Episode 373 – The Papaya State

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 04: Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes arrives on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 04, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Glenn Dunbar/LAT Images)

Florida is known for orange things, mainly oranges. But this weekend it was a slightly different shade that captured all the headlines in Miami as we saw a hugely dominent showing from the Papaya clad McLaren team at the Miami Grand Prix weekend. Taking the top 2 steps on the podium in both the Sprint and Grand Prix races showed that this season the comeback is fully on!

This week on the pod we take a look at the Maimi GP raced round the car park of the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Football Franchise (well that’s what it said on the official F1 shirts anyway) where Lando & Oscar traded wins across Friday and Saturday with just about everyone else as an also-ran.

There’s the usual team by team review and look at what the F1 news is at the moment and what will probably come out after this pod’s released (come on Tuesday, show us what you’ve got) with all the speculation from the aftermath of his lap 1 exit that we may have seen the last of Jack Doohan for now in an Alpine.

Expect the usual tangents as well and also the return of Dan while Kieren is sunning himself touring the breweries of California! (Not a joke, that’s actually what he’s doing on holiday this week)

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Enjoy

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