The Late Braking F1 Podcast - Best of LB Games 2024

Episode Date: January 1, 2025

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This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. Thank you for listening to the late-breaking F-1 podcast. Make sure to check out new episodes every Wednesday and every Sunday. Very happy New Year. Happy 2025 to you all. The first episode of this year is the best-of episode. We're going to take you through our favourite games of 2024. Any that immediately stand out to you, Sam? Phil in the blank

It's always the number one game Classic Classic Still don't know who Phil is Once a year appearance from a F1 Alphabeti for that one person who likes it I respect that lover

Alphabet lover Yeah Mr Aphabetti lover Tell us what fit Got the same set of Does it doesn't scan well Back and forth Of

That's a great back and forth Comps in there I probably lost all of them So that's going to be fun The game of on higher and lower from the live show featuring the live show in Austin, I should say, featuring the audience.

That was really fun. Featuring the crowd trying to sabotage Harry. Oh yeah, featuring them, they're trying to mug me off. Trying. Successfully. Well, yeah, true, actually. There was no trying about it. They were pretty good.

Yeah. He was exposed. That didn't happen. You had to be there. Folks, we were having a debate with producer Kirstie before we did this introduction. Well, no. I guess not.

But do you say Happy New Year or Happy New Year's Day? It's not a thing. It's not a thing. She's making up. Because we only celebrate the 1st of January and nothing else. That's the same, all right, regardless of whether you put it.

You either celebrate every day in that way or you celebrate the year as you enter it. Right, we've got a Best of Games episode coming up for you now. This is the last of best of episode. That's not best off. I think that just about worked because we're back with a regular episode on Sunday. And then we're all the way through until the beginning of the season. We cannot wait.

But in the meantime, hope you enjoy this episode. Bye! Happy New Year's Day. It's time for F1 back and forth. F1. Back and forth, it's F1. Back and forth, it goes backwards, then goes four. It's F1

Back and forth F1 I swear that sounds more out of time than it used to No, no There's always been that out of time Harry just adds half a beat

Every time he plays it Every time, it's a 0.1 second change Every single time. I've got 100 versions of that Each time I'm making it worse What our Google Drive is full of Classic Harry Prank It would be

You know when Jim put the fourth I was about to say the same thing and he hits himself in the head. And then eventually I'll just put it back to back in time. You'd be like, whoa. Whoa. That's like amazing. Worth it.

Worth the prank. Thanks for making me feel good, man. F1 back and forth. So Harry and Sam will go up against each other. And they will have to keep giving correct answers, 19 correct answers to this question, until one of them cannot think of an answer or gives an incorrect answer. I will

am I going to give any strikes today that's the question yes please yeah I'll give you a strike each one strike each Harry's going to get no strikes and I'm going to get strikes and we'll really go

how present I've got eight strikes today I could get every question wrong we can still do this I would like you to name the 19 drivers that have led the driver's championship for at least 20 races oh no

Oh, that's it I'll see it like only one strike for that Do you want You can have two if you really want I'd like five Okay You can have two

We'll start with Harry Max Verstappen Yes unsurprisingly Max Verstappen sits fourth on this list He has led the driver's championship for 69 races

Wee Nice one Max The thing is, I've actually got 68 written down because I did this before last race. And I should have just done this game earlier in the month that that wouldn't have ever been a thing. But never mind. Sam, your first answer.

So it's at least 20 consecutive races. Not consecutive, no, just overall. Oh, Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton has led the championship for 126 races. That is first on this list. Grow up, Lewis. That's too many. Yeah, come on.

Get a hobbyman. Get a fox. Get a hobby man, you're loser. Harry. Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher, unsurprisingly, is second on this list, having led the championship for 121 races. Sam.

Prost. Prost is third on this list. 78 races he led the championship for. Harry. Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is fifth on this list. 62 races he's led the championship for. Sam.

And this is where... the trouble begins. I'm in danger. Yeah. Stop, he's already dead. So many names and yet so much insecurity. He's going to say, Pinto Bina. He leads to Chile Konkani, but not the championship.

I'm going to say, because it goes on my mind, but I'll take my strike. Alonso. Alonzo is sick from. this list. 52 races he's led the championship for. Harry. Mika Hakenen. Mika Hakenen is on this list.

I don't know what number that is exactly, but he's about middle of the way in 27 races he's led the championship for. Sam. Kimmy Reikinen. Kimi Reikinen is not a correct answer. See, he's only led the championship for 12 races. What a pathetic excuse for an F1 driver. Oh, God.

I'm joking, by the way. that is harsh. To be fair, he did absolutely Berger with his championship in 2007, by right at the death. He never really led it, did he? No.

So we go back to Harry. Ayrton Senna. Eiton Senna is seventh on this list. 48 races he led the championship for. Sam. Nicky Lauder. Nicky Lauder is the next name on the list.

42 races he led the championship for. Harry. Dr. Nigel Mansell. Dr. Nigel Mansell, is a correct answer. 25 races he led the championship for. Sam. You know, when it's on the tip of your tongue,

and I just can't remember the name of the past. Just the point of the game. Colla, colla, colla, colla, collab. Carpenter vein. Yes. What is, I can't believe this. This is, no, you know, he deserves it because he's a horrible man. What is, Max, for Stavane.

Saman's girlfriend's son-name again. Harder, I met. I can't remember. God. No, I'll let you out. What's his first name? I don't remember. It's gone. My mind has got flung.

