Why the Drama of Formula 1 Continues to Lap the Competition

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The 2024 Formula 1 season wraps up this weekend in Abu Dhabi and in many ways nothing is different, but at the same time, everything has changed. First off, you have Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver wrapped up his fourth straight title a couple weeks ago. But his team, Red Bull, has somehow fallen off the map. And now legendary names like McClaren and Ferrari – who haven’t won a team title in decades – have once again raced their way to the top of the standings. Now, just add a mix of reality TV magic and a little bit of Brad Pitt, and you have yourself the modern Formula 1 package. So today, Laurence Edmonson joins David Dennis Jr. to explain all the drama from the garage to the track and tells us why the resurgence of F1 is just getting started. You can honor Jim Valvano and support ESPN’s V Week with a donation to the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Dennis Jr. hosting the ESPN Daily podcast today.
0:09.3	And I want to share with you that across all of ESPN, it's V week.
0:13.5	This is something we do every year to honor our teammate Jim Valvano by supporting the V Foundation
0:18.5	for Cancer Research, the foundation that he announced in his unforgettable S.B. speech so many years ago.
0:24.8	Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
0:27.6	While lots of things have changed in the 30 years since that S.B. speech,
0:31.0	the need for cancer research hasn't.
0:33.4	When you give to the V Foundation, 100% of your donation goes directly to research,
0:39.1	making the dream of victory over cancer more possible every single day.
0:44.4	If you're able, we hope that you'll donate.
0:47.0	Go to v.org slash donate now and help support the critical work of the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
0:53.8	Thank you.
0:56.8	Lawrence Emerson, when you were here in February talking to us ahead of the start of the 2024 F1 season,
1:04.2	one of the things that you were looking at was if anybody could close the gap between Red Bull and Max Verstaffin.
1:11.0	Here we are 10 months later. did that gap actually close at all?
1:15.1	It closed significantly, and I remember being on the show and painting a fairly bleak picture
1:22.0	in terms of competitiveness for the season, because we just experienced two seasons of Red Bull and Max Verstappen dominating everything.
1:31.0	Last year in 2023, Red Bull won all but one race in a 22 race season.
1:40.1	We are witnessing something that no one has ever seen in the entire history of Formula One,
1:47.6	a landmark for Max Verstappen.
1:49.8	Max Verstappen wins 10 Grand Prix in a row to take the all-time record.
1:55.9	And we came to this year and started the season, you know, I was bang on.
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