The Pit Straight: 10 F1 Records Max Verstappen Can’t Break … Probably
Ten wins in a row, most podiums in a season, youngest Grand Prix winner… is there anything this guy can’t do? As it turns out, yes.
Jack Swansey primarily covers open-wheel racing for Frontstretch and co-hosts The Pit Straight Podcast,but you can also catch him writing about NASCAR, sports cars, and anything else with four wheels and a motor. Originally from North Carolina and now residing in Los Angeles, he joined the site as Sunday news writer midway through 2022 and is an avid collector (some would say hoarder) of die-cast cars.
The Pit Straight: When It Rains, It Pours
A tricky dry-wet-dry-wet Dutch Grand Prix prompted questions about the state of F1 rain racing.
The Pit Straight: Has F1 Always Been This … Boring?
The 2023 season has done little to boost F1’s prestige on the basis of its racing product. Jack Swansey and Alex Gintz seek to understand why.
The Pit Straight: Finding the Greatest Racecar of All Time, Pt. 2
Jack Swansey and Fred Smith conclude their quest to identify history’s greatest racecar.
The Pit Straight: Finding the Greatest Racecar of All Time, Pt. 1
Jack Swansey is joined by Road and Track’s Fred Smith to debate history’s greatest racecars, the first in a two-part series.
The Pit Straight: Where Did Alpine F1 Go Wrong?
With a revolving door of management and drivers that can’t keep away from each other on track, how can F1’s Frenchest team emerge from the nosedive?
The Pit Straight: What Do We Want From Lewis Hamilton & Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie?
Adam Cheek joins the show to discuss the latest project of the seven-time World Champion and Academy Award winner (plus the man who directed Top Gun Maverick).
The Pit Straight: What’s Even the Point of AlphaTauri Anymore?
It’s the feeder (no, junior… or is it sister?) of the World Champions, but what is Red Bull getting out of the relationship?
The Pit Straight: Where Could Alex Albon Go From Here?
After a strong 2022 season and an even stronger opening to 2023, Is the Thai driver at the start of a career resurgence?
The Pit Straight: Does the Danger of Open-Wheel Racing Add to Its Mystique?
Danger is an inherent part of the sport of auto racing, even in the era of halos and HANS devices. But does it have to be? And what does it mean?