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578: F1 Testing - Day 2 - The Stories Behind The Laptimes Feb 24, 2022

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Day 2 of F1 pre-season testing saw global events overtake what was happening on track, with drivers and teams speaking out against the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Meetings between organisers will soon communicate Formula 1's stance on the planned race in Sochi.
Martyn Lee is joined by Alex Kalinauckas (Grand Prix Editor, Autosport) and Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) to dig into the timesheets and work out what's really going on. We've been trackside again today and observing how some of the cars are suffering with high speed instability, in a throwback to the 1980's ground effect cars.

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577: The secrets revealed in Red Bull's RB18 unveiling - Autosport Plus Feb 24, 2022

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Welcome to a bonus episode of the show featuring some exclusive content from the subscriber area of Autosport.com. Autosport Plus
Red Bull was the first Formula 1 team to launch its 2022 season, but is the last to actually show off its new car. Finally unveiling its RB18 to the world on the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona, here's what can be seen from the radical new challenger Max Verstappen will defend his 2021 title with.
For a 50% discount on your first payment to the exclusive Autosport Plus subscriber area, using the code PODCAST at checkout.

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576: F1 Testing - Day 1 + Red Bull's Dramatic RB18 Revealed Feb 23, 2022

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The Autosport Podcast will bring you coverage of Formula 1 testing at the end of every day of track action. On today's podcast we're looking at the first day of testing (officially a shakedown) and how any fears about early reliability were quickly dispelled. Eight teams achieved over 100 laps as they executed their individual run plans with little drama and no red flags to interrupt sessions.
Martyn Lee is joined by Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) and Haydn Cobb (Autosport.com Editor) to talk about what it was like trackside, and also analyse some of the technical aspects of the Red Bull RB18 which made it's first real appearance today.

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575: Top 10 Drivers To Watch in BTCC and TOCA Support Series Feb 17, 2022

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Today we're using the build up to the 2022 season to look back at who excelled last year, and therefore who we should be watching this year. Settle in because this is a long one, with both Top 10 drivers argued out for British Touring Cars and the TOCA support series (Porsche Carrera Cup GB, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Ginetta Junior, Mini Challenge and British Formula 4).
We didn't rush this one out at the end of 2021 because so much of our time was spent with the incredibly late running F1 calendar, plus we knew that we had a healthy gap before these series started again. It's still around a month before we'll even see some F4 or Ginetta testing. And a couple of months before the opening round at Donington Park.
Hosting todays podcast is Autosport's Chief Editor, Kevin Turner. He's joined by Marcus Simmons and Stephen Lickorish.

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574: Autosport Awards Highlights Feb 07, 2022

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Later than originally planned, the Autosport Awards 2021 were presented on Sunday 6th February at London's Grosvenor House.
On the podcast today we bring you highlights of the winners speeches and some of the stars we met on the red carpet. The categories, voted on by readers of Autosport magazine and autosport.com, are below:
Racing Driver of the Year presented by Pirelli
Race Car of the Year presented by Blink Experience
Rally Driver of the Year
Rally Car of the Year
Rookie of the Year
British Racing Driver of the Year
UK Racer of the Year
Esports Driver of the Year presented by Motorsport Games
Esports Team of the Year presented by Motorsport Games
Pioneering and Innovation Award presented by Mahindra
Gold Medal Award
Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award

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573: F1 Launch - Haas Feb 04, 2022

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Haas has become the first Formula 1 team to unveil its car livery and design for the 2022 season after releasing a series of renders on Friday.
The Haas VF-22 car is the first produced by the American team out of its new design office in Maranello, and offers a sign of what the new cars will look like this year following the overhaul of the technical regulations.
On the podcast today, Alex Kalinauckas is joined by Luke Smith and Jonathan Noble to discuss first impressions on the renders, and how Haas is changing the organisation to be more competitive in 2022.

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572: Formula E - Can Season 8 Deliver? Jan 28, 2022

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Jake Boxall-Legge takes over the reins of our Formula E coverage for Season 8. Martyn Lee hosts alongside Matt Kew as we look at the action this weekend and Season 8 as a whole. How will qualifying changes affect the action? Which teams and drivers are the ones to watch? And we ask how Formula E can reach a wider audience as it heads towards the Gen3 era.

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571: F1 2022 - Discussing the new technical regulations Jan 24, 2022

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It's one month until Formula 1 reconvenes in Barcelona to run new cars for the first time, and we’re reconvening on the Autosport podcast to start our F1 technical coverage for the new season.
After a short winter break, attention has turned from a controversial title-decider to how teams will have interpreted a new rule book.
This year we’ll be talking about the Venturi effect, listed parts and wheel covers. The rule-makers have even mandated some open source parts which forces teams to upload their designs for anyone to see (because sharing is caring?).
Our man who scours the technical regulations is Jake Boxall-Legge (Technical Editor, Autosport) and he tells us what fans should be looking for when cars roll out of the garage.
GP Racing’s Ben Anderson looks at what the extra year of development time could mean and, whilst people assume we’ll see a convergence of performance, it might actually mean the top teams stretch their advantage.
Any new set of rules have the potential to throw the form book out of the window. But what is the chance of that happening this year? The last team to surprise everyone was BrawnGP in 2009 but, as Ben points out, the Honda team had written off two years of development to put all the might of a works team into that moment.

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570: WRC Monte Carlo Preview + Driver Interviews Jan 20, 2022

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Tom Howard is back on the Gravel Notes podcast for a new season of WRC. Joining him on the shows is Martyn Lee to talk about the new Rally1 cars and championship battle with Ogier running a limited season.
We also hear from Sebastien Ogier, Craig Breen, Oliver Solberg, Ott Tanak, Kalle Rovanpera and Elfyn Evans ahead of action starting later today.

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569: Monsters of Motorsport - with Mark Blundell Jan 18, 2022

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This week's Autosport celebrates many of motorsport’s wild and spectacular machines.
We’ve selected some of the most outrageous and, in a few cases, ridiculous cars ever to go into competition for our Monsters of Motorsport special. It is a look at some of the cars that can impress and entertain even if they are going around a circuit (or rally stage) all on their own.
We're joined today by a special guest too, as Mark Blundell recalls his monster pole lap at Le Mans, and some of the other machinery he's driven to the limit.
Martyn Lee hosts alongside Marcus Simmons (Deputy Editor, Autosport) and Gary Watkins.

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