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Hello and a very warm welcome to the late-breaking F-1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hocking, back on this mid-week Wednesday.

And there's no F-1 this weekend, which is a bit of a shame, Sam, but equally, not that it will come out to you guys in this exact order.

We've been recording for five days in a row, so you must be absolutely sick of me.

No, no, no, no.

I think actually it's the gift that keeps on giving.

I think, you know, we are the one constant in the Formula One world.

So we must keep doing the good work and bringing great Formula One concert to the people. What are we going to talk about tomorrow and the next day? We're going to

run out things at some point. We'll find something, Meg. We'll find something. Something will

come along in a Formula One package. Yes, that's what we love to see.

Good astounding in the first minute of the show. Pretty much. Coming up on today's episode, we've got a game of F1 overrated and underrated coming up. We've got Miami and a bit of a wrap up there of what happened at the weekend. A few things that we just need to put a bow on. McCarron and Ferrari, increased competitiveness at Miami. How long can that last for?

Who do we like the look of out of the two coming out of that race weekend?

But let's start with the return of V8.

Return of V8, Sam.

That's interesting.

It is interesting.

I saw a great meme the other day, which applies perfectly to this,

which, you know, Kirstly, maybe you can use on socials, which will be, um, man you hate most makes great point. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. And I was like, damn it, Ben. Damn you. Not you. No, no. Ben. Mohamed Ben. Um, I hate that you've come up with this idea because it's really good. I'd. I'd be here for some V8s. You know, I've rang into the comments. There's a lot of big phrases going on, like 1,200 break horsepower, screaming engines, lack of energy efficiency. And I'm thinking, this guy's ticking some good boxes here. But I think he's got a little plan

up his sleeve, which I'm happy to get involved with in a minute. Yes, because whilst we have

V6 hybrid engines at the moment, they will only stay for a minimum until 2030 or 2013.

Mohamed Ben Suleim, the FIA president, would like to go back to V8 engines.

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