The Race F1 Podcast

The Barcelona Grand Prix proved a historic one on-track for Lewis Hamilton as he captured his first Ferrari victory - but can he do the double with his first visit to the top of Edd Straw's driver rankings since the 2024 British GP? And where did Edd place Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc after another tricky weekend?

In the latest episode of our driver rankings podcast, Ben Anderson returns, armed with questions from The Race Members' Club, to grill Edd on where he placed each driver in Barcelona - and this time he even gets Edd to concede he got one driver's position wrong! Listen in to find out who it was...

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Edd Straw is joined in Barcelona by Jon Noble and Josh Suttill to analyse what proved a historic Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton finally claimed his long awaited first grand prix victory for Ferrari, but how did he turn the tables on Mercedes and is he now back to his best? And with Kimi Antonelli retiring just after passing team-mate George Russell, what does all of this mean for the title fight?

The guys discuss all of these questions, as well as fielding many more sent in by The Race Members' Club.

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As a special bonus, we're making the Thursday edition of our In-Car Insights podcast - usually only available to The Race Members' Club - free for everyone to listen to.

In this episode, Edd Straw and Jon Noble dive into the paddock’s big talking points from media day on Thursday. The guys get into the reaction to the ADUO engine upgrade controversy after the FIA declared Red Bull is F1's ‘best’ engine, and discuss the astonishing development in Alpine’s bid to get Pierre Gasly’s podium-robbing Monaco penalty overturned.

They also talk about the finer details of two drivers struggling of late and aiming to turn it around in Spain – Charles Leclerc by trialling a new brake set-up at Ferrari, and George Russell with a plan to tackle how his driving style doesn’t seem to fit these cars.

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Bring Back V10s has World Cup fever! With the help of our members, we put together a tournament featuring 32 of the best races from 1989 to 2005, and in this episode you'll hear Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson debate the tournament from the last 16 all the way to the final. The twist? Host Glenn Freeman has the power to deploy a veto once per round if he disagrees with the selection made by the panel!

So get ready to hear Edd pushing too hard for races from 1993, Glenn being torn over how far to push Jerez 1997, Ben basing far too many of his decisions on what happened to Damon Hill in any given race, and Matt saying something nice about Nigel Mansell!

But which race will be declared the overall winner of the Bring Back V10s World Cup?

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In the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, we discuss the news that Red Bull has been declared Formula 1's best engine under the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) system, meaning that rivals Mercedes and Ferrari will both get engine upgrades during the 2026 season. Given the Mercedes power unit is considered the standard-setter and the Mercedes team has won every grand prix this year, the decision has understandably baffled a lot of people - so what exactly is going on? Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick everything we know.

Edd, Mark and Scott also discuss the driving style problems George Russell referenced in Monaco, and ask whether he could see an upturn in his fortunes in Barcelona this weekend. There's also a host of listener questions to answer, with topics ranging from whether McLaren have a power unit issue brewing to whether Alex Albon should leave Williams for pastures new.

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