Inside Line F1 Podcast

Inside Line F1 Podcast

Hosted by FIA-accredited print-TV journalists and popular Motorsport commentators, the Inside Line F1 Podcast is a weekly show that offers an alternative view on the sport, business and politics of Formula 1. You probably know us from our famous Helmut Marko interview! And yes, we've made Indian Cricket legend Ravi Shastri narrate his Formula 1 stories - twice. On our channel, along with lots of Formula 1 banter, you will find race reviews, previews, interviews and features through the Formula 1 season...and in the summer/winter breaks. Join thousands of Formula 1 fans on our verified WhatsApp broadcast channel for frequent interactions and engagement with us. Our show hosts: Soumil Arora, @f1statsguru, Mithila Mehta & Kunal Shah. Formula 1 drivers on our show: Mika Hakkinen, Nico Rosberg, Charles Leclerc, David Coulthard, Karun Chandhok, Romain Grosjean, Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris among others. Broadcasters on the Inside Line F1 Podcast: Peter Windsor, Steve Slater, Ben Edwards, Bob Varsha, Atle Gulbrandsen, Matthew Marsh among others. We are an independent Formula 1 podcast available everywhere on the Internet - search 'Inside Line F1 Podcast' on your favourite audio streaming app. Miss us as you wait for our next episode? Follow us on Instagram. Hosts: Soumil Arora, Mithila Mehta & Kunal Shah Stats: Sundaram Ramaswami (aka @f1statsguru) Data: Nithyanand Ram Music courtesy: Lucien Byfieldt Millions of listeners seek out Bingepods (Ideabrew Studios Network content) every day. Get in touch with us to advertise, join the network or click listen to enjoy content by some of India's top audio creators. studio@ideabrews.com

Episodes

BIG plot TWIST in F1 title battle | F1 2025 #LasVegasGP Controversy Review

November 23, 2025 • 45 mins
Both McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, have been disqualified from the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix for excessive skid wear. What do the rule say, and crucially, how does this impact the F1 title battle in the 2025 Formula 1 season? Max Verstappen dominates the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, but would he have won even if Lando Norris didn't make a boo-boo of the start? Is Oscar Piastri's championship challenge over and d...
Mark as Played

WHO will the cold BITE? F1 2025 #LasVegasGP Preview Show

November 21, 2025 • 35 mins
F1 gets ready for its final triple headers of races - Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. But will there be more to Las Vegas than "cold temperatures" and the full focus on tyre warm up? What impact does the cold temperatures have on F1 car and driver performance? Will Mercedes continue to lead the "cold weather" performance table? Has McLaren cured their Las Vegas outlier issues, and will Red Bull give Max Verstappen a well balanced ...
Mark as Played

One hand on the F1 title, Lando? Ferrari will implode | F1 2025 #SaoPauloGP Review Show

November 10, 2025 • 50 mins
Lando Norris with his champions' drive, Max Verstappen with yet another masterclass in Brazil consecutively, and Kimi Antonelli coming on his own on the podium at Interlagos. A race start full of incidents, and a race that entertained all the way till the final lap. Ferrari's double DNF made headlines, but not so much as John Elkann's unnecessary statement about Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton "talking more" rather than focusin...
Mark as Played

Max will score MAX in Brazil | F1 2025 #SaoPauloGP Preview

November 3, 2025 • 48 mins
33 points up for grabs in Brazil as the 2025 Formula 1 season enters the final 4 races of the season. The Sao Paulo GP will host a Sprint and Grand Prix this weekend, and there are two reasons why Max Verstappen will score MAX in Brazil at the legendary Interlagos. Only one of them is numerology! Will Mercedes be in the mix to give Verstappen a points cushion against the McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri? And what abo...
Mark as Played

Is Lando Norris Really Back? | F1 2025 #MexicoCityGP

October 27, 2025 • 46 mins
Lando Norris leads the Drivers' World Championship again. For the first time since he surrendered the lead to team-mate Oscar Piastri in April this year, Norris snatched the lead by a point with a commanding win in Mexico. However, it was FIA and Race Control that stole the limelight after questionable calls and penalties in the race. Was Lewis Hamilton's time penalty fair, and if so, why was Max Verstappen not penalised? Also, sh...
Mark as Played

Hola Mexico! What's in store this weekend? | F1 2025 #MexicoCityGP

October 24, 2025 • 26 mins
5 races in the season to go, the F1 World Constructors' championship decided, a spicy battle coming up for the F1 Drivers' Championship, and we're doing the preview LIVE for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix with Kunal Shah and Soumil Arora here on the Inside Line F1 Podcast. Will Max Verstappen continue to eat into Oscar Piastri's points gap? If so, how many points do you think could Verstappen outscore Piastri by? Will McLaren be...
Mark as Played

Has Oscar Piastri ever looked this helpless?

October 21, 2025 • 38 mins
F1 World Champion team McLaren hasn't looked this helpless for a while, isn't it? Max Verstappen's resurgence with Red Bull Racing is making minced meat of the papaya cars! Or is it only Oscar Piastri who struggled in the 2025 USA GP? Lando Norris took his time, but managed to finally overcome the challenge of Charles Leclerc to claim the second step on the podium. Williams Racing drivers were clumsy, while Pirelli's attempts to ...
Mark as Played

Max Verstappen: It's Revenge Time at COTA - 2025 USA GP Preview

October 15, 2025 • 51 mins
Oscar Piastri leads the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers' Championship. But he's been uncharacteristic in the last two races in Baku and Singapore. Will Piastri swim or sink as the last quarter of races (6) of the 2025 Formula 1 season commence this weekend with the 2025 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas? Max Verstappen - will he continue to out-qualify and out-race the McLaren drivers? The Red Bull Racing package will...
Mark as Played

George Russell finds the GAP in SinGAPore, McLaren win Constructors' | F1 2025 #SingaporeGP Review

October 5, 2025 • 31 mins
Unsurprisingly, McLaren win the 2025 Formula 1 Constructors' Championship, equaling Red Bull Racing's record of least races taken to win the teams' title. Surprisingly, George Russell scored his first win around the streets of Singapore - building on a classic pole lap from Saturday. He was unmatched on Sunday, as Max Verstappen, in second, couldn't charge further, and held back the "faster" McLaren of Lando Norris. The Ferrari ...
Mark as Played

Everyone wants Max Verstappen to win, is it? | F1 2025 #SingaporeGP Preview

October 2, 2025 • 34 mins
It's not the McLarens that could stop Max Verstappen from finally winning in Singapore. So what could stop him? Also, which driver could bring out the Safety Car in Singapore? Has Oscar Piastri recovered from the team orders saga in Monza and has he left the demons from Baku behind? Lando Norris' best race of 2024 was Singapore last year. He will need another solid race to build his Drivers' Championship title further. Rain, he...
Mark as Played

Guenther Steiner interview on Drive to Survive headlines, Hamilton-Ferrari disappointment & being "unemployed" - Inside Line F1 Podcast exclusive

September 29, 2025 • 8 mins
Guenther Steiner joins Kunal Shah on the Inside Line F1 Podcast for a no-holds-barred interview on Formula 1, Ferrari, and Netflix’s Drive to Survive. From Haas memories to an F1 return, Steiner speaks his mind. In this exclusive interview, Guenther talks Ferrari rumors, the impact of Drive to Survive on Formula 1, his unfiltered thoughts on the current F1 2025 season, and even MotoGP. Expect raw insights, sharp opinions, and th...
Mark as Played

Baku breaks Piastri, Verstappen in title fight? | F1 2025 #AzerbaijanGP Review

September 22, 2025 • 51 mins
Let's relive the race because this weekend has more than delivered. So much to talk about, so little time. But let's get into it shall we? Join Kunal Shah, Soumil Arora, and Sundaram Ramaswami live on the Inside Line F1 Podcast. Max Verstappen - is there anything the Dutchman can’t do in his Red Bull Racing RB21? Verstappen scored back to back wins for the first time since Canada-Spain 2004! Can he make a late challenge for the...
Mark as Played

Plan C (combat) for Charles, Baku is Leclerc’s only chance? 2025 Azerbaijan GP Preview

September 18, 2025 • 38 mins
The most-interesting stories and talking points to look out for from the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Max Verstappen-Red Bull Racing, have they found something in the setup that can bring them in the fight between the McLaren drivers? Can Verstappen and his legion of fans believe in a (very) late title fight in the 2025 Formula 1 season? As for Ferrari, Charles Leclerc will be the favourite for pole position, but can he finally c...
Mark as Played

Rookie Drama, Toto's Take & A Pit-Stop Theft — Pits to Podium Ep 2

September 14, 2025 • 25 mins
Worst rookie • Toto Wolff • F1 gossip — Andrea Kimi Antonelli's season becomes a lightning rod: Is he overrated, or is the rookie narrative broken? This episode stitches together Toto Wolff's blunt lines, absurd golf-buggy headlines, a pit-stop inspired theft, sponsor drama, and two hosts who refuse a boring answer. Pits to Podium Ep 2 is our weekly off-track F1 show. We open with a brutal rookie debate, then shift into team rea...
Mark as Played

McLaren do F1 & Oscar Piastri wrong, while Max Verstappen dominates | F1 2025 #ItalianGP Review Show

September 7, 2025 • 30 mins
Did McLaren do the right thing? No, not for Oscar Piastri alone, but even for Formula 1? How much is too much when it comes to being "fair" in their intra-team battle? Will McLaren "engineer" a DNF for Piastri to make things fair after Lando Norris' DNF from Zandvoort? What if McLaren's stop for Norris was 15s slow? How would they have handled the "papaya rules" and driver swap? McLaren's team orders saga shouldn't take away f...
Mark as Played

Dreaming of a Ferrari win in Monza, Charles Leclerc or Lewis Hamilton? | F1 2025 #ItalianGP Preview

September 5, 2025 • 28 mins
Can Ferrari do the unthinkable at win at home in Monza in front of the tifosi? Of the top-4 teams, there's only one team yet to score a win - Ferrari. Oscar Piastri is more than a full race win ahead of Lando Norris in terms of championship points. Will this situation see a change of approach from either McLaren driver? Can Lando Norris just "send it" and see if it sticks? If the Drivers' Championship battle seems settled to you,...
Mark as Played

Hadjar's dream podium, Ferrari & Lando Norris' nightmare double DNF | F1 2025 #DutchGP Review

September 1, 2025 • 43 mins
The 2025 Dutch Grand Prix had it all - a maiden podium, surprise DNFs, a bold Max Verstappen, the Orange Army, an over ambitious teenager & lots of "lucky" strategy under the 3 x Safety Car periods. Ferrari's double DNF, Lewis Hamilton's driver error leading to a crash & retirement, Andrea Kimi Antonelli's crash with Charles Leclerc, Leclerc's spirited overtake on George Russell, and the Sainz-Lawson incident. Lots of talking poi...
Mark as Played

F1's back, baby! Rain will "unleash the Lion" | F1 2025 #DutchGP Preview

August 28, 2025 • 28 mins
After a mandatory "holiday", Formula 1 is back this weekend with the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. Yes, Max Verstappen's home race. What are the key talking points this weekend? What will the media play up, and what will the teams play down? Also, we're racing at a legendary circuit - Zandvoort. Enjoy it as long as it lasts!Will rain "Unleash the Lion" aka Max Verstappen at home in front of the Orange Army? Could the cooler condition...
Mark as Played

Lando Norris, the slower McLaren driver won at the Hungaroring | F1 2025 #HungarianGP Post-Race Show

August 3, 2025 • 28 mins
Oscar Piastri has lost two race wins to Lando Norris purely on luck! First, Silverstone, and second was today in Hungary. We predicted this "race strategy situation" in our race preview. The second McLaren (Norris, in this case) on the road would get the favoured tyre strategy in the race while the first McLaren (Piastri, in this case) would go chase Charles Leclerc for the race win. Was McLaren fair with their drivers who are t...
Mark as Played

Charles Leclerc grabs pole, Lewis Hamilton grabs headlines | F1 2025 #HungarianGP Qualifying Show

August 2, 2025 • 47 mins
Charles Leclerc grabbed a surprise pole position, his first of the 2025 Formula season, at the Hungaroring. But does he have the pace to win the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix against the mighty McLarens? On the contrary, does McLaren have a pace advantage that allows them to overtake Leclerc around a circuit that's famously known as "Monaco without the walls". How did McLaren lose their competitive advantage in the qualifying hour? W...
Mark as Played

Popular Podcasts

    Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

    Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

    Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.

    Dateline NBC

    Dateline NBC

    Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

    Stuff You Should Know

    Stuff You Should Know

    If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

    The Bobby Bones Show

    The Bobby Bones Show

    Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.

Advertise With Us
Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

Explore

iHeart

Live Radio

Podcasts

Artist Radio

Exclusives

News

Features

Events

Contests

Photos

Information

About

Advertise

Blog

Brand Guidelines

Contest Guidelines

Subscription Offers

Jobs

Get the App

Automotive

Home

Mobile

Wearables

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.