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and welcome to the WTF1 Fantasy F1

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Show. Today

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we're going to be talking about everything

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Austrian Grand Prix, as well as our

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picks for our fantasy teams in the

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Grid Rival Fantasy League. Of course, myself

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and Amber are in our very own

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Golden Helmet League with a bunch of

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other creators and influencers, as well as

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being in the official WTF1 League as

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well. So we're going to be talking

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Austria first and then getting into our

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picks and who we think are going to

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do the best in that race. So first

0:49

of all, Austrian Grand Prix this weekend on

0:51

the backs of another Max

0:53

Verstappen win. It is Red Bull's

0:55

home Grand Prix. Are we going to see

0:57

Red Bull dominate or, you know, do well

0:59

there again? Or is there a chance for some

1:01

other teams to come in this week? I

1:05

think it will be quite competitive, but

1:07

every time, and we know this with

1:09

my predictions, I always put Max P1

1:11

and he's super strong. But we agreed.

1:14

We agreed this week you're not going to

1:16

do that. So that we, because you dictate

1:19

the top five. So if you put someone

1:21

else outside or you put someone

1:23

else in the win, they're going to win the race. What

1:26

if I just go completely rogue and I'm just

1:28

like, do you know what Perez is going to

1:30

come back? He's going to be on top for

1:32

Perez P1. I mean, it's

1:35

a sprint weekend as well this week. It's

1:37

a third one of the season. And, you

1:39

know, we all have different opinions on sprint

1:41

weekends, but I

1:43

just, it depends what happens in the sprint. You know, what

1:46

if someone like damages their car in this sprint and then

1:48

something goes wrong and then that's going to damage their quality

1:50

and then eventually that damages the race. So I'm

1:53

thinking McLaren are going to be strong this weekend.

1:55

And I also think the Ferraris will make some

1:57

sort of comeback. However, they had upgrades for the

1:59

last. last race at the Spanish Grand Prix,

2:02

it didn't seem to work in the favor. So you

2:04

don't know what's gonna happen, but Austria,

2:07

that track is like a horsepower track.

2:09

You know, you need to be fast

2:11

on those straights. And I think now

2:14

we're seeing Red Bull, Ferrari, and McLaren

2:16

be quite close to each other, but

2:18

also Mercedes as well. So for me,

2:20

it's a max win, but I think

2:23

below that it's gonna be quite interesting.

2:25

Someone else, come on. I know, I'm

2:27

so sorry. You can dictate whatever happens.

2:30

It's what you want. Okay, what if, I'll

2:33

say max just this once, and then maybe for the British

2:35

Grand Prix, we'll just change it. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

2:37

yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that, I like that, we hold

2:39

that, we hold that back. Okay, okay, that's a good plan,

2:41

I agree with that. I've looked at the weather, sadly it

2:43

doesn't look like any rain on the main for this weekend.

2:46

So nothing to change things up. Something I have

2:48

noticed over the years though, is teams that tend

2:50

to do well with Monaco, teams that

2:52

do well in Monaco tend to do well at

2:54

Austria because, and you might think, well, how does

2:57

that make sense? It's not a slow speed circuit.

2:59

It's all about long straights, but there's a lot

3:01

of slow speed corners. There's a lot of hairpins,

3:04

and that is really where the time is sort

3:06

of gained around there. So Ferrari were

3:08

good at Monaco, was the best at Monaco. So

3:10

potentially they could have a chance to be good

3:12

at Austria, and that's what I'm kind

3:14

of hopeful for. I don't think Red Bull will

3:16

have the problems that they had in Monaco

3:19

due to it being obviously a street circuit, and they struggled

3:21

a little bit there because of that. I think they'll still

3:23

be good, but if Ferrari

3:25

are the better team in the slow speed corners, this could

3:27

be a good chance for them this

3:29

weekend, which I'm kind of hopeful for. As

3:32

I keep on saying on these podcasts, I don't

3:35

want Max to lose the race because

3:37

I dislike him. I just want a

3:39

championship fight. So I'd like to see

3:41

Leclerc and Norris one, two, either way,

3:44

because they're both chasing

3:46

in the championship and then a Max, you

3:48

know, Ferg, I mean, if Max can have

3:50

some sort of mechanical issue and he's out

3:52

of the points and we get close to

3:54

the championship, amazing. You know, that would be

3:56

good for the show. Love to see that.

