This Week in F1: Christian’s Return, Yuki’s Future, and WDC Title Fight Therapy Session

The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Matt and Brian break down all the F1 news this week, including Christian Horner's potential return to the sport, Mercedes taking the blame for Kimi Antonelli's bad race, Max Verstappen racing in GT3 for fun, and a therapy session for our WDC title contenders! AND MUCH MORE! Thank you to our sponsors BetMGM, MUG, and Omaha Steaks for making this episode possible! Use bonus code DADDY when you sign up for BetMGM.Next time you’re craving something cold, frothy, and packed with unapologetic flavor — crack open a MUG Root Beer. Find MUG Root Beer at your local store or head to https://www.mugrootbeer.com/find-mug to find out how you can get your paws on some MUG and be sure to throw them a follow online, @MUGRootBeer. Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off sitewide during their Red-Hot Sale Event. And use Promo Code FLAGS at checkout for an extra $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. A big thanks to our advertiser, Omaha Steaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, bankers?
0:01.4	Hello, bankers.
0:04.2	How is everybody doing?
0:07.3	How are you doing?
0:08.9	Are you enjoying your week off in between Baku and Singapore?
0:14.8	Have you bought your tickets to our live show with Gunter Steiner?
0:18.6	These are the important questions you must ask yourself.
0:22.3	But we're going to be talking about so much on this episode today because Christian
0:27.0	Horner might be back in Formula One next year. Fernando Alonso might be retiring from Formula
0:34.6	1 at the end of 2026. We're going to go into Mercedes falling on the sword
0:41.8	for Kimmy's slump after Total Wolf said that he was underwhelmed four times after Monza. He's now saying,
0:49.4	no, no, actually, it's not Kimmy's fault. It's my fault. He probably listened to the pod and said, you know, we got to do some damage control because I said I was going to protect this kid. And then I was out in the press talking wild shit. So I got to do that. We're going to discuss Yuki getting his groove back. Masa's lawsuit officially going through and Max Verstappen, just doing Max Restapin things things while Landon Norris just wants to have a nice and tidy and nice life where no one remembers him, as he said in Vogue.
1:18.2	This is the Red Flags brought to you by BetMGM.
1:22.1	This is this week in F1.
1:26.7	I think we got to start with this Christian news.
1:33.3	I'm getting it's a bit of Voldemort.
1:36.7	Right now he's at the back of the guy's head,
1:38.9	but he's growing.
1:40.0	He's coming back.
1:42.7	Not yet.
1:45.2	It's not yet.
1:46.4	You know,
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