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Rachelle 00:00:08 

I'm so excited to talk about the teams for Formula One.

Hannah 00:00:12

Me too, and there's a few changes for 2021, so I think it's important to kind of lay the groundwork of who's all there.

Rachelle 00:00:20 

Yes. Agreed, and just to preface for ourselves, we started watching “Drive to Survive” a week ago. The week before that, I asked my mother what a McLaren was so. You can see my growth and progress, so take everything we say with a grain of salt.

Hannah 00:00:37 

We’re still researching and we're still learning.

Rachelle 00:00:46 

We hope you can learn with us. You, the audience.

Hannah 00:00:51 

That doesn't exist yet. But will! 

Rachelle 00:00:53 

But will!

Hannah 00:00:57 

So, Formula One is basically a race car driving competition. And the races are called Grands Prix. And I mean at least this year there's 23, and I think it's usually around two dozen, and they're all over the world and in total, currently, there's ten teams. And the general team structure is the CEO. And then there's a principal who is kind of like a general manager, and two drivers. So there's, in the whole Formula One organization, there's 20 drivers total.

Rachelle 00:01:31 

They're literally the fastest people on the planet.

Hannah 00:01:34 Hannah

Yes, very. And the first team, that's the fastest. And best, I think for a long time, like the last decade, is Mercedes and their CEO and principal is Toto Wolff.

Rachelle 00:01:51 

Toto Wolff

Hannah 00:01:52 

Toto Wolff. We're obsessed.

Rachelle 00:01:56 

There's no way to describe the vibe he gives off.

Hannah 00:02:01 

Right?

Rachelle 00:02:02 

It's something you have to experience for yourself.

Hannah 00:02:04

Like if you just Google him and see photos and read about him. It's not the same. You have to watch him in interviews. Because he just has this... He is kind of like Arnold Schwarzenegger like in his. Voice and kind of like sternness, but he also has like sarcasm and like funny comments. Uhm, and just a lot of charm, I think.

Rachelle 00:02:34 

Agreed, it's... It's hard to put into words. It's something you have to experience for yourself.

Hannah 00:02:40 

I think everyone who knows how to loves him.

Rachelle 00:02:45 

Agreed, unless you're Christian, maybe not so much.

Hannah 00:02:52 Hannah

We'll get into Christian. I think he has some sort of complex.

Rachelle 00:02:53 

We’ll, get into Christian. Also, Toto is super duper rich. Cause he owns 30% of Mercedes as well.

Hannah 00:03:00

His net worth is $700,000,000.

Rachelle 00:03:05 

Money, money, money.

Hannah 00:03:06 

A lot of that came from investments in... Well, online it said like the Internet and technology, so he must have been early on the bubble.

Rachelle 00:03:18 

Toto Wolff invested in the Internet? He's so smart.

Hannah 00:03:22 

I love the Internet even more now.

Rachelle 00:03:26 

It’s given us Formula One.

Hannah 00:03:28 

Yes, uh, but also on the Mercedes team, the number one driver is Sir Lewis Hamilton.

Rachelle 00:03:37 

He is knighted.

Hannah 00:03:39 

Yes he is. And he's the best in every way.

Rachelle 00:03:44 

In every way. It's almost infuriating. If I was competing against him, I'd be really annoyed.

Hannah 00:03:49 

Yeah, just cause he's so nice and well liked. It's like I think when you're in a competition like that and have like a lot of like pent up energy and anger, you want, like, to be aggressive towards people, yeah, but you can't be aggressive towards Hamilton or you come off as a complete dick and look awful.

Rachelle 00:04:15 

Because he's just so humble, especially considering what he's achieved.

Hannah 00:04:21 

Right, which are 7 World Championships. 

Rachelle 00:04:26 Rachelle

He’s tied with Michael Schumacher.

Hannah 00:04:28 

Right, so if he wins this year’s World championship, that will be record breaking. And he's also the only black driver in F1. And he actively promotes a lot of social causes, like Black Lives Matter, also like animal rights, climate change. Yeah, he just cares a lot about everyone. He is full of love.

Rachelle 00:04:59 

All around, really great guy.

Hannah 00:05:00 

I think we, even though we like seeing the competition.

Rachelle 00:05:06 

We want him to succeed.

Hannah 00:05:06 

I think we all want Hamilton to win his eighth World championship. But then hopefully after like he breaks the record, I mean. Or t just gets more competitive, but I don't want it to be taken from him this season specifically.

Rachelle 00:05:22 

I want him to achieve that so we can move on to the next generation.

Hannah 00:05:29 

Like we need to be done with the Hamilton era, but it needs a good ending.

Rachelle 00:05:35 

I agree it needs to end this way. So next, is Valtteri Bottas. Bottas? Bottas? Yes, he is Finnish.

Hannah 00:05:43 

Yes. And likes nude saunas.

00:05:48 Rachelle

Theoretically, in Finland there are only nude saunas You don't go clothed into a sauna.

Hannah 00:05:57 

Right, so there's...

Rachelle 00:05:59 

We saw a lot of ass in the Netflix documentary.

Hannah 00:06:04 

Right, it was a bit jarring.

Rachelle 00:06:06 

Yes, no one was expecting it.

Hannah 00:06:08 

Well, Bottas has a sad story because he's always behind Hamilton. In every way.

Rachelle 00:06:16 

He's not quite as humble. He's not quite as fast. He's not quite as charismatic. He’s...

Hannah 00:06:22 

He's not as likeable. But I mean, the thing is, he's a fine person. There's nothing wrong with him. It's just in comparison to Hamilton. He's mediocre at best.

Rachelle 00:06:35 

He’s meh.

Hannah 00:06:36 

He's very meh. Uhm, I do think. He's always the bridesmaid, never the bride, and that makes him into a psychopath inside.

Rachelle 00:06:48 

That's what all the saunas are for.

Hannah 00:06:50 

Right, he needs to decompress and detox. Because I mean you could see he is emotional underneath and he's clearly frustrated.

Rachelle 00:07:03 

And he's not getting support. Toto doesn’t  give a shit about poor Bottas.

Hannah 00:07:10 

Toto Is interested in making money. And getting podiums. And Bottas isn't doing shit for Toto.

Rachelle 00:07:19 

He was helping keep Hamilton first.

Hannah 00:07:24 Rachelle

He's helping the money maker make the money.

Rachelle 00:07:29 Rachelle

Otherwise, he's useless. But we want justice for Bottas. To move teams where he can shine.

Hannah 00:07:35 

Yeah, we were thinking maybe AlphaTauri because they're a come-up team.

Rachelle 00:07:41 

But he's coming down.

Hannah 00:07:43 

He'll be coming down to come up. You can’t go up from Mercedes. 

Rachelle 00:07:46 

Fair, he helps elevate AlphaTauri.

Hannah 00:07:48 

He has to come down from Mercedes, but then make a name for himself and. And if, like Hamilton leaves in the future like he can be competitive with like the top teams.

Rachelle 00:08:01 

Yes, but he's also never going to be the number one Mercedes driver.

Hannah 00:08:03 

Exactly. So he has to leave Mercedes and go somewhere where people prioritize him.

Rachelle 00:08:10 

Yes, he deserves that. He's been put on the back burner for so long. He deserves some TLC and pampering.

Hannah 00:08:18 

Next, Red Bull. What a fun team!

Rachelle 00:08:22 

Super Fun, super energetic. I wonder where they get it from?

Hannah 00:08:26 

Definitely from Christian Horner who is the team principal.

00:08:32 Rachelle

He's married to Ginger Spice and they have a very ginger family. And two donkeys. Do you know how posh you have to be to have a donkey farm?

00:08:44 Hannah

Yes, they're loaded .

00:08:47 Rachelle

Not as loaded as Toto.

00:08:49 Hannah

Or Lawrence.

00:08:51 Rachelle

Or who? Oh, Lawrence.

00:08:53 Hannah

Year, we'll get to Lawrence, but he's the richest of them all.

00:08:57 Rachelle

No one is as rich as Lawrence.

00:08:57 Hannah

But they're all rich.

00:09:02 Rachelle

But we love Christian because there is no hill that he will not die on. If there is something to protest...

00:09:11 Hannah

Yes, he's extremely feisty.

00:09:14 Rachelle

That's the ginger in him.

00:09:15 Hannah

Yes, we love to see it.

00:09:18 Rachelle

Yes. He charges headfirst into any fight, no matter what. Especially in previous seasons where he felt that if the car wasn't fast enough he was going to get through on technicalities.

00:09:34 Hannah

Yeah, which I mean I don't generally agree with as a strategy, but... I like the fact that when he does... When he does protest, he at least tells the team he's protesting. Like you know, this seems protestable, so I'm going to do it.

00:09:58 Rachelle

Exactly.

00:09:58 Hannah

And it's not like he's not trying to be shady. He knows he's kind of annoying like I think he's self-aware to know like, I'm just cause, -- part of it is a mental game, like when he was protesting Mercedes a lot, I think he knew it was going to be very, very hard to beat Mercedes based on driving and skill. So he was trying to play mind games with Toto.

00:10:25 Rachelle

But he was honest about it! He was like yo Toto, I'm going to report you. And I'm going to report you again. And then I'll report you again.

00:10:30 Hannah

And Toto is like I don't care, but that's fine.

00:10:34 Rachelle

But he did think about Christian a lot. He was like, Christian’s always starting wars.

00:10:39 Hannah

Christian lives in Toto’s mind rent free.

00:10:42 Rachelle

Yes he does.

00:10:44 Rachelle

And why shouldn't he? He's done a good job.

00:10:47 Hannah

Yeah, actually Christian’s done really well.

00:10:51 Rachelle

Yes, I approve of Christian because he's not doing good behind people's backs and he's funny about it. She makes a lot of cheeky comments so.

00:11:00 Hannah

And apparently this year, Red Bull has like the fastest car.

00:11:05 Rachelle

It seems that way, yeah.

00:11:05 Hannah

So I do actually approve of this strategy because it seems like I was only concerned that they weren't focusing enough on investing in their cars and drivers and only doing protests. But it seems like behind the scenes they were working on improving their car and I think it's really shown.

00:11:26 Rachelle

Nothing wrong with having multiple tactics.

00:11:29 Hannah

Yes, that's what you gotta do.

00:11:31 Rachelle

Also Red Bull is unique because they're not actually a car manufacturer, as Cyril kindly pointed out they are a beverage. They are, and that's kind of weird, but they're fast.

00:11:47 Hannah

Then there’s Max Verstappen.

00:11:51 Rachelle

So, he joined at 17 before he had an actual driver’s license. He couldn't drive legally on the streets. But he was very fast.

00:12:04 Rachelle

He wears a lot of flat, flat brim hats, which doesn't suit him and makes him look like a melted piece of Lego.

00:12:14 Hannah

I think that's accurate.

00:12:16 Rachelle

Without that hat he is just so much better.

00:12:19 Hannah

Yeah, he doesn't need a hat at all, but if he were to get one, make sure it's not flat.

00:12:28 Rachelle

Yeah, cause it pushes his eyebrows down and when you have like foot long eyebrows, you really don't need to...

00:12:36 Hannah

You don't need to push it down into your face. I think I mean I haven't seen him a ton recently, but I do think he has let that go. Someone must have told him.

00:12:49 Rachelle

They must have because it's absurd, it's an absurd fashion choice.

00:12:51 Hannah

It was offensive.

00:12:54 Rachelle

Some questionable actions off the track was he took the seat from Daniil Kvyat, who is a Russian driver who was at AlphaTauri. I don't know where he is now. So, he stole his seat, and then stole his baby mama. Which is a power move so kudos to Max.

00:13:19 Hannah

OK, now there's Sergio Pérez, nicknamed Checo.

00:13:25 Rachelle

He has no chin, just going to start with that.

00:13:27 Hannah

He's the second driver for Red Bull. And yeah, I mean he's just wasn't really notable at all, like I don't even remember what team he was on before Red Bull because he just joined Red Bull this year.

00:13:43 Rachelle

He was on India Force. Which then switched to Racing Point.

00:13:46 Hannah

So, in 2020 in the Grand Prix in Bahrain, he made a comeback from P. 18 to one that was like his big moment to shine, and I mean...

00:14:02 Rachelle

Also, I think that's what got him the Red Bull seat.

00:14:04 Hannah

Exactly, so that's like his moment, but it's like. And I mean I think he is generally a good driver, so it's not like he doesn't have skill, but it's just like he doesn't seem super memorable.

00:14:17 Rachelle

No.

00:14:18 Hannah

He's going to have to do a lot more than one race.

00:14:21 Rachelle

Yeah, agreed. But he is Mexican, so he's also the only Mexican driver which means he comes with a lot of sponsors. Which money is king – to quote Hamilton, I think – in Formula One, so if you’ve got money, you've got a seat basically. .

00:14:48 Hannah

Yeah, so we’ll keep an eye on Checo, but..

00:14:51 Rachelle

He's in a fast car this year so... 

00:14:52 Hannah

He is. So he should be doing well, yes. He should at least. Be at the chance of podiums each race.

