A loaded 75 minutes of show on this one, as we review both of IndyCar’s awesome Harvest GP’s in Indianapolis. We had Herta and Veekay going at it hard in Race 1 only for Newgarden to steal the win, and Herta trying to break the great wall of Power in Race 2!

We also review Honda’s shock departure from F1 in 2021, and an unfortunate return of FIGHT CLUB as the World Karting Championship goes haywire. You know it’s bad when TMZ picks up your story! Also, RJ is upset over NASCAR. Drink!

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Can you tell we struggled for a name on this one? MotoGP returns to Catalunya as Fabio Quartararo took a dub at one of his favourite tracks, but not without a scare from Joan Mir, but a shock from Valentino Rossi falling easily towards the end.

We also talk Moto2 as Luca Marini and Sam Lowes had a big scrap for a win that the Italian prevailed in, and Moto3 where the title favourite Albert Arenas was taken out by John McPhee in another big ol’ shocker. We also talk the new Ducati squads for 2021 and Valentino Rossi moving to SRT, in Motorsport’s worst kept secret! Enjoy!

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Happy 6th Anniversary to Motorsport101, our very first episode was Sochi 2014. What an omen. In this episode, we break down F1 in Russia as Lewis Hamilton cost himself a W before the race even started, via two illegal practise starts of all things.

It cleared the way for Valtteri Bottas to take his first win since opening day, and put Verstappen between the Mercs again. We also had some fun in the midfield was the “Twitch Gang” of Lando Norris, Alex Albon and George Russell finally got to race each other on track!

We also break down F2, where Mick Schumacher pulled off a spectacular race-winning overtake to win the feature race, before a horror crash ended the Sprint race early!

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Welcome to the good ol’ catchup show! In this edition, Cam talks about a relatively tame “End of an Era” Le Mans with no fans. We mention World Superbikes as Jonathan Rea took control of the Championship and Garrett Garloff surprised all the Americans in the room, and talk NASCAR as Bubba Wallace’s big Free Agency signing was revealed… A seat at Michael Jordan’s new race team, ran by Denny Hamlin. As you do!

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So we go back to Misano for Round 2 of MotoGP’s doubleheader in San Marino. Francisco Bagnaia leads pretty comfortably until 7 laps left, and then falls in shocking fashion, enabling Maverick Vinales to sweep up the crumbs and take his 1st win of the season, and the 5th different winner in the last 5 rounds. We break down a dramatic 2nd coming in Misano, as well as a heated fight between Pol Espargaro, the white hot Joan Mir and Fabio Quartararo, with the latter taking a time penalty that dropped him off the podium.

We also talk Moto2 as rain played havoc with a couple of restarts needed before Enea Bastianini took another win there, as well as Moto3 as Romano Fenati made good on his previous career woes at Misano by winning!

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IndyCar headed to a doubleheader in Ohio sd RJ takes the reigns with King and Chris DeHarde!

Talking Points from Mid-Ohio
– Josef Newgarden reduces Scott Dixon’s points lead from 96 to 72
– Race 1: Will Power wins from pole position in a Penske 1-2
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2020-09-12/indycar-race-results.pdf
– Race 2: How big was Colton Herta’s win, Andretti Autosport sweeping the podium towards the end of a woeful 2020?
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2020-09-13/indycar-officialrace2results.pdf

News
– IndyCar makes it official, Music City Grand Prix at the streets of Nashville
– AJ Foyt makes it official, Sebastien Bourdais is back for 2021 (and the end of 2020)
– Penske makes it official, Scott McLaughlin is coming to IndyCar for the St. Petersburg GP
– IMS makes it official, the Harvest GP will be open to 10k spectators

News that isn’t IndyCar [time permitting]
– Alpine buys out Rebellion Racing’s P1 programme, Peugeot commit to Hypercar for 2022, and LMDh specs revealed for 2022-23
– Bubba Wallace now a free agent

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So, a brand new race at Mugello and an interesting one it was. Hamilton had to work hard for win #90 and we had not one, but two red flags as Ferrari limped through their 1000th GP! We also got a chaotic F3 season finale, and F2 too!

Formula One Grande Premio della Toscana 1000 (at Mugello!)
Lewis Hamilton wins #90, and if his shirt makes you uncomfortable, good – I hope he continues to beat all of your favourites for many years to come and suck all of your enjoyment of F1 away from your cold, shitty body
Sebastian Vettel is free now! The Aston Martin deal is official!
Not one, but TWO multi-car accidents before completing a single racing lap! This sport wants you to pay nine figures to enter!
It’s time for another round of Valtteri Bottas discourse™
Alexander Albon finally, FINALLY gets his first podium for Red Bull
Is the Renault…good? Yeah, Ocon’s brakes failed, but RIC almost shithoused a podium (4th)
Stroll crashes out of the podium fight, Perez salvages 5th on the weekend that he gets shown the door at Racing Point – NOR 6th, KVY 7th
Somehow, some way, the plucky Italian minnows Ferrari manage to salvage 8th (LEC) and 10th (VET), but let’s not take Kimi Raikkonen’s pit lane infringement out of context, as entering pit lane past the designated entry line was okay in the early 20th century
George Russell finishes just outside the points in 11th, after bogging down on the final restart and burning up his tyres, kismet isn’t real
Grosjean drove this race with a car duct taped together and finished the race

