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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Grand Prix Podcast!

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Howdy partners and a big old well...

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Don't interrupt her when she's on script!

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Sorry,

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go on.

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Howdy partners and a big old welcome to the F1 2022 regulation rundown hoedown.

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Get ready to hitch your wagon to this episode as we untangle the who,

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the what and the why to the Formula One technical rulebook that shook up things back in 2022.

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So grab your 10 gallon hat and let's ride.

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Why have you gone for a rodeo themed intro?

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Um,

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because I,

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because I thought...

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I'm struggling to see the correlation.

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Um,

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okay,

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so we put up a thing on Insta that said that F1...

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regulation rundown and I thought that sounded kind of

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Texas. So I decided to add the word hoedown and then I wrote this script around it.

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It's called...

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Yeah,

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it's called conceptualising the concept.

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What?

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Conceptualising the idea.

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Okay.

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Why are you frozen in confusion?

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I think that makes sense.

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Regulation rundown,

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hoedown.

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I guess we're going with it.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Go on then,

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start us off.

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I've actually been shaved.

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You guys haven't really embraced my rundown hoedown in the way that I was doing.

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Dramit didn't do another intro.

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No,

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no,

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Run with it.

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I bet you're wondering what the Rootin'

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Tootin'

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F1 regulation changes.

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That's not in the script.

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You can't improvise that.

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You're leaning into the conceptualisation of the concept.

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I bet you're wondering,

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why did the F1 technical regulations root and toot and change?

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we're about to tell you.

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you're running with it and it's not working it's running away from you obvious okay

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i don't have any more like texas lingo so that's probably it you should have stopped what a blessing these are the main gun-toting reasons

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you've had the fanfare.

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Now,

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why do F1 technical regulations change?

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I don't know.

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You're here to answer.

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Correct answer.

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The main reasons are enhancing safety,

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improving the spectacle of the sport and promoting closer racing,

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ensuring a level playing field and preventing single team dominance,

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cost control and sustainability,

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adapting to technological advancements,

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and clarifying ambiguities and closing loopholes.

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because we...

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can almost guarantee none of that meant anything to you Reem.

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No I was trying to keep up and I couldn't.

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Oh well bless you for trying.

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We're going to go in a bit more in depth to each of those points.

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So to start with enhancing safety.

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Safety is a main concern over F1 cars and driving regulations are changed and updated and as the cars become faster and technology improves even more the FIA works to keep assessing and adding rules to try to keep safety at the front of the sport.

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Rule changes can also address track safety concerns,

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such as requirements for runoff areas and barrier specifications.

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when you have a racetrack and you can see like all of the like the gravel on the side of the track and stuff like that.

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Sometimes they actually make those areas bigger and sometimes they make them smaller and stuff like that based on how safe they feel the track is.

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The FIA also takes learnings to be able to continue to push safety from things that happen on track.

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So tragically,

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Ayrton Senna died in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix after his car crashed into a concrete wall and he died on impact at the scene.

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the next season,

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the FIA and nearly every single racetrack on the calendar went through more assessments and changes for tracks to make sure they had more runoff areas and gravel traps so that if cars did lose control over corners,

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that they would have gravel to be able to slow them down as opposed to just having concrete walls.

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And it was a huge turning point in terms of safety.

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But it comes as a point that they're trying to always make it safer year on year.

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But it takes death for them to make it safer.

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but the level of deaths have reduced over the years as safety has improved.

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It was a lot higher than it is now.

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Although one of the more recent ones that we've seen...

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has been Jules Bianchi who was driving and there was a crane on the track retrieving a car that had stopped and he couldn't see the crane and crashed into it and again tragically passed away so and you know another rule change that they made was that if there's going to be a crane on track then there aren't meant to be any cars on track however we

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have seen that rule relaxed weirdly in recent years which

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I know a lot of the drivers have expressed

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concern and also confusion over like why that's fair yeah it's their life on the line yeah yeah it's always going to be a dangerous sport you've got 20 drivers going around at a track at you know nearly 200 miles per hour but it's the fia's job and the technical regulations can enforce having more safety and that is what the fia tried to push who was the driver that we watched in a movie and he like burnt his face or something nicky louder yeah did they also change rules because of him.

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last week we were talking about underpants.

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If you remember the fact that Mohammed Ben Slyam is so strict on making sure that the drivers are wearing fire retardant underwear and stuff like that.

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No thongs.

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and that's a safety precaution due to,

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stuff like fire,

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making sure that all of their race suits are all properly safe and to regulation to make sure that they won't burn through to their skin so easily and stuff like that.

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a direct.

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inspiration from what happened to nikki lauda but you know we saw it work when roman grosjean had his car crash and that was back in 2020 and his car basically went into a metal barrier and broke in half and we'll

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show you the drive to survive episode after this there was just a huge plume of fire that came up and he was you know no one had seen or heard from him for minutes and then suddenly out of this fire he emerged oh

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And he only suffered from burns to his hands and stuff like that.

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you would think that he would be very,

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very,

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very seriously burnt from it.

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But his suit was able to protect him.

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that's good.

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The drivers also have biometric gloves.

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they have a heart rate monitor so that medical teams...

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they can see what their heart rate is doing so they can know the level of emergency of which they need to get urgent care to that driver,

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which is also another point that they've added in to make sure that there's more safety so they can assess if someone needs urgent care,

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how quickly they need it.

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So the second reason why we said that F1 technical regulations changed was improving the spectacle of the sport and promoting closer racing.

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So a key objective of regulation changes is to create closer racing and more overtaking opportunities,

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which will ultimately make the sport more entertaining.

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Aerodynamic regulations are frequently adjusted to reduce the dirty air produced by leading cars to help following cars to stay close and attempt to overtake easier.

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The 2026 regulations will introduce active aerodynamics with movable front and rear wings to reduce drag,

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on the straights and increase cornering speeds with the goal of being able to achieve even closer racing than we have with the regulations that were introduced in 2022.

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Now say that as if you're explaining it to a kindergarten.

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stand behind a bus,

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hot smelly air makes you go but new regulations make you go

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passed oh i like that great wild that worked um okay i did that for the rest of the episode the next point was ensuring a level playing field and preventing single team dominance the fia often creates regulation changes to prevent one team from establishing an overwhelming and repeated dominance due to a particular technical innovation or interpretation of the rules that gives them a huge advantage over their rivals

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When a team discovers a loophole or develops a significantly advantageous technology,

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the regulations may be altered to neutralise that advantage and promote closer competition amongst all teams.

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So we will see this happen at the Barcelona Grand Prix in three races time this season,

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with the FIA clamping down on rear wings.

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Red Bull and Ferrari hope that this will hamper McLaren and see them closer to the rest of the pack.

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but we are yet to see if that will be the case or not.

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McLaren are rather adamant that it will not have any impact.

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they're just happy no one's noticed there's water in their tyres.

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single team dominance.

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We saw this when there was a big technical overhaul of the regulations in 2014 that brought in turbo hybrid engines.

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Mercedes were able to nail those regulations and we saw them win eight Constructors'

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Championships back to back.

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follow turbo hydrant engines hydrid hydrid okay uh the engine goes and then mercedes went zoom better yeah

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so they won back to back to back to back to back to back so the 2022 regulations that came in they were very different style of regulation and it was

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aimed at trying to make sure that it wasn't just Mercedes winning over and over and over again.

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And since they have done that,

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the sport has gotten a lot more popular because there's a lot more racing.

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Since they have done that,

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it was Red Bull winning over and over and over until McLaren took over.

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So you tend to see this with new regulation changes.

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You tend to see the year that it happens,

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one team has aced them and the other teams have kind of flopped.

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And then right as you get to the end of those regulations,

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the year before,

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there are new ones coming in.

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suddenly there's close racing and it's like no no no now we've mastered it now there's close racing keep the regulations no okay we're changing them and one team is going to be dominant again.

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That can't make up their minds.

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The next is cost control and sustainability in recent years we've seen the FIA controlling and escalating costs for competing in F1 and it's been an important regulation change for the sport.

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The introduction for the cost cap happened in 2021 and it was given a more level playing field for all of the teams.

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The cost cap included mainly car performance related expenses like parts,

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engineering staff and development.

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It didn't include driver salaries,

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marketing,

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travel and accommodation or engine development.

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But the move towards more sustainable fuels,

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as mandated in the 2026 power unit regulations,

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reflects a broader push for environmental and responsibility within the sport.

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the cost cap did include catering,

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which Red Bull overspent on in the 2021 season.

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and as a result

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had to suffer from a penalty of reduced time in the wind tunnel how much will they eat it a jolly good question but i mean it

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was a bit of a controversial one because the fia had introduced this cost cap had you know essentially said to all of the drivers here's how much money you're allowed to spend,

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don't spend more than that.

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some...

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think will happen we don't know what yet but something will happen and so when red bull had overspent in 2021 which was obviously a very controversial year with max's win anyway a lot of teams were trying to push for things like points

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deductions which would have meant that maybe max actually didn't win the championship because you know a lot of people who were more on the side of lewis hamilton and mercedes kind of thought like

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they've overspent,

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they've cheated.

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He doesn't deserve to have that championship.

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the FIA had never clarified what the penalty of overspending would be,

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I think was a massive flaw on their part.

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there's no point having a potential punishment if you don't have the consequence laid out ahead of time.

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that's crazy that they get a loose penalty or unidentified penalty for overspending.

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But then if they wear jewellery or...

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or if they swear,

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they do get points.

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exactly that.

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This one's a good point.

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Pace the level.

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F1 has always been at the centre of technological innovation.

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As new technologies emerge,

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the regulations evolve to either embrace,

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restrict or guide their implementation within the sport.

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The 2026 power unit regulations further emphasise this trend with a nearly 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical power and the use of 100%

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sustainable fuels.

