Lewis Vs Ferrari, Merc Team Orders, Lando's #1, Max Vs 100: This Week in F1 | The Red Flags Podcast

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**Matt Elisofon** (1:34)
What's up, Vankers?

**Brian Muller** (1:37)
I'd like to apologize, Vankers. I'd like to apologize.
I look back at how I was maligning Ferrari last week on the pod. But it's my fault. It's my fault. I shouldn't have. It's what happens when you care about perfection. But Ferrari is a perfect organization.
They don't deserve that. They don't deserve that, Vankers. Yeah.

**Matt Elisofon** (2:02)
You can put the blame on me. You can put the blame on me. You can put the blame on me.
Yeah.

**Brian Muller** (2:12)
You know who's not taking any responsibility or any blame besides Ferrari? Mercedes Benz organization who said that they would do the same thing for George that they did for Kimi if it was the other way around. There is so much that we need to discuss today.
We've got Mercedes saying that they would do the same for George as they did for Kimi.
There's the bullshit meter. I see it's coming over the top. We got Lewis' apology. What the hell was even that? We didn't really get into that in the last episode. We're going to dive into that. Lando Norris signing on for four more years.

**Brian Muller** (2:46)
Four more years. Four more years of greatness for Lando Norris and McLaren.

**Brian Muller** (2:51)
We'll go into his title odds. How realistic is it? He is talking his talk.

**Matt Elisofon** (2:57)
The best driver in Formula 1 right now.

**Brian Muller** (3:00)
According to him, the best driver in Formula 1, who can win every race, which is what I've been saying, if they can just handle that slow corner shit, Max Verstappen says that driving these F1 cars is easy and so much more. We're going to be covering all of that on this episode of The Red Flags, part of the Vox Media Network. But before we do get into all of that, before we do that, make sure you are subscribed wherever you are listening. If you're watching on YouTube, make sure you like this video, hype this video, send it to your friends, pre-order our book, link is in the description. It's coming out in November, but pre-order it helps us get on that bestseller list. And stay tuned, not in this episode, but we got a very amazing and important announcement coming up soon.
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**Brian Muller** (3:50)
So let's go.

**Brian Muller** (3:51)
Let's go.
No one's safe. No one's safe when The Red Flags starts to buy.

**Brian Muller** (3:55)
No one is safe, not even you.

**Brian Muller** (3:58)
No one is safe. Let's start with Mercedes. Because there has been some soundbites coming out of the Mercedes team, where they are basically claiming that if George was in the same position that Kimi was in, that they would have done the same thing, had nothing to do with who they favor, had nothing to do with a one or two situation.