Betty and Christian are joined by the man behind Alex Albon's incredible panda helmet to hear about how is came to life and the inspirational story of how the designer ended up making F1 helmets for a living. Plus we get an update on Christian's dinky driver, get into a discussion about sprint races and answer a listener question about how point-sc…

Greg, Christian and Betty scramble from London and Italy to discuss reports that Red Bull’s Chief technical officer Adrian Newey is leaving the team and where "the Lewis Hamilton of F1 design" could be heading next. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: @fastcuriouspod Twitter: @fastcuriouspod Instagram: @fastcuriouspod Tiktok: @fastcuriouspod Learn mo…

Christian is joined by reserve driver F1TV's Laura Winter to go through all the big talking points from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. As Max Verstappen and Red Bull continue to operate at "a higher level", they discuss the chances for drivers like Lando Norris to pick up points or even wins as the year goes on. There's also time to reflect on an ama…

Christian and Betty preview the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix with a look at how the F1 has changed since the last race there in 2019, and what Zhou Guanyu will be looking to take away from his home race. They also discuss what Fernando Alosno's new contract at Aston Martin means for the 2025 driver line-up and get into some listener questions and feedba…

One of our favourite co-hosts Oscar Piastri returns for a catch-up about his season so far, McLaren's chances at the Chinese Grand prix and why he thinks turning 23 feels "old". We also hear from Olivia - a listener with an INCREDIBLE Michael Schumacher story - and Christian launches a new feature by doing an interview with himself. Yes, himself. G…

Betty and Christian look through all the big talking points of the Japanese Grand Prix as Ferrari continue to assert themselves as the second fastest team on the grid with Carlos Sainz continuing his incredible run of form. But where will this streak leave him at the end of the season and how much pressure does it put on an incoming Lewis Hamilton …

This one doesn't need much of a description; four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is this week's guest. He joins Betty, Christian and Greg to discuss his career, potential future in the sport and how he still uses F1 tactics in the supermarket. There's also time for a preview of the Japanese Grand Prix and a very exciting Chloe Grant update. E…

Greg and Christian are joined by former Aston Martin strategist and current Sky F1 pundit Bernie Collins to hear about her fascinating career in the paddock. Along the way they discuss her work with some of the best drivers in history, winning a grand prix with Sergio Perez and if anyone should believe rumours about Sebastian Vettel's return to F1.…

Greg, Betty and Christian go through all the action from the Australian Grand Prix including Max's DNF, Ferrari's dream race and insight from our resident F1 psychologist Mica on how Daniel Ricciardo and Logan Sergeant can bounce back from tricky weekends. Greg also goes on a pretty hefty rant about stewards and Betty gets a time penalty from the p…

Betty and Christian chat to the executive producer of Drive To Survive to find out how the wildly successful Netflix show got started, and what the team capture the biggest moments in the sport. Along the way they ask some of your questions about how much access the film crew has and if the teams have any say in what ends up on the show. EXCLUSIVE …

Betty and Christian take stock of the 2024 Formula One season so far with the help of F1 TV's Laura Winter. From Ollie Bearman's incredible F1 debut in Saudi Arabia, to the ongoing situation off-track at Red Bull they're also joined on the sofa by listener Ellie Kime cover every aspect of the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded before the woman who accused team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour was suspended by Red Bull. As the 2024 F1 Academy season gets started, we're joined by Chloe Grant for a preview of the second year of the series and a big announcement about her future! Christian and Betty …

Christian and Greg go through the talking points on and off the track as Max Verstappen cruises to victory in the first race of the 2024 Formula One season in Bahrain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesโดย Folding Pocket

You ask and we deliver... After a long and virtually news-free winter break, Formula One is back! Join us in our brand new studio to look ahead to race week one in Bahrain, skim through some of feedback we've had during pre-season, answer some listener questions AND chat to one of the most requested guests we've ever had. Learn more about your ad c…

Christian gives us an update direct from the desert as we get a first glimpse of how the teams are shaping up ahead of the first race of 2024 in Bahrain. Are Red Bull still the ones to beat? Has anyone closed the gap? And will Fernando Alonso ever look older than 30? All that and so much more in our penultimate episode before the season gets underw…

In our third and final behind-the-scenes tour of 2024 season launches, we head to see McLaren as they give their new car a run-out at Silverstone. Betty, Christian and Greg are joined by team boss Zak Brown, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as they start to find out if the momentum from 2023 will carry on this year. As always, we want you to be part …

Betty and Christian head to Silverstone to take you behind-the-scenes as Mercedes roll their car out of the garage for the first time in 2024. Featuring chats with team principal Toto Wolff, technical director James Allison and reserve drivers Mick Schumacher and Frederik Vesti, they get a unique insight into how things are shaping up ahead of Lewi…

