P1 with Matt and Tommy - Reaction to Las Vegas GP qualifying

Episode Date: November 23, 2024

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. It's Las Vegas qualifying edition. We've had a great quality session and I'm feeling good. It was, yeah, it was quite something to behold, wasn't it, Tommy? It was sort of teed up quite nicely. We thought in practice, oh, Mercedes are quick, it's slippery conditions, mistakes are out there. And that's exactly what qualifying delivered as well. It was brilliant, a brilliant qualifying session. To say that it was a qualifying wear, and we'll get into this, maybe the driver that. ended up on pole, kind of dominated and always kind of looked like he was potentially going to get pole. There was so much going on and it kept us guessing right to the end because of the conditions. So more cold qualifiers are needed, I think. That's what we need to fix F1.

Not that he needs fixing. I was going to say, what are we fixing at the moment? This is great. Don't change it. It's not broken at all. Just go into next season with the same cars, same everything. Thank you. Right, let's get into Q1. Let's dive straight into it. I'm excited. Let's talk about Formula 1, Q1, and the bottom five were Perez-Alonzo Albon, Bottas and Stroll. And ding, ding, ding! The first question is from Devand. Why is Perez still racing for Red Bull? That is, that is right, sort of gut punch straight out the blocks. Q1, first question. We're not, we're not messing around here. Perez out in Q1. When I believe Fostappen was right at the top of Q1, I think he was second. at the end of that session.

We're talking almost a second, nine tenths, the difference between Vastappan and Perez. Am I surprised? No. Perez didn't look quick in practice at all, really. And it's just, he's mystified. We are misdified? Well, are we mystified?

Or we just kind of like, is it just the norm? No, it's just the norm. I kind of joke, didn't I, in predictions that, when we was deciding which one, I was like, Perez, NQ one. And it actually happened, which is wild, but that wasn't even the one that I was going for,

but we'll get onto that later on in the weekend. But it's difficult, isn't it? Because you're looking at the Red Bull situation, Corin Chandok, I think, in the coverage on Friday was saying, like, I've kind of given up trying to guess the Red Bull driver situation. And I'm sort of the same. I don't know if you feel the same way as well, Tommy. I have no idea what they're going to do.

And that's a predicament that Rebel are going to have to do something or sacrifice a driver that they're. want to sort out this four-driver roster problem. Imagine they only had one team. What would they do then? But they got two. So they've got a few more slots to fill. Yeah, why is Perr is still racing at Red Bullitt?

It is just kind of embarrassing now the form. Like you say, it's not even a, it's barely a surprise. It's happened so much. Maybe to be this early out. Normally it's like Q2 and sometimes. in the lower parts of Q3, but, you know, they even had the sphere loaded with him,

giving himself a thumbs down. So it's not the most surprising. Which F1 posted and then deleted when I think they realized. Or maybe they got a phone call from Red Bull. Like, I'm not sure you can really do that as F1. A phone call from Kit Kat going. That's our driver you're doing.

But, I mean, Perez brings so much sponsors. and everything into the sport, but it's just, it's just surely not enough. It's meant to be, and he's not a bad driver, he's just, his confidence has just completely gone in that team. It's not working, and it's just embarrassing now. Like something has to change. You've got, he's beaten by both RBs, one of them's into, you know, splitting the McLaren's, which we'll talk about him later, much to Christian Horn has discussed. and he yeah

Perez just has to go now but it's so hard to guess I completely agree with what you said about about it that you feel like well this must be the final straw now and then something else happens there's been so many straws in the pot Tommy every time we're like it's the final

oh there's another straw in there it's the final oh it's still no yeah it's a it's a cup full of many many straws and I never ever spending straws it seems because how many chances can you can you give and then it does seem like you just keep hearing all these things like oh yeah he's he's got the seat next year because of this and because of this and he's not he's not leaving and red bull are committed to him and all this kind of stuff but it is just embarrassing how bad it's got now and when you actually look at it from a

driver perspective like as sergio peres i'm almost surprised that you wouldn't just sort of cut your losses and try and get a seat somewhere else because he said he would be doing better he would probably be doing better in most other teams that car that philosophy of that car does not work for him does not work for many drivers as we've seen in the past if he just kind of digs his heels in does he really want to bow out of Formula One whenever he decides to either by getting fired at Redbourne there's no seats at the inn or to try and you know do a Gasly, do an Albon, where you've kind of revitalised your reputation a little bit and perhaps even enjoy Formula One a bit more. It can't be something that he's enjoying every single

week getting questions about his performance. Is he going to keep his seat? This, that and the other. Because it's not as if, you know, Max is winning and he's finishing seventh. This is, he's at the back. He's 16th. And he's, he's not even in the top 10 scorers in the last five races. That's, that is, how can he really be enjoying himself right now? That's my main question. It's very true that what is he getting out of it? Obviously, you know, you want to, you back, you always back yourself as a Formula One driver and want to be in a top car, but it's gone on so long now. And it's not going to change. You could, we could go into next season and it's just getting worse and worse.

I don't think there's any, there's absolutely no way we could get into next season and him be the driver and it be any different. It just wouldn't be with it. No, and we've looked at this, haven't we, over the years as well of like 20, 2021 when it was Hamilton versus Vestapler. That was the majority of the focus from fans. But then you looked at the difference that, you know, between Perez and Vestapp and then. And it was huge. This isn't something that is a recent thing.

It's just that with Red Bull's performance coming back into the field, it's marked and shown and highlighted even more so. So, yeah, we will, as always, see where this goes. Other drivers to talk about, Alonzo? So, yeah, I'm actually surprised that Lance Stroll, despite sitting in the pits the entire time and then missing out, I think it's some running on FP3 as well, managed to get within two-tenths of the goat. So, I mean, I'm saying Lance Stroll, biggest good surprise, you know, P20, but, you know, he's rolled out the pits and popped in a little 34-4, still last. But Aster Martin, my goodness, they're like, Adrian, please, Adrian, please. Save us, please, just do anything.

Look at this drawing we've made of next year's car. What do you think? Adrian's like, get that out of my face right now. We're going from scratch. They are so bad. It's embarrassing. It feels a lifetime ago that we thought, oh, they're actually challenging the Merks.

And now they are genuinely seeming to be, they are like a Q1 team. In Saudi this year, Alonzo qualified fourth. Yeah. That's a bigger downfall than Red Bull this year. Yeah, way, way bigger. They've completely dropped off. And it's just, yeah, they're just so, so poor.

They need something quick. And it'd be interesting to see next year how, what can be done, whether they go for it or if it is all about 2026 and that's the big push. But they can't continue with all the backing that they've got and everything for it to go on like this. Because they're genuinely back markets now. Yeah, it's sad to see. We want to see Fernando Alonzo, you, in particular. particular Tommy, want to see Fernando Alonzo fighting at the front in, I was going to say

Twilight of his career. That's part, Twilight's gone. I don't know what, he's, he's kind of in dusk, sort of at midnight territory now where, you know, every single, he can do it still. Yeah, he can do it, but he's not going to be able to do it forever. And Fernando himself, you know, he's going to be thinking, God, I mean, if I'm driving around in 17th place, I don't really want to do this. This has given me McLaren Honda vibes all over again. And we know how sick he got of that. Other drivers, Albon, out in Q1, disappointing for him. Absolutely, of course, he's had some problems in practice, hasn't he, with his car and the rebuild from Brazil. But still, disappointing for him in 18th.

And then Bottas, you know, we thought the low-grip goat would turn up. But maybe they swapped seats, Joe and Bottas, because Bottas down in 19th. And Joe, making it out of Q1. We love to see it. The fact that Bottas, yeah, I was surprised that Bottas didn't have the pace, I know he's got that penalty and whatever, but you'd think he would have at least put in a good lap because we've seen what, I can't believe I'm saying this.

We saw what Jo could do, so even with a penalty, you're not going to be at the back. So amazing performance from the goat, goat, one new. I completely messed that up. It's too early. I committed and was like, no, my brain's just too early. Fantastic, that's staying in. Let's get a Q2 then.

The bottom five in this session were Ocon, Magnuson, Joe, Colapinto and Lawson. And the first question from Spadozzle, who put rockets on Joe's car? Flames. He was slowest in the last eight qualifying sessions and then manages to just pop it up in 13th. At the time that he came over the line for that last lap, he was 11th and just missing out on Q3, which would have been utterly, I felt like we would have been like we're living in a simulation right now,

what's going on. But a fantastic qualifying performance from show. Is it too late? Absolutely. It's about 10 races too late. But this is giving vibes of Antonio Jovanazzi. I don't know why it reminds me of it. When Jovanazzi just decided to start getting Q3

at the worst point of his Formula One career. Yeah, when he'd lost his seat. Whether Joe will continue this in the next two races or if we kind of joked about in the predictions and it's come true that he is the 10 degree greatest of all time. But look, a fantastic job from Joe

and I think he might actually tune into our driver ratings this week. Yeah, it'd be interesting to see what you can do in the actual race, but the qualifying performance was really, really good. We joked about it in the podcast and we said about

that random qualifying session where they're on the hard tires. So maybe it showed that's the low grip goat after all. Goats everywhere. by the sounds of it. Other drivers to talk about Ockon, of course, missing out very narrowly in 11th, which I'm sure he will be slightly devastated about,

seeing Gassley up in third, which we'll talk about shortly. Magnuson, you know, Hass, we thought they had a weird little run plan today, didn't they, where they were just leaving it very late to go out there with both cars. Not really sure exactly why they were deciding to do that, because everybody else was doing the exact opposite of running as many laps as possible to generate heat into the car and into the tires. So that was a little bit strange. But I guess the big talking point that we need to discuss is Colopinto, of course,

doing an amazing job to out-qualify Albon, but then just absolutely disintegrating the car with a mistake that it's not good, right? It's a mistake that it's pure misjudgment. And this is what happens. When you have a rookie in the car, they are going to make mistakes. and this was a rookie error. It's not as if it's like a losing the back end or things that you might see more normally.

He's just turned into a wall too early. That's just an experience. It was a big rookie error. I think, yeah, there is no real excuse for it. I think if it had been better for him in a weird way if he'd, yeah, like locked up and gone into kind of the wall there, but the fact that he's turned in too early, just complete misjudgment.

And as soon as you saw that destroyed William, well, penny for the mechanics thoughts, but every fan as well, just going, oh my, how many times we've seen that this year, just complete written off Williams. Going for Colapinto because, of course, there's been a lot of, there's been a lot of rumours about the fact that he is going to be on the grid and his manager is very confident and going, oh, loads of people want Colapinto and all this stuff, which even if he had been 14th and not destroyed the car. It's another great performance from him outqualified Alburn.

But to have another high profile crash will just kind of, it's not what he needs at this time when he is looking for a seat. So getting for him. Exactly. I think that, of course, Colapinto has a lot of hype about him. And of course, the fan base that he carries as well is a massive asset for any team that

decides to sign him. I think it's more of a hit on Williams, really at this stage where you do worry about the team. Of course they have got big sponsors now and whatnot and they've said in the past that they don't have any problems with financial things now, which they did previously before, was it Doralton Capital came in and things like that

to fund the team. But to have so many crashes and racking up millions and millions and millions of damages is not great for the team. And I sincerely hope, and I'm sure they will rebuild Colopinto's car for tomorrow. I think Crofty said in commentary that Williams have two sets of spares and things like that. So they have brought enough to repair the car again.

