Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast
Shift+F1 is a weekly podcast about Formula 1. New to the sport? Check out our Preseason Primer episode (Ep #338)! Join us for race recaps, news from the wide world of racing, and the latest on Pastor Maldonado.
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352 - Monaco GP & Barcelona-Catalunya GP Prerace 2026
It’s a very Monaco Monday as our podcast field is cut by a third and we limp our way to the finish with a sputtering show outline.
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RaceFans to the rescue with the RUS transcript and every penalty
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351 - Monaco GP Prerace 2026
We scrap term limits for the podcast and continue with the same hosts as always, talking Monaco, dispatches from COTA and Canada, and why being in the military is dangerous, but not for the reasons you may think!
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Battery deployment graphs courtesy of The-Race
Should we all subscribe to Avants Magazine?
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350 - Canadian GP 2026
F1 returns to the great white north for it's first Sprint weekend. So how will the teams fair after the latest break? And might weather or safety cars define what is often an exciting race weekend?
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The most important race of the weekend
30-minute Indy 500 highlights
Why HAM didn't use the simulator
Why drivers were wary of a wet Canada
COL apparently had
349 - Canadian GP Prerace 2026
Drew’s back with Rob to tee up Canada and discuss Verstappen’s Nurburgring performance, immersive F1 X-periences, and, as always, cigarettes.
SHOW NOTES
The-Race’s article about Honda and AUDO
In case you want to Experience F1 in Vegas
The unfortunate Indy shirt
Pics & story of the Jaguar “diamond car”
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348 - News & Emails
Danny and Rob return for another mini break in the schedule to talk about 2027 rules, Max at the Nürburgring and answer some of your emails.
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347 - Miami GP 2026
Rob returns from Miami to tell us all about heat exhaustion, infrastructure and Argentinian football fans. Oh we have a Sprint weekend to chat about too.
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346 - Miami GP Prerace 2026
F1 returns to America's wang with some new regulations and personnel changes. But Come Monday, who will be eating a Cheeseburger in Paradise?
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DarthNoose on Discord posted this handy circuit schedule.
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345 - [UNLOCKED] Drive to Survive Season 8 Review - Part One
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Our annual dive into reality TV continues unabated with our yearly review of Netflix's F1 TV Show "Drive to Survive".
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344 - An Unscheduled F1 Spring Break
With war across the Middle East still raging, Formula 1 has a three week break before the seasons resumes in Miami. So we take this week to chat about some slivers of news and answer your emails.
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Sky's interview with BOT about his house
VER and friends playing Arc Raiders
The parody advertisements of Mario Kart 64
New Yorker article about HSBC (and Switzerland
343 - Japanese GP 2026
Godzilla didn't smash Haas' car but we had plenty of calamities at this year's pilgrimage to Suzuka. What does the result of this race and its fallout tell us about the condition of F1 as we enter an unscheduled early season break?
SHOW NOTES
RaceFans' analysis of the BEA/COL incident
Heidfeld vs. Safety Car at Interlagos in 2002
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342 - Japanese GP Prerace 2026
The new regulations hit an old school track with plenty of twists. But first we have to tackle the turns of recent team management news.
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An impressive VER move on the Nürburgring
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341 - Chinese GP 2026
We enjoy the first Sprint weekend of the year, and the penultimate race before an unplanned but somewhat expected spring break.
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BOT, RUS, and HAM sharing Toto's private jet
Radio Rewind video from China featuring a quick-thinking mechanic
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340 - Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2026
We entered the new era of F1 with a lot of questions, and we may have even more after an exciting and unconventional weekend down under.
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Franco Colapinto's incredible save
F1's Radio Rewind video, showing lots of onboards including COL avoiding LAW
Martin Brundle's crash at the 1996 Australian GP
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339 - Australian GP Prerace 2025
An entire new breed of F1 gets ready to his the Aussie streets, but who will be the winners and losers in this new normal?
