Welcome to Aramco F1 Focus, a brand-new podcast on this feed which aims to bring you fresh perspectives, performance insights and statistical surprises to enhance your enjoyment of Grand Prix racing. On this week’s show Sean ‘Virtual Statman’ Kelly tells host Tim Silvey that Red Bull’s domination might not be quite as complete as you think, while our resident racing driver Alex Brundle muses on the importance of adaptability on the F1 grid. And there’s also a special focus on Aston Martin’s epic...
Mar 30, 2023•39 min
A new bonus podcast is coming to this feed, in addition to The Race F1 Tech Show! It's called Aramco F1 Focus, and it’s a show that’ll zoom in on interesting or overlooked aspects of the 2023 F1 season. Hosted by Tim Silvey, Alex Brundle and Sean ‘Virtual Statman’ Kelly, with a host of special guests, Aramco F1 Focus will appear at regular points throughout the year, as a complementary offer to The Race F1 Tech Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 27, 2023•51 sec
After another dominant display from Red Bull Racing in Saudi Arabia, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson return to answer two key questions emanating from Jeddah: How do Ferrari and Mercedes go about closing the gap to the championship leaders and why is Red Bull’s DRS package so exceptionally quick? After tackling those questions, Gary answers two listener questions, the first about Williams’ sensitivity to wind and the second about whether Mercedes’ current attitude m...
Mar 22, 2023•47 min
F1 is back - and so is The Race F1 Tech Show! We're kicking off a brand-new season of the podcast with an in-depth discussion about one of the biggest talking points from the opening race in Bahrain: Aston Martin's (somewhat surprising) podium-scoring pace. Just how did the team go from midfield runner to podium contender in such a short period of time, especially when the rules have remained so stable? Can they keep up this form all season? And is it unfair to suggest their car design takes all...
Mar 08, 2023•46 min
The new Formula 1 campaign may still be a while away, but international motor racing returns with a bang this weekend with the start of the 2023 Formula E championship. Season 9 brings with it many things: A new generation of car, new tracks, new driver line-ups - and a new host for The Race Formula E Podcast! Hit like, follow or subscribe in your podcast player of choice to join The Race Formula E Podcast for an electric season of racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Jan 11, 2023•1 min
The first year of a new rules set is always interesting, but what's potentially even more interesting than that is the second year. On this week's show, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson look ahead to next year, discussing the tweaks that are being made to the rules, what the impact of those tweaks will be on performance, and whether teams will evolve their car designs or opt for a fresh start. Gary also explains why the cars might end up looking increasingly similar ...
Dec 14, 2022•38 min
The 2022 F1 season brought with it a sweeping set of technical regulation changes aimed at improving racing. So now, with a full year of racing complete, can we say the new rule-set had the desired impact? On this week's episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson debate that question, before the FIA's single-seater technical director Nikolas Tombazis - a chief architect of the new rules - gives his own verdict on how things went and where the ...
Dec 07, 2022•49 min
Computational Fluid dynamics – better known as CFD – is a key simulation tool for all F1 teams. But what is it, how is it used and why is it so important? We’re joined by two of the key architects behind Red Bull’s success - Chief Designer Craig Skinner and Ansys chief technologist Christophe Bianchi - to explain how this complex but powerful design tool is harnessed to extract performance. Before that, with F1 teams now is full flow working on their car designs for 2023, former F1 technical dir...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min
There’s a simple truth in F1, and that’s that if there were no mechanics to run the cars, there would be no racing. On this week’s episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, we are digging into the technical aspects of a mechanic’s job with the help of former McLaren mechanic-turned-broadcaster, Marc Priestley. Marc describes the chain of command amongst mechanics, the complex process of building an F1 car from scratch with no manual to work from, how you go about rebuilding a car that has been crashed a...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min
On this week's episode we have two timely topics to dig into. Firstly, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson discuss how Mercedes have been able to turn a car that started the season as a bouncing, porpoising nightmare into a Grand Prix winner. They also ask what the Silver Arrows' Brazilian GP victory means for them being able to give Red Bull a run for their money in 2023. Secondly, Gary chats to Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, just a day after the team took a ver...
Nov 16, 2022•58 min
In so many ways, the modern world is ruled by computers, but while Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has revolutionised F1 car design over the last couple of decades, the windtunnel remains a vital tool in every F1 team's development arsenal. On this week's podcast, host Edd Straw asks former F1 technical director Gary Anderson why windtunnels remain so important to car development that teams such as Red Bull, McLaren and Aston Martin are committing millions of dollars towards new facilities. G...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min
On this week's episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson dig into a couple of big technical talking points from the recent Mexico City Grand Prix and delve into the finer points of the controversy around the future of tyre blankets. Gary kicks off the podcast by discussing the complex issue of cooling an F1 car at altitude, before explaining the key reason as to why Ferrari's performance suffered at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez compared t...
Nov 02, 2022•49 min
Everything that touches an F1 car has an impact on performance - and that includes the paint! But F1 being F1, the paint technology used is far from simple, and is just another area where a competitive advantage can be found. On this week’s show host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson speak to Mark Turner from Silverstone Paint Technology and Seamless Digital to reveal the surprising secrets of paint in F1, including how the teams seek to get a performance boost. Turner als...
Oct 26, 2022•56 min
On this week’s show, as the cost cap row rumbles on, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson are taking a look into the murky world of F1 car costs, and in particular how much it costs to actually produce key parts such as the chassis, front wing assembly, and floor. Gary explains why the cost of a car is often more expensive than it might appear on the surface, and why costs have spiralled in recent years. Before that, Edd and Gary talk about Mercedes’ future design direct...
Oct 19, 2022•52 min
The Race F1 Tech Show is back! For the first episode of a new series, host Edd Straw is joined by former F1 technical director Gary Anderson for an in-depth look at a bit of serious F1 tech that’s used by every team on the grid: The semi-automatic gearbox. With the help of special guest John Barnard, the man responsible for bringing the first iteration of the paddle-shift box to F1 in 1989 with Ferrari, we look at how the technology works, what performance benefits the system has brought to F1, ...
Oct 12, 2022•46 min
With F1’s August shutdown well under way, there’s still lots to talk about in the world of tech for host Edd Straw and Gary Anderson, former Jordan, Jaguar and Stewart technical director, to talk about. Gary starts off with a look at the follies of Ferrari’s attitude to strategy during the 2022 season and why it is not about sacking team principal Mattia Binotto if Ferrari wants to fix things. Then it’s onto a deep dive into F1 ground effect cars, starting off with the 1970s. Then, Gary was in t...
Aug 10, 2022•47 min
We've reached the mid-season break in this year's F1 campaign, but there's still plenty of juicy technical topics for host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson to dig into. First up, they cast an eye over the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Aston Martin caught the eye when they unveiled their paradigm-shifting rear wing endplates. Gary gives his view on why Aston have taken this development direction, and whether it complies with the spirit of the regulations. The duo also discus...
Aug 03, 2022•47 min
Aerodynamics are the key performance differentiator in F1, and as a result those working in the sport have become adept at measuring aerodynamic performance in real-time, using an array of sensors. But what if F1 technology was applied to another sport where aerodynamics are key? Joining host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson this week is a man who has put this theory to the test. Dr Barney Garrood has many years of experience as a Formula One aerodynamicist at teams inclu...
Jul 27, 2022•56 min
On this week's show host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson talk through the floor-related rule changes the FIA is making for 2023, asking why the changes are happening and whether they'll cost lap time. They also take an in-depth look at the competition that has a track record for producing the F1 engineers of the future: The long running and highly regarded F1 in Schools, which recently held its world finals at Silverstone. And finally, Gary answers a listener's question ...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min
On this week’s podcast we pay homage to the wonder material that is carbon fibre. And who better to speak to on this subject than legendary designer John Barnard - the man who introduced the carbon fibre monocoque to F1 with McLaren in 1981. Light yet strong, stiff yet formable, carbon fibre has been responsible for many advances in F1, in particular on the safety side - we explain how and why. Before that, former F1 technical director Gary Anderson tells co-host Edd Straw why he’s unimpressed w...
Jul 13, 2022•47 min
This week, after Zhou Guanyu’s terrifying British Grand Prix accident, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson take a closer look at the structures that saved the Chinese driver and ask what F1 can learn about further improving car and barrier safety. They then turn their attention to this week’s major topic: synthetic sustainable fuel, with Formula 1’s tech chief Pat Symonds joining the pod to give us the ultimate guide on what the teams will be putting in their cars in 20...
Jul 06, 2022•59 min
Porpoising and bouncing have been the buzzwords of the 2022 F1 season, with the matter reaching a head after several drivers complained of experiencing unpleasant physical symptoms in Baku. That led to the FIA introducing a new technical directive on the matter ahead of the Canadian GP - but just what does it all mean, are the measures fair, and will they actually solve the problems several teams have experienced this season? These are some of the questions that host Edd Straw and former F1 tech...
Jun 22, 2022•45 min
This week’s episode is all about those disembodied voices we hear over team radio: the race engineers. What do they do? How important is their relationship with a driver? And what can they do to get the most out of a car AND a driver? To help answer those questions host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson are delighted to welcome Julien Simon-Chautemps, Kimi Raikkonen’s former race engineer at Alfa Romeo, onto the show for a feature length discussion. Before that Anderson ca...
Jun 15, 2022•55 min
The concept of copying is nothing new in F1 - in fact, it’s been around for as long as the sport itself. There have been several high profile cases of alleged copying in F1 in recent years - including the so-called 'Pink Mercedes' and the 'Green Red Bull' - but when is copying elements of another team’s car design cheating and when is it simply drawing inspiration? On this week’s edition of The Race F1 Tech Show, Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson attempt to answer that, as...
Jun 08, 2022•42 min
On the first episode of our brand-new tech podcast, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson take a look at the problems Mercedes may have unearthed with their car concept in last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix and how the world champions might look to solve them. There's also a discussion with Pirelli tyre boss Mario Isola about the 2022-spec low profile rubber that the teams and drivers have been adjusting to this season - is it achieving the objectives Pirelli and F1 were ho...
Jun 01, 2022•51 min
Former Jordan and Jaguar technical director Gary Anderson joins Edd Straw to answer listener questions on F1 2021, 18-inch wheels, driving sideways and even Colin McRae. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Gary looks back at the performance of the 10 F1 teams during the 2020 F1 season, explaining who did well, and why, and which of them underachieved Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2020•58 min
Gary Anderson answers your latest batch of questions, including why the Red Bull is difficult to drive, if the Mercedes is too easy to drive and his memories of Gilles Villeneuve’s F1 debut at Silverstone in 1977 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 09, 2020•38 min
Gary answers your questions on how a team approaches replacing a driver like Lewis Hamilton and the causes and implications of Grosjean’s terrifying Bahrain Grand Prix crash Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 02, 2020•34 min
Gary answers your questions on the major F1 rule changes in 2022 and explains the reasons why he thinks they aren’t the answer to all grand prix racing’s problems Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2020•39 min
