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Spanish Grand Prix Preview – F1's Performance Reset?

Autosport F1 & Motorsport

Motorsport Network

News, Sports News, Sports

4723 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost time for Formula 1 to head back to Europe for Round 10 of the World Championship; the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Ben Hunt makes his Autosport debut alongside Filip Cleeren and Bryn Lucas to discuss all the news in the sport, and preview the upcoming race. Included is a discussion about Kimi Antonelli and the recent rule change from the FIA allowing 17-year-olds the right to a superlicense at their discretion, and debate whether Kimi should be allowed to race at such a young age. The trio also ponder whether the upcoming F1 movie in 2025 will have a similar impact for younger fans getting into the sport to the Drive to Survive Netflix show. There’s also a full preview of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, including whether McLaren can adapt their new car to Barcelona’s lower speed corners, can Mercedes show their Canadian form was more than just a flash in the pan, and whether Ferrari can overcome their 2023 tyre-wear problems. Is Red Bull set to dominate again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Bryn Lucas and you're listening to the Autosport podcast. It's time for Formula One to return back to Europe for the

0:44.1

10th round of the 24 Formula One season and the travelling circus returns to a circuit known

0:49.2

by teams and fans alike. We're back in Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix in the first of three.

0:56.3

It's a triple header as a season starts to ramp up. Well, there's been plenty of news going on

1:00.6

off track as well, so let's get to that and the Grand Prix itself, and I'm delighted to have

1:04.8

Philip Clearing with us and making his debut. Yes, a new face, a new voice for us, Ben Hunt

1:10.4

is here as well. Gentlemen,

1:11.8

welcome. Thanks for having me, Bryn. Thank you very much indeed. Very kind of you to invite me on today.

1:17.2

That was our pleasure, our pleasure, I think. We'll find out in due course, of course.

1:20.5

Now, let's get straight to all the news. I mean, I've got quite a lot of news to get through. And this is a big exclusive story that John Noble wrote actually on our very own

1:28.5

autosport.com. This is understanding that Alpine may be dropping their engine, their engine program

1:34.4

for 2026 and looking for a new engine supplier. This is ahead of the new regulations, of course.

1:41.4

How has it gotten to this stage for Alpine, gents? Who was to come on

1:45.5

to this? Maybe Phil start, how has it got to this stage and where do they go from here?

1:49.3

Well, how did they get to this stage? I suppose if they need a new engine, that means that their

1:55.1

2026 engine was not very good, was it? Otherwise, they wouldn't have done so. Obviously, it's a

2:00.8

massive investment to

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