The Autosport F1 Podcast

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The Greatest F1 Team - #2 Driver May 22, 2020

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Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON
Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY
Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI
Technical Director: ROSS BRAWN
Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May)
Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May)
Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May)
This is the fifth part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The fifth vacancy we're filling today is that of Second Driver. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Roberto Chinchero and Alex Kalinauckas.

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The Greatest F1 Team - Technical Director May 21, 2020

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Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON
Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY
Sporting Director: STEFANO DOMENICALI
Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May)
Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May)
Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May)
Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May)
This is the fourth part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The fourth vacancy we're filling today is that of Technical Director. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is joined by Ben Anderson, Giorgio Piola and Jake Boxall-Legge.

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The Greatest F1 Team - Sporting Director May 20, 2020

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Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON
Chief Designer: ADRIAN NEWEY
Sporting Director: (revealed Wed 20th May)
Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May)
Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May)
Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May)
Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May)
This is the third part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The thiird vacancy we're filling today is that of Sporting Director. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Stuart Codling and Luke Smith.

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Niki Lauda's Race of My Life - Preview Episode! May 20, 2020

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Today's episode will introduce a new mini-series of podcasts we're producing called 'Race of My Life'. This series is dedicated to motorsport legends, each explaining their personal choice of the best race in their careers as drivers and team managers. The series will have its own podcast channel and be fully revealed next Monday. We're releasing today's episode in your regular Autosport podcast channel to remember triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda, a year to the4 day since his death after a lengthy illness. f you enjoy this show, remember to subscribe to our new ‘Race of My Life – presented by Autosport’ podcast channel on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

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The Greatest F1 Team - Chief Designer May 19, 2020

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Race Engineer: PETER BONNINGTON
Chief Designer: (revealed Tue 19th May)
Sporting Director: (revealed Wed 20th May)
Technical Director: (revealed Thu 21st May)
Driver #2: (revealed Fri 22nd May)
Lead Driver: (revealed Sat 23rd May)
Team Principal: (revealed Sun 24th May)
This is the second part of our series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The second vacancy we're filling today is that of Chief Designer. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is Giorgio Piola, Ben Anderson and Jake Boxall-Legge.

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The Greatest F1 Team - Race Engineer May 18, 2020

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Welcome to a very special 7-part series where we've asked the question: what would the line up of the greatest F1 team look like? From Race Engineer to Team Principal, Lead Driver to Chief Designer, and even the rarely coveted Number Two driver spot. We’ve set out to build an F1 team made up of the best there ever was. The first vacancy we're filling today is that of Race Engineer. On the podcast, your host Jessica McFadyen is James Allen, Jonathan Noble, Stuart Codling and James Newbold.

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How To Make 35,000 F1 Tyres In A Hurry: Mario Isola Interview May 13, 2020

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In the latest interview for the #thinkingforward series of thought leadership discussions, Motorsport Network president James Allen and Motorsport.com F1 editor Jonathan Noble speak to Mario Isola, the Head of F1 and car racing at Pirelli about the mind boggling logistical complexity of the F1 restart programme for the official tyre supplier to F1. They also discuss the planned move to low profile 18 inch tyres in 2022, where the balance will be in future for F1 between entertainment and technology and Isola reveals how quickly they will need to produce 35,000 tyres that will be needed to service the 18 race calendar F1 is planning between July and December.

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Vettel To LEAVE Ferrari This Year. Who should replace him? May 12, 2020

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With Ferrari formally announcing that Sebastian Vettel will leave the team at the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season, Alex, Luke, Jess and Codders react to the "joint decision". What do we think Vettel will do next? Who do we think could replace Vettel at Ferrari? And what domino effect does this create in the driver market?

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How Close To Reality Are Modern Simulators? with AVL RACING May 11, 2020

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With the current situation forcing all motorsport to temporarily pause, is there a virtual way for the drivers to remain sharp? When the season gets underway, how do the teams use simulators to improve those driver skills to gain an advantage over their competitors? That is the topic today with Alex Kalinauckas (F1 Editor, Autosport) talking to our friends from AVL RACING. On the podcast we ask:
•How do you make a simulator reflect a real-life car?
•How close can we get to reality?
•How do you get a new track into a Sim?
•For the teams, is there a role for Sims in how to plan for various race strategies, things like weather and energy management?
Find out more about how simulation at AVL RACING is helping drivers and teams: https://bit.ly/2yu2FNV

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What If F1 and Formula E Combined? Jean-Éric Vergne Interview May 07, 2020

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Today we’re delighted to bring you another exclusive interview in our #thinkingforward series. Following the interview on Monday with Zak Brown, we go from team boss to Formula E driver today. The podcast features Motorsport Network President James Allen and Jess McFadyen talking to DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne. They talk about why he grabbed the opportunity to join esports, how real racing and sim racing are complementary to each other and when he thinks Formula E will go racing again.

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