Episode #345: Qatar MotoGP 2022 Report
After 15 years of struggles, difficulty, and tragedy, Gresini is back. This one was for Fausto. For the first time since that legendary day in Estoril in 2006, Gresini Racing wins in MotoGP and history was made as Enea Bastianini shocked the world and gave us the sport’s first ever female team principal win! We break down the unlikely win… and beyond, with Brad Binder and Pol Espargaro complet...
45m Mar 13, 2022
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Episode #344: 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Report
IndyCar is back baby! And we got a fascinating return for the series in St Petersburg (FLORIDA), last weekend, as Scott McLaughlin, a man who was 60/1 going into the weekend, would win from pole, despite just about every usual IndyCar shenanigans being thrown at him. From backmarker traffic, to cautions and a charging Alex Palou right at the end, we talk at length about the development and “pr...
36m Mar 11, 2022
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Episode #343: 2022 MotoGP Season Preview
The next episode in our season preview series is live as MotoGP returns on March 6th for its largest season ever! 21 rounds with the best riders in the world and we break it all down on Motorsport101! We went factory by factory, so KTM come up first. Is Miguel Oliveira at risk of losing his seat as KTM position its star talent. Tech3 is right there with the dominant Moto2 lineup of 2021 fo Rem...
1hr 13m Mar 03, 2022
1hr 13m
Episode #342: 2022 IndyCar Season Preview
Time for the second in our Season Preview series heading into 2022, and in this one, it’s IndyCar Season coming to you from St Pete in Florida this weekend! In this 90 minute special, we preview all the key storylines going into the season. From the back half gaining reinforcements like Callum Illot, Tatiana Calderon, Conor Daly’s return, and Meyers Shank Racing going with a huge Indy 500 styl...
1hr 28m Feb 25, 2022
1hr 28m
Episode #341: 2022 Mexico City E-Prix Report
You know you’re a badass when you can extend a race by an extra lap and cripple a Formula E field… Just because you can. Welcome to Formula E in Mexico, Round 3 of the World Championship, and we had a genuinely great time with this one. We had Edo Mortara gunning for pole sideways in a brilliant set of improved Duels, and that was the pre-show! Mexico City’s ePrix was a superb race. We had so...
44m Feb 19, 2022
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Episode #340: 2022 Diriyah E-Prix Report
Welcome back to Formula E everyone! And now, with added Children’s Card Games, because it’s time to Duel! Formula E’s new controversial Duel Format took centre stage on Friday as part of the series revamp and trying to create a more competitively balanced series… Did it work? We’d like to think so, but it might have also created other problems we discuss in the show regarding entertainment val...
38m Feb 05, 2022
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Episode #339: 2021-22 Formula E Season Preview
(Yes, we know it’s a little late, come laugh at our picks at the end instead!) We’re about to get into the meat and potatoes of the 2022 Motorsport season, and to bring us up to speed, we’re getting into Formula E’s 8th season, and 2nd as a World Championship. We discuss the new qualifying format, and how the Groups and Super Bowl format got thrown out for a new, “Duel” system that involves a...
1hr 12m Jan 31, 2022
1hr 12m
Episode #338: 2021 Autosport Top 50 Reaction
And it’s about time we brought back another one of our off-season traditions, and that’s a reaction video of the Autosport Top 50 list for the year! Now, for those newer to the show, Dre deliberately DOESN’T read what or who’s on the list year to year, so he can react as other co-hosts run down the Top 50 name-by-name. Now normally, the publication throws up some names that are… somewhat left ...
1hr 28m Jan 29, 2022
1hr 28m
Episode #337: The 2021 Motorsport101 Awards
Get your suits and prepare for a spicy open monologue, because it’s award season again! After a year out, the 2021 Motorsport101 Awards are back, celebrating the worst and the best in the sport over the last 12 months or so. We have some fun awards like the Race of the Year where the Indy 500 might have been hijacked with an genuinely GREAT race at Monaco, but not from the series you might exp...