SHOW NOTES
Ferrari's physics-breaking wing
McLaren's Honda debacle documented in Grand Prix Driver
Extended highlights of the 2026 Daytona 500
The F1 track maps have a lot going on this year
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338 - Preseason Primer 2026
New to Formula 1? Well, we all are with these new regulations. In any case, this is the place to start! We explain how F1 works and who everybody is, all while assuming no prior knowledge of racing. Welcome to your new favorite sport!
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337 - 2025 Season Review
Our racing trio just about get together to talk about the year that was 2025. The Championship Battle as it happened, the biggest news stories, the drivers that did well, and didn't, and our hopes for 2026.
SHOW NOTES
F1's championship recap video
Trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer
The story of HUL's Silverstone race
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336 - Abu Dhabi GP 2025
Our final regular podcast of the season travels to Abu Dhabi for a three-way title fight between a bull and a pair of orange fruits.
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What happens in Ireland, stays in Ireland (feat. iPhone cable)
TSU on joining Red Bull during an internal war
The-Race’s analysis of Marko’s exit
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335 - Qatar GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace 2025
The Shift+F1 crew (eventually) all gets together to talk about a wild weekend in Qatar, and what this all means leading into the Championship finale in the UAE.
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334 - Las Vegas GP 2025
The "entertainment capital of the world" gave us a mixed race, but plenty to talk about as the Driver's Championship enters the red zone.
SHOW NOTES
Driver (and singer) of the Day Terry Crews
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333 - Las Vegas GP Prerace 2025
Oh my god we're back again, and ready to race around the mean streets of Sin City with our favorite co-pilot back in his chair. But what will the strip have in store for the Driver's Championship?
SHOW NOTES
Audi's livery concept
The-Race's look at F1's broadcast center
All the special Vegas liveries
EA Sports will not release a new F1 game in 2026
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332 - Brazilian GP 2025
As the season finale draws closer, we reach a Sprint weekend with a lot of points to play for and little time for errors.
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Secret Base on the Mariners: full playlist or 3-hour supercut,
The legendary Norm Macdonald
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331 - Brazilian GP Prerace 2025
We head to Brazil with the driver's championship. But which of our drivers will channel their inner Senna heading into the turn one esses? Actually we mostly talk about the FIA and answer some emails.
SHOW NOTES
Do not anger a mountain lion,
RaceFan's article about driver radio on the broadcast
F1 Drivers in Metaphor: ReFantazio
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330 - Mexican GP 2025
The Driver's Championship title race continues to dance across the Americas - but who will cha-cha across the line first?
SHOW NOTES
LAW narrowly missing some marshals,
Danny takes a trip around Albert Park
How to hack the FIA
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329 - United States GP & Mexican GP Prerace 2025
A whole lot of racing with, well, SOME action, along with yet another teammate collision, yet more media consolidation, and… the sticky stuff.
SHOW NOTES
The-Race has a pic of NOR’s grid tape
Crash out of the Bathurst 1000? Grab a beer.
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328 - United States GP Prerace 2025
F1 returning to the Americas, as one of your intrepid podcast hosts is enjoying southern hemispheric delirium.
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52 minutes of highlights from this year's Bathurst 1000,
Broadcast control room audio from Germany 2019 (thanks to CunningDraugr on Discord!),
The 2008 championship decider, prominently featuring HAM's then-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger
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327 - Singapore GP 2025
Two different foregone conclusions are concluded: a dominant championship and a teammate collision.
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At least the YouTube highlights show the interesting parts of the race
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326 - Singapore GP Prerace 2025
The calendar is back in Asia for the nighttime street circuit that runs hot but often serves cold races. What will we get this year?
SHOW NOTES
McLaren sue Palou over aborted move
Verstappen at the Nordschleife report and the replay
RIP Roscoe Hamilton
Charles the supersoldier
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325 - Azerbaijan GP 2025
It’s a red flag day in the streets of Baku as title contenders struggle for grip and old challengers reemerge.
SHOW NOTES
Horner F1 2026 return allowed after $100 million Red Bull settlement
SAI and LEC rented a van
SAI's new good-luck charm
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324 - Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2025
There's very little in the way of news this week so the team take a bunch of emails and chat about World of Tanks in preparation for Baku.
SHOW NOTES
Hey, want to watch a YouTube doc on Hitler's Supercars?
No? How about Nazi Grand Prix?
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323 - Italian GP 2025
Rob returns to spin around the festival of speed with Drew and Danny. But will he listen to team orders for the better of the podcast?
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Ricciardo's Ford teaser, beard,
ESPN is posting 20-minute Sky highlights now?,
Autosport article about the V8 timeline
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322 - Dutch GP & Italian GP Prerace 2025
Drew and Danny revisit sandy Zandy before we divert for the Temple of Speed on this restart of the 2025 F1 season.
SHOW NOTES
Wolff's mafia reunion
Perez talking about what it was like to drive that Red Bull
Get your Blues Hog BBQ sauce here
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321 - Dutch GP Prerace 2025
F1 returns after the summer break to the shores of Zandvoort but first we need to talk about America's Team.
SHOW NOTES
Touch of Gray commercial,
The-Race's article about 2026 brakes,
Vowles in a helicopter: article and video,
VRC Formula Alpha 2024 sim car for Assetto Corsa,
Multiviewer, for all your data sicko needs,
RoboRace has not gone to plan,
Hak
320 - Hungarian GP 2025
We close out the first half of the 2025 season with a track that has seen underdog upsets, team collisions and plenty of processions. What does Hungary have in store for us this year?
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Multi 21 Seb... yeah... Multi 21
Sam Collins on Aston's upgrades (and more)
Team Torque ft. Damon Hill
The-Race's a
319 - Belgian GP & Hungarian GP Prerace 2025
We're back in the Ardennes for 44 laps of mixed conditions. But will this weekend at Spa be a sprint or a procession?
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PIA and jetpack guy
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318 - Belgian GP Prerace 2025
The mini summer break is over but the newswire is still on vacation so we take some emails and look forward to Spa.
SHOW NOTES
SAI on the High Performance Podcast,
Gene Haas finally gets to drive the car he financed,
Brundle and BEA driving ancient cars at Silverstone,
Delta pilot explains a near-collision with a B-52,
The-Race's article about the 2026 regulations
317 - Mid Season News Update
Some big news better not drop right after we post this mid season news update, but then, we are sort of used to that.
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Christian Horner sacked as Red Bull F1 team boss
Ben Sulayem still saying V8s
Apple emerges as frontrunner for Formula 1’s US media rights with $150 million bid
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316 - British GP 2025
Several on the grid consider Silverstone their home race, but who will be the podium most people cheer for?
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On Tim Mayer’s challenge to Ben Sulayem
Alpine hires Steve Nielsen as managing director
McLaren Formula E team shutting down
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315 - Austrian GP & British GP Prerace 2025
The valleys in Spielberg may be picturesque, but as the temperature heats up in the title battle, will the racing be as beautiful?
SHOW NOTES
BOT in frame for Alpine gig
Sainz drops FIA president bid
Red Bull in talks with Vettel about replacing Marko
Perez: Red Bull is sorry now, aren’t the
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314 - Austrian GP Prerace 2025
We consider the Austrian Grand Prix, drivers consider their contract options, and everyone else considers their style choices.
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Bottas considers a Cadillac seat
Drivers in suits: group pic + Die Workwear thread, gallery of solo shots
Viewership numbers: IndyCar on Fox vs. F1 on ESPN
Otto Merz’s Mercedes-Benz
Get your sci-fi mag on
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313 - Canadian GP 2025
Ah, Canada. That sleepy place where nothing much happens… until you go for a gap that isn’t there and eat your own front wing.
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Stewards’ safety car ruling, courtesy of RaceFans
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312 - Canadian GP Prerace 2025
We visit the great white north in the middle of European season for seemingly the last time. But will Lance punch any more walls before the red lights go out?
