Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast by fans, for fans. Tom King & Chris Evans break down the week's F1 news and preview and review every race. New episodes every Tuesday through the season.
Episodes
Aug 16, 2022
Aug 16, 2022
1hr 15 min
This week we talk about more evidence of Porsche's move to F1, the Formula E title win, and go through a double week of inbox questions.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Stoffel Vandoorne | FE | Formula E | Porsche
Aug 10, 2022
Aug 10, 2022
1hr 47 min
Silly season is in full swing as McLaren sign more drivers than they have seats, Alpine are left with 1 driver and no replacement for Alonso and we make a tier list of all the driver and team performances up to the summer break.
If you want to play around with the tier ranking we created head to: https://tiermaker.com/create/back-of-the-grid-f1-2022-mid-season-review--15262159
You will also find our saved ones on there too!
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Paul Ricard | France | Hungary | Hungaroring | Budapest
Aug 3, 2022
Aug 3, 2022
1hr 54 min
After an entertaining Hungarian Grand Prix, we find ourselves asking once again how Ferrari threw a race away and what they need to change over the summer break, as well as an incredible drive from Verstappen, a resurgent Mercedes, our Vettel highlights as he announces his retirement, reactions to Alonso moving to Aston Martin plus all the usual predictions and inbox goodness.
Note, this was recorded before the Piastri announcement and the subsequent Piastri un-announcement.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Oscar Piastri | Hungary | Hungaroring | Budapest
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
1hr 48 min
After Leclerc crashes out and Sainz loses a potential podium after starting from the back, we discuss whether Ferrari are potentially handing a title to Max Verstappen and Red Bull with 10 races to go and a 63pt lead for the Dutchman.
We also look ahead to the Hungarian GP this weekend with jingle extraordinaire, Ash Foster.
The overtake data used was taken from the work of Reddit user CatchingIsOneThing
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/w7v31i/2022_french_gp_overtakes_data/
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Paul Ricard | France | Hungary | Hungaroring | Budapest
Jul 20, 2022
Jul 20, 2022
1hr 37 min
GridRival CEO, Ross Fruin, joins us to talk about what goes into running a fantasy sports business focused around motorsports, what is going on with flexi floors and what will be changing regarding the FIA's policing of plank wear, and of course a look ahead to the French Grand Prix this weekend.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Paul Ricard | France | GridRival | Ross Fruin | Fantasy Sports | Daily Fantasy
Jul 12, 2022
Jul 12, 2022
1hr 55 min
After an eventful weekend in Austria, we look at a much needed victory for Leclerc, a scary retirement for Sainz, the bizarre stewarding that's annoying drivers and fans alike, another brilliant weekend for Haas, the indefensible behaviour from some 'fans' at the circuit and what can be done about it, as well as all the other stories from qualifying, the sprint and the race, predictions and your questions from the inbox.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Great Britain | British | Silverstone | Austria | Red Bull Ring
Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
1hr 44 min
After Zhou and Albon walked away from a horror crash at Silverstone, followed by one one of the greatest races in recent years, we sit down to discuss what can be learned from the lap 1 incident, how Ferrari indecision could have cost them the race, whether they made the right call under the safety car which ultimately handed Sainz his first victory, the unbelievable duel between Hamilton, Perez and Leclerc in the closing laps and a near endless list of driver and move of the day candidates.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Great Britain | British | Silverstone | Austria | Red Bull Ring
Jun 30, 2022
Jun 30, 2022
1hr 25 min
On a quiet week for F1 news, we discuss Gasly's new contract, the future of the French Grand Prix, McLaren's many drivers, upgrades, technical directives and our memories of the Nintendo 64, as well as a preview of this weekends British Grand Prix, predictions and the inbox.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Great Britain | British | Silverstone
Jun 21, 2022
Jun 21, 2022
1hr 15 min
As F1 finally returns to Canada, we look at the new technical directive aimed at battling porpoising, wet qualifying heroics, an intriguing fight for the win, a resurgent Mercedes, a strong recovery for Leclerc and ask some difficult questions of Sainz. Plus, predictions, fantasy league and your questions from the inbox.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Canada | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Jun 15, 2022
Jun 15, 2022
1hr 48 min
After Ferrari gifted Red Bull another 1-2 in Baku, we discuss what is going wrong at the Scuderia and look at who needs to be responsible for fixing the porpoising issue that's causing health concerns for drivers, as well as some great drives in the midfield, lots of WTF candidates, a look ahead to the return of the Canadian GP and your questions from the inbox.
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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!
F1 | Formula 1 | F12022 | 2022 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russell | Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | Yuki Tsunoda | Sergio Perez | Aston Martin | Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Mick Schumacher | Azerbaijan | Baku | Canada | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve