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.
Chequered Past
Latest Episodes
11th May 1947: The Failure That Started a Legend
What does it mean to build something that lasts? Not a car, not a season, not a dynasty — but an institution. Something that absorbs failure, survives its founders, outlasts its rivals, and keeps coming back.This episode of Chequered Pas...
10th May 1970: The Streets That Give and Take
Three Formula One races share an exact date — May the tenth — across eleven years. In 1959, Jack Brabham took his first Monaco victory as Stirling Moss’s transmission failed with nineteen laps to run. In 1964, Jim Clark ...
9th May 1993: The Podium That Would Never Be Repeated
On May 9th 1993, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, three of the greatest drivers in Formula One history stood on a podium together for the only time. Alain Prost won. Ayrton Senna was second. Michael Schumacher was third. Between them, ...
8th May 1982: The Date That Took and Gave
We mark the eighth of May with five stories across forty-five years of Formula One.In 1977, Mario Andretti dominated Jarama while Williams Grand Prix Engineering quietly entered its first race. In 1982, Gilles Villeneuve died...
7th May 1967: The Race That Burned
On the seventh of May 1967, Denny Hulme won the Monaco Grand Prix. Not far behind him, Lorenzo Bandini was dying.This episode is built around a date — the seventh of May — and four races across four decades that each forced Formula One t...
