Formula Scout Podcast

To mark the 40th anniversary of her victory in the French F3 championship at Albi, Cathy Muller joined the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss her varied career, her racing family and women in motorsport

As the Italian F4 championship celebrates its 10th anniversary, commentator Ian Salvestrin joins the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss some of the highlights of the first decade and his take on its current crop of talent.

FIA Formula 3 racer Kacper Sztuka and GB3 leader Tymek Kucharczyk join the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss growing up together in racing and their international exploits since leaving Poland.

Ellen Lohr is the only woman to have won a race in DTM, and before becoming a touring car star was a Formula Ford champion and a rival to the likes of Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen in Formula 3. She joins the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss her racing career, the challenges of being a woman rising up the ladder in the 1980s and '90s, and her thoughts about female-led racing initiatives such as F1 Academy today.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has won four titles and a gold medal in junior single-seaters over the last two years, and now the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 junior is jumping up the ladder from Formula Regional to Formula 2. He joined the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss the move, the challenges he faces and his ultra-successful relationship with the Prema team who he will race for once again.

USF Juniors champion, USF2000 race-winner and USF Pro 2000 podium-finisher Mac Clark joins the podcast to discuss his career, the importance of oval racing and the North American single-seater scene.

Argentinian fans are attempting to propel Franco Colapinto into a Formula 2 seat for 2024 after he won races in FIA Formula 3 this year by convincing companies and politicans to sponsor him. He explains how his search for funding has gone, and the help he has had from the Williams Formula 1 team.

The Formula Scout team look back on the latest two Formula 2 and Formula 3 rounds, and all the gossip from being in the paddock, as well as reviewing Indy Nxt's trip to downtown Detroit, and more!

On the week of the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500, the Formula Scout analyse what a motorsport Triple Crown would look like if it was based around junior single-seater events.

Formula Scout journalists Alejandro Alonso Lopez and Ida Wood were busy last week at Formula 2 in-season testing and the Pau Grand Prix. They share their paddock findings and look forward to the now-cancelled F2 round at Imola.

Formula 2 had a new winner in Baku, and then he won again in a brilliant weekend. The Formula Scout analyse the action from those races, the winner of them, as well as assessing how Euroformula's depleted season opener and F1 Academy's inaugural race weekend went.

The Formula Scout team preview three major junior single-seater series that begin this weekend, as well as a little look into the BRSCC National FF1600 championship.

The Formula Scout team discuss the on-track action from the second round of the F2 season in Jeddah.

Bethonie Waring and Ida Wood look ahead to this weekend's Formula 2 round in Jeddah, and the political picture of hosting a grand prix in Saudi Arabia.

The Formula Scout team discuss the action from the start of the Formula 2 and Formula 3 seasons at Bahrain and the first round of the rebranded Indy Nxt series in St. Petersburg.

2023 Formula Regional Oceania champion Charlie Wurz joins this week's podcast to talk about his time in New Zealand and how it has helped prepare him for his European season.

In this week's episode we look back on a busy week that featured the season finales for Formula Regional Middle East and Formula 4 UAE, as well as Formula 2 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Former Red Bull and Ferrari junior Callum Ilott, who now races for Juncos Hollinger Racing in IndyCar, joins this week's podcast to talk about the highs and lows of his career, what it's like to be involved with F1 teams as a young driver and how close he came to racing in the world championship.

In our first episode of 2023, Bethonie Waring and Ida Wood look at the chaotic start to single-seater racing in Kuwait that occurred over the weekend, the quality of the Formula Regional Oceania grid ahead of the New Zealand GP, and more.

This year's Indy Pro 2000 champion Louis Foster joins the podcast to talk about his first season racing in America, and the step up to Indy Nxt.

Michael d'Orlando joins the podcast to discuss his time in USF2000, and the key points in his 2022 title win.

Roger Gascoigne speaks to ADAC and Italian Formula 4 champion and Motorsport Games F4 Cup winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli about his incredible 2022, life as a Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 junior, his recent injury scare and what comes next.

The Formula Scout team get together to discuss the final round of the Formula 2 season in Abu Dhabi, the F4 support races and the Macau Grand Prix

Team Dolan boss Bernard Dolan talks about how he and his team suffered from a fire this summer that destroyed almost everything it owned, and how the squad has been rebuild and remotivated since to return to the front in Formula Ford racing in a matter of months.

Fresh from a holiday and a sportscar racing cameo in Trinidad & Tobago, FIA Formula 3 runner-up Zane Maloney joins Formula Scout's Alejandro Alonso Lopez to discuss how his 2022 has gone and what he plans next

Team Canada has tweaked how it awards its scholarship this year, Team Brazil has chosen its first scholar and the Driver to Europe programme from Down Under is still going strong. At testing for the Formula Ford Festival, we spoke to the recipients of the prize drives to find out more.

The Formula Scout writers go team-by-team through the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship grid to review the stars of the season, and provide paddock insight on the title fight

The Formula 2 champion was crowned and the FIA Formula 3 Championship was decided in dramatic style at Monza just over a week ago, and there were several FIA decisions that made for an even more tense weekend with red flags and penalties. The Formula Scout team discuss what went down on track, and how it was handled by the event and race organisers.

Just days after claiming the FIA Formula 3 title in dramatic style, ART Grand Prix's Alpine junior Victor Martins joined the Formula Scout Podcast to discuss his championship success, the importance of the team around him, the uncertainty that went down in the Monza pitlane last Sunday and more

Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 were in action at Zandvoort last weekend as the middle part of an intense triple-header of race weekends. But eyes are on IndyCar's stars joining the F1 grid next year.

Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 were back together on the Belgian Grand Prix support bill last weekend, and after a lengthy summer break from their usually intense schedules there was a lot to talk about as the two series returned to track, and with Formula Scout in the paddock to report from the heart of the action

British Formula 4 rookie Ugo Ugochukwu is McLaren's only junior driver right now, and he's already racking up car racing wins. He spoke to Formula Scout's Bethonie Waring about his career so far.

Formula 2 rookie and Alpine junior Jack Doohan joins the podcast to chat 2022, Formula 1 opportunities and more

Indy Lights' runaway championship leader and 2023 IndyCar hopeful Linus Lundqvist discusses his move to America, the help he had in his rookie Indy Lights season, that scary Gateway crash and his performances this year in a detailed discussion with Ida Wood.

The Hungarian Grand Prix had three support series last weekend, while two championships were in action at Spa-Francorchamps and lots was going on at Silverstone and in the Americas. The Formula Scout catch up on it all, bringing our on-the-ground insight from the weekend and also the impact of Monday and Tuesday's surprise silly season news.

Fernando Alonso will leave Alpine for Aston Martin in 2023, and Oscar Piastri has been placed into his old seat for next year. Wait, no he hasn't. The Formula Scout team discuss a crazy day in F1 silly season and run down everything we know so far

There could be big changes in Formula E's driver line-ups next season, or very little at all. Either way, there's still opportunities there for young drivers and teams who want to know which junior series talents are interested. Electric motorsport journalist Hazel Southwell and Ida Wood combine paddock knowledge with some fantasy thoughts to create a create a hypothetical FE rookie test line-up and pitch why certain F2 and F3 drivers deserve FE seats now.

The team discuss the future of F2's top talents, and the chances of them breaking into Formula 1 in the coming years

Track limits was the big topic in F2 and F3 at the Red Bull Ring, and also this week's Formula Scout Podcast. Our journalists bring their on-the-ground insight to a discussion that raged between drivers and stewards

Roy Nissany's crash dominated the headlines in the British GP support paddock, while domination was what Andrea Kimi Antonelli did in Italian F4 and the Road to Indy title battles contined their twists and turns.

Touring car star Tom Coronel joins the podcast in the Spa-Francorchamps paddock to discuss his career, the drivers he's helped on the way and his thoughts about the current cost of single-seater racing and the approach it needs.

Ida Wood and Roger Gascoigne bring updates from their paddock trips to Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort on what's happening in Euroformula and Formula Regional European Championship right now.

After a part-time rookie campaign in single-seaters in 2021, Alex Dunne has gone on a three-fold Formula 4 attack in 2022 with the United Arab Emirates, British and Italian championships. He's already won in all three, so we spoke to him and the people around him about the key to this year's success.

Formula Scout was at three different circuits last weekend and was super busy in the paddock. In the latest podcast we review what we learned, the F2 title battle and what's coming up on the website soon. (Apologies for Ida's audio, as always!)

It was Felipe Drugovich who stormed off into an emphatic championship lead in Formula 2's visit to Barcelona, but there was plenty more to analyse across the weekend's action. FIA Formula 3's title picture remains very hazy after a crazy feature race, while W Series raced with all-new cars but the result was very familiar. Craig Woollard, Alejandro Alonso Lopez and Bethonie Waring bring you all up to date with the weekend's action. Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay

Charouz Racing System Formula 2 driver Enzo Fittipaldi joins Alejandro Alonso Lopez for this week's episode. Fresh off the back of his first F2 podium at Imola, the former Ferrari junior talks us through that crazy weekend, sharing the podium with the driver he crashed with heavily last year, his recovery, his time in Italy, what the future might hold and also his love of languages. Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website Music by EvgenyBardyuzha from Pixabay

In this week's second podcast, Craig Woollard debates with himself as to what we learned from W Series at Miami and whether the championship is a foregone conclusion before it's hardly begun, while Roger Gascoigne was in the thick of the atmosphere at Imola as Formula Regional European's title picture starts to emerge and Italian Formula 4 got underway with its pre-season title favourite having a difficult start. All of the action is covered here. Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay

This week, Ida Wood took an unusual route to get to the Pau Grand Prix for its 2022 edition after its COVID-19-enforced hiatus and gives the full details of it in this week's podcast. In addition, we cover all of the action from a Euroformula event that looked set to be dominated by one driver but didn't transpire as such, a developing French F4 rivalry and demonstration runs for what are set to be new technologies in junior single-seaters, which were also on display. Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay

Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 were both in action over the weekend at Imola. Craig Woollard, Alejandro Alonso Lopez, who was on the ground for Formula Scout, and Bethonie Waring dissect the weekend, including more race direction controversy, a driver nearing a race ban, a pair of drivers both losing and gaining a podium through last-lap clashes and a pair of maiden victories among much, much more. Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website.

The team brings you up to date with all of the ins and outs of the various European Formula 4 championships in 2022, as the new era gets underway with the Gen2 cars. Britain's championship is now more aligned with Italy, Germany and Spain, while France has continued in a different direction and even has had its season opener. F1 juniors, second and third-generation drivers will all be in the mix, but there are plenty of other interesting drivers making the step into these categories this year to keep an eye on. On top of that, the Danish championship will also be in action once again, but with the older machines, while the new ACCR championship hasn't quite got things underway yet. All of this is previewed in this week's episode. In addition, Alejandro brings the lowdown from F2 and FIA F3 testing in Barcelona, including Charouz's double David signing... Follow Formula Scout on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and do make sure to check out our website.

This week, Craig Woollard and Roger Gascoigne sit down and discuss the new changes and highly-placed returning drivers coming to Formula Regional European this year, as well as asking fundamental questions about W Series among other things. In addition, the series running the Dallara 320 chassis are also previewed, and we bring you up to date on these championships already underway, as well as FIA F3 goings-on from Jerez.