P1 with Matt and Tommy - We let F1 fans decide the 2026 F1 grid - P1 Live

Episode Date: November 11, 2024

We wanted to share a little teaser from our recent run of P1 Live shows in North America, where we invited some audience members up on stage to design our dream 2026 F1 grid! Rest assured, common sense and logic will get you nowhere in this game...If you like the sound of what you hear, join us for our End of Season tour across the UK this December! There are still some tickets available for London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol right here!Sign up to our Patreon here! You'll get access to bonus episodes, our classic race podcast series, every P1 episode ad-free, early access to live tickets and merch, and access to our Discord server where you can chat with other F1 fans!Follow 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 B1 podcast. Today is a special episode where you can enjoy some silly season chaos that we recorded in Seattle during one of our recent P1 live shows in the USA. We got four audience members to help us create a fantasy 2026 grid and the results were hilarious. These live shows are so much fun and we cannot wait to go back on tour in the UK in December. So if you enjoy this and fancy seeing it live for yourself, Why don't you grab a ticket for one of our shows in Bristol, London, Birmingham or Manchester? Link is in the description. That was good. I think we're going to have a good night, aren't we?

That kind of sums up a lot of craziness, doesn't it? Because now links in with our next segment where we're going to stand up. I stop it, you're so good. Okay, we are going to play a game. Silly season! So we are going to create a fantasy 26 Formula One grid, okay? And we're going to get four of you to come up on stage with us to create that grid. So four of you will come up, you'll get six driver cards each.

And if you add them all together, there'll be 24, which means each one of you will bin off one driver, and you're going to have to think of a reason, okay? And it can be fun as well, right? If you hate Max Verstappen, stick him in the salber. Like, that's fine. Like, you can have your own biases. The power is in your hands.

You don't have to be serious with this, okay? Yeah. Have I explained everything? Exactly, yeah. We want absolute chaos here. We want to basically have the greatest Formula One season of all time. We do. Let's make it crazy.

Let's grab the driver cards, which are down here. Let's grab some people as well. Hands up. Put your hands up if you want to take part in this silly season game. Okay. Do not show anybody. What is your name where you're from? Scott from Seattle. Okay, Scott from Seattle, you are wearing a Ferrari cap and you have the choice of Ferrari first driver.

Have you decided, please? Please. Okay, yeah, this one? Okay, here we go. Ooh, we're starting spicy. Ferrari, Lando Norris. I'm hearing booze. Defend yourself.

What is your reasoning? Oscar, he can't defend against Oscar, and then Hamilton retires. Hamilton retires. Okay, we're being serious with this one. Relax with the booze, by the way. This is not controversial opinions. Like, Jesus. Okay.

Landon Norris at Ferrari, I don't mind that. Okay, here we go. What's your name are you from? I'm Maddie, and I'm from Spokane, Washington. Mercedes First Driver is what you're picking. And be very careful with your cards. Don't show anybody, no conferring. Okay, it's a proper game show this, all right?

Here we go. Any danger. That's fine. Not like 500 people are staring at you right now. Okay, here we go. Mercedes First Driver. Yes, I did read that correctly. Nicholas the Chiefie.

I need your reasoning, please. You know, we need to find a replacement for Hamilton, and I think he's up to the task. He's that guy. He is that guy. Okay. Very different starts for you two there. Tommy. Interesting. Your name, and where you're from? Jonah. I'm from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Okay, and you are picking the first Red Bull driver, please. Okay. Red Bull.

We have gone for Logisage. My God, Formula One is... Can we have a reason? Reason, please. Um, I... You wanted a cheap cheer with an American audience? US... Yeah, we haven't. That was great. Well done, everyone. That was easy.

Okay. Your name and where you're from? Hi, I'm BK. I'm from Monroe in Washington. Okay, and you are picking... An Audi driver. Don't show it, don't show it! Oh my god, one job, one shop, one shop. Okay. The first Audi driver is George Russell.

Your reason. I don't think anyone cares about Audi nor... Does anyone really care about George too, so... Everyone is understanding the assignment that George Russell Slander goes down very well tonight. Okay. McLaren first driver. You've had a lot time to think about this. Here we go.

Alex Albon. Thanks love tonight. Here we go. Reasoning, please. He's gonna finally get his real chance again. Was Red Bull not his real chance? Again. We'll have another one.

And another one. Okay. Alex at McLaren. Aston Martin, first driver, please. It's the other one. It's Fernando Alonzo. Wow. We're really getting the creative juices flowing with this one.

Reason. Fernando Alonzo is on his way out. And Aston Martin's not going anywhere as a team. Tommy? Very wide choice to sland him by keeping him in his drive. Okay. Who is getting the Hasse seat? Oh, okay.

The Hasse driver. What are you looking at me for? Is Gunther Steiner. Build the team. He's the only reason, uh, the, uh, the, 70% of the United States watches, so. Just giving the drive, basically. I love that.

He's gone from fired to hired as a driver. That's incredible. What a turnaround. Okay. V-carb. Okay. Shrugging. Another adventurous choice.

It's Yuki Sanoda. In the V-Carb. Have fun with it, guys. If you want to throw someone in, you don't like, do it. All right, we've got Fernando and the Aston. We've got Yuki Sanoda. in the V-carb, please, some slander, sir. Alpine first driver.

All right, all right, we're back on track. Alpine first driver is Michael Massey. Look at his smug little face. Wow, okay. I hope you've thought of some things to say with regards to. The only way they're going to get any points is by cheating. That is very true actually. Okay, so this is a mixed up grid.

Williams First Driver, please. driver please. We really are going adventurous again, aren't we? It's Franco Colour Pintime. I mean, technically he doesn't have the seat right now, so thoughts? I like Alex, but I think he deserves a drive. Okay. I don't think you realize a lot of people like Alex Albonne here tonight. There was three people like, just pity, just pity, fat. Okay, we are going for... Who is partnering Lando? Who is Lando's teammate at Ferrari? Lando's teammate at Ferrari is Max for Spathlet.

I just want to see him like hate each other. True like Saske Naruto, like, pull on brother on brother hate. Okay. That's why you're up here, sir. That's beautiful work. That's what we need. Right.

Who has the pleasure of being Gautifie's teammate at Mercedes? Okay. another exceptional goat. It's me. I think it's gonna be fun watching their podcast when Tom's winning every week in week out, right? Wow, okay. Why don't it like you're interviewing him?

Okay, cool, Mercedes are definitely gonna be winning. Okay, Red Bull, Logan Sargent's teammate is me! Okay, that's an interesting picture, right, reasoning. You hate Red Bull? Because I hate Red Bull. I hate it's a bit strong. You think I hate Red Bull? Well, not as much.

I mean you laugh Ferrari way more. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Hatred? Absolutely not. I'll take a fast car. Thank you very much, sir.

Okay. And I'm beating in Lombin every day. Yeah, yeah. P-24 to beat. P-24. That's crazy. Oki-dokey. Audi, George Russell's teammate,

otherwise known as just going in a dustbin. So who are you putting in the dustbin? Can we confirm with this? So if you stand there, there's a trap door. Charles LeClaire. That's karma for picking three Ferrari fans. You need to remove that jacket. You are not part of the Ferrari family.

What is your reasoning? I just want to see what happens, honestly. Well, you won't see because there'll be 19th and 20th. Coming in 2026 with a great car. Nobody thinks that's going to happen, but maybe. Delusion at its finest. We love to see it. Okay, thanks so much for that.

Okay, we need Alex Albans' teammate and McLaren. The way he stared at you, by the way, that is not a serious pick. He was looking at you like... Oh, it's a good one, I think. It's Carlos. Oh, okay. I think there's going to be a bond that cannot be broken at Williams. I think there's going to be like some love.

Of course, yeah. Strictly normal love. Strong line up. Strong line up. Okay. Aster. Fernando Lonzo's teammate is going to be Olli Behrman. Oh? The weirdest reaction of the night.

Yeah. No one cares. Okay, that's right. Haas, who is partnering Gunther Steiner? Oh, this is going to go down well, I think. Daniel Ricardo. Reasoning, please. Well, it'll be the two best people on Drive to Survive

will be on Haas. That is good. That is a very good reason. They would just make the whole series about Hats. And I'd watch it, to be honest with you. OK, V-Carb. Yuki Sanoda's teammate is... Well. Lawrence Stroll.

We're booing... Look at him! He is a villain. Is he not? Like, look... Okay, reason, please. I have no faith that he could actually drive, and I think that V-Carb is a...

good place to put him. So you have no faith, but you put him on the grid anyway. Okay, fair enough. Okay, tell me last two. Okay, we have Michael Massey's teammate at Alpine. It's Sergio Perez. My God. Wow.

Why? Tell me why. I forgot what card I handed to. Nice. Good reason. Glad you're still with us. That's great. Perfect.

Okay, and finally, the last seat. Who's getting the last seat on the grid? Oh, interesting. At Williams, it's Esteban Okon. That was an Ollie Baerman reaction. Oh, don't care. Okay. Wow.

So, you do realize you've now picked one to bin off. So let's start with you. Who have you binned off from the grid, please? Thank you very. Don't, what? Oscar Piastri's gone. I just thought some of these were funnier. Well done.

Okay, who have you been? No, no, no, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Pierre Gassley's gone. Some whoops there, some haters. Why? He's just incredibly average. He's been on the grid for a while.

I think it's time to get some new drivers in. Yeah, okay, all right. Okay. Disliked by Pierre Gassley. Okay, dokey. You have chosen to end the career of Kimmy Antonelli already. He's like nine years old. How can you already do that?

Do you know why you're here? This is the P1 with Matt and Tommy show. Formula One. Totally. Yeah, I think maybe he's going to... No one's Max Rastappen, right? That's true. No one.

That's true. You started off so strong. Right, the final bin off. Okay, this is controversial one. So without a seat is Lewis Hamilton. We're wearing a shoulder clertop. I think he's already peaked in his career and it's time to get your driver.

Controversial opinions now, but here we are. Okay, fair. I'll be giving you that $100 bill later. Thank you. All right. Okay, big round of applause for our four that came up. Thank you so much if you go down the stage there. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thanks for listening to this special live episode of the P1 podcast. Tickets are still available for our UK live. shows in Bristol, London, Birmingham or Manchester at the link in the description. Bye. P1 is a Stack production and part of the ACAST's creative network.