The race is on, and there are potentially seismic shifts afoot in Formula One, with talk of

VW group entering when the next generation engine is introduced. But despite agreement in

principle to drop the MGUH, there's still a political battle raging in the background.

I'm Ed Strawer and joining me to delve into F1's engine fight are Scott Mitchell and Mark Hughes.

Well, Scott, how are you doing? Back from Monza and in a brief moment before you head off for Sochi.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm on top of everything. I need to be on top of between the races.

I've got my Russian visa application in process.

So hopefully no last minute scares there.

And may I just say, Ed, I'd like to compliment you on your flawless introduction to this podcast,

which is absolutely definitely the first time you've tried to record it.

Yeah, we don't do a single edit in the podcast. It's always perfectly delivered. So thank you for

confirming to everyone that if you look behind the curtain, it is all brilliantly executed.

Certainly didn't happen a few times. Mark Hughes, hello, I want to share this with the listeners,

because before I started embarking on my poorly executed introductions,

I was asking you about the poster in the background where we could see a fraction of.

Some classic racing art, shall we say.

Yeah, it's from the 1925 Winterfart, which is the winter races at the Noberg Ring.

It's got a nice

illustration of a Murmirk SSK on there, which we were speculating might be Adolf

Rosenberger, but it's not really specified. It's just an artistic impression.

I like the idea of Nurberg ring having winter races. It just seems to be inviting trouble,

given that even when you go there in peak summer, there's a good chance you've got hail or snow. Yeah. And, you know, driving an SSK on the snow, I'm sure

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