#77 | 2026 GP Japan

[Music] Welcome to another episode of the Forecast One Podcast and a small disclaimer beforehand. I made it, I messed up a little bit this time so not only did I first release Roam scores on Instagram, I also got the timing wrong for our guests in Europe they've changed the the hour so I'm sitting here without any single note which might actually add to a little bit of fun to the podcast. Sam how well prepared are you? Well I'm about probably as well prepared as you are Anton. But I think that we both enjoy chaos since we're F1 fans so excited as always to talk. Here for the chaos let me introduce our guest Julie is joining us the owner of Proud F1 Mama on Instagram. Julie can you tell a little bit about yourself first before we start talking about this race weekend? Hi everyone thank you for having me well as you said I have the Instagram accounts Proud F1 Mama and I am quite some group chat experts on my say. Yeah those are very very fun to follow actually I've been following you for a long while and it's it's very nice to finally have you on as a guest for the podcast in what is to be a interesting Grand Prix to talk about and unfortunately after this we're gonna have a little bit of a pause because all the April races have been have been skipped so so let's focus on on this one Sam and I'll I'll we usually do a couple of quick fire questions right so let me do those and ask you first of all who's the driver of the day for you? That's one thing I was prepared for because I knew you were gonna ask me that question but I think I'm gonna go with Piaestry for this weekend I think that the fans chose him as driver of the day and deservedly so it was nice to see McLaren up on the podium but more importantly this was his first real race I guess technically for the season and I think it was a pretty solid result considering. Good shout Julie who was the driver of the day for you? I had the same actually it made it it made a few races but when it came back what a comeback straight to podium so yeah I will go with off-car as well. Well you both picking the same driver that says enough I think he deserves that driver of the day trophy and Sam with that I want to ask you surprise of the weekend? Surprise of the weekend I you know that's actually a really good question because this is one that I don't think I necessarily prepared for so I think off the top of my head the biggest surprise would actually be the crash with Bareman I think that we're seeing and we'll talk about it obviously in more detail in a little bit but the entire energy deployment deploying and conserving this was this was a situation that really played into that and it was quite dangerous and I would say that that was probably the most surprising thing of the weekend for me. Yeah obviously that crash was the biggest surprise but if I may lighten the mood I will say the Asimov team finishing a race. Right yeah I think that's it that's a more positive note going back to some of the more negative notes I also always ask both of the guests what's the disaster of the Sunday so Sam you already mentioned Bareman there so I don't think you should go for something else. Surprise was you know initially this idea with the quick fire questions was surprised the weekend being something good and so let's see how you turn disaster of the weekend or the Sunday actually. Oh my goodness what is disaster of the Sunday. Let's go with you can mention me if you want for releasing the wrong scores on Instagram I mean I'll be fine with it. It's funny that you see that preparations for the podcast. You know what let's go with that because I must say like the I received the results or I received the notification and I was very eager to see what the results were and then suddenly they disappeared and I was like I think in myself where did they go but let's go with that Anton I think that's a great suggestion disaster of the weekend. Julie the agree with Sam. Oh yeah I will say that as well. Sorry. Yeah no you know I mean sometimes credit where credit is due but it's also it works the other way around too right so I did mess up and I'm here to put things right so I think let's get a little bit into into scores and talk a little bit about the stats for this weekend so we had 1179 players for this weekend and an average score of 37.4 on the correct version of the score so that is that is pretty decent I would say we had a winner from Kenya this weekend Kennedy Soita and we had a share P2 Timothy Beardhoud from Switzerland and Bert Vinker from Vinckeers or he from Belgium both scoring 72 and a half and the winning score was 76.5 actually so very good results over there and then I usually ask what the top players from which countries were I'll ask that to Sam in the meantime I will check what the answer is because I haven't written that down so Sam top three countries for this