Is Oscar Piastri now the favorite to win the WDC? Is Ferrari already out of it, after just 4 races? Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound for the Bahrain GP 2025 recap. Our 100th episode! 

• Max Verstappen is clearly threatening to leave Red Bull after the team fails him.
• Ollie Bearman is the Guy.
• Will Yuki keep his Red Bull seat in 2026?
• Is it bad news for F1 that we've all already forgotten about the newest season of Drive to Survive? 
• Also, Patrick's brilliant suggestions to save DTS -- making it more like NFL's Hard Knocks show -- and how Red Bull can take advantage of today's influencer culture. 

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True, most of the action took place in pit lane. But there was a lot of drama leading up to this year's Japanese Grand Prix. Join Patrick and Brian on the Hard Compound. Full breakdown of the 2025 Japan Grand Prix, plus our take on all the drama inside Red Bull. And McLaren. And Ferrari. Oh, my. 

• Why the Red Bull seat a make or break assignment for Yuki. 
• When McLaren decides to prioritize Oscar over Lando. 
• Plus, the rookies are finally showing up. 
• But, wait. There's more. Is Angry Alex Albon the best Alex Albon? Is Christian Horner on the way out? And why is Ferrari regressing? Give a listen and subscribe. 

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How do you solve a problem like Tsunoda? Join Patrick and Brian for all the drama inside Red Bull and all the chaos out on track. 

1. Will Yuki finally get that Red Bull seat? 
2. Is Liam Lawson's F1 career already over? 
3. How can Ferrari continue to sabotage their drivers? In different ways!
4. Plus. Why did F1 erase Fernando Alonso? When does the bad blood spill over between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri? Who will be America's team? 
5. Lastly, our thoughts on Eddie Jordan, last of the F1 hustlers, and our recommendations for cool new F1 streaming content.

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All the young dudes lead to a chaotic start to the F1 2025 season. Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound for all the insight from Melbourne. 

• Lando Norris does not falter. 
• Is it too soon to write off Lewis Hamilton? And how much is Toto Wolff gloating?
• Why the center of F1 is shifting toward America.
• Is McLaren skirting the rules? 
• All that and much more, including our predictions for the Chinese Grand Prix. 

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The F1 2025 season is officially underway. Join Patrick and Brian on the Hard Compound. 

It's all about rumors, predictions, hopes, and disappointments. Based on 3 days of testing.

1. Will it be the story everyone wants, Lewis Hamilton winning his record breaking 8th WDC while driving for Ferrari? 
2. Can McLaren repeat as constructor's champion? 
3. How will the rookies fare? 
4. The growing tensions between teammates Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and between Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon. 
5. Which team will be the biggest surprise? Alpine, Williams, or Haas? Which will be the biggest disappointment? Aston Martin, Red Bull, or Mercedes?
6. Forget hair bands. We have hair F1. The F1 team with the best hair. 
7. And finally, why is Esteban Ocon starring in this really awful French movie? 

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound and let's discuss all the big changes coming to F1 in 2025. Plus, all the rumors. 

• Why we expect Max Verstappen and George Russell to battle it out for the championship. 
• Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton will turm nasty. Give it time. 
• How Fernando Alonso is like Michigan's Fab Five. 
• Is Adrian Newey already sandbagging at Aston Martin?
• When does Netflix buy the US F1 media rights? 
• Our big predictions for tire regulations and for a new Max Verstappen - Lando Norris F1 sim league. 
• And why we remain convinced there will soon be an F1 "seniors league" featuring Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Valtteri Bottas, and Kimi Raikkonen.

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It's awards season. And we give out the F1 2024 awards for best driver, best team, best race, favorite moment, biggest disappointment, and more. All that, plus:

• Why Fred Vasseur is the Yoko Ono of Formula 1.
• How Lewis and Toto went from Ride or Die to Gone Girl.
• The cruel cursed F1 life of Fernando Alonso. 
• Lando's one missing ingredient keeping him from being world champion. 
• Does everyone hate Esteban Ocon? 
• And our crazy prediction for F1 2025. 

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Off-season, but we are back on the Hard Compound. With all the news and rumors. Let's discuss. 

• Will fatherhood change Max Verstappen? 
• Is Toyota ready to buy Haas? 
• The real reason Jos Verstappen is always in the Red Bull garage. 
• How will Indy Racing's big moment impact F1 in America?
• What are the rookie F1 drivers thinking with these number choices? 
• Who would have the most valuable memecoin in F1? Lewis Hamilton? Charles Leclerc? Our surprise pick. 
• All that, plus our crazy predictions for F1 2025. 

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound. We take a look back at this great and surprising F1 2024 season. 

• The quiet, steady greatness of Charles Leclerc. 
• How Max Verstappen cemented his legacy as one of the greatest ever, maybe the greatest ever in F1. 
• How Lando Norris found his will to win. 
• Shocking moves by Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Christian Horner, and Alpine. 
• Plus, the best races, the best drivers, the worst drivers, and more. 

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024, the final race of the season. 

• Max Verstappen nearly takes out Oscar Piastri and almost ruins McLaren's chances for a Constructor's title. That's another reason why we predict F1 will enact the "Max rules" starting in 2025. 
• We explain why McLaren winning the constructor's title frees Lando Norris to rid himself of all the self-doubt. 
• Charles Leclerc gave it everything this season. Will Lewis Hamilton help Ferrari next year, or harm them? We tell you. 
• Why we demand the Williams name be taken down. Why Mercedes will do better in 2025. Oh, and why we predict Apple will soon buy the global streaming rights to F1. 

Thank you, listener, for a fantastic time. This great season is over, but we will continue. Coming up, our favorite moments of F1 2024. Then, the annual "Effys" -- the biggest, best, dumbest, and worst of the F1 season. Then, pre-season testing and our outrageous predictions heading into F1 2025. 

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