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Talking Bull

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The Official Oracle Red Bull Racing Podcast – bringing you exclusive unrivalled access to the Team.
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Episodes

David Coulthard & RBAT’s Rob Gray live from Goodwood Festival of Speed

Host Nicola Hume is joined by former F1 driver David Coulthard and Technical Director of Red Bull Advanced Technologies, Rob Gray, in a special episode live from Goodwood Festival of Speed. Rob Gray tells us about RBAT’s show runs and feats, including Kriss Kyle’s BMX stunt from a bowl in the sky, and gives us an update on the RB17 hypercar. Plus, DC shares some of his best and funniest memories from his time in F1, including an unfortunate incident during the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix, and shar...

Jul 29, 202538 min

The secrets behind Red Bull’s iconic liveries: Greg Auchterlonie on shaping Red Bull’s visual identity

In this episode of Talking Bull , Nicola Hume and Tommo McCluskey sit down with Greg Auchterlonie, the creative force behind Red Bull Racing's unmistakable visual identity. As Head of Brand Design at Oracle Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Technology, Greg reveals the secrets behind crafting the look of the Formula 1 team; from race suits to the livery that lit up the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix. Discover how iconic liveries are born, and Greg’s journey from design school to the heart of the Formula 1 ...

Jul 08, 202540 min

How to get into motorsport - International Women in Engineering Day 2025

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, hosts Nicola Hume and Tommo McCluskey are joined by Red Bull Academy Programme Manager, Sarah Harrington, and Trackside Controls Engineer for Red Bull Racing, Ainhoa Begiristain. Sarah and Ainhoa shed light on what it’s like to work behind the scenes in Oracle Red Bull Racing, from the thousands of ways to program a steering wheel to the work done to speed up a drivers’ reaction time at the start of the race. Sarah shares her path to working i...

Jun 24, 202537 min

P1 with Matt & Tommy meets Talking Bull

Hosts Nicola Hume and Tommo McCluskey are joined by Matt Gallagher and Tommy Bellingham from P1 with Matt & Tommy. They discuss how Matt and Tommy met and started making F1 content, from WTF1 to P1, and Tommy shares a photo from when he met Christian Horner all the way back in 2010. Plus, Matt and Tommy play a game of “Mr and Mr” - who would be the better team principal, and who would be the better driver? And there’s a bunch of listener questions from the paddock - Matt and Tommy talk throu...

Jun 17, 202558 min

Max Verstappen and Kalle Rovanperä at the Monaco Grand Prix

Talking Bull is back and live from the Monaco Grand Prix! Nicola Hume and new host Tommo McCluskey are joined by four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen to reflect on the season so far, Max’s iconic overtake in Imola, sim racing, Franz Hermann, fatherhood, and his relationship with new teammate Yuki Tsunoda. Plus, Nicola and Tommo sit down with the youngest World Rally Champion in history, Kalle Rovanperä! Described at "the Max Verstappen of rally", Kalle chats to us about living in Mo...

May 27, 202533 min

Max Verstappen: Four Time World Champion

At the end of a dramatic season, newly crowned four-time world champion Max Verstappen joins Nic for a live recording of Talking Bull, straight from MK7 at the Oracle Red Bull Racing technology campus. We celebrate Max’s 4th Driver’s Championship victory in a row; plus we look at Max’s highlights of the 2024 race season, including smashing through the field at a very wet Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Dec 26, 202422 min

Oracle Red Bull Racing’s new 2025 driver… Liam Lawson

We're at the Oracle Red Bull Racing technology campus in Milton Keynes, and speaking to the team’s new driver for 2025… Liam Lawson. Liam has been part of the Oracle Red Bull Racing Junior team since 2019 and he talks about his excitement about being announced as the new driver for Oracle Red Bull Racing, and how it feels to be part of a team with such legacy and success. He runs us through his hopes and dreams for next season on the track as he will be teammates with 4-time world champion, Max ...

