Motorsport journalist and podcaster
Tamara Molinaro is as determined a racer as you’ll ever meet. Born into a motorsport family, her passion for rallying was sealed when she got into her first rally car on ice — and with a couple of pillows on the seat — at just 11 years old.
Then there was no turning back. European Rally Championship, WRC, rallycross, Italian Gravel Rally Championship — she’s done it all and has the trophies to prove it. And this year she added an Extreme E podium trophy to the collection — not bad considering she started 2022 without a drive.
But it hasn’t always been easy for Tamara, who rose through the ranks so quickly she had to learn to be an adult on the course and behind the wheel.
She sat down with Off Track to talk through her rapid progression, her love for Extreme E and — yes — that tattoo she got with Timo Scheider.
Former McLaren F1 mechanic turned author, TV presenter, YouTuber and speaker Marc Priestley joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to talk about how he cut his teeth in the sport with McLaren’s test team (01:51), his first memories of what made Lewis Hamilton special (05:38), the fractious intra-team 2007 title fight and Hamilton’s first world title in 2008 (08:20), how McLaren fell from the front from 2009 and the team’s slow build to competitiveness since (11:34), Red Bull’s dominant 2022 season (17:10), the stigma of Red Bull’s cost cap breach and the similarities to McLaren’s 2007 ‘Spygate’ scandal (20:54), and where Ferrari have fallen short in their bid to end a long title drought (25:15).
Max Verstappen easily defeats Lewis Hamilton in the Mexico City Grand Prix with a bold one-stop strategy gamble to confound the Mercedes pit wall. Featuring F1’s pre-eminent stats man, Sean Kelly.
Daryl Somers bans us from interviews after we repeatedly and incessantly insist that Jason Donovan was robbed of the 1989 Gold Logie.
Max Verstappen dominated old rival Lewis Hamilton to win the Mexico City Grand Prix and break the record for most wins in a season.
The Dutchman got the perfect start from pole to hold the lead through the first three turns from George Russell and Hamilton, who started second and third but squabbled between themselves in the Red Bull’s slipstream.
Hamilton passed Russell, who was then demoted to fourth by Sergio Perez, leaving Verstappen to establish a 1.3s gap by the end of the lap. Hamilton kept him honest without threatening a pass, keeping him within 2.5s.
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