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Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

343 - Japanese GP 2026

Shift+F1: A Formula 1 Podcast

Shift+F1

Automotive, Sports, Leisure

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Godzilla didn't smash Haas' car but we had plenty of calamities at this year's pilgrimage to Suzuka. What does the result of this race and its fallout tell us about the condition of F1 as we enter an unscheduled early season break? SHOW NOTES RaceFans' analysis of the BEA/COL incident Heidfeld vs. Safety Car at Interlagos in 2002 Support the show on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ and get all our bonus episodes! Follow us on ⁠⁠the socials⁠⁠ Email us at shiftf1podcast@gmail.com Join our ⁠fantasy league⁠ with invite code C8YVREIUT10 New to F1? Check out our ⁠⁠primer episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And

0:03.0

and welcome to shift F1, a podcast about speedy race cars. That, by the way, is Japanese

0:21.9

for even monkeys fall from trees, which means that even if you're good at something, you can still

0:28.2

make mistakes. Has the F1 monkey fallen from the tree? Will they catch a vine during the April

0:34.9

break? We shall see. Thanks to Aaron for the tip, by the way, of that phrase.

0:39.8

I'm Drew Scanlan joining me, Danny. How are you, Danny? I'm doing good, yeah. These monkeys,

0:43.8

they keep running out of battery midway through the jump. It's kind of embarrassing, to be honest.

0:50.3

But look, you know, we'll figure it out, you know, and some of the monkeys, some of the monkeys sort of, you know,

0:57.1

try and jump past another monkey and unfortunately, you know,

1:00.3

at these weird monkey jumping speeds, they're just too different.

1:04.0

And I think the FIA really needs to look into that.

1:08.1

And by FIA, I mean the trying to quickly come up with acronym

1:13.4

about monkeys. No. I think the FIMM is actually the motorcycle one. So FOM is the media rights holder.

1:22.1

Okay. That's true.

1:22.9

The yeah, there we go. Thank you. Formula one, yes. Formula monkeys. Yeah, Formula monkeys.

1:28.6

That's where we're at, folks.

1:31.0

Also joining us.

1:31.9

Rob Zakene, how are you, Rob?

1:33.5

Just enjoying the Autosport comments section.

1:36.8

Top comment on an article about Max for stopping, maybe leaving F1.

1:40.9

Go elsewhere where there's proper racing, the way it was intended. Real racing fans will follow. F1, go elsewhere where there's proper racing, the way it was intended.

1:45.2

Real racing fans will follow.

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