Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

For the final regular episode of Season 11 of Bring Back V10s we let our members on Patreon choose a race from 1996, and they voted for the chaotic Monaco Grand Prix that was won by Olivier Panis's Ligier. Ahead of the third season of our sister podcast And Colossally That's History, Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw are joined by Colossally co-host Matt Bishop to look back on a bonkers afternoon in Monte Carlo, and to discuss everything else that was going on in F1 around that weekend. We look at how Panis came through the madness from 14th on the grid to claim Ligier's final F1 victory, and discuss the precarious state the French team was in at the time. And there's also discussion of the heartbreaking retirements from the lead of the race for championship leader Damon Hill and Benetton's under-fire lead driver Jean Alesi. Speaking of Hill, this was the weekend when the first rumours about his seat being vulnerable for 1997 emerged, and it was also in Monaco that Ferrari first spoke to Ross Brawn about following Michael Schumacher over from Benetton. * Get 90% off your first month when you join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! You'll get loads of bonus content, including the 1997 Revisited Series and the BBV10s Debrief. Head to Patreon.com/therace * Follow The Race on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wearetherace/], Twitter  [https://twitter.com/wearetherace]and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wearetherace] * Check out our latest videos on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ] * Download our app on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/the-race/id1641803037] or Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theracemadialtd.therace]

Bring Back V10s makes its regular detour into F1's V8 era to look back on Sebastian Vettel's sensational first grand prix victory in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Glenn Freeman is joined by Jonathan Noble and Karun Chandhok (who was racing in GP2 that weekend at Monza) to reflect on how Vettel was able to take such a commanding victory for Red Bull's second team Toro Rosso, only three years on from it racing as Minardi! We look back on why McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen offered no threat despite starting from the front row, and how the other McLaren of Lewis Hamilton was more of a victory contender despite starting 15th on the grid. Also on the agenda: Robert Kubica's conflict with his BMW team over his fading title hopes, Kimi Raikkonen signing a contract extension that he wouldn't see out with Ferrari, Fernando Alonso's floating role in the driver market, Adrian Newey's wisdom on F1's overtaking debate, and Williams's Sam Michael making an incredibly accurate prediction about how the 2009 season would play out under F1's incoming rule changes. We then dive into the fallout from Vettel's win for Toro Rosso, including the role it played in the political battle over customer cars in F1, and how it heaped pressure and embarrassment onto Red Bull Racing. * Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace * Follow The Race on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wearetherace/], Twitter  [https://twitter.com/wearetherace]and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wearetherace] * Check out our latest videos on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ] * Download our app on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/the-race/id1641803037] or Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theracemadialtd.therace]

Bring Back V10s is picking up where its first ever episodes left off, by revisiting what happened to Alain Prost after he was fired by Ferrari in 1991!  We’ve reunited the trio from our opening two-parter - Glenn Freeman, Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw - to look at what Prost did in 1992, when he nearly ended up racing for, and buying into, the Ligier team. We look at how close this shock move came to really happening, why it didn’t come off, plus the other offers Prost had for that year, and why his Williams deal for 1993 was kept secret for so long.  * Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace * Follow The Race on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wearetherace/], Twitter  [https://twitter.com/wearetherace]and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wearetherace] * Check out our latest videos on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ] * Download our app on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/the-race/id1641803037] or Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theracemadialtd.therace]

The most memorable moments from the 2002 F1 season often involve Ferraris messing about on the run to the finish line. But unlike in Austria when the position swap was the result of strict orders from the pit wall, at Indianapolis Michael Schumacher returned the favour - or did he? Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Mark Hughes and Bring Back V10s debutant Jonathan Noble, who were both at the 2002 US Grand Prix. They look back on the confusion around the finish, as Schumacher seemed unable to decide if he was trying to give Barrichello a victory, or engineer a dead heat finish. We also look back on Ford completing a three-month review of its failing Jaguar team, BAR considering its identity for the future, Felipe Massa effectively having F1’s first 10-place grid penalty turned into a race ban by his team, and a shock announcement of a new American F1 team that never came to anything. * Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace * Follow The Race on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wearetherace/], Twitter  [https://twitter.com/wearetherace]and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wearetherace] * Check out our latest videos on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ] * Download our app on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/the-race/id1641803037] or Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theracemadialtd.therace]

Bring Back V10s ventures into F1’s fearsome 1980s turbo era for the first time, looking back on the incredible 1986 Australian Grand Prix that decided that year’s title. Host Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and Andrew van de Burgt to reflect on how Alain Prost snatched his second championship from the dominant Williams cars, on the day Nigel Mansell suffered a heart-breaking and terrifying tyre failure when it looked like he was on course to become champion. We also discuss Keke Rosberg’s starring role in helping McLaren team-mate Prost, and if Williams did the right thing by pitting Nelson Piquet as a precaution after Mansell’s failure, which potentially cost the Brazilian the title as well. Away from the race there’s also the time Adrian Newey suffered the only creative block of his F1 career, plus Ferrari landing the services of John Barnard and Gerhard Berger, and being turned down by Mansell. * Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace * Follow The Race on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/wearetherace/], Twitter  [https://twitter.com/wearetherace]and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wearetherace] * Check out our latest videos on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ] * Download our app on iOS [https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/the-race/id1641803037] or Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theracemadialtd.therace]