Graham and Luke return to talk all things F1 and beyond!

This week we talk:

• Some F1 calendar talk, and some potential BYD-F1 buzz (6:45)
• Hangovers from Chinese GP (18:53)
• Attempting to unpack the mess of Aston Martin’s current Team Principal situation as Newey appears to be stepping away from TP role (20:12)
• Wheatley leaves Audi to reportedly join Aston Martin: unpacking all angles of this strange move (29:40)
• Mercedes shores up its leadership structure (63:24)
• Discussing the talent at the Formula E test (68:53)
• Some IndyCar chatter (74:58)
• Japanese Grand Prix preview (78:04)

Graham and Luke return to review the Chinese Grand Prix!

This week we talk:

• Antonelli emerges on top as Mercedes and Ferrari lock horns again (5:27)
• Russell wins sprint; gets bogged down behind Ferrari on Sunday (24:59)
• Hamilton gets first podium after winning duel vs Leclerc (31:07)
• Another star performance from Ollie Bearman (43:20)
• A more expected return to form for Gasly and Alpine; Colapinto’s best race for Alpine (54:56)
• Hadjar picks up points as sole Red Bull finisher (65:42)
• Carlos Sainz makes a miracle and scores points for Williams (69:25)
• A much better weekend for Lawson (73:11)
• A midfield round-up, including Hulkenberg’s pit issue costing him points, Aston Martin’s tetchiness, Cadillac finishing the race, and more (75:45)
• A terrible look for F1 as four cars register DNS’s, including both McLarens (81:05)
• Red Bull’s alarming lack of pace (92:40)
• Lack of Lindblad experience, and a terrible strategy, holds his weekend back (98:28)
• Sergio Perez almost takes out his teammate (100:04)
• Chinese Grand Prix Closing thoughts (101:16)
• Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GP’s officially postponed, likely cancelled; what does F1 do about Qatar and Abu Dhabi? (102:46)
• A yearly rant about F1 Academy’s lack of career progression for their drivers (120:33)

Graham and Luke return to review the first round of F1 2026, and...well, maybe it's closer than we think?

This week we talk:

• Mercedes live up to favourites tag, but Ferrari give them good run for money…before strategy fumble (1:37)
• Ollie Bearman, the class of the midfield; Ocon unlucky not to score points (29:25)
• Arvid Lindblad stars in debut weekend; early setback for Lawson (33:45)
• Bortoleto scores debut points for Audi; unfortunate DNS for Hulk (39:39)
• Gasly and Ocon refuse to grow up (44:37)
• A great Alonso start as good as it gets for Aston (50:25)
• Perez and Cadillac finish the race; rivalry with Lawson re-ignites (53:04)
• Norris’ and Verstappen’s weekends analysed (55:50)
• Hadjar undone by reliability (64:39)
• Piastri’s pre-race crash (67:31)
• Disappointing weekend for Williams and Colapinto, other than his quick reactions (71:51)
• More light shed on Aston/Honda struggles(76:55)
• Drivers share their displeasure of the new F1 (87:15)
• Chinese GP Preview (105:16)

Better late than never!

Graham and Luke return to preview everything relating to F1 2026!

From the new regulations, talking points at the front of the grid, to the midfield, and beyond! We look at the dynamics all the way up and down the grid, the bigger picture, and predicting the 2026/2027 silly season!

Luke is back for a little solo episode this week. We will be returning later in the week with our 5th annual pre-season predictions!

Apologies for the short episode but rather a quiet week.

This time out Luke spoke about:

• Monaco 2 stop rule abandoned (2:44)
• Pirelli F1 boss change (11:40)
• Indycar 2026 St Pete (13:35)

Graham and Luke return to review and discuss all 11 F1 teams' pre-season testing across Bahrain!

This week we talk:

• Aston Martin’s nightmare 2026 continues (6:18)
• McLaren consolidating their place among the front teams (29:30)
• Mercedes still sandbagging, Toto Wolff gets angry about fuel, compression ratio end in sight (36:34)
• Ferrari set pace at Bahrain, rotating rear wings, and optimism around Lewis Hamilton in 2026 (48:03)
• Red Bull’s conservative test; Hadjar’s less than ideal preparation amid early pressure…but more than ideal situation that he’s found himself in to begin with (58:35)
• Alpine and Haas still look like midfield leaders (79:20)
• Audi’s solid Bahrain outings (90:00)
• Racing Bulls’ big mileage (94:10)
• Williams’ good mileage, but concerns linger ahead of opening race (100:21)
• Cadillac’s preparations rumble on (105:41)
• F1 2026 general issues; super clipping, running engines at lower outputs, and starting procedures (110:15)
• Barcelona announced as rotation race with Spa; Turkey return imminent (125:09)

Graham and Luke return to review the first official test of 2026!

This week we talk:

• Unpacking the big storylines from the first Bahrain test, including Aston Martin’s disaster test (8:27)
• The latest on compression ratios…yawn; shifting perception towards Red Bull’s engine (29:08)
• The embarrassing F1 grid starting issues with the new 2026 regulations (41:17)
• Learning more about how these cars drive and senior driver’s perceptions of it: ‘Formula E on steroids’(53:42)
• How each team fared during the Bahrain test (75:00)
• Ranking the 2026 F1 liveries (95:09)

Graham and Luke return to talk all things F1 ahead of the first week of, official, preseason testing!

This week, we talk:

• Mercedes announce Joshua Durksen as development driver (5:05)
• Toto Wolff speaks out on other engine manufacturers’ complaints about, sigh, compression ratios; forgets his own bitching from 2022 (11:00)
• Red Bull reportedly allying with Honda, Audi, and Ferrari against Mercedes in compression ratio-feud; what happens now? (28:10)
• Williams launch aggressive new car (45:44)
• Newey reveals Aston are four months behind rivals; driver ambassador war (55:19)
• Ayao Komatsu’s intriguing Ocon comments as Haas sign Jack Doohan as reserve driver (64:34)
• A lookahead to a busy week: Cadillac, Aston Martin, and McLaren launches ahead of preseason testing at Bahrain, and who we’re watching with interest this week (82:44)

Firstly, apologies for the difference in sound this week! Graham is a little louder, but will be fixed for next week!

This week, we talk:

• The farce of F1 trying to hide its test (6:13)
• Mercedes’ near faultless test (10:50)
• Ferrari optimism (20:28)
• A somewhat underwhelming test for McLaren (27:32)
• A clean running, mostly, for new RBPT powertrains and Red Bull…aside from a Hadjar crash (36:03)
• Alluring Aston Martin (47:27)
• Pretty satisfactory tests for Haas, Alpine, and Racing Bulls (56:15)
• Cadillac finding their footing and contrasting Cadillac’s struggles compared to Audi’s (64:48)
• James Vowles faces the music for Williams not being able to make Barcelona test (80:48)
• Wrapping up thoughts from the Spain test (89:44)
• Audi officially announce Freddie Slater as a junior driver (92:33)
• More compression ratio meetings upcoming (97:30)
• Some Moto GP and Formula E thoughts (100:37)

Graham and Luke return to review the launches of five teams this week!

We talk about:

• Swirling rumours of the Bahrain test potentially not being televised (5:47)
• Launch Week 2 begins with a rebranded Haas, expectations for 2026 and the difficulty of life as a small, customer team (9:09)
• The Honda engine launch provides an interesting insight to the differences of these engines versus the previous era (28:27)
• Audi’s launch undercut by leaked car; lofty ambitions for 2030 (39:04)
• Mercedes lay down the gauntlet (53:44)
• Ferrari reveal their 2026 challenger (62:29)
• Alpine’s 2026 car livery and fortunes with Mercedes power; rumours of a Christian Horner buy-in (72:12)
• The latest on the compression ratio row, and Honda’s and Audi’s position on it (89:40)
• Dan Fallows joins Racing Bulls as new technical director (98:02)
• No more Aston Martin safety cars in 2026 (100:12)
• McLaren vs Palou verdict rendered (102:22)
• Some McLaren chatter including a different upgrade strategy (105:49)
• Looking ahead to the behind-closed-doors preseason test at Barcelona: Williams missing all of Barcelona test (110:50)