Backmarkers F1 Podcast #14: The Belgian Grand Prix Recap

What’s up everybody? Today we’re talking about all things Spa! We bitch at Grosjean for being a complete w*nker idiot crash-kid in the first corner, talk replacement drivers, and do a rundown of all the teams. It’s pretty much your standard recap, except we have someone on the show who was actually there! It’s the resident German and Mercedes basher Marvin (@Mauin ).  I am joined by everyone’s second favorite Russian as we try to fill the big gap left by Steve’s absence. On top of all that, we sat recording for a total of five hours, as our first recording failed, and it took us an hour to realize it, hence the rushed intro.

So yeah! It’s a 2.5 hour long labor of love, but I think this is probably one of our better casts. Valentin constantly trolls us, I try to be technical, and Marvin has a German accent. What more could you ask for? Go grab yourselves a drink and sit back for another round of F1 Madness

And now, thanks to Valentin, we have a time sheet for you. Now you can find your favorite part and listen over, and over, and over again!

0:00 – Intro

3:20 – Grosjean Incident

12:30 – Maldonado Incident

26:40 – Grosjean Replacement Speculation

40:10 – The Field Rundown

– 40:10 Red Bull

– 44:20 Live Reaction to a Rubens Barrichello Tweet

– 48:30 McLaren

– 58:10 Ferrari

– 1:03:30 Mercedes

– 1:07:30 Schumacher Retirement Rumors and the Future of Mercedes F1

– 1:13:30 Lotus

– 1:16:10 Matt’s Aero Mode

– 1:20:50 Sauber

– 1:23:10 Manufacturer Potential for Sauber

– 1:30:10 Force India (A Hulkenberg Love Letter)

– 1:33:10 Force India Finance and Future

– 1:37:00 Williams

– 1:41:40 On Finns in Racing

– 1:43:30 Scuderia Toro Rosso

– 1:46:50 More Mercedes Bashing

– 1:47:30 Caterham

– 1:49:40 Marussia

– 1:51:00 HRT (despite Best Efforts to Ignore)

– 1:54:40 Future Prospects for HRT and the Failure of the F1 Points System

– 1:56:30 The State of the Backmarkers

1:58:50 Monza Predictions

– 2:09:10 Qualifying

– 2:15:20 Race

2:25:50 Ramblings on Maldonado’s Penalty

2:30:30 What’s the US Grand Prix Called?

2:32:30 Outro