Well, that was all right I suppose. It could have been better. Still, there’s some interesting elements to scan over in its wake, plus some interesting news from the world of motorsport, so tuck in with the Undercut Podcast team!

Corrections: Jesse has mistaken film writer, director and producer Brad Bird for Checo’s race engineer Hugh Bird. Brad is, of course, famous for films like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille (grated), and Mission Impossible 4. Just learning he was a big creative driver on the early seasons of The Simpsons too!

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

2:28 - Iron Dames are in a new series with a new driver!

8:56 - Theo Pourchaire didn’t do too badly in Indycar!

14:09 - Pininfarina gave us a rather fetching trophy!

15:17 - A new points pattern is on the horizon?

20:33 - Weekend Review - The Preamble, Qualifying, The Sprint, commentary line ups.

35:43 - Red Bull

40:58 - Ferrari

45:02 - Mercedes

48:11 - McLaren

57:30 - Aston Martin

1:02:41 - Visa CashApp RB

1:06:17 - Sauber

1:09:46 - Haas

1:12:27 - Alpine

1:13:24 - Williams

1:14:24 - Winners and Spinners

1:20:08 - Predictions Review

1:20:39 - F1 Fantasy Review and Jaffa Cake Chat

1:23:40 - Conclusion

My my, where have the years gone? Fresh track surface, recent rain, one practice session, a sprint weekend, several drivers that have either only raced here once or not at all, this could be a wild one. Shanghai, welcome back!

Corrections:

When we mention Brazilian drivers, yes, we forgot Pietro Fittipaldi, sorry. Nasr was the last driver from Brazil to do a full season. Sérgio Sette Câmara only ever tested in F1. Before them you have Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jr., Antônio Pizzonia, Cristiano da Matta, Felipe Massa, Enrique Bernoldi and so on. You get the point.

Slim Borgudd didn’t run a Toleman, he raced with ATS and Tyrrell.

Jesse means the STR09 when talking about putting prophylactics on nose cones.

Wolverton is technically the closest train station to Silverstone, but it still means you’re 10 miles/16km short.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

0:59 - Prema joins Indycar!

7:15 - Andretti continues its F1 bid

11:46 - Katherine Legge is back in Indy with a new sponsor!

19:54 - Renault might be looking to sell their F1 team?

21:31 - FE might be ditching the Excel? FOR SILVERSTONE?

27:25 - Alonso is staying!

33:30 - The 2025 calendar is out and it’s a mixed bag!

35:53 - Where were we 5 years ago?

41:02 - Zhou: it’s his home race.

44:37 - Predictions

55:22 - Conclusion and thank you Frankfurt

It wasn’t a stunner, but there are still some interesting parts to pick apart with the Japanese Grand Prix.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

1:26 - The Cliff Notes Version

2:21 - Red Bull

10:09 - Ferrari

16:52 - Mercedes

24:32 - McLaren

33:15 - Aston Martin

40:50 - RB and that crash

54:20 - Williams

58:34 - Stake

1:00:02 - Haas

1:01:09 - Alpine

1:02:09 - Winners and Spinners

1:07:53 - Girlfriend Gossip

1:08:15 - Predictions Review

1:10:59 - Fantasy F1 Review

1:12:05 - Conclusion