Reactions from The Australian GP

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4.3 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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The F1 season has now begun, and Meg and Spanners are here to recap everything from the opening race weekend. The Australian GP was a mess for some and a stroke of luck for others. There were major complaints about the new regulation set, a virtual safety car problem for Ferrari, and even a cow named Max. The pod breaks it all down. (00:00) Intro (05:34) Are We Having Fun Yet? (11:25) Overtake Overload (15:21) Off the Line (28:28) Arvid Lindblad Makes Noise (32:03) Max Says "I Told You So" (43:47) Aston Martin Is in the Dirt (50:59) Cadillac Must Find Their Way (55:57) The Cow Named “Max” (63:08) A Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Update Hosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.3	Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast Network.
1:14.1	I am your host, Megan Schuster, and we are here to talk about the 2026 Australian Grand Prix.
1:19.5	George Russell wins the race with his teammate Kimi Antonelli close behind in second.
1:23.9	Charles LeClair finishes third, 15 and a half seconds behind the Mercedes team. Browning out the
1:28.9	rest of the top 10 are Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, Max Rastepin, Ali Beerman, Arvid Lindblad,
1:34.6	Gabriel Bordeletto, and Pierre Gasley. I say this all the time, but we have a lot to talk about
1:39.9	today from some spicy driver comments about the new regulation set to how these cars played out
1:45.4	on track for the very first time this season, to how some of these cars didn't play out on
1:50.4	track due to some technical and mechanical failures. And joining me to get into all of that is Spanners.
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