weekend. I love I actually really like the fact that we're a little unprepared because it's interesting but I'm different right? It's a little different isn't it I'm gonna go with Kenya as the top country I'm going to say second let's go with Spain although I'm a little hesitant in my answer and I'm going to say Argentina for third. All right well Kenya was correct second came Italy actually and Spain came third which is interesting because actually on the other end of of forecast I mean we're also doing motage GP predictions and there since the second race of the season we've seen a small switch actually it's not dominated so much by Kenya but both the race last weekend in Brazil and also this weekend although the actual race still needs to still needs to take place while we're recording for this podcast but we have a top three well last weekend out in Brazil the most amount of players from motage GP came from Indonesia where motage GP is obviously very very popular Italy on second and the UK on third and this weekend again Indonesia second Italy and third Spain so it's interesting to see that whereas the Kenyans have been dominating the the forecast well amount of players but also actually with a Kenyan winning this weekend in Japan they have been dominating but seems to be Indonesia we also have an Indonesian leader of the championship there so so very very interesting but yeah I think it's time also to look a little bit at our own scores and being unprepared as I am I have not yet looked at but I just heard from both of you that you were already checking on Instagram what your scores were so so Julie what did you do you have any idea how many points you scored and tell us what your podium was for this weekend. Okay so my spot you could move George then Kimi then Charles so not a lot of points on my hands 41.8 I'm looking at it right now you're right and that got you P431 if I'm not mistaken exactly at least at least well I mean it was good that you had that you had Kimi on second at least that way you scored some and actually with Charles on third of course you got that one right so still decent amount of points I'm just looking at the other predictions yeah you scored well you had okay you had points you had 0.75 points for Gasly you had a few points for Hamilton you scored four points for Hamilton and okay yeah for Stupin you had on P7 I see so US P8 you're still scoring two points for that not too bad after all I think you're in the top half of the forecast rankings for this weekend so it could have been it can always be a lot worse and I'm seeing now Sam Sam what was your podium I have no idea where I ended up let's just start there I'm seeing that actually the three of us we had we had the same very podium all three of us we all went with Russell on Tonelli Leclerc actually interesting okay so we all got Leclerc right which is good and Sam I see you had you scored 38 points 37 and a half actually and that you P603 for the weekend so not too far off but just slightly beaten by Julie and I'm still looking for mine haven't checked yet I see both of no okay actually I scored 46 points not too bad with the same podium but I had scored a few more points back okay going to Hamilton Norris. Alright. Well, I got P238, so not too bad overall. - That's not too bad. - I think all three of us did, all three of us are in the top half of the score. So I think that's, I think well done to all of us. - Yeah, and still a long way to go. - Yeah, well. But may I give a quick shout out to Timothy, who got T2 and who is on the French courthouse, on what's next? - Yes, very nice. - Very nice. - Very nice, very good results. Actually, there's not that many people from Switzerland who play for us. So always nice to see somebody from one of the countries with not too many players end up high in the scores for any given weekend. I'm also looking now at the overall scores and Jason Bavolato lost his first place. He is now on P8. We have a new leader in the championship from Italy, Sebastiano Sartore, from Italy. And he has 190 points clean on the hook with just 1.6 points behind him, Raul Aguilar from Spain. And then we have a Kenyan in third place, Eric Meina, who has 188 points. So of course, still early days for the season, but things are still very, very close. We don't have anybody with a big lead yet. I haven't looked again. I mean, this podcast is gonna be just a repeat of me telling that I haven't looked at things yet, but I'm just checking now where we all are in the standings. I'm seeing that myself, I'm P147. I shouldn't have started with myself. I shouldn't have started with Sam. Sam is P960. Sam, you're in the top 1,000. - I have no words at this point. What's that? - No, no, nothing. Let's go to Julie. - Oh, that's fine. - Julie, actually, she, oh, thank you, Julie. I hope it looks. There's only one way up, hopefully. - That is true. I