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2025 Abu Dhabi GP Review - Zak Brown Must Be Stopped!
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new champion is crowned but two of the most humble runners-up we've seen in recent years. We cover everything from Abu Dhabi, even Zak Brown's radio...
2025 Qatar GP Review - Papaya Fruit Salad
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McLaren continues to be their own worst enemies and make a blunder of a pit strategy call, but what does that mean for the title race going into Abu D...
2025 Las Vegas GP Review - McLaren's Mistakes Wear Thin
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a double disqualification for McLaren blows the title race wide open, could this be the intervention Max needed to take the 2025 title? Join our Pa...
2025 Las Vegas GP Preview - High Stake and Hot Takes 🎰🔥
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at the Vegas special liveries, some rule adjustments for 2026 and of course preview the upcoming Las Vegas GP Join our Patreon for excl...
2025 Brazil GP Review - Crashes and Comebacks
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A disaster for the Ferraris, a poor weekend for Oscar Piastri, but a confident Lando Norris tops every session to extend his lead and Max Verstappen r...
2025 Brazilian GP Preview - Rain Dancing For Brazil 🌧️🕺🏻
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Russell deal is done (sort of), Williams are rebranding (sort of) and we are doing our best rain dance in the hope of another Max masterclass in B...
2025 Mexico GP Review - Turn One Optional
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lando puts in a weekend to remember to regain the drivers title lead and Max closes his overall gap to the lead as well. We also take a look through a...
2025 US GP Review - A Three Horse Race To The Finale
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McLaren fall over themselves again and Max takes full advantage, clumsy incidents up and down the grid and inter team shenanigans on an eventful weeke...
2025 US GP Preview - Can McLaren Keep It Clean?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we head to the Circuit of the Americas, are the gloves off now at McLaren with the constructors title wrapped up? We also look at a junior driver m...
2025 Singapore GP Review - Papaya Rules No More!
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A surprise performance from George Russell and Mercedes grabs them an unexpected win at Marina Bay, but all attention was on the elbows out contact be...
2025 Singapore GP Preview - Max Wins 3/3 🏆🏆🏆
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Max wins his 3rd race in a row (all be it a GT3 race) we discuss his chances in Singapore against Norris and Piastri, who both need to bounce back ...
2025 Azerbaijan GP Review - Oscar Disastri
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Piastri has a nightmare weekend finding the barriers at the critical times, his teammate finds it almost impossible to capitalise on the situati...
2025 Azerbaijan GP Preview - 10s Headstart for Sainz?
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We dive a little further into the Colton Herta situation at Cadillac as well as talk about Carlos Sainz's overturned penalty from Zandvoort and make o...
2025 Italian GP Review - It's Being Manipulated, Man!
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McLaren swapping cars and the controversy around it overshadows a strong Verstappen win and a decent weekend for Ferrari Join our Patreon for exclu...
2025 Dutch GP Review - Justice For Carlos!
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a disappointing DNF for Norris widens the gap to Piastri to the largest it's been, we talk about Ferrari's double DNF disaster and argue the cas...
2025 Dutch GP Preview - Bottas is Back! (oh and so is Perez)
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk Cadillac's big driver confirmation plus look ahead to the Dutch GP in Zandvoort. Can Max do something special on home soil? Join our Patreo...
2025 Midseason Predictions
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The return is almost upon us so we are making some predictions for what may (or probably may not!) happen in the remainder of the season Join our P...
2025 Mid-Season Rankings
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Time to rank the grid based on the season so far! If you want to join in and submit your own, head to the tiermaker we made: https://tiermaker.com/cre...
2025 Hungarian GP Review - From Pole to Pain
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A mixed weekend for Ferrari going from a shock pole with one car, to early exits with the other then a disaster of a race. All the while, Norris took ...
2025 Belgian GP Review - Must Be The Water
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A race that could of been if we hadn't waited for the weather to pass as well as a look ahead to what may well be a similar weekend for weather in Hun...
