Back at Base S3: 9. A New Era Bonus Episode
F1: Chequered Flag
BBC
4.2 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Following the first two races of the 2026 Formula 1 season, we catch up with two of the sport's rising stars, Chinese GP winner for Mercedes, Kimi Antonelli, and Haas one-to-watch Ollie Bearman. With never-before-heard interviews from the series, we learn a little more about their lives on the road and at home.
As they embarked on their second year racing in the world’s fastest sport, how would they adjust to F1’s new era of cars at the opening races of the season?
F1: Back at Base is an IMG Production for the BBC.
Co-hosts & Executive Producers are Sarah Holt and Holly Samos
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.4 | Hello, I'm Angela Scanlan, and I want to tell you about a brand new podcast, |
| 0:11.8 | The Apprentice Unfinished Business. |
| 0:13.9 | You're fired. |
| 0:15.1 | Each week straight after Lord Sugar's famous pointy finger has done its thing, |
| 0:18.9 | I'll be joined by the fired candidates, and there'll be special guests along for the ride. |
| 0:23.1 | You have the idea, you have the energy, |
| 0:25.3 | you need the money to get going. |
| 0:27.2 | I do think this is the hardest show on TV. |
| 0:29.8 | The Apprentice Unfinished Business. |
| 0:32.1 | Watch an eye player. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:42.0 | Oh, God. Listen on BBC Sounds. Welcome to this bonus episode of F1 back at base. |
| 0:47.8 | I'm Holly Samos and we're going to be catching up with two of the stars of Formula One's new era. |
| 0:53.5 | Hey everybody. It's O Ollie here reporting from China. |
| 0:56.8 | Hi to all the F1 back at base fans. |
| 1:00.6 | And yeah, what a day. |
| 1:02.6 | In our main series, we dipped into Driver Life on the Road and at home |
| 1:07.2 | with Next Generation stars Kimmy Antonelli and Ollie Baerman. |
| 1:12.1 | Yes, they were polishing off their rookie seasons in style at Mercedes and the Hasse, |
| 1:16.3 | but we could never have guessed how their 2026 seasons would have started. |
| 1:22.5 | The chequered flag is waiting and it's a first Grand Prix victory. |
| 1:27.1 | I'm Sarah Holt and we'll be hearing exclusively from both Kimmy and Ollie a bit later on in |
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