The MotorMouth Podcast

This week we're joined by Tatiana Calderon, a female racing star who has raced in Le Mans, WEC, IndyCar, Formula 2 and almost every other major series! She's even involved with Formula One. A fascinating and funny episode, we chat about life, her career and the ever present issues around female participation in high level motorsport. Tatiana talks a lot of sense, a must listen! Make sure to stay r...

Jade Edwards is the first woman to race in the British Touring Car Championship since 2007 and she's making the most of it. An absolute powerhouse, she's never given up on her dream and is now living it! A true inspiration! We even threw some listener questions at her, thanks to those that submitted them. This episode is powered by our podcast sponsors at https://motusone.com/ - check them out for...

Today we really get into the weeds. Get your inner Formula One and Formula E nerd tuned in with Mark Preston. Mark is right at the top of his game, he founded Super Aguri in less than 100 days, worked at McLaren as Principal Designer and is now CEO of Formula E team, Techeetah. He's the founder of StreetDrone and acts as Chief Strategy Officer and advisor to Oxford University. This episode is powe...

Today we’re joined by Ferdinand Habsburg and he has to be one of our favourite guests so far! A deep thinker, spiritual, open and of course an incredible racing driver. He’s won the Le Mans 24 hrs but started out in karts where he won both the Hungarian and Austrian Championships before moving into single seaters in 2014 with Euroformula Open and Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, in 2017 he raced in th...

New pod, new pairing! Today Tim is joined, for the first time, by Tommo F1 (Tom McCluskey) , who will be keeping Harry's seat warm for the next few weeks. Tom's debut sees us chat to Formula 2 racer Clement Novolak. Clem started in karts, before progressing through the junior motorsport ladder with British F3, full blown FIA F3 and into Formula 2. He’s a Championship winner, multiple podium placer...

Tim, flying solo this week as Harry takes off on his travels and Tommo F1 is drafted in starting next week, speaks to Kate Beavan, a 20 year verteran working at Formula 1, from the Bernie era through to Liberty Media, Kate's experience is unrivalled. She's now taken on a new challenge, "More Than Equal" alongside David Coulthard, to pioneer the search for a top flight, podium winning, Championship...

A BRAND NEW SEASON! SEASON 12! What a way to kick it off! This week we spend an insightful 45 mins with Alex Albon , the current Williams Racing Formula One driver. We talk about Sebastian Vettel's shock retirement, what it's really like to race at the pinnicle of motor racing, who he thinks is the best, racing alongside Max Verstappen and loads more! This episode is powered by our podcast sponsor...

Tim is flying solo today as Harry is out on F3 comms duty! But fear not, we have 2 very special guests to cheer Tim up! IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DANCING! Harry will be back but while he’s galivanting around with the Sky Sports gang, we will soon be announcing a very special super sub to join me on hosting on the show and someone I’m sure many of your will be very, very familiar with. More on that s...

There's no sitting on the fence here, Tiff jumps straight into roasting Tim and Harry before plenty of unedited and outspoken views which are refreshing and open to hear. Thanks so much to Tiff for his time and honesty. We chat about his favourite cars, his strong views on W Series and Formula One, life as a broadcaster and how motorsport came on his radar all those years ago. This episode is powe...

Max Chilton is a British racing driver that powered through the junior ranks to make it to Formula One with Marussia. He later went to the US to challenge himself with Carlin and Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar, coming oh so close to winning the Indy 500, finally ending up fourth. We chat about his transition from racing into business ventures, his new racing passions, and the day his life almost c...

Now at the time of recording we’ve just had the 24 hours of Le Mans, one of the greatest races on planet earth and I’m really excited as we have someone who completed the race with us today so we’re catching him fresh off the back of it to get his immediate emotions and reactions. Phil Hanson is an endurance sportscar star, in 2020 he became the first driver to win the FIA World Endurance Champion...

Today we’re joined by Tom McCluskey or Tommo F1 as he’s known to his fans. He has become one of the most popular Formula One YouTubers on the planet, with 300,000 subscribers and growing rapidly. A funny, insightful and unedited chat with the Essex man taking on the F1 YouTube world! This episode is powered by our partners at F1 Experiences , use the code MM11F1E on check-out for 5% off their prod...

Today we’re joined by Jerome D’Ambrosio who started his racing aged 8 in karts, before moving up the ranks through the likes of Renault 1.6 in Belgium, Formula Renault 2.0, Formula Masters, GP2 and of course Formula 1 where he made 20 race appearances for Virgin Racing and Lotus F1, he hopped across to Formula E for the opening season for Dragon Racing before a stint with Mahindra and finally find...

Today we’re joined by Paul Cowland, Paul has a life long affinity with all things automotive, and has an encylopdic knowledge of anything with an engine. He’s a writer, restorer and thought leader on the subject. He’s worked for the likes of Motors TV and Discovery Channel, featured on shows like Salvage Hunters and Turbo Pickers plus various work for a host of automotive car makers. What Paul doe...

Pumped to be joined on the show by Wing Commander Stuart Edmondson, the man behind a 1,000KPH car! What a story and what a project! The Bloodhound Land Speed Record Team! Listen in! This episode is powered by our partners at F1 Experiences , use the code MM11F1E on check-out for 5% off their products. Subscribe to MotorMouth on YouTube for loads more content: https://bit.ly/3qVXP0R Join our charit...

Today we're joined by Sylvain Filippi, the Managing Director and CTO of Envision Racing in Formula E. We talk about where the interest in motorsport comes from but importantly, where the passion for electric mobility came about and where it took him. The destination would eventually be Formula E. Sylvain is a fascinating character with some incredible insights. Sit back, listen and enjoy! This epi...

WELCOME TO SEASON 11! Today we kick off in style with our first ever current F1 driver! We’re joined by Williams F1 driver, Nicholas Latifi, he’s a man who graduated through karts, Formula three, Formula Renault 3.5 and F2 on this way to the top of the sport. We talk life, career, cyber bullies, fears and more! This episode is powered by our partners at F1 Experiences , use the code MM11F1E on che...

Today we’re joined by Mr Gary Paffett, a DTM Champion, factory Mercedes-AMG driver, a former Formula E driver and subsequently technical advisor, he’s had roles with McLaren Mercedes and Williams F1, he’s racked up almost 200 races starts, multiple wins, podiums and pole positions, he’s father to 3 boys and is partial to a sport of tennis and cycling, it’s our pleasure entirely to have him here to...

The final show of Season 10! Today we’re joined by a man who has worked with some of the biggest names in the sport. He’s a French born race engineer that made his way up from Prema, Trident, Toyota in F1 with Jarno Trulli, Vitaly Petrov, Pastor Maldonado, Romain Grosjean, Jolyon Palmer and of course, the legendary Kimi Raikkonen with whom he shared Kimi’s last race in our beloved sport.  Thi...

This week we're joined by Graeme Glew, founder of Formula Woman and two of the competitions top female drivers, Grace Webb and Magdalena King. We hear 3 unique perspectives as the series moves into its final stages, with the girls hoping to win the chance to get behind the wheel of a McLaren GT car in the super competitive GT Cup, and they'll do it with zero racing experience! This episode is powe...

Listen to the rollercoaster career of BTCC star Daniel Rowbottom who almost had to give up the sport before making it to the top of British racing and becoming a BTCC title contender! This episode is powered by our partners at Rodin Cars - thank you so much to Shannon, David, Cliff and the team for trusting in us and joining Season 10. Subscribe to MotorMouth on YouTube for loads more content: htt...

Today we’re joined by the lovely Rosanna Tennant, Rosanna is a TV presenter, live events host and broadcaster. She’s worked across the F1 live pre race show, F1 weekend debrief on Sky Sports F1, the F1 Pit Lane Channel, she’s the first woman to call as F1 race start and she can often be found providing insights in the F1 and F2 pit lane. She’s worked with many global brands in the form of Rolex, S...

Today we're joined by Sophia Floersch, one of the world's leading female racing drivers, at just 21 years old she still has Formula One firmly in her sights and has made the consious decision to steer away from all female championships like W Series, and make her own mark on the sport, regardless of gender. She's a fascinating character and it was a pleasure to speak with her in such an open and h...

The men behind the YMC changes that changed the course of F1 history.  This is a fascinating episode, discover the world of Formula One track design from two of the worlds best and their historic impact on one of the most iconic title deciders we've ever seen! Today we’re joined by the Managing Director of Driven International, Ben Willshire, and Mark Hughes, the MD of Mrk1 Consulting, both men h...

Its another double whammy! A Jaguar duo! This week our first guest is Sam Bird, he’s a race winner in every season of the Formula E World Championship to date and has been in the Series since it’s very first race. He first appeared in karting before Formula BMW, he’s been a reserve driver for Mercedes F1, before signing up to race in the first ever Formula E season in 2014 with Virgin Racing and w...