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S1 E6: Ferrari's 2005 disaster Apr 23, 2020

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The dominance of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher came to an abrupt end in 2005, when rule changes caught the team out and left it struggling to get on the pace. Glenn Freeman is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell to look back at the factors behind Ferrari's troubles, the key moments from the year, and to ask if someone else finally winning a championship in the 21st century was a good thing for F1. Did Ferrari know it would be in trouble when the last-minute rule changes were forced through for 2005? How did Ross Brawn used to fight these changes, and try to steer ideas more towards something Ferrari could work with? Why was the dominant F2004's concept unable to translate into a strong F2005? How did strong early showings in Bahrain, and famously at Imola, not translate into a better season? Was it all Bridgestone's fault or was there more to it? How was Ferrari's car and engine concept compromised? Should it have done more to avoid the Indianapolis '05 fiasco, or was it right to feel bitter towards rivals that had pushed for changes to knock it of its perch? Who did the Italian media try to pin the blame on for the F2005's failings, and did they have a point? Why were there flashes of speed from the car but never a consistent run of competitive performances? What caused Schumacher to finally crack and call out Bridgestone? And what did Ferrari and Bridgestone learn from the experience? Finally, how did Michelin feel when the tyre rules were changed back for 2006?
HAVE YOUR SAY: Get your questions in using #BringBackV10s to @wearetherace on social media. Ask us anything about F1 from 1989-2005 for our series finale!

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S1 E5: How Jordan nearly won the 1999 F1 world championship Apr 16, 2020

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In late 1999 the combination of Jordan and Heinz-Harald Frentzen was at the peak of its powers, and it so nearly pulled off a world championship upset against the might of McLaren and Ferrari. Glenn Freeman is joined by Matt Beer and Edd Straw to revisit the final few races of the season to work out how Jordan found itself in an unlikely title fight. They assess how good the Jordan 199 really was given only one driver was doing anything with it (sorry Damon!), the fragilities that were costing McLaren and Mika Hakkinen, why Eddie Irvine's form was so inconsistent following his incredible spell in the summer after Michael Schumacher broke his leg, Jordan and McLaren's opposing theories on Hakkinen's memorable Monza blunder, the lap of Frentzen's life in qualifying at the Nurburgring, how the same problem that struck Frentzen's car while he was leading that race also resulted in Pedro Diniz's terrifying roll-hoop-busting crash at the start - and a rare explanation of the trick system that was behind that mysterious glitch! We also look at why the fizz went out of Jordan's season after that Nurburgring heartbreak, and why it would never scale those heights again.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Get your questions in for our series finale to @wearetherace on social media, using the #BringBackV10s to ask us anything about F1 from 1989-2005!

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S1 E4: Hungary 1997 - How Hill nearly won a race for Arrows Apr 09, 2020

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Join us for an in-depth look at one of the most famous heartbreak stories from F1 in the 1990s: The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix. Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer and Edd Straw revisit all the key talking points in F1 from before, during and after the weekend, as well as trying to work out how Arrows managed to have its day in the sun with a car that was hopeless earlier in the season. They also look at how the Ferrari v Williams battle was shaping up in the summer of '97, if this was another race McLaren threw away with its poor reliability, how Benetton went from winning the previous race to having one of its cars finish behind a Minardi, how Jordan had the right strategy but was out of the hunt before race day, what on earth happened to the usual lead Bridgestone runner Prost GP, why Michael Schumacher tested a Sauber not long after this race, Jan Magnussen's shot in F1 with Stewart and why it didn't work out, and how F1 races with extreme tyre wear are interpreted differently today. Plus they uncover which driver really should have won this race - and it wasn't Jacques Villeneuve. We also look at the big storyline off-track after Hill's heroics, as he entered into contract talks for 1998 with FIVE teams, receiving a variety of offers that were lucrative, offensive, and in one case even upset Alain Prost.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Get your questions in for our 'Ask us anything' series finale about all things from 1989-2005 in F1. Contact @wearetherace on social media, using the hashtag #BringBackV10s

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S1 E3: McLaren MP4-18 - The car too flawed to race Apr 02, 2020

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How can one of the top teams in F1 at the time produce a car that was never able to race? Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and ex-McLaren F1 mechanic Marc Priestley to discuss the McLaren MP4-18, which was supposed to race in 2003 but never made it to a grand prix. Why was McLaren launching the car late? Why did that launch date keep getting pushed back? What role did the success of the interim MP4-17D have on McLaren's plans? What fundamental problems did Adrian Newey discover with his radical design? How did McLaren's handling of the project set the wheels in motion for Newey to leave the team? Was McLaren right not to risk the car while Kimi Raikkonen was fighting for a championship? Could Raikkonen have beaten Michael Schumacher to the title if more effort had gone into the MP4-17D? And last but not least, did this famous unraced car in fact end up racing after all??
HAVE YOUR SAY: Contact @wearetherace on social media using #BringBackV10s with comments and questions you want us to tackle in our series finale!

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S1 E2: Prost fired by Ferrari (part 2) Mar 26, 2020

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Our monster first story from F1's past reaches its chaotic conclusion as we reach the final weeks of Alain Prost's time at Ferrari. Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw return to help Glenn Freeman chart the total downfall of this relationship. Why did Ferrari's promising debut for its new car mid-season not carry on? What were the failings behind the scenes at Ferrari that showed how far behind the times it was in F1? Should Jean Alesi have won a race? Why was Ferrari still obsessed with peak engine power when its rivals were moving on? How did Michael Andretti fit into all of this? What was Prost expecting to do for 1992, and how did he get on when he later tested a Ligier? And most importantly, did he really get fired for calling the Ferrari a truck?!
HAVE YOUR SAY: Get your questions and comments in for our series finale by using #BringBackV10s on Twitter to @wearetherace

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S1 E1: Prost fired by Ferrari (part 1) Mar 19, 2020

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Our first episode revisits the famous saga that led to Alain Prost being fired by Ferrari at the end of 1991. Glenn Freeman is joined by Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw to trace this story back over the course of more than 12 months. How did Nigel Mansell's involvement in late-1990 lead to the first cracks appearing between Prost and Ferrari? Why was Ferrari so confident it would start 1991 ahead of its rivals? What was going on behind the scenes at Maranello? Why did it release two new cars in a single season? Why was the second of those cars so good on its debut and disappointing after that? This episode takes us up to the middle of 1991, when things were starting to look up for this partnership even if the chance of another world title push was off the table. BE PART OF OUR SERIES FINALE: Send your questions and comments about anything to do with F1 from 1989-2005 to @wearetherace using #BringBackV10s and it could be included in our 'Ask us anything' series finale. https://www.the-race.com

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Welcome to Bring Back V10s! Mar 12, 2020

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What is Bring Back V10s? Host Glenn Freeman explains what you can expect from our new classic F1 podcast, and gives you a little preview of a clip where we revisit one of the less-famous Senna vs Prost moments from their epic rivalry. Make sure you subscribe to this feed so you are the first to know when our opening episode is released!

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