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No race coming up this weekend, but of course another episode for you, a few days outside of the Italian Grand Prix.

We're fully expecting last week, of course, we had Lewis Hamilton contract news immediately after we recorded.

Sam, what's going to be announced tomorrow?

I reckon that we'll be doing a race on the moon in 2024.

Bernie was around.

That's great input, Harry. Good. Glad you're here.

What? Because I laughed at what you said.

Yeah, but add something. That's how we do these intros.

You had something. You just said, we're going to have a race on the moon. That's the worst point you've ever made. I got to have a no point at all. I'm unwell. I'm allowed to make stupid points. I reckon the Andretti new team news is going to come on Thursday. Oh, that's a good one that. You can add that to... Andretti are already on the list, don't they? Add them again. FIA can go on there as well for just anyway. Pollitt Racing's coming through. Pollitt Racing. I really wanted to happen. I know it's not going to be. I really want it to happen. Right. What's actually coming up on today's episode before we get the influx of breaking news out tomorrow. F1 order, please.

We're going to be playing that a little bit later on. Andrea Stella, unhappy with the McLaren duo very nearly crashing at Monza. The Hass line up will finally get an opportunity to talk about

how that was confirmed

for 2024. We got there eventually with that news. But let's start with some spiciness,

because despite the fact that the Italian Grand Prix was very spicy, the comments around the

Italian Grand Prix, maybe even spicier.

Lewis Hamilton had some words to say on the lead up to the race.

He was talking about Max Verstappen and his teammates.

He had the following to say.

The narrative that goes through the media, you know, when I qualified half a second or six tenths of a second ahead of Valtrey. They didn't say the same thing as they say today

when Max qualifies six tenths ahead of Perez. It's blown up much, much more. And in my personal

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