Chequered Flag Extra: Verstappen’s Future, Bearman’s Crash & Jack Black

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Izzy Hammond and Harry Benjamin look back at the Japanese GP, digesting the latest F1 trends and biggest discussion points.

Could Max Verstappen be on his way out of F1? How hard is it to change F1’s new regs? And do we currently have too many overtakes going on?

Plus, Izzy presents her favourite memes of the week, we discuss your hot takes, and call for Jack Black to be at every F1 race!

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Wayne Rooney, Kay Curd and me, Kelly Somers,
0:11.8	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:14.9	He's gone in quite quick, but he hasn't caught him high.
0:18.1	I just don't think it's the red card.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career. I was going into positions and doing things I shouldn't have really been doing, but you do it because you feel like you have to, and I helped us drive on and win the FA Club. The Wayne Rooney Show. Watch a night player, listen on Towns. You know what? If Max Stappen doesn't like it, he's going to go? Yeah. I mean, I think he's going to go anyway. I think he's had enough. Piastri is well and truly in this title fight if he keeps the form up. And who knows, mistakes can happen. Russell finished off the podium. Crucial points lost. Jack Black is possibly the funniest person I've seen. and I think we need him at every Grand Prix.
0:57.2	Izzy, you dragged me to Brandtatch today
1:00.2	for our second podcast, because you're drifting.
1:03.8	I'm drifting today.
1:04.9	I've heard you've already broken the car.
1:07.4	I've broken two cars today.
1:08.8	Two?
1:09.2	Yeah, which even for me is actually quite impressive.
1:11.9	Hang on, why two? So my own car's not very well. I drove here this morning and it broke down on the motorway, so that was lovely. And then I got here and I've done some drifting in an M3. Nice. And I snapped the steering column. Oh, that's why we've not heard much from you since Yeah, because I'm that good at drifting, basically.
1:28.6	Is it hard?
1:29.6	Yeah, really difficult.
1:30.6	Really?
1:31.0	Really difficult. No, that's why we've not heard much from you since early. Because I'm that good at drifting, basically.
1:28.6	Is it hard?
1:29.5	Yeah, really difficult. Really? Really difficult. Not a natural talent then. I don't know about that. I would say now I'm quite good, now that I've been doing it for two days. But it wasn't a case of jump in and you're just amazing at it, which is frustrating for me. Okay, fair. Well, it's not the worst place to come here at Brandtack.
1:44.8	It's quite cool.
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