Will Buxton

And I'm sure it will be the first of many world championships.

Up to speed.

It's Will.

It's Naomi.

It's David.

But there has been some little feisty moments behind the wheel.

He is a fighter.

And I'm really just coming to your point, Will, really looking forward to the moments where we see him go toe to toe with a Max who surely is the benchmark on where are the boundaries of hard but fair racing.

Ready.

The first one, which should be easy in theory, Will Buxton.

He is either, well, is he an F1 journalist from the Drive to Survive series or did he teach at Marriottville High School in Adelaide with me?

Journalist.

parted.

Hello folks, and welcome to Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by Poet.

Except it's not Harvick and Buxton.

This week, it's McLaughlin, Logano, Hinchcliffe, and Buxton.

And so I'm delighted to talk racing with my friend Scott McLaughlin.

How are you, man? Good,

Brilliant.

Thanks, mate.

Go and have some bloody fun.

It's Will.

It's Naomi.

Welcome to Up to Speed.

And Cameron, he's already tested for the team.

And I think the test is what really clinched it for him because he properly impressed everybody that day, not just with his pace, but I think very much with his feedback, with how he was able to sort of raise his level when he was required to and requested to and really made leaps that the team were not expecting him to over the course of that day.

So if I've got the numbers on that test that you refer to correctly, Will, the pole position lap time for the most recent Portuguese Grand Prix, because this test happened at Portimao, it was in 2021 and it was a 1.18.3.

So basically, Rafa comes into the weekend.

Let's talk some

racing, Will.

We had a heck of a weekend.

Didn't you just? Can I just state, for the record, once again, matchy-matchy.

How about this for a big question mark? We got a voicemail from David from Sweden.

This is David here from Umeå, Sweden.

My question for Kevin Harvick and Will Buxton is, if you could choose maybe a few NASCAR drivers, let's say three, and then choose which ones you would like to see in different divisions.

And let's not forget now important divisions like WRC, Formula One, IndyCar, V8 Supercar.

You sort of have drive to survive to blame for this.

It's Will.

It's Naomi.

It's Jolie.

Toto's having it far too easy.

You can, of course, hear everything that Christian said in his interview with Naomi and DC.

What do we make of Laurent Mekisan, the job that he's doing that has led to this extension? You tell us, Will.

What do you think? I think Laurent's doing a grand job.