The Grandstand F1

After 3 hellishly long weeks, Formula 1 made a roaring come back at the famed Imola circuit. While we were all focused on the growing battle between Max and Lewis and whether we'd see some more Mazespins, a new rivalry emerged between two drivers trying to prove their value, as George Russell seemed to have put a contract out on Valtteri Bottas. The boys bring the banter as always in this season's...

It's been 2 and a half weeks since the first race of the 2021 Formula 1 season and it's fair to say the boys are fiending for a race worse than Nikita Mazespin is craving another first lap bottle job. With the battle between Merc and Red Bull heating up, where do the rest of the teams fall and who has the most to prove as we head to Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Plus, the boys make thei...

With far too long of a break between the first and second race of the 2021 season, The 'Stand goes all in on who is next in line to dominate the Formula 1 grid. Though Max Verstappen seems like the obvious choice, there's incredible competition for the top spot. The boys debate what's arguably the most exciting line up of up-and-coming drivers in decades and give their favorites for an eventual ch...

Formula 1 is back after one of the shortest off-seasons in history and oh lawwd it did not disappoint boys and girls. After years of waiting to see more head-to-head battles between the old guard and the new, it would seem that 'winter' has finally come. The Grandstand Banter Boys breakdown the epic battle between Max and Lewis, a midfield that seems closer than ever in the hybrid era, and put the...

Testing: Check. Drive to Survive: Check. Now it's time to go racing. The boys unpack the best and worst moments from Drive to Survive season 3 and F. Knowles seeks redemption against reigning Grandstand champion PMoney as they predict the outcome of the 2021 season opener in Bahrain. 

It wouldn't be Formula 1 during a pandemic without even more unexpected drama. With only three days of testing for this year's grid, each team also had to face a sandstorm on the first day of testing. On this episode of the stand, P$ and F. Knowles run through some of their takeaways from Bahrain testing and attempt the ultimate test in stupidity by trying to predict what testing means for the res...

Winter has come...and gone and each Formula 1 team has revealed their liveries in the run up to the shortened pre-season testing session in Bahrain. The boys are back for Season 3 of The Grandstand and share their thoughts on some of the off-season news and the latest rides for each team. 

Best breakdown of the Formula 1 2020 Campaign or your money back. BDE. 

After two bangers in Bahrain, Formula 1 moved to its season finale in Abu Dhabi, where the Tilke designed Yas Marina Circuit offered us fireworks but only in the literal sense. P3 in the constructors was on the line between Renault, Racing Point, and McLaren, yet McLaren showed up with some smooth operating that has the boys wondering if the upward trend with the woking outfit is a sign of things...

In the sacred words of Mr. Daniel Ricciardo, "Formula 1 won this weekend." After Lewis Hamilton's shock covid diagnosis and Romain Grosjean's horrifying accident, the grid got a series of shake ups that have the boys wondering if we need a pandemic every year to make Formula 1 this exciting.  A Star Was Born with George Russell's incredible performance in the black panther merc this weekend....

There are few words that could describe the horrific accident we saw this past weekend in Bahrain involving Haas' Romain Grosjean. The initial shock and horror many of us, and even those beyond the world of F1 felt, were tempered by the equally as shocking images of him climbing out of his VF-20.  The boys discuss this humbling reminder of the dangers of F1 that are still present and, for onc...

With 2020 being the dumpster fire that it is, it would be hard to imagine that it could continue to one-up itself, but in fact, that's exactly what we got in a return to Turkey. The boys bring the banter recapping the masterclass put on by Lewis to capture his record-equalling 7th world championship, racing point making their case for third place in the constructors, and a resurgent Ferrari. Plus:...

Since winning their 7th straight Constructors Title, Toto Wolff and Lewis Hamilton have been sending ambiguous signals to the rest of the paddock about their respective futures at Mercedes. The boys banter about what it means, plus preview the upcoming return to Turkey at an always cracking circuit, the silly season at Red Bull, and the tentative schedule for the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship....

