July’s audio podcast from Goodwood
You never quite know who’s going to turn up to these podcasts at Goodwood – we camp ourselves out in the drivers’ club and hope that some of the famous…
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Even before news of Mark Webber’s planned departure from Dietrich Mateschitz’s senior squad broke, the current internecine battle at Scuderia Toro Rosso possessed an edge its predecessor never did. @AussieGrit…
Gumpert is not a ‘fast’ word. Neither is Koenigsegg (I struggle just to pronounce that one). As for the INNOTECH Aspiron, that sounds less like a supercar and more like…
Think of a German F1 driver and almost everyone will say Michael Schumacher. Even now in retirement (x2) he is still the answer of choice before the current three-time champion…
I see that in a rare moment of apparent indecision, Bernie Ecclestone has been doing a spot of back-pedalling since suggesting last week that he might be minded to buy…
Friends, countrymen, Romain… Sunday’s 60-lap Nürburgring nail-biter underlined many things, not least that Romain Grosjean is almost as hard to decipher as Lotus team-mate Kimi Räikkönen – albeit for very…
Home, sweet home. It has taken a few attempts, but Sebastian Vettel finally has a German Grand Prix victory to add to his relentlessly expanding CV. He achieved it the…
Capricious things, anniversaries. In the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado scored Williams’s first victory in eight seasons – the perfect follow-up to team founder Sir Frank Williams’s 70th birthday,…
It was early on Thursday evening when the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association delivered its bouncer – any sign of tyre trouble at the Nürburgring and its members would withdraw from…
You never quite know who’s going to turn up to these podcasts at Goodwood – we camp ourselves out in the drivers’ club and hope that some of the famous…
Even before news of Mark Webber’s planned departure from Dietrich Mateschitz’s senior squad broke, the current internecine battle at Scuderia Toro Rosso possessed an edge its predecessor never did. @AussieGrit…
Gumpert is not a ‘fast’ word. Neither is Koenigsegg (I struggle just to pronounce that one). As for the INNOTECH Aspiron, that sounds less like a supercar and more like…
Think of a German F1 driver and almost everyone will say Michael Schumacher. Even now in retirement (x2) he is still the answer of choice before the current three-time champion…
I see that in a rare moment of apparent indecision, Bernie Ecclestone has been doing a spot of back-pedalling since suggesting last week that he might be minded to buy…
Friends, countrymen, Romain… Sunday’s 60-lap Nürburgring nail-biter underlined many things, not least that Romain Grosjean is almost as hard to decipher as Lotus team-mate Kimi Räikkönen – albeit for very…
Home, sweet home. It has taken a few attempts, but Sebastian Vettel finally has a German Grand Prix victory to add to his relentlessly expanding CV. He achieved it the…
Capricious things, anniversaries. In the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado scored Williams’s first victory in eight seasons – the perfect follow-up to team founder Sir Frank Williams’s 70th birthday,…
It was early on Thursday evening when the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association delivered its bouncer – any sign of tyre trouble at the Nürburgring and its members would withdraw from…
Mercedes’ F1 rivals are united in protesting its new power unit, as the series aims to stamp out “smart rule interpretation”. But it won’t be easy to resolve, explains Mark Hughes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Why AI is set to become a major factor in F1. Plus: Adrian Newey’s extraordinary Aston Martin; Christian Horner’s potential comeback; and what the drivers really make of their new cars
F1’s new ’50/50′ power units bring the fiendish problem of how to deploy and harvest electrical energy. It’s the ideal scenario for AI, writes Mark Hughes. F1 is on the brink of a significant evolution
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
Leclerc goes quickest as several teams continued to impress with their mileage
Ferrari quickest as rivals spend most of the morning in the garage
As the 2026 season approaches, Formula 1 must find a way to resolve its compression ratio controversy – but every possible solution comes with a cost somebody isn’t willing to pay
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