Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

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**Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast**

Shift+F1 is a weekly podcast about Formula 1. New to the sport? Check out our Preseason Primer episode (Ep #338)! Join us for race recaps, news from the wide world of racing, and the latest on Pastor Maldonado.

Latest Episodes:

145 - Portuguese GP & Spanish GP Prerace 2021 May 05, 2021

Show notes

The races are coming fast and loose these days! Try not to slip on the tarmac or get BLOWN OFF THE DANG TRACK.

IndyCar spoilers from 1:10:24 to 1:12:43

SHOW NOTES

Sprint race details from PlanetF1 (article) and Chain Bear (video)
David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher’s blue flag miscue
RAI’s radio confusion in Bahrain

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144 - Portuguese GP Prerace 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Show notes

F1 is sprinting toward a new qualifying format, but will it result in delightful chaos or stop short of the finish line?

Spoilers for Formula E from 17:23 to 27:48 and IndyCar from 36:25 to 40:39

SHOW NOTES

Here’s a video game render of the Miami GP circuit
Formula E commentators making a realization (spoilers!)

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143 - Emilia Romagna GP 2021 Apr 21, 2021

Show notes

When it rains, it pours, especially when it comes to contentious moves, lewd gestures, and driving with your knees.

SHOW NOTES

Shift+F1 Discord user Novolin’s excellent edit of VER’s stricken car
Some wild stuff is going on with AlphaTauri’s steering

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142 - Emilia Romagna GP Prerace 2021 Apr 14, 2021

Show notes

We are FINALLY back to racing after having to hold ourselves over with regulation news, bees, and (admittedly sweet-looking) boats.

SHOW NOTES

VET explaining how bees work
A check-in with RAI’s Instagram: race pics, Dudewithfamily, hashtag ad
RAI doesn’t get paid to clap
Remember to cross the finish line before you celebrate
Formula E driver Oliver Turvey had a pretty heavy crash in practice
On board the boats of Sail GP (thanks, Marianna!)

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141 - News Update: Dirty Driving Apr 07, 2021

Show notes

We fill time before the next F1 race with some check ins from the Extreme worlds of electric off-roading, Formula 2, and SWORDS.

(Formula 2 spoilers from 48:55 to 50:02)

SHOW NOTES

Extreme E’s YouTube archives of this weekend’s broadcasts (VPN required in the US) and the Shootout semi-final. Highlights: Qualifying day, Race day.
An introduction to this year’s Formula 2 drivers
The proper operation of NASCAR’s sword trophy
Senna holding a Sonic the Hedgehog trophy at the 1993 European GP (see also: the Williams livery that year)
Australia’s Albert Park circuit has a new layout
RIC is hawking wine now
24 Hours of Lemons official site and YouTube channel

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140 - Bahrain GP 2021 Mar 31, 2021

Show notes

The first race of the season is always an exciting time. Who wins? Who loses? Who gets attacked by a sandwich bag?

SHOW NOTES

MSC showed up with a cool shirt
The new Internet website mazesp.in
A highlight reel of TSU’s race
The Race’s explanation of Mercedes and Aston Martin’s rake problems
NASCAR on dirt was indeed wild

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139 - Bahrain GP Prerace 2021 Mar 24, 2021

Show notes

The first race of the season is upon us! We get the lowdown on Bahrain and make more wild assumptions based on testing.

SHOW NOTES

The Saudi circuit looks a little worrying
Jolyon Palmer explaining an F1 steering wheel
GAS’ article in The Player’s Tribune
A flax boat and how flax does in impact tests (thanks Micah and luminol!)

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138 - Preseason Testing 2021 Mar 17, 2021

Show notes

Ah testing, that time of year we get to see all the secrets the teams have been hiding. Like bamboo driveshafts.

SHOW NOTES

F1’s Murray Walker Remembered
The funky space gun teams are using to test tires

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137 - Preseason Primer 2021 Mar 10, 2021

Show notes

New to F1? You’ve come to the right place! We take you from zero to 200 in this sweeping overview of the world’s fastest soap opera.

SHOW NOTES

The YouTube channel Chain Bear has excellent technical explainers
F1’s streaming service F1TV offers live and on-demand sessions (depending on where you live)
The official F1 YouTube channel has highlights of every session
Lewis Hamilton’s dog, Roscoe, has his own Instagram account

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136 - Offseason News Update Jan 27, 2021

Show notes

F1 stars: they’re just like us! Their bosses get fired! They have to reschedule! They issue ultimatums to restrict power unit development!

SHOW NOTES