Our F1 World Cup Challenge, with Alex Albon [Live]
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What happened at the Atlassian Williams F1 Team Fan Zone live recording with Alex Albon?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Today's pod is a very special one indeed because last week we hosted a live podcast recording with none other than Alex Albon at the Atlassian Williams F1 Team Fan Zone presented by Kraken. Seeing as the World Cup's on, we put Alex through our own F1 World Cup challenge, where 16 different countries were represented by some of the best drivers from F1 history. And he had to decide who made it through the bracket before eventually crowning the ultimate F1 World Cup champion. It was great fun. The audience, as you will definitely hear, were very enthusiastic. And we also asked Alex some of their questions, too. There will be more of these events throughout the year, so keep an eye on the Atlassian Williams F1 socials for more info.
Enjoy the episode. Please welcome Alex Albon!
Oh, yeah. How's it going, everyone? How long have you guys been up at the front? How long have you been... Six hours?
Four hours. Wow.
Wow. I could never. I would... It could... I don't know. I'm trying to think of who would be my biggest, like... Who would you queue for six hours for? Yeah. Who would I queue?
Nobody. Adele? Adele.
Okay.
Maybe. Well, please welcome... No.
No.
So, we're going to do something very special. So, we're going to film for our podcast right here, right now with Mr. Alex Albon. So, what we're going to do is something very exciting indeed. So, Alex, I don't know if you've been told or not, but we're going to tell you anyway. We're going to do, essentially because the World Cup is on in football, we're going to do a World Cup of F1. So... It's going to be a bracket system, the top 16 drivers in terms of race wins, and it's Alex's decision as to who goes through. Yes. Spicy.
So 16, have there been 16 drivers on the grid? 16 drivers. Have won a race? Well, no.
So it's a bracket system like that.
One per country. I was like, my God. I'm really in the minority of drivers who have not won a Formula One race.
So it's a bracket system. So it's a bracket system. It's a 1v1 instant knockout. And if Alex can't decide, we'll come to you guys in terms of cheer. So we're going to hype it up as well. If you hear a driver that you love, please go wild. So round number one. Tell me. Representing England, Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton. Up against Mexico's Sergio Perez.
So, Alex. If I want to come out of here alive, I'll say Lewis Hamilton.
Clearly.
Any particular reasons why? No, no, it just felt like it. Maybe the seven world titles might be it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Good. I hope there's other reasons. I'll say Lewis. I'll say Lewis, yeah, yeah. Okay, perfect. Lewis makes it through to the next round. All right, next up, because it's a few drivers from sort of history as well, right? Okay, sure. So, representing Austria, Niki Lauda... And this one's a tough one. Up against Argentina's Fangio.
I thought you were going to say Franco.
I know, I was like, surname Fangio. There you go. Lauda versus Fangio.
Yeah, I have no... Well, even Nicky. Because Fangio... Different era. Different era. Maybe my granddad would... Should we get him on the phone? Exactly.
Have you ever driven a car like that kind of era?
No, because I'm not a H-pattern kind of guy. I'm used to fappy paddles, and I tried it once. Actually, there's a funny story. We were in Goodwoods, and it was like the first Williams car that we had. It was a FW1, I guess.
I hope that's right.
And it was 1971. Uh-oh. Something. And it was like a green Saudi car. And basically, it was H pattern, and I could not drive this thing. It was so embarrassing. I was going into Goodwood. There's like one corner you have to brake on, and I'm just like... And we have intercom, and the engineer afterwards, he's like, yeah, Leah was much better yesterday. LAUGHTER Leah's like a professional. She's so good at this kind of stuff. So she was like heel and toeing. She was doing all the right things. And then there was me just like, yeah, not very good.
So flappy paddles for you.
So I don't know how this has got there, but.
Louder or Fangio? Louder.
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