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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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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday 30 January,
a US military helicopter has collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac river in Washington.
More than 60 people are feared dead.