Autosport F1 & Motorsport

Bryn Lucas hosts the latest edition of the Autosport Q+A Podcast, this time joined by Alex Kalinauckas and Kevin Turner. On this week's episode, a large amount of recent news to dissect, such as the departure of the FIA's F1 Race Director Niels Wittich, and whether his questionable management of the Brazilian Grand Prix may have led to his reported firing. There's also the recent shock statement from the Grand Prix Drivers Association released on Instagram in response to recent decisions made by both Race Control such as Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc's fines for swearing. How much pressure is FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem under? There are also discussions on Alpine as they become a customer of Mercedes power units and gearboxes for 2026, Dan Fallows stepping down as Aston Martin's technical director, and F1 having a huge live show to launch the 2025 season, and why it's seen as a "travesty" by the panel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dre Harrison hosts the latest episode of the Autosport Podcast, as News Editor Sam Hall sits down with new Formula 3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli for an exclusive interview. On it, they talk about that incredible Championship finale at Monza and what was going through Fornaroli’s head as he went for that title-clinching pass, the nature of being a rare winless Champion in Motorsport, what he thinks of the pyramid system that is the modern-day road to Formula 1, and what his plans for the future are as he heads to Formula 2 with Invicta for 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the latest episode of the Autosport Podcast, Kevin Turner sits down with Marcus Simmons and Stephen Lickorish to preview the 71st 2024 Macau Grand Prix this weekend. There's a significant change heading into this year's event as the main race is changing from F3 to Formula Regional machinery due to “a natural consequence of the evolution of the junior single-seater landscape”. The field for this year's race includes three F3 race winners, Ferrari Academy driver and title contender Dino Beganovic, MP Motorsport's Oliver Goethe, and Pinnacle Motorsport's Mari Boya. Also stepping up is Italian F4 Champion and Britain's best chance of success, Freddie Slater. There's also a full preview of the FIA GT World Cup and the Macau Guia Race featuring World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff. Be sure to tune in to MotorsportTV's coverage of the event across the weekend at the following links: Day 1 https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-thursday-day-1/202539 Day 2 https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-friday-day-2/202543 Day 3 https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-saturday-day-3/202544 Day 4 https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-sunday-day-4/202548 Macau GT World Cup: https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-macau-gt-cup-fia-gt-world-cup-race/202550 Macau Grand Prix (Formula Regional): https://motorsport.tv/motorsporttv/video/71st-macau-gp-fr-macau-grand-prix-fia-fr-world-cup-race/202549 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first of a new mini-series reviewing the best of the National Racing series this year, Kevin Turner sits down with Marcus Simmons and ITV BTCC Commentator David Addison to review the best of the 2024 British Touring Car Championship. On it, the trio discuss the thrilling deciding weekend at Brands Hatch that led to Jake Hill winning his first Championship, as well as the current state of play amongst the elite class of the Championship, such as Tom Ingram's agonising defeat, Ash Sutton's failure in the "drive for five", and ask whether Colin Turkington can still compete at the very highest level. There's also a deep dive on two of the outside contenders in Dan Cammish and Josh Cook, as well as some of the other under-the-radar names who impressed across the season like Daryl DeLeon and part-timer Bobby Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices