The Race F1 Podcast
1) Is Russell ready to win a title? - F1 Season Preview (Part 1)
George Russell heads into the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as world championship favourite. But are he and Mercedes really up to the challenge, and will it be Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Cha...Show More
2) Is Verstappen right about F1 2026? Hill and Herbert's verdict
Max Verstappen has been incredibly critical of the direction F1 has taken with its 2026 rules - but does he have a point? Is F1 still F1?That's the key topic of conversation in the latest episode of S...Show More
3) Tech Show: A racing revolution? Our tech preview to F1 2026
The Race F1 Tech Show returns, with Edd Straw and legendary former F1 technical director Gary Anderson discussing all the big tech talking points heading into 2026.Gary gives his assessment of each te...Show More
4) Has Honda ruined Alonso’s final F1 masterplan?
The combination of Fernando Alonso, Adrian Newey and works Honda engines was meant to be the stuff of dreams for Aston Martin, but in testing the combination looked in big trouble and facing an extrem...Show More
5) Bahrain Testing Day 6: Our final verdict on every team’s pre-season
Ferrari ended testing on top courtesy of a Charles Leclerc flyer at the end of the final day of running in Bahrain. But who is really the pace-setter heading to Melbourne, and how did Aston Martin som...Show More
6) Bahrain Testing Day 5: Ferrari showing promise - but will radical rear wing be a game-changer?
Ferrari was talk of the paddock on the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Bahrain with its 'upside-down' rear wing. So what’s that design about and is it legal? And just how strong is the Pranci...Show More
7) Bahrain Testing Day 4: Upgraded Mercedes shows ominous form
It was George Russell in the upgraded Mercedes on top on the first day of the final Bahrain pre-season test as the lap times continued to drop. But what impact could the looming compression ratio saga...Show More
8) The one thing on every team's to-do list for the final pre-season test
We reveal every team’s top priority for the final three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain in the latest edition of The Racing F1 Podcast. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Samarth Kanal join Edd Straw to wo...Show More
9) When does clever thinking become cheating? - The Undercut with Damon Hill and Mark Hughes
People in F1 have long talked about finding ‘the unfair advantage’, but sometimes the line between clever thinking and outright cheating is not easy to see - as Damon Hill and Mark Hughes discuss on t...Show More
10) Bahrain Testing Day 3: Does F1 have a safety problem with new rules?
The Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell ended up with a one-two on the timesheets at the end of the Bahrain test. But with the top teams falling over themselves to declare each other th...Show More