Join Paul, Mark and I for the review of the final race of the season–Abu Dhabi. Yes, I managed to reover from the visual overload enough to have a word or two about the race but Mark and Paul are always on form and enjoyable as ever.

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Join Grace and I as we cover the weeks news including the FIA election and justify Button’s title.

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Join Paul, Mark and I as we cover the race that crowned the Champion. There were some other stories worth discussing, however, and we do just that. We also cover F1 news and awards…as usual.

ATTN: The new podcast RSS feed is:

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/formula1blog/RHfb

Please go to iTunes and click the “advanced” option at the top. You will see an option that says “subscribe to podcast”. Click that option and enter the URL from above. This should get you subscribed to the current feed for F1B Podcasts.

I apologize for the change and to all of you who are following the previous RSS feed address. Hopefully this will correct the issue we are having with iTunes.

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Grace and I are joined by our newest member, Laura Marieee. you may have read her Op/Ed pieces called “Marbles” and we thought it might be good to give Laura a chance to just say hello.

DISCLAIMER: We did have lots of troubles with the audio from the Isle of Wight and I apologize for the buzz or poor audio quality. We’ll work with Laura to get that sorted out in the future but thank you for your patience.

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Join Paul, Mark and I for the review of the Japanese Grand Prix. Learn just exactly how the qualifying penalties were handed out, what the deal with Heikki is, who the victim is and why and much more.

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Allan McNish joins us for a deeper dive into the new Jim Russell Racing School’s new young driver search program. Join Paul Charsley an me as we discuss the program and Allan’s unique involvement and insight to the parallels between his career and what the program will offer young drivers in North America. It’s a great time with a terrific guy.

PS- yes, it is episode #5…momentary lapse of reason but #4 is the McNish interview from the Petit Le Mans if you haven’t listened…do so now. Great discussion as well.

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Grace is back from Disney World with stories upon stories. We cover the Singapore Grand Prix and F1 news…as well as a preamble that shows the more personal side of Grace and who doesn’t like that?

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Interviews with Allan McNish, Dr. Ulrich and Ralf Juttner of Audi.

Join me in thanking Messrs. Pass, Lane, McNish, Ulrich, Juttner and all the rest of the folks at Road Atlanta and Audi for making Day 1 such a memorable experience. These are my thoughts and interviews from day one. I hope you enjoy the coverage of the ALMS Petit Le Mans from Road Atlanta.

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We cover the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council decision on the race-fixing allegations against Renault, Flavio Briatore, Pat Symonds and Nelson Piquet Jnr.

I’m joined by professional driver Paul Charsley and west coast contributing editor Steve Cahn to explore the story. Yes…Grace is on vacation…at Disney World! Some people have all the fun.

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It is a distinct honor and privilege to bring the F1B Downshift #3 interview with FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen.

I would like to share with you how generous and kind Mr. Vatanen was in contacting me and keeping me posted as to his schedule and desire to be on www.formula1blog.com. In our preamble to the podcast and conversation afterward he couldn’t have been more gregarious and delightful to speak with. A man of real class and integrity in all of my dealings with him; he truly is very excited about what he has planned for the FIA.

His passion for the FIA’s initiative transcends just Formula 1. It encompasses a complete approach to the world of motoring and motorsport and it was truly refreshing to hear someone who had the global benefit as the prime mover instead of politics and egos. A truly incredible man and it was a real honor to speak with him.

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Join Mark, Paul and me for the review of the Italian Grand Prix. We review the teams as they finished and ask the question…was KERS supposed to be a big deal at this race?

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Podcast #123 with Grace and Mark. We cover the news from the week and look forward to Monza…with fisi…in a Ferrari…doing Grace’s PR stunt.

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Grace and Paul are back to cover the Belgium Grand Prix. We share opinion on each team as well as discuss the recalcitrant world of F1. Grace has MotoGP news and Fashion awards as well…don’t miss it!

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F1B’s Executive Editor- Europe, Mark Hallam, bids farewell with his closing thoughts on a furious weekend of racing and belgium waffles. Be sure to catch his commentary on one interesting weekend of racing by subscribing to our podcasts on iTunes. also, enjoy these snaps from the multi-tasking reporter as well.

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European Executive Editor Mark Hallam catches up with Nico Rosberg and gives us an insight to his travels to Spa this weekend for the Belgium Grand Prix. there is nothing like Spa and there is nothing like Spa with Mark Hallam attending. Enjoy the pictures.

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We cover the the European GP in Valencia as if it were exciting. Join Paul, Mark and me for a trip through the finish order and also get caught up on some news as well as Paul’s big day at Infineon Raceway.

Here are some pictures from Paul’s event as promised.

2009 Ed Broberg Photography (click to enlarge)

2009 Ed Broberg Photography (click to enlarge)

Thanks to Paul and Mark for their presence on the show and for the terrific pictures. Enjoy.

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Our Guest is Derek Daly for F1B Downshift episode #2. I must say that Derek was one of the most pleasant men I have spoken to and as gregarious as you will ever find. Our conversations pre- and post recording were delightful and he is a charming personally as he is professionally. you can find out more about Derek at these web sites:

Dereks’s official web site here.

Derek’s Road course design company here.

Conor Daly’s web site here.

Derek’s book here.

* I apologize for the phasing of the audio in the first part of the podcast. When using Skype over the cloud, you can expect some errant behavior (actually you don’t expect it but it’s not shocking when it happens). We lost connection with Derek several times and he was incredibly patient and generous with us. The audio evens out in the second half of the interview and I know you will really enjoy Derek’s time with us.

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I am joined by F1B’s Executive Editor-Europe, the unflappable Mark Hallam, to cover this weeks news. Renaul ban lifted, Schumi out, Massa in, Williams fiddle with KERS and Gold Medals!

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Welcome to our new podcast, the F1B Downshift. Our new interview series gets off to a great start with former F1 driver Tommy Byrne. Tommy has raced with the best and you can hear his amazing stories in this terrific interview featuring F1B Sr. Contributing Editor and professional driver Paul Charsley.

A big thank you to Paul for the introduction and to Tommy for his time and consideration. I enjoyed every minute of the interview and I know you will find these two dear friends right at home behind the mic.

Be sure to grab Tommy’s book at Amazon.ca or check out his web site here.

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Grace and I are running down the F1 Vacation news. Yes, there is some…big news in fact. FOTA and FIA Concorde Agreement, Schumi’s return, BMW’s departure, Renault’s time out, Piquet’s dad and more.

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