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It’s almost time once again for one of the biggest races in the world, the 92nd Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as 62 entrants from 13 different manufacturers head to the Circuit De La Sarthe for the ultimate test of speed, endurance, stamina and reliability!
Joining Steph Wentworth are Autosport Editor Gary Watkins and three-time Le Mans Winner and World Endurance Champion Allan McNish, and together they break down all the key contenders for the race. Will Porsche and their fleet of six cars get their twentieth win and Roger Penske’s first as a team boss? Ferrari will be in the mix but could be hurt by the new Power Gate restrictions taking away some of their top speed. Toyota’s experience and recent winning record will be a factor as well.
There’s also talk on the more fringe contenders like BMW, Lamborghini’s Le Mans debut, as well as full previews for the LMP2 class making a one-off appearance, and the LMGT3 class.
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Max Verstappen delivered a precise and commanding victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to take the top step of the podium for the 2024 F1 Canadian Grand Prix, despite having to negotiate difficult changeable conditions as Montreal had multiple showers over the course of the race.  
Joining Bryn Lucas on the Autosport Podcast is Jake Boxall-Legge from the track, and US Editor Charles Bradley as the trio discuss Max’s calm and measured brilliance, but also ponder whether a gamble from McLaren’s Lando Norris running one extra lap on a drying track with an intermediate tyre, may have cost them a shot at the victory.  
There’s also a discussion on the recent strugglers in the Red Bull umbrella, with Sergio Perez had a horrible race, crashing from the rear of the field after failing to make it out of Q1 in qualifying for the second weekend in a row, and Daniel Ricciardo scoring points in a Grand Prix for the first time this season. 
And finally, there’s discussions about Ferrari and their horrible weekend as both cars failed to finish, and more drama at Alpine where despite a double points finish, team orders marred the occasion with Esteban Ocon venting his frustration to the media.  
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Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Kalle Rovanperä is one of the brightest young talents in Motorsport having rewritten the World Rally Championship record books, becoming the youngest ever champion aged 22 in 2022. Last year he joined an elite group of drivers to defend the crown that include Juha Kankkunen, Miki Biasion, Tommi Makinen, Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier.
The Finn may be familiar for tackling the world toughest roads but this year he is expanding his motorsport horizons, dovetailing a part-time WRC campaign with a move into circuit racing. But there is a lot more that makes the Finn tick as Autosport’s WRC reporter and host of the Gravel Notes Podcast, Tom Howard and rally journalist Luke Barry find out.
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It’s almost time for Formula 1 to head back across the Atlantic for Round 9 of the 2024 World Championship as the sport returns to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.
Jon Noble and Jake Boxall-Legge join Bryn Lucas on the Autosport Podcast to break down all the news heading into the weekend, including the big announcement of Esteban Ocon parting ways with the Alpine F1 team at the end of the 2024 season. Was his clash with teammate Pierre Gasly at Monaco a factor in his decision? Where will Ocon go next? And who could Alpine bring in to replace their veteran driver?Also on the show, with strong reports that Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda will be retained by Red Bull in their respective teams, the trio debate whether their teams are doing the right thing in retaining them, as well as discuss the future of Daniel Ricciardo and ponder how secure his seat is going forward.There’s also a full preview of the Canadian GP, including whether Montreal’s bumps will cause more problems for Red Bull after their difficult weekend in Monaco, whether McLaren and Ferrari can keep the pressure on the reigning Champions, and the potential risk of the unpredictable local weather disrupting the running order.
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Nigel Mansell’s Formula 1 world championship-winning Williams FW14B is currently on display next to the Lola the British legend used to win the 1993 CART title in a special exhibition at Silverstone.
Thanks to a multi-million-dollar refurbishment at the Indianapolis Motorsport Speedway Museum, the Silverstone Museum currently has four special cars over from America.
The Indy 500: A British Success Story exhibition includes Mansell’s Lola T93/00, the Coyote in which US great AJ Foyt won when Indycar visited Silverstone (and broke F1 records) in the 1970s, a gas turbine-powered Lotus 56 from 1968 and the Bentley that contested the 1922 Indy 500.
In this special podcast from the Silverstone Museum, host Kevin Turner is joined by author/historian Ian Wagstaff and the museum’s head of collections and research Steph Sykes-Dugmore to reveal the stories behind these special machines and Britain's role in America's greatest race.
Mansell’s famous conquering of Indycar, the year after he claimed the F1 crown, features, as does the championship’s visit to Britain in 1978.
 Plus, the trio asks why that experiment wasn’t a success and whether a return of IndyCar to the UK could prove more popular today.
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It was another all-time classic race in Indiana as the 108th running of the Indy 500 led to a final lap showdown between arguably the two best oval drivers in the world, as Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward left it all on the line, with Newgarden taking victory and becoming the first man to go back-to-back at the 500 since Helio Castroneves in 2002! 
Joey Barnes joins Steph Wentworth on the Autosport to discuss the wonderful fight for the win between Newgarden and O’Ward and breakdown how O’Ward used strategy and aggression to get back through the field, and the conflicting emotions between the two drivers. 
Also on the show, a deep dive into the race’s high-level of attrition, with just 21 cars out of 33 finishing on the lead lap, and how the four-hour rain delay and the possibility of a race that had less than the alloted 200 laps caused the drivers to be even more aggressive than usual.  
There’s also a chat about Kyle Larson who finished 18th in his first ever Indy 500 as he attempted the famous double with NASCAR’s Coke 600, how the rain delays both in Indiana and North Carolina scuppered his chances, and whether he or Ed Carpenter Racing’s Christian Rasmussen should win Rookie of the Year honours.  
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