Drag And Downforce Podcast

Season Review: FERNANDO SUPREMACY!! (+ Memes)

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:51:08 +0000

The season was an absolute meme-fest!

From Vettel's horrendous pitstop to Fernando's GODLY skill the past 2 weeks, there are memes on everything you'll be able to find!

Listen in!

This might be the beginning of the end of such an awesome season :(

Red Bull caught with a "minor" overspend in 2021! What now?

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:44:03 +0000

On Monday, the world discovered that Red Bull overspent in the F1 season of 2021 (the Micheal Masi controversy of Abu Dhabi GP remember?)

Sources:

The ESPN article on the topic

Toto Wolff's statement on the same

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Japanese GP: The Fruit of Patience...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:28:32 +0000

The Fruit Of Patience: Sour or Sweet?

Sweet: The beautiful last-lap battle of Vettel and Alonso, Latifi gets his first season points, Vettel finishes P6 after spinning out etc.

Sour: Almost a repeat telecast of Suzuka 2014 and almost losing Gasly just like Jules... (more discussed in the podcast)

Sorry to make this podcast so negative... but this is true. rate the episode 5 stars if you liked it... Meet you all next race on DIWALI!

Singapore GP: Is FIA in the pockets of some top teams?

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 17:15:00 +0000

Time and again, the "unfortunate" and "untimely" results of steward investigation have caused drama. Why is this problem only faced by F1 and the FIA, not Football and FIFA, or Cricket and the ICC?

Let's explore this race and topic in today's episode.

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Sources:

1) Max's "minor" contact

2) Binotto's Statement on the GP

3) If FIA governed Football

Indian Motorsport News: Formula Regional India, Moto GP's Grand Prix of Bharat and Formula E in Hyderabad!

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:35:00 +0000

Even though I had a cold this week, and I carefully trimmed out the coughing in the episode (mostly lol)

I still wanted to discuss the big news with my audience!

Sources:

Formula Regional Calendar and Info

Moto GP "Grand Prix Of Bharat" News

Should Laps Under Safety Cars be Counted in a Race?

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 22:30:00 +0000

This is a controversial topic and a question I left you with at the end of the previous episode...

Should Laps behind a safety car be counted or are they a waste of racing time? I present facts and arguments on both sides, towards the second half of the episode we also discuss why this is important.

Interesting Article by The Race (the comments are more interesting, to be honest): Click here!

This Reddit post was also mentioned in the episode: Click Here!

Italian GP: Verstappen gets lucky on De Vries's massive debut!

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 18:35:00 +0000

This episode will be... **controversial** to say the least. It will be awesome to hear as well.

Excuse me for speaking slowly as this episode was recorded in the middle of the night.

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Dutch GP: Pitstop Mayhem as Max wins at Zandvoort again!

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:40:00 +0000

As Zaandvoort comes back on the calendar for the second year... only an idiot would've expected Max NOT to win on his home race.

It could have been possible IF Hamilton and Russel had not pitted during the Virtual Safety Car (and then Safety Car) caused by Bottas losing power right before T1 for lap 69 (excellent)...

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Belgian GP Review: Verstappen on Fire as Ferrari Weakens

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 17:16:07 +0000

The fire we saw from Ferrari at the start of the season is losing intensity, the Red Bulls get stronger.

Even after Sainz's podium... Leclerc's strategist pulls him into the pits in lap 43/44 to get an extra 1 point for the fastest lap... Leclerc under pressure was caught speeding in the pit lane, getting a 5-second penalty making him finish 6th instead of 5th.

Greed never does anything good.

We also talk about Danny Ric's statement about McLaren's performance and expected improvements (if any).

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Fixing F1 Teams: Alpine

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 13:30:00 +0000

This 2022 season has been slightly harsh on some teams... Alpine isn't particularly having a hard time compared to some other teams (*cough* McLaren *cough*) but it is still necessary to note that they are not in the top 3 teams... how would I run the team if I were it's in charge? How does one fix this team? Find out by listening to this episode!

Source for the head-to-head statistics: Teammate stats (has been removed now)

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Hungarian GP Review: Ferrari Strategy drags down Sainz, Leclerc as Max takes easy win

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:30:00 +0000

I go on to a little bit of a rant in this one as Charles Leclerc goes on to come home in 6th in a race he was WINNING. I also (as a Ferrari fan) go deep into how Max Verstappen can finish first after starting 10th and Lewis Hamilton can finish 2nd after starting on 7th. Still, Ferrari can make their top driver finish 6th...

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Modern F1 Legend: Sebastian Vettel

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:25:00 +0000

While researching for the episode, I found out that Sebastian Vettel had just announced his retirement from Formula 1. This is also the first episode I am recording and editing on Adobe Audition (instead of Audacity)

A sad moment for the entire community, here s something that I hope will lift your mood... As we remember Vettel's past and cherish the final few races he has left this season.

Don't know where we'll see you next Seb. Good Luck for the next stage of life.

French GP Review: Red Bull Win, Mercedes Double Podium, Ferrari's Failure! (and more!)

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 19:20:00 +0000

Sorry to take the long un-announced hiatus, the French GP has come to a close, and I am here to give my un-filtered review on the entire race! Without any further text, just listen to the podcast!

Link to the Reddit Post I talked about: "Russell on Lap 47..."

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Emilia-Romagna GP AKA Imola GP: Max laps Lewis, Lando gets 3rd podium for McLaren!

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Another episode of a recap of the race, this time at Imola! The race was super wet to the point that DRS was not allowed.

This led to a lot of drivers (*cough* Charles Leclerc *cough*) feeling the pressure and spinning out on track when you were SOOO close to getting a podium... Russel being younger than Hamilton is fairing way better this season and it is astonishing.

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Australian GP Review: Ferrari's win, Jeddah boycott, George's first podium!

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:15:00 +0000

Sorry for the inconvenience, this episode airs 2 days late... and I am deeply sorry as some time-zone issue caused delays in recording, which led to delays in editing and episode release. (more on this in the podcast). I was working on The Official Website and was busy due to that (also explained in the episode)

In this episode, we talk about the race in Melbourne, Australia. Once used to be an inaugural race of the season in the pre-COVID era is surely still loved...

We saw George earning his first podium at Mercedes (his first EVER being 2021 Belgian GP - Spa, where he came in second place... while driving a Williams). We also saw Red Bulls being much more powerful than the Silver Arrows... especially in high-speed corners.

Overall the race was great... apart from the fact that 2 drivers - one who just left Ferrari (Vettel) and one who just joined Ferrari (Carlos Sainz) actually missed the braking zone in Turn 4 of the track which directly or indirectly ended their respective races.

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Bahrain GP 2022: Red Bull Reliability issues, Ferrari's OP engine, Rise of Haas and much more....

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000

If THIS is what the new era of F1 is all about, I am all for it! In this episode we go in-depth about Mercedes and Ferrari almost swapping engine departments - as until last year Ferrari was stuck with a bad engine and Mercedes was all "Party Mode", the new ethanol fuels have really impacted the Merc engines, Haas has risen to the top of the Midfield (as I predicted in Haas VF22 launch episode) and Ferrari are the title contenders (I told you so in F1 pace predictions episode).

Also, I would like to mention that a Website for Merch and a Blog is coming through and I would also be accepting Listener donations from there...

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McLaren Aero is superior against porpoising... Here's why

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 22:30:00 +0000

Even though McLaren predicted that porpoising will be fixed in the first 5 to 6 races this season and drivers like Bottas and Zhou have denied that porpoising would ever become a safety issue... It still got me thinking...

After seeing Charles Leclerc's car see-saw-ing through the straights of Barcelona and one of the Ferraris getting binned in the walls... with almost all teams struggling with this... how is McLaren immune to this issue??

To know more, stay tuned and listen in. If you liked the episode, rate us 5 stars on any podcast directory you are listening to this episode on and follow me on Twitter: @Jedi_Arnav (here)

McLaren MCL36 Launch: How does it compare to the AMR22?

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000

The McLaren finally launched. It took me a full 2 days to study the design thoroughly.

Best designed car as of now.

Podcast Episodes on Alpha Tauri's AT03 and William's FW22 are coming soon...

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Aston Martin AMR22 Car Reveal: How the first TRUE reveal of 2022 stand up to HAAS's improvements (if any lol)

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:30:00 +0000

BIRTHDAY SPECIAL!!!! I turn 19 today, on 12th Feb 2022!

Birthday Wishes aside,

Aston Martin revealed the car... like the PHYSICAL car with both the drivers - Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll present just like the Pre-pandemic fashion. After Haas's renderings that launched and after RedBull's half-hearted attempt of unveiling its "new" livery. This makes me think... I was probably too harsh with the green British team lmao.

Here are my thoughts on the car and how it looks...

Found a good breakdown on Twitter as well: https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/1491778193199706113?t=TZezxwiQ_QL7J17xZ3mbfQ&s=19

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Haas VF22 Car Reveal Review: All new, but is it all different?

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 22:30:00 +0000

As Hass reveals the 3D renders on Twitter for the VF22, The Internet is divided, some say that it looks ugly or same-ish from the previous season, some say it looks great, some can't differentiate between the 2021 and 2022 cars because of the similar livery... but I smell a conspiracy to misguide the audience but more importantly... misguide opposing teams in F1. Here is the review of the first car in 2022.

How right or wrong I am, is to be seen on 23rd February - the first day of testing at Barcelona (Catalunya)... when we shall compare how the cars looked and evolved behind the scenes...

Link to the Tweet from Haas revealing the car: https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/1489554296995733505?s=20&t=4xGzb_JoCVPM6PrJBHM9Rg

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Pierre vs Perez: Epic Battle for Red Bull Number 2

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:30:00 +0000

As Perez's contract with the energy drink F1 team comes to an end, it is a matter of thought whether Red Bull should resign Perez or work out a new contract with Gasly, who was absolutely binned by Red Bull for Alexander Albon in 2020, who ALSO got absolutely binned for Perez in 2021.

The source for the statistics in the episode: https://www.formula1points.com/head-to-head/career/Sergio%20Perez/Pierre%20Gasly

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Formula E coming to India?? Hyderabad might be a venue in 2023

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:30:00 +0000

As India Signed the Letter Of Intent to have a race in Hyderabad (near City Centre). There has been a lot of commotion. It is said Formula E wanted India as one of the venues since 2014... now that the sport is looking to expand its abysmally small set of venues... Can India mark its place?

The Race article: https://the-race.com/formula-e/india-poised-to-join-formula-e-calendar-in-2023/

The official article from FIA Formula E: https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/january/hyderabad-india-letter-of-intent-formula-e-race

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Build Up to 2022 #4: Aston Martin will face their "Ultimate Test" in the F1 during 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:30:00 +0000

With Mercedes and Red Bull being the top teams in F1 with Ferrari and McLaren closely behind and Alpine looking for some big step-up, Aston Martin has to do SOMETHING to get into the mix of the Championship.

If they don't, their days in F1 are numbered.

Recently, they've announced that they will reveal the car on 10th February 2022 AND a new facility near Silverstone with a Wind Tunnel is being built for $200 Million(USD) - which got me thinking... what all do they need to hang on?

Brainstorm with your Host (Arnav) this episode of Build Up to 2022!

Build Up to 2022 #3: Why Porsche or Audi might not join F1 in 2025-26 engine regulations change.

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 22:30:00 +0000

I have been sick for the past week, severe weakness, headaches, and fever.

The episode was recorded and edited on Saturday, 8th December - the only day when I was strong enough to get out of bed.

Enjoy the episode and don't let this ruin it for you! keep sharing keep smiling!

Formula E: Pace predictions, comparison to F1 etc. (ft. Misty from "The Thing about Cars")

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 18:30:00 +0000

DNDP NEW YEAR 2022 SPECIAL!!!!!

Hope you have enjoyed your holidays! Didn't put at an episode on 26th 'cause Christmas!! (duh)

First Interview/Collab with a guest on Drag And Downforce Podcast!

An 18-year-old Indian guy meets a middle-aged Dutch-American woman and they talk about how Formula E is evolving!

Enjoy this DNDP x TTAC podcast episode!

Build Up to 2022 #2: F1 Pace Predictions

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:30:00 +0000

Here are Arnav's predictions about which team will get the blessings of F1's pace Gods... And Who is... in Arnav's eyes... the biggest contender to F1 2022 World Constructor's Championship.

Build Up to 2022 #1: FIA's Inconsistencies

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:27:06 +0000

First fully-fledged episode! In the launch week, we will be uploading a series of episodes. In this episode, listen to how Arnav talks about the things he wants to go in F1, specifically regarding the inconsistencies of rules made by the FIA before we hit the end of the era and move into the next regulation era in 2022 with new cars.

Next Episode: Sunday, 19th Dec. 2021

Episode Zero: The Launch is Imminent

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:29:43 +0000

The Drag And Downforce Podcast has launched! Originally supposed to launch in March 2021, now launching! Better late than never eh?

Tune In every Sunday - mark your calendars, ladies & gents.