F1 General | Joe Unplugged | 177 | Making Sense of F1 History: How Do We Define the Eras?

2 Guys, A Girl, and F1 Podcast · May 20, 2026 · 48m

Listener Heath asks: how do you define different F1 eras, and what are the markers that separate one from another? It's a question that sounds straightforward until you realize there's no official answer — and that the FIA has never even defined what counts as a Formula 1 driver.

In this episode, Dick and Sabrina explore F1 history and how we make sense of it with Joe Saward, a trained historian who has covered the sport since 1988 and has met drivers from nearly every era it has produced. Joe's argument: eras are journalistic constructs, not official designations, and the blurry edges…