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Ollie Marriage is Head of Car Testing at BBC Top Gear. He joins me for a chat about his journey and some of the awesome cars he's driven along the way.
https://www.instagram.com/olliemarriage/
Enjoy,
Sam
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
15:12 - Review Process
24:30 - Career Continued
28:42 - Writing Style Between Magazines
42:15 - Does the Experience Warp the Review?
48:15 - COTY
57:24 - Driving an LMP1 Car
1:08:59 - James Dean’s M3
1:16:41 - 5 Questions
Andrew Frankel (@frankelandrew) is a freelance automotive journalist writing for the major uk magazines. We have a chat about journalism, road testing, modern cars, racing cars, hybrid cars and so much more.
https://instagram.com/drivenation_
https://www.instagram.com/frankelandrew/
Hope you enjoy,
Sam
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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/car-chat/id1432553826
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Show Notes:
00:00 = Intro
01:24 = How much time is spent planning vs driving?
02:34 = Where did it all start?
07:11 = Learning to review cars + Autocar
08:16 = Has your journalism changed over the years?
09:31 = Do you struggle distinguishing the differences between modern cars?
14:56 = Is there a car you've driven recently where it doesn't meet expectations? SF90
17:46 = Weight and the Caterham Super 7
18:55 = Ferrari F8
27:44 = Porsche 917
30:47 = 2019 RSR
32:09 = GT3RS vs GT3 Cup vs RSR
34:21 = Does driving race cars put you off road cars?
44:44 = F Type P450
50:10 = Hybrids, the next McLaren and tech
1:00:00 = Back to working in Magazines
1:02:01 = The lessons for approaching freelance.
1:08:52 = Do you find it stressful having to create your own work/ income?
1:13:58 = Where did you hone your road testing ability?
1:16:17 = Favourite road test of all time?
1:18:10 = What's the next "McLaren F1"?
1:26:43 = The T.50
1:29:15 = Should cars safe people if you turn everything off?
1:41:38 = 5 Questions
Last week I took the Radical SR3 to Spa Francorchamps for a test day with a bunch of other race cars. We had LMP3, GT3, GT4 and some Ferrari Challenge cars. It's always fun mobbing these in the corners even thought they have much more pace on the straights.
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