Can there be any worse feeling for Josef Newgarden after winning both Iowa races in such dominant fashion than seeing Alex Palou shake his hand after finishing on the podium?

In a scene straight out of The Office, that’s exactly what happened! M101 recount the tale as Josef Newgarden and Penske completely restablished their short oval dominance, leading literally 99.4% of all the Iowa laps across the weekend. And with Josef taking 340 of those laps and reducing the lead down to just 80 points – Can Josef make another late comeback and gun Palou down?

Also, is it time the series push for more ovals? Would we like to see Milwakuee and other Ovals back on the calendar after a 30% increase in TV ratings?

And a live reaction to the news that Nashville is becoming the season finale, all on another M101!

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It’s the hope that always gets you. Lewis Hamilton scores his first pole position in 33 race weekends, and only the second time all year a Red Bull isn’t starting from pole… and he led the race for about 400 metres.

It was the biggest beating of the field yet by Max Verstappen, a 33.7 second dominant display by the Red Bull, leaving Lando Norris in the dust, with Sergio Perez back on the podium too. We try to make sense of just how dominant this Red Bull is.

We also talk about the F1 Juniors broadcast and some disappointing comments made by Danica Patrick, who implied that her “un-feminine mindset” was the reason she won… to a child-friendly broadcast. We break down why her comments were so wide of the mark and how they may end up doing more harm than good for an important cause of trying to get women into Motorsport.

And we try to make sense of the midfield battle in F1. McLaren are on a rampage, tripling their points haul in the last two weekends. Aston Martin thought they could win this one… and ended up 9th and 10th. And for Ferrari… well they just revealed that Charles Leclerc hasn’t had a working radio for four races. Normal. So in the words of Larry Bird, which one of y’all is finishing second?!

All that and more o- OH WAIT DANIEL RICCIARDO’S BACK TOO, DID ANYONE MENTION HIM?!

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Well, that was a wild one alright. Christian Lundgaard, after a good year of teasing a big day on a road or street track, dominates the entire Toronto weekend enroute to his first IndyCar win!

And somehow he only had the second most incredible drive of the day. Because despite Alex Palou’s winning streak coming to and end, he finished 2nd despite having a broken nosecone that led to his front wing dragging against the ground for half the race. HE FINISHED SECOND. HOW?!

We also have a deep dive about the Road to Indy and it’s place in the series as it becomes more and more clear they’re in direct competition with the European ladder with recent success stories like Callum Illot, Lundgaard himself, Alex Palou coming from Europe and Super Formula and Marcus Armstrong too. Can the 2023 Indy NXT crowd compete with what Europe’s offering?

All that and more on another Motorsport101!

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NOTE: This was recorded before the news of the Nyck De Vries, Daniel Ricciardo deal. More on that next week!

But this was a weird British GP. The weather largely behaved itself. Instead of being a typical tyre shredder, it ended up a one-stopper with as little an amount of tyre reg, or delta that we’ve seen all year. And while Max Verstappen continued to make history with his 6th straight win and the 11th in a row for Red Bull…. a new challenger approached!

McLaren had a brilliant 2nd and 4th, with Norris’ strongest drive in an F1 car to date, and Oscar Piastri pretty much matching him stride for stride, only missing out on a podium due to the late Safety Car. A marvellous performance from the Woking team and yet another conundrum for who’s got the 2nd best car in F1. Does anyone know?

We also talk Cara Delevingne knocking back Martin Brundle’s interview request at the British GP. Dre and Cam break down why so many fans don’t seem to understand the basic concept of “No means no.”, and what’s led to such fan entitlement over the issue.

And is it time for another chat about Perez? We think it is after five straight weekends without making Q3, and Red Bull having the vote of confidence chat with the press about his future. More on that on a hepaed Motorsport101!

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