F1 Nation

A nice podcast to listen to after a race. With great guests from the world of F1 telling about the race and lots more. But being the official F1 podcast rules out any form of criticism towards drivers and teams. It is all to politically correct. You can tell the driver did a poor job. But in this podcast it is: “He had a bad weekend, but I know he will be back stronger next time.” There is hardly any criticism on the drivers performance. For example Perez in Canada. Out is Q1 and crashing in the race. That’s not good enough in a Red Bull. It sometimes it feels a bit like: Never cut the hand that feeds you!!

It is good to express your opinion, but demonizing a driver, is feuling hate in Social Media. F1 Nation should also know there responsibility.

As a Dutch F1 fan, I listen to this podcast, the one from the BBC and I watch F1 tv, because of the expertise and knowledge of the British analysts. Even more important is to avoid Jack Plooij and Olav Mol, as when you listen to them blood is coming from my ears. Dutch fans who do like them do not listen to this podcast as the probably don’t speak English. I would appreciate if you will not invite them anymore. Thank you.

This podcast is pretty biased in favour of English drivers, especially Hamilton. No surprise and completely understandable as all three hosts are English. But this the official (or trademarked) F1 podcast and therefore a bit more objective and neutral POV would be better. I recommend listening to BBC’s ‘Checkered Flag’ podcast…