Gareth Jones On Speed
Summary: THE podcast for petrol-heads, by Gareth Jones (of ITV1's Speed Sunday & How2, and A1GP pit lane reporter) and his F1 and car-mad mate Zog. With satire from Richard Porter (Sniff Petrol, and BBC Top Gear) and car games from Violet Berlin (GamePad). GJOS covers everything on 4 wheels — from Audi to BMW; Ferrari to Williams; Renault to McLaren; Ford to Porsche; Alfa to Mercedes; VW to Jaguar; classic cars to concept cars; road cars to racing cars. There's every kind of motorsport Formula One, WRC, Le Mans, GP2, Indy Car, ... And drivers, from Damon Hill and Ayrton Senna to Schumacher, Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Vettel and Jenson Button. Where else can you find auto racing, motors, F1, rally, motor sport, road cars, comedy, news comment, Formula 1, songs and games all in the same place, served up with a wry grin?
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Podcasts:
Video#14 Gareth and Heikki Pt 3 “The Payback”. On the way back down the hill at Goodwood, Gareth makes good on his promise and thanks Heikki in the only way he knows how, and Heikki gets more than he bargained for.
Video#13 Gareth and Heikki Pt 2. “Heikki Delivers”. Gareth is driven at the limit by F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen up the hill at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Find out what they got up to on the way back down the hill in part 3 –“The Payback”.
Video#12 Gareth and Heikki Pt 1. “The Deal”. Gareth meets F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen in a Lotus Evora at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and strikes a unique deal with him.
#120 Richard takes us on trip around the circuit de La Sarthe in a helicopter. Gareth attempts a sensible conversation with Jonny Smith at 2:30 am. The stunning sound of the cars at the Porsche Curves and the shocking climax to the greatest race on Earth.
#119 The sound of Le Mans 2010. STEREO EDITION. The build up to the 78th running of the race, qualifying on Thursday night, "hooning" at Arnage on Friday eve. The classic Group C-cars on Sunday morning. The race start and the Mansells bring cheese to endurance racing.
#118 The fallout from Turkey and the build-up to Le Mans. Who was right, Vettel or Webber? and who will win, Audi or Peugeot? Memories of Le Mans from Jean-Luc Pomplemousse. And just how glamorous is Tom Kristensen’s lifestyle as the King Of Denmark? And new GJOS Music - I’m in Love with the ACO.
#117 Gareth and Zog are invited to attend a debate and launch of a report on the future of the electric car by London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering. We interview the people who are assessing the systems, designing the vehicles and facing the challenges of engineering the cars of tomorrow.
#116 Red Bull win and Schumacher takes a chance in Monaco, but where else should we have street races? We measure Mark Webber using the Welsh Scale. Sniff Petrol remembers the Birmingham Super Prix, sort of. And Bernie "helps" Hispania Racing.
#115 The Renault-Nissan/Daimler alliance, Star Wars or an airline? Why are they really getting together? Obscure NSU/VWs German names for car technology. The perfect redesign of the Merc R-Class, for Gareth anyway. Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake or Shooting Break? KERS and gyroscopes. Plus Monster Car, music from the Gonzo God Hoo-Hah Band.
#114 Jenson wins in China, Gareth admits he was wrong, twice! Sniff Petrol on "the new" Michael Schumacher. What is Geri Halliwell syndrome in F1? Wannabes, who do Lewis and Scumi really want to be? And just exactly who is that with Vitaly Petrov in the Renault garage? Cup-A-Soup in F1? Does Button fit in at McLaren? John Button that is.
#113 Parking Hell, and Car Heaven. Gareth gets a ticket, Richard looses someone else’s car, Zog nicks his own car back. Abandoned cars and how to claim them. Our favourite cars at Geneva Richard’s Jag XJ, Zog’s Porsche 918 and Gareth’s Bentley Continental Flying Star by Touring Superleggera. And Sniff Petrol at the Saab Canteen.
#112 Melbourne, Jenson wins for McLaren, Lewis gets busted by Ozzie cops. How to pronounce Mark Webber’s name. Tweets from the pit wall and the Pagani Gareth didn’t own and Jackie Stewart never crashed. What are Red Bull doing with their suspension?
#111 The 2010 F1 season starts here. Once again, the World's Fastest Podcast™ delivers a show immediately after the first race. Plus new GJOS music as the Beastly Boys perform No Sleep 'Till Bahrain.
#110 Gareth drives the Jaguar XF-R. The shocking price of new cars. The truth about press cars. Zog speculates on future car information architecture and “surprise and delight” features. Plus the Pit Stop Boys return with “Nobody Likes X5s".
Video#11 Gareth gets all surprised and delighted by the dashboard of the Jaguar XF-R. Hear the full review in Gareth Jones On Speed #110.