Shift+f1: A Formula 1 Podcast

The calendar and Red Bull’s rear wings are changing shape ahead of F1’s “crown jewel,” but we still find plenty to get excited about. IndyCar spoilers from 10:17 to 16:03 SHOW NOTES Grosjean’s recent Beyond The Grid episode IndyCar’s 30-minute edit of this weekend’s race and the post-race photo (spoilers) Article about MAZ’s experince with Haas History and cool drawings of flexible wings over the years BOT describing what a driver does around a lap of Monaco Our Patreon bonus episodes about Grand Prix and Rendezvous VER’s Monaco 2015 crash F1 TV does “Race in 30” recap videos; Motorsport Magazine does good written recaps A tour of the Mercedes F1 factory (thanks Tohir!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A strategy-heavy race leaves us pondering driver futures, Zak Brown’s salty bets, and the Teriyaki Boyz. Formula 3 spoilers from 38:23 to 39:03 SHOW NOTES One of the Formula 3 races this weekend was particularly nutty (spoilers) Robert Wickens driving a hand-controlled race car SAI explaining how the Ferrari steering wheel works (and here’s another one from Mercedes, which answers Rob’s question about Neutral: it’s not used much!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreonand get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 NASCAR at Suzuka in 1996 (thanks, Thomas!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That’s a wrap, folks! Abu Dhabi puts a beige bow on a colorful season of speedy race cars. SHOW NOTES MAG’s opening lap VET sings a song for Ferrari Alonso’s 2005 Renault looks livelier on track (and is noticeably smaller) than modern F1 cars Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We may be headed to Ferrari World for the next race, but Bahrain had all the roller coasters. SHOW NOTES Formula 2 spoilers from 53:17 to 58:21 A highlight reel of RUS’s race, including Bono’s helpful car tips The photo at the finish we mentioned Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The motorsport world breathes a sigh of relief after one of the closest calls Formula 1 has ever had. SHOW NOTES A nearly real-time edit of the accident A collection of driver radio conversations after the accident Chain Bear on how crash barriers work Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to back the drivers face each other in the desert not once but twice on the same track, but different. Make sense? SHOW NOTES Michael Fassbender’s “Road to Le Mans” Season 1 and Season 2 What it’s like for a normal guy to drive an F1 car Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wet weather and championship fights conspire to create an absolute Turkish delight. SHOW NOTES Regular road cars attempting to weather in the newly-surfaced track Wet-weather driving takes a toll on the thumbs Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turkey the country and the animal are on the table this month, but that’s not what smells so… inimitable. SHOW NOTES Hazel Southwell on Saudi Arabia Felipe Massa, safety advocate (thanks, Jimmy!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know the historic Imola racing circuit has the most groans per race of the entire calendar? SHOW NOTES Mercedes finds a small piece of debris lodged in BOT’s car Two different facial expressions on the podium Roborace is off to a great start Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The track and weather in Portugal may be unforgiving, but they’ve got nothing on Guenther Steiner. SHOW NOTES VET sucks up a drain cover RAI’s monster start Andre Harrison’s article about VER’s language at Motorsport 101 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices