Episode 380 - Painting Outside The Lines

Episode 380 - Painting Outside The Lines

From Formula 1 Podcast by 3Legs 4Wheels F1

October 29, 2025 · 1h 26m · Episode 380

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversies and highlights from the Mexican Grand Prix, including the championship battle and predictions for the remaining races of the season.

Track limits, leaving the track and gaining an advantage, causing a collision, not leaving space at apexes, marshals on track with cars at full speed, contentious VSC on the penultimate lap, maybe at some point we'll get some racing in? The Mexican Grand Prix this year wasn't the best day for F1 race direction and the ever rotating cast of stewards. Amongst all the controversy we still got one of the best races of the season with battles going on all the way down the grid, even Lance Stroll managed to get a clean overtake in (if that doesn't say it's the end of days, I don't know what does.) And through all that, the 3 way battle for the championship is still going on and going down to the wire. This week on the podcast we look back at the Mexican Grand Prix where Lando Norris managed to re-take the lead in the Word Driver's Championship for the first time since before the Suadi Arabian GP, after a very off the boil start to the weekend for team-mate and rival Oscar Piastri. But you can't forget the looming shadow of Max Vertappen, who is still up there too. As always there's some attempts at predictions for how the rest of the season is going to pan out as we've still got 4…

Topics covered

  • track limits
  • race direction
  • championship battle
  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • F1 controversies
  • predictions for the season

Keywords

  • track limits
  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • Lando Norris
  • Oscar Piastri
  • Max Vertappen
  • F1
  • championship battle
  • race direction

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