Episode 13 - Canadian GP & Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2017

E3 may have put the brakes on us for one episode but buckle up because this week we've got team principal shakeups, team order shakedowns, and everyone's favorite starship captain.

SHOW NOTES

• Canada: Qual, Race, Radio, Onboards, Patrick Stewart on the podium
• Azerbaijan: Circuit guide, HAM's disastrous race last year
• F1 2018 calendar released!
• Rare video from inside the Monaco driver briefing 
• We're a podcast about racing, so here's some Jack Russel terriers racing
• A look at how Williams' pit crew trains (thanks @bobbygondo!)
• A tattoo of MAS' face (thanks @EduardoPaulo!)
• A T-shirt for real race fans (thanks @Doobit!)

Also: we didn't mention it, but there apparently used to be a tradition at the Canadian Grand Prix where teams would build their own rafts and race them across a pond at the circuit. This was brought back for 2017 and you can watch the whole thing here!

Episode 12 - Canadian GP Prerace 2017

Break out the tinnies (but not the tinnies), because it's time for forks in the road, Hell in Norway, and sick burns all around.

SHOW NOTES

• F1 Fanatic's rundown of Liberty's changes, including camera angles
• Chase Carey's vision for F1 broadcasting in great detail
• Forbes' 100 Highest-Paid Athletes
• Bespiked ice motorcycles (thanks Joseph!)
• RIC and VER tear up the Red Bull Ring with campers (thanks Megan!)
• RAI and VET (but mostly RAI) tear up the pitch (thanks Andrew!)
• Eight hours of the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring (thanks Erik!)
• A supercut of McLaren-Honda's mechanical failures (thanks Sean!)
• One sexy shot of HUL's Renault (thanks Mike!)

Episode 11 - Monaco GP 2017

Drew and Danny prove they aren't the same person by appearing in the same room to talk about an exciting car race and the Monaco Grand Prix.

SHOW NOTES

• Highlights: Qualifying, Pole Lap, Race, Radio, Onboards
• RIC on his danger area
• RAI's once-crying fan now smiling
• What oil on the track can do in MotoGP
• Formula E Monaco full race (round 5), Paris full race (round 6)
• Indy 500: 
  • 30-minute highlight edit
  • Scott Dixon's horrendous crash (and Castroneves' view)
  • ALO being ALO in the post-race conference
  • Your Indy 500 Rookie of the Year

Episode 10 - Monaco GP Prerace 2017

Today on Sports vs. Birds, Drew's back to discuss dangerous eating establishments, rad old cameras, the return of a favorite, and that of a LEGEND.

Show Notes

• Indy 500 starting grid
• Modern F1 pics with a camera from 1913
• RIC's heartbreaking Monaco 2016 pit stop
• Tire selections for Monaco (and tire rules)
• ALO does his best Randy Johnson impression and kills two birds with one car
• A fantastic IndyCar primer for F1 fans from Reddit (thanks Greg!)
• IndyCar's new bodywork designs
• As promised, ALO on a skateboard

Episode 09 - Spanish GP 2017

Danny takes you around 66 laps of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as we recount all bumping and grinding from this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

Show Notes:

• Jenson Button refuses to rule out coming back to Formula 1 on full-time basis
• Wehrlein proud of points finish after ‘perfect’ strategy
• Ricciardo admits gap remains despite podium ‘promotion’
• Nicky Hayden: Ex-MotoGP champion 'extremely critical' after cycling accident

Episode 08 - Spanish GP Prerace 2017

Just like Alonso, Danny decides to go it alone for a weekend and chat about all the news, gossip and track details as we warm up for what promises to be a scorching Spanish Grand Prix.

Show Notes

• F1 planning new fan initiatives from Spanish GP
• Jenson Button tells Sky F1 Monaco GP return a dream
• Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 'very important' for McLaren/Honda relationship
• Mark Webber: Alonso asked me to join him at Indy 500

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Episode 07 - Russian GP 2017

With a race about as exciting as the pavement it was conducted on, at least we have colorful Massa dolls to haunt our dreams for a while.

