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Make sure to look out for new episodes every Thursday and Grand Prix Sundays. Hello and a very warm welcome to the late breaking F1 podcast. A special episode, a bonus episode of the podcast. My name's Ben Hocking, Harry Yew and Sam, Sage. All three of us are here. It isn't your usual. Wednesday slash Thursday upload. It's not a race weekend.

It's not a race Sunday. But we are together for the first time in the same physical location for about a year, which means we thought we'd put together a very special podcast episode which is just focus on question and answers.

There are questions revolving around F1 itself, obviously. But a few other ones thrown in there as well about us personally. Guys, you're looking forward to this. You're going to tell the truth at all times? No. No? No, I'll get found out.

It amazes me that people have actually bothered to ask us enough questions that we can make a video, hello to those on the video, and a podcast, hello to those on the podcast. Quite baffled, actually. I'd like to think that, I do my mum listen, so the fact that any of you decided to join in with asking a question is quite surprising. We are all together, it's weird seeing them not on a screen despite having almost grown up with these individuals.

Yeah, way more annoying. Incredibly. In real life, as well. And we had to, of course, vet the question. So we know that the ones here, you know, there were like 500, and we've had to narrow it down to the only 10 that we used to. 500. You know, so there weren't 500 surprisingly. But we have cobbled together enough that we think we'll be able to at least make an episode out of this.

So let's get started, shall we? Oh, can I put a disclaimer? Oh yeah, sure, go on. If you happen, on the video, if you happen to all see us look this way, we've got the 24-hour LeMont on at the moment. So if someone gets absolutely right, ram shuffled into the Porsche Curbs, for example. We will have to cut that, but it's been a bit spicy so far. So just sorry, there's a little moment.

Yeah, let's get on with some questions. Yes, we're watching for the first answer. Come on, Fizzy. Come on, Fizzy. You can do it. Right. We've got some questions here. They are mostly comprised of questions that have come from our Discord service.

Come on Discord. Big up the Discord if you want to get involved. Harry, please just leave the link if that's all right. The correct one. It'll try his best. Nice one. So with that in mind. there might be some funny names or such that come out from Discord.

It's usually nicknames and such that are used. So it might not be the true first names of the people that were saying here, but we're going to use their Discord. I'd like to think that people can't work it out if we've got someone called like a caramel guy. I like, is his first name actually caramel? Do we have a caramel guy? No, we don't. I've just made that up. Can we get a caramel guy?

I don't think so. Does anyone work for a caramel company and you'd like us to be caramel guy? we will accept the role. Well, in the spirit of not knowing exactly if the first name is going to be accurate, our first question does come from Jesus himself. Giovanni, you're in the building. Or Gisus, a member of the Discord server.

Let us know, is it a jerk or a girth? Because I'm not too sure. But his question is a very good one. If you could build a street circuit or just build a track, anywhere in the world, where would it be? And why? Sam. This is a really tough question.

Alton Towers does come to mind We talk about Long listeners of the podcast Might know that I once got Alton Park and Alton Towers incorrect As I get many things incorrect It is, of course

One is home to a theme park One is home to a roller coaster of corners Both exhilarating But one I like to go to more often than not Picking a place in the world To have a race track is really difficult And I've kind of thought about this We've obviously had a slight little

Look at the question before we jump into it And I've kind of thought about well, would I want a classic location that's old school that maybe comprises itself of some old school streets or some famous locations? Or do I want somewhere that we've ever been before? And I can't give a specific country, but I definitely think that somewhere in the heart of Africa will be really exciting, tropical weather with some sand, you know, maybe focused around like the Kenya area of the world.

I just think that having a little bit of kind of proper weather input that isn't just rain or sun could be really exciting. So I would like to go all out back, completely crazy, rogue, somewhere unexpected, and in kind of the heart of Africa, maybe somewhere near the rainforest, if we go completely carbon neutral and we don't cut down any trees, it'd be great. If not, I would definitely take a London on New York if they can make it exciting and make it work, you know, just because, one, I live in London, so it would happen on my road, ideally, in my world. Or New York, because it's New York, it could be fun. There are speed bumps on your road. There are a lot of speed bumps, so if F1 cars can go over speed bumps, 20-mile-hour zone, I'm here for it. London and New York

Your plan is to turn Formula One into Formula E Yeah, yeah it is But Formula E is pants, so no You can't drive an F1 car inside It won't work It's too loud Even now possibly, yes No interesting answer there

Harry, what do you reckon? I'm assuming you're going to go with like New Zealand To give Brendan Hartley's home Grand Prix, right? Yeah, good old Brenda My true answer was actually going to be London Because F1 is flirted with London For a long time Cheeky.

A little cheeky flower. Saucy. For a few years now. I don't know whether there's actually any viable opportunity that would make it a good race track. I know Formula E have done it, but that's different. But, you know, it would be cool to see F-1 cars flying around the streets of London because... The M-25 exists. True.

That would be a long race. Yeah, just a big circle. We want oval racing. It's a big old oval, but yeah. They just do one lap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, M-25 race. That would be good.

Yeah, I just think somewhere at a big location where we've not tried it And New York is another good option Because we're still trying to crack America As they say I think we are the three to crack America So we should set up the track in New York

You know, I mean, it surprises me When we started the podcast I thought, you know, we're three British flags All from England I thought our list will be very English based But it's not It's what, 60% in the US So maybe we are the way to do it

And hello America It's lovely to speak to a more casual less F1 focused wine. Yeah. Cheers America. Well, I don't wish to speak on behalf of America because I'm definitely not qualified to. Very true. And I think most Americans would be disappointed

if I was the voice of America. I agree. Completely agree. However, I feel as if there will be at least one or two members from the States right now saying, we don't need a race in New York. We don't need a race in Miami. We've got brilliant circuits all over the place that are not currently used for F1.

Very true. Something that's already there. I'm not actually too interested in going to a major city so i'm not going to say london uh i think we already go to some some cool venues in terms of cities and i'm not that interested in seeing other ones i would rather go for a picturesque location here here's one for you and i promise this message is not sponsored by david kulthard oh no how about scotland would be pretty yeah could you imagine some of the backdrops you you know it would be in the high and wet all the time i'm all right with that it would be wet it would be wet i'm all right with that it would be

Not a problem. True, true, true, true. I mean, the Isle Sky exists, if you don't know what the Arles Sky is, folks, it's a gorgeous island of the very north, I think it's maybe in the Hibrede's, I might be terrible with my geography. Angry Scottish people right now.

Sorry, Scotland, I'm sorry, forgive my ignorance. But if we just build a track on the island, I know it's got other uses and it's very pretty, but just cover it in tarmac, make it a race track. What if we just went to Knock Hill? Yeah, that would work, wouldn't it? Yeah.

I think it would be fine. I don't think we've actually given a proper valid and good answer, really. Well, what's changed? Yeah, but there you go. That's Crewellby-Fashing. It's a good first question. So maybe somewhere in Africa, maybe London, maybe New York, maybe Scotland. Or Knock Hill. Conclusive. Nock Hill is not happening. Sorry to the rest of the world that didn't get a mention there. I know you'd be gutted.

You have a shout out. Yeah, sorry. Also, the question was, if you could build a street circuit or a track, are you just going to build a track over the existing track at Knock Hill? No, I'd build another Knock Hill. Just a wider knock kill Next to knock kill No it can't be wider

Narrow as either Same knock hill Next door It would literally Just copy and paste Flip it over I would recommend If you haven't seen any form of racing

At Knock Hill Just go watch a video or two And then try to imagine Formula 1 cars going around there You will quickly see how ridiculous How Reid is being with that If everyone wants to see us race at Knock Kill We're open to that sponsorship as well

It'll be a brilliant race I promise great question anyway from jesus slash geesis again thank you son of god let us know thank you so related to carne yeah okay question from a dog oh nine uh a dog a dog sorry no not a dog a dog a dog oh d'a d'a d'a d'aig d'aig d'aig the ninth dog oh of succession of the d'a d'a d'a d'i the d'a d'i the double d'i woof to you sir very interested to know what team would we race for

what current past let's do both that is a tough one harry any immediate thoughts we're not going to be too picky here are we probably take anything i would take anything well yeah exactly but i i would you know i've always been a fan of the old red cards

so i'd probably go Ferrari even though their strategy is often terrible these days yeah I think it's well everyone drivers have it don't they there's always a bit of a lure to the scarlet car so I'd pick a feather I think it's hard not to love Ferrari secretly

as any racing enthusiasts they've been around for so long in so many categories but like obviously with the Schumacher the way we all grew up in that era of Formula One it's very hard not to have a secret bit of a love a bit of a passion towards Ferrari I mean I've always been a big fan of EJ and we know that me and EJ I think we'll get along

very well in the paddock We're two little rascals. They're a really loud team. Yeah, I mean, I'm all right with that. So, I mean, I've always been a fan of the yellow car. So I think Big Jordan, me and E.J. I'll take it around the 97 to 2001 era of Jordan. When they were good.

And we had the Hornet with the old wasp on the side, favorite livery of all time, trivia. That's where I would go as my past car. What about current? Ben, current? Well, again, I probably wouldn't be too picky with this. Well, actually, apart from the hass, I'm not driving that. You can convince me to do a lot in Formula One,

but driving that Hascar, not one of those things. In terms of current, I'm going to be boring. I'm just going to go with the Mercedes because it's the best. Yeah. And rather than be 50 seconds behind everyone else, I'll only be 49 and a half seconds behind everyone else. So I'm looking good in comparison. Yeah.

I would also, if we're going past teams, maybe Andrea Moda. Andrea Moda. How on earth did that beat outspyed? That's the question. Oh, God, I don't know to spike it just because of the livery. There was nothing wrong with Spike.

Apart from the fact that it was in no way quick and was supposed to be, no, nothing wrong with it. I don't care about Quick for Historic. I want it for just being cool, you know? I want to just be, I just want to look cool. Yeah, fair enough. I'm going to try and do both.

