P1 with Matt and Tommy - Our BOLD predictions for the rest of the 2023 season

Episode Date: August 21, 2023

You've given us yours, we've decided on ours... So it's time. How do we think the rest of the season will play out? Let's have some bold predictions! You can grab our new merch here!Follow us on socia...ls! You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:08 Hello everybody and welcome back to the P. One podcast with Matt and Tommy. Yes, we are back once again in your ears to talk about some washed thoughts, share our wheel knowledge and basically try and look into the future and maybe get as much of a banger as me predicting Daniel Ricardo would replace Nick DeVries this season. Hey, Tommy, are we going to be on to another banger or are these going to be incredibly washed? Who knows? I mean, I think jinxing has gone out the window, really. We've tried everything and nothing's worked. So I don't think it matters what we predict. We just have to hope that we get at least one banger. Please, just one banger at the end. Yeah, I mean, we've got a lot of fan, bold predictions as well as our own. So hopefully at least one of them will hit out of the P1 community. Right, before we get into the bold predictions, I'm going to share a five-star review from Maddie 48 in Canada. If you want yours to be read out,
Starting point is 00:01:07 please leave us a five-star review. Let's know why you love this podcast. It helps us out massively. This one is creative. Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. 30 years ago, Nikki Lauder told us, take of a Stap and a LaCleur fan and place them in an F1 podcast. The name of this podcast is P1 with Matt and Tommy, which transcends all other F1 podcasts. They provide captivating and funny episodes with clear enthusiasm and love for the sport. They discuss many topics in Formula One, such as Ferrari's painful, yet inevitable mistakes. season rumors and often say the mantra Red Bull can't win every race.
Starting point is 00:01:42 Accompanied by Frank and their extensive wheel knowledge, that's not true. Matt and Tommy make, well, the Frank bit's true. Matt and Tommy make audacious and clever predictions for each Grand Prix weekend. Overall, Matt and Tommy create a podcast that leaves you with a greater understanding of Formula One and a deeper love for the sport and temporary hope as a Ferrari fan provided by Matt. 30 years later, Ferrari F1 driver, Charles LeCler called Matt Babe. Has it been 30 years, Tommy? Yeah, we've been doing it this long.
Starting point is 00:02:06 Yeah, no. It does feel like we've been speaking about Formula One for quite some time. And I'm glad that a lot of you have joined us on this full adventure. Thank you, Maddie 48 for that lovely, lovely review. And we now get into it. Right, bold prediction time. We sent a little message on social media asking for yours. We've collated them as well as one from myself and one from Tommy.
Starting point is 00:02:29 And let's see just how bad these predictions end up being. Going to begin with mine. My bold prediction, and I'm saying this with my chest, because I don't think it's that bold, as much as it is very bold, if you look at the running trend of what the Formula One seasons look like, Red Bull will not win at least three of the last ten races. That's not bold, is it?
Starting point is 00:02:56 Nope, not bold at all. Interesting. Because it's coming true. I am in delusion land right now, Tommy. But look, what I'm going to say, right, is, You can't win everywhere. Well, that, that, but also they're closing the gap because that's what Sky constantly tell us
Starting point is 00:03:14 and I have to believe they're brainwashing here as much as I don't think they are closing the gap. However, we're into the second half of the year and I feel as though Red Bull, they've switched off 2023 development now. The machines are off, they've turned off, they're all about 24. And maybe just maybe,
Starting point is 00:03:33 with, there's rumors as well about Formula One banning DRS potentially in qualifying. Yeah, I was going to mention that. I mean, that is hilarious. That is literally like, how do we, how do we get Red Bull not on poll, even though it doesn't matter if they're not on poll? How do we make it so that qualifying
Starting point is 00:03:50 bates us even more on Saturdays? So that's a potential for something they might throw in as a banana peel for Red Bull. But I feel as though, look, we always see, even in the Mercedes dominating era, right? we had the, well, actually fair, it was Red Bull that was taking a few wins out of Mercedes towards the end of the season
Starting point is 00:04:08 whenever they were dominating. But let's have a McLaren throw in there. Let's have a Ferrari, maybe. Maybe a little Ferrari winner. I'll look at a win, please. I don't know. But I just feel as though Red Bull might go off the boil slightly and we see a few.
Starting point is 00:04:23 We've got Brazil coming. That's a, that's a categorical, locked in banger, at least. It's got to be. If Brazil's not a banger, then That's all my fault. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, this is bold for me. Three races. In fact, this is actually giving me Matea Bonotto vibes of there's no reason Ferrari can't win all the last 10 races, and then they haven't won since. So basically, if Red Bull win for the rest of time, you can blame Matt
Starting point is 00:04:53 and clip that and turn it into little social media graphics. So yeah, sorry. And that's fun. But no, I think three races is a big ask. I can see there being one. There's got to be one, hasn't there? There's got to be one. I think I said in our social post that Red Bull won't win every race. Yeah. But this has got to be bold.
Starting point is 00:05:13 It's got to be bold, yeah. And to be fair, I could have gone with one, maybe even two. But I've gone for like a Daniel Ricardo replacing Nick DeVries vibe here, where if three, if we get three non-red Bull wins, I'm cashing in. Yeah, I mean, that would be impressive. Because they are just, yeah, you mentioned about, oh, we got this with Mercedes, but it comes back to what we've been saying
Starting point is 00:05:38 is that Max doesn't have that kind of arm done for the season like maybe Hamilton used to do a little bit where once he'd locked in the title, he's like, cool, see you. Peace. Yeah, Bottas, gone, you can have a few wins if you want. Why not? Max is a savage. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:58 Yeah, Max is like, do I give Perez's fifth place? No, absolutely not. So, yeah, it's bold. It's very bold indeed. We'll see, won't we? We'll see how badly that age is. But they can't win, surely. They can't win every race.
Starting point is 00:06:17 But, I mean, if they did. Well, look, to be fair, if they did, though, it would give us something to watch for Abu Dhabi where we all tune in to see if they can genuinely make history. And to be honest, at that point, It would be quite exciting, wouldn't it, actually, in a weird way. It'd be that exciting when Max is 40 seconds clear and we know from the get-go that it's going to happen.
Starting point is 00:06:33 But I actually, at that point, and it might sound weird as a LeCler Ferrari fan, that I would be rooting for them to do it. You'd want them to do it, yeah. Yeah. Even with two or three races to go, I probably would actually root for three boring races so we can actually witness, or not boring.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Like, they can win. Let's have an entertaining race. But you'd be witnessing history. At that point, you'd be like, I watched that season where, yeah, it was difficult. to watch because you want competition at the front, but I was there, 2023, where one team won every single race. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:05 Although, no, do I say that? Would I be rooting them with three races to go? Because no, I need my bold prediction to come through. So I'm going to be a little bit conflicted. Do I want history or do I want the point of a prediction? Well, you get both. You get one either way, don't you say? True.
Starting point is 00:07:18 Maybe that's the plan. Well, no, no, not if it's one or two, though. Then I've screwed it. Yeah, it does feel like, yeah, there's, There's been so many races this year where I've thought, like, oh, Monaco, surely that's where it ends, because it's a bit of a... And if there's one that I'd lock in, I would say that Brazil is the one that maybe is a bit of a curveball that might throw up something a bit different.
Starting point is 00:07:45 We do tend to see that. But that being said, you know, this season has thrown everything at max to a point. You know, we've had races where we mentioned it in our... podcast that we did about what the championship would be like without Red Bull. It's been a different driver
Starting point is 00:08:03 you know, each race almost in that next best slot. Sometimes it's been on pulse. Sometimes he hasn't. Sometimes he started near the back. Sometimes he's had penalties. Sometimes it's been a wet quality.
Starting point is 00:08:15 Sometimes it's been a wet race. And it's thrown everything at him and he's just gone, now you're all right. I'll still win. Thank you very much. And it's incredibly impressive. It is impressive.
Starting point is 00:08:25 We have to We have to say that as much as, you know, he's a little bit too impressive. We do banter about it, but yeah, he's driving unbelievably this year. Next ball prediction comes in from Toby underscore underscore 05. Wait, what? You know, what? Yeah, apparently saying. Okay, anyway, LeCler wins the Dutch GP to stop Max from breaking Vettel's record.
Starting point is 00:08:49 Now, I promise Toby underscore 05 is not my burner account. but what seems it would be because we are going to be there in Zandvort thanks to Tommy Hill figure so we'll be there and can you imagine if I'm there
Starting point is 00:09:07 when Chaulecler comes over the line to win by one minute after dominating in Ferrari back after the summer break no I don't think this is going to happen you won't be allowed out of the Netherlands no no exactly
Starting point is 00:09:21 one Max is winning Zand I've accepted that. It just is happening. The Dutch Grand Prix exists because of Max Verstappen. There is no way Max is turning up and not delivering on the absolute highest level, in my opinion. So I can categorically say that this is a 0%, especially that LeCler wins. That is very rogue. But I like it.
Starting point is 00:09:43 I like the copium, hopium, whatever it is, Toby. It's interesting that if Max wins, we're trying to find any story that makes it a little bit different when Max wins again. but it is interesting that yeah he could match Vettel's record at his home race. Nine a row. Yeah, it would be another one locked in. I saw a hilarious conspiracy theory on social media, as you do, that was like, oh, Max started his win record
Starting point is 00:10:10 whenever it was this year and planning to break Vettel's win record at Zandvort, but of course Imla got cancelled, so he's only going to match him. match it at Zanvort. So this was all the Max plan, which has now been ruined. Wow. How do people think of stuff like that?
Starting point is 00:10:33 It's amazing, isn't it? It is amazing. But yeah, LeClaire winning. We've had a few and we'll go into this of like, who's going to stop Red Bull? Zanvort is going to be one of those tracks. Yeah, Max is very, very good at. You know, it's his home race, but he's also unbelievably quick there. you know, he's won both races there.
Starting point is 00:10:55 And you'd think, yeah, how's anyone going to stop in there again? But you never know. You never know. And what you can know is if this does come true, funniest tweets, I will probably be recording slightly inebriated and definitely hung over the next day on the podcast. Right, next ball prediction. Fergie's right ref comes in with Lewis will win one.
Starting point is 00:11:22 race. What's your thoughts, Tommy? My thoughts, and this kind of goes into the next question a bit, about who's it, you know, you made your prediction about, you can't win every race, maybe it's three, who's going to be that person that takes it off Red Bull and finally wins, is someone other than Red Bull winning a Grand Prix? And if I had to predict one of them, like who will be the first person to do it.
Starting point is 00:11:54 I could see it being Hamilton. I think he's got that consistency this year that he would be there to pounce when, for whatever reason, you know, Max has a car failure or something. And yeah, Hamilton's maybe quietly had a very impressive season. And weirdly,
Starting point is 00:12:16 we've not done this as we do with the whole, Red Bull can't win every race but surely Hamilton is winning another race before he retires I can't believe it's been Saudi last year sorry Saudi 2020
Starting point is 00:12:33 if you'd have said that during that race that Hamilton we'd get to this point Hamilton would have not won another Grand Prix you'd have been like no what he's smoking what what is this and he hasn't surely we're seeing
Starting point is 00:12:48 another win for Lewis and I could see it happening, him being the one to end the Red Bull dominance. Yeah, it's interesting we say, you know, which person, which driver is going to take away victories from Red Bull, but I think with the fact of we've had such a shift in that second fastest team, I would argue that there's drivers to, you know, if we're going to go and get my bowl prediction locked in and there's going to be three victories, it could be three different drivers from three different teams, depending on which team actually turns up for that
Starting point is 00:13:19 particular weekend. I've just got it in my head that Hamilton's going to win Brazil. I don't know. I just, I just see it being this massive thing. Of course, you know, Hamilton and Brazil, there's an amazing connection there. He's got citizenship, hasn't he? Like, he's an honorary. Yeah. Yeah. Like, can you imagine the scenes if he does genuinely win Brazil? And that's, and that is a race where it's a short track. Qualifying is very close. And we see so much unpredictability around there as well that Brazil is definitely one of those where I don't think Red Bull will turn up and go, yeah, this is 100% going to be locked in for us. You've obviously got Singapore if we had a Fernando Alonzo and Astor Martin resurgence
Starting point is 00:13:59 and they figure out why the hell they've gone backwards with their upgrades. Yeah, that hype has gone after Hungary for me in terms of them being good at Singapore when they were a bit washed at Hungary. It's a bit of a shame. Yeah, I've seen things, though, saying that Astor Martin know why they've gone backwards now and it was due to, you know, upgrades that they've had recently. and perhaps they will, you know, those learnings will, yeah, literally. And, you know, don't discount Lawrence Stroll, just chucking another five billion at it.
Starting point is 00:14:26 And, you know, they're going to get, they're going to have some slaps on the wrist maybe anyway. So just chuck a bit more in. What's the problem? Exactly. We all love a Fernando Alonzo controversial win at Singapore, don't we? Oh, yeah. Whatever means necessary. Get that 33.
Starting point is 00:14:42 It doesn't matter how it comes. Oh, Nelson P.K. Jr. that was... Joking aside with the whole who's going to do it, dare I say, this isn't even a bold prediction that the way Red Bull are dominating, you think that the way it's going to happen
Starting point is 00:15:01 is Max has to have a problem. He's not going to have a day off where he's just a bit washed and then equally Perez, you know, you can have to rely on him. It does feel in a weird way that you've got just as much chance of someone absolutely,
Starting point is 00:15:15 insanely random winning as Hamilton, Lecler, Russell or whatever, because you're waiting for that crazy race. It's a little bit like, you know, the Mercedes dominance and then when, you know, Gassley won that race for Al-Fatari, because it's like, you need something so crazy to get them off the, off winning,
Starting point is 00:15:37 that it almost feels like that. So, you know, Yuki Snow to win, let's go. Interesting. I don't know how you managed to weave Yuki in there, but we all noticed, lovely. Question, who do we think will be the first non-red ball winner in 2023? Are you locking in Lewis Hamilton?
Starting point is 00:15:56 I'll lock in Lewis Hamilton, yeah. What about you? Okay. Hmm. If we'll have three, it's going to happen before Brazil, probably. Lando Norris. Interesting. Going to happen.
Starting point is 00:16:11 My bold prediction that I nearly went for, and I've just got this weird feeling about it, is that piastri is going to win a race before lando and it would be it would be like a bit a bit like danio ricardo winning yeah and he'll be kind of a whole year yeah exactly and you could just see it being like and then maybe this whole narrative like oh you know unlucky that lando can't can't seem to get this win would like bring up i don't know there's just something in my head that feels that could happen um and again i think it i think it comes down to the fact that that you need something crazy to beat Red Bull,
Starting point is 00:16:50 and it will almost be like a completely unpredictable race. Well, it's not the craziest thing to think either, because there was a much bigger gap, like a much bigger gap between Norris and Ricardo and Ricardo won Monza. Yeah. Piastri is there or thereabouts with Norris every weekend, maybe a couple of tents off at max. So that happening is definitely not out of the realm's possibility.
Starting point is 00:17:10 So interesting. I'm going to say there's going to be a win for Lando Norris, a win for Charles Lecler, and a win for Lewis Halt. please that middle one needs to happen. I mean, if we got to the end of the year and had four different constructors win, that would be quite bold
Starting point is 00:17:24 considering how it's gone so far. Tommy, let's go to your bold prediction. Okay, my bold prediction for the rest of the season is actually one for the end of the season, and I think that Alpha Tauri will not finish last in the constructor cycle, which is bold because they are
Starting point is 00:17:49 comfortably last at the moment and not bagged many points. But my logic behind this is that with the help of Daniel Ricardo being a bit more of maybe a solid driver and then pushing Yuki forward as well, they'll bag points here and there. And I was looking at the constructor's title and I actually think that maybe it's not even Alfa Mayer, maybe has finished last because they just fallen off a cliff and seemed to be a bit a bit rubbish. But yeah, so they'd need quite a few points to do it, but I can see, you know,
Starting point is 00:18:28 maybe maybe a bit of a crazy race and Dona Ricardo or Yuki score a big points hall and the other teams don't get a lot. So yeah, that's my bold prediction that Alfortari don't finish last. Well, there's a big fight for seventh place in the constructors at the moment. Williams and Hass are both on 11. Then you've got Alfa-a-Maya. on nine and Alphateri on three and you reckon I think Williams are locked in seventh I don't even think that's a bold prediction
Starting point is 00:18:56 I think Williams will finish seventh I'm confident in that clip that you have just completely and utterly jinx them now you really did say that with the chest as well I like that I like that a lot on your prediction
Starting point is 00:19:14 oh god they have have a horrendous car, they don't they? They sure do. It's not, I don't think it's the craziest prediction ever because as you say,
Starting point is 00:19:24 it just takes one, one crazy race, one great sprint weekend, and you're back on. So, and with Danny Rick, I think that he's going to, as you say, be a much better,
Starting point is 00:19:35 a more solid driver than Nick DeVries over the rest of the season. Yuki's come so close the start of the year. I don't think he's come as close more regularly, at least,
Starting point is 00:19:44 in recent times. but yeah, as you say, it just takes one big points haul and they could even thrust themselves up to seventh. They're now a two-driver team, essentially, is my thinking behind it. No offense to Savage to Nick DeVries, but it's true. No offence, but probably offence. Savage, but true. Very true.
Starting point is 00:20:05 Okay, next prediction comes in from Electric Vision. Logan Sargent will bag some points by the end of the season 100%. That's what Electric Vision puts in. They've done a Tom Bellingham there and not just said it, said 100%. This, difficult, difficult to say. He has been doing better. Spa wasn't particularly great,
Starting point is 00:20:29 but he wasn't too far off Albon again. It will take one crazy race. Logan isn't as bad as some people have been saying, which I find a little bit maybe unfair because obviously going into the season, we both thought that Logan would finish 20th in the driver's standings and that Williams wouldn't be very good. But Logan hasn't been that bad.
Starting point is 00:20:52 He's a rookie. He's not been gargantuanly behind Albon in the races. Yeah, he might have finished a few places behind him. But the midfield is very close. It's not like a Vastappen-de-Perez 40-second gap that you sometimes see. So I don't think. he will, but I'm not saying he couldn't. That's probably where I stand on this.
Starting point is 00:21:17 I don't think he's going to bag any points. I don't think he'll score a point, no. I do think he'll score a point. I'm going to say Monza. Surely Monza's got to get a point. That Williams, that Williams rocket ship. That Monza, you'd think... Yeah, if it doesn't happen in Monza,
Starting point is 00:21:33 then I'm saying he's never... He's not scoring a point in this year. I mean, I don't think that was particularly bold to say that, yeah, if that doesn't come in at Monza, I'll probably change my mind and go. No, you're not allowed to change it. No, no, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're locking it in now, mate.
Starting point is 00:21:46 You can't just change your mind just go along. I'll lock in and say, I'll back Logie, but I am banking on a little Monza Masterclass. What will happen sooner? Him becoming world champion on your TikTok or him scoring a point in Formula One? I really hope for him just on TikTok because I'm so done and so bored of it.
Starting point is 00:22:06 Hey, honestly, I watched, I don't know if it was yesterday or the day before, you literally looked depressed. It's because I've, I've been away for a few days visiting friends and it gets to like half 10 at night. I'm desperate to just go to bed and I'm really tired. And then I'm like, oh, I need to record that damn. It's good though. It's good though.
Starting point is 00:22:22 You know, some people think you're riding this trend and you're like, oh, you know, I'm just going to go forever and, you know, it's easy views. Yeah, they think I've like locked it in the bank and it's like, believe me, if I had a draft where he'd done it, I would have posted it three weeks ago. I did three videos for Charlotte Claire trying to be world champion and then I just forgot and then I just didn't do it anymore. Your commitment to the cause is unbelievable. Right, let's go to the next prediction.
