You are listening to Miss Apex Podcast. We live, F1.

Welcome to Missed Apex Podcast. I'm your host, Richard Reddy, but my friends call me Spaners.

So, let's be friends. Yes, yes, I know. Hardly anyone is still listening or

recording season reviews, but we talked too long about all the other teams. And if we don't finish

off the grid, actually nothing will happen because it's nearly Christmas. But if you want to

join us, we are going to play podcasting today.

And if you want to listen, we would be honored if you would pull up a chair. Because it is

nearly Christmas. So we're going to unwrap the three worst presents under the 2025 F1

Christmas tree as we look at the battles and capitulations at the bottom end of the grid.

So in a, in the prettiest wrapping was one of the biggest disappointments.

In a limbo year for steak slash salber, but I am going to miss that livery and I'm going to

wear that team gear for years going forward.

We're seeing a bit of a limbo year for Haas, soon to be slowly absorbed into the Toyota Gravity Well, allegedly.

And then, in what has been a bit of a limbo year for Alpine, we'll ask, was that them trying their best, or were they tanking for 2026?

And also, look for the timestamp for this.

At the end of that, we are going to talk about this news about the 2026. And also, look for the timestamp for this. At the end of that, we are going to talk about

this news about the 26 engines and the potential loophole. So in the show notes, there will be a

timestamp in the podcast version and YouTube so you can skip forward to that. But for now, we are

an independent podcast produced in the podcasting shed. With the kind permission of our patrons and partners,

we aim to bring you a race review before your Monday morning commute.

We might be wrong, but we're first.

I'm joined in the shed by Matt Tohumpets. Hello, Matt. Hey there, Spanners. You know, I think if we talk about all the teams, it might be the first time we've ever actually done that for our season review. I think we just eventually ran out of steam and don't bother. And no one ever calls us on it because it's always a bottom team. It's not don don't bother. It's that we have a Christmas kind of line up. So we like doing what we do at Christmas. We usually have a look forward and prediction show at the beginning of January. And then we're like into interviews and testing is at the beginning of February, I think. There's three testing periods. So no, it's not that we couldn't be bothered, but we won't finish all the teams.

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