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The F1 Pod
Four friends who talk enough about Formula 1 that we decided we should record. Join Ash, Erika, Matt, & Whitney as we discuss the 2021 season! We are NOT affiliated with Formula 1 in any way other than we consume all the memes.
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After a legally required three day cooling-off period the pod reconvenes to share their thoughts on the finish to a tumultuous '21 F1 campaign which ended with Max Verstappen being crowned as World Champion in Abu Dhabi. We share our thoughts on FIA regulations, and the race deciding call made by Race Director Michael Masi before musing about our favorite moments of the season as well as wildly speculating about which teams and drivers will come out on top next year.
And a big 'Thank you' to our fans, friends and family who've stuck with us and listened to our often deranged, but always entertaining, banter!
The penultimate race of the longest season saw the two title contenders draw level on points taking this year's championship down to the last race of the season. But inaugural Saudi Arabian GP wasn't without controversy both on and off the track so join us as we calmly and respectfully discuss in one of our longest pods to date.
0:00 - 4:00 Intro to the circuit and some of the drama both pre and during the race. Whitney sows the seeds of impending chaos.
4:01 - 19:30 Still pretty tame as we go over Practice and Quali incidents. LEC's unfortunate accident, a precursor of things to come. MAZ's excellent save (not sarcasm). GIO's excellent qualifying in contrast to VET and STR's abysmal run of luck. VER's Q3 heroics are for naught as he crashes out and has to settle for the third slot on the grid behind HAM and BOT.
19:31 - We get set to be mean to each other, battle lines are drawn, emotions run high and it's Red Bull vs Mercedes fans. We debate the merits of the track, safety vs speed and excitement. MSC's crash and the ensuing Yellow Flag to Red Flag chaos. Opinions diverge on whether tyre changes be permitted under a red-flag. We discuss the unusual 'negotiation' between Michael Masi and RB before proceeding to argue whether Max's "strategic" attempt to give his place back as instructed by the stewards was a fair racing move.
With no race to recap, we spend this week's track walk talking about the current state of F1 with hot takes, pour one out for legend Frank Williams, and discuss what F1 leaders would thrive in college football.
Join us for one of our longest track walks as we get closer to wrapping up the season!
We're a little late getting this one out with the holiday last week, but finally we recap the Qatar Grand Prix, discuss Alonso sneaking into the podium, Ferrari and Alpine separating themselves in 3rd and 5th respectively, and is Lewis and Mercedes going to pull it off again?
Brazil saw a spectacular HAM performance during both the sprint race and the main event as he passed every single driver over both events to secure a win. The championship battle isn't over yet with only Hamilton and Verstappen now in contention! We cover the heroes (Ga4ly, Sainz and LeClerc) and the losers (Tsunoda, Stroll and Ricciardo). We also go slightly insane and have our most deranged, but funny, podcast to date!
00 - 3:12 Mexico Intro and Fast Facts. We invent a new multi-sport discipline that takes advantage of F1 venues that host baseball, football and racing. Also Miami listeners apologies as we disparage your sports franchises.
3:12 - 4:32 We lament our cancelled trip to MX after the race was moved by a week. Whitney recounts tales of out-running Mexican law enforcement in her youth.
4:33 - 18:19 We jump into quali which we were able to see live for a change and discuss the impact of the dust and low grip on drivers like Stroll and Perez who spun. And poor Yuki who did nothing wrong!! (Also we say "gravel" but we mean "run-off"
19:45 We jump into the race and disucss the post-race fall out from split second decisions made by Bottas, Verstappen, Ricciardo and others going into the first corner. The discourse covers the growing popularity of F1 in the US, Lewis' chances of winning the title and, of course, buggies... (if you know, you know).
In this episode we recap the United States Grand Prix weekend in Austin, Texas!
Finally a race in our timezone. We talk about Ricciardo leaning into his Texan personality, Red Bull's magnificent strategy, and of course discuss the helmets, plus much more.
The gang discusses the positives and negatives of Netflix's "Schumacher" documentary and provides their extremely objective ratings. Then we chat about the latest addition to the '21 calendar, Qatar, and discuss the overwhelming 23 race schedule for '22.
2021 Sochi Grand Prix, 2 races for the price of one! Lap 1 through 48 in the dry and then 49 to 53 in the wet! Drama!
MCLAREN 1 AND 2! ZAK BROWN DOES A SHOEY! RICCIARDO TAKES THE WIN! LANDO IS SUPER COOL ABOUT IT!
Oh and Max Verstappen tried to squeeze into a corner and while Lewis Hamilton closed the door and the Red Bull car ended up sliding over the top of the Mercedes, with the halo saving Lewis' life.
BUT MCLAREN!
Ferrari also quietly stays in the hunt, as the overall championship picture doesn't change much.
We talk about it ALL!
After a little delay uploading the episode, the squad covers Zandvoort in full from qualifying to the snoozefest that was the race. Next we FINALLY HAVE DRIVER NEWS! We discuss the big news of the week with George Russell to Mercedes, and other predictions for the 2022 driver lineup.
2:06 - Qualifying
2:55 - Haas Drama
4:35 - Lando Struggles in Quali
6:05 - Gio Makes it to Q3
7:00 - Kimi Caught Covid and Retired
8:10 - Pierre Gasly is Peaking
9:00 - Wrap Up Quali
11:00 - Tech Talk: Track Design
20:40 - Race Review
21:00 - Perez goes Beast Mode
22:00 - Podium finishers dominated
22:50 - Bottas Not Holding Back on Fastest Lap
25:00 - Max Dominated the Weekend
25:50 - PUPPY INTERRUPTION BREAK
27:00 - Mercedes Engines struggle due to design flaw?
29:00 - Fights for 1st, 3rd, and 5th still tight
32:10 - McLaren and RIC
33:30 - GEORGE RUSSELL TO MERCEDES CONFIRMED
36:35 - Talk of 2022 and how we hope for parity
38:55 - Albon Back in F1???
43:50 - Other potential moves
47:50 - Monza Preview
In our fittingly shortest podcast ever we discuss the "race" that was both the longest and shortest in F1 history.
2:00 - "What grinds my gears!" Ash gives his restrained and totally not insane perspective on Sky's F1 commentary along with a shout out to the old SpeedTV/NBC commentators - Steve Matchett, David Hobbs and Bob Varsha.
6:00 - Karma visits the crew as we regret wishing for rain on the last pod and then waking up at 6:00 am to watch the ... event.
9:00 - Happy Birthday to Whitney, Valterri and Daniel - two of you have a good shot at a podium finish and the other one is Australian.
14:00 - Lando's quali accident and the long term implications for the damage he took as well as the wear and tear that RedBull saved on their second engine.
18:45 - We pop the champagne for RIC's 5th place
22:30 - Show of hands (I know, I know) as we vote on whether the race should have just been cancelled as opposed to the two lap parade.
30:15 - Shiny helmets distract us once again.
We talk about the teams in 6th through 10th position in the points and cover a few news items from the break thus far.
1:25 Haas
3:55 Alfa Romeo
8:40 Kimi and Gio - will they drive for AR in '22?
13:55 Williams
17:10 Puppy zoomie break!! Checkout our insta @theF1pod for behind the scenes look at Mario.
20:10 Aston Martin
24:55 Alpha Tauri - the impact of Yuki's performance. Where does Pierre go?
35:40 Second puppy break!!
39:10 Summer break update - Valtteri, cycling god! Lando, no es bueno. Nicholas and George's big fat Greek vacation. Carlos and Pierre are on a boat! Daniel goes Hollywood. McLaren's Rhude 'inexpensive' fashion line (really McLaren $700 sweat pants?)
47:40 The Mercedes announcement. Whom does Toto choose?
We are officially in the Summer Break! 2:00 - Listener shout out! Thanks to all our fans (maybe?) from around the world and the US. 5:15 - Aston Martin Appeal Update and we debate whether the outcome was fair or not. 13:00 - The Bottas Incident - we move on to discuss whether the cost of an accident should determine the penalty in a cost cap environment. 20:30 - Things start to veer wildly out of control as we collectively get indoor heat stroke. We start from whether Ferrari's new engine announcement is for real to a key red-flag that determines whether someone's a serial killer to 'What If's' from Hungary and whether May in Miami is spring or not. A modest proposal to bring a race to Seattle is floated only half seriously. 29:45 - We regain control and discuss our Fantasy GP situation and whether we would stiick with our line-ups. We also determine that Sebastian Vettel is fellow nerd ('One of us!') and Lando 'gamer boy' Norris does interviews in the same style as his Twitch stream. 38:15 - What if we were F1 drivers, where would we go on Summer Break? Also are Christian Horner and Totto Wolff on a secret vacation together to patch things up? What will DTS Season 4 make up and show in Season 4?
Welcome to this week's edition of The F1 Pod, where Matt, Whitney, Ash, Erika, and a car alarm discuss the chaos that was the Hungaroring! We cover every angle of the restart, the surprise podium, and get a millennial's Space Jam 2 review.
0:10 - Welcome and Hungaroring Facts
1:19 - Qualifying (and where our car alarm guest kicks off)
5:35 - The Scrutineers
10:25 - The Race
52:25 - To Summer Break and Beyond
We're back after a brief break (Erika how's the hand?) just in time to recap the 2021 Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix.
0:10 - Welcome and Introducing Mario
2:15 - Friday Qualifying and the Saturday Sprint
12:05 - Safety Tech Talk
19:05 - Silverstone Race and Looking Forward
57:10 - Fan Questions
Welcome to the British Grand Prix Track Walk, where we talk through pretty much all of the news, play a video in mid-discussion, and finally let Ashish join in on Stupid Questions Stupid Answers. Oh, and we're all in the same room! Join us this Sunday at noon at Ballard Station to watch the Silverstone Race. 0:00 - Welcome and We Actually Immediately Introduce Ourselves 0:36 - Things on the Table 1:15 - The Neeeeews 1:35 - Goodwood 7:20 - Lando's Bad Luck 10:25 - Silly Season?? 20:15 - 2022 Changes and Model 31:35 - The Sprint Race and Sunday's Predictions 48:16: Tyres and Final Thoughts 50:15 - Stupid Questions, Stupid Answers 1:00:50 - Cheers!
Another week, another race at the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix. Finally recording in one room again (sans Ash because he is on vacation or something), we talk through Quali, recap the race and all of the penalties and major moments, divert to talking about the future F1, and of course we had to play Stupid Questions/Stupid Answers.
4:24 - Qualifying
9:54 - Race Recap pt. 1
23:34 - Future of F1
29:10 - Race Recap pt. 2
32:20 - Stupid Questions/Stupid Answers
42:58 - The News
Another week, another recap. This week we look back at the Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis Der Steiermark 2021, aka the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria. Join us as we cover headlines from the past week, Ash's Tech Talk featuring the most important thing in racing (fuel), talk through the entire weekend, and look ahead to a rerun coming up.
0:10 - Welcome and Styria Overview
2:15 - Last Week in the News
5:45 - Tech Talk: Fuel
11:50 - Styria Qualifying
19:42 - Styria Race
54:23 - Conclusion
Welcome to the race recap of the Formula 1 Emirates Grand Prix De France 2021, where we cover where in the world we all are (and why our sound quality is subpar), qualifying, the basics of DRS, and the race with its many battles and handful of disappointments. Join us at Ballard Station this Sunday at noon for the first of the Austrian Grand Prixs! 0:10 - Welcome 1:14 - French Grand Prix Facts and Stats 3:06 - France Qualifying and Tyres 10:40 - DRS: 10 Years of Passing 17:45 - France Race 1:06:25 - Austria Grand Prix Overview 1:09:55 - Cutting Off
Welcome to this week's Track Walk, where we discuss everything but France and look back on the first quarter of the season. We talk through the constructor's standings from bottom to top, talk through potential driver moves, debate putting the entirety of 'Eye of the Tiger' in the middle of the episode, and find out why Ashish hates Ferrari so much (while Erika realizes that maybe she is a Tifosi). Come join us at Ballard Station to watch the France Grand Prix this Sunday!
0:10 - Welcome and Whitney's Baku Thoughts 1:38 - Listener Shoutouts 6:18 - Constructor Standings, from 10 to 1 6:37 - Williams 12:25 - Haas 17:25 - Alfa Romeo 21:15 - Alpine 26:45 - Aston Martin 30:35 - Alpha Tauri 38:12 - McLaren 43:10 - Ferrari 48:26 - Mercedes 54:56 - Red Bull
This week we cover the Baku Grand Prix and do our very first Zoom podcast - which had to restart the same number of times as the race. We talk qualifying, brakes, the race, who may be the contender for third in the constructor's battle, and some Dire Straits.
0:10 - Welcome and Intros 2:55 - Baku Qualifying 12:00 - Puns to the Max 12:55 - The Magic of F1 Brakes 10:40 - Initial Race Reactions 21:50 - Baku Race (and our mostly chronological discussion) 52:27 - Matt's Science Corner 1:05:26 - Is the Midfield Shifting? 1:08:42 - Whitney's Statement 1:13:03 - Fun Facts! 1:14:20 - Money for Nothing
Welcome to the second Track Walk as we wait for Baku in Azerbaijan this weekend! We talk name pronunciations and how our accents ruin everything, do our first segment of Stupid Questions, Stupid Answers (because Ash isn't here to stop us), and do a quick overview of Baku and some of our predictions. 0:00 - Welcome and Intros 0:50 - TikTok, Haters, and How to Say Names... maybe. 10:30 - Stupid Questions, Stupid Answers, and a few smart ones 30:37 - Baku Overview and Predictions 37:20 - Conclusions
In today's episode, we recap all things Monaco. From Leclerc's unfortunate luck to arguing whether the bendy wings are against the rules. Oh... And Bottas' tire is still stuck...
0:00 - Welcome and Intro 0:30 - Monaco Qualifying 10:15 - All about Aero 26:25 - Chuck?? 29:19 - (Back to the) Monaco Race 43:15 - Constructor Standings 51:45 - Contracts post-Monaco 54:50 - What will Baku Bring? 56:45 - Goodbye, Gulf Livery 57:15 - Hello, Ballard Station 58:30 - What's Next and Closing
Formula 1 might've taken the week off, but we didn't! In this between-the-races episode, we cover current standings, our favorite Monaco helmets, who we'd like to see on the Monaco podium that isn't HAM VER BOT, some Monaco fun facts and FP discussion, the future of contracts, and make a few confessions. Our microphone had some trouble at first, but sound gets better just a few minutes in once fixed. 0:00 - Welcome, but we completely missed introducing ourselves 1:38 - Standings 2:30 - Top 3 Monaco Helmets 15:28 - Please Standby for Technical Difficulties... 20:30 - A Monaco Podium without HAM VER BOT? 30:52 Monaco Preview, Stats, and FP1&2 Discussion 44:50 - A Few Facts and Wild Guesses about Contracts 54:25 - Confessionals.
Welcome to our discussion of the Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana! In this episode, we cover qualifying, strategy, and the race amid plenty of terrible puns, laughter, and a few bad Spanish accents here and there. 0:00 - Bienvenidos 1:41 - Spain Qualifying 7:20 - How F1 Strategy Works 13:15 - Spain Race 39:44 - Results and Final Thoughts 50:40 - Not Actually a Monaco Preview, but Sorta 57:00 Sponsorship Shoutout 57:41 - Chaos and Closing
We come to Portuguese GP with HAM and VER each with one win apiece but HAM ahead by 1 point in the Drivers' Championship. The gang chats about the predictable (the inevitable HAM, VER BOT podium) and the less predictable (Alpine's surprise performance improvement and midfield battle. On the driver front Matt has Fantasy F1 buyer's remorse with Yuki, a driver with great potential but not the results this season. Erika remains hopeful for RIC's chances later in the season while Whitney acknowledges that at the end of the day we love all the drivers ... except for one. 0:46 Spoiler Alert! HAM, VER BOT. 4:32 Matt's qualifying review and couple of surprises with VET in 10 but ALO & RIC out of the top 10. 7:18 Regulations! Everyone's favorite topic (Ash promises they are fun!). 12:14 Erika's Race review. 18:00 BOT, what is the deal?! 35:00 Spain Preview 41:00 We welcome our new sponsor, a bankrupt retailer and Ash apologizes to Matt (for what? well, you'll just have to listen to find out!)
We made it to the second episode! We discuss the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e Dell'Emilia Romagna 2021 race weekend, or as Matt continues to say wrong, RomaGna. 0:00 - Welcome to the Episode 0:09 - Emilia Romagna stats 0:25 - Undercut correction 0:54 - Tyre Talk 4:40 - Introductions 6:08 - Romagna Qualifying 11:25 - Romagna Race 28:26 Mazepin Meter 30:30 Lewis Love 35:10 - Final 10 and Final Thoughts 43:06 - Sponsorship Shoutout
Welcome to the very first episode of The F1 Pod! In this episode, we introduce ourselves (somewhat), then dive into qualifying and the race. 0:00 - Welcome to The F1 Pod 6:40 - Preview of the 2021 Season 15:45 - Bahrain Qualifying 22:10 - Bahrain Race 47:30 - Post Race Thoughts 50:30 - Who Enters a Make or Break Year? 55:11 - Look Ahead to Portugal (we are out of order, whatever) Be sure to subscribe! We will be releasing new episodes weekly moving forward for the rest of the season.