Episode 36 - Bahrain GP Prerace 2018

The first race of the season is in the books, along with some atrocious broadcast snafus, pit lane flubs, software gremlins, and, to top it all off, a Maldonado sighting.

SHOW NOTES

• ESPN cuts off another sport mid-sentence

• Pirelli's track breakdown for Bahrain

• The average face of an F1 driver

• Gilles Villeneuve's insane rear wing from 1982

• Driver height comparison (2016)

• Kimi loves to party

• Christian Horner's sexy shot (NSFW?)

• F1's Instagram forgets Force India

• An astronaut watching the Australian GP from SPACE

Preseason Primer 2018

We kick the season off with our customary primer episode geared toward fellow F1 newbies! Go from 0-200 on car, team, and driver knowledge, learn what's new for 2018, and get the lowdown on this weekend's race in Australia!

SHOW NOTES

• Inside F1 is a great resource for all the rules and intricacies of the sport

• Reddit's "spotter's guide" can help pick out drivers and teams on track (original post)

• HBO segment on Hamilton and his brother Nicolas

• Vettel purposefully slamming into Hamilton

• Vettel trying the undercut (with technical analysis)

• Raikkonen's yacht maneuver, interview candor, and Instagram account

• Verstappen putting on a clinic in the rain in Brazil 2016

• Kubica's huge crash in Canada 2007

• The opening-lap crash at Spa 2012 that earned Grosjean a race ban

• The very best of Pastor Maldonado

• Alonso relaxing in a deck chair after his Honda-powered McLaren broke down once again

• Our primer episode on Super GT, the Japanese series with F1 veteran Jenson Button, Gran Turismo Academy winner Jann Mardenborough, and Hatsune Miku

• F1's new theme song by Brian Tyler (contrast with Unreal Tournament 2003)

• IndyCar's season opener was a banger (caution: spoilers in the comments!), as was MotoGP's (find our MotoGP primer here and watch all the races with a subscription here)

• Documentaries mentioned: Williams (Netflix), Senna (Netflix), Grand Prix Driver (Amazon)

Episode 34 - Abu Dhabi GP 2017

We cartwheel across the finish line of the 2017 season by freaking out about the new F1 logo, puzzling over shell corporations, and pondering the future.

SHOW NOTES

• Highlights: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards

• Final Driver and Constructor standings

• The creation of F1's new logo, with circuit and broadcast mockups

• The new logo's similarity to Wipeout's Feisar (thanks @psylah!)

• @buzz_clik's superior Force India logo

• Great interview with Robert Kubica about driving 2017 F1 cars

• All the 2018 tires and their colors

• F1's eSports championship came down to the wire: watch the full race or last lap

• No-spoiler links to sign up for 2017 seasons of Supercars and MotoGP

• Which driver would you take to a desert island? (thanks @EduardoPaulo!)

• Insane FIA GT pileup in Macau (thanks everyone!)

• That weird beer company is still around (thanks @MintySnacks!)

• Great tribute to Dale Jr.'s last race (thanks @HannonCommaSean!)