The Pad-Hoc
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The Pad-Hoc
Journalists (loose term) and broadcasters (very loose term) Lawrence Barretto, Chris Medland and Nate Saunders tell stories about what it’s like chasing F1 from country to country - even in 2020
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What an episode without Nate sounds like
Someone's missing, but that isn't going to stop Lawrence and Chris from catching up on how it's impossible to do your job if you can't speak, and how...
Two Gladiators, but who's the Emperor?
A brief recollection of Nate annoying a large number of people on Twitter / X, and then some views on F1's new season launch event. Lawrence is being...
We’re talking about the DNA of The Pad-Hoc now
Nothing massive to discuss - because news is coming later in the week - so we decided to just have a completely mundane catch-up. Chris reminds Nate a...
No jokes, just Danny Ric
OK, there are some jokes, but this is dangerously close to being a serious episode. Lawrence, Nate and Chris discuss the handling of Daniel Ricciardo'...
What an MTC celebration looks like
Lawrence has been at McLaren all morning but it doesn't help his mood with Nate's joke, while Chris explains how unpredictable the Carlos Sainz to Wil...
Hans Zimmer doesn't have a spare shirt
After five races, we're back. And Lawrence is the one with most of the good stories, although we have plenty to catch up on in the coming weeks. Find...
An actual debate about Monaco
In a strange turn of events, there's an actual variety of opinions on Monaco for a spell, some very privileged stories and another chance for Nate to...
Love me tender
Laurence, Nate and Chris find themselves on a tender in the Monaco harbour at the end of the grand prix weekend and spot a little window for the short...
When Ed Sheeran met Nate in Miami
Miami was a fun race anyway but Nate had the weekend of his life when some guy called Ed Sheeran invited him to watch an Ipswich Town football match w...
Who did the British Embassy call on in China?
Lawrence is back from China (as in, literally just back) and fighting the jet lag so is very giggly. Nate's worried F1 is dying, and Chris has the lat...
Big apologies from the Big Boss
So work got in the way, and then so did travel, and somehow we found ourselves episode-less when we all headed to Australia. But now we're back from J...
Lewis Hamilton + Ferrari = This episode
Lewis Hamilton will be a Ferrari driver in 2025. We don't usually do straight reaction episodes, but this was big enough that we found time to do that...
The RB stands for 'rubbish branding'
WARNING: This is a very moan-filled episode, but Visa Cash App RB just seems to set us off in that direction. Chris has a couple of zingers, Nate's jo...
Our 2023 F1 awards show
For the first time since we last did one, it's a season review where we hand out a few awards. Or we roughly discuss a few topics and don't actually a...
Nate dropped a clanger after his Vegas high
Finally getting round to chatting about Las Vegas adventures, which includes probably Nate's coolest story ever, but he has since ruined it all. Chris...
Are you Sad-Hoc or Glad-Hoc the season is over?
Vegas became impossible to record at and then Nate decided he'd rather be in Tampa than Abu Dhabi, but all three are finally able to go over the final...
Tweeting rumours and making humours
Lawrence is definitely here, and it's not just Chris talking about all the gifts he got from being in Mexico, or Nate taking absolute liberties with h...
An awesome night in Austin
We actually went and did a live episode in Austin and there were real people who came to listen. So get ready for a lot of shouting, a terrible joke,...
The Pad-Hoc is coming to Austin
Nate, Lawrence and Chris were finally all at a race together in Qatar, so naturally they only actually recorded once they had long since left. Chris f...
Jeopardy in Tokyo
Apologies in advance for the car crash that was caused by Chris having the wrong mic selected AND running out of laptop battery. Plus Lawrence was on...
Premonitions and poorly-ageing tweets
Chris appears to have jinxed Daniel Ricciardo at Zandvoort, and Nate's not happy about it. Lawrence is also predicting something pretty crazy ahead of...
’I’m at a Lossi for words’
Seeing as it's been so long, we figured all three together after Nate has overcome one of his biggest fears would be the best way to return with an ep...
Apparently we should stick some knives in the ground
You came here for Formula 1 chat and perhaps some insight into Daniel Ricciardo's return, but the big takeaway is a saying that only Lawrence knew. Na...
Barretto’s last episode?
There's a very nervy Lawrence on today's show, despite an impressive sporting achievement against an F1 driver and Chris's own pathetic stag do story....
A 10.2 joke live in Monaco
Lawrence makes an absolute mockery of the joke scoring system when confronted with an in-person episode in Monaco, that was recorded to the background...
What’s the plural of Pad-Hoc?
In the absence of Imola, we thought we'd do a show this Sunday in case you're that desperate for F1 content. Even though this is barely F1 content - t...
I’m not going to get in the bin because I’ll fall asleep in it
We wake up ESPN TV star Nate from a jet-lagged nap to record, and it shows. Lawrence was back first from Miami but loses it very early on, and Chris p...
We didn’t plan that, any of it
It's a sprint episode talking about the sprint shootout before Chris sprints to the airport, and he's just enjoying himself far too much today. Lawren...
The 100th anniversary of our second episode
Yeah we forgot to mention it for the last two attempts, but never mind. Lawrence is back, Nate's grudge against him is intensifying and Chris remember...
Who put a dog beach next to a nudist beach?
It's a short episode this week, but don't worry, normal service will be resumed next week. All will become clear (except none of it is clear at all)
Fernando’s going to get some bad juju
Only Chris went to Jeddah and doesn't have that much to say about it, but he fails to defend himself from accusations he loves Red Bull's dominance. N...
’Dolphins have got good PR’
Fresh from Bahrain, there's plenty of respect for Lance Stroll, a little less for the Mercedes u-turn, and none for dolphins from Nate. Toto Wolff mea...
Squash, Sainz, Sainz and Sargeant
Let's not beat around the bush, we all sound pretty bad for a variety of reasons. But we still managed to catch up on Lawrence's latest squash-playing...
From New York to New York
Lawrence is on his way back to New York, having been in New York last Friday with the other two. Nate only just made it in the first place after stack...
Back after a bigger gap than China left
Nate has been discovering pubs with Lawrence or discovering breweries with Chris, who is just happy F1 never suffers from frozen pitches. There's also...
The 2022 review ft. the future Poet Laureate
An episode full of highlights (when Chris can remember any), humblebrags, failures and even a poem. Miraculously, none of them include Lawrence's shoe...
Not Binotto, but Vasseur in a robe
Actual discussion about Binotto leaving follows a live review, and Nate pretty much fixes Ferrari's problem with a new team kit. Chris posed for a pho...
Steiner took a swing at me
Far too much serious chat in this episode, but Lawrence rode a bike with Felipe Massa, Chris VERY nearly got kicked by Guenther Steiner, and Nate isn'...
Sorry, Canada. Sorry.
Lawrence offends all of Canada when trying to be nice about James Hinchcliffe, Nate embraces his newfound superstardom and Chris is jet lagged so does...
Loud noises from an Austin bar
As if this podcast couldn't get any less professional, this week Lawrence, Nate and Chris are in a bar together on Rainey Street ahead of the USGP. Na...