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New track prep, pit lane positions, track walks + AI strategy? Your Questions Answered by Lawrence Barretto + Bernie Collins
About this Episode
How do teams and drivers get ready for a track they've never been to before? It takes complex calculations, decades of data and a dash of racers' instinct. F1 Explains has the full answer as we prepare to head to Las Vegas.
Plus, who gets which garage in the pit lane? What happens in 'parc fermé', what's an 'anti-stall' and which drivers are interview chatterboxes?
Katie Osborne and Christian Hewgill put more of your questions to race-winning F1 strategist Bernie Collins and F1 Correspondent & Presenter, Lawrence Barretto:
Plus, who gets which garage in the pit lane? What happens in 'parc fermé', what's an 'anti-stall' and which drivers are interview chatterboxes?
Katie Osborne and Christian Hewgill put more of your questions to race-winning F1 strategist Bernie Collins and F1 Correspondent & Presenter, Lawrence Barretto:
- Why F1 drivers walk the track before they race on it
- Why engine suppliers make a big difference
- How teams are using AI to plot race strategy
- Why F1 teams change their names
We love answering your F1 questions! If you have something you'd like Christian, Katie and our team of experts to dive into, record a voice note or write us a message and email it to [email protected]
We might have answered your question on a previous episode:
We might have answered your question on a previous episode:
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- How F1 racetracks are designed - with the masterminds behind Miami
- How car liveries are created - with Alfa Romeo + McLaren
- The mental pressure of F1 - with David Coulthard
- Steering wheels - how they're designed + what the buttons do
- DRS - how F1's overtaking aid works and why it matters
- Tyres - an engineer, a driver and a designer explains why they matter
- The 2024 F1 calendar - why it helps make F1 more sustainable
- Wind Tunnels - the top secret tools where cars are created
- Race engineers - the voices on F1 Team Radio, with Zhou Guanyu
- Pit stops - how to do them perfectly
- Simulators with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne
- Racing in the rain with Mika Hakkinen + Haas race engineer Mark Slade
- Street circuits with Mika Hakkinen + Bernie Collins
- F1 driver fitness with Alexander Rossi + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
- F1 in the USA - why the US has 3 races in 2023
- F1 Sprint weekends with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen
For in-depth interviews with F1's biggest names, listen to F1 Beyond The Grid. For race previews and reviews, head over to F1 Nation.
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