In Austria, We Trust
Kimi Antonelli’s nightmare Euro summer, whether Lewis Hamilton is finally back, the biggest driver shake-up of the season and the age-old debate: Lewis or Max in your team?
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
Fresh off the grid
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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.
New episode live · Ep 09
Red Bull Gives You Wings
The Austrian Grand Prix, debriefed: Max Verstappen’s future, Ferrari’s slap(s) in the face, Russell’s return to pole and whether McLaren could really pull off the biggest signing in F1 — plus Silverstone predictions.
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.
On Mondays We Wear Red
Lewis Hamilton finally delivers a win for Ferrari. Barcelona strategy picked apart, Monaco hangover diagnosed, and Red Bull’s pace held up against the FIA rulebook.
We Hate Monaco!
A Monaco Grand Prix that somehow had everything except good racing. Ferrari disappointment, Kimi hype, a Barcelona preview and Zak Brown being extremely Zak Brown.
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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