mean, you're giving yourself a little room for improvement for the remainder of the season. So that's definitely a positive take from it. Julie, you're just slightly behind some. You're on P1099. If everything does turn out that I've calculated things right now, yeah, I think you are P1099. So there's still, do you remember where did you end up for the championship in 2025? - I don't remember. Honestly, no grades. - Okay, okay, well, very close to me, actually. You were P154 at the end of last year. I think I myself finished P134. So we're only 20 places apart from each other. And I think you're so careful Sam. I will catch you. - We have a lot of time to do it. So I love the competition. - Both of you might actually still catch me. I mean, I'm afraid that from here on onward, I mean, I started the season, I think on P101. And from then onward, only started dropping down. So if that trend continues and you guys keep on scoring points, it might be very ugly for me at the end of the season. So we'll see about all that. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - All right, so let's get into the weekend a little bit. Let's talk about qualifying first, Sam. What were your main takeaways from that season? Or do you wanna talk about the practice sessions first? What you're free to talk about anything you wish? - I'd love to get into qualifying. I mean, I think that we're looking more at a pecking order at this point in time when it comes to or having a better idea as we continue into the season of the pecking order and the strengths amongst certain teams and Mercedes definitely secured a one-two lockout for qualifying. So I thought that that was something that was definitely noted. Kimmy again, securing pull. And actually an interesting stat is that for every driver that has secured pull position on March 28th, they ended up winning the World Championship that year. So I thought that was interesting. - I don't know. - What an incredible-- - How many different drivers did so? Do you know that too? - I think I can find that out for you actually, if you give me a second. - I think they say it's four on the broadcast, right? - Oh wow, okay, that's actually quite a few. - I believe you're right, Julie, it's Lewis, Jensen, Mika, and Nigel Mansell. Each have won the World Championship when they secured pull March 28th. So that's an interesting stat. - It is an interesting stat. I just, if I was Kimmy, I wouldn't sit back and trust fully on the execute. - Of course not. - Through this, but it is an interesting stat. It is interesting anyway, Dad. I think last race, when he put it on pull, I think a lot of people said that yeah, and George had engine issues at the start of Q3, so he was a little bit lucky, but I think this was, yeah, this was really on merit. Were you surprised, Julie, that Kimmy was quicker in George? - Yeah, I was actually a bit surprised, but in a good way, because now we know that we have a real fight and not just George flying us with the championship. - Yes. - That's true. I think we also, what was really interesting for qualifying is that we saw McLaren being able to show some strengths in terms of their result, Piaestry, Finishing in Q3 and third. I thought that was really interesting. And also, what I've seen in terms of consistency is Linblad. I mean, who would have thought that he comes out as a rookie and he's been, he's managing to do quite well over the last few races when it comes to qualifying? Again, finishing in the 10th and essentially knocking Max Verstappen out, which I think was probably the biggest surprise of the qualifying session altogether. - Yes, very impressive performance from Linblad, not only from Linblad, but also from Hajar. I mean, both those Red Bull and Racing Bull drivers, finishing ahead of Verstappen was definitely one of the shooks, if you will, of qualifying. And also, again, Pia Gasly, make it up to seventh, even, but very strong performance from him. It seems like O'Pene is really not where it was last season. And they're doing quite well the start of this one, Julia. Being French, how do you feel about that? - Yeah, I feel good about that. There is actually a good surprise of this season so far. He seemed happy with his P7 and did not expect much for the race, but honestly, he had some great battles with Max, so that saves a lot. And yeah, for Isaac, I'm really impressed by his performance. Honestly, this season so far, he outqualified Max, so that's a win. And even Franco did quite good, honestly, in this qualification. - Yes, and talking about French teams, French drivers, moving to the Sunday, actually, O'Conn also managed to score a point. - Yeah. - And actually, Limblatt and Lawson were somewhat reversed, because Limblatt doing well on the Saturday, but Lawson scoring two points on the Sunday, which, and the same, actually, for Verstappen and Hajjar. Verstappen scoring points, Hajjar didn't. So, I guess, they're raising bulls and Red Bull things were reversed from the Saturday to the Sunday a little bit. Of course, that was all partly due, because of, I guess, mostly because of the safety card that we had for the bearman crash. And Sam Jorri talked about it when we opened this podcast, I think, going into the Sunday, that's one of the main talking points. It was a nasty one. I think, you know, no one was happy seeing how bearman was even struggling to walk after he got out of the car. I think we heard afterwards, he has no fractions, any of his bones. I think probably must have taken a pretty hard knock. Good for him that there's no back-to-back races, and he has a month to rest, because that will help him somewhat. But it was a nasty one to see. I think, you know, I understood that commentators were talking about, you know, that small little movement to the left of Colopinto. That's what made him surprise him a little bit, but I don't think Colopinto was really to blame for anything. But, but, nasty one to see, Sam. Yeah, I completely agree with you, Anton. When it comes to Colopinto, I would not blame him. I think that this really rests in this entire energy deployment, and I think we're seeing a situation where based on where they were on the track in itself, based on exactly what was happening with Colopinto, obviously attempting to conserve his energy and the opposite with bearman deploying. It's a recipe for disaster, in my opinion. I think we've vocalized in the early stages of trying to go into the changes for this season with an open mind. Although I was in excited to see any adjustments and see how that translates on the track. The further we get into it, the more hesitant I am that this is really something that I think overall is going to be quite beneficial during races. This was an example and thankfully like you mentioned, Oli was okay. He was able to walk, although he did limp away, but it leaves a question. I mean this is the third race. We have several races left on the calendar. Several tracks actually that have the ability to cause even more problems of something like this happens. I definitely think that it's an important conversation to have and I'm more than interested to see how this continues to evolve and if there are going to be any adjustments whatsoever if there could be adjustments and any possibility to prevent something like this from happening. I just don't know if that is the case. Yeah and no I completely agree and just going back a little bit on that crash actually, you know, strategy wise, Julie that was quite a bit, not that was also a hit for Piosri because he was obviously leading. He had pitted. It looked like they made the right decision to go early, keeping Mercedes behind, making sure that Russell wasn't able to undercut and Russell himself just pitting just one lap or two laps just before that happened. Of course also that turned out quite unlucky for him. Of course, you can't look into future and determine these things, but yeah, the one to snatch it away because of that somewhat free pit stop was on Tunneli. Do you think that Piosri would have had any chance, would you have stood any chance of actually winning that Grand Prix if things wouldn't have turned out with the safety card Julie? Well it's a tricky question because we will never know, but actually McLaren's strategy was a gamble and it paid off. They were right. At the end they were right to do it, but who knows what will Russell be able to do if it wasn't for the safety card? It impacted a lot on drivers, that safety card, but it was so good. It mixed up the whole grid. And was it surprising for you to see that actually it was Piosri who wasn't, I mean, and Norris of course struggled throughout the whole weekend. He had troubles in almost all sessions, I guess except for qualifying, but in all practice sessions, he didn't really get a lot of running time and wasn't the back foot. Actually Piosri being on the back foot for the beginning of the season as well, not even starting any race so far. So McLaren did seem to struggle a little bit, but actually, I mean, still, yeah, we could have debated whether Piosri would have been able to win that race to come out second. I think it's a very decent result. And Norris also finishing ahead of Hamilton, and even though I guess fifth place is not really where he would have liked to finish it, was still, I think there are some positives to take away from that Sam. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we have yet to see McLaren truly be able to finish a race, and this was the first time. And I think that I was a decent result considering the fact that we've seen a lot of a lot of team struggle in terms of pace and keeping up with Mercedes and then alternatively Ferrari at this point. So I think from McLaren, it was a pretty decent result. And I think for Piosri, it was probably the most that he could extract. I think I agree with Julie in the fact that you never know what could have happened with that safety car. However, there definitely were some advantages for some drivers and some disadvantages for others. And I would also piggyback off of that and say that Russell clearly was one that did not or was not able to see any benefit from that safety car, especially pitting right beforehand. True. I think, well, I mean, we already mentioned Gasly on qualifying, but not only did he qualify 70 finish the race seventh as well, scoring six points again for Alpine. I mean, he had a good weekend overall. I had him actually, I predicted him to finish. I think I had him on ninth. If I'm not mistaken, I think I went with I went with Hulkenberg eight, Gasly, ninth and Portoletto, tenth. I mean, that hasn't happened for a very long time. I think throughout 2025, I've not put any Alpine in my predictions. And I'm steadily putting Gasly there now, which I think for me is one of my meters on how to measure, you know, how good the teams are doing. I guess I should have put in a racing bull there, which I didn't. But yeah, all in all, I think, another topic that Sam touched upon, our regulations and everything, I think there's a lot that have been said about it. I think there was a statement released by the FIA also after the race where they talk slightly about reviewing a little bit more and thinking about it. It didn't really seem very definite that they're actually intending to change anything at this point in time, which to some extent is, to some extent, I do understand because I mean, you start with a given set of rules at the beginning of the year. You don't want to change them too much during the year, but on the other hand, I think that people are voicing a little complaints and I think some of them are very grounded. I mean, in terms of qualifying, I mean, we've heard LeClaire who had a decent weekend, actually, if you measure things up, but all together, he was very annoyed and felt that the things that he is good at, breaking late and taking a lot of speed into corners, but that way perhaps not actually building up the energy that other cars do by breaking more. He feels he's being punished for his strength and his strength should actually be something that should translate into being quick on track, but actually the opposite is sometimes true. I very much understand that complained and I think there's many more complaints that are not really being broadcasted. I think we hear far fewer radio messages. It was interesting to hear the one from Albon coming through actually after qualifying because I think that was a bit indirect. It was also a punch below the belt to the FIA. I think there's a lot of things. Sam, you and I have talked about it in our previous podcast. That would be interesting, Julie, to hear from you. What do you think about the new regulations this season? To what extent are you enjoying them? To what extent do you think that actually brings good racing? I'd be interested to hear a little bit on that front. Yeah, there is, again, even tricky question because this new regulation, I'm not really that familiar with every technical technicality of this regulation. But what I was like, I was able to say was as a fan, point of view, who do not know every bits and bits about this regulation. They're sure is more overtaking. But at the same time, all we hear from the driver is that they have to manage the battery and most of them are not really happy or do not seem happy with everything going on. And if you had the fact that we had this big craft today, which could be due to this new set of regulation, I'm not really happy about it because the drivers are not happy about it and it can cause this much damage and this kind of crash if nothing changes. But it's nice to be able to watch a Grand Prix with lots of overtaking, but the feeling of happiness fades away really quickly because let's say that Max overtilt Pierre, but then you just know that Pierre is about to overtake him again because he has more battery and Max cannot do anything to defend. So this kind of situation, I don't know, I enjoy watching F1. Let's just say that. And this set of regulation is, which they seem like they have not been thought through, if that makes sense, because with the craft we had, and the statement Carlos gave about, you say, basically he said that the drivers said before that this was going to happen and it did happen, so they do not seem very happy about that, obviously. So yeah, I still enjoy F1, but I don't know, if nothing changes, I think we'll have more about those dangerous situations in the near future. Alright, so let's get into the quiz, but not before we pass by one of the questions that I always ask that I skipped this episode. So let's go back Sam and Julie. I always asked how many people predicted the correct podium. So we had 1179 people playing the game. Sam, how many out of those went with Antonelli, Biostery, Leclerc in that exact order? You know, I don't think a lot of people did, but I'm gonna go with 15. Oh, I will go into say 100? Well, actually, I'll have you that with everybody, well, I mean not everybody, but a lot of people predicting a 1, 2, 4 Mercedes and of course some people switched them around on Tonelli winning Russell II or Russell winning on Tonelli II. But there was only one person that went with this order on the podium on Tonelli, Biostery, Leclerc. And that was actually Bert Vincier who finished second, so then even got him the first place, but yeah, only one person. So that means actually Sam is closer, means that Sam, I'll have you kick off with the quiz. And I've heard beforehand from Julie that she's taken this very, very seriously. So Sam, I suggest you're on top of your game for this weekend. We will start with Tonelli, of course, winning this Grand Prix. And how many people do you think went with Tonelli winning in Forkast 1 out of the 1179 people playing the game? I'm gonna say 812. Oh, I'll say 650? That means that Julie scores the first point because I think there was far more people that expected George Russell to win. So it was only 140 people that went with the Tonelli win, means that Julie is closer to the right answer. And it's 0 to 1 and that means Julie, you're also up for Oscar Piazzri on P2. How many people went with that? Oh, I would get not that much. Let's say 30? I'm gonna say 11. Sam, I told you to be on top of your game. You really need to step up a little bit because it's two points to Julie and 0 to you. It was still 84 people that went with Piazzri on P2, which actually surprises me a little bit as well. I did not think that many people would do so, especially not with me saying beforehand, most people went with the Mercedes 1,2. So maybe that was a little bit misleading, but then again, you both had that information. So not misleading to anybody in particular. Sam, you're up for Leclerc on P3. Okay, I guess I better increase my prediction here. So let's go with 172. I'm gonna go with 224. Nice. It was 452. So that's another point for Julie. I do see that you actually take this very, very serious, which is good. I'd like to see it that way. Russell on P4 is for you. Russell on P4. Not many people. I'll say 4. I'm gonna go with. let's go with 87. Well, it was more than the 4 that Julie went with, but not that many more. It was 12 people. So that means, Sam, you're still on zero. I don't know what's happening. I mean, I sometimes cheer for your opponent, but it's not like I don't want you to score any points at all. So I'll have you go at Norris on P5. Okay, no pressure. Let's go with 65. Well, a little bit of pressure. A little bit. Okay, 65. I've written that down. I'm gonna go with 112. Why not? 112 is closer to 290, which is the right answer. And 65. So it's 5 up against 0. And Hamilton on P6 is for Julie. Let's see if you can keep this going. Mother, pressure is on me. Let's say 283. Okay. I was gonna go lower than that, but I keep hesitating now because clearly the numbers are increased. So I'm gonna go a little higher and I'm gonna say 301. Well, that means the remainder of this quiz is just for shits and giggles because Julie already won it. It's 6 against 0. 283. This is probably my worst point. Well, I mean, it might be. You can still get score 4 points, but the 283 from Julie is 111 away from the right answer. But the right answer was lower. It was 172. It's maybe a tough one to take, but let's see if you can get a score point. Let's see if you can get a point for gasoline. Okay. Let's go with 123. Okay. That's right. That was around the number I was going to get to give. Let's say 83. Why not? It was 42. So that means 83 is still closer to 142 than 123. And of course the only one I missed is the French driver. Sam, do you want to continue? And so I'm you're loving this. I already know what this is the first time that I think that I haven't even had a single point on the board. Julie, you are definitely a strong competitor. That's for sure. Well, thank you. You're doing a great. I usually need to tell the first time guests that they will get a revenge on Sam later on, but I think it will be the other way around this time. I think it's very clear. It will be the other way around. Let's see how we finish off for stopping on P8 is for Julie. Okay. Mark. 279. I'm at a loss now. My game is entirely throwing up, but I'm going to say 212. Yes, seven. You got your first four in the house. At least I didn't end this segment with a zero because that would have been that would have been a hard one to take. I know it was 109 people that had first up on P8. So yeah, that means you're also up for loss and the only racing ball scoring points on P9. I'm going to say 54. 