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We’re back! And so are Checo & Valtteri! | Cadillac reaction, Lia Block + Dutch GP Preview
We’re back! And so are Checo & Valtteri! | Cadillac reaction, Lia Block + Dutch GP Preview
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About this episode
The hosts dive into the excitement around the new Cadillac F1 team signing experienced drivers Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas, discussing the strategic choice for experience over rookies and the implications for American drivers. They reflect on Lewis Hamilton's challenging first season at Ferrari, his mental struggles, and prospects for future success. The episode also previews the intense Dutch Grand Prix battle between McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and features an interview with F1 Academy driver Leah Block about her season and experiences. Plus, they share fun F1 summer break anecdotes and promote the immersive F1 exhibition in Amsterdam.
Topics:
cadillac f1 team
sergio perez
valtteri bottas
lewis hamilton
f1 academy
dutch grand prix preview
mclaren teammates rivalry
rookie drivers debate
f1 exhibition amsterdam
f1 summer break activities
Betty and Christian are back from the summer break and it’s a busy one! We’ve got reaction to the return of Perez & Bottas. So is bringing back the old boys a good idea? And how has Christian been causing trouble? We’ve got F1 Break bingo, a chat about Hamilton’s hopes, a preview of the Dutch GP - and a driver! Lia Block is on for a quick chat ahead of F1 Academy’s return this weekend.
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Estamos muy bien jugados por colegas y varios otros grandes nombres.
Y, por supuesto, Greg James estará volviendo en el tiempo entre ahora y el final del
año con su único take en el mundo de Formula 1.
Así que no te quiera perder eso.
Ha sido un tiempo muy largo, ¿no?
Pero, todo el mundo, ¡es Rayswee!
¡Sí!
La semana es terminada.
Es todo, Christian.
El son se ha ido.
¿Habéis tenido un buen tiempo?
¿Habéis estado en una yacht?
Como todos los otros...
No sé por qué he dicho que todos son una yacht,
pero no eres una yacht.
No, no, no, no, favorito no, no.
No he estado en una yacht.
He estado en una vésil.
¿Qué?
Una vésil.
¿Qué es eso?
Como una bota.
Sí, es como una bota.
Pero, en los anuncios de PA,
ellos se llamaron una vésil,
que realmente me gustó.
He estado en una feria.
En realidad, Derek.
En realidad, Derek, una feria.
Sí, una feria.
Yo fui a...
Es una feria, Derek.
Perdón.
¿Estás bien?
Sí.
Bien, bien.
Yo fui a los Outer Hebrides,
a la isla de Harris,
que Greg James, que te mencionaste,
ha encontrado muy divertido.
Creo que es porque Harris,
sin el H, es un río cocnio,
básicamente un río britán
para nuestros escuelos americanos,
para nosotros.
¿Cómo es eso?
Sí, ha encontrado eso muy divertido,
porque, por supuesto, él lo ha hecho.
Pero, la isla de Harris,
norte de Scotland,
en los Outer Hebrides,
en la isla de Harris.
Es increíble y hermoso.
Y yo fui a una bota.
¡Mira!
No es George Russell,
es una feria,
pero es lo que he hecho.
¡Qué feria!
¿Qué puedo decirle?
¡Sólo suena muy bien!
¿Tienes visto algunos cazos de Highland también?
Sí, vi muchos cazos de Highland.
¡Beautiful!
He encontrado un excelente whisky.
He encontrado unos buenos caminos,
y he ido a la estación.
He ido a la estación
en muy frío.
Hice esa cosa que los brides británicos
hacen cuando vamos a la estación,
cuando es muy frío.
No estaba muy frío, pero está bien.
Así que, sí, he hecho eso.
Yo tenía un bebé con mi
bebé maravilloso,
que me tiró a la estación.
Un bebé maravilloso.
Así que, eso fue cuto.
Muy, muy cuto.
Bueno, tenemos mucho que capturar.
¡Fórmula de Wwise!
¡En eso!
Vamos a hacer el Fórmula de Wwise en un minuto.
No hemos hecho el hecho
de que te has engañado, ¿no?
Eso fue literalmente hace meses.
No sé, pero nunca hemos hablado de eso.
No, pero no hemos hablado de eso.
¡No, no es hace seis meses!
May, June, July,
August,
casi septiembre, 5 de septiembre.
Bueno, bueno, bueno...
¡Muy bien, puedo decirlo!
¡Hasta la próxima vez para los vídeos de YouTube!
¡Hasta la próxima vez, muérenlo!
¡Ah, ella va!
¡Ah, qué lento!
¡Ah!
Sí, es todo muy interesante, ¿no?
Y hemos tenido mucho que capturar.
No, no, no, no, no.
Estamos hablando de F1,
la tarjeta de un gran fin de la noche,
las preguntas de escuchar
y la gran tarjeta de los rusos.
¡De supuesto!
¿No?
Pero primero,
tenemos que hablar de
los notos de rompimiento.
¿Dónde podríamos empezar?
Más notas se han aparecido ayer.
Se han quedado todos excuidos.
¿Siempre hay gente que tea?
Sí, por supuesto.
Estoy hablando de
la tarjeta de un gran fin de la noche.
Me pensé que
te ibas con eso,
porque me pensé que
las personas estarían contentas
de tener Checo y Valtry.
Pero no estoy seguro de que
ellos...
Crieden.
Crieden.
Sí.
¿Pero, ¿dónde pensamos que
se ha despejado la noticia
la tarjeta de un gran fin de la noche?
Todo el mundo que sé
que ha estado hablando de esto,
la tarjeta de un gran fin de la noche.
¿Qué es el...
¿Qué es el señor de la tarjeta?
Travis...
Travis Kelce.
Travis Kelce.
Yo...
Lo haría si lo dije.
Para ser honesto, Christian,
no me importa.
Estoy en el mismo tiempo de
la tarjeta de un gran fin de la noche.
Básicamente,
los grupos de WhatsApp
que estaba en el día ayer
fueron
either
Formula One Cadillac
o Taylor y Travis.
Eso es...
Yo creo que no soy el único
escuchando esto,
que tenía el mismo grupo de WhatsApp.
¡Vamos!
Todo el mundo.
Y Nicola,
que es uno de nuestros producimientos
y que hace mucho de
el contento de Fast and Curious Social,
big up Nicola,
absolutamente ama a Taylor Swift.
Así que ella fue...
Ella fue en su elemento,
porque ella...
Big day para Nicola,
ayer.
Sí.
Espero que sea bien.
¿Sabes?
Espero que sea bien.
Espero que sea bien.
Big day para Nicola
y Ollie Behrman, por supuesto.
Y Ollie Behrman, por supuesto.
Porque él ama a Taylor Swift.
Pero, no sé,
yo pensé sobre esto antes.
Cadillac's social media team
va a ser absolutamente
asombrado a ellos.
Porque si ellos lo han dejado,
dejó ese anunciamiento
para un par de días más,
pueden haber tenido
botas y Checo
posando juntos
en la forma que Taylor y Travis
están posando.
Y eso sería un conic.
Tu solo tienes que, en esa circunstancia,
descansar a ti mismo
sobre el desaportamiento
y despegarlo.
Eso no es realmente terrible.
¿Estás haciendo...
¿Estás jugando todo a Taylor Swift?
No, me gustaría.
Yo hice esto con Kylie Minogue
año pasado
cuando ella salió de la flaga.
Pero no sé
como muchas de Taylor Swift
tiene a Kylie,
así que no creo que podría hacer eso,
infortunadamente.
Bueno...
No creo que es en Mallorca.
Bueno, si hablamos de Cadillac,
deberíamos hacer una chata de Formula One
en esta pregunta, ¿no?
¿Pero piensas que Valtry Bottas
y Sergio Perez
estarán una historia de amor?
¡Oh, hermoso!
¡Hermano!
Así que criticas a mí
y luego te bolsas
con uno de ti mismo.
Me disfruté de eso.
No hay que aquí.
No hay que aquí.
Me disfruté de eso.
Me disfruté de eso.
Sí, Valtry Bottas,
Sergio Perez,
regresando al grado el año siguiente.
Betty, ¿qué fue tu reacción inmediata?
Es un poco malo.
¿Verdad?
No lo dije, no estaba malo,
no estaba malo.
Obviamente, es genial.
Bottas, en particular,
creo que es muy bueno.
Me gusta lo que él trae.
Cuidado,
te vas a llevar los fans de Checo.
No he terminado mi sentimiento, ¿sí?
No, no te preocupes.
¿Qué pasa a Checo?
¡Eso es tan emocionante!
Me estoy entrando.
También estoy feliz con Checo
porque creo que tenía un montón de negocios inundados
y, obviamente,
su tiempo en Red Bull no terminó muy bien,
así que estoy muy feliz
que él ha tenido otro reto.
Entiendo por qué han hecho esto,
creo que han probablemente hecho esto
porque just want to learn
from these two really experienced drivers.
Pero, no sé,
estoy buzzing by it, ¿es tú?
¿Qué piensas?
No, yo creo que...
Bueno, ¿estoy buzzing by it?
No, es cierto, no estoy buzzing.
Estoy muy emocionado
de que Formula One ha tenido un nuevo equipo.
Creo que es genial.
Me gusta América,
mirando lo suficiente para trabajar.
Estoy un gran fan del U.S.
Y me gusta que hay más de un U.S.
con otro equipo U.S.
con Cadillac.
Así que estoy buzzing por todo.
Lo que hemos tenido que recordar es
que espero que Cadillac
el próximo año sea el mejor equipo.
Sería muy mal
si vienen al sport.
El siguiente equipo más nuevo
es Haas.
Se han estado alrededor de los agentes.
Sería muy mal
si vienen contra 10 otros agentes.
Se han estado en los agentes
y han ganado.
Se han dicho eso a ellos
en un interview.
La principal principal de la compañera
ha dicho eso.
Creo que fue él que ha dicho eso.
Entonces,
es un gran trabajo
siendo un nuevo equipo de F1.
No hemos visto esto en el sport
para un tiempo largo.
A mí es un gran suceso
para Cadillac
si vienen y no están
miles atrás.
Si están más cerca
de el siguiente equipo,
han hecho un buen trabajo.
Y quién quieres
aprender?
Puedes elegir
dos mejores colegios
en términos de experiencia.
Se han ganado.
Se han empezado
a 100 de Grand Prix.
Se han quedado
bien contra los agentes.
Porque he dicho esto
en el podcast
tantas veces.
Checo ha hecho
hasta que no lo ha hecho.
Se ha recogido a Red Bull.
Al principio fue bueno.
Se han ganado.
Se han trabajado en estos grandes equipos.
James Valls
no, no, no, no James Valls.
Jensen Botton
ha dicho que Williams
se ha plagado
a Carla
creo que ha dicho.
Creo que es un movimiento de Cadillac.
Creo que creo que ha plagado.
Ok,
entonces eres muy positivo.
Bueno,
he visto este tweet
ayer
que absolutamente me ha plagado.
Que dice
que estamos about
a encontrar
que de estos dos colegios
es tan segundo
que han sido
el otro segundo
colegio, segundo colegio.
Sí, pero
es.
Me siento como
estoy siendo muy aburrido.
Sí, es muy divertido,
pero no es estrictamente
cierto.
No es estrictamente
cierto porque,
sabes,
ellos han logrado
cosas fantásticas
antes de que
han llegado
a la final
equipo que han tenido sus careers
en términos de Red Bull
con Checo
y, en realidad,
digo que
Valtteri
entonces se ha salido,
pero,
sabes, Valtteri
estaba estando en Williams,
que es por eso
que él fue
elegido a Mercedes.
Checo
fue brillante
al punto de la ración
y un hostio de otros
equipos.
Así que
han tenido más
en sus lockers
que solo ser
los dos colegios.
Y en realidad
mira,
escuchas a las personas
que deberían estar
en la Fórmula.
Yo creo que Valtteri,
su final temporada en Salba,
fue más fuerte
que su final temporada en Salba.
Creo que ha mostrado
que él había más tiempo ahí.
No creo que estaba motivado
por el proyecto de Salba,
más.
Él ha ido
y creo que ha esperado
ver más progreso
que ha esperado
a, como,
señas a Williams.
Veas el progreso ahí
y Valtteri no ha visto
el progreso.
Están ahora haciendo progreso
un par de años más tarde,
pero él no ha visto eso ahí.
Él ha ido por todo el movimiento
de Alfa Romeo
a Salba.
Es solo que
esa relación ha expiado.
Era lo mejor que aún se vio.
Checo,
todavía me parece
que él debería haber
más de la fórmula
para su experiencia.
De nuevo,
creo que la relación
ha expiado.
Él ha llegado a su tiempo.
Eso no significa
que él no ha hecho un buen trabajo.
¿Como estos chicos?
¿Están en su final pico?
No.
¿Están capaces de operar
a un nivel muy alto
en el más grande
y más competitivo
formado en el mundo?
Sí, ellos son.
Y eso es lo que creo
que ellos bothen
sus sitios.
Creo que es un gran movimiento
para Cadlac.
Muchos de las personas
en Instagram
completamente agree con ustedes,
pero este es mi punto de vista.
Holly dice,
botas todo el camino,
Checo debería llevar
y llevar un joven
que nos va a llevar
a algo que mucha gente
ha dicho
por qué no han ido
por un joven de experiencia
y un roquillo.
Y creo que cuando veas
los años de los dos,
botas es el 36 de mañana,
creo.
36 de la semana.
Happy birthday, Baltry.
Happy birthday.
Sergio Perez es 35.
No es como que tienen
un montón de
longevities necesariamente
que tienen en el sport.
Entonces, si ellos
estaban entrenando a alguien
más, tendrían que tener más consistencia.
¿Sabes donde estoy?
No, de todas maneras.
Si yo era un príncipe de equipo
y estoy jugando una fórmula fantástica,
yo lo pico
con una cabeza de experiencia.
He dicho que
Salba ha tenido un gran
manejo para mí.
Tienen la cabeza de experiencia
en Nicar Holkenberg.
Tienen el roquillo
de Gabriel Bortoletto.
Para mí, eso es brillante.
Tienen la cabeza de experiencia
con Oconn y Bearman.
Esa es la cosa similar.
Esa es una idea muy buena.
Bersadies con Russell
y Kimmy.
Donde no creo que hace sentido
para Cadillac,
están en un nuevo equipo.
Y esto no ha sido visto
en la fórmula
durante mucho tiempo.
Hace mucho tiempo en la fórmula
cuando nuevos equipos
estuvieron volviendo.
No ha sido el caso
durante mucho tiempo.
El bar
para entrar en la fórmula
es mucho más alto.
Tal vez un día
vamos a hacer un poco de
explicación de cómo se ha hecho aquí.
Ahora no es el momento en el lugar.
Pero es un gran trabajo.
Es un gran trabajo
para acceder al nivel
de estos 10 otros equipos.
Para mí, no están
a nivel de un salvo
o un haciet
en ir por experiencia
y velocidad de Roque
porque ¿qué va a Roque
a hacer?
La probabilidad es
que va a ser
un camino largo
o al menos un camino largo
desde el equipo más rápido
de la fórmula.
Así que Roque
no puede realmente
ser jugado tan bien.
O sea, podrían ser jugados
contra el cualquiera
de Checo o Bottas
pero en términos de el equipo
solo necesitaría
a esa base fundación
de su suceso
es que la parte de la fórmula
no se ha convertido en Roque
para este equipo.
¿De acuerdo?
En el primer año,
tal vez,
van a llegar a ese punto
más rápido
de tener
como mucho
experiencia
y feedback
como pueden
en términos de
cómo el carián
lo que necesitan
en términos de upgrade
lo que el equipo
necesita hacer
en términos de estructura
cómo se necesita operar.
¿Por qué tienen más de eso
para más experiencia?
¿Por qué tienen 50% de eso
y un niño que no sabe nada?
Habrá un tiempo
en la historia de Cadillac
donde podrán
llevar a un niño
un pequeño.
Para mí,
saben sus limitaciones.
No es allí,
podrás también
echar cada dropa de experiencia
que puedas.
Y están afortunados
que los dos
colegios que, para mí,
han still got it.
Still very capable
of being in Formula 1.
Still deserving
of Formula 1 seats.
Are available
and willing to join the project.
I think they've failed it.
Yeah, and I guess also
it probably wouldn't be fair
on a to bring in a rookie driver
and put them in that situation.
Well,
the car is going to be difficult to drive.
It's a new rule set
so everybody's learning,
especially a new team.
If a car is difficult to drive
you need people
with experience
to get to grips with it
because what do rookies do?
What have we seen
with rookies in Formula 1?
They crash.
This team cannot afford that.
They need as much time
on the track as possible.
They need to eat every minute
they can,
out of preseason testing,
out of Friday practice sessions.
They need to keep the costs down
in their early seasons.
They don't need a rookie doing that.
Maybe in a couple of years time,
maybe in three years time,
they're both on multi-year deals.
I'd expect, you know,
probably two years or so.
Maybe after this, possibly.
But I don't see any benefit
in bringing that,
in bringing in a rookie now.
Did, did, did I forget
the name of the listener
who sent the question.
Did they also say
why I'm not bringing in American
or have I made that up?
You've made that up.
That was going to be my next question.
Oh, OK.
Well, in that case, I'll shut up.
Why don't you ask the next question
when and we'll all pretend
like we don't know what it is.
So you ask the question.
The other thing
that a lot of people are questioning
is it's obviously an American team,
like you said.
It is, yes.
So why haven't they opted
for an American driver?
Excellent question.
Excellent question.
Very good one.
And quite simply, nobody,
all the things I've said before
to me,
they need to establish themselves
as a competitive Formula 1 team
rather than pointlessly flying
the flag for Americans
before they're ready.
I would be staggered if one day
in the not too distant future
we don't see an American driver.
Nobody fits that bill,
unfortunately, the last Formula
1 American Formula 1 driver
was Logan Sargent.
Unfortunately for Logan,
it didn't work for him
in Formula 1.
The other Formula 1
American Formula 1 driver
options don't quite fit that yet.
We're talking Crawford
in Formula 2.
He, again, he'd be a rookie.
I actually think he
I'd be very surprised
if he doesn't make it to Formula 1.
I think he's looking incredibly promising.
So maybe in two or three years time
and not yet.
And then there's also Colton Herter,
who is it was constantly linked
with Formula 1.
He's doing brilliantly
in IndyCar, is only 25.
But again, he would still be a rookie, right?
He's doing very well.
Again, I'm not saying
he's not cut out for Formula 1 at all.
People like Will Buxton,
who know far more about the two series
than me, in terms of the parallels
between the two series F1 and IndyCar,
say he's up to it,
but he still falls into that rookie tag.
He'd still have the same problems
that Crawford would, right?
He's got a bit more racing experience
behind him.
Two possibilities for the future.
Who knows, not quite yet.
Also, there's the super license system,
which also adds complications into it,
which I won't explain now,
but many people listening will know.
So, yeah, I would think
they would want an American at some point
because why not an American team
wants to back American drivers?
But firstly, they just need to be
competitive as a Formula 1 team
and they've shown to me
that they're serious operators
by not just going in an American
for the sake of throwing in an American,
but by actually saying,
well, let's just get a competitive first.
But on that,
you've actually got two drivers
very, very popular in America.
Bota ass is very popular, isn't it?
Well, Americans love a personality
which Valter has shown on social media
who's got hugely clever for a new team
with his social media presence.
When I go to the likes of Austin,
you know, in the Americas,
Checo Perez, of course,
closest to the Mexican border,
is huge in terms of popularity.
So, they've actually, you know,
they've got, all right,
they haven't got Americans,
but they've got two people
who are very popular with Americans
and people who want them to do well,
two people with fan bases.
So, great move around,
well done Cadillac,
I think you've nailed that.
Can you remember it was at the start
of not this season, but the season before?
We spoke to Checo, didn't we?
And obviously, he was very hopeful,
he was thinking that maybe that season
was gonna go a lot better and whatever.
But he was just such a nice person to speak to.
He was full of energy,
he was full of positivity,
he was talking to us about his favorite food.
And I was thinking about that interview.
And I just thought,
I'm so excited for Checo
to be part of a new team now,
the fresh start.
And without that sort of Red Bull pressure
that was clearly just getting him down.
I've had a lot of stick online
for saying that I think
it was the right decision for Checo
not to carry on in that scene.
I stand by that,
I think it was right for Red Bull.
I think they picked the wrong replacement,
but I think it was.
And there's bigger problems there,
but I still think it was right for Red Bull.
I still think it was right for Checo.
What the people who've sent me stick for that
have not given me credit for is me.
I've been really consistent saying,
but I think he's really
still a good formal one driver
and still deserves a place on the grid.
If I think both Bottas and Perez had talks with Alpine,
there's been a lot of people saying that
both could have gone.
Yeah, I think there's been some misquoting there
of a brilliant F1 journalist from ESPN
or who are obviously American Nate Saunders
when people have been saying that Nate had said
both could have gone to Alpine.
I don't believe that to be the case.
I don't think Nate believes that to be the case.
I think they've had talks,
but Perez, for a team like Alpine,
who struggled a bit this season,
would have been a great move.
So, no, I think Checo deserves a place on the grid
and I'm looking forward to seeing him
in a lower pressure environment
than that Red Bull second seat
and I just think it's a clever move
for them to get Checo in.
I think, you know, he's a race winner.
He's driven outstandingly.
He's been a consistent peddler over many years,
so he deserves his place in the sport, I think.
Big time.
And there's a lot of people that've got in touch with us
on our Instagram, Fast Curious Pod
that are singing from the same hymn sheet as you, Christian.
Hayden says, epic, glad they're coming back.
Sarah says, oh my God, I'm so for it.
Perfect, stable, strong, awesome drivers.
Andrew says, McLaren say they have two number one drivers.
Will Cadillac say they have two number two drivers?
Oh, it's harsh.
It's harsh, as I've said, but funny.
Inni says, redemption time for Checo.
Agreed that Inni.
Tom says, I hope they get a qualified
reserve driver that's young,
so in a couple of years, they can come in,
which is sort of what you were alluding to,
maybe in a few years, they might be in a place
to bring in a younger rookie driver,
but not right now.
Grace says, I love that they're back.
Bottas was so underrated, especially in his murk years.
Ian says, two experienced front running,
race winning drivers is exactly what a new team needs.
And Natalia says, most lovable duo of 2026.
Yeah, and just one thing on one of those comments.
Some people have said, well, hang on a minute,
I thought one of the arguments for a new team
coming into Formula One was that they're supposed
to provide young drivers an opportunity.
Yeah, well, they will.
This is a Formula One team that wants to be in the sport
for decades, not for years.
So just because they're not starting with a rookie,
it will still open up a seat for young drivers
looking into the future
when Checo and Valtteri are both done.
So yeah, you know,
it still is an extra two seats in Formula One.
And I also think it's one of the joys of the series
that we do have the exciting rookies
balanced with the experienced ones.
I think it's brilliant.
I think that's so it's another thing.
Betty, we speak about our love of football or soccer
in the Premier League and that sort of thing.
You love seeing how the kids come up against older players.
It's something really good.
And you've got that in the sport.
So no, I think it's, I think it's a good move.
Although I did get stick yesterday.
Oh, go on.
I might have been a bit naughty
on the Cadillac social media post.
Oh yeah, I saw this.
You love it.
You love it.
I do like to have a laugh.
Apparently you can't have a laugh anymore.
If you do have a laugh,
it's called it's called rage baiting.
Sarcasm Christian is quite hard.
I think for some people to spot on the internet, though.
Anyone who's still with the podcast at this point
knows my thoughts on this lineup.
Excellent.
But I commented underneath.
I believe it was at one point
the most liked reply on the Cadillac announcement post.
I have caused a bit of chaos here.
That's not why I did.
I just thought it was funny.
I just thought I'd have a laugh.
Aparentemente, again, that's now rage baiting
is a term I've learned.
I said, I'd have gone for some more experience, personally.
The joke being here,
that they are the most experienced drivers
you could possibly get without stealing,
without basically having Fernando Alonso
and Kim Raykinan.
Right, OK.
Shall I read out some of the responses?
How much more experience do you want?
They probably have more years driving
than you have being alive.
Again, yeah.
Wrong, actually. He's in his mid-13.
Are you having a laugh?
Like who that's available?
No, I am literally having a laugh.
Yeah, no, that is a point.
One of the comments that I did from Roxy just said,
can we get an F1,
can we maybe do an F1 Explained episode
on sarcasm, which I particularly enjoyed.
Checo is a multi-race winner
who plays second in the World Drivers Championship.
Bottas was one of the rivals
to give Lewis a run for his money.
You're new to F1, we get it.
It's OK.
Welcome to F1.
It'll be great.
I'm not that new to it.
That's my favourite.
Yeah, but my favourite
and has to go to Graham,
who goes, who do you want to hire?
Kimmy, Mickahackenham from Sabatical.
This is about as experienced as you get
without getting old drivers
and then tags the accounts
bad to F1 opinions
before almost immediately responding with,
**** is this sarcasm.
Damn, I've made a fool of myself there.
Yes, guys.
Do you know what fair play, though?
Fair play.
And he wrote the comment.
Love it.
I love that.
I love that.
Me and Graham would get on.
We've all made mistakes.
We've all got, yeah.
But yeah, it turns out apparently also
a lot of people saying
sarcasms are a British thing,
which are not the only show I realize.
Americans don't really understand sarcasm apparently.
Is that true?
If you're American,
we know we have lots of listens of you as an American.
But in the comments,
do you understand sarcasm?
I mean, some obviously did.
But yeah, though, just to clarify,
I approve of the Cadillac line up
and I wish the two young Rockies
all the very best in their roles.
Who do you think is going to be better, though?
Bottas, a checker out of interest.
Just join up on out there.
Not a clue.
Yeah, I don't know.
Honestly, I can't sit here
and apply any logic to either of it.
I suppose I just I couldn't give you an answer.
I don't know.
Also, I think again,
you'll probably see them quite close
because I think they'll be looking to get the most out of the car.
So I honestly, that'll be fascinating to watch.
But yeah, good story.
Well, I'm excited to see Cadillac.
You're very welcome, Cadillac.
For those new to F1 like myself,
we're all looking forward to Cadillac.
Yeah, earlier,
you said that you hadn't been on a yacht,
but plenty of the drivers have this summer.
Have you seen it?
Have you seen all of the social media?
I'll be honest.
Here's where it is fair to criticize me.
I'm not new to watching F1.
There's regular list as now.
Watch my first race in 1998.
What I don't follow is that I don't really go on social.
I've last few weeks
would not be on social media anywhere near as much
or when I have, I've not been looking at Formula One drivers.
I've been posting pictures of cows.
So I have seen.
I can tell you almost nothing
about what they've been up to over the over the summer
because largely, Betty, I don't care,
but I'm pleased that others do.
Right. A lot of people do care.
You educate me on this.
There are a lot of,
there are a lot of articles out there
titled F1 summer break,
what the drivers are up to.
I don't doubt that.
Guy, then what have they been up to?
Well, George has been on a yacht.
Surprise, surprise.
Every opportunity he gets,
he's on a, he's on a bloody yacht in a linen shirt.
Do something else, George.
My favorite was Oscar.
He had a barbecue with his McLaren T.
They were stood there in the glasses.
I did see a lovely picture of Oscar and Lily.
Oh yeah, they were on holiday.
Lily being Oscar's girlfriend,
Lily listens to this podcast
and always says hello to me off of race weekend.
She is just one of my favorite people
in Formula 1.
They're just, they're just delightful.
She's very cool.
They're very wholesome and lovely.
So I hope they had a lovely barbecue.
Pierre Gasly launched a drink, apparently.
Did he?
Some sort of sparkling drink.
I don't know what it is.
Someone in the comments will let us know, but.
If Pierre Gasly has launched a sparkling drink
and not called it Gassy Gasly
or something like that.
Gasly.
Gasly.
Gasly.
I'll be furious.
Do we know what the drink is?
I just saw sparkling drink.
I didn't really look into it.
Somebody also, I did see over the summer,
tried Pierre, no, Charlotte Claire's ice cream
and said it was rubbish, which is very strange.
Well, I've been haunting that down for ages
and I haven't managed to come across it.
Right, so.
Producer Wills just said it's called Mission
and I've just seen the same.
It's a natural energy drink
and performance tea company
with 100% zero sugar, zero sweetener,
energy drinks and hot and cold brew teas.
Well, listen, guys, if you'd like to sponsor the podcast,
we will happily plug it.
Oh, apparently the company's raised two million pounds
with backing from Pierre Gasly
and it's called Mission there.
We will never mention that drink on the podcast again
unless they want to sponsor it.
He should have called it Gassy, though.
Like, are you having your fruit, Gasly?
Are you enjoying it?
Your Gasly tea, yeah.
Good, well, I wish them well.
Landon Orris was at the Esports World Cup.
I missed him by a few days.
What a bloody chance.
What a shame, you could have had a little catch up.
Could have had a catch up.
He really loves his esports.
That one's not a surprise, obviously.
I mean, he's got his esports company.
What is it, Qantas, Qantas, Qantas, Qantum.
Qantas, Qantas, no, Qantas, that's off of planes.
That's a plane.
Oh, what's it called?
Qantas, Qantas.
Producer Will, you'll know this.
You're young.
What's it called?
Oh, Will doesn't know either, for God's sake.
Well, this is embarrassing.
What is it?
Is Qantas something, I'm sure, Landon.
There's going to be people listening to this.
Qantas, Qantas, Qantas, Qantas, Qantas.
People listening would have been streaming that.
Qantas, Qantas, yeah, Qantas.
My favourite.
Qantas.
Qantas always.
Landon Orris flies people to Australia.
Quadrant, yeah, good.
Luis and Rosco were on the cover of Vogue, or Dogue.
Now, I actually saw a bit of this.
I saw Luis doing quotes about how he takes Rosco to the cinema,
which I love, and he gets fascinated by Rosco watching the screen.
I love it when dogs watch the telly.
Yeah, it's amazing.
That's brilliant, yeah, I love that.
Oh, no, it's great.
So, it's really cool, the picture is amazing.
I just love that.
I feel like Luis needs that in his life as well.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You do a photo shoot with this dog.
We did have an idea, though.
You could literally have an F1 summer break bingo card, couldn't you?
Because over the years, we've seen on social media
that the F1 summer break is not complete
without various different things.
And you could tick them off very quickly.
A trip to Ibiza, being one of them.
Yachts, sunset on yachts.
OK, OK, so, the ones I would add to this,
one of them going to some sort of DJ sets
that always happens, some famous DJ.
Oh, look, it's Martin Garrix.
Martin Garrix, I was about to say Garrix.
Got Garrix written all over it.
Girlfriends on yachts.
Girlfriends on yachts is a good one.
Dogs on yachts.
Dogs on yachts for the dog owning community.
What was the other one I was going to say?
Talk about yourself a minute.
There was another one I was going to say.
Cycling.
One of them always goes on a really long,
like not needed cycle ride.
They don't like them doing that anymore.
Genuinely, this is actual insight.
George Russell used to cycle around Richmond Park,
not far from where I live.
And they've stopped them doing that
because kept falling off.
Like, I think Alonso Anstrol both had cycling instances.
They genuinely don't like them cycling anymore,
because dangerous.
Why would you fall off at Richmond Park?
It's just flat.
It shows you how little you know about Richmond Park.
How is it, is it hilly?
Famously not flat.
No, it's not.
No, it's...
I just know it's got deer.
It has got deer, deer.
Yes, but it's not hilly.
It is hilly.
Anyhow, but you can still fall off a bike
on a flat bit of road.
My boyfriend fell off his bike on a flat bit of road
because he was clouted off by someone else
and he broke his finger.
Oh, well, broke his finger.
It's fine now.
Go on, anything else?
Are you adding to this bingo card?
I feel like, so you always see them...
Right, that was it.
You always see them doing some sort of esports or gaming.
Yeah, oh yeah.
So, we tick that sort with Lando,
often it's Max or Lando or Char back in the day.
He doesn't even stream as much now, but he used to.
And then the other one,
you always see them doing some sort of driving
that isn't their normal driving.
And we've had this.
I think we spoke...
One of the times George Russell was on the podcast,
it was like, Greg asked him,
how did you switch off?
And George was like, oh, and ice driving.
And it's like, I thought you did.
You just have to drive something,
whether it's a shopping trolley or a golf cart,
they just want to drive something.
So, I think that's what it would be.
Yeah, anyway.
And then, oh, sorry.
And then on their Instagram,
they always have a caption and the battery emoji.
Every time.
Because Char's battery char.
And listen, if you've got any suggestions
for what you could put on a winter or summer break
bingo card, drop it in the comments, I'm sure.
Yeah, maybe we'll play it properly for the winter break.
Yeah, we could do that as a thing, can we?
Because they're all interchangeable,
because they all go somewhere
right in the winter anyway, don't they?
Yeah, still in yop.
And speaking of Lewis and Roscoe,
we're going to talk all about him after the break.
We're also going to hear from Leah Block
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If you've been following the Fast Nucuras for a while,
you might remember us talking about the F1 exhibition
when it was in London last season.
Well, they've now taken it on the road, everybody.
And this time it's in Amsterdam.
And to be quite honest, Christian,
I'm surprised you're actually still here,
sat at your desk and you're not on your way over to Amsterdam
because you absolutely loved it
when it was in the UK, didn't you?
I really loved it.
My favorite thing they did is they had like a grid
and they had the drivers sat in the positions
that they sat in on the car like hovering
and made you realize just how low to the floor they were.
They also had some, you know me,
I love a classic livery.
They had some fantastic old livery
and old cars as well.
So it's one of those places
I could have happily had just spent all day.
And really, it is for everybody,
whether you're a sort of long lover of F1 like Christian
or whether you're a slightly newer fan to the sport,
you would absolutely love it.
And also, you often see things being described
as sort of immersive, don't you?
Everyone says it's immersive
and then it sort of turns out to be nothing special.
But the F1 exhibition makes you feel
like you were inside an F1 geek's brain,
like your brain.
So it's how my brain looks, yeah.
Maybe not everyone would wanna be
in your brain necessarily, but it is well cool.
It is so cool.
You can basically see the past,
the present and the future of F1 all in one place.
And the cars are so close.
It's astonishing, it really is.
And what's great about the F1 exhibition
is they make it bespoke to the places they take it.
So in London they had a simulator setup
to drive around Silverstone.
In Amsterdam you can try and do a fastest lap
around Zambor, which is such a cool track.
That's cool.
And then there's a whole room
dedicated to Dutch racing history.
I mean, and that's such a history in F1.
So there's the Dutch drive room
which looks at the evolution of Zambor
from the first Grand Prix there in the 50s
all the way through to the return
of the Dutch Grand Prix in 2021.
They've got a special lineup
of cars and memorabilia on display,
including the multiple race winning Ferrari F10,
which Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massadro
en 2010, what a title battle 2010 was, by the way.
And Max Verstappen's 2021 championship
winning RB16B, unbelievable.
Like, it's such a cool lineup of stuff.
You definitely can't have the F1 exhibition
in Amsterdam without featuring Max, could you?
What a great idea for a little trip, by the way,
because Amsterdam's a gorgeous city.
Absolutely, that's a great trip.
So it is running until the 7th of September 2025.
So if you're heading to the Dutch Grand Prix
and fancy adding even more F1 to the trip,
or you happen to live nearby,
we've checked the stats,
and we know that some of you listening
are in fact Dutch, so, you know,
get yourselves over there.
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The F1 exhibition is really close
to Amsterdam's central station as well,
so it's really easy to get to on public transport.
Basically, there's no excuses.
Just head to f1exhibition.com forward slash Amsterdam
and get your tickets.
I am very glad that Lewis Hamilton had a nice break
because I think out of all of the drivers
he was probably the one that needed it the most,
I think it's fair to say.
He went into the summer break,
having said at the Hungarian Grand Prix
that he was just useless and drove terribly,
and we talked about this a little bit at the time,
you spoke about it a lot, didn't you?
It's so horrible to see drivers
talking about themselves like that.
It's horrible to see Lewis in that mindset.
What do you think's not been working
for him at Ferrari?
Well, I think there's loads of things
that haven't worked.
I think I'm not sure this era of car
particularly suits Lewis Hamilton anyway.
It's not been his strongest era
of this particular rule set,
not dissimilar to Daniel Ricciardo
with liking the sort of leaning on the car,
the late braking.
It's been hard.
If you don't get on with a car,
it's been much harder to get to grips with the car,
if that makes sense, as opposed to drivers
in the past who've just been able to sort of adapt.
So I think that's a big thing.
Maybe he's expected or he expected
the sort of process of joining
and forming as one with the team
to be smoother than it has been.
That's been tricky.
We've obviously, that spilled out on the team radio
with his race engineer.
Maybe he, after...
He admitted he underestimated
how hard it would be to go a whole season
with Mercedes knowing he was coming to the end.
And maybe therefore he's found, actually,
he thought it'd be this new era
where it hasn't been,
Ferrari haven't been as competitive
as they thought they would be.
So I think he probably thought,
oh, it's going to be this clean break
and actually it's just not been.
But the thing is, it's not right.
It's still not been horrific for me.
And this is where I find it all a bit odd.
Yeah, give us some positives.
I'm not going to do that.
I'm sorry, it occurs.
I just think it's a bit weird, right,
because it's not been terrible.
It's not been on Charles' pace,
but he's not been being battered
by Charles left, right and centre.
There's been green shoots of recovery.
I've said this on previous episodes.
And yeah, and next year is a reset
because Charles got years of experience
with this car.
And this is a car that's been evolution
rather than revolution.
Lewis is having to come into this new team.
We've seen with signs that that's tricky,
particularly at the end of a rule set,
where Albon's got years of experience
with this car against signs.
It was always going to be tricky.
So I don't know whether Lewis thought,
oh, it was going to be easier than it actually is
and therefore he's having to struggle with it.
But controversially,
for those on the Cadillac post,
I've seen pretty much,
well, I've seen every race
of Lewis Hamilton's Formula One career.
What we're seeing is not necessarily new, right?
He has been in dark mental places
in the sport before.
We've seen this self-destructive Lewis
when it's not going well.
There was certainly an era at McLaren
where we saw that when he was up against Jensen,
but it was part of the reason
he needed that reset by going to Mercedes.
What I think we need from Lewis
is sort of what we've said we need with Lando.
Lando was at a point
where he was over exaggerating the lows.
And he seems to have really got
into a good habit, Lando,
of when there's a setback,
okay, it's fine, we move on.
And we've seen as much stronger Lando Norris
because of that.
I think we need to see with Lewis more
when it's not gone his way,
he needs to stop being so hard on himself
and just go, okay,
I've signed a multi-year contract.
Next year, we've got a more even keel
with a brand new car in a brand new rule set.
I'll have had the winter to put my input in it.
Frankly, it doesn't necessarily matter too much
if I can't do it as well this year
because it's not all about this year.
And what I also would like to see less of
is the bizarre media interviews.
He comes out with these very cryptic,
oh, there's lots, I can't tell you.
There's lots going on behind the scenes.
I only wish you could see a fraction of what's going on.
It's just a bit weird
because it's not helping anyone.
It's not helping his team.
It's not helping the morale in the team.
It's not helping Fred.
If you've got these concerns,
you either say to the media what's going on
or don't and keep professional and go,
listen, we are working together as a team.
It just doesn't help anyone.
So I think I hope he sort of calmed down a bit
over the break because I don't think this
self-destructive Lewis helps
and I don't think the sort of cryptic Lewis helps.
Does that make sense, Betty?
It does. Is it self-destructive
or is it just somebody that is being
at the very top of their game
is incredibly competitive,
is a professional sports person
who knows they're not doing what they can do
and it's just frustration?
Fine, but I would argue
if there's a time and place
to express that frustration
and going out into the media
and going, almost daring at one stage,
Ferrari to replace him,
like, oh, they need to change the driver
or, oh, I'm useless.
It's not helpful.
It just doesn't help anyone.
It doesn't help Ferrari.
It doesn't help the mood around Ferrari.
He's supposed to be this galvanizing force.
He's spoken so much about wanting to do
what Vettel and Alonso didn't do
and win a championship with Ferrari and change things.
Well, none of that helps.
So do one or the other.
You know, if you're gonna be this force for good, Lewis,
that's gonna be everywhere.
As I said, we've seen this before.
This has happened before.
He's at his best when he feels happy in the team
and I'm slightly surprised
that we're seeing the self-destructive Lewis.
So he needs to air his frustrations in private.
He needs, because it's not gonna help morale
if he comes out in the press
and starts criticizing himself,
implying that the stuff going on in the team,
but out saying what it was,
it just creates chatter, it just creates speculation.
I don't actually believe it's the end of the world.
If Lewis carries on like this
for the remainder of the season on track,
maybe sometimes a bit close to Charles,
sometimes a bit far off,
because we're not seeing Lewis at peak,
but I still think,
not dissimilar to what I was saying with Bottas and Perez,
I think it is more than possible
that we see a Lewis Hamilton in 2026
that is capable of battling for a championship
and battling for wins.
I don't think we're gonna see a Lewis Hamilton
that's 100% at his peak,
but look at what Alonso's doing,
he's no older or has done as well
at an older age than Lewis.
I just think he's coming in
to a car that's not entirely happy,
to a team that's probably gone
in the wrong direction in terms of development,
that's disappointed with where it is
in terms of fighting for a world championship,
with a driver next to him
who's world class and one of the best in the sport,
who's got years of experience driving this car,
the odds are stacked against you Lewis.
So get to the end of the season,
be cool and reset
and in the meantime,
try not to go out
and criticize the team
or criticize yourself too much.
It's easier said than done,
but I just don't think it helps.
I think also it's worth remembering
that these drivers have just come out
from a very pressurized situation,
they're knackered, they're dehydrated,
straight away, microphone in their face.
You don't have time to think
about what you wanna say,
so it's just your emotion, isn't it?
So it is that, it's a shame for Lewis, isn't it?
Because he's had one season at Mercedes,
where it was like, well, everyone knows
that I'm gonna be going to Ferrari.
So this is just one of those seasons,
it's gonna be difficult.
And now he's got this season at Ferrari,
first season at Ferrari,
and it's like, well, it's gonna be difficult
because it's his first season at Ferrari.
But I guess if you're moving teams
and making these decisions,
you're gonna come up, it's gonna be difficult.
Do you think we're gonna see him
win a Grand Prix again?
Yeah, I do, actually.
I think we will.
I certainly think we can.
I don't think it'll be this season.
I think if Ferrari go into a weekend
with a car that can compete,
Charles will probably get the best of it
this season showed.
It's really only Silverstone
as Lewis has been convincingly
the best Ferrari driver.
But to go back to what I said before,
it's a bit of a reset next year.
It's a completely new car
under a completely new rule set.
Charles won't have this advantage, Lewis has got.
There'll have been a winter of Lewis
giving his feedback as well.
And if Lewis can get through this season
without completely self-destructing
his own confidence,
losing his confidence, should I say,
then actually, yeah,
I think if Ferrari next year
have a car that's capable of winning Grand Prix,
yeah, absolutely,
we could see Lewis Hamilton winning at Ferrari.
I just think it's almost damaged limitation
for him for the rest of this season.
Don't worry too much if you feel
you are being beaten by Charles,
but it's easier said than done
because these are immensely competitive people
who don't like being beaten, right?
So I just, I think a more positive
Lewis Hamilton would benefit everyone.
And if that means sometimes
just staying calmer and quieter
rather than unleashing this emotion in interviews,
I think I would probably help everyone around him.
It must be so difficult,
sort of just trying to do your job
and everyone around you
just talking about your age as well,
being like, well, he is 40,
so maybe that's why it's not quite working out.
Must just be so frustrating
because everyone ages differently as well.
You can be 40 and really fit
and still at the peak of your career.
Yeah, but I don't have any sympathy for the age thing
because I'm sorry, mate,
you're in top level competitive sport
and no matter which sport that is,
male or female sports,
the ball sports, whatever,
there are very few sports
where when athletes, drivers,
get to their late or their mid 30s,
the age question comes up.
You know that as a sports person
from before you go into the sport.
So, yeah, sorry, Lewis,
she's gonna have to deal with that.
People are gonna question your age.
I'm sorry, Fernando's at it.
But you know, James Milner has it
in the Premier League,
you know, NFL players
that have been around for years have it.
That's not unique.
Michael Schumacher had it when he came back to F1.
You're gonna have to deal with that.
You know what you're turning up for.
If you don't want that,
don't be in the sport anymore
because you're gonna get that.
Tom Brady reside when he was 44.
Yeah, Tom Brady, perfect example, NFL.
So, yeah.
Right, shall we do a little bit
of a race weekend preview, Christian?
I think we should, yeah, it'd be a good idea.
14 races down, 10 to go.
It really does feel like the pressure
is starting to sort of ramp up now.
This is the business end
of the Formula One season, right?
Yeah, massively.
And it's also the first time in quite a few years
where we're going into this last chunk of the season
with a full on title battle on our hands,
which is exciting.
And a massive talking point now,
obviously between now and the end of the season
is going to be that title battle.
Obviously.
Obviously, and you're right.
It's pressure cooker time
because we are now fully in the running.
We are fully in, all of a sudden,
as you said at the start of the episode, Betty,
Summer feels like it's ebbing away,
it's getting cooler, we're into the final 10 races.
Christmas is on the horizon.
Oh, gosh.
Because Formula One now goes right through to Christmas
and it is title challenge.
So that's going to be the massive dominating storyline.
We've got a title battle
and it is between Piastri and Norris.
Love it.
So, Piastri has this nine point lead over Norris.
It really doesn't feel like a huge amount separates them
and it does feel like they flip flop.
Whoever's going to win whatever Grand Prix,
it sort of goes one, then the other, then the other.
Speed, not a lot really separates them.
Hunger to win, I don't think a lot separates them.
Those nine points,
it's just going to come down to those small little details.
Isn't it?
Yeah, I tend to think at this point in their career.
So, I'm not talking about potential,
I'm talking about where we find ourselves today.
I tend to think Lando and Norris might have a slight,
minute speed advantage,
but I think that Oscar Piastri
probably has a consistency advantage.
There's a bit more peaks and troughs with Lando.
So, and I've said so many times
that if we look at Oscar's finishing positions this season,
he has only been outside the top three twice.
His mistake in Australia
where he ended up in the gravel
and came ninth and in Canada
where McLaren weren't competitive and he came fourth.
And Lando, very similar, he came fourth in Saudi
and of course he made that mistake
by hitting Oscar in Canada
and came classified 18th,
but he actually didn't finish the race whatever.
So, that consistency is going to be huge.
Too many times earlier in the season,
Lando made those mistakes in qualify
and therefore wasn't able to creep up as high
as he would have done
and Oscar took race wins
because Lando was having to recover.
Lando, definitivamente, se ha mejorado en la segunda mitad
de la primera mitad de la temporada.
Lo que te dices, Betty,
es que es tan poco entre ellos
y eso es por lo que creo
y no estoy siendo un fan de F1 aquí,
yo generalmente creería que esto irá hacia el barrio.
Creo que esto irá hacia el barrio,
pero creo que esto irá hacia el barrio.
Jaja, me gusta.
No, no, no, no,
no hemos visto mucho de, tipo,
combinar entre ellos,
los dos.
Ha sido muy, muy respeto, ¿no?
Así que...
Ellos tienen mucho gusto.
Ellos tienen mucho gusto a cada uno.
Ellos tienen mucho respeto a cada uno.
No creo que ellos son amantes.
No creo que ellos estén con cada uno en el mes.
Pero hay un gran respeto.
Hay un gran respeto para la cultura del equipo
que ha sido creada muy impresionante
por McLaren por los últimos años.
Entonces, hay dos
muy maturados,
jóvenes,
que han ido batiendo para el título
en una forma increíble.
Hay un crédito para McLaren.
Hay un crédito para ellos.
Eso dice que, en esta segunda mitad de la sesión,
se va a romper incluso más.
Entonces, ¿vamos a ver un gran punto de clave?
¿Vamos a ver un gran descanso?
¿Historia nos dice?
Sí, vamos a ver.
Cada vez que los compañeros han estado
en este tipo de batalla,
hemos visto algo como esto antes.
Pero...
Pero hay evidencia disponible de estos dos
que se han ido batiendo con cada uno.
Dice, en realidad, no puede suceder.
Porque tendrán una maturidad
que no hemos visto de otros carros.
Tendrán una edad de nivel
que no hemos visto de otros carros
batiendo juntos como compañeros.
Entonces, será fascinante.
Pero, si hay ese gran punto de clave
o no,
si hay un gran descanso,
no me importa mucho,
vamos a seguir batiendo para el título
que va a ir hasta el final de la sesión.
Es tan interesante
ver qué pasa, ¿no?
Y lo que pasa es que, ¿está descansando?
¿Está descansando a la mentalidad?
¿Cuál es el mejor mental?
¿Está descansando a quién puede
guardar su nervio
y no hacer tantos errores
como la otra persona?
¿Cómo va a funcionar?
Es muy fascinante.
También hablando de compañeros,
no sabemos realmente
lo que es la situación más reciente
con George Russell
y Kimi Antonelli, ¿no?
En términos de contractas,
creo que esto va a estar
hablado mucho esta semana.
Porque no hay información publica
de si los contractas
han sido extendidos.
¿Cuál es el tiempo de recordar?
No, el tiempo de recordar
no ha sido...
Me diría que si,
tenemos el Gran Prix de Italia
y es la race de Kimi.
Max está en Red Bull.
Para mí, esta es la formalidad.
Se verá confirmada.
No puedo ver
si es Gran Prix de Dúche
o Italia.
Me diría que si eso no sucedió
por post-Italia,
al menos, algo que está pasando.
Pero para mí, esa es la formalidad.
¿Tienes afectado a ellos?
¿Tienes afectado a mí?
¿Tienes afectado a ellos?
¿Tienes que mierte o no?
No, no, no.
Porque creo que los dos
no se creen que han sido
afectados por su roca.
George probablemente comprende
que han tenido que mirar a Max
porque es Max.
George es una de las
más fuertes de la sesión
formal.
Así que no creo que
ha afectado a ellos demasiado.
Yo creo que si nada,
es debido...
Es un perro.
Sí, George Russell,
esa motivación extra
ha dado a él
esa humedad a hacer mejor.
Y ha funcionado claramente.
¿Qué esperamos de Zanvo?
Zanvo es un circuito de la escuela de la edad.
Yo era allí la última vez
y me ha asustado
cuando viajé en el tren.
Cómo...
es de arriba y abajo,
es de abajo y abajo.
Es como un coche de roca.
La vimos con Logan Sargent
la última vez
cuando le echó la ropa más pequeña
y se terminó colgando difícil.
Es un circuito donde
mis errores están colgados brutamente.
Es un circuito difícil
para dar a los coches.
Los coches dicen que es como un coche de ropa
porque es de la forma en la que va y abajo
porque es turno a turno a turno a turno a turno a turno.
Así que, incluso lo más pequeño
de lo que pasa,
tendrán que tener un violento cruz.
Se te despliega el tren.
Así que será un test real
para los coches.
Será un test real
para que alguien
siga con su carro.
Eso dice que la última vez
hicimos oportunidades de overtake
a pesar de ser tan narrow.
Hace mucho overtake
que fuimos la última vez.
Así que no me gustaría que
sería uno de los circuitos
donde las personas estuquen.
Creo que puedes pasar
similar a cómo puedes pasar
todos los coches en su turno a turno a turno a turno a turno a turno.
Y el año pasado,
Lando fue muy bueno.
Nos llegamos de la semana correcta el año pasado
y Lando era en una batalla diferente
donde estaba como,
¿puedo tomarlo a Max?
Y luego salió Max
en su hogar.
¡Pero!
La nois en Zambor
es increíble.
Es como
una especie de festival europea.
Si alguien ha sido
como un festival europeo
donde es un poco más
rocoso y lleno,
es por la batalla.
Así que es como
estás en este tipo de
festival europea de la semana.
Tienes un show de C of R,
es una atmósfera intimidante.
Es como
para las personas como Lando
y Oscar,
te sientes como una batalla.
Eso no será menos intenso este año
porque, obviamente, Max
probablemente no está en la batalla titulada.
Pero Lando
vio el año pasado
y todos estaban como,
¿puedo hacerlo?
Y luego salió uno de los mejores
de la semana correcta
y ganó el Grand Prix
en Max en su hogar.
Así que es un trato fuerte
basado en la que te dijiste last year.
¿Es esto la de las bicis?
Sí, es esto.
Sí, sí, sí.
Me llamo la bicis.
Sí, sí, lo de la bicis en el Netherland.
Así que todos los ciclos en.
Así que sí,
absolutamente lo de la bicis.
Y luego veas estas fotos de
el cráter con las
77000 bicis aparte de de exterior.
Es como, ¿cómo te vas a encontrar tu bicis?
¿Cómo te vas a perder tu bicis?
¿Y por qué te echas tu helm?
¿Qué pasa aquí?
Quiero saber los detalles intrusos.
Y también, Will,
nuestro productor,
ha...
le gusta que te ofreces
un poco de titbit, ¿no?
Todo el día, ¿no?
Y su nombre es Tirol.
Así que tenemos...
Tirol es titbit, ¿no?
¡Me gusta!
¿Puedo darme un jingle?
Oh, Dios mío.
Me llamo.
No sé.
No va a ser clara, ¿no?
Porque eso es como la cita de los jingles
en este podcast.
Ok, voy a ir con el jingle.
Lo haré en el futuro.
No quiero rirlo.
¡Ven con el jingle!
No, no, no.
Y así, Will ha añadido
que Turn 1 es llamado...
¿Cómo lo digo?
Tarzan.
Tarzan-Bacht.
Tarzan-Bacht.
Tarzan-Bacht.
Tarzan Corner.
No hay claridad sobre esta origen exacta,
pero la sugestión famosa
es básicamente que un autónomo
que fue llamado Tarzan
por los locales de los familiares
que lo subieron a este país o algo.
Él no concluyó con los planos
para construir el circuito
en el día.
Y así, él refugió a dar su rostro de tierra
sin que el rostro se llamara.
Es un buen rostro de Tarzan.
Sí, me gusta mucho.
Sí, bueno para él.
También, a lo menos,
tiene algo que ver con él.
¿Sabes lo que significa?
Si perdiste un pequeño rostro de jardín,
a lo menos el rostro.
Me hace sentir muy triste.
¡Pero buen interés!
¡Sí! ¡No! ¡Muchas gracias!
¡Muchas gracias!
¿Por qué no hace que se sienta triste?
¿Por qué no ha perdido su rostro de tierra?
¡Sí!
¡Pero Tarzan!
¡No puedo hacer mucho!
¡No puedo!
¡No puedo!
Bueno, lo que también está en esta semana
es la F1 Academy,
que es de vuelta,
que es genial.
Más rastros a ver.
Ahora,
hablamos de un título,
vamos.
Hemos realmente tenido una F1 Academy
con Doreen Pan
y el championship.
Tres más rastros.
Vegas,
Singapur
y el primero,
Zambor.
Ahora,
la bloca de William Driver
está en la segunda rastro de la segunda temporada
en la F1 Academy.
Con Williams,
hemos tenido una chapa de ella
en la F1 Academy rastro,
que es de vuelta en Canadá.
Lea Block,
bienvenido a The Fast and the Curious.
Es genial ver a ti.
Gracias.
Gracias por haberme.
Es un absoluto placer
tenerla con ti.
¿Cómo empezó la temporada
con la F1 Academy?
Bueno,
me gustaría decir
que ha sido increíble.
Bueno,
no lo ha hecho.
Es definitivamente difícil para mí.
Muchos de las cosas
que están fuera de mi control
me han perdido
el principio de la temporada.
Pero,
todavía hemos estado trabajando
muy bien en las escenas
y estoy buscando
para que la rastro llegue.
A ver,
Canadá parece fuerte,
una tercera y una cuarta.
¿Es que es el signo
de las cosas mejorando
después de lo que dices?
Un poco de la temporada chica.
Sí,
creo que definitivamente
estará mejor
y Canadá
fue uno de los turnes
de la rastro.
Así que
fue un truco muy divertido.
Así que estoy emocionado
para mantener ese momento
y ir a la resta de la temporada.
Si es un truco muy divertido,
¿puedes still enjoy it?
¿Estás still enjoying
la experiencia?
Absolutamente.
La experiencia que
yo no podría escribir
para nada aquí.
Todas las cosas divertidas
que he hecho
y la rastro que he hecho
con una rastro tan increíble
es
para ver
algo que nunca olvidaré.
Esto es increíble.
Esto es increíble.
Ahora,
los que están viendo
en YouTube
podrán ver esto.
En lo que parece
como uno de los tentos
que llegan a la rastro.
Pero parece
absolutamente hermoso.
Gorgeous día.
Dime
de dónde estás hablando
de nosotros
y de lo que estás haciendo.
Así que
estoy currently
en la club de colegas
en Goodlid.
Y hoy
puedo coger
la FW14B
a la rastro.
Puedo cogerla
dos veces.
Así que
creo que será
probablemente la rastro
de mi año.
Es muy increíble.
Así que
esto es increíble.
La FW14B
es una formula
legendaria
de la rastro, ¿verdad?
Sí.
Fue
la rastro de la rastro
de 1992
con Nigel Mansell.
Y, en realidad,
él está haciendo
un avión
en la rastro
de la rastro
de la rastro.
Así que
tengo que mantener
la rastro de la rastro
de él.
Por favor,
guarda la rastro
de Nigel
en una rastro de la rastro.
Eso es precioso, Leah.
Eso es precioso.
Sí.
Y nunca he cogen
la rastro de la rastro.
Así que
esto sería mi primera vez.
Para los que no lo saben,
tu experiencia de F1
porque es única.
No te he hecho nada
así como antes.
Sí.
Durante la lucha del año
de la FW08
aquí en Goodwood.
Yo tenía un test
en Silverstone
antes.
Entonces,
he aprendido la rastro y todo.
Esta vez
estoy en First time
en Goodwood.
Claro que es una gran
rastro f1.
Más presión
pero también es una
experiencia muy increíble.
Y paraizer
otra rastro F1
con la rastro de la rastro.
¡No lo creo!
Es increíble, muy emocionante.
Vamos a mirar en las fotos, vamos a ver cómo se va.
Lea, no te has quedado mucho tiempo,
porque estás intentando ir a la ingeniería para dar el 1-Car formula.
Pero, hemos tenido un tiempo de poner algunas de las preguntas de nuestro escuchador.
¿Estás bien con esto?
Sí, ¡vamos!
Loads nos han pedido esto, loads y loads.
Así que, lo siento, no hemos vendido ningún nombre.
¿Cómo te encuentras en el rato en solo cita,
comparado a el rato en rally?
Bueno, por supuesto, es muy diferente.
Y, al final de la semana,
en el rato de rato, después de ganar el championship,
fue un problema mentalmente,
para que se vuelva y empiezo al fondo,
y relevan todo lo que
tal vez las chicas en la Academia de Fun
han estado haciendo por años.
Así que, es muy diferente
de la manera en la que tienes que dirigir,
de la manera en la que preparas por un mes.
Pero, en general,
he tenido mucho divertido,
porque ha sido un gran desafío para mí.
Pero, ya sabes,
hemos tenido un suceso,
y me hace que quiera seguir haciendo más.
Estoy seguro de que queremos seguir haciendo más en esto también.
No es que el rato no es muy bien.
Ahora, esta es una pregunta de Instagram
de Lady of House Pounce.
¿Es su nombre?
No sé lo que significa,
pero disfruto de su nombre.
Ellos preguntan una pregunta muy difícil.
Creo que es una de las preguntas más crueles
que hemos hecho a un rato en el Fast and the Furious.
Oh, no.
Sí, sí.
A ver, conozco.
Y tenemos que ponerle una respuesta.
¿Quién es tu favorito?
Alex o Carlos?
¡Veo!
Esa es la pregunta.
Esa es la pregunta.
Esa es la pregunta.
Es una pregunta de Lady of House Pounce, ¿no?
Sí.
Esa es la pregunta.
¿Por qué no tengo que elegir?
Bueno,
no he entendido la respuesta
de por qué tienes que elegir.
Sí.
Esa es la pregunta.
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Esa es la pregunta.
¿Cuál es tu favorita canción?
Yo diría que ahora es cualquier canción de Tate McRae,
cualquier canción de ella.
¿Cuál es tu favorita canción?
Sí, ella tiene esa vibra
y realmente me arrasa,
así que me gusta.
Hemos tenido a Oli Bearman
que confesó su amor a Taylor Swift
y eso ha sido una cosa
que está todo,
así que tienes que tener cuidado con lo que dice
sobre la música en este podcast.
¿Quién es Taylor Swift?
Sí.
Ember Gunn
dice, ¿cuál es la serie Netflix
que ha afectado la vida en y fuera del Paddock?
Así que deberíamos decir que para aquellos que no saben,
hay un viaje para sobrevivir
en la serie Netflix
seguiendo a todos ustedes en F1Academy.
¿Qué ha sido posible?
Bueno, obviamente
es una cosa muy mala
para ver tu face
en el show de Netflix
pero ha sido increíble.
Para ser honesto, el feedback
del show ha sido muy genial
y para las personas que se han visto
en las escenas del año pasado
y lo que realmente vamos a pasar
y cómo mucho trabajo va a entrar en el viaje
ha sido muy genial.
Pero he tenido
un par de veces que las chicas vengan a mi
y me dicen que he visto
en el show de F1Academy
y creo que es tan simple.
Y para mí, es lo que veo
y me gusta mucho que
estamos inspirados por la próxima generación.
Y, Lea,
antes de que tengamos que dejarlo,
finalmente,
has mencionado el comienzo del año pasado,
hay algunas traccas increíbles
en F1Academy,
a Zambor, a Singapur y a Vegas
una otra homerage para vosotros.
¿Quién es tu particularidad?
Yo diría Vegas.
Es la más cerca de mi hogar
que haré.
¿Por qué no?
Puedes ir a la estripada
y tener una gran partida después.
Así que estoy emocionada por eso.
¿Cuánto más te gustaría?
Lea, vámonos en el F1Academy
y estamos muy emocionados.
Gracias por ver conmigo
y nos vemos en el año pasado.
Gracias.
He disfrutado de hablar con Lea,
siempre he hablado con Lea.
Apologizaba muy rápido.
Fue en el Festival Goodwood
y gracias a Williams,
gracias a Lea. Lea es hermosa.
Y ha hecho muy bien en el F1Academy
viajando desde su background
de la ración de la ración en el circuito
que ha sido fantástico.
El F1Academy ha sido muy emocionante
este año.
Estamos esperando para hacer más
con el F1Academy
antes del final del año.
No voy a decir exactamente qué,
porque soy un chico.
Pero hay más stuff en el F1Academy
entre ahora y los dos
finales de la ración de la ración
y vamos a reflejarlo.
No puedo hacer eso,
porque no estoy en el F1Academy.
No, no te estás ayudando,
pero es bien.
¿Es la única ración
de la ración de la ración
de la ración?
Así que me disculpo.
Creo que he perdido otra ración.
Creo que he perdido uno.
¿Es verdad que he perdido uno?
No lo sé.
No, he perdido un preview.
Definitivamente un preview
que tú y Greg hicieron, porque escuché.
Cuando estaba en Australia,
creo que era muy bueno.
Pero no estoy en el sábado,
porque estoy away
para mi abuelo.
Sí, soy away para mi abuelo,
pero
alguien que sabe
considerablemente más sobre el F1Academy
y motorista que yo
está replaciendo a mí.
Así que va a ser un mejor podcast
sin mí, y eso es Alex Bundle.
Así que Alex Bundle estará aquí
para dedicar la ración en el sábado.
Muy buen hombre.
Un hombre maravilloso.
Y nosotros rímos contra el otro
en Karting, Betty.
¡Fabulous! Me alegro que no estés ahí,
porque no quiero escuchar sobre eso.
¿Sabes que fue mejor?
Probablemente él.
Definitivamente él.
¡Suscríbete!
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