McLaren on the front row, Red Bull on the back foot - the Italian Grand Prix could be a big one for the 2024 F1 title fight, and it's already been a big weekend for the 2025 driver line-up. Put your questions about the events of Monza in the comments on this post and Edd will get as many answered as we can in Sunday night's podcast.
2024-09-01 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Marc Marquez is a winner again! (In a sprint at least) Whatever happens in the grand prix, there's going to be a LOT for Simon, Val and Matt to talk about in The Race MotoGP Podcast. Ask us your questions in the comments below - we'll be recording as soon as Simon's back from rider debriefs this afternoon.
2024-09-01 07:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Our latest top 10 debate on Bring Back V10s is all about the biggest driver moves from F1's V10 era.
Glenn Freeman is joined - as always - by Edd Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson, to argue over which moves were the most seismic from 1989-2005, with sub-debates including if drivers moving between teams should be more important than a shocking signing from outside F1, or a driver unexpecte...
2024-08-29 08:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Two huge F1 debuts are coming up at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend - with Mercedes protege Kimi Antonelli getting his hands on the team's 2024 car and Franco Colapinto making his race debut following a huge shake-up at Williams.
The Race F1 Podcast turns first to Antonelli, with Edd Straw joined by Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm to discuss how significant an outing this could b...
2024-08-28 11:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A shock first-time polesitter and a rare instance of Alex Palou's championship lead being reduced give The Race IndyCar Podcast plenty to review from Portland last weekend.
More race control decisions in the spotlight, a much more traditional style of race and how that worked out strategically in race winner Will Power's favour, plus the changes made at AJ Foyt recently that made Santino ...
2024-08-27 14:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
With Ducati monopolising the wins and even the podium finishes so emphatically at present, The Race MotoGP Podcast throws the spotlight on the rest of the field this week.
Simon Patterson and Val Khorounzhiy are tasked by Matt Beer with creating a top six ranking of the best non-Ducati riders of the 2024 season so far.
Who's overcoming their equipment disadvantage most impressively,...
2024-08-27 11:43:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We always have plenty of leftover questions when we ask The Race Members' Club what they want answered in our post-race episodes of The Race MotoGP Podcast, and there's always plenty of interesting chat going on in the post comments and community section on Patreon too.
So as promised on the last episode, we've rounded up some of our favourite questions and points from The Race Members' C...
2024-08-26 11:01:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Lando Norris could hardly have made a bigger statement of intent as F1 returned from its summer break, as the McLaren driver clinched his second grand prix win at the Dutch GP - and in doing so ended Max Verstappen's winning streak on home soil in crushing fashion.
But why was Norris so dominant at Zandvoort? Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm on The Race F1 Podcas...
2024-08-25 22:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been too long since we had a post-race podcast to take your F1 questions in. So post them below by 1800 UK time and Edd will include as many as he can in our Sunday night show!
2024-08-25 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Bring Back V10s is revisiting the story of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jordan nearly pulling off one of F1's greatest championship upsets, but this time we're doing it in much more depth and with the man himself to help us tell the tale!
We covered the end of the 1999 season from Jordan's perspective back in season one, and now we are looking back over the whole year with Frentzen joining G...
2024-08-23 07:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In the latest episode of F1 Book Club, exclusively for Race Members, host Edd Straw welcomes a giant of motorsport journalism, David Tremayne, to discuss his new book: Brawn BGP 001/02 – The autobiography of Jenson Button's World Championship winner, the 18th instalment in Porter Press's Great Cars series.
Just as the book covers the before, during, and after of Brawn GP and Bu...
2024-08-22 15:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to F1 Clash for helping us to speak to Gerhard Berger about his final F1 win. Check out Gerhard and all the other new Legends added to the game now! https://f1clash.onelink.me/iViG/TheRacePodcast
Multiple grand prix winner and F1 star from the 1980s and '90s, Gerhard Berger, joins Glenn ...
2024-08-22 09:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right - another podcast offering for you this Wednesday!
An under-the-radar wildcard who's impressing team owners makes a guest appearance on this week's episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast, which also looks back at the Gateway round - where Penske team-mate drama and more issues for Alex Palou's title rivals made for a brilliant race.
Jack Benyon is joined by JR Hildebrand...
It's season review time on this bumper episode of The Race Formula E Podcast as we look back at a wild 2024 campaign featuring eight different winners.
For host Andrew van de Burgt, The Race Formula E Correspondent Sam Smith and Formula E's lead commentator Tom Brooks, that means revisiting their forecasts from the start of campaign to reflect on just how accurately they predicted this m...
With the Formula 1 season about to spring back into life after the August break, The Race F1 Tech Show host Edd Straw talks battery technology in motorsport with the key players behind About:Energy.
CEO Gavin White and COO Kieran O'Regan explain the work their company is doing and reveal all about the state of battery technology, particularly with reference to the 2026 F1 regulations. It...
We sent Glenn along to a press preview morning of the new F1 Exhibition event in London, which opens to the public later this week. We've been sharing a few pictures on social media, but. as a special treat for all of you here on Patreon, here's a full download of all the pictures we took!
2024-08-20 15:50:03 +0000 UTC View Post
F1 is nearly back! Ahead of the season resuming in Zandvoort with the Dutch Grand Prix, Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson to pick out 9 intriguing storylines to watch for over the latter part of 2024...
2024-08-19 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A less-than-thrilling Austrian Grand Prix meant plenty of interest in off-track MotoGP matters at the Red Bull Ring as the final pieces of the 2025 line-up jigsaw slotted into place.
The reasons for Jack Miller, Miguel Oliveira, Ai Ogura and Somkiat Chantra's recently confirmed or now near-certain new deals prompted several strong questions from The Race Members' Club for Simon Patterson,...
2024-08-19 17:43:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Gerhard Berger's final F1 victory was an emotional one, as he dominated the 1997 German GP at Hockenheim not only on his return after missing three races, but also in the aftermath of his father's death.
In a special, additional episode for season 10 of Bring Back V10s, we've combined the next episode in our members-only '1997 Revisited' series with an exclusive interview with Berge...
2024-08-19 14:39:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We go into today's Austrian Grand Prix with Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin tied in the championship lead and everything wide open.
And as ever, The Race Members' Club on Patreon gets an exclusive chance to have your questions about the weekend's events answered on our post-race podcast with Simon, Val, Megan and Matt.
Just pop your question in a comment on this post and we'll get th...
2024-08-18 08:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s the driver move nobody saw coming, as David Malukas joins The Race IndyCar Podcast to discuss his blockbuster decision to switch to the AJ Foyt team for 2025.
Malukas has his third team in a year - after being dropped by McLaren after his wrist injury and returning to action with Meyer Shank - and he outlines the reasons for his decision to switch.
He also addressed rumours a...
2024-08-15 12:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got something a little bit different for you on this episode. Earlier this year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Prodrive, Edd Straw paid a visit to its Banbury HQ to interview its co-founder and chairman David Richards.
Many F1 fans will remember Richards through his time with the Benetton and BAR F1 teams, and may know that he’s currently chairman of Motorsport UK. But h...
2024-08-14 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't worry, the chat with Gerhard Berger was more enjoyable than Glenn's face suggests! That's just his 'concentrate on taking screenshot' face 😅
2024-08-13 16:40:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Fresh from returning to MotoGP as Yamaha's stand-in rider, Remy Gardner is our special guest on this week's episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.
The 2021 Moto2 champion is characteristically open about how long his single MotoGP season with KTM brought him and offers plenty of insight into switching between World Superbikes and MotoGP with Yamaha in 2024.
He also shares his thoughts ...
2024-08-12 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Edd Straw is joined by Ben Anderson and Samarth Kanal to debate who should be regarded as F1’s most underrated driver. Earlier this year, we included that very question in The Race audience survey, and we’ll be discussing the results from that in this pod, as well as taking in more listener opinions from social media. Will Edd, Ben and Samarth agree with the survey results? What does underr...
2024-08-11 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got something a little different for you on this episode of MotoGP Extra...
On a day-to-day basis, Oliver Card is The Race’s Creative Lead, working on everything from graphics and branding to podcast artwork, merchandise and more. He’s also a massive MotoGP fan, and a rider himself, but prior to this year he’d only attended one race as a fan.
Given he works in motors...
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You may have received an email from us welcoming you to The Race Members’ Club again. ‘What’s that?’ you may have thought.
Well, it’s good news! We’ve been able to grant all of you who have a paid Patreon membership a free subscription to our website. This means that if you log in on 2024-08-09 08:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode, Bring Back V10s turns the clock back to 1997 when three-time world champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul joined the F1 grid with their eponymous team Stewart Grand Prix.
Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and Matt Beer to look back on what proved an up and down debut season in the sport, which included Rubens Barrichello’s stunning podium in Monaco, a woeful reliab...
2024-08-08 16:08:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to grab the report cards once again as Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to run the rule over every team on the F1 grid and grade them for their performance relative to expectations over the first 14 races of the 24-race 2023 season. Which high achievers will be getting an A and who will be bottom of the class with an F? Listen in to find out...
2024-08-07 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Yamaha's recent MotoGP returnee and World Superbike ace Remy Gardner is our special guest pundit on the next episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast!
He'll be talking about his own career and prospects and giving his take on the 2024 WSBK and MotoGP seasons. So if you've got questions about any of those topics, put them in the comments before midday UK time on Thursday and we'll ask Remy as ma...
2024-08-07 12:51:33 +0000 UTC View Post