This WAS a review of the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix. The last 5 minutes though were hijacked by the emergence of… Cuffing Season. Listen in, if you dare. Editor’s Note: I haven’t laughed this hard since the Shag, Marry, Kill segment.

In F1, Lewis Hamilton wins from pole… again. A sweet tribute to Chadwick, though. The race’s only major highlights – Antonio Giovinazzi hits inside wall, collects George Russell with a loose wheel, another W for the Halo. It was a catastrophic Ferrari weekend, neither car scores points after a double Q2 elimination, ALL Ferrari powered cars towards the back. However, Daniel Ricciardo almost steals a podium, with Pierre Gasly on fire (dunked Perez through the floor at Raidillon!) We also noticed that Bottas was told not to push against his teammate. Are we done here already?

In F2, there were loving tributes to Anthoine Hubert, a year on from his tragic passing. Yuki Tsunoda and Nikita Mazepin go to war in Feature Race with Mazepin winning… but he gets a 5 second time penalty for repeatedly forcing Tsunoda off track. Mazepin loses his shit, runs into P2 board and nearly hits Yuki, gets suspended 5 place grid penalty. MP Motorsport also collided as Nobu hits Drugovich’s rear.

In the Sprint Race, Tsunoda takes out Illot in Sprint Race, gets 5-second penalty and finishes 9th. Nissany and Ticktum collide at Les Combes, Nissany smashes into wall, Ticktum gets a crippled car and falls to 10th. Shwartzman wins via parting of the leaders, Mick Schumacher 2nd, Zhoutime 3rd, Vips through the Pits takes 11th. Also, Dre dunks on Peter Windsor. #BringBackDavide

And in F3, Zendeli avenges (See what I did there?) Silverstone and takes 1st win in Race 1 from Pourchaire and Beckmann, while Logan Sargeant wins battle with teammate Zesti Vesti to take Race 2 and Championship Lead, Lawson 3rd over Smolyar.

And finally, Cuffing Season.

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Death, Taxes, Scott Dixon wins. Times 50. Repetitive? Maybe, but the man is a goddamn legend for a reason. The boys review both races for IndyCar’s Gateway!

Race 1: THE REMATCH

Will Power on pole, Patricio O’Ward starts 2nd, here we go GREEN FLAG AND THE CAUTION COMES OUT (Rossi, Andretti, Pagenaud, Veach, Carpenter, Askew, Palou pileup)
Scott Dixon joins the 50 club: Two wins adrift of Mario Andretti (52)
Takuma Sato finishes a close 2nd – but not before a Pass of the Year candidate around the outside of O’Ward (finished 3rd)
Power fades to 17th, two laps down, after a late puncture; Newgarden stuck in 12th, pitted before 2nd caution for weather
Results http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2020-08-29/indycar-officialraceresults-r1.pdf

Race 2

What the fuck was this parade
Newgarden edges O’Ward out of the pits, Power gets stuck behind Carpenter on pit entry
nOt NoW sAtO!!! Late-race crash for pole sitter ends the race under yellow; Please don’t @ us with IndyCar needing the GWC rule
Newgarden takes 16th career win, moving ahead of Sneva, Zanardi, and Montoya – and level with Wheldon
O’Ward ties best career finish in 2nd, Power holds on for 3rd ahead of Rinus Veekay
Rinus Veekay finished 4th after starting 18th, but not before chopping down on Colton Herta and making him extra mad
Results http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2020-08-30/indycar-officialraceresults-r2.pdf

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Almost as big a surprise as his girlfriend. Anywho, the boys return for a review for MotoGP’s 2nd race in Austria, the Styria, with the top class providing an all-time classic and controversy in the junior rounds!

MotoGP in Styria

Holy crap, Miguel Oliveira wins with a brilliant final corner DOUBLE overtake on Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro to take his maiden victory in the top flight! It was also a race of two halves as Joan Mir was the big loser after Maverick Vinales had to jump off a Yamaha that had a brake failure… at 180 miles per hour, causing a red flag! Fabio Quartararo could only manage 13th after numerous brake issues and we discuss their latest mechanical gremlin. And holy crap the title standings, Top 13 covered by 41 points!

In Moto2, Jorge Martin narrowly avoids being gunned down by Marco Bezzechi, only for the win to be taken away from him due to a track limits breach on the final corner! Aron Canet binned it from pole, Remy Gardner finally got back on the podium too, with Tetsuya Nagashima 4th and Tom Luthi 5th. We also had Sam Lowes turn into a bowling ball, getting disqualified for causing a three bike pile up including Jorge Navarro. Turns out, he’ll also get a pitlane start for Misano…

And in Moto3, Celestino Vietti takes first win over Arbolino and Ogura, McPhee bins it with 2 to go as well. Also, Deniz Oncu and Ayumu Sasaki collide in nasty Tech 3 incident (Thank GOD the Dentist won).

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We really ought to retire the catchphrase. Yep, this is a review of the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 as Takuma Sato stole Scott Dixon’s lunch money after one of the most dominant displays in the history of the race – The latter leading 111 laps! Some of the key talking points we mention are below:

Start
Scott Dixon immediately takes the lead from Marco Andretti, Zach Veach makes contact with Ed Carpenter on the short chute between 1 and 2

Lap 6 – First Caution
James Davison had a catastrophic brake failure as his right-front wheel caught fire then exploded. It is believed that his front brake line pinched or kinked, clamping the front brakes shut with almost 300 pounds of pressure.

Lap 25
Marcus Ericsson crashes in Turn 1

Lap 84
Dalton Kellett crashes in Turn 3

Lap 93
During the restart, Conor Daly spins out in Turn 4.
Oliver Askew spears into the inside wall avoiding the incident.

Lap 100
The race restarts, Dixon and Rossi leapfrog each other away from the rest of the field.

Lap 122
Alex Palou crashes in Turn 2
Alexander Rossi makes contact with Takuma Sato while leaving his pit box and is penalized for avoidable contact.

Lap 144
Alexander Rossi crashes in Turn 2

Lap 170
Scott Dixon pits for the final time, undercutting Takuma Sato who pitted a lap prior.

Lap 196
Spencer Pigot spun out on the exit of Turn 4 and crashed heavily into the end of the pit wall.
The race ended under caution with Takuma Sato ahead of Scott Dixon.
[20:30]
The Not News (only if we have time)
– Jean Todt visits the 500
– Roger Penske is reportedly flying to Nashville for potential 2021 street race deal.

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An all-time boring Spanish Grand Prix. Somehow, we still spoke about it for a good hour. Don’t ask me how.

EPISODE 256

THE GRAND PRIX OF SPAIN
– Lewis Hamilton wins #88 and break’s MSC’s podium record, Verstappen 2nd, Bottas 3rd
– …
– oh and Ferrari’s shitting the bed again

NEWS: Everyone signs the new concorde agreement, Holy shit, Williams was sold to an investment firm, Istanbul Park might be back (it’s better than Basaksehir winning the Super Lig!)

F2 AND F3: BARCELONA
– F2 Feature – Nobuharu Matsushita wins from 18th on the grid, Schwartzman 2nd, Tsunoda’s the cork in the bottle – last-lap chaos elevates Mazepin, sorry, track limits Zhou to 3rd, Gelael injured after hitting a kerb
– F2 Sprint – Drugovich drives from the front row to victory – MP Motorsport sweeps the weekend! Ghiotto 2nd, Schumacher 3rd
Ilott 121, Schwartzman 103, Lundgaard 87, Tsunoda 82, Schumacher 79, Zhou 76, Mazepin 75, Drugovich 67, Deletraz 65, Devon Butler 63

– F3 Race 1 – Hughes takes command for first victory – dedicated to Anthoine – Lawson outduels Sargent for 2nd
– F3 Race 2 – Piastri drives from 5th to 1st in just 3 corners, takes crucial victory in c’ship – Peroni 2nd, Matteo Nannini gets first podium in 3rd
Sargent 131, Piastri 130, Lawson 99, Beckman 94.5, Pourchaire 80, Vesti 70.5, Hughes 63.5, Peroni 58, Verschoor 57, Novalak 45

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Episode 255 was filmed after Indy500 Qualifying! A five person show as Dre, King, RJ, Cam and special guest Chris DeHarde review a mad Indy 500 Qualifying week, and ask… Is it finally Marco’s Year?

