Otmar on Saving Force India, Checo’s Red Bull Exit & Aston Martin’s 2026 Nightmare (E13)
7/15/20261 hr 41 min
Lawrence Stroll's dramatic Force India buyout began with Sergio Perez intentionally pushing his own team into administration to save it. This week, Jake, Otmar and Rob trace Perez's journey from a lonely 14-year-old living in truck-stop motels to his difficult final months at Red Bull, asking what his story reveals about the pressure modern F1 drivers face.
The trio also unpack the fallout from Silverstone. Rob explains the clever technical trick Mercedes used to out-engineer their customer teams on the straights, while Jake shares fresh insights from a Monday morning debrief with George Russell at Soho Farmhouse.
With Russell cutting Kimi Antonelli's championship lead to just 25 points after the rookie's costly learning moment, they debate whether the title race is now wide open heading into Spa.
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First 90 secondsJake Humphrey· Host0:01
You know these are the general messages from the last episode at Silverstone. "Otmar on the sauce is thumbs up beers," says Lauren. [laughs] "Otmar defo pissed," Leon Roland.
Otmar Szafnauer· Host0:11
[laughs] Yeah, you can, they can- "Otmar is pure comedy, especially when he's been on the beers," says James Hooton. They can be- I have to say, you were, you were particularly outstanding on Sunday. We- That thing about [laughs]- What? What?
Rob Smedley· Host0:23
But, but our ki- the, Felix is still laughing now about the, uh, wanting- Three wives ... three wives. I wanted to give- No, no, not three wives. Three, three- Three children from three wives ...
Otmar Szafnauer· Host0:32
each children, each child their own mother.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:34
[laughs] Were you drunk?
Otmar Szafnauer· Host0:36
No. No, no, no. I had a glass of white wine watching- Sorry, you don't have to explain. [laughs] No, no, no, I'll tell you. Had a glass of white wine watching in Paddock Club with, uh, the F1 Experiences CEO- Yeah ... Keith Bruce. And let me tell you, F1 Experiences do a great job. It is really, really outstanding what they do. And we went and watched in, I think, Ch- Champions Club or Paddock Club, and they had timing screen up, which is what I like to watch. So we went in there, had a glass of white wine, and then- Had a lot ... three s- three sips of that beer.
Jake Humphrey· Host1:10
A sip And then Rebecca said to me, "So, oh, you know, you sound like you've had a few beers."
Otmar Szafnauer· Host1:16
I said, "Must have been the sun." I think I had sunstroke.
Rob Smedley· Host1:19
[laughs] Yeah, me too. [laughs] Me, me too in the farm later on. And you looked like you had quite bad sunstroke- Oh, young ... when you got to the farm.
Otmar Szafnauer· Host1:28
Yeah.
Rob Smedley· Host1:29
I had quite bad