The Autosport Podcast

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