Hear from Scott Mitchell-Malm trackside as Red Bull takes to the streets of Tokyo ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
You'll even see new Red Bull pairing Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen flyby in a 2011 Red Bull RB7 and 2021 Red Bull RB16B!
Have you ever seen someone more in their happy place than Scott during those five minutes?
2025-04-02 10:08:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Felix Rosenqvist has had another strong start to the IndyCar season with Meyer Shank Racing, and is part of an equally strong line-up on this week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast.
Among other things, Rosenqvist discusses Shank’s high-profile tie-up with the team that has won four of the last five IndyCar championships - Chip Ganassi racing. He outlines how the relationship is working in practice, how it’s impacted results, and suggests where he thinks Ganassi is ahead of McL...
2025-04-02 07:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new month, and that means we have a new members-only discount code for The Race Shop!
The new code, which you can enter during the checkout process to get 15% OFF, is KJASXUFUGAKF.
This will be valid throughout the month of April.
2025-04-01 18:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time ever you've had your chance to field your questions about Val Khorounzhiy's MotoGP rider rankings.
Here's Val responding to your questions and feedback about his Austin driver rankings. A reminder of his choices here.
Let us know what you think of the new format and whether Val has convinced you (or made you think he's even more wrong) in the comments bel...
2025-04-01 14:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In the latest episode of F1 Extra, Ben Anderson joins Edd Straw to tackle another batch of questions from The Race Members’ Club.
We discuss how impressive Alex Albon’s start to the season has been and whether or not Red Bull should consider him as a potential successor to Max Verstappen, should one be needed.
There’s also a look at tyre blanket procedures and the question of whether Lance Stroll has displaced Fernando Alonso as Aston Martin team leader after a good start to...
2025-04-01 13:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Formula 1’s all-new turbo hybrid cars from 2026 are still nearly a year out from having their first race, but grand prix chiefs appear ready to consign the new rules era to history before it even starts. Talks are ramping up behind the scenes between the FIA and F1’s manufacturers to discuss a complete change of direction with engines - with a return to V10s now being considered.
2025-04-01 12:52:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the final Season 11 Bring Back V10s Debrief, looking back on our 1996 Monaco Grand Prix episode.
Drop your thoughts, comments and questions about the episode under this post, and soon Glenn Freeman will work through them on camera for the next Debrief episode!
2025-04-01 09:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Marc Marquez’s 2025 MotoGP winning streak ended with a crash from the lead at Austin, but that wasn’t actually the most attention-grabbing part of his weekend.
His audacious premeditated gamble that he could get the start aborted so he could switch to the right tyres for the drying conditions without getting a penalty paid off, but raised big questions over the robustness and interpretation of the rules around such situation.
Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer expl...
2025-03-31 12:31:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We're giving you the chance to put your questions and comments to Val Khorounzhiy about his Austin MotoGP rider rankings as an exclusive bonus for The Race Members' Club on Patreon.
Have a read of his full rankings below, then leave your message for Val in the comments at the bottom of the post, and he'll record a special video tackling them.
Qualified: 3rd Sprint 2025-03-31 10:30:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast, we ask to what extent Max Verstappen’s brilliance is papering over the cracks at Red Bull, given the team's struggles with its second driver, its difficult car, and the continued exodus of senior personnel.
Nelson Valkenburg and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to evaluate what Verstappen has to do to make things work at Red Bull, and what he makes of the latest driver switch.
We also look at Yuki Tsunoda’s prospects for Suzuka a...
2025-03-31 09:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Marc Marquez basked in the limelight all throughout the Grand Prix of the Americas at COTA - in helping trigger an aborted start, in taking an early lead and in crashing out to give up first place in the MotoGP standings.
The Race breaks down a Marquez-centric race that has brought rival and team-mate Pecco Bagnaia back into the very thick of the 2025 title fight.
What do you want Simon, Val and Matt to answer or argue about in the Grand Prix of the Americas episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast?
Drop your question in the comments on this post and we'll get through as many of them as we can.
Yes - it's official. 1993 has been declared the winner of the Bring Back V10s Revisited poll for 2025.
Here, Edd Straw revels in his unexpected success with a victory speech that acknowledges all of his supporters, and those who think picking 1993 was a stupid idea.
2025-03-30 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe finally saw Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez wheel to wheel as Ducati team-mates on lap one of the Austin sprint... but it didn't last long.
Simon thinks Bagnaia has plenty of reason to be encouraged, though. Here he is from the Austin paddock giving his take for The Race Members' Club on Patreon, fresh from hearing from Bagnaia.
2025-03-29 23:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The Team Principal Podcast is back! On episode 2, Otmar Szafnauer - the former TP of Racing Point, Alpine and Aston Martin - is joined by Ben Anderson to get into the thorny subject of F1 politics.
They begin by discussing internal politics at Red Bull, and whether they played a part in the team dropping Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda after just two races. Otmar also shares his thoughts on how fellow TP Christian Horner has managed the situation.
After that, Otmar discusses th...
