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This podcast helps solopreneurs and entrepre-newbies like you turn your passions into paychecks. Listen for lightning-quick tips to help you generate the opportunities you have dreamed about. Now is the time. Don’t let another year pass. If it’s an income-generating business you’re after, Relaunch U is the podcast and program to give it life.
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F1 stars slow down and open up, sharing untold stories and unrivalled insight. Tom Clarkson brings you revealing, feature-length interviews and amazing anecdotes from superstar drivers, team bosses, tech geniuses and racing legends. Hit the follow button for the fastest way to get new episodes. Watch episodes exclusively on the F1 YouTube channel. For race reviews + previews, listen to F1 Nation. To learn more about how F1 works, listen to F1 Explains
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Join 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.
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Join Christian Hewgill hundreds of feet above the Silverstone as the 2024 British Grand Prix springs into life. In our first episode from the circuit we chat to Aston Martin's Jessica Hawkins about the team's home race and her incredible side hustle in stunt driving. Then we head behind the main stage to meet musician Self Esteem and hear about her…
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Greg and Christian meet up with Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant for a very special crossover episode of The Fast and the Curious and Williams' podcast Team Torque! From live-texting George Russell to dogs peeing on trains and cricket (obvs), we covered some serious ground. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try a be…
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You’re working so hard on your brand yet, sometimes you feel like you’re spinning your wheels. You’re aching to achieve a certain endpoint, where all your efforts magically come together. This is the problem: deciding that our branding efforts should have an end. The beauty of branding? There is no end. It’s an infinite game. And infinite games hav…
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This episode is brought to you by GetYourGuide – the app to discover and book unforgettable travel experiences. Choose from over 100,000 things to do in one app, including an exclusive tour of the McLaren Technology Centre. Discover, book and make memories this summer at GetYourGuide.co.uk Lando Norris’ first F1 victory has changed everything. Spea…
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Maybe you have a job right now that you're comfortable with, and you've got good income and great benefits but there's something out there that's calling to you. Or maybe at this point in your career, it's gnawing at you. I was a professional soccer player, an architectural photographer, and an advertising copywriter. And each of those vocations ha…
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Betty and Christian catch up and pick apart the drama of the Austrian Grand Prix. From Max and Lando’s battle to George’s win and incredible reaction they discuss where this weekend’s action leaves the championship and how it tees up a “very exciting” Silverstone. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try a betterhelp.com/f…
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When the team at Silverstone trust you with something "serious" you do whatever it takes to make it happen. So join Greg, Christian and Betty as they gather in lay-bys and hotels all over the world to record something special for the British Grand Prix and lay out The Fast & Curious' plan for the weekend. Plus, Christian and Betty check in with Jam…
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Betty and Christian assemble to go through all the action from the Spanish Grand Prix and discuss how the battle between Lando and Max is shaping up for the rest of the season. Plus they're joined live and direct from the track by listener and huge Carlos Sainz fan Rach who had an incredible weekend including track walks and "meeting" Lewis Hamilto…
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Top 5 Reasons Branding is a Bad Idea for You 1. You have to know your market. Sounds like homework. No thanks. 2. You must stand out in the crowd. Blending in has its perks like not having to talk to people. 3. You need to get the word out. That takes effort, time, energy, even money. Who has any of that? 4. You have to be consistent. Telling the s…
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Just 14 races into his debut Formula 1 season in 2001, Luciano Burti suffered a huge crash at the Belgian Grand Prix. He walked away but it proved to be his last action as an F1 driver. Speaking to Tom Clarkson in his home city of Sao Paolo, Burti reflects vividly on the crash; what he was thinking about as it was happening, the physical injuries h…
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Know Your Audience. Accomplish the Impossible. Daryl Davis is a blues musician. One night after a show he is approached by a man who compliments his music. After a drink at the bar and some bonding over the blues, the man drops a bombshell on Daryl. You see, Daryl is African American. And this gentleman who loves his music happens to be white. The …
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As the 2025 F1 driver line-up heats up, we take a look at some of the talent looking to join the top tier in the next couple of years. Christian is joined by F1TV and official F2 commentator Alex Jacques to discuss the pressure on names like Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman to live up to expectations, before Williams Academy driver and F2 race win…
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Have you ever heard of a failure resume? The idea behind a failure resume is to track those times we didn't quite hit the mark. Reflecting on these moments can be beneficial lessons learned. Here's a little something from my failure resume: I got my first chance to be a “floor director” during a live video shoot. Among other things, my job was to c…
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From 2014 to 2021, Mercedes dominated Formula 1 with a record eight Constructor World Championships in a row. Since 2022 though, they have struggled to fully grasp the current ground effect cars and, as a result, have dramatically fallen down the pecking order, behind their rivals Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari. Merc’s struggles continued at the sta…
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Five questions, two sets of Silverstone tickets, one round of 'Beat The Christian'. Three contestants join us for the super tense finale of our British Grand Prix competition. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try a betterhelp.com/fast and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …
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A new client with a funny little idea walked into our office. He was selling car antenna ornaments. Yes, silly little decorations you can affix to the antenna that was attached to your car. He couldn’t keep these things on the shelves. People loved them. He didn’t see his product’s obsolescence coming as fixed car antennas became a relic of the pas…
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He’s an engineer who won Formula 1 World Championships with Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen. Now he’s working on the rules of the sport for 2026 and beyond. Nikolas Tombazis is the Director of Single Seaters for the FIA. He is overseeing the regulations for the 2026 season, when F1 cars will be lighter, smaller and sustainably fuelled, with g…
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I have a dream of owning a lake house. Or a beach house. Or a mountain house. Or all three! I’d like to build a minor empire in real estate that earns income while I’m biking through Europe. Nice vision, right? After talking with a few friends in real estate, my beautiful vision started to crack. The process of renting and/or flipping sounded insan…
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Christian is joined by friend of the show and Sky F1 commentator David Croft in Montreal to go through all the action from what they call "the best race of the season so far". Has Mercedes' weekend shown that there's a four-team race at the top of the championship? What the hell happened to Ferrari? Why does Karun Chandhok make a cameo appearance? …
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Christian catches up with Greg from Montreal to look ahead to the Canadian Grand Prix. They discuss the circuit’s legendary Wall of Champions, the impact of Sergio Perez’s re-signing with Red Bull and Esteban Ocon’s departure from Alpine on the 2025 driver market, and whether Ferrari and McLaren can take their charge on Red Bull to North America. P…
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I met up with a friend who I hadn’t seen in ten years. It felt as if we’d never been apart. The relationship picked up exactly where we had left it. The decade of time in-between shrank to nothing. This is a goal for brand-building: to create an experience that your customers come home to again and again. When your customers exit your life and re-e…
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As President and CEO of Liberty Media, Formula 1's parent company, Greg Maffei is at the very top of the sport. Together, he and F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali, are setting the strategy for the sport’s future. Since Liberty Media took ownership of the Formula 1 in 2017, we’ve seen thrilling races from the Las Vegas Strip to Silverstone, ne…
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My old agency found a scrappy way of attracting new clients. We scoured the newspapers (yes, actual newspapers) for current ads that local businesses were running. We found the ads that were, well, less-than-good. We redlined the heck out of ‘em searching of every detail that we could improve. Copy, design, photography, logo, tagline, call to actio…
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Betty and Christian go through listener thoughts, feelings and questions from across the world of Formula One. Along the way they explore how driver fines are paid, influencers in the paddock and some brilliant facts about the cars themselves. Also be warned that you are about to meet the F1 witch, we can only apologise. #f1 #formula1 #podcast #the…
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I attended a business event unlike any other. And it wasn't until the very end that I found out why it felt so unique. The hosts, Kristin and Chuck, revealed that they do not shy away from doing the "elaborate and unnecessary." What does that mean? Well, the event was camping-themed. This theme played into the presentations, the communications, the…
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At the end of his glittering career, four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel said he was in the ‘best shape possible’ thanks to his performance coach Antti Kontsas. So how do you physically and mentally prepare a Formula 1 driver for a season of racing around the world? With over 10 years of experience working in the paddock, coaching the likes o…
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As Charles Leclerc has a historic home win in Monaco, Greg and Christian take a look back at all the big talking points in the race. There's also time to meet some listeners' F1-inspired pets and we look at how the fallout of an on-track incident could impact Alpine. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tfatc Try it risk-free now with a 30-…
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After receiving email after email from Squarespace pleading with me to upgrade my website, I reluctantly decided it was time to stop putting it off. I took to YouTube with the search, “Why should I upgrade my squarespace website from 7.0 to 7.1?” A video pops up with the exact title as my search query. It was a good video, I was convinced that I ne…
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Betty and Christian preview this weekend's race with an incredible chat with Alex Albon direct from Monaco. Plus, we welcome Abbi Pulling into the studio to look at her season so far in F1 Academy and British F4. There's also time for the first instalment of 'George Russell's F1 community notice board' as we round up the latest F1 news and gossip. …
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Rick Barry is a basketball Hall of Famer. He had the highest free throw percentage in the league for seven seasons. To this day, he has the fourth-highest free throw percentage. Ever. He played the game 50 years ago. And his record free throw percentage remains in the top 5. Incredible. Even more incredible is how he did it. He shot every free thro…
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30 years ago, Karl Wendlinger’s Formula 1 career was just beginning to rise after a strong start to 1994 with Sauber. But that all changed in first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, when the Austrian lost control of his car as he approached the Nouvelle chicane and crashed into the barriers. After a long recovery to regain racing fitness, Wendlin…
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Scroll. Consume. Forget. Repeat. This is how I surf the feeds. Why does the majority of content vanish from our minds as quickly as it appears on our screens? No impact. But every now and then you’ll find something that sticks. But the hit rate is very low for two reasons: 1. Low bar on creativity. Most stuff, frankly, isn’t interesting. 2. High no…
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Betty and Christian arrive home from respective stag and hen dos to try and make sense of the Imola Grand Prix, and Christian introduces a new game he picked up in Albania. Perhaps it's the hangovers talking, but it feels like there's plenty to get excited about as we head into the next stage of the 2024 season. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nor…
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We welcome beauty empire founder Charlotte Tilbury (MBE!) to talk about her groundbreaking partnership with F1 Academy, “breaking down the barriers” for women in motorsport and what a paddock-inspired fragrance would smell like. Betty, Greg and Christian also discuss Alex Albon's new deal at Williams and what it means to the 2025 driver market befo…
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As you likely heard, Carl Weathers passed away. His role as Rocky’s “Apollo Creed” had a profound impact on me as a pre-teen. I remember the swagger and confidence of his character. I don’t know much about Mr. Weathers beyond his commitment to the role of Apollo. For 120 minutes, he transformed into the heavyweight champion of the world in my eyes.…
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In 1984, Martin Brundle and Ayrton Senna made their Formula 1 debuts. They had just fought each other in an epic battle for the 1983 British Formula 3 title. But while there was little to separate the duo in junior racing, their F1 careers panned out very differently. As Senna went on to achieve hero status as a triple World Champion, Brundle’s 12-…
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My family is relentlessly competitive. Some of my earliest memories were of my father’s victory dances when he beat his 8-year-old son (me) at whatever game we happened to be playing. Competition was everywhere—even in my childhood neighborhood. Juggling a soccer ball was a big deal around the cul-de-sac. We juggled everything: footballs, basketbal…
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We welcome F1 race strategist Ruth Buscombe to the studio for a chat about her fascinating career up and down the grid, race wins (and incredible airport security drama) with Sebastian Vettel, why she used to dream about George Russell and how Formula One needs input from everybody rather than “just a slither of society” to help it improve. Learn m…
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When *F1 race winner* and friend of the show Lando Norris wanted a catch up about his incredible weekend in Miami we couldn't leave him hanging. Betty Glover finds out all about the celebrations, delivering an incredible promise to his grandma and where things can go next for him and McLaren. Subscribe to the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/…
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Join Greg, Betty and Christian as we take you inside Miami's Hard Rock Stadium for a full debrief of Lando Norris' first win in Formula One. Which team bosses were celebrating with McLaren? Is the tide turning on Red Bull? How did we end up chatting to Ed Sheeran? Find out the answers to those questions and so many more in a whirlwind look back at …
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McLaren are back on top of the Formula 1 podium, but their mission is far from accomplished yet. Since taking charge in 2018, CEO Zak Brown has overseen a huge transformation on and off the track and the team’s progress has accelerated astronomically over the last 12 months. Lando Norris’s long-awaited maiden Grand Prix victory in Miami is the culm…
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I had a Zoom call with a 25 year marketer. He's interested in finding his next gig, even though he’s tired of the grind. I can see that he's thinking about the most tolerable situation using the skills he already has. As we were having the conversation, I noticed his background on the Zoom call. His home is gorgeous. Light is pouring in. It's metic…
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We're coming direct from Miami with a ridiculous driver line-up to look ahead to the first US race weekend of the season. World Champion Max Verstappen joins us just days after it was confirmed Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey would be leaving the the team, home driver Logan Sargeant fills us in on his prep for his busiest Grand Prix of the sea…
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30 years since his death at Imola on 1st May 1994, Ayrton Senna’s legacy is still felt around the world. Brazil’s three-time Formula 1 World Champion continues to inspire today’s generation of racing drivers and fans. To Bruno Senna, Ayrton is still both his uncle and his hero. Speaking to Tom Clarkson, Bruno shares his childhood memories of Ayrton…
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I met Gary Vaynerchuk in the early stages of his company, VaynerMedia. We were collaborating on a project. My impression of him: Fast talker. Opinionated. Had all the answers. Blowhard. Fast forward to today: Gary has 4.5 million YouTube followers. He commands $200,000 per speaking gig. What changed in Gary? As far as I can tell, nothing. He’s the …
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Betty and Christian are joined by the man behind Alex Albon's incredible panda helmet to hear about how is came to life and the inspirational story of how the designer ended up making F1 helmets for a living. Plus we get an update on Christian's dinky driver, get into a discussion about sprint races and answer a listener question about how point-sc…
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Greg Monaco's breakthrough in rebranding his community, formerly "Fearless Brands," underscores the power of jotting down and sharing ideas. Writing helped clarify his thoughts and attract support, even as he developed a new website and logo with limited initial enthusiasm from others. Monaco learned that while no one may care as deeply about an id…
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Greg, Christian and Betty scramble from London and Italy to discuss reports that Red Bull’s Chief technical officer Adrian Newey is leaving the team and where "the Lewis Hamilton of F1 design" could be heading next. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: @fastcuriouspod Twitter: @fastcuriouspod Instagram: @fastcuriouspod Tiktok: @fastcuriouspod Learn mo…
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A multiple title winner at junior level and a point-scorer on his unexpected F1 debut in 2016, Stoffel Vandoorne seemed on track for a long and prosperous career in Formula 1. But his big break at McLaren in 2017 arrived during one of the team’s most challenging periods. They finished second-last in the standings during Vandoorne’s first season, en…
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Christian is joined by reserve driver F1TV's Laura Winter to go through all the big talking points from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. As Max Verstappen and Red Bull continue to operate at "a higher level", they discuss the chances for drivers like Lando Norris to pick up points or even wins as the year goes on. There's also time to reflect on an ama…
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