[Intro music]

00:00:07 Hannah 

Hi, I'm Hannah. 

00:00:09 Rachelle 

Hi, I'm Rachelle and Viva la España! 

00:00:16 Hannah 

Here's a recap of the Spanish Grand Prix that just happened over the weekend. But before we get into that, we have our Digital Roundup segment, starting with some news that Romain Grosjean, who was a Haas driver, but like retired and wasn't in 2021. He's actually going to join Mercedes as a test driver maybe. 

00:00:42 Rachelle 

For a company that makes such good business decisions, this seems like way out of left field. 

00:00:48 Hannah 

But it feels like you know how big corporations do charity for PR? 

00:00:55 Rachelle 

Is this like a Make-a-Wish Foundation? 

00:00:58 Hannah 

Grosjean’s wish has come true. He can drive for a reputable, respected team. 

00:01:06 Rachelle 

Wow, that's so generous of Toto though. 

00:01:08 Hannah 

Well, Toto said I don't want Grosjean’s last memory, or like last drive in F1 to be in a not race-winning car. Just like, his nice way of saying Grosjean’s last drive shouldn't have ended in a fire bomb in the wall. 

00:01:28 Rachelle 

True, but how much of that is the fault of the car and how much of that is the fault of Grosjean? 

00:01:34 Hannah 

Oh, I would say 50/50 in that case.

00:01:38 Rachelle 

Agreed, and I'm just like, could Toto’s Mercedes end up split in half? 

00:01:43 Hannah 

But this is what I'm saying. It's a lot of money to sacrifice, but it's going towards a good cause. 

00:01:51 Rachelle 

So Romain Grosjean foundation. Well, good for Toto and really good for Grosjean, better than he probably ever… Also, Toto is really shutting the door on his F1 career, isn't he? He's like, this is the final time he'll ever be in an F1 car. That all. 

00:02:09 Hannah 

But Grosjean’s grateful, nonetheless. 

00:02:11 Rachelle 

Of course, he is, why wouldn't he? No one else will let him within 10 feet of their cars. 

00:02:19 Hannah 

OK, moving on. On social media, because there's been rumors that Bottas might be kicked out of Mercedes mid-season, and replaced, so...

00:02:29 Rachelle 

No, no, the rumor is that they're switching Bottas and George. 

00:02:35 Hannah 

That’s gotta hurt. When asked about that switch, Bottas said no, there's only one team that replaces a driver mid-season. Wink, wink. 

00:02:51 Rachelle 

Nudge, nudge. and then Toto backed it up by saying we don't play musical chairs with our drivers. unlike some. 

00:03:01 Hannah 

Burn. 

00:03:01 Rachelle 

Who could they be talking about, do we know? Should we ask Pierre Gasly? 

00:03:07 Hannah 

Yes. Only the most mischievous team known. 

00:03:11 Rachelle 

What a jokester. Gotta love Christian.

00:03:13 Hannah 

Yep, also in our social media segment we have a lovely pair of interviews that Yuki Tsunoda did. Asked separately what his favorite thing about F1 is, in one of the interviews, he said food. For Alpha Tauri he gets that Italian food. 

00:03:36 Rachelle 

And for Honda he gets Japanese food. And he was kind enough to snap a picture of his meal and it looked delicious, so I don't blame him. This was also following Max Verstappen saying my favorite thing is driving the car, and he was like mine is eating. 

00:03:52 Hannah 

And then in another interview, he was asked the same question. And he said the things I keep my tyres warm. 

00:04:02 Rachelle 

The tyres have blankets, so that they don't cool too much and that is his favorite thing about F1. 

00:04:08 Hannah 

And I mean it's convenient because he doesn't have to warm up the car as much like he doesn't have to do a bunch of warm up laps to get his tires warm. Cause there’s blankets on them. 

00:04:18 Rachelle 

Yes, it sounds like he's lived in like a bunker his entire life, and so he just was like so into food and blankets. like the bare necessities. 

00:04:28 Hannah 

But we love that for him, these are actually great things that are underappreciated, so. 

00:04:33 Rachelle 

Yes, and he's really working to reshape his image, I think. Cause he followed up on all these interviews on social. So, he's not just like a swearing, gamer, machine thing. He doesn't just say the F-word nonstop. 

