After the fairly restrained Japanese Grand Prix we needed a bit of a plate cleanser and that's exactly what Bahrain served up to us for out 2nd race in the Gulf this season. A dominant win for McLaren's Oscar Piastri , but eith more FIA based chaos hiding beneath the surface.

This week on the podcast we look at the Bahrain Grand Prix which saw a huge number of technical gremlins strike several teams, and some very strange and late calls from the stewards, which ened up ahving a negative effect on a few driver's races. It all kicked off on Saturday when Nico Hulkenberg's best Q1 lap time was deleted during Q3, but the problem was he'd already taken part in Q2 when it turned out he shouldn't have actually got through, this had a knock on effct on Alex Albon, who should then have made the 2nd session with a car that team principle James Vowles claimed had th pace for Q3.

It didn't get much better from there as we had timing failures, George Russell able to open his DRS manually and by mistake (when he wqas trying to use the radio) and who knows what else. As usual there's our team by team review and the expected sheload of tangents!

If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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That about sums up 2 of the 3 most interesting things about the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. The other one was, of course, Max Verstappen's blistering Q3 lap for pole position. But there was fire aplenty at trackside and you've got to feel for Isack Hadjar after his seatbelts were causing him grief in what Top Gear would describe as "The Gentleman's area"

This week on the pod we try and make up things to say about one of the dullest Japanese GP's we've had the pleasure of sitting through, it was the first race outside of Monaco where the top 6 on the grid were the top 6 by the end of the race and that stat would have gone further down the order had Lewis not passed Hadjar's Racing Bull to break the tedium (we're really selling this episode aren't we!)

There are thankfully a few tangents to break the parade up and there's a great Is That Glock as well, so it's not all that bad!

If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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Well they've done it again, RedBull have done a mid-season driver swap with RB and this time it's a new record. Liam Lawson only got 2 races in the "big" team as Max Verstappen's team-mate to prove himself, even though he's now in his 3rd rookie season after 2 years as VCARB's super-sub.

This week on the podcast we take a deep dive into whatever the hell it is that RedBull (Mainly Helmut Marko) is playing at and how they've potentially managed to derail 2 driver's careers in one badly thought out move. Of course we could be wrong and this could turn out to be the genius move of the season, but previous form, and they've got a LOT of previous form in this, says that it probably won't be,

There's a brief few bits of other news including Ferrari's floor and Aston Martin selling shares and buying shares at the same time along with the usual healthy amount of tangents and we've even got a new Is That Glock (complete with jingle as well!)

If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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Not from us though! Ferrari’s pit wall did it again after their calculated deductions that the reason that Charles’ seat was wet must have been because of water and in other news rain falls from the sky (thank you Will Buxton).

This week we look back on a season opener that had just about everything you could ask for; wheel to wheel racing, on-track passing, a bit of rain, a variety of pit strategies (once again, thatnk you Ferrari, you never dissappoint) and minimal interference from the stewards/FIA.

The 2025 season has got off to a strong start for some and not exactly strong for others, but it’s a long year and we’ve still got 23 races and 6 sprints to go so don’t plan on celebrating just yet if you did well and don’t think that your season is over if you didn’t (unless you’re Jack Doohan and the rumours are tru and you’ve got to make a VERY quick impression on good old Flavvy B)

Also we’ve got the results up already for the prediction league along with open predictions for both races in China this weekend and we’ve finally got the league sorted out in the Official F1 Fantasy game

If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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Can you believe it? We have been doing this podcast for 10 whole years now! OK we haven’t been as regular as normal lately, but sad to say life happens. But as we head into a new F1 season, we’re going to make an effort to get back to some kind of regular schedule again, starting right here.

On this week’s podcast we get all over-excited about the new season starting this weekend in Australia. There’s new driver on the grid, there’s rookies with more experience than some well known F1 names from the past and there’s only 2 teams with the same lineup as 2024. So there’s a lot to unpick already and we’ve only had the 3 day pre-season test

There’s also the new Prediction League kicking off this week and we’ve finally managed to get the results sorted out for the 2024 version as well where the top 3 came out as:

Congrats to the 3 of you and if anyone wants to sponsor prizes for this year, just hit us up!

(One last thing, Paul would like to apologise for getting so much wrong this week!)

If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the ocials weve got our Facebook, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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So it’s finally happened, this month’s “worst kept secret in F1” has come to fruition and Sergio Perez & RedBull have parted company. This has been rumoured to be happening for a while and for the last couple of months it was becoming more of a “when” than an “if”.

This week on the podcast we look at the reasons behind why Checo has been let go and what the future is like for RedBull’s seemingly cursed 2nd seat.

Also you wouldn’t believe the amount of tangents we’ve managed to fit in this week, We may not be able to call ourselves an F1 podcast if it carries on like this, for example there’s discussion of Chris unboxing a pack of Chocolate HobNobs from almost 9 years ago!

But in other F1 related stuff, this week has the debut of our “new” quiz, Is That Glock?

(Any resemblance to any other previous quiz on the pod is purely coincidental and not at all ripped off because it was a great idea and we’re buggered if we can think of a better type of quiz to replace it with)

Have a great Christmas from all of us at 3L4W and we’ll be back sometime over the festive season, or festive season adjacent for our season review and maybe the return of Thicc Ricc too. You can also join in with us all winter on Discord too, along with Facebook, BlueSky & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per month

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Bit of a change for us, we’ve recorded this week’s show an hour after the chequered flag in one of the most penalty strewn races that we’ve seen in a while, the Qatar Grand Prix. As of approx 8:30 GMT on Sunday night, this was the finishing order we had, but we’re not 100% sure this will still be the same by the time you listen to it.

This week on the pod we also look at the chaos that is the FIA, with all the sackings, new race directors, new race directors that get sacked before they’ve had a chance to direct a race and where does the money go?

All this and a ton of tangents to keep you going until the last race of the season next weekend in Abu Dhabi.

Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league for both races this week and put your  entries in for the last Grand Prix of the season at Abu Dhabi in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook, BlueSky & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too

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He’s done it! Max Verstappen has taken his 4th World Driver’s Championship crown after it looked a bit patchy in places this season. But the current guy to beat on the grid has walked away with the title with 2 races and sprint to spare in the half conquering RedBull (his half is all conquering, but when you average things out…)

This week on the podcast we’ve not only got all our thoughts on a pretty decent 2nd edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but also the news that broke on Monday(!!!!!) that GM/Cadillac are going to be on the F1 grid from 2026 after all the to-ing and fro-ing with the Andretti bid that they were part of.

There’s the usual glut of tangents as well and also we debut our new theme tune this week. After almost 10 years we’ve decided to make a bit of a tweak. Patreon subscribers might know this song from their exclusive shows and hopefully you’ll like the tune as well. It’s called A Song About Trees by an Isle of Man band called Veto

Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league for Vegas (baby) and put your  entries in for both the Grand Prix and the sprint this weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook, BlueSky & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too

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As always, you can listen here or on YouTube, iTunes, Amazon and most other podcast apps too along with Spotify, Acast and TuneIn Radio on your smart speakers.

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