This Week in F1: Max Verstappen’s WEC Drama, Honda Bailout, Zak vs. Mercedes | The Red Flags Podcast

The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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This week, Brian and Matt break down Max Verstappen’s 24 hours of Nurburgring heartbreak, Honda and Aston Martin's controversial $19 million "bailout," Zak Brown's crusade to block Mercedes from buying into Alpine, Christian Horner's gardening leave ending and his possible move to MotoGP, the 2027 engine regulation changes that make make races shorter, the Alpine x Gucci livery speculation, and Canada GP predictions. Plus fan questions on Lawson vs. Alonso, and who could actually beat Max Verstappen. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:12 Max Verstappen’s 24 hrs of Nurburgring race 18:30 Honda $19M bailout 34:14 Zak Brown v Toto Wolff 48:12 Where’s Christian going next? Christian 01:13:38 Fan Questions 01:17:33 Canada GP predictions PRE-ORDER OUR BOOK: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250397478/formula101/ JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/trfpod The Red Flags Podcast is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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