The Race F1 Podcast

The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, brings you the Thursday edition of our In-Car Insights podcast - usually only available to The Race Members' Club.

The prospect of a chaotic media shuttle journey battling the Mexico City traffic was too much even for our intrepid on-site duo Edd Straw and Josh Suttill to risk recording on.

A cafe was the best alternative and even trumpets and chatter in the background can't derail the guys from debriefing media day at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

This includes Josh's thoughts on his first experience of Mexico (walking 23 kilometres around the city!), a huge amount of ground covered across the drivers' media sessions ranging from some lingering issues from Austin to the fascinating technical challenge of this weekend – and an extremely unconvincing golf analogy from Josh, relating to George Russell's current driving style predicament.
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In the latest edition of The Race F1 Tech Show, Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson discuss Red Bull’s recent run of lacklustre starts, and ask whether Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar are right to point to clutch issues being to blame.

They also explore whether F1 should implement car design changes on driver welfare grounds, after Verstappen revealed that doctors have discovered significant deterioration in the discs of his lower back as a result of driving the current generation of cars on bumpy tracks.

And finally, Gary answers questions from listeners about engine maps and damage management during flyaway races.

If you'd like to ask Gary a tech question, send it to podcasts@the-race.com

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In this episode of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, we ask what’s next for George Russell, as his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli looks to seal the world title in Mexico this weekend. Is Russell done as far as being a title threat is concerned given his team-mate’s rise, or can he use the closing stages of this season to build the foundations for a title push next year, Nico Rosberg 2015-style?

Edd Straw is joined in Mexico City by Josh Suttill to answer those questions and look ahead to the Mexican Grand Prix, including which teams might flourish in the high altitude surroundings, and the importance of Colton Herta's FP1 outing for Cadillac as the American chases a 2027 race drive.

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In the latest mailbag edition of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, Edd Straw is joined by Josh Suttill to tackle another batch of questions from listeners.

Top of the pile is a question about how champion elect Kimi Antonelli compares to Max Verstappen, which is followed by another about how the Italian has improved as a driver in 2026.

There are also questions about whether talk of Lewis Hamilton being back to his best in 2026 was premature, why some race incidents take so long to be investigated, and what's behind Alex Albon's recent struggles, amongst other topics.

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In the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, sponsored by Skinceuticals, Edd Straw is joined in Austin by Josh Suttill and Scott Mitchell-Malm to review the United States Grand Prix.

Kimi Antonelli moved to the brink of the world championship with a stunning win from pole position, but how did Mercedes return to form, and what happened to Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s dominant streak?

The guys discuss those topics, unpick the race's other key storylines - including Russell's struggles and Ferrari's qualifying deficit - and answer a bunch of your questions.

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