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Welcome to Miss Daypex Podcast. I'm your host, Richard Reddy, but my friends call me Spanners. So, let's be friends. Don't worry. It's not a Spanner's heavy episode because we're going to be catching up with Mike Cawfield, former Chief F1 strategist. And Matt will have a bunch of questions about the strategy in 2026. And you know tyres are going to feature heavily for you Tire fans. We're also going to catch up with some news stories if we have some time,

and we've got a few of your voice notes to discuss as well. And when we fail to get to any of that,

don't worry, we'll catch up with it on Sunday. We are an independent podcast produced in the

podcasting shed with the kind support of our patrons and partners. We aim to bring you a race

review before your Monday morning commute. We might be wrong,

but we're first. The person who knows about strategy stuff on our team is Matt to Rumpets.

Hello, Matt. Hey there. Yeah, I'm actually really looking forward to asking Mike if just crossing your fingers and hoping it all turns out right is a strategy. And if that's not a strategy, what are we calling what Ferrari is up to right now? Ask him, ask him right now. Here's Mike Colefield. Hi, Mike. Hi, guys. yeah, I mean, yeah, if we're going to jump straight into that one, I can take that.

I might have done it a couple of times in my life. field. Hi, Mike. Hi, guys. Yeah, I mean, yeah, if I want to jump straight into that one,

I can take that. I might have done it a couple of times in my life. So, mine was more the,

when I was sat at the back end of the field, it was like, I've got to try something.

Yeah, wait. You knew it wasn't going to work, but right as well try it. Wait till you can see

the whites of their eyes, boys.

Matt, we've got loads to explore with the strap.

Where do you want to start with 2026 so far?

Because I know the energy has taken up a bunch of our thinking and our time and our speech and podcast.

But really, we haven't touched on the tires

because we've managed to have an Aston Martin induced safety car at both changeovers.

So come on, Matt. You must be chomping at the bit to ask about tire stuff.

Well, I am very specifically. There are two things to consider. One is the tires are

slightly different. And then the loading is the tires are slightly different and then the loading of

the tires also quite different from the previous rule set add into that the energy stuff and a lot of

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