Episode #509: Liberty Buys MotoGP / 2024 USA GP Review
So... safe to say a lot has changed in the last fortnight in the land oif two wheels. We catch up to last week's BIG news - Liberty Media has bought 86% of Dorna Sports, MotoGP's Commercial rights holder for $4.2 billion. Now, assuming the deal beats the European Competition commission, what does it mean for both sports? Does MotoGP need new ownership? What DOES it need to take itself to the n...
1hr 2m Apr 19, 2024
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Episode #508: F1 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Review
Did you miss that fortnight when it wasn't Max Verstappen winning? Well, he was back with a vengence in Japan as Red Bull would go onto dominate the Japanese GP with a 1-2 finish in its new April timeslot. But in optimistic news, if there was any doubt left, Ferrari are clearly the #2 team with Carlos Sainz keeping up his 100% podium streak alive, and Charles Leclerc with a masterful tyre savi...
48m Apr 14, 2024
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Written Article: So Liberty Has Bought MotoGP... Now What?
This is an audio track from a written article originally on Motorsport101 as Dre talks about Liberty Media's massive $4bn deal to buy Dorna Sports and the commercial rights holds for MotoGP. Just what does this all mean? Dre tries to make sense of it, in about 10 minutes!
10m Apr 01, 2024
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Episode #507: 2024 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix Review
MotoGP heads back to Portugal for a brief stop in Europe for Round 2 of the Championship and the first true look at the state of the field... oh and Jorge Martin dominated from start to finish. We break down Spain's #1 hope in regaining the title as he led every single lap in Portimao! Martin also leaves Portugal with an 18-point Championship lead after contenders Marc Marquez and Francesco Ba...
39m Mar 29, 2024
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Episode #506: 2024 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Review
Well... that was an upset alright?! Max Verstappen, after 43 straight scoring finishes and 1,055 consecutive points scored, Verstappen fails to finish a race as a stuck brake on the grid ended his Australian GP early! And with it, it cleared the way for a Ferrari 1-2 finish as Carlos Sainz ends Max's 9-race winning streak, again! We talk all of that and the McLaren/Ferrari fight afterwards! A...
54m Mar 27, 2024
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Episode #505: Sebring, Bristol and Formula E's 2024 Brazil ePrix
It's a loaded smorgasbord of Racing here on Episode 505 of the Motorsport101 Podcast! We bring back Keepin It 101 here as RJ returns from the 12 Hours of Sebring over in IMSA as a member of the press and reports on one of the best races of 2024. We also talk NASCAR at Bristol as tyre wear was the order of the day and Denny Hamlin won a classic around the short track! Then we get into our main ...
54m Mar 25, 2024
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Written Article - Ask Dre (March 2024); Hamilton "Un-Honsing" Ferrari, BMW to MotoGP?
Hey folks, this is the audio version of the newest M101 written Article, March's Ask Dre post for 2024, and in it, Dre goes into detail about whether Hamilton can "un-honse" Ferrari, whether BMW are serious about a MotoGP expansion, how much of an impact Trackhouse can make as newcomers into the sport, and whether Josef Newgarden is truly "back" in the series!
15m Mar 22, 2024
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(REUPLOAD) Episode #502: 2024 F1 Saudi Arabian GP Review
NOTE: This is a reupload of Episode 502 from last week, reason being was due to an error where I (Admin Dre), uplaoded the wrong episode into your feed, and gave you 503 instead, this was my mistake, and Spotify didn't want to upload the updated version, so for those who have missed out on there, here's Episode 502. Again! My bad - Dre You know what they say about meeting your heroes? How abou...
55m Mar 21, 2024
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Episode #504: IndyCar 2024 GP of St Petersburg Review
And finally, in the weekend of beatings, Josef Newgarden is back! The man who made some big radical behind-the-scenes changes in the off-season and after a year of struggles on road and street courses, Josef dominates St Pete in the 2024 IndyCar Season Opener and wins from pole by 8 seconds over Pato O'Ward and Scott McLaughlin. A flash in the pan or is it the return of the Newgarden that won a...
1hr 3m Mar 19, 2024
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Episode #503: 2024 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix Review
Okay, this actually IS Episode 503 this time, promise. Our bad! But MotoGP is back for 2024 for its season opener in Qatar! And in it, Francesco Bagnaia reminded the sport that he very much still him, winning in comfortable fashion! But to his surprise, it was Brad Binder that posed the biggest threat to him on a KTM. Is it a sign of things to come? Inevitably, we have to talk about Marc Marq...
46m Mar 17, 2024
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Episode #501: 2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix Review
Apologies this one's coming out a little bit later than planned, it's been a really busy week back at M101 HQ and you'll know about it later this week, promise. But yeah, F1 is back in Bahrain to kick off 2024 and the racing itself (And there wasn't much of it), already feels like it was playing second fiddle to the politics and horrible drama that has been the Christian Horner investigation, ...
1hr 7m Mar 10, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's Race Review - F1's 2024 Saudi Arabian GP
This audio was originally a written article on Motorsport101.com regarding the Saudi Arabian GP of 2024 as Max Verstappen won his 9th GP in a row, Ollie Bearman stole the show as a Ferrari substitute and the F1 Academy started its 2nd season on live stream. Check out the website for the written version!
12m Mar 09, 2024
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Episode #500: The 50 Most Important Moments In M101 History
Well, this is it. The 500th Episode of Motorsport101. And in an idea that came together by the wonderful RJ O'Connell, we decided to recount and retell the 50 most important moments in the nine and a half year history of the show. Back in October 2014, Dre Harrison and Ryan King decided to start a podcast for Dre's final-year University project. We never thought a decade on, we'd still be doin...
3hr 12m Mar 06, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's Newswipe - Ben Sulayem Race Fixes? Verstappen's Warning Shot
This is a written article for a story originally posted for Motorsport101.com regarding two big news stories - Mohammed Ben Sulayem accused of trying to fix part of the Saudi Arabia 2023 result, and Jos Verstappen publically calling for Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner to stand down. Hit up the blog section of the website for the written version!
7m Mar 04, 2024
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Episode #499: 2024 IndyCar Season Preview
Welcome to the final season preview podcast of 2024, and its IndyCar's turn to take the stage for a brand new season! But first, we clear up the previous week in Motorsport with Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch's epic 0.007 podium finish in Atlanta over in NASCAR, as well as an update to the Christian Horner investigation, skip to the 23 minute mark if you want to move past it! But y...
2hr 41m Mar 03, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's Race Reviews - F1's 2024 Bahrain GP
Dre's audio recording of his latest written article, reviewing the 2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, a race where Max Verstappen resumed the status quo, but under the dark cloud of the contiuned Christian Horner investigation. If you find this conversation upsetting, please skip to 4:20 in the audio track. Look after yourselves.
10m Mar 02, 2024
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Episode #498: The Hater's Guide To The F1 2024 Season
NOTE: Christian Horner's current investigation at time of recording is discussed towards the end of the show. Do be careful as you may find this conversation upsetting and/or triggering. Look after yourselves. In the second of M101's major pre-season previews, it's time for a deep dive into the state of F1 entering its 2024 season. And we don't even try to pretend like that this is going to be...
1hr 45m Feb 27, 2024
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Episode #497: 2024 MotoGP Season Preview
The first season preview for 2024 and it's one of the big ones. It's time for the crew to sit down and talk all things MotoGP as we head for another brand new season, and while many important elements of the sport have stayed the same, there's a fair few under the surface changes (And one big one), that could factor into the Championship. We breakdown the major rule changes on the concession s...
2hr 18m Feb 11, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's F1 Calendar, Japan's MotoGP Struggles - #AskDre February 2024
Originally a written article for the Motorsport101 Website, Dre narrates questions asked to him from the M101 Community! In this February edition of Ask Dre, Dre ponders on Formula E's issues as a series as it nears a decade of existance and wonders if it'll still be here in another 10. Dre's asked to make his own F1 calendar with some surprising additions and subtractions, as well as wonderin...
16m Feb 08, 2024
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Episode #496: F1 Rejects Andretti/2024 Rolex 24 Review
It's the episode we originally meant to upload last week until... something else came up. Sorry about that! In this edition of the show, we take care of the other major breaking news story of last week, Andretti's bid of getting on the grid for 2026 being rejected by F1's management wing. Where do they go from there, and will they persue the 2028 Grid instead with FOM leaving that option out t...
1hr 14m Feb 05, 2024
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Episode #496.5: Lewis Hamilton To Ferrari For 2025
Okay, forgive the numbering being a bit out here, but as you can probably have guessed, this came up rather suddenly. Don't worry, Episode #496 on Andretti's rejection and the Rolex 24 Hours is coming out Monday, forgive us for the hold-up. In this special episode, all FOUR hosts (Yes, we got King in for this one too), break down all the angles from the biggest transfer of the social media era...
1hr 1m Feb 03, 2024
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Written Article: Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari In 2025?!
Holy shit. Last night, Formula Uno dropped the story that Lewis Hamilton would be leaving Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025. I didn't believe them... but it looks like this actually happening. Dre tries to make sense of why Hamilton would leave Mercedes just five months after a contract extension, what happens with him and Charles Leclerc in red, what happens next to Carlos Sainz and who do you give...
8m Feb 01, 2024
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Episode #495: The Appreciator's Guide To The 2024 Rolex 24
It's the true start of the 2024 Motorsport Season, and it's time for us to take our own crack at previewing the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona! It's Rolex time again, and we got a full GTP preview of the main runners and riders. Cadillac take the pole with the #31 car and Pipo Derani breaking the all-time lap record, but there's a four-driver superteam alongside in the #01 car with Scott Dixon and ...
1hr 12m Jan 26, 2024
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Written Article: Madrid 2026 and Street Track Overkill / F1's Worst Team Name?
Another Newswipe from Dre on the Motorsport101.com converted into audio! In this episode Dre talks about Madrid joining the F1 calendar in 2026 and what it could mean for Catalunya. He also ponders whether 9 Street Tracks on the calendar is too much for the fans. And also, there's some chat about AlphaTauri renaming themselves the VISA CashApp RB Team. It rolls right off the tongue...
7m Jan 24, 2024
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Episode #494: 2024 Formula E Mexico City ePrix Review
Welcome back to electric avenue to a Mexico City ePrix that... happened. Seriously, this wasn't a classic but we surprised ourselves by going 50 minutes on an ePrix that had (count em'), THREE on-track overtakes! Pascal Wehrlein would dominate the running, winning comfortably almost lights-to-flag from pole position, ahead of Buemi at Envision and Nick Cassidy's Jaguar debut getting him on the...
50m Jan 18, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's Race Review - Mexico City ePrix 2024
Another written article from the Motorsport101.com website and in this narration, Dre brings back the Formula E Race Review from 2022, as Season 10 for the series got underway in Mexico City. But first, Dre talks about the British based changes as TNT Sports becomes the new home for the series in an expensive paywall, and Whisper Films takes over the production, and why both will be disappoint...
10m Jan 14, 2024
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Written Article: Dre's Newswipe - Gunther Steiner out at Haas, Mahindra's AI, AJ Foyt Seats
This is another audio track for a written article at Motorsport101.com, and the return of Dre's Newswipe, where Dre talks about the recent news within the World of Motorsport. In this edition, Dre talks about the controversial firing of Gunther Steiner after 10 years as Haas Team Principal and whayt the future of the team could look like. There's talk on Mahindra introducing and quickly droppi...
9m Jan 11, 2024
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Episode #493: 2024 Formula E Season Preview
So much for a break in January eh? Welcome back to Formula E on the Motorsport101 Channel, and for our 2024 Season Preview, we brought in Motion Podcast host Sascha Garlick back to chinwag over the Season 10 that starts this Saturday in Mexico City! In this 2-hour preview, we talk about the big issues for the series off the track - Such as their pre-season testing fire in Valencia and the knoc...
2hr 2m Jan 09, 2024
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Episode #492: The Autosport Top 50 Drivers Of 2023
It's one of your favourite moments on the Motorsport101 Content Cycle, a little later but better than never, it's the Autosport Top 50 Podcast for 2024, and Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell deeply analyse it... ...But first some catching up in the intro section! First up, Sauber have renamed themselves (Again), to the Stake F1 Team as the gambling company becomes a full title sponsor ans chassis ...
2hr 13m Jan 05, 2024
2hr 13m
Written Article: Ask Dre Q+A - January 2024
From now on here at Motorsport101, all written articles will have an audio track to accompany them to help improve accessibility in general. And this is an Ask Dre post on the website for January 2024! In it, Dre gets asked if IndyCar's in crisis after Honda threatens to leave, silly season talk for F1 and MotoGP for 2025 already, is IndyCar making more strides with Diversity than F1 is, and w...
23m Jan 03, 2024
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Episode #491: The 2023 Motorsport101 Awards!
It's time for the 8th annual Motorsport101 Award Show with your hosts, Dre Harrison, RJ O'Connell and Cam Buckley! (In tribute to the late passing Cale Yarborough and Gil De Ferran. RIP.) In one of the longest M101 Episodes we've ever recorded, we decided to hand out awards for the best, the worst and everything in between in Motorsport in 2023! From our race of the year, to our Breakout Star ...
2hr 44m Jan 01, 2024
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Episode #490: Back-To-Bagnaia - The 2023 MotoGP Season Review
It's about time we put a bow on Season Review Season, as Dre and Cam go wild and review the good, the bad and the ugly of MotoGP in 2023, as the season eventually went back, to Bagnaia! We go factory by factory across the grid. The end of an era as Honda loses their Shohei Ohtani with Marc Marquez leaving for Gresini, and what happens to the genuinely talented team left behind. What about Yama...
1hr 48m Dec 22, 2023
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Episode #489: Wolffghazi And The 2023 F1 Season Review
If you're the sort of person who likes an old school Motorsport101, this is the episode for you, a 2 hour-long deep dive into the 2023 Formula 1 Season, and a bonus segment into what happened the previous week in what we called Wolffghazi - As the FIA opened and very quickly closed a conflict of interest investigation against Susie and Toto Wolff as all 10 F1 teams distanced themselves from a g...
2hr 14m Dec 17, 2023
2hr 14m
Episode #488: 2023 MotoGP Grand Prix of Valencia Review
And just like that, MotoGP's 2023 season is over. And just when we got a Jorge Martin reeling Francesco Bagania in moment by taking the Sprint, the Spaniard has a meltdown at the final Grand Prix to let Bagnaia go back-to-back, the first Champion to do so since 2019! We break down Pecco's brilliance, as well as where it all fell apart for Martin! We also talk about the shocking news coming off...
1hr 20m Dec 03, 2023
1hr 20m
Episode #487: 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Review
And just like that, the 2023 F1 Season is over, and Max Verstappen put the cherry on top of a dominant season with his 19th win of 2023, cementing quite possibly the most dominant season in the history of Formula 1. We break down all his records, as well as soak in just how ridiculous it has all been. We talk about the fight for second in the Constructors as Charles Leclerc went full galaxy br...
1hr 15m Nov 30, 2023
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Episode #486: 2023 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix Review
It was a weekend of emotion during MotoGP's penultimate race of the season in Qatar, and none showed that more than Fabio Di Giannantonio, who after finishing 2nd in the Sprint, would beat Francesco Bagnaia straight up in an intense fight for his first Grand Prix victory in the top flight, even after Pecco nearly wrecked himself in retaliation! We also talk about Jorge Martin getting a dud rea...
1hr Nov 24, 2023
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Episode #485: 2023 F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Review
What Verstappens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas. And that includes winning apparently! Yes, it's time for the most anticipated rounds in F1 history, its return after a 40-year hiatus to Las Vegas, and its GP down the strip! And we even brought back new Vegas visitor Ryan Erik King to come down and give us his take on the event! And we got off to a rocky start after the weekend had to be held due to...
1hr 15m Nov 22, 2023
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Episode #484: 2023 MotoGP Malaysian GP Review
Oh boy. We'd be lying to you if we called this one a classic. It wasn't. Sepang brought out the worst of the current era of MotoGP. While we were delighted for Enea Bastianini to take his first win for the factory Ducati team, the distance between the Top 4 was exacerbated by a heavy amount of dirty air. The tyre pressure issue reared its ugly head again as well as five riders break the rule o...
51m Nov 14, 2023
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Episode #483: 2023 MotoGP Australia and Thailand GP Reviews
Apologies for those who have waited patiently, the bikes are back on Motorsport101. Sincerely, sorry for having to wait so long, Cam's not been in the best of knick health-wise lately and we wanted to wait and do it justice by waiting until he was well enough to come back. So here we are! In this episode, we catch up by reviewing both the Philip Island and Buriram MotoGP rounds. In Philip Isla...
1hr 2m Nov 10, 2023
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Episode #482: 2023 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix Review
How does a boring GP weekend produce so much news? The boys are back together as a threesome to talk about a hectic Brazilian GP weekend, as Max Verstappen took his 17th victory of 2023, but Lando Norris clearly established himself as the leader of the chasing pack with a valiant second place. We talk about Max's dominance, as well as McLaren's incredible turnaround. We also talk about the aw...
1hr 3m Nov 08, 2023
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Episode #481: 2023 F1 Mexican Grand Prix Review
Now included: A Bonus segment on the Romain Grosjean to Juncos move and Callum Illot's departure is covered in here too! But Dre and RJ go in-depth on the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix, and for Checo, a lot of genuine hope was extinguished in just 15 seconds after a nasty accident at Turn 1 when trying to send it for the lead of the race! And with AlphaTauri's Daniel Ricciardo having his best F1 wee...
1hr 2m Nov 03, 2023
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Episode #480: 2023 F1 United States Grand Prix Review
Safe to say this wasn't your standard weekend. F1 returned to the United States this weekend for its first Sprint Weekend and it indirectly led to some madness after the race. On the track, Max Verstappen tied his own record with his 15th win of 2023, but was pushed to the limit when nursing a braking problem as Lewis Hamilton was chasing him down at the end. All this off the back of a Mercede...
1hr 11m Oct 27, 2023
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Episode #479: 2023 MotoGP Indonesian GP Review
And here's Part 2 of our little catch-up as the MotoGP travelling circus headed to Indonesia for its second GP at Mandalika Bay! And with it, another shocking twist in the title fight! Jorge Martin dominates the Sprint and was leading the GP by three seconds when going offline at Turn 10 led to him to the ol; Ducati: Death, Taxes, Tuck The Front moment. Ouch. It led to Francesco Bagnaia becomi...
1hr 4m Oct 20, 2023
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Episode #478: Marquez Leaves Honda / Japan GP 2023
Okay, some cleanup to take care of here first! Firstly, massive thanks to Lyla Oakes who let us use her Marc Marquez x Gresini Concept Art, she’s the best and we love her! Also, sincere apologies for the delay on this episode, we had some technical problems cleaning up the audio on the backend, so forgive us - If you’re a MotoGP fan, you’ll be getting a lot of content in the coming days! In th...
51m Oct 19, 2023
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Episode #477: 2023 F1 Qatar Grand Prix Review
Qatar, one of the maddest weekends in F1 history for all the wrong reasons. We had Pirelli discovering that the FIA's new Pyramid Kerb was harming the construction of the tyre, leading to a gamechanger as the track was reduced in width on the fast Turn 12/13 complex by almost three feet, leading to an insane rise in track limits violations, and a race that was a 3-stop mandated sprint with an ...
1hr 25m Oct 13, 2023
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Episode #476: Pal-Over - The 2023 IndyCar Season Review
Was it really Palou-over if it never really began? Welcome to the 2023 IndyCar Season Review, and in this special 130 minute edition of the show, we break down the best and the worst of IndyCar in 2023! Dre is joined by regular RJ O'Connell and Ryan Erik King to go team by team up and down the paddock. From the struggle buses of AJ Foyt and Meyer Shank's disasterous 2023, to the more intrigui...
2hr 9m Oct 10, 2023
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Episode #475: 2023 MotoGP Indian Grand Prix Review
We weren't sure days out from the race itself whether this one was even going to happen. But it did. Dorna's first venture to India for the India GP, and while we joked in the intro about the Miami Dolphins putting 70 on the Broncos head, Marco Bezzecchi was running a similar beating of his own on the MotoGP field, because he DOMINATED at the Buddh International Circuit. Winning by nearly 9 sec...
51m Sep 30, 2023
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Episode #474: 2023 F1 Japanese Grand Prix Review
Congratulations to Red Bull Racing for winning F1 Championship Number 74, it is their sixth Superbowl win. It's coronation time at Red Bull after Max Verstappen took his Singapore defeat personally and won the Japanese GP by 20 seconds ahead of a double McLaren podium of Norris and Piastri. But it was marred by Sergio Perez stinking up the joint again, breaking two front wings, passing under a...
1hr 4m Sep 29, 2023
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Episode #473: 2023 F1 Singapore Grand Prix Review
I love that Singapore just ended up being a Red Bull-themed episode, even if Carlos Sainz won a classic GP to end Red Bull's 15-race winning streak! But yeah, did we mention Red Bull DIDN'T win! It was a brilliant finale to an intriguing tactical race in Singapore as the unique nature of the track and setup concerns for the energy drink firm opened the door for Carlos Sainz to win from pole an...
1hr 12m Sep 21, 2023
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Episode #472: 2023 IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterrey Review
It wouldn't be an IndyCar season without an absolute mess of a finale! In a 95-lap race at Laguna Seca in Monterrey, we had 35 laps of caution over eight separate incidents, 17 penalties handed out, 8 of which were for avoidable contact, and race winner Scott Dixon won despite having to do a drive-through penalty after less than 10 laps. Make it make sense. Well, the boys will certainly try to...
55m Sep 18, 2023
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