REVISITED: Lewis Hamilton opens up on his F1 journey in 2018
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our Beyond The Grid Revisited episodes, where we delve into the archives, we turn th...
The Best of 2020: Tom picks some of his favourite moments from Season 3
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is our final episode of 2020, and my goodness what a year it’s been, both in F1 itself and on...
Mattia Binotto on the pressure of leading Ferrari
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The job of Ferrari team principal is arguably the most prestigious in Formula 1 – but it’s also ...
Lance Stroll on answering critics and his father-son journey to F1
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He’s one of the most exciting young drivers on the grid, with two podiums and one stunning pole po...
Lord Hesketh on James Hunt and F1’s original party team
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Hesketh Racing burst onto the F1 grid in the 1970s, they took everyone by surprise. They appear...
Renault stalwart Alan Permane on 30 years of stars, success and struggles at Enstone
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He joined Benetton in the late 1980s as a bottom-rung mechanic and he’s been with the team ever si...
Jochen Mass on a career tinged with tragedy, racing Lauda and mentoring Schumacher
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jochen Mass’ F1 career began with a bang and ended more than a decade later in a fiery crash. In t...
Eric Boullier on managing Raikkonen, Kubica’s accident and switching from Team Principal to Promoter
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Boullier was Team Principal at Renault and Lotus before he became the Racing Director of McLare...
Safety car secrets with driver Bernd Maylander
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He's led hundreds of laps in F1 – but you may never have heard of him. That’s because Bernd Mayl...
Toto Wolff on Hamilton, Rosberg, Lauda and breaking records
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a workaholic, whose team is about to win a record seventh consecutive constructors’ champio...
Chase Carey on his role in shaping F1’s future and guiding the sport through a global pandemic
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chase Carey has been CEO and Executive Chairman of Formula 1 for the last four years, and it’s fai...
Sebastian Vettel on leaving Ferrari, life outside F1 and changing goals
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a four-time world champion and racing icon, yet Sebastian Vettel’s fiercely private nature ...
Zak Brown on running McLaren, billion-dollar deals and his F1 car collection
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A sponsorship guru for more than 20 years, Zak Brown landed his dream job in 2016 when he became exe...
Racing for Ferrari – Part 2: Mansell, Prost, Vettel and more on the modern era
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of our special episodes chronicling what it’s like to drive for Scuderia Ferrari, F1...
Racing for Ferrari - Part 1: The Enzo Ferrari years, with Andretti, Scheckter, Brooks and Berger
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They’re the most storied team in Formula 1 history, the one that’s been around the longest, the ...
Antonio Giovinazzi on learning from Raikkonen, his unusual route to F1, and how fast food shaped his career
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Think you know Antonio Giovinazzi? Think again. Most of you will know that he’s an Alfa Romeo driv...
Jochen Rindt remembered - by Helmut Marko, Jackie Stewart and Bernie Ecclestone
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
September 5th marks the 50th anniversary of Jochen Rindt’s death, during practice for the 1970 Ita...
Mercedes engine guru Andy Cowell on the art of creating the perfect F1 power unit
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is one of the grid’s most influential people. In fact, he’s arguably one ...
Johnny Dumfries, the aristocrat racer who was team mate to Senna
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of you may not have heard of this week’s guest. To give him his official title he’s John Cr...
Fred Vasseur on finding future F1 stars
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Vasseur has had a huge influence on F1 for many years, having guided the likes of Lewis Hamilto...
The USA's Eddie Cheever on living his F1 dream after walking away from Ferrari
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No American has started more Grands Prix than Eddie Cheever, the Phoenix-born, Rome raised racer, wh...
George Russell on getting Mercedes' attention, meeting Toto and racing friends
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome one of the bright young stars of Formula 1 to the show: Williams driver George ...
Willy T Ribbs on his pioneering F1 test and the push for diversity in motor sport
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a man many of you may not have heard of. But Willy T Ribbs’ story needs to ...
Pat Symonds on Fernando Alonso’s F1 return with Alpine
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021 Fernando Alonso returns to the F1 grid with Alpine, the new name for the Enstone team with w...
FIA Race Director Michael Masi on mentor Charlie Whiting, driver penalties and more
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the FIA’s Race Director and Safety Delegate, Michael Masi’s job is to run F1 races – to kee...
Mika Salo on giving up certain victory, racing through injury and more
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Winning in F1 is incredibly hard - giving up a certain victory is even harder. Many people will reme...
Stefan Johansson on racing 80s monsters, almost winning for Ferrari and tangling with wildlife
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome blonde-haired 80s Super Swede Stefan Johansson onto the show. Stefan was a 12-t...
Alex Zanardi: F1 racer, inspiration, Paralympic champion
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Zanardi only raced in F1 41 times, never finishing higher than sixth. But for millions of fans ...
Riccardo Patrese on the wins, pranks and fallouts from his epic 17-season F1 career
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Riccardo Patrese’s career began in the era of Hunt, Lauda and Andretti and ended 256 races later i...
Heikki Kovalainen's bets with Hamilton, his sole F1 win and rollercoaster career
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom welcomes one-time Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen onto the show to discuss the ups and downs...
Technical director Andrew Green on giant killing with Racing Point, surprising with Jordan and more
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to giant killing in F1, few have done it better than Racing Point in recent years – ...
Stirling Moss: A life lived at full speed (with Mia Forbes Pirie)
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the 12th April, the world of motorsport lost a giant with the news that iconic 16-time Grand Prix...
Martin Brundle on the best F1 cars of each decade
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
F1 turns 70-years-old on May 13, so to celebrate we have invited perennial favourite Martin Brundle ...
Daniil Kvyat on podiums, pressure and phone calls from Helmut Marko
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Few drivers have experienced as many ups and downs as AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat in his near centur...
Julian Jakobi on managing Senna and Prost
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As one of the most successful driver managers in the history of the sport, Julian Jakobi has worked ...
‘Quick Nick’ Heidfeld on his fastest team mates, his toughest rivals and the best F1 car he drove
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest was one of the quickest and most consistent drivers of the 2000s. In fact, Nick ...
Tech genius John Barnard on his game-changing F1 inventions
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Barnard can stake a claim to shaping all modern F1 cars. Not only was he responsible for victor...
David Brabham on growing up as Black Jack’s son, Imola 94, and the potential of Brabham returning to F1
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Like Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Nico Rosberg, David Brabham knows only too well what it’s ...
Mark Blundell on F1 in the 90s, friendship with Martin Brundle, filling Mansell’s seat and more
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fans of F1 racing in the Nineties will remember Mark Blundell well as part of a brilliant ‘Brit pa...
Flavio Briatore on crashgate, Schumacher vs Alonso, and winning the title for ‘a t-shirt maker’
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He may have been out of the sport for a few years now, but how could anyone forget Flavio Briatore? ...
Pedro de la Rosa on spygate, Hamilton vs Alonso, and racing Christian Horner
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a racer, Pedro de la Rosa competed in more than 100 Grands Prix, and drove many, many more miles ...
Lando Norris on late nights, trolls and his pre-F1 meeting with Helmut Marko
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond The Grid is back, and to kick off the new season Tom Clarkson sits down with a driver who pro...
Beyond The Grid returns March 11!
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark your diaries – Beyond The Grid is back Wednesday March 11. Make sure you subscribe today so y...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Inside the thrilling world of F1 Esports
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a special one-off episode, we look back on the thrilling 2019 F1 Esports Series, speaking to ever...
The Best of 2019: Tom’s favourite moments from Season 2
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So here it is folks: your final episode of Beyond The Grid of the year. And what a year it’s been,...
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”
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s that rarest of creatures: a multifaceted, outgoing personality who also happens to be a wor...
Bernie Ecclestone: "I'm now enjoying doing all the things that perhaps I should have done years ago"
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To many people, Bernie Ecclestone is the Godfather of Formula One. He transformed the sport from bei...
Rubens Barrichello: “Even now, I feel sick not being in an F1 car. I miss the buzz”
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is F1’s original iron man – a veteran of 19 seasons in the top class of raci...
Special episode: Aldo Costa - The man with more world titles than anyone else
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a man whose name may not be immediately familiar to everyone, but it probably...
Mika Hakkinen: “I carry the emotions of winning the world title every day”
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He is regarded as one of the fastest drivers to ever grace an F1 racetrack, and arguably the rival M...
Franz Tost: “I don’t think I’m hard on drivers – but I expect to see results”
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Putting aside Frank Williams, who is no longer in the active role at Williams he once was, Franz Tos...
