P1 with Matt and Tommy - Reaction to Italian GP practice

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. Italian Grand Prix Monza has arrived. I am so excited for this one, a little bit more excited for this one, after what I've seen unfolding before my eyes in Friday practice. If you literally go watch or listen to the predictions episode a couple of days ago, it was all done, it was all dusted, championship's done. but now we're so back. It only takes one free practice session for you to believe again,

although two actually, because yeah, they work very good of course. And FP1 Ferrari and in FP2. And I hope this isn't baiting us because if we get a grid or just a qualifying session as close as it was in FP2, my God, it's going to be a good quality. Oh, yes, please. Now before we dive into everything that happened today in practice, want to mention the delusion tour,

which we have launched new shows for the Australia Tour in 2026. That's right. So not only are we doing the shows we've already announced, we've put more in because we've sold out three venues already. So we have added the 5th of May Adelaide. Now, if you are from Adelaide and you messaged us saying, oh my God, I can't believe you didn't come to Adelaide and you don't buy a ticket, just we'll see you later.

If we sell five tickets to Adelaide, like come on. We had. So many messages. So there it is. Fifth of May, Adelaide, Norwood Central, concert hall, sorry. 6th of May, Melbourne, National Theatre, a new show on the 6th of May.

Then the 7th is sold out. The 9th of May, Sydney, Seymour Centre. That is a matinee. So we're going to be doing two shows in one day, Tommy. The first time we've ever done that on the 9th of May at the Seymour Centre. And then finally, Brisbane sold out on the 11th. And the 13th of May, Perth at the Astor Theatre. Right.

Let's get into some free practice and start with. FP1, where the top two were Lewis Hamilton and Shaula Claire. That's all I'm reading out, because that is all you need to know. Although, to be fair, Carlos Sines was third, all Ferrari drivers at some point in their careers. I saw this, and I thought, oh, wait, I can, you probably can imagine what I thought. Oh my God, why did I not back Ferrari? But also, I saw the speed traps and went, that's a front page. That's a front pageer right there.

They've turned the wick up here. They want to do something special for the Italian newspapers. So I kind of reined it back a little bit, but also it's good enough for me. That shows that there is some performance there. They definitely did show there was some performance there. I mean, they've got the, you know, they've got the headline now with the one, two. They were half a second clear, of course. But yeah, it did feel like a bit of a glory run, to be honest.

But, you know, we've gone into FP2 and they've still, also looked strong and up there. I did take it with a pinch of salt just at the fact that McLaren was sixth and sixteenth. That to me, I know it's very easy to jump on. Oh, McLaren aren't good around here. Well, considering one of the drivers wasn't even a full-time driver as well,

it's hard to really ascertain. Yeah, we didn't get the Alex Dunn masterclass where we all go. How good is that McLaren when Alex Dun pops it in like a P3 or something? But not this time he was 16th, of course. So one moment happened where I thought all my dreams were collapsing before my eyes and it was Charle-le-Cleur and the fact that he overtook a salber under red flags.

But thankfully, no further action, at least thankfully for all Ferrari and Charles LeCleur fans out there, I saw it immediately and was like, oh no, he's just passed somebody and he set the fastest first sector. You could not put more attention on yourself as a driver to the stewards with something like that. But when you actually watch the replay, the closing speed is massive. Charlotte-Clau is on a flying lap. I can't remember who he was passing.

