Who needs Drive to Survive when the real drama is this good!? The gloves are well and truly off for the 2021 Championship as Hamilton hit back at home with big lap 1 drama and Merc snatching the win from a racy Leclerc. As well as the penalty furore, Shane and Alex go over the new Sprint Qualifying and all the weekend's excitement.

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Talk of format changes has been rumbling in F1 for a couple of years now, but finally the teams and the governing bodies have agreed to the Sprint Qualifying format to be tested this season, starting at the British Grand Prix. What is it? And do we think it will be any good? Alex and Shane run through the details as well as your thoughts in today's episode!

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Penalties galore at the Red Bull Ring as some drivers fall foul of the stewards' judgements of hard racing (and some drivers can't stop going over the pit entry line..) Meanwhile Max Verstappen wins and becomes the youngest driver ever to take a grand slam, completing a decisive triple-header. Alex & Shane try to make some sense out of the events in Austria!

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Verstappen was dominant at his team's home race and left Hamilton with no answers as we visited for the first of two times the now very familiar Spielberg track. It wasn't quite the emotional rollercoaster of the 2020 sessions but there were still plenty of cheers and tragedies across the grid - Shane & Alex explore the details of the skirmish in Styria.

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Who says you can't have a good race at Paul Ricard? The answer is us a couple of times in the past...but today we eat our words as the French GP provided an excellent 53 laps where (almost) everyone struggled with tyres, sandpaper runoff, and being undercut by their competitors. As usual, Shane & Alex go over the big talking points of the weekend.

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Well done Baku! It was an instant classic on the streets of the Azerbaijani capital with high drama throughout and a podium of three thoroughly deserving drivers who kept their noses clean (and didn't have tyre failures) to claim the top points. Alex and Shane go over the big talking points of the weekend including the big questions for Pirelli, who's winning the top team wingman game and more!

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It's wasn't the most thrilling 78 laps of the Monte Carlo circuit, pleasing though it was to see the iconic sights once more, but the implications on the championship can't be denied - Verstappen and Red Bull now top both standings with a big win. There were other upsets and surprises abound with Leclerc's hometown curse continuing, another Norris podium, a happy Seb Vettel and more!

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We couldn't resist the chance to chat about the announcement (and the announcement of the announcement) that had so much excitement behind it - McLaren reunite with Gulf to carry the iconic livery for the upcoming race weekend. Alex & Shane give their thoughts + chat about past one-off liveries and whether we could (and should) see them more often.

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The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya produced a result that continued it's predictable trend as Hamilton took the chequered flag in Spain for the 5th year in a row, but it was an exciting strategy battle nonetheless as Red Bull again learnt the hard way that Mercedes have an uncanny ability to dictate the flow of a race. We cover the continuing title fight and much more in today's post-race episode!

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Saturday gave us our third different pole sitter in three races courtesy of Valtteri Bottas, but the Finn ultimately lost out to the two heavyweights of Verstappen & Hamilton whose epic battle to be crowned champion continues. Alex and Shane give their impressions of how everyone did at the challenging circuit of Portimao!

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