Episode #7: The Main Prize (Team Hydron, Aramco F1 in Schools World Champions 2022)

A familiar face alongside McLaren Formula 1 Team superstar Lando Norris on race weekends, Jose Manuel López García was the driver’s Performance Engineer for three years, before taking up a new role wi...

9 Sep 202438min

Ever wondered how F1 teams, composed of hundreds of people, achieve peak performance both on and off the track? How do they hit every milestone, stay within the cost caps, and avoid those game-changin...

22 Jul 202429min

In an incredibly exciting episode of The Main Straight, host Tom Deacon speaks with Sven Smeets, Sporting Director at one of the world’s leading F1 teams, Williams Racing. With an illustrious career ...

6 Jun 202424min

You may not have heard of computational fluid dynamics, CFD for short, or, if you’re currently competing in F1 in Schools, you might be a whiz in the field already, but whatever your skill level, this...

24 Apr 202432min

Being Chief Engineer for one of the best teams in F1 history sounds like a dream role for thousands of F1 in Schools students, and in this unmissable episode of The Main Straight, Tom Deacon speaks wi...

26 Mar 202420min

Hot on the heels of the release of the brand-new technical regulations for the Aramco F1 in Schools 2024 World Finals, host Tom Deacon catches up with with the fantastic Gary Anderson, Chair of Judges...

29 Feb 202428min

Each F1 in Schools car begins life as an idea in a students’ mind. The hard part? Bringing it into reality - taking that concept and converting it into a design that can be made, and raced. And that...

17 Jan 202440min

In this exclusive collaboration episode, The Main Straight comes together with Off The Track to discuss everything that happened at the Aramco F1 in Schools 2023 World Finals! Featuring an exclusive i...

9 Nov 202353min