Back Of The Grid | F1 Podcast

We are back to talk F1 news in the lead up to the Canadian Grand Prix and also make some predictions for the race weekend ahead Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | Preview | Canada | Canadian | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Dirk De Beer | Williams | Vijay Mallya | Force India | WEC | World Endurance | Le mans | ERS

As Daniel Ricciardo win's from pole despite major car issues, we talk about a "best of the rest" drive from Esteban Ocon & a fight from the back after an uncanny repeat of an accident from Max Verstappen. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | review | Monaco | Monte Carlo | Estaban Ocon | Charles Leclerc

Who will be hot in Monaco? We look ahead to the race where qualifying is king, discuss new investments at McLaren and look back at a busy weekend of motorsport outside of F1. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | preview | Monaco | Monte Carlo | Formula E | FE | Eprix | Daniel Abt | Berlin | Indy500 | Indy 500 | Indianapolis | Carlin | Jenson Button | Super GT

Are the Haas boys becoming a liability? Has Leclerc found his groove? Is it a surprise that Alonso, Hamilton & Vettel are the only drivers to score points in every race this season? All these questions answered and more in this weeks show! Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | review | Spain | Barcelona | Catalunya | Romain Grosjean | Kevin Magnussen

Tom is joined by Dave & Tom from DATS Life to talk WEC & the upcoming Spanish GP. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | preview | Spain | Barcelona | Catalunya | WEC | 6 hours Spa | LMP1 | LMP2

Team mates colliding, cars in the walls, tyres exploding, so well done Baku for the second year running. Last year saw the OG Bust up in Baku between Lewis and Sebastian, but this year saw the Red Bull boys come together after some wheel to wheel racing throughout the race, but who was to blame? Ricciardo or Verstappen... Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | preview | Azerbaijan | Baku | Hulkenberg | Grosjean | Leclerc

New 2019 regulations, McLaren updates by Barcelona & Force India aiming for half a second per lap improvement in Spain. All the weeks news from the world of Formula 1 and a look ahead to this years Azerbaijan GP! Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | preview | Azerbaijan | Baku | Barcelona | Spain | Catalunya | 2019 | Force India

What could have been a fairly dull race was turned on its head by a clash of teammates. We review all the key points of the race, the importance of overall teamwork in the victory & see if anyone managed to predict what actually happened in the predictions league. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | review | China | Pierre Gasly | Brendon Hartley | Safety Car

A bumper week for your listening pleasure this week as we have plenty to talk about from Bahrain, plus look ahead to China next week. As Gasly & the Honda powered Toro Rosso bring home a strong 4th place, there are woes for sister team Red Bull with a double retirement. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | Honda | Renault | motorsport | review | Bahrain | Sakhir | China | Pierre Gasly | STR Honda | Toro Rosso | Formula 2 | F2

This week we preview the Bahrain grand prix and cover news from around the motorsport world, from Billy Monger's return to open wheel racing to the opening Formula 2 race of the season. Plus we look back at the 2014 Caterham CT05 to show that whatever the aero regulations in 2021, they cant get worse than that. Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | preview | Billy Monger | Formula 3 | Formula 2 | Bahrain | Caterham | Mike Gascoyne

F1 is back! The first race weekend of the season is done and dusted and we are here to talk about what happened up and down the grid, plus review the results of opening week of predicitons league! Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | review | Melbourne | Australia | Albert Park | VSC | Virtual Safety Car

The season proper is upon us! Join us for a run through what's new heading into Australia and some long term predictions from us, and some of you! Plus, the Back of the Grid prediction league is back, and better than ever! Enter the prediction league on our site BackofTheGrid.com Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | preview | Melbourne | Australia | Albert Park | Whats New | Predictions

Join us for a recap of who was where during the testing in Barcelona along with what we learnt from it and an insight into where we think the grid will be come Melbourne. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news Twitter | Facebook Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season! F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | season preview | Testing | PreSeason | Barcelona | Catalunya | Melbourne | Australia | Albert Park

Back to talk new cars, testing & TV rights, Chris Evans and Tom King are back for another week to summarise what we may be able to take away from the first test of the season in Barcelona Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | season preview | Williams | Haas | Red Bull | Livery | Liveries | Testing | PreSeason | Barcelona | Catalunya | TV | Sky Sports | F1TV

Chris & Tom run through the liveries and cars we've seen so far, recap some offseason news and answer your questions ahead of the first test in Barcelona next week. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | season preview | Williams | Haas | Red Bull | Livery | Liveries | Testing | PreSeason | Toyota | Lemans | WEC | Formula E | FE | Billy Monger

A new season is almost upon us! With testing on the horrizon we summarise the big news of the winter break and look ahead to testing in February & March, as well as reveal our theme tune for 2018! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12018 | 2018 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | season preview | Daytona | Williams | Sergey Sirotkin | Robert Kubica | F2 | Formula 2 | Indy | Indy Car | FE | Formula E | Race of Champions

The season is over. It's been a great first year with you all, but now its time to review it & hand out some rewards! Hear our thoughts on the best overtakes, races & drivers from the 2017 season. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | season review | Alfa Romeo | Sauber | Charles LeClerc | Marcus Erricson

Valtteri Bottas earns his first grand slam in a largely uneventful race plus, we find out who our predictions league champions are, discuss the new F1 logo & Pirelli's new tyres for 2018. Have no fear, we will return with a full season review in a couple of weeks time and will still be doing shows through the winter break. Thank you to everyone who joined us through this first season of the show and we hope to see you all again come Australia! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina | logo | pirelli | tyres | Super hard | Hyper Soft | predictions | finale | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault

This week Formula 1 apparently registered 3 new, frankly terrible, logos. Of course we disect them and give our opinion as well as news from the WEC and Macau relating to the F1 world, plus we make our final, crucial predictions for the final round of the 2017 prediction league! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina | logo | World Endurance | WEC | Macau | F3 | Dan Ticktum | Lando Norris | George Russell | Pierre Gasly | Brendon Hartley | Toyota

We say farwell to Felipe Massa again, but for real this time! Daniel Ricciardo shows hes the last of the late brakers, Lewis Hamilton scythes through the field with a new engine after a Q1 mistake & Sebastian Vettel settles into an early lead and sees it home. All the Brazilian Grand Prix round up & news from around the sport! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Brazil | Brasil | Brazilian | Sao Paulo | Felipe Massa | Williams | Lando Norris | F3 | F2

This week saw plenty of news in the F1 and motorsport world. New engine regulations were proposed for 2021, Ferrari threatened to leave the sport like they do any time anything changes, Felipe Massa announced his retirement (again) & F1 new boy Brendan Hartley sealed the World Endurance title with his teammates. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Brazil | Brasil | Sao Paulo | 2021 | Sergio Marchionne | Felipe Massa | Williams | Lando Norris | World Endurance | World Champion | Brendon Hartley

Much like a lot of this season the title race fizzed out this weekend meaning we had basically crowned Lewis Hamilton a 4 time champion by turn 3. In a race that also saw the Kvyat demotion, Verstappen win theory come true once more we break down the more interesting talking points of the weekend. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | World Champion | four time champion | Daniil Kvyat | Brendon Hartley | Mexico | Mexico City

In the style of the weekend... Let's get ready to podcast! This weekend saw an entertaining race decend into a shouting match between the Verstappen family and the FIA. Much like the bizarre computer generated eagle that cast its shadow over turn 1, the events cast a shadow over a race that could have been one of the better ones this season, if not only for the over the top American style presentation most of us enjoyed! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Toro Rosso | Pierre Gasly | Super Formula | USA | US | American | Austin | Texas | Daniil Kvyat | Brendon Hartley | Mexico | Mexico City | Shadow | FIA | Penatly | Corner Cut | Track Limits | Michael Buffer

This week we discuss Brendon Hartley who steps in for the Super Formula bound Pierre Gasly as well as take a look at some more drivers for the future. We also play a little game involving drivers histories and make our predictions for the US GP this weeked. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Toro Rosso | Pierre Gasly | Super Formula | USA | US | American | Austin | Texas | Daniil Kvyat | Brendon Hartley | Honda | George Russell | Lando Norris

Toro Rosso seem to have a seat with so many potential drivers its some what of a lottery as to who will race for them in Texas. This week we discuss who may get the drive, another race ruined for Ferrari by poor reliability, and what does the future hold for F1? Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Japan | Suzuka | Esteban Ocon | Spark Plug | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | Pierre Gasly | Super Formula | USA | American | Austin | Texas | Daniil Kvyat | Alex Rossi | Sebastian Buemi | Nobuharu Matsushita | Honda | Robert Kubica

A win on merit for the flying dutchman Max Verstappen, a weekend of trouble for Ferrari & a bizzare incident between Sebastian Vettel & Lance Stroll post race. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Malaysia | Japan | Suzuka | Sergio Perez | Stoffel Vandoorne | Lance Stroll

This week the chaps play a little game involving team history and previous names and go digging into the past of the current grid, as well as a look forward to the Malaysian Grand Prix & this weeks driver news Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Malaysia | Toro Rosso | Pierre Gasly | Daniil Kvyat | Force India | Sergio Perez | Esteban Ocon | Williams | Robert Kubica | Paul Di Resta | Time Team

In a race that for some was over by turn 1 we saw the midfield fighting for points, good drives from a number of drivers in the spotlight and Ferrari causing a stir with some fake news levels of blame shifting Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Singapore | Honda | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | Renault | Aston Martin | Turn 1 | Jolyon Palmer | Kevin Magnussen | Fake News

In a week dominated by the divorce of McLaren & Honda we talk about the potential moves around the teams in terms of drivers, engines and sponsors that the news has set in motion, and somehow also find the time to look ahead to the Singapore grand prix! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Singapore | Honda | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | Renault

Hamilton dominates a heavily delayed qualifying, Ferrari are no where near all weekend, Ocon & Stoll find themselves up the sharp end, penalties cause a ridiculous amount of confusion & Daniel Ricciardo puls off another impressive drive. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 | http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Italy | Monza | Lance Stroll | Esteban Ocon

A weekend that sees Lewis Hamilton equal Micheal Shumacher's pole position record also sees the Force India drivers come together again, not once, but TWICE! We also look ahead to Monza this weekend, and talk about what we think of the new F1 2017 game from codemasters. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | spa | Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | review | Sergio Perez | Esteban Ocon | Force India | Monza | Italy

After a little time away from Formula 1 during the summer break, we return with out mid season review of drivers and teams, make some predictions for the rest of the season, and look ahead to Spa next weekend. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | spa | Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | review | ratings | rankings | summer | prediction | predictions

Has Max Verstappen been taking lessons from Daniil Kvyat? Should Ferrari have let Raikkonen go for the win? Is Alonso driving the proverbials off that McLaren again? Will sportsmanship and manners cost Lewis a world drivers championship? Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss all the previous and more in this Hungarian GP Review. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | hungary | Hungaroring | Testing | Robert Kubica | Charles LeClerc | George Russell | Paul Di Resta | Williams | Nico Hulkenberg | Kevin Magnussen

The halo is happening, and it's caused a stir in the F1 world. This week Tom, Chris & Stu discuss the halo and its impact on the sport, the future of head protection in Formulat 1, Rober Kubicia driving this season's car in the post race testing, along with some of the up and coming talent also driving in the test. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | hungary | Hungaroring | Testing | Robert Kubica | Charles LeClerc | George Russell | halo | cockpit | safety | protection | canopy

Lewis Hamilton eases to victory in the British Grand Prix as an entertaining race unfolds behind him. A Ricciardo charge through the field, Max Verstappen finally finishing a race, Pirrelli failures of both Ferraris & a solid drive from Nico Hulkenberg. Plus we discuss the fact that we may not have a race at silverstone after 2019. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Baku | Azerbaijan | Austria | Red Bull Ring | Silverstone | British | Toro Rosso | Danny Kvyat | Daniil Kvyat | Renault | London

Sebastian Vettel questioned the stewards once more as Valtteri Bottas pulled of a near perfect start to take his second career win. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the Austrian Grand Prix, look ahead to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix and recap news from the world of F1. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Baku | Azerbaijan | Austria | Red Bull Ring | Silverstone | British

F1 feeds have been a buzz with speculation about the FIA investigation into Sebastian Vettel's conduct during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and now we have answers! Tom King & Chris Evans debate the outcome, and look ahead to the Austrian Grand Prix, with some messages from an absent Stu Greenwood. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Baku | Azerbaijan | Austria | Red Bull Ring

The F1 world this week saw a falling out the scale of which we have not seen for a fair while. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood recap one of the most eventful races in recent memory in an Azerbaijan Grand Prix that proved to be one that won't be forgotten for a long time! Safety Cars, Red Flags, Debris, Overtakes, Controversy, Road Rage, Ramming, Tempers, Alternative Facts, this race had it all! Sebastian Vettel ramming Lewis Hamilton, Esteban Ocon & Sergio Perez coming together, Lance Strolls first podium, and stunning drives through the field from Daniel Ricciardo & Valtteri Bottas! Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Baku | Azerbaijan

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood recap an exciting edition of the 24hr of Le Mans including a class win for Jackie Chan's racing team, talk the new F1 calendar for 2018, Renault news, Williams to potentially switch to Honda engines & a potential Force India name change. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Baku | Azerbaijan | Le Mans | 24hr | Lemans | 24 hours | Jackie Chan | Toyota | Porsche | LMP | LMP1 | LMP2 | WEC | World Endurance | Force India | Vijay Mallya

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood review a weekend dominated by Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as well as the main talking point of the Force India's and their indecision in forcing team orders. Lance Stroll finally scores points, and guess what... a Honda engine failed costing Fernando Alonso & McLaren another points finish. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Canada | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Honda | Force Inda | Esteban Ocon | Sergio Perex | Team Orders | Lance Stroll | Canadian

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood look ahead to a weekend in Montreal at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a Renault outing for Robert Kubica, Le Mans 24 hour testing, more Honda woes, 2018 schedule plans & Perez to Renault? Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Canada | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Honda | Robert Kubica | Tony Kanaan | Liberty MEdia | Renault | Toyota | NISMO | DeltaWing | Le Mans | LMP1 | LMP2

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood review a frankly dull weekend in Monaco seeing a Vettel win, a Mercedes struggle & a Button nightmare. Luckily they also cover the much more interesting Indy 500 which saw spectacular crashes, interesting racing & an almost fairytale story for Alonso. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Monaco | Indy Car | Indy500 | IMS | Indianapolis | Honda | Sebastian Bourdais | Scott Dixon | Takuma Sato | Jenson Button

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood talk Indy 500 qualifying, F1 tyre changes, Haas' new livery, weird NASCAR formats & Formula E in Paris. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel |Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Monaco | Indy Car | Indy500 | IMS | Indianapolis | Monster Energy NASCAR All Star Race | Pirelli | Palmer | Renault | Di Grassi | Beumi | Bourdais | Dixon

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood run through the events of the grand prix weekend in Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton & Vettel battle it out for the win, Alonso plays tennis & performs qualifying miracles, Wehrlein capitalises on a virtual safety car to earn an unexpected result & Tom predicts a turn 1 incident almost perfectly. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | mclaren | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel |Kimi Raikkonen | ferrari | red bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | spain | barcelona | catalunya | tennis | Pascal Wehrlein | sauber

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood cover the latest F1 news including Alonso doing his Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis & the mess that is the reward prize distribution. We also discuss Robert Kubica looking possible to make a return to open seat racing, Timo Glock has an F1 seat fitting... Allegedly, Red Bull play down upcoming updates as Force India target Red Bull with theirs. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | lewis hamilton | valtteri Bottas | mclaren | fernando alonso | sebastian vettel | ferrari | red bull | max verstappen | daniel ricciardo | motorsport | Catalunya | Spain | Barcelona | Montmello | Force India | Money | Bernie Eccleston | FOM | Liberty Media | BMW | DTM | BTCC | WTCC | Indy | Indy 500 | Indy500

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi where Bottas takes a maiden win, Alonso doesnt even make the start & Grosjean and Palmer have weekends to forget. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | hamilton | Bottas | mclaren | alonso | vettel | ferrari | red bull | verstappen | ricciardo | motorsport | Russia | Sochi | Romain Grosjean | Jolyon Palmer | Haas | Renault

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood cover all the F1 news from last week like Alonso doing the Indy 500 and recap the busy bank holiday of motorsport in F2, WEC & BTCC. We officially introduce "Are They Better Than Bruno Senna?" and make our initial predicitions for Sochi. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | hamilton | Bottas | mclaren | alonso | vettel | ferrari | red bull | verstappen | ricciardo | motorsport | Formula 2 | Charles Leclerc | World Endurance | Toyota | Indy500 | Indianapolis | Andretti | British Touric Cars | Aiden Moffett | Tom Ingram | Donington | Silverstone

Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood review the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix in a weekend where silly descisions and failing brakes robbed us of a much tighter fight at the front and Sergio Perez put in a great drive from 18th to 7th. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | hamilton | Bottas | mclaren | alonso | vettel | ferrari | red bull | verstappen | ricciardo | motorsport | Bahrain | Perez | Billy Monger

Tom, Chris & Stu review the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix in a weekend for Verstappen to remember in a strong drive and Giovinazzi to forget finding the wall twice in as many days. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | hamilton | mclaren | alonso | vettel | ferrari | red bull | verstappen | ricciardo | motorsport | China | Giovinazzi

Tom, Chris & Stu discuss Pascal Wehrlein electing to miss ANOTHER race weekend after announcing he will sit out the Chinese, and possibly the Bahrain grand prixs. We also discuss the events of the Mexican ePrix in Formula E and make predictions for China. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news http://twitter.com/BackOfTheGridF1 Find us on Facebook http://facebook.com/backofthegridf1 Check out our site http://backofthegrid.com Tom on Twitter http://twitter.com/TomKing89 Chris on Twitter http://twitter.com/TnMChris F1 | Formula 1 | F12017 | mercedes | hamilton | mclaren | alonso | vettel | ferrari | red bull | verstappen | ricciardo | motorsport | Wehrlein | China | Formula E