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Episode 362 – Do We Only Pod When Ferrari Win?
Oct 22, 2024
Another enforced break, another comeback and another Ferrari victory. We should be getting paid by the Scuderia to take more time off!
This week on the (yet another) return of the podcast we try to catch up on everything we’ve missse over the last month and a half and also fit a USA Grand Prix review in as well. Has the challenge from Lando Norris fizzled out as he ended up (his own words) “driving like a Muppet” on Sunday which ended up with a controversial penalty, although all the penalties and non-penalties this week were controversial. And does this mean Max is now on the front foot for the WDC fight this year?
When it comes to the constructor’s championship, that’s so far up in the air it’s practically in orbit and with a Ferrari 1-2 in Austin we could be in for a 3-way fight for it over the final 5 weekends of the season.
As said on the show, hopefully we’ll see you next week, seeing as we’re 1 race weekend in to the 1st of 2 triple header (maths!)
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Mexico next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
First we’ll start with an apology for being more anonymous than your average Sauber for the last 2 months. We’ve had a few things to put up with, family stuff, Covid (again), day job stress, mental health problems and more But what a time to make a comeback!
This week on the podcast we look back at the Italian Grand Prix where once again McLaren seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and hand a win to the home team of Ferrari. At least RedBull have suddenly found themselves dropping down the pack with a massively unbalanced car that’s getting more expletives from Max than we heard from him in the Toro Rosso days!
There’s all the news as well (up to Monday anyway, thank you very much Adrian Newey) with Kimi Antonelli joining Mercedes, Nobody having a clue what’s going on with the RedBull/RB seats for next year and you can tell we’ve had a couple of months off as Alpine have got another new team principle
Advance warning, thanks to 3 of us being on holiday at the same time (not all together though, Kieren would never fit in a suitcase) we’ll be back in a couple of weeks and you never know, we might do that poolside podcast we were threatening last year!
Thanks again for bearing with us during the enforced break
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Baku in 2 week’s time the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
Well Lewis Hamilton has finally won a race again for the first time since Jeddah 2021 and of course there were plenty of stats and new records broken so who better to discuss this week’s British Grand Prix with than VirtualStatman Sean Kelly.
This week on the podcast we veer off into our normal tangents about former drivers, along with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch as Kieren regrets things he’s done in the past! There’s also our wrapup of one of the best British Grands Prix that we’ve seen in a long time.
Another one for fans of nostalgia and quizzes sees the one-off, we’re trying to make it more than that, return of “Who The Bloody Hell’s That Then” (Lee won’t let us call it by its old name unless he’s asking the questions)
All together a fun couple of hours!
There’s a special offer for podcast listeners this week too from Magic Mind with a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code FOURWHEELS20 or just visit https://www.magicmind.com/fourwheels
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Hungary in 2 week’s time the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
Episode 359 – Keith Flint’s Taxidermy Rabbit
Jul 02, 2024
Well that was an ending that we were and weren’t expecting all at the same time. Lando and Max going literally toe to toe over several laps at turn 3 at the RedBull Ring in this week’s Austrian Grand Prix. We thought it was going to end in tears and for both of them it did. For George Russell and Mercedes on the other hand (not to mention Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz) it was a pretty happy ending to the race for them. But where does that leave the Lando & Max friendship now?
This week on the podcast we look back at a race that is possibly going to have repercussions on the rest of this season and maybe even longer. This week leaves a ton of questions hanging in the air: Is Max going to carry on being as agressive? Is Lando going to start backing out of making moves, or will this push him to make more of them? Will this let Ferrari back into the constructor’s championship race if RedBull aren’t getting wins? And where the hell was Checo again (pt 6)
There’s a special offer for podcast listeners this week too from Magic Mind with a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code FOURWHEELS20 or just visit https://www.magicmind.com/fourwheels
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Monaco next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
We never thought we’d see the day again. No not a Mercedes on the podium, a broken Ferrari strategy or even a Max Verstappen win. But F1 actually allowing a race to start while it was raining and what a great call it was too!
This week on the podcast we look back at an action packed Canadian Grand Prix where normal service seemed to have been resumed at the front with our usual Sunday performance of the Dutch National Anthem, but this time round Max had to work for it and McLaren and Mercedes were there at the sharp end to make sure that he wasn’t able to head off into the sunset (rainset?) with everyone else trailing in his wake (tying to keep the puns to a minimum here)
There’s the usual team by team review of the race, which gives us chance to dump on the usual suspects (Logan Sargent, Ferrari) and if it had rained more we could have been covering Haas last! Along with the standard tangents and as it’s Canada there’s also a few things we don’t say (baby)
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Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Monaco next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
Episode 357 – Beware Of Sunday Drivers
May 28, 2024
All the action compressed into approximately 45 seconds, but spread out over almost 3 hours. That’s the best way to describe the Moncao Grand Prix this year.
This week on the podcast we try and make the parade on Sunday sound somewhere close to interesting when there were only 4 overtake, 7 pit stops by 6 drivers and a top 10 that finished in the same order that they started in.
Sounds great doesn’t it!
We’ve tried to make it interesting, but at least we’ve got Canada next up so hopefully things will be back to some kind of normal by then!
In better news, a good mate of ours, Josh Morris, is doing a 24 hour sim racing challenge on Weds 29th May at 7PM UK time in aid of CALM (Campaign against Living Miserably) as part of Race 2 Reach Out so please pop along to their Facebook page or our YouTube Channel to support and donate while he’s sitting in a racing rig for 24 hours straight!
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Monaco next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
Enjoy (at least there’s a couple of decent jokes in this week’s show)
Episode 356 – Have We Got A Championship?
May 21, 2024
In the old days the Grand Prix at this circuit used to be known as the San Marino GP, now however we have to call it the “FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL’EMILIA-ROMAGNA” Basically we’re talking about this weekend’s race at Imola or the “Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari” to give it its proper name!
This week on the pod we look back a race that came alive in the last few laps and as is different for F1 over the last few years, there was actually a chase on for the win over them. Have we seen McLaren really show up as pretenders to RedBull’s crown after their recent total domination?
As always we go from the back to the front of the results and see who did what, who could have done better and did anyone give us any surprises?
Just don’t mention Sim Racing to Paul this week!
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Monaco next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
Congratulations to Nick Heidfeld for re-taking the coveted spot as the F1 driver with the most podiums without a win, yep that means Lando isn’t on that list anymore as he’s FINALLY WON A GRAND PRIX (we might be a little bit happy for him)
This week on the pod we look back at a packed weekend of racing in Miami which saw Kevin Magnussen rack up penalties like they were Pokemon (think he did catch em all), Lando Norris go from punted out on lap 1, turn 1 of the sprint to the top step of the podium on Saturday and another previous guest and friend of the Podcast, Abbi Pulling, dominate the F1 Academy with 2 pole positions and 2 wins to extend her lead at the top of that series. Maybe being on 3Legs4Wheels can be good for your racing career?
Sorry that we’ve been away for a few weeks, but Paul and his mum would like to thank everyone that’s been in touch for all the kind thoughts and messages you’ve sent since his father sadly died last month.
On a happier note things are getting back to normal at 3Legs towers, so expect more from us this year!
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Imola next weekend in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon too
We’ve been talking about it for weeks and now it’s finally here. No not the first Sunday Grand Prix of the season (although that’s happening as well this weekend) but we have finally managed to get the author of Overtake My Heart, The Polesitter Always Rings Twice and Oh The Races You Will Throw, “Anita Driver” on the podcast!
After releasing 6 F1 books over the last few months Anita has caused a bit of a sensation in the world of motorsport and we’re pleased to welcome them along for a chat where we find out all about their influences and what motivates them to write about Racing in their unique style!
There’s also a bit of a preview of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix and more tangents than normal, even by our tangential standards!
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Australia on Saturday /Sunday in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel
Episode 353 – Lights Out And Away He Went
Mar 05, 2024
2024 starts just as 2023 finished with an utterly dominant win for the seemingly unstoppable Max Verstappen in the all conquering RedBull. But all is not sweetness and light behind the scenes at the Milton Keynes based team…
This week on the podcase we look back over the Bahrain Grand Prix which showed that you can’t always believe what you see in pre-season testing, aka the Winter Championship. And some teams might have done a little bit of bagsanding (it’s the opposite of sandbagging!)
Of course the Grand Prix wasn’t the only talking point of the weekend and we cast our collective eyes over the big changes at Alpine that have come very early in the season with 2 senior team members departing and a whole bunch of new Technical Directors moving in pretty soon afterwards. There’s also the allegation that’s come to light that the FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, personally intervened to remove a penalty from Fernando Alonso at last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
And seeing as everyone else is commenting on it we look at the timeline of the Christian Horner situation and try as hard as we can not to get sued!
Also this week sees the debut of Poetry Corner, but you’ll have to listen to the show to find out what we’re talking about here (but massive thanks to upcoming guest Anita Driver!)
Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league this weekend, and put in your predictions for Suadi Arabia on Saturday (yep it’s another race a day early) in the games section and you can also join in with us all season on Discord too, along with Facebook & Twitter and Paul’s attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel
Episode 352 – Thumpering A Litter Tray
Feb 27, 2024
Testing is done and the next time we see the cars on track will be on Thursday (surely some mistake?) for the 1st practice session of the 2024 F1 season. Seeing as there’s only 4 [...]
Episode 351 – The Big TeamUp (3L4WEF1 Not VCRABS)
Feb 20, 2024
What better way to kick the 2024 F1 season off than getting together with friends to talk all things F1 and all other things as well? In our usual form we managed to squeeze some [...]
Episode 350 – Nothing Happens Before Testing
Feb 02, 2024
Or does it? Well we’ve had a couple of weeks of late off-season madness haven’t we. Andretti getting their bid to join the grid rejected, Guenther leaving Haas, the possible return of Sepang, rumours of [...]
22 Races and 21 wins along with another 5 sprint wins for good measure. You could say that this has been Red Bull’s season right from the start, with just a blip in Singapore stopping [...]
Episode 348 – We Are Running Out Of Superlatives
Nov 09, 2023
17 wins in a season with 2 races still to go, what more can you say about Max Verstappen’s out and out dominance in 2023 that hasn’t already been said? He chalked up the record [...]
Episode 347 – We Thought We Could Win Too
Oct 31, 2023
Was Sergio Perez ever in with a chance at winning his home race this year after saying he was fed up of “just” being on the podium? Well you might not be able to win [...]
Episode 346 – When Is A Podium Not A Podium?
Oct 24, 2023
When the stewards announce disqualifications after the race again. This time round though it was for worn planks and skid blocks instead of track limits, so I guess that makes a change! This week on [...]
Episode 345 – Finally The Top Half Of The Grid!
Oct 03, 2023
That was an unexpected break for us thanks to a lot of reasons we don’t want to bore you with, but we’re finally back with new hardware and software and we can finally finish the [...]
Episode 344 – Half A Half Term Review
Aug 15, 2023
We weren’t planning on taking an early summer break this year, but due to a variety of reasons we’ve only just managed to get things together to record a show. So to make up for [...]
Sometimes doing a show a day late has its benefits and this week we managed to get both the news of Williams putting out a Gulf livery for 3 races (Singapore, Japan & Qatar) and [...]
Episode 342 – Nikki Lauda’s Album Drop
Jul 04, 2023
First off we want to start with a big announcement, we’d like to welcome Kieren Thomson to the team as a full member. He’s been helping us on out on the show over the last [...]
What a milestone weekend for RedBull, their 100th win as a team and the 200th win for an Adrian Newey designed car. Is there any stopping them in 2023? Probably not! This week on the [...]
Episode 340 – Eh Canada (Wrong Vowel)
Jun 13, 2023
Well that was an unexpected hiatus for the show that we hadn’t planned on! But we’re back this week in a slightly cut down form because due to various other commitments and TT recovery Paul [...]
Episode 339 – Needs More Michael Buffer
May 09, 2023
So Miami then, another temporary street(ish) circuit, or more concrete blocks dumped in a car park? We knew that F1 was going to go for as much glitz & glamour as they could this weekend [...]
Another week and another controversy? Well not quite, but the Australian Grand Prix was certainly an event. From the start of the weekend it looked like this would be a different kind of race to [...]
Episode 337 – Close Calls With Brick Walls
Mar 21, 2023
The tight, twisty and fast Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia has thrown up 2 races with big talking points since 2021 and for its 3rd running it didn’t let us down and we’ve got [...]
We’re ready for the 2nd race of this record breaking F1 season as the circus moves to the Jeddah Corniche street circuit this weekend, after 2 previous races there (even if Paul can’t remember both [...]
We’re up and running in Formula 1 for 2023 and I defy anyone to point out any differences at the front of the grid from last year. Go on, we can wait… This week on [...]
Episode 334 – We’re Not A Documentary Either
Feb 28, 2023
It’s Race Week (right we’ve got that out of the way now so we can continue) for the first time in 2023 with testing done, all the cars revealed in all their limited colour, carbon [...]
Episode 333 – Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Launch Season
Feb 14, 2023
We’re in the final stretch of the off-season and the 2023 Formula One World Championship is just around the corner. We just have to make do with all the pesky car launches and media events [...]
Episode 332 – New Year, New(ish) F1, Same Old Us
Jan 16, 2023
Happy 2023 everyone. After a troubled year for us we’re back and race fit for 2023! There’s loads to look forward to in the coming year for Formula One and this time we’ll get a [...]
Episode 331 – If Danny Can Make A Comeback…
Nov 28, 2022
Just like Danny Ric walking back into the familiar surroundings of the RedBull HQ in Milton Keynes, we’ve returned to the podsphere after a little bit of a break, on the subject of which I [...]
This week we take a bit of a deep dive into a few off-track areas of F1, with an emphasis on the reports that came out last week that RedBull have exceeded the cost cap [...]
Episode 329 – Max Verstappen World Champion?
Oct 11, 2022
Japan, home of the F1 fans with the best hats who aren’t afraid to spend all weekend in the stands in a race suit plus a helmet and also a place where championships are won. [...]
Episode 328 – Leclerc To Start From The Pit Lane on Cornettos
Oct 04, 2022
After 3 years F1 returned to the original home of the night race around the streets of Marina Bay in Singapore. And to welcome it back the weather decided to dump an entire marina’s worth [...]
Episode 327 – Marked Safe From Ferrari Strategy
Sep 06, 2022
The Orange Army were certainly out in force at Zandvoort this weekend as Max Verstappen continues in his quest for a 2nd World Championship and with another win under his belt that is getting ever [...]
If you’re just watching the race, you’re doing it wrong! Fast & Loose: F1® is where the world of Formula 1 collides with comedian Will Arnett for his hilarious and shockingly insightful commentary immediately following [...]
Episode 326 – Keeping Up With The Car Crashians
Aug 23, 2022
Well that was an interesting summer break wasn’t it! Also look what happens when we go on holiday and record a show early, I’d love to say we’re not doing that again, but you know [...]
Episode 325 – Suitcase Packed And Out Of Office On
Aug 01, 2022
The Hungarian Grand Prix has become the traditional last race before the F1 Summer Break and as we’re past the half way point of the season we get a good idea of what teams need [...]
Episode 324 – Get Pastis Ferrari And You’ve Won
Jul 27, 2022
Have we seen the last of the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit? Everyone seems to think so if the current rumours are to be believed, and we’re pretty sure that Ferrari will [...]
Episode 323 – Ring On The Prancing Horses
Jul 12, 2022
After the British Grand Prix restored our faith in F1 we were waiting for the race at the RedBull Ring in Austria to bring us back down with a bump. We’re good at getting things [...]
Episode 322 – That’ll Shift Some Cufflinks
Jul 05, 2022
What.A.British.Grand.Prix.That.Was! That race had everything, from the drama at the start with Zhou Guanyu’s horrific crash and flip over the tyre barrier at turn 1, to wheel to wheel action at the end with drivers [...]
Race number 10 already, this season is going quicker than ever before and we’re on to Silverstone again for the British Grand Prix. This week on the podcast we look forward to a British Grand [...]
We’re back after our TT and Covid break, just as F1 is back in Canada after a couple of years away for 50% of those reasons and it was a decent enough return to the [...]
Have we seen the last of the Monaco Grand Prix? It’s a question that’s been asked a lot this week as the tight, slow circuit is on the last year of its current deal and [...]
Episode 318 – Turning Spain Taronja/Anaranjado
May 24, 2022
Back to Europe, back to what passes for sanity in F1 and back to Spain for the 2nd time this year when the times and pace do matter! This week on the podcast we look [...]
Episode 317 – One Better Than Austin?
May 10, 2022
The debut of the Miami Grand Prix was hailed as the big showbiz event that F1 has been waiting for, especially since Chase Carey promised us “23 SuperBowls a year” and while it certainly seems [...]
So Miami then. We’ve not had a car turn a wheel and there’s people up in arms about the fake marina and beach club in one of the turns. TBH all we’re bothered about if [...]
Episode 315 – First Sprint Is The Deepest
Apr 26, 2022
So we’ve had our first sprint race of the season and you could say it went pretty well for Red Bull and Max Verstappen in particular after his grand slam weekend of pole (and starting [...]
Sorry for missing last week as the ‘rona made its way into 3Legs Towers and knocked Paul for if not 6, then at least 5 and we couldn’t get Nico Hulkenberg to be our last [...]
Episode 313 – 5 Red Lights 2 Red Cars
Mar 23, 2022
F1 is back officially, the 2022 season (with the 2021 rules) is finally here and with a race like we got this weekend, it was worth the wait. This week on the podcast we get [...]
As is now traditional this week of every year we get the double hit of pre-season testing (not a shakedown) and Drive To Survive, so in our own way we’ve done a bit of a [...]
Episode 311 – Shookdown And Ready To Test
Mar 07, 2022
The Shakedown (not a test) is over and the cars are heading out to Bahrain for not only the actual pre-season test (not a shakedown) but also the 1st race of the 2022 season with [...]
Episode 310 Turns Out Diario Is A Spanish Newspaper
Feb 15, 2022
After a couple of false alarms (we’re looking at you Haas & RedBull) we finally got to see some real life cars in the last week with the McLaren & Aston Martin launches, and don’t [...]
Episode 309 – He’s Back And So Are We
Feb 07, 2022
A slightly belated Happy New Year from all of us on the podcast. We did plan on doing a season review, but how do you easily sum up a year like 2021? Simple answer is [...]
Episode 308 – Max Verstappen World Champion
Dec 14, 2021
There were so many names we could have given this week’s podcast given the controversial nature of the 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi this past weekend. But we’ve decided to err on the side [...]
Episode 307 – Watching From Behind The Sofa
Dec 07, 2021
Are any of us sure what we watched at the weekend? In all the years of F1 I don’t think any of us have seen a race quite like the first ever Saudi Arabian Grand [...]
Another Grand Prix and another aero related controversy. This time it was all over the question about some suspect markings on the Mercedes rear wings. Once again the battle between the 2 main antagonists (not [...]
Episode 305 – Winging It (Once Again)
Nov 16, 2021
Well that was a weekend in Brazil that will be talked about for a long time to come and may not be all sorted yet as the pod comes out. The newly renamed Sao Paolo [...]
Another race back on the calendar after the madness that was 2020 is the Mexico City Grand Prix (formerly known as the Mexico Grand Prix.) With a new name to reflect that it’s the city [...]
The US Grand Prix is always a major spectacle and this year was no exception as the organisers of the Austin race went all out to make up for missing out on a race in [...]
First I want to say a massive thanks to everyone (literally hundreds of you) that got in touch after my message last week and the best way I could think of to say thank you [...]
Hi everyone, I thought I’d do a quick audio message about what’s been going on lately and why we’ve been a bit off the boil when it comes to recording new shows. Take care Paul
Episode 301 – A Deluge Followed By A Giant Flood
Oct 04, 2021
Sorry we’ve been away for a couple of weeks and missed the aftermath of the Russian Grand Prix, we’re still upset about the whole thing over a week later and it’s taken that long to [...]
Episode 300 – Shoey At The Front, Schumi At The Back
Sep 14, 2021
This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix broke a few losing streaks, we got to see the first McLaren win since 2012, the first 1-2 by the papaya team since 2010 and the first Daniel Ricciardo winning [...]
The return of the Dutch Grand Prix finally happened a year late thanks to the turmoil of 2020 and that was an atmosphere worth waiting for. We all knew beforehand that the circuit would be [...]
Episode 298 – Not The Return We Wanted
Aug 30, 2021
By now the dust and spray has settled on what has been called a farce of a Belgian Grand Prix and with the benefit of a good night’s sleep and a chance to calm down [...]
Episode 297 – What The Hell Did We Just Watch?
Aug 03, 2021
Fresh off the back of the British Grand Prix controversy, all we needed was for things to get back to normal before the F1 summer break right? Well we didn’t get that did we! 6 [...]
I think we can safely say that was a British Grand Prix like no other before it. Qualifying on Friday evening, the first ever F1 Sprint (don’t call it a) race on Saturday afternoon and [...]
Formula 1 is the only real thing that is 100% guaranteed to come home every year, only by dint of the fact that the 1st world championship race was at Silverstone, so we can count [...]
Just like last year, Austria gave us a better race than Styria for some reason, although Mercedes probably wouldn’t agree after another dominant race for Max Verstappen (he got the grand slam of win, pole [...]
We’re 2 races into the 1st of 3 (correct at time of going to press) triple-headers this season and they’ve both had something in common, no it wasn’t the fact that the Styrian GP was [...]
Episode 292 – Wings Triumphant As Hell Freezes Over
Jun 23, 2021
Nobody saw that coming did they, an action packed French Grand Prix with racing all the way up and down the grid and RedBull out-Mercedesing Mercedes to take the win as well. This week on [...]
Episode 291 – Like An Out-take From The Heal The World Video
Jun 08, 2021
Well that made up for Monaco didn’t it! This year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix had it all; red flags, cars out of position, blocking & passing and that was just Saturday’s qualifying session! This week on [...]
Episode 290 – Not The Robot They’re Looking For
Jun 02, 2021
The saying goes that good things come to those who wait and this week it’s not 100% true as we’re 2 days later than normal thanks to that good old excuse of real life getting [...]
So the Monaco Grand Prix then, the annual parade (don’t we say this every year?) This time at least there was a bit of drama with 2 of the top 3 qualifiers not making it [...]
Episode 288 – There’s No Script, We’re Told What To Say
May 18, 2021
It’s Monaco week and we hope that the McLaren Gulf livery reveal isn’t the most exciting thing to come out of this weekend’s race, but as it’s the Monaco Grand Prix, we’re not holding our [...]
Episode 287 – There Are 5 Barry Christs on LinkedIn
May 11, 2021
A bit of a rarity for once, we had a Spanish Grand Prix that wasn’t a flag to flag parade, we got to see both strategy and on-track overtakes, something that we’ve not had too [...]
Episode 286 – The Magnificent 7, Or Damon & 6 Others
May 04, 2021
This year’s Portuguese Grand Prix threw up what some said wasn’t a thriller of a race, but there were still a few talking points to come out of the weekend’s race at a circuit we [...]
Episode 285 – English Mustard, American At A Push
Apr 27, 2021
You’ll have to wait until the end of the show to find out what this week’s title means though! This week we take a look at the news that F1 sprint races on a Saturday [...]
Episode 284 – It’s Time For Him To Go Sit In The Stands
Apr 20, 2021
We might have had a 3 week gap between races, but Sunday at Imola certainly made up for it. Safety Cars, red flags, on track passing and a great slab of post-race controversy after George [...]
Episode 283 – They’re Using All The Words
Apr 13, 2021
A 2 week break would have been unthinkable last season when we had more triple headers than you could shake a 2 metre long socially distanced stick at, but F1 have given us a bit [...]
Episode 282 – Answering Questions Before They’re Asked
Mar 30, 2021
What a way to open another F1 season! We got to see battles all the way down the grid and one of the tightest finishes we’ve had in ages. To quote Gladiator “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” [...]
Episode 281 – I Ditched Michael For Fake Bono
Mar 23, 2021
Pre-season is all done and we get down to business for the 2021 F1 season this weekend with the opening race back at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain. This means that for the first time [...]
Episode 280 – Lizards & Oompa-Loompas
Mar 16, 2021
After a shortened pre-season test this year where we only got 3 days of running instead of the usual 6, there’s still a lot of questions over this year’s cars and who better to answer [...]
Not 6 members on the team, or even 6 podcats, but we’ve now been doing this podcast for 6 years! When we did our 1st show in 2015 we were excited by the prospect of [...]
Episode 278 – Finally We Have A 2021 Line-Up*
Feb 09, 2021
After about a year of speculation. although it seems like longer, Lewis Hamilton has put pen to paper on a new contract. However it’s only for 1 season, so we’re right back where we started [...]
Episode 277 – It’s Like 2020 2 – The Sequel
Feb 02, 2021
We’re back! After our Christmas & New Year’s break we thought it was about time to inflict ourselves on you again with more vaguely F1 related nonsense! This week on the 1st podcast of 2021 [...]
Episode 276 – Did Anyone Stay Awake To The End?
Dec 15, 2020
After a unique season, the likes of which we’ve never seen before and hopefully we’ll never see again. 2020 finished for Formula 1 with a bit of a parade round the Yas Marna Circuit in [...]
Episode 275 – Sergio Perez Race Winner At Last
Dec 08, 2020
He’s finally done it, after 190 starts from 194 race weekend Checo Perez has finally made it to the top step of the podium after safety cars, pit stop dramas for Mercedes (Netflix were with [...]
Episode 274 – There’s A LOT To Go Through Here
Dec 01, 2020
We didn’t do a show last week as there was very little to discuss, but Sunday’s race in Bahrain more than made up for that. This week we’re joined by Technical Guru Craig Scarborough (@ScarbsTech) [...]
What a way to seal a World Championship! After an amazing drive and some of the best tyre management in some of the trickiest conditions we’ve seen Lewis Hamilton took the win in the first [...]
Episode 272 – Another Blast From The Past
Nov 10, 2020
Another return to a track from F1’s recent history is coming this week as the circus returns to the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey, location of the notorious RedBull coming together that spelled the end [...]
…The formula for yet another season of Mercedes dominance. This weekend at F1’s return to Imola, the Silver Arrows clinched their 7th consecutive World Constructor’s Championship and also sealed the World Driver’s Championship for either [...]
Episode 270 – Any Portimao In A Storm
Oct 22, 2020
Sorry we’re a few days late with the pod again this week, but this having a life and being an adult business isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be. Anyway it worked out pretty [...]
Episode 269 – Dedication’s What You Need
Oct 13, 2020
If you want to be a record breaker anyway. And this week we had one record broken and one record equalled at the 1st (and as we keep saying, probably only ever) Eifel Grand Prix [...]
The make-do and mend 2020 F1 season carries on and this week we’re visiting a track that we last raced on in 2013, the Nurburgring in Germany’s Eifel Mountains for the 1st (and possibly only) [...]
Episode 267 – Bees, Big Ones But Not Nuclear Or Fire
Sep 29, 2020
Another Russian Grand Prix that for the most part was nothing to write home about for track action, but things got a little controversial before the race even started. After Lewis Hamilton was given a [...]
Episode 266 – Voyage Into The Unknown
Sep 15, 2020
Mugello, a circuit that F1 hasn’t raced on before in its 70 year history and also somewhere that the majority of the grid haven’t even experienced in their careers. Add to this the celebrations of [...]
12 months ago Pierre Gasly was in a tailspin, demoted from the RedBull team back to Toro Rosso and his career was looking like it was following the same trajectory as his new team-mate Daniil [...]
Episode 264 – Not Exactly A Thrill A Minute
Sep 01, 2020
How many years has the Belgian Grand Prix thrown out an absolute classic? Probably not as many as you’d think and this years was another one to add to the list of not the most [...]
Episode 263 – Another Calm Before Another Storm
Aug 25, 2020
This week on the podcast we get chance to take a bit of a breather and look at the news that’s come out with the Williams team being taken over by Dorilton Capital, a US [...]
Episode 262 – Back To Business As Usual
Aug 18, 2020
Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton were back on the top step of the podium in the Spanish Grand Prix at the weekend after losing out for the first time in this strange, but somehow normal 2020 [...]
Episode 261 – Last Week SilverstONE, This Week SilversTWO
Aug 11, 2020
It’s taken until the 5th race of the season, but we’ve finally got someone who doesn’t drive for Mercedes on the top step of the podium. Max Verstappen and RedBull made the best of an [...]
Episode 260 – No, Seriously Bonno, They Are Finished
Aug 04, 2020
So what to make of this year’s British Grand Prix? Looking at the facts on paper we had a driver returning at the last minute after missing out on the opening 3 races of the [...]
Episode 259 – There’s Some Circumstances
Jul 28, 2020
We’ve had the 1st week off from F1 since racing started and we’re getting ready for the next Triple-Header with 2 races at Silverstone and then (hopefully) a race in Barcelona. That’s as things stand [...]
We’re already 3 races in to the 2020 F1 season and with the races all being double and triple headers this year they’re going to come thick and fast with very little time off in [...]
Episode 257 – That Was The Weekend That Was
Jul 14, 2020
For the first time in F1 history we’ve had 2 consecutive championship races at the same circuit. Following on from last week’s Austrian Grand Prix at the RedBull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. This weekend we [...]
Well that was worth the wait! almost 4 months after the aborted start of the season, Formula 1 came back at the weekend with the Austrian Grand Prix at the RedBull Ring and in the [...]
Episode 255 – Our 2nd 1st Race Preview Of 2020
Jun 30, 2020
It’s finally here, we’ve got a Grand Prix to preview over 3 months after the aborted attempt to run the Australian Grand Prix at the start of the Covid pandemic. F1 has been working to [...]
Episode 254 – The End Of Our Lockdown
Jun 24, 2020
1st off, we’re really sorry about last week’s disastrous attempts to get a show recorded, between work commitments and 2 (TWO) mixing desks that were DOA there was nothing we could pull together. But even [...]
So we now know the dates, locations and names of the first 8 races of the 2020 season when it gets going in just over 3 weeks time and we’re not having 2 Austrian and [...]
Episode 252 – Have The Glory Days Gone For Good?
Jun 03, 2020
Another week closer to the start of the 2020 season and we’re now worried how many car we’ll see on the grid when we kick things off in Austria in just under 5 weeks time. [...]
Episode 251 – Hope The Schedule Was Written In Pencil
May 27, 2020
Another week and another change to the 2020 F1 season. After the UK Government announced that anyone entering the country after June 8th has to isolate for 14 days, the planned British Grand(s?) Prix have [...]
Episode 250 – Here Come The Sainz Bit
May 20, 2020
What a week last week was, we thought we’d peaked with the official Tuesday News about Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari parting company and we’d have to wait for details on his replacements and the start [...]
It all started so normally Monday night, we had our usual podcast recording including about quarter of an hour’s speculation on the news that Ferrari had given Sebatian Vetttel until the end of next month [...]
There was a bit of a kerfuffle at the weekend as Lando Norris took part in his 2nd ever virtual IndyCar race after winning in his previous one at Circuit of the Americas last weekend. [...]
Could we be close to seeing some racing after all? As some countries are making preparations to come out of their Covid-19 lockdowns, there’s a chance that some sports could make a comeback and F1 [...]
Episode 246 – There Might Be Some Good News…
Apr 22, 2020
Could things be improving to the point where we might get some racing in the next few months? It’s certainly possible as Austria has started to life some of its Coronavirus restrictions as they look [...]
Episode 245 – We’re All In this Together
Apr 15, 2020
Welcome along to another of our lockdown shows from the (as you can see in the title photo) sunny Isle of Man! This week we look at the current state of the season with the [...]
Welcome to the latest of our lockdown special podcasts, this week on the show we’re joined by Suzie Kennedy to talk about the latest virtual GPs and races and what it’s doing for the potential [...]
Episode 243 – The Cars The (Hundreds Of) Stars
Apr 01, 2020
Week 3 of our lockdown shows and we’re not showing signs of cabin fever yet, Chris has been getting artistic (check out his colouring work on Scarbs’s picture), Lee’s discovered the joys of milshake & [...]
Episode 242 – Lockdown Special WIth Sean Kelly
Mar 25, 2020
This week on the podcast we’re joined by the first member of the Automobile Club de Monaco to apply for a job at Walmart (his word not ours!) Sean Kelly joins us over Skype from [...]
Episode 241 – We’re Still Here (If A Little Different)
Mar 18, 2020
We all know by now that Formula 1, F2 & F3 along with just about all sports events have been put on hold due to the current Global Coronavirus pandemic. As an F1 podcast this [...]
Episode 240 – 2020 Pre Season Special With Craig Scarborough
Mar 10, 2020
At this stage of the year we usually have an idea about what’s going to happen on-track, certainly for the first few races of the season after pre-season testing is done. But things are different [...]
Episode 239 – Testing’s Done, Now What?
Mar 03, 2020
Pre-season testing is done for 2020, but what now. With the current Covid-19 situation, we don’t actually know if we’ll have an F1 season to talk about for the first part of the year. Things [...]
Testing week 1 is done and what an innovation the Silver Arrows have dropped on us this year? Up to last Wednesday, steering wheels just rotated left and right and that was all they did, [...]
Episode 237 – Radio Check, Are we Ready To Go?
Feb 18, 2020
That was one long winter break, but I think we got through it intact and we’re ready for F1 to get going again, and here it is! This week on the podcast we get to [...]
Episode 236 – Seriously Not Long To Go Now
Feb 05, 2020
We’re only about a week away from the first car launches of the season and a couple of weeks from the start of the first test, so that means it won’t be long until we’re [...]
Episode 235 – And A New One Has (Finally) Begun
Jan 25, 2020
OK, ok, ok, sorry we’re late. We recorded this show as normal on Monday after a week’s delay thanks to Storm Brendan hitting the Isle of Man with 80MPH winds (about as fast as a [...]
So the end of another year of F1 and now we get a couple of months without seeing a car spin it’s wheels (or in the case of one driven by Sebastian Vettel, just spin) [...]
Episode 233 – Flu Can’t Bring Me Down
Dec 10, 2019
We’re back on track this week after 80% of us got taken down by a bad bout of Manx Flu! And what better way to celebrate being up and about again than to do a [...]
Episode 232 – Literally Driving Into The Sunset
Nov 27, 2019
So is the Day/Night Abu Dhabi Grand Prix just one big metaphor then? With it being the only twilight race of the year and coming at the end of the season then I guess the [...]
Well that was a surprise, although we’re still not sure what was the biggest one, 2 Honda powered cars on the podium, Carlos Sainz getting 3rd (eventually), Ferrari taking each other out, an actual Mercedes [...]
Episode 230 – Brazilian Techno Special
Nov 12, 2019
Don’t panic about the title, we’ve not gone off into a world of strange dance music! This week on the podcast we’re joined, once again by technical specialist Craig Scarborough to take a look back [...]
Episode 229 – Lewis Hamilton World Champion X 6
Nov 05, 2019
Well he’s done it again! Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for his 6th Word Driver’s Championship, coming after Mercedes clinched their 6th consecutive Constructor’s crown 2 races ago in Japan. Although once again he didn’t take [...]
So Mexico does things with the podium again! No rotating DJs this time, but a big lift for the winner in their car. Some say that the podium is the most exciting thing about the [...]
Not only are we back on schedule this week with a Tuesday podcast, but we’ve (Lee has anyway) invested in some new streaming equipment and we’re back on YouTube as well! So this week’s podcast [...]
Episode 226 – Better Later Than Never(er)
Oct 17, 2019
Sorry, sorry, sorry. Can you tell we’re sorry this week. It wasn’t just qualifying in the Japanese Grand Prix that was delayed this week. After somehow managing to get jetlag without leaving the sofa at [...]
It wouldn’t be the Japanese Grand Prix without what some of the most dedicated F1 fans in the world and one thing is for sure, the Japanese F1 fans sure love a crazy hat for [...]
That’s what was blowing through Russia this weekend at least. After 3 races and one qualifying session where Ferrari dominated, we returned to normal service in Sochi with a Mercedes 1-2 that didn’t look even [...]
Coming off the back of 2 wins at low downforce, high speed circuits, nobody thought that Ferrari would be in with a sniff of getting anything out of this weekend’s race in Singapore on a [...]
Episode 222 – RedBull Gives You Cauliflowers?
Sep 17, 2019
We promise you that the title of this week’s podcast will make sense when you listen to it! This week on the podcast we’re joined by the one and only Virtual Stat Man Sean Kelly [...]
Episode 221 – Due Is The Numero Magico
Sep 10, 2019
A second consecutive for Ferrari and their first at Monza since Fernando Alonso all the way back in 2010, is the the start of the red resurgence? Probably not when you think about it as [...]
Episode 220 – The 6th New Name In 10 Years
Sep 03, 2019
Charles Leclerc has added his name to the list of Grand Prix winners and he’s only the 6th driver to do that this decade, such has been the balance of power in Formula One recently. [...]
Episode 219 – Thursday Is The New Tuesday
Aug 29, 2019
Well that was a day and a half! We’ve not even had a car on track after the Summer break and we’ve already had the 2020 calendar, driver confirmations from 2 teams, another driver confirmation [...]
Episode 218 – A Spa Vacation Or A Vacation And A Spa?
Aug 27, 2019
That’s the Summer Break all done and we’re back to racing this weekend. F1 makes its traditional return to the Belgian countryside for one of our favourite races of the season. The Belgian Grand Prix [...]
Episode 217 – Another Technical Special With Craig Scarborough
Aug 21, 2019
We’ve got another special show this week as Craig Scarborough joins us again to talk though what the teams have achieved in the first have of he season and where the upgrades are going to [...]
Episode 216 – The Old RedBull Switcheroo (Again)
Aug 13, 2019
So RedBull have done it (and not on a Tuesday), Alex is in and Pierre is out (only out as far as Toro Rosso though). Can’t help but think we’ve seen this before once or [...]
Episode 215 – The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
Aug 06, 2019
That’s 4 exciting races we’ve had in a row now in the run up to the Summer break. And for the first time in a while we saw Mercedes pull an amazing strategy move over [...]
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