Betty and Christian head to Red Bull's HQ as they launch their car for the 2024 F1 season. While it's an exciting day for the current world champions, it comes at a time when their team boss Christian Horner is the subject of an internal investigation after allegations of inappropriate behaviour from a female colleague. So when we were offered time…

We're still at Karun Chandock's house, we're still eating curry and we're talking all things F1 2024. In the second part of our preview of the upcoming season discussion turns to how the upcoming season will shape up, with a focus on all-black livery, impending driver movement and predictions for the drivers and constructors titles. Along the way K…

After our live show back in December 2023, friend of the show Karun Chandhok said he's have us over for curry to look ahead to the 2024 season. We're not sure if he thought we'd actually take him up on it but here we are, it's happened: Welcome to The Fast & The Curry-ous. In this first half of the special Greg, Betty and Christian dive into Karun'…

Betty is in New York for exclusive behind-the-scenes access of the Williams 2024 season launch! Our first driver co-hosts of the year Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant fill us in on their pre-season build up and reactions to some of the off-season updates, before Betty checks in with team principal James Vowles and Christian to get a debrief of the day…

Formula One news doesn't come much bigger than this. Ever. Lewis Hamilton leaving Mercedes for Ferrari has put the F1 world in a spin. To go through all the questions, thoughts, feelings and more Betty and Christian are joined by voice of Drive To Survive and friend of the show Will Buxton. We want you to be part of the show, too. Send any question…

As the 2024 season creeps closer Christian, Betty and Greg look at some of the bigger F1 news starting to emerge as teams and drivers come out of hibernation. From Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc's contracts to even more ridiculous team names, things are starting to get exciting. So exciting that we might have also announced our first F1 co-hosts …

Welcome to a special episode of The Fast and The Curious. This week we've teamed up with the brilliant charity Race Against Dementia to explore how the world of Formula One is helping find a cure for dementia, something very close to Christian's heart following his mum's diagnoses in 2023. Through conversations with the chairty's founder Sir Jackie…

Emergency episode time. As Guenther Steiner leaves Haas we fire up the Haas Helpline for all your thoughts, feelings and questions on how and why he's left the team after 10 years and what happens next for the team. Christian was so moved by the news that he took the opportunity to pay a musical tribute to Guenther. Good luck everyone. As always, w…

As the F1 world faces up to 2024 The Fast and Curious take on all the big talking points in the sport. From the latest in Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber name gate, to new games and answering your pre-season questions Betty, Christian and Team Principal Greg are on hand to lead you through the ever-brilliantly-confusing world of Formula One... and to exp…

This week Christian looks ahead to the F1 Academy 2024 season with one of the new drivers on the grid. He's joined by Lia Block, who will be representing Williams in the all-female series, for a catch up about her excitement before she starts racing and how's she's found making the transition from rally driving to racing on circuits. There's also o…

Betty and Christian are joined by Hollywood royalty this week in the form of Adam Driver! Not only has he been booked because of his incredibly fitting name, he's also the star of a new film which tells the story of Enzo Ferrari as he launches the motorsport giant. He talks about filming in Ferrari's hometown of Modena in Italy, his encouragement i…

Welcome back to The Fast and The Curious Live! Join Greg, Betty, Christian, a handful of listeners, and a quite frankly stupid line-up of guests for an end of season romp at Mercedes-Benz World! We dive straight back into the action with an F1 sing-a-long with Sam Ryder before we Karun Chandhok helps break down the definitive top 10 drivers of the …

Welcome to The Fast and The Curious Live! Join Greg, Betty, Christian, a handful of listeners, and a quite frankly stupid line-up of guests for an end of season romp at Mercedes-Benz World! In part one Mercedes F1 Communications Director Bradley Lord gives us updates on their 2024 car direct from the factory and Chloe Grant breaks down her year in …

Betty and Christian sit down in a very posh hotel after speaking to an exciting upcoming guest to discuss everything going on in the F1 world during the off-season so far. Logan Sargeant's new deal with Williams, live show updates, driver sightings in the wild and expensive coffees are all on the menu. As always, we want you to be part of the show,…

Welcome to the final Grand Prix debrief of 2023! Betty and Christian dive into the action on track and how it left the final standings, take one last look at Red Bull's insane season and how things could shape up for 2024 as well as the key F1 analysis having a go at guessing which of the drivers will be doing their own shopping over the winter bre…

This week we join you from a closed cafe at the back of an awards ceremony to celebrate a huge win for the Fast and The Curious! As well as polishing our new trophy, Greg shares the details of the end of season party at Mercdes-Benz World including the line-up, food menu and most importantly everything you need to know about how to be there. Plus, …