It was a salber. I can't remember which one. But it was a salber going pretty slowly, not on a lap anyway. And then, of course, slowing down even more when the red flags were flown. So some people might be thinking this was definitely a penalty. Can't believe it. But for me, I don't really know how he could have reacted any quicker. Like as much as a red flag comes out, there has to be.

level of, well, let's give a human time to react first to what has happened. It has to be quick, of course. You know, we've had multiple instances over the course of this year where drivers have continued on. I think Olly Berman and Monaco was one of them just continued on drove past a car and it's a slam dunk. But for this, you know, they would have analysed the massive speed difference between the two cars, the distance and obviously the time for Shal to react. And they deemed it within the rules.

which I obviously wholeheartedly agree with. I do agree it shouldn't have been a penalty, but I also do think he is very fortunate not to get one, because while I think common sense has prevailed here, and they have basically seen the incident, and yeah, the fact that the red flag has come out within a second and immediately he has slammed the brakes on within instantly as soon as he could, and he himself even said, you know,

I slammed the brakes on as quick as I could, and the only reason I overtook was because of the closing speed. So I get it. Also, at the same time, we have seen things in the past where the stewards and the FIA have just basically gone, well, rules are rules. And they've basically just gone, well, you actually overtook. And I am glad they have let common sense prevail. But I also understand that, you know, if you're an Olly Behrman fan or OLLI.

Berman himself is probably going a bit like, oh, so you don't give it now. No, that's a different incident in my eyes, because Olly Beerman chose to overtake a slow car because he thought it was the safest thing to do. Charlotte Clare had zero opportunity to slow down to stop himself from passing. I think if the Olly Beerman incident, he hadn't said a word, I think you'd say it's harsh. But the fact that I think he, I think Olly Beerman unfortunately did kind of... He stuck itself. Yeah, yeah, he stuck himself in the mud by saying I chose to overtake. Whereas I think he could have had that excuse that Charles did of basically going to...

going, well, I hit the brakes as soon as I saw it, and there's a car going incredibly slowly next to me. So, yeah, it's thankfully, of course, nothing doing because I wouldn't have wanted to be the steward that penalised another Ferrari at Monzaa with the potential grid penalty. Ferrari International Assistance coming in again, as some people used to say many years ago, back when Ferrari won, which was so long ago now. And then of course, as you mentioned, McLaren were baiting us in free practice one a little bit. Alex Dunn, I know a few of you that came to our P1 live shows were asking,

so Alex Dunn, what do you think? Like, you're excited. Mainly Irish people actually that came to our live shows, like, oh, is he going to be on the grid and things like this? And yeah, there wasn't that sort of highlight performance this time round for Alex. I think they did give him a pretty good opportunity to just go for a run, gave him soft tires. it wasn't like a four, five second a lap off runs that we've seen in the past for rookies going into top teams.

But that being said, it was a strange free practice one anyway with the fact that you had, you know, the two Ferrari is so far clear. But only, what, half a second off Lando. So yeah, it wasn't, it wasn't bad. It wasn't bad from Dunn, for sure, to jump in, do a solid job again. Unfortunately for him, and this is something like we did, we did mention in our life Cheson has have mentioned before that unfortunately for someone like Alex Dunn, even if he ends up winning Formula 2 this year, he's kind of missed the boat full of rookies that have kind of

gone on their way to Formula 1. And it does feel like we might need a bit of more of a reset in maybe a couple of years when we see the likes of maybe a driver retiring or another team maybe making a big core like a Max Verstappen moving and then launching that domino effect again but everything seems pretty locked in and of course you know Cadillac going for choosing like experience is another another kind of seat gone for for young drivers so yeah it's i think it's going to be incredibly tough for Alex done to to get into Formula one next year for sure yeah 27 let's see some drivers might do badly give them an opportunity but but for now looks very unlikely. Free practice two. Lano Norris was ahead of

Charles LeCler and Carlos Sines. Carlos in the top three in both practice sessions. Tommy's like Carlos will score some points and he's looking like he's going to be on the podium at this rate. So let's get straight into a question from P1PATRI member, Captain Oves 340 is the Williams hype train in full force? They know what they're doing Williams. You know they on the run up to it and even I guess yesterday don't expect us to be good at Monza

just because we've been good at Monza last few years we're a different team now we're a baseline team we're good at all tracks we don't go for just the straight line speed ones and then lo and behold

they look incredibly quick once again around Monza I think the hype train is in full force I don't think it's in full force for a third place for Carlos necessarily but they could easily get in the mix of the top four teams

Mercedes have had a pretty big stinker of a first, well, of a Friday, to be honest, not even just one of the practice sessions, both practice sessions. George Russell, of course, having that problem in FP1, having to pull over. And, yeah,

Williams could easily be staring down the barrel of P6, perhaps, I want to say, like behind the two McLaren's, two Ferraris, and then, of course, Max. Mercedes looked vulnerable to potentially a Williams surge this weekend. They do. Yeah, at the moment, obviously,

it's only Friday. but two of our predictions have aged very well on a Friday of my good surprise Carla Sainz and your big flop Mercedes. We'll talk about Mercedes in a bit, of course, but Carla Sainz, amazing performance, you know, part of that prediction was not just the fact that Williams are good around here, but also Carla Sites has had that experience with Ferrari. He's kind of himself has gassed himself up, and I think fairly, to basically say, look, I've bought, all this experience from Ferrari. I know, and this is part of the reason why James Vals kind of took him on board as well, all that experience, all that know how from Ferrari and what he's learned in a top team. And of course, you know, driving for McLaren as well, learned a lot there.

An experienced driver knows how to do well at Monza and has done in the past. So I'd love to see Carlos challenging at the front because he has not had the year that's matched his talents for sure. And Alex as well. Both drivers could easily challenge for a really good position in qualifying. And apparently Monzi you can't overtake these days. So perhaps that will translate into something like we saw with Hadjar only last time out. Okay. Well, you mentioned Mercedes-Tomi.

Let's talk about it. Kimmy Antonelli, in free practice two, off the track and beached once again at Lesmo 2. It's another mistake for Antonelli. we were speaking about how coming into Monza, his home race, etc, needs to bounce back. Of course, made that mistake last year, sorry, when he had that outing and a lot of memes were made about it. Because, of course, Toto Wolf defended him to the health. It's not helping him, is it? It's not helping in the slightest to prepare for a weekend.

I think we say this with a lot of drivers. You can make a mistake on a Friday. As long as you bounce back on the Saturday or Sunday, then, or on Sunday, obviously, most importantly, then Friday mistakes can get wiped away, but this will go into Mercedes heads, of course. They're going to think about this of, okay, it's another mistake. You can almost guarantee that they've said to Kimmy,

let's just have a clean Friday. Let's just build some momentum here. But yeah, once again, another mistake beached and didn't really get much running at all on this Friday. Yeah, very similar to Zambor, of course, as well, where, you know, we had that horrible, kind of end before the summer break and then he goes into Zandvort and he goes off in

in practice there, beaches himself in the gravel and then you kind of going, oh this is exactly what he doesn't need goes into the race and as you said just then you kind of give him a bit of leeway into a practice session but then he has a ridiculous crash that he doesn't need to have with Charler in the race and then it goes into another race weekend end and you think, well, and in fact, actually, if he'd have, we'd have been having a very

different conversation had, you know, we'd just look at FP1, he was fifth, pretty decent, you know, had he just had a clean run, we'd be saying this is exactly what he needs, but again, early in the session. We do. Do you feel like we give him a bit too much forgiveness? Yes, and if so, why? I can't any, I personally don't think I can anymore. think he deserves to be under pressure if I take my Kimmy Antonelli hat off because I've seen a lot

of people kind of say and I think this is a question they posed to Sky and no surprise Jack Vilna came back with a very blunt answer that was like oh well Max is a step and you know he was crashing and doing all the stuff and it's like yeah Max had the odd crash but also he wasn't off the pace as well and that's what something Jack Vilnav said and unfortunately for Kimi Antonelli at the moment. He is far behind George Russell in the points, in pace, and having silly accidents. So, yes, I do think he is showing that high ceiling of possibility, but I hate to say it, but I also think that we are very much seeing that he has come in too early now.

I really do think that is the case. Coming too early at Mercedes or into Formula One itself? Maybe even a bit of both, but definitely Mercedes. Definitely Mercedes. Yeah, he needs to up his game because we've spoken about rookies. We've spoken about there being no room at the inn. And especially at a team like Mercedes, yes, Toto has invested in him. But how long will his patience go?

How long will he commit to an Antonelli if, now we have these. Of course, Max isn't going to Mercedes next year. Kimmy Antonoli stays at Mercedes for next year, fine. If he continues this run of form, I could see him very easily being replaced if Max comes knocking and then this whole Russell Vastappan partnership that everyone said, ah, no chance. My one could actually happen. Not even one percent is now about 10.

Yeah, and it is because he can't afford to keep doing this. I know he's got time on his side and Toto's backing and he always kind of says, oh, you know, this is what I want from Kimmy. I want him to take risks and things. That's what he said after the instant with with Schaul. but he can't afford to be having this all the time because as well these conversations every time he goes in the gravel even in a practice session conversations in the media and us and podcasts and everything everywhere will be has Kimi Antonelli come in too early and however much

he's still a young guy and we know what can happen when drivers spiral we've seen it with of course the infamous second Red Bull seat and it's very it's tough enough for him to be learning at Mercedes but also as a very young age to deal with all this media pressure and also

you know this this continues he's going to be getting this question every week now going you know Toto is he in too early and he'll see all this this stuff and that's where the pressure really ramps up but that is part of

Formula One it's an elite sport it's the top and that is you know what you have to put up with and Mercedes isn't a racing bulls. It's not a young talent nurturing camp. Like Mercedes have one team and they have to be delivering at the highest level. Especially next year, but this year is kind of a bit of a free pass because they can't change for the title. But next year they're very much expected to. And if they don't come out the blocks firing or if they do, they are quick, but maybe we see another team like

McLaren or Ferrari or whatever. Yeah. Of course. Challenging. They can't afford to just have one driver in George Russell picking up a lot of points and one slipping up because it will cost him a Constructors title. Okay, let's move to another question, Vinny Osborne. Should Merck do a deal with Williams and swap Kimmy with Carlos or Alex? I mean, that is, again, I think it comes back to your point, Tommy, that you just said about it doesn't really matter this year. Merck don't need to go to this urgent situation where they're fighting for the Constructors title

and they need a second driver. doing a swap with Carlos or Alex like Carlos already those whole chats fell through anyway didn't they because they didn't want to commit to Carlos and things like that I don't think that that would do anything like doing a swap

it's not as easy as that and Merck still need to explore the Antonelli route before they give up on him it's not at the point where we're going is he going to lose his seat but we're talking about this can't carry on for the rest of the season going into next year?

We, this isn't even a Mercedes question. This is a Williams question and I think they said it. I think Jamie Chadwick actually said it brilliantly in the preface coverage of like, Williams are their own team now. They're not there just to exist. And I think that's something that James Vowes has bought with that team has done by signing Alex Albin and Carlos Sainz into that team. And yeah, it might get laughed at that they're kind of saying,

oh we want to win the world championship and that would be insane and it'd be a big stretch but they want to be their own team and perform they're not there just to exist like Williams are not the racing balls of Mercedes they maybe were in the past when george russell was there and they could put george russell in and make him learn and see what he can do and they weirdly knew that he was good enough and they couldn't actually get him in as early as they wanted to. But with Williams, they're now, you know, it's not, it's not a case of they are just Mercedes B team, that they want to do their own, their own thing and perform and get their own results. And I think they're just focused on themselves. And you've got to think it's not

just Toto could go in there and say, we want to swap, but James Vowels would probably be like, well, that would be a no, thank you. I want, I want Carlos and Alex in my team. And just swapping drivers in general, like it just, yeah, it would put Williams on the back foot, giving Antonelli, who's already got no confidence, putting him into a car that is worse and he's had no testing in it. It just doesn't make sense, I guess, from a very... And also, he then goes against either Alex Albin, who's having the season of his life and he's going, say he goes in mid-season, Alex would beat him comfortably, I think, because it's an unfamiliar car for Kimmy Antonelli. and then it's even worse because you're getting like beaten by a Williams driver basically and not even, you know, someone like George Russell that people obviously tip to be like a future world champion or a Carla Sites who again is very experienced and will probably beat him as well.

So I don't think either party win in that scenario personally. Absolutely not. Next question and away from Kimmy Antonelli now. P-1 Patreon member Drey. will Hamilton be able to make up those places from the grid penalty looking at his pace today? I mean, look, to be fair, Tommy, I was thinking about your prediction during practice

and I went, geez, if he pulls this one off and it wasn't me that came up with this prediction, I don't know, I think you might need to wear Ferrari for the rest of time on this podcast. I think Hamilton is, as much as, obviously, we came off the back of a double DNF, you know, the sort of murmurs that's coming out of Hamilton is confidence.

It's one of, I'm kind of getting used to the car and I, you know, he did have strong race pace in Zandvo until the crash. It's possible. The only thing is that if we're, we're looking like

we're heading towards a one-stop race because of the way that Charlotte Claire managed to win the race last year and showed that it's better to just stay out than, than Pitt, especially around a track like, like Monza, is going to be difficult

because Hamilton, I don't see him getting pole position. I think that, it'll be amazing to have a Ferrari on the front road to be honest with you. I still think it could well be a McLaren lockout. So the best you're looking at is third. That's eighth on the grid. How quickly is you going to really be able to get through?

And then you stuck behind two Williams's with DRS train. Yeah, the Williams is that are obviously going to be quick in the straight line, I'm sure. And it's just going to be a really tough one because you've essentially, Hamilton's got to beat Charlotte, Clair, Oscar Piastrio, or Landon Norris on the road, if we get all of them finishing. So it's going to be a difficult one, but Hamilton has looked strong and it's good to see. Yeah, the more we talk about this, the more I think my production is absolutely washed and was never going to happen. But it was all just delusion, as I said, and crazy things have happened.

You know, I mean, this is a thing that Had Joe got a podium in the last race and Holcombberg got a podium at Silverstone. Like, crazy things have happened this year. And who's to say Lando won't want to try to get his own back from last year? Exactly. that I was putting on the house fight, they could, they could cause a little bit of carnage in that first sector. Exactly. So you never,

you never know, it will be incredibly difficult. And I think this just makes it, looking at how he's done so far, it just makes it even more kind of depressing that he got that penalty because it could, you know, say he does qualify well,

like a second or third or something. And he drops down the order. We'll be having the conversation of what might have been if he hadn't have had that penalty. I'm still not over that penalty. I think it's an absolute disgrace that he's taken it into Monza. I really do. The fact that it literally was a...

I know it was bad. It was bad. It was definitely a penalty. I do understand why people are frustrated. But why are we taking so long? Like, you can literally see he's going most racing speed. Just make the decision. Like, this is the problem that we constantly have for the stewards.

It's just make a decision. You shouldn't have something where he literally didn't... The race hadn't even started. Yeah, it's a pre-race incident. Yeah. How are you giving a penalty in retrospect for a pre-race incident? It's crazy. Because then if he'd have finished the race, would they have added it to his time?

And it's weird, isn't it? It's such a weird concept of circumstance. Oh, they may have made up the decision. But then I think they wanted to see the telemetry from other. So I think they were definitely doing it after the race no matter what. So yeah, it's, we love after the race penalties, don't we? We really do. Visual treats comes in with a question.

Are you guys worried for Yuki after the Mekke's interview? I think it just says exactly what you were saying, Tommy, in the podcast, that Yuki Sonoda's seat is not safe by any stretch. I think he couldn't be in a worse position in terms of momentum and hype because he's in the Red Bull second seat. You've got Hadjar and Lawson that can just freely enjoy this stable racing bulls car. You've got Arvid Lindblad who's obviously making moves outside of Formula One. Yuki is absolutely the driver that would go if they want to promote Arvid. Yuki still has a chance to be, I mean, it sounds crazy, to be demoted to racing balls.