2025 Belgian GP Preview - Mekies' First Test
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A race full of action and stories, but Lando Norris' first home win was somewhat overshadowed by the podium we've waited 15 years for from Nico Hulken...
Horner Out, But Will Max Stay? - 2025 Summer News
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A race full of action and stories, but Lando Norris' first home win was somewhat overshadowed by the podium we've waited 15 years for from Nico Hulken...
2025 British GP Review - Hulk Smashes Silverstone
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A race full of action and stories, but Lando Norris' first home win was somewhat overshadowed by the podium we've waited 15 years for from Nico Hulken...
2025 Austrian GP Review - A Home Race Disaster For Red Bull
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look back through the Austrian GP weekend, which saw a dominant win for McLaren, Ferrari in no man's land and any hope Verstappen had for challengi...
F1 Movie Review - An F1 Fan Perspective
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us to hear our thoughts on the F1 movie after spending decades as F1 fans. Hear what we like and what we don't! 00:00 Intro 00:46 Authenticity vs...
2025 Austrian GP Preview - The Triple Crown is Back! 👑
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look ahead to the Austrian Grand Prix, assess Max & Mercedes' chances against the McLarens and discuss some calendar news for 2026, including t...
2025 Canadian GP Review - A Nightmare For Norris
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Norris turned what was looking like a great drive into an absolute nightmare this weekend gone, so we wil be unpacking the issues that lead to that as...
2025 Canadian GP Preview - Will Stroll Make It Home?
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We look ahead to the Canadian GP in Montreal and discuss Hass' 200th GP livery, the Lance Stroll situation at Aston Martin and assess Mercedes' chance...
2025 Spanish GP Review - From Victim To Villain
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The final race of the triple header ended in chaos and controversy as Max Verstappen and George Russell came together on two instances after the safet...
2025 Monaco GP Review - A Failed Experiment
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An unsurprisingly dull race decided on the Saturday where an experimental tyre rule made little difference, and if anything made it worse! We review w...
2025 Emilia-Romagna GP Review - Crashes and Controversies
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max stormed his way to the front and never looked back in a fantastic win at Imola, but could the McLaren pair have done more to stop him? There were ...
2025 Emilia-Romagna GP Preview - It's All Gone A Bit "Flav"
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McLaren have some brake trickery that's all the rage going to Imola and the situation at Alpine just gets crazier and crazier! Join our Patreon for ex...
2025 Miami GP Review - Party Like It's 1998!
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McLaren executed a relatively textbook sprint weekend and Oscar in particular, looked in fantastic form with stats and records falling in his favour a...
2025 Miami GP Preview - The Worst Corner In F1?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Potential 11th hour changes to the 2026 engine regs, a new circuit in Madrid and the future of the Mexican GP. All that plus a look ahead to Miami of ...
2025 Saudi Arabian GP Review - Is Lando Cracking Already?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dramatic Q3 and Lap 1 incidents lead to a race that became a battle of strategies, but we did get a new championship leader! Join our Patreon for excl...
2025 Bahrain GP Review - Is Piastri The New Title Favourite?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a race that saw more action per lap than the whole of the Japanese GP combined, Oscar Piastri ran away with it into the Bahrain sunset and solidifi...
2025 Japanese GP Review - Not Doohan Okay
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We recap the Japanese GP weekend with Doohan's monster crash, Max's mega pole lap and a relatively stale race, plus look ahead to the Bahrain GP this ...
2025 Japanese GP Preview - Another One Bites The Dust
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the confirmation that Yuki Tsunoda will be replacing Liam Lawson from Japan, we look into what that means for both drivers and Red Bull on the w...
2025 Chinese GP Review - Ferrari Left Red Faced
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After sprint success, Ferrari fell to a double disqualification in the race. We also talk about the Lawson situation and Haas' fantastic race result. ...
