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Welcome to Mist Apex Podcast Mailbag episode.

I'm your host, Richard Reddy,

but my friends call me Spanish, so let's be friends.

It's 2023 now, so I am declaring that this is now the pre-season instead of the off-season,

at least in Mist Apex Land. I believe I have that kind of authority and power,

because last year really felt like a long, long season.

And I found myself at the end of the season being glad that the race cars got parked

for just a little while. It was that intense a season. I was glad to finally leave the shed

and see my children's little faces for the first time since pre-season testing,

because in the olden days, in the before time, in the long, long ago that even Uncle Steve

can remember, F1 seasons used to just go by in a flash. They were gone, and we would be begging for

more. But nowadays it's a tsunami of races in your face. Wave after wave of triple headers,

double headers, extra sprint races, all coming at you, and then finally the mercy of December comes

around, and you can wipe F1 off with the warm, sweet towel of the off-season. But that has passed

now. That has gone. I've had my Christmas dinner. I've popped my new year's poppers. I even held

out my bolsa for El Dea, Delos, Reyes, Mugos. I am cleansed. I am rested, and now I want my F1

cast back, so I'm declaring it pre-season here at Mist Apex. So let's kick off by answering your

mail bag questions after reminding you that 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.

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