Merch - the good, the bad and the palm tree

F1 Summer Shutdown is almost over but Lins and Oz are squeezing in every last ray of sun before all hell breaks loose againLins finally gets to share her hatred of 'themed merch' - basically anything with a palm tree/ flamingo/ cowboy hat on it - whilst she and Oz talk about the people that are doing it right (not looking at you, Max)It's also time to talk about feeding an army in the paddock, and why all that glitters in F1 hospitality isn't gold, especially if eating dairy makes you vom and you've spent £5k on a ticket, awksSome links for you lovely people🇫🇷 Enchanté - DR doing it right🔠 A dull press release announcing an exciting F1 x ASSC x UNDFTD collaboration (who needs vowels anyway?)🦩 McLaren x Reiss not bringing flamingoes to British high street retail🤠 McLaren x Levi's bringing the cowboy to a saloon bar near you🙊 NSFW! Valentino Rossi being naughty🎌 Lewis doing cool Japanese shit👚 Parc Fermé being absolute creative legends💁‍♀️ F1Toni reclaims the Sunday Fangirl cliché🦪 Caviar is extra at the Miami GP🌮 But they did do some awesome local food joint pop-ups🏎️ Rabab Tantawy AKA Babs doing her thing🖌️ Babs doing her other thing (her epic Dubai studio for artists)🎨 Our artwork was kindly made for us by NOT Wieden + Kennedy📧 Send us your questions to [email protected] and we’ll do our best to explain why the hell certain things happen (or don’t) in motorsport 🤷🏼‍♀️📱 Find Oz on Instagram @pandea and Lins on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.