On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Adam Wylde and Tim Hauraney discuss the race week in Bahrain and the scheduling changes due to Ramadan (00:00), investigation into Christian Horner and the allegations against him (6:12), Red Bull's dominance and the speed of their car, as well as Checo Perez's comments about downplaying the car's performance (10:14), Max Verstappen's dominance (17:45), season predictions for top teams and bottom teams (24:52), predictions for the Bahrain Grand Prix (30:12), and overall excitement for the upcoming Formula 1 season (37:33).

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On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Racer’s Chris Medland, and ESPN F1’s Nate Saunders, Laurence Edmondson to go over three days of F1 testing. Can F1 withstand another season of Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominance? Ferrari looks strong, can they be the team that takes the fight to RBR, or will McLaren have another late season resurgence and surprise everyone again, while Mercedes learns all about a brand new car concept. Then the guys give their predictions for the first race of the season and take your questions.

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On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim shares his experience of being trackside at Formula One 2024 testing (00:00), performance and standout cars (3:13), Red Bull and McLaren's Upgrades and Performance (6:20), what teams showed up unprepared? (10:30), Max Verstappen absent in Drive to Survive (15:57), Lewis Hamilton storylines and relationship with Mercedes (21:12), and Daniel Riccardo's progress (27:15).

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On this episode of Nailing the Apex, what did Charles Leclerc know about Lewis Hamilton coming to Ferrari, and how did Carlos Sainz find out that he would be replaced for 2025 (00:47). Mercedes had their car launch on Wednesday, the team introduced a completely new car and car philosophy, a big question they are facing is if it works, and if it can be competitive, Technical Director James Allison believes it can be (13:48). McLaren unveiled their 2024 challenger and that team is cooking up something good for this season (24:00). Is Zak Brown right when he says that one team owner should only be allowed to own one team in Formula 1 (30:58). Tim is off to Bahrain for F1 testing, and the first race of the season (42:25).

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On this episode of Nailing the Apex, “Red Bull is absolutely beatable” Aston Martin’s Technical Director Dan Fallows tells Tim Hauraney. Adam Wylde joins Tim to break down Sunday’s Aston Martin’s media day, what plagued this team mid-season in 2023, Fernando Alonso’s new nutrition plan, how important 2024 is for Lance Stroll, and will Alonso stay with Aston Martin past 2024 (00:00). Then Tim and Adam take a look at the AMR24 that Aston Martin will race on track this season (27:01).

VCARB launched their 2024 challenger, Tim and Adam discuss how this car could be a controversial one this season (32:00). Then a quick update on the Christian Horner investigation (41:00).

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On this episode of Nailing the Apex, a report from De Telegraph surfaced on Monday stating that Christian Horner had been put under investigation by Red Bull for allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde to discuss that and the report surfacing from Motorsport Total that infighting within the team between Horner, Jos Verstappen, and Helmut Marko (00:00). On Wednesday Alpine launched their 2024 F1 challenger, and we actually got to see a for real 2024 F1 car, Tim breaks down how it resembles the RB19 from 2023, and will the be successful this season (11:40). Who has the better chance at getting the seat at Mercedes Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly, or Alex Albon (24:55). Then Tim and Adam discuss the impact that Williams boss James Vowels has had on the team (32:45). Last Week Michael Andretti and Cadillac were denied entry into F1 with an 11th team for 2025/2026 the significant of denying them, and what could happen next (44:38).

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On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team Principal Gavin Ward for his first of multiple periodic appearances on NTA this season. Gavin has been the engineer for some of the best driers in the sport from the likes of Daniel Ricciardo, Mark Webber, to IndyCar’s Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward. Gavin takes us through what makes his approach to being a Team Principal different from others (00:00) Over the last decade there has been a massive shift in talent in IndyCar where weak drivers are now weeded out, Gavin takes us through just how competitive IndyCar is, and walks us though his way of leading the team (06:40). Arrow McLaren IndyCar team will be doing a three day livery launch and Gavin explains why the team is doing that (15:30). Tim and Gavin then discuss his drivers for this years IndyCar Championship and the difference between all three and what Gavin expects from them for this upcoming season (18:58). IndyCar has a docuseries but for those who live outside of North America can’t watch it, Gavin tells us just how important it is for IndyCar to be in that docuseries space, and accessible to everyone (30:35). Recently Motorsports lost one of the greats in Gil De Ferran and Gavin shares his memories on the Indy 500 champion (37:08).

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On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake to discuss Lewis Hamilton triggering his break clause from Mercedes and will join Ferrari in 2025 (00:00), Why did he make the choice to leave the silver arrows for the Scuderia (17:19), what happens with Carlos Sainz (27:02), who takes Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes for 2025? (32:15), and the guys take your questions (39:42).

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On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Nate Saunders from ESPN F1 to discuss Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris both signing long term deals with their current teams. Charles Leclerc inked what he called a deal that spanned “several years” Tim and Nate discuss why this could be a mistake for the Monégasque racing driver (4:49).

Lando Norris’s deal wasn’t up until the end of 2025, but the British driver still signed an extension to stay at McLaren for the foreseeable future, but his mistake could have been thinking that McLaren was back on the right path (24:20). In F1 it was unheard of for a drier to sign a long term deal, now in the past week we’ve two drivers ink very long term agreements 

Tim and Nate discuss how we got to where teams now treat start drivers with franchise tags (37:03). Both have their say on the Visa Cash App RB F1 Team name (43:44), and Nate gives his prediction on what happens in 2024 (53:37).

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On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by F1 journalist from De Telegraaf Erik van Haren. Erik reports on Max Verstappen and we want to know if Verstappen will dominate the field in the upcoming 2024 F1 World Championship. Both Tim and Erik provide three answers as why won’t and one answer on why he will (5:05)

Erik gives his thoughts on the travel that teams, crew, and media will have to go through in what will be the biggest F1 calendar to date (29:31).

Later Tim and Erik discuss the naming of the rebranded AlphaTauri to Visa Cash App RB Formula 1 Team (32:03).

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