Langa and Wame are back to chat about the first race of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. A thrilling race left much to digest and open ended questions. Ferrari, Hamilton, the new crop of rookies, Piastri under pressure and why Mercedes are like the ex partner that gaslit you.Likes and comments make a big difference to whose ears this reaches so please do help us if you like the show.twitter & instagram: @drsopenpod
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Ep18: POST MIAMI SPRINT w/Thato Kutu
Wame and guest, friend of the show, Thato dissect the Miami sprint race, Grand Prix qualifying but more than that it's consequences. In an event where Verstappen dropped dropped the ball and LOL'd after finding out he's on sprint pole, what does this say about the next gen drivers and of course Mercedes.
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Ep 17: Newey, Red Bull, Ferrari, Merecedes. It's All Happening
Wame and Langa sat down and discussed the news of the week which is that Red Bull's genius designer Adrian Newey will be leaving the team. We discuss how Red Bull have got to this situation, and the impact that may have on Mercedes and Ferrari.
We were joined by Wame's neighbour's dogs who also have an opinion it seems.
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Ep 16: Passing Out At 300 km/h (It's Not Good.)
Our guests this week are Prince Ndiweni and Ncumisa Mthi. Prince has rich experience in the South African motorsport scene having been a mechanic, a karting racer and now shares his fantastic knowledge as a motorsport analyst on a number of media outlets. Ncumisa is as knowledgable as they come, with a deep interest in a variety of motorsports - a passion that started with her family when she was very young.
We recapped an interesting Qatar Grand Prix including a coming together of Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's continued improvement resulting in a sprint race win for Oscar Piastri and of course Max Verstappen winning another drivers championship.
We also considered a dramatic weekend where rules on tyre use were changed for safety but extreme driving conditions had to be endured. McLaren broke the world record for fastest pit stop and we further discussed the likelihood of Andretti Global's bid to enter formula 1 succeeding.
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EP 15: Drinking The Hopium
Wame is back, and really, that's all that matters. Mercedes and Hamilton clearly knew this and put in a much improved performance for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix which included an astonishing 107 overtakes. We discussed them, Ferrari, Alpine and where to from here for Aston Martin.
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