"strong language". Hell yeah, more of this please.

-That's just numbers in a book, who cares, I don't! -Talking of numbers in a book, of your 12 victories.. -THIRTEEN!

"Giacomelli's Alfa was really going extremely well, because that bloody thing had a heap of power..." "Anyway, it shit itself, and I won the race."

Alrighty! Alan Jones, what a legend.

Alan Jones is such an underrated champion No one even talks about him yet he’s the first driver to win a championship at Williams

Back to listen to this for the 4th time, top bloke

My favourite podcast so far! *Straight talkers* are my type of people and *Alan Jones* doesn't mince any words.

This is one of the best interviews I've ever listened to. Just straight up no bull and such a great insight on how it used to be in F1.

The best beyond the grid so far in terms of openness and humour 👍🏻 request jean alesi in future?

" One Stone and Hello Helmut Marko!" hahahahaha

For all you saying Jones lucked into a best car. You know squat. Jones was a GP winner before Williams. Even Frank W admits that Jones coming into the team made them more serious about winning. As a driver he was decisive on setup, a very underrated skill, fantastic relationship with engineer Head. Also one of the best overtakers of all time. In my opinion, he was a dominant force from 79 to 81. And I am a ardent Piquet fan. Still dont like Canada 1980 situation, however Jones is underrated as hell.

“Tough, determined and flat out all the way” *laughs in FW42*

His story about meeting with Enzo was just hilarious. "White as a sheet. He is dead. They got me at some Weekend at Bernies..." I died laughing in the office with all my coworkers looking at me.

"*STRONG LANGUAGE*" I expected nothing less. Glad to hear an interview with my favourite team's first champion, Alan Jones!

Too early to request a second interview with Alan?

I love playing these podcasts in the background while lying out in the sun. Very relaxing 👍

one of the most impressive races I have seen is AJ substituting for an injured Mario Andretti in 1985 CART(Indycar) race at road america . Flew in , no notice , no testing , no experience in the Indycar and came third , ran 2nd and had a chance to win . You don't see that level of diverse race craft these days.

These podcasts keep getting better and better. Top job Tom

World Champion in the year I was born! Listening to the awesome podcasts in my travels as I am a professional touring drummer. Keep up the awesome work!

this is easily the best episode of all. what a fantastic honest guy alan jones is. fabulous.

Straight up aussie

what a legend

Terrific podcast, Jonesy is so Aussie, could of listened for hours. Kind of refreshing to hear him tell it like it was with all the anecdotes of the era.

Last Aussie World Champion 😢

My all-time favourite... WC 79/80/81 ❤

One of the best pod casts so far, humour honesty and political correctness out the window loved it.

Alan Jones is a Dirk Dastardly fan!

What a bloke lol, I'm young and didn't know he was this chilled, great interview

There are no false pretenses with Alan. His candor was refreshing and humorous.

So nice listening to what comes across to me as an 'every man'.

"How stupid is that? One stone in me glasses then hello Helmut Marko" I died of laughter when he said that hahaha

great to listen to alan jones great driver

Bloody hell Alan sure speaks his mind

This was easily one of the best episodes. Request for John Watson please!

Loved this. Lots of swearing and real talk. Should be titled: Alan Jones RAW! F1 drivers are too corporate these days as Alan said. One reason I love boxing is because boxers say what they want to say without all the corporate nonsense. Although with F1 so expensive these days will be hard to remove the corporate BS as they sign the cheques.

Not one advert for Bose midway through the interview? Definitely one of the better ones indeed. Jonesy knows how to keep 'em entertained.

Tom, this is a cracking series. AJ's podcast is a gem, like most of the podcasts with the guys who no longer have skin in the game. They can speak freely and that makes great interviews. Pablo Montoya's and Gerhard Bergers interviews were good fun, loved the one with Alain Prost. The ones with Emerson and Jackie were really moving as you get the feeling that even after all these years they still struggle to process the cruelty of their era. What about Jacques Laffite and Jody Sheckter? By all means thank you for these great podcasts

Bloody hell, John Surtees sounds like a right fool to drive for. How annoying and frustrating. He should have known better. Alan Jones though, what a great listen.

That was the best interview of all Request Eddie Irvine

One of my favourite drivers. The first world champion for Williams, a very entertaining driving style, extremely underrated, and deserved a lot more in terms of results.

A legend

They were just things that had to be passed. What a brilliant comment.

AJ could not have spoken in a more Aussie way. After having recently lived there for 9 months I found his expressions outrageously hilarious.

I liked the story about the sponsors giving him a $10,000 bonus in cash. “Oh there’s no need for that, sticking it in the top pocket at a thousand miles an hour”

Best one so far. Legend, straight to the point!

Podcast that made me watch the 1980 season. Don't have any regrets Alan was great!

Love it, what a f@#king legend! Jonesy won more races than anyone from 79-81. Thanks Tom for not censoring it.

What a fantastic listen, thank you.

I love AJ man he is wicked man

Absolutely awesome AJ👍😎 my Dad started watching F1 because of you and we have seen every F1 race since 1981.

What a lad! The younger generation social media police will throw a s**t fit....................Breath of fresh air listening to an old timer talking the brutal truth! Love it! :)

Pretty much no f***s given besides driving as bloody fast as possible. Love it.

This video is longer than the career of sergey sirotkin

loves this guy !! great interview !

Loved the interview 👍😎🏁

Great story teller!! Nice chat Boys.

Amazing episode! Have been keeping up with season 2 since kimi's episode and I absolutely love the podcast. 😊

True Australian Legend, couldve won more GP's, but didnt care as long as he got paid and the car wasnt a total bucket of shit. A kind of no nonsense bloke that we need in F1 today !

Brilliant episode! Nice to hear warts and all, no nonsense!

Absolute Legend and always will be. Other than F1 I used to watch him race Porsche’s in the 1980’s. 👍🇦🇺

Would love to hear some historic "Number 2" drivers in F1 history. To name a few: Rubens Barrichello, Riccardo Patrese, Giancarlo Fisichella, Eddie Irvine etc.

I love him man hope he was in f1 nowadays

The great Alan thanks 😀

I was a bit critical at the start of this wonderful podcast (Kubica's cast), but this is brilliant. Amazing personalities , great stories, keep up the great work! Thank you!

Wicked interview with Jonesie; very informative and entertaining. Wish more of the drivers today were able to be as plain speaking.

Great interview, always been a big fan of Alan Jones!

"One stone and it would have been - Hello Helmet Marko" PSML !!!!

How about beyond the grid with Jenson Button?

Legend

Absolutely love this !

I haven’t laughed so hard during one of these podcasts. True Blue witty Aussie humour!

best of the lot, frank and fair honest like a good old aussie bloke, also must qualify for quotes of the year, 'just because they're dead it doesnt alter their character'! or, 'dont care about how many fastest laps i had you cant eat that'!BOOM

Fantastic stuff from Alan, my first racing driver hero. If you enjoyed this podcast, you should read his 1981 autobiography Driving Ambition. When's Keke going to be on?

Alan and Keke (Rosberg) are my all time favourite drivers. I could listen to them all day and shows what F1 has lost.

The best one yet!

What a legend

What a cool guy!

I hope Danny Ric becomes as ruthless and uncompromising like Alan.. wil ONLY do him a world of good!

Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Nikki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg... I miss 80's

You’re doing a great job here Tom.

JONESY!!!

Great how down-to-earth he is. Just a normal bloke. Really enjoyed it back when he and Daz Eastlake used to do the hosting on Channel 9 back in the day!

Reut Jones Forever

Brilliant!!

Never got to watch him, but sounds great.

35:01 "One stone and that would have been "Hello Helmut Marko""

Thanks for not bleeping... it would’ve ruined what was a fantastic interview 🇦🇺

That was awesome. Thanks for posting. (And to echo another listener's opinion, more strong language please!)

That's got to be one of the best so far.

Awesome podcast. Alan Jones is such a fantastic guy.

Fantastic.

If you listen very carefully, it doesn’t come up very often and it can be quite hard to hear but some of the words aren’t swear words.

I love watches! I like the idea that Cheko bought a watch to celebrate being on 'Beyond the Grid!

A second interview with John Watson please. How about interviewing Nigel Mansell?

Some parts are hardly understandable for non-native speakers. I didn't have such problems with other podcast from the series but this is the hardest one. Script would be helpful

Really feel like James Hunt would be great for this podcast. Also a fellow strong language user lol

Every Tuesday evening ends on a high for me as I charge my Bluetooth speaker (sadly not Bose) in anticipation of Beyond The Grid the following day. This week was no different & I was listening to K-Mag at 06:00 in the shower on Wednesday. I enjoyed the episode so much that I had to visit the podcasts back catalog to find another gem. I noticed the Alan Jones episode & I thought I’d take a listen. Had never heard the name before. I can now state unequivocally that Mr Alan Jones is my favourite driver of all time. Did I mention I have no idea what he looks like & never seen a single one of his races? From meeting Count Dracula at Maranello to the “one stone through the visor & it’s hello you know who” quip I was in stitches from beginning to end & I mean literally the end. His reply to “we might have to bleep out a few words” was classic! He has a fan in me for life! Can’t wait till next Tuesday night so I can charge my speaker once again. Keep the episodes coming. I’m hooked!

A one fingered wave 🤣🤣 AJ was a very aggressive driver but fair and despite what people think the Williams was a way slower car than the Brabham's of Piquet

Alan, um mestre em pilotar, esse na minha opniāo está entre os 10 melhores pilotos de todos os tempos! Tip

Siempre es un gusto oir a los pilotos de la vieja escuela,deberian de preguntarles como mejorarian ellos la F1