I know exactly who I'm thinking of. I'm a racist. He's a racist man. Let's do a game of Khan Sangha, this name. What letter do we think the first name begins with? Why do I think P? That's the second. name.

Yeah. Yeah, that's what I'm going for. You basically said the first syllable of that name. P and then basically it sounds like two letters together.

You've said the first one. The second one is more of a consonant sound. P-B. P-C. B-D. Let's go on. Let's go through all of them.

P-F. No PG No Bip from the alphabet No So close PJ

No Next one PI Oh No The one in between those two How have you missed it

PK PK PK PK Oh Pek who's who I was going for It's an ink

No it's a correct I sound Exactly 20 as well So right on the border. Thanks, gang, for that. Appreciate that. I spent so long on trying to get sound safe. Do you remember what F1 is?

No. P-K. What comes after K? P-I. I'll go for Oh, poop. Oh, poop. I'll go for...

I just can't think of any more drivers. There are none. I'll go really far back. Jim Clark. Jim Clark is a correct answer. 21 races he led the championship for. Back to Sam. Fangio. Fangio is a correct answer.

34 races he led the championship for. Thank you, German Fangio. I'm glad we don't have to go through that name as well. Jackie Stewart. Jackie Stewart is a correct answer. 33 races he led the championship for. There are five names. left on this list, Sam?

Oh, I don't like that. Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi is a correct answer. 26 races he led the championship for. Yeah, sorry, Pietro Fittipaldi is not a correct. Oh, gosh. Alan Jones? No.

I'll take the strike. Alan Jones is not a correct answer. 10 races he led the championship for. So one strike each. Back to you, Sam. Question for the ward. Harry, did you say Jackie Stewart? I did.

Okay. Po. Brabham. Brabham is a correct answer. 24 races he led the championship for. Harry, back to you. How many are left? Three.

Oh, blamie. Which side of the century are they on? I know. They're definitely not this. they are. Two of them are this side of the century. Two of them? Yes.

Two. Uh, what? Right, come on, we can do this. We can go through it together. We're a team. Oh, do this. Jensen Button. Jensen Button is one of those two.

Exactly 20 races he led the championship for. Back to you, Sam. Liko Rosberg. Lico Rosberg is the other one. 29 races he led the championship for. He's my guy. Which means, Harry, There is one name left on this list.

Can you get it? Strategy. Okay, I can get it wrong and then you can get it wrong. I reckon, yes, that's how we do it. I don't come back again. Give a surname that we go has multiple drivers. But don't say the first name. Right.

I think that's a poor strategy, but okay. Strategician. Strategician. It hurts my brain. Oh, God. You wonder why I didn't think that was a good strategy. Coming from a strategian. Where did I find these two more?

Oh, God. This is all your thought, man, because you gave us two strikes. Yeah, to be fair, this game would have been over. Goodness me. Right. Can we have a time decade? A time decade, a decade? Predominantly 60s.

I'll have a day off. Graham Hill. Graham Hill is the correct. I told you pick a certain game that had multiple games at the start. I know, I didn't think of Hill in a media. I went for Vilnav and then I went for Schumacher. It was definitely not Ralph, is it? Ralph Schumacher in 1962.

Yeah, Graham Hill. Graham Hill was the correct answer. nearest miss on this list is actually Damon Hill because he led the championship for 17 races but well then managed to run the board somehow between the two of you. That was a chore. A few helping hands along the way.

Yeah. And I've been Nelson Peeby. Sorry, Liverpool TV because I think this is still the old one but here we go. I'm going to get a DM. This is the late faking game. We're one. One answer is fake And the other one's all right

So help me Christ I'll make my decision In a second Sam You're gonna have to wait Because Ben made this game so hard And I'm down by five It's so good Even if that is the old version

It's so good I'll sort it out Triple L If laugh leave He's a Hall of Famer now We can't muck him around He's a Hall of Fame He's here for life

Late Faking So Sam will go up against Harry six questions and there are four possible answers to each question. Three of them fit within a certain category that I will say, but one of them does not fit. It's up to the guys to determine which one is the fake. So, number one through number six, Sam, what would you like? Do you know something really lame?

Always. I've been running through anti-clockwise tracks in my mind in case it comes up as a topic. Nice. Right. Is it going to come up as a topic, man? No. I'm prepared for another day.

Nailed it. Maybe I should try 90s drivers, because I'm really bad at those. I'll have number one, please, Ben. Number one. Okay, four drivers, three of them have an average of over 100 points per season. Wow. One of them doesn't. This is going to be really difficult.

You've got Lando Norris. Yep. Sergio Perez. Yeah. Michael Schumacher. Yeah. And Daniel Ricardo. Great. Good.

Hate this game already. Over 100 points of season averaged. Okay. It's tricky because of the eras and whatnot. Errors? Errors? No, no. You're right the first time. It was eras, right? It's not the Taylor Swift error at all.

That's true. It's an error, but I made that. I'm going to go with Sergio Perez. It's not Sergio Perez. I'm wrong. What would you have gone for Ari out of interest? Lano Norris? You'd have been more wrong. I actually forgot the other two.

Oh, one of them was Schumacher. Michael and Ricardo. Oh, what's Daniel Macado then, isn't it? Nope. That's Michael. That's the era thing. That's what it was playing on my mind. I was like, if it's not, I think it's Perez.

If it's not, it's Schumacher. I didn't fully listen to the question. I'll be honest. It's a classic Harry movie. Well, I can't steal it on this one. Who cares? That's literally what you did. Fair.

