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A whopper of a weekend for news, but on the front page, a familiar tale - Marc Marquez beats his brother in a dogfight to take his fourth win in Argentina, ahead of Franco Morbidelli scoring his first podium in the series since the Spanish GP in 2021.  Dre, Cam and RJ breakdown how Marc had to work a little harder this time to ensure victory, whether Alex Marquez really could be the main threat to...

Note: This episode was recorded before Thursday's news of the passing of Eddie Jordan, Dre adds some extra words in the intro of this episode, but there'll be a full conversation about Eddie on next week's show. Dre, Cam and RJ look back at what was a chaotic opening round of the 2025 Formula 1 Season, the first wet race in Australia since 2003, and with it, Lando Norris pipping Max Verstappen to...

That damn Spaniard. He's just that good. Dre, Cam and RJ make sense of the first IndyCar race of 2025 - The Grand Prix of St Pete in Florida, at one point, it felt like any one of four men could have won it, but it was an early caution between Will Power, Nolan Siegel and Louis Foster had dramatic strategic ramifications in this race one. Scott McLaughlin was forced onto a sub-optimal strategy, Co...

Well, the bikes are back and okay... Marc Marquez is back. Like, really back, and it's going to be a problem for everyone else involved. Dre, RJ and Cam dissect a dream weekend for MM93 in red, dominating all aspects of the Thailand Grand Prix, and finishing ahead of his brother Alex Marquez for Gresini in second, and Pecco Bagnaia in third. Are we already talking about a Marquez title campaign al...

Safe to say, this is a pretty big one! The season finale of Season Preview Season and it's time for us to preview the 2025 Formula 1 season. One of the biggest ever with 24 races, four genuinely competitive teams and a hot mess behind the scenes politically! And we brought on a special name on this one - ESPN's Countdown to F1 and Shutdown Fullcast host, Spencer Hall! The college football legends...

Welcome to the second episode of what we call "Season Preview Season", as the trio of Dre, Cam and RJ Preview the 2025 MotoGP Season! We talk about the new, larger-than-ever calendar, the incoming engine freeze, and Simon Crafar's new role as Chief Steward before getting into the state of all five factories within the sport. First up - the Japanese brands of Honda and Yamaha and their separate app...

New team, new station, same old nonsense. It's time for the return of Season Preview on Motorsport101! To start us off for the previews, it's the 2025 IndyCar Season, with Dre, Cam and RJ joined by special guest and old friend - Frontstretch.com writer and Colton Herta's best paddock friend, Christopher DeHarde. This is a huge, old-school edition of M101, nearly three hours long as catch up on Wil...

We got this bad boy out as soon as possible because Ford is coming back to Le Mans as a breaking news story and we wanted to strike while the iron is hot! On this episode of M101, Dre, RJ, and Cam are back to talk about what Ford coming back means, the natural rivalry with Ferrari rising to the surface, and what a triumph the regulation set has become as Ford becomes the 15th manufacturer to join...

It's that time again! To kick off our Motorsport101 coverage for 2025, we're previewing the IMSA Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona! Cam, RJ O'Connell live from Daytona, and Dre break down all four classes as this year's Rolex, including GTD and GTD Pro, the fleet of Ferrari 296s on Deck, as well as Iron Dames change to Porsche, Pfaff Motorsports heading to Lamborghini, and more as Porsche gets 20kg of BoP...

As the audio track to a written article on Motorsport101.com , Dre talks about new sancutions from the FIA for Misconduct Penalties, Jack Doohan's time in F1 potentially being brief, and IndyCar's first movements on FOX as they talk about poaching Will Buxton from F1 TV, and their first advert themed around Josef Newgarden. Article to piece: 

It's that time again, for the 9th annual Motorsport101 Awards!  Dre, RJ and Cam come together and make sense of the very best, worst, and everything inbetween in the most popular voted M101 Awards show ever, so thank you all so much for your votes! Does Alex Albon take the Golden Melon for his sidewinder sweep in Canada? Who takes the Golden Cock between stewarding, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, NASCAR, o...

Have you been listening to M101 for a while? Did you like the good old days when we used to have really long shows? Well today's your lucky day! This is a two and a half hour long marathon special breaking down everything that happened in F1 in 2024! A full team-by-team breakdown takes place from the struggles of Sauber as they wait for Audi to cash in, to Red Bull Racing and their horrendous powe...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Motorsport101! To wrap up the festive season, here's the first part of our 2024 Season Review Season, as Dre, Cam and special guest Ryan Erik King look back at the world of two wheels in 2024! Just one small twist in the story - It's been a while since our last MotoGP episode and KTM has hit the skids since the season ended, with the company en...

After 24 Grand Prix, 7,500km in race distance alone, and plenty of use of Papaya, McLaren finally wrapped up their first Consturctors Championship since 1998. But they had to survive Oscar Piastri being spun out by Max Verstappen at the first corner, as well as Carlos Sainz breathing down their necks. Dre, Cam and RJ reviewing the final weekend of the year. How we got there was also wild, with Geo...

Oh boy, this was another doozy. More FIA shenanigans completely overshadowed F1's Qatar Grand Prix weekend for 2024. President Mohammed Ben Sulayem entered the weekend with yet more firings. This time it was deputy Race Director Janette Tan and Tim Mayer, a 15-year veteran steward. On top of that, he declared that it was "None of the driver's business" how he runs the FIA.  That was bad enough, bu...

Safe to say, we've got a lot to catch up with here. In this extended episode of Motorsport101, RJ, Cam and Dre sit down to review a newsworthy final break and the year's biggest story. After Michael Andretti stepped down as CEO of his team, it turns out negotiating an F1 deal was actually a piece of piss, and it's now been confirmed that Cadillac under the wing of General Motors will join the grid...

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Originally a written article on Motorsport101.com , Dre reviews all the news that dropped on November 12th, including Alpine x Mercedes, Dan Fallows being removed from his role at Aston Martin, Niels Wittich fired as FIA Race Director, and F1 trying a new season launch in February 2025. Enjoy!

And just like that, the title race is just about over.  In this episode of Motorsport101, Dre, RJ and Cam review the penultimate round of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship at Sepang, and Saturday provided the quintessential metaphor for the 2024 Championship. Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin go to war in qualifying, the lap record gets absolutely shattered in the process, Bagnaia takes pole......

If you've been reading the news, it's not been the greatest of weeks. Forgive us if you don't like it, but we wanted to dedicate the first few minutes of this Podcast to reflect on Donald Trump being re-elected as President of the United States, and what it may mean for us Motorsport fans. We hope it resonates with you. Remember, this will always be a safe space for everyone to enjoy their Motorsp...

Valencia has suffered some horrible flooding in the last few days, with over 150 lives lost. With that in mind, we decided to change tact and talk a little bit about the horrible situation the region is facing at the moment, what could happen if Valencia doesn't host the finale, and how we got to this situation in the title battle with a quick review of the Thailand Grand Prix weekend, with Bagnai...

What was that Limmy would often say? If in doubt, don't back down, double down? Well, welcome to F1's 2024 Mexican Grand Prix and yet another Verstappen and Norris Championship flashpoint. The weekend started with a McLaren right to review into the Austin penalty that Lando Norris recieved, and while we all thought it was going to get thrown out, it did prompt another round of discussions as to th...

This wasn't a race, it was a duel between Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin. And for the second year in a row, Martin was pipped at the last as Marquez took the race by the scruff of the neck and won one of the fastest MotoGP races in modern history - 51 seconds faster than 2023's edition and on the same bike! Dre, Cam and RJ break down a heated front fight between the two at the front as Pecco Bagnai...

It was the track limits penalty seen around the world. Lando Norris and Max Verstappen take an off-road excursion and for some reason, Lando was given a time penalty for it. All that while Charles Leclerc dominated the race and took home a 1-2 for Ferrari. Safe to say, this was a busy one!  Dre, Cam and RJ break down the controversial penalty as Lando Norris dropped off the podium as a result of l...

It's Season Review time again on the Motorsport101 Podcast network and in this edition, it's time for the boys to review the 2024 IndyCar Season! The boys spend 140 minutes going up and down the grid and talk about their season, highlights and lowlights, and what's to come for 2025. There was a lot to catch up with that we didn't give full coverage to, like Ed Carpenter's bold move to release Rinu...