P1 with Matt and Tommy - Our bold predictions for the rest of the 2025 F1 season

Episode Date: August 22, 2025

With a week until F1's back, we're dialling up the delusion and revealing our (and plenty of your) crazy predictions for the rest of the season. Could McLaren 1-2 every race? Will a driver or team principal lose their job? And, wait, WHO'S RETIRING?! Tickets to our Delusion Tour are running out! The P1 live show is coming to cities in the UK, Europe and North America later this year. Get your tickets here: tix.to/p1liveYou can listen to an extended version of every race review this season over on our Patreon! You'll also access to every P1 episode ad-free, early access to tickets & merch, and access to our Discord server where you can chat with us and other F1 fans! Click here to sign up now: http://patreon.com/mattp1tommyFollow us on socials! You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Big One podcast with Matt and Tommy. We're nearly there. Hold on everybody. Formula One cars eventually will return to our screens. How are you feeling Tommy, like how are you surviving? Because I know that almost 97% of your brain capacity is filled with just Formula One knowledge. When you don't have Formula One to satisfy that brain, what do you do? I know. What do I do?

I just read books about Formula One. No, I'm a hype for it to come back. Ten races to go and yeah, it's now going to get, this is like the business end of now, isn't it? Serious, we've got a title fight. This is where it's going to get spicy. Exactly. We do have a title fight. It's all very close indeed.

Ten races to go. Now, before we dive into both your bold predictions and also a couple from us as well, I should probably mention that I'm literally wearing a t-shirt with our faces on it because, yeah, the P1 live show, Delusion Tour t-shirts are available. And I'm wearing it because it's quite fun. Although I don't know if I can, I don't know if it's socially acceptable to walk out sign. To wear yourself on a T-shirt. With it there.

I mean, it's quite, it's quite a flex, isn't it? Hey, this is a tour show of my. Anyway, P1 Live show. No, our faces are all squash. You need to like. I'm sorry. It's quite funny, actually, when they squash. Just.

For audio listeners. Yeah. Audio listeners, go watch YouTube. But yeah, at P1 Live show, we're actually heading to Amsterdam in less than, well, a few days. A few days, yeah. When this goes out. So very excited if you're coming along to that P1 live show. If not, then maybe you're coming to America or in the UK as well in November and December.

Okay, Tommy, are you ready to dive into some bold predictions? Oh, go on then. Let's do it. Go on then. Shall we start with me? Oh, go on then. My bold prediction for the rest of the 2025 season, Ferrari 2 or more wins. There's a reason you've got delusion written on your TV. No, come on. I feel like we should.

I mean, we're not going to count Lewis Hamilton's sprint as a win. It doesn't. It's not a race win. It's a sprint win. A grand prix victory. A grand prix victory. How many sprints do we actually have left in these next last 10 races? I know that we're testing our knowledge right now.

Okay. So three. Actually, I take it all back. Just two or more wins. It doesn't matter if it's a sprint win or an FP1 win. FV1 win. But look, I feel as though, Shal could have easily had one this year. He could have had one.

one. But sadly he didn't. But suddenly, he doesn't have. Why don't, yeah, why don't I get back on the train of believing that. I don't know why I've gone for two. I think one literally would have been bold. Why did I say two? I'm taking, I've gone, I've gone too deep. I should have said one. But still, I've locked in two or more wins. It's going to be one and I'm going to kick myself. No, it's not, it's not happening, is it? I think the big chance is Monsa, maybe. If they've done their brilliant tactic that they do every year of being good at Monaco and then completely switching everything around ready for Monter. I feel like that would be their best bet on paper you've got to think if you look at the

remaining circuits. McLaren are going to be, of course, mighty everywhere, aren't they? So they will be hard to beat, which is the race where the plank will survive for Royal Grand Prix to win. I was actually going to add that if they get to qualified after winning, that still counts. I feel as though, you know, at Monza, just put it as low as possible.

If Brad Pitt films another movie and Sherlock has won and he's on the podium celebrating, it counts. Top of the podium. Yeah, that's all I need to see. It doesn't matter if they break any rules. So, yeah, look, I'm back on the delusion train a little bit because it doesn't necessarily have to even happen due to pure competitiveness. We could see some drama at the front.

You know, as it gets a little bit more dark, We have seen some serious dive bombs from probably more so Oscar Piastri this season that have not ended in absolute turmoil. It's been a few inches away from Austria, Hungary, both of those were so close to having a double McLaren DNF. So let, anything can happen. When was the last time Ferrari didn't win a race throughout the whole season? Didn't win a race last time? Oh, the whole season. For a whole season.

I'm thinking it must have been what, like, 20... It must have been when they had like a proper... ...2020? They didn't win in 2020, did they? Or did they win in 2020? I've put myself on the spot here. I don't know why. Tommy, we've had nearly three weeks off and you're dropping trivia

to things that we don't know. Yeah, you're the encyclopedia here. Okay, so it's 2020. They didn't win when they had that horrible, horrible car during that year. Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, not that long ago. It's not like it was nice. 1973 and that Ferrari should pack up and go home.

Right, Tommy, hit me with yours. Okay, so mine isn't about, that's just happen. My driver, it is about Gabriel Bortoletto. And I am going for that Gabriel Bortoletto finishes top 10 in the championship. Wow. He is currently 17th with 14 points. Ocon is currently 10th with 27. Yeah, he's a double his point.

Talley and no one else's score. So it's a bold bold, it's very bold, yeah. It's a bold prediction, right? It's a bold prediction. You have got the idea of the podcast. I couldn't class it as a bold prediction and go, I think you might finish 12th actually. It's got to be top

10, hasn't it? It's got to be top 10. And to be fair, 10th, 11th and 12th are separated by one point at the moment. So you may as well just reach for the stars to me, which is what you have absolutely done. It's not the most insane prediction ever. Of course not, because Bortoletto is on a good run form, but top 10 would be difficult. That one's, that one's like, we should change it to

realistic predictions at this race, shouldn't we? Yeah. Okay, Gabby Bortoletto hype has been locked in. Let's go to some of your bold predictions, first and foremost, Speedy underscore GTT. McLaren drivers finish one, two in every remaining race this season. We're hyping up the championship. Yeah, yeah. Can't wait for the season. The rest of it's going to be great. I mean, it would make for a great title fight if they did. as long as they keep swapping between them. I mean, they're, what, four on the bounce now of one, two finishes. Every race is a stretch.

McLaren are known for being very reliable, of course. But you think they're going to have another race like a Canada, right, that they had before. Where... Wait, what you spoke about, Monza? That's a Ferrari dub all day long. Vegas, Vegas, Mercedes. Ferrari dub again. Oh, sorry, Ferrari.

Yeah. But Vegas, they don't run particularly well at. I think it is as bold to think that they'd win every single race because there have been moments. You know, they are going to push to the end of the season and just try and grab as much and push for both their drivers because obviously it's all about just bagging as many results. They've got a great, you know, they're going to win the constructors by an absolute mile. But they'll surely be one race where there's a bit of something. think so. I mean, look, we've had 14 races and three of them have been non-McClaren wins. So when you put it like that, it's absolutely possible that they win the final 10.

I hope for the sake of just seeing other people at the top of the podium, this doesn't come in. But it is bold, because, yeah, as you say, there can be any number of things that can happen in races, changeable conditions, cars coming together, lucky safety cars, things like that. That can change a complexion of a race. So it's still bold. I'm going to share some really boring Tom Bellingham lure right now. But my mother has been learning how to cross stitch, right? And she found this pattern.

I love you called it mother as well, by the way. Is it, do you call your mother mother mother, or my mother? No, no, I don't. My mother. Has been learning how to cross stitch. And she found this great pattern online where, and she'd started it in the Australian Grand Prix, where she's cross-stitching every single winner of the champion. of each race on like a cross-stitch pattern. And the theory was, of course, 20-25, it's going to be so many different winners.

Oh, my God. And it's just all orange. So for the sake of my mum's cross-stitch, come on, other drivers. And she's giving it away at the end of the season to a P1 mural listener. Is that right? She will if it's just a literally just an orange towel. Well, we need to see it now. We need to see this at the end of the season.

I know. You've now forced her. into showing her creation on our podcast. So, okay, well, there you go. Hopefully there is a little red in there in the final 10, please. We'll see. Okay, question, could we've got some questions as well? Just like things to dive into and explore as well as bold predictions.

One is how many non-McClaren wins in the final 10 races? How many do we think McLaren won't win? So this is where it turns out that speedy GTT is actually my burner account. So I, let's have a look. Let's have a look as we go along. The Dutch Grand Prix. Yeah, they're going to be very good there. Max Verstappen could pull off.

But Forstappen is going to be strong. When we're talking about actual potential, away from McLaren, Max Verstappen, you know, at the Dutch Grand Prix, but then even he couldn't hold off Lavan-Noris last year, could he? Then you've got Monza, that's a Charlotte-Cla win every single day of the week. That is a chance. I think that's one of the strongest chance.

chance of the year, I think, isn't it? And then Azerbaijan as well, Charlotte Claire is honestly the greatest of all time. I've never seen a driver and the track link. Yeah. Get a pole position and finish P3. That's got that written all over it. Sorry, but it's true.

Singapore. That's absolutely disgusting. Singapore, McLaren, a win. USA, they'll win. Mexico, they win. Sao Paulo, weather dependent. Anyone can win. Anyone could win. Could be crazy.

Vegas, I think, is going to be the track that McLaren will struggle at the most. They've never gone well there in the last two seasons. Even when McLaren were amazing at the back end of last season, they struggled there. And that's where Mercedes came good. That is the one, I think, almost not a guarantee, but I'd say more likely McClaren don't win. Going back to your Singapore point, I feel like Singapore's quite a unique track as well, where we have seen dominating teams not do as well. I don't think it's as true, but I guess I'm thinking that Lando won it last year by like 20 seconds.

Yeah, he did Annie almost crash into the wall a few times as well, didn't they? That's true. That's very true. I guess we're going back on last year's. Yeah, yeah. Qatar is very McLaren. That is the McLaren Autodrome. And then Abu Dhabi, I think McLaren as well. So I think everybody should tune in to the rest of the 10 races and also all of our reviews because it's going to be more interesting than what we've just delivered, right? It will be if they're literally dueling every single race. Yeah.

Jewel in the desert. Oh yeah. They're going to bring that one now. At least we don't have to have some graphic that's like the fight for the seventh in the championship. Yeah, exactly. So I'm going to say one, maybe two. Okay, one maybe two. What are you thinking?

Oh, okay. We actually have to go for a number. Oh, God. I think they will not win two of the final ten. Yeah. So they're your Ferrari ones. No, no, no, no. I'm taking away the delusion.

I think they still won't win two. There you go. Okay. And you said one, maybe two. That's literally two different answers. So what are you going for? One, one. Okay, there you go.

Perfect. Next bold prediction comes in from P1, Patreon member Daisy. There are two driver swaps. One may be obvious, like Alpine, but one somewhat unexpected. Ooh. I don't think Franco is under threat personally. I think that he's, I think you'd have to do really, really, really bad. I know some people have said that he's not done great, so get checked to him back in.

I can't see that happening. And then up and down the grid, I don't think anyone is performing so shockingly bad. Like Sonoda's got a bit of a free pass anyway because there's already been a replacement there, that I think he'd be the only one that was really under threat. So I personally can't see it, and it's not like another situation last. year where a lot of drivers were moving teams, weren't they? So you kind of think that would, would a driver jump in early at the end of the season? So I personally can't, I'd actually even say that no one gets replaced. Never mind too. Yeah, I'm going to shoot this one down. I'm sorry,

Daisy. I cannot see any driver swaps between now and the end of the season. There's only 10 races to go. Colapinto, I think they have already said that they're going to keep him for the rest of the season. There are confident messaging, pieces of messaging coming out about that. There's no reason to as well with Colopinto. They have to give him a bit more time to grow if they are going to make this drastic driver move. If they constantly just chop and change drivers go back to do and they'll be back at the point that they were with doing before he was kicked out, if not worse, because of his confidence being knocked. So yeah, that's the only one that you would say is slightly vulnerable, but the only other one, Tommy is Kimmy Antonelli. I think he might go.

you know, I'm not kidding, I'm kidding, I'm baiting you. Get Bartasen to bank P2 in the title. Let me show you how it's done. Let me show you how it's done. No, I don't think that anybody's going to get their seat taken away from them, and it would have to take some seriously atrocious races from someone for that to happen. Next one comes in from Tavi Simpson.

