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And then there was one. The on-track action in Abu Dhabi might not have lived up to its billing, but Formula 1 has crowned a new champion. Lando Norris is our 2025 World Champion, putting a bow on a 24-race season that went all the way down to the wire! There's lots to review, lots to celebrate, and lots to look forward to as F1 closes the door on not just another campaign but on a regulation. 2026 testing is only two months away and then we get to do it all again, but before the off-season be sure to tune in as the Low Downforce team winds down the final race weekend and makes their final assessments on the 2025 season and the Drivers' Championship! If you've made it all season with us, thank you so much. We'll be back soon enough to try and make sense of all the new car and sporting changes ahead of next season, but until then: stay speedy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alas, the season finale is here, and the stage could not be bigger! It is finally time for the last race of the 2025 Formula 1 season, and three drivers are vying for the Drivers Championship. Two drivers fighting for their first while racing side by side as teammates, and one legend looking to add his fifth consecutive title and inscribe himself in the history books that he's practically written himself! Lando Norris. Max Verstappen. Oscar Piastri. Tune in as the Low Downforce team sets up the weekend that turn one of these speed gladiators into a sports legend at the last possible moment! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a THREE way fight for the Drivers' Championship! Qatar might not have been edge-of-the-seat thrilling, it might not be a historic venue, it might not allow any overtaking, but it has given us the drama! Will a botched McLaren strategy cost both of their drivers the championship? Will Max Verstappen pull off the largest comeback in F1 history en route to his fifth straight title? Tune in as the Low Downforce team unpacks a story line-filled race weekend and what it means for the season finale next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three drivers fighting for the championship... Three races to go... And two of them are coming to you this weekend from Qatar, the final Sprint weekend of the 2025 season! Formula 1 is at it's peak with all the glory still up for grabs, and for the first race week this year, a champion can be crowned. Will Lando Norris write his name in the history books, or will his teammate Oscar Piastri or 4-time defending champ Max Verstappen keep their dreams alive? Tune in as the Low Downforce team tackles all of the scenarios and headlines that could shock the sport from Qatar! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...unless it has serious F1 championship implications! While the track gave us plenty of talking points, the biggest news dropped in the middle of the night, as all things in Las Vegas do, with McLaren suffering a double disqualification. Tune in as the Low Downforce team weighs in on the shocking headline and how it could shake up the final moments of the 2025 Formula 1 season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's not a city built for the night life like Las Vegas, and with Formula 1 coming to town to tear up the Strip, we are in for an absolute spectacle! We have arrived at the final three races of the 2025 season, and it is a triple header no less. We have yet to crown a Drivers' Champion, and with three drivers left in contention, every point is even more valuable at this stage! Tune in as the Low Downforce team goes all in with their predictions at a circuit that is as unpredictable as the next card dealt! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interlagos always delivers. Coming off a miraculous rainy edition in 2024, 2025 was just as epic, if not more, all weekend long! With a Championship in the balance and a Sprint to add extra chaos, there are so many story lines from Sao Paulo that will not only play a part in this season's history but in F1's history as a whole. Tune in as the Low Downforce team reminisces on a brilliant and memorable weekend and all that transpired on the track! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The final four races. A triple-header across three continents. Two Sprint weekends. One point separating the top of the Drivers' Championship. This is why we love Formula 1, and in 2025 the stakes have never been higher! After a week off, the F1 calendar kicks into high gear with the first of three race weekends in a row, and it's a Sprint weekend to boot! Tune in as the Low Downforce team dives into all the talking points descending on Sao Paulo, a place known for crazy weather and crazier championship-defining moments! You won't want to miss this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join J9 and Josh as they dive into the thrilling 2025 Mexico Grand Prix! From unexpected turns to strategic maneuvers, this race had it all. Tune in as they break down the highlights, discuss the standout performances, and share their personal takes on the most exciting moments. Don't miss out on this in-depth review of one of the most talked-about races of the season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The thin air of Mexico City creates unique challenges with reduced downforce and cooling issues. Which teams will adapt best? Can anyone challenge at the front? We discuss it all and predict what will happen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We recap a great Sprint Race Weekend in Austin with the United States Grand Prix! We cover what chances Max Verstappen has to win the Driver's Championship not that McLarens battles with each other have caused them to slip! We wrap up with a review of our predictions for the race from the World Predictor's Championship! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What better way to cure a week off from Formula 1 than a good ol' Sprint Weekend! With only SIX race weekends to go, every point matters more, and with more points available this weekend, this is a critical moment in the 2025 Drivers Championship. Will one of the McLaren drivers dominate the final quarter of the season to take the ultimate prize, or will infighting and drama allow Max Verstappen to claim a fifth straight title? Tune in as the Low Downforce team weighs in on the heating up championship and decides who is going to stake their claim this weekend in Austin! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

McLaren is your 2025 Constructors Champion, but of course no one is talking about that! It's not Formula 1 if there isn't a little bit, or a lot, of drama. While there were no safety cars or DNFs in Singapore, which is quite the rarity, there's some major talking points from the weekend under the lights. Tune in as the Low Downforce team weighs in on all of the drama and chats how the season might be heating up instead of slowing down! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a dominating Max Verstappen performance in Azerbaijan, the F1 calendar now heads to the only current track he hasn't stood on the top step: Singapore. Under the lights, in the humidity, Formula 1's original night race is as intense as it gets! With one championship on the verge of being sealed, while another is only heating up down the stretch, this race weekend is can't miss. Tune in as the Low Downforce team makes their predictions in hopes of taking home the Predictors' Championship at the end of the year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Azerbaijan, the Land of Fire, brought the heat on Saturday with the most red flags in a qualifying session under the current format! While Sunday might not have lived up to the hype, some key story lines still stole the show including another midfield podium! Tune in as the Low Downforce team unpacks another wild weekend and how Baku might've shaken up the championship battles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inter-team drama. Overtakes for the win. Championship-altering crashes. The streets of Baku bring them all into play, as we have seen in recent editions of the great street race! As Formula 1 enters into the final third of the season, there is no tighter title fight than our very own Predictors Championship. Tune in as the Low Downforce team, back in full for the first time in a minute, drop all their predictions for the weekend in Azerbaijan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Temple of Speed lived up to its name, delivering both the fastest ever F1 lap and the fastest ever F1 race! That's about all it delivered. While there were only a couple early overtakes and some late drama, there's plenty to talk about! Tune in as the Low Downforce team chats all things around Monza and sets up the final third of the 2025 F1 season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Riding on all of the headlines from the Dutch Grand Prix, we immediately jump to another legendary site in Formula 1: the Temple of Speed. If the drama and energy is already high, get ready to up it another level in front of the always energetic Tifosi! Ferrari's emphatic fans are ready, but coming off of a double DNF, will Ferrari rise like a phoenix from the ashes or will they stay stuck in a charred heap? Tune in as the Low Downforce team tries to peer ahead and make their best predictions for the weekend in Monza! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dutch Grand Prix not only pulled out us out of our summer break funk, but it delivered a banger! With headlines and shockers from the top of the grid to the bottom, there is so much to discuss as F1 starts the second half of the season off with a bang. Tune in as the Low Downforce team tries to sort it all and assesses the remainder of 2025 season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're so back! It's race week and Summer Break felt like forever, but Formula 1 returns with some breaking news for 2026 and a visit to Netherlands at one of the historic tracks. There might not have been the driver market shenanigans like last season, but we now know two former F1 drivers are making their return to the sport to race with Cadillac! While we'll have to wait until next year to see them on track, it's only a mere matter of hours until our 20 protagonists take to the track once again. That means the Low Downforce team is back with another round of race predictions to kick off the home stretch, so you'll have to tune is as our Predictors Championship heats up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we head into the official summer break of Formula 1, Hungary might've given us more questions to ponder: will Lando or Oscar come back stronger in the final stretch for the Drivers Championship? Can Ferrari win a race this season, or have they blown their best chances? Is it Williams who will hang on to the top of the midfield spot in the Constructors Championship, or will Aston Martin or Kick Sauber catch up to them? There's so much to unpack, process, and predict for the remainder of the 2025 season, so tune in as the Low Downforce team takes stock of the weekend around the Hungaroring and what might come next! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's no better cure from a bad race than a Formula 1 double-header! We head to Hungary next for the last race weekend before the summer break (so you better savor it). The Hungaroring is a track like no other, dubbed F1's "karting track", with downforce like Monaco, elevation like Interlagos, and back-to-back DRS zones like Austria. The Low Downforce team, hot off some incredible predictions, go again making another round of bold and spicy picks for who might shine this weekend. Tune in to find out who looks primed to perform before the longest holiday of the season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's all we get for waiting three weeks?! The Belgian Grand Prix left a lot to be desired, especially given that we also got a Sprint Qualifying and Sprint Race, but they can't all be bangers. Tune in as the Low Downforce team extracts the key moments and notable performances throughout the weekend (Spoiler: the four hosts ran rampant in the Predictors Championship, finally!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We try and take a week off, and we miss the biggest F1 news of the season! With Christian Horner gone from Red Bull, all eyes are on Max Verstappen's next move: will he stay at Red Bull or did the final domino fall for him to jump to Mercedes or elsewhere? As the Formula 1 calendar crosses the halfway point in the 2025 season and heads to Spa for the Belgium Grand Prix, and a Sprint Weekend at that, the Low Downforce team weighs in on the drama over at Red Bull, while simultaneously locking in their bold race week predictions! Tune in to see who the hosts think is going to start off the second half strong! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wet. Barely Dry. Very Wet. Finally Dry. It was a British Grand Prix for the ages, and with a home winner and a first-ever podium finisher, there was a lot to celebrate on the 75th anniversary of Formula 1! In a race where just staying between the white lines was enough and pit crews turned into weathermen, Silverstone delivered once again. Everyone on the Low Downforce team had something to smile about, but to hear exactly who shone the brightest in our eyes, you'll have to tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

F1 is returning home to Silverstone, the original Formula 1 Grand Prix dating back to 1950. The sport's history was founded here and gets added to every trip back, most recently crowning Lewis Hamilton for a record 9th time. Will he or the other hometown heroes shine in the spotlight or will the pressure weigh them down? Tune in as the Low Downforce team drops their predictions as we reach the halfway mark in the 2025 season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Austria gave us a DNS, a few DNF's, and everything in between! The McLarens went wheel-to-wheel again but managed to survive unscathed, but the opposite was true for the home favorite. Surprises, chaos, and some shocking radio are all summed up as the Low Downforce team assesses the wild weekend that was at the Red Bull Ring (Josh even had his Flop of the week before FP1 even started)! Tune in as all the action is unpacked before we bounce to the back half of the double header! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lando is looking to bounce back after a chaotic crash-out, but will Austria, where contact with Max Verstappen ended his race early last year, favor him this year? After a quick trip across the Atlantic, Formula 1 is back to its European stomping grounds, setting us up for an electric double-header! Will it be a papaya-colored weekend or a more Dutch shade of orange to match Red Bull's home race, or could another contender climb to the top? Tune in as the Low Downforce team reassesses the podium contenders, and lays down their predictions for another spicy race weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Montreal brought all the firsts! The Canadian Grand Prix saw a first podium for one of youngest drivers to ever taste the champagne, the first collision of the season between championship front runners, and, to top it all off, Josh and Ben got to see it all unfold live at their first Grand Prix in-person. Tune in as the Low Downforce team dives into all of the drama and excitement pouring from the latest stop in the 2025 season, and be sure to listen to the end for a quick track-side assessment of attending Formula 1 Grand Prix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's not just a normal Canadian Grand Prix race week; it's the first race week attending a Grand Prix for Ben and Josh! Before they head to Montreal though, the whole Low Downforce team readies up for the 10th race of the season! Coming out of a break following a triple-header, there are plenty of story lines and bold predictions to keep an eye on all weekend long, including whether or not Lance Stroll will heal up in time for his home race. Tune in as all four hosts look to add to their Predictors Championship totals ahead of an always-entertaining race! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Formula 1 can change in the blink of an eye. At the Spanish Grand Prix, we thought the new Technical Directive might shake up the pecking order and disrupt McLaren's dominance, but instead it was a late safety car that unleashed all chaos! What started as a race of steady strategy turned into all out chaos, some good and some bad, right before the chequered flag. Be sure to tune in to the Low Downforce team's analysis of questionable strategy calls, even more questionable collisions, and everything in between from the sunny suburbs of Barcelona! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you hated Monaco, don't worry here's another race weekend for you! If you loved Monaco, here's another enticing race weekend to follow it up! On the last leg of this triple-header, we head to Barcelona for the final time, at least as the Spanish Grand Prix. With two drivers looking to score in their home race and a new technical directive that might change which teams are the fastest, you'll definitely want to turn your attention to Barcelona this weekend! Tune in as the Low Downforce team gets you race ready for all that might be on the coast of Spain! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hahahaha you thought it would be different this time! Even with the mandated second pit stop, Monaco brought out as much frustration as celebration through the weekend as drivers tried to navigate the narrow streets. How can Monaco be fixed, or is Monaco even worth saving at this point? Tune in as the Low Downforce team recaps the historic race weekend and offers their best solutions to an improved showdown on the Monegasque streets! Let us know if you have an idea for how to bring the legendary race through the Principality back to its glory! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is time! The crown jewel of Formula 1 and motorsports around the globe; even if you don't know F1, you know about the Monaco Grand Prix. The 2025 season heads to the Principality of Monaco, waiting to crown it's next prince, and this year there's a twist! Formula 1 has mandated TWO pit stops instead of the usual one, which means more strategy, more chaos, and hopefully more racing through the narrow streets. Tune in as the Low Downforce team make their predictions for most legendary race of the year, now with an added layer of unpredictability! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If this was the last edition of an F1 race at Imola, it sure went out with a bang! Thanks to Pirelli throwing teams a curveball with the tires and a couple of safety cars, the European Summer started off spectacularly. Between the Italian flag-colored curbs, history was made up and down the grid as the Drivers' Championship got even spicier! Tune in to find out exactly how it all went down, as the Low Downforce team says ciao to the first race of this triple header and potentially last trip around Imola. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It may only be early May, but on Formula 1's calendar, it's already summer! Welcome to the first stop of the "European Summer" and the first stop of another triple header: Imola! We've got amazing racing coming for three weekends in a row, but one team didn't take much of a break during their week off as they watched their team principal resign and one of their drivers get replaced. As always in F1, there is as much drama off the track as there is on the track, and the Low Downforce team is here to investigate it all! Be sure to tune in as the hosts also make their wildly confident and usually incorrect predictions ahead of the first of two Italian grands prix this season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're only a quarter of the way into the 2025 Formula 1 season and there have been plenty of yellow flags, red flags, and collisions: oh my! Sometimes on TV you'll even catch a glimpse of a marshal leaning over the track furiously waving such flags or a graphic giving a driver a time penalty for some infringement, but what does it all mean? Why are some penalties worse than others? In this episode of F101, the Low Downforce team will dive into some of the safety regulations and how flags and penalties affect the race and the final driver order. Tune in for a little free racing knowledge to help explain some of the happenings during the Grand Prix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miami had a rainy, chaotic Sprint Race. Hell yeah! Miami had an exciting Grand Prix. That's awesome! Miami had a LEGO F1 race. Wait, what now?! Miami didn't always live up to it's Sunshine State vibe, but it absolutely delivered on the hype! With so much epic racing across the weekend and some historical on-track performances to boot, there's plenty of story lines to applaud and discuss this episode on the Low Downforce podcast! The team breaks it all down before taking a break before our second triple-header of the season and the first European races of 2025! Now a quarter of the way through the Formula 1 season, things are only heating up and the talking points are only getting spicier, so be sure to tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming off an electric triple-header, we head to the only Grand Prix that can out-hype and out-shine back-to-back-to-back races by its lonesome: Miami! Under the Florida sun, the asphalt shimmers, the celebrities show out, and the cars speed away throughout the weekend, and it's our second Sprint Weekend of the season no less. All of the energy shoots through the track with competitive sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and you won't want to miss any of it! Tune in as the Low Downforce team brings the energy and predictions to get you track-ready for the Miami Grand Prix. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're only a handful of races into the 2025 season of F1, but there's already been a lot of complaints about tires being too good and too durable. But why does that matter and what effect does it have on a race? In this episode of our F101 series, the Low Downforce team talks all about the importance of tires and the pit stops required to change tires! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Under the bright night lights, F1 hit the fastest street circuit on the calendar in electrifying fashion. Shocking overtakes, a couple of crash outs, and some emotions and exhaustion after the chequered flag highlighted the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. While the teams begin to catch their breath with one race over the next three weeks, the Low Downforce team assesses all that happened in Jeddah, who shone under the night sky and who needed to wish upon the stars, and how momentum is starting to shape the 2025 season. Tune in for all the breakdown and the spicy opinions swirling after the race! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can never get too much of Formula 1, which is why we are right back at it with the third and final leg of our maiden triple-header of the 2025 season. All 20 drivers and 10 teams head to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a street track, night race thriller that usually comes with high horsepower and even higher drama! With four teams fully in the mix for pole positions and race wins, it's anyone's guess as to how it will all go down under the lights. Tune in as the Low Downforce team throws their best guesses into the ring as our very own Predictors' Championship heats up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exciting dry race in 2025, finally! The Bahrain Grand Prix is in the books and the Formula 1 season is well and truly off and running. There were overtakes, tire strategy, fights for podium positions, penalties, we could keep going on and on! The Low Downforce team makes sense of all that happened on track in the second leg of our first triple-header of the season. F1 might be entering the real excitement of the season and you don't want to miss it, so get caught up before we head straight to another race weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even if the Japanese Grand Prix didn't meet expectations, you don't have to wait long to cleanse the palate. With the second stop of a triple header, F1 immediately heads to the Middle East for the first time in 2025 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Normally the home opener but pushed back due to Ramadan, all the teams return to the familiar grounds of pre-season testing for more pedal to the metal (or carbon fiber) action. Who will bounce back from Japan and who will ride a hot streak in back-to-back weekends? Tune in to find out who the Low Downforce team thinks will do just that! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So what if the race was boring?! The grass caught on fire! And then the grass caught on fire. And then the grass caught on fire... And then the grass caught on fire. But then Lando Norris mowed the grass with his car! While Sunday missed some of the usual edge of your seat racing, there are still a lot of talking points from the race weekend that was in Japan. Tune in as the Low Downforce team assesses the first leg of the triple header and what it could mean for the 2025 season going forward! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You give F1 a week off and all hell breaks loose! We head to one of the premiere tracks of the season (agreed upon by fans and drivers alike) for the Japanese Grand Prix, and all of the drama and excitement centers around the home hero, Yuki Tsunoda, who will suit up for the main Red Bull team for the first time. There's a lot of buzz around him and the whole grid amidst the cherry blossoms, so tune in as the Low Downforce team gets you updated and ready on all the news and track expectations for the third race of the season and the first of a triple header! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second race weekend of 2025 is in the books! We have a week off before the season resumes in Japan, but after the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, we just might need the break! Sprint drama (Ferrari fans rejoice!). Race drama (Ferrari fans grieve...). Coming off the first Sprint weekend of the season, the Low Downforce attempts to process and discuss all that happened on-track and off-track in Shanghai. Will we see drivers replaced before the next Grand Prix? Has the pecking order at the front changed? Tune in and find out how the F1 season continues to shape up with excitement from the race leaders to the back markers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's race week again! Just as you catch your breath from the exhilarating and action-packed Australian Grand Prix season opener, the second-leg of the double header is immediately upon us! We now head to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, the second race of the 2025 season and the first Sprint Race weekend! More meaningful sessions, more points at stake, and more chances for the drivers and teams to stake an early claim to this F1 season! Get ready for all three days with the Low Downforce team as they set the stage and make their guesses as to how it will all go down on track! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's only took until the second stop on the 2025 F1 calendar to reach our first Sprint Race weekend of the year! With an extra, shorter race slated before the Grand Prix, Sprint Race weekends look a little different and they have more points at stake. In this episode of our F101 series, the Low Downforce team gives you the information you need to get through one of these weekends, with all its nuances and schedule changes, that we'll see six times throughout this season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

F1 is back with bang! 6 bangs actually, as there were that many DNFs in an absolutely edge-of-seat, insane season opener to kick of the 2025 season at the Australian Grand Prix. With lots of first impressions and even more questions still to be answered, the Low Downforce team reacts to it all! Tune in for race takeaways and all the highs and lows as F1 gets underway in remarkable fashion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.