The Race Directors Podcast - F1

The 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - 19 June '22 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal Canada, the 9th round of the championship. Verstappen took pole in a rain-affected qualifying, from Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr. Verstappen converted his pole into victory, ahead of Sainz and Hamilton.

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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The Sunshine State becomes the no fun shine state with this year's Miami GP. Though intern thinks it was one of the best looking events I have ever seen. Well, we've got some differing opinions clearly.

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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I’m Shannon Maybury, your host of The Race Directors podcast, and I’m joined by the soon to be blue-flagged backmarkers F1 journalist Ed Spencer and serial podcaster Joe Spagnoli, mysterious F1 Twitter menace Unpaid 1ntern is still doing his paid interning.

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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Shannon Maybury is joined by F1 journalist Ed Spencer and serial podcaster Joe Spagnoli and mysterious F1 Twitter menace Unpaid 1ntern.

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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