The Autosport F1 Podcast

Ariana Bravo is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) to talk about the most important Saturday of the Championship calendar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariana Bravo is joined by Alex Kalinauckas (Grand PRix Editor, Autosport), who is finally back in the paddock and reporting on all the stories coming out of Thursday in Monaco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alonso’s tricky start to the 2021 campaign with Alpine has raised some question marks but, as the Spaniard tells Alex Kalinauckas in our cover interview for Autosport Magazine, it’s far too early to know where Alonso really stands. Even drivers that have just changed teams have found it hard to adapt and Alonso has had two years out of F1.    As Alonso points out, it seems only fair and sensible t...

Today we're looking ahead to the start of two categories at the top level of British national racing - British GP and BRDC British F3. Both championships are due to start at Brands Hatch this weekend. Joining Stephen Lickorish is James Newbold (Plus Editor, Autosport) and Stefan Mackley (Deputy National Editor, Autosport). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sportscar racing legend Tom Kristensen is a special guest in the latest episode of the Autosport podcast, discussing the Dane's remarkable career across multiple categories. The most successful driver in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours, Kristensen won Formula 3 titles in Germany and Japan in his early days and also won races in the domestic touring car championships of...

Don't miss out! Get half price access to our extensive and exclusive coverage of motorsport from around the world, join Autosport Plus today. Details below.   Formula 1’s return to Barcelona can elicit a few groans from the fans who think it’s a race which doesn’t provide any action. But the winner of today’s Grand Prix executed a bold strategy and had the ability to turn in a series of hot laps o...

Ariana Bravo and Alex Kalinauckas look back at Saturday in Barcelona, and another Formula 1 record  for the history books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariana Bravo and Jon Noble look back on FP1 and FP2 for the Spanish GP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the 2021 motorsport seasons ramps up, and resembles something more conventional compared to the disruption last year, there are two exciting series getting underway with racing this weekend. Thruxton hosts the start of the British Touring Car Championship. Whilst the FIA Formula 3 Championship returns to Barcelona for the first of seven events this year. Tom Howard is your host today as Marcus...

Don't miss out! Get half price access to our extensive and exclusive coverage of motorsport from around the world, join Autosport Plus today. Details below. The third episode of the 2021 Championship soap opera was certainly on script, even if it wasn't full of dramatic performances. The battle at the front saw the lead change several times and continued the Mercedes vs Red Bull storyline. Further...

As we predicted, track limits and tyres ended up being two of the biggest talking points of today's action. Hear what happened with Ariana Bravo and Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen were trading blows through the day, on a tricky day to read performances. Tyre choice was key last year and a freshly-laid track surface has complicated matters further. Once again F1 in 2021 is shaping up to deliver another great battle on Sunday afternoon. Ariana Bravo is joined by Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing).   Learn more about your ad choices. V...

A slim field of three cars will be entered in the Hypercar class for the first round of the World Endurance Championship's post-LMP1 age. But there are plenty of reasons for optimism with the new wave of manufacturer entries and competing class philosophies just around the corner.  Kevin Turner (Chief Editor, Autosport) is joined by James Newbold and Gary Watkins to discuss. Learn more about your...

Alejandro Agag is celebrated as a pioneer of sustainable motorsport having created not one, but two electric racing series from scratch. Earlier this month he staged the inaugural Extreme E event, while Formula E is thriving in its seventh season. For the latest #ThinkingForward interview with motorsport’s leaders, we ask Agag how he sees Extreme E evolving and whether he believes that motorsport...

Don't miss out! Get half price access to our extensive and exclusive coverage of motorsport from around the world, join Autosport Plus today. Details below. Today we're taking a look at some of the early action at WRC Croatia Rally 2021 including Friday morning drama after just a few kilometres. But first up we're joined by former European Rally Champion, Extreme E driver for Andretti United and R...

Don't miss out! Get half price access to our extensive and exclusive coverage of motorsport from around the world, join Autosport Plus today. Details below. Today we’re bringing you another edition of the Autosport National Podcast. Stefan Mackley (National Deputy Editor, Autosport) is joined by Ben Anderson (Editor, GP Racing) who is fresh from track testing the McLaren 720S GT3. Also on the show...

Don't miss out! Get half price access to our extensive and exclusive coverage of motorsport from around the world, join Autosport Plus today. Details below. The Italian weather did its best to throw all sensible predictions out of the window, and bring chaos to today's action.  Looking at the unsurprising finishing order on paper belies the action-packed 63 laps which involved two safety car perio...

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Formula 1 is back in Italy! Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in second practice for Formula 1’s 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen missed most of the session after stopping on-track. We discuss all of that and more. The Autosport Podcast is presented by Ariana Bravo alongside Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

We mark 60 years since the Jaguar E-type made its first racing appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Formula 1 fans have known for a long time that Verstappen has the speed to challenge for world titles. Now he seems to have the car with Red Bull’s RB16B, the one question that remains is: can he rein himself in to avoid throwing crucial points away in a championship fight? Verstappen has never won a title in car racing but, as he tells Alex Kalinauckas, he has done so in karting. Knowing when to...

How can you gain 'free' horsepower? How can you reduce friction to go faster? And how does motorsport bring technology from the racetrack to the road? On the podcast today we reveal the secrets to how race teams find hidden lap time with our partners at AVL RACING.. Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) talks to Daniel Blaindorfer (Application Manager, AVL RACING) to understand bearing f...

Ferrari’s long-awaited return to the top echelon of sportscar racing – and the Le Mans 24 Hours in particular – will finally happen in 2023. Despite its half-century away from the front, the Italian marque is still the third-most successful constructor in the history of the famous French enduro, with nine overall victories, behind only Porsche and Audi On today's podcast, Kevin Turner (Chief Edito...

This was the battle that every F1 fan hoped for. A straight fight between the champion and the challenger. A mix of performance and strategy that could have gone in any direction. Lewis Hamilton narrowly held onto the win by 0.7secs ahead of Max Verstappen. On the podcast today we explain the two sets of rules which allowed Hamilton to run wide at Turn 4 almost thirty times during he race, but whi...

Max Verstappen clinched the clean sweep of winning every session of the weekend by beating Lewis Hamilton to pole by over 0.3s. Christian Horner later told Sky Sports that damage to Verstappen's floor held him back by a tenth of a second. Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) joins Ariana Bravo to look at standout performances at AlphaTauri and Ferrari. However Sebastian Vettel failed to...