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In shocking news, Lewis gets over the line for World Title #6 with a 2nd place at COTA, and another Mercs 1-2 as Ferrari crumble over the tyres and the bumps! We also get a MotoGP race in Sepang, marred in tragedy as Maverick Vinales wins, but with a tragic passing for Afridza Mundandar in the Asia Talent Cup. Oh and Penske bought IndyCar. As you do. THE NEWS, PART 1 IndyCar: Penske Entertainment Corporation just bought IndyCar and IMS (feat. post-prod insert chat with Chris) F1 2021 concept finally unveiled! F1: Giovinazzi returns to Alfa Romeo for 2020; Hulkenberg turns down Williams seat and faces end of F1 tenure FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - Lewis Hamilton is one of Britain's greatest athletes ever, full stop - Bottas locks up 2nd in the WDC with a comprehensive pole-to-win victory, VER completes podium in 3rd - Ferrari's pace is so amazing, LEC was able to finish 4th - ALB goes from 6th, to the back, back to 5th - Renault's car is quicker without driver assists - RIC 6th, HUL 9th - SAI 7th, N

A 150-minute special edition of the show, as all four of the boys go over a madhouse Mexico GP without the finish, an Australian GP that DID have a mad finish with Maverick Vinales throwing the house at Marc Marquez, and a shocker as the Mayor of Hinchtown... leaves office?! FORMULA 1 GP DE MÉXICO - VER concedes pole position by narcing on his own damn self after BOT crashes in Q3 - so LEC goes to pole! - HAM salvages win out of bad start and 48-lap stint on hard tyres wow awesome - VET splits the two Mercedes, BOT keeps title fight alive barely in 3rd - Poor pit stop for Ferrari leads to LEC dropping out of lead fight - ALB finishes ahead of VER, whose race gets worse after early turmoil - PER 7th in front of home fans! VAMOS VAMOS VAMOS CHECO - RIC salvages points and dignity for Renault, 16th to 8th - GAS 9th, HUL 10th after KVY penalized for last-lap collision MOTOGP AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - Marquez wins! Viñales puts it on the floor in the last lap! - HOLY SHIT APRILIA LED A DRY WEATHER RACE (AI29 6th/A

Funny show this one with Dre, King and Cam. This was originally going to be a show dominated by MotoGP's Japanese GP Weekend. Unfortunately, we this show quickly became a live reaction show to the breaking news of the time that Renault got DQ'ed from the Japanese Grand Prix, and... things got out of hand at the end. Enjoy! HOLY SHIT RENAULT CHUCKED OUT OF JAPAN AND MAYBE A LOT MORE MOTOGP: Japanese Grand Prix - Marc Marquez goes to double digits, winning 10th race of the year, ties Mick Doohan for top flight wins, Honda takes constructors title - Fabio 2nd yet again to win Rookie of the Year, Dovi 3rd - Rossi bins it, we have to mention Andrea Iannone's new tattoo, Aprilia suffer HORRENDOUS weekend. - Luca Marini goes back-to-back to win in Moto2 over Thomas Luthi and Jorge Martin's first podium, Alex Marquez pulls two miracle saves in a weekend - Lorenzo Dalla Porta puts one hand on Moto3 title with massive win, with Canet falling, Arenas and Vietti on the podium - Big KTM reshuffle as Lecouna goes to Tec

Guess who's back? Back again? Dre is back! Tell a friend! He returns to Motorsport101 alongside Cam, RJ and King for a show stacked with a Japanese GP affected by Typhoon Hagadis, a World Superbike round riddled with politics in a poorly ran Argentine round, and all the news in Motorsport! MOTUL PETIT LE MANS WEEKEND MEMORIES FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - Hagibis' impact on the weekend - Naoki Yamamoto did the damn thing in FP1 - Renault's Japanese GP result - and maybe their entire season - could be at risk #BrakeBiasGhazi - Bottas beats both Ferraris off the line, romps to first win since Baku - No, seriously, what's gotten into Charles Leclerc WSBK SAN VILLICUM ROUND ARGENTINA THE NEWS - FORMULA E: Valencia Testing updates with Ryan King - FORMULA 1: MIAMI GP BACK IN THE HOME OF THE 2019 CAMPEONES DEL TANK BOWL - MOTOGP: Nakagami to sit out final 3 races with shoulder injury - Zarco returns! - BATHURST 1000: Scott McLaughlin finally wins the big one in a grand stand finish - though not without a lit

