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Formula One from an American perspective. Join us as we discuss race reviews, travel and venue ratings. Conspiracy theories on teams and the FIA. Off the Wall segments like two babbling idiots, bathroom and cuisine ratings at the track. Special guest via phone or zoom, and occasionally live music just because. Then stupid "if you are wrong wagers."
The Summer Break has brought so much Formula One News. Paul Schulman from Ireland and Scott Greenspan from New York join In this our 74th episode. We discuss Andrea Stella extending his contract with Mclaren and what the team needs to do better. Oliver Oakes, is names principal for the dumpster fire that is Alpine. Jonathan Wheatley, after 18 years is leaving Redbull to be principal at Audi. Scott Greenspan, shares his driving experience at the Nurburgring. We also take a look at Scott's incredible one of a kind helmet, and discuss the HANS device. #f1 #summerbreak #F1News #Formulaone
Paul Schulman joins as we discuss the latest breaking news in F1. In this show we have segments on Mercedes almost 1-2, the Redbull seat, strategy blunders and what's wrong with Lando Norris
Paul Schulman, joins for co-host this week. Are we watching Redbull implode in real time? Formula One is at Spa-Francorchamps this week for the Belgium Grand Prix. In this episode we talk Redbull, Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon signing a new deal with Haas and how that will affect Ollie German. Matt Binotto, signing with Audi, will Guther be next. Join us !
A needless controversial first win at the Hungaroring for Oscar Pastri. Lando Norris, was leading the Grand Prix do to the undercut and was ordered multiple times to give the place back. Should Lando, have done it? What would you do In his shoes? Plus, Max and Lewis clash once more. Are we witnessing the end of Sergio Perez at Redbull? That and more on the 71st episode of Merica F1
Scott Greenspan joins us live from the Hungaroring paddock. Scott, also gives us some insight to the Ferrari Garage as one of the teams guest.
In this episode of Merica F1, we look back at the first half of the F1 season. Special Guest Paul Schulman, joins Mike and I for episode 69.
Lewis Hamilton returns to the winner's circle after 945 days in what was a British Grand Prix to remember!
What a race! George Russell picks up his second win of his career as Max and Lando Clash out front. Paul Schulman, special guest co-host, as we broadcast from London preparing for the British Grand Prix.
Great storylines came from the Spanish Grand Prix. George Russell awesome opening start. Carlos Sainz whining and complaining along with bumping wheels with his teammate. Lewis Hamilton's flashy pass on Carlos Sainz, and Lando Norris a bridesmaid again. Super Max does it again for his 7th win of the season.
We look forward to the Spanish Grand Prix with a special State of the Grid episode. Ranking the grid 20-1 with an emphasis on this year's driver's performance.
Max Verstappen return's to the top step of the podium in Canada. Special Guest Paul Schulman from Dublin, Ireland and Scott Greenspan, who was a special guest at the Redbull Paddock Club give their insight.
Alpine, has had it with Esteban Ocon. Will he go to Haas, Mercedes or be out of Formula One, we discuss. Plus, how does that affect the other dominoes. Who goes to Alpine or will they sell. Silly Season all season, Yuki, Bottas, Berman, Vettel, Lawson, Danny Ric, Perez, Mick, Zhou, Lawson, Doohan, who goes where? What about Carlos Sainz?
Charles Leclerc did it, he has won Monaco. Segments on: Can Ferrari win the Constructors Championship? Lewis Hamilton is the 2nd Driver at Mercedes. Enough with KMAG. Should Ocon get a won raise ban from Alpine? PJ, joins to Co-Host this episode.
Charles LeClerc qualified on pole. Max Verstappen was 6th. Oscar Piastri was less than 2 tenths behind LeClerc. While Lewis Hamilton after a promising 1 through 3 practice sessions qualified a disappointing 7th, and we will talk about why. A very telling and surly disappointing thing has happened to Lewis Hamilton!
Max Verstappen converts his record tying 8th Pole Position into victory at Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Segment's on top ten finishers, Senna, Rumors around the paddock.
We interview Alex Vogel, who drives in the GT4 America series. Alex, drives for Only Fans Racing, in a Mercedes Benz AMG GT racing car #43. Alex, talks about how he got into racing. How he juggles family life with a wife and six children, all while running a company and being one of the top political consulates on the hill. Join us for an in depth and fascinating time, "in the racing trailer."
Lando Norris after 115 race starts and 15 Podiums, finally get his First Formula One win. 10-1 place finishes, KMag entertainment. F1 News.
Max Rolls over the competition in Shanghai. Recap of the Chinese GP, segments on the FIA, safety, the main race and sprint race. Also what's up with Toto Wolff's attitude?
F1 returns to China for the first time in 5 years. Our predictions for the race, and the first sprint weekend of the year. We also have a segment on beyond the race, what's happening back at the factories. Looking at Alpine, Haas, Williams, and Mercedes.