Yeah. So Lando Norris, his average points per season, 126.6. Sergio Perez, 114.31. Daniel Ricardo 101.1. And then Michael Schumacher, 82.42. What average? What scrub? Washed.

What's the point of him? This makes sense now because they had different point system. And then when they had the new point system, he wasn't in it. Yeah, literally that's why I was running through it in my head. Like, that is that the trick? It's like the word error was correct. I was wrong. And so are you,

Mr. Smith. Sorry to all of you that actually got it right. But you're wrong. Over to you, Harry. What number would you like? Number five, please. That's a good one. I can have them to listen to what you picked.

For reference, he picked number one. Okay, good. Four drivers. Three of them have led a lap in a sprint race. And just to clarify, to have led a lap, you need to have completed the lap. So if you've been leading at some point, let's say, during a lap,

but you haven't ended up at the end. That doesn't count. Three of them have led a lap. One has an inner spring race. Kevin Magnuson, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, and George Russell. Oh. Is it Lewis Hamilton?

Fascinatingly, it is. Lewis Hamilton has never led. a lap of a spring race. Magnuson has led two laps, thanks to Brazil, obviously. Sergio Perez has led 10, and George Russell has led 18. Another 7th Iron World Champion that's washed up. Once you hit 7th? I'm targeting 7th.

Ben Shium down from the top. 1-0 to Harry. Back to you, Sam. Oh, that number four, please, Ben. Number four. Four circuits. Unfortunately, it's not to do it than being anti-clockwise. Three of them, Nico Rosberg, won a race at. One of them, he never did.

Okay. Suzuki. Yeah. Barcelona. Yeah. Sochi. Yeah. Circuit Jill-Vilnerve.

Great. The other ones I had in mind. Brilliant. I thought you were going to say Cota then and it was going to throw back to the live show. That's what I was waiting for. I was like, he's going to get this. Yeah. I was like, that's fine.

I'm going to get it. Famously, you always beat Lewis Hamilton and Cota. That's never one there. Never even beating him there, Nettlo one. It's a solid highlight of the show for me. Yeah.

I'll go, Jilvil Nerve. You're absolutely right, say, Jilvil Nerve. Sizuco was Rosberg's last win in F1. Barcelona, he won in 2015, and Sotchi he won in 2016, but no win for him. Jilvil Nerve.

Loves it. Suzuki 2016, by the way, I think underrated maybe one of his best ever wins so Nicker Rosberg, just throw that one out there. Can't remember it. Why don't need to go back and watch that? I don't remember a great deal for it. Mainly because it was towards the end of that year

and Hamilton was like winning everything apart from when the engine blew up. Oh, no, no, no. But it was, you know when Hamilton gets on those like runner forms at the end of the season? He's so good at the end of the year. And Rosberg broke, like, didn't, wasn't, like Hamilton was out on qualifying.

Snap that form. It was just a, he outpaced him over a weekend. I think that's what made difference anyway. Sorry, it was a random. No, it's a good point. Okay, we're now at one all. Back to you, Harry, two, three or six. Six, please.

Number six, I'm going to give you four years. Three of them, the driver who... I'm not by the last, sorry. Carry on. Four years, three of them, the driver who won the title. did not win the most number of races that season. 1953. Oh, God.

Okay. 2016. Ironic. I don't remember that. 2008. 1994 and 1987. I know the answer. Which means I don't know the answer.

Because if I'm over that confident in anything, it means I'm wrong. I don't know. It could be any of them. It could be. That's why he's picked him. One of those years, the driver who won the championship did have the most number of wins. That's the one you're looking for. Right.

I will go. What was the third one? 94. The third one was 1994. Uh, hmm. Maybe I'm 2016. It's not 2016. It was 1990.

2016, Hamilton had more wins than Rosberg, 2008, Massa had more wins than Hamilton. 1987, Mansell had more wins than PKK, but 1994 Schumacher did win the most number of races against Damon Hill. Of course, Schumacher didn't take part in a few races during that season for completely innocent reasons. I'm just going to have seven-time more champions today. Three in a row, that is? Oh, dear.

So, one or all with two questions to go. This is tense. Sam, two or three? Three. Think number three, my lord. Thank you. Number three. Okay.

Four drivers here. Three of them were present when the longest question ever was asked ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Which one wasn't there? Okay. Kimmy Reichenen. Nico Holcomberg. Niko Rosberg

Jensen Button God, this question I might make it the longest thought process of Okay It'd be really funny if you did the Sebastian Vessel bit of can you repeat the question I'm witty enough for that He's giving you one name

What? Well, I didn't include him on the list For that reason but yeah If you start taking them out Yeah annoyingly in my mind I had three already And two of them

that two of the ones aren't on the because there's six drivers there, I think. That's correct. Yeah, two of them, Vettel be one of the ones that are there that you haven't mentioned. I'm going to say, Rosberg.

Rosberg was there. Who brains? It was, Harry and other? It was the Holkenberg. No, Holkenberg was there as well. It was Kimmy Reichen and he was not there. He was Mied, I was torn between. So it was Holkenberg, Rosberg,

Button, and then Alonzo Hamilton, Vettel were the six. How much to go better with the two that hang in my mind that were definitely there? Which means, what question would you like? You've got two or two? Oh, asking what's left, I reckon? What's left, Ben? You've got, well, one, three, four, five and six.

