The Fast and the Curious

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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January 19, 2026 34 mins

Alex Albon, always an entertaining chat, has given us plenty of laugh out loud moments over the years. Betty and Christian are here to look back at our top moments with the Williams driver.


Our story begins in May 2023, where inevitably Christian and Alex almost get sidetracked talking about things other than F1 before they run out of time, and runs all the way through to the Williams fan zone before the 2025 British Grand Prix.

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Betty and Christian are in Detroit at the launch of Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Ford's 2026 season - and what a lineup! Max Verstapen tells them whether he felt the love from the fans in 2025. There's a pod debut for Arvid Lindblad who tells us his hobby before quickly realising he probably shouldn't! And Isack tells us the one question he's itching to ask Max. Plus the big boss of Ford explains to us why they're coming back to F1 -...

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Carlos Sainz, the most requested driver you wanted us to speak to, decked out in Williams Racing gear, ready for a sit down Betty and Christian, what more can you ask for?


In this chat from February last year, Carlos goes into detail about how a winter break is different when switching between teams, how welcome he felt winning his first Grand Prix at Silverstone, and what big plans he has for success at Williams.


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In this episode of The Fast And The Curious GOLD, we’ve clipped together our favourite moments with the team, featuring some never-before-seen footage of interviews as well as some of the funniest moments, like how George Russell reacts when fans encounter him in a urinal, or how Kimi Antonelli took a personal trainer’s credit card.


Each week on the Fast And The Curious GOLD, we bring you the best chats over our three seasons wi...

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From the moment we interviewed Oscar Piastri before his Formula 1 debut, he has always been a joy to be around. Sit back and enjoy a blockbuster episode of highlights of some our our favourite moments with him. This really was tricky to decide which clips to use.


Each week on the Fast And The Curious GOLD, we bring you the best chats over our three seasons with all the biggest drivers and names from the sport, shining a light on...

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In the 2025 season Max Verstappen managed to prove to everyone just how good a driver he really is. The four-time champion just missed out on what would have been an incredible end of season comeback to snatch the drivers' title from underneath a papaya nose.


Christian and Betty dissect his ability, and take you through the highlights of the two chats that we have had in our time.


Each week on the Fast And The Curious GOLD, w...

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Welcome to the first in our series of The Fast And Curious GOLD, our way of helping you get through the Formula 1 winter break. We've had tons of chats over our three seasons with all the biggest drivers and names from the sport, and every week we will shine a light on some of those top moments that you may have missed.


First off, we are looking back at our times hanging out with now Wold Champion Lando Norris. The story begins ...

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We are still London with a live audience to look back at the 2025 Formula 1 season, with a whole lot of silliness thrown in too of course. Greg, Betty and Christian are joined by superstar musician Sam Ryder and Sky Pad guru Karun Chandhok.

 

In Part 2, Karun gives us his insight on Dr Helmut Marko's departure from the Red Bull team given his time as a Red Bull junior, Sam Ryder compares the similarities between sport and music ...

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We are in London with a live audience to look back at the 2025 Formula 1 season, with a whole lot of silliness thrown in too of course. Greg, Betty and Christian are joined by superstar musician Sam Ryder and Sky Pad guru Karun Chandhok.

 

In Part 1, we will learn how Karun helps design future Formula 1 circuits, find out from Sam Ryder (a.k.a. Jesus) what it was like to experience the final race from Abu Dhabi itself, and one l...

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Well, there you have it, the 2025 Formula 1 World Champion has been crowned. Greg and Christian are here to debrief an emotional evening under the lights in Abu Dhabi.


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Lando Norris, Formula 1 World Champion. Sounds quite nice, doesn't it? The Brit held on to the podium finish he needed to take glory in 2025. Max Vertappen charging ahead to win the race wasn't enough to overturn the lead Lando had goin...

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It all comes down to this. More than 7,000km raced across 23 Grands Prix, and there can only be one winner. Betty and Christian are here to preview a title-deciding weekend in Abu Dhabi. Lando Norris leads the Championship by 12 points and a podium would guarantee him glory. Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri are the two remaining challengers, who will it be under the lights on Sunday?


Let Gullivers Travel take care of all the bor...

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Another twist in the tale of the 2025 Drivers' Championship can only mean one thing, Betty and Christian are here to debrief the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix. Betty may be sat in her car with somewhere to be, but that wasn't going to stop her.

 

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It was a McLaren strategy error that handed Max Verstappen the Grand Prix victory on a weekend where everything was going the right way for Oscar Piastri. Lando No...

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It’s a busy show as Betty and Christian react to the breaking news that Adrian Newey will be Aston Martin’s team principal next season. So it’s a good week to speaking to an Aston driver! Jak Crawford, the team’s reserve next season and current runner-up in the F2 standings is here. So is Esteban Ocon’s race engineer Laura Mueller who exclusively tells us her favourite way to kill someone on Assassin’s Creed, obviously. 


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Christian has been awake for far too long and joins us from a hotel room in Las Vegas, Betty got up at the crack of dawn and Greg pops by because this is too crazy a race result to miss...it's the Las Vegas Grand Prix Debrief.


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The paddock and internet held its breath for more than an hour, and then the news came...both McLaren's DISQUALIFIED from the race for technical infringements. Max Verstappen is n...

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Christian is in Las Vegas and Betty joins him from Manchester to preview all the talking points in the Formula 1 world going into this weekend. Ferrari will have eyes on them after recent comments from their chairman that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc 'need to focus on driving and talk less'. Plus, things are heating up in the bottom half of the Constructors' Championship, and it is the F1 Academy 2025 season finale on the str...

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The whole gang are here to debrief the race and sprint weekend in São Paulo. Plus, we have a huge announcement for all you listeners!


**SPOILERS FOLLOW**


Lando Norris held his own to take the maximum 33 points, with a double win in the sprint race and the Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli followed behind for his best ever result in F1 and second podium of his debut season. And what a drive from Max Verstappen to round off the...

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Betty and Christian are joined by the BBC’s Jennie Gow to preview the Brazilian GP. What does Lando need to do now he’s leading from the front? How can Oscar turn his form around? Is Max still in it? And is every Brit in F1 biased towards Lando? 


Plus we’ll talk about rumours linking Ollie Bearman with Ferrari, including Jennie’s thoughts on how long Lewis will stay at Ferrari for. We tell you everything you need to kn...

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Christian and Betty are here to debrief the Mexico City Grand Prix.


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Lando Norris took down the track to take the top step of the podium and out himself back on the top of the Drivers' Championship standings. Plenty to unpack from this weekend, including Ollie Bearman's hugely impressive 4th place finish, George Russell dominating Betty's Radio Radar, and Christian channelling his inner luchador with a...

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Greg, Betty and Christian have a packed preview! Esteban Ocon dials in from Mexico to talk about his acting career, meet Christian's Dad's dog and also a bit of F1 chat. F1TV commentator Alex Jacques gives us his views on the title battle. And which of the rookies should we look out for in FP1?


Susie Wolff was on the podcast yesterday for an extended interview. Don't forget to check it out if you haven't already!

 

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Betty and Christian sit down with Susie Wolff, Managing Director of F1 Academy. There is plenty to discuss in this eye-opening and powerful interview about her career and the future of female representation in motorsport.


They will discuss where she gets her ambitions for the future of F1 Academy, Susie gives Betty and Christian some advices ahead of their marriages, and of course, she'll answer some of your listener questions.

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