Ben Sulayem re-elected in landslide victory! | Podcast Ep 969
The Parc Fermé F1 Podcast
The Parc Fermé
4.4 • 713 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
02:47 McLaren's Recent Success and Fan Reactions
05:30 Concord Agreement and Its Implications
08:26 FIA's Governance and Financial Stability
11:03 IndyCar's Super License Points and U.S. Open-Wheel Racing
14:06 Historical Context of IndyCar and F1 Relations
23:54 The State of IndyCar and F1
28:28 Audi's Entry into Formula One
39:56 MBS Re-elected as FIA President
43:34 Navigating FIA Elections and F1 Dynamics
45:58 Lando Norris: Triumphs and Controversies
48:29 Disrespect in the Paddock: MBS and Lando
50:49 The Prize-Giving Gala: A Season's End Reflection
52:47 JPM's Commentary and the Future of F1 Broadcasting
56:37 Albon's Cats and Lighthearted Moments in F1
58:36 Mailbag: Yuki's Driving and Race Penalties
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| 0:00.0 | Steering wheel. |
| 0:01.1 | Claps a steering wheel here. |
| 0:20.9 | Kim, steering wheel. Hey, hey, steering wheel. Somebody's called to give it to a... Come on! Whoa! Do you like that, say, please? Do you like it? How the f*** this is possible? I'm driving like a grandma. Get that Ralph, did you hear me? Ralford. Brow, acknowledge. Come up. |
| 0:21.3 | Close it down and kill him. |
| 0:22.6 | We've got a lunatic on the track. |
| 0:24.1 | Down the Harkestay. |
| 0:24.9 | All right. |
| 0:26.3 | Boys and girls, your attention, please. |
| 0:31.7 | Hello and welcome back inside the purp for me for podcast number 9669. |
| 0:39.9 | Max's favorite number 69, that is. This not now a k a negative camera you know i've asked you here you was convinced to villagers |
| 0:45.3 | that i'm harmless that's not asking too much is it hey tonight for your kind consideration we're |
| 0:51.1 | going to cover the top five new stories of the week before doing that that, of course, I have to introduce my guest, which means I've got to go all the way to the right coast of our nation nestled near our nation's capital. You know what you love her. The lovely, the redoubt of all. Grace! Grace? How you doing? Look at you. Huh? Look at that. How about to hear? We've got some applause. |
| 1:13.8 | Woo. |
| 1:16.1 | You're getting the hang of this, Lando. That's awesome. Hasn't happened since 2008, Grace. |
| 1:23.4 | I will say that, you know, as much as I found the three races in a row back-to-back exhausting as a fan, at least you guys didn't have to live with the two weeks of me and the doldrums of the like, this isn't going to happen. It's great. There's a classic McLaren. We're going to get so close. It's going to get ripped out and it's going to get ripped out of my hands by Max Rastapin of all people. like, you know, great. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, very excited that it happened because, yeah, it would have been pretty sad if it didn't. I would have just gone right back into the doldrums and I would have never seen my support for this team again. But we didn't. They won. You won. You won last year, Constructors this year, both titles. |
| 2:01.6 | That's right. |
| 2:02.6 | Yes. |
| 2:02.9 | Right. |
| 2:03.2 | We're back, baby. |
| 2:03.9 | On a roll. |
| 2:05.1 | You know, it's not easy. |
| 2:06.7 | And if you're newer to the podcast, Grace has been a long time, McLaren fan. |
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