Live: The Parade Lap Extravaganza

It's here, the end of the season, and the last Parade Lap of the year. Having taken a break for the last few race weekends, the Parade Lap is back to send off the F1 season in style.

It's here, the end of the season, and the last Parade Lap of the year. Having taken a break for the last few race weekends, the Parade Lap is back to send off the F1 season in style.

We've reached the final European race of the season, which means it's potentially the last Parade Lap of the year, barring one or two specials depending on how the championship pans out. That being the case, our host Alex has upped the ante and taken the Parade Lap into the garage.

I'm not sure there's any way we can follow the awesome qualifying yesterday, or really precede the potential race we have today. But that is what we are going to aim to do! The Parade Lap is here to brighten up your morning, and while away an hour until the race coverage begins.

The worst thing about the summer break is not the lack of racing, or the lack of news and driver interviews, is it? There has been something much more important missing from your lives - the Parade Lap! Well, now it's back in all it's mad-cap, crazy segmented glory.

It's been a crazy weekend so far, and if you're hoping for someone to make sense of it all, you've come to the wrong place. The Parade Lap is your one-stop way into the BBC coverage, who will then try and guide you through the racing action. We're here for the laughs.

All those rehearsals we've been doing should take effect now, in the first Parade Lap in our new setup. We're joined by Alex who will hopefully keep things running smoothly whilst we panic about everything we've broken in trying to make it better.

With an entire day wiped out of our podcasting schedule, we are marvellously behind which means Alex is even more in charge than he was before. Living up to his title as the host, naturally.

Why would you go all the way to Turkey and watch a race in the empty grandstands when you can stay at home and enjoy an hour of banter from the Sidepodcast Crew and Alex, an hour of build up by the BBC, and then coverage of the whole track?

The Parade Lap is back and this time we're celebrating everything cliché as we get you started on this Monaco Grand Prix morning. You may find the odd mention of F1 but with our guest host Alex from SofaF1 joining us, chances are it will be all about the music and the giggles.

Lo and behold, the long-awaited return of the Parade Lap. It's fair to say that the future of this show has been, and still is, unknown, but for this week, it is back. We're bringing in guest host Alex from SofaF1 to help us along the way, and the usual mix of songs and chatter will lead us nicely into the BBC coverage.

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