Oct 1, 2026 · 40 min · 13 segments
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with racing driver Billy Monger to hear the story behind one of motorsport’s most remarkable comebacks. Billy takes us through his journey from a young driver…
Billy MongerGuest
Mark PougatchHost
Marcus BucklandHost
guys.That was extraordinary, and, and it's, it's to compliment him that he was as good as I thought he would be.
And as he, and as I think you said to him, considering he was such a shy young man a decade ago, to be able to speak like that.
I know he works in the media, but to be that fluent and that self-aware, and still talk about the incident and the, the things that people wanna talk about.
Because when these things happen, [laughs] the, I- if I were them, there would be a time I would want to say, "Okay, I've talked about the accident enough.
But there is a realization that actually people will still want to talk about it, and it's important still to talk about it because there are so many lessons that people can learn from it, from how you recover from it.
Yeah, and that message obviously comes across, uh, in the book, and it's, it, it's, it's a great message for all youngsters, for all of us.
I mean, your dreams are taken away, but if you can respond in the right way, other opportunities hopefully will come along, and he's grasped those, and it's gonna be great to see how he gets on in the Paralympics as well.
I shall be w- we will be watching him very, very closely, 'cause as you say, you grow up with one dream, and then that's taken away from you in, in, in horrendous circumstances in many ways, but then there are other doors open, as you say, and there are other dreams.
So I'm really fascinated to see if he can get in the GB Para team for the, for the Ironman, for the triathlon.
I think that would be, whether it's a triathlon or triathlon sprint, that all depends on the, the distances of it.
guys.That was extraordinary, and, and it's, it's to compliment him that he was as good as I thought he would be.
And as he, and as I think you said to him, considering he was such a shy young man a decade ago, to be able to speak like that.
I know he works in the media, but to be that fluent and that self-aware, and still talk about the incident and the, the things that people wanna talk about.
Because when these things happen, [laughs] the, I- if I were them, there would be a time I would want to say, "Okay, I've talked about the accident enough.
But there is a realization that actually people will still want to talk about it, and it's important still to talk about it because there are so many lessons that people can learn from it, from how you recover from it.
Yeah, and that message obviously comes across, uh, in the book, and it's, it, it's, it's a great message for all youngsters, for all of us.
I mean, your dreams are taken away, but if you can respond in the right way, other opportunities hopefully will come along, and he's grasped those, and it's gonna be great to see how he gets on in the Paralympics as well.
I shall be w- we will be watching him very, very closely, 'cause as you say, you grow up with one dream, and then that's taken away from you in, in, in horrendous circumstances in many ways, but then there are other doors open, as you say, and there are other dreams.
So I'm really fascinated to see if he can get in the GB Para team for the, for the Ironman, for the triathlon.
I think that would be, whether it's a triathlon or triathlon sprint, that all depends on the, the distances of it.
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