3:58

Exactly, but if we're gonna go off... it

4:00

was like last year, it was Max, Leclerc,

4:02

Perez, and then Norris. So maybe we might

4:04

see something similar to that this year. Norris

4:06

obviously says it's one of his strongest tracks.

4:08

He loves it. And if the car's performing

4:10

how it has been this season or the

4:12

past few races, at least, then maybe there

4:14

will be those battles again. Maybe he will

4:16

come to redeem himself and fight against Max,

4:18

because we saw that the McLaren was sort

4:20

of the strongest or the fastest car on

4:22

track when everyone expects it to be the

4:24

Red Bull. So if I can carry on

4:27

to Austria, it's going to be really exciting.

4:29

But what I'm loving at the minute is

4:31

the storylines. You know, yes, I'm

4:33

going into it saying Max P1. But

4:35

like underneath that, you know, you don't know who's

4:37

going to come out on top because everyone is

4:39

changing their cars and their setups and the upgrades

4:41

each week. It really is anyone's game. Like what

4:43

if out of nowhere, the Mercedes just come out

4:45

on top and get above the McLarens and the

4:48

Ferraris? It just it all depends. I mean, I

4:50

would say the McLarens and Ferraris are stronger at

4:52

this track. But if something goes wrong for them,

4:54

you know, someone has a crash

4:56

and a safety car comes out, it's all

4:58

about strategies. It's how you get back on

5:00

top after all the variables. So I'm hoping

5:02

it's interesting. And I've said this for the

5:04

last few races and it has actually been

5:07

quite interesting. So again, it's the formula God

5:09

speaking. I'm calling it. Wow, you're calling yourself

5:11

now the formula God. Wow. I'm going to

5:13

get so much hate. Just because you got

5:15

a few predictions right now, you call yourself

5:17

the formula God. Please

5:19

don't think I big headed everyone. No, but

5:21

it's true. It's true. You know, my my

5:23

predictions are at the minute are proven to

5:25

be quite right. So yes, yes, yes. We

5:28

get it. All right. You're the best at

5:30

predicting it every single time you get it

5:32

right. I'm not going to bet. I'm

5:35

going to bet Hayden. Yeah, but you're doing better

5:37

than me in fantasy. So you've got that. I'll

5:39

take that. Okay. You can have that one. I'll

5:41

let you have that one. So you think it's

5:43

going to be coming close to Max? If you

5:45

think Max is going to be the one on

5:47

top, is it going to be the McLarens? And

5:49

is it going to be Norris or is it

5:51

going to be the Ferrari? Is it going to

5:53

be Schola Claire? I mean, it depends on where

5:55

I'm looking, because if I'm looking just, you know,

5:57

at driver craft, I would say Norris is going

5:59

to come out back on top and he's going

6:01

to. to really fight. He wants to get that

6:03

P1, you know, he does say it was robbed

6:05

from him at the Spanish Grand Prix. So I

6:07

think he's going to have that fight and drive

6:10

and him and it's like I say, you know,

6:12

if the car is there, you've got two great

6:14

components. So I think Norris is sort of his

6:16

biggest rival at the minute, but it depends because

6:18

if Perez just comes out again and you know,

6:20

he's performing better, maybe people say

6:22

he's too relaxed at the minute because he's got

6:24

his extended contract. Maybe if he's

6:26

like, actually, I need to prove myself and then

6:28

the car is there for him. If he's found the

6:30

sweet spot with that car, Perez might be up there

6:33

again. Then it'll be a Red Bull one and

6:35

two. So the person sort of

6:37

closest I do think is going to be Norris, but

6:39

I don't want to jinx it. But I don't know

6:41

what you're thinking. Well, I'm thinking similar.

6:43

I think the Ferrari's could do well

6:45

because they did well at Monaco, but

6:47

based on at least the last couple

6:49

of races, it has been the McLaren

6:52

that has been the closest to fight with the Red

6:54

Bull and it's been Lando because we know we keep

6:56

on discussing about Oscar Piazza's time management and he's struggling

6:58

a little bit in that sense. And I just think

7:00

that, yeah, the closest person to be able to fight

7:02

to Max is Lando. And I think that's probably what

7:05

we are likely to get. It's going to be a

7:08

England versus the Netherlands double header on Sunday

7:10

because there's a high chance that England play

7:12

the Netherlands in the Euros in the round

7:15

of 16. So we're going to

7:17

get the Formula One first. England versus

7:19

the Netherlands. Let's see who comes out on top.

7:21

But then it's round two in the football straight

7:23

after to one of the teams

7:25

to get revenge. And yeah, it should be

7:27

a should be a good day of sports.

7:31

And yeah, I think for me, I agree that

7:33

Lando has been the one who's been more

7:35

consistent recently. The McLaren has been more consistently

7:38

up there. Whereas the Ferrari's kind

7:40

of fluctuated has been racist, has been really strong,

7:42

but also racist that it's kind of dropped off

7:44

a little bit. So McLaren is kind of

7:46

your best bet. Unless Alpene just sort of come

7:48

out in the world. I mean, they're on the up.

7:51

So who knows? Exactly. The steps they've taken so far,

7:53

let's take another step and just start with it. Do

7:55

you know what? We'll just throw it in there. I'll

7:57

put that in my predictions. Alpene, P1 and

7:59

P2. SD bestie, get back on

8:01

that podium. Just place it up. Why not?

8:03

I mean, if they found a good place

8:06

with a car at the minute, I think

8:08

they'll stay quite nicely somewhere like the piece

8:10

six, seven, eight, somewhere between there if they

8:12

can keep it consistent. But we'll see. I

8:14

wouldn't mind to see them on a podium

8:16

or higher up in the points. Yeah, they

8:19

kind of replaced Aston Martin really, haven't they?

8:21

Aston Martin's role or place was at the

8:23

start of the season, just

8:25

at the bottom of the top 10 and still

8:27

sometimes getting into that sixth position and around there.

8:29

So yeah, I feel like Alpina kind of stepped

8:32

into that role. I do still feel like they're

8:34

a little bit too far off to

8:36

be challenging the Mercs, especially as Mercedes

8:38

have taken a step up and come a little bit

8:40

closer that, you know, maybe even they will be the

8:42

ones that challenge near the

8:45

front as well, because both Hamilton and Russell

8:47

have been looking better in recent weeks. And

8:49

if they bring any upgrades or they take

8:51

a step further, then who knows, maybe they

8:53

can start to get within the mix. And

8:55

it is such a long season that even

8:57

though you're down at the moment, there's

9:00

still 14 races left to go. We still

9:03

got over halfway of the season left to

9:05

go. Anything can happen. The development race is

9:07

on. And I think that makes Formula One

9:09

very, very exciting. When you have seasons where,

9:11

okay, someone might be a little bit more

9:13

dominant in the start, but then they start

9:15

to really get caught up. I'm thinking, for

9:18

example, 2009, a season that I didn't fully

9:20

watch, I wasn't fully

9:22

invested in Formula One. Back then, I'd watch

9:24

the occasional races. Of course, I would play

9:26

the games. But it

9:29

was a season where Braun was so much faster

9:31

than everybody else at the start of the season,

9:33

but didn't develop their car. Red Bull did and

9:35

started to close them in and it brought a

9:37

championship fight in. And that's potentially what we could

9:39

have, especially over such a long season that, you

9:41

know, a few

9:43

bad races for a team or a team that just drops

9:45

off by the end of the season, knew he's not going

9:48

to be working on the car for the rest of the

9:50

season, that those teams that are catching up could have a

9:52

genuine chance of being in the

9:54

mix and being in the fight. And Max needs

9:56

to really make the most of all these races

9:58

at the moment that Red Bull is. for

12:00

Max Verstappen really, because the guy is

12:02

just so consistent. And like you

12:05

do with your predictions, and like this is what

12:07

annoys me most about our predictions is because it's

12:09

the obvious answer. I always like look at the

12:11

obvious. It's like when you pick driver of the

12:13

day and it's the driver who won. That's why

12:15

Max Verstappen doesn't really get driver of the day

12:17

as well. He wins driver of

12:19

the day. He wins his own pole position most of

12:21

the time. And it's just been a perfect race, which

12:23

deserves driver of the day, of course. But it's like

12:25

it's like the cop out, isn't it? You

12:28

can't just pick the person who's already won. You have to

12:30

come up with something, a reason that nobody's

12:32

thought of, you know, why this other person

12:34

is driver of the day. And I guess

12:36

that's what I do with my predictions. But

12:39

that's the thing. I tried to go like,

12:41

not rogue, because obviously I kept the top

12:43

four quite realistic. But I was like, OK,

12:45

the last one, number five is going to

12:48

be a Ferrari. And I was like, OK,

12:50

I think Charlotte's got the upper hand in

12:52

most of the races and probably going forward and you're

12:55

looking at practice sessions. He I

12:57

mean, they weren't too far off each other. It was

12:59

only in Q3 that Charlotte got

13:01

the upper hand because in Q2, they were quite

13:03

similar on pace. And I think signs was actually

13:05

slightly above by a few seconds. So

13:07

I was like, OK, they're quite close. But I think

13:09

Charles is going to come out on top. But I

13:12

just wanted signs to get P5 because it's the Spanish

13:14

Grand Prix. It's his home race. So I was like,

13:16

I'm just going to do it. I don't think it's

13:18

going to happen. But I'm going to put it out

13:20

there. And it didn't happen. So I'm fuming. I could

13:22

have got top score if I just stuck to my

13:24

guns. I love the difference a few

13:26

weeks make that we go from Ferrari on top.

13:29

It's just like I just want Charlotte Claire to

13:31

win his home race. That's what I want. For

13:33

College Science, I just want him a P5 in

13:35

Spain. OK, I just want him to get that

13:37

P5. Sorry, signs. It's

13:39

just I knew it wasn't realistic. You know, too

13:42

many problems. Sadly, it's

13:44

Monaco and hopefully for them they can they can

13:46

build it back up further down the grid. So

13:48

they sort of surprise picks that we think speaking

13:51

about this team, Williams and RB,

13:53

they had a bit of disappointment.

13:57

Last about in Spain, do you reckon they could

13:59

bounce back? Boring!

22:02

I'm so sorry! And then I'm

22:04

gonna go in I'm

22:08

gonna go in with a Norris P2 but

22:10

P3 is where the difficulty lies because is

22:13

Perez gonna make a comeback? I don't know and

22:16

obviously you know Qualley is

22:18

not his strong suit So

22:23

I'm gonna go for why

22:26

not spice it up? I'm gonna go for Charla Claire P3 if

22:30

the Ferraris are strong we'll

22:32

re-evaluate over the weekend when you see our

22:34

actual predictions I bet you they'll be

22:36

completely different because we do the predictions before

22:39

Qualley and obviously before Race so we'll see

22:42

I think mine are probably gonna change as well I'm

22:44

at the moment gonna go Lando win Max

22:46

second and I think it's gonna be close

22:49

between those two I know I said boring

22:51

about you saying Max win not boring because

22:53

Max is winning just boring because Amajoupix is

22:55

always the realistic example

22:58

The boring ones Give

23:01

us a bit of fun give us a bit of excitement

23:03

before the race No I think if it goes either way

23:05

I think it's gonna be a good battle between the two

23:07

of them and I think either of them can take it

23:09

but I'm gonna pick Lando then Max

23:12

and then I'm gonna pick

23:14

Perez in third and

23:16

we will find out why when we get into the next part of

23:18

the show which is our fantasy

23:21

picks for this week so of course

23:23

we have the grid rival fantasy league

23:25

for WTF1 and we have

23:27

it for our golden helmet league which is more

23:29

of like our influencer and content

23:32

creator league currently in the WTF1 league congratulations

23:34

to Sunha we always say your name every

23:36

single week because you are just

23:38

dominating at the moment you're up at the top

23:40

still then we got Arkirans in second and God

23:42

and chips in third so

23:46

very very close between you well two at the

23:48

top there's five points separating the two at the top at the moment so

23:51

very very close but well

23:53

done to all of you lot I'm still

23:55

leaving the golden helmet one because I'm absolutely

23:57

current it but I've had to make a

23:59

new team I'm

26:00

also starring Yuki Snowder. And then finally, my

26:02

final change, Alex Albon, Williams had a bit

26:04

of a stinker, but hopefully they can come

26:06

back this weekend. He's gone down 1.5 million.

26:09

And he's

26:11

only on for one race as well. So I've

26:13

got McLaren for five races, Yuki Snowder for free,

26:16

and then everybody else is for one, because after

26:18

that, I'm going to get back in the likes

26:20

of Oscar Piastri, Nico Hulkenberg, who's just missed a

26:22

consistency and fantasy at the moment. And

26:25

then maybe even one of the Alpenes

26:27

had Gazzi before and thinking about maybe

26:29

Gazzi again, but if his value keeps on

26:31

going up, I might avoid it because

26:33

what goes up at the same time

26:35

must also come back down. So I'm

26:37

thinking about the stocks and shares version

26:39

of fantasy at the moment. And I'm

26:41

going, I'm buying low, and I'm hopefully

26:43

selling high. Very business

26:46

mind aid. And I like it, you know,

26:48

I'm just going in of like, high

26:50

risk, high reward, having no rewards, and

26:53

just having all high risk. But I

26:55

think you've got some good picks there.

26:57

But Perez, I was debating. So obviously

26:59

I had four spaces left

27:01

in my team. So I

27:03

was debating Perez. But the thing is, I just,

27:06

although he's low at the minute, and maybe it is a

27:08

great opportunity, because eventually, you know, you might go up and

27:10

then get great points. I just didn't know

27:12

if it was going to happen or not. And I just

27:14

didn't know if I wanted to take that gamble anymore, but

27:16

too, too many high gambles for me. And I was like,

27:19

I'm going to try and play it a little bit safer

27:21

this time around. So it'd be interesting

27:23

to watch if Perez serves you well. And if he

27:25

does, I will be absolutely fuming.

27:27

Because I didn't buy him. I went

27:29

for Oscar Piastri. But this

27:32

is the thing, you have more money to

27:34

play around with. So you're always going to

27:36

have a stronger lineup, because essentially you can

27:38

just cherry pick, you know, whoever you want

27:40

in your team. And you've gone for some

27:42

strong contenders, I would say, go into the

27:44

Alpenes. I did put them in my team.

27:46

And although West of my knock-on did go

27:48

up 1.2 mil, I couldn't

27:51

buy Gasly. So I didn't even have the option to

27:53

buy Gasly. But it was between obviously Gasly

27:55

and Ocon. I said, I do want an Alpine. But

27:57

then I went for Ocon just because, yes, he...

28:00

can cause a little bit of chaos, but I

28:02

think he's good at overtaking. He is that aggressive

28:04

driver that he will make some moves. If the

28:06

Alpine stay consistent and stay strong for this race

28:09

weekend, then he should get me some

28:11

good points. But yeah, I brought in Nico

28:13

Hulkenberg. Like you say,

28:15

Mr. Consistency. That's a good one. I had

28:17

him out my team for a while. And

28:19

I brought in Yuki, put Yuki as my

28:21

star driver. And what a

28:23

rookie error. He ruined

28:26

it for me. Yuki, why would

28:28

you do that? So Yuki's gone.

28:31

Nico Hulkenberg's in. I got in Oscar

28:33

Piastri. He was sort of

28:35

my lead driver, if you call it, because

28:37

I couldn't afford anyone else. But it was

28:40

between Oscar and Perez. I think there was

28:42

like a one mil difference between the two.

28:45

So I've gone for Oscar. I've got

28:47

Nico Hulkenberg as my star driver. Españolcon.

28:50

Now, the next one, you'll be quite surprised.

28:53

It is Lance Stroll. But

28:56

now I shocked myself here because I said

28:58

the Aston Martins aren't performing. So why would

29:00

I go for an Aston Martin? But

29:02

I just didn't have enough faith in the

29:05

Saubers because I could have went for Joe

29:07

or Bottas, but I just didn't have enough

29:09

faith. And I think obviously Joe did well,

29:12

but he's gone up in value. That's another reason why I was like, oh,

29:14

well, maybe I'm not going to buy him. So Lance

29:17

Stroll will just have to suffice. And I already

29:19

had Alex Albon on my team because he's locked

29:21

in for one more race. But everyone

29:23

for the Spanish Grand Prix went down minus

29:25

Carlos Sainz. I had Yuki, my team, who

29:27

went down two mil. Fernando Alonso went down

29:30

one point two mil. Kevin Magnussen went down

29:32

zero point seven. And then Alex went down

29:34

one point five. So I had

29:36

a stinker of a weekend. And

29:39

now I've dropped down to seven. So

29:41

I'm absolutely female. Yeah, that does sound

29:43

like a bit of stinker. I was just having a look

29:45

as well just then at other people who

29:47

are dominating fantasy

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right now. And Sunha, for example, is doing

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really, really well. One hundred and thirty million.

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He went up six point seven million or

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they went up six point seven million in

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the last race.