2025 Australian GP Review - McLaren Masterclass, Ferrari Falloff
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A difficult weekend for the rookies saw only Kimi Antonelli bag a decent result as McLaren proved their testing pace was legit and Ferrari failed to d...
2025 Australian GP Preview - Who Will Drive For Cadillac F1?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cadillac's F1 entry has been officially approved and confirmed for the 2026 season, so we take a look at who may be driving for them next season, reca...
2025 Testing Recap - New Rules for Monaco
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we delve into the recent testing sessions, review team performances, and attempt to assess what this could mean for race order come Austral...
2025 Livery Rankings & Pre-Season Predictions - This Might Actually Happen!
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The liveries are here so of course we are going to tier rank them! We also make some of our traditional crazy predictions for the upcoming season ahea...
2025 Pre-Season - The FIA's Stupid New Rules
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The FIA have come up with some ridiculous new rules going in to 2025 that we discuss and breakdown. We also take a look at Lewis Hamilton's first week...
2024 Season Rankings - We Told You He Shouldn't Even Be Here!
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now the season is complete it is time for that age old tradition of tiermaker and ranking the drivers and teams on how well we think they have done th...
2024 Abu Dhabi Review - Finale Farewells
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After we close the season in Abu Dhabi, it's time to review the race, discuss those final constructors' championship battles, and say farewell to some...
2024 Qatar GP Review - The Chaos GP
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a race defined by Alex Albon’s wing mirror, we discuss the race directors handling of a chaotic few laps in Qatar, the huge penalty Norris rec...
2024 Las Vegas GP Review - Cadillac Agree 11th Team For 2026
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Driver signings, FIA resignations, launch event bookings, oh and a grand prix to preview! A chunk of news to cover, as well as a look into the race th...
2024 Las Vegas GP Preview - Lando's Last Roll Of The Dice 🎲
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Driver signings, FIA resignations, launch event bookings, oh and a grand prix to preview! A chunk of news to cover, as well as a look into the race th...
2024 Brazilian GP Review - Max Verstappen Silences The Doubters
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a sprint win for Norris, Verstappen absolutely dominated the grand prix to swing the title back to his control and practically end any final t...
2024 Mexican GP Review - Has Verstappen Crossed The Line?
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carlos Sainz impressed in a weekend that was all his. We unpick another battle between Verstappen and Norris, assess the penalties dished out, and wor...
2024 United States GP Review - The Overtaking Guidelines Need Fixing, Fast!
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A lot to unpack this week! We talk about whether pole should switch sides at COTA, how Verstappen is playing the overtaking guidelines to perfection, ...
2024 US GP Preview - Don't Call It A Comeback
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the F1 season finally resumes in Austin this weekend, we look at how the final stretch of the season could pan out and what the title contenders ne...
2024 Autumn Break News - Franchises & Finances
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bit of a round-up of news from the last couple of weeks, including the financial insights from some of the key teams, will franchising F1 teams be g...
2024 Singapore GP Review - Ricciardo's Parting Gift
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We look back over what seems to be Daniel Ricciardo's final race, questions around the way VCARB are being run and how Max Verstappen and the other dr...
2024 Azerbaijan GP Review - Piastri Take McLaren To The Top
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Piastri seals a great win to help McLaren take a lead in the constructors, Lando Norris has a recovery drive after yellow flags cause him to dro...
2024 Azerbaijan GP Preview - Aston Confirm Newey
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Newey to Aston Martin, Bearman into the Haas and the potential of rookie races at the end of the season. We cover all this and more as we look ...
2024 Italian GP Review - Mama Mia!
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A home win Ferrari in front of the Tifosi could McLaren have actually won the race if they were smarter with their "Papaya Rules"? We deep dive into t...
2024 Formula 1 Dutch GP Review - Dutch Domination
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast, Absolute domination by Norris leads to his first win, with a mixed bag of varied performances from t...
2024 Dutch GP Preview - 10 To Go!
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With 10 races to go what do we expect to see with results, the final seats in the driver market and the overall championships? 1:20 McLaren and Ferr...
2024 Mid-Season Review - He Shouldn't Even Be Here! With Elizabeth Blackstock
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to rank every driver and team's season so far! Elizabeth Blackstock joins us to help provide a deciding vote on all the split decisions. If ...
2024 Summer Break News - The Return of Mazespin? Team Principle Silly Season
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Team principal updates at three teams this week, one of which is stoking rumours of a return for Nikita Mazepin, plus some changes within the sporting...
2024 Belgian GP Review - Hero To Zero
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
George Russell put in one of his best drives all for it to be wiped out by an underweight car post-race, Max fails to climb back through the field lik...
2024 Hungarian GP Review - Messy McLaren & Mad Max
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Piastri’s maiden win was slightly overshadowed by messy strategy calls from the McLaren pit wall, Max reached boiling point both on and off th...
2024 Hungarian GP Preview - 3 In A Row For Mercedes?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After two surprise victories for Mercedes, can they make it three in a row at a track that’s even suited their worst cars in recent years? Plus, a c...
2024 British GP Review - A Great British Race
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss the resurgence of Mercedes and a record-breaking win for Hamilton, but is it another case of McLaren throwing away a victory tha...
2024 Austrian GP Review - F1’s Overtaking Rules Are Broken
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where should the blame lie for this weekend's incident? Is it really all Max's fault? Could Lando have avoided the contact? Should he even have to? Al...
2024 Formula 1 Spanish GP Review - Are McLaren Now Fastest?
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at McLaren's consistency in competing with Red Bull, Mercedes looking like they could now be regular podium challengers and talk abo...
2024 Spanish GP Preview - Bending The Rules For Antonelli?
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom takes a look at the FIA changing rules to help Antonelli get his seat, Ferrari's chances in Barcelona and Bearman's next shot at earning and F1 se...
2024 Formula 1 Canadian GP Review - Ferrari Flounder
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast, Another mixed weather classic from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend saw two identically ti...
2024 Formula 1 Canadian GP Preview - Oc-On The Way Out
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast, As Alpine and Ocon announce they are parting ways at the end of the season, we look at where he coul...
2024 Formula 1 Monaco GP Review - Fixing The Monaco GP
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast we look back at the realisation of a boyhood dream for Charles Leclerc by winning the grand prix on t...
2024 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna (Imola) GP Review - Two Wins, One Day
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast we review the slow burning Emilia Romagna (Imola) GP, where we saw a hard fought race between Verstap...
2024 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna (Imola) GP Preview - We Are Checking
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, we discuss the departure of Leclerc’s race engineer Xavi Marcos Padros, as well as some more significant hires Ferrari have m...
2024 Miami GP Review - Finally! 🏆
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode we discuss a weekend that crowned a new winner in Lando Norris, penalties galore for Kevin Magnussen and a very interesting sugg...
2024 Formula 1 Miami GP Preview - A Newey Challenge
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast This week, we discuss Adrian Newey’s realistic next options after the news he is to leave Red Bull, talk Hulke...
2024 Formula 1 Chinese GP Review - That's Not Paint
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast This week, F1s return to China brings a host of incidents and inconsistent penalties to discuss, as well as some...
2024 Formula 1 Chinese GP Preview - Simplify and Add Lightness
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast we discuss Fernando Alonso's new contract with Aston Martin, the 2025 Formula 1 calendar, updates on...
2024 Formula 1 Japanese GP Review - The Ikea Wardrobe of F1 Drivers
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on back of the grid Formula 1 Podcast, After an exciting Japanese GP, this week we discuss contrasting fortunes for Perez, Ricciardo and Tsu...
2024 Formula 1 Japanese GP Preview - Regulation Override
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Back Of The Grid Formula 1 Podcast Stu and Tom bring you their storylines leading into the Japanese GP, we discuss some newl...
2024 Formula 1 Australian GP Review - A Smooth Operation
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of Back Of The Grid Formula 1 Podcast we review the Australian GP. Was Alonso's penalty justified? Has Sainz just injected life...
2024 Formula 1 Australian GP Preview - Toto's Lab: 200mph Experiments
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of Back Of The Grid Formula 1 Podcast, F1 is back to one of our favourite circuits on the calendar, as we discuss which cars th...
2024 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian GP Review - The Bear Man
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 300th episode of Back Of The Grid Formula 1 Podcast, we discuss Ollie Bearman’s impressive debut drive and what his future could hold, are ot...
2024 Formula 1 Bahrain GP Review - Clutching at Straws
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid F1 Podcast: Another dominant win for Max in Bahrain, but what signs are there that we could still be in for a compet...
2024 Formula 1 Bahrain GP Preview - Total Guesswork
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid F1 Podcast: Did anyone in pre-season testing show their hand or was everyone sandbagging? We try to pick apart the r...
2024 Formula 1 Team Livery Rankings - Is It Even a Livery?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ten new cars, slightly less than ten new liveries, it must be tier list time! Join us as we judge and rank the new looks for every team on the 2024 gr...
2024 Formula 1 Silly Season - The World Turned Upside Down!
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast, we discuss the shock news that Lewis Hamilton will be joining Ferrari in 2025 and speculate on wh...
2024 Pre-Season News - The Worst Team name Ever?
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this two days ago, did we miss anything since then? There’s still lots to fit in this episode, with a new circuit in Madrid, new driver ...
2024 January Formula 1 News - RED FLAG!!!
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss Guenther Steiner's departure from Haas, the new name for Sauber, changes to Red Flag rules in F2 and F3, Toto Wolff's cont...
2023 Formula 1 Season Rankings - The Obvious and the Not So Obvious
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to round out the 2023 season with our season rankings, so let's dust off the tier list and rate some drivers! Who impressed us the most? Who...
2023 Abu Dhabi GP Review - 1000 IQ Leclerc 🧠
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the curtain falls on another F1 season, we look at the undecided standings fights that played out over the race, assess the rookie testing session ...
2023 Las Vegas GP Review - Race Drivers in Cars Getting Coffee
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After months of hype, we've finally seen what the Las Vegas GP had to offer and it was actually... really good? We look at what made it an enjoyable r...
2023 Las Vegas GP Preview - Setup Roulette
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid F1 Podcast we look ahead to the much hyped Las Vegas Grand Prix, all of the ingredients that could make it a chaotic...
2023 Brazilian GP Review - Who needs a Red Bull Anyway?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join our Patreon for exclusive content and access to the Discord Back of the Grid on Patreon Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGr...
2023 Mexican GP Review - Adios for Perez?
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid F1 Podcast We look back over the Mexico GP and discuss whether this may be Sergio Perez's final home race after his ...
2023 USA GP Review - A Bump in the Road for Mercedes
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Back of the Grid F1 Podcast we review the refreshingly close United States GP! Did the bumps flatter to deceive for Mercedes? Were Re...
2023 USA GP Preview - The Andretti Saga Continues
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Back of the Grid Formula 1 Podcast, the latest twist in Andretti’s F1 bid as their engine supply gets more complicated, a look at the...
2023 Qatar GP Review - Too Hot To Handle
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Back Of The Grid, we look at the tyre issues F1 faced in Qatar and how the late changes introduced affected the race and contributed to t...
2023 Qatar GP Preview - The 600 Million Dollar Team
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Back of the grid Podcast - As Andretti Cadillac get FIA approval, we look at why F1 and the existing teams might still try to block the...
2023 Japanese GP Review - The Acts of a Desperate Man
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Back of the Grid, Max Verstappen wraps up the constructors title in style for Red Bull, but another poor weekend for Perez leaves us look...