or so.
[00:44:37] But not even make to the beauty.
[00:44:39] He's like fighting somewhere with them.
[00:44:43] Trying for just driver.
[00:44:44] I was like eight, nine overtakes.
[00:44:46] I think because of that Chaco element, it's always exciting who the two others are.
[00:44:53] We'd be.
[00:44:54] But yeah.
[00:44:55] Yeah, you would want to see more of my smile out of the car.
[00:45:05] Definitely more of the car.
[00:45:07] Like you can check the car end of the day.
[00:45:10] You want to see everyone wants to see.
[00:45:13] Yeah.
[00:45:14] Everyone dominates the one.
[00:45:15] Yeah.
[00:45:16] I'll take it right on that confusing note.
[00:45:23] This was the Japanese.
[00:45:24] Oh, three.
[00:45:25] Oh man.
[00:45:26] Thanks.
[00:45:27] Thanks, Rowan so much for here.
[00:45:28] Thank you so much to this again in the future.
[00:45:30] We had we had amazing fun laughing.
[00:45:35] Yeah.
[00:45:36] So yeah, thank you.
[00:45:37] Thank you for being here, man.
[00:45:38] Thank you so much.
[00:45:39] I had a blast.
[00:45:41] Folks, if you're.
[00:45:42] If you're still here, thank you for listening to the episode go check out Rowan
[00:45:47] Willard on Instagram.
[00:45:49] If you like what you heard, rate us because that helps us go a long way.
[00:45:54] And yeah, keep listening to F1 fan fiction until the next race.
[00:45:58] See you guys.
[00:45:59] Bye bye.