Ep 65: Kimi Antonelli makes history at Suzuka as Oscar Piastri returns to the podium
Suzuka delivered a Japanese Grand Prix that will be hard to forget. Kimi Antonelli won for the second race in a row to become the youngest championship leader in Formula 1 history — and because Japan’s legal drinking age is 20, he celebrated on the podium with sparkling rose water in a champagne-shaped bottle while […]
Ep 64: Shanghai Grand Prix and China travel guide; F1 journalist living in Beijing, Reilly Sullivan
F1 journalist Reilly Sullivan moved from Sydney to Beijing and covered the Chinese Grand Prix from inside the Shanghai media centre. He talks about life in China, what the paddock looks like from a freelance journalist’s perspective, and why Shanghai should be on your Formula 1 travel list.
Ep 60: Getting to know Ciara Gillan, co-host of Away We Go Podcast
Ciara Gillan joins as co-host for the 2026 season. In this episode we get to know her properly — her path into Formula 1, her Ferrari anxiety, her admiration for Oscar Piastri, and the story of how her questions during races inspired the Formula Live Pulse app.
Ep 53: Three years inside Formula 1 broadcasting with producer Chris Holding
Chris Holding grew up fifteen miles from Brands Hatch in the UK. On summer days when the wind blew in the right direction, he could hear the engines from his house. That is where it started. He went on to spend three years as a full-time producer on Formula 1 with ITV, work with the […]
Ep 51: Car reviews, Formula 1 and Jeremy Clarkson’s influence with motoring journalist Stephen Corby
Stephen Corby has been writing about cars for over 30 years, edited Top Gear Magazine Australia, and has a weekly column in the Weekend Australian Magazine. He talks about covering his first Formula 1 race in Adelaide in 1994, Jeremy Clarkson’s influence on his writing, and driving the Ferrari F80.
Ep 44: Breaking into Formula 1 journalism with lifestyle journalist Reilly Sullivan
Reilly Sullivan is a Sydney-based lifestyle and Formula 1 journalist who broke into the paddock by cold-emailing Haas. She talks about interviewing Nico Hulkenberg, covering her first race weekend in Singapore, and how Drive to Survive opened Formula 1 to a whole new wave of media.
Ep 41: 30 years in Australian motorsport broadcasting with Greg Rust
Greg Rust has been the voice of Australian motorsport for 30 years, from Network Ten to the Australian Grand Prix PA system. He shares stories from three decades in the sport, including Mark Webber’s quiet farewell dinner and George Russell stopping at 2am in Singapore to redo a photo for a teenage fan.
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 […]