F1 Explains: inside a garage during a Grand Prix
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What happens in a Formula 1 team's garage during a race? In a world-first episode, recorded inside the Haas garage during the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, mechanics, engineers and strategists tell F1 Explains what they do while the cars are racing.
How are the pit crew told it's time for a pit stop? How do strategists make their calls? How do mechanics make sure new tyres are ready to go? Christian Hewgill explains it all from an exclusive position surrounded by data screens, engineers and equipment.
Plus, we listen in to team radio channels, learn what F1 tyres are recycled into after each race, resist the urge to eat the pit crew's mid-race treats and rub shoulders with a rock music legend...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome to F1 Explains, the official Formula One podcast that's here to |
| 0:10.1 | unpick, unravel and demystify the wonderful world of Formula One. My name is Christian Hugel, |
| 0:15.5 | and we're nearly there. We nearly got through it. I'm very excited to say that racing is back |
| 0:20.3 | next weekend. I'm excited not just say that racing is back next weekend. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm excited not just because I've missed Formula One racing. Of course I have, but because we're |
| 0:25.9 | going to Miami, always one of my favourite races of the year. If you've been with us for a while, |
| 0:30.7 | you'll know I always say that. It's one of my favorites, not just because we're recording |
| 0:35.1 | another live show this year. More details on that a little bit later on in the program. |
| 0:41.1 | But also we've done some seriously cool stuff. |
| 0:43.3 | And at last year's Miami Grand Prix, we recorded a very special episode with Hass. |
| 0:49.3 | We had exclusive access to the team on race day. |
| 0:58.4 | This is what happens inside a team during a Grand Prix. |
| 1:10.5 | Pick crew. Stand by. Stand by. Boxters lap. Every single mechanic in front of me has just put their helmets on. |
| 1:11.5 | Head crew, 20 seconds. |
| 1:13.2 | Everybody shot up from their seats instantly. |
| 1:16.0 | It was a case of go, go, go. |
| 1:19.5 | We crime everybody individually, physically for the stops. |
| 1:23.4 | Even down to the last lap, you've got to stay ready. |
| 1:25.5 | We've got nearly 70 different intercom channels. |
| 1:28.3 | They're looking at live feed, best lap times from competitors, telemetry and data. |
| 1:33.3 | It all comes together in the garage. |
| 1:38.3 | The garage is a Formula One team's home. |
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