About this episode

The hosts and guests revisit their preseason driver points draft and discuss the season's surprises and team performances.

At Formula One’s summer break, Meg, Spanners, Chris Medland, and Nate Saunders revisit their preseason driver points draft, defend their questionable picks, and assess the season’s biggest surprises—including Mercedes’s strength, Kimi Antonelli’s emergence, and five different winners in five races. They also debate Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s recovery prospects, Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s execution, Aston Martin’s disastrous campaign, McLaren’s growing momentum, and whether Cadillac deserves more patience in its debut season.(00:00) Intro(06:18) The driver points draft standings(21:47) Can Max close the gap?(31:52) Drivers' Championship standings(41:51) The Aston of it all(54:38) McLaren turning it around?(62:22) Fishing for positives with CadillacHosts: Megan Schuster and Spanners ReadyGuests: Chris Medland and Nate SaundersSenior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Megan Schuster, Spanners Ready

Guests: Chris Medland, Nate Saunders

Topics covered

• driver points draft
• F1 season analysis
• team performance
• driver standings
• race winners
• team strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, Aston Martin, McLaren, Cadillac

More episodes of The Ringer F1 Show

• News and Previewing the Spanish Grand Prix · September 9, 2026 · 1h 1m
• 2026 Italian Grand Prix Review · September 6, 2026 · 1h 15m
• Previewing the Italian GP · September 2, 2026 · 1h 6m
• The Biggest F1 Story Lines Across the Second Half of the Season · August 26, 2026 · 1h 8m
• The 2026 Dutch Grand Prix Review · August 23, 2026 · 1h 21m
• Hungarian Grand Prix Review · July 26, 2026 · 1h 21m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Ringer F1 Show podcast page.