Always seemed inevitable that Marc Marquez would bring it home, and he did, with his 8th World Championship cemented in another brilliant last-lap victory in Thailand. We break it all down on M101, including all the support classes, the news, and why Mark Webber is a dipshit. THE NEWS AND COMMENTARY SECTION - RJ has a take on Mark Webber being an idiot - F1: Yamamoto confirmed for FP1 drive at Suzuka - weather permitting, with Super Typhoon Hagibis approaching - IndyCar: Ericsson switches to Ganassi, joins Dixon and Rosenqvist in 3rd entry - FE: Marrakech replaces Hong Kong on calendar, Mahindra retains Wehrlein & D'ambrosio, BMW retains Sims - SuperGTxDTM: Rast and Müller split the wins, Button finishes 9th on Saturday while SGT teams struggle for traction - Motorsport Network to hike price of Autosport & F1 Racing Print mags, Zak Brown resigns as chairman - Juan Manuel Correa update - he speaks for the first time THE WEEK AHEAD: PETIT LE MANS AND BATHURST 1000 EDITION - Some of us will be at Petit

The church rebuild is cancelled, Ferrari screwed the pooch again. Two new Champions are crowned in F2 and F3, and Jonathan Rea took advantage of a resurgent Toprak to claim his 5th consecutive World Superbike title! FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - Normal Service Resumes as Hamilton leads Bottas in Mercedes 1-2, while Ferrari implode under tactical mismanagement and radio dramas - Vettel retires with MGUK failure - voted DOTD - miffed LEC finishes 3rd after SC intervention - VER finishes 4th, ALB goes from pit lane start to 5th - Both McLarens score, SAI 6th NOR 8th, PER 7th, MAG finally in the points for Haas again in 9th, HUL 10th after penalty - RIC, GRO, GIO involved in L1 incident - Both Williams retire - RUS with brake failure induced crash, KUB to save parts FORMULA 2 AND FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - Nyck de Vries takes pole-to-victory in feature race to wrap up the F2 title - F2 Sprint Race marred by horror crash for Matsushita and Mazepin; Ghiotto takes the victory after long red flag - F3 Featur

And here's Part 2 of that doubleheader, featuring the BEST intro in the history of the show, Josef Newgarden winning his 2nd IndyCar title in 3 years in a surprisingly great return to Laguna Seca, and a massive news update including Nico Hulkenberg, Romain Grosjean, Johann Zarco and so much more! But first...the News! - Let's react to eSmart Car Racing - F1: One expected move - Kubica exits Williams, and one unexpected move - Haas retains Grosjean over Hulkenberg - Let's catch up on a mailbag question from Thomas Webb: F1 is the best advertising billboard and maybe why Williams are trying to hang on. However as they're making losses - should they be looking elsewhere? - Put their knowledge, technology and history in other series across the world? - MotoGP: Zarco parts ways with KTM before end of year, Pol Espargaro at risk of missing rest of 2019 - WSBK: The Bautista to Honda rumours are true after all! - IndyCar: Harding Steinbrenner retains Herta in new alliance with Andretti Autosport - FE: JAKARTA ePRIX

And after 392 days on the pine, Sebastian Vettel WINS a grand prix! As you can imagine, one host was slightly happier than the others! And this is a double taping, so expect episodes today and Monday the 30th, this part includes full reviews from Singapore, and Marc Marquez dominating Aragon, with Cam, King, RJ and Dre all on board! FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX - VET ends a 394 day winless drought, powers through for his fifth Singapore win - LEC completes Ferrari 1-2 after starting from pole, frustrated not to be winning - VER 3rd, HAM 4th, BOT 5th as Mercedes keeps the points leader ahead with team orders - ALB 6th, NOR 7th, GAS 8th, HUL 9th, GIO 10th (even led the race!) - GRO collides with RUS, ends Williams 100% finishing record; KVY torpedoes RAI out; PER a mechanical non-finisher MOTOGP GRAND PRIX OF ARAGON - Championship Point for Marquez, a winner in his 200th GP - Dovizioso goes from 10th to finish 2nd, Miller denies Viñales a podium finish on the final lap - FQ20 5th, CC35 6th, and Aprilia has

