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It's the first of a double sprint race two in a row. I swear ladies and Jets, I'm going to try my best to remain calm and composed.

Speaking of calm and composed, Sam's not here. He's at a wedding again. What's he was doing?

Well, he loved the last one so much. He's gone to another one just to... He's gone for the other half of the

sausage. He's going to finish off his little bowl of mash. Yeah, I know. Well, firstly,

it's a pleasure to be here for it not to be me missing for once. It's good to see you,

mate. Thank you.

Gosh, I mean, September was rough, but I'm back with a vengeance.

And Sam's not even here for this one.

So, no, yeah, sorry, folks.

He'll be back on Saturday for the old sprint review.

Callie whatever crap, we're going to call it now.

There's the title, Kirsty. Yep. But also, we're currently looking at our producer, Kirstie, and the bottom half of her cat. Which has almost been a permanent thing for the last 30 minutes. Yeah. It's a weird, it's a weird evening. But anyway, what we're talking about, Ben? Good question.

What are we talking about?

We'll be discussing who's under pressure for the Qatar Grand Prix.

A big thank you to the FIA, which might be, honestly, this might be the first time I've ever said a big thank you to the FIA because they've approved Andretti on a Monday, giving us plenty of time to chat about it on a Wednesday episodes. Thank you very much for that. As a result, you make the sheet. And we're also going to be,

of course, discussing the events of the Qatar Grand Prix. Can Max Verstappen win the Grand Prix in a sprint

race? Let's kick off with that because he can win a third straight driver's championship in a sprint race.

That is entirely possible.

In fact, you could call it probable.

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