This week, Away We Go Podcast sits down with Luke West, editor of the brand-new Pole Position magazine - a 2026 grand prix season and Australian Grand Prix preview.

We talk about Luke’s career and how he came to be the editor a new print Formula 1 magazine in Australia.

He also shares how he witnessed history watching Ayrton Senna win a rain-washed Adelaide Grand Prix, how he was a proud member of the Gerhard Berger fan club, being at the biggest sporting event by attendance in Australian history, and is personal goal of attending the triple crown of motorsport.

Luke is a lifelong motorsport fan who has deep roots in Australian motorsport media. He was editor of Australian Muscle Car for nine years and a writer for Auto Action. He's also co-written and project managed books including Formula One Down Under: Australian Grand Prix History, Australia's Greatest Racecars, Immortals of Australian Motor Racing, and Supercars: the Holden vs Ford era.

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Be sure to check out Luke's brand-new Pole Position magazine - your essential 2026 grand prix season and Australian Grand Prix preview guide, out 24 Feb.

Includes insider tips at the track, best places to eat, a list of great roof top bars and awesome day trip suggestions and reasons to stay longer - download it here (free)

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Inside the F1 Exhibition, Dianne Bortoletto chats with Nicole Piastri, Oscar Piastri's former high performance coach Kim Keedle, F1 Academy Drivers Avia Anagnostiadis and Joanne Cicconte, and the producer of the F1 Exhibition.

The F1 Exhibition is held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre until April. https://f1exhibition.com

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Late braking, fastest laps, pole positions and a sprint win at the Qatar Grand Prix saw a welcome return to Oscar Piastri’s top form.

However, in the main race, McLaren failed to pit both drivers on lap 7 of 57 when a safety car was deployed, when every other car on the grid did pit.

To add complexity to race strategies, it was mandated that the maximum a tyre could be used for was 25 laps, making Qatar a mandatory two-stop race.

McLaren’s failure to pit under safety car effectively handed Max Verstappen the win, in a race that had Oscar on pole and Lando qualify P2. It was a disaster class in race strategy.

Dianne Bortoletto is joined by Ciara Gillan from Formula Live Pulse and together they unpack the McLaren costly mistakes, again, talk about Ferrari’s woes, and also sing the praises of Carlos Sainz, who finished the race with his second podium for the season.

Di also was in Melbourne for the F1 Exhibition launch, which is well worth going to, Book at https://f1exhibition.com/.

And it’s HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY to the podcast! One year of weekly episodes! Thanks so much for listening.

With just one race to go, Abu Dhabi, it’s still a three way fight with Lando Norris 12 points ahead of Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri is a further 4 points behind Max. It’s all to play for and the championship could go to any one of them.


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The Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix has kept the World’s Drivers Champion wide open after both McLaren’s were disqualified after the race because the rear skid plates under the car were less than 9mm in depth.

Dianne Bortoletto is joined by Ciara Gillan from Formula Live Pulse and together they break down the race, the championship, and what needs to happen for Oscar Piastri or Max Verstappen to beat Lando Norris in the Drivers Championship. They also talk about Ferrari’s woes, Lego’s pink Cadillac and Cadillac’s hopes, and they congratulate the winner of F1 Academy.

Di also recounts an uneasy encounter with an actor when she was in Vegas.

Max finished first ahead of Norris, and in third was George Russell in the Mercedes. Kimi Antonelli crossed the line in fourth place but with a 5-second penalty for a jump start placed fifth, behind Oscar Piasti who was promoted to fourth.

None of that mattered because after the race Lando and Oscar were both disqualified scoring no points, promoting George Russell to second place, Kimi Antonelli into third, and awarding Max Verstappen with 25 points.

Lando Norris, currently leading 24 points ahead of McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri, who is tied on 366 points with Max Verstappen, but Piastri sits higher on the leaderboard with 7 race wins to Max’s 6 this season.

In a strange twist, the disqualification plays in Piastri’s favour with a smaller gap to championship leader Norris.

With just two races and one sprint to go, it’s still a three way fight and the championship could go to any one of them.

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Chris Holding is the owner of Palm Seven Films, a production company that creates content for brands and broadcasts. He is one of the most experienced sports broadcasters in the country. Chris has worked with every major UK broadcaster including BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 as well as ESPN, IMG, NewsCorp, Discovery and more.

And in Australia, Channels 7, 9 and 10 and he’s worked on every major sporting code you can imagine including three years full-time in Formula 1 plus more, the World Rally Championship, Grand Slam Tennis, the English Premier League, the Olympics, the Paralympics, amongst others.

Di sits down with Chris to talk about his incredible career, his time in Formula 1, working on a documentary with Lewis Hamilton during his GP2 campaign, Singapore Rocks, and Drive to Survive and much more.

Chris was also the producer of the most epic Formula 1 montage, the ITV Farewell Montage after ITV’s three-year broadcast rights tenure ended with F1. It features so many F1 drivers who are lip syncing and dancing, including a young Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Raikkonen, and more.
Plus team bosses Jean Todt, Jackie Stewart, Ron Dennis, and others, F1 media personalities the late Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, Ted Kravitz, and others, team personnel, crew, catering, and a whole lot of track action and cinema-worthy crashes.

There’s even a clip of Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone who look like they are having an argument! Posh and Becks even make an appearance. There’s a link below to check it out.

WATCH the F1 ITV Season Ending Montage 2008, My Chemical Romance by The Black Parade

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I hope you enjoy our chat.

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The Formula 1 Sao Paolo Grand Prix in Brazil delivered plenty of action on the track and the results have upset the Australian apple cart.

McLaren’s Lando Norris drove an impeccable weekend in both the sprint and grand prix, qualifying on pole and finishing on the top step of both. While Norris fans are joyous, Piastri fans are deflated after a DNF in the sprint and 10-second time penalty in the race where he finished fifth.

Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes has his highest finish ever in the race, Max Verstappen charged with another super-human performance to finish on the podium, and it was a disaster for Ferrari with a double DNF.

Where does this leave Piastri’s championship hopes?

And for the first time in Australia, we were treated to a choice of F1TV commentary or the usual Sky Sports commentary team. Which did you prefer?

Jason Beste, former chef with the Mercedes F1 Team, joins Di to chat about all the action. Hear about Jason's career and his time working in Formula 1 in episode 7.

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