Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories
Episodes
S5 E5: 1992 Belgian GP - Schumacher's first win + driver market chaos
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One year on from his memorable debut for Jordan, Michael Schumacher returned to Spa to claim the first of his 91 F1 victories with Benetton. F1 journa...
S5 E4: 1994 German GP: Ferrari wins amid more Benetton controversy
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 1994 German Grand Prix was a memorable weekend for F1 on track, in the paddock and even in the pitlane. Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and l...
S5 E3: The 2004 'Walrus' Williams
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Williams’s slide down the F1 pecking order in the 2000s began with the infamous ‘Walrus’ nose design it started the year with in 2004. Jonathan ...
S5 E2: 2001 Spanish GP - Hakkinen's heartbreak, Dennis's 'brain fade'
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix was a day to forget for McLaren. Not only did Mika Hakkinen lose victory by breaking down on the final lap, but team boss ...
S5 E1: British GP 1998 - Schumacher wins... in the pitlane
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s returns for series five, and for the first time we are dipping into 1998. Gary Anderson and Edd Straw join host Glenn Freeman to discu...
The Race F1 Podcast pays tribute to Frank Williams
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the death of legendary F1 team boss Sir Frank Williams, we've added our tribute episode from The Race F1 Podcast to our Bring Back V10s feed. ...
S4 E12: Your questions answered - part two
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Series four of Bring Back V10s ends with us taking more questions from our audience. Edd Straw and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to tackle topics inclu...
S4 E11: Your questions answered - part one
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes join Glenn Freeman for the first of our two-part Bring Back V10s series finale, where we’re taking questions submitted...
S4 E10: BAR's dreadful debut season in 1999
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
British American Racing arrived in F1 talking of fighting for wins and championships... then it finished bottom of the standings with no points in its...
S4 E9: Multi 21 - Malaysian GP 2013
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s takes a detour into the V8 era to look back at the 'Multi 21' controversy between Red Bull team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber...
S4 E8: The ridiculous story of Andrea Moda
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Perry McCarthy joins host Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw to recall what it was like being part of the shambolic Andrea Moda F1 team that ap...
S4 E7: Brazil 2003 - The crazy F1 race with the wrong winner
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix will forever be remembered as a race of chaos where the wrong driver was declared the winner straight after the race.Mar...
S4 E6: Mansell's 1994 Williams comeback
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Mansell made a shock return to Formula 1 with Williams in 1994, appearing at four races following the death of Ayrton Senna.Ex-F1 driver Karun C...
S4 E5: Monaco 2004 - Trulli's only win and chaos behind him
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jarno Trulli's only F1 win was utterly convincing, as he claimed the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix from pole position. But this was an eventful few days on a...
S4 E4: Imola 1989 - Senna Prost war begins + Berger's fireball escape
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1989 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola was the setting for the first proper eruption of the war between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. But the circums...
S4 E3: France 2002 - Raikkonen's near miss, Schumacher makes history
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 2002 French Grand Prix will forever be remembered as the day Michael Schumacher made history by equalling the great Juan Manuel Fangio's then-reco...
S4 E2: How Schumacher's Ferrari move rocked F1
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Schumacher's move to Ferrari for 1996 changed F1 forever. In this episode Karun Chandhok and Matt Beer join host Glenn Freeman to revisit what...
S4 E1: Alonso's rookie heroics with Minardi in 2001
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s returns for series 4! We're kicking off by looking back at how Fernando Alonso got his break in F1, driving the slowest car on the gri...
10 classic F1 races you should watch
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this special episode, we've partnered up with F1TV to discuss 10 classic F1 races from the Bring Back V10s era of 1989-2005 that we think you shou...
S3 E12: More of your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode of series three of Bring Back V10s tackles more of the questions submitted by our audience. Edd Straw and Matt Beer join host Glenn ...
S3 E11: Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s returns to see out series three with the first episode from our double-header finale. Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes join host Glenn Fr...
Special tribute to F1 legend Murray Walker
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s pays tribute to legendary commentator Murray Walker, following his death at the age of 97. Mark Hughes, Edd Straw and Simon Arron join...
S3 E10: F1's action-packed 2005 Japanese GP
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kimi Raikkonen won the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix with a daring final lap pass, a fitting end to an afternoon full of drama at Suzuka. This episode of B...
S3 E9: Jerez 1997 - Villeneuve vs Schumacher
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1997 European Grand Prix produced one of F1's most exciting championship deciders, with the destiny of the title coming down to a controversial co...
S3 E8: The end of Lotus, with Johnny Herbert
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Herbert joins Bring Back V10s to revisit the final year of Lotus in 1994, when the team sadly bowed out of F1 without even scoring a point. Her...
S3 E7: Raikkonen's controversial F1 arrival
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL GUEST: Kimi Raikkonen's Sauber engineer from 2001 - Jacky Eeckelaert! Sauber made waves over the winter of 2000-01 when it decided to sign a y...
S3 E6: Lola's disastrous 1997 F1 team
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lola's brief attempt at joining the F1 grid in 1997 is one of the most famous failures in recent F1 history. In this episode of Bring Back V10s, Sam S...
S3 E5: Mansell's heartbreak - Canada 1991
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix is well remembered for Nigel Mansell stopping on the final lap after waving to the crowd. But what actually happened? We ...
S3 E4: 1999 French GP - Jordan strikes again
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL GUEST: Mike Gascoyne! Former Jordan technical director Mike Gascoyne joins Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw for a look back at Jordan's second F1 w...
S3 E3: French GP 1989 - Prost quits McLaren, first corner chaos
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alain Prost won the 1989 French Grand Prix, but was what was far more significant that weekend was his announcement that he was leaving McLaren at the...
S3 E2: Nurburgring 1995 - Schumacher stuns Alesi
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Schumacher put in one of his greatest F1 drives on home soil in 1995, snatching victory from Jean Alesi's Ferrari in the closing stages after ...
S3 E1: Jenson Button's breakout year in 2004
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL GUEST: David RichardsFormer BAR team principal David Richards joins Glenn Freeman and Scott Mitchell to kick off series three of Bring Back V1...
Special episode: Bring Back V8s!
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A festive present from Bring Back V10s: We receive plenty of requests to talk about the V8 era of F1 from 2006-2013, so for a one-off special, we've t...
S2 E12: More of your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Series two of Bring Back V10s ends with us taking more of your questions about anything to do with F1 from 1989-2005. Edd Straw and Karun Chandhok ret...
S2 E11: Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered! (part 1)
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's nearly the end of our second series, and once again we were overloaded with questions for our final episode... so we've split it into two parts! ...
S2 E10: Inside the chaos of F1's Indianapolis 2005 farce
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the final regular episode of series 2 of Bring Back V10s we're revisiting the most-requested topic we've had since the show started: The shambolic...
S2 E9: Spa 2000 - with Mika Hakkinen!
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mika Hakkinen joins us to look back at one of his most famous battles with Michael Schumacher, which was decided by an iconic overtake in the closing ...
S2 E8: Toyota's controversial year on the F1 sidelines
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL GUEST: ALLAN McNISH. Toyota managed to fall out with its rival teams and the FIA before it even started racing in F1 in 2002. In this episode ...
S2 E7: How Benetton snatched Schumacher from Jordan
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Schumacher's F1 debut lasted only a few seconds, yet he made a huge impression and by the time of his second appearance he'd already switched ...
S2 E6: How Montoya burst onto the F1 scene in 2001
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Juan Pablo Montoya arrived in Formula 1 in 2001 after two sensational years in America where he claimed the CART title as a rookie in 1999 and won the...
S2 E5: Two crazy weeks in F1 history - 1993 Portuguese GP
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix fell in the middle of two of the busiest weeks for off-track stories in Formula 1 history. Ex-F1 driver and Sky Sports ...
S2 E4: Ferrari's Austria 2002 team orders controversy
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Austria 2002 remains an iconic moment in Formula 1 history... for all the wrong reasons. In this episode of Bring Back V10s we look back at everything...
S2 E3: France 1990 - How Prost denied Newey his first F1 win
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 1990 French Grand Prix was the setting for one of the most remarkable turnarounds in F1 history. The plucky Leyton House team went from failing to...
S2 E2: Honda's aborted 1999 F1 team
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Honda nearly entered F1 with its own full works team in 2000, and in preparation for that it ran a test car in early 1999 with Jos Verstappen behind t...
S2 E1: Ayrton Senna's final Brazilian GP
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season two of #BringBackV10s is here! The wait is over, and we're kicking things off with our first episode dedicated to Ayrton Senna. Rather than cho...
SEASON 2 NEWS (+ 1990s McLaren team orders chat)
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bring Back V10s is... back! Season 2 is almost here, and to get you ready for our first full episode Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw get together for a qu...
S1 E11: More of your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS EPISODE: It's series finale time, and to celebrate #BringBackV10s taking a temporary break before series 2, we're answering more of your questio...
S1 E10: Your #BringBackV10s F1 questions answered - part 1
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've reached the end of the first series of Bring Back V10s, but we've been so overwhelmed with the number of questions you sent in using #BringBackV...
S1 E9: Schumacher v Hill - 1994's controversial ending
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Schumacher's 1990s rivalry with Damon Hill ignited at the end of the 1994 Formula 1 season. In this episode Andrew van de Burgt and Edd Straw ...
S1 E8: The backmarker madness of F1's pre-qualifying era
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of our Bring Back V10s era in 1989, Formula 1 had as many as 39 cars turning up trying to get onto a 26-car grid for a grand prix. After ...
S1 E7: Mansell at McLaren - what went wrong
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Mansell and McLaren never felt like a match made in heaven, and when they joined forces in 1995 the alliance was short-lived. Sam Smith and Jack...
S1 E6: Ferrari's 2005 disaster
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The dominance of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher came to an abrupt end in 2005, when rule changes caught the team out and left it struggling to get on ...
S1 E5: How Jordan nearly won the 1999 F1 world championship
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In late 1999 the combination of Jordan and Heinz-Harald Frentzen was at the peak of its powers, and it so nearly pulled off a world championship upset...
S1 E4: Hungary 1997 - How Hill nearly won a race for Arrows
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an in-depth look at one of the most famous heartbreak stories from F1 in the 1990s: The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix. Glenn Freeman, Matt Bee...
S1 E3: McLaren MP4-18 - The car too flawed to race
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can one of the top teams in F1 at the time produce a car that was never able to race? Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and ex-McLaren F1 mecha...
S1 E2: Prost fired by Ferrari (part 2)
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monster first story from F1's past reaches its chaotic conclusion as we reach the final weeks of Alain Prost's time at Ferrari. Karun Chandhok and...
S1 E1: Prost fired by Ferrari (part 1)
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first episode revisits the famous saga that led to Alain Prost being fired by Ferrari at the end of 1991. Glenn Freeman is joined by Karun Chandho...
Welcome to Bring Back V10s!
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is Bring Back V10s? Host Glenn Freeman explains what you can expect from our new classic F1 podcast, and gives you a little preview of a clip whe...