F1Weekly Podcast # 1072
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Max now motivated to finish the season on the top step motivates Nasir to continue his mission of delivering outstanding interviews in his Motorsports Mondial reportage for the 2025 season. We bring you part 2 the Giorgio Piola interview, stay tuned for the final part next week. Also, Feedspot has selected F1Weekly Podcast as one of the Top 25 Formula One podcast on the web! Gracias.
MAX’S ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX PREVIEW
It would be great to finish the season on a high and try and bring home the win here.
Qatar was an exciting race and it felt good to win there again. The car felt a lot better to drive and it was a great performance all round from the Team. We are on to the final race of the season and Abu Dhabi always brings back good memories.
It has been a long season and we are ready for a bit of time off and to spend quality time at home with family and friends. The Team have worked incredibly hard this season and everyone deserves a break to relax once the season has wrapped. It would be great to finish the season on a high and try and bring home the win here.
ASTON MARTIN ON THE 2025 F1 LAUNCH
F1 has announced plans for all 10 teams to launch their 2025 car liveries at the O2 in London on 18 February. Are you supportive of this new initiative, and how important is it for F1 to keep trying new things to bring fans closer to the sport?
“It’s an excellent idea. As an American, I’ve seen what success US sports have had with secondary, ancillary opportunities such as player drafts and all-star games, so it’s great F1 is trying something of this nature.
“F1 has laid good foundations to increase interest thanks to the budget cap, Netflix’s Drive to Survive series, and three incredible races in the United States – the largest economy in the world. Now, it’s up to us, as a team and as a sport, to continually engage with our fans in different ways to maintain that interest.
“These new initiatives are essential for the sport to continue to grow and build on the incredible new foundation it has, especially with the younger demographic.
“It’s a fickle business; fans have choices on who and what they follow and watch so there’s no guarantee they’re going to stick around. This event is an example of F1 and the teams not resting on their laurels.”
Car launch is traditionally the biggest ownable moment of the year for any F1 team. What are the commercial implications of having one car launch for all teams and how will it impact exposure for partners?
“It’s great for our partners and for all the teams. There will be around 20,000 people there at a major live event and a much bigger global audience watching online: that’s a lot of eyeballs.
“All of the teams will be together which will bring in a bigger audience than individual launches, so the exposure for partners will be huge.
“Of course, in such a setting with all the teams and F1 present, we’ll have to be careful around potential partner conflicts between F1’s partners and teams’ partners but, other than that, I think it’s brilliant.
“It’s an event people will want to watch. The drivers are going to be there and there’s going to be a lot more interest generated by this event compared to individual launches, which can only be great for partners.”