But I do feel for the mechanics as well for how hard they're going to have to work and have worked over the last couple of months, really. And then, yeah, Lawson was the only driver that we haven't spoken about in 15th, but yeah, a disappointing, compared to his teammates. Let's go now to Q3,

where the top 10, were Russell signs, Gassley, Lecler, Vastappan, Norris, Sonoda, Piastri, Hulkemberg, and Hamilton. Firstly, performance, George Russell. It looks quick all weekend and delivered. He's been amazing in qualifying this year, and you can't deny that. He has been incredible over one lap. It's been the races where he's lacked a little bit to Hamilton,

but to stick himself on pole position, give himself a great opportunity to win. It's not as if Mercedes looked slow in practice either, all that if they, you know, they've topped every practice session this weekend. So as much as I think Toto said after qualifying, that Leclair was the fastest long run pace, you know, just want to throw that one out there. There's still a chance. Yeah, Russell's got a fantastic opportunity, hasn't he, at the front of the field. He sure does.

He was brilliant. Qualifying has definitely been such a strong part of his game through his whole career. And it's a strange one that he knows. never really looked in doubt. You kind of felt like he was always going to get a pole position throughout the session looked incredibly quick. And the way we've seen Russell perform this year, you absolutely back him to deliver and qualifying.

And that's exactly what he did, even mentioning to his team, you know, I need to be out later. And the gap was so small to science in the end, 0.09, that maybe that did make all the difference, making sure that he crossed the line right at the last moment. So just a brilliant performance from George. Yeah, and that's the sort of switched on nature that George Russell has. He's always analysing everything and thinking about the best situation. Of course, he got a little bit screwed over in Brazil by his own team saying,

no, you must pit before the red flag. But this is the kind of thing about a driver that we've seen with Hamilton in the past, you know, disobeying team orders and carrying on, you know, if they've told him to come into the pits and he hasn't. that's what marks a great driver. So for George to do that, I completely agree. I think that that is something that may well have been the difference. Because George, of course, running the risk of going last.

And if there is a crash, then he wouldn't be able to improve. But thankfully for him, that didn't happen. And he was the last driver over the line. It felt almost like a sort of small, wet session where the track just kept improving, improving and improving. And George was on pole. So, yeah, fantastic job from him. Let's hope for his sake that he doesn't finish next to Hamilton come the

end of the race with their potential discrepancies in race pace. Other things to mention or a question to go to at Marta Grabo. Are Ferrari regretting signing Lewis or firing the wrong driver? Wow, we're combining both of them here of the regret for Lewis and also Charlerclair being the driver they should have fired, which is absolutely devastating to read. And I can't believe anyone actually believes this. But first and foremost, Hamilton, are Ferrari regretting signing Lewis? No, they won't.

They absolutely won't because Ferrari won't cast judgment until Hamilton is in their car. It's very clear that Hamilton has struggled for most of this year, especially in qualifying in that Mercedes, and to be honest with you, struggled in that car since 2022. Are they regretting signing him? No, no, not at all.

This is not how Formula One teams work. They're not knee jerk like Formula One fans, and they know what Hamilton can do. He has so many records to his name. He's shown that he is one of the greatest drivers to ever live. And I don't think Ferrari for one second are regretting signing him. And secondly, no, they did not fire the wrong driver. Carlos did a great job, but we don't have to say that Charles, it should have been fired, just because they're second and fourth on the grid.

Carlos did a fantastic job, and I can accept that. Well done, Carlos. Carlos was brilliant again One of those I think you said this in the The watch along that with Carlos You almost know from the start of the weekend When he just seems to be quicker

Than Charlene going to have one of those weekends It's not like a flash in the pan Where suddenly it's like where's Carlos come from He just has those weekends where he turns up And he's obviously more confident in the car For whatever reason That he's ahead of Leclair and a long way ahead of Leclair as well.

Okay, mate. It's fine. That's fine. A head's absolutely fine. But the Hamilton question, we can't answer it until we get into 2025 and see what Hamilton can do. I personally think that Hamilton will be revitalized at Ferraris. Clearly, I don't think he's given up at Mercedes,

but it's just not working for him. The car is very unhappy with. He's not confident at all, particularly in qualifying. And it's got to be demoralized. for him to, you know, have this happening. So Ferrari's a new kind of chance for him, and, you know, he's still shown what he can do, even when the Mercedes was good this year,

he's won a couple of races. But if we do get into 2025, and Hamilton's nowhere, and some people, and you've got every right to think it, say it's absolutely ridiculous to think that Hamilton will be nowhere, but if he is, or at least, quite a way off Shal or can't deliver

and we see something similar to what he's doing with George Russell there will be questions asked of well you had Carlos Sainz doing a great job that was not beating Charles LeCler but

there are thereabouts and then we'll occasionally have these performances and be able to win races and things like that and I think for me Lecler and Science is such a strong partnership, you've got youth whilst also having experience, you've got, you know, they work together well, they can race each other really well. And yeah, it is basically just, it's a signing

for the passion and the love and to see the greatest of all time join the greatest team of all time. And we won't know if that's a good or bad call until we get to see it actually happening and he's in the red overalls and seeing what he can do. Exactly. I think the moral of the story there is he has to deliver when he goes to Ferrari.

Otherwise, yes. There would be questions. Okay, next question. And away from Ferrari now, P1 patron member Lumixion, is Ghazley the goat or has the Alpine actually got good?

I think it's fair to say that the Alpine has improved drastically since the start of the season. That's very clear to see. They've brought in upgrades recently, which are clearly working around all kinds of tracks. Gasly has been utterly

brilliant these last sort of four races. So no, it's not a flash in the pan. Alpine have finally figured out what's going on. I would say that Gasly, as much as Ocon, of course, had that incredible performance in Brazil with those crazy conditions. Ghazley has been the star performer, I would say, over these last few races. And to qualify third is just, it is miraculous.

Of course, O'Con just missed out getting through to Q3 and I would like to have seen where he could have maybe got. But, I mean, third place. is in an alpine doesn't deserve to be there. Don't get me wrong, the upgrades have improved, but to be splitting Ferraris and being ahead of both McLaren's and Max Verstappen, it's unheard of.

So Gassley is driving fantastically well, and I'm glad to see that he's showing the world when that alpine is decent. I'm a very, very competent and great driver, similar with Ocon as well last weekend. Well, in Brazil, yeah. It's unbelievable what Gatsley's done. The last few races he has been

very, very good indeed. And this is just arguably more impressive than what they did at Brazil because of, you know, the tricky conditions. But to do it in a dry qualifying, even though the conditions are very unusual, you wonder how much that's maybe played into pushing that performance even higher that maybe Alpine do work a bit better in those, you know, if they worked so well in the wet in Brazil, we've seen. drivers be on the radio say there's so little grip. It feels like you're driving in the way, and we've seen that with the way people are just circulating in qualifying with the tyres. But even though that car has improved,

there's no doubt Gassley's bought something, that's an unbelievable lap from him to just deliver it right at the end as well. There were signs that he was going to do something good in qualifying, but I think we were probably thinking maybe a top five if he's very, very lucky, six or seventh maybe. So to actually end up in P3 is sensational from him. Yeah, and I think that usually Gassley and Ocon so closely matched,

and I think when you see the discrepancies between the two, it really shows that Gassley is performing extraordinarily well. So well, on Gassley. Hopefully he's able to convert that third into a great result tomorrow. Imagine back-to-back Alpine podiums, that would be quite something, wouldn't it? Next question, P-1 patron member, Tony Soprano. Why did McLaren go out for their final run in Q3 so early? It seemed obvious that you'd want to be as late as possible.

