New Rules. New Cars. New Boss at Audi. The Five Weeks That Rewrote the 2026 Season | ep 988
The Parc Fermé F1 Podcast
The Parc Fermé
4.5 • 722 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Overview of the Podcast
02:48 Weather and Breaks in F1
05:33 Alan McNish's New Role at Audi
11:17 The Structure of Audi's F1 Team
16:56 Comparing Audi and Cadillac in F1
22:25 The Future of Drivers at Audi
27:08 McLaren's New Car and Development Strategy
38:24 Red Bull's Adaptation and Verstappen's Future
47:54 Miami as a Season Reset and Competitive Dynamics
53:47 Amplifying Performance: The Impact of Regulations
56:37 Managing Expectations: Racing Dynamics and Reality
58:34 Entertainment vs. Engineering: The Future of F1
01:00:22 Demanding Consistency: The Need for Fairness in F1
01:04:15 Albon's Cats: Insights from the Racing World
01:13:42 Looking Ahead: The Future of the Podcast and F1
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| 0:00.0 | Steering wheel. |
| 0:01.1 | Claps a steering wheel here. |
| 0:02.8 | Kim, steering wheel. |
| 0:22.5 | Hey, hey, steering wheel. Somebody's called to give it to a... Come on! Whoa! Do you like that, say, please? Do you like it? How the f*** this is possible? I'm driving like a grandma. Get that Ralph, did you hear me? No,. Browarding technology. |
| 0:22.5 | Come on, close it down and kill him. |
| 0:24.2 | We've got lunatic on the track down. I'm so annoyed. |
| 0:27.2 | Boys and girl, your attention, please. |
| 0:30.5 | Hello, and welcome back inside the Park for May for podcast number 900. |
| 0:36.4 | 988. |
| 0:38.5 | We're getting dangerously close to a thousand. |
| 0:41.2 | This is Todd. |
| 0:41.7 | Don't on that now. |
| 0:42.8 | A.k.a. Negative camera. You know why I've asked you here. |
| 0:46.2 | It was convinced the villagers that I'm harmless. |
| 0:48.8 | Come on, man. That's not asking much, is it? |
| 0:51.6 | Tonight, for your kind consideration, what are we covering? |
| 0:54.5 | Oh, I'll tell you, Alan McDish back in the news around Audi, FIA. |
| 0:59.9 | Well, you know, we talked about the super clipping stuff last week. |
| 1:03.6 | We might mention it. |
| 1:04.8 | But McLaren brings a bird in a completely new car to Miami, or that's the rumor. |
| 1:10.1 | Red Bull, well, they're out copying Ferrari at Soverson. |
| 1:13.7 | Why not? |
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