Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories
122 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago -Bring Back V10s celebrates a classic era when Formula 1 was loud on the track and off it. Join host Glenn Freeman and a range of guests as they take a deep-dive into a golden age of F1 from 1989 to 2005, when superstars like Schumacher, Senna, Mansell and Prost were thrilling fans and rising talents like Alonso, Button and Raikkonen were establishing themselves as modern greats. Go back in time as we recall information you might have forgotten and unearth previously unknown details about some fascinating tales from F1's history.
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UNLOCKED: Listen to our members-only episode on Australia 1997
April 24, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutesAs we're between series on Bring Back V10s at the moment, we thought we'd share a little gift with those of you who aren't part of The Race Members' Club: The first episode of our special members-only series looking back at the 1997 F1 season one race at a time! Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson to discuss the key moments from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, where David Coulthard ended McLaren's mid-1990s winless streak, with a slight assist from an ...
Digging into motor racing history with the hosts of our new podcast
April 08, 2024 10:41 - 40 minutesAs a listener to Bring Back V10s, we know you enjoy your F1 history, so we thought you'd like to hear about The Race's new podcast, which delves into other areas of motor racing history. On this very special crossover episode of Bring Back V10s, Glenn Freeman chats to Matt Bishop and Richard Williams - the hosts of And Colossally That's History! - about their new podcast and what listeners can expect. Glenn then introduces a section of the first episode, which is about Brawn GP and some of th...
PREVIEW: Members' Q&A on the end of V10s, Mansell/Williams and A LOT of Prost!
March 21, 2024 00:00 - 15 minutesAnother series of Bring Back V10s is over, but all that means is it’s time for us to get stuck in with lots of exclusive episodes for The Race Members’ Club! We’re kicking things off with the first of THREE members-only ask us anything shows, and for this one Glenn Freeman is joined by Mark Hughes and Andrew Van de Burgt. They discuss F1’s decision to get rid of V10s, what would have happened if Nigel Mansell had stayed with Williams instead of going to Ferrari for two years, and a surprising...
S9 E10: Your V10 F1 questions answered!
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourWe're finishing series 9 of Bring Back V10s with a brilliant selection of questions from our audience, with Mark Hughes, Edd Straw and Andrew van de Burgt on hand to help Glenn Freeman cover a wide range of topics. So get ready to hear about the best looking grid of F1 cars in the V10 era, how fast current F1 cars could go on proper 'tyre war' slicks, Jordan helping to rebrand DHL, an Onyx-Ferrari tie-up, the best moments of V10 commentary, plus some of our customary what ifs, like Alain Pros...
S9 E9: Top 10 Williams drivers of the V10 era
February 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hourThe best Williams drivers of F1’s V10 era are the subject of our latest top 10 debate. Edd Straw, Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to discover how their individual top 10s combined, and then argue over the results! Find out if Glenn and Ben let loyalty towards their childhood heroes influence their rankings, if Matt manages to sabotage Nigel Mansell, Edd’s surprising stance on Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and the never-ending Montoya v Ralf Schumacher debate. GET IN TOUCH: Use the hash...
S9 E8: Portugal '96 - Villeneuve stuns Schumacher
February 22, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourThe 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix is famous for one thing: Jacques Villeneuve's thrilling around-the-outside pass on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari at the fearsome final corner, which set him up for a charge to victory that kept that year's title battle alive all the way to the final race in Japan. Matt Beer and Ben Anderson join a giddy Glenn Freeman to revisit one of Villeneuve's greatest days in F1, also looking at how Schumacher really reacted to the move in private. We also discuss Damon Hill...
S9 E7: Canada 2014 - Ricciardo's crazy first win
February 15, 2024 08:30 - 1 hourBring Back V10s has gone hybrid! 10 years on from the introduction of the modern-day F1 engines that don't make enough noise and are missing four cylinders, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson revisit the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix - a race famous for Daniel Ricciardo taking his maiden F1 win for Red Bull, and Mercedes suffering its first hybrid-era defeat. We look back at the early shots in the Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg war, Ferrari's nightmare start to the era, how the tension between...
