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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the big one podcast

with Matt and Tommy.

We're nearly there.

Hold on, everybody.

Formula One cars eventually will return to our screens.

How are you feeling, Tommy?

How are you surviving?

Because I know that almost 97% of your brain capacity

is filled with just Formula One knowledge.

And I'm not sure if you're feeling that.

I'm not sure if you're feeling that.

Formula One capacity is filled with just Formula One knowledge.

When you don't have Formula One to satisfy that brain,

what do you do?

I know, what do I do?

I just read books about Formula One.

No, I'm a hype for it to come back.

10 races to go and yeah, it's now gonna get,

this is like the business end now, isn't it?

Seriously, we've got a title fight.

This is where it's gonna get spicy.

Exactly, we do have a title fight.

It's all very close indeed.

10 races to go.

Now, before we dive into both your bold predictions

and also a couple from us as well,

I should probably mention that I'm literally wearing a T-shirt

with our faces on it because the P1 live show,

Delusion Tour T-shirts are available.

And I'm wearing it because it's quite fun,

although I don't know if it's socially acceptable

to walk out signed with it there.

I mean, it's quite a flex, isn't it?

Hey, this is a tour show of my...

Anyway, P1 live show.

No, our faces are all squashed.

You need to like...

Sorry, it's quite funny actually when they squash.

For audio listeners.

Audio listeners go watch YouTube.

But yeah, P1 live show, we're actually heading to Amsterdam

in less than, well, a few days when this goes out.

So very excited if you're coming along to that P1 live show.

If not, then maybe you'll come into America

or in the UK as well in November and December.

OK, Tommy, are you ready to dive into some bold predictions?

Oh, go on then. Let's do that.

Go on then. Shall we start with me?

Oh, go on then. My bold prediction

for the rest of the 2025 season.

Ferrari two or more wins.

There's a reason you've got the delusion written on your teeth.

No, come on.

I feel like we should...

We're not going to count Lewis Hamilton's sprint as a win.

It's not a race win.

It's a sprint win.

A Grand Prix victory.

How many sprints do we actually have left

in these last 10 races?

We've done three, right?

OK, actually, I'll take it all back.

Just two or more wins doesn't matter if it's a sprint win

or an FP1 win.

V1 win.

But look, I feel as though

Charles could have easily had one this year.

He could have had one.

But sadly, he didn't.

But sadly, he doesn't have that.

Why don't I get back on the train

of believing that... I don't know why I've gone for two.

I think one literally would have been bold.

Why did I say two?

I'm taking...

I've gone too deep, I should have said one.

But still, I've locked in two or more wins.

It's going to be one and I'm going to kick myself.

No, it's not happening, is it?

I think the big chance is Monter, maybe.

If they've done their brilliant tactic

that they do every year of being good at Monaco

and then completely switching everything around

ready for Monter.

I feel like that would be their best bet on paper.

You've got to think if you look at the remaining circuits.

McLaren are going to be, of course,

mighty everywhere, aren't they?

So they will be hard to beat.

Which is the race where

the plank will survive

for all Grand Prix to win.

I was actually going to add that

if they get disqualified after winning, that still counts.

I feel as though, you know, Monzer...

If they're stood on the podium, cheering.

Just might as low as possible.

If Brad Pitt films another movie in Charle-Claire's wall

and he's on the podium celebrating, that counts.

Yeah, top of the podium.

Yeah, that's all I need to see.

It doesn't matter if they break any rules.

So yeah, I'm back on the delusion train a little bit

because it doesn't necessarily

have to even happen due to pure competitiveness.

We could see some drama at the front.

You know, as it gets a little bit more dicey.

We have seen some serious dive bombs

from probably more so Oscar Piastri this season

that have not ended in absolute turmoil.

Like it's been a few inches away

from Austria, Hungary.

Both of those were so close

to having a double McLaren DNF.

So look, anything can happen.

When was the last time Ferrari

didn't win a race throughout the whole season?

Didn't win a race last time.

Oh, the whole season.

For a whole season.

I'm thinking it must have been what?

Like 20...

It must have been when they had like a proper dog.

2020?

Did they didn't win in 2020, did they?

They win in 2020.

I've put myself on the spot.

I don't know why.

Tommy, we've had nearly three weeks off

and you're dropping trivia

to things that we don't know.

Why have I done this?

You're the encyclopedia here.

Okay, so it's 2020.

They didn't win when they had that

horrible, horrible car

during that year.

Yeah, exactly.

So not that long ago.

It's not like it was 1973

and that Ferrari should pack up and go home.

Right, Tommy, hit me with yours.

Okay, so mine isn't

about, that's just happened.

My driver, it is about

Gabriel Bortoletto.

And I am going for that

Gabriel Bortoletto finishes top 10

in the championship.

Wow.

He is currently 17th.

With 14 points.

Ocon is currently 10th with 27.

Yeah.

He's double his points, Tally,

and no one else's score.

So it's a bold one.

It's very bold, yeah.

It's a bold prediction, right?

It's a bold prediction.

You have got the idea of the podcast.

I couldn't class it as a bold prediction

and go, I think you might finish 12,

actually.

It's got to be top 10, isn't it?

It's got to be top 10.

And to be fair, 10th, 11th and 12th

are separated by one point at the moment.

So you may as well just reach for the stars, Tommy,

which is what you have absolutely done.

It's not the most insane prediction ever,

of course not, because Bortoletto is

on a good run of form, but top 10

will be difficult.

That one's...

That one's like...

We should change it to realistic predictions

at this rate, shouldn't we?

Yeah.

OK.

Gaby Bortoletto hype has been locked in.

Let's go to some of your bold predictions,

first and foremost, speedy underscore GTT.

McLaren drivers finish 1-2

in every remaining race this season.

We're hyping up the champions.

Yeah, yeah.

Can't wait for the season.

The rest of it's going to be great.

I mean, it would make for a great title fight

if they did as long as they keep swapping between them.

I mean, they're four on the bounce now.

They are.

One-two finishes.

Every race is a stretch.

McLaren are known for being very reliable,

of course, but you think they're going to have

another race like a Canada, right,

that they had before where...

Wait, what are you talking about?

Monza.

That's a Ferrari dub all day long.

Vegas.

Ferrari dub again.

Oh, sorry, Ferrari dub.

Yeah.

But Vegas, they don't run particularly well at.

I think if they...

I think it is as bold to think that they'd win

every single race because there have been moments.

You know, they are going to push to the end of the season

and just try and grab as much and push for both their drivers

because obviously it's all about just bagging as many results.

They've got a great...

You know, they're going to win the constructors

by an absolute mile,

but there'll surely be one race where there's a bit of something.

You would think so.

I mean, look, we've had 14 races and three of them

have been non-McLaren wins.

So when you put it like that,

it's absolutely possible that they win the final 10.

I hope for the sake of just seeing other people

at the top of the podium,

this doesn't come in,

but it is bold because, yeah, as you say,

there can be any number of things that can happen in races,

changeable conditions, cars coming together,

lucky safety cars, things like that,

that can change the complexion of a race.

So it's still...

I'm going to share some really boring Tom Bellingham lure right now.

But my mother has been learning how to cross-stitch, right?

I love the thing called a mother as well, by the way.

Do you call your mother mother?

No, no, I don't.

My mother has been learning how to cross-stitch

and she found this great pattern online

and she'd started it in the Australian Grand Prix

where she's cross-stitching every single winner

of each race on a cross-stitch pattern.

And the theory was, of course,

2025 is going to be so many different winners,

and it's just all orange.

So for the sake of my mum's cross-stitch,

come on, other drivers.

And she's giving it away at the end of the season

to a P1 duro listener, is that right?

She will if it's just a literally just an orange towel.

Well, we need to see it now.

We need to see this at the end of the season.

She has to now...

You've now forced her into showing her creation

on our podcast.

OK, well, there you go.

Hopefully there is a little red in there

in the final 10, please.

We'll see.

OK, a question.

Could we've got some questions as well?

Things to dive into and explore

as well as bold predictions.

One is how many non-McLaren wins

in the final 10 races?

How many do we think McLaren won't win?

So this is where it turns out

that speedy GTT is actually my burner account.

So I...

Let's have a look.

Let's have a look as we go along.

The Dutch Grand Prix.

Yeah, they're going to be very good there.

Max Verstappen.

No spoilers for next.

But Verstappen is going to be strong.

When we're talking about like actual potential

away from McLaren,

Max Verstappen, you know, at the Dutch Grand Prix,

but then even he couldn't hold off

last year, could he?

Then you've got Monza.

That's a Charle-Claire win

every single day of the week.

Actually back to back wins.

That is a chance.

I think that's one of the strongest

chance of the year, I think, isn't it?

And then Azerbaijan as well.

Charle-Claire is honestly the greatest

of all time.

I've never seen a driver and a track link.

Yeah, get a pole position

and finish B3.

That's got that written all over it.

Sorry, but it's true.

Singapore.

That's absolutely disgusting.

Singapore, McLaren, a win.

USA, they'll win.

Mexico, they'll win.

Sao Paulo,

weather dependent.

Anyone can win.

Anyone could win.

Could be crazy.

Vegas, I think, is going to be the track

that McLaren will struggle at the most.

They've never gone well there

in the last two seasons.

Even when McLaren were amazing

at the back end of last season,

they struggled there.

And that's where Mercedes did good.

That is the one,

I think, almost, not a guarantee,

but I'd say more likely that McLaren don't win.

Going back to your Singapore point,

I feel like Singapore's quite a unique track as well,

where we have seen dominating teams

not do as well.

I don't think it's as...

True, but I guess I'm thinking

that Landau won it last year by like 20 seconds.

Yeah, he did almost crash into the wall

a few times as well, didn't he?

That's true.

That's very true.

I guess we're going back on the last years.

Yeah, yeah.

Qatar...

Qatar is very McLaren.

Built for McLaren.

That is the McLaren Autodrome.

And then Abu Dhabi, I think McLaren as well.

So I think everybody should tune in

to the rest of the 10 races

and also all of our reviews,

because it's going to be more interesting

than what we've just delivered, right?

It will be if they're

literally dueling every single race.

Yeah, so...

Jewel in the desert!

That's coming soon.

Yeah, they're going to bring that one out.

At least we don't have to have some graphic

that's like the fight for 7th in the championship.

Yeah, exactly.

So I'm going to say

1, maybe 2.

OK, 1, maybe 2.

What are you thinking?

Oh, OK, we actually have to go for a number.

Oh, God.

I think they will not win

2 of the final 10.

So they're your Ferrari ones.

No, no, no, no.

I'm taking away the delusion.

I think they still won't win 2.

There you go.

OK.

And you said 1, maybe 2.

That's literally two different answers.

So what are you going for?

1, 1.

OK, there you go.

Perfect.

The prediction comes in from P1

Patreon member Daisy.

There are two driver swaps.

1, maybe obvious, like Alpine.

But 1, somewhat unexpected.

Ooh.

I don't think Franco is under threat personally.

I think that he's...

I think he'd have to do really, really, really bad.

I know some people have said that he's not done great.

So get Jack doing back in.

I can't see that happening.

And then up and down the grid,

I don't think anyone is performing

so shockingly bad.

Sonoda's got a bit of a free pass anyway,

because there's already been a replacement there.

I think he'd be the only one that was really under threat.

So I personally can't see it.

And it's not like another situation last year

where a lot of drivers were moving teams, weren't they?

So you kind of think that would a driver

jump in early at the end of the season.

So I personally can't...

I'd actually even say that no one gets replaced.

Never mind, too.

Yeah, I'm going to shoot this one down.

I'm sorry, Daisy.

I cannot see any driver swaps between now and the end of the season.

There's only 10 races to go.

Colla Pinto, I think they have already said

that they're going to keep him for the rest of the season.

There are confident messaging,

pieces of messaging coming out about that.

There's no reason to as well with Colla Pinto.

They have to give him a bit more time to grow

if they are going to make this drastic driver move.

They constantly just chop and change drivers,

go back to do,

and they'll be back at the point that they were with doing

before he was kicked out, if not worse,

because of his confidence being knocked.

So yeah, that's the only one that you would say is slightly vulnerable,

but the only other one, Tommy, is Kimmy Antonelli.

I think he might go.

I'm kidding.

I'm baiting you.

Get butt us in to...

Yeah, imagine.

Let me show you how it's done.

No, I don't think that anybody's going to get

their seat taken away from them,

and it would have to take some seriously atrocious races

from someone for that to happen.

Next one comes in from Tavi Simpson.

Max Verstappen will finish behind Russell

in the standings.

Ooh.

Okay, so there's 15 points between Verstappen and Russell.

This isn't out of the round's possibility.

It really isn't,

because, to be fair, both teams have had

pretty well-de-performances

and shockers this season.

Their sort of pace trajectory

has been all over the place.

So this one's a bit of a lottery, I think.

For me, I would probably still lean more towards Max.

Just, I know he's not at the greatest,

especially hungry, of course, recent in our mind.

And before we came into this summer break,

but I still feel as though Max will perform well,

he'll get podiums.

Russell has been phenomenal this season as well.

It's hard, but I would probably still lean towards Max

ever so slightly.

But it could go either way.

I could see this happening

because I think it is incredibly close between them.

We look at the kind of

recency of results

and hungry,

as we said, doesn't really suit the Red Bull.

Verstappen won the sprint race there,

so still had pace.

Silverstone was a gamble

at the end of the day that didn't pay off.

He got pole position there.

And Austria, he got...

He gambled when he spun.

He gambled on something.

But of course, gambled on the wing,

and it didn't work for them

when it was a wet race.

And then the Austrian Grand Prix,

he got smashed into by Kimi Antonelli.

So I think his kind of bad run

is maybe

kind of seen as more extreme

than it is compared to

the people saying that the Red Bull

is completely fallen off a cliff.

There has the last race, definitely.

But you've got to think when you get to tracks

like Zanvor and

Qatar and those sort of tracks

that Max would be sort of

challenging for podiums again and things.

It's a very close one.

I could see it going either way.

Maybe Max also just doesn't want to go

to the gala at the end of the season

and wants to race at the Nürburgring.

I'd say spend time at home.

Maybe just go to the Nürburgring instead

and drive there.

And he just sacks it off

and finishes P4.

Let's Russell by Abu Dhabi.

So for those of you that don't know,

the top three have to go to this sort of

awards evening at the end of the season.

And I feel as though George Russell

would enjoy that more than Max Verstappen.

I think so.

I just, yeah, it feels as though

George will push for that top three.

He loves a bit of swag, does George?

OK, we go to the next

bold prediction, which is from P1P.

Remember, you will not have the drink.

We lose another team principle

before the season end.

The patrons really want people to be fired, don't they?

Yeah, they really do.

They want serious drama.

I mean, you look at this.

Alpine is probably the only

shout, but that's Breatory.

And Breatory is not going to fire himself

because he's...

He's not technically the team principle, is he?

He's not allowed to actually be that.

So the only way I could see this happening

is if Alpine hire someone

as an official team principle

and then would it count as him being fired?

Because everyone else really is doing

a good job.

You look up and down the grid,

Fred's announced he's staying.

McLaren that's not going to happen.

Same with Mercedes.

Red Bull have literally just got a new team principle in.

Saab are doing well.

Racing Bulls, literally.

I've just had that swap pass doing very well.

So yeah, I can't see it.

Unless, yeah, I mean, you could see

like a Christian Horner

shock return to, you know,

the end of the season or something.

Now isn't there of him maybe going to Cadillac

because that obviously would be a free space

and therefore someone wouldn't be fired.

He's not allowed to is he at the moment?

He's still being paid by Red Bull.

It has officially ended now.

It has officially ended.

It did appear on company's house.

That's great.

Some people found, yeah.

Amazing.

I don't believe we'll see a team principle

fired as such.

But perhaps, yeah,

let's see what happens with Horner

and whether Alpine do some

strange things with their hiring and firing.

Next prediction.

It's from people on Patreon.

Remember, Crazy Casper 3-1-1-2.

McLaren will have a double DNF

in at least two of the last five races.

Honestly, the patrons need to chill out.

What is that?

They just want full carnage, full chaos.

Two double DNFs.

Sorry, yeah, we'll have a double DNF

in at least two of the last five races.

That is...

Two in the last five, not even the last ten.

Yeah, so they're thinking championship

really on a dive bomb

that does go wrong.

I don't see a two double DNFs.

I don't see...

Do I see even one?

In my sort of...

If I'm looking into my future mind,

perhaps a front wing comes off.

Double DNF.

It has to be a serious punt

in order for both of them to DNF.

These cars are...

They're pretty rigid.

We've had collisions, haven't we?

But then some people still

collisions between teammates and things

and the other one carries on

because it would have to be

a Mercedes Spain 2016 thing.

Yeah, or like

Verstappen Hamilton Monza 2021.

That's the kind of vibe that gives you a double DNF.

So I'm going to go with no.

I don't think we have one singular

McLaren double DNF.

No, because

it would have to be a crash as well

because when I was looking at this

I don't know if...

I kind of hadn't really thought of this

and I'm not really seeing this around so I apologise now

because I'm going to jinx it

because every time a stat gets brought up

the next race it all goes wrong.

But that being said,

I kind of felt like McLaren don't ever

have mechanical failures

and breakdown and things.

So when I was looking into this

Oscar Piastri

his last mechanical failure

was his first

ever race in Bahrain

2023

and Lando's

last mechanical failure

was Spa 2019.

That is insane.

2020...

Formula 1's finished. We need a little bit of

reliability.

Although not now actually

I don't want it to...

You don't want a championship from that, no.

But I guess when you have really boring races

I'm thinking about when I was a kid

when you had really boring races in the 90's

you knew that at least there might be something that goes wrong

that would then cause a safety car

like someone has an oil leak or whatever it might be

like it was always just something

whereas now you're expecting all 20

to finish pretty much every single race, aren't you?

Yeah, it's a miracle

even that Hülkenberg's got on the podium

in an era where we say

that reliability is bullet proof

and the top teams

are quite clear so it makes it

incredibly difficult.

Yeah, how's Hülkenberg got a podium? That still doesn't make sense

because that would probably be a bold prediction right now

had it not been for

his podium.

It is ridiculous when we painted a graphic

of all the podium finishes

and it is mad just like Hülkenberg

it is that like

meme of where everyone's lined up

and then you've got the clown

that people in the audience see.

I'm not saying he's a clown in terms of

the way he's standing out.

Tommy calls Hülkenberg a clown

that's the front page of the news.

Clip that, yeah.

Next bold prediction comes in from

Guihar 13633539

Alonso

wins or gets a podium

in Singapore.

Why in Singapore?

What's happened in Singapore in the past Tommy?

Lance Stroll

has crashed a few times in Singapore

so maybe he was practicing for this year.

No, sorry.

Nah, that's crazy, that's crazy.

Yeah, Brit or he's at Alpine, Aston Martin.

You cannot

say about Lance Stroll being terrible

when he's on the same points as your man.

We've got to defend Lance Stroll.

You say about these crashes, Alonso's got

the same points as him, mate.

Exactly, but Alonso's not

winning a race. A podium is also

a big stretch. We've said

how difficult it is

for, like we said, it's a miracle

that Hülkenberg got a podium

in the first place. It required

an absolutely insane race

with crazy weather

and unless that happens

again at another track

it's going to be incredibly hard

for other people to get on the podium

when you feel like McLaren are going to lock out

those kind of front

two positions for most

of the time and then you've got

the Stappen

Russell and Leclerc

now has obviously

got better and he's scoring podiums as well

so that's going to make it incredibly difficult.

I don't see this one personally as much as I'd

love it seeing back on the podium

a win would be incredible but

I guess the hype is because they

showed some really good form around

Budapest and I guess when you're

looking at tracks coming up that might

have similar tendencies, quite high

downforce, Singapore's probably

one of those so I can see where the logic is

I can see him banging

like a top three in qualifying or something

there. Yeah

I reckon Lance Stroll

I reckon Lance Stroll will get a podium

or a win to shove it in your face.

Yeah there you go, boom.

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Next prediction comes

in from Andy Fleet 22.

Hamilton to announce retirement.

No, he's not going anywhere.

I know

that it's hard to watch his post quality

post race interviews. He's not going

anywhere. He still loves racing

and why on earth

would he go to Ferrari and then

leave before the new regulation change

where he could finally say, yes, I'm on a

level playing field with Leclerc? Leclerc

has had years of getting

used to obviously Ferrari in general

but also the car of this regulation set.

We go to next year, it's a clean slate

if he then is really struggling in

2026 and it's a

poor season, then

the alarm bells will start ringing, I think

but for now, no chance.

He's coming into 2026 at least.

Yeah, I saw

kind of

pundits and things saying they think he's

going to retire now. Absolutely

not. Why he'd jump

before regulation change is

crazy. You wouldn't

and where would he go?

He's not going to announce

retirement. Yeah, this sabbatical

chat. What are we doing here?

What planet are you

on? Yeah, it's

so true because he's gone

to Ferrari

as a dream to

get wins and hopefully get that eighth championship

and he's not going to give up

just because he's had one season.

You don't go to Ferrari, have one season

and go, oh

they were right, the communication

is quite bad on the radio. It's not really

working very well. He's going to know

that that was probably going to be

the case to a point and

I've seen some other people

say that the way Hamilton

spoken is kind of

his way of basically telling Ferrari

this is what I need.

You need to start listening

to me and go in the direction

we want for next year.

I just don't see

retiring at all. Yeah, maybe a little

bit of tug of war going on at Ferrari as well

because I'm sure I'll be saying, well

no, go in my direction. Maybe they'll have

similar directions. We will see in

2026. I feel like Hamilton will be better

next year. I really do.

That's where I... He's not been

suited. I think it's been

underplayed that he's just...

He's not like these regulations.

It doesn't suit his driving

and he is a very adaptable driver

the fact that he's still won races

in it and

he had a great year. Was it

three?

Way finished third in the championship.

Very consistent in that year that Max was

completely dominant and almost pipped

Perez to second.

So he has had

good results and good performances but

by his high standards

it's just not gone well

for him in this regulation. So

new regs maybe that's where he delivers again.

Fingers crossed. We'd like to see

Hamilton right back at the front for sure.

Next one and final one in fact is from

the Patriot member Georgina.

The championship fight will go to Abu Dhabi.

Yes.

I don't see how it doesn't.

No, Tommy, why would you...

I was just about to say I'm going to refrain from saying anything

like that because otherwise

someone's going to be 50 points clear because of

something that we've just spoken about

happening, i.e. you saying mechanical issues

never happening and then it happens.

So, no.

Someone will clinch it with three races

to go. There you go.

I've always thought that just when

you think that...

at the start of the season it was kind of like

McLaren and Clare Lando is going to run away

with this. Then Oscar gets

this momentum and starts winning loads of races

and you think, how's anyone going to stop him?

And then you think

those last few races

it's kind of been like, Oscar is really on top

of this McLaren. Lando is still not

suited, Canada have the crash

and then he's caught right back up again.

I don't think either of them have

ever been

other than that. I think the biggest gap between them

has been that first race where Oscar...

Yeah, for sure.

It's never been more than a race win in 14 races.

And even recently

he's been much lower than that.

It's going to keep chopping and changing

through the whole season. I can't wait for it.

So fingers crossed because

Abu Dhabi is normally an actually honking race

and we need a championship fight.

Winner takes all...

If they could just have no points between them

that would be ideal.

Yeah.

We're not asking for much.

And then no one crashes at the end

and start making up safety car rolls.

Tommy

it's too soon even now, I think, to be making

those kind of jokes. I'm really sorry

Hamilton fans for Tommy's

outlandish statement there.

Right, so some other questions just to ask ourselves.

The first one

well, I've kind of asked it myself already

because I made it as a bold prediction.

Will Ferrari get a race win?

Yes, Tommy.

No.

Why?

Because their plank can't last the entire race.

Okay, all right.

I'll get a plank and whack you on the top of head.

Right, will Franco Colopinto score a point?

Yes.

I think he'll get one.

One singular point.

I was also going to say yes.

I feel like he'll have one great weekend.

He needs a great weekend between now

and the end of the season to probably secure

his seat for future time.

So, yes.

Okay, who finishes P5 in the constructors?

I'm going to Aston Martin.

I reckon Aston.

You know, I know that they scored a huge amount

of points in Hungary and that's the only reason

why I'm going for this. But look,

if they've got some kind of

good working car now and Adrian

knew he just looked at it once and it got better

then they could.

Williams have been on the back foot a little bit.

Aston Martin for me.

I'm going to be bold and go

sour.

God, you really are on that hype train, aren't you?

Well, if I say he's going to finish in the top

10, I think it would

do it.

Williams are clear at the moment,

but he scored a lot of their big points

finishes at the start of the season, didn't they?

So, yeah, we'll see.

Are there any drivers

who haven't been on the podium yet this season

that you think will finish on the podium?

This might be my boldest one yet.

I'm going to say

no.

I don't think anyone else.

No. I think McLaren

are

kind of bulletproof reliability

and going to be getting a lot of one-twos

and things. It's going to be so hard for

other people to get on the podium when

you've got Max,

George and Shell

basically like always picking up

that last kind of

podium spot. I think it's going to be incredibly

incredibly difficult and I know there is

one individual

that people will say

must get one at some point, but

I don't know if it's going to happen.

I'm going to go with probably

my boldest prediction of the entire season right now, Tommy.

Yes.

Gabby Bortoletto.

Not Lewis Hamilton.

Oh, God, yeah. Hamilton has another podium.

Oh, I thought you were joking.

I actually forgot he hasn't scored a podium yet.

That's why I said it was so bold.

No, yeah, and I'm still going to lock in Bortoletto.

OK.

You can have multiple.

I can have multiple.

Bortoletto, like,

you've convinced me, Tommy.

You've injected me into this Bortoletto hype train

that he's going to now score a podium

and he's going to finish in the top ten of the championship.

Yes, please. I'm here for it.

I'm here for crazy races. I'm trying to just

vibe with that.

That's the big talking point.

It's going to be tough, isn't it?

It's more likely than Bortoletto.

Hamilton will get one podium

between now and the end of the season.

I did see something that if Hamilton doesn't

get a podium in the next five races,

he matches someone's record.

I think it's Didier Perroni of

the most races as a Ferrari driver

where you haven't scored a podium yet

since you started.

He needs to get one soon.

Oh, my goodness.

He's going to get it for the rest of the season.

Only five races in the next five.

He takes that record.

He's surely got to get one.

But I'm looking at the circuits.

Maybe it happens at Monza.

Yeah, little Ferrari one, too.

Yes, please. And finally,

who wins the championship?

Oscar Orlando.

Oh, this is so difficult.

Look,

if I'm taking into account what I've seen

this year

and the fact that the pressure

will build and build

and build over these next ten races,

and from what I've seen

from this driver is an ice cold

mentality, I'm going for Oscar Piastri

winning the championship narrowly.

I think it does go down to the last couple,

if not the final race of the season,

but Oscar,

that is the championship mentality

that you need,

especially fighting for your first ever championship.

It's going to be utterly close.

I think it can go both ways, but I'm looking at Oscar.

Oh, I thought we're going to be different there.

But I also was going to go for Oscar

because for that exact reason

that I think when it gets down to those

really high pressure situations at the end,

he just nothing seems

to kind of phase him.

And I think he's also got a bit more of a

ruthless side if he needs to

run his teammate wide

or something, a couple of the

races towards the end

where the pressure is really mounting up.

I could see that more from Oscar, so I think

that will be a big advantage for Oscar,

but I do think it's going to be

so, so close.

It's almost a flip

of a coin that because of how close it's been

this year.

Oh, right then. We are done spewing

absolute BS into the atmosphere

of the Formula One world of our bold predictions.

Look forward to reflecting on that

and scoring zero points collectively

as a group. I think we've put

15 predictions. Surely one of them

is going to come in.

Tommy, how are you feeling after all of this?

Well, yeah, exactly. One of them comes in

we'll put it on

social media and they're like absolute geniuses.

Ignore all the others that are wrong,

but we just put one up and then

when Bottle had to score that podium

we'll drop that claim.

Yeah, exactly. And we won't post

the fact that we said that long

we would get a podium or something.

OK, cool. Well, Tommy,

how are you feeling after all of those bold predictions?

What's the vibe?

What's the vibe? The vibe is that

I just want F1 back now.

Come on, hurry up.

Hurry up, but not too quick

because I'm moving house. So if you could just

still stay scheduled for the same weekend

that would be great. But a new backdrop

soon. I don't know if it will look good or not yet

but we'll find out.

If Matt's in like a, you know,

where you can do those fake zoom calls

where it looks like a really generic

office, you know that Matt's

got a really like

boxes in the background. Yeah, then you'll know

that we haven't said it out fully

but fingers crossed, hopefully the internet works

as well. But anyway, we will figure out

all of that very soon. Tommy, what are your final thoughts?

Final thoughts

are, can't wait,

for the live shows bring on

Amsterdam. Hell yeah, cannot wait.

You'll see some social stuff over there, I'm sure.

We'll post some bits and bobs

and yeah, cannot wait. We'll see you very soon.

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