Drive to Survive Season 8 Review | The Red Flags Podcast

The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 114 minutes

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We watched all of Drive to Survive Season 8 and yes, it’s cinema. Matt and Brian break down episodes 1-8, getting into the Christian vs. Toto text exchange (Wattpad-core), Flavio’s full supervillain mansion aesthetic, Carlos Sainz actually being the smooth operator, Franco Colapinto chaos, Jack Doohan heartbreak, and the Zak Brown of it all (and why according to Netflix Oscar Piastri is his favorite driver...).They also ask the important questions, like which F1 driver would dominate The Traitors, and why is it Valterri Bottas?We cover Daddy of the Season. Hottest Moment, Karen, Radio, Red Flag, and more! INCLUDING WHY GEORGE RUSSELL IS THE MOST ENTERTAINING DRIVER ON THE GRID!!!PLUS -- WE WROTE A BOOK and it's available for pre-sale HERE: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250397485/formula101/And be sure to join our Patreon for bonus episodes, Live Q&As, weekly newsletters, and more! https://www.patreon.com/c/TRFPodChapters: 10:58 - Ep 1: New Kids On The Track 25:18 - Ep 2: Stricly Business 39:55 - Ep 3: The Number 1 Problem 56:02 - Ep 4: A Bull With No Horns 1:02:42 - Ep 5: The Sky’s The Limit 1:17:32 - Ep 6:The Duel 1:24:34 - Ep 7: What Happens in Vegas 1:35:58 - Ep 8: Call Me Chucky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, bankers?
0:03.0	Hello, bankers.
0:06.9	How is everybody doing good?
0:10.7	How are you doing? I bet you're doing good, baby, because our Super Bowl has arrived, baby.
0:19.8	It's what this pod is really all about. Fuck the Super Bowl. Fuck the
0:26.9	Olympics. Fuck Formula One, honestly. It's tried to survive week, baby. It's tried to survive
0:33.3	week, baby. Season 8 back with a vengeance.
0:38.8	That's right.
0:40.1	That's right.
0:41.3	And we're going to get into every episode in a minute detail.
0:46.1	We're going to get in there.
0:47.3	We're going to get underneath it.
0:48.7	We're going to get under the skin.
0:50.8	And for all these fucking creators out here that are criticizing it, that are like,
0:55.2	I wish you was a little more this. I wish it was a little more of that. I want to say one
0:59.2	thing. And we're going to criticize it a little bit too. I just want to say, we need to acknowledge
1:04.2	that Formula One, but also DTS is mother. Yeah. And we're just a little, we're little rabid wolves.
1:13.4	As we're all little rabid wolves, especially creators, suckling.
1:19.4	Suckling at the teat.
1:21.4	We're suckling at the teat.
1:22.6	And whenever we criticize and whenever we nitpick, we're like, um, mother, can the milk be a little bit warmer?
1:30.0	Can the milk be a little bit colder?
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