Pondering Papaya: A McLaren F1 podcast Sam Cooper

In what was a race for the ages, McLaren came away wondering what could have been with Lando Norris not able to pit Max Verstappen to the win.

To discuss the race in detail, Sam Cooper was joined by F1 journalists Daniel Valente (@F1GuyDan) and Ed Spencer (@EdSpencer99).

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There are bogey tracks and then there is McLaren in Montreal...

Having failed to score a point since 2014, Sam is joined by F1 content creator Sarah Mckenzie and journalist Jasmine Hughes to discuss whether McLaren can lift their Canada curse this weekend.

You can find Sarah's work here while you will find more of Jasmine's work here

Mark Hamilton of the Scuderia F1 podcast also jumps on to tell us why Canada is a great place for F1.

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The Monaco GP wasn’t exactly a thriller but it was nevertheless a great result for Oscar Piastri who scored his third podium for the team.

To discuss that and more, Sam Cooper was joined by #F1 commentator Kai Bachini and FormulaNerds Senior Editor James Phillips.

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Formula 1 takes to the iconic streets of Monte Carlos this weekend for the 70th edition of the Monaco Grand Prix.

As McLaren lifted the covers on a stunning Ayrton Senna inspired livery, Sam was joined by Motorsport Week journalist Pablo Suárez and the Score’s F1 correspondent Daniel Valente to discuss that and more.

Friend of the show Matt Amys also stops by and you can watch his excellent video on the Senna livery here.

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The 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place this weekend with two McLaren cars on the second row.

To get a full rundown of the race and why it so huge, Sam enlisted the help of IndyCar journalist Archie O’Reilly to find out if McLaren have a shot of winning it.

To find more of Archie's excellent work, click here.

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It was a case of so close and yet so far for McLaren as Lando Norris just missed out on catching Max Verstappen in Imola.

Joining Sam to dissect the action is Managing Editor of the Women In A Man's Race Magazine Kimberley Wyllie and Total-Motorsport.com’s F1 journalist Adam Dickinson so let’s get straight into it.

That’s finally uploaded so thanks again both! Let me know any links you want in the description 👍

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