Driver61 Podcast

This podcast is a conversation with Ralph Hogenbirk, Dutch Drone Gods, where we talk about how Red Bull recently raced a Formula 1 car against a drone - and it wasn’t just in a straight line, it was around the Silverstone circuit - one of the fastest tracks, with the fastest corners on F1’s calendar.

It’s a circuit where Formula 1 cars are very much at home, a track where they’re 42 seconds a lap faster than a McLaren Senna. 

But, in this race, the drone was WAY faster. 

This podcast is a conversation with Stephen Mitas (Technical Project Lead) to understand exactly HOW the Porsche was faster than F1, and smashed a 35-year-old Nurburgring lap record.

It’s crazy stuff, they took their already, extremely fast LMP1 car, and made it over 12 seconds faster at Spa -- that’s 11%, a huge amount in motorsport. 

This podcast is a conversation with Rosco McGlashan who is trying to break 1,000 miles per hour on land. He has so much passion and grit for motorsport and engineering, that I think he might just do it. 

I spoke to him to understand how he has gone from a rocket-powered, 250 mph go-kart to designing a 200,000 horsepower vehicle with the potential to break 1,000 mph - and the engineering behind it.

This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, Ex-F1 Aerodynamicist, about the hypothetical question, what would you do to the aero of an F1 car if there were no rules?

F1 or motorsport with no rules, is something that engineers dream about, and the questions have been asked before, we'll cover all of this during this conversation.

This podcast is a conversation with Eloi Roset from team AMZ Racing, who recently broke the 0 - 100 kilometres an hour record, launching from a standing start to 100 kph in 0.956 seconds. 

We break down how the team designed and built the world's fastest-accelerating car and the challenges they ran into. Eloi explains the details of the aerodynamics, suspension, powertrain and tyres, and it’s a fascinating conversation.