The Pinkbike Podcast: Henry & Levy's Post-Race Formula One Show – Bahrain Grand Prix
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Henry and I discuss the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix with special guest, Flavio Briatore, and we try to figure out how the heck Alonso is still so fast at 72 years of age.
We also have terrible opinions about the following:
• Max relaxing and Checo's mindset
• George calling people a "silly goose" while wearing a turtleneck
• Lance's first-lap dive bomb and broken bones
• Ferarri cooking tires and electronics
• Logan Sargeant, AKA Mr. America, quietly impresses
• Pastrami paying his dues
• Ocon's quest for 3 hours' worth of penalties
THE PINKBIKE PODCAST // EPISODE 170 - HENRY & LEVY'S POST-RACE FORMULA ONE SHOW – BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
March 5th, 2022
Ocon's quest for 3 hours of penalties
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Just my 2c.
I skip a bunch of stuff, it’s easy!
And the amazing part is, it’s all still free!
I’m paying too much for F1 commentators that give me a headache by the end of every feature.
Quinney (and Jalyon Palmer) prove you don’t have yell just because it’s F1 and you’re British.
For the record I’m a MacLaren fan
And no, I'm not going to breathe, dammit!
Matt Beer-F1?
Any connection there?
My old man, who at 90 is still driving sports cars with 3 pedals and has a barn/work shop full of things two and four wheels, gifted myself and my brothers with a passion for wheels. As I have to my sons. He also gifted us a work ethic, not a silver spoon.
This is relevant for a number of reasons on this awesome (mostly) PB comments section that we all love.
What the old boy taught me was tolerance and variety are pretty good things. We loved two stroke crotch rocket street bikes and rode the hell out of them. That was knee puck/leathers riding was adrenaline fun.
But you know what else put a shit eating grin on our faces too? Choppers. An entirely different kind of fun but strangely enough categorized as the the same sport. Mods and Rockers type thing for those that know.
Eebs are that for me. I love bikes and I'm lucky enough to own a number of them, DH, Beach Road, bla ba bla. I love my Eeb. Amazeballs!
But even in a fully eMTB legal jump line environment I have encountered and witnessed e-hate and vitriol. Dude, it's bikes. Have fun.
Re kids, Ya mine have grown up in the video game/iPhone world. It's not easy. Social media is a hell of a thing. But all that shit is a choice.
Mine are fit, they are athletic. One games, the other two not. The kids will be fine. They always are. And one rides an Eeb (N+1) He's lands jumps in manuals, I like following him, pure joy. The only way I can do that is on an Eeb.
I'm not giving up the adrenline fun the Eeb gives me. Ever. This "go hiking" if you can't handle repeated up lines is Bullshit.
Oh, and the train more thing? Moron logic at work..."Hey Nino, if you train harder you could be a DH Champion too!"
I f'ing hated climbing at 25 and I hate climbing now. It ain't changing. Ever. Jumping fresh is how you prevent crashing. Hello my Beautiful Eeb!
To Quote K-Mags Magnum Opus, - don't like my Eeb? "Suck my Balls!" In a nice way though, I am Canadian :-)
Now Jay, for the Love of God, Breeeeathe!
Signed, Your Bicycle Loving Friend, GG
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Now I do realize maybe it is just us over here (and the Brits maybe) who are getting bombarded like that. For a good while, I knew next to nothing. I knew his dad was competing in F1 too for a while. All I remember is that picture of his car being alight because they had been messing with the refueling systems so that they could refuel faster. f*cking idiots. Trying to gain fractions of seconds at the peril of their mechanics. About ten years later, we had also designed and built a car. Not for F1, just for solar car racing. Shortly before our departure to Australia we had a series of test drives on a closed track. I wasn't driving, I was just the mechanic working overnight preparing the car, preparing toolkits, spares etc. I slept during daytime so I had no jet-lag whatsoever once we arrived in Australia
I guess the thing that annoyed me most was the Sportsmen of the Year election. Nominees were Harry Lavreysen, a pretty dominant track cyclist who did well too at the Olympics. Niek Kimmann who has already been dominant ever since he became an elite BMX racer. Knocked over an official at the Olympics (who crossed the track without watching) during training, crashed, cracked a kneecap, walked back to check the official, eventually still won gold. And Max, lands a car on top of his rival, doesn't even bother to check, eventually goes on the win his first series overall just because of a nonstandard decision by the officials. Max becomes Sportsman of the Year. As apparently a true sportsman doesn't care about his fellow racers as much as his dad didn't give a damn about the health of his mechanics.
So yeah I see my rant may be primarily aimed at Max but it also bothers me how the sport of F1 seems to be held in disproportionally high regard with respect to other sports. Some could say this goes for soccer too but at least it is a sport that connects, gets people out there and do something. It is something any kid can try and do. Same for having a blast on a pumptrack on whatever rolls. F1 car racing, what does that give kids to learn and aspire to? Those with the money may be able to get into go-kart racing but otherwise, computer games are probably the closest you can get.
So sorry Love of God, I'm still not going to breathe. Dammit!
I've had the opposite experience to you being held up on steep sections by an E rider. A dude literally rolled up to me and a riding buddy, started slamming ebikes and rode off...we followed him down the jump line he took, he was slow and skipped the gap jumps. Wow. So per normal folks have different views and experiences.
I think F1 does give kids something to aspire to. Big time. Either as a driver, an engineer/technician or one of many other facets within Motorsport. Racing drives innovation. Racing drove bikes to what our current marvels are, in any discipline. I am very thankful for racing! It inspires education, travel, hobbies, fitness, friendships, man, the list goes on and on.
Re gaming, the F1 driving games/sims are crazy fun and addictive. I wouldn't know anything about that though. Not a thing.
As for the F1 Podcast, I'm thumbs up, you're thumbs down. A drop down tab should fix that, no? Click or don't click.
Cheers.
We have different views on racing cars and I accept that. We can't argue about what we like or dislike, it doesn't make sense. We can express it and that's it. We did that, it is fine now. And indeed, I initially just asked (in my first post here) for a F1 filter just like they have an e-bike filter. I don't have the e-bike filter enabled but would engage an F1 filter. We do all like bikes so let's just celebrate that here. Cheers!
I'm that kid inspired by F1/Motorsport. It shaped my education and pretty much everything major from there.
I think the 2nd Old Fashioned I had got the Red Mist turned up to 11 when I projectile vomited my keyboard diatribe. God help me if I ever have a third. That ain't happening though, I'm cut off at one now.
Ride On!
GG: "Let's talk F1."
V: "Nah, I don't fancy."
GG: "But ... F1 ... cars ...F1 ... exciting ... F1 ... F1 ... "
V (ears covered): "lalala ... can't hear you ... lalalala ..."
GG: "F1 ... Max ... Hamilton ... tarmac ... pits ... F1 ..."
V (head under pillow, muffled): "LALALAAAAA ... !"
You really like to listen to that? It is torment. Do you even do ethics, bro?
You guys seem like you’re about there by now..
And I don’t think my sense of ethics can really stop this, so, I’m gonna grab some popcorn.
I did misread your initial post.
You still gotta Breathe though!
Do you know of any good F1 Podcasts I could listen too?
Still not going to breathe, dammit!
Enjoy the ride!
I haven’t filled my quota of downvotes for the week, so I have a suggestion.
Could you guys do a NASCAR podcast too? You know, for e-bikers.
Tongue in cheek is the essence of the comment section. I love it.
Oh sorry sorry sorry I didn't mean to be unfriendly at all. Just couldn't contain myself. Sorry again, I'll show myself out. The discussion was nice while it lasted (it really was), but I shouldn't be here to discuss motorsports.
Have a nice day all of you. I'll escape from under these armpits, shield myself from that wind, and finally catch that breath
Oh. Motorsports. I thought you were speaking of Mtn bike vs E-bike pits..
One smells like Axe body spray, the other smells like musk cologne. And baloney.
You decide..
Please, come up for air, and when you’re done, come back to the armpit.
GeneralGroovus needs you. I need you. We need you..
From F1 on an MTB website, to a cinematic master piece adapted from a literary classic, we have achieved PB harmony.
Ride On!
..nicely put
Yes we have.
1. F1
2. e-bikes
You guys were bagging on Gasly for crying once? George Russell always looks like he just finished crying
Oh thank the powers that be..
If I get a few milliseconds of a glance at something that isn't loosely bike related, I’m leaving PB forever for a pay site.
I’d cough up $29.95 a month not to see anything that wasn’t remotely bike related.
Maybe you guys could give a few seconds to “bicycles in the F1 pits” for every podcast.
I be a PB fan for life!
Now if you can get Riccardo as a guest this side-cast would be just too much fun.
SUPER psyched for FA the legend though!! Master class.
As an Aussie it really hurts to see Oscar end up in McLaren the way it all unfolded, no fault of his own and to have an absolute tractor that doesn't even finish the race. Get rid of Zac, he's a cancer.
PS, love the new F1 podcast, but how can you get two of these out in one week and sometimes none on bikes for many weeks?! Anyway keep the podcasts going even if they are about F1!
Genuinely funny insights.
Here's my meeting some F1 drivers story (actually relevant to MTB): Was waiting at the shuttle pickup in Rotorua at the end of 2017 and started chatting to a couple of guys about the trails, both generic looking MTB riders in helmets and glasses and pads etc. Both had very nice Treks. Didn't recognise the first guy but when the second guy spoke I recognised his voice and thought "he sounds like Brendon Hartley", so then I had a closer look at the second guy and it was fricken Daniel Ricciardo!
I blurted out "holy shit I just realised who you guys are" which made them laugh. I didn't geek out or hassle them for photos and just chatted some more, I even hassled them about taking it easy because aren't they technically Red Bull athletes? Then I wished them both the best of luck for the next season, especially Brendon as it was going to be his first full year.
They had just been to Waiheke for Brendon's Marriage (which made me wonder why he wasn't on his honeymoon and instead was at the bike park with Danny).
Then I think other people started to take notice and they decide to ride up the hill instead of coming on the bus. Fair enough too because on the bus some dickheads were a bit loud saying things like "Ricciardo! he should be f*ckin on here with us", like they were owed something just because they were famous F1 drivers.
I think they were enjoying their anonymity and I'm glad I restrained myself and let them enjoy their day out on the bikes.
During the Pinkbike Racing Podcast last year F1 came up regularly during the podcast when comparing the elite world of DH racing and DH bikes and F1 and the technology that goes into F1 cars.
Yes, discussing F1 is off-topic but it's still racing and I think there is a lot of overlap in the DH fanbase with the F1 fanbase. I could be wrong but I really enjoyed the Pinkbike racing podcast and I loved these last two podcasts about F1.
Since I didn't see a Pinkbike Racing fantasy F1 league I created one called "Bucket Boys"
fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P4FYLJRK602
It's open to the public so if anyone is interested in it's out there. Maybe Pinkbike could sponsor some podium prizes for the fantasy league... Long shot I know. Nevertheless, I think it would be a fun thing to do until World Cup racing starts again.
For example the Hope Lotus bike?
@mikelevy you asked who’s going to be killing it this year, my vote: Dany Ric! Why….he’s funny as hell, he’s my fav and he is going to make crap load of money on the sidelines collecting from his contract payout for the year, plus his salary as a reserve driver.
But with the cost of e-bikes this year, he still won’t be able to afford more than one
2. 100% has to be called The Petrov Flap
3. "You'd set up a hot dog stand at a race riot"
4. Please also do a Tour de France podcast
What's the next tinpot-side-project - Park Talks Printing?
Come on Brian 4 hours of you waffling on about 3D printing has to be a match for how interesting and relevant this content is on a mountain bike site.
@brianpark please entertain the initiative
I like a good acronym, I think the podcast should be called The Henry and Mike F1 podcast, with HaM FOne as the acronym. AKA the "ham phone" podcast.
I love that they are doing an F1 podcast, it's a passion project and they are having fun with it. #LETSGOOOOOO