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James Allen On F1

James Allen On F1

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 Three-time BAFTA award-winning F1 commentator James Allen returns to the broadcast mic with a thoughtful and engaging new podcast, looking at the human side of the sport.

Every episode will feature an insightful 20-minute interview with a prominent figure from inside and around the sport focusing on themes beyond the everyday news cycle. Joining James in the studio for analysis and discussion will be a rotating cast of key figures from Autosport and Motorsport’s global editorial team and guests from the broader F1 media world.

Thoughtful, accessible and insightful, the James Allen on F1 podcast takes the helmet off the sport. It is a must for any fans looking for a glimpse behind the scenes at the human beings who make the fascinating world of F1.

Get in touch with the show on JamesAllenonF1@autosport.comMotorsport Studios
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  • 50: Immortalising the man who made Ferrari great again

    50: Immortalising the man who made Ferrari great again
    Sep 24 2025
    This week James Allen welcomes Manish Pandey, the film maker and master storyteller who shot to prominence with the award-winning 2010 documentary Senna, which he made with Asif Kapadia and James Gay Rees of Drive to Survive fame. Since then Manish has followed up, gaining exclusive access to F1’s ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone, to tell his behind the scenes story in the streaming series Lucky.
    Now he’s done it again with a new film, Seeing Red, about another of F1’s biggest characters, Luca Di Montezemolo.
    Montezemolo was only 28 years old when he won the 1975 F1 World Championships as Ferrari team manager with Niki Lauda. He then came back in the 1990s to lead Ferrari’s renaissance, putting in place the “Dream Team” of Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne that dominated F1 with Michael Schumacher. At the same time he brought the magic back to Ferrari’s road car fleet.
    Manish talks about what has drawn him as a film maker to tell the stories of Senna, Ecclestone and Montezemolo, what they have in common and how their stories intersect. He reveals the conversations that Montezemolo and Senna had in 1994 about the great Brazilian joining Ferrari and looks at the Ferrari of today and asks: how important is it that the person at the top of Ferrari loves F1?
    Seeing Red is on a limited cinema release via Everyman Cinemas in the UK and will be released on major streaming platforms soon.

    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com.

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    44 mins
  • 49: Confessions of an F1 TV Pit Reporter

    49: Confessions of an F1 TV Pit Reporter
    Sep 17 2025
    This week we welcome Ted Kravitz, a bona fide sports broadcasting legend, who has carved his own niche since 2001, patrolling the F1 pit lane for Sky Sports F1, BBC and ITV Sport.
    His Ted’s Notebook segment on the Sky coverage is a must-watch for all fans of the sport, from the US to the UK, Australia and beyond.
    He’s just released a new book, F1 Insider, telling his story as well as some great stories and anecdotes from his 25 years as the voice of the F1 pitlane.
    James Allen, who mentored Ted early in his TV career, chats to him about the F1 personalities that have stood out, moments of high drama that he found himself in the middle of and the toughest moments he’s faced. Ted lifts the veil on how live F1 TV coverage works behind the scenes.
    He also looks ahead to the final three months of the season and his gives thoughts the battle for the F1 Drivers’ Championship.
    F1 Insider: Notes from the Pit Lane is out now, published by Octopus Books.
    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com.
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    50 mins
  • 48: Who will be the first F1 team post-McLaren to win the World Championship?

    48: Who will be the first F1 team post-McLaren to win the World Championship?
    Sep 10 2025
    McLaren are poised to win the F1 Constructors World Championship with a record seven races to spare. Given that this is the final year of these regulations, where the margins are supposed to be tight, how have they done it?
    Will McLaren’s dominance continue in 2026, when new regulations are introduced? And if not – which team will be the first post-McLaren to win a Constructors’ Championship?
    With James Allen to discuss this we welcome back friend of the pod, former Aston Martin technical director and head of aerodynamics at Red Bull Racing, Dan Fallows and Autosport’s F1 writer Jake Boxhall Legge.

    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com.

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    42 mins
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