Welcome to a very special week here on Pondering Papaya as we take you behind the scenes of the McLaren team. To kick the week off, we are revisiting some of our previous interviews that older listeners may already have heard but fear not as there will be two brand new episodes on Thursday and Friday.

Each day we are going to be bringing you an interview with someone who either worked with the team or had a special connection to it and they will give you a fascinating insight into what life at the MTC is like.

To start things off, we will be hearing from a man called Josh Roles who during his four years working at McLaren became Fernando Alonso’s number two mechanic. Starting at the road car team, Josh moved to McLaren racing in October 2015 and provided a behind the scenes look at what his job involved. Enjoy.