FOR THE FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP…OF THE WOOOOOORLD
Oscar Piastri overcomes the odds – a grid penalty in race 1, finishing outside the points, but 7th in race 2 is enough to clinch the 2020 title even when he never qualified on the front row for a Race 1/Feature Race
It’s Piastri’s second straight single-seater title (2019 Formula Renault Eurocup), now the 8th rookie to win the GP3/International F3 Championship since 2011 (Bottas, Kvyat, Lynn, Ocon, Leclerc, Russell, Schwartzman)
Captain America vs Iron Man – Logan Sargent and Lirim Zendeli’s lap 1 crash in Race 2 costs Sargent the title
Four straight podiums for Pouchaire to end the season just not enough in the end
Vesti wins Race 1, Lawson wins Race 2, to round out the Top 5 in the standings

Formula 2 is there too, let’s talk about it
Feature Race: Another alternate strategy victory for Nikita Mazepin! A Hitech 1-2, Deletraz makes a late surge to 3rd – and Dan Ticktum has an entire podcast on the radio!
Sprint Race: Christian Lundgaard wins lights-to-flag as he’s back on form! Mazepin collides with teammate Ghiotto to undo all that hard work! Deletraz on the podium again, first podium for Juri Vips

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Just when you thought MotoGP couldn’t get any wilder, Frankie Morbidelli gives us our 4th new winner in 2020! We also shine on the VR46 Academy as Bagnaia while still on crutches takes 2nd, with the man himself just missing out on a podium thanks to Joan Mir stealing one at the death. All while Rossi was on viagra. Trust me on this one.

We also have an important discussion on equality within the sport as MotoGP’s gone napping in that department.

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In the 2nd part of the Doubleheader, we say goodbye to Williams, say hello to Jimmie Johnson in an IndyCar, and Sergio Perez saying goodbye to Racing Point. Full setlist is down below:

The end of Williams as we know as the Williams family (Sir Frank and Claire, plus CEO Mike O’Driscoll) leaves the sport after Monza as new managers at Dorliton Capital group take over;
Simon Roberts assumes control as new deputy team principal – new board includes Dorilton co-founder Matthew Savage and Darren Fultz, as well as former racing driver James Matthews – and Graeme Lowdon is involved somehow?

Renault announces a new rebranding as “Alpine” for 2021. Fernando orders 14 new cap designs. RJ needs to come up with a blueberry-centric bet for 2021 if they cash in. Sergio “Checo” Perez is leaving at the end of 2020, your bosses are not your friends, and Aston Martin are probably gonna sign Vettel, unless of course they don’t. Ahem.

BOOM! Confetti! Jimmie Johnson makes two-year Indycar deal with Ganassi official! IndyCar is back this weekend at Mid-Ohio with a capacity of 6k!

World Superbikes: Michael Ruben Rinaldi shocks the world and dominates Race 1 as Redding makes first major error and crashes from 3rd. Redding takes Revenge and takes the Superpole win, Rea wins Race 2 in a “We have less power than you” masterclass!

World Supersports Real Quick: Andrea Locatelli doubles up and takes 9th straight win, Jules Cluzel breaks leg in horrid Rafaelle De Rosa crash at Turn 1

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It was the 129th GP of the hybrid era. 146 since a Ferrari, Mercedes or Red Bull failed to win. 24 YEARS since a French driver topped the podium. On Episode 261, we talk Pierre Gasly, and the Miracle in Monza.

F1: No really, Pierre Gasly won. Seriously. We break down how. There was a massive accident at mid-distance as Charles Leclerc oversteers himself into Parabolica wall, drawing a Safety Car and Red Flag as Kevin Magnussen’s Haas died right by pit entry, causing the pitlane to be closed, however…

Lewis Hamilton and Antonio Giovinazzi box during closed pit lane due to K-Mag failure, both get 10-second stop/go penalties. Pierre Gasly however, beat the clock, gained track position on the restart, Stroll gets a free pitstop under red, and Verstappen retires on engine failure after the restart.

Sainz guns down Gasly at the end, falls maybe 1 lap short, Stroll 3rd after poor 2nd start. Hamilton drives mad, goes from 17th to 7th on restart after serving penalty. We mention Sebastian Vettel suffering an early brake failure and Nicolas Latifi finishing 11th in the final race for Williams as we know it (but more on that in 262)

In F2, we all got dewey-eyed as a Schumacher won in a big red car at Monza. Aww. He took the feature race win after a dream start going from 6th to 2nd in one corner! He would take the W over Luca Ghiotto and Christian Lundgaard after Callum Illot stalled it in the pits. As for the sprint race, Dan Ticktum dominated in hilarious fashion, needing the medical car to get back to pit lane… but his car didn’t have enough fuel for a sample so he was chucked out via DQ. So Callum Illot won instead ahead of Lundgaard and Mick!

And in F3, Frederick Vesti won Race 1 ahead of Frederick Vesti wins Race 1 ahead of Theo Pourchaire and Oscar Piastri goes from 15th to 3rd, Logan Sargeant DNF’s after being spun off, Prema taking the team title back to “Titletown”. In Race 2, Jake Hughes scores a win as Liam Lawson got given a late time penalty promoting Smolyar to his first F3 podium!

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