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Car Chat Podcast #56: Olly Bryant

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Olly Bryant (@ollybryant) is a professional racing driver and driver coach who mainly races in classic and gt3 cars. He has raced a massive variety of classic cars including Cobras, 911s and GT40s.

The Podcast is available under "Car Chat" on all major podcast platforms (iTunes, Spotify etc).

Hope you enjoy the Podcast.

Thanks, Sam

https://instagram.com/ollybryant

Show Notes:

0:00 = How did you get into cars?

1:24 = The early years

3:54 = GT Racing

10:00 = How does racing at LeMans compare to other endurance races?

14:11 = What is the cost of a GT endurance race?

17:55 = What would you like to see going forward in WEC?

20:52 = The difference driving a GTE vs a GT3 car?

25:22 = Historic Racing

26:44 = Different styles of going fast

30:13 = How does a road 911 compare to the race versions.

35:17 = If you could only go to one European track to race what would it be?

35:39 = What have been the most memorable classic cars to race?

37:14 = What's it like to race a Cobra?

40:54 = Why does the new RSR sound odd?

43:20 = Where would you point someone who wanted to get into historic racing?

55:30 = Do you play on a Sim?

1:08:41 = Did you have to do neck training when you were racing GT?

1:16:00 = 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #52 - Niels Van Roij Design

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Niels (@nielsvanroijdesign) is an automotive designer and coachbuilder specialising in bespoke products for wealthy clients. One of his more famous designs is a Tesla Model S shooting brake but he has worked on quite a few cool projects. We discuss automotive design, photography, making cars look "Right" and much much more. Thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Niels. You can find the audio podcast here:

Spotify: http://bit.ly/carchatpodcast

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/carchatapple

Niels' website: https://nielsvanroij.com/

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

0:00 Your journey

6:35 = What do you learn studying industrial design?

6:48 = Designing a London taxi

11:50 = Having a fresh perspective

15:57 = The Porsche Cayenne

20:37 = There is so much happening in the industry right now

21:08 = Why would you go back to study at the RCA when you've already got a job in design?

26:19 = What is coachbuilding in 2020?

28:48 = The Breadvan Homage

34:35 = The Rolls Royce Shooting Brake

41:40 = It becomes about more than the car

49:58 = How do you stop a car looking like a concept car

55:52 = What's your favourite bit of new design?

59:28 = Mclaren Senna, what went wrong?

1:10:30 = You must get a high amount of job satisfaction

1:14:10 = Car Photography (and tiny things that mess it up)

1:18:14 = Good photography vs bad and bad press shots

1:22:20 = Cars need an environment

1:24:00 = Cars are not cows

1:32:35 = Adventum Coupe

1:36:20 = Making a car with a singular message

1:38:49 = 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #50: Abbie Eaton

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Abbie Eaton (@abbieeaton44) is a professional racing driver, coach and precision driver. She is well known for being the test driver for The Grand Tour.

Follow me on instagram: https://instagram.com/sammooresphoto

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammooresphoto

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

Abbie's Instagram: https://instagram.com/abbieeaton44

Show Notes:

00:00 = How did it all begin?
14:21 = Working for the grand tour?
19:35 = Was it difficult jumping into lots of different types of cars?
23:10 = Do you have a favourite era of car?
25:30 = How do you get these drives in race cars?
27:14 = Tell me about racing Rallycross?
29:32 = Who's the best driver out of Clarkson, May and Hammond?
30:18 = How have you found being a woman in motorsport?
37:28 = The W Series
43:57 = Do you use a Sim?
50:51 = What's the number 1 mistake people make driving on track?
55:47 = How do you go about getting more seat time?
1:04:26 = 5 Questions