For the final episode of series eight we're debating the top 10 title-deciding races of the V10 era. The format is simple: we've taken every race from 1989-2005 where the title was sealed, regardless of if it was a true final-round decider, and then Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson have each come up with a top 10 ranking. Those individual top 10s have then been combined to create an overall result. So listen in to see what we came up with!
Originally published on 01 S...
2024-06-05 00:52:41 +0000 UTC
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It's time for our regular 'Ask us anything' episode in series 8, with Edd Straw, Gary Anderson and Andrew van de Burgt joining Glenn Freeman to tackle a range of questions from the Bring Back V10s audience!
Get ready to hear their thoughts a huge range of topics, including the idea of the Schumacher brothers as team-mates, how a Ford-powered McLaren could have done in 1994, manufacturers we'd have liked to see join during the V10 era, plenty of backmarker questions for Edd and a debate ab...
2024-06-05 00:52:33 +0000 UTC
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ITV F1's pit lane reporter Louise Goodman joins Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson to discuss one of the most chaotic races in the V10 era: The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. From the monstrous first lap pile-up and subsequent re-start to Michael Schumacher's infamous clash with David Coulthard and Jordan's first ever victory with Damon Hill, this was a race that had it all! We hope you, our members, enjoy this early release of what is our most requested episode ever.
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2024-06-05 00:52:26 +0000 UTC
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Nigel Mansell pulled off something that will surely never be seen again when he went to IndyCar as the reigning F1 world champion in 1993, and won the American series' title at the first attempt.
Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to revisit Mansell's incredible first season in CART in great detail, all the way from his stunning debut victory in Australia, to coming back from a horrific crash at Phoenix and nearly winning the Indy 500 on his first oval start. With additional ins...
2024-06-05 00:52:18 +0000 UTC
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Nigel Mansell took a stunning victory from 12th on the grid at the Hungaroring of all places, where overtaking was thought to be almost impossible. And he capped it off with one of F1's all-time great passes, ambusing Ayrton Senna as the McLaren was baulked behind the ailing Onyx of Stefan Johansson.
Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt join Glenn Freeman to revisit Mansell's brilliant drive, the rumours that Alain Prost was going to be signed as his team-mate (and how Nigel felt about that), pl...
2024-06-05 00:52:11 +0000 UTC
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Join Edd Straw and Gary Anderson for the latest members’ podcast, as they tackle YOUR questions on James Key’s influence on McLaren’s recent revival, changes to the qualifying format, Nico Hulkenberg’s season so far, possible acrimony towards Sergio Perez, whether AlphaTauri should build around Daniel Ricciardo, and more…
Originally published on 02 Aug 2023
2024-06-05 00:52:05 +0000 UTC
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The 1995 Australian GP was a chaotic race that brought the curtain down on the first part of the Bring Back V10s era in many ways. It was F1's final visit to Adelaide, the last time we saw a V12 Ferrari, the final race before the distinctive high cockpit sides were introduced, and the last race that was started with green lights!
Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to discuss how Damon Hill came through a crazy, attritional race to win by two laps from a smoking Olivier Panis, ...
2024-06-05 00:51:59 +0000 UTC
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Bring Back V10s makes its regular detour into the V8 era to revisit the 2010 Korean Grand Prix - a day when Red Bull's title hopes with both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel seemed to disappear.
Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok join Glenn Freeman to look back on a race where Webber crashed out and Vettel's engine blew, allowing Fernando Alonso to claim victory and the championship lead.
Karun also recalls becoming the first driver to take an F1 car out onto the circuit - while it was still be...
2024-06-05 00:51:51 +0000 UTC
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The 2000 Australian Grand Prix marked the start of Ferrari's dominance of the early years of the 21st century, although it took an assist from an unreliable McLaren team for Michael Schumacher to score his first win in an F1 season-opener since 1995.
Matt Beer and Mark Hughes join Glenn Freeman to revisit how Schumacher got off to the perfect start, Jenson Button's rollercoaster F1 debut after much debate before the season, a bizarre spat between Eddie Irvine and McLaren, and the beginning o...
2024-06-05 00:51:44 +0000 UTC
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In this exclusive release for The Race Members' Club, you can listen in full to Edd Straw's interview with Guenther Steiner about being at Red Bull Racing for the team's first F1 season in 2005.
We hope you enjoy this - and thank you for supporting us as part of The Race Members' Club!
Originally published on 14 Jul 2023
2024-06-05 00:51:38 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy early access to episode TWO from the new series of Bring Back V10s, before episode one has even been released publicly! We're taking a trip back to the streets of Phoenix for the 1991 US GP, the last race that would be held in the States until 2000. Sam Smith and Gary Anderson join Glenn Freeman to reflect on a comfortable start to Ayrton Senna's final championship-winning year, and Gary shares plenty of stories about the build up to Jordan's first F1 race weekend with the stunning 191...<...
2024-06-05 00:51:33 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to early access to the new series of Bring Back V10s! For episode one of series eight, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Ben Anderson revisit Red Bull Racing's first season in F1, all the way from taking over Jaguar with a 31-year-old Christian Horner as team boss, to getting both cars in the points on debut, Red Bull buying Minardi later in the year, and the most important moment in Red Bull's F1 history: how it pulled off the signing of Adrian Newey at the end of the season.
2024-06-05 00:51:24 +0000 UTC
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Gary Anderson joins Edd Straw to answer your questions about Mercedes' upgrades, Lance Stroll's progress as a driver, how well positioned Ferrari are to challenge Red Bull in the future, what 'front-limited' and 'rear-limited' really mean, why everyone has a fondness for Minardi, and much much more...
Originally published on 19 May 2023
2024-06-05 00:51:17 +0000 UTC
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In this special members-only episode, Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw debate the results of the first Bring Back V10s World Cup - where our new Twitter Community voted through several rounds to determine the best season of the V10 era.
If you've not yet checked out the Bring Back V10s Twitter Community, you can find it here: https://twitter.com/i/communities/1613589832122470418
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2024-06-05 00:51:12 +0000 UTC
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For the final episode of the series we're once again answering your questions about the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw, Gary Anderson and Matt Beer to tackle subjects including Rubens Barrichello’s shock front row start at Brazil 1996, Dome’s ‘lost’ F1 car, how Bruno Junquiera would have fared if he’d won his Williams shoot-out with Jenson Button, whether Senna would have succeeded at Ferrari instead of Schumacher, and many more!
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2024-06-05 00:51:06 +0000 UTC
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Our latest Bring Back V10s Top 10 debate focuses on the best team-mate pairings of the era. Edd Straw, Ben Anderson and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to argue over what makes a great team-mate partnership - with a surprising amount of love for Gerhard Berger!
How did we do it? We took every constructors' championship winning set of team-mates from 1989-2005, added in some wildcards, then from that shortlist each of us made our own top 10 ranking. Those were then combined using F1's cu...
2024-06-05 00:50:44 +0000 UTC
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The 2002 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne proved a race of dramatically contrasting fortunes for the Schumacher brothers, with Ralf suffering a spectacular first lap retirement and Michael proving a year-old car was no barrier to success.
Edd Straw and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to pick over the details of a classic race, which featured one of the most iconic first-lap crashes in F1, a somewhat unexpected victory for Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher, and home hero Mark Webberâ€...
2024-06-05 00:50:37 +0000 UTC
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With F1 pre-season testing complete and the first race of 2023 just days away, we thought now was the perfect time for Edd Straw and Gary Anderson to convene and answer some of the questions you have as we head into the new campaign.
As ever, you responded in great numbers, so stand by for answers to questions on - amongst other things - Aston Martin's rapid testing pace, McLaren's underwhelming pre-season and how they might reverse their form, and whether Mercedes might risk a cost cap b...
2024-06-05 00:50:31 +0000 UTC
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen was signed to be Williams's next superstar, but after being brought in to replace world champion Damon Hill, he only took one victory and was firmly put in the shade by team-mate Jacques Villeneuve.
Edd Straw and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to revisit that single win, which came at the 1997 San Marino Grand Prix. As well as discussing Frentzen's failure at Williams at great length, we also dig into the other big stories in F1 at the time, including Villeneuve's...
2024-06-05 00:50:26 +0000 UTC
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Force India went from a team that hadn't scored a point to claiming a pole position and a podium finish in one incredible weekend at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix. But should it have been a win? Edd Straw and Ben Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to look at Giancarlo Fisichella's incredible weekend, and how Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari denied a fairytale result.
There's also talk of Jenson Button's mid-season wobble in his title-winning season, his Brawn GP team secretly doing its deal to be tak...
2024-06-05 00:50:19 +0000 UTC
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The 2004 French Grand Prix was famously won by Michael Schumacher switching to a four-stop strategy to outfox Fernando Alonso and Renault on a day where Ferrari faced a bigger threat than usual in one of its most dominant seasons.
Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell join host Glenn Freeman to look back at how Ferrari pulled the unique strategy off, and why Renault could do nothing about it. They also look back at everything else going on in F1 around the time of the race, including the debut f...
2024-06-05 00:50:12 +0000 UTC
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F1's first race at Malaysia's Sepang circuit was hugely memorable, not only for Michael Schumacher's return after breaking his leg earlier in the year and how he dominated the weekend before handing the win to Eddie Irvine, but also for the post-race controversy that resulted in both Ferraris being excluded - only to be reinstated six days later after winning an FIA appeal. Gary Anderson and Karun Chandhok join host Glenn Freeman to look back on everything that happened around the first Malaysia...
2024-06-05 00:50:05 +0000 UTC
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Jean Alesi announced himself as an F1 star in the making at the first race of 1990 in Phoenix, where he led the first half of the race, then cheekily stole the lead back from Ayrton Senna after the McLaren driver passed him mid-race. It set the scene for an eventful year for Alesi on and off track, as he performed underdog heroics with Tyrrell, and ended up signing contracts with both Williams and Ferrari for 1991. Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt join host Glenn Freeman to assess how good Ales...
2024-06-05 00:49:58 +0000 UTC
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Bring Back V10s ventures into the first year of F1's V8 era to look back at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, where Jenson Button finally claimed the first win of his F1 career. Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell-Malm join host Glenn Freeman to discuss a crazy wet-dry race in great detail, looking at how Button and Honda triumphed, the brilliance of Fernando Alonso before he was forced into retirement, and a day to forget for Michael Schumacher. They also revisit the major news topics from the summer of ...
2024-06-05 00:49:50 +0000 UTC
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The 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington is one of Ayrton Senna's most iconic victories, and of course one of the most famous opening laps by any driver in F1 history. Mark Hughes and Gary Anderson - who were both at Donington that weekend - join host Glenn Freeman to revisit Senna's majestical performance, as well as everything else that happened in that race and what else was going on in F1 at the time - including Peugeot abandoning plans to enter a team in F1, the FIA's first steps towards b...
2024-06-05 00:49:42 +0000 UTC
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Mika Hakkinen's final F1 victory came in his penultimate race at the 2001 United States Grand Prix, before he headed off into a "sabbatical" that in his mind was always going to be retirement. Mark Hughes - who was covering the race at Indianapolis - and Edd Straw join host Glenn Freeman to revisit F1 arriving on US soil just weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York.
We also discuss the rumours about Michael Schumacher wanting to skip the race, Jean Alesi reaching 200 F1 starts, BAR a...
2024-06-05 00:49:36 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to early access to the new series of Bring Back V10s! Ahead of episode one being released on January 5, The Race Members' Club can listen to it more than two weeks in advance.
Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to revisit the summer of 1996, when Williams decided to drop championship leader Damon Hill for 1997 in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. We look at what was going on behind the scenes at Williams, and put to the test some of the theories Hill has expressed over th...
2024-06-05 00:49:29 +0000 UTC
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In the gap between Bring Back V10s series, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Andrew van de Burgt answer a brilliantly varied selection of questions from The Race Members' Club in this episode that is available exclusively to our members. Thank you so much for supporting us, we hope you enjoy listening!
Originally published on 06 Dec 2022
2024-06-05 00:49:21 +0000 UTC
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Following on from our debate at the end of series six about the best championship-winning F1 cars from the Bring Back V10s era, we've taken suggestions from The Race Members' Club for the best cars from 1989-2005 that didn't win the championship. Glenn Freeman is joined by Matt Beer and Ben Anderson to go over a selection of cars ranging from those that came close, some that were let down by their drivers, and others that stood out for very different reasons.
Originally published on 14 O...
2024-06-05 00:49:14 +0000 UTC
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We're finishing the series with something new: a top 10 debate! Our first topic is about the best cars of the V10 era. Host Glenn Freeman and guests Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson all ranked every drivers' championship-winning car in F1 from 1989-2005, and our four lists were combined to create an overall ranking, which leaves plenty of room for arguments to break out - usually over the quality of a car's opposition or the standard of the drivers they took to championship success.
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2024-06-05 00:49:06 +0000 UTC
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