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  Bada bing bang boom in Bahrain baby!

Welcome to this week's episode of The Midfield Podcast! Whole mess 'a stuff packed into this one with a real gosh-darn good race to recap, driver's to put on notice, and Italians to laugh at. Let's get it!

29:20 - Alright after thoroughly thrashing our Italian friends both on and off the track, it's time to cut them some slack. Let's get into Haas! You know we're excited about bragging about our P10 Challenge pick. We get excited about silly things.

41:15 - Dan comes out swinging for the fences with some of the nicest things you could possibly say about Lance Stroll. Patrick, still struggling. Gotta climb back up to tickle the Williams team we forgot all about. Lazer-Eye Narc-Darth creeps into yet another discussion and Carlos has a slightly less sh***y weekend.

52:15 - Jr's, Clown Cars, and Redbulls, all kinda playing the same game. They need to be playing the Go Faster game, but it appears as though Darth-Narc may be humanized by his car this year. Will they be punting as hard as the Astons? Liam and Georgie on watch!

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  Hey ho Midfielders!

Welcome to another sizzler of an episode of the Midfield Podcast! We waste no time and get right to bitchin' about tires and the "Suzuka Snoozer". With one overtake in the top 10 it's hard to argue with us, especially because we argue with ourselves. We start the Midfield top-down break down and the silliness follows..

29:45 - It's our P10 pick! Our boy Albon fought "the thing" and still managed to lock in a solid midfield performance. 4 consecutive Q3's? Who is this guy? He's the leader of the Good Guy Club that's who. We dig into our buddy Squishy Boots missing the national anthem. Turns out his boots were squishy from not tears this time!

40:15 - Haas bags a point with the rookie. Not a good weekend for his partner. A quiet but productive weekend for Fernando. Unfortunately his teammate was also not a great performer. A no DNF weekend tho! That's real good for our boy in green, atta kid.

48:10 - It's everyone's favorite segment! And the one we struggle with the most. We say nice things, kinda. Jr's turn, how 'bout that Ike? Another driver with issues in his pantaloons, but again putting up big numbers and a decent race. We'll see him in Clown Car in a couple weeks. Who's got a shorter leash? Liam Or Jack, get your bets in now!

67:25 - Bahrain preview! We already got one of these for preseason testing early this year, but it'll be fun to see some actual competition on the track this time around. If you run into any of our friends out there be sure and say hi! We get a lil' inside scoop from Big T over at the Coffee Corner.

71:25 - What's that there?! Music to Patrick's ears! It's the sweet ding of bean time! The score is 3 to 1 in favor of Patty and that should shock everybody. Does Dan get a tasty treat, or a mouthful of yuck? Oh the suspense.

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  Hope you're rested up Midfielders! 

We're on the brink of a triple header! But before we dive into the excitement of the next race, we got some Bean Business to attend to, Redbull seats to discuss, and a Jr. team that's got some real spunk. All this AND a preview of the Japanese Grand Prix?! Boy are you lucky!

26:30 - Dings, beans and role playing out of the way, it's time to talk about something other than the Redbull circus. Just kidding! We're diving into the Jr.'s and a couple of the other options for the P10 challenge. We wrap up the team predictions and vibes with one of our favorite Aussies.

31:45 - We go through some headlines. Colored pencil sorting, big stuff! We talk liveries, some real, some possibly real? Haas is no joke, and took some big steps with pink this weekend. It's a bold strategy, we'll see if it pays out for 'em. Hopefully some other teams follow suit. Pirelli Preview!

40:00 - BOLDIES!!! We lock in a couple of solid picks after some deliberation. Dan snaps up Jackie D. before Patrick can do anything about it. Rascal! It's okay, it gives Patty a chance to eventually find his way back to his red cars for a championship. Liam was 2-4-6, for anyone keeping score.

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  Welcome back Midfielders!

We're back and ready for our round 2 recap! We've got new rules, new teams we're not talking about, and all the midfield action from the top down! Buckle in, we're ready to burn rubber, or eat some.

20:24 - Dano earns himself an early bean! First dinger of the year goes to the big dawg! Clean air is king! We hit the midfield teams all the way down to Ferrari, who went full 'rari. It's tough to find two different ways to get DQ'd, unless you're Dan's BOLDIE. 'Rari needs new shorts! Dan's got jokes.

29:45 - Working their way back into contention, the Bad Boys make their debut in The Midfield. Will this roller coaster of a team level off and remain a talking point throughout the season? We can't wait to find out.

32:50 - It's that time once again! Our boy has been making it easy on us this year. Lance has been putting the screws to Fernando, so we have no problems finding nice things to say about our lil Canadian buddy. It's easy to look good when your teammate isn't even on the standings. Bomb-bees.

38:55 - We don't really spend the rest of this episode ripping into the Jr's. But we DEFINITELY could! We break down a bit of our P10 challenge strategy. Our loss this week was in the cards unfortunately. Thankfully, it's a long season. The Yuki P10 curse, we're not still bitter, we're not. Jackie's a menace. Dan earns a second, late bean.

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  Welcome back to a brand new season Midfielders!

We couldn't be happier to have a recap on board for your enjoyment. We also set some boundaries and bust out the whiteboard. Did someone land a BOLDIE last week?! We wrap things up with a look ahead to China! Feels gooooood to be back in the saddle.

7:42 - Tops off for a top-down rundown of the Midfield teams we're still allowed to talk about! First up is The silver arrows? Checks notes, TIED with the top team? If Kimi can keep his head in the the dry as well as he did in the rain these guys may find themselves out of our range as well.

36:30 - After tackling a few of our top midfield teams, it's time for our favorite and sometimes most difficult segment. That's right, it's time, once again to; Say Something Nice! Our boy had a pretty good weekend beating his teammate and finishing the race. Starting the season better than Ferrari's got to feel nice, let's hope they enjoy it while it lasts.

42:07 - Up next it's Sauber at P6? Can you tell it rained the first race of the season or what? Hulk doing Hulk stuff, but is this car actually better than last year? Probably not, but it's good to be able to talk about these guys for at least a little while longer. We also get into Ferrari and some squishy cheeks.

57:58 - Juniors! The little baby bulls didn't have a great showing but we have high hopes. Ike gets a double debut in China and this car has more to show than the rainy session was able to let shine through. We discuss some potentially dangerous driving from some of the old pros as well.

69:00 - Back to Shanghai for another awesome GP. We get ready with a brief preview. Best seats, tires, track, all the good stuffs. It's a sprint so less practice means more chaos. Brutal time zone for us Central US folk, but we set up our next BOLDIES anyways.

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  Hey there Midfielders!

Welcome back to another episode of your favorite midfield podcast; The Midfield Podcast! Left to their own devices, without guests, do Dan and Patrick have what it takes to keep a podcast afloat on on topic? Unlikely at best, but that's the fun of it all anyhow. Big show this week, Liveries, Drive to Survive, testing, and a race preview?! Hot diggity dawg! Let's burn rubber!

27:40 - You've waited all year, for last year. It's odd getting excited about things you already know, but we give it our best shot with our break down and ranking of each of the 10 episodes from the newest season of Drive to Survive.

42:00 - We get to Dan's favorite episode. I won't be numbering them in the description to not give away how long we're discussing this topic. Patrick makes a killer analogy. We get into the middle chunk of D2S episodes

56:00 - Another top episode for Dan and Patty does some flip-flopping. We know you're keeping score. Zak Brown plays beer league softball, George almost dies and the drivers play paddle ball. You know, racing.

1:16:10 - We power through the last few episodes of the show that brought us here, today, with mixed reviews. Well we had to, those were the rules. Este gets a side wager! 

1:24:50 - Last episode and we look forward to the Australian GP. Feels so great to have the cars back on track. We make our first BOLDIES of the season, and get ready to get up early for some weekend racing.

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  Hey there Midfielders!

How's a boot one more for the road? Guest that is! We brought in our good pal Terry Widdows from Coffee Corner Motorsports, again, to help get us geared up for the new season. Nobody is more clued into quality F1 breaking news, up to date with savvy- in the know information, or willing to spend time with us dorks on The Midfield Pod. He is the Tonto to our Lone Ranger, the Turner to our Hooch, our Guy in the Chair. You know him, you love him, we all fight to understand him, let's get crackin' mates!

3:30 - We already know Terry's background and origin story, go check it out on his first episode! We dive right in with what his take-aways were from '25 testing. Floods are a-comin' cause we're busting out the sandbags. Terry like's Kimi's potential, but what does he expect to get out of Liam Lawsoms this season? Didn't know there was gonna be a quiz didja?!

13:30 - We try to get Terry's favorite team or driver, but he's too much of a lover for that. Loves his Senna and everybody else, who can blame him? Once again, we do our best to get Terry's sources for ourselves, but he plays his hand close to his chest. He's even more informed than the teams themselves! We're just glad he's on our team.

30:30 - We get Terry's favorite moments from 2024, and talk briefly about safety and the introduction of the "halo".  We question the almighty FIA and discuss full time stewards. We solved the problem. We at the Midfield are economists with Terry's help. We find out what grinds Terry's gears and say cheerio.

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  Baba Booie Midfielders! 

We're back for more 2025 season preview prediction action! But what's this? Have the boys secured their first show sponsor?! Just like the rest of this episode, your boys at the Midfield have gone from the floor, and are lookin' at the ceiling baby! Let's dig into this 'sode like a big ol' bowl of cereal! *wink wink

8:25 - SPA suckas! It's no secret that Belgium hosts our favorite race here at The Midfield Podcast. We're suckers for elevation change and passing opportunities, no big whoop! Unfortunately we get into the summer stretch a bit, and end up with some lengthy bye weeks. 2 races in 7 weeks? Not a good ratio.

15:45 - With Aston, Mercedes, and summer break out of the way it's time to get into the good stuffs. The Dutch and Italian GP's as well as cracking into the top teams. One or two of which we won't be able to talk about this season, so let's enjoy it while we can. Bangers after the break, it's gonna be a great batch of races to the school year.

44:04 - Dan puts in some seriously strange prep work, good thing Patty's got his back. Wait, did I get that right? Yup! Dan takes a deep dive into "goin' full 'rrari" in the 2022 season. It's rough, but it's a good time going back in time to see the same ol' mistakes again and again.

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  What a wonderous web we weave Midfielders!

It's great to be back to basics, we'll miss our friends but they'll be back soon. Another huge round of applause to everyone who helped make the offseason listen-able to our Midfield fans. We couldn't have done it without you, but now we're going to. Off to the new season! Dan's got us swerving like a Guy Ritchie movie, so try and hang on!

3:28 - The tops and bottoms of each team's potential this year. In this case it's kind of bottoms-bottoms, we start with Sauber. We agree that this team doesn't have much to work with, and probably isn't going to try all that hard either, what with them becoming Audi at the end of the year anyways. We discuss the first three tracks of the season, let's get some shrimps on the barbie!

12:58. - Woah there Williams! Patty's got some big hopes and dreams for you guys this season. Is Carlos the key? Can they place as high as the guys think is possible for James Vowles and our striking blue favorites? It'll be easier with a few less cars getting rebuilt. Boom! Triple header! 5 GP's in a month to start the year? Let's get after it! At least this latter section has some more reasonable start times for the CST.

25:10 - Red Bull Jr! Aww lookit how cyoote! Don't try to church it up Dirt, you're the top teams baby bro, and we're gonna not like you, as much as we don't like him. Yuki + rookie = nothing to shake a stick at in 2025 says Patrick. One of the teams we're least excited about next season. We get into some bye weeks and sprints on the schedule. We get a home race in Miami to start the bout, and then it's the car-testing, good-qualifying, Saturday stretch.

38:32 - Let's talk about Haas baby, let's talk about you and me! Let's talk Este Bestie and the doctor, with big Gene! Go ahead and sing that, it works rhythmically-thank me later. What will it take for the pocketbooks to finally cave? What happens if these guys come out blastin'? It's a weird set-up that's for sure. We made it to June in the schedule, and it's a boot time dere ay! 

51:56 - We wrap the show on Alpine. Patrick thinks we may have a french sleeper on our hands in 2025. On of his "un-puntables" of the season, however Dan disagrees. We both agree that Pierre Gastly is the man, and that we're not gonna watch F1-75. Dan has premonitions and future sight, so we already know what happens anyways. We slide in a questionable trivia. Patty does some sleuthing, and it matters not.

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Screeech Skirrrrrt!

  Hey now Midfielders! It's time to melt some rubber on the dirty side of the track baby! That's right! We brought in our new friends from one of our favorite podcasts, Brian and Rob from the Dirty Side of the Track Podcast, and it's an all around hoot! Virtually non-stop laughs and takes on this upcoming season, and more! Waste no more time, let's get into it!

1:45 - Get it started Rob! Nobody loves veering off topic harder than the Midfield bros! Round up your Midfield Podcast Offtopic Bingo Cards, cause this episode's gonna get heavy. As always we find how the Dirty Side found F1, each other, and then podcasting. Brian being a fellow Wisconsinite obviously has our favor, and then Rob's well, from across the pond, he gets a +1 INT just for having a european accent. What kind of chairs?!

19:18 - For a brief moment we'll get back on track with the Dirty Side's favorite midfield driver. They went with two of our favorites! These guys want to do karate in the garage!? Will they make a run at the P10 Challenge Champs?! Brian has a background in fantasy sports that is as strong as it is long-lived, so fingers crossed.

30:24 - It's Glock o'clock! Damn I'm good. Dan cracks into this walnut and boy oh boy is it over Patrick's head. A newfound hero though, being the most infamous midfielder of all time. Damn Dan's good. What is the best time for podcasters to watch races? Early, especially if you're rocking the early pub-showing with Rob. Garnish with Cheeto's for ultimate form.

01:02:42 - We wrap up some preseason boldies with some good Williams vibes. Hopefully. Xcel is a powerful tool. Game time! Little contest of Alabama or England. Rob's clearly got a slight advantage, but Patrick and Brian give him a run for his money. How old is your ham?

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Timo Glock's Final Lap - Brazil 2008

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