The Race F1 Podcast

I recently had a fascinating chat with ex-F1 driver and regular steward Derek Warwick to mark the publication of his outstanding book Never Look Back the racing life of Britain's double world champion which I'd thoroughly recommend

James Clouvelle's best-selling novel, search FX's Shogun, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Beretto, the book Ben Hansen is written. I just need to go find a publisher to publish it.

But this this is the definitive burger book.

Oh, maybe we should talk about it now then.

I expect to name check because I have dined on some of these burgers that are no doubt in the book, particularly ones from Austin, which I think was quite highly rated as far as Canada goes.

Edge Draw's been a burger eaten. Of course. We have had some terrible burgers as well.

But at the moment, I feel like I'm living Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas just without the drugs.

author of the masterpiece book on Bennett on Rebel to Formula One, isn't it?

That's the one.

Thank you very much.

Lovely to be back.

Thank you for having me.

...he has obviously this deserved reputation as this just masterful designer but also just fascinating individual beyond the oh look at him he's designed a bunch of great F1 cars there's obviously so much there that is of interest you there it doesn't matter how detailed he has been in past interviews or you know his his own wonderful book for for example there are just always little things that get thrown up even in a new context or he frames it in a slightly different way...

given your second book is on the brink of release, Grand Prix and illustrated history of Formula 1.

It came out in North America a couple of weeks ago and somehow we hit the New York Times bestseller list, which was way beyond expectations.

It's sort of intended to be an easy path into the history of the sport. So if you've watched Drive to Survive for five, six seasons and want to know more about the history of the sport, that's kind of what it's aiming to do.

And there are so many facets of this sport which we can take for granted. Like we talk about Ayrton Senna or when we were in Zandvoort a couple of weeks ago, we're talking about Max Verstappen could equal Jim Clark's win record. But there are going to be a lot of fans out there like, who the hell is Jim Clark?

Brad Pitt likes it, it's his favourite F1 book.

She wrote a book about him called Ayrton Senna, Goodbye Champion, Farewell Friend.

Karen Sturm, a longtime journalist and author in Formula One, wrote a book about him called Ayrton Senna, Goodbye Champion, Farewell Friend.

I'm not sure that the book could be very interesting for our kind of public because the book is my simple history professional, let's say, but it started exactly 50 years ago when I was a very young fan, and I used to go looking for Ferrari testing in Fiorano in the late 70s.

Your book's Corre Rosso. I don't know how to pronounce it. Red Heart. It's the title, isn't it?

It's from Rodney Walkerley's book When the Germans Came to Donington and it, I think, brilliantly describes the impression made on the British journalists who were standing trackside to watch and report on the 1938 Donington Grand Prix.

as outlined in Geoff Tibble's book, Motor Racing Strangest Races. It was organised by a chap called Maurice ... the event became known rather darkly as the Mutton Grand Prix.

she was a pioneer woman in a man's sport ... she was the Bugatti Queen which is the title of Miranda Seymour's excellent biography of her.

The Boy Made the Difference by Matt Bishop available on Amazon, etc., in paperback and Kindle format, you forced me, you forced me. There you go, and you can order it from all good independent bookshops... all proceeds go to charity.

Eddie rang me up and said, "I'll remember it very well, I'll buy 50 copies. I won't read a fucking word of it, but I'll buy 50 copies because it's such a good cause."

Morris Hamilton in his terrific Williams book, which we'd urge you all to buy.

Great quote from Patrick Head in Maurice Hamilton's book talking about the rivalry inside the team in 1986.

And that's what Ginny called her book, A Different Kind of Life.

In her book, here's how Ginny described the moment. She eventually went to see Frank, bloody and swollen, in his hospital bed.

In 1965, Ferrari wrote a memoir entitled My Terrible Joys.

Do you own a copy of My Terrible Joys, Richard? I do, as it happens, Matt. I had a look quite recently on Amazon the other day and I found one for sale, 898 quid. There's a first edition on sale signed by Enzo in his Violet. For 2,400 and something quid.

Having said that, I'm extremely lucky to have you on this particular podcast, Richard. Well, actually, I'm always lucky to share the podcast with you. But in this particular case, you are a 24-carat Enzo Ferrari expert, having written one of the definitive biographies of the great man, entitled Enzo Ferrari, A Life.

Anyway, it's a great read, and I'd urge anyone listening to buy a copy.

For tens of millions of people around the world, a single name evokes the world of speed, Enzo Ferrari. Today's Formula One would be unthinkable without the presence of the Ferrari cars on the grid.

Matt Wyman, author of a new book titled Inside Mercedes F1, Life in the Fast Lane.

Yeah, I think that's the kind of insight that this book offers.

Well, interesting stuff there. I really enjoyed that interview. I enjoyed reading the book and there's loads more in that exclusive members club interview.

I think the most immediate thing that struck me when I sat down in a driver's debrief was just the level of detail that the drivers provide ...