{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"What is the Best Genre of Cars? | The Car Podcast #85","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-is-the-best-genre-of-cars-the-car-podcast-85","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66ab67440913aff5a4615e97/e/69f3534aad98579289293841/media.mp3","description":"Get your tickets to the Great British Jaguar Day at Bicester Motion below!https://bicestermotion.com/calendar/great-british-jaguar-dayGet your tickets to HOWL below!https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/howlhttps://thruxtonracing.co.uk/event/chris-harris-live-podcastDownload Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_ (00:00) Intro(00:06) Your week in cars/car news(27:31) Why are vintage cars are much cooler when you become vintage yourself?(46:47) What is your favourite genre of cars?(59:20) Neil’s Cheese & Cars quiz (1:05:07) 2CG with Car & Classic(1:14:53) Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"startTime":24.1,"endTime":37.2,"type":"concept","title":"world championship","url":"/glossary/world-championship","quote":"[24.1s]  85 is the year when the greatest racing driver ever won his first world championship.\n[28.6s]  Alan Prost?\n[30.1s]  Yep.","canonicalId":"concept:world-championship","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"A “world championship” is a season-long motorsport competition where drivers (and sometimes teams) earn points across multiple races. The driver with the most points at the end of the season is crowned champion.","simplifiedExplanation":"In racing, a “world championship” is like a league season. 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