The Brakedown

Join us this week on the Brakedown where we talk all things Barcelona. This track a brand new Hamilton out: refreshed and ready to take the fight to Mercedes. And fight he did! Hamilton has one his first race with Ferrari (first of many we hope). With another Mercedes DNF (we won't spoil who) will there be a championship battle this year? However, this is yet another race where not all 22 cars finish.. Will we get a race where all the cars finish in 2026, whos to say.Join our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

Formula One’s most prestigious race has come and gone, and Kimi Antonelli has won the Monaco Grand Prix at just nineteen years old! Join us on this episode of the Brakedown as we discuss a full restart, seven cars out of the race, ripped up tarmac and the glitz and glamour off-track that all lead to an unexpectedly exciting Sunday in Monaco. Link to NY Times Article on the ripped up track: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7340289/2026/06/07/monaco-track-damage-f1-leclerc-crash/Join our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

Montreal, my absolute fave, you delivered this past week. The Habs are even with the South Carolina Hurricanes, the Victoire won the Walter Cup, and F1 has more DNF’s than I do dollars in my bank account. 👏🏻Join us on this week’s episode of The Brakedown as we discuss the hockey/F1 crossover this weekend, the updates brought to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and the increasingly heated rivalry in the Mercedes garages. Join our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

Williams in the top 10? No Aston DNF’s? Competitive Ferraris and McLarens? This must be the good place. Join us this week on The Brakedown to discuss all the gritty details of the Miami Grand Prix. The regulation updates improved both qualifying and one-track racing, reducing harvesting and limiting battery power influence. Ferrari and McLaren both developed substantial updates throughout the month, and came in swinging against the still-mighty-but-slightly-less-so Mercedes.Link for F1 Article on Regulation Changes: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/refinements-to-2026-f1-regulations-agreed-by-all-stakeholders.1xA0TRau0DvyId6R7oZjFvJoin our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

Kimi Antonelli is leading the driver’s championship. That's right, the 19-year old Italian is making his country (and his team) proud! Not only that, the Japanese Grand Prix also gave us Oscar Piastri’s first race start of the season (Spoiler Alert: It's a podium finish too!).Join us on this episode of The Brakedown as we discuss all the off-track news you might have missed - race cancellations, Adrian Newey and Johnathan Wheatley controversy, and changes to qualifying regulations. We’ll dissect the race itself and dive into Mercedes’ comeback (can you call it a comeback if they started on pole and fluffed the start?), as well as our rising stress levels from Ferrari, and seeing the unfortunate effect of this new energy-harvesting mode in the form of Ollie Bearman’s crash. Join our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

I'm sorry, but SEVEN DNS/DNF’s*?!?!? It's a good thing we have an extra team on the grid this year or the remaining drivers might have started feeling lonely.As the true enemy of the season reveals itself (*cough cough* reliability), the Chinese Grand Prix saw some history-making results for Mercedes, some long-awaited rays of hope for the team in Rosso Corsa, and some unfamiliar heartbreak for fans in Papaya. Join us on this episode of The Brakedown as we discuss Antonelli’s first win, Hamilton and Leclerc finally getting to stretch their racing legs, and McLaren… absolutely losing the plot :( *DNS: Did Not Start (driver did not start the race)*DNF: Did Not Finish (driver did not finish all laps of the race)Join our Fantasy League:https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

Number of kangaroos seen during the race: 0. Number of Oscar Piastris seen during the race: 0.That's right, the Australian Grand Prix saw its only home-race driver crash out before things even got started. We also saw a refreshed Mercedes team, who clearly aced these new regulations, if a front-row lockout and 1-2 finish are any indication. Speaking of regulations, this was also our first look at the kind of racing we can expect to see over the next five years. With boost, overtake, and battery management all major talking points for the season, Join us as we chat all this and more on this episode of The Brakedown! Join our Fantasy League (a week late because technical difficulties OOPS):https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/P3LXFCDFK07League Code: P3LXFCDFK07Have thoughts to share? Find us on:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next race!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.

or the final time in 2025, welcome back to The Brakedown. Driver swaps, favourite racetracks, and a look ahead to 2026, join us on the final episode of the year, join us as we review our highs and lows of the season, as well as take a quick peak at how our season predictions turned out. Have thoughts to share? Find us on socials:Instagram: @brakedownpodTiktok: @thebrakedownpodEmail: thebrakedownpod@gmail.comSee you next year!xxDani and LucySound Courtesy ofmusic by audionautix.comF1 BR 07 InBox Expl.wav by rfhache -- https://freesound.org/s/44088/ -- License: Attribution 3.0