F1 2026 Preview: New Rules, New Regs & A Four-Way Title Fight?
F1: Chequered Flag
BBC
4.2 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Harry Benjamin and Jennie Gow are joined by ex-McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley and former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer from Mercedes’ Brackley HQ ahead of the new F1 season. With the new rules and regulations dominating the build-up to the 2026 campaign, we ask whether they are a good thing for the sport. Will we have a four-way fight for the title? Will Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari have a resurgence after a disappointing 2025? And how will defending champion Lando Norris fare? We hear from Norris, as well as British rookie Arvid Lindblad, plus motorsport content creator Izzy Hammond joins the team.
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| 0:05.6 | Hello, I've just nipped in before your BBC podcast starts to tell you all about |
| 0:09.4 | You're Dead to Me. We're the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Also from the BBC |
| 0:13.9 | and presented by me, Greg Jenner. I should have told you that at the beginning. Sorry. |
| 0:17.9 | Anyway, like many other BBC podcasts, such as Desert Island Discs, Evil Genius, or In Our Time, your dead to me is available first on BBC Sounds, |
| 0:26.3 | a whole month earlier than anywhere else, in fact. So if you can't wait another day to hear |
| 0:31.2 | the very latest in history and loads of other good stuff, then listen first on BBC Sounds. Five Live Formula One. |
| 0:41.7 | We are so back. |
| 0:43.7 | Welcome to your first checkered flag of the season. |
| 0:47.1 | My name's Harry Benjamin. |
| 0:48.4 | Joining me is former Formula One driver Jolian Palmer. |
| 0:51.3 | Also got X McLaren F1 mechanic, Mark Priestley. |
| 0:54.4 | We're here at Mercedes HQ in Brackley in the Silver Arrows Room. |
| 0:58.6 | And we've got Lewis Hamilton's. |
| 1:00.2 | I think we worked this out, 2018. |
| 1:02.0 | 2018 and how big is that car? |
| 1:04.2 | It's so wide. |
| 1:05.2 | You really don't, the pictures didn't do it justice back then, |
| 1:08.8 | but it's a pretty awesome backdrop for our first check of |
| 1:12.7 | the season. Thanks for joining me, guys. Jolian, 24, ready to do it all over again? Yeah, I win it okay, |
| 1:19.9 | you know. I had a little bit of time off, I had a holiday, and then I've already been to preseason |
| 1:23.7 | testing, but I'm raring to go. A lot of teams and drivers didn't have much winter |
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