Nailing The Apex with Tim Hauraney

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, it was an eventful day at COTA! Hours after the completion of the race, we received an official result that included disqualifications for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Tim breaks down the details of how this could have happened and how the Sprint Race contributed to the disqualifications (00:00). Then Tim is joined by Chief Executive Officer of McLaren R...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim at the track in Austin, Texas! (00:00), He chats about, the battle for second in the Driver’s Championship and the Constructor’s Championship (04:00), Mclaren’s resurgence and if it’s real (08:30), Danny Ric return! (13:00), will Sergio Perez keep his seat at Red Bull? (17:00), F1 renews their contract with Pirelli Tires (24:00), and Mercedes is looking ahe...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Max Verstappen is now a three time F1 Driver Champion had one of the most dominant championship wins of all time (00:00), Oscar Piastri scores his first win in F1 in the Sprint(17:43), Pirelli tyre issues and what the FIA had to do to combat tyres from failing during on track action (23:10), the Lewis Hamilton and George Russell collision and how Mercedes may h...

F1 returns to Qatar this weekend, for the first time since 2021, and joining Tim Hauraney to set up the Grand Prix is ESPN's Nate Saunders. On this episode they chat about, Max Verstappen having the opportunity to become a 3 time world champion during Saturday night's Sprint event and whether or not a championship victory of a Grand Prix is anti-climactic (7:33). The battle for 2nd in the construc...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, the FIA announced that they have approved the application lodged by Andretti Formula Racing to become the 11th team on the F1 grid. Tim explains what led to this deal (00:00), Toto Wolf's disapproval of the team and the anti-dilution fee (06:00), the expression of interest process that opening in January (10:00), and what this means moving forward (16:00). Foll...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Aston Martin Driver Ambassador Jessica Hawkins joins Tim Hauraney to discuss her most recent F1 test with the Aston Martin F1 team in Budapest, getting more women into motorsports, working with Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, and Felipe Drugovich. Jessica also takes your questions, and Tim discusses with Jessica what comes next for her in her racing career.  Fol...

According to a new study that was done by Buzz Radar F1 has suffered a big drop in it’s social media mentions, followers, engagement in 2023 due to Red Bull’s dominant season. Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde to go through the article, and see what could be done to rebound in 2024 (00:53). Could McLaren and Mercedes fight Red Bull Racing and what would that do for F1 to help F1’s global audien...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Max Verstappen dominated the entire weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix and in so doing helped Red Bull Racing win their 6th constructors title, Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde to discuss (1:30).McLaren had a tremendous weekend with both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri taking the remaining podium positions, what does this mean for the team for the rest of th...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined from FanGraphs Michael Baumann to set up the Japanese Grand Prix, the technical directive that was introduced at the Singapore Grand Prix, could that hold Red Bull Racing Back (6:20). George Russell questioned Max Verstappen not getting a grid penalty for impeding Yuki Tsunoda during qualifying for the SingaporeGP, and is there an argumen...

The Singapore Grand Prix was the best race of the season and Tim Hauraney and Jesse Blake break it all down in this episode of Nailing The Apex. Carlos Sainz put on a masterclass in race strategy to capture his second win for Ferrari and snaps Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing’s winning streak (00:00). McLaren brought a big upgrade to Lando’s car for this weekends race, and the British driver delive...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by ESPN F1's, Laurence Edmondson to get you ready for the Singapore GP. During Thursday’s press conference Max Verstappen responded to Toto Wolff’s comments post Italy igniting a war of words between the two teams (7:57). A conversation that has been doing the rounds is if anyone can catch up with Red Bull Racing for 2024 leading to the d...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Sky Sports F1 commentator Tom Gaymor to go over the chaos of the IndyCar Season Finale (3:30), Zak Brown called it the most amateur driving he’s ever seen (6:45), and that they didn’t put on a good enough show for the fans (8:50). Scott Dixon battled through an early race penalty and still somehow managed to win the race (10:35). There...

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney sits down with President of Honda Performance Development (HPD) David Salters. David has been involved in building racing engines for a long time, starting with CART then moving over to building Mercedes V10 F1 engines, David walks us through how special the F1 V10 engines were, and how many engines McLaren would go through in one weekend during th...

