The race is on, and after a quick-fire run of six races in seven weeks, the Formula One world is having a quick week off before heading into another triple header at Spa Monza and Magello.

But even in the gaps, there's been a huge amount going on, with a new Concord Agreement signed,

Williams sold and the ongoing rumblings in the driver market to keep on top of.

I'm Ed Staw, and joining me today, a Scott Mitchell and Val Harunji.

Scott, hello, you're looking delighted in your socialist paradise in Stockholm.

How's life?

Socialist Paradise? I assume that's a reference to the brief conversation we had in the build-up to this podcast where I was making use of Stockholm's excellent public transport system to get back in time for

the start, which I failed to do because we are actually recording this slightly later than we're meant to be.

That's the beauty of podcast. You can listen to them when you want. You can record them when you

want within reason. So I'll let you off. But I'm not really sure how you could be late with the

excellent public transport system. The public transport system is fantastic and it can,

it's very, very useful. But what, and even the most excellent and organised of public transport systems

can't make amends for a fundamentally disorganised and chaotic person. So the public transport system

did its part. I was the weak link. Well, talking of fundamentally disorganised people, we've got

Val. And weak links. That's a good pointized people, we've got Val. And weak links.

That's a good point. Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Yeah, we've got Val making one of his

occasional appearances. He's brandishing his F on radar as usual, which will come in handy

later on in this podcast. But you're in a communist paradise in Moscow, of course.

That's a very politically charged statement, that, calling it a communist paradise.

If you want, I can do a whole political science degree thing on what the regime is here.

But let's stick to communist paradise.

Also, is the F1 radar supposed to be like an item?

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