High Performance Racing

Jake's gone AWOL, so Rob and Otmar are running the show on their own this week. What could possibly go wrong?!

Jake phones in from Orlando, where he says he's getting ready to interview Tom Brady (the guys aren't convinced, and reckon he's in a Norfolk Travelodge). Then Rob and Otmar take charge of the Singapore GP reaction. Max Verstappen took the Singapore double, winning both the Sprint and the Grand Prix, and the guys ask whether he really had the best car.

Rob takes them into the Engineering Dark Web to show where Leclerc lost pole and why Ferrari might have let a race win slip away. They also look at Lewis's decision not to pit under the virtual safety car, and Rob explains when a team has to overrule its driver.

They also go through a chaotic Sprint, from George binning it while leading to Lando's last-lap lunge on Oscar, and Otmar explains how driver contracts can encourage moves like that. Then there's the FIA's "human error" with power modes in qualifying, and why Otmar would have sent everyone through to Q2.

Plus, a parcel of Senna socks from a listener, a Bullshit Corner where Rob is meant to argue against everything and agrees with every point, the story behind Otmar's "nine women, one month" line, your book titles and dad jokes, and the guys' reaction to an exclusive clip from Christian Horner's High Performance interview.

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The best drivers in the world were ready to race in Malaysia. Then a software glitch got in the way. Jake, Rob and Otmar ask how F1 can call itself the pinnacle of motorsport when an untested software failure can stop drivers from doing their jobs, and why fans deserve to know what’s happening when things go wrong.

The guys also debate Kimi Antonelli’s 84-point lead, George Russell’s terrible luck, and whether there’s any way back. Rob explains why Red Bull’s latest upgrade could make them a threat everywhere, while Otmar and Rob tackle Ferrari’s latest strategy mess and why Lewis Hamilton was right to ignore the team and trust his instincts.

Plus, Otmar defends Esteban Ocon’s F1 career, while the guys debate whether Williams really are victims of the cost cap, or simply not making enough of what they have.

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Baku belonged to George Russell. He took pole, fastest lap and the win, and led every lap for the first Grand Slam of his career. Otmar tells the guys about the rather unusual gift he showed George after qualifying. Rob explains why one crash on a street circuit can knock a driver's confidence for the rest of the weekend. And the guys do the maths on whether George can still catch Kimi. The answer isn't what you'd expect.

Otmar also tells the story of the Instagram post from Malaysia that nearly got Checo Pérez a five-year ban. We hear about the steering change that made Max say "I want that". And the Engineering Dark Web returns with the seventh-gear trick that won Mercedes Baku.

Plus, Lando, Colapinto and the ugly side of F1 fandom, a proper A-list Bullshit Corner nomination from Richard Hammond, Jake's Brad Pitt Zoom disaster, and a phone call with the man behind bscorner.com. The guys are also offering to send a family to the British Grand Prix next year, so get in touch if you'd like to be considered.

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Baku is back, and it’s one of the strangest challenges on the F1 calendar. You want maximum downforce through the castle section, then almost none for the longest straight in Formula 1. Get the setup wrong and you’re either slow through the corners or a sitting duck down the straight.

Jake, Rob and Otmar explain how engineers solve that impossible compromise, why driver confidence can be worth more than the numbers in the simulator, and how active aero is changing the game.

They also tackle a much bigger question: has F1 become entertainment with a motor race attached? With record revenues, huge team valuations and F1’s push to bring the sport to new audiences, the guys debate what’s been gained, what’s been lost, and why the sound of a V10 still matters.

Plus, Otmar reveals what really happens when a driver gets injured at the last minute, Rob shares some incredible reserve-driver stories, they debate whether Fernando Alonso will actually retire, and Bullshit Corner gets into Lando Norris, Coca-Cola and the complicated world of F1 sponsorship.

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£151 million, three years of design, 17 months of construction, 353,000 fans… and four overtakes. Madrid certainly put on a show, but Jake, Rob and Otmar have a question: did anyone remember to build a race track?

The guys debate whether F1 has become too obsessed with bringing the sport to the people, why fans will happily travel for a great race, and why the best circuits on the calendar were built long before computers, simulations and AI got involved. Rob makes the case for old-school tracks like Suzuka, Spa and Monza, while Otmar argues that Tilke has produced some great circuits, but modern tracks still struggle to match the classics.

Plus, Otmar questions how Spain ended up with two races and Germany with none, while the guys ask why Madrid can look spectacular and still feel like almost anywhere else on the calendar.

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