FERRARI STRATEGY FAIL - 2026 Australia GP Recap | The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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George Russell takes the inaugural 2026 F1 season win in Melbourne, but we gotta talk about Ferrari's strategy fumble! Matt and Brian break down the wild race start, Charles Leclerc’s rocket launch off the line, the incredible battle for the lead, and Ferrari handing Mercedes the race. We also cover the new 2026 engine regulations and reliability drama, whether Ferrari has the pace to challenge Mercedes, Arvid Lindblad’s incredible debut, and why Merc might already have the championship advantage. Plus, we're back with our race awards: Daddy, Hottest Moment, Red Flag, Karen and Radio of the Day, and our predictions for the Chinese GP. For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://www.hims.com/REDFLAGS Go to https://www.liquid-iv.com/ and get 20% off your first order with code REDFLAGS at checkout! We wrote a book!!! PRE-ORDER IT HERE: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250397478/formula101/ Want even more content? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/TRFPod Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:29 - King George 11:41 - Engine Drama 29:06 - Ferrari Disasterclass 48:48 - Who's Challenging Merc? 51:03 - Aus GP Awards 1:08:30 - Chinese GP Predictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oi, Vankers.
0:02.1	Oi, oi, oi.
0:04.8	Gooday, Vankers.
0:09.0	How is everybody doing?
0:11.9	I hope for me.
0:13.2	Very nice.
0:14.4	Very nice.
0:15.7	Very nice.
0:17.2	Very nice.
0:19.1	I love this car.
0:20.5	I love this engine. Very nice. I love this car. I love this engine.
0:21.7	Very nice.
0:27.8	Leave it to George Russell.
0:29.9	Leave it to George Russell to do a makeshift Borat impression during his first win of his probably first, maybe of many, but
0:42.0	at least first championship season, first win, how does he start it, Borat? That's how he
0:48.6	starts it. Yeah. Yep. I mean, I was shocked. I thought he was a little too young for that. But no, he's an old man at heart, George Russell. He's a, he's a he's an old man. He's a solidly pushing 40 year old man at heart. So I love this. I love this for him. You know, when he when he put it on, when he put it on poll, he was like kind of running for a president. He was like, great job everybody back at the factory. But then he won and then he was goofy again. So I'm very happy. He did a little teapose. I think this was very good for him. Yes. The king of cringe returns. The king of cringe. I think that's what we need to, because they're anointing him, right? George Russell, he's been anointed. Like, they're acting as if it's already a foregone conclusion. This championship is in his hands. He's doing walk and talks with Sky Sports. Every single broadcast. Like, he's on the broadcast team. He's walking and talking with them. Like he's on the, he is on the broadcast team he's walking and talking with
1:45.4	them like he's on that he's on the payroll of sky sports they've anointed him he's he's the
1:52.4	king of england but the reality is yeah he's like the literal king of england he's like the literal king of
1:59.3	england in that he's kind of look he's kind of a d dork. I mean, that guy's a fucking dork. I've ever seen one. Exactly.
2:05.1	Yeah. He's a dork and he, and, and, you know, something was handed to him. You know,
2:12.5	and that's what, that's what ultimately has been, is happening this year as things are being handed to him.
2:16.9	We didn't realize that Ferrari
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