It will be 1 August when I return to full-time duty as a Formula 1 journalist. That means I currently have plenty of time to listen to podcasts while hiking through the Austrian mountains. For example, the official preview by F1 Nation ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, featuring experts I consider among the very best in the business: James Hinchcliffe and Jolyon Palmer.
Palmer will probably still be familiar to many fans. He raced for Renault in F1 in 2016 and 2017, before being replaced by Carlos Sainz towards the end of his second season. Hinchcliffe, meanwhile, won six races during his IndyCar career, which lasted from 2011 to 2021.
