Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast. Firstly a word of apology. This episode was recorded under an ambitious schedule with the intention of being released during the Spanish GP weekend, but was pushed back due to the extremely busy nature of the race build up and the Grand Prix itself. Nevertheless, the Tech Heads team had a fantastic conversation about the Monaco GP race weekend and the tech developments revealed by crashes, as well as covering the Indy500 and the track changes for...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast. This week we are joined by IndyCar driver, STEM advocate, and all around interesting character, JR Hildebrand. JR has driven everything under the sun from IndyCars to F1 cars, competitive drift machines, Pike's Peak cars, rally cars, and even land speed record machines at the Bonneville Salt Flats. JR is the host of The Race IndyCar Podcast, and adjunct lecturer at Stanford University, and an advocate for STEM education using motorsports as a way to...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! F1 Spring Break is nearly over as we enter a stretch of five races in six weekends, starting with the always entertaining Azerbaijan GP. The week we're once again joined by F1 Tech expert Craig Scarborough, aka @ScarbsTech. If you are (somehow) unfamilar with Craig's work, he is a prolific freelance journalist/illustrator with extensive knowledge of Formula 1 technology gained over decades of experience in the sport. He can regularly be found...

What do we do to pass time during the F1 Spring Break? How about a special feature-length episode of Tech Heads F1! We are very happy to welcome back our first repeat guest (and friend of the podcast) Mirco Bartolozzi, better known as @F1DataAnalysis. Mirco has been extremely busy since we last spoke on Ep. 6, his impressive analysis of F1 telemetry has exploded in popularity with over 120K followers on Twitter and a further 31K on Instagram and other social media platforms. Mirco's work has...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! In our first episode since the official start of the 2023 F1 season, the gang explores some of the emerging story lines from the first two rounds of the championship including Red Bull's ominous early form, Aston Martin being the genuine article, and difficult days for both Mercedes and Ferrari. We take detailed look at the major technical stories from Bahrain and Jeddah, including clever tricks with legality wire (if you've never of this before...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast! This week Bryson, Dr. Obbs, and Molly give their thoughts on the three days of pre-season testing, what we (think we) learned, and our expectations for the Bahrain GP. We also discuss the technical considerations of the chicane removal at the Circuit de Catalunya and a deep dive on the aerodynamic theory of Gurney flaps and why they are so incredibly useful in Formula One. Ferrari experiments with multiple wings, Mercedes finds form after a difficult...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast episode 13!  This week Bryson, Molly and Dr. Obbs discuss all things F1 preseason. From what to expect during the upcoming Bahrain pre-season test, the creative ways teams conceal true performance from their competition when testing,  why teams test, thoughts on car launches, key shakedown takeaways, and surprising/unsurprising features of 2023 seasons cars so far.  The team deep dives into each of the teams 2023 cars following their launch and...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast for our first episode of 2023!! This week Bryson, Molly and Dr. Obbs are joined by Motorsport Engineering Consultant and Director of Wavey Dynamics, Jahee Campbell-Brennan. Jahee a highly accomplished engineer with a passion for motorsport since his time at university, working on a range of high-profile projects including serving as technical director for Motors Formula team in European GT3/GT4, a design consultant for McLaren Super Series and...

We return once again for the final episode of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast for the 2022 season! This week Bryson is joined by Deputy Editor of Racecar Engineering Magazine, Stewart Mitchell. Stewart is a degreed engineer, professional technical researcher, and engineering journalist with proven experience in producing comprehensive technical content on some of the highest-profile motorsport technology ever created. Stewart is a powertrains expert, lending his experience in researching motorsport...

Welcome back to a very special edition of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! As we celebrate our 10th episode we are pleased to be joined by McLaren Racing Head of Vehicle Dynamics, Mike Law. Mike has enjoyed a truly impressive career in Formula 1, working on a number of exciting projects over more than a decade as a Vehicle Dynamics engineer at both WilliamsF1 Team and McLaren Racing. Mike shares with us some excellent insights into the key ideas behind Vehicle Dynamics theory, his thoughts on the...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! This week Bryson and Molly are joined by Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports driver and 2020 World Champion Marcel Kiefer. Marcel began his professional racing career in 2017, finishing 5th in the Esports standings in 2018 and 6th in 2019. He began driving for Oracle Red Bull Racing in 2020 finishing 3rd in the drivers championship, in the process helping Red Bull to secure the 2020 F1 Esports Team Championship. As a professional sim racing driver, Marcel...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! Bryson and Molly are fresh from the US Grand Prix and joined in the Tech Heads studio by Dr. Obbs and Blake aka Brrrake, former F1 Performance and Simulator Performance Engineer. Blake has worked at Force India, Red Bull Racing, and the likes of Paul DiResta, Sergio Perez, Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen. In this episode we recap Blake, Bryson, and Molly's time at COTA, Blake's storied and what he would call "fraudulent" F1 career, insights to...

What an awesome opportunity, this week we speak with IndyCar driver and STEM advocate Dalton Kellett! In addition to the prestige of competing in one of the premiere open wheel racing series in the world, Dalton is passionate about engineering/technology and works to share his knowledge and insights to motorsports fans at large. In this episode we discuss the origins of his love for racing, his experience with Formula SAE at Queen's University, wearing multiple hats as an engineer/racing...

Welcome back to the Tech Heads F1 podcast! This week Bryson and Molly sit down with engineer and technical maven Mirco Bartolozzi, better known as @F1DataAnalysis. When Mirco isn't developing complex vehicle dynamics models a PhD student, he spends his time performing analysis on the data generated by Formula 1 and helping to explain its most complex aspects in a clear, intelligible way. We begin our discussion with how Mirco first discovered his passion for motorsport and what makes F1 so...

Welcome back to another episode of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast! Bryson and Dr. Obbs officially welcome Molly Oxner as the third co-host to the show, and we we commemorate the occasion with a very special guest joining the studio for Episode 5. Few individuals in the F1 Tech space are as prolific and well-versed as our invited guest, Craig Scarborough aka Scarbs F1. Despite not formally being trained as an engineer, illustrator, or journalist Scarbs has nevertheless managed to excel at all...

In Episode 4 of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast, co-hosts Bryson Sullivan and Dr. Obbs are joined by Juan Manzanero (aka @fastestlap_f1), an extremely talented engineer and author of the excellent "Fastest Lap" open source lap time simulation software. With Juan as our guide, we explore the technical nuances of vehicle dynamics and optimal lap time simulation, covering G-G plots, brake balance and bias, tyre load sensitivity, and what goes into calculating driver inputs for a theoretically perfect...

Episode 3 of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast dives deeper into the world of motorsport aerodynamics with a very special guest! Bryson and Dr Obbs are joined by former Audi aerodynamicist and Force India/Racing Point aero design engineer Martin Buchan, otherwise known as the legendary B-Sport. Martin is well known for his insightful YouTube videos on the aerodynamics of Formula 1, prototypes, and endurance racing cars. We discuss technical details of the differences between designing aerodynamics...

In Episode 2 of the Tech Heads F1 Podcast, Bryson Sullivan and Dr. Obbs are joined by a special guest to talk through the recently released 2026 power unit technical regulations. Molly Oxner, a powertrain engineer at an OEM, joins the Tech Heads studio for a deep dive into both the good and bad of the new regulations for 2026. We also explore TD039 and the upcoming 2023 technical regulations, which feature some nuanced changes to the floor regulation boxes. We discuss the theory and...

The Tech Heads F1 Podcast is officially here!! Join co-hosts Bryson Sullivan and Dr_Obbs as they explore all manner of technical topics from the first half of the 2022 F1 season. This inaugural episode addresses the aerodynamic intent of the 2022 technical regulations, and analyzes whether or not they have been as effective as desired. Bryson and Dr_Obbs assess how some teams could be using the floor strakes to generate big downforce, and discuss in detail how this critical area of the floor...