Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

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45 - German GP Prerace 2018 Jul 19, 2018

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Coming at you LIVE (to tape) from about as far away as you can get from Germany, Drew's got track notez, long-overdue firings, and news from the wide world of Florida.

SHOW NOTES

Santino Ferrucci deliberately ramming his teammate
A Roborace car does the Goodwood hillclimb (unmentioned but still cool)

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44 - British GP Prerace 2018 Jul 05, 2018

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Drew's the last one standing after a plague of mechanical issues decimate the Austrian GP, leading to resignations, rival podcasts, and one of the best races of the season!

SHOW NOTES

Mercedes' strategy breakdown
F1's new podcast Beyond the Grid (YouTube link)
A Venn diagram of who has used what engine
A lengthy look at F1 logistics (thanks @PlupFreak!)
Shift+F1 Fantasy Formula 1 league invite code: 0b62fe (first character is a zero)

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43 - Austrian GP Prerace 2018 Jun 28, 2018

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We're split on the French GP but we CAN agree that LEC should go to Ferrari, three DRS zones is more than two, and Saudi Arabia is definitely a country.

SHOW NOTES

Despite losing his legs, Billy Monger drove an F1 car
Even with the helmet on, you can tell Aseel Al-Hamad is smiling (via Chicago Tribune)
The F1 Trading Card Game is out of beta (iOS only)
Shift+F1 Fantasy Formula 1 league invite code: 0b62fe (first character is a zero)

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42 - French GP Prerace 2018 Jun 20, 2018

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After what must certainly have been an excess in poutine results in a sleepy Canadian GP, we perk up with a brand-new (to us) circuit, Red Bull engine news, and CONTROVERSY.

SHOW NOTES

Guillermo del Toro and Ryan Gosling LOVING the Cars ride at Disneyland
New 2019 aero regulations explained
HAM's super enthusiastic ride around Circuit Paul Ricard
Formula E's full-race playlist
VER practicing for the French GP with Automobilista
ALO's Le Mans race in flowery prose
ALO is as consistent as he is fast

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41 - Canadian GP Prerace 2018 Jun 07, 2018

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Drew’s back from the Balkans but balks before broclaiming anything good about Monaco. But who cares?! Coming up is a race that will treat you just as well as its home citizens do.

SHOW NOTES

VER crashes in FP3 after SAI comes out of nowhere
Robert Kubica's horrifying Canadian GP crash
GAS takes a helmet cam lap around Monaco (check those mirrors!)
Porsche's monster lapping the Nurburgring doesn't look real
A GM executive crashed the pace car in an IndyCar race
Nico and Keke Rosberg lap Monaco in their championship winning cars
Beta sign up page for the F1 trading card game
Ferrari mixed up Toronto and Montreal
Using Big Data to determine the best F1 driver of all time
An insane MotoGP 3 save / ramp jump
RIC and BUT's shell corporation has a trailer
Shooting F1 with a Game Boy camera (and the moon with a telephoto lens)

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40 - Monaco GP Prerace 2018 May 25, 2018

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Danny is joined by Shift+F1's reserve driver Dave Lang to talk about Romain Grosjean's pirouette's and what to expect from Saturday's race in Monaco.

SHOW NOTES

Hey Look it's F1 TV
Grosjean’s seat not in jeopardy following crashes says Steiner
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series getting a new name?!

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39 - Spanish GP Prerace 2018 May 09, 2018

Show notes

Danny delights in summarizing the dramatic comedy that was the Baku Grand Prix while looking forward to a sunny Spring getaway in Catalonia.

SHOW NOTES

Sergey Sirotkin handed grid penalty for first lap Azerbaijan contact
Alonso praises Renault’s “outstanding” reliability
‘No point to return to F1’ – Maldonado
Rossi races the circumference of the Earth

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38 - Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2018 Apr 26, 2018

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We jump from Asia, site of the craziest race of this year, to "Europe," site of the craziest race of last year. What's in store for us from Castle Track?

SHOW NOTES

Fantasy Formula 1 league invite code: 0b62fe (first character is a zero)
Comparison video of RAI and VET's qualifying laps in China
HAR discusses differences between F1 and WEC cars
WipEout-style "Dresca" logo by Cal Skuthorpe AKA @buzz_clik (here's the whole GB crew and a Renault version)
VER's true identity
The ominous red switches inside the medical car
Nico Rosberg's YouTube channel
Polygon's article about Scott Speed getting banned from iRacing
The smallest shoey, courtesy of EC
An update from RIC and Jenson Button's brewery/shell corporation (thx Barry and Whitney!)

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37 - Chinese GP Prerace 2018 Apr 12, 2018

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THAT'S what we're talking about! Things get hectic on the track, in the pits, and on the mics under the magical lights of Bahrain.

SHOW NOTES

McLaren's nose looks weirdly organic (pic 1, pic 2)
VET defends HAM's use of foul language
Book rec: The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
Ferrari crew member has a great sense of humor
Info on the "fan car" and BBC documentary
Pulling a Mark Webber: Valencia 2010 and Le Mans 1999 (video is of his teammate, who did the same thing that weekend)
The Super GT podium and prize
Bernie just can't let go of the past (thanks Daniel!)
MotoGP with one of the strangest grids ever
All the complicated pit crew stuff that happens during a stop
Pope Francis did indeed bless a Formula E car

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36 - Bahrain GP Prerace 2018 Apr 05, 2018

Show notes

The first race of the season is in the books, along with some atrocious broadcast snafus, pit lane flubs, software gremlins, and, to top it all off, a Maldonado sighting.

SHOW NOTES

ESPN cuts off another sport mid-sentence
Pirelli's track breakdown for Bahrain
The average face of an F1 driver
Gilles Villeneuve's insane rear wing from 1982
Driver height comparison (2016)
Kimi loves to party
Christian Horner's sexy shot (NSFW?)
F1's Instagram forgets Force India
An astronaut watching the Australian GP from SPACE

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