TENNIS AND FORMULA 1

Rally Lap

Tennis counts 15, 30, 40, and almost half the teams on the F1 grid buy their engines from a rival.

A podcast about how the business of both sports works, and the language fans, players and pundits use to describe it.

Weekly video podcast. First episodes coming soon.

Format: A weekly video podcast with two hosts, built around race and tournament weekends.
Subject: The money in a tennis tour and an F1 team, from prize money and sponsors to engine deals.
Timing: Rwanda signed a 10-year deal with Formula 1 in October 2026 and plans its first race for the early 2030s: Africa’s first Grand Prix since 1993.

Six terms you’ll hear on Rally Lap.

Undercut: Pitting before the car ahead, so you gain time on fresh tyres over the next few laps.
Dirty air: The turbulent air behind a car. A driver following close behind loses grip in it.
Box, box: The radio call a team uses to bring its driver into the pits this lap.
Love: Zero, in tennis scoring.
Break point: If the player receiving serve wins this point, they win the game.
Let: A serve that clips the net and lands in. The server takes it again.