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Welcome to the Checkered Flag report. This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould and we're here talking Formula One. David, great to be with you. It's Monaco week, one of the all time great events in Formula one. We're not going to put any other track down, but this is the one I was aspiring to ever since it was in black and white on Wide World of Sports. It is the crown jewel, as they say, of racing. And it's, you know, in modern times it's, it's more of a spectacle than a great race. The setting, you can't, you can't get a better setting than Monaco. It's beautiful. It's on the water. It's a city track so people come out in their balconies to watch. It's, it's, it's a wonderful thing. It's a great race. I guess the first thing I would ask you, and we want to thank our presenting sponsor, F1 on Apple TV Live and iMax. The Monaco race that. Have you got all of your tuxedos lined up for the week's event? I know you don't want to double up. Maybe you are wearing the same thing, but it's just a different version every single party. Because, man, I'm telling you what, the dance card is interesting and I guess that would be a focus point for me in regards to all the things that go on. How deeply are they involved? We're talking about the drivers because they're the ones that have to have their heads in the game as everyone on the teams. But from your standpoint, the ones you have to make appearances are the ones that have your name on it in regards to the sponsorship. Yeah, I, I think that, you know, it's such a spectacle and there's so much money that's coalescing around this race and really frankly, in, in, in F1 in general that the drivers cannot just hide. Do the sim, you know, have a protein shake and go, go to sleep. They're, they're going to have to be part of the promotion because there's just too much, too much cash involved. And, and I know we're probably going to get to it later, but did you see the Gucci car? And I think if I'm not mistaken, the guy who owns Gucci is the same guy who owns Louis Vuitton, same company, he's the CEO, that multi billionaire and they're probably, that's why they've spent so much money doing this stuff because you're going to see LV all over the track. And when are we going to see your Gucci racing shoes, David? That's what I'm looking forward to seeing next. I want to remind everybody F1 on Apple TV Live and iMax, a Monaco race. Feel every turn, every overtake, every heartbeat of Formula One like never before. On June 7, experience the legendary Monaco Grand Prix in IMAX where the cars are bigger, the sound is louder, and every moment puts you trackside from the tunnel to the harbor. See racing's most iconic street circuit on the biggest screen possible. One race, one weekend, one massive iMac experience. Get your F1 on Apple TV Live and iMax tickets now to experience all the heart pounding action at Monaco on June 7th. Tickets can be found@imax.com you know, if you're landlocked and you cannot get to Monaco, IMAX is the way to go. There's nothing like that experience. It's massive. You feel immersed in the race. So go. And it's six. The Monaco is at 6am It's a little bit early on a Sunday, but it's worth it. David, one thing I would say follow us at lvcheckered Flag. At lvcheckered Flag for all the insight, but with this in the IMAX experience, you're definitely in the pole position. I'm going to just leave it at that. So let's talk about where we're at in regards to Monaco. So people know that this race initially was held in 1929. This is a 78 lap race, 2.074 miles. The first world championship for F1. It was held in 1950. So you can see how progressive the Principality was and their investment in Motorsports since 1929. It's okay, Dave. David, take us back to 1929 and you're hopping in one of your, your automobiles to go run the streets of Monaco. That had to be great thrill. And also the people that did that, the people that came out to watch it were saying there, look at these people, they're out of their minds racing like this. Yeah, and I would say compared to today's drivers, and I certainly no disrespect to today's drivers, but those guys back there in 1929, they, with all, you know, lack of a better expression, they had a pair, okay, they, they really had guts because those cars were dangerous. They were going at speeds even though they don't reach these days, speeds these days. But they had no protection. The tires were thin. It was really, it was, it was nuts. Those guys were daredevils. This is Chuck Hayes. With David Gould. And we're on the checkered flag report talking weekly Formula One. Okay, so they've had 71 RA, held three different opportunities to compete on what they would call the Monte Sigur drivers. That's Chiron Beretta. Leclair. Circuit length again, two miles and 2.074 miles. Ayrton Senna, six wins, five poles. Charles Leclair is their. Their hero. He has eight race wins in regards to Ferrari and what's going on. So from your standpoint. And it looks good in the tuxedo. Yeah, no doubt about that. And one of the things that I want to make sure that everyone knows is that this is the return of F1 to Europe. And I think with the World cup coming to la, we have kind of a flip script, if you will, because now the intensity level, we talked about the pressure. Already hearing rumors out of the Cadillac garage that maybe there might be a change. Why is that happening? Are they setting the tone zone for something that someone's not happy with? Could we see maybe a driver's change as we continue on? Because when we go through Monaco, we then go to Spain, we then go to Austria, we go to Great Britain, Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, back to Spain, Baku. And that really is the core of the European run. Yeah, I don't know what's going on with Cadillac or what. And these, they. These teams generally keep things kind of cryptic. They announce something, you don't know if it's a driver. You don't know if they're just doing some really, really minor tweak to the engine. But I will say that if you notice today in the news that Mercedes just did the. The After Monaco, they closed a loophole that where they. I guess Mercedes was exploiting something with the electric power and had a little bit of an advantage. They found. They found something and now they're going to. The F1. Officials are going to rule and say that they can't do that anymore. And then, you know, considering that Russell and Kimmy are in the lead for driver standings and Kimmy's got four wins, Russell has one this year, and they're pretty much dominant. You got to wonder what kind of difference that's going to make. Chuck Hayes with David Glue. I just want to clarify when I said about Charles Leclair, not 8 Monaco wins, 8 race wins in F1 in regards to him and his relationship with the principality, because from that standpoint, there's a lot of pride. These gentlemen are like local heroes. They see them all the time. I'm not saying they're in the grocery store together, but they're out and about. They're going down to their yachts, they're on their motorbikes or in their classic cars. Social circles, you know, it's all part of that. And it's. It's one of the things that you see, and it's exciting. And I guess if I'm. And as you mentioned about Kimmy, we have to keep remembering that Lando Norris won the poll last year with a poll run of 1 minute, 9.954 seconds, and he was also the race winner. So where there's a lot of attention in regards to these drivers and what's going on, we have to remember, as Lando reminded everybody. Yeah, he looked in the mirror, he said, I'm the world champion. I thought that was kind of interesting. Yeah. You know, he. McLaren is not doing well. They lost badly last. Last race, and Zach Brown was not there in attendance. Why? Because he was at the Indy 500 with his team there. And you got to wonder if the guys may be spread too thin. They made some decisions in the garage that were a little questionable, and had Zach been there, would they have made those decisions? A lot of questions and. Yeah, you know, when you're. When you're world champion. And if I remember correctly, he locked it up really early, and so there was no, you know. Well, I think McLaren had that runaway. It was just a matter of going to be him or Oscar. Right. In regards to how that was going to be. So maybe, as they say, and maybe they're running luck when it happened in Vegas with the double dq really is his tone setter. So Dave's newer, rapidly approaching our box, box, box. Coming up in the next 30 seconds. It's interesting to note that F1 made a rule that now the two stops for this race has been eliminated. Yeah. And so while we're gonna box, box, box, and we come back, we'll get more in a Monaco. I just wonder how everyone feels about the tweaking of the rules and how things go. That's the required two stops. They can still make two stops. Oh, certainly. But if you do that, you're going to be in the background. Right. But they don't. You don't have to. Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Follow us at lvchecker Flag. At lvcheckered Flag. For all the great Formula One content, we want to thank our executive producer, Coach Harvey Hyde, Football Promotions of Nevada, for the sponsorship. And stay with us. Welcome back to the Checkered Flag Report. This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould. We want to thank our presenting sponsor, F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX, the Monaco race, for the sponsorship of these segments today as we talk Formula One. Okay, David, let's get after it because we talked about Indianapolis when you mentioned Zach being there and how important it was. There's only been one man, one driver that has won the Triple Crown in motorsports, and that's Monaco Le Mans and the Indy 500. And that gentleman was Graham Hill, the only driver in history. He won in Monaco. 63, 64, 65, 68, 69. He won Le Mans in 72, his first try at Indy. He was the winner in 1966. So the last time we were watching, there was a podium moment in Canada where Kimmy Antonelli was the winner. And standing next to him, second place, Sir Lewis Hamilton. Yes. And on the third tier, the lowest tier, was Max Verstappen. Seeing that snapshot in time, thinking about Graham Hill, are we looking at Kimmy Antonelli through a different lens now because of the history of the sport and the fact that he's 19 years young? Yeah, it's, it's crazy with him, and I certainly wish him all the success in the world. He's a fantastic driver. And as we saw with the, with the jousting with Russell last race, he can, he, he can go elbows out, too. I mean, he's, he can, he can, he can defend, he can fight. He's, he's got the, all the chops. But I do look at drivers by. As part of their success is how they handle loss and what, how they recover from loss. And Kimmy has had a pretty straight shot to the top. He's been going for two or three years now, and you know, he's been knocked out of a couple races, but it hasn't been terrible. So now that he's on, he's on top, he's leading in the points. He's won four races in a row, which is, I think that's the first time a rookie's ever done that. You got to wonder what's going to happen when he has. There's. It wanes a little bit when he has a little lull. We want to remind everyone the rise of Kimmy. Year two, 2025, he was 18. He finished seventh overall. He had his first podium in Canada. He scored 150 points. Yep. Year two, 2026, in five races, four wins and 131 points. So that's pretty amazing in one year to have that much of A rise. And so I'm asking when you saw Max at 18 and you see Kimmy at 19 and what Max went through to get to this point, all sudden now we come to Monaco. The storyline is not Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton is Kimmy Antonelli. Yeah. And let's not forget that Toto picked him out of obscurity. He did not, he did not race in F2, so he was completely unknown. And you know, tip of the hat to Toto for recognizing raw talent. Yeah, I, I don't know what he's gonna, what his, what his long term prospects are, but they sure look damn good now. And again, if you look at guys like Hamilton, look at guys like Verstappen who have had problems over the length of their career, yet they are great champions. It's, it's, you know, Lewis being a seven time world champion and, and uh, Max being a four time world champion that is defined them and now how they recover from that is at least for me, at least for me, it's what I find interesting is because it parallels life. We want to thank our presenting sponsor F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX the Monaco race. And so when you mentioned that, David, the lifestyle that these drivers are in, it's a little bit different from the karting world because every time you step up, you're the secondary race or you're involved in this or, or that. This is where the light shines brightest. And any little thing, as we saw last week in Montreal where everyone said this is George's weekend and I'm wondering as a 19 year old, if I kept hearing that my teammate, this was his weekend and I had won three in a row, would that annoy me or would that perplex me or what would be your thoughts? If take you back to when you're just the guy in the car and you, you know, you're having success but everyone's saying, well you were lucky here, they had a safety car here, you had this there and maybe you shouldn't have won. But he goes out there and takes care of business, the relationship. And I've said this before with you when we talk about this, I want to have a great show with you. Yes. But we're going into that corner. I want you to break first. I'm going to be the guy that drives in deeper and this is something that's going to build week in and week out for Kimmy and George. Well, welcome to F1 because this is the environment you live in. And so far Kimmy's doing quite well. But as I mentioned before, the stress of maintaining that over a career is great. And it's hardly. It's highly unlikely you'll be able to keep this pace up for, you know, indefinitely. So. But one thing that dawns on me about Kimmy, like, if you didn't know it was him driving that car, let's say you didn't know who it was. The guy's driving like a veteran and he's driving like Max, you know, a guy who's, who's, who's diving into the corners and trying to cut people off and really, you know, fighting for the advantage. And then he gets out of the car and he takes off the helmet and you're looking at a kid, and he even talks like a kid. I mean, I'm not. No disrespect, he's a he, you know, but he is a kid. And it's. You know, we joke about how his mom drops him off at the track with a sack lunch, but it's, it's true, you know, Kimmy's. It's just. It just makes. It's just kind of crazy. I want to remind everybody, F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX. A Monaco race. Feel every turn, every overtake, every heartbeat of Formula One like never before. On June 7, experience the legendary Monaco Grand Prix in IMAX, where the cars are bigger, the sound is louder, and every moment puts you trackside. From the tunnel to the harbor. See racing's most iconic street circuit on the biggest screen possible. One race, one weekend, one massive IMAX experience. Get your F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX tickets now to experience all the hard ponding action at Monaco on June 7th. Tickets can be found@imax.com all right, so we talked about the pressure. It's all economic when you get to a place like Monaco, because all the ones that F1 has recruited to be involved are showcasing their backgrounds and their. Their investment, and then everyone that you're trying to recruit is there. And there's also a situation where we've talked about the top of the grid. Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Alpine. And congrats to Alpine for the new Gucci sponsorship. But the people at the bottom, yeah, that's a lot of stress. David. You're an investor and everywhere you go, you're seeing 0.0. It gets a little bit old after a while. Yeah, it gets a little old. And while you say it's all about economics and yet in a way it transcends economics at Monaco because Monaco is the kind of place where money is no object. Yet these people are putting big dollars into these sponsorships and they're expecting results of some kind. You know, 0.0 is. And frankly I don't think it looks good for F1 in general when you have that kind of disparity between the lead cars and this, this body of no people at the bottom and even in the middle it's a little bit. I think it drops pretty radically after the fourth place. So you put yourself in the position of Cadillac with Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas. Yes. Both veterans, great drivers. They've had the life experiences. Red Bull went through it with Sergio and then he took a year off and then he came back and the celebration for him as a hero for the off season, the fact that he went to Dodger Stadium during their great run and threw out a first pitch with a guy that didn't have a ride. It is interesting to see that. So from that part of this are they paying them in regards to. Part of that is handling the startup part of this and being able to have the maturity to come in and think about the difference if you were 19 year old and you were driving for Cadillac and you were pressing all the time because you just didn't have the right car. But Botas and Perez have been through these battles before. Yes. And they can handle the anxiety. They're getting paid, I would say as much to drive the car, but handle the growth experience. Sure. I mean they brought in veterans. They didn't bring in guys from F2 or F3 to, to jump on this, this rookie team. But you know, I think that's part of, that's part of being a new team in F1. You have to adjust and assimilate to a certain extent to the conditions that, that it, it's, that's there and it's high stress, it's big dollars. And again, it's sort in many ways it does transcend money because you can throw any amount of money at it and it still doesn't make it better if the formula in the, with the, with the drivers, with the team, with the principal. Isn't right. Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Follow us at LVCheckered Flag. LVCheckered Flag for all the great content and there's so much great insight, not only the history of F1, but what's going on currently and the way this sport is covered. You know, as a person who is a motorsports fan, I never knew that it was covered in Europe. The way it is. Yeah. And it's day to day. It's seven days a week, much like the top soccer stars in the world. Everything that goes on in regards to these people and in regards to their teams and the passion of the fans and we get to see this and we get to celebrate it. And why? Because ultimately, when they come to Las Vegas on the weekend of November 19th to 21st, it's really a celebration. We want to give a lot of credit to the folks in Miami, Montreal, coming up in Austin and then of course in Las Vegas for the North American run on this. So we want to remind everybody our presenting sponsor is F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX, the Monaco race. So, David, we get ready to box, box, box. For this next segment. I want to set the tone for where are we at in regards to this part? And I'm going to let you take it through. I'm going to set you up with a manufacturer and a driver, and I want you to tell me what you think they're going through as they come into Monaco in regards to this European segment. Because as we mentioned, when you get back into your home countries, and the one thing that's still a little bit disappointing is that we don't have an F1American driver yet. And that's kind of gone by the the wayside based upon the last experience. We're going to box, box, box. This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Stay with us. We come back, we'll talk more. Formula One specifically. Welcome back to the checkered flag report. This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould and we want to thank our presenting sponsor, F1 on Apple TV, live in IM the Monaco race, for all their support. And follow us at lvchecker Flag. At lvchecker Flag. Okay, David, so now we clear through. Everyone's back. They've slept in their beds in Monaco. They've made sure that the yacht is taken care of for their victory party, if you will. Everyone's on the same page. They're, they're all settled in, but then we have our, what I would call our hauler meeting, where everyone is settled in. They're out of the hotel rooms now. It's just the teams, right? We're on the teams, we're wearing our colors, everyone's ready to go. And when we look at the constructors standings, It's Mercedes with 219, Ferrari with 147, McLaren with a hundred, Red Bull with 57, then Alpine with 35. Kimmy at 131 is the leader. George Russell for Mercedes, 88. And then you have Charles Leclaire with 75 for Ferrari. His teammate, Lewis Hamilton, was 72. Lando Norris McLaren, 58. Oscar Piastri, 48, McLaren. Then Max Verstappen with 43. All right, here we go. David, which of these gentlemen is feeling the most pressure, other than Kimmy Antonelli? Because anytime you're the lead dog, they're all chasing you. Okay? Yeah. Is it George Russell in Mercedes? Is it Charles leclair and Sir Lewis for Ferrari? Is it Lando and Oscar, the dynamic duo, the world champion, lando Norris from McLaren? Or is it Max Verstappen from Red Bull? Normally, we'd be asking questions and watching Max finish third. Yeah. And he didn't finish third closely. Yeah, it was back. Kimmy. Kimmy got him. He really beat him. Yep. Hamilton a little bit better. So from your standpoint, who's got more pressure this weekend? When you're looking at it, you're an objective person. You know how competitive these people are. Is it the one that won the last time? Is it the one that thinks he should win every time? Is it the guy that all sudden looked happy to showcase to his mom, hey, Mom, I finished second. Look at me. What are your thoughts? I think that the pressure has got to be on McLaren. It's got to be on Norris and Piastri, especially Norris, since he's the reigning world champion. And that doesn't change until it changes. It's. It's. I think that they're. They are having problems with the. With the team in general, with the cars. I think. Think the other drivers. I would say George is probably under a lot of pressure. However, George is still in the hunt, and George's. We don't know if George. How well George would have done last race had the power unit not knocked out on his car, which is. These things happen. These cars get more complex every single year, and that means there's more to go wrong. So I don't think it's. You know, I'm sure that George is hungry. I'm sure that George is disappointed, and he's probably agitated, but I don't think he's got the same kind of pressure that Lando has, because I think George can solve it. There's still possibility of solving it. And when you look back there at Max, okay, Max is a guy. If you watched him last year, he came in two points. Two points from taking the driver's championship from. From Lando, and he was. He was about 100 points back or more. So he did. He, I. Max is, I'm sure is, you know, Max is always hungry. Max is like the, the assassin, you know, he doesn't have these kinds of feelings other than I'm gonna go out there and do whatever it takes to win. So I don't see him under a lot of pressure. That is abnormal. So that's, you know, and, and Lewis has done, you know, Lewis's thing has been kind of out of the middle of nowhere and you got to wonder, is it the new cars? What's going on? Because he's been out of it for several years. He has not done terribly well and he's not the kind of guy that screams and yells and throws the collar guard on the car. Poor George. Sorry about that. But you know, he seems to be putting, you know, getting, getting places this year. So that's, that's kind of my analysis of it, of people that are, that are, you know, and Kimmy, you know, I don't know what to tell you because who saw this coming? This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Follow us at lvchecker Flag. At lvchecker Flag. And we want to thank F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX. The Monaco race. Feel every turn, every overtake, every heartbeat of Formula One like never before. On June 7, experience the legendary Monaco Grand Prix in IMAX where the cars are bigger, the sound is louder and every moment puts you trackside. From the tunnel to the harbor. See racing's most iconic street circuit on the biggest screen possible. One race, one weekend, one massive IMAX experience. Get your F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX tickets now to experience all the heart pounding action at Monaco on June 7th. Tickets can be found@imax.com all right, so you've just laid out what I see and I guess the news that everyone got that the situation with the power unit of Mercedes is equalized now. Yes. And the fact that there's not going to be any zones for overtake that they're just going to use it. There's no wing, there's none of that stuff that they're going to do at Monaco. They don't normally they lay it out the area where you could have the overtake and yeah, there. But the question again rises in regards to this facility, Monaco hosting this race where you have the harvesting situation. We don't know how that's going to work. We've heard about it in certain areas where the car basically took over and the driver had no opportunity. Is that something that they looked at in this track and said, we want it in the hands of the driver. Well, I'm sure that they, it came across their desk because this is a short track, comparatively to the rest of the world, and there's a lot of, there's a lot of braking zones. So I, I think that that is the, the harvesting issue is going to be a big one. And I think that's, I think that that's probably something they really want to let go for entertainment purposes, you know, for, for like, let's make it competitive, let's make it real, let's stop. You know, I see F1 is constantly in this push pull thing, like, how much do we limit it, how much do we tweak, how much do we put in rules that, that, that. And then when do they actually start making this not fun to watch? Chuck Hayes with David Gould. We're talking Formula One. Why? Because Monaco is such a huge weekend, and we encourage everyone out there to follow at lvcheckered flag. We want to thank Coach Harvey Hyde Football Promotions of Nevada for powering the fastest hour in radio. All right, so we're here. The whole world is there. We've watched an inside of how things go and the pressure that goes along with, with these, these people that are in this circus, if you will, that the travel the world and, and do the best that they can and keeping it together. Can you imagine the meeting, first of all, the driver's meeting after the sprint race. Yeah. Where Toto had to come out and go, well, we'll figure it out the next, I don't know, 18 hours or whatever, which I thought was hilarious, because if you haven't figured it out by now, it was, hey, I'm gonna call Zach Brown and find out what he did right. In regards to, to Oscar and, and Lando. But the meeting on Monday or whenever it was held after, maybe he did it on the, on the jet back from, from Canada, where, where Kimmy and. And who's advocating on behalf of Kimmy right now, is he got someone whispering in his ear, A guy. And, you know, Fernando Alonzo, Aston Martin represents a lot of drivers. Oh, yeah. And that's his second business. Yeah. For that. So is there a wily veteran like Fernando telling Kimmy, hey, look, this is what they're going to try to do to you. I don't want you listening to it right now because of what you're accomplishing? And then again, does that create that situation, as we've talked about, where you had a Joe Montana and a Steve Young, two exemplary Talented athletes who, who ultimately couldn't take being next to each other, standing next to. You know, every time they take a picture, they took it by team. So when they do a formal picture, they want them together. They were in LA for the launch of a Mercedes car. Right. They were together. In fact, Kimmy was riding a bicycle in, In Southern California. And David, I'm a little bit disappointed we didn't get the invite. I'm seriously. I don't understand how that didn't happen down on the 6th Street Bridge. Yeah. Which, I mean, if you were to ask me a question like, okay, where are you going to run into Kimmy Antonelli and George Russell? Oh, they're gonna be on the 6th Street Bridge. Yeah. Right. Really? Is that really happening? So from that standpoint, are we at a point yet where Kimmy can say, no, I don't want to do that. Are we there yet where he's saying, hey, we're gonna ride together in the car? And I'm gonna like, no, I'm not gonna do that. I'll get a later. I'll get a later one. Where are we. Where are we at in regards to this? Because I can feel this anxiety building. Yeah. I think Kimmy will do anything that Toto tells him to do. And that's just the way that Toto runs the team is there's just no, there's no topping him. And then there's this other kind of arrogant display between team owners. You know, Toto's a rather subdued guy and then puts in a couple of jabs here or there that are very, you know, he's very German. So it's very precise and low key. And. And then there's Zach who's like standing on top of a dining room table with a champagne bottle with the team surrounding him. You know, there's this very different styles and a lot of it, it is, it's. It's psychological. It's a. It's a big, you know, kind of a finger to you or a finger to me or whatever. That kind of look what we're doing kind of thing. So I'm excited about F1 on Apple TV to be able to give the insights because the pressers are going to be covered better. Yes. And we're going to hear about all the little insights because as we saw in F1, the movie, we saw the questions that come from the international media, which are very focused. And, you know, Max, like, put the microphone down and I'm not going to answer that or I don't care to do that, or Louis just smiles and handles it. Max has earned the right to do that. Lewis, although he doesn't do it, has earned the right to do that. Kimmy has not earned the right to do that. And, you know, when you're that young and you're on a team like Mercedes with a, you know, I won't call him a control freak. I just call him a very determined winner. Toto Wolff, you will. You will fall into line. Want to thank our presenting sponsor for the checkered flag report, F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX, the Monaco race. So, David, we're gonna box, box, box. We come back, we're gonna go through the grid after Monaco. And this is Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Thank you for joining us. Follow us at lvchecker Flag. At lvchecker Flag. We'll be right back with you. Welcome back. Final segment, Checkered Flag Report. This is Chuck Hayes with David Gould. Want to thank our presenting sponsor, F1 on Apple TV Live in IMAX, the Monaco race this coming Sunday. And follow F1 on Apple TV Live to be able to get all the best inside. And we'll see what our friends in