Next up on the weekend of Champions, Joan Mir and the penultimate race in MotoGP’s season, as while Franky Morbidelli and Jack Miller beat the crap out of each other, Joan Mir played it safe and made history as the sport’s first-ever, ONE-win Champion. We spoke at length about the history made as Suzuki won the riders and teams championships, their first major honours in 20 years, in the 100th anniversary of their existence.

We also talk about Yamaha’s struggles, and a shocking finale to a Moto2 race as Fabio Diggia throws away his first Moto2 win on the final lap, and Champion-Elect Sam Lowes had a title-defining crash.

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The furious rewind flashback saga continues with a look back at the Turkish Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton recovered from a very slippery Istanbul, rain affected GP, to smash the field, and more importantly, capture his 7th straight World Title, and matching Sebastian Vettel for his 4th title in a row. We also had a dramatic race behind as Sergio Perez got back on the podium, Lance Stroll had his first pole position, and Sebastian Vettel had his drive of the season for 3rd!

An epic race, remembered, on Motorsport101!

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Hey, remember when Joan Mir won his first MotoGP race? Feels like ages ago, and it was! But here’s us talking about the European Grand Prix, with Joan Mir winning his 1st GP, Iannone’s drug appeal failing spectacularly, and Sam Lowes hitting the deck as his season started to collapse. Enjoy!

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Okay, first and foremost, sincere apologies for the delays here. Been a busy time IRL and we’re still playing catchup. We’ve taken a week off from recording, so we’ll get back up to speed soon, promise. Here’s Episode 277 from Imola, featuring Hamilton’s comeback win, Verstappen’s title chances going pop, and Daniel Ricciardo sneaking another podium finish. Oh and Valentino catching COVID. Whoops. Full setlist below:

HOT TALKING POINTS
This race was almost a dud, save for the meltdown at the end. Let’s just discuss Mercedes’ run of SEVEN IN A ROW instead
GEOOOOOOOOORGE! AAAAAALLLLLLEXXXX!
Kvyat puts in his best drive of the season and it doesn’t matter for 2021
Also, Kevin Magnussen had a gearbox that was so rough that he described every upshift as “like being kicked in the head repeatedly”

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT EARLIER
MOTOGP: The Valencia Double is this weekend, but Valentino Rossi ain’t in it because he still tested positive for COVID-19. Instead of Jorge Lorenzo, WSBK’s Garrett Gerloff gets the call! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Also damn, Yamaha really did get 50 points docked because their cylinders were “built different”
FORMULA 1: Saudi Arabia is getting a GP, in November, a Night Race in Jeddah no less. I’m sure this will be discussed in a nuanced and balanced manner.
INDYCAR: Alex Palou is now at Chip Ganassi Racing, which is genius on paper
FORMULA E: Cam’s boy Rene Rast is officially back with Audi, rookie Jake Dennis is driving for BMW Andretti, Jerome d’Ambrosio is now deputy team principal at Venturi
NASCAR: The playoff format stinks. That’s our show. Places you can find us, one more time!

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And as a palette cleanser, a shorter episode on a relatively tame MotoGP second race at Aragon, as Franky Morbidelli dominated from start to finish – Alex Marquez was due for a big comeback again before dropping it, and Sam Lowes absolutely destroyed the field in Moto2!

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History made – Despite there being less fanfare for this than Lewis tying the record last week, but Hamilton now stands alone with his 92nd race win at the unique track of Portimao. He turned around a chaotic start where CARLOS SAINZ LED (No really), beat Valtteri Bottas, and then the field by miles. We also had a Lando Norris heated moment, and Max Verstappen pissed everyone off with ableist slurs being used in FP2.

We break down Verstappen’s rant, Lewis making history and a lot more for the Portguese GP!

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You can only surpress it, you cannot stop it. And that thing is Scott Dixon, and Championships. Despite a late charge from Josef Newgarden and an excellent win in the final round in St Pete, it was Dixon that took his 6th IndyCar title. We break down St Pete itself alongside Josef’s win, James Hinchcliffe’s return and wreck, Takuma Sato bringing back his old catchphrase, and a final look at the season.

Oh and we invited Chris DeHarde back. We’re really sorry.

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*glass breaks* THAT’S ALEX MARQUEZ’S MUSIC

MotoGP headed back to Spain for the first of two weekends there, and in a fascinating Aragon GP, it was Alex Rins who came out of nowhere to take a tight win, but Alex Marquez proved that Le Mans was no fluke!

We also had a trio of high title implicating crashes in Moto2, and a controversial track limits no-call in Moto3 as Jaume Masia denied Raul Fernandez’s 1st win!

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Lewis Hamilton ties history with his 91st career win! He didn’t have it all his own way as Bottas took the early lead, but Lewis soon took full advantage of a Bottas error, and a battery failure from his teammate.

We also break down Nico Hulkenberg making another shock reappearance for Racing Point,rumours of a new Brazilian GP in Rio’s backyard, and a crazy twist in IndyCar silly season as Oliver Askew gets chopped at Arrow McLaren for King Felix!

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Just when you thought this MotoGP Season couldn’t get any weirder, Danilo Petrucci goes and wins a race in the middle of his horrible season. AND ALEX MARQUEZ WAS 2ND, GOOD LORD. Nothing let a wet race for us to go mad over, and we got another classic at Le Mans!

We also got a heartbreaker of a Moto2 race for Jake Dixon as a late crash gift wrapped Sam Lowes a Dub, and a chaotic Moto3 with McPhee collected and a KTM teammate crash for the 2nd time this year! All that and more on Episode 271 of Motorsport101.

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