SHOW NOTES
Apple's weird F1 bit at WWDC
Haas's gray livery for Canada
Canada incidents: 1998 starts, Kubica crash, HAM in the pit lane
Canada 2011: full race on F1 TV, extended highlights on YouTube
Ah, the s
311 - Spanish GP 2025
Barcelona may be the capital of Catalonia, but what's more Spanish than a bull seeing red?
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Vettel collides with HAM in Baku 2017
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310 - Monaco GP & Spanish GP Prerace 2025
F1’s most iconic driver procession returns, but will this year’s tax haven GP be heaven for fans?
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Ghost Car and Radio Rewind videos from Monaco
Indy 500 Full Race and 30-minute Extended Highlights
The F2 Feature Race in Monaco was entertaining
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309 - Emilia-Romagna GP & Monaco GP Prerace 2025
We visit Imola one last time to see how this new crop of rookies does on a classic Grand Prix circuit.
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Sam Collins on the Imola upgrades
Kimi Raikkonen opts not to return to the pits in Monaco
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308 - Emilia-Romagna GP Prerace 2025
We enter city-state season as the F1 train arrives at Northern Italy's communist utopia.
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Murray Walker commentating on the sport he truly loves
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307 - Miami GP 2025
The traffic in Miami may be congested but that's not going to stop our racers from rubbing Lego bricks in Vice City.
SHOW NOTES
Get you some Ronin in 4K
NOR unloading a comical amount of tools from his cockpit
Our boys playing with Legos
Radio Rewind video from Miami
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306 - Miami GP Prerace 2025
We're back in Florida's fastest parking lot to enjoy Jimmy Buffet songs and fake marinas - but which driver will be Bubbles Up, Come Monday?
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"Madring" track layout lap video
Gibraltar plane crossing
Careful booking your Singapore hotel room during the V8 era
Circuit maps email graphic
Defector on Fanatics
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305 - Saudi Arabian GP 2025
We're back in Saudi Arabia for another lightning fast race around the streets of Jeddah, but who will make it around the track without hitting the walls - or track limits?
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Team Torque in Saudi
What happened to George’s car?
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304 - Bahrain GP & Saudi Arabian GP Prerace 2025
We line up precisely within our grid boxes and take you through the Bahrain GP, the chaos at the FIA, and what to expect from Saudi Arabia.
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Radio Rewind video from Bahrain
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303 - Japanese GP & Bahrain GP Prerace 2025
The race may have been a snoozer but we’re here to entertain you with grass fires, racing through the ball pain, and Yuki being Yuki.
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Literally no show notes so here’s ALO cracking a walnut with his neck
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302 - Japanese GP Prerace 2025
All eyes on Yuki athis home GP as he takes over from Lawson in the second Red Bull. Only a single question remains - is he the one?
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Japan 2005: Highlights, Extended highlights, Last 15 laps in full, Kimi highlights
New York Times article about how shady Kick is (thanks Kai!)
An example of the NHL penalty videos (thanks Scott!)
Be a racing data sicko with MultiViewer (thanks Matt a
301 - Chinese GP 2025
We sprint to China for the second stop on 2025’s festival of speed where the rookies have two opportunities to impress, or disappoint.
SHOW NOTES
F1’s “ghost car” qualifying video format
Team radio video detailing Ferrari exchange
Williams’ Team Torque podcast with ALB and SAI
ALB on the High Performance podcast
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300 - Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2025
Rain & rookies makes for an interesting combination down under as our racers get to grips with the 2025 season.
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Sam Collins’ analysis of the Racing Bulls
A chaotic rookie roundtable
The F1 movie has a new trailer
See, Drive, Live at the Thermal Club
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299 - Australian GP Prerace 2025
Testing is over and it’s time for the rubber to hit the road - so who will be fastest in 2025?
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Sam Collins' debriefs from testing: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
Kimi Räikkönen racing a snowmobile
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298 - Preseason Primer 2025
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F1's subscription service F1 TV
The official F1 YouTube channel
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297 - Offseason News Update 2025
We check in on our old friend F1 for updates on stewarding ethics, draconian cursing rules, photocopiers, and, of course, The Hamilton Photo.
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HAM arrives at Ferrari (Alanis’s version)
The weird RUS/ALO incident in Australia
The BBC podcast about Spygate
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296 - Season Review 2024
What a season it’s been! We close things out with some probable announcements, memorable moments, and unorthodox book reading.
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Full 2024 races on YouTube: F1 Academy, IndyCar, NASCAR, 24 Hours of Le Mans/WEC
If you have a Max subscription: MotoGP
Paid subscriptions: MotoGP, Supercars, WRC
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295 - Abu Dhabi GP 2024
F1 closes 2024 out with opening-lap incidents, a last-lap pass, and plenty of sophomoric insults.
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HAM’s final lap in a Mercedes
Michael Schumacher vs. a Eurofighter jet
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294 - Qatar GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace 2024
A broken wing mirror causes untold chaos as we prepare to bring the season to a close in a heap of carbon fiber.
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Jolyn Palmer’s video analyzing the weekend’s various penalties
Motorsport’s article comparing VER’s teammates
Rob’s Remap article about the Andretti saga
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293 - Las Vegas GP & Qatar GP Prerace 2024
Things get a little dicey in Vegas while another gamble finally pays off.
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A little Dremel never hurt anybody
The Lusail Circuit layout is a Pokémon
Maya Weug’s video showing the track changes
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292 - Las Vegas GP Prerace 2024
We kick off the season-ending triple-header with more FIA drama, a saner race calendar, and the second installment of the Spider-Pig Grand Prix.
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Sir Elton on the podium in Austin
Danny’s Half-Life 2 documentary
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291 - Intermezzo
Rob and Drew return to talk Brazil, FIA staff and driver changes, and one weird trick for becoming the CEO of a car company.
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BOT did an Ironman all by himself
Dale Jr.’s podcast feat. Zak Brown
Surfboard trophies pic 1 & pic 2, plus podium plants
F1 books: How to Build a Car, The Formula, The Mechanic’s Tale, Total Competition
Danny’s documentary project Noclip
Rob’s day job
290 - Brazilian GP 2024
We blessed the rains down in Brazil, but who will come out on top once the colored flags have stopped waving.
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289 - Mexican GP & Brazilian GP Prerace 2024
The stewards find their limit with Verstappen, Red Bull may have found its limit with Perez, and Leclerc can’t even see the limit anymore.
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The Red Bull/RB rumors about PIA and COL
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288 - United States GP & Mexican GP Prerace 2024
It wouldn’t be F1 without tons of racing to recap, questionable moves, inter-team squabbling, and copyright infringement.
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I’m no lawyer but these trophies look familiar
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287 - United States GP Prerace 2024
We and F1 are back from hiatus, ready for clips of 80s game shows, questionable acronyms, and the racing equivalent of a yule log.
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Autosport articles: Horner discusses RIC’s exit, how Haas and Toyota will collaborate
Extended highlights of HAM vs. Rosberg at COTA in 2015
An F1 CEO’s Wheel of Fortune appearance (thanks, Joe!)
Intro of the TV show NASCAR Racers (thanks, Joseph!)
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286 - Singapore GP 2024
The Singapore heat brings out penalties for swearing, inter-team finger-pointing, and the potential of federal crimes??
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The lizard setting purple sectors
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285 - Azerbaijan GP & Singapore GP Prerace 2024
Baku was a banger. Will Singapore sing?
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This month’s Patreon bonus episode is THE LAST AMERICAN HERO (spoilery trailer here)
The cooling fan incident from inside the Williams garage
Adrian Newey on the High Performance Podcast
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284 - Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2024
Aston Martin lands a big fish, a Bear fills in for a man, and a Phoenix remains elusive.
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Visualizing the Tour de France air support
More about the TDF broadcast
Athletic article about doping at Team Sky
Ah, the old charity ski lodge trick
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283 - Italian GP 2024
Mercedes find themselves a second driver, James Vowels finds himself in hot water, and cars of all kinds find themselves in the wall at Monza.
SHOW NOTES
Weird medical car incidents: Brazil 2002, Hungary 1995
This weekend’s feature races in Formula 2 and Formula 3
Indy highlights (7 min) / extended highlights (30 min) from Milwaukee
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282 - Dutch GP & Italian GP Prerace 2024
The wind kicks up at Zandvoort and knocks one driver out of the sport, while a whole team can’t leave even if they wanted to.
SHOW NOTES
Franco Colapinto’s sweet move in Monza
A very old video about F1 Race Stars
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281 - Dutch GP Prerace 2024
F1 is back from its summer holiday in time for anti-trust probes, new team principals, and delicious, succulent ribs.
SHOW NOTES
Ultrasound image of PIA’s broken rib
The Formula 1 franchise page on Giant Bomb
Autosport’s article about the limits of the Red Bull concept
Motorsport photographer Paddy McGrath
Johnny Herbert interview on Beyond the Grid
The Vietnam GP’s circuit layout would
280 - Belgian GP 2024
The first half of the season ends in style with a great grand prix, post-race drama, and juicy driver news.
SHOW NOTES
F1 TV hosts commentating a karting race during a red flag
Nobody was seriously hurt in this famous photo of Jos Verstappen’s pit fire (video version)
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279 - Hungarian GP & Belgian GP Prerace 2024
Who is the Paragon and who is the Renegade after this tumultuous tussle in the Hungarian heat?
SHOW NOTES
RaceFans’ transcripts of Red Bull and McLaren team radio
Fun at Spa: the crash-strewn 1998 race, Hakkinen’s overtake, and Grosjean’s cartwheel
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278 - Hungarian GP Prerace 2024
We head to Hungary and chat about Haas’s missed payments, IndyCar’s hybrid outing, and going full F1 on your municipal bike race.
SHOW NOTES
Ralf Schumacher’s Instagram post
Taki Inoue’s run-in with the medical car
F1 books! The Formula, How to Build a Car, The Mechanic’s Tale
The sadly defunct Powderhorn 24
McLaren’s e-ink advertising screen (article)
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277 - British GP 2024
Well folks, we might just have a SEASON on our hands…
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Ferrari radio transcript regarding the pit calls
Teaser trailer for the F1 movie
Formula 1 On This Day entry for July 9
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276 - Austrian GP & British Prerace 2024
Two events in Austria saw the same two drivers on the front row with explosive results. Will sparks fly again in Britain?
SHOW NOTES
Nobody was seriously hurt in this famous photo of Jos Verstappen’s pit fire (video version)
Recap video of the race’s big battle, with interviews at the end
The Tour de France goes to Imola
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275 - Spanish GP & Austrian GP Prerace 2024
It’s a podcast sandwich of questionable hiring decisions, driver speculation, and tribunal rulings, between the two buns of Spain and Austria.
SHOW NOTES
It was a real challenge starting the 1987 Austrian GP without crashing
The 2002 Austrian GP podium is highly cringeworthy
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274 - Spanish GP Prerace 2024
A team may be getting a new engine, the sport may be getting some half-baked rules, and we may be getting some sick new kicks.
SHOW NOTES
WARNING: Le Mans spoilers from around 52:28 (depending on ads) to the end
James Vowels and ALB face off in virtual Spain
The Phoenix is selling shoes
2024 Le Mans highlights (10 minutes)
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273 - Canadian GP 2024
An exciting Canadian GP, new regulations, and IndyCar beef all conspire to create a JNCO-sized podcast.
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Side-by-side video of the pole lap
What a 2026 car could look like
The-Race’s explanation of the 2026 regulations
Jackie “JYS” Stewart wearing a helmet camera
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