Talking Bull

The most successful designer in F1 history, Adrian Newey, pops into the Talking Bull Airstream to discuss the reaction to the launch of the RB17 hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. He shares his pride in the speeds the RB17 has been getting on track, how he’s still tweaking the spec, and how the RB17 will continue to be part of his life, even after he leaves the team in early 2025.  Adrian...

To celebrate 20 years of Red Bull Racing, Nicola Hume is joined by 6 Red Bull racing drivers, past and present.  Current racers Max Verstappen, Sergio “Checo” Perez and Daniel Ricciardo, sit alongside legends of the early days, David Coulthard (“DC”), Mark Webber and Christian Klien. Recorded at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2024, Nic sat down with these incredible athletes to find out ab...

Talking Bull visits the British Grand Prix, catching up with F1 fan and English rugby legend Owen Farrell at Red Bull’s Pole Position Lounge to find out what rugby and F1 have in common, and how he feels about his move to French side Racing 92. Nic also heads into the Paddock, where she catches up with commentator Harry Benjamin, “start guy” and Senior Race Control Engineer Michael Manning, and th...

Nicola Hume speaks to Red Bull Academy Programme Manager Sarah Harrington about how F1 Academy is changing the game for young female drivers.   We’ll find out what the physical demands are of being an F1 driver, how much cake they can legitimately eat and how close we are to seeing a female F1 driver on the track.  And we’ll find out a little more about Sarah’s route to the Academy - from joining...

To mark International Women in Engineering Day - and as a thank-you for signing up for our podcast! - we wanted to share with you some exclusive audio-only content from our forthcoming interview with one of the top female leaders here at Oracle Red Bull Racing, Sarah Harrington. Sarah is Red Bull Academy Programme Manager looking after our F1 Academy teams, but she’s had a fascinating career - inc...

Talking Bull is back for 2024! Nicola Hume speaks to Oracle Red Bull Racing’s strategy superstars Will Courtenay and Hannah Schmitz about how they work together to create a winning formula for each and every race. Do they talk in code over the radio? What happens when they disagree? Which race is their most (and least) favourite to build a strategy for? And how do the team relax after such a high...

Listen to a snippet of the Mind Set Win podcast episode with Liam Lawson, where he chats to Mind Set Win host Lisa about the pressures he's experiencing, and how a mental coach has helped him deal with this. Liam also opens up about being a Red Bull Racing reserve driver and how he found his way to a professional racecar driving career. Do you want to hear the full episode? Head over to the Mind S...

Nicola Hume chats to chief technology officer Adrian Newey about the upcoming RB17 hypercar which is coming to a track near you in 2025. The car has been designed by Newey and in this episode he talks all about what inspired him to create it, and how it will be manufactured in conjunction with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Also, Adrian discusses how purchasers of this limited-run car will become...

Nicola Hume looks back at some of the best moments from the Talking Bull podcast in 2023, a year where Oracle Red Bull Racing smashed countless records and won both the constructor’s and driver’s world championships. Nicola rounds up her favourite moments from the show, including Max Verstappen and his race engineer GP recalling some of their iconic radio messages and Chief Technology Officer Adri...

Nicola Hume is joined by Max Verstappen and Checo Perez for an end of season chat. They share their highlights of 2023, talk about the celebrations after the Las Vegas Grand Prix and also what they plan to do in the winter break before testing gets underway in 2024.Then they answer questions from Talking Bull listeners on a range of topics from whether a driver can tell exactly how long a pit stop...

Nicola Hume speaks to sporting Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley and Senior Engineer Rich Wolverson about the art of the Oracle Red Bull Racing pit stop team. They discuss what it takes to join the pit stop team, and how everyone who travels juggles doing pit stops with other roles in the garage. They also talk about their own respective journeys to their current positions and how they are aimin...

Nicola Hume speaks to three-time World Champion Max Verstappen and his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase about their record-breaking season which saw Max clinch the F1 driver’s championship in Qatar. Max and GP share what its been like to lead so many races from the front, some secrets on their relationship both on-track and off-track and just how their iconic partnership began. Also, in our 'Oracl...

