Box of Neutrals F1 Podcast
Episodes
BoN 2016/24 — German GP Review
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rob is accused of hijacking his own show, Peter is accused of panelling without a licence, and Michael is accused of disrespecting the boot. Hosted o...
BoN 2016/23 — Hungarian GP Review & German GP Preview feat. Craig Scarborough
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With Craig Scarborough. Michael interviews respected technical expert Craig Scarborough to Budapest's most glamorous F1 hot spot, Peter talks about so...
BoN 2016/22 — Hungarian GP Preview
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rob makes more references to radio personalities from other stations than is probably reasonable, Peter McGinley makes more references to Neighbours, ...
BoN 2016/21 — British GP Review feat. Dieter Rencken
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With Dieter Rencken. Michael is mistaken for Peter by a Dutchman, Peter makes some political jokes, and Rob makes an unsolicited reference to the Beat...
BoN 2016/20 — Austrian GP Review & British GP Preview
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter returns from Macau, where he tells us there's a famous race sometimes held; Michael travels to a UK fish and chips shop to attempt to reverse Br...
BoN 2016/19 — Austrian GP Preview
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter McGinley is replaced by the Peter McGinley 1000™, Michael and Rob argue about what Europe is, and we revisit what Dieter Renckened about the B...
BoN 2016/18 — European GP Review
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Formula One pre-empts Brexit by hosting a European Grand Prix outside Europe, Michael and Rob pre-empt the boring race review by talking about Le Mans...
BoN 2016/17 — Canadian GP Review & European GP Preview
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter thanks Rob and Michael for allowing his to tweet the Canadian Grand Prix, we trial an intra-show honesty system, and this week's Ask McGinley co...
BoN 2016/16 — Canadian GP Preview feat. Dieter Rencken
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With Dieter Rencken. Peter McGinley voluntarily signs up to run the #ABCF1 twitter commentary for the Canadian Grand Prix. We ask Dieter what he Renck...
BoN 2016/15 — Monaco GP Review
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Hamilton is #blessed, Daniel Ricciardo is #robbed, and Sergio Perez was also on the podium but not associated with any particular social media s...
BoN 2016/14 — Monaco GP Preview
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sauber wants more money, Williams wants more drivers, Daniil Kvyat wants more points, and Peter McGinley wants more ownership of his intellectual prop...
BoN 2016/13 — Spanish GP Review
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Some young guy wins the Spanish Grand Prix, but no-one's sure who he was because there was no post-race show in Australia. We make ABC Grandstand's fi...
BoN 2016/12 — Spanish GP Preview
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We exclusively break the biggest news story of 2016 by revealing Max Verstappen will replace Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull Racing. Plus, despite being a me...
BoN 2016/11 — Russian GP Review
06 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There mightn't be anything about Kvyat and Verstappen's seat swap, but there's some top-notch banter about the very relevant Pastor Maldonado and a Vi...
BoN 2016/10 — Russian GP Preview feat. Dieter Rencken
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken. Ferrari unexpectedly makes a power unit upgrade, Williams unexpectedly runs out of money, and Peter McGinley unexpectedly he...
BoN 2016/09 — Chinese GP Review
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dial 'fax' for McGinley. We cast our Formula One telemovie 'Just Drive' with your excellent suggestions, Bernie Ecclestone goes on a crusade for equal...
BoN 2016/08 — Chinese GP Preview
15 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jacques Villeneuve unironically tells F1 drivers to shut up, Peter McGinley is warned about tattoo parlours, and because Box of Neutrals is 100 per ce...
BoN 2016/07 — Bahrain GP Review
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Time zones strike again and we fail to mention that qualifying has changed (again), Peter McGinley drops a three-week old joke, and we make good on a ...
BoN 2016/06 — Bahrain GP Preview feat. Dieter Rencken
01 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken. Peter McGinley says 'punce', we read your fax facts, Michael and Rob dissect Bernie Ecclestone's open telegram to the Grand ...
BoN 2016/05 — Australian GP Review feat. Trent Price
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Feat. Trent Price. Peter McGinley takes the day off (even though we didn't record on Good Friday) , so eRacing Magazine editor Trent Price joins us in...
BoN 2016/04 — Australian GP Preview feat. Andrew Westacott, Frederic Vasseur and Craig Scarborough
18 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
F1 is finally starting, so Craig Scarborough joins us to preview 2016 and Michael catches up with AGPC CEO Andrew Westacott to ask him about the cost ...
BoN 2016/03 — Pre-season Testing
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Qualifying has changed again, and to help fans deal with the change Formula One has hired the advertising prowess of Peter McGinley to sell its messag...
BoN 2016/02 — Whaddaya Rencken? Feat. Dieter Rencken
04 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken. Peter tries to disqualify himself from the show to avoid working. Romain Grosjean has his Facebook videos taken down by Bern...
BoN 2016/01 — Series Return
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael, Rob, and Peter McGinley are back with news from the new-year break for the 2016 season, which Bernie Ecclestone has already described as the ...
BoN 2015/45 — Christmas Special with Superlicense Podcast
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Box of Neutrals is joined by Superlicense Podcast's Rodney Gordon and Zachary Priest to discuss the state of Peter's Wikipedia page, PLUS the final #A...
BoN 2015/44 — End of Season Review Pt 2 with Olav Mol
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rob goes missing, but he's ably substituted with Olav Mol, who delivers his now annual dose of F1 conspiracies (or konspiracies, if you're Peter McGin...
BoN 2015/43 — End of Season Review Pt 1
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We ask Dieter Rencken what he Renckens for the final time in 2015. The FIA meets Eurovision. Peter McGinley checks out. We add Phil Taylor to Ted Krav...
BoN 2015/42 — Abu Dhabi GP Review
04 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Craig Scarborough. The 2017 regulations make no sense. We make a lot of noise about noise, Rob has a confession to make, and there's a new F...
BoN 2015/41 — Abu Dhabi GP Preview
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Webber wins his world championship in some other category, Vijay Mallya's Twitter following comes under suspicion, and shocking facts are unearth...
BoN 2015/40 — Review DO BRASIL
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Hamilton was robbed of victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix by some other driver, and frankly we couldn't find it within ourselves to talk about ...
BoN 2015/39 — Brazilian GP Preview
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Peter McGinley doesn't delete this episode, in which the US Grand Prix is in trouble, Lotus is in trouble, and anyone in the AEDT time zone is most ce...
BoN 2015/38 — Mexican GP Review
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
James Bond drives a Force India, Dieter tells us what he Renckens about the FIA/Ferrari (Mexican?) stand-off, and we review the grand prix, which was ...
BoN 2015/37 — United States GP Review / Mexican GP Preview
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILERS. We reveal the winner of the 2015 drivers world championship. Enthusiasm for the early-morning Mexican Grand Prix is limited. Peter McGinley ...
BoN 2015/36 — United States GP Preview
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
No one is excited to get up in the early hours of the morning to watch Lewis Hamilton win the title in the fourth-last round of the year, so Peter tal...
BoN 2015/35 — Russian GP Review
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dieter Rencken about crusty pies, we lament the underwhelming 2015 #PUTINWATCH, and the Russian Grand Prix surprises in its watchability. ...
BoN 2015/34 — Russian GP Preview
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
F1 is for sale, but not really; Honda will have a new engine in 2016, but not really; and Good Morning Australia gets more Formula One coverage than M...
BoN 2015/33 — Japanese GP Review
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Manor builds a Frankenstein car, Jenson Button likes Formula One after all, and Le Mans moves to Azerbaijan, or something. Plus Michael direct from a ...
BoN 2015/32 — Singapore GP Review / Japanese GP Preview
25 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michael, otherwise known as Box of Neutrals' 'bouffant on the ground', is on the ground at Suzuka to preview the Japanese Grand Prix while Peter and R...
BoN 2015/31 — Singapore GP Preview
18 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Australian GP CEO Andrew Westacott. Renault half commits to Formula One and Manor half commits to Roberto Merhi. Plus, which presenter of th...
BoN 2015/30 — Italian GP Review
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! The Italian Grand Prix review: we spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about George Lucas because, let's be honest, not muc...
BoN 2015/29 — Italian GP Preview
04 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Istanbul becomes home to the world’s most exciting carpark. Nico Hulkenberg re-signs at Force India for some reason. We give away some things we fou...
BoN 2015/28 — Belgian GP Review
28 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We play the Wheel of Renault, Patrick Dempsey makes the jump from WEC to F1 (sort of), and Peter McGinley exercises self-censorship for possibly the f...
BoN 2015/27 — Belgian GP Preview with Ben Edwards
21 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Ben Edwards and (more) Olav Mol. We discuss whether the new clutch rules might put Mercedes' title hopes at risk (they won't), and Peter giv...
BoN 2015/26 — (Another) Midseason Review, with Olav Mol
14 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken and Olav Mol. We consider the various obscenities employed by Kimi Räikkönen in our midseason review with Olav Mol, while D...
BoN 2015/25 — Midseason Review
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michael makes his much delayed return the week literally nothing happens in Formula One. Peter McGinley tries to make sound effects with his mouth to ...
BoN 2015/24 — Hungarian GP Review
31 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pastor Maldonado thrice interrupts the show. Michael gets lost in Europe. Rob is reunited with painfully sunburnt Peter McGinley. We review the Hungar...
BoN 2015/23 — Ciao, Jules / Hungarian GP Preview
24 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pirelli and Michelin grovel for Bernie Ecclestone's love, the driver market hots up with media speculation linking Peter McGinley to Kimi Raikkonen’...
BoN 2015/22 — Mark Webber's Conversation Hour
17 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Mark Webber. Rob joins ABC Melbourne's Jon Faine to interview ex-F1 now WEC racer Mark Webber about his new book and karting champion Jaymi ...
BoN 2015/21 — British GP Review
10 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michael spends most of the British Grand Prix stuck in traffic, Eddie Jordan calls Peter McGinley the village idiot of Formula One, and Rob considers ...
BoN 2015/20 — British GP Preview
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Peter avoids international incident to make it to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix while Michael fulfils July's edition of Whaddaya Rencken by t...
BoN 2015/19 — Austrian GP Review
26 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We play the game "When will Peter McGinley be deported next?" in anticipation of a Very McGinley British Grand Prix, Dietrich Mateschitz loses the wil...
BoN 2015/18 — Austrian GP Preview
19 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bernie Ecclestone threatens Monza, The European Union threatens Bernie Ecclestone, and Peter McGinley threatens the European Union. Plus Honda says it...
BoN 2015/17 — Canadian GP Review
12 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The EU Commission launches its investigation into Peter McGinley, we speculate whether Daniel Ricciardo would look better dressed in red, and one amon...
BoN 2015/16 — Canadian GP Preview with Dieter Rencken
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken in his regular political segment ‘Whaddaya Rencken?’. Plus Manor is flush with cash the week FIFA goes under — coincide...
BoN 2015/15 — Monaco GP Review
29 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We review approximately 10 laps of the Monaco Grand Prix in which Lewis Hamilton wasn't robbed, Max Verstappen wasn't crowned world champion, and Pete...
BoN 2015/14 — Monaco GP Preview
22 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Hamilton starts measuring his salary in GDP. The GPDA invests in telemarketing. No strategy group decisions and no fifth engines make F1 somethi...
BoN 2015/13 — Spanish GP Review
15 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michelin takes a swipe at Pirelli, Pirelli takes a swipe at the teams, and Peter McGinley takes a swipe at Red Bull. We review the third annual Pastor...
BoN 2015/12 — Spanish GP Preview
08 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken in his newly-title monthly segment. Box of Neutrals celebrates its five-year anniversary by forgetting about its five-year an...
BoN 2015/11 — Pre-Europe Break
01 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With no racing to keep us occupied, we solve all of Formula One’s problems and use the time left over to discuss unionism, free markets, and state p...
BoN 2015/10 — Bahrain GP Review
24 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Peter McGinley celebrates Bahrain as his home grand prix. Rob invents the Liam Neeson scale of race quality. Michael empathises with the world's fax m...
BoN 2015/09 — Chinese GP Review / Bahrain GP Preview
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Darude is the word in Bahrain, where sandstorms are predicted to interrupt qualifying. Bernie Ecclestone commits Formula One to a 'human rights policy...
BoN 2015/08 — Chinese GP Preview
10 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring our yet to be titled political update with Dieter Rencken. Rob laments Liam Neeson being overlooked for the Enzo Ferrari film. Michael wonde...
BoN 2015/07 — Malaysian GP Review
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
An analysis of the Malaysian Grand Prix concludes Formula One is (fully) sick. We evaluate Pastor Maldonado’s potential as marriage material. Peter ...
BoN 2015/06 — Malaysian GP Preview
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Peter journey to the Malaysian Grand Prix, where they were never concussed nor had any problems with their hire car, except when the steer...
BoN 2015/05 — Australian GP Review
20 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We review the thrilling events surrounding the Australian Grand Prix and devote a small amount of time the lacklustre 90 minutes in between. The #BarU...
BoN 2015/04 — Australian GP Preview
13 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Olav Mol. Giedo van der Garde goes to court. Michael and Rob preview the 2015 Formula One season. Peter McGinley interviews a horse. Plus Ro...
BoN 2015/03 — Testing Wrap with Craig Scarborough
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Craig Scarborough and Dr Gary Hartstein. McGinley develops some film. Daniel Ricciardo disagrees with the police. Technical journalist Scarb...
BoN 2015/02 — Pre-season Testing with Dieter Rencken
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Dieter Rencken from Racing Lines. Peter McGinley becomes the national face of the #BarUpOrGetStuffed competition. Manor Marussia Racing-Ferr...
BoN 2015/01 — Series Return with Andrew Westacott
20 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Australian GP CEO Andrew Westacott. Box of Neutrals returns in 2015 to discuss both the potential effects of Australian F1 coverage moving t...