The Present vs The Future - Marquez narrowly pipping Fabio Quartararo in Misano dominates what was a fun and controversial weekend of GP Action in Misano! And! The Mailbag is back too! MOTOGP SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX - MGP Qualy: Marquez vs Rossi, Round 720, and holy shit Pol Espargaro put a solid steel KTM on the front row - MotoGP: Quartararo nearly leads wire-to-wire - but Marquez denies the Frenchman to win at Misano! 77th career GP victory, passing Hailwood for 4th - Maverick 3rd, Rossi 4th, Morbidelli 5th for Yamaha - Dovi has his hands way too full with Pol in 6th and 7th; Petrux in 10th behind Mir & Miller - Rins goes from Silverstone hero to Misano zero - both LCR Hondas fall, as do Oliveira, Pirro & Bagnaia - Moto2: Controversial pass secures victory for Fernandez - Moto3: Tatsuki Suzuki fulfills a promise from 2 years ago, winning for Simoncelli family team - MotoE: Matteo Ferrari doubles up at home! NEWS - Concerns over Singapore air pollution due to wildfires - Now MotoGP wants to go to 22

A changing of the guard? Dre, RJ, King and Cam breakdown a wild Italian GP, review Portimao as World Superbikes returns, and some shocks in NASCAR's Playoff chase! MOTORSPORT 101: EPISODE 211 None of us want to do the intro first, we’re all trying to get a tow KEEP FIGHTING, JUAN MANUEL https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FoDXdhm9F/ FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO D’ITALIA - So qualifying happened - LEC holds off HAM, BOT to go back-to-back and end Ferrari's nine-year winless drought in Monza - VET's race comes unraveled thanks to chain reaction spin, then pulling out into STR, who pulled out in front of GAS - RIC 4th, HUL 5th, King's bet comes too close to paying off - ALB 6th, VER 8th as his race is compromised by engine penalties - PER 7th from 18th and cancelled for pizza choices; GIO 9th at home, NOR 10th - SAI has three wheels on his wagon; KVY suffers an oil leak FORMULA 2 AND FORMULA 3 MONZA -F2 Feature: Ilott takes pole for Sauber Jr.; Matsushita rolls on to victory, comeback drives for De Vries and Ghiotto

This is a special episode that pays tribute to the tragic passing of Anthoine Hubert with Dre, King and RJ. We talk about the awful accident that took him, his impact on the junior formulae, and his career at large. Also: FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - LEC’s first victory, written in the stars above - Outlasts HAM over the closing laps in 2nd, BOT 3rd - VET 4th, fastest lap holder - NOR loses P5 on last lap; opening door for ALB to complete comeback from 17th on Red Bull debut - VER, meanwhile, ends 21-race Top 5 streak with L1 crash INDYCAR GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND - 37th career win, 2nd in 3 races for Power - Rahal starts L1T1 melee with Hinch, Daly, Veach, Pigot - RHR, Harvey involved in a second heated wreck - Dixon’s title hopes effectively vanquished - battery failure while leading NEWS - F1 Driver Market: BOT stays at Mercedes, OCO replaces HUL at Renault - Formula 3: The show goes on. Piquet and Armstrong split the victories, Schwartzman opens a gap to Daruvala with 2 rounds left - IndyCar’s 2020 Sch

This Podcast was recorded before the tragic news of Antoine Hubert's sudden passing. Please bear that in mind. Thank you. Charlie's Piece: https://medium.com/@charlie.regimbal/im-queer-i-m-a-racer-i-m-far-from-the-only-one-d2198bdc1261 Setlist for the show with me, RJ, Cam Buckley and King: MOTORSPORT 101: EPISODE 209 RJ’S TRAVEL BLOG AND SUZUKA 10 HOURS RECAP - A week between Yokkaichi and Suzuka - Car spotting - Food, konbinis - And the race itself - Extra extra thanks MOTOGP BRITISH GRAND PRIX INDYCAR BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500 FEATURING LAP 101 PRESENTED BY MOTORSPORT 101 http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-08-24/indycar-race-results-unofficial.pdf - YES NOW SATO: 2nd win of the season as Sato edges Carpenter over the line - Sato, Carpenter, 3rd place Kanaan make up a podium with an average age of 41.3 - CHAMPIONSHIP IMPLICATIONS! Josef spins on the last lap! (Still finishes 7th) - This segment on Santucci presented by Cly-Del, David Yurman, Michael Ferrucci, and a genuinely g

A special moment as Motorsport101 celebrates its 300th Podcast on the network! Special thanks to everyone for their ongoing support, you guys are the best! In this episode, Dre, Cam Buckley and Ryan King breakdown a mental, eyebrow-raising IndyCar return to Pocono as a 5-car wreck stole the show for all the wrong reasons! We also discuss MotoGP's first trip to the Kymiring, and the legacy of BIG M8! - Will Power wins shortened race due to impending storm ahead of Scott Dixon and Simon Pagenaud - Sato, Rossi and Hunter-Reay collide on opening lap that causes 5-man wreck, Rosenqvist and Hinch narrowly avoid major damage - Social media EXPLODES, Drivers split on Pocono, future unclear going forward, mass debate - Santino Ferrucci finishes career high 4th and everyone loved NBC's coverage of it - Colton Herta and Spencer Pigot also crash on their own NEWZ: - First ever MotoGP test at the Kymiring, riders not exactly happy - Matt DiBendetto is apparently too good for his ride in NASCAR now - BIG M8 CAN NOT BE K

A heaped M101 for your listening pleasure! Dre (via post-prod) on an almighty MotoGP dogfight in Austria, the W Series Finale at Brands Hatch as Chadwick took the crown, and HOLY SHIT RED BULL SWAPPED DRIVERS! THE NEWS - HOLY FUCK RED BULL SWAPPED GASLY AND ALBON - McLaren and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports join forces - Arrow McLaren SP enter full-time for 2020! - This move and its implications - futures of Hinch secure, but who might replace Ericsson? What of Alonso? What of Wickens? - F1 Mexico City Grand Prix retained through 2022 - F1 "working aggressively" on synthetic fuels - Brendon Hartley joins GEOX Dragon Racing for 2019-20 Formula E season - KTM commits to MotoGP, leaves Moto2, and breaks off with Johann Zarco - Lorenzo will stay at Honda through 2020; Miller may be on the move out of Ducati - and so too might Bautista! MOTOGP AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX (feat. your friendly neigbourhood Andre Harrison) - MotoGP: Marquez sets the new all-time pole position record - but it's Dovi with a final-corner pass o

Is this a bad time for a podcast? RJ and King, and Dre via post-production, gets caught up on a brilliant Hungarian GP, and MotoGP's return to Brno as Marc Marquez had a stunning weekend to remember! Obituary: DAMS founder Jean-Paul Driot (1940-2019) FORMULA 1 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - Qualifying: VER becomes 100th different pole winner, more importantly, RUS almost advances from Q2 - HAM & VER engage in titanic battle for win - wheel-to-wheel action, Mercedes gambles on strategy to propel HAM to victory - VET snatches final podium place off LEC - SAI outruns his former Red Bull junior mate GAS; NOR continues McLaren's excellent form in 9th - RAI outfinishes countryman BOT - whose race languishes after L1 contact - ALB has great wheel-to-wheel fight with KVY, finishes 10th - IT'S SUMMERTIME BAYBEE! MOTOGP CZECH GRAND PRIX, FEATURING ANDRE HARRISON FORMULA 2 AND FORMULA 3 - F2 Feature: De Vries wins pole, but it's Latifi who returns to form with victory - F2 Sprint: Mick Schumacher converts RGP into long-

We thought we'd give you a break before dropping one of the biggest episodes of recent times on your laps! An EPIC 2+ hour long show featuring the German Grand Prix, Suzuka's 8 Hours and IndyCar in Mid-Ohio with Dre, RJ and Cam! FORMULA 1 GERMAN GRAND PRIX - In a race of rain and calamity, VER overcomes slow start, and spin, to win 2nd race of season - Rebounding from technical failure in Q1, VET drives from P20 to P2 - KVY's roller-coaster F1 journey hits another peak - finished 3rd for Toro Rosso - STR's gamble sees him lead, finish 4th for Racing Point - SAI recovers from T16 spin, continues McLaren's stellar 2019 in 5th - ALB comes from back of grid to finish 6th - Alfa 7-8 OH NO WAIT NO THEY'RE NOT - So who's left? GRO & MAG overcome more drama to finish 7-8 for Haas - HAM 9th despite crash, pit entry penalty, and 50 second stop - KUB scores first points since 2010, finally puts Williams on the board - BOT, LEC, GAS, HUL, PER each crash out; NOR & RIC retire with mechanical issues - Y'all what t