00:04:45 Hannah 

Right. So many dimensions to Yuki. 

00:04:51 Rachelle 

We're big fans over here. Also, speaking of fans…

00:04:59 Hannah 

On Box Box, F1 pod on Instagram 

00:04:59 Rachelle 

Follow us.

00:04:59 Hannah 

Yes, follow us. Like us. So, we uploaded a reel of our “King of Spain” recap where we introduced Caco, Carlos Sainz’s cousin slash manager and we. 

00:05:11 Rachelle 

That is episode three. Episode three.

00:05:13 Hannah 

Yes, go to episode 3. And of course when we uploaded the reel we tagged everyone, including Caco.

00:05:22 Hannah 

And lo and behold, I wake up at like 7:00 AM the next day, and I see Caco has commented on our reel: good pronunciation there. 

00:05:34 Rachelle 

With a crying laughing face. So clearly, we did not pronounce his name very well, but we'll work on it Caco! 

00:05:41 Hannah 

But we just can't believe that manager of a Ferrari driver commented on the box box F1 pod Instagram. 

00:05:51 Rachelle 

Not only did he comment. He commented the morning of a race so clearly it was such good. 

00:05:55 Hannah 

Yes. 

00:05:56 Rachelle 

Content he could take time out of his very busy morning. One second, Carlos.

00:06:01 Hannah 

We couldn’t believe it. So, Caco is actually our favourite. 

00:06:08 Rachelle 

Yes, Caco is our favourite. He's the true King of Spain. If we're good enough for Coco, we're good enough for you so. 

00:06:15 Hannah 

Exactly. So that ends our digital roundup. We're going to recap these Spanish Grand Prix. And to do that, we're going to switch it up. Try something new. Rachelle will present Rachelle's Rhyming Race Recap. 

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00:06:43 Rachelle 

España!

At a track that’s familiar to the whole campagna.

Let’s not forget, the King of Spain’s in town

And also Alonso, but he’ll fail to fight Sainz for the crown.

We find Friday’s practice kinda uneventful,

The only drama is that it was dramatically forgetful.

Finally, it’s Qualifying,

Is drama on the horizon?

Mazepin causes traffic,

Forcing Norris to go static.

George puts Williams into Q2.

That’s the best Mr. Saturday can do.

Yuki says I’m sorry,

For insulting Alpha Tauri.

But it’s all inconsequential,

Cause what comes next is monumental.

Sir Lewis gets his 100th pole!!

(Which is cien polos in Español).

Let’s meet our top five,

Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Leclerc, & Ocon are all ready to drive.

At a track where grid is everything,

Are we ready for absolutely anything?

Race Day is here!

And boy, are we in for an anticlimactic affair.

Lewis notes the track’s a bit rubbery,

Will there be a track position robbery?

Verstappen laps Lewis right in turn one,

There’s nothing Hamilton could have done.

Meanwhile Yuki retires with a ‘fuck!’

You know, maybe his car really does suck.

Verstappen’s forced into a four-second pit,

It’s OK, he only loses first for a bit.

But Toto’s not happy,

Phoning race control, cause he’s a bit chatty.

Mazepin, he says, is driving crappy,

Pull out the blue flags, cause Toto doesn’t care about his daddy!!

Was Toto really worried he’d slow Mercedes down?

Or was this strategy to turn Red Bull into a clown?

We’ve got no clue,

But Mercedes has strategy, that much is true.

For soon we see them pull a Hungary 2019,

Pitting Lewis twice, confusing the whole Red Bull team. 

Will the two-pit trick work like a charm?

We’ll wait and see, but Max doesn’t seem too calm.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the centre,

The mid-tier cars are all in battle together.

Lando, sandwiched between teammates, is feeling the pressure.

But Carlos squeezes by, very narrowly avoiding a fender bender.

Back at the front, 

Mercedes engineers are pretty blunt.

Bottas, stand aside, don’t confront!

But Valeterri takes this as a personal affront,

And blocks Lewis’ overtake with a grunt.

Then, Bottas, crafts a sneaky stunt,

And pits to save face cause he’s a little c***

With Verstappen’s tire performance falling flat,

Max needs backup, oi Pérez, where you at???

But no matter, Lewis is ready to engage mode combat.

And Red Bull’s panic is to no avail,

As Lewis checks his rear-view mirror to wave farewell.

But that’s not it, as we see Alonso royalty overthrown!!

He’s overtaken by seven cars with speed from the bottom 10 hitherto unknown.

Lewis, Max, and Valtteri on podium brings Spain to a close.

The race is over, that’s how F1 goes.

Monaco’s next, but for now, mis amigos, adios.

00:09:19 Hannah 

Amazing. 

00:09:23 Rachelle 

Jesus Christ. I really captured the essence of the race, I think. 

00:09:27 Hannah 

It really did. It was a wonderful summary and highly entertaining. 

00:09:32 Rachelle 

Thanks Hannah. 

00:09:33 Hannah 

Onto analysis. So, just to start off, the results from qualifying were Hamilton, with his 100th pole position. It's an incredible feat, because actually, the second highest number of poles that any other driver has gotten is Michael Schumacher. He only had 68. The other qualifying results after Hamilton were Verstappen and Bottas. Those were the top three, which was actually the most consistently, and likely, in the top three at this point. Which I mean, I think we all knew, but they ran some numbers for it. 

00:10:14 Rachelle 

They analyzed it and turns out we are correct.

00:10:15 Hannah 

Yeah. 

00:10:15 Rachelle 

The meme I keep seeing is the one from “Harry Potter” where McGonagall is looking at Harry, Ron and Hermione is like, why is it when something happens it's always you three?

00:10:32 Hannah 

So that's how I feel though, when that result of a qualifying or race. I'm just like… ugh.

00:10:40 Rachelle 

I know it's just annoying, like something else happening, please. 

00:10:42 Hannah 

Yes, please. Introduce a new character. 

00:10:46 Rachelle 

Yes. We are in Spain though. so Sainz and Alonso. 

00:10:51 Hannah 

Yes, so Sainz qualified to start in P6. And then that was ahead of Fernando Alonso in P10. We're going to get into the race, so might as well just cap this little battle off because there really wasn't much of a King of Spain battle, despite this being the Spanish Grand Prix. Fernando is so bad that he didn't even really get any airtime. It was like he didn't exist. And then Carlos, undoubtedly is the King of Spain because he is better than Fernando. But, he's solidly mid-tier and just there wasn't that much to say about him in this race and he finished in 7th. 

00:11:36 Rachelle 

But it's also like if the Joker tried to attempt a coup on the King, like it was, no one was even watching it. Some people like, oh, they're both Spanish, but that's the extent of it. It's not like they were even close to each other I think at any point. 

00:11:51 Hannah 

Onto the actual meat of the race. Right when the race started, very characteristically of Max, he aggressively started the race by passing Lewis on like turn one and it was very impressive. And Lewis, though, he really kept his cool. You know he gave Max enough space to pass while remaining competitive and so I just think that shows that Lewis has a lot of poise and confidence and he did not seem worried at all. 

00:12:26 Rachelle 

Yeah, unlike some people at Mercedes who don't feel like they can give people space, otherwise they'll lose their position. Lewis did not feel that way. He knew he'd get it back. And he did. 

00:12:39 Hannah 

You have to play the long game cause it's like if he too aggressive he could have like damaged his car, but he knew he had the pace he needed to beat Max and he just like let him go. Another highlight from, well Yuki, actually, his full experience this whole weekend. In qualifying, his car didn’t get the pace he needed. He actually got out of Quali in Q1 so he had to start in P16. And his headset is connected to the radio that's broadcasted live. And he said quote, I can't fucking believe this car unquote. Everyone heard it, and the commentators were saying Yuki needs to be less angry and stop swearing. But Yuki is absolutely right. His car is fucking trash. Because the actual race, Yuki had to retire his car on lap 10 because his engine stopped working. 

00:13:43 Rachelle 

But also, I think Yuki needs to remember he's not playing Xbox. He is driving a real car, connected to a radio, that streams on national television. So, he could like, potentially, filter. Like I know he's in his feels in the moment, but at least we know one thing. We definitely know that he ate his feelings like super well. That was a good meal. Yuki’s living the life.

00:14:12 Hannah 

Love that for him resuming to the race. Toto. Wait. I love getting Toto’s bits on the radio because he's just a wonderful man and anything he says is gold. So basically, Lewis, obviously, like with Max, they were both leading the race far ahead of everyone else. Especially Mazepin. And Lewis was about to lap him and so they actually, I think this was like, one of the few times, or it's a very rare occasion where they actually air the radio from like a CEO or principal to the F1 race director who's Michael Massi. And Toto, said to Massi, this guy is going to make us lose our position. He said that about Mazepin. And made sure that they brought up the blue flags and that Mazepin wouldn't get into Lewis’ his way. 

00:15:13 Rachelle 

Anything Toto says is law. Basically, get the blue flags. The blue flags come out, yeah. 

00:15:19 Hannah 

Yeah, I mean that was a smart thing to get ahead of and he elevated it to the highest level. He elevated it to the person who runs the entire race. 

00:15:30 Rachelle 

That's how you know you're a badass right? Like you skip the little people, and you go straight to, what's his name, Massi? 

00:15:38 Hannah 

More Toto radio, but this time Toto to Bottas because I think because maybe Lewis pitted or something Bottas was ahead of Lewis. Toto told Bottas, don't hold Lewis up, which is basically him saying let Lewis pass you. And Bottas didn't really respond, and the commentators were joking, like is the radio a little dodgy?

00:16:09 Rachelle 

Why yes, I think it might be. 

00:16:12 Hannah 

And Bottas was… Bottas would not easily get out of the way, and so Hamilton had to legit overtake Bottas. 

00:16:22 Rachelle 

Yeah, and it's just like… We wanted big things for him. We thought he was worthy of Alpha Tauri. But now? Williams at best. Because, see, the problem, like Netflix painting him in a great light. Like this guy just trying to get his shot and his moment. And Lewis is just this great guy just standing in his way and Bottas just once a chance, but really, he's a good driver, clearly, or he's in a good car. Whatever the reason is, but he can't seem to decide if he wants to be the doormat or like a worthy competitor for Lewis. So, he just like seesaws in between the two, like a flopping fish. And just can't make up his mind. Be one or the other. You’re either are a doormat for Lewis or you are good. And you are neither. 

00:17:12 Hannah 

Exactly. Like the thing is, what did you think was going to happen that he would just take the lead over Hamilton and win the entire race? 

00:17:22 Rachelle 

He said in an interview that he's like I'm not here to let people pass, I'm here to race. But like, dude, like you're supposed to let people pass when they're in passing zone and when it helps your team. And you just suck. You knew he was going to pass you eventually. You wanted to make a bigger embarrassment of yourself by making him work for it. 

00:17:45 Hannah 

So, like we've talked about before in Netflix’s “Drive to Survive,” Bottas likes nude saunas. And they show his butt. I saw on the Internet that his nickname is Big Booty Bottas. 

00:18:04 Rachelle 

Spelled with the two Ss. 

00:18:06 Hannah 

Yes. Bott-ass. And after that, the shit he is pulling. I have no respect for this man. 

00:18:17 Rachelle 

Was that pun intentional? You said Bott-ass and the shit he's pulling. 

00:18:23 Hannah 

Gross. I didn't mean that, but it works well. 

00:18:30 Rachelle 

It does. Anyway, we are not fans of Bottas anymore.

00:18:35 Hannah 

Honestly, they should do what all the rumours are saying at this point and switch out George and Bottas at this point. 

00:18:40 Rachelle 

Yeah, you don't need your integrity Mercedes. Just like look at Christian, he's fine. 

00:18:44 Hannah 

Just do more make-a-wishes for other people. 

00:18:47 Rachelle 

Yeah, you know what, Bottas would be great for that role. He could test drive the cars.

00:18:53 Hannah 

I don't think that's his wish, but. 

00:18:56 Rachelle 

It's my wish for him. 

00:18:58 Hannah 

It’s everyone’s wish for Bottas. So, back to the race. So, Lewis, mean, the whole Mercedes team makes the decision to do a second pit stop for him, which of course is kind of risky with Max still in the lead, but it actually worked out really well after Lewis did his second pit stop, he did get a good pace and he was able to overtake Max on lap 60. 

00:19:24 Rachelle 

Yeah, it also helped that. So, apparently, back to tyre strategy, Red Bull had two sets of soft tyres and Mercedes had two sets of medium so they could switch him to medium, which was better on this track. But Max didn't have anything to switch to, so his tires were just like worn af. So, he was just like, he could do nothing. It was so late in the game, there was no point in pitting for him, I think, at this point. 

00:19:55 Hannah 

So, the race results were Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Leclerc, and Pérez. And Lewis won Driver of the Day, which I think, you know, given that it was his 100th pole, he really was behind almost the entire time. And as much as everyone believes in Lewis, it wasn't a sure thing, so it was like an incredible race for him. So, I do think he deserves it. But, personally, my Driver of the Day is Max because I love his aggressive starts, he makes races entertaining and like we're just saying about the tires, like Max absolutely did the best that he could. 

00:20:42 Rachelle 

Yes, agreed. But my driver of the day is Charles. It's more driver of the season thus far, I think, probably because he's just been so consistent. Like he's always finished, I think P4. Maybe P4 or P5. He's finished top, in the top five every single time. He's just consistent. He's fast. He's good. He makes people work a little. Like I just he's just so sweet. And I also don't have much to say about him. But I want to say so much about Charles. He's just a lovely boy. I do have to say that Bottas was no one's driver of the day. And when they released the voting, Mazepin was voted 4th and whether that was troll-, it was trolling, but still like, people don't even like Bottas enough to troll him. 

00:21:30 Hannah 

Right.

00:21:30 Rachelle 

He like wasn't even on the list. 

00:21:34 Hannah 

Yeah, Mazepin getting 4th in Driver of the Day. Maybe the only non-trolling reason is that he didn't cause a disaster for anybody or himself. Like you know he didn't spin. He finished the race, he didn't

Cause a slow-down by ignoring blue flags. And just, you know, was testing the Haas car, which is what he's supposed to do. So, our standards have really lowered for him. 

00:22:04 Rachelle 

If you change what you expect from Mazepin, he'll be your best Driver of the Day, every time. Like if you just expect him not to kill anyone, he succeeds on every count.

00:22:10 Hannah 

Exactly. So overall, in the World Constructor’s standings, Lewis is having the best start of his career. The current standings are Lewis with 94 points, which I think is the most he's ever gotten after the first four races and then Verstappen has 80. So still, like you know, within a good range, and then there's like a huge drop off to 3rd which is Bottas with 47, Lando Norris with 41, and Leclerc with 40. 

00:22:50 Rachelle 

Yeah, you know why I think this is Hamilton's best season? Because he, like he's no longer complacent like he actually has to work for it. And they're all racers, they're all competitors. He hasn't had to really compete much. 

00:23:02 Hannah 

Agreed, he's being pushed to his limits because Max is so aggressive, which is why I really like Max now. 

00:23:12 Rachelle 

I don’t really want for him to be just like an assistant to Lewis’ success. 

00:23:15 Hannah 

No, me neither. 

00:23:15 Rachelle 

I want more for him. Then but I am happy for him. He's doing so well and he's so great like he's just good. He's really like he managed to find the middle ground. 

00:23:24 Hannah 

Yeah, I really want Max to win almost like an equal number of races as Hamilton, so they're only like five points apart like on and off. 

00:23:35 Rachelle 

Agreed, and then so, like Hamilton, barely gets his eighth win. And then Max takes over. 

00:23:39 Hannah 

Yes, but still really if he breaks the world record for championships, he would have really earned it. 

00:23:46 Rachelle 

Yes, exactly. 

00:23:48 Hannah 

An interesting post-race interview that Hamilton did, because obviously you just assume like, with Max passing him and like being in front of Hamilton for like almost the entirety of the race, I think the assumption is like that's negative. But, Hamilton said that this Spanish Grand Prix was the most he's ever learned about Max more than any of the other races put together. He didn't share what he learned, but he said, like when you follow people closely, you see different things and that he learned a lot about how Max drives his car. And so, I mean, I don't think like they strategically planned for Hamilton to be following Max, but I thought that was an interesting perspective and like how that could actually serve as an advantage in the future. 

00:24:43 Rachelle 

Can I just say I was sitting at home, like on a couch, and I learned nothing about Max’s driving style. Lewis was going 200 miles an hour figuring out weird pitting strategies and tire strategies and at the same time he could learn how Max drove his car and like file it away for future use. That's insane amount of brain use. 

00:25:07 Hannah 

So that recaps the race, but we want to go back to the start of the race where Pierre Gasly for Alpha Tauri. when the race was starting, he actually was lined up incorrectly. I think he was just like a little bit beyond the line that was for his place. And so he actually got a penalty point and had to serve a penalty during a pit stop where he had to wait five seconds before the mechanics could do his tyre switch. 

00:25:37 Rachelle 

Yeah, and so this prompted a message from one of our listeners in Oslo, Norway. To ask us like what penalties even are in F1, how they work, and how they're used. So, we'll give you a quick breakdown. Not too thorough, but an overview. 

00:25:54 Hannah 

So, every F1 driver is required to have a super license, which is basically like an F1 driver’s license. And to get a super license you need a certain amount of points and they are earned based on performance in other categories, which change annually, but generally includes F2 and Formula E. And drivers have to pay for their license. There's a minimum fee plus an annual renewal fee that's based on the points secured in F1. And most people pay a 6-figure sum. 

00:26:29 Rachelle 

Minimum. I think some people pay millions. But these points also determine whether a driver qualifies for a license and how much the fee is. But the points are part of a larger point system. Those are generally the positive points you earn. There are also the negative points that you earn, which are the penalty points. And it's the same way in America, at least, when you get a ticket, that infraction goes on your license for whatever period of time. The same thing happens in F1. It usually takes 12 penalty points for you to be banned from one race. No one’s ever reached 12 penalty points in one year, which is the limit. But Grosjean has had 20 points over his career, and that's the most anyone has ever been awarded. So good job. Grosjean. 

00:27:14 Hannah 

Woo hoo.

00:27:18 Rachelle 

So, there are different types of penalties awarded. 5 second penalty or a 10 second penalty, which means you have to box for either 5 seconds or 10 seconds before the pit stop can commence. And there's also a drive through penalty, which means that you just drive through the pitlane and you don't actually have to stop. And penalties expire after one year, so often previous seasons points carry over. But this has also helped Mazepin. It doesn't carry over from championship to championship. So even though he had tons of penalty points last year, he came in with a clean slate. And also I think, that would be an excellent tactic for people to try and rack up his points before we get somewhere like Monaco, where he's 100% going to kill everyone. 

00:28:10 Hannah 

Yes, I'm afraid for Monaco in two weeks. He is better. I mean, I think it's great, like in this Spanish Grand Prix that he did get out of people way. Like this shows he has potential to not kill people. So we’ve actually been flooded with listener questions. W’re overwhelmed, and there's no way we can address all of them in this episode. But we did pick a few that were a little easier. We'll address the other listener questions throughout our podcast or do like a separate Q&A episode. 

00:28:53 Rachelle 

Also, when Hannah says overwhelmed, she actually means underwhelmed. We would love more questions. Please send them in. We want to answer them all. 

00:28:59 Hannah 

OK. 

00:29:02 Rachelle 

I don't want them to go away. 

00:29:03 Hannah 

No no no. Please send them all in, but don't expect us to answer them immediately. I think that's a reasonable ask. Yes, from London, England: if you could go to one 2022 F1 race, in person, which one would it be and why? So, my answer is Miami because it's re-entering the F1 race circuit in 2022. So many people are hyped about it because they have fond memories of it in the past and so I think it's just going to be a huge party, blowout celebration because it's like kind of an inaugural celebration. 

00:29:45 Rachelle 

Agreed, I think that one will be really fun and cause they're all hyped it’s bound to be a good time. But I have to go with the OG and choose Monaco. 

00:29:55 Hannah 

Well, I obviously was thinking about Monaco. This is my strategy like this year and next year we should do.

00:30:03 Rachelle 

Local. 

00:30:04 Hannah 

Yeah, like Austin, Miami. Just because we need to get situated with how to like, watch a Grand Prix in person. Because apparently, it's not that easy like you have to be able to broadcast the radio and like your headphones and like it's like 

00:30:21 Rachelle 

What? 

00:30:28 Hannah 

Well because you can't like, you can't really hear the announcers like from being there in person. 

00:30:29 Rachelle 

Yeah, but you don't wear headphones at a football game and you can't hear the announcers there either. 

00:30:33 Hannah 

Well, in a football game you could see the whole field. 

00:30:36 Rachelle 

OK, that's fair I guess. Wait, I don't know. People have marathon wait at random times to see people run by. 

00:30:42 Hannah 

No, I was researching a little bit online, and people were saying online that you should definitely like do a radio broadcast live like on your headphones while you watch since you could only see a small portion of it. So, given the complexity of watching a Grand Prix, I want to be prepared when we do go to Monaco eventually of like how to optimize our experience. 

00:31:10 Rachelle 

OK, and in which case I did not know it's that complicated, and I understand your need to prepare on soil that you are familiar with. But I would argue that I think many people in Monaco like watch from their homes. So really what has to happen is we have to get rich, get a hotel room and then watch from the balcony but have the TV on and so you're comfortable, but also there. I think that's the ideal situation. 

00:31:40 Hannah 

Oh wow, yes, and you get a whole view of like essentially the whole track. 

00:31:44 Rachelle 

Exactly, yeah. 

00:31:45 Hannah 

OK, I'm persuaded we'll go next year.

00:31:49 Rachelle 

Alright, do we have enough time to get rich? 

00:31:52 Hannah 

I forgot about that part. It's still years away. 

00:31:57 Rachelle 

All right.

00:31:59 Hannah 

OK, moving on to one of our favourite segments. Where in the world was Cyril? 

00:32:07 Hannah 

So, in our last episode we talked about how Cyril and Daniel Ricciardo had a bet about whether Daniel got podium and then Cyril will get a tattoo which is pronounced ta-do. And Cyril was missing in action, but this week, in the media, Cyril gave an interview and confirmed that the ta-do bet is still on and that he will get it and he said. 

00:32:36 Rachelle 

I am a man of my word and ready for any tattoo. I still get to choose size and location as soon as the restrictions are waived. A bet is a bet. I may just ask for a right to edit the style of the beast. 

00:32:51 Hannah 

And by beast he means the Honey Badger design that Ricciardo said he wants Cyril to get. I guess Cyril is waiting for COVID to end, and then they'll get the tattoo, but honestly, that just sounds like an excuse. 

00:33:08 Rachelle 

I agree. COVID has nothing to do with tattoos, A. B, I think his stipulation to choose size and location, means that Caco texted him our podcast, and he has decided that tramp stamp is the way to go. So yeah, I think that's what's happened. That's that's where Cyril’s been this past week, he's been binging this podcast and rearranging his tattoo. 

00:33:39 Hannah 

I love that. So, before we end today's episode, we wanted to take a poll for what you guys want on the next episode. 

00:33:50 Rachelle 

So we can recap the next two episodes of “Drive to Survive”, which has been super fun. We love doing that. Or we've had a new idea for Formula 1-01. We had a listener question sent in about what the difference is between Formula One and NASCAR. And we would like to explain it via “Cars” and “Cars 2”, because there is a Grand Prix in “Cars 2,” and we think that it is a great representation of. 

00:34:15 Hannah 

Well, to be clear, Rachelle and I have not watched “Cars” or “Cars 2”, but another listener suggested we watch “Cars” to understand NASCAR and “Cars 2” to understand Formula One from a “Cars”’ perspective. From that feedback, we decided we could answer one listener’s question with another listener’s suggestion. We plan to watch “Cars” and “Cars 2”. 

00:34:43 Rachelle 

We would like to use the “Cars” franchise as a vehicle to explain this important question. And I will make that joke again, so please keep that in mind when you vote. 

00:34:53 Hannah 

Yes, so we're going to put up a poll on our Instagram @boxboxf1pod. 

00:35:00 Hannah 

And so, you can vote there, or you know you can reach out to us via DM or email us at boxboxf1pod@gmail.com

00:35:10 Rachelle 

We can't wait to hear from you. And don't forget to subscribe and share with your friends! Box box! 

00:35:16 Hannah 

Box box!