35 - 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 is a great...
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Show Notes
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)
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