Formula 1 Podcast

Episode 384 - It's Happening Again Isn't It? (89/90/07)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was all lined up. The penultimate race weekend of the season at a track that isn't exactly condusive to overtakes. Lando  just needed to outsc...

Episode 383 - A Crash Centipede

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the saying goes; what happens in Vegas, stays In Vegas. And that was true about Lando Norris's 24 point lead over 2nd place in the World Driver...

Episode 382 - If You No Longer Go For A Gap...

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Said the greatest driver ever to come out of Brazil. Sadly a few too many of the current grid took that to heart this weekend and a few teams were lef...

Episode 381 - How Do You Say It in Portuguese?

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With a rare week between races, it's a good time to take stock of what's been going on this season and who better to do it with than VritualSt...

Episode 380 - Painting Outside The Lines

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Track limits, leaving the track and gaining an advantage, causing a collision, not leaving space at apexes, marshals on track with cars at full speed,...

Episode 379 - Is 2025 The New 2007?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So Singapore then? Yes we got to see George Russell on the top step with a seemingly resurgent Max Verstappen taking 2nd, which only leaves 1 step on ...

Episode 378 - Falonso Is Faster Than You

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's always something special about the Italian Grand Prix. It's a combination of the out and out speed of the circuit, the stands full of ...

Episode 377 - Boom Chicka Wow Wow

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has it really been a 2 month summer break for us? Yes it has and you don't know how sorry we are for vanishing again like that. But we're back...

Episode 376 - One Gets The Shoey While Another Gets The Boot(y)

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well that was a few days in the unhinged world of F1, we started off with an action packed British Grand Prix, which gave Lando Norris his first home ...

Episode 375 - Not An Oscar Winner

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a big time for Formula 1 these past few days, we've had the launch of Brad Pitt's long-awaited F1 movie coming straight after a ...

Episode 374 - Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 373 - The Papaya State

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 372 - Jewel In The Dessert

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ra...

Episode 371 - Balls Of Fire

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 blist...

Episode 370 - The Switcheroo

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

Episode 369 - Gene Simmons Floor?

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 368 – Words Of Wisdom, Water is Actually Wet

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 be...

Episode 367 – We’re Gasly Years Old!

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 366 – Exit Through The Gift Shop

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Episode 365 – Results May Vary

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Episode 364 – Vauxhall Viva L4s Veg4s

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Episode 363 – It’s All About The Rear End

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Episode 362 – Do We Only Pod When Ferrari Win?

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 361 – Papaya Rules KO

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 u...

Episode 360 – The Legend Of Xanadu

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 359 – Keith Flint’s Taxidermy Rabbit

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 358 – Eau, Canada

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 al...

Episode 357 – Beware Of Sunday Drivers

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Episode 356 – Have We Got A Championship?

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 355 – LANDOOOOOOOOOO

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 354 – Overtake My Polesitter

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 353 – Lights Out And Away He Went

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 352 – Thumpering A Litter Tray

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 seas...

Episode 351 – The Big TeamUp (3L4WEF1 Not VCRABS)

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 for...

Episode 350 – Nothing Happens Before Testing

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 349 – Abu Dhabi Doooooo

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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, wit...

Episode 348 – We Are Running Out Of Superlatives

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 347 – We Thought We Could Win Too

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 346 – When Is A Podium Not A Podium?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When the stewards announce disqualifications after the race again. This time round though it was for worn planks and skid blocks instead of track limi...

Episode 345 – Finally The Top Half Of The Grid!

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 softwa...

Episode 344 – Half A Half Term Review

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

Episode 343 – Not This Time Tuesday

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 (Si...

Episode 342 – Nikki Lauda’s Album Drop

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 341 – Tons Up

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 340 – Eh Canada (Wrong Vowel)

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 var...

Episode 339 – Needs More Michael Buffer

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 338 – Fun With Flags

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 li...

Episode 337 – Close Calls With Brick Walls

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 336 – Calling All Nations

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 previ...

Episode 335 – Desert Moon

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 wai...

Episode 334 – We’re Not A Documentary Either

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 333 – Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Launch Season

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 332 – New Year, New(ish) F1, Same Old Us

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Formul...

Episode 331 – If Danny Can Make A Comeback…

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 b...

Episode 330 – Count Those Beans

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 exc...

Episode 329 – Max Verstappen World Champion?

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 whe...

Episode 328 – Leclerc To Start From The Pit Lane on Cornettos

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 dec...

Episode 327 – Marked Safe From Ferrari Strategy

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Wondery Presents: Fast & Loose: F1®

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 326 – Keeping Up With The Car Crashians

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 325 – Suitcase Packed And Out Of Office On

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hungarian Grand Prix has become the traditional last race before the F1 Summer Break and as we’re past the half way point of the season we get a...

Episode 324 – Get Pastis Ferrari And You’ve Won

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Have we seen the last of the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit? Everyone seems to think so if the current rumours are to be believed, and w...

Episode 323 – Ring On The Prancing Horses

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After the British Grand Prix restored our faith in F1 we were waiting for the race at the RedBull Ring in Austria to bring us back down with a bump. W...

Episode 322 – That’ll Shift Some Cufflinks

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What.A.British.Grand.Prix.That.Was! That race had everything, from the drama at the start with Zhou Guanyu’s horrific crash and flip over the tyre b...

Episode 321 – Goes Better With Fire

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Race number 10 already, this season is going quicker than ever before and we’re on to Silverstone again for the British Grand Prix. This week on the...

Episode 320 – Back To Montreality

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after our TT and Covid break, just as F1 is back in Canada after a couple of years away for 50% of those reasons and it was a decent enou...

Episode 319 – One Last Dance?

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Have we seen the last of the Monaco Grand Prix? It’s a question that’s been asked a lot this week as the tight, slow circuit is on the last year o...

Episode 318 – Turning Spain Taronja/Anaranjado

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Back to Europe, back to what passes for sanity in F1 and back to Spain for the 2nd time this year when the times and pace do matter! This week on the ...

Episode 317 – One Better Than Austin?

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The debut of the Miami Grand Prix was hailed as the big showbiz event that F1 has been waiting for, especially since Chase Carey promised us “23 Sup...

Episode 316 – May Contain Pitbull

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So Miami then. We’ve not had a car turn a wheel and there’s people up in arms about the fake marina and beach club in one of the turns. TBH all we...

Episode 315 – First Sprint Is The Deepest

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So we’ve had our first sprint race of the season and you could say it went pretty well for Red Bull and Max Verstappen in particular after his grand...

Episode 314 – In The Absence Of Hulk

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry for missing last week as the ‘rona made its way into 3Legs Towers and knocked Paul for if not 6, then at least 5 and we couldn’t get Nico Hu...

Episode 313 – 5 Red Lights 2 Red Cars

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

F1 is back officially, the 2022 season (with the 2021 rules) is finally here and with a race like we got this weekend, it was worth the wait. This wee...

Episode 312 – Sexy Pumpernickel?

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As is now traditional this week of every year we get the double hit of pre-season testing (not a shakedown) and Drive To Survive, so in our own way we...

Episode 311 – Shookdown And Ready To Test

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Shakedown (not a test) is over and the cars are heading out to Bahrain for not only the actual pre-season test (not a shakedown) but also the 1st ...

Episode 310 Turns Out Diario Is A Spanish Newspaper

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a couple of false alarms (we’re looking at you Haas &  RedBull) we finally got to see some real life cars in the last week with the McLaren &...

Episode 309 – He’s Back And So Are We

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A slightly belated Happy New Year from all of us on the podcast. We did plan on doing a season review, but how do you easily sum up a year like 2021? ...

Episode 308 – Max Verstappen World Champion

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There were so many names we could have given this week’s podcast given the controversial nature of the 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi this past wee...

Episode 307 – Watching From Behind The Sofa

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are any of us sure what we watched at the weekend? In all the years of F1 I don’t think any of us have seen a race quite like the first ever Saudi A...

Episode 306 – Gives You Whinge

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another Grand Prix and another aero related controversy. This time it was all over the question about some suspect markings on the Mercedes rear wings...

Episode 305 – Winging It (Once Again)

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well that was a weekend in Brazil that will be talked about for a long time to come and may not be all sorted yet as the pod comes out. The newly rena...

Episode 304 – Hola Mexico (City)

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another race back on the calendar after the madness that was 2020 is the Mexico City Grand Prix (formerly known as the Mexico Grand Prix.) With a new ...

Episode 303 – Erm Murica

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The US Grand Prix is always a major spectacle and this year was no exception as the organisers of the Austin race went all out to make up for missing ...

Episode 302 – Winging It

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

First I want to say a massive thanks to everyone (literally hundreds of you) that got in touch after my message last week and the best way I could thi...

A Brief Message From Paul

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hi everyone, I thought I’d do a quick audio message about what’s been going on lately and why we’ve been a bit off the boil when it comes to rec...

Episode 301 – A Deluge Followed By A Giant Flood

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry we’ve been away for a couple of weeks and missed the aftermath of the Russian Grand Prix, we’re still upset about the whole thing over a wee...

Episode 300 – Shoey At The Front, Schumi At The Back

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix broke a few losing streaks, we got to see the first McLaren win since 2012, the first 1-2 by the papaya team since...

Episode 299 – Smokin

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The return of the Dutch Grand Prix finally happened a year late thanks to the turmoil of 2020 and that was an atmosphere worth waiting for. We all kne...

Episode 298 – Not The Return We Wanted

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

By now the dust and spray has settled on what has been called a farce of a Belgian Grand Prix and with the benefit of a good night’s sleep and a cha...

Episode 297 – What The Hell Did We Just Watch?

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh off the back of the British Grand Prix controversy, all we needed was for things to get back to normal before the F1 summer break right? Well we...

Episode 296 – Call The Copse

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I think we can safely say that was a British Grand Prix like no other before it. Qualifying on Friday evening, the first ever F1 Sprint (don’t call ...

Episode 295 – F1 Comes Home (Twice)

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Formula 1 is the only real thing that is 100% guaranteed to come home every year, only by dint of the fact that the 1st world championship race was at...

Episode 294 – Mediterranean Gestures

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just like last year, Austria gave us a better race than Styria for some reason, although Mercedes probably wouldn’t agree after another dominant rac...

Episode 293 – Home Advantage?

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re 2 races into the 1st of 3 (correct at time of going to press) triple-headers this season and they’ve both had something in common, no it was...

Episode 292 – Wings Triumphant As Hell Freezes Over

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody saw that coming did they, an action packed French Grand Prix with racing all the way up and down the grid and RedBull out-Mercedesing Mercedes ...

Episode 291 – Like An Out-take From The Heal The World Video

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well that made up for Monaco didn’t it! This year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix had it all; red flags, cars out of position, blocking & passing and that...

Episode 290 – Not The Robot They’re Looking For

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The saying goes that good things come to those who wait and this week it’s not 100% true as we’re 2 days later than normal thanks to that good old...

Episode 289 – Jacques Attacques

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So the Monaco Grand Prix then, the annual parade (don’t we say this every year?) This time at least there was a bit of drama with 2 of the top 3 qua...

Episode 288 – There’s No Script, We’re Told What To Say

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Monaco week and we hope that the McLaren Gulf livery reveal isn’t the most exciting thing to come out of this weekend’s race, but as it’s...

Episode 287 – There Are 5 Barry Christs on LinkedIn

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of a rarity for once, we had a Spanish Grand Prix that wasn’t a flag to flag parade, we got to see both strategy and on-track overtakes, somet...