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.

The Switchback F1 Podcast episodes:

August 08, 2022 The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 74: Laurent Rossi's Comeuppance
Graham and Luke return to try and break down the madness of the Oscar Piastri/Alpine/McLaren contract situation (2:46)
We talk about the situation itself and the reporting surrounding it before we talk about what happens to Daniel Ricciardo and what's available to both himself and Alpine (17:40)
Alpine's side of things and how on earth this situation has happened (32:37)
Where Pierre Gasly and Alpine F2 junior Jack Doohan may figure into the situation for the Alpine seat (50:12)
Daniel Ricciardo and IndyCar, why it's a good fit after his F1 career, regardless what happens in this situation (58:58)
What the Piastri deals means for the McLaren IndyCar drivers' chances for an F1 seat in the future and which F1 drivers would thrive in IndyCar (63:40)
Alex Albon's contract extension (70:39)
And general shite talk to finish (71:50)
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1h 22min
August 01, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast: Emergency Edition - Alonso joins Aston Martin
Graham and Luke return with an emergency edition of the Switchback F1 podcast to discuss Fernando Alonso's bombshell move to Aston Martin for 2023.
We talk through what was said from all parties (0:20)
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi's role in nudging Alonso to the door and where Alpine go from here (10:42)
What Aston Martin and Alonso can expect from their new partnership (25:00)
And the knock-on effect the move has on the rest of the driver market, more specifically Williams (34:30)
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1h 2min
August 01, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 73: Spin-to-win (Hungarian Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to review a wild Hungarian Grand Prix
Not before we talk about Sebastian Vettel's retirement announcement, what life for him after F1 may look like and who might replace him at Aston Martin (1:38)
After that, we talk about the different strategies and dynamics at play for the Hungarian Grand Prix, including Ferrari's mess-ups, Red Bull and Verstappen forcing the issue en route to victory from 10th and Mercedes making it work (21:49)
We talk more about Mercedes and how focusing on themselves has opened up another double-podium finish (39:54)

Lando Norris' quiet drive to P7 (43:46)
Alpine somehow scoring a double points finish despite using the awful hards in a 1-stop, as well as Esteban Ocon's aggressive defence versus his teammates (45:15)
Aston Martin's wild race ending as their two drivers come to blows again (48:26)
We fly through the rest of the field, including Haas' upgrades, Pierre Gasly quietly finishing 12th from the pit-lane, and more (55:22)
Finally, we talk through a weekend of action-packed motorsport, including F2/F3, W Series, IndyCar and Formula E (66:04)
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1h 17min
July 25, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 72: La Révolution (French Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to break down the French Grand Prix, but not before talking about the latest argument to break out in the F1 paddock (0:48)
After that, we talk all things from the French Grand Prix, including:
Charles Leclerc's costly error as Max Verstappen takes command (15:33)

Mercedes' double podium (26:06)

Alonso's trouble free weekend as Alpine move into 4th (33:18)

McLaren's seemingly improved form after their French GP upgrades? (36:30)

Aston Martin robbing a point but Vettel and Stroll's near miss at the last corner (37:32)

Nicholas Latifi's competitive race pace (40:08)

Alpha Tauri's unknown weekend following their upgrades (43:03)

Haas' lost weekend (44:50)

Ferrari's strategy struggles and Carlos Sainz's efforts (46:40)

Alfa Romeo's lacklustre weekend (56:10)

Mick Schumacher (56:48)
Then, we move onto a Hungary preview (60:19)

A quick recap of the F2 action at France (66:36)

W Series (69:11)

And some IndyCar thoughts (72:24)
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1h 23min
July 18, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 71: F2/F3 Catchup: Is Logan Sargeant knocking on the door of an F1 seat?
Graham and Luke return prior to the French Grand Prix.
A quiet week this week but we talk:
The FIA's proposed floor changes for 2023 to combat porpoising (3:40)

A catchup of the F3 action from Austria; is Isack Hadjar Red Bull's next legitimate challenger for a seat? (10:45)

Catching up with the F2 action, and Logan Sargeant's building case for an F1 seat (21:16)

McLaren/Alex Palou/Indy Car chatter (34:42)

Then, a preview of the French Grand Prix (43:08)

And some shite talk to finish (55:05)
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1h 6min
July 11, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 70: Payback (Austrian Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to break down the Austrian Grand Prix.
Before that:
The cost cap adjustment (1:26)

The FIA's technical directive delay (11:40)

George Russell's race director comments (15:45)

We move onto the race and the winners and losers from the weekend.

