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🔍 Driving Style Secrets Episode 1: Max Verstappen

Join Edd Straw and Mark Hughes for the first episode of our new series, which aims to dig deep into driving styles and explain what makes the best drivers in F1 so quick.

Max Verstappen is the subject this time, with Mark and Edd analysing the specific techniques he employs to get an edge on the opposition.

In particular, they discuss how his adaptability and flexibility have been key to his success, as well as the value of the vast knowledge bank he's accumulated through hours o...

Why F1's McLaren Red Bull feud has escalated [early access]

Tensions between McLaren and Red Bull in Formula 1 have escalated again – but this time it has little to do with what’s happening on track.

And Colossally That's History! S3 E6: Eddie Jordan - F1’s biggest overachiever?

On this week’s episode of And Colossally That’s History! Matt and Richard look back on the life and career of Eddie Jordan, who very sadly died of cancer, on March 20th this year, at the age of 76. 

For the generation who grew up on F1 in the 1990s and 2000s, Eddie was the most charismatic team boss in the game, and it was hard not to cheer for his underdog squad when they landed several big punches on the chins of their much better funded rivals, as well as the occasi...

Formula E: Is the title already Rowland's to lose? Monaco reviewed (ad-free)

The first ever Monaco E-Prix double header witnessed a plethora of typically fraught and controversial races in the Principality with points leader Oliver Rowland extending his lead after a win, second place and pole position.The Nissan driver's excellent form is delved into, as hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt ask whether he is now the overwhelming favourite to be crowned champion this July.

The re-emergence of Sebastien Buemi as a Formula E winner is discussed as he and Envisio...

PREVIEW: Driving style secrets episode one: Max Verstappen

Ahead of the launch of our exclusive members-only 'Driving style secrets' series, here's a preview clip from the first episode on Max Verstappen!

BBV10s 1993 Revisited: San Marino GP

The 1993 San Marino Grand Prix made it four in a row for rain-affected races at the start of the season, and yet again we were treated to an eventful battle at the front as Ayrton Senna made a nuisance of himself against the Williams cars of Alain Prost and Damon Hill.

In this episode we also look back at how Hill raced Prost in the early laps and then lost ground during the pitstops, and then we move down the field to look at how the action played out for the lower points places once t...

BBV10s 1993 Revisited: European GP

1993 Revisited heads to one of the most famous races from that season, and certainly the most famous opening lap, as we look back at Ayrton Senna’s commanding performance in mixed conditions at Donington.

We discuss if Senna’s rivals could have done more to interrupt his incredible first lap, and then move onto the contrasting approach to race strategy taken by Senna and the Williams drivers on a day where the weather couldn’t make its mind up.

There’s also a chance to sym...

🔧 F1 Tech Show: Explaining the one weakness in McLaren's dominant race-winning car

With five wins from a possible six in 2025 (plus another victory in the Miami sprint), you might be forgiven for thinking McLaren’s MCL39 is more-or-less without fault. But listen to drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and its clear the car isn’t always perfect to drive, - especially in qualifying trim, and on this podcast host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson look at the reasons for that. 

Following that, we’ve been inundated with tech questions f...

Max Verstappen’s latest warning to Red Bull [early access]

The Miami Grand Prix weekend was a microcosm of Max Verstappen’s season so far: strong showings when the car is quick, interspersed with disappointments that are, ultimately, Red Bull’s responsibility.

🏎 F1 Extra: Answering your questions on Ferrari's underwhelming start to 2025

We tackle your questions in a special Ferrari-focused edition of F1 Extra, exclusively for The Race Members' Club.

Josh Suttill joins Edd Straw to explain why Ferrari is struggling, and what the communications troubles in Miami revealed about the team.

The questions of whether Ferrari needs to hit the crisis button and what needs to change to turn things round, as well as whether it's better just to focus on 2026, are also tackled.

And with Ferrari faltering, Fred Vasseur is...

Alpine in chaos: Team boss quits and F1 driver swap mess explained [ad-free]

Alpine’s Formula 1 team boss has resigned, Jack Doohan’s been demoted with immediate effect, and his replacement Franco Colapinto’s only got a five-race guarantee.

Yep, F1’s most chaotic team has become engulfed in fresh controversy that sets a new standard for self-inflicted chaos.

We explain what's going on in our latest YouTube video, ad-free for your enjoyment here on Patreon.

Alpine chaos: Why Doohan's been dumped and Oakes has quit (ad-free)

We discuss Alpine’s decision to replace Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto and the resignation of team principal Oli Oakes in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. 

Michael Lamonato and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to explain how this played out, and how Australia has reacted to the treatment of Doohan. That’s as part of a wider look at a team that has now made a huge number of managerial changes since being rebranded from Renault for 2021. 

Franco Colapint...

🏍 Previewing the 2025 Isle of Man TT

It’s almost time for the 2025 Isle of Man TT, the biggest road racing event on the calendar.

Set on a picturesque island in the Irish Sea and taking place across the 37.73-mile Snaefell Mountain Course, the track is one of the most challenging in motorsport. 

With over 100 riders competing across four classes of motorcycles, the two-week event is a must-watch for thousands of bike fans worldwide.

With a month to go until practice week gets underway, Megan White and Si...

🚨 Coming soon... Driving Style Secrets

What separates the great drivers from the merely very good? That’s the question at the heart of a new limited-run podcast series coming soon, exclusively to The Race Members’ Club: Driving Style Secrets.

Over six episodes, Edd Straw will be joined by Mark Hughes to take a deep dive into the technique of the biggest names in F1, with episodes focusing on Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell and, for our first episode, Max Verstappen.

8 things we learned from F1's 2025 Miami GP [ad-free video]

Fierce fights at the front, and the potential end of an F1 career further back, made for a dramatic Miami Grand Prix - so here’s everything we learned from a highly unpredictable weekend. 

Edd answers your Miami GP F1 driver rankings questions

Edd Straw works his way through a selection of questions from our members to explain the biggest talking points from his Miami GP F1 driver rankings.

If you've not yet seen Edd's article with the full ranking, you can find it here.

What's so unique about Quartararo's MotoGP situation (ad-free)

Is Fabio Quartararo the first truly elite MotoGP rider to be trapped in the series' midfield for as long as he has been?

Host Valentin Khorounzhiy discusses this with Simon Patterson on the latest edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast, ahead of Quartararo's home race at Le Mans that comes on the heels of a best-in-years weekend at Jerez.

The show also delves into Quartararo's decision to stay put at Yamaha for 2025, the chances of him doing so again in 2027 - and the question of whet...

Extra insight from Scott on the Doohan/Alpine situation

With all the ongoing developments in the situation around Jack Doohan's fate at Alpine, Scott Mitchell-Malm shares some more details of what he saw over the Miami GP weekend and heard post-event, and how that's shaped our coverage of the story up to this point.

Quiz Edd Straw about his F1 Miami GP driver rankings

As is often the case with Formula 1 sprint weekends, no driver strung together a truly complete run across all the relevant sessions - but this week's #1 came closest, and nailed the parts of the weekend that mattered most.

Started: 3rd Finished: 1st

Piastri would have ended the weekend with a sprint/grand prix double but for the mistimed safety car that cost him on Saturday...

Why Jack Doohan's F1 seat is now in immediate danger [ad-free video]

One driver's Miami Grand Prix was over at the first corner, and it may turn out to be his last Formula 1 start.

Yes, Alpine is evaluating Jack Doohan’s position and considering whether a driver change is needed as soon as the next race at Imola - as discussed in our latest video, available ad-free to The Race Members' Club on Patreon.

Miami GP review: McLaren in cruise control (ad-free)

Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble (with additional input from Mark Hughes) to unpick a weekend in Miami that produced plenty of talking points and incidents - and another Oscar Piastri victory, with Lando Norris making it a dominant McLaren one-two.

But why was McLaren so far in front this weekend, and did Norris blow his own victory chances battling Max Verstappen on lap one? Those are two of the questions tackled early on in the episode.

Edd, Scott and Jon...

Send us your Miami GP F1 podcast questions!

What do you want Edd and the team to discuss on the Miami Grand Prix episode of The Race F1 Podcast? Drop your question in the comments below before midnight UK time tonight and we'll get through as many as we can across this week's episodes and members' exclusives.

Behind the scenes at Cadillac's big Miami F1 event

Cadillac held a major Formula 1 launch event in Miami on Saturday night. Take a look behind the scenes with our friend Diego Mejia - who runs The Race's Spanish YouTube channel.

Scott and Jon on a mad Miami Saturday

Scott and Jon crack open a zero-alcohol beer while waiting for their late-night pizza to arrive and chat about drivers' fluctuating fortunes across the Miami sprint and qualifying and the McLaren drivers letting pole slip to Max Verstappen again (and McLaren boss Andrea Stella's admirable openness about how that happened) plus the weird way sprint weekends work for the media.

Antonelli's shock first big F1 statement explained [ad-free video]

Did Kimi Antonelli's Miami sprint pole feel a bit out of the blue or had you spotted hints of this kind of performance building up through his early races?

Here are Scott and Jon to discuss Antonelli's first big F1 moment, how he's progressed behind the scenes and what was different about Miami.

What Yamaha's sudden form means for its two MotoGP engines [ad-free video]

Does Yamaha REALLY need that V4 engine it's working so hard on?

As Yamaha's MotoGP form picks up, Simon and Val discuss everything we know about the firm's multiple engine projects and progress.

And Colossally That's History! S3 E5: F1's infamous 'crashgate' scandal

On this week’s episode, Matt and Richard look back at the controversial ‘crashgate’ scandal, when it emerged that the Renault driver Nelson Piquet Junior deliberately crashed during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to hand a major sporting advantage to his team-mate, Fernando Alonso, who went on to win the race.

Matt and Richard look at the origins of the saga, peak into the murkiness around who came up with the idea and put it into action, explain how it came to be uncovered, and di...

2015 Revisited: Assen - The SECOND big clash

Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez had already run into each other once in the 2015 MotoGP season early on, and then Honda’s problems largely kept them apart… until Assen.

Val Khorounzhiy, Megan White, Simon Patterson and Matt Beer have a LOT to debate in the Dutch TT episode of MotoGP Revisited after a highly contentious final corner that prompted some very polarised views about the tactics of the riders involved.

An extraordinary nine-bike battle in the background and a destru...

Jon and Scott discuss the biggest topics from F1's Miami GP media day

On their way back from the first day at Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix, Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm discuss the biggest talking points from the day.

From why Carlos Sainz expected Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari struggles to why Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull test didn't give Red Bull what it hoped for.

Plus there's talk of the FIA's plan to raise the pitlane speed limit at certain 2025 races to boost the number of pitstops.

⭐️ BBV10s Extra: Why didn't Brundle win in F1? Your questions answered

Bring Back V10s kicks off its members-only Q&As between seasons 11 and 12 with Edd Straw joining Glenn Freeman to take your questions.

Topics covered include which driver from the V10 era would make the best modern-day team boss, why Martin Brundle didn’t win in F1, Alex Caffi’s massive Monaco accident, and which teams we’d bring back today if we could!

And as you might expect, Edd does a very deep dive on what happened with Minardi’s failed attempt to get Mugen-Honda...