Episode Transcript
Welcome back to sort of sophisticated, the podcast where we make you just cultured enough to survive a conversation with your smartest friend that usually would just wanna punch in the face when they're talking to you Am I right? I'm Pete. And with me as always is Amanda. Hi everyone. But for the record, I don't think that Pete is right on that. Why? Because I really hope I'm not that friend. You are always that friend. I am not. I'm the least smart in the room most of the time. But it's fine. It's hot in here today. What's going on? Are we, are we off to a bad start? Yeah, I think so. Well, first of all, it's 90 degrees in the studio. It is not. Thank you very much. The AC is on. I That's a I can hear it. So that's a problem. There's lights blaring on me. I don't like this. I'm uncomfortable. I'm off my game and I gotta like get, I gotta like, you were just fine last week. You are such a prima donna. I Maybe I am. You really are. Maybe this is what happens. Okay. I need this to be a little more like comfortable. So like I can get my mojo going. Is this how you hijack the episode And we talk about bullshit for like five minutes. fine. I will shut up then. And we can start the episode. you are so feisty today. Are you sure? I'm a little feisty. You are pretty. I am extra feisty. It's probably cause you didn't get a lot of sleep last night and we all know that you're a princess and you have to get like 10 hours of sleep. Wow. That was, you know what that was. That was very invective. That's what that was. Is that her word of the day? No. Okay. But that's what that was. Oh. And I'm gonna just start using that regularly 'cause that's the whole point of the words. Okay. You're being very invective. Are we ready to talk? I'm been ready. You know what we're talking about today. Well, you sort of know what we're talking about today. I you sort of know, but I'm gonna, introduce Okay. You know that new movie that just came out? F1 with Brad Pitt. Right. Okay. So naturally now everybody suddenly wants to talk about Formula One racing like they've been fans for like years, which I think is total bullshit. Who are we kidding? I think everyone became a fan when it was in like Las Vegas. It's always been in Las Vegas. It's not always been in Las Vegas. They just signed the contract for it. So when everything was like getting repaved and people were all angry because they were shutting down the strip, and then when they finally had F1 in when that sewer lid like flipped off and like messed hole. Holy crap dude, why don't you do, why don't you do this episode? Like you're ready. You know what should, oh, I don't know if I'm ready. I just, you know, more than I do. Well just about, you know, the cultural stuff. That's all. Okay. But that's the whole point of the whole thing. So just about the pop culture status, but you know, that's all. I like that. I think that you should take over from here. So, um, I have an idea. Okay. Why don't you just tell us how, uh, f one's gonna make us more cultured, please. Um, cultured. Cultured, um, I mean, I guess something to consider. Is that like F1? It's like the first of all races in like 20 different countries. Is that right? 20 countries. You are correct in 20 countries. And it's on all continents. It's on, it's on a lot of continents, but not, not it, it's on five continent, not Antarctica and not Africa. It's on five continents. Oh, five. Five. It's a big deal and you are correct. 20 different countries. Um, so it's like a thing. It's a big thing. It's like a multicultural I'm gonna save global thing. I'm gonna save you. I'm gonna chat to gp this shit right now and we're gonna do, need this. Figure it out. Alright. I told you pop cultured, not how It makes us more cultured. Pop. That's all you Pop music pop. Okay. Um, why does learning about F1 make me more cultured? Here we go. Okay, ready Chat. GPT says, learning about F1 makes you more cultured because it connects you to the global community. Amanda. Absolutely. Right. 20 countries, five continents, and a blend of national pride, tech, innovation, and tradition. It fuels curiosity by combining physics strategy and real human drama people. Drama. Drama. Oh dude, these interesting talk about princesses. You called me a princess. These dudes are all princesses, right? Um, it's a sport that rewards asking questions about how things work, why decisions matter, and what makes greatness Making you not just a fan, but an engaged, thoughtful observer of a high stakes world. I mean, it's super high stakes. There you go. Like, I don't think people realize, no, they could die at any second. They, I have a fun fact as you're watching. I know. Okay. It's crazy, right? And they gotta do all this shit going 200 miles an hour. I, yeah, it's insane. Wait, I do have a question though. What is it? Sorry, real quick. Mm-hmm. So is F1 the one that they train their necks, like they go into like these GForce stimulators and, oh, probably. I don't know. I didn't look that up, but that sounds, it's like insane. It sounds like they have to. Okay. Yeah, because they, whenever any, any race car drivers are that are gonna do that that fast, like I would think they'd have to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Or just snap your neck. It's crazy. Just like that. Okay. Well, what's our word of the day today? Word of the day? Um. All right, you ready? Today's word is limerence. Like limerick, like lime. Pretty much. Amanda, not even close. Deens. No, no, not Limerick. Limerence. Limerence. Limerence. Okay. It's the state of being obsessively infatuated with someone like it's head over heels. Like you cannot, like stop thinking about someone. Oh, interesting. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, like Limerence lime. Mm-hmm. So how you. Limerence Over boobs? That was funny. That was fucked up. That was good. Why was that fucked up? I don't know. That's, that's a whole ence. I feel like this is gonna be really easy. Yeah. We could do a whole podcast episode on Peter. And It's true. And Limerence, Peter has lots of opinions about boobs? Okay. I don't know. Now that ence is our word of the day and we have to work it in there somewhere. Are we gonna get to this F1? Um, because I've seen on TikTok that there's like these edits of hot drivers. I think it's F1 and maybe nascar. I think you need to teach me the difference between the two. Oh, we will. Um, but they're like these hot drivers, who spray champagne everywhere. Um, so I think we just need a little bit of, I think those are all the drivers, but Yeah. All of them. Well, but like, it just depends on what seasons racing, but Yes. Like NASCAR will do it. Yes, they all do it. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Um, what's the history? Gimme the skinny. I'll give it to Skinny. It's not really that old. Like it's not that old. Yeah. Formula One doesn't go back that far. Right. Officially started in 1950, huh? Formula One is like, it's the cars with the big wheels in the back. We're gonna get to all of that. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Like, like, like, we're okay. Okay. I'm ready. So just history. Got it. Go. 1950s. Hit me. Okay. Formula One officially kicked off in 1950 with its first World Championship race at a place called Silverstone in the United Kingdom. Oh, it's not even like a American thing. No. Started. That's why NASCAR is, I guess it could be Silverstone or Silverstone. I think Americans say Silver Stone. Okay. But like I think if you're from like Northern England, you say Silverstone. Okay. Silverstone. Okay. But like, really the whole idea of like just fast cars and racing started way earlier than that. It wasn't officially F1 back then or anything, but like as soon as they started making cars, like races started, I mean, how could you not Right. Fast cars. Right. Let's go. Let's go. Well they weren't even that fast. Remember? They were pushing 'em. But you get the idea cranking. Did they do with horse drunk carriages? They were like cranking. Yeah, of course they did. They'd cherry race. They did everything. Races are racists. Mm-hmm. Yes. Okay. So basically like a bunch of rich European dudes, like in those leather helmets, raced down dirt roads, all I love that they were leather helmets. Like what were they gonna protect? I have no idea. They don't know. I they did the same thing in football. It was like chaos. I don't know. Huh. But I mean, like that, that's how long ago, but like F1 officially 1950. Okay. Okay. Alright. So then basically like somebody realized people would actually pay money for this whole thing. And that's like when the whole. Sport of car racing got organized. But how did they not expect that people would pay money for this? I mean there was like the gladiator and the chariot racing and all things like people, you gotta do shit for free for a really long time before like giving up, get them engaged. Right. Buy in. Okay. Yeah. Maybe that's what's going on here. Okay. Uh, so they formed something called the International Automobile Federation. The FIA. Wait, why? F-I-A-F-I-A-I-A-F Feder, it's probably French. Uh, it's like the United Nations of Car Racing. Okay. Yeah. And created the formula in Formula One, you would say, right? That was pun. Yeah. Just a big, sort of fancy way of saying, um, here's some rules everybody should follow. So, uh, it's basically even, and people don't die, right? That was kind of the FI's plan. Up until then, they just sort of did whatever they wanted to. Um, so like, I guess FIA didn't really create Formula One per se. They just made it legitimate then like, It started gaining momentum. Remember the whole triple crown thing where it was like, it wasn't really a thing until some dude named Charles Hatton just started saying the word triple crown. Oh yeah. And then, then they went back. Yeah. So sort of the same concept, right? Okay. Yeah. So it became the S slang, the lingo. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well that makes sense. Yeah. Except now are you going to like, maybe explain a little bit to me about what the difference is between F1 and nascar? Oh, I, I'm gonna do you one better. One better? Yeah, I am. Okay. I'm gonna give you like a quick and dirty difference on all of 'em. So like I'll just do America, 'cause like, I dunno, anything else, it's international. 'cause I'm not international,, I'm sure there's like all sorts of stuff all over the world, but here in America we basically have like F1 IndyCar, nascar, IMSA and NHRA. what are all these things, right? Those are all the different like forms of racing in United States. Are they all under, under the FIA? oh my God, look at us. We're so sophisticated. So sophisticated. We're like throwing in acronyms everywhere. No, because FIA is international, so F1 is international, but also in America. I see. Got it. All the rest of 'em are just America. Because since this is like American podcast, I'll just do America stuff. Fair enough. Got it. All Can I have one more question? Yes. Go. What? Just point of clarification. So Formula one? Yes. When it's in Las Vegas? Yes. It's international racers. Yes it is. Okay. It's always international. We, it'll explain it all. Yes. Okay, so I'm gonna go super fast here. So super fast like listeners know. So NASCAR is all about like the big, heavy, what we would call stock cars that look kind of like. Streetcar, whizzing around at like high speeds around the oval track that you see on tv. It's what all of those kids on the street takeovers kind of, kind of Yes. Look like. Okay. Yeah, so, and they have to be regular cars. Right. Lots of bumping, lots of shit falling off the cars. Like, it's like cars. Cars. Oh, like, like Ne McQueen. Okay. That's like nascar. Right. Understood. You remember? Do you remember what's name Doc what was it? I think his name was Doc. Right? What's this slow down? You're not racing yet at Disneyland? No, it's, it's the police office. It's a police. Police. It's officer. Yeah. Yeah. Slow down. You're not racing yet. That's like my favorite part. Okay. Um, yeah. We got nascar. Got it. Okay. Then you have Indy car and Formula One. I'm sort of putting them together for a second. Don't freak out. Okay. Uh, which both use that super low profile like badass looking car with those huge, massive exposed wheels hanging out like on each side. Right. Okay. The ones that are like, yes, they're out, they're outside of the car. They're massive. Right. 'cause they're, they're 'cause they're like taking 'em on and off. Right. But Indy car races mostly in the United States and also includes racing on oval tracks and Formula One sticks to like street circuits and only in all those famous places. Oh. Like around the country. That's a very big differential. Yeah. Monaco, Mazda, Vegas, Miami, all things we're just talking about. Okay. You get the idea. And we'll go into F1, so don't worry. 'cause that's what this whole thing is about. Then you have IMSA, um, do you know like how like we have running races like five Ks, 10 Ks, half marathons. Oh sure. Like things like that? Sure. Okay. IMSA is like the marathon. Oh, of like running, it's like, it's like an endurance thing. Okay. So some races go like 24 hours and they use a team of drivers. It's like a relay race. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Interesting. Um, and they also have different classes of cars all racing at the same time, all competing in their own category. So the idea is it's simulating like,, souped up, regular driving. 'cause you have to like dodge more shit. So imagine like you're on the freeway and you got Ferrari on the freeway, but you also got like Volkswagens on the freeways, right? Mm-hmm. So the concept is that all these cars are racing in their own categories, but all at the same time on the same track, which simulates, you know, real life, so to speak. I mean, that's not the point, but that's what makes it insane. Interesting to watch. Insane. Yeah. Okay. There's lots. Yeah. That's IMSA. It's pretty popular. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Um, and then last you have NHRA and that's just like the straight line drag racing shit, like the big parachute flies out in the back. Oh. These, these races are like four seconds. They're the dragster cars that are super, super, long. The fire shoots out the back of it. You know what I'm talking. Then the parachute shoots out at the end and slow the car down. Okay, okay. It's a four second race. Literally. Top speed. See how fast you can go? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, now I'm interested. What's the top speed? Oh, I have no idea. Of, of, of like one of those cars. Okay, well maybe we'll do an NHR episode. I don't even know. That's fine. NHRA top speed 2 80. I don't know. Making up, wow, I'm making it up. I don't know. 3 35. 3 35. That's like jet 3 35 miles an hour isn't like jet speed. Yeah. That's insane. Holy shit. In under four seconds. It's, that's crazy. It's controlled rocket fuel with wheels. Oh, that makes sense. Okay. Anyway, I don't wanna do that. Okay. That's crazy. Okay, so each of these have their whole, like their own season, but we're here to talk like F1, so F1 specifically F1. So F1 all around the world. And in 2025, their season has 24 different races and they're like halfway through the season right now. Oh. I don't think I realized that there were like that many different races. 24 races. Yeah. Do they get knocked out? What do you mean? Do they get knocked out? So like all the countries come together, they all compete in these 24 races. The countries do. They like no countries are competing. Oh, just kidding. This is like, this is like teams compete, not countries. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like people with money just create teams. Um, maybe I should just let you get into it. Go ahead. Yeah. It's a little, there's a little bit of a lot involved, but yeah. It's all here. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, the last race was just last week in Austria actually, believe it or not. And each race is called a Grand Prix, which basically just means big prize in French 'cause the French have to be in charge of everything. 'cause the Grand Prix. Oh, grand Prix, big prize. But they didn't start it, the UK started it. Correct. Mundo. Okay. In Silverton, uh, races happen on either what you'd call a traditional racetrack like Silverton, not an oval, like it's a, it's a pre-designed track. Um, or something they called street circuits, which are literally like roads that are turned into racetracks. Like Monaco or Singapore or Vegas. A museum. Yes. Okay. Correct Mundo. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And is it always 24 races? It's not always 24 races. They decide before each season. Um, but because like everybody chases money and they like wanna make it bigger and better every year, they always like add a race or two. So I looked it up 10 years ago, there was only like 19 or 20 races per season and now it's up to 24 races. So they're trying to rake in the money? I think so. Yeah. Milk it. Milk it. That's, that's, it's the same thing they do with the NFL. They're like, oh, now it's an 18 week season instead of 16 now 16 season. And now they're doing international. Right. Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Um, and each race is really a race weekend. So three days actually, so Oh, they do Friday. They like practice. They get to go out on the course by themselves, not by the team and whatever, and like figure it out. And then Saturday, is qualifying, that's when they like fight for their starting positions and like what the whole grid's gonna look like. Okay. Um, and then Sunday is the actual race day. So like you could sort of go any day, but the idea is like you're there for the weekend, but Sunday is day. Yeah, yeah. Sunday's the actual race. Have you ever been to one? Okay. So, no. Like, I'm not gonna lie, I haven't, and I have not either. I mean, the closest one that I've ever heard of was Vegas, right? Yeah. No, that's, it is, and it's super easy to go to and all that. Yeah. But like, I've never been in there. It's also very expensive. Yeah, I know. So here's the thing, I'm, I'm challenging myself this week. Okay. Because, like, are you gonna watch it? Um, no. I'm, I've been watching it. Oh. Like, I've been totally getting into it, but like, I'm not an F1 guy, like, at all. So I'm trying to be like cultured and curious. Yes. And learn how to be sort of sophisticated, like, on the fly right now. 'cause this isn't something I would jump into. I, we usually tell me what I need to do later on in the episodes. Yeah. I'm assuming you're already doing whatever you, you're gonna preach to me about. Correct. But normally, like in most of the episodes, like, I'm, I'm already like hooked. I'm like, I'm in, you know, like we did like Iceland. I was like, oh my God, I'm gonna fucking Iceland. This is the best ever. With this one, it's sort of like slow burn. It's slow burn, right? I gotta get into it and I, I am getting into it, but like, so what got you into it? This is, uh, so Drive to Survive got me into it. This Netflix series. What Drive to It's a Netflix series. Yes. So it's, it's been out for a while. It's seven seasons. Oh wow. So a, it's a thing. Oh, it's a thing. It's excellent. Okay. And it's super, this is a super good way to get involved 'cause like documentary, but like, they totally dramatize it and play it up, but it's like real shit. Like nothing is like made up. Oh, I'm interested. Oh, it, it's good. Alright. It's good. So anyway. Yeah. Yeah. So then wait, how does this season work? Is it like the NFL where there's like a Super Bowl at the end? So is there a championship or is it just like each race is a win and they get a purse? Race. Oh, I like that. Like a purse, like a horse race. Um, was purse only used for horse racing? No. Oh, okay. No, I like that. No, no, no. Purse is purse. Okay. Okay. What you were doing there? No, no, no. Um, I had no idea I'd figured it out watching drive to survive. But I'm gonna tell you, it's a little anti-climactic, right? Like so. Oh, really? So you were right. Like each driver can win, like of course any one of the Grand Prix. Okay. Right. Okay. Uh, and there's no Super Bowl at the end. There's not like a championship race at the end. No. So, you collect points per race, that's how like a driver wins. So first place is 25 points, second place, 18 points, third place, 15 points. You get the idea. Okay. All the way down to like one point for take place. Okay? Right. And then. The driver with the most points at the end of the season becomes the world champion. Right. Okay. So it's not just about winning one race, you have to win multiple races. Yeah. 'cause you have to be on your top game for the whole year. Yes. Correct. There. So there is like a end game. There is, yeah. Yes. But here's the lame part. 'cause like let's say somebody's doing good all year long, like the first place guy could have enough points like three quarters of the way through the season where the second place guy couldn't even catch him, even if he wanted to. 'cause there's like, I guess not enough races left or available points to catch up. So like. The championship could be decided. I see. Earlier than the end season. So, so last year, like Max Tappin, he had around 400 points going into the Vegas Grand Prix, the one you were talking about. And Lando Norris had 330, so they were separated by 70 points. So as long as Vertin basically finished the race and didn't die in like the last two races that were left of the season. Then like he clinched the title like after Vegas in November and the season didn't technically end until December. Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because. There's no possible way there's two races left, can't catch up. 30 point differential. Yes. Can't catch up, can't it? Got it, got it, got it. Correct. Okay. But this sounds just like the Tour de France and you love Tour de France. So really, what are you complaining about? Uh, sh stop it. You know what, you're right. I'm in Limerence with the tour to France. Oh, you are in Rin. Is that Tour de France? That was good. I can't even say that. I don't even, I don't even know if that works. Okay, then I have to eat Crow. I have to take everything back. Okay. 'cause then what I mean is the F1 point system is totally awesome and I love it. I take everything back. Okay. Uh, take Backies. Okay. Wait, wait, I have another question. Yeah. Are all the drivers the same then each year? 'cause it's kind of like a jockey where it's like, this is your career. You do it year after year, after year. I'm assuming it's like an exclusive club of drivers, um, or like, can anyone join? Oh, no, no, no. Total exclusive club of drivers. You're absolutely right. So this like has to be, your mission in life is to be O oh, an F1 driver. Correct. Mundo. Okay. Yes. So like, I should have explained this earlier. Sorry. Okay. There's actually only 20 F1 race car drivers in the entire world. At any given time, what, 20 no period. 10 teams. Two drivers, 20 drivers. You got it. Two drivers each. That's it. Every race has the same 10 teams. And fun fact, a little context here. Um, we actually have more astronauts in the world than we do F1 drive. Well, I would hope we have more than 20 astronauts in the world. Okay, whatever. I'm just saying like, that's like such elite group. There's nothing else. That's very true. But hold on. It's such an elite group. I don't think I know of any other career that only has 20 individuals doing that. So wait, hold on though. Can you explain the team thing and like why they don't change? Oh yeah. Okay. So like, uh, it's like the same as any other sport, right? Like football teams don't change, basketball teams don't change. Like there's a certain amount in the league. That's just the way they set up the league. Like I'm sure it has. So once they, you pick your two drivers, these are your two drivers? No, the drivers can change. No, no, no, no. Like the teams can't change, right? So like in football, they decide on the teams I don't know, because of population density or like size of market and like if they Oh, like where they are? If the fan base has revenue. Oh, okay. Correct. Okay. So like here, it's probably F one's the same thing. I didn't look this all up, but it probably has to do with funding or backing from a sponsor. And then I'm sure there's like politics that are involved, on like who gets to own the next team or, or whatever. Or how they decide all that. But yeah, it's like, I mean, it's privately owned team. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. To people who have lots and lots of money, lots of money fund the F1. Probably lots of experience that they could show that they could, attract the right experienced, uh, you know, pit crews and technical people and scientist. There's thousands of people that work for each of these teams. Absolutely. Right. This, that, it's like fucking nasa, like, it's a lot. So like Right. A lot goes into it, which I understand. Yeah. You don't just like go like, I want a new team. You don't just trot. No, it's like years and years and years of like, like breaking in if you want. Okay. But kind of like our sports teams. Can we have a new team join in or is it always 10? So it's not always 10, F1, like whatever the rules that they made up, it maxes at 12 right now there's 10 teams and there's been 10 teams for a while, so there's two more spots. So they could, they Right. And then I have, don't even, I'm not nearly sophisticated enough. Right. Will they expand to 14? It's whatever. Bottom line. Right now they're at 10 teams. They've been at 10 teams for a while. So what are these 10 teams? Okay. The teams, the teams are Red Bull, so they're all like branded teams. Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Alpine, uh, VRB, or they're also known as Racing Bulls. Uh, saber, which is soon to be Audi. Williams and Haas. So they're not all car companies, but they all are. No, some are. Some are, yeah. But they are companies. It's brand, it's branding. Okay. It's branding. It's branding. So like Red Bull doesn't actually own No. Or facilitate the F1. They just pay enough in revenue. It's absolutely branding. Right. And some of the car companies are doing their own branding. So that's why you have Ferrari or you have Mercedes, but then the engines are the engines from like Ferrari and Mercedes? Or do they use a rival engine? Oh, right. No, they to totally do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, okay. So outta these 10 teams, like four of the teams use engines from Mercedes, engines from Ferrari. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Wait, but hold you said like McLaren, so McLaren doesn't even supply its own engine? No. It's winning with a Mercedes engine. Yes. So the team Mercedes should also celebrate because I, no. Okay. No, but what? No, that's bullshit. 'cause that's so kind of, but not really like, so think about it like. You're at a chili cookoff, and like you and your mom are both using your mom's recipe, you're competing against each other. She's like making chili. You're making chili. You are using the same recipe. And she wins. Like, you're gonna be happy for her. She wins. Yeah. I mean, you're gonna be, you're gonna be like tangentially happy. I mean, but you wanted to win, like, okay. Fair. Okay, so don't use your mom, use your brother and you were doing it. Okay. I, I mean, I get your point. It's, I get your point, right. I just think it's very interesting that we have these car names that are sponsoring cars, that are, the engines are being like created by a competitor. Think of it, it's a, it's a brand. Right? I understand what's throwing you off is the idea of the car company. But it's really because like, like if I want, if I am a McLaren, okay, think of the body of the car. I want people, okay, think of the tires. Think of the body of the car. Think of the, oh. Think of the suspension. Think of like, but are they all different? Yes. That's my point. Okay. Like, so, so they're just using one component from, but that's like the biggest component of the whole car. Oh my god. Fine. That's what she said. Fine. But yeah. Okay. Okay, fine. Okay, fine. I, I get it. But is there an actual race then where the car companies race each other? Like is there a Ferrari against a Mercedes engine? Yes. They like, there is a race, it's called the 24 hours of Lamonts and it's the World Endurance Championship. Oh. That's one where they like totally awesome. Go forever for 24 hours they switch. Right. Just happened a few weeks ago. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And that is all car company based? Yes, absolutely. Okay, so now I wanna pivot back to the drivers. Okay. We were talking about how there's only 20 of them. Yes. We only have 10 teams currently. We can have up to 12 teams. Yes. So basically these 20 drivers. Just kind of rotate maybe between teams, whoever gets paid more, et et cetera. Correct. Contract. Contract, yes. But like, it's great. And that honestly drive to survive. Oh my God. That's all the drama. Like who's gonna be on what team won? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, interesting. Yeah. Yeah. But is there a way to, how do you break into it? So I feel like the odds are real low. The, the odds are, you know what? I tried to be funny. I have a little funny, fun fact about odds. Um, the odds of becoming a F1 driver are somewhere between winning an Oscar and writing a New York Times bestseller. How do you like that? You are 10 times, by the way, more likely to get struck by lightning than you are to be an F1 driver. Wow. Yeah. I know I didn't answer your question, but I thought those were fun to throw in. That's maybe if you think about it. I know, like, it sounds like it's impossible. Yeah. I think these people might be chosen by God. I don't really know. Just kidding they are like, how do you start when you're three years old? You're like peeling out. Like, why, why do you, why did you put your kids in soccer? Same exact thing. Insane parents. Oh my God. They need to live through their child at three years old instead of a soccer ball. It is a motorized go-kart, literally going a hundred fucking miles an hour. Interesting. And these parents stick helmets on these kids and they just start, and then you just, different strokes for different folks. Dude, it's like, it's the same as baseball. Right. Okay. Baseball, you have like, so literal, like minors? Yes. Like same, same concept. So it's like baseball, you have like YMCA, then you have like travel ball, then you have like high school and college. And then what is it? The minors? Aa, aa, single A. And then you go to professional baseball. So same concept in F1. You basically start with go-karts. Then if you're good, you like move up to something called F four. Then you move up to F three, then you move up to F two and then finally to F1. And each of those groups get smaller and smaller and smaller. And you don't really realize it. I mean, and when you think about it, it is like, I mean the numbers are smaller, but like, think of NCA basketball, right? Like 350 division one college teams. Each of them have five starters. 350 times five. Um, math major, 1,750 players MAs Sonos. Okay. You with me so far? Yes. So like, how many of the NBA draft every year? Like if you're going through college, right? And then you go, it's 60 players. There's two rounds. I, I'm making it up. Maybe there's 60, 64 players. Yeah. I think there's 32 teams. Yeah. I don't know. So, but I'm close. But like, the idea is if you're playing like recreational basketball, there's a million kids, then you get into college basketball. Yeah. Legit. I get that. Legit college basketball. Then you're down to like, whatever, 1700 and then they pick 60. It's just f one's smaller. That's all. Make sense? Yes. Much, much smaller. Yeah. They're like, I feel like, um, NBA team has 20 players per team. No, no, no, no. You are absolutely right. I'm, I'm just trying to, but like, F1 is 20 drivers in the world, period. I know. I'm just trying to give you a sense that the concept is still the same I the way way they do. It's still the same. You're right. It it's still mind blowing though. It's Yes, I agree with you completely. Yes. Because it's the world, not even just America's Yes. It's it's crazy. It's crazy stuff's. I know. Okay. But if I'm gonna watch it, yes. Do I need to know words? Because like when we did Tour de France and when we did the Kentucky Derby, there were words that if I was watching, oh, I got vocab. I need to know, I got v vocab vocab. You ready? Formula one, flash cards. Here we go. Okay. First you have something called pole position. Are you familiar with pole position? It's the one that's closest to the pole First place. Yes. Kind of like in the horse. Yeah. Yeah. So on Saturday when they have to run the track to qualify the fastest time takes pole position. Fastest time from the previous race. Fastest time on Saturday. Remember the Friday they get to go around the track and get used to it? Yeah. Saturday they have to qualify. They act, they actually race. But isn't there somebody by the pole position on Saturday? No. You, no, no, no. It's time. It's all time. You go one at a time. Oh, it's all time based. Do you just go around the track as fast as you can. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah. That's your qualifier. Oh, that's on whoever has has the fastest time. Okay. Okay. Okay. Then you set up in what's called the grid. I see. I see. And pull position's. The first number, then the one next, it's two, then 3, 4, 5, 6. So there is on Saturday, a huge reason to perform well. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. Absolutely. Okay, so you got pull position. Yep. Right. Okay. Yep. Um, okay. Then you have pit stop. That's what it's when they like stop and they, it's insane. Everyone bum rushes the cart. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You got it right. So that's like where you go into the garage, they get the tires changed, fix everything. Um, sometimes you have to serve a penalty in a pit stop too. So, uh oh. Like if you hit somebody? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Time out. Yeah. Well, not just hit somebody. There's, oh, but you know what, we'll go through penalties too. Okay. Oh dear. Remind me. Okay. Um, how long do you think a pit stop actually takes? By the way, I mean for you like an hour. Okay. Just kidding. You know what that was? That was invective again. You've already used that word once and that was in like an episode or two ago. I don't care. I, you know what? You know what I am. I'm not, in ence, I'm not in limerence with you. Okay. Okay. Like, but for real guess five seconds. Five seconds. Okay. Check this. A pit stop is considered decent. Decent. If you can keep it under 2.5 seconds, 2.5 seconds, 2.5 seconds is like insane. For the Amanda. They changed four tires. I have a fun fact about the world, but there's a per, there's one person on each side changing attire. Yes, yeah. So you're changing a tire in 2.5 seconds. A a Amanda, yes. You have to get the tire off and then put the tire on. And I don't care if there's four people doing it. It's amazing. You have to watch it. I mean, I'm sure it is. It's the best part of watching Drive to Survive. Okay. Okay. Next you have something called the Undercut. You'll hear that a lot. It's a strategy where like the driver goes to the pit stop early to get new tires, and then drives fast enough to jump ahead of, or I guess, undercut a competitor, like when they have to do their pit stop later, because like, it's really hard in F1 racing to like pass people. I mean, basically these engines top out, they're all excellent engines, right? Like the tracks are super tight. So like you have to work strategies. And this strategy of like changing your tires and getting out in front of somebody could save you a second or two. And if it saves you a second or two, you can change positions with somebody. It's super complicated stuff when you really think about it. Um, gotta get that edge. Yeah. Undercut, don't forget. You'll hear that a lot. Okay. Then you have something called the safety car, which I mean, basically that's, duh, that's the car that like goes out when like shit's all over the track or like there's a crash or something and they come out and they slow everybody down, clean up the whatever, and then they like start again. But isn't it like a way for everyone then to be starting off on neutral ground? So, if the safety car stops everybody, then everyone now has an opportunity to catch up. And so I feel like now the people who are in the back have an advantage. Advantage people in the back close. Okay. You are correct, huh? It's part of the race, but I mean, now one competitor's gone because they obviously crashed and Well, yeah. Or debris if something else happens, but yes, you are right. Oh, interesting. Yeah. So yes, it's, it's sucks, but it's part of the race. It is. That's it that happens. Can mess up all the strategy. Uh, okay. Then there's this thing called the DRS. This one is gonna make you sound sophisticated. Drag reduction system. This is, uh, on the back part of the car and it lets the driver open a flap on the back wing to reduce drag and go faster. But you can only do it in designated zones though, and only if you're within like one second of the car in front of you. So it started in 2011. They just put this in and like some purists don't really like it, but I think it's a cool add to the sport in my opinion because like I told you before, it's hard to pass people. Yeah. So like, you're right behind a car and like there's a lot of what you would call dirty air coming out behind that car. Yeah. Right. Like, you're right. I mean, you are literally right behind them. And so you lose traction with the road, right. You lose grip to the road. So when you're going around turns there's no chance you can't pass anybody. So they implemented this system where you like hit this button, it changes the air foil and reduces drag. And if you're good enough, can, you know, increase your speed like 10 to 30 kilometers per hour, like in a very short period of time and get past somebody, it's like a turbo boost, but Yeah. But you have to be like a really good driver. And like, again, some people, like o older generation dudes are like, oh my God. Like that's bullshit. They shouldn't have to, but like. I mean the racial, it makes it interesting. Yes. So race, right? I completely agree. And I'm sort of new to this whole thing, so you know, nobody yell at me. So grain of salt with whatever you're say, right? Absolutely. Yeah. Look, I'm trying to make people sort of sophisticated. idea here. We're not sophisticated, we're sorta of, we're trying to help people just watch the damn thing. Yep. It's true. Right? Okay. We're just doing our part. Okay. Then finally you have, uh, last vocab were track limits. So those are those red and white lines on the sides of the track. And uh, you have, it's like you have to stay inbounds, right? You have to drive inside of them or you're busted, like, for the most part. And there's more to it. But basically that suggests your car can't go outside of those, otherwise you're like off the track. Okay. So basically you're just out like out bounds. Yeah, out bounds. So is that, I know earlier you had mentioned like there are penalties is going out bounds a penalty. That's a penalty. Okay. Yes. You wanna do penalties? I do. Let's go penalties. Okay. Um, is like love tapping someone a penalty? Love crashing is a penalty. Yeah. I don't think love tapping is a penalty. Okay. All right. I'll do like basic penalties 'cause I don't like, I don't know all this stuff. I had to look all this up, learn about it, watch, drive to survive. Okay. I got the basics. Okay. So those track limit violations we just talked about, if a driver goes over the red or white line. Yeah. Outta balance. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Penalty. What happens when they have a penalty? Do they have to like turn their car off? Do they get extra time? Like you're kind of vague here. Yeah. Okay. Right. Tell me about it. So I didn't know. I was like, I don't know. What's the penalty? Okay. We're all learning. We're all learning in trouble. Okay. So apparently once all four tires are outside of those lines, it's a violation. All four whole car. All four. Okay. All four. Otherwise you're safe. They got cameras, ai. Yeah. Like everything's figured. All the shit out mean insane. It's unbelievable what they have. Like they replay a, it is insane. No, it's crazy. Um, once you have three violations in the same race, you get a warning, like someone like yells really loud at the driver, I guess like Has to be part of the strategy. 'cause if you get three times, you'd be like, oops, I went out, but I just gained a little bit. Like Yeah, I know. I mean, maybe a hundreds of a second. But then if you get a fourth one, there's like a real penalty. Like, I don't know, may maybe. So first, second, and third. Like they radio into the car. Okay. They're like, Hey dude, you just got, you know, checkpoint, whatever, blah, blah, blah. We're keeping an eye on you, whatever. And what happens when you do? Do it one more time? Five second penalty. So then you have to serve that penalty at your next pit stop. Or if you don't pit stop again, then they just add it like when the race ends, they just add five seconds at the end of the race. No, no, you're screwed. Are there a certain amount of pit stops you're allowed to have? There aren't, but like most of these guys are only doing one or two pits. It's only 90 minute race. Right. Because when you're adding two and a half right seconds, they don't wanna add any seconds or anything like that. But in theory, I guess if you got the five second penalty, you could just forego all your pit stops and hope your car stays together. Well, it's all about tires, right? Like you're gonna lose grip on your time. I know. Saying like, you just hope it, okay, sure. But like, yes, you wouldn't do it. Understood I'm not sure they could make it through the race. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Then you have something called unsafe release. So this happens after the pit stop in the pit lane. So if a team sends a car out, like right into another car's pathway, they get slapped with like a penalty or a fine in some cases. Oh, okay. Yeah. So you, I mean, that kinda makes sense. So like you're merging on a traffic without looking and you just kinda like go Yeah. Except 900 miles an hour, but yes, you get there Oh my gosh. 900 miles an hour. Not really, but like 200 miles an hour. Yes. So, like, that's scary shit. Right. Okay. Fair enough. Alright. Then there's also just like speeding in the pit lane, like they actually have speeding. Yes. There's like a posted speed limit sign. Like okay. So you just don't come out at an unsafe speed, right? Okay. Yeah. It's just to protect people. Like, yeah. So then there's just plain old causing an accident. Right? That one's pretty self-explanatory. Okay. Like intentionality? Yes. Yeah, I guess. Okay. Don't do it. Yeah. Uh, then there's also something called false start. Just like in track and field. Pretty simple, right? Don't start before the buzzer. Okay. Got it. And then only two more. Um, like if you ignore a yellow flag, when there's a caution somewhere on the track and you just blow right through it, like we were talking about earlier with the safety car. And then the last one is just like purposely not serving one of the penalties that we just talked about, which gets you s another penalty. So penalties are basically just always time being added. Yes. So by false start, I get time added if I, yeah. Okay. Or you go to Jill. Okay. Write to Jill. What's Jill? Right. To Jill. It's true. Do you not remember Fred Armisen? Did you watch Parks and Recreation? I did not. Okay. I dunno why you're surprised Fred Armisen right to jail. Um, yeah. No, it's all time. Makes sense. I mean, I guess like, I guess you could get disqualified, like if something egregious happens and they just pull you off the track. I fair. Okay. Don't know. Not sophisticated enough. Fair. Okay. But I know you're getting a lot of this knowledge from the show that you watch, but how close is that show to the. New Brad Pitt movie. Are we doing movie now? I think so. Are we switching? Yeah, because I am kind of in RINs with F1 right now. So Are you, why? What just happened? It's so fascinating. Oh, well, and I guess it's fascinating because there's only 20 people who can do this in the world. Are you in Limerence with one particular person in F1? Do you any of the real drivers? I, I'm just learning about all of it right now, I don't know. No, come on. I don't do that much research. Okay. Um, but like, is this F1 movie based off of the actual F1? Yes. But it's totally fiction. So what you're telling me is, is that, uh, it has potential to become a summer blockbuster. I think it is. Yeah. I mean, It's killing it, right? Total summer. Blockbuster. But is it killing it as much as Jaws? Uh, probably more than Jaws. We'll have to keep an eye on it. We'll look it up in a