165 - Russian GP 2021

<p>Sochi serves up a stunner while we ill-advisedly wade into comparing national anthems.</p> <p>SHOW NOTES</p> <ul> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;">McLaren <a href= "https://www.racefans.net/2021/09/27/radio-messages-reveal-how-ricciardo-made-the-black-and-white-tyre-call-norris-missed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">radio transcripts</a> from the last six laps</li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;">RaceFans’ <a href= "https://www.racefans.net/2021/09/26/2021-russian-grand-prix-interactive-data-lap-charts-times-and-tyres/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lap chart</a> from the Russian GP</li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Frequency of <a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/6h31ed/frequency_of_all_national_anthems_on_f1_podiums/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national anthems</a> from 1950 to 2017</li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;">RaceFans claims this is the <a href= "https://www.racefans.net/2021/09/28/more-than-half-the-f1-field-have-led-a-race-in-most-competitive-hybrid-season-yet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most competitive season</a> in the hybrid era</li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Unconfirmed photo of the <a href="https://twitter.com/robwattsf1/status/1442544048472875024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state of the Jeddah circuit</a> in Saudi Arabia</li> </ul> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/shiftf1" rel="payment">Patreon</a> and get all our bonus episodes!</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Email us at <a href= "mailto:shiftf1podcast@gmail.com">shiftf1podcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow us on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/shiftf1podcast">@shiftf1podcast</a></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Join our <a href= "https://fantasy.formula1.com/league/79621">fantasy league</a> with invite code <strong>7350a6d919</strong></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">New to F1? Check out our <a href="https://www.f1.cool/blog/137">pr