263: Tom Clarkson (Part A)
3/10/202657 min
A life lived on the road with Formula 1. It’s part history lesson, part travel diary, and part behind-the-scenes pass to the Formula 1 paddock, from someone who has been there for it all.
Respected F1 journalist, broadcaster and podcaster Tom Clarkson has seen the sport from the inside for decades.
With more than 500 consecutive Grands Prix attended since 1998, Clarkson has travelled the world alongside Formula 1’s modern evolution.
From the drivers who left the biggest mark, the circuits that stand above the rest and the press conferences that lit up the paddock — Clarkson shares stories from the road, including regular meetings with former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Plus, the boys unpack Oscar Piastri’s Melbourne weekend, the pressure cooker of the modern paddock, and the global surge of Formula 1.
And then there’s the future. New regulations have arrived, plus the Audi Revolut F1 Team joins the grid, there's new power units, and sustainable fuels engineered by bp set to help shape the next era of the sport.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 0· Soundbite0:01
[ on-hold music] A listener production.
Speaker 10:04
Okay, are you recording?
Mark Howard· Host0:08
[guitar music] Welcome one and all to episode two hundred and sixty-three of The Howie Games, a special this week featuring for mine the number one Formula One journalist on the planet, Tom Clarkson.
Speaker 10:25
Welcome everybody to the new season of F1 Beyond the Grid.
Mark Howard· Host0:30
Tom is a star, and with the world obsessed with Formula One at the moment, the race just being in Melbourne and the sport continuing to grow, I thought Tom would be a wonderful guest to take you behind the scenes of life on the Formula One world tour. From spending countless hours interviewing drivers, his world-leading Formula One podcast, Beyond the Grid, the Traveling Roadshow, and starring, let's say, starring in the F1 movie alongside Brad Pitt, Tom has some incredible stories to tell.
Speaker 11:04
[singing] So you search and try to find, but you don't know where to go. So many thoughts flood through your mind, you're confused and want to know. Mystery, what is to be? So much more than meets the eye. Listen to me, time is your key. You will find out by and by.
Mark Howard· Host1:28
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