Show Notes
Pat's out this week so it's just me, Elle, running solo through everything that's happened since Silverstone. Sorry for the radio silence, guys, I got a little too distracted glamping trackside at the British GP.
In this episode:
Why I missed the last episode (glamping at Silverstone, David Guetta going off, 35 degrees and zero regrets) Inside the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes, including their NASA-built control room and the "tyre bros" Goodwood Festival of Speed, the hillclimb, and why it's the best weekend in motorsport A trip to the McLaren Technology Centre and the Bruce McLaren story Getting stranded in Abu Dhabi on the way home and the mad scramble to get back for the Drive Against Depression day Spa Grand Prix recap: the grid penalty chaos, Russell and Hamilton's lap one collision, and Kimi's race-winning move on Leclerc The full list of records Kimi Antonelli has broken in 2026, and the stats behind his championship run What's next with Hungary, the summer break, and the uncertainty around the Middle East rounds Aston Martin's driver lineup problem and why a shake-up might be coming
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