P1 with Matt and Tommy - Our thoughts after winning at the Autosport Awards!

Episode Date: January 22, 2026

We won Creator of the Year at last night's Autosport Awards - WHAT?! Seeing as you guys were the reason we won the award, we wanted to share an audio version of the debrief video we shot after the event with you all - so here it is!Sign up to our Patreon! You'll get access to every P1 episode ad-free, extended versions of every 2026 race review, early access to tickets & merch, and access to our Discord server where you can chat with us and other F1 fans! Click here to sign up now: http://patreon.com/mattp1tommyFollow us on socials! You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everybody and welcome back to a very different video, a P1 extra video in fact, because we felt like we needed to do a little update because I believe we might have done something. I think we might have done something. We did a thing. We won an auto-sport award. Yes, there are lots of fingerprints. A lot of people wanted to hold this this evening. And it's very heavy.

I mean, Tommy can see, come on, you can get some serious, serious biceps from that. Oh, my God. Honestly, guys, guys, I don't because it might, the camera might fall off. So I'm just going to hold it, hold it, I'm going to hold it there. We are in, we're in shock. We're in big shock. It's so funny, the amount of people that go, of course you were going to win. What do you mean?

Of course we were going to win. Like, there were so many awesome creators that could have absolutely, and did deserve to win this trophy. And for any of you that didn't know, so basically we went to the Autosport Awards this evening at the Roundhouse, which is near Camden in London. And they added an award, didn't they, for this year, creator of the year, which opened up for us to be nominated. And then you came in your thousands to vote for us to win. And right, so let me do you the play-by-play, right? So, Sir Brandon, who is a full-time formula that you might have seen.

He went and did the entirety of the calendar last year on a budget. He's doing a full season this year as well. He went up and did the announcement, didn't he? So he was presenting the award for creator of the year. Went through all the nominations. And then the minute I clocked it, and Tommy you didn't, I mean, we were both basically having a heart attack. I was so nervous. He went, and the winners are, winners, plural, we're two.

Like, literally the basic. My brain was not allowed. You picked up on that. My hands were just pores of sweat. I was so, I felt like I was going to be sick. Yeah,

literally. It's so nerve-wracking. As soon as they said our names, I had the same fear I had in graduation of like, can I walk? Like, you know, when you think about walking, am I going to fall over in front of all these people? Insane, like January of the most insane moment.

Yeah. I just still can't believe it. Yeah, it's very late at night. I wonder if we just heard a noise from next door in the hotel because they can hear us doing a debrief on the podcast. But either of all, we'll finish this and wrap it up reasonably quickly. So yes, he said, and the winners are, and I went Matt Gallagher and Tom, and I was like,

I'm going to have a heart attack. Like, I've not felt nerves like that in a very long time. Just walking up to the stage, you know, Greg James is presenting. He gives us a handshake. You've got so many, like, greats of formal. a one in that room. Like, utterly ridiculous. Like, when we walked, we've not even mentioned, like, when we walked in, we did, like,

the red carpet. We did, yeah. And, you know, us two plebs barely leaving our bedroom, they're like, right, you walk down the red carpet, you're a nomination, blah, blah, blah. And there's Jean Todd and Sir Jackie Stewart there. And it's like, I'm not pushing them out of the way for them to take a picture of two YouTubers, like, no, no, but I appreciate it. And then, yeah, like, when we got up on stage, I was, like, scanning the room.

And as well, like, Lando Norris was there to collect a lot of awards, of course. And I clocked him, and he was just, like, beaming his smile out of us, which was lovely, because we've obviously known Lando for a long time. We have, yeah. Yeah, it was like, I am on stage in front of all these people. People have watched. the world champions looking at me and smiling, all these drivers and people that we've seen in our entire lives

and you're going to tell an amazing story in a bit about one of them. And it's just like this is so surreal. It would never not be surreal doing this. Yeah, so if you want to see our acceptance speech, it's on Instagram, I think we accepted it as a collaboration with motorsport.com. So go and check that out on Instagram if you want to. But yeah, the story, the story. So of course, you know, we accept it.

is our award, myself and Tommy, then we left to have some pictures taken, we had an interviewer on Autosport. But one thing I really wanted to do, because Ross Braun was there, he received a really special award. It was a golden medal, yeah. And he was there. And it's almost like one of the first core memories I have, and probably is actually, of seeing someone from the F1 world when I was a lot younger. Some people will have heard this story maybe when we, we live stream, but essentially I used to work at a sort of bookstore called W.H. Smith back when I was literally, I must have been 18 years old, I think. I'd just come out of school. No idea what I wanted to do. And I just got like a part-time job at W.H. Smith. And I remember, honestly, I was on the

tills and a man walked in. And I was like, that guy looks a little bit like Ross Braun. That's a bit weird. And then looked again. I was like, oh my God, that is Ross Braun. And he just walked in. One that does know the context as well. You are like diehard Michael Schumacher. Diahard Michael Schumacher, Ferrari and of course, Ross Braun in charge of Ferrari at the time. He walks in and I'm like, and I immediately communicate to every single other colleague in the building to not come anywhere near the tills. I don't care how long of the line it is, I am serving Ross Braun. And I just remember, like eventually, you know, he got whatever he was going to, came in for.

And then obviously I served him because nobody else was on the till. And I just remember being like, hi, Ross. I'm a massive Michael Schiemaker for Ivan. How do you think you're going to do at Brazil this weekend? And like it was a really wholesome conversation. And it was, you know, it was short, as you do with sort of transactional conversations. And, you know, he was really nice. And so I went up to him.

I was kind of nervous. I was like, I don't know if I want to do it. And Tommy, thank you. You know, Tommy pushed me to go and say hello. So I did. I said, hi, Ross. You know, we're trophy in hand. You know, I had some credit in the bank.

Some aura. Some aura. No, I do not, I do not link with aura. But I went up to him and said, hi, Ross. I just wanted to say, shook his hand as well. I was like, I'm saying, oh, shook his hand and then basically said the story that I just told you.

And he was kind of like smiling along. Someone actually filmed me speaking. Hannah spoke, saw me speaking and filmed a bit of it. I don't know if we'll be able to. Yeah, we could put it in. As long as we get the footage, if not, we'll show you another time. But just to have that interaction.

It was so wholesome. He was probably like smiling away telling him the story. Like, it seemed like genuinely like, this is really wholesome. And it's like asking where about. It was and stuff. Yeah, he was like, whereabouts? I told him.

Yeah, it was just crazy. Like, such a cool interaction to have. So, again, like another sort of core memory. But this, you know, winning this, I just want to say, you know, if you did vote for us, thank you so, so, so, so, so, so much. Because this is a night I will never forget. For the rest of my life, you know, I said in the speech, my heart is racing.

I am not joking. I nearly passed out. My heart was beating out my chest. I was like, there are so many important people in this room, and I am someone who screams about Charlotte Claire doing badly. Yeah, exactly. Like, it is insane. Like, I can't say enough.

Like, I said it in my speech of, like, you know, we are just two Formula One nerds that just love the sport. And I'm glad that it comes across that way to so many people, like, so many people came up to us at the awards and were like, you know, I love hearing people saying, like, you're the voice of the fans. Like, I'm a fan. you represent me and they feel that. And that is definitely like one of if not the most special thing to hear.

And yeah, to get an award like, what? What, what? What indeed. This will not soak in for a very long time. This is, yeah, truly so special. You can probably tell with this reaction video, we don't really know what to say. We just wanted to come with you, come to you in our little bow ties at 1 a.m. quarter past one in the morning to just give you a little rundown, give a little brief of what happened tonight because it was just so good.

The food was amazing. Just, ah, I mean, like, three years ago, we started P1. I said this in the speech as well. Like, we didn't know how this is going to go. We took a massive leap into the unknown. You guys came with us and supported us so just passionately and it enabled us to be where we are today. So I think, yeah, closing statement is just thank you again. Like we are so grateful to be in this position.

We never take it for granted. We try to do our best for you as well. We try to always turn up for you, not to miss sessions, not to take anything for granted. And I hope that shows with what we bring to the table. So thank you again. Tommy, what are your final thoughts? Final thoughts?

Whilst you hold the trophy? My final thoughts actually, just something I remember. This trophy, like, you won't be able to tell because Matt, you know, does weights and stuff. and I don't. And you can tell when I'm holding it how much heavier it is because I can barely hold it.

And when we were on stage, obviously, like, clitted the trophy, we both had awards. And I was like, I really want to hold it. So I was like, I'll pass it here. And I was like, oh, straight away, immediate regret. So as you were like, yeah, pass it here.

Yeah, I was like, no. No, no, no, no. But yeah, again, like, as you said, like, you know, I've said it so many times and I've said it and I've repeated myself and I'm sorry, but it is my final thoughts that, you know, like we are just, we just love.

We love this sport. We love doing what we do. And I'm glad it can be shown and, yeah, to receive this award. You know, like we, we work incredibly hard, but it doesn't feel like work. And that is the best, best thing because it is just so much fun. So thank you all for making this happen. I'm looking at it now and I can't believe it's the thing. Yeah, absolutely ridiculous. You'll see it in Tommy's backdrop very soon. I think as well, it's worth saying that we need to go to bed because the Mercedes car launches tomorrow. and there's no days off for the creator of the year. P1 with Matt and Tommy, that's mental. Thank you, everybody. You are amazing, and we'll see you. I don't know if it'll be a live stream, probably not, because I think it's rendered.

The next car launch live we will be live, of course, might have new Ferrari. So, yeah, peace out. Boxerlap, thank you again. You're amazing. Bye. P1 is a stack production and part of the A-cast creator network.