About this episode
We’re on a high-speed taxi ride with teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli as he takes series co-host Holly Samos on a thrilling hot lap around Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix. The 18-year-old’s career is also hitting the gas, after Mercedes chose him to replace seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton and handed the Italian his F1 debut in 2025.Already a social media sensation, Britain’s Ollie Bearman is also finding his feet in F1 and co-host Sarah Holt joins him in the passenger seat at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a summer highlight on the British motorsport calendar. When it comes to life as an F1 driver, the 20-year-old Haas driver is still adapting to being in the spotlight during his rookie season.It’s not only fresh, young drivers who are driving F1 into the future, the Cadillac Formula 1 team are also preparing to join the grid in 2026, when major new technical rules are set to shake-up the sport. On a sprawling industrial estate - just metres from the Silverstone circuit - Sarah and Holly are taking an exclusive first look at the team’s F1 factory.But founding an F1 team - even with backing from U.S. car giant General Motors - is a huge undertaking, as Cadillac team principal Graeme Lowdon reveals in this episode.- F1: Back at Base is an IMG Production for the BBC, hosted by Rosamund Pike
- Co-hosts & Executive Producers are Sarah Holt and Holly Samos
- The Producers are Alasdair Cresswell, Joe Aldridge, Jack Winstanley and Mitchell Marshall
- Production Management from Abbie Collingwood, Katie Killeen and Giulia Duggan
- The Senior Producer is Ollie Kneen
- The Executive Producer for IMG is Steve Tebb
- The Story Editor and Scriptwriter is Sarah Holt
- The Showrunner is Holly Samos
- And the Commissioning Editor at the BBC is Stevie Middleton
