The Autosport F1 Podcast

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Ahead of the season opened for Formula 1 in 2020, we Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor) was joined by JBL (Technical Editor) and Kevin Turner (Autosport Editor) to rank every team and every driver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

National Motorsport in the UK has always been a focus for Autosport magazine, which of course is celebrating 70 years in 2020. It's sometimes overshadowed by how much Formula 1 gets talked about, but our readers have been telling us they want more from National racing, so we've launched a new supplment to hear. And in audio form, here is a new podcast from the team. On the show today join Stephen Lickorish, Autosport Editor Kevin Turner, and your host of the national podcasts Stefan Mackley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) is joined by Jonathan Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) and Stuart Codling (Executive Editor, GP Racing) to give the final verdict on pre-season testing ahead of the Formula 1 2020 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today your host Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Luke Smith (F1 Reporter, Autosport) are joined by Ben Anderson (Editor and Driver, GP Racing) to discuss day 2 of the 2nd pre-season test of the Formula 1 2020 season. Notable moments include a Mercedes break down and Ferrari topping the timesheets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back in Barcelona for the first day of the second Formula 1 pre-season test. Alex Kalinauckas is joined by Jonathan Noble and Luke Smith to rundown the news from today and a notably slower fastest time than last week. Who's sandbagging? Ferrari? Mercedes? Racing Point? Listen to find out what the guys think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mercedes ended the first week of Formula 1 testing in Barcelona with a fastest time and some of the best reliability. Valtteri Bottas set a time in the morning which already blows away the best lap of 2019 testing. Meanwhile, their rivals have been questioning the legality of the DAS system and whether the ability to change toe angles constitutes a breach of parc ferme rules. With three days of action to look back on, our team in the paddock analyse the form so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today there was a buzz which rippled through the F1 Paddock - why was Lewis Hamilton pushing and pulling his steering wheel? As more of the assembled journalists saw on-board footage of the W11 the obvious question was: is this a technical problem or an innovation nobody else has thought of? As James Allison would soon confirm, it was the latter. Mercedes-Benz even have a name for it - 'DAS'. On the podcast today we explain what it is, and how it can be used. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first day of Formula 1® testing in 2020 is up and the team of Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport), Jon Noble (F1 Editor, Motorsport.com) and Luke Smith (Formula 1 Reporter, Autosport) bring you up to speed with the main talking points of Day 1 from the Barcelona Paddock. https://www.autosport.com/ Hamilton fastest as Mercedes dominates first day - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148330/hamilton-fastest-as-mercedes-dominates-first-day New Red Bull F1 car "fast everywhere" - Verstappen - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148332/new-red-bull-fast-everywhere--verstappen Leclerc: Lowly position on F1 test day one reflects Ferrari approach - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148333/leclerc-lowly-test-position-reflects-ferrari-approach Racing Point explains 'risky' attempt to replicate 2019 F1 Mercedes - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148334/racing-point-risky-mercedes-replica-explained Sainz: McLaren reliabiiity meant it used up day one tyre allowance - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/148337/sainz-mclaren-ran-out-of-tyres-on-day-one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Alex is travelling from Austria to Barcelona for pre-season testing, Jake Boxall-Legge jumps into the podcast today to run through Autosport's first impressions on the Alfa Romeo, the 'new' team Alpha Tauri and Williams. We also saw a Racing Point car earlier today but it was little more than a livery launch so we'll wait to see the car shakedown before we see their direction for 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices