It's awards season. And we give out the F1 2024 awards for best driver, best team, best race, favorite moment, biggest disappointment, and more. All that, plus:

• Why Fred Vasseur is the Yoko Ono of Formula 1.
• How Lewis and Toto went from Ride or Die to Gone Girl.
• The cruel cursed F1 life of Fernando Alonso.
• Lando's one missing ingredient keeping him from being world champion.
• Does everyone hate Esteban Ocon?
• And our crazy prediction for F1 2025.

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Off-season, but we are back on the Hard Compound. With all the news and rumors. Let's discuss.

• Will fatherhood change Max Verstappen?
• Is Toyota ready to buy Haas?
• The real reason Jos Verstappen is always in the Red Bull garage.
• How will Indy Racing's big moment impact F1 in America?
• What are the rookie F1 drivers thinking with these number choices?
• Who would have the most valuable memecoin in F1? Lewis Hamilton? Charles Leclerc? Our surprise pick.
• All that, plus our crazy predictions for F1 2025.

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound. We take a look back at this great and surprising F1 2024 season.

• The quiet, steady greatness of Charles Leclerc.
• How Max Verstappen cemented his legacy as one of the greatest ever, maybe the greatest ever in F1.
• How Lando Norris found his will to win.
• Shocking moves by Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Christian Horner, and Alpine.
• Plus, the best races, the best drivers, the worst drivers, and more.

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024, the final race of the season.

• Max Verstappen nearly takes out Oscar Piastri and almost ruins McLaren's chances for a Constructor's title. That's another reason why we predict F1 will enact the "Max rules" starting in 2025.
• We explain why McLaren winning the constructor's title frees Lando Norris to rid himself of all the self-doubt.
• Charles Leclerc gave it everything this season. Will Lewis Hamilton help Ferrari next year, or harm them? We tell you.
• Why we demand the Williams name be taken down. Why Mercedes will do better in 2025. Oh, and why we predict Apple will soon buy the global streaming rights to F1.

Thank you, listener, for a fantastic time. This great season is over, but we will continue. Coming up, our favorite moments of F1 2024. Then, the annual "Effys" -- the biggest, best, dumbest, and worst of the F1 season. Then, pre-season testing and our outrageous predictions heading into F1 2025.

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound, where the Qatar Grand Prix delivers chaos. And where we say our early goodbyes. To Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. To Esteban Ocon. To the feisty Ferrari brothers, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. But, wait. There's more.

• The financial rise in team values. The global growth of F1. And why Toto Wolff chose wisely, but Christian Horner did not.
• Pierre Gasly remains woefully under appreciated.
• Ferrari's legitimate shot at winning yet another Constructor's title.
• And what's it going to take to beat Max Verstappen in 2025.

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound where we dissect the Las Vegas Grand Prix, determine what sets Max Verstappen so far apart from his competitors, and discuss the massively growing impact of America on Formula 1. But wait. There's more.

• The Las Vegas Grand Prix has already become the premiere event on the F1 calendar.
• Shock news. GM Cadillac to join F1 in 2026 and become a works team soon after.
• American tech companies continue to embrace the sport. As does Hollywood. The stumbling block holding back America's full embrace of F1 remains the Euro-centric superlicense requirements.
• Plus, our conspiracy theory about why F1 chose GM Cadillac as the 11th team. And why we predict Fernando Alonso will, once again, retire and un-retire.

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What was that? The Brazilian Grand Prix got wet and wild. But the truth was revealed. Max Verstappen is simply the best driver in Formula 1. And does not need the best car on the grid to win his 4th WDC. Join Patrick and Brian on the Hard Compound where we discuss the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and this amazing 2024 F1 season. But, wait. There's more!

• What else can Lando Norris can do?
• Why Max Verstappen is the Michael Jordan of F1.
• Saving Ayrton Senna.
• Lewis Hamilton just wants out, clearly.
• Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, true brothers in arms.
• How Fernando Alonso's legend continues to grow.
• Still more ways for F1 to make more money, this time with help from the Atlanta Braves.
• The final days of Sergio Perez in Formula 1.
• And the real reason Max Verstappen doesn't want Drive to Survive cameras around.

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Join Brian and Patrick on the Hard Compound where we discuss the Mexico Grand Prix and this amazing 2024 F1 season. Lando Norris fighting to the last (with help from the stewards) to win his first driver's championship. Ferrari fighting to the last to win (another) Constructor's title. Fernando Alonso still fighting at 400! Great stuff. But, wait. There's more!

• Ferrari may not have regrets, but they should. Carlos Sainz has helped build them into a championship contender. Bringing on Lewis Hamilton next year completely changes the intra-team dynamic.
• Red Bull is a den of wolves and Sergio Perez is only human.
• Is Max Verstappen going to win his 4th WDC driving just the 4th best car?
• Why F1 needs permanent stewards.
• The aerodynamics voodoo causing so much chaos in Formula 1 from race to race.
• The ridiculously charmed life of Charles Leclerc.
• Why we should make the sprints a rookies-only event.
• Why shouldn't F1 drivers enjoy a smoke (or a Uncrustable) while serving a penalty?
• Finally, how cute was Yuki Tsunoda as a baby?

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