We review the Japanese GP In Suzuka, Japan. We did this race review from Osaka, Japan. We talk about the race, fabulous venue, great food, sightseeing, and places 1-10.
Carlos Sainz, the Smooth Operator Wins in Australia! Max DNF, Scary moment for George Russell, Lewis Hamilton DNF, Alonso 20 second penalty, Yuki dominates Daniel again.
PJ joins the show as we preview the AustralianGP. We also discuss Susie Wolff moving forward with a lawsuit against the FIA. What Lewis Hamilton thinks. Our prediction for qualifying and race results.
Is F1 Dead? Did Redbull and the FIA Destroy the greatest motorsports? Ollie Ollie Ollie, Where the order of the grid. Answering internet questions about Hamilton or Ricciardo being washed. Alpine dumpster fire.
F1 is a soap opera right now. Where it's off the track antics more interesting than the on the track racing. Christian Horner, Jos Verstappen, Helmut Marko, and FIA President Ben Sulayem. Let's dive in!
Another dominating win from Super Max Verstappen. Twenty two seconds ahead of his teammate. We talk about the top ten finishers. Will people stop watching F1 because of boredom? Yuki, radio bombing, expletives. Alpine, is a dumpster fire.
Mike's back and we got loads to talk about. Liveries, Horner, Hamilton, Ferrari, Mercedes, Andretti, Carbon Fiber, oh my.
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On today's show we talk Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Toto Wolf, Andretti Motorsports, New Madrid street track, Liviries and the demise of marketing innovation.
Wow, Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025. Let's get into it. This episode recorded on my walk through the park, so outside noise is included.
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Second episode of our Champions of Formula One series. Nico Rosberg, the 2016 F1 World Champion. I had to do this episode solo because Mike's on a well deserved vacation.
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We kick off Season 3 of Merica F1 with the 1st in a series we are doing on Formula One Champions. This episode is Mika Hakkinen. We also discuss Guenther Steiner firing, Toto's new contract, and Mclaren new Livery.
December 12th marked the 2nd year anniversary of one of the worst "human error" thefts in all sports. One that we can't seem to forget.
2023 Formula One Season Review Show, Special Guest P.J. joins us for our Season Finale. Every driver is discussed, we tell our Season's Most disappointing moment and our Season High Point.
A source in the paddock told the FIA that they suspected pillow talk between Toto Wolf and Susie Wolf Director of F1 Academy. Let's Discuss.
Max wins again, and caps the most dominant season in Formula One history! 19 wins out of 22 races. Wow, the season of Max Verstappen has finally ended. On the show we have segments on Max, number 2 driver's, Lewis and Alonso, top 10 finishers and the Brawn documentary.
The Ying and Yang of The Las Vegas Grand Prix. Mike, is out sick, so our guest for the week PJ became co-host. Thank the F1 gods for such a great Grand Prix in Las Vegas. The logistics were awful, fan zone compared to other GP's sparse and uninviting. Practice One with ejecting street cover controversy. Great battles at the front, great battles all over the track. Now lower the damn prices and let's sellout next year.
An Epic Brazilian Grand Prix saw Super Max Verstappen win his 17th victory of the season. We talk about the unreal battle between Sergio "Checo" Perez and Fernando Alonso, which came down to the wire. The reemergence of Aston Martin and the Tractor that was the Mercedes Benz. Why Charles LeClerc has such bad luck. What if Alonso went to Redbull?
Wow, it's the 16th win in one season for Max Verstappen. Breaking his own record of 15. What a great drive from Hamilton and Norris. Two sides of the coin with a great drive by Daniel Ricciardo and disappointment from Yuki Tsunoda. And the fall of Aston Martin.
A Controversial United States Grand Prix, saw Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeClerc disqualified for their cars being to low to the ground. Having excessive wear on the Plank below the car. Another Max win, and horrible strategy once again from Ferrari. Plus, we discuss the over abundance of rules in Formula One.
The Qatar Grand Prix saw Super Max Verstappen win his third world championship in a row. There was a crash in lap one between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. We also saw extreme heat and humid conditions which had devised many of the drivers during and after the race. We discuss the ever going saga of track limits, a great Sprint race. Finally a segment on Ronnie Pederson in our F1 history segment.
Our Longest episode to date. Even worse Drunk Mike is back! Oh Lordy, we speak on Hamilton vs. Russell. Perez crashing into the world. Verstappen's dominance, Redbull's back to back and a special tribute to Francois Cervert. Plus a whole lot of Babbling.
Wow Wow Wow, What an electric last 20 laps! Making the Singapore Grand Prix the best race of the year so far. Carlos Saenz converts his second straight pole position into the first non- Redbull win of the year.
Take a peak inside the Temple of Speed as co-host Sherm Tillman visited Italy to watch the F1 race in Monza. Listen in as we review the race, talk Super Max and his records. Carlos Sainz, and his great defense, why Haas should sell. Why Mike thinks the Media supports Max's dominance but railed against Sir Lewis.
- Dutch Preview
- Is Max an all-time great,
- Mike and Sherm's All Time Top Ten List
- Carlos Saiz
- GP 2 Driver's
We review another dominate Max Verstappen win at Spa. A Little Max History. Our 10-1 finish segment, Mike's Right on Alpine. Silly Season started already, A new Strategy fails segment. Team Mate Battles up to the break.
We review the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix and the 33 second win by Super Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton's great quailing and how he got swallowed up into turn one. Ferrari 9 second pitstop and dodgy strategy once again. Mclaren, and their new found pace and a lot more.
In this episode we talk about the British Grand Prix, Nick De Vries being out at Alpha Tauri with Danny Riccardio taking his place. The Fabulous Quality and race from Lando Norris. The Ferrari strategy once again. Merc's pitstops and the strange love fest Mike now has with Logan Sargeant.
Sherm took a trip to Austria, to watch Max the Dominator live and in person. Hanging with the Orange Army
We celebrate Mike's birthday on our Canadian Grand Prix Review Show. Happy Birthday Mike!
We review a damn good Spanish Grand Prix. We discuss what made this GP better than the usual race in Spain. How the top 20 did in this race. Yuki's stupid penalty. And will anyone save Ferrari?
We review a pretty damn good Monaco Grand Prix. Surprise quality, and another Monaco GP with questionable strategy. Mike hates on Yuki and Ocon. Sherm's love fest with Yuki.
We take a look at the results from the Miami Grand Prix and bring some ideas on how to make it a better experience. Segment's on top ten, conspiracy theory, babbling idiots. We also compare Nico Rosberg to Checo Perez. Checo is no Nico Rosberg.
In this May the Forth Baku, Azerbaijan Review Show, we take shots at Max, laud Checo. With segments on the top ten, babbling idiots, and our conspiracy theories.
We not only preview Max's next win, we talk about previous races at Baku. The venue is great! Beanbag seating, music, food, great weather and atmosphere. A great town to visit right by the Caspian Sea.
What a deliciously delightful stupendous Grand Prix it was in Australia. Two Red Flags 🚩 Let's breakdown the race with drunk-ass Mike. Guess how many drinks Mike had before the show? Hot mess or beyond funny?
Red Flag 🚩 crazy 3 hours of delicious F1 in Australia. Let's discuss with drunk ass Mike! Comment, on how many drinks had before the show. Is he a hot mess or what?
We review the 2023 Saudi Grand Prix. Talk about will anyone beat the rocketship that is Redbull. FIA penalties, Ferrari mistakes, Babbling idiots, and race conspiracies theory.
A dominant start by Max Verstappen and Redbull to the start of the 2023 Formula One Season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. A return to the F1 podium by Aston Martin with Fernando Alonso at the helm. We also discuss the rest of the race story here at Merica F1.
In this episode we discuss what happened over the 3 days of Pre-Season testing, We also came up with an idea to fix Formula One!
We realize there are so many new fans to F1, so we break down the sport known the world over. We talk about the race weekend, understeer and oversteer, parkferme, tires, scoring system, team breakdowns, and the differences to other racing series.
We look at one of the greatest inter-team rivalries. The 2016 Formula One season where Nico Rosberg defeats Lewis Hamilton by 5 points. From childhood friends to heated enemies.
We get in our Time Machine to go back and review one of Formula One's greatest races. The 2011 Montreal Grand Prix, where Jenson Button comes from 6 pit stops and last place twice to win in the wet. Hell of a Drive! Plus microphone hijinks.
To fill your F1 fix we went back in time to review a vintage race. This will be part of our time to time best races in Formula One history.
We pick our favorite races, head to head match-ups, conspiracy theories, two babbling idiots.
Principal Movement in Formula One for the upcoming 2023 Season. Plus, I mess with Mike's head about his microphone. He won't wear a headset.
We discuss where Ferrari goes from here and why it all went wrong for the 27 year Ferrari employee. Plus, what's up with Mike annoying ass cough.
In this episode we review the last race of the season The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We say goodbye to 4 time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi, and Daniel Ricciardo moving from on the grid to 3rd driver for Redbull. Also, why we now dislike Champion Max!
George Russell's maiden win, Max Verstappen madness. Three crashes, best race of the year!
In this Episode we talk Sprint Race, Anybody But Max, Conspiracy theories, Danny Ric, and goodbye Vettel.
Review of the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix with new original Intro Music performed by Mike. Takes on Redbull, Christian Horner, Haas, Marc, Redbull, really bad but good impressions and our usual conspiracy theories from two babbling idiots.
Probably da best episode yet! Funny, insightful, and some bad impressions. A must listen
Formula One from an American perspective. Join us as we discuss race reviews, travel and venue ratings. Conspiracy theories on teams and the FIA. Off the Wall segments like two babbling idiots, bathroom and cuisine ratings at the track. Special guest via phone or zoom, and occasionally live music just because. Then stupid "if you are wrong wagers."