Chequered Past

About Chequered Past

Chequered Past is a Formula 1 history podcast that dives deep into iconic races, legendary drivers, and forgotten moments from motorsport’s rich and dramatic past. Each episode revisits Grand Prix events that took place on the same date in history, uncovering fascinating stories, on-track controversies, and the evolution of F1 through the decades. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to the sport, Chequered Past offers compelling insights and nostalgia-fuelled storytelling from the world’s fastest sport.

Publisher

Martin Elliot

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 May 2025

Latest episode

27 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

380 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Aug 2026

   B is for Brabham: The Man Who Built His Own Championship

   He won his first world championship by pushing a dead car four hundred yards in the Florida heat. He won his third in a car bearing his own name — the only driver in Formula One history to do so. And in between, he built an engine in secret, in the middle of the night, in a flat in south London, while the established teams spent fortunes on engines that kept breaking. Jack Brabham is an underrated figure in the history of Formula One. Three world championships, fourteen grand prix victories, ...

2. 

   11 Aug 2026

   A is for Alonso: The Driver Who Ended an Era

   We open Season 2 of Chequered Past — The F1 A-Z — with the only driver who could start the alphabet. Fernando Alonso. Two world championships. Thirty-two race wins. More than four hundred Grands Prix across a career that has taken in Formula One, Le Mans, the World Endurance Championship, and three attempts at the Indianapolis 500. And at the time of recording, still racing. But the statistics only tell part of the story. This episode is about what drives him — and what he's done when the car...

3. 

   1 Aug 2026

   BTCC From The Pitwall Part 2

   The second part of BTCC: From the Pitwall picks up the 2026 British Touring Car Championship story from Round 2 at Brands Hatch, where Árón Taylor-Smith ended a decade without a win with an emotional lights-to-flag victory in wet conditions — hearing the Irish national anthem ring around the Brands Hatch speakers for the first time in years. Tom Ingram took Race 3 to finally convert his pace into victory after the frustrations of Donington. Round 3 at Snetterton brought scorching temperatures...

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