This Week in F1: New Regs, Is Max Leaving? The KitKat Heist | The Red Flags Podcast

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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The Miami GP is going to be a MAJOR turning point in the 2026 F1 season, but until then, Brian and Matt break down the F1/FIA emergency regulation change meeting on April 9th, what the 6 proposed fixes actually mean, whether Max Verstappen will Irish exit the sport, why the drivers should say they're having fun, how F1's evolution plays into the regs kerfuffle, Martin Brundle telling Max to sh*t or get off the pot, and the great KitKat heist of 2026! Want even more content?? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/trfpod PRE-ORDER OUR BOOK!!! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250397478/formula101/ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 01:58 - FIA's newest regulation changes 14:49 - F1's evolution 29:22 - Is Max retiring?! (REPRISE) 41:43 - Brundle vs. Verstappen 51:41 - Are the new regulations a failure? 1:05:08 - KitKat heist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week in F1, the regs are about to change.
0:05.2	Is Max Verstappen leaving the sport?
0:07.6	Martin Brunnels talking wild shit.
0:12.4	And the Kit Kat heist.
0:14.4	We will discuss it all on this episode of the Red Flags.
0:18.6	This week in F1, Vass up, Vanquess. What's up, bankers?
0:22.5	How's everybody doing?
0:26.0	How are you doing?
0:28.0	We've got a long time before our next F1 race in Miami.
0:32.8	But Matt, Miami is the start of a new dawn, hopefully, the start of a new Formula One, where Max Rastappen can be happy, and everyone can shut the fuck up about the regs because on April 9th, which is, when's this episode coming out?
0:52.7	This episode comes out on April 6th, on four days, so the day this episode coming out this episode comes out on april 6th on on on on four
0:56.8	days so the day this episode comes out the shareholders and the fia the shareholders the shareholders
1:02.0	the formula one and the fia and the drivers are all meeting to discuss how we can improve the
1:09.0	2026 racing.
1:12.6	How are you feeling about this?
1:17.1	The first three races, that was like, that was like your first hookup with somebody.
1:18.2	Like, that doesn't really count.
1:19.9	Like, we didn't really know each other.
1:20.5	Yeah.
1:22.8	Let's do a mulligan.
1:24.1	Let's get a mulligan.
1:28.0	Miami, that's the start of the season.
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