This Week in F1: Ferrari Civil War, Halo Backlash, McLaren Besties, Toto’s Sale & Alpine Espionage

The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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VANKAHS COMING TO VEGAS: We'll be doing a meetup this week! Follow us on Instagram @theredflagspod and check out our stories for time/date/location! This week, Matt and Brian break down John Elkann’s comments on how drivers should stay quiet, Ferrari's history of drivers vs. management, Producer Jeni joins us to chat about Sky's new “Halo” TikTok, Audi’s new livery reveal, Toto Wolff turning millions into billions, Oscar's "Beyond the Grid" interview, and corporate espionage at Alpine?! If you love the pod and want even more episodes subscribe to our patreon: https://patreon.com/trfpod Chapters: Intro - 0:00 John Elkann vs. Charles & Lewis - 01:45 Ferrari Fallout - 09:07 Thoughts on the new Halo TikTok - 24:12 Oscar's Beyond the Grid episode - 38:32 Alpine break in - 07:51 LVGP Predictions - 01:10:01 If you haven’t signed up for BetMGM yet, use bonus code DADDY and get up to a $1500 First Bet Offer on your first wager with 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 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. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY.com/redflags Shop SKIMS Mens at SKIMS.com and SKIMS stores Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, bankers?
0:04.2	Hello, bankers.
0:08.9	How is everybody doing?
0:11.8	How are you doing?
0:14.1	We got one week off and then a triple header and then this season is done.
0:20.5	Finito, Caput.
0:25.6	And we...
0:26.3	Are you going to miss it?
0:27.6	Are you going to miss the season?
0:29.0	Or are you happy to see it go?
0:30.7	I'm ready for...
0:30.7	I'm ready for this shit to be done.
0:32.7	I'm ready for this shit to be done.
0:34.0	I would like to see some fun stuff happen. I'd like to see a great Abu Dhabi
0:41.0	with some stakes. Um, but, you know, this season's been wild. We have Oscar and Zach Brown and
0:51.1	on Andrea Stella all doing Beyond the Grid episodes this week in a kind of very
0:56.5	interesting way. We'll be discussing that. We'll also be discussing what the fuck has gone on at the
1:04.2	Ferrari organization. You know, Matt, for the people who listen to this pod from the early days,
1:09.8	you know that we were on the Ferrari is a mess kick.
1:15.2	You know, I wouldn't say early because people have been suffering with them for decades.
1:20.3	But, you know, at a certain point it got a little bit tired.
1:24.6	But now Ferrari is just doing Ferrari things.
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