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STRAIGHT TORQUE is a podcast about the world of Formula E, brought to you by Mahindra Racing. Tune in as we go under the skin of the world's first all-electric street racing championship. Fans get insight into the sport through personal conversations with drivers, paddock personalities and special guests. This is the place for motorsport news and views. For more information on the team visit https://www.mahindraracing.com/
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Gen 3 is here... and it's the fastest, lightest and most sustainable yet! Join host Derin Adetosoye as she introduces us to the new FIA Formula E Gen 3 race car with guests Alexander Sims and Mahindra's Technical Director Lewis Butler. The three break down the performance, efficiency and sustainability of the ground-breaking vehicle, as well as the…
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What goes on at the factory whilst the race team is away? Jack Nicholls asks the question as he returns to host Episode 4 of the new series of Straight Torque by Mahindra Racing. In this episode he is joined by two special guests and unsung heroes of the team - Test and Development Driver Jordan King and Simulator and Performance Engineer Matt Cros…
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In the latest episode of Mahindra's special podcast, Alexander Sims and Oliver Rowland sit down with Jack Nicholls to discuss the three exciting new additions to the Formula E calendar in Season 8. Starting with the trip to Jakarta in June, followed by Vancouver and then Seoul later in the year, the drivers run through their thoughts and expectatio…
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In a very special episode of Straight Torque, Mahindra Racing’s Team Principal and CEO Dilbagh Gill is joined by the CEO of Formula E, Jamie Reigle. Hosted by Nicki Shields, the episode looks into what it takes to run the world’s first all-electric street racing series and one of its race-winning outfits. Dilbagh and Jamie discuss the challenges of…
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As Mahindra Racing launch their new Season 8 race car and driver line-up, they also begin a brand new series of the Straight Torque podcast. In the first episode, host Nicki Shields is joined by Team Principal Dilbagh Gill and drivers Oliver Rowland and Alexander Sims. Dilbagh reveals just why new-joiner Oliver is the man for the job, whilst the wh…
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Ahead of the FIA Formula E World Championship’s return to UK soil with the upcoming London E-Prix, Nicki Shields chats with Mahindra Racing’s Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims to find out all about the team’s British drivers in the build-up to their home race. How did they make it? Who are their British racing heroes? How many cups of tea a day do they …
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In the third episode of the new season, Nicki Shields and the two Mahindra Racing drivers Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims come together for part 2 of ‘Track Chat’. They discuss the upcoming races on the Season 7 Formula E calendar, including the exciting metropolis of NYC, their home race in London, and the grand finale in Berlin.…
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In this exciting new episode, broadcaster, entrepreneur and host of the High Performance podcast Jake Humphrey joins our host Nicki Shields and Mahindra Racing’s Alexander Sims and Alex Lynn to talk through his sporting career, his esteemed podcast, Coral Eyewear and all things high performance.Di Mahindra Racing / Jake Humphrey
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In the first episode of the new season, Nicki Shields joins Mahindra Racing’s new drivers Alexander Sims and Alex Lynn to talk through the upcoming tracks on the Season 7 Formula E racing calendar. From the glamour of Monaco to the heat of Santiago, the boys give us the low-down on the races ahead and their top tips in these amazing cities.…
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As Mahindra Racing announces Alexander Sims as a race driver for its 2020/21 Formula E campaign – when the series becomes a World Championship, Jack Nicholls sits with the man himself and Team Principal Dilbagh Gill in a new episode of Straight Torque. Tune in as the trio discuss Mahindra’s objectives for the upcoming season, Alexander’s long-time …
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Ahead of Alex Lynn’s debut for Mahindra Racing at the Berlin E-Prix Season Six Finale, which will see teams compete in a record six races in nine days, Nicki Shields put him under the spotlight in a brand new episode of Straight Torque. Get to know Alex as he talks about his previous racing successes, how’s he’s settling in at Mahindra and whether …
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Nicki Shields welcomes Jerome D’Ambrosio, Mahindra Racing Simulator and Development Driver and World’s Fastest Gamer Rudy van Buren and mind performance coach Simon Fitchett to talk about the explosion of esports since real-life racing has been paused. The awesome foursome chat about the Formula E Race At Home Challenge, the incredible array of esp…
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Nicki Shields takes the reins for our special Earth Day podcast. Today, we’re bringing you a special environmentally friendly episode with some amazing guests including Mahindra Racing CEO and Team Principal Dilbagh Gill, Co-Founder and Director of Non-Plastic Beach Gareth Dean and Formula E’s Senior Sustainability Consultant Julia Palle. How can w…
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After our Series 1 episode, 'Elevenses with the Engineers' went down so well with our listeners, we've brought our motley crew back together for a chat over tea and cake. Saunders Carmichael-Brown guest hosts as he invites Team Principal Dilbagh Gill and Mahindra Racing's Vinit Patel, Angus Lyon, Cyril Blais, Tom Davis and Joseph Dollard to talk al…
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Mahindra Racing! What else could we do but bring together four people in love; in love with racing! Nicki Shields hosts the latest episode of Straight Torque with an epic line-up of special guests: The Racing Driver, The Romance Novelist and The Movie Producer. Nick Heidfeld, author Paige Toon and producer of ‘Senna’ Mani…
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We’re back with a brand-new series of Straight Torque, bringing you more behind-the-scenes, access all areas and off the record chats with special guests during the 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship. In this episode Jerome d’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein get grilled by Nicki Shields on their season six ambitions, before their teammate relations…
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Guest host and motorsport journalist Will Buxton has recently published a book called ‘My Greatest Defeat’ which is a collection of honest and revealing insights from 20 of the greatest racing drivers. Mahindra Racing invited Will to host our latest podcast with Jerome D’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein to talk about their greatest defeats on and off t…
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Mahindra Racing Team Principal, Dilbagh Gill, took the reins in the latest episode of STRAIGHT TORQUE to turn the tables and grill renowned ABB FIA Formula E Championship journalists at the Monaco E-Prix. When Jerome D’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein heard what the boss was doing, they wanted in on the action!…
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Nicki Shields chats to Nick Heidfeld and Dilbagh Gill about the Automobili Pininfarina ‘Battista’ – the beast that is quicker than an F1 car and has taken the world by storm. Did we mention that it’s fully electric and one of the most powerful, road-legal hypercars ever designed with 1,900bhp/2,300Nm torque? The 2019 Rome E-Prix marked exactly one …
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Jerome D’Ambrosio crashes our podcast studio to take over as a rogue guest host, while a gaggle (we think that’s the collective phrase) of our engineers meet up over freshly brewed tea and coffee to chew the fat (and many pieces of cake). Over a lot of laughter, the super six chat topics as diverse as twitter spats with racing drivers, coffee ritua…
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Nicki Shields hosts as we search for answers to all the questions on our minds right now: How does Pascal Wehrlein react when he’s made to listen to his team radio messages? What’s the story about Formula E being devised on the back of a napkin? What three new cities are going to be on the calendar in Season 6? Is Nicki Shields or Alberto Longo the…
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Celebrate with us as Nicki Shields gives us all the reactions from Jerome D'Ambrosio's stunning win at the Marrakesh E-Prix - Mahindra's racing second consecutive victory at the Moroccan race. Pascal Wehrlein joins to talk his Formula E debut. We also talk helmet designs, Attack Mode and fashion choices!…
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Nicki Shields hosts while we send roving reporter Felix Rosenqvist to sit down with Jerome D’Ambrosio, Katherine Legge, Dilbagh Gill and Her Highness Princess Haifa, secretary general of the Saudi Arabia Formula E race - the first event of the 2018/19 season.Di Mahindra Racing
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