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The Race Directors Podcast - F1

The Things That Made England

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DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers'

How Jamaica Conquered the World

Intelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideas

Map Corner

Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics

The Race Directors Podcast - F1

The Things That Made England

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Ahead of Marina Bay, Ed casts a glance at the 2008 Singapore GP, one of the most controversial in the sport’s history. Meanwhile, Joe goes full Gazzetta with a focus on overperforming underdogs Scuderia Italia. Also…nationalise Dallara?

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We look back with Ed to the 1995 Italian Grand Prix, and Johnny Herbert’s second race win for Benetton, against legendary teammate Michael Schumacher. Finally, Joe throws Italian exceptionalism to the curb with a look at Andrea Moda. Are they the worst team in the history of Formula 1?

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Ahead of F1’s short trip to Zandvoort, Ed covers the old track’s final race, and three-time champion Niki Lauda’s final win, in 1985. Meanwhile, Joe takes a look at the BRM team, and how the capital ‘B’ British project fell so much sooner than its rivals.

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Looking Back with Ed. 

To choose a classic race from Spa, is like choosing which cake to have for dessert you simply can’t choose one. But if I had to choose one it had to be the one which had everything you could have wanted in a race, drama, action and a heartwarming ending. It’s the story of when Damon Hill and Eddie Jordan danced all night and Schumacher raged quit. It’s the story of Spa’1998.

Classic teams with Joe.

Mercedes’s dominance post-2013 may have reintroduced German silver to the front of the F1 grid, but for all their pride before crashing out at Hockenheim, the team itself are as British as they get. In fact, true German teams are a rarity in F1 history, perhaps due in part to the mess of this week’s classic tale, when the Zakspeed touring car team decided to try their luck on the biggest stage of all.

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Looking Back with Ed. The 2006 edition of the Hungarian Grand Prix was the weekend where Jenson Button finally broke a hoodoo that lasted over 100 races to join the most prestigious club in racing. It’s the story of when Button danced in the rain.

Classic teams of F1 lore - British American Racing (BAR). Riding a wave of hype and expectation never before seen in the sport, British American Racing – BAR – emerged from the ashes of the classic Tyrrell, but this was no simple takeover. Craig Pollock’s team were based out of an all-new facility in Brackley, had sponsorship from one of the world’s biggest tobacco conglomerates, and the services of 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

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Looking Back with Ed. 

The 1999 French Grand Prix was won by Heinz-Harald Frentzen driving a Jordan after starting from fifth position. It was a dramatic dry to wet and dry again race.

Link to classic teams with Joe. Real estate companies aren’t exactly typical F1 partners, but after sponsoring future Ferrari driver Ivan Capelli in the Japanese Formula 2 championship, Leyton House owner Akira Akagi found himself supporting a full Formula 1 team come 1987.

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Looking Back with Ed. 

Many races have been stopped early due to poor weather but few have the drama that the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix had as Vittorio Brambilla won and spun in the rain. Here’s the story of how the Monza gorilla roared and then slipped to victory.

Link to classic teams with Joe. Between the high average speed, elevation and threat of rain in the Styrian hills, the Austrian Grand Prix is one of the classic venues for a chaotic race. Surprise Austrian GP wins are a common factor with Joe’s retro teams, with March in 1975 and Penske in ‘76, and this week he’s made it a hattrick with the winners from 1977, Shadow.

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Review 87 British GP - Now we all know Silverstone has a very large and boisterous crowd but they are also extremely helpful in giving the first indication that you are gaining on the car in front of you. Here’s Ed with the first example of how people power helped Nigel Mansell take a crucial second British Grand Prix win.

Link to classic teams with Joe. Now, we at the Race Directors are deliberately ‘Not Your Dad’s F1 Podcast’. All three of us are under the age of 30, and we know a majority of you are, too, which is why - of all the teams he could have chosen - Joe’s picked one that started in 1954, it's Vanwall.”

Carrie Brooks on Tony Brooks

Tony Brooks was a British racing driver who participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, from 1956 to 1961, He competed for Connaught, Vanwall, BRM and Ferrari winning 9 Grand Prix in an era that featured Fangio and Moss. Tony died in May 2022 at the age of 90. Today producer Roifield speaks to Tony’s daughter Carrie about his life and growing up as the daughter of a formula one driver.

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Looking Back with Ed. A review Of the 1991 Canadian GP when Mansell waved away certain victory.

Link to classic teams with Joe “When a team wins in Formula 1, it’s normal to have the British, Italian, or even French national anthems blasted on the podium, but for a brief while in the 70s, you may have been lucky enough to hear ‘O Canada’. Back then, coming into new money was often enough to set up your own team, and although Lawrence Stroll has done his best by acquiring Aston Martin, it’s nowhere near as proud as a black and gold car with red maple leaves on the wings. This is the short story of a certain Wolf.”

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The 2021 Azerbaijan GP is remembered alongside classic team Osella

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By the time the F1 fraternity rolled into Monaco for round six in the 1992 world championship, the result of the title fight looked already decided before a car had left the pits. Nigel Mansell had won the first five races and was dominating the season.

Ligier was yet another sports car team entering the crucible of formula one and arguably one of the most successful and competitive small teams in the sport's history, made all the more impressive for doing it the French way. They took over the departing Matra team ahead of 1976, fielding one, all original chassis for countrymen, Jacques Laffite.

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What is it like to walk on water? It's impossible, but Michael Schumacher came very close to achieving that feat. This is the story. Michael Schumacher's win in the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix. When the rain did come down.

There was a time in the seventies when if you wanted to go racing, you purchased a March. Today we look at the racing team that sold its cars to the rest of the grid. Trivia question for the anoraks which there are a few, which was the most successful March car, commercially speaking?

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Gossip grid

Shannon gives up the F1 gossip.

Link to looking back with Ed. With the success of Drive to survive in the States, F1 has gained new popularity in the US, with that in mind we turn our attention to the 1984 ill-fated Dallas Grand Prix with our Ed.

Classic teams of F1 lore

American team Hass’ start to the 2022 season has been impressive but it may come as a surprise to newer F1 fans that there have been a handful of American teams throughout the history of the sport. Today we turn the clock back to the 70’s and chart the rise of one such team Penske. Joe talks about Penske and their one F1 win. 

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The news of the week is the Las Vegas Grand Prix, how does everyone feel about a third US race?

A look back at the 1997 Australian GP, where Alesi ran out of fuel.

Lastly, who is the plonker of the week?

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