WARNING: This episode of the Motorsport101 Podcast contains conversations regarding racism, transphobia and bigoted behaviour. You may find this upsetting. If you feel this might be harmful, you can skip to 36:08 where we move onto other topics. Look after yourselves.

This is one of the longest modern shows we’ve done, and for good reason. In the time between Formula 1 races, we’ve had Naomi Schiff racially abused on Twitter, Juri Vips lose his Red Bull Academy job after dropping an n-bomb on Twitch, Nelson Piquet Sr. was exposed in a 2021 interview to having used a racial slur to describe Lewis Hamilton. And Jamie Chadwick was caught in a Daily Telegraph interview claiming that trans women shouldn’t be allowed to take part in women’s sports, a take in line with her team boss Caitlyn Jenner.

In a frank, open and raw 35 minute conversation, Dre, RJ and Cam break down all the incidents, relate it to their own personal lives, and ask what F1 can and should do regarding incidents of such bigotry and racism, and where the sport is at two years to the week since #WeRaceAsOne became the sport’s apparent “call to action”.

We also talk about the departure of our own legendary producer, host, and staple of the network, Ryan Erik King, who’s leaving us to become a fully fledged member of Jalopnik’s writing staff. We couldn’t be prouder of him moving up in the world and while he’ll still be here for the occasional episode when he works from home, he’s not going to be on anymore, so we talk about some of our favourite moments of his on the show and give our thanks to the man himself. King, we’re gonna miss you, we’ve never done it without you, but we’re sure as hell going to try in your honour.

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