Team Torque Episode 5 was released on Thursday and it’s safe to say you loved it. However, this is not surprising!
You’ve been clamoring for Oscar Piastri to join Alex Albon and Logan Sargent behind the mic ever since Albon decided to challenge the Aussie’s padel prowess in Episode 1.
And, ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, we were delighted to make it happen with a little help from our friends at McLaren.
Now if you haven’t watched the last episode yet… where have you been?! This article will contain spoilers, so see below before reading.
Right, where were we? Oh yes. Oscar’s padel skill. It took Alex less than a round at the Shanghai International Circuit to backtrack on his earlier in the season statements.
We’ve learned that 022381/Loscarlex/Sargebonastri aren’t actually that bad (according to themselves), but they’ve been humbly placed one level below the Spanish duo of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz.
To be fair, padel is HUGE in Spain, with over 6,000,000 players and 14,000 courts in Spain. Unfortunately for those behind the microphones, none of those pitches have found their way to Shanghai, with the trio waiting until Miami for another game.
We were then taken through Logan and Oscar’s rise through the feeder series together, where they had been teammates on many occasions.
Alex also admitted to binge-watching British Formula 4 on his work computer. Let’s hope the boss didn’t catch that!
Fast forward, Oscar revealed that not only was he on the same flight as Logan, but he was in the same row! An unbreakable bond indeed.
In true Team Torque fashion, the conversation went from golf to debating who would survive a zombie apocalypse longer in a matter of seconds.
There was some confusion about Will Smith’s filmography shortly after before Alex decided to call it quits and declare that he would be the one to survive, using his contacts and heading straight to a desert island, hoping the zombies couldn’t swim.
Oscar’s claims fell flat as, according to Logan, he couldn’t hit them with the padel racket.
He’s enjoying his time behind the mic at Team Torque…
Now, if you’ve been a fan of Team Torque since the beginning, you’ll know that movies aren’t necessarily the panel’s strong point. But a question about what amazing movies they like took an interesting turn.
We’ve learned that Alex spotted an engineer, who shall remain anonymous, watching Love Actually, a Christmas rom-com, on the flight home from the Japanese Grand Prix the other week.
Of course, these three new racing drivers entered the theme of Pixar’s smash hit, Cars.
After getting over the pain of learning it was released in 2006, Logan proudly declared that “Lightning McQueen SLAPPED,” before Oscar discussed his love for the franchise.
Then another turn… “Did you love the blue Porsche?” Alex asked. Perhaps this was a moment of realization for Albono, given his car adoration in real life.
Taking the conversation further, our No23 then decided it was time to anger the entire nation of Australia with his feelings on their favorite TimTam biscuit.
They finished the chat by confirming that the McLaren vs Williams Racing padel match is still on, with a forfeit for the losing side yet to be confirmed.
However, they quickly agreed that an off-track loss might be slightly safer than an on-track alternative.
“Is this how these group moments usually go?” – Yes Oscar, yes it is, and we will be back for episode 6 in Miami! See you then.