1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: In another world, I would have had a sweatshirt to 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: bring in today that that said happy Holidays to everyone, 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: but especially Valtrie Bodice, who is an Alpha Mayo driver. 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: But it was stolen, and I want to be petty. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: I have a message for the person who stole it. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: I'm very angry. And that is why after all of 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: our many different props of this season where Alpha Alpha 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: was a little admittedly a little forgotten, so I think, 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: how does a sweatshirt get stolen? Was someone broken to 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: your home? No? No, it was delivery, Yeah it was. 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: It was delivered, and I went right down, like three 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: minutes later, was gone. Those people that steal delivery packages, 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: I've always I've thought about having like some type of 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: weapon delivered that would explode upon impact. I guess I 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: guess what I just described as a mail bomb, which 16 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: is not cool and I shouldn't advocate for that, but 17 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: I want something bad to happen to those people. I 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: will say. There was a viral video of someone who 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: created their own glitter stink bomb and put it on 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: their stoop and say had they had a camera in 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: there so they watched some person opening their car and 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: just ruin their entire car. Yeah, that was good car. 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: You know, it's like that's funny, funny, harmless, but very effective. 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: So I hope that person learned their lesson that a 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: glitter stink bomb could be sitting anywhere people who aren't 26 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: You don't live in major cities, you know, you just 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: get your packages delivered on your porch. It's all good. 28 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: But in New York City you've got five thousand people 29 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: living in the same building. And but yeah, but there's 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: so much trust in the suburbs that I am too changed. 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: So to this end, today we're talking about a team 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: that does have a history in the sport of Formula one, 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: but also can be a little bit forgotten. So that 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: is none other than Alfa Romeo. However, before we are 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: you count them out, I will say they could be 36 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: turning a new leaf right now. So there's a lot 37 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: to be excited about with Alfro Mayo. I personally am 38 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: very stoked about their driver lineup. So there's there's a 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: lot to get into today. Alfa Romeo, Yo, I hit 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: me from my Heart Radio and Sports Illustrated Studios. This 41 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: is choosing sides one. Wow. W Wait, So if you 42 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: thought the whole Renao Alpene history was confusing. Alfa Romeo 43 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: really says, hold my beer. So but we're gonna we're 44 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: gonna skim through a lot of it. Were the the 45 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: broad Strokes Espresso that's actually much better. Yeah, espresso and 46 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: apper all spirits. That seems appropriate. Okay, So we talked 47 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: a little bit about Alfa Mayo with our Ferrari episodes 48 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: because they are intertwined. So just to recap a little 49 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: bit of this. So, Alfa Romeo is an Italian car 50 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: manufacturer that's been around since nineteen ten. They're in name 51 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: was originally just Alpha and it was capital all caps 52 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: A l f A. The founding name was actually an 53 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: acronym for butcher, this Italian annema lombarda fabric, which basically 54 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: means it had a bunch of anonymous investors. And then, uh, 55 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: the Romeo part comes from Nicola Romeo. He was an 56 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: engineer and entrepreneur. He acquires a majority steak in Alpha 57 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifteen, so only a couple of years later, 58 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: and then he eventually owns the entire company by nineteen eighteen. 59 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: And uh yeah, so eventually he of course tax on 60 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: his name Alfromeo. That's that's where it comes from. And 61 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: in term we'll get to the racing part of the team. 62 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: But in terms of our guy Nicola, because of course 63 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: was curious, he ended up leaving Alfa Romeo after a 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: series of bad investments and other issues. By night, I 65 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: have zero other fun facts about him except that he 66 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: has seven children, which is quite a brood. Yes, that's 67 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: that Roman Catholic birth control. Yeah, working around the clock 68 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: or not. Yes, So basically teams al Fromeyo. It's you know, 69 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: brands Alfromeo. As we know, it's still called al Fromeo, 70 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: and it really makes a name for itself in the 71 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: luxury vehicle and car market. In terms of racing, Alfa 72 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: Romeo starts racing in nineteen eleven, so the year after 73 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: its founding. It does have some success across a bunch 74 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: of different series and disciplines, including but not limited to 75 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Formula one, rally, sports car racing, and then touring car racing. 76 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: So yeah, things are going well basically. Though more specifically, 77 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: if we get to Formula one, Alpha has been in 78 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: it since the pre modern era, you know, in Formula 79 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: one debuts as an actual sport in nineteen fifties, so 80 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: they started competing in these kind of grand grands pre 81 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: in the late es other of the new Alphas that 82 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: crosses the line with a brilliant young driver of Algieria, 83 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: Guy Mall. This is where some of their history intersects 84 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: with Mercedes in a couple of different ways. There's long 85 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: supremacy of Italian cars is at last to be challenged 86 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: on the others in Berlin by rear engined auto unions, 87 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: the first new racing cars of the third right, so 88 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: in the nineteen forties, again around the time of World 89 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: War Two, and then directly after they had mixed success 90 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: in these kind of this pre F one era because 91 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: Mercedes was dominating. As we discussed in the Mercedes episode, 92 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: their pre F one cars and Mercedes were were great. 93 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: They want all those European Championships as they were called. Uh. However, 94 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: when F one actually becomes a real formalized sport, Alfa 95 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: Romeo wins out. They actually are the winners of the 96 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: first ever World Championships with Giuseppe Farina, and then they 97 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: win again with a guy one Manuel Fangio Banjo the 98 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: rising star came through to win, and this incidentally at 99 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: the age of thirty nine, when many drivers think of retire. 100 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: Who is like in the sport of legendary guy. Up 101 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: until Michael Schumacher in the early two thousand's, Fangio was 102 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: the winningest championship driver, so for almost half a century 103 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: held that title. No man has given more to the 104 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: essentially a twentieth century out of motor racing than has 105 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: the incomparable je Manuel Fangio, five times champion driver of 106 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: the World. Oh La Fangio. He was Argentinian. Okay, sorry, 107 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: he actually exits the sport of f one after getting 108 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: kidnapped by revolutionaries in Cuba. Kidnapped at Pistol Point by 109 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: Cuban rebels, obviously seeking to embarrass President Fatista's government by 110 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: making sure the star attraction is not on the starting 111 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: line on the big rate. They don't torture him or anything. 112 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: They just keep him there, like give him a sandwich 113 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: and basically how they handed back and he's like, I 114 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: don't really want to do any of this stuff anymore. So, 115 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: I mean this is just a time where crazier shit 116 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: happened exactly. Yeah, So that's Alpha Mayo. They they win 117 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: in nineteen one and then they say peace out this one. Yeah. 118 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: They end on that high note, and they leave for 119 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: a very long time. So again we're going to skip 120 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: over some of this because it's super confusing. But basically, 121 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: from ninety two until the mid nineteen eighties, Alfa ro 122 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: Mayo is sporadically involved as an engine supplier and a 123 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: constructor suppliers. But basically, yeah, none of these teams are 124 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: particularly successful or interesting. So again that's why we're kind 125 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: of breezing through like thirty five years of history here. 126 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: Let's get ahead. The year is now so much more recent. 127 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: Alpha begins partnering again with Ferrari as a sponsor. Their 128 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: logo starts to appear on Ferrari cars. A couple of 129 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: years later eighteen now they become the title sponsor of 130 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: a team called Souber, which has been around for a 131 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: very long time, and Souber is seen again has a 132 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: special relationship with Ferrari. For instance, Charlotte Claire at for 133 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: he got to start his first year was at Souber. 134 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: A lot of drivers in the sort of Ferrari pipeline 135 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: get their start at Suber. Yes, Souber copy, I think 136 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: Alfa Romeo. You know the history they have in the 137 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: sport um it's incredible, so that was taught to like Calderone. 138 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: You might remember her all the way back during our 139 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: first episode, but she was actually an Alfare Mayo test 140 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: driver at one point. Their biggest strength lies in in 141 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: the people they have hired. So a lot of the 142 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: guys that I that I work with are still in 143 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: the team. They have a great team of engineering people 144 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: at the factory, very passionate about what they do, and 145 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: hopefully we'll see them like we have seen at the 146 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: start of this season, that they can fight for really 147 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: good positions. This is where things do get very, very confusing. 148 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: So Alpha returns the sport. They end up taking over 149 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: the name of the Solber team, but the team is 150 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: still operated by Souber, so every all the leader, everyone 151 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: remains at Salber. It's just a new name. So today 152 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: you see Alpha Romeyo now Orleans a sponsor, so it's 153 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: Alpha Romeo Orleans but then operated by Suber. Yeah, confusing, 154 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: but Alpha Mayo basically comes back to the grid in 155 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: historically have not always been the strongest. You know, they 156 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: they're back of the pack when they enter in twenty nineteen, 157 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: so that's kind of where where Alpha sits is back 158 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: maybe maybe back of the midfield or back of the 159 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: entire pack. So yeah, so I guess overall, Alphro Mayo 160 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: Historic team kicks off the F one err and style, 161 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: leaves for a while, kind of returns randomly, and then 162 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: disappears again and is under all sorts of different names, 163 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: and then finally decides for the time being that they 164 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: are in fact going to do this F one thing. 165 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: And so twenty nineteen to present, that's where we're at. 166 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: Sounds like they never should have left. Yeah, you know 167 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: what you can do exactly? It could have been Ferrari. Well, 168 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if i'd want to work under ends 169 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: because he sounds like kind of a nightmare. Yeah, I'm 170 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: gonna google their car. Can of look at their car? 171 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: That is a almost like a cherry red Yeah, I mean, 172 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: all these cars are sweet looking, but that thing is badass. 173 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: Big upgrades for So here's what's working out in their 174 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: favor so far. We're getting to the drivers in a second, 175 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: but in terms of the car, it appears that with 176 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: under the new regulations so far as as of this recording, 177 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: the team is comfortably midfield for the first time in 178 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: a very long time, which is very, very exciting. Yeah, 179 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: and you can just tell the team seems more excited 180 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: and more energized than they have. But I think in 181 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: that in large part has to do with the driver 182 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: line up. Yeah, yeah, I would think you want to 183 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: help move us on to drive. No, I don't. Actually, 184 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: I'd like to stop. I'd like to stop there. I'm 185 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: so excited. This is my underrated king. Well who's driving 186 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: their cars? We'll get into the drivers, but right after 187 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: we take a break. Okay, I am going to be 188 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: making this is a whole personal pitch from me. I 189 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: am welcoming you with open arms. I love this. Okay, 190 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: in our kind of number one seat here we have 191 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: got uh Finnish Instagram boyfriend. And as I said, King, 192 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: Valtorie Bodice excellent name. Yes you have a dog Walter. 193 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: Valterie is the finished version of the name Walter. You 194 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: already have a bit of a connection to Valtorie Bodice. 195 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: And it should be noted for our millions of listeners 196 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: that Walter is on the lab of YOHI right now 197 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: I think is he is? He's such a little slut 198 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: I left. Okay, So Valtorie, I like this guy? Yea 199 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: valty body. Why do you like him, okay, So let's 200 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: do a little bit of Valterie's history here. So Valtorie 201 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 1: comes from humble beginnings. He is not a millionaire's kid, 202 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: a billionaire's kid or anything. So his dad owns a 203 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: small cleaning company and his mother is a funeral director. 204 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: Here that Nicholas Latifi. He wishes he could be valtere Bodice, 205 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: which his funeral director mom and cleaning company dad. Another 206 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: fun fact about Valterie he actually served in the Finnish 207 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: Army for a short time because it's mandatory for adult men, 208 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: so he obtained the rank of Lance corporal. Great, yeah, 209 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 1: I love to see it. So yeah, Valtorie doesn't get 210 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: his start through a racing family. In fact, his whole 211 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: career is due to a chance encounter when he was 212 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: six years old where he's at the grocery store with 213 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: his grandfather, happens to see a flyer for just a 214 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: local carting event that's happening, and decides to go. So 215 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: that's already great. And what also intersects with this time 216 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: we're talking about the nineties, with Valtories now in his 217 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: early thirties. In the nineties, there is an iconic finish 218 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: racing driver named Mika Hackenan he won two back to 219 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: back titles in the late nineties, joyfully out of the car. 220 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: There's so there's a lot of fervor around Mica. He's 221 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: also very finished and being kind of earnest a little 222 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: riot times. It looked very easy, was it? Oh yeah, 223 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: it was so easy, and you can't believe it. No, 224 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: I wasn't so Valtorie between going to this local carding 225 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: event and Mika, you know, hackened In being in the 226 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: news all the time, you know, he's he's hooked on this. Yeah. 227 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: So he eventually is able to make his way to 228 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: the carding scene and and gets into competitive carding throughout 229 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: the early and mid two thousand's, eventually makes his way 230 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: to open will racing, to these junior formula categories where 231 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: he picks up a ton of victories. The young Finn 232 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: really is being touted the next Kimmie Ryk and then 233 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 1: he's certainly got the same line in dry humor. He's 234 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: looking unstoppable. Everything's going great for Valterie, and in he 235 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: gets a gig as a test driver for Williams, which 236 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: we just talked about. To see Valtery connecting with the 237 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: team you like. Uh, and this is when he's still 238 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: kind of serving in in junior you know, racing in 239 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: junior formulas. Finally, the year he gets a spot on 240 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: Williams team. However, it was a rough year. Both both 241 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: cars didn't do well, you know, it just it was 242 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: a rough one. However, things improved in he ends up 243 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: finishing in the driver's Championship standings and P four and 244 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: P five. Yeah, so William's car was working, Val was 245 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: doing well exactly exactly. Things are looking good, you know, 246 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: he gets he gets the teams, blessing, etcetera. And then 247 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: things really start to look good. A couple of years later, 248 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: the end of the season, Mercedes has Lewis Hamilton's and 249 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: Nico Rossberg to former besties who are now arch rivals, 250 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: and Nico Rossberg, after a very toxic, just terribly divisive season, 251 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: ends up winning his first and only world championship and 252 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: beats out Louis at the last second. And so, as 253 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: if that wasn't dramatic enough, five days after winning this 254 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: world title, I want to take the opportunity to announce 255 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: that I've decided to end my FUMLA one career um 256 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: in this moment here on Monday. That's what I was 257 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: going to say. I thought that was coming. Yeah, and 258 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: he had two more years left on his contract. Piste 259 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: Lewis off too well. Mercedes wasn't expecting it, you know. Again, 260 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: similar to this whole, uh, this whole Daniel Ricardo suddenly 261 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: leaving a vacuum at Red Bull, Nico's sudden retirement announcement 262 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: is you know, shock retirement basically leaves another big void 263 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: for Mercedes. We need to just come up with a decision, 264 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: look at the drivers that are out there, and then 265 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: hopefully quickly decided they now have an open seat that 266 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: they weren't necessarily expecting to fill. For a bit, they're 267 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: kind of like, who could we fill in this seat? 268 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: Who won't We don't want to repeat of this Nico 269 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Lewis drama. It's not good for team morale, it's not 270 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: good for the constructor. You know. They don't want to 271 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: put a second Niko in there and make this whole 272 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: thing bad. So I guess who's been doing well during 273 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: his time and f one, I want to present a 274 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: new member of the family, So give him a big 275 00:15:55,360 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: round of applause. As certain Valterie Walter Bodice. I' kidding. 276 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: His liddle name is not. His name was on Walter. 277 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: Walter spots are so coveted and it's such high stakes 278 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: that when one person leaves, it just sends waves. It's 279 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: such an enormous earthquake of action that then has to 280 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: follow to get everything back in place exactly. And especially 281 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: in this case, it was a surprise, right, it's already 282 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: it's already a bit a bit chaotic, so everyone is 283 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: trying to figure out this Val guy who's been on 284 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: the grid for a little bit. And basically Valtree ends 285 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: up spending five seasons at Mercedes and they were a 286 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: little tough, so he has his highs and his lows. Yeah, 287 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: he wins a bunch of races. He's really fast in qualifying, 288 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: so he gets a lot of poll positions. He finishes 289 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: on the podium a ton during his five Mercedes years. 290 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: He ends up i think in finishing P. Three in 291 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: the standings twice and P two twice, so behind Lewis Lewis, 292 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: and then this past year it was between Lewis and Max, 293 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: so he was third behind the two of them. There 294 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: are a couple of issues, though they are always existing, 295 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: so one obviously Louis Hamilton's Sir Lewis Hamilton's is his teammate. Uh, 296 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: Lewis is the goat, that's the guy who you're being 297 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: compared to constant. It kind of sucks if you're paid 298 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: two and you still feel like the guy in this 299 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: in the garage next to you is beating you exactly 300 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: and the Lewis is in the midst of this string 301 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: of victories, right, and on top of that it's already 302 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: kind of an issue, is that the team chose bias 303 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: towards Louis at two point two. Do not fight with Louis. 304 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: There's several occasions of this where they give those team 305 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 1: orders to have Valtrie, you know, move aside, to let 306 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: Louis through, to do something in a race or a 307 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: qualifying session to make things better for Louis. Yeah, Patrians, James, 308 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: please about the fastest laugh attempt for the end of lap. 309 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes it happens at the detriment of Valtori's own race 310 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: or own strategy to difficult day for you, difficuld day 311 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: for us. Let's discuss it afterwards. That sucks. Yeah, just 312 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: a quick interjection here. Um. Valtrie himself made some unusually 313 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: candidate remarks on this whole situation on One's official podcast, 314 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: Beyond the Grid. It was like, I don't know what's 315 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: the description, like biting my own teeth together and really 316 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 1: didn't feel natural and not right because I'm the racer, 317 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: but I did it for the team, so it's just 318 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: not fun. And it's it's again of the course of 319 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: five years, so it's not like this happened one or 320 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: two races. This is half a decade. And then, as 321 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 1: if all of that wasn't enough, Mercedes team boss Toto 322 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: Wolf Daddy Toto. We have not talked about him at 323 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: length in a little bit, but Daddy Toto refuses to 324 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: give Valtrie a contract longer than year to year, so 325 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: he's on five one year contracts while Lewis, yeah, Lewis 326 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: is getting signed. Everyone's inn sent a multi year you know. 327 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: So he feels like, and he's talked about this in interviews. 328 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: He was actually very brutally honest after it right after 329 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: he left Mercedes that you have pressure contractually for nine 330 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: years for your formal one career year by year, it 331 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: starts to eat you from inside, you know. Yeah, it doesn't. 332 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: It makes you not feels confident. It makes you like 333 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: the team is not really backing you. But that's really 334 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: stupid of Daddy Toto because this guy isn't some okay driver, 335 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: he's P two, P three. Give him a multi year 336 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: deal and pay him a lot and Louis, that's really 337 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: done with them. According to Valtorie, Toto's rationale is that 338 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: the year two year lights of fire under Valterie. Yeah, 339 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: but you can only ignite so many fires. It's just 340 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: very exacting feeling because we're talking about Alpha Romeo that 341 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: that's what happened. Yeah, there's always little frustrations. Interestingly, director 342 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: Survive has made him and Louis seem a little more 343 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: adversarial at times. And yeah, again, as like with everyone else, 344 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 1: they've had their moments, but generally a lot of Valtorie's 345 