Hey folks, to make it three episodes in a week, here’s us catching up with MotoGP in Mugello where Danilo Petrucci took an all-time classic over Marquez and Dovi, and IndyCar’s “Dual In Detroit” as Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon traded wins with rain, a bumped Hinch in the wall and a whole lot more got in the way!

MOTOGP ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ITA/MotoGP/RAC/Session.pdf?v3_021e81f8
– Danilo Petrucci takes first GP victory in thrilling shootout
– Marquez’ late lunge almost nets him the win – splits the Ducatis with Dovizioso 3rd
– VR46 DOWN! GOOD HEAVENS NO
– Rins charges from 13th to 4th
– Nakagami scores best premier class finish in 5th
– MV12 6th, FQ20 10th to salvage a bit of dignity for Yamaha
– The Only Good Cop 7th, Crutchlow 8th
– King breaks out the lotion for Pol in 9th
– Miller sets fastest lap, lowsides it out of a potential podium

http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ITA/Moto2/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_4512ce05
MOTO2: Back-to-back jacks for Alex Marquez, drawing to within 2 pts of Baldassarri for the championship lead

http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ITA/Moto3/RAC/Session.pdf?v5_1f6f80f9
MOTO3: Tony Arbolino becomes another first time winner!

INDYCAR CHEVROLET DUAL IN DETROIT
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-06-01/indycar-race-results%20official.pdf
-RACE 1: Newgarden wins rain-shortened thriller on Saturday
-Last laps shootout as Rossi finishes 2nd and Sato 3rd, just like Indy!
-Bizarro Land Part 1: Penske makes a mistake in the pits, Will Power drives out on 3 wheels
-Bizarro Land Part 2: Dixon makes a rare unforced error and crashes out
– NBC out here doing the lord’s work on production
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-06-02/indycar-officialraceresults-race2.pdf
-RACE 2: Dixon doesn’t make same error twice, wins
-Rossi, Newgarden, Hinch eliminated from contention in comedy of errors
-Ericsson 2nd for first career podium
-Power recovers from his own pit lane drama to finish 3rd
-Rosenqvist crashes out after 4th place finish the day before

NEWS
– Volkswagen IDR sets Nordschliefe EV record
– Penske keeps on winning – Montoya & Cameron win from pole in IMSA Detroit GP

THE LOOK AHEAD: F1 Canadian GP, IndyCar Texas 600km, WSBK in Jerez, DTM & W Series in Misano

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We lay tribute to Niki Lauda and do what we do best, shitpost Motorsport. We review a dramatic F1 race at Monaco, an even more dramatic race at Berlin for Formula E, and RJ breaks down everything else we missed from a hectic weekend!

REMEMBERING NIKI LAUDA
– His early career with March and BRM, the bank loans that put him on the grid
– Breakthrough, two titles and near tragedy at Ferrari
– The greatest comeback in F1 history
– End of first career with Brabham
– Second career, and title #3 with McLaren
– Architect of Mercedes dynasty after struggles with Jaguar

F1 MONACO GRAND PRIX
– In honour of his mentor Lauda, Hamilton wins from pole position
– Verstappen’s late-race efforts for naught after time penalty for unsafe release
– Vettel salvages P2 from another frustrating weekend for Ferrari, ending the Mercedes 1-2 stream with BOT third
– Leclerc’s race compromised by qualifying debacle, and early charge through field thwarted by collision with Hulkenberg
– SAI the winner of “F1.5” with 6th-place result, a brilliant start
– KVY 7th, ALB 8th as Toro Rosso finishes a solid weekend; RIC 9th for Renault, GRO 10th
– RAI’s 300th race nothing to celebrate in 17th
– PER nearly avoids tragedy in close call with marshalls during SC intervention

F2 MONACO
– Feature Race: Half the field loses a lap on accident and nobody can fix it
– Nyck “Call Me” de Vries wins, Ghiotto DSQ from 2nd, promoting Matsushita to 2nd and Camara to 3rd
– Mick Schumacher brings out the red flag
– Sprint Race: Hubert wins from Deletraz by just 0.059 in an amazing photo finish
– Latifi’s scoreless weekend impacts championship standings

