Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

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105 - News Update: Bananagrams Apr 29, 2020

Show notes

Formula 1 is a sport with a plan, but whether that plan stands up to a globe-spanning, nigh-unstoppable force remains to be seen. The coronavirus may have an impact, too.

SHOW NOTES

Taki Inoue’s unfortunate run-in with the medical car
Autosport’s collection of one-race drivers
That French fighter jet ejection story
NASCAR’s virtual flyover
NOR raced in the IndyCar iRacing race at COTA this weekend
NOR’s engineer debriefs and post-race reflections
LEC trades red for yellow

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104 - Drive to Survive Season 2: Episodes 7-10 Apr 22, 2020

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We close out the 2019 season once more with the epic (?) conclusion of Drive to Survive Season 2.

SHOW NOTES

F1 added more classic races to YouTube: Spain 1996, China 2018, Japan 1994
Formula E teamed up with Marbula 1 for Marbula E
LEC, RUS, and NOR played Euro Truck Simulator and encountered some guy with a recorder

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103 - News Update: Doomsayer Apr 15, 2020

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We’re split on how the rest of the season will shape up, but thankfully virtual racing is providing enough (maybe too much) news to satiate us.

SHOW NOTES

Chain Bear’s video about how reverse Silverstone could work
F1’s Top 10 Stirling Moss Moments
Aaron AKA “arnhws” made a Shift+F1 Gran Turismo livery: pic 1, pic 2, pic 3
An attempt by ALB to commentate LEC’s lap
Excerpts from an Autosport article comparing F1 driving styles
Super Formula’s 2019 season starts here!
NOR and VER chat after Lando gets dropped from a virtual GP
Jacques Villeneuve playing rFactor with a controller (during this event)
MotoGP is going eSports too and it’s wild
F1 makes the 2019 Italian GP available on YouTube
Get F1 TV free for 30 days! (Here are all the available races)

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102 - Drive to Survive Season 2: Episodes 4-6 Apr 09, 2020

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We tackle the dark middle chapter of Netflix’s F1 series, featuring fedoras, exceedingly slippery race tracks, and some brutal team radio.

SHOW NOTES

Classic F1 races: Bahrain 2014, Australia 1986, Monaco 1996, Europe 1997
Supercars’ first eRacing event at Monza was total chaos

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101 - News Update: Reverse Engineers Apr 01, 2020

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In this week’s Formula 1 news, Mercedes and other teams are racing to help COVID-19 victims while “Dr.” Helmut Marko becomes an actual Bond villain.

SHOW NOTES

We’ll have a Track Walk video of the Vietnam GP circuit this Sunday on our YouTube channel (select Patrons will get access to it on Friday)
Matt recommended a Netflix film called Go Karts
Your typical acrobatic Super Formula pit stop
Pre-2017 episodes of the podcast can be found on Giant Bomb (we did indeed start at the beginning of the 2014 season)
iRacing is having a 50% off sale
The Shift+F1 community raced in iRacing this weekend! Here’s Drew’s flawless start and restart after yellow, along with another spectacular incident
Kyle sent us a video of “diecast racing” from 3Dbotmaker, as well as stop-motion F1

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100 - Drive to Survive Season 2: Episodes 1-3 Mar 25, 2020

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For our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, we switch things up by discussing the first three expletive-filled episodes of Netflix’s Drive to Survive Season 2.

SHOW NOTES

Our Bahrain Track Walk and Dirt 2 “Let’s Play”
Twitter accounts to follow for eRacing updates: F1, NOR, VER, iRacing, Team Redline, The Race, Veloce Esports
F1’s official Virtual Bahrain GP feat. NOR and LAT (highlights)
NOR calling people for hot race tips
Other virtual races this weekend by The Race and Veloce
NOR and VER messing around in iRacing this weekend
Fox Sports and NASCAR held a race in iRacing (feat. dude in his garage)
iRacing is currently 50% off!
Drew raced with the Shift+F1 community and did his best GRO impression at the start
Correction: F1 aired the Brazilian GP on YouTube, but it is no longer available (UGH, OF COURSE)
Meanwhile, MotoGP’s entire archive is free until the season starts
Our (probably outdated) MotoGP primer (pairs nicely with Hitting the Apex)

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99 - Coronavirus Hits F1 Mar 18, 2020

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SHOW NOTES

Last weekend’s virtual races: rFactor 2 feat. VER (official stream, VER highlights), F1 2019 feat. NOR (official stream, NOR’s stream, NOR’s highlights), iRacing feat. NASCAR (official stream)
Shift+F1 listener John (@crofts) did a race in F1 2019 with other listeners! Here’s the archive.
The PC version of F1 2019 is on sale for a few hours after this episode goes up
We released all our old Patreon videos for free on our YouTube channel!
We’re back to doing video Track Walks (such as the season is)! Here’s Australia.
An animated GIF of the deserted Albert Park circuit (thanks Evan!)
At least we have Marbula One (thanks to everyone who sent this to us!)
NOR was on Beyond the Grid
MotoGP released their top 10 races for free!
Compare: NOR’s YouTube channel and Nico Rosberg’s
GRO being a good dad
Just kidding, the Supercars season got postponed while we were recording
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98 - Australian GP Prerace 2020 Mar 11, 2020

Show notes

If there’s one thing we can all agree on (or at least seven of us), it’s that we can’t wait to see how the grid lines up in definitely-coronavirus-free Australia.

SHOW NOTES

Australian GP incidents: Martin Brundle, Fernando Alonso, Ralf Schumacher, Mark Webber
The logistic challenge of shipping WEC and Formula 1 equipment

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97 - Preseason Testing 2020 Mar 04, 2020

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SHOW NOTES

Chain Bear’s explanation of Dual-Axis Steering
F1’s YouTube channel is actually pretty great
A list of our favorite old races can be found in our Offseason 2019 guide
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96 - Preseason Primer 2020 Feb 27, 2020

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New to F1? You've come to the right place! We get you, uh, up to speed on the cars, drivers, rules, and all the weird drama that can happen in the planet's fastest sport.

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