Ageless Alonso, Carlos’s comeback + super sub Bearman – The Best of 2024

F1: Beyond The Grid

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4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

A driver market for the ages, Verstappen at his very best, emotional race wins, new Constructor World Champions and the end of some iconic eras. The 2024 Formula 1 season was sensational.

On F1 Beyond The Grid, the stars of this dramatic year of racing have sat down with Tom Clarkson, revealing what it’s like being at the centre of the biggest stories of the season and sharing fascinating insight into what life is like as a Formula 1 driver, Team Principal, engineer, designer, and more. In this end-of year special, Tom picks his favourite moments from a long list of stellar guests.

Fernando Alonso reflects on becoming the first driver in F1 history to compete in 400 Grands Prix and why he nearly retired much earlier in his career. Carlos Sainz explains how he recovered from physical and mental setbacks to win multiple races. And Ollie Bearman describes what it was really like making his F1 debut at such short notice in Saudi Arabia.

As well as today’s big names, legends of the past like Juan Pablo Montoya and David Coulthard relive their career-defining moments. Plus, you’ll hear memories of Lewis Hamilton’s time at Mercedes and Bruno Senna’s stories of growing up with his uncle Ayrton, 30 years on from his death.

Thank you for listening in 2024. F1 Beyond The Grid will return in 2025.

To hear the full interviews with the guests featured in this show, click on the links below…

Toto Wolff
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Juan Pablo Montoya
David Coulthard
Bruno Senna
Fernando Alonso
Andy Stevenson
Ollie Bearman
Ayao Komatsu
Tom Stallard
Paul Monaghan

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
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0:34.5	First time winners, racy rookies, a new four-time world champion, and one of the craziest driver
0:41.9	markets of all time. Formula One had it all in 2024, and here on F1 Beyond the Grid, we spoke
0:49.4	to the star-studded cast of a season that's often felt like a Hollywood blockbuster.
0:55.3	Hello, I'm Tom Clarkson, and this is the podcast where the fastest drivers in the world
1:01.0	slow down for in-depth conversations. And not just drivers, engineers, designers, team bosses,
1:08.2	and people with incredible stories all share fascinating tales of their time
1:13.7	in the sport. And as we end, the podcast seventh season, I've picked some of my highlights from
1:19.7	the past 12 months. You'll hear from Fernando Alonzo, Carlos Seines, Charlotte Claire,
1:24.8	Olly Behrman and some of the legends I've spoken to, like Juan Pablo
1:28.9	Montoya. But we'll start with the story that sent shockwaves through Formula One. In February,
1:36.1	Lewis Hamilton announced that he would be joining Ferrari in 2025, a signing that unites the most
1:42.4	decorated driver in Formula One history with the most decorated team.
1:47.2	And it ends one of the most successful eras the sport has ever seen.
1:51.6	Together, Lewis and Mercedes won six Drivers World titles, eight Constructors' titles, and 84 races,
1:59.0	scoring 153 podiums and 78 poles along the way.
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