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. After "that move" on turn 2, there was seemingly no stopping him from running away with it. Especially when McLaren decided to let their drivers race rather than try to strategise a win!Obviously we're as tangent heavy as always (for some reason that you'll hear) and we've ended up with Franz Ferdinand as our featured band of the week (when did this become a music pod?) And as a bonus, while he's not here this week, Dan has promised to be on more shows this year!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 always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoy

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 well and also the return of Dan while Kieren is sunning himself touring the breweries of California! (Not a joke, that's actually what he's doing on holiday this week)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 always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoy

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 mistake (when he wqas trying to use the radio) and who knows what else. As usual there's our team by team review and the expected sheload of tangents!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 always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoy

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 always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoy

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 with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there's always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoy

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 the prediction league for both races in China this past weekend, along with opening the predictions for the upcoming race at Suzuka aloong with our league in the official F1 Fantasy gameIf you want to join in with the chat during the races (along with practice and qualifying) head over to our Discord where there's always a great crowd of people to watch along with. And on the socials weve got our Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky & Twitter (or is it X) and Paul's attempts at Sim Racing on our Twitch channel. And if you want to support us you can donate to our Patreon as well from as little as £/$/€ 1 per monthEnjoyAs always, you can listen here or on YouTube, iTunes, Amazon and most other podcast apps too along with Spotify, Acast and TuneIn Radio on your smart speakers.

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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 post Episode 368 – Words Of Wisdom, Water is Actually Wet appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 [...] The post Episode 367 – We're Gasly Years Old! appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 So it's finally happened, this month's “worst kept secret in F1” has [...] The post Episode 366 – Exit Through The Gift Shop appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Bit 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. [...] The post Episode 365 – Results May Vary appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 [...] The post Episode 364 – Vauxhall Viva L4s Veg4s appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 [...] The post Episode 363 – It's All About The Rear End appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 [...] The post Episode 362 – Do We Only Pod When Ferrari Win? appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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, [...] The post Episode 361 – Papaya Rules KO appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

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 [...] The post Episode 360 – The Legend Of Xanadu appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Well that was an ending that we were and weren't expecting all at the same time. Lando and Max going literally toe to toe over several laps at turn 3 at the RedBull Ring in [...] The post Episode 359 – Keith Flint's Taxidermy Rabbit appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We never thought we'd see the day again. No not a Mercedes on the podium, a broken Ferrari strategy or even a Max Verstappen win. But F1 actually allowing a race to start while it [...] The post Episode 358 – Eau, Canada appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

All the action compressed into approximately 45 seconds, but spread out over almost 3 hours. That's the best way to describe the Moncao Grand Prix this year. This week on the podcast we try and [...] The post Episode 357 – Beware Of Sunday Drivers appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

In the old days the Grand Prix at this circuit used to be known as the San Marino GP, now however we have to call it the “FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE [...] The post Episode 356 – Have We Got A Championship? appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Congratulations to Nick Heidfeld for re-taking the coveted spot as the F1 driver with the most podiums without a win, yep that means Lando isn't on that list anymore as he's FINALLY WON A GRAND [...] The post Episode 355 – LANDOOOOOOOOOO appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We've been talking about it for weeks and now it's finally here. No not the first Sunday Grand Prix of the season (although that's happening as well this weekend) but we have finally managed to [...] The post Episode 354 – Overtake My Polesitter appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

2024 starts just as 2023 finished with an utterly dominant win for the seemingly unstoppable Max Verstappen in the all conquering RedBull. But all is not sweetness and light behind the scenes at the Milton [...] The post Episode 353 – Lights Out And Away He Went appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Testing is done and the next time we see the cars on track will be on Thursday (surely some mistake?) for the 1st practice session of the 2024 F1 season. Seeing as there's only 4 [...] The post Episode 352 – Thumpering A Litter Tray appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

What better way to kick the 2024 F1 season off than getting together with friends to talk all things F1 and all other things as well? In our usual form we managed to squeeze some [...] The post Episode 351 – The Big TeamUp (3L4WEF1 Not VCRABS) appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Or does it? Well we've had a couple of weeks of late off-season madness haven't we. Andretti getting their bid to join the grid rejected, Guenther leaving Haas, the possible return of Sepang, rumours of [...] The post Episode 350 – Nothing Happens Before Testing appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

22 Races and 21 wins along with another 5 sprint wins for good measure. You could say that this has been Red Bull's season right from the start, with just a blip in Singapore stopping [...] The post Episode 349 – Abu Dhabi Doooooo appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

17 wins in a season with 2 races still to go, what more can you say about Max Verstappen's out and out dominance in 2023 that hasn't already been said? He chalked up the record [...] The post Episode 348 – We Are Running Out Of Superlatives appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Was Sergio Perez ever in with a chance at winning his home race this year after saying he was fed up of “just” being on the podium? Well you might not be able to win [...] The post Episode 347 – We Thought We Could Win Too appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

When the stewards announce disqualifications after the race again. This time round though it was for worn planks and skid blocks instead of track limits, so I guess that makes a change! This week on [...] The post Episode 346 – When Is A Podium Not A Podium? appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

That was an unexpected break for us thanks to a lot of reasons we don't want to bore you with, but we're finally back with new hardware and software and we can finally finish the [...] The post Episode 345 – Finally The Top Half Of The Grid! appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We weren't planning on taking an early summer break this year, but due to a variety of reasons we've only just managed to get things together to record a show. So to make up for [...] The post Episode 344 – Half A Half Term Review appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Sometimes doing a show a day late has its benefits and this week we managed to get both the news of Williams putting out a Gulf livery for 3 races (Singapore, Japan & Qatar) and [...] The post Episode 343 – Not This Time Tuesday appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

First off we want to start with a big announcement, we'd like to welcome Kieren Thomson to the team as a full member. He's been helping us on out on the show over the last [...] The post Episode 342 – Nikki Lauda's Album Drop appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

What a milestone weekend for RedBull, their 100th win as a team and the 200th win for an Adrian Newey designed car. Is there any stopping them in 2023? Probably not! This week on the [...] The post Episode 341 – Tons Up appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Well that was an unexpected hiatus for the show that we hadn't planned on! But we're back this week in a slightly cut down form because due to various other commitments and TT recovery Paul [...] The post Episode 340 – Eh Canada (Wrong Vowel) appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

So Miami then, another temporary street(ish) circuit, or more concrete blocks dumped in a car park? We knew that F1 was going to go for as much glitz & glamour as they could this weekend [...] The post Episode 339 – Needs More Michael Buffer appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Another week and another controversy? Well not quite, but the Australian Grand Prix was certainly an event. From the start of the weekend it looked like this would be a different kind of race to [...] The post Episode 338 – Fun With Flags appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

The tight, twisty and fast Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia has thrown up 2 races with big talking points since 2021 and for its 3rd running it didn't let us down and we've got [...] The post Episode 337 – Close Calls With Brick Walls appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We're ready for the 2nd race of this record breaking F1 season as the circus moves to the Jeddah Corniche street circuit this weekend, after 2 previous races there (even if Paul can't remember both [...] The post Episode 336 – Calling All Nations appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We're up and running in Formula 1 for 2023 and I defy anyone to point out any differences at the front of the grid from last year. Go on, we can wait… This week on [...] The post Episode 335 – Desert Moon appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

It's Race Week (right we've got that out of the way now so we can continue) for the first time in 2023 with testing done, all the cars revealed in all their limited colour, carbon [...] The post Episode 334 – We're Not A Documentary Either appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

We're in the final stretch of the off-season and the 2023 Formula One World Championship is just around the corner. We just have to make do with all the pesky car launches and media events [...] The post Episode 333 – Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Launch Season appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Happy 2023 everyone. After a troubled year for us we're back and race fit for 2023! There's loads to look forward to in the coming year for Formula One and this time we'll get a [...] The post Episode 332 – New Year, New(ish) F1, Same Old Us appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Just like Danny Ric walking back into the familiar surroundings of the RedBull HQ in Milton Keynes, we've returned to the podsphere after a little bit of a break, on the subject of which I [...] The post Episode 331 – If Danny Can Make A Comeback… appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

This week we take a bit of a deep dive into a few off-track areas of F1, with an emphasis on the reports that came out last week that RedBull have exceeded the cost cap [...] The post Episode 330 – Count Those Beans appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Japan, home of the F1 fans with the best hats who aren't afraid to spend all weekend in the stands in a race suit plus a helmet and also a place where championships are won. [...] The post Episode 329 – Max Verstappen World Champion? appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

After 3 years F1 returned to the original home of the night race around the streets of Marina Bay in Singapore. And to welcome it back the weather decided to dump an entire marina's worth [...] The post Episode 328 – Leclerc To Start From The Pit Lane on Cornettos appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

The Orange Army were certainly out in force at Zandvoort this weekend as Max Verstappen continues in his quest for a 2nd World Championship and with another win under his belt that is getting ever [...] The post Episode 327 – Marked Safe From Ferrari Strategy appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

If you're just watching the race, you're doing it wrong! Fast & Loose: F1® is where the world of Formula 1 collides with comedian Will Arnett for his hilarious and shockingly insightful commentary immediately following [...] The post Wondery Presents: Fast & Loose: F1® appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.

Well that was an interesting summer break wasn't it! Also look what happens when we go on holiday and record a show early, I'd love to say we're not doing that again, but you know [...] The post Episode 326 – Keeping Up With The Car Crashians appeared first on 3Legs4Wheels.