Episode Details

We kick the season off with our customary primer episode geared toward fellow F1 newbies! Go from 0-200 on car, team, and driver knowledge, learn what's new for 2018, and get the lowdown on this weekend's race in Australia!

SHOW NOTES

• Inside F1 is a great resource for all the rules and intricacies of the sport
• Reddit's "spotter's guide" can help pick out drivers and teams on track (original post)
• HBO segment on Hamilton and his brother Nicolas
• Vettel purposefully slamming into Hamilton
• Vettel trying the undercut (with technical analysis)
• Raikkonen's yacht maneuver, interview candor, and Instagram account
• Verstappen putting on a clinic in the rain in Brazil 2016
• Kubica's huge crash in Canada 2007
• The opening-lap crash at Spa 2012 that earned Grosjean a race ban
• The very best of Pastor Maldonado
• Alonso relaxing in a deck chair after his Honda-powered McLaren broke down once again
• Our primer episode on Super GT, the Japanese series with F1 veteran Jenson Button, Gran Turismo Academy winner Jann Mardenborough, and Hatsune Miku
• F1's new theme song by Brian Tyler (contrast with Unreal Tournament 2003)
• IndyCar's season opener was a banger (caution: spoilers in the comments!), as was MotoGP's (find our MotoGP primer here and watch all the races with a subscription here)
• Documentaries mentioned: Williams (Netflix), Senna (Netflix), Grand Prix Driver (Amazon)

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