Motor Life F1 Podcast : Recent Episodes
Motor Life F1 Podcast
Launched after "Africa Podcast Day 2022", the Motor Life F1 (ML F1) Podcast covers the state of F1 and how Africans relate to motorsports.
Market research strategist and sports business enthusiast Richard Wanjohi returns to chat about:
- The Sports Business Roundtable at Strathmore Business School in May 2024
- How sports federations attract corporate sponsorship
- Administering the Safari Rally in 2024 and onwards
- Motorsports Impact Awareness Reports – Connecting Numbers and Lessons
- Strathmore’s Plans for the Business of Sport
- Prediction about the Emilia Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix and Red Bull’s Outlook Guest: Richard Wanjohi on Twitter/X
Recorded on 16 May 2024 at the SemaBOX podcast incubator, Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineered by Dan Aceda for SemaBOX Africa.
Host: Limo Taboi (Twitter @Bankelele).
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Some Links
- More about the Strathmore Sports Business Roundtable.
- The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix Debriefing/ Impact Report by Clark County, Nevada.
- Richard’s article on the journey of tennis in Kenya.
Financial services expert and polo player Kelvin Jumba shares his unique insights ahead of this weekend’s Australia Grand Prix.
- F1 intro and races he has been to.
- Melbourne travel and race week experiences.
- Max and the Red Bull team's rise since Abu Dhabi 2021 to its current turmoil.
- 2024 Australia podium predictions.
- Look out for a Kenyan safety marshall at the Albert Park Circuit in 2024!
- The best regular F1/sports pub in Nairobi is..
Guest: Kelvin Jumba on Twitter and Instagram.
Recorded on 21 March 2024 at the SemaBOX podcast incubator, Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineered by Sunny Mwiti for SemaBOX Africa.
Host: Limo Taboi (Twitter @Bankelele).
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FIA VP for sixteen years, multiple rally-winner and sports administrator Surinder Thatthi talks about his four decades in motorsports from Jamhuri High to officiating at the top of world motorsports.
- The influence of Shekar Mehta in his rallying and management career.
- How does a co-driver write notes, communicate and develops an understanding with a rally driver.
- What was so terrifying about Group B cars, Walter Rohrl & Snakes, and why rally cars are destroyed after a season.
- How stewards make fast decisions to apply motorsports rules and what Michael Masi got wrong at Abu Dhabi 2021.
- How the Safari Rally returned to Kenya and the risk of “fesh-fesh.”
- Why Red Bull may not dominate F1 in 2024.
Guest: Surinder Thatthi on Twitter and Instagram.
Recorded on 18 October 2023 at the SemaBOX podcast incubator, Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineered by Doris Onyango for SemaBOX Africa.
On "Mamba Day" (Kobe Bryant fans know 8/24) digital marketing strategist and all-round sports fan Sarah Wambi joins the podcast to talk about:
- Her passion for sports and the state of F1.
- Her "Summer of Sarah" European tour where she attended the French Open, a PSG match and the Monaco Grand Prix!
- Planning for F1 trips, ticket-buying quirks and tips for getting visas in time.
- The legacy of Lewis Hamilton in the sport, his achievements, unfair cards he's been dealt (AD2021, Spygate), and the future of the Mercedes team.
- Predictions ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix.
Guest: Sarah Wambi (Twitter, Threads and Instagram).
Recorded on 24 August 2023 at the SemaBOX podcast incubator at the Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineered by Doris Onyango for SemaBOX Africa.
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Host: Limo Taboi (Twitter @Bankelele).
ML F1 Podcast Episode 8 with Richard Wanjohi
- Review of the 2023 Safari Rally in Kenya.
- Formula E raced in Cape Town, South Africa in 2023 but will they return?
- Preview of the Belgium Grand Prix.
- Other F1 sub-plots halfway in a season dominated by Red Bull and Max Verstappen.
Guest: Richard Wanjohi (Twitter: @RWanjohi).
Recorded on 27 July 2023 at the @SemaBOX podcast incubator, at the Baraza Media Lab on Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Engineered by Lawreen Dunga for SemaBOX Africa.
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Host: Limo Taboi (Twitter @Bankelele).
Other
- Tripadvisor recap of the Cape Town ePrix, Formula E race in South Africa in February 2023.
- Natura Nostra is the biodiversity program of Moët & Chandon, the official champagne partner for Formula E.
Jose Kyalo, who has been to 8 F1 races (to date), joins the podcast and talks about:
- How the F1 audience in Nairobi has grown from 10 fans watching a race to hundreds now at some venues.
- What led to the demise of Kwese TV?
- How to plan affordable travels to F1 races and avoid visa rejections.
- Experiencing a perfect Grand Prix week.
- Best European races to attend and how to navigate some challenges
Guest: Jose Kyalo (Twitter: @AmJose_)
Recorded on 8 September 2022 at the Semabox podcast incubator, at the Baraza Media Lab on Riverside Drive, Nairobi by Doris Onyango.
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Host: Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Richard Wanjohi joins the podcast and talks about:
- A motorsport in Africa history project he's involved with.
- Previews preparations for the 2022 Safari Rally, the foreign drivers, local sponsors and legends who will be in town, and improvements from last year.
- How to follow the 2022 Safari Rally: Hint it's too late to go to Naivasha but here’s how you can stretch your shilling and follow every stage of the rally and more.
- Reviews the rain-hit Monaco grand prix and its future on the F1 calendar.
- Predicts a Ferrari resurgence at Sunday's Azerbaijan grand prix but is there a new order at Red Bull?
Credits
- Guest: Richard Wanjohi - @RWanjohi
- Recorded on 9 June 2022 at the Semabox podcast incubator, at the Baraza Media Lab on Riverside Drive, Nairobi by Doris Onyango.
- Follow the @MLF1podcast on Twitter and Instagram.
- Host: Limo Taboi
- Read about the Kenyan F1 fans who went to Baku to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2019.
- How can Monaco survive on the F1 calendar? by RacingNews365 Editorial Director Dieter Rencken.
Moses talks about the current ways of fans following, and conversing, about F1 in Kenya and the best ways to watch race broadcasts. He also talks about attending the India Grand Prix in 2012.
Ahead of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, he talks about the Netflix effects on audience growth and the prospects of an American driver in F1. Also the celebrity factor of Miami, the cost of tickets, and weekend race predictions.
The @MLF1podcast episode was recorded on 5 May 2022 at Semabox, Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Guest: Moses Kemibaro, Twitter @moseskemibaro
Host: Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Recorded by Doris Onyango for Semabox @semabox
Mbalu Makau runs the Paddock Experience, the premier Kenyan event host for Formula 1 parties. He recounts the first race he watched, how made attending F1 races part of his annual bucket list, and how he got to arrange for other fans to attend.
Also, advice on how to enjoy a race weekend, the attractions of Abu Dhabi, which European races are good to attend, the controversial 2021 finale and how The Paddock Experience plans to take 100 Kenyans to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2022.
The @MLF1podcast episode was recorded on 22 April 2022 at Semabox, Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Guest: Mbalu Makau - @paddockexperience on instagram, @thepaddockxp on Twitter. Also, The Paddock Experience Podcast, YouTube channel, and Formula 1 Fantasy League 2022. Watch the Paddock Experience guests at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Host: Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Recorded by Lawreen Dunga for Semabox
Florence Kamaitha recounts how she became a fan of the sport, her reaction to the controversial 2021 season end and Mercedes team prospects in 2022. She also talks about her experience attending a race in Abu Dhabi to celebrate with other Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes fans and shares tips for other travellers and organizers of F1 fan experience events.
The @MLF1podcast episode was recorded on 8 April 2022 at Semabox, Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Host Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Guest: Florence Kamaitha - @kamaitha on Twitter and Instagram
Producer Dan Aceda @danaceda for Semabox @semabox - https://www.semabox.net
Read about Kamaitha's Abu Dhabi trip in the Business Daily newspaper https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/society/kenyans-travel-to-watch-formula-1-races-2239812
Moses Kemibaro reviews the new F1 car designs for 2022, the results of the opening race at Bahrain, the contrasting fortunes of the Mercedes and Ferrari teams there, and previews the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. Also, the radical decisions by the Hass team in terminating their Ural Kali sponsorship and driving services of Nikita Mazepin, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Episode recorded on March 24, 2022, at Semabox, Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive, Nairobi.
Host Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Guest: Moses Kemibaro on Twitter at @moseskemibaro
Producer Dan Aceda @danaceda for Semabox @semabox - https://www.semabox.net
Richard Wanjohi talks about his history of F1, his motoring moments and favourite drivers, from Mansell to Senna, and Hamilton, leading up through the 2021 F1 season.
He is also contributing a motorsports chapter to a research book on the history of sports in Africa and talks about attending the Safari Rally which returned to Kenya in 2021, after two decades, and the current state of motorsports on the continent.
Episode recorded at Semabox, Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive, Nairobi by Dan Aceda.
Host Limo Taboi @Bankelele
Guest: Richard Wanjohi on Twitter at @RWanjohi
Producer Dan Aceda @danaceda
Semabox @semabox - https://www.semabox.net