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Fernando and Charles at Red Bull? Camara to Haas, Is Mercedes Struggling? | The Red Flags Podcast

The Red Flags Podcast

October 19, 2026

In our latest This Week in F1, Brian and Matt cover the newest headlines including: Christian Horner's press tour and which drivers he wanted at Red Bull Laurent Mekies re-signing Which drivers can stand up to Max Verstappen? Is Mercedes' dipping in performance?

Speakers Matt Elisofon, Brian Muller

TopicsSports

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Matt Elisofon (1:38)

What's up, bankers?

Brian Muller (1:40)

Greetings, bankers.

Matt Elisofon (1:45)

How's everybody doing?

Brian Muller (1:47)

How are you doing? We've got so much to discuss, people, namely one Christian Horner.

He is back in the press, baby. You know why he's back in the press? Because he's trying to sell a book. Well, tough shit, Christian, because Formula 101 is about to steal your fucking party, bro. Listen, people, Christian Horner might be having a book coming out, but we do too. It's called Formula 101 for F1 fans who love the drama. Listen, Christian's going on all these shows. He is Red Bull. He is Mercedes.

SPEAKER_6 (2:26)

We are Haas.

SPEAKER_7 (2:27)

We are Haas.

Matt Elisofon (2:29)

We need the money more than he does.

Brian Muller (2:31)

We need the money so much more than he does, and we need you to pre-order the book. And please, the book comes out November 10th. This book is awesome. You can read about Christian Horner in our book. And guess what? You're going to get a more objective opinion on Christian Horner than Christian Horner's opinion on his own damn self.

Matt Elisofon (2:48)

Because he's like, I have no idea why I was fired.

SPEAKER_3 (2:50)

It's fucking crazy.

SPEAKER_6 (2:53)

No idea.

Brian Muller (2:54)

None.

Matt Elisofon (2:55)

That's right.

Brian Muller (2:56)

And here's a question, people. If you pre-order a Christian Horner's book, do you get a board game? No, I don't think you do. But if you pre-order our book, you get our board game that we specifically made for the pre-orders. It's fully playable. You learn about the history of Formula 1 You learn about all the money that goes into this world. It's called Moneyland. This is a prototype. This is what it's actually going to look like. It's going to look so sexy. But that's enough. Please pre-order the book. Link is in the description.

Anyway, also subscribe wherever you are. And we're doing a deal. If you join the Patreon and you join as a daddy, you get the book signed by yours truly. You will get a signed book from us if you join as a daddy. So link is in the description for pre-ordering the book and also for our daddies.

Do it now. Also, while we are devastated that we cannot be in Austin for the race, we are going to try to make it up to you. We are doing a live stream Sunday of the race exclusively for our Patreon members. So if you join the Patreon at any tier, you will get a link and you can watch the race alongside your favorite two Vankas. If we can't be with you there, literally, we can be with you there virtually. So join the Patreon right now. The link is in the description and watch the live stream. And then if you become a daddy, you get a free signed book as part of your subscription. So go ahead and do that.

Matt Elisofon (4:24)

I need to just correct the record. We're not live streaming the race. That is illegal. We are doing a watch along.

Brian Muller (4:30)

Yeah, yeah, sorry. We're not live streaming the race. We are going to be live watching the race alongside you.

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