Juan Pablo Montoya: “I was different – I guess that’s why I wasn’t in F1 long. I didn’t fit in”
He streaked into F1 in 2001; a spectacular no-holds-barred racer unafraid to go wheel-to-wheel with the biggest names in the sport. But though he made a big splash, winning seven races, including the ...
5 Dec 201857min
Rob Smedley: “I cried for about an hour after Massa lost the 2008 title – it was so intense…”
This week, for the first time on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, we’re not speaking to a driver or a team boss, but to an engineer – and someone who’s been directly involved of some of the biggest...
28 Nov 20181h 18min
Emerson Fittipaldi: When you left the pits you had to give yourself to the sport. You couldn't think what might happen...
He's the granddaddy of Brazilian motorsport; a true trailblazer who, having become F1's youngest ever world champion in 1972, inspired a generation of exceptional talent in his homeland, including Nel...
21 Nov 20181h 9min
Carlos Sainz: "Racing is in my blood - my father taught me a champion's mentality"
F1 has seen its fair share of second generation racers, but Carlos Sainz doesn't quite fit the mould. The natural script would have been for him to follow his famous father and namesake into rallying,...
14 Nov 201853min
Claire Williams: “I had no aspirations to run an F1 team - it was never in my destiny”
To say Claire Williams has racing in her blood would be an understatement. But despite being born into and raised around one of F1’s most successful teams, it’s fair to say she never expected to one d...
7 Nov 201847min
Jackie Stewart: “I removed emotion completely when I drove racing cars – I had to…”
He’s regarded as one of the very best drivers of all-time; a man who, when he walked away from F1, had amassed three world championship titles and a then-record 27 Grand Prix victories. But that he wa...
31 Okt 20181h 12min
Nico Rosberg: “I don’t miss the driving, but I miss the winning…”
He’s the only man in the last nine years other than Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel to win a world title. But what makes Nico Rosberg’s story so compelling is what happened immediately after his cr...
24 Okt 201858min
Charles Leclerc: “People say the pressure in Ferrari will be on another level - but mental strength is my biggest quality”
It takes a special kind of driver to get the call to race for Ferrari with less than a season of Grand Prix racing under your belt - especially when the man you’re set to replace is a world champion. ...
17 Okt 201850min
