Tony Brooks: “If you made a mistake in my day, you were in the lap of the gods…”

Tony Brooks: “If you made a mistake in my day, you were in the lap of the gods…”

He raced in an era of heroes; a time when cars had no seat belts, yet could still be raced at averages of 150mph. Many he raced against in the 1950s – the first decade of the world championship – perished in pursuit of speed, but Tony Brooks emerged unscathed with six Grand Prix victories, having come ever so close to winning the world title his talents surely deserved. This week on Beyond The Grid, we caught up with this giant of F1, now 87, to look back over his remarkable career, which saw him move from the world of dentistry to going toe-to-toe with the likes of Fangio and Moss, driving for Ferrari, mastering the treacherous Nurburgring and much more.

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Lord Hesketh on James Hunt and F1’s original party team

Lord Hesketh on James Hunt and F1’s original party team

When Hesketh Racing burst onto the F1 grid in the 1970s, they took everyone by surprise. They appeared to be playboys, having fun on and off track. But away from the yachts and the parties, was a smal...

25 Marras 20201h 9min

Renault stalwart Alan Permane on 30 years of stars, success and struggles at Enstone

Renault stalwart Alan Permane on 30 years of stars, success and struggles at Enstone

He joined Benetton in the late 1980s as a bottom-rung mechanic and he’s been with the team ever since, as it morphed into Renault then Lotus and now back to Renault. Alan Permane, Renault’s Sporting D...

18 Marras 20201h 25min

Jochen Mass on a career tinged with tragedy, racing Lauda and mentoring Schumacher

Jochen Mass on a career tinged with tragedy, racing Lauda and mentoring Schumacher

Jochen Mass’ F1 career began with a bang and ended more than a decade later in a fiery crash. In the 1970s he shared podiums with the likes of Lauda, Hunt, Fittipaldi and Scheckter. His talent deserve...

11 Marras 20201h 19min

Eric Boullier on managing Raikkonen, Kubica’s accident and switching from Team Principal to Promoter

Eric Boullier on managing Raikkonen, Kubica’s accident and switching from Team Principal to Promoter

Eric Boullier was Team Principal at Renault and Lotus before he became the Racing Director of McLaren. He resigned from that role in 2018 before switching camps to Paul Ricard, where he is now managin...

4 Marras 202047min

Safety car secrets with driver Bernd Maylander

Safety car secrets with driver Bernd Maylander

He's led hundreds of laps in F1 – but you may never have heard of him. That’s because Bernd Maylander is the Safety Car driver, and has been for the last 20 years. When the weather is bad or there’s a...

28 Loka 202051min

Toto Wolff on Hamilton, Rosberg, Lauda and breaking records

Toto Wolff on Hamilton, Rosberg, Lauda and breaking records

He’s a workaholic, whose team is about to win a record seventh consecutive constructors’ championship. Yet his desire for more trophies remains all-consuming. We welcome back Mercedes boss Toto Wolff ...

21 Loka 202042min

Chase Carey on his role in shaping F1’s future and guiding the sport through a global pandemic

Chase Carey on his role in shaping F1’s future and guiding the sport through a global pandemic

Chase Carey has been CEO and Executive Chairman of Formula 1 for the last four years, and it’s fair to say he’s been busy in that time. New rules – including F1’s first ever budget cap - have been cra...

14 Loka 202055min

Sebastian Vettel on leaving Ferrari, life outside F1 and changing goals

Sebastian Vettel on leaving Ferrari, life outside F1 and changing goals

He’s a four-time world champion and racing icon, yet Sebastian Vettel’s fiercely private nature means we don’t know as much about him as we do many of his rivals, whose lives are plastered all over so...

7 Loka 202045min

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