Lights Out on the 2025 Season

Duel of the Papayas

In this week's episode of The Installation Lap, host Jack Anderson goes over the past weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. He talks about Oscar's dominant win, Lando's disappointing qualifying, and what it means for the battle for the World Drivers' Championship. Jack also talks about Haas continuing to overperform, Jack Doohan having a mega weekend, and the FIA being a joke as per. He also has some hopeful optimism for Ferrari, after finally having a good strategy and seemingly hitting on an upgrade package. Finally, he caps the show off talking about how impressive George Russell has looked thus far, and how he's not buying the rumors that Max is leaving Red Bull.

Mama There Goes That Man

Host Jack Anderson takes you through the absolutely insane qualifying lap that led to Max Verstappen taking home the win at the Japanese Grand Prix. He talks about Yuki's disappointing qualifying run, Jack Doohan's costly mistake, and his conflicting feelings about Esteban Ocon. He goes into a full rant about why McLaren should have let Oscar through to go after Max, and he's seemingly entered the acceptance stage of grieving as Ferrari seems to have no chance of making a championship run. He wraps up the show talking about the grim reaper that is Flavio Briatore, and the dark path that Jack Doohan is staring down.

Yuki Is Here To Stay (For Now)

Well, it happened. Yuki has taken the Red Bull seat from Liam Lawson, and Jack is here to talk all about it. He talks about all that led to Liam's quick demotion, as well as Yuki's optimistic hopes for the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix. After talking about how gorgeous Red Bull's and Haas's special liveries are, Jack tries to cope with Ferrari having a disasterclass of a season and speculates on just how dominant McLaren will be this year. He wraps up the show talking about the upcoming race and what he's looking forward to the most.

Lights Out on the 2025 Season

Host Jack Anderson breaks down the insane first race that kicked off F1’s 75th season. He talks about Ollie Bearman’s misfortune, McLaren’s rocket ship, and the woes of the 2nd Red Bull seat before embarking on a rant about Helmut Marko. Later in the show, a preview of the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix and an analysis of what teams need to focus on. Finally, a touching tribute to the late Eddie Jordan.

Welcome to the Pinnacle of Motorsport

Welcome to The Installation Lap, your home of everything F1 on WSUM! Jack Anderson catches anyone new up to speed about the basics of Formula 1. Then, he gives a complete season recap of the 2024 season. So whether you know nothing about F1, or you want to jog your memory before Australia, tune in to hear Jack talk about the drama at the Austrian Grand Prix, or the fever dream that was Interlagos. Later, he talks about changes to the grid for the new year, and foreshadows the coming race weekend.