Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes

On Thursday afternoon at the Goodwood Revival, as teams were unloading transporters, we grabbed Steve Soper and Andrew Jordan to sit down and record a podcast. To help us out with the tin top racers BTCC pitlane reporter Alan Hyde joined us for the first time. Well, we say first time, but he's always been sat recording the podcasts with us – this was just the first time we gave him a microphone......

The doyen of sports car racing Gary Watkins helps the Motor Sport team decide who should be on the shortlist for the 2016 Hall of Fame sports car category. Derek Bell? Hans Stuck? Allan McNish? Henri Pescarolo? It's now up to you, the public, to vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Tuesday 28th the podcast team of Roebuck, Widdows, Arron and myself journeyed north to the suburbs of Northampton to call on the ex-F1, Le Mans, rally, Can-Am and Indycar designer Tony Southgate. Greeted with fresh coffee and biscuits we tried to condense his four decades in the sport into an hour. There were one or two things we didn't have time to discuss...We did, however, discuss his beginn...

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On Tuesday June 23, as part of the National Women in Engineering Day, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers hosted an evening entitled ‘Women in Motorsport Engineering – Beating the Competition’.BBC Radio 5 Live F1 presenter Jennie Gow chaired the discussion and speakers included Audi Sport race engineer Leena Gade, Force India performance and strategy engineer Bernadette Collins and BTCC data e...

Lee McKenzie podcast Who’s the fastest driver on the Formula 1 grid at the moment? Is Audi coming to F1? Why did Lee’s father Bob do a naked lap of Silverstone? And which F1 driver refers to him as ‘Father McKenzie’? Just your normal Motor Sport podcast then… Lee McKenzie guides us through the news and views from the F1 paddock and explains Ferrari’s turnaround,...

Mike Earle podcast As Rob mentions when introducing the podcast Mike Earle has spent five decades in the sport. I knew we were covering a lot of ground during the recording so when the audio file landed this morning, courtesy of Alan Hyde, I decided to write down the names that are brought up during the 90 minutes. Here they are, in order: David Purley, Derek Bell, Peter Gethin, John Watson, Roger...

2015 F1 season preview podcast It’s that time of year again: Formula 1 testing’s over, the driver line-ups are more or less set, a competitive order has started to emerge… and we still don’t really know what’s going to happen. Which means it’s time for the Motor Sport season preview podcast. So join Nigel Roebuck, Mark Hughes, Damien Smith, Simon Arron and Rob W...

Mark Blundell podcast Formula 1 cars, sports cars, Indycars… Mark Blundell must have driven more racers than most. We knew it was going to be a struggle getting his entire career into an hour and not only did it stretch to one hour 15 minutes, but we’ve also agreed that we need to do a ‘Part 2′. Now busy looking after young drivers, Blundell is a great story teller – someth...

Dario Franchitti podcast From an Allan McNish $10 bet to Formula E, via testing F1 cars for McLaren and Jaguar – there wasn’t much we didn’t cover during the hour with three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti. As always, let us know your thoughts on everything we discuss. The podcast team will be back in only a couple of weeks with Mark Blundell. If you would like to subscribe to th...

David Brabham podcast Project Brabham, Le Mans, Formula Ford, Mike Thackwell, Formula 3000, F1, the ALMS, Jack Brabham… There wasn’t much not discussed when the podcast team sat down with David Brabham. Fueled with mince pies, chocolate and fudge brownies and a bottle or three of wine Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and Simon Arron bring you the last podcast of 2014. If you&#8...

F1 season review podcast Hamilton vs Rosberg, the Mercedes dominance, the brilliance of Daniel Ricciardo and the financial crisis that Formula 1 is facing – just some of the topics that the podcast team discuss in their F1 season review. Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Mark Hughes, Simon Arron and Rob Widdows discuss all the big topics over this hour-long recording. If you would like to subscribe to...

Jonathan Palmer podcast As we sat in Jonathan Palmer’s Brands Hatch office we overlooked a motorbike track day in action and were served bacon sandwiches, fresh coffee and orange juice – as podcasts go, we were already onto a winner (not a good one to miss Simon Arron…). You’ll be pleased to hear the content was also great as Jonathan talked about Jolyon’s success in GP2 th...

