Motor Sport Magazine Podcast

This month, the team – with a slight change of line-up – sat down for a chat with Pat Symonds. Pat's returning to the F1 pitlane with Marussia this year, a place he hasn't seen since 2009. After the pre-season tests, he was primed to give his opinion on which teams could impress at the start of the season... and which may not. He also talks about 2014's regulation shake-up and the differences between working in the modern age and his early days with Toleman. Joining Rob and Nigel for the first time is Motor Sport veteran Simon Arron. Or, as Rob calls him, 'The Encyclopaedia'.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month the team sat down with Richard Attwood, winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1970. Regular listeners will know how entertaining Richard can be after Ed's evening with him and David Piper. Nigel also commented afterwards that he has rarely known a racing driver with such incredible recall. For fans of the Porsche 917, Richard's experiences of the car's difficult early days and his Le Mans win with Hans Herrmann will be particularly interesting. The historians among you should enjoy this one  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On December 5, Motor Sport hosted a special readers' evening with Sir Jackie Stewart OBE. Joining the three-time champion at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone were Nigel Roebuck and Damien Smith, as well as former Tyrrell and McLaren man Jo Ramirez. After dinner, the four sat down for a question and answer session which you can hear below. Sir Jackie shared his thoughts on some of his contemporaries plus a few more modern drivers, and gave an insight into his trademark smooth driving style. We also used the night to launch our annual Hall of Fame event along with our auction for the Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month, to coincide with Jody Scheckter's guest editor special, the team sat down with him to discuss the 2012 Formula 1 season.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On November 8 Dick Lovett hosted a special Ferrari evening in its new showroom just outside Swindon. We say showroom, but really it's a Ferrari mecca. As well as Peter Lovett talking to the crowd about how the dealership started, I sat down with David Piper and Richard Attwood to talk about their careers racing Ferrari sports cars. It's not the full recording, but it will give you a flavour of the evening. As always, Richard and David's stories enlightened us on an era very different from today's.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On October 2 we hosted a special readers' evening with John Surtees. After a three-course dinner editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck and editor Damien Smith sat down with the 1964 Formula 1 World Champion to talk about his career on 'bikes and cars.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we sit down with Tiff Needell – the star of Fifth Gear and Top Gear. He made it, briefly, to Formula 1, but his success came afterwards in sports cars and tin-tops. What you'll all be pleased to hear is that he's a proper old school racer who laments the loss of cross-ply tyres and the old circuits. You won't be surprised to hear that he got on rather well with the rest of the podcast team.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deputy editor Gordon Cruickshank has been working at Motor Sport for 30 years and in honour of the occasion we sat him down to ask about the 'good' old days of the magazine when a certain Wesley J Tee ruled over the publication. The stories are absolutely brilliant – even if you have only ever read one or two issues this is a must. What's more, after our chat with Gordon, Nigel, Rob and myself go through the first half of the Formula 1 season. You will also notice some new theme music, which is thanks to Steve Mason.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You never quite know who will be in the Drivers' Club when we're recording the podcast, but – once again – we were in luck. We hope you enjoy an hour of Tom Kristensen, André Lotterer, Marino Franchitti, John McGuinness, Brian Redman, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jacky Ickx and Karun Chandhok.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It was up to Silverstone for our latest podcast to see MotoGP Tech 3 Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow. There were also a few changes to the usual Motor Sport team as our 'bike writer Mat Oxley joined Rob Widdows and Ed Foster to chat to the 2009 World Supersport Champion. As always – let us know what you think. We're pretty sure you'll find Cal a refreshing change to the corporate world of Formula 1...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Straight-talking BRDC president Derek Warwick on current Formula 1, his career, his work for the BRDC and trying to punch Michael Schumacher's lights out. Needless to say this was one of our most enjoyable podcasts to date. We hope you agree.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

