JOSH: Did you see his comments
on the Shakedown video?
People liked it, man.
IAN: They liked me?
JOSH: Yeah.
IAN: Oh, yeah.
JOSH: You were a big
success, dude.
IAN: Thanks, man.
All right, let me find the--
MIKE: Yeah, Ian,
that was good.
It was a really good show.
IAN: Thanks, sorry about the
joke at the front-end.
I told him not to do it.
But--
MIKE: I don't care.
Leo can make that joke.
I mean, you could make the joke
too if you'd like to.
JOSH: See that little intro
that Speed just did?
MIKE: What just happened?
JOSH: Did you see the little
Speed intro that was just on?
I guess not.
IAN: No.
MIKE: Can you watch
it on the laptop?
JOSH: No, I'm watching
it on my TV.
MIKE: Shit.
IAN: Mike, bring into
your living room.
JOSH: Yeah, it's a laptop.
You put it on your lap.
MIKE: I can't.
Babs has the TV.
JOSH: Oh, no wait, whoa--
wait minute, wait a minute.
Spinelli, you just joined the
F1 Live Chat, but you're not
going to watch F1, because
your girl's on the TV?
MIKE: No, I'm going to.
But I need to find
an alternate--
I have a TV.
JOSH: No, get in a cab,
come over my house.
IAN: Hey, guys.
We're live right now.
MIKE: We're live?
Well, hello.
IAN: So, say hit to the
viewers out there.
MIKE: Hey, who's on?
IAN: Mike, you're going to have
to open up the Live Event
on the Drive Channel to
see the comments.
MIKE: OK, will do.
JOSH: But you're going to have
to mute it before you do that.
MIKE: No, I'm on.
I got it.
J.F. will join group
chat, it says.
Oh, that's you.
I'm sorry, Ian.
IAN: Yeah, I'm on
J.F.'s account.
He has his own account.
And he's not online right now.
And neither is Leo.
And to those of you who are
asking if I sorted out how to
add people, well, it's
not exactly as
easy as we would like.
So, we might try
to add a couple
commenters during the event.
But it's mostly going to be
the Drive crew on video,
unfortunately.
But you guys are welcome to
chat with us on comments.
We're going to work on this for
the future and try to make
it a little better to chat
with us on comments.
All right, I'm going to
open up Live Timing.
JOSH: Yeah, we're waiting
for Leo to join.
IAN: I'm going to try
to invite him again.
Let's try it again.
JOSH: It is an awesome
straight on Austin.
IAN: Yeah.
Those X's are pretty
cool, I think.
JOSH: Oh, man, it's like ice.
This is going to be
a good race, dude.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
IAN: Yes, this is Ian from FLD,
although I'm not really
on FLD anymore.
JOSH: What's the temperature
down there today?
It looks pretty warm.
IAN: I don't know.
But during practice the other
day it was 50 degrees outside,
which is pretty cool for
that area, I guess.
JOSH: Yeah, winter
race in Austin.
It's still pretty
warm, I guess.
MIKE: Man, I have a lot
of windows open.
JOSH: 87 degrees down
there today, dude.
IAN: I'm going to text Leo
and find out where he is.
MIKE: All right, I'm
on Live Timing.
JOSH: They're asking if you're
the Ian from FLD.
That's not the same Ian.
This is the new, new Ian.
IAN: I was on FLD for
a little while.
JOSH: Well, yes, yes.
Oh, actually that's
true, isn't it?
We had two other FLD
Ian's, though.
There have been so many
iterations of FLD Ian.
MIKE: So, we're live on
the Drive channel.
JOSH: Yeah, we are.
MIKE: Let me see.
Why am I not getting this?
IAN: Oh, here's Leo.
JOSH: Hey.
IAN: Hey, Leo, we're
live right now.
Maybe he doesn't have
his headphones in.
JOSH: Honestly, I have to
say, I haven't been
watching F1 on speed.
So, it's funny to
see these guys.
IAN: Yeah, I usually try to
download it from BMC.
MIKE: By the way, are you
getting any echo from me?
JOSH: No echo from
you, Spinelli.
IAN: No.
MIKE: Wow.
Hey--
LEO: How do I sound, OK?
JOSH: There's Leo.
IAN: You sound OK.
LEO: Good, thank you.
MIKE: Ian, can you send
the link to the Live?
I guess--
IAN: All right, hold on Mike.
JOSH: I'm turning
you guys down.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
LEO: I just turned
down the TV.
Can you hear it?
Or is it distracting
on my side?
IAN: I can't hear it.
LEO: Good.
Mike, I emailed you the link.
MIKE: Awesome, thanks.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
JOSH: Look, hey, Leo--
IAN: And for those who are
asking, the link I posted was
just the link that you guys
are on right now, the page
with the live stream so Mike
can see your comments.
That's all.
We don't have a live-stream
of the actual race.
You have to watch that on
your TV like we are.
JOSH: Hey, Leo?
LEO: Yes?
JOSH: They're talking about
the dirty side of
the starting grid.
LEO: Yep.
JOSH: Is that just
tire detritus.
Or is it dirt on the track?
LEO: No, the track's so green,
it hasn't rubbered in on the
inside line.
JOSH: No, they're just talking
about it not being rubbered in
by saying it's dirty?
LEO: Yeah, they're just
using that term.
JOSH: You got to mute you're--
whoever's got their
window open.
IAN: Mike, is that you?
Mike, just mute your player.
MIKE: Yeah, I know.
I've got to find the window.
Hold on a second.
IAN: Or put headphones on.
That'll help.
JOSH: You could also just mute
the entire system audio.
That helps, too.
Spinelli.
LEO: Now, how the hell--
OK.
IAN: And again, guys, you can't
actually stream the race.
You're going to have to watch it
on your TV and just talk to
us as it goes.
JOSH: Yeah.
We're not streaming
racing here.
We're just streaming--
we're all enjoying the
racing at home.
Because these guys were too lazy
to come over to my house,
we're doing it on [INAUDIBLE],
right now.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
IAN: Lord Manboobs strikes
again, I read.
LEO: Hey, Ian, where are you
reading that, again?
IAN: If you go to the Drive
page, there should be a link
on there that goes to
the Live Stream.
MIKE: Right.
LEO: Oh, I just refreshed
and, yeah--
OK, sorry, keep going.
MIKE: Lord Manboobs.
JOSH: You're not on your couch,
though, Spinelli.
MIKE: No.
IAN: Mike, this is going to be
a little difficult for you if
you're not actually watching
the race with us.
JOSH: Yeah, what are you even
doing here, Spinelli?
MIKE: I'm trying to
get it going.
I've got the Live Timing.
JOSH: Oh, that's
almost as good.
IAN: All right, well, you're
half-way there.
MIKE: Wait a minute.
Somebody has--
IAN: Somebody's saying on Reddit
there's links to a live
stream of the race.
I don't know what that means.
But, Mike, that might
help you.
MIKE: Thanks.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
JOSH: Oh, this is going to
be a good race, man.
LEO: It'd be nice if I could
follow what's going on.
So, here's the bottom
line, OK?
I think the opening laps are
not going to tell the
story of this race.
And Red Bull has already said
that the inside line could
cost someone as much
as three positions.
JOSH: The inside line where?
LEO: Going up the hill
to turn right.
JOSH: Turn one, yeah.
LEO: So, the inside line--
the track is still green.
There's no rubber.
And the inside line is bad.
The outside line is the driving
line up to turn one.
So, the pole position is running
the outside line.
That order are things like
Vettel with Webber behind him.
I had it here a minute ago.
JOSH: You think those guys are
just going to take off?
IAN: Hey, our friend Patrick
Dempsey's on
TV right now, Leo.
JOSH: There he is.
LEO: So, when are the
celebrities going to show up?
IAN: I saw Ken Block there with
Matt Leblanc yesterday.
LEO: Yeah, I saw that, too.
So, bottom line, the outside
line is going to be fast;
Vettel, Webber, Schumy, followed
by Alonso, versus, on
the inside line--
the dirty thing, the
side with no grip--
Hamilton, Timmy, Hulkenberg,
and then Grosjean.
Hamilton and McLaren are always
good with the curves.
But, like I said earlier, Red
Bull thinks that the inside
has no traction, almost like
a wet track, and could cost
someone three positions.
So, is Hamilton going to get
it done or stay close?
Or am I going to watch Hamilton
fight with Webber in
a bad start?
JOSH: That'll be interesting
to see actually what
Schumacher does in this
situation, how he holds up.
LEO: He's got nothing to lose.
JOSH: Especially given
the conditions.
LEO: Yeah, it'll
be interesting.
JOSH: It's going to
be a crazy start.
LEO: The other thing, I guess,
that I haven't heard-- and I'm
curious if anyone does
know out there--
with the conditions the way they
are, with the fact that
Pirelli brought conservative
tires, will this be now a one
stop race or still two the
way everyone kind of
predicted it would go?
JOSH: What do you think, Ian?
IAN: I'm kind of hoping that
Kimi pulls something out.
He's in a pretty good
position here.
I'm kind of surprised
Alonso didn't get a
better qualifying position.
JOSH: Well, I think they're
going to really, really eat
tires today.
Leo, what do you think about how
tires are going to last on
a new surface?
LEO: I'm kind of disagreeing
a little bit.
I don't think there's enough
grit in the track.
I think it's very smooth.
And they've been having trouble
building temperature.
So, I think Wittmeyer's talked
about the back of the track.
Look guys, I've got
my track map.
IAN: Well, during the other
sessions, they were saying
they're actually having zero
degradation, because the truth
is very smooth.
And they're not getting enough
grip to really--
JOSH: Wow, so the tires
are keeping
better on a slick surface?
IAN: Yeah, but they're just
not really getting
much grip out of it.
LEO: They're fighting
to get temperature.
And they're not getting grip.
So, I think the cars seem to
be running better, stiffer.
I think that's how they're going
to try to create some
temperature in the tires.
But, I don't know, two stops?
So, my prediction, Hamilton
verses Vettel.
Somehow or another,
that's going to
come down to the race.
And I think Alonso is going
to find himself
fighting Schumy and Timmy.
And that'll be really
exciting.
IAN: That will be fun.
LEO: And, of course, when
Grosjean, and Senna, and
everyone plows into everyone in
the top of the turn one, it
will all be a different race.
I'm going to start reading
the comments.
Yeah, someone wrote, oh,
God, Speed is putting
Matt Leblanc on TV.
They've been promoting there
all these celebrities.
I'm afraid what the world is
going to see is what we define
as celebrities.
What are we up to so far;
Dempsey, Leblanc, and Block?
IAN: Yeah.
I saw Ron Howard there.
And he's actually making
an F1 movie.
So, maybe that's a celebrity.
LEO: Ron Howard?
IAN: Yeah.
JOSH: They just had a commercial
for the F1 game,
the Codemasters game.
LEO: Well, great, then
why watch the race?
Let's just go run one.
JOSH: That's what I'm saying.
We need to get our Xbox set up
back in the office, Leo.
IAN: Isn't it at your
house, Josh?
JOSH: No, the TV was mine.
That was my TV.
We got to get another TV.
We need to get a more
legit racing wheel.
Our set-up is so broken,
we've destroyed it.
IAN: I know where to find
one, at Alex's house.
JOSH: No, that's where we
got the one we have now.
LEO: Yeah, that thing's junk.
No offense, but it's junk.
JOSH: No, it is.
We have to get a new one.
LEO: OK, let's start the
controversy right off.
So, what does everyone think
about Ferrari breaking the
seal on Massa's gear box just to
get Alonso and Massa on the
good part of the track
for the start?
There was no broken gear box.
IAN: Actually, I didn't
know about that.
JOSH: I didn't hear
about that either.
LEO: OK, so here's
what happens.
They qualified on the inside
line, Massa ahead of Alonso.
For Massa's car, they said,
well, we've got to
replace the gear box.
But they didn't.
They just broke the seal.
That, technically,
is a violation.
So, Massa goes back five spots,
which means Alonso--
remember, Grosjean had to
replace his transmission--
so, Alonso moves up two spots,
moves to the inside, P7.
And everyone is kind of
screaming, wow, look at
Ferrari, they're
cheating again.
JOSH: How did they
break the seal?
LEO: Trouble with a box
cutter, I don't know.
JOSH: They just accidentally
slipped and broke the seal on
the gear box?
IAN: Well, they were claiming
there was actually a problem
with the gear box.
But that was just a pretense to
break the seal which gives
them the penalty,
which then puts
Alonso in a better position.
LEO: I don't think there
was any accident.
I think it was a strategy
that they chose to use.
JOSH: Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't understand where you
were going with that.
I see what you're doing.
LEO: So, the question is, some
people are saying, see,
Ferrari they're always doing
cheating-type things to create
an advantage.
This isn't the purity
of the sport.
I guess I'm curious what
everyone thinks.
IAN: I don't know.
It's a strategy, I guess,
for better or for worse.
JOSH: You do what you can
within the rules to win.
Anything it takes
to win, right?
LEO: Anyone know who the
cowboy hat singing the
national is and why I should
shut up right now?
MIKE: Is it the naked cowboy?
JOSH: See, this is why
a Live Timing and
scoring isn't enough.
They need to put your Pocahontas
girls, Leo.
LEO: Hey, I'm--
wow.
I have no idea who that is.
MIKE: Oh, hey, Josh.
By the way, we got a tweet
from someone who, again,
reiterated your status as the
knock-off Chris Harris.
JOSH: Not great.
Knock-off.
MIKE: Chris Harris' body double
I mean, actually, or
haircut double at this
point, right?
JOSH: Yeah, right?
[STAR-SPANGLED BANNER PLAYING]
LEO: Hey, I'm busy saluting
our country.
JOSH: Yeah, I know.
You're being really
rude, Spinelli.
MIKE: Sorry, I didn't realize.
IAN: I like how that guy didn't
think it was important
to tuck his shirt in.
[STAR-SPANGLED BANNER PLAYING]
JOSH: Someone's TV
is a little loud.
LEO: Excuse me.
JOSH: Give a pretty smile.
You're in the land of
the free, Bernie.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
IAN: We got an astronaut
out there?
LEO: OK, we're ready.
JOSH: Why are they flying the
American flag backwards?
Come on, Steve.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
JOSH: We got Domino's
coming up.
MIKE: Oh, yeah.
IAN: Very nice, it's
Buzz Aldrin.
MIKE: Should we all
wear our helmets?
IAN: My helmet's
up in my attic.
I can't get it right now.
Josh, don't you have a Polizei
helmet somewhere?
JOSH: Yeah, not here, though.
I have a couple of Polizei
helmets around.
My motorcycle helmet's hidden
away right now.
Oh, there's Mike.
LEO: Here we go.
MIKE: All right, hold on,
I can't hear anything.
Ah!
IAN: You can't put headphones
on through that, Mike.
LEO: Let's see if I
can keep mine on.
JOSH: Well, Leo had his right
there on the kitchen table.
IAN: Leo has his at the
ready at all times.
MIKE: There we go.
[INAUDIBLE]
LEO: All right, we're good.
MIKE: We're good.
JOSH: I thought Porsche
had some.
IAN: Hey, Spin?
MIKE: Yo.
IAN: Somebody's saying
check your tweets.
Someone sent you a link
to the Live Stream.
MIKE: Awesome.
JOSH: Oh, that's nice.
There's a lot of
Hamilton fans.
I see a lot of people yelling
Lewis Hamilton.
[INAUDIBLE]
IAN: Has anyone seen that
deodorant commercial with Kimi
looking all serious with his
hair slicked back at the end?
LEO: Ian, that was the other
commercial I couldn't remember
for the longest time was
the Degree commercial.
IAN: Oh, here's another one
I'm watching right now.
This isn't the same one.
JOSH: Oh, this is it.
IAN: No, this is a
different one.
I've never even seen this.
This is a shampoo commercial.
JOSH: This commercial
is awesome.
IAN: They made Kimi
look all dapper.
Usually, he looks like--
I don't know.
JOSH: This doesn't even
look like him, really.
IAN: He used to look like that
all the time back when he was
in McLaren.
Now he's like the badass,
long-haired,
I-don't-care-about-anything
guy.
He looks like Keke Rosberg
in the old days.
That's cool, P38 to P51.
JOSH: This is a tight
formation.
IAN: Will Buxton's a little
over-the-top top for me.
[BACKGROUND TV CHATTER]
[TYPING]
JOSH: Great plug
for your movie.
Wait, are you really putting
your earpiece in
your helmet, Leo?
LEO: How's that?
Can you hear me?
IAN: Yep.
LEO: Does that work?
JOSH: He said I'm all set.
IAN: Mike, did you get a link
for a stream that worked?
MIKE: I did.
It's perfect.
Shyheim totally rules.
IAN: That's awesome.
JOSH: Thanks, Shyheim.
IAN: Now, we just need
J.F. to show up.
He's actually at the track.
JOSH: J.F.'s been hanging
out with Kimi at
the track he said.
IAN: Really?
JOSH: Yeah.
MIKE: Well, that's why
he's not here.
He's wasted.
JOSH: He's probably
still hung over.
LEO: Well, maybe he can
get the interview I
want to go with Kimi.
[INAUDIBLE]
MIKE: So, Leo, what do you
think about the ham
controversy?
LEO: I'm not up on the
ham controversy.
What is the ham controversy?
JOSH: Mike, are you referring
to Hamilton?
MIKE: Yes, Hamilton's helmet.
LEO: Oh, yeah, I think
that's great.
And then they also made Vettel
change his helmet because he
had advertising on
the top of it.
MIKE: Oh, right.
Well, first of all, I
thought "Hard as an
MF" was your tagline.
LEO: No, it's my life credo.
IAN: I thought Leo had that
as a tattoo on his back.
MIKE: So did I.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE]
MIKE: But it's right under
a ham sandwich.
LEO: Yeah, I think Lewis is
going to have as much fun at
Mercedes as he had with the
very corporate McLaren.
I have no idea.
MIKE: It doesn't seem like
they're quite as loose as he
would want to be, I would say.
LEO: The reality is that, after
everyone swore on the
podium, it was just
the wrong time.
But--
MIKE: It was too soon.
Yeah, that's true.
JOSH: Too soon, Hamilton,
too soon.
LEO: By the way, go back
to my picture.
Let me explain what
helmet hair is.
MIKE: Nice.
LEO: Ian?
There you go.
There's helmet hair.
JOSH: Aww--
What I want to know is why did
Hamilton think that was cool
thing to put on his helmet?
Is he in fourth grade?
That's the kind of thing that
you write on your backpack
with a white marker.
IAN: That's awesome, Josh.
JOSH: You hope your mom doesn't
figure out what it means.
IAN: That's awesome.
MIKE: Or buys a bunch of ham,
because she thinks you're
really into it now.
LEO: You know, it's
really funny.
I have this feeling that these
are young kids doing something
that, to them, is just
a completely abstract
perspective.
And I wonder it is oblivious to
the real world or, hey, let
me see what I get away with.
Because I'm freaking Lewis
Hamilton driving an F1 car at,
what, 20-whatever.
JOSH: Yeah, but let me see
what I get away with when
you're an F1 driver should not
be the same thing that I did
in fourth grade.
You know what I mean?
IAN: I think some of these guys
are really just kids in
men's bodies.
Because they've been in this
little bubble since they've
been kids and not having
to actually
live in the real world.
LEO: Yeah, we slam kids coming
up through the NFL, American
football program, being
coddled all the way.
Why is it no different for
someone like Lewis?
JOSH: It's, actually, pretty
much the same for him.
He had the same life.
Somebody was asking what
we're talking about
that was on his helmet.
He had written the initials
in these blingy, metallic
lettering that say
H-period-A-period-M, which
apparently stand for "Hard as
a MF." Which, if that were
really right, he would have
wrote it, H-A-M-F.
MIKE: No, but I thought MF is
actually one word, though.
It's not like--
JOSH: Is it?
MIKE: Yeah, who spells
MF as two words?
It's a little too
raw that way.
JOSH: Yeah, you're right.
It's too literal.
MIKE: Right.
LEO: You know, this is
the first US Grand
Prix in five years.
This is an iconic moment.
And look what we're
talking about.
I think it's profound.
MIKE: This is our
pregame show.
JOSH: You brought it up
about the helmets.
I just want to--
LEO: Me?
Me?
MIKE: I brought it up.
IAN: The Jalopnik guy.
MIKE: Oh, yeah, blame
the Jalopnik guy.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
Jalopnik guys.
Oh, J.F. Is here.
Ian, invite him.
IAN: Who?
JOSH: J.F. said he's here.
Send him an invite so
those two are--
IAN: Oh, OK, let me try him.
JOSH: He'll make sure,
Leo, that the
conversation steers back--
LEO: I'm just here
to observe it.
I'm going to watch the
race in a little bit.
JOSH: That's what I'm saying.
You guys are distracting me.
I haven't even watched
anything yet.
MIKE: But there's
nothing on yet.
JOSH: Come on, I like these
pictures and the monologue.
LEO: Patrick Dempsey is
narrating a dramatic recap of
US F1 racing.
JOSH: I'm sorry, but I can
not stand the Speed
program on Formula 1.
I just can't.
LEO: It's tough.
JOSH: I'm actually really
glad you guys are here.
LEO: To that point, did you hear
how big and different NBC
is going to be for
F1 broadcasting?
MIKE: No, how different?
LEO: Are you ready for this?
MIKE: Yeah, go ahead.
JOSH: What do they claim?
LEO: They're replacing Bob
Varsha with Leigh Diffey.
And they're keeping David Hobbs
and Steve Matchett.
JOSH: What?
MIKE: I understood--
IAN: Leigh Diffey?
MIKE: I understood two
names in that.
Who are the first two guys?
I don't understand.
LEO: Leigh Diffey does Grand-Am
and some ALMS for
Speed channel.
David Hobbs is staying.
Steve Matchett is the
ex-mechanic engineer who is
currently doing F1.
And Bob Varsha, it's
been claimed--
because he still has terms
on his Speed contract--
will not be going over.
Two of the three are staying.
MIKE: By the way, who is
asking me to wake up?
I was actually making a point
that the first two guys are
kind of obscure.
We know who Matchett
and Varsha are.
But, anyway, that's neither
here nor there.
Sorry, Leo, go ahead.
LEO: Well, the bottom line is,
I guess I'll wait to see what
NBC sports does.
And we've got some dialogue with
them on some other stuff.
But two of the three announcers
are the same guys
going over.
So, are they going to be in
a studio at this time in
California?
IAN: Yeah, exactly.
It'll be in another room
where they're not
anywhere near the racetrack.
And they won't have anybody
young or relevant to the sport
involved at all, like
they do now.
LEO: And the worst part will
be, who's the guy that you
guys don't like that's our
pit lane reporter?
IAN: Oh, Will Buxton?
If they have him,
they're screwed.
MIKE: By the way, we're
neglecting the comments,
because there are a couple of
commenters who are saying--
well, actually, one who--
LEO: OK.
So let's delegate.
You manage the comments
for a while.
MIKE: I'll manage
the comments.
Let's see what we got
on the comments.
LEO: And what happened
to JF Muse?
I thought we were supposed
to get him on here.
IAN: I'm trying to get
him on right now.
LEO: Got it.
JOSH: My YouTube comments
aren't updating.
Sorry, could you guys explain
who [INAUDIBLE] was?
I don't know who the
hell that is.
If [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Say yes and
I'll look it up.
LEO: Yes, we did.
He's a current speed announcer
that does primarily Grand Am.
He's done a little
bit of IndyCar.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: And he's got a UK accent.
Hey, the cars are pulling out.
JOSH: No, it's not.
He's got an Australian accent.
LEO: Whatever.
And the exciting--
sorry to the Australian/UK
people, and whatever.
The big news is Matt LeBlanc
has met up with Patrick
Dempsey and they're watching
the race together.
MIKE: Is it like a "Friends"--
LEO: I knew we were
[INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: And [INAUDIBLE].
What's his stupid show again?
LEO: Yeah, it's Showtime.
I can't remember.
MIKE: "Grey's Anatomy," it's the
"Friends-Grey's Anatomy"
kind of meet-up.
JOSH: Mash-up?
LEO: OK, so we're all out on
the reconnaissance lap.
Here we go.
Time to get a little
bit focused.
IAN: I'm working at getting
JF on here.
Sorry, guys.
Continue without me.
LEO: And how come there's
no lap timing and
scoring over at F1.com?
JOSH: Yeah, how do we watch
the Sky sports coverage?
Actually, are we even allowed
to talk about that on air?
We're not supposed to
be watching that
coverage, are we?
LEO: I think not, but
I'm not sure.
IAN: I don't think there was
a law telling us not to.
JOSH: Really?
Are you sure about that?
IAN: I don't know.
JOSH: In any case.
[RIM SHOT]
LEO: What was that?
JOSH: Oh no, don't start now
with the sound effects.
MIKE: I don't know what
you're talking about.
[SAD MUSIC]
LEO: Oh my god.
JOSH: I've bee wearing this
moustache for, like, 10
minutes now.
MIKE: I noticed.
JOSH: Guys, Google Hangouts, I
have to admit, is pretty cool.
[GONG]
JOSH: It is cool.
It makes Skype look like crap.
All right, here we go.
MIKE: Oh yeah, race on.
JOSH: Nah, still
recon lap here.
MIKE: All right, sorry.
LEO: They're lining up.
MIKE: I'm a little behind.
LEO: They're lining up.
So everyone knows why Verizon
is on the McLaren, right?
IAN: Yeah, them and Vodafone
are sort of in cahoots.
LEO: Yeah.
JOSH: I think it's actually the
same company, but Vodafone
is the European brand.
LEO: Right.
Vodafone owns a ton
of Verizon, if
not all of it, right?
JOSH: Yeah, it's the
same company.
LEO: Yeah.
OK, quick, who leads
into turn one?
IAN: I think it's
gonna be Vettel.
JOSH: It'll be Vettel.
LEO: We sound so happy.
So OK, so if that's the
case, remember,
here's the bottom line.
Alonso needs to finish fourth
or better to stay alive if
Vettel wins this thing.
