The Autosport Podcast

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

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Ahead of the season opened for Formula 1 in 2020, we Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor) was joined by JBL (Technical Editor) and Kevin Turner (Autosport Editor) to rank every team and every driver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

National Motorsport in the UK has always been a focus for Autosport magazine, which of course is celebrating 70 years in 2020. It's sometimes overshadowed by how much Formula 1 gets talked about, but our readers have been telling us they want more from National racing, so we've launched a new supplment to hear. And in audio form, here is a new podcast from the team. On the show today join Stephen Lickorish, Autosport Editor Kevin Turner, and your host of the national podcasts Stefan Mackley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) and Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing) to give the final verdict on pre-season testing ahead of the Formula 1 2020 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport) are joined by Ben Anderson (Editor and Driver, GP Racing) to discuss day 2 of the 2nd pre-season test of the Formula 1 2020 season. Notable moments include a Mercedes break down and Ferrari topping the timesheets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back in Barcelona for the first day of the second Formula 1 pre-season test. Alex Kalinauckas is joined by Jonathan Noble and Luke Smith to rundown the news from today and a notably slower fastest time than last week. Who's sandbagging? Ferrari? Mercedes? Racing Point? Listen to find out what the guys think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mercedes ended the first week of Formula 1 testing in Barcelona with a fastest time and some of the best reliability. Valtteri Bottas set a time in the morning which already blows away the best lap of 2019 testing. Meanwhile, their rivals have been questioning the legality of the DAS system and whether the ability to change toe angles constitutes a breach of parc ferme rules. With three days of action to look back on, our team in the paddock analyse the form so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today there was a buzz which rippled through the F1 Paddock - why was Lewis Hamilton pushing and pulling his steering wheel? As more of the assembled journalists saw on-board footage of the W11 the obvious question was: is this a technical problem or an innovation nobody else has thought of? As James Allison would soon confirm, it was the latter. Mercedes-Benz even have a name for it - 'DAS'. On the podcast today we explain what it is, and how it can be used. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first day of Formula 1® testing in 2020 is up and the team of Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport), Jon Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) and Luke Smith (Formula 1 Reporter, Autosport) bring you up to speed with the main talking points of Day 1 from the Barcelona Paddock. https://www.autosport.com/ Hamilton fastest as Mercedes dominates first day - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148330/hamilton-fastest-as-mercedes-dominates-first-day New Red Bull F1 car "fast everywhere" - Verstappen - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148332/new-red-bull-fast-everywhere--verstappen Leclerc: Lowly position on F1 test day one reflects Ferrari approach - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148333/leclerc-lowly-test-position-reflects-ferrari-approach Racing Point explains 'risky' attempt to replicate 2019 F1 Mercedes - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148334/racing-point-risky-mercedes-replica-explained Sainz: McLaren reliabiiity meant it used up day one tyre allowance - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/1

As Alex is travelling from Austria to Barcelona for pre-season testing, Jake Boxall-Legge jumps into the podcast today to run through Autosport's first impressions on the Alfa Romeo, the 'new' team Alpha Tauri and Williams. We also saw a Racing Point car earlier today but it was little more than a livery launch so we'll wait to see the car shakedown before we see their direction for 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drive to Survive will return for a second season on February 28 with another 10 episodes, two of which were previewed by Autosport earlier this month. On the Autosport podcast today, Alex is joined by James Allen, Jonathan Noble and Luke Smith who recently attended a private screening to launch the new season. Alex @Nauckas James @Jamesallenonf1 Jonathan @NobleF1 Luke @LukeSmithF1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The W11 that Mercedes unveiled on Friday morning looks distinctly similar to last year's title-winning W10. Even if its new challenger does carry over developments from the end of 2019, that leaves Mercedes well placed to pick up where it left off Autosport's Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge is joined by Ben Anderson to discuss why Mercedes-AMG remains favourites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier today McLaren were the latest team to reveal their 2020 Formula 1 car, the MCL35. We were at McLaren's Woking headquaters to get up close with the car tasked with edging away from the mid-field pack and challenging the top 3 teams. Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz will hope this is the car to power them to a breakout season as more than just 'best of the rest'. Autosport's Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge joins Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas to discuss the first car designed under the technical directorship of James Key. Finally we cross live to Woking where Luke Smith had just watched the unveiling and gave us his first impressions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Red Bull just revealed their Formula 1 car for 2020, the RB16, and immediately became the first team to turn a wheel on track as they headed for a filming day at Silverstone with Max Verstappen. Jake Boxall-Legge runs his eye over the technical aspects of a car which goes into the second season powered by a Honda engine. Could this be the year the former World Champions take the title? They will have waited seven years to climb back to the top. Recent years during the V6 hybrid era have seen Red Bull almost limp into a season but Team Principal Christian Horner says there is a new philosophy in Milton Keynes to ensure they are on the pace from Australia. JBL and Alex talk about how this could be the best chance Red Bull have because they're evolving the car from a successful 2019 season, with three wins and a competitive package. As they are the first team to run a 2020 car does this show signs of confidence? Also Jonanthan Noble and Codders headed to Paris for the launch of the Renault R.S.20...without a

Alex Kalinauckas (Autosport Grand Prix Editor), James Allen (Ex-Formula 1 Commentator), Jake Boxall-Legge (Autosport Technical Editor), Rodi Basso (Ex-Ferrari F1 Engineer) and Jonathan Noble (Motorsport.com F1 Editor) discuss the launch of the Scuderia Ferrari''s 2020 Formula 1 challenger, the SF1000, and what they need to do to win the 2020 championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the back of a chastening 2019 season, Haas became the first Formula 1 team to unveil its new car for the 2020 season. The new Haas VF-20 is draped in a new livery and bearing some unmistakably familiar features, but will it provide a marked improvement over last year? Autosport Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas is joined by Jake Boxall-Legge and new F1 Reporter Luke Smith to assess the new car and discuss the greater implications for Haas during 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In many areas of motorsport it seems the rush is on to electrify. But what’s behind this move to add batteries and motors? What does it mean for the various series? And what does electrification really mean? On the Autosport podcast today we’re looking forward to the 2020 season with all those questions in mind. First up, you’ll hear Autosport’s former Grand Prix Editor Edd Straw talking to Michael Resl from AVL RACING. In Part 2 of the podcast, Autosport's new Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas interviews AVL's Global Business Segment Manager of Racing, Matthias Dank, to dig deeper into the technical aspects of batteries and motors. For more on AVL RACING visit to www.avl.com/RACING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this first edition of the Autosport podcast for the new Formula 1 season, we look ahead to the car launches and ask what it tells us about the year ahead. Join your new host Alex Kalinauckas alongside Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge and Motorsport.com's F1 Editor Jon Noble. We ask what to expect from the current era of car launches and how much the teams reveal before everyone arrives in Australia. Plus, JBL pitches his idea for why Formula 1 should be more like Glastonbury and take an occasional year off. 2020 being one of those years when everyone should just go down the pub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the Autosport podcast today you can hear the lively debate held recently at the Motorsport Business Leaders Forum, part of Autosport International. James Allen hosts the discussion as The Right Honourable Lord Hain talks about the political aspects of motorsport. Plus, Chairman of Motorsport UK David Richards CBE on the future challenges faced by the industry. And how can social data help us know more about what fans want from motorsport? We get the latest insights from Dr Jillian Ney, the UK's first Dr of Social Media and a Digital Behavioural Scientist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices