Ep 39: Formula Live Pulse, the app that changed how we watch Formula 1, with Simone Scanu
Simone Scanu is a Sardinian developer living in Berlin who built a real-time Formula 1 data and telemetry app because his girlfriend kept asking questions during races. Formula Live Pulse now has over 40,000 downloads and has been updated to cover not only Formula 1, but Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy.
Ep 36 25 years in Formula 1 PR and the FIA media delegate role with Alexandra Schieren
Alexandra Schieren has spent 25 years working in motorsport PR, from Toyota’s World Rally Championship team to roles with Formula 1 teams and the FIA as a media delegate. She talks about what it really takes to manage media at a grand prix weekend and what nobody tells you about working at the top level of the sport.
Ep 14: What commentators really think, with motorsport broadcaster Paul Marinelli
Paul Marinelli has been working in motorsport commentary and PR for 30 years. He has called races from Las Vegas at night, commentated Supercars at the Adelaide 500, and spent years travelling between Europe and America running out of money and coming back, doing whatever events he could to stay close to the sport he […]
Ep11: Behind the lens at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with photographer Sabine Albers
Sabine Albers was commissioned to photograph the VIP hospitality venues at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Etihad Airways. She talks about what it takes to shoot inside one of the most lavish sporting events in the world, from kitchen chaos to unlimited champagne.
Ep 9: Over 50 years in Formula 1 PR with Annie Bradshaw
Annie Bradshaw has worked in Formula 1 PR for over 50 years, with Williams, BMW Sauber, Lance Stroll and many more. She tells the story of George Harrison lighting incense in the Williams garage, Dame Edna getting stuck in Damon Hill’s car, and what it was like managing the media on the day Ayrton Senna died.
Ep 8: Growing up at the Tyrrell F1 factory, interviewing a teenage Lewis Hamilton, with journalist Jeremy Hart
Jeremy Hart has been covering Formula 1 since the days when teams built cars in wooden sheds. He grew up visiting the Tyrrell factory as a teenager, got his first broadcast break when Bernie Ecclestone rang him on a rally stage, and once interviewed a 13-year-old Lewis Hamilton.
Ep 7 Inside the Mercedes F1 kitchen with former team chef Jason Beste
Jason Beste was the chef for the Mercedes Formula 1 team during their dominant era, cooking for Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and up to 300 people a day. He shares what it was really like inside the hospitality unit when a team is winning world championships.