It was a bizarre decision, but I guess when you think about it, it's a case of how risky do you want to go compared to how safe do you want to be? And perhaps McLaren went, look, let's just get some lap times on the board. you know, Vegas crashes can happen, mistakes can happen, yellow flags can happen, let's just put a lap time up there and hope for the best. I think Lando, when he came over the line, was up to second when he finished his lap, but of course, everyone behind him finishing their laps as well. And there's only one driver that can be last over the line,

so it's quite hard to obviously get that right. But perhaps you could say that it was a little bit too much of a conservative strategy from McLaren that were lacking pace this qualifying session. never looking quickest. They've never looked quickest over the course of the weekend, really. So sixth and eighth is, it's not the best qualifying ever. They're behind both the Ferraris. They're behind, Gazley, of course, but Gazley did an amazing job.

And yeah, the constructors fights well and truly on once again. Sure is. I think McLaren being sixth and eighth is probably surely one of their worst combined qualifiers when it's pure pace. and not just a driver being knocked out for maybe something unlucky, but they have been burned before by these things where, you know, we saw Lando in Baku getting caught out by a late flag that meant he had to abort his lap and stuff.

And I definitely think they would have improved if they'd gone out later. To see them seven tenths off pole is actually quite insane, to be honest. with the car that they've had this year. So they'll probably do better, I think, in the race. I'd be surprised if they finish there. But it's definitely, it's good for the Constructors title because, yeah, it's going to flip again if Ferrari up there in second and fourth,

and that Constructors' fight is very much going to be on if they finish where they are. Absolutely. Next question. Charles Lords. Yuki Sonoda P7. What lengths will Christian go to to not acknowledge Yuki this time?

I'm actually, it's quite the achievement for Sonoda to have split the McLaren's when four drivers put a 33-0 in. And Yuki was like, you know what? I'm a small guy. I'm going to fit between Norris and Piastri here because it was quite the small margins

between, well, Norris, Sonoda, Piastri and Holcomberg. But yeah, it's another fantastic performance from Yuki. it's clear that he's not set in my opinion. Well, look, we say that. And Christian Horner, Red Bull, never really hype up the chances of Yuki to go to Red Bull. But let's not forget that he is going to be driving the Red Bull at the end of the season. Not obviously in the Formula One calendar, but he's going to test it.

So they're giving him some kind of opportunity there. Perhaps that's when decisions will be made. So let's see. I think that Red Bull in some ways don't want to put Yuki. in the Red Bull. That's what it feels like and has felt like for a very long time

which does not match up with his performances. But if he rolls out and sets the fastest time we've ever seen round Abu Dhabi, then perhaps Christian might actually wake up.

Maybe. The Yuki's performance he mentioned this weekend because he'd spoken about it and saying, well, I'll just keep beating my teammates and what happens, happens.

Because he, you know, he qualified third in the last race. Lawson came in, there was a lot of talk, and it's only been a few races, so there's still a couple races still to go to see what they do against each other. But Daniel Ricardo was put into that Rube

and Christian Horner's whole message was, well, if you deliver, you get the Red Bullseat, you keep beat him. And then when Lawson was coming in, that Christian Horner was talking about, oh, no, you remember. you might even get the Red Bull seat if he does well. And there's Yuki Sonoda splitting the McLaren's while, you know,

Lawson and Perez are 15th and 16th. So he must be thinking what more do I have to do? We'll get to Abu Dhabi and see, but all Yuki can do is just keep doing this and piling the pressure on because he's doing everything that Red Bull would ask of any other. other driver, you know, Albon, for instance, got, in my opinion, got promoted for less than Yuki's done, mainly whether that was because of just what happened with Gassley and they wanted to make the switch. But yeah, just need a good race from Yuki now and no kind of

silly mistake in the race. If he delivers a big points finish, I think that would send a big message to Red Bull if Christian's listening. Along with all of the other messages that he sent to Red Bull. and everything else. I've gone straight into the shredder by the looks of things. And final question from Young Original O3. Given how quick Mercedes look,

