Episode #395: 2022 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix Report
Predictable news, gang: Max Verstappen won. Again. 5 in a row now for the Champion-elect who actually has an outside chance to win the title in Singapore next time out. It's what winning 11 out of 16 does for a guy. And to be fair, Ferrari didn't really ahem... "honse" this one, to be honest. Yeah, Sainz had penalties and he drove really well. Leclerc just didn't have the pace on this one. The...
47m Sep 16, 2022
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Episode #394: 2022 MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino Report
"We just can't beat this guy." Francesco Bagnaia right now, is that dude. MotoGP's Grand Prix of San Marino had another outstanding final lap fight win, only this time, it was with his future teammate, Enea Bastianini! Just 0.034 seconds separating the pair over the line in the closest MotoGP race finish in over three years. We break down a colossal fight at the front and put into context just...
50m Sep 13, 2022
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Episode #393: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of Portland Report
Just what the IndyCar world needed - Another dominant New Zealander called Scott. But my goodness, he's driving out of his skin at the moment. In IndyCar's penultimate race of the year, it was Scott McLaughlin that kept his very thin chances of winning the Astor Cup alive with a lights-to-flag victory. Scott led 104 out of 110 laps and never really looked like losing. Is he the favourite for 20...
45m Sep 10, 2022
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Episode #392: 2022 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix Report
Zandvoort wasn't terrible for Round 15 of the Formula 1 World Championship. We'll take it. But this was a race where most of its drama happened OFF the track. We talk about Max Verstappen's 10th win of the season and the strategic battles that played out on the track, as well as the discussions off of it. Yuki Tsunoda suffers a complicated differential failure and everyone immediately screams ...
1hr Sep 08, 2022
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Episode #391: 2022 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix Report
It's the return of the King! Ryan Erik King that is, the Jalopnik writer returns to the show for a one-off guest appearance! And for the four of us, we sat around the table for a huge beat-em-down of massive proportions. as Max Verstappen absolutely dominated the Belgian Grand Prix. Despite engine penalties from nearly half the field making him start the race from 14th, he was leading by Lap 1...
1hr Aug 31, 2022
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Episode #390: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of St Louis Report
Someone play the Jaws music, because Josef Newgarden is coming. We've only got three rounds left of the IndyCar Series for 2022, and Josef Newgarden took his 5th win of the season at Gateway's St Louis 500 to put himself just three points of the lead of the title race. But it very nearly didn't happen! We had rain play a huge role in terms of strategy, one that took the fuel saving Will Power ...
46m Aug 27, 2022
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Episode #389: 2022 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix Report
An earth-shattering announcement hitting MotoGP right on Austrian's GP weekend, as the series announced from out of nowhere that they'll be adding Sprint Races to EVERY MotoGP race weekend in 2023. They'll be replacing the 4th practise session and it's seemingly divided the entire sport. Riders like Marc Marquez are for it, but others like Fabio Quartararo aren't. There's even been talk of a ri...
59m Aug 24, 2022
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Episode #388: 2022 Formula E Seoul ePrix Report
We can finally say, it's Stoffel Season again. And the man doesn't even like waffles. The Season Finale of Year 8 in Formula E hit us this past weekend in Seoul, South Korea and its first major Motorsport event in almost a decade. Anyone else remember Yeognam? Anyway, we catch up a little bit on London, as Stoffel Vandoorne was in control of the Championship, and Mitch Evans and Edo Mortara w...
50m Aug 16, 2022
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Episode #387: 2022 IndyCar Nashville GP Report
IndyCar finished its gauntlet run of back-to-back rounds with #BRIDGEWEEK! As the paddock returned to Music City, Nashville... for another shitshow. A three hour long-race, a 90-minute rain delay, a red flag and EIGHT cautions, three men off the lead lap before the first round of stops, and in the end.. Scott Dixon wins. And not just any old win, his 53rd in IndyCar competition. A milestone to...
54m Aug 12, 2022
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Episode #386: 2022 MotoGP British Grand Prix Report
Great to see someone like Francesco Bagnaia come back from such off-season adversity eh? It was the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but first, we talk the Suzuka 8 Hours this past weekend as Honda lay an absolute beating on the field, winning by more than a lap on the Kawasaki dream team of Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam and Alex Lowes. We also send our best wishes to Gino Rea, recovering in hos...
47m Aug 10, 2022
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Episode #385: 2022 IndyCar Brickyard GP Report
The winless streak is over! After over three years out of the winners circle, Alex Rossi broke a nearly 50-race long duck to take the W at IndyCar's second Indianapolis GP of the season, the Gallagher Grand Prix. It was a confusing race though, one you could argue was somewhat inherited after leader Colton Herta drove over a kerb and his gearbox broke. So, the 26 car has a third compromised ra...
50m Aug 06, 2022
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Episode #384: 2022 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix Report
Holy shit. What a goddamn week, and one of the most newsworthy coming off a GP we've ever seen. This is a 75 minute special on all of the drama that came in and around the Hungarian GP. It all started with Sebastian Vettel announcing his retirement, which of course, we all pay tribute to on the show after one of the sport's most legendary careers and remarkable turnarounds in his reputation. I...
1hr 15m Aug 04, 2022
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Episode #383: 2022 IndyCar GP's Of Iowa Report
GLORY to corn! Welcome back to Iowa where IndyCar decided to get corny with a pair of races brought to you by Hyvee, who pumped a whole load of money into the place! We nicknamed this weekend "The Ballad of Josef Newgarden" because it all revolved around him. In Race 1, he led 208 out of 250 laps, stretching out a 60 lap final stint into an 80 lap stint fueling saving, and crushing the field. ...
53m Aug 01, 2022
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Episode #382: 2022 Formula 1 French Grand Prix Report
The primal scream heard around the world. Charles Leclerc while leading the French Grand Prix on Lap 18, spins out and puts it in the wall. And just like that, Charles is now 63 points behind in the Championship with just 10 races left, as Max Verstappen would go on to comfortably win his 7th race of the year. Ferrari gets another deep dive on this edition of the show, where they weren't direct...
51m Jul 29, 2022
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Episode #381: 2022 Formula E New York ePrix Report
Hey now, it's been a while, but welcome back to Formula E! And we had some surprises in store when the series returned to New York City! It was a double header weekend, and in Race 1, the story was Nick Cassidy! He won the pole position final duel against Stoffel Vandoorne by 8 thousandths of a second and would then go onto control the race from the front... until rain came down with 10 minute...
44m Jul 22, 2022
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Episode #380: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of Toronto Report
Well, that was a shocker. The dust is only just settling on the biggest single silly season story in Motorsport. Out of nowhere, just hours of Chip Ganassi confirms they take the third year option on reigning series Champion Alex Palou's contract, Alex himself denies it on Twitter, declares he doesn't want to be there anymore for "personal reasons" and five minutes later, it's announced he's si...
1hr 1m Jul 20, 2022
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Episode #379: 2022 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix Report
WARNING: Like the British GP episode, this is a Podcast that's going to include discussions of a discriminatory nature, including sexual harassment. You may find this episode upsetting. If you want to skip this discussion, you can fast forward to 20:00. Look after yourselves. F1 returned to Austria, and the weekend was overshadowed by multiple reports of horrific abuse by fans at the track inc...
51m Jul 16, 2022
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Episode #378: 2022 IndyCar GP of Mid-Ohio Report
"He's an absolute idiot" - Romain Grosjean. What a Greek tragedy. Honda's Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was infamous for all the wrong reasons, especially if you're Andretti Autosport. Alex Rossi essentially, went rogue, hit Romain Grosjean three times over the course of the race in actions so toxic, it lead to Michael Andretti calling an emergency meeting, journalists getting stiff armed out of deleti...
52m Jul 14, 2022
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Episode #377: 2022 Formula 1 British Grand Prix Report
WARNING: This episode of the Motorsport101 Podcast contains conversations regarding racism, transphobia and bigoted behaviour. You may find this upsetting. If you feel this might be harmful, you can skip to 36:08 where we move onto other topics. Look after yourselves. This is one of the longest modern shows we've done, and for good reason. In the time between Formula 1 races, we've had Naomi S...
1hr 24m Jul 11, 2022
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Episode #376: 2022 MotoGP Assen TT Report
MotoGP's Assen TT is one of the flagship rounds on the calendar, and one of the most important given the Summer Break falls in right afterwards. And we had another major Championship flashpoint right before the holidays as Fabio Quartararo made his first mistake of the year, crashing into Aleix Espargaro on a divebomb he was probably never going to legitimately make. Fabio was given a Long Lap ...
45m Jul 08, 2022
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Episode #375: 2022 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix Report
Well, this was a dramatic one. Formula 1's next move as the travelling circus was Montreal for the first Canadian Grand Prix in 3 years, and in it, we had a classic late Safety Car sprint finish from Max Verstappen and... "checks notes"... Carlos Sainz? Yep, with Charles Leclerc starting from the back with a fresh power unit, it was up to Carlos to try and restore some pride for Maranello... ev...
46m Jul 05, 2022
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Episode #374: 2022 MotoGP German Grand Prix Report
Not going to lie to you folks, this was not a classic. Round 10 of the MotoGP 2022 World Championship brought the sport to Germany for the German GP at the Sachsenring and Fabio Quartararo broke the one man who could beat him over his knee. Francesco Bagnaia had the pole and the fastest ever lap of the track, but lost the lead at Turn 1, and by Lap 3, was in the gravel. We break it down and ask...
50m Jun 30, 2022
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Episode #373: 2022 IndyCar GP of Road America Report
What better incentive to win again for Josef Newgarden than a million dollar bonus on one of his favourite tracks? Because that's what the man did at Road America, the half way point of the 2022 IndyCar Series! He didn't have it easy, pushed nearly all the way by a back-in-form Alexander Rossi who used every trick in the book to close the gap, from undercuts to late cautions, but Josef held on...
41m Jun 23, 2022
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Episode #372: 2022 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Report
So, just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for the Scuderia, how about a double DNF around a castle while they were winning? Yes, F1's travelling circus headed to Baku for the Azerbaijan GP, and in it, Ferrari had another golden chance to stop the bleeding, only for Carlos Sainz Jr's hydraulics to fail, and then Charles Leclerc's engine to suffer a spectacular engine blowout to gi...
44m Jun 21, 2022
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Episode #371: 2022 Formula E Jakarta ePrix Report
Formula E headed off to a brand new round as their 2022 season continued, as Jakarta became a well-liked and enjoyable round on the calendar. We talk MITCCCCCCCCCH BRAAAAAAAAAAAH as he claimed a narrow, but frenetic third win of the season over Jean-Eric Vergne and Edo Mortara with just under a second covering the trio over the line. We break down how he won, and how dramatic it was. We also ...
38m Jun 19, 2022
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Episode #370: 2022 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix Report
And just like that, the Championship got a lot less exciting. Fabio Quartararo absolutely dominates the Catalunya weekend, but the real stories here happened right at the start and at the very end of the weekend. Turn 1 had Championship implications written all over it - Taka Nakagami completely botching his entry point, tucking the front and SMASHING HIS HEAD INTO PECCO BAGNAIA'S BIKE. Someho...
47m Jun 16, 2022
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Episode #369: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of Detroit Report
The hangover after the Indy 500 is here and it's the final Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle after a 30 year run! And in it, it was a return to the top of the mountain for Will Power as he took revenge on last year's cruel finish and took a narrow strategic fight for the win! He duked it out with a return to form for Alexander Rossi, who 3-stopped his way and drove hard to turn it into a one se...
49m Jun 14, 2022
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Episode #368: 2022 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix Report
The Italian Grand Prix for MotoGP at Mugello was overshadowed by a bombshell bit of news - Marc Marquez is going to take an extended hiatus from bike racing to have a FOURTH surgery on his right arm. It turns out, his humerus as it healed, actually turned 30 degrees as he was riding, giving the 8-time World Champion in a considerable amount of pain while he was riding. He's off the Mayo Clinic ...
47m Jun 11, 2022
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Episode #367: 2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Report
Oh Ferrari, not again. The boys sit down to discuss one of the classic staples of Formula 1 - A Ferrari startegic screw up. From pole, they had the Monaco GP at their mercy with Charles Leclerc in a dominant position. But they let Sergio Perez rack up a critical undercut on the Intermediate tyres on a rapidly drying track, and a late double stack call put turned a possible 1-2, into a 2-4, as ...
50m Jun 08, 2022
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Episode #366: The 106th Running Of The Indianapolis 500
Well, that was a surprise. Even if it perhaps shouldn't have been. But that's the beauty of the Indy 500 and how these incredible races can play out. Scott Dixon and Alex Palou, two of Chip Ganassi's strongest cars and drivers, the former history making all week. Lead 132 laps. Neither won. Marcus Ericsson snuck in, nailed a hot lap, got the front of the queue, and then survived a final 2 lap s...
51m Jun 06, 2022
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Episode #365: 2022 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix Report
We're catching up with shows over the next few days, and first up, the 2022 Spanish grand Prix for Formula 1, and it was a newsworthy and actually somewhat interesting edition of the series at Catalunya. At the front, it was a war of attrition. A massivbe gust of wind (No, Nico Rosberg), blew over the track and put Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in the gravel early doors. But Max would climb ...
51m Jun 04, 2022
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Episode #364: 2022 Formula E Berlin ePrix Report
Episode #364 takes us to Berlin and one of our favourite rounds at Templehof Airport. And for all the chaos that this series tends to provide, this was... a different affair. A calm, energy saving tactical pair of races. And the story of the weekend... was off the track. In Formula E's worst kept secret, McLaren made it official that they're joining the series in Mercedes place as we head towa...
43m May 28, 2022
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Episode #363: 2022 MotoGP French Grand Prix Report
A record crowd of 110,000 on race day heads to Le Mans to witness home hero Fabio Quartararo... finish off the podium?! It was Enea Bastianini who stole the field's lunch money again with a stunning 2nd half of the race performance to not only beat but humiliate the factory Ducati bosses after beating Francesco Bagnaia so bad he panicked and crashed at the final corner with 7 laps left. It wa...
53m May 26, 2022
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Episode #362: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of Indy Report
We were due a crazy one in IndyCar at some point with this season, and we just got one as IndyCar kicked off its Month of May with a rain-affected GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis! It was Colton Herta that took full advantage of the changeable conditions, gambled on slicks first, leapt to the front from 14th and would then be virtually unstoppable at the front. Mind you, he got a gift in the ha...
49m May 20, 2022
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Episode #361: 2022 Formula 1 Miami GP Report
Let's be honest here folks - This was the one we were all circling on the calendars. One of the most heavily anticipated and hyped races ever seen in F1, and we extended our show to compensate. Buckle up, because this one is wild. We had to talk about the hype going in. This was so heavily promoted that we had a Wednesday night concert with all the drivers and team bosses before a wheel was ev...
1hr 13m May 17, 2022
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Episode #360: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama Report
IndyCar returned for Round 4 of the 2022 Season, and we had to stand back for fireworks at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, as we had a prime slab of beef to deal with! First and foremost, the winner. Pato O'Ward, Mr Fast Hands, was superb in his final stint, passing Rinus on cold tyres round the outside of Charlotte's Web, and would hold off a fast charging Palou to take his first win of 2...
44m May 14, 2022
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Episode #359: 2022 Formula E Monaco Report
A return to Monaco for a race that last year, we called the 2021 Motorsport101 Race of the Year. It was a much anticipated affair, but in the end, Stoffel Season returned to the streets as he took an impressive win over Jaguar's Mitch Evans and DS's Jean-Eric Vergne. We talk about some of the excellent gamesmanship tactics of Stoffel's win, as well as the expense of Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein, ...
36m May 09, 2022
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Episode #358: Suzuki Quits MotoGP / 2022 MotoGP Spain Report
This was an emergency episode we recorded and turned around ultra quick because for obvious reasons. We were shocked to hear on Monday afternoon the news that Suzuki would out of nowhere, told the team their intent to quit the sport at the end of the 2022 season. The ramifications from this are massive. Suzuki haven't even realised any official statements yet as Japan are in the middle of Gold...
45m May 05, 2022
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Episode #357: 2022 MotoGP Portuguese GP Report
Welcome back, Fabio Quartararo, we missed you in this 2022 title race! MotoGP's 4th round of the Championship had the runners and riders return to Portimao for the Portuguese Grand Prix! And we got an absolute seal-clubbing of a win from the reigning Champion, Fabio Quartararo. We talk all about the polarity between his speed, and the rest of the struggling Yamaha paddock at the top of the sho...
41m May 04, 2022
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Episode #356: 2022 Formula 1 Imola GP Report
No, we're not going to call it the full name, you're welcome spell-checker! Welcome to Imola, and Round 4 of the Formula 1 World Championship, and after Charles Leclerc dominated the proceedings in Australia, Max Verstappen lead a near perfect Red Bull weekend, and a Grand Slam of his own to get back in title contention. Oh, and did we mention rain? We talk all about that, as well as the rare...
50m May 02, 2022
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Episode #355: 2022 Formula E Rome E-Prix Report
While Monaco prepares itself for the REAL Grand Prix it has down there, we look back on Formula E's Rome Double Header weekend and for the first time since Season 6, we had a back-to-back winner as MITCCCCCCCCCCCH BRRRRRRRAH (Evans), dominated the weekend, including a Race 1 Dub where he came from 9th on the grid and still won comfortably. Mitch now resides just 9 points off the top of the Cham...
41m Apr 29, 2022
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Episode #354: MotoGP GP of the Americas Report
A very different kind of brilliance befell the Circuit of the Americas for Round 4 of the MotoGP World Championship. Marc Marquez, the heavy favourite, got hit with a technical gremlin off the line and fell to the back. So of course he still finished 6th, just 6 seconds off the win. We go weak at the knees over this ride. Oh, and Enea Bastianini won! That was cool. We discuss the prospects of ...
42m Apr 25, 2022
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Episode #353: 2022 IndyCar GP of Long Beach Report
Long Beach. A race of 95% excellent and 5% comedy. You'll see what you mean as you listen on! It was another outstanding display from Josef Newgarden at Long Beach, overrunning last year's winner in Colton Herta, then surviving an intense amount of pressure from Alex Palou and Romain Grosjean from behind, both arguably with faster cars. We break down Josef's most exciting win since... the prev...
41m Apr 22, 2022
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Episode #352: 2022 Formula 1 Australian GP Report
Round 3 of the Formula 1 World Championship had the travelling circus head to Albert Park in Australia for the first time in 3 years, with a new chicane, but a familiar result - Charles Leclerc laying a whooping on the field and Max Verstappen suffering ANOTHER DNF as his car exploded off a fuel leak. We talk about the state of play in the title race as Max falls 46 points behind Charles in the...
56m Apr 15, 2022
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Episode #351: 2022 MotoGP Argentina Report
Aleix Espargaro, at his 200th attempt, finally wins a MotoGP race. On an Aprilia. Just when you thought this era of MotoGP couldn't get anymore ridiculous. It was great to be back in Argentina after 3 years away, and we got a fantastic race long fight between Aleix Espargaro and Jorge Martin, with the veteran coming out on top. We talk about Aleix, his time in the sport, and what it means. Dre...
40m Apr 13, 2022
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Episode #350: 2022 Formula 1 Saudi Arabia Report
Well... that was a smooth weekend. The boys are back to talk Saudi Arabia for Round 2 of the F1 2022 Championship and the most newsworthy part of the weekend, landed on Friday night. A suicide drone hitting a local oil refinery raised a lot of concern over safety, including a 4 hour long driver meeting with the teams, the boss, and the track promoters. We discuss it all in the middle of the sh...
52m Apr 07, 2022
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Episode #349: 2022 MotoGP Indonesia GP Report
The Rain Shaman, accidentally saving the Indonesian Grand Prix. None of this sentence was made up, honestly! For the first time since 1997, MotoGP returned to Indonesia, and it got wet! Stupid wet! Wet enough that the whole thing was put off for an hour! And amazingly, this was kind of the best option! Dre and Cam go hard on the preparation of the Mandalika Bay circuit after the dry running l...
44m Apr 01, 2022
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Episode #348: 2022 Formula 1 Bahrain Report
No really, Ferrari might be back. Sound the alarms! Alter the villagers! What the fuc- Here's Episode 348, or as admin Dre calls it - The one race between disasters for F1! We have the Bahrain GP, and to everyone's surprise, Ferrari's pace is real! Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen engage in an old rivarly, right before both Bulls give up the ghost in the final stint in what was a drama fille...
51m Mar 26, 2022
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Episode #347: 2022 IndyCar Texas Report
Welcome back to Texas and IndyCar's second race of 2022 as we hit up Texas for the Xpel 375 and it was very much a tale of two races! So much so we got a special guest along too - In Cam's chair, is Chris DeHarde, IndyCar co-editor for Frontstretch and writer for Motorsport Magazine and the Indianapolis Star! We talk the race itself and its difficult spot on the calendar due to struggling rati...
49m Mar 24, 2022
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Episode #346: 2022 Formula 1 Season Preview
The big one. The season preview to end all season previews. It’s Formula 1 2022, and we have no idea what’s really about to happen! And that’s great! We try our very best to go team by team as we pick apart testing and multiple other factors as we try to guess how we think 2022’s F1 season will play out. New cars, some old faces, and a potential three-way title decider. Haas had to dump Nikit...
1hr 26m Mar 17, 2022
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