Winners include:
Charles Leclerc's overdue win (21:28)

Max Verstappen's damage limitation in a race that got away from him (30:02)

Mercedes' strong result despite driver errors (31:55)

Esteban Ocon's and Alpine's strong result, tying McLaren for 4th in the constructors' standings, Alonso's lack of luck continuing (35:58)

Another Haas double points finish (40:08)

Williams' upgrades holding promise (46:30)

McLaren salvaging their weekend after Friday (47:46)

Some 'meh's' of the weekend, including Alfa Romeo, Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll (50:40) before we move onto the losers of the weekend.
Including, Carlos Sainz's lost ground (52:28)

Sergio Perez also losing touch (56:15)

Sebastian Vettel in the wars with 'clowns' (58:28)

Pierre Gasly's horror weekend (61:08)

Nicholas Latifi (63:30)

Finally, we talk about the track limits before rounding off another week (64:40)
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1h 11min
July 04, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 69: The Spicy One (British Grand Prix Review)
After a week away, Graham and Luke return to review an action-packed British Grand Prix.
Starting with Guanyu Zhou's monster crash and the first red flag (2:35)

Carlos Sainz taking his first pole position and how he found himself in position to win the race, as well Ferrari's tactics and handling of their drivers (13:05)

Sergio Perez's recovery drive and unlikely podium (37:06)

Charles Leclerc's strategy misfortune (43:05)

Lewis Hamilton's missed chance? Are Mercedes back? (50:24)

Max Verstappen's damage limitation (59:15)
We then move onto winners and losers of the weekend including:
Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris starring as best of the rest (64:04)

Mick Schumacher's first points finish in F1 and a double points finish for Haas (68:56)

Sebastian Vettel's happy birthday weekend (73:09)

Goatifi (77:10)

Guanyu Zhou (80:00)
Losers of the weekend include:
Mercedes for putting on hard tyres on George Russell's car (82:10)

Alpha Tauri's miserable weekend (83:40)

Daniel Ricciardo's sad birthday weekend (86:00)

Valterri Bottas' lost points (87:12)

Alex Albon's missed opportunity with Williams' upgrades (88:26)
We briefly move to recap the weekend's F3 and F2 running at Silverstone, a word on Yuri Vips, and talking through the Roy Nissany/Dennis Hauger/sausage curb debacle (90:00)
Finally, we preview the Austrian Grand Prix (113:25)
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2h 1min
June 20, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 68: A Champion's Drive (Canadian Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to review the Canadian Grand Prix.
Before that though:
We talk about the reported Oscar Piastri to Williams report (2:11)

The speculation of Williams potentially taking Renault engines (6:06)

Nicholas Latifi's F1 future and if he'll last the season (13:40)

Australian Grand Prix extension (16:19)

FIA's technical directive over porpoising (19:55)
Moving on to the Canadian Grand Prix itself and hopping into winners and losers...
Max Verstappens' class as he extends his near-ominous championship lead (28:57)

Carlos Sainz's best drive of the season (36:17)

Charles Leclerc's recovery (40:29)

Guanyu Zhou's impresses once again, as well as Alfa Romeo's hunt for a top-5 constructors finish (43:12)

Alpine's overall pace impresses, their own hunt for P4 in the constructors, Esteban Ocon's strategy and Fernando Alonso's qualifying (47:25)

Mercedes getting on top of their issues, Lewis Hamilton's best drive of the season (51:00)

Lance Stroll picking up a point (54:38)

Daniel Ricciardo's improving form (56:14)
Our losers of the weekend include...
Sergio Perez's lost ground (57:50)

Alpine's strategy with Alonso (59:37)

Sebastian Vettel's missed chance (64:15)

McLaren's struggling form allowing others to catch up (66:13)

Haas' unfortunate race after a strong qualifying (68:54)

Alpha Tauri's underwhelming weekend (71:22)
We finish up with:
On our thoughts on F1's return to Canada (77:00)

And general shite talk to finish (78:47)
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1h 29min
June 13, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 67: The Bumps of Baku (Azerbaijan Grand Prix Review)
Graham and Luke return to recap the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
We talk about the porpoising issues and complaints (2:15)
Then, we hop into winners and losers of the race weekend, including:
Red Bull and Max Verstappen cashing in on Ferrari's failures, again (10:50)

Charles Leclerc's qualifying (16:23)

George Russell and Mercedes (19:37)

The best weekend for Alpha Tauri so far this season (22:20)

Sebastian Vettel's improving form (26:35)

Daniel Ricciardo's bounce-back (28:28)

Guanyu Zhou (30:35)

Alpine, and we also talk about Fernando Alonso's qualifying antics and suggestion to solve qualifying issues (32:32)

We move onto to losers of the weekend including:
Ferrari (37:24)

Lando Norris' radio (40:10)

Valterri Bottas' odd weekend (44:54)

Lance Stroll just being done (45:38)

Mick Schumacher and the dilemma he may face (49:47)

To finish:
We recap the F2 action at Baku (52:46)

And preview the fast-approaching Canadian Grand Prix (62:05)
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1h 11min
June 06, 2022The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 66: Contracts, Cost Caps, Conundrums
Graham and Luke return to catch up after a week off of racing.
Starting with a chat about the Indy 500 (1:31)

We then talk Sergio Perez's new deal, what it means for the driver market, and other tid-bits from Monaco (9:22)

Then talking about F1's biggest talking point in the paddock: the issue of the cost cap and the different sides for and against the called upon increase (20:27)

After that, we catch up on F3 action from Spain and its fascinating title fight, and some of the Red Bull juniors who are to watch out for (46:24)

We talk then about F2 action from Spain and Monaco and the unfolding and unprecedented path for title leader Felipe Drugovich and what his path forward might look like, as well as other driver conundrums on the F2 grid (56:08)

Finally, we preview the Azerbaijan Grand Prix (78:25)
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1h 32min

FAQs about The Switchback F1 Podcast:

How many episodes does The Switchback F1 Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 296 episodes available.