The Autosport F1 Podcast

[no spoilers] The winner of today’s Styrian GP showed a sublime level of control over the rest of the field and made it look easy. We saw frustration for one driver who worked his way up from the back of the grid only to end the race with a badly damaged front wing, whilst Austria once again delivered a sensational last lap thriller. But what about the ridiculous? That would be teammates taking out both cars before a full tour has been completed. Alex Kalinauckas is joined live from Austria by our reporter Jonathan Noble, along with Stuart Codling and Luke Smith to dig into the key talking points. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: @nauckas Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 Jon on Twitter: @NobleF1 Jon on Insta: @noble__jon Codders on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoddersF1 Codders on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coddersf1 Website: https://www.autosport.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AUTOSPORT Twitter: https://twitter.com/autosport Instagram: http://instagram.com/autosport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[no spoilers] Formula One enjoyed a wet 'n' wild qualifying for the Styrian GP which took place in soaking conditions on the Red Bull Ring. On such a short track, the margin of 1.216 seconds between the pole sitter and second on the grid was staggering. Alex Kalinauckas is joined by Luke Smith to take you through the exceptional performances and more major disappointments from those who couldn't make it out of Q1 an Q2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luke Smith and Jake Boxall-Legge take you through FP1 and FP2 with a focus on the tech updates various teams added to their cars for this weekend. Ferrari brought forward a new aero package scheduled for Hungary but put it on their car today. We discuss the elephant-sized lack of horsepower in the room, and that's all six Ferrari powered teams being seriously down on power. What is happening and how can they fix it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Jonathan Noble continues to report from inside the track in Austria, he joins Alex Kalinauckas to look ahead to this weekend and the news that Mercedes seem to have a weak spot to be exploited by their rivals. Also, Leclarc and Bottas flew home between the races which has frustrated those who feel they undermined F1 organisers who are keeping everyone in a social bubble. This weekend 10,000 COVID tests will have been carried out, with zero confirmed cases, and Formula 1 will want to prove to various government that they can stage an event safely. Plus we have the inside story on what we saw at the Fernando Alonso press event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Third time lucky? Renault just confirmed that Fernando Alonso has signed to drive for the Enstone F1 team for a third stint. What does this mean for F1? And can a driver who said he'd only return to a team capable of winning the Championship fulfill that ambition? Stuart Codling, Jonathan Noble and Luke Smith discuss the biggest issues around Alonso's return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we're between back-to-back weekends racing in Austria, we wanted to catch up with local legend Christian Klien. Although he never raced at his home GP during his time in F1, with stints for Jaguar, HRT and Red Bull Racing, he has fond memories of racing at the A1 Ring. Alex Kalinauckas and James Newbold ask why his home circuit always delivers so much action. Plus we talk about the standout races in his career so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Touring Car racing is one of the most popular forms of motorsport, certainly on a domestic level. It is all about entertainment and close racing with less emphasis on technology. As the BTCC gets ready to restart in August James Allen speaks to BTCC head Alan Gow for our #ThinkingForward series about getting fans back into the race tracks this season and more broadly what is the future for touring car racing in the new landscape after the Covid crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Autosport Austrian GP Review is here! No spoilers in the podcast show notes though. So join Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) alongside Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport), Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) to analyse how the race was won and lost. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: @nauckas Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 Jon on Twitter: @NobleF1 Jon on Insta: @noble__jon JBL on Twitter: @JakeyyBL Website: https://www.autosport.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AUTOSPORT Twitter: https://twitter.com/autosport Instagram: http://instagram.com/autosport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joining Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport) to look back at the key talking points from today's qualifying for the Austrian GP. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: Nnauckas Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 Website: https://www.autosport.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AUTOSPORT Twitter: https://twitter.com/autosport Instagram: http://instagram.com/autosport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joining Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) to analyse the first day of competitive running in 2020. What can we learn from the long-run times today? Is the Racing Point pace real and what could that mean for the midfield battle? And why did Red Bull choose this moment to lodge a protest against the Mercedes DAS system? Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: Nnauckas JBL on Twitter: @JakeyyBL Website: https://www.autosport.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AUTOSPORT Twitter: https://twitter.com/autosport Instagram: http://instagram.com/autosport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joining Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) as he arrives in Austria and heads to the track, as part of a small group of global media allowed inside the Media Centre. Jon tells us how F1 is taking no risks with the virus and the common sight of face masks within the F1 bubble. The extra distance from drivers didn’t stop us asking Sebastian Vettel about his bombshell breakup with Ferrari and his admission today that “there was never an offer on the table”. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: Nnauckas Jon on Twitter: @NobleF1 Jon on Insta: @noble__jon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As head of Formula 2 and Formula 3 Bruno Michel presides over a vital step in the pipeline of driver talents to Formula One. Recent graduates like Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, George Russell, Alex Albon and Lance Stroll highlight the vital role that these two championships play. This weekend they start again, alongside F1 in Austria and we spoke to Michel shortly before he departed for Austria about how close the Covid-19 crisis came to shutting down F2 and F3 teams and drivers and the how the feeder series builds back better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four months after the cancelled Australian opener the Formula 1 season is finally getting underway. Before he caught his plane to head to the circuit, Jonathan Noble joined Alex Kalinauckas, Luke Smith and Jessica McFadyen to look at the key talking points ahead of the season-opening Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today's special insight episode, we talk to AVL RACING which works with the world's leading teams and drivers. We discuss the various braking systems used across categories and how getting the brakes working perfectly can win or lose you the battle. How do simulators work with braking? And what are the new motorsport technologies changing the way drivers brake? Find out more about AVL RACING here: https://www.avl.com/racing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final podcast for our Le Mans 24 Hours series this month, motorsport legend Hugh Chamberlain joins us to look back on some of his favourite racing moments. Hugh has held team management roles at Le Mans every year from 1987 until 2008, and there are few in motorsport who know more about how to race there. Joining Alex is Gary Watkins to ask Hugh about the highs and lows of winning (and losing) Le Mans 24 Hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two-time Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen joins us live on the podcast to talk about his greatest races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our sport has a unique ability to reach, unite and empower millions of people globally, and its return is being eagerly awaited worldwide. The world’s top sporting events are some of the world’s most watched, bringing enormous visibility. Athletes and racing drivers like Lewis Hamilton are powerful role models that inspire others and lead by example. The events of recent weeks and the support for Black Lives Matter has shown that motorsport has an opportunity to bring the world together and to raise public awareness of societal issues and solutions. We had already seen signs before the pandemic crisis that sponsors and manufacturers were looking for sport to demonstrate a sense of purpose and it is increasingly clear that in the post Covid world, sport risks looking irrelevant if it does not have a higher purpose than just entertainment. In the FIA eSport Conference MSN president James Allen tackled this subject with a panel featuring Formula E founder and Chairman Alejandro Agag, Susie Wolff, who is team principal of Rokit Venturi Formula E team and the founder of the Dare to be Different initiative to bring more females into the sport; Andrea Adamo team principal of Hyundai motorsport, Bob Bell former CTO of Renault and Mercedes F1 teams and founder of Grid4Good.org and Yath Gangakumaran, Director of Strategy and Business Development, F1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Damon Hill makes a special guest appearance on the latest episode on the Autosport podcast to talk about his favourite drives. He also talks about his admiration for Michael Schumacher, having battled hard against him, and the current state of F1 as we prepare to go racing again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today, an exclusive conversation with Ross Brawn. Motorsport Network President James Allen spoke to Ross about the plan to go racing again in 2020. There are currently 69 signatures on the FIA F1 world champion’s trophy and whoever adds the 70th at the end of this year will have won in a truly exceptional season. Formula 1 restarts soon and in this latest interview in the #ThinkingForward series, James interviewed Ross at the FIA eConference - they spoke about the challenges of organising the first eight races, the rise of esports during the lockdown, and the complications of filling in the remaining gaps on the calendar with long haul races. Brawn also voiced the hope that this new spirit of collaboration between FIA, F1 and the teams as a result of the Coronavirus crisis, that brought about a remarkable set of rule changes and a budget cap, will continue into the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest interview for the #thinkingforward series of thought leadership discussions, Motorsport Network president James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 editor Jonathan Noble speak to Günther Steiner, Team Principal of Haas Formula One Team. Günther tells us why the COVID crisis was the biggest challenge of his career…how he feels about the new budget cap…and why he thinks Formula 1 should be experimenting with reverse grids...” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jean Alesi makes a special guest appearance on the latest episode of Autosport's Race of My Life podcast series, on the anniversary of his 1995 Canadian Grand Prix win, to talk about his choice as the best race of his F1 career - that year's Japanese GP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we're bringing you a special episode co-hosted by 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard. Alex Kalinauckas and Kevin Turner (Chief Editor, Autosport) look back at David's greatest races, and ask him how he feels about the future direction of Formula 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we are celebrating 50 years of Sauber in Motorsport. Sauber is a company with an eclectic history beginning with Peter Sauber campaigning in a self-built car in hill climbs, a long partnership with Mercedes, a short ownership by BMW, winning Le Mans and taking the flag at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. Joining Codders today is Luke Smith (Autosport F1 Reporter), Jake Boxall-Legge (Autosport Technical Editor) and James Newbold (Autosport+ Editor). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest interview for the #thinkingforward series of thought leadership discussions, Motorsport Network president James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 editor Jonathan Noble speak to Cyril Abiteboul, Renault Sport Racing Managing Director, about what the coronavirus crisis has done for automotive companies and their involvement in motorsport. They also discuss what he wants to see from the new deal amongst F1 teams, how racing can appeal to a younger fanbase, and how technologies can be transferred between racing series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI Technical Director: ROSS BRAWN Driver #2: STIRLING MOSS Lead Driver: LEWIS HAMILTON Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the final part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The seventh and final vacancy we're filling today is that of Team Principal. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Roberto Chinchero and Alex Kalinauckas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI Technical Director: ROSS BRAWN Driver #2: STIRLING MOSS Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May) Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the penultimate part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The sixth vacancy we're filling today is that of Second Driver. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Ben Anderson and Luke Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI Technical Director: ROSS BRAWN Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May) Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May) Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the fifth part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The fifth vacancy we're filling today is that of Second Driver. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Roberto Chinchero and Alex Kalinauckas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May) Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May) Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May) Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the fourth part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The fourth vacancy we're filling today is that of Technical Director. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by Ben Anderson, Giorgio Piola and Jake Boxall-Legge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY Sporting Director: (revealed Wed 20th May) Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May) Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May) Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May) Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the third part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The thiird vacancy we're filling today is that of Sporting Director. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Stuart Codling and Luke Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode will introduce a new mini-series of podcasts we're producing called 'Race of My Life'. This series is dedicated to motorsport legends, each explaining their personal choice of the best race in their careers as drivers and team managers. The series will have its own podcast channel and be fully revealed next Monday. We're releasing today's episode in your regular Autosport podcast channel to remember triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda, a year to the4 day since his death after a lengthy illness. f you enjoy this show, remember to subscribe to our new ‘Race of My Life – presented by Autosport’ podcast channel on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON Chief Designer: (revealed Tue 19th May) Sporting Director: (revealed Wed 20th May) Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May) Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May) Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May) Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May) This is the second part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The second vacancy we're filling today is that of Chief Designer. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is Giorgio Piola, Ben Anderson and Jake Boxall-Legge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a very special 7-part series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The first vacancy we're filling today is that of Race Engineer. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Stuart Codling and James Newbold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest interview for the #thinkingforward series of thought leadership discussions, Motorsport Network president James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 editor Jonathan Noble speak to Mario Isola, the Head of F1 and car racing at Pirelli about the mind boggling logistical complexity of the F1 restart programme for the official tyre supplier to F1. They also discuss the planned move to low profile 18 inch tyres in 2022, where the balance will be in future for F1 between entertainment and technology and Isola reveals how quickly they will need to produce 35,000 tyres that will be needed to service the 18 race calendar F1 is planning between July and December. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Ferrari formally announcing that Sebastian Vettel will leave the team at the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season, Alex, Luke, Jess and Codders react to the "joint decision". What do we think Vettel will do next? Who do we think could replace Vettel at Ferrari? And what domino effect does this create in the driver market? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the current situation forcing all motorsport to temporarily pause, is there a virtual way for the drivers to remain sharp? When the season gets underway, how do the teams use simulators to improve those driver skills to gain an advantage over their competitors? That is the topic today with Alex Kalinauckas (F1 Editor, Autosport) talking to our friends from AVL RACING. On the podcast we ask: •How do you make a simulator reflect a real-life car? •How close can we get to reality? •How do you get a new track into a Sim? •For the teams, is there a role for Sims in how to plan for various race strategies, things like weather and energy management? Find out more about how simulation at AVL RACING is helping drivers and teams: https://bit.ly/2yu2FNV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re delighted to bring you another exclusive interview in our #thinkingforward series. Following the interview on Monday with Zak Brown, we go from team boss to Formula E driver today. The podcast features Motorsport Network President James Allen and Jess McFadyen talking to DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne. They talk about why he grabbed the opportunity to join esports, how real racing and sim racing are complementary to each other and when he thinks Formula E will go racing again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the podcast today, Motorsport Network President James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 Editor Jonathan Noble are talking to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown. Zak talks about the lessons learned from managing a McLaren team member testing positive for COVID-19, about his optimism around getting 15 races in for the 2020 F1 season, and whether we’ll see Fernando Alonso racing again for McLaren outside of Indy 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re going to bring you another exclusive interview, and the latest in our #thinkingforward series. During the current crisis we're talking with motorsport leaders to hear how they're reacting to unprecedented challenges. Motorsport Network President James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 Editor Jonathan Noble spoke with Red Bull Team Principle Christian Horner. On the podcast today: •Red Bull’s position on the budget cap debate, and what some of the solutions could be •How Racing could resume at the Red Bull Ring, and the logistical challenges of how he’ll manage a team racing behind closed doors •And…Red Bull being part of the UK ventilator project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ex-Ferrari Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali says it would be "criminal" for motorsport not to seize the opportunity for major reform for the future presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Stefano was talking to Motorsport Network President James Allen from him home in the Dolomites. On the podcast today, hear why he thinks we need to be positive about how motorsport benefits the automotive industry. Speaking exclusively to Autosport for the #thinkingforward series, current CEO of Lamborghini and president of the FIA single seater commission Domenicali says the sport has dragged its heels too long on effective cost control and other measures to ensure long term health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the Autosport podcast today, interviewing duties are handed to Autosport Magazine Editor Kevin Turner, as we sit down for over an hour with Britain's most recent Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nick Tandy. Kevin and Nick talk about life as Porsche Factory Driver, that 2015 Le Mans win in the Porsche 919, driving in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re going to bring you another exclusive interview and the latest in our #thinkingforward series. During the current crisis we're talking with motorsport leaders to hear how they're reacting to the unprecedented challenges. Motorsport Network President James Allen, and Autosport Deputy Editor Marcus Simmons, spoke with Motorsport UK chairman David Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the podcast today you can hear Formula E Chairman Alejandro Agag speaking with Motorsport Network’s President, James Allen. Speaking exclusively to Autosport for our #thinkingforward series with motorsport leaders, Agag struck an optimistic note about the scale of opportunity that faces the industry, despite the severe challenges caused by the temporary cancellation of all events. They talked about why Formula E needs to reflect on the GEN3 car, the biggest lesson we can learn from the virus crisis, and how some racing series can survive through consolidation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today, your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor Motorsport.com), Stuart Codling (Executive Editor,GP Racing) and Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport). Last week Jean Todt joined us live on the Autosport Podcast to talk a range of subjects from the revised 2020 calendar to budget caps. Today we discuss some of the biggest talking points which came out of his interview, including the process the FIA went through during their Ferrari engine investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not every day you get a Zoom call from the President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), but that’s what happened earlier when Jean Todt called us from his office to speak with James Allen (President, Motorsport Network) and Jonathan Noble (Motorsport.com F1 Editor). He talks about the challenges facing global motorsport when racing returns, what he thinks of F1 stakeholders striking a new deal and the controversial FIA settlement with Ferrari regarding their 2019 engine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by the team from Motorsport Games to talk about how fans of real life motorsport can get into racing Esports. And can this period of lockdown be an opportunity for racing to increase its reach into new audiences? https://motorsportgames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today, your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor Motorsport.com), Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor). Last weekend saw two big Esports events happen in the world of motorsport but can it ever replace the real thing? Or should we always think of it as complimentary to 'real' racing. On the podcast today we look forward to upcoming races from Motorsport Games and which drivers will lead the pack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today, your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor Motorsport.com), Stuart Codling (Executive Editor,GP Racing) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor). Formula 1's key players have agreed to postpone the introduction of the planned 2021 technical regulations until 2022, amid the continuing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On the podcast today we discuss the implications of this decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today, your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor Motorsport.com), Luke Smith (Formula 1 Reporter) and Andrew van Leeuwen (Australian Editor, Motorsport.com). Why did it take so long for Formula 1 to cancel the Australian GP? Should a decision have been earlier or was it right to wait? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus throughout the globe, Formula 1's 2020 Australian Grand Prix was offficially cancelled, after a McLaren team member tested positive for the Coronavirus. The 2020 Chinese Grand Prix was already postponed, whilst Bahrain's status remains in the air. But these will not be the first cancelled races in Formula 1. So let's take a look back at a few of the races which dropped off the calendar after being scheduled to run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news the day before the first FP1 of the season, McLaren have pulled out of the Australian GP, following a McLaren employee being put in to self isolation after testing positive for the Coronavirus. James Allen talks to Rodi Basso, ex-Ferrari F1 engineer, and Stuart Codling and Ben Anderson of GP Racing Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices