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An interview with Santi Siabato, who is running to become Vice President of Societies and Media for the Students' Union.

An interview with Sam Hedges, who is running to become Vice President of Education for the Students' Union.

An interview with Harrison Stewart, who is running to become Vice President of Union Development for the Students' Union.

An interview with Tom Cross, who is running to become Vice President of Union Development for the Students' Union.

An interview with Nicolae Popescu, who is running to become President of the Students' Union.

An interview with Cerys Evans, current Students with Disabilities Officer, who is running to become President of the Students' Union.

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Jack Threlfall Show! This is episode 33 and we are joined by racing driver and Ignition GP Founder Jonathan Kennard. Both an experienced open wheel racer and successful motorsport entrepenuer Jonathan has a wealth of experience both behind the wheel and in the business side of racing paddocks. His new businesss Ignition GP is dedicated to restoring the glory of the privately owned Late 80s and Early 90s F1 cars; by arranging maintenance and events for owners Jonathan's business works to get these legendary cars back where they should be - on the racetrack!

We spoke about his experience growing up in motorsport and how it shaped his early years, the compeitiveness that permeated British Junior Formula in the mid 2000s as well as his experience testing for the Williams F1 Team in 2009. A full list of topics can be found below.

Timestamps/Chapters

0:00 - Intro and Role

1:06 - First Memories of Motorsport

5:07 - Growing in Junior Motorsport + The Lessons it taught 

10:44 - British F3 Competitveness and Memories 

15:43 - Macau GP Memories (Best Track in the World)

18:25 - Testing the Williams F1 Car / KERS System in 2009 *Brawn Photo*

23:23 - The Retired Racecar Market

27:29 - The glory of the 90s F1 Era Cars + Ingition GP's best cars

31:32 - Adrian Newey's 1990 Leyton House and 2004 Kimi Mclaren

34:02 - The Future of Ignition and the Early Naughties Era

36:24 - Advice for Young Motorsport Entrepreneurs

38:19 - Monza Predictions and 2022 Season Analysis

Ignition GP and Jonathan's Links:

https://ignitiongp.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/ignition.gp/

https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_kennard_/

My Links:

Weekly Interview Clips:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JackThrelfall

Instagram - @jack.threlfall

TikTok - @jackthrelfallshow

Audio Episodes:

Spotify:

Apple:

Anchor:

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Jack Threlfall Show! 

This is episode 32 and our special guest this week is Extreme E and Nitro RX Commentator Andrew Coley. Andrew has worked across all levels of off-road racing including time as a driver and driving coach before his current career as one of the world's leading rallycross commentators. We talked about the skills and challenges of live race commentary, the future of electric motorsport, and much more throughout this episode. A full list of topics and timestamps can be found below:

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro and Andrew's Role in RC

1:30 - Commentating the first event of a new series (Extreme E and Nitro RX)

4:32 - Andrew's Road Racing comms debut at The 2022 Isle of Man TT 

9:56 - Learning chemistry and patterns of new TV partners

13:54 - Andrew's Rally Experience, The Cars he drove, and his first commetary role

18:27 - The path from hatchback rally to the Extreme E Cars

21:54 - Strengths of Electric Power in Rally/Off-road Racing

25:48 - Track Design and the Ambition of Nitro RX

28:59 - F1 Drivers' and Mclaren Investment in Extreme E

31:37 - Travis Pastrana's Brilliance + Cross Series Driving 

33:37 - Advice for the next generation of Motorsports Media

Thumbnail Image Credits:

Colin McMaster / Motorsport Images - Extreme E

Dave Kneen / Road Racing - Isle of Man TT

Andrew's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Andrew_Coley?s=20&t=HJMP3tU3-Nth-zX0FNlp0g

My Links:

Weekly Interview Clips:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JackThrelfall

Instagram - @jack.threlfall

TikTok - @jackthrelfallshow

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Jack Threlfall Show! We are back with episode 31, its a solo episode this week and I cover a wide range of catagrories from across the world and racing continues through the heat of summer. With dramatic wins, crashes, and plenty of off-track drama this episode reflects on all my favourite moments from the last few weeks as well as some high profile upcoming interviews for the show and Kimi Räikkönen's NASCAR debut.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:26 - WRD Finland

12:08 - Nashville IndyCar

27:41 - MotoGP Silverstone

44:55 - NASCAR, Kimi, and Bubba Wallace

56:48 - Outro/Upcoming Interviews 

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JackThrelfall

@jack.threlfall

Nadim's Article:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.in-numbers-the-incredible-stats-from-lewis-hamiltons-career-as-he-prepares.SmV2Phd1UXvzBubQNl4Md.html

Sauber Contract Dispute:

https://www.si.com/racing/2015/03/18/ap-car-f1-sauber-van-der-garde

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Jack Threlfall Show! After a month without a new episode the show is back underway as we welcome returning guests Abbie and Sophie back to the show. After the dramatic month of July in F1 we review all the action from Silverstone, Austria, France, and Hungary as well as the fascinating context of the current driver market. A full list of timestamps and topics can be found below along with links for Abbie and Sophie's social media. Edited clips of all my interviews are also avaliable on the show's YouTube channel including the last episode with Abby and Sophie. More clips can also be found on the TikTok page @jackthrelfallshow.

Timestamps and Topics:

0:00 - Intro 

0:48 - Silverstone memories and Guanyu Zhou's flip

6:52 - Sebastian Vettel's legacy in F1

14:39 - Post Silverstone Headlines 

18:49 - Mattia Binotto and Ferrari's woes

20:25 - Driver Pairings across the grid

30:19 - The crazy week of transfer news in F1 

37:56 - TikTok fame and Foamy Guiness

43:49 - Red Bull's Porsche Deal and Future 

46:09 - Alpha Tauri's drop in performance

49:44 - Looking to Spa and the 2nd half of the season

53:14 - Max's loyalty to RBR vs Charles' to Ferrari

55:19 - Outro and thank yous

*editing note: Apologies for my slightly distored audio during this episode - I was still expirimenting with my new mic and didn't have it set up perfectly but I've sorted the issue now*

Links:

Abbie:

@abbydufffy (TikTok and Instagram)

Sophie:

@sophiewsheridan (TikTok and Instagram)

Their Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3DlhJSerrtQRs5C04MnEv4?si=350b2e83d51d4684

Me:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JackThrelfall

@jack.threlfall