Back At Base S2: Bonus 1. Inside The Championship

F1: Chequered Flag

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4.2 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

With two race wins from two at the start of the 2025 F1 season, McLaren couldn’t have got off to a better start in the defence of their constructors’ world title. So what better time to look back on exactly how they achieved that success in 2024? In this bonus episode of F1: Back at Base - How To Go Racing, Holly Samos and Sarah Holt take you behind the scenes at McLaren as they finally became World Champions again after a 26-year wait. McLaren are one of the most decorated teams in F1, winning 21 World titles in total, and in this bonus episode hear exclusive interviews with Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Andrea Stella, Zak Brown, and more insight from those driving the championship from inside the McLaren Technology Centre and how they plan to do it all again in 2025 and beyond.

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0:00.0	No, you keep that private.
0:04.1	Find out what made Lily Allen and Mickey to Oliver say this.
0:08.0	It's just so next level what we're talking about.
0:10.9	But you know what I mean?
0:12.4	And this.
0:13.3	I think we should put our phones down and go to the park
0:15.9	and try and remember what was good about the world
0:18.3	and let's try and get back to there.
0:20.2	Sounds good. Join them as they's try and get back to there. Sounds good.
0:21.3	Join them as they talk about pretty much everything.
0:24.8	Yes, we do go to all sorts of places, happy, sad and everything in between.
0:29.7	Miss me with Lily Allen and Makita Oliver.
0:32.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:42.3	Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of F1 back at base How to Go Racing.
0:50.7	I'm Holly Samos and in this episode we're taking you behind the scenes of the McLaren Formula One team
0:57.4	as they finally became world champions again after a 26 year wait.
1:03.4	McLaren are one of the most decorated teams in F1, winning 21 world titles in total.
1:09.4	But the 2024 Constructors Championship
1:12.6	meant a huge amount to everyone working back at base.
1:16.7	It certainly did, Holly,
1:17.9	and we were right there with them
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