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Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport

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sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights

straight from the player's mouth. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is

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BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. mrasts. Mercedes claimed a seventh consecutive

constructors title at the last race and Lewis Hamilton is set to clinch his

seventh driver's title at the next race in an now unprecedented era of

dominance.

Tonight we try to make sense of it all.

I'm Jack Nichols and this is 5 Live Formula One,

Rise of the Silver Arrows. It's the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend which you can hear on Sunday morning on 5 Live

a race where Lewis Hamilton could wrap up a record equaling seventh world title.

But whilst we'll look ahead to the much anticipated return to Istanbul later on,

we're going to take a detailed look at how and why this Mercedes team became all conquering. We'll hear from Hamilton

technical director James Allison and team principal Toto Wolf but first it's the

regular five live F1 crew of former F1 driver Jolion Palmer

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