F1: Beyond The Grid

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Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, is a new podcast that delivers great stories, fresh insight and amazing anecdotes from the world of F1. Each week Tom Clarkson will bring fans in-depth, personal conversations with the biggest names in the sport, from current superstar drivers and leading team bosses to legendary figures from history.

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63: F2 PODCAST: Mick Schuma...

10.18.2019

Alex Jacques catches up with a young driver who has the biggest name in all of motorsport. Mick Schumacher exclusively talks to F2: The Road to F1 about his career so far, his passions away from the track and the ...

F1: Beyond The Grid episodes:

10.18.2019 63: F2 PODCAST: Mick Schumacher – Living up to the name Alex Jacques catches up with a young driver who has the biggest name in all of motorsport. Mick Schumacher exclusively talks to F2: The Road to F1 about his career so far, his passions away from the track and the ...
10.16.2019 62: Ralf Schumacher: “Would I have made it to F1 without Michael? I don’t think so” He was a driver for whom much was expected, arriving in F1 as the younger brother of a double world champion. And though today Ralf Schumacher doesn’t rate his achievements that highly, those who raced against him will tell you ...
10.09.2019 61: Jenson Button: “My title was the perfect story – they need to make a movie of it” Our guest this week is someone who lived through one of the sport’s biggest fairy tales when, in 2009, he won the world title with Brawn, less than 12 months after the team had been put out of business by ...
10.02.2019 60: Valtteri Bottas: “Beating Lewis isn’t easy. But I don’t like anything easy in my life...” As Lewis Hamilton’s team mate at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas finds himself consistently measured against a driver many consider the best of all time. But far from being overawed, the gritty Finn actively relishes the challenge, and has become a consistent ...
09.25.2019 59: Cyril Abiteboul: “I live F1 physically. I don’t sleep for two nights after a race” He’s a man with one of the toughest jobs in F1: tasked with leading one of the sport’s grandee teams back to the top, under the weight of huge public expectation. But if anyone knows Renault, it’s Cyril Abiteboul. The ...
09.18.2019 58: Jos Verstappen: “My own F1 career could have gone better, but I’m happy, because what I learned I gave to my son…” This week’s guest is Dutch, caused a major stir when he first jumped into an F1 car, and has the surname of Verstappen… but we’re not talking about Red Bull star Max, we’re talking about his father. Jos Verstappen had ...
09.11.2019 57: Alex Albon: “Adversity has given me a strong personality…” A year ago, Alex Albon didn’t have an F1 drive, and his prospects of getting one looked slim at best. He had no affiliation with an F1 team and, despite shining in F2, he was having to looking at alternative ...
09.04.2019 56: Pastor Maldonado: “Sometimes I went over the limit. No more than others, but my mistakes were always on the front page…” Pastor Maldonado was always a headline maker. The Venezuelan arrived in F1 in 2011 with Williams as GP2 champion, and the very next year delivered the team a first win in over seven years with a dazzling performance in Spain. ...
08.28.2019 55: Tony Brooks: “If you made a mistake in my day, you were in the lap of the gods…” He raced in an era of heroes; a time when cars had no seat belts, yet could still be raced at averages of 150mph. Many he raced against in the 1950s – the first decade of the world championship – ...
08.21.2019 54: SPECIAL EPISODE: Six of the best anecdotes from Season 2 so far! It’s the F1 summer break, and on this week’s episode Tom has trawled through the archives and picked out six of his favourite anecdotes from Season 2 so far. We won’t give anything away, but listen out for gems from ...
08.14.2019 53: SPECIAL EPISODE: Jo Ramirez on being in the middle of Senna and Prost at McLaren He may not be a household name, but Jo Ramirez is one of those people who has seen it all and worked with them all. He broke into F1 in the 1960s, working with emerging superstar Ricardo Rodriguez. His Mexican ...
08.07.2019 52: Jacky Ickx: "I lived through an incredible era. I'm a survivor" He may never have claimed the world championship his supreme talents probably deserved, but Jacky Ickx remains one of the most revered drivers of the 60s and 70s. An eight-time Grand Prix winner, and twice runner up for the title, ...
07.31.2019 51: Alex Wurz: “On the morning of the day I scored my first podium, I was fired…” He’s one of the most interesting characters in the F1 paddock: a podium-scoring driver who remains just as busy today as he was when he was racing. Then again, Alex Wurz was never your average racer; from his unconventional introduction ...
07.24.2019 50: Jean Todt: “I’ve been blessed to enjoy success in an world that has always fascinated me. But now I want to give back…” Among F1 fans, Jean Todt is perhaps most famous for leading Ferrari out of their early 90s slump and into a period of unprecedented domination in the 2000s. As mighty as that period was - and don’t forget that Schumacher’s ...
07.17.2019 49: Derek Warwick: "The bravest thing I ever did was get back in the car the day after my team mate was nearly killed" From the rock ‘em, sock ‘em world of stock car racing to the pinnacle of motorsport, Derek Warwick’s career was one hell of a rollercoaster ride. In an F1 career spanning 146 Grand Prix starts, the tough Brit raced for ...
07.10.2019 48: SPECIAL EPISODE: Ross Brawn on Brawn GP’s fairy-tale 2009 title success The history of F1 is littered with great stories and improbable comebacks, and Brawn GP’s title-winning season in 2009 is right up there with the best of them. It was late 2008 when Honda surprisingly pulled the plug on its ...
07.03.2019 47: 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 intervening period Kevin Magnussen has established himself as a hard-edged, no-nonsense racer ...
06.26.2019 46: 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. Having arrived in F1 via the circuitous route of downhill skiing, the US college system and ...
06.19.2019 45: 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 1972 with McLaren where he caused a stir with his great speed and somewhat wild race ...
06.12.2019 44: 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 rookie season was out. Today, Nico Hulkenberg is still regarded as one of the ...
06.05.2019 43: 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 racing career this blue-sky thinker was responsible for introducing such things as tyre ...
05.31.2019 42: NEW PODCAST ALERT - Introducing The Road To F1, the new podcast all about Formula 2 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 driver to race in Formula 2. The Colombian driver tells her fascinating career story; one ...
05.29.2019 41: 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 retired and before the latter became a household name, John Watson was ...
05.22.2019 40: 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 the final race of the year; and the huge uncertainty of recovery from ...
05.15.2019 39: 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 then in many ways Jean Alesi embodied the perfect Ferrari driver: passionate, fast ...
05.08.2019 38: 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, supported by Bose, we speak to one of the key figures in the ...
05.01.2019 37: Damon Hill: "I had an innate desire to race - and a need to make things right" In the current era, it's not unheard of for a driver aged 24 to have hundreds of Grands Prix under his belt. At the same age, Damon Hill had only just begun racing cars. Then again, had his father - ...
04.24.2019 36: Alan Jones: “I was a pretty aggressive driver. If someone passed me I took it personally…” He’s renowned as one of racing’s toughest nuts – a driver who gave his all on the race track and didn’t suffer fools off it. And this week on F1’s official podcast, Beyond The Grid, supported by Bose, 1980 World ...
04.17.2019 35: Sergio Perez: “There are no coincidences in F1. There’s a reason why I’m always there when there’s an opportunity to take…” He’s known as a driver who makes the most of every opportunity – in the thick of the midfield battle, give Sergio Perez a sniff of a podium and the Mexican will normally take it. This week on Beyond The ...
04.10.2019 34: 1000th race special with Murray Walker - ‘The Voice of F1’ He's been called ‘The Voice of F1’ - and for good reason. For more than 25 years, Murray Walker provided commentary on Grand Prix racing for the majority of the English-speaking world - and always in his own inimitable style. ...
04.03.2019 33: Guenther Steiner: "F1 fans like an underdog to fight with the big boys" He's the colourful Team Principal of the American Haas team, and thanks to an unforgettable appearance in the recent Netflix documentary series Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Guenther Steiner has also become something of a fan favourite. This week on ...
03.27.2019 32: Luca Di Montezemolo: "Ferrari is passion, Ferrari is emotion, I thank God I worked for them" He was handed arguably the biggest job in motor racing in his mid-twenties, when none other than Enzo Ferrari made him Sporting Director of his famous team. But rather than falter under such pressure, Luca Di Montezemolo flourished. In the ...
03.20.2019 31: David Coulthard: “I loved being an F1 driver - but I don’t miss the mental anguish” David Coulthard arrived in F1 amid one of its most turbulent periods, getting his big break at Williams in 1994 after the tragic death of superstar driver Ayrton Senna. He’d go on to race in 246 Grands Prix, winning 13 ...
03.13.2019 29: Kimi Raikkonen: “Racing and partying – for me it was normal“ He‘s the most experienced driver on the current F1 grid, easily one of the most popular, and certainly the most enigmatic. Kimi Raikkonen exploded onto the F1 scene in 2001 as a 21-year-old super rookie – barely any experience, but ...
03.12.2019 30: Beyond The Grid Is Back.. Beyond The Grid is back Wednesday 13th March. Make sure you subscribe now so you don't miss out on Tom Clarkson in conversation with 'The Iceman' himself: the one and only Kimi Raikkonen.
01.09.2019 28: Sabine Kehm on working with Michael Schumacher as his PR and manager On January 3rd 2019, Michael Schumacher – statistically the most successful F1 driver of all-time – turned 50\. To commemorate the occasion, last week Tom brought you a special conversation with Ross Brawn - the man who helped guide Schumacher ...
01.02.2019 27: Ross Brawn on Michael Schumacher – the driver, the leader, the man On January 3rd 2019, Michael Schumacher – statistically the most successful F1 driver of all-time – turns 50\. To commemorate the occasion, Beyond The Grid is back with two special conversations with two people who know the great man better ...
12.19.2018 26: End Of Year Special: The Best Of 2018 This week marks the season finale of Beyond The Grid - but don't worry, we'll be back before you know it in 2019 with more conversations with the great and the good of Grand Prix racing (and much more besides). ...
12.12.2018 25: Otmar Szafnauer: “When Force India went into administration, my role was to keep the team together” Though he's been in F1 a long time, you may not have been overly familiar with Otmar Szafnauer before this year. As COO of Force India, the American played a key role in turning them into one of the best ...
12.05.2018 24: Juan Pablo Montoya: “I was different – I guess that’s why I wasn’t in F1 long. I didn’t fit in” He streaked into F1 in 2001; a spectacular no-holds-barred racer unafraid to go wheel-to-wheel with the biggest names in the sport. But though he made a big splash, winning seven races, including the Monaco Grand Prix, Juan Pablo Montoya’s Formula ...
11.28.2018 23: Rob Smedley: “I cried for about an hour after Massa lost the 2008 title – it was so intense…” This week, for the first time on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, we’re not speaking to a driver or a team boss, but to an engineer – and someone who’s been directly involved of some of the biggest moments ...
11.21.2018 22: Emerson Fittipaldi: When you left the pits you had to give yourself to the sport. You couldn't think what might happen... He's the granddaddy of Brazilian motorsport; a true trailblazer who, having become F1's youngest ever world champion in 1972, inspired a generation of exceptional talent in his homeland, including Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna. Emerson Fittipaldi saw it all in ...
11.14.2018 21: Carlos Sainz: "Racing is in my blood - my father taught me a champion's mentality" F1 has seen its fair share of second generation racers, but Carlos Sainz doesn't quite fit the mould. The natural script would have been for him to follow his famous father and namesake into rallying, but while Carlos Sainz Sr ...
11.07.2018 20: Claire Williams: “I had no aspirations to run an F1 team - it was never in my destiny” To say Claire Williams has racing in her blood would be an understatement. But despite being born into and raised around one of F1’s most successful teams, it’s fair to say she never expected to one day find herself taking ...
10.31.2018 19: Jackie Stewart: “I removed emotion completely when I drove racing cars – I had to…” He’s regarded as one of the very best drivers of all-time; a man who, when he walked away from F1, had amassed three world championship titles and a then-record 27 Grand Prix victories. But that he was able to walk ...
10.24.2018 18: Nico Rosberg: “I don’t miss the driving, but I miss the winning…” He’s the only man in the last nine years other than Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel to win a world title. But what makes Nico Rosberg’s story so compelling is what happened immediately after his crowning glory when, seemingly at ...
10.17.2018 17: Charles Leclerc: “People say the pressure in Ferrari will be on another level - but mental strength is my biggest quality” It takes a special kind of driver to get the call to race for Ferrari with less than a season of Grand Prix racing under your belt - especially when the man you’re set to replace is a world champion. ...
10.10.2018 16: Johnny Herbert: “I always felt I could beat anyone, anytime, in any car. But after my accident, I never had those feelings again…” He’s one of racing’s toughest nuts – a man who refused to let potentially life-changing injuries stand in the way of his dream of racing in Formula 1. This week on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, we’re joined by ...
10.03.2018 15: Pierre Gasly: “The Red Bull programme tests you every day to see how strong you are. Once you get it, you know how to handle things…” Daniel Ricciardo’s shock decision to quit Red Bull for Renault in 2019 sent shockwaves through the F1 world – but for rising star Pierre Gasly, it handed him the biggest opportunity of his career so far. After a season and ...
09.26.2018 14: Alain Prost: “You can’t talk about my rivalry with Senna without understanding what happened after I retired…” The word legend is often bandied about in sports, but this week’s guest on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, is truly worthy of the moniker. As a driver, Alain Prost set new standards, establishing a win record that only ...

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