Episode 101 - News Update: Reverse Engineers

April 1, 2020

In this week’s Formula 1 news, Mercedes and other teams are racing to help COVID-19 victims while “Dr.” Helmut Marko becomes an actual Bond villain.

SHOW NOTES

We’ll have a Track Walk video of the Vietnam GP circuit this Sunday on our YouTube channel (select Patrons will get access to it on Friday)
Matt recommended a Netflix film called Go Karts
Your typical acrobatic Super Formula pit stop
Pre-2017 episodes of the podcast can be found on Giant Bomb (we did indeed start at the beginning of the 2014 season)
iRacing is having a 50% off sale
The Shift+F1 community raced in iRacing this weekend! Here’s Drew’s flawless start and restart after yellow, along with another spectacular incident
Kyle sent us a video of “diecast racing” from 3Dbotmaker, as well as stop-motion F1

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Episode 100 - Drive to Survive Season 2: Episodes 1-3

March 25, 2020

For our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, we switch things up by discussing the first three expletive-filled episodes of Netflix’s Drive to Survive Season 2.

SHOW NOTES

Our Bahrain Track Walk and Dirt 2 “Let’s Play”
Twitter accounts to follow for eRacing updates: F1, NOR, VER, iRacing, Team Redline, The Race, Veloce Esports
F1’s official Virtual Bahrain GP feat. NOR and LAT (highlights)
NOR calling people for hot race tips
Other virtual races this weekend by The Race and Veloce
NOR and VER messing around in iRacing this weekend
Fox Sports and NASCAR held a race in iRacing (feat. dude in his garage)
iRacing is currently 50% off!
Drew raced with the Shift+F1 community and did his best GRO impression at the start
Correction: F1 aired the Brazilian GP on YouTube, but it is no longer available (UGH, OF COURSE)
Meanwhile, MotoGP’s entire archive is free until the season starts
Our (probably outdated) MotoGP primer (pairs nicely with Hitting the Apex)

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eRacing Watch: March 21-22 Weekend

March 19, 2020

Pro drivers are keeping their racing skills sharp in various virtual races this weekend. Here’s what we know about each.

And if you want to get in on the action, see the note about the unofficial Shift+F1 community race below!

The Race All-Star esports Battle Rd. 2

When: Saturday, March 21 at 6 pm CET / 5 pm GMT / 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: rFactor 2 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Formula ISI 2012 cars)

Watch: The Race on YouTube

Pro drivers:

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)
Nico Hulkenberg (ex-Formula 1)
Juan Manuel Correa (Formula 2)
Antonio Felix da Costa (Formula E)
Maximilian Günther (Formula E)
Neel Jani (Formula E)
Felix Rosenqvist (IndyCar)
Tony Kanaan (IndyCar)
Nick Cassidy (Super Formula)
Nelson Piquet Jr. (ex-Formula 1, ex-Formula E)
Juan Pablo Montoya (ex-Formula 1, ex-IndyCar) and his son Sebastian
Abbie Eaton (test driver for Amazon’s The Grand Tour)
Nicki Thiim (World Endurance Championship)
Harry Tincknell (World Endurance Championship)
Jann Mardenborough (Super GT)

Commentary by Jack Nichols (Formula E, BBC Formula 1 commentator) and Jolyon Palmer (ex-Formula 1 driver)

More info: The Race website, Twitter

IMSA Sebring SuperSaturday

When: Saturday, March 21 at 7 pm CET / 6 pm GMT / 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: iRacing (Sebring International Raceway; BMW M8 GTE, Ferrari 488 GTE, Porsche 911 RSR, Ford GT)

Watch:

iRacing on Twitch
iRacing eSports Network on YouTube

Pro drivers:

Colton Herta (IndyCar)
Santino Ferrucci (IndyCar)
Dalton Kellett (IndyCar)
Sage Karam (IndyCar)
Felipe Nasr (IndyCar, ex-Formula 1)
Joao Barbosa (IMSA)
Filipe Albuquerque (IMSA)
Robby Foley (IMSA)
Roman De Angelis (IMSA)
Jesse Krohn (IMSA)
Jeff Segal (European Le Mans Series)
Gabby Chaves (IMSA, ex-IndyCar)
Tristan Vautier (IMSA)

Commentary by John Hindhaugh (IMSA Radio)

More info: iRacing website

eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series | Homestead

When: Sunday, March 22 at 6:30 pm CET / 5:30 pm GMT / 1:30 pm EDT / 10:30 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: iRacing (Homestead-Miami Speedway)

Watch:

Fox Sports 1

Pro drivers:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, William Byron, Matt DiBenedetto, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Timmy Hill, Michael McDowell, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, Garrett Smithley, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, Landon Cassill, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Commentary by FOX NASCAR Broadcast Team of Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy, and Larry McReynolds

More info: iRacing website, Fox Sports website

Not The BAH GP

When: Sunday, March 22 at 7 pm CET / 6 pm GMT / 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: F1 2019 (Bahrain International Circuit)

Watch:

Veloce Esports on Twitch, YouTube
Lando Norris on Twitch

Pro drivers:

Lando Norris (Formula 1)
Nicholas Latifi (Formula 1)
Stoffel Vandoorne (Formula E)

More info: Veloce Esports on Twitter

Bahrain Virtual Grand Prix

When: Sunday, March 22 at 9 pm CET / 8 pm GMT / 4 pm EDT / 1 pm PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: F1 2019 (Bahrain International Circuit)

Watch:

Formula 1 on Facebook, Twitch, YouTube

Pro drivers:

Nicholas Latifi (Formula 1)
Robert Shwartzman (Formula 2)
Dino Beganovic (Formula 4)

More info: Formula 1 website

Coming Soon

Supercars planning 10 Eseries rounds

Unofficial Shift+F1 Community Race | Bahrain

Some folks on the Shift+F1 Discord server have organized a race this weekend in the PC version of F1 2019!

When: Sunday, March 22 at 5 pm CET / 4 pm GMT / 12 pm EDT / 9am PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: F1 2019 (PC version, Bahrain International Circuit)

Join the league in-game with the invite code CM#_QVQ888 and the Steam group here.