Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

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June 12, 2023 Unbelievable Le Mans! Ferrari on Top! TT Racing, Moto GP, NASCAR & more
Welcome to the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week.
Motorsport enthusiasts around the world were treated to a series of exhilarating races in 2023. From the historic Le Mans 24 Hours to the daring Isle of Man TT, and the high-speed action of Moto GP at Mugello and NASCAR in California, the motorsport calendar was packed with unforgettable moments.
The legendary Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race once again delivered an unforgettable spectacle. The 2023 edition witnessed fierce battles between some of the World's most prominent sports car manufacturers. The race showcased exceptional strategy, tireless teamwork, and remarkable driving skills.
In the end, it was Team Ferrari that emerged victorious. Their exceptional performance throughout the race, combined with flawless pit stops and strategic manoeuvres, helped them clinch the title. Toyota and Cadillac rounded off the podium, showcasing the intense competition between the top contenders.
Known as one of the most challenging motorcycle races in the world, the Isle of Man TT attracted fearless riders from across the globe. The 2023 edition was no exception, with riders pushing the limits of their abilities on the treacherous island circuit.
In a closely contested battle, it was Peter Hickman who emerged as the victor of the senior race, with Dean Harrison in a close 2nd. Hickman showcased extraordinary skill, navigating the challenging course with precision and determination. His remarkable achievement further solidified his status as one of the all-time greats in motorcycle racing.
Mugello Circuit in Italy played host to an electrifying round of the Moto GP championship. The 2023 race saw riders from different teams and nations battling for supremacy on the fast and technical track.
In a thrilling race that kept spectators on the edge of their seats, it was Francesco Bagnaia who emerged victorious. The Italian rider showcased his exceptional talent, overtaking his rivals with breathtaking manoeuvres and maintaining a blistering pace until the checkered flag.
The high-octane action of NASCAR reached new heights at the California Speedway. The 2023 race witnessed intense battles among the top drivers, as they raced at breakneck speeds around the oval track.
In a captivating finish, it was Martin Truex Jr. who claimed the victory, showcasing his remarkable skill and car control. The race served as a testament to the sheer adrenaline and excitement that NASCAR consistently delivers.
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June 05, 2023 Should Perez leave Red Bull? F1, F2. Le Mans build up! WRC, WEC, Indycar, NASCAR, BTCC & more
Welcome to the Lovecars on the Grid motorsport podcast, where our hosts Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us a roundup of motorsport events from the past week!

Last week witnessed an electrifying lineup of motorsport events that left fans exhilarated and hungry for more. From the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix to the pulse-pounding action in Indycar, WRC, WEC, NASCAR, BTCC, and the legendary Isle of Man TT, the World of motorsport was buzzing with excitement.

The Spanish Grand Prix in the Formula 1 calendar took place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes showcased his brilliance, battling Max Verstappen of Red Bull in a fiercely contested race. The event marked another chapter in the intense rivalry between the two drivers, setting the stage for an enthralling championship battle.

The Indycar Series delivered captivating races, with a race in Detroit. Alex Palou secured the win.
In the world of rally racing, the WRC Rally Italy-Sardinia kept spectators on the edge of their seats. Thierry Neuville displayed his expertise, navigating treacherous terrains and conquering challenging stages to secure the top spot. Neuville's victory not only showcased his exceptional driving skills but also propelled him closer to the top of the championship leaderboard. The race was a testament to the resilience and precision required to excel in the demanding world of rally racing.
The NASCAR Cup Series roared into action, with the Coca-Cola 600 capturing fans' attention. Kyle Busch continued his winning streak, claiming his second victory of the season and further cementing his status as a formidable contender. Busch's skilful manoeuvres and ability to navigate the high-speed oval circuits highlighted his prowess and solidified his place among the top drivers in NASCAR.The BTCC served up thrilling door-to-door battles at Thruxton Circuit. Reigning champion Ash Sutton demonstrated his mettle, clinching a dramatic victory in Race 3. Sutton's strategic moves and precise driving skills propelled him to the top, making a strong statement about his championship defence.

The iconic Isle of Man TT captivated motorcycle racing enthusiasts with its daring and challenging road circuit.
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May 29, 2023 Max masterclass in Monaco! F2, F3 & Indy 500! On the Grid motorsport podcast
Welcome to the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from around the World!
The world of motorsport recently witnessed an adrenaline fuelled weekend with high-stakes racing events taking place simultaneously. From the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix to the thrilling Formula 2, Formula 3, and the iconic Indy 500, racing enthusiasts were treated to a spectacle of speed, skill, and strategic manoeuvres.
The Monaco Grand Prix, known as the crown jewel of Formula 1, unfolded on the historic streets of Monte Carlo. The prestigious race drew global attention as the world's finest drivers battled for supremacy around the challenging circuit. In a truly nail-biting contest, let's take a look at the standout performers and the final results.
Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull, showcased incredible skill and nerves of steel to emerge victorious in the Monaco Grand Prix. The driver's exceptional car control and strategic decision-making helped secure a memorable win.
Formula 2:
Considered as the stepping stone to Formula 1, Formula 2 witnessed a talented field of young drivers competing in a series of thrilling races.
Frederik Vesti, an emerging talent in the world of motorsport, showcased exceptional speed and racecraft to claim victory in the Formula 2 event. The driver's outstanding performance demonstrated their potential for a future Formula 1 career.
Featuring promising young talents aiming to make their mark in the motorsport world, the Formula 3 championship delivered captivating races with emerging stars. Let's uncover the exciting results of the Formula 3 races.
Gabriele Minì showcased remarkable driving skills and determination to secure victory in the Formula 3 event. The driver's consistent performance throughout the races highlighted their potential for a successful career in motorsport.
Surprises and Unexpected Turns: The Formula 3 races witnessed surprises and unexpected turns, with talented drivers making their presence felt. The close competition and wheel-to-wheel battles left spectators in awe of the young stars' abilities.
Across the pond, the United States witnessed the legendary Indy 500, an event etched in motorsport history. Let's explore the highlights of this iconic race and the memorable outcomes.
Josef Newgarden, driving for Team Penske, emerged as the champion at the Indy 500, a feat celebrated by racing fans worldwide. The driver's exceptional speed and strategic pit-stop decisions proved pivotal in claiming victory.
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May 22, 2023 No F1! Indycar, NASCAR, N24, BSB, BTCC, Caterham, Silverstone 24 hours & more
Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid motorsport podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport of events from the past week.
Formula 1 was sadly cancelled in Italy, due to flooding in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. Our thoughts are with the families affected.
We had Indycar and NASCAR in America, Superformula in Japan, Supercars in Australia, the 24 hours of the Nurburgring, the Formula 1 academy, plus British Superbikes and BTCC at home in the UK!
Kicking off with Indycar at Indianopolis, where we had lots of drama. Felix Rosenqvist took the win, with Alexander Rossi and Alex Palou in 2nd and 3rd place.
The NASCAR All Star race took place at North Wilkesboro, where Kyle Larson nabbed the $1 million prize.
Liam Lawson is leading the points in the 2023 Superformula Series in Japan. Could Lawson come into Formula 1 from here?
In Australia, we had the Supercars, where the Camaros had the podiums in all three races.
At the 24 hours of the Nurburgring, we had a non-German team winning for the first time in 23 years. Driver David Pittard brought the Ferrari over the line for the Winner.
Formula 1 Academy ladies were driving in Barcelona, where Lena Buhler took the win in Spain.
Snetterton saw the British Touring Car Championship racing this weekend. With huge, motorcycle curbs, Ash Sutton continues to run away with the championship in his Ford Focus ST, followed closely by Tom Ingram and Colin Turkington.
It was a Yamaha weekend at Donington Park for the British Superbikes, as Kyle Ryde won the sprint race and race 3, whilst Jason O'Halloran won the 2nd race.There was Caterham racing in Croft in the UK, as the Caterham Academy continues their Championship.
Silverstone also saw the Citroen C1 24 hour race, which was highly exciting! The last 13 minutes of the race saw contract between the top two drivers, resulting in drive through penalties, changing the result of the race.
Next weekend sees the return of the spectacular Monaco Grand Prix! NASCAR is at Charlotte and BTCC at Donington!
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May 15, 2023 Where is the best circuit to watch motor racing? Controversial NASCAR race! Moto GP at LeMans &more!
Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast, where our hosts Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us a motorsport roundup of events from around the World!
This week, we have Moto GP at Le Mans, WRC in Portugal, Indycar and NASCAR in the USA, plus Extreme E in Glenmuckloch.7 years ago, Max Verstappen had his maiden victory in Formula 1 in Barcelona, on his debut for Red Bull, at just 18 years old!
MotoGP were racing at LeMans, where we had an epic race, resulting in Marco Bezzecchi taking the win in the Grand Prix on his Ducati.
WRC were racing in Portugal. Toyota took the win with driver Kalle Rovanperä, with Hyundai taking the remaining podium places.
The Fanatec World Challenge Championship was racing at Brands Hatch in the UK.
Over in the US, we had both Indycar and a controversial NASCAR. Indycar were racing at Indianapolis, with a win for Alex Palou.
The controversial NASCAR race took place at the Darlington Raceway, where William Byron took the win in his Chevrolet.
Extreme E was racing at Glenmuckloch in Scotland, at a disused Coal Mine, where there was lots of crashes!
Next week, we have the first Formula 1 race in Europe! Plus, Super Formula in Japan, Supercars in Australia, NASCAR in the US and British Superbikes at Donington Park! At Croft circuit, Caterham Racing are back, too!
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May 08, 2023 UK or USA? Where is the best motorsport in the World? F1, NASCAR, BTCC, British GT & more!
Welcome to the Lovecars on the Grid motorsport podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another round up of motorsport events from the past week!
Today we look at where the best motorsport entertainment was in the USA and Britain. We had Formula 1, NASCAR, BTCC and British GT! Plus Paul was at Formula E and we have World Superbikes too!
F1 in Miami or NASCAR in Kansas? Max Verstappen went from a 9th place qualifying to winning the Miami Grand Prix, with his Red Bull team mate, Sergio Perez behind him in 2nd.
NASCAR was in Kansas City, where Denny Hamlin won in his Toyota.
We had BTCC at Brands Hatch, with Ash Sutton making lots of overtakes, taking 2nd place behind Jake Hill. Elsewhere in the UK, the British GT was taking place at the legendary Silverstone circuit.
Paul was unfortunately delayed in arriving in Monaco, after the Formula E race! But the action was on channel 4, with a win for Nick Cassidy and Envision Racing.
Alvaro Bautista won all three races in World Superbikes in Barcelona, with Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2nd place.
Also in Spain, was the Formula 1 Academy.We have Indycars to look forward to next weekend, along with WRC in Portugal, MotoGP at LeMans, IMSA at Laguna Seca, NASCAR at Darlington, plus the HydroPrix with Extreme E!
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May 01, 2023 Does Max Verstappen need to grow up? Perez on fire in Baku. F1, F2, WEC, MotoGP, Indycar, NASCAR & more! On the Grid
Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid motorsport podcast with Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman!
This week, we have lots of action to report on, from Formula 1 in Azerbaijan, to WEC in Europe, Indylights and NASCAR in America, then to Australasia for Supercars, Superbikes back in the UK, plus Women's F1 in Austria!
Sergio Perez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of his team mate, Max Verstappen. We had the first Sprint Race in the season too. Red Bull brought the Formula 1 World Champion in just before a safety car was brought out. Who was your driver of the weekend? Let us know in the comments!
In Formula 2, we congratulate 19 year old British Driver, Oliver Bearman, who took the win in Baku.
The World Endurance Championship had a fantastic race at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. The win went to Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi, who continue the unbeaten season for Toyota so far in 2023, with 1-2 finish.
There were two nasty crashes in the Sprint Race at MotoGP in Jerez, Spain. Francesco Bagnaia took yet another win on his Ducati, followed by South African rider, Brad Binder and Australian rider, Jack Miller on their KTM bikes.
Over on the other side of the World, we had Indycar at a beautiful track in Alabama, where ex-Formula 1 driver, Romain Grosjean took pole position, but was just beaten to 1st place by Scott McLaughlin.
NASCAR was sadly rained off this weekend, but is instead taking place today!
The Aussie Supercars were racing in Wanneroo. With the Camaros taking 1st and 2nd place in all three races.
British Superbikes are back at Oulton Park, and are still racing this bank holiday, too!
Next week, we have Formula 1 in Miami, Formula E in Monte Carlo, plus Superbikes in Barcelona, Formula 1 academy in Valencia, NASCAR in Kansas Speedway. In the UK, we have BTCC at Brands Hatch and British GT at Silverstone.
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April 24, 2023 Stop Oil protest at Formula E! Controversy in WRC and BTCC! Superbikes, NASCAR & more!
Welcome to Episode 17 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast!
Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman are back with another roundup of motorsport events from the past week!
We had quite a few events this weekend, from WEC in Croatia, BTCC in Donington Park, Formula E in Berlin.
We've had a reshuffle in the Mercedes F1 garage, plus Silverstone are changing turn 1 after last year's crash with Zhou Guanyu.
World Rally Championship of course had a cloud after the passing of Craig Breen in Croatia. Winners Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin paid tribute to the former driver. There was controversy as a co driver had hit seatbelt stuck under his HANS device.
The British Touring cars were racing at a very wet Donington Park! After several clashes, and with some comparisons to Formula 1 driver, Max Verstappen, Ash Sutton took the win, followed by Daniel Rowbottom in 2nd place and Dan Cammish in 3rd place.
Berlin saw the Formula E racing this weekend. We had climate activists at the race on Sunday, which was rather ironic, but the win went to Nick Cassidy of Envision Racing, whilst second place went to Jake Dennis and 3rd to Jean-Eric Vergne.
The World Fanatec GT Challenge took place at Monaco, with a fantastic grid made up of lots of different cars.
World Superbikes were in Holland, with Alvaro Bautista winning all three races, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea all continuing to dominate the season, but why is this?
SuperFormula Japan was at Suzuka and NASCAR was at Talledega! Kyle Busch took the win, with Ryan Blaney pushing Bubba Wallace out of the way for 2nd place.
We have a very hectic weekend ahead of us, with the first sprint race in Formula 1 2023 happening in Azerbaijan. Indycar are back racing at Birmingham road course. WEC are racing at Spa Francorchamps. MotoGP is also back in Spain, whilst the British Superbikes at Oulton Park and Aussie Supercars, and even the first weekend of the Formula 1 Academy at the Red Bull Ring!
What will you be watching? Let us know in the comments!
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April 17, 2023 RIP Craig Breen. Spectacular Moto GP! IMSA, INDYCAR, NASCAR & more
Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid Motorsport podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us the highlights from a jam packed week of motorsport from around the World!
We start by paying our respects to Irish Rally Legend, Craig Breen, who sadly lost his life this week.
Our very own Tiff Needell was driving at the Goodwood members meeting in a Ford Cortina.
The World Endurance Championship was at Portimao in Portugal, with a win for Toyota, with Ferrari in 2nd place and Porsche in 3rd place.
IMSA Sport cars were in Long Beach, which saw the first win for Porsche with the 963. Indycar were also racing at Long Beach, making for a fantastic weekend in California. Pat O'Ward made for a very late overtake attempt, which caused some controversy, but the win went to Kyle Kirkwood after achieving pole position for the race.
We had action at the Circuit of the Americas with MotoGP. Spanish rider, Alex Rins won on his Honda, with Luca Marini in 2nd place on his Ducati.
NASCAR was at Martinsville at a half mile track, where we had another win for Kyle Larson.
Coming up next weekend, we have World Superbikes in Holland. Superformula is in Japan, plus NASCAR at Talledega, plus Formula E and BTCC are back!
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April 10, 2023 Turning Japanese. British GTs at Oulton Park. BSB. NASCAR. On the Grid motorsport podcast
Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport from the past week!
This week we have British GTs, British Superbikes, Japanese Superformula, NASCAR and more!
Tiff has fresh Formula 1 gossip, with a 4 week break until the next race in Baku, Azerbaijan!
The Japanese Superformula was getting geared up for a new season!
We had an exciting weekend in British GTs at Oulton Park. Jonny Adam from 2 Seas Motorsport secures his 100th win, while James Cottingham from DK Engineering earns his first victory in a thrilling wet/dry race at Oulton Park, making it a memorable moment for the Intelligent Money British GT Championship.
Ian Loggie and Jules Gounon emerge victorious in round two of the 2023 Intelligent Money British GT Championship at Oulton Park, overcoming a strong challenge from RAM Racing. Meanwhile, in the GT4 class, Ian Gough and Tom Wrigley of RACE LAB secure a debut win for their McLaren.
We also had British Superbikes racing at Silverstone, with Oulton Park coming next.
The 'dirt race' took place at Bristol Speedway for the NASCAR drivers. Christopher Bell, a self-proclaimed "dirt guy," won the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the only NASCAR Cup Series race on dirt. Despite hard feelings between pole winner Kyle Larson and Ryan Preece boiling over, Bell held off Tyler Reddick to claim his first victory of the season and fifth of his career. With his experience on dirt, Bell navigated the half-mile track's two ends, which had different racing characteristics. Reddick, who won Stage 2, tried to catch up but paid the price with a pit stop at the second break and restarting 12th on Lap 151. Larson won 75-lap Stage 1 but angered Preece, who returned the favor in Turn 4. Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Briscoe, and Justin Haley rounded out the top six finishing positions, with drivers who have backgrounds in dirt-track racing. The Cup Series will head to Martinsville Speedway next.
Next week, we have Indycar at Long Beach, plus the IMSA Sports Cars at the same track. Moto GP is back at COTA. Tiff is also racing at the Goodwood Members Meeting!

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