McLaren Disqualified, Runoff Madness, and More From the Vegas GP

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It's a very eventful weekend in the Vegas GP! Meg and Spanners are back to take in all the events of Sin City, including a massive mistake that caused McLaren to be disqualified, Kimi possibly achieving his final form, and some runoff track madness that caused some safety concerns. (00:00) Intro (4:02) Big trouble for McLaren (12:56) Lando's first lap (24:21) Kimi goes for it (31:09) Rainy Vegas vibes (42:51) Runoff madness! (51:21) Big Aston Martin changes Host: Megan Schuster Guest: Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.4	Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer Podcast Network. I am your host, Megan Schuster,
1:09.5	and we are here to talk about the
1:11.0	2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. In a stunning overnight development, at least if you're in the United
1:16.7	States, both McLaren's were disqualified from this race for failing to comply with technical
1:21.4	regulations. More on that in a bit. So the podium looks a little bit different now than it did
1:26.1	at the end of the race. Max for Stappen wins. That part didn't change. But George Russell now finishes second and Kimmy Antonelli takes third. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are Charles Leclair, Carlos Seines, Isaac Cajar, Nico Hulkenberg, Lewis Hamilton, Esteban Okon, and Ollie Berman. We obviously have a lot to talk about today, starting with the McLaren's and what this means
1:45.7	for the now much closer Drivers' Championship.
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