International: uh okay so i think we're recording um my participant number is c twenty five p one and please call stella ask her to bring these things from her with her from the store six spoons of fresh snow peas five thick slabs of blue cheese and maybe a snack for her brother bob we also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids she can scoop these things into three red bags and we will go meet her wednesday at the train station

Dutch: perfect uh okay my participant number is c twenty five p two um and please call stella ask her to bring these things from with her from the store six spoons of fresh snow peas five thick slabs of blue cheese and maybe a snake for her brother bob we also need a small plastic snake uh and a big toy frog uh for the kids so can she can scoop these things into three red bags and we will go meet her wednesday at the train station yeah

International: okay nice all right i'll start the timer for our conversation uh i think we will be talking about formula one right

Dutch: ah what a surprise i did not see

International: i know

Dutch: that one coming

International: no neither did i but what was the i mean the race was better than i expected actually like it was gonna be so boring because it's spain always but honestly well it probably wasn't the best so far of this season but it wasn't like boring like i weren't i wasn't bored

Dutch: no no actually i think so and it was also nice that they had some more tire changes than normally normally it's

International: yes

Dutch: just one tire change and then nothing really happens and then whole middle sector is pretty boring and then in the end you know that actually it will be it ends as you want it to but uh things things happened

International: yes

Dutch: it was good

International: <overlap>

Dutch: leclerc got broken down i was very happy for a second so my dutch guy could win

International: was it oh wait hamilton or leclerc

Dutch: leclerc uh was in first and then he um what happened again with him

International: i think something with the power units i watched like the replay it seemed that the gearbox or something just started no no sorry the turbo the turbo yes you had like the the turbo we had

Dutch: oh

International: could hear the wind spinning and then all of a sudden like it cut out and you could hear like metal like whistling or like whining it was like oh

Dutch: oh

International: poor guy that guy doesn't have luck with engines because also bahrain in two thousand nineteen right he was leading and then poof his engine

Dutch: oh

International: he was leading in monaco last uh year or he was gonna start in

Dutch: oh

International: pole position and then his engine poof

Dutch: well no like last year he um proved himself so he got pole position then max was dragged through uh get was actually putting in a fast lap and then leclerc got put himself in the wall started first because of the decision was ended and uh

International: yeah

Dutch: then with with with hitting the wall and his tires he fucked up his gearbox i think

International: yeah no well that is that is true but it was purely accidental i mean i remember when

Dutch: yeah

International: nico rosberg did the same thing he like out and michael schumacher actually did the same thing very famously so i think schumacher was first in monaco where he like uh into the very you know the final cor like the second to final corner where it casts like

Dutch: yeah yeah yeah the the yeah

International: he he was also was like michael like it was in the nine or early two thousands he was pole position it was the final lap like everyone was doing their final lap and he like just didn't even bother turning it in like he just understeered into the wall <laugh> but like you could see he wasn't even trying to do a lock and then in two thosand fourteen or fifteen i think nico rosberg he like outbraked himself into that into the breaking zone right before the hairpin and he like went you know he went into the runoff zone and yellow flag so no one couldn't prove their time and he just reversed out and he drove up to pole position and won but

Dutch: uh yeah no but poor leclerc i actually have hopes from this weekend i think uh he can put himself in first place again and then uh hopefully finish the race this time

International: i don't think i don't think ferrari is suited man i mean because i've been hearing that mercedes is really well for um slow corners mercedes is apparently one of the best teams and last on the spain they fixed their whole porpoising issues an hamilton was the fastest car on track like consistently so i've i don't like mercedes i don't li i think i've diagnosed myself i just support the underdog like i supported ferrari

Dutch: yeah

International: through their entire shit phase where it was just an abomination and they still are because ferrari will always find a way to fuck i don't know if we can swear uh will always find a way sh will always find a way to mess up um but yeah no i'm hoping russell i think russell i'm going to say

Dutch: yeah

International: russell is gonna out qualify and win if not max i don't think checo's got it

Dutch: no

International: i don't think carlos has got it if carlos crashes out again honestly he's going to get sacked they just signed a contract extensions with him um

Dutch: yeah yeah yeah but um no uh well we'll see but um well i also i i just also really don't like hamilton so i think if russell wins i will be happy as well uh and i also uh

International: yeah

Dutch: but i think it also will be nice since last year max he won the championship but i have to agree

International: no uh no

Dutch: not really so i think it would be nice if he actually won fair in um rio this year and then afterwards uh i will be happier with any of our guy to to win the championship except for hamilton i don't like still don't like hamilton

International: no

Dutch: i don't want him to do

International: i definitely don't want hamilton to beat schumacher's record i mean he already has most races in qual in pole positions but i don't want him to have more world championships

Dutch: no

International: than michael also i just realized we're matching kind of shirts almost i <laugh>