The lights, the spectacle and a bloody good race. What a weekend in Vegas as F1 takes to the strip. Team Principal Greg is joined by Drive To Survive and F1 TV's Will Buxton from his Vegas hotel room straight after the chequered flag to go through all of the action. They're also joined by listener Jamie who had the weekend of his life at the Grand …

In the words of Betty, F1 is in "Las Vegas baaaaaaby!" She joins Christian to look ahead to one of the most talked about races of the year as the drivers head into the unknown, expect for the fact that it'll nbe bloody freezing. They also get an insight into how the teams are preparing for the race from some of Aston Martin's mechanics, who are spr…

As part of this year's fundraising efforts, BBC's Children In Need is hosting a night of gaming called Game On! The show will be live on BBC Three at 7pm on 10th November featuring content creators, celebrities and live competitions. But one of the show's hosts Steffan Powell isn't quite as fluent in the world of Formula One as he'd like to ahead o…

Greg, Betty and Christian (and to a lesser extent Greg's dog Barney) assemble at Team Principal HQ to dissect the Brazilian Grand Prix. They cover all the key talking points from Alonso and Perez's last lap drama to sussing out who joined Fernando, Lando and Max on the podium and a big end-of-season Fast and Curious update. As always, we want you t…

Greg, Betty and Christian catch up with Mike and Natalia in, the duo behind the first Fast & The Curious meet-up in Mexico! Hear what they got up to over the weekend, an insight into Perez's national hero status, and what his disappointing home race could mean for the future of his career. As always, we want you to be part of the show, too. Send an…

So many listeners have asked to hear from a reserve driver during the season; your wish is our command as Alpine's reserve driver Jack Doohan makes his Fast and the Curious debut. He joins Christian ahead of his drive in free practice one in Mexico to discuss what it takes to be a reserve driver, the feeling of getting behind the wheel of an F1 car…

Christian's been on a solo mission in Texas to take you behind-the-scenes of the US Grand Prix. From Toto on a scooter, to royal sightings and mysterious inflatables he's given us a unique insight into the Circuit of the Americas in the form of an audio diary. And once all the on-track action was over he reported back to Betty and Greg to fill them…

As the F1 Academy reaches its final race of the 2023 season in Texas, Betty catches up with Fast and the Curious regular Chloe Grant. The weekend will see the all-female series on the same line-up as Formula One for the first time, with the finale happening just hours before the main Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. Chloe discusses how it feels to b…

Betty didn't plan on talking to any F1 drivers on her trip to New York, but when Logan Sargeant messaged for a catch-up and burger-tasting session she couldn't say no! She meets up with Williams driver for chat about his season so far, how it feels to be back home in America for the Texas Grand Prix and if his dog will ever make an appearance in th…

In an episode affectionately known as 'McLaren Creeews' Betty and Christian find out how McLaren and Lando Norris broke a world record with a 1.8 second pit stop during the Qatar Grand Prix. McLaren’s Car Operations & Engineering Director Charlie Hooper and Lando Norris’ No 1 mechanic Kyle Moreira explain the how the huge team working on and off th…

Bringing a close to a run of zero suspense whatsoever, Max Verstappen has won his third F1 title after a weekend of racing in Qatar. What better way to mark the occasion than with a round of Beat the Christian to name the other drivers who reached that milestone? The team also discuss Mercedes' first lap madness, McLaren's continued success and wha…

This week the team (minus Betty who is on other sporting duties) head to an industrial estate in east London for a day of karting. However, a lot of the other teams have taken the event far too seriously and are wearing their own kit and have enrolled professional drivers. With Team Principal Greg also out of action after putting his back out, it's…

Greg, Betty and Christian take a look at all the action on and off the track at the Japanese Grand Prix. From Red Bull clinching the constructers title and Oscar Piastri's first podium, to former world champion Sebastian Vettel's bee hives and listener Beth's race review there's a lot of ground to cover. Christian goes through more listeners questi…

There's only one way to put this, there's been MCLAAAREN NEEEEEWWWWS! Oscar Piastri joins Betty and Christian to discuss the news of his new deal at McLaren which will see him driving for the team until at least the end of 2026. They look back on his season so far, find out how he celebrated the news and talk about his mum becoming a social media s…

With Christian finally recovering from the Singapore Grand Prix, he joins Betty to take a look ahead to the Japanese Grand Prix. But before they move on, Anne is back on the show to discuss an incredible moment in Fast and Curious history after Crofty only went and KISSED THE BLOOMIN' track (Anne). Once the dust settles on Christian and Crofty's bl…

Christian and Betty dive in to ALL the action - and there was a lot of it - from the Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari dominance, Red Bull blips, Greg's predictions coming true for once (!); what a great weekend of racing! Thank you for your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to fastandcurious@acast.com. You can also find…