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  F1 trucked up in Austin this week to be met by a barrage of cowboy boots & hats....and that was just the drivers! It was a sprint weekend so we had an action packed Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the guys to discuss. The guys pull apart the weeks news as well as doing break down of all the main events over the race weekend.   They will cover questions such as.... Who got pole position and who won the US GP in Austin? Why did Lewis Hamilton & Charles Leclerc get disqualified? Who won the Sprint and did we even enjoy it? Plus many more you didn't even know you needed the answers to ;-) Episode running order: News & Social Review of the latest F1 news that caught our eye on the internet and social media channels Brian's Video Vault or maybe not - Brian didn't get a chance to watch any this week US GP Weekend Review Review of the whole race weekend from practice to podium King of the Pits vs The Pits Pitlane Paul Our man on the inside gives us his view of the rac...

F1 headed to the home of Ferrari this week as we rocked up in Monza for the Italian GP. Max had the chance to make it ten in a row and set a new Formula One record in the process while Ferrari were hoping to deliver something for the home crowd. We usually find ourselves loving the Monza qualifying but then not finding as much entertainment in the race itself.  This year was definitely different as Monza served up a beauty of a race. To listen on iTunes click here but otherwise all directories are linked from the website. S2E36 - ItalianGP Episode running order: News & Social Review of the latest F1 news that caught our eye on the internet and social media channels including: Contract renewals at Mercedes Alfa's special livery David Coulthard to replace Daniel Riciardo The Technical Directive coming in Singapore for flexible wings Drivers hanging out together Brian's Video Vault          Once again Brian has been diving into the depths of the internet t...

Red Bull smashing the rest OK, so the title does not really make sense but Red Bull will feature in this blog entry and China kinda does.  Just go with it. Looking at the blog list I realized this is the first entry since the season started. With all the excitement of being back on track and recording the pod, the flow of the blog just came to a halt. Much like Leclerc in the gravel. Sigh. We find ourselves at an enforced break in the season after the cancellation of the Chinese GP due to COVID concerns.   The next time we'll have cars on track will be in Azerbaijan on the last weekend of April. With three races in the bank let's take a look at how they have panned out, what we have learned so far, what has surprised us, and what we think is in store for the remainder of the season. Let's start with some mini-race reviews. 1 - Bahrain Back on track!!! The season got off to a perfect start for Red Bull as they closed out a 1-2 with Max taking the win from Sergio.  The...

  Wait.....what? Being starved of F1 races can do some strange things to you.  It can allow your brain to wander off down weird rabbit holes as you try to fill the void left by no on track action. When this week also saw us release a music video to go with Brian's sandwich rant remix then going off on a tangent really shouldn't come as a surprise! Which F1 rabbit hole did we go down you ask? Well back in the early days of the podcast we did an episode that featured a " what if F1 drivers were fast food franchises ". Turning our attention to the teams instead we have gone for... What sports teams would each F1 team be and why. Brian and I wrote a synopsis of each current Constructor to summarize how we view them. Then we read them back and tried to align that same summary to a team from each of our favorite non-F1 sports.   Brian went for NBA teams and I went for English Premier League teams.  So both talking balls as usual. Here's how it went down. Mercedes His...