Fast F1 talk with sharper corners.
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Shift+F1 treats Formula 1 as competition, engineering problem, and rolling comedy of institutions. Its panel moves quickly from race-weekend context to battery deployment, team politics, Drive to Survive framing, and whatever strange detour gets them there.
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About Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast
Shift+F1 is a Formula 1 panel show for listeners who like the sport’s precision and its nonsense in roughly equal measure. Race recaps and prerace episodes anchor the format. From there, the conversation sprawls just enough to feel alive. A cold open might begin with a translated idiom, a riff about accents, or a joke about domestic life before the panel turns toward the actual business of the weekend. The show is loose, but it is not vague. It talks through battery deployment, new regulations, testing mileage, overtaking zones, team principals, power units, and the difference between what teams know and what they still cannot explain. The race discussion, for example, moves from uncertainty around the formula into practical questions about data, track behavior, team expectations, and power units. That balance is the core appeal. The panel can laugh at the discourse, then take the engineering problem seriously. It can mock the shape of F1 media, then spend real time on what the racing context suggests. Drive to Survive coverage adds another layer, treating the screen version of the paddock as a text worth reading rather than just a recap machine. Named drivers, teams, officials, and institutions all pass through the excerpts as part of the sport’s extended theatre. The pace is high. Interruptions are part of the texture. The show assumes many listeners already know the calendar, the teams, and the vocabulary, though it makes room for newer fans by pointing them toward a preseason primer. Its humor can be blunt and sideways, but the analysis keeps returning to concrete observations. The result is a racing podcast that feels like a smart group chat after qualifying: funny, argumentative, technically curious, and alert to how strange Formula 1 becomes when examined closely.
Made for: For Formula 1 fans who want race-weekend analysis with technical detail, racing context, and dry panel chemistry. It also works for newer fans willing to use the primer and keep up with a fast conversation.
What sets it apart: Shift+F1 stands out by letting banter and serious analysis occupy the same lane. It can turn a translated idiom or absurd aside into a genuine discussion of regulations, team performance, and how F1 sells its own drama.
In their own words
Shift+F1 is a weekly podcast about Formula 1. New to the sport? Check out our Preseason Primer episode (Ep #338)! Join us for race recaps, news from the wide world of racing, and the latest on Pastor Maldonado.
As heard by us
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
Shift+F1 turns Formula 1 weekends into sharp, readable arguments about strategy, regulations, driver form, and team pressure.
Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast is a conversational race companion for listeners who want more than a result sheet. It moves easily between prerace uncertainty, Grand Prix recap, season review, and Drive to Survive coverage, with F1 treated as both machinery and argument.
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Emilia-Romagna GP & Monaco GP Prerace 2025
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Las Vegas GP & Qatar GP Prerace 2024
·1h 14m - 3
Las Vegas GP Prerace 2024
·1h 6m - 4
An Unscheduled F1 Spring Break
·1h 17m - 5
Japanese GP 2026
·1h 27m - 6
Japanese GP Prerace 2026
·1h 23m - 7
Chinese GP 2026
·1h 30m - 8
Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2026
·1h 23m - 9
Australian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 35m - 10
Pre Season Primer 2026
·2h 35m - 11
2025 Season Review
·1h 41m - 12
Abu Dhabi GP
·1h 9m - 13
Qatar GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace
·1h 29m - 14
Las Vegas GP 2025
·1h 12m - 15
Las Vegas GP Prerace 2025
·1h 24m - 16
Brazilian GP 2025
·1h 23m - 17
Brazilian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 28m - 18
Mexican GP 2025
·1h 16m - 19
United States GP 2025 & Mexican GP Prerace 2025
·1h 19m - 20
United States GP Prerace 2025
·1h 37m - 21
327 - Singapore GP 2025
·1h 12m - 22
Singapore GP Prerace 2025
·1h 21m - 23
Azerbaijan GP 2025
·1h 7m - 24
Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2025
·1h 33m - 25
Italian GP 2025
·1h 24m - 26
Dutch GP & Italian GP Prerace
·1h 20m - 27
Dutch GP Prerace 2025
·1h 16m - 28
Hungarian GP 2025
·1h 25m - 29
Belgian GP & Hungarian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 29m - 30
British GP 2025
·1h 19m - 31
Austrian GP & British GP Prerace 2025
·1h 29m - 32
314 - Austrian GP Prerace 2025
·1h - 33
313 - Canadian GP 2025
·1h 22m - 34
Canadian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 25m - 35
Spanish GP 2025
·1h 17m - 36
Monaco GP & Spanish GP Prerace 2025
·1h 17m - 37
Qatar GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace 2024
·1h 22m - 38
Emilia-Romagna GP Prerace 2025
·1h 19m - 39
Miami GP 2025
·1h 21m - 40
Miami GP Prerace 2025
·1h 9m - 41
Saudi Arabian GP 2025
·1h 25m - 42
Bahrain GP & Saudi Arabian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 23m - 43
Japanese GP & Bahrain GP Prerace 2025
·1h 9m - 44
Japanese GP Prerace 2025
·1h 4m - 45
Chinese GP 2025
·1h 31m - 46
Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2025
·1h 20m - 47
Australian GP Prerace 2025
·1h 11m - 48
Preseason Primer 2025
·2h 26m - 49
Offseason News Update 2025
·1h 23m - 50
Abu Dhabi GP 2024
·1h 27m - 51
Intermezzo
·1h 20m - 52
Brazilian GP 2024
·1h 6m - 53
Mexican GP & Brazilian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 14m - 54
United States GP & Mexican GP Prerace 2024
·1h 28m - 55
United States GP Prerace 2024
·1h 8m - 56
Singapore GP 2024
·1h 25m - 57
Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2024
·1h 12m - 58
Italian GP 2024
·1h 17m - 59
Dutch GP & Italian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 14m - 60
Dutch GP Prerace 2024
·1h 20m - 61
Belgian GP 2024
·1h 36m - 62
Hungarian GP & Belgian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 31m - 63
Hungarian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 23m - 64
British GP 2024
·1h 13m - 65
Austrian GP & British Prerace 2024
·1h 26m - 66
Spanish GP & Austrian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 20m - 67
Spanish GP Prerace 2024
·1h 16m - 68
Canadian GP 2024
·1h 45m - 69
Canadian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 18m - 70
Monaco GP 2024
·1h 23m - 71
Emilia Romagna GP & Monaco GP Prerace 2024
·1h 21m - 72
Emilia Romagna GP Prerace 2024
·1h 9m - 73
Miami GP 2024
·1h 52m - 74
Miami GP Prerace 2024
·1h 31m - 75
Chinese GP 2024
·1h 11m - 76
Chinese GP Prerace 2024
·1h 26m - 77
Japanese GP 2024
·1h 11m - 78
Japanese GP Prerace 2024
·1h 26m - 79
Australian GP 2024
·1h 11m - 80
Australian GP Prerace 2024
·1h 13m - 81
Saudi Arabian GP 2024
·1h 4m - 82
Bahrain GP & Saudi Arabia Prerace 2024
·1h 50m - 83
Testing & Bahrain GP Prerace 2024
·1h 22m - 84
Preseason Primer 2024
·2h 8m - 85
Silly Season Emergency News Update
·1h 19m - 86
Offseason News Update 2024
·1h 11m - 87
Season Review 2023
·1h 32m - 88
Abu Dhabi GP 2023
·1h 19m - 89
Las Vegas GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace 2023
·1h 22m - 90
Pre Las Vegas GP 2023
·1h 28m - 91
Brazilian GP 2023
·1h 25m - 92
Mexican GP & Sao Paulo GP Prerace 2023
·1h 13m - 93
United States GP & Mexican GP Prerace 2023
·1h 24m - 94
United States GP Prerace 2023
·1h 37m - 95
Qatar GP 2023
·1h 21m - 96
Qatar GP Prerace 2023
·1h 24m - 97
Azerbaijan GP & Singapore GP Prerace 2024
Shift+F1 covers the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and uses Baku’s qualifying and race strategy to frame a long late-race battle among Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, Sergio Perez, and Carlos Sainz.
·1h 9m·4 clips - 98
Season Review 2024
Hidden gemShift+F1’s 2024 season review ranges from Red Bull’s leaked driver decision to a rundown of the year’s biggest races, including Monaco’s zero-overtake procession and Canada’s rain-soaked chaos.
·1h 27m·5 clips - 99
Mid Season News Update
The hosts of Shift F1 discuss the latest F1 news, including a scandal involving Christian Horner, during a break in the race calendar.
·1h 14m - 100
Belgian GP Prerace 2025
The hosts of Shift F1 discuss the quiet news week before the Belgian Grand Prix, with Rob sharing a story about a cycling accident.
·1h 20m - 101
[UNLOCKED] Drive to Survive Season 8 Review - Part One
Hidden gemShift+F1's patron-exclusive March 2025 episode reviews the first four episodes of Drive to Survive season eight and treats them as a test of whether the series is getting thinner or simply more efficient.
Apr 15, 2026·1h 10m·5 clips - 102
An Unscheduled F1 Spring Break
The hosts banter about Irish accents, a cop show, and electric showers before discussing F1's unscheduled spring break.
Apr 8, 2026·1h 17m - 103
Japanese GP 2026
A humorous discussion about the Japanese GP 2026 and F1, mixed with a sponsor ad for financial advice.
Apr 1, 2026·1h 27m - 104
Japanese GP Prerace 2026
The hosts discuss the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix and Jonathan Wheatley's potential gardening leave, with a humorous opening about Scotland.
Mar 25, 2026·1h 23m - 105
Chinese GP 2026
The hosts discuss the Chinese Grand Prix 2026 and Mercedes' new young driver, with banter about idioms and podcast promotions.
Mar 18, 2026·1h 30m - 106
Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2026
The hosts discuss the upcoming 2026 F1 season, including the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, and debate whether the new regulations are excessive.
Mar 11, 2026·1h 23m - 107
Australian GP Prerace 2025
Hidden gemMercedes found a loophole in the 1:16 compression rule by testing at ambient temperature.
Mar 4, 2026·1h 35m·2 clips - 108
Pre Season Primer 2026
Feb 27, 2026·2h 35m - 109
2025 Season Review
The hosts of Shift F1 discuss their recent experiences with illness and the Game Awards before transitioning into a review of the 2025 Formula One season.
Dec 17, 2025·1h 41m - 110
Abu Dhabi GP
Yuki Tsunoda weaves on the straight, and Norris goes all four wheels off-track to pass him.
Dec 10, 2025·1h 9m·2 clips - 111
Qatar GP & Abu Dhabi GP Prerace
Dec 3, 2025·1h 29m - 112
Las Vegas GP 2025
Nov 26, 2025·1h 12m - 113
Las Vegas GP Prerace 2025
Nov 19, 2025·1h 24m - 114
Brazilian GP 2025
Nov 12, 2025·1h 23m - 115
Brazilian GP Prerace 2025
Nov 5, 2025·1h 28m - 116
Mexican GP 2025
Oct 29, 2025·1h 16m - 117
United States GP 2025 & Mexican GP Prerace 2025
Oct 22, 2025·1h 19m - 118
United States GP Prerace 2025
Oct 15, 2025·1h 37m - 119
327 - Singapore GP 2025
Oct 8, 2025·1h 12m - 120
Singapore GP Prerace 2025
Oct 1, 2025·1h 21m - 121
Azerbaijan GP 2025
Sep 24, 2025·1h 7m - 122
Azerbaijan GP Prerace 2025
Sep 17, 2025·1h 33m - 123
Italian GP 2025
Sep 10, 2025·1h 24m - 124
Dutch GP & Italian GP Prerace
Sep 3, 2025·1h 20m - 125
Dutch GP Prerace 2025
Aug 27, 2025·1h 16m - 126
Hungarian GP 2025
Aug 6, 2025·1h 25m - 127
Belgian GP & Hungarian GP Prerace 2025
Jul 30, 2025·1h 29m - 128
Belgian GP Prerace 2025
Jul 23, 2025·1h 20m - 129
Mid Season News Update
Jul 16, 2025·1h 14m - 130
British GP 2025
Jul 9, 2025·1h 19m - 131
Austrian GP & British GP Prerace 2025
Jul 2, 2025·1h 29m - 132
314 - Austrian GP Prerace 2025
Jun 25, 2025·1h - 133
313 - Canadian GP 2025
Jun 18, 2025·1h 22m - 134
Canadian GP Prerace 2025
Jun 11, 2025·1h 25m - 135
Spanish GP 2025
Jun 4, 2025·1h 17m - 136
Monaco GP & Spanish GP Prerace 2025
May 28, 2025·1h 17m - 137
Emilia-Romagna GP & Monaco GP Prerace 2025
May 21, 2025·1h 19m - 138
Emilia-Romagna GP Prerace 2025
May 14, 2025·1h 19m - 139
Miami GP 2025
May 7, 2025·1h 21m - 140
Miami GP Prerace 2025
Apr 30, 2025·1h 9m - 141
Saudi Arabian GP 2025
Apr 23, 2025·1h 25m - 142
Bahrain GP & Saudi Arabian GP Prerace 2025
Apr 16, 2025·1h 23m - 143
Japanese GP & Bahrain GP Prerace 2025
Apr 9, 2025·1h 9m - 144
Japanese GP Prerace 2025
Apr 2, 2025·1h 4m - 145
Chinese GP 2025
Mar 26, 2025·1h 31m - 146
Australian GP & Chinese GP Prerace 2025
Mar 19, 2025·1h 20m - 147
Australian GP Prerace 2025
Mar 13, 2025·1h 11m - 148
Preseason Primer 2025
Mar 5, 2025·2h 26m - 149
Offseason News Update 2025
Feb 5, 2025·1h 23m - 150
Season Review 2024
The hosts of Shift F1 discuss the upcoming 2025 F1 season and look back at 2024, with details on pre-season events and Patreon content.
Dec 18, 2024·1h 27m