Former Minardi F1 team boss Paul Stoddart joins Jason on this edition of ‘The Podium’.

First up, we bring you up-to-speed on the latest news from the world of motorsport, and review the Japanese F1 GP, preview the next round at Bahrain, as well as the upcoming Taupo round of the Supercars Championship.

After that, Paul Stoddart, the man responsible for launching the Formula 1 careers of two-time F1 World Champion, Fernando Alonso and Australian Mark Webber, joins us on ‘The Podium’ to reflect on some of the memorable moments from his motorsport career.

Topics include:

- The journey to become a Formula 1 team owner.

- The challenge of getting his F1 team onto the grid in just six weeks.

- The Fernando Factor.

- Mark Webber and his magical debut in Melbourne.

- The only time there were two podiums at a F1 GP.

- His two-seater experience with F1 icon Michael Schumacher.

- Jos Verstappen driving for his team.

- Meeting Max Verstappen and the story of his first F1 simulator test with Minardi.

- The Indianapolis farce.

- The role F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone played in saving his team.

- The decision to sell his team to Red Bull.

- The big move to America.

- Winning races with the newly formed Minardi Team USA in IndyCar.

- Thoughts on the current explosion of popularity for Formula 1.

- Which drivers he’d be hiring if he was to start up a new F1 team.

- Advice to his younger self and for aspiring race car drivers.

A little later on, we wrap things up with ‘The Podium of the Week!’

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Former Minardi F1 team boss Paul Stoddart is the man responsible for launching the Formula 1 careers of two-time F1 World Champion, Fernando Alonso and Australian Mark Webber.

Paul joins us on ‘The Podium’ to reflect on some of the memorable moments from his motorsport career.

Topics include:

- The journey to become a Formula 1 team owner.

- The challengeof getting his F1 team onto the grid in just six weeks.

- The Fernando Factor.

- Mark Webber and his magical debut in Melbourne.

- The only time there were two podiums at a F1 GP.

- His two-seater experience with F1 icon Michael Schumacher.

- Jos Verstappen driving for his team.

- Meeting Max Verstappen and the story of his first F1 simulator test with Minardi.

- The Indianapolis farce.

- The role F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone played in saving his team.

- The decision to sell his team to Red Bull.

- The big move to America.

- Winning races with the newly formed Minardi Team USA in IndyCar.

- Thoughts on the current explosion of popularity for Formula 1.

- Which drivers he’d be hiring if he was to start up a new F1 team.

- Advice to his younger self and for aspiring race car drivers.

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And… don’t forget to subscribe, follow, and like our show to get up-to-speed on the latest news, previous content, and interviews from the best in motorsport! @ThePodium_Media

The Podium Media, 2025.

Join Jason and special guest co-host, Matt Payne (the voice of the Australian Kart Championship), on 'The Podium' as they bring you up to speed on the latest news from the world of motorsport.

In this edition, we preview the upcoming Formula 1 World Championship round from Japan, discuss the big driver swap at Red Bull Racing, and recap the action from the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship.

We also chat to Supercars driver , Cameron Hill about his first-ever win in the Supercars Championship, and 2-time Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Harri Jones about his dominance in Carrera Cup and highly anticipated debut in Supercars with Team 18.

All that plus the latest news from the world of motorsport, and our top three performances on 'The Podium of the Week'!

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2-time Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Harri Jones joins us on 'The Podium' to talk about his career and to discuss his upcoming enduro drive with Team 18 in the Supercars Championship.

Supercars Driver Cameron Hill joins us on 'The Podium' to talk all about his motorsport career, and his first-ever Supercars win at the Melbourne SuperSprint event at the AGP!

Join Jason and the OG co-host of our show, Ollie Yeomans, on 'The Podium' as they bring you up to speed on the latest news from the world of motorsport.

In this edition, we recap the opening two rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship from Australia and China, try to untangle all the drama at Red Bull Racing, and give you our bold team-mate wars predictions for the remainder of the season.

We also celebrate the 12th anniversary of our show by looking back on some of our highlights, and revisiting our first-ever interview with motorsport broadcaster, Greg Rust.

We also bring you up-to-speed on the latest news from F1, Supercars, and IndyCar before closing things out with our top 3 performances on The Podium of the Week!

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The Podium Media, 2025.

To celebrate the 12th anniversary of 'The Podium', we thought we'd delve into our program archives and revisit some of our favourite interviews.

Motorsport broadcaster, Greg Rust was our very-first guest on 'The Podium' back in March 2013.

He joined Jason and Ollie on the show to give us his predictions ahead of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship, and to talk about his career working in the media sector and motorsport broadcasting.

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Oscar Piastri is highly touted to be Australia's next F1 World Champion.

As we head into the opening round of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, we thought we'd delve into our archives and uncover some interviews from our favourite guests.

McLaren F1 Driver, Oscar Piastri joined us on 'The Podium' a few years back to talk about his career at length.

In his first-ever long-form interview, Oscar opens up about his passion for motorsport whilst growing up in Melbourne, racing in AKC, the huge move to Europe, winning races at some of the world's most prestigious race tracks, and his spectacular rise through the junior categories on the road to F1.

Oscar also opens up about what its been like having former F1 driver and mentor Mark Webber in his corner , and the advice he has for young drivers hoping to make it to the top in motorsport.