“Francesco Bagnaia… Why are you the way that you are?” – Cam Buckley

Welcome back to MotoGP, and we have a brand new winner as the calendar returned to Argentina as the VR46 Academy scores its first ever MotoGP win at the hands of totally not a Marco Simoncelli lookalike, Marco Bezzecchi! He was brilliant in a dominant display in heavy wet conditions as he smacked around Johann Zarco and new polesitter Alex Marquez!

We also had another brilliant sprint race as Brad Binder went from 15th to 1st on Saturday afternoon (Again in wet conditions), as he hugged the inside line beautifully to eventual victory. Has the South African become a Saturday man at last? And with Joan Mir suffering a severe concussion, is the Sprint having a nastier downside still?

Also, Francesco Bagnaia binned it again, seemingly pushing too much in the rain and crashing it in the rain, his 6th in the last 22 weekends. How long can he keep getting away with making basic errors?

All that and a roundup of the junior series racing, on a hour long Motorsport101!

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Just what Formula 1 needed after two drab, predictable offerings… a complete shitshow of an orchestrated finish!

The record books will show that Max Verstappen took his 2nd race of the season in dominant fashion! The reality is how we got there was a record breaking, wild affair – The first F1 race in history, to have three red flags in it, with their very status as a tool brought into question, as Kevin Magnussen’s incident looked like a Safety Car at most.

With it, we got a triple crash on the standing restart with 2 laps left, leading to Carlos Sainz going from 4th to 12th, Sargeant getting away with punting Nyck De Vries, and Pierre Gasly (On 10 penalty points), pinning Esteban Ocon against the wall. All makes sense. All for that to Max Verstappen to win under a Safety Car finish, only the 11th time since 1993 that’s ever happened.

Is F1 risking its sporting integrity by trying to solve a problem it doesn’t have in regards to entertainment value? We get into a big debate about that one here.

We also get into Red Bull – Can they really start thinking about going 23 up and 23 down? Some fun banter from Fernando Alonso has us asking questions about Mercedes upturn in form. And we dish out some flowers for underdog of the day Yuki Tsunoda, again!

It’s a hectic Aussie GP, on Motorsport101

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An extra special edition of the Motorsport101 Podcast this week as Dre and RJ were joined by a special guest – Jens “Geinou” Sobotta, contributor to RacingBlog.De and Japanese Motorsport journalist that’s commentated on all three Japanese Supers, GT, Formula and Taikyu!

In this feature length special, both RJ and Jens cooks on Super Formula and Super GT’s 2023 Seasons starting this weekend and next weekend respectively! In Super Formula, can Tomoki Nojiri make it a three-peat, or will he come under pressure from high-profile teammate Liam Lawson at Team Mugen? Will Kamui Kobayashi finally win a race? IS Naoki Yamamoto back in the mix?

We also preview SuperGT with even more 450km races! Three different types of body, and sustainable fuels! Are Team Inpul favourites? Can Bertrand Baguette retain? And what can the NSX do in its swansong year?

All that and more in a 101 minute special on Motorsport101!

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We’re not going to lie to you folks – This one’s a little unhinged, even by our standards. We were tired, but having fun and a Formula E Race Review is somewhere in here, as well as a rare blooper of RJ O’Connell screaming in visceral horror. True story!

But MITCCCCCCCCCH BRRRRRRRRRRRRAH is still alive and well as he took a narrow win in Formula E’s debut in Brazil at the Sao Paolo street circuit. The podium was separated by just half a second as Nick Cassidy’s 3rd podium in a row had him caught in a factory Jaguar sandwich. Sam Bird 3rd, and oddly, not going for the win despite a 2% battery advantage!

We also talk the oddities of the track itself. Seemingly another step in the right direction for the series with a fast, almost roval layout but question marks about that weird extended chicane in the middle and the regen havoc it was causing.

And we also answer a genuinely interesting question – Is Formula E the most exciting Motorsport series in the world right now? Here us out for a minute, for realsies!

All of that and more in a slightly madder Motorsport101. Enjoy!

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