So you mean to tell me that Ryan King only came back on the show because Dan Ticktum got caught speeding at 115mph?! Yes, yes we did!

In this episode of Motorsport101, we catch up with more FIA politics as the sport’s governing body clarified its stance on political activism during their weekends… and yeah, the Internet flipped out on this one. But was it justified. King helps Dre and Cam explain why it just isn’t as simple as saying they’re putting the clamps on the drivers.

We also talk about Formula E in Hyderabad and it was a classic case of F-E chaos reigning supreme. Jean-Eric Vergne survived a late onslaught from Nick Cassidy despite the latter having nearly 4% more usable energy in a sprint finish. Sam Bird took out himself and his teammate after missing his braking point, and ruined Max Gunther and Sasha Fenestraz’s races at the same time.

Jake Hughes crashed after his mirror fell off his car and jammed his steering wheel. And Rene Rast altered the title after doing the right thing and avoiding an Oliver Rowland divebomb. Straight over the top of Jake Dennis’ Andretti. Jake Struggles is alive and well.

A race so crazy, Nico Muller nearly scored points. In a Cupra. Really.

I’ve missed this series. Welcome back, to Motorsport101…

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Sorry this one was a little later than planned, we’ve been a bit spread out over the last week or so, normal service will resume soon!

But here’s our review on the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and all within it as a new chapter in sportscar racing began!

And yet, some things didn’t change! Meyers Shank retained the crown in a 1-2 for Acura, with the #10 of Wayne Taylor Racing close behind as a 24 hour race became a 24 minute sprint at the bell!

We also talk LMP2, a crazy class where the “Bus Bros” clashed with overall winner Simon Pagenaud and the class victory was determined by… 0.016 seconds in an incredible comeback for James Allen (No, not that one!)

We also talk about Porsche’s struggles with their new prototype, Maro Engel committing more violence enroute to another class win, the battles in GTD, the baptism of fire for the BMW’s, and the new Porsche 911’s getting BOP’ed into oblivion. Enjoy!

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A Podcast of two halves on this one. In the first half of the show, we discuss a bit of F1 catchup, with Red Bull announcing a tie-up with Ford with their 2026 power-units as Red Bull Ford Powertrains was born. But also FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s pretty awful month.

In 3 weeks the man was called out for sexist comments from 2001, alienated the current teams further with comments about protecting the sport itself if the Saudi’s truly bid “$20bn” for it, and pushing for Andretti to get into F1 as early as 2025… and now he’s stepping back from the day-to-day running of the sport. What does it mean, and where do we sit on it?

In the second half, we get into the Double header of Formula E races in Diriyah as Porsche continued their run of dominance. Only this time it was Wehrlein at the front as he dominated both races to flip the script on Mexico City, with Jake Dennis following him home both times to make it three Wehrlein-Dennis 1-2’s since the season began. We also discuss Sam Bird’s up and down weekend by getting back on the podium and Rene Rast bringing McLaren’s first podium of the season too. Mitch Evans had a wild weekend too!

Oh and most importantly… What the hell is going on with the DS Powertrain teams?!

All that and more on the next Motorsport101!

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