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Ask Edd Straw about his F1 driver rankings from Las Vegas!

Hi everyone - our experiment after Brazil with Edd taking questions here on Patreon about his driver rankings went so well, that we're going to do it again!

And this time we've included the full article of Edd's rankings below so if you haven't read it yet, you can work your way through it...

Ad-free F1 pod: Las Vegas GP review

Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Ben Anderson to discuss Max Verstappen clinching his fourth drivers' world title with fifth place in the Las Vegas Grand Prix. But where does this year's championship success rank alongside his other winning seasons?

They also expl...

Send us your Las Vegas GP F1 podcast questions!

Hey everyone, drop your questions from the Las Vegas GP weekend here and we'll get to as many as we can in our post-race podcast!

Thanks as always for how much you all engage with this element of our shows - it makes the podcasts even more fun to do when we get to be guided by you on the t...

And Colossally That's History S2 E8: Moss vs Hawthorn - The race to be Britain’s first F1 champion

As many as 10 British drivers have become world champion since the inauguration of the Formula 1 world championship in 1950, but only one has the distinction of being the first person from his country to do so.

On today's episode of Colossally, Matt and Richard discuss the battle to become ...

⭐️ BBV10s Extra: Best sponsors, guilty pleasures and cars we'd like to own - Your questions part 3!

For our third and final members-only Bring Back V10s Q&A, Glenn Freeman is joined by Andrew van de Burgt and Matt Beer to tackle another brilliant batch of your questions.

Subjects taken on include manufacturers we'd like to see come back to F1, the best sponsors of the V10 era, our gui...

Ad-free F1 podcast: Previewing Las Vegas and the triple header that will decide the constructors' championship

Compared to last year, the opening day of the Las Vegas Grand Prix event was relatively subdued, but despite the lack of razzmatazz there's still plenty to talk about on The Race F1 Podcast. 

Ben Anderson joins Edd Straw after a long day in the paddock to give you a taste of what ...

Ad-free MotoGP pod: What we learned from day one of the 2025 season

The 2025 MotoGP season effectively began two days after 2024 finished, with everyone back on track for the Barcelona test - and 12 riders having their first tastes of life at new teams.

World champion Jorge Martin's Aprilia debut and Marc Marquez's first day as a works Ducati rider headline...

Full uncut Lando Norris interview - Patreon exclusive!

Lando Norris recently sat down with The Race's Scott Mitchell-Malm for an exclusive in-depth interview about his 2024 Formula 1 title bid, taking on Max Verstappen and how fans perceive him.

You can 2024-11-20 10:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post

🔧 F1 Tech Show: Who'll win the three-team constructors' championship battle?

The battle for the 2024 drivers' world crown may be all but over, but on the constructors' front the battle is still raging, with the final three races set to decide whether McLaren, Ferrari or Red Bull take top honours (and the considerable prize money that goes with it).

On this episode o...

New MotoGP Revisited Podcast - You decide the year!

We're launching a new MotoGP equivalent of Bring Back V10s' F1 1997 Revisited podcast series exclusively for The Race Members' Club - and we want YOU to decide which year we ...

Ad-free MotoGP pod: So satellite riders CAN win championships

Despite Simon Patterson's years of predictions on The Race MotoGP Podcast that satellite riders can't win championships, Jorge Martin has done just that.

So Simon - wearing his 2024-11-18 13:25:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Ad-free F1 pod: Brad Pitt's F1 movie - How it's been filmed and why it matters

With F1 taking a breather before the final three races of the season, we thought we'd bring you something a little different for our latest episode: An update on the Brad Pitt-led movie F1, which is scheduled to hit cinemas next summer.

Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Valen...

Get your MotoGP decider podcast questions in!

It's MotoGP title decider weekend and Simon, Val, Megan and Matt are poised for the season finale episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.

Pop your questions for us in the comments on this post and we'll get through as many as we can across the post-race episode and our extra episode from the Ba...

EARLY ACCESS: Discussing F1's driver 'clearout'

As a special Patreon treat this weekend, we're releasing the audio from an upcoming discussion video that will run on our YouTube channel in the coming days.

Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm take a look at what's behind F1's sudden push for youth in the driver market, and how that has ...

⭐️ Bring Back V10s 1997 revisited: Luxembourg GP

The iconic image from F1's first 'Luxembourg Grand Prix' in 1997 has to be Ralf Schumacher's Jordan spinning over the side of his brother's Ferrari, inflicting a critical blow to Michael's championship hopes. But as we discuss on our latest 1997 Revisited episode, the real culprit for this clash ...

And Colossally That's History S2 E7: France's 'golden generation' of F1 winners

The latest episode of Colossally has a distinctly French flavour, as Matt and Richard look back on a golden age of French Formula 1 drivers.