00:14:59 Rachelle

Yeah, but the Red Bull second seat is very similar to the Defense Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts, where it seems cursed. Andthey've gone through like 4 drivers in three years so.

00:15:11 Hannah

Oh no. Wait, who was it last year?

00:15:18 Rachelle

Last year was Alex Albon, the Thai driver. Thai British driver. And then before that it was Gasly, for like a race. 

00:15:25 Hannah

Oh yeah, then he was demoted.

00:15:31 Rachelle

And before that it was Daniel who we will get into. But he left 'cause he didn't want a beast second fiddle to Max.

00:15:36 Hannah

Who does? Yes, it's inevitable, yeah.

00:15:43 Rachelle

Next is McLaren. Who we love.

00:15:45 Hannah

Yeas. We do. Zac Brown is the CEO and he's American. Which is unique.

00:15:52 Rachelle

Yes, one of the few.

00:15:56 Rachelle

He's also a bit unique in that we didn't even realize he was a CEO and not the principal, cause usually the CEOs aren't involved, but he's like fully the CEO of McLaren, I think like, the whole company.

00:16:12 Hannah

Yeah, 'cause Andreas is the principal, but I don't know anything about him.

00:16:21 Rachelle

No. I saw him in one McLaren YouTube video, but he wasn't in Netflix, so maybe that's why.

00:16:27 Hannah

Yeah, I wonder what that situation is. But we love Zach because he's just a nice Jolly guy.

00:16:36 Rachelle

Super Jolly, that's a great word. He’s the Santa of cars

00:16:38 Hannah

He just looks like Santa.

00:16:42 Hannah

The Santa of F1 and his little elf Lando Norris.

00:16:46 Rachelle

So cute, he loves Lando, but who doesn’t? He actually is like Santa cause he offered Daniel a drive in his car if he gets podium. And he gave him a little toy version of the car in the interim.

00:17:02 Hannah

He's just giving out toys to his drivers.

00:17:06 Rachelle

So Zach Brown is officially Santa.

00:17:09 Hannah

Yes, but yeah, they, Zach and Lando have a very cute father-son relationship. And Lando is the first driver for McLaren.

00:17:23 Rachelle

We think, because...

00:17:29 Hannah

No, he is.

Rachelle 00:17:30 

In terms of youth. I don't know how they determine it, but he is the better driver.

00:17:32 Hannah

 I think he is.

00:17:35 Rachelle

He’s the number one choice.

00:17:37 Hannah

Yes, he's number one to everybody. To all the fans. But Lando... Like I don't know if Lando is actually the youngest, I don't think so. Cause maybe Max is or somebody but.

00:17:52 Rachelle

I think Max is older.

00:17:54 Hannah

Well, whatever Lando is among the youngest, but, more so, it's just like his personality and the way he acts. Not that he's super immature or anything like that, but he kind of acts like a baby and it's very cute in a good way.

00:18:11 Rachelle

Just you just want to cuddle him and like, guide him through life. But he’s not immature, and he’s not like, annoying.

00:18:19 Hannah

He's actually very mature. I think like he takes defeats well. He has like a lot of self-awareness and I think it's just like the humorous way he like talks and he's like very light-hearted and so that just makes him seem like a little younger. But not like in a bad way.

00:18:39 Rachelle

No, you could hang with Lando.

00:18:47 Hannah

Yes, very much so. That's why Zac Brown does. Lando, also told the world he loves milk a lot like he drinks it by the jug.

00:18:57 Rachelle

He loves milk, which doesn't help the childish image.

00:19:01 Hannah

Right and so literal, baby.

00:19:06 Rachelle

He got a breast pump in a Secret Santa exchange.

00:19:10 Hannah

From Zac?

00:19:12 Rachelle

No, from Alex, I think. I can't remember who.

00:19:15 Hannah

Oh well, it's very cute. And the number 2 driver is Daniel Ricciardo who came from Red Bull I guess.

00:19:25 Rachelle

Yeah. No, he came from Renault. But originally from Red Bull.

00:19:27 Hannah

Oh yeah, he came from her now cause he had that break up with Cyril. That was dramatic.

00:19:30 Rachelle

Yes. That was so dramatic. Daniel Ricciardo sort of kicks off the “Drive to Survive” series because he is truly the most charismatic, smiley, cheeky person there is. You just look at him and love him. 

00:19:49 Hannah

Yeah. He's from Australia. I think it's very in line with like how I envisioned Australians just like very kind sweet, funny. A little bit of sarcasm, but like in jest. And I guess there was a child who couldn't say Ricciardo’s last name. So, he was called Danny Avocado.

00:20:15 Rachelle

Which is very cute.

00:20:17 Hannah

And so there's like memes online of a glass of milk hugging an avocado ccause that's Lando and Daniel. And I'm gonna buy that shirt.

00:20:27 Rachelle

Although that representation might be a little exaggerated compared to what they are like in real life.

00:20:37 Hannah

You think?

00:20:39 Rachelle

I mean, I don’t think they hug or anything. It's also super notable cause Daniel took Carlos’ – who will talk about in a second – He took his spot, or replaced him, he didn’t take it. But Carlos and Lando had a very special relationship, more so than any of the other teams. Usually, teammates aren't so...

00:21:05 Hannah

Buddy buddy. Yeah they had a lot of great bonding moments over trying new foods that was very charming to watch.

00:21:13 Rachelle

Lando doesn't like flavor.

00:21:19 Hannah

He doesn't like food, only milk.

00:21:19 Rachelle

Hence why he only drinks milk.

00:21:23 Hannah

But I like that he's open to trying things.

00:21:26 Rachelle

Other than sushi. He refused.

00:21:28 Hannah

Oh yes, that was a bit ridiculous, but 

00:21:31 Rachelle

It was, but how Carlos was a great leader into the rest of the world for him. Like there’s things other than Cup of Noodles and milk

00:21:47 Hannah

But yeah, we love McLaren.

00:21:49 Rachelle

We love McLaren.

00:21:51 Rachelle

Next is Ferrari. Their principle is Mattia Binotto

00:21:57 Hannah

Mattia Binotto

00:21:57 Rachelle

Who looks like like an Italian Ronald McDonald.

00:22:03 Hannah

He actually looks like a clown. He's got hair, like Afro hair.

00:22:09 Rachelle

Yeah he's very Italian. Not that Italians looked like a Ronald McDonald, but.

00:22:15 Hannah

Well, I think it doesn't help that he’s always in a red jumpsuit.

00:22:20 Rachelle

With like yellow lines around it.

00:22:22 Hannah

So yeah, it’s just not a very good look.

00:22:29 Rachelle

He's just very Italian. He's not particularly notable other than it how he looks.

00:22:38 Hannah

He doesn't talk that much.

