The Motorsport Files

Oliver Solberg slid off two corners from the WRC title and Elfyn Evans became world champion. Chris and I talk through that wild finish. Rally Italia Sardegna gave us one of the most dramatic finishes the sport has ever produced. Solberg won the rally by 57.6 seconds and was beating Evans on the final Power Stage when he went off two corners from the end. Evans, a five time runner up, was crowned...

Ash Sutton wins a record fifth BTCC title, and we give our verdict on Silverstone, the Collard replacement debate and what comes next. Ash took the championship with four races to spare after driving from 12th to first in Race 2, and we talk through exactly what made him so hard to beat this year. We also go through Aiden Moffat's reinstated Race 1 win, Mikey Doble's strong weekend, Tom Ingram's w...

Ford is returning to the WRC as a full factory team in 2028, with an all-new WRC27 car planned for 2029. Drew and Chris react to the news from Rally Sardinia and ask whether it could tip Hyundai into staying. Ford Racing announced a full works programme from 2028 alongside M-Sport, its first since 2012. In this short episode we look at what it means for M-Sport after a tough few years, Malcolm Wil...

Drew and Zac go through the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 from Baku. George Russell took pole and won his third race of the year, his first since Austria in June, but a late yellow flag and a boost problem nearly cost him victory over Max Verstappen, who started eighth. Isack Hadjar made it a Red Bull double podium and Kimi Antonelli recovered from a Q1 crash to finish fifth. Then there is the restar...

Toyota confirm a 10th world title, but Solberg's Chile masterclass turns the fight three ways. Drew and Chris break down a Rally Chile that flipped the championship picture. Solberg drove a calm, controlled weekend at the front while Evans lost more than two minutes to a puncture on the penultimate stage and dropped from second to 5th, turning a comfortable points day into a genuine three way figh...

Kimi Antonelli won the first Spanish Grand Prix at Madrid's new Madring circuit, but Lando Norris was denied by a badly timed Virtual Safety Car and a seven second pit stop. Drew and Zac spend this episode working out which one of those actually cost him the race, and it isn't the one most people online blamed it on. In this episode, Drew Bentham and Zac Stanley go through every angle of Formula 1...

Ash Sutton is one weekend closer to a record 5th BTCC title after Croft, so are we ready to call him the greatest British Touring Car driver of all time? Drew and Chris break down the case, plus the prize money reveal and track limits mess that overshadowed the racing. This week on Motorsport Files, we're covering the 2026 BTCC round at Croft (5-6 September): Ash Sutton's title masterclass, his Ra...

Kimi Antonelli won from P19 at Monza while George Russell got booed on the podium. We unpack F1's wildest weekend, Ferrari's meltdown and more. Zac and Drew are back after a short break to dig into one of the maddest race weekends of the season. Kimi Antonelli somehow won the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid, going from P19 to P1 in under 25 minutes, while teammate George Russell fell apar...

Sami Pajari made WRC history with a third straight win in Paraguay, but Friday's chaos is the real story of this episode. For a full episode guide visit https://www.themotorsportfiles.com/post/rally-del-paraguay-2026-pajari-s-hat-trick-katsuta-s-big-crash Pajari and his co-driver Marko Salminen became the first crew in WRC history whose first three career wins came consecutively. He'd already won...

Jon Armstrong won the 2026 Grampian Forest Rally as WRC stars descended on Aberdeenshire to get an early look at the roads that could feature in Rally Scotland 2027. Drew and Chris look back at a fascinating weekend of rallying, with Armstrong and Shane Byrne taking overall victory in the Ford Fiesta Rally2 ahead of team-mate Romet Jürgenson. Nikolay Gryazin completed the overall podium for Lancia...

Sami Pajari delivers Finland's 200th WRC win. Sebastien Ogier crashes out of the lead and ends up in hospital. Elfyn Evans leaves Rally Finland with an even bigger championship lead than he arrived with. Drew is joined by Chris Gilbertson to unpack the wildest weekend of the WRC season so far, from torrential rain and misted windscreens on Friday to a terrifying high speed crash for Ogier on Satur...

Ash Sutton, Tom Ingram and a chaotic Race 3 Drew and Chris break down every BTCC race from Thruxton, plus the driver news shaking up the grid. The British Touring Car Championship returned from its summer break with three races at Thruxton, and this week's Motorsport Files covers all of it: Josh Cook's dominant Race 1 win as the reigning "King of Thruxton," Ash Sutton's Race 2 masterclass, and a R...

