F1 Explained

Hi, y'all! - I'm back!

Where have I been and what have I been doing? Kart racing! I also do a quick recap of how the Formula 1 weekend works since there's been some changes (Sprint Qualifying!) since the last time I covered it.

So happy to be talking to you again.

Opening Track: José González - Step Out

Quite a few things to go through this episode - I’ll touch on the Dutch GP and penalties, we had some big driver signing announcements to parse through, Monza saw McLaren return to winning form in spectacular fashion, and finally there’s a big announcement about the podcast at the end.

Closing Track: Vincent Carlo - I’ll See You Again

That wasn’t a race. That was ridiculous. I’m pretty miffed about it, but there’s a few whacky things you may have seen that made you say, “what?!.” I’ll explain them for you.

Also, George Russell to Mercedes???

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Well, I’m back from vacation! I spent 2 weeks in Europe and caught the Austrian GP while I was there. It was a fantastic experience - highly recommended. I’ll tell you a bit about that and then cover the British Grand Prix.

First, we’ve had an experimental format for the race weekend so that’s worth covering and of course I’ll take you through my thoughts on Lewis and Max coming together.

Glad to be back!

Opening Track: Cake - The Distance

YAAASS we got ourselves a championship race! Race recap and why it wasn’t Bottas’ fault for finishing where he did, I’ll revisit Aston Martin and their performance (complete with a quote from their media head), and then our explainer topics today are Parc Ferme and a listener question on how DRS works.

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Opening Track: Moby - Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)

Baku told Monaco, “Hold my beer!” and we saw a second race where Mercedes didn’t perform as we expect. Great to see a podium full of fresh faces! Why have Aston Martin had two consecutive good race results? I’ll break that down for you.

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Opening Track: Elbow - Grounds For Divorce

Normally Monaco is a snoozefest but it managed to be an absolute banger - for Monaco standards that is. We’ll go through the race per usual, but then I’ll also cover a couple listener questions such as why does it seem that only Bottas gets hosed on Mercedes’ pit stops? What makes a good car vs a good driver? And finally, where does George Russell go? I’ll cover the F1 driver market as it stands and what his options are.

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Opening Track - Cults - Always Forever

Brilliant win by Mercedes. That was a showcase of just what F1 race strategists do with their day and I’ll take you through what made the win happen.

I’ll also explain how the Safety Car restart procedure works.

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Opening Track: Blondie - One Way or Another

Bit of a stinker of a race, but still plenty to talk about. Little bit of follow up touching on the new Sprint Qualifying format as well as track limits. Then diving into qualifying and the race at the Portuguese GP.

As much as I don’t want to talk about Mazepin, we should. Is he too slow for Formula 1? What can be done about it?

Finally I wrap things up with an explainer about “race pace” vs “qualifying pace.” What are they? Drivers and teams talk about them all the time. I’ll demystify it for you.

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Opening track: Washed Out - Feel It All Around