en Edwards had been commentating for the British Touring Car Championship for nearly 10 years when he got the call from the BBC in November 2011. He's now the lead commentator for the BBC's F1 coverage in 2012 and we decided to pick his brains about what it's like behind the microphone, next to David Coulthard, and what he thinks of the season so far. We've asked him plenty of your questions so enjoy...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We always knew an hour spent with five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell would be an hour well spent. But we didn't realise just how amusing it would be. Indeed – this is the first podcast that finishes with an impromptu round of applause. Derek is so full of stories that we could have spent the entire afternoon in the office listening to his tales. We've got in as many as possible, from Formula 1 and sports cars, but if you're still not satisfied (we think you will be) there's always his book Derek Bell: My Racing Life. We hope you enjoy it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome everyone to our first podcast of 2012. Pat Symonds is the only podcast guest we've had more than once, and when you listen you'll realise why. He's a straight-talking F1 engineer who not only tells it how it is, but also has the ability to explain even the most technical parts of the sport to people who haven't got an engineering degree (i.e. us). We hope you enjoy it and do let us know your thoughts on everything we talk about.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It seems like only a few months ago that we recorded our 2010 Formula 1 season review in our local pub, the Chelsea Ram. But a full 12 months have passed, and to change things around a bit for this year's season review we decided to 'upgrade' to the Bluebird restaurant. This may just seem like a good excuse to enjoy the food and wine this Chelsea establishment has to offer, but there was more to it than that. Built in 1923 as the Bluebird Garage for Sir Malcolm Campbell, this Art Deco building was the place where in 2005 David Coulthard introduced Adrian Newey to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. The negotiations that meant Adrian would leave McLaren and join the ranks in Milton Keynes came at a later date, but the seed had been sown. It's this partnership that has been a major factor in Sebastian Vettel's two World Championships and so – good food aside – it seemed a fitting place to record our last podcast of 2011. Our latest issue includes a full season review, taken from this recording, as... &

On Saturday October 8, Motor Sport hosted a readers’ evening in association with Audi UK at the Audi quattro rooms in West London. Star guests included Le Mans winners Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Audi factory team engineers Howden ‘H’ Haynes and Leena Gade. The documentary Truth in 24 – that everyone watched at the start of the evening – follows the factory Audi team as they fight through the gruelling race in the knowledge that their car is technically slower that its rival from Peugeot. In one of the most nail-biting Le Mans in recent history, the Audi team works together to overcome its rivals, and it is engineer Howden’s inspired tyre-change decision 23 and half hours into the race that helps the number two car to victory. After watching the film editor Damien Smith sat down with all four as well as editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck. Here is the recording of the discussion...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ahead of our December issue – that will be in UK shops on October 28 – we sat down with Sir Jackie Stewart to record a podcast. Why ahead of our December issue? Well, Sir JYS will be the guest editor of the magazine. We won't tell you too much about the upcoming content – that will have to wait for a few weeks. However, suffice to say that it should be a cracker. The podcast went as well as we expected and Sir Jackie's opinions on modern Formula 1 remain as relevant as ever. We hope you enjoy it and as always, let us know what you think. Don't forget to watch out for the December issue at the end of October, it's not to be missed.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast is a little bit special. On September 16 we took over a small corner of the Drivers' Mess at the Goodwood Revival and interviewed anyone who was passing. It just so happened that Eddie Cheever, Arturo Merzario, Martin Brundle, Sir Stirling Moss, Nick Mason, Rauno Aaltonen, Gerhard Berger, Sir Jackie Stewart, Tom Kristensen, Andy Priaulx and Emanuele Pirro passed by when we were there. As you can imagine, it was an action-packed hour and 20 minutes spent discussing everything from the new BMW DTM machine to why Sir JYS rolled a car, via what Sir Stirling thinks of some of the 'newer' cars at the Revival and why Pirro ended up sending a £5000 cheque to Goodwood. We hope you enjoy it and, as always, let us know what you think about any of the subjects we discuss.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When we finished our podcast yesterday every member of the team agreed that it was the best yet. We weren't surprised though because chatting to Murray Walker for an hour was never going to be dull. We hope you enjoy it and – as always – let us know your thoughts.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here we are, another month, another audio podcast! Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and myself sat down on Tuesday July 26 to talk about the German Grand Prix, the Formula 1 form book and the future of sportscar racing. Have a listen and do let us know your thoughts on everything we discuss. Something you may want to put in your diaries is that on August 24 we will be doing an audio podcast with the great Murray Walker. It'll be online the next day and should be a cracker. If you want to ask him a question just click here.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.