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  • Planning your F1 trip - choosing a race, buying tickets + picking seats

    Planning your F1 trip - choosing a race, buying tickets + picking seats
    Jun 19 2025
    Watching F1 on TV is incredible. Seeing the action live is even better. With 24 amazing races, different ticket options and viewing positions to choose from, how do you plan a trip to a Formula 1 Grand Prix?

    Katie Osborne and Christian Hewgill speak to Gavin and Megan, F1 fans from Colorado who are going to this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix during their honeymoon. They want advice planning their weekend - what to take to the track, where to sit, and what to do besides watching the races.

    F1 Experiences is the closest you can get to Formula 1, with pit lane walks, track tours and photos with the F1 World Championship trophy. Find out more at f1experiences.com

    Send your questions and messages to F1Explains@F1.com

    You can buy tickets for F1 in 2025 and 2026 at tickets.formula1.com

    The 2026 F1 Calendar is out now - choose your race here

    F1: THE MOVIE - in theatres June 25th / June 27th (US)
    Find a showing - f1themovie.com
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    41 min
  • Lando Norris explains F1 driving styles, champagne slams + special helmets

    Lando Norris explains F1 driving styles, champagne slams + special helmets
    Jun 13 2025
    What is a ‘driving style’ and how many different ones are there? What’s the secret to executing a champagne pop on the podium? And how do F1 drivers come up with ideas for special helmet designs and create the final product?

    McLaren driver Lando Norris joins Christian Hewgill at the Canadian Grand Prix to give you the answers.

    Lando also tells us what he likes to eat for breakfast, why he has to get up so early on race day, his guilty pleasures, what he’d be if he wasn’t an F1 driver, and why he wants to become World Champion.

    Get your question on the podcast!
    Send voice notes and emails to F1Explains@F1.com

    F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt
    Only in cinemas June 2025
    Get tickets now

    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    26 min
  • F1's greatest drivers + improving safety | Ask an F1 World Champion - with Sir Jackie Stewart

    F1's greatest drivers + improving safety | Ask an F1 World Champion - with Sir Jackie Stewart
    Jun 5 2025
    He's a legend of Formula 1, a three-time World Champion who fought to make the sport safer. Sir Jackie Stewart's good work continues today with his charity Race Against Dementia.

    Sir Jackie joins Christian Hewgill to answer your questions on how F1 has changed since the 1960s and 70s, the great drivers of the past and how F1 cars and racetracks have become safer over the decades.

    Lady Helen Stewart, Jackie's wife, was once his timekeeper. She stood at the side of the track with a stopwatch to record his lap times. In 2014 they learned she has dementia, a brain disease which can affect memory, thinking and behaviour. Sir Jackie explains how his charity funds research to find a cure.

    Formula 1 is proud to support Race Against Dementia
    The global charity, founded by Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, funds pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia. Find out more at raceagainstdementia.com

    Get your question on the podcast!
    Send voice notes and emails to F1Explains@F1.com

    COMING SOON...

    Lando Norris and Esteban Ocon - send in your questions for our Ask an F1 Driver specials with two Grand Prix winners.

    F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali - send your questions on his job running Formula 1.

    F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt
    Only in cinemas June 2025
    Get tickets now

    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    32 min
  • Rivalry with Schumacher, pre-race meals and F1 life skills - LIVE with Mika Hakkinen in Monaco

    Rivalry with Schumacher, pre-race meals and F1 life skills - LIVE with Mika Hakkinen in Monaco
    May 29 2025
    Teamwork. Racing. Pasta. We explore all that and more as Mika Hakkinen joins Christian Hewgill and F1 Explains listeners live on-stage at the Monaco Grand Prix.

    Double World Champion Mika talks about what he learned from racing Michael Schumacher. Their rivalry started as teenagers in karts and continued when they fought for F1 titles in the late 1990s.

    F1 Explains listeners Lisa, Daniel and Tessa ask Mika their questions on whether the friendships between today’s drivers affect how they race on-track and what skills Mika took from F1 into life post-racing.