Formula 1 was back in Italy for an unprecedented 3rd time during this wild 2020 season at the famed Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, also known as IMOLA. A track with much history, most notably where the great Aryton Senna lost his life, it would set the stage for yet another historic weekend with Mercedes AMG Petronas winning its 7th consecutive constructors title and Lewis Hamilton...

It was an absolute banger of a weekend at the first Portugeuse Grand Prix since the 90s and speaking of 90s, a historic one at that. Lewis Hamilton got his 92nd ever career win, surpassing the great Michael Schumacher on the all times win list. Beyond Hamilton's history making win, the boys say adios to their least favorite driver on the circuit, breakdown another stellar result from Pierre Gasly,...

The scene was Mugello in beautiful Tuscany, Italy for the third race of the third triple header of this crazy F1 season. With two of the most exciting races in recent memory having just passed at Spa and Monza, Mugello lived up to all the recent excitement we've had on the calendar so far. In what was Ferrari's 1000th F1 race, P$ and F. Knowles run through a weekend that has us all wondering if th...

If you consider yourself an F1 fan and didn't catch the absolute thriller at Monza you need to reconsider some shit. 2020 once again proves itself to be a hell of a year as the boys break down an absolute banger from The Temple of Speed in the way they know best in this 19th edition of season 2.

It was an action packed weekend at Le Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps that is setting up an exciting battle for P3 in the constructors championship, despite what the twittersverse and redditsphere might have you believe. The boys break down an incredible weekend for Renault and Pierre Gasly amidst yet another masterclass weekend from LH44. And yet again, we must ask, WTFerrari as the Scuderia has its...

We had a break in the F1 schedule but The Grandstand boys did not have the week off. Fuckin' Knowles, aka resident IndyCar guy and now 21 Indy 500 veteran made his way to Indy for the first ever 500 held in August and without fans. All the drama from The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is covered in this episode of The Grandstand, including a finish under caution that saw former F1 driver Takuma Sato...

We were back at the track that started it all for us at the grandstand this weekend Cirucit de Barcelona-Catalunya for a spanish scorcher. In what was a generally boring weekend full of every F1 fans favorite - a race full of tire management, both Lewis and Max showed why they are currently at the top of the F1 throne. For the rest of the grid, is this the most exciting midfield battle we've seen...

Another back to back weekend on this year's calendar saw the grid at Silverstone for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. After a tough week for tires during the British GP, Pirelli changed up the compounds that gave us some of the most brilliant strategy battles we've seen so far this season and an absolute masterclass drive from Max and Red Bull. A wild qualifying has us wondering if we're finally s...

It was a scorcher for the 2020 British Grand Prix that saw an unprecedented amount of tires failures increase the drama at Silverstone. With another back to back weekend at one of our most beloved tracks, the boys go through all the weekend's drama. With Lewis Hamilton taking his 7th British GP win, will he come one win closer to breaking Schumi's all time win's record at the upcoming 70th Anniver...

Formula 1 teased us with 3 exciting back to back races that have left us all wanting more during this short break. The boys banter about all the latest gossip from the paddock and beyond during this down time like why Romain Grosjean always has to go full Romain Grosjean, Ferrari finally admitting they don't have the pace, F1's sad sad attempt to pay tribute to the important Black Lives Matter Mov...

We're three races into this pandemic shortened 2020 Formula 1 season and after two thrillers in Austria, the Hungarian GP did not disappoint either. If the season keeps up this way, will we see some of the best overall racing in the hybrid era this season? PMoney and F*ckin Knowles unpack an absolute masterclass weekend from P1 all the way through the last lap for Lewis, the continued evolution of...

All the haters said having two races back to back at the same track would make for a potentially uninteresting second race. Sorry haters, you were wrong. In this condensed season with a more competitive midfield, are we getting a glimpse of what F1 will be like under the new regulations? Will Ferrari ever meet expectations again? Is Pushan still a ferrari fan boy? Does Lando Norris have the best t...