The Scott Mansell Podcast

This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, an ex-F1 aerodynamicist who worked at Benetton, Ferrari, and Sauber, and is now working with us on Project Inversion - our project to prove that a formula car can drive upside down on the ceiling of a tunnel.In this podcast, we talk about how Willem approached designing a car for such an unusual project, how he developed through 38 versions of the car's design, and how we're protecting the driver, me, if it all goes wrong.The podcast also includes a familiar face, Callum McIntyre, who has been researching, writing, and presenting on our Driver61 and OVERDRIVE channel for the past three years.It's a fascinating discussion, and the podcast gets better and better as you get into it. So, this is the Driver61 Podcast, and here's our discussion with Willem Toet.

In today’s podcast, I talk with Formula 1 legend, David Coulthard. David raced in F1 for 15 years, gaining 13 victories and 62 podiums. We spoke about what it was like driving during vastly different F1 regulations, driving the two-pedalled McLaren and which lessons from F1 have helped him become successful in business.

In today’s podcast, I talk with Formula 1’s digital presenter, Will Buxton. Will is a true motorsports fan, with a huge passion for our sport. We talk about when he travelled to every European Grand Prix in a campervan, when he got to drive a 2012 Lotus F1 car and why he enjoys Indycar so much.  

Today’s podcast is with ex- Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley, who has recently launched the Electroheads eKart race series. We talk about democratising grassroots motorsport, what an F1 race engineer actually does and how to set up an F1 car.

In this podcast, Scott Mansell talks with the ex-head of aerodynamics at Benetton, Ferrari and Sauber F1 teams, Willem Toet. We talk about taking hacksaws to F1 cars, how he helped run the first sub-2-hour marathon and taking an F1 car to the Bonneville salt flats to reach 400kph. This was a great conversation and it incredibly interesting to hear Willem’s stories.

In this episode, Scott Mansell speaks with Veloce Racing CEO, Rupert Svendsen-Cook. Veloce bridge the gap between eSports and racing, running multiple pro-eSports teams and in the new Extreme E series. 

Today’s podcast is with ex-F1 driver and Sky Sports F1 presenter Karun Chandhok. We talk about what it was like driving classic Williams F1 cars from the 90s and the 2019 Mercedes F1 car, as well racing in India and Karun’s new role designing circuits around the world.