Dec 19, 202422 min

Zero Gravity Pit Stops and Donuts on a Skyscraper: Meet The Heritage Dream Team

Oracle Red Bull Racing are famous for the amazing stunts they put on with their retired F1 cars - from Checo driving the RB7 through a Las Vegas casino, to David Coulthard doing donuts on the helipad of a skyscraper - and today we meet the dream team that get to bring these ideas to life! Joining Nic in the Talking Bull studio are Heritage team manager Tony Burrows, No. 1 Mechanic Mark “Crunch” Lenton, and No.2 Mechanic Thibaut Conand to answer questions like “who thinks of all these stunts” and...

Dec 05, 202447 min

Meet The Sim Racing World Champions: Frederik Rasmussen and Jarno Opmeer

Nic meets legends of Sim Racing Frederik Rasmussen and Jarno Opmeer, who will compete for Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing in the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship. Nic will find out from current World Champion Frederick how it feels to have won the Championship after so many years with the team, and will hear from two-time World Champion Jarno how it feels to have joined the team at this iconic time. She also delves deeper into the F1 Sim Racing world - finding out about the practicalities of tra...

Nov 21, 202434 min

The Fast and the Curious: Betty Glover and Christian Hewgill

F1 superfans Betty Glover and Christian Hewgill join Nic to talk about their podcast (with Radio 1 breakfast presenter Greg James), The Fast and the Curious. Find out about the early days of their podcast, and how they balance fun and facts when speaking to F1 teams like Oracle Red Bull Racing. Christian and Betty also share their favourite moments interviewing Max and Checo - and reveal what they really think about Max’s dominance in recent years. Plus the team answer your questions - submitted...

Nov 07, 202429 min

Award-winning Pit Stops: Calum Nicholas, Jon Caller and Sam Vincent

Nic is joined by Jon Caller, Sam Vincent and Calum Nicholas from the Oracle Red Bull Racing pit crew to find out what it takes to win the coveted DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award. Just how much practice do they put in off-season, and how do each of them prepare for a pit stop on race day? She’ll also hear how stunts like changing tyres in the dark - or in zero gravity! - can help the team develop their skills, and what it takes to earn a place on this incredible team. Plus the guys will answer your qu...

Oct 24, 202434 min

Izzy Hammond On Joining The Heritage Team

Our newest recruit to the Heritage team Izzy Hammond talks about her experiences travelling the world on the show car circuit and what it’s like growing up with a famous racing dad. Izzy will recall how she accidentally got the best view of the start of the Silverstone Grand Prix, the pressure of being on fire extinguisher duty during a show car run, and how she discovered her love of F1 - not through her dad, Richard Hammond - but through the Netflix series Drive To Survive. She’ll also reveal ...

Oct 14, 202428 min

Bringing Home P2 in Singapore: Watching the Grand Prix Live from the Factory

This week we’re live from the MK7 arena at the Red Bull Technology Campus in Milton Keynes to watch Max bring home P2 at the Singapore Grand Prix. Ahead of the race, Nic speaks to Strategist Guillaume Ducreux about what to expect and finds out how a new DRS zone might affect laptimes round the Marina Bay circuit. Post-race, Nic catches up with fans from across the world who have travelled to Milton Keynes to watch the race in an incredible, immersive environment. Plus Aimee from the events team ...

Sep 26, 202429 min

Nurturing Young Driving Talent: Liam Lawson and Guillaume “Rocky” Rocquelin

Nicola Hume is joined in the Talking Bull studio by Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson and Head of the Driver Academy, Guillaume “Rocky” Rocquelin, to find out how the team nurtures young drivers. Nic will find out how the Driver Academy operates on a day-to-day basis: from talent spotting, to preparing young drivers to move into an F1 car and ensuring they’re ready to meet the physical demands required. She’ll also hear about the relationship between the drivers and their coaches - how they lo...

Sep 12, 202440 min

David Coulthard on 20 years of Red Bull Racing

As part of the celebrations of 20 Years of Red Bull Racing, Nic is joined in the Talking Bull Airstream by the driver that achieved the team’s first ever podium - the legend David “DC” Coulthard. DC remembers the excitement of the early days of the team, and the hug that Christian Horner gave him when they achieved that first podium. He also reflects on how much he loved racing during that era and how he would prepare himself for a race. He also steps back in time to recall the iconic voices of ...

Aug 29, 202426 min

Unveiling the RB17 with Adrian Newey

The most successful designer in F1 history, Adrian Newey, pops into the Talking Bull Airstream to discuss the reaction to the launch of the RB17 hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. He shares his pride in the speeds the RB17 has been getting on track, how he’s still tweaking the spec, and how the RB17 will continue to be part of his life, even after he leaves the team in early 2025. Adrian also reflects on his time with the team, recalling the early cars he designed, and the sweetest race...

Aug 15, 202425 min

Max, Checo, Danny, DC, Webber and Klien celebrate 20 years of Red Bull Racing

To celebrate 20 years of Red Bull Racing, Nicola Hume is joined by 6 Red Bull racing drivers, past and present. Current racers Max Verstappen, Sergio “Checo” Perez and Daniel Ricciardo, sit alongside legends of the early days, David Coulthard (“DC”), Mark Webber and Christian Klien. Recorded at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2024, Nic sat down with these incredible athletes to find out about the early days of Red Bull Racing - when DC and Christian Klien were their inaugural team and no-...

Jul 29, 202418 min

Behind the scenes at Silverstone

Talking Bull visits the British Grand Prix, catching up with F1 fan and English rugby legend Owen Farrell at Red Bull’s Pole Position Lounge to find out what rugby and F1 have in common, and how he feels about his move to French side Racing 92. Nic also heads into the Paddock, where she catches up with commentator Harry Benjamin, “start guy” and Senior Race Control Engineer Michael Manning, and the official Oracle Red Bull Racing photographer Thommo to find out what goes on behind the scenes on ...

Jul 18, 202424 min

Training F1 Academy Stars of the Future: Sarah Harrington

Nicola Hume speaks to Red Bull Academy Programme Manager Sarah Harrington about how F1 Academy is changing the game for young female drivers. We’ll find out what the physical demands are of being an F1 driver, how much cake they can legitimately eat and how close we are to seeing a female F1 driver on the track. And we’ll find out a little more about Sarah’s route to the Academy - from joining Red Bull as a performance coach, to working with the pit stop team to deliver those incredibly fast sto...

Jul 04, 202440 min

Perfect Pitstops and Championing Women in Motorsport: Sarah Harrington

To mark International Women in Engineering Day - and as a thank-you for signing up for our podcast! - we wanted to share with you some exclusive audio-only content from our forthcoming interview with one of the top female leaders here at Oracle Red Bull Racing, Sarah Harrington. Sarah is Red Bull Academy Programme Manager looking after our F1 Academy teams, but she’s had a fascinating career - including working as a performance coach to help the pit stop team deliver those incredibly fast stops....

Jun 20, 20249 min

Building a Winning Race Strategy: Will Courtenay and Hannah Schmitz

Talking Bull is back for 2024! Nicola Hume speaks to Oracle Red Bull Racing’s strategy superstars Will Courtenay and Hannah Schmitz about how they work together to create a winning formula for each and every race. Do they talk in code over the radio? What happens when they disagree? Which race is their most (and least) favourite to build a strategy for? And how do the team relax after such a high pressure work day? Plus Will and Hannah answer your questions.

May 31, 202439 min

Liam Lawson – How an F1 driver functions under pressure

Listen to a snippet of the Mind Set Win podcast episode with Liam Lawson, where he chats to Mind Set Win host Lisa about the pressures he's experiencing, and how a mental coach has helped him deal with this. Liam also opens up about being a Red Bull Racing reserve driver and how he found his way to a professional racecar driving career. Do you want to hear the full episode? Head over to the Mind Set Win feed to hear both Part A, Lisa’s chat with Liam, and Part B, in which sports psychologist and...

May 30, 202412 min

Adrian Newey on the new RB17

Nicola Hume chats to chief technology officer Adrian Newey about the upcoming RB17 hypercar which is coming to a track near you in 2025. The car has been designed by Newey and in this episode he talks all about what inspired him to create it, and how it will be manufactured in conjunction with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Also, Adrian discusses how purchasers of this limited-run car will become integrated into the team, plus he reveals how he is feeling ahead of February’s RB20 launch.

Jan 31, 202438 min
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