Vroom Vroom: Outside the Native Habitat of the Grit
Our racing podcast takes a sharp turn into NFL schedule release videos, which is still F1 talk thanks to Lewis Hamilton
On this Vroom Vroom episode, we continue dreaming about Adrian Newey coming to Ferrari, while Imola is coming up with updates on deck for the Scuderia. We're also enjoying the antics of last week's winner Lando Norris, as well as the food reviews that Denver Broncos part owner Sir Lewis Hamilton MBE did for the NFL team's schedule release video…
…only for his own team to get cooked by the Chargers. (Fascinating that the Broncos allow their video to be embedded on Substack, but the Chargers do not.)
Nothing new in a Hamilton team struggling in 2024, but what about Sergio Perez losing a boat race to Tom Brady?
Also in America, Michael McDowell is voluntarily affiliating himself with the Chicago White Sox…
Not a choice any of us would make (the car is super cool), and a reminder that Logan Sargeant still has all of his NCAA eligibility.
Plus, the play-in matchups for the F1 In-Season Tournament that doesn't really exist.
This week at Imola, we’ve got:
(13) Daniel Ricciardo vs. (20) Logan Sargeant
(14) Esteban Ocon vs. (19) Valtteri Bottas
(15) Kevin Magnussen vs. (18) Pierre Gasly
(16) Alex Albon vs. (17) Zhou Guanyu
The winners will be re-seeded and face off against the top four seeds in the first round: (1) Max Verstappen, (2) Sergio Perez, (3) Charles Leclerc, and (4) Lando Norris.
Four first-round matchups already are set for Monaco:
(5) Carlos Sainz vs. (12) Nico Hulkenberg
(6) Oscar Piastri vs. (11) Lance Stroll
(7) George Russell vs. (10) Yuki Tsunoda
(8) Fernando Alonso vs. (9) Lewis Hamilton
We’ll have the 16-driver bracket after Imola. In the meantime, please enjoy this segment from Inside Winston Cup Racing in 1988 featuring Davey Allison and Dale Earnhardt Sr., decades ahead of Sergio Perez on the water.