Bob Bell has enjoyed a stellar career as a top engineer in Formula One with McLaren, Benetton, Jordan, Renault, and Mercedes, He was Technical Director at Renault during the Alonso title winning years, then team principal after the departure of Flavio Briatore. And more recently was one of the architects of the current Mercedes F1 juggernaut. In the latest ... Show More
Feb 2025
James Vowles: Why Williams Will “Break Everything” to Succeed in F1
<p>As the F1 world gears up for the next thrilling race weekend, we revisit an insightful conversation with James Vowles, former Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Strategy Director and current Williams Team Principal. Having worked closely with Lewis Hamilton for over a decade, Ja ... Show More
1h 10m
Apr 2022
Toto Wolff on the secrets to his F1 success
Toto Wolff is the most successful person in the history of Formula One. Since landing at Mercedes in 2013, he's transformed their F1 team into a relentless winning machine. In this conversation with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth, he holds forth on his journey, his business pr ... Show More
28m 24s
Mar 2022
Alpine tech boss Pat Fry: 35 years at the top of F1
Name a top F1 team or driver – Pat Fry is probably a big part of their success. He’s spent 35 years winning with Benetton, McLaren, Ferrari and Alpine, racing with world champion drivers Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. In that time he’s seen F1 ch ... Show More
51m 51s
Sep 2018
Toto Wolff: "I run a successful F1 team but that's nothing compared to what other people have achieved..."
He's presided over one of the most successful F1 teams of all time - and had to manage one of the most heated rivalries in history. So what exactly makes Mercedes chief Toto Wolff tick? On this week's episode of Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, the thoughtful Austrian lifts th ... Show More
51m 54s
Jul 2023
Piastri shines, Ferrari improve, all change at Alpine + Verstappen dominates – Belgian GP Review
F1 is witnessing greatness. ‘Max has got this burning desire’, says Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner after another emphatic Verstappen victory in Belgium. Tom Clarkson, Natalie Pinkham and Erik van Haren reflect on Red Bull winning the first 12 races of 2023 and explore V ... Show More
51m 45s
Dec 2023
Piastri’s pathway, Leclerc’s piano passion, Pierre’s new perspective + more best bits of 2023
Red Bull’s revolutionary race car, McLaren’s miraculous transformation and Aston Martin’s sensational rise.On F1 Beyond The Grid in 2023, the stars behind the biggest stories of the season have sat down with Tom Clarkson to reveal the secrets behind their success and share fascin ... Show More
54m 20s
Aug 2020
Mark Blundell on the end of an era for Williams, how to win in America and who reminds him of Senna on the current grid
This week Tom and Alex are joined by Mark Blundell to hear how to win in America (10:30), why Williams were so good in their heyday (14:10) and which driver reminds him of Senna (20:44). Plus why F1 could return to Indianapolis (3:32) and how Takuma Sato (6:32) owes a lot to the ... Show More
29m 40s