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2021 US GP Review - All Abo...

10.26.2021

After F1 makes a triumphant return to Austin, we look at how the enthralling battle for the win played out, what Mercedes could have done differently, a heroic drive from Perez, all the other drives of note down the grid, ...

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10.26.2021 2021 US GP Review - All Aboard The Shaq-Mobile After F1 makes a triumphant return to Austin, we look at how the enthralling battle for the win played out, what Mercedes could have done differently, a heroic drive from Perez, all the other drives of note down the grid, ...
10.23.2021 Toni Calderon Interview - What AI & Machine Learning Can Do For Motorsport As F1 prepares for the US Grand Prix, we are joined by Toni Calderon, Chief Growth Officer at Valkyrie, an Austin based company specialising in artificial intelligence and machine learning, to discuss how the technology can play a part in ...
10.19.2021 2021 US GP Preview - Zak Brown Promises This week, new calendars for F1, F2, F3 and Formula E, a new qualifying format that's as baffling as it is brilliant, gifts from Zak Brown and our preview and predictions for the United States Grand Prix. Enter the prediction ...
10.12.2021 2021 Turkish GP Review - That’s What We Call Nuance This week, Bottas proves he's still got what it takes, could Hamilton have got a better result than 5th, questionable penalties, a vital two rounds for the championship and more WTF's than ever. Enter the prediction league on our site; ...
10.05.2021 2021 Turkish GP Preview - 35 weeks, 23 races As F1 returns to Turkey, we look at all the stories going into the race weekend, including a new circuit to F1 in Qatar, more details on the 2022 calendar and a hint at how many sprint qualifying weekends we're ...
09.28.2021 2021 Russian GP Review - Right Tyres Right Time After Sochi finally produces a good race, we look at the positives and lessons Norris can take from the weekend, how it all went wrong for him and if there's anything he or the team could have done differently. Plus, ...
09.21.2021 2021 Russian GP Preview - Bentley v Jaguar We take a look into the provisional calendar for 2022 as well as some bits of driver news and the impact VW rumours could have on F1. All that plus our preview and predictions for the Russian GP (which Valtteri ...
09.14.2021 2021 Italian GP Review - Geraldine! Pass me my shotgun! As Ricciardo and McLaren make a long awaited return to the top step, we look at why their victory wasn't just circumstantial, one of the best drives of the season for Bottas, who was to blame for another coming together ...
09.07.2021 2021 Dutch GP Review - Rosberg’s unprompted confession As F1 finally makes its return to Zandvoort, we look at the positives and negatives of the circuit and the event as a whole, look at some incredible performances that flew under the radar, more big moves in the driver ...
09.01.2021 2021 Belgian GP Review - The One Without A Race After a washout in Belgium we may not have a race to discuss, but this week we look at what F1 got right over the weekend, what they got very wrong, and the changes that need to be made for ...
08.25.2021 2021 Belgian GP Preview - The Horse Equation As F1 prepares to return from the summer break, we look at what the second half of the season is likely to look like as we lose another race from the calendar, preview all the big stories and make our ...
08.17.2021 Summer Break Inbox Special As F1 takes a well earned rest over the summer break, we look at a frenetic final round of the Formula E season and a potential route into F1 for the new world champion, then take an extended dive into ...
08.10.2021 2021 Mid-Season Review - The Bottas Problem It's the summer break, so it's time for us to give our mid-season assessment of every driver and team on the grid! Has anyone achieved a perfect 10? Which drivers are outperforming their cars and which are in need of ...
08.03.2021 2021 Hungarian GP Review - Bottas Goes Bowling After one of the all time great races at the Hungaroring, we look at a fantastic first win for Ocon, the huge part Alonso played in it, whether Mercedes were right to be the only car on the grid at ...
07.28.2021 2021 Hungarian GP Preview - Red Bull Playing Games? This week, we (reluctantly) look at what Red Bull may be hoping to achieve from a review of Hamilton's penalty, more potential changes to the race calendar, the 2022 car model, where Bottas could end up next year and who ...
07.21.2021 2021 British GP Review - Copse & Robbers After what might be the most pivotal round of the championship so far, we look at who was to blame for the Verstappen and Hamilton incident, the aftermath and what it all means for the rest of the season, plus ...
07.13.2021 2021 British GP Preview - One Begins a Sentence With “One” As we head into the first ever sprint race weekend at Silverstone, we look at the pros and cons of the new format, the rule changes required to make it happen, which teams and drivers it could hand an advantage ...
07.06.2021 2021 Austrian GP Review - Plenty of Penalties After a race full of penalties, we look at which ones weren't deserved, which ones definitely were, why the penalty points system needs an overhaul, big points for one of us in the predictions league, and in the inbox we ...
06.30.2021 2021 Styrian GP Review - It's a Small Window From the highs of a dominating 4th win in a row for Red Bull with Max Verstappen, to the lows of what could have been for George Russell and Williams. This week we look back at the Styrian Grand Prix, ...
06.22.2021 2021 French GP Review - The One That Bankrupt Us After an unexpectedly brilliant French Grand Prix, we look at a strategic masterclass from Red Bull, how Mercedes let the race get away from them, all the other stand out performances from down the grid, plus a record breaking week ...
06.15.2021 2021 French GP Preview - Why be one racetrack when you can be many As we head into a hectic triple-header, we take the opportunity to look ahead to the second season of W Series which starts in a couple of weeks time as well as look at the current status of women on ...
06.09.2021 2021 Azerbaijan GP Review - Max's Painty Tyres After another incredible weekend in Baku, we look at the great drives which led to one of the most popular podiums in years, dig into what went wrong for Verstappen and Hamilton, discuss the safety concerns brought up during the ...
06.01.2021 2021 Azerbaijan GP Preview - A Subtle Flex Bottas' pit stop is finally completed after nearly 48hours and flexi-wings continue to be a talking point around the paddock as we discuss the lead up to Baku, as well as taking a little look outside F1 at the Indy ...
05.25.2021 2021 Monaco GP Review - Big Ol' Boats This week, more Monaco heartbreak for Leclerc, should qualifying rules be changed, the longest pit stop in F1 history, a stat about Max Verstappen you definitely haven't heard before, predictions league and a dip into the inbox. This podcast was ...
05.18.2021 2021 Monaco GP Preview - Monaco or Bust This week we preview a pivotal weekend in the championship for Red Bull, take another visit to calendar news corner, fawn over the new McLaren livery and catch up on a great weekend in Indycar for Romain Grosjean, plus our ...
05.11.2021 2021 Spanish GP Review - Pretty good... for Barcelona This week we talk about one of the best races we've ever seen, but first we go over all the events of the Spanish Grand Prix, plus predictions league and our dream teams in the inbox. This podcast was recorded ...
05.05.2021 2021 Portuguese GP Review - Racecars Hate Wind This week we look back on the latest round of Hamilton vs Verstappen, what the future holds for Bottas, contrasting weekends at McLaren, the same old story at Ferrari, plus a look ahead to Spain, predictions and the inbox. This ...
04.27.2021 2021 Portuguese GP Preview - It's Just An Overnight Red Flag In a rare case of news breaking BEFORE we record, this week we discuss the newly announced plans for sprint qualifying at three rounds this season and our hopes and concerns for the format F1 has chosen. Plus, signings, a ...
04.20.2021 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP Review - Sudden Unexpected Yaw This week, we look into the Russell and Bottas incident and it’s many layers, a thrilling race at the front, a stand out performance from Norris and all the other stories down the grid, plus predictions league and a dig ...
04.13.2021 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP Preview - We'll Just Call it Imola We're back to preview the race with the longest name in F1 history, as well as another exciting edition of circuit news, changes at Mercedes and a dip into the inbox where we discuss which races we might choose to ...
03.30.2021 2021 Bahrain GP Review - The Yuki Tsunoda Appreciation Episode What a start to the season! Join us as we unpack all the events of the Bahrain Grand Prix, look at where Red Bull went wrong and Mercedes outdid them, a great debut from our new favourite driver and the ...
03.23.2021 2021 Bahrain GP Preview - The Return Of Monzaco It's time four our first race preview of the year and the return of the prediction league at what might be the hardest race to call in some time! We discuss everything to look out for at the first Grand ...
03.16.2021 2021 Pre-Season Testing - The Beluga Zone As three days of testing come to a close, we assess the performance of each team, work out who were the winners and losers and try to predict what it all means for the season ahead. This podcast was recorded ...
