Box Box Banter

🌶️ The fellas react to the 10 hottest F1 takes and debate each one — from wild driver opinions to championship-level delusion. Got your own hot take on Formula 1? Drop it in the comments! If it gets our attention, we’ll react to it in the next episode of Box Box Banter. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Opening Banter 6:01 - Hot Take 1 - Monaco GP Joker Lap 11:24 - Hot Take 2 - Car vs Driver 16:41 - Hot Take 3 - L...

🇲🇽 Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen are robbed by the VSC as F1 neutralises a thrilling finish, while Lando Norris is booed after taking the lead in the Drivers' Championship. In this episode, the Box Box Banter podcast reviews the Mexico City GP. The race was tense with serious championship implications, but ultimately, the fans were robbed of some late-race action with a phantom VSC being ca...

🇺🇸 Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear! Max Verstappen's blazing form continues in the United States as he hunts down the McLarens for the Driver's Championship. The sprint weekend began in Austin, Texas, with all talk about McLaren's repercussions for Lando Norris' Singapore shunt. McLaren has been so focused on managing papaya rules that they've accidentally let...

🇺🇸 In this retro round, the fellas cover the 2018 United States Grand Prix, which saw Kimi Raikkonen fight the dominant Mercedes for a rare Ferrari victory and his final career win. Part 1: We recap the events of the Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas, and why this win was so important for both Ferrari and Raikkonen. Part 2: The fellas discuss the GP and ask if Ferrari can return to its former glory...

🇸🇬 The 2025 Singapore GP provided another controversial chapter in the F1 Driver's Championship between McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Norris made an aggressive move on Piastri and almost shunted him into the wall, the incident deemed fair by McLaren and their 'Papaya Rules.' Piastri was clearly upset by the team's ruling and made his frustration known over the r...

🇸🇬 The 2025 Singapore GP is days away! The fellas check out the betting odds and their predictions before putting a cheeky $5 on a race winner, podium finisher, and wild card driver. 🏎️ Also in this episode, we chat about the driver's championship and who needs a win more, Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris. With Verstappen finding some late-season form, we debate if he's a legitimate title thr...

After a disastrous Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri is fortunate to escape Azerbaijan, losing only six points to his teammate and championship rival, Lando Norris. Norris failed to take advantage of Piastri’s errors, finishing a disappointing 7th.  Max Verstappen went back-to-back in Baku with another win, now equalling 2025 victories with Lando and leading the season in Pole Positions. Verstappen earned...

🎰 From Caesars Palace to Oscar Piastri - The fellas cover Australia's Formula 1 history and success since our last World Champion, Alan Jones. We recap the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, with it being the final F1 victory for an Aussie driver in 28 years before the arrival of Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo. This episode also covers Australia's biggest names in Formula 1, success compared to ot...

🚨 Oscar Piastri gets burned by Papaya rules, while Lando Norris gets protected! The 2025 Italian Grand Prix provided some late race controversy between the two McLaren drivers while Max Verstappen completed a dominant victory at Monza. The fellas break down all the bulls**t McLaren put their two championship-contending drivers through to manufacture a 'fair' result and discuss whether it was just...

🚨 Oscar Piastri dominated the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix, taking his first Formula 1 grand slam! For Lando Norris, Zandvoort proved to be a nightmare as his McLaren failed, leaving him 34 points behind in the championship. Lando's luck has run out as the F1 gods get even. #dutchgp #oscarpiastri #landonorris #f1 #f1podcast The Dutch GP was a wild race filled with drama and turned out to be one of the m...

Episode 26 of the Box Box Banter Podcast: The fellas award 10 Formula 1 inductees into the first official Box Box Banter Hall of Fame (BBBHOF). The best of the best are entered into F1 history with this great honour. Timmy also serves up some revenge with some Oscar Piastri Trivia that gets Slaymond heated. Spicy!

Welcome to episode 25 of the Box Box Banter Podcast. Still in the depths of the 2025 mid-season break, the fellas are thirsting for Formula 1 content, and the only thing that will quench that thirst is the sweet taste of Daniel Ricciardo glory. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Ki, Ki, Ki! After suffering a heartbreaking loss at Monaco in 2016, the honey badger got the last laugh in 2018 by earning his rede...

Ep 24 - PART 2: While the Formula 1 is on a mid-season break, the fellas stay on the clock by giving each 2025 driver a performance review of their season so far. The concept is simple: we draw a driver's name at random via the spinning wheel and then rank them into their tiers, ranging from - Employee of the MonthCompany ManOn ProbationFinal WarningNeeds a lift to CentrelinkCutting-edge podcastin...

Late nights staying up to watch the F1 takes coffee. Many coffee. Buy the fellas a cup here and get a shoutout: buymeacoffee.com/boxboxbanter Ep 24 - PART 1: While the Formula 1 is on a mid-season break, the fellas stay on the clock by giving each 2025 driver a performance review of their season so far. The concept is simple: we draw a driver's name at random via the spinning wheel and then rank t...

Round 14 took place in Budapest at the Hungaroring and saw more McLaren fuckery for the second year in a row. 🏆 Lando Norris lucks into another victory after McLaren fumbled Oscar’s race by condemning him to the 2-stop strategy. Norris held off Piastri’s blistering pace in the final laps with overtaking once again proving to be extremely difficult on this circuit. ⚠️ Piastri handled the missed vi...

EP. 22 - The Belgian GP was delayed for over an hour as the FIA took overly cautious measures in wet conditions. Hopes of a classic wet race were dashed quickly, and the wet weather tires remained dry in their blankets. Oscar Piastri takes his 6th victory of the season and extends his championship lead over teammate and rival, Lando Norris, to 16 points. Oscar dominated the sprint weekend after be...

Ep. 21 - This week's episode sees the fellas rewatch the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. This race is famous for two things: the first is Max Verstappen's first-ever Formula 1 win, making him the youngest driver in history to achieve this milestone. The second is the beginning of the downfalls of the cursed second Red Bull seat. The fellas also cover other hot topics like Christian Horner's firing from t...

*Apologies for the audio quality. Some idiot (Chris) didn't record the mics correctly. We've since fixed the problem by firing him. Please enjoy the episode, it's a banger. Episode 20: This week, the fellas catch the F1 movie and give their honest thoughts on it as Formula 1 experts. They discuss the best racing movies of all time and compare the F1 movie to them, along with some honourable mentio...

Ep. 19: Round 12 sees the 75th British GP take place at Silverstone, with Lando Norris getting gifted the top step. Oscar Piastri suffered some British bias after his commanding lead was wiped away with a 10-second penalty harshly awarded for his safety car restart. The Aussie felt he didn't do any wrong and had his win taken away from him. We stand with Osc. Meanwhile, after 239 grand prix starts...

Round 11 takes place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, providing a thrilling battle between the two McLarens. Lando Norris held his nerve long enough to fend off Oscar Piastri's relentless pressure and claw back 7 points in his Championship bid. Lapped traffic again hampered Piastri's attack at the closing stages, as he almost lost everything after Franco Colapinto in the Alpine tried to fuck him o...

Welcome to episode 17 of the Box Box Banter podcast! This retro round takes us back to the chaotic race that was the 2003 Brazilian GP. Remarkably, only 7 cars were left by the time the red flags were flown to end the race. The fellas discuss the most crucial developments in driver safety after an era in the sport that prioritised results above safety practices. The dangerous track conditions caug...

Welcome to episode 16 of Box Box Banter podcast! Round 10 of the 2025 Formula 1 season takes place in Montreal at the Canadian Grand Prix. The fellas discuss the race as if it were a video game, shite banter and all. Come sesh as they follow Oscar Piastri in his bid to become Australia's next world champion. 0:00 - SPEED RUN 2:23 - LOBBY 21:30 - FINAL BOSS 24:42 - WHAT A NOOB 29:23 - GOT BUFFED 37...

The fellas cover Mark Webber's 9th and final Formula 1 victory at the 2012 British Grand Prix. A race that highlights Webber's Aussie Grit as he chases down 2-time World Champion, Fernando Alonso. Afterwards, they discuss whether Webber retired from Formula 1 too early and his role in managing Oscar Piastri to become Australia's next World Champion. Episode 15 is in the bin already. Enjoy this RET...

Episode 14 of Box Box Banter! Round 9 takes place in SPAIN at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and sees Oscar Piastri take his 5th victory of the season to extend his championship lead back to 10 points over Lando Norris. The fellas also break down Verstappen's rage against George Russell and the penalty he was issued. 0:00 - SPEED RUN 2:43 - LOBBY 15:32 - CATEGORIES 47:10 - DRIVER RANKINGS...

Episode 12 of Box Box Banter! Round 8 takes place at the Monaco Grand Prix, also known as a turd circus. 0:00 - SPEED RUN 2:24 - LOBBY 14:31 - CATEGORIES 59:07 - DRIVER RANKINGS 1:05:33 - SUNDAY SESH #f1 #formula1 #f1podcast #monaco #monacogp #oscarpiastri #landonorris #lewishamilton #charlesleclerc #maxverstappen #liamlawson #georgerussel #kimiantonelli #fernandoalonso #lancestroll #pierregasly #...