If Vettel finishes second,
Alonso needs to
finish eighth or better.
And if Vettel gets on the podium
in third, Alonso needs
to stay in the points.
Let me shut up, because
here comes the lights.
[TV IN THE BACKGROUND]
JOSH: Oh, turn up the volume.
LEO: Oh, give me a
shot up the hill.
Come on, come on, give me
a shot up the hill.
MIKE: Is that a euphemism?
LEO: I don't know.
No, Red Bull, 1, 2.
JOSH: Wow.
LEO: OK, what do you
want to talk about?
The race is over.
I'm kidding.
Wow.
JOSH: Look, Kimi's off.
MIKE: Oh, whoa.
JOSH: Good start from Lewis.
[TYPING]
LEO: Wow, that's angry typing.
IAN: There he is.
MIKE: Hey, JF.
JF: Hello.
Hold on one second.
Can you guys hear me?
IAN: Yep.
JOSH: Yeah.
JF: You're probably gonna lose
me in about 20 seconds.
JOSH: They getting ready to come
by where you're at, JF?
JF: Yeah, in about 15.
They're coming around the
auditorium, as they call it.
Here they come.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
[ENGINES ROARING]
MIKE: Nice.
[ENGINES ROARING]
JOSH: Nice.
MIKE: Just like being there.
JF: I gotta tell you guys,
it's pretty remarkable.
All you see are hats
and people.
All [INAUDIBLE].
[SIRENS]
MIKE: Yeah, Kimi, come on.
JF: Yes, what's up?
MIKE: What's that?
What's that siren?
JF: That's the medical car.
It's going out on track.
I don't know why.
IAN: Kimi just made a pass.
That was great.
MIKE: Oh yeah.
JF: Grosjean is making
some moves.
Wow, look at that.
Oh, he just lost it.
JOSH: Wait a minute.
Where is Chris [INAUDIBLE]?
IAN: Come on, Kimi.
Yes.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
JF: Grosjean into front.
[ENGINES ROARING]
MIKE: Oh.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
MIKE: So Kimi is absolutely the
most exciting thing about
this race right now.
JF: Yeah.
IAN: Grosjean's doing
pretty good, too.
JOSH: Be right back, fellas.
LEO: So I think we've already
seen, there's more than just
only a few passing zones,
hairpins, and DRS.
Those corners in between,
basically it looks like from
12 through 19, probably 20, are
going to be areas to pass.
JF: Ooh, look at that.
Hamilton just made
a move on Webber.
MIKE: Hey, JF, can you spin
the camera around?
JF: What do you want to see?
MIKE: The race.
[INAUDIBLE].
JF: There's the crowd.
MIKE: Oh, there we go.
LEO: Hamilton and Webber
are definitely going.
MIKE: Yeah, I mean just for
atmosphere once in a while,
turn it around, even if there
are no cars there.
JF: That's what I'm
doing right now.
MIKE: All right, all
right, sorry.
There you go.
That's nice.
OK.
All right, I get it.
JF: Well, that doesn't
provide too much.
Did Hamilton get by Webber?
No, he did not.
[INAUDIBLE].
LEO: They were back and forth.
[ENGINES ROARING]
LEO: I may suggest that
gets distracting.
MIKE: Hey, JF?
Oh, is JF around?
Hey, JF.
JF: I'm here.
I couldn't hear you
with the cars.
MIKE: So a commenter is noticing
that there are a lot
of empty seats around
where you are.
Can you talk about where
you are right now?
JF: I'm in the second-tier
[INAUDIBLE] club, which is
actually not a very good
place to sit, because
you can't see much.
The only thing I can
see is turn one.
So that's pretty much why I
sat here, so [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: But you're not in a
general seating area, right?
You're in a--
JF: No, I'm above Force India.
MIKE: OK.
JF: I'm above, actually, Force
India and [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: By the way, if it matters,
Alonso is right where
he needs to be.
He's already in P4.
JF: Yeah.
Hamilton just got by Webber.
Are we on lap three?
Is DRS enabled?
Yeah, it is.
LEO: DRS is enabled.
JF: Here they come.
[ENGINES ROARING]
[APPLAUSE]
[ENGINES ROARING]
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: Oh, god.
I hate you, dude.
MIKE: There are a lot of
people there clapping.
The place is filled
with people.
JOSH: You're making me feel
so stupid right now.
MIKE: Sorry.
JF: [INAUDIBLE]
Josh.
JOSH: Wow, now they're saying,
stop the German commenters.
LEO: That's not nice.
He deserves it.
JOSH: Who, Vettel?
Now you're saying Vettel
deserves it?
LEO: Yeah.
I'm sorry he hasn't
run the car hard.
JOSH: I don't know.
OK, yes, he deserves it.
But you want Alonso.
You're an Alonso guy.
LEO: I like Alonso.
I want the best guy to win.
JF: Have you guys discussed the
Massa transmission issue?
JOSH: Yeah, we mentioned it.
JF: It broke the seal just to
get Alonso off the tube or get
off the [INAUDIBLE] spot.
I have to say, sitting here,
looking [INAUDIBLE]
and you can see that they're
braking what looks to be on
the turn, because of the
incline that I guess
[INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
IAN: Josh, somebody's saying
you're [INAUDIBLE]
guy.
JOSH: What?
IAN: You're the [INAUDIBLE]
guy.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
Formula One.
It's cool to be able to hear the
engines during-- oh, shh.
JF: Nice helmet.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Well, if it's gonna sound
like a race, I may as well
make it look like a race.
But Grosjean on [INAUDIBLE]
Hulkenberg.
And then Hulkenberg got it.
Vettel is running a 44.5,
while Hamilton's 44.7.
[INAUDIBLE] at 45.4.
IAN: Can't believe
they do this.
Raikkonen is at a 45.2 in
seventh place, while Alonso's
up to fourth.
I'm really interested to see
what happens with Button,
because he's one of two
cars [INAUDIBLE].
So the pit stop, it
may be one stop.
[ENGINES ROARING]
LEO: I'm starting to see some
purpose in [INAUDIBLE], so
it's ticking up little
by little.
I'm going to stick with the
belief that it's going to be a
one-stop race for
most everyone.
Oh, shit.
JOSH: What?
IAN: He just screwed up.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE] collision.
JOSH: Collision I lost it.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE] is not having
a good race, not even a good
weekend yet.
[TYPING]
LEO: Who's typing?
MIKE: That's me, sorry.
IAN: Leo, somebody's asking
for speculation about
strategies, pit stops,
and results.
LEO: I'm not gonna go to results
yet, I'm probably in a
one-stop race.
I'll be shocked if everyone
has to do more than one.
I think Alonso's right
where he wants to be.
And if he can manage
his tires being
there, he's just waiting.
Hamilton is going to push.
I think Vettel and Hamilton
are going to have a real
battle, which is going
to be exciting.
And to that point, I wouldn't
be shocked if Hamilton wins
the race, because Vettel
is not gonna make a
mistake to drop out.
And that gives Alonso the margin
from anywhere in fourth
to eighth to finish to
get to the last race.
But Alonso will want to
claw back as many
points as he can here.
So I think we're looking at the
top four cars, and Webber
being the x factor.
And JF probably is right.
Button could emerge somewhere
in the end here.
MIKE: So in the comments, we've
had a request to make
some bets and speculation about
strategies, pit stops,
and final results.
I know Leo was just sort
of talking about that.
But any other bets,
any side bets?
JOSH: What do you want to bet?
MIKE: I don't know.
Let's see.
First spin?
JOSH: We already had it.
MIKE: OK.
IAN: Grosjean already did it.
MIKE: All right,
so second spin.
No, I don't know.
LEO: Why is Schumacher
dropping like a rock?
And will he finish in
the top five or not?
JOSH: No, Schumacher definitely
not in the top five
[INAUDIBLE].
JF: Grosjean.
LEO: Ooh.
JF: Grosjean--
IAN: And Mike.
JF: [INAUDIBLE], and
[INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Yeah, we just saw that.
JF: [INAUDIBLE]
got Button passing Grosjean
up into turn one.
IAN: Nice.
JOSH: Oh, is that the
second spin now?
IAN: No, that was the
replay of the first.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Looks likes Button's
gonna make his way
back up, too, Leo.
LEO: Yeah, he'll be fine.
I gotta tell you, they put
poles in two corners.
I think turn one, and I think
turn 11, the hairpin.
Those are probably really
valuable for reference.
JOSH: Now, it looks like Alonso
is slowing down a
little bit.
LEO: He just did a 1:44:3.
The fastest lap has
been, I'm sorry, a
1:44:34 from Raikkonen.
So no, I don't think he's
slowing down yet.
I'm sorry.
Hamilton at 1:43:79
is fastest lap.
So Alonso is third quick.
JOSH: All right, [INAUDIBLE],
he's losing the gaps.
LEO: OK.
There's a lot of elevation to
this track, isn't there?
[INAUDIBLE].
So starting order is done.
JF: Leo, the far side of the
track, especially on the long
straight, it actually
is downhill.
It's quite substantial.
LEO: Did you get a chance
to walk the track?
JF: It's too big.
It's actually one of the bigger
tracks I've been to.
I only got through the S's.
But from turn one, you can
see the entire track.
That's why it's so
popular up there.
LEO: Gotcha.
And I got a critique on our
show, Ian, that I didn't know
the distance of the track.
I know it's 3.4 miles.
There were a lot of comments
about people criticizing all
this runoff room, that they
don't think it's real racing
if you go offline and can
recover and save the car,
versus ditch it into a wall
or the gravel trap.
IAN: I don't know, I think it's
interesting to have maybe
a mix of that throughout
the season.
You get a little bit of some
tracks having death on the
edge of the track, and some of
them are a little different,
where you can survive.
Maybe it's nice to have
a little bit of a mix.
I'm not sure.
JOSH: I will say, for an
American track, it has quite a
bit more room for an American
[INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: Hey, JF, can you
show the cars?
Because a lot of commenters
are asking for it.
JF: Spinelli, what was that?
Sorry.
MIKE: Commentators are asking
you to show the cars going by.
JF: OK, I can do that
next time around.
By the way, Grosjean just
came into the pits.
And Button is putting pressure
on Schumacher.
LEO: Oh.
JF: That was impressive.
LEO: You know what, if you want
to criticize a German,
criticize Schumacher.
JF: Yeah, that was
pretty quick.
LEO: He's just brutal.
IAN: What the heck
is he doing?
LEO: He's trying to save
his reputation.
IAN: Yeah, he's looking like
he's pretty desperate.
MIKE: Oh!
IAN: Oh!
MIKE: Look at [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
LEO: I give Kimi two laps
to get by Hulkenberg.
IAN: For those of you that are
watching, SPEED is saying
that, on their channel right
now, [INAUDIBLE]
a Mercedes crew [INAUDIBLE]
Mercedes cars.
On their website, sorry.
JOSH: Oh, what a
different line.
LEO: So did you hear, during
qualifying or practice, they
were trying to say that Kimi
did not jump on a simulator
before coming to the track,
he just chose to
learn it when he arrived?
IAN: I heard that.
LEO: Do you believe it?
IAN: I don't know if
I believe that.
LEO: Yeah, that's either laissez
faire or balls the
size of dirigibles.
[TYPING]
MIKE: That's not me typing.
JF: Kimi's gonna get [INAUDIBLE]
in the DRS zone
right here.
Kimi's got him, easily.
What?
How'd that not happen?
LEO: I swear to god,
I'm watching
this thing in a factory.
JOSH: Not fast enough.
JF: Alonso up to fourth, Button
up to 11, putting
pressure on Senna.
JOSH: Wow.
LEO: USTV has Rubens
Barrichello on.
And the look in his face was,
I can do that, Massa.
I can do that.
[LAUGHTER]
LEO: Actually, I still can
do that, and better.
IAN: I bet he could.
LEO: I'm always amazed
how much--
Smedley, is it?
Massa's engineer.
IAN: Yeah.
LEO: I mean, literally coaches
him all the way to the goddamn
men's room.
IAN: Yeah.
I think a little bit is OK and
probably necessary, but it's
pretty extreme with those two.
JF: Kimi got him.
Oh, come on, Kimi.
This is so not--
[CELEBRATORY MUSIC]
IAN: [INAUDIBLE] commercial
break right now.
JF: Kimi's putting a lot of
pressure on Hulkenberg.
IAN: Of course--
LEO: JF, can you tell what
tires Kimi is on, yellow?
Is Kimi on yellow tires?
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: So other than Massa,
the top four
guys are running 1:43s.
MIKE: Oh!
LEO: Oh.
MIKE: Ah!
Kimi.
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: I'll have to
go to replay.
[CELEBRATORY MUSIC]
JF: That pass Kimi just
did was pretty good.
So the thing that you guys
should know is that it's about
a five to seven second delay
from when the cars go by me to
the point they appear
on TV going by me.
But it's probably added
a few seconds to
where you guys watch.
MIKE: Hey, JF?
JOSH: Oh, outside.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Jeez.
LEO: All right, I want to find
the commenter that told me
that you couldn't
pass in the S's.
Someone typed that.
There you go, Kimi.
