Gareth Jones On Speed #539 for 19 Feb 2026

#497 The Hungarian GP & Lola. Oscar Piastri gets his first Grand Prix win, McLaren are happy, but is Lando? Did Max Verstappen behave like a child? Gareth talks to Mark Preston the Sporting Director of Lola as the brand returns to front-line motorsport.

#547 We Need To Talk About Luce. Alex and Gareth get to grips with the reaction to Ferrari’s first 5 seat EV, heresy or genius? Plus, MG returns to building in Europe, Stellantis launch a new platform and Alex drives the Alpine A110 R Ultime.

#546 An Unexpected Journey. Gareth discusses the cars he sees on a trip to an interesting and important place and explains why he's going there. Plus, new On Speed music: Supra Fiery Cannonballs perform "Why Can't We All Just Get Along".

#545 Miami, Twisted & Bentley. F1 returns after its enforced break, did the rules fix the racing? We discuss rear wing nomenclature. We remember Alex Zanardi. Plus, Alex Goy drives a Twisted Range Rover in Yorkshire and a Bentley on the Isle Of Man.

#544 WILD WRC! Graham King joins Gareth to discuss the shenanigans in the first 4 rounds of the World Rally Championship. Why is the sport struggling, and how to fix it. Plus, could a song have brought rallying back to Scotland?

#543 Artemis & Beyond. Space journalist Richard Hollingham joins us to discuss the 1st crewed lunar mission since 1972. The new moon race, has political support, sponsors and mass public engagement, but will the US beat China to a human landing?

#542 Old Skool On Speed. Richard Porter joins us to discuss 3 cars that we’ve notice recently that are worth comment and a Jaguar that we can’t talk about. Plus, Adrian Newey’s “energy” and cars in space. New music: the On Speed remix of DVLA by ADO88.

#541 Harvesting & Deployment. We discuss the “Yo-Yo” Australian Grand Prix. Mercedes stun, but are the new cars actually any good? Why you should be watching IndyCar and F2. Plus: questions that need answers and music with F1’s Back 2026.

#540 Anticipation, Hope & Glee. Stevie Sackin joins Gareth & Zog to make our final guesses to the pecking order of the forthcoming F1 season. Plus: what is Sigur Rós recorded an On Speed sting?

#539 Just Testing. Gareth & Zog try to read what they can (but not too much) into the performance of the teams at the 1st F1 test at Bahrain, which teams are looking good? Plus, what if The KLF did an On Speed sting?