What does the CEO of a Formula 1 team do? What happens in the F1 boss group chat? Who decides who collects the Teams’ trophy on the podium? McLaren’s Zak Brown answers all of these questions and more in this week’s F1 Explains podcast, which was recorded live on-stage at the Australian Grand Prix. F1 EXPLAINS: When F1 drivers move teams – with Valtteri Bottas and Jenson Button Presenter Christian Hewgill invites F1 Explains listeners Chloe, Samantha, Lauren and Katy to ask Brown their questions. McLaren fan Chloe, aged 12 from New Zealand, asks Brown what a normal day of work is for him. “I like to spend as much time as possible with the people on the racing team,” says Brown, who led McLaren to,
“We want [Andrea] focused on the performance of the racing team, being not distracted by anything else,” Brown continues. “I take the business side of the racing team. He takes the on-track performance.” Across the episode, Brown talks about the inner workings of the F1 boss group chat, whether he will celebrate success in 2025 with more tattoos, and how the team will handle drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as they fight for this season’s World Championship. BEYOND THE GRID: Pierre Gasly on trusting the Alpine process, his ambitious victory target and life outside F1 The full episode of F1 Explains is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other podcast apps, or you can listen using the player on this page. F1 Explains
