F1: Beyond The Grid

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  • Formula 1 stars slow down and open up, sharing untold stories and unrivalled insight. Tom Clarkson brings you revealing, feature-length interviews and amazing anecdotes from superstar drivers, team bosses, tech geniuses and racing legends. Hit the follow button for the fastest way to get new episodes. Watch episodes exclusively on the F1 YouTube channel. For race reviews + previews, listen to F1 Nation. To learn more about how F1 works, listen to F1 Explains
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  • Jolyon Palmer: 'career-killer' teammates + a sudden F1 exit

    Jolyon Palmer: 'career-killer' teammates + a sudden F1 exit
    Sep 10 2024
    Just 19 months after making his debut with Renault, Jolyon Palmer lost his seat with four races of the 2017 season still remaining and his Formula 1 career was over.

    So where did it all go wrong for the 2014 GP2 champion?

    Speaking to Tom Clarkson, Palmer dissects all the ups and downs of his year and a half on the grid. He talks about facing unique challenges to prove his worth on track, why he describes former teammate Nico Hulkenberg as a ‘career-killer’, when he stopped enjoying racing and the controversial way in which he found out he was being replaced by Carlos Sainz.

    Jolyon also shares his thoughts on the current crop of F1 drivers and what he enjoys about being a commentator on F1TV.


    LISTEN: ADRIAN NEWEY JOINS ASTON MARTIN
    Aston Martin ambassador Pedro de la Rosa reacts to the news that legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey will join the team from March 2025 on this week's F1 Nation with Tom Clarkson.


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    56 mins
  • Yuki Tsunoda: under pressure, aiming high

    Yuki Tsunoda: under pressure, aiming high
    Sep 3 2024
    Now in his fourth year as a Formula 1 driver, Yuki Tsunoda says he’s starting to show his ‘full potential’.

    Frequently beating his VCARB teammate, eight-time Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo, in qualifying and on race day, the Japanese star’s driving has attracted a lot of attention in 2024.

    So how and why has Yuki improved so much and what does his future hold? Is promotion to VCARB's senior team, Red Bull Racing, still his priority or will he have to find opportunities elsewhere?

    Speaking to Tom Clarkson ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Yuki explains how he's made so much progress on track, why VCARB is a very different team now than in 2023 and the next steps he's planning to further his career.
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    46 mins
  • Inside Michael Schumacher’s final, most dominant, World Championship

    Inside Michael Schumacher’s final, most dominant, World Championship
    Aug 27 2024
    With 13 wins from 18 races, Michael Schumacher’s seventh and final World Championship was his best season in Formula 1.

    Still to this day, Schumacher is the only driver to have won five titles in a row as he and Ferrari dominated F1 from 2000 to 2004.

    So why was the German at his most ruthless during that last triumph in ‘04?

    20 years on, Tom Clarkson speaks to McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella (Michael’s performance engineer in 2004), Sabine Kehm (Michael’s media and PR consultant in 2004) and Ferrari Sporting Director Diego Ioverno (Ferrari’s gearbox engineer in 2004) for unique insight into how Michael obliterated his opposition that season, what he was like to work with and how it felt to be part of the most successful period in Ferrari’s F1 history.

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    54 mins
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Love it.

I love to hear authentic interviews on the drivers. Beyond the grid is a great addition to audible. Love Charles quote: “Find something within you. Whether it’s in the bad days or good days.”

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Why would they?

Why would a US born driver go to f1? There is a wide competitive gap amoung the f1teams. We have our own multiple racing series here that are more competitive than f1 on its most exciting day. Much chraper to go too btw. Send more drivers! We'd be happy to have them. No matter what team they're on in Indy they have a chance to win on any day. F1 is an engineering series. What f1 has are the best and brightest engineers the world. Dont confuse the drivers with the engineers

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