This weekend at Race Retro Damien Smith sat down with 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill and head of Williams Heritage Jonathan Williams.
The first half is dedicated to Damon’s racing career with questions from you, the Motor Sport readers, while the second part looks at the cars which brought Damon so much success.
Ex-McLaren team manager Alastair Caldwell joins us for our second podcast of 2016. We look back at how he got his foot in the door at the now-Woking-based outfit, his memories of Bruce McLaren, the 1976 World Championship with James Hunt and which driver impressed him the most.
You will also hear about our request for stories from anyone who was at Brands Hatch in 1976 for the British Grand Prix. In the July issue of the magazine we’re looking back at that day and, instead of giving you the (well-told) story from the paddock, we want to hear from you. Were you there? Did you throw cans on the track? What are your memories? Do please use #Brands76 on social media to share your stories. Alternatively, you can leave a comment below or email editorial@motorsportmagazine.com.
The first podcast of 2016 is here. We persuaded four-time Indycar champion and three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti to come down from Scotland for it and, after answering readers’ questions, we launched the shortlist for the final 2016 Hall of Fame category: US racing.
We talk about Jim Clark, Franchitti’s most satisfying race win, his perfect car for driving the north coast of Scotland and even Ganassi’s ‘secret’ tunnel used for aero testing…
In the second half the team decides the shortlist for the US racing category.
As always, let us know what you think and thank you very much for sending in so many questions.
The Formula 1 season review podcast is here! We welcome back Williams’ chief technical officer Pat Symonds for a discussion of the year’s events, themes and challenges. Dec 18, 2015
The fourth Hall of Fame category is here. This month we turn to motorcycling and its greatest names. To help us narrow all the names down to a short list of 12 we brought in Mat Oxley and ex-MotoGP rider Jeremy McWilliams.
We run through two-wheeled stars from Valentino Rossi to the cheeky Londoner Barry Sheene. As Rob says in the introduction this one’s for all you racers.
As always, let us know what you think.
It was 5am and due to a computer failure the queue for check-in at Gatwick airport snaked out of the terminal door. Because of all the audio equipment needed to record a Motor Sport podcast there was no way I could proceed with hand luggage only.
Having tried for a few years to secure Nigel Mansell as a podcast guest it looked like I was going to miss the flight to Jersey and the first proper chance… This was going to be a tough one to explain to editor Damien.
Amazingly – with a little queue jumping – I made the flight and The Mansell Collection in St Helier, Jersey by 10am. The 1992 World Champion was there already, finishing another interview and within 15 minutes of arriving the tape is rolling.
The next hour is spent talking about his rise to Formula 1, his memories of Colin Chapman, his stint in Indycar, the touring car outings and his thoughts on the likes of Senna, Piquet, Prost and Keke Rosberg. Oct 26, 2015
“Born in a gas station,” Tom Kristensen had petrol in his veins from an early age. Despite a flirtation with banking, he went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours nine times. A record, surely, that won’t be matched for quite some time…
Rob, Alan Hyde and I talk through his career from his first ‘steps’ in a go kart to his World Endurance Championship crown via the Goodwood Revival and his new book.
As always, let us know what you think and enjoy. Oct 13, 2015
“Born in a gas station,” Tom Kristensen had petrol in his veins from an early age. Despite a flirtation with banking, he went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours nine times. A record, surely, that won’t be matched for quite some time…
Rob, Alan Hyde and I talk through his career from his first ‘steps’ in a go kart to his World Endurance Championship crown via the Goodwood Revival and his new book.
As always, let us know what you think and enjoy.
After flying down specially from Edinburgh and a quick lunch at our new local Italian restaurant Robert Reid sat down to talk through his career and that of his long-time driver Richard Burns.
We cover everything from wallpaper with Mk 2 Escorts on it (yes, really) to the 2001 World Rally Championship via Colin McRae and what made Richard so special.
In the second half we launch the rally category for the Hall of Fame and you can now vote on any one of the 12 names we decided on with Robert.
This year at the Goodwood Revival the Credit Suisse Drivers’ Forum, hosted by Henry Hope-Frost, consisted of Sir Stirling Moss, Derek Bell, Jochen Mass, Dario Franchitti, Alain de Cadenet and Jackie Oliver. The subject – racing in America vs racing in Europe.