Max Vestappen will finish behind Russell in the standings. Ooh, ooh, okay, so there's 15 points between Vestappan and Russell. this isn't this isn't out of the rounds of possibility it really isn't because to be fair both teams have had pretty worldly performances and shockers this season that their their sort of pace trajectory has been all over the place so this one's a bit of a lottery I think for me I would probably still lean more towards max just I know he's not at the greatest especially hungry of course, recent in our mind, you know, and before we came into this summer break,

but I still feel as though Max will perform well, he'll get podiums. But then Russell has been phenomenal this season as well. It's hard, but I would probably still lean towards Max ever so slightly, but it could go either way. I could see this happening because I think it is incredibly close between them.

We look at the kind of recency of results and Hungary, as we said, like, you know, doesn't really suit the Red Bull. Sparvastappen won the sprint race there, so still had pace. Silverstone was a gamble at the end of the day that didn't pay off. He got pole position there. And Austria, he got... Gamble when he spun.

Did he gamble under traction? But, of course, gambled on the wing, and it didn't work for them when it was a wet race, and he, of course, spun. And then the Austrian Grand Prix, he got smashed his... into by by Kimmy Antonelli. So I think his kind of bad run is maybe, maybe kind of seen as more extreme than it is compared to like the people saying that, you know, the Red Bulls completely like fallen off a cliff. There has the last race definitely, but you've got to think when you get to tracks like Zandvo and, you know, Qatar and those sort of tracks that

that Max would be sort of challenging for podiums again and things. So yeah, it's a very close one. I could see it going either way. Maybe Max also just doesn't want to go to the gala at the end of the season and wants to race at the nerve. I'd say spend time at home, maybe just go to the Nurbeg Ring instead and drive there. And he just sacks it off and finishes P4. Let's Russell by Abu Dhabi.

So for those you that don't know, yeah, the top three have to go to this sort of awards. evening at the end of the season and I feel as though George Russell would enjoy that more than Max Verstappen. I don't know why. I think so. Yeah, it feels as though George will push for that top three. He loves a bit of swag.

Does George? Okay, we go to the next bowl prediction, which is from P1 Patreon member, you'll not have the drink. We lose another team principle before the season end. The patrons really want people to be fired, don't they? Yeah, they really do. They want

serious drama. I mean, you look at this. Alpine is probably the only shout, but that's Briatore. And Briotori's not going to fire himself because he's... He's not technically the team principal, is he? Well, he's not allowed to actually be that.

So the only way I could see this happening is if they hire... If Alpine hire someone as an official team principal and then would it count as him being fired? Because everyone else really is doing a good job. You know, you look up and down the grid. Fred's announce his staying.

McLaren aren't going to, that's not going to happen. Same with Mercedes. Red Bull have literally just got a new team principal in. Saabra doing well, racing bulls. Literally have just had that swap, Haas doing very well. So yeah, I can't see it. Unless, yeah, I mean, you could see like a Christian Horner shock return

to, you know, the end of the season or something. But there's rumours now, isn't there of him maybe going to Cadillac because that obviously would be a free space and therefore someone would have to be fired. He's not allowed to at the moment. He's still being paid by rebel. Yeah, but then I guess he'd have his contract broken. It has officially ended now. Oh, it has officially ended. It did appear on Company's house.

Some people found. Amazing. Okay. All right. So that's, I think, I don't believe we'll see a team principal fired as such. But perhaps, yeah, let's see, let's see what happens with Horner and whether Alpine do some strange things with their hiring and firing. Next prediction is from Pee on Patreon member, Crazy Casper 3112. McLaren will have a double DNF in at least two of the last five races.

Honestly, the patrons need to chill out. What is, like, they just want full carnage, full chaos. Two double DNFs. Sorry, yeah, we'll have a double DNFs. at least two of the last five races. That is two in the last five, not even the last ten. Yeah, so they're thinking like championship really

on a dive bomb that does go wrong, I don't I don't see a two double DNFs. I don't see, do I see even one in my in my sort of, if I'm looking into my future, future mind and perhaps a front wing

comes off. I can't, it have to be a serious punt in order for both of them to DNA. You know, these cars are, they're pretty rigid. They're pretty... Yeah, we've had collisions, haven't we? But then some people still, you know, collisions between teammates and things and the other one carries on. Because, yeah, it would have to be a Mercedes-Spain-2016 thing.

Yeah, or like Vestap and Hamilton-Monser, 2021. You know, that's the kind of vibe that gives you a double DNF. So I'm going to go with no. I don't think we have one singular McLaren-D-NF. No, because it would have... it would have to be a crash as well because when I was looking at this, I don't know if, I kind of hadn't really thought of this and I'm not really seen this around. So I apologize now because I'm going to jinx it because every time a stack gets brought up, the next race,

it all goes wrong. But that being said, I kind of felt like McLaren don't ever have mechanical failures and breakdown and things. So I was looking into this. Oscar Piestri, his last mechanical failure was his first ever race in Bahrain, 2020, and Lando's last mechanical failure was Spa 2019. That is insane. 2020, oh look, Formula One's finished.

Like, we need a little bit of like reliability. That's what, you know, back in the 90s. Although not now, actually. I don't want to decide to championship from that, no. But I guess when you have really. boring races. I'm thinking about when I was a kid. We had really boring races in the 90s. You knew that at least there might be something that goes wrong that would then cause a safety car like someone has an oil league or whatever it might be. Like it was always

just something. Whereas now they are, you're expecting all 20 to finish pretty much every single race, aren't you? Yeah. It's a miracle even that, you know, Hulk and Berg's got on the podium in an era where we say that reliability is bulletproof and the top teams are quite clear. So it makes it incredibly difficult. Yeah, how's Holkenberg got a podium? That still doesn't make sense. Because that would probably be a bold prediction right now had it not been for his podium at Silverstone.

It is ridiculous when, like, we painted a graphic of like all the podium finishes, and it is mad just like Holkenberg. It is that like meme of the where everyone's lined up and then you've got the clown where it's all the people in the suit. Hulk can't no clown, but I know what you mean. I'm not saying he's a clown in terms of like the way it's standing out. Yeah, yeah. Tommy calls Holkenberg a clown. the front page of the news.

Clip that, yeah. Crazy. Click bait. Next bowl prediction comes in from Gweha 136333539. Alonzo wins or gets a podium in Singapore. Why in Singapore? What's happened in Singapore in the past, Tommy? Luntstrol.

Well, Luntzroll has crashed a few times at Singapore, so maybe he was practicing for this year. No, sorry. Nah, that's crazy. That's crazy. Yeah, Briotori's Alpine. Aster Martin. You cannot say about Lance Stroll being terrible when he's on the same points as your man, all right? No, no, no. We've got to defend Lance Stroll. You know, you say about these crashes. Alonzo's got the same points as in, mate. Sorry.

Exactly. But Alonzo's not winning a race. A podium is also a big stretch. We've said how difficult it is for, like we said, it's a miracle that Holkenberg got a podium. in the first place it required an absolutely insane race with crazy weather and unless that happens again at another track it's going to be incredibly hard for other people to get on the podium when you feel like McLaren are going to lock out those kind of front two positions for most of the time and then you've got the Stappen, Russell and Leclair now has obviously former's got better and he's scoring podiums as well so that's going to make it incredibly difficult.

I don't see this one personally, as much as I'd love it. Seeing back on the podium, a win would be incredible, but no. I guess the hype is because they showed some really good form around Budapest, and I guess when you're looking at tracks coming up that might have similar tendencies,

you know, quite high downforce, so Singapore is probably one of those. So I can see where the logic is. I can see him bang in like a top three in qualifying or something there. Yeah. I reckon large. I reckon Lance Stroll will get a podium or a way. Or Lans Stroll, Lansthrolet's.

Yeah. Yeah, boom. Yeah. Stroll ahead. Alonzo in the championship again. Double-eat. Next prediction comes in from Andy Fleet 22. Hamilton to announce retirement.

No, he's not going anywhere. Why do I know. I know that it's hard to watch his post-qualie post-race interviews. He's not going anywhere. He still loves racing. And why on earth will he go to Ferrari and then leave before the regulation change where he could finally say, yes, I'm on a level playing field with LeCler. Like, LeCler has had years of getting used to, obviously, Ferrari in general, but also the car of

this regulation set. We go to next year. It's a clean slate. If he then is really struggling in 2026 and it's a poor season, then the alarm bells will start ringing, I think. But for now, no, no chance. He's coming into 2026 at least. Yeah, I saw, I saw kind of, you know, pundits and things. saying they think he's going to retire now, absolutely not. Why he'd jump before regulation change is crazy. You wouldn't, and where would he go? You know, you don't announce, it's not going to announce retirement.

Yeah, this sabbatical. I'm like, what are we doing here? What planet are you on? Yeah, it's so true, because he's gone to Ferrari as a dream to, you know, get wins and hopefully get that eighth championship. and he's not going to give up just because he's had one season. You don't go to Ferrari, have one season and go,

oh, they were right. The communication is quite bad on the radio. It's not really working very well. You know, he's going to know that that was probably going to be the case to a point. And, you know, I've seen some other people say that the way Hamilton's spoken is kind of his way of basically telling Ferrari this is what I need. this is this is you need to start listening to to me and go in the direction we want for for next year so yeah I just don't see him retiring at all yeah maybe a little bit of tug of war going on at Ferrari as well because Lecler I'm sure I'll be saying well no go in my direction maybe they'll

have similar directions we will see in 2026 I feel like Hamilton will be better next year I really do that's that's not he's not been suited at I think it's been underplayed that he's just he's not like these regulations not like these regulations not like Like the regulations, it doesn't suit his driving. And he is a very adaptable driver, the fact that he's still won races in it. And he had a great year. Was it 2023? Way finished third in the championship.

Very consistent in that year that Max was completely dominant and almost pipped Perez to second. So he has had good results and good performances, but by his high standards, is just not gone well for him in this regulation. new regs maybe that's where he delivers again. Fingers crossed. We'd like to see Hamilton right back at the front for sure. Next one and final one in fact is from P1 Patreon member Georgina

the championship fight will go to Abu Dhabi. Yes. I don't see how it doesn't. Yeah, I'm going to know Tommy, why would you say I was just about to say I'm going to refrain from saying anything like that because otherwise someone's going to be 50 points clear because of something that we've just spoken

about happening, i.e. you say mechanical issues never, never happening, and then it happens. So no, what's, someone will clench it with three races to go. There you go. I've always thought that just when you think that, I don't know, start the season, it was kind of like, oh, McLareniclair and Leilando is going to run away with this. Then it kind of, Oscar gets this momentum and starts winning those races and you think, how's anyone going to stop him? And then you think, yeah, like those last few races, it's kind of been like, oh, Oscar's really on top of this McLaren. Landau is still not. suited, Kennedy had the crash

and then he's caught right back up again. I don't think either of them have ever been other than that. I think the biggest gap between them has been that first race where Oscar... Yeah, for sure. Yeah, so... It's never been more than a race win in 14 races.

And recently, it's been much lower than that. So it's going to keep chopping and changing through the whole season. I can't wait for it. So fingers crossed because Abidabie is normally an absolutely honking race and we need a championship. fight. Fight.

Winner takes all. If they could just have no points between them, that would be ideal. Yeah. We're not asking for much. And then no one crashes at the end and start making up safety car rolls. Tommy, it's too soon even now, I think, to be making those kind of jokes. I'm really sorry, Hamilton fans, for Tommy's outlandish statement there. Right.

So some other questions just to ask ourselves. The first one, well, I've kind of asked it myself. already because I made it as a bold prediction. But will Ferrari get a race win? Yes, Tommy? No. Why? Because their plank can't last an entire race.

Okay, all right. I'll get a plank and thwack you on the top of head. Right. Will Franco Colapinto score a point? Yes. I think he'll get one. One singular point. I was also going to say yes.

I feel like he'll have one great weekend. He needs a great weekend. weekend between now and the end of the season to probably secure his seat for future times. So yes. Okay. Who finishes P5 in the constructors? I'm going to go Aston Martin. I reckon Aston, you know, I know that they scored a huge amount of points in Hungary,

and that's the only reason why I'm going for this. But look, if they've got some kind of good working car now, and Adrian Newey just looked at it once and it got better, then they could. Williams have been on the back foot a little bit. So Aston Martin for me. I am going to be bold and go souber. God, you really are on that hype train, aren't you? Gabby Bosner.

Well, if I say he's going to finish in the top 10, I think it would do it. Williams are clear at the moment, but they scored a lot of their big points finishes at the start of the season, didn't they? So, yeah, we'll see. Are there any drivers who haven't been on the podium yet this season that you think will finish on the podium? This might be my boldest one, yeah. I'm going to say no. I don't think anyone else.