Starting point is 00:22:48 Tom underscore George's Danny Rick to get a podium. Good God. This is the boldest prediction of the lot by some way, but then kind of links in with Alphi Tari not finishing last. Tom is kind of banking on a banger of a race, a mixed up race. But to say he'll get on the podium, I will, this is without a doubt, a big fat no for me. Love Danny Rick.
Starting point is 00:23:16 I think he's great. But that is a stretch too far in this current season where you've got, you've got Red Bull, you've got Mercedes, you've got Ferrari, you've got Aston Martin, you've got McLaren, all that are kind of in their own league right now compared to the likes of Alfa Tauri. One of those are going to slot into the top three, unless you get the most insane red flag towards the end of a race
Starting point is 00:23:39 and it jostles up everything, it's just not going to happen. Yeah, you're relying on a basically an Australia moment again, aren't you? Where they red flag it with a lap to go. Hulkenberg's four! And then, yeah, Halkenberg will finish forth and not get a podium. But, no, this is incredibly bold. Like you say, not only that, but you look at the drivers that don't have a podium yet, which shows how normally it's two Red Bulls or Verstappen and Alonzo
Starting point is 00:24:09 of Vostapin and Hamilton, so there's not many places on the podium. Science hasn't got a podium, Stroll hasn't got a podium, Piastria hasn't got a podium, and they're in good cars. Sometimes, you know, the second best car on the grid, and they've not got a podium yet, and Daniel Ricardo's arguably driving the worst. So, yeah, very bold. This just relies on, you know, an absolute banger. I mean, maybe, maybe, just maybe this is the,
Starting point is 00:24:39 the season where every race is kind of very normal and then it's all condensed into one Brazilian Grand Prix where Daniel Ricardo wins, Nika Holkenberg's on the podium in a house and Logan Sargent's like second or something and we just have like all the excitement of the season into one insane race. Ricardo Sargent Holcomberg is your top three. That's my bold prediction. I'm locking it in And that's your insane prediction. But one with which I will be there no matter what if it happens. Thank you for that prediction, Tom. We now go to Hastel la Vista 8.
Starting point is 00:25:19 There will be one race where Lewis and Max collide. It would take Mercedes to be good like they were in Hungary and qualifying. But Hamilton got such a washed start that we couldn't really even see that as an opportunity. I still think there is something there. You know, they haven't collided the last couple of times they've been near each other on track, which I'm very proud of both of them for not doing that. But yeah, I don't think this is going to happen personally.
Starting point is 00:25:51 No, they might have a little, I don't think it would be like a big collision if they do. It'd be like a wheel banging front end plate maybe off or something. And it's like, ooh. But that being said, you know, Brazil last year, we thought Max has wrapped up the time. all and they couldn't help themselves, could they still? No, they really couldn't. I don't know at what point it'll all sort of calm down, if ever. But, yeah, as I say, they haven't done it in the last couple of times.
Starting point is 00:26:22 So, you know, I'm very proud of them. I don't think it's going to happen, mainly because I don't think Mercedes is a, oh, I don't know, it's difficult because then maybe the Lewis and Max collision will happen in Brazil. And Lewis will go on to win and Twitter will go, sorry, X will go into meltdown. I think another problem is that the, and this goes on to the point you made at the start of them trying to ban DRS, the Red Bull DRS is so good that obviously, even when Max starts, like, his overtakes have been a lot of the time just straight line DRS passes because he knows that's where he can get them. And you're pretty much defenseless, whereas I guess Brazil it was like on a restart, wasn't it, where he tried to go side by side. So you're kind of relying on that moment
Starting point is 00:27:07 because I don't think they're going to collide. You're seeing a race where Max comes through the field, but then their DRS is so good that they've kind of just breezed past people. They certainly do. We now go to the final bold prediction, which is Andrew underscore Tyrell 8. Norris will finish P3 in the driver's standings.
Starting point is 00:27:31 Now, if we look at the driver's standings, this is up there with Daniel Ricardo getting a, podium, in my opinion. Lando is currently eighth with 69 points. And third is Fernando Alonzo with 149. So he is 80 points behind Alonzo. And with a, as we keep saying, with this form of whoever's fastest, second fastest on the grid constantly changing, Lando and McLaren would have to be second fastest for the rest
Starting point is 00:28:01 of the season for this to even remotely be a possibility, in my opinion. Yeah, exactly. You think the problem is, I know there's half the championship gone, so half the races to go, but the problem is... There's only 10, isn't it? It's not... Yeah, exactly. It's not... We're past halfway if we actually count. Yeah, but the problem is they... Yeah, the problem is that McLaren spent much of that half of the season really bad. So, like, Lando's finishing races in 16th or retiring, whereas we're talking about Aston Martin falling off, but we're talking about Aston Martin falling off, but we're talking about Aster Martin. Martin falling off and Alonso is still somehow finishing races in fifth, six, seven. So it's going to be very different because, yeah, 80 points, they're going to have to get a big,
Starting point is 00:28:47 a big old chunk of points off them. So for me, this one is bold. I will, one thing I am confident at you can clip this is that Lewis Hamilton will finish third in the driver's standing. So I'm like 100% confident that that's going to be the case. No, no, you can clip that as well. But it's not bold. It's not bold. And this is another reason why I don't think Norris will catch them is Hamilton is far too consistent. Mercedes are too consistent of a team where they don't drop points. And they seem to be very similar in pace, Mercedes and McLaren.
Starting point is 00:29:20 They're not too far off. Like even when McLaren had that resurgence at Silverstone, it was Mercedes that was nipping at their heels that entire Grand Prix. So it's not like, yeah, it's not out of the realms of possibility that Hamilton will pick up a lot more podiums before the end of the season. and then it won't be a big enough point difference for Lando to close in. So, yeah, I agree with that completely. Not the prediction, sorry, Andrew, but the fact that Hamilton will finish P3. But that's not by any stretch. Right, that is it.
Starting point is 00:29:48 Thank you so much, everybody, for tuning in to this bold predictions for the rest of the 2023F1 season. If you're watching on YouTube, please let us know your bold prediction in the comments. Then we can look back on it maybe at the end of the year and see if anyone does like a miraculous, ridiculous, like, very specific, prediction that comes true. We can maybe look back at some of the top comments for that. That'll be amazing. If you're on audio, let us know. Go on YouTube or go on social and let us know as well because we do like hearing from you. So Tommy, what? It's your final thought.
Starting point is 00:30:18 My final thoughts are this podcast is actually going to go out maybe a little bit later. So this, we've recorded it as time of recording. It's just gone six months. pretty much since we started. And yeah, we put a few social bits out. We've not really, because it's right in the middle of the summer break, we've not had a chance to sort of on videos and podcasts, thank you all. You know, I know we sound like a break in record or I'm always like, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Starting point is 00:30:50 But thank you. But thank you. And looking back at, yeah, the stuff we've done so far in six months has been the most unbelievable six months of my life. And I'm sure the same for you, Matt, is just unbelievable. Yeah, crazy and thank you all for carrying on listening to our washed opinions. Yep, I completely echo what Tommy said. It's crazy to think that six months has gone by.
Starting point is 00:31:17 I want to thank everyone for tuning in, for listening, for being a part of this journey, this crazy wild ride that we've entered ourselves on. And I genuinely, if you had told me six, nine months ago, whatever, what would your ideal six months for P1 be? even in a dream scenario, I don't think I would have probably predicted this or mapped this out. So it's all down to each and every one of you for listening and supporting us and tuning in every podcast, every video. It's utterly unbelievable. And hopefully we never wake up because this all feels like a dream.
Starting point is 00:31:53 If we'd have done a podcast at the start of the year, say our bold predictions for P1, and we'd have said, go to Monaco on the Red Bull boat. you know, film with drivers and stuff, I'd have been screenshoting it on Twitter and saying that we're washed and what are we talking about. And on that note, we will see you very soon for another piece of content. Adios. Goodbye.
Starting point is 00:32:19 Bye. That was a very loud bye. Bye. Bye! B1 is a Stack production and part of the ACAST's creator network.

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