This week Brian and Matt are joined by Martin Villari, aka Lower Lap Time, after he left a comment on our YouTube that absolutely required follow-up. We get into why Max Verstappen is untouchable in the wet, why copying a teammate’s setup never works, how Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, and Lewis Hamilton approach corners, driver mentality, bad radio calls, and why Formula 1 somehow still hasn’t figured out coaching. Sit down and listen up, cause class is in session...
Jan 19, 2026•1 hr 47 min
In this ep, Brian and Matt break down Checo’s scorched-earth media tour, Cadillac promos, the 2026 engine loophole rumors and why Mercedes & Red Bull might run the table early, a cinematic Max Verstappen vs. George Russell WDC battle, why villains matter in Formula 1, Oscar Piastri's Monaco tour, Pierre Gasly going shopping in Milan, and more! Want even more offseason content? Subscribe to our Patreon!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/TRFPod If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and ...
Jan 12, 2026•1 hr 10 min
Commentator, former F1 driver, and all-around legend David Coulthard joined us in Las Vegas to take on our WDC Bracket and figure out who is his greatest champion of all time! Senna, Schumacher, Hamilton, Verstappen... or someone else? The guys also talk about David's career, his expert knowledge on rivalry at McLaren, getting technical advice from Prost, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 05, 2026•1 hr 2 min
BONUS EPISODE of Vankah Hours! Guenther sits down with Matt and Brian to finalize his 2025 driver tier list. Yuki Tsunoda a C!? Lewis Hamilton in B!? Guenther's coming with some hot takes.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 01, 2026•27 min
Get into our biggest guest moments of 2025! James Hinchcliffe talks Dancing With The Stars. Rob Smedley shares stories from working with Schumacher. Katee Sackhoff gets into F1 x Mandalorians and Cylons. Bernie Collins talks about her unconventional path to becoming an F1 strategist. Valtteri Bottas clarifies the BottASS movement. Jacques Villeneuve gives his greatest World Champion of all time. Alex Brundle talks growing up with Martin Brundle as a dad. Yuki Tsunoda talks about his best meal of...
Dec 29, 2025•1 hr 21 min
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Dec 26, 2025•11 min
It’s the only awards that matter -- the 2025 Vankies! Guenther Steiner joins Brian and Matt for our end-of-year breakdown of the 2025 Formula 1 season and handing out awards like Most Improved Driver to Best Swear, and Rockstar and Wanker of the Year. We debate Lando Norris’ championship, Max Verstappen’s legacy, McLaren’s papaya chaos, FIA inconsistency, rookie standouts like Ollie Bearman and Isack Hadjar, and whether Ferrari ruins careers faster than they build them. Plus: best race, best on-...
Dec 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Recapping our best Red Flags and Vankah Hours moments from 2025! We talk about the most Gen Z WDC battle between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, Guenther Steiner and Niki Lauda's adventure in Japan, Max in his Taylor Swift era (And Lando in his Charli XCX one), why James Vowles is the Ted Lasso of F1, and much more! If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Next time you’re craving something cold, frothy, and...
Dec 22, 2025•1 hr 9 min
The 2025 F1 season is officially in the books, and Brian and Matt end the year with our traditional arguing and over-analyzing. We break down Lando Norris’s polarizing World Championship, why the internet suddenly thinks WDCs don’t matter, and how Max Verstappen still managed to feel inevitable. From preseason prediction receipts to rookie rankings, midfield chaos, and why Alpine managed to torch an entire year, we run through every major storyline that defined the season. We debate McLaren’s pa...
Dec 15, 2025•1 hr 45 min
It all came down to Abu Dhabi and Lando Norris walked away with one of the tightest championship finishes of the modern era. Guenther, Matt, and Brian break down everything from Lando’s world title and Oscar’s role, to whether Max and Red Bull actually did everything they could to take this thing. We get into the Yuki weaving controversy, the stewards’ greatest hits, whether McLaren would’ve pulled the trigger on team orders, why Red Bull suddenly went soft, Laurent Mekies’ takeover, Max’s zen e...
Dec 10, 2025•46 min
Abu Dhabi gave us chaos, catharsis, and a 2-point margin win. Lando Norris is your 2025 World Drivers’ Champion and the boys spiral through the emotional rollercoaster: Max Verstappen entering his zen era, GP getting emo, and Red Bull choosing diplomacy over Real Housewives of the Pitwall. We get into Oscar’s year and the papaya politics, the Yuki/Lando White Line Incident and the insane British bias on the broadcast, Max’s lost points and George Russell’s butterfly-effect sabotage, and cover MB...
Dec 07, 2025•1 hr 53 min
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Dec 06, 2025•8 min
The championship is headed to Abu Dhabi and McLaren only have themselves to blame. On this week’s Vankah Hours Guenther Steiner breaks down the Qatar chaos: Oscar and Lando getting gaslit over “flexibility,” Max Verstappen getting another lifeline, and Carlos Sainz getting a 2nd podium with like it’s nothing. We get into the strategy meltdown, the radio excuses, the internal McLaren vibes, Abu Dhabi swap-gate scenarios, Carlos’ stock sky-rocketing, the Hadjar/Yuki seat drama, Adrian Newey taking...
Dec 03, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Matt and Brian recap this fever dream of a Qatar GP, where McLaren managed to rip defeat from the jaws of victory again. We talk about McLaren’s strategy call that nuked both Oscar and Lando's weekends, Lando somehow still leading the WDC, Max Verstappen being inevitable and 12 points away from cementing GOAT status, Carlos Sainz's podium and Williams' glow up, Ferrari's legacy of disappointment, Hannah Schmitz son-ing McLaren's strategy team, and one of the most awkward cool-down rooms ever fil...
Dec 01, 2025•1 hr 17 min
We sat down with everyone's favorite F1 driver, Yuki Tsunoda, in Vegas for one of his most honest and hilarious chats yet. We talk about his best meal of 2025 and and the impact on his weigh-in, what he's learned from his teammate Max Verstappen, reflection and finding himself, how he's benefitted from therapy, the meaning behind his Kintsugi-inspired helmet designed by Neuro Co-Founder and CEO Kent Yoshimura, and how he stays stylish and locked in during a 24-race season. Huge shout out to Neur...
Nov 28, 2025•25 min
Viva Las Vankahs, baby! Guenther, Brian, and Matt are coming to you live from Las Vegas and are breaking down all the desert drama. Can Max actually win the WDC? Was Spain the race that decided everything? And a double McLaren DQ?? We get into why Lando was really lifting and coasting, who McLaren will prioritize when the pressure hits, what their nightmare weekend means for the title fight, and Qatar predictions. Plus: naming the greatest Haas driver of all time, Red Bull seat predictions, and ...
Nov 26, 2025•1 hr
Huge thanks to the PALMS Casino Resort for hooking us up with the sickest suite to film in. Truly the most Vegas way to do a race recap. The 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix was a snooze until it WASN'T, and we’re breaking down all the drama. McLaren getting double disqualified, Max Verstappen taking his 69th win and leaning fully into his Eric Cartman persona, Lando Norris going full Glen Powell in Running Man, Oscar Piastri giving Lenny Kravitz in Hunger Games if he wanted to take Katniss out, Lance ...
Nov 24, 2025•1 hr 16 min
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Nov 22, 2025•9 min
VANKAHS COMING TO VEGAS: We'll be doing a meetup this week! Follow us on Instagram @theredflagspod and check out our stories for time/date/location! This week, Matt and Brian break down John Elkann’s comments on how drivers should stay quiet, Ferrari's history of drivers vs. management, Producer Jeni joins us to chat about Sky's new “Halo” TikTok, Audi’s new livery reveal, Toto Wolff turning millions into billions, Oscar's "Beyond the Grid" interview, and corporate espionage at Alpine?! If you l...
Nov 17, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Guenther Steiner, Matt, and Brian break down all the drama from São Paulo: Lando Norris’s championship surge, Oscar Piastri’s penalty, Max Verstappen’s miracle podium drive from the pit lane, Ferrari's driver comments, Ollie Bearman’s future, predictions for the Las Vegas GP, and more! Chapters: INTRO - 0:00 Rockstar and Wanker of the Brazil GP - 2:15 Was Oscar's penalty fair? - 15:54 Max's masterclass drive and Red Bull's team effort - 22:20 Gas or Brake? - 32:19 Which drivers are in trouble fo...
Nov 12, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Brazil had it all: Max Verstappen's masterclass on how to go from the pitlane to P3, Lando Norris nailing every start and keeping the championship lead, a BS penalty for Oscar Piastri, heartbreak for the hometown hero Bortoleto, Bearman sonning Ocon, and the rookies putting the old guard on notice. Plus, our raceday awards: Daddy of the Day, Radio of the Day, Red Flag of the Day, Karen of the Day, and Hottest Moment of the day. Chapters: Intro - 00:00 Oscar's Penalty - 06:19 Max Masterclass - 13...
Nov 10, 2025•1 hr 30 min
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Nov 08, 2025•11 min
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Nov 04, 2025•9 min
Brazil is coming in hot and maybe WET. Matt and Brian break down everything happening with four races left, from the McLaren civil war between Lando and Oscar to Yuki Tsunoda’s future with Red Bull. They get into: The fight for second AND sixth in the Constructors, Ollie Bearman and Lewis Hamilton's futures at Ferrari, Felipe Massa’s lawsuit and the airtight defense of "But Lewis, bro...", where the rookies stand against George Russell, F1's deal with Apple TV, and predictions for Brazil. Chapte...
Nov 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Guenther's back to break down a Mexican Grand Prix that had everything: chaos at Turn 1, Lando nailing a start, penalties (and no penalties), marshals on the loose, and the world’s most unnecessary virtual safety car. The guys dig into the Max vs Lewis mayhem, the title fight, and Ollie Bearman's stellar race. They debate who really deserved Rockstar and Wanker of the GP, whether Max’s “GOAT privilege” is real, rookie standouts, conspiracy theories, and the papaya rules that could decide the cha...
Oct 28, 2025•57 min
The Mexican GP had everything: Turn 1 action, 2021 flashbacks with Max and Lewis' battle, Ollie Bearman going full Sonny Hayes, Oscar's Odyssey through the field, George Russell’s radio crashouts, Lewis’s UNJUST penalty, and Carlos Sainz triggering the most unnecessary Virtual Safety Car. Matt and Brian break down the madness, from the broadcast disaster to the pit-lane overtake, to why Lando Norris is Simba from The Lion King. And why this might secretly be the best race of the season. Chapters...
Oct 27, 2025•1 hr 33 min
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Oct 26, 2025•8 min
Matt and Brian recap the Austin GP... They talk Max's chances at the WDC, his ascention to GOAT status if he pulls this off, McLaren choking, Lando maybe has that dog in him, and Mexico GP predictions AND MUCH MORE! The biggest college basketball event outside of March is coming to Las Vegas this November and BetMGM is sending 25 winners and their guests to experience it live. The Players Era In Vegas Leaderboard contest is running from October 20th through November 9th and during that period, y...
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr 8 min
OUR FIRST EVER VANKAH HOURS LIVE FROM AUSTIN Guenther, Matt and Brian took the Paramount Theatre stage to recap all things Austin GP! They talk McLaren's sprint race crash, Max's chances at the WDC, Guenther tries to name celebrities at the race, of course Gas or Brake, and Mexico GP predictions AND MUCH MORE! Thank you to our sponsors BetMGM and Omaha Steaks for making this episode possible! If you haven’t signed up for BetMGM yet, use bonus code VANKAH and you will get up to a $1500 First Bet ...
Oct 21, 2025•1 hr 10 min
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Oct 19, 2025•10 min
