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Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly dose of motor sport news and music on ZoneOneRadio - the Mayor of London-funmded community radio station for Central London. This week’s show didn’t quite go to plan. Matthew tried to get hold of the best British racing driver you’ve never heard of for about three days. Jamie Green has just signed to drive for Audi in the DTM - the German Touring Cars championship - after ten years at rivals Mercedes. Andy van de Burgt will be along to give us a post-Jerez update and a rundown on Jamie’s career But unfortunately, Jamie won’t be. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

This week is all about the power of 3 - F3 to be precise British Formula 3 is tan historic single seater feeder series to Formula 1. It’s been going for 63 years and boasts alumni from Emerson Fitipaldi to Jenson button via Ayrton Senna. They’ve just announced a reduced calendar of 4 races - which is not good news Matthew speaks to Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andy van de Burgt and a man he’s never met before called Benjamin Music this week is brought to you by the number 3

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week, the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona - always the year’s first major North American motor sport event. Autosport Editor-in-Chief Any van de Burgt is trackside at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida - with one bright pink sunburnt arm and a belly full of cola And we’ll be talking to Lawrence Daley. You probably haven’t heard of Lawrence, but he’s one of the heroes on the coal face of British motor sport He’s also in Florida having just raced in front of 150,000 people in Daytona’s beautiful natural amphitheatre in one of this weekend’s support races Music this week from James Brown, Jay-Z and Grandmaster Flash amongst others. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week from Autosport International at the NEC in Birmingham.where the great and the good of the motor sport industry gather every January. So coming up on today’s show something that seems to be becoming a ZoneOneRadio tradition - Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andy van de Burgt looks ahead to the year in motor sport. And as Andy is our main guest today he can’t do his usual “Letter from the Editor” slot. But fortunately Damien Smith of Motor Sport Magazine boldly stepped in - and he’s going to school Andy in how to make music requests. As well as Andy and Damien’s choices, music this week from acts who will be playing the NEC this year.including Plan B, Eric Clapton and the Jacksons. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly dose of motor sport news and music - on ZoneOneRadio - the Mayor of London-funded community radio station for Central London. This week he talks to Captain Tony Harris of Race2Recovery. A couple of years ago, Tony came to, 20 metres away from the burning wreckage of his vehicle in the middle of the Afghan desert. Nine months after that he took the decision to have the lower part of his left leg amputated. Today he started the most gruelling motor race in the world, the Dakar. Music this week from the rather... erm.. eclectic selection on Tony’s ipod - including Ellie Goulding, Powderfinger and Rammstein To support Tony and the Race2Recovery team in their quest to raise money for Help for Heroes, go toRace2Recovery.com or to donate £5 text RACE20 £5 to 70070 -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twit

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week, the best of 2012 with four - count ‘em, FOUR Formula 1 World Champions: John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill. And at no extra cost to you the listener there will also be some Jake Humphrey, some Martin Brundle, some Eddie Jordan And of course there’ll be some of the best bits and of Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andrew van de Burgt.- as well as a couple of his music choices. And some of the best music from 2012 - from the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen, Bruno Mars, Willy Moon and Gotye. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week a Race of Champions Special. This weekend in Bangkok, Thailand, “the world's finest drivers go head-to-head in identical vehicles to prove once and for all who is the real champion!” We’ll be speaking to our man high up in the standsBangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium - and formerly my motor sport radio arch-enemy - John from Radio Le Mans And, as you’ve come to expect by now Autosport Ebeneezer-in-Chief Andy van de Burgt will be along to give proceedings his own unique brand of humbug Music this week from The Cult,.Snow Patrol and Father John Misty amongst others -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week an Autosport Awards Special. ZoneOneRadio’s glamorous showbiz reporter Hannah Wing and trusty sports hack Joe Keen report from the red carpet outside the glamorous Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s swanky Park Lane as the great and the good of the motor racing world arrive for the annual Autosport Awards ceremony. Your host for the evening, immaculately tailored Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andrew van de Burgt will be joining us to talk turkey about Christmas parties. Music this week from Wiley, Fountains of Wayne and The Teardrop Explodes amongst others. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. As usual he talks to Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andy van de Burgt - who is getting ready to change into his best bib and tucker - about last week’s race, Valtteri and the future of journalism in the UK And Matthew’s interview with the newest driver to get an F1 race seat, Finn Valtteri Bottas who will be driving for Williams next season Music this week from Bruno Marrs, The Police and Led Zeppelin amongst others -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly dose of motor sport news and music here on ZoneOneRadio - the Mayor of London-funded community radio station for Central London. This week Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andrew van de Burgt looks forward to this evening’s race Joe Keen is here with #RaceDates - a rundown of all the other motor sport happening this weekend. And a whole lotaa good old fashioned Sunday music - including several tracks from Caro Emerald’s new compilation album “Drum Rolls & Heart Breaks”. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presents LondonGP - your weekly dose of motor sport news and music on ZoneOneRadio - the Mayor of London funded community radio station for Central London. This week a Caterham F1 Special. In the week that Renault and Caterham annonced a partnership to revive the iconic Alpine brand, Matthew speaks to Caterham F1’s Head of Communications Tom Webb from the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi. And Joe Keen speaks to Giedo van der Garde Caterham’s F1reserveiver just moments after he stepped out of the CT-01 And as if one unpronounceable Dutch name weren’t bad enough - we’ll be joined by the world’s most respectable motor sport journalist Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andrew van de Burgt. Music this week from The Prodigy, Talking Heads and Bobby Womack amongst others -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com ww

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presents LondonGP - your weekly dose of motor sport and music on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London This week we’re delighted to welcome a new member to the #LondonGP team - Joe Keen. Not only does he actually race, he’s come to us fresh from an internship at Autosport. It’s going to be great having someone working on the show who actually knows what they’re talking about! He takes Matthew out for a spin in his rally car AND speaks to Eurosporet commentator Andrew Coley ahead of this weekend’s last ever round of the IRC in Cyprus. Music this week from Stereo MCs, Salt’n’Pepa and mainly World Party and A Tribe Called Quest -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week he was invited up to Silverstone by Williams to watch their development driver - and friend of the show - Susie Wolff drive a Formula 1 car round a circuit for the first time. Her warm up acts were Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna driving historic championship-winning Formula 1 cars So, coming up on today’s show Bruno in an FW08, Pastor in and FW18 and Susie in the FW33 on a wet track in glorious autumn sunshine. And interviews with all three drivers and Williams Executve Director Toto Wolff. And if you like the show, why not watch the video - http://www.ZoneOneRadio.com/2012/10/video-williams-f1-at-silverstone-with.html -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week he talks to Captain Tony Harris of Race2Recovery. A couple of years ago, Tony came to, 20 metres away from the burning wreckage of his vehicle in the middle of the Afghan desert. Nine months after that he took the decision to have the lower part of his left leg amputated. Today he started the most gruelling motor race in the world, the Dakar. Music this week from the rather... erm.. eclectic selection on Tony’s ipod - including Ellie Goulding, Powderfinger and Rammstein To support Tony and the Race2Recovery team in their quest to raise money for Help for Heroes, go toRace2Recovery.com or to donate £5 text RACE20 £5 to 70070 -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week a brilliant interview with "The Boy Wonder" Shahaan Engineer who Matthew firmly believes is going to be the first Indian Formula 1 World Champion. Shahaan’s been struggling a bit this season, but last weekend he started making good on all his promise, achieving two podiums at Zandvoort - a notoriously fast circuit in the Formula Renault North European Cup. Also this week, we’re delighted to announce the return to the show of the world’s most respected motor sport journalist, Autosport Editor-in-Chief Andrew van de Burgt. Music this week from Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Scorpions and Rudimental amongst others. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew presemts London Grand Prix - a unique blend of motor sport and music here on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. It’s taken him one year and one week he’s finally managed to bag an interview with racing driver and legendary broadcaster Martin Brundle. They met at the London Eye at a photo call for the World Endurance Championship meet at Silverstone this weekend - there are some very nice picture of cars, drivers and me taken by Andy Earl on the facebook page - facebook.com/matthewontheradio On today’s show interviews with Alex and Martin Brundle, Allan McNish, Karun Chandhok and - a very pleasnt surprise - a rather well looking Anthony Davidson. - Photos courtesy of Andy Earl - www.andyearl.com - www.twitter.com/andyearl1 - -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.f

This week a London Grand Prix Special. Last week Santander and Mclaren pulled off a bit of a PR coup. They produced a very shiny video starring Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and a couple of hundred grands’ worth of computer graphics illustrating what a London grand Prix might look like. There’s a link to the video on the facebook page - facebook.com/matthewontheradio It’s brilliant So as the man who presents the only motor sport radio show on the only radio station for Central London Matthew is launching a campaign to bring Formula 1 to the streets of the most exciting, dynamic and diverse place to live work and study on the planet. So far it’s going rather well On tonight’s show Matthew asks Boris Johnson, Nigel Mansell, John Surtees and Steve Rider to join the campaign.

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. Matthew and this a weekly motorsport news and music show on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London.. Things are really starting to take off here at ZoneOneRadio HQ in the old BBC London building on Marylebone High Street, so, unfortunately this is going to be his last show for a while. But he's going out on a high! At Rockingham a couple of weeks ago, Matthew bumped into GT Academy winner and "friend of the show" Jann Mardenborough. In May last year Jann was an ordinary teenager sitting in his bedroom playing Gran Turismo on his Playstation. Since then he has beaten 90,000 other gamers from across Europe and won himself a career as a racing driver. Music this week from DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, James Brown and Randy Crawford amongst others. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.

Matthew presents #LondonGP - your weekly motor sport and music extravaganza on ZoneOneRadio - the community radio station for Central London. This week from Rockingham – possibly one of the maddest places on the planet. Last weekend Matthew was invited up to Rockingham by Ricky Christodoulou of Team WFR to watch him race in the British GT championship This week’s show features a couple of interviews with Ricky as he prepares for his race. And he introduced me to his guv’nor, Myles Schofield who gave me a really interesting insight into the workings of a racing team in the current economic climate. Music this week from Kylie Minogue, James Brown and Norah Jones amongst others. -- www.twitter.com/radio_matthew and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

On this week’s show one of the very small number of people in this country who makes their living driving racing cars. Her name is Sarah Reader and - amongst other things - she’s competing in the the Sunoco Daytona challenge. If she wins it, she gets to drive a prototype in next January’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona And Louise Rich pops in to give us a run down on the competition and how Sarah is doing. All the music this week as chosen by Sarah, including The Presidents of the United States of America, Bush, The Foo fighters, The Kinks, Faithless and Swedish House Mafia.