    Plus Mika talks about his favourite race day foods and signs a special piece of artwork for a fan in the crowd.

    Get your question on the podcast!
    Send voice notes and emails to F1Explains@F1.com
    COMING SOON: F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali - send your questions on his job running Formula 1

    F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt
    Only in cinemas June 2025
    Get tickets now

    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    29 min
  • The Magic of Monaco - with Mika Hakkinen + Alex Jacques

    The Magic of Monaco - with Mika Hakkinen + Alex Jacques
    May 22 2025
    No room for mistakes. No time to breathe. The Monaco Grand Prix is a unique challenge. Legends win here, but even the greats have failed to complete 78 laps on the narrow streets of Monte Carlo.

    Christian Hewgill is in Monaco to find out what makes this race special. Monaco winner and two-time F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen explains why it's such a difficult Grand Prix, mentally and physically. F1TV Commentator Alex Jacques tells us about the history of the race, and about the brand-new tyre rule which will change things this year.

    Plus, Christian tours the track to ask F1 fans why they think Monaco is magical and discovers that nearly everyone at the race this weekend has the same name...

    F1 Explains has won a global podcast award!
    GOLD in the SPORTS PODCAST category at the New York Festivals Radio Awards.
    We couldn't make this podcast without you. Thank you for listening and sending your questions to F1Explains@F1.com

    F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt
    Only in cinemas June 2025
    Get tickets now

    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    39 min
  • This weekend: F1 Explains LIVE in Monaco

    This weekend: F1 Explains LIVE in Monaco
    May 20 2025
    F1 Explains LIVE with Mika Hakkinen
    Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix 2025
    Saturday 24th May, 1:30pm
    F1 Fanzone stage
    Send your question to F1Explains@F1.com, tell us you're coming and you could be part of the show

    F1: THE MOVIE starring Brad Pitt
    Only in cinemas June 2025
    Watch the trailer now

    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    1 min
  • Inside The Garage - with Haas F1 Team

    Inside The Garage - with Haas F1 Team
    May 15 2025
    What happens in a Formula 1 team's garage during a race? In a world-first episode, recorded inside the Haas garage during the Miami Grand Prix, mechanics, engineers and strategists tell F1 Explains what they do while the cars are racing.

    How are the pit crew told it's time for a pit stop? How do strategists make their calls? How do mechanics make sure new tyres are ready to go? Christian Hewgill explains it all from an exclusive position surrounded by data screens, engineers and equipment.

    Plus, we listen in to team radio channels, learn what F1 tyres are recycled into after each race, resist the urge to eat the pit crew's mid-race treats and rub shoulders with a rock music legend...


    It's All To Drive For in 2025. Be there!
    Book your seat for a Grand Prix this season at tickets.formula1.com

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    51 min
  • Guenther Steiner on calming rookies, leading a new F1 team, acting with Brad Pitt + building LEGO - LIVE in Miami

    Guenther Steiner on calming rookies, leading a new F1 team, acting with Brad Pitt + building LEGO - LIVE in Miami
    May 8 2025
    How do F1 bosses keep the pressure off young drivers? What's it like launching a brand new team? Former Haas Team Principal and future star of the F1 movie Guenther Steiner answers these questions and more in an episode recorded live at the Miami Grand Prix.

    F1 Explains listeners Jenny, Joshua and Sydney join Christian Hewgill on-stage to ask Guenther their questions about running an F1 team. Guenther explains how to keep experienced drivers motivated and names the drivers he thinks will help the new Cadillac get off to a strong start in F1 next season.

    Plus, Guenther's role alongside Brad Pitt in this summer's F1 movie, fun with LEGO and Christian gets some parents in the crowd to make a shocking admission...


    Experience the Miami Grand Prix for yourself in 2026!
    Keep watching F1MiamiGP.com and tickets.formula1.com for information on race tickets

    Listen to more official F1 podcasts
    In-depth interviews on F1 Beyond The Grid
    Expert reaction before and after every Grand Prix on F1 Nation
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    35 min