Race-winning strategist Ruth Buscombe on making the right calls
Sebastian Vettel's first Ferrari victory, Haas' points-scoring debut, the race that saved Sauber - all masterminded by race strategist, Ruth Buscombe. Today, as Alfa Romeo's Head of Race Strategy, she...
29 Sep 20211h 4min
Nikita Mazepin on his debut F1 season, racing Mick Schumacher and learning with Haas
Nikita Mazepin has spent his first year in Formula 1 fighting at the back of the field. He has big ambitions, and is determined to get to the front. Ahead of the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, he tells Tom ...
22 Sep 202158min
Jackie Oliver on going from F1 driver to F1 team boss with Arrows
This week’s guest is that rarest of creatures: a man who was both a Formula One driver and a team owner. Jackie Oliver’s F1 journey started in the worst possible circumstances when he had the unenviab...
15 Sep 20211h 3min
America’s first F1 champion Phil Hill, as remembered by his son
In 1961, Phil Hill became the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship after triumphing for Ferrari in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. But that moment of monumental personal achievement...
8 Sep 20211h 12min
Mick Schumacher on learning from his father, his ambitions and F1 mentors
His father is a tough act to follow, but Mick Schumacher is loving writing his own Formula 1 story. In his debut season he’s often out of the spotlight at the back of the grid, but he’s proving he’s g...
1 Sep 202138min
Bertrand Gachot – The driver whose prison sentence handed Schumacher his F1 debut
The story of how Michael Schumacher made his debut, 30 years ago this week in Belgium, could have been lifted from a Hollywood movie. The German rookie got his chance when Jordan’s regular driver Bert...
25 Aug 202155min
Sir Patrick Head looks back on a life at Williams
This week we welcome F1 royalty onto the show: Sir Patrick Head, co-founder of Williams and an engineering legend. After going into business with Frank Williams in the late 70s, Patrick helped build o...
18 Aug 20211h 31min
Engineer Jock Clear on Villeneuve, Schumacher, Leclerc and Ferrari’s next generation
This week’s guest has spent 30 years in F1, working with some of the sport’s greatest drivers. As Driver Coach of Ferrari’s vaunted academy, Jock Clear’s job is to help the likes of Charles Leclerc an...
11 Aug 20211h 11min