On Sunday Alex Palou won the Grand Prix of Portland IndyCar race and became a two time IndyCar champion, Tim Hauraney is joined by Dutch Motorsports Reporter Jeroen Demmendaal to discuss his season. CGR team owner Chip Ganassi confirmed post race that Alex would be back at Chip Ganassi Racing (00:32). Tim and Jeroen then go through Sunday’s race (7:18). Romain Grosjean confirmed on the weekend tha...

Max Verstappen wins the Italian Grand Prix and sets a record of 10 straight wins, Tim Hauraney and Mark Dailey from the Scuderia F1 Pod discuss (4:25). Ferrari had a strong weekend, including Carlos Sainz who captured the final podium paying position while Charles Leclerc bided his time before trying to get his teammate for that third place (19:14).  Alex Albon was on fire all weekend long, what d...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim is joined by the Steve Dangle Podcast, Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde, and Jesse Blake! They chat about, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell signing new contracts with Mercedes (00:00), Lance Stroll and his supposed lack of commitment to F1 (16:00), Max Verstappen's chance at history this weekend and Red Bull's dominance this season (28:00), and the pressures on Fe...

A chaotic Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen equal Sebastian Vettel’s record of most consecutive race wins at 9, Tim Hauraney is joined by Mark Dailey from Scuderia F1 Pod to go over the Max’s achievement (3:50). Red Bull had Verstappen undercut his teammate in the race and the struggles Sergio Perez went through this weekend in Zandvoort, and Christian Horner making a statement post ra...

F1 IS BACK! Tim Hauraney is joined by Jesse Blake. Breaking News Kevin Magnussen, and Nico Hulkenberg are back at Haas for the 2024 season, and why would Team Principal Guenther Steiner want to bring them back. There are 5 seats that have yet to be confirmed, one of those is Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, and what is the hold up? Carlos Sainz enters into contract extension talks with Ferrari, wha...

Reports have surfaced that IndyCar driver Alex Palou is being sued by McLaren and in this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Sky Sports F1 commentator Tom Gaymor to discuss this wild story surrounding Palou, and McLaren (3:00). How is Alex able to focus and win a championship while dealing with the stress of all that has happened (6:44). Was Alex’s goal always driving in F1 (9:...

In this episode Adam and I grade the remaining three F1 teams: Aston Martin (2:07) Mercedes (13:40) Red Bull Racing (22:59) VISIT https://piavpn.com/NAILINGTHEAPEX FOR AN 83% DISCOUNT VISIT https://sdpn.ca for merch & more. Any opinion expressed is not advice, a promise or suggestion that increases the chance of winning. Gambling can be addictive, please play responsibly. To learn more, visit: htt...

It’s F1’s Summer Break, and that means it’s time to hand out the teams and drivers mid-season report cards. In part 2 Tim and Adam start with: Alpine @ 10:00 McLaren @ 22:00 Ferrari @ 33:00 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s F1’s Summer Break, and that means it’s time to hand out the teams and drivers report cards at the mid-season break. In part 1 Tim and Adam start with the teams at the back in the constructors standings. AlphaTuari @ 01:43 Alfa Romeo @ 12:28 Haas @ 21:20 Williams @ 32:22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim is joined by sdpn's Jesse Blake to discuss another victory for Max Verstappen, where it ranks amongst the all-time great seasons, and if it's turning new fans off of the sport (00:00). Then they chat about Charles LeCler's good showing (18:45), Mercedes falling just shy of a podium finish (23:30), Aston's Martin's rebound after a rough few weeks (25:30), La...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Alpine F1 Team have parted ways with Team Principal Otmar Szafneur and sporting director Alan Permane following the conclusion to this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. The team will also be losing their Chief Technical Officer Pat Fry who is moving down to Williams to take that same position, so three massively big names out at Alpine and Tim Hauraney takes us thr...

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Ian Parkes of the New York Times and Speedcafe to chat about the danger of the rainy conditions this weekend and what can be done to improve the safety at Eau Rouge Radillion and the Kemmel straight (00:00), what Aston Martin can do to get back on the right page after a great start to the year (13:00), Ferrari's announcement that they...