About this episode
Megan and Spanners preview the Spanish Grand Prix while discussing the aftermath of the Monaco weekend and various F1 controversies and developments.
Megan and Spanners preview the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix while cleaning up the fallout from a chaotic Monaco weekend—including the pit-lane speeding controversy, Alpine’s right-of-review request, and Charles Leclerc’s brake dispute with Brembo. They also dig into the latest F1 engine upgrade allowances, Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari momentum, Kimi Antonelli’s growing control of the title battle, George Russell’s struggles, and why Barcelona remains such an important benchmark track for the European season. (00:00) Intro (03:11) The pit-lane saga continues (11:15) Reviews inbound! (16:40) Charles vs. the brakes (27:06) Lewis spills the beans (39:08) Spanners defends Kim (49:54) Looking to Barcelona Hosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Megan Schuster, Spanners Ready
Topics covered
- Spanish Grand Prix
- Monaco weekend fallout
- F1 engine upgrades
- Lewis Hamilton
- Kimi Antonelli
- Charles Leclerc
- Barcelona track importance
Keywords
- Spanish Grand Prix
- Monaco weekend
- F1
- Lewis Hamilton
- Charles Leclerc
- Kimi Antonelli
- engine upgrades
- Barcelona
- pit-lane controversy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brembo
Places: Barcelona
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