Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes

Gary Anderson has been a jewel in the BBC's F1 crown with his understanding, knowledge and experience of the sport's technical issues. He was the perfect guest for our 2013 Formula 1 season review and, armed with countless graphs, tables and data sheets, helped us work through just who the big winners and losers were. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've been doing these podcasts for four years now and, with one a month (and sometimes more), that adds up to over 50 hours of content. In those four years we've been lucky enough to interview seven Formula 1 world champions, drivers who share 38 Le Mans wins, a 20-time Isle of Man TT winner, four F1 commentators, two team principals, a CART champion and a four-time IndyCar champion. However, in...

Three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish was in the office on Tuesday in order to be the guest editor for the January 2014 edition of the magazine. Despite relishing his new role and trying to send us all home early, we did manage to record a podcast with him before everyone took his advice and vacated the building. What followed was an hour's insight into Le Mans, Allan's future, Porsche's return t...

From what we hear from you readers our BBQ at the Hurlingham Club on September 18 went down very well, with classic cars on show, a silent auction and the guest of honour on good form. Sir Stirling talks plenty about his career, including his time with Denis Jenkinson on the Mille Miglia, so if you've ever wondered how they sorted out their bathroom breaks during the race, have a listen. If you'd...

"We deployed the parachute at 600mph and immediately you had 6g deceleration," Thrust2 driver Richard Noble tells us."The weird thing about this extreme deceleration is that it upsets your inner ears, which give you your balance. You are absolutely convinced that you are driving vertically downwards into the centre of the earth. It's an extraordinary experience, but soon the g comes off and you're...

You never quite know who's going to turn up to these podcasts at Goodwood – we camp ourselves out in the drivers' club and hope that some of the famous names at the Festival of Speed will want to come and have a chat before or after their lunch. This year didn't disappoint as Anthony Reid, Henri Pescarolo, Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi, John McGuinness, Stuart Graham, Danny Sullivan and Vic El...

On June 17 Motor Sport teamed up with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Formula Student programme to host an event featuring three of F1's top engineers. Ed Foster was on hand to question former Lotus technical director James Allison, Mercedes engineering director Andy Cowell and Gordon Day of Williams Hybrid Power. If you want to know more about 2014's new engine formula and the sport's fu...

David Coulthard: "Have you never been wrong?" Another driver: "No, never." DC: "Oh, come on, even at home with your wife?" AD: "Nope, not that I can think of." You'll have to listen to the podcast to find out who Coulthard couldn't get to admit that he had ever been wrong, but we're sure some of you already have a good idea who it might be... The hour recording with the 13-time Grand Prix winner w...

Ex-Formula 1 driver, 1990 Le Mans 24 Hours winner and F1 commentator Martin Brundle was fresh from a McLaren F1 seat fitting for a future Sky feature when he came to see us for a podcast in the Motor Sport offices. He never stands still, but that's partly why his opinions on motor racing are still so on point. Racing against Senna, Schumacher, the current Pirelli tyres, safety in F1... it's all di...

Our new website columnist Lee McKenzie came into the office yesterday to record her first Motor Sport podcast. First up was the aftermath of the Malaysian Grand Prix, but we also get Lee's thoughts on Finnish drivers, her favourite circuits and what it's like interviewing Vettel and Webber after a disobeyed 'Multi 21' team order... Oh, and Nigel Roebuck talks about the joys of a fight after a NASC...

This month, the team – with a slight change of line-up – sat down for a chat with Pat Symonds. Pat's returning to the F1 pitlane with Marussia this year, a place he hasn't seen since 2009. After the pre-season tests, he was primed to give his opinion on which teams could impress at the start of the season... and which may not. He also talks about 2014's regulation shake-up and the differences betw...

This month the team sat down with Richard Attwood, winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1970.Regular listeners will know how entertaining Richard can be after Ed's evening with him and David Piper. Nigel also commented afterwards that he has rarely known a racing driver with such incredible recall. For fans of the Porsche 917, Richard's experiences of the car's difficult early days and his Le Mans wi...

On December 5, Motor Sport hosted a special readers' evening with Sir Jackie Stewart OBE.Joining the three-time champion at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone were Nigel Roebuck and Damien Smith, as well as former Tyrrell and McLaren man Jo Ramirez. After dinner, the four sat down for a question and answer session which you can hear below. Sir Jackie shared his thoughts on some of his contemporaries...

This month, to coincide with Jody Scheckter's guest editor special, the team sat down with him to discuss the 2012 Formula 1 season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On November 8 Dick Lovett hosted a special Ferrari evening in its new showroom just outside Swindon. We say showroom, but really it's a Ferrari mecca. As well as Peter Lovett talking to the crowd about how the dealership started, I sat down with David Piper and Richard Attwood to talk about their careers racing Ferrari sports cars. It's not the full recording, but it will give you a flavour of the...

On October 2 we hosted a special readers' evening with John Surtees. After a three-course dinner editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck and editor Damien Smith sat down with the 1964 Formula 1 World Champion to talk about his career on 'bikes and cars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month we sit down with Tiff Needell – the star of Fifth Gear and Top Gear. He made it, briefly, to Formula 1, but his success came afterwards in sports cars and tin-tops. What you'll all be pleased to hear is that he's a proper old school racer who laments the loss of cross-ply tyres and the old circuits. You won't be surprised to hear that he got on rather well with the rest of the podcast t...

Deputy editor Gordon Cruickshank has been working at Motor Sport for 30 years and in honour of the occasion we sat him down to ask about the 'good' old days of the magazine when a certain Wesley J Tee ruled over the publication. The stories are absolutely brilliant – even if you have only ever read one or two issues this is a must. What's more, after our chat with Gordon, Nigel, Rob and myself go...

You never quite know who will be in the Drivers' Club when we're recording the podcast, but – once again – we were in luck. We hope you enjoy an hour of Tom Kristensen, André Lotterer, Marino Franchitti, John McGuinness, Brian Redman, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jacky Ickx and Karun Chandhok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was up to Silverstone for our latest podcast to see MotoGP Tech 3 Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow. There were also a few changes to the usual Motor Sport team as our 'bike writer Mat Oxley joined Rob Widdows and Ed Foster to chat to the 2009 World Supersport Champion. As always – let us know what you think. We're pretty sure you'll find Cal a refreshing change to the corporate world of Formula 1......

Straight-talking BRDC president Derek Warwick on current Formula 1, his career, his work for the BRDC and trying to punch Michael Schumacher's lights out. Needless to say this was one of our most enjoyable podcasts to date. We hope you agree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

en Edwards had been commentating for the British Touring Car Championship for nearly 10 years when he got the call from the BBC in November 2011.He's now the lead commentator for the BBC's F1 coverage in 2012 and we decided to pick his brains about what it's like behind the microphone, next to David Coulthard, and what he thinks of the season so far. We've asked him plenty of your questions so enj...

We always knew an hour spent with five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell would be an hour well spent. But we didn't realise just how amusing it would be. Indeed – this is the first podcast that finishes with an impromptu round of applause. Derek is so full of stories that we could have spent the entire afternoon in the office listening to his tales. We've got in as many as possible, from Formula 1 an...

Welcome everyone to our first podcast of 2012.Pat Symonds is the only podcast guest we've had more than once, and when you listen you'll realise why. He's a straight-talking F1 engineer who not only tells it how it is, but also has the ability to explain even the most technical parts of the sport to people who haven't got an engineering degree (i.e. us).We hope you enjoy it and do let us know your...

It seems like only a few months ago that we recorded our 2010 Formula 1 season review in our local pub, the Chelsea Ram. But a full 12 months have passed, and to change things around a bit for this year's season review we decided to 'upgrade' to the Bluebird restaurant. This may just seem like a good excuse to enjoy the food and wine this Chelsea establishment has to offer, but there was more to i...