The Canadian Grand Prix - Verstappen wins, Hamilton smiles - Tony Brooks remembered

06/23/22 • 56 min

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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Carrie Brooks on Tony Brooks

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Shannon Maybury, your host of The Race Directors podcast, is joined by F1 journalist Ed Spencer and serial podcaster Joe Spagnoli to discuss The Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Looking Back with Ed. A review Of the 1991 Canadian GP when Mansell waved away certain victory.

Link to classic teams with Joe “When a team wins in Formula 1, it’s normal to have the British, Italian, or even French national anthems blasted on the podium, but for a brief while in the 70s, you may have been lucky enough to hear ‘O Canada’. Back then, coming into new money was often enough to set up your own team, and although Lawrence Stroll has done his best by acquiring Aston Martin, it’s nowhere near as proud as a black and gold car with red maple leaves on the wings. This is the short story of a certain Wolf.”

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Looking Back with Ed.

Many races have been stopped early due to poor weather but few have the drama that the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix had as Vittorio Brambilla won and spun in the rain. Here’s the story of how the Monza gorilla roared and then slipped to victory.

Link to classic teams with Joe. Between the high average speed, elevation and threat of rain in the Styrian hills, the Austrian Grand Prix is one of the classic venues for a chaotic race. Surprise Austrian GP wins are a common factor with Joe’s retro teams, with March in 1975 and Penske in ‘76, and this week he’s made it a hattrick with the winners from 1977, Shadow.

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