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: biggest resentments have been more with Mercedes leadership than with 346 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: Louis Hamilton's and him and Louis actually have a really 347 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: sweet relationship. They are both, like I said, now in 348 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: their thirties, so they were older and when he came 349 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: on the team is a little bit older in his career, 350 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: a little more developed. Louis was a little bit more mature, 351 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: than he was, you know, back when he was winning 352 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: his first title with McLaren in the late two thousand's, 353 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: so generally taking them on a personal level, they do 354 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: get along. After Louis lost his bid at the eighth 355 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: world title last year, he only came out of hiding 356 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: for two events. It was to get knighted by Prince 357 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: Charles and the second was Valtorie's Parwell party. So it's 358 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: obvious that he holds him in high regard. He he 359 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: really when he left too, had really nice things to say. 360 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: You know, if Lewis didn't want to do things, he 361 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: just won't do things. That's pretty wonderful because they definitely 362 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: we're in a position to be in the trenches together 363 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: and they could. You know, it's very likely you don't 364 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: like those people, so that's cool. The two of them 365 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: are also up there in terms of being one of 366 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: the most successful partner's driver partnerships in F one history. 367 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: So of course, you know it's Vale's fifth season. There's 368 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: already a little bit of something in the air where 369 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: people feel like he's he's maybe on his way out. 370 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: Everyone knows George Russell are Apparent has been at Williams 371 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: for three years. How much longer can you keep this 372 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: poor kid? Who have you annointed the golden boy at 373 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: a shitty team. And on top of that, Valtterie is 374 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: really not having a great season. It's fine, it's just 375 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: not his best. He crashes, he has some other slip ups. 376 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: Is just not it's just not looking good long term. 377 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: And at this point he's in his early thirties. He 378 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: wants some more stability and security. He doesn't want to 379 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: be fighting year to year for that Mercedes contract. Yeah, 380 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: he's gotten the winds, he's gotten the pole positions, he's 381 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: ended up on the podium in the standings like he doesn't. 382 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: He's achieved all of that, so he's kind of looking 383 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: for what does he want next? So he announces in 384 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 1: late one that he is going to be moving to 385 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: Alpha Romeo. He's had to play second fiddle to Lewis 386 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: Hamilton in all of those years, so he will go 387 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: and be the main man at Alpha Romeo, which everyone's 388 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: kind of like, okay, you know, they finished p nine 389 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: in one out of ten teams. Everyone's king, well, that's 390 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: good for him. You know, he's still in the grid, 391 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: but he's really stoked because he gets a multi year deal. 392 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: And what's interesting is I listened obviously as a fan 393 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: of his too many interviews, and he was very much like, 394 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: trust me, they're going to do cool things in two 395 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: Like he was very adamant about this in a way 396 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 1: that Valtorie is a very earnest finish man. He does 397 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: really hype things, So I was I was really intrigued 398 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: that he was so excited about the move. Obviously he 399 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: knows he's gonna be the number one driver. So we're 400 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: at VAL's first season where the season's obviously still going on. However, 401 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: immediately off the bat with the first race, Valtrie makes 402 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: it to Q three, the you know, the final stage 403 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: of qualifying. He starts earning points off the bat and 404 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: and as of right now, Alpha is kind of switching 405 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: between P five, P six and the standings so Humongous 406 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: jumped for them pretty much entirely based on Valtteries standings 407 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: in these races. So he's just been been killing it 408 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: on the grid thus far. Obviously seems a lot more comfortable, 409 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: a little more secure because he knows he's not fighting 410 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: for a contract at the end of the season. He 411 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: signed a multi year deal, multi year so aside from 412 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: all of this racing with Valve. Okay, here's what I 413 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: really like about Valtorie, and I will say, I don't 414 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: know if it's that maybe Louis a little bit of 415 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 1: Louis's whole vibe rubbed off on him over the years. 416 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: But he has a lot going on off the track. 417 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: So first and foremost, his girlfriend is an Australian Olympic 418 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: cyclists named Tiffany Cromwell. Yes, but they are like a duo, 419 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: like they are the O t P. I ship them. 420 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: There are two couples. I will be devastated if they 421 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: ever break up and one true pair, One true pair. Okay, 422 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: did you know that? What do you think? Yes? The 423 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: answers yes, they say this in his rob I actually 424 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: did not know. I mean, I love Lily's generation just 425 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: throws these acronyms around as if we're supposed to have 426 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: any shitty idea what that means? Okay, t one true pair, Yes, 427 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: but they're doing an endgame. Is their end game. So 428 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: tiff and Vale are very fun because because of Tiffany. 429 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,959 Speaker 1: Oh no, I love Tiffin Vale, so I call them 430 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: mom and Dad in my newsletter. Um, so Tiffin Vale, 431 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: like when he's not racing. They travel around like cycling 432 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: everywhere together and if he's not having a race weekend, 433 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: he will go to her I cling races. Yeah, And 434 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: similarly she'll come to the paddock if she's not racing 435 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: a lot of times to anyone who's kind of connected 436 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: to the teams of the drivers during not races can 437 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: like use the tracks. So she'll cycle on these official 438 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: F one tracks if no one's practicing or just you 439 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: know whatever, they're allowed to do that, so it would 440 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: be sweeter if people were practicing for the bike out there. 441 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: It's very squid game. So he'll he turns into a 442 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: total Instagram boyfriend. He takes photos on the side of 443 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: the road of her and all of her friends. He 444 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: sets up a tripod and like a full full professional 445 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: camera setup. He has the water and the granola bar. 446 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: As soon as she finishes and she collapses into his 447 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: arm like it's very is this is o t P ship? Yeah, 448 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: there's something very cool about a egomaniac Formula one driver 449 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: offering support and very and very gladly being a supportive 450 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: figure and not the attention. Yeah's attraction. Aside from that, though, 451 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: other things he's done he is a known coffee connoisseur. Oh, 452 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 1: I love him all ready, Finish love their coffee, they do. 453 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: He also judges coffee competitions on the side. You know, 454 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: I want to taste one of his expressions because I'm 455 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: I'm addicted to coffee as he is so um alf 456 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: Ro Mayo test driver Tatiana Calderon Again, besides the coffee, 457 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: I think, you know, Pottery is somebody that has so 458 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: much experience with with a top team. He knows what 459 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: it feels and what it takes to win a Formula 460 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: One race to be on full position, and that's what 461 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: any team would like to have um as as a 462 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 1: as a racing driver. Somebody with the experience, with the knowledge, 463 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: with the speed and the maturity that he brings to 464 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: the team. I think it's it's a great addition. Velter 465 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: has got some stuff going on in the grid's he's 466 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: making moves this year, and then he also seems to 467 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: have a rich personal life outside of the sport. Plenty 468 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: of hobbies, a lot to like here, a lot to 469 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: like you, a lot to like here. And also one 470 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: of the things you said that I love, as you said, 471 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: he's not like a hype guy. He's not like over promoting. 472 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: If anything, he he under promises an over delve. I 473 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: love it, and I also love and I can hear 474 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: Yohi's microphone getting ready to get this in. I also 475 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: love that he's placing P two, P three behind this 476 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, mega star, and yet the mega star still 477 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: has mad respect for him, you know what I mean. 478 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 1: It's like, I'm excited for him to be in this 479 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: number one car position at a team, even though we 480 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: haven't talked about the second driver yet, but but we will. Jo, Hi, 481 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: just hit me with it. No, I'm just wondering if 482 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: you could maybe maybe talk a little bit about there 483 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: there have been a lot of really really good finished drivers. 484 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: If you were going to give me a piece of 485 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: paper and say, write down fifty countries that have historically 486 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: been good at racing, I don't think I would ever 487 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: have even written down Finland. I would have written Usta 488 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: Rica before I would have written Finland. Yeah, it's a 489 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: little bit random, but they do have a history of 490 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: success in the sport. So you've got Yamka hacking in 491 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: back in the nineties, you've got Kimmi reikin In was 492 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: known as the Iceman which is pretty funny. Kiki Rossberg, 493 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: his son Nico was the guy who won the Mark 494 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: World Championship against Lewis and retired. They're all very earnest, 495 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: they're a little bit self serious, have a very dry 496 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: sense of humor typically, and it seems to work for 497 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: them in terms of high speed race card. Right, yeah, 498 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: thank you for indulging me. Quick break and we're back. Okay. 499 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: I love this guy. But there's two people that race 500 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: for Alpha Romeo. So who's the other guy? The other guy? Okay? 501 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: So he is a Chinese drivers, Yes, the first Chinese 502 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: driver in the history of F one. And so the 503 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: reason I say that is because he in his lower 504 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: formulas they used to call him guan Yu Joe, but 505 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: upon entering Formula one, he's like, hey, I want you 506 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: to pronounce my name the way you know, the Chinese 507 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: tradition surname first. So it's Joe guan You, now Joe 508 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: guan You. Okay. So Gwanyu is the lone rookie on 509 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: this gridge and for certain the only Chinese driver ever ever. Yes, 510 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: so we'll get into him more. But Formula one, like 511 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 1: NBA Tennis Olympics, they're all realizing this market exists and 512 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: we need to be in it. Yes, he actually moved 513 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: to the UK from China all the way back in 514 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: so he would have been yeadolyst like preteen years old 515 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: because of the fact that there wasn't a lot of 516 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: really great competitive racing in China. He wanted more opportunity, 517 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: He wanted to learn from the best. He had the 518 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: money to do that, so he he moved halfway across 519 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: the world for that chance. There's a lot to say 520 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: about Joe in terms of his career. I mean, he 521 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: has had some successes and all of that. I would say, 522 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: we don't know too much about his personal background. This 523 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: I think makes sense and in line with the Chinese tradition, 524 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: So we don't know too much. We do know he 525 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: has money. He has a very extensive designer shoe collection, 526 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: sneaker collection. He has a sneaker head. So if he's 527 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: dropping like five different pairs of Valenciaga sneakers, you have 528 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: to assume that there is money somewhere in that pipeline. 529 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, he also has a little bit, just a 530 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: tiny bit of the Nicholas Latifi Allah Williams thing going on. Yeah, 531 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: he has he for instance, stayed a little bit longer 532 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: in some formulas, So he was in Formula to, for instance, 533 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: for three years, whereas as we've established most drivers on 534 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: any given series usually only one to two years. So 535 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,719 Speaker 1: has has enough money wherever it's coming from to have 536 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: some longevity where a lot of drivers do not. Can 537 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: I play a bad cop for a second. Yes? Did 538 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: they just make sure he had a eat because he's 539 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: Chinese and this is an enormous market. The Formula one 540 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: is never even tapped into ever A complicated question, we'll 541 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: get into it. So yeah. So here's where things get 542 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: very sticky or murky. Is that the rumor is no 543 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: one has said this out loud. We don't know if 544 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: it's exactly the Chinese government, if it's you know, Chinese, 545 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: other Chinese sponsors they offer up alph Mayo, They're like, hey, 546 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: if you get put this guy on you in this seat, 547 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: there's thirty million pounds waiting for you or more. Is 548 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: this not the horse head in the bed of Godfather? Yeah? 549 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: So why can't if you just win Formula two, why 550 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: don't you just automatically get a seat, Like, why don't 551 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: they just make that the fucking rule that suggestion I 552 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: love that. It's episode fourteen and YOHI now just says 553 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: I love what Michael said. Um, actually it's okay. Rob turns, 554 00:30:54,080 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: Rob turns, Mike off. Joe has some backing. And it's 555 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: hard about this is there's been theories on who is 556 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: behind this and what exactly was promised. We don't We 557 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: still don't really know, I will say. Unsurprisingly, a lot 558 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: of the discussion about the money behind Joe has been 559 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: plagued by a lot of racism and xenophobia, and it's 560 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: interesting that's like, hmm, you don't have anything to say 561 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: about like the white European guys who had a very 562 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: similar set up in the past, but suddenly, you know, 563 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: Joe Guani is a different, whole, different beast to share 564 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: to those. So so that's been very tricky, is that. Yeah, Like, 565 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: no one quite knows where it's coming from. Some people like, yeah, 566 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: it's definitely the government. Some people like, oh, it's it's 567 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: some sort of industry in cahoots with the government. A 568 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: long story short, It's one of those situations where some 569 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: people are like, yes, Joe is absolutely a pay driver, 570 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: and other people like, well, he's like a weird like 571 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: because we don't really know what exactly it is. But 572 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: he has miracles standed up on this seat. We know 573 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: he has money, we know he's connected to some people 574 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: of money. Basically just a lot of question marks and yeah, 575 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: that's what's led to unfortunately, has some suspicions, some attacks 576 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: and whatnot. Yeah. So in terms of his driving, he 577 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: did on his first race, so his Formula one debut, 578 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: he did score point, he got ten. Yeah, he has 579 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: struggled since then. He got to P. Eleven's in a 580 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: row the poor guy, which is the first position where 581 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: you don't get any points. He's had some spins and 582 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: crash and this and that, which again he's a rookie. 583 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: This is all kind of expected. I will say what 584 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: he has going for him. One he's incredibly friendly and 585 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: two he treats the team well. So after he got 586 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: this point, I know he's not a fun a fun villain, 587 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: but he after he got his first point in his debut, 588 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: he went around bowing to everyone. And he's always been 589 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: also a good sport about the fact that Valterie Is 590 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: is the number one guy and is doing really well overall. 591 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: And they also seem to have a really I mean 592 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: they're ten years of parting age, right, so, but they 593 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: have a very cordial, nice, friendly, positive relationship. It's very 594 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: early days in there in their relationship because the other 595 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: both new to the team. But at least joke on 596 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: you for all that's going on with the money or whatever. 597 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: He himself seems to be okay. He's in an odd 598 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: position and where it feels like he could go either 599 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: way as the paid driver or no, I'm really really 600 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: good and you know I have some backing, but I 601 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: guess time will tell on that. Yeah. Unfortunately, it is 602 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: too early to really form an opinion of his racing. 603 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: But I'm intrigued. I would say that's the word. I'm intrigued. 604 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: And from a marketing standpoint, the potential is enormous and 605 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: it's probably a big part plus thirty million pounds of 606 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: why Alpha Romeo took a chance on him exactly. He 607 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: has to speak English, right, Yes, he does speak English, um, 608 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: and I mean he lived in in the UK for 609 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: a decade before this. The other thing that a lot 610 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: of people, myself included like is that he is a 611 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: little bit of a fashionista. He has talked about looking 612 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: up to Lewis in terms of his fashion. As I said, 613 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: he's a massive designer, shoe collection sneaker head. Yeah, total, 614 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: totally into that and can speak pretty intelligently about his collections. 615 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: Let me show you some photos of Oh shit, is 616 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,239 Speaker 1: you holding a purse? It's a bag. But like that's uh, 617 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: that's a bold move. It is. But good for him 618 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: for for having the confidence to rock that he's trying 619 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: stuff out here. Have to get a bad personel only 620 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: if it's a triangle. Okay, I guess I gotta get one. 621 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: So we have now met nine out of our ten teams. 622 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: Where is Where is Alpha coming in for you? Now? 623 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: I don't love the paid driver situation. That really hurts. 624 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure that was a big decision they had to 625 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,760 Speaker 1: make because they needed the money whatever. But Valtrie is awesome. 626 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: Alpha Romeo brand name awesome, the car. That car is beautiful. 627 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: The cherry red I love. So I'm gonna say for me, 628 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: Alpha Tori is somewhere in here. Williams, I still like 629 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 1: a lot, and Alfa Romeo I like a lot. You've 630 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: got some real different picks up and down. I know, 631 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: I know, And it's basically here's how it's working for me. 632 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: A brand name. I recognize and feel something about plus 633 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: at least one driver who has guts and grit and 634 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 1: is maybe a little understated. I think I've just come 635 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: up with my own formula. You're just psycho analyzed yourself. 636 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: How does that say about me? And so where where? Yeah? 637 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: Where do Valterie and Joe sort of come into play? 638 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: He doesn't come into play. Sorry, it sounds like I'm 639 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: being a jerk. But proof show me, Joe that you're 640 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,919 Speaker 1: an amazing driver. Will We'll find out. Valtrie is great. 641 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: I love it. I think it's awesome that he's paid 642 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: his dues. I love the Lewis Hamilton's thing that he 643 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: you know, was with him and beat him sometimes and 644 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:45,360 Speaker 1: they still have some. I love the finished thing. Coffee. 645 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: Come on, I have I text all you guys every day? 646 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: Who needs a coffee? And everyone ignores me? You know 647 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: who wouldn't ignore you if you texted him, Valterie. He 648 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: would talk to you about coffee. He would Yeah, exactly right, 649 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 1: exactly right. I should have brought Valterorie's favorite coffee with 650 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: me today. Unfortunately it was very specific and long, and 651 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: you should have brought your alpha Romeo sweatshirt. But it 652 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: got stolen. Sorry guys. Before we sign off, I just 653 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: need to give you guys a quick update. Okay, so 654 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: we have produced introduction and now he thinks he freaking 655 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: runs this whole thing. Producer goo hi, take it away. 656 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 1: So do you guys remember Silly Season. Well, at the 657 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: very tail end of Silly Season, Alpha Romeo announced that 658 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 1: it is ending its partnership with Souber. So that's gonna 659 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: happen at the end of the three season So in 660 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 1: about a year and a half for real, are you joking? Yeah? 661 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: I know, I know, and it This could mean it's 662 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 1: pulling out of the sport entirely, or perhaps it's just 663 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: switching partners. We really don't know yet, but yeah, that's um. 664 00:36:52,920 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: That's that. Next time, we have our final team. This 665 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,919 Speaker 1: team is the only American owned team on the Grid. 666 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: Here we go. They are an episode of the Office personified. 667 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,400 Speaker 1: If you said we need to make a mockumentary series 668 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: based on a Formula one team, I would say, just 669 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: film the Hoss Garage. Don't even need to hire actors 670 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: or make scripts. Just film Hoss. Is it a German brand? 671 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: It is not. It is in fact American named after 672 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 1: an American named Gene Hass. We will have more white 673 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: collar crime. We will have some of the funniest and 674 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,840 Speaker 1: weirdest sketchy sponsors. We have some real villains. We have 675 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 1: Michael Schumacher's son finally entering the picture. And we also 676 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: have another really fun comeback story. It is your favorite guy, 677 00:37:53,880 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: the suck my Ball's Mate man himself, Kevin Magnusson Balls Mate. 678 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: That something so funny about that because Mate is basically 679 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: like friends. That's like, hey, hey, my friend Paul. So 680 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: they truly have everything at HOSS, and I think that 681 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 1: they finished last last year they did not a single 682 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: point was earned. So we're gonna have a lot of fun. 683 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I can't wait to hear about it. 684 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:29,839 Speaker 1: Thank you, Lilly. This has been Choosing Sides f one, 685 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: a production of Sports Illustrated Studios and I Heart Radio. 686 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 1: The show was hosted by Michael Costa and Lily Harp. 687 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: This episode was produced by Lily Harman and our senior 688 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 1: producer Hi Tal, who also did the sound design at 689 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: the cutting room studios. 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