Nicola Hume looks back at some of the best moments from the Talking Bull podcast in 2023, a year where Oracle Red Bull Racing smashed countless records and won both the constructor’s and driver’s world championships. Nicola rounds up her favourite moments from the show, including Max Verstappen and his race engineer GP recalling some of their iconic radio messages and Chief Technology Officer Adrian Newey explaining all about his famous red notebook.

Best of Talking Bull in 2023

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Nicola Hume chats to chief technology officer Adrian Newey about the upcoming RB17 hypercar which is coming to a track near you in 2025. The car has been designed by Newey and in this episode he talks all about what inspired him to create it, and how it will be manufactured in conjunction with Red Bull Advanced Technologies.Also, Adrian discusses how purchasers of this limited-run car will become integrated into the team, plus he reveals how he is feeling ahead of February’s RB20 launch.

Adrian Newey on the new RB17

Nicola Hume is joined by Max Verstappen and Checo Perez for an end of season chat. They share their highlights of 2023, talk about the celebrations after the Las Vegas Grand Prix and also what they plan to do in the winter break before testing gets underway in 2024.Then they answer questions from Talking Bull listeners on a range of topics from whether a driver can tell exactly how long a pit stop is in the car, their favourite christmas traditions and who would win in a go-karting race between all the team principles.

Max and Checo look back at the 2023 season

Nicola Hume speaks to sporting Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley and Senior Engineer Rich Wolverson about the art of the Oracle Red Bull Racing pit stop team. They discuss what it takes to join the pit stop team, and how everyone who travels juggles doing pit stops with other roles in the garage. They also talk about their own respective journeys to their current positions and how they are aiming to reclaim their world record, whilst also prioritising consistency over one-off headline grabbing stops.Also, in our 'Oracle Red Bull Racing in 100 Objects' section, Jonathan and Rich bring an object that symbolises their experience as part of the travelling team.Finally, they take on the HP Poly Challenge, as they have to identify different bits of audio in just 1.82 seconds, the length of the team’s fastest ever pit stop.

Secrets of the lightning quick pit stop crew

Nicola Hume speaks to three-time World Champion Max Verstappen and his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase about their record-breaking season which saw Max clinch the F1 driver’s championship in Qatar. Max and GP share what its been like to lead so many races from the front, some secrets on their relationship both on-track and off-track and just how their iconic partnership began.Also, in our 'Oracle Red Bull Racing in 100 Objects' section, Max and GP share what it was like to win the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on Max’s debut in a Red Bull car.Finally, they take on the HP Poly Challenge, as they have to identify the year and race from three of their famous radio exchanges.

Best of Talking Bull in 2023

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