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The reason that they're going to be going off to,

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there's going to be new

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power unit regulations in 2026 is that they you know what a power unit is no okay the engine oh okay the thing that powers the car the unit of the car that powers it okay um there's going to be a 50 50 split between fuel

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and electricity you know ubers yeah

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for the listeners and i've just turned to me with the widest eyes and said you know ubers it was giving out because i'm gonna be wise um you know ubers i'm so lame you saw that i'm

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cutting it out you know okay you know you you've had like a toyota prius right sure

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I'll be established in the last episode.

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Can't tell me a name of a car and expect me to know what that means.

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Yes,

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we can.

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Yes,

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we can.

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You know hybrid cars?

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Obviously not.

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Okay,

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so we have three types of cars,

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basically,

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right?

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Just generally,

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right?

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No,

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generally.

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On the streets.

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No,

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break it down.

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When you go to a petrol station,

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you put petrol in it.

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That's type one.

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Then you have type two.

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Electric.

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Electric,

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exactly.

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Yes,

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okay.

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And type three is in between.

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There's an in between?

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It's called a hybrid car.

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it's got both so you can have petrol and you can also charge the battery in it so you're using the battery and if the battery runs out it switches to petrol seems excessive no it's just a middle ground it's like the transitional team oh

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what's the what's the context of this that's what we're going to have in 2026 oh okay okay why not just go for electric they're trying oh

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it's the hybrid bit of f1 it's it's the car's teenage era so you don't if you give her one more bloody analogy i'm trying to get through to her you don't go from being like a toddler to an adult straight away the f1 cars are going through puberty in 2026 reed yes does

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that make sense yes laughing

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Okay,

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the cars are going through puberty.

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Wonderful.

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The last reason that the F1 technical regulations may change are due to clarifying ambiguities and closing loopholes.

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Despite extensive and detailed regulations,

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teams are constantly trying to find novel ways to interpret and exploit the rules to gain a performance advantage over their rival teams.

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Like tire water.

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Exactly that.

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Boom.

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The FIA...

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Just a conspiracy.

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The FIA regularly updates the technical regulations to clarify any ambiguities,

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close loopholes and ensure that the spirit of the rules are being upheld.

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This often involves reacting to specific innovations or interpretations that were not initially intended.

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The best one yet?

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The DAS.

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Oh,

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I was actually going to talk about the

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F-duct. Oh,

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go for it.

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I like the DAS,

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but go for it.

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Many years ago,

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McLaren,

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back in...

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Lewis Hamilton's era of McLaren,

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actually.

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Oh,

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I forgot he was in there.

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Yeah.

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Oh,

305
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he was there.

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He was there.

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They used to have a silver car.

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It wasn't papaya.

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They used to have a silver car and they used to have lots of red sponsorships all over it.

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Santander.

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Yes.

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And Vodafone.

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And on the nose of the car,

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the front nose,

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the front nose of the car.

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Yeah.

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Yeah,

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okay,

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fine.

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I didn't realise you were looking at me to verify.

321
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Yeah,

322
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it's called eye contact.

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It was straight at you.

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Okay.

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They had a sponsor of Vodafone going down the front nose of their car and they brought with them a little duct,

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a little air duct that was on the front nose of their car.

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People thought initially that it was just cooling the driver so that the air was going through that little duct and into the cockpit but it turns out that it was actually controlling where the air was going and it was controlling it and it almost acted like a little mini DRS so it made them a lot faster because it reduced the amount of drag and it kind of

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was forcing the air to go aerodynamically and push it nicely so that it would have less drag and the car would go faster.

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Sneaky?

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It was not sneaky at all.

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It was very innovative.

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And they called it the F-duct because it happened to sit next to the F on the Vodafone logo,

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which I thought was quite funny.

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So the F-duct started as something that teams were really like,

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what the fuck is this?

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And quickly they started seeing how fast McLaren was and they all started copying it.

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So the F-Duct could be activated in the cockpit by using their knee pads to activate it.

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So their knees would move up and down because they're sort of lying down in the car.

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They would push their knees up and it would then activate the F-Duct and make them go faster.

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All the other teams started to copy them and have their own innovations of it.

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And Ferrari found their loophole.

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But instead of having it be activated by their knees,

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they decided that they would have these touch sensitive gloves.

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And they had white gloves and these black strips on them.

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And the black strips,

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when the sensors in those gloves would feel that it wasn't touching the steering wheel anymore,

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it would activate the F-duct.

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So they would go down straight and just have their hands off the wheel.

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And everyone was innovating and everyone was like,

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oh,

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that's pretty cool.

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And the FAA was like,

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obviously no,

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Ferrari.

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What the fuck are you doing?

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You can't go 200 miles per hour with your hands.

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No hands.

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What are you doing?

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So they obviously mandated it.

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So it was a cool loophole.

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until Ferrari kind of fucked it,

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to be honest.

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That's a very good example.

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Ferrari doing Ferrari things.

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Me driving with no hands.

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You just imagine the driver's like,

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oh,

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is it safe that I take my hands off the wheel?

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And they're like,

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we'll come back to you.

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The one I mentioned was the DAS,

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which is dual-axis steering.

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And Mercedes bought this in

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2020.

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And it,

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again,

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was a little innovation that they bought their car.

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And it was noticed during the testing before the season properly starts.

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And it was noticed because they were looking at

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Lewis Hamilton's onboard cameras and saw him pulling his steering wheel closer to him.

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Oh.

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And everyone was just like,

383
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what the hell?

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His steering wheel is moving?

385
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Is he,

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like,

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pulling his...

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Is he detaching his steering wheel?

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No,

390
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he was pulling it towards him and it was essentially moving his tyres,

391
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making it easier for the car to turn.

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Red Bull obviously launched a complaint because they were

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Mercedes's main competition at the stage.

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And they,

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you know,

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went to the FIA,

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they went to the stewards,

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they discussed it and they essentially said,

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it's not illegal,

400
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but next year don't have it.

401
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That's not fun.

402
00:21:13.002 --> 00:21:15.624
There was a funny bit in Drive to Survive where Christian Horner was

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livid about this innovation and was saying like yeah it's fucking das you know it's fucking bullshit and then he came up to toto wolf and he was like yeah you know i've seen your das yeah hoping that they that toto would sort of you know engage in some sort of bitchy back and forth and instead toto was like i know as a technical innovation though isn't this incredible and like he was like forced to be like yeah it's great it's

404
00:21:40.558 --> 00:21:44.400
a great clip you just won't start to fight yeah

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So Reem,

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are there a mandated amount of years the F1 car regulations can run before they must be updated and reconfigured?

407
00:21:54.033 --> 00:21:54.433
I don't know.

408
00:21:54.453 --> 00:21:56.634
I've asked you guys multiple times and you refuse to answer.

409
00:22:00.256 --> 00:22:00.856
To clarify,

410
00:22:00.857 --> 00:22:02.457
that was because we wanted to explain on the podcast,

411
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not because we're bad friends.

412
00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:07.740
That's because we had this section of the script all mapped out.

413
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We did.

414
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The answer is no.

415
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No.

416
00:22:10.382 --> 00:22:12.823
Wrap it up.

417
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The FIA doesn't set a specific number of years that regulations are enforced for.

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There is no specific time scale they have to stick to before regulations are automatically scrapped and completely rewritten.

419
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Instead,

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F1 runs in regulation cycles,

421
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and these are periods typically spanning several years,

422
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four to six,

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where a relatively stable set of regulations are in place.

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So within these cycles,

425
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the regulations don't just stay set in stone.

426
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The FIA regularly makes adjustments,

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clarifications and minor updates annually or even multiple times within a season to address safety concerns,

428
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close up on loopholes that teams have made,

429
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improve the show or control costs.

430
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But there have been discussions about potentially extending the length of future regulation cycles to be able to have a smaller amount of gap between all of the fields so that it's closer racing and smaller gaps of performance between teams.

431
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I have a question.

432
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Hit me.

433
00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:17.962
How far in advance do the teams know that the regulations are going to be changed if there's no set time?

434
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Two months.

435
00:23:18.822 --> 00:23:20.102
Just two months?

436
00:23:21.863 --> 00:23:21.983
No,

437
00:23:22.183 --> 00:23:22.483
I mean,

438
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so that actually leads us on beautifully to the next point.

439
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Oh,

440
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I didn't plan this.

441
00:23:27.584 --> 00:23:27.824
Okay.

442
00:23:27.864 --> 00:23:29.285
I didn't see the document.

443
00:23:31.125 --> 00:23:40.988
So the teams are actively involved in being able to know ahead of time about these F1 technical regulations that are being researched and developed over time.

444
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so that they can do their own testing and be able to give feedback to the FIA.

445
00:23:46.175 --> 00:23:52.139
So for these technical regulations that came out and started being implemented across the season from 2022,

446
00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:55.041
the initial research started in 2017.

447
00:23:55.821 --> 00:23:58.843
So that's five years before they ended up being rolled out.

448
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They were meant to be rolled out in 2021,

449
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but because of the COVID-19 pandemic,

450
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they ended up being delayed.

451
00:24:05.768 --> 00:24:05.888
so

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F1 has a motorsport team that has a team of engineers and loads of other designers and researchers around it that started looking at how they could create new car regulations that minimise the issues of cars struggling to follow each other closely due to the dirty air that the lead car would leave behind.

453
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Like a bus.

454
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Like a bus.

455
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We have a bus referenced.

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The primary goal of the 2022 regulations was to promote closer racing and increase overtaking opportunities.

457
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The team conducted aerodynamic research including CFD which is computational fluid dynamic simulations and wind tunnel testing.

458
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They did this to try to understand the turbulent air made by the cars and how it affected the following cars and they developed various car concepts to look at different options to solve this problem.

459
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The F1 teams were actively involved in the development process

460
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and were provided with an initial car concept and encouraged to conduct their own tests and research under strict guidelines.

461
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And the data and feedback from the teams were then crucial in defining the proposed regulations.

462
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The initial concepts went through several stages of development and tweaks based on the simulation data and team input and different versions were made and analyzed with reportedly over

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10,000 CFD simulations being conducted.

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The F1 motorsport team and the FIA technical teams finalized the set of regulations that defined the design guidelines and instructions for the 2022 F1 cars.

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And this involved detailed specifications for the dimensions,

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shapes and legal aerodynamic devices.

467
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The finalised technical regulations were then submitted to the FIA.

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The World Motorsport Council,

469
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a key part of the FIA's governance structure,

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reviewed and approved the regulations.

471
00:26:01.917 --> 00:26:02.417
Damn,

472
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how did they get the time?

473
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It's their job.

474
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Yeah,

475
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I mean,

476
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there's like barely,

477
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I mean,

478
00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:11.060
the F1 season starts well in like March.

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and then that ends in December so then they only have January and February to like work on the cars and stuff they'll have separate teams so they'll have people that are working on this year's car and then they'll have like research teams that are looking at like other regulations and stuff like that oh okay they just dedicate out how many how many staff that they will they will decide to work on this year's car and then start working because the early stage of the of

480
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that process will be that they'll basically be given blueprints of a car

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And they will then be given a sort of a dummy car to start looking at and start being able to create their projections of what they think the good parts of the car design is and what bits they would change.

482
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So it's a very slow process.

483
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Plus,

484
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at the end of the season,

485
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they have post-season testing at the end of the last race of the season.

486
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They do

487
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Pirelli tyre tests and they will then do future car tests for the FIA.

488
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And that's when they can have running time and they have all across the winter.

489
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But the FIA takes the largest amount of time and effort to try and start pushing those regulations because they're the people that are going to be policing it.

490
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Think of it like how Aston Martin hired Adrian Newey and Aston Martin this year are poo.

491
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And rather than getting him to work on this year's car and fix it,

492
00:27:25.756 --> 00:27:27.876
they've got him working on next year's car instead.

493
00:27:28.116 --> 00:27:28.477
That's fair.

494
00:27:28.797 --> 00:27:31.258
Aston Martin domination for 2026.

495
00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.378
Yeah,

496
00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.598
we'll see.

497
00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:33.899
2027,

498
00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.199
maybe.

499
00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.679
OK,

500
00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.099
Reem,

501
00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.360
you're my best friend,

502
00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.580
yes?

503
00:27:37.561 --> 00:27:37.801
and

504
00:27:38.181 --> 00:27:57.474
I've started to quickly realise that these episodes are becoming null and void unless there's some sort of an analogy you can hold on to to really let it visualise into your brain so I decided instead of explaining what's the current F1 technical regulations in 2022 that were introduced and how they work and

505
00:27:57.494 --> 00:28:06.260
just saying it and spitting straight facts that you won't really understand yeah that won't go in why don't I create a ream friendly analogy

506
00:28:07.481 --> 00:28:09.102
I like that Do you get what I mean?

507
00:28:09.722 --> 00:28:09.942
Yeah,

508
00:28:10.203 --> 00:28:11.183
you're going to make an address

509
00:28:11.944 --> 00:28:15.847
No, but Just do it and chill clock Okay

510
00:28:16.327 --> 00:28:23.432
The F1 grid before 2022 was like Monica's meticulously clean apartment but with one major flaw the dirty air

511
00:28:24.072 --> 00:28:34.840
A typical F1 Sunday before 2022 was like when Joey would come over and leave a trail of sandwich crumbs and chaos everywhere making it impossible for anyone to comfortably follow him

512
00:28:35.116 --> 00:28:38.517
Do you understand what she meant now by a Reem friendly?

513
00:28:40.498 --> 00:28:40.618
Oh,

514
00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:42.618
I'm halfway through and you only just realised.

515
00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.479
I'm halfway bloody through and you only just realised.

516
00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:49.620
I'm sorry to keep up with the analogy.

517
00:28:49.621 --> 00:28:54.902
I thought you meant it because you said,

518
00:28:54.982 --> 00:28:55.162
Reem,

519
00:28:55.202 --> 00:28:56.022
you're my best friend.

520
00:28:56.062 --> 00:28:58.203
So I thought you meant it because you said,

521
00:28:58.243 --> 00:28:58.483
Reem,

522
00:28:58.484 --> 00:29:02.124
you're my best friend.

523
00:29:02.504 --> 00:29:06.106
Do you want me to start from the beginning?

524
00:29:06.146 --> 00:29:08.467
Yeah.

525
00:29:08.468 --> 00:29:08.547
Yeah,

526
00:29:08.548 --> 00:29:08.828
I did a head job.

527
00:29:08.829 --> 00:29:12.210
The F1 grid before 2022 was like Monaco's meticulously clean apartment,

528
00:29:12.230 --> 00:29:13.390
but with one major flaw,

529
00:29:13.650 --> 00:29:14.351
the dirty air.

530
00:29:15.234 --> 00:29:22.278
A typical F1 Sunday before 2022 was like when Joey would come over and leave a trail of sandwich crumbs and chaos everywhere,

531
00:29:22.658 --> 00:29:25.299
making it impossible for anyone to comfortably follow behind him.

532
00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.561
The leading car was Joey,

533
00:29:27.961 --> 00:29:29.862
with his meatball sub of turbulent air.

534
00:29:30.402 --> 00:29:31.763
And the car behind was Monica,

535
00:29:32.123 --> 00:29:33.284
desperately trying to keep up,

536
00:29:33.504 --> 00:29:35.725
but getting bombarded by greasy distractions.

537
00:29:36.706 --> 00:29:40.708
So the F1 brains were like a nerdier version of Ross and Monica combined,

538
00:29:41.028 --> 00:29:42.929
and needed a big clean-up of the regulations.

539
00:29:43.409 --> 00:29:44.710
And so for 2022...

540
00:29:45.098 --> 00:29:48.600
A pivot moment for car design was rolled out.

541
00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:54.403
They wanted to create a situation where cars could get closer without being completely messed up by the turbulent air,

542
00:29:54.744 --> 00:29:57.885
like if Joey learned to eat with a plate or over the sink for once.

543
00:29:58.746 --> 00:29:59.286
I like that.

544
00:29:59.346 --> 00:29:59.726
Thank you.

545
00:30:00.187 --> 00:30:01.187
Thank you very much.

546
00:30:01.307 --> 00:30:04.849
So here's how the 2022 regulations aim to achieve that.

547
00:30:05.410 --> 00:30:06.590
Before 2022,

548
00:30:06.850 --> 00:30:08.151
most of the downforce,

549
00:30:08.531 --> 00:30:10.572
the grip that sticks the car to the ground,

550
00:30:10.573 --> 00:30:11.813
do you remember downforce?

551
00:30:12.454 --> 00:30:13.074
And the pattern.

552
00:30:13.586 --> 00:30:14.266
No,

553
00:30:14.546 --> 00:30:15.787
that's the tread of the tyres.

554
00:30:15.788 --> 00:30:20.649
I was thinking of the tyres.

555
00:30:20.709 --> 00:30:22.190
Say the word pattern over and over.

556
00:30:22.910 --> 00:30:26.351
Dog fighters.

557
00:30:26.451 --> 00:30:26.611
It's,

558
00:30:26.892 --> 00:30:27.152
you know,

559
00:30:27.192 --> 00:30:27.312
that...

560
00:30:28.192 --> 00:30:28.772
Just move on.

561
00:30:28.872 --> 00:30:29.573
It's just something.

562
00:30:29.753 --> 00:30:30.793
It's wasted on me.

563
00:30:31.333 --> 00:30:32.074
It really is.

564
00:30:32.734 --> 00:30:32.974
Okay,

565
00:30:33.334 --> 00:30:38.796
so the thing that makes the car stick to the ground with the air flow,

566
00:30:39.277 --> 00:30:39.457
yeah,

567
00:30:39.877 --> 00:30:40.177
okay,

568
00:30:40.677 --> 00:30:42.278
came from the wings.

569
00:30:42.738 --> 00:30:44.840
which creates that messy,

570
00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.981
dirty air.

571
00:30:46.761 --> 00:30:49.864
The new regulations brought back ground effect.

572
00:30:50.524 --> 00:30:56.649
It generates downforce from the underfloor of the car through these special tunnel shapes.

573
00:30:57.310 --> 00:31:00.532
This downforce is less disruptive to the air behind,

574
00:31:00.873 --> 00:31:03.074
so the Joey crumbs are minimised.

575
00:31:03.655 --> 00:31:07.498
The front and rear wings were redesigned to be less complex.

576
00:31:08.118 --> 00:31:12.362
Think of the old wings as Joey trying to build a seven-layer dip.

577
00:31:13.182 --> 00:31:16.684
Lots of intricate bits and pieces that could spill everywhere.

578
00:31:17.065 --> 00:31:18.165
That's the turbulent air.

579
00:31:19.026 --> 00:31:20.407
The new wings are simpler,

580
00:31:20.967 --> 00:31:23.468
more like Joey sticking to a basic sandwich.

581
00:31:24.089 --> 00:31:26.830
Less potential for chaotic spillage.

582
00:31:27.671 --> 00:31:28.091
Oh my god,

583
00:31:28.111 --> 00:31:31.333
you're Joey.

584
00:31:31.334 --> 00:31:32.594
It wasn't clear who we were talking to there.

585
00:31:34.075 --> 00:31:34.295
Yes.

586
00:31:35.476 --> 00:31:36.216
The rear wing,

587
00:31:36.316 --> 00:31:36.976
in particular,

588
00:31:37.137 --> 00:31:39.538
was shaped to throw the dirty air up.

589
00:31:39.758 --> 00:31:44.383
into the sky rather than directly behind into the car that's following,

590
00:31:44.923 --> 00:31:51.289
which would be similar to Joey finally learning how to tilt his head back when he eats so that the crumbs don't go on the floor.

591
00:31:52.290 --> 00:31:52.671
The bigger

592
00:31:53.251 --> 00:31:57.395
18-inch tyres with wheel covers and small winglets around the wheels.

593
00:31:57.456 --> 00:31:57.976
Winglets.

594
00:31:58.997 --> 00:31:59.638
Why is that funny?

595
00:31:59.678 --> 00:32:02.320
It's just a funny word.

596
00:32:02.741 --> 00:32:03.281
Winglets.

597
00:32:04.482 --> 00:32:04.862
Okay,

598
00:32:04.922 --> 00:32:05.642
the bigger

599
00:32:06.263 --> 00:32:11.224
18-inch tyres with wheel covers and small winglets around the wheels were new too.

600
00:32:11.844 --> 00:32:15.665
The wheel covers smooth out the airflow around the spinning wheels,

601
00:32:16.086 --> 00:32:18.226
reducing another source of the turbulence,

602
00:32:18.666 --> 00:32:21.427
less Phoebe chaos being thrown into the mix.

603
00:32:22.468 --> 00:32:29.610
The winglets are like little unexpected decorations that somehow subtly redirect the airflow for the better.

604
00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:30.450
I've lost you.

605
00:32:30.922 --> 00:32:31.542
I can't help you.

606
00:32:32.222 --> 00:32:33.583
I've given you a friend's analogy.

607
00:32:33.643 --> 00:32:35.083
There's not much else I could do for you.

608
00:32:36.003 --> 00:32:37.124
I've done as much as I can.

609
00:32:37.144 --> 00:32:38.724
It's got too complicated.

610
00:32:39.484 --> 00:32:40.345
Now that you're lost,

611
00:32:40.525 --> 00:32:41.685
let's go into the techie bit.

612
00:32:43.666 --> 00:32:43.786
So

613
00:32:44.386 --> 00:32:49.407
I've written out all of the new changes that got brought in for the 2022 regulations.

614
00:32:49.408 --> 00:32:50.227
With misreferences?

615
00:32:50.467 --> 00:32:50.588
No,

616
00:32:51.128 --> 00:32:54.509
I have a translation for Reem part that's highlighted in pink colour.

617
00:32:55.089 --> 00:32:56.789
And I will show you on my iPad.

618
00:32:57.369 --> 00:32:58.130
I am not lying.

619
00:32:59.670 --> 00:33:00.230
I'm trying,

620
00:33:00.270 --> 00:33:00.491
Reem.

621
00:33:01.411 --> 00:33:01.631
Okay,

622
00:33:02.212 --> 00:33:05.714
so other changes for the 2022 regulations that were brought in.

623
00:33:06.294 --> 00:33:07.655
A simplified front wing.

624
00:33:08.095 --> 00:33:08.295
Now,

625
00:33:08.595 --> 00:33:10.816
just hum a song in your head whilst I say this.

626
00:33:10.817 --> 00:33:13.978
This is for viewers that might want to know actual technical understanding.

627
00:33:14.298 --> 00:33:17.060
Listen out for the translation for Reem that Nav is going to read out.

628
00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.321
Simplified front wing.

629
00:33:18.561 --> 00:33:20.802
The front wing design was dramatically simplified.

630
00:33:21.182 --> 00:33:24.344
Instead of complex multi-element wings with intricate end plates,

631
00:33:24.345 --> 00:33:28.106
the 2022 regulations mandated a wing with a specific shape.

632
00:33:28.470 --> 00:33:34.776
The goal was to make the front wing less sensitive to the weight of a leading car and direct the airflow in a less disruptive way.

633
00:33:35.256 --> 00:33:36.337
Translation for Reem,

634
00:33:36.697 --> 00:33:40.361
the pointy bit at the front used to have lots of fancy bits on them.

635
00:33:40.921 --> 00:33:45.786
Now they're smoother and more simple so it doesn't throw as much messy air backwards.

636
00:33:46.446 --> 00:33:47.607
I get that.

637
00:33:47.747 --> 00:33:50.089
Wonderful.

638
00:33:50.490 --> 00:33:51.911
Rear wing with rolled tips.

639
00:33:52.171 --> 00:33:54.914
The rear wing also underwent a significant redesign.

640
00:33:55.134 --> 00:33:57.097
The end plates were replaced with rolled tips,

641
00:33:57.277 --> 00:34:03.946
and the overall shape was designed to push the turbulent air upwards and over the following car rather than directly into its path.

642
00:34:04.326 --> 00:34:05.228
While the DRS,

643
00:34:05.428 --> 00:34:06.449
drag reduction system,

644
00:34:06.649 --> 00:34:07.090
remained,

645
00:34:07.390 --> 00:34:12.938
its effectiveness was anticipated to be less than the previous set of regulations due to the improved wake characteristics.

646
00:34:13.374 --> 00:34:39.532
translation for ream the wing at the back now has curved ends this helps to push the bad air up instead of right into the face of the car behind oh she's actually getting so much insight you should see my face whenever you're saying it whenever you're talking i'm like whenever i'm talking i'm like explain it just giggle the child

647
00:34:43.002 --> 00:34:45.224
18-inch wheels with low-profile tyres.

648
00:34:46.024 --> 00:34:46.864
F1 moved from

649
00:34:47.705 --> 00:34:48.525
13-inch to larger

650
00:34:49.106 --> 00:34:51.147
18-inch wheels with low-profile Pirelli tyres.

651
00:34:51.507 --> 00:34:55.970
This change aimed to reduce tyre overheating and allow drivers to push harder for longer.

652
00:34:56.410 --> 00:34:59.271
The lower profile also meant less sidewall deflection,

653
00:34:59.592 --> 00:35:01.393
which could affect the aerodynamic wake.

654
00:35:01.753 --> 00:35:02.893
Translation for Ream.

655
00:35:03.314 --> 00:35:05.855
They switched to bigger wheels with thinner tyres.

656
00:35:06.235 --> 00:35:10.177
This helps the tyres stay cooler when the drivers are pushing real hard.

657
00:35:13.999 --> 00:35:37.970
I get it she's having a whale of a time we do this every episode yes I clearly realise I've stumbled across a bloody minefield of wonderfulness here wheel covers wheel covers were mandated to prevent teams from using the rotation of the wheels to generate downforce inducing airflow which contributed to dirty air translation for Reem the wheels now have smooth covers on them

658
00:35:38.310 --> 00:35:43.531
This stops team from using the spinning wheels to create tricky air that bothers the car behind.

659
00:35:43.551 --> 00:35:49.393
I like the voices too.

660
00:35:49.394 --> 00:35:51.234
Elimination of...

661
00:35:51.235 --> 00:35:51.534
There's more.

662
00:35:51.535 --> 00:35:51.654
Yes.

663
00:35:51.674 --> 00:35:52.454
It was quite a big...

664
00:35:52.914 --> 00:35:54.414
That's why we're doing the episode.

665
00:35:56.535 --> 00:35:58.035
Elimination of barge boards.

666
00:35:58.496 --> 00:36:04.957
The complex barge boards were located in the area between the front wheels and the side pods and were used to maintain airflow around the car.

667
00:36:05.277 --> 00:36:06.138
In 2022,

668
00:36:06.258 --> 00:36:07.298
they were no longer used.

669
00:36:07.558 --> 00:36:13.101
and this simplification aimed to reduce the aerodynamic complexity and the amount of turbulent air that was produced.

670
00:36:13.561 --> 00:36:14.641
Translation for Ream,

671
00:36:15.101 --> 00:36:20.224
all those complicated little wing bits that used to be near the middle of the car are gone.

672
00:36:20.704 --> 00:36:22.485
This makes their airflow cleaner.

673
00:36:22.805 --> 00:36:23.085
Okay.

674
00:36:23.885 --> 00:36:24.946
Increased minimum weight.

675
00:36:25.446 --> 00:36:27.667
The new minimum weight of the cars was increased,

676
00:36:27.787 --> 00:36:28.868
partly due to the heavier

677
00:36:29.448 --> 00:36:32.569
18-inch wheels and increased safety requirements put onto the cars.

678
00:36:32.909 --> 00:36:33.930
Translation for Ream.

679
00:36:34.370 --> 00:36:37.372
All the new parts and safety stuff makes the cars heavier.

680
00:36:38.993 --> 00:36:39.954
It got bad.

681
00:36:41.555 --> 00:36:41.695
Well,

682
00:36:41.775 --> 00:36:42.576
just in case you didn't.

683
00:36:43.997 --> 00:36:45.478
Frozen power unit development.

684
00:36:45.818 --> 00:36:51.702
Whilst a fundamental design of the 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid power units remained the same,

685
00:36:52.122 --> 00:36:58.887
their performance development was frozen from the start of the 2022 season until the new power unit regulations in 2026 emerged.

686
00:36:59.287 --> 00:37:01.369
Only reliability upgrades have been permitted.

687
00:37:01.749 --> 00:37:02.870
Translation for Reem.

688
00:37:03.314 --> 00:37:06.996
The engines couldn't be made more powerful after 2021.

689
00:37:07.376 --> 00:37:09.837
Teams can only make them more trustworthy.

690
00:37:10.317 --> 00:37:10.597
Okay.

691
00:37:11.397 --> 00:37:11.617
Now,

692
00:37:12.338 --> 00:37:13.498
what's all the techie bit about?

693
00:37:13.778 --> 00:37:14.399
I don't know.

694
00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.859
Okay,

695
00:37:14.999 --> 00:37:15.119
cool.

