Shift+f1: A Formula 1 Podcast

Danny goes for a solo lap around the Circuit of the Americas, discusses Toro Rosso's musical chairs, the possibility of rain, Lewis Hamilton's tough decision, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we learn how to crash into the same wall over and over, how to passively/aggressively settle your differences with other drivers, and that you should never, ever leave your phone unlocked around Ricciardo. SHOW NOTES Japan Highlights: Qual, Race, Radio The salty pre-Japan driver briefing RIC steals HAM's phone Sky and Williams Mario Kart it up in Tokyo A Giant Bomb fan at the track (thanks @Sticholas!) A kid with a 3DS during qualifying (thanks @mitchelldise!) A Supercars driver using a squeegee during the Bathurst 1000 (thanks @Nat_Crouch!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After engine problems, drains, and everything else that went down before the race, things start looking up for everyone, including you, the viewer! TV times they are a-changin', so here's to a 2018 full of races like this one. SHOW NOTES Malaysia Highlights: Qual, Race, Onboards, Radio FP2 feat. GRO v. Drain VET's first lap (echoes of ALO 2004) VET's last lap (with assist) RIC's selfie kung-fu is strong (thanks @EduardoPaulo!) A great explanation of dirty air (thanks @nickgebell!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mercury is rising across the planet so, bare those midriffs and get ready for effective-immediately driver swaps, nut shots, and the final (?) Malaysian Grand Prix. SHOW NOTES The 2001 Malaysian GP for free on YouTube Williams: The Documentary Hot race statz from Fernanda & Aleck! SAI v. SAI in dune buggies (thanks Nik!) Toto v. DC's balls (thanks Nick!) RIC's totally-not-a-shell-corporation brewing company (thanks Stan!). By the way, we somehow missed the most important "co-founder." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it rains, it pours, and boy did the boys pour on the excitement under the lights. We talk first-turn incidents, the world's slipperiest bridge, and, of course, pulmonary diseases. SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards Turn 1 incident: Official F1 call, all F1 camera angles, fan cam with sound Turn 5 incident in slow motion KVY incident with good "whump" sound (and ridiculous framerate) F1 food blog! (Thanks Whitney!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strap a gigantic camera to your head, because you're going to want to capture the start of the 2017 Silly Season. Drivers, teams, and engines fly all over the place ahead of the hot, sticky, safety car-filled nights in Singapore. SHOW NOTES Murray Walker choking up at Damon Hill's championship win and proving he can make anything exciting (thanks Ben!) Ayrton Senna demonstrates one must have proper footwear to master the heel-and-toe technique (thanks David!) Jackie Stewart, videonaut (thanks Jon!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a sea of red stands out the biggest Ferrari fan of all. Dave Lang here to talk grid spot groaning, first person champagne, and who is saltiest after Monza (hint: it's Dave Lang). SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards First person champagne cam HAM and BOT playing Trials: Fusion during the qualifying rain delay (thanks @mitchelldise!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on the Belgian GP like Danny Ric on a car. Well, maybe without as many candles. SHOW NOTES Belgium highlights: Race, Qual, Radio, Onboards The 2017 Force India teammate saga RIC's sensuous description of his driving style Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

F1 is back, baby! We've got the lowdown on Spa along with Polish energy drink reports, driver contracts, and Nationwide-themed marital bling. SHOW NOTES Our primer on MotoGP Motorcycle documentaries Hitting the Apex (MotoGP) & Closer to the Edge (TT) Guy Martin's epic chops Pun master Tim Turi Dale Jr.'s sponsor-specific wedding rings (thanks Greg!) A race track on a cruise ship (thanks @zwambag!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio drama and late-game strats can't hold a candle to the masterful post-race oratory of F1's wisest sages. SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards, post-race Interviews Battle of the Spaniards Motorsport Magazine does exhaustive race recaps HUL & MAG's conversation ALO reprises his meme "Senna taxi" mod for Assetto Corsa (thanks @michaelclulee!) RAI yelling at soldiers in Finnish (thanks @Graboonie!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fire up the grill and be good to yourself because it's time for lessons on tires, 1960s rally driving, and how to speak Australian. SHOW NOTES The FIA statement and BBC analysis of the halo Windscreens from 1985 and 1967 feat. Prost Serena Williams' interview with HAM Now YOU can pay $500 for a slab of foam Megan's right, Rosemary Smith is awesome And so is the Hillman Imp GRO's crowdsourcing the cover of his cookbook (thanks @SilentZero!) BOT and HAM test their Maldoknowledge (thanks Nathan and @bobbygondo!) By the way, that Journey livery is pretty sweet (thanks @LoneWolfGAM!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On your plates! It's time for another trip into the salt mines with the mayor, the torpedo, and whoever makes Ferrari's tires. SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qual, Race, Onboards, Radio, RIC climbing the ladder GRO's cartwheeling crash gif HAM cracking up at RIC's mention of "the torpedo" (thanks @kingoverlord!) RIC in space on his YouTube channel HAM crowdsurfing while some Finns hang out BUT and VAN almost have a bike race (thanks @nomad_175!) A 79-year-old woman drives an F1 car (thanks @xaiax!) The front lines of the New York ePrix from @matt_leslie35, @BaconGames76, @Spould, and @technoelf! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's tough to follow a banger like Baku, but Austria gave it a shot at the beginning, end, and... practically nowhere else. But who cares! Danny's back and we've got another race right around the corner! SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qual, Race, Onboards, Radio The proposed Copenhagen street circuit RIC drifting an F1 car around London. But no donuts. What drivers REALLY think (thanks @yambadr!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austria's chief export may be textiles, but the rumor mills are running full-tilt in regards to Force India's name, Max Verstappen's future, and the return of an F1 great. SHOW NOTES The Austrian GP has seen some close finishes Billy Monger's custom steering wheel Tour de France at Spa circuit - short and long video (thanks Ken and Sean!) RAI yelling for his steering wheel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Temperatures and tempers reach boiling points in one of the craziest carbon fiber-strewn rage-fests we've ever seen. SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qualifying, Race, Radio, Onboards F1's analysis of the "Brake Check" F1Fanatic's lap chart is especially crazy this time The pit wall computer station of one GENE HAAS (thanks @symesy8!) A morsel from Japanese Twitter courtesy of @psylah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E3 may have put the brakes on us for one episode but buckle up because this week we've got team principal shakeups, team order shakedowns, and everyone's favorite starship captain. SHOW NOTES Canada: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards, Patrick Stewart on the podium Azerbaijan: Circuit guide, HAM's disastrous race last year F1 2018 calendar released! Rare video from inside the Monaco driver briefing We're a podcast about racing, so here's some Jack Russel terriers racing A look at how Williams' pit crew trains (thanks @bobbygondo!) A tattoo of MAS' face (thanks @EduardoPaulo!) A T-shirt for real race fans (thanks @Doobit!) Also: we didn't mention it, but there apparently used to be a tradition at the Canadian Grand Prix where teams would build their own rafts and race them across a pond at the circuit. This was brought back for 2017 and you can watch the whole thing here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Break out the tinnies (but not the tinnies), because it's time for forks in the road, Hell in Norway, and sick burns all around. SHOW NOTES F1 Fanatic's rundown of Liberty's changes, including camera angles Chase Carey's vision for F1 broadcasting in great detail Forbes' 100 Highest-Paid Athletes Bespiked ice motorcycles (thanks Joseph!) RIC and VER tear up the Red Bull Ring with campers (thanks Megan!) RAI and VET (but mostly RAI) tear up the pitch (thanks Andrew!) Eight hours of the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring (thanks Erik!) A supercut of McLaren-Honda's mechanical failures (thanks Sean!) One sexy shot of HUL's Renault (thanks Mike!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew and Danny prove they aren't the same person by appearing in the same room to talk about an exciting car race and the Monaco Grand Prix. SHOW NOTES Highlights: Qualifying, Pole Lap, Race, Radio, Onboards RIC on his danger area RAI's once-crying fan now smiling What oil on the track can do in MotoGP Formula E Monaco full race (round 5), Paris full race (round 6) Indy 500: 30-minute highlight edit Scott Dixon's horrendous crash (and Castroneves' view) ALO being ALO in the post-race conference Your Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Sports vs. Birds, Drew's back to discuss dangerous eating establishments, rad old cameras, the return of a favorite, and that of a LEGEND. SHOW NOTES Indy 500 starting grid Modern F1 pics with a camera from 1913 RIC's heartbreaking Monaco 2016 pit stop Tire selections for Monaco (and tire rules) ALO does his best Randy Johnson impression and kills two birds with one car A fantastic IndyCar primer for F1 fans from Reddit (thanks Greg!) IndyCar's new bodywork designs As promised, ALO on a skateboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny takes you around 66 laps of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as we recount all bumping and grinding from this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. SHOW NOTES Jenson Button refuses to rule out coming back to Formula 1 on full-time basis Wehrlein proud of points finish after ‘perfect’ strategy Ricciardo admits gap remains despite podium ‘promotion’ Nicky Hayden: Ex-MotoGP champion 'extremely critical' after cycling accident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices