the podcast hosts asked nico how he'd fare if he was in checo's position, does he think he'd do the same as checo or worse and nico looks at them point blank and says I'd rate max as the same level as lewis, so that's how I'd do
and the host is like you went to a title decider with lewis
Chinese Grand Prix 2016 cool-down room. everyone remembers the iconic seb blowing up at kyvat but before that he actually congratulates nico in german, needs to get his attention like 4 times. (there's also a longstanding belief that nico spoke in german in cooldown rooms only to mind game lewis, but it's actually seb who would start speaking to nico in german first)
rough translation because nico's voice is muffled and seb swallows half his words:
seb: (FOUR TIMES) nico, you won't be able to sleep tonight huh? - you won't be able to sleep tonight, 'cause you're so well rested - I said, you won't be able to sleep tonight, you're so well rested, it was so quiet up front/you were so untroubled up front...
nico: something was possible today lol
and then seb turns to kyvat to yell at him in English 😭😭 (and here's Nico's reaction)
toto/merc never beating the winning seven champs bc of the engine and a built in advantage allegations. christain was so evil (affectionate) for planting those seeds in fall 2021
Real real real Toto is a skilled businessman who made a smart investment but imo he’s a mediocre tp. Hes always seemed a lil detached from what goes on in brackley. After AD21 everybody kept bringing up ‘karma’ and how in 2022 there wud be justice like even before the newey rockets were unleashed I remember thinking to myself ummm no that won’t be it. U look at the men who made rbr, Mateschitz, Marko, Horner. None of these people are going ((or went)) to heaven. Rbr is not a place of God or spirituality. God has no power in Milton Keynes. Closest thing rbr has to religious authority is a non believer. Toto was too confident about the ‘natural order’ that came wid the engine and the regs took him by surprise. That’s amateur behavior