22: Lando Norris Nicks The Win In Mexico! With Harry Benjamin
It's advantage Lando Norris as he leads the 2025 F1 Championship by 1 point after a fantastic race weekend in Mexico. And we've got not just one, but two voices of Formula 1 in the studio this week as we welcome back BBC 5Live and Sky commentator Harry Benjamin to join Ben Edwards and Nicola Hume.
The Mexico GP was like a Rallycross race with so many people on the grass, and then lots of penalties, interesting tyre strategies and what about that Virtual Safety Car! So much to discuss along with a look ahead to Brazilian GP at Interlagos - will Max Verstappen dominate again? And of course podium predictions.
As always Producer Jim has chosen some storylines from the weekend to discuss including the first corner crush, Max and Lewis kissing, Ollie Bearman not messing about, George Russell's potty mouth, Oscar Piastri's gameplan and whether that Virtual Safety Car cost Max Verstappen second place.
Plus Harry Benjamin tells us about how meeting Martin Brundle for the first time didn't quite go to plan.
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21: Sheriff Max Is Back In Town! With Holly Samos
The Cowboys were out in force for the United States Grand Prix in Austin this weekend and the Sheriff was most definitely Max Verstappen with a sprint race win followed by a Grand Prix victory.
The drama started a day early in Austin with a first lap crash in the sprint race that took out both McLarens, compounded by Max winning again! Giving him a further 8 point swing in the championship. Then on Sunday he did it again, making it a 23 point swing! To further compound McLaren’s frustration Ferrari at last had a good race with Charles LeClerc nipping into second starting on fresh tyres. Norris had to overtake Leclerc twice on track either side of pitstops but finally got it done right at the end. While this was going on Piastri was having a very quiet race down in 5th.
All of which means we now have a three-way fight for the drivers championship! Things are really hotting up as we get into the last sector of the season and joining Ben Edwards and Nicola Hume to give you the lowdown on the F1 hoedown is presenter of the BBC Chequered Flag 'Back At Base' podcast and former pitlane reporter, Holly Samos.
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20: The Singapore Grand Prix - Too Hot To Handle. With Richard Porter.
We are back after a hot and humid weekend in Singapore and we welcome back Mr Sniff Petrol himself, Richard Porter to the studio. It was every man for himself this weekend, with smooth George Russell sailing onto the podium and a well earned club sandwich, while Lando Norris went for the 'just push them out of the way' approach with both Max Verstappen and his own team mate Oscar Piastri. Just what do you do with the two McLaren drivers? Producer Jim has lots of questions and we will look ahead to the American Formula 1 Grand Prix with predictions from the whole team. Plus listen out for a great story from Richard Porter involving Fernando Alonso, a microwave and a 90's pop band! It's all on this week's Midweek F1 podcast with Ben Edwards and Nicola Hume and please don't forget to subscribe.
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19: Mission Impossible or Possible? With Christian Hewgill.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix threw the 2025 F1 play book out of the window with a record number of red flags during qualifying, a Williams on the front row, Liam Lawson in third and a terrible start from Oscar Piastri. Plus DRS trains, possible rain, poor pitstops but in front of it all was Max Verstappen taking his second victory in a row. Does this mean that McLaren should be worried?
Joining F1 guru Ben Edwards, is Jennie Gow sitting in for Nicola and visiting us fresh from The Fast And Curious podcast is Christian Hewgill to give us his take on Baku and look ahead to the Singapore Grand Prix.
Producer Jim has lots of questions to ask.
Piastri jumped the start, then nearly stalled, everyone streamed past and he was last before crashing on cold tyres. Has the heat of the championship battle finally got to Mr Chill?
Lando Norris missed out on a golden opportunity to capitalise on Oscar’s crash, found himself stuck in a DRS train before a lengthy pit stop lost him an all-important 2 seconds to jump Tsunoda and Lawson. Is this a second track that doesn’t suit Mclaren or is the worm turning?
After nearly taking each other off at turn 1, it was a very solid result for Mercedes pair. Did Toto’s public telling off last week do the trick?
After a couple of bad weekends the smooth operator was back! Amazing qualifying and race performance from Carlos Sainz to bag his first Williams podium. Could this be just the start for Carlos and Williams?
Yet another flat weekend for Ferrari, even Baku master LeClerc struggled. Is it time to draw a line under 2025 and hope for the best with the new regs? What the hell is going on at Ferrari?
But a very good weekend from Tsunoda and Lawson. It felt like they were racing for the F1 careers, but have they done enough? Will we see them next year?
And we'll take a look at the next race in the 2025 Formula 1 calendar, which is the glamour of Singapore.
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18: The Fastest Grand Prix Ever!
What a weekend at the 2025 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen nails the fastest pole position lap of all time that looked unlikely up until Q3, Then some elbows out action at the first corner, Charles Leclerc nicks 3rd off Oscar Piastri, and they have a punchy battle, Rookies under achieving, rookie’s over achieving. Then throw in undercuts, overcut pit strategies, comings together for the stewards to mull over and a McLaren team call that nearly ends in tears. All of which ends with Lando Norris outscoring Oscar by 3 points cutting Piastri’s championship lead down to 31 points. But Max and Red Bull ARE BACK! So much to talk about with Ben Edwards, Nicola Hume and this week's special guest, Louise Goodman. #formula1 #maxverstappen #charlesleclerc #landonorris #oscarpiastri #isackhadjar #italiangp
Midweek F1 with F1 commentating legend Ben Edwards and F1 podcast host Nicola Hume is the podcast you need to follow for the 2025 Formula 1 season. New episodes released between every race with Ben & Nicola joined by some very special guests to give their take on the race that's just been and the one that's coming up.
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