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Three car teams are back on the agenda as Toto Wolff desperately tries to find seats for two of his young drivers, plus we look ahead to the Singapore Grand Prix. Can everyone make it through turn 1 this year? 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | preview | Singapore | Sauber | Alfa Romeo | Charles Leclerc | George Russell | Esteban Ocon | Hangar 7

Possibly one of the most entertaining races this season leaves us with many things to discuss in this bumper episode. We also find out which of you lucky people has won themself a cap from the F1 store! 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | review | Italy | Monza | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber

As the halo proves it's worth, we disect the turn 1 incident where Hulkenberg effectively ended the races of a quater of the field and a race that saw Sebastian Vettel dominate to the flag putting the scuderia in a great position heading to Monza this weekend. 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | review | Belgium | Spa | Spa-Francorchamps | Nico Hulkenberg | La Source | halo | Charles LeClerc | Italy | Monza

Typically for Back of the Grid, Red Bull announced Pierre Gasly right after we'd put this episode together, but you can still hear our thoughts on the Sainz to McLaren move, the potential of Lando Norris joining him, what Chris & Stu thought of their day out at the World Endurance 6 hours of Silverstone & our predictions for Spa. 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | preview | Belgium | Spa | Spa-Francorchamps | Carlos Sainz | Pierre Gasly | Lando Norris | WEC | World Endurance Championship | Silverstone

It's mid point in the summer break so we go through the grid and rate how we think the teams and drivers have done so far. Low lights, highlights & expectations for everyone to be discussed as we grade the grid! 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Carlos Sainz | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | Romain Grosjean | Kevin Magnussen | Force India | Sergio Perez | Esteban Ocon | Sauber | Charles Leclerc | Marcus Ericsson | Williams | Lance Stroll | Sergy Sirotkin | Toro Rosso | Pierre Gasly | Brendan Hartley | Lawrence Stroll | Stoffel Vandoorne | Buy out | administration

As Daniel Ricciardo makes a surprise move to Renault, this week we look into what this could mean for the drivers market and dicuss potential 2019 grid lineups. Not forgetting we have tyre news *feign enthusiasm here* and answer some listener questions. 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 | Honda | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | motorsport | Carlos Sainz | 2019 | 2021 | Pirelli | Tyres | Haas | Force India | Sauber | Williams | Toro Rosso

This week the 3 of us attended a race weekend together as a podcast, and boy did we pick a good one! An awesome rain affected qualifying session created a mixed up grid, a Red Bull charging through the field and talking points galore towards the end. 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 | Hungary | budapest | review | hungaroring | Rain | Wet | Tyres | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | Carlos Sainz

After qualifying issues left Lewis Hamilton back in 14th and home soil favourite Sebastian Vettel on pole, everyone eagerly anticpiated the forecasted rain to see if it would spice things up, and boy did it deliver! 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 | Germany | german | review | hockenheim | Rain | Wet | Tyres | Nico Hulkenberg | Hungary | Hungaroring

As teams say 21 races is too many which tracks should stay, and which should go? A new Formula E champion is crowned, Red Bull arent happy about the rules on new driver requirements and Renault plan to catch Haas. All the latest news, plus a look ahead to this weekends German Grand Prix. 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 | Germany | german | Preview | hockenheim | Toro Rosso | Formula E | FE | Jean Eric Verne | JEV | Techeeta | Dan Ticktum | Williams

The triple header is complete. A review show that is JUST a review show this week as we recap all the unexpected goings on of the British Grand Prix. Lewis charging through the field, a 4 way battle for the lead with just a few laps remaining, plus some bizarre happenings in the Formula 2 between teammates. 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 | Brtitish | Britain | Review | Silverstone | Charles Leclerc | Marcus Ericsson | Alfa Romeo Sauber | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Sergio Perez | F2 | Formula 2 | Santino Ferruci | Trident Racing | Arjun Maini

Two races into the triple header saw pressure high in the Mercedes team. Despite a convincing qualifying, a first double mechanical dnf since the manufacturer's return to the sport saw a maiden Red Bull win at their home circuit. We also look ahead to the British GP at Silverstone this weekend. 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 | Austria | Red Bull Ring | Charles Leclerc | Alfa Romeo | Sauber | Kevin Magnussen | Roman Grosjean | Haas | Preview | Silverstone | Britain | British

The first stage of our triple header of race weekends turned out a lot better than most expected, at least for some. Another weekend of bitter sweet for mercedes as Lewis takes a win but Bottas finds himself having to carve through the field after a turn 1 collision with Vettel. 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 | France | Paul Ricard | Austria | Red Bull Ring | Charles Leclerc | Alfa Romeo | Sauber | Kevin Magnussen | Haas

Fernando Alonso took another step closer to the triple crown last weekend and we talk about how that might effect his F1 future, discuss aero rules for 2019 & look ahead to the French 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 | France | Le Mans | Paul Ricard | WEC | 24hrs | 24 Hours | Triple Crown | Indy Car | Indy 500 | Aerodynamics | 2019 | rules

A race that didnt live up to the usual standards of Canada was cut short by the marshalls, but we are here to review and discuss everything that hapened all the same! 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 | Brendan Hartley | Lance Stroll | Chequered Flag

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