Christian Horner BYD F1 Team Meetings Raise Serious Questions

Christian Horner has reportedly held a series of meetings with Chinese EV giant BYD — including with their vice president Stella Li at the Cannes Film Festival. BYD want to enter F1, either as a brand new 12th team or via a stake in Alpine. Hosts Alex and Lydia get into why this story is controversial on three levels — the geopolitics, the EV-versus-V8 contradiction, and the Ron Dennis parallel from 2016.We also take a step back from the silly-season noise and get into why Montreal is genuinely one of the best weekends on the calendar. The track's Expo 67 origin story, the Wall of Champions, the Gilles Villeneuve legacy, the bagel war, Schwartz's smoked meat, and what's been overhauled at the venue after the 2024 paddock flooding fiasco.And finally it is the Canadian GP Preview Round 5, Sprint weekend at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Mercedes are bringing their first major upgrade package of the year, McLaren are arriving on the back of a Miami sprint win and a double podium, and Ferrari have more upgrades coming after their Miami package. We walk through what to watch, where Russell stands with his championship lead now 20 points behind Antonelli, and lock in predictions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.