So you've got two. Or two. Pick number two, my lord. I'll go for number two, please. That was terrible. You could win it all. Or draw it all. Or draw it all, which is a very amicable result.

Four teams Graham Hill raced for three of them Which one did he not raise for? Shadow Can't see it unless it's in the sun Not true BRM

Okay Lola And Portia She was a show girl What Lola Yeah Yeah What BRM

Yeah She said her hair Her name was BRM Burm, burn. I love it, Burb. I am going to go for Lola. That's what it's called Barry Magalo.

This is my name's our. Barry Racing, Magalo. Burry Manalo. Please move on. I've said Lola. Please get the answer and get this over. She was a showgirl. Well, Harry and Sam started this game.

Level on points. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they finish. level of points. It's not Lola. Is it Porsche? Never drove for Porsche. Come on!

Why do I always get the ones that you get? I know them. I thought Lola were only around for like... Three minutes. 97. Yeah, in for practice, basically. In 97. I've heard Barry's still singing it.

It's on TikTok. Good. Oh, Lord. All right. Well, there you go. Late faking. No winner. Good.

Okay, everyone. Welcome back. We've got F1. Order, please. Coming up now. Top right, if you can, Harry. Whether it's a can of Coca-Cola or a lump of cheese, or we're ordering drivers by the size of their knees.

This game is full of facts, just you wait and see. This is Formula One. Order, order, please. Okay, F-1, order please. So there are six questions, and there are four answers within each question. All the guys have to do very simply is order them correctly based on a certain category. If they get it right, they get a point. and they get to hear John Burko telling them

they've got the order right. There's a treating store for you folks. Good Lord. You've got to get one right. Please get we've got to go on right just for this. We just have to get one right. There is risk involved in this game though because if the person gets it wrong,

the opportunity to steal the point goes to the other person. But if they also get the order wrong in a different way, they lose a point. So minuses are not only possible. They're probable. So, Harry, which number do you want on this pad here? Yeah, number one, I like to clarify folks. I know I'm sat next to Ben,

but we all know his handwriting's out terrible. That I couldn't even try and look at the answers. Yeah. But I'll go for number one, please. Obviously, the answer could be anything in the world. Okay, so I'll go first, rabbits, second, square, third, brown, and fourth, money. Literally. And you could go, correct.

You've read it off the page. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So number one. Yes. Four drivers. I want you to order them based on how many wins they had in 2010.

Okay. So you've got Mark Weber. Yeah. Fernando Alonzo. Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button. They all have the same. Yeah, that's it. That's the order.

It's not a trick question. From most to least? Most to least, yeah. The most, I'll go for Fernando Alonzo. Yep. Then Mark Weber. Yeah. Then, oh, Hamilton Button?

So Alonzo, Weber, Hamilton, Button. Yeah. Come on, please. Hit that button. Yes. Thank God. Get the volume right, please. Oh, it's so good.

It's the John Burko Order remix there. But yes, you're actually spot on. Fernando Alonzo won five times. Mark Weber won four times. Hamilton won three times, Button won twice. I couldn't think any button only had two. Hamilton's three. Yeah.

Canada. Spa. Yeah, I don't know the last one. Why's the third one? Spain? Where are you? No. I don't know.

I know. I know. That's claim it's right. Where is that? Well, obviously, where is it? Australia. What part of Scandlegaver is that in? It's in Sweden.

I feel like this is unfair. This is Kirstie's racetrack. This is where it is. Yeah, sorry, Kirsty Raceway. Good. Okay, so we've got Sapan Kota, Yasmarina, Scandinavian Raceway. Great.

I'm going to say, most is Yasmarina. then Cota, then Cepangangian Scandinavia Raceway, which is a trick question and I feel like I've been mucked off,

but fine. It's not correct. You don't want to try and stay? Absolutely not. Or even for the jingle? But I wouldn't get it anyway, so with no chance of the jingle. It wasn't a trick question.

You actually had Scandinavian Raceway correctly in last. The problem was the rest of it. Um, Sepang was first with 19 races held. Uh, then it was Yasmarina with 15. Coates has been 11 times. And then the Scandinavian raceway, the Swedish Grand Prix was held six times. Yeah, it was just, I couldn't remember if Sapang was around for the longer era of the whole, uh, Yasmarina section or less.

And I knew I had the other three. I thought I did. Yeah. Yeah. Sapang would have been, what, 99 until about 2017. 2017, yeah. So pain So pain

Well Five minutes Oh, as Lewis Hamilton Sturge 2010 victory I can't think I'm really driving me insane

I'm going to look it out Please do Meanwhile What number would you like For number four Number four Four Four

Four drivers I'd like you to order them From best to worst in terms of their average grid position in 20204 so far Sure So you've got

Alex Albon Okay. Land Stroll. Yuki Sonoda. Nico Ulkenberg. First Sonoda. Then

Ilkenberg. Who is the other one? Albon and who? Stroll. Stroll. Then Abon. It's not so correct.

Sam, will you try and steal? Turkey was the other one. Sorry, I was too busy looking that up, and I didn't pay any attention. So average finishing position for 2024. I'm sorry, average grid position, collie. Oh, starting position? Yeah.

Okay, I'm going to write them down because I am so bad at this. Okay, so we have what, Sonoda? Yeah, Sonoda, Stroll, Alban, Holcomburg. Yeah, I'll try and steal. All right. Just because I want to hear the jingle, but I won't get it right. Come on, that's fair. You know me.