696
00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:16.820
So,

697
00:37:16.821 --> 00:37:22.322
the 2022 regulations that were brought in saw the return of ground effect cars.

698
00:37:22.822 --> 00:37:26.183
The 2022 F1 cars saw the return of the ground effect era,

699
00:37:26.603 --> 00:37:30.985
which was first seen in F1 in the form of the Lotus 78 in 1977.

700
00:37:31.485 --> 00:37:31.606
7.

701
00:37:31.607 --> 00:37:32.546
Ground effect cars

702
00:37:32.766 --> 00:37:35.747
were later banned in 1983 due to safety concerns,

703
00:37:36.087 --> 00:37:40.728
as the sudden loss of the ground effect could lead cars to losing control and potentially crashing.

704
00:37:41.149 --> 00:37:42.149
But 40 years later,

705
00:37:42.609 --> 00:37:48.411
F1 teams and the FIA got a much better understanding of the aerodynamics through advanced simulators and wind tunnel testing,

706
00:37:48.791 --> 00:37:50.952
which has reduced the risk of injuries and crashes.

707
00:37:51.232 --> 00:37:52.012
But back in the

708
00:37:52.512 --> 00:37:58.894
70s, the Lotus team found you could create a downforce in a new way called the Venturi effect.

709
00:37:59.602 --> 00:38:06.704
The Venturi effect is when an F1 car's underfloor has specifically shaped tunnels that are narrow in the middle.

710
00:38:07.424 --> 00:38:09.805
As the air flows through these narrow tunnel areas,

711
00:38:10.405 --> 00:38:12.686
the air is forced to move faster.

712
00:38:13.326 --> 00:38:17.667
This increase in air speed resulted in a decrease in air pressure.

713
00:38:18.167 --> 00:38:21.769
This sucks the car down to the track and increases grip.

714
00:38:22.609 --> 00:38:26.790
Ground effect cars generate significant downforce by running very close to the track.

715
00:38:27.422 --> 00:38:29.503
The closer the underfloor is to the ground,

716
00:38:29.643 --> 00:38:34.705
the more pronounced the Venturi effect and the greater the downforce produced.

717
00:38:35.145 --> 00:38:35.325
Now,

718
00:38:35.605 --> 00:38:36.326
I bet you're wondering,

719
00:38:36.586 --> 00:38:39.727
why do we and F1 teams always bang on about downforce?

720
00:38:39.728 --> 00:38:40.827
I don't know.

721
00:38:40.828 --> 00:38:41.868
Because it's quite important.

722
00:38:42.148 --> 00:38:42.868
Oh,

723
00:38:42.888 --> 00:38:43.168
OK.

724
00:38:44.829 --> 00:38:44.949
OK,

725
00:38:45.369 --> 00:38:46.890
so downforce.

726
00:38:47.450 --> 00:38:51.512
It's the aerodynamic force pushing the car downwards as it travels forwards.

727
00:38:52.092 --> 00:38:53.292
A precious commodity in F1,

728
00:38:53.893 --> 00:38:56.994
and it enables the drivers to push the car to its absolute limit

729
00:38:57.334 --> 00:38:57.915
through corners.

730
00:38:59.296 --> 00:39:04.162
Downforce is a vertical aerodynamic force acting on a car as the car moves forward,

731
00:39:04.442 --> 00:39:05.303
traveling through the air.

732
00:39:05.764 --> 00:39:13.813
The downforce pushes the car down towards the ground and the teams work very hard to create areas on their car that will generate more downforce and maximize their performance.

733
00:39:14.154 --> 00:39:14.534
Make sense?

734
00:39:15.050 --> 00:39:15.410
Ish.

735
00:39:15.591 --> 00:39:21.035
So it's basically just an aerodynamic phenomenon that pushes the car down as it goes forward.

736
00:39:21.115 --> 00:39:24.738
And they want that to be pushing down so that as they go through corners,

737
00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:27.120
they're not going to be sliding around or losing grip.

738
00:39:27.601 --> 00:39:27.721
Okay.

739
00:39:27.722 --> 00:39:29.502
So it means that as they approach a corner,

740
00:39:29.622 --> 00:39:34.607
they've got a decent amount of downforce in their car so that it will stick to the ground and it's not going to go sliding.

741
00:39:34.847 --> 00:39:35.547
So they have grip.

742
00:39:35.728 --> 00:39:35.848
Yeah,

743
00:39:36.008 --> 00:39:36.548
exactly that.

744
00:39:36.849 --> 00:39:38.110
Now I understand when they say,

745
00:39:38.111 --> 00:39:39.030
I don't have grip.

746
00:39:39.251 --> 00:39:39.511
Boom.

747
00:39:39.651 --> 00:39:41.653
Now you see why they say we're just lacking downforce,

748
00:39:41.673 --> 00:39:42.533
we're just lacking grip.

749
00:39:43.334 --> 00:39:45.975
Because those are two things that you definitely need in Formula One.

750
00:39:46.196 --> 00:39:47.056
Now it makes sense.

751
00:39:47.456 --> 00:39:47.977
And wheels.

752
00:39:48.417 --> 00:39:48.897
And wheels,

753
00:39:48.937 --> 00:39:49.097
yeah.

754
00:39:49.457 --> 00:39:50.018
For example,

755
00:39:50.338 --> 00:39:53.700
being able to push the car into the ground on tight and twisty corners,

756
00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:55.541
which will give them more grip and traction,

757
00:39:55.861 --> 00:39:58.322
will allow the drivers to take the corners at higher speeds.

758
00:39:58.922 --> 00:40:02.704
Downforce can be created from the floor of the car and the front and rear wings.

759
00:40:03.245 --> 00:40:05.346
On a circuit where it's flat and has long straights,

760
00:40:05.646 --> 00:40:08.367
the wings will be flat to let the air travel through them nicely.

761
00:40:08.868 --> 00:40:09.908
And on a twisty circuit,

762
00:40:10.128 --> 00:40:12.930
they'll be larger and have bigger angle against the airflow

763
00:40:13.150 --> 00:40:16.072
to push the air into the ground and give them more downforce.

764
00:40:16.493 --> 00:40:17.594
I think you're getting it.

765
00:40:17.595 --> 00:40:18.214
I think I am.

766
00:40:19.115 --> 00:40:19.275
Shit.

767
00:40:19.276 --> 00:40:19.996
See you in the quiz.

768
00:40:21.377 --> 00:40:27.342
So what have been some of the challenges that these 2022 regulations have brought the F1 teams?

769
00:40:27.582 --> 00:40:29.163
Can I give a noise to try and get her to guess?

770
00:40:29.363 --> 00:40:29.723
Yes.

771
00:40:31.145 --> 00:40:31.825
I hated that.

772
00:40:31.965 --> 00:40:32.085
No,

773
00:40:32.386 --> 00:40:32.706
need that.

774
00:40:32.726 --> 00:40:35.088
That was a good noise.

775
00:40:36.029 --> 00:40:37.149
Why was it that noise?

776
00:40:37.550 --> 00:40:38.491
What was the noise of?

777
00:40:38.711 --> 00:40:39.411
I don't know.

778
00:40:39.412 --> 00:40:39.712
It's an animal.

779
00:40:40.112 --> 00:40:40.412
Bird.

780
00:40:40.792 --> 00:40:40.913
No.

781
00:40:44.215 --> 00:40:44.996
A whale?

782
00:40:45.236 --> 00:40:45.897
No need for that.

783
00:40:46.417 --> 00:40:48.219
No need for that.

784
00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.840
No fucking need for that,

785
00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.641
love.

786
00:40:49.642 --> 00:40:50.361
It's not alright.

787
00:40:51.522 --> 00:40:52.003
Get in the bin.

788
00:40:52.043 --> 00:40:54.625
I had a salad two days ago.

789
00:40:59.870 --> 00:41:03.393
Do it one more.

790
00:41:03.394 --> 00:41:03.614
Oh no,

791
00:41:03.654 --> 00:41:04.695
I'm trapped in SeaWorld.

792
00:41:05.756 --> 00:41:06.016
I mean,

793
00:41:06.036 --> 00:41:07.497
that could be any number of animals.

794
00:41:08.658 --> 00:41:09.258
I'm kidding,

795
00:41:09.338 --> 00:41:11.539
right?

796
00:41:11.540 --> 00:41:13.220
You're an evil animal.

797
00:41:13.221 --> 00:41:13.840
It's a dolphin.

798
00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:14.300
Oh,

799
00:41:14.581 --> 00:41:15.321
a dolphin.

800
00:41:19.963 --> 00:41:20.483
Incorrect.

801
00:41:20.503 --> 00:41:22.844
The word we are looking for is porpoising.

802
00:41:23.184 --> 00:41:23.524
Okay.

803
00:41:24.445 --> 00:41:25.285
If I'm being honest with you,

804
00:41:25.286 --> 00:41:25.885
I've actually forgotten.

805
00:41:25.985 --> 00:41:27.026
Why did I do that noise?

806
00:41:27.406 --> 00:41:27.786
Dolphin,

807
00:41:27.866 --> 00:41:28.286
porpoise.

808
00:41:28.726 --> 00:41:29.326
The porpoise.

809
00:41:29.567 --> 00:41:29.787
Oh,

810
00:41:30.427 --> 00:41:30.667
sorry.

811
00:41:30.787 --> 00:41:31.227
For some reason,

812
00:41:31.247 --> 00:41:33.228
I thought I was doing the noise because dolphins did porpoise.

813
00:41:33.688 --> 00:41:37.790
Porpoises are small dolphin-like fish classified under the family...

814
00:41:39.038 --> 00:41:41.239
Focinadia.

815
00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.780
My God.

816
00:41:46.080 --> 00:41:48.521
I can't believe you just got that out of your own brain.

817
00:41:49.081 --> 00:41:49.381
Wow.

