Alan Jones Interview | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast *STRONG LANGUAGE*

[@adamdavid9157]

"strong language". Hell yeah, more of this please.

[@kanava9996]

-That's just numbers in a book, who cares, I don't! -Talking of numbers in a book, of your 12 victories.. -THIRTEEN!

[@stabizisback]

lol

[@david-joeklotz9558]

You misunderstood. He was referring to breaking records. The 13 refers to races he won and officially not being credited. There is no similarity

[@fabianrocha9924]

What minute was this?

[@har234908234]

​@@david-joeklotz9558 I'd have thought race wins would be the most elementary of statistics/records. Tom even says "talking about numbers in a book..." 1:07:00

[@henrywhatzal4724]

Alan Jones is such an underrated champion No one even talks about him yet he’s the first driver to win a championship at Williams

[@maximum.p]

Well he benefited suddenly from a formidable car and won everything during a year and half. Then finished 3rd in 81 with honestly mediocre results. Before/After, not much worth remembering.

[@redgoesfasterdotcom]

I thought so too until I read his autobiography.

[@nicolasgarcia248]

Every year we have a champion, but not every year we have a great champion....he was ...a champion.

[@MrTann2010]

@@maximum.p Did you watch the races of the 1981 season? If you did, then you should know, that the Williams was no longer the best car of the year. That belonged to the Brabham BT49C. Also, Alan Jones was probably the fastest driver on the grid in 1981 and was even able to challenge Prost at Germany, where the turbos should have had a massive advantage. He had so many unreliability issues and bad luck. In my opinion, he should have definitely won the 1981 title.

[@efeunoalot]

@@MrTann2010 Jones wasn't the fastest driver in 1981. The fastest, and smarter driver was Reutemann. He ran against Piquet and the Williams Team it self. 1981 Champion should be Reutemann. No doubt about it!!

[@mashandpeas]

The best beyond the grid so far in terms of openness and humour 👍🏻 request jean alesi in future?

[@sultanabran1]

yes JEAN ALESI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've been asking for jean alesi since episode 2

[@asharfirdaus4147]

or Nigel Mansell

[@tommychev350]

I agree with the comment of will f1 Vsc. I nearly posted and said the same.

[@tommychev350]

I agree with the comment of will f1 Vsc. I nearly posted and said the same.

[@leewat9068]

Yes, we got Alesi finally!

[@GeriatricFan1963]

"Giacomelli's Alfa was really going extremely well, because that bloody thing had a heap of power..." "Anyway, it shit itself, and I won the race."

[@Euclides287]

My favourite podcast so far! *Straight talkers* are my type of people and *Alan Jones* doesn't mince any words.

[@Maheralwan]

it sounded like cletus was yelling at science because he doesn't understand it lol but yeah he was honest but very dumb

[@taliamason7986]

Just imagine what James Hunt would have been like if he were still alive.

[@alexbuckenham1663]

Back to listen to this for the 4th time, top bloke

[@paulconnelly4050]

This is one of the best interviews I've ever listened to. Just straight up no bull and such a great insight on how it used to be in F1.

[@allthekingshorses7178]

Hugely underrated F1 champion who deserves more credit

[@aaranchauhan9997]

Alrighty! Alan Jones, what a legend.

[@kekepiket9153]

For all you saying Jones lucked into a best car. You know squat. Jones was a GP winner before Williams. Even Frank W admits that Jones coming into the team made them more serious about winning. As a driver he was decisive on setup, a very underrated skill, fantastic relationship with engineer Head. Also one of the best overtakers of all time. In my opinion, he was a dominant force from 79 to 81. And I am a ardent Piquet fan. Still dont like Canada 1980 situation, however Jones is underrated as hell.

[@leongt1954]

If they watched the 1980 season you would see he didn't have the best car Piquet's Brabham was a mush faster car

[@kekepiket9153]

@@leongt1954 Brabham in 1980 was not a faster car. You can see that also when you compare Jones and Piquet in Procar, equal cars. Nelson was faster than him a lot more often .

[@jedempleo5833]

His story about meeting with Enzo was just hilarious. "White as a sheet. He is dead. They got me at some Weekend at Bernies..." I died laughing in the office with all my coworkers looking at me.

[@ChumpyChicken2]

😂😂👍🏽

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

"*STRONG LANGUAGE*" I expected nothing less. Glad to hear an interview with my favourite team's first champion, Alan Jones!

[@TrueMexico]

Loved this. Lots of swearing and real talk. Should be titled: Alan Jones RAW! F1 drivers are too corporate these days as Alan said. One reason I love boxing is because boxers say what they want to say without all the corporate nonsense. Although with F1 so expensive these days will be hard to remove the corporate BS as they sign the cheques.

