We Owe Lando Norris An Apology
A farewell to Zandvoort, Ferrari’s latest strategy drama, the case for Mercedes picking a number one driver, and the question that matters: is this the beginning of Lando Norris’ GOAT era?
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
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Catch the newest race reaction, hot takes, bold predictions and whatever the paddock has decided to throw at us this week.
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Kimi vs Ferrari
Jack and Bayley head to Monza for one of their most fiery episodes yet. Kimi vs Ferrari, Oscar vs Lando, a shocking change of allegiance, a mystery gift from Bayley, and the return of F1 Forfeits. Add in a full Italian Grand Prix breakdown, and this one gets personal very quickly.
What 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.
Jack
Race-weekend energy. Big reactions. Very willing to call something cinema.
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.
The F1 Hunger Games
The boys throw the entire Formula 1 grid into The Hunger Games: every driver sorted into a district, questionable alliances formed, and a verdict on who actually survives.
Lewis Hamilton Is WHAT?!
The summer break is here and the news is bone dry, so the boys play a game instead: if the current grid never became racing drivers, what would they actually be doing for a living?
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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