News From Around F1, Plus Previewing Shanghai

The Ringer F1 Show

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4.3 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Meg and Spanners sit down to take a look at the aftermath of Australia and all of the latest news from around F1, including a possible takeover of Alpine, Max Verstappen hitting the Nurburgring, and much more. All this before they preview what to expect at the next GP in Shanghai. (00:00) Intro (02:18) Leaks from Kimi and Isack (12:15) Bidding war starts at Alpine (27:37) Max puts a “Ring” on it! (32:32) Shanghai preview! Hosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Shop thousands of cars and the largest online selection of vehicle parts on eBay motors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.8	I am your host, Megan Schuster, and we are here to preview the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix.
1:27.6	I am joined, as always, by Spaners. Spanors, how are we doing this fine Wednesday? Yeah, good. You know, I was up hot and sweaty from a bit of tennis, and everyone was asking me, because I know I'm there that, he's the F1 guy. Everyone knows me. He's the person I can ask things about F1. And I say, well, tune in to the ringer F1, and they go, no, just tell me. And there's lots of varied opinions about whether Australia was a good race.
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