The Hungarian Grand Prix delivered one of the biggest talking points of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Lando Norris claimed McLaren's first victory of the year, Oscar Piastri's race ended in heartbreak after contact with Carlos Sainz and a gearbox failure, and Toto Wolff's criticism of Formula 1's blue flag system dominated the headlines. In this episode of The Motorsport Files , Drew Bentham and Zac...

Kimi Antonelli beat Charles Leclerc to the win at Spa-Francorchamps, but it's the first-lap Hamilton-Russell crash and a chaotic Ferrari pit stop that Drew and Zac can't stop talking about. In this episode, Drew and Zac discuss the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix lap by lap. Antonelli's pole-to-win drive, Max Verstappen's early Eau Rouge lunge, and the Turn 6 collision that put George Russell out on lap o...

The FIA blames a software error for the confusing finish to the British Grand Prix, and Drew still isn't fully over it. Charles Leclerc wins his first race of the 2026 season at Silverstone, but the real talking point is why the safety car never came back in for the last-lap restart everyone was expecting. Drew and Zac break down the FIA's explanation, Kimi Antonelli's brake duct failure and the t...

Russell wins, Ferrari implodes, and Drew & Zac debate whether Verstappen is McLaren or Mercedes bound — plus British GP predictions. Russell wins, Ferrari implodes, and Drew & Zac debate whether Verstappen is McLaren or Mercedes bound - plus British GP predictions. Round 8 of 2026 is in the books, and there's a lot to get through. On this episode, the lads start with the big question: was...

Rallycross is one of the most exciting forms of motorsport on the planet, and this episode tells the full story of where it came from, where it went wrong, and why 2026 feels like a genuine turning point. Drew Bentham hosts World Rallycross presenter Andrew Coley and Swedish rallycross driver Klara Andersson for a conversation that covers the sport from the beginning to right now. Andrew Coley was...

Episode 18: Hamilton Finally Does It | Ferrari's Barcelona Breakthrough Lewis Hamilton's long wait is over. This week on The Motorsport Files, Zac and Drew dive into one of the biggest stories of the 2026 Formula 1 season as Hamilton secures his first Grand Prix victory for Ferrari at Barcelona-Catalunya. After months of questioning whether the partnership would ever fully click, the pair discuss...

Antonelli's Historic Five-Peat: What It Means for F1 In this episode, Drew and Zac break down one of the most talked-about weekends of the season, focusing on Andrea Kimi Antonelli's remarkable run of victories and what it could mean for the future of Formula One. With momentum building around the young star, the discussion explores whether Antonelli is beginning to follow a path similar to Max Ve...

Episode Overview Drew and Zac are back with a full breakdown of the Canadian Grand Prix, and there is plenty to get through. From a chaotic race weekend that threw up some genuine surprises to a look ahead at what could be a fascinating Monaco, this episode covers the full picture of where the 2026 season currently stands. Canada delivered the kind of weekend that reminds you why Formula 1 keeps p...

WRC Portugal Review Thierry Neuville claimed a dramatic Vodafone Rally de Portugal victory on Sunday to revive his season and deliver Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team’s first win of 2026. The 2024 world champion arrived at round six sitting only seventh in the drivers’ standings after a difficult opening sequence that included a final-stage crash whilst leading Croatia Rally and no podiums fro...

The 2026 edition of the Miami Grand Prix delivered one of the season’s most competitive and high-profile weekends, blending intense on-track action with Miami’s trademark spectacle. Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli emerged as the standout performer, securing pole position and converting it into victory on Sunday after holding off reigning world champion Lando Norris in the race. McLaren also...

RECORDED IN EARLY MARCH 2026 (Before we heard about Rally Scotland and before the Safari) SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW THE SHOW https://www.themotorsportfiles.com MSport has a reputation for nurturing new rally talent and our guest today is no exception. Their latest signing has been impressing on the World Rally stage since being promoted to the top team at the start of this year. His story began on th...

After what has been a controversial start to the new season with the widest set of rule changes for over a decade, we take a look back at the first 3 races of the season, the recent news and rumour mill to see what we can take from the season so far. On the show today, we're joined by social media F1 creator, Laura Louise who herself, is amassing an impressive following on both Tiktok and Instagra...

The @brcrally championship gets under way this weekend and it's a season that promises plenty of speed, pressure and competition between the major contenders. Today we're joined by 2 drivers who know exactly what's at stake as we go into the 2026 season. Both driving for the MEM Rally team in the iconic @castrol @TOYOTAGAZOORacingJPchannel Toyotas, one has his eyes firmly set on his first champion...