Low Downforce

F1 is returning home to Silverstone, the original Formula 1 Grand Prix dating back to 1950. The sport's history was founded here and gets added to every trip back, most recently crowning Lewis Hamilton for a record 9th time. Will he or the other hometown heroes shine in the spotlight or will the pressure weigh them down? Tune in as the Low Downforce team drops their predictions as we reach the hal...

Austria gave us a DNS, a few DNF's, and everything in between! The McLarens went wheel-to-wheel again but managed to survive unscathed, but the opposite was true for the home favorite. Surprises, chaos, and some shocking radio are all summed up as the Low Downforce team assesses the wild weekend that was at the Red Bull Ring (Josh even had his Flop of the week before FP1 even started)! Tune in as...

Lando is looking to bounce back after a chaotic crash-out, but will Austria, where contact with Max Verstappen ended his race early last year, favor him this year? After a quick trip across the Atlantic, Formula 1 is back to its European stomping grounds, setting us up for an electric double-header! Will it be a papaya-colored weekend or a more Dutch shade of orange to match Red Bull's home race,...

Montreal brought all the firsts! The Canadian Grand Prix saw a first podium for one of youngest drivers to ever taste the champagne, the first collision of the season between championship front runners, and, to top it all off, Josh and Ben got to see it all unfold live at their first Grand Prix in-person. Tune in as the Low Downforce team dives into all of the drama and excitement pouring from the...

It's not just a normal Canadian Grand Prix race week; it's the first race week attending a Grand Prix for Ben and Josh! Before they head to Montreal though, the whole Low Downforce team readies up for the 10th race of the season! Coming out of a break following a triple-header, there are plenty of story lines and bold predictions to keep an eye on all weekend long, including whether or not Lance S...

Formula 1 can change in the blink of an eye. At the Spanish Grand Prix, we thought the new Technical Directive might shake up the pecking order and disrupt McLaren's dominance, but instead it was a late safety car that unleashed all chaos! What started as a race of steady strategy turned into all out chaos, some good and some bad, right before the chequered flag. Be sure to tune in to the Low Down...

If you hated Monaco, don't worry here's another race weekend for you! If you loved Monaco, here's another enticing race weekend to follow it up! On the last leg of this triple-header, we head to Barcelona for the final time, at least as the Spanish Grand Prix. With two drivers looking to score in their home race and a new technical directive that might change which teams are the fastest, you'll de...

Hahahaha you thought it would be different this time! Even with the mandated second pit stop, Monaco brought out as much frustration as celebration through the weekend as drivers tried to navigate the narrow streets. How can Monaco be fixed, or is Monaco even worth saving at this point? Tune in as the Low Downforce team recaps the historic race weekend and offers their best solutions to an improve...

It is time! The crown jewel of Formula 1 and motorsports around the globe; even if you don't know F1, you know about the Monaco Grand Prix. The 2025 season heads to the Principality of Monaco, waiting to crown it's next prince, and this year there's a twist! Formula 1 has mandated TWO pit stops instead of the usual one, which means more strategy, more chaos, and hopefully more racing through the n...

If this was the last edition of an F1 race at Imola, it sure went out with a bang! Thanks to Pirelli throwing teams a curveball with the tires and a couple of safety cars, the European Summer started off spectacularly. Between the Italian flag-colored curbs, history was made up and down the grid as the Drivers' Championship got even spicier! Tune in to find out exactly how it all went down, as the...

It may only be early May, but on Formula 1's calendar, it's already summer! Welcome to the first stop of the "European Summer" and the first stop of another triple header: Imola! We've got amazing racing coming for three weekends in a row, but one team didn't take much of a break during their week off as they watched their team principal resign and one of their drivers get replaced. As always in F...

We're only a quarter of the way into the 2025 Formula 1 season and there have been plenty of yellow flags, red flags, and collisions: oh my! Sometimes on TV you'll even catch a glimpse of a marshal leaning over the track furiously waving such flags or a graphic giving a driver a time penalty for some infringement, but what does it all mean? Why are some penalties worse than others? In this episode...

Miami had a rainy, chaotic Sprint Race. Hell yeah! Miami had an exciting Grand Prix. That's awesome! Miami had a LEGO F1 race. Wait, what now?! Miami didn't always live up to it's Sunshine State vibe, but it absolutely delivered on the hype! With so much epic racing across the weekend and some historical on-track performances to boot, there's plenty of story lines to applaud and discuss this episo...

Coming off an electric triple-header, we head to the only Grand Prix that can out-hype and out-shine back-to-back-to-back races by its lonesome: Miami! Under the Florida sun, the asphalt shimmers, the celebrities show out, and the cars speed away throughout the weekend, and it's our second Sprint Weekend of the season no less. All of the energy shoots through the track with competitive sessions on...

We're only a handful of races into the 2025 season of F1, but there's already been a lot of complaints about tires being too good and too durable. But why does that matter and what effect does it have on a race? In this episode of our F101 series, the Low Downforce team talks all about the importance of tires and the pit stops required to change tires! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Under the bright night lights, F1 hit the fastest street circuit on the calendar in electrifying fashion. Shocking overtakes, a couple of crash outs, and some emotions and exhaustion after the chequered flag highlighted the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. While the teams begin to catch their breath with one race over the next three weeks, the Low Downforce team assesses all that happened in Jeddah, who...

You can never get too much of Formula 1, which is why we are right back at it with the third and final leg of our maiden triple-header of the 2025 season. All 20 drivers and 10 teams head to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a street track, night race thriller that usually comes with high horsepower and even higher drama! With four teams fully in the mix for pole positions and race wins, it's anyone's gues...

An exciting dry race in 2025, finally! The Bahrain Grand Prix is in the books and the Formula 1 season is well and truly off and running. There were overtakes, tire strategy, fights for podium positions, penalties, we could keep going on and on! The Low Downforce team makes sense of all that happened on track in the second leg of our first triple-header of the season. F1 might be entering the real...

Even if the Japanese Grand Prix didn't meet expectations, you don't have to wait long to cleanse the palate. With the second stop of a triple header, F1 immediately heads to the Middle East for the first time in 2025 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Normally the home opener but pushed back due to Ramadan, all the teams return to the familiar grounds of pre-season testing for more pedal to the metal (or...

So what if the race was boring?! The grass caught on fire! And then the grass caught on fire. And then the grass caught on fire... And then the grass caught on fire. But then Lando Norris mowed the grass with his car! While Sunday missed some of the usual edge of your seat racing, there are still a lot of talking points from the race weekend that was in Japan. Tune in as the Low Downforce team ass...

You give F1 a week off and all hell breaks loose! We head to one of the premiere tracks of the season (agreed upon by fans and drivers alike) for the Japanese Grand Prix, and all of the drama and excitement centers around the home hero, Yuki Tsunoda, who will suit up for the main Red Bull team for the first time. There's a lot of buzz around him and the whole grid amidst the cherry blossoms, so tu...

The second race weekend of 2025 is in the books! We have a week off before the season resumes in Japan, but after the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, we just might need the break! Sprint drama (Ferrari fans rejoice!). Race drama (Ferrari fans grieve...). Coming off the first Sprint weekend of the season, the Low Downforce attempts to process and discuss all that happened on-track and off-track in Shan...

It's race week again! Just as you catch your breath from the exhilarating and action-packed Australian Grand Prix season opener, the second-leg of the double header is immediately upon us! We now head to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, the second race of the 2025 season and the first Sprint Race weekend! More meaningful sessions, more points at stake, and more chances for the drivers and team...

It's only took until the second stop on the 2025 F1 calendar to reach our first Sprint Race weekend of the year! With an extra, shorter race slated before the Grand Prix, Sprint Race weekends look a little different and they have more points at stake. In this episode of our F101 series, the Low Downforce team gives you the information you need to get through one of these weekends, with all its nua...

F1 is back with bang! 6 bangs actually, as there were that many DNFs in an absolutely edge-of-seat, insane season opener to kick of the 2025 season at the Australian Grand Prix. With lots of first impressions and even more questions still to be answered, the Low Downforce team reacts to it all! Tune in for race takeaways and all the highs and lows as F1 gets underway in remarkable fashion! Hosted...