Tech Heads F1 Podcast

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast. Firstly a word of apology. This episode was recorded under an ambitious schedule with the intention of being released during the Spanish GP weekend, but was pushed back due to the extremely busy nature of the race build up and the Grand Prix itself. Nevertheless, the Tech Heads team had a fantastic conversation about the Monaco GP race wee

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast. This week we are joined by IndyCar driver, STEM advocate, and all around interesting character, JR Hildebrand. JR has driven everything under the sun from IndyCars to F1 cars, competitive drift machines, Pike's Peak cars, rally cars, and even land speed record machines at the Bonneville Salt Flats. JR is the host of The Race IndyCar Po

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! F1 Spring Break is nearly over as we enter a stretch of five races in six weekends, starting with the always entertaining Azerbaijan GP. The week we're once again joined by F1 Tech expert Craig Scarborough, aka @ScarbsTech. If you are (somehow) unfamilar with Craig's work, he is a prolific freelance journalist/illustrator with exte

What do we do to pass time during the F1 Spring Break? How about a special feature-length episode of Tech Heads F1! We are very happy to welcome back our first repeat guest (and friend of the podcast) Mirco Bartolozzi, better known as @F1DataAnalysis. Mirco has been extremely busy since we last spoke on Ep. 6, his impressive analysis of F1 telemetry has exploded in popularity with

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! In our first episode since the official start of the 2023 F1 season, the gang explores some of the emerging story lines from the first two rounds of the championship including Red Bull's ominous early form, Aston Martin being the genuine article, and difficult days for both Mercedes and Ferrari. We take detailed look at the major techn

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast! This week Bryson, Dr. Obbs, and Molly give their thoughts on the three days of pre-season testing, what we (think we) learned, and our expectations for the Bahrain GP. We also discuss the technical considerations of the chicane removal at the Circuit de Catalunya and a deep dive on the aerodynamic theory of Gurney flaps and why they a

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast episode 13!  This week Bryson, Molly and Dr. Obbs discuss all things F1 preseason. From what to expect during the upcoming Bahrain pre-season test, the creative ways teams conceal true performance from their competition when testing,  why teams test, thoughts on car launches, key shakedown takeaways, and surprising/unsurprising fe

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast for our first episode of 2023!! This week Bryson, Molly and Dr. Obbs are joined by Motorsport Engineering Consultant and Director of Wavey Dynamics, Jahee Campbell-Brennan. Jahee a highly accomplished engineer with a passion for motorsport since his time at university, working on a range of high-profile projects including serving as technic

We return once again for the final episode of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast for the 2022 season! This week Bryson is joined by Deputy Editor of Racecar Engineering Magazine, Stewart Mitchell. Stewart is a degreed engineer, professional technical researcher, and engineering journalist with proven experience in producing comprehensive technical content on some of the highest-profile moto

Welcome back to a very special edition of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! As we celebrate our 10th episode we are pleased to be joined by McLaren Racing Head of Vehicle Dynamics, Mike Law. Mike has enjoyed a truly impressive career in Formula 1, working on a number of exciting projects over more than a decade as a Vehicle Dynamics engineer at both WilliamsF1 Team and McLaren Racing. Mik