Roundtable: Customer Teams vs Works Teams

Missed Apex is entering F1, at least in theory. Spanners, Stevens and Catman sit down for our first Big Roundtable to decide what kind of team we would build: a full works manufacturer, a factory-backed partner, an independent customer, a technical client, a junior team or a takeover-and-rebadge operation. Using Cadillac’s sudden switch from Graeme Lowdon to Marcin Budkowski, McLaren’s 2026 customer-team problems, Haas and Dallara, Sauber’s many identities and the Red Bull/VCARB relationship, we ask what really makes a works team, how much independence matters and whether our aim should be winning championships or simply turning up and going racing. ⭐Missed Apex Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@missedapexf1 ⭐ Spanners https://x.com/SpannersReady https://bsky.app/profile/spannersready.bsky.social ⭐Matt Trumpets https://x.com/mattpt55 https://bsky.app/profile/mattpt55.bsky.social Ways To Support Missed Apex: ✅ Join our Patreon to gain access to our exclusive Patreon Only Discord Chat + Bonus Content We Only Exist Due to Our Patron Support https://www.patreon.com/MissedApex ✅ Leave a tip https://missedapexpodcast.com/tipjar On Tonight’s Show: ⭐ Spanners https://x.com/SpannersReady https://bsky.app/profile/spannersready.bsky.social ⭐ Chris Stevens https://www.instagram.com/chrisonracing/ https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisonracing ⭐ Chris ‘Catman’ Turner https://x.com/catmanf1 https://thecatdoctor.co.uk/ THE CAT DOCTOR Give us a shout on WhatsApp! Save +44 79 4747 1840 if you are interested in calling into a show or sending us things you reckon Come iRacing with us!!! Join the Missed Apex British F4 iRacing Championship! 6 rounds, UK tracks only, through the Missed Apex iRacing League! Email [email protected] to join the fun!!! Give Spanners Insta a go!!! https://www.instagram.com/spannersready Keep an eye out on Netflix! https://www.instagram.com/netflixpodcasts/ Give the GT Open series a go with Stevens on comms https://youtube.com/@gtopenseries?si=4wNupn1cc9KYPLqV And check out Stevens’ latest show reel and give it all the love https://loudspeakeragency.com/talent/chris-stevens/