About this episode

The episode recaps the Austrian GP, discussing key controversies and performances from the race.

Max is BACK and George Russell can't catch a break. Brian and Matt break down the Austrian GP and cover: George Russell's yellow-flag lift controversy in qualifying Single wave vs. double wave yellow: why race control dropped the ball Max Verstappen's resurgence and Red Bull's upgrades Max's comeback math -- how he can win Red Bull's strategy fumble and the medium-tire gamble Ferrari strategy screwup AKA a return to form Cadillac's disasterclass Race awards And more! Get 20% Loop Earplugs with code REDFLAGS: https://us.loopearplugs.com/?country=US WORLD CUP X F1-INSPIRED MERCH: https://theredflagspod.com/collections/shop-all PRE-ORDER OUR BOOK: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250397478/formula101/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/trfpod The Red Flags Podcast is part of Vox Media Chapters: 00:00 - INTRO GEORGE'S QUALI DRAMA WHY EVERYONE HATES GEORGE IS RED BULL BACK? FERRARI STRATEGY FLOP IS LEWIS BETTER THAN CHARLES? RACE AWARDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Matt

Topics covered

• Austrian GP
• Formula 1
• race strategy
• driver performance
• qualifying controversy

Keywords

• Austrian GP
• Max Verstappen
• George Russell
• Ferrari strategy
• Red Bull upgrades

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Organizations: Red Bull, Ferrari, Cadillac, Vox Media

Products: Loop Earplugs

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