The European season ends with Sebastian Vettel losing the championship initiative after Italian GP organisers used the wrong anthem on the starting grid before the race. McLaren chooses to field its first winless full-time driver line-up since 1995. Peter McGinley doesn't turn up for the show.
F1 Strategy Report 2018: Italian Grand Prix with Formula Passion's Luca Manacorda.
Force India is replaced by Force India, the halo saves the Belgian Grand Prix and we play stocks down, stocks down [sic] for Stoffel Vandoorne.
F1 Strategy Report 2018: Belgian Grand Prix with F1 stats man Sean Kelly.
Just when you thought our timing couldn't get any worse after a chaotic midseason break, we miss the announcement of F1's (technically) newest team to enter the championship. But we do ask Dieter what he Renckens about the (formerly) Force India situation and other political goings-on, and Peter does his best Rob James impression.
Another week, another badly timed episode of Box of Neutrals. We talk to Ben Edwards about everything up to Fernando Alonso's F1 retirement – and his weird retirement video – and Carlos Sainz's move to McLaren. Peter McGinley confuses 'Holden' for 'beer'.
Daniel Ricciardo goes to Renault, Force India goes to Lance Stroll, Williams goes to Centrelink and Olav Mol goes so far as to say Romain Grosjean should've stayed Swiss. Hopefully this podcast dates more gracefully than last week's show.
We try to buy Force India with Peter McGinley’s credit card points but it turns administrators don’t take American Express. We channel our inner consumer affairs commissioner and talk low-level scams and frauds that we’ve become caught up in and discuss the definition of ‘mincemeat’.
F1 Strategy Report 2018: Hungarian Grand Prix with For F1's Sake's Phill Tromans.
We discuss the trifecta of interesting small talk: international freight, Hey Hey It's Saturday and traffic. Meat cuts also get a mention, as does the German Grand Prix, but to a lesser extent.
F1 Strategy Report 2018: German Grand Prix with F1.com senior writer Lawrence Barretto.
Michael doesn't send a postcard but does send back an interview with RaceFans.net's Dieter, who Renckens this weekend could well be the last German Grand Prix for the time being. Rob and Peter celebrate the anniversary of the first F1 shoey.
Turns out football isn't coming home, Michael isn't home yet, and Sebastian Vettel wins in Lewis Hamilton's home (grand prix).
F1 Strategy Report 2018: British Grand Prix with Superlicense F1 Podcast's Zach Priest.
Football's coming home, Eric Boullier is told to go home, Michael is still away from home and is Formula One looking for a new British home?
F1 Strategy Report 2018: Canadian Grand Prix with Abhishek Takle, F1 journalist.
Rob and Pete review the French Grand Prix by talking about Freddo Frogs while Michael previews the Austrian Grand Prix by sampling Vienna’s Viennetta. We ask the age-old question: ‘What is that thing?’.