Gareth Jones On Speed
607 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsTHE podcast for petrol-heads, by Gareth Jones (of ITV1's Speed Sunday & How2, and A1GP pit lane reporter), his car-mad uber-geek mate Zog, Alex Goy (Road And Track, Carfection, GQ) and Aussie sports journalist Sarah Leach. On Speed covers everything on 4 wheels, from Audi to BMW; Ferrari to Williams; Renault to McLaren; Ford to Porsche; Alfa to Mercedes; VW to Jaguar; classic cars; concept cars; road cars; race cars. There's every kind of motorsport Formula One, WRC, Le Mans, F2, Indy Car, and drivers, from Damon Hill and Ayrton Senna to Schumacher, Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Max Verstappen. Where else can you find auto racing, motors, F1, rally, motor sport, road cars, comedy, news comment, Formula 1, songs and games all in the same place, served up with a wry grin?
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Gareth Jones On Speed #207 for 04 October 2013
October 04, 2013 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB#207 Exclusive interview with Wing Commander Andy Green. The history of the World Land Speed Record, the vehicles, technology, the men and the mindset that pushed the boundaries of speed, and how Bloodhound SSC will take this man over 1000mph on land.
Gareth Jones On Speed #207 for 04 Oct 2013
October 04, 2013 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB#207 Exclusive interview with Wing Commander Andy Green. The history of the World Land Speed Record, the vehicles, technology, the men and the mindset that pushed the boundaries of speed, and how Bloodhound SSC will take this man over 1000mph on land.
Gareth Jones On Speed #206 for 26 Sep 2013
September 26, 2013 19:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB#206 Webber punished for hitching a lift. Kimi on drugs in a car? Sniff Petrol on booing in F1 and Ross Brawn’s next challenge. Trouble brewing at Maranello for Alonso when Kimi Joins Ferrari? And the one-and-a-half interesting cars at Frankfurt.
Gareth Jones On Speed #206 for 26 September 2013
September 26, 2013 19:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB#206 Webber punished for hitching a lift. Kimi on drugs in a car? Sniff Petrol on booing in F1 and Ross Brawn’s next challenge. Trouble brewing at Maranello for Alonso when Kimi Joins Ferrari? And the one-and-a-half interesting cars at Frankfurt.
Gareth Jones On Speed #205 for 10 Sep 2013
September 10, 2013 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB#205 Salon Privé. We frankly ‘perve’ over the magnificent display of cars old and new at the most exclusive of British car shows. Gareth discusses sculpture, art and design with Zog, and sensuality and emotion with Icona Vulcano, designer Samuel Chuffart.
Gareth Jones On Speed #205 for 10 September 2013
September 10, 2013 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB#205 Salon Privé. We frankly ‘perve’ over the magnificent display of cars old and new at the most exclusive of British car shows. Gareth discusses sculpture, art and design with Zog, and sensuality and emotion with Icona Vulcano, designer Samuel Chuffart.
Gareth Jones On Speed #204 for 19 August 2013
August 19, 2013 17:32 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB#204 F1 On Holiday. Adrian Sutil’s working vacation; Claire Williams goes long-haul, Ferrari check-in, Caterham go camping and Ron Dennis makes a complaint while Red Bull book their trip. Plus new music as “The Human Mode” perform I Didn’t Tick That Box.
Gareth Jones On Speed #204 for 19 Aug 2013
August 19, 2013 17:32 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB#204 F1 On Holiday. Adrian Sutil’s working vacation; Claire Williams goes long-haul, Ferrari check-in, Caterham go camping and Ron Dennis makes a complaint while Red Bull book their trip. Plus new music as “The Human Mode” perform I Didn’t Tick That Box.
Gareth Jones On Speed #203 for 10 Aug 2013
August 10, 2013 20:59 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB#203 F1, hydrogen power and learning to drive. Lewis wins in a Mercedes, Alonso soils his perch. Zog explains how hydrogen powered cars will function. Sniff Petrol on how Red Bull are preparing for their new driver and the future for filling stations.
Gareth Jones On Speed #203 for 10 August 2013
August 10, 2013 20:59 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB#203 F1, hydrogen power and learning to drive. Lewis wins in a Mercedes, Alonso soils his perch. Zog explains how hydrogen powered cars will function. Sniff Petrol on how Red Bull are preparing for their new driver and the future for filling stations.
Video Podcast 036: Hyundai ix35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell
July 30, 2013 19:36 - 14 minutes - 168 MB VideoVideo#36 The Hyundai ix35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell. Gareth and Zog enjoy a conversation about the pros and cons of a hydrogen fuel cell powered car, whilst driving around London in one.
Gareth Jones On Speed #202 for 18 July 2013
July 18, 2013 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB#202 Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013. We drool over new supercars and old concept cars, talk to Lord Drayson, and Nick Heidfeld and even ask Lewis Hamilton a question. Plus the sound of some of the most exciting machines going up Lord March’s hill.
Gareth Jones On Speed #202 for 18 Jul 2013
July 18, 2013 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB#202 Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013. We drool over new supercars and old concept cars, talk to Lord Drayson, and Nick Heidfeld and even ask Lewis Hamilton a question. Plus the sound of some of the most exciting machines going up Lord Mar’s hill.
Video Podcast 035 - Trailer For ep 202 at The 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed
July 16, 2013 14:10 - 51 seconds - 8.03 MB VideoVideo#35 The 1803 Trevithick London Steam Carriage stars in a trailer for Gareth Jones On Speed episode 202 from the 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed.
Gareth Jones On Speed #201 for 07 Jul 2013
July 07, 2013 15:10 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB#201 Tyres and grief in F1, victory and heartbreak at Le Mans. Sniff Petrol on the return of TVR and Pirelli the Clown. Plus a look forward to next year’s 24 Hours. And Gareth drives the most Star Trek car yet: the oddball Nissan Elgrand.
Gareth Jones On Speed #201 for 07 July 2013
July 07, 2013 15:10 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB#201 Tyres and grief in F1, victory and heartbreak at Le Mans. Sniff Petrol on the return of TVR and Pirelli the Clown. Plus a look forward to next year’s 24 Hours. And Gareth drives the most Star Trek car yet: the oddball Nissan Elgrand.
Video Podcast 034pt2 - Gareth Jones On Speed ep200pt2 LIVE Video Version
July 04, 2013 11:34 - 52 minutes - 502 MB VideoVideo#32Pt2(Video version of #200Part2). Watch as we share some of the best and frankly worst bits of Gareth Jones On Speed from our first 199 shows and respond to your messages on social networks and reveal the stories behind classic On Speed music.
Video Podcast 034pt1 - Gareth Jones On Speed ep200pt1 LIVE Video Version
July 04, 2013 11:34 - 42 minutes - 403 MB VideoVideo#32Pt1(Video version of #200Part1). Watch as we celebrate 200 episodes with a live edition of Gareth Jones On Speed, We take your messages live from social networks and play some of our favourite tunes from the first 9 seasons.
Gareth Jones On Speed #200Part2 for 11 June 2013
June 12, 2013 12:30 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB#200Part2 Continuing our live celebration we play some of the best and frankly worst bits of Gareth Jones On Speed over our first 9 seasons. We also respond to your messages to us on social networks and reveal the stories behind classic On Speed music.
Gareth Jones On Speed #200Part2 for 11 Jun 2013
June 12, 2013 12:30 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB#200Part2 Continuing our live celebration we play some of the best and frankly worst bits of Gareth Jones On Speed over our first 9 seasons. We also respond to your messages to us on social networks and reveal the stories behind classic On Speed music.
Gareth Jones On Speed #200Part1 for 11 Jun 2013
June 11, 2013 21:01 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB#200Part1 Broadcast LIVE on USTREAM for the first time. We celebrate 200 episodes with a live edition of Gareth Jones On Speed. We take your messages live from social networks and play some of our favourite tunes from the first 9 seasons.
Gareth Jones On Speed #200Part1 for 11 June 2013
June 11, 2013 21:01 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB#200Part1 Broadcast LIVE on USTREAM for the first time. We celebrate 200 episodes with a live edition of Gareth Jones On Speed. We take your messages live from social networks and play some of our favourite tunes from the first 9 seasons.
Video Podcast 033 - Trailer For Gareth Jones On Speed 200 LIVE
June 05, 2013 11:00 - 1 minute - 3.1 MB VideoVideo#33 Trailer for Gareth Jones On Speed 200, our first ever LIVE programme. Sunday 9th Jun 2013, immediately after the Canadian Grand Prix.
Gareth Jones On Speed #199 for 27 May 2013
May 27, 2013 22:45 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB#199 Mercedes, Monaco and the Pirelli row. The best and worst things about the new Jaguar F-Type. The latest developments in Formula E. Sniff Petrol on boy bands and tyres. Plus new music as Isaak Christopher sings “I’m All Over You”.