Nicola Hume speaks to Mexican driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez and his current race engineer Hugh Bird all about their working relationship . They discuss about how they were initially paired together and why they work well together. They look back at how they’ve dealt with certain challenging moments during the season and they also share what each of them likes to do to relax off-track. Also, in our '...

Nicola Hume speaks to Daniel Ricciardo and his former race engineer Simon Rennie all about their favourite memories of working together at Oracle Red Bull Racing. Simon, in his new role as a group leader of simulation engineering, talks about working with Daniel again in the sim and how his confidence picked back up after a tough few years on the grid. Daniel and Simon share their thoughts on what...

Nicola Hume speaks to Head of Performance Engineering, Ben Waterhouse and Chief Designer, Craig Skinner on The Official Oracle Red Bull Racing Podcast, brought to you by HP Poly – delivering exclusive unrivalled access to the Team. In this episode, Ben and Craig lift the lid on how they work everyday to improve the Team’s performance. They share what life is like in Milton Keynes, and the subtle d...

Nicola Hume speaks to three women from very different parts of the Team on The Official Oracle Red Bull Racing Podcast, brought to you by HP Poly – delivering exclusive unrivalled access to the Team. To coincide with International Women in Engineering Day On this month's episode, we speak to Principal Strategy Engineer, Hannah Schmitz, Aerodynamics Engineer, Ana Groom and Simulator Terrain Modelle...

Our host Nicola Hume speaks to Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey on The Official Oracle Red Bull Racing Podcast, brought to you by HP Poly – delivering exclusive and unrivalled access to the team. In this month's episode, we’re discussing the RB19. Adrian reveals how the car's performance has exceeded his expectations and why the design for it started years ago. Adrian also talks about his jour...

CEO & Team Principal Christian Horner joins our host Nicola Hume to chat about Oracle Red Bull Racing’s flying start to the 2023 season. Christian reveals who he thinks will be their biggest contenders this year, why he brought Daniel Ricciardo back as third driver and he tells the story of how he became an F1 Team Principal at the age of just 31.Christian also chooses the first item to go in our...

The 2022 Formula 1 season has been one for the history books. We’ve had soaring highs, winning 17 races on our way to clinching both championships, and some crushing lows with the loss of our much-loved founder Dietrich Mateschitz. On this episode of Talking Bull, we speak with Christian Horner and Adrian Newey to discover what it takes to become World Champions. We hear about the history of the t...

On this edition of Talking Bull from Baku in Azerbaijan, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez interview each other once again! Find out what they like about champagne showers, the swimming pool in Monaco and hear the highlights of their seasons so far! Plus, they answer questions from some members of our loyalty scheme, the Paddock! Enter a world of unique experiences and incredible rewards – join now...

After a two-year absence Formula One is back in Australia! Since our last run here, we have a new car, a new engine, and a brand-new driver in the shape of Sergio Perez. In this episode, hear both Max and Checo ask each other the big questions... How the season is going so far, what they like about Albert Park… and they test their 'Strayan slang!!!

We’re days away from the start of a new era of Formula One, as we prepare for the 2022 season opener in Bahrain. So, we asked Red Bull Junior Driver Juri Vips to sit down with reigning World Champion Max Verstappen and teammate Sergio Perez to ask them all the hard hitting questions ahead of the new season.

On the final episode of Talking Bull in 2021 we’re going out on a high as we celebrate Max Verstappen’s 2021 Formula One World Championship. We chat with the Dutchman following his winning welcome return to the Red Bull Technology Campus, as well as having some exclusive questions from our Red Bull Racing Paddock fans answered by Max himself. Also, we speak with Christian Horner and discuss his an...

On this edition of Talking Bull, we take a look back at the 2021 season so far. We catch up with Drivers’ Championship leader, Max Verstappen, who tells us about his standout moments of the campaign. Plus, Christian and Checo sit down together and discuss all the highs and lows of the year, while answering questions from our dedicated fan area, The Paddock.

On this episode of Talking Bull, it’s all about our Mexican marvel Sergio Perez! We talk all about his home race, his season so far plus he answers your questions