Believe it or not, having endured a 13-year winless drought in Formula 1 between 1958 and 1971, France then produced 10 different F1 winners in 11 sea...

🏍 MotoGP Extra: We answer your questions!

We've promised for a long time that we'll dive into the fantastic list of questions from The Race Members' Club that we've held in reserve on The Race MotoGP Podcast and as the Barcelona season finale approaches we're keeping our word!

Simon Patterson, Megan White, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt ...

Ad-free F1 pod: What's behind the race director's sudden departure? Plus, big changes to launch season, Aston’s tech shake-up, Alpine’s new engine deal & more

It's a news bonanza on the mid-week episode of The Race F1 Podcast as Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and special guest Christian Menath from German outlet Motorsport Magazin to unpack several big stories.

The first is the shock news that Formula 1 will have a new r...

Ad-free MotoGP pod: We predict the title showdown outcome

Is a satellite rider about to win the MotoGP world championship (and prove The Race MotoGP Podcast's Simon Patterson very wrong)?

It's advantage Jorge Martin heading into the Barcelona finale, but after a(nother) season of mad swings between Pramac Ducati rider Martin and factory rival Pecc...

Ad-free F1 pod: Norris' development, the GPDA hit back, Mercedes' form & more

On this episode, with the title fight now effectively settled in Max Verstappen's favour, Edd Straw, Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson discuss what Lando Norris needs to do to move from regular race winner to real championship challenger in 2025.

They also look at the collision course Mohammed B...

📕 F1 Book Club: Behind the scenes in the Mercedes F1 Team

On the latest episode of F1 Book Club, Edd Straw chats to Matt Whyman, author of a fascinating new book titled: Inside Mercedes F1: Life In The Fast Lane.

Matt was granted unprecedented and unlimited access to Mercedes for the 2023 and 2024 seasons and fully embedded himsel...

And Colossally That's History S2 E6: Three races that explain the genius of Gilles Villeneuve

On this episode, Matt and Richard explore the genius of one of Formula 1's most celebrated drivers: Gilles Villeneuve.

The unassuming French-Canadian only won six Grands Prix in his all-too-short career, but his reputation remains up there with the very best, and his legacy still looms la...

🏎 F1 EXTRA: Contrasting Hamilton's joyous run in Senna's car with his miserable Mercedes sign-off

On this episode of F1 Extra, exclusively for you, our valued members, Edd Straw is joined by Glenn Freeman and our Brazilian colleague Lito Cavalcanti for more reflection on last weekend's race in Brazil, which proved a weekend of mixed emotions for Lewis Hamilton.

The guys begin by reflect...

EARLY ACCESS: Our take on F1 drivers calling out Mohammed Ben Sulayem

Fresh from recording, we're giving you early access to listen to a YouTube video we're releasing later in the wake of the F1 drivers calling out FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and the FIA's clampdown on swearing (among other things) in a statement published today.

Ben Anderson is joine...

⭐️ Bring Back V10s 1997 revisited: Austrian GP

F1's return to Austria after a decade away was action packed, with Jacques Villeneuve coming through the chaos to get his championship challenge back on course. 

Beyond Villeneuve's win, we look back on Jarno Trulli's heroics for Prost, Stewart's cameo at the front, a famous clash betw...

Ad-free F1 pod: Why it’s Bottas out, Bortoleto in for Sauber in 2025

Join Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell-Malm as they discuss Audi/Sauber's decision to sign F2 championship-leader Gabriel Bortoleto to partner Nico Hulkenberg for 2025 and beyond, in the process saying goodbye to Valtteri Bottas, who for a long time looked favourite to retain his seat.

Amongst o...

🏍 MotoGP Extra: KTM star Brad Binder answers your questions!

We've got a huge list of one-on-one MotoGP interviews to bring you uncut exclusive to The Race Members' Club over the winter, and we're starting with a particularly special one because YOU supplied all the questions for it.

Brad Binder joined Simon Patterson to answer everything you wanted ...

Satellite riders CAN win MotoGP championships? - Your T-shirt designs are here!

With Pramac's Jorge Martin closing on the MotoGP world championship, Simon Patterson's long insistence on The Race MotoGP Podcast that no satellite rider will ever win the title is REALLY being tested. And that's prompted plenty of requests from The Race Members' Club for T-shirts on the topic. 2024-11-06 12:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post

🔧 Ad-free Tech Show: F1’s latest cheating suspicions, red flag tyre changes and Aston’s struggles

On this episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson cover a raft of topics that came up over the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, including wet weather set-ups, red flag tyre changes (and whether they should be allowed), and Aston Martin's miserabl...

Edd Straw answers your F1 driver rankings questions!

Thanks to everyone who piled in with comments and questions about Edd's Brazilian GP driver rankings to find out more about the process Edd goes through, and to hold him to account for all the things he got wrong, of course!

Edd sat down to work through your questions, choosing not to look ...