The British Touring Car Championship returns for its 2024 Season this weekend with its opening round at Donington Park, and with it, big changes to the series as a whole. A new "IndyCar" style Qualifying system with two-group, elimination format, a forced harder compund tyre change in Race 2 for the Top 10 finishers in Race 1, and a doubling in hybrid boost to aid overtaking. On the Autosport Podcast, Tom Howard and Stephen Lickorish talk about what impact the changes may have on the series, as well as discuss all the key contenders. Is it a fight between Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington for their fifth titles? Is it Tom Ingram pushing for a second crown? And what about the chasing pack of Jake Hill, Dan Cammish or Josh Cook?

The support classes get a full preview as well with Porsche Carrera Cup, British Formula Four Championship and the Mini Challenge all featuring!

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The 2023 Formula 1 offseason marked the first time in the sport's history that all 20 drivers on the grid that finished last season, stayed with their original teams. But when Lewis Hamilton announced in February that he was switching to Ferrari for 2025, it opened the floodgates to some of the earliest "silly season" dialogue that the sport has ever seen.

In this edition of the Autosport Podcast, Bryn Lucas sits down with Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas to discuss the possibilities as to where drivers could be heading for 2025, including the latest on both Red Bull drivers, Mercedes push for Andrea Kimi Antonelli from F2, where Carlos Sainz fits into the equation, and seeing if Sauber could take a chance on Nico Hulkenberg as Audi begins to exert their influence on the team.

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It was a rain-affected classic as Round 2 of the World Endurance Championship headed to Emilia-Romagna and the 6 Hours of Imola. Ferrari were hopeful for home glory after a perfect 1-2-3 in Qualifying, but a strategic blunder when the rain fell mid-race dashed all hope for the Italian manufacturer. On the Autosport podcast, Kevin Turner is joined by Gary Watkins as they break down just how Ferrari lost in Imola, how Kamui Kobayashi survived the rain, a massive fuel save at the end of the race, and the pressure of Kevin Estre in the Porsche Penske.

There's also a chat about the state of the field's Balance of Performance and why Imola showed the FIA and ACO still might be missing the mark, and the LMGT3 category as Team WRT brought home a 1-2 finish for BMW, with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi scoring his first WEC podium.

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Despite starting from fourth, he won the sprint race by 13 seconds, and then did it again during the grand prix, starting from pole and comfortably cruising to the win.

Joining Bryn Lucas on the show are Filip Cleeren and Jake Boxall-Legge as they dissect the more interesting stories beneath the surface, such as Lando Norris turning a "damage limitation" round into a second-place finish.

Also, Mercedes continued to struggle as Hamilton had a tale of two weekends - second in the sprint, but recovering to ninth from 18th in the grand prix, and a bizarre crash on a restart as Lance Stroll drove hard into the rear of Daniel Ricciardo.

And finally, F1 is considering extending the current scoring system down to 12th, is that to solve the championship’s performance disparities or a genuine scrap for the midfield?

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Who doesn't love a good livery? In the final episode of our Top 10 Series on the British Touring Car Championship, Martyn Lee, Kevin Turner, Tom Howard and Motorsport Vision and Super Touring Power organiser Tom Arron sit down to debate their 10 favourite liveries in BTCC history. Now this isn't just the best looking of them all, it's twinned with overall heritage and impact within the series. From the classic white, blues and reds of the 90's BMW to Matt Neal's Ford Mondeo and the big, bold "100+" sponsorship, and references to Scalextric sets of the 90's, many a disagreement was held as our final list was formed! Thanks for listening to our Top 10 Series and check back next week for our 2024 BTCC Season Preview!

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In the final episode of our Driven to Succeed series, Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner sits down with Harry King, star of the Porsche Supercup series. In this exclusive interview, Harry talks about his 2023 season and how he's aiming to go two better than his third-place finish in the standings, his recent class win at the 12 Hours of Bathurst and why he's flirting with more GT3 drives in the future, and what inspired him to get into Motorsport!

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For the first time in 105 Grand Prix, and after five years on the shelf, Formula 1 is back at the Shanghai International Circuit for the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend, back at a time when Max Verstappen only had five wins in F1, and not 57! Joining Bryn Lucas on the Autosport F1 Podcast is Alex Kalinauckas and Filip Cleeren as they discuss the new 2025 F1 Calendar being revealed early, whether Fernando Alonso is still in top form as he signs an extension to keep him in F1 until Age 45, whether the nature of Shanghai itself will bring Ferrari into contention, and look back on some of their favourite Chinese Grand Prix memories!

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The British Touring Car Championship battle always seems to go down to the final race. It doesn’t quite but there have been plenty of incredible finales in the category’s history, stretching back to the very beginning in 1958. For Episode 5 of the BTCC Top 10 Series, Martyn Lee is joined by Kevin Turner as well as Gravel Notes host Tom Howard and MSV's Tom Arron to rank the very best of the BTCC's title deciders, from Unett and Dron from 1977 to 2019 as Turkington, Jordan and Cammish went head-to-head, who do you think will be Number 1?

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In a breaking news story, Fernando Alonso has announced he's staying at Aston Martin via a new multi-year extension that takes him to at least 2026, the new regulation changes and likely past his 45th birthday. Joining Bryn Lucas is Autosport.com Editor Haydn Cobb to make some early sense of the new deal, what it means with Honda joining the team in 2026, and the ripple effect for other drivers on the market like Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and his impending free agency.

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In Episode 5 of our "Driven To Succeed" series highlighting the future stars of British Motorsport, Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner sits down with Indy NXT racer Louis Foster. Last year, Foster managed wins in Mid-Ohio and Portland and finished fourth in the standings. On the pod, Louis details where his season slipped, how life has been since moving to Indiana from the UK, and what the unique discipline of oval racing brings to the table for the series.

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Turns out Australia was the exception that proved the rule, as F1 headed back to Japan and Max Verstappen channelled the power of three - His third win of 2024, his third consecutive win in Japan, and with Sergio Perez following Max home in second, the third 1-2 finish of the year for Red Bull too! Jake Boxall-Legge and Filip Cleeren join Bryn Lucas on the show and together they discuss Red Bull's comfortable win, Ferrari establishing themselves as the sport's #2 team with Sainz and Leclerc finishing 3rd and 4th again, Alonso calling his sixth "One of the best five drives of his career", more struggles for Mercedes, and the Albon/Ricciardo clash on the opening lap that caused an early red flag, and another headache for team boss James Vowles. Plus, what's going on at McLaren after their technical director David Sanchez left after just three months on the job?

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