2025-03-29 12:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostYou may be shocked to learn that Edd Straw's high-energy F1 podcast intros don't always go right at the first attempt. As this example from Monday's upcoming episode shows...
2025-03-28 17:37:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Relive Nigel Mansell's memorable TOCA Shootout appearance at Donington Park in 1993 - and the dramatic conclusion to a typically hard-charging race from 'Red 5'.
2025-03-28 12:18:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Lando Norris leads the 2025 F1 world championship after two races, but beyond the bare statistics has had a less than comfortable start to the season in McLaren's new car - and an especially difficult Chinese Grand Prix weekend. Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm delve a little deeper and assess how convincing Norris has looked so far as he aims to go one better than he did in 2024.
2025-03-28 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostIn-car Insights returns! But this time nobody is travelling to or from a grand prix. Instead, join Scott Mitchell-Malm on a drive through the Swedish countryside to hear his thoughts on Red Bull making the Liam Lawson/Yuki Tsunoda swap official.
Also featuring assistance from Scott's wife Sara, and cameos from his son Oskar!
2025-03-27 14:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Red Bull's brutal demotion of Liam Lawson after just two F1 race weekends is official - but what kind of message does such drastic action send to star driver Max Verstappen?
Our latest video, available ad-free here in The Race Members' Club on Patreon, explores Red Bull's rationale - that this change is needed to save its season (already!) - and what it says about the problems that Verstappen's team finds itself in.
2025-03-27 12:20:13 +0000 UTC View Post
In our Season 11 ‘Ask us anything’ Q&A episode, we made a pretty poor attempt at re-imagining F1 if Michael Schumacher had never existed.
Fortunately for us, one of our members - Janne Oivio - put together a much better attempt at answering that question, and went to the trouble of writing it all down and sending it to us!
So Glenn Freeman convened Ben Anderson and Matt Beer to go through this alternate F1 universe step by step, looking at if we agree with the ...
2025-03-27 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
As Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda/Liam Lawson seat swap is made official, here's an early look at Edd Straw's searing column on what's gone wrong with the company's F1 driver strategy from top to bottom
The decision to swap Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda reflects terribly on Red Bull’s Formula 1 driver decision-making and strategy.
If Tsunoda fails, it’s yet another bad choice that fails to solve a longstanding problem; if he succeeds, it’s a damning indictm...
2025-03-27 08:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Edd's back from China and piling into your questions about his Shanghai rankings - as the first sprint weekend of the 2025 F1 season prompted plenty of queries about how he balances the two very different races when judging drivers' weekends.
If you missed his rankings when they were first published or need a reminder of the order, you can find them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-edd-s...
2025-03-27 05:54:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Ferrari's Chinese Grand Prix weekend fell apart in embarrassing fashion when, after Lewis Hamilton's fine sprint race win on Saturday, both the Briton and team-mate Charles Leclerc were disqualified from Sunday's Grand Prix for excessive skid wear and an underweight car respectively. But how did one of F1's biggest hitting teams find itself in such a position?
That's the key question answered by former F1 technical director Gary Anderson in this episode of The Race F1 Tech Show.
A...
2025-03-26 17:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're heading for MotoGP's United States Grand Prix at COTA this weekend - and we know we have a big American contingent here in The Race Members' Club - you can join Simon on Friday night for some beers, BBQ and bike chat! And a chance to meet other members and The Race MotoGP Podcast listeners in person too!
Full event details here: https://www...
2025-03-26 16:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss Red Bull’s imminent replacement of Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast.
Jon Noble joins Edd Straw to discuss the move and explain what it says about Red Bull’s driver strategy.
We discuss why Lawson couldn’t extract the pace from the Red Bull RB21 that Max Verstappen can and what it was about his progress that persuaded the team to abandon him so quickly.
And with Tsunoda now having the chance of a lifetime, we...
Red Bull appears set to drop Liam Lawson in favour of Yuki Tsunoda before the very next Formula 1 race at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Here's everything you need to know via our latest YouTube video (ad-free here on Patreon).
2025-03-26 13:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostFresh from discussing The Race's plan of attack to cover the news, Scott Mitchell-Malm tells you the latest on Red Bull seemingly preparing to swap Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda.
2025-03-26 10:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an early and ad-free look at the next video going out on our MotoGP YouTube channel: after a winter of talk about KTM's financial problems, are its current on-track problems actually unrelated to that? And what does it mean for both KTM's MotoGP future and Pedro Acosta's?
Val, Simon and Matt delve into it all, with help from Pol Espargaro.
2025-03-26 10:11:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Two rounds into the 2025 MotoGP season and it’s a great year to be a Marquez. Almost everyone else has work to do.
But who’s in most trouble?
That’s the question Matt Beer posed to Simon Patterson and Val Khorounzhiy in the latest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast. They didn’t disagree too much in their answers as they highlighted two manufacturers and one rider in particular who are disappointing, but Matt felt they were missing someone…
2025-03-25 15:21:33 +0000 UTC View Post