Sep 10, 2026 · 44 min · 22 segments
The Chequered Flag team are in Madrid for Formula 1’s first race at its brand-new circuit. Jennie Gow is joined by the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson and former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer to assess…
Jolyon PalmerPanelist
Andrew Benson
Jennie GowHost
We come to you from the top of the Aston Martin roof, which is a glorious view, um, at the end of a giant T section, I'd say.
Because the paddock is at one end, um, with the usual kind of layout with, um, one hospitality facing the other.
So we're facing Williams with their nice hospitality area on their, um, kind of patio at the top of their roof.
Um, but all the way to the other end is where the FIA garage is and the end of the pit lane.
Yeah, it, it's not a paddock designed for social mingling, unfortunately.
Which is bad news for people like me, whose job requires [laughs] plenty of social mingling over the course of the weekend.
And, um, uh, so I'm really just interested to see how the weekend goes.
No, no Formula 1 car has turned a wheel, so we'll wait and see what tomorrow brings.
... turns one and two are left into a right chicane, flat out through three and four before you find another chicane at five and six.
We come to you from the top of the Aston Martin roof, which is a glorious view, um, at the end of a giant T section, I'd say.
Because the paddock is at one end, um, with the usual kind of layout with, um, one hospitality facing the other.
So we're facing Williams with their nice hospitality area on their, um, kind of patio at the top of their roof.
Um, but all the way to the other end is where the FIA garage is and the end of the pit lane.
Yeah, it, it's not a paddock designed for social mingling, unfortunately.
Which is bad news for people like me, whose job requires [laughs] plenty of social mingling over the course of the weekend.
And, um, uh, so I'm really just interested to see how the weekend goes.
No, no Formula 1 car has turned a wheel, so we'll wait and see what tomorrow brings.
... turns one and two are left into a right chicane, flat out through three and four before you find another chicane at five and six.
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