Host 01
Jack
Race-weekend energy. Big reactions. Very willing to call something cinema.
A racing podcast for fans who like their F1 fast, funny and slightly unhinged.
The Race Mates is race weekend debrief meets group chat chaos. Jack and Bayley unpack the biggest stories, wildest moments, paddock rumours, strategy calls and fan reactions from the world of racing.
New episodes before and after every race weekend
Jack
Bayley
Fresh off the grid
Latest Episode
Catch the newest race reaction, hot takes, bold predictions and whatever the paddock has decided to throw at us this week.
New episode live · Ep 25
The Kimi Antonelli Era Begins? | McLaren In Trouble
Is Jeremy Clarkson right about celebrities in Formula 1, or is he missing the point? Jack and Bayley tackle his Kim Kardashian comments, unpack Kimi Antonelli's Austin win and George Russell's struggles, and face a painful milestone as the McLarethon hits 10 km. Plus, Fernando Alonso takes aim at Alex Albon, listeners put the rookies under the microscope, and our Mexico City Grand Prix preview asks whether Kimi can finally seal the F1 world championship.
Episode notesWhat is The Race Mates?
Not your usual race recap.
This is racing coverage with less clipboard energy and more couch-side commentary. The Race Mates mixes proper F1 chat with fan theories, running jokes, social moments, bold predictions and the kind of takes that only make sense after midnight on race weekend.
The voices
Meet Jack & Bayley
Jack and Bayley are the voices behind The Race Mates: two racing fans turning Grand Prix weekends into the kind of conversation you’d want in the group chat.
The show is sharp, funny and reactive without taking itself too seriously. One minute it is strategy, driver form and paddock politics. The next, it is a rogue radio message, a questionable grid walk, a cursed Ferrari theory or a joke that somehow survives three episodes longer than it should.
It is racing chat with personality: informed enough to follow the sport properly, loose enough to enjoy the chaos.
Host 02
Bayley
Dry humour. Sharp reads. Always suspicious of a convenient explanation.
The back catalogue
Recent Episodes
Start with the latest, then work backwards through the chaos.
Choosing Texas | The Championship Gets Serious
The Austin build-up, Kimi versus Max, Haas and McLaren's next steps, and the predictions now facing judgement.
Seeing Red In Singapore | Kimi Could Win It All
Singapore fallout, McLaren's sprint clash, the Ferrari strategy argument and Kimi's first chance to seal the title in Austin.
BRING BACK SEPANG | Singapore Is Going To Be Brutal
Jack's blue-paint forfeit, Sepang rain chaos, Max's breakthrough and the Singapore predictions. Revisit the calls before the debrief.
Off the pod
Built for the scroll as much as the stream.
The best bits, sharpest takes and most chaotic race-weekend moments also live across social. Follow along for clips, reactions and whatever Jack and Bayley are arguing about between episodes.
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