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 do just that as they break down while trying to break down the Laguna Seca race as IndyCar’s season finale. Was this a good or bad example of a s***show race? Was the track partially to blame? And is it wild if a pace car has to get refuelled in the middle of a race?

We also talk about the Leader’s Circle payout system as Agustin Canapino and Juri Vips both earned their team over a million bucks after scraping into the Top 22 and how Devlin, didn’t. It’s a wild story within a wild race!

And finally… should IndyCar have an all-star race? The series is adding a new $1m dollar challenge at The Thermal Club for 2024, and we have all the details! Is it good for the series?

All that and more on Motorsport101, and stay tuned, there’s a season review next week!

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This was a bizarre episode to record, because how often does the race itself take a complete back seat? (No, not Catalunya)

But the main event was another Marc Marquez crisis meeting as the rumours really started to fly around that a Gresini Ducati might be on the table. The talk has cooled somewhat, but with Marquez not happy about his first run of the 2024 Honda, he’s opened the door for the first time on the record that he may bail early. Is it panic stations for Honda?

We also had Jorge Martin take a dominant double win over the weekend with completely insane pace, ahead of a mangled hand thayt belonged to Marco Bezzecchi, and a Francesco Bagania that finished third despite barely being able to walk just 7 days after being run over! And don’t forget that Dani Pedrosa was back with a pair of 4th places too!

Some impressive performances all round, and a warning ahead of India next week, all on another Motorsport101!

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The coronation of IndyCar’s returning King. Alex Palou dominated Portland for his 5th win of the 2023 IndyCar series and his second Astor Cup in three years, with Scott Dixon the only man in the same postcode!

We break down Portland as a race and talk about the brilliance of Palou’s season. We also talk Romain Grosjean, with it all but confirmed the Frenchman will be leaving Andretti at the end of the season. How did it all go so wrong for one of the genuine feel good stories in Motorsport?

We also talk the relegation battle. No, not Burnley and Everton – Tjhe fight for the 22nd place of the Leader’s Circle, with potentially big ramificaitons for those outside of the guaranteed $1m bucks of funding that comes with it!

All that and more on another Motorsport101!

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Content Warning: A fatal incident is discussed in this episode. Be careful.

Not going to lie folks, this isn’t the easiest of listens, as Dre Cam and RJ review the Catalunya GP, with a shocking first lap incident where Francesco Bagnaia miraculously went practically uninjured after being run over at Turn 2 by Brad Binder. There was also a six rider pileup into Turn 1 as Enea Bastianini broke his ankle after tucking his front.

This is one of those: “What the hell are we doing here?” kind of episodes where we break down the accident, discuss some of the harrowing broadcast footage and wonder just how lucky we got, as well as the general state of the sport.

We also breakdown the aftermath as Aleix Espargaro won in Aprilia’s banner day in MotoGP, with Maverick Vinales close behind for a 1-2 finish, and Miguel Oliviera finishing in the Top 5 too. Is there something in the other Italian brand?

All that and more on another Motorsport101.

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Sometimes you have to give it the ol’ college try. And it’s hard to argue that Carlos Sainz didn’t give it a bloody good go.

The 14 laps Carlos led against Max Verstappen at Monza was the most anyone’s managed against Red Bull this season. He’s now third on the laps led count for the season after just one race. He tried. He failed, but man Ferrari was fun, with Carlos desperately defending himself against Red Bull and his own teammate Charles Leclerc to finish third. But should Ferrari have let them race?

We also discuss Max Verstappen’s record-breaking 10th consecutive win, and the, rather sassy statements from the Mercedes camp on the matter, with Hamilton taking barbs on Max’s teammates, Max saying Lewis is jealous, and Toto Wolff saying winning records are for Wikipedia users. Y’know, the world’s 7th most visited website.

We also talk Williams. Alex Albon is flying after another points finish, the first time he’s gone back-to-back since joining them. But after another sloppy race from Logan Sargeant, is his future at risk?

All that and more, on another Motorsport101!

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