Jonathan Simon brings on Paul Smith to recap Jonathan’s ‘fan experience’ at the 2019 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, discussing topics such as merchandise costs, walking the track for Friday practice, what the liveries look like in person, ranting on track commentary, general admission fan spots, and video screens, track evolution during qualifying, Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton, and the start of the race, Mercedes’ Hamilton strategy, the reintroduction of points for fastest lap, Haas F1’s bittersweet event, Renault, McLaren and Lando Norris’ terrific debut grand prix, Lance Stroll’s points finish, the high grass length where Ricciardo’s incident took place, and meeting drivers, team members, journalists and more while leaving the track (including a lengthy conversation with David Croft).