Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

Curious about F1 but don’t know where to begin? Look no further! Buckle up for a crash course on the world’s fastest soap opera.

SHOW NOTES

• Yes, there was once a six-wheeled F1 car and one with a huge fan on it
• RaceFans’ list of where F1 airs in each country
• F1 TV pricing and limitations by country
• F1’s YouTube channel posts highlights of each session
• The YouTube channel Chain Bear is a great learning resource

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Toto hates fun, Williams looks for cash, and McLaren reserves its video game events for only the most addicted fans.

SHOW NOTES

• Formula E documentary And We Go Green is on Hulu and Channel 4
• Chain Bear explains how reverse grid qualifying would work
• This weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual with its stacked grid will be broadcast on Motorsport.tv

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New to F1? Check out our primer episode

We close out the 2019 season once more with the epic (?) conclusion of Drive to Survive Season 2.

SHOW NOTES

• F1 added more classic races to YouTube: Spain 1996, China 2018, Japan 1994
• Formula E teamed up with Marbula 1 for Marbula E
• LEC, RUS, and NOR played Euro Truck Simulator and encountered some guy with a recorder

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While F1 seeks to contain their people in a “biosphere,” Ferrari lets one of theirs loose.

SHOW NOTES

• Our Race Day video at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
• Dale Jr. and the iRacing team preserving Wilkesboro (thanks Steve!)
• The Nurburgring coaster: first-person view and the story behind it (thanks Tim!)

The IndyCar debacle:

• Initial incident with NOR, Rahal, and Pagenaud
• Pagenaud takes out NOR
• Pagenaud’s perspective (initial incident, conspiring to and taking NOR out)
• Broadcast of the last lap (and a replay of Pagenaud v. NOR)
• Ferrucci’s perspective of his move at the finish (and Askew asking him to explain it)
• Other drivers aren’t a fan of Ferrucci: figure 1, figure 2, figure 3
• Elizabeth Blackstock’s Jalopnik article on Ferrucci’s “redemption arc” (here’s him hitting his teammate)

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New to F1? Check out our primer episode

We’re joined this week by Stuart Taylor, creator of the fantastic YouTube channel Chain Bear F1, in a wide-ranging discussion about the sport’s past, present, and future.

SHOW NOTES

• Chain Bear on YouTube, Twitter, and Patreon

Chain Bear videos mentioned:

• A History of F1’s On Screen Graphics
• Can we run a reverse race at Silverstone?
• An old race circuit I made in Minecraft once
• Positive Feedback Loops - the problem that's breaking F1 from the inside
• How does the MGU-K work? (experiments in 3D)
• Why do [Formula E] MGUs sound so different from one another? (apples and cups)
• The Art of Defensive Driving - Success and failure in overtaking in Baku

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