Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

Low passing but high drama on Formula 1’s big day. SHOW NOTES Danny’s Patreon “Pack Walk” How a driveshaft hub works Wheel nut comparison between a normal one and the one from the race (thanks @douglasbonham!) RaceFans’ Monaco lap chart One driver’s post-race interview gets crashed by another Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 calendar and Red Bull’s rear wings are changing shape ahead of F1’s “crown jewel,” but we still find plenty to get excited about. IndyCar spoilers from 10:17 to 16:03 SHOW NOTES Grosjean’s recent Beyond The Grid episode IndyCar’s 30-minute edit of this weekend’s race and the post-race photo (spoilers) Article about MAZ’s experince with Haas History and cool drawings of flexible wings over the years BOT describing what a driver does around a lap of Monaco Our Patreon bonus episodes about Grand Prix and Rendezvous VER’s Monaco 2015 crash F1 TV does “Race in 30” recap videos; Motorsport Magazine does good written recaps A tour of the Mercedes F1 factory (thanks Tohir!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

A strategy-heavy race leaves us pondering driver futures, Zak Brown’s salty bets, and the Teriyaki Boyz. Formula 3 spoilers from 38:23 to 39:03 SHOW NOTES One of the Formula 3 races this weekend was particularly nutty (spoilers) Robert Wickens driving a hand-controlled race car SAI explaining how the Ferrari steering wheel works (and here’s another one from Mercedes, which answers Rob’s question about Neutral: it’s not used much!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 races are coming fast and loose these days! Try not to slip on the tarmac or get BLOWN OFF THE DANG TRACK. IndyCar spoilers from 1:10:24 to 1:12:43 SHOW NOTES Sprint race details from PlanetF1 (article) and Chain Bear (video) David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher’s blue flag miscue RAI’s radio confusion in Bahrain Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

F1 is sprinting toward a new qualifying format, but will it result in delightful chaos or stop short of the finish line? Spoilers for Formula E from 17:23 to 27:48 and IndyCar from 36:25 to 40:39 SHOW NOTES Here’s a video game render of the Miami GP circuit Formula E commentators making a realization (spoilers!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

When it rains, it pours, especially when it comes to contentious moves, lewd gestures, and driving with your knees. SHOW NOTES Shift+F1 Discord user Novolin’s excellent edit of VER’s stricken car Some wild stuff is going on with AlphaTauri’s steering Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

We are FINALLY back to racing after having to hold ourselves over with regulation news, bees, and (admittedly sweet-looking) boats. SHOW NOTES VET explaining how bees work A check-in with RAI’s Instagram: race pics, Dudewithfamily, hashtag ad RAI doesn’t get paid to clap Remember to cross the finish line before you celebrate Formula E driver Oliver Turvey had a pretty heavy crash in practice On board the boats of Sail GP (thanks, Marianna!) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

We fill time before the next F1 race with some check ins from the Extreme worlds of electric off-roading, Formula 2, and SWORDS. (Formula 2 spoilers from 48:55 to 50:02) SHOW NOTES Extreme E’s YouTube archives of this weekend’s broadcasts (VPN required in the US) and the Shootout semi-final. Highlights: Qualifying day, Race day. An introduction to this year’s Formula 2 drivers The proper operation of NASCAR’s sword trophy Senna holding a Sonic the Hedgehog trophy at the 1993 European GP (see also: the Williams livery that year) Australia’s Albert Park circuit has a new layout RIC is hawking wine now 24 Hours of Lemons official site and YouTube channel Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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

Spa turned out to be a small bump on the 2020 F1 calendar, but Ferrari’s got a much rougher road ahead. SHOW NOTES NOR’s savage response to his teammate’s misfortune The 1989 Indy 500 and its amazing intro Round 1 of Super Formula was this weekend! Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 big week for signing pieces of paper as F1 agrees on money stuff, Williams sells out, and virtual drivers make strange career decisions. (Indy 500 spoilers from 1:13:28 to 1:14:38) SHOW NOTES Icelandic dune buggies that literally drive on water Lauren Kaori Gurley’s Motherboard article about Instacart Microsoft Flight Simulator has some delightful bugs Drew may have been conflating RIC vs. F/A-18 and GAS’ aerial track walk Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

With the amount of passing this week and the banning of qualifying modes, it SURE FEELS LIKE somebody’s trying to stop us from partying. SHOW NOTES This month on Patreon, we’re watching C'etait un Rendezvous and its “remake” This week’s team radio was full of fun Incredibly, nobody was seriously hurt in this MotoGP crash in Austria A classic soccer gif Autosport’s article on HYRAZE, the hydrogen-powered racing series Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

Round 2 of Silverstone is no nicer on tires than the FIA is on Racing Point’s brake ducts. SHOW NOTES We used to have thermal imagery to see tire temperatures Somebody walks away with the wrong trophy Chain Bear’s explanation of the Racing Point protest How to master Silverstone according to prominent YouTuber Nico Rosberg Group T4 trucks are the rally vehicles Drew was thinking of Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 would say this race didn’t exactly blow anyone away. Rob’s shutters and a few tires might disagree. SHOW NOTES Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

After a weekend completely and cruelly devoid of Formula 1 race cars, we’re back where it all began for a much needed double-header. SHOW NOTES RaceFans has a render of Silverstone’s trackside condos Alonso gives Webber a ride at the 2013 Singapore GP The Roborace cars look cool, but will they actually… you know… race? Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

After two great races in Austria, we weren’t necessarily HUNGARY for more… but there’s always room for dessert. SHOW NOTES Our next Patron-exclusive podcast will be about Grand Prix (1966), which is rentable on Amazon All the mechanics trying to fix VER’s suspension before the race start A bunch of links to make F1 TV suck less (thanks to Copy / Pastry on the Patron Discord!) Sky’s Ted Kravitz pointing out how disorganized F1’s #EndRacism messaging is Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

When water particles condense in the atmosphere, the result is a concentration of wild qualifying, driver rumors, and, of course, robots. SHOW NOTES The final two laps from four angles (with team radio) No, the podium robots were not a figment of our imagination Autosport’s profile of fluid engineer Stephanie Travers Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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 first race of the 2020 season was one for the history books in more ways than one. SHOW NOTES The Ferrari looks like a handful The final lap from onboard (with radio) and inside the garage Mark Knopfler’s Speedway At Nazareth Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] 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

