The Driver's Seat

The Perth SuperSprint is this weekend with Supercars back in action with both Steven Johnson and Jett Johnson on track for the return of TCM to WA, and the second round of Super2 respectively. We'll also touch on the announcement of Cam Waters making his NASCAR Cup Series debut next month, and with the big Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car double header making it's way to Sydney Dragway this weekend as...

What a week it's been in the world of motorsport. We saw Lando Norris get his maiden win in Formula One and a rare Grand Prix that doesn't have Max Verstappen on the top step of the podium. There's some rumours and innuendo about the sale of defending champions Erebus Motorsport being sold which we'll cover, and Team Penske have dealt out some big punishments after the push to pass scandal that's...

After an opening round of the Australian Rally Championship that saw a full day rained out in Canberra, the ARC heads west for the Forest Rally next weekend. We spoke to the current series leader of the Production Cup Molly Taylor ahead of the trip to WA, and got the 2016 Champions thoughts on the season opener in the National Capital, and changing gears for the upcoming round of Extreme E Learn m...

Just as we went to air, the breaking news came out that Adrian Newey would be leaving Red Bull next year and we went through the ramifications on what this might mean to the paddock in Formula One in 2025 and 2026. Plus the rumour mill is speculating that Erebus Motorsport is up for sale and we went through your messages on what the state of play is at the moment - and we spoke to James Golding wh...

After a shocker of a round at the AGP, James Golding bounced back from a poor qualifying effort to end up finishing both races in Taupo P7 and P5 after qualifying 22nd and 16th respectively. We spoke to Jimmy about his strong results in New Zealand, his juggling TransAm in addition to Supercars, and we got his thoughts on his new co-driver David Russell who joined PremiAir Nulon Racing after three...

Ahead of the Top Fuel Dragster and Nitro Funny Cars joining forces next week from May 3 – 5 at the Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, we spoke to Phil Read who's looking to continue his dominant form of 2024 after some big wins in Perth, and earlier this month at The Bend. The Top Fuel veteran joined us on the show before the double header next week, celebrating 20 years of the Sydney Dragway. Learn m...

Supercars made their long awaited return to New Zealand, and it was fitting the first person to win a race at Taupo would be Andre Heimgartner. We spoke to him about what the breakthrough win meant for him and the entire Brad Jones Racing team after a tough start to 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been so much motorsport happening over the weekend with Supercars making their return to New Zealand with the first ever race in Taupo, plus it was heartbreak for Daniel Ricciardo in Formula One at the Chinese Grand Prix, and three time Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen had an eventful time in NASCAR Cup Series, and the XFinity series as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

We are days away from Supercars return to New Zealand with the first ever visit to Taupō. It's a brand new track and only a handful of drivers have experience on the circuit so it should make for a very interesting weekend of racing! Plus we wrap up all the action from the SpeedSeries round at Phillip Island and chat to Ben Bargwanna who's the current series leader in TCR Australia. Learn more abo...

Ben Bargwanna lead the TCR Australia Championship after the opening round at Sandown, but a less than ideal second round in Tassie saw him give up the series lead. Now after a big weekend in Phillip Island he's back on top of the points in the championship and he joined us on the show this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was another twist in the tale of the Brodie Kostecki/Erebus Motorsport drama that's been a big talking point of the 2024 Championship, and we look at all the reactions from the fans to the bombshell announcement earlier in the week, plus we welcome back Malcolm Owens for the newly rebranded "Classic Cars Corner" Plus we chat to young Cooper Murray who will be teaming with Craig Lowndes in th...

Triple Eight Engineering is bringing back the Supercheap Auto Wildcard entry for the enduros once again, and young Super2 star Cooper Murray will be teaming up with the veteran Craig Lowndes. We spoke to Cooper about teaming up with a Supercars legend, and his aspirations for being in the main game in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another edition of the Bathurst 6 Hour is in the history books with Jayden Ojeda and Simon Hodges becoming the first drivers to go back to back in the Easter Enduro, as they were joined by George Miedecke in the same BMW M4 that took the win last year. Plus we look at the news of another Supercars star that will be making a cameo in NASCAR as Cameron Waters heads to the USA in the coming days, and...

Last years Australian Rally Championship came down to the final stage as Harry Bates and Coral Taylor secured victory over their Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia team mates Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin in the Nations capital. Now we return to Canberra for the season opener with 30 crews on the entry list, and we spoke to 7Sport's lead commentator Dean Herridge about another exciting year of the...

The eyes of the motorsport world were on Melbourne, as Albert Park hosted the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. We cover all the action on track in the F1s and Supercars, plus we speak to Nick Percat from Bendix Racing who got a breakthrough win in just his second round with his new team Matt Stone Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After two horrid seasons Nick Percat has bounced back emphatically and delivered his new team Matt Stone Racing it's second ever win in the main game. We spoke to Nick in a refreshingly honest and open chat about how the MSR team environment has reinvigorated his career, just what went so wrong for him at his previous team, and how he's trying to help the next crop of young drivers by starting his...

We're on the cusp of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix with Formula One returning to the streets of Albert Park. We'll touch on the how the F1 supports affect the Supercars paddock and get the opinions of former Super2 Champion Bryce Fullwood from Middy's Racing, and two time Bathurst winner Will Davison from Shell V-Power Racing Team about how this affects the Melbourne SuperSprint. Plus we break do...

At last year's AGP, Bryce Fullwood from Middy's Racing was cruelly denied a podium despite crossing the line third after a post race time penalty was added to his result. This year though, the Brad Jones Racing pilot looks to make amends and walk away with some silverware and we spoke to Bryce about the changes that are happening at Albert Park this year - including teams not having a pit lane! Le...

Formula One is back in Melbourne for 2024, and our producer Nims caught up with Will Davison from the Shell V-Power Racing Team ahead of the Melbourne SuperSprint. We got Wilbur's thoughts on being a new dad, this round's sprint formats, and got his opinion on the schmozzle that was the parity war of Gen3 in 2023! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like there's more movement out of Erebus as the boys speculate about what the future holds for the team with or without Brodie Kostecki, we'll wrap up the F1 from Saudi Arabia and discuss the plight of Daniel Ricciardo, and we speak to the defending TCR Australia Champion Josh Buchan ahead of Race Tasmania this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round two of the Shannons Speedseries is this weekend with TCR Australia the headline act of Race Tasmania. We spoke to the reigning champion Josh Buchan ahead of this weekend and got his thoughts on his return to Symmons Plains after a rough weekend last year, and if there's been any opportunities open up for him ever since he won the title last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Matt MacKelden and Steven Johnson are back for another year of The Drivers Seat covering all things motorsport. We'll wrap up the Bathurst 500, talk Formula One, and get our crystal balls out and give some predictions for the upcoming year. Plus we're joined by Broc Feeney from Red Bull Ampol Racing who had a very successful opening round at Mount Panorama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Broc Feeney is now the veteran team member at Red Bull Ampol Racing and he joined us after the Bathurst 500 to talk about the season opener where he walked away with a race win and two podiums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With all that's been happening in the off season in the world of motorsport in both Australia and overseas, after all your messages via our socials Matt and Steve jumped on the Team Johnson Facebook page for a quick live show to address the news in Supercars and Formula One. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been the worst kept secret in Supercars, but Tickford Racing have finally confirmed their driver line up for next year in their new look downsized two car operation, plus Wall Racing become the first team in the TCR Australia series to announce who will take to the grid in 2024. Plus we asked you for your favourite moments of the 2023 Season, and we'll run through the listener highlights from...