Tomorrow's Motorsport

New series, we are pleased to be back with some fantastic episodes already in 'the can' and 'ready to air'...we are trying out some TV industry lingo here,  as this weeks guests and perfect starter to our new season, is filmmaker and motorsport expert, Jim Wiseman.

Whether you know it or not, Jim  may be behind some of your favourite TV moments...from gameshow runner, F1 coverage and Top Gear Producer, Jim has had and continues to have a storied career, much of it in motorsport. 

Who better then, to give his views on the the future of motorsport broadcasting and fan engagement? (and plenty more besides including some hilarious stories from Top Gear), hear his views on Drive to Survive and its impact, will 3D ever come to F1 and sim racing...

Jim also talks about the work he is doing now with his company Wiser Films: https://www.wiserfilms.co.uk/ourworkb, when he met Sir Stirling Moss and his new documentary on Nigel Mansell's time at Williams, its a fascinating chat!

Nick is here: Nick is here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/

Tristan is here: https://www.niessleinsustainabilitypartners.com/

How do drivers in elite motorsport perform at their highest? What goes into long haul races and what is the secret to success? Well we have the answer with this week's guest, Performance Coach to some household motorsport names, Simon Reynolds. 

Simon is the founder of Formula to Perform and has worked with elite athletes throughout motorsport WEC, Formula E World Champions and Formula One World Champions included, Simon is at the cutting edge of performance and we could not be happier to have him join us for a chat.

Simon gives us the low-down on his driver preparation approach and some smart advice about sleep, in fact after listening to this, take a nap - you probably aren't getting enough! (remember, after you listen to this...!)

Find Simon here: https://www.formulatoperform.com/

Nick is here: Nick is here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/

Tristan is here: https://www.niessleinsustainabilitypartners.com/

The world of motorsport is reliant on team kit and merchandise and we speak to a pioneer of sustainable apparel, Peter Hall.

Peter founded Sustainably Fashionable and motorsport brand 8six400, bringing team kit and merchandise into the motorsport paddock sustainably, with high design and manufacturing quality and Peter's thoughts on sustainability in motorsport and his ethos behind supplying leading Extreme E teams; RXR (Nico Rosberg), Andretti United and X44 (Lewis Hamilton) as well as leaders in WEC such as Ferdinand Habsburg & Jota and F1  driver Pierre Gasly, are not to be missed!

86six400: https://www.8six400.com/our-story

Sustainably Fashionable: https://www.sustainablyfashionable.world/

Nick is here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/

Tristan is here: https://www.niessleinsustainabilitypartners.com/

What a joy to speak with Charlie Martin! Charlie is a British racing driver who is on her way to becoming the first transgender driver to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Charlie speaks with us about her journey through motorsport, her unique take on racing in Europe and the US while championing LGBTQ+ inclusion, allyship and advocacy, and the future of diversity and inclusion in motorsport alongside her work with Motorsport UK, Racing Pride and Stonewall.

Charlie's website: https://gocharlie.co.uk/ Instagram & Twitter: @gocharliem

Motorsport UK: https://www.motorsportuk.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/

Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/

Racing Pride: https://racingpride.com/

Nick is here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/

Tristan is here: https://www.niessleinsustainabilitypartners.com/

This week’s Tomorrow’s Motorsport podcast is pretty special, as we speak to Aston Martin F1’s former head of race strategy, Bernie Collins.

If you ever wondered what exactly goes into a race strategy during an F1 weekend, how success is measured or when should you favour a driver…this is essential listening!

Bernie’s 7 years on the Formula 1 pitwall, gives her a unique insight, through the changes in F1, innovation in technologies and teamwork, and the never ending challenge for the fastest race strategy.

Find Bernie for your event here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/ignition/motorsport-speakers

Nick is here: https://www.ignitionperformance.com/

Tristan is here: https://www.niessleinsustainabilitypartners.com/

The Sustainable Motorsport Podcast is here to look at everything happening in the world of motorsport towards sustainability and its response to climate change, equality and economics.

The Sustainable Motorsport Podcast is here to look at everything happening in the world of motorsport towards sustainability and the triple bottom line, or environment, equality and economics.

Returning with Jess and Tris looking back at the Belgian Grand Prix, heavy rainfalls and the future of FE, alternative fuels in WEC & F1 and the importance of the voice of the athlete, in engaging fans to the issues of today, particularly climate change. 

So who better to have as our first guest on the new show, than Molly Taylor?!

Molly is the the first and only female driver to win the Australian Rally Championship and now one half of the dominant driver pairing for RXR racing in Extreme E. We discuss working with Nico Rosberg, Molly's experiences in Extreme E and the importance of purpose in her career. 

This week's conversation is with Dr Lucy Woodall, Extreme E's Ocean's advisor.

A Marine Biologist, Lucy was very involved with the recent Ocean Xprix in Senegal and why projects focussed on marine health were important in Extreme Es calendar of events.

Speaking about the incredible, positive impacts of our oceans for our planet's health and the startling insight into our impact as humans on the oceans was fascinating.

For example, who would have thought that the trash we have thrown away, can be found as far away, in deep sea beds in the Antarctic?

Listen to find out about Lucy’s focus on local communities in affected areas and their insight into the solutions to climate change and how this is being applied with Extreme E's projects. 

Show Links

The Nekton Foundation: https://nektonmission.org/

Join us again next time for more interviews, behind the series, before the Arctic XPrix 28th - 29th August 2021.

This week, Tris talks to Izy Rekiel, Extreme E’s Impact Correspondent.

Living aboard the St. Helena, Izy takes us aboard the ship and tells us how the sustainable mission of Extreme E is present throughout the ‘lifeline’ for the series.

Izy’s journey to Extreme E is a great story as are those already collected while visiting Saudi Arabia and Senegal, where, as Izy reports - it is much more than just the environmental projects that bring support to the locations visited.

A big thank you to Izy for her fantastic insight and sharing her stories!

Show Links

Izy’s Instagram: @izyofficial

In this week's episode, Tris talks with Johann Wacht, the Motorsport Manager at BComp.

BComp is a fascinating company with its origins in winter sports, who are fast making their flax fibre based solutions the go-to choice, for racing organisations who want to reduce their climate footprint while still retaining the benefits of carbon fibre. 

In this conversation with Johann, we discover the origins of the company and their bodykit project with Extreme E to cover the Odyssey 21 in their 'powerRibs' and 'ampliTex' technologies. 

A huge thank you to Johann and BComp for this conversation, you can find more on BComp here (and sign up to Johann's not to miss webinar, before the 23rd June 2021): https://www.bcomp.ch/news/?tag=motorsports-bodywork

Join us again soon for more like this, before the Arctic XPrix 28th - 29th August 2021.

The Extreme E teams landed in Senegal and put on some show around Lac Rose, Dakar.

In this episode, Jess and Tris look at all the racing action, the electric vehicle market in the USA and the impact in West Africa, of an event like this being held in Senegal.

The climate change focus and legacy projects are looked at in the context of the partners brought on board for the Ocean XPrix and the impact of these – it’s a full look at only the second race of the Extreme E championship!

A special thank you to our guests for this episode, Caitlin McMillan, David Orr and Emmanuel Alie Mansaray.

***Do not adjust your sets! A heavy rainstorm landed towards the end of the podcast (it is rainy season here in Cote D’Ivoire), it may sound like light static but it’s not you, it’s us… Good for the garden though.

Show Links:

Prince Williams Earthshot Prize:

A podcast about Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, built around sustainability. 

In this first episode, Jess and Tris look back at the Desert XPrix in AlUla, Saudi Arabia held. We look back at the new format of racing held in the unforgiving, car breaking and crash making terrain of AlUla on the 3rd and 4th April. 

Discussing why Saudi Arabia? The climate impacts and legacy projects being seen, the Odyssey 21 and how the purpose of Extreme E is pushing forward gender equality beyond the racing drivers - it's all covered. 

We take an in-depth look at the business and fan engagement of Extreme E's first outing with Blackbook's Executive Director, Peter Jones, who has some great insight to share.  

Thanks to our guests, Caitlin McMillan and Peter Jones.