Fresh Rubber

Lewis Hamilton wins the 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix — first with Ferrari, seventh at this circuit, one more than Schumacher. Ferrari called a three-stop strategy that left Hamilton nearly two seconds a lap faster than the field when it mattered most.

Jason and Gav break down the race that won it, what George Russell's bittersweet pole-to-P2 actually means, Kimi Antonelli's DNF cutting his championship lead to 41 points, and whether Lewis Hamilton can genuinely go for an eighth title across three constructors. Plus: Charles Leclerc copying Hamilton's brakes, the deferred Gasly podium, and an Austria preview.

Six pit lane speeding penalties, five DNFs, one winner who drove a flawless afternoon. Monaco 2026 was either the best race Gav has ever seen or a messy one saved by FIA shenanigans — Jason and Gav disagree. Max DNF'd on the grid before a wheel turned in anger.

Kimi Antonelli won his fifth straight while the field imploded. George Russell fell from podium contender to P12 in three stewards' decisions. Lewis Hamilton finished P2 at Monaco in Ferrari red.

Jason and Gav break down the penalty avalanche, the crumbling asphalt that ended Leclerc and Stroll, and what a Max-less F1 might actually look like.

Canada delivered the most chaotic race of the 2026 season. McLaren started on inters in bone-dry conditions and lost everything. Kimi Antonelli and George Russell went wheel-to-wheel for 30 laps in some of the most intense teammate racing of the year. Then Hamilton pulled off an around-the-outside move on Verstappen at Turn 1 to grab P2. Kimi wins his fourth in five races. Jason and Gav break it all down — the strategy disaster, the championship math, and whether George Russell can still claw this back.

The Mercedes honeymoon is over. Kimi Antonelli attacked George Russell around the outside at Turn 1, nearly crashed them both out twice, and lost it so badly on the radio that Toto Wolff had to intervene personally. George wins the sprint by two points. Lando quietly picks up P2 while they fight.

Jason and Gav break down whether George intentionally closed the door, why the championship leader shouldn't be putting the car on the wall for two sprint points, and what Kimi's meltdown means for the rest of the year. Plus: Hamilton's frustrating pattern of leading and giving it back late, Verstappen at P7 the week after nearly winning the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and the post-race wide shot that accidentally became the Last Supper — Kimi barely containing his rage while George laughs with Lando next to him.

Key topics: Kimi vs George, Toto on the radio, championship math, George's mind games, Hamilton's tyre mystery, Verstappen at Nürburgring, Kimi's growth ladder, 10 years to the day since Rosberg vs Hamilton in Canada.

Fresh Rubber is back — and F1 served up a cracker to welcome us home. Jason and Gav dig into Miami's three-way fight between McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes, Antonelli's undercut win over a frustrated Norris, Max Verstappen's miraculous 360 and what it means that Red Bull's chaotic Joker seems to have his fire back. Plus: Leclerc's disintegrating last lap, George Russell outdriven for the first time all season, Red Bull's comedy of errors with Lawson and Hadjar, and the thorny question of whether F1 should have dodged the rain entirely.

Topics: Three-way title fight · Antonelli vs Norris strategy battle · Verstappen 360 · George Russell title gap · Red Bull's B-team problem · Leclerc's last lap carnage · F1's electrical energy reduction

Kimi Antonelli wins in Japan and takes the championship lead. But how much of it was skill, and how much was a safety car landing at exactly the right moment?

Jason and Gav break down the Bearman shunt, the closing speed debate that's got the paddock talking, Max Verstappen's increasingly uncertain future, and Gasly doing something remarkable in an Alpine. Plus: Jack Black turned up to promote a Mario Kart movie at the same race everyone's calling Mario Kart. You can't write it.
**Topics:** Kimi's win and championship lead · Bearman shunt and safety car · energy deployment safety debate · Max's future in F1 · George Russell's horror run · Gasly vs Max · Ferrari vs McLaren in the constructors

Kimmy Antonelli on pole at Suzuka and the generational story is writing itself — Linblad outqualifies Verstappen, Russell finds six tenths when his car fights him, and Piastri is back in the mix. Jason and Gav dig into the Mercedes teammate tension, Gav's comet tail theory on Red Bull's slow decline, and whether F1's new harvesting rules are killing classical racecraft. Plus race predictions: can Kimmy convert pole into another win?

Antonelli wins his first Grand Prix, Hamilton gets his first Ferrari podium, and both McLarens don't even start. The 2026 Chinese GP was a weekend of records, emotion, and a whole lot of questions.

Jason and Gav dig into the Hamilton-Leclerc battle that stole the show, debate whether the Mercedes-Ferrari playbook is becoming too predictable, and try to figure out what's gone wrong at McLaren. Plus — Verstappen's dry humour in the face of Red Bull's struggles, the midfield teams capitalising, and a look ahead to whether Suzuka's famous Esses will deliver with these new energy rules.

Key topics: Antonelli's maiden win, Hamilton vs Leclerc, McLaren's double DNF, Verstappen and Red Bull, midfield shake-up, Suzuka preview.

The 2026 Formula 1 season begins with one of the most unusual races in recent memory.

The new regulations have transformed how the cars are driven — with drivers managing electrical deployment, energy harvesting, and a completely different racing style.

In this episode we cover:

• Why the rookies and younger drivers impressed

• Mercedes’ early advantage and George Russell’s win

• Max Verstappen’s stunning recovery drive from P20

• Ferrari’s strategy disaster under the Virtual Safety Car

• The controversy around F1’s new energy-based racing

• And Oscar Piastri’s nightmare start to the season

We also discuss what this race tells us about the developing 2026 title fight between Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, and the chasing pack.

The new era of Formula 1 has arrived — and it’s already chaotic.

Formula 1 is heading for its biggest reset in years — and it’s not just about faster cars.

In this episode, we dig into what the 2026 regulations really change for drivers and teams. Smaller, lighter cars. Active aero. Multiple energy modes. More decisions, more trade-offs, and far more responsibility placed on the driver.

We talk through why the new cars may be harder to race than anything we’ve seen before, why year one of a regulation reset is often messy, and how energy management could shape battles lap after lap.

We also explore the growing talk around engine “grey areas” — and whether finding performance at the edges of the rulebook is a problem for F1, or simply the sport being itself.

If 2026 is meant to improve racing, this is the real gamble behind it.