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The Ringer F1 Show

Updates From F1's Spring Break

The Ringer F1 Show

The Ringer

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4.3673 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Meg and Spanners are back to talk about the biggest updates from the world of F1. There are no races for weeks, but the world of Formula One does not stop; there are updates on new team member positions, regulations, and more leading up to Miami in May. (00:00) Intro (02:48) Meetings, meetings, meetings (10:42) Upgrade opportunities (18:39) “G.P.” is ready to GO (34:40) Williams woes Hosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast network. I am your host, Megan

0:18.1

Schuster, and we are here today to cover some news and notes from

0:21.7

F1's spring break. We've got a lot to talk about from some Red Bull McLaren news to meetings

0:27.3

about possible regulation changes to rumors about what the heck is going on at Williams, as always.

0:34.1

Joining me to get into all of it is Spanners. Spanners, happy Wednesday, happy spring

0:38.4

break. How are you spending your time away from Formula One? Hello, I am sitting cross-legged on

0:45.1

the floor patiently waiting for Uncle Stefano Domenicali to just work everything out and they've had

0:50.9

their meeting. And I saw an interview that I think he did with Autosport

0:54.6

and he basically said, don't worry, there's no such thing as fake overtakes. An overtake is an

0:58.8

overtake. So what are you worrying about, Meg? You sitting there wondering about it. Yeah, exactly.

1:04.6

It does look like, you know, they've used the time because if those races hadn't been cancelled,

1:09.9

we'd have been kind of straight

1:11.3

away into those next races. And I feel like the dust wouldn't have had a chance to settle.

1:16.4

So whilst I'm not saying it's a good situation in any way, shape or form, the time

1:20.1

at least has been used to sit and work out some of the fundamentals.

1:24.8

And it looks like details are starting to come out.

1:27.8

And the thing is, though, what's frustrating, Meg, is the things you hear just make you

1:31.4

so mad.

1:32.6

Like, they'll come out and they'll go, maybe there's too much electrical power percentage.

1:36.9

Well, no way, do you think?

1:38.1

Really?

1:39.4

The car's going at wildly different speeds on straights is actually a bit of an issue.

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