Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Diego Mejia to discuss 6 things we still don't know about F1 2024, including how fast Red Bull really is, whether Ferrari can be quick on all types of circuit, and whether McLaren are going to come on strong.
Originally published on 18 Mar 2024
Ben Anderson and Glenn Freeman join Edd Straw to discuss how, with just two races gone, the pressure is already ramping up for Daniel Ricciardo at RB, while over at Mercedes, the return of some familiar issues has potentially left Lewis Hamilton feeling vindicated about his impending move to Ferrari. Ben, Glenn and Edd also tackle a host of questions from The Race Members' Club, including ones on McLaren's form, how to close up the field, and the thorny issue of the sprint weekend format.
Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw and Samarth Kanal in Jeddah to discuss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and in particular Ollie Bearman's remarkable F1 debut for Ferrari, after his surprise call up to replace the unwell Carlos Sainz. The team also discuss more off-track issues for Red Bull, the return of unwanted issues for Mercedes, the unusual tactics used by Haas to bag a point, and why Max Verstappen was able to win again at a canter.
Originally published on 12 Mar 20...
In the latest episode of F1 Book Club, where we shine a spotlight on books we think people in The Race Members’ Club might enjoy, Sam Smith chats to Guardian F1 journalist Giles Richards about his new tome: F1 Racing Confidential: Inside stories from the world of Formula One. Giles explains why he chose to write a book that tells the personal stories of an array of paddock personalities, including numerous unsung heroes, as well as more well-known names.
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Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to discuss the apparent civil war raging at Red Bull. While all is looking rosy on-track for the world champions, off-track the team seems in turmoil, with Max Verstappen's father Jos effectively calling for team boss Christian Horner to step down following the internal investigation into his conduct. What will happen next, and what implications will this fallout have on the future of F1's star driver? Those are two of the questions tackled on this top...
2024-06-05 00:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostMark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to discuss the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, in which reigning champion Max Verstappen stamped his authority with a convincing victory. But could Charles Leclerc have run him closer, had the Ferrari driver not experienced brake issues? That's one of many questions tackled on today's analysis packed pod.
Originally published on 03 Mar 2024
We're finishing series 9 of Bring Back V10s with a brilliant selection of questions from our audience, with Mark Hughes, Edd Straw and Andrew van de Burgt on hand to help Glenn Freeman cover a wide range of topics.
So get ready to hear about the best looking grid of F1 cars in the V10 era, how fast current F1 cars could go on proper 'tyre war' slicks, Jordan helping to rebrand DHL, an Onyx-Ferrari tie-up, the best moments of V10 commentary, plus some of our customary what ifs, like Alain Pro...
It's time for another exclusive members' Q&A episode, this time on F1 testing. There was loads to talk about after three days of intense pre-season running in Bahrain, and as usual you've served up some fantastic questions for us. So settle in as Edd Straw, Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm tackle a host of your questions, including ones on Red Bull's unique car design, McLaren's progress (or lack of it), Mercedes' wing legality and much more.
Originally published on 26 Feb 2024
The best Williams drivers of F1’s V10 era are the subject of our latest top 10 debate. Edd Straw, Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to discover how their individual top 10s combined, and then argue over the results!
Find out if Glenn and Ben let loyalty towards their childhood heroes influence their rankings, if Matt manages to sabotage Nigel Mansell, Edd’s surprising stance on Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and the never-ending Montoya v Ralf Schumacher debate.
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F1 car launch season is a time that invariably throws up a lot of questions. So what better time, we thought, for another exclusive Q&A episode, where you - The Race Members - can dictate what we talk about. So join Edd Straw as he puts your questions to Gary Anderson, Mark Hughes, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Ben Anderson. We couldn’t answer all of your questions - there were so many! - but we hope there’s something for everyone in this launch-themed pod, from chat on how the latest technica...
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The 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix is famous for one thing: Jacques Villeneuve's thrilling around-the-outside pass on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari at the fearsome final corner, which set him up for a charge to victory that kept that year's title battle alive all the way to the final race in Japan.
Matt Beer and Ben Anderson join a giddy Glenn Freeman to revisit one of Villeneuve's greatest days in F1, also looking at how Schumacher really reacted to the move in private.
We also discuss Damon...
Bring Back V10s has gone hybrid! 10 years on from the introduction of the modern-day F1 engines that don't make enough noise and are missing four cylinders, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson revisit the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix - a race famous for Daniel Ricciardo taking his maiden F1 win for Red Bull, and Mercedes suffering its first hybrid-era defeat.
We look back at the early shots in the Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg war, Ferrari's nightmare start to the era, how the tension between...
Ferrari produced one of its worst F1 cars in 1992, and predictably endured a miserable season as a result. David Tremayne joins Glenn Freeman and Andrew van de Burgt to look back at the attractive Ferrari F92A, famed for its radical 'twin floor', to explore why the year went so badly for the Prancing Horse.
We also look at the upheaval that was going on behind the scenes at Ferrari, including the returns of Luca di Montezemolo, Niki Lauda and John Barnard, and pinpoint how this dreadful seas...
The Schumacher brothers were at the top of the F1 mountain in the summer of 2001, and they arrived on home soil at the Nurburgring with Michael comfortably leading the championship, and Ralf having just taken the second win of his career and signing a big new contract with Williams.
The scene was set for another Schumacher vs Schumacher contest when they shared the front row at the Nurburgring, but Ralf's day unravelled - first with a typical startline 'chop' from his brother, and then when R...
The 1994 Belgian Grand Prix will forever be remembered as the race where Michael Schumacher was excluded for the plank under his Benetton being too worn down. But it was also the weekend when Rubens Barrichello claimed a shock first pole for Jordan, and the iconic Eau Rouge sequence was sanitised by the addition of a slow-speed chicane.
Gary Anderson - the main responsible for Barrichello's slick-tyre gamble in qualifying - and Sam Smith join Glenn Freeman to revisit a time in F1 when Re...
Alex Zanardi returned to F1 in 1999 with Williams as red-hot property after a sensational stint racing in America, but things went badly wrong, leading the team to cut ties with him after just one dismal season.
Ex-Williams insider Jim Wright joins Glenn Freeman and self-confessed Zanardi superfan Matt Beer to look back on what went wrong that season, and assess if there was anything Williams or Zanardi could have done differently to enjoy more success together.
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Juan Pablo Montoya ended a 20-year wait for Williams to win another Monaco Grand Prix in 2003, clinging on with an ailing BMW engine to fend off Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher.
Ben Anderson and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to look back at a busy F1 weekend in the principality, where F1's manufacturers did battle with the FIA, Ferrari got caught out by F1's new qualifying rules, hype was building around McLaren's radical MP4-18, Jaguar had grand plans for the years to come, Cristi...
Bring Back V10s is back for a new series! Longtime F1 journalist and radio commentator Maurice Hamilton joins Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw to revisit the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, a much-requested race where Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna had the first of their infamous collisions. And as we discover, what went on in the weeks following the race was even more ludicrous than the sight of the two McLarens stranded at the chicane after F1's highest-profile slow-speed accident.
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It’s time for another episode of Book Club, where we bring you an exclusive chat with an author of a book we think you’ll love. On this occasion, host Edd Straw chats to Kris Henley, a man who has spent many years in the F1 paddock as a TV producer and occasional cameraman, and who has recently released a charmingly funny new book entitled: Starting from the Back of the Grid: Misadventures Inside Formula One's Flying Circus.
Originally published on 15 Dec 2023
We've got something a bit different for you this time: an exclusive interview that's not related to an episode we've covered already on Bring Back V10s. Recently Glenn Freeman got the chance to talk to former F1 designer Jean-Claude Migeot - the man responsible for the iconic high-nose Tyrrell 019 that set a design trend for the next 20+ years.
Migeot also shares his thoughts on another famous car of his that wasn't a success: the disastrous Ferrari F92A of 1992. And to give our members ...
A groundbreaking autonomous racing series is coming for 2024, with 10 teams from across the globe set to be involved in the new Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League - A2RL - when the pioneering new concept launches next April.
Join Edd Straw as he chats to one of the series' key figures, Dr Tom McCarthy, about what to expect...
Originally published on 30 Nov 2023
While the F1 world has got excited about the glitzy, Keanu Reeves-led Brawn GP story on Disney+, out of the limelight another short-lived, iconic F1 team has been the subject of a new documentary: none other than the infamous no-hoper Andrea Moda squad.
Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw get together - having paid out of their own pockets to watch the 3-part series on Vimeo - to discuss the show... without giving away too many spoilers!
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In the latest exclusive F1 podcast for Race members, we’re looking forward to the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix by looking back at F1’s initial visits to the self-proclaimed entertainment capital of the world. Yes, in case you weren’t aware, F1 has raced in Las Vegas before, holding a pair of races on a makeshift circuit in the Caesar’s Palace car parking lot in 1981 and 1982. Racing in both of those Grands Prix - and finishing second in the latter - was five-time F1 winner John W...
2024-06-05 00:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe opening episode of series 7 of Bring Back V10s - about Williams' shock decision to dump world champion elect Damon Hill - was one of our favourites to put together, with contributions from journalist Andrew Benson (who broke the story) and Williams alumni Ann Bradshaw, Jim Wright and Jonathan Williams. We only used snippets of each interview in the final episode, but now, as an exclusive bonus for Race members, you can hear those conversations uncut and in full, giving you a more rounded pic...
2024-06-05 00:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostF1 tech legend Gary Anderson wasn't able to join our last Bring Back V10s Q&A episode, exclusively for members, so we made a promise to reconvene with him at a later date to put your questions to him. So consider this promise kept, as Glenn Freeman presents Gary with questions on Jordan's loss of Peugeot engines for 1998, whether Gary could have had an Adrian Newey-like career had Williams hired him instead, why Andrea de Cesaris was so valuable to Jordan in 1991, and a hypothetical about Ja...
2024-06-05 00:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostExclusively for members, listen to Edd Straw's full conversation with Mario Andretti about son Michael Andretti's nightmare experience with McLaren in 1993, extracts of which were used in Episode 1 of Season 6.
Originally published on 27 Oct 2023
Join Edd Straw for this exclusive members’ podcast, as he puts your questions to former F1 technical director Gary Anderson. Stay tuned for questions on the future of DRS, Haas upgrades, the return of refuelling, sliding-scale aero restrictions, and the remarkable rise of Oscar Piastri, amongst others…
Originally published on 18 Oct 2023
As a special bonus for The Race Members' Club, here is Glenn Freeman's full conversation with longtime American journalist Curt Cavin, on what it was like covering Nigel Mansell's sensational 1993 IndyCar season.
Originally published on 13 Oct 2023
Get comfortable and enjoy the longest-ever episode of Bring Back V10s - exclusively for The Race Members' Club. Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson are tackling all of your questions, with a little bit of help from Mark Hughes too.
And look out for the next Gary Anderson episode in this feed, where Gary will be answering the questions that were directed to him specifically!
Originally published on 04 Oct 2023
In our latest F1 podcast recorded exclusively for The Race Members' Club, Edd Straw sits down for a lengthy chat with author Damien Smith, whose new book 'Benetton: Rebels of Formula 1' charts the incredible rise of 'Team Enstone' in the Eighties and Nineties.
Originally published on 29 Sep 2023