00:22:40 Rachelle

No, but when he does, it's Italian.

00:22:44 Hannah

Like I assume he's doing a fine job. Well, it's like except for last season, which I think we didn't count as an anomaly.

00:22:53 Rachelle

No, I think he got punished.

00:22:55 Hannah

I think he's there.

00:22:57 Rachelle

I think he's principal in like name alone. I think they brought someone else in.

00:23:00 Hannah

Oh yeah, I did hear he got some of his duties. Taken away so

00:23:09 Rachelle

You’d think he'd be able to build a better car cause he has an engineering background, not like marketing.

00:23:14 Hannah

That wasn't his specialty, but I heard I heard that they took away his engineering duties.

00:23:19 Rachelle

Not a good engineer.

00:23:21 Hannah

Just doing clown things.

00:23:27 Rachelle

Yep, just drinking espresso and Mama Mia OK, Anyway.

00:23:35 Hannah

Anyways, Ferraris really picked up so.

00:23:38 Rachelle

They're better though. They're very lucky that they had prestige on their side, so.

00:23:43 Hannah

Yes, history.

00:23:45 Rachelle

Yes, so even though they had a really bad season, people still wanted to drive a Ferrari and they love Ferrari because history.

00:23:55 Hannah

I mean, it's iconic. Everyone knows about the red Ferrari race car. And yeah, I mean they're huge in Italy. And their number one driver is Charles Leclerc.

00:24:08 Rachelle

Yes, who is... Pretty.

00:24:12 Hannah

He's very pretty and he has a lot of heart. Like he's another one of the drivers who's very humble and kind and notably, so he's the godson to Jules Bianchi, who I think died in 2015. And he was an F1 driver who was successful. And just like you know on the rise and aspired to join Ferrari. So, when Charles entered F1, I think for like some lower team he really wanted to be the Ferrari driver. I mean unfortunately, like last season didn't pan out so well because of the car issues, so like it was disappointing, but I think Charles is a really good driver. He obviously has like a ton of motivation and emotional tie to the sport. So I feel like as long as the car this season works. He could really like secure a spot like at the top.

00:25:16 Rachelle

I agree, I think he is one of those people that everyone knew was a super good driver who got stuck in a bad car. Oh, he's also a baby. He's part of the new generation. During quarantine, all the little babies were playing video games on Twitch. So this is my favorite moment. He got a message on Twitch as he was playing and streaming. His girlfriend had to download Twitch, make an account, and message him through the chat, like the live stream chat, that she was at his door and trying to get in for like an hour. So he had to get up and open it.

00:25:59 Hannah

That’s hilarious.

00:26:00 Rachelle

Hilarious and very Gen Z.

00:26:06 Hannah

Yes. Vey. Second driver for Ferrari is Carlos Sainz Jr. who's also very pretty.

00:26:13 Rachelle

Very pretty.

00:26:14 Hannah

They’re probably the best-looking team combined.

00:26:16 Rachelle

Yes, I would agree with that. Beautiful. The King of Spain.

00:26:24 Hannah

Yes, he's the King of Spain. Cause I guess, I mean, is Fernando still here?

00:26:29 Rachelle

He is, but I think he finished like 19.

00:26:33 Hannah

I mean, back like a few years ago, I guess it was like a real rivalry. Cause Fernando, I think he was really successful in F1.

00:26:41 Rachelle

He did have a couple world championships.

00:26:43 Hannah

Yeah, like he won World Championships. and then Carlos is also very young and entered F1 like not that long ago and so Carlos was the second Spaniard kind of vying for the King of Spain title, which doesn't really exist, but...

00:26:59 Rachelle

It was the Netflix episode name.

00:27:00 Hannah

It was a Netflix episode and when you do have two people of the same nationality, and especially a country like Spain, that's so like passionate, it's hard not to compare the two. And Carlos has just been super successful and is now undoubtedly the King of Spain. I don't even know where Fernando is.

00:27:20 Rachelle

No one cares. But he’s on Alpine. That’s Renault. Carlos Sainz is also the son of a famous F1 driver, but he wants to make a name for himself, which might be difficult. Because his father's name is Carlos Sainz Sr.

00:27:40 Hannah

So, literally can't. But figuratively, he will do his best.

00:27:48 Rachelle

Agreed. Also, one thing to note about Carlos is that you can... it’s quite noticeable on him that their neck is the most exercised body part because it's wider than his face.

00:28:03 Hannah

There's a lot of girth. Girth to face ratio.

00:28:09 Rachelle

Which is good cause it saves their lives so we’ll take it. But very stalky necks.

00:28:16 Hannah

Yeah, they have to do a lot of neck exercises to prevent them from getting injured when they get whiplashed inevitably from all their crashes and stuff like that so.

00:28:28 Rachelle

They look very painful. Have you seen their exercises?

00:28:31 Hannah

Yeah their faces when they’re doing it too, it looks like they’re giving birth.

00:28:40 Rachelle

It does it, it really does, but.

00:28:42 Hannah

But it helps save their lives.

00:28:44 Rachelle

Yes, so we'll take it. But very stalky necks. Next, team’s AlphaTauri.

00:28:55 Hannah

Yes, the sister team to Red Bull. And it used to really act as a feeder team. But, I don't know they're trying to become formidable competition.

00:29:09 Rachelle

Formidable is generous. They just suck less.

00:29:15 Hannah

Yeah, like as long as they're not in the bottom and they're competing in the mid-tier. Like obviously they're not competition to Red Bull or Mercedes, but as long as they're competing with like maybe like Aston Martin and Ferrari.

00:29:30 Rachelle

Good mid-tier competition

00:29:32 Hannah

They are competitive in that respect. Like they're not just like... well we’ll get to the losers later. But they’re not the bottom teams. Like they actually have skill and have good cars.

00:29:45 Rachelle

It’s a limbo situation. Where they’re not winners, but they’re not losers. They just exist. Somewhere in the middle. Principal is Franz Tost. And we have absolutely nothing to say about him. I don't even know what he looks like, but.

00:30:03 Hannah

We don't really have much to say about their first driver either, which is Yuki Tsunoda because well, the one thing we know about him is he was born in 2000. Which is insane.

00:30:17 Rachelle

Alarming. He's Japanese, we know that. He’s one of the first Japanese Formula One drivers in a long time.

00:30:19 Hannah

Yeah, so he competed in like, I forget what Japan's formula competition is, but he competed there and did really well and then he also did really well in Formula Two, but yeah this is his very first experiencei n F1. So yeah, we don't really know much, but he seems really sweet.

00:30:43 Rachelle

He seems very cute and we have high hopes for him. Bit by high I mean no higher than 7th but high.

00:30:55 Hannah

But that would if he got like in thetop ten, that would be amazing for his first season, and also because he's like a baby. Another baby for our baby club.

00:31:04 Rachelle

He's a baby. Also, I realized 2000 makes him 21.

00:31:13 Hannah

Yeah, he might be 20 or 21, but that's not like that young.

00:31:20 Rachelle

Oh, but 2000 feels like yesterday. But it wasn’t It was 21 years ago.

00:31:26 Hannah

Yes, we’re having an existential crisis.

00:31:32 Rachelle

All these children. Next is Pierre Gasly. Who I think actually might be D1. I don't know why we put him second.

00:31:38 Hannah

Yeah, I was thinking that too. Just 'cause he has more experience enough in F1.

00:31:43 Rachelle

And honestly, he might be the only reason AlfaTauri could be formidable competition because nothing gets Pierre going like being scorned.

00:31:48 Hannah

A redemption arc?

00:31:59 Rachelle

Yes, he is a scorned man by Red Bull. Over and over and over again. And truly nothing gets him riled up more. Most of his wins have come from being knocked down.

00:32:13 Hannah

Yes, the best thing that can happen to Pierre is if Christian Horner makes a mean comment about him in an interview and for the rest of that day Pierre will be on point.

00:32:27 Rachelle

Exactly that should actually be a tactic. We should email AlphaTauri and tell them to bait Christian Horner into saying mean things. And Pierre Gasly will win every time.

00:32:40 Hannah

Yeah, I mean so I guess, a few years ago, or maybe last season, Pierre was on Red Bull.

00:32:47 Rachelle 

Two years ago.

00:32:49 Hannah

Two years ago. I think two years ago he was on Red Bull as their second driver and then, I mean, I don’t think his performance was even that bad to be demoted that quickly. But he was demoted.

00:33:05 Rachelle

He won the race the day he got fired. That was also the day his friend died so,

00:33:12 Hannah

Yeah, there was a lot going on, but I think overall like his performance didn't merit his demotion. So, it did seem a little harsh and Pierre just redeemed himself by coming back and I think he won a race.

00:33:33 Rachelle

He won a couple.

00:33:34 Hannah

Yeah. He just performed really well overall and so, we’ll see what happens.  But even with his good performance, Christian was not open to the idea of taking Pierre back, which further fueled him.

00:33:50 Rachelle

Maybe that's what Christian is doing. Maybe it's intentional. I think they really don’t like him there or something.

00:33:58 Hannah

Yeah, like I can't understand what's going on like. It's either that Christian has some personal beef with Pierre and just doesn't want him on the team. Or it's very strategic, cause Red Bull like, Red Bull still owns AlphaTauri. And it’s still considered a feeder team. So, if he fuels Pierre and makes him a very good driver thorugh this kind of motivation, then that could also serve Christian in acquiring him later when he has a lot of wins.

00:34:31 Rachelle

Or does he make money off of AlphaTauri if they do well? That’s double income.

00:34:35 Hannah

Oh, I mean, I, I assume yes so, it must be hard to be Christian. He has so many things to do. He has to play mind games with everyone from Toto to Pierre. 

00:34:48 Rachelle

So many puzzle pieces that he has to move all at the same time. Very impressive, Christian Horner is the smartest man.

00:34:58 Hannah

4D chess yes 

00:35:03 Rachelle

Sporty chess?

00:35:05 Hannah

No, 4D chess. He has to think in four different dimensions.

00:35:08 Rachelle

And he does so beautifully. So judos Christian. And he does it while being funny, which is always impressive.

00:35:17 Hannah

Love him, I guess.

00:35:20 Rachelle

I guess so.

00:35:22 Hannah

Next team is Aston Martin.

00:35:26 Rachelle

Previously Racing Point, previously India Force One.

00:35:34 Hannah

I don't know, there's probably a lot of history to go through, but I don't think it really matters because neither of like India Force One or Racing Point were that big anyways. So all we need to know is they’re Aston Martin. And thankfully, they changed their color from bubble gum pink. to, I don't know if it's official, or just similar to British Racing Green, but it's

00:36:01 Rachelle

Yeah, I think it might be close.

00:36:02 Hannah

Yeah, so it's like a kind of deep teal green color, which I think is a very good choice aesthetically.

00:36:10 Rachelle

I think you're wearing it.

00:36:13 Hannah

Yes, I am. I love this color and I think it's very apropos. Because this is like the money team.

00:36:19 Rachelle

Yes, money, money, money. Which is really the most interesting part of the team is the CEO.

00:36:26 Hannah

Right, there's nothing to watch other than Lawrence.

00:36:32 Rachelle

Truly, I think Netflix outdid itself on its edits of Lawrence Stroll. Because they literally show him strolling in slow motion. And it’s just such a money, power walk. He just exudes...

00:36:50 Hannah

Wealth.

00:36:50 Rachelle

Power, wealth yeah.

00:36:52 Hannah

Yeah, so Lawrence Stroll is the CEO and like main financial backer and also owns part of Aston Martin now. He used to only own like the F1 team like Racing Point but now owns part of Aston Martin And hia net worth is 3.2 billion from investments, right? 

00:37:13 Rachelle

Puts Toto to shame.

00:37:17 Hannah

Pathetic. Toto is only $700,000,000. Yeah Lawrence is in the three commas club. Which is like a billionaire network, and it's because he invested in fashion including Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors.

00:37:31 Rachelle

Wikipedia says he brought Michael Kors to Canada. Which seems like a bit of a stretch.

00:37:38 Hannah

I mean, he's Canadian. But it’s not like a new place.

00:37:46 Rachelle

They never heard of Michael Kors until Lawrence Stroll.

00:37:51 Rachelle

He’s loaded

00:37:53 Hannah

He's very rich and he's not afraid to show it. And last year, there was controversy because when they first rolled out their cars, like all the teams, the Racing Point car was strikingly similar to the 2019 Mercedes car.

00:38:12 Rachelle

It was suspect. And was aptly dubbed the pink Mercedes.

00:38:23 Hannah

Yes, and and so because of all the press and negative coverage, I can't go through this. It’s just too funny.

00:38:35 Rachelle

Because of all the negative press, Lawrence felt he needed to clear the air. But instead of doing so like a normal person. He sat himself down in an empty tent with one chair. And recorded to a camera like he was being held hostage, probably by Otmar, to inform the Formula One world that in no way did they copy the Mercedes, and these accusations are absurd, and he will not stand for it.

00:39:15 Hannah

And it was described as very ISIS–esque, which I think is true because it truly looked like a hostage video.

00:39:24 Rachelle

YouTube it, audience, it’s 

00:39:26 Hannah

Very good. It just.... He was... I don’t understand. He was like, ‘I never speak. But I will for the pink Mercedes accusation.’

00:39:44 Rachelle

He's like I've never spoken out before, but I will not stand for this.

00:39:51 Hannah

Oh my gosh but yeah. So, I think we love Lawrence even though he's a conundrum.

00:39:59 Rachelle

I think I would pee my pants if I actually saw him in real life. He seems terrifying.

00:40:05 Hannah

Oh yeah. He has big dick energy.

00:40:10 Rachelle

Yes, he'sthe BDE of the F1 wor.d

00:40:16 Hannah

Yeah, so Otmar is the principal, and I personally don't have any feelings towards him, but you do.

00:40:28 Rachelle

I mean, he copied the Mercedes!

00:40:31 Hannah

But do you know that he did?

00:40:33 Rachelle

I mean, he said ‘I did’.

00:40:39 Hannah

Oh. Case closed.

00:40:43 Rachelle

Gonna go into law. I'm really good at this. Yeah, he just a bit dicky. He gives off negative energy.

00:40:51 Hannah

Well, the thing that stood out to me like I don't know anything about him, but when I saw him in like “Drive to Survive”,  he just seemed like whenever Lawrence came around he was like immediately intimidated and sad.

00:41:07 Rachelle

He's not into Lawrence. I don't think cause Lawrence has a lot of opinions. He's very invested in every way in this team and I don't think Otmar likes that. He's like, give me your money and get the fuck out.

000:41:28 Hannah

Yeah, I do wonder what goes on behind the scenes because Otmar seems like he could get along with people like I don't think he seems like that bad, but I wonder if he has any autonomy at all to make any decisions other than copying cars. Although he probably had to get that approved.

00:41:48 Rachelle

Probably I don't know either. He just seemed very sweaty all the time.

00:41:56 Hannah

He was nervous! All the BDE around him.

00:41:59 Rachelle

Anyway, moving on to the drivers. OK, so Sebastian Vettel.

00:42:06 Hannah

Yeah, I mean he was, I don't know if it was last year, but he was on Ferrari at some point.

00:42:12 Rachelle

Yes, and he was very good. He's won several World Championships. He used to have quite an intense rivalry with Lewis, but they've since mellowed out and become friendly. There's a lot of really funny press videos of them together. He’s quite funny.

00:42:30 Hannah

OK, that's good because I can't like I can't imagine him having a rivalry with Lewis at this point.

00:42:34 Rachelle 

Not now.

00:42:38 Hannah

Yeah, like I can't even imagine. He must have really fell off or Lewis just got infinitely better.

00:42:45 Rachelle

I think he just became average and yeah, Ferrari got worse and now he's on a meh team. His time’s up, basically. He’s not as good as Lewis. He was good. He was good enough to win several times.

00:42:59 Hannah

Gotta let the new generation in.

00:43:04 Rachelle

Yep. He's very funny though. He got asked into an in an interview if he was going to have another baby and he said no, he's still in free practice. But we’ll see if he’ll engage in qualifying soon.

00:43:06 Hannah

Ooh.

00:43:13 Rachelle

Wow yeah anyway, next is Lance. Stroll. Son of Lawrence Stroll. 

00:43:32 Hannah

Oh, yeas. Nepotism runs rampant in F1. If you don't already know. 

00:43:35 Rachelle

Especially if you're a billionaire.

00:43:40 Hannah

If you buy a team, you're also buying your son’s seat. typically.

00:43:44 Rachelle

If your son wants to. and Lawrence's son , Lance did want to.

00:43:51 Hannah

Well, I'll just say it Lance, even though of course like anyone who is a recipient of like nepotistic position. They're immediately the villain, or like you know, are in a good position to be because there's no reason to like them, but he really isn't cocky. He's actually extremely shy and reserved and he has just enough skill to be competitive in the mid-tier so, even though yes, he didn't exactly earn his spot initially, he's becoming good enough to maintain his spot without hatred from everybody.

00:44:34 Rachelle

Yes, but, he's improved, but he does act slightly like an undersocialized rich kid who was homeschooled and then he was unceremoniously thrust into F1 and suddenly required to socialize nonstop. And that's an experience that was hitherto unknown to poor Lance. But he's improving. He seems to be able to hold a conversation now, so, good for Lance.

00:45:08 Hannah

OK, and for people who watch "Succession”, he is the Roman Roy of F1 because he's socially awkward and doesn't really have impressive skill, but he is skilled and smart enough to get by. But at the end of the day, he's only there because of his dad's money.

00:45:31 Rachelle

Yes, hopefully he's a little less fucked up than Roman.

00:45:35 Hannah

Oh yeah, well, I don't know. It's just like he doesn't express his thoughts like he doesn't talk a lot. So it's kind of like you could tell he's really shy but I think I think he seems nice underneath it's just like hard to tell. I mean I could imagine he might just be like a little soul crushed from having so much expectation on him. And like all these different perceptions and like especially negatively. But I also think like I wonder if he wasn't Lawrence’s son like he could, he would be replaced. Probably there's other, better drivers. Maybe they could get from F2 or within F1, so I'm sure he has some sort of inferiority complex or something that he's working through.

00:46:25 Rachelle

Hope of seeing someone.

00:46:27 Hannah

I hope he has a therapist.

00:46:29 Rachelle

I hope they have good insurance.

00:46:31 Hannah

Oh, I mean, I think they could pay out of network. I don't think they need insurance.

00:46:37 Rachelle

I hope so, but Lawrence could be stingy.

00:46:41 Hannah

Yes, he probably likes a good deal.

00:46:44 Rachelle

I think he does. Strikes me as that kind of man.

00:46:50 Rachelle

Yes, all right, next is Alfa Romeo sister team to Ferrari. We know close to nothing about Alfa Romeo.

00:46:59 Hannah

No, not at all. Kimi Räikkönen is their first driver and I guess he was good back in the day and then took a break. And he’s back now

00:47:08 Rachelle

And now he's 40 and washed up.

00:47:12 Hannah

Yeah, I just don't know.  Like are these men not able to pivot after F1? Cause like he could have left and done something else, but I don't get why he chose to.

00:47:21 Rachelle

You pivot, you crash into the wall, you can't. He's good enough to still be there though, so.

00:47:32 Hannah

Yeah, he's not bad, but it's like is he trying to go for a world championship? No.

00:47:40 Rachelle

No, I mean, I agree you should believe when you're on a high.

00:47:43 Hannah

Like I don't know what his goals are.

00:47:46 Rachelle

You should ask. Kimi, if you're listening, and I'm sure you are, we'd love to have you on and question you about your future plans.

00:47:55 Hannah

Let's go over your 3, 5, and 10 year plan because I don’t understand at all.

00:47:57 Rachelle

And if you need help, we’re happy to...

00:48:05 Hannah

Consult. For a fee.

00:48:11 Rachelle

We can give you a discount, yes, but there's still a fee. He's very funny, mostly because he's so deadpan and like he won a race and the guy asked him how he felt and he said, not much. And that was it.

00:48:29 Hannah

That resonates with me.

00:48:32 Rachelle

I feel like you'd like him. And you should watch some of his clips.

00:48:34 Hannah

Yeah, I mean, yeah.

00:48:38 Rachelle

We’re focused on the personalities, right? We're not focused on their speed on track, so as a driver, get out. But as a person...

00:48:41 Hannah

I’ll follow you on Instagram.

00:48:51 Hannah

OK, the second driver for Alfa Romeo is Antonio Giovinazzi.

00:48:57 Rachelle

Yeah, and I don't think 'Nazi’. I don’t think that’s how you say it.

00:49:01 Hannah

Oh, right, that was bad. How do you say it though?

00:49:05 Rachelle

I don’t know. Like pizza? Giovinazzi! That still sounds like Nazi. All right, well. 

00:49:09 Hannah

Yeah, I think it's just an unfortunate circumstance.

00:49:15 Rachelle

He's Italian, not a Nazi. Not a good driver either.

00:49:20 Hannah

That's all we know.

00:49:21 Rachelle

Next is Alpine, formally Renault, which apparently was one of the original F1 teams. Like at the very beginning. Like 100 years ago. Or whenever they started

00:49:40 Hannah

Do you understand why they rebranded so quickly to Alpine?

00:49:45 Rachelle

Alpine is their sports card division, and they are trying to bring Alpine back again or make it great again so they've rebranded as a marketing strategy. And look how well it’s worked! You’ve run off to buy an Alpine, right?

00:50:05 Hannah

We know OK, so they're still based in France, right? Like Alpine is? 

00:50:10 Rachelle

Yeah, it's the same company. It's Renault. But they have headquarters in England as well.

00:50:20 Hannah

Renault used to be yellow, but which was like I said, not that yeah I don't like yellow, but it's a good race car color cause it's very noticeable.

00:50:32 Hannah

Alpian now is like blue and white. Yeah, it's just like generic.

00:50:38 Rachelle 

The mountains, I guess. 

00:50:40 Hannah

And yes, I also really want to know why Cyril as ousted.

00:50:47 Rachelle

Yes, the original principal was Cyril Abiteboul, which I don't actually know how to say his name, but he's French.

00:50:56 Hannah

It sounded good.

00:50:57 Rachelle

Thank you. He's very, very French and was a great character for Netflix and it’s a shame.

00:51:04 Hannah

Yes, cause he was an emotional yeah.

00:51:06 Rachelle

Beyond emotional, like.

00:51:10 Hannah

Lana Del Rey emotional.

00:51:12 Rachelle

The Lana Del Rey of F1.

00:51:13 Hannah

He was on the verge of tears in every interview. I don't know why.

00:51:18 Rachelle

When Daniel left Renault, it was like a five-episode arc as he tried to recover from the heartbreak caused by that, so it's difficult to watch. He also had an intense rivalry with Christian. Probably more on his end than on Christian’s end because cause Renault used to do their engines, but they suck. Anyway, he was a quite a character. And he's been replaced by Lauren Rossi. Who we know nothing about.

00:51:57 Hannah

Nothing, not a clue.

00:51:58 Rachelle

Will update you after Season 4.

00:52:01 Hannah

Right next year.

00:52:05 Rachelle

That's how we get our character profiles.

00:52:07 Hannah

Yes, so the first driver is Esteban Ocon, yeah.

00:52:14 Rachelle

He is from France. He's French. He’s also a rag to riches story.  His father was a mechanic and put him through racing. And he's just small, skinny and French and he's fine.

00:52:30 Hannah

Love that. The second driver is Fernando Alonso who we were talking about as the other Spanish driver.

00:52:44 Rachelle

The ousted King of Spain.

00:52:44 Hannah

Yes, the former King of Spain, now a washed-up Spaniard. 

00:52:54 Rachelle

Clearly if he’s in Alpine.

00:52:56 Hannah

Yeah, I don't really know what Alpine is trying to do. I guess trying to be a competitive mid-tier. But they got a long way to go.

00:53:03 Rachelle

Yeah, and they're bringing in like a senior driver to help what they're junior drive,r I guess.

00:53:10 Hannah

Like, yeah, I guess that makes sense. Although as we know. Teammates don’t always get along so.

00:53:19 Rachelle

No. He can still learn, I guess, from competing against him. But Fernando was great. He had like a few World Championships but now he's old and should have retired when he did. He was gone for like a year or two.

00:53:38 Hannah

It's like Kimi. 

00:53:40 Rachelle

They're the same age, I think.

00:53:42 Hannah

They're the same person, but one is Finnish and the other Spanish. OK, so the other the next team is Williams. Which is owned by Mercedes.

00:53:57 Rachelle

Yes, they were originally owned by the Williams family. I forgot the dad's name, but his daughter took over a few years ago, but they were already on a decline, and she didn't help the situation.

00:54:12 Hannah

Fast.

00:54:12 Rachelle

And now she's left.

00:54:14 Hannah

And now the principal is Simon Roberts, but we don't know anything about him.

00:54:16 Rachelle

Sounds very English.

00:54:21 Hannah

And their number one driver is George Russell.

00:54:25 Rachelle

We love George.

00:54:27 Hannah

Yeah. He's competitive, he's skilled.

00:54:30 Rachelle

He's good.

00:54:33 Hannah

Unless you're in a fight with him, he seems like a nice guy.

00:54:36 Rachelle

Yeah, don't get in his way or he'll slap you.

00:54:38 Hannah

Yes. I respect that though. Just don't like trigger him and he'll be fine.

00:54:52 Rachelle

Yeah, what you want in a driver is someone easily triggered. He’s a little buggy He’s got big eyes.

00:54:59 Hannah

Yeah.

00:55:01 Rachelle

Tall. New gen. He seems fun. He has banter.

00:55:05 Hannah

He, I think he's in the baby club.

00:55:08 Rachelle

Yes, he's 21 I think. But he has bants so he's funny. I approve of George. And he's going to have big moves next year, I think.

00:55:18 Hannah

I think Mercedes is going to sign him. It's just a matter of when.

00:55:25 Rachelle

Yeah, agree. Next is Nicholas Latifi, who's going Canadian, and I think I think he might be a paid driver too.

00:55:32 Hannah

Oh

00:55:33 Rachelle

I think I read that somewhere, but that might be wrong. Regardless, I know know nothing about him. 

00:55:37 Hannah

I don't know a ton about him, but he’s in a Williams car, I just don't think either George or Latifi are going to be able to do really well. At best, come in to the mid-tier from time to time. Well, George, actually. Latifi, I have no idea if he will be able to be successful on Williams. 

00:56:02 Rachelle

I doubt it. He was a paid driver apparently, but I don't think he's going anywhere. I think everyone’s already pinned George as the next big thing.

00:56:09 Hannah

Yeah, that makes sense. OK. This last team. It a lot. It's Haas, owned by Gene Haas, who's an American. And it's the only American owned team.

00:56:27 Rachelle

And they suck.

00:56:28 Hannah

Like really bad.

00:56:30 Rachelle

Yes, like truly awful. And I think part of the reason is because they don't build anything themselves. They've put together a bunch of parts to save money and time, which is very American. And it's clearly not gone to plan.

00:56:47 Hannah

Yeah, like they since they outsourced everything. when their car was having issues, I think last season or the season before, I mean generally whenever their car has issues, it seems to take up a lot of time and energy to find out what the actual issue is because they don't really own at least like the processes and just don't probably understand their car and so and like that's a big point this season too. Because of all the past issues they've had, they've kind of stated that they're going to focus more on investing and improving their car and they're less focused on winning races. Which really just...

00:57:36 Rachelle

But the best part of this team is the principal Guenther Steiner.

00:57:42 Hannah

We love Guenther.

00:57:46 Rachelle

We love Gunther. Who is Italian. Despite his name and accent and everything else, he is Italian. And his family is wife Gertrude and daughter Greta. So together they're Guenther, Greta and Gertrude Steiner.

00:58:02 Rachelle

That's adorable.

00:58:03 Rachelle

Oh, I think so too. They live in North Carolina though, which makes me laugh. And key personality feature to Guenther is he has no eyebrows.

00:58:17 Hannah

It's shocking once you see it, you can't unsee it at all. Like we didn't know until our friend pointed it out and we were gasping.

00:58:27 Rachelle

Three seasons in. And we were like it’s a hat. And then we went back. And there was no hat.

00:58:34 Hannah

We imagined a hat on Guenther. When in reality he had no eyebrows.

00:58:43 Rachelle

Poor Guenther. He’s very funny. We love Gunther. He's also very kind. He has trouble firing people. Although he fired everyone last year so. But up until then.

00:59:00 Hannah

I don't know. He's up and down. Like he obviously has a kind heart, but when he's incredibly frustrated, he passive aggressively insults everybody and throws F bombs to everyone. But then once he calms down,

00:59:17 Rachelle

He's very sweet again.

00:59:18 Hannah

Quite reasonable.

00:59:19 Rachelle

Yeah, don't trigger Guenther.

00:59:23 Hannah

Ah OK, the first driver for Haas is Mick Schumacher. And he's the son of the racing legend Michael Schumacher, which he yeah, we're talking about up top that Lewis Hamilton, currently with seven World Championships matches Michael Schumacher's record.

00:59:45 Rachelle

Which they have the same name, they're just pretending they're different by calling him Mick and the other one Michael. But they’re both Michael.

00:59:51 Hannah

That is helpful.

00:59:53 Rachelle

I mean yes, it’s better than Carlos Sainz junior.

00:59:55 Hannah

Right, but I think it's needed because Michael Schumacher is referenced a lot, for at least the world record situation, and it seems like Mick does have a lot of skill. He won the F2 championship last year. So I think he has a lot of potential. It just is really unfortunate that he's on Haas because they don't care about winning races, which he desperately needs to do. Yeah, this this is like the worst year to join Haas. And it's also unfortunate because his teammate is the worst.

01:00:37 Rachelle

Nikita Mazepin, Father is a Russian oligarch, and if you look at him, you can tell.

01:00:45 Hannah

He's the son of a Russian oligarch, it's very clear. And his father bought the team. So obviously he's a driver on it. Even though he has no skill.

01:00:59 Hannah

Zero. He crashed on the first turn in Bahrain, and in this one, he was lapped multiple times.

01:01:06 Hannah

Yeah, and I guess he's earning the nickname Mazespin because for no reason whatsoever, every track practice, qualis, and races, he just decides to spin out of control. Just further securing P. 20. And it's just embarrassing.

01:01:27 Rachelle

Maybe not for him. Maybe if he’s going for P20. Maybe he's trying to set the record for most spins, in which case he's the best.

01:01:34 Hannah

That's the only record he will ever break. Rest assured.

01:01:40 Rachelle

No one likes him.

01:01:42 Hannah

No one at all. And apparently on Instagram he uploaded a story of him groping a girl. Which I mean, I guess it's somewhat debatable because in the video and also in a statement after the girl was like, oh like we're just friends and like joking that way. So she's saying she's fine. But regardless, if you already have a reputation of being the villain of F1...

01:02:12 Rachelle

Doesn't help you.

01:02:19 Hannah

Please don’t feed into that narrative. Unless he’s going for that too. 

01:02:20 Rachelle

Yeah, maybe he's trying to get on the Netflix show and he thinks this is the way.

01:02:23 Hannah

If you want clout, you either have to be a hero or a villain. Clearly, like there's a lot going against him as the hero, so maybe he's full on like leaning into villain.

01:02:36 Rachelle

He has no choice.

01:02:38 Hannah

Right, this is his destiny. He's the son of a Russian oligarch. How could he be the hero?

01:02:44 Rachelle

It was never gonna happen. And as we said, he’s very important in the development of Lance's story as the wronged rich kid. 

01:02:52 Hannah

He’s a good foil. Lance needed this.  So that's all the teams.

01:03:05 Rachelle

We hope you've enjoyed this breakdown, dear audience.

01:03:12 Hannah

But I'm excited to see where all of these drivers and teams end up. We do have a very wide range of characters to be working with, so I think it'll be an entertaining season.

01:03:22 Rachelle

100%. It will be super entertaining and will be extra entertaining when we get the behind the scenes with Netflix To really see what's been going on, but yes, we've got a great lineup.

01:03:41 Hannah

We'll have to fill in the blanks. Ourselves, somehow. I wish Netflix would release episodes like every other week like Live, you know. But because we have to wait a whole year, we're going to have to provide our own commentary and guesses as to what's happening. So hopefully everyone follows along.

01:04:04 Rachelle

Join us. As we make up stories about behind the scenes.

01:04:11 Rachelle

All right well?

01:04:13 Rachelle

Box box.

01:04:14 Hannah

Box box.