Hey folks, consider this episode the calm before the real storm hitting later this week! This was a catch-up episode on MotoGP in Argentina, World Superbikes in Aragon and IndyCar’s GP of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park! Dre, King and RJ break it all down here:

INTROS, HOUSEKEEPING, AND OTHER SHAMELESS PLUGS

WEEK BEFORE LAST WEEK TONIGHT: MOTOGP ARGENTINA
– MotoGP Results – http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ARG/MotoGP/RAC/Session.pdf?v6_f4b218ea
– Moto2 Results – http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ARG/Moto2/RAC/Session.pdf?v5_78970e8a
– Moto3 Results – http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/ARG/Moto3/RAC/Session.pdf?v1_77055a53

HONDA INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-04-07/indycar-race-results-%20OFFICIAL.pdf
– YES NOW, SATO! A dominant 4th career victory
– Dixon finishes 2nd, 8th Barber podium without a win
– Bourdais runs 2-stop strategy to 3rd
– Newgarden holds onto points lead after going from 16th to 4th
– Mechanical troubles strike down Herta early, then GRahal

WSBK ARAGÓN
– Race 1 Results: http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2019/ESP1/SBK/001/CLA/Results.pdf?version=3f254ea62985e67d70d5751fd79112ed
– SPole Results: http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2019/ESP1/SBK/002/CLA/Results.pdf?version=3f254ea62985e67d70d5751fd79112ed
– Race 2 Results: http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2019/ESP1/SBK/003/CLA/Results.pdf?version=3f254ea62985e67d70d5751fd79112ed

THE NEWS
– Dutch GP rumours fresh out the oven
-Alonso’s new Indy ride reveal
-Return of the Häkk: Mika returns to racing at Suzuka 10H
-Hector Barbera’s weird weekend

THE WEEK AHEAD, LITERALLY GODDAMN EVERYTHING EDITION: F1 Chinese GP, MotoGP COTA, IndyCar Long Beach, Rome ePrix, Super GT Okayama, Supercars Phillip Island

Check back for TWO more episodes next week!

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The heartbreak heard around the world, with Charles Leclerc just 10 laps from victory in Bahrain, when a cylinder failing on the ICE caused him to limp home and gift wrap a win to Lewis Hamilton. RJ and King break it all down in what was a wild weekend in Sakhir:

FORMULA 1 – BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
https://www.fia.com/file/78953/download

– The ballad of Charles Leclerc: From pole position and a victory in the bag, to a misfired cylinder with 10 to go and a third-place finish
– Mercedes pick up a 1-2 from Ferrari’s misfortune, HAM wins, BOT retains 1-point lead
– VET spins out during battle with HAM, suffers collapsed front wing, finishes 5th
– Renault suffers double DNF with 4 to go – HUL retires from 6th, RIC from 10th
– VER just misses out on a podium – and lucky to escape punishment for driving into SAI
– NOR finishes “best of the rest” in 6th for McLaren
– RAI 7th, GAS 8th – but questions rising about his standing against VER
– ALB scores first points in 9th, PER 10th, just holding off GIO
– GRO only other retirement after L1 collision with STR
– Championship Standings after 2 rounds

EVERYTHING ELSE
– Neuville wins WRC Tour de Corse
– NASCAR catchup and maybe the 2020 schedule
– W Series driver lineup

FORMULA 2
– Feature Race: Nicholas Latifi takes commanding victory to open the season from 4th on the grid

– Sprint Race: Luca Ghiotto does it for Charles: starts 7th, pits, drops to 14th, charges to the lead in less than 10 laps

– Mick Schumacher still garners most of the headlines – 8th in feature, 6th in sprint after RGP
– Tatiana Calderon: 13th in feature, 15th in sprint
– Championship standings after 2 races

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RJ, King, Chris, an 18-year-old win an IndyCar race, and Fight Club is back from IndyCar’s Classic at COTA, and Formula E in Sanya!

INDYCAR CLASSIC AT AUSTIN
http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-03-24/indycar-race-results%20Official.pdf
– Colton Herta, 18 years, 11 months, 24 days old is an IndyCar race winner
– Will Power’s driveline failure and the caution that changed the race
– Newgarden 2nd, RHR 3rd to complete All-American podium
– Patricio O’Ward dunks on Graham Rahal like Vince Carter on Frederic Weis
-Bourdais 17th >5th, Marco 20th > 6th, Harvey 23rd>10th
– Indy Lights: Oliver Askew sweeps the weekend, goes to points lead

FORMULA E SANYA EPRIX
http://fiaformulae.alkamelsystems.com/Results/04_2018-19/09_R06%20Sanya/93_ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/201903231504_Race/03_Classification_Race.PDF
– JEV becomes 6th different winner in 2018-19, wins inaugural Sanya ePrix
– BEEF TIME: Di Grassi vs Frijns
– Rowland a career-best 2nd, Da Costa goes back to points lead in 3rd
– 2nd-lap collision eliminates points leader Bird
– Top 6 now within 10 points

THE NEWS
– Mick Schumacher set for first F1 test in Bahrain
– European Formula Masters is done before it got (re)started
– Kyle Busch wins 201 in Trucks because of course

FIGHT CLUB: COSTA RICA
https://www.skysports.com/motorsport/news/15749/11674294/costa-rica-motorbike-fight-see-jorge-martinez-and-marion-calvos-bust-up-resulting-in-bans

THE WEEKEND TO COME
– F1 Bahrain GP, MotoGP Argentine GP, F2 mini-preview

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Episode #183: To Whom It May Concern by Andre Harrison

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Call this the “catch-up episode”, as Dre, RJ, King and Chris take on IndyCar’s season opener in St. Pete, Formula E’s race in Hong Kong, and MotoGP’s season opener in Qatar! And Fight Club’s back!

Oh and the thumbnail… Oh boy, that needs explaining.

INDYCAR: FIRESTONE GP OF ST PETE
– Josef Newgarden opens the season with a win from the front row
– Dixon closes late to finish 2nd, Power 3rd
– Super Rookies: Rosenqvist leads in his first outing and finishes 4th, Herta 8th, Santino 9th
– BASSINGHAM REPRESENT Jack Harvey finishes 10th
– Bourdais loses three-peat bid with engine failure, RHR grenades, Sato breaks down
– Jones and Leist crash, Jones breaks his hand
– The TV feed breaks for a few laps
– Indy Lights: ZC Without the D and Rinus VK split the weekend
– Indy Pro 2000: Kirkwood does NOT win
– USF2000: Alex Baron wins the aerobatics contest, Reece & Rasmussen imitate Habsburg & Camara

THE NEWS INTERMISSION
– Robert Wickens returns to the paddock at St Pete, sets sights on a return to racing
– Patricio O’Ward confirms 13 race deal with Carlin Racing
– AJ Foyt and his bulldozer escape quicksand
– Ogier def. Tanak for victory in Rally Mexico

FORMULA E – HONG KONG EPRIX
(All Dre wants is a normal calm weekend of Electric Racing…)

FIGHT CLUB INTERMISSION

MOTOGP – QATAR GP EDITION
– Went to a MotoGP race and a Moto3 race broke out: Dovizioso nails Marquez at the line again
– Crutchlow holds off a fiery Rins and a scrappy Rossi for the final podium place
– Petrucci 6th in Ducati debut, Lorenzo 13th for Honda on debut, Zarco barely squeaks into the points in 15th with KTM
– Quartararo’s debut race spoiled by formation lap stall and pit start
– Moto2: Baldassarri holds off the returning Luthi to win
– Moto3: Kaito Toba wins his first race, 9 years after Shoya Tomizawa won in Qatar

See you back in a few days for a Australia review!

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Special credit to arqmariodonde on the F1 subreddit for the amazing JoJo reference in the thumbnail)

Also, this was recorded before the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting, that’ll be addressed in Episode 183.

In the first part of this doubleheader of tapings, we preview the 2019 F1 Season, team by team, from first to Williams. Where’s Racing Point ending up? Is McLaren real? Has Mercedes sandbagged? Is Leclerc the next coming of christ? All that, and the new rule changes that are entering the sport too.

See you back for Episode 182, where we catchup on all the other forms of Motorsport we missed this past week.. and a porn stache was involved!

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In a massive, nearly 3 hour long show, its out IndyCar season Preview for 2019 with RJ, Dre, King and special guest Chris DeHarde! Here’s the full running order for the show:

INTROS AND GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING

NON-INDYCAR NEWS
– Vettel, Hamilton separated by just 0.003 seconds in the final day of F1 testing
– McLaren lead first two days of the second week of testing
– Vettel, Gasly each endure massive crashes
– Mission Winnow is GGOONNEE
– Jarrett Andretti’s car is an entire person underweight

INDYCAR PREVIEW PART 1: HSR, CARLIN, FOYT

INTERMISSION 1: CALENDAR AND CHANGES

INDYCAR PREVIEW PART 2: ECR, COYNE, RLLR, SPM

INTERMISSION 2: THE ROAD TO INDY (Indy Lights/Indy Pro 2000/USF2000)

INDYCAR PREVIEW PART 3: PENSKE, ANDRETTI, GANASSI

BOLD PREDICTIONS 2019 EDITION

Hope you guys enjoy, good chance of two shows next week!

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M101 is back on a weekly basis! With RJ O’Connell in the editing chair with Dre and Ryan returning as well, in a fast-paced show talking F1 testing, Mexico City Formula E, and the return of bikes on M101 with World Superbikes season opener in Philip Island! Here’s the full setlist:

FORMULA 1 TESTING WEEK 1
– Mercedes and Ferrari lead the way in laps completed over the first four-day testing block
– Ferrari leads in compound-adjusted lap times
– Renault post fastest outright lap of testing ahead of two STR Hondas
– Trouble-free running from Honda between RBR/STR
– Williams misses first two days of test and finishes last among all teams
– Nobody is impressed with Rich Energy’s SNS game #BetterThanRedBull

FORMULA E MEXICO CITY ePRIX
– Di Grassi wins in a ridiculous photo finish as Wehrlein’s battery runs out on the final lap
– early Red flag for massive Piquet/Vergne shunt
– D’Ambrosio consolidates points lead with a 4th place finish
– Both Nissan e.Dams cars lose out on podiums – AFDC 2nd, Mortara 3rd

BIKES ARE BACK ON M101
– WSBK Australia: BAUTISTA BOMB BAH GAWD Alvaro sweeps the weekend’s races, Rea finishes 2nd in each race
– MotoGP Qatar Test

THE NEWS THAT DOESNT FIT ELSEWHERE
– Robert Wickens stands to embrace Karli Woods
– IndyCar reveals new cockpit protection strip
– Tatiana Calderon makes dudes mad online by merely existing in F2
– Hamlin leads Gibbs 1-2-3, wins 2nd Daytona 500

We’ll be back next week for an IndyCar 2019 Season Preview!

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We’re back! Ryan King and RJ O’Connell take on a stacked episode of M101! Here’s a full setlist for you:

F1 LAUNCHES
– Alfa Romeo Racing: Don’t call me Sauber any more
– Rich Energy Haas F1 Team: The money is real and only a moon landing truther would disagree
– ROKiT Williams Racing: The only thing this team shares with James Harden is a primary sponsor
– Scuderia Toro Rosso: Don’t fix what ain’t broken (the livery)
– Renault Sport F1 Team: Yeah, uh-huh. You know what it is.

THE NEWS
– Campbell, Olsen, Werner win the fastest Bathurst 12 Hour in history for Porsche
– As Australian gov’t investigates legality of Mission Winnow, McLaren signs new partnership with BAT “A Better Tomorrow”
– Major trouble emerging at Harding Steinbrenner Racing after Patricio O’Ward requests and is given release
– beIN Sports losing F1 TV deal in ME & N Africa
– Japan Section I: Super Formula grid completed – Tsuboi, Makino, Markelov, Ticktum highlight a deep rookie class
– Japan Section II: Satoshi Motoyama calls it a career
– Jamie Chadwick wins MRF Challenge >> and one of the W Series title favourites

MEXICO ePRIX-VIEW and maybe a Daytona 500 preview

And a pretty big announcement regarding one of our own Louis Suddaby. More on that soon, enjoy!

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Or an alternate title: The burning of the Mazda’s.

Hey folks, in this episode of M101, Andre Harrison, Ryan King, RJ O’Connell and Chris DeHarde review a hectic Formula E race in Santiago, featuring a disintegrating track, a Lucas di Grassi meltdown, Stoffel in the wall, and Sam Bird becoming the first F-E driver to win in all 5 seasons.

We also review the Rolex 23 hours and 50 minutes of Daytona, as rain heavily affected the running, but it was Wayne Taylor Racing with Fernando Alonso winning the day, in conditions not even Roger Penske could believe! Oh, and some Mazda’s turned into barbeques. As you do.

All that, and a big header of F1 news, in this week’s M101!

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