After a week of shocks – on and off the track in Hungary – the F1 Nation gang enlist the help a whole host of guests including top journalists, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner and Mercedes' trackside engineering head Andrew Shovlin to pick the bones out of the weekend in Budapest...
And with Sebastian Vettel's retirement announcement and the news that Fernando Alonso will replace the four-time world champion at Aston Martin, not to mention Max Verstappen's stunning victory from P10 on the grid, the team have plenty of ground to cover.
Host Tom Clarkson is joined by Diario AS journalist Jesus Balseiro and L'Equipe's Fred Ferret, while Horner unpicks that amazing Verstappen victory at the Hungaroring.
Mercedes’ Director of Trackside Engineering Shovlin reflects on the team’s pre-summer surge in performance, German journalist Michael Schmidt gives his take on Vettel’s retirement, plus Tom, Jesus and Fred discuss Ferrari’s strategy, Alpine’s fight with McLaren and Alonso’s surprise move to Aston Martin for 2023.
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