Dutch: good stuff

International: and even your flag is matching the whole thing

Dutch: yeah for my uh scottish vibes everything in blue and white

International: did you by it in scotland

Dutch: yeah yeah yeah i thought my walls here are very very empty there is nothing on it and

International: yeah

Dutch: at some point i thought okay if i hang a flag there's a large space of my wall was covered that should be fine

International: that is true

Dutch: and that my grandfather also sent me a picture because he also thought uh it was too empty so i now i've got uh my uh my sister

International: ah i've actually did that's from the park like near waverley right and

Dutch: oh yeah

International: all the (()) i've actually never been in that it think that's where the festival was that you guys wanted to go did you get the ticket for the flag open air

Dutch: no

International: because you didn't

Dutch: there wasn't there wasn't the things that they sold today because (()) wanted to buy tickets

International: uh oh wait i don't think we

Dutch: that's <overlap>

International: i don't think we should add mention names um no

Dutch: but one of friends wanted to buy tickets

International: ah really

Dutch: and um but uh so they started selling tickets at ten o'clock in the morning and they were only at um half an hour later they were all sold out already

International: oh what no

Dutch: so um

International: i mean no i think open air was the thing that our other friend went to <laugh>

Dutch: yeah no i know i know i know

International: and it was during the exams for you for the energy and slide scale

Dutch: oh

International: that weekend

Dutch: so um we um when i went there yesterday it's it it it's called prince gardens it's uh pretty pretty nice and it's less windy because

International: that's where we were drinking right

Dutch: yeah yeah yeah yeah

International: oh was it less what less windy

Dutch: yeah because it's in between sort of two hills

International: yeah

Dutch: in the meadows it was extremely windy and i didn't really like it and then i i said to our friend that we <overlap>

International: friend

Dutch: do we really want to sit there so then we went to the prince garden because we could yeah because uh it's more sheltered there are more trees and uh less wind and it was actually it was really nice and we could still sit in the sun

International: that's a good idea

Dutch: enjoy it

International: yeah i i i i actually don't know if because i think meadows like no one's going to catch you but i don't think you're allowed to drink in public so there's were were you the only two drinking there or like were you guys the only ones drinking there or was everyone else there i don't know if you get a fine for it

Dutch: i also don't know

International: oh

Dutch: but i didn't know but now i know but um all good

International: sorry i know during the fringe uh you can drink in outdoors

Dutch: oh

International: but i don't know around i know else in scotland like dundee or glasgow you will police finds it enjoyable to hand out fines for uh so it's like an activity for them like oh this guy this guy

Dutch: yeah oh well yeah so i yeah but i have to behave myself i don't want to get uh i need to three tore months of behaving myself here i don't want to get into trouble i don't want to be sent back

International: no exactly

Dutch: when i'm so close to finishing my degree so i will uh look out a bit but i think every time you cycle cycle past the men out there i always uh

International: yeah

Dutch: they're sitting there and uh

International: when we are in meadows there wouldn't be enough police people to like you know contain everyone there you know

Dutch: yeah so so so oh well it should be fine

International: urgh

Dutch: but yeah oh um but um yeah i'm i'm thinking thinking about it i didn't actually realize that george became third

International: yeah yeah he he went he went from uh um he f he that's the second podium right yeah i also looked so apparently this is this was the sixth race spain i believe and he hasn't finished below fifth all of this time

Dutch: seriously

International: yeah

Dutch: oh then let's go uh russell

International: every single one of his races he literally has uh he was a top top five or better and obviously like i don't think now mercedes would definitely be the third strongest car especially with the upgrades from spain but still it means that russell was only outraced by either a ferrari or a red bull i'm actually not sure if anyone else um

Dutch: impressive

International: yeah

Dutch: i don't know if you know i'm also by the way looking at uh the practice times in first practice he put in the fourth fourth fastest time second practice he put in the second fastest time and third practice he put in the third fastest time he actually did quite well only then he uh yep oh he was actually fourth after qualifying

International: yeah

Dutch: i didn't realize that he was doing so well

International: yeah he's so consistent like ah i think hamilton's gonna retire quickly before people start comparing them too much because or or move teams but so apparently like hamilton was always like oh ferrari you know is a is a dream i would wanna finish my career with ferrari but ferrari now s signed leclerc for i think another three or four years and sainz for also for at least until the end of twenty twenty six so

Dutch: yeah

International: like hamilton's not but uh sainz like there's a budget cap 'cause i was reading this um like you know he helmut marko heard the guy the um not the christian horner guy for red bull but this other old austrian dude who does like driver management

Dutch: oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

International: he was like uh trash talking to the media basically on ferrari saying like oh i don't think we're spending more than ferrari we're definitely move into budgets cap and you know sainz crashing three three or four times out of the last three races that can't be cheap to repair you know like <laugh> you know while uh while we're developing the car and making upgrades you know ferrari is spending money on fixing the sainz's crashed car which honestly some of the accidents were pretty big