42. 42. All right. That means actually Sam, you score another point because the right answer is 77. You're, you know, you're starting up a little bit late, but this is this is good. Keep this going. I'm going to be with one driver left. Okay. Yeah, well, just trying to say some nice things here because I feel like I'm bashing you all the time. I shouldn't be so. Oh, no. How can I see if you can let's all right. Well, I'll go back to bashing you then. I'm called for a Julie on P10 31. That's a good guess. I'm going to go with 26. That the right answer is 71. So 31 is close to the right answer means we finish this quiz with two points for Sam 8 for Julie. Congratulations on your first play against Sam. Very well done. Well, thank you. Congratulations. Did very well for your first time. So well done. Definitely. No, and it's nice to it's nice to it's a nice way to review a little bit. You know what people went with what they predicted and talking about. Yeah, thinking about predictions. I mean, we have a month time to think about what we're going to do. I mean, the Miami sprint weekend is only at the first weekend of May. So no races in April at all. That means, yeah, that means, you know, there's some suspense. Sam, what what do you think about all that? Well, I think from a prediction standpoint, it's going to make it a little bit more intense because now we have two less races on the calendar when it comes to our results. So that's my first thought. But I also think that, you know, of course, it's unfortunate as a fan, but I understand, you know, that these things have to for the safety is probably a wise decision. And then we look ahead to Miami and I think that we have two sprint race weekends back to back because we have Miami and then out of that we have Canada, which of course, maybe slightly biased. But I'm very excited for it. Hopefully I will be able to see that in person. But I think that sometimes there is if there is a delay at all, it'll just make it that much more exciting and will be that much more eager to look ahead for Miami. So. That's a good point. That's going to be interesting to have a first print race in Canada. But yeah, like you said, it's even further away. I mean, there's a lot of time to. There's long pause from predictions, actually, for those also predicting MotoGP. We also have the race in Qatar cancelled in April. So it starts again one weekend before F1 does. But there's a big break in prediction. So I guess time for all of us to review our performance for the start of the season a little bit. And Julie, to what extent are you looking forward to Miami? What do you think about the track? What do you think about having a sprint weekend there? Share your thoughts. I'm really looking forward to Miami, especially after a month without F1. From the predictions points of view, it will be a tricky one. First of all, because it's a sprint race. And then because I'm getting that a lot of teams will bring improvements and will work on their cars in April. So I am looking forward to see what they will have done and how they can affect the performance of the cars and the championship. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. Also, it's a nice track. I think it's a recent one. But also I have great memories from that track for the past few years. I've never been there, but from what I watched on my TV, the first Lendo Win was a big moment for me. So really looking forward to it. That's right. That was the first Lendo Win. That already seems a long time ago if you talk about it like that. But yeah, I think you're right. It's an interesting break. Because yeah, of course we have summer breaks. I think this one is about as long or even longer than the summer break. But there of course, there's restrictions for the teams to work on their cars and now there are snow restrictions whatsoever. So that is actually indeed very interesting given and going to be interesting to see how that evolves and how teams get back and how competitive they are. And if the field is going to be a little bit closer, I guess some of the teams at the forefront are happy with this, but definitely teams at the back as well. I think for teams such as Estemart and Cadillac it's a good time to make some improvements. And Williams perhaps should be mentioned there too. I mean, of course, science score points in the previous race, but this weekend was, I don't want to call it a failure, but it wasn't a great weekend for them. So yeah, interesting to sit out or time a little bit. In the meantime, I'd like to thank you, Julie, for coming on the podcast. It was very nice having you. It was very nice to talk a little bit about F1 and also very interesting to see you play the quiz. Thank you for having me. It was my pleasure honestly. Well, we'll see each other next time. We certainly do. Bye.