818
00:41:49.721 --> 00:41:51.622
You should have had a weird moment when you slowed right down,

819
00:41:51.623 --> 00:41:52.602
but it was really believable.

820
00:41:52.722 --> 00:41:54.102
No one thinks you got that from Google.

821
00:41:55.222 --> 00:41:56.363
I'm just going to cut this out.

822
00:41:57.023 --> 00:41:58.163
Is it a mini dolphin?

823
00:41:58.503 --> 00:41:58.703
Yeah,

824
00:41:58.983 --> 00:41:59.324
kind of.

825
00:41:59.325 --> 00:42:00.564
There's mini dolphins.

826
00:42:01.024 --> 00:42:01.164
Well,

827
00:42:01.664 --> 00:42:03.565
a porpoise is a type of dolphin.

828
00:42:03.905 --> 00:42:05.405
I can't believe that you didn't Google that.

829
00:42:06.346 --> 00:42:07.466
We already knew that.

830
00:42:08.646 --> 00:42:09.827
We didn't cut everything out.

831
00:42:10.368 --> 00:42:11.528
I already knew that.

832
00:42:13.350 --> 00:42:13.830
You got Mrs.

833
00:42:13.870 --> 00:42:14.811
Google to help you out there,

834
00:42:14.851 --> 00:42:15.031
girl.

835
00:42:15.091 --> 00:42:15.211
No,

836
00:42:15.391 --> 00:42:16.512
I was confirming.

837
00:42:17.973 --> 00:42:19.754
That's why you seemed confused reading it out.

838
00:42:20.354 --> 00:42:21.715
I just couldn't read the words.

839
00:42:21.735 --> 00:42:22.936
They were big words.

840
00:42:23.196 --> 00:42:24.777
Is that the hill you want to die on?

841
00:42:25.018 --> 00:42:26.138
I can't read the words.

842
00:42:29.120 --> 00:42:31.902
You don't understand half the shit we talk about on this podcast.

843
00:42:32.022 --> 00:42:34.284
You're trying to come at me for not...

844
00:42:34.304 --> 00:42:34.644
Please,

845
00:42:34.744 --> 00:42:35.625
don't do my brand.

846
00:42:35.685 --> 00:42:36.646
I'm the dumb one here.

847
00:42:37.566 --> 00:42:37.826
No,

848
00:42:38.026 --> 00:42:38.426
you're not.

849
00:42:38.466 --> 00:42:39.227
You're learning.

850
00:42:39.228 --> 00:42:39.967
She fucking is.

851
00:42:40.007 --> 00:42:41.707
She doesn't know what a Toyota Prius is.

852
00:42:43.068 --> 00:42:44.148
Heart defence you on that one.

853
00:42:44.308 --> 00:42:44.608
Sorry,

854
00:42:44.648 --> 00:42:44.848
doll.

855
00:42:46.629 --> 00:42:46.909
Okay,

856
00:42:47.429 --> 00:42:48.629
back to education time.

857
00:42:49.109 --> 00:42:55.071
Porpoising is a phenomenon where cars bounce excessively due to sudden loss of downforce.

858
00:42:55.751 --> 00:42:59.792
Porpoising is the result of the way that the car's downforce is generated.

859
00:43:00.252 --> 00:43:02.533
It pulls the car towards the track surface,

860
00:43:02.773 --> 00:43:05.154
hitting the ground and then bouncing it back up again.

861
00:43:05.634 --> 00:43:06.494
And the process...

862
00:43:06.794 --> 00:43:28.583
repeats itself causing a very bumpy ride for the drivers affected lewis hamilton suffered back pain as he struggled to pull himself out of the car after the 2022 azerbaijan grand prix he described it as the most painful race i've ever experienced and mentioned praying for it to end due to the discomfort sorry did you mean beijing no

863
00:43:28.783 --> 00:43:34.306
azerbaijan oh why have you said why on earth have you said that was so much confidence You escaped it.

864
00:43:35.646 --> 00:43:37.006
I thought you said Bajong.

865
00:43:45.789 --> 00:43:46.409
Not you.

866
00:43:47.589 --> 00:43:49.330
Trying to make out that I'm thick.

867
00:43:50.810 --> 00:43:51.130
I'm sorry,

868
00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:52.071
do you mean

869
00:43:52.771 --> 00:43:55.011
Beijing? So confidently.

870
00:43:55.012 --> 00:43:57.612
How did you say it?

871
00:43:57.772 --> 00:43:58.492
Azerbaijan.

872
00:43:58.792 --> 00:44:00.773
I feel like that's not the way you say it.

873
00:44:00.774 --> 00:44:01.573
How do you say it?

874
00:44:01.693 --> 00:44:01.913
Sorry,

875
00:44:02.033 --> 00:44:02.714
Azerbaijan.

876
00:44:03.314 --> 00:44:04.194
That's what I said.

877
00:44:04.578 --> 00:44:05.420
Azerbaijan.

878
00:44:05.861 --> 00:44:06.563
Azerbaijan.

879
00:44:07.645 --> 00:44:09.530
We're saying the same bloody thing.

880
00:44:09.730 --> 00:44:10.111
Anyway,

881
00:44:10.252 --> 00:44:11.976
the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

882
00:44:15.247 --> 00:44:18.928
Fernando Alonso also suffered the same fate at the 2024

883
00:44:19.288 --> 00:44:20.769
Brazilian Grand Prix.

884
00:44:20.809 --> 00:44:21.749
That's in Brazil.

885
00:44:22.469 --> 00:44:22.949
FYI.

886
00:44:23.029 --> 00:44:23.789
It's Brazilian.

887
00:44:23.990 --> 00:44:25.170
Whatever.

888
00:44:27.270 --> 00:44:32.072
He mentioned over the radio that his back is hurting and this bouncing is not normal.

889
00:44:32.692 --> 00:44:38.114
He also required medical attention after the race and described the pain in a post-race interview.

890
00:44:38.374 --> 00:44:41.675
It isn't flattering because two people that were complaining are the oldest on the grid.

891
00:44:41.755 --> 00:44:42.915
But there was a serious problem.

892
00:44:43.275 --> 00:44:43.855
No,

893
00:44:44.135 --> 00:44:45.576
we didn't need to point that out.

894
00:44:45.756 --> 00:44:46.056
No.

895
00:44:46.717 --> 00:44:47.417
And yet you did.

896
00:44:47.497 --> 00:44:48.717
Whoever did that was a complete cow.

897
00:44:49.518 --> 00:44:50.238
She is spiked out.

898
00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:54.980
As the oldest one here,

899
00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.120
yes.

900
00:44:55.121 --> 00:44:55.980
Exposed.

901
00:44:59.262 --> 00:45:04.464
The FIA eventually intervened due to concerns about driver safety and long-term health,

902
00:45:04.824 --> 00:45:07.765
acknowledging that the extreme bouncing could lead to fatigue,

903
00:45:07.885 --> 00:45:11.507
pain and potential long-term physical issues for the drivers.

904
00:45:11.787 --> 00:45:12.828
As the youngest one here,

905
00:45:12.968 --> 00:45:14.630
it's like totally giving,

906
00:45:14.910 --> 00:45:15.250
like,

907
00:45:15.971 --> 00:45:16.691
totally giving,

908
00:45:16.771 --> 00:45:17.032
like,

909
00:45:17.652 --> 00:45:18.413
not good,

910
00:45:18.813 --> 00:45:19.193
skibbity.

911
00:45:24.598 --> 00:45:26.760
Said the Gen Z group.

912
00:45:27.080 --> 00:45:29.823
I want to be born in 2001,

913
00:45:29.824 --> 00:45:30.123
am I right,

914
00:45:30.183 --> 00:45:30.744
girlies?

915
00:45:45.700 --> 00:45:58.144
bottoming that's the next point did

916
00:45:58.145 --> 00:46:05.266
you think she was just saying one of her millennial terms lindsey boomer

917
00:46:09.488 --> 00:46:12.151
The listeners will never know if your word's against mine.

918
00:46:13.493 --> 00:46:14.574
Your word's not very strong.

919
00:46:14.754 --> 00:46:16.376
I'm just saying.

920
00:46:20.100 --> 00:46:21.461
Killy's bullet pack.

921
00:46:23.503 --> 00:46:25.805
Bottoming is more common in the current era of cars.

922
00:46:26.025 --> 00:46:28.827
This is when the floor of the car scrapes along the track surface.

923
00:46:29.208 --> 00:46:31.089
This can disrupt the airflow under the car,

924
00:46:31.310 --> 00:46:35.253
which can momentarily reduce downforce and make the car unstable to drive.

925
00:46:35.894 --> 00:46:38.316
After a cold winter of 2021,

926
00:46:40.578 --> 00:46:42.719
a chill was in the air up and down the paddock.

927
00:46:44.281 --> 00:46:46.383
Testing came and testing went.

928
00:46:47.023 --> 00:46:48.964
And 2022,

929
00:46:48.965 --> 00:46:49.185
a new era,

930
00:46:49.565 --> 00:46:52.407
a new dawn of Formula One was finally upon us.

931
00:46:53.287 --> 00:46:55.429
A new way that downforce was created.

932
00:46:56.089 --> 00:46:58.051
Ground effects cars were back,

933
00:46:58.111 --> 00:46:58.411
bitch.

934
00:46:59.332 --> 00:47:04.235
And what rolled out of the Mercedes garage come race day was fucking weird.

935
00:47:04.996 --> 00:47:12.861
The Mercedes Zero side pod concept was controversial because the car was wildly different to the conventionally shaped ground effect cars.

936
00:47:13.522 --> 00:47:14.182
Up and down the grid,

937
00:47:14.183 --> 00:47:15.043
it was widely known.

938
00:47:15.643 --> 00:47:20.527
The Mercedes W13 did not deliver in looks or performance.

939
00:47:20.767 --> 00:47:20.887
Well,

940
00:47:21.007 --> 00:47:22.188
looks was kind of my added thing.

941
00:47:23.189 --> 00:47:27.693
Mercedes had delivered top-notch performances from 2014 to 2021,

942
00:47:27.833 --> 00:47:35.339
but their 2022 car was plagued with porpoising and a persistent lack of pace compared to their rivals with wide side pods.

943
00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:40.544
This led to questions being raised about its aerodynamic efficiency and cooling capabilities.

944
00:47:41.204 --> 00:47:44.447
Mercedes kept this concept despite its underwhelming results.

945
00:47:44.627 --> 00:47:48.690
until they eventually abandoned it and followed a more typical side pod design.

946
00:47:48.890 --> 00:47:49.911
They tried to be different.

947
00:47:50.011 --> 00:47:52.373
I'd also like to say it's not a concept.

948
00:47:52.833 --> 00:47:53.113
Sorry,

949
00:47:53.153 --> 00:47:53.493
it's not.

950
00:47:54.034 --> 00:47:54.354
My bad,

951
00:47:54.594 --> 00:47:54.934
my bad.

952
00:47:55.635 --> 00:47:56.035
Although,

953
00:47:56.596 --> 00:48:04.441
did we not love it when we saw Drive to Survive and they showed all the drivers seeing the cars for the first time and all of them were like,

954
00:48:04.842 --> 00:48:05.022
hmm,

955
00:48:05.062 --> 00:48:05.282
okay,

956
00:48:05.283 --> 00:48:06.182
that's quite cool.

957
00:48:06.563 --> 00:48:08.164
And they all looked at the Mercedes and they were like,

958
00:48:08.165 --> 00:48:08.964
that looks well shit.

959
00:48:09.365 --> 00:48:10.826
And then George in the interview was like,

960
00:48:11.126 --> 00:48:12.367
I saw that car and I thought...

961
00:48:12.687 --> 00:48:13.648
This looks fast.

962
00:48:15.348 --> 00:48:16.369
What an idiot.

963
00:48:16.370 --> 00:48:16.529
Yeah,

964
00:48:16.549 --> 00:48:16.889
fuck it,

965
00:48:16.890 --> 00:48:18.250
it wasn't.

966
00:48:18.290 --> 00:48:18.490
Oh,

967
00:48:18.570 --> 00:48:19.471
you can't blame him.

968
00:48:19.551 --> 00:48:22.092
His last car was a fucking Williams when it was tanking.

969
00:48:22.192 --> 00:48:22.612
That's true.

970
00:48:22.613 --> 00:48:23.933
He was in Williams?

971
00:48:24.333 --> 00:48:25.354
Yeah.

972
00:48:25.355 --> 00:48:27.935
He was in Williams and then he was a reserve driver for Mercedes,

973
00:48:28.015 --> 00:48:31.637
which they took him up on for 2020 when Lewis had COVID.

974
00:48:32.077 --> 00:48:33.218
And then for 2022,

975
00:48:33.378 --> 00:48:34.059
he was their driver.

976
00:48:35.459 --> 00:48:35.579
Oh,

977
00:48:35.580 --> 00:48:36.700
I thought he was there for longer.

978
00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:38.581
I did not pay attention in the teens episode.

979
00:48:38.582 --> 00:48:38.701
No,

980
00:48:38.702 --> 00:48:41.022
you did not.

981
00:48:41.023 --> 00:48:42.123
McLaren FlexiWings.

982
00:48:42.915 --> 00:48:44.456
In late 2024,

983
00:48:44.476 --> 00:48:46.237
rumblings and suspicions were about,

984
00:48:46.618 --> 00:48:51.081
and they started within teams regarding the potential exploitation of wing flexibility,

985
00:48:51.661 --> 00:48:54.043
particularly concerning McLaren's designs.

986
00:48:54.523 --> 00:48:55.924
In January 2025,

987
00:48:56.144 --> 00:49:01.989
the FIA announced upcoming stricter load deflection tests for front and rear wings for the 2025 season.

988
00:49:02.789 --> 00:49:04.730
Pre-season testing came around in February,

989
00:49:05.211 --> 00:49:09.594
and Red Bull reportedly began to more actively voice concerns about McLaren's rear wing,

990
00:49:09.994 --> 00:49:10.995
observing potential

991
00:49:11.359 --> 00:49:13.443
mini DRS effect that it seemed to have.

992
00:49:13.744 --> 00:49:20.157
Pre-season testing came around in February 2025 and Red Bull began to more actively voice concerns about McLaren's rear wing,

993
00:49:20.477 --> 00:49:23.263
observing that they had a potential mini DRS effect.

994
00:49:24.088 --> 00:49:25.229
In the Australian Grand Prix,

995
00:49:25.609 --> 00:49:29.651
the first race of the season saw increased FIA scrutiny and monitoring of rear wings,

996
00:49:29.971 --> 00:49:34.614
and the tighter rear wing deflection tests were implemented from the subsequent Chinese Grand Prix.

997
00:49:35.334 --> 00:49:35.974
And in April,

998
00:49:36.175 --> 00:49:38.216
Red Bull publicly questioned the FIA's timeline,

999
00:49:38.616 --> 00:49:44.079
specifically asking why the stricter front wing tests weren't being introduced until the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona,

1000
00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:46.020
which will be happening in early June this year.

1001
00:49:47.240 --> 00:49:47.761
And in May,

1002
00:49:47.961 --> 00:49:48.341
currently,

1003
00:49:48.481 --> 00:49:49.442
the debate continues,

1004
00:49:49.962 --> 00:49:53.664
with McLaren defending their designs and downplaying the impact of the upcoming rule changes.

1005
00:49:53.904 --> 00:49:58.208
while Red Bull maintains their scepticism about the delay in the front wing regulations.

1006
00:49:58.508 --> 00:49:58.768
But I mean,

1007
00:49:58.848 --> 00:50:00.770
Red Bull does shady stuff all the time.

1008
00:50:00.810 --> 00:50:02.691
They just seem to have a problem with someone else.

1009
00:50:02.931 --> 00:50:04.593
I think all the teams are very much like that,

1010
00:50:04.633 --> 00:50:04.833
though.

1011
00:50:05.053 --> 00:50:06.214
Like when they have an advantage,

1012
00:50:06.254 --> 00:50:06.554
they're like,

1013
00:50:06.654 --> 00:50:07.115
chill,

1014
00:50:07.455 --> 00:50:08.436
it's just racing.

1015
00:50:08.816 --> 00:50:12.119
And then as soon as they feel their competitors have something that is making them faster,

1016
00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:13.500
like they say in the press,

1017
00:50:13.520 --> 00:50:13.680
like,

1018
00:50:13.681 --> 00:50:13.800
no,

1019
00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.781
they're doing a great job.

1020
00:50:14.821 --> 00:50:15.642
But then the next race,

1021
00:50:15.643 --> 00:50:16.022
they'll be like,

1022
00:50:16.262 --> 00:50:16.983
but they're illegal.

1023
00:50:17.483 --> 00:50:18.364
So it is very,

1024
00:50:18.484 --> 00:50:18.724
I mean,

1025
00:50:18.985 --> 00:50:20.286
they're all very competitive.

1026
00:50:20.306 --> 00:50:20.786
And ultimately,

1027
00:50:20.926 --> 00:50:21.887
they want to be at the top.

1028
00:50:22.688 --> 00:50:23.168
but yeah

1029
00:50:23.268 --> 00:50:23.528
I mean,

1030
00:50:23.568 --> 00:50:24.108
Red Bull have,

1031
00:50:24.188 --> 00:50:24.589
they were,

1032
00:50:25.089 --> 00:50:25.629
Christian Horner,

1033
00:50:25.630 --> 00:50:25.949
as you know,

1034
00:50:26.329 --> 00:50:29.931
for years was pushing for there to be different regulations so that Mercedes wouldn't be dominant.

1035
00:50:30.391 --> 00:50:31.592
And then that's happened.

1036
00:50:31.593 --> 00:50:33.232
And then McLaren have got ahead of Red Bull.

1037
00:50:33.272 --> 00:50:33.973
So now he's like,

1038
00:50:34.033 --> 00:50:34.153
well,

1039
00:50:34.193 --> 00:50:34.953
they're illegal too.

1040
00:50:35.173 --> 00:50:35.994
So get rid of them.

1041
00:50:36.834 --> 00:50:38.114
But we're going to be interesting to see.

1042
00:50:38.115 --> 00:50:39.655
And there's a good thing to add into this,

1043
00:50:40.596 --> 00:50:41.536
into this episode,

1044
00:50:41.816 --> 00:50:46.798
because you're going to see actively the regulations change this season.

1045
00:50:46.818 --> 00:50:50.740
and it will impact potentially the results of races because of the fact that...

1046
00:50:51.020 --> 00:50:57.626
the FIA have decided to have a look and to create more stringent testing because what they're after is they don't want McLaren to be winning every single.

1047
00:50:57.627 --> 00:50:58.447
They want it to be close,

1048
00:50:58.448 --> 00:50:59.688
but they don't want to win everything.

1049
00:50:59.708 --> 00:51:00.348
They want it to be...

1050
00:51:00.349 --> 00:51:03.711
Because you've just got another season of dominance otherwise.

1051
00:51:03.791 --> 00:51:04.212
Exactly.

1052
00:51:04.672 --> 00:51:07.314
So they've obviously found reason to change them.

1053
00:51:07.695 --> 00:51:11.318
And we may see a change in pecking order as a result of these changes.

1054
00:51:11.598 --> 00:51:12.699
So it'll be interesting to see.

1055
00:51:12.779 --> 00:51:13.640
We've got a triple header.

1056
00:51:14.036 --> 00:51:17.739
And the final race of that triple header in Barcelona is when those tests will be changed.

1057
00:51:17.740 --> 00:51:23.304
So it will be interesting to see whether McLaren will still be as dominant as they have been with these different tests there.

1058
00:51:23.504 --> 00:51:23.724
I mean,

1059
00:51:23.745 --> 00:51:24.445
that makes sense.

1060
00:51:24.625 --> 00:51:27.648
Like McLaren is way ahead in constructors currently.

1061
00:51:27.848 --> 00:51:29.229
So if they stayed the same,

1062
00:51:29.289 --> 00:51:30.891
we would have just known they're going to win.

1063
00:51:31.071 --> 00:51:31.211
Yeah.

1064
00:51:31.591 --> 00:51:34.594
But that's when we say like the regulations aren't set in stone.

1065
00:51:34.614 --> 00:51:35.475
They get rolled out,

1066
00:51:35.495 --> 00:51:40.819
but then they adapt and change over the course of the years that they're in place as the FIA sees fit.

1067
00:51:41.180 --> 00:51:41.520
And that.

1068
00:51:41.720 --> 00:52:00.850
is the 2022 regulations so marim how prepped are you feeling for ream's recap oh i'm not not not very confident if i'm being honest oh well when are you really so let's just get cracking i guess is

1069
00:52:00.950 --> 00:52:10.796
take it away for this episode i'm not giving i'm not feeding you lines summarize your favorite parts of the episode and not the silly bits the actual factual parts go okay

1070
00:52:11.436 --> 00:52:18.679
So cars had a bunch of dirty air when other cars would try to overtake.

1071
00:52:19.319 --> 00:52:23.801
So they changed stuff in the cars like the wings and the winglets.

1072
00:52:24.922 --> 00:52:33.265
And they made the air come out from under the car instead of the sides.

1073
00:52:34.186 --> 00:52:38.327
So then there's less dirty air when cars try to overtake.

1074
00:52:39.388 --> 00:52:39.808
And then...

1075
00:52:40.568 --> 00:52:41.109
Next year,

1076
00:52:41.189 --> 00:52:42.670
there's going to be hybrid cars,

1077
00:52:42.870 --> 00:52:46.013
which just found out are half electrical,

1078
00:52:46.413 --> 00:52:46.993
half fuel.

1079
00:52:48.315 --> 00:52:49.716
And that's because of sustainability,

1080
00:52:49.756 --> 00:52:50.797
because we care about the planet,

1081
00:52:50.997 --> 00:52:51.517
Mother Nature.

1082
00:52:52.698 --> 00:52:52.978
No!

1083
00:52:55.120 --> 00:52:55.480
And,

1084
00:52:57.382 --> 00:52:57.542
oh,

1085
00:52:58.283 --> 00:52:59.103
mini dolphins.

1086
00:52:59.544 --> 00:53:00.425
So there was...

1087
00:53:02.066 --> 00:53:03.107
Call it porpoisek.

1088
00:53:03.427 --> 00:53:08.651
Please don't call it mini-dolphining.

1089
00:53:08.652 --> 00:53:09.152
I forgot the word.

1090
00:53:09.153 --> 00:53:09.332
Mini-dolph.

1091
00:53:09.333 --> 00:53:09.372
So,

1092
00:53:09.373 --> 00:53:09.412
so...

1093
00:53:09.532 --> 00:53:10.152
Lewis Hamilton,

1094
00:53:10.272 --> 00:53:10.993
Fernando Alonso,

1095
00:53:11.293 --> 00:53:12.774
two of the oldest people in F1.

1096
00:53:12.775 --> 00:53:12.854
No,

1097
00:53:12.874 --> 00:53:15.055
not the oldest people in F1.

1098
00:53:15.075 --> 00:53:16.996
That's wild.

1099
00:53:16.997 --> 00:53:18.777
Two of the oldest drivers of the track.

1100
00:53:19.417 --> 00:53:20.458
They kept bouncing,

1101
00:53:20.498 --> 00:53:21.338
bouncing in the car.

1102
00:53:21.439 --> 00:53:21.559
Ew,

1103
00:53:21.759 --> 00:53:25.821
pause.

1104
00:53:25.941 --> 00:53:27.222
It wasn't just them.

1105
00:53:27.502 --> 00:53:28.542
It was happening to everyone.

1106
00:53:28.543 --> 00:53:30.003
But they were the only ones complaining,

1107
00:53:30.023 --> 00:53:31.124
so it was that day.

1108
00:53:31.344 --> 00:53:33.205
They had incidents where they were complaining the most.

1109
00:53:33.645 --> 00:53:33.865
Yeah,

1110
00:53:34.386 --> 00:53:35.106
because of age.

1111
00:53:36.026 --> 00:53:38.848
So they kept bouncing in the cars and that would hurt their back.

1112
00:53:40.032 --> 00:53:44.274
So then they complained and then they ended up changing it.

1113
00:53:44.374 --> 00:53:45.414
Forgot how they changed it.

1114
00:53:45.795 --> 00:53:52.097
And then also there were some incidents on the track which made the FIA be more cautious about safety.

1115
00:53:52.777 --> 00:53:56.899
So then they made sure that there were less incidents that were happening.

1116
00:53:57.359 --> 00:54:04.522
They introduced some new regulations such as more fireproof suits so that they don't burn.

1117
00:54:09.941 --> 00:54:11.163
What have I missed?

1118
00:54:11.164 --> 00:54:11.644
So much,

1119
00:54:11.684 --> 00:54:12.426
it doesn't matter.

1120
00:54:13.749 --> 00:54:14.711
Thank you for playing,

1121
00:54:15.152 --> 00:54:15.713
as always.

1122
00:54:15.994 --> 00:54:16.495
You're welcome.

1123
00:54:16.976 --> 00:54:17.356
How did I do?

1124
00:54:17.376 --> 00:54:17.517
There.

1125
00:54:19.536 --> 00:54:20.456
We haven't got time for that.

1126
00:54:20.756 --> 00:54:21.357
The actual show.

1127
00:54:24.317 --> 00:54:24.517
Well,

1128
00:54:24.577 --> 00:54:25.057
partners,

1129
00:54:25.498 --> 00:54:27.838
it's time to giddy on up out of here after a fact.

1130
00:54:27.898 --> 00:54:28.218
What's wrong?

1131
00:54:28.558 --> 00:54:29.159
Partners.

1132
00:54:29.679 --> 00:54:29.859
Yeah,

1133
00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.119
like you say,

1134
00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:30.339
howdy,

1135
00:54:30.379 --> 00:54:30.719
partners.

1136
00:54:33.500 --> 00:54:34.800
Still singing with it.

1137
00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:35.120
Yeah.

1138
00:54:36.861 --> 00:54:37.021
Well,

1139
00:54:37.061 --> 00:54:37.501
partners,

1140
00:54:38.101 --> 00:54:39.041
it's about that time.

1141
00:54:39.341 --> 00:54:43.162
We've got to give you a big old goodbye from the Grand Prix podcast.

1142
00:54:43.622 --> 00:54:48.184
Thank you for tuning in and listening to our F1 2022 Regulation Rundown Hoedown.

1143
00:54:48.444 --> 00:54:49.184
We hope you've had.

1144
00:54:49.324 --> 00:54:49.784
a rootin'

1145
00:54:49.785 --> 00:54:50.104
tootin'

1146
00:54:50.184 --> 00:54:50.765
gunslingin'

1147
00:54:50.766 --> 00:54:51.165
amazin'

1148
00:54:51.185 --> 00:54:51.465
time.

1149
00:54:51.825 --> 00:54:53.346
We've sure loved having you being here.

1150
00:54:57.528 --> 00:54:57.748
Now,

1151
00:54:57.828 --> 00:54:58.988
you wonderful cowboys,

1152
00:54:59.088 --> 00:54:59.669
cowgirls,

1153
00:54:59.749 --> 00:55:00.529
and calvays,

1154
00:55:01.309 --> 00:55:03.170
if you could please follow us on social media,

1155
00:55:03.570 --> 00:55:04.271
such as X,

1156
00:55:04.831 --> 00:55:05.351
Instagram,

1157
00:55:05.631 --> 00:55:06.191
TikTok,

1158
00:55:06.652 --> 00:55:07.272
YouTube,

1159
00:55:08.192 --> 00:55:10.113
and also if you were able to give us a review.

1160
00:55:10.333 --> 00:55:12.534
We're still really unclear on if that helps us or not.

1161
00:55:12.894 --> 00:55:14.095
Nav always says that it does.

1162
00:55:14.615 --> 00:55:16.196
So if you could give us a good review.

1163
00:55:16.696 --> 00:55:18.497
then we could test if it does actually help.

1164
00:55:18.537 --> 00:55:19.057
And if it doesn't,

1165
00:55:19.058 --> 00:55:19.897
then we'll stop asking.

1166
00:55:20.558 --> 00:55:25.600
We'll be back next time to be able to deep dive everything that happened in the 2025 IMA Le Grand Prix,

1167
00:55:25.601 --> 00:55:30.722
the first race of the European leg and a triple header that will see us head to Italy,

1168
00:55:31.082 --> 00:55:32.943
Monaco and Espanyol.

1169
00:55:33.383 --> 00:55:34.484
So please stay tuned,

1170
00:55:34.884 --> 00:55:37.165
stay safe and have a wonderful rest of your week.

1171
00:55:37.785 --> 00:55:38.225
Goodbye?

1172
00:55:38.685 --> 00:55:39.185
What's your mark?

1173
00:55:39.205 --> 00:55:40.726
Why are you staring at me?

1174
00:55:40.727 --> 00:55:42.467
Italy,

1175
00:55:42.647 --> 00:55:42.987
Monaco,

1176
00:55:43.147 --> 00:55:43.727
Espanyol.