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Oct 2023
56m 25s

McLaren, Mercedes and Max, Oh My

Hannah and Emma
About this episode

This weekend we saw some fascinating highs, like Max getting his third world championship and Oscar winning his first (sprint) race. We saw some major lows, like Lance’s outburst and the wellbeing of the drivers not being taken into consideration. Qatar was certainly…something. You don’t need to be a McLaren fan but let’s give credit where credit is due, they’ve turned that tractor around, even if Oscar may be a little traumatized for post race interviews moving forward. We’re still wondering what’s up with Checo, we’re kinda rooting for Logan and we’re starting to question if Charles is okay. Also, is it Brocedes 2.0 or are we getting ahead of ourselves? Furious Hot Takes returns and I think it’s safe to say we’re all James Vowles fans after this weekend.

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