FORMULA E: BERLIN ePRIX
http://fiaformulae.alkamelsystems.com/Results/04_2018-19/13_R10%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/201905251304_Race/03_Classification_Race.PDF
– In a major win for the private sector, Di Grassi takes his 2nd win of the season in dominant fashion
– Pole winner Buemi converts to 2nd, and this podium is starting to feel familiar
– Vergne charges from 8th on the grid to finish 3rd and consolidate a 6-point championship lead
– Lotterer suffers battery failure in a crucial stage in the championship
– Lynn has the best race with Jaguar, in podium contention before retiring 2/3rds into the race

THE RECAP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ISNT MONACO OR INDY
– Coca-Cola 600: Truex Jr. wins after an early puncture
– Super GT Suzuka 300km: TOM’s take 1-2 finish, Nakajima / Sekiguchi take the GT500 victory
– Supercars Winton SuperSprint: McLaughlin takes 9th and 10th wins in 14 races; chases record 16 wins in a season (Lowndes, 1996)

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Hey folks, took us a little while, but a double header episode is coming on Monday and Wedn3esday with King, RJ and Chris, and this first part is all on the Indianapolis 500! Look back out on Wednesday for the F1 edition!

Setlist:
– Simon Pagenaud completes an incredible month of May with his first Indy 500 win
– Shootout with “angry” Rossi is the 7th-closest Indy 500 MoV in history
– Rossi overcomes issues with lapped cars, fuel filler issue on pit stops to rally and finish a close 2nd
– Rahal, Bourdais come to blows after triggering multi-car pileup with 22 to go that takes out Rosenqvist, Kimball, and injures Veach
– Sato takes advantage of late SC/Red Flag to finish 3rd ahead of Newgarden in 4th
– Power recovers from pit road penalty to finish 5th with late pass on Carpenter in 6th
– Ferrucci drives from 23rd to 7th, finishes as ROTY as other rookies hit trouble
– RHR 8th, TK 9th, Daly with best-ever 500 finish in 10th
– Hinchcliffe goes from 32nd to 11th after avoiding late-race pileup
– Davison recovers from pit-lane punt to finish 12th – but Castroneves buried in 18th after penalty for contact
– Jones, Pigot, Harvey all lose outside chances of victory with pit lane penalties
– Kaiser, Juncos’ fairytale weekend comes crashing to an end
– “I think Ericsson hit us,” says pit lane wall as Swede crashes on his own
– RLL crew member Chris Minot suffers severe leg injury after being stricken by tyre for Jordan King
– Herta, Hanley suffer mechanical gremlins
– Championship standings and reflection

FREEDOM 100
https://www.indylights.com/docs/default-source/results/indylights-race-resultsce8e132f8d4765b8b2f6ff0000cf2672.pdf?sfvrsn=bac976e5_0
-Yet another photo finish! Rookie Oliver Askew comes from nowhere to the front, edges out Ryan Norman at the line by 0.007s
-Chris Windom and David Malukas suffer heavy crash early
-Robert Megennis avoids a massive crash with a heart-stopping save in T1/2

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Of course Fernando Alonso got bumped, of course. In a mega 2-hour long show, with Dre, Chris, Ryan and RJ, we break down all the drama of bump day for the 103rd running of the Indy 500! We also review MotoGP at Le Mans! Here’s the full setlist!

Indianapolis 500 Time Trials / The Starting Field
https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/event-info/live-grid
– The Last Row Shootout: Chilton, O’Ward, and yes, Fernando Alonso all go home; Kaiser pulls off a Bump Day Miracle, Hinchcliffe gets in, Karam gets in
– How bad did it get at McLaren Indy? The Associated Press has the scoop!
– First Day Qualifiers, Rows 4-10
– The Fast Nine: Pagenaud denies Carpenter a fourth Indy 500 pole, continuing momentum from Indy GP

MotoGP French Grand Prix
– Marc Marquez wins back-to-back races comfortably over Dovi and Petrux
– Jack Miller records new series of Jackass
– Quartararo wins hearts after another compromised race, Yamaha rumours
– Pol Espargaro scores KTM’s greatest ever dry finish, P6 (Oh dear Zarco)
Moto2:
– Lorenzo Baldarassi’s Le Mans curse continues, bins it with Pasini
– Alex Marquez takes dominant win over Navarro and Fernandez
– Hope for KTM chassis as Brad Binder finishes 4th
Moto3:
– The Wee McPhee scores 2nd career win after winning duel with LdP
– Beware: Whole field somehow dodges Al Ogura’s flying bike

News
– Loose end: Zandvoort is in
– SFormula Autopolis: Yuhi Sekiguchi goes from 16th to a commanding lead to win https://youtu.be/24SWW5WOKxU
– Bubba Wallace opens up about depression in midst of recent struggles https://apnews.com/53a4461b751d4c94ad44343ba5232799?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP_Sports
– Then, Wallace advances to the All-Star Race from the Open and finishes 4th behind winner Larson
– NASCAR ALL STAR FIGHT CLUB: Clint Bowyer goes Hokuto no Ken on Ryan Newman
– W Series Zolder: Visser breaks Chadwick’s stranglehold, Chadders battles Powell for P2

Previewing Day Of Classics IV: For Fourth’s Sake!
– Indy Lights Freedom 100
– Formula E Berlin ePrix
– Super GT Suzuka 300km
– Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix
– Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

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Let’s play catch-up! With RJ on vacation, this took a little longer than usual, but here’s Episode #192 from Dre and King as Dre tries not to have a “crisis” over Ferrari’s incompetence in Spain, and we celebrate Simon Pagenaud’s magical comeback in the rain at Indianapolis! Here’s the full setlist!

IndyCar: Grand Prix of Indianapolis
– Simon Pagenaud takes restart, rests nuts on rest of field to win
– Jack Harvey has ridiculously strong weekend, finishes 3rd
– Matt Leist actually profits off of AJ Foyt hipster strategy, 4th!
– Alex Rossi has raced ruined, about 3 seconds in
– Marcus Ericsson spins on his own, Colton Herta gets tagged on restart from 4th

Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix
– Lewis Hamilton wins it at Turn 1. That was it.
– Ferrari make monumental balls-up of EVERYTHING, finish 4th and 5th after two swaps
– Max Verstappen slowly doing lords work
– Haas civil war, K-Mag harder
– Stroll and Norris collide in silly Turn 1 crash
– F2 Round-Up: Nicolas Latifi wins feature race, NdV wins sprint race

Formula E: Monaco Mini ePrix
– JEV takes the front after Rowland Grid Penalty, dominates race from start to finish
– Leading group of Vergne, Rowland, Massa and Wehrlein
– Virgin Racing has disasterous finish, Bird and Frijns both DNF in final 6 minutes
– Di Grassi yeet’ed into oblivion at hairpin

NEWS:
– World Superbikes has Race 2 cancelled, THE STREAK IS OVER
– Zandvoort announcement imminent, good luck with that one

We’ll be back very soon with Episode 193!

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Dre and King get homely and snug as RJ takes up a vacation for the week! This time around we review a madcap MotoGP round in Jerez as Fabio Quartararo made history as the sport’s youngest ever pole sitter, before his Yamaha died halfway through, with Marc Marquez taking a relatively comfortable victory! We also take a look at the W Series opener in Hockenheim and the… conflicting nature of the series. Here’s the full list:

MotoGP: Spanish Grand Prix:
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/SPA/MotoGP/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_9ae1f28f
– Marc Marquez dominates Jerez, reclaims Championship lead
– Fabio Quartararo makes history as youngest ever pole sitter, so of course his bike dies in the race
– No seriously, Alex Rins might be a title threat
– Stop the presses, Maverick Vinales had a good start and had a podium!
– Miller vs Aleix crash, Johann Zarco already down at KTM
– Jorge Lorenzo “sad, disappointed and worried” at P12 finish

Moto2:
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/SPA/Moto2/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_b7b48ae9
– Lorenzo Baldarassi back on form, beats Jorge Navarro, Pons 1-3 with Fernandez 3rd
– Remy Gardner has SCARY accident on opening Lap with Alex Marquez

Moto3:
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/SPA/Moto3/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_82bd769e
– Not a dry eye in the house as Sic58 team scores 1-2 finish with Antonelli beating Suzuki
– Top 10 covered by 1.6 seconds, Vietti impresses in 3rd ahead of Canet, new championship leader

W Series Debut in Hockenheim:
– General housekeeping, yay for All races live on Channel 4!
– So what did we make of the production and all the bells and whistles?
– Jamie Chadwick dominates wet to dry weekend and wins, Alice Powell and Marta Garcia podium
– Megan Gilkes divebombs Emma Kimilainen into oblivion on opening lap

NEWZ:
– King drops a word in about Super GT and DTM
– Nyck de Vries dropped from McLaren’s YDP insert San Andreas meme
– Guess who win at the 6 hours of Spa. Go on. Guess.
– We have to talk about the Millenial NASCAR
– The Week Ahead: Formula 1 in Spain, Formula E at Diet Monaco

Enjoy!

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Dre, RJ and King are back with a deep dive on Valtteri Bottas’ Baku victory, a chaotic wet race in Formula E, the first of its kind, and we break into hysterics over NASCAR and what gets left at a race track. We also start solemnly over the 25th anniversary of the tragic weekend of Imola 94′. Here’s the full list:

SAN MARINO 1994, 25 YEARS LATER

FORMULA 1: AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX – https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html
– FP1 is #CANCELLED! Weld done Baku!
– BOT takes pole in qualifying, but LEC, KUB crashes highlight the session
– Surprise! Baku isn’t a shitshow! Nor is it terribly remarkable! BOT wins from HAM & VET
– LEC wins DOTD – leads early on alternate strategy, but ultimately compromised by starting 8th, finishes 5th behind VER
– GAS drives from the pit lane up to 6th, then retires with a driveshaft failure
– RIC backs into KVY
– PER wins F1.5 as both Racing Points finish in the points
– SAI, NOR lead McLaren to first double-points finish in a year; RAI 10th

FORMULA 2 AZERBAIJAN
– So that SC restart crash in the Feature Race tho…
– Aitken wins the feature race, De Vries 2nd, King 3rd
– Sean Gelael and Mahaveer Ragunathan’s Comedies of Folly
– Latifi powers to points lead with sprint victory, Correa 2nd!!, and Aitken 3rd

FORMULA E: PARIS ePRIX
– One streak doesn’t continue! After post-qualifying penalties, Rowland gets his 2nd pole (and bins it after 2 laps!)
– One streak does! Robin Frijns takes his first FE victory and the championship lead!
– Lotterer takes 2nd straight runner-up finish ahead of Abt in 3rd, Di Grassi 4th
– Guenther a career-best 5th

NEWS, THE WEEK AHEAD
– Schedule Silly Season: Monza has a five-year deal in place; Silverstone might have three-year extension, Zandvoort in for Barcelona?
– Indy 500 Entry List unveiled – http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-04-30/Indy%20500%20Entry%20List%205-1.pdf
– Brendon Hartley to replace Alonso at Toyota Gazoo Racing
– Talladega: Left Behind https://twitter.com/TalladegaSuperS/status/1122918661877043202
– Paris’ mayoral candidate wants to scrap the ePrix
– MotoGP Spanish GP, WEC 6h Spa, IMSA Mid-Ohio, Super GT Fuji 500km, DTM Hockenheim I (with the W Series too!)

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A quiet week in Motorsport, but Dre, King and RJ are back for another M101, as we talk Super Formula’s season opener, and crack open the mailbag for for your questions!

SUPER FORMULA, INDY 500 QUALY DEBATES

KEEPIN IT 101 SPECIAL WITH MAILBAG
– Aaron: If you could put one old layout of a modern F1 track back on the calendar what would it be and why
– Kelly Bone: Will Brendon Leigh inspire more eSports athletes to go racing for real
– Josh Wilcock: Which driver in any series has impressed you the most?
– Kevin Lee: Who will finish 2nd in the F1 WDC?
– Joe Ellis: A Series you wish you liked but can’t get into?
– Geof_F1: Favorite historic tracks that no longer exist?
– Henry Chapman: What’s one moment in motorsport history that wasn’t significant at all at the time but now looking back is really significant?
– Bryan Shadowolf: Which concept should have gotten a longer run – A1GP or GP Masters?
– James Kalantzis: Davis Cup of Motorsport

THE WEEK AHEAD

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And here’s the second part of that double header recording,as we look at MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas, and World Superbikes snow-filled weekend at Assen, and IndyCar’s Grand Prix of Long Beach!

MOTOGP GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS: YOU MEAN MARC DIDN’T WIN!?
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/AME/MotoGP/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_56bcf805
– Yes, Alex Rins takes first premier class victory!
– Rossi 2nd, Miller gets first podium since winning Assen TT in ‘16
– Dovi goes from Midgrid to 4th
– Marquez crash highlights nightmare race for Honda
– Moto2: Baldassarri crashes! Old man Luthi wins!
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/AME/Moto2/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_5a0017b2
– Moto3: Aron Canet wins
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/AME/Moto3/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_e376d315

INDYCAR GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH: EXTRA SAUCY
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-04-14/indycar-race-results-official.pdf
– Rossi takes back-to-back LBC victories from pole and a 20s margin of victory
– Newgarden extends pts lead with 2nd place finish
– Late block from Rahal puts Dixon on podium in 3rd
– Power goes off into the runoff, throws away a podium, finishes 7th
– Millions lose free tacos as Colton Herta fails to finish 2nd straight race

WSBK ASSEN: YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH
http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2019/NED/SBK/001/CLA/Results.pdf?version=3f254ea62985e67d70d5751fd79112ed
http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2019/NED/SBK/003/CLA/Results.pdf?version=3f254ea62985e67d70d5751fd79112ed
– You get no points for guessing who won
– Someone not named Rea finished 2nd in race 2

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Welcome to the first part of an M101 double header recording! Dre, King and RJ taking on Formula 1’s 1000th pile of mediocrity in China, Formula E’s return to Rome, and in the next episode, Marquez losing the streak at COTA in MotoGP and IndyCar’s GP of Long Beach as Alex Rossi took another dominant victory!

FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX: IT SURE WAS A #RACE1000
* HAM leads Mercedes 1-2, 3rd straight to open 2019 (first time since 92)
* Ferrari’s strategy debacle- VET 3rd LEC 5th
* VES 4th, GAS 6th+FL for Red Bull
* RIC finally gets his first “F1.5” win
* PER mystifies off the line to finish 8th
* ALB goes from pit lane to P10, wins DOTD
* McLaren’s race trashed on opening lap, was KVY penalty too harsh?
* Results and Standings
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/race-result.html

FORMULA E ROME EPRIX: FREE TO PLAY WINNER
https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/race-results/?championship=2022018&race=20180207&session=RaceResult
* That pileup tho
* As 2014-15 Champion Piquet exits Jaguar, Evans takes their first win
* Pole sitter Lotterer finishes 2nd
* STOFFEL FINALLY GETS A PODIUM
* Championship standings

JAPAN SECTION
– The Rained-out, blacked-out Super GT Review
http://cobans.co.jp/2019/gt_result/19_gt01_gt500_race.pdf
http://cobans.co.jp/2019/gt_result/19_gt01_gt300_race.pdf
– “As Seen In GT Sport” Super Formula Preview
https://superformula.net/sf2/en/2019/04/4861/

Enjoy!

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