Review of 2025: Papaya on top

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.2 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Harry Benjamin, British racing driver Sam Bird and the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson look back on the 2025 F1 season from McLaren’s Woking HQ. We reflect on some of the pivotal points this year, hearing from world champion Lando Norris and the team principal of the constructors’ champions, McLaren’s Andrea Stella.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Ellis, our podcast is nearly 500 episodes old.
0:10.0	But what have we learnt?
0:11.0	Ellis James and John Robbins.
0:13.0	I've learnt that when you're doing live radio, if somebody texts in in block capitals, it's very really a good sign.
0:18.0	We've had a confused text, it says, I want to listen to this rubbish.
0:21.9	I learned that if you lose to lose Sanders
0:23.9	in a board game,
0:24.8	don't mention it on the show,
0:26.2	you are going to get an unexpected call.
0:28.4	Oh, dear, oh dear.
0:31.2	Ellis James and John Robbins,
0:32.7	500 not out.
0:34.1	Lovely stuff.
0:35.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:38.8	Five Live Formula One.
0:43.6	Hello and welcome to your review of the year show for the 2025 F1 season.
0:50.9	Pair-shaped, sweet, shiny, rich in vitamin C, can help reduce inflammation.
0:57.1	I've learned more about and said the word papaya more times than I think possible this year.
1:02.1	So where better to come to you from than the home of all things, papaya?
1:06.7	Welcome to the McLaren Technology Centre, headquarters of the 2025 Formula One World Constructors and Drivers Champions.
1:15.2	We're on the boulevard surrounded by McLaren's from history and beyond, and I am joined by a man who thrives when things go pear-shaped.
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