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Lizards and the F word. And that was the Singapore Grand Prix! We’re chatting all things on and off track including rumors, McLaren’s dominance, and the return of the Max. Let’s un-box-box the Singapore GP!

DISCLAIMER: this recorded before I saw all the gut-wrenching post-race content with Daniel. Many tears were shed.

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• James Vowles to help Franco Colapinto
• McLaren rear wing
• Kevin Magnussen will be a menace
• FIA wants to limit swearing on the radio
• Max Verstappen gets community service for swearing 
• Lewis Hamilton and George Russell dress each other
• Carlos Sainz remembers like all the national anthems 
• Ollie Bearman and Will Buxton “Cars” reference
• Ollie Bearman tries out different jobs in the paddock
• Ferrari posts Carlos Sainz in the rain
• George Russell plays padel in the rain
• Fernando Alonso presses all of the buttons in his Aston Martin
• Singapore GP free practice graphics
• Lizard on track in Singapore

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We’re debriefing all things Azerbaijan Grand Prix– from Oscar being an unflappable king on track, to Charles’ always being the Baku bridesmaid and never the Baku bride, to THAT MOMENT between Carlos and Checo. Let’s un-box box the Baku GP!

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MENTIONED LINKS

• Adrien Newey is going to Aston Martin
• Adrien Newey’s wife's comments on the F1 meme
• Jeremy Clarkson revealed Adrien Newey’s plan before it was announced
• Charles Leclerc causes a fender bender in Monaco
• Lewis Hamilton attends the US Open Women’s final
• Lewis Hamilton attends the Alaia show at New York Fashion Week
• Oscar Piastri hopes to have a better time in Baku this year
• Is Franco Colapinto a flirt??
• Alex Albon hair care routine
• Carlos Alcaraz and Pierre Gasly in Monza
• Nicole Piastri takes Baku
• Lewis Hamilton and George Russell join The mechanics stretches
• Max Verstappen shoving the TV mic away so Carlos Sainz can share gossip
• Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz are next door neighbors 
• Oscar Piastri does not listen to Charles Leclerc’s music
• Nicole Piastri celebrates Oscar Piastri’s win
• Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc in the cooldown room

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Monza left me with a FLURRY of emotions I am still processing. From Charles Leclerc’s epic win. To the Tifosi’s epic celebrations. To McLaren’s very questionable race and championship strategy. To the grid updates for next year (and this year!). To Kevin simultaneously scoring a point and being banned from the next race. It’s almost too much too handle. Almost. Let’s feel our way through the Italian Grand Prix!

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MENTIONED MEDIA

• James Vowles talks about Logan Sargeant and Mick Schumacher being bad
• Duracell farewell post to Logan Sargeant
• Alex Albon’s farewell post to Logan Sargeant
• Carlos Sainz on Logan Sargeant
• Oscar Piastri’s comments on Logan Sargeant
• Franco Colapinto joins Williams for remainder of 2024
• Kimi Antonelli joins Mercedes for 2025
• Max Verstappen on Lando Norris saying “simply lovely”
• Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu signs on back
• Oscar Piastri interview with Cosmopolitan UK
• Carlos Sainz on how he found out about being fired from Ferrari
• Carlos Sainz birthday cake from Ferrari 
• Lando Norris, Alex Albon, and Charles Leclerc wish Carlos Sainz a happy birthday
• Yuki Tsunoda jokes that Daniel Ricciardo likes pineapple on pizza to Italian crowd
• Lewis and George said they’re literally too fat to eat pizza this week
•  Kimi Raikkonen and Mattia Binotto 
• Louis Tomlinson grid walk with Brundle
• Lewis Hamilton says maybe Kimi will be better at qualifying for Mercedes
• Nico Rosbert talks to Zak Brown about Papaya Rules
• Will Buxton rants about McLaren championship strategy
• McLaren is depressed AF after the race
• Tifosi celebrating Charles Leclerc’s  win
• Carlos Sainz congratulating Charles Leclerc 
• Charles Leclerc potentially winking at Fred Vasseur
• Charles Leclerc edit 1
• Charles Leclerc edit 2

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We're back from summer break with a banger of a Dutch Grand Prix!! Not really, but we’ve still got some action to unpack from the weekend, plus a whole summer of content, from team updates to holiday shenanigans to gossip our way through. Let’s unpack the Dutch Grand Prix! 

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MENTIONED MEDIA

• Mattia Binotto signs up for the Audi project
• Jonathan Wheatley will be Audi team principal
• Bruno Famin will no longer be Alpine team principal
• Alpine team principal was replaced by Oliver Oakes
• Esteban Ocon signs multi-year contract with Haas
• Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg career trajectory
• Carlos Sainz signs with Williams
• James Vowles announcing Carlos Sainz
• RyanAir posts about Carlos Sainz
• Charles Leclerc posts about Carlos Sainz 
• Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon first appendix-less team
• Jack Doohan officially signs with Alpine 
• Patrick Mahomes congratulated Jack Doohan
• Drivers on holiday during summer break
• Lando Norris on holiday
• Lewis Hamilton attends Olympics with Shaun White and Nina Dobrev
• George Russell attends the Eras Tour 
• Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon did not hang out during the summer break
• Oscar Piastri won a race with a broken rib
• Zhou Guanyu ranks summer break outfits
• Charles Leclerc on training Leo
• Noah Kahan was at the Dutch Grand Prix
• Lando Norris’ mom surprises him at fan event
• The Dutch GP tr

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We’re debriefing everything that went down at the Hungarian Grand Prix, including very sassy radio messages, unhinged team strategy (as usual I blame Zak Brown), and the incredibly dramatic journey that led to Oscar Piastri becoming a GRAND PRIX WINNER!!! We’re asking all the important questions like, will the events that transpired at the Hungarian GP have long-term consequences for certain teams? And also, just a general “Why, McLaren?” Let’s discuss!

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• Kevin Magnussen officially leaving HAas at the end of the 2024 season 
• Pierre Gasly alludes to Carlos Sainz joining Alpine
• Carlos Sainz didn’t make career decision because he was watching Euros
• Dr. Helmut Marko said they will make a decision about Checo Perez after Spa
• Yuki Tsunoda comments on if Liam Lawson gets the Red Bull seat over him
• Crowdstrike outage impacts Mercedes (who is sponsored by them) 
• Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc double date at the Eras Tour in MIlan
• Pierre Gasly says he’s now a Swiftie
• Pierre Gasly and Kika get a puppy named Simba and he’s ADORABLE 
• Charles Leclerc’s dog Leo and Lewis Hamilton’s dog Roscoe finally meet
• Pierre Gasly with Carlos Alcaraz and George Russell with Novak Djokovic
• George Russell and Carmen prepare for the Euros 
• Lando Norris and Jimmy Butler watch WImbledon finals before the Euros final
• Carlos Sainz and Caco vandalize Lando Norris’ parking sign 
• Lando Norris’ helmet designed by the Hungarian trophy designers whose trophy he broke last year
• Max Verstappen went to bed late and everyone is losing it

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A very thrilling triple header comes to a close with Silverstone and WHAT a closer it was. The racing, the strategy, the drama! We’ve had  pettiness on the track (not Pierre Gasly literally saying CIAO to Estie Bestie mid-overtake), pettiness in the media pen (Looking at you lil Lando Norris), and the THRILLING comeback of Sir Lewis Hamilton. We’re debriefing everything from Spain, Austria, and of course the British Grand Prix. Let’s dive in!

MENTIONED LINKS 

• Ollie Bearman to Haas 2025 
• Lance Stroll extends contract with Aston Martin
• Lawrence Stroll gets friendship bracelet from a little fan
• Pierre Gasly extends with Alpine
• Jos Verstappen on Max Verstappen moving to Mercedes
• Max Verstappen on the drama 
• Christian Horner on the drama 
• Mercedes loses Tommy Hilfiger and Puma sponsorships 
• Alex Albon and Lando Norris call George Russell vanilla 
• Connor Sketches F1 X Love Island
• Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg watch Denmark vs. Germany
• Pierre Gasly and his girlfriend Kika watch France vs Portugal
• Logan Sargeant celebrating Fourth of July weekend!
• Alex Albon talks about the F1 group chat
• Max Verstappen at the Spanish GP post-race press conference
• Max Verstappen about his friendship with Lando
• George Russell and Toto Wolff radio at the Austrian GP
• Lewis Hamilton and George Russell watch England win on penalty shootouts
• Lewis Hamilton and roast dinners
• Emilia Clarke visits the Ferrari garage
• Travis Kelce watches the British GP in an Amsterdam bar
• Hannah Waddingham performed the English national anthem
• George Russell celebrating pole position with Carmen

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Oh Canada! You set the scene (torrential rain), you gave us on-track drama (Lando, Max, or George?!), you gave us OFF-track drama (Esteban x Alpine). Let’s debrief the Canadian Grand Prix while we make poutine and a spiked iced capp (two classics)

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MENTIONED MEDIA

• Esteban Ocon’s statement (before being fired)
• Alpine’s statement after they fired Esteban Ocon
• Esteban Ocon’s statement after being fired
• Pierre Gasly’s statement about Esteban Ocon being fired
• Yuki Tsunoda’s RB contract has been extended
• Checo Perez’s Red Bull contract has been extended by two years
• Zak Brown gets a tattoo for Lando Norris’ Miami win
• Chloe Stroll and Scotty James are having a BABYYY
• Charles Leclerc x Leo x Oscar Piastri
• Can you watch Carlos Sainz for a second (F1 Toni)
• Can you watch Oscar Piastri for a second (McLaren)
• Can you watch Toto Wolff for a second (Mercedes)
• Lewis Hamilton on “Hot Ones”
• Jacques Villeneuve on Daniel Ricciardo
• Daniel Ricciardo response to Jacques Villeneuve
• George Russell gets pole, strikes a meme
• Max Verstappen doesn’t hit groundhog
• George Russell summoned to see the stewards mid post-race press conference
• Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the cooldown room
• Esteban Ocon full radio transcript

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 Charles Leclerc brings it home INCHIDENT FREE!! Let's chat the Monaco Grand Prix as I make pizza seasoned with my literal tears because Charles Leclerc has FINALLY won the Monaco GP and I am overwhelmed with unadulterated JOY. Yes, we have approximately one lap of racing to discuss, and like 70 of Max moaning for a pillow. BUT CHARLES LECLERC IS PRINCE OF MONACO so let’s debrief the Monaco GP.

PSA: This episode is extra chaotic because not only am I crying I also accidentally cut half my head off during recording. Sorry. It’s still fun I promise lol.

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• Oscar Piastri adopted by Charles Leclerc (original tweet)
• Charles Leclerc on Oscar Piastri’s performance in FP1
• F1 change Oscar Piastri’s name on the graphic
• Carlos Sainz jealous Charles Leclerc didn’t adopt him
• Nicole Piastri adopting Yuki Tsunoda
• Arthur Leclerc calling Oscar Piastri-Leclerc his nephew
• Esteban Ocon and his girlfriend Flavy attend Cannes
• Pierre Gasly and his girlfriend Kika attend Cannes
• George Russell invents a new Russellism
• George Russell has a video of Charles Leclerc pretending to be a wizard
• Kevin Magnussen’s daughter making sure her dad signs an autograph for a fan
• Nicholas Galatzine tells Chales Leclerc that Anne Hathaway is a fan
• Celebrities in the Monaco paddock
• Lando Norris calls the grid idiots but then takes it back sort of
• Max Verstappen post-race interview
• Max Verstappen and George Russell talk about how boring the race was
• Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz take a nap before the post-race press conference
• Charles Leclerc and his engineer banter on the radio
• Red Bull offers Ferrari their pool (after they jumped into the harbor)
• Charles Leclerc bikes home after winning the Monaco GP

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The Imola GP brought us an almost-double header from Lando Norris and a double whammy win from Max Verstappen (he games). Let’s talk all things Imola Grand Prix!

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• Charles Leclerc gets a new race engineer
• Zak Brown on Max Verstappen’s success
• Max Verstappen interview with Bloomberg Business
• Sebastian Vettel visits Esteban Ocon
• Sebastian Vettel’s grid walk with F1, F2, and F3
• All F1 team principals went to dinner together
• Max Verstappen and a fan give each other the middle finger
• Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, and Leo’s poop on track
• Imola GP grid walk with Hugh Grant
• Max Verstappen participates in a 24 hour virtual sim race
• Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu and Pookie
• George Russell blames his lunch on his quali performance 
• Oscar Piastri posts about his three place grid penalty
• Kevin Magnussen on visiting the stewards
• Max Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg are tow buddies
• Max Verstappen after the race
• Oscar Piastri, Oscar’s mom, and Charles Leclerc explore Oscar’s Monegasque heritage

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Debriefing every thrilling moment of the Miami GP, from Kevin Magnussen's endless penalties for being a top tier menace to it all being just enough for lil Lando Norris. Lets un-box box the Miami Grand Prix!

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• Fernando Alonso re-signs with Aston Martin
• Audi signs Nico Hulkenberg for 2025
• Christian Horner on Adrien Newey
• Max Verstappen on Adrien Newey
• Max Verstappen on being named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential people
• James Vowles on rumors he’s replacing Logan Sargeant
• Toto Wolff on the possibility of Max Verstappen leaving Red Bull
• Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant, and Oscar Piastri play padel
• Lando Norris injures his nose celebrating King’s Day in Amsterdam
• Alex Albon goes to Home Depot
• Charles Leclerc sees Ferrari’s livery for Miami
• George Russell takes Ed Sheeran on a hot lap
• Kendall Jenner reveals Lewis Hamilton is going to the Met Gala during a hot lap
• Lewis Hamilton attends the Met Gala
• Max reacts to pole by saying “lol”
• Kevin Magnussen says he deserved every penalty
• Max Verstappen reaction to the start of the race
• Lando Norris congratulated by fellow drivers
• Lando Norris crowd surfing his team
• Max Verstappen on the cone he hit
• Max Verstappen on if Lando Norris would have won without a safety car

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