F1, whether or not they have a little bit more fashion sense coming into Monaco, because I imagine they're gonna up their game, as everyone does when we get to Monaco. Okay, David, I want to take you through this now. After Monaco, we have round nine, June 14th in Spain. And then following that, we have round number 10 in Spielberg, Austria. And then the great weekend, round 11, Silverstone in Britain on July 5, then round 12, there's a couple weeks off, they go to Spa in Belgium. And then we have round the 13th of July 24th in Hungary, August 23rd in the Netherlands. So that's that European break. And then back to Italy on September 6, then Spain, then Baku, Singapore, Austin, Texas on October 25, and then down to Mexico on November 1, then Brazil on November 8, and then back to Vegas, our favorite, we love you, Las Vegas. Viva Las Vegas. Saturday Night Race, of course, on November 21, before we end up wrapping the season up with Qatar and then Abu Dhabi. All right, David, let's look at a podium from your standpoint, and you can either do it by manufacturer or individual driver. Whatever floats your boat in regards to this, because I know that boat in the harbor you're looking at. I'm just wondering if Jeff Bezos is going to sail in for Monaco. What do you think? Has he got his slip already reserved? Well, I think he can afford to do anything he Wants he could be moored out and take a water taxi. Ian and whatever boat for the other boat for the bigger. Yeah, whatever, whatever he wants to do out of the drivers. I would say that it's going to be interesting. I think Max is going to do well in this race because once you, once you establish an order, it's very difficult to pass in this thing. I, I, I've referred to as the conga line because it's, it's the, it's a dash to the first turn. And then very rarely, unless there's a safety car or some kind of crash in the front does the lead change. So I think Max has got it. Why? Because Max is great at diving in the corners. That's his specialty. He's got, he's got a lot of guts and he finds a way to take the apex a little bit differently. And when the driver in front of him goes slightly wide, he dips, he charges right underneath and, and generally can take them. We want everyone to feel every turn, every overtake. That's F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX. The Monaco race, every heartbeat of Formula One like never before. On June 7th, experience the legendary Monaco Grand Prix in IMAX where the cars are bigger, the sound is louder, and every moment puts you trackside. From the tunnel to the harbor. See racing's most iconic street circuit on the biggest screen possible. One race, one weekend, one massive IMAX experience. Get your F1 on Apple TV live in IMAX tickets now to experience all the heart pounding action at Monaco on June 7th. Tickets can be found@imax.com all right, David, so you got Max up there. Who are the other two compatriots that are going to be checking out that champagne bottle I love with the GoPro on there? Yeah, it's always my favorite thing. Like whenever I go to the store and I'm looking in the champagne section, I don't see the GoPro. GoPro. I don't see the GoPro attached to the bottle where you can, you can, you know, they actually capture, you know, capture the, the champagne flying out of it and into somebody's face. It's, it's kind of crazy. I think that there we're not going to see much difference in what's going on with the leaders. I think that the four guys that are leading in points are going to continue to lead in this race, you know, without seeing any sort of the, the qualifying. You never, you never know. But any one of those guys could be there. I would not be surprised to see Kimmy on the podium. I will say that I see Kimmy on the podium and out of these guys, I think, you know, Russell has something to prove and I think that last thing, last week's deal is just going to egg him on even more. I don't think he's the kind of guy who's going to fall asleep on this thing and just let that, let this whole thing pass him by. Chuck Hayes with David Gould. We're talking Formula One. We want to thank our presenting sponsor F1 on Apple TV Live and IMAX the Monaco race. All right, so with that said, a name we haven't really talked about a lot is Charles leclair. Yeah, he's still the leading driver for Ferrari even though Lewis Hamilton is getting all the exposure. And Lewis had the great race but down in Miami, Charles did not have the greatest event that weekend. So, Dave, we're coming down to our final minute here. LeClaire and Hamilton. Do you see Charles maybe a little more aggressive this weekend on his home course? Well, perhaps there's a, a good synergy between the two drivers because they, neither one of them seems to be very hot headed. Certainly Lewis is not hot headed and Charles drives like a guy who's very, very well under control of his emotions. I, I would not be surprised to see Lewis continue his reign staying up there. So, yeah, it's been Chuck Hayes with David Gould. We want to thank you for participating at LV Checkered flag. Follow us for all the great news on the Checker flag report. On behalf of David Gould, we want to say have a great race weekend. We'll see you next time.