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Unpacking Honda's shock withdrawal and the F1 Nation guide to the Nurburgring

F1 Nation

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4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

TC and Alex are joined by F1.com senior writer, Lawrence Barretto to assess Honda’s shock withdrawal. 

They debate whether the manufacturer has repeated their 2008 mistake (10:32), how will Verstappen respond (12:09), if Red Bull can build their own engine (15:06), why a return to Renault cannot be ruled out (17:37), the knock on effect for the driver line up (18:41), how the entire Milton Keynes outfit will require changes (19:34) and whether this ends Yuki Tsudoda’s F1 chances? (22:52)

Then after seven years away, F1 Nation guides you through the challenge of the Nurburgring (27:55).


Transcript

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0:00.0

From just outside of Covid testing facility in the Tom Clarks and Manor, it's F1 Nation

0:08.0

with TC and me.

0:09.7

This week, we take a closer look at the Honda with Dural, with F1 senior writer Lawrence

0:14.6

Barretto.

0:15.6

And after seven years away, we talk you through the do's and don'ts of the Nürburgring.

0:21.0

And now to continue this intro, Tom Clarks.

0:25.4

There's been no Formula One race this weekend, but Formula One never sleeps.

0:31.4

And we certainly don't hear on F1 Nation.

0:34.4

So let's talk about all these news stories that have been breaking in the last seven days

0:39.4

with me, Tom Clarks and me Alex Jakes.

0:42.4

So AJ, we had a weekend off, my man.

0:46.4

Was it a weekend off for you?

0:48.4

It was, but that leads to, that leads to different problems, you know.

0:52.4

So first of all, you go to the pub, you maybe go out to a nice restaurant, and then suddenly

0:57.4

you start looking round, in my case, the flat.

0:59.4

They go, how long's the sink been like this?

1:02.4

Since July, first week, that'll be Austria then.

1:05.4

Okay, that's my fault, that's my fault.

1:07.4

And the longer I spent in the flat, I was like, it's a lot of things that I said I would

1:11.4

do during lockdown, original lockdown that I didn't actually complete, like painting

1:16.4

the rooms.

1:17.4

And you know what, we could really do with the Grand Prix appearing next weekend.

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