I'm a minuses kind of guy. Okay, so average starting position. Strohl's got into Q3 every time. So I'm going to say, Strull, Sonoda, Holkenberg, Albon. We got minuses, boy. Ah, well. I thought about to say play the jingle.

I'm afraid not. He never says play the jingle when it's all to play, then I play one. So Yuki Sanoda was first, so he's had an average starting position of 9.3 so far this year. Then it was Landstrol at 10.3. Then it's Alex Alburn at 12.3.

Then Holkenberg's last at the moment with 13.67. Probably would have been higher, but obviously, Saudi Arabia, he had the issue in qualifying that he started 15th and was knocked out in Q1, Australia. So it started well, no points on that one. We need to hear that jingle once. Come on. Come on.

two three or six I will go for three three I got told off the other day for doing that I got told that someone was sick of it

who said that someone I live with was it Ian Ian the cat yes four drivers I'd like you to list them from oldest

to youngest okay I'm going to play this one so you've got I'm going to phone a friend. You've got Schumacher's greatest rival, David Coulthard. David Coulthard. This was his birthday yesterday yesterday, over there.

It was, he was 107. You're probably not going to get this right. Takuma Sato. Yeah. One Pablo Montoya. Yeah. And Timo Glock. Okay, so Coulthard,

Sartar, JPM, M. Glock. Okay. I'm going to start with Kaltar's oldest. Oh, I feel like the other two are really close and good, though.

I think Glock's the youngest. I'm going to say, right, Kortar, Montoya, Sato, Glock. Just because Montoya's really got grey hair. You've just gone with the four drivers in terms of how grey they are. Yes, that's the order I've done things. Is it right? It's good logic, yeah.

That is filthy. That is worth it. Yeah. Sam is back to zero points. David Culfard was born, as you say, recently his birthday. 27th of March, 1971. Then it was Montoya, 20th of September, 1975. Zato, 28 for January, 1977,

and then Timo Glock is the youngest, 18 for March, 1982. Ireland's best race at that? Islands? Yeah, Tim O'Glock. Oh, man, I didn't know where you were going with that. Come on, good stuff. I'm not giving that a laugh.

No, I can respect that. Two or six. Number six, please. Stop giggling over it. That's not funny, I'm sorry. Four drivers from most. to least, consecutive race entries in F1.

Okay, go on then. Sebastian Vettel, Valtry Bottas, Fernando Alonzo, Lewis Hamilton. Oh, Lord. Well, Alonso first, the most. Consective race.

When you say race entry, does that mean... How many in a row? Yeah. Started. But is it started? Like, they've actually started. started the race or entered. Entered.

So any did not start a fine. They turned up for the race weekend. Yeah. Right. Alonzo. Alonzo? He missed a few. Kept crashing and doing stupid things, didn't he?

Kept crushing doing stupid things. Hmm. No, I'll keep Alonzo first. Then Hamilton. Oh, this is a... Now I'm going to change. I'm going to go with Hamilton. Why do I think, why do I think this?

I'll go down myself. Hamilton Vessel Alonzo. What was that one? Borthas. Yeah, Bottas. Not correct. Oh, damn it. I think I'm out second guess myself here.

I will steal for the try at the jingle. I'm going to go with Alonso Hamilton. when did Vettel retire two years ago? Yes, Vettel Bottas. Also not right, I'm afraid. Back down in the minuses, boy. I don't care. It's for the jingle, I'm doing it. The minus has been nothing to me now.

So this is an interesting one. So Sebastian Vessel was first, 280 races consecutively. Hamilton is then second on 265. Would have been in first if it weren't for Sequea 2020, of course. COVID, yeah. where he missed the race. Yeah, yeah, that's why I was sick. But Hamilton started before that all in 2007.

I'm not doubting you. I'm just saying it. He broke the streak when Sequeer happened. Okay, carry him. I see a point. That's what consecutive means. Then Bottas is third, 226 and counting. And Alonzo 219.

I thought because Alonso's been here since the door of man, that would have counted enough. Yeah, I was going to feel like it's... his, yeah. O3 to whatever it was. O3 to, yeah. 17 or 16, whenever it was. Because I don't remember.

Well, yeah, but then like 15, he'd missed the first race of the season, didn't he? Ah, yes. So, I thought 03 to 15 might have. Yeah. I know, clearly not. No, not quite. Anyway, no mind.

It was worth it for a go at the jingle. Yeah, that's fair enough. That just leaves number two. famously said like that. Four teams. Very simple. Constructors, drivers' titles. So, driver's titles won by constructors, if that makes sense.

Oh, that's okay, yes. From most of the least. Yeah, I get it, okay. Merck Williams, Ferrari, McLaren. Merck Williams, Ferrari, McLaren. We'd have to write them down because my brain is so bad. Merck Williams, Ferrari, McLaren. Okay, most to least, I'm going to say Ferrari most.

I'm then going to say McLaren second, Merck third, Williams fourth. He's back out of the minuses again. Yeah! After all that, one, no. I'll take it. We got the jingle three times. I love that. Sam, you managed to get two right and score zero points. I end up losing by scoring more direct answers.

Exactly. Everyone, at this time, I hand over to my esteemed colleague, Mr. Noel Sage. Oh, that's so affectionate. Noel Sage. Is this set out correctly? No. Oh, good. Music notes.

Yeah. Folks, Harry's. Bank three. Get it, bank. All right. There you go. All right. You're good to go, son.

No. I know, I'm going where I'm going. I did that on purpose. I'm going on purpose. I'm going on going with this. Just no. Ladies and gentlemen, back for 2224. It's real.

I go real. Honestly, honestly, might be the best thing we've ever, that da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Honestly, might be the best thing we've ever got. Because it's not.

Oh, hold on. He's calling already. Hello, mate, you're right. Been a while. Hall of Fame now. Yeah, lucky you. That's nice of them, wasn't it? The fans.

Message for Harry, is it? Oh, hold on. He said your little bit of... I knew it. I'm bloody knew it. All right, mate. It's a picture of it. You might want to explain what's going on there.

Folks, it's real long, oh, real. And it's, uh, real. where Ben and Harry team up together to decipher whether these little riddles the guy have composed are real Formula One, Tidbits, facts and stories, or if my mind has simply crafted them to be cheeky, cheeky boys. There are six options that you've got here. You'll have to try and get them all right, of course.

You usually do quite well. I feel like you've evolved well to learn what ridiculousness I have crafted. I like Ben's stupid names that he comes up with. We don't have to learn. We've been friends with you for 10 years. Unfortunately for all of us. So we know.

Okay, so as a cue, a two-sum. So many lyrics. We're coming for you some. Very good. Thank you. PJ. What number would you like to start off with in our new game?

You go in. You choose, Ben. All right. Let's start with number six. Number six. This is a good one. Okay. When Jeksen Button was getting into carting,

to make his driving smoother, his father would make him race with a tea in a mug or a tray on the front of his cart. every time that he did a lap without spilling the tea he would get to dunk a biscuit in it if he did spill the tea his dad would eat the biscuit in front of him

I can't do this game anymore I cannot do it What do you mean? Oh boy Obviously no Ben Obviously no real When it started I was like

Oh this could be tricky Yeah I think you're dunking the biscuit moment Is that what's talking it for you? Tipped out at the edge. No real. Sometimes. You forgot the tension music.

No, it's, you know, it's probably the first one. We're playing a new game in 2024. Big up! Hello, mate. Sorry. I was having a chat with these buffoons. Yeah. Well, what's your favourite biscuit?

I've got. It's nice. Great choice. Yeah, good. I had a galaxy chocolate digestible the other day. Got them in B&M. The question, yeah. The Genesis of Buck one, number six.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no real. No real. Well done. Shocker. Shocker. A real shocker.

So it's just imagining John Button. I'm having your biscuits, son. Look at what you missed out on, son. Drive smoother, Jensen. Right. Let me just put a little tick by this to show that you got it. Correct. Don't delete it.

That's not what I'm doing this time. Okay, boys, one to five. Please choose a number. Number one, please, my love. Okay. Sounds good to me. Valtry Bottas is in current talks to buy the FIA Grade 1 racetrack in Finland. That is currently called the Kimi Ring.

He is told... Did you laugh like my pronunciation? Carry on. You've made me laugh. He has told Finnish media he will rename the track, the Botti Ring. Thanks for me too. because the answer was tough. No, you can't use it required.

That is not real. The Kim Ye ring. No, it's not real. I thought that part of it was real. Yeah, no, it probably is, but... I just think the second part. As if you said Botti Ring. Yeah.

That's unbelievable. I think he would call it Bottie Ring. Yeah, you're right. And Kim You Ring is real. Thank you, mate. Thank you for confirming. Honestly, I'll get the podcast on with you guys because it'll be much better.

I suppose I tell them now. Yeah, it's going real. The first bit is real. Honestly, the tension in this game is just palpable. Is it really? Yeah. Well, you've got two, three, four and five left. Let's see how you deal with the other ones.

Just all no real. Imagine that. What a great twist that would be. I've lied about all of them. Yeah. Number four? Yeah. I mean, we've got to get through them all anyway.

Well, probably, yeah. Unfortunately, yes, we do. Number four. Sanger was arrested driving on a British motorway. driving at 120 miles an hour. When pulled over, the police officer stated, who do you think you are? Nigel Mansell?

I think that is real, isn't it? Yeah, I think I've heard that before. I think so. I like that, though. Who do you think you are a doctor? Doctor. Doctor who? Nigel Ansel.

You do you know you are? Marisi of Google, man. Oh, thank you. Pachia. Oh, go on it. No tension with this one. No, I mean, it might be Dr Nigel the other line. Nigel.

Oh, God. All right. I think are you having tea with a banker? Oh, you're operating on him, of course. As a doctor, that makes total sense. Yes, yes. You are one of the most brilliant try of investigations ever seen, correct. Can you tell me the answer?

Yes, good. Okay, it was real. Very good, thank you. Give him the phone back now. Well done, Nigel, thanks. Yeah, that was real. The police officer did not recognise Ayrton. I thought he was Nigel Mansfield.

And I was like, oh, you shall be a Formula One driver. Yes, I am. Because it was the Grand Prix weekend of the British Grand Prix. Oh, I love that. Yeah, so well done. You're on 100% record so far. I'm shocked that you've managed to decipher these because I thought they were brilliant.

You have got two, three and five left. Ben, what do you want to go for? Number five. Number five. Or like this one. In Mexico, a restaurant has named its meals after most of the F-1 grid. Current items you can all. order are

shawl hot dog Fernando Taco Yuki biscuits and baristrol Yuki biscuits

Uki biscuits Biscuits get the tension music for this one because it sounds like a delectable meal but at the same time

could it be a crafty lie a taste I can believe that would you like yuki biscuits yeah I like yuki biscuits would you rather

that. What are we going to say, real? I'd go real. I think on this one. I feel like they're not punny enough for Sam to make that up. I appreciate that. Thank you.

