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Look at where we are. It might not be an F1 weekend, but we've decided we're pushing the boat out.

We've actually just broken into someone's house and we're in their lounge. Yeah, it's just their lounge. It's a very nice lounge now. Elbing LB lounge actually stands for lounge. That's how it works. Lounge breaking. I don't know. I don't think that's going to work. No, no. It's not going to catch up. Okay. Rebrand. We'll come up with something new. Today's quest is how many topics can we get through until the person who owns this house comes in and sees me What are you doing here?

It's a new game show.

We don't know when they'll come home.

Yeah.

We break into it. topics can we get through until the person who owns this house comes in and sees me

what are you doing here it's a new game show we don't know when they'll come home yeah break into

your house from a record a podcast and leave the worst crime ever committed well and also it's

lovely to see you both but I am very much seeing you both like it feels like an interview but

I'm being interview because you've got the two on your side you Can you shut your eyes? Oh, thank God, that's better. Now we can't see me. Good one. Shall we crack on with some F1 chat? Because we've got a lot to get through. We might not have an F1 race this weekend, but we are going towards the end of the season, so plenty of discussion points.

Some news on Audi coming up a little bit later on, Red Bull about whether their 2025 focus

might hurt them in 2026. But let's start with Oscar Piastri, because speaking on the far inferior

Beyond the Grid podcast, sorry, what did I say?

Oscar Piastri called his Baku weekend, the worst weekend I've had in racing.

As to why it went so wrong, he described it as a combination of quite a few things,

including his performance at the previous race in Monza and the position swap that happened

between him and Norris at that Grand Prix.

Firstly, Sam, are you surprised to hear him admit this in what is very much a championship fight right now?

Yeah, I am surprised.

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