Lando’s champion evolution, Vowles’ podium pride + Brad Pitt’s ‘need for speed’ – The Best of 2025

About this episode

Tom Clarkson discusses the dramatic 2025 Formula 1 season with key figures including Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

A title fight full of twists and turns, a new World Champion, rookies reaching major milestones and Formula 1 on the big screen. The 2025 season was nothing short of dramatic on and off track. Here, on F1 Beyond The Grid, Tom Clarkson has sat down with the people in the thick of all that drama and in this end-of-year special, Tom picks out his highlights. You’ll hear from the new World Champion Lando Norris, who reveals how he changed his mental approach to racing, and his race engineer Will Joseph. Lando’s title rival and teammate Oscar Piastri explains how he made so much progress from 2024 to 2025. And McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Team Principal Andrea Stella tell us how they’ve managed to get Lando and Oscar to buy into the team’s racing philosophy. Away from the champions, Isack Hadjar reflects on how he bounced back from a nightmare F1 debut in Australia. Esteban Ocon and his race engineer Laura Mueller explain how they’ve built a relationship in their first year working together at Haas. And Valtteri Bottas tells Tom why he’s got unfinished business with F1 ahead of his return with Cadillac in 2026. From the cockpit to the pitwall, Williams Team Principal James Vowles shares…

People in this episode

Host: Tom Clarkson

Guests: Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Isack Hadjar, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas

Topics covered

• Formula 1
• 2025 season
• Lando Norris
• team dynamics
• racing philosophy
• podium finishes
• Hollywood in F1

Keywords

• Lando Norris
• Oscar Piastri
• Formula 1
• 2025 season
• podium
• team dynamics
• Brad Pitt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McLaren, Haas, Cadillac

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