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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
Episodes
  • 62: Freezing speed - F1 life through a lens

    62: Freezing speed - F1 life through a lens
    Dec 17 2025
    F1’s surge in popularity in the last five years is not because the sport itself has notably changed or improved. It is because people have discovered it, a sleeping giant. The sport lends itself so well to social media - being such a visually rich spectacle. With its extreme personalities and electrifying speed, it is also a wonderful platform for storytelling.
    This week we are going to explore this side of the sport with one of the great photographers of the modern era of F1, Darren Heath.
    Darren works with speed, spectacle and personality. He freezes it, capturing a moment that would otherwise be lost forever, memorializing it for people around the world to enjoy. So what goes through his mind when he looks through the viewfinder and presses the shutter? How does he weave rich storytelling into an image?
    Which drivers’ faces are the most interesting? How do today’s compare to the greats like Senna, Prost and Schumacher?
    When he is trackside, the cars moving at 180mph a few feet away, what aspects of F1 does he see that don’t come across for fans on other media like TV or the written word? And how much can someone achieve trackside with an iPhone?
    This revealing interview takes the audience behind the veil of F1 and offers a fresh, close-up take of the people that make our sport.
    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com.
    A Motorsport Studios production for Autosport
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    48 mins
  • 61: Lando Norris World Champion – Proves nice guys can finish first!

    61: Lando Norris World Champion – Proves nice guys can finish first!
    Dec 10 2025
    We have a new F1 World Champion, Lando Norris. He held his nerve in Abu Dhabi to finish on the podium, which is all he needed to do to become one of only 35 drivers in history to win the F1 World Championship.

    It’s a proud moment for Autosport too, because in 2016 Lando won the prestigious Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award. The prize was his first test in an F1 car – a McLaren - the following year, his first step on the F1 ladder. Norris follows Jenson Button as the second Young Driver Award winner to become F1 World Champion.

    James Allen wraps up Abu Dhabi and closes the cycle on our Season in Numbers series. At each quarter stage of the season we have looked at the underlying numbers to spot trends and learn more about what’s really been going on.

    Joining James in the studios are Autosport F1 writers Jake Boxhall Legge and Ronald Vording.

    Fan Voting for the 38th Autosport Awards is open. To vote for the Driver, Team, Rookie and Moment of the Year go to https://www.autosport.com/awards-voting/

    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com. PA Motorsport Studios production for Autosport
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    55 mins
  • 60: What the pressure feels inside an F1 team at a title showdown

    60: What the pressure feels inside an F1 team at a title showdown
    Dec 3 2025
    It’s crunch time in Abu Dhabi, with a three-way fight for the F1 World Drivers Championship.
    From McLaren’s point of view it didn’t have to be this way. If they had avoided the disqualifications in Vegas, or made a better strategy call in Qatar, they would now be guaranteed their first World Champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
    As it is Lando Norris will be champion if he finishes third or higher, while Max Verstappen is only 12 points behind him and has chances. Oscar Piastri needs luck to go his way after the crushing disappointment of losing a certain race win in Qatar.
    James Allen explores all of this and what it’s like to be in the middle of a title showdown, with someone who was in the thick of it in 2007, when McLaren lost the championship from a position not unlike today’s - former McLaren mechanic now journalist and broadcaster Marc Priestley.
    And our F1 writer with his ear to the ground, Ronald Vording, joins us from Abu Dhabi.
    Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com.
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    A Motorsport Studios production for Autosport
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    44 mins
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