You've heard Stay On Track with Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert, and now it's time for its sister show: The Undercut, with Damon Hill and Mark Hughes . The premise of the show is simple: We give Damon (the 1996 F1 world champion) and Mark (one of the most respected writers and analysts in the F1 paddock) a starting topic and then just see where the conversation takes them! On this first episode, the topic is 'How the team boss role has evolved in F1' - but as you might expect with two of the most ...
Nov 27, 2025•45 min
We react to the news that Adrian Newey will become Aston Martin team principal in 2026 in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Jon Noble joins Edd Straw to explain the reasons for what are described as strategic changes, and what to expect from Newey as team principal. We also explain Andy Cowell’s changing role and how it could be good news for new engine supplier Honda, and what led to him, by mutual agreement, accepting a move out of his current position. Aston Martin’s recent struggles...
Nov 26, 2025•34 min
Edd Straw and Jon Noble, on the ground in Las Vegas, are joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm to pick over a Grand Prix weekend in which the drama continued long after the chequered flag. The big talking point is, naturally enough, McLaren’s double disqualification that lost Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri their second and fourth-place finishes respectively. But why were they disqualified and could race winner Max Verstappen really end up snatching the title from under their noses? Those are two topics ...
Nov 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min
On the latest episode of And Colossally That's History, Matt and Richard reflect on the career of Robert Kubica, regarded by many as the lost champion of F1’s modern era. They describe Robert's path to F1, when he battled - and often beat - fellow future grand prix stars Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in karting, before his dazzling debut races with BMW-Sauber. Kubica's dramatic pair of Canadian GPs are also discussed at length, with Matt telling anecdotes about witnessing the Pole's horror shu...
Nov 21, 2025•57 min
We look ahead to the final triple header that will decide the destiny of the 2025 world championship in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to look at the balance of power between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and ask if there’s anything the Australian can do to turn the tables on his McLaren team-mate. The final three tracks are evaluated in terms of how well they are suited to McLaren and the rest, and which ones present Piastri or Nor...
Nov 19, 2025•51 min
Why Sergio Perez was testing a 2023 Ferrari and the value to the new Cadillac team’s preparations for next year is explained in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to outline the reasons for the test and what can be got out of running an out-of-date car built by another team. We also lay out the value of Perez’s experience, and also what to expect from Cadillac in terms of its competitive next year and beyond. The question of what Perez’s Ferr...
Nov 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Damon and Johnny are back for episode two of Stay On Track! There's been no shortage of big talking points in F1 this past week, so what's caught their attention? Chiefly, there's a look at Lando Norris's recent surge and what's behind it; their verdict on the "talk less" turmoil at Ferrari (which includes a big revelation from Damon); and the question of how drivers would settle on-track squabbles if there were no racing rules. Plus, our dynamic duo get their first grilling from The Race Member...
Nov 16, 2025•1 hr 6 min
The latest episode of And Colossally That’s History tells the rollercoaster story of Honda’s involvement in Formula 1. Join Matt Bishop and Richard Williams as they explain how founder Soichuro Honda’s deep love of motor racing led him to enter a car in F1 in 1964, barely a year after the first Honda road car had left the factory. The Japanese team’s early forays into Grand Prix racing - met with scepticism by some - are discussed, as well as how Honda became race winners before leaving F1 short...
Nov 14, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Audi’s readiness for its Formula 1 debut in 2026 is the focus of the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Scott Mitchell-Malm attended Audi’s Munich event on Wednesday and joins Edd Straw to tell listeners all about it. The progress with the power unit and the plans for testing are discussed, along with explaining why hopes are realistic, but high, for its performance level. We then hear Scott’s report from on site, which includes chats with F1 TV duo Chris Medland and Lawrence Barretto to bri...
Nov 13, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Edd Straw and Jon Noble (both in Sao Paulo) are joined by Mark Hughes to unpick a fascinating weekend of racing in Brazil, which couldn't have gone much better for McLaren's Lando Norris. But does the Briton now have one hand on the drivers' title? That's one of the questions answered in this episode. The guys also discuss Max Verstappen's incredible drive from the pit lane to the podium (and whether it could have been even better), Kimi Antonelli's impressive second place, a weekend to forget f...
Nov 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min
For one weekend and one weekend only, we're making our In-Car Insights podcasts - usually only available to The Race Members' Club - free for everyone to listen to. Our In-Car Insights series is a hugely popular staple of our grand prix weekend output for members, and features the likes of Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble discussing the day's news and events as they travel from the circuit back to their hotel. On this episode, Edd and Jon battle the Sao Paulo traffic as they discuss ...
Nov 09, 2025•25 min
For one weekend and one weekend only, we're making our In-Car Insights podcasts - usually only available to The Race Members' Club - free for everyone to listen to. Our In-Car Insights series is a hugely popular staple of our grand prix weekend output for members, and features the likes of Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble discussing the day's news and events as they travel from the circuit back to their hotel. On this episode, Edd and Jon battle the Sao Paulo traffic as they discuss ...
Nov 08, 2025•35 min
On this week’s Colossally , Matt and Richard reappraise the career of a driver whose unique achievement in winning the F1 world championship in a self-built machine bearing his own name will likely stand in eternity: Sir Jack Brabham. In debates around F1’s greatest driver, Black Jack’s name doesn’t always come up, despite his three world titles - but should it? That’s one of the topics of conversation in a podcast that charts Brabham’s rise from the dirt tracks of his native Australia to the pi...
Nov 07, 2025•1 hr 1 min
For one weekend and one weekend only, we're making our In-Car Insights podcasts - usually only available to The Race Members' Club - free for everyone to listen to. Our In-Car Insights series is a hugely popular staple of our grand prix weekend output for members, and features the likes of Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble discussing the day's news and events as they travel from the circuit back to their hotel. On this episode, Edd and Jon battle the Sao Paulo traffic as they discuss ...
Nov 06, 2025•33 min
On this episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, hosts Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson discuss Red Bull's impending decision on which of its drivers race where in 2026, and ask whether the senior team's technical direction is giving it an unnecessary headache when promoting drivers from Racing Bulls. After that, Edd and Gary discuss the title run-in, and in particular Oscar Piastri's struggles on low-grip surfaces compared to team-mate Lando Norris. Will we see a change of fort...
Nov 06, 2025•59 min
On the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast, we discuss how big an opportunity the Brazilian Grand Prix could be for Sao Paulo specialist Max Verstappen to propel himself further into the title fight. Veteran Brazilian journalist Lito Cavalcanti joins Jon Noble and Edd Straw to look ahead to this weekend's race and the factors that will decide the balance of power between McLaren and Red Bull. After a special look at the history of race fuels with Shell, we also tackle the impact Gabriel Bortol...
Nov 05, 2025•1 hr
Ollie Bearman’s fourth place was the big story of the recent Mexican Grand Prix, but does it prove he’s ready for promotion to a full-time Ferrari seat? That’s the question Nelson Valkenburg, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw take on in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. With Bearman showing impressive pace for Haas, we look at his season so far and his progress and compare it Charles Leclerc, the last Ferrari protege to make such a step. We also tackle Red Bull’s driver situation and th...
Nov 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Our new podcast Stay On Track with Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert is here, and in a fun-filled first episode the 1996 F1 world champion and three-time grand prix winner go deep on the 2025 title battle. Damon takes us inside the mind of a driver battling for the title, and gives his opinion on the wobble that's cost Oscar Piastri his big points lead, while Johnny shares his thoughts on why Lando Norris has come on so strong in recent races. There's also chat about driving standards, dealing with ...
Nov 01, 2025•56 min
As F1 2025 heads towards a spectacular conclusion, we wind the clock back to arguably the greatest title showdown of them all, which happened 17 years ago this coming Sunday: Brazil 2008. It's a race that hosts Matt Bishop and Richard Williams were both in attendance for, affording us a unique perspective to look back on what happened, with Matt and Richard recalling how events played out through their own experiences: Matt watching on nervously from the garage as McLaren's PR and Communications...
Oct 31, 2025•1 hr
We ask if Oscar Piastri is cracking under the pressure of an intense world championship fight in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Diego Mejia and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to evaluate the reasons behind Oscar Piastri’s current slump, and whether or not it’s part of a wider trend that will cost him the world championship. That includes looking at the effect of the intensity of the title fight, his struggle for pace in Austin and Mexico and also what we can expect from him in the final...
Oct 29, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Edd Straw and Scott Michell-Malm (both in Mexico) are joined by Jon Noble to discuss the Mexican Grand Prix, and a race which changed the championship picture once more. They share their thoughts on Lando Norris's faultless victory, 'damage limitation' performances by Norris's title rivals Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, and stand-out drives by Charles Leclerc and Ollie Bearman. Plus, Edd, Scott and Jon answer a big batch of questions from The Race Members' Club, with first-lap corner cutting ...
Oct 27, 2025•1 hr
Pescara, a seaside town halfway down Italy’s Adriatic coast, stands proudly in the record books for having been home to the longest track ever used in Formula 1. Made up of 15.9 miles of country roads, the circuit of Pescara only hosted one world championship-status Grand Prix, in 1957, but it’s significance was mighty - as Matt Bishop and Richard Williams (who literally wrote the book on the Pescara GP) explain in the latest episode of And Colossally That’s History! Over the course of the episo...
Oct 24, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Just how big a project is designing a 2026 Formula 1 car given the brand new chassis and power unit regulations? Aston Martin CEO and team principal Andy Cowell explains that to host Edd Straw in an interview in the latest F1 Tech Show. We also hear former F1 technical director Gary Anderson’s insight on such projects, how they have changed as F1 has evolved and the challenge of knowing what you are aiming for in terms of performance. Red Bull’s revival and the ‘tape on pitwall’ controversy from...
Oct 23, 2025•51 min
After Red Bull were fined for a pre-race rules breach in Austin, which involved a team member attempting to interfere with a strip of tape McLaren had placed on the pitwall as a grid slot reference for Lando Norris, we ask if the incident marks the revival of the fractious relationship between the two teams. With both teams inevitably having to take a public position on it at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, we discuss the best approaches and explain why teams have always engaged in such shena...
Oct 22, 2025•52 min
Edd Straw in joined in Austin by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick the United States Grand Prix weekend; a weekend when the McLarens clashed again and Max Verstappen roared ominously into championship contention with a pair of victories. We discuss all the major talking points from the sprint and the grand prix, and answer the usual big bunch of questions from The Race Members' Club. Want bonus episodes and ad-free listening? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon today - we even hav...
Oct 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Today, Adrian Newey is widely recognised as an F1 design genius, with his cars having been driven to 14 drivers’ world titles, 12 constructors’ titles, and more than 220 Grand Prix victories. But where did his extraordinary talent for designing (and engineering) racing cars come from? That’s the topic of the latest episode of And Colossally That’s History, which delves into the roots of Newey’s unprecedented success. Hosts Matt Bishop and Richard Williams share incredible tales from Newey’s yout...
Oct 17, 2025•1 hr 13 min
With Edd Straw on a plane, Glenn Freeman is joined by Jon Noble for a hastily added opening segment to discuss the news that George Russell (and Kimi Antonelli for that matter) have been confirmed at Mercedes for 2026. But does that mean that Russell and the Silver Arrows will be together long-term? We explain why that’s far from clear. The podcast then reverts to its usual format, with Edd Straw joined by Jon Noble (again) and Ben Anderson for the podcast we’d originally recorded before learnin...
Oct 15, 2025•54 min
With McLaren’s racing rules still a big talking point after the scrape between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Singapore, we have a go at re-writing their so-called 'rules of engagement'. Edd Straw is joined by Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick what McLaren's papaya rules actually entail, and how it could better handle its desire for fairness in the title run in. We also look a bit more broadly at the title run, McLaren's run of three successive defeats, and ask what we should we ...
Oct 13, 2025•52 min
We tackle the question of whether Ferrari has broken Charles Leclerc's spirit in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Special guest Alex Jacques, who'll be familiar to many listeners as the lead commentator for F1 TV and Channel 4, joins Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw to discuss Leclerc's critical comments about Ferrari and how he really feels about its struggles. With Leclerc now in F1 middle-age and concerns about how competitive the car will be in 2026, we ask whether he might have t...
Oct 10, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Colossally is back, and Matt and Richard are kicking off season 4 with an in-depth look at the extraordinary life of Bruce McLaren, the man who founded and gave his name to this year's constructors' world champions, but who possibly remains a bit of an enigma to some modern F1 fans, having died in 1970. In this episode we trace Bruce's remarkable journey to motor racing immortality, explaining how a humble boy from New Zealand, who spent much of his youth confined to bed with a debilitating hip ...
Oct 10, 2025•1 hr 18 min
