The First Corner F1 Podcast

24/07/2022

Rating the drivers after the halfway point of the season. Do you agree with these? https://firstcornerf1.com/2022/07/24/half-term-22-report-the-grid/

Do you agree with these ratngs? Feel free to comment below on what you think!

04/07/2022

We've had a few messages lately asking about the podcast. While we've had some great guests come on and chat to us about their life experiences in racing, chatting to a trusted F1 buddy and friend to chew the F1 fat over was the heart and soul of the show which we haven't had in a long time. Not getting podcasts out on a predictable repeatable basis nerfs the retention of our audience and makes it difficult to build any momentum. We're on hiatus for the foreseeable future. We've learned a lot along the way and we've had fun putting the shows together.

Keep an eye out for some written articles as F1 continues to roll around the grand prix calendar, but it's all quiet on track where we are for now,

Thank you for your support, would love to get the show going again if any guests either past or future would like to chat over F1.

All the best,
Kevin

05/06/2022

Reflecting on the Senna movie, why some of it's omissions are good grounds for a follow up sequel titled: "Prost"

http://firstcornerf1.com/2022/06/05/senna-grounds-for-a-sequel/

Reflecting on the Senna movie, why some of it’s omissions are good grounds for a follow up sequel titled: “Prost”

30/05/2022

Monaco Grand Prix analysis, why Perez was quicker than Verstappen, is Perez now in the title fight?

http://firstcornerf1.com/2022/05/30/article-monaco-grand-prix-will-perez-create-a-headache-for-verstappen/

The circuit The Monaco Grand Prix is an extreme low speed circuit, barely averaging 100mph on a fast lap. While conventional tracks are near billiard table smooth, the narrowness, bumps and surface…

24/05/2022

Article: Resurgent Mercedes? What we have learned from their much improved Spanish Grand Prix form.

http://firstcornerf1.com/2022/05/24/resurgent-mercedes-what-we-have-learned-from-their-much-improved-spanish-grand-prix-form/

The Spanish Grand Prix gave some encouraging signs that Mercedes car concept for 2022 is one that now at least works fundamentally. It’s porpoising(bouncing) issues heavily reduced with the d…

18/05/2022

I've written an article on whether the Ferrari vs Red Bull battle will go the distance, comments and feedback welcome!

http://firstcornerf1.com/2022/05/18/ferrari-vs-red-bull-a-title-fight-that-will-go-the-distance/

Red Bull’s upgrades introduced at Imola have turned the tables on Ferrari in the past two races, who now need to respond and are anticipated to bring a large update at Barcelona. Red Bull& #82…

16/03/2022

A little preview of our latest podcast with former Mercedes F1 employee Kyle Forster. A little insight working through the highs and lows of F1!

Link to full https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gNsnwei9XxynYpJiCINLT?si=76a10ffa81ca4985

15/03/2022

A new season is ahead of us! To dust off the F1 cobwebs, we have just recorded a podcast with Kyle Forester, a former Mercedes F1 aerodynamicist turned consultant who worked in F1 from 2018 to 2020. The podcast released tomorrow is a long form discussion featuring:

- Kyle's background and getting involved in motorsport.

- An insight into the porpoising problems the teams are facing in testing. Turns out it's not as simple an issue to understand and eliminate as many say!

- Kyle's time at Mercedes F1, discussing some common aero (mis)conceptions.(my own mainly!)

- A lookahead to the 2022 season, and how useful testing really is into giving a form guide.

As a little taster, see a link below to his latest video analyzing the potential benefits and drawbacks of the Mercedes sidepods. Kyle's video analysis of F1 designs are available on his YouTube via his channel Kyle Engineers. There is a full back catalog of race car first principle videos. If you are an F1 anorak, you are in for a treat.

Keep an eye out tomorrow on all podcast platforms!

In quite a visually apparent update to the car, Mercedes has brought quite a radical change in sidepod concept to the W13. They have essentially created a large downwashing wing with a shroud around the side impact structure, and then have inverted the sidepod inlet and put it towards the floor. This seems to be in an attempt to get more downwash and stronger vortices from the top of the sidepod, but the legalities are certainly interesting!

https://youtu.be/pP6T1comENg