Toast The Torque

With Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc sandwiching Max Verstappen , Scuderia Ferrari had the Tifosi in a tizzy at Monza GP for a bit before the Oracle Red Bull Racing 1-2 led to a record breaking 10 win streak for their number 1 driver. Alex Albon Ansusinha had a positive outing to wrap up this F1 weekend with 2 aborted starts. Hear it all from our fanelists Arijit, Vignesh and Prathik along with our host Vivek on this episode of Toast the Torque. 

We are in mid season of 2023 and whilst the number 1 hasn't changed throughout this season and doesn't look like Max will let that change, our fanelists Sunny and Naren talk about the potential driver moves next year , should F1 take a leaf out of A1 and what is Haas owners upto with the 900 million dollar stake arguments going on. A quick round up of the mid season constructor by constructor as we gear up for the second half of the season going orange with the Dutch GP end of August.

Lando Norris leading a race after Turn 1! Max felt finally tested for a bit before he regained another victory and a near 100 point lead in the driver's championship, Piastri's best performance at 4th, his podium undone by KMag's fiery exit and the safety car which gave two British home boys a podium finish - Norris and Hamilton. The battle for second place in Constructors has heated up with all the upgrades and the tyre strategies are now making serious dents in the final outcomes. Join our fanelists Sathya, Naren, Sunny, Prathik, Vignesh along with our host Vivek Shah on the British Grand Prix take in the latest episode of Toast The Torque. 

Max's unbeaten streak of leading races finally broken by LeClerc for a few provided a change in scenery and resurgence for Ferrari post upgrades, Norris winning driver of the day with a superb performance after a McLaren upgrade, a lot of black and white flags and penalties along with Hollywood money pouring into F1 , a lot to cover after an exciting Austrian GP along with our fanelists Naren, Diksharth, Prashanth, Sunny, Prathik and our host Vivek Shah

Red Bull can give you wings and take them away too unfortunately with the tragic demise of a bird that crossed paths with Max. Apart from that incident, MAx ran a stellar show with a 41st win equalling the great Ayrton Senna along with giving Red Bull their 100th win. The podium was heavy duty too with Alonso and Hamilton joining in with brilliant performances. Our fanelists also get into the details of tyres and how they played such a difference in the mixed bag qualifiers we saw with Hulkenberg and Albon having surprisingly brilliant runs. Tune to our fanelists thoughts on the Canadian Grand Prix with Naren, Sunny and Vignesh along with our host Vivek.

Hola! A topsy turvy qualifier ended up with Max winning comfortably even whilst getting off track limits multiple times just short of a penalty but saw a resurgent Mercedes pick the remaining 2 podiums including a brilliant recovery from Russell which left Ferrari licking their self inflicted wounds. Norris missed out on the opportunity, Ocon got a bit rash with Alonso but overall Spanish Grand Prix provided for a lot more overtakes so kudos on the redesigned track. Our fanelists Sathya, Sunny and Vignesh talk about it all along with our host Vivek Shah.

This episode sounds a bit different as our fanelists meet in person and shoot this episode. The chemistry really comes out as they discuss Monaco Grand Prix - the upgrades that came in and some conversations around Honda as a supplier especially for Aston Martin. Charles Leclerc has a home ground curse and why is Monaco such a train heavy circuit with pole runner always winning .

Host: Vignesh

Fanelists: Prashanth, Sunny, Sathya, Aakash

Is that a plane? Is that a rocket? Or is it just plain Max as he zoomed in from 9th to effortlessly give RB their 5 out of 5 wins this season along with Checho who'd rue missing out on a win today. Alonso has kept Aston Martin second on the Constructors with his fourth podium finish. Is Hamilton looking at an alternative career already - he does have a movie with Brad Pitt codenamed Apex in the works and we might see Pitt driving in Silverstone for the movie whilst he has been practising in an F2 car. Could Leclerc head over to Mercedes if that seat opens up? Our fanelists Sunny and Naren along with our host Vivek discuss a lot about this weekend since there wasn't much in the race itself.

RB 1-2 is not a surprise this season but Checho in the lead sure is. Is a Checho v/s Max for WDC the battle we all need? LeClerc gets his first podium , ably helped with the new experiment of FIA with the Sprint Qualis for the Sprint race - a mixed response from fans when you compare it to a practice session and not to forget one of our fanelists tuning in directly live from Baku to share their insights of the ground reality. Tune in to the latest episode with our fanelists Sunny, Prashanth, Vignesh along with our host Vivek on the Toast Network. 

3 World Champions on the podium, a number of red flags and DNFs with FIA dusting every operational rulebook they have - our fanelists talk about the silver lining from the chaos of the Australian Grand Prix for the drivers and the constructors in play.