S9 E6: Ferrari's 1992 F1 nightmare
February 08, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourFerrari produced one of its worst F1 cars in 1992, and predictably endured a miserable season as a result. David Tremayne joins Glenn Freeman and Andrew van de Burgt to look back at the attractive Ferrari F92A, famed for its radical 'twin floor', to explore why the year went so badly for the Prancing Horse. We also look at the upheaval that was going on behind the scenes at Ferrari, including the returns of Luca di Montezemolo, Niki Lauda and John Barnard, and pinpoint how this dreadful seaso...
S9 E5: Nurburgring 2001 - Schumacher vs Schumacher
February 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourThe Schumacher brothers were at the top of the F1 mountain in the summer of 2001, and they arrived on home soil at the Nurburgring with Michael comfortably leading the championship, and Ralf having just taken the second win of his career and signing a big new contract with Williams. The scene was set for another Schumacher vs Schumacher contest when they shared the front row at the Nurburgring, but Ralf's day unravelled - first with a typical startline 'chop' from his brother, and then when R...
S9 E4: Spa 1994 - Schumacher's 'plank' exclusion
January 25, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourThe 1994 Belgian Grand Prix will forever be remembered as the race where Michael Schumacher was excluded for the plank under his Benetton being too worn down. But it was also the weekend when Rubens Barrichello claimed a shock first pole for Jordan, and the iconic Eau Rouge sequence was sanitised by the addition of a slow-speed chicane. Gary Anderson - the main responsible for Barrichello's slick-tyre gamble in qualifying - and Sam Smith join Glenn Freeman to revisit a time in F1 when Renault...
S9 E3: Zanardi's 1999 F1 nightmare
January 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourAlex Zanardi returned to F1 in 1999 with Williams as red-hot property after a sensational stint racing in America, but things went badly wrong, leading the team to cut ties with him after just one dismal season. Ex-Williams insider Jim Wright joins Glenn Freeman and self-confessed Zanardi superfan Matt Beer to look back on what went wrong that season, and assess if there was anything Williams or Zanardi could have done differently to enjoy more success together. GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag ...
S9 E2: Monaco 2003 - Montoya breaks Williams's losing streak
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourJuan Pablo Montoya ended a 20-year wait for Williams to win another Monaco Grand Prix in 2003, clinging on with an ailing BMW engine to fend off Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher. Ben Anderson and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to look back at a busy F1 weekend in the principality, where F1's manufacturers did battle with the FIA, Ferrari got caught out by F1's new qualifying rules, hype was building around McLaren's radical MP4-18, Jaguar had grand plans for the years to come, Cristia...
S9 E1: The crazy fallout from Suzuka '89
January 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourBring Back V10s is back for a new series! Longtime F1 journalist and radio commentator Maurice Hamilton joins Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw to revisit the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, a much-requested race where Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna had the first of their infamous collisions. And as we discover, what went on in the weeks following the race was even more ludicrous than the sight of the two McLarens stranded at the chicane after F1's highest-profile slow-speed accident. GET IN TOUCH: Use the...
Bring Back V10s Christmas Quiz - Test your F1 knowledge!
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourIt’s nearly Christmas, so what better way to kick-start the festive season than by getting highly competitive and worked up over meaningless trivia? Yes, for all you loyal Bring Back V10s listeners, we thought you deserved a Christmas bonus, so host Glenn Freeman decamped to London with four of our favourite guests - Edd Straw, Matt Beer, Andrew van de Burgt and Ben Anderson - for a very special episode: The first ever Bring Back V10s Christmas Quiz! Play along with the teams and let us know...
There's an Andrea Moda F1 documentary! - Race Members' Club Preview
November 16, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutesEnjoy a preview of a special members' episode of Bring Back V10s, which goes deep on a subject very close to our hearts... While the F1 world has got excited about the glitzy, Keanu Reeves-led Brawn GP story on Disney+, out of the limelight another short-lived, iconic F1 team has been the subject of a new documentary: none other than the infamous no-hoper Andrea Moda squad. Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw get together - having paid out of their own pockets to watch the 3-part series on Vimeo - to...
Listener questions special - Race Members' Club Preview
October 04, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutesEnjoy a preview of the longest-ever episode of Bring Back V10s, made exclusively for The Race Members' Club. Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson tackle a host of your V10 questions, with a little bit of help from Mark Hughes too. To listen to the episode in full, along with every other members-only podcast to date, go to the-race.com/membersclub and sign up for access to the exclusive members' podcast feed. Membership costs just £2.99 per month or £24.99 per year (31% discount).