1hr 34m Jan 28, 2022
1hr 34m
Episode #336: The 2021 F1 Season Review
A 10/10 season with a 2/10 ending. Formula 1 in 2021 might as well have been the Mass Effect 3 of Formula 1 seasons. In our yearly tradition, and with the dust settled over Christmas, the gang sat down for their annual Season Review of the 2021 F1 Season. We go down and then up the grid to talk about the team's respective seasons, their ups and downs, the drivers, and in some cases, their ques...
1hr 27m Jan 25, 2022
1hr 27m
Episode #335: Indefensible (2021 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)
Well.…. That was an ending wasn't it. Sorry you've had to wait a little bit for this, but we've had a backlog of episodes to record over the off-season. But given we're STILL relentlessly talking about Abu Dhabi a month on, now’s as good a time as any to bring our thoughts to the table. For just the second time in modern F1 history, two title challengers went into this final round tied. And e...
1hr 12m Jan 13, 2022
1hr 12m
Episode #334: Corniche Clash (2021 F1 Saudi Arabia GP)
Welcome to major Championship flashpoint #4 and this one, got really ugly. It's the Corniche Clash, at the new Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and we had a lot to talk about here. We had Max Verstappen blow a golden chance to take pole position on Saturday before a mistake had him hit the wall on the final corner, gift-wrapping pole to Lewis Hamilton. We had a ridiculous F2 weekend with cars heading...
1hr 12m Dec 10, 2021
1hr 12m
Episode #333: El Plan (2021 F1 Qatar Grand Prix)
What is it with F1 and heading to deserts for GP’s? In this episode, we break down what happened when the sport took a page out of MotoGP’s book and headed to the Losail International Circuit for the first ever Qatar Grand Prix. We talk about the controversy over Mercedes' right to appeal the Brazil clash being rejected and why Dre always thought it was going to go down that way, even if the s...
53m Dec 02, 2021
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Episode #332: Hamilton101 (F1 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix)
And just when you thought Red Bull had one hand on the trophy… Lewis Hamilton did THAT. It was a Brazilian GP (And DRS wing) of epic proportions as we break down one of the most drama-filled race weekends of recent memory. So crazy that Hamilton taking a 5-place grid penalty barely moved the needle. Seriously. We talk about Lewis Hamilton passing 25 (Yes, 25) cars over the weekend as he turne...
1hr 1m Nov 20, 2021
1hr 1m
Episode #331: Bulls On Parade(2021 F1 Mexico City Grand Prix/2021 Algarve MotoGP)
Hey, remember a week ago when Red Bull were absolutely, definitely winning the Championship? That was fun, let’s relive it here! The Mexican Grand Prix featured… and if we’re honest, it’s going to go down in the books as a Verstappen #BEATEMDOWN, and not much else. But at least we peaked early with a pass of the year contender from the Dutchman, doubling up on both Mercs on the way through Tur...
1hr Nov 17, 2021
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Episode #330: Fabulous Fabio (2021 Emilia Romagna MotoGP)
It’s time for El Diablo to take the stage. MotoGP headed back to Misano for the second time this season, and we had a thrilling fight at the front of the field between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia… Until the latter made a carbon copy error from last year and gift wrapped Fabio Quartararo the world championship. We break it all down, as well as Fabio’s impact as the new World Champion and ...
52m Nov 11, 2021
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Episode #329: Made In America (2021 F1 United States GP)
Living in Ammerrrrrrrrrrrica. For the first time in 2 years, Formula 1 returned to the United States for a good old fashioned time trial showdown between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, with the Red Bull man coming out on top. Just. We break down an intense fight that was decided on tyre conservation, strategy and the two best racing drivers on the planet beating the shit out of each other o...
1hr 5m Nov 09, 2021
1hr 5m
Episode #328: IndyCar's 2021 Season Review
So a couple of weeks back, we had a rare week where none of the series we cover had a major race, so we thought it would be a good time to take stock and review the 2021 IndyCar Series. King, Dre, RJ and special guest Zoeey Hamilton go team by team and evaluate where they’re at, future prospects, thoughts on expansion or in some cases, scaling down, and it’s a 100 minute special for you guys to...
1hr 41m Oct 31, 2021
1hr 41m
Episode #327: "IstanBottas" (2021 F1 Turkish Grand Prix)
No, despite the occasional 10/10 in a Season Review, Ryan King doesn’t stan Valtteri Bottas. Honest. Even if the episode title MIGHT suggest otherwise! F1’s travelling circus moved to Istanbul Park this past weekend for the return of the Turkish Grand Prix. And since coming back, its 100% wet record has been maintained as it was an Intermediate damp fest for the 2nd time. But the biggest news ...
1hr 2m Oct 20, 2021
1hr 2m
Episode #326: Magnificent Seven (2021 MotoGP GP of The Americas)
Forgive us regulars, we don’t normally talk NASCAR unless something really crazy happens. Like saying your ex is a trained Assassin (Look it up, we talked about it). But for just the second time in the sport’s top flight history, a black man won a race. This in the same year Wendell Scott’s family finally got the winner’s trophy they denied him of back in 1963 by creating a scoring error, the s...
1hr 1m Oct 09, 2021
1hr 1m
Episode #325: Rule The Roost (2021 IndyCar GP of Long Beach)
And in the second party of our double header, we headed to Long Beach to IndyCar and its season finale at Long Beach. Three men still eligible for the Series Championship and the Astor Cup, Spain’s Alex Palou for Chip Ganassi Racing, Mexico’s Patricio O’Ward for Arrow McLaren SP and Josef Newgarden for Team Penske. And just to make it even more fun, Josef snagged pole for an extra point, and O’...
58m Oct 06, 2021
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Episode #324: Hundredth (2021 F1 Russian Grand Prix)
Just when you thought this Formula 1 season couldn’t get any stranger, we get a classic race of the year contender… At Sochi. Objectively, one of the worst tracks on the calendar. We really HAVE seen everything. From the moment we knew it was going to be a largely wet weekend, there was also potential for shenanigans, and we got that in Quali. Because who else needed an Internet favourites Top...
51m Oct 03, 2021
51m
Episode #323: Herta's House (2021 IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey/2021 San Marino MotoGP)
Episode #323 is headlined by IndyCar's penultimate race of 2021, as the travelling circus headed to California for the Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca. And on paper, it'll go down in the books as a dominant win by Colton Herta, having led 91 out of 95 laps. But how we got there was intriguing, with Alex Palou being the only man being able to stay with the incredible mullet. And at the end...
1hr 9m Sep 26, 2021
1hr 9m
Episode #322: The Pinch (2021 Italian Grand Prix/2021 IndyCar Portland)
It was inevitable really, wasn’t it? Once we saw what happened at Silverstone between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, we all knew it would happen again. And it did. “The Pinch” focuses on the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, where an amazing McLaren 1-2 was completely overshadowed by the second major flashpoint between 1st and 2nd in the Championship battle. Was there anyone to blame for the crash?...
1hr 16m Sep 22, 2021
1hr 16m
Episode #321: High Tide (2021 Dutch F1 Grand Prix/F1 Silly Season)
Formula 1 was back in The Netherlands, and while the racing wasn't all that special, the atmosphere absolutely jumped off the page. Even if it was a bit... flarey. In this week's episode, we talk about the strategic battle we had with Verstappen duelling both Mercedes, with a potential strategic error hampering the Brits chances despite sensational race pace. We also talk Pierre Gasly's awesom...
1hr 11m Sep 15, 2021
1hr 11m
Episode #320: Washout (2021 Belgian F1 Grand Prix/2021 British MotoGP)
It was the Belgian Grand Prix... That suddenly wasn't. In Episode 320, we talk the Belgian 2-lap GP washout, whether Race Direction was in the right about how they went about it, Michael Masi's role as Race Director, and the curious case of Eau Rouge. The weekend was a highly emotional one with a nasty wreck in the W Series, and Lando Norris in qualifying, and Radillion's barrier being moved wa...
1hr 13m Sep 03, 2021
1hr 13m
Episode #319: 24/Seven (Le Mans 2021/IndyCar at Gateway)
7 really IS the lucky number after all! At the Le Mans 24 hours, it was Toyota who won the day with a 1-2 finish, but it wasn't without early Glickenahus drama, and an Alpine in the gravel trap! We also had Ferrari taking the GT's and a heartbreaking finish for the #41 car in LMP2! We also talk IndyCar as Gateway, as Josef Newgarden won to re-enter the title race, and Rinus Veekay caused a big...
57m Sep 01, 2021
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Episode #318: Binderdash (2021 Austrian MotoGP/Formula E Berlin E-Prix)
Drama aplenty in this M101! MotoGP double dipped on Austria, and we had one of the most legendary finishes of all time. Brad Binder of all people, winning a Flag-To-Flag thriller on slick tyres, on a WET TRACK! Carnage ensues! We also talk the 14-man Formula E Season Finale in Berlin, as Mitch Evans, Edo Mortara and Jake Dennis took themselves out of the running in stunning fashion! We break d...
1hr 17m Aug 25, 2021
1hr 17m
Episode #317: Crashville (IndyCar Nashville/MotoGP Styria)
A bumper edition of M101 this week as the gang reviews a crashfest Nashville Music City Grand Prix a race that featured Marcus Ericsson winning despite doing a pole vault, and no less than 9 Yellow and 2 Red Flags! We also break down a newsworthy weekend for MotoGP as Valentino Rossi announced his retirement from the sport, as well as Jorge Martin winning in just his 6th ever start in the top f...
1hr 24m Aug 14, 2021
1hr 24m
Episode #316: Yesteban (2021 Hungarian Grand Prix)
Well... That was ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Hungary has always been a freaky one but this was ridiculous. Esteban Ocon, who was 250/1 to one to win the GP, took a stunning victory over Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, and that wasn't before 5 cars were taken out at Turn 1, Hamilton took a standing restart ON HIS OWN, and Fernando Alonso turned back the clock. We break it all down ri...
1hr 6m Aug 08, 2021
1hr 6m
Episode #315: Londemonium (2021 London E-Prix)
Bad news! Dre couldn't make it this time! Good news, WE ONLY GOT FRIGGIN' YouTube All-Star CHAINBEAR on the show instead to chat a chaotic Formula E Weekend in London! Race 1 had Jake Dennis propel himself back into title contention, but Race 2 had rock-em-soc-em race cars, and Lucas Di Grassi getting disqualified from a certain victory after running through the pitlane while under a Safety Ca...
58m Aug 06, 2021
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Episode #314: Flashpoint (2021 British Grand Prix)
The biggest F1 Championship Flashpoint in maybe half a decade landed at the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton takes a narrower line into Copps... and you know what happened next. We break it all down in this episode, and talk about the Sprint Race's debut as well, all in the Main Event in the Triple header of M101 uploads.
1hr 4m Aug 01, 2021
1hr 4m
Episode #313: Lunge Island (2021 New York City E-Prix)
In this episode, we break down Formula E's return to New York City, which we had Cam and King in person to watch the action! We talk about Max Gunther's ridiculous winning pass in Race 1, Sam Bird getting back in the title race via Race 2 (As well as Mitch Evans' collapse), and commit foreshadowing on the insane title race, and London's crummy layout! More foreshadowing!
55m Jul 31, 2021
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Episode #312: Max Attack (2021 Austrian GP/Mid Ohio 200)
In this episode, we pay tribute to the passing of Carlos Reutemann at the age of 79, we get into an extended edition of the show as Max Verstappen took the first Grand Slam of his career in a dominant Austrian GP, as well as break down the massive amount of penalties from Vettel's block in Quali, to Raikkonen causing a spin on the final lap! We also check in with RJ from Mid-Ohio as IndyCar re...
1hr 20m Jul 30, 2021
1hr 20m
Episode #311: Coming Home (2021 Styrian Grand Prix/Dutch TT)
It didn't come home. Unless you're Max Verstappen, who carried out an almighty beating of his Mercedes rivals at the Styrian GP at the Red Bull Ring. We also break down Mercs announcing a pulling of the plug in F1 in terms of the W12's development, and Lando Norris with ANOTHER strong day. We also break down the Dutch TT in MotoGP, as Fabio Quartararo tee'd off for his FOURth win of the year, ...
1hr 6m Jul 20, 2021
1hr 6m
Episode #310: Hondemic (2021 French Grand Prix, Weekend of 20 June 2021)
Ladies, Gents, Enby Friends... The Hondemic is here. A Triple Header weekend where Honda power took EVERYTHING on the table. We had F1's French Grand Prix as Red Bull beat Mercedes at their own game. We had MotoGP in Germany as Marc Marquez took mhis first win in 581 days as he retook his crown as the King of the Ring! And we talk IndyCar too as Alex Palou steals a dub from Josef Newgarden at...
1hr 25m Jul 17, 2021
1hr 25m
Episode #309: Choccy Milk (IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix)
An IndyCar special episode on the Infamous Dual in Detroit, with a shock winner in Race 1 as... *checks notes* Marcus Ericsson gave us IndyCar's FOURTH new winner in 2021 after the cruelty of Will Power's engine failing to restart on the final sprint. We also had Pato O'Ward come from 6th to 1st with 6 laps to go in Race 2 as Josef Newgarden had to drive over the limit on his tyres in order to...
1hr 1m Jul 03, 2021
1hr 1m
Episode #308: Break At Baku (F1 Azerbaijan/MotoGP Catalan GP's)
Ladies, gentlemen, enby friends... The Baku. It happened again, a relatively tame raced turned completely chaotic with two tyre-blowouts, and a 2-lap sprint finish after Max Verstappen had a nailed on win detonate at his left rear. It also gave us a stunning podium with Sebastian Vettel hitting the podium for the first time in Aston Martin's history, and Pierre Gasly taking a damaged Alpha Tau...
1hr 9m Jun 24, 2021
1hr 9m
Episode #307: For Jason (MotoGP Italy 2021/105th Indy 500)
WARNING: This Podcast contains a discussion of death and a fatal accident. If you would like to skip this difficult conversation, skip to 23:00 for the discussion of the Indy 500 instead. Look after yourselves. Obviously, a sombre edition of the show due to the tragic passing of Jason Dupasquier, a 19 year old Swiss rider in Moto3 who succumbed to his injuries last Sunday after a horrifying ac...
1hr 10m Jun 17, 2021
1hr 10m
Episode #306: Shafted (Monaco GP 2021/Indy 500 Qualifying)
Oh dear. Just when you thought Charles Leclerc was on for a famous home victory at Monaco, Ferrari refusing to check one side of the car after a Q3 hit, ultimately cost them a win, and maybe two cars on the podium. We break down a newsworthy Monaco GP, where Verstappen dominated, Bottas was nailed by a dodgy wheel nut gun, and Sebastian Vettel passed Lewis Hamilton on track. Seriously. We also...
1hr 16m Jun 15, 2021
1hr 16m
Episode #305: A Pair of Jacks (French MotoGP/Grand Prix of Indy)
(NOTE: This was recorded before the Italian Grand Prix for MotoGP, that will be in Episode 307.) For the first time since 2017, we got to say the craziest words in MotoGP: Flag to flag. And we got one of those at Le Mans with Jack Miller taking another dominant victory, ahead of Zarco and Quartararo. We ask if Miller's a true contender, as well as break down Marc Marquez's return to the front ...
59m Jun 03, 2021
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Episode #304: Pinata
In this week's episode, we try and pick the bones of an intriguing Spanish Grand Prix Weekend. Hamilton and Verstappen having a strategic fight with Mercs coming out on top, we take a deep dive on Sergio Perez's status as a teammate at Red Bull, and wonder what can be done to help Catalunya as a GP venue. Also, BEST. MONACO. GP. EVER. Formula E steals the show with an astonishing race around t...
59m May 27, 2021
59m
Episode #303: Track Limited
In this episode of #M101, we discuss F1's Portuguese Grand Prix, and yet more track limits drama as Max Verstappen's weekend somewhat fell apart due to more dubious decisions. We also discuss the driver's social media boycott that was replicated from English Football and how it somewhat missed the mark. We also talk MotoGP at Jerez and Fabio Quartararo's brutal case of Compartment Syndrome... ...
1hr 22m May 21, 2021
1hr 22m
Episode #302: Reduction (2021 Valencia E-Prix Review)
We like Formula E on this show. Really, we do. But sometimes, the series screws the pooch. This was one of those days. Valencia isn't the normal sort of F-E track, and it showed, as their first race featured 5 Safety Cars, Lotterer going rogue, and a late-race Kilowatt reduction that caused absolute carnage as only 9 cars finished the race with enough usable energy. Oh, and Jake Dennis won Rac...
1hr May 16, 2021
1hr
Episode #301: Adios (2021 IndyCar Barber/St. Petersburg Reviews)
Been enjoying IndyCar so far? Here's the gang catching up on the Season so far. In it, we include Ryan King being rinsed over Alex Palou beating him in iRacing and then winning at the start of the season, a massive Newgarden Wreck, and Colton Herta dominating at St. Petersburg! Enjoy!
1hr 14m May 14, 2021
1hr 14m
The 300th Episode!
Yes, it's a marquee milestone here on Motorsport101, and it's our 300th episode! In this special edition, we shoot the shit for a little bit, before we talk about mainstream Motorsport media coverage and what we generally think of it, before we start celebrating some of our most favourite content creators on the platform. From old school sim racing, to game reviews, to alignment charts on NASCA...
1hr 32m May 06, 2021
1hr 32m
Episode #299: Remarcable (2021 Portuguese MotoGP Review)
After 265 days healing from a broken arm and an three operations to fix it, Marc Marquez made his return to MotoGP. Motorsport101 (Three of them at least), break down his... remarcable return to the sport and an incredible 7th place finish. Oh, and Fabio Quartararo won, that's worth a mention, right? We also talk Moto2 as a fight broke out, we had a fire, and Raul Fernandez took his first Moto...
51m May 04, 2021
51m
Episode #298: One All (F1 2021 Emilia Romagna Review)
1-1. Formula 1 returned to Imola and Max Verstappen returned the favour after a disappointing Bahrain fumble. But how we got there was fascinating. We had the two other Mercedes protagonists collide in spectacular fashion, Lewis Hamilton was bullied off the road, then put it in the wall... and still finished 2nd. And we even had Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc battle for a podium spot. F1 is ...
1hr 4m Apr 27, 2021
1hr 4m
Episode #297: When In Rome (2021 Rome E-Prix Review)
Formula E returned to the streets of Rome in emphatic fashion with two rather crazy races. Mercedes had the best "worst" weekend ever, with a win for Stoffel Vandoorne... and that was the only car that finished for the whole weekend. Nissan E-Dams were in the wars, as were Sam Bird. Norman Nato was denied a maiden podium, Sebastien Buemi and Lucas Di Grassi reignited an old grudge match, and An...
49m Apr 23, 2021
49m
Episode #296: 2021 IndyCar Season Preview
(Hey gang, sorry this wasn't on Early Access but we really wanted to get this one out before the season started tomorrow, and this was our first episode with brand new software, and trust us, it's worth it! - Dre) In this episode of Motorsport101, the gang sit down and preview the regular season runners and riders of a fascinating IndyCar Season Preview! We have three incredibly exciting new r...
1hr 34m Apr 17, 2021
1hr 34m