F1: Chequered Flag - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Everyone complaining about the banter hates fun. The whole crew works brilliantly together. Jennie keeps them (mostly) on track and provides great questions, Jolyon and Jack offer fantastic takes and berate each other for our entertainment and Andrew provides the expertise and breadth of knowledge. No better F1 podcast!

This show is the best formula 1 show out there (but there’s not many). Jennie is one of the best moderators in entertainment, and the experts are really expert. You come away from the show feeling more informed about the sport, and the show is very entertaining even for people who aren’t really interested in car racing.

I used to be able to give this podcast a 5-star review but I find Jolyon Palmer to be increasingly insufferable to listen to each week. I’m sure he actually has a great friendship with Jack Nichols that’s full of sharp banter but on-air his putdowns and constant mocking of Nichols comes across as horribly arrogant and way too biting. It doesn’t help that Jennie seems to delight in laughing uproariously whenever Palmer derides Nichols and piles on. I love Palmer’s knowledge but someone should tell him to tone down the off-putting style.

Probably the best F1 podcast with anti PR commentators 👌

The only thing to improve would be the timing of the update to me. Sometimes the podcast is updated the next day, which makes it already outdated (especially for gp preview and qualifying)

It is incredible that a Formula 1 podcast from the BBC has not touched on the exit of Mazepin, the FIA report about Abu Dhabi, and the explosion at Jedda. How they can completely ignore these crucial events surrounding the sport, is mind boggling to me.
In general their analysis just touches the surface and for these reasons I don’t recommend it.

Your listeners have tuned into a podcast about F1. We like to hear your about your expertise and access. We all obviously enjoy the sport, which is why we are listening. At times, when talking about the sport itself, this podcast shines. But the constant metacommentary about Jack’s relationship with F1, mindless banter about how fast he can recap a race and pointless arguments about the purpose behind the even-more-pointless “driver of the day” award drag this show down. And, just so this isn’t dismissed as useless complaining, stuff like Jolyon explaining about how his car was incorrectly assembled during a race is fantastic. I didn’t even know that was possible and it was very interesting. Those are the bits that keep me listening. I just wish there were more.