The Fast and the Curious

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'Lewis in red was iconic' | F175 Debrief + Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll Feb 19, 2025

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Betty and Christian are London's 02 Arena for full and frank debrief on the glitzy F175 launch. Who lit up the room? Who got a more than frosty reception? Was it any good? Oh and we've got two more F1 drivers on the podcast. It's a TFATC debut for Lance Stroll and after an absence of more than a year Esteban Ocon returns - and promises Christian can give him a slap. Obviously.

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Next time... Greg and Christian review 2025 pre-season testing.

'I'm here to win' | Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon & Jenson Button on Williams' hopes for 2025 Feb 17, 2025

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In our second special pre-season episode from Silverstone we're joined by Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon and Jenson Button as Williams launch their 2025 season.

We cover some serious ground from how Carlos and Alex are getting on as teammates, to what they learned from each other as neighbours in Monaco and how Carlos' experience from around the grid has been "downloaded" by James Vowles and the rest of the team as they look to take big steps forward this year.

There's also time for Jenson Button to make sure Christian's F1 knowledge is still up to scratch and for Carlos Sainz to fully embrace the living meme that is "confused Carlos Sainz".

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"I can say whatever I want!" Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri take us inside McLaren's shakedown Feb 15, 2025

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We're back! Betty Glover, Christian Hewgill and Greg James return with The Fast And The Curious and where else could we start the season than with the Formula 1 Constructors World Champions, McLaren!

We're at Silverstone behind the scenes as the team's 2025 car is driven for the first ever time. Lando Norris, talks about a potential world championship challenge, tells us what he thinks about people criticising him - and announces his retirement (he's joking, don't @ us).

And Oscar Piastri explains how he'll go toe to toe with Lando in a title fight, without it all getting quite awkward... There's also a truly momentous moment as takes on the prestigious challenge of answering our first question of the year.

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Inside McLaren's historic season with Randy Singh & Lando Norris' race engineer Will Joseph Dec 13, 2024

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We close out the 2024 season with a visit to the newly-crowned Formula One World Constructors' champions McLaren!

After a look around the factory (including a run-in with a staff Christmas party) Greg, Betty and Christian sit down with the team's Racing Director Randy Singh and Lando Norris' Race Engineer Will Joseph to look back at their incredible season.

From Lando's first Grand Prix win to moment they sealed the championship we find out about the ups and downs of their year, which point of the season was the most stressful and their aims for 2025. We also - of course - hear all about their end of season party.

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Abu Dhabi done: 2024 F1 season finale debrief Dec 08, 2024

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Christian, Greg and Chloe Grant watch the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and take stock of how the dust has settled in the longest season in Formula One history.

From live reaction of some of the biggest moments in the race, to looking at how the year's results leave the grid for 2025 (via some actual champagne in the studio) the team look back how McLaren made a charge for the constructors title.

They also discuss the driver moves, incoming rookies and recap the F1 Academy season as we mop up the final racing action of the year.

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Abu Dhabi preview, Sam Ryder plays the F1 theme LIVE & we predict the 2025 champion Dec 05, 2024

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As we head towards the last grand prix of the season we're joined by massive F1 fan (and Fast and Curious resident house musician) Sam Ryder to look at how the final race of the year could play out.

We also discuss Lewis Hamilton's farewell to Mercedes, predict what drama could unfold in 2025 and who could challenge Max Verstappen for the world championship next season.

It would also be VERY rude if we didn't ask (aka gently force) Sam to pick up a guitar and play a live version of the Formula One theme music, before figuring out how it make the perfect soundtrack for Christian's hypothetical wedding.

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Qatar debrief ft. Ruth Buscombe Divey: 'Don't assume anything until Abu Dhabi is over' Dec 02, 2024

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Betty is joined by former race strategist and F1 TV’s Ruth Buscombe Divey to go through all the on and off track action from the Qatar Grand Prix.

From Max Verstappen's beef with George Russell, through to all the penalties, punctures and podium drama along the way they get into all the detail of the penultimate race of the season and answer some of your questions along the way.

They also discuss where the constructors championship could end up, importance of the F1 Academy and the respect they have for Lewis Hamilton's ability to say exactly how he's feeling as he moves on from Mercedes to Ferrari.

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Inside Mercedes: Meet the man who spent a year with Lewis, Toto & George Nov 27, 2024

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As the 2024 season draws to a close, Mercedes are on the brink of one of their biggest changes for years with Lewis Hamilton preparing to leave the team. But off the back of their double podium in Las Vegas how are they feeling about the shift? We speak to Matt Whyman, author of Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane, to find out.

Betty and Greg discuss what he learned about the Toto Wolff during his 18 months on the road, and how the whole team has reacted to Lewis Hamilton's shock announcement and evolved throughout the season.

They also find out about Lewis' struggle to tell his crew, the way George Russell is stepping up to lead the team and the preparation in place for Kimi Antonelli's rookie year in 2025.

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Vegas Grand Prix Q&A, Max closes in on the title & we meet McLaren’s Ella Lloyd Nov 20, 2024

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Christian checks in with Betty from the Las Vegas strip to look ahead to this weekend’s potentially title-deciding Grand Prix.

They answer all your questions about the race, the spectacle of Vegas and how much manhole covers will play a part this year.

We also chat to McLaren’s 2025 F1 Academy driver Ella Lloyd about her career so far and how she chose driving over potential careers in skiing and showjumping.

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Ayao Komatsu on his 'big changes' at Haas after Guenther Steiner left Nov 15, 2024

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We're joined by Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu to get to know the man behind their huge climb up the grid in 2024.

As well as hearing about the changes he's made to get the drivers and crew "singing from the same hymn sheet" we learn about his love of rock climbing, rugby and the English town of Loughborough.

He also discusses the "mixed emotions" as Haas get ready to say goodbye to Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg and welcome the "very exciting" line-up of Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman at the end of the year.

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