The Undercut Podcast Jesse Billington, Ellie-May Taylor and Thiemo Albers-Daly

Ok, wow. Well. That was something! Time to unpack what went down I suppose!

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Thiemo - Is It Fast, On The Kerbs and Paddock Sorority.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:50 - Some News
5:27 - General Thoughts on the Weekend
11:53 - Red Bull
17:09 - Ferrari
20:24 - Mercedes
25:19 - McLaren
36:58 - Aston Martin
41:09 - RB
47:38 - Williams
49:36 - Stake
51:08 - Haas
54:59 - Alpine
57:31 - Winners and Spinners
1:01:49 - Predictions
1:04:28 - Fantasy League
1:08:07 - Conclusion

Ok, Miami. Let’s just deal with the reality that it’s going to be a bit meh. But, there’s plenty of news in this one! So join the team as they sit down to pick apart all the news from F1 and a bit beyond.

Apologies:
We’re not sure why Jesse’s audio opens up so crackly, eventually he’ll be able to afford a microphone.

Notes:
Kimi still holds the record for most races between wins, 114, 2013 Australian GP to 2018 United States GP. Alonso last won in Spain in 2013. Going into Miami he has raced 181 races with no wins since then, assuming Jesse’s counting is correct.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - Ferrari has a new sponsor and a pants livery
1:59 - Newey is free of the Red Bull shackles!
15:05 - Nico Hulkenberg is moving from Haas to Audi!
18:59 - Aston Martin are looking to overturn Alonso’s penalty from China
21:04 - FE have some interesting names lined up for their rookie tests!
23:12 - Taylor Barnard had a good weekend in FE
24:16 - Theo Pourchaire had a decent time of things in IndyCar amidst all its turmoil!
28:33 - Richard Petty is coming back to Goodwood!
28:57 - Guenther Steiner has filed a lawsuit against Haas!
32:05 - F1 Academy’s latest wildcard is a more fitting pick?
34:26 - Andretti has been to Congress about not being allowed into F1
37:35 - Miami fun facts? If at all, any?
38:58 - Predictions
46:26 - Conclusion

Well, that was all right I suppose. It could have been better. Still, there’s some interesting elements to scan over in its wake, plus some interesting news from the world of motorsport, so tuck in with the Undercut Podcast team!

Corrections: Jesse has mistaken film writer, director and producer Brad Bird for Checo’s race engineer Hugh Bird. Brad is, of course, famous for films like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille (grated), and Mission Impossible 4. Just learning he was a big creative driver on the early seasons of The Simpsons too!

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:28 - Iron Dames are in a new series with a new driver!
8:56 - Theo Pourchaire didn’t do too badly in Indycar!
14:09 - Pininfarina gave us a rather fetching trophy!
15:17 - A new points pattern is on the horizon?
20:33 - Weekend Review - The Preamble, Qualifying, The Sprint, commentary line ups.
35:43 - Red Bull
40:58 - Ferrari
45:02 - Mercedes
48:11 - McLaren
57:30 - Aston Martin
1:02:41 - Visa CashApp RB
1:06:17 - Sauber
1:09:46 - Haas
1:12:27 - Alpine
1:13:24 - Williams
1:14:24 - Winners and Spinners
1:20:08 - Predictions Review
1:20:39 - F1 Fantasy Review and Jaffa Cake Chat
1:23:40 - Conclusion

My my, where have the years gone? Fresh track surface, recent rain, one practice session, a sprint weekend, several drivers that have either only raced here once or not at all, this could be a wild one. Shanghai, welcome back!

Corrections:
When we mention Brazilian drivers, yes, we forgot Pietro Fittipaldi, sorry. Nasr was the last driver from Brazil to do a full season. Sérgio Sette Câmara only ever tested in F1. Before them you have Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jr., Antônio Pizzonia, Cristiano da Matta, Felipe Massa, Enrique Bernoldi and so on. You get the point.

Slim Borgudd didn’t run a Toleman, he raced with ATS and Tyrrell.

Jesse means the STR09 when talking about putting prophylactics on nose cones.

Wolverton is technically the closest train station to Silverstone, but it still means you’re 10 miles/16km short.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:59 - Prema joins Indycar!
7:15 - Andretti continues its F1 bid
11:46 - Katherine Legge is back in Indy with a new sponsor!
19:54 - Renault might be looking to sell their F1 team?
21:31 - FE might be ditching the Excel? FOR SILVERSTONE?
27:25 - Alonso is staying!
33:30 - The 2025 calendar is out and it’s a mixed bag!
35:53 - Where were we 5 years ago?
41:02 - Zhou: it’s his home race.
44:37 - Predictions
55:22 - Conclusion and thank you Frankfurt

It wasn’t a stunner, but there are still some interesting parts to pick apart with the Japanese Grand Prix.

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Thiemo - Is It Fast, On The Kerbs and Paddock Sorority.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:26 - The Cliff Notes Version
2:21 - Red Bull
10:09 - Ferrari
16:52 - Mercedes
24:32 - McLaren
33:15 - Aston Martin
40:50 - RB and that crash
54:20 - Williams
58:34 - Stake
1:00:02 - Haas
1:01:09 - Alpine
1:02:09 - Winners and Spinners
1:07:53 - Girlfriend Gossip
1:08:15 - Predictions Review
1:10:59 - Fantasy F1 Review
1:12:05 - Conclusion

We’ve had the prelude, we’ve had the pukka season opener, and we’re already at Japan! But don’t worry, you haven’t missed the majority of the season, Japan is just at this end of the calendar to streamline logistics as F1 stumbles towards a common sense-led calendar.

We’re joined again by Lower Laptime’s Martin Villari to preview the Japanese GP and sift through the news ahead of the racing action in Suzuka.

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Thiemo - Is It Fast, On The Kerbs and Paddock Sorority.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:31 - Kimi Antonelli to drive for Mercedes… in a private test in Austria.
5:05 - Iwasa to replace Ricciardo… in FP1
9:41 - Chatter continues around Danny Ric’s seat
19:16 - Is Perez for the chop?
21:30 - McLaren have seen yet more line-up shifts
23:55 - The Champions of the Future karting series has kicked off
30:39 - Japanese GP Fun Fact
31:24 - Predictions
47:51 - Final points and weather talk
52:21 - Conclusion