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What does it take to go racing in the fastest cars in the world?
Oscar Piastri.
Your head's trying to get roofed one way, your body's trying to go another.
Let's roll.
It's very extreme in the sense of how close you're racing.
Wheel to wheel.
We've been given unprecedented access to two of the most famous names in Formula One, McLaren and Aston Martin.
I'm Landon Arts.
They build a beautiful bit of machinery that I get to then go and have fun in.
They open the doors for their factories as the 2024 season reached its peak.
I'm Josh Hartnett, this is F1 back at base.
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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick miles and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday 29th January, these are our main stories.
There has been a deadly crush at the world's largest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela, in northern India.
State media in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that that President Felix Tshakedi will not attend a crisis meeting with his Rwandan counterpart.
Scientists have concluded that climate change was a major factor in the devastating LA wildfires.
Also in this podcast, in Mexico, men.
In work boots and baseball caps have set up a huge tarpaulin.