The Autosport F1 Podcast

The Autosport Awards are back next month for the 36th time, with the ceremony taking place at its usual venue of the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane on Sunday 3 December.But we can’t do it without our podcast listeners and readers of Autosport.On the podcast today, Kevin Turner is joined by Haydn Cobb to talk about why we need you to vote, and tell you the nominees for International Racing Driver of the Year, British Competition Driver of the Year, UK National Driver of the Year, Rookie of the Year, International Competition Car of the Year, and Rally Driver of the Year.You can vote for the candidate you think performed best in each category during the season now at https://awardsvoting.autosport.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn Lee is joined by Matt Kew in Brazil, along with our F1 Reporter Filip Cleeren, to look back at the winners and losers at Interlagos for the 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Formula 1 grapples with what the sprint format might look like next year, the final outing of this iteration in Brazil provided plenty of action, at least in the midfield. Martyn Lee is joined by Jake Boxall-Legge to discuss today's race, and what the options are for the sprint weekends in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn Lee is joined by our F1 Reporter Filip Cleeren to try and make sense of a qualifying session which was eventually aborted due to severe weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The only records left for Max Verstappen to break this year are his own ones from last year, but could he get 16 wins in one season with a Ferrari front row lockout? To analyse all the action from Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix, Martyn Lee is joined by Alex Kalinauckas and Filip Cleeren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A mixed up qualifying set up a fascinating (long) run down to Turn 1 on Sunday afternoon in Mexico. And could we see a repeat of the exciting battle we saw in 2021?Alex Kalinauckas joins  Martyn Lee to talk about why some teams suddenly found pace as the track cooled, and why Formula 1 increasingly sees a queue of drivers stopping at the end of the pitlane during qualifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn Lee is joined by Sam Hall to look at the first day of running in Mexico. Today saw five young drivers get a chance to not crash a Formula 1 car, and all acquitted themselves well.We also saw drama for Aston Martin, with the wheels literally not falling off their weekend before it got started. And we learned a little about the competitive order at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aston Martin's decision to reignite the Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar project for the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship from 2025 has sent waves through the sportscar racing community. The iconic 1959 Le Mans victor is making a grand re-entrance to La Sarthe, yearning for that much-deserved title at the 24 Hours.As we delve into the episode, we journey back to Aston Martin's roots in sportscar racing during its golden era. We reminisce about the stellar performance of 1959 and victory with the DBR1. However success has been elusive since then. Martyn Lee is joined by Gary Watkins and Kevin Turner to unpick the reasoning behind Aston Martin's grand return to Le Mans and sportscar, their renewed aspirations, strategic outlook, and the envisioned path ahead. This episode sheds light on how the combined vision of Lawrence Stroll, Gabe Newell, and Heart of Racing is realigning Aston Martin's trajectory, ensuring it remains rooted in its legacy while embracing the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas, Matt Kew and Stuart Codling are all in Austin, joining Martyn Lee to discuss the United States Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Haydn Cobb joins Martyn Lee to analyse the first sprint race to be held at COTA. Whilst not one for the history books, it still provided action in the early laps, and gave us plenty of insight into how Sunday's Grand Prix might be fought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices