The Autosport Podcast

Luke Smith and Jake Boxall-Legge take you through FP1 and FP2, plus all the off-track action from the Italian GP paddock at Monza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was an emotional day for some in the Formula 1 paddock as the Williams family announced they would be leaving the team this weekend. After 43 years in the sport for Frank Williams, winning 114 grands prix and seven F1 drivers' championships, what was the reaction to the news inside the F1 bubble? Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) are in Italy to bring you the weekend preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autosport has launched a new series of podcasts to celebrate our 70th birthday. The first issue of Autosport magazine appeared on 25 August 1950 and as part of our celebrations we have taken on the challenge of selecting the greatest competition cars from each of the major international categories. Our panel of experts will debate the most successful and important grand prix cars, sportscars, rally machines, touring cars, Indycars and junior single-seaters. The winner from each episode will then progress to a grand final, where we will select Autosport’s greatest competition car of all time. Special articles will also be produced on the winners. In this episode Chief Editor and host Kevin Turner is joined by sportscar guru Gary Watkins, who has been covering Le Mans and international endurance racing for three decades, and Plus Editor James Newbold, who is our British GT correspondent and sportscar enthusiast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Autosport Driver Ratings have been an integral part of every GP weekend for many years. We give our verdict, according to a strict set of rules we publish, and then you have your say. By the end of every season the drivers get rated by our Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas and thousands of Autosport fans around the world. Who will come out on top at Spa? Click here to rate the drivers yourself: https://www.autosport.com/f1/driver-ratings/2020/belgium Jess on Twitter: @JessMcF1 Jess on Insta: @nauckas 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] The Belgian 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), Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing Magazine) and Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) to analyse how the race was won and ask how Ferrari will respond heading next to Monza. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: @nauckas Codders on Twitter: @CoddersF1 Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 Jon on Twitter: @NobleF1 Jon on Insta: @noble__jon 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] Joining Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) to look back at the key talking points from today's qualifying for the Belgian GP. And some top cow chat. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: Nnauckas Jon on Twitter: @NobleF1 Jon on Insta: @noble__jon 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

Luke Smith and Jake Boxall-Legge take you through FP1 and FP2, plus all the off-track action from the Belgian GP paddock at Spa-Francorchamps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a handsfree podcast recording as Jon Noble and Alex Kalinauckas drive back to their rented farmhouse near the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Both were fresh from running the track and, before analysing the big talking points of the day, discuss what you can learn from walking or running a racing circuit and experiencing the change of elevation. With questions aimed at Vettel, Perex and Räikkönen regarding which team they may be driving for in 2021, everyone was staying tight-lipped at this stage of the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autosport has launched a new series of podcasts to celebrate our 70th birthday. The first issue of Autosport magazine appeared on 25 August 1950 and as part of our celebrations we have taken on the challenge of selecting the greatest competition cars from each of the major international categories. Our panel of experts will debate the most successful and important grand prix cars, sportscars, rally machines, touring cars, Indycars and junior single-seaters. The winner from each episode will then progress to a grand final, where we will select Autosport’s greatest competition car of all time. Special articles will also be produced on the winners. The first episode is on grand prix cars. Chief Editor and host Kevin Turner is joined by Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas, Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge and F1 Reporter Luke Smith for a passionate discussion, trying to tread the line between personal favourites and objective game-changers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi

Today our colleagues at The Motorsport.com Podcast are here to give you a full rundown of the Indy 500 and also look back the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix. You can subscribe to their podcast here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id1527648306?at=11lo6V&ct=podnews_podcast Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDUyNjYyMy9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GKMWIu2DdxtqXHltLzkww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FIA World Rallycross is the latest series to return to racing. It's back this weekend in Sweden, albeit without fans until Round 3 in Latvia. In the latest #ThinkingForward interview, Paul Bellamy (Managing Director of IMG Motorsport) explains the appeal of WRX, why it's the perfect sport to convert non-motorsport fans, why Rallycross is heading towards electric racing and how motorsport leaders have worked together through the pandemic to share best practices to restart racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[no spoilers] The Spanish 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), Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing Magazine) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) to analyse how the race was won and lost. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: @nauckas Codders on Twitter: @CoddersF1 Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 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

[no spoilers] 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 Spanish 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

Luke Smith and Jake Boxall-Legge take you through FP1 and FP2, plus all the off-track action from the Barcelona paddock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sergio Perez unleashed an expletive-laden rebuttal to the stories regarding what he did in Mexico to contract COVID-19 before the British GP. Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport) have everything you need to know before another F1 weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[no spoilers] The Autosport 70th Anniversary 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), Jess McFadyen (Director of Digital Strategy) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) to analyse how the race was won and lost. Alex on Twitter: @Nauckas Alex on Insta: @nauckas Jess on Twitter: @JessMcF1 Luke on Twitter: @LukeSmithF1 Luke on Insta: @LukeSmithF1 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

[no spoilers] 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 70th Anniversary 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

In a dramatic Friday at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Racing Point were found to have breached the sporting regulations with their copycat brake ducts. Mercedes were found to have been the principle designers of those parts which lead to a points deduction and hefty fine. So why were rival teams left pondering their own appeal of the upheld appeal? And why is a car which has been deemed to be in breach of the regulations allowed to race for the rest of the season with the same parts? Jake Boxall-Legge and Jonathan Noble have the answers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport) look at the biggest stories they heard in Thursday's media sessions with selected journalists, including Autosport. Sergio Perez received some good news but Hulkenberg remained optimistic about an F1 return. Plus Bottas gets a vote of confidence from the team. 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 latest developments in the move towards electrification of your favourite racing series. Whether it's the hybrid systems of Grand Prix cars, the thrill of pure electric racing in Formula E, or how series such as NASCAR can add electric power, in every aspect of motorsport there are exciting conversation happening around batteries and motors. Find out more about AVL RACING here: https://www.avl.com/racing Sponsored content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices