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Join Greg James, sports presenter Betty Glover, F1 broadcaster – and lifelong fanatic – Christian Hewgill and a rolling cast of drivers and characters from across the grid to take you inside the fascinating world of Formula 1.
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Betty and Christian arrive home from respective stag and hen dos to try and make sense of the Imola Grand Prix, and Christian introduces a new game he picked up in Albania.
Perhaps it's the hangovers talking, but it feels like there's plenty to get excited about as we head into the next stage of the 2024 season.
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We welcome beauty empire founder Charlotte Tilbury (MBE!) to talk about her groundbreaking partnership with F1 Academy, “breaking down the barriers” for women in motorsport and what a paddock-inspired fragrance would smell like.
Betty, Greg and Christian also discuss Alex Albon's new deal at Williams and what it means to the 2025 driver market before looking ahead to the Imola Grand Prix.
Plus, we announce some of our Silverstone coverage and explain how we need your help with some of the plans...
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We welcome F1 race strategist Ruth Buscombe to the studio for a chat about her fascinating career up and down the grid, race wins (and incredible airport security drama) with Sebastian Vettel, why she used to dream about George Russell and how Formula One needs input from everybody rather than “just a slither of society” to help it improve.
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When *F1 race winner* and friend of the show Lando Norris wanted a catch up about his incredible weekend in Miami we couldn't leave him hanging.
Betty Glover finds out all about the celebrations, delivering an incredible promise to his grandma and where things can go next for him and McLaren.
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1Join Greg, Betty and Christian as we take you inside Miami's Hard Rock Stadium for a full debrief of Lando Norris' first win in Formula One.
Which team bosses were celebrating with McLaren? Is the tide turning on Red Bull? How did we end up chatting to Ed Sheeran? Find out the answers to those questions and so many more in a whirlwind look back at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
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We're coming direct from Miami with a ridiculous driver line-up to look ahead to the first US race weekend of the season.
World Champion Max Verstappen joins us just days after it was confirmed Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey would be leaving the the team, home driver Logan Sargeant fills us in on his prep for his busiest Grand Prix of the season and F1 Academy driver chats to Betty and Christian about striking a balance of "friendly competitiveness" with her team-mates.
All that and so much more in this bumper Miami Grand Prix weekend preview.
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Betty and Christian are joined by the man behind Alex Albon's incredible panda helmet to hear about how is came to life and the inspirational story of how the designer ended up making F1 helmets for a living.
Plus we get an update on Christian's dinky driver, get into a discussion about sprint races and answer a listener question about how point-scoring could change in F1.
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Greg, Christian and Betty scramble from London and Italy to discuss reports that Red Bull’s Chief technical officer Adrian Newey is leaving the team and where "the Lewis Hamilton of F1 design" could be heading next.
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Christian is joined by reserve driver F1TV's Laura Winter to go through all the big talking points from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix.
As Max Verstappen and Red Bull continue to operate at "a higher level", they discuss the chances for drivers like Lando Norris to pick up points or even wins as the year goes on.
There's also time to reflect on an amazing homecoming weekend for Zhou Guanyu, answer some listener questions and give Laura a go at identifying Christian's illusive dinky driver.
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Christian and Betty preview the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix with a look at how the F1 has changed since the last race there in 2019, and what Zhou Guanyu will be looking to take away from his home race.
They also discuss what Fernando Alosno's new contract at Aston Martin means for the 2025 driver line-up and get into some listener questions and feedback including a message from the mum of an F1 driver!
Plus, listener Lydia steps up to take a guess at who the 'Dinky Driver' is sat behind Christian.
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One of our favourite co-hosts Oscar Piastri returns for a catch-up about his season so far, McLaren's chances at the Chinese Grand prix and why he thinks turning 23 feels "old".
We also hear from Olivia - a listener with an INCREDIBLE Michael Schumacher story - and Christian launches a new feature by doing an interview with himself. Yes, himself. Good luck everyone.
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Betty and Christian look through all the big talking points of the Japanese Grand Prix as Ferrari continue to assert themselves as the second fastest team on the grid with Carlos Sainz continuing his incredible run of form.
But where will this streak leave him at the end of the season and how much pressure does it put on an incoming Lewis Hamilton to hit the ground running in 2025?
They also discuss what Yuki Tsunoda's impressive start to the season could mean for RB's line-up and look at a "brutal" listener question about Logan Sargeant's place at Williams.
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This one doesn't need much of a description; four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is this week's guest.
He joins Betty, Christian and Greg to discuss his career, potential future in the sport and how he still uses F1 tactics in the supermarket.
There's also time for a preview of the Japanese Grand Prix and a very exciting Chloe Grant update.
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Greg and Christian are joined by former Aston Martin strategist and current Sky F1 pundit Bernie Collins to hear about her fascinating career in the paddock.
Along the way they discuss her work with some of the best drivers in history, winning a grand prix with Sergio Perez and if anyone should believe rumours about Sebastian Vettel's return to F1.
They also talk about the inspiration behind Bernie's book, How to Win a Grand Prix: From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track, and what fans could learn from it.
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Greg, Betty and Christian go through all the action from the Australian Grand Prix including Max's DNF, Ferrari's dream race and insight from our resident F1 psychologist Mica on how Daniel Ricciardo and Logan Sergeant can bounce back from tricky weekends.
Greg also goes on a pretty hefty rant about stewards and Betty gets a time penalty from the podcast after spoiler-gate rips through the team WhatsApp group.
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Betty and Christian chat to the executive producer of Drive To Survive to find out how the wildly successful Netflix show got started, and what the team capture the biggest moments in the sport.
Along the way they ask some of your questions about how much access the film crew has and if the teams have any say in what ends up on the show.
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Betty and Christian take stock of the 2024 Formula One season so far with the help of F1 TV's Laura Winter.
From Ollie Bearman's incredible F1 debut in Saudi Arabia, to the ongoing situation off-track at Red Bull they're also joined on the sofa by listener Ellie Kime cover every aspect of the sport.
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PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded before the woman who accused team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour was suspended by Red Bull.
As the 2024 F1 Academy season gets started, we're joined by Chloe Grant for a preview of the second year of the series and a big announcement about her future! Christian and Betty also chat to Red Bull development drivers Hamda Al Qubaisi and Emely de Heus to get a sense of how things are shaping up ahead of their first race in Jeddah.
With F1 Academy's opening race week coinciding with International Women's Day, we also discuss female representation in motorsport with Chloe and Sophie Ogg, F1 Communications Director at McLaren, to hear how things have changed in the paddock during her career.
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Christian and Greg go through the talking points on and off the track as Max Verstappen cruises to victory in the first race of the 2024 Formula One season in Bahrain.
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You ask and we deliver... After a long and virtually news-free winter break, Formula One is back! Join us in our brand new studio to look ahead to race week one in Bahrain, skim through some of feedback we've had during pre-season, answer some listener questions AND chat to one of the most requested guests we've ever had.
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congratulations guys, amazing achievement, love the podcast, you guys are sooo good together.