Shift+f1: A Formula 1 Podcast

The first race of the season is always an exciting time. Who wins? Who loses? Who gets attacked by a sandwich bag? SHOW NOTES MSC showed up with a cool shirt The new Internet website mazesp.in A highlight reel of TSU’s race The Race’s explanation of Mercedes and Aston Martin’s rake problems NASCAR on dirt was indeed wild Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first race of the season is upon us! We get the lowdown on Bahrain and make more wild assumptions based on testing. SHOW NOTES The Saudi circuit looks a little worrying Jolyon Palmer explaining an F1 steering wheel GAS’ article in The Player’s Tribune A flax boat and how flax does in impact tests (thanks Micah and luminol!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ah testing, that time of year we get to see all the secrets the teams have been hiding. Like bamboo driveshafts. SHOW NOTES F1’s Murray Walker Remembered The funky space gun teams are using to test tires Support the show on Patreonand get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New to F1? You’ve come to the right place! We take you from zero to 200 in this sweeping overview of the world’s fastest soap opera. SHOW NOTES The YouTube channel Chain Bear has excellent technical explainers F1’s streaming service F1TV offers live and on-demand sessions (depending on where you live) The official F1 YouTube channel has highlights of every session Lewis Hamilton’s dog, Roscoe, has his own Instagram account Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 7350a6d919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

F1 stars: they’re just like us! Their bosses get fired! They have to reschedule! They issue ultimatums to restrict power unit development! SHOW NOTES NASCAR at Suzuka in 1996 (thanks, Thomas!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

That’s a wrap, folks! Abu Dhabi puts a beige bow on a colorful season of speedy race cars. SHOW NOTES MAG’s opening lap VET sings a song for Ferrari Alonso’s 2005 Renault looks livelier on track (and is noticeably smaller) than modern F1 cars Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

We may be headed to Ferrari World for the next race, but Bahrain had all the roller coasters. SHOW NOTES Formula 2 spoilers from 53:17 to 58:21 A highlight reel of RUS’s race, including Bono’s helpful car tips The photo at the finish we mentioned Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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

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 shiftf1podcast@gmail.com 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