S8 E10: Top 10 title deciders of the V10 era
September 06, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourFor the final episode of series eight we're debating the top 10 title-deciding races of the V10 era. The format is simple: we've taken every race from 1989-2005 where the title was sealed, regardless of if it was a true final-round decider, and then Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson have each come up with a top 10 ranking. Those individual top 10s have then been combined to create an overall result. So listen in to see what we came up with! GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag #Br...
S8 E9: The worst livery of the BBV10s era + other questions answered
August 30, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourIt's time for our regular 'Ask us anything' episode in series 8, with Edd Straw, Gary Anderson and Andrew van de Burgt joining Glenn Freeman to tackle a range of questions from the Bring Back V10s audience! Get ready to hear their thoughts a huge range of topics, including the idea of the Schumacher brothers as team-mates, how a Ford-powered McLaren could have done in 1994, manufacturers we'd have liked to see join during the V10 era, plenty of backmarker questions for Edd and a debate about ...
S8 E8: 1998 Belgian GP - Carnage, confrontations and a first Jordan win
August 23, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourITV F1's pit lane reporter Louise Goodman joins Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson to discuss one of the most chaotic races in the V10 era: The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. From the monstrous first lap pile-up and subsequent re-start to Michael Schumacher's infamous clash with David Coulthard and Jordan's first ever victory with Damon Hill, this was a race that had it all! GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag #BringBackV10s on Twitter or email [email protected] Join the Bring B...
S8 E7: Mansell's stunning 1993 IndyCar season
August 16, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourNigel Mansell pulled off something that will surely never be seen again when he went to IndyCar as the reigning F1 world champion in 1993, and won the American series' title at the first attempt. Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to revisit Mansell's incredible first season in CART in great detail, all the way from his stunning debut victory in Australia, to coming back from a horrific crash at Phoenix and nearly winning the Indy 500 on his first oval start. With additional insi...
S8 E6: 1989 Hungarian GP - Mansell's masterclass
August 09, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourNigel Mansell took a stunning victory from 12th on the grid at the Hungaroring of all places, where overtaking was thought to be almost impossible. And he capped it off with one of F1's all-time great passes, ambusing Ayrton Senna as the McLaren was baulked behind the ailing Onyx of Stefan Johansson. Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt join Glenn Freeman to revisit Mansell's brilliant drive, the rumours that Alain Prost was going to be signed as his team-mate (and how Nigel felt about that), pl...
S8 E5: 1995 Australian GP - Hill wins by two laps
August 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourThe 1995 Australian GP was a chaotic race that brought the curtain down on the first part of the Bring Back V10s era in many ways. It was F1's final visit to Adelaide, the last time we saw a V12 Ferrari, the final race before the distinctive high cockpit sides were introduced, and the last race that was started with green lights! Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to discuss how Damon Hill came through a crazy, attritional race to win by two laps from a smoking Olivier Panis, while...
S8 E4: 2010 Korean GP - Webber's title hopes left in the mud
July 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourBring Back V10s makes its regular detour into the V8 era to revisit the 2010 Korean Grand Prix - a day when Red Bull's title hopes with both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel seemed to disappear. Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to look back on a race where Webber crashed out and Vettel's engine blew, allowing Fernando Alonso to claim victory and the championship lead. Karun also recalls becoming the first driver to take an F1 car out onto the circuit - while it was still being ...
S8 E3: 2000 Australian GP - The Ferrari era begins
July 20, 2023 08:21 - 1 hourThe 2000 Australian Grand Prix marked the start of Ferrari's dominance of the early years of the 21st century, although it took an assist from an unreliable McLaren team for Michael Schumacher to score his first win in an F1 season-opener since 1995. Matt Beer and Mark Hughes join Glenn Freeman to revisit how Schumacher got off to the perfect start, Jenson Button's rollercoaster F1 debut after much debate before the season, a bizarre spat between Eddie Irvine and McLaren, and the beginning of...
S8 E2: 1991 US Grand Prix - Jordan's F1 debut
July 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourWe're taking a trip back to the streets of Phoenix for the 1991 US GP, the last race that would be held in the States until 2000. Sam Smith and Gary Anderson join Glenn Freeman to reflect on a comfortable start to Ayrton Senna's final championship-winning year, and Gary shares plenty of stories about the build up to Jordan's first F1 race weekend with the stunning 191... GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag #BringBackV10s on Twitter or email [email protected] Join the Bring Back V10s Twitte...
S8 E1: Red Bull's first season in F1
July 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourFor episode one of series eight, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson revisit Red Bull Racing's first season in F1, all the way from taking over Jaguar with a 31-year-old Christian Horner as team boss, to getting both cars in the points on debut, Red Bull buying Minardi later in the year, and the most important moment in Red Bull's F1 history: how it pulled off the signing of Adrian Newey at the end of the season. GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag #BringBackV10s on Twitter or email bringback...
Ask Us Anything charity special with Blood Cancer UK
April 24, 2023 16:08 - 1 hourBring Back V10s is back with a one-off charity special supporting Blood Cancer UK - and for one episode only, no era of F1 is off limits! We were overwhelmed by how many of you made a donation and submitted a question for our panel to answer via our Just Giving page, helping us raise over £10,000 for such a worthy cause. So join host Glenn Freeman and panellists Edd Straw, Mark Hughes and Matt Beer as they tackle questions on subjects as varied as conspiracy theories around Hamilton and Ros...
Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered!
March 23, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourFor the final episode of the series we're once again answering your questions about the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw, Gary Anderson and Matt Beer to tackle subjects including Rubens Barrichello’s shock front row start at Brazil 1996, Dome’s ‘lost’ F1 car, how Bruno Junquiera would have fared if he’d won his Williams shoot-out with Jenson Button, whether Senna would have succeeded at Ferrari instead of Schumacher, and many more! If you’d like to submit a question for our ...
S7 E12: Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered!
March 23, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourFor the final episode of the series we're once again answering your questions about the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw, Gary Anderson and Matt Beer to tackle subjects including Rubens Barrichello’s shock front row start at Brazil 1996, Dome’s ‘lost’ F1 car, how Bruno Junquiera would have fared if he’d won his Williams shoot-out with Jenson Button, whether Senna would have succeeded at Ferrari instead of Schumacher, and many more! If you’d like to submit a question for our ...
Top 10 team-mate pairings of F1's V10 era
March 16, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourOur latest Bring Back V10s Top 10 debate focuses on the best team-mate pairings of the era. Edd Straw, Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to argue over what makes a great team-mate partnership - with a surprising amount of love for Gerhard Berger! How did we do it? We took every constructors' championship winning set of team-mates from 1989-2005, added in some wildcards, then from that shortlist each of us made our own top 10 ranking. Those were then combined using F1's curren...
S7 E11: Top 10 team-mate pairings of F1's V10 era
March 16, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourOur latest Bring Back V10s Top 10 debate focuses on the best team-mate pairings of the era. Edd Straw, Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to argue over what makes a great team-mate partnership - with a surprising amount of love for Gerhard Berger! How did we do it? We took every constructors' championship winning set of team-mates from 1989-2005, added in some wildcards, then from that shortlist each of us made our own top 10 ranking. Those were then combined using F1's curren...
S7 E10: Australia 2002 - Start chaos and Webber's Minardi heroics
March 09, 2023 09:16 - 1 hourThe 2002 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne proved a race of dramatically contrasting fortunes for the Schumacher brothers, with Ralf suffering a spectacular first lap retirement and Michael proving a year-old car was no barrier to success. Edd Straw and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to pick over the details of a classic race, which featured one of the most iconic first-lap crashes in F1, a somewhat unexpected victory for Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher, and home hero Mark Webber’s unforg...
S7 E9: Imola 1997 - Frentzen's only Williams win
March 02, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourHeinz-Harald Frentzen was signed to be Williams's next superstar, but after being brought in to replace world champion Damon Hill, he only took one victory and was firmly put in the shade by team-mate Jacques Villeneuve. Edd Straw and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to revisit that single win, which came at the 1997 San Marino Grand Prix. As well as discussing Frentzen's failure at Williams at great length, we also dig into the other big stories in F1 at the time, including Villeneuve's out...
S7 E8: Spa 2009 - Raikkonen denies Fisichella and Force India
February 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourForce India went from a team that hadn't scored a point to claiming a pole position and a podium finish in one incredible weekend at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix. But should it have been a win? Edd Straw and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to look at Giancarlo Fisichella's incredible weekend, and how Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari denied a fairytale result. There's also talk of Jenson Button's mid-season wobble in his title-winning season, his Brawn GP team secretly doing its deal to be taken o...
S7 E7: France 2004 - Schumacher's four-stop masterclass
February 16, 2023 09:45 - 1 hourThe 2004 French Grand Prix was famously won by Michael Schumacher switching to a four-stop strategy to outfox Fernando Alonso and Renault on a day where Ferrari faced a bigger threat than usual in one of its most dominant seasons. Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell join host Glenn Freeman to look back at how Ferrari pulled the unique strategy off, and why Renault could do nothing about it. They also look back at everything else going on in F1 around the time of the race, including the debut for M...
S7 E6: 1999 Malaysian GP - Schumacher's incredible comeback
February 09, 2023 07:39 - 1 hourF1's first race at Malaysia's Sepang circuit was hugely memorable, not only for Michael Schumacher's return after breaking his leg earlier in the year and how he dominated the weekend before handing the win to Eddie Irvine, but also for the post-race controversy that resulted in both Ferraris being excluded - only to be reinstated six days later after winning an FIA appeal. Gary Anderson and Karun Chandhok join host Glenn Freeman to look back on everything that happened around the first Malay...
S7 E5: Jean Alesi's explosive 1990 season
February 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourJean Alesi announced himself as an F1 star in the making at the first race of 1990 in Phoenix, where he led the first half of the race, then cheekily stole the lead back from Ayrton Senna after the McLaren driver passed him mid-race. It set the scene for an eventful year for Alesi on and off track, as he performed underdog heroics with Tyrrell, and ended up signing contracts with both Williams and Ferrari for 1991. Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt join host Glenn Freeman to assess how good A...
S7 E4: 2006 Hungarian GP - Button's first F1 win
January 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourBring Back V10s ventures into the first year of F1's V8 era to look back at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, where Jenson Button finally claimed the first win of his F1 career. Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell-Malm join host Glenn Freeman to discuss a crazy wet-dry race in great detail, looking at how Button and Honda triumphed, the brilliance of Fernando Alonso before he was forced into retirement, and a day to forget for Michael Schumacher. They also revisit the major news topics from the summer ...
S7 E3: Donington 1993 - Senna and beyond
January 19, 2023 09:59 - 1 hourThe 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington is one of Ayrton Senna's most iconic victories, and of course one of the most famous opening laps by any driver in F1 history. Mark Hughes and Gary Anderson - who were both at Donington that weekend - join host Glenn Freeman to revisit Senna's majestical performance, as well as everything else that happened in that race and what else was going on in F1 at the time - including Peugeot abandoning plans to enter a team in F1, the FIA's first steps toward...
S7 E2: Indianapolis 2001 - Hakkinen's final win
January 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourMika Hakkinen's final F1 victory came in his penultimate race at the 2001 United States Grand Prix, before he headed off into a "sabbatical" that in his mind was always going to be retirement. Mark Hughes - who was covering the race at Indianapolis - and Edd Straw join host Glenn Freeman to revisit F1 arriving on US soil just weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. We also discuss the rumours about Michael Schumacher wanting to skip the race, Jean Alesi reaching 200 F1 starts, BAR an...
Coming soon: The Race Formula E Podcast returns with a new host!
January 11, 2023 15:20 - 2 minutesThe new Formula 1 campaign may still be a while away, but international motor racing returns with a bang this weekend with the start of the 2023 Formula E championship. Season 9 brings with it many things: A new generation of car, new tracks, new driver line-ups - and a new host for The Race Formula E Podcast! Hit like, follow or subscribe in your podcast player of choice to join The Race Formula E Podcast for an electric season of racing.
S7 E1: Hill dropped by Williams
January 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourKarun Chandhok and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to revisit the summer of 1996, when Williams decided to drop championship leader Damon Hill for 1997 in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. We look at what was going on behind the scenes at Williams, and put to the test some of the theories Hill has expressed over the years for why the team that gave him his big break in F1 decided it didn't want to carry on with him any longer. GET IN TOUCH: Use the hashtag #BringBackV10s on Twitter or email bring...
S6 E12: The top 10 cars of the Bring Back V10s era
September 29, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourWe're finishing the series with something new: a top 10 debate! Our first topic is about the best cars of the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman and guests Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson all ranked every drivers' championship-winning car in F1 from 1989-2005, and our four lists were combined to create an overall ranking, which leaves plenty of room for arguments to break out - usually over the quality of a car's opposition or the standard of the drivers they took to championship success. GET ...
S6 E11: Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered!
September 22, 2022 07:27 - 1 hourFor the penultimate episode of the series we're taking your questions about the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman is joined by an expanded line-up, as Mark Hughes, Gary Anderson and Karun Chandhok all join the show to tackle subjects including Giancarlo Fisichella vs Fernando Alonso, Ralf Schumacher's true level, if Ford's F1 effort was worse than Toyota's, why Yamaha even bothered doing F1, the best engine of the V10 era, and how F1's modern greats would have performed if they had been around from...
S6 E10: Germany 2000 - Barrichello's gamble pays off
September 15, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourRubens Barrichello claimed an emotional first F1 victory with an inspired decision to stay out on slick tyres as rain fell in the closing stages of the 2000 German Grand Prix. Edd Straw and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to look back at how Barrichello upset the odds to win from 18th on the grid, in a race famous for the track invader who was protesting his dismissal after 20 years of working for Mercedes-Benz. Also discussed are rising tensions between McLaren and Ferrari, Michael Sch...
S6 E9: Canada 1995 - Alesi's only F1 win
September 08, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourJean Alesi claimed his first - and only - F1 win on an emotional day at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, driving a Ferrari with the number 27 made famous by Gilles Villeneuve, on the circuit named after the great Canadian. Sam Smith and self-confessed Alesi fanatic Jonathan Reynolds join host Glenn Freeman to revisit that June weekend in 1995, including Alesi's ongoing spat with Martin Brundle, McLaren coming to terms with Nigel Mansell's departure and getting rid of its car's ugly mid-wing, the...
S6 E8: San Marino GP 1999 - Hakkinen's Imola blunder
September 01, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourMika Hakkinen made the first of two high-profile errors in Italy in 1999 at that year's San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, when he crashed out of a comfortable lead exiting the final corner early in the race. To make matters worse for McLaren, Michael Schumacher then went on to defeat the second McLaren of David Coulthard, who fumed about his treatment by backmarkers. Matt Beer and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to revisit everything that was going on in F1 in early 1999, including Honda's...
S6 E7: Maldonado's 2012 Spanish GP win
August 25, 2022 08:22 - 1 hourBring Back V10s heads into the V8 era to revisit the most recent win for Williams, taken in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix when the unforgettable Pastor Maldonado defeated home hero Fernando Alonso for victory. Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok join host Glenn Freeman to look back on a race that came during the eventful start to the 2012 season, which would eventually result in seven different drivers winning the first seven races. We look at why Williams was so quick that weekend and why it failed...
S6 E6: When Jaguar tried to snatch Newey from McLaren
August 18, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourJaguar appeared to have struck gold in the summer of 2001 when it announced it had snapped up design genius Adrian Newey from McLaren. But just 13 days later, its hopes of getting one of F1's greatest ever technical minds were over. Edd Straw and former Jaguar Racing website Editor Andrew Van de Burgt revisit an incredible fortnight in the F1 news cycle, and we also hear briefly from Newey, plus insight from Bobby Rahal - the man who orchestrated what would have been one of the greatest surp...
S6 E5: Monaco 1992 - Senna vs Mansell
August 11, 2022 03:00 - 1 hourNigel Mansell's unbeaten start to the 1992 F1 season came to an end in dramatic fashion as he narrowly lost out to Ayrton Senna on the streets of Monte Carlo. Mark Hughes and Sam Smith join host Glenn Freeman to look back at a memorable weekend in Monaco, and all the other major topics in F1 at that time. As well as Mansell's heartbreak, we delve into the claims that he and Williams were too dominant early in 1992, and hear what Nigel thinks of those suggestions even today in an exclusive int...