For the first time in five years, Formula One is back racing in China.

Hello and welcome to F1 Nation, our second show in just a few days.

In case you missed it, we did a special episode all about

Fernando Alonso's decision to stay with Aston Martin. You can scroll back on your podcast

feed to listen to that. This episode is our preview to the Chinese Grand Prix.

I'm Tom Clarkson and I'm joined by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill and former McLaren driver and current Aston Martin Ambassador Pedro de la Rosa.

Guys, it's good to have you on the show.

Now we were busy with Alonzo in our last episode and I didn't have the chance to ask how you've been since Japan

Oh very well I've recovered because we as you know well I can't really complain as everyone in Japan actually was in Japan and are now recovering from

jet lag and a flight whereas we were doing it from a studio which was a bit odd getting up in the

middle of the night to cover the race but anyway it was that was

interesting I was a bit remote but hopefully the viewers enjoyed it and it was a

good interesting races in the strategy area, you know a couple of good drives and I think it was a good race

I've just returned from from Japan so happy to be back but also very happy because I hadn't been in Australia nor Japan for 11 years.

So it was fantastic to be back there and meet a lot of friends and see that

especially you know I lived in Japan three years so it was really good to be there again and

honestly I just found that the sofuka remained unchanged which is really you know it it's just stays genuine as it always been. There is something magical about Suzuki. I remember Pedro back in 1999, your first season of Formula One,

and you told me it's brilliant being in Japan because you're

eight hours seven hours of Central Europe eight hours ahead of London and we've all had Monday when they're still waking up and

I've sort of lived by that whenever I'm in the Far East ever since.

I love just the fact you're on that side of the world.

I love to feel being ahead and the good thing of traveling to the east is that you are always you're waking up you're doing your homework you're preparing all your emails you are just training and then by the time Europe wakes up you've already killed

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