JF: Sorry, Spinelli.
What's up?
MIKE: No, JF.
Is there any color you can give
from the track, what it's
like there?
People are asking about--
JF: Give me one second.
[INAUDIBLE].
Mike, to answer your question,
I think the whole thing that
stood out [INAUDIBLE]
stood out the most
[INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Can't really
hear [INAUDIBLE].
JF: [INAUDIBLE] last year.
I think everyone agrees that
the facility is top-notch.
By far much further along than
ever caught up with me.
Grass is actually growing on
sections of, I guess, areas
that I never thought they would
actually have grass
growing on race day.
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: There really hasn't been
too many [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
IAN: Come on, Hamilton.
I don't even like you, but it'll
be interesting if he can
get past Vettel.
JOSH: I don't really like him,
either, but I would love to
see him [INAUDIBLE].
[TYPING]
IAN: Leo, your typing is quite
loud, unfortunately.
JOSH: Yeah, easy with
the typing.
MIKE: Angry.
Here goes Hamilton, huh?
JOSH: Angry, huh?
JF: Did you guys hear what
I had to say about the
[INAUDIBLE] environment
here at the track?
JOSH: Yeah [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Something about the--
JOSH: Huh?
LEO: Something about
the grass growing.
But there was more.
IAN: Yeah, I think we just heard
about the grass, JF.
MIKE: Oh, [INAUDIBLE].
[MUSIC  PLAYING]
IAN: [LAUGHS]
LEO: I swear to god, the
Mercedes guys are just driving
like they own the track.
JOSH: Really rude, right?
Dangerous.
LEO: Pretty aggressive.
Here comes Massa.
So our top four, five,
are awesome.
Vettel, Hamilton, Webber,
Alonso, Raikkonen, all
champions and one should
have been.
JOSH: Yeah.
Now I'm starting to think
Hamilton's got it.
IAN: He's gonna get past Vettel
eventually at this rate.
LEO: So my argument would be
that Vettel's not gonna do
anything stupid to drop out.
And Hamilton knows that.
IAN: You're right.
LEO: And [INAUDIBLE]
Vettel is just waiting for
the McLaren to break.
[LAUGHTER]
JOSH: Yeah, dude, Alonso's
way down now.
LEO: 4:07 back.
IAN: He's lost [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: I mean, I don't want to
sound like I'm chess master,
but if he's getting signals that
Hamilton's going to push
Vettel, and he's sitting in
fourth, and he knows that if
Vettel goes to second, he's got
a margin to stay eighth or
better to get to the next
race, he's just
cruising right now.
It's only lap 16.
JOSH: Yeah, he could sit back on
his haunches a little bit.
LEO: Yeah.
I mean, he's doing similar
times, plus or minus maybe
half a second.
I would argue he's waiting.
JOSH: And also, when
do we think they're
going to pit, Leo?
LEO: That I couldn't tell you.
I'd have to--
JOSH: A little bit
early now, right?
LEO: I think it's early, but
I'd have to start checking.
MIKE: Leo, I got a comment,
a question.
LEO: Yeah?
MIKE: Now, you mentioned
disliking DRS, or not feeling
that it was the right way to
go in the beginning of the
season, and talking about the
tire degeneration impact.
Has your opinion changed
about DRS since the
beginning of the season?
LEO: No.
I think tire degradation
is good.
I think curves and more
curves is good.
But the DRS thing is an
artificial pass, and now that
they're negating it by pushing
the curves button,
I don't need DRS.
Just let them race.
If you want to have [INAUDIBLE]
wins everywhere,
that'd be cool.
If you don't, eliminate DRS.
They're going to eliminate DRS
as an open tool in practice
and qualifying, and just
use it next year only
where the zones are.
But the bottom line, this run
from turn 11 to turn 12 in
that artificial pass,
I don't like that.
Work it.
Make them--
IAN: I think they should
get rid of--
LEO: Oh, no!
[INAUDIBLE].
IAN: --DRS, but--
LEO: I'm sorry.
Is that Webber?
IAN: That's Webber, yeah.
LEO: I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
IAN: That's all right.
LEO: So Webber is stalled,
sitting, rolling, done.
IAN: I bet Vettel, when he hears
about that, is gonna be
worrying a little.
LEO: I hope I answered
the question.
So no, my DRS position
is still the same.
I don't like it.
IAN: I think it would be nice if
DRS went away, but they let
them develop their KERS
a lot more freely.
So if some teams could really
get a lot out of it.
And maybe they're going to be
a little bit more unreliable
because of it, but that's
up to them.
LEO: Well, aren't they doubling
up KERS next year in
terms of its power?
I mean, for 2014.
And another energy recapture
type thing,
so maybe the little--
JOSH: So [INAUDIBLE]?
LEO: Yeah.
JOSH: Do you have some idea of
what it is, or you don't?
LEO: I'm going to
say it poorly.
Some type of exhaust thermal
energy recapture.
JOSH: Oh yeah, OK.
I remember now.
LEO: So and to your point, maybe
little by little, as
KERS gets more powerful, as
other things kick in to keep
the horsepower 750 and above,
maybe DRS will kind of adapt
itself away.
But you know--
IAN: That's [INAUDIBLE] cool,
because it's not really tech.
LEO: But DRS is not cool to
me, because it's just an
artificial pass.
It's a draft.
JOSH: Right.
But if there was some tech
involved, it might be cooler.
But no.
LEO: So I'm gonna sound like
I'm contesting myself.
I guess if you could defend a
pass, it's a good pass to me.
And I guess right now you could
hit the KERS button and
defend, like Hulkenberg just
did to Raikkonen for a bit.
But I don't like the
artificialness of the pass.
It's a lot of reason why a
lot of people will start
commenting about how they don't
like NASCAR, because you
can draft your way
to the front.
You can hang around the back of
the race forever and then
draft your way artificially
to the front.
Is it artificial?
No.
Is it a tool to use?
Sure.
But I don't like it when
they just go by because
they have no choice.
They're aerodynamically
just going to be
10 kilometers faster.
IAN: Yeah, I agree
with you, Leo.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Hey, Mike?
MIKE: Yo.
LEO: A, I think I answered the
question, and I probably
chased that commenter away
with so much wording.
MIKE: No, no, no.
I think he's been hanging
around for a while.
LEO: By the way--
IAN: Mike, I liked
your lower third.
MIKE: You like that?
Yeah, it's a custom job I did.
Hey, and by the way, Scottish
bad boy tracks, you're messing
with my thyroid condition.
Apparently when you have a
thyroid condition, your eyes
look like they're gonna
pop out of your head.
So that's why.
No, I actually don't.
I don't know why.
I just was born that way.
LEO: Can we get JF to give
us a little sense of--
I don't know.
How does this place compare to
the other places he's been to,
like Monza and Valencia
and Montreal?
You guys have been to
Montreal, right?
JOSH: Yeah.
IAN: I've been there.
I like it a lot.
JOSH: It looks, actually,
comparable to Montreal
scenery-wise, but it's--
LEO: Wow.
You gotta explain that one.
IAN: Yeah, I don't agree
at all, Josh.
LEO: But I guess Montreal
is in a park, so
it's beautiful there.
IAN: Yeah, there's trees
everywhere, and there's no
runoff almost.
And then you also have water
all around you, and then a
skyline behind that.
LEO: And watch this, and
culture versus Texas.
I'm sorry, what?
JOSH: But Montreal is
a nice track, and
this track looks nice.
I guess JF commented before
on grass growing
in unexpected places.
I'm not sure if that's
something that
makes a track nice.
LEO: Alonso finds turn 19.
Oh [INAUDIBLE].
IAN: Oof.
I think this track is nice, like
in the way that any of
the other tracks are nice that
are in the middle of nowhere,
like in Korea.
I mean, it's a nice layout,
but as far scenery goes,
there's not really anything
to see here.
LEO: So to put the positive spin
on it-- and I'm drifting
from my own question--
Long Beach started in the middle
of a horrible port
town, and everything
grew up around it.
And I would probably argue
that if this thing stays
supported financially, probably
stuff will pop up
around it and it'll become the
destination I guess it
deserves to be.
I mean, everyone seems to be
hyper-excited that we've got a
home for an F1 race now.
And I think the track, with
the hill and the S's, the
drivers and teams are talking
about that part of it as
having its own personality,
not another
generic Tilke track.
So maybe there's enough vibe
here that it will feel like
our home base.
IAN: Yeah, we'll see
how it goes.
LEO: Here come the pit stops.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Hamilton in first.
Sorry.
Hamilton in first.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: [INAUDIBLE]
after that, Mark Webber spoke
today [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: And [INAUDIBLE]
like the track [INAUDIBLE]
so [INAUDIBLE]
love this environment, but I
don't know about [INAUDIBLE]
followed into the idea
[INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
LEO: Sorry.
JOSH: JF.
LEO: Alonso had a problem
with his pit stop.
He's out.
Yeah, by the way, a problem pit
stop in F1 is over three
seconds now.
Un-freakin-believable.
JOSH: JF, when cars are going
by, maybe you should wait to
talk, because we can't hear
you when the F1 engine--
JF: The problem with that
is that they're
so spaced out now.
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: They're so spaced out now,
they're going by every five,
six seconds.
LEO: So resetting Vettel, P1,
Hamlton, P2, Alonso, P3,
Raikkonen, 4.
JOSH: Alonso is in P5 now.
LEO: Sorry, you're right.
I didn't refresh over here.
Sorry.
JF: A little bit of a slow stop
for Alonso there, though.
LEO: Yeah, something
went wrong.
JOSH: It was the back-right
rear tire change they just
messed up, had a nut stuck.
IAN: Leo, somebody's asking, why
are qualifying lap times
so much faster than
race lap times?
I think it's probably due to the
high fuel load that they
start out with in the
race mostly, right?
LEO: And you can use DRS
anywhere in qualifying.
JF: That was about
2.9 seconds.
[INAUDIBLE].
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
Can, let's look for
the [INAUDIBLE]
Vettel to Hamilton.
JOSH: Vettel had a
sub-three-second pit stop.
That's crazy.
LEO: Oh, oh, oh.
JOSH: Whoa.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
You know, everyone talks
about Button being a
suave, smooth guy.
JOSH: Pretty aggro, dude.
LEO: Hyper-aggressive.
IAN: Yeah.
LEO: He's great.
IAN: Well, he knows
when to do what.
He knows when to
[INAUDIBLE] it.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: He always catches
people sleeping.
He does this a lot.
And he's good at marching up
from the back of the field.
LEO: P9 right now for
Button, I think.
Right?
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: P7.
Sorry, just reset.
JOSH: Oh, after getting
by those two.
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Oh, P6 now.
JF: [INAUDIBLE] pit stop.
Now he's [INAUDIBLE].
IAN: JF, we can't really
hear you that well.
You're really low.
LEO: So Raikkonen
has not pitted.
Is that correct?
He's sitting P2.
IAN: I don't think he has.
JF: That's correct.
IAN: This is interesting.
LEO: He's turning 1:434s.
If he's not hurting his tires,
he's just going to wait.
IAN: Good for him.
That's gonna be good.
LEO: Alonso and Button,
here we go.
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: And Alonso is fifth.
He needs to be going forward.
MIKE: So there was a question
about how many miles per
gallon a Formula One car gets.
Leo, is it around three
to four miles an hour?
That's what I've always
kind of, at least
in the later cars.
JOSH: Miles per gallon?
MIKE: Miles per gallon.
Three to four miles
per gallon.
LEO: I'm not going to
say you're wrong.
I don't know.
MIKE: Yeah, I think I'm right.
LEO: It'd be one of those
I have to look it
up, so Mike is right.
MIKE: Why am I still
on the screen?
LEO: Because you're being
honored for your correctness.
MIKE: Thank you.
LEO: Raikkonen--
JOSH: Great, great helicopter
shot right here.
IAN: Yeah, this is good,
really good.
MIKE: Hey, Leo--
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
Yes?
I'm sorry.
MIKE: Leo, another question
is, in terms that we might
understand here, since we don't
have a lot of Formula
One tracks--
JOSH: There it is.
There he goes.
IAN: There he goes,
right [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: No problem.
DRS.
LEO: Ah!
JOSH: Yeah, no problem.
He just leaped right by him.
LEO: That's OK.
Alonso's not done.
He's got one more.
[DOOR BELL]
[APPLAUSE]
[CELEBRATORY MUSIC]
LEO: And that's funny how?
[LAUGH TRACK]
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: So--
[ENGINES ROARING]
JOSH: Now, that's a real sound,
not a sound effect.
MIKE: That wasn't
a sound effect.
Hey, Leo, so talk a little bit
about how an F1 track differs
from a typical road course
like Laguna?
Some context that commentators
are talking about right now.
LEO: I think the simplest thing
is that the F1 tracks
these days have more high-speed
corners than
American tracks.
They're fundamentally smoother
than most American tracks.
And this is not unique with all
the runoff area, versus a
place like Road America or
Laguna Seca, where if you make
a mistake, you definitely pay
for it most of the time on an
American track.
The rhythm, you feel.
The flow, you feel.
The long straightaways to
hairpin-type corners, love
them or hate them, that's been
designed into F1 tracks to
create passing and action.
The S's that are here
are not unique.
If you watch Ian Carr, you'll
get a lot of this flowing-type
high-speed move and cornering.
Spa is the old-school
version of that.
Most of that is rare
in America.
It's usually point and corner,
point and corner.
I think that's the way
to think of it.
IAN: I think some other smaller
things to remember,
too, is that these tracks are
built to some sort of FIA spec
that another track in the US may
not be built to, as far as
curving and runoff and Armco
and all that stuff.
LEO: Which is why it's always
been a problem to get an FIA
race, an F1 race,
here in America.
Everyone says, oh, it'd be
awesome, F1 America.
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Button has the fastest
lap at a 142.007.
JOSH: And Kimi finally pit.
LEO: Kimi pitted?
JOSH: He's coming out into sixth
place it looks like.
IAN: He had kind of a
slow pit stop there.
JOSH: Right behind Alonso.
JF: So what I can tell you,
guys, is that Kimi just had a
little hiccup in the pits.
It looks like his clutch.
He [INAUDIBLE].
[CLICKING NOISE]
IAN: What's that noise?
MIKE: That's [INAUDIBLE].
Sorry.
I put it on and I couldn't
turn it off.
So my bad.
JOSH: You were saying that
something happened during
Kimi's pit stop.
IAN: They're showing it now.
Yeah, he had a problem with
getting into gear, or his
clutch or something.
But he came out in sixth, so
it's not the end of the world.
But it could have been better.
JF: As I have time, I wanted
to mention one thing.
The helicopter pilots
here are crazy.
[INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: The helicopter pilots
are crazy, JF?
[RIM SHOT]
JOSH: I was gonna say, I'm
seeing the fruits of their
labors on this speed
broadcast.
There are some very, very cool
shots coming through.
JF: Yeah, so the helicopter
pilots are flying lower than
the tallest building here, down
the front straight to get
some good shots.
It's pretty bad-ass.
IAN: Awesome.
JOSH: JF, wish you luck.
It looks amazing.
It looks amazing.
I love you, JF.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
IAN: For those of you who are
commenting on the live stream,
we kind of get your comments
in bursts.
It doesn't update live,
unfortunately.
So just keep that in mind.
And not just you guys.
We have the same problem.
JOSH: Did you see the comment
hailing you [INAUDIBLE]
Mr. Saab in?
They already know you.
IAN: You know who that is?
That's Ryan.
JOSH: Oh, is it really?
IAN: Yeah.
JOSH: Oh yeah, look at that.
Hell Hollow Rally Team.
IAN: Yeah.
JOSH: Nice.
What's up, Ryan Symancek,
the king of the interns.
So I guess--
I don't know if someone said
this before, but apparently
Webber is out for his
alternator, alternator failure.
LEO: Again?
Haven't they been having
that problem a lot
with the Red Bull?
JOSH: Yeah.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
LEO: Oh, god.
Hopefully I didn't
lose [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: I think--
LEO: I'm listening.
JOSH: Last time was Monza.
LEO: OK, so here comes the
next Ferrari controversy.
Vettel's in P1, Hamilton,
P2, Massa, 3,
Button, 4, Alonso, fifth.
Alonso needs to be in fourth.
When does Massa drop out?
JOSH: Massa didn't pit
yet, though, did he?
LEO: Pitting right
now, I think.
You're right.
JOSH: There you go.
LEO: By the way, they'll have
a problem on all four tires,
plus the steering wheel.
JOSH: [LAUGHS]
LEO: Smedley [INAUDIBLE].
JOSH: Where you just see the
pit crew just taking a
cigarette break while Massa's
in the pit box.
LEO: Right.
And Smedley's there, wait,
wait, wait, uh, wait.
Keep waiting.
JOSH: Do we have time
for one cigarette?
And make me an espresso.
LEO: Yeah.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
LEO: By the way, for Massa,
just remember, the 2013
contract is in the mail.
Hey, JF, can you hear us?
The crowd, without getting into
the political side of
this question, talk a little
bit about the diversity.
I mean, do you see all the
Mexicans that have shown up
for Perez, do you see
Europeans, do you
see rich and not?
I mean, what's the crowd like?
JF: Leo, to answer your
question, I think there are a
whole lot of Brits, a whole lot
of Mexicans, and I think
that it's a very European
crowd, to say the least.
[INAUDIBLE].
Sorry.
It's a very European crowd,
to say the least.
And I think that Texas has
embraced this, Austin has
embraced this quite heavily.
And you see a lot of people here
with NASCAR shirts on.
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: Sorry.
A lot of people from NASCAR
trying to figure out what this
is all about.
And it's got a very
[INAUDIBLE]
feel to it in terms of the
campers, in terms of the
people camping on the
grounds around here.
LEO: Thank you.
JF: I don't know if that answers
your question, Leo.
I don't know if you heard the
last part about how there a
lot of camps, a lot of
campsites, a lot of people
grilling stuff.
It feels very [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Does it feel anything
like Le Mans?
JF: Leo, what was
your question?
LEO: Does it feel anything
like Le Mans?
JF: Actually, there are a lot
of similarities in terms of
the fan base, the way campsites
are set up.
I think the biggest difference
is the way the
credentials work here.
You're very restricted as
to where you can go.
If you buy a ticket for a
certain section, that's the
only place you can go, where
like Le Mans, [INAUDIBLE], you
can pretty much walk
wherever you want.
Here they kind of keep you to
your region on the track.
You can't really walk out
of certain places.
JOSH: I kind of hate that at
sporting events, dude.
LEO: All right, here
are we here?
MIKE: Hey, JF, one question
from the commenters.
How has Austin embraced
the race?
No, you said that Austin's
embraced the race.
But how is the traffic, and how
has the city handled all
the people who've
shown up for it?
JF: I have to be very
honest with you.
We have had no traffic issues,
except for leaving yesterday.
[INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Good.
JF: Everything here today was
actually easier than yesterday.
LEO: Why do you think, just
that they figured out the
logistics, or something else?
JF: Honestly, I think
the biggest--
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: Honestly, Leo, I think the
shuttle system works the best.
Honestly, I think the shuttle
system from downtown, in
downtown Austin here, you see a
lot of buses, and I think a
lot of people heeded a lot of
the warnings and took buses
instead of driving here.
So you see a lot of buses on
the road, but not a lot of
cars when you get here.
And then the cars you do see
here are pretty much all the
VIP [INAUDIBLE]
VIP, [INAUDIBLE] people.
LEO: Guys, I hate to say it.
I don't think we have a
race here, unless--
JF: Thank you.
LEO: As it pertains to the
championship, everyone's where
they need to be to move on to
the final race in Brazil.
Even if Hamilton pushes
on Vettel--
JF: You're right, Leo.
LEO: That doesn't mean
it's boring.
I'm just saying that everyone's
got their spot to
get to the last race.
IAN: For those of you who can't
see the race right now
on SPEED, apparently SPEED has
certain live streams on their
website if you go to
stream.speedtv.com.
LEO: Anyone think that
Spinelli's bored?
MIKE: My stream stopped working,
so I'm forever alone.
IAN: Mike, go to
stream.speedtv.com.
MIKE: Forever alone!
LEO: If your stream stops
working, they
have a drug for that.
I think Theismann, the
quarterback, was [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: Yes.
JF: There's a pit stop
[INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
LEO: Thank you.
JF: Sorry.
Just figured you'd want to hear
something as I go deaf.
MIKE: Me gusta.
LEO: OK, so I'm really negative
on the other Leo in
New Jersey.
Where do you think the next US
Grand Prix should be, guys?
IAN: I hope the New Jersey
thing works out.
But you don't think it will.
LEO: Well, and actually,
JF, get a moment.
Seeing this track and now seeing
New Jersey, why do I
want the Jersey track?
JOSH: It's a road course, man.
It's a street course, I mean.
LEO: Thank you for correcting
yourself, because it's a New
Jersey trip to Starbucks.
[GASPS EFFECT]
JOSH: We talked about this
at Baltimore, man.
There's something cool--
LEO: Where?
JOSH: There's something cool
about the conversion of some
city streets to a circuit for
a weekend, just for one
weekend out of every year.
There's something great about
transforming an urban space
into a racetrack.
LEO: So does that make New
Jersey, New York, East Coast
the place we want
the next race?
JOSH: Well, what other options
have we, really?
LEO: Well, if they built one,
why not have someone build
another one?
JOSH: Come on.
Twice in 10 years, you really
think that's going to happen?
LEO: This is America.
JOSH: This is America.
LEO: Bernie wants it. he wants
a West Coast race [INAUDIBLE]
talked about.
He does want New York to
work out, no question.
JOSH: Bernie should want
it to work here.
He can get away with anything
he wants here, more or less.
LEO: Well, until he
goes to jail.
Oh, I'm sorry.
JOSH: Yeah, but this
is America.
JF: Hey, guys.
JOSH: The land of the free.
JF: Guys, not to cut off.
My battery's dying, and I
need to protect my ears.
I can't do this [INAUDIBLE].
[GAME OVER MUSIC]
LEO: OK.
JF: All right?
So I'll go back inside and
I'll try to [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
JF: OK.
Signing off from [INAUDIBLE].
[ENGINES ROARING]
[PSYCHO MUSIC]
LEO: Welcome to [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: [LAUGHS]
Come on.
LEO: By the way, I've been
reading all the posts about
everything I need to know
about watching F1.
Did you guys write that solely
for NASCAR fans, like you
assume everyone is a NASCAR
fan in America?
MIKE: Well, the whole point
is that you can't--
it is a fact that the majority
of American race fans are
NASCAR fans.
So you do have to look at the
largest group of people who
could maybe come over and watch
Formula One and might be
open to it.
So they need to know
the basics.
JOSH: Does Jalopnik have a lot
of NASCAR fan readers?
MIKE: All right, that's it.
You're out.
[LAUGHTER]
[RIM SHOT]
LEO: No, I loved it.
I thought it was great.
I learned so much.
MIKE: Well, it's not
for you, Leo.
Don't forget we have a large
mainstream audience that
aren't necessarily
racing geeks.
So if you're a racing geek,
you get your geek stuff on
from other places.
So I know you read "Racecar
Engineering", so you're not
going to kind of get the
same thing out of it.
But you know what I'm saying.
LEO: Yeah.
No, it's more the
tone, honestly.
I agree with you that--
MIKE: Oh, the tone.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE] the tone.
JOSH: Hey, Lewis is
doing 41.5 now.
LEO: Yeah, he's working his
ass off to get there.
IAN: He's got nothing to lose.
JOSH: Wow, third place,
24.5 seconds left.
Time for another slice.
IAN: Alonso's actually probably
rooting for Hamilton.
LEO: Oh yeah, I would
agree with you.
And by the way--
IAN: He's hoping Hamilton
will take out Vettel.
LEO: They do take a different
line through these last two
part of the S's.
JOSH: I see a lot of different
lines going, man.
LEO: And all kidding aside,
they're obviously still
learning or adapting to what
their car is doing.
But I think you're
right, Josh.
JOSH: I mean, it didn't
look like--
MIKE: Thanks for the Russian
feed, by the way.
JOSH: It looked like, yeah,
everybody's trying to find
different stuff in the field.
LEO: So Spinelli not only is
watching the race, he's now
found a new wife.
MIKE: [LAUGHS]
That was a good one.
JOSH: We're going to have
a pass, I think, in
the next lap or two.
LEO: I think, yeah.
Look at this.
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: That was a
second-and-a-half gap.
LEO: Yeah, he's right
there now.
JOSH: Oh, shit.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE] the
traffic [INAUDIBLE]
moved over.
That's turn 19, 20.
Yeah, here we are.
This is our finish.
IAN: Josh, somebody said you're
making Hot Pockets.
MIKE: Josh, are you making
Hot Pockets?
JOSH: No.
IAN: They hear your microwave.
MIKE: What are you making?
JOSH: I was reheating
some Domino's.
MIKE: See now, that would have
been a good product placement
if we were getting
paid for it.
JOSH: What, Domino's?
LEO: I'm gonna go to the garage
and fire up my Cadillac.
MIKE: Pleased to enjoy this
Peter Thomas Roth sunscreen.
That's all I have.
Anybody have anything
else good?
Bell Helmets.
LEO: [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: Represented
by Bell Helmets.
JOSH: He's not close enough on
the straight to get by with
DRS that time.
LEO: Yeah, because Vettel is
all over the KERS button.
JOSH: That means he's--
[BOO EFFECT]
JOSH: Yeah, but he's
gotta be--
where is Hamilton using KERS?
LEO: Can we see that?
Usually we can, right?
JOSH: No, they can only show
it on the DRS zone now.
You hardly ever see the KERS
graphic up on screen.
MIKE: Hey, Leo, can you comment
specifically about
Hamilton going to Mercedes?
I know you've mentioned it
before, but just for a
commenter who's asking now.
LEO: McLaren has made the public
statement that they
think it's like a kid that
finally has to leave the house
and grow up.
He's been under McLaren
tutelage forever.
And there clearly was a
McLaren shot in that.
But I think there's some truth
to Hamilton thinking he's
gotta prove himself outside
the shadow of McLaren.
Who's pitting here
for McLaren?
Is that Button?
IAN: Yes.
LEO: Yes.
Everyone thinks it's a risk.
At some point in time, you
have to realize that, A--
IAN: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: --Mercedes is
a factory team.
B, McLaren is not going to
have a factory engine
relationship.
And maybe he just believes that
Ross Brawn is the next
Newey of the moment.
I don't know.
But I think a lot of it has to
do with marking his own turf.
JOSH: Get your tires
up to temp.
Now, that was Button just took
his first stop, lap 36.
LEO: Wow.
JOSH: IAN: And he also had
a sub-three-second stop.
So I don't know, I think
that's a nice strategy.
LEO: And I think that's
his one stop.
JOSH: Yep.
And we're going to see two
stops from [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: I'm really questioning,
though, whether Vettel,
Hamilton, and Alonso are gonna
do multiple stops.
Their times are not
dropping off.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
stopped in the last
17 or something.
LEO: Yeah, but remember--
listen to this quote.
Remember Hembry explaining--
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE] they don't
have to do two stops.
LEO: No, they do not
have to do two.
And remember Hembry talking
about, if you manage the
temperature build in the tire,
you can make the tire work for
30-plus laps.
And it's hard to say.
I mean, they're definitely
pushing.
Vettel [INAUDIBLE] in a 40.9.
Hamilton's right there
with a 41.0.
But I wouldn't be shocked
if they stayed one stop.
At the same point in time,
as soon as you
see those times change--
JOSH: They have no choice.
LEO: I mean, again, look
what's going on.
To your point, Josh, earlier,
Hamilton has won 1.1 second
[INAUDIBLE].
But then it's 29 seconds back to
Alonso in third right now,
another 10 seconds back
to Raikkonen.
I mean, those two guys
are off on their own.
MIKE: Leo, quick question.
What do you think about American
companies' logos on
the cars just for the
race or the future?
I mean, Intel has been on F1
logos, have been on F1 livery
for a while.
IAN: [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: Dell.
JOSH: Intel, like Vitel.
MIKE: Vitel?
Oh, like if you're pronouncing
Vettel like Intel?
JOSH: Yeah, pronouncing
it like a [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: I think recently, most of
these American brands have
been funding F1 through
their European arm.
Dell was on the BMW when they
were a factory team.
But the whole point of this,
being in America, is to get
the American companies to
advertise, sponsor, and spend
more money.
So I know it's a small thing,
but the fact that Microsoft
Dynamics is advertising their
Lotus sponsorship, Degree,
who's running another ad right
now, is advertising their
sponsorship in America, the
whole point is to get American
budgets from these American
brands into F1.
It's not for us, the fans.
It's for the money.
I think it's inevitable.
Actually, this working is
going to be a lot more
pressure on IndyCar, NASCAR,
ALMS, anyone looking for
sponsorship, because at some
point in time, a global brand
of status is going to
look at this hard.
The only thing that'll stop them
is, the numbers will be
just too prohibitive.
And then they'll go look
at IndyCar or ALMS.
That's my fear.
MIKE: Is it a fear if it
actually drives companies to
sponsor other more, let's say,
reasonably priced series?
JOSH: Yeah, because that sounds
like not a bad thing.
MIKE: That actually sounded
like a good idea
going down the line.
LEO: I completely agree,
except-- and here's where
sometimes I'm too
close to this--
the gap between the quality of
the salesmanship of F1 and
other series is--
well, it's bigger than
the gap right now
of Hamilton to Alonso.
So everyone's gotta ra--
funny.
Everyone's gotta raise their
game if they're gonna market
against F1, and be considered
a viable, more
cost-effective option.
It's just an opinion,
but I'm telling you.
And I'm telling you, I guess,
without sounding arrogant,
from firsthand, selling this
shit experience, shit being a
technical term that you'll
never hear on the podium.
JOSH: Oh.
IAN: There goes button.
JOSH: Ooh, wow.
Nice.
LEO: Yeah.
IAN: That was a nice pass.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: [INAUDIBLE]
those little corners, turn 15.
IAN: That was a pretty--
[APPLAUSE]
IAN: --sweet [INAUDIBLE]
pass there.
JOSH: Oh, a "Friends" guy.
LEO: Look at that.
JOSH: Wow.
LEO: Was that against
Grosjean?
IAN: Yeah.
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: Come on, wake
up, Grosjean.
JOSH: He looked almost like he
was letting him by with the
line he took.
LEO: Well, I mean, honestly, you
get so locked in sometimes
to thinking, here's the passing
zone, and you can't
pass somewhere else.
And Button is one of those
opportunistic guys.
JOSH: Pass anywhere, yeah.
LEO: Yeah.
The moment's there, and you've
left the door open, and I can
make the car work, I'm gone.
I mean, Button has to be
smiling his ass off.
He's not the team leader
of McLaren.
When he came there, there
were doubts, could he
keep up with Hamilton?
It was Hamilton's team.
Now you've got a Brit at McLaren
leading the charge.
I mean, his debrief comments
earlier in the weekend were
just, to me, astounding, how
thorough, complete, managed,
and measured they were.
The guy is a leader.
IAN: Yeah, I didn't really care
much for Button years
ago, but he's really developed
into somebody I can get
behind, I think.
LEO: I'll give Spinelli
credit.
He's been a big Button fan
ever since he was in the
movie, "The Longest
Day," right?
MIKE: Yeah, that was before I
really started watching his
career take off.
LEO: Oh, that's Red Button.
MIKE: Oh, Red Buttons.
LEO: Is that Red Buttons?
MIKE: Red Buttons.
Yeah, that's great.
Nice 85-year-old reference,
which [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: Yeah, my 85--
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: No, but you're right.
I will take credit for knowing
that [INAUDIBLE]--
JOSH: Oh, that's beautiful.
MIKE: --was going to be
great after Honda.
LEO: Did Massa just do Kimi?
JOSH: Yes he did.
IAN: Yes
JOSH: He did very nicely.
[LAUGH TRACK]
JOSH: Kimi had a little lunge
at him there, too.
Or I think actually maybe he
might have just lost the
traction for a second.
But--
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: --that was nice.
That was really a pleasure
to watch.
LEO: Here comes Hamilton
again.
[SIREN EFFECT]
LEO: I swear to god.
Tomorrow, Michael, I'm gonna
break your fucking hand.
JOSH: Oh, whoa, whoa.
MIKE: I'm sorry.
IAN: Language.
My ears.
LEO: German is not my first
language, so in German--
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
yeah, you get a save at that.
LEO: All right, thank you.
Schumacher in and out.
You think Schumacher is going to
just retire retire, or race
something else next year?
IAN: I don't know.
That's a good question.
LEO: That was, I don't
care, actually, Ian.
JOSH: Yeah, that sounded
like [INAUDIBLE].
IAN: He didn't really do so
well with that motorcycle
racing he tried doing
for a little while.
[CHEERING EFFECT]
JOSH: Maybe he could play
golf or baseball.
[CHEERS]
JOSH: He doesn't have
a band, right.
He doesn't play, like,
the harmonica or
the banjo or anything?
LEO: [INAUDIBLE]
Schumacher?
JOSH: Yeah.
MIKE: Banjo.
Yeah, that would be something.
That actually would--
LEO: Banjo.
MIKE: I would go to
see Schumacher
play in a banjo combo.
JOSH: I just want to make sure,
so long as he doesn't
[INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: Whatever banjo
people do together.
LEO: Whenever I go to Cologne,
first thing I do
is banjo beer fest.
IAN: Apparently Schumacher is
a real big Americana fan.
He loves riding Harleys
through America.
And some commenter earlier
said that he
bought a ranch in Texas.
I don't know if that's true.
LEO: Well, there was a news
report that he did do that
when he arrived here
in Austin.
And doesn't Hamilton--
IAN: He just got off the plane
and threw some money down and
that was it?
LEO: Hey, wouldn't that be
cool to live that way?
IAN: Yeah.
LEO: All right, I like
that pasture.
And doesn't Hamilton
have a hidden place
in America as well?
JOSH: Colorado, yeah.
IAN: Really?
JOSH: Yeah.
IAN: They're not getting
any of his tax money?
LEO: Probably not.
IAN: I'm sure he's got some
interesting tax arrangement
with Monaco or something.
LEO: Finally figured out how
to shuttle back and forth
between the comments
and stuff.
You're right, the comments
don't refresh as
quickly as they did.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE], no.
IAN: Yeah, we gotta talk
to Google about this.
JOSH: Yeah, somebody's making
comments on the helicopters.
I was just going to raise
that point again, too.
JF said he saw the helicopters
flying really close on the
front straight, lower than the
some of the lower buildings
that are around there.
So they're making a good effort
to get us some nice
camera shots.
IAN: Somebody said Matt
LeBlanc is racing for
[INAUDIBLE] next season.
LEO: By the way, so the
celebrity count has reduced
itself to Matt LeBlanc
and Dempsey, really?
Was that it?
JOSH: We saw Ron Howard.
LEO: Opie.
Oh, oh, who's righting who?
There it is.
He's gonna pass.
Hamilton for the lead.
JOSH: Yeah, he's got it.
I gotta say, historically--
LEO: Is that DRS?
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: Wow, wow, wow.
IAN: That was close.
LEO: That was defense.
And this is into turn
12 right here.
Yeah.
And JF is back.
IAN: One of the commenters
reminded me that Michael
Fassbender was at the track.
I saw him on SPEED yesterday.
JOSH: Oh, cool.
Is he a race fan?
IAN: I don't know.
JOSH: I like that dude.
[LAUGHTER]
MIKE: That's another one
of Ian's "I don't
cares." LEO: Wow.
Hey, Ian, the building's
on fire.
Yeah, I'll get to it.
IAN: I just saw him in "Shame,"
which kind of made me
think twice about how much
I want to look at him.
If you haven't seen the movie
"Shame," it's interesting.
JOSH: Oh, it's about
a sex addict?
IAN: Yeah, New York.
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: Wow.
IAN: He does some questionable
things in that movie.
LEO: Sex addict movie.
Hey, why watch it when you
can live it, right?
IAN: Yeah.
MIKE: [LAUGHS]
Hey-o.
LEO: By the way, I work
really hard to make
my jokes suck, viewers.
That's the point.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS]
LEO: Try the veal.
[FART SOUND]
[LAUGHTER]
LEO: I don't think that was
the machine, Spinelli.
I don't think that
was the machine.
JOSH: I did not know that
that one existed.
MIKE: My bad.
[FART SOUNDS]
[BELCH SOUND]
MIKE: Who's doing that?
That wasn't me.
JOSH: Spinelli, take it easy.
MIKE: That wasn't me.
[FART SOUND]
[SNORING]
[LET-DOWN MUSIC]
JOSH: Spinelli, it's
disgusting, man.
[GAME OVER MUSIC]
[PSYCHO MUSIC]
JOSH: All right.
LEO: Go right to the "Psycho."
IAN: I love the "Psycho" one.
[BOW CHICA WOW WOW EFFECT]
[WHISTLING]
JOSH: Stop, stop, stop.
LEO: So basically last times
before the refresh.
140.2 for Hamilton, 140.67 for
Vettel, 140.7 for Massa.
Everyone else is in
ones and twos.
Alonso, P3.
36 seconds.
Is that true, or 30 seconds?
30 seconds back to
Alonso to Vettel.
Mike, I appreciate you reading
all the comments.
MIKE: Yeah, no problem.
I'm having some trouble with
Google Hangouts for a second.
I might have to leave
and come back.
Hang on one second.
LEO: Are we having a problem?
IAN: I think just Mike.
JOSH: [LAUGHS]
Sorry, I'm reading
the comments on
RideApart this week.
They're pretty funny.
IAN: I haven't seen that yet.
LEO: Is that the
one about the--
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
the girls [INAUDIBLE]
dirt bikes.
I haven't actually watched
an episode yet.
I was just reading
the comments.
They're very funny.
You know, it is funny, for the
first time in years, probably
more NASCAR fans with their
eyes on Formula
One in history today.
Right?
LEO: You think?
I don't know, because they're
having their end-of-season
race right now.
JOSH: Oh, really?
Oh, I thought it
was after this.
LEO: Hell, no.
It's the same time.
Matter of fact, [INAUDIBLE]
gotta click over.
JOSH: What?
LEO: Yeah.
JOSH: No, I heard that
it was after it.
And I thought that was
a blatant offense.
LEO: No.
Let me go find out where.
I don't even know where it is.
I'm gonna go look right now.
JOSH: That's impossible.
It cannot be going
on right now.
LEO: Yeah.
IAN: It's probably
on Fox proper.
[INAUDIBLE].
LEO: It's on--
yeah, you're probably right.
JOSH: That's so insane
if that's true.
LEO: It's ESPN.
Hold on.
Yeah, ESPN, right now,
3 to 7 o'clock.
JOSH: God.
LEO: So they're getting ready
to start right now.
They're on their pace lap.
Keselowski is on
the front row.
He's just gotta finish 15th
or better to win the
championship.
