Back Of The Grid | F1 Podcast

It's finally race preview time again! We look at how the break and the revised calendar might affect the coming races, new circuits, new liveries and some important new initiatives from F1 and Mercedes, as well as make our first predictions of the season.   This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing rules. #StayAtHome and stay safe.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Ho

Plenty of news as we start to move towards something that resembles a 2020 season. Double races in Austria and GB will help fill out an initial calendar with other races set to be announced. We also talk new ownership at Aston Martin and what that may mean for Racing Point and F1 as a whole and also discuss what the future may hold for a struggling Williams team who find themselves seeking investment.   This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing rules. #StayAtHome and stay safe.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtter

There may not be any racing, but silly season has started earlier than ever with one of the wildest weeks for driver changes in memory. We look at what the future might hold for Vettel, whether Sainz and Ricciardo have made the right moves, who will fill the empty Renault seat and where else the 2021 driver market could take us, as well as the latest on this seasons calendar and a bumper inbox.   This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing rules. #StayAtHome and stay safe.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Botta

This week brings a possible new calendar, a new first race of the year, some positive movement in the budget cap saga and Ferrari threatening to quit F1. Again. Also we look at your inbox, the impact of fans at circuits, play a game of F1 Linkee and investigate the Abarth Punto.   This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing rules. #StayAtHome and stay safe.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bu

There may be no racing, but there’s still plenty to talk about as F1 look at ways to put a calendar together, the 2021 rules become the 2022 rules, McLaren try to emulate Brawn GP and Silverstone looks at running a reverse circuit. All this, plus your inbox! This podcast was recorded remotely in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing rules. #StayAtHome and stay safe.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Ho

After arriving in Australia a positive Covid-19 case ends the weekend before it begins and along with the rest of the sporting world further events are cancelled and hang in the balance. We take a look at what that means for this season and further. Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Testing | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russ

  The season is almost upon us. This week we look ahead to opening weekend, make some predictions and see what helmet rule changes may mean for Lewis Hamilton's hair! Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Testing | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Williams | George Russel | Australia | Australian | Albert Park | Melbourne | Bahrain | predictions

Cars are finally on track in 2020! We cover all the launches, review those all important liveries, work out what we can learn from testing so far, try to explain what on earth Mercedes and Red Bull are up to with their new cars, catch up on news and dip into the inbox.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12020 | 2020 | Testing | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris |

We're back! We kick off 2020 by drawing a line under last year and handing out our always prestigious awards for the 2019 season, discuss new contracts for Leclerc and Verstappen, new races for W series, new circuit layouts and new hires at Renault and Williams, as well as a trip to the inbox.   Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Antonio Giovinazzi | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Carlos Sainz |

For our final race review of the season, we look at the exciting race we didn't see on TV, what Ferrari might have been up to with their pit stops and crown a new predictions league champion! Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | Sergio Perez

As we reach the final race of the 2019 season, we look at the remaining battles in the drivers and constructors standings, make our final predictions of the year and discuss our favourite tracks for season finales. Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina | Formula E | FE

The penultimate race of the season had a little bit of everything. Team mates colliding, safety car restart dramas, debut podiums and most importantly, some excellent racing throughout the field. Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Brazil | Sao Paulo | Interlagos | Carlos Sainz | Pierre Gasly

Could Toto Wolff be lending a helping hand the the Mercedes Formula E program? Where are the remaining championship battles up and down the grid? Who do we predict will come out on top in Sao Paulo? All this and more in this weeks episode. Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Brazil | Sao Paulo | Interlagos | Toto Wolff | Formula E | FE | Carlos Sainz

A 6 time world champion is crowned in Lewis Hamilton after another multi-strategy race. Tyre life graphics are almost as big of a talking point too as we pick a WTF and we sample a new jingle for the "inbox". Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | champion | US | USA | United States | America | Texas | COTA | Circuit of the Americas | AWS | Amazon Web Services

A Mexican review, a US preview and some brake bias debate make up this weeks packed episode. With the constructors title sealed and the drivers champion all but confirmed, predictions league is all to play for. Just don't copy any of us! Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Mexico | Mexican Grand Prix | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Mexico City | Sergio Perez | Brea

This week we look ahead to Mexico and see how Hamilton can mathematically seal the title this weekend, work out who could spoil the party and make some interesting race predictions. Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Mexico | Mexican Grand Prix | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Mexico City | Nicholas Latifi | Robert Kubica | Haas | 2021

A bumper day of action with qualifying postponed to Sunday morning due to Typhoon Hagibis brought a long night for European fans and plenty of talking points throughout. Jump starts, collisions and strategy calls. There is plenty to dissect from the Japanese GP in this weeks show! Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Japan | Suzuka | Typhoon Hagibis | Nico Hulkenberg

Have you ever heard 3 men discuss a circuit concept you've never seen? Well this week you are in luck. We talk Miami GP, the new Igora Drive in Russia and of course look ahead to the Japanese GP. Let's hope it isn't rained out! Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Russia | Sochi | Igora Drive | St Petersburg | Miami | Japan | Suzuka 

In a race most feel Mercedes lucked into with a Virtual Safety Car, we still got drama as Vettel repeated antics reminiscent of his Multi 21 days and Ferrari duly took matters into their own hands under pit stops Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Russia | Sochi | Daniil Kvyat | Carlos Sainz | Virtual Safety Car | VSC

Ferrari do a Mercedes while Mercedes do a Ferrari, and through it all we try to do 48.8s. A different yet still entertaining Singapore GP is up for review, plus a brief look ahead to Sochi Enter the prediction league on our site; BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news; Twitter | Facebook 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 | F12019 | 2019 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | McLaren | Sebastian Vettel | Charles LeClerc | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | Motorsport | Alexander Albon | Singapore | James | Valtteri, it's James | 48.8 | Roman Grosjean | Daniil Kvyat | Torpedo