Matt Bishop: F1 Flashbacks

Motor Sport

From the forgotten careers of Formula 1 heroes to the unknown stories of racing legends: each week Matt Bishop uncovers fascinating tales from F1's past and present Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. Jun 30

    A Spanish nobleman, an ace pilot & a champagne-swigging Indy 500 winner in the most boring grand prix in history

    As the British Grand Prix celebrates its centenary, Matt Bishop recounts another GP held 100 years ago, which failed to deliver much excitement, but featured an extraordinary array of characters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A Spanish nobleman, an ace pilot & a champagne-swigging Indy 500 winner in the most boring grand prix in history

  2. Jun 16

    Is it still worth racing in F1? More misery for Alonso and Verstappen

    Barcelona has been the scene of great Formula 1 victories for both Fernando and Alonso. But this year's result may have pushed both further towards the exit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Is it still worth racing in F1? More misery for Alonso and Verstappen

  3. Jun 9

    What happened to F1's other six-wheeled cars? 50 years after famous win for Tyrrell P34

    On June 13, 2026, it will be exactly 50 years since Formula 1 staged one of its most eccentric and therefore most memorable races. Eccentric? Memorable? Yes and yes, unquestionably so, for the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix was, is, and always will be the only F1 grand prix won in a six-wheeled car, and that alone guarantees its place in motor sport folklore. But F1’s six-wheeled odyssey does not end there because, although the Tyrrell P34 was the only six-wheeled car ever to race at F1 world championship level, it was not necessarily the most interesting six-wheeled F1 concept. Hear the full story in this podcast, and read more from Matt Bishop at Motor Sport: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/4g9Etma Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What happened to F1's other six-wheeled cars? 50 years after famous win for Tyrrell P34

  4. Jun 2

    "Brilliant!" Michael Schumacher's greatest ever Formula 1 drive

    Let us flash back to Sunday, June 2, 1996; exactly 30 years ago today; a time travel of three decades during which an entire generation of Formula 1 fans has been born, grown up, studied, discovered love, bought cars, paid rent, arranged mortgages, gained weight, dieted, joined gyms, even acquired reading glasses, and learned to mutter darkly about tyre degradation, track limits, and now power unit algorithms. What happened on this day 30 years ago? Michael Schumacher delivered the single greatest grand prix victory of his astonishingly accomplished F1 career, that’s what. Hear the full story in this podcast, and read more from Matt Bishop at Motor Sport: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/49zZ7ba Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "Brilliant!" Michael Schumacher's greatest ever Formula 1 drive

  5. May 26

    Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1's hippie racer whose career was ended by a twig

    Motor sport has always attracted romantics, rogues, and rebels, and Johnny Servoz-Gavin managed to embody all three archetypes simultaneously. He looked less like a racing driver than the bassist of a psychedelic rock band.  He was a French F3 champion, a European F2 champion, a multiple Le Mans entrant, and a Matra works driver. Already, before his F1 story had properly begun, his CV was formidable. Servoz-Gavin had climbed the racing ladder correctly, and a glorious destiny appeared to be beckoning him. Hear the full story in this podcast, and read more from Matt Bishop at Motor Sport: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/4dyvlGg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1's hippie racer whose career was ended by a twig

  6. May 19

    Intoxicating screams, howls and thunder of F1's greatest age

    Sixty years ago, Formula 1 entered the finest era in the history of the world championship: that of the naturally aspirated 3.0-litre engine formula. No other F1 engine formula has endured remotely as long, and there was good reason for its longevity, says Matt Bishop. Engines could be V8s, V12s, or flat-12s, or occasionally even stranger configurations. They could be narrow or wide, or torquey or peaky; they could scream, howl, bark, shriek, or thunder according to their cylinder count and design architecture; above all, they all sounded utterly magnificent. Hear the full story in this podcast, and read more from Matt Bishop at Motor Sport: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/4dBJAsA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Intoxicating screams, howls and thunder of F1's greatest age

  7. May 12

    Cruel tragedy of Elio de Angelis: an F1 gentleman with the talent to take on Senna

    Forty years ago, Italian F1 driver, Elio de Angelis, died in a Marseille hospital following a testing accident at Paul Ricard the previous day. Matt Bishop looks back on one of F1's great might-have-beens: a man of serious ability, extraordinary charm, and uncommon grace, born in Rome to wealthy parents but the very opposite of arrogant. He won only two F1 grands prix, but there are some drivers whose win stats tell only the smallest fraction of their story. De Angelis is one of them. Read more from Matt Bishop: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/4noZjPZ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Cruel tragedy of Elio de Angelis: an F1 gentleman with the talent to take on Senna

  8. May 5

    Graham Hill's last hurrah at gloriously mad Silverstone

    Matt Bishop's F1 flashback: 1971 International Trophy Graham Hill's final Formula 1 victory came in the 1971 International Trophy at Silverstone when the veteran driver, almost two decades older than the young and thrusting Emerson Fittipaldi, won at the wheel of a Brabham nicknamed 'lobster claw' for its challenging looks. It was a vignette of an era when our sport was more anarchic, more inventive, and more down-to-earth than it is today. Read more from Matt Bishop at: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/4wbLubC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Graham Hill's last hurrah at gloriously mad Silverstone

  9. Apr 28

    Why James Hunt should never have been F1 champion!

    Matt Bishop's F1 flashback: 1976 Spanish Grand Prix The controversial FIA decision that changed the course of the Formula 1 world championship. 2021's Abu Dhabi season finale wasn't the first time that the title race was decided by an official error. In 1976, James Hunt was disqualified from the Spanish Grand Prix after winning it when his McLaren was found to be too wide. It was a decision that would have ended his title hopes - but it was then controversially overturned on appeal. Hunt then drove to a popular world championship — cheered on by Matt Bishop who now accepts that Niki Lauda should have been crowned in that remarkable year. Read more from Matt Bishop at: https://go.motorsportmagazine.com/3QNwuk4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Why James Hunt should never have been F1 champion!
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From the forgotten careers of Formula 1 heroes to the unknown stories of racing legends: each week Matt Bishop uncovers fascinating tales from F1's past and present Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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