The Autosport Podcast

Formula 1 returns to Barcelona, a good bit warmer than the last time we were here to watch these 2022 cars take to the track for the first time. Luke Smith and Matt Kew are in the Barcelona paddock this weekend and here to analyse all the action from today's Qualifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many of the teams have brought major upgrades to Barcelona this weekend. From a new floor for Mercedes to solve their bouncing issues, to Aston Martin turning up with a highly similar car to Red Bull. Plus we discuss all of today's on track action. Jake Boxall-Legge takes us through the aero changes with your host Martyn Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

33 drivers. 200 laps. 500 miles. And just 10 days to go until the Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts the 106th running of the Indy 500.   Looking ahead to qualifying and the race itself is two-time Indy 500 winner, and former Formula 1 driver, Takuma Sato.   He’s joined by Charles Bradley and David Malsher-Lopez. Martyn Lee is your host.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to Harrys.com for bringing you today's podcast. You can claim your free Harry's Trial Set and Face Wash, just pay £3.95 for delivery. Click here now -> https://www.harrys.com/autosport Jess, Luke and Codders are all in Miami this weekend to bring us analysis of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. How did the track action match up to the attention paid to the glitz and glamour?  How did this 'car park track' suit the Red Bull vs Ferrari cars? And how does Miami stack up against the other events on the calendar?  Martyn Lee is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas and Stuart Codling are in Miami to cover the grand prix for Autosport and GP Racing magazine. Fresh from watching qualifying, they're here to analyse ker performances and discuss how Sunday afternoon could develop at the inaugural Miami GP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn Lee and Haydn Cobb look back at a heavily disrupted Friday in Miami, as drivers and teams took to the track for the first time. Both Ferrari and Red Bull would miss significant amounts of running, whilst Mercedes were able to test their updated W13, and have a positive result in both sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles Bradley (Global Editor-in-Chief, motorsport.com) is an ex-pat who has long made Miami his home. He tells us what it has been like to watch Formula 1 come to his doorstep, the journey over the last five years to bring F1 to Miami, and why some of the locals were trying to block the race up the eleventh hour in the courts.  Charles also gives us the lowdown on how the track has been built around the existing infrastructure, and some of the engineering in place to cope with the extreme weather events seen in Florida. Jonathan Noble has been at the track already this week and brings us his perspective on the best sections of track to watch, and what kind of action this hybrid permanent circuit might bring.  Jon also ranks Miami in terms of previous visits F1 has paid to the U.S. and the place it could occupy on the newly-enlarged calendar. Martyn Lee is your host today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following our recent series of podcasts based on our Chief Editor's love of lists, Kevin Turner is back with a bonus Top 10! As Formula 1 heads to Miami next week, he's joined by legendary commentator Ian Titchmarsh to look back at the most successful U.S. F1 drivers. Alex Kalinauckas is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

'Gravel Notes with Tom Howard' is our dedicated rally podcast. If you would like more podcasts like this, subscribe to Gravel Notes in your favourite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're in Italy this weekend with Luke Smith and Matt Kew trackside to bring you all the action first hand for Autosport Magazine, autosport.com, video and social channels. On the podcast we're also joined by Alex Kalinauckas and Jess McFadyen. Martyn Lee is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a hire car special! Whilst waiting to leave the track car park in The Mighty Lancia Ypsilon, Luke Smith and Matt Kew get the podcast mics out to run through their analysis of the sprint race at Imola, and how the pecking order is looking for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn Lee and Haydn Cobb look back at a chaotic Friday for Formula 1’s 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The grid is set for the 21-lap sprint race on Saturday, but the cars line up in an order very few fans would have predicted. Changeable conditions brought out five red flags in a highly disrupted qualifying session. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20Mechanics are an integral part of motorsport regardless of discipline and those that work in the World Rally Championship mechanics are regarded among elite. These unsung heroes are expected to perform miracles against the clock to prepare and repair WRC cars during events. Unlike other forms of motorsport, rallying’s version of the circuit racing pitstop is known as a service and these occur after a series or loop of special stages held on closed roads. Drivers and co-drivers will return to the service park, where teams deploy a group of mechanics to repair any damage or change items on the cars in an allotted time period before the next set of stages. To better understand the life of a mechanic Autosport WRC reporter Tom Howard was invited to become part of the M-Sport Ford WRC team to work on Pierre-Louis Loubet’s Ford Puma Rally1 WRC car at the South Belgian Rally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Easter traditionally marks the first round of British GT and the latest edition of the Autosport Podcast previews this weekend's season opener. After two years where the coronavirus pandemic has prevented the series getting under way at Oulton Park over Easter, this staple of the national racing schedules is back for 2022. With the reigning GT3 champions absent, we explore some of the likely contenders as well as the raft of changes for this year, including new teams, new drivers and new tyres. It's not just British GT that begins in Cheshire but also some of its supporting categories, including the GB3 Championship. The single-seater contest has a new car for this year and has attracted a strong line-up of over 20 drivers despite the difficult economic climate. Autosport's Group National Editor Stephen Lickorish is joined by Plus Editor James Newbold and Deputy National Editor Stefan Mackley to discuss who to keep an eye on in each series this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas

Editor of motorsport.com Australia, Andrew van Leeuwen, joins Luke Smith and Matt Kew to discuss the Australian Grand Prix. Martyn Lee is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luke Smith and Alex Kalinauckas are in the Albert Park paddock for the Australian Grand Prix, and here to dig into the details of a highly dramatic (and disrupted) qualifying session. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Formula One is back down under after a two year break, and the cars were on track today for the two Free Practice sessions. The Ferrari vs Red Bull battle looks to have picked up where it left off in Saudi Arabia, with both teams running at the front. Alpine saw stronger pace in FP2 and McLaren were both in the top ten, but how much of that will translate to qualifying? Jonathan Noble is here to analyse the lap times around a newly remodelled Albert Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autosport's Chief Editor Kevin Turner loves a list and this is the final part of our podcast mini-series, ranking the top ten drivers from another F1 team. Today we rank the greatest Lotus drivers. This time we’re doing it with the help of Matt Kew, and Alex Kalinauckas is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autosport's Chief Editor Kevin Turner loves a list and in Part 5 (of 6) of our new podcast series we're ranking another ten drivers. This time we’re doing it with the help of Matt Kew, and Alex Kalinauckas is your host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jess McFadyen and Alex Kalinauckas join Martyn Lee to analyse the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Red Bull started first and fourth, and finished in the same positions, but it wasn't the dream pole-to-flag victory Sergio Perez dreamed of. Perez was unfortunate to pit from the lead just before a safety car, which gifted his opponents a cheap stop and the chance to leapfrog him. Max Verstappen's late race battle with Charles Leclerc gave him a first win of the new season, and it gave F1 fans plenty of hope these new regulations will allow cars to more closely follow one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices