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I've forgotten how many years it is until the Miami GP now.

It keeps going up, but I've forgotten what the last number was.

But in this April break, we've got another episode for you.

Sam, we've just had Easter. Did you have a good one?

Yeah, mate, I did.

Thank you. Thanks for asking.

I love roast dinga. That was nice.

I've got a few Easter eggs.

I'm only eating it for the chocolate.

What Easter eggs did you get, mate?

I've got a link-bunny one. That's nice.

Bougie, actually. I have some cream eggs.

Always cream eggs forever.

I have yours as well because I know you don't like them.

And then I've got a Terry's chocolate orange.

Oh, respect that.

It has the segments in the middle and they're popping candy segments.

Honestly, different ball game.

What a day you've had.

Well, the weekend itself was fantastic.

Very nice.

I've got fruit pastels, chocolate egg, quick.

I made a comment in the supermarket.

I went, this must be a tough day for sweets.

No one's buying the sweet ones.

You are.

Well, it's just you get a chocolate Easter egg

and a packet of fruit pastels,

but I'm not complaining about it.

Fair.

All right.

Fruit pastel.

I've got a question.

How much of chocolate Easter egg chat

has actually made this its way into the show?

All of it's every single thing.

No, it's just Kersti's chicken and red.

We're going to cut in now.

We've actually got more to chat about

than just Easter egg.

Surprisingly, we're playing F1 Hyrule Lower later on.

We've got a discussion on Alpine's open letter

that they did last week.

We've got chat about Max Verstappen

and a run in that he had recently

with a journalist from the UK.

But we're going to start with Charles Lecler

and Ferrari because Charles Lecler has said Ferrari

can make huge gains across every area

of its 2026 F1 car,

including the engine, chassis, aerodynamics,

and tyre management.

Mate, that's pretty much everything, Charles.

Yeah.

Ferrari has been Mercedes's closest rival this season,

but hasn't stopped them winning the first three races.

The team has acknowledged it is currently down

on engine performance, at least partly

due to the Mercedes interpretation

of compression ratio rules,

a loophole set to close after round five in Canada.

Still, Ferrari needs some powertrain upgrades,

which the ADUO, or Additional Development

and Upgrade Opportunities mechanism,

might provide opportunities for

with manufacturers between 2% and 4%

down on the best engine's power

allowed an additional upgrade,

while those who are more than 4% down will get two.

The process theoretically occurs after the 6th, 12th,

and 18th rounds of the season.

However, Lecler has stressed Ferrari

must not focus just on the engine alone,

highlighting some of those other things

that they need to improve on as well.

But if we're going to start some with the power units

and ADUO, which...

A DUO? A DUO?

I'd like a DUO. I like that.

I'd like a DUO-ver from the start of that bit

because that was terrible.

You know, we've established that Miami is so far away

we might need to cryogenically freeze ourselves

to make it there in one piece

because we generally might not make it.

It would be so Ferrari to only focus on the power unit

and go, you know what, we've got a month.

We can't do anything with a power unit

because a DUO or whatever we're calling it

hasn't kicked in yet, so we've got a lot to do at work.

That would be so Ferrari.

But genuinely, if it's going to help anyone in this gap,

it's Ferrari that it will help as a contender at the top.

I do think that Mercedes will be putting a lot of their efforts

into trying to make an engine that works

without the compression ratio involved.

They obviously got the news at the start of the season.

It's a huge change.

They got to deliver it to customer teams as well.

It is a big difference in how their cars are going to be tested.

So a lot of focus, I think, will be on that.

And they obviously don't have to wait until the sixth Grand Prix of the season

to do any adjustments.

They have to make it fair when the regulations before that point.

Ferrari, on the other hand, there's a few things already

that we've seen Ferrari tinkering with.

They brought the world's tiniest windscreen that appeared

on one of their cars for a brief moment.

Of course, we've seen the Macarena wing turn up.

That's quite funky and interesting too.

And we've seen lots of teams develop really strange

and wonderful and innovative side pods

and ways of getting the airflow around the car to be more effective.

And I think this is where Ferrari is going to be looking for further gains.

We saw that Mercedes are comfortable on their tyres.

We saw that they've got bigger pace throughout a lot of the Mixby Corners as well.

Now, actually, they were matching Ferrari,

despite having bigger engine power,

in a lot of the cornering sections as well

that we've seen in the last three Grand Prix,

especially Suzuka,

where Kim Yamagami went on to win that Grand Prix

by a very long distance.

So Ferrari is doing to make sure that

whilst they don't lose track of where the car has been good so far,

and it's definitely the most competitive Ferrari we've seen for a while,

the DNA is clearly there.

They're doing to make sure that they are expanding

and developing that car rapidly.

If they want to make sure they can take advantage of,

essentially, what's going to be a negative car dealt to Mercedes

with the change in these regulations when it comes to the engine.

They will be heavily affected.

Ferrari to capitalise.

Harry, could you see a duo being used to get closer to Mercedes?

I mean, it's what it's there for, isn't it, this year?

So it will be interesting to see whether

this helps bring together the competition.

Obviously, as you said, it's supposed to come around,

come in at round six, which was Miami,

but it is now Monaco, TBC,

whether when that actually comes in.

But yeah, it's what it's there for.

So it'll be interesting to see.

And I'm hopeful that it does allow,

well, does allow Ferrari to catch up to the top,

but other teams as well.

The percentages you mentioned, what are they giving Honda?

Mate, that's like double figures, isn't it?

85%.

OK, fine.

But yeah, so hopefully it does make a difference.

The comments from the club do give me the same vibes

as the Carlos Sainte-Charles player,

seven tenths upgrade,

they touted a couple of years ago,

which obviously...

They're still not at seven tenths now.

They're still working on that upgrade.

But they are much closer than they were at that point.

So I'm obviously teasing there.

So yeah, whilst they can't focus all on engine power,

I think it will be a big thing for Ferrari to look at here,

because whilst Mercedes,

I think I'm probably stronger in all,

almost areas versus the Ferrari car.

Engine pace has got to be the one

that they're focused on the most.

Yeah, I'm hopeful it does allow them to catch up,

because whilst Japan wasn't as good for them

as the first two races,

Ferrari are within touching distance.

And whilst McLaren haven't always been there throughout this year,

and say for Red Bull,

this Aduo may allow them to catch up.

So they'll be hoping that with the advantage that they've had,

if they can make some games,

it will allow them to get the mix with Mercedes a bit more.

Yeah, I feel like this plus the compression ratio loophole

that we've discussed a couple of times this year,

that being closed, those two things collectively,

it's quite an effective one-two punch,

or at least it has the potential

to be quite an effective one-two punch on Mercedes.

And Ferrari, as you already say,

I'm a very well positioned to take advantage of that,

if that's the case.

You know, Aduo, like you can say it's pretty similar to,

and it's not the same, otherwise people will shout at me.

It's a bit similar to balance of performance

when it comes to the World Endurance Championship,

but where it differs is,

if you think of balance of performance in WEC,

you're more looking at bringing the leaders back to the pack,

whereas this is kind of attacking it from the other way,

which is bringing those at the back forward to where,

or giving the opportunity to come forward to where the leaders are.

That's the other good thing about this, I think,

is it's not a guaranteed you are now going to be on the pace

of, let's say, Mercedes who have the best power unit.

It's the opportunity to catch up.

We know that these upgrades,

there is no guarantee that it's going to work for all teams.

We've seen that particularly in the last couple of years,

that these upgrades can fail.

We had not an engine upgrade necessarily,

but Verstappen had an upgrade package at Suzuka.

And I think the only reason we know that

is because we were told about it.

There wasn't much indication to show Red Bull

were particularly fast there,

versus what they could have been.

And as you've kind of outlined,

Terry, with the timeline of all of this,

in theory, this compression ratio loophole

is going to be closed after Canada,

which is now round five.

And if they're sticking with round six is the time

in which their first reviewing performance for ADUO,

that's essentially back to back rounds.

That could hit Mercedes quite hard,

like one after the other.

It is going to be, I think, much tougher,

and this isn't just about Mercedes,

but it's going to be tougher in this era

for an engine manufacturer to dominate

in the same way that Mercedes did back in 2014.

Like when Mercedes come out the blocks,

beginning of the hybrid era,

that advantage essentially stayed with them

for like four years.

I don't think it's going to be as easy to do that here

with this mechanism in place.

But it is important for Ferrari in particular

to use this opportunity to catch up,

especially with the likes of,

I mean, think about Austria and Silverstone,

think about Monza.

Like all of these tracks are upcoming.

They are very power-sensitive tracks,

more so than Suzuka that we've just gone to

and Melbourne's kickoff the year.

It's very important that Ferrari get this right sooner

rather than later.

I think for Mercedes, though, with the compression ratio,

they have to take that as a bit of a loss,

not only because they'll be losing a competitive advantage,

but also, I guess, Sam,

because they've lost Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

two rounds in which they could have used it

before it was taken away.

Instead, they've kind of just got the five rounds

to use it rather than seven.

Yeah, that loss of those two Grand Prix,

you mentioned the ones who puncture

the change in compression ratio

and the ADUO going to possibly Ferrari

and other manufacturers, of course.

This is also a loss for them,

like a third strike, essentially,

where they've got less time

to take advantage of this now

what's going to be deemed a legal style of engine,

which has to be tested,

because they were both power tracks.

Having a strong engine at both of those tracks

was a huge commodity that you could take advantage of,

and they've lost that immediately.

It's a real big hit for Mercedes

that they're going to take advantage of it.

It's a real win for the likes of Ferrari,

for Red Bull.

For those of cars that are not essentially using

a Mercedes powertrain to go,

great, we've got development time,

trying to understand what went wrong.

We could pick up this ADUO

and start forecasting how we maybe want to use it

to get the best races from Mercedes

and its potential customers to score points.

I can't believe I'm saying this,

but it seems like Alpine

were a real threat with Pierre Gasly

in that kind of midfield with the points section.

I bet Max Verstappen is walking down the street

kicking his feet on the floor.

Oh, God, I can't remember Pierre Gasly.

He's so good.

Well, now there's a chance at the end

you could be even better for yourself

than you could be on equal playing fields.

No longer be haunting to the Casio triangle of Suzuka

so it does feel like

Mercedes are really on the back foot.

It's going to be really interesting to see how they

take on a lot of challenges at once

combined with the fact that both their drivers

are still vying, of course,

to leading a world championship,

which could be the first of both of them.

I don't think this is much of a radical statement, Harry,

but particularly when it comes to Charles Lecler,

if Ferrari can deliver

a power unit that is able to compete

with Mercedes, you'll fancy as chances

against Santonelli and Russell,

I'd say that

both of them are solid drivers and done a good job

so far this year.

They're not unbeisable, especially for someone like Lecler.

No, not at all.

And I think we've seen already

this year that both

whilst they have dominated

the wins we've had,

both of them

have had issues or errors

along the way that performances

have not been quite up-standard.

So I'd argue

that Lecler has operated already

this year at a higher level than both Russell

and Santonelli, and that isn't a

I'm not being harsh on those two,

but if there's a car then

get him into the fight

then yeah, I

absolutely think Lecler,

but this is Charles Lecler who was taking on Max Verstappen

in, well,

he said it was prime, but at his prime

in like, you know, 2022

era,

if he can do that, he can take the fight

to Russell and Antonelli

for sure.

In terms of what else they need to improve on

Sam, I know Charles

has essentially listed everything.

Everything.

Anything that you've spotted so far this year

if we're going outside of the power unit that you think

that's something they need to get better at.

I feel like tyre wear has actually cost them

a little more than we've been expecting.

When you're in a season in an era that

tyre wear doesn't seem to be a massive factor

unlike the last few years where you have seen

off a bit more or overheating has been

a big issue.

Both Hamilton and Leclerc have had instances

where they've been unable to

catch or match the cars around them

because they've been affected by the tyres dropping

off or overheating slightly further.

We saw it with Lewis Hamilton specifically

where in the sprint race

he absolutely tore through his tyres much faster

than everyone expected him to

and he came out in the interview after this

and said, I've really learnt something there

that I, you know, the tyres aren't as strong as I thought

and I'm sorry Rip for his tyres faster than we've seen

with a lot of the other top cars going around it as well

so if they can mitigate this

and create a big of an impenetrable force

like McLaren did last year

where it could run super close to the cars around it

i.e. its teammates

it could step behind in the heat and not overheat

whilst keeping the downforce applied

and the tyres aren't going to go off

that gives them a real chance to take the fight

to Mercedes if the rest of the upgrades

provide them with a level playing field.

I think overall they've got something to work with

and it seems like a really responsive car

a car that at low speed

is pretty handy

good on acceleration

they've got the building blocks there for a good car

the thing I pointed out was

I don't think they're yet on top of qualifying

I think they can get a little bit more

out of those qualifying sessions

maybe not to touch Mercedes quite yet

but I don't think they're getting 100%

some of that might be down to driving style

some of that might be down to

again the tyres could be the warm up

of the tyres for those qualifying laps

I think it is important they sorted

out though because at the moment it's not really hurting

them that much in that

they're so good at race starts that

they can afford to qualify

a position or two lower than maybe

they could do

but that advantage isn't necessarily going to hold

like Mercedes might well get better

at those starts as the year progresses

and we saw in Suzuka

Piastri was there

leading from the slide

that it's impacting McLaren in the same way

that it's impacting Mercedes

so if McLaren are starting to get more involved

in these battles for podiums

then suddenly Ferrari might have to

to start out qualifying them a lot more

consistently

Harry Fredverser has said before

that Miami could be the start

of a new championship which I appreciate

is not just about his team

and more about the sport as a whole

but could you see that being the case

could you see the order being shaken up

there?

I think I mean significantly

I would be surprised

but I think it's not a bold statement

to say this given

we've got

330 days until

the next race in Miami

it's not

beyond the round's possibility that

things could change quite significantly

both in

the developments that teams

can make if indeed they are allowed to do it

onwards

but also the sport as a whole

you were saying about qualifying then

with Ferrari

if there's something

if I make some changes in this

false break we've got

and qualifying allows drivers to push 100%

expect to see Hamilton

and McLaren

especially McLaren

back on top qualifying form

and then if they're qualifying

even third and fourth

that's an easy lead

by whatever turn one they're going into

from there on in maybe with Monaco

is the exception but even then

who knows

I think there's a combination of things that could really

I don't think shake it up

Alpine aren't going to start winning

but it certainly could help close the gaps

yeah that would be a shake-up

Leclerc is definitely going to squeeze it down the middle

into turn one of Monaco

if he qualifies fourth

he's absolutely sending it

all the heroics

please yeah

he will prove that he's a cut above the rest

just like his mother

a great hair dresser

thank you for the context right at the end there

that is appreciated

he's just a massive Charlotte Clare mother fan

you've raised a beauty

we cut him this off

one final thing I would say

on Ferrari as well

let's think about their weaknesses from last year

I think their number one weakness last year

is their fee corners

great work on the regulations

they don't exist anymore

so Ferrari's weakness just got eliminated for 2026

good work

playing 3D chess out there

if only

thank you sir for steaming over the start procedure changes

imagine how big their start would have been

if they hadn't changed anything

that's a big point

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Max Verstappen a bit of recent news from him

because he refused to begin his japanese

gp press conference until

journalist Giles Richards left the room

saying I'm not speaking before

he's leaving before telling him very bluntly

to get out

the tension stems from a question

Richards asked after last season's

Abu Dhabi finale where he questioned

whether Verstappen's clash with George Russell

may have cost him the title of course

that crash coming out of the Spanish GP

earlier in the year Verstappen took issue

not just with the question but how it was

asked once Richards exited

Verstappen began the session in Japan

at the end of the year and

he said he was disappointed

adding that difficult questions are a part

of a journalist's role and expressing

hope for a better relationship with him

going forward

Harry this at the time got

quite a lot of intrigue

on the likes of social media

what were your thoughts on it

not on from Max Verstappen

this

I tried to try to be as

balanced as possible here because

I mean a lot of these drivers do but

the likes of Verstappen

Hamilton Alonso

I mean Alonso thinks that it's

just all on him but

those drivers

receive perhaps

more criticism not just in

the press but in

on social media etc

more so than others necessarily do

and so I can see

how things like

questions that he was asked by

Giles Richards at the end of last year

have riled Max up but

even so it is

the duty and the responsibility

of journalists to ask these tough questions

as he rightly said

and it's not

up to Max Verstappen to decide

whether what questions

he would like to be asked and it's

a dangerous precedent to set

not just

F1 drivers but any sports star can just

demand

which journalists which media outlets

allow them to

question them because they don't want to answer

certain questions. Max is probably more blunt

than the most

especially around the media has always

been suspect he always will be

you know it's part of

his character it's part of what people

love about him that he's sort of

no nonsense in

that respect but yeah this isn't on

you can't be checking out journalists

in your press conferences and I hope

that

by the time we get to the Miami GP

and beyond that there's

a bit of water on the bridge they come

to a resolution between the two of them

and that he sees that this

can't be the way forward

for him

because it shouldn't be and also

given his status within the sport

it's such a bad precedent for anyone

who's any new drivers that are coming

up and think that they can do the same

not on disagree with Max on this one

heavily. What was

your take on it Sam?

I was quite disappointed when it came out

I want to caveat my response with

the fact that I really

like Max Verstappen I've got a lot of respect for him

and

to be fair he has every right to be

annoyed at a question

he has every right to not like someone

you could do all those things you know if you want to take

an answer and give the most blunt response

possible that's your

prerogative you could do that exactly how you

like one road responses are entirely

up to you if that's how you see fit

I do understand

where

the entitlement

comes from where you think you can tell someone

to stop doing their job when they haven't done

anything wrong it's not like he asked him a

thanks in question he didn't say something

that was rude it was a critical question

it you know posed

for thought and I can understand

why Max might have been a bit frustrated at

being raised again that he had that incident

with George Russell in Spain and look

it came from a British press

member and we know that there's been some critique

of the British press when it comes to

questioning the Formula 1 drivers about

an incident with a British driver which Max

has had problems with previously

but the entitlement I think

that there was to say to someone

I'm not going to do anything

until this person

leaves the room

I thought was outrageous

and I can't believe that no one

stepped in from a

like an FIA point of view and officials

point of view stepped in or other journalists

at that point or drivers who revolved

in the room didn't say

come on really like that's

is that really wrong is that okay that you

think you could just do that to someone

I know that people probably felt a bit awkward

and they didn't want to cause a bit of an uproar

but it must have been really difficult

for you know this accredited journalist who spent

many years trying to be the best in their field

you know they're probably pursuing a subject that they are

very passionate about

to be ousted to be removed

from the one area that they think they have

earned their right to being as well as those drivers

because he asks a critical question

so this isn't something I want to see again

I really don't think it's on

I hope that someone has tried to explain this

to Max in a you know a friendly nice way

where he can see both sides I hope

and I do hope much like you Harry that they can

patch things up to at least a point where

they could be in the same room together even if

I asked Max for staff on a question again

I just don't want to see this kind of behavior

between the press who try their best

to bring stories to us which we

use on this show on a regular basis

and the drivers who are there to both

entertain us and you know feel comfortable

themselves so yeah it was really disappointed

I hope we don't see something like it again

I was I was really quite shocked at it

yeah my view was very similar

I thought it was quite poor of the staff

and at least the way he handled it

I've seen a lot of you know

side you on with this you on the side

of the journalist the side of the staff and

it's not really the way I'm viewing this

the way I view it is pretty

similar to how you started your answer some which is that

Richard has Richard is

entitled and he is allowed to ask the question

the staff and is entitled

and has a right to answer however he

wants to in that moment

Richards has a right to be

in the press conference and I appreciate

by the way this was a Red Bull

specific press gathering rather

than the official FIA press

conference I believe but I think the same

rule applies he has the right to be there

but Verstappen does not have

the right to say you shouldn't

be here that that's

where it crosses over I think

I thought the Abu Dhabi question was

a valid one it's a tough

question to ask no doubt but

that's what journalists are there for

you are at least

with a championship that went down to the wire

and was as close as what it was

I understand how that question for Verstappen

would have been tough to deal with like

he has just come out of a championship

fight and come up narrowly short

but the reality

is they are going to pick out those pivotal

moments and if he had won by a couple

of points they would have done the same

thing with one of his wins

or one of his come

back drives or whatever it might be they would have asked the

question it was this race

in particular something you see as the crucial

moment that turned the championship around

the fact that he came up a couple of points

short is just you're going to get questions

on the other side of it

I just

one of Max Verstappen's

issues was how often

as well he was asked this question and I

understand that point of what he's saying

like it was natural for him to be

asked about this incident straight after it

happened in Spain and I also

think it was perfectly valid to ask

him this question after Abu Dhabi as well

given what we know what

we know happened if he's being asked

constantly in

September and October about

this and it must get very boring

and repetitive to answer the same question

again I think he is very entitled to

say like why are you asking me

about this this happened months ago the championship

battles ongoing we've had many more races

since then don't ask

me about that why are you asking me about this

but as soon as the Abu Dhabi result

is confirmed I think it does become relevant

again but

even though I thought it was a valid question

it's kind of

it's kind of pointless it doesn't matter whether I think it's a

good question or a bad question

he's entitled to ask it

and you are entitled to answer it like

Verstappen had sat there and gone I think

that is an atrocious question to ask

here's why whether I agree

or disagree with that I don't care like he

has just been his unfiltered

self in that moment and given

an accurate answer to how he's feeling

that's what I want to see from him

and all the other drivers and honestly we get

more of that from Verstappen than we do most

other drivers I often come away

from like an official press

conference and think well we haven't really learned anything

here because they've given the most cookie

cutter answers and a lot of the time

Verstappen is the one that kind of breaks that

mould I don't care what you have

to say as long as it's truthful to who you are

but where it crosses over is just

flat out refusing to have someone's

presence in a press conference I just

just

I just think it's a bad look for Verstappen

and I know the other thing he said about

this is how and I'm

paraphrasing because I can't remember the word he used exactly

he felt that the question was asked

in a bit of a sneering sort of

way in Abu Dhabi

Verstappen has that

point of view others in the room

have said the opposite so it's probably

pointless to get into which

ones right and which ones wrong because it is

just two different versions

of events but if there is any instances

of a journalist

asking that question in a very sneering

way F1 at that point

does need to play a role in ensuring that

their drivers are not being blatantly

disrespected in their press conferences no

doubt about that but equally

Max Verstappen would be allowed to turn around and say

I don't like the tone you've used when you're

asking that question therefore my answer

is going to be if you want an answer from

me don't use that tone it's perfectly

okay for him to say that but

like you said to remove someone from their

work is just so

disrespectful I know

again this wasn't the official press conference

from the FIA but is

and maybe this is a one and done

situation and and things will be

resolved but Sam we go back to the word

precedent and what

is to stop someone coming to the next

Grand Prix in Miami and saying well there's

two journalists I don't really like I

don't want either of them like

is and we down a slippery slope with this

yeah it's got to be a very British

phrase it's got to be nipped in the bud

very very soon you've got to

make sure that this does not happen

again and I don't and because there hasn't

been a rule set I don't think you should

go and you know start a witch hunt on Max Verstappen

here and say oh we should have done this

you know we should impeach him or whatever it might be

there should be a fine for this none of that

it's happened we have to learn from it

we shouldn't do it this is

almost come out from a statement now from

the FIA and say in any

form of official press conference that

involves Formula one where there are

drivers present

unless someone is genuinely offended

I guess that word in there could be a little

loose here so you know it might be more

specific you shouldn't be seeking

the removal of official personnel or

something like that but I do think that

even if the statement is kind of kept

relatively internal and sent just to

teams maybe to save embarrassment

and that's okay I do think they're

putting these to be a word sent round

very clear as to what is

and isn't accepted by the FIA when it comes

to discussing their sports in official grounds

yeah I just think overall like

having a free press

is so

vital that is not afraid

of intimidation or censorship

and I mean that sentence doesn't

even include the words F1 in it so it's

probably not just limited

to here folks but yeah

it's important that we keep that

within the sport

and I guess Harry because

I know there will be some comments saying that this is

the person

not rather than the rule

we had this with Lewis Hamilton about 10

years ago and I felt the same thing there

ironically that happens to Zucca as well

yeah I

it's cropped up every now and then

these sorts of incidents the one I was

also thinking of was

quite the same but Fernando Alonso

and Johnny Herbert for example

I think

as a rule maybe drama should be allowed to go

rinse the journalist on on television

instead if it's Johnny Herbert

YouTube Alonso

Johnny Herbert if you don't know what to talk about

yeah it comes up every now and then

there was also another one I think with

I think it was how I don't know if they say

more but is Hamilton and

a Dutch journalist and

he was sort of provoking an answer of Hamilton

and Sebastian Vettel jumps in

there to defend Hamilton that is

there's incidences that have

occurred over the years between

F1 drivers and journalists and it will probably

happen more and more as the sport

with the popularity of the sport

and how accessible it has become

versus what it used to be

these things may come up more

and more but even so

even if there are disagreements

you shouldn't

drivers shouldn't have the right

unless it's something genuinely

offensive that's been said

which this was not

they should have the right

to kick out journalists from press conferences

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it will happen from time to time but even so

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of news from Alpine because in a statement

recently they dismissed claims that Franka

Colopinto's car has been sabotaged

or compromised with in

a statement the team also criticized

hateful posts targeting Colopinto

over his role in Ollie

Berman's high speed crash in Sunday

in last Sunday's Japanese GP

the team endeavors to put the

two fastest cars on track and provide

equal opportunity Alpine said

they want both drivers to be competitive

and score important points for the team

in the championship in some instances

given the need to fast track parts

and carefully manage the manufacturing process

the team is only able to bring

select parts or upgrades to some

events however that is never

the intended or desired approach

as if the part is a performance upgrade

as we hope and intend then we want it

available on both cars immediately

any questions about sabotage

or not giving Franco the same car are

completely unfounded which is why the

team felt the need to speak out

and then elsewhere in the statement Alpine

spoke about abuse towards drivers

saying the team condemns the hateful

messages aimed towards Franco after last

race in Japan the same way it condemns

the abuse and threats that were aimed

towards Esteban Ocon following a collision

between the two cars at the Chinese GP

so a statement that kind of covers off

two separate issues Sam let's start

with the sabotage comments

on Franco Collapinto

your thoughts about I guess

the accusation itself and the fact that Alpine

felt the need to come out with a statement against it

I think the accusation itself

is

questions can be asked right if you're maybe

to Formula 1 if you're very passionate about

a certain driver you think oh are they getting

a bit of a dub deal here why would they

seem to be struggling against their team

mate well I've heard you know that maybe they

haven't got the same parts on the car

it's perfectly fair to ask that question

because it's very normal across Formula 1 teams

we've seen in multiple instances

where only a set amount of parts are brought

to a race where only a certain amount are

actually capable of being produced

cost cap we've got time limits that need to

be mentioned we spoke about actually

in the games ironically where

the car has been crashed last year

and it's Carlos Sainz and Alex Albin that are

affected and only one car could go racing

because of the problems that have been done

I got that right was it those two

a sergeant yeah thank you

I have a feeling it wasn't those two

yes but the same thing applies there

that you know they didn't bring enough parts

to the racetrack and only one car

managed to go racing because they didn't have

enough at the track to repair the car

due to the collision that was made

they'll be trying to make sure that they don't

spend too much money going down a certain

pathway with the development of their car

finding out it doesn't work they brought

two parts of that put it on both cars

both cars have struggled with that difference

they have to take them off both cars

and try something completely new

you gotta remember that a lot of these teams

will be using the races also as tests

and so I understand

the maybe lack of understanding

or the confusion in how

this part situation works

but who does it benefit by genuinely

sabotaging a driver

who gets a good result

out of this getting out being like

yes another one car

point scoring result for us

to be fair it's healthy they might be celebrating

that maybe they will but it's

not because they've sabotaged the other driver

it's just because they were so bloody awful

last year you know it's an improvement

but of course they were both their drivers

in the points they don't want to be behind

the likes of cars they don't want to be struggling

with cars that could barely make it

into new teams like Audi who took over

of course or maybe the likes

of Williams who have managed to score points

on one occasion as well they want to be

getting away from the rest of the midfield

cementing themselves as the best of the rest

and sabotaging one of your drivers

is just a bit dumbfounding

it's just a bit stupid

as a concept unless for some reason

the entire team

have all got in on it together and gone around

the garage and the paddock

and whatnot and gone we ate him

no parts for you Franco

because we all hate you

it doesn't happen it's not happening

that's just not how it works so

again you are right to ask questions

and I really encourage that curiosity

if you don't understand why something is happening

totally fine you just don't need to do it

in a really horrible

and slightly abusive manner on social media

it's quite sad

that they felt the need to

make this statement

I kind of understand why

but most of the time

whenever any

accusation like this comes by

most teams will just

not acknowledge it

they don't want to validate it in any way

so they just will not even pretend it's a thing

whereas Alpine have chosen

to address this and at least part of me thinks

like if you believe that

sabotage is going on

and Alpine come out and say

there is no sabotage going on

people are probably just going to go

that's what someone who would sabotage would say

that we're not doing it

I don't actually think this is going to appease a lot of people

but it's

I'm not a spokesperson for Alpine as much as we joke that I am

there's no truth in this

as they say

there are times where there will be slight differences

between the spec of each car because

you've only got the capacity to bring

one upgrade at a time

but apart from that

to your question Sam

who does it serve

to sabotage one of your cars

now I don't think I can make a claim for any team

to go ahead with

go ahead with this

but let's say in some

weird wacky world

there was a team that really wanted

a driver out of their seat

and wanted to sabotage that car enough

so that they could then make the decision to get rid of them

and then bring in someone else

it's a bit

ridiculous but okay let's go with that

the problem is

it makes even less sense at Alpine

because it's Flavio Breatori at the helm

if he doesn't like you and he doesn't want you there

he will just get rid of you

he's not, of all the team principals

he's not there with his pen and paper

going we just need enough

hard evidence just we need enough

proof to fire this guy

and then we can make the he's just going to go

get out

like that's the way Breatori operates

so it doesn't

make any sense that they would be

any F1 team

would be purposefully sabotaging their own car

I think it's a bit ridiculous

Harry where are you on this?

Yeah anyone suggesting it needs to give the head a wobble

it's not

it's not in the nature of F1 teams

as you've already said to do this

they are there first and foremost as a

as a team to score

as many points and win as many races as possible

they don't care who wins them

quite frankly because as long as they win them

that gets them the money

so yeah it's

as you said Sam obviously if you don't

understand and ask the questions about

why you know upgrades arrive at

one car before another

very valid question it's

happened for years in F1 but suggestions of

sabotage are just plain stupid

and they wouldn't

they wouldn't do that so

it's

it's a shame that Alpine have had to put this statement out

I think obviously the second part

of it has influenced that as well

they felt the need to say something because obviously

the comments

and the abuse that have come through

on social media have become

too much I guess for them to ignore

so which in itself is completely sad so

for anyone who has suggested

sabotage stop it

or Harry stop it

Harry stop it's coming

so they will now

that's like when you're a little kid and your parents go

go in your room

consider this a telegraph

you're not mad you're just disappointed aren't you

yeah exactly

I am

I'm not raising my voice

that's true and that's scarier

that's scarier

Sam is there any concern

at all at the moment is it too early in the season to say

when it comes to Colla Pinto's relative

pace versus Gasly we know

that Gasly's 15-1 ahead in terms of

points but that is maybe

slightly misleading based on the lost points that

Colla Pinto had at China so

is it still too early to

say this is a worry

no I'm not

going to jump to conclusions we've spoken so

adamantly about

drivers who get dropped from teams

who quickly or judge too quickly we're not

brand new era it's going to take drivers

a bigger time to fully adjust to this you've seen

mistakes from the very best

Max Verstappen you know three out of four

race starts we've had it's been absolute dud

and the guy is one of the greatest we've ever

seen in Formula One it takes different

drivers different times to acclimatise

and adjust equally you mentioned

the fact that he's had the lost points when it came

to China through no fault of his own you didn't do

anything wrong in that instance

Espen Ockham was at fault puts his hands up and says

really sorry but the damage has already been done

he doesn't score points on that very properly

because of this and I think he probably would have picked up

maybe four points on that race day which

look it doesn't drastically change what goes

on there but maybe it brings that gap down

to what 15-5 did you say was the current gap

that 15-1

That would make it 15-5

So

this is what I expect

Gassley is a heavily experienced

race driver now he's been in the sport a long

time and I've mentioned this time after

time he's maybe the most underrated

driver currently in Formula One

Colin Pinto is still finding his feet

the guy has not completed

one full season yet

he's being in two separate teams

he's never done a full season he's only just ticking

over to in theory have 24 races

in a row at any point as well

I'm more than happy to give Franco

the rest of the year

to adapt to learn to change

there's going to be a pace difference between

these two and let's go up into is the prime

time Sanger coming in that quickly

he's going to need time to get up

to speed properly looking someone

who's good as Gassley so

I'm not worried and I do think the facts

need to take a deep breath and you know what

just stop being horrible online

because I think it's quite sad

the fact that you feel they need to say such

horrible things to people on the internet

I think it's too

early to make any rash judgments here but

like my prediction at the beginning of the

year when I said Colin Pinto is going to

be way closer to Gassley this year

isn't it a little bit shaky

but it is early I think the thing

he needs to address more than anything right now is qualifying

because

Gassley has essentially made it through to Q3

or SQ3 as was the case in China

he's done that three out of four times

Colin Pinto has made Q2

every time but then hasn't been

able to get through to Q3

in any occasion so far this year

the average pace deficit

in qualifying between the two at the moment

if we use all eight sessions

where they've been against each other

four and a half temps

in the favour of Gassley which is pretty

sizable if you look at some of the other gaps on the grid

but again the bigger issue is

it's not too bad in Q1s

but when you get through to Q2

Gassley is just able to find a little bit more

than Colin Pinto if you look at

the four instances they've been together in

Q2 or SQ2

Gassley was quicker than Colin Pinto

by 0.769

in Australia

0.922 in the Chinese sprint

0.354

in the main qualifying at China

which is actually the closest they've been

and then it was back out to three and a quarter

tenths again

0.750 again

at Japan

so it's whether he can

just find more in Q2 and improve

at the same rate as Gassley

I feel like that's where he needs to spend his focus

over the next few races

the other part Harry of this statement was about

some of the hateful messages

that not only Colin Pinto has received

but what Oconn received as a result

of his crash with Colin Pinto in China

what are your thoughts on this?

It's unacceptable

probably an unsurprising response

but

it's unacceptable

we love

that there are so many fans

of F1 now and that there are so many

passionate F1 fans

particularly for certain drivers

but if your driver

and another driver

and another driver have the collision

no matter

whose fault it was

even if it's an obvious one

the one was at fault

there's just no

reality where throwing abuse at a driver

on social media is acceptable

because they're real people

I know that F1 in particular

has

quite an act to seem

not if it's not real

that's not the right word

it's such a heightened sport

the glam F1

put them on a pedestal

the likelihood

is that most people watching F1

will never meet these people

but they are human beings

and

they don't deserve any of the abuse

and it goes beyond that

it's obviously the drivers which for the most part

they're not looking at everything that comes in

I'm sure they do look at some stuff

but then you've got the teams

social media managers

that are having to look at these comments

on a daily basis

it's just unacceptable

and it's happened

before

we've had teams in F1

put out statements

but it does feel like at some point

something needs to be done

and I did think if

and I'm not entirely blaming F1 here

because they can't control every comment

that appears on social media

it's just a hiding replies

to how bad people feel that F1 is

at the moment into doing that

for discriminatory comments

maybe that would be a better use of that time

so you've got to wobble your head

you've got to stop it

and now you've got that zinger

that's a turkey there

that is a turkey

flames my boy

flames

yeah it's completely unacceptable

for obvious reasons

Malice in

Kolopinto's actions

in Japan but he doesn't receive a penalty

for what happened in any way

and as we and others have discussed

all throughout this year

this was a crash waiting to happen

and it's pretty

it just so happens that it was Berman

and Kolopinto

it could have easily been two other drivers

that were involved in this sort of an incident

where those closing speeds are vastly different

we had

for an example

we had Piastri and Hülkenberg

a near incident into

130R because Piastri

who was sort of deemed at fault for the incident

but wasn't given a penalty

he was like Hülkenberg caught me three times quicker

than I thought he was going to

we're just seeing these cars are so unpredictable

with energy management that

you are going to have some of these incidences

as the rules are right now

there was nothing

that Kolopinto did

that even gives you the idea

that he was intending for this sort of the thing to happen

and unfortunately

there has been a massive rise

in hateful messages towards

not just F1 but just sports stars

a bit more generally

and I think some of the reasons you said Harry a spot on

certainly anonymity

on the internet is something that really

really hurts this because

it allows for

hostility in comments and messages

without consequence and you have

these stars feeling much more

accessible now because of the rise of

social media and there is a certain

power dynamic thing I think to this as well

so a lot of the time

people think it's okay to hurl

abuse at someone because they

deem that person to be in a higher

class or of a

different status to what they are

they'll look at how rich

these F1 drivers are how famous they are

and say because of that I can say

whatever I want about them

and it doesn't work that way and yet

sadly it does

you don't even have to look outside of Alpine

for this just look at what happened to Jack doing

this time last year he received

you know he received death threats

and he's spoken about this on Drive to Survive

and indeed other interviews

as well and he said like I've had

messages saying if I'm still in the car

by Miami all of my limbs

are going to be cut off like he had to deal

with that message being sent to him

he's had to have his own

personal escort like

police escort at times as well

like it's brutal

but it exists and

like you say Harry you want F1 and the FIA

to step in I trust

most of these teams are probably doing

a good job already but they

need to invest as much as they can

to make these drivers feel

supported and protected as much as they

can because this is just not on in any

way

Sam your thoughts on this

I mean while you were going through

the examples that you spoke

about there the thought across

my mind was what do you get out of this

someone who does this someone who sits there

and does this what do you get out of it

you must be a really

sad

self-conscious person

to sit there at home and go

oh let's come back on Frank O'Connor

Pinto had a crash on a racetrack

doing the thing they're paying millions of pounds to do

and he said sorry immediately

and they both walked away

happy as Larry without any issue between them

you know what I'm going to send death threat

because of it how

disgusting are you as a person that

that's your first instinct your first thought to do that

there should be less

anonymity when it comes to these things you

should be held accountable for what you do if you

say it in the street you'd be held accountable

for what you are whether that be by

phoning the authorities would that be

preferring out of establishment or

you know depending on where you are

right hook to the face if you say it to the wrong

person because that's how people deal with

stuff but because you sat behind the keyboard

it's disgusting

it's disgusting behavior and

I do believe that teams

that drivers themselves that the FIA

formula one I think they take this very seriously

but it's one of the few

things I think they are genuinely powerless to

do anything about they have no control over

social media they can't

pay Instagram

or metal whatever it might be to stop

the comments they will keep coming

it's genuinely the people who

see these stars as

non-human non-accessible

non-available that they could just say

whatever they want to whenever they want to

and it is horrible

and then it makes you think how do they treat

someone they do know or

somewhere else that they see online who isn't as

strong or surrounded by support

as a formula one driver who has got

aimless resource that some people don't have

it's not okay for them but it's

especially not okay when it comes to someone who

maybe doesn't have any support around them so

as Harry mentioned earlier give your head a

wobble stop being a vile little human

being and put your energy into something

that's genuinely far more useful with life

also at the end of the day

it's just a sport it's not that important

right literally is it going to change your life

nah

and I think we'll leave that discussion

there

one thing I wanted to chat about on

today's episode given the

I know we've joked excessively about the

gap that we've got between

races at the moment so it's a good opportunity

for those both new

and old to the sport

brush up on films

documentaries books whatever it might be

podcasts maybe

I mean it's a good start people if you're listening to this

but I thought we'd

run through some of our favourites

of those that I mentioned

Harry what would you recommend

the lovely people

of the listening to listen to

to watch

gosh there are many things I mean

film wise obvious

early contender is rush

if you've not seen that

the first thing I would immediately

the soundtrack alone

breathtaking

yes the fictionalised

portrayal of the 1976

championship

50 year anniversary of that

just the first

film I was like

it looks so good

immediately after the season ended

so that one another film but which is

also a documentary but the center

documentary which is

very very good very poignant

but very good

then my early two

to mention in terms of

like long form long form stuff

but there are so many documentaries series

etc that have gone on I mean

it like quite an easy one

but if you're not if you don't have

F1 TV

get F1 TV and just go into the archive

and watch some more races like we do

on Patreon

a very good point Harry

very good point well made

yeah I mean rush would be at the top

of my list again soundtracks phenomenal

and

Daniel Brill who plays

Nicky Lau

he does a great job

really great job and

the final scene is just

beautiful with the music that they do there

but the whole film is fantastic and likewise

Senna was also on my list

I don't think I've

ever been able to watch that without

like that last scene getting me

in Senna like just

the way they do it it's brilliant

um what's on your list some

um obviously you've already ticked

off a couple so I'll try and give something different

uh driven with Sylvester Scar I can't say it

I can't

come on do it

commit to the bit I mean if you want to

watch something

if you want to watch something

and driven with Sylvester Scar I'm here

would you like to see 30 backflips

into the into the lake

the Canadian GB

look if you want something entertaining

this this isn't it

this isn't it

maybe try something else um

I actually think uh Lucky

which is an eight part series that

um talks about Bernie Eccleston it's a little bit bias

in kind of how he came

produced by Bernie

written starring

using by

imagine um but it's really interesting

if you want to get context for kind of how he

was involved in formula he was a huge part

of formula for so long um but do go

and watch some of the race reviews that Kate

featured around that time as well because

it does give you more of a general context

um there's really

interestingly there's one called the silver war

on I think find it on YouTube

which is a retelling of the 2016

season between Hamilton and Rosberg

um that's very fascinating to hear lots

of interviews about how that went down

I've also got uh

Brabham that came out in 2020

which talks about kind of that dynasty

and what went on with kind of the

creation of both when the driver was on his own

became the team that's really fascinating

and the last one I wanted to call out was

the obvious one I think which is pretty all of us as well

but the Keanu Reeves documentary

in 2009 it's is sensational retelling

you learn a lot about uh

what goes on with kind of um the differences

in the in the teams and the way that

politically they're aligned as well as not just

the action that happened on the racetrack as well

it's a real eye-opener of a

of a season and the way formula one was back

then in that kind of that day and age and Keanu Reeves

tells it fantastically well it's really

compelling so give it a watch

It's highly worth it as well for the fact that

Lucas de Montesembele still ain't over it

He is no over it man

He's angry almost 20 years ago Luca come on

um the last one I was going to shout out as well

is uh the film the movie Grand Prix

which is from

the mid 60s now

as a storyline plot

hash absolutely like nonsense

but you you just

forget about it because it's

they shot it at actual similarly to

uh the actual f1 movie but better

um they shot it at an actual race

weekend in the in the 60s

and you've got you've got the likes of

Graham Hill and Jack Stuart trying to do some

the best acting impressions

um but it hill is fantastic

another great one as well yeah that's on

sky isn't it um

but yeah I would recommend just for some

excellent nostalgic

1960s f1 shots um

as I said

just just let the the nice pictures

take over don't think about what's actually

the only other

things I would I'd mention before wrapping

this up is on f1 tv specifically

I just love the 1970

season reviews on there of course

I do but like they're just

they're they're quite funny

in the way they're narrated as well and

it just gives you a sense of what

f similar to Grand Prix I guess

but what f1 was like

then you will see some things and you're

like how was that even

remotely allowed um

and yet it was the other thing I was

going to shout out I watched this

I think very uh I think

when it came out which was maybe about a

year ago which is on Netflix

and it was Mercedes documentary

about Kimmy Antonelli which was called The Seats

and it was talking about

Antonelli and how he was chosen for the

team it's something I might

go back and watch because at the time I thought it was

it was pretty good um if you can get

past it being a very obvious

WhatsApp advertisement um

but it was actually a very good

documentary but it'd be

interesting to watch it back now I think given the

success he's had early this year and they've

almost been maybe vindicated in

what they did um but

it was it was a good one at the time when I watched it so

it might be interesting to look at it for a

slightly different lens now he's had at least

a little bit of success uh last one

for me um which was

I've just looked it up it's on BBC4 at the

moment so uh use a VPN if you're not

from the UK or if you are watch it there

it's called um Jim Clark the quiet

champion and it talks about his life

and the way he went from being a sheep

through to being the greatest race driver to

tragically passing and it's a really

well told story of an F1

champion's life that we don't obviously we can't

understand we can't get involved in we can't

hear the stories anymore so

it's really well told so if you've got some time

give it a watch Jim Clark's so cool

man it's just cool dude

I'm a farmer now

I'm a race driver and I'm beating all of

you every single week like just

that's cool back to my sheep

yeah respect to the guy

respect to the guy um

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welcome back everyone it's time for F1 higher

or lower

okay F1 higher or lower six

questions in front of me Sam and Harry will

take it in turns to have a guess they all

have numeric answers if they get it spot on

they get two points but if they don't

get it right the other person has the opportunity

to say higher or lower

and then if they get that right they

get a point but if the person if they

get it wrong the person who guessed first gets

the point Sam we'll start with you

today what number would you like

number five please Ben number five

okay this one's a bit of an

interesting question

how many drivers would it take

you to cover the entire

history of F1

what is the smallest number of

drivers that could cover

1950 to 2026

I don't understand the question

so if like

if you had an F1 driver that

theoretically race from 1950 to

1990 and you had

another one that race from 1991

until now the correct answer would

be two you could

they're tedious link they're like how they

be on the track at the same time

essentially basically yeah you've got the

27 seasons now of F1

how many drivers would it take

to cover all of it and the smallest

possible number okay

I now understand what's being said

so for example Fangio did

four seasons so I need to find

someone to interact with him to then carry on

I'm going to go with

19

not 19 Harry higher or lower

lower

it is lower and I have

manually calculated this so if

someone wants to tell me I'm wrong

go ahead you only need five

drivers to cover

the entire history of F1

what come on who are they

so you can have and there might be other ways to do this

but the way I would do that was this you got Morris Trintignan

everyone's favourite French driver

no well so 1950

until 1964

you've then got Chris Aiman

who did 1963

to 1976

you've then got Petrazy who did

77 all the way to

1993

you've then got Barrichello who did

93 until 2011

and you've got let's say Hamilton who did

2007 to now so that's just

five drivers to cover the entire

history of F1

there you go folks

if someone out there can think of a way to do it

in four I'll be impressed but I don't think

you can it's like the word of

F1 drivers

Harry what number would you like

number six please

number six

how many sprints have been

won by a driver not named

Max Verstappen

ooh

erm

four

not four

higher or lower than that Sam

he's pretty close regardless

I'm going to go higher

it is higher it's 12

did Sam

know any of that

so there have been 25 sprints so far

Verstappen has won 13 of them

everyone who's not Verstappen has won 12

right

who are they

I didn't write them down

good

Sam back to you

number one please Ben

number one in all time points

where does Oscar Piastri rank

not how many points he got

but in a list of all drivers

where does he rank

I'm going to say he is

or

43rd

he's not 43rd

Harry higher or lower than that

erm

as in

number one or

higher but less

closer to one

it is closer to one

yes

it's terrifying he's already 18th

all time

oh my lord

he's higher than some of the grid already

yeah I mean

especially those that have been around

he's got so many points already

and with the system as well

it has to be said that

we're not going to win now

whereas a lot of these drivers only operated when

that's why I thought 43rd was a fair chance

I think I'm comparing it to the 50s

he's beat someone else regardless

terrifying

Harry back to you

number two please

number two how many retirements

does Fernando Alonso have

the correct answer is not one

two

43

not again

it wasn't the first time

it's not 43

Sam higher or lower

lower

it's higher than 43

Fernando Alonso has

84 retirements

which in percentage

19.63 so basically

one in every five races Alonso has entered

in his career he's retired from

he must have one of the

I mean obviously if you ignore the drivers

who have gone like four races in their career

he must have one of the highest percentages of retirements

yeah I would think so

I wonder how many of them are from

being in a car that has a Honda engine as well

don't tell him

in fact don't tell him that I think he might pop

don't tell him that he already knows

he listens to this show every week

I bet he's just turned off at that

him and Leonard

him and Lenny

big up Lenny

Lenny Lofa

Sam back to you

three

there it is

for how many races has Lewis Hamilton

led the world championship

for

who

I would say quite a few my bud

it's not bad show that

is that correct

it's correct but it's not what I'm looking for

I will go with

100

141

well at least it wasn't

43

no that's not the correct answer

Harry higher or lower than 141

higher

it's not higher

it's a pretty good guess so much 126

so you're in the ballpark

which leaves us at Harry 3-2 up

so if you can get this right Harry

you win the game

first what number would you like

number four please

he's so good these days you really come along

how many

Grand Prix have been held over

50 times

and I'm not looking for circuits

I'm looking for the actual Grand Prix races

10

not 10

Sam for the draw higher or lower

nothing's ever felt more important

than this question

but nothing

31 years

don't dox me

this is number one

you've said 10

sorry by the Grand Prix

do you mean like the British Grand Prix

yes thank you

so it doesn't matter where they've been held

but it's the name of the race

okay

sorry folks

you're thinking

I'm going to say higher

it is lower

correct answer is

8

Italy, Britain, Monaco, Belgium, Germany

France, Spain

and Canada

the one very unfortunate omission

which I hated doing but I have to do it

is the Brazilian GP

which I think was held 47 times

but the Sao Paulo Grand Prix

has been held like 6 times

I can't get that in my head

I don't like it either

don't like that

no

Japan has probably done

it's probably not far off

but yeah

it only started in 87

well after 2 in the 70s

put a Belgian together

which means Harry win 4-2

well done sir

thanks so much

no problem at all

as we skip Merylion

to what can only be described

quite grand tour reference there

straight

it's time for the greatest segment

in all of podcasting

it is time for the

be real folks

not much to ask about at the moment

but thank you very much Lanstrol

who has decided to do some GT3 racing

we've asked what the actual reason is

he's doing that

I'll go first

Gem, not Jeff

he wants vibes, not vibrations

so good

he's on the run

for Fernando Alonso

who has tried to force him to choke his game

to Fernando Alonso

that was a good one

one from

Dude Rhinebolt

which is because the trade federation

is blockading the peaceful planet of Naboo

over political disputes and trade routes

I actually watched that film the other day

was it as good as you remembered

it wasn't good, the first time I watched it

but it's just

that's the first one

it's the one with Subolba

unfortunately it's also the one with Jar Jar Binks

in it

no, Mr Jar Jar

you don't do the Jar Jar Binks impression

he's the best

he's not the best

I'm the one person that likes Jar Jar

you in big doo doo now Jar Jar

shut up

that's cool

yeah

people in it, no

leave them alone

Laura said

loads of cars aren't going to beach themselves

in the gravel traps on their own

he's no gravel traps

he might be safe

at poor a car

David on Instagram just said

it's just to feel something

that's literally it

a fellow Ben has asked

he thinks that the higher the number in the category

the faster the cars

which in the case of the Aston is true

that's so good

K Gates has said

he finally gets a shot of a Stappen

in equal machinery brackets

he will still get lapsed

a few here just saying he's bored

which is probably not far from

accurate

for being honest, just bored of what he's going to do at the moment

um

the classic count down is re-emerged

C and C Mackings has said

290

and what I admire is Duke Rainbow

every single time will reply with

something and this time he has replied

thy number is here

amaze

I appreciate that dedication

Duke Rainbow

the last one from me which is relevant to what we've just been

speaking about to get his ultimate revenge on

Sebelba

how has this become a phantom menace

phantom braking

the final one from me is from

Render Bear

Fernando needs the second car to train his son

for the 27 championship

Fernando and Leonard

he would if he could

and I'll round things out

with one from Abby which is

this is all a distraction so no one notices

he's about to drop a shock Monaco

podium out of nowhere

I don't know how

would he just get Alonso to hold everyone

up for so long that he would lap everyone

I don't even know

if Alonso's got the motivation for that this year

just going to park it sideways on the

road track and get out

bless him

well Monaco will happen at some point and we'll see

how that goes thank you very much to everyone

who submitted an answer on both

Instagram and on Twitter much appreciated

will be back with

another question of the week if someone gives us

something to use on it

next week

Sam if you wouldn't mind

getting us out of here

folks maybe the question of the week should be

what should the question of the week be but you know

you can discuss that in the discord where there's

over 4,000 of you merrily chatting away

having a lovely little time

Ben I hear you might be doing an April quiz

in the discord there is a quiz

and I should have wrote down the date

it started but it's

thank you that works better than

it's not this Saturday it's next Saturday

yeah 9pm

British time so you can

you can work out what that equates to

wherever you are in the world

but yes about an hour of

multiple choice quizzing fun

and if you don't have fun

then don't

that's not our problem

James Hunt probably loves British time

but he absolutely loves it

that's the quiz in the late breaking discord

who does

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