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Formula 1 dropped the 2027 calendar this week and it gave us plenty to argue about. In Episode 205, Cheese and Greeny go through all of it before heading to Baku.Ten sprint races are coming in 2027, and one of them is at Monaco. A track where nobody passes is getting two races in a weekend where qualifying decides everything. Greeny makes the case that the whole hybrid approach is the problem: either every Grand Prix weekend gets a sprint, or none of them do, and F1 should stop easing fans into a change it decided on years ago. We also get into what happens the day a World Championship gets clinched at a sprint race, and why cutting race mileage is madness in a season that has produced this much drama in the final three laps.Then the part that really set us off. Spa-Francorchamps is going onto a rotation. The Belgian Grand Prix will not be on the calendar every year. Greeny calls it a goddamn travesty and a slap in the face to Formula 1 itself, and asks the obvious question: what other sport drops its most legendary venue? Imagine IndyCar skipping Indianapolis.Plus: Portimão and Istanbul return, Barcelona and Zandvoort are out, the Antonelli title math that says his eight worst races of the season would still be enough, and Max Verstappen against 100 go-kart drivers — given 75 minutes, done in 35 — which turns into a full debate about professionals versus the best amateur you personally know.⚠️ The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is on SATURDAY, September 26, because of Azerbaijan's Remembrance Day. We will be back with the full Baku recap Saturday, live by around noon Eastern.In this episode:
0:00 – Intro: why we're early this week
1:14 – The title is basically over: the Antonelli math
2:10 – The 2027 calendar is out: ten sprints, including Monaco
3:25 – All sprints or no sprints: why the hybrid schedule fails
10:31 – Portimão and Istanbul return, Barcelona and Zandvoort out
11:05 – Spa on rotation: "that is a goddamn travesty"
16:45 – Max Verstappen vs 100 go-kart drivers
23:51 – Outro: back Saturday Follow the show, and tell us in the comments: should Spa be on the F1 calendar every single year?

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Formula 1 raced in Madrid for the first time, and the Madring's debut is going to be argued about for years. In Episode 204 of In The Paddock, Cheese and Greeny break down the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix.
Lando Norris put his McLaren on pole with a stunning lap and led by six seconds. Then a Virtual Safety Car caught him fifty meters past the pit entry, a seven-second stop finished the job, and he crossed the line third in a race he never lost on track. Kimi Antonelli took the win, his eighth of 2026, and now leads the championship by 81 points.
We break down Max Verstappen's first-lap clash with Lewis Hamilton and the radio meltdown that followed, Hamilton's brake failure on Lap 6 that drops him 101 points off the title, Charles Leclerc's one-stop masterclass, and the Mercedes strategy call that decided the afternoon.
Then we get into the real story. Formula 1 dropped Imola for this circuit, and the Madring produced four on-track overtakes after Lap 1 against a season average of 61. We read out what the drivers actually said about it, hand the Slap of the Week to the Virtual Safety Car rulebook, and Theater of the Absurdity takes on a pit lane so long it is split in half by a convention center.
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Monza delivered an absolute all-time classic, and Cheese and Greeny are opening up the telemetry on an unhinged Italian Grand Prix!
In Episode 202 of In The Paddock F1 Podcast, we break down 20-year-old home hero Kimi Antonelli pulling off a historic P19-to-P1 victory! We analyze his blistering charge through the grid, the late-race pass on Mercedes teammate George Russell, and how an engine penalty turned into pure Italian history.
On the flip side, it was total heartbreak for the Tifosi—we break down Charles Leclerc’s early crash at Parabolica, Ferrari's pit wall communication fumbles with Lewis Hamilton, and Pierre Gasly’s shock pole position for Alpine!
Stick around as Cheese tests Greeny with 3 brutal Monza history questions in the Quizmaster's Cockpit, our brand-new Theater of the Absurdity segment breaks down Tifosi fans stealing track-marshaling gear, we slap Ferrari's strategy desk upside the head, and update the Greenybucks Gambling Ledger!
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The summer break is wrapping up, the Temple of Speed at Monza is calling, and Cheese and Greeny are opening up the telemetry on the biggest structural issue in Formula 1: Is Scuderia Ferrari simply too scared to win? In Episode 202 of In The Paddock F1 Podcast, the guys deliver an unfiltered masterclass on Maranello's corporate culture. From "Plan A to Plan D" strategy paralysis to drivers playing race engineer over the radio, we break down why Ferrari's boardrooms favor conservative points protection over taking the bold, gut-instinct risks that make champions. Plus, in our In The News segment, we react to Franco Colapinto securing his Alpine seat for 2027 and break down Toto Wolff’s post-Zandvoort claims that Mercedes has run out of cost-cap money to match McLaren's relentless upgrade push! Is Toto playing mind games, or has McLaren officially locked in the structural advantage heading into the fall?

In This Episode:0:00 – Intro: Summer Winding Down & The Monza Horizon
01:45 – In The News: Franco Colapinto Locked In at Alpine for 2027
03:10 – Is Mercedes Broke?! Toto Wolff's Cost-Cap Upgrade Excuses
07:30 – Can Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris Slam the Door on Mercedes?
11:00 – THE MAIN EVENT: Is Ferrari Too Scared to Win?
14:20 – Maranello Bureaucracy vs. Zack Brown & Toto Wolff Gut Calls
18:50 – "Fortune Favors the Bold": Why Ferrari Settles for Safe P4s
23:15 – Outro: Heading to Ferrari's Home Turf at Monza!
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Formula 1 is officially back from the summer break, and Zandvoort delivered absolute unhinged chaos! In Episode 201 of In The Paddock F1 Podcast, Cheese and Greeny break down everything from a wild 2026 Dutch Grand Prix.
Lando Norris made it back-to-back victories for McLaren, putting on a race-winning clinic to hunt down championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli. But the real heartbreak came on Lap 1—we open up the data logs on Max Verstappen's massive, high-speed crash in front of his home crowd at what could be the final-ever Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort!
Plus, the guys break down Mercedes issuing late team orders between Antonelli and George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc fighting to the wire for Ferrari, and hand out a well-earned "Slap of the Week" to the Mercedes strategy desk.
Stick around as Cheese puts Greeny through a 10-question Zandvoort history gauntlet in Quizmaster's Cockpit, the debut of our new fan-favorite segment Theater of the Absurdity (featuring orange smoke fog-machines), and the updated Greenybucks gambling standings
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