Formula Fools

Formula Fools

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Formula Fools episodes

  • What is a Sprint Race?

    Ahead of the Chinese Sprint weekend David and Skin take a look at what makes up the Formula 1 Sprint Race weekend! Skin learns about Oscar Piastri's first win in a sprint race last season, however David isn't a massive fan of the sprint races being classed as an actual race win! The boys also take a look into the driver market and Alonso's 2 year contract signing! David and Skin also look at what F1 looked like back in 2019 when we last raced at China!

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    41 min
  • Tyre Strategy in Formula 1

    David and Skin give their reactions after the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend with Ryan Smith helping them catch up with all the on track drama! David's love for Williams has been tested over the past few weeks and this week you see him as a broken man after they didn't go too well in the last race! Skin learns that the team he has gone for, McLaren, may have had a bit of a sketchy past, all the while The Haas Chap is trying to convince him to support Haas F1! We also look ahead to the Chinese Grand Prix with David choosing his top 3 moments from its history!

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Melbourne GP 2024!

    This week Skin and Dave headed down to Melbourne to watch the F1 in person, for real! We had the full 4 days at the track so we run through our experiences while also giving you some tips to what to do if your attending a race this year! We also go through some of the race from this years Melbourne GP and David gives some of his controversial claims with the George Vs Fernando crash on the closing lap of the race. We do look at positives from that with the Aston Martin team warning Lance Stroll about the crash with George on track.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • How do F1 cars work?

    This week we look into the ins and outs of what makes an F1 car go around the track! Skin asks some questions about things that he doesn't understand like the plank, DRS and much more! We also made a decision to only top line for this episode but Skin had other plans by writing out some pretty intense questions for David which lead him to having to do some pretty intense research!

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    49 min
  • Where Did The Current F1 Teams Come From?

    David and Skin deep dive into the current F1 teams history to see where they came from. Ryan takes us on a run down of the Saudi Arabian GP and that epic race from Lance Stroll, oh wait! David presents Skin with the legend that is Kimi Räikkönen by showing some of his most iconic radio messages!

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    48 min
  • How the Formula 1 Season Works!

    David opens the door to the crazy Formula 1 calendar and how 10 teams with thousands of staff fly all over the world to compete in the F1 world championship! Special guest host Ryan Smith speeds us through 'The Hot Lap Recap' for the first time. Plus, unravel the mysteries behind Max Verstappen's dominance and Lewis Hamilton's slowdown. Don't miss the debut of 'Name that Driver,' putting your F1 knowledge to the ultimate test!

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    43 min
  • How A F1 Race Weekend Works!

    Dave has a bone to pick with Skin after a shocking revelation outside of the podcast! Skin has some questions ahead of his first Formula 1 weekend from how the schedule runs to what the each flag does during an F1 event. Dave goes on some tangents including the Max Vs Lewis 2021 final race as well as the Senna Vs Prost title decider in 1989!


    03:30 How Does an F1 Weekend Work - Thur-Sat

    19:50 Race Penalties

    24:40 Motorsport Flags

    31:35 Pit Stop Rules

    34:20 How's the Haas Chap?

    41:50 Meme of the week

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    45 min
  • What is Formula One?

    David and Skin unpack Formula One from its absolute basics looking at what it is and how it runs as a sport. Skin takes us on a mathematical journey as we dive into the Romain Grosjean crash in Bahrain! The boys also chat about some of the pre season antics from Skins first car launch season to Lewis Hamilton moving to Ferrari in 2025!


    0:45 - Intro to the Formula Fools

    2:50 - Why should I watch Formula One

    17:35 - G-Thats a lot of force

    27:10 - Quick Spin - Car Launches and Lewis Hamilton To Ferrari

    37:45 - You can be my Pit Stop - Game

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    45 min

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Formula 1 for beginners (and the mates pretending they get it). Each week we unpack the history, the headlines and the chaos of F1—with simple explanations, big moments, and just enough opinion to…