Ep 14 / Summer break special

Lewis Hamilton Is WHAT?!

28 min 28 secWith Jack & Bayley

The Formula 1 summer break is quiet, so Jack and Bayley find new jobs for the entire grid. Some choices feel worryingly natural. Others should never have made it out of the studio. Lewis Hamilton’s alternative career inspired the title, but the answer stays in the episode.

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The F1 grid changes careers

Max Verstappen: driving instructor

Max runs the least relaxing driving school imaginable. Every gap must be taken, lifting is discouraged and the speed limit sounds more like a suggestion. Somehow, the pass rate is still perfect.

Lando Norris: bartender

Lando works the bar everyone wants to visit. The drinks have papaya names, the regulars know him and the crowd is mostly there for the show. Whether anyone receives the drink they ordered is another matter.

Valtteri Bottas: winemaker

Bottas heads to South Australia to make wine in McLaren Vale. There is double denim, a restored tractor and far too much detail about how the grapes are treated. It may be the most believable career change of the episode.

Lance Stroll: regional manager

Lance gets the best parking space at the family firm and schedules meetings that could have been emails. The company appears to run exactly the same whether he is there or not.

And Lewis Hamilton?

That is the title question, so the reveal stays on the recording. The rest of the grid receives the same treatment, from office jobs and trades to careers that make no sensible use of their existing skills.

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