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The Ringer F1 Show

Reviewing the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix

The Ringer F1 Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.3673 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Meg and Spanners take a look at the results from Suzuka as Kimi Antonelli takes another historic victory. They also talk about a scary crash, Max Verstappen kicking up some major dust over new regulations, and much more! (00:00) Intro(02:01) Kimi making a run for greatness(13:16) Ollie crashes hard(36:17) Max making major waves(49:37) Missing the midfield: Meg gets cranky(54:25) Cadillac is allowed some flowers Hosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners ReadySenior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.6

Hello. Welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast network.

0:48.6

I am your host, Megan Schuster, and we are here to talk about the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix.

0:52.0

Kimmy Antonelli wins his second race in a row in wild fashion.

0:54.3

Oscar P. Astro finishes second, and Charles LeClair takes third. Browning out the rest of the top 10 are George Russell, Landon Norris,

0:59.0

Louis Hamilton, Pierre Gasley, Max Verstappen, Liam Lawson, and Esteban Okon. We have a lot to talk

1:05.2

about today from some George Russell woes to a fierce comeback from Oscar Piastri to some more excellent Ferrari racing.

1:13.2

And joining me to get into all of it is Spanors. Spanors, what a day in Sizuca. What a week in?

1:17.2

Yeah, and you know, I like to be a positive ray of sunshine. I'm the gold pot at the end of the

1:23.7

rainbow. I didn't quite like this as much as the Chinese Grand Prix. This isn't the same

1:29.4

kind of shot-in-the-arm redemption tour for Dominicali as it was two weeks ago. There was some

1:35.1

big gaping gaps in the regulations, like they were laid bare. However, just as a chapter of Formula

1:42.3

1, lots of interesting things to talk about, lots of, lots of drama

1:46.0

unfolding, a lot of the things that I thought, if that happens, that'd be good, those things

1:50.2

happened. And then you've got this background hum of, I'm sorry to say, Rustapin fans who are

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