 Hello everyone, I'm today is rendezvous with Patel, Patricio of World, she's been venido. Gracias. Gracias. Gracias. No, gracias. Gracias. Do you know Spanish? No. No. Un poquito. Un poquito. So I want to know how you started, when you started. I want to know about the foam I want in McLaren Brand Experience, which I'm sure, but we keep that for the end. So where did you start? So you're from Mexico? So I'm from Born and Race, Monterey, Mexico. Yes. I lived in Monterey for the first 11 years of my life. Then I moved to San Antonio, Texas, which is about three hours from the border which divides Mexico and Texas. My parents wanted to give my sister and I a better life because in Mexico it got really bad with the killing and it just got really violent. They decided to make the move. Obviously my sister and I were like, no, all our friends are in Mexico. But honestly, when you look back at it now it's the best thing that could have ever happened to us because I feel like it allowed us to grow, right? It allowed you to grow as an individual. For me, for racing, I feel like I grew a lot in certain areas and I feel like you can resemble it to as well, right? You start so young. I started karting when I was six. So I started in Mexico and then when I started traveling to the US, obviously being in the US was a lot easier to do all that. You were four, five years younger than Checo Perez? No, so I'm 23. Checo is 32. So you never race Gokal, same track, not in the same category, okay? No, so I'm still a lot younger than Dani Suarez. Yes, okay. But we started at the same tracks. We're from the same place. So I started karting there and then I made the move to cars around when I was 14. I did it first in Europe. So I did the French at four. Yeah, I knew you came in Europe. So I didn't do the full championship. I only did a few races. And then after that I came to America because that's where I got the best deal in order to race, did the road to Indy, then ran out of money, got a ride in Imsa, and then gathered up some money and got a really good deal with Andretti in Indy Lights. And you were teammate with Colton? Colton, yes, teammates with Colton. So we did that in 18 and that kind of gave me the stepping stool to Indy kart but then everything fell off from the harding thing and I got signed by Red Bull and then they shipped me off to Japan to do super formula, but then the FIA didn't want to give me my super license. So that contract that was for Red Bull was actually a Formula One contract. It wasn't for super formula or F2 or anything. And when the FIA didn't give me the super license, we were kind of handcuffed and we were like, well, they can't use me for what they want me for and I need to go somewhere to make some money. So we kind of just split our ways and we ended well together. And I called up Sack and I said, man, I'm available. He had been kind of scouting me but he hadn't proposed anything. But then Colton I said, man, I'm free. I don't know if you still have a spot and he's like, let's see. And then in a couple of weeks, it came together and here we are, 2020, first year with them. And then 21, and then yeah, and then 22, you're loving it. Yes, I mean, yes, it's great. The atmosphere is so nice. The atmosphere is so nice. And I love that I couldn't do that in Formula One. You know, chatting with the drivers and getting you guys to get known. It's funny because when you look from outside some people carry, you think it was straightforward but then you explain to me how it was and then no, it's not straightforward at all. No, it's like here, here and then here and then here and then here, it's just crazy. So talking of Formula One, how was it? Man, it's more than everything you can imagine. I was mind blown with what the car is capable of. They say, yeah, they're so quick and they do this but when you're in the car and you're approaching the corner, there's no way this car is gonna stop. There is no way this car is gonna be flat. And it is. It's just like, oh my God. You turn and you had to turn two seconds later. One of the best experiences I've ever had in a race car was obviously that car. But you know, in Abu Dhabi, turn one and then two and three. The change of direction from two and three. Man, my smile inside the helmet. And I still get goosebumps when I think about it because the first lap I said, don't be a wussy, go flat. And I did the out lap install and then out prep and then push. And my first flyer said, let's do it. Which I know it's easy, flat through there but it's so fast, right? Yeah, from any other car that I've been to, it's like, no, you probably, a little late to the first, yeah, exactly. You know, they tell you it's flat, the four corners, but it takes a few hours to get there. And I did it and the change, like the car just boom, boom. And I was like, oh my God. And then I was mind blown with how little pressure you need to apply to the brake. Really? For the car to just boom. Different brake system from the one I ran. You think? Yeah. Like man, because in the Indy car, man, I destroyed a set of tires because I was used to the pressures here and I just slammed the brakes, destroyed the tire. You're applying double, more than double the pressure than what was ideal from Lando and Daniels. And I was like, what? So that was hard to kind of comprehend where you just, you give it a nice smack but it's not like as hard as you can. And the thing stops like, unbelievable. 6.5 Gs. So cool. At the end of the day, mate, I would go to the, like you need to brake here. Yes, I know, but I can't see. I can't see. I don't know where I'm going. Can you put something on the map? Yeah. Can you put like a hold here? It's the first day in Formula One car. It is the day that you've been waiting for your life. It's amazing. And you prepare as much as you can your neck. You know it's going to be hard. And it's so annoying when you get to a point where your neck just, you can't do it anymore. It happens to you also. Yeah. Oh yeah. 100%. But then the more you drive it, it just gets used to it. You just get, yes. I mean, in winter, you still, going back to winter tests, yes, but you normally do 120, 140 laps in Barcelona, so it's just like a wake up, but then in the season, it's kind of easy like in the car. But it's amazing. The ride is so nice. The power delivery, the gearbox. Yeah, the gearbox for me is one of the huge differences in the car. If you don't know you've shifted and there's no sound, you don't know you've shifted. The speed just doesn't never slow down. It's all, oh man. Yeah. I mean, the environment and everything. It's very different. I mean, it's beautiful, but it's also almost too, sometimes too perfect. It's very, it's like, I feel like it's the textbook definition of image. Like you arrive and it's like, wow. Like cars aren't even rolling on the track and the infrastructure of what F1 is is like, wow. Crazy. That one, and I got to drive Mica's car in Laguna. Oh yeah, so the footage, I was so jealous. I have to say, in how the engine pulled in the straight. It's also the car was 750 kilos. Even lighter than that. Yeah, for me to know it's 750. When I started it was 605 kilos. So that was 550. No, 550 kilos. Sorry, sorry. Yes, 550 kilos. Yeah, but that was a V10 as well in Mica's car. Mate, the weight that the engine pulled. And I was in fifth gear and it still, wow. It never stops. Oh no. Oh man, like amazing, amazing, amazing. And I was mind blown with how much of a difference it was from the IndyCar because the horsepower is the same, but it weighs half of the weight. And it was like, wow. And oh, the engine noise. Oh. I know. I missed those days. I mean, you got to do some good years with the V8 at least. I did a V8, yes. I never drove a V10. But it was beautiful, the V8 also. That was awesome. And then when the blown exhaust, when you were lifting up the throttle, the throttle would stay fully open. They would just cut the fuel injection, but you would air and it was funny. Blown diffuser was funny. And high speed, more you would lift up the throttle, less downforce you would have at the rear. So you had to stick in to get the downforce. And it was... Yeah, more throttle, more downforce. Yeah, it was quite something. IndyCar is 20, 30 years behind, but we all have the same car and they're strong. So the racing is actually... What's so good about IndyCar, I feel like there's no racing product that's better in the world. There's not. Like, there's not. And you can never guess what's gonna win. You can have an idea who's gonna be up there, but you can never, again, to you, very little time people say this is gonna be the podium and it actually is. Oh, it's so hard to say. Like, you just, you can't. Big thing also, I feel like the strategy in IndyCar is a big thing. Oh, yeah. Because there's a lot of rules that can really screw you. Absolutely. As we knew, or as we found out in IMS road course this year. Yes. The sleek target really well on the wet. Oh, yeah. Absolutely amazing. I don't know how I stopped the car because when I was leading the last, what it was like eight laps, I was like, no, I don't want a box. But then I was like, man, I'm gonna, I'm gonna destroy the car. Yeah. But then it's like, well, you can't pit unless you get a penalty. And it's like, well, I think we have to take the penalty because I think you did as well. I did as well, because you got to a point where the visibility was a problem and we were on slicks and it was still working. No, but then you're like, ah, and then one whoop in the car just, it's physical car, huh? Oh my God. That's, you know, that's- That's a big thing with the F1. The F1 is like butter, but the neck is bad. The neck is bad. Everything else in Formula One is easy. I used to have 250, 200 milliliters of drink in my Formula One car. So that's a glass of water, a small glass. In the car, I've got 1.2 liter, which is complete. Come back and drink it all. And in Formula One, I would never finish it. Indicates, brutal. But I love that. You finish it, you go for a good burger and a good beer. Yeah. And it's a good day. Yeah, yeah, I agree. Also the weight, I feel like it's not as sensitive in Indicates. We got a bit more room. Yeah. Which is not- Structuation. Yeah. Are you ready for my questions? I'm ready. Okay, you're the first one. Is your bed made right now? Yes. Okay. What's your guilty pleasure? Chocolate. Chocolate? Yeah. I've got plenty. Like a lava cake? Yeah. Oh. Yes. Good boy. Okay, what's one of unique names but that we don't know? I feel everything. I call you cabron, but that's what I want to know. I feel like everybody knows that potato. Potato? Felix says potato. Okay. Yeah. I like potato. And then some guy in the F1 said pato. Pato? Yeah. Okay. What item is worse, spending money, more money on? So which one do you don't mind spending money on? Oh. The house, is it the car? Oh, experiences. Experiences? Yes. Like trips and they are expensive but I think they give you the best memories you'll ever have. I love that answer. If you could afford any car, which one would you drive? I kind of know the answer. My client is gonna hate me but man, my dream car is a La Ferrari. Oh, wow. I think it's the perfect balance of sexy, fast, just beautiful car. The only point is that you need to have a lot of Ferraris to have La Ferrari. No, and yes. And also like, it's kind of like buying a jet. The price for it. Yes. I can't say. Your celebrity crush. Ooh. If you're a girlfriend, you can use a Joket. Market Robbie. You know Market Robbie? Wolf of Wall Street? Yes, yes. That one. Okay. Phobia? For me, snakes. And there's a lot of them in Miami. Spiders. Spiders? I've got legs. It's less bad than a snake, I feel. Oh yeah. The first snake. Oh yeah? You can come and clean my, I'll make you a house. Yeah. You get snakes? I had one in the basement the other day in the kids' playroom and one in the pool. No, the one in the basement was a, it was a baby one. It was, Where's the mama? Where's the mama? Next question. What's the rainy day activity? Play Xbox. The only game I play is Call of Duty Black Ops 1. Okay. I love playing that with my cousins. Good game, that one. How would you answer the phone? Hola. Hola? Hola. Where is your happy place? At home, with my family, yes. And what's your favorite word? I can't say it. But, I kept the tricky question for the end. I guess the word that I love hearing always is good news. Cause it always, something good comes up for that. Yeah. True, very true. My friend, Muchas gracias. Thank you for having me. Anytime. Yeah. How's it going, Will? And you always welcome. Thanks.