could we see Hamilton fly past some of the cars and score a top five, maybe even a podium? It's certainly possible. It depends, firstly, the pace that Hamilton is able to deliver tomorrow because it does seem to be a little bit of a lottery, of course, with that car and how comfortable he feels. 10th position, it's a place that you can definitely overtake. It's whether it's going to be a sort of DRS train sort of thing that goes on there,

perhaps a rocket ship at the front of the train, causes no overtakes to happen. But I'm quite hopeful that Vegas is going to deliver some great racing. And Lewis is in the fastest car this weekend. You can't deny that the Mercedes has been the fastest car. So Hamilton's got some work to do, but he is amazing in the race. He has always been amazing in the race. So we just have to wait and see.

And of course, with Vegas as well, it's very easy for safety cars to be deployed and things to change the race as well when slippery conditions. Mistakes are out there. So yeah, top five is absolutely possible for Hamilton for sure. Oh, definitely. With the way that Hamilton's been driving in the races,

of course, qualifying has let him down so much this season. But in the races, it's where he still obviously has more confidence when the car's a bit heavier or more fuel in it and just managing the pace, which has always been very good at. And yeah, I think he's definitely going to make his way through the field. And I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if we end up seeing Hamilton, even on the back of Russell by the end of it, which sounds ridiculous with the gap. But we've seen it so many, many times.

just the way that Formula One works with the car performance and those two are, you know, have their strengths in kind of opposite parts of the weekend and then always kind of end up together. You know, you look at the championship. They're incredibly close on points as well. It's just the way it's been. So I can see Hamilton going through the field. And I think like the question that we had yesterday of qualifying and how it's going to be different, I think you'll have got people that maybe be a bit quicker in the race than they've been in qualifying,

and that's going to make it so interesting because if Ghazly gets a podium, that is quite something. You would think that he'd drop back, but you never know. Well, he's got Charlotte Clare behind him, so he's obviously going to drop back. That goes without saying. I think as well Hamilton will take some comfort, a small amount of comfort, and the fact that his Q2 time would have put him third on the grid. So that in itself shows you just how quick with the track evolution that would have happened. in Q3 as well.

Like Paul was absolutely on the cards for Hamilton today, but alas, 10th place, two mistakes. It's not good, but he can definitely bounce back tomorrow if he puts in a good race. And that is it. We're done. Las Vegas qualifying wrapped up. And we look forward to tomorrow where we'll be live on Twitch,

Matt B1, Tommy, as always, if you want to come and watch along early, of course, if you're in Europe, but we'll be there as your companions, if you'd like to watch. Tommy, what are your final thoughts, please? My final thoughts are that... I'm... Should buy P1 live show tickets.

Yeah, cool. Thanks to me. Absolutely. There we go. Amazing. Is that what you're actually going to say? It wasn't what we actually going to say. No, it wasn't, but it is now.

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Just typing P1 with Matt and Tommy tickets, and you'll be able to find it on Google. And that is it. We'll see you very soon. lots of love take care see you tomorrow bye well well well we're back once again aren't we with the renegade master so I don't know why that that song just came into my head

your toast just popped my what's just popped what toast my toast that's crazy I'm going to see very quickly oh yeah here we go so look, come on, you've got to take the recycling out of this point. Like it's overflowing.

I know you have a separate box for it or a bag. Yeah, a couple of box, yeah. But I know you think you're doing good by putting that in that recycling bag or box. But it doesn't need to go in the bin. It's not, yeah, it's not going to be recycled. So, and also, yeah, yeah, you need to dust your light fixtures for sure. Definitely looking at my household chores list right now. Go dust your light fixtures.

They're looking really dusty. Thank you. Bye. Thanks for the input tommy. Take care. Goodbye. P1 is a stack production and part of the ACAST creator network.