We Ranked All the F1 Drivers' Social Media with Bella James | The Red Flags Podcast

The Red Flags Podcast

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Bella James joins us to rank EVERY Formula 1 driver’s offseason social media game. From Lando Norris’ elite social media IQ to Charles Leclerc’s sad-boy poetry era, from Pierre Gasly’s ride-or-die friend group to Lance Stroll not being followed by the official F1 account (???)… we get into it all! We debate who actually understands the algorithm, who’s just posting yacht thirst traps, who’s hiding a sleeper build, and whether Lewis Hamilton dating Kim Kardashian would break the paddock. Plus: Bella gives her 2026 WDC prediction! Subscribe and watch Box Box with Bella here: https://www.youtube.com/@BellaJames Chapters: 02:40 – Bella James humbles Lando Norris 09:44 – The “Old Guys” Tier: Alonso, Hulkenberg & Checo 16:54 – Lance Stroll… not followed by F1?! 27:20 – Carlos Sainz vs. Charles Leclerc 35:07 – What is FRAME MOGGING 46:23 – Is George Russell Cringe? 55:45 – Top 5 drivers 59:36 – Lewis Hamilton & Kim Kardashian rumors 1:07:59 – 2026 World Drivers Championship prediction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, bankers?
0:03.0	Hello, Venkers!
0:06.0	How is everybody doing?
0:10.0	How are you doing?
0:12.0	Are you good? Are you happy?
0:15.0	It's the year the horse.
0:17.0	It's the year of Scuderia Ferrari winning a WDC.
0:22.5	Maybe not, but you know what?
0:24.2	If you can't win on track in this game, sometimes you can win off track.
0:30.5	And that's what we are here to talk about today.
0:33.5	We're here to talk about who's won this off season, whose socials are hitting, because if you can't get a podium in Formula One, maybe you can get a podium on our offseason social media rankings.
0:46.4	And we have an expert on the pod today.
0:49.9	I mean, talk about someone who has come in like Max Rastappen in 2016 and taking the Formula One social media game by Storm.
0:59.5	We have Bella James on the pod.
1:02.5	Thank you so much for coming on, Bella.
1:04.2	Thank you so much for having me, guys.
1:06.2	Honestly, I can't believe I just witnessed what did just happen.
1:10.4	This is why I'm not friends with many Americans. What? I'm joking. I'm joking. It's Bella. It's Bella, it's Bella, isn't it? She's all right. Oh, wow. Wow. That was better. That was better. That was better. I'll allow that. It was ban. It was bans. It was just bant-oh.
1:29.0	Bant-oh, yeah. We're chatting. We're chatting. We're pulling you for chat.
1:33.1	And we hit a chart today about the social media game in Formula One.
1:38.1	You've taken this whole world by storm. You're now, you're insulting Landon Norris at award shows.
1:44.8	Was this, was this all part of, was this all, always the plan, Bella, to be, to be shitting on
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