No, I think McLaren are kind of bulletproof reliability and going to be getting a lot of one-toes and things. It's going to be so hard for other people to get on the podium when you've got Max, George and Schall, basically like always picking up that last kind of podium spot. I think it's going to be incredibly incredibly difficult and I know there is one individual

that people will say must get one at some point but I don't know if it's going to happen. I'm going to go with probably my boldest prediction of the entire season right now, Tommy. Yes. Gabby Bortoletto.

Not Lewis Hamilton. Oh God, yeah, Hamilton has not a podium yet. I thought you were joking. I thought you actually forgot he hasn't scored a podium yet. That's why I said it was so bold. No, yeah, and I'm still going to lock in Bortoletto. Okay.

I mean, you can have multiple. You can have multiple. I can have multiple. Bortoletto, like, you've convinced me, Tommy. You've injected me into this Bortoletto hype train that he's going to now score a podium and he's going to finish in the top 10 of the championship. Yes, please. Look, I'm here for it.

I'm here for crazy races. I'm trying to just vibe with that. So hopefully the energy is correct. Because that's the big talking point. It's going to be tough, isn't it? It's more likely the. Bortoletto. So I'm going to go with yes. Hamilton will get one podium between now and the end of the season. Yes. I did see something that if Hamilton doesn't get a podium in the next five races, he matches. I think it's Didier Peroni of the most races as a Ferrari driver. We haven't scored a podium yet since you started. So he needs to get on soon. Oh my goodness. That is if he doesn't get it for the rest of the season. Only five races. Wow.

five, he takes that record. That's not a record. He's surely got to get one, but I'm looking at the circuits. Maybe Monza. Maybe it happens at Monter. Yeah, Monza. Yeah, little Ferrari won two.

Yes, please. And finally, who wins the championship? Oscar, Orlando. Oh, this is so difficult. Look, if I'm taking into account what I've seen this year and the fact that the pressure will build and build and build over these next 10 races, and from what I've seen from this driver is an ice cold mentality

I'm going for Oscar Piastri winning the championship narrowly. I think it does go down to the last couple if not the final race of the season but Oscar that is the championship mentality that you need

especially fighting for your first ever championship. I think it'll be utterly close I think it can go both ways but I'm locking in Oscar. Oh I thought we're going to be different there but I also was going to go for Oscar because for that exact reason that I think when it gets

down to those really high pressure situations at the end. He just nothing seems to kind of phase him. And I think he's also got a bit more of a ruthless side if he needs to, you know, run his teammate wide or something, a couple of the kind of races towards the end when the pressure is really mounting up. I could see that more from Oscar. So I think that will be a big advantage for Oscar. But I do think it's going to be so, so close.

Like it's almost a flip of a coin that. because of how close it's been this year. Oh, right then. We are done spewing absolute BS into the atmosphere of the Formula One world of our bold predictions. Look forward to reflecting on that and scoring zero points collectively as a group. I think we've put out 15 predictions. Surely one of them's going to come in. One of them.

Tell me, how you're feeling after all of this? Well, yeah, exactly. One of them comes in. We'll put it on social media and look like absolute geniuses. Ignore all the others that are wrong. but we'll just put one up and then when Bodiletto scores that podium we'll drop that clip oh yeah like an absolutely yeah exactly and we won't post the fact that we said that a longer would get a podium or something um okay cool well Tommy um you kind of ignore me the first time but how are you

feeling after all of those bold predictions that what are we what's the vibe how we what's the vibe the vibe is that I just want F1 back now come on hurry up hurry up but not too quick so I'm moving house. So if you could just still stay scheduled to the same weekend, that would be great. But a new backdrop soon. I don't know if it will look good or not yet, but we'll find out. If Matt's in like a, you know, where you can do those fake Zoom calls way it's where it looks like a really generic office, you know that Matt's got a really like still a couple of boxes in the background. Yeah, then you'll know that we haven't said it out fully. But fingers crossed. Hopefully the internet works as well. God. But anyway, we will figure out all of that very soon.

Tommy, what are your final thoughts? Final thoughts I can't wait for the live shows bring on Amsterdam. Hell yeah, cannot wait. You'll see some social stuff over there, I'm sure. We'll post some bits and bobs and yeah, cannot wait.

We'll see you very soon. Lots of love, take care. Formula ones back in a matter of days. Get it in my veins. Bye! Bye. Chaw? My chore

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