Piastri signs new McLaren deal - but will his team be the one to beat in Australia?
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We look ahead to the Australian Grand Prix, and discuss home hero Oscar Piastri’s new McLaren deal, in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast.
Scott Mitchell-Malm and Samarth Kanal join Edd Straw in Melbourne on the eve of the season to look ahead to what should be a dramatic weekend.
We reflect on how PIastri’s deal impacts the driver-market landscape and what it says about McLaren approach to drivers.
The challenge of Albert Park and the question of how seriously we should take Max Verstappen’s downbeat predictions seriously.
We also answer another batch of listener questions, which includes a look at whether Ferrari might favour Charles Leclerc over Lewis Hamilton, the chances of the 2025 champion not winning the most races and how strongly testing pace correlates with final championship position.
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| 1:22.5 | The race is on. |
| 1:27.6 | And finally the racing is about to start, meaning that in a few days, |
| 1:31.0 | we will finally have some cold, hard results to talk about as the season starts to take shape. |
| 1:36.1 | But will McLaren make good on its status as pre-season favourites, |
| 1:39.4 | or could another team spring a surprise? |
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