Episodes

  • Reviewing the intense Jeddah double-header

    Reviewing the intense Jeddah double-header
    Feb 19 2025
    An intense first double-header of the 2024-25 ABB FIA Formula E world championship season in Jeddah is picked over by regular hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt, in addition to special guest Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans. A strong weekend for Oliver Rowland is analysed along with Max Guenther’s win it then bin it races, while the 'Boy Wonder' Taylor Barnard’s extraordinary ascent is detailed in full. Evans gives details on why Jaguar had such a poor weekend by their lofty standards and also describes the ‘to do’ list for the Big Cat as Formula E enters an enforced hibernation for two months. Dan Ticktum’s mighty rant in race one is looked in to a sparks a debate on whether or not drivers’ language is really the issue that the FIA believe it is. All this and much more in a bumper episode that also looks ahead to the recently announced ‘Evo Sessions’ event in Miami and asks the vital question of whether Brooklyn Beckham is as good at taking corners as his ‘old man’ was? Get 90% off your first month when you join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Reviewing Rowland's Mexico City E-Prix smash 'n' grab

    Reviewing Rowland's Mexico City E-Prix smash 'n' grab
    Jan 15 2025
    Nissan boss Tommaso Volpe joins host Andrew van de Burgt and chief reporter Sam Smith to analyse Oliver Rowland’s superb smash ‘n’ grab victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City E-Prix. Questions such as would Rowland have caught the Porsches without the intervention of the first safety car and will Nissan mount a serious challenge to Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix da Costa for the title are also dissected with Volpe. A poor race for Jaguar TCS Racing is mulled over, as are the prospects for the DS Penske team and Envision Racing who had contrasting fortunes in Mexico City. New venues such for 2026 and beyond such as Toronto are expanded upon, and could Cape Town and Santiago really return to the calendar? All this and the latest news and views from a busy paddock are tucked in to as Formula E enters 2025 with its usual vibrant twists. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace - we even have an F1-only tier! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Reviewing the wild Sao Paulo season opener

    Reviewing the wild Sao Paulo season opener
    Dec 11 2024
    The 2024-25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship began with a bang in Sao Paulo with Mitch Evans taking an extraordinary last to first win in his new Jaguar Gen3Evo machine. That was only part of a dramatic landscape to a race that also included two red flags, the last of which was for Pascal Wehrlein’s inverted Porsche. The reigning champion emerged unscathed from the wreck after tangling with fellow assumed title rival Nick Cassidy’s already damaged Jaguar. Other stellar performances analysed include Taylor Barnard’s remarkable third place and Oliver Rowland’s strong weekend which was devalued and unrewarded due to team errors and poor reliability. We hear from Rowland and Barnard, as well as Jaguar TCS Racing boss James Barclay who describes some of the trickier moments from another complex and scintillating race. Host Andrew van de Burgt and reporter Sam Smith dive in to the fall-out from a spectacular opener that saw the true return of potent attack mode and an upswing in lap time largely thanks to All-Wheel-Drive and a new tyre compound. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace - we even have an F1-only tier! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Formula E season 11 preview

    Formula E season 11 preview
    Dec 4 2024
    A big fat 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E season preview from The Race’s Formula E team sees a team-by-team prospect guide dug in to as anticipation for what could be the closest ever campaign reaches a crescendo. Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt are joined by one of the pre-season favourites Oliver Rowland as the Nissan driver talks about his hopes and aims after an excellent season last time around. The British ace also gives his opinions on Formula E’s capturing of a new ITV broadcast deal on the eve of the world championship starting in Sao Paulo. Also joining the show is Andretti commercial director Jim Wright who discusses where Formula E is in terms of a spectacle and how it can kick on this season to attract even more interest. Also analysed are the new rules for this season and the areas in which Formula E can gain more fans across the globe. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace - we even have an F1-only tier! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Everything you need to know from pre-season testing

    Everything you need to know from pre-season testing
    Nov 26 2024
    Just how did Formula E pivot from Valencia to Jarama to ensure its pre-season test happened at all? This and many other topics from this month’s test week are examined by Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt. They are joined by Formula E digital reporter Alexa Rendell as news strands such as the pit boosting pit stop practice, David Beckmann’s deal to race with the new-look Kiro team and a potential crisis on tyre allocation is dug in to. The well-publicised all-female test at Jarama, which was headed by F1 Academy champion elect Abbi Pulling, is also looked in to and discussed along with the future of the initiative and how it might expand in the future. Want to listen ad-free? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace to take advantage of our special Black Friday offer, where you can get 30% off your first month Get your 2025 F1 calendar from The Race Shop! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Previewing testing in Valencia & the start of Formula E's Gen3Evo era

    Previewing testing in Valencia & the start of Formula E's Gen3Evo era
    Oct 30 2024
    As the new Formula E season approaches The Race Formula E podcast hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt speak to new Maserati MSG duo Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes as they ready for the first season of the Gen3Evo era. Hughes tells The Race about how the sheer violence of the enhanced acceleration of the All-Wheel-Drive element of the new package a game changer for the all-electric series, while Vandoorne evaluates how he will fightback from a tough two campaigns at former team DS Penske. As well as the pre Valencia insight, there is also an in-depth analysis of the latest news topics, primarily the abandonment of the contentious ‘Golden Laps’ initiative, another yawning two-month gap in the calendar and both Nissan and Jaguar getting busted for overspending in the first ever audit of the world championships financial regulations. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace - we even have an F1-only tier! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • 10 years of Formula E - A retrospective (Part 2)

    10 years of Formula E - A retrospective (Part 2)
    Sep 26 2024
    The second part of The Race Formula E Podcast’s celebration of a decade of the all-electric world championship looks at the Gen2 and Gen3 eras. Joining hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt is double champion Jean-Eric Vergne, 12 time EPrix winner Sam Bird and Andretti boss Roger Griffiths. They offer up some fascinating personal memories of their time in Formula E with a combination of victorious memories and honest reflection. Smith and Van de Burgt recall some of the more entertaining misadventures along the way in their time working in the series, while an appraisal of where Formula E is heading next is also ruminated upon. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 20 mins
  • 10 years of Formula E - A retrospective (Part 1)

    10 years of Formula E - A retrospective (Part 1)
    Sep 19 2024
    The first of a special two-part series looking back at a decade of Formula E focuses on the early years of the all-electric series and features current broadcaster Nicki Shields, former commentator Jack Nicholls, and 2019-20 champion Antonio Felix da Costa. Sam Smith and Andre van de Burgt host over an hour of memories about how Formula E got together in the first place, how it almost died after three races and then boomed in the first five years of its existence. Memories of the first season are majored on, as are some of the hair-raising moments from a championship that broke the mould to become one of the more successful sporting start-ups of the century so far. Among the more amusing moments are recollections of Nick Heidfeld and Nico Prost’s infamous accident at the first race in Beijing and how da Costa almost left the nascent series before it had even started. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace to activate your 7-day free trial Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 37 mins