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November 27, 2016

November 27, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Rosberg Wins, But Was Hamilton Fair?

In a special and unplanned episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast, we celebrate Nico Rosberg’s first-ever Formula 1 World Championship victory. We debate whether Lewis Hamilton’s tactic to slow down Rosberg was fair. A clash of objectives between a team trying to win every race it can and its driver trying to win his fourth Drivers’ Championship!

How will Mercedes settle Hamilton’s disobedience of a team instruction? And should Mercedes have interfered this much in the race given that the Constructors’ Championship was sealed many races ago?

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(Season 2016, Episode 40)

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1. The Best Driver Did Not Win (http://bit.ly/2fRwFaC)
2. Forget Hamilton and Rosberg, 2016 Is Verstappen’s Year (http://bit.ly/2f1qBLY)
3. Let’s Not Belittle The Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship (http://bit.ly/2fcDyTJ)

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November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

The Best Driver Did Not Win

As the Hamilton vs. Rosberg title battle goes down to the wire, the big question is who will win the 2016 World Drivers’ Championship. While the odds may be stacked in Rosberg’s favour, this is Formula 1 – and nothing’s over till it’s over. Could Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing be Lewis Hamilton’s best ally in the ‘duel of the desert’? Here’s a prediction we’re going to stick our heads out and make – respective of the outcome, when fans look back on the season they’ll probably believe that ‘the best driver did not win’.

Niki Lauda thinks that Max Verstappen could be the greatest ever Formula 1 driver – but he needs to be “careful” on his way. Cute that Lauda still thinks that Max will listen to him. As we all know, Max Verstappen listens to NOBODY! Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz admits that the drivers themselves don’t understand Formula 1’s rules. What hope do we ordinary mortals have then?

Bernie Ecclestone said some pretty interesting (and scandalous) things last week. He said Singapore “was just an airport” before Formula 1 happened and talked about Americans and their short attention spans. Bernie proposed a new double header race format and we tell you what we think about it. Of course, as fans, we’re thrilled!

Mithila’s wish for Abu Dhabi is for fans to be treated to a serious Hamilton vs. Rosberg wheel to wheel battle on track. Could there be a better way to decide the World Championship? Formula 1 bids goodbye to two great drivers, Felipe Massa and Jenson Button. Finally, we make a confident prediction about Verstappen in Abu Dhabi. Tune in!

(Season 2016, Episode 39)

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2. The FIA Bans The Verstappen (http://bit.ly/2eDjTcB)
3. Pokemon Go At Formula 1 Races (http://bit.ly/2cPdzyG)
4. Hamilton Must Be Pissed Off With Lauda (http://bit.ly/22r6XsP)
5. Max Verstappen, Talent of the Century (http://bit.ly/1OxcZWf)

November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Forget Rosberg vs Hamilton, 2016 Is Verstappen’s Year

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix could have given Formula 1 a new World Champion, but it didn’t. However, it confirmed a fact that didn’t need much confirming – that Max Verstappen is absolute World Champion material. Irrespective of the outcome of the World Drivers’ Championship, 2016 will be remembered for the brilliance of Max Verstappen.

Lewis Hamilton won his first-ever race in Ayrton Senna’s land ensuring that Abu Dhabi hosts the title decider yet again. We guess that Bernie Ecclestone and the Sheikhs would be very pleased given the amount of money they pay as hosting fees!

On the inside Line F1 Podcast this week, we laugh over Fernando Alonso’s sense of humour. He was a horrible cameraman, but hey, at least he gave us a good laugh! Alonso also said that F1 should pay fans to watch the sport. Though ironically, thanks to all his engine woes, Alonso has been the sports highest paid viewer for the better part of the last two seasons!

The success of the wet race in Brazil makes us wonder whether Bernie’s sprinkler idea is all that bad after all! Pirelli’s extreme wet tyres are so bad, but then we guess that’s true of all their tyres. Felipe Massa had an emotional farewell in Brazil, and we are sure that Jenson Button was slightly jealous – though that’s the price you pay for not making up your mind! And a gutsy Sergio Perez dumped his new sponsor on Twitter for a joke that clearly wasn’t funny.

Finally, the big question: As we head to the title decider in Abu Dhabi, who is going to emerge as World Champion? Tune in!

(Season 2016, Episode 38)

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November 8, 2016

November 8, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Let’s Not Belittle The Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix could be a Grand Prix of firsts for the Mercedes drivers. Lewis Hamilton could win his first-ever Brazilian Grand Prix OR Nico Rosberg could win his first-ever Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship. Let’s hope the ‘best driver’ wins. In which case, shouldn’t it then be Fernando Alonso?

We’re loving the suspense and surprise of title fight this season and don’t mind it being taken forward to Abu Dhabi. After all, there’s finally some surprise in the sport other than Max Verstappen! Unless, of course, you’re Robbie Williams.

While Abu Dhabi pays millions hoping to host a ‘title decider’, Brazil has done so 6 times in our recent memory. By the way, the 2012 edition of the race was also Mclaren and Jenson Button’s last win. What are the bets we could be repeating this statistic for Mclaren this time, next year?

As we look forward to Interlagos, we share our vivid memories of a circuit that made Timo Glock world famous. We also remember a rare and unexpected robbery attempt on Jenson Button, Adrian Newey’s Red Bull Racing ‘tank’ that withstood a bang in 2012 and Schumi helping Baby Schumi to his 3rd world title.

Will Nico Rosberg be able to race in Brazil without thinking of the Drivers’ Championship? He’s made the ‘race-by-race’ approach work, till date. We’re sure that mind games will be at their absolute best. And as tough as it will ever be, we try and settle this whole ‘Does Nico Rosberg deserve the Drivers’ Championship?’ debate. Let’s remember, by saying that someone was ‘lucky’ to win a Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship, that too in its longest season ever, might be belittling the title in itself!

As for Lewis Hamilton, we hope he’s learning lessons from Serena Williams on how to thwart a ‘match point’. Actually, who better than Williams to teach him.

Gravel traps, yes or no? Formula 1 has senseless penalties. It would be good to see some sensible ones applied too, especially for exceeding track limits. All sports have one. In fact, the one sport that doesn’t is World Wrestling Entertainment.

And how on earth did Sebastian Vettel go scot free after his expletive laden radio message in Mexico? It is one thing to not respect competitors, but it is another to not respect the Race Director. The least they should’ve done was strip him of his ‘Driver of the Day’ award. But the FIA isn’t in setting examples, so we shouldn’t be surprised.

Fernando Alonso has called the current Formula 1 as Formula 1/2 (or Formula 0.5)! This is probably better than being classified as GP2. If Ross Brawn is indeed interested in working on the long term plans for the sport, it should include a robust part that should have the best drivers on the grid race in Formula 1 cars and not Formula 0.5!

Finally, just when we thought that almost no one would be been interested in learning from Formula 1, an Olympic Champion has indicated how skiing should use Formula 1 qualifying system at their World Cups. This comes in a year when we almost ditched the only thing that’s working well in the sport.

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(Season 2016, Episode 37)

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November 1, 2016

November 1, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

And That’s How The FIA Avoided The Shoey On The Podium

FIA was sneaky in its ways to keep the shoey off the podium. We had an instance where 3 drivers were classified 3rd at least once. Thank you FIA, for embarrassing Formula 1. And thank you (not!) for ensuring the shoey man doesn’t find himself on the podium, during the podium.

Daniel Ricciardo’s shoey was missed in Mexico, but is it time for a new party trick? We’re excited to know what it could be and how he’s going to up that game!

The Mexico Grand Prix will be remembered for the FIA’s inconsistent stewardship. One that saw Max Verstappen get penalty for doing a ‘Lewis Hamilton’, even when Hamilton himself didn’t get one. And of course, Sebastian Vettel realised that the only driver who gets away by doing ‘The Verstappen’ is Max Verstappen himself.

What else did this episode teach us? Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have friends in the FIA, but Sebastian Vettel certainly doesn’t. In fact, after his tirade of abusive, there’s little doubt there.

Should Lewis Hamilton have received a penalty? Probably, yes. Max Verstappen too? If Hamilton did, then yes, if not, then no. But Sebastian Vettel? We think not! Are they over-regulating the sport by trying to curb natural instincts of a racing car driver? But, we expect further sanctions towards Sebastian Vettel for dropping the F-bomb. A race ban? Or something far worse?

Eventually, we hope that Liberty Media realise how bunching the teams up and making them compete impacts the sport. A Verstappen vs. Vettel vs. Ricciardo is exactly what the sport needs, minus the swearing, of course.

Are Hamilton’s start issues a thing of the past? We’ll be glad, if they are. After all, blaming a clutch for losing the Drivers’ Championships sounds very lame. We’ve been talking about Nico Rosberg and his ‘match points’ as we near the end of the 2016 season. But since when did we start calling it a ‘match point’? This isn’t tennis!

Is Max Verstappen a threat to Hamilton or Rosberg in the Drivers’ Championship? Are we the only ones fearing that he could crash into either driver in the remaining two races? He almost knocked Rosberg out of the race in Mexico!

After witnessing the Mexico Grand Prix, we are forced to agree with Ecclestone’s idea on building walls to ensure drivers race within track limits. And, Fernando Alonso was rated as ‘the best Formula 1 driver’ in an impromptu vote between 9 journalists. 8 out of those 9 voted for Alonso, barring one. We investigate who this journalist could be.

And finally, will Ross Brawn return to save Formula 1? We certainly hope that he does. Because given the movements in Formula E, we definitely should be considering an Inside Line Formula E Podcast!

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(Season 2016, Episode 36)

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2. Will The FIA Ban The Shoey? (http://bit.ly/f1shoey)
3. Nico Rosberg Suffers From Major FOMO (http://bit.ly/2c6m0Gx)
4. Hamilton Must Be Pissed Off With Lauda (http://bit.ly/22r6XsP)
5. Max Verstappen, Talent of the Century (http://bit.ly/1OxcZWf)

October 25, 2016

October 25, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

The FIA Bans ‘The Verstappen’

The United States Grand Prix was a joke in itself. The only saving grace was the brief wheel-to-wheel battle between Carlos Sainz Jr. and Fernando Alonso. The BIG chatter from the weekend was the FIA banning ‘The Verstappen’ and Venus Williams snubbing Martin Brundle. Shame on you, Williams.

(Martin Brundle drove a race for the Williams F1 Team in 1988 – had Venus Williams known this fact, would she still have snubbed Brundle?)

How do Formula 1 drivers ensure that they don’t become victims of ‘The Verstappen’? Ask the FIA to ban it! Ridiculous or sensible? Either way, history suggests that the FIA could well un-ban what they’ve banned in the first place.

Actually, instead of banning ‘The Verstappen’ the FIA should have Max Verstappen host a session for the other drivers on how to pull of ‘The Verstappen’. He’s the one driver that’s brought some cheer to Formula 1. Okay, Daniel Ricciardo too.

Ricciardo’s shoey found yet another victim (in Gerard Butler) and given the fantastic promotion and free publicity for Red Bull, there’s good chance that Bernie Ecclestone would ban the shoey if the the FIA didn’t. But before the ban, we’d love to see Hamilton’s reaction to being shoey-ed by Ricciardo.

Lewis Hamilton started his race well and that meant an expected end too – a much-needed victory. Due to obvious reasons, there’s increasingly more focus on his starts and media behaviour. At his ‘second’ ‘home’ race, he scored well on both counts.

By the way, an evil move by the FIA to call him in for the official press conference on Thursday. They seem to have a dark side to their humour.
But it wasn’t just the FIA alone, even Red Bull Racing’s Spy had something really humourous to say on this subject.

It was a shame to not see Max Verstappen on the podium. After all, it wasn’t just Red Bull Racing alone, but the organisers too who had prepared well in expectation. His unexpected pit-stop and radio message caused much chatter. But despite his insistence, he might just end up finishing 4th in the Drivers’ Championship, if his form and Ferrari’s woes continue.

Also, a thumbs up to our listeners and all the Dutch fans for voting for Verstappen as the ‘Driver of the Day’ even in races he ‘Did Not Finish’! And finally, Verstappen’s parked car on the circuit brought out the Virtual Safety Car that eventually helped Nico Rosberg jump Ricciardo to second place. How ironic for Ricciardo, how lucky for Rosberg!

Fernando Alonso’s drive to 5th showed us glimpses of his old self, but he was lucky in his clash against Felipe Massa. He should’ve been penalised. So typical of the FIA!

2017 might see cars, drivers and even different management for a few teams. There’s talk of Ron Dennis retiring and Ross Brawn, among a few others, being discussed as his replacements.

