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For a while out there it looked as though Charles Leclerc and Ferrari would spoil the day of McLaren-Mercedes. As the wind blew from the west, rather than the east, Leclerc had taken the pole in the closing seconds of Q3.  And, from the start, he appeared to be in control: Oscar Piastri sat in his mirrors but Lando Norris fell back in the wake of George Russell's Mercedes.  Then, almost inevi...

Previewing the 2025 Hungarian GP, Peter's intro compares the grit and talent of the Hungarian driver, Ferenc Szisz, with that of Nigel Mansell, who finished third in the first World Championship Hungarian GP 40 years ago; Szisz, in 1906, won the first-ever Grand Prix (the French GP at Le Mans) with his Renault. Before responding to more great questions and comments from listeners, Peter also...

Join Peter for more live YouTube chat.  Spa and Hungary are in the news - but there's always lots more about which to talk. Like the future of wet races in F1. Like prospects for 2026.  Like the redundancy of Safety Cars. Like the pole-winner being free to choose on which side of the track he wants to start.  For stunning examples of great car control in everyday cars visit (as described by P...

Will we ever again see a truly wet F1 race? And will the Belgian GP mark a pivotal moment in the fight for the 2025 Drivers' World Championship?  These were just two of the talking-points when Cameron spoke to Peter Windsor on the Monday after Spa.  Enjoy.  With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets: https://jetcraft.com To OEM Exclusive, the passiona...

It's the Tuesday evening (CET) after the Belgian GP, so questions and comments abound as we look back at the wet race that never was.  Peter talks about great wet races from the past - and some of the great wet-weather drivers - but there's also lots of chat, of course about some of the other features of the Belgian GP - the great P3 for Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and the battle betw...

It rained all right - exactly at the time of the scheduled start of the Belgian GP.  This being 2025 F1, however, we didn't get a wet race.  Instead, the drivers sat around for 75 minutes or so before starting behind a Safety Car on a rapidly-drying track.  The pole of McLaren's Lando Norris then disappeared in the time it took for his team-mate, Oscar Piastri, to tow past Lando on the m...

In the build-up to this weekend's Belgian GP there are plenty of storylines: how will Red Bull look  and fare without Christian Horner? Qualifying is predicted to be dry but it could be very wet on race day..and that couldl be complicated, bearing in mind that Spa is also a sprint race weekend. Will Mercedes be as competitive at Spa as they were in 2024?  And what of the Lando-Oscar battle? L...

It seems unthinkable in 2025 but in the space of eleven days in July, 1980, Carlos Reutemann scored back-to-back podium finishes in an F1 race (the British GP at Brands Hatch) and then in a round of the World Rally Championship (the Rally Codasur in Argentina). In this podcast, Peter Windsor tells the story of how Carlos was able to put this feat together, switching from Williams FW07-Cosworth to...

This livestream, based around questions and comments from listeners and viewers, begins with the breaking news of Christian Horner's departure from Red Bull.  There's lots of talk about this - plus much more besides, including Oscar Piastri, the penalty system and what F1 may look like in 2026. With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets: https://...

Lots of post-race Monday chat here - in this case centered around the British GP that Oscar Piastri didn't win, Max's amazing pole lap and a half-decent day for Sir Lewis.  Semi-skimmed latte-time. With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets: https://jetcraft.com To OEM Exclusive, the passionate suppliers of OEM upgrades for exotic and high-perfor...

Max Verstappen won the pole for the British GP - but by Sunday evening that seemed an age away:  McLaren-Mercedes scored another easy one-two (or was it a two-one?); Nico Hulkenberg finished a staggering P3 for Sauber-Ferrari; Sir Lewis Hamilton was fourth, thereby losing his 12-year podium streak at Silverstone to the driver who spent more time than any other to break his podium duck - and Max co...

Cameron invites Peter to look back at the Austrian GP - memorable moments? Oscar vs Lando? Max? Red Bull?  And much, much more.  Enjoy. Support the show Visit: https://youtube.com/peterwindsor for F1 videos past, present and future

Lando Norris began his race weekend in Austria with headset on, watching Alexander Dunne show his talent in FP1.  He then quickly made up for lost time, setting the pace in FP2, taking the pole on Saturday and winning the race on Sunday.  Of course, as Peter Windsor describes in this podcast, it was not as simple as that: his team-mate at McLaren-Mercedes, Oscar Piastri, applied pressure throughou...

They were drawn into the closing laps with different teams, in different cars, via different strategies. With 15 laps to run, though, it was never closer: only five seconds covered George Russell (Mercedes),  Max Verstappen (Red Bull-Honda) and Kimi Antonelli in the other Mercedes. Then came the two McLaren-Mercedes of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.  Nothing seemed certain...until... In this podc...

Peter's well fired-up in this episode - partly because Cameron, nice guy that he is, likes to wind up PW on the Mondays after a GP (in this case Canada) and partly because, for different reasons, and by different factions, the characters of two of F1's truest people - Lando Norris and Derek Warwick - have been called into question. Peter in this episode vehemently defends both of them. T...

Join Peter Windsor live as we look back at a turbulent Spanish GP (and its repercussions) - and ahead to this weekend's Canadian GP at Montreal's gorgeous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Questions, as ever, cover the full gamut of motor racing folklore - from what made Adelaide a great venue for the F1 season finale to whether or not Fangio is under-rated by today's F1 community.  Peter...

Re-live a dramatic - and pivotal - Spanish GP as it unfolded from Friday through to Sunday.  The race resulted in yet another one-two finish for McLaren-Mercedes but will be remembered for the fireworks in the closing laps, after a Safety Car deployment.  Charles Leclerc eventually finished third for Ferrari, ahead of Mercedes' George Russell, Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber-Ferrari), Sir Lewis Hamil...

No shortage of content here, whether it be McLaren-Mercedes brushing aside the new FIA wing tests to score another, devastating one-two finish in the Spanish GP; or Max Verstappen driving brilliantly through to the Safety Car deployment with six laps to go; or Max and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc colliding at 308kph; or Red Bull blowing Max's race with three bad calls (not keeping him out t...

Peter begins this post-Monaco livestream with his original idea of how to improve the great race without changing the cars, the famous circuit or its established format. He then takes questions and comments from listeners over a wide variety of subjects, ranging from "what is going on at Ferrari?" to "how good was Olivier Gendebien?"  Download, listen and enjoy. Thanks to Jetcr...

It all happened in qualifying at Monaco - the more so because the new two-pit-stop rule for 2025 also nullified the drivers' ability to manage (or not) the Pirelli tyres. Thus it was a jubilant Lando Norris who won his first Monaco GP, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Lando's team-mate, Oscar Piastri and Red Bull-Honda's Max Verstappen. Sir Lewis Hamilton, who had incurred a...

The Peter/Cameron post-Monaco, Monday-morning chat naturally revolves around the boredom of Sunday's race; the changing world of Lando Norris; the turbulence at Ferrari; ways in which we can fix the Monaco GP; and ongoing prospects for this weekend's Spanish GP. Time, in other words, for some more Pergamino coffee... With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of e...

A titanic win for Max Verstappen, this, underscored by a superb pass to take the lead on lap one, corner one; a majestic early stint on Pirelli Mediums; a superb restart from a Safety Car deployment; and fastest lap in the closing stages, when McLaren-Mercedes' Lando Norris was chasing him hard.  McLaren finished P2/P3 - and fourth, after a dismal qualifying session, was Ferrari's Lewis...

My Monday morning chat with Cameron, post-Imola, begins with more analysis of Max Verstappen's GOOAT; a look at the mindsets of Lando and Oscar; McLaren's over-strategising; the down-and-up weekend for Ferrari; and prospects for this weekend's Monaco GP.  It's macchiato time, in other words... With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets:...

Lots of great questions and comments here - plus some fascinating new F1 driver stats from Paul Hobson.  Enjoy. Thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets: https://jetcraft.com To OEM Exclusive, the passionate suppliers of OEM upgrades for exotic and high-performance vehicles To TrackNinja, a lap-timer and data app designed to help users improve their on-track...

Would McLaren-Mercedes' advantage continue through to Miami, scene of Lando Norris's convincing win in 2024?  Could Red Bull edge ever-closer?  And what of Mercedes and Ferrari?  They seemed to be trending in the right direction...and already Lewis Hamilton had won a sprint race. This, after all, would be F1's second sprint weekend of the season. To the background of  these talking-...