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F1: Beyond The Grid

Formula 1's fastest stars slow down and open up, sharing untold stories and unrivalled insight. Tom Clarkson brings you revealing, feature-length interviews and amazing anecdotes from superstar driver... Read more

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Toto Wolff: "I run a successful F1 team but that's nothing compared to what other people have achieved..."

Toto Wolff: "I run a successful F1 team but that's nothing compared to what other people have achieved..."

He's presided over one of the most successful F1 teams of all time - and had to manage one of the most heated rivalries ... Read more

19 Sep 2018

51mins

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REVISITED: Charles Leclerc on overcoming tragedy to race for Ferrari

REVISITED: Charles Leclerc on overcoming tragedy to race for Ferrari

In the second of our Beyond The Grid Revisited episodes, where we delve into the archives, we look back on Tom’s convers... Read more

24 Feb 2021

48mins

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REVISITED: Kimi Raikkonen on racing, partying and becoming a family man

REVISITED: Kimi Raikkonen on racing, partying and becoming a family man

In the third of our Beyond The Grid Revisited episodes, where we delve into the show’s archives, we look back on Tom’s c... Read more

3 Mar 2021

45mins

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Sebastian Vettel on leaving Ferrari, life outside F1 and changing goals

Sebastian Vettel on leaving Ferrari, life outside F1 and changing goals

He’s a four-time world champion and racing icon, yet Sebastian Vettel’s fiercely private nature means we don’t know as m... Read more

7 Oct 2020

45mins

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Daniel Ricciardo: “If I’m going to strap myself into a car every weekend, I’m not doing it justice unless I’m all in”

Daniel Ricciardo: “If I’m going to strap myself into a car every weekend, I’m not doing it justice unless I’m all in”

He’s that rarest of creatures: a multifaceted, outgoing personality who also happens to be a world-class competitor, bel... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 32mins

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Luca Di Montezemolo: "Ferrari is passion, Ferrari is emotion, I thank God I worked for them"

Luca Di Montezemolo: "Ferrari is passion, Ferrari is emotion, I thank God I worked for them"

He was handed arguably the biggest job in motor racing in his mid-twenties, when none other than Enzo Ferrari made him S... Read more

27 Mar 2019

1hr 14mins

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Kevin Magnussen: "Racing-wise, I don't care what people think of me. I'd feel weird if everyone was saying I'm a nice guy..."

Kevin Magnussen: "Racing-wise, I don't care what people think of me. I'd feel weird if everyone was saying I'm a nice guy..."

His F1 career began with a bang, with a podium finish on debut with McLaren in Australia in 2014. Though he hasn't hit t... Read more

3 Jul 2019

1hr 4mins

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Rubens Barrichello: “Even now, I feel sick not being in an F1 car. I miss the buzz”

Rubens Barrichello: “Even now, I feel sick not being in an F1 car. I miss the buzz”

This week’s guest is F1’s original iron man – a veteran of 19 seasons in the top class of racing and a record 322 Grand ... Read more

27 Nov 2019

1hr 26mins

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Mika Hakkinen: “I carry the emotions of winning the world title every day”

Mika Hakkinen: “I carry the emotions of winning the world title every day”

He is regarded as one of the fastest drivers to ever grace an F1 racetrack, and arguably the rival Michael Schumacher fe... Read more

13 Nov 2019

1hr 30mins

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Cyril Abiteboul: “I live F1 physically. I don’t sleep for two nights after a race”

Cyril Abiteboul: “I live F1 physically. I don’t sleep for two nights after a race”

He’s a man with one of the toughest jobs in F1: tasked with leading one of the sport’s grandee teams back to the top, un... Read more

25 Sep 2019

1hr 1min

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Jenson Button: “My title was the perfect story – they need to make a movie of it”

Jenson Button: “My title was the perfect story – they need to make a movie of it”

Our guest this week is someone who lived through one of the sport’s biggest fairy tales when, in 2009, he won the world ... Read more

9 Oct 2019

1hr 18mins

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The Best of 2019: Tom’s favourite moments from Season 2

The Best of 2019: Tom’s favourite moments from Season 2

So here it is folks: your final episode of Beyond The Grid of the year. And what a year it’s been, with great guests eve... Read more

18 Dec 2019

58mins

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Otmar Szafnauer: “When Force India went into administration, my role was to keep the team together”

Otmar Szafnauer: “When Force India went into administration, my role was to keep the team together”

Though he's been in F1 a long time, you may not have been overly familiar with Otmar Szafnauer before this year. As COO ... Read more

12 Dec 2018

55mins

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James Allison: "For an engineer, F1 is an unending work of invention and skill"

James Allison: "For an engineer, F1 is an unending work of invention and skill"

Mercedes have been the standard setters in F1 since 2014, and this year they've started the season at a relentless pace.... Read more

8 May 2019

1hr 9mins

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Sergio Perez: “There are no coincidences in F1. There’s a reason why I’m always there when there’s an opportunity to take…”

Sergio Perez: “There are no coincidences in F1. There’s a reason why I’m always there when there’s an opportunity to take…”

He’s known as a driver who makes the most of every opportunity – in the thick of the midfield battle, give Sergio Perez ... Read more

17 Apr 2019

54mins

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Toto Wolff on Hamilton, Rosberg, Lauda and breaking records

Toto Wolff on Hamilton, Rosberg, Lauda and breaking records

He’s a workaholic, whose team is about to win a record seventh consecutive constructors’ championship. Yet his desire fo... Read more

21 Oct 2020

42mins

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Gordon Murray: "As an F1 car designer I was always looking for an unfair advantage. I still am..."

Gordon Murray: "As an F1 car designer I was always looking for an unfair advantage. I still am..."

This week’s guest on Beyond The Grid is renowned as one of F1’s great innovators and technical brains – perhaps the best... Read more

5 Jun 2019

1hr 13mins

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Alex Albon: “Adversity has given me a strong personality…”

Alex Albon: “Adversity has given me a strong personality…”

A year ago, Alex Albon didn’t have an F1 drive, and his prospects of getting one looked slim at best. He had no affiliat... Read more

11 Sep 2019

58mins

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Mattia Binotto on the pressure of leading Ferrari

Mattia Binotto on the pressure of leading Ferrari

The job of Ferrari team principal is arguably the most prestigious in Formula 1 – but it’s also the one that undoubtedly... Read more

9 Dec 2020

55mins

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Jackie Stewart: “I removed emotion completely when I drove racing cars – I had to…”

Jackie Stewart: “I removed emotion completely when I drove racing cars – I had to…”

He’s regarded as one of the very best drivers of all-time; a man who, when he walked away from F1, had amassed three wor... Read more

31 Oct 2018

1hr 12mins

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