And now, we complete the catchup with Iowa, a race that didn't finish until 6 in the morning UK Time! And Josef Newgarden dominated, but you're all shocked! Setlist: THE INAUGURAL PARIS-ROUEN MOTOR RACE RECAP WITH RYAN ERIK KING https://twitter.com/RyanErikKing/status/1153182907256770560 IOWA 300: INDY CAR AFTER DARK EDITION http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-07-21/indycar-officialraceresults.pdf - So, about that weather - Dominance from Newgarden: Leads 245 laps, takes his second Iowa Speedway victory and extends points lead (4th time in 5 years leading the most laps) - Dixon recovers from one lap down, late charge on fresh tyres propels him to 2nd! - Title contenders Pagenaud 4th after claiming pole, Rossi 6th - Pigot ties best finish of the year in 5th, Veach returns to form in 7th - Sato retires from potential T5 finish; Power's performance undone by pit-lane violation OTHER RACES THAT HAPPENED - W Series Assen: Emma Kimilainen returns to the series and wins from pole position! - W Ser

And here's the second part of our double header, shuffling out me and Cam, for Ryan King and Chris DeHarde, as Jean-Eric Vergne made history as Formula E's first double and back-to-back champion, and an emotional IndyCar race in Toronto as Robert Wickens drove a pace car enroute to Simon Pageanud's 3rd win of the season! MOTORSPORT 101: EPISODE 203 SPECIAL REPORT: RICH ENERGY IS DEAD - William Storey ousted as CEO - New identity as Lightning Volt Energy HONDA INDY GRAND PRIX OF TORONTO http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-07-14/indycar-race-results-OFFICIAL.pdf - Robert Wickens drives a car for the first time since his accident - Simon Pagenaud pits in dominant drive for 3rd win of season, leading 80 of 85 - With broken steering, Dixon still rallies late to finish 2nd - Takuma Sato's fiery weekend: Fight with Bourdais in practice, explosive engine failure in race - Title protagonists Rossi, Newgarden finish 3rd and 4th; Rosenqvist the top rookie in 5th - Hinch +8 in 6th, Herta +9 in 7th - Po

The first part of what was a double recording, with FIVE different M101 hosts over two shows! In this first part, Dre, RJ and Cam Buckley review Formula 1 at Silverstone and World Superbikes at Laguna Seca! Here's a full setlist, including a special, already out of date report on Rich Energy's collapse: MOTORSPORT 101 SPECIAL REPORT: RENEWABLE, SUSTAINABLE RICH ENERGY FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX - It Came Home! Hamilton becomes Silverstone’s winningest Driver - Verstappen/Leclerc II was awesome - BOT loses chance at victory due to ill-timed SC intervention - VET’s crash into VER caps off a sub-par British weekend - GAS shows improved form, finishes P4 ahead of VER - SAI holds off RIC for P6 and “F1.5” Top honours, NOR strategy compromised by SC - Adding insult to injury, Both Haas cars retire after L1 collision WSBK LAGUNA SECA ROUND - Rea takes 8th, 9th wins of season (Race 1 & Superpole) - Bautista goes 17th, DNF, DNF as he loses more points - Davies returns to form for first win of 2019 in race 2!

Where's Ty Dillinger when you need him? Marc Marquez made it a Perfect 10 at the Sachsenring in Germany, dominating the field in ridiculous fashion, with a little help from a suffering Alex Rins. Also, how the fuck did Cal Crutchlow finish 3rd with a torn ACL?! All that as well as Alex Marquez making it 4 from 5 in Moto2, and Lorenzo Dalla Porta leading a Leopard 1-2 in Moto3! We also get a look at World Superbikes at Donington, with a triple victory from Jonathan Rea taking his title lead to 24 points. We break down how Alvaro Bautista somehow lost 85 points to his main rival since Jerez's Superpole race. We also break down Tom Sykes losing a 2nd after a red flag due to the second coming of... "The Mahias Rule". God help us all. Enjoy!