Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Lovecars On the Grid Podcast where we have had a weekend of really good battles!  

Starting off with the World Rally Championship, that took place in Belgium this weekend. Paul Woodman and Tiff Needell discuss the win by Hyundai and Belgian duo Thierry Neuville with his co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe in the i20. The pair fought off their team mate, Craig Breen, who finished second with his co-driver, Paul Nagle. Toyota then came in with 3rd and 4th place.   

Moto GP was an amazing weekend, but started off with a bit of controversy! The Austrian GP started with a suspension for Yamaha rider, Maverick Vinales following him appearing to be fiddling with his bike in an effort to sabotage his race last weekend at the Styrian GP. We've never heard of a rider sabotaging his own bike! The race itself this weekend was spectacular, with a crash from Spanish rider Marc Márquez due to the poor weather in Belgium. South African rider, Brad Binder didn't switch for the wet weather bike and managed to hold on for the Win, despite on slick tyres and hardly any brakes! A home win for the KTM team.  

In the supporting races, Spanish rider Raul Fernandez took the win in Moto 2, whilst British rider, Sam Lowes started in pole but finished in 4th place. In Moto 3, Championship leader  Pedro Acosta won another GP after a battle with Romano Fenati and Sergio García with lots of lead changes. Tiff will be there in a few weeks time for the British Moto GP at Valentino Rossi's last ever Moto GP event!  

In Formula E, the final race of the championship took place in Berlin this weekend, with wins from French driver Norman Nato for Venturi Racing, but the Championship was taken by ex-Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne, with the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team. 

An exciting race with several crashes and even cars that didn't start! Next race is in January 2022!  Over in Scotland, at Knockhill there was great racing with BTCC. Paul thought it was hard in a Caterham, these BTCC cars were incredible! We saw an incredible battle between Colin Turkington and Honda driver, Senna Proctor. Turkington went on to also place 2nd in race two, whilst Proctor took 2nd in race 3. Tiff and Paul are big fans of Ash Sutton!  

The Superbikes were at Donington, with wins for Yamaha's Jason O'Halloran and Tarran Mackenzie, along with Ducati's Tommy Bridewell.   In America, we had a tight qualifying in Indycar at Indianapolis, with an eventual win for Will Power after starting second, followed closely by former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean. 

The race was shared with NASCAR at the track this weekend, with great entertainment in the Sunday race, ending with a few crashes in the chicane, with a battle ending with A. J. Allmendinger winning the race.   Coming up next week, we've got more Indycar and NASCAR. British Superbikes are going to Cadwell Park, but of course, it's LE MANS, with more British drivers there than any other nationality!

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Lovecars On the Grid Podcast, where we've had a jam packed week of motorsport!  We start with Paul Woodman's race in the Caterham Academy, which was at Brands Hatch this week. Even with Tiff Needell there to cheer him on, Paul unfortunately had a disappointing race, having chose the wrong tyres for the race this time. This comes after choosing the wrong tyres for qualifying at Silverstone at the last race! Full video to come soon and next race at Croft with just three races to go. Can Paul get a podium in the last few races? What do you think?  In British GT, the cars were in the rain at Snetterton this week, with wins from Aston Martin and Mercedes. In DTM, Alexander Albon had a tough couple of races in his AlphaTauri Ferrari, finishing 5th overall at Zolder circuit.   In Moto GP, perhaps the biggest news was the announcement of the retirement of Valentino Rossi, who will hang up his leathers after 25 years racing as 'The Doctor' in Moto GP. In the Grand Prix itself, there was a red flag after lap 3 at the Styrian Grand Prix,  after a crash involving Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo Salvadori which caused bikes to burst into flames in a very dramatic event.  In World Superbikes, the riders were in the Czech Republic, and Irish rider Jonathan Rea saw his Championship lead reduced after finishing in 3rd place behind British rider Scott Redding and Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu.  Elsewhere in America, there was lots going on, with both NASCAR and Indycar. The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the race for Indycar, in Nashville, with lots of bumps and crashes, especially on the race restarts. The race ended up taking 2 hours 45 minutes with a win for Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson.  The NASCAR was another great race, at Watkins Glen International, New York, with a win for Kyle Larson, his fifth for this season so far, chasing off his teammate Chase Elliott.  Coming up next week, we have lots more action in Europe, with the second round in Austria for the Moto GP with the Austrian Grand Prix, World Rally Championship are in Belgium, whilst British Superbikes are at Donington Park four you motorbike fans. In America, Indianapolis gets Indycar road course on Saturday and NASCAR on Sunday, so an exciting weekend there!

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Lovecars On the Grid Podcast, the global motorsport roundup, where we have a jam packed week of motorsport!  Sadly, we start with a tragedy at Brands Hatch. 

A member of the Orange Army, the marshall team at Brands Hatch sadly lost their life this weekend. Our thoughts go out to their family and friends. We couldn't go racing without the Orange Army, many of whom are volunteers and the loss of one of them is real loss.   

Onto Formula 1, we had an action packed Grand Prix in Hungary, with a crash from Valtteri Bottas, with a win for young driver Estaban Ocon with Alpine, a second place disqualification for Sebastian Vettel, and Lewis Hamilton making a recovery from last place! What did you think of Fernando Alonso's defending of Lewis Hamilton?  

Supporting the F1 in Hungary was both Formula 3 and W Series, with some spectacular supporting races! Following the sprint races in Formula 3, Norwegian driver, Dennis Hauger took the win. In W Series, it was another great show for British drivers, with Jamie Chadwick and Alice Powell taking 1st and 2nd place at the Hungaroring.   

We also had the 24 hour race at Spa with the GT racing! With a real mix of weather and some horrendous crashes, and fantastic speeds over Eau Rouge! An exciting end to the race with the Ferrari overtaking the Audi and winning!  

The BTCC was back in the UK! This weekend was at Oulton Park, with lots of crashes from the Minis, touring cars and Ginetta Juniors and some great wheel to wheel racing! Elsewhere at Thruxton, we had the Superbikes with a very close race!  

Tiff was also racing at the Silverstone Classic this weekend, with five races but no wins! 5th overall and a very good results considering the weather and still managed to do some presenting too!  

Coming up next week, we have a 3 week gap for the Formula 1, but still lots going on, with the Styrian Moto GP and World Superbikes, along with Indycar and NASCAR over the pond!

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Lovecars On the Grid Podcast, the global motorsport roundup, where this week seems to have been somewhat a quieter week of motorsport!   

Speaking of quiet, we start off with Formula E, with a strange weekend, but two British driver's Winning at the Excel centre and plenty of car coming together! Towards the end of the final race, we even got a pace car and some controversy from Audi! Next race will be the final race of the year in Berlin on August 14th.  

Elsewhere, the GT cars were racing at the Lausitzring in Germany and another win for a British driver, this time being Philip Ellis and Mercedes' first win since 2018!  The British GT Championship was at Spa, where there were a few start line shunts, but Machitski / Lind and Brown / Marshall still managed to take the Wins. Of course, it's the big weekend for GT cars coming up, with the Spa 24 hour race approaching!  

Coming up this week, the Hungarian Formula 1 is back, which is usually an exciting race and the Max and Lewis battle continues, we look forward to the first corner. Which driver is your favourite? 

There's also Formula 3 and W Series to look forward to in Hungary.   

In the Superbikes, we had a sad weekend. 14-year old Spanish rider, Hugo Millán was tragically killed following coming off his bike and being struck by another rider. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. British Rider, Brad Jones was also sadly taken to hospital following an accident at Brands Hatch.   

Coming up next weekend, we of course have the already mentioned Formula 1, Formula 3, W Series and Spa 24 hours, but Tiff is also racing at the Silverstone Classic in some fantastic car. Tiff will also be doing some of the commentary alongside Nicki Shields. 

Can Tiff get podiums on all six of his races? Tune in next week to find out! or DTM and Spa for British.

Think you know what we'll be discussing after an action packed Grand Prix at Silverstone. Tiff and Paul also cover World Sportscar and World Rally rounds last weekend, plus some WRC with year old Kalle Rovenpera in Estonia, WEC in Monza, where Toyota win again but not without worries.

Also, what do you think of the new format? Friday qualifying, Saturday Sprint race and then of course the main event.

British Superbikes at Brands.

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Lovecars On the Grid Podcast, the global motorsport roundup, after a weekend when worldwide action was a bit thin on the ground!

Sadly the Toronto Indycar we fancied got called off due to Covid, so the only single seater action was Formula E from New York, with a brilliant performance by Britains Sam Bird.

The only other international racing the WTC in Spain, but back home in Blighty there was plenty of action with the British GT at Donington, Historic Legends at Brands Hatch and British Superbikes from Knockhill but the place to be was surely the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Good to see the WTC was supported by Pure ETCR with our very own Oli Webb driving.

WTC was a bit of a front wheel drive anti-climax for Tiff, with wins for Audi and Hyundai – but 10 laps for a World series - surly it needs to be more!

NASCAR boys did 260 laps at Atlanta with the Bush brothers putting on a great show.

This weekend of course the British Grand Prix at Silverstone which includes the first ever Sprint race, and perhaps some news from Mercedes-AMG that a certain George Russel may be joining the team for 2022?

Lots of brilliant support with W Series and F2, plus WEC at Monza, WRC in Estonia and NASCAR in New Hampshire.

Welcome to Episode 16 of Lovecars On The Grid podcast, the global motorsport roundup, where this week we cover the Caterham Academy round at Silverstone, World Superbikes, Indycar and much more!  

This weekend, the Caterham Academy was at the home of British Formula 1, Silverstone! Another controversy with our own Paul Woodman, following using dry tyres for the qualifying, the Lovecars car qualified 19th, then having got up to 4th place, was he innocently taken out in the race? Full video to come soon!  

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen is starting to run away from Lewis Hamilton in the points, but it's still Red Bull vs. Mercedes! Who will walk away with the Championship this year? Lando Norris and Sergio Perez receive penalties, but were they right to be given? 

Did you know a Formula car is as long and as wide as a Rolls Royce Phantom?!  

In the W Series, British racing driver Jamie Chadwick took the podium having dominated the race, with British drivers taking all three podium places. 

In Formula 3, Tiff seems to prefer the feature race as opposed to the sprint race!  

No MotoGP this week, but the Superbikes were at Donington Park! The usual British domination of Superbikes that we're used to over the years is now under attack from Turkish rider, Toprak Razgatlioglu, who beat Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes to 1st place.  

This week, Indycar was at mid-Ohio, one of the few tracks with very few overtakes. 

Unfortunately no joy for the two British drivers during this race, but Josef Newgarden finally got a well deserved win!  

NASCAR were at road America, for the first time in many years. Overtakes were few, but plenty of action nonetheless, with team mates colliding and an interesting reversing manoeuvre from Kyle Bush.  

Next week, we have no Formula 1 or MotoGP sadly. The only European race we can see is the British GT at Donington Park. Most of the action is in America, with NASCAR in Atlanta. Indycar is heading to the streets of Toronto and Formula E is in New York!  

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00:19 - Intro  

Welcome to Episode 15 of Lovecars On The Grid, the global motorsport roundup, where this week we cover the Styrian Grand Prix, NASCAR, British GT and BTCC!  

Tiff was at the London Classic Car Show, hosting the talk stage and commentating on the classic cars on parade!   

The Styrian Grand Prix, where Red Bull and Mercedes roles have been reversed this week, with the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen continuing. A very interesting pit stop from Valtteri Bottas too!  

The W Series had its first race in Austria, with 5 British ladies racing and 4 of which finished in the top 5 and even a safety car. Of course, we are #TeamVicky!  

Elsewhere, the WRC has returned to Kenya for the first time in 14 years with some safari style action, and rough and tough terrain to rip suspension!  

The Moto GP was entertaining as always, with the shock news that Vinales will quit for the 2022 season and Yamaha have accepted his resignation. Valentino Rossi had a crash in such a high speed corner!  

In NASCAR, number 5, Larson was one corner from breaking the record and winning 5 NASCAR races in a row! Sadly the tyre blew and put him in the wall, however he was still able to finish 9th, what a race!  

The BTCC was at Brands Hatch Indy track, a really hard track to overtake, meaning that Tom Oliphant who qualified on pole ended up finishing the first race in 1st place too, with plenty of action happening in the other races.  

Next week, there's a very exciting race for the Caterham Academy, as the drivers go to Silverstone! There's also the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, another W Series race and Indycar is at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and NASCAR is at Road America!  

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Welcome to Episode 14 of Lovecars On the Grid, the global motorsport roundup, where this week is a very special one, as we announce the Winner of our Caterham caption competition from Facebook!  

Also in this week's roundup, we cover the French Grand Prix and the continued battles between Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after another exciting race!  

We have more frantic action from the MotoGP at the Sachsenring in Germany, with a dominant win from Mark Marques, making it 11 wins in a row at this track, which is unbelievable!  

In GT3 cars, Lamborghini and Mercedes took some wins in Zandvoort, whilst the GT3 DTM made it's debut at Monza. Alexander Albon didn't have the best of weekends in his new career either!   

Oli Webb also took part in the new, all electric Pure ETC championship, which was at Vallelunga this weekend in Italy. Then we have Indycar at Road America and NASCAR in Nashville!  

Next weekend, we have the Styrian Grand Prix to look forward to, the season opener for the WSeries, the MotoGP goes to Holland, plus we have the BTCC at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit! Plenty to talk about next week, make sure you tune in, and of course, if there's anything else you'd like to see, be sure to let us know in the comments!

Welcome to Episode 13 of Lovecars On the Grid the global motorsport roundup, where this week we kick off with the Caterham Academy Championship as it heads to Knockhill, Scotland - that saw our man Paul Woodman have a huge crash in race number 2.

Also in this weeks roundup, Tiff Needell makes it look easy with 5 podiums from 5 races from a weekend at his home track of Thruxton, though he did have the most unlucky second place of his 50 year racing career!

The BTCC guys head to Snetterton for some wheel to wheel action, plus WEC, that ended up being a bit of a Toyota procession, and a disappointing debut for team Glickenhaus.

Over the pond awesome Indycar racing, which seems to be an extremely popular debate on Twitter! And guess who won the million dollar NASCAR all-star race in Texas?

Next week French we have F1 back at Paul Ricard, with F3 supporting. MotoGP from Sachsunring in Germany, Indycar from Road America, NASCAR in Nashville, and Formula E from Puebla in middle of Mexico.