Introduction

Reflections from Ricciardo. Stories from Susie Wolff. Memories from Mansell. On F1 Beyond The Grid, the sport’s fastest stars slow down and open up in feature-length conversations with Tom Clarkson. In this end-of-year special, Tom chooses his highlights from 2022. Daniel Ricciardo lifted the lid on his McLaren struggles. Legendary designer Steve Nichols remembered triple World Champion Ayrton Senna’s first drive in his 1980s McLaren ‘wonder car’. Sebastian Vettel talked about his strongest ally and his most talented teammate. The clips in this episode come from the full episodes listed below. Thank you for listening in 2022. F1 Beyond The Grid will return in 2023.

Carlos Sainz: ready to win with Ferrari 

Nigel Mansell: World Champion, through the pain 

Kevin Magnussen: a no-fear F1 comeback with Haas

Steve Nichols: engineering domination for McLaren

Mike Elliott: how Mercedes’ ‘mistake’ is making them stronger 

George Russell: rising with Mercedes

Lando Norris: working on winning with McLaren

Gilles Villeneuve Remembered 

Susie Wolff: racer, role model, risk taker 

Nicholas Latifi: limits, lessons + leaving F1 

Nyck De Vries: seizing his F1 chance 

Christian Horner: putting Red Bull back on top 

Daniel Ricciardo: not done with F1 

Sebastian Vettel: around the next corner 


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