Purveyor of fine Formula 1 snark, analysis and commentary. You can expect discussions of F1 gossip-- and why it is wrong--hot takes, cold takes, and the results of wherever my latest research rabbit hole has taken me.
You can also find Formula Curious for your eyeholes at: formulacurious.substack.com (https://formulacurious.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
The propaganda of the British Grand Prix is so powerful it creates a separate dimension. Let's discuss...
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For more snark, you can follow me on Bluesky (@formulacurious.bsky.social) and/or Mastodon (@formulacurious@me.dm)
I write on a wider range of topics on Medium (https://medium.com/@formulacurious)
And, you can tell me how much you loved this episode: hello@formulacurious.com
23 Dec 2025
Driver Rankings lol
In which I discuss some of the latest driver ranking CONTROVERSY and naturally add some thoughts of my own.
14 Oct 2025
A team comes to town; a team leaves town. And how Christian Horner is behind the downfall of Renault.
Hello! This podcast was prompted by the ongoing murmurs that Renault is about to sell Alpine. It's based on an article from formulacurious.substack.com (https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/a-team-comes-to-town-a-team-leaves) that was previously behind a paywall --but now isn't!
I discuss the history between Red Bull Racing, by which I mostly mean Christian Horner, and Renault. With snark and facts.
3 Sept 2025
Zand-thoughts and other things
Fresh from my self imposed mode slow, recharge on time, I present to you my thoughts from the 2025 Zandvoort Grand Prix weekend, or Zand-thoughts, with some other bits I've missed talking about lately.
Other things include: Valtteri Bottas' moustache, Valtteri's arse, and a wild prediction on McLaren next year.
1 Aug 2025
Belgian GP ramblings + Hungarian GP chat
I've been having a bit of a time lately, so this is both a Belgian GP review and Hungarian GP prediction type chat. I say "review" but I mostly talk about the stuff I think others have missed.
I'm around on the socials, if you're interested in that type of thing;
Bluesky: @formulacurious.bsky.social
Mastodon: @formulacurious@me.dm
And, intermittently, Instagram: @FormulaCurious
The sound quality isn't the best in this episode, I know, I was just impatient to get this out because it was already way later than I wanted.
25 Jul 2025
Belgian Grand Prix-Dictions (2025)
A belated set of predictions! This episode is a bit late because I was having a bit of day, and needed some help with the editing. Check out how wrong I can be? Who did I curse already?
That writing I keep referring to can be found at:
medium.com/@FormulaCurious (https://medium.com/@formulacurious)
FormulaCurious.substack.com (https://formulacurious.substack.com)
Buttondown.com/FormulaCurious (https://buttondown.com/FormulaCurious/)
Want to tell me something? Email me: podcast@formulacurious.com
22 Jul 2025
Revisit: The Horner Situation 2024
This is an annotated reading from an article I wrote in 2024 shortly after the Horner allegations broke. (Article via Substack (https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/the-red-bull-situation) and via Medium (https://medium.com/@formulacurious/the-horner-situation-267db94cb333))
I mention a video in response to the "this is a baseless dig" crowd, it's here (https://youtu.be/PJiRijiLwbQ).
If you're the reviewing type, please rate and review this podcast where you can. You can get in touch with me about the podcast: podcast@formulacurious.com
19 Jul 2025
The Max Verstappen question, is it time to set him free?
Going for the fashionable question, where's Max gonna go now that Christian Horner isn't around? Or, just maybe, is it time to set him free?
This episode is based on a post I wrote recently via Substack (https://open.substack.com/pub/formulacurious/p/the-max-verstappen-question), via Medium (https://medium.com/@formulacurious/the-max-verstappen-question-7a7f56747ac8), and Buttondown (https://buttondown.com/FormulaCurious/archive/the-verstappen-question/).
If you're enjoying Formula Curious, please rate and review the podcast wherever you can. You can email me your comments via podcast@formulacurious.com :)
9 Jul 2025
British Grand Prix round up
Some collated post-race thoughts, in which I discuss the lack of accuracy in my predictions for the British GP.
4 Jul 2025
British Grand Prix-dictions (2025)
The host shares quick predictions for the 2025 British Grand Prix, referencing earlier forecasts and inviting listener feedback.
14 May 2025
Austria is not Australia
Hello!
This is a reading from an older article from 2024; https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/austria-is-not-australia?r=2kp71p
10 May 2025
Time for a gossip round up
There's been some chat around the F1 world lately, so I want to gather some of it up, and then dissect it for your listening pleasure. There's driver chat, team principal politics, FIA presidency chat, and Lego cars. Oh, and the McLaren tyre water!
Suggested viewing: https://youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU (it's the Lego car race from their GoPros)
12 Apr 2025
What's up with Red Bull Racing?
This was originally published as a paywalled article in September 2024. I’m unpaywalling it now because a lot of what I’m talking about here is still valid.
At the time the team was going through a performance slump. The team kind of still is going through a performance slump, except now they’ve figured out the PR spin.
You can view the article, i.e transcript, here (https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/unpaywalled-whats-up-with-red-bull?r=2kp71p)
Background image from Jiawei Zhao via Unsplash.
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4 Apr 2025
Still I Rise
Hi, I discovered a poem and wanted to share it. It isn’t a Formula 1 poem, but there’s an overlap.
Disclaimer: in the recording I imply the FIA were being racist; I don’t know whether they were or not. A better way of phrasing this is to say they were “potentially being racist.”
With that being said, there’s no prizes for guessing Lewis Hamilton is discussed in this episode.
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28 Sept 2024
Dan the Man
Hello! Here's a podcast because I'm cool.
I recorded this on the Monday after the Singapore Grand Prix, before we knew that Danny Ric had lost his seat.
I asked Chat GPT a question about Daniel Ricciardo and discussed the answers with myself, like a totally normal person.
Articles I talk about:
The Checo situation: https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/checo-oh-checo (https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/checo-oh-checo)
Daniel Ricciardo and the promotion that wasn’t: https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/daniel-ricciardo-and-the-promotion (https://formulacurious.substack.com/p/daniel-ricciardo-and-the-promotion)
The Red Bull merry-go-round: https://medium.com/@formulacurious/the-red-bull-racing-merry-go-round-494851497583 (https://medium.com/@formulacurious/the-red-bull-racing-merry-go-round-494851497583)
Semi related: Do you need help unburdening yourself from someone else's baggage? Here's somewhere you can start looking for a therapist.
https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/ (https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/) (UK site)
https://www.psychologytoday.com (https://www.psychologytoday.com) (US link, but has local sites for different countries)
Thanks for listening!
If you like this kind of content, please tell me so I can feel smug for a moment, and tell a friend. I would like to dance for more eyeballs, please.
Take care of yourselves!
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