Leclerc, Alonso, Ricciardo + more in The Best of 2021
F1 Beyond The Grid
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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
For this special episode, Tom Clarkson has picked his favourite moments from the past year. Red Bull’s Christian Horner explained how Max Verstappen evolved from teenage sensation to World Champion, Charles Leclerc remembered his emotional race victories for Ferrari and showed off his musical talents, Monza winner Daniel Ricciardo explained why that victory meant so much to him, and Valtteri Bottas revealed the pressure he was under during his time at Mercedes, plus his favourite type of coffee. All that plus Fernando Alonso, race strategist Ruth Buscombe, Aston Martin CEO Lawrence Stroll and many more. To listen to these interviews in full, scroll through the F1 Beyond The Grid back catalogue. There are more than 150 episodes for you to enjoy over the winter break, including conversations with Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg and Alain Prost. F1 Beyond The Grid will be back in 2022 with more in-depth conversations with F1’s biggest stars. Thank you for listening.
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| 0:00.0 | An ITVX exclusive. |
| 0:03.4 | Who have you ever revealed your real self to? |
| 0:06.4 | starring Damien Lewis and Guy Pearce. |
| 0:08.8 | The man I trusted most, my best friend, has done the unthinkable. |
| 0:14.4 | As buy among friends, stream free on ITVX. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome everyone to Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson. |
| 0:33.2 | It's the end of another year and what a year it's been both on track where Formula 1 crowned |
| 0:39.5 | a new world champion in Max Verstappen and on this podcast where once more we delighted |
| 0:45.7 | in bringing you some wonderful conversations about the sport we love. |
| 0:50.8 | As has become a Christmas tradition, we thought we'd play you some clips from the season |
| 0:55.2 | just gone. |
| 0:56.2 | They're not highlights because I love speaking to all of the guests. |
| 0:59.9 | Think of these more as moments that left me open mouthed or made me laugh or were just |
| 1:05.1 | really interesting. |
| 1:06.7 | So grab a mince pie and a drink and let's do some reminiscing together about Beyond the |
| 1:12.2 | Grid 2021. |
| 1:13.2 | We're going to have one lap of racing to decide the championship in 2021. |
| 1:20.2 | Down the inside Hamilton season coming. |
| 1:23.2 | It's a late lunch by Verstappen who takes the lead of the race for Stappen. |
| 1:27.6 | Now Stappen is the championship trophy. |
| 1:30.3 | From Lewis Hamilton they have shared a brilliant championship battle but the championship can |
| 1:36.2 | only be won by one and it's going Dutch in 2021. |
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