F1 General | Joe Unplugged | 172 | The Fantasy Grid: Which Car Era Best Reveals Driver Talent?

F1 General | Joe Unplugged | 172 | The Fantasy Grid: Which Car Era Best Reveals Driver Talent?

April 22, 2026 · 29 min

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The episode discusses which car era would best reveal driver talent in Formula 1 through a hypothetical scenario posed by a listener.

Listener Drew asks: if you could put every current Formula 1 driver in the same generation of car for one race, which era would you choose? It sounds like a fun hypothetical — until you try to answer it. In this episode, Dick and Sabrina bring the question to Joe Saward, who has watched the sport evolve across four decades and has little patience for cross-era comparisons that can't be proven. Dick makes the case for the late 1980s turbo era — 1,500 horsepower from a 1.5-liter engine, terrify...

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