The French Grand Prix - has Leclerc driven his championship hopes into the barriers?

07/28/22 • 58 min

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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The Austrian Grand Prix (sorry its so late)

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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Mid Season report and the Hungarian Grand Prix

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.

To choose a classic race from Spa, is like choosing which cake to have for dessert you simply can’t choose one. But if I had to choose one it had to be the one which had everything you could have wanted in a race, drama, action and a heartwarming ending. It’s the story of when Damon Hill and Eddie Jordan danced all night and Schumacher raged quit. It’s the story of Spa’1998.

Classic teams with Joe.

Mercedes’s dominance post-2013 may have reintroduced German silver to the front of the F1 grid, but for all their pride before crashing out at Hockenheim, the team itself are as British as they get. In fact, true German teams are a rarity in F1 history, perhaps due in part to the mess of this week’s classic tale, when the Zakspeed touring car team decided to try their luck on the biggest stage of all.

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