WTF1 Podcast

In another 'That Time When' podcast, Tommy, Matt and Dan discuss when midfielders Prost GP surprised everyone at 2001 pre-season testing by setting lap times a second quicker than anyone. Many backed them to have a successful season but things didn't exactly turn out to plan... 

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There have been many WTF moments in F1 history. Each week, our new ‘That Time When’ series aims to explore and attempt to explain as many of these moments as we can!

In this first episode, Tommy, Matt and WTF1's website editor, Dan, discuss that time when BAR launched the infamous half-and-half zip livery in 1999. We dive into why on earth they chose the now infamous design, how it was received, and whether it made any difference to the team's performance that season - spoiler, it didn't.

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Before the 2019 Formula 1 season begins, we wanted to give you more of an insight into the people behind WTF1. We’ll be covering what WTF1 actually stands for, how it grew from bedroom blog to the paddocks of F1, and share stories from behind-the-scenes that you won’t have heard before!

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For one final time in 2018, Matty is joined by Tommy, Jess and F2 Driver, Jack Aitken to present the WTF1 Alternative Awards for the 2018 F1 season.

Who will be crowned as "Maldonado of the Year"? Who did we think gave the "Best Pirouette of the Season"? Listen in to find out!

We want to say a big thank you to you all for listening along with us this season, and for your feedback and support. It's been fun and we can't wait to return in 2019!

Merry Christmas!

Time Stamps:

0:08 - Jack’s Back!

1:54 - Drunk Kimi at the FIA Prize Giving

4:32 - What even happened in Pre-Season?

5:13 - @David_SV750 Award for “Best Car Livery 2018”

7:09 - McLaren Renault vs Toro Rosso Honda 1

1:57 - @FionnDuff Award for “Least Controversial Moment (that was made controversial)”

19:10 - @Wardy1706 Award for “Most Unpredictable Race” 26:29 - @JackDC93 Award for “Royally Messing Up” _

35:16 - @callumoore12 Award for “Best Pirouette Of The Season”

37:03 - “Best Race Of The Year Award”

40:01 - “Maldonado Of The Year Award”

44:38 - @fortylemon Award for “Moment Most Likely To Make You Cry”

50:16 - Three Word Season Reviews

50:22 - ‘Ups And Downs’

51:06 - ‘Season Of Surprises’

53:57 - ‘Massively Underrated Year’ 54:26 - ‘Championship Battle? Oh’

55:29 - “Driver Of The Season”

1:09:20 - Fan questions

1:17:54 - “IBR Social Media Team Championship Award”

The final race week podcast of the season where we discuss whether the Yas Marina Circuit delivered it's best race, the horrible luck of some drivers racing for their teams for the last time and much more!

This week’s podcast goes in depth into the crash involving Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Matt, Tommy and Jess also talk Verstappen’s solid performance, weighbridge madness and if Red Bull should take responsibility for Verstappen’s actions.

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00:00 - Banter

00:10 - Welcome to the podcast

01:15 - Fan race reviews

01:33 - Straight into THE crash

02:20 - Matt’s opinion on Ocon vs Verstappen

04:13 - Verstappen Fanboy’s thoughts

07:17 - What does Jess think?

12:07 - Max had a beautiful race

13:43 - Ocon and Verstappen’s history

16:03 - driver’s tweets on the crash

18:26 - Hot headed Max after the race

21:45 - Should Verstappen be banned?

23:30 - Red Bull need to take responsibility for Verstappen

26:35 - How FIA handled this incident 

29:49 - Is the driver’s showing emotions a good thing?

31:07 - FIA weighbridge madness

37:00 - Vettel vs Sharrrrrl

38:07 - Kimi is Mr. Consistency 

40:03 - Vettel under Pressure, does he prefer Red Bull?

41:08 - Hamilton vs Sirotkin

42:45 - Driver Of The Day

43:58 - Alonso’s given up

45:33 - Brazil Predictions

47:24 - Abu Dhabi predictions

49:50 - THE FOUNDER

50:49 - Fan’s Abu Dhabi predictions

51:40 - Alonso the meme

52:10 - Final thoughts?

This week’s podcast comes to you from the #ShellHouse in Mexico City after a tense Mexico Grand Prix. Matt and Jess are joined by WTF1 friend, Jason Croxall, to talk melting tyres, Ferrari’s solid performance and Ricciardo’s awful luck…oh yeah, and Hamilton winning the World Drivers’ Championship.

We also announce the winner of our final Yas Marina Circuit competition.

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00:00 - Rory says “GO”

00:17 - Apologising for echo in Mexico

00:30 - Who has replaced Tommy

02:10 - We’re in Mexico with Kimi Raikonnen

03:05 - “Solid Ferrari Performance”

06:00 - Vettel releasing the championship to Hamilton

08:27 - Shameless plug of our new shop

09:05 - #GiveJasonA.001Hoodie

09:21 - “Is It 2011?”

11:30 - Where is the SuperHard and 2019 tyres

14:39 - “Bad Luck Ricciardo”

19:46 - Midfield chat

20:08 - Fan’s 3 word race review

20:22 - Perez’s unfortunate home race

22:10 - bad weekend for Force India

22:36 - Paddock stories

26:23 - More fan 3 word race reviews

27:03 - Maybe Vandoorne is driver of the day

28:20 - Vandoorne going to Formula E

29:20 - Bottas not really doing anything

30:00 - Is the season over?

30:39 - Driver of the Day

32:02 - Winner of the 2x Grandstand Tickets to Abu Dhabi

31:31 - Mexico Grand Prix Predictions

37:41 - Brazilian Grand Prix Predictions

42:12 - Verstappen in the rain at Brazil

43:54 - Hamilton’s 5 championships

45:13 - 2019 season

45:43 - Jason’s thoughts

46:17 - Ending the podcast

Another brilliant F1 race but was it the lack of running on a Friday that made it so good? We are back for our latest instalment of the WTF1 podcast, with this week focussing on the US GP. Kimi wins his first race in 113 years, Verstappen provides another fightback and who could forget the guy shouting neeeeeowm during the race! All this and more will be explored so come and have a listen.

To be in with a chance of winning 2 x grandstand tickets to the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, courtesy of our podcast sponsors Yas Marina Circuit, simply:

1. Head on over to our YouTube channel

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3. Comment with your #YasMoment of the race Winner will be announced in next week’s podcast. Good luck!

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Did Vettel deserve a penalty for his crash with Verstappen? Was Verstappen rightly given a 5 second penalty of his own? We are back for another WTF1 Podcast where we discuss the stewarding from the Japanese Grand Prix and more.

To be in with a chance of winning 2 x grandstand tickets to the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, courtesy of our podcast sponsors Yas Marina Circuit, simply:

1. Head on over to our YouTube channel

2. Like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTPuVuaRwIU

3. Comment with your #YasMoment of the race Winner will be announced in next week’s podcast. Good luck!

Check out travel packages to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix here: http://bit.ly/EtihadAbuDhabiGP

#JapaneseGP #wtf1podcast

Massive controversy at Mercedes! The WTF1 Podcast returns with another episode focussing on all the ongoings from the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. We talk about whether team orders be banned, how the Mercedes and Force India team orders differed, an impressive drive from Max Verstappen, and much more!

0:00 PenguinsAnd Pigeons 1:23 Welcome 3:26 Mercedes Were Wrong 6:04 Mercedes Were Right 13:24 Hungary 2017 15:27 Championship Tainted? 17:00 Should Team Orders Be Banned? 17:40 Betting Coming To F1 21:21 Verstappen Is Back 23:18 Putin Strikes Again 25:27 Max Saving His Engine 27:33 Best Overtake Of The Race 29:35 Driver Of The Day 31:28 Leclerc vs Vettel 32:05 Predictions For Russia 36:39 Fan Predictions For Russia 37:17 Shoutout To An Uber Driver 37:56 Predictions For Japan 42:08 Fan Predictions For Japan 42:54 2019 Qualifying Changes