He still could even mount an amazing second half of the season or less than and stay at Red Bull. I think it's unlikely. But the way in which Loran said that would suggest that they are absolutely evaluating not just within the four drivers that are racing right now, but outside of it as well, to field the strongest team. because we both think, Tommy, don't me, that Red Bull are going to be struggling anyway when we get into the regulations in 2026. The last thing they need as well is drivers that they don't believe in. Yeah, definitely.

I mean, are you guys worried about Yuki after the Mechiz into you? I was worried about him before it. And I said on the... Are you more worried now? No, exactly the same. Like, I was and still am. If I put a number on it, I'd say 90% sure that Yuki Snow does not driving an one next year.

And it's tough and it's one of those things. I was more surprised at how Ted was like, oh my God, I've just heard from Lauren Mecky's and he doesn't think Yuki Snit. I was like, well, yeah, how has no one kind of connected those dots already? Because racing bulls are a junior team and Hajjar is delivering brilliantly and of course is very, very odds on favorite now to partner the Stapper next year. they're also losing the Honda aspect of red balls. I just don't see how Yuki Snoda fits into their plan sadly

because, yeah, it's tough on him and this is always the driver scenario and what a weird situation it is where you kind of think, oh, Yuki dodged the bullet because he didn't go into the Red Bull. Look how badly and Lawson's career is going to go. And then actually they swapped and then Yuki looked like the biggest winner in that, But now it's looking like Lawson's going to actually keep his racing ball seat because he's done a good job at racing balls now.

And it's so weird. And it's so weird. Yeah, he's done a good job and provided good results and being solid and they'll want that they want that benchmark of someone that's been in that car for a long time now to pit that new drive, whether that's Limblad or someone, against him. So it is so harsh on Yuki because in a weird. alternate reality they don't fire Lawson

straight away he has the whole season and they just kind of stick with him and they realize it's not really working Yuki absolutely smashes it in the racing balls

and is amazing and does a great job and has these great results as well and then there'd be the conversation of does a team want to pick him up

because he's really good or does a team want to or does racing sorry to Red Bull want to promote him into 2026 in a new car but unfortunately for Yuki, like, yeah, he's just kind of been dealt a bad hand,

and he's not done a great job either if I take my Sonoda fanboy hat on. It's not gone perfect for him either. He was always... Take it off. Take it off, sorry. Take it off. Take it on. I'm like, what does that mean?

If I take my Senada fan boy hat off, he was always kind of on the back foot and it was a a poison chalice, as we always say. but he's also not done amazing and had bad moments and crashes and things and you do wonder like would another driver have done better we'll never know but it's not looking good for you i don't think at all and following on from that as well red bull they need a contingency plan if max bounces after 2026 they are very much trying to find the next max for stappen in some ways i think you'll be very uh you'd be very lucky to find one of those but you know arvid making those those big sort of of noises outside of Formula One.

That's what they want to try, surely, with their second team. So that's probably where Yuki will be in a bit of trouble. OK, next question. RSPB 25. How do you feel about Monaco being extended till 20305? Yay. Look, I love Saturdays at Monaco. I hate Sundays at Monaco, apart from Monaco,

What best day of my life? So what, to be fair, after speaking to Alex Albon that we had, he had on a podcast recently, if you haven't gone and watched or listen to it, go and do that. We looked at loads of tracks. And we spoke about Monaco a little bit. And he was saying that there had been some really interesting discussions about how to improve Monaco. So it feels as though changes are coming and perhaps even track changes of some description. That that would make Monaco somewhat bearable.

So on a Sunday, I mean, of course. So how do I feel about it? I still, and I don't know, like the fandom level between you and me has changed over the years. Like I've been like, God, get rid of it. You're like, oh my God, I love it. I watch Monaco races as I go to bed and like, yeah, of course you do, makes it they're boring. But I feel like it's kind of got closer and closer where you've fallen less in love with it. And I've gone, yeah, Monaco can stay on the calendar.

It's a once in a weekend thing. It's really cool. So I feel, I feel all right about it because of the fact that I feel as though they're going do some things to perhaps make it better that isn't forcing a two-stop with one of the most crazy weird things we've watched in a while. Yeah, I just find it weird that they have these massive contract extensions into, you know, 2035. I mean, you know, the AI robots will have taken over then and driving around the Monaco Grand Prix itself. So who knows how the Monaco Grand Prix will be in 2035? It's a long way.

a long way off, but it's a, they'd already extended that deal anyway to 2031, I think it was. So to then have, you do wonder if they've, is this a signal that they've pushed something through? So it was already at 2031? It was, yeah. So they announced this big kind of extension and everyone kind of went, oh, this is crazy. And then they've added another four years on. So have they just added four years on for the lulls or has. Nah, that's got to be...

These track changes have been approved. That's got to be a commitment to... We think this has worked now. Well, if we're going to change Monaco, we want to stay for at least nine years ago. Yeah, and you do wonder, like, that Monaco, whoever is in charge of that, you know, the Prince... They haven't got a lot of money in Monaco as well. No, exactly. You've got to feel for them.

But it's true that maybe that is the case where they said, you know, if you're going to build a new area just for the Formula One. Yeah. Well, when we want, you know, we are luxury flats. This is what we want. We don't care about the race. We've seen the blue plates. It's actually a nine kilometre circuit.

It's the longest on the calendar now. Yeah, goes all the way to niche. And I've actually, I've even found another theory. Hold on. This Friday practice pot is popping off right now. We are literally that guy on the board with the conspiracy theorist because I've thought of something else. Charler-said he's moving house.

and he also said Fernando Lonzi's moving house they're knocking down flats here I reckon that they're knocking them down for this I genuinely thought you were going to come up with something really big then you're like they're knocking down flats if they're moving out I reckon

yeah they're they're bulldozing places and this is why they said 2035 you can knock down six buildings one building per year of the contract to make it happen We'll knock it down, make some room for your, you know, an extra straight and a hairpin so people can actually overtake. Wow.

I think we've just it. I think we figured it out. Unbelievable scenes. You can't out smile as F1. We know what's happening. Yeah. We will see. We will see.

Come back to it when we go to Monaco next year and nothing's changed. Right. That is it. Thank you everybody for listening to this rather beefy Friday practice podcast. We'll be live on Twitch and YouTube. error-free. We will be so beautifully streaming from tomorrow, I promise you. All right, it is linked up, ready to go. So come and join us for the watchalongs for both qualifying and the race, as I say, on Twitch and YouTube. Remember as well, new dates for our Australia

tour in 2026. The tickets flew off the shelves. So if you want to come along, get your tickets. And Tommy, what are your final thoughts? My final thoughts are, yeah, get your tickets now while you still can. Adelaide, you've got to wait till Tuesday, but you better have added it to your bookmarks because we've got a lot of messages about it. And if you're in Monaco, you might want to move out because apparently Tommy said your flat's getting bulldozed. Exactly, yeah.

There you go. For the P1 Life. No, we're not doing a Peolive show. For the P1Lau. Yeah, yeah, free people. All right, bye. Bye. Bye.

But Charlotte Clay would come. Love me. Yeah, yeah. Oh, God, chore. I just said, yeah, I just sang. Oh, wow. The chore, the chore is, the chore is, the chore is to pray to create a, for a, for Rari Shrine that we get Pohl tomorrow.

And hopefully it's Charlotte-Clair because we don't need a grid penalty on the front row. Come on. Let's get Charlotte-Clair Poll, come on. P-1 is a Stack production and part of the ACAST creator network.