Cut To The Race: FormulaNerds F1 Podcast

On this week's ‘Cut to the Race’ Podcast, Oli is joined by James and John, as they discuss the long-awaited return of the Canadian Grand Prix.

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The trio cover the key talking points heading into the weekend, such as the debates over porpoising and what technical regulations may or may not be introduced to counter the problem, before getting into the nitty-gritty of the action.

They discuss practice - particularly the fascinating wet Practice 3 - and Saturday's thrilling qualifying. Should George Russell have taken the risk of the dry tyres? How did Haas manage to lock out row three? It's been how long since Fernando Alonso was last on the front row?

And, of course, they share their views on the race itself, including the charge through the field by Charles Leclerc, the return to form of Lewis Hamilton (or was he never out of form?), Carlos Sainz coming so close but yet so far again and where it all went wrong for Alonso. There were plenty of other under-the-radar performances - some good, some bad - to discuss up and down the field too, along with the pressing question: is the title decided already?

Then, as is tradition, they conclude with their choices for Driver of the Day and race ratings.I

t's a return to home soil (at least for most of us) in a fortnight's time with the British Grand Prix, so be sure to check our race review for the hugely popular weekend in Silverstone.

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On this week's Cut to the Race podcast, Oli is joined by Abby and Sam to review the 2023 season of the bottom five teams in the Constructors' Championship. James makes a brief appearance as well just in time for a quiz on the first half of the season.

When reviewing the season, the panel begin with Haas and what 2023 revealed about the American team. They talk about the difference between the drivers but also the struggles that persisted and whether or not the driver line-up will remain the same in the coming years.

The trio move on to Alfa Romeo, touching on the underwhelming season of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu before moving onto whether or not it's time that F2 Champion Théo Pourchaire takes a turn. Up next is AlphaTauri, which results in a lengthy discuss given the four drivers in 2023. The panel touch base on all four, revealing which ones stood out to them and whether or not having Daniel Ricciardo back is the right choice or whether Liam Lawson should be the team's choice.

The panel then dissect Williams' season. Of course, Logan Sargeant's rookie season is discussed as well as Alex Albon's excellent performance, scoring 27 points for the team. Oli, Abby and Sam review Williams' improvement before talking about Alpine. The three panellists talk about both Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly but mainly the issues that have seen Alpine fall back in the standings.

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Welcome to News from the Nerds, the midweek news show by the FormulaNerds news team – Your essential F1 weekly news digest.

Each week we bring you the Top 5 news stories from the past week. This week Abby, Dalila, James M and James P cover:

All over for Vips? Juri Vips has been suspended from the Red Bull Junior Programme after racial and homophobic comments during a livestream on Twitch. The panel discuss the current situation of the PREMA driver and the statements made from Hitech Grand Prix. https://www.formulanerds.com/news/vips-suspended-from-red-bull-academy-following-racist-comment/

The fallout of Canada: The main takeaways from the Canadian Grand Prix concern three different teams: McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes. The panel discuss the comments made by drivers, and CEOs, on the performances and lessons learned during the race. https://www.formulanerds.com/news/zak-brown-apologised-to-ricciardo-for-performance/ https://www.formulanerds.com/news/sainzs-bold-ferrari-claim-after-losing-out-to-red-bull-in-canada/ https://www.formulanerds.com/news/hamilton-hints-at-mercedes-role-change-for-russell/

The FIA: The governing body is in the F1 news pool once again with accusations from Kevin Magnussen on their easiness to be swayed and influenced in decisions. The panel breakdown Magnussen's reason behind his comments and the views on the FIA's decisions. https://www.formulanerds.com/news/fia-in-the-storm-too-easy-to-influence

Are Audi already in F1? Rumour has it that Audi has signed a deal with Sauber and will join the grid in 2026. The panel briefly discuss their thoughts on this as well as the news regarding a deal between Red Bull and Porsche and a tweet about Hitech GP. https://www.formulanerds.com/news/have-audi-secretly-agreed-a-buyout-with-an-f1-team/

No more Spa days? New tracks are being added to the calendar and it could be at the risk of Spa. The panel dissect the future calendars with Spa being tipped as hosting a rotational race and the addition of a new French Grand Prix. https://twitter.com/Formula_Nerds/status/1539538111230787584?s=20&t=OyUgMuUByW9lWKAL2MR8MA

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This week on the 'Cut to the Race' podcast, Dan and Charlotte review the sensational Italian Grand Prix. So many talking points from the weekend are discussed, from Bottas' sensational performances to a first McLaren 1-2 since 2010. Of course, the incident between Hamilton and Verstappen is analysed, and the duo give their verdict as to who they think is at fault. Monza delivered! Follow FormulaNerds

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In the latest episode of the 'Cut to the Race' podcast, Oli was joined by Matt, Dan and newly appointed writer for the nerds, Alex Mclachlan, for an unfiltered reaction and panel discussion to a thrilling season opener in Bahrain.

To kick things off, the panel had a recap of the build up to the new F1 season, discussing their thoughts on new driver line-ups and testing. The nerds discussed which of the three rookies they were most (and least) looking forward to seeing take to the track.

Following this, the nerds shared their thoughts on what they all agreed was a thrilling qualifying and picked out their stand-out moments. Tsunoda's impressively quick P2 lap in in Q1 was unsurprisingly mentioned whilst Ferrari's surprise 1-2 in Q2 was a highlight of Matt's. Moving onto the race reaction, the panel decided to work their way up through the constructors championship to discuss the performance of each team. Kicking things off with Haas. The nerds all agreed that Haas' performance, and that of car number nine, was certainly one to forget. Alex mentioned how he feels Haas are already suffering from putting two rookie drivers in their seats and wonders if number nine in particular, can even handle racing an F1 car on the limit.

As the panel's discussion climbed up the leaderboard, to Matt's dismay there was no avoiding the discussion around Sebastian Vettel's dismal debut for Aston Martin. Even as a Seb fan, Matt admitted that he was running out of excuses for the costly mistakes the German makes out on track. Interestingly, the nerds also discussed how underwhelmed they were about Daniel Ricciardo's first race for McLaren, with a general feeling that he hasn't fully settled into the car. Dan's opinion was that once Ricciardo has had enough time to settle in, he'll be able to be more aggressive in the car and thinks McLaren could do very well this year with their driver line-up.

The podcast reached it's climax when the nerds began to discuss the fight at the top. An interesting debate was raised around track limits following Max Verstappen having to concede his lead to race winner Lewis Hamilton after the stewards deemed his move illegal. Whilst all nerds agreed that the decision to penalise Vertsappen was correct, Matt argued that Hamilton hadn't been penalised for exceeding those same limits 29 times throughout the race. Oli also suggested that the FIA had been inconsistent with their rules and argued that this had once again let the fans down.

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