The Fast and the Curious
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Updated 11 days agoJoin Greg James, sports presenter Betty Glover, F1 broadcaster – and lifelong fanatic – Christian Hewgill and a rolling cast of drivers and characters from across the grid to take you inside the fascinating world of Formula 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Baku debrief, new sprints & F1 Academy week one
The team look back(u) on a fairly tame race in Azerbaijan with some of the slightly more interesting points from across the weekend including street race tourism, how the new sprint race format went down and what the results mean for the championship. Christian, Betty and Greg also look at how the race went for the Fast and Curious regulars and review the action of the first weekend of the F1 Academy featuring the latest co-host Chloe Grant. And in breaking news Christian is off to Miami for the next race of the season, but who is he checking in with and will he bump into Mr Worldwide (aka Pitbull)?As always, thanks for your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod). Keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chloe Grant, F1 Academy and Baku (bless you) preview
The full squad are back and joined by a BRAND NEW driver co-host! Chloe Grant will be launching her F1 Academy campaign with ART Grand Prix in Austria this weekend, and tells us all about her journey so far before the series gets going. She's also joined by her mum Sharon who gives us the honest answer of how Chloe reacted to being asked to join the championship.There's also time for a round-up of F1 gossip before the season gets underway again, which of course feature Lewis Hamilton's interesting disguise and Fernando Alonso dating rumours. There's also a round of listener questions and a preview of the Azerbaijan grand prix in Baku (bless you). As always, thanks for your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod). Keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
George Russell: Toilet meetings and his season so far
George Russell (aka Curious George as he like to call himself on the podcast) is back for a catch-up with Betty and Christian during the early break in the season. He fills us in on everything he's been up to during his down time including meeting Novak Djokovic and checking in with the rest of the Mercedes team to plot out their return to racing in Baku. There's also some listener questions that give us an insight into George's singing ability and having meals cooked by Alex Albon's mum. Plus, anyone who listened to our recent episode with Oscar Piastri will know the Australian rookie had tee'd up a pretty good story about how Oscar and George first met. We can promise you it doesn't disappoint.As always, thanks for your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oscar Piastri: Aus F1 debut, nan's cooking and driver WhatsApp post-Melbourne
Oscar Piastri returns on co-hosting duties to fill the team in on his debut home grand prix in Australia. With the race taking place a stone's throw away from his parents' house, Oscar tells Betty, Christian and Greg about returning home as part of the Formula One circus. From his nan cooking for the whole McLaren team to meeting a grid kid called Oscar(?!) and what went down in the driver WhatsApp group after the chaos in Melbourne it's another busy catch up with the rookier driver. Along the way Christian sings to an actual F1 driver, Oscar answers some of your questions and Greg adds Fernando Alonso to his questionable F1 impressions list. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chaos in Melbourne: The Debrief
What the HELL just happened? With Betty on other sporting duties, Greg and Christian try to make sense of the Melbourne mayhem.From red flags and listener questions, to fireballs, drunken listener voice notes and a review from our Melbourne correspondent they cover some serious ground. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Australia preview, F1 geography class and office chair drama
This week Greg, Christian and Betty look ahead to the third race of the season in Australia with listener questions, some pretty bold predictions and Team Principle James keeps his drivers in check with an Australian geography lesson from new friends of the show F1,2,3,4.Along the way Betty plots to get her F1 simulator revenge, Christian is beaten (!!) by some teen Formula One fans and there's serious office chair delivery drama, obviously. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Logan Sargeant: F1 simulators and 'The Sargeant' burger
Christian and Betty head to Williams HQ to spend the day with co-host Logan Sargeant. As well as answering listener questions and reliving his first moments as an F1 driver, Logan sets up a Fast And The Curious challenge on the Williams sim to let Christian and Betty really get to know the Australian grand prix circuit before the third race of the season. There's also a surprise lined up for Logan in the form of the UK's best burger chef following the frankly worrying amount of messages we had sent in after the American driver claimed to be struggling to find a decent burger in England on episode one of the podcast. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Saudi drama! Fernando loses podium (then gets it back)
Following the Saudi grand prix, Betty, Greg and Christian have a debrief of the second race of the season to make sense of the action and cover breaking Formula One news. They discuss Red Bull dominance, how the dark arts* of Formula One could stop them storming the championship and cover the news of Fernando Alonso losing his place on the podium.We'll be back soon with a full episode including a catch-up with one of our Fast And The Curious co-hosts Logan Sargeant to pick his brains on the season so far and go through some of your questions.As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.*Everything Greg, Betty and Christian say in this episode is in no way a threat to the Red Bull team or their drivers.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alex Albon, Saudi preview and a your new favourite(?) game
As we head into race week two we hear from Alex Albon about how the Williams camp can make the most us picking up a point in Bahrain. There's also of *course* time for Betty and Christian to discuss Alex having THIRTEEN cats, how his professional golf playing thinks he's "uncoachable" on the course and the potential for George Russell's topless picture franchise. Team Principal Greg is back with a "game" (we use that term lightly) to test Christian's knowledge, we go through some listener questions and Betty makes some incredible admissions about her driving skills as the team look to set up a Fast and Curious team race.As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As, race watch-a-longs and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lando Norris and Bahrain debrief with Pierre Gasly
A bumper crop for you this time around. After Team Principal Greg sets out the plans for the episode Betty and Christian get to work with a Bahrain debrief with Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly. But of course it's not strictly F1 chat, from learning English slang terms to his bath routine they cover some serious ground. Later in the show Christian heads to Mclaren's "space ship" headquarters for a check-in with Lando Norris... and to get more gossip about the F1 driver WhatsApp group.We're also joined by listener Ellie to break down her first experience of watching a Formula One race and give her the chance to pick Christian's brains. And keep an ear out towards the end of the episode to find out if your question gets answered by the team. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or phrases for Pierre Gasly to learn to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bahrain! Racing has happened!
Fresh off the back of the opening race of the 2023 season in Bahrain, a giddy Christian and Greg (Betty had actual sports broadcasting to do elsewhere) make sense of all the action from race week one and tee up what's coming up in the next full episode of The Fast And The Curious. Featuring some light coverage of race results, some of the names that were nearly used for the show instead of The Fast and The Curious and Toto Wolff impressions. As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the Fast and Curious team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oscar Piastri & build-up to race one in Bahrain
As the first race of the 2023 F1 season in Bahrain approaches, the team check in with McLaren's Australian rookie Oscar Piastri.They cover a serious amount of ground including how his career went from racing remote control cars to joining the grid and Oscar's plans to become more tidy now that he's an actual Formula One driver. There's also time for Christian to tee you up with everything you need to know for race week one(!) and the team surprise a listener with the chance to interview their favourite driver.As always, thank you for all your input to the show. Send any questions for the drivers or the Fast and Curious team to [email protected]. You can also find us on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod) and Instagram (@fastcuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mercedes pre-season: Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff & George Russell
It's an early start for Betty and Christian in episode two as they join the Mercedes team for the launch of their 2023 Formula 1 season. They head back to Silverstone as they unveil the Mercedes F1 challenger, and catch up with Lewis Hamilton, team boss Toto Wolff and George Russell on everything from a driver Whatsapp group to the importance of using their platform to spark change off the track. Team principal Greg also joins the rest of the team to get managment advice from Toto Wolff and deliver a Colin the Caterpillar cake to birthday boy George Russell. Fan input is of course welcome, send any questions for drivers or the Fast and Curious team to [email protected]. You can also find the show on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod), keep an eye out for live Q&As and general behind-the-scenes action.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pre-season at Silverstone with Jenson Button, Logan Sargeant, Alex Albon & Esteban Ocon
As pre-season testing gets underway The Fast And The Curious team head to Silverstone to introduce you to the world of Formula 1 and come face-to-face with drivers, engineers and what Christian calls "the beautiful beasts" on the track (cars to the rest of us).In this opening episode Betty, Greg and Christian tee up the 2023 season for newcomers and die-hard fans alike as Williams and Alpine roll their cars off the garage floor and sign up their first co-host for the season; American rookie driver Logan Sargeant. Along the way they come across British racing legend Jenson Button, a test-drive fresh Esteban Ocon and uncover the first prize for their ultimate F1 giveaway.Fan input is of course welcome. Please slide in our DMs with any questions for drivers and the team and suggestions of where Logan can get a decent British burger. We're @fastandcuriouspod. You can also find the show on TikTok (@thefastandthecuriouspod).The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios The Fast And The Curious is produced by 3040 Productions and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
WELCOME TO THE FAST AND THE CURIOUS
Team Principal Greg James has signed up sports presenter Betty Glover, F1 fanatic and broadcast journalist Christian Hewgill and a rolling cast of some of the biggest drivers in the world to host this exciting new show. It’s a podcast for die-hard fans as well as those who are curious to learn more about the fascinating F1 world and the characters that inhabit it.The Fast And The Curious theme was written, performed and produced by Connor Jones at Humm Studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.