The Autosport Retro Podcast

My Favourite F1 Season - The Honourable Mentions

Welcome to the 10th and final episode of "My Favourite F1 Season", the series where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with broadcasters and journalists look back over their favourite F1 seasons, and the impact it had on them. In this final episodes, Kevin is joined again by Autosport's Sportscar correspondent Gary Watkins and F1 writer Stuart Codling to go over the seasons that didn't quite make the cut. There's mentions of modern classics like 2021 (Despite it's controversial ending), all the way back to 1958 and the World Championship that got away for the late Sir Stirling Moss against Mike Hawthorn. How about 1979 and the battle between Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve? Kevin also asks, what makes a great F1 season to them, and even wonders if Gary and Stuart would change their pic from their original selections...

My Favourite F1 Season - Damien Smith's 1986

It's a meeting of the Editors for Episode 9 of our "Favourite F1 Season" series, as Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters to review their favourite Formula 1 season and what it meant to them as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary. In this week's episode, Kevin sits down with former Editor-In-Chief and freelance Motorsport writer Damien Smith to discuss his favourite season - 1986. 1986 was a season most remembered for an epic three-way title fight between Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell as Williams' teammates, and eventual Champion Alain Prost in his McLaren. Together, Kevin and Damien discuss that incredible battle, including that overtake from Nelson in Hungary, the internal politics, the rise of a young Ayrton Senna, and the tragic passing of Elio de Angelis. There's also a comparison between the Autosport and Autocourse Top 10 rankings of the time.

My Favourite F1 Season - Haydn Cobb's 2012

Welcome back to Episode 8 of "My Favourite F1 Season" on Autosport Retro, the series where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters from around the sport to talk about their favourite F1 season, and what it meant to them. This week, Kevin is joined by Autosport.com [http://Autosport.com] Editor Haydn Cobb to discuss his favourite F1 Season - 2012. 2012 has been generally regarded as one of the greatest of the modern-day F1 seasons, with six out of the sport's twelve teams winning at least one race, of which, seven different drivers claimed victory. It was a season that featured a dramatic title fight between Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, with both men attempting to win their third World Championship, with Vettel taking the title by just three points. Haydn and Kevin talk about that battle, McLaren's role was the unreliable antagonist, the Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes switch being confirmed, and compare Autosport's own end-of season Top 10 driver rankings.

My Favourite F1 Season - Jake Boxall-Legge's 1999

Welcome back to Episode 7 of "My Favourite F1 Season" on Autosport Retro, the series where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters from around the sport to talk about their favourite F1 season, and what it meant to them. This week, Kevin is joined by Autosport F1 and Tech Editor Jake Boxall-Legge to discuss his favourite F1 Season - 1999. Known as a season with a lot of chaotic individual races, Mika Hakkinen would just barely take his second World Championship by just two points ahead of Eddie Irvine, who had become Ferrari's #1 contender for the season after a horror crash at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone broke both of Michael Schumacher's legs. Jake and Kevin discuss how Mika Hakkinen nearly threw the title away despite a dominant McLaren on paper, as well as the political shift at Ferrari, the impressive season from Heinz-Harald Frenzten, and the famous 1999 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring which led to a famous win for British driver Johnny Herbert.

My Favourite F1 Season - Gary Watkins' 1983

Welcome back to Episode 6 of My Favourite F1 Season, where Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters past and present, to talk about their favourite F1 season. This week, Kevin is joined by Sportscar correspondent Gary Watkins to discuss the 1983 season. It was a new era for F1 entering 1983, "ground effect" floors on cars were banned, and it led to an intense battle between turbo-changed engines, and naturally aspirated Cosworth V8's, and a battle between Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost, with the Brazilian ultimately taking glory in the final round of the Championship in Kyalami. It marked Brabham's final World Championship, and the first turbo-powered car to win an F1 title. Gary and Kev break down the elegance of the grid, why Prost ultimately failed to win the title, as well as comparing the Top 10 Driver Rankings from Autosport and Auto Course.