MOTORSPORT 101: EPISODE 255

POSITIONS 10-33
– Penske sacrificing qualifying for race pace? Newgarden 13th, Power 22nd, Pagenaud 25th, Castroneves 28th
– Herta 10th, Veach 17th, Harvey 20th for Andretti
– Ericsson 11th, Rosenqvist 14th for Ganassi
– Alonso 26th, O’Ward 15th, Askew 21st for SPAM

THE FAST NINE

– Marco Andretti outduels Scott Dixon to pole position by 0.017 mph
– First Andretti family pole position since 1987
– Sato’s first run of the Fast 9 gets him on the front row (3rd)
– Andretti Autosport: RHR 5th, Hinchcliffe 6th, Rossi 9th
– Rookies: RVK 4th, Palou 7th (the “Mr. Excitement” of the fast 9)

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Another bulk upload of catchup shows! Episode 254 was with Dre, King and Cam, and we talked MotoGP at Austria Part 1 as Dovi took another W after two horrible incidents, and then quit his team. As you do.

Episode 254 Setlist – MotoGP in Austria 2020, where we had two very fortunate near-misses in horror crashes, Dovi quitting Ducati and a whole lot more!

MOTOGP: the Zarco/Morbidelli/Rossi incident, Dovi wins on his way out, Mir’s first podium, Miller 3rd, Binder 4th from 17th, Rins falls out of 2nd, Pol and Oliveira come to blows, Viñales has a clunker from pole, Aleix and Danilo beef over qualifying

MOTO2: Another big, scary wreck for Syahrin/Bastianini two corners into the race, Martin gets his first Moto2 win, Marini jumps to points lead in 2nd, Schrotter’s first podium in a year

MOTO3: Arenas takes the win with two corners left, after 1 place track limit penalties for Ogura/Vietti/D-Bin, Masia 2nd and McPhee 3rd; Sasaki gets an LLP while running 3rd

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And in the final extended part of the 5-parter catchup, we talk MotoGP in Brno as Brad Binder pulled off his first GP win in shocking fashion, while the other KTM’s imploded behind him! We also talk the 70th Anniversary GP, which Max Verstappen somehow won in a key strategic fight over the Mercedes! Episodes 254 and 255 are already on YouTube, but will also be here very soon!

MOTOGP CZECH GRAND PRIX
– oh my god JOHANN ZARCO ON POLE
– OH MY GOD BRAD BINDER AND KTM WON
– MORBIDELLI FINALLY ON THE PODIUM (and Zarco 3rd after collision with Pol)
– Rins goes from 11th to 4th
– Rossi 5th, Oliveira 6th, FQ20 consolidates points lead in 7th
– Dovi way down in 11th, Vinales 14th. AM73 15th

Moto2: 2 in a row for Bastianini! S-Low on the podium in 2nd! JOE ROBERTS HYYYYYPE
Moto3: A NEW winner! Dennis Foggia wins over points leader Arenas 2nd, Ogura 3rd!

F1 70TH ANNIVERSARY GRAND PRIX
– WTF VERSTAPPEN BEATS MERCEDES ON SICK STRATS
– Hamilton 2nd, poleman Bottas 3rd
– Leclerc 4th – so slow he can make a one-stopper work (and VET out of the points)
– ALB 5th
– HUL still off the podium in 7th, pitting late after a mega vibration (STR 6th)
– OCO 8th, NOR 9th, KVY 10th(edited)

F2 AND F3 AT SILVERSTONE, AGAIN
– F2 Feature: Ilott storms to the points lead with a feature victory; Lundgaard 2nd, Aitken 3rd, that Mazepin pass and that Ticktum radio blowup
– F2 Sprint: Tsunoda jumps to the top of the RBJT queue, becomes season’s 8th winner after MSC and SHW collide up front – MSC 2nd, AIT gets back-to-back jacks
– F3 Race 1: USA USA USA Logan Sargent takes 1st win and the points lead, Hughes 2nd, Lawson 3rd, Vesti outlasts Beckmann and Pourchaire after race-long battle
– F3 Race 2: Bent Viscaal sees off Lirim Zendeli in a LEGENDARY last lap, Pourchaire completes podium in 3rd

WSBK PORTUGAL
– Normal Service Resumes – Jonathan Rea gets the hat trick, and jumps back to the points lead by 4 points over Redding (7th-5th-2nd)
– Toprak 2nd-2nd-8th, MvdM and Baz collect the other podiums

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In Part 4 of our catch-up, we talk the British Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton won a GP on three wheels. No, seriously. Oh and Sergio Perez caught the rona. That wasn’t good.

BRITISH GP RECAP
– First, get well soon Sergio Perez
– #HulkenBack until he’s not
– This race sucked, This finish was wild, Hamilton won on three wheels (and BOT/SAI didn’t finish in the points)
– Did VER throw away an easy win by making a safety stop?
– Somehow, SOME WAY, LEC salvaged a podium in 3rd
– SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, RIC FINISHED 4TH FOR RENAULT
– NOR 5th with his 3rd top-5 in 4 races, OCO 6th, GAS a solid 7th
– ALB has another rough weekend, still salvages 8th; STR 9th*, VET 10th with an uncontrollable car
– Finally, let’s talk about the “new and improved” moment of reflection against injustice

NEWS
– NO FANS! COVID ONLY! INDY DESTINATION!
– Marc Marquez is out of the Czech GP and, effectively, out of title contention
– IMSA goes underwater at Road America – coincidentally, Helio hits free agency

F2 AND F3: SILVERSTONE
– F2 Feature: Nikita Mazepin has a perfect day, Zhou 2nd on alt. strategy, Tsunoda 3rd after last-lap pass
– F2 Sprint: Dan Ticktum won. Neat. Lundgaard a close 2nd on alt strat
– F3 Race 1: Liam Lawson takes the win under Safety Car ahead of points leader Piastri
– F3 Race 2: Aleksander Smolyar wins his first race! SIKE! Weaving penalty!

WSBK IS BACK
– Scott Redding picks up two out of three wins, extends his points lead!
– Is Jonathan Rea in trouble after ending the weekend with a 6th?
– Chaz Davies podium hyyyype

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And in Round 3 of the furious comeback, we talk the second MotoGP round at Jerez, where we break down Marc’s comeback attempt in greater detail, as well as Fabio doubling up, and the war of attrition for Yamaha and a gutted Pecco Bagnaia!

MotoGP Andalucia Grand Prix
– Marc Marquez tried, on a cleanly fractured arm, to run this race
– Fabio Quartararo wins, Yamaha locks out the podium (MV12 2nd, VR46 3rd) – but Morbidelli’s mechanical failure leaves cause for concern
– Yo, shoutout Pecco Bagnaia (and Jack Miller too even if he dropped it)
– Taka is Honda’s sole saving grace in 4th, Mir 5th, Dovi 6th from 14th
– Pol 7th in a race where KTM Kobe’d their race in the trash
– AM73 salvages 8th from back of the grid

– Moto2: LUCA MARINI AND MARCO BEZZECHI CRASHED ON THE COOLDOWN LAP
– Moto3: Tatsuki Suzuki converts 3rd straight pole into 2nd career win at the site of Marco’s first WGP win – but we have to talk Celestino Vietti cracking his hand on a bottle of bubbly
– MotoE: Welcome to the electric show, Dom Aegerter! Pole-to-win victory in just his 2nd race!

IndyCar Calendar Updates
– Laguna Seca? See ya. Portland? Bye!
– HELLO DOUBLE HEADERS AT MID-OHIO, GATEWAY, AND IMS ROADIE!

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