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Cairns Catches Up

Tom Cairns hosts a podcast series where he talks to iconic people who work or had worked within the motorsport world. He discusses with them about their careers, where they have worked and what they have done. Each episode will talk about the championships which the guest is synonymous with, find out what stage of their careers they are at from their point of view and where the focus should be at to make those racing series better than they are currently.

Ranging from broadcasters to racing drivers, the emphasis of the show is to help fill the audience with some fascinating insights from guests on interesting topics including Formula 1, BTCC, Indycar and even finding out how to go about finding opportunities to work within the motorsport community.

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Cairns Catches Up

Series 1: Episode 5 - Ben Edwards - "You get a slightly different element from different commentators, depending on what their involvement is."

April 23, 2025 • Tom Cairns • Season 1 • Episode 5

Tom Cairns hosts Episode 5 of Cairns Catches Up, with Ben Edwards joining him to discuss about his career as a racing driver during his junior years before switching to commentary. We talk about his adventures across many different aspects of motorsport including Formula 1, BTCC, A1GP, Champcar and many more.

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Episode contents:

Introduction - 0:00
Where it all began for Ben Edwards - 3:36
Ben's career challenges - 5:00
Eurosport - 7:02
Champcar - 8:20
BTCC/A1GP World Cup of Motorsport - 10:43
Formula 1 for the BBC and Channel 4 - 13:36
F1TV - 17:32
24 Hours of Le Mans - 20:02
Ben's best commentary moments - 21:45
Narrating the F1 official season reviews - 25:02
The best co-commentators Ben had worked with - 27:26
Future of F1 - 29:01
F1 2025 - 32:03
Goodwood Festival of Speed - 34:50
Goodwood Members Meeting and Revival - 37:35
Ben's favourite circuit: 40:05
Future of Ben Edwards - 42:01
Ben's advice to those wanting to work within motorsport - 42:59

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For your information, this podcast was recorded in February 2025.

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