We kick the season off with our customary primer episode geared toward fellow F1 newbies! Go from 0-200 on car, team, and driver knowledge, learn what's new for 2018, and get the lowdown on this weekend's race in Australia!

SHOW NOTES

Inside F1 is a great resource for all the rules and intricacies of the sport

Reddit's "spotter's guide" can help pick out drivers and teams on track (original post)

HBO segment on Hamilton and his brother Nicolas

Vettel purposefully slamming into Hamilton

Vettel trying the undercut (with technical analysis)

Raikkonen's yacht maneuver, interview candor, and Instagram account

Verstappen putting on a clinic in the rain in Brazil 2016

Kubica's huge crash in Canada 2007

The opening-lap crash at Spa 2012 that earned Grosjean a race ban

The very best of Pastor Maldonado

Alonso relaxing in a deck chair after his Honda-powered McLaren broke down once again

Our primer episode on Super GT, the Japanese series with F1 veteran Jenson Button, Gran Turismo Academy winner Jann Mardenborough, and Hatsune Miku

F1's new theme song by Brian Tyler (contrast with Unreal Tournament 2003)

IndyCar's season opener was a banger (caution: spoilers in the comments!), as was MotoGP's (find our MotoGP primer here and watch all the races with a subscription here)

Documentaries mentioned: Williams (Netflix), Senna (Netflix), Grand Prix Driver (Amazon)

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