Cut To The Race: FormulaNerds F1 Podcast

This week on the 'Cut to The Race' podcast, Oli, Callum, Emma, Dan and Michael meet a modern F1 legend.

 Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft joins the panel to discuss his thoughts on all things F1 including Daniel Ricciardo's current performance, the 2022 regulations and why Mercedes aren't as dominant as we all expected this year.He also touches upon the subject of Valtteri Bottas and whether he thinks the Finn should be replaced at the end of this year.

 We ask him how he handles difficult situations on a race weekend such as Romain Grosjean's horrific accident in Bahrain last year and how he prepares his stats and research for a race weekend.We find out that Crofty is also a darts fan and commentator, and we take him back in time with the FormulaNerds Motorsport Time Machine.

 Finally, we test his knowledge in a Nerds first, a quote quiz involving some of Crofty's best lines.

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This week on the 'Cut to the Race' podcast - Oli, Dan, Matt and Callum sat down to discuss the chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as well as covering key talking points from Monaco and this weeks news.

 Valtteri's botched pit-stop was a talking point, as well as Leclerc's short lived sensational pole position.The panel covered the cancellation of the Singapore Grand Prix, and look at alternative venues that could host a race to keep a calendar of 23 races a possibility. Spa also suffered devastating flooding this week, and the panel assess the damage caused, and what will have to be replaced.

 As talk turned to Azerbaijan the panel discussed the major talking points, from Bottas' lack of pace (as Dan tried desperately to defend his beloved driver) to another pole position from Charles Leclerc.Of course talk was mainly focussed on the issues with the Pirelli tyres, causing Max Verstappen to lose a certain win, and Lance Stroll to tumble out of the points. Hamilton's lock-up made Oli cry, and the panel gave their race ratings and drivers of the day.

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On today’s very special episode, Oli and Matt are joined by F1’s best-connected man: Mark Gallagher.

From corporate board rooms, to operations, commentating, and even Hollywood, Mark has done it all. The list of teams and drivers Mark has been involved with is truly staggering. From the likes of Senna, Schumacher,  and Häkkinen, Mark has worked with and been around them all.On the team side Mark worked with Jordan, Jaguar, and subsequently Red Bull. 

He founded his own team in Status Grand Prix that competed in GP2, GP3, world endurance and won the A1 Grand Prix in 2009. Oli and Matt are given a brilliant insight to Mark’s perception of drivers like Hamilton and Vettel in the modern age compared to the heroes of old.

 Our team gets Mark to open up on the perception of drivers in the social media age. Have we lost some of the ability to TRULY see and know our drivers through modern content creation practices? Are Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel that dissimilar in their mindset when it comes to the fans in their personal lives?

 The panel also does a little bit of deep diving into the corporate side of things by comparing Haas and Aston Martin’s way of doing business. From PR, to sponsorships, to financials a little bit of everything is discussed.Lastly, our trio looks at Red Bull vs Ferrari and how the 2022 regulations could hurt or help the teams. Mark gives his predictions for the 2021 season but gives us a fresh new perspective on how teams may or may not be focusing on the future.

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On today’s episode, Oli, Matt, Callum, and Michael have a sit down with an F1 institution of over 20 years: FIA safety car driver Bernd Mayländer.

Known best in most circles for leading the Formula 1 pack under a yellow flag, our panel dives into the mindset, experiences, and memories of Bernd’s daily activities.

From safety car testing to his snack of choice in race control, Bernd shares it all.With two of the coolest company cars on the planet (with an Aston Martin Vantage and a Mercedes AMG GT R at his disposal), The Nerds are given some behind the scenes insight into his personal preference and just how far the safety car has come. Bernd also takes time to recount some of the harrowing scenes (such as Romain Grosjean’s famous crash in Bahrain) and dive into the mental focus required on race weekend (as well as what makes a safety car driver come to work and enjoy himself as much).

 As the talk progresses to Bernd’s racing achievements, he ends up taking a lap around memory lane in Callum’s racing time machine. Bernd recounts his experiences from endurance racing and a record setting 100,000 mile drive.

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This week on the ‘Cut to the Race’ podcast. Oli, Dan and Michael sat down to interview racing driver, Jordan King.

Additional to this, we hear his experiences of the 24 hours of Le Mans, Indy 500 and WEC.

 As well as a racing driver, Jordan is a big supporter of the Birmingham Children’s hospital, and reveals how his own experiences with the hospital inspired him to fundraise, and help out the hospital that once helped him.

 The panel then quiz Jordan on his thoughts on the 2021 F1 season, before we ended the show!

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This week on the 'Cut to the Race' podcast - Oli, Dan, and Matt sat down to discuss the Spanish Grand Prix, and the news from the past week. 

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This week on the 'Cut to the Race' podcast - Oli, Dan, Matt and Callum sat down to discuss, Imola, Portimao and the news we've missed over the past few weeks.

The panel discuss the Russell/Bottas incident that got everyone talking, and each draw their own conclusions about who was to blame, before moving on to cover the other talking points from the weekend and crediting Lewis Hamilton's incredible comeback drive.

The news over the past fortnight includes F1 heading to Miami, Suzuka extending its contract, Canada being replaced with Turkey, and the news of sprint races.The panel unanimously agreed Suzuka was one of the best circuits on the calendar, but the Turkey/Canada swap caused some discussion, as did the Miami Grand Prix set for 2022 and beyond.Sprint races also divided the panel as some love the idea, and some didn't, but all were in agreement it's nice to see F1 trying something new!

As discussion turned to Portimao the panel all decided to gang up on Dan and laid into Bottas' failed ability to turn a strong pole position into a race win. A track limits debate soon started, and all the panel agreed the actions of car #9 were unacceptable from a Formula 1 driver.Drivers of the day were decided and we now look ahead to the Spanish Grand Prix this coming weekend.

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This week on the "Cut to the Race" podcast, Oli, Callum and Emma are joined by Formula One presenter, reporter and occasional podcaster Rosanna Tennant.

 Rosanna talks us through her role in F1, how she plans and researches a race weekend and gives us an insight into everything she is involved in.

The panel grill her on her thoughts on current F1 news such as the Canadian Grand Prix being replaced with Turkey and whether sprint races will work.We also touch on her involvement in the FIA Girls on Track community and how she is an ambassador for women in motorsport.

We talk W Series and how that will shape F1 into becoming more diverse.Rosanna also gives us her spicy predictions on this season. Who does she think will come out on top? Lewis or Max? Mercedes or Red Bull? And who wins the battle for 3rd? McLaren or Ferrari?We also grab her thoughts on the current driver line up, what they are like to interview and her drivers to watch in F2 and F3.

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On the 'Cut to the Race' podcast this week, Oli, Matt, Callum and Emma are joined by personal trainer and performance coach Michael Italiano.

 Michael is best known for working with McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo, and opens up about how he became interested in becoming a performance coach. He talks to us about his involvement with Daniel and F1, and gives us an insight into how important it is for him to stay "race fit", how often they have to train to stay in shape for a race, and the mischevious things they get up to.

We discuss how the pandemic has forced people to use online workouts at home and the differences between working out at home and working out at the gym. We talk food, nutrition and discuss his coaching Facebook group and website.Finally he gives Oli some tips on how to get "wedding fit"!

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This week we have a special episode of the 'Cut To The Race' podcast we are live from the British SuperKarts at Outlon Park with Samantha Hempshall.

We interview Samantha after a long day full of ups and downs, and she explains what exactly SuperKarts are - 130mph 250cc beasts.

She talks about how she got into karting, the behind the scenes work that goes into the series and some of the challenges shes faced along the way.

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