No seriously, it is. After Round 4 of the Formula E Championship in Argentina, we discuss the ridiculous race in detail, including signing fans, Heidfeld’s rookie mistake that cost him his first win since the millennium started, Vergne’s issues, Sam Bird’s recovery, the final chicane incidents and small task of remembering Antonio Felix Da Costa winning to give us the series 4th different winner in as many races, and give me severe blood pressure. We also talk over Franck Montagny admitting he popped a Molly in Malaysia.

On top of that we talk over the Engine regulation changes and why Honda won’t be catching any breaks anytime soon, as well as the Super License changes and why overall, we think its a good thing, because I haven’t talked about them enough this week!

Also, new recording methods mean this should be the best sounding episode to date! Enjoy and thanks for all the support, it’s an honor to be on iTunes and we’ll be looking for Droid support soon. Thanks!

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It’s that time of year again, Season Review time!

In Episode 5 of the Podcast, me, Ryan King, and Twitter’s own MasterSwift, Sascha Wagenblast, we talk all over the quick news and joke about the name of Kimi Raikkonen’s fiancé and the hilarious coincidence it provided, and then review all of the teams from the 2014 season, from Caterham’s carnage, to Marussia’s triumph, to Lotus’ downfall and social media mishaps, to the midfield fights between Force India, McLaren and Toro Rosso, Williams’ return to the top, Red Bull’s incredible recovery (When you think about it), and Mercedes dominant year. Still crazy when you consider that they scored SEVEN HUNDRED POINTS.

On top of that, we discuss our best race of the season, our driver of the season (Ryan’s choice may surprise you), and our biggest flop of the year.

Thanks to EVERYONE who’s listened throughout 2014 and a Happy New Year! We’ll be back in January!

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I know, shocking right?

Okay, small couple of disclaimers here. First of all, the good news, I’ve removed the echoing! The bad news is, I’ve replaced it with popping! Yeah, my two main microphones are currently broken-ish. So, sadly, it’s either extreme echo, or occasional popping. Not ideal, and I apologize for that, but I think the popping is the lesser of two evils. It’ll be resolved very soon, I promise.

Also, this episode is slightly shorter, at about 50 minutes as opposed to the normal hour and a half or so. Reason being, is my lovely University mentor, Miss Sue Bowerman, said that the length might be a little long and it could be hard for listeners to digest, so I thought, “Heck, we’re still young, and experimental, why the heck not give it a shot?”, so let me know if you prefer the shorter format or if you’re okay with going long, and let me know what you all think, it really, REALLY helps. Thanks!

In this episode, me and Ryan King (@RyanErikKing) we talk about McLaren! Don’t all look surprised, we had to keep the tradition going, right? They finally revealed their driver line-up for 2015 and surprise, surprise, Fernando Alonso is official, or as I like to call it “The worst kept secret in Formula 1 history!” But alongside, in a change of heart (And probably a saved £4m a year), Jenson Button kept his seat as well, meaning McLaren now have the oldest and most experienced team in Formula 1. But what does that mean for the young blood in Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne?

Also, Lewis Hamilton won the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award. I know, shocker. We talk about the glorifed popularity contest that the award now is, why he beat Rory McIlroy, and the impending “F1 vs Golf” flame war that has taken place, in what I call the “Alien vs Predator” of sporting feuds, because whoever wins, we lose. We also tie it back to the issue of tax avoidance and Hamilton living overseas, along with Marc Marquez, who may have gotten caught out by the Spanish people for moving to the Andorra tax haven, and not paying enough back home, apparently. YOU MADE THE NICEST MAN IN THE WORLD CRY, HOW COULD YOU SPAIN?!

And finally, we talk about Esteban Gutierrez joining Ferrari as a test driver, and the Formula E round from Uruguay, and how Jean-Eric Vergne just can’t catch a break, and why Matthew Brabham will now be meme’d to all eternity.

And all that in 50 minutes?! Talk about value. Enjoy!

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…hit me!

Hey guys, and welcome to Episode 3 of the newly renamed, Motorsport 101 Podcast! Big thanks to Tom Stanley for the suggestion on the new name. I suspected any title with over eight syllables loses something in the “catchiness” department.

In our longest show to date, this episode talks all about Abu Dhabi’s general mediocrity, the awesome sportsmanship and grace that Nico handled it with as he fell on his silver and turquoise sword, as well as the general reaction as F1 celebrates its first Multiple World Champion since Sir Jackie Stewart in 1971.

We also talk about Jennifer Becks (Of course) and Sky’s interesting production meetings, and the FIA meeting last night and gather up the announcements within, such as the possibility of a 21 race calendar in 2015, the Virtual Safety Car, no more double points and a reversal on the standing restart horse manure.

There’s talk on Nico Hulkenberg’s Le Mans move, Carlos Sainz Jr’s Toro Rosso announcement and how old we all feel that combined, they’re the same age as Mark Webber when he retired (An archaic 37, what a relic), the impact of youth and age and how it affects the landscape of Motorsport, and why McLaren STILL HAVEN’T ANNOUNCED THEIR DRIVERS YET. Seriously, this is the third straight taping where we’ve had to talk about McLaren, may god help us.

And finally, we have one of those difficult conversations about the Jules Bianchi crash report. Yay.

So strap yourself in for 105 minutes with me, Ryan King (@RyanErikKing) and Gino (@Crekkan) Van Dan Broecke, and I promise we only mention lesbian anime girls a handful of times!

P.S: I think there’s an echo effect during this recording. Not quite sure why that’s still a thing. Still ironing out the kinks audio wise, so bear with me, I don’t think it’s too bad. Just consider it one our of our 99 problems!

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Consider this, the first official episode of The Harrison101 Motorsport Podcast. Huzzah! In this episode, me and Ryan King break down the collapses of Caterham and Marussia, take another look at silly season with Alonso’s impending McLaren/Honda arrival, and whether it should be Button or K-Mag on the way out, as well as Sauber’s impending weird situation with Nasr and Ericcson signed, with Sutil and Esteban still under contract. Also, we talk about Bernie’s recent comments regarding the youth of F1 fans and why upon deeper discussion, he may have a stronger point than you think.

We also review the two GP’s we missed in America and Brazil, and even sprinkle in a little MotoGP in Valencia talk at the end as well. Spoiler alert: We like Jack Miller. A lot. Enjoy everyone!

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It was a long, and dull night on October 20th, 2014. And on the night, the very first episode of The Harrison101 Motorsport Podcast was born!

Okay, now, some things I need to address. First of all, sorry for the distance between when this was ACTUALLY recorded, and the time it’s gone up. As I mentioned, this was recorded nearly 3 weeks ago. Sorry about that. Consider this a tester, have a listen and tell me whether you enjoyed it or not, any feedback, all that stuff. Oh yeah, and remind me to use my Headset mic, rather than my Snowball, as I have this awful habit of sitting away from my Mic, especially when I laugh.

In this pilot episode, we talk about the inaugural Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, and why it really didn’t work, a little bit of MotoGP and the future where that’s concerned, the latest driver rumours of Vettel leaving Red Bull for Ferrari (Still a question mark, even if we’re 99% sure), and if Alonso really is heading to McLaren, who does he replace? I’m joined by friends of the show Ryan King (The Formulae), and Gino Van Broecke (The Crekkan on Twitter), and the plan is for episodes to be between 90 minutes and 2 hours long, and if it all works out, the proper episodes, will be on iTunes in the near future. Thanks for listening and if there’s anything else you wanna pass on, let me know.

PS: We kinda recorded this episode in the middle of the Manchester United vs West Brom football match. That MAY have been a mistake.

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