[@timowilms8102]

Verstappen speaks out his mind, but everybody seems to hate him for it...

[@NippyMoto]

@@timowilms8102 It's different, Verstappen's antics are childish and stupid. AJ is fucking hilarious.

[@jraybay]

I love playing these podcasts in the background while lying out in the sun. Very relaxing 👍

[@nicolafox9452]

Nice 😎

[@sergioponti3195]

World Champion in the year I was born! Listening to the awesome podcasts in my travels as I am a professional touring drummer. Keep up the awesome work!

[@CL-fg5ne]

@Anthony Kolak dont complain, enjoy it. in 20 years time youll be saying the current era is great

[@michiadams]

@Anthony Kolak And we had 9/11. What a terrible year to be born in.

[@alessiopirolo2946]

These podcasts keep getting better and better. Top job Tom

[@justanother67camaro32]

Too early to request a second interview with Alan?

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

one of the most impressive races I have seen is AJ substituting for an injured Mario Andretti in 1985 CART(Indycar) race at road america . Flew in , no notice , no testing , no experience in the Indycar and came third , ran 2nd and had a chance to win . You don't see that level of diverse race craft these days.

[@PMcKay00]

I never knew that! I suppose he did know the track from his Can Am days, but that was still impressive.

[@k42easy]

One of the best pod casts so far, humour honesty and political correctness out the window loved it.

[@melvynjames9028]

Terrific podcast, Jonesy is so Aussie, could of listened for hours. Kind of refreshing to hear him tell it like it was with all the anecdotes of the era.

[@jeshkam]

*could HAVE

[@sultanabran1]

this is easily the best episode of all. what a fantastic honest guy alan jones is. fabulous.

[@davidorama6690]

sultanabran1 Oddly I put Montoya in the same basket. Outstandingly honest and matter of fact.

[@tanguivanderelst7539]

Tom, this is a cracking series. AJ's podcast is a gem, like most of the podcasts with the guys who no longer have skin in the game. They can speak freely and that makes great interviews. Pablo Montoya's and Gerhard Bergers interviews were good fun, loved the one with Alain Prost. The ones with Emerson and Jackie were really moving as you get the feeling that even after all these years they still struggle to process the cruelty of their era. What about Jacques Laffite and Jody Sheckter? By all means thank you for these great podcasts

[@briankenney8609]

" One Stone and Hello Helmut Marko!" hahahahaha

[@paolomolinari335]

My all-time favourite... WC 79/80/81 ❤

[@1988Carlsberg]

Bloody hell, John Surtees sounds like a right fool to drive for. How annoying and frustrating. He should have known better. Alan Jones though, what a great listen.

[@ruimendes5658]

Best one so far. Legend, straight to the point!

[@armchairracer007]

This was easily one of the best episodes. Request for John Watson please!

[@NicotineRosberg]

What a bloke lol, I'm young and didn't know he was this chilled, great interview

[@jasongillard6185]

What a lad! The younger generation social media police will throw a s**t fit....................Breath of fresh air listening to an old timer talking the brutal truth! Love it! :)

[@msprav18]

Well I must be one of the few of the younger generation that likes listening to the guy's views 😂

[@taliamason7986]

Last Aussie World Champion 😢

[@NippyMoto]

He isn't Bogan, he is a fair dinkum Aussie, this is how we used to be.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Roger Dodger "larrikin" is the word you're looking for. Bogans are generally dumb and inarticulate.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

Love it, what a f@#king legend! Jonesy won more races than anyone from 79-81. Thanks Tom for not censoring it.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I was lucky enough to meet him once, top bloke!

[@jasoncee666]

Absolutely awesome AJ👍😎 my Dad started watching F1 because of you and we have seen every F1 race since 1981.

[@heliumtrophy]

Not one advert for Bose midway through the interview? Definitely one of the better ones indeed. Jonesy knows how to keep 'em entertained.

[@TobyMcVinn]

AJ could not have spoken in a more Aussie way. After having recently lived there for 9 months I found his expressions outrageously hilarious.

[@PMcKay00]

He speaks from another time - the Australia I grew up in. Many of his expressions you'll only find older Australian's using these days. A joy to hear.

[@tadhg1959]

There are no false pretenses with Alan. His candor was refreshing and humorous.

[@65thebluehawk]

My favourite world champion. He undersold his humble beginnings in Europe. Great story, well told. Thanks AJ.

[@MrTann2010]

One of my favourite drivers. The first world champion for Williams, a very entertaining driving style, extremely underrated, and deserved a lot more in terms of results.

[@fabianrocha9924]

35:01 "One stone and that would have been "Hello Helmut Marko""

[@lcbgaming5967]

great to listen to alan jones great driver

[@DonalvonGriffyn]

Alan Jones is a Dirk Dastardly fan!

[@PMGF]

Brilliant episode! Nice to hear warts and all, no nonsense!

[@techtipsuk]

They were just things that had to be passed. What a brilliant comment.

[@MrSilverfish12]

"How stupid is that? One stone in me glasses then hello Helmut Marko" I died of laughter when he said that hahaha

[@mrndlprsnr]

best of the lot, frank and fair honest like a good old aussie bloke, also must qualify for quotes of the year, 'just because they're dead it doesnt alter their character'! or, 'dont care about how many fastest laps i had you cant eat that'!BOOM

[@bbbccc9813]

Podcast that made me watch the 1980 season. Don't have any regrets Alan was great!

[@dubya85]

Straight up aussie

[@Cashprt]

I was a bit critical at the start of this wonderful podcast (Kubica's cast), but this is brilliant. Amazing personalities , great stories, keep up the great work! Thank you!

[@bondy284]

Absolute Legend and always will be. Other than F1 I used to watch him race Porsche’s in the 1980’s. 👍🇦🇺

[@craigdavies69]

What a fantastic listen, thank you.

[@marcoc4932]

Wicked interview with Jonesie; very informative and entertaining. Wish more of the drivers today were able to be as plain speaking.

[@jrp312]

I liked the story about the sponsors giving him a $10,000 bonus in cash. “Oh there’s no need for that, sticking it in the top pocket at a thousand miles an hour”

[@66PHILB]

Fantastic stuff from Alan, my first racing driver hero. If you enjoyed this podcast, you should read his 1981 autobiography Driving Ambition. When's Keke going to be on?

[@Eltoca21]

Bloody hell Alan sure speaks his mind

[@leongt1954]

A one fingered wave 🤣🤣 AJ was a very aggressive driver but fair and despite what people think the Williams was a way slower car than the Brabham's of Piquet

[@Manoj17Patankar]

I hope Danny Ric becomes as ruthless and uncompromising like Alan.. wil ONLY do him a world of good!

[@PMcKay00]

When Alonso parked at Hungary in 2007 and stopped Hamilton from changing tyres, AJ said he would have done the exact thing, and added that he would have told Hamilton something along the lines of "if you want to play games, there's more of that stuff coming your way".

[@djh29971]

Alan and Keke (Rosberg) are my all time favourite drivers. I could listen to them all day and shows what F1 has lost.

[@BD12]

I wanna hear about the groupies, damnit Alan! Tell us more about the grid girls you must've porked back in the day!

[@MrWillyMrBrightside]

I hear he had a romp with Penny Pringle in Adelaide

[@iliovecaRS]

That's how you were born bud

[@gam0t0]

That was the best interview of all Request Eddie Irvine

[@pavimentononliscio]

This video is longer than the career of sergey sirotkin

[@armands3153]

Well, his career isn't over yet.

[@pavimentononliscio]

@@armands3153 Is he racing anymore?

[@armands3153]

@@pavimentononliscio He's at Renault currently.

[@pavimentononliscio]

@@armands3153 Oh true, I've forgotten that

[@leewat9068]

lol

[@Sphinx7410]

True Australian Legend, couldve won more GP's, but didnt care as long as he got paid and the car wasnt a total bucket of shit. A kind of no nonsense bloke that we need in F1 today !

[@Phantom5611]

Would love to hear some historic "Number 2" drivers in F1 history. To name a few: Rubens Barrichello, Riccardo Patrese, Giancarlo Fisichella, Eddie Irvine etc.

[@p_adam19]

Pretty much no f***s given besides driving as bloody fast as possible. Love it.

[@joshmieglich5280]

Thanks for not bleeping... it would’ve ruined what was a fantastic interview 🇦🇺

[@ChumpyChicken2]

Great story teller!! Nice chat Boys.

[@NippyMoto]

Tom stop trying to be so PC, let the man talk. He is literally spitting gold out of his mouth.

[@allank6047]

Great how down-to-earth he is. Just a normal bloke. Really enjoyed it back when he and Daz Eastlake used to do the hosting on Channel 9 back in the day!

[@davidorama6690]

Allan K Alan and Dazza, Looking at the past through rose coloured glasses, mate? Dazza had the energy but little talent while Alan was trying hard to stay awake. They stood F1 in Australia for sure, way back when, but, Nine... Urgh...

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@@davidorama6690 Better than listening to Thruster drone on and having Daryl Beattie remind everyone that he raced bikes every 10 seconds. "Y'know Rusty it's a bit like my time on the two wheelers". No one fucking cares Beattie.

[@njengaalex]

Awesome podcast. Alan Jones is such a fantastic guy.

[@martabs1579]

Amazing episode! Have been keeping up with season 2 since kimi's episode and I absolutely love the podcast. 😊

[@ntsizwa]

Every Tuesday evening ends on a high for me as I charge my Bluetooth speaker (sadly not Bose) in anticipation of Beyond The Grid the following day. This week was no different & I was listening to K-Mag at 06:00 in the shower on Wednesday. I enjoyed the episode so much that I had to visit the podcasts back catalog to find another gem. I noticed the Alan Jones episode & I thought I’d take a listen. Had never heard the name before. I can now state unequivocally that Mr Alan Jones is my favourite driver of all time. Did I mention I have no idea what he looks like & never seen a single one of his races? From meeting Count Dracula at Maranello to the “one stone through the visor & it’s hello you know who” quip I was in stitches from beginning to end & I mean literally the end. His reply to “we might have to bleep out a few words” was classic! He has a fan in me for life! Can’t wait till next Tuesday night so I can charge my speaker once again. Keep the episodes coming. I’m hooked!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

There is a video of him arguing with Frank Williams in a pit lane on KZbin. Basically he says; AJ: Nah, it's too low and I can't see forward. FW: Perhaps it would help if you sit on your wallet Alan? AJ: Give me something to bloody put in it!

[@lecrammarcelo5146]

How about beyond the grid with Jenson Button?

[@Bala.the.Baldie]

I love him man hope he was in f1 nowadays

[@deathmetalshredify]

I haven’t laughed so hard during one of these podcasts. True Blue witty Aussie humour!

[@VenusDoom891]

This is a fantastic listen, but Alan isn't correct when he said him and his father are still the only father/son to win the Australian Grand Prix - Keke and Nico Rosberg both have (and Nico did before this interview took place).

[@VNWas]

Great interview, always been a big fan of Alan Jones!

[@supertouring22]

"One stone and it would have been - Hello Helmet Marko" PSML !!!!

[@olivierpiatek1897]

A legend

[@gokartbob6478]

Loved the interview 👍😎🏁

[@gorviv529]

That was awesome. Thanks for posting. (And to echo another listener's opinion, more strong language please!)

[@nicolafox9452]

The great Alan thanks 😀

[@Coldwallbar]

Really feel like James Hunt would be great for this podcast. Also a fellow strong language user lol

[@davidcox6713]

loves this guy !! great interview !

[@pmimagery1295]

I love watches! I like the idea that Cheko bought a watch to celebrate being on 'Beyond the Grid!

[@dynamo4582]

3:15 all modern drivers have become PR machines, it removes all personality from the grid.

[@mikespearwood3914]

That's why everyone loves Kimi: he just doesn't care about that nonsense.

[@ChumpyChicken2]

I’d say Ricciardo is himself mostly. He has one of the best personalities in F1 history.

[@alexveldhuis6004]

In days gone by, drivers were older and character fully developed compared to today's kids who are fast but largely undeveloped. That must be considered.

[@squilldx5055]

Media wasn't as huge a thing back then so they didnt have to worry as much

[@david-joeklotz9558]

A second interview with John Watson please. How about interviewing Nigel Mansell?

[@bodieofci5418]

We need an interview with Keke Rosberg. Now there is a straight talker.

[@thomasblight]

Great podcast! Please do a podcast with Jody Scheckter👍

[@Viscount_Castlereagh]

Never got to watch him, but sounds great.

[@techtipsuk]

You’re doing a great job here Tom.

[@davidorama6690]

Alan Jones. One of us. (Australian I mean.) Good one!

[@JacobTerherst]

The best one yet!

[@Bala.the.Baldie]

I love AJ man he is wicked man

[@drgeo7ab]

Great podcast once again. Can you please get Nelson piquet ??

[@alexxandros168]

Reut Jones Forever

[@glensgraphix]

More drivers of this era. Nelson Piquet would be a great one too.

[@sultanabran1]

goodness, who knows what's going to fly out of the mouth of that clown!

[@sagars3771]

I'm laughing my heart out listening to AJ.

[@kimi88cz]

Legend

[@lecrammarcelo5146]

How about beyond the grid with Felipe Massa?

[@darrenparkinson4576]

Should do a part two

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Check out his recent two part interview on Rustys Garage Podcast (Greg Rust) very funny and he is just as honest.

[@darrenparkinson4576]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan I can't find it,Mate. Do you have a link?

[@idiotpictures579]

Great speaker. Mario Andretti should be next

[@politelemon]

Not only does ferrari mess up their strategies. They even mess up their promises and contracts