So look cool and be quick. Yeah. What past car would you go for me? My past car would be, I'll say Lotus, and I'm thinking early 70s Lotus, like vintage Fittipal Lee, Peterson era. Gorgeous. One of those.

Maybe even the one before they went to the black, when they had a red and white, when Yonkin Rint raced. Gold leaf, yeah. Maybe one of those. Maybe an old school Tyrol as well. Six-wheeler? Maybe the six-wheeler.

Take that one to victory. To victory. I would definitely also, I mean, I happy take literally any Formula One car in existence, obviously, but I have a bit of a soft spot for Lauda's Ferrari as well. I think that is rather, rather gorgeous. I love the silly, slightly silly design that they had in that era, and it's got a very, you know, the rivalry between, you know,

himself and hunting that season. And obviously the crash that occurred, it's a very historic, iconic moment in Formula One's history. So I'll be up for that as well. 2015 McLaren? Yeah. I mean, it is the least power that anyone has ever raised this. Your mini has a bit more power than it.

Yeah. I mean, my Mingy is the safety car for the Formula E. So, you know, that leads a whole field regularly. What is a lot so down in that 2015 McLaren? Complained. There you go. Coup 2 engine. Do you get through all the answers, that?

I was going to say Lola Mastercard just to throw that one in. Lola Master. The Curex car. The Surtees, yeah. Goodness me. Okay, I think we're out. Yeah, we're done. I think we're definitely out of answers there.

All right, we'll move on from that one. Thank you for the question there. We'll go outside of F1. on that. Hobbies outside of F1, Sam? I mean, is Sim Racing count as a hobby outside of F1? I play F1 on a sim rig. It says a lot that our hobbies outside of F1 are still very, very close to F1. I mean, it's just off camera. I go point pointing, I can't turn you around. It's right there. But it is behind you. It is right there. It's right behind you, guys.

I have a full sim rig downstairs with a full computer setup. I like F1, a set of course, a Competizioni, Asseto Corsa, Automobelis, I give everything a go, I'm rubbish, but, you know, see me on the truck sometimes. Outside of racing, big photography fan, head to my Instagram, it's Sam Sage. You'll see some lovely photos of London. Like I go to the gym, like food.

I'm really boring, really like stereotypical, boring person. No, I realize this is not a great question, because all my hobbies are F1. Yeah, racing related. Watching F1. Yeah, talk. looking about F1. Literally just living F1.

Yeah, you two, every single week of my life is what my hobby is. That's not how I saw my 20s going, if I'm being honest. I'm over halfway now. Properly over halfway. You've only just got there, but I am properly over halfway now. You've got to be overjoyed without how it's going, right? Thrilled. Thrilled.

Ben, hobbies, any? Not hung F1? Hey, I do have hobbies. Yes. Oh, wait, did you say outside of F1? I do you. No, never mind. I mean, I'm not moving away from sport very much.

I'm a, and some of the American fans might be happy to hear this. I'm a big NBA fan, big NFL fan. He loves it. Loves it. I mean, there are some more European centric sports as well. Like a bit of golf. Yeah, you do. But so much, so much my hobbies revolve around sport.

In fact, I don't think any really do go outside of sports. Just loves it. Loves a bit of sport, don't you? And I mean, one of the... Can the stats be a hobby? Stats. Yeah, but the stats are all about F1. Yeah, but...

You like flags. You like country. Do I? You know them all. Actually. I don't know the flags? Can countdown. Go be all the capitals.

Oh, yeah, all right, countdown. Do love a game of countdown. Ben's very actually smart. Ben's been on the actual TV, folks. Yeah. Well, and I embarrassed myself. I lost. He did lose.

Hey, you still had to get there. Oh, well. You know, me and Harry wouldn't even bother replying. Also, you know, drop this really quickly on my Newcastle United fan. Let's move on. I like how my answers started out very American base and ended with Countdown, the most British thing ever.

So I managed to really go back across the pond there. Maybe we'll find the episode. Everyone's trying to find it. People at work, everyone's trying to find it. Are they actually? Yeah, that's funny. Everyone's successful. You're not having recorded?

No, I don't think so. Why would you not do that? I think it might have been at one point, but it's like six years ago. Taped over. Right. Right. If they want to learn more, come and meet us somewhere. Let's move on.

Join Discord and ask us, and we might answer. Yeah. Talking of the Discord. Next question. From Catherine, recent addition to the Discord. Big up, Catherine. Love your involvement. Normal name.

Love that. Yeah. Normal name. Normal name. Well done. Historic track that we'd like to see reintroduced to the F1 calendar. What do you reckon? Now, this is really hard because a lot of the ones that I would have picked have actually re-featured on Formula One recently.

You know, Imola was probably going to be a prime one. And I'm very excited. I'm hoping that we get to see Imola with the new regulations with the much, you know, undercar, downforce that means that cars can be closer. I think maybe one that we haven't seen for a long time. I don't ever see it again. Kyleami, it's been recently completely re-jazzed. It has. It's been jazzed.

I like that. It's been re-jazzed. It's always been a fun track. ever been on a game or which other classes go around there, it is a really fun track. I think it's widening up comfortably to have the F1 cars to get around there. And the other one, I don't think it would be a good race, but I'd love to see it. Mount Pangorama, Bathurst. It's not really ever been raised around there properly, of course, but I'd love it on the Canada,

just because I'd love it on the Canada. The other one would probably be indie. Damn it. I was going to say. This is why I go first. Do you want to pick indie as well? I was going to pick indie. I mean, it doesn't really count as historic any, well, I guess it is.

but Hockenheim, we should be there every goddamn year. We should go through the forest again? No, I like, I do like the forest configuration. I think it's cool, but I like what we got. It works well. It's a great track. It always produces a good race. It is a solid.

Yeah, I thoroughly enjoy German Grand Prix. Well, I mean, who would have thought, like, a long straight followed by a slow hairpin would produce an overtaking opportunity? Also called Parabolica, which is interesting, that two tracks on the same calendar have the same game. Angry Monza, people. Yeah, they don't like... Sorry, Monza, you're not the only track with a parabolica. It does just mean what big corner, though, don't it? Oh, that's Curva Grande.

Big Curve. Google Translate over it. Thank you for that. Fluent. Ben, you answer. I'm going to Google what Parabolica is. All right. I will...

There's a couple that have been featured in fairly recent years. I don't know if they can be classed as historic. So, Kuala Lumpur, as I've mentioned. I'd love to see back on the calendar. India as well. I guess it's, you know, 50 years. What does it mean? Hold on, what is it mean? What does it mean?

What does it mean? It means satellite dish. Oh, he's gone through satellite dish at full speed. How weird. He's taken the outside line of satellite dish. You're not going to let that one go, aren't you? Nope. Keeping that forever now.

Satellite dish. Oh, sorry. Some of the longs come up. That doesn't look real. It's Anthony Davidson, that's why. Oh, Anthony. We're seeing X week in, in SPAR. oh dear

for anyone who's not watching it's at 21 hours 17 minutes left if you'd like to go back to that moment Benjamin yeah so I'm going to go with those as slightly more recent ones had to go back a bit further than that the Glen, Watkins Glen

you love a bit of Glenn don't you I love it at Watkins Glen I'd have that one back and also Montchriek in Spain I'd love words I can't say I mean I've never obviously seen the last featured in the mid 70s and was stopped

for pretty tragic reasons. But, I mean, if they could bump up the safety now, maybe they could race there. It's always described as a better version of Monaco, which... I'm all four. You know, sounds good to me. Or Haref as well.

If we could get the cars working, I just enjoy watching them go round Haref. It's exciting. It's not always the best race. It's not always the most thrilling, but watching a car go around Horef, the absolute full scream is exciting. The problem is after 97,

Bernie said we will never race there again. A Bernie... 25 years later, we still haven't wasted. He's right, isn't he? He's right. Why not? He hates it. He just doesn't like it.

I can't actually remember the main reason why, but he was like that. Just Bernie being... Bernie just says things and then he's like, oh, I said that. I've said that now. I'll skip to it. Never mind. I'm getting called him Bernie Sanders, then. He is.

Same person. It's the same guy. Slight differences. Oh my God. Have you ever seen him in the same room, though? No, I haven't. And I've got quite similar poses while sitting on a chair. I can't imagine a situation where Bernie Sanders

and Bernie Ecclestone would be in the same room. We'll see, folks. Make it happen. Considering Bernie Sanders probably hates the type of person Bernie Ecclestone is. Let's not make assumptions. That's not make assumptions. Good idea. Best advice, the new F1 fans coming in from Jake on the Discord. This is a hard one. Don't get Twitter.

Yeah. Don't get Twitter. Unless you're going to just follow news outlets, actually, don't join in with the people who follow Lando Norris around or get angry when George Russell has a girlfriend or something like that. There is some toxic behaviour, but I think that's actually quite a sensible call-out is don't get Twitter. What I would say is you need to...

I would say don't support a team or driver for at least your first couple of seasons, so you can just hear all the racing, see what's going on up and down the grid, and then maybe also go back and watch an historic season. Not properly old. Yeah, historic seasons. This is weird because I don't remember a time when I wasn't an F1 fan.

I think I always have been. I think I was born into being an F1 fan. I think it's a very valid question though because Formula One does have a bit of an issue in terms of firstly getting fans invested, especially young fans. And then actually keeping them invested as well. So I think

it's a really good question. Don't assume Landon Norris and Carlos Lines hate each other because of drugs. Oh yeah, Drive to Survive is great drama. It is good to watch on the telly, but it is not gospel. Do not follow their storylines. Just enjoy a bit of extra F1 time, you know? I'm going to use the G word, and that G word is gatekeeping.

Ah. And probably my number one tip would be there will be people, gatekeepers, who will tell you how to follow F1 and how to enjoy F1, and don't listen to them. Just enjoy the sport however you want to enjoy. If Drive to Survive is your number one outlet for F1 enjoyment, let it be that way, that's okay. However you want to enjoy the sport, as long as you're enjoying it, don't care what other people think, because there will be those who tell you you're not following and supporting F1 in the right way.

It's nonsense. You love it however you want to. It's a real problem, which is probably why keeping people invested is proving as tricky as it is. Yeah, I mean, if you're listening to the podcast, then we love having you here regardless of what point. If you have on the sport or on the drivers or on the regulations, or whatever it may be, we're here going to help you learn, be silly, and just love racing. That's what we're here for, all right? We're here to help you have better opinions.

You've got a great opinion because you listen to us on at least a regular basis. It's a very good point. Well done. I would say, you know, don't let anyone insult you for not knowing who won the Formula One Championship in 1962. because I do that for you in the form of asking these guys' questions when they don't know it. And we laugh at them. Yeah. Yeah.

Do you know who want it? Point proven. Yeah. Uh, Seb, can you just get back to me on who won the 64 season, please? It was 62. Oh, crap. All of them. Just send the text.

Graham Hill for reference. So there you go. Oh, Graham Dill. You nerd. Nerd. Nerd. Nerd. Statman!

Had to get that in there somewhere, right? It's been a while. Had to get them there somewhere. All right. move on to the next question. Which season made you fall in love with the sport from Stephen Kane? Again, tough one, because I feel like I have been watching Formula One since I was consciously aware of what the telly was, right? My dad sat me next to him on a weekend when I was able to sit up and I have watched it.

So I guess the first season I can really fully understand that there was racing on was the 98 season. and I do remember the spa incident and I think that's the first time my property was kind of a bit like Oh damn Whoa! Lots of stuff everywhere Obviously got fully aware that you know Who's winning races all the time

But that was the first time I went Cars go fast, Kores go crash You were cheering for DC Oh yeah, you know me Old School DC fan DC biggest rival to Michael Schumacher Yeah no Honestly yeah

Probably between the 98 and 2001 area You know we're hacking and took it to Schumacher we had the double overtake around the outside of the lap car again at Spa that era Formula One for me was obviously golden and then I've always enjoyed it

but then Hamilton came along and we had the Hamilton alongside fight which again really inspired me to carry on watching it after the Schumacher dominance and then much from then on it was my gospel but 2012 is iconic for many reasons

if you haven't seen 2012 go watch the 2012 season it is one of the best of the modern era yeah I mean I don't remember a time. I'm told when Schumacher broke his leg in 99. Did you give up? No.

I didn't give up, but it was on my, what would have been, a third birthday. And we had, apparently, we had family around, and they came to give me presents, and I was like, please leave. I'm upset. I want to watch what's happening with his man and's broken legs. So I imagine it's from then, but I don't remember that. You are head of the Michael Schumacher fan club. Yeah, I, you know, I have memories.

of when he won his seventh championship in 2004. Did you cry? Well, he didn't win the race, so I sulked. That's fantastic. I mean, it was Kimmy, Kimmy won, so I'm not mad about that now, but at the time. What? Kimmy. Bloody Kimmy.

Like he likes that. But yeah, but from there, it's just, yeah, it's got worse. It's like a really bad obsession. It really is a really bad. I get anxious and frustrated and happy and silly every time we see a race. or any Formula One action. And it is slightly worrying. It's like being in love with someone that doesn't know you exist.

The start of an F1 race. I mean, don't inject it because I'd die by the end of it. Yeah. What about you, Ben? I'm going to say. He hates it. Just us. I'm still waiting for the season to get me in love of it.

I would go probably the 05 season. Alonzo versus Schumacher. That was the one that properly. Like, I would say it almost came in sort of two sort of phases. So I had interesting Formula One before that, but I think the O5 season propelled it on a bit further. And then I sort of stayed at that level of solid fan until sort of 2012. Yeah. And I kind of went from fan to this is my life.

Yeah. Yeah. I think that was probably, again, what you've said already, 2012, such an amazing season. So you haven't seen some of the races from that year or just all of the races. The first eight specifically were also fantastic and then obviously the fight at the end of the season was phenomenal So if you are new to F1 You're linked on to that earlier question where you want some advice

And you want a fun season to watch where a few drivers were a bit younger There's some new games in there regulations are changing 2012 is a great one to start with Ignore the stepped noses Yes No no don't ignore them take notes of them And when they come back in the future Criticise them heavily

But if you've never seen an F1 gun before They don't all look that bad No they are It's like me when I was born. I've got a step to know, surgery pending. But it's not pleasant. I know I said earlier that we, you know, fans of F1, existing fans of F1 should not be able to tell you how to support

and how to watch F1. I'm going to make one just small detail to that. You can't like those noses. That's not allowed. But apart from that, enjoy it however you want. I didn't think there'd be any more uproar than that at a preseason test. And then 2014 came along. Oh, God.

That was horrendous. Yeah. We've had some interesting nose adaptations. The old anteater noses. Or they had a more rude adult name, which I shan't mention. But a certain toy that gets using a certain X-rating area of the world, they're also compared to that. Jack in a box? Yeah, so jack in the box.

That's it, folks. I think so to speak. Yeah, sure. Which number would we choose if we were racing in F1? All three of us together? Oh, I mean, we'd have to be. to have a discussion about that, but individually. 69.

Nice. How did I know you were going to answer, though? Ten is taken by Pierre Gaisley, and ten is my... I was born on the tenth. Ten is always my lucky number. Fun story, I once won a raffle out of a thousand people with just the number ten ticket, which I was given to by my mum's friend.

She went there, it's your lucky number, you have that one, and then I won. What did you win? Just a hamper. I was about eight. It really wasn't that exciting for me. My mum was happy. Hampa full of booze. Yeah, go on mum, enjoy that.

But yeah, no, if I wasn't being silly, it'll be 10. But obviously, I think 69 is so much banter. It's such a nice number. It's just funny, isn't it? It just takes the Mickey. So, yeah, I never take myself too seriously. Thank you for that answer. 26-year-old, Samage.

What say you, Harry? Well, the only reason that I am not an F1 driver is that I'm still waiting for Kimmy Reichen to retire. Oh, right, okay. Because I'm at number seven. Any reason? Lucky number. That was to my house, my home house, as in where I grew up, was number seven.

That's probably the only reason. Yeah, I'm going to... And I like Kimmy. No. Well, I'm... Fair enough. I do like Kimmy, obviously. Well, you don't.

He managed to ruin... Oh, yeah, true. Screw you. Yeah, you're right. A sulker. Yeah. I am a sulker. Anyway.

I'm just going to be... I should go for 13 because it's past the Maldonado's number, of course. The obvious answer. The obvious answer. Correct. I'm going to be really... Really sad. I can go with number 73

because that was the third and final championship year of Jackie Stewart. Oh yeah, you are. Really sad. Yeah. It's still a better answer

than yours. No, it's not. It very well is. My number is, ha, nice. Exactly. Folks, if you're on the Discord, do a vote, please,

a poll. Who's got the best number choice? 69, 7 or 73? Let's know. Very very out there numbers. all over the shot really.

But we were asked it, so. There you go, we have answered. One brand to advertise in Formula One that isn't currently there. What do you reckon? I mean, not for what they are, but I love a mulg of livery.

I hate smoking, obviously. No, thanks to you smoke, but it's obviously very bad for you, but I love a mould delivery. I would have to go one of two things. Folks, I can't help be a Bing Jeter. Eat a lot of fast food. Eat a lot of chocolate.

So I either have to go for a gorgeous purple Cadbury's livery. Oh, yes. Very milk. Yeah, I think honestly a Cadbury livery with the white sponsoring in their font would be stanging on a Formula Lung Green. How often we get like an

almost like a chrome purple, like a rapper, chrome purple wrapper car? I think that would be really awesome. If not, I don't think it would look good, but hey, I'm loving. it, I'm taking on McDonald's every, all day every day. You know, come on. I got the inking always to make that sound, if it dries around, please.

Every time I overtakes someone. Gear changes. Yeah, going up and down the gears, it'll make that sound. I just think it'd be funny to see, like, Ronald McDonald's face on, like, your wheel arch or something like that. Trying to think what that would look like.

Horrible. Absolutely horrible. But, yeah, no, I'd probably go for a cabri's because I think that purple would be amazing. Also, I'm a massive chocolate fact. If I get a cabri sponsorship for myself, I'm going to take it. I don't say top of those should be us, the late breaking.

Oh, yeah. Well, that's Ben's answer. That is connected to my answer. And I couldn't say late breaking because that's a bit of a, a bit of a cheap. We haven't got any money to sponsor anything. No, exactly. First of all, Cadbury, that is a brilliant answer. I didn't think of it, but that is a brilliant answer.

I've got two. So first of all, that have been there that currently aren't seven up. Fantastic choice, yeah. Recreate that livery on the Jordan, me and E. Very food. related so far. We are. I'm going to go away from food from the other one though and it is related to late braking. It's related to late breaking. I was thinking how could we get our colour or close enough on a car? Spotify. Yeah. Yeah. Connected through what we are obviously and also in terms of the

colours themselves. Also I'm going to ask a Martin and now representing that kind of lovely dark green colour. It's not quite British-rated green but it's like close enough. A green colour. A green colour. A green racing car alongside a yellow racing car for me are the two best colours you can have on a racing car. I think so many cars throughout history have looked good in green and or yellow. Red is so of course it's like a classic but it's so Ferrari through and through that I don't think you can say it's the best colour for a racing car. So yeah, I think Spotify's a fantastic shout out. So yeah, why not sick of cheeky L be sicker on the wing plate? Yeah. And how do we reintroduce yellow to the grid? Starburst. I mean, yes, Starburst is an option. Maybe four.

Fanta? Fanta lemon. Fanta lemon. Fanta lemon. Fanta lemon livery? Yeah, I'm sure there's loads of yellow things and I can't think of a single one right now that is yellow.

Custard. Devonshire Custard. The dating app Bumble. Can't wait for how brosier to get into that. Folks, let us know where you're listening, of course, send us a message, get on Discord, what sponsor would you bring about? That's a really cool question. I like that.

Yeah, that one's got us thinking. Next one, this is a really interesting one. A pair of drivers to make the Ultimate F1 team with and what car would we put them in. This, of course, did come from Royale with cheese on the Discord. One of the best names we've got on the Discord. Royale with Cheese is fantastic. Well done for thinking that up.

I mean, did he think it? Oh, do they think it up or did? Who cares? I've only seen it on his name, their name, sorry. It's your name, I enjoy it, well done. This is a tough one. Car, I will go for the... I've got F-2004, because I love that car. Driver, any driver.

Any driver? Well, I'd have to go, Schumacher in one. And... Brendan Hartley. Brendan Hartley. In the second one. Big Zons. He could do a job.

He's a... He's a solid choice. Well, you think the obvious other answer is Lewis Hamilton, but I think in a team together, would they... You hate Lewis Hamilton, though. You are not a Lewis Hamilton fan, yeah, let's be real. I'm not a Hamilton fan, but... He despises him.

I don't despise him. Because it took all of Schumacher's records away from him. Okay, I'll admit it hurts me. Like, inside, I'll smile and be happy about it, but inside my heart. Records are made to be broken. That's what he said. Yeah, I know, but you're so angry about it, the big side. Yeah, it hurts my soul.

Okay, so he's not going to go in my car. I was going to say he should go in, but I was like maybe they would bump heads and take each other off all the time. I'll put Alonzo in my other car. Well, it's a good thing you solved that issue, right? Yeah, let's put someone else who bumps eggs even more so. They could do the dance together, though. Schumacher could maybe create a seven-time World Champ dance.

No, I wouldn't put Alon's a second car. I would go for, I'll go for someone who no longer races. as well and I would go for Jim Clark. Schumacher, Jim Clark, F-2004. And this is assuming that Jim Clark would be up to speed with the technology of the mid-2000s F-1 character. It's a solid shout. Sam? I mean, I would put Lewis Hamilton in one seat.

You hate Michael Schumacher. I absolutely despise him. No, I don't. I'm a massive Schumacher fan. But because I am also a Hamilton fan, I actually have no issue with him taking records off the shoey, sorry, a dagger to the heart. You can see why we don't get along. Yeah, Louis Ham will be in one seat.

And then I think I will put, because of the historic reasoning, because of the relationship, because of what was also previously achieved, I would put Nicky Lauder in the other seat. Again, in his prime racing days, I would put him in the seat to Hamilton and Lauda, of course, Lauda being a bit of a mentor to Hamilton and Lady Yeas as well. I think they would have the utmost respect for each other. if they could take the modern relationship that they had

before Mickey's sadly passed, but put Nicky's prime skill in the car, I think that would be a very, very exciting team. And there's a little part of me that would almost always want to see Hamilton in a Ferrari. So I'd probably take, you know, one of Louders winning Ferraris. Or I would take the,

because obviously starting at McLaren Hamilton, I would take the MP4-4 as their combined car. So one of those two, I would be more than happy to see. I mean, when I saw this question, I thought, what is the most boring answer to this question? And I've pretty much given it. The most boring answer.

Oh, no. Why don't you start off with a boring? It's a boon. What's boring about that? That would be complete carnage. I am going to go with the boring answer, which is Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, MP44. That cannot be touched.

Yeah, that line up. Unreal. That would be the best flying up all time, and there would be no doubt in it. I mean, if I had to set myself a challenge and pick something that neither of you two picked, I would probably go for, I'll go Senna and Prost. You know, the MP44 was good enough to overcome the rivalry they had. And I'll put them in the Lotus 72.

Very nice. Very nice. If I had to go for someone that maybe, think about someone that maybe didn't wing world championships or something like that, spice it up a little bit. No world champs, yeah. Like, come on, let's, we pick the obvious answers, the fun answers. Let's go for something a little bit out of the box. Just saying yourself up for David Coulthor, are you?

Who knows? No, I think I would definitely grab maybe Crazy Jome Lazy in one seat. Really? Yeah, I love him. It's just exciting to watch. He's just fun. I don't care that he's not the world's best driver. I think he's fun.

To be honest, I would probably go for someone like David Coulthard in the other seat. Oh, come on. I love him. That's a potent lineup. I love him. Sterling Laces. is turning in his grave at the fort that Sam Say has picked David Coulcard over him. I'm not talking about best.

I'm talking about who I think will be a good character. It would be exciting to watch. He would just be enjoyable to have. And I'd put them probably... If you want a good character, I pick Taki andui. King of character, Taki. Oh, sorry, folks. London's erupted outside.

Tachianoo, that is so angry. He's got on it in the safety car. He's so, so angry at me there. I also have him in the Jordan, just because it's going. EJ is the team boss. I appreciate you can't pick Jack Villeneuve because he did win a world championship. I was thinking of his dad though.

Oh yeah. Solid choice. I mean, Stirling Moss is another one. Who else do I like that it's not one of our championship? They would be my actual two, but I was trying to think of someone interesting. Who's that? Stirling Moshane.

Is Javv? I like, yeah. I would go two of Moss, Vilnerv and Peterson. I'd probably go Moss Peterson. Oh, you focus too much on who's just good. Not interesting. Is that what you're going to do, is that what you do to Mercedes-Salem?

You're just focusing on him because he's good. Yeah, he's just the goat. That's boring. Why not put Yuki Sonoda and Al-Mashwari in the car together? This is why you don't have rainover decisions in F-1. Oh, or anything in life, yeah, let's move on. Sunoda and Al-Gaswari. Yeah, DJing it up and swearing.

No, I'm not. One last question. This is probably the most important one of the lot, and it is a specific one for you, Sam. Me? Yes. Hello. How did you become such a passionate fan

of Bautry Botties, Bottas? Oh, no more Botties, please. Now, the thing about my banter with Botas, and that should be a segment on the show, by the way, banter with botas. Oh, weekly. Weekly segment, banter with botas. I am actually, and this will make you shock for you,

I actually really, really like Valkyibottas and always have really liked Valkyra Bautas. Shouldn't have that before. Folks, those who've got watching, Spittatee. Harry is nearly ejecting his water from his mouth at that joke. Which isn't a joke.

When he was at Williams, I was so impressed by Valky Brutas. I thought he was absolutely fantastic and I thoroughly think he deserved a shot out of a big seat. So when he got that Mercedes move, I was so excited. And I was a little bit nervous, actually.

He was going to come along and maybe give Hamilton a spanking after he had obviously gone down from the Rosberg defeat. It could have gone that way And then obviously the issue is Botas became such a me With his porridge botas

Version 42.0 coffee botas That it just becomes a bit funny And then when you see Someone who you really enjoy watching And they're struggling And then it becomes almost like I become a meme of Botas won't win again

I've got to sit by my guns I've not to stand by my word Potas won't win again I still love him I do I still love him It is from a place of love That I take the Mickey as I do with both of you too.

Regularly, I just don't like you. Well, there you go. Finally, this thing's said. We're over. Yeah, it's not really a hate for Bottas. I wish him all the best. I always get excited when he is on the screen unless, of course, he's facing the wrong way

or he's deciding to play bowling and hungry, and then it's not so good. So you just hate him then? Completely, deciding. Absolutely low of them. I'm a bit worried if Bottas doesn't get retained at Mercedes because it feels like someone else is going to have to replace him as your prime target.

And that name will not appear in my brain until race one of the next season. Perez is sweating. Everyone should be panicking. It could be him. Yeah. Yeah, it could be him. I mean, I will find any avenue to bring Botas in and sour his reputation at this point. So who's coming next?

Well, I really, I really heard, I mean, good Lord. Could it be you? Podcast listener Just pointing it to the microphone Could it be you? If you'd like to apply to be the person I rinks for a whole season then getting in a Discord and let me know

Can I do it a lot? I'm exhausted I am exhausted as well I've got used to this in-person chit-chat anymore, you know It's strange actually talking to you It's also a Saturday It is

We never do this It's also really warming here It's a hot Saturday afternoon We're just so dedicated to the course That's all it is. Can I lose now? And we were losing really badly to FIFA. Oh yeah.

We've spung up on the wheel on F1. We lose on FIFA. We are rubbish at everything we do, but hey. So now we thought we'd annoy you guys instead. At least you've just somehow decided to sit here until the end. We haven't got your questions left now. We're just talking. No.

We can ask questions to each other. Well, I don't think the cameras works if I was interested. Oh, no, mine. See you later, camera. Well, listeners, you are the lucky ones here because there are no viewers. No, no viewer. I mean, there would be no viewers if the camera was working, but sure.

It's a fair point. Should we do the formal stuff now and leave? Yeah, I guess so. Yeah. Well, see later. That's not very formal, is it? No. We like to out through these properly.

Yeah, goodbye. It's weird doing it in person. We haven't got the same rhythm that we would usually. Hopefully you've been able to, I'm talking to the list. I don't care about if you enjoyed anything. But hopefully the listeners have enjoyed us being in the same place. is it is a slightly different dynamic. Hopefully you've enjoyed it and can tell.

If you don't ever want us to see each other again, please let us know. I prefer it when you can't hear each other properly due to Wi-Fi signal. Yeah. It has a bit of colour, doesn't it? And it's an additional podcast. It's one more than you thought you'd get in the...

Yeah, so I can sit yourself lucky, actually, all right? Yeah. Jesus. I hope this doesn't throw anyone off their routines at all. Sorry, Jesus. Yeah. That's what I should have said. Yeah.

Again, neat clarification on that. Jesus Christ on a bike. Yeah, that's the sign. That's the sign of it. Sam, wrap this up in at least some sort of formal way and we'll let the people, the good people get on with their day. Right, folks, it's been bizarre. I don't know if you've actually properly answered any questions that you've given,

or if you've found it interesting, I hope you have. Coming up later on in the week, of course, we'll be doing a preview for a race. The Spa Grand Prix in Belgium, Spar Francosan. It's happening. Very excited to be able to watch some... actual racing. Who knows, Botti might actually win a race. So stay tuned for my

reaction and possible forfeit that you might get to vote on should that happen. I hope you've enjoyed it. Thank you so much for you listening and the fact that we can out do a Q&A and offer you ask questions that we can put that together in a podcast. In the meantime, I've been Samuel Sage. I've been Ben Harking and I've been a fan to Ice Lemon. Every week.

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