Biscuits. Let's say I've never gone with something else. I quite like Uki Hobnops. I don't know. Yuki hobgobs, I don't know. Yuki hobgobs, how's that better? Exactly.

All right, we'll go real then. You can't prawn cocktail crisps. Oh, UK prawn cocktail crisps. Just get on with it. It's real. please hold it's a busy line I hate this

sorry to laughing to hear Mr Banker Harry's been very rude about you so he hates the whole thing is that where you're having lunch with Nigamanza is it at the Mexican restaurant have you ordering a shawl hot dog

I thought he's operating on him operating at a Mexican restaurant yes right yeah it's real it's real entirely there's a whole menu of them

I left some out as well. I'm not going to go back through them because I can't remember them exactly but there are about 20 items on the menu all game draft work, F1Gra. I am intrigued by Yuki Biscuits. I don't know what it is.

Yeah. Do you think they just swab that out with different driver names when they leave the sport? Maybe, yeah. So before it was like, Danny Kaffia biscuits. Hey, push air biscuits if he gets to drive life season.

Daniel Racavikato. Hey, nice. Okay, two left. Two or three. Which would you like? Two. too it is. That's our favourite man for a real, I know real.

Bernie Ecclesons financial empire began after he took part in the Great Train Robbery, he provided the car and getaway driver. The original race winning trophies had much of the silver embedded in them that was stolen. Oh. I don't know. Yeah, I thought this was true as well.

Some debates occurring. No, I, it's something that sounds vaguely familiar, but yeah, we'll go with real. I think was real. Okay. I mean, maybe must get fed up at the restaurant with this many phone calls.

Well, especially when there's Nigel Manson. You're not doing the operating. I'll let you get back to your meals soon, Mr. Banker, I promise. Yeah, we're on the train robbery one. Some nice trophies in the early days, weren't there?

Sorry, I was clinging my microphone. Yeah, no, it's just a baseless rumor. I'm afraid, folks. It was no real. Just a fun story that likes to be told. I could believe that, though. I should put a cross by that one, really, not a tick. Because we got it wrong.

You got it wrong. Oh, man, I got, full house, that's a shame. Well, you could still get five out of six. And I think you will, because I think this one is the easiest one of the lot. So you've saved three. Pin number three, my lord. Number three? Sure.

I don't need any of the controls yet. I'm just going to read the question outside. Michael Schumacher got his first drive for the Jordan, because in 1991, Bertrand Gasho, assaulting a taxi driver who was in prison for 18 months leaving the team without a driver.

Sure was. To his fact. Real. Not even going to bother with the phone kill, folks. I'll let him get back to his meal. His Shell hot dog. It was real. We're not going to speak to him again.

I'm not done with him. Well done. Just going to let him finish off his meal. Entirely real. Yeah, quite an eventful story. He thought he got away with it too. And if you got... Go and listen to another F1 podcast,

which obviously you're not allowed to do, but it's Eddie Jordan, so it's allowed. Oh, that was fine. That's the exception. Any Jordan's fine. They had Bertrand Gaff. on there. Sorry, Twinsrell.

Harry. The phone frame. Guys had his kidneys out. Come on. Hello, mate. Shoemaker won. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's good, on it. Yeah, assaulted.

Ridiculous. Don't you get into a taxi and do the same thing? With E.G. Mr. Hall of Famer. I can't really understand him. He's got a mouth on a hot dog. It's very confusing to what he's saying. And he's being operating.

He's had the general anesthetic. Look, I'm sure they'll let me do this again about six months of time. Never. But I'll speak to a bit. See you later, mate. Bye. Oh, God. Honestly, I've said this before,

but I am begging, begging the makers of deal or no deal to sue us who don't have to do this ever again. Please. What do you mean? Don't worry, folks, real or no real. We'll be back for 2026. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Phasing it out. I am a DJ, DJ. Did a DJ. Anyway, I'm glad you let me do that. Thank you for letting the key out. Yeah, we kept Sam happy for the next three months. Three or four months, yeah.

Okay. This is what happens when I don't have enough time to make a game. I'll make sure I always have enough time to make a game. To be fair, Ben asked us if one of us could do a game, and Sam replied immediately. I was waiting. Please, can I do it? Please, please.

The request for a game, siren. Everything in your flat, just like flashing. Realong aerial. Ben needs a game. I delivered. Everyone welcome back. F1, Hira, is going to close out of the show. You stand fast

F1-1-1-you- always need the F-1 on the end Well-on-team! Well-on team! You guys are great, what an effort. F-1 higher and lower. So Sam and Harry will go against each other. I have six questions in front of me. They'll take it in terms to pick a number.

And the answer to all of these questions is numeric. And if the person gets it right in the first instance, firstly, very well done, because that very rarely happens. You get two points, but if you don't get it right, the other person has the opportunity to say higher or lower. If they get it right, they get a point. But if they get it wrong, the person who guessed first gets the point. The only twist with this is you are able to help the person who is guessing.

I was unaware of this twist. Oh, I knew this. What else don't you tell me? Please bear with as I go back to a month ago. There we go. Obviously, you're sat there thinking, Sam, you can see he's an opad. No, no, no, no, no. Remember when the hieroglyphs were translated?

This is kind of the modern version of that. Ben's writing really is something. I wasn't worried about anything in this show, apart from reading my own handwriting. Yeah. Harry, kick us off. What number would you like? Number one, please. The original.

It's a classic place to start. How many laps are there at the United States Grand Prix? Ooh. 65. You're not going to laugh. Okay. 65 is not the correct answer, which means higher or lower than 65?

I'm going to go with the people. Not that one. I'm allowed to guess the real number, is that? I mean, you can. You won't get in a forehead. What do you think, folks? The real number, all you think is. There's a lot of 56 is going on,

so I'm going to say it's lower at 56. It is lower, and there are some clued up people in this audience, because there are 56 laps. Well done. Which means we go back to Sam. Hello. I will have number six, please, Ben.

One extreme to the other. Nice. Just to say on this one, you can round up to the nearest second. I regret choosing number six. What is the biggest win margin of 2024 so far? Oh. Yeah, if I'm going to round...

Norris and Zanvolt? Yeah, 24 seconds. Yeah, 24 seconds. It's not 24? Jack Bauer would be disappointed. Higher or lower? What do we think, folks? Oh, okay.

I'm going to go with the people because there'll be a riot if we don't. Higher, Ben. You're going to go with the people. Obviously, it worked very well last time. If you've mugged me off. I heard someone say it didn't work very well this time. that person is right.

Oh, come on. 23. You were right, actually. Norris Zamborke, 22.896 is he? Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's just... It's not going well.

Mike's catchphrase at the front there is sorry, Harry. That makes it 2-0 to Mr. Sam and Sage. Never in my days. And we go back to Harry. What number would you like? Number two, please. One up for. number one, yeah.

Yeah, that's what comes next after one. How many points does Max Verstappen have so far in 2024? Come on, you must have seen this on a picture somewhere. Quite a lot. Oh, he's got it. Higher lower than quite a lot. Higher! He has 169.

Nice. So, so wrong, but so, so, so nice. You know what? I didn't know what Ben was doing when I was looking at you. And I thought, I bet you he's kneeling on one kind of arm looking frustrated and I turn around and that's exactly what it is. It might be a great, it's not right, but it might be a great guess. You never know. It's a nice guess. It's really not. Higher or low than 169?

Sorry people, I'm just going to say higher. Just to clarify, Harry, the question wasn't how many points did Maxifestappen have by Japan? He won the first four. Um, half from Australia. Fair point. Yeah. It's got 331. It's quite literally almost double. It's not far off. I admire the confidence you're having yourself.

It's closer than 168. This is a real nail bite to this one. It's 3-0 with 3 to play. Sound back to you. I think I'm going to pick number three, my lord. The threes have it. That might be the best thing that's ever been done. You can, again, around it.

You can round up to the nearest thousand. Oh, wow. Okay, that is broad. The 2000 United States Grand Prix, which was... Held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It holds the record for race day attendance. One race or the weekend? One race. We're not talking about the weekend.

Just the race. Sunday. How many people attended that race? On that Sunday. On that Sunday. Sunday was your answer then. Sunday. Higher or lower than Sunday.

Okay. For a day, I'm going to go with 230,000. It's not 230,000, higher or lower? Oh, gosh, split room. And mugged you off last time. Yeah, I'm not listening to you like anymore. 230,000. It's just a Sunday.

Just a Sunday. What day is race day? Sunday. Sunday. I'll go lower. You're an idiot. Oh, okay. 50,000 people.

Oh, it wasn't far off. That's a lot of people. That's almost as many bats as there are under the bridge in Austin that we saw the other day. Yeah, we've got a story I can tell you about those bats. But we said that for another time.

The story is, we saw them. There was a lot of them. We were on a raft. Yeah. I don't know why I bothered writing down Harry on my notepad because there's still nothing under your name. It's 4-0.

How are you going to recover from that burn? You've got maybe two more opportunities. What number would you like? Number... Five. Yes, you can have number five. Few. Strictly talking about F1 here,

not the many other races he won in his career. How many F1 races did Mario Andretti win? You have to get this right. Yeah, but I'm not going to get this right. He won 17. No. No. Higher or lower than 17?

People are we saying? Hmm. They go with the people. Lower. The people are right. Well, that are 17 is not a bad guess. 12. Yeah.

Respectable. Yeah. Mario Andretti washed. The guy's in his 80s. Of course he's washed. Pre-loves a bar. Okay. Last one.

Was it me? Yes. What numbers left please, Ben? You can have number four. Right. Or number four? Uh. I suppose I'll go with four.

How many race starts has Daniel Ricardo had? Oh, come on. It's a sore subject. Hey, I'm safe using this because it's not going to change any time soon. Okay. This is the image of my brain trying to work it out, folks.

We didn't load up the Jeopardy think music, but we probably should have done. I'm going to say he had, quite literally that, yes. 231. It's not correct, Harry, to get a god-down point. Higher or lower than 231? Correct.

They don't even know. You lot are useless for me. I'll go for... Thank you. And it's nothing to do with me being useless. I'll go for higher. No. Oh no.

He's got one, right! Alright. Not a bad guess to start with. 257. So calling that a draw? We have a great game in the UK, which is last goal wins when you're playing football. I think Harry's using that. I got to agree to those rules.

I never win. 5-1. Harry, how much did you enjoy that segment? Not a lot. I'll be real. Past is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.