The Switchback F1 Podcast - Episode 53: Vacancy
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03/07/2022
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Graham and Luke return to talk all things F1. Beginning today with Haas terminating the contracts of their title sponsor and Nikita Mazepin (3:10) Who should replace Mazepin at Haas, as well as Haas' longer term driver picture (10:47) Max Verstappen's lengthy extension (32:46) A preview of Drive to Survive Season 4 (37:35) And, finally, a preview of the second test in Bahrain (43:13) ...They said it couldn't be done, that we couldn't have a podcast under an hour again. Ha. Joke's on you.
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