MIKE: Hey, Leo, question from
the peanut gallery.
LEO: Wait a minute.
I'm doing the recap here.
MIKE: Oh, sorry.
LEO: Jimmy Johnson's
the starting 10th.
And Jeff Gordon has already
been kicked in
the balls 12 times.
All right, what do you got?
MIKE: What other series, what
other races are going to be at
Circuit of the Americas
[INAUDIBLE]?
LEO: Guys, it's getting
to the point of what
isn't going to be there.
Let me see if I get
it half right.
MotoGP, ALMS, Grand Am, V8
Supercars for Australia.
World Challenge now
just announced--
IAN: There's some pretty
close racing going on,
Leo, right now with--
JOSH: Yeah.
IAN: --Button and one
of the Lotuses.
MIKE: Oh yeah.
Oh.
LEO: So a lot of the majors.
And the rumor is--
[CHEERS]
LEO: And just to put a cap on
it, Mike, the rumor is they're
lobbying for a NASCAR
race, maybe not
next year, but lobbying.
And of course IndyCar wants to
go, but no one's said anything
about anything.
IAN: Nobody cares
about IndyCar.
LEO: I don't know what to
really say about that.
But I'm pretty pissed off the
way they've handled stuff.
JOSH: Wow.
IAN: I don't really have any
interest in watching a bunch
of guys in spec series
driving around ovals.
MIKE: Oh!
Whoa.
You are not--
LEO: Kimi, stay there,
[INAUDIBLE] there, stay there.
MIKE: Wait a minute.
LEO: That's Kimi and
Button, right?
JOSH: Yeah.
IAN: Yeah.
MIKE: Kimi and Button.
LEO: See, look at that.
Now, that's good racing.
They're giving each
other enough room.
JOSH: Hey, Spinelli.
Shut the hell up, Spinelli.
MIKE: Oh sorry, man.
IAN: Yeah, great.
MIKE: [INAUDIBLE].
IAN: Cut away from the battle
on the track and show us a
bunch of guys in the pit bowl.
Great.
LEO: By the way, [INAUDIBLE].
IAN: Who's the fireman?
Go ahead, Leo.
LEO: I'm actually gonna take
Ian's comment from our show.
I'm gonna criticize the camera
work on the start of the race.
I mean, that great hill, the
chance to show the cars coming
up at the hill at you, no one
got that shot from the start
of the race.
Are you kidding me?
IAN: Yeah.
JOSH: I haven't seen
that shot yet.
LEO: Right.
I mean, they showed me every
angle but the one to capture
what's going to happen
into turn one.
Thanks, TV.
MIKE: Stupid TV.
LEO: Jesus Christ.
Michael, I swear to god.
JOSH: I like how when you move
your face close, it like--
LEO: Yeah, that's good.
[HEARTBEAT EFFECT]
MIKE: Oh, Button, you are
making me so hot.
[HEARTBEAT EFFECT]
LEO: So it was only til Saturday
and Sunday that the
"New York Times" carried any
stories about US F1.
Any opinions about how this
whole thing is going to play?
Is it still a niche for us.
Is it going to be a
difference-maker, or is it
really just one step, and
it's gonna have to
be built over time?
JOSH: Just one step, Leo.
I mean, I would say it's
going to take more
than just one race.
There wasn't the big push for
drawing eyes to this event
like I thought there might
be at the last minute.
And the fact of the
matter is, "last
minute" are the key words.
There's nothing leading
up to this.
So the only reason we hear about
is because we're looking
for the information.
So it's gonna take a couple
years to build up.
MIKE: Well, I think there's
already been
latent demand for this.
So I think this is a huge
success right now, because
look at how many people are
there, look at how many people
are talking about it.
LEO: Well, wait a minute.
MIKE: The social media
part of it.
Go ahead.
LEO: OK, sorry.
And you just hit on maybe part
that will save your ass from
that last comment, because think
about it as a corporate
sponsor now, a huge success,
120,000 people there, right?
Maybe.
MIKE: Yeah, sure.
JOSH: That's that they said.
LEO: OK, one event, one
year, 120,000 people.
JOSH: That's not a lot.
LEO: The dollars to sponsor
this, there's
gotta be more, Mike.
To your point--
MIKE: But it's a beginning
of the proof of concept.
No, there's no doubt you
need some momentum.
But as a one-day-a-year event,
you're not going to see that
kind of momentum.
So I think that people are going
to be looking to what
happens today as the guidelines
of what's going to
happen to sell the rest
of this, whatever
the rest of it is.
LEO: And I'm watching
the Degree ad again.
I would argue that there's a
better impression made with
those goddamn ads versus
just the one race.
If the whole idea that F1
represents some vibe, and that
gets ingrained more into
mainstream, then companies
will feel more comfortable.
And to your point about social,
if the story goes
beyond the butts sitting there
for the three days, then I've
got something that I can put
my money against and feel
better about.
JOSH: Funny that you say that
commercials may be one of the
best promotional pieces
that this weekend has.
LEO: And I know it sounds too
corporate and too marketing.
JOSH: No [INAUDIBLE].
Yeah, it kind of makes
sense, though.
It's really.
That's what a lot of people
who don't know
are going to remember.
MIKE: Yeah.
IAN: There's something to be
said, that this race being the
US Grand Prix, is not even on
a network channel in the
United States.
This is on a cable channel that
most people don't even
get to see.
And I think that's going to
be a big deal in corporate
sponsorship, if they
can't even get
their eyes on the show.
LEO: And that's where, going
all the way back to NBC
Sports, even though it really
is just re-branded versus
another cable, NBC Universal
is trying to package NBC
Sports programming as part
of the bigger family.
And they're trying to buy more
properties to become more
mainstream.
And maybe that's the fix.
I mean, honestly, IndyCar was
a little visionary by
partnering with NBC.
But they were just maybe
a year or two
or three too quick.
If it carries more mainstream,
then it starts to feel like
the way racing F1 is treated
in Europe, in Japan.
IAN: Are you talking
about CBS, Leo?
LEO: No, no, no.
NBC.
IAN: NBC is going to
have Formula One.
LEO: Yeah, NBC Sports.
IAN: Oh, OK.
Sorry.
LEO: That's OK.
Someone said CBS, too,
but it's NBC.
IAN: Oh, OK,
MIKE: Hey, Leo, Nick in the
comments says you were talking
about you were disappointed they
couldn't get that initial
starting shot.
And the reason is the heat haze
on the long pave runoffs.
Or I'm sorry, that the long
paved runoffs would create
heat haze, or did create heat
haze that made that shot
impossible to get.
JOSH: Who is this Nick?
How does he know this?
LEO: Well, call me Frankenheimer
shooting "Grand
Prix 2," but maybe that would
have been-- get JF.
Is that a good shot, guys?
IAN: I think that would've
been cool.
LEO: Yeah, but I hear the
point Nick's saying.
MIKE: Yeah.
No, I mean, it might have been
cool if there was a little.
But if there were a lot and you
couldn't see anything, and
it just kind of distorted the
entire image, I'm sure that
wouldn't have been so hot.
But yeah, we'll [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: So that's not a hill,
that's a volcano.
I get it.
[INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: It's actually
a volcano, yes.
LEO: That would be cool, huh?
MIKE: We need more
volcanoes here.
LEO: We need more
volcanoes in F1.
[INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: More volcanoes
in F1, yeah!
LEO: All right.
I swear to god.
You know what, tomorrow
morning, everyone
pisses into a cup.
We'll find out who stays.
MIKE: All right.
LEO: All right.
MIKE: I'll stay.
LEO: By the way, do I have
these tools, too?
Could I find that?
MIKE: You could, yeah.
LEO: Is that Google Effects?
MIKE: It's called
Hangout Toolbox.
IAN: Yes, Google Effects,
on the left.
LEO: I refuse to do this,
because you know what, why do
I need help?
IAN: You could put a lower
third with the Hangout
Toolbox, the lower third
thing if you want.
LEO: Nah.
No, we'll just go
back to the--
IAN: All right, let's talk
about the race, guys.
LEO: Thank you.
JOSH: We're down to five
laps left, doing
the last five here.
IAN: Yeah, let's focus here.
JOSH: We're watching.
There's a nice battle with
Hulkenberg, [INAUDIBLE], and
Pastor "Beauty" Maldonado.
LEO: We're good to go now.
MIKE: [LAUGHS]
Pastor.
IAN: How did Maldonado
get so far back?
I thought he was kicking ass
in the other sessions.
LEO: Because he overdrives
his tires, and
he's a one-lap wonder.
IAN: I think you're right.
LEO: There it is.
Put that there.
[INAUDIBLE].
IAN: I kind of wish Senna was
outshining Maldonado at
Williams, but unfortunately
it's not happening.
LEO: Yeah, I don't know what
that is all about.
Huh?
IAN: I'm really not a
fan of Maldonado.
JOSH: No, me neither.
I hate Maldonado.
MIKE: Man, hate.
So much hate.
LEO: Why do you hate him?
IAN: I hate him.
MIKE: What is it,
hate o'clock?
JOSH: I don't know.
There's something about him
that just pisses me off.
I don't like looking
at him, number one.
[LAUGHTER]
LEO: Yeah, pretty much every
date has said the same thing
to you, but keep going.
JOSH: Yeah, no.
MIKE: Man, it's like hate 30.
What's going on?
JOSH: I just don't like him.
I don't know.
LEO: OK, well--
IAN: Well, he hits other
cars on purpose.
I mean, that's a good reason
not to like him.
JOSH: OK, there you go.
I'll hijack that reason.
LEO: Good to hear we have
reasons for our opinions.
JOSH: Yeah, he doesn't finish
a lot of races.
He crashes out.
He is not a man of many words.
Although I can't really say the
same for myself right now
at this moment.
IAN: Hey, Leo, a commenter,
Anish4 is asking us, will
American manufacturers
come into F1?
LEO: They already are.
Fiat is there with Ferrari.
And maybe Ford, but
I doubt it.
And GM, never.
MIKE: And Buick.
JOSH: Thank you, Nick.
Who's your buddy?
Maybe we can hire him to shoot
some stuff for us.
IAN: I think I just
saw Gordon Ramsay.
LEO: Another celebrity.
IAN: Another mega-celebrity.
JOSH: Hey, look it, Maldonado's
not even in this
battle anymore.
MIKE: Maldonado, you donkey.
JOSH: That sounded like
a sound effect.
LEO: Oh, oh.
Is that teammates?
That is teammates.
JOSH: Oh, he was.
He just got [INAUDIBLE].
LEO: That's teammates.
JOSH: Yeah.
See, there you go.
Maldonado is a dick, dude.
LEO: Wow.
IAN: I don't think he'd be here
if he wasn't bringing all
those millions from--
JOSH: Yeah, and that's
another thing.
He's like what's his name?
Dammit.
LEO: Isn't the--
JOSH: He's like Pecherov, but
uglier, if you can believe it.
IAN: That's good.
JOSH: And not as nice.
IAN: That's a good comparison.
LEO: Josh, Josh, this is not a
beauty contest, and the helmet
hides everything, as
you can now see.
JOSH: As soon as I start
talking about who's the
ugliest, [INAUDIBLE]
helmet on.
LEO: That's right.
By the way, I thought the
Venezuelan money was going to
start drying up because
[INAUDIBLE].
So he may be out of
a ride, night?
IAN: I've heard that, too.
Hugo Chavez isn't
doing so well.
So if he goes away,
it might be the
end of Pastor Maldonado.
LEO: You know who should
start to race cars?
Mitt Romney.
MIKE: Didn't he have a NASCAR?
LEO: You know, they've
been doing that.
Honestly, politically, they've
been doing that from time to
time during elections, pitting
money against NASCAR to get
some advertising on
the campaign.
I'm not sure I like that.
Go back to the tobacco.
MIKE: Yeah, go back to the
tobacco ads, because some of
the best liveries
were tobacco.
LEO: Well, we should probably
ask the standard question.
So what's the best-looking
Grand Prix car?
First of all, in this
race, and then ever.
IAN: Well, Mike, to your point,
Lotus has a tobacco
livery, and it looks
really good.
LEO: That's true.
MIKE: Well, that's true.
Yeah, very good point,
very good point.
I mean, I haven't smoked in a
while, but our John Players
still around?
Can you buy them?
IAN: I think.
They must be, right?
LEO: Yeah, they are.
MIKE: So how do they
get around the ban?
You know what, I'm glad you
brought that up, because I
hadn't thought of
that in a while.
Are they getting around
the ban like Ferrari
used to do with the--
IAN: The bar code?
MIKE: Barcode thing.
JOSH: I feel like the bar
code was a little bit
more direct of a--
MIKE: The bar code was more
direct than the actual John
Player special livery?
Yeah, maybe.
JOSH: Well, no, but the
livery is just colors.
MIKE: No, I know.
You're right.
It's similar.
I guess that's it, because
they're not actually--
yeah, that makes
perfect sense.
JOSH: There's not
actual design--
MIKE: Yeah, there's
no actual ad.
You're right.
LEO: Well, we need a UK
commenter to give us the fact,
because I'm not sure whether
the brand is still
promoted this way.
I know there was a challenge
to the black and gold.
Very good, Josh.
IAN: Actually, Leo, one of the
commenters, zomgz932 says
they're still available in
Canada, the Players.
LEO: Oh, but not
black and gold.
There, it's blue and
white, right?
IAN: Oh, OK.
I don't know.
He didn't say.
JOSH: Leo, we still get John
Players specials in New York.
LEO: Black and gold?
JOSH: I don't know if
that particular--
LEO: I think that's the key.
If they can divorce themselves
from the black and gold, I
think that's how the challenge
kind of fell away for this
year's graphic.
IAN: All right, the race is
coming to an end, guys.
MIKE: We're getting there.
One lap.
LEO: We should skip around a
little bit and see if JF can
show up after the
engines stop.
To your point, zomgz932
mentioned not black and gold,
but blue and white in Canada,
I'm assuming.
IAN: OK.
LEO: Yeah, someone wrote about
Ford doing something with
EcoBoost in F1.
Honestly, I just don't
think they have the
drive and the desire.
This European [INAUDIBLE] effed
up for them financially.
They're not gonna commit
to this stuff first.
And then the US, honestly,
they're probably trying to
figure out how to get
a [INAUDIBLE]
video into F1.
IAN: Leo, can you go through
the top five--
[BOO EFFECT]
IAN: --just for the viewers, the
commenters who can't see
this on TV right now?
LEO: Sure.
Hamilton is leading.
He just broke into the 139s
with a 139.7, followed a
second 0.8 block by Sebastian
Vettel in P2.
Alonso is in P3, 30 seconds back
from Vettel, but secure
to take the championship to
the final race in Brazil.
What, two weeks, or
next weekend?
The 25th.
Massa has taken the Ferrari
up to fourth.
Button, in McLaren, is fifth.
Kimi, sixth in the
black-and-gold
Lotus, not a Lotus.
Grosjean and his teammate
is seventh.
Hulkenberg in, what, the Force
India is eighth, and Maldonado
in ninth, followed by Senna,
his teammate, in 10th.
And off we go.
Perez the Mexican bandit--
I don't mean it that
way, guys.
That was bad.
Is in 11th.
MIKE: Me gusta.
JOSH: So here's an issue I'm
gonna raise right before the
end of the race.
We're looking at, sans tampering
with gear box, a
podium for Massa in this
race, I think.
It would've been a podium for
Massa had they not pushed him
back on the grid.
IAN: You're probably right.
He's done pretty well
in this race.
JOSH: Damn well.
He drove the tires
off that car.
LEO: And you could argue that
Alonso still would have gotten
P4 and kept his championship
alive.
JOSH: Yeah.
LEO: Again, with Vettel in
second, all he had to do was
finish eighth or better.
But they got maximum
points for Alonso.
IAN: Lewis gets the win, guys.
LEO: As as team, they did
what they had to do.
McLaren and Hamilton did
what he had to do.
That was pretty surprising.
I actually thought Vettel and
Red Bull would run away.
[APPLAUSE]
JOSH: Thank you.
[CHEERS]
JOSH: Oh, thank you.
LEO: That sounds more
like [INAUDIBLE].
[GONG]
[KISSING SOUND]
[YES EFFECT]
LEO: That's the [INAUDIBLE]
girl.
[RIM SHOT]
LEO: That's the band
on the podium.
So who do you think's going to
do the interview on the podium
for America?
IAN: It'll probably
be Mario Andretti.
[GASPS EFFECT]
LEO: Oh my god.
No, you're probably right.
[GASPS EFFECT]
MIKE: Oops, my bad.
Sorry.
Mario Andretti.
LEO: Geez, I hope not.
[PSYCHO MUSIC]
IAN: They should have had
Mike Spinelli do it.
MIKE: I would totally do it.
[HALLELUJAH MUSIC]
MIKE: I'd be the best
interviewer up there.
I totally would.
IAN: You would.
MIKE: I'd get every question
right out.
LEO: What would be your
first question?
[KISSING SOUND]
JOSH: Sebastian, uh, uh--
MIKE: So wait,
[STUTTERING SEBASTIAN].
JOSH: So, Seb.
Do you mind if I call you Seb?
MIKE: Yo, Sebu.
Whoa, Sebu.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE]
I went to high school with
this guy named Seb.
MIKE: How's it feel
to not have won?
Oh.
JOSH: [LAUGHS]
[BOO EFFECT]
JOSH: Oh, this flag worker,
corner worker's really going
crazy for Lewis Hamilton.
IAN: He's got an American
flag on his helmet.
That's all they need to see.
JOSH: I heard that he's a
hard-ass mother [BLEEP].
[KISSING SOUND]
[LAUGH TRACK]
LEO: So it was tough to follow
the comments for me.
Did you guys, the viewers,
did you enjoy this?
Was this good?
They should have Alex Roy
do the interview.
That'd be hilarious.
MIKE: I said answer
the question.
The man asked you a question,
commenters.
Answer it.
[LAUGHTER]
IAN: Oh, god.
MIKE: Leo asked you
a question.
Why are you not answering the
question that Leo asked?
LEO: Wow.
Is that your Selena
Gomez imitation?
What was that?
MIKE: Yes, that was
my Selena Gomez.
LEO: Yes, that was
my Selena Gomez.
JOSH: So what do
you guys think?
Are we gonna get JF back?
IAN: I don't know.
He said his battery
was dying before.
JOSH: Yeah.
I have a feeling we're
probably not
gonna get him back.
And, Ian, I would recommend that
we close down the live
stream before 4:00 PM,
before, like, 3:50.
IAN: OK.
JOSH: So that we could keep
it under two hours.
We want to keep it just
under two hours.
LEO: Oh, so yeah.
IAN: All right, so that means we
got a few more minutes just
to say some stuff.
JOSH: I would say, Leo, it was
a pretty good race, actually.
It wasn't amazing.
MIKE: Leo, do you want to talk
about overtaking in this?
Because that, I think, was sort
of an interesting part of
this, was the overtaking?
IAN: Yeah.
LEO: Well, without sounding like
a smart-ass, I mean, it's
a big accomplishment after 2007
in Indy that it actually
looked like a real F1 race
here in America.
So that actually accomplishes
a lot.
And in terms of everyone taking
their whacks at Tilke
and his tracks, it has
its own personality.
We talked at the very beginning
of this broadcast
about the hill up to turn one
and the S's after that.
And to the point we were
trying and hoping would
happen, there was more passing
in more areas than just turn
one, the hairpin, and
the DRS zone.
So I think there's a
lot to work here.
The track is going to get faster
as it gets weathered in
and Pirelli brings
softer tires.
And that may cut down
places to pass,
also as drivers learn.
But the more they learn, the
more they're gonna have a go
at it, and the tire's going
to make it work.
That people could go side by
side into parts of the S's was
phenomenal.
So good track, and I think it
showed F1 racing the way it
should be for the world and the
Americans that tuned in.
MIKE: So we didn't embarrass
ourselves, you're saying.
LEO: Well, I've taken the bar
a little higher than that.
But yes, we did not embarrass
ourselves.
JOSH: [INAUDIBLE].
And I think seeing the track
at track level, and some
moving cameras, and some of the
lower helicopter shots,
where you actually get to follow
the landscape a little
bit, into the S's, actually
there's a little bit of
elevation change in the S's
as well, which I think is
phenomenal.
Must be phenomenal to drive.
And like you said, I think more
when the drivers start
learning the track, there's
going to be certainly a lot
less passing in weird places.
It'll be more nailed down
to those key places.
MIKE: And that'll make it
less exciting, though.
JOSH: Maybe, but isn't that by
design, by virtue of racing
that just happens.
MIKE: Totally.
LEO: Well, as the grip
increases, I think it'll
offset the gain in knowledge.
I wouldn't be shocked if a race
like this doesn't look
even more aggressive next year.
IAN: No.
LEO: There was something when we
went to Baltimore that was
interesting.
They made a big deal at that
Grand Prix that they had
invited a lot of non-racing
media people to
experience the race.
They got away from racing, they
got away from automotive.
So I'm hoping that, coming out
of this race, in lifestyle
publications, in general market
stuff, as inane as it
may first feel, I'm hoping that
there's a lot of vibe
coming out of this Grand Prix
that I see in men's magazines,
fashion magazine, style
magazines, other general news,
other general sports.
It would be nice to see it
covered outside of our bubble,
because the whole point is,
it's supposed to be an
experience bigger than just
watching cars out-corner each
other, right?
MIKE: Yeah.
Well, you know what's
interesting, our friend Mike
Guy wrote a piece for "Vanity
Fair" magazine.
And that's sort of the last
place you'd expect to see an
article about Formula One.
And yet Mike wrote a pretty
decent rundown of what Formula
One is for "Vanity Fair"
readers, many of whom are men,
or some of whom are maybe men.
But I mean, it's got
good [INAUDIBLE].
I just read "Vanity Fair"
for the articles.
But I mean--
LEO: Are you questioning
someone's manhood?
MIKE: No, but what's further
from the Formula One audience
than "Vanity Fair" magazine,
just to kind of generalize?
JOSH: Well, but as you
said, that's exactly
where it needs to be.
MIKE: Yes.
IAN: I agree.
I think Formula One is sort of
an event for just people
getting a flavor of this
European stardom-filled event.
I don't know, there's all kinds
of stuff going on there,
like rich people spending money
and trying to look cool.
MIKE: Yeah.
Hey, Leo, question from
the commenters.
Where would you peg the
difficulty level of Austin in
comparison to other F1 tracks?
LEO: I'm not going to quantify
it, but those S's, turns two
through nine, in that they
decrease in their speed, that
looks to me like a major
major-league challenge.
And I was talking to some of
the Porsche guys who were
running the Pirelli GT Cup.
And where people were losing
time, it was all right there.
So I would give that section, up
to the hill to one all the
way to nine, as one of the
biggest challenges in the F1
tracks around here.
So it's going to be memorable
for drivers.
And honestly, I'd love to attack
that, because I think
it's a real test of whether
you can drive or not.
IAN: I'm bummed that Kimi
couldn't finished a little bit
higher in this race.
LEO: Where did we end up?
P6?
IAN: Yeah.
That pit stop didn't do him any
favors early in the race.
LEO: Well, but his last lap
was a 139.4, wasn't it?
IAN: I don't know.
LEO: Whether they [INAUDIBLE]
best or the last lap, 139.474
for Kimi, 139.402 for Massa,
139.6 for Alonso, and of course
for Vettel, fastest
lap, 139.3.
Unbelievable.
So he did.
He got the fastest lap again.
IAN: Mike, Ryan says
you owe him half a
falafel, by the way.
MIKE: He will never get the half
a falafel that I owe him.
He will have to wait a long
time for that falafel.
But I will pay him one day.
LEO: Oh, god.
They're wearing cowboy
hats onto the podium.
Really?
IAN: Oh my god.
MIKE: I hate cowboy hats.
Unless you are a cowboy and
you need one for your--
to keep your hair out
of your eyes.
LEO: Loving the generic shots
of men in cowboy hats and
moustaches?
Yeah, I guess.
MIKE: Mmm, yeah.
LEO: I'm reading comments now.
Guys.
enough about listening to me.
Anyone else have any thoughts?
MIKE: Ian, by the way, the
Swedish flag is because you're
Mr. Saab, that's correct?
IAN: Yes.
I drive a Saab and I'm partly
Swedish, and that's really it.
MIKE: You're partly Swedish?
I didn't know that.
IAN: Yeah, I am.
MIKE: How big a part?
IAN: I don't know,
maybe a quarter.
MIKE: A quarter?
That sounded like I
was making a joke.
I was actually serious.
How big is your Swedish part?
[FAKE LAUGH]
IAN: Oh my god.
We need to do a "Road Testament"
or a "Drive
Central" with one of
those personas.
MIKE: I really like that,
this whole thing
with the mean faces.
LEO: OK, now I'm watching
NASCAR.
IAN: All right, fellas, I think
the race is over, and
this broadcast needs
to come to an end.
MIKE: Oh, come on.
LEO: I can live with that.
Thank you, everyone.
IAN: [INAUDIBLE].
MIKE: No, don't go.
Don't go.
I'll be forever alone.
LEO: Actually, Ian, you can turn
us off in some type of
order, right?
IAN: Yes.
MIKE: No, I don't want
to be forever alone.
LEO: I leave it to you
to decide what
the hell I just suggested.
[LET DOWN MUSIC]
IAN: Well, I think--
[LAUGHTER]
LEO: No, don't do that.
IAN: For those of you want to
continue hearing what Mike has
to say, his Twitter account I'm
sure will be very active
after this.
LEO: Oh, let's just give out
his home phone number.
Yeah, in fact, let's
give [INAUDIBLE].
[BOO EFFECTS]
LEO: Let's give out
his address.
IAN: All right, they're on the
podium in cowboy hats.
And with that, I think we need
to say thanks for tuning in,
and hopefully we'll do
this again soon.
LEO: And we will
chat tomorrow.
MIKE: Thanks for tuning in.
IAN: All right.
Check out "Shakedown" tomorrow
for a follow-up.
MIKE: Yeah.
LEO: Take care, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.
