Who will come out on top in 2026 - Silverstone F1 Review! | The Car Podcast #95
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What did the hosts do in cars this week and why does 1995 keep coming up?
Hello, and welcome to episode 95 of the Chris Harris and Friends podcast, which is driving one of us so mad with technology that he actually wants to throttle himself. Guess which one it is. Now, 95 is a significant number for many reasons. One, I bought my first Peugeot 306 XSI in blue with cloth seats and wheel trims rather than alloy wheels. What else happened in 1995? Neil Clifford.
McLaren, and I was there. won Le Mans in the wet with a... I was supporting the Harrods car, the yellow one, but the penis extension car won.
They were, weren't they? Yeah.
Unio Clinic. And my friend Chris, everyone's called fucking Chris, my friend Chris owns it.
Did he?
Owns it.
And I've been to see it. No. Yeah.
Yeah.
Ah, is that the... Because McLaren say they own the car. Kick low spaces. Yeah.
No, it was David Clark's car, wasn't it? It was David Clark's car.
No, that's the Harrods car. That's the Harrods car. Oh, sorry, you're talking about the penis extension car.
What a car.
95, 95, 95 was also the year that Nigel Mansell drove for Ron Dennis for about a quarter of a lap and then went, this car's too small.
Yes.
How was that?
And actually, is it fair to say, I like being positive about all racing cars because all racing cars are beautiful. But that McLaren that year was a challenging looking device.
It had those funny wings on the air box. It was square. It was lit. The nose. Oh, my God. It was beluga whale meets Formula One car.
You'd think no racing car could make the Marlborough colours look bad except that one.
Yes, absolutely.
Yeah, it was bad, wasn't it?
It was bad. Then Brundle got the drive, didn't he? No, Mark Blundell had it for a bit. Mark Blundell.
Mark Blundell. When he first got in, he couldn't fit his wallet in. They made it bigger. So didn't Markey do a couple of races and then Nigel got in at Imola and then didn't make... No, I mean, we don't remember Nigel for that. We remember Nigel for everything else. How about the John O'Lacey thing you were talking about, Mr Cooper? Well, it was his one and only win, Canada 95. Yeah. Montreal. Yeah.
So, yeah. I think my favourite memory of John O'Lacey was after a race at Goodwood, my business partner and man-husband, Neil Carey, who loves playing with the English language through the prism of being Welsh. I'd been racing against Jean. We'd had a good old dice. And we walked back into the paddock together and Neil was filming me. And we were just on the drive channel then. And I went, I went, that's Jean Alesi there. And he went, no, it's not. It's Jean Alesi. And I went, it's not. It's Jean. He went, mate, take a look at the spelling. If it looks like Jean, it is Jean. And to me, it'll always be Jean Alesi. And ever since then, Jean, you're our hero, but we do call you Jean Alesi.
Brilliant. I did see him clash this year at Monaco.
He looks like a proper film star now. He looks like some Paul Belmondo proper, some Paul Belmondo Sylvester Stallone clone hybrid. He looks such a rock star filmy star now. He looks cool. He looks like a poor Joe Macari.
Do you know what I like about John O'Lacey is that he often turns up to European Grands Prix looking cool as hell. He's got a vineyard that clearly keeps him happy and busy and he's never got an opinion to offer on any of it. He just gets on with it, watches it, supports the scuderia and is a legend. You find me a controversial quotation from him. He doesn't do it. No.
And he could drive a racing car very fast holding a steering wheel like that.
Yes! That's right, he did. He was. He was 11-1, wasn't he?
Unbelievable. Wow. The old rabbit's ears. So let's... I know people get annoyed when they can't see the podcast, but Neil Clippard happens to have a steering wheel to hand to demonstrate what we're talking about. I can't read the agenda here because I've just managed to... Punch a hole in a wall of a 17th century property through my frustrations. So can someone please read the agenda out or the first points on the agenda, then we can get going. Things you've done in cars this week, all good news. Oh, fantastic. Manish, you can go first.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What did the hosts do in cars this week and why does 1995 keep coming up?
0:09–20:10
2
What were the highlights and atmosphere at Silverstone during the British Grand Prix weekend?
20:10–39:35
3
What happened on Neil Clifford’s Classic Le Mans trip and why did his Alpine run low on fuel?
39:35–1:22:08
Speakers
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