You are listening to Mist Apex Podcast. We live F1.

Welcome to Mist Apex Podcast. I'm your host, Richard Ready.

Today we're going to cover all your F1 news and we'll ask, should we manage expectations for Mercedes?

Will Aston Martin bounce back?

What would Bridgestone do if they oust Pirelli and can spa remain on the calendar and more on this news-tastic episode of Mist Apex Podcast?

But first, I'll be asking my panel, what can Formula One learn from other motorsports can F1 learn from Le Mans, for example?

But we are an independent podcast, produced in the podcasting shed with the kind permission of our better halves.

We aim to bring you a race review before your Monday morning commute.

We might be wrong, but we're first.

We're joined in the shed by Matt to romp it.

How's it going, Matt?

I'm going to use the words Ferrari and strategy in a sentence and I'm going to use them sincerely.

Of course, yes, because there was a Ferrari car in Le Mans. We're also joined by Chris Stevens. How's it going Chris?

Hey, Smanners, I'm going to remind Matt that Ferrari doesn't actually run the Ferrari team in hypercar.

Okay, and we're not going to turn this into a Le Mans review. Don't make me break my promise.

We're also joined fresh from the barbecue from the buy car power has gone.

Good. It's almost requisite for there to be a 24 hour race for me to appear on the show now.

Well, I have a good habit of appearing on immediately after 24 hour race.

Well, I hope you're all in good spirits. And I certainly am because I spent yesterday being introduced to the Le Mans 24 hour for the first time.

And I have to say, I've never really sat down for the Le Mans 24 before or any kind of endurance racing apart from going to Silverstone to see a six hour race.

Which, you know, I've dipped in and out of it, but I've never sat down and tried to fully absorb an endurance race simply because I don't think I have that attention span generally.

And F1 race for me is always about right. You know, a couple of hours of Formula One action to cap off a weekend of a gentle buildup of practice and qualifying.

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