Formula 1 is BACK, everyone! What could possibly go wrong? SHOW NOTES Our bonus podcast about the Formula E documentary “And We Go Green” is up on Patreon Mercedes’ video about logistics ahead of the Austrian GP It took three tries to start the 1987 Austrian Grand Prix F1 TV is currently 25% off with code BACK25 Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2020 F1 season is fast approaching, so get that hand sanitizer ready, install those contact tracing apps, and somebody get Robert Kubica on the phone. SHOW NOTES And We Go Green is on Hulu and YouTube (geo-blocked and age-gated) The Bahrain “oval” looks wild AWS tries to explain some of the upcoming F1 TV graphics La Liga is experimenting with video game-style virtual crowds The problem with NASCAR’s frightening ovals NOR live streamed his F3 training run W Series has gone eSports: Twitch, YouTube Formula Regional Americas and US F4 live streams available here Simon Pagenaud acted as his own pit crew during the Virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans Shift+F1 listeners did their own 24-hour race last weekend! Here are some highlights, courtesy of Shift+F1 Patreon Discord member n0mm3rz. Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toto hates fun, Williams looks for cash, and McLaren reserves its video game events for only the most addicted fans. SHOW NOTES Formula E documentary And We Go Green is on Hulu and Channel 4 Chain Bear explains how reverse grid qualifying would work This weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual with its stacked grid will be broadcast on Motorsport.tv Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We update you on years of regulations, two weeks of driver swapping and, of course, the latest esports drama. SHOW NOTES F1's New Aero Rules Daniel Abt Out at Audi Formula E Email About Bottas To Renault Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While F1 seeks to contain their people in a “biosphere,” Ferrari lets one of theirs loose. SHOW NOTES Our Race Day video at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Dale Jr. and the iRacing team preserving Wilkesboro (thanks Steve!) The Nurburgring coaster: first-person view and the story behind it (thanks Tim!) The IndyCar debacle: Initial incident with NOR, Rahal, and Pagenaud Pagenaud takes out NOR Pagenaud’s perspective (initial incident, conspiring to and taking NOR out) Broadcast of the last lap (and a replay of Pagenaud v. NOR) Ferrucci’s perspective of his move at the finish (and Askew asking him to explain it) Other drivers aren’t a fan of Ferrucci: figure 1, figure 2, figure 3 Elizabeth Blackstock’s Jalopnik article on Ferrucci’s “redemption arc” (here’s him hitting his teammate) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast New to F1? Check out our primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re joined this week by Stuart Taylor, creator of the fantastic YouTube channel Chain Bear F1, in a wide-ranging discussion about the sport’s past, present, and future. SHOW NOTES Chain Bear on YouTube, Twitter, and Patreon Chain Bear videos mentioned: A History of F1’s On Screen Graphics Can we run a reverse race at Silverstone? An old race circuit I made in Minecraft once Positive Feedback Loops - the problem that's breaking F1 from the inside How does the MGU-K work? (experiments in 3D) Why do [Formula E] MGUs sound so different from one another? (apples and cups) The Art of Defensive Driving - Success and failure in overtaking in Baku Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Formula 1 is a sport with a plan, but whether that plan stands up to a globe-spanning, nigh-unstoppable force remains to be seen. The coronavirus may have an impact, too. SHOW NOTES Taki Inoue’s unfortunate run-in with the medical car Autosport’s collection of one-race drivers That French fighter jet ejection story NASCAR’s virtual flyover NOR raced in the IndyCar iRacing race at COTA this weekend NOR’s engineer debriefs and post-race reflections LEC trades red for yellow Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We close out the 2019 season once more with the epic (?) conclusion of Drive to Survive Season 2. SHOW NOTES F1 added more classic races to YouTube: Spain 1996, China 2018, Japan 1994 Formula E teamed up with Marbula 1 for Marbula E LEC, RUS, and NOR played Euro Truck Simulator and encountered some guy with a recorder Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re split on how the rest of the season will shape up, but thankfully virtual racing is providing enough (maybe too much) news to satiate us. SHOW NOTES Chain Bear’s video about how reverse Silverstone could work F1’s Top 10 Stirling Moss Moments Aaron AKA “arnhws” made a Shift+F1 Gran Turismo livery: pic 1, pic 2, pic 3 An attempt by ALB to commentate LEC’s lap Excerpts from an Autosport article comparing F1 driving styles Super Formula’s 2019 season starts here! NOR and VER chat after Lando gets dropped from a virtual GP Jacques Villeneuve playing rFactor with a controller (during this event) MotoGP is going eSports too and it’s wild F1 makes the 2019 Italian GP available on YouTube Get F1 TV free for 30 days! (Here are all the available races) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We tackle the dark middle chapter of Netflix’s F1 series, featuring fedoras, exceedingly slippery race tracks, and some brutal team radio. SHOW NOTES Classic F1 races: Bahrain 2014, Australia 1986, Monaco 1996, Europe 1997 Supercars’ first eRacing event at Monza was total chaos Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s Formula 1 news, Mercedes and other teams are racing to help COVID-19 victims while “Dr.” Helmut Marko becomes an actual Bond villain. SHOW NOTES We’ll have a Track Walk video of the Vietnam GP circuit this Sunday on our YouTube channel (select Patrons will get access to it on Friday) Matt recommended a Netflix film called Go Karts Your typical acrobatic Super Formula pit stop Pre-2017 episodes of the podcast can be found on Giant Bomb (we did indeed start at the beginning of the 2014 season) iRacing is having a 50% off sale The Shift+F1 community raced in iRacing this weekend! Here’s Drew’s flawless start and restart after yellow, along with another spectacular incident Kyle sent us a video of “diecast racing” from 3Dbotmaker, as well as stop-motion F1 Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, we switch things up by discussing the first three expletive-filled episodes of Netflix’s Drive to Survive Season 2. SHOW NOTES Our Bahrain Track Walk and Dirt 2 “Let’s Play” Twitter accounts to follow for eRacing updates: F1, NOR, VER, iRacing, Team Redline, The Race, Veloce Esports F1’s official Virtual Bahrain GP feat. NOR and LAT (highlights) NOR calling people for hot race tips Other virtual races this weekend by The Race and Veloce NOR and VER messing around in iRacing this weekend Fox Sports and NASCAR held a race in iRacing (feat. dude in his garage) iRacing is currently 50% off! Drew raced with the Shift+F1 community and did his best GRO impression at the start Correction: F1 aired the Brazilian GP on YouTube, but it is no longer available (UGH, OF COURSE) Meanwhile, MotoGP’s entire archive is free until the season starts Our (probably outdated) MotoGP primer (pairs nicely with Hitting the Apex) Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Last weekend’s virtual races: rFactor 2 feat. VER (official stream, VER highlights), F1 2019 feat. NOR (official stream, NOR’s stream, NOR’s highlights), iRacing feat. NASCAR (official stream) Shift+F1 listener John (@crofts) did a race in F1 2019 with other listeners! Here’s the archive. The PC version of F1 2019 is on sale for a few hours after this episode goes up We released all our old Patreon videos for free on our YouTube channel! We’re back to doing video Track Walks (such as the season is)! Here’s Australia. An animated GIF of the deserted Albert Park circuit (thanks Evan!) At least we have Marbula One (thanks to everyone who sent this to us!) NOR was on Beyond the Grid MotoGP released their top 10 races for free! Compare: NOR’s YouTube channel and Nico Rosberg’s GRO being a good dad Just kidding, the Supercars season got postponed while we were recording Need stuff to watch? Check out our Offseason Guide! Support the show on Patreon and get all our bonus episodes! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @shiftf1podcast Join our fantasy league with invite code 150a9d0499 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices