Motorsport journalist and podcaster
It’s the fourth round of the Extreme E championship, and Off Track previews the Copper X Prix. Championship driver Fraser McConnell joins James to preview the track, while Michael and Freya take a look at the championship so far, consider why we’re racing in Chile and suggest other extreme places for the series to race in the future.
Alpine cracks the shits and Sebastian Vettel issues a rare public service announcement.
F1® is desperate for an American driver to help boost the sport’s popularity in the States. But should the rules be bent to allow Colton Herta onto the grid without a superlicence? F1 journalist and broadcaster Chris Medland joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to talk through the background to the Herta story (02:10), what Nyck De Vries’ debut for Williams at Monza tells us about the depth in European talent (10:14), if Jack Doohan is a chance to race for Alpine if Pierre Gasly sticks with AlphaTauri (17:31), and suggests ways to fix the grid confusion caused by mass engine and gearbox penalties (20:36).
Charles Leclerc started on pole at Ferrari’s home race but Max Verstappen sent the Italian fans home disappointed by claiming another easy win. Featuring Lewis Larkam, F1 editor, Crash.net.
If the Italian national anthem is played but no-one can hear it, did the Italian Grand Prix really happen?