Mario Andretti: “I was driven by a burning desire to pursue the impossible dream”
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As motor racing stories go, Mario Andretti’s is pure Hollywood. Born in what was war-ravaged Italy...
Takuma Sato: “When I saw an F1 car for the first time I thought it was outrageous”
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s regarded as arguably the fastest Japanese driver of all time, and yet it could all have been ...
Ralf Schumacher: “Would I have made it to F1 without Michael? I don’t think so”
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He was a driver for whom much was expected, arriving in F1 as the younger brother of a double world ...
Jenson Button: “My title was the perfect story – they need to make a movie of it”
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is someone who lived through one of the sport’s biggest fairy tales when, in 2...
Valtteri Bottas: “Beating Lewis isn’t easy. But I don’t like anything easy in my life...”
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Lewis Hamilton’s team mate at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas finds himself consistently measured aga...
Cyril Abiteboul: “I live F1 physically. I don’t sleep for two nights after a race”
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a man with one of the toughest jobs in F1: tasked with leading one of the sport’s grandee t...
Jos Verstappen: “My own F1 career could have gone better, but I’m happy, because what I learned I gave to my son…”
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is Dutch, caused a major stir when he first jumped into an F1 car, and has the s...
Alex Albon: “Adversity has given me a strong personality…”
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago, Alex Albon didn’t have an F1 drive, and his prospects of getting one looked slim at be...
Pastor Maldonado: “Sometimes I went over the limit. No more than others, but my mistakes were always on the front page…”
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pastor Maldonado was always a headline maker. The Venezuelan arrived in F1 in 2011 with Williams as ...
Tony Brooks: “If you made a mistake in my day, you were in the lap of the gods…”
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He raced in an era of heroes; a time when cars had no seat belts, yet could still be raced at averag...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Six of the best anecdotes from Season 2 so far!
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the F1 summer break, and on this week’s episode Tom has trawled through the archives and ...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Jo Ramirez on being in the middle of Senna and Prost at McLaren
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He may not be a household name, but Jo Ramirez is one of those people who has seen it all and worked...
Jacky Ickx: "I lived through an incredible era. I'm a survivor"
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He may never have claimed the world championship his supreme talents probably deserved, but Jacky Ic...
Alex Wurz: “On the morning of the day I scored my first podium, I was fired…”
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s one of the most interesting characters in the F1 paddock: a podium-scoring driver who remains...
Jean Todt: “I’ve been blessed to enjoy success in an world that has always fascinated me. But now I want to give back…”
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Among F1 fans, Jean Todt is perhaps most famous for leading Ferrari out of their early 90s slump and...
Derek Warwick: "The bravest thing I ever did was get back in the car the day after my team mate was nearly killed"
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the rock ‘em, sock ‘em world of stock car racing to the pinnacle of motorsport, Derek Warwi...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Ross Brawn on Brawn GP’s fairy-tale 2009 title success
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The history of F1 is littered with great stories and improbable comebacks, and Brawn GP’s title-wi...
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..."
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
His F1 career began with a bang, with a podium finish on debut with McLaren in Australia in 2014. Th...
Patrick Tambay: “There was a time after Gilles’ death I felt he was in the car with me”
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He raced for some of Formula One’s top teams, including McLaren and Renault, but Patrick Tambay is...
Jody Scheckter: "When you first get into F1 you’ll do anything. I remember once thinking I'd rather be dead than not drive in F1…"
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jody Scheckter’s life has been anything but conventional. Having arrived in Britain from South Afr...
Nico Hulkenberg: "Winning Le Mans was unforgettable - but I'm an F1 guy"
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He arrived in F1 in 2010 as one of the hottest properties in motorsport, and showed his promise by s...
Gordon Murray: "As an F1 car designer I was always looking for an unfair advantage. I still am..."
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest on Beyond The Grid is renowned as one of F1’s great innovators and technical b...
John Watson: “I learned to calculate risks – I didn’t go into areas where there was no escape”
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He may not be as well-known as James Hunt or Nigel Mansell, but for a good period in the late Sevent...
Felipe Massa: “I have no bad feelings about 2008 – but winning the title at home would have been incredible”
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As a driver Felipe Massa experienced every emotion under the sun: The joy of winning races for Ferra...
Jean Alesi: “The day I stopped driving in F1 was the worst day of my life”
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With his trademark head tilt and unique grip on the steering wheel, there was no mistaking the drive...
James Allison: "For an engineer, F1 is an unending work of invention and skill"
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mercedes have been the standard setters in F1 since 2014, and this year they've started the season a...
Damon Hill: "I had an innate desire to race - and a need to make things right"
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the current era, it's not unheard of for a driver aged 24 to have hundreds of Grands Prix under h...
Alan Jones: “I was a pretty aggressive driver. If someone passed me I took it personally…”
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s renowned as one of racing’s toughest nuts – a driver who gave his all on the race track a...
Sergio Perez: “There are no coincidences in F1. There’s a reason why I’m always there when there’s an opportunity to take…”
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s known as a driver who makes the most of every opportunity – in the thick of the midfield ba...
1000th race special with Murray Walker - ‘The Voice of F1’
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He's been called ‘The Voice of F1’ - and for good reason. For more than 25 years, Murray Walker ...
Guenther Steiner: "F1 fans like an underdog to fight with the big boys"
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He's the colourful Team Principal of the American Haas team, and thanks to an unforgettable appearan...
Luca Di Montezemolo: "Ferrari is passion, Ferrari is emotion, I thank God I worked for them"
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He was handed arguably the biggest job in motor racing in his mid-twenties, when none other than Enz...
David Coulthard: “I loved being an F1 driver - but I don’t miss the mental anguish”
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Coulthard arrived in F1 amid one of its most turbulent periods, getting his big break at Willi...
Kimi Raikkonen: “Racing and partying – for me it was normal“
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He exploded onto the F1 scene in 2001 as a 21-year-old super rookie – barely any experience, but t...
Beyond The Grid Is Back..
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond The Grid is back Wednesday 13th March. Make sure you subscribe now so you don't miss out ...
Sabine Kehm on working with Michael Schumacher as his PR and manager
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On January 3rd 2019, Michael Schumacher – statistically the most successful F1 driver of all-time ...
Ross Brawn on Michael Schumacher – the driver, the leader, the man
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On January 3rd 2019, Michael Schumacher – statistically the most successful F1 driver of all-time ...
End Of Year Special: The Best Of 2018
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week marks the season finale of Beyond The Grid - but don't worry, we'll be back before you kno...
Otmar Szafnauer: “When Force India went into administration, my role was to keep the team together”
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Though he's been in F1 a long time, you may not have been overly familiar with Otmar Szafnauer befor...
Juan Pablo Montoya: “I was different – I guess that’s why I wasn’t in F1 long. I didn’t fit in”
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He streaked into F1 in 2001; a spectacular no-holds-barred racer unafraid to go wheel-to-wheel with ...
Rob Smedley: “I cried for about an hour after Massa lost the 2008 title – it was so intense…”
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, for the first time on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, we’re not speaking to a drive...
Emerson Fittipaldi: When you left the pits you had to give yourself to the sport. You couldn't think what might happen...
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He's the granddaddy of Brazilian motorsport; a true trailblazer who, having become F1's youngest eve...
Carlos Sainz: "Racing is in my blood - my father taught me a champion's mentality"
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
F1 has seen its fair share of second generation racers, but Carlos Sainz doesn't quite fit the mould...
Claire Williams: “I had no aspirations to run an F1 team - it was never in my destiny”
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To say Claire Williams has racing in her blood would be an understatement. But despite being born in...
Jackie Stewart: “I removed emotion completely when I drove racing cars – I had to…”
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He’s regarded as one of the very best drivers of all-time; a man who, when he walked away from F1,...
Nico Rosberg: “I don’t miss the driving, but I miss the winning…”
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He’s the only man in the last nine years other than Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel to win a wo...
Charles Leclerc: “People say the pressure in Ferrari will be on another level - but mental strength is my biggest quality”
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It takes a special kind of driver to get the call to race for Ferrari with less than a season of Gra...
Johnny Herbert: “I always felt I could beat anyone, anytime, in any car. But after my accident, I never had those feelings again…”
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He’s one of racing’s toughest nuts – a man who refused to let potentially life-changing...
Pierre Gasly: “The Red Bull programme tests you every day to see how strong you are. Once you get it, you know how to handle things…”
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Ricciardo’s shock decision to quit Red Bull for Renault in 2019 sent shockwaves through the...