Show Notes

• Highlights: Qualifying, Race, Radio, Final lap chase
• How It's Made: NASCAR tires
• Horrifying Russian MAS doll (thanks @IrishDave73!)
• KVY's "torpedo" helmet (thanks @ImTurboWine & @SonofFink!)
• A sniper covering the podium ceremony
• A roundup of the various methods of getting NBCSN in the US without a cable package

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Episode 06 - Russian GP Prerace 2017

Dave Lang torpedoes us for a second time as we warm up for another Black Sea brawl, but not before Red Bull cries van-wolf, Renault voyages home, and emails show us the errors of our ways.

Show Notes

• Donation page for F4 racer Billy Monger, who lost his legs in a crash last weekend
• What everybody does in a pit stop (thanks, Megan!)
• Racing with slightly smaller cars than in F1 (thanks, Boris!)
• The full intro and first episode of Supercar (thanks, Kylome!)
• Pics of Renault's 2027 F1 concept car
• Gran Turismo and Red Bull's unregulated collabo, X2014
   

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Episode 05 - Bahrain GP 2017

While Danny's catching some rays, Drew and special guest Dave Lang have a warm-weather vacation of their own, complete with team orders, frites orders, and the usual Indian media hype.

Show Notes

• Highlights: Qualifying, Race, Best of Team Radio, Best of Onboards
• RAI doing his best spaghetti western impression
• VER's godlike Brazil wet race performance explained (thanks @ttudorel!)
• An evolution of F1 steering wheels (thanks @rbristow!)
• A mock-up of the "shield" driver head protection system
• Dave Lang keeps this in his brain at all times

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Episode 04 - Chinese GP & Bahrain GP Prerace 2017

Could it be that Verstappen pulls another Brazil, Alonso races an IndyCar, and we witness the return of real, actual racing? We don't know the answers any more than Bottas' engineer knows who's in his car.

Show Notes

• Highlights: Qualifying, Race, VET and RIC at Turn 6, team radio
• Onboards: VER's opening lap, PER overtaking, VER saves it, MAG mixes it up
• GRO's proof that he slowed under yellow
• How a London street race might go (thanks @nickgebell!)
• A fantastic Formula 2 primer (thanks to AlterAlias on the Cloth Map Discord!)
• MAS and VER playing ping-pong during the rain delay (thanks @Devon_007!)
• @elbee holding the Cloth Map logo next to some sweet race machines!!
• Oh my goodness that Formula E race (Qualifying, Race)

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Episode 03 - Chinese GP Prerace 2017

With Danny out in some prefecture, Drew just compares everything to American football, baseball, and mobster movies. Or, wait, one of those is real.

Show Notes:

• F1's G-force comparison from 2016-2017
• A great article from Ars Technica about the technology behind Formula 1
• Formula 4 US's official website and entry costs PDF
• A surprisingly great recap of the Australian GP by comedian Bill Burr

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Episode 02 - Australian GP 2017

Away we go! The first race of the season is in our rear view mirrors, and it leaves us with questions, answers, and that sweet In-N-Out special sauce.

Show Notes:

• Australia highlights, onboards, and team radio
• Hot Vice science about the driver vs. car question

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Episode 01 - Preseason Primer 2017

New season, new name, same old speedy race cars! We're back with our customary layman's intro to F1, what's new for 2017, testing updates, news, and our VERY informed predictions. Join us!

Show notes:

• Find when the races are on in your timezone with f1calendar.com
• Add all of this year's F1 sessions to your calendar with this nifty F1 Fanatic link
• There's a new website to keep you up to date on Lance Stroll's crash status
• A super-technical article analyzing the teams' different aerodynamic approaches
• All the 2017 paint jobs
• Compare bodywork changes between 2016 and 2017 cars
• Everybody's best lap times achieved during preseason testing
• With the newly-relaxed social media rules, we can now see what RIC does before a session
• NASCAR, IndyCar, and WRC seasons have already started!
• AHHHH

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