The Wheelknowers | A Formula 1 Podcast By The Final Lap

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the week in motorsports starting with the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa, Scott Mclaughlin and Will Power's wins, why Iowa's repaved corners and other changes did not work for IndyCar, and the safety features of the aeroscreen and halo. Next we discuss Ryan Blaney's win at Pocono, if he can win back to back championships, the Lajoie-Busch incident, if...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the week in motorsports starting with Lewis Hamilton's first win since 2021 at his home race at Silverstone, Max Verstappen's second place performance, and McLarens mistakes that cost both of their drivers a chance at victory. We also break down Aston Martins good weekend, Charles Leclerc's run of misfortune, and Sergio Perez's performance claus...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the week in racing starting with George Russell's win at the Austrian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris came together, taking Norris out of the race and moving Verstappen back to fifth. We break down who was at fault, and the implications of the scuffle moving forward along with Haas' good points finish, Daniel Ricciardo's resurgent gr...

Josh and Sam are back to break down a full weekend of racing, starting with Max Verstappen's win at the Spanish Grand Prix,  Lando Norris' poor start, Mercedes resurging form and Alpine on the rise. Next, we hop over to New Hampshire to discuss Christopher Bell's wet weather victory, why his background in dirt helped in the changing conditions, and if NASCAR should allow the teams m...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss an exciting weekend of racing as we start with Ryan Blaney’s win at the NASCAR Cup Series Debut at Iowa (0:25), Kyle Larson's lost win, Denny Hamlin’s disappointing day, if Iowa was the best short track race of the season, and the return of NBC’s NASCAR coverage. Next we move over to Le Mans (23:08) to break down Ferrari’s second straight 24 hour win, the grow...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss a busy week in racing starting with Max Verstappen’s win in the wet at the Canadian Grand Prix (0:15), if Verstappen has taken complete control of the title fight, Mercedes resurgent weekend, Ferrari’s Canadian GP struggles, Perez’s horrific weekend after his contract extension earlier in the week, and Yuki Tsunoda’s contract extension with VCARB. Next we touch on...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss an insane weekend of racing starting with the NASCAR race at Worldwide Technology Raceway (0:26), where Austin Cindric picked up his first win in over two years after Ryan Blaney ran out of fuel on the final lap. Then we discuss Kyle Larsons waiver uncertainty and our personal top three performers from WWTR. Next we talk about Scott Dixon's win at the chaotic...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the greatest weekend in Motorsports as we start with Josef Newgarden's back-to-back win at the Indy 500, Pato O' Wards heartbreaking second place finish, Kyle Larson's 500 debut, and what the race is like in person. Then we move over to the Monaco Grand Prix (23:34) to discuss Charles Leclerc's win in Monaco as he breaks his home race curse, if...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the latest from the week in motorsports starting with Max Verstappen's nail biting win over Lando Norris in Imola (0:18), if we are getting a championship battle in the drivers or constructors standings this year (7:17), Sergio Perez’s Imola struggles (11:33), Aston Martin’s battle with RB (15:20), Mercedes’ concerning lack of performance post upgrades (17:39)...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss the past week in racing, starting with Brad Keselowski's win at Darlington and whether or not Keselowski is a championship contender (1:04). Then we break down the incident and post-race altercation between Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick (5:57), before sharing our personal top three performers from Darlington (11:00). Next, we head up to Indianapolis to brea...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss an extremely exciting weekend of racing starting with F1 and Lando Norris' first career win in Miami, RB's good weekend, Alpine's first points, why sprint weekends are an enjoyable in person experience, and our trip to watch the race in Miami! Then we discuss NASCAR at Kansas (23:18) and Kyle Larson's win over Chris Buescher in the closest ever...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss a weekend full of racing and news starting with the NASCAR Cup Series and Denny Hamlin's win at Dover, as well as aero blocking issues, the lack of tire wear, and our personal top three performers. Then we discuss Scott McLaughlin's second win in a row at Barber Motorsports Park (10:41), as well as Pato O' Ward's issues early in the race, and wh...

Josh and Sam are back to discuss a busy weekend of racing as they start with a discussion around the Chinese Grand Prix involving Max's dominance, Ricciardo and Stroll's incident, Lando's stellar drive, and our personal podiums. Then we switch over to Scott Dixon's win on the Streets of Long Beach (21:10) and the incident between Colton Herta and Josef Newgarden. Finally, we di...

Josh and Sam are back on a Tuesday as we discuss Chase Elliott's break through win in Texas that brought his 42 race winless streak to an end, Larson having post-stage 1 issues (6:00), the entire top 10 at Texas (8:20), Fox coverage issues for the Cup Series (15:35), our thoughts on Texas as a NASCAR track (20:50), and our personal top 3 performers for Texas (25:45). Then we discuss other new...

Josh and Sam discuss all the events from this weekend in racing starting with F1 and Max Verstappen's rebound win in Japan, the difference between the one stop and two stop strategy (0:48), McLaren and Aston Martin's competition with their engine supplier in Mercedes (3:10), Yuki Tsunoda's points performance at his home race (6:58), Ricciardo and Albon's opening lap incident (8...

Josh and Sam recap all that went down in NASCAR at Richmond as Denny Hamlin gets the win after his pit crew and a possible jumped restart vaulted him to the lead. We also break down Martin Truex Jr.'s out of character late and post race incidents with Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin (2:48) before getting into how the rain tires worked for the first time in an oval cup series points race (7:43)....

Josh and Sam discuss this weekends events and highlights in racing starting with Carlos Sainz's win in Australia, Max Verstappen's DNF, the McLaren's take over as the third fastest team, the second Red Bull Seat, and the Williams fiasco. Next (18:24) we discuss William Byron's dominance at COTA and the surprisingly caution and incident free race there. And finally (24:38) we di...

Josh and Sam go over the events at Bristol with Denny Hamlin's win and the drama that went down with the tire wear situation. Then we talk some IMSA (5:15) with the 12 Hours of Sebring which saw great racing and amazing crashes.