Gareth Jones On Speed show

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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 Gareth Jones On Speed #61 for 28 June 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:54

#61 Le Mans The aftermath – Richard’s French undies and Zog’s Gulf phone, and how come HH Frentzen almost killed Richard? Kovaleinen the puppydog of F1 or Beavis? F1 drivers strike - industrial inaction? Lotus at the British GP and the new cars and 80s bands at the British Motor Show. What has Gareth’s kilt got in common with the BMW Gina Concept? Zog’s handy window parking tip. Neon Neon’s concept album Stainless Style about John DeLorean. And Argon Argon perform A Car For Wales.

 Gareth Jones On Speed ENHANCED #60a for 20 June 2008 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:41

#60a ENHANCED PHOTO VERSION The second part of our Le Mans Coverage, the race itself. Gareth and Richard stay awake for almost the entire race distance of the 76th running of the Le Mans 24 hours. The atmosphere, sounds and smells trackside from start to finish as Peugeot attempt to steal the win from Audi. Plus of a review of the Kangaroo portable TV unit for race fans.

 Gareth Jones On Speed ENHANCED #59a for 19 June 2008 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:23:19

#59a ENHANCED PHOTO VERSION Reporting from the Le Mans 24 Hours Pt#1, The Build Up; Supercar spotting at the drivers' parade, with Dan Strong from Auto Express. Gareth and Richard choose which cars to back in the greatest race in motorsport. Plus we meet legendary Autocar magazine columnist Steve Cropley.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #60 for 17 June 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:32

#60 The second part of our Le Mans Coverage, the race. Gareth and Richard stay awake for almost the entire race distance of the 76th running of the Le Mans 24 hours. The atmosphere, sounds and smells trackside from start to finish as Peugeot attempt to steal the win from Audi. Plus of a review of the Kangaroo portable TV unit for race fans.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #59 for 17 June 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:56

#59 Reporting from the Le Mans 24 Hours Pt#1, The Build Up; Supercar spotting at the drivers' parade, with Dan Strong from Auto Express. Gareth and Richard choose which cars to back in the greatest race in motorsport. Plus we meet legendary Autocar magazine columnist Steve Cropley.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #58 for 10 June 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:50

#58 Trouble for Lewis and Nico the pitlane in Canada, trouble for F1 in the Odeon Cinema, and trouble choosing the correct anthem to play to celebrate the real winner in the last Grand Prix. Plus our mole at the BBC tells us what's in the new series of Top Gear.

 Gareth Jones On Speed ENHANCED #57a for 01 June 2008 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:25:39

#57a ENHANCED PHOTO VERSION “Live” from a garden in north London. The “Little and Large” of performance cars: the Mini Clubman Cooper S and the Vauxhall VXR8. Gareth and Zog have a one-week-stand with the dinky Clubman and Richard begins his long-term relationship with the heavyweight bruiser VXR8. Maxi Mosley Priest returns to explain how he still rules and “Park Rowland and D-Rex” perform a 21st Century number ….from the 1970s.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #57 for 24 May 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:46

#57 “Live” from a garden in north London. The “Little and Large” of performance cars: the Mini Clubman Cooper S and the Vauxhall VXR8. Gareth and Zog have a one-week-stand with the dinky Clubman and Richard begins his long-term relationship with the heavyweight bruiser VXR8. Maxi Mosley Priest returns to explain how he still rules and “Park Rowland and D-Rex” perform a 21st Century number ….from the 1970s.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #56 for 13 May 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:27

#55 F1 vs A1 GP. Old drivers and nappies. Labradors, the new standard in F1. Which F1 Car is the best to crash into from the rear? Aguri Suzuki and Coulthard talk Turkey to Sniff Petrol. Gareth talks to A1 winners Karthikeyan, Kerr, and World Cup winner Neil Jani. John Mini-Cooper-Clarke returns with a Haiku for Super Aguri. Plus a fond farewell to A1GP’s Lola cars, in a song, as the Left-Right Kinks sing “Lola”.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #55 for 04 May 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:51

#55 KERS in F1 what is it? How will it work? What's wrong with the BTCC and why is Violet confused about BTCC drivers' footwear? Richard drives the Nissan GT-R in the USA and Sniff Petrol takes a sneak peak at F1 on the BBC in 2009. Plus The Ram Ones perform "Sheena Is A Rock 'n Roll Race Car Fan"

 Gareth Jones On Speed #54 for 21 April 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:12

#54 Sex, drugs, hair and motorsport. Max Mosely gets in a pickle with the papers and a Ferrari gets a hole in the nose. Formula One haircuts and facial hair, should Robert Kubica go for the National Haircut of Poland? And why do Heidfeld, Coulthard, Button and Alonso all have some kind of facial hair at the moment? there is a very good reason, and, could this be why Lewis isn’t as quick as he could be? What is Ferrari’s long–term master plan to breed success and what is our plan to save Super Aguri? Plus The Pit Shop Boys are back performing “Eddie Irvine Lives In My Wardrobe”.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #53 for 10 April 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:40

#53 What are you driving? or rather what are Gareth, Zog and Richard driving? Why hasn't NASCAR caught on in Europe? what is a paralinguistic cue; and what has it got to do with opposite lock? What is Flavio Briatore doing at QPR? and what are China's plans in A1GP? How come Glasgow Rangers are going motor racing and why is Wales getting into F3 and IndyCar. Plus what really happened in the re-unified American Open Wheel Racing Series.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #52 for 30 Mar 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:16

#52 Jaguar and Land Rover sold to Tata, we reveal their plans for new models; with an Indian flavour, and the true identity of their new owner. Plus F1 "sold" to the BBC, we have the inside line of who won't be on the new show, and who could be. And the first ever GJOS rave tune: Dancing To The Sound Of Engines.

 Gareth Jones On Speed #51 for 16 Mar 2008 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:16

#51 The race is on. Speedy coverage of the first round of the 2008 F1 season in Melbourne, Australia. Gareth and Zog give their opinion and analyse the performance of the drivers and teams as the championship gets underway. Plus a special message from Force India's VJ Mallya.

 Gareth Jones On Speed ENHANCED #50a for 09 Mar 2008 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:35:18

#50a ENHANCED PHOTO VERSION Celebrating fifty episodes! Richard Porter reports from the Geneva Auto Salon and crawls all over the new Fiesta, the tiny Nano, the clever iQ, the low Scirocco, the swoopy Passat CC, the disappointing Delta, the theoretical LRX, the astonishing Life Car, the oddly monikered XKR-S, the unique R8 TDI, the mammoth Q7 Coastline and the gorgeous 8C Cabrio. Plus music from The Pit Stop Boys, Run BMC and James Shunt.

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