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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- Copyright: 2005-2019
Podcasts:
#193 F1 Testing in 3D, Gareth looks closely at the new cars. What’s Mercedes’s strategy to make Lewis feel at home? Sniff Petrol on “gardening leave” and the new Renault F1 engine. We define the shooting brake with maths and ask is the VW XL1 the future?
#192 Car spotting on the street. Shooting brakes and the cars we just don’t see. We each design our car of the future. Sniff Petrol on Proton and Lotus sales in the UK. Plus new music as Barry Numan returns to perform “Lunokhod”.
#191 We crash 2013 F1 car launches. Who rocked it? and which launch was a damp squib? We examine the driver line-up for the new season. We announce the winner in our Schumacher competition. Plus Sniff Petrol on Lotus comedy and the return of HRT.
Video#31 Gareth Jones On Speed Presents: Chicks Dig Cars by "Lou Road". North Wales, sunshine, a coupé, clear roads ......and the story of Mickey the Stick Man
#190 The 2013 Autosport International at the NEC in Birmingham, from Karts to Monster Trucks and everything in-between, including some classic race cars. Plus Gareth races at the Autosport International Karting Challenge presented by Johnny Herbert.
#189 Bumper “Speedmas” Special. Our final F1 2012 season round up, plus our best and worst cars and car moments of the year. Sniff Petrol on Christmas for Formula One. Plus Violet Berlin hosts the Dave Stebbings Car Quotes Quiz.
#188 We list the things that drive us mad, when we’re …. driving. Gareth spends a week in a low-carbon Citroen DS5 Hybrid4, and we look at the state of car manufacturing in Europe. Plus Sniff Petrol on driver training and Vettel’s 3rd World Championship.
#187 We have 3 cars on our minds, but what are they? F1 returns to the US, but has it gone to the right part? Who to bet on winning the F1 championship. Sniff Petrol on Ford and Tony Fernandes. Plus we celebrate Kimi’s win and suggest who should buy HRT.
#186 Richard’s dog chooses a car, Zog mixes up a chemical solution and Gareth investigates Bloodhound SSC’s attempt to reach 1000mph on land. Sniff Petrol on medicine, dogs and cars. Plus new music as Big Audi Dynamite perform Rocket Science.
#185 Musical Chairs in F1. Lewis leaves McLaren is he doing the right thing? Romain Grosjean is he dangerous? Michael Schumacher retires. Who goes where? and who is the best F1 driver to follow on twitter?
#184 Le Mondial de l'automobile de Paris (Part Deux). Gareth and Richard ogle the Lexus LF-CC, mock the SsangYong e-XIV (and Rodius) fondle the Jaguar F-Type, ask how big is the new Range Rover and turn up somewhat early for the reveal of the McLaren P1.
#183 Le Mondial de l'automobile de Paris. Gareth and Richard climb the stands at the show and pick out a few favourites including electric Renaults, new Ford Mondeo, Porsche Sport Turismo, Audi Crosslane and Toyota with on-board Internet.
#182 Spa with AMG Pt2. Continuing our coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix. Stunning recordings of sound of the cars at race pace and through Eau Rouge. With Jonny Smith, “Comedy” Dave Vitty, Nihal ………and Michael Schumacher.
#181 Spa with AMG. Gareth and a some lucky car journalists drive to the Belgian Grand Prix in a squadron of AMGs. With Jonny Smith from 5th Gear, Chas Hallett from What Car, Chris Harris from Drive, Radio 1’s Nihal and Rob Halloway of Mercedes-Benz UK.
#180 Cars we have driven and cars we would like: Zog’s plans for an electric sports car. Richard, having driven a Ferrari re-calibrates his scale. Gareth crosses Europe in a Volvo XC70. Sniff Petrol on sound level tests and the future for Morgan.