Recapping the U.S. GP in Austin

The Ringer F1 Show

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4.3 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Meg and Spanners are back to talk about the latest from Austin and the United States Grand Prix. They discuss Max Verstappen's big win, and what the math looks like for him to take it all. They also talk about Oscar Piastri's weird move that caused quite an incident on the track, as well as touch on the new Apple TV deal that can effect F1 in the U.S. The Verstappen Math (3:42) The Sprint Race: Who’s to Blame? (14:59) The Williams Teasing Begins (41:02) Other Texas News (47:41) The Big Apple TV+ Deal (59:33) Host: Megan Schuster Guest: Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.9	Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast Network. I am your host,
1:09.5	Megan Schuster, and we are here to talk
1:11.0	about the 2025 U.S. Grand Prix. Max for Sappen wins the race, as well as the sprint for his third victory in four races. Landon Norris takes second and Charles Leclair finishes third. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastry, George Russell, Yuki Sonoda, Nico Hokenberg, Ali Behrman, and Fernando Alonzo.
1:29.6	We've got a lot to talk about today from a sprint race disaster for McLaren to Max Verstappen, closing the gap in the driver's championship, to a new TV deal for F1 fans in the U.S.
1:41.9	Joining me to get into all of that as Spannersanners, Spanners, the drama really is bigger in Texas.
1:46.9	I think we found that out this weekend.
1:48.7	They called me mad, Meg, when it was 90 plus points.
1:52.2	They called me mad.
1:53.3	The emails and the DMs.
1:55.2	What is bro smoking?
1:56.8	Why are you gassing Vastappen?
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