Driving secrets, pit crew cookies, movie star cars + a Team Principal's toilet - The Best of F1 Explains 2025

Driving secrets, pit crew cookies, movie star cars + a Team Principal's toilet - The Best of F1 Explains 2025

From F1 Explains by Formula 1

December 19, 2025 · 25 min

About this episode

The episode highlights key moments from 2025, including insights into driving styles, pit crew food, and behind-the-scenes stories from F1.

Lando Norris' driving style, the food which fuels the Haas pit crew, the Apex GP cars from F1: The Movie and the team boss who lets his drivers use his office toilet. F1 Explains covered all this and much more in 2025 as we answered your questions on how the sport works. Christian and the team have chosen their favourite moments from the season, which include a world-first episode recorded inside a garage during a Grand Prix, F1: The Movie director Joseph Kosinski explaining how the cars used in the film were created and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto's description of what happens inside the cockpit when drivers have to save fuel and tyres. Thank you for listening in 2025. Happy holidays from the F1 Explains team! Get your question answered on the podcast next season If you have a question for F1 Explains email F1Explains@F1.com Listen to more official F1 podcasts In-depth interviews with the stars of Formula 1 on F1 Beyond The Grid Expert insight before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation

People in this episode

Host: Christian

Guests: Joseph Kosinski, Gabriel Bortoleto

Topics covered

  • driving style
  • pit crew
  • F1 movie cars
  • team dynamics
  • fuel management
  • cockpit experience

Keywords

  • Lando Norris
  • Haas pit crew
  • F1: The Movie
  • fuel saving
  • cockpit
  • Grand Prix
  • team principal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Haas

Books & works: F1: The Movie

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