The Fast and the Curious
Join Greg James, sports presenter Betty Glover, F1 broadcaster – and lifelong fanatic – Christian Hewgill and a rolling cast of drivers and characters from across the grid to take you inside the fascinating world of Formula 1.
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May 31, 2024 • 36 mins
Betty and Christian go through listener thoughts, feelings and questions from across the world of Formula One.
Along the way they explore how driver fines are paid, influencers in the paddock and some brilliant facts about the cars themselves. Also be warned that you are about to meet the F1 witch, we can only apologise.
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May 28, 2024 • 33 mins
As Charles Leclerc has a historic home win in Monaco, Greg and Christian take a look back at all the big talking points in the race.
There's also time to meet some listeners' F1-inspired pets and we look at how the fallout of an on-track incident could impact Alpine.
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May 24, 2024 • 62 mins
Betty and Christian preview this weekend's race with an incredible chat with Alex Albon direct from Monaco.
Plus, we welcome Abbi Pulling into the studio to look at her season so far in F1 Academy and British F4.
There's also time for the first instalment of 'George Russell's F1 community notice board' as we round up the latest F1 news and gossip.
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May 20, 2024 • 26 mins
Betty and Christian arrive home from respective stag and hen dos to try and make sense of the Imola Grand Prix, and Christian introduces a new game he picked up in Albania.
Perhaps it's the hangovers talking, but it feels like there's plenty to get excited about as we head into the next stage of the 2024 season.
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May 17, 2024 • 66 mins
We welcome beauty empire founder Charlotte Tilbury (MBE!) to talk about her groundbreaking partnership with F1 Academy, “breaking down the barriers” for women in motorsport and what a paddock-inspired fragrance would smell like.
Betty, Greg and Christian also discuss Alex Albon's new deal at Williams and what it means to the 2025 driver market before looking ahead to the Imola Grand Prix.
Plus, we announce some of our Silversto...
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May 13, 2024 • 56 mins
We welcome F1 race strategist Ruth Buscombe to the studio for a chat about her fascinating career up and down the grid, race wins (and incredible airport security drama) with Sebastian Vettel, why she used to dream about George Russell and how Formula One needs input from everybody rather than “just a slither of society” to help it improve.
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May 10, 2024 • 13 mins
When *F1 race winner* and friend of the show Lando Norris wanted a catch up about his incredible weekend in Miami we couldn't leave him hanging.
Betty Glover finds out all about the celebrations, delivering an incredible promise to his grandma and where things can go next for him and McLaren.
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May 8, 2024 • 34 mins
Join Greg, Betty and Christian as we take you inside Miami's Hard Rock Stadium for a full debrief of Lando Norris' first win in Formula One.
Which team bosses were celebrating with McLaren? Is the tide turning on Red Bull? How did we end up chatting to Ed Sheeran? Find out the answers to those questions and so many more in a whirlwind look back at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
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May 3, 2024 • 46 mins
We're coming direct from Miami with a ridiculous driver line-up to look ahead to the first US race weekend of the season.
World Champion Max Verstappen joins us just days after it was confirmed Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey would be leaving the the team, home driver Logan Sargeant fills us in on his prep for his busiest Grand Prix of the season and F1 Academy driver chats to Betty and Christian about striking a balance of "...
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April 29, 2024 • 32 mins
Betty and Christian are joined by the man behind Alex Albon's incredible panda helmet to hear about how is came to life and the inspirational story of how the designer ended up making F1 helmets for a living.
Plus we get an update on Christian's dinky driver, get into a discussion about sprint races and answer a listener question about how point-scoring could change in F1.
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April 26, 2024 • 22 mins
Greg, Christian and Betty scramble from London and Italy to discuss reports that Red Bull’s Chief technical officer Adrian Newey is leaving the team and where "the Lewis Hamilton of F1 design" could be heading next.
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April 22, 2024 • 32 mins
Christian is joined by reserve driver F1TV's Laura Winter to go through all the big talking points from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix.
As Max Verstappen and Red Bull continue to operate at "a higher level", they discuss the chances for drivers like Lando Norris to pick up points or even wins as the year goes on.
There's also time to reflect on an amazing homecoming weekend for Zhou Guanyu, answer some listener questions and give L...
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April 18, 2024 • 31 mins
Christian and Betty preview the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix with a look at how the F1 has changed since the last race there in 2019, and what Zhou Guanyu will be looking to take away from his home race.
They also discuss what Fernando Alosno's new contract at Aston Martin means for the 2025 driver line-up and get into some listener questions and feedback including a message from the mum of an F1 driver!
Plus, listener Lydia steps up t...
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April 13, 2024 • 56 mins
One of our favourite co-hosts Oscar Piastri returns for a catch-up about his season so far, McLaren's chances at the Chinese Grand prix and why he thinks turning 23 feels "old".
We also hear from Olivia - a listener with an INCREDIBLE Michael Schumacher story - and Christian launches a new feature by doing an interview with himself. Yes, himself. Good luck everyone.
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April 8, 2024 • 25 mins
Betty and Christian look through all the big talking points of the Japanese Grand Prix as Ferrari continue to assert themselves as the second fastest team on the grid with Carlos Sainz continuing his incredible run of form.
But where will this streak leave him at the end of the season and how much pressure does it put on an incoming Lewis Hamilton to hit the ground running in 2025?
They also discuss what Yuki Tsunoda's impressive ...
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April 5, 2024 • 39 mins
This one doesn't need much of a description; four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is this week's guest.
He joins Betty, Christian and Greg to discuss his career, potential future in the sport and how he still uses F1 tactics in the supermarket.
There's also time for a preview of the Japanese Grand Prix and a very exciting Chloe Grant update.
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March 29, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg and Christian are joined by former Aston Martin strategist and current Sky F1 pundit Bernie Collins to hear about her fascinating career in the paddock.
Along the way they discuss her work with some of the best drivers in history, winning a grand prix with Sergio Perez and if anyone should believe rumours about Sebastian Vettel's return to F1.
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March 25, 2024 • 43 mins
Greg, Betty and Christian go through all the action from the Australian Grand Prix including Max's DNF, Ferrari's dream race and insight from our resident F1 psychologist Mica on how Daniel Ricciardo and Logan Sergeant can bounce back from tricky weekends.
Greg also goes on a pretty hefty rant about stewards and Betty gets a time penalty from the podcast after spoiler-gate rips through the team WhatsApp group.
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March 22, 2024 • 37 mins
Betty and Christian chat to the executive producer of Drive To Survive to find out how the wildly successful Netflix show got started, and what the team capture the biggest moments in the sport.
Along the way they ask some of your questions about how much access the film crew has and if the teams have any say in what ends up on the show.
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March 15, 2024 • 58 mins
Betty and Christian take stock of the 2024 Formula One season so far with the help of F1 TV's Laura Winter.
From Ollie Bearman's incredible F1 debut in Saudi Arabia, to the ongoing situation off-track at Red Bull they're also joined on the sofa by listener Ellie Kime cover every aspect of the sport.
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