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The biggest F1 race of all-time, by attendance alone - 175,000 in the house at Silverstone for the 2026 British Grand Prix, and for the first time in over 600 days, Charles Leclerc is back in the win column. But it was a rocky road to get there. The weekend looked like it was going to be a fight between Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton after the latter took Sprint Pole, and Kimi won said Sprint l...

Ai Ogura is no longer a surprise. After 22 years of waiting, we have a Japanese winner in MotoGP again, and he did it in stunning style.  We've joked for a while that Ogura has a knack for having brilliant late-race pace, and the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen was no exception. In a weekend dominated by Aprilia, Ogura surged past Jorge Martin and Raul Fernandez at the half-way mark and was completely u...

Welcome back to the winner's circle, George Russell. Can you believe it's his first victory since opening day?  Dre Harrison and Cam Buckley are back to review the Austrian Grand Prix, despite it's arguably most controversial moment being before the race even started. Saturday's qualifying comes under scrutiny after Max Verstappen crashes late on with a defective rear wing, and only a single-yello...

So of course, Christian Lundgaard losing his front wing on the opening lap wouldn't lead to ANYTHING, right? Dre and Cam review what was an absolutely berserk Road America GP with cheese curds, brats, and Christian Lundgaard going to the back of the field, then coming back to win the race via a 4-stop strategy and some really fortunate cautions.  But it was a race of heartbreak due to Alex Palou m...

The biggest flashpoint of the 2026 MotoGP season so far and Dre Harrison and Cam Buckley review it all on the latest episode of Motorsport101, as Marco Bezzecchi got himself banned from the Czech Grand Prix at Brno for double slapping a marshal. Dre and Cam recollect the incident as well as talk about why even a race ban might not have been harsh enough, why we need to be careful in making sweepin...

Welcome back, Toyota, it's good to see you again. I'll let RJ's excellent guide to the show guide this description for our Le Mans 24 Hours Review, sorry it was slightly later than planned - Dre For over three decades, Toyota at Le Mans was a tale of persistent sorrow, with its lowest moment coming ten years ago when its leading car, with Kazuki Nakajima behind the wheel, retired from the lead as...

Apologies if you were expecting a more in-depth episode title. Dre, Cam and RJ are finally back together and with it, a ludicrous victory at the Barcelona GP (Catalunya to its friends), for Lewis Hamilton, his first victory for Ferrari and his first himself since the 2024 Belgium Grand Prix he inherited.  It makes for an interesting dynamic as we enter the one third stage in the title race. Is Fer...

And finally, to wrap up out ultra-block of episodes: IndyCar at Gateway for the Bommarito 500, and in shocking news - Josef Newgarden, even on one good leg, is still fast enough to keep his status as the best Oval Racer in the world. It was a race of unpredictability and adaptability. We had multiple cautions for crashes, such as Alex Palou and Nolan Siegel combining, with Siegel coming off the wo...

Episode 3 of the big ol' block of Podcasts, as RJ swaps out for Cameron Buckley and Dre sits down to review the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix for MotoGP and uh-oh... Marc Marquez might be back here.  It was a dominant second weekend back from injury for the Ant Man, who had a perfect weekend of 37 points to take not only his 100th Grand Prix win, but also the 100th victory for the Factory Ducati squad...

Part 2 of our mega catch-up omnibus edition of the M101 Podcast, and in it, RJ sticks around with Dre and reviews F1's Monaco Grand Prix.  And with it, yet more history as Kimi Antonelli would take his fifth win in a row, a Grand Slam victory on the streets of Monaco, the youngest driver ever to score a race win, from pole, scoring the fastest lap of the race, and leading every single lap in the p...

It's one of the most wide open Le Mans in recent years, and we don't know how the ACO has sized everyone up, welcome to our Le Mans 24 Hours Preview for 2026 with Dre Harrison hosting alongside Daily Sportscar's own RJ O'Connell. It's a comprehensive nearly 100 minute preview featuring chat about the LMGT3 class, and who could take glory there, as well as a lengthy reaction to the ACO now banning...

IndyCar's morning after the night before as Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell review their Streets of Detroit round, with a bonus bit of chat about IMSA's Detroit Sprint Race the day before. Given Detroit is their home ground, it was a rough day for Chevy as Alex Palou took his third pole position in a row, and despite some swings and roundabouts for strategy, held off Kyle Kirkwood at the end of the...

It's the moment we'd all been waiting for in the 2026 title battle - BEEF between the leading men at Mercedes as F1 headed to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix.  And what a moment it was, Kimi tries to hang it around the outside of Russell in the Sprint Race, and Russell runs Kimi over the Turn 2 grass to keep his place for the win. And this begins the awkward conversations about racecraft, rul...

A tough week for us all in Motorsport. Sadly, the same night we completed our Indy 500 Preview Podcast, we got the devastating news that NASCAR's winningest driver Kyle Busch had suddenly passed away due to complications from Sepsis at the age of just 41. It was a sombre weekend with heartbreaking tributes to him across Motorsport. The boys too pay tribute to an incredible legacy and a driver who...

And back-to-back days with a Podcast, huzzah! Dre, Cam and RJ are joined by Frontstretch.com 's Christopher DeHarde to talk about the 110th Running of the Indy 500 tomorrow, the story so far, and preview the grid before the world's biggest race. It was a dramatic week of prep for quali in a different way - With Bump Day not on the table due to exactly 33 entrants, we had a change of format, with a...

A chilling edition of the Motorsport101 podcast as Dre, RJ and Cam review a MotoGP weekend in Barcelona that had two enormous red flag crashes. During the race, Alex Marquez crashed into the back of Pedro Acosta's KTM as it was cutting out. His bike veers violently towards the wall and Marquez falls out, breaking his clavicle and M7 vertebrae, he'll be out for at least the next two races. After th...

Warning: Racial topics are discussed in this episode that you may find upsetting. Look after yourselves. IndyCar had their Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indy Road Course this time last week, and all hell broke loose over a controversial incident early on in the race, when Alex Rossi's car dies on the home straight with cars coming through at 170mph, while the series delayed a caution while the leaders...

Bonus points if any of you spot where the change of transition audio comes from - Dre A dramatic MotoGP weekend landed at Le Mans, one of the blue ribbon events on the calendar, and it was dominated by two massive stories. On Saturday, Marc Marquez suffered a huge highside at the end of the Sprint, causing him to break a metatarsal in his foot, leading to him missing the Grand Prix, and the Catalo...

Motorsport101 is back and with it, we start with the sombre news that Alex Zanardi passed away last Friday at the Age of 59. Dre, RJ and Cam pay tribute to the remarkable strength and courage of Alex, a two-time Champ Car Champion, who became a four-time Paralympic Gold Medalist after a life-changing crash at the Lausitzring in 2001.  Then they review the Miami Grand Prix, as Kimi Antonelli became...

For a brief moment, Our Bikes was back.  Dre and Cam are back to sit down and review what was an absolutely chaotic Spanish GP weekend at Jerez. We had a dry-to-wet Sprint Race where Marc Marquez crashed on the transitional period and it actually helped him win in the most bizarre of circumstances. We'll explain how he did and how it actually turned out legal! All of that for Marc to bin it during...

It's time for another episode of Motorsport101, and Dre and RJ are joined by Frontstretch.com 's Christopher DeHarde, with RJ giving us a bonus segment on IMSA's race weekend there too, with Acura winning before the announcement of them leaving the series entirely at the end of the season, while Porsche suffered a monster Balance of Performance hit, and Robert Wickens came oh so close to his first...

Welcome to an off-season edition of Motorsport101 - We took a week off in the downtime but now we're back with a special mailbag edition of the show with Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell. We take care of some general housekeeping, catching up with Ai Ogura potentially moving to the factory Yamaha squad and leaving Trackhouse, and letting that sink in. All of a sudden, Yamaha has a really solid lineup...

Any further requirements for Aprilia? Because it seems to this podcast host, that Aprilia has truly arrived and they are a problem.  Dre and Cam review the 2026 MotoGP US GP, and it was another banner day for the Aprilia factory. Jorge Martin took advantage of a Pecco Bagnaia rear tyre vibration to win the Sprint on the final lap of the race, giving Martin the World Championship lead for a day, hi...

Welcome to the special extended Max Verstappen edition of a Motorsport101 episode where he absolutely became the main character.  Dre and RJ talk about two races in one podcast. First up, F1's Japanese Grand Prix, where before we'd even started the weekend, the FIA had reduced the amount of regen the cars would be allowed to cut down on Superclipping, and Verstappen threw out a journalist from his...

Welcome to the respecting the bumps edition of the show, as we have a rare double feature, reviewing MotoGP's return to Brazil after 22 years away and the return of IMSA to Sebring. One track respected their bumps, the other very much didn't. We doubled up on this episode besides the original felt a little empty. There wasn't a huge amount of racing to talk about. Marc Marquez took advantage of a...