Graham and Luke return in a long edition of the Switchback F1 podcast to wrap up the triple header.
Before the race, we talk:
Red Bull and Porsche ending their collaboration talks for the 2026 engine regs (3:27)
An update on the Colton Herta situation, what's in store for Alpine as a result and Herta's long term F1 future (15:02)We move onto the Italian Grand Prix. starting with Ferrari's strategy call and a discussion about safety car endings and why it couldn't be avoided on Sunday (32:10)
We then move onto winners and losers of the weekend, starting with the winners:
Max Verstappen (49:16)
Leclerc's pole, as well as Sainz, Hamilton and Perez slicing through the field (52:16)
George Russell's remarkable 2022 stat (56:42)
McLaren's surprising gain on Alpine (59:22)
Super-sub Nyck de Vries and his improving quest for a 2023 seat (62:27)
Gasly nabbing some important points for Alpha Tauri (71:19)
Guanyu Zhou returning Alfa Romeo to the points at last (72:31)
And Mick Schumacher's underrated race (75:10)We then move on to losers of the weekend:
Aston Martin's pace and Lance Stroll wanting to quit on a race again (76:33)
Kevin Magnussen (82:22)
Alpine's performance in low downforce (83:00)We move away from the Italian Grand Prix and talk about:
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi's comments on losing Alonso and Piastri, as well as Jack Doohan's future (85:50)
Our thoughts on the Alpine vacancy (95:28)
We talk F2 from Monza and Felipe Drugovich securing the title in a bizarre weekend (101:02)
Graham walks back some comments from last week's podcast, and a conversation about previous F2 titles (104:16)
Then, we go through the title finale in F3 at Monza and the victorious Victor Martins, the drivers to watch from F3 in the future and why Mercedes should look at signing the unsigned Zane Maloney to their academy (116:44)All that and we didn't even talk IndyCar... Next week, next week.
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