Strat 2

We're finally back from getting milk and cigarettes at the store and not a moment too soon: was this the best Monaco Grand Prix we've seen in our lifetimes? Will George Russell ever stop complaining? What kind of apple best describes each driver on the grid? Let's find out.

It was only a matter of time until Callum made this a golf podcast. Just before F1 testing kicks off and the season starts in earnest, we're making a quick pivot to cover all 8 episodes of Netflix's new Drive to Survive style documentary on professional golf, Full Swing, including the split between the PGA and LIV from this year. Saudi Arabia simply cannot be avoided. Fuck Brooks Koepka.

A new F1 season is on the horizon and new efforts from the sport like Drive to Survive are driving legions of new fans to the sport... but once they get there, how easy are things to actually understand? You know, beyond "car go fast." 

Our good pal Connor Ray is a brand new F1 fan, binging DTS ahead of the 2022 season, and he's got some questions. Callum and Corey have answers. If you've had something you're too nervous to ask, we may get to it here, covering things like penalties, pit lane starts, what exactly a team principal does, and more.

Now that we're all done weeping over the drivers walking away from F1 (for now or permanently) at the end of 2022, we can take a look back and really get down to who crushed it and who left us wanting more.

Time flies, and now we've seen the chequered flag on the 2022 F1 season. Let's take a closer look at the final race in Abu Dhabi and tie up loose narrative ends in the top teams, assess the absolute collapse of Ferrari throughout the year, and look ahead to what we might improve next year.

We've gathered the greatest minds Formula 1 has ever seen -- ourselves -- to settle once and for all who is the pinnacle of F1 knowledge and expertise in this no-holds-barred 15 question gauntlet that we absolutely take Very Seriously the entire time.

This race was incredible, but holy shit does it ever have a lot to dunk on. Drivers were not their best selves, unless they were from Mexico, and we're going to make that clear before doing one of the greatest bits we have ever done. We're creative geniuses.

Max Verstappen will not be denied, but luckily for us, Ferrari loves being denied, so we've got all the drama you could possibly want from them. Also, Lewis seems off his game, and we run down the top 20 drivers from the Drive to Survive Era according to SPECIAL GUEST CALLUM'S BROTHER GREGORY.

With the summer break over in one week's time, no better opportunity to go over the season so far than right now. Let's get into the big storylines of the season, who's failing to meet expectations, and a ludicrous amount of pizza to eat while actively recording audio into microphones.

You're in charge of F1 for a day -- whether that means you're like the CEO or head of the FIA or whatever, you get what we mean -- and you can do whatever changes you want. What new rules are in, what old rules are out? How would you change the sport? Joke answers welcome.

What a race. Seriously, that's all the thrills, chills, shock, terror, triumph, and joy of Formula 1 distilled into one event. Let's not waste any time getting into it.

Look, we KNOW this took us a while, you don't need to tell us. Let's find out which drivers are worth the hype through this opening leg of the season, see how the title contenders are doing and reshape the calendar in our own image.

With Corey away on vacation, Callum is joined by handsome TV man Colton H. Praill. Among the topics discussed: the title fight between Verstappen and Leclerc delivers twice in two races; top three and bottom three drivers through Bahrain and Saudi Arabia; major changes to Albert Park ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

Follow Colton on Twitter: twitter.com/ColtonPraill

Recorded in the lead-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix, Callum and Corey dig into the ethics of racing in places like Russia and Saudi Arabia, Nikita Mazepin being dropped by Haas following European sanctions on him and his father, and then we get to the more fun stuff: who's poised for a breakout season? Who's gonna whiff hard? How good do these cars look?

With a season this controversial, it's about time we sat down and dug deep on whether Netflix's wildly popular reality show remix of the greatest motorsport lives up to the hype. After some concerning opening steps, the results may surprise you.

With all that pesky *discourse* out of the way, Corey and Callum take a broader look at the 2021 season, how the drivers performed, who's washed, and what tracks are a total waste of our time. There's also a ham sandwich discussion in this one for some reason, your guess is as good as ours.

What more do we need to say? It's been months, we all saw it. For the inaugural episode of Strat 2 (recorded in December 2021), Callum and Corey dig into *that* season finale, the trajectories of Max, Lewis, Red Bull, and Mercedes, and whether F1 fans just need to chill the fuck out a bit.