Dutch: but on the other hand i'm not sure the first three race two or three races uh and checo and uh verstappen both from red bull uh their engine stopped because it was too hot

International: yeah yeah yeah

Dutch: they can't be cheap either

International: that's true yeah

Dutch: i mean

International: did ferrari get a one two that day i'm checking them out yes they got a one two there was a ferrari one two on the opening race of the season that's kind of cool

Dutch: yeah so

International: yeah

Dutch: i'm not sure how how they'll fix the that stuff but um i also remember on the first race it was all uh red bull engines also the alf the alphatauri yeah engines who broke down

International: yeah uh yeah it was just one uh so i'm looking now at the results so i think actually norris was on the podium once as well this season

Dutch: lando

International: yeah in imola

Dutch: oh imola

International: it was was that a re re oh yeah that was the race where they didn't want to turn on rs for like ha half the lap oh my

Dutch: oh yeah yeah

International: that was the most boring race of this i think of this season

Dutch: yeah no there was indeed nothing happening there

International: that was terrible

Dutch: yep

International: and miami was miami interesting miami was quite good i mean it wasn't that well like you enjoyed there were some overtakes spain was good spain was a decent race

Dutch: spain was really good

International: yeah how was australia was australia any good i'm trying to remember

Dutch: yeah it was the one that was in the middle of the night so i didn't watch it

International: oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah

Dutch: but i did yeah

International: well i watched it but i swear there was nothing that happened

Dutch: nice

International: yeah i mean russell podiumed which is nice uh

Dutch: nice

International: and lewis in fourth look at that

Dutch: ah nice nice nice outperformed by uh

International: yeah

Dutch: by a rookie

International: ah he's not such a oh my god see i feel bad okay at least now it's uh but (()) had spent like three to four seasons it must have been at least three seasons in a williams so

Dutch: yeah

International: but okay let's see let's see the standings i'm curious of the overall standings i'll see how how long we've been talking for by the way oh wow we're actually almost at thirteen minutes <laugh>

Dutch: good good good

International: okay so who's gonna win the championship after the first six races now that knowing what you know who's gonna win

Dutch: uh yeah i i think wait i need to uh uh f find the overall driver stands uh um i think first the overall driver

International: yeah yeah

Dutch: stands then we'll make a good uh informed decision

International: uh (())

Dutch: um but oh this is just old okay wait um standings season twenty twenty one

International: twenty two

Dutch: twenty twenty two i'm sorry

International: yeah

Dutch: why can't i see everything and just spain

International: uh hold on a sec i'm gonna send it to you

Dutch: oh and google has it for me right i think if i just google it then the

International: oh google have it as well

Dutch: uh yeah driver standing i got it

International: okay next

Dutch: is max in front

International: yeah with six pints

Dutch: woo you have to go with netherlands um uh but um i think ah to be honest i think ferrari should win this

International: no

Dutch: but if they continue doing it like going like this then max will take it and i still i still wanna say i hope max will will actually win where he deserves to win instead of what happened last year yeah

International: yeah and i do think

Dutch: there's a good chance that actually will happen so i'm rooting for um this is what i'm rooting for and what i'm hoping for

International: mm no okay it's ma okay ma okay so he's now leading honestly ferrari being ferrari i just they got lucky with the you know the development phase but i don't think they have the resources and the and the intellect the the brains in the team to actually like keep developing the car and make smart upgrades like i've just been so pessimistic of ferrari like they ruined fernando alonso's career they ruined vettel's career they're gonna ruin charles leclerc's and sergio perez's career it's just what they do so

Dutch: yeah i don't know

International: i'm gonna say i'm gonna say verstappen is gonna win it i think quite easily um but for the teams i think red bull might but it's gonna be close with mercedes i think ferrari is gonna drop third

Dutch: yeah i think i think red bull should win that as well but

International: sport

Dutch: yeah i don't know i would say i also would be happy with uh mercedes uh

International: yep

Dutch: being second but now and i think i i s somewhat i also somewhat like the classic ferrari car the red one the the the the beautiful horse uh so i think it's always always nice to see them perform well and i hope they i hope they win the constructors and then (()) after

International: hmm it would be nice

Dutch: but that's what i hope it's not that i think i think red bull will win the constructors mercedes will be second ferrari will be third and then max will win checo will not uh be in the top three i think um

International: no i don't think checo will be at all russell leclerc and and max will outclipse him but who knows well okay i think uh wait let me just check that we've been talking for long enough yeah we're seventeen minutes with i think the gaps we had in the conversation

Dutch: they can cut out the names of uh our friends if any

International: yes

Dutch: uh we still have enough time and then uh it should all be good yeah no perfect then um it should be good

International: okay i'm stopping the recording

Dutch: okay go ahead

International: are you sure you want to stop recording oh why am i recording to the cloud oh no okay yeah