Box of Neutrals F1 Podcast

F1 is finally starting, so Craig Scarborough joins us to preview 2016 and Michael catches up with AGPC CEO Andrew Westacott to ask him about the cost of a plate of hamburgers and Renault principal Frederic Vasseur to talk to him about the colour yellow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Qualifying has changed again, and to help fans deal with the change Formula One has hired the advertising prowess of Peter McGinley to sell its message. Nothing much else happens, so we talk about regional Australian geography to fill time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Dieter Rencken. Peter tries to disqualify himself from the show to avoid working. Romain Grosjean has his Facebook videos taken down by Bernie Ecclestone. We ask Dieter what he Renckens for the first time in 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael, Rob, and Peter McGinley are back with news from the new-year break for the 2016 season, which Bernie Ecclestone has already described as the worst Formula One has ever been. Get appropriately excited Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Box of Neutrals is joined by Superlicense Podcast's Rodney Gordon and Zachary Priest to discuss the state of Peter's Wikipedia page, PLUS the final #AskMcGinley of the year, including pilot episodes of 'Oh… There's a Turn Up!' and your top fives of 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob goes missing, but he's ably substituted with Olav Mol, who delivers his now annual dose of F1 conspiracies (or konspiracies, if you're Peter McGinley) in season review chat with Michael. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We ask Dieter Rencken what he Renckens for the final time in 2015. The FIA meets Eurovision. Peter McGinley checks out. We add Phil Taylor to Ted Kravitz's share house for the pilot season of "Oh, there's a turn up!". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Craig Scarborough. The 2017 regulations make no sense. We make a lot of noise about noise, Rob has a confession to make, and there's a new F1-based sitcom to get excited about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Webber wins his world championship in some other category, Vijay Mallya's Twitter following comes under suspicion, and shocking facts are unearthed about Peter's family in #AskMcGinley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lewis Hamilton was robbed of victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix by some other driver, and frankly we couldn't find it within ourselves to talk about anything else at all in the face of such an injustice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter McGinley doesn't delete this episode, in which the US Grand Prix is in trouble, Lotus is in trouble, and anyone in the AEDT time zone is most certainly in trouble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Bond drives a Force India, Dieter tells us what he Renckens about the FIA/Ferrari (Mexican?) stand-off, and we review the grand prix, which was also Mexican. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPOILERS. We reveal the winner of the 2015 drivers world championship. Enthusiasm for the early-morning Mexican Grand Prix is limited. Peter McGinley tells an obscure radio joke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No one is excited to get up in the early hours of the morning to watch Lewis Hamilton win the title in the fourth-last round of the year, so Peter talks about rugby league and we consider the price signal in the postage system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Dieter Rencken about crusty pies, we lament the underwhelming 2015 #PUTINWATCH, and the Russian Grand Prix surprises in its watchability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

F1 is for sale, but not really; Honda will have a new engine in 2016, but not really; and Good Morning Australia gets more Formula One coverage than Mercedes, really. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manor builds a Frankenstein car, Jenson Button likes Formula One after all, and Le Mans moves to Azerbaijan, or something. Plus Michael direct from a dodgy internet connection in Japan because he felt it would be impolite to leave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael, otherwise known as Box of Neutrals' 'bouffant on the ground', is on the ground at Suzuka to preview the Japanese Grand Prix while Peter and Rob contemplate which phrases we have a penchant for overusing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Australian GP CEO Andrew Westacott. Renault half commits to Formula One and Manor half commits to Roberto Merhi. Plus, which presenter of the show brings out the racist gong? The results will shock you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! The Italian Grand Prix review: we spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about George Lucas because, let's be honest, not much else happened during the race. That tyre thing gets a mention, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Istanbul becomes home to the world’s most exciting carpark. Nico Hulkenberg re-signs at Force India for some reason. We give away some things we found in the cupboard that no-one else seems to want. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We play the Wheel of Renault, Patrick Dempsey makes the jump from WEC to F1 (sort of), and Peter McGinley exercises self-censorship for possibly the first time in the history of the programme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Ben Edwards and (more) Olav Mol. We discuss whether the new clutch rules might put Mercedes' title hopes at risk (they won't), and Peter gives some helpful consumer advice about fruit and vegetables shopping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Dieter Rencken and Olav Mol. We consider the various obscenities employed by Kimi Räikkönen in our midseason review with Olav Mol, while Dieter cracks open the 2015 driver market to feast on the goodness inside in this month's Whaddaya Rencken. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael makes his much delayed return the week literally nothing happens in Formula One. Peter McGinley tries to make sound effects with his mouth to questionable effect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.