Gareth Jones On Speed #198 for 12 May 2013
May 12, 2013 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB#198 UK car sales figures we name the big fellers and shame the poor sellers. Does motorsport help sell road cars? What does Audi stand for? Sniff Petrol tries to buy the 2nd cheapest Ferrari. Plus guilty pleasures: the cars we are ashamed to like.
Gareth Jones On Speed #197 for 28 April 2013
April 28, 2013 21:30 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB#197 What’ve you been driving? Zog blast round Spain in a Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S, Gareth goes multi-purpose in a Volkswagen Sharan and Richard frankly shows off in a Bentley Continental GT Speed. Plus Holly Buddy sings Four Wheels Are Better Than Two.
Gareth Jones On Speed #196 for 17 April 2013
April 17, 2013 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB#196 This month in F1. Alonso wins the Chinese GP, Sterling looses credibility. Women astronauts and Eddie Jordan’s amiable bollocks and what would it take to cheer up Paul di Resta? Plus Sniff Petrol on why Lotus should break the nose on their F1 car.
Gareth Jones On Speed #195 for 07 April 2013
April 07, 2013 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB#195 Cars On Film. Zog names the best car movie ever, and we struggle to name the cast. What is the worst car movie ever? We consider cars in sci-fi films and chart the history of the Batmobile. Plus Sniff Petrol on Brawn GP – The Movie.
Gareth Jones On Speed Video Podcast 032 - Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupé Black Series
March 30, 2013 16:00 - 7 minutes - 80 MB VideoVideo#32 With a little help from a track specialist, Gareth takes the formidable Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupé Black Series for a few quick laps around Goodwood Motor Circuit.
Gareth Jones On Speed #194 for 17 March 2013
March 17, 2013 15:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB#194 Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne. Gareth watches the first F1 race of 2013 with a group of like-minded obsessive types who get up in the middle of the night to watch it at a bar in central London. Plus new GJOS music with F1's Back 2013.
Gareth Jones On Speed #193 for 03 March 2013
March 03, 2013 00:16 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB#193 F1 Testing in 3D, Gareth looks closely at the new cars. What’s Mercedes’s strategy to make Lewis feel at home? Sniff Petrol on “gardening leave” and the new Renault F1 engine. We define the shooting brake with maths and ask is the VW XL1 the future?
Gareth Jones On Speed #192 for 22 February 2013
February 22, 2013 00:01 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB#192 Car spotting on the street. Shooting brakes and the cars we just don’t see. We each design our car of the future. Sniff Petrol on Proton and Lotus sales in the UK. Plus new music as Barry Numan returns to perform “Lunokhod”.
Gareth Jones On Speed #191 for 09 February 2013
February 09, 2013 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB#191 We crash 2013 F1 car launches. Who rocked it? and which launch was a damp squib? We examine the driver line-up for the new season. We announce the winner in our Schumacher competition. Plus Sniff Petrol on Lotus comedy and the return of HRT.
Gareth Jones On Speed Video Podcast 031 - Chicks Dig Cars
January 27, 2013 17:00 - 1 minute - 44.8 MB VideoVideo#31 Gareth Jones On Speed Presents: Chicks Dig Cars by "Lou Road". North Wales, sunshine, a coupé, clear roads ......and the story of Mickey the Stick Man
Gareth Jones On Speed #190 for 15 January 2013
January 15, 2013 17:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB#190 The 2013 Autosport International at the NEC in Birmingham, from Karts to Monster Trucks and everything in-between, including some classic race cars. Plus Gareth races at the Autosport International Karting Challenge presented by Johnny Herbert.
Gareth Jones On Speed #189 for 21 December 2012
December 21, 2012 11:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB#189 Bumper “Speedmas” Special. Our final F1 2012 season round up, plus our best and worst cars and car moments of the year. Sniff Petrol on Christmas for Formula One. Plus Violet Berlin hosts the Dave Stebbings Car Quotes Quiz.
Gareth Jones On Speed #188 for 25 November 2012
November 25, 2012 21:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB#188 We list the things that drive us mad, when we’re …. driving. Gareth spends a week in a low-carbon Citroen DS5 Hybrid4, and we look at the state of car manufacturing in Europe. Plus Sniff Petrol on driver training and Vettel’s 3rd World Championship.
Gareth Jones On Speed #187 for 14 November 2012
November 14, 2012 22:40 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB#187 We have 3 cars on our minds, but what are they? F1 returns to the US, but has it gone to the right part? Who to bet on winning the F1 championship. Sniff Petrol on Ford and Tony Fernandes. Plus we celebrate Kimi’s win and suggest who should buy HRT.
Gareth Jones On Speed #186 for 02 November 2012
November 02, 2012 15:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB#186 Richard’s dog chooses a car, Zog mixes up a chemical solution and Gareth investigates Bloodhound SSC’s attempt to reach 1000mph on land. Sniff Petrol on medicine, dogs and cars. Plus new music as Big Audi Dynamite perform Rocket Science.
Gareth Jones On Speed #185 for 12 October 2012
October 20, 2012 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB#185 Musical Chairs in F1. Lewis leaves McLaren is he doing the right thing? Romain Grosjean is he dangerous? Michael Schumacher retires. Who goes where? and who is the best F1 driver to follow on twitter?
Gareth Jones On Speed #184 for 08 October 2012
October 08, 2012 19:00 - 27 minutes - 27.2 MB#184 Le Mondial de l'automobile de Paris (Part Deux). Gareth and Richard ogle the Lexus LF-CC, mock the SsangYong e-XIV (and Rodius) fondle the Jaguar F-Type, ask how big is the new Range Rover and turn up somewhat early for the reveal of the McLaren P1.
Gareth Jones On Speed #183 for 03 October 2012
October 03, 2012 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB#183 Le Mondial de l'automobile de Paris. Gareth and Richard climb the stands at the show and pick out a few favourites including electric Renaults, new Ford Mondeo, Porsche Sport Turismo, Audi Crosslane and Toyota with on-board Internet.
Gareth Jones On Speed #182 for 19 September 2012
September 19, 2012 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB#182 Spa with AMG Pt2. Continuing our coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix. Stunning recordings of sound of the cars at race pace and through Eau Rouge. With Jonny Smith, “Comedy” Dave Vitty, Nihal ………and Michael Schumacher.
Gareth Jones On Speed #181 for 12 September 2012
September 11, 2012 23:10 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB#181 Spa with AMG. Gareth and a some lucky car journalists drive to the Belgian Grand Prix in a squadron of AMGs. With Jonny Smith from 5th Gear, Chas Hallett from What Car, Chris Harris from Drive, Radio 1’s Nihal and Rob Halloway of Mercedes-Benz UK.
Gareth Jones On Speed #180 for 31 August 2012
August 30, 2012 23:10 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB#180 Cars we have driven and cars we would like: Zog’s plans for an electric sports car. Richard, having driven a Ferrari re-calibrates his scale. Gareth crosses Europe in a Volvo XC70. Sniff Petrol on sound level tests and the future for Morgan.
Gareth Jones On Speed #179 for 17 August 2012
August 17, 2012 17:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB#179 Interviews Special. Gareth talks fame with Senna's greatest rival Terry Fullerton, and Le Mans with Car Magazine's Tim Pollard, discusses bonsai with “Father of the Prius” Hirofumi Yamamoto, and talks Bowie with Jaguar head of design Ian Callum.
Gareth Jones On Speed #178 for 25 July 2012
July 25, 2012 10:00 - 37 minutes - 31.3 MB#178 SpeedMusic. The return of the Gareth Jones On Speed Summer Music Compilation. Stars of F1 and alternative radio come together to host the coolest car music radio station ever. Plus new music as Rou Leed sings Chicks Dig Cars.
Gareth Jones On Speed #177 for 17 July 2012
July 17, 2012 20:23 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB#177 The British GP, the London GP and the weather, we suggest a couple of solutions to parking issues at Silverstone. Sniff Petrol on the Olympics and new French driving rules. And we go for a drive in a verrrrry interesting and uniquely powered car.
Gareth Jones On Speed #176 for 05 July 2012
July 05, 2012 08:24 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB#176 The Sound of Le Mans 2012 Pt4 - The 24 Hours. We are right there all the way to the end as the dramas unfolds when the mightiest race teams on Earth compete in the most difficult race there is to finish, let alone win!
Gareth Jones On Speed #175 for 03 July 2012
July 03, 2012 12:24 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB#175 The Sound of Le Mans 2012 Pt3 The build-up to the race. The rorty sound of the classic Group C cars in the support race, the sound of the fans, the singing of the anthems and the sheer joy of the sound of the start of the 24 Hours.