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Nailing The Apex with Tim Hauraney

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Welcome to Nailing The Apex, the ultimate podcast for motorsports fans. Hosted by veteran racing journalist Tim Hauraney, this show delivers three episodes per week, covering the latest news, analysis, and interviews from the world of motorsports. Join Tim as he talks with some of the biggest names in the industry, including drivers, engineers, and more. From Formula One to IndyCar, Nailing The Apex has you covered with insider insights and expert commentary. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual observer, you'll love the engaging and informative discussions on this podcast. So buckle up a...

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Jul 10, 2026

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Are Max & Christian on the same page? | Mar 9, 2024 10.03.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Olli Bearman impressed in his first ever F1 race, driving the Ferrari to 7th place finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Tim and Adam breakdown why Bearmna needs to be in F1 in 2025 and not on the sidelines watching. Helmut Marko had a meeting with Red Bull Gmbh on Saturday and confirmed to news outlets that he will stay on at the team, but Christian Horners...

LIVE - Nailing the Apex w/Tim Hauraney and Adam Wylde 07.03.2024

Nailing the Apex host Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde to answer listener questions while live on the SDPN YouTube channel. WHO WANTS TO WIN PRIZES 🥳 The @sdpnsports F1 Fantasy League on @GridRival is now open! 🏁 Strap in and compete against the Nailing The Apex crew all season long for a chance at awesome prizes, including @ShopRaceCanada Gift Cards! Click here ---> https://t.co/GtksDRVK5A...

Red Bull keeps winning, but are they tearing themselves apart? | Mar 3, 2024 03.03.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Adam Wylde and Tim Hauraney recap the first race of the 2024 F1 season (00:00), tensions rising within Red Bull (6:23), the relationship between Christian Horner and Jos Verstappen (9:38), the potential of Max Verstappen (15:12), the performance of McLaren and Ferrari (21:04), Yuki Tsunoda's controversial move (29:29), Lance Stroll's strong performance (36:10),...

Bahrain GP Preview, Christian Horner to remain as Red Bull Racing Team Principal | Feb 28, 2024 29.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Adam Wylde and Tim Hauraney discuss the race week in Bahrain and the scheduling changes due to Ramadan (00:00), investigation into Christian Horner and the allegations against him (6:12), Red Bull's dominance and the speed of their car, as well as Checo Perez's comments about downplaying the car's performance (10:14), Max Verstappen's dominance (17:45), season...

How scared should all F1 teams be of Red Bull? | Feb26, 2024 26.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Racer’s Chris Medland, and ESPN F1’s Nate Saunders, Laurence Edmondson to go over three days of F1 testing. Can F1 withstand another season of Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominance? Ferrari looks strong, can they be the team that takes the fight to RBR, or will McLaren have another late season resurgence and surprise everyone again, wh...

Day One F1 2024, Who's fast? Who's not prepared? AND Drive to survive preview | Feb 22, 2024 22.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim shares his experience of being trackside at Formula One 2024 testing (00:00), performance and standout cars (3:13), Red Bull and McLaren's Upgrades and Performance (6:20), what teams showed up unprepared? (10:30), Max Verstappen absent in Drive to Survive (15:57), Lewis Hamilton storylines and relationship with Mercedes (21:12), and Daniel Riccardo's progre...

Mercedes launches new car philosophy ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari switch | Feb 15, 2024 15.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, what did Charles Leclerc know about Lewis Hamilton coming to Ferrari, and how did Carlos Sainz find out that he would be replaced for 2025 (00:47). Mercedes had their car launch on Wednesday, the team introduced a completely new car and car philosophy, a big question they are facing is if it works, and if it can be competitive, Technical Director James Allison...

“Red Bull is absolutely beatable” Aston Martin’s AMR24 car launch | Feb 12, 2024 12.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, “Red Bull is absolutely beatable” Aston Martin’s Technical Director Dan Fallows tells Tim Hauraney. Adam Wylde joins Tim to break down Sunday’s Aston Martin’s media day, what plagued this team mid-season in 2023, Fernando Alonso’s new nutrition plan, how important 2024 is for Lance Stroll, and will Alonso stay with Aston Martin past 2024 (00:00). Then Tim and A...

Power-struggle at Red Bull? | Feb 7, 2024 08.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, a report from De Telegraph surfaced on Monday stating that Christian Horner had been put under investigation by Red Bull for allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde to discuss that and the report surfacing from Motorsport Total that infighting within the team between Horner, Jos Verstappen, and Helmut Marko (00:00). On Wedne...

It is critical | Feb 5, 2024 05.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team Principal Gavin Ward for his first of multiple periodic appearances on NTA this season. Gavin has been the engineer for some of the best driers in the sport from the likes of Daniel Ricciardo, Mark Webber, to IndyCar’s Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward. Gavin takes us through what makes his approach to being a...

Will Lewis Hamilton or Charles Leclerc be Ferrari’s #1 driver? | Feb 1, 2024 02.02.2024

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake to discuss Lewis Hamilton triggering his break clause from Mercedes and will join Ferrari in 2025 (00:00), Why did he make the choice to leave the silver arrows for the Scuderia (17:19), what happens with Carlos Sainz (27:02), who takes Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes for 2025? (32:15), and the guys take your que...

Did Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris make a mistake signing long term deals? | Jan 29, 2024 29.01.2024

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Nate Saunders from ESPN F1 to discuss Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris both signing long term deals with their current teams. Charles Leclerc inked what he called a deal that spanned “several years” Tim and Nate discuss why this could be a mistake for the Monégasque racing driver (4:49). Lando Norris’s deal wasn’t up until the end of 2...

Will Verstappen dominate again? | Jan 25, 2024 25.01.2024

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by F1 journalist from De Telegraaf Erik van Haren. Erik reports on Max Verstappen and we want to know if Verstappen will dominate the field in the upcoming 2024 F1 World Championship. Both Tim and Erik provide three answers as why won’t and one answer on why he will (5:05) Erik gives his thoughts on the travel that teams, crew, and media...

Is Haas F1 Team Broken? | January 22, 2024 22.01.2024

Nailing The Apex is back! And in this episode former professional racing driver, now F1 & IndyCar Insider Tim Hauraney takes a look at if Haas F1 team’s business and sporting model is broken, and how they could fix it. Follow Tim Hauraney on Twitter / X: @TimHauraney Visit https://sdpn.ca for merch and more. Follow us on Twitter (X): @sdpnsports Follow us on Instagram: @sdpnsports For general inqu...

When Will We See Audi on an F1 Car? With Alfa Romeo's Alessandro Alunni Bravi | December 6, 2023 06.12.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim is joined by Alfa Romeo F1 Team’s Alessandro Alunni Bravi! During the Las Vegas Grand Prix Tim went one-on-one with Alessandro and the two spoke about his upbringing in motorsports and F1, managing drivers, F1 driver's contracts and what goes into them, and where Audi is in terms of transitioning into the F1 team and becoming a works Formula 1 outfit. Follo...

Logan Sargeant is Back At Williams in 2024 | December 1, 2023 01.12.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, on Friday Williams Racing announced American Logan Sargeant will drive for the team in 2023, Tim Hauraney is joined by Michael Baumann to break it all down. Follow Tim Hauraney on Twitter (X): @TimHauraney Visit https://sdpn.ca for merch and more. Follow us on Twitter (X): @sdpnsports Follow us on Instagram: @sdpnsports For general inquiries email: info@sdpn.ca...

Ferrari Fails to Steal P2 in the Constructors from Mercedes | Abu Dhabi GP Review | November 26, 2023 27.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Huaraney is joined by Scuderia F1 Pod's Mark Dailey and that's it for the 2023 F1 season! (00:00), the battle for P2 in the constructors between Ferrari and Mercedes (04:30), McLaren is able to capture 4th in the constructors (31:00), Alpine disastrous season winding (48:26), James Vowels and Williams' impressive P7 finish (53:30), AlphaTauri says goodbye t...

Max Verstappen's Most Impressive Win of the Year | Las Vegas GP Review | November 20, 2023 20.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is STILL in Vegas and has everything you need to know about a wild week at the first ever Las Vegas Grand Prix. Experiencing Vegas (00:00), qualifying (12:30), celebrity sightings on race day (16:00), the Red Bull Ferrari turn one incident and Max's impressive win (19:00), Leclerc's final lap pass on Checo and other impressive performances (25:00),...

Las Vegas GP Preview | Is it All a Little Too Much? | November 16, 2023 17.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by sdpn's Jesse Blake to discuss, the opening ceremony at the Las Vegas GP and Max's lack on enthusiasm (00:00), what will it be like driving on this track for the first time ever? (11:30), drivers and teams adjusting to the travel schedule and time change (19:00), and the Vegas Sphere, Tim's behind the scenes footage, and paying it forwa...

Will the Las Vegas GP Be a Success? | November 9, 2023 10.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Mark Dailey of the Scuderia F1 pod! They chat about, the amount of investment F1 has put into the Las Vegas GP (00:00), Haas's right to review being dismissed (12:30), the new Brawn GP documentary (27:45), and Ferrari's livery for next weekend's race (32:00). Follow Mark Dailey on Twitter (X): @ScuderiaF1Pod Follow Tim Hauraney on Twit...

Are Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin Back? | Brazilian GP Review | November 5, 2023 06.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by sdpn's Jesse Blake to break down the Brazillian GP! They begin with Fernando Alonso's masterclass drive to take 3rd place away from Sergio Perez (00:00), Mercedes had one of their worst weekends in years in F1 (19:00), Charles Leclerc doesn't make it past the formation lap, but Carlos Sainz was able to grab some championship points (28...

Daniel Ricciardo on Racing For AlphaTauri, His Hand Injury, and the Buffalo Bills | November 2, 2023 03.11.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim begins by previewing this weekend's Brazilian GP (00:00), then Daniel Ricciardo joins the show (08:15), and Tim closes by talking about his experience playing the F1 video game for the first time (21:50). Follow Tim Hauraney on Twitter (X): @TimHauraney Visit https://sdpn.ca for merch and more. Follow us on Twitter (X): @sdpnsports Follow us on Instagram: @...

Sergio Perez in Danger of Losing 2nd in the Championship and His Seat at Red Bull | October 30, 2023 31.10.2023

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim is joined by Mark Dailey of the Scuderia F1 Podcast to hat about, after a DNF at his home race in Mexico, is Sergio Perez's seat at Red Bull in jeopardy? (00:00), Daniel Ricciardo has had solid performances since returning from his hand injury (11:00), Lewis Hamilton finishes second at moves closer to second place in the Driver's Championship (26:47), Carlo...

Chatting with Valtteri Bottas at the Mexican GP | October 27, 2023 27.10.2023

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim is at the Mexican GP this weekend! First he talks about Lewis Hamilton’s comments about his disqualification (00:00), where Mercedes is in comparison to Red Bull (04:00), and Lando Norris’ belief that McLaren with struggle this weekend compared to Aston Martin (10:00). And finally, Tim sits down with Alpha Romeo Driver Valtteri Bottas to talk about the hock...

Have Sprint Weekends Been A Failure for F1? | October 24, 2023 24.10.2023

On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim is joined by Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake to discuss, the issues that sprint weekends are causing F1 teams and fans (00:00), track limits and Lando Norris' comments that the 5 second penalty can be easily overcome (28:00), and Aston Martin and Lance Stroll's bounce back weekend in Austin (35:45). Follow Tim Hauraney on Twitter (X): @TimHauraney Visit https://...

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