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 Race 2. Because of course he did. We break it all down here, in Episode 302 of Motorsport101!

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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!

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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 NASCAR!

Seriously though, thank you all so much for the last 300 episodes over the last 6 and a half years! It’s been a pleasure to make, and thanks to all of our listeners, viewers, Patreon backers and hosts that got us to this point. We love you all!

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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 Moto2 win, and the second coming of Pedro Acosta who stunned the sport again with another incredible victory in Moto3!

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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 2/2 for interesting GP’s this year, and we break down the big incidents, Bottas’ future, and the return of McLaren in detail over the next hour. Enjoy!

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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 Andre Lotterer lost in the worst’s most electrified game of “chicken”.

Oh, and Jaguar leads a World Championship for the first time since Dre was born. Seriously. We break it all down in Episode 297!

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(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 rookies in SuperCar’s Scott Mclaughlin, F1’s Romain Grosjean, and NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson. We also have the bigger teams all expanding to four cars to compensate, a larger than ever grid, and the probable return of Bump Day all to come for the 500!

Will Scott Dixon make it 7 IndyCar titles? Can anyone stop Takuma at Indy? What sort of impact will the Rookies make? Is Josef Newgarden still incredibly handsome? The answers to at least 2 of these questions all coming up in this 90 minute special!

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To catch up with MotoGP, we decided to put BOTH weekends into one big podcast to watch. In it:

We talk Yamaha vs Ducati, as while the latter broke speed records and lap records, but both times round, it was the factory riders of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo that took a win each, even if Johann Zarco hit 225mph on Saturday, and Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin took shock pole positions!

We had Sam Lowes win a pair of very different and tense Moto2 rounds, and Pedro Acosta won a Moto3 race FROM THE FRIGGIN’ PITLANE. HE’S 16, and WE FEEL OLD AF. Also, FIGHT CLUB!

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Well… That wasn’t what we expected, eh?

2021’s F1 season opener at Bahrain ended up being a surprise classic of the era, with Lewis Hamilton genuinely on the back foot for most of the weekend. But he still took advantage of a damaged Red Bull, and some superior strategy from his Mercedes team to take win Number 96 of his legendary career.

We also talk about the track limits mismanagement heard around the world as Turn 4 became a figure of ridicule for the viewers and teams, as a change from Race Direction… Didn’t look great. We also review F2’s season opener, as it was a big weekend for the rookies, with Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri impressing with wins, while Guanyu Zhou took the feature race!

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It’s a bit close to the mark, but right before the season starts in Qatar, here’s the gangs full Preview of MotoGP’s 2021 Season in Qatar. It includes talk on Joan Mir, the sport’s almost forgotten reigning World Champion and Suzuki’s quiet test. We have Yamaha with an incredibly fast, but volatile package and Fabio Quartararo making the jump over. Ducati’s ultimate high speed package with a big reshuffle in the rider department. And the big question… Is Aprillia real? Oh, sorry, is Marc Marquez coming back?

All that, and a review of IMSA’s 12 Hours of Sebring included!

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