The Race F1 Podcast

Mercedes is celebrating its first world championship double since 2020, having added the constructors’ crown to Kimi Antonelli’s drivers' title. But with the Silver Arrows having won just one of the last five races - after winning 7 of the first 8 in 2026 - should it be concerned about its decline after such impressive early-season dominance? On the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Josh Suttill to talk all things Mercedes, plus round up the latest F1 news, including Liam Lawson's new Racing Bulls deal and F1 standing down Imola as a back-up venue option ahead of its impending trip to the Middle East.

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On the latest episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, Gary Anderson joins Edd Straw to give his verdict on McLaren’s 2027-leaning front wing upgrade and we discuss why the drivers are so unhappy with Pirelli's wet-weather tyre range.

Gary also answers questions from listeners about use of straightline mode in the wet and the apparent demise of yo-yo racing.

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In the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, Edd Straw and Jon Noble take another dive into the mailbag as they answer your questions. Included in the selection this time are questions about whether Brazil proves that F1 needs reversed-grid sprint races, how good Red Bull needs to be for Verstappen to challenge for the title next year, whether we’re set for Hamilton-Leclerc chaos over the final three races, and many more.

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Lando Norris and McLaren got back to winning ways with a dominant victory in an entertaining wet-dry-wet race in Brazil, as Max Verstappen charged from the back of the grid to finish second on the road. But might Verstappen’s stunning drive have been even better if he hadn’t been hampered by possible damage? That's the main topic of discussion in the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals. Joining Edd Straw in Sao Paulo to answer those questions and more are Jon Noble and special guest Lito Cavalcanti.

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The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, brings you the Thursday edition of our In-Car Insights podcast - usually only available to The Race Members' Club.

Join Edd and Jon, on the streets of Sao Paulo no less, as they pick through the traffic AND the big talking points from media day at Interlagos. The guys start with the fallout at Ferrari after Mexico. With Charles Leclerc absent for the best of reasons and no sit-down with Fred Vasseur yet, Lewis Hamilton has doubled down rather than backed off. They also get into George Russell's plan to go through his season with his engineers and separate genuine bad luck from what could have been foreseen, and Aston Martin's admission that it knew even before last Sunday it wasn't going to finish the race. Plus there's the latest on Cadillac's suspension failure and why Valtteri Bottas might have been more susceptible to it than Sergio Perez, the uncertain futures facing Bottas and against all logic Liam Lawson, and Rafa Camara's first media day as a Haas race driver – complete with a genius answer to a question about his strengths and weaknesses.

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