Drivers’ Forum at the Revival Henry Hope-Frost hosts a Credit Suisse Drivers’ Forum with Derek Bell, Sir Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Alain de Cadenet and Max Chilton at the 2014 Goodwood Revival. While the topic is perfect team-mates, teams and cars, the five racers also discuss safety, the junior categories and weird noises in the night at Le Mans… If you would like to subscribe...

Podcast with Derek Bell Last week the podcast team paid a visit to Pagham on the south coast to see Derek Bell. If you’ve heard our last podcast with the five-time Le Mans winner, you’ll know he’s got a wealth of great stories from his long career. Derek’s on typically good form in this installment of the Motor Sport podcast. As always, let us know what you think in the com...

Podcast with Pat Symonds Pat Symonds – Williams’ chief technical officer – stopped by for a podcast last week to talk about all things Formula 1, including the Grove squad’s return to the podium. Along with the Mercedes duel and the emergence of Daniel Ricciardo, Williams’ success has been one of the biggest stories this year, so who better to talk us through the season? This is...

Formula Student podcast On June 24 Ed Foster hosted an evening of discussion at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Joining him were Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds, Mercedes-Benz managing director Andy Cowell, Cosworth sales director Kirsty Andrew and Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. Formula 1′s current direction has come under fire from a number of directions an...

Podcast with Perry McCarthy Anyone who’s read Perry McCarthy’s book Flat Out, Flat Broke will know that he’s got a knack for telling a story – and he’s got a lot of them. Perry’s season with Andrea Moda is obviously a huge talking point but he also regaled the team with tales of sponsorship hunting, a rivalry with a certain hulking Brazilian driver and how he nearly b...

Credit Suisse Monaco Forum Henry Hope-Frost hosts the Credit Suisse Drivers’ Forum over the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco weekend. His panelists include Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell and current factory Porsche driver Romain Dumas. Being hosted in Monaco, the topic of conversation centres around the famous track in the Principality, but the four also talk about great tracks in gen...

Podcast with Wallace and Weaver You never quite know where the conversation will go with these podcasts, but it’s safe to say that no one could have predicted the topics in this one. Andy Wallace and James Weaver were on typically good form and, amongst the tales of Formula Ford and Le Mans, we cover private jets with gold taps and Jonathan Palmer’s dodgy painkillers. As always, let us...

Podcast with Emanuele Pirro An hour with Emanuele Pirro was always going to be lively and the five-time Le Mans winner didn’t disappoint. As well as inventing subscription offers, he talked about celebrating Goodwood and Le Mans wins, his F1 career, Tazio Nuvolari and what he learned from Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost when he was testing at McLaren. As always, let us know what you think. Rece...

2014 F1 season preview podcast Once the dust had settled on the pre-season Formula 1 tests in Bahrain and Jerez it was time for Motor Sport’ s podcast team to gather and preview the 2014 season. On the panel were editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck, features editor Simon Arron, senior contributing writer Rob Widdows and new Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. Who’s quick and who’s not, what...

Podcast with Gordon Murray We’ve been trying to pin Gordon Murray down for almost six months, but we’re glad we hung in there as it was a fascinating hour. An hour which was then followed by another 60 minutes chatting when the microphones were switched off. We must apologise now for the sound quality. A glitch in the system meant that this one is below par compared to the normal high...

Audio podcast with John McGuinness A few hours before the 2014 Motor Sport Magazine Hall of Fame we managed to tie 20-time Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness down for a chat. It was a fascinating hour spent talking about the TT, Michael Schumacher’s talent on a motorbike, what the future holds for John and what it takes to win 20 times on the Isle of Man. A podcast not to be missed. John...

Audio podcast with Frank Williams The podcast team travelled up to Williams’ Grove base for the last recording of the year and chatted to the great Frank Williams. He was on fine form and talked about Nigel Mansell, his favourite Williams cars, Adrian Newey and a man who refused to go to sleep unless he was wearing pyjamas… Frank Williams in his office at Williams HQ Thank you for list...