The Red Flags Podcast

Get into our biggest guest moments of 2025! James Hinchcliffe talks Dancing With The Stars. Rob Smedley shares stories from working with Schumacher. Katee Sackhoff gets into F1 x Mandalorians and Cylons. Bernie Collins talks about her unconventional path to becoming an F1 strategist. Valtteri Bottas clarifies the BottASS movement. Jacques Villeneuve gives his greatest World Champion of all time. Alex Brundle talks growing up with Martin Brundle as a dad. Yuki Tsunoda talks about his best meal of 2025. Isack Hadjar highlights his biggest career moment (and it's not the podium), AND MORE!!! If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It’s the only awards that matter -- the 2025 Vankies! Guenther Steiner joins Brian and Matt for our end-of-year breakdown of the 2025 Formula 1 season and handing out awards like Most Improved Driver to Best Swear, and Rockstar and Wanker of the Year. We debate Lando Norris’ championship, Max Verstappen’s legacy, McLaren’s papaya chaos, FIA inconsistency, rookie standouts like Ollie Bearman and Isack Hadjar, and whether Ferrari ruins careers faster than they build them. Plus: best race, best on-track battle, best team principal, and Gas or Brake! CHAPTERS: Intro - 0:00 Best Swear - 10:40 Most Improved Driver - 14:44 Rockstar of the Year - 33:50 Wanker of the Year - 40:52 Gas or Break - 44:08 See you in 2026, Vankahs!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guenther Steiner, the charismatic Formula 1 team principal, shares wild tales from the paddock, including a chaotic taxi ride in Japan with Niki Lauda. The conversation heats up around the Gen Z rivalry of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, as well as Max Verstappen's dominance and his amusing comments about numbers. Steiner reflects on driver development, praising Yuki Tsunoda, and shares insights on McLaren's strategic decisions. With a lighthearted nod to pop culture, the hosts explore how F1 mirrors iconic narratives like 'The Lion King.'

The 2025 F1 season is officially in the books, and Brian and Matt end the year with our traditional arguing and over-analyzing. We break down Lando Norris’s polarizing World Championship, why the internet suddenly thinks WDCs don’t matter, and how Max Verstappen still managed to feel inevitable. From preseason prediction receipts to rookie rankings, midfield chaos, and why Alpine managed to torch an entire year, we run through every major storyline that defined the season. We debate McLaren’s papaya politics, Ferrari’s operational dysfunction, Aston Martin’s existential crisis, Red Bull’s sliding-door moments, and whether Williams quietly nailed their rebuild. Plus: our official Red Flags end-of-year awards: Red Flag, Karen, Hottest Moment, Daddy and Radio of the Year, and the most unhinged moments that made the 2025 F1 season unforgettable. Chapters: INTRO - 0:00 REVISITING OUR PREDICTIONS - 07:19 WILL AUDI BE GOOD NEXT YEAR? - 15:40 FUTURE ALONSO VS FUTURE LANCE - 26:17 ALEX ALBON SUPREME!! - 44:36 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MCLAREN IN 2026? - 1:20:58 OUR 2025 AWARDS - 1:24:43 If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://SHOPIFY.com/redflags Shop SKIMS Mens at https://SKIMS.com and SKIMS stores Exclusive $35 off the Carver Mat Frame at https://on.auraframes.com/REDFLAGS. Promo Code REDFLAGS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It all came down to Abu Dhabi and Lando Norris walked away with one of the tightest championship finishes of the modern era. Guenther, Matt, and Brian break down everything from Lando’s world title and Oscar’s role, to whether Max and Red Bull actually did everything they could to take this thing. We get into the Yuki weaving controversy, the stewards’ greatest hits, whether McLaren would’ve pulled the trigger on team orders, why Red Bull suddenly went soft, Laurent Mekies’ takeover, Max’s zen era, and the future of the papaya rules. Plus: Rockstar and Wanker of the Week and fan favorite Gas or Brake. Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Lando Norris: Rockstar of Abu Dhabi! - 02:22 Was Yuki's move on the edge? - 11:29 Red Bull's evolution - 18:40 Max has found inner peace - 23:39 Gas or Brake? - 32:34 Predictions winner! - 42:49 If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Go to okxgiveaway.com/mclaren-podcast-vankahhours to get $10 in freeBitcoin and be entered for a chance to go to a U.S. F1 race + a hot lap in a McLaren! Your Holiday wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @chubbies with the code VANKAH at chubbiesshorts.com/VANKAH #chubbiespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu Dhabi gave us chaos, catharsis, and a 2-point margin win. Lando Norris is your 2025 World Drivers’ Champion and the boys spiral through the emotional rollercoaster: Max Verstappen entering his zen era, GP getting emo, and Red Bull choosing diplomacy over Real Housewives of the Pitwall. We get into Oscar’s year and the papaya politics, the Yuki/Lando White Line Incident and the insane British bias on the broadcast, Max’s lost points and George Russell’s butterfly-effect sabotage, and cover MBS grabbing Lando’s hair on camera. Plus: the EmRata × Yuki cinematic universe officially becomes canon. PLUS, A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL YOU VANKAHS WHO SUPPORT US FOR MAKING THIS SEASON SO UNREAL. WE LOVE YOU, VANKAHS!!!If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM!Get 20% off your Neuro order at https://neurogum.com/discount/VANKAH or use code VANKAH at checkout!Exclusive $35 off the Carver Mat Frame at https://on.auraframes.com/REDFLAGS. Promo Code REDFLAGSFor simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/REDFLAGSChapters:- Lando Norris is your 2025 WDC!!!- The F1 WDC threesome- Yuki's controversial move- Abu Dhabi Race Awards- Is Max in therapy?- Zak Brown's hotline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The championship is headed to Abu Dhabi and McLaren only have themselves to blame. On this week’s Vankah Hours Guenther Steiner breaks down the Qatar chaos: Oscar and Lando getting gaslit over “flexibility,” Max Verstappen getting another lifeline, and Carlos Sainz getting a 2nd podium with like it’s nothing. We get into the strategy meltdown, the radio excuses, the internal McLaren vibes, Abu Dhabi swap-gate scenarios, Carlos’ stock sky-rocketing, the Hadjar/Yuki seat drama, Adrian Newey taking over at Aston Martin, and whether Max becomes a five-time champ by hugging every single person at McLaren. Plus: Guenther's MotoGP invite to Lando, fandom meltdowns, Ferrari pain, and our predictions for the final race of 2025. Buckle up, Vankahs. Chapters: Intro - 0:00 McLaren messup (reprise) - 02:21 Abu Dhabi WDC scenario - 08:01 Rockstar & Wanker of Qatar - 31:18 Gas or Brake? 40:53 Max's legacy - 01:02:19 Abu Dhabi predictions! - 01:04:11 If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code VANKAH and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Get 20% off your Neuro order at https://neurogum.com/discount/VANKAH or use code VANKAH at checkout! Go to https://www.okxgiveaway.com/mclaren-podcast-vankahhours to get $10 in free Bitcoin and be entered for a chance to go to a U.S. F1 race + a hot lap in a McLaren! Your Holiday wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @chubbies with the code VANKAH at https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/VANKAH #chubbiespod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Brian recap this fever dream of a Qatar GP, where McLaren managed to rip defeat from the jaws of victory again. We talk about McLaren’s strategy call that nuked both Oscar and Lando's weekends, Lando somehow still leading the WDC, Max Verstappen being inevitable and 12 points away from cementing GOAT status, Carlos Sainz's podium and Williams' glow up, Ferrari's legacy of disappointment, Hannah Schmitz son-ing McLaren's strategy team, and one of the most awkward cool-down rooms ever filmed. One race left. Abu Dhabi. Will Lando hold on? Will Max steal it? Will McLaren find a new way to emotionally crush their drivers? We'll find out. Chapters: Intro - 0:00 McLaren does it again! - 4:40 Is Max Verstappen the GOAT? - 29:24 Carlos Sainz's 2nd podium of 2025 - 37:01 Ferrari's legacy of being mid - 39:16 Qatar GP Race Awards - 48:40 Abu Dhabi race predictions - 01:11:25 If you haven’t signed up yet, use bonus code DADDY and you’ll get up to a $1500 New Player Offer on your first wager with BetMGM! Exclusive $35 off the Carver Mat Frame at auraframes.com/REDFLAGS. Promo Code REDFLAGS Next time you’re craving something cold, frothy, and packed with unapologetic flavor — crack open a MUG Root Beer. Find MUG Root Beer at your local store or head to mugrootbeer.com/find-mug to find out how you can get your paws on some MUG and be sure to throw them a follow online, @MUGRootBeer. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY.com/redflags Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices