Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 by Driver61 (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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices