Formula 1 Podcast

Well if that was the last Grand Prix at Imola for the forseeable future, it didn't leave us with a sour taste in the mouth and while it wasn't a classic race it was still better than some of the parades we've had round the circuit for the last 5 years since F1 made a return there in the patched together 2020 season.This week we take a look back at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the first of 2 Italian races this season and the start of the European races to boot. Could McLaren and in particular Oscar Piastri keep up their dominant form from the first quarter of the season, now we're not flying away as much, or with the appearance of a few upgrades (as is traditional at this time of year), would we see more than the papaya cars in the mix?The answer was both sort of yes and sort of no as Max Verstappen spoiled the papaya party this week by completely turning around a RedBull that he wasn't overly keen on up to Saturday afternoon to pull out his most Max-like performances of the season so far

Florida is known for orange things, mainly oranges. But this weekend it was a slightly different shade that captured all the headlines in Miami as we saw a hugely dominent showing from the Papaya clad McLaren team at the Miami Grand Prix weekend. Taking the top 2 steps on the podium in both the Sprint and Grand Prix races showed that this season the comeback is fully on!This week on the pod we take a look at the Maimi GP raced round the car park of the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Football Franchise (well that's what it said on the official F1 shirts anyway) where Lando & Oscar traded wins across Friday and Saturday with just about everyone else as an also-ran.There's the usual team by team review and look at what the F1 news is at the moment and what will probably come out after this pod's released (come on Tuesday, show us what you've got) with all the speculation from the aftermath of his lap 1 exit that we may have seen the last of Jack Doohan for now in an Alpine.Expect the usual tangents as

After the fairly restrained Japanese Grand Prix we needed a bit of a plate cleanser and that's exactly what Bahrain served up to us for out 2nd race in the Gulf this season. A dominant win for McLaren's Oscar Piastri , but eith more FIA based chaos hiding beneath the surface.This week on the podcast we look at the Bahrain Grand Prix which saw a huge number of technical gremlins strike several teams, and some very strange and late calls from the stewards, which ened up ahving a negative effect on a few driver's races. It all kicked off on Saturday when Nico Hulkenberg's best Q1 lap time was deleted during Q3, but the problem was he'd already taken part in Q2 when it turned out he shouldn't have actually got through, this had a knock on effct on Alex Albon, who should then have made the 2nd session with a car that team principle James Vowles claimed had th pace for Q3.It didn't get much better from there as we had timing failures, George Russell able to open his DRS manually and by m

That about sums up 2 of the 3 most interesting things about the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. The other one was, of course, Max Verstappen's blistering Q3 lap for pole position. But there was fire aplenty at trackside and you've got to feel for Isack Hadjar after his seatbelts were causing him grief in what Top Gear would describe as "The Gentleman's area"This week on the pod we try and make up things to say about one of the dullest Japanese GP's we've had the pleasure of sitting through, it was the first race outside of Monaco where the top 6 on the grid were the top 6 by the end of the race and that stat would have gone further down the order had Lewis not passed Hadjar's Racing Bull to break the tedium (we're really selling this episode aren't we!)There are thankfully a few tangents to break the parade up and there's a great Is That Glock as well, so it's not all that bad!If you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there’s al

Well they've done it again, RedBull have done a mid-season driver swap with RB and this time it's a new record. Liam Lawson only got 2 races in the "big" team as Max Verstappen's team-mate to prove himself, even though he's now in his 3rd rookie season after 2 years as VCARB's super-sub.This week on the podcast we take a deep dive into whatever the hell it is that RedBull (Mainly Helmut Marko) is playing at and how they've potentially managed to derail 2 driver's careers in one badly thought out move. Of course we could be wrong and this could turn out to be the genius move of the season, but previous form, and they've got a LOT of previous form in this, says that it probably won't be,There's a brief few bits of other news including Ferrari's floor and Aston Martin selling shares and buying shares at the same time along with the usual healthy amount of tangents and we've even got a new Is That Glock (complete with jingle as well!)If you want to join in

2 weeks in to the 2025 F1 season and we think we all know which way the wind is blowing and also that it's coloured Papaya! BUT it wouldn't be an new season without a little RedBull turmoil and the meat grinder might well be called into action sooner than we expected this time round.This week on the podcast we look back at the Australian GP with its multiple disqualifications, Ferrari going from triumph to utter disaster in the space of a day and the whole will they or won't they with RedBull and Liam Lawson. The rumours coming out are fairly varied, ranging from Yuki Tsunoda is swapping seat with him for or before Japan, to Franco Collapinto is going to be in a RedBull branded car before then. One thing you can say about that team is that they never leave us short of things to talk about (which is just as well because there isn't a race next week)There's all the tangents you'd expect and the return of Is That Glock? (please, please please send some new ones in to us!)Also we’ve got the results up already for

Not from us though! Ferrari’s pit wall did it again after their calculated deductions that the reason that Charles’ seat was wet must have been because of water and in other news rain falls from the sky (thank you Will Buxton).This week we look back on a season opener that had just about everything you could ask for; wheel to wheel racing, on-track passing, a bit of rain, a variety of pit strategies (once again, thatnk you Ferrari, you never dissappoint) and minimal interference from the stewards/FIA.The 2025 season has got off to a strong start for some and not exactly strong for others, but it’s a long year and we’ve still got 23 races and 6 sprints to go so don’t plan on celebrating just yet if you did well and don’t think that your season is over if you didn’t (unless you’re Jack Doohan and the rumours are tru and you’ve got to make a VERY quick impression on good old Flavvy B)Also we’ve got the results up already for the prediction league along with open predictions for both races in China this weekend a

Can you believe it? We have been doing this podcast for 10 whole years now! OK we haven’t been as regular as normal lately, but sad to say life happens. But as we head into a new F1 season, we’re going to make an effort to get back to some kind of regular schedule again, starting right here. On this week’s podcast we get all over-excited about the new season starting this weekend in Australia. There’s new driver on the grid, there’s rookies with more experience than some well known F1 names from the past and there’s only 2 teams with the same lineup as 2024. So there’s a lot to unpick already and we’ve only had the 3 day pre-season test There’s also the new Prediction League kicking off this week and we’ve finally managed to get the results sorted out for the 2024 version as well where the top 3 came out as: Jonathan Payne Thane Gennady Spirin Congrats to the 3 of you and if anyone wants to sponsor prizes for this year, just hit us up! (One last th

Get your Magic Mind here : https://www.magicmind.com/WHEELSLT20You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with code: WHEELSLT20So it’s finally happened, this month’s “worst kept secret in F1” has come to fruition and Sergio Perez & RedBull have parted company. This has been rumoured to be happening for a while and for the last couple of months it was becoming more of a “when” than an “if”.This week on the podcast we look at the reasons behind why Checo has been let go and what the future is like for RedBull’s seemingly cursed 2nd seat.Also you wouldn’t believe the amount of tangents we’ve managed to fit in this week, We may not be able to call ourselves an F1 podcast if it carries on like this, for example there’s discussion of Chris unboxing a pack of Chocolate HobNobs from almost 9 years ago!But in other F1 related stuff, this week has the debut of our “new” quiz, Is That Glock?(Any resemblance to any other previous quiz on the pod is purely coincidental and not at all ripped

Get your Magic Mind here : https://www.magicmind.com/WHEELSLT20You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with code: WHEELSLT20Bit of a change for us, we’ve recorded this week’s show an hour after the chequered flag in one of the most penalty strewn races that we’ve seen in a while, the Qatar Grand Prix. As of approx 8:30 GMT on Sunday night, this was the finishing order we had, but we’re not 100% sure this will still be the same by the time you listen to it.This week on the pod we also look at the chaos that is the FIA, with all the sackings, new race directors, new race directors that get sacked before they’ve had a chance to direct a race and where does the money go?All this and a ton of tangents to keep you going until the last race of the season next weekend in Abu Dhabi.Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league for both races this week and put your  entries in for the last Grand Prix of the season at Abu Dhabi in the games section and you can also join in with u

Get your Magic Mind here : https://www.magicmind.com/WHEELSLT20 You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with code: WHEELSLT20 He’s done it! Max Verstappen has taken his 4th World Driver’s Championship crown after it looked a bit patchy in places this season. But the current guy to beat on the grid has walked away with the title with 2 races and sprint to spare in the half conquering RedBull (his half is all conquering, but when you average things out…) This week on the podcast we’ve not only got all our thoughts on a pretty decent 2nd edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but also the news that broke on Monday(!!!!!) that GM/Cadillac are going to be on the F1 grid from 2026 after all the to-ing and fro-ing with the Andretti bid that they were part of. There’s the usual glut of tangents as well and also we debut our new theme tune this week. After almost 10 years we’ve decided to make a bit of a tweak. Patreon subscribers might know this son

Get your Magic Mind here : https://www.magicmind.com/WHEELSLT20 You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with code: WHEELSLT20 We’re back (again!) Not to say that 2024 has been a difficult year, but by ‘eck it has! But most of the problems are vanishing in the rear view mirror like a Sauber that you’ve just overtaken and, fingers crossed, we’re back for the rest of 24 and beyond. This week on the podcast we’ve got a bit of a look back at what we’ve missed over the last month while we’ve been away and there’s quite a bit to talk about! Checo’s utter loss of form and dubious future, the FIA imploding, Max getting back to championship winning for with a storming Sao Paolo GP performance and Lance “Gravel Man” Stroll Also as we’ve been away for a while we’ve saved up all the tangents we could for our comeback and we’re more than happy to share them with you (short musicians being just one of them!) Don

Another enforced break, another comeback and another Ferrari victory. We should be getting paid by the Scuderia to take more time off!This week on the (yet another) return of the podcast we try to catch up on everything we’ve missse over the last month and a half and also fit a USA Grand Prix review in as well. Has the challenge from Lando Norris fizzled out as he ended up (his own words) “driving like a Muppet” on Sunday which ended up with a controversial penalty, although all the penalties and non-penalties this week were controversial. And does this mean Max is now on the front foot for the WDC fight this year?When it comes to the constructor’s championship, that’s so far up in the air it’s practically in orbit and with a Ferrari 1-2 in Austin we could be in for a 3-way fight for it over the final 5 weekends of the season.As said on the show, hopefully we’ll see you next week, seeing as we’re 1 race weekend in to the 1st of 2 triple header (maths!)Don’t forget to see how you did in our prediction league t

First we’ll start with an apology for being more anonymous than your average Sauber for the last 2 months. We’ve had a few things to put up with, family stuff, Covid (again), day job stress, mental health problems and more But what a time to make a comeback! This week on the podcast we look back at the Italian Grand Prix where once again McLaren seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and hand a win to the home team of Ferrari. At least RedBull have suddenly found themselves dropping down the pack with a massively unbalanced car that’s getting more expletives from Max than we heard from him in the Toro Rosso days! There’s all the news as well (up to Monday anyway, thank you very much Adrian Newey) with Kimi Antonelli joining Mercedes, Nobody having a clue what’s going on with the RedBull/RB seats for next year and you can tell we’ve had a couple of months off as Alpine have got another new team principle Advance warning, thanks to 3 of us being on holiday at the sa

Well Lewis Hamilton has finally won a race again for the first time since Jeddah 2021 and of course there were plenty of stats and new records broken so who better to discuss this week’s British Grand Prix with than VirtualStatman Sean Kelly. This week on the podcast we veer off into our normal tangents about former drivers, along with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch as Kieren regrets things he’s done in the past! There’s also our wrapup of one of the best British Grands Prix that we’ve seen in a long time. Another one for fans of nostalgia and quizzes sees the one-off, we’re trying to make it more than that, return of “Who The Bloody Hell’s That Then” (Lee won’t let us call it by its old name unless he’s asking the questions) All together a fun couple of hours! There’s a special offer for podcast listeners this week too from Magic Mind  with a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% o

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