{"id":715024,"date":"2026-06-04T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715024\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:31:11","slug":"podcast-is-ferrari-set-to-steal-the-2026-f1-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715024\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Is Ferrari set to steal the 2026 F1 championship?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> is favourite to win in Monaco this weekend \u2013 and that might just be the start of a <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/f1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> title fightback.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Hughes and Bryn Lucas reveal why the team could end the 2026 season with the fastest car, thanks to its innovative aerodynamic features, plus the prospect of two key engine upgrades that promise to put the team at least on a par with <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/mercedes-benz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercedes<\/a> \u2014 and potentially ahead of the current championship leaders.<\/p>\n<p>But all is not well at Maranello, as unexpected rule changes, proposed for next year, could strip away the team\u2019s key advantages. Will <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> succeed then suffer a double whammy? Can it block the new regulations. All is explored in this latest episode of the Motor Sport F1 Show.<\/p>\n<p>We also look ahead to the Monaco Grand Prix where, in shock news, overtaking could once more be on the cards, giving the polesitter more than usual to worry about. <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/mclaren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McLaren<\/a>\u2018s celebrating its 1000th grand prix too: don\u2019t miss Mark\u2019s whistlestop history of the current constructors\u2019 champions, plus his view on how <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/lando-norris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lando Norris<\/a> and <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/oscar-piastri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> compare to its greatest team-mate line-ups.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Plus: your questions answered \u2013 what has been the greatest qualifying lap of the 21st century so far? And has one of our viewers come up with the solution to all of F1\u2019s current woes?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll feature more listener questions next week. Don\u2019t forget to post yours below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Can\u2019t see the form? <a href=\"https:\/\/r1.dotdigital-pages.com\/p\/4DIP-14R4\/ask-mark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/category\/mark-hughes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more from Mark Hughes<\/a> and don\u2019t miss an episode by subscribing on your favourite platform or YouTube, where a video version accompanies the audio podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari is favourite to win in Monaco this weekend \u2013 and that might just be the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-715024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}