Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast
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Episodes (358)
133 - Bahrain GP & Sakhir GP Prerace 2020
The motorsport world breathes a sigh of relief after one of the closest calls Formula 1 has ever had. SHOW NOTES A nearly real-time edit of the accident A collection of driver radio conversations after the accident Chain Bear on how crash barriers work Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
132 - Bahrain GP Prerace 2020
Back to back the drivers face each other in the desert not once but twice on the same track, but different. Make sense? SHOW NOTES Michael Fassbender’s “Road to Le Mans” Season 1 and Season 2 What it’s like for a normal guy to drive an F1 car Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
131 - Turkish GP 2020
Wet weather and championship fights conspire to create an absolute Turkish delight. SHOW NOTES Regular road cars attempting to weather in the newly-surfaced track Wet-weather driving takes a toll on the thumbs Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
130 - Turkish GP Prerace 2020
Turkey the country and the animal are on the table this month, but that’s not what smells so… inimitable. SHOW NOTES Hazel Southwell on Saudi Arabia Felipe Massa, safety advocate (thanks, Jimmy!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
129 - Emilia Romagna GP 2020
Did you know the historic Imola racing circuit has the most groans per race of the entire calendar? SHOW NOTES Mercedes finds a small piece of debris lodged in BOT’s car Two different facial expressions on the podium Roborace is off to a great start Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
128 - Portuguese GP & Emilia Romagna GP Prerace 2020
The track and weather in Portugal may be unforgiving, but they’ve got nothing on Guenther Steiner. SHOW NOTES VET sucks up a drain cover RAI’s monster start Andre Harrison’s article about VER’s language at Motorsport 101 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
127 - Portuguese GP Prerace 2020
It’s another new track for Formula 1! Also, we can’t tell if the driver rumors are true or if someone’s telling… a real WOPR. SHOW NOTES RAI takes GIO for a frightening lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife A lap of the Algarve International Circuit in an A1GP car Chain Bear on how hydrogen could power an F1 car Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
126 - Eifel GP 2020
Familiar faces, brutal weather, and a high attrition rate make this an entertaining return to the Nürburgring. SHOW NOTES Danny’s F1 Game History video about Geoff Crammond’s Formula One Grand Prix One driver realizes he forgot something We fully support the pints for points initiative Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
125 - Eifel GP Prerace 2020
It’s going to be a chilly one in Germany this weekend, but probably not as chilly as in the Red Bull garage. SHOW NOTES More information about that karting fight on track and in the pits Pat Symonds tells the story of Senna’s moving wall Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
124 - Russian GP 2020
For once, we were right. But fear not! The mastermind behind Formula E has a surprise in store. SHOW NOTES E1 Series boats look like podracers Article about the name of the German Grand Prix (thanks Thomas!) No seriously, what’s up with these beavers Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
123 - Russian GP Prerace 2020
Some of us aren’t sold on driver decisions, but others of us are sold and then leased back because that’s something we do now. SHOW NOTES You can still donate to Waypoint’s Save Point and Drew’s Bike MS fundraisers! (Archives here and here.) Our next Patreon-exclusive episode will be about the documentary Senna KVY and a bottle of vodka having their own fruitful New Year Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
122 - Tuscan GP 2020
The start is often the most exciting part of the race. Most of the time, there’s just one. SHOW NOTES F1’s analysis of the restart crash The Race’s chronicle of GRO’s heroic drive VET getting to be a qualifying spectator Ferrari’s 1000th GP celebration was… something The 27 races Ferrari didn’t race in Gabe Newell’s racing team, The Heart of Racing (thanks, @EasyToType!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
121 - Italian GP & Tuscan GP Prerace 2020
This week marks the end of an era and, just maybe, the start of a new one. SHOW NOTES Chain Bear explains slipstreaming vs. dirty air The winner savoring the podium Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
120 - Belgian GP & Italian GP Prerace 2020
Spa turned out to be a small bump on the 2020 F1 calendar, but Ferrari’s got a much rougher road ahead. SHOW NOTES NOR’s savage response to his teammate’s misfortune The 1989 Indy 500 and its amazing intro Round 1 of Super Formula was this weekend! Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
119 - Belgian GP Prerace 2020
It’s big week for signing pieces of paper as F1 agrees on money stuff, Williams sells out, and virtual drivers make strange career decisions. (Indy 500 spoilers from 1:13:28 to 1:14:38) SHOW NOTES Icelandic dune buggies that literally drive on water Lauren Kaori Gurley’s Motherboard article about Instacart Microsoft Flight Simulator has some delightful bugs Drew may have been conflating RIC vs. F/A-18 and GAS’ aerial track walk Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
118 - Spanish GP 2020
With the amount of passing this week and the banning of qualifying modes, it SURE FEELS LIKE somebody’s trying to stop us from partying. SHOW NOTES This month on Patreon, we’re watching C'etait un Rendezvous and its “remake” This week’s team radio was full of fun Incredibly, nobody was seriously hurt in this MotoGP crash in Austria A classic soccer gif Autosport’s article on HYRAZE, the hydrogen-powered racing series Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
117 - 70th Anniversary GP & Spanish GP Prerace 2020
Round 2 of Silverstone is no nicer on tires than the FIA is on Racing Point’s brake ducts. SHOW NOTES We used to have thermal imagery to see tire temperatures Somebody walks away with the wrong trophy Chain Bear’s explanation of the Racing Point protest How to master Silverstone according to prominent YouTuber Nico Rosberg Group T4 trucks are the rally vehicles Drew was thinking of Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
116 - British GP & 70th Anniversary GP Prerace 2020
Some would say this race didn’t exactly blow anyone away. Rob’s shutters and a few tires might disagree. SHOW NOTES Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
115 - British GP Prerace 2020
After a weekend completely and cruelly devoid of Formula 1 race cars, we’re back where it all began for a much needed double-header. SHOW NOTES RaceFans has a render of Silverstone’s trackside condos Alonso gives Webber a ride at the 2013 Singapore GP The Roborace cars look cool, but will they actually… you know… race? Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
114 - Hungarian GP 2020
After two great races in Austria, we weren’t necessarily HUNGARY for more… but there’s always room for dessert. SHOW NOTES Our next Patron-exclusive podcast will be about Grand Prix (1966), which is rentable on Amazon All the mechanics trying to fix VER’s suspension before the race start A bunch of links to make F1 TV suck less (thanks to Copy / Pastry on the Patron Discord!) Sky’s Ted Kravitz pointing out how disorganized F1’s #EndRacism messaging is Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
113 - Styrian GP & Hungarian GP Prerace 2020
When water particles condense in the atmosphere, the result is a concentration of wild qualifying, driver rumors, and, of course, robots. SHOW NOTES The final two laps from four angles (with team radio) No, the podium robots were not a figment of our imagination Autosport’s profile of fluid engineer Stephanie Travers Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
112 - Austrian GP & Styrian GP Prerace 2020
The first race of the 2020 season was one for the history books in more ways than one. SHOW NOTES The Ferrari looks like a handful The final lap from onboard (with radio) and inside the garage Mark Knopfler’s Speedway At Nazareth Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
111 - Austrian GP Prerace 2020
Formula 1 is BACK, everyone! What could possibly go wrong? SHOW NOTES Our bonus podcast about the Formula E documentary “And We Go Green” is up on Patreon Mercedes’ video about logistics ahead of the Austrian GP It took three tries to start the 1987 Austrian Grand Prix F1 TV is currently 25% off with code BACK25 Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
110 - News Update: Tighten up the Graphics
The 2020 F1 season is fast approaching, so get that hand sanitizer ready, install those contact tracing apps, and somebody get Robert Kubica on the phone. SHOW NOTES And We Go Green is on Hulu and YouTube (geo-blocked and age-gated) The Bahrain “oval” looks wild AWS tries to explain some of the upcoming F1 TV graphics La Liga is experimenting with video game-style virtual crowds The problem with NASCAR’s frightening ovals NOR live streamed his F3 training run W Series has gone eSports: Twitch, YouTube Formula Regional Americas and US F4 live streams available here Simon Pagenaud acted as his own pit crew during the Virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans Shift+F1 listeners did their own 24-hour race last weekend! Here are some highlights, courtesy of Shift+F1 Patreon Discord member n0mm3rz. Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
109 - News Update: Serious Business
Toto hates fun, Williams looks for cash, and McLaren reserves its video game events for only the most addicted fans. SHOW NOTES Formula E documentary And We Go Green is on Hulu and Channel 4 Chain Bear explains how reverse grid qualifying would work This weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual with its stacked grid will be broadcast on Motorsport.tv Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices