Podcast Episodes

Kevin Magnussen: "Racing-wise, I don't care what people think of me. I'd feel weird if everyone was saying I'm a nice guy..."

His F1 career began with a bang, with a podium finish on debut with McLaren in Australia in 2014. Though he hasn't hit those heights since, in the in…

7 years, 2 months ago

Patrick Tambay: “There was a time after Gilles’ death I felt he was in the car with me”

He raced for some of Formula One’s top teams, including McLaren and Renault, but Patrick Tambay is probably best remembered as a Ferrari driver. Havi…

7 years, 3 months ago

Jody Scheckter: "When you first get into F1 you’ll do anything. I remember once thinking I'd rather be dead than not drive in F1…"

Jody Scheckter’s life has been anything but conventional. Having arrived in Britain from South Africa in 1970, Jody broke into Grand Prix racing in 1…

7 years, 3 months ago

Nico Hulkenberg: "Winning Le Mans was unforgettable - but I'm an F1 guy"

He arrived in F1 in 2010 as one of the hottest properties in motorsport, and showed his promise by scoring a sensational pole position before his roo…

7 years, 3 months ago

Gordon Murray: "As an F1 car designer I was always looking for an unfair advantage. I still am..."

This week’s guest on Beyond The Grid is renowned as one of F1’s great innovators and technical brains – perhaps the best. In a 20-year Grand Prix rac…

7 years, 3 months ago

*NEW PODCAST ALERT* - Introducing The Road To F1, the new podcast all about Formula 2

Episode 42

On the inaugural episode of Road To F1, join Alex Jacques and Rosanna Tennant as they profile BWT Arden’s Tatiana Calderon, the first ever female dri…

7 years, 4 months ago

John Watson: “I learned to calculate risks – I didn’t go into areas where there was no escape”

He may not be as well-known as James Hunt or Nigel Mansell, but for a good period in the late Seventies and early Eighties, after the former had reti…

7 years, 4 months ago

Felipe Massa: “I have no bad feelings about 2008 – but winning the title at home would have been incredible”

As a driver Felipe Massa experienced every emotion under the sun: The joy of winning races for Ferrari; the utter despair of losing a world title at …

7 years, 4 months ago

Jean Alesi: “The day I stopped driving in F1 was the worst day of my life”

With his trademark head tilt and unique grip on the steering wheel, there was no mistaking the driver of Ferrari number 27 in the early Nineties. But…

7 years, 4 months ago

James Allison: "For an engineer, F1 is an unending work of invention and skill"

Mercedes have been the standard setters in F1 since 2014, and this year they've started the season at a relentless pace. This week on Beyond The Grid…

7 years, 4 months ago