Brawn is most welcome to come back to Formula 1. But, we’re not sure who needs him the most – Ferrari, Mclaren or Formula 1! Ferrari’s best finish was Kimi Raikkonen reversing himself in the pit-lane.

Over to Mexico, there’s a possibility of Rosberg clinching the Drivers’ Championship this weekend. But at the same time, there’s possibility his points advantage could be cut down to just one point. The stakes are equally high for both Mercedes drivers, but Hamilton has been here a few times before, as for Rosberg, this is only his second time (first being in 2014).

Maybe this is why he sang ‘Living on a Prayer’ post the US GP. But he could well be singing ‘We are the Champions’ if things go his way this weekend. Ecclestone’s comments on Rosberg were very rude, but can better be expected from him? He relies on teams, drivers and podcasters like us to market his sport.

Lastly, despite the Hamilton vs. Rosberg fight, Sergio Perez will be the most cheered driver on the grid in Mexico. Tune in!

(Season 2016, Episode 35)

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October 17, 2016

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Nico Rosberg Should Invite Nicole Sherzinger To The US GP

Is the United States Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton’s new home race? Going purely by his Instagram feed, we’d like to believe so. How many of Hamilton’s reported girlfriends would cheer him in the Paddock? Would ‘Joey’ be visiting too? If so, they should broadcast a live car-to-television radio chat between Joey and Hamilton. We actually try simulate what this conversation could be like.

In the ‘Race to the White House’, who would Hamilton vote for – Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? Also, would Bernie Ecclestone’s pal, Donald Trump, attend the United States Grand Prix in Austin? Formula 1 is a perfect sport for Trump to invest in and we tell you why. All-in-all, we hope that being in the United States of America does motivate Hamilton to race as Hamilton – he’s been Rosberg-like in the last few races.

Nico Rosberg’s best psychological attack on Hamilton would be to invite Nicole Sherzinger to the US GP. It would also be yet another battle that Rosberg would win off-track – since beating Hamilton on-track seems unlikely this season. But Hamilton has always beaten Rosberg in the USA and Rosberg has never won here, will his ‘fear of missing out’ propel Rosberg to win his 8th first-ever win of the season? Surprisingly, Hamilton copied everything but Rosberg’s clutch settings in Suzuka!

Let’s hope that Hamilton skipped the Pirelli test due to a sore foot and not a sore thumb – after all, that’s what people obsessed with social media suffer from! Moving on from Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg’s move to Renault would mean that he would at least go the Fernando Alonso and not the Adrian Sutil way. Good choice, Nico!

If Valtteri Bottas partners Hulkenberg at Renault, should Williams request Felipe Massa to stay back for yet another season? Renault said that they would need five years to be World Champion. Given Renault’s commitment phobia to Formula 1, will they be around for that long? It is interesting how Sebastian Vettel and Nico Hulkenberg have cited Michael Schumacher as an inspiration in their career moves. Should Jenson Button seek some inspiration too?

Finally, we tell you why Ron Dennis’ 5 on 10 rating is terrible for Mclaren-Honda and how Mark Webber’s retirement automatically increases his chances of being subject to Daniel Ricciardo’s famous shoey! Seeing how Ricciardo’s ‘shoe’ has suddenly become so popular, will Red Bull Racing hike their sponsorship rates for ‘official shoe supplier’?

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(Season 2016, Episode 34)

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October 13, 2016

October 13, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Will Hamilton Still Back Verstappen’s Aggressive Moves?

Max Verstappen pulled off a ‘Verstappen’ on Lewis Hamilton at Suzuka. This made us wonder, will Lewis Hamilton still back Max Verstappen’s aggressive moves? The Hamilton vs. Verstappen battle was our highlight moment!

The FIA had a chat with Verstappen and told him that they’re ‘watching’ him. Well, if not for Verstappen, who have the FIA been watching all of 2016? This lad has had our eyes glued on him. Maybe, Baby Vettel is now THE Vettel for Red Bull Racing.

The Rosberg vs. Hamilton battle – we’re hoping for at least one on-track battle between the two title rivals before this year’s championship is concluded. However, it seems that Hamilton is hell bent on picking battles on and off track. We discuss the various avoidable episodes for the Lewis Hamilton camp from the last week. By the way, some of it reminded us of the prank played on Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004.

Will Nico Rosberg be a worthy Formula 1 champion? That’s the latest debate on social media and while we’re not taking sides, we do add our perspectives from this season. At the same time, we should be thankful that we’ve a fight on our hands (and on the tele) as we witness the 2016 Drivers’ Championship being fought tooth-and-nail between two team-mates, driving for a team that’s been very fair and just in their approach towards both contenders. On that note, THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS, Mercedes!

Mercedes to Formula E? We tell you why they’re eyeing another single-seater championship and if Red Bull and Ferrari could follow suit too. Are Mercedes too bored of dominating Formula 1 and now have their sights on Formula E? Also, if Formula E’s prowess grows in the coming years, will Formula 1 lose its relevance? And could Formula 1 go all-electric to remain relevant? The next few years will define the future of this category of racing.

Ferrari and Mclaren – two of Formula 1’s most-iconic teams seem unable to find an answer to their struggles. As for Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, is the ‘Michael Schumacher’ dream going to remain a dream after all? And it seems that curse of the ‘Number 2’ got to Vettel in Suzuka, after all. Would a 16th and 18th place finish at Suzuka please Honda? Well, so long as Fernando Alonso didn’t compare their Formula 1 engine to a GP2 engine!

We tell you why Nico Hulkenberg should hedge his bets and go off to Renault and how GP3 is trying all it can to make sure their drivers are Formula 1 ready from 2017 onwards. The one line we had fun reading in this episode was ‘Jan wonders if his son will have a contract come Jan’! And finally, we scoop out some inside information to tell you why the revolutionary ‘car-to-television’ interview was deferred from Malaysia to Japan.

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(Season 2016, Episode 33)

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1. Will The FIA Ban The Shoey? (http://bit.ly/f1shoey)
2. Nico Rosberg Suffers From Major FOMO (http://bit.ly/2c6m0Gx)
3. Hamilton Must Be Pissed Off With Lauda (http://bit.ly/22r6XsP)
4. Le Mans Says No To Formula 1 (http://bit.ly/22nSUUU)
5. Max Verstappen, Talent of the Century (http://bit.ly/1OxcZWf)

October 2, 2016

October 2, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Will The FIA Ban The Shoey?

Nico Rosberg is lucky that Mercedes built him a tank that went through the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix undamaged. Rosberg was lucky on multiple other counts too, including that he had a clean getaway (the Mercedes cars can’t take that for granted anymore) and the two VSC periods that helped him climb back up the order.

Daniel Ricciardo had a great result to win the race. Will drivers not want to be on the podium with Ricciardo though, given his love for the ‘shoey’ (gross!)? Mark Webber was smart, he threw away Ricciardo’s shoe – the other podium victims need to learn from him. Given how much the FIA loves clamping down on everything that’s fun in F1, maybe they will ban the shoey on the podium too? A BIG thank you to Red Bull Racing for allowing Ricciardo and Verstappen to race fair and square. Ricciardo managed to do what not a lot of drivers have done this season – he kept Verstappen behind on-track (he claims to have learnt this from Verstappen himself!)

Lewis Hamilton made the race interesting – not sure if it was thanks to his engine failure, post-race comments (or both!). Hamilton believes that ‘something or someone doesn’t want him to win this year’ – and he’s right. We tell you who this person in the Mercedes garage is, who has been mercilessly trying to keep Hamilton from winning.

Nico Rosberg’s penalty was strange. It seems that the FIA does not want drivers to overtake on track at all! Rosberg has notched up so many penalties this season that he’s halfway to a race ban. Clearly, ‘someone or something’ is conspiring against him to get him so many penalties!

Hamilton’s bad luck was Mercedes’ bad luck – they lost their second attempt at equaling the record for the most consecutive wins in Formula 1. Speaking of records, Jenson Button notched up 300 Grand Prix starts – and McLaren celebrated this by turning their paddock into an English pub (luckily no shoeys on offer there).

Ferrari’s race was like how their whole season has been – all talk. Surprisingly, Raikkonen is outperforming Vettel. Perhaps Vettel go the Alonso way if Ferrari are unable to deliver a winning package in 2017! Is McLaren now part of the midfield teams with Williams and Force India? If so, they’re still at the bottom of that mid field.

BMW recently announced their motorsport program and it doesn’t feature F1, but does include Formula E and the WEC. We guess they’ve been listening to Fernando Alonso’s criticism of the sport and decided to stay out!

Here’s the big question: Can Hamilton still win the World Drivers’ Championship? Of course! 5 races, 125 points to go. Let’s hope a clutch, an engine or swapping of teams doesn’t decide this year’s champion.

Suzuka is up this weekend, and it promises to be a real cracker. Will it be a Mercedes 1-2 again, or can Red Bull Racing challenge them?

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(Season 2016, Episode 32)

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2. Hamilton Must Be Pissed Off With Lauda (http://bit.ly/22r6XsP)
3. Le Mans Says No To Formula 1 (http://bit.ly/22nSUUU)
4. Max Verstappen, Talent of the Century (http://bit.ly/1OxcZWf)
5. Verstappen & Hamilton, F1’s Dream Team? (http://bit.ly/29KyEJx)

September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016April 27, 2017 racingpodcasts

Tim Cook Could Replace Ron Dennis At Mclaren?

Yes, another one of those titles where we urge you to judge our podcast by the title, or not. Disclaimer: we’re only having fun and we hope you do so too. In the Apple-Mclaren story, we wonder if Tim Cook could be the man to turn Mclaren around. And how is it that despite attracting iconic brands such as Honda, Fernando Alonso and now Apple (possibly), Mclaren isn’t able to repeat its iconic performances.

However, if Apple do get involved, let’s hope that their creative team comes up with something better than iMclaren – eek! Also, is Apple’s main interest Fernando Alonso’s radio messages being available for download via iTunes? And just by the way, we’re already on iTunes, so here’s where you can subscribe: http://bit.ly/insidelinef1podcast

Fernando Alonso – is he penning an autobiography? We love the Alonso 2.0 at Mclaren and let’s hope he publishes his funny radio messages, if nothing. And, our love for him shot through the roof after he declared that he wouldn’t be interested in Pokemon GO!

As for Honda, they’ve expanded operations to supply to a second team in Formula 1 in the near future. Is this the real reason behind their expansion? Well, our investigative reports indicate otherwise. Oh and they also say that they’re ahead of Toro Rosso. While this claim may defy some logic, we try to prove their point.

A decade since Lewis Hamilton’s first ever Formula 1 test. We talk about his legendary career and hope that we don’t lose his talent to Hollywood or Music! A Hamilton vs. Vettel vs. Alonso vs. Raikkonen vs. Verstappen battle would be stuff that dreams are made of. Would Liberty Media have the liberty to engineer such duels in the near future?

We also bring focus to Anthony Hamilton’s views on Motorsport and how expensive Motorsport already is, how a draft selection policy would be good for Formula 1 but could be too cool for Formula 1 to implement. But, if drivers had performance targets, Kimi Raikkonen would’ve been shown the door this year. Yes, we talk serious stuff too, here’s proof!

Formula 1 plans to exploit their gaming and gambling potential. We tell you who their Chief Gaming Officer could be, but no points for guessing the one man most worthy of the Chief Gambling Officer for the sport.

Have you seen Daniel Ricciardo smile all by himself in pre-podium ceremony? We tell you the secret of his laughs. Shockingly and boldly enough, Ricciardo has rallied his support behind Nico Rosberg for the Drivers’ Championship title. We’ve a short piece of advice for the Honey Badger – beware of the trolls this week!

Is Abu Dhabi Grand Prix the Pastor Maldonado of Grand Prix circuits? With Malaysia coming up this weekend, will Rosberg’s ‘FOMO’ drive him to yet another ‘first ever’ win? But before you pick your winner, remember: Hamilton has always finished ahead of Rosberg at Sepang, will it be any different this Sunday?

(Season 2016, Episode 31)

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Category: Inside Line F1 Podcast

Rosberg Wins, But Was Hamilton Fair?

The Best Driver Did Not Win

Forget Rosberg vs Hamilton, 2016 Is Verstappen’s Year

Let’s Not Belittle The Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship

And That’s How The FIA Avoided The Shoey On The Podium

The FIA Bans ‘The Verstappen’

Nico Rosberg Should Invite Nicole Sherzinger To The US GP

Will Hamilton Still Back Verstappen’s Aggressive Moves?

Will The FIA Ban The Shoey?

Tim Cook Could Replace Ron Dennis At Mclaren?

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