2023 Canadian GP

For the 2023 Canadian GP we delve into the qualifying session, where Albon’s daring tire choice secured him P1 in Q1, while Leclerc missed an opportunity due to his team’s decision. Moving on to the race, we discuss Ferrari’s surprising strategy of not pitting during the safety car, McLaren’s strong performance, and Norris’s exceptional driving stand out. We touch on memorable moments like Hamilton’s quick start, Russell’s crash, and Verstappen’s dominance. 

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2023 Canadian GP Episode Summary

  • Quali better than race?
  • Ferrari Strategist’s masterclass 🤯
  • Charles in just a baby 👶
  • McLaren Strikes back!
  • The midfield royal rumble 🥊
  • ALO didn’t know what hit him.
  • Devris and KMag sit in a parking lot
  • Alonso charges his battery 🔋
  • Stroll does a last second overtake
The Max Verstappen Podcast: Champions Edition

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2023 Spanish GP

The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix was dominated by Max Verstappen, who took a ‘grand slam’ victory and extended his championship lead. Lewis Hamilton finished a distant second, while George Russell impressed with a third-place finish for Mercedes. Sergio Perez fought back to secure fourth in his Red Bull, while Carlos Sainz struggled and settled for fifth in his Ferrari. Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso showcased their experience by taking sixth and seventh respectively for Aston Martin. Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu, and Pierre Gasly completed the top ten. It was a thrilling race with Verstappen stealing the show, leaving his rivals in the dust.

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2023 Spanigh GP Episode Summary

  • Max’s car didn’t get Pirelli’s memo.
  • “Can I overtake Hamilton?” – George Russell 🤔
  • Estie Bestie on the podium 🏆
  • The return of McHonda days?
  • Sarang the only person Following the Alpha Romeo’s
  • The “so called” king of the street 👑
  • Hope is a dangerous thing..
  • Alonso carrying the AM on his shoulders.
  • Crane exposing some bottoms 🏗️
  • Kudos to the Race broadcast
  • Feisty Yuki 🔥
  • Chicaneless Spain!
  •  F1TV FTW!

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2023 Monaco GP w/ Gaurav Jain

Get ready for the wildest ride of the year at the Monaco Grand Prix 2023! Imagine Max Verstappen defying rain-soaked chaos to triumph in his Red Bull, leaving Fernando Alonso from Aston Martin and Esteban Ocon in his Alpine trailing in his wet and watery wake. It was a race where the streets of Monte Carlo turned into a slippery water park, drivers spun out like synchronized swimmers, and Max emerged as the soggy superhero. 

We have a special guest this time, Gaurav Jain, a longtime fan of the sport who brought some great insights to the episode.

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2023 Monaco GP Episode Summary

  • Max’s car didn’t get Pirelli’s memo.
  • “Can I overtake Hamilton?” – George Russell 🤔
  • Estie Bestie on the podium 🏆
  • The return of McHonda days?
  • Sarang the only person Following the Alpha Romeo’s
  • The “so called” king of the street 👑
  • Hope is a dangerous thing..
  • Alonso carrying the AM on his shoulders.
  • Crane exposing some bottoms 🏗️
  • Kudos to the Race broadcast
  • Feisty Yuki 🔥
  • Chicaneless Spain!
  •  F1TV FTW!

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2023 Miami GP

The 2023 Miami GP was a cringefest, with the fake marina still pretending to be a real one and a WWE style driver introduction. But hey, at least we got to see some awesome racing action on the track! Verstappen widened his lead in the championship, while Perez kept nipping at his heels. There were no big bangs, but it was still a blast to watch.

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2023 Miami GP Episode Summary

  • Where is my Chipotle! 🌯
  • KMag the unsung hero of the race
  • Verstappen annihilates the entire field
  • Alonso is getting paid to watch the race 📺
  • El trío español
  • Ferrari’s driver and team playing the race to the bottom 🏃🏽‍♂️
  • “Hamilton its James”
  • Hard tires – the true superstar of the race 💫
  • Martin Brundle’s new enforcer, Sir Jackie Steward
  • Will the Cringefest continue at Vegas? 🤢

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2022 Singapore GP

The Singapore GP was the perfect culmination of drama, emotions, heartbreaks, and triumph. We returned to marina bay after a 2 year gap and boy did it deliver with not only an amazing race but a nail-biting qualification session as well. 

Perez came out on the top in the intense battle for the lead with Charles hunting him down for a good chunk of the race. While max was stuck at the back of the grid with some mistakes of his own and some of the team.

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2022 Italian GP Episode Summary

  • Perez’s wife in shambles
  • Max Anger! 😡
  • Best Quali of the season?
  • Mick’s super-hot lap 🔥
  • Russell: “They race me so hard”
  • VSC/SC Galore!
  • Hamilton complains about tires
  • The Singapore GP drinking game 🍸
  • Goatifi strikes again! 🐐
  • The WDC Train – VET HAM VER

Stats of the Weekend

  • Alonso is the only driver to start 350 race starts.
  • Only driver to have driven all 13 races at Singapore is Bert Maylander who drives the official Safety Car.
  • Ricciardo gained a staggering 11 positions.
  • It was Red Bull’s first win in Singapore since Sebastian Vettel in 2013.
  • Perez is the first driver to win the street races of Monaco and Singapore in same year since Vettel in 2011.

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2022 Italian GP

Max and Red Bull continue their campaign of domination at Monza, the temple of speed at 2022 Italian GP. No matter what Ferrari did, the hard pill to swallow is that Max was just unstoppable at Monza. 

This race was also the debut of Nyck de Vries who gained half of all the points Williams has earned in a single race and completely humiliated Latifi in the process.

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2022 Italian GP Episode Summary

  1. Safety Car wins the Race! 🏁
  2. Should races finish under a safety car?
  3. A new Chad in the house! 💪🏽
  4. Goatifi: 21/20 
  5. Get the fans some cages now 
  6. The Ferrari Way ™️ : “Ruin weekends and Kill Dreams” 💀
  7. The curse of Monza
  8. Gasly tired of seeing Daniel’s rear end 👀
  9. 4d Strategy Chess ♟️
  10. Cheeky KMag 
  11. F1 Fanfictrion: Runs on dopamine and Coffee   ☕

Stats of the Weekend

  • Monza 2022 was the first time in history that 2 Dutch F1 Drivers Finished a Race in Points Positions: Max Verstappen and Nyck de Vries.
  • Max positions gained: Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton 14
  • Maximum Positions lost: Nicholas Latifi 6

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2022 Dutch GP

We return to the land of orange army for the 2022 Dutch GP. Yet another win for Max Verstappen, and yet another clown show by the prancing horse. The Mercedes camp is back and giving a tough time to the Red Bulls. 

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2022 Dutch GP Episode Summary

  1. 2021 Dejavu
  2. Bottas gets his revenge on Mercedes
  3. Mercedes climbing up the ranks 🪜
  4. The Horse circus continues
  5. Mattia writes for F1 Fanfiction 📝
  6. Max Performance
  7. Why did Yuki come in for a 🐓 inspection?
  8. Strolling into a point 🚶🏽
  9. The moving chicanes 🐤 

Stats of the Weekend

  1. Zandvoort has sand in some runoff areas instead of gravel or tarmac, which makes recovering cars that are “beached” a lot more time consuming than normal.
  2. Alonso got the most overtakes (7)
  3. Most positions were lost by Carlos Sainz and Mick Schumacher (5).
  4. Alonso has scored a point in the past 10 consecutive races.
  5. Max Verstappen joins the 30 race winners Club. And he is the youngest person to achieve it.
  6. Red Bull got the fastest pitstop for the race (2.09s).

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Fireside chat with Juju Noda and Hideki Noda

First and foremost, we want to thank all our listeners for sticking with us for 50 episodes! Yes, you heard that right this is our 50th Episode and we want to gift something special to you!

We have an incredibly special guest today with us, none other than the world’s youngest contender in the W Series, Juju Noda. And joining her will be her father, coach, mentor, Hideki Noda, who has participated in various racing categories like F1, Le Mans, IndyCar! This was truly an amazing episode where Hideki took up the mantel of a translator and helped us talk to Juju.

Juju Noda is just 16 years old, and her maturity surprised us! She is one of the youngest talents out there and is trying to make her mark at W series where she is competing against competitors twice her age! Join us as Juju shares her story and shares some laughs with us. 

Find out more about W Series at: W Series


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Twitter: @JujuNoda_Racing
Instagram: @101022juju

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Fireside chat with Akshay Gupta

Welcome to another addition to our mini-series called Fireside Chat where we bring in guests and talk about the world of motorsports. Join us as we welcome our newest guest, Akshay Gupta, who is a racing car driver turned entrepreneur.

Akshay has spent his early years trying to become a racing driver and participating in several different racing formats. He became an entrepreneur to support his racing career and soon discovered his love for entrepreneurship. He founded Quixote, now renamed Scouto (acquired by Spinny).

This is quite a different episode where we talk about diverse topics ranging from Akshay’s early racing career, his experience with starting a business and his struggle with his physical condition that he had from birth. Stick around as we also gloss over our journey behind starting F1 Fanfiction Podcast.

This was a unique experience where Akshay truly took up the mantel of the third host and made the conversation so much more interesting than what we planned for.


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Website: Akshay Gupta
Twitter: @akshay_racing
Instagram: @akshaymotorsport

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2022 Hungarian GP w/ Roberto Baldea

The 2022 Hungarian GP was yet again abysmal for Ferrari and Max came out on the top from P10 with a spin as well! The Ferrari camp is just not able to get their act together this season. While Ferrari completely bottled it Mercedes was able to completely capitalize on Ferrari’s misfortune and get that double podium! 

This episode is a special one, we have a 3rd host with us today, Roberto Baldea, who is a F1 content creator. Roberto is a die-hard fan of F1 and has attended every Canadian GP! He also clicks some great photographs of races that he attends.

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2022 Hungarian GP Episode Summary

  • Spin it to win it!
  • Hannah Schmitz FTW! 🏆
  • Chad Red Bull vs Virgin Ferrari
  • Problems at the Prancing Horse Factory 🐎
  • Binotto’s Mic Drop exit 🎤
  • Goodbye Vettel 😭
  • Silly Season Kicks off!
  • MULTI 21!!!
  • Goatifi P1 🐐
  • Mercedes clawing its way back
  • Is Charles Championship material? 🤔

Driver Ratings

Rating scale:
0 – Poor
5 – Average
10 – Outstanding


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