The Switchback F1 Podcast

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A Formula 1 podcast hosted by Graham Chapple and Luke Holmes, featuring race analysis, breakdowns and general shenanigans.... more

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The podcast currently has 296 episodes available.

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November 20, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 143: Vegas, Baby (Las Vegas Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to review the inaugural Las Vegas GP.
We talk about the issues that began the weekend (2:59)

How the weekend got back on track in qualifying (10:33)

Carlos Sainz's grid penalty and potential fallout (11:40)

Max Verstappen wins but pushed all the way in battle with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez (19:18)

Leclerc's race and whether he was unlucky not to win in Vegas, as well as the impending finale with Mercedes (29:43)

Sainz's compromised weekend (36:18)

Perez back on form? (37:24)

Esteban Ocon's P4 and dubious team order debacle (42:00)

A strong fifth for Lance Stroll (48:06)

Helpless Valterri Bottas (51:06)

Why Oscar Piastri deserved more from the race (51:40)

Mercedes' 'what could have been' as Hamilton and Russell foible (53:30)

Pierre Gasly's degradation issues (54:09)

Williams being stuck between a rock and hard place (55:00)

Where Haas ended up after splitting car-specs (56:49)

Special liveries and helmets (58:34)

Lando Norris' big accident (61:48)

Anonymous Alpha Tauri (63:35)

Whether Las Vegas was the race of the season? (65:02)

Brief news touch-up, junior driver news (69:53)

Finally, previewing the season finale at Abu Dhabi (78:09)
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1h 36min
November 13, 2023 The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 142: A Right to Review
Graham and Luke return to talk all things F1 and beyond. This week:
We share some lingering thoughts from Brazil (2:06)
Dissect the results of Haas' Right of Review from the US Grand Prix and the bigger picture issues it highlights despite its failure (6:17)
FIA appointing a well-respected F1 Commissioner (28:51)
Some Pirelli deflection (33:24)
Alfa Romeo/Sauber to have an all-new design for 2024 (38:24)
Pierre Gasly's podcast comments, and if anyone on the F1 grid actually likes Esteban Ocon (46:30)
A surprising F2 move (56:58)
Finally, we preview the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the dynamics that make it nearly impossible to predict: temperature, track surface, etc (61:26)
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1h 27min
November 07, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 141: El Maestro (Sao Paulo Grand Prix review)
Graham and Luke return to review a wild Brazilian Grand Prix.
From Max Verstappen taking his 17th win of the season (7:47)

Sergio Perez's progression and titanic finish with Fernando Alonso (11:57)

Lando Norris taking it to Verstappen en route to another podium (19:12)

Aston Martin roar back with both cars (24:54)

Alpha Tauri's electric pace: Yuki Tsunoda in the points, and why Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri were a lap down (33:45)

An impressive drive from Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon's foibles and more unnecessary defensive action on a teammate (41:52)

A solid outing for Logan Sargeant (48:13)

Valterri Bottas' misfortune (50:23)

The Lap 1 incident that took out Alex Albon (51:13)

Oscar Piastri's refusal to make excuses (51:59)

Carlos Sainz's race and his clutch comments (53:20)

Charles Leclerc's had enough of 2023 (55:59)

Mercedes' worst weekend of 2023 (58:29)

Haas or Alfa Romeo: who deserves to finish last? (66:45)

Moving on, we talk about the news from the week, starting with Mike Elliot and Mercedes parting ways (70:18)

Haas' request to review the US GP's results and who it may benefit (73:59)

Brazilian GP extension...before the track invasion (76:26)

Pre-weekend rumours: Alonso, Red Bull, Perez, Audi (78:36)

Felipe Drugovich's 2024 Aston reserve confirmed (82:36)

Williams' young driver plans (84:54)

F1 and Pirelli's seemingly impossible tyre plans for 2025 (85:40)

Finally, some WEC at Bahrain chatter (89:00)
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1h 35min
October 30, 2023 The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 140: Hometown Horror (Mexico City Grand Prix review)
Graham and Luke return to review the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Starting with Max Verstappen taking a 16th season win (3:03)
Charlies Leclerc's pole position stat and race (5:37)
Lewis Hamilton closing in on Sergio Perez (12:46)
Daniel Ricciardo vaulting Alpha Tauri up the standings (15:52)
Lando Norris' recovery (23:27)
Alex Albon back amongst the points (27:44)
Nico Hulkenburg's frantic 200th Grand Prix (30:12)
Esteban Ocon somehow scoring a point (32:30)
Middle of the road performers (33:44)
Perez's Lap 1 incident (36:58)
Aston Martin's descent (42:31)
Yuki Tsunoda's costly impatience (48:09)
Moving away from the race, a few follow-up topics from COTA (51:45)
Marta Garcia heading to FRECA (55:56)
We then talk about the utter nonsense of Callum Illot losing his Juncos seat at the expense of Grosjean (58:29)
Some F1 junior driver news (73:33)
Breaking down the 5 FP1 participant's future F1 prospects (79:23)
Finally, we preview the Brazilian Grand Prix (91:07)

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1h 41min
October 24, 2023 The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 139: The Eagles Have Landed (US Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to review the US Grand Prix
Starting with why Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified, the contributing factors, and COTA's rough ride (4:45)
Time to talk about the sprint format, and changes we'd make to it (20:52)
The sprint race's main takeaway: the penalties for overtaking off track (32:38)
Max Verstappen's hard chase for win no. 50, and (prior to their DSQ) did Mercedes miss their shot to win? (38:59)
Sergio Perez's relative improvement (46:55)
Charlie Leclerc gets shafted again, Carlos Sainz's unlikely podium, while Lando Norris notches another P2 (38:48)
Pierre Gasly extracting the maximum (57:27)
Lance Stroll helping salvage Aston Martin's torrid weekend (59:11)
Logan Sargeant scores a point! (63:11)
Yuki Tsunoda and Alpha Tauri's sudden battle for P8 (69:29)
Haas and their upgrade (72:49)
Issues for Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, Oscar Pisatri, and Esteban Ocon (74:24)
Track limits (78:21)
Ocon's racking number of retirements (79:35)
Away from the race, some thoughts on F1 Academy after its exposure in COTA (82:13)
F1 junior/feeder series news, including Kimi Antonelli heading straight to F2 (95:20)
Alpine's widening investment group (103:29)
Finally, we preview the upcoming action in Mexico (105:07)
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1h 58min
October 16, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 138: Can F1 teams truly be 'franchise models?'
Graham and Luke return ahead of F1's triple header.
This week we talk:
A little follow up on the Qatar Grand Prix: temperature and track limits (2:53)

Andrea Kimi-Antonelli winning the FRECA title and why he's bound for F1 in the future (16:57)

Williams get their CapEx boost (22:14)

The big Andretti conversation: their entry, F1 teams' reasons for their opposition, why F1 teams are feeling entitled and why the franchise idea for F1 teams doesn't hold up (31:26)

Pirelli's new deal announced (63:01)

Moto GP's bombshell move (68:00)

A preview of the US Grand Prix (76:12)
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1h 49min
October 09, 2023 The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 137: Oscar the Usurper? (Qatar Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to review a somewhat controversial Qatar weekend.
Starting, of course, from the Pirelli shambles (2:49)
Moving on then to Max Verstappen wrapping up his third driver's title (8:45)
Oscar Piastri taking sprint victory, his rookie season, and the evolving dynamic with Lando Norris as McLaren gun for 4th (15:46)
Norris' mistakes costing him (28:26)
George Russell's recovery (37:00)
Alfa Romeo reminding everyone they're a Formula 1 team and scoring points! (40:58)
Esteban Ocon overcoming sickness to score good points amidst a very difficult Qatar race (45:41)
Ferrari still in the fight for P2 despite Carlos Sainz not taking the start (48:56)
Alex Albon's important sprint race points (52:18)
Fernando Alonso keeping Aston floating above McLaren for now (54:57)
Kevin Magnussen's conundrum and missed points for Haas? Small mentions for Yuki Tsunoda (56:37)
Lance Stroll's shove, petulance and whether he's done with F1 or not (60:13)
Another disappointing weekend for Sergio Perez and where on earth we go from here...will he even race for Red Bull in 2024? (67:17)
Lewis Hamilton's misjudgment costing Mercedes dearly (77:29)
Liam Lawson's tricky weekend (81:08)
Logan Sargeant's flashes of pace (83:03)
Finally for Qatar, a quick mention of track limits at Lusail (86:15)
A few bits of junior driver news, including Oli Bearman's upcoming Haas sessions and Gabriel Bortoleto being signed to the McLaren programme (88:12)
To finish, F3 post-season testing chatter (98:54)
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1h 46min
October 02, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 136: What Should Williams Do with their Second Seat?
Graham and Luke return to talk all things motorsport. This week we chat about:
Some lingering Japanese Grand Prix thoughts, including Mercedes, Oscar Piastri and more (3:24)

James Vowles' comments on Logan Sargeant and their long term driver dilemma that begins with their Logan decision (11:28)

Rodin Carlin's comments on the FIA team selection process and inside Carlin's plans if they had been approved (29:08)

McLaren's and Toyota's evolving relationship (37:45)

Adrian Newey's recent comments and F1's great 'what-if?' (42:07)

Sebastian Vettel's WEC rumours, Nyck de Vries returning to Formula E amidst a bunch of FE driver market activity (51:15)

Finally, we preview the Qatar Grand Prix (61:47)
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1h 17min
September 25, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 135: Sucking Eggs (Japanese Grand Prix review)
Graham and Luke return to review the Japanese Grand Prix, starting with:
Max Verstappen's relentless weekend as Red Bull win the constructors' title (2:58)

McLaren's double podium, Lando Norris chasing victory, and Oscar Piastri's rookie podium - Kevin Magnussen was the rookie podium we forgot (13:43)

Ferrari's improvements (26:27)

Alpine's solid pace overshadowed by nonsense team order at the end (31:07)

Lewis Hamilton's punchy drive and George Russell's 1-stop (37:45)

Alpha Tauri's improvements but shaft Yuki Tsunoda again (41:46)

Fernando Alonso's optimism despite result (45:37)

A solid weekend's work unseen for Zhou, Hulk and K-Mag (50:05)

Sergio Perez's howler, longer term questions, and a ridiculous loophole (51:41)

Williams' double DNF and Logan's ticking clock (59:41)

Lance Stroll actually having a decent race before having to retire (67:51)

Alfa Romeo's rumoured internal conflict (70:10)

After the race, we talk about Piastri's contract extension (73:36)

Alpha Tauri's driver confirmation and where Liam Lawson fits into things (75:13)

FIA rejecting three entries for 11th team bid, Andretti set to be approved by FIA (80:18)

McLaren's surprise reserve announcement, and driver news and rumours for their other reserves (82:59)
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1h 31min
September 18, 2023The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 134: Hey! Someone else finally won! (Singapore Grand Prix review)
Graham and Luke return to review a brilliant Singapore Grand Prix.
Starting with how Saturday and Red Bull's struggle set up Sunday (4:00)

How Carlos Sainz kept the pack at bay and won the race (10:01)

Sainz flipping the early-season narrative (20:31)

Lando Norris with another P2 (26:58)

Lewis Hamilton moves into the top-3 (29:55)

George Russell's last-lap blunder (34:48)

Pierre Gasly's understated race, Alpine's upgrades, and Esteban Ocon's loss (39:20)

Oscar Piastri's impressive first Singapore GP (41:57)

Liam Lawson's first points and prospects for 2024 (44:38)

Kevin Magnussen back in the points (49:46)

Alex Albon twatted out of the points (52:10)

Guanyu Zhou's underrated race amid a new contract (54:48)

Nico Hulkenburg's fury at Haas strategy (57:36)

Red Bull finally toppled and where they stand with the new technical directive (59:14)

Aston Martin's lost weekend as both drivers trip (69:10)

Yuki Tsunoda shafted (79:29)

We then preview the Japanese Grand Prix (88:51)

Finally, some FRECA and laughable superlicence points chatter (90:18)
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1h 51min

FAQs about The Switchback F1 Podcast:

How many episodes does The Switchback F1 Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 296 episodes available.