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Let’s debrief a very chaotic Dutch Grand Prix!! From sad boy dune edits to Isack Hadjar’s first podium, there’s loads to debrief from this incredibly chaotic Dutch Grand Prix. Let’s go!

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• Cadillac announce Valtteri Bottas and Checo Perez as drivers for 2026
• Valtteri Bottas surfs with an American flag to announce his seat
• Max Verstappen was the first person to text Checo Perez
• Carlos Sainz golfs with Rafael Nadal
• Charles Leclerc vs Grill the Grid
• Charles Leclerc gets an answer right on Grill the Grid
• Oscar Piastri wins Grill the Grid again
• Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar advert for Visa part 1
• Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar advert for Visa part 2
• Kimi Antonelli turns 19
• Valtteri Bottas turns 36, Kimi Antonelli pies him
• Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen during the post-quali press conference
• Fox on track in Zandvoort
• Carlos Sainz radio message about his penalty
• FIA is refusing to see Carlos Sainz
• Lewis Hamilton cleans up his debris after DNF
• Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris in the dunes after DNFs
• Isack Hadjar making content with broken trophy
• Racing Bull edit of Hadjar at first race of the season and now
• Isack Hadjar celebrating with his team
• Full cooldown room analysis
• Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri spray Isack Hadjar with their entire bottles on the podium

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What time is it? Summer time! We’re recapping the Hungarian GP and the Belgian GP as well as all the summer holiday shenanigans are drivers have been up to.

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CORRECTION: I say that Charles Leclerc hung out with Michelle Yeoh and husband Franz Tost but meant to say Jean Todt OOPS

Pato O’Ward on rumors of him joining Cadillac F1 team

Valtteri Bottas dodges Nico Rosberg’s questions about F1 Cadillac future

Ferrari confirms Fred Vasseur is staying on a multi-year contract

Max Verstappen confirms that he is staying with Red Bull

Max Verstappen explains why he was in Sardinia at the same time as Toto Wolff

Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda played padel between Spa and Hungary

Charles Leclerc promotes his ice cream

Isack Hadjar and Lewis Hamilton played Uno at some point

Charles Leclerc launches his first clothing line for Ferrari

Lando does Google advert with NBA player Giannis

Carlos Sainz and Simone Ashley L’Oreal ad

F1 posted the annual cartoon of the drivers on holiday

Max Verstappen on vacation in goggles

Alex Albon and Lily play golf with biodegradable balls

Carlos Sainz plays Catan

George Russell kicks off the shirtless content

Lewis Hamilton hugs Roscoe just like Charles Leclerc hugs Alex

Charles Leclerc hangs out with Jean Todt

Alex Albon turned into Summer I Turned Pretty meme → Summer I turned petty

Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton comes to him for dating advice

Alex Albon gets confused on radio show and James Vowles texts in

Grill the grid is just Charles Leclerc abuse at this point

Visa Cash App RB social game is STRONG

Carlos Sainz suggests Carlando plays golf with Carlos Alcaraz

Charles Leclerc cybersecurity advertisement is weird

Track run for Anthoine Hubert led by Pierre Gasly

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Christian Horner fired, Oscar Piastri has his first emotional crash out, and Nico Hulkenberg on the podium?! Let’s discuss the incredibly chaotic British Grand Prix weekend.

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MEDIA

• Max Verstappen surrounded by media
• Fernando Alonso will only advise for a price
• Christian Horner’s Instagram farewell post
• Christian Horner speech at Red Bull factory
• Alex Albon’s aura farming dance
• Laurent Mekies replaces Christian Horner
• Daniel Ricciardo celebrates birthday at Wimbledon
• Fernando Alonso’s unhinged TikTok comment
• Lewis Hamilton on Ferrari food culture
• Franco Colapinto & Pierre Gasly critique British snacks
• Alex Albon explains laundry situation
• Roscoe & Leo drink bougie water
• Carlos Sainz and Franco Colapinto yap in Spanish
• Ollie Bearman jokingly arrested
• Max Verstappen loves games
• Lewis Hamilton gets a shout out for “Cars”
• Tom Holland at Silverstone
• Jack Whitehall almost takes out a Ferrari
• Hannah Waddingham loves Martin Brundle
• Max Verstappen thanks Kimi Antonelli
• Max’s rabbit metaphor
• Max Verstappen reacts to Ollie Bearman’s pit exit crash
• Oscar Piastri’s question to Nico post race
• Nico Hulkenberg’s daughter cheers
• Gabriel Bortoleto on Nico Hulkenberg’s radio
• Gabriel Bortoleto hugs Nico Hulkenberg
• Max Verstappen’s grid post for Nico Hulkenberg
• Carlos Sainz praises Nico Hulkenberg
• Champagne gifted by Mercedes to Kick Sauber
• Nico Hulkenberg’s family reunion

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Let’s debrief the Austrian Grand Prix where chaos ensued before we even reached the second lap and most importantly the McLarens RACED!!!! Plus, we’re chatting about the off-trach happenings over the last couple of weeks. Let’s get into the Austrian GP!

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MENTIONED MEDIA

Nico Rosberg says he reached out to Lando Norris to championship mentorship, but got ghosted

The F1 movie New York premiere transformed Times Square into a racing grid.

Drivers look like finance interns at the F1 premiere

Drivers fits for the F1 Movie premiere

Toto Wolff brought his daughter to the F1 Movie premiere

Yuki Tsunoda was chased down by Brad Pitt

Damson Idris thought Max Verstappen had no friends until he did this movie

George Russell's dramatic reading of “Shut Up and Drive” by Rihanna

Carlos Sainz dramatic reading of “Shut Up and Drive” by Rihanna

Carlos Sainz influencer era continues with new captions

Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman take a picture with NYC cops

Kimi Antonelli swarmed by media after finishing his finals

George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Daniel Ricciardo, and Scotty James play padel together.

Valtteri Bottas hints at Cadillac seat in another funny video

Max Verstappen continues to be asked about penalty points

Pierre Gasly and Max Verstappen react to Brad Pitt saying Pierre has a future in Hollywood

Stefano Domenicali hosted a driver dinner in Austria (only Lance Stroll was missing)

Oscar Piastri reference to Alpine past on the radio

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The Canadian Grand Prix gave us several thrilling moments from a Papaya explosion due to the long-awaited McLaren battle to Groundhog Murder (RIP) to everyone trying (and failing) to trigger Mad Max.  And we’re chatting about it all!! Let’s debrief the Canadian GP.

A couple of items that happened post-recording and will be covered in the next episode:

• Red Bull contested George Russell’s win. Their plea was dismissed
• Lando Norris received a 5 second penalty added to his post-race time. But zero penalty points
• F1 movie premiere happened Monday in New York.

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MENTIONED MEDIA

 • Carlos Sainz shares his favorite May fits
• George Russell attends the men’s French Open final
• Charles Leclerc attends his brother’s wedding
• Charles Leclerc forgets Arthur Leclerc at the wedding and has to come back
• Charles Leclerc’s girlfriend Alex celebrates her 24th birthday
• Arthur Leclerc seen carrying all of Alex’s bags
• Rebecca and Carmen attend a Manolo Blahnik event together
• Esteban Ocon defends Lance Stroll in an interview
• Max Verstappen media day interview with Ted Kravitz
• Max Verstappen gets annoyed at the Post-quali press conference
• George Russell makes a Jos Verstappen joke
• George Russell post-quali parc ferme interview about penalty points
• Nico Rosberg “slightly” disagrees with Danica Patrick’s take on the Canadian GP track
• Nicole Piastri sends safety wishes to drivers and groundhogs
• Ben Stiller in the Ferrari garage
• Valtteri Bottas shows how much work he does as third driver
• Isack Hadjar tries poutine and pretends to like it
• F1 makes a dramatic edit of Charles Leclerc’s practice crash
• Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen post-quali debrief

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Hulk-stappen is back, George Russell’s concern about ~the children~ has resurfaced, and Oscar Piastri might have smiled just a little wider this time??? Let’s debrief the Spanish GP

*Apologies for the delay in episode!! We also  cover the Monaco GP (literally so briefly because what even happened)*

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• George Russell and Alex Albon sibling banter in Monaco
• George Russell and Alex Albon argue about dinner post-race
• Alex Albon talks about buying George Russell lobster pasta
• Toto Wolff attends son’s graduation during the Imola GP
• Pierre Gasly, Franco Colapinto, and Esteban Ocon at Cannes
• F1 Movie screening for the drivers
• F1 movie screening outfits
• Carlos Sainz diplomatically roasting the F1 movie
• Kimi Antonelli calls the movie "very long"
• Max Verstappen e-racing instead of going to the screening
• Daniel Ricciardo shares ATV video with “Frank Hermann” caption
• Drivers participate in the Monaco charity match
• Isack Hadjar saying playing football was tiring
• Pierre Gasly and Isack Hadjar watching the Champions League final
• Carlos Sainz limbo-ing to avoid being on camera (he failed)
• Christian Horner denies Ferrari rumors because his Italian is bad
• Lance Stroll getting follow-up procedure on wrist
• Max Verstappen defends Yuki Tsunoda
• George Russell is concerned about the children

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Welcome to Imola where we there was more overtaking than this track has seen in a minute, the return of the Max, a class field trip (including a driver), and more. Let’s debrief the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix!

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MENTIONED MEDIA

• FIA reduces swearing penalty
• Toto Wolff says we should stop accusing successful cars of cheating
• Oliver Oakes brother arrested
• James Vowles and Jack Whitehall have espresso martinis
• Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon discuss their fan rankings
• Ollie Bearman turns 20
• Lando Norris celebrates Martin Garrix’s birthday
• Carlos Sainz the face of L’Oreal
• Carlos Sainz and Eva Longoria in Cannes for L’Oreal
• Carlos Sainz on the red carpet in Cannes
• Kimi Antonelli class field trip to Imola
• Kimi Antonelli classmates post about field trip
• Charles Leclerc watches video with Leo
• Carlos Sainz reacts to qualifying above Ferrari
• Charles Leclerc reacts to qualifying
• George Russell eats banana in press conference
• Lando Norris radio during race

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Welcome to the Miami Grand Prix where McLaren and Max Verstappen battled it out on track, Max had a baby, Oscar Piastri hit the griddy, and Alpine has ongoing drama that gets more unhinged by the minute*. Let’s debrief the Miami GP!

*This was recorded before the latest development in the Alpine saga. I will update in the next episode!!

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Mentioned Media 

• Alpine’s statement about Ollie Oakes resignation
• Alpine’s statement about Jack Doohan
• Alpine’s post with Flavio Briatore and Ollie Oakes follow-up statements
• Cameraman zooming into Charles Leclerc’s face
• Carlos Sainz posted a dump of him doing sports
• Liam Lawson went to Stagecoach 
• Yuki Tsunoda calls Max Verstappen big daddy 
• Toto Wolff on Max Verstappen being a great dad 
• Toto Wolff says baby will be marketing gold if she goes by Verstappen-Piquet
• Fernando Alonso allegedly said that he looks forward to racing Max Verstappen’s kid soon
• Charles Leclerc congratulating Max Verstappen
• Lewis Hamilton at the Met Gala
• Max Verstappen points out he and Lewis Hamilton are the first drivers in the paddock
• Leo Leclerc visiting Williams with all the WAGs
• Charles Leclerc’s girlfriend Alex does a Rhodes event with Hailey Bieber
• Lewis Hamilton co-promotes his non-alcoholic bevvie with Tom Holland
• Yuki Tsunoda can’t stop eating
• Mercedes has got Toto Wolff in a T-SHIRT
• The Drivers Parade is in life-size, functioning Lego cars!!
• Yuki Tsunoda tells Max Verstappen to treat him like a baby
• Timothee Chalamet in the RB garage with Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson
• Kimi Antonelli hugging his dad after pole
• Kimi Antonelli on Max Verstappen’s unsafe release
• Max Verstappen on rumors that being a dad would make him slower
• Lando Norris jokes he hoped Max Verstappen would be slower post-baby

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We’re chatting about everything that went down in a very toasty Jeddah, including lap 1 drama, off-track tea (feat. unhinged rookie stories), Oscar Piastri leading the world championship (omg!), and really digging into why Max Verstappen was so angry after the race. Was it the penalty? Finishing second? Isane FIA behavior (ding ding ding!!)?? Let’s debrief the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix!!

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Mentioned Media

• Yuki Tsunoda’s Bahrain dump featured an excellent photo of Max Verstappen
• Lewis Hamilton on the cover of Vogue
• George Russell advert for Mercedes sponsor Einhell
• Kimi Antonelli remembers every lap time he’s ever registered on a track
• Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman share unhinged stories
• Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz trauma bonding over Dr. Helmut Marko
• Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz discuss how they feel at home on the road
• Charles Leclerc has a Words of Wisdom doc with his funny radio messages
• George posted a pic of him, Lando, Alex, and Carlos playing padel
• Drivers were greeted at the airport with bouquets of flowers
• JLo was at the Ferrari garage
• Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar, and Fernando Alonso take selfies on Alex Albon’s phone
• James Vowles on Max Verstappen
• Max Verstappen and David Croft at the press conference
• Yuki Tsunoda crashes in FP2
• Oscar Piastri has water in his helmet?
• Isack Hadjar ALSO has water in his helmet
• Isack Hadjar and trying to overtake the Williams
• Max Verstappen penalty documentation from the FIA
• Alex Albon flying home with Max Verstappen 

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Welcome to the Bahrain Grand Prix! We finally got to see some on-track action. Or at least, hear about it (seems like the camera was allergic to racing). We’re chatting strategy, overtakes, broken transponders, and messy team dynamics. Let’s dive int to the Bahrain GP!

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MENTIONED MEDIA 

• Carlos Sainz on his fine in Japan
• Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both cheat at chess
• This Red Bull D2 edit to the Six musical
• Alex Albon and Charles Leclerc use James Vowles’ toilet
• Oscar Piastri asked journalists if they also get fined for swearing
• Lewis Hamilton brings his curls out
• George Russell and Charles Leclerc wear the same outfit
• Ollie Bearman’s ice bath
• Lewis Hamilton’s first factory mention
• George Russell didn’t know Kimi Antonelli was still in school
• Isack Hadjar’s dad is a quantum physicist
• Carlos Sainz Sr celebrates birthday with Williams Racing
• Alex Albon discusses Williams fine with George Russell
• Carlos Sainz out qualified Lewis Hamilton
• Nico Hulkenberg time deleted 45 minutes after he set it
• Christian Horner talks about letting Liam Lawson go
• Max Verstappen's manager rages at Dr. Helmut Marko after Bahrain
• George Russell posts “thirst trap” of Lando Norris
• Cooldown room Bahrain GP 2025

Ollie Bearman’s dad and brother congratulate him on radio 

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