Pondering Papaya: A McLaren F1 podcast
By Sam Cooper
McLaren F1 – it's one of the most historic teams on the F1 grid and one of the most loved so join PlanetF1.com journalist Sam Cooper each week as he and a number of guests discuss all the team's goings on from race reviews to race previews and everything now.
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Latest episode
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Will Papaya Rules cost McLaren the championship?
Papaya Rules on today's show ladies and gentlemen...whatever that means. After an enforced break that saw the host have a flight cancelled and lose his passport, Pondering Papaya is back to dissect the fall out fro… -
Reviewing McLaren's ENTIRE F1 2024 season so far
You want a mid-season review? We’ll give you a mid-season review. An almost two-hour show looking at all 14 races of the F1 season so far. What themes do we notice? What races have we forgot? And what can it tell us about what’s to come when… -
Behind the Papaya: How does an F1 team be sustainable?
On the final day of the Behind the Papaya week, we are speaking to McLaren’s Director of Sustainability Kim Wilson. Kim told us the challenges all F1 teams face in being sustainable and how McLaren are using cutting edge … -
Behind the Papaya: Keeping McLaren's history alive
On day five of the Behind the Papaya week, we are speaking to the team that look after McLaren's cars once they stop racing. With McLaren arguably more proud of their history than any other team, it is a great task… -
Behind the Papaya: Being Bruce McLaren's daughter
On day four of Behind the Papaya week, we spoke to Amanda McLaren, sole child of team founder Bruce McLaren. When Bruce lost his life, Amanda was just four but as she got older, she was able to appreciate the incredible li… -
Behind the Papaya: How McLaren won F1's marketing war
On day three of Behind the Papaya week, we are speaking to Henry Chilcott who from May 2017 to July 2020 was McLaren's Group Marketing Director and during his tenure, Henry helped to make the Woking side one of the most marketable te… -
Behind the Papaya: The secret of McLaren's world record pit stops
It's a very special week here on Pondering Papaya as we take you behind the scenes of the McLaren team. Each day we are going to be bringing you an interview with someone who either worked with the team or had a s… -
Behind the Papaya: Fernando Alonso's Number Two Mechanic
Welcome to a very special week here on Pondering Papaya as we take you behind the scenes of the McLaren team. To kick the week off, we are revisiting some of our previous interviews that older listeners may already have heard but fear not as… -
Piastri promoted but fine margins prevent win at Spa
Oscar Piastri registered another P2 in his career but a slow pit stop may have robbed his chance of victory. To discuss that and more, Sam is joined by F1 Reporter at the GRID Network -
McLaren to stay on top in Spa?
After their first one-two in three years in Hungary, #McLaren are back to try and repeat the trick in Spa and with an incoming Max Verstappen grid penalty, there is every chance they could do just that. Joining Sam on toda…