few weeks. We'll see if it hits $683 million or whatever you figured out before. Alright, here we go. Here we go. All thanks to Jaws. We can now talk about summer of blockbusters. Alright, let's go. Um, okay. So this movie's about some dude named Sonny Hayes, fictional, totally fictional character who's course played by none other than your Rin Crush, Brad Pitt. And the idea here is that he's some sort of super famous old time racer who basically comes out of retirement to help teach the young, new kid, like all the tricks. Okay. Why are narrative a problem with this? Why? Because you're only allowed to have 20 racers and now all of a sudden he is outta retirement. No, but like he's, but he's coaching, he's not like, oh, coaching. He not racing. Right. Okay. Right. Fine. Yeah. And then the, the driver guy, the new young kid is being played by some up and coming actor. Damson Idris. So this is his like moment in life? I think so, yeah. It's kind of like Top gun maverick. Yeah. But with pit stops. Oh my God, that's perfect. Yes. Um, I was just about to say Mr. Miyagi and Daniel's son from Karate Kid, but um, that's 'cause I'm really old. So yours was perfect. That was literally the pitch, right? Except instead of Tom Cruise's face like melting off Brad Pitt 10 pit. Here we go. Okay. Fair. Doing 200 miles an hour baby. Um, fun fact. Seven time F1 champion. Louis Hamilton, a real driver. Okay. He still drives, is one of the producers. Oh, okay. So he made sure like Hollywood didn't screw this whole up. Okay. Okay. That's nice. So it's like totally legit. Right. But did they actually film all these scenes at actual races then? Oh, they did. Like real races. Yeah. Yeah. There's footage, actual F1. There's footage of real races. Yes. So it's not like cgi I No, no, no, no, no, no. This is like, they filmed this live like at at least two race weekends that I know of. So that Silverston place? Mm-hmm. Um, and another one Spa in Belgium. Remember how I said they only have like 10 teams in like real F1 Uhhuh. Yeah. Okay. So for this movie, like, it's kind of cool. They made it fake, but they added a new 11th team. Oh, because they're allowed to, right? Yeah. They called it a PX gp and like all the other real teams participated like in the movie. So Ferrari's in there, McLaren's in there, um, red Bulls in there. So like that way it could be like more authentic. So even though it's fiction, they just like added a a, 11th theme. Yeah. So they're basically making it real world Yeah. Like trying to keep that connection. But yeah, I It's totally cool, right? Fictional all in this universe. Yeah. I think they did an excellent job. Everybody's loving it. Amanda, dude, 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. 87%. That's really high. That is really high, huh? Right. I know. Guess, I guess I gotta go see it. I'm a little behind the eight ball here. Yeah, no, no, no, we totally do. So some of the critics, uh, how about a work of cinematic art with everyone at the top of their game, especially Director Kozinski and Han Zimmer a must see in imax, right? Wow. Who wouldn't wanna watch it? Imax. Okay. Uh, Clayton Davis Variety, Brad Pitt and Dam Sin Idris, undeniable Chemistry, some of the most immersive scenes ever put to film. It feels like strapping into the cockpit of a rocket, he says. Except somehow it's sexy. I dunno. Wow. His words don't mind. I mean, those are, those are some strong words there. Mm-hmm. I know, right? So are we gonna get tickets and go? We're going. I mean, are you kidding me? I can't believe I haven't gotten yet. Like, I'm already pissed. It's been out a week. Okay, fair. So the critics love it. Yeah, but what about the whole racing world? Right? Because I feel like they're all gonna have opinions. No. 'cause Lewis was involved, right? Like, so he's right. Like, oh, that's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, two thumbs up. Super. So people love it. Super realistic. Okay. Because that, Lewis Hamilton producer guy was involved. This is like, so it's really like, top Gun because they had people consulting on Top Gun. Yeah. Who were actual pilots as well. This is so it's No, no, no. This, this is supposed to be magical. We're gonna see if it hits the 683 million mark. We are, we are this and we're gonna go see it in imax. Let's go. All right. I'm interested next level. Gonna be amazing. Totally. And if it's not, we'll come back on and we'll comment on how we do and then we'll do a whole, just kidding. You know what we said we do. We got all these things. Just kidding. You know what we should do? What how about fun Facts? My favorite part. Okay, good. Thanks. Because I got no more questions. Fun facts for F1. I like that. You know what that would be? One FFF F1 Fun facts. Formula one. Oh yeah. Or Formula one? Fun facts. F1. FF. Oh, I don't care either way. That's a lot of Fs. And I like alliteration. You do, you do you love alliteration? Are you ready? That's like your thing. Can I stop? Yes. Okay. So pit stops, we're talking about pit stops. So F1 cars, they don't refuel anymore at pit stops, no fuel. They got rid of it in 2010 because I guess pouring gas, like made stuff blow up. Uh, makes sense. Um, so now engineers have to calculate how much fuel they need for the whole race, and then have a little extra in reserve just in case. Oh yeah, check this out. So it's about 30 gallons, give or take, depending on the weighted specs of the car. Okay. Super fun fact, at the end of the race, they have to be able to still give one liter sample of gas from their engine so they can check it for like drugs and stuff and make sure like everybody's playing by the rules. So it's like, wow. It's so that way they didn't stop on the pit. Someone added a little extra. Yeah. It's like a piss test, huh? Like after the race you have to have one liter. If you don't have one leader. You get disqualified. Wow. Yes. So they, you have to watch it. Engineers have to know how much gas is left in the car. Is that crazy? That is crazy. Um, okay. I said I would talk to you about pit stops, the world record shortest pit stop. Okay. You wanna know what it is? You ready? Mm-hmm. 1.82 seconds by Red Bull racing. That's insane. Think about it. Like 1.82. Ready? I'll tell you how long it goes. Oh, ready? Say go. Okay. Done. Okay. I, I, I, that's crazy. I fart longer than 1.2 seconds gross. What do you want me to say? I can't, like, that's crazy, right? That is, it is like under two seconds, like you said, four people have to remove the nut of the tire. Then four people have to shove a new tire on. Then somebody has to relock the damn thing and then they have to like lower the car back to the ground and let it go in 1.8, two seconds. That's insane. Yes. Well, I think you forgot the Jack it up. Okay. Yeah. Oh yeah. They have to do that first. They definitely have to jack it up. Yep. Okay. Number three. Drivers lose anywhere between five to 10 pounds per race. What? Yes. Five to 10 pounds per race. Between the heat, the GForce and their suits, they sweat out a shit ton of water. 99. That's insane. Can I, um, can I start F1 racing? Now I know why people sign up per that. I wonder, does their weight affect how fast the car goes? Kind of like jockey's. It has to every pound. That's so interesting. Every second, every pound. That's crazy. Yes, it's crazy. Okay. Um, number four. You're not gonna believe this one. Like, oh my God, are you ready for this? I don't know. Okay. How much do you think a steering wheel for an F1 car cost? Oh, let's just start with that. Costs costs. Just the steering wheel. Well, I, I mean, I don't know if this is fair 'cause I don't even know how much an F1 car costs between 15 and $20 million. Oh my God. Yes. To make the car And it's a steering wheel. Steering wheel. How much steering wheel? I know. It seems like an important part of the car. 500,000. Okay. No, too high. A hundred grand. Oh, too high. A hundred grand. Well, now I feel like I got a deal. It's only 1% of the cost of the car. I mean, if four of my cars don't cost a hundred thousand dollars, a steering wheel. $15 million car. It's only 1% of the cost. Okay. Whatever. It's okay. Okay. I What cost the most on the car? I thought that make $15 million. I don't know. Everything. Like the body, the engines, like every Interesting. I can't even, Ima it's crazy. Is steering wheel more expensive than one tire? Ooh, that's a better one. I don't know. I don't know. You'd have to look that up. Okay. Um, okay. Number five. F1 Racing is the world's most global sport. We were talking about 20 countries, five continents. Right? only the Olympics and World Cup are more globally spread, but like the Olympics aren't one sport. They're like a million sports. And like the World Cup is really just like an international federation thing. Like each country has its separate league technically. And then they only come together once every four years to do this international competition. And this is like the only one that's. This is the only one annual that's always annually. A regular reoccurring event. Yeah. Yeah. Like and in one specialty? Yes, correct. Mundo. Uh, okay. Number six. Back in the early days, F1 used to be so dangerous that drivers like on the regular, died in races. I'm sure. Like having a heart attack? No, not having a heart attack. Like dying from like, like crashing out. Dude, from 1950 to 19 80, 30 drivers died. That's one driver per year. One driver per year. Okay. There's only 20 drivers, so it's like signing up for like a 5% chance to die. Like every time you raced Amanda, you look to your left, there's like, whatever, 10 drivers, you look to your right, like there's like nine drivers and here I, and I'm in the right. So, and like, but one of us is gonna be dead every year. Not anymore because now like obviously safety features and everything made it better. But like that's, I wouldn't sign up for that ever. Like ever. Yeah, but you gotta think these people are junkies, man. Okay. Adrenaline junkies. Okay. And finally, uh, last fun fact. Ferrari has not won a title I. In 13 years. Wow. 2008. Okay. They are totally the Dallas Cowboys of Efron racing. Yes. I just said that. No hate. No hate because I don't like the Cowboys, which is kind of shocking again. Well, I just would assume a car company would sponsor a car that wins. Yeah. Well, they're trying. I feel like that's bad marketing. No, they are. They're plagued. They are plagued. Wow. Yeah. Red Bull racing, top of the game all the time. I Red Bull all the time, man. Red Bull crazy right now. That's why they have all of let's of their like extreme sports. Yeah. And it is right now the biggest like fad thing. Let's go. It's amazing. Let love them. That's all I got. Well as always, good job because I knew none of that. But now I need you to do one more favor. What? Tell me what I gotta do. What's my call to action besides watching the movie? Hmm, that's a good point. I mean, that's kind of like. The premise of this episode is maybe that was my movie to watch movie. Damn. I think you just stole my thunder. Um, no, no, you're fine. Maybe watch the Netflix one too. Oh, that's that. Okay. So watch the movie, watch the Netflix series Drive to Survive. Okay, let's go with those two. Um, but maybe not all seven seasons let's a lot of No, you No, that's good. They're only 35 minute episodes. They're not like hours or anything. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. Um, and then let's watch like the rest of the races for the season. What's the big deal? They're only 90 minutes. The next one up is the British Grand Prix. That's like this upcoming weekend. And then if that's too soon, 'cause you're not into it yet, then Belgium is coming up, uh, in late July. So let's just go do that. Right? Put it on the calendar. Right. Just lock one. Or like I told you earlier, just follow your favorite driver on Instagram. They're all on Instagram. They're all, well, I mean, there's only 20 of 'em, so I guess they're, there's not many to follow. Let's just do that. Okay then just remember these important details. The same sort of sophisticated people. What I'm watching Formula One races in 20 countries across five continents every year with the same drivers and teams. It's like the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and a luxury soap opera all rolled into one. Every weekend. Every weekend. Not every weekend, but weekend. Every other weekend. Weekend, yeah. Basically. Um, each car costs somewhere between 15 and $20 million to build. They're so advanced they can theoretically drive upside down from something called aerodynamic downforce. I'm sorry, what? I know. And their pitstops taken. Why wasn't that in a fun fact. Okay. Well, I mean that's how they live their life, baby. Evidently. It's downforce baby. It's all about the downforce. Yeah. Um, number three, drivers don't just floor it all the time. These are precision athletes losing 10 pounds per race, managing tire wear, fuel load, weather changes, and team strategy all while hitting corners at five Gs and talking to their engineers at 200 miles an hour. I don't think I could do it. I couldn't do it. No, I couldn't gone straight. Oh, also what, um, F1 drivers, isn't there a thing that they have to have their reaction times are Oh, I'm sure. The face of anybody on the planet. I'm sure I, I mean, I don't, there's a whole thing. I didn't look that up or anything. Oh, okay. I believe you. Um, and lastly, the dramas half the fun, right? Think billion dollar teams, passive aggressive radio messages, rule controversies in Twitter, feuds Red Bull versus Mercedes Ferrari versus logic drivers versus their own strategies. It is the best show on television by far. All right. There you have it. Fellow listeners, A full throttle ride through the wild technical and drama field world of formula one from 200 miles per hour. Precision to the politics of playing out behind the scenes, it's clear F1 isn't about racing, it's about how power, pressure, and personality collide on a global stage. Um, I just looked it up. And a uh, steering wheel costs a gazillion times more than a tire. A tire only costs $2,700. The what costs so much on the car. I don't, I don't. $15 million, whatever. Oh, interesting. Yeah, I answered the question. Go. Sorry. Gonna have to google some more. You continue playing. Well if we've done our job today, hopefully you're walking away feeling a little more sophisticated with a better grasp on Downforce tire strategies and why everyone's obsessed with Monaco and whether you're in it for the engineering, the egos, or the accents. 'cause we all love some accents. Mm-hmm. Formula One reminds us that perfection is an illusion. Mistakes are broadcast in hd and the only thing faster than the cars is the drama or so I'm told. If you enjoy this episode, hit subscribe. Leave us a review and pass it along to someone who thinks F1 is just a bunch of cars going in circles. Listen dudes, we need new reviews. All right? Come on. New reviews. until next time, stay curious, stable, and remember, the only thing more dangerous than going full throttle is playing it safe.
