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Ask Gary Anderson: Ride height tricks and engine penalties

Gary Anderson answers your questions on everything from ride height tricks and flexi-wings to 2026 engines and spying on rivals' cars

Originally published on 24 Nov 2021

BBV10s bonus: More members' questions answered + Jonathan Williams interview

In our latest exclusive bonus episode of Bring Back V10s for The Race Members' Club, we're tackling more of your questions that we didn't get to at the end of series four. Edd Straw joins Glenn Freeman to talk about subjects including Jordan vs Vodafone, the worst drivers and cars of the era, giantk...

Fan Dabby Dozy: Season 7 review with Dario

Dario Franchitti joins pod regulars Andrew van de Burgt and Sam Smith to look back at Season 7 of Formula E, query whether a half-time tea break is plausible and analyse the new qualifying regulations

Originally published on 25 Oct 2021

BBV10s bonus: A Williams insider on Mansell's 1994 return

In this special bonus episode of Bring Back V10s exclusively for The Race Members' Club, former Williams commercial chief Richard West recalls what it was like to be one of the key figures involved in bringing Nigel Mansell back for four races in 1994 following the death of Ayrton Senna. We heard fr...

Ask Gary Anderson: Has Mercedes had a eureka moment?

Gary Anderson answers your questions on Mercedes v Red Bull, the 2022 F1 regulations, Mika Hakkinen and much more

Originally published on 12 Oct 2021

Interview with the first Formula E World Champion - Nyck de Vries

ABB FIA Formula E WORLD CHAMPION Nyck de Vries joins host Andrew van de Burgt and The Race FE expert Sam Smith to discuss his title-winning season, making the switch to electric racing, and those Formula 1 rumours...

Originally published on 23 Sep 2021

BBV10s S4 E12: Ask us anything - part 2

Series four of Bring Back V10s ends with us taking more questions from our audience. Edd Straw and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to tackle topics including Montoya vs Villeneuve if they’d been team-mates at Williams, which Hockenheim layout was best, how Michael Andretti would have got on at Ferrar...

BBV10s S4 E11: Ask us anything - part 1

Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes join Glenn Freeman for the first of our two-part Bring Back V10s series finale, where we're taking questions submitted on Twitter, via email, from podcast reviews, and of course those submitted by The Race Members' Club.
Topics for this episode include: Mika Hakkine...

Gary Anderson on McLaren's return to winning ways

Gary Anderson answers questions from The Race Mambers' Club members on McLaren's victory at Monza, that clash between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton and many more topics

Originally published on 13 Sep 2021

BBV10s S4 E10: BAR 1999

BAR burst onto the F1 scene in 1999 with sky high expectations... then finished bottom of the championship in its first season without scoring a single point. Edd Straw and Sam Smith join host Glenn Freeman to revisit how this big-budget team got things so wrong at the first attempt - featuring insi...

BBV10s S4 E9: Multi 21 - Malaysia 2013

Bring Back V10s ventures into the V8 era of F1 to revisit the famous 'Multi 21' dispute between Red Bull team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to discuss the fall-out in great detail, as well as looking at everyt...

Ask Gary Anderson: Is Red Bull or Mercedes faster?

Gary Anderson answers questions from The Race Members' Club ahead of the F1 season restarting at Spa

Originally published on 24 Aug 2021

BBV10s S4 E8: Andrea Moda - with Perry McCarthy

Andrea Moda is a very strong contender for the worst F1 team to ever qualify for a grand prix. One of the team's unfortunate drivers - Perry McCarthy - joins Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw to revisit the shambolic operation's single season in F1 in 1992, which ended with its team boss being arrested in...

BBV10s S4 E7: Brazil 2003

The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix will always be remembered for chaos, and the right winner only being declared five days after the race. Mark Hughes and Gary Anderson join host Glenn Freeman to recall their memories of being at Interlagos that day, including Gary's inside stories of how Jordan won the ...

Ask Gary Anderson: Should Red Bull sign Bottas?

Gary Anderson answers questions posed by members of The Race Members' Club. To put your question to Gary, email members@the-race.com

Originally published on 10 Aug 2021

BBV10s S4 E6: Mansell's 1994 F1 comeback

Nigel Mansell made a shock return to Formula 1 for four races with Williams in 1994 following the death of Ayrton Senna. Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to look back in detail at how Mansell ended up combining a part-time F1 schedule with his unsuccessful Indycar title defence, and w...

Bring Back V10s S4 E5: Monaco 2004

Jarno Trulli's famous sole victory in Formula 1 came on the streets of Monte Carlo with a commanding performance from pole position in 2004. Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell join Glenn Freeman to look back on an eventful weekend for F1 on and off track, with plenty of incidents and huge stories around...

Bring Back V10s S4 E4: Imola 1989 - The Senna/Prost war begins

Get early access to new episodes of Bring Back V10s and listen ad-free with The Race Members' Club. In this episode Edd Straw and Sam Smith join Glenn Freeman to revisit the events of the 1989 San Marino Grand Prix, which featured Gerhard Berger surviving a fireball crash, and the rivalry between Ay...

Bring Back V10s S4 E3: France 2002 - Schumacher makes history

Get early access to all new episodes of Bring Back V10s - and listen ad-free! In the third episode of series four, Mark Hughes and Gary Anderson share their memories of being at Magny-Cours for the 2002 French Grand Prix, when Kimi Raikkonen came close to taking his maiden F1 victory, but Michael Sc...

Exclusive Nick Heidfeld interview

Formula E veteran Nick Heidfeld joins The Race's Formula E correspondent Sam Smith and host Andrew van de Burgt to discuss the geneses of the all-electric series on the back of Sam's new book. The Race members can get a £10 discount by visiting 2024-06-05 00:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Bring Back V10s S4 E2: When Schumacher moved to Ferrari

Michael Schumacher's move from Benetton to Ferrari for 1996 changed F1 forever. In this latest episode of Bring Back V10s - available early and ad-free to The Race Members' Club, Glenn Freeman is joined by Karun Chandhok and Matt Beer to revisit why Schumacher walked away from Benetton after winning...

Ask Gary Anderson - Will high rake work in 2022, Norris's form and flexi-wings

Originally published on 08 Jul 2021

Bring Back V10s S4 E1: Alonso's rookie F1 season

Bring Back V10s returns for a new series, and you can get early access to new episodes and listen ad-free as part of The Race Members' Club! In episode one, Mark Hughes and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to look back at Fernando Alonso's rookie F1 season in 2001, where he hustled a Minardi to places i...

Ask Gary Anderson June 2021

Gary Anderson answers your questions about Formula 1, ranging from Daniel Ricciardo's struggles and the Mercedes pitstop problems to the making of the Jordan 191 and F1's biggest innovations

Originally published on 01 Jun 2021

Peter Higham Members Club chat

Motor racing author and historian Peter Higham answers your question about his latest book" Formula 1 Car by Car 1990-99

Originally published on 01 Jun 2021

Mr Le Mans Members Only interview

Tom Kristensen - Mr Le Mans himself - is interviewed exclusively for The Race Members' Club, where he talks about everything from his childhood in Denmark, racing in Japan, all the false dawns in F1, and, of course, his relationship with Le Mans

Originally published on 10 May 2021

10 classic F1 races you should watch - Bring Back V10s special

For this special episode, we've partnered up with F1TV to discuss 10 classic F1 races from the Bring Back V10s era of 1989-2005 that we think you should go back and watch on the F1TV app.

Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw, Mark Hughes and Matt Beer to discuss the races we picked, as ...

Ask Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson answers your questions in the first episode of The Race Members' Club exclusive podcast

Originally published on 23 Apr 2021

Marquez to factory Ducati, Martin to Aprilia: How MotoGP's bombshell moves happened

Just when it seemed Ducati's 2025 MotoGP factory line-up plan was set, it was abruptly turned inside out. Now Marc Marquez is heading for a works seat and championship leader Jorge Martin is heading into the arms of Aprilia.

Simon Patterson, Valentin Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer gather for an ...

Has Bagnaia filled Italy's Rossi gap?

Pecco Bagnaia's double win at Mugello was a huge boost to his 2024 MotoGP championship bid. And as Simon Patterson reports from the scene as he joins Valentin Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer for The Race MotoGP Podcast, it was greeted by a more passionate crowd than the Italian Grand Prix has enjoyed i...