03.10.2021 Livery Rankings 2021 - It Depends On The Pizza This week, we take a look at the (almost) final car launches of the season, do our all important livery tier rankings, pick out the stories to keep an eye on in testing and answer your questions in the inbox. ...
03.04.2021 Car Launch Catchup - Who is Tom Brady? This week, we catch up on all the car reveals to date, give our thoughts on the new liveries and technical changes and answer your questions from the inbox! This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing ...
02.16.2021 It's Orange This week, we catch up on all the recent news including the engine freeze, sprint races, new contracts and new teams, while simultaneously watching the McLaren MCL35M launch and getting distracted by all the strange goings on that aren't the ...
01.28.2021 They've rebadged it, you fool! This week, a round up of all the recent news, the pros and cons of a power unit development freeze, Jenson Button corner, the Colin McRae R4, and we design our own F1 teams. This podcast was recorded remotely in ...
01.12.2021 2021 Season predictions In our first podcast of the new year we make some bold and not so bold predictions for the season ahead, catch up on all the years news so far, somehow end up talking about synthetic fuels and active aero, ...
12.22.2020 The 2020 Back Of The Grid Awards It's time to review the season and round off the year with the always prestigious Back Of The Grid awards. Which race do we want back on the calendar? Who is our driver of the season? How do you define ...
12.15.2020 2020 Abu Dhabi GP Review - It's a Posh Harbour After a lacklustre season finale, we discuss the conclusion to the fight for third, how to improve the Yas Marina circuit, our new prediction league champion and the landmark 1977 album by Fleetwood Mac, Rumours. This podcast was recorded remotely ...
12.09.2020 2020 Sakhir GP Review - Two 10 out of 10 Drives An eventful week ends with two near perfect drives, one for a debut win and the other to stake a claim for a future promotion, plus pit shenanigans, a headache for Red Bull, an F2 champion is crowned and a ...
12.01.2020 2020 Bahrain GP Review - Get well soon Romain After one of the most difficult weekends F1 has faced in some time, we thank everyone who has played a part in F1 safety for playing a part in Romain Grosjean being able to walk away from his car, before ...
11.24.2020 2020 Bahrain GP Preview - The Run In As we head into the final races of the F1 and F2 seasons, we look at which fights are still undecided in the championships, who is heading to the postseason young driver test, discuss how Mick Schumacher is likely to ...
11.17.2020 2020 Turkish GP Review - After an exciting weekend in Turkey for none of the reasons we expected, we look back at the extraordinary way Lewis Hamilton won his seventh championship, highs and lows for Racing Point and Red Bull, a return to the podium ...
11.10.2020 2020 Turkish GP Preview - A Surplus Of Circuits As F1 unveil a record 23 race calendar, we ask how many races is too many, look at the pros and cons of a new race in Saudi Arabia, and preview our most anticipated race of the year in Turkey. ...
11.03.2020 2020 Emilia-Romagna GP Review - The cavalcade of disappointment As Mercedes celebrate their record seventh consecutive constructors championship, Chris puts on his tin foil Bottas hat, we ponder whether Toto and Lewis are thinking about their last dance, look at the exciting battle for third in the race and ...
10.27.2020 2020 Portuguese GP Review - Stroll's Weird Weekend After a record breaking weekend in Portugal, we look at a crazy opening lap, where Bottas is falling short and where he isn't, a weekend to forget for Lance Stroll and some suspect team radio, plus a look ahead at ...
10.20.2020 2020 Portuguese GP Preview - Nico Hulkenberg: Bull Tamer? Driver contracts are the hot topic in this weeks news as we discuss rumours of a Hulkenberg return in the Red Bull, a Perez switch to Williams and Ferrari's young driver problem. Among that we also take a look ahead ...
10.14.2020 Maurice Hamilton Interview - FORMULA 1: The OFFICIAL HISTORY - Available 15th October 2020 Maurice Hamilton joins Tom & Chris to discuss his new book, FORMULA 1: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY, talk about some of his favourite times covering the sport as a journalist, how he became a fan of the sport in the early ...
10.13.2020 2020 Eifel GP Review - 91 And Counting As Lewis Hamilton reaches a milestone most never thought possible, we look at his achievement, disappointment for Bottas and Albon, a second return for the Hulk, the latest twists and turns in the midfield battle and your questions about the ...

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Back Of The Grid | F1 Podcast episodes:

2021 US GP Review - All Aboard The Shaq-Mobile

Toni Calderon Interview - What AI & Machine Learning Can Do For Motorsport

2021 US GP Preview - Zak Brown Promises

2021 Turkish GP Review - That’s What We Call Nuance

2021 Turkish GP Preview - 35 weeks, 23 races

2021 Russian GP Review - Right Tyres Right Time

2021 Russian GP Preview - Bentley v Jaguar

2021 Italian GP Review - Geraldine! Pass me my shotgun!

2021 Dutch GP Review - Rosberg’s unprompted confession

2021 Belgian GP Review - The One Without A Race

2021 Belgian GP Preview - The Horse Equation

Summer Break Inbox Special

2021 Mid-Season Review - The Bottas Problem

2021 Hungarian GP Review - Bottas Goes Bowling

2021 Hungarian GP Preview - Red Bull Playing Games?

2021 British GP Review - Copse & Robbers

2021 British GP Preview - One Begins a Sentence With “One”

2021 Austrian GP Review - Plenty of Penalties

2021 Styrian GP Review - It's a Small Window

2021 French GP Review - The One That Bankrupt Us

2021 French GP Preview - Why be one racetrack when you can be many

2021 Azerbaijan GP Review - Max's Painty Tyres

2021 Azerbaijan GP Preview - A Subtle Flex

2021 Monaco GP Review - Big Ol' Boats

2021 Monaco GP Preview - Monaco or Bust

2021 Spanish GP Review - Pretty good... for Barcelona

2021 Portuguese GP Review - Racecars Hate Wind

2021 Portuguese GP Preview - It's Just An Overnight Red Flag

2021 Emilia-Romagna GP Review - Sudden Unexpected Yaw

2021 Emilia-Romagna GP Preview - We'll Just Call it Imola

2021 Bahrain GP Review - The Yuki Tsunoda Appreciation Episode

2021 Bahrain GP Preview - The Return Of Monzaco

2021 Pre-Season Testing - The Beluga Zone

Livery Rankings 2021 - It Depends On The Pizza

Car Launch Catchup - Who is Tom Brady?

It's Orange

They've rebadged it, you fool!

2021 Season predictions

The 2020 Back Of The Grid Awards

2020 Abu Dhabi GP Review - It's a Posh Harbour

2020 Sakhir GP Review - Two 10 out of 10 Drives

2020 Bahrain GP Review - Get well soon Romain

2020 Bahrain GP Preview - The Run In

2020 Turkish GP Review -

2020 Turkish GP Preview - A Surplus Of Circuits

2020 Emilia-Romagna GP Review - The cavalcade of disappointment

2020 Portuguese GP Review - Stroll's Weird Weekend

2020 Portuguese GP Preview - Nico Hulkenberg: Bull Tamer?

Maurice Hamilton Interview - FORMULA 1: The OFFICIAL HISTORY - Available 15th October 2020

2020 Eifel GP Review - 91 And Counting

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