Carlos Sainz winning is NOT the biggest story! 2024 Australian GP Review

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[00:00:30] Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first ever F1.5 Inside Line Podcast episode because

[00:00:42] at last, the moment we've been dreaming of for the last couple of years actually now, wiping

[00:00:48] Max for Stappen off the race classification and then calculating what the race looks like

[00:00:52] that has come true was Stappen as DNFed and do you hear the smile on my face?

[00:00:58] Do you do you guys?

[00:01:00] It's such an irony just in the preview episode of the Australian Grand Prix for all millions

[00:01:07] of listeners out there. I don't know how many zeros or millions as but I know our listens

[00:01:11] have a lot of zeros so I'm just guessing it's the millions. We actually spoke of why it's

[00:01:17] actually not easy for Max to just show up and drive, get pole and win and get fastest

[00:01:22] lap. We spoke of that. We spoke of everything in Red Bull needs to fire and actually the

[00:01:27] right rear brake actually caught fire. That's what happened. I love my, you know, Max was

[00:01:33] so candid post race he said it's a mechanical sport these things happen the right rear

[00:01:39] didn't the right rear brake didn't release and it kept getting warmer and warmer and then

[00:01:42] what happens when things get warmer and warmer it catches fire. So just so be it. I would

[00:01:48] have loved to see what had happened to Red Bull because I think Czecho Perez said signs

[00:01:52] would have won even if Max didn't have issues very worried but the important thing is signs

[00:01:59] as one guys I've been predicting this for the last oh my god three years now and I've only

[00:02:04] gotten one opportunity a year and now it seems like the best way to win a Formula One Grand

[00:02:09] Prix is work very hard get to Ferrari, have a penisitis that's the best way to get a brilliant

[00:02:15] result on your turn clearly. I really think I'm not going go on. I definitely think there's

[00:02:21] going to be a surge of a penisitis surgery is happening in the UK and in Monaco the next

[00:02:26] couple of days and it's all going to be attributed to Carlos signs and the Australian Grand Prix.

[00:02:31] They're making quite a few jokes about it as well which is which is also nice to see but there's

[00:02:36] just some fire that's suddenly erupted in the guy and him doing so well after coming from

[00:02:42] the surgery recovering in less than two weeks and putting the car on the front row and winning

[00:02:48] the race that's incredible. And he made the best radio message post race on the appendicitis thing

[00:02:54] you know he and this wasn't broadcast maybe he'll come up on the YouTube and Twitter and whatever

[00:02:59] of Formula One, he actually said are you sure it's one appendicitis and not two because if it's

[00:03:04] the second I can remove that one as well and then he and his you know chief engineer on the

[00:03:08] radio we're having this banter and I think the statement of the races when Carlos signs said

[00:03:15] I am still jobless or next year and could there be a better job interview than this weekend for him?

[00:03:22] Yeah not making one mistake and finally all the claims of people saying that well maybe Farah

[00:03:28] he made the right choice. Who's the driver who's won the most races for them in the last couple of

[00:03:33] years? Funny how it all works out right but all attributed as we all discuss guys down to one minute

[00:03:39] mistake for Red Bull and I think what it's the day it was meant to be Max's 11th consecutive race

[00:03:45] win right? What a record there would have been 10 I think 10th yeah yeah but never the last

[00:03:51] thing. Yeah Carlos signs should rename himself from smooth operator to wish tap and streak breaker

[00:03:59] or something because he broke the 10 race winning streak then he said you know I can go on better by

[00:04:04] breaking it when it's just 9 in and can you imagine Charles look clear did not win it despite being

[00:04:11] the blue eyed boy the faster one on the single lap whatever whatever whatever that everyone does

[00:04:16] which are likely having said that I really wish this was a battle on track and not a wish

[00:04:21] tap and retirement because I know we've got you know half a million of those fans who listen to us

[00:04:27] are from the Netherlands they must be brewing the fact that in Singapore it was a Red Bull that didn't

[00:04:31] deliver in Australia as well it was a Red Bull that was the problem and for ones guys you know I

[00:04:37] thought of this way that for once Red Bull was under attack on track because in barren and Jedha

[00:04:43] they were under attack they were under attack off track with all the off track controversies.

[00:04:49] Exactly exactly and even then Sergio Perez only managed to finish 6th I mean Sundaramat the

[00:04:54] live F1 picked up that we had that conversation sparked so many debates in Mumbai I mean we have

[00:05:02] what 60 people turning up for the event literally 1015 of those engaging in a hardcore fight about

[00:05:08] what's next for Sergio Perez and more importantly you can get in that seat because something like P5P6

[00:05:13] I don't think that's going to be tolerated for too long you know I've been waiting for this moment

[00:05:17] not not for this moment where the staff and DNFs but I knew at some point in time this topic is going

[00:05:23] to erupt once again about Sergio Perez because yeah he's come second with the last couple of races so

[00:05:28] that's totally fine he's doing his job but the fact is that he's not close enough to Max for

[00:05:33] staff and on race day to give him cover to give him a choice of strategy and in the rare occasion

[00:05:39] that he actually doesn't finish or he retires or has a mistake there's no Sergio Perez to take

[00:05:45] the remaining points and that's actually going to hurt Red Bull Christian Hara actually came out to

[00:05:50] say that he had some sort of flow damage but the fact is that's what happens if you start in the

[00:05:54] midfield and you have a bunch of other drivers to overtake if you have the fastest car you were

[00:06:00] expected to start on the front row or on the front two rows Sergio Perez has not had that since

[00:06:05] the summer break last year but but he got that grit penalty thanks to Red Bull not in so that is also

[00:06:15] on the mystery from this weekend there are actually two mysteries or maybe the third one we can

[00:06:20] mix something up but the mystery from this weekend is was Red Bull actually competitive would they

[00:06:25] have been competitive at the hands of Max which happened that's one we can park that we'll never

[00:06:30] know but the bigger mystery my dear friends is date Fernando Alonso break test George Russell

[00:06:38] yes or not and did he actually do the right thing what do you guys think

[00:06:45] who grew up as a good guy go first go first go first wait a second I know why this silence because

[00:06:54] the name middle name is Fernando it's not his dad's name or his family name it's middle name

[00:06:59] is Fernando maybe he's not in Fernando Alonso as well and someone is like are there a lot of

[00:07:04] listeners in Spain who are also probably there and so on but go for it's all I mean I'm so

[00:07:10] conflict about this one it's little naughty for sure but the thing is that's what Fernando Alonso

[00:07:16] is when you see that fine line between what's naughty and what's down to it illegal it's a very

[00:07:23] very thin line very thin margin that only someone like Fernando Alonso with his renewed enthusiasm and

[00:07:29] a constant sense of bestering other people like hey I will push you to the absolute limit that's

[00:07:34] what he's found it and in most of these cases it's someone like Fernando Alonso who can exploit it

[00:07:38] at the end of the day this two would start this one was illegal so here comes the penalty but there

[00:07:42] have been so many other times like back in Amela where if you see the kind of moving under breaking

[00:07:47] he's also done somewhat claim that to be down right illegal but he's managed that in the past so

[00:07:51] if there's anyone who does it it's Fernando Alonso I think we should expect it shouldn't we gonna

[00:07:56] you know frankly I love Fernando's post-race statement he said we anyway drive under the limit

[00:08:02] of the car which means that they're driving slowly across the whole circuit and you choose to decide

[00:08:07] where you want to be slow I decided to be slow at that corner right and why and I see this is a

[00:08:14] motor race you're not driving on the on the motorway or the Autobahn or you know some street of Mumbai

[00:08:19] or whichever part of the world you live in right this is a motor race you will use all skills that you

[00:08:25] have inside the cockpit to try and get position we see I mean 2016 Abu Dhabi comes to my mind

[00:08:32] yeah who is Hamilton was driving as slow as he possibly could of course he didn't it didn't lead to

[00:08:38] you know a mistake or or an accident or whatever but he you know driving and winning the race at

[00:08:43] the slowest possible pace the good old saying that goes so I actually stand with Fernando

[00:08:49] it's down to two things what he did was cheeky was naughty as you said what George Russell of course

[00:08:56] you know and they're great friends I don't have the friendships he'll continue as after being put

[00:08:59] in the wall George Russell can't blame Fernando even though he's indirectly done that for him

[00:09:07] losing control of his car yeah okay he and of course one of the reasons he also lost control is not

[00:09:14] because he's not talented it's because of the dirty ad that these cars anyway generate so it was

[00:09:18] circumstantial right and you know Fernando also has said it very beautifully in that statement of

[00:09:25] hissing I had this in Imola 2005 2006 as recently as Brazil 2020 2023 with Czecho Perez as well right

[00:09:33] and he said you know this is how motor racing has always been but if you look at Brazil sorry if

[00:09:39] you look at Imola 2005 2006 Fernando is Fernando but Russell is no Schuacher that's the key point

[00:09:46] to remember out here I mean I'm not taking anything away from the talent but it's just circumstantial

[00:09:50] and this is actually what I love about motor racing we are just getting too sanitized yeah solid syndrome

[00:10:00] no what's from how I go do you want to know because he no matter how much I love the guy the

[00:10:08] fact is that what he does on track is always slightly more different than what others do he's

[00:10:13] he's really a wily customer he knows the rule book in and out and he always tries to exploit

[00:10:19] these loopholes he's saying we've seen that a lot over the last couple of years we'd rush at 21

[00:10:24] and a lot of other races as well he's always trying to do something naughty like he's like you say

[00:10:31] and I wouldn't be surprised that he's done this on purpose because he can do it

[00:10:36] and and the sort of radio exchanges that happened after Russell crashed was also a little

[00:10:43] sus in a way and that really did not come in in the discussion with the stewards because he

[00:10:48] apparently said that he's having problems with the car but what Fernando then goes on to say

[00:10:53] in in the stewards discussion is that I slowed down because I wanted to slow down the only problem

[00:10:58] is he knew that George Russell was closing in and he was closing in quick because he had

[00:11:03] fresh tires so probably doing that move in that fast section is probably a risk he

[00:11:11] thing to do which is where I feel that he should have probably done better wait a minute so are you

[00:11:16] saying if he pulled that move in a slow section it would have been okay no just just being mindful

[00:11:22] about the fact there is a driver who's really closing on only there's only half a second of distance

[00:11:26] between you and the driver behind and the fact that he had not followed that pattern of breaking

[00:11:32] in the previous seven ten laps that's always all what the stewards are going to be seeing

[00:11:36] and the fact that he mentions Imola 2005-2006 stewards are literally inconsistent over two

[00:11:41] consecutive seasons there's there's going to be no comparison to Imola 15-17 years ago that's the

[00:11:46] thing even if there is no condition. Is it Imola what we always remember when we go to Imola

[00:11:51] we remember that fight. Yes that's what I mean is a driver what I mean is a driver shouldn't drive

[00:11:57] to what he thinks is towards will consider fair or not a driver at least thinking from my driver's

[00:12:02] helmet if I may even though I've driven like one thousand of what Fernando has done I think you use

[00:12:09] all the tools you have I mean you go inside you go outside tomorrow you'll have a rule saying you

[00:12:13] can't overtake on the outside if you're half a wing ahead behind I just think it's getting too

[00:12:17] sanitized and a very interesting thing from Fernando's post okay he says so being and I'm reading it

[00:12:24] out he says so being responsible for not making every lap the same is a bit surprising and I

[00:12:31] so stand with that you know when you are in so what's he saying he's saying I break 100 meters

[00:12:37] earlier so what is there a rule that says I have to break at a certain point no okay so it's not

[00:12:44] it's not down to Russell it's not down to stewards it's just how we keep sanitizing the sport and

[00:12:50] you know he also I love this and and and Fernando is not a native English speaker so I'm

[00:12:56] you know if he's written this is that's great otherwise he's gotten help which is even better

[00:13:01] he also said we wouldn't be having this conversation if there was no gravel at that corner

[00:13:06] which is so true that I agree that's true see that's one thing I really agree with because the

[00:13:12] fact is that although it mentions this in the rule book that penalties are not handled out

[00:13:16] depending on what consequence happens this is the same case that happened in Australia last year

[00:13:21] as well it is not because of allows who crashing with science that science was given the penalty

[00:13:26] or the only fact that at incident should have shouldn't have happened I genuinely feel in today's

[00:13:31] case George Russell retiring from the race was was probably the reason why this was investigated so

[00:13:37] much and the fact that he was given a drive-through or a 22nd penalty in the end that is one thing

[00:13:42] that I really think was a contributing factor but I still don't agree to the fact that drivers cannot

[00:13:49] a drivers cannot have different patterns when it comes to the lap time in that in that case you could

[00:13:54] probably break test or you could lose speed on a straight right in the middle of a straight I really

[00:14:00] feel that there are designated breaking points usually tend to do that why would you why would you

[00:14:04] do that much earlier that's what no that's what on that as well right it would be horribly inefficient

[00:14:12] to break somewhere like the straight so where would you break in that particular breaking zone and

[00:14:16] then you can be particularly naughty about when and how because there are certain corners but even

[00:14:21] if you break you don't lose that much if you still the other person down because you might lose three

[00:14:25] tens but the other well they've got to slam it hard even more than you and end up having a five

[00:14:29] tenth of a second loss so that's where it's it's so cheeky is it not yeah and let's remember

[00:14:35] George if you were to talk purely on breaking performance George's breaking performance would have

[00:14:41] been better than Alonzo's why he was on fresh retirees hands more great et cetera et cetera so Fernando

[00:14:46] breaking earlier would have anyway been there can never be a break marker that everyone has to break

[00:14:52] no no at this point yeah if you break before the point hey it's inappropriate slow driving because

[00:14:57] I have the I have the the statement to open out here and it says in a pro slow down in a

[00:15:04] proprietary sorry at no time may a car be driven unnecessarily slowly irractically or whatever else

[00:15:11] then that follows and I just think it's it's not fair this is ridiculous and I would have said this

[00:15:17] I don't care if it's Alonzo it could have been Logan Sargent maybe I wouldn't have been as vocal but

[00:15:22] but so then once again I know I'm diving very deep into this but then south the day by 2021

[00:15:28] do you think what was happened did was right or wrong because in my opinion that's actually dangerous

[00:15:33] I mean I'm continuing to myself but even though there's no particular breaking zone and that was

[00:15:37] horribly inefficient what Max did we still still like possible oh that's not you know Fernando's

[00:15:45] done this and Abu Dhabi 2023 as well he did that with Lewis Hamilton he was looking to the mirrors

[00:15:50] and slowed down right before a turn and that was no he was not penalized for that so this is the

[00:15:55] thing if Fernando has a history of doing these really weird things and I really think he's had a

[00:16:02] couple of instances in the pit lane as well when Sergio Perez he exits the pit box and he breaks

[00:16:07] there say go he came right in between and I had to stop on the brakes this happened in south

[00:16:13] the Arabia as well so he's had that sort of a history where it tries to be a little cheeky at times

[00:16:18] and I think this time he might have gone a little overboard and the only reason I think the penalty

[00:16:23] is given is because the stewards don't believe his version of the story if that's what he intended to do

[00:16:30] right but they don't have evidence that 100 person proves that this was what he was trying to do

[00:16:35] and it seems that it was a little dangerous it's just one person who can actually confirm this was a

[00:16:40] break test or no is David cool-tard for all the new fans at the sport joining in when Somal was

[00:16:45] all of three years old maybe you weren't even born then I don't know 2003 nobler gring Fernando

[00:16:53] Lonzo versus David cool-tard in the breaking zone for the chicane nobler gring was an old circuit

[00:17:00] in Germany which held the German Grand Prix again for the new fans that's when Fernando actually

[00:17:05] break tested David cool-tards I'm gonna ask David cool-tard what he thinks or happened but we can

[00:17:10] actually move on because we are not stowarding I'm just I'm just a bit too it's too it's too it's too it's

[00:17:15] more yeah I mean yeah there's no right wrong yeah exactly or rather you know Fernando is you know

[00:17:22] been put in the wrong by the stewards just the way Lewis Hamilton was made to lose his eighth

[00:17:27] title by the stewards so let's just move on but yeah actually you may love him you may hate him

[00:17:31] but you can't quite ignore him especially if you're the stewards after looking at all the things he's

[00:17:36] doing but another man who cannot be ignored and his results can also be not being

[00:17:40] ignored there was Hamilton what a heart break huh I mean for Mercedes a double DNF

[00:17:46] soon enough I don't even remember in God's years when that happened because I remember we when

[00:17:50] we learned two stats firstly the one that whenever we see who was against the NS uh whenever we see

[00:17:57] Lewis Hamilton DNF Carl Lawson says he's going to go to his first time

[00:18:02] no no no no no no no no Castle exactly that crazy start and in the second one the

[00:18:07] most serious last double DNF was in 2018 2018 until year 2018 sixth year such a rare one

[00:18:14] seriously last no score double was 2021 Baku or something when they did some something

[00:18:21] yes yes yes yeah yeah but uh Lewis Hamilton not scoring uh he probably decided if Max is not

[00:18:29] competing. This isn't really a race. I race in Formula One, not Formula 1.5. I might as well just

[00:18:34] park it. But again, Lewis said, you know, I didn't feel anything. The engine just went

[00:18:39] like that, which is such a strange thing. And Lewis is actually building a great number of courts

[00:18:44] which we can keep using. You know, he said typically we struggle in the high speeds and not in the

[00:18:48] low speeds, but here we were struggling in the low speeds and not the high speeds. So his point

[00:18:54] is just struggling irrespective of so-good characteristics.

[00:18:58] Insane, insane. And with that we have another drop from Russell as well which is also quite a big

[00:19:03] story in itself. But I'd love to know what you thought it was, because you've driven far more

[00:19:09] race cars than all of us have. I'm just intrigued. Like what could it be? Because clearly,

[00:19:14] as Martin Brottel said on the commentary, cylinders don't die down that quickly. It must be just

[00:19:19] something switched off. Maybe electrical power or getting it there. It's weird, have we heard

[00:19:24] anything from them? I'm going to let you guys in on a big secret. Okay. Whenever manufacturers

[00:19:32] have... And I mean manufacturers. So I mean Ferrari, I mean Mercedes, I mean Renault Honda for four

[00:19:37] of them since we've got four of them, right? Whenever there's an engine failure or any kind of failure,

[00:19:43] they will typically say technical issue and leave it at that. They don't use the word failure because

[00:19:49] it impacts the overall brand. And Lewis Hamilton has actually gone and converted a PR mistake. Not

[00:19:55] PR mistake, but a PR Harakiri if that's the word by saying engine failure on the radio. And I can

[00:20:01] tell you and the secret is 2014 and I'm not going to name all the brands but you all can take a guess

[00:20:08] when the hybrid power unit for all blowing up left, right and center. There was a DICTAT sent by

[00:20:14] manufacturers to customer teams saying you are not allowed to say what failed on the cars. We will

[00:20:21] issue the statement. You can say the car failed, but you are not allowed to say what failed. Remember

[00:20:28] formula one is also PR exercise if you Google Ferrari F1 engine blow up there will be nothing on

[00:20:34] the official channels similarly from a city, similarly for whatever because these are incidents that

[00:20:39] are taken away. So P Lewis Hamilton, whatever it is that blew up. There was an engine failure. What part

[00:20:43] of the engine we don't know because now it's no longer an engine. It's a power unit as we know.

[00:20:47] But that's a PR headache for Mercedes, which he's like I'm anyway going so I'm as well

[00:20:53] ditch this the brand if I can. So this is just basically the case with disgruntled champions.

[00:21:02] Yeah exactly no holds word absolutely what a terrible terrible day for Mercedes but you know what

[00:21:10] the best part was we saw and actually we by the way folks don't laugh at us because we were

[00:21:15] really serious about this right. Don't break our hearts but when we heard the news of Williams

[00:21:20] actually ditching Logan Sarge and we thought why don't we invite him to one of our inside line F1

[00:21:24] pit stops in Mumbai. We sent him the invitation just in Kamsunbaram and that is that is a bit sad

[00:21:30] we we were bitterly disappointed not to host Logan but Williams who are absolutely right desperate

[00:21:37] in what they were doing and out of everything that could have happened to make sure that Williams

[00:21:41] would be paid off as a team that had took the right call, Campbelled on something and it paid off.

[00:21:45] They didn't get the points but not one but two has got them. What a bitter disappointment that must

[00:21:53] be like you better your house or something and you're worst anyway ends up getting it and laughs

[00:21:58] right in front of your face at least with it. See the fact is that has definitely I mean it's

[00:22:03] a surprise that has been doing so well considering how they campaign ended last year but the fact

[00:22:08] that they have been literally honored in the race in each of the opening three rounds and from

[00:22:14] Williams's perspective I think they did the right decision of giving Albin the car over Logan

[00:22:18] Sarge and I think people have spoken enough about it but as fans we just look at it from a sporting

[00:22:24] view we want everything to be level playing field, we want everything to be on merit whereas teams

[00:22:31] and constructors and sponsors have to look at it from the business perspective as well. They need

[00:22:36] to give they always need to put their best foot forward, they need to safeguard themselves because

[00:22:42] it's a very close championship and every single point matters so in that sense Albin was their

[00:22:48] best chance and this actually takes me back to this little dialogue in this movie Rush which I've

[00:22:54] always wondered when can I use when can I use anything this was the perfect moment when James Hunt

[00:23:00] goes for that interview at McLaren one of the team engineers tells the boss at McLaren that

[00:23:07] you'll never win the championship with Jackie X you just might with James Hunt and this is exactly

[00:23:14] the case that happens with Logan Sarge you'll probably not go point with Logan Sarge but he's just

[00:23:19] might with Alex Albin that's probably what was going through James Hall's mind and that that led to

[00:23:24] this change. Okay I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna shoot up a question. What we're all okay with it

[00:23:29] because it was Logan Sarge and who's not proved himself let put let's put it bluntly yeah would we

[00:23:34] have been less okay with it if there was another driver who had proven himself a lot more of course

[00:23:41] or would it be okay to just back the best horse who can get to the once. And it's happened historically

[00:23:46] as well let's not forget Formula One has been very capitalistic in that nature if you may because

[00:23:52] normally teams wouldn't think about okay which one of these drivers would win because that gentleman

[00:23:57] driver error is more or less gone nowadays so it's more about who can get fetch us the best bank

[00:24:04] for the buck and it's happened with Senna as well who actually used to dictate which one of his

[00:24:08] other drivers would become his team mate at Lotus that was genuinely a thing same with McLaren as

[00:24:13] well. Now this with the team now supporting Alex Albin I mean why wouldn't you you've got to make

[00:24:18] sure that you make what your best foot forward but what it does do is pretty much ensure that for

[00:24:23] Logan Sarge this is the final nail in the coffin there's no coming back from this if the team says

[00:24:28] we don't even trust you to score points in any case even at the most chaotic race that's it I think

[00:24:34] the writing's on the wall. Even at the most chaotic race and a race we actually think we will be

[00:24:39] good at that's also one of the things right and guess what Alex and Albin was 900 of a second away

[00:24:46] from the points and you know I actually ducked ducked through some strategy and Albin was very

[00:24:53] clear he said we weren't quick enough so we kept pitting early to try and being the fight we kept

[00:24:58] pitting early to try and being the fight and in the last 10 laps we just gave up because that was it

[00:25:04] we couldn't pay it again and then you know we ran out of pace and that's what happened and hats off

[00:25:09] to us because like you said Sundaram has been in the fight all three races right they've used the team

[00:25:14] work to get points etc and both has drivers scoring today is great for them both of them actually turn

[00:25:21] around and said this year it's actually so much fun to go racing because on Sundays typically we

[00:25:27] would wake up knowing we're going to be nowhere in the race pace okay they're saying now we actually

[00:25:32] know that we will have a chance in the races even though we've sacrificed single lap pace so

[00:25:37] this whole change of guard that's happened this whole more technical outlook to how has

[00:25:44] performs that's that's happened has delivered them results and guess what it's continued to add

[00:25:50] points while Albin hasn't and you know Saubur hasn't and whoever else hasn't but yeah it's

[00:25:57] it's great testimony to how they've just focused on race pace wait Sundaram can I just throw a

[00:26:03] spanner in the works and really make it a tough conversation for all of us this more technical

[00:26:09] approach can be associated with who who is the most technically sort of shy reserve but doing

[00:26:15] their own thing kind of lead in informal one it's Ayahu Khmatsu has his new leader how much of

[00:26:20] this can be attributed to him because development started up in Guntas now he was around and that's

[00:26:24] a fact that has to be a development can't be coming in that early so it's weird how Guntar's one last

[00:26:30] hurrah is what is Turing Haas on and now he stuck left there just interviewing the race with her

[00:26:35] that's such a sad decline this this kind of looks a little bad on Guntas tinder as well because the

[00:26:41] moment he he leaves the team everything seems to be working well at least at least on on on race day

[00:26:47] but I always thought that the problem wouldn't have gone away because Ayahu Khmatsu was always

[00:26:52] a part of the team and he was always a part of the problem I always felt that this was not the right

[00:26:56] direction and he's clearly proven me wrong and probably proving a lot of people wrong who doubted

[00:27:02] him at least in the first three races like Guntal said the team work has been impeccable and I'm sure

[00:27:07] he's been setting a lot of these processes within the team so that they're able to maximize and get

[00:27:12] the most points possible last race and this race teamwork has been impeccable which is great

[00:27:18] and I must say actually Guntas tinder by the way in my view at least did a really bad job of

[00:27:22] interviewing the drivers I don't know why you're repeating the questions and whatever so not only did

[00:27:27] this team shine on track but his now media role whatever he's taken has not sort of had the best

[00:27:33] debut as possible but I'll put it this way I don't think it is Guntas tinder swan song I don't think

[00:27:37] Haas has really developed itself as such what Haas has done is it's bettered its tools and it's

[00:27:43] extracting more from their current setup something that even Farahri is actually focusing on doing so

[00:27:49] it's not really about the upgrades and changes and stuff it's just can we just focus and do it

[00:27:54] and remember f1 is a political sport maybe Guntur didn't want them to do it last year who knows maybe

[00:27:59] I out didn't want to do it thinking hey if I do it and Guntur takes the credit I don't get to be

[00:28:05] you know the team principle and now if I turn around and say if you make me you know the team

[00:28:10] principle while also being the head of engineering I'll do it so it could be a mix of that but

[00:28:14] can you imagine Haas is actually scored ahead of Alpine and ahead of Sauer and for the life of

[00:28:19] me I can't remember the 10th team that is not scored yet but wait on that on that really

[00:28:26] I wonder inside on that what what tools are we talking about like was Haas the team

[00:28:32] whose new team principle was disappointed to say 20,000 people or rather 20,000 gap arts being

[00:28:37] managed on excel that report came out recently right I'm guessing that's Williams

[00:28:42] that's Williams Genevieve that's what I'm guessing because that's what it sounds like I couldn't

[00:28:45] go get a chance to read the whole thing but it's interesting how at Haas this whole dynamic is now

[00:28:51] shaping up like what sort of parts are they upgrading is like the wind tunnel is clearly not there

[00:28:55] is but is it more technical software stuff that they're building upon so from what the team's been saying

[00:29:00] they're saying we're actually not building new tools we are bringing regular upgrades as we

[00:29:05] put right but we are just focusing a lot more on setups and how you do that is by actually

[00:29:11] focusing on specific goals during your run plans and like we saw in preseason testing Haas actually

[00:29:17] didn't focus on single lap pace right and they are still you know in fighting distance for Q3 in

[00:29:22] fact Magnuson got into Q3 this time Hulkenberg got in last time right so what they actually

[00:29:27] done Somalize they said you know what we'll figure out single lap pace why don't we just focus

[00:29:32] on extracting fine tuning whatever it is that we can get in terms of race pace and that's what Haas has

[00:29:39] you know been doing even in the free practices that happen and that's that's beautiful to see

[00:29:43] that because you know the general perception with now F1 focusing on who's bringing what upgrades

[00:29:48] and teams have to declare what upgrades they bring but truth is just because you've got upgrades

[00:29:53] doesn't mean they will work right you can even extract more from your existing packages and you

[00:29:59] Nico Hulkenberg Kevin Magnuson they are experienced racers they know what they're doing they know

[00:30:04] what's happening for them to actually turn around and send him Magnuson actually said this saying

[00:30:09] I wake up on a Sunday and I wake up you know knowing that I can go in the fight otherwise last year

[00:30:14] I switch is wake up knowing I'm going to go backwards in the race and that's so much more confidence

[00:30:18] building you know as a driver you know your tyres are not going to give up and so they've just

[00:30:22] worked this setup out to manage the tyre rate it's amazing how they must have managed right height

[00:30:27] things like damper heights and the way everything works suspension setups aerorakes

[00:30:32] like the rig angle at which they work it's crazy isn't it syndrome I'm also wondering

[00:30:37] so Haas have been getting points because they've been doing things right okay and their only competitors

[00:30:43] are the RB team the Sabur team and now Alpine are they getting it wrong because quite clearly there's

[00:30:49] a lot of wrong happening there Sabur especially in the Pitlane Alpine have just generally lost a lot of

[00:30:54] pace the Visa Cash-Up RB team is functioning on one line at this point in time so quite clearly

[00:31:01] the competitors don't have it all right at this point as well and that's that's the beautiful formula

[00:31:06] one when you strike when your competitors don't that's the best time to actually you're sort of

[00:31:11] you know when you choke slam someone when they're anywhere dizzy kind of WWE talk if I can go back

[00:31:17] 30 years to solve the problem whatever but Sabur clearly you know still slope it stops and they

[00:31:24] actually believe they could have scored a point okay team representative I don't know some strange

[00:31:32] title that they have their brew bravi I think or bruni I can remember alurie bravi yeah

[00:31:38] Alessandro is his name he actually went and said you'll fix it we'll fix the slow stops and

[00:31:43] Walteri Bota has actually got our answer we we had the race pace to fight for the point so

[00:31:48] I'm really hoping they bring that to the 4 as well and we talk we spoke of Alpine

[00:31:55] Ocon was the only 3 stopper had a tear off stuck in his break duct at some point and I was

[00:32:01] saying you know which was a 13 not to have scored points yet it's of course Williams that is not

[00:32:05] scored points Albin has finished 11 in the last two races that's the that's the fun part out

[00:32:13] here but anything else that we have missed Yuki salota he has scored points

[00:32:18] he has you said hero home race hero rating both both home race drivers played second fiddle

[00:32:27] Daniel Ricardo I've noticed at the the slow he gets the longer his media answers and interviews go

[00:32:34] because he's getting all philosophical and you know in depth I'm sorry I'm not making fun of him

[00:32:41] I'm just saying you know that's the correlation that I've seen but anyway you know

[00:32:45] Yuki salota single handedly finishing seventh scoring six points has now got racing bulls six

[00:32:53] plays in the constructors championship they already have become the seventh team to have scored

[00:32:58] and all teams all midfield teams have said in a perfect race if all top five teams finish our

[00:33:04] chances of score points are zero you know one you know one thing I actually did through this whole

[00:33:08] weekend is I watched the classification of every session free practice and the two names that were

[00:33:14] really impressing me throughout were oh interesting uh Oscar Piazzi and Yuki su no da because su no da was

[00:33:21] always there or there about in the top 10 10 11 and he's been showing that he has a sort of pace

[00:33:26] right through all this weekend which and him still getting points p7 kind of just shows that he was

[00:33:31] strong whereas it is completely the opposite for Danny Rick unfortunately Oscar Piazzi also was

[00:33:38] quite good throughout this whole weekend he did have that little off uh going off track today and

[00:33:42] he had a slow pit stop as well but it would have been nice to have him on the podium he would have

[00:33:47] been the first australian to get on the podium in f1 history Danny Rick did get it on the Danny

[00:33:52] Rick did get it get dead get on the podium in australia but he was disqualified no it's the first time

[00:33:58] he would have been the first time he's gonna be on the podium exactly 20 years can't he

[00:34:04] what do you mean we never australian on the podium i apologize i apologize

[00:34:10] well a quick look at the standings i'm gonna go quick look at the standings very interesting all

[00:34:14] all of a berman who's driven one race and probably is only going to drive one race is at six points

[00:34:20] Yuki su no da has a six point yeah i totally forgotten about him yeah and he had a disastrous

[00:34:25] f2 weekend but they are two points away from Lewis Hamilton who's of course not scored this weekend

[00:34:31] and uh in general just a four point gap between the top two which is Leclerc which

[00:34:37] happened i know we probably five races down the line it's gonna be like a hundred point gap or

[00:34:41] something but it is just so close out there and oscar piastry is actually one point ahead of

[00:34:48] lendo noris in fifth place and if there's one question i actually go back uh when i think of

[00:34:54] today's race or this weekend's race is good Ferrari have taken pole and then led from their

[00:35:00] win because both the Ferrari drivers lost their laps and signs for pole and Leclerc just for whatever

[00:35:06] he could have gotten in that fast on nine and ten sequence and was it that the tyres were done by

[00:35:12] then or maybe it was just the wind and the high speed you know we remember wind is always brought

[00:35:17] in a lot of inconsistencies in their package uh but who knows you know if Ferrari were genuinely

[00:35:22] in the fight or if max could have made something out of it yeah exactly exactly uh very crazy

[00:35:30] crazy weekend after all i mean what an incredible one and we have a different winner it is galos

[00:35:36] signs i can't believe it guys so many races have been predicting him to win and he's got it once again

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