Motorsport journalist and podcaster
Lewis Hamilton will attempt to keep the 2016 world championship alive with a pole-position start for this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
With Dieter Rencken. All the teams make their 2017 driver line-up announcements after we record, which makes our references to Home Improvement sound embarrassingly out of date. Plus Dieter renckens Ross Brawn might be the man to make F1 great again.
Michael takes off to meet Australian F1 drivers Alan Jones and not-quite-legend-yet Daniel Ricciardo for necessary inspiration for the journey ahead. Ricciardo tells us how he left Australia for Europe in his late teens to push himself to become a world-class driver.
We also hark back to Sebring USA in 1959 when Sir Jack Brabham, the ‘quiet Australian’, needed only to complete the last lap — but ran out of fuel. He pushed his car across the line to finish fourth, a feat unlikely to be repeated.
David Brabham, Sir Jack’s son, lays down the truth about getting into Formula One and how his own career started with a bit of fun on the family farm.
We reference Burgo’s Catch Phrase and Gardening Australia to balance Sebastian Vettel’s Peter McGinley-eque language and keep the show family friendly on average. Also, a race happens in Mexico.
Legendary motorsport commentator Murray Walker puts the industry in perspective, drawing on over five decades of firsthand experience.