Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

Welcome to episode 42 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast!  

Our hosts, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week!  

There's no news from the FIA on the overspending from Redbull. Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren has written a complaint to the FIA regarding it. Cheating is cheating!   

Elsewhere in F1, we have no news on who are going to fill the Williams and Haas vacant seats, although there are rumours of who will be racing in them next year, we're just waiting on confirmation of super licenses!  

World Touring Cars will not continue after the end of the 2022 season, having just 12 cars on the grid and 20 minute races.  

Dan Ticktum has signed for another year in Formula E, having signed an extended contract. The sport has also decided to drop the Fan Boost for the next season.  

There was a horrific crash in the support race to the European Le Mans Series, in which James Hunt's son, Freddie took the win.  

The Moto GP race in Australia was potentially the most exciting race of the year so far, as 8 bikes crossed the finish line within 0.884 seconds of each other. Suzuki rider, Alex Rins took the win from 10th on the grid.  

British Superbikes crowned Bradley Ray as their Championship Winner at Brands Hatch this weekend, despite a difficult race for him.  

We had a Donington Park decider in British GT, with Ian Loggie taking the Championship win in his Mercedes, having finished 2nd in the race.  

Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson had an altercation in NASCAR, following a risky move from Larson in Las Vegas and Bubba using his car as a missile!  

Then we crown new Champions in Caterham. With the Academy series at Silverstone, while the 270 and 310 championships were at Spa Francorchamps.  

Next week, Formula 1 returns to the circuit of the Americas, while we have WRC in Spain, Moto GP in Malaysia, World Superbikes in Argentina and NASCAR are in Miami!

Welcome to episode 41 of the Lovecars on the grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events!  

This week, we have a reigning, Formula 1 World Champion in Japan, there's an FIA meltdown, plus W Series, NASCAR, a new BTCC World Champion, Superbikes and more!  

We start this week to pay tribute to Chrissy Rouse, who sadly succumbed to injuries from an incident at Donington Park last weekend. We also pay tribute to Phil Read. The 83 year old was a 7 time World Moto GP Champion. Our thoughts are with their family and friends.  

In an announcement in the W Series, it's been announced that the series won't be racing in the USA or Mexico due to lack of funding. Jamie Chadwick is champion again for the 3rd, massive congratulations!  

We had the most bizarre weekend at Suzuka in Japan with Formula 1. With the wet weather, we had no DRS, yet Max Verstappen was still able to take the Formula 1 World Championship for the 2nd time. There was confusion over the points at the end of the race and how many laps were left to go.   

During the race, the organisers allowed a recovery crane on the track. How did that happen? Visibility was awful, and we had marshalls and recovery vehicles on track during a live race!  

Then we come to issue with Red Bull's overspending! Although it hasn't been released how much the F1 team overspent on their development, it was declared by the FIA as a minor overspend, but what was the amount? Will Max Verstappen take the record for the most wins in a Formula 1 season?  

British Touring Cars also crowned their World Champion this weekend. Following a thrilling season finale at Brands Hatch, Tom Ingram took his first World Championship.   

World Superbikes still have 3 rounds to go, following a weekend at Portimao. Razgatlioglu claimed two wins on his Ducati, whilst the 3rd race win went to Alvaro Bautista, who edges closer to his Championship victory.  

NASCAR brought us drama in Charlotte, with 4 drivers being knocked out, including reigning champion, Carl Larson. The race win went to Christopher Bell, putting him into the playoffs and kicking out Larson!  

Next week, we have some amazing racing to look forward to! Moto GP at Phillip Island, NASCAR in Las Vegas, plus Caterham Racing at both Silverstone and Spa Francorchamps in Belgium!

Welcome to episode 40 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! 

Our hosts, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us an exciting roundup of motorsport events from the past week!  

As always, we start with Formula 1, where it appears Red Bull Team Principal, Christian Horner seems to constantly being interviewed by Sky Sports F1! This week's F1 race in Singapore was an action packed one, with lots of crashes and really wet weather! Even from qualifying, the thunder storms caused wet weather, and Championship favourite, Max Verstappen received a grid penalty for running out of fuel. The main race was then delayed because of the severe weather.  After a number of safety cars and virtual safety cars, Sergio Perez brought his Red Bull car home to win, with Ferrari's Charles LeClerc in 2nd and his team mate, Carlos Sainz in 3rd. Verstappen wasn't able to clench the Championship in Singapore, finishing in 7th place.  

In the W Series, Jamie Chadwick missed out on a championship win after crashing out in Singapore. With rumours of W Series running out of money, will the championship continue?  

New Zealand saw the latest stint from the World Rally Championship. Finnish driver, Kalle Rovanperä became the youngest driver to ever win a World Rally Championship, at the age of just 22.   

The Moto GP riders were in Thailand in what could've been the wettest Moto GP ever, with bikes power sliding everywhere on the wet track. The win of round 17 went to Miguel Oliveira on his Red Bull KTM.  

Across in the USA, NASCAR was at the Talledega Speedway in Alabama. Chase Elliot took the win ahead of the next race at Charlotte to determine the final 8 drivers for the Championship.  

The British Superbikes are also in their play off stage. Tarran MacKenzie is still recovering from his broken leg so wasn't racing at Donington Park. Jason O'Halloran was racing well, with 2nd place in the sprint race, but was unfortunately involved in an accident and taken away in an ambulance. We hope for a speedy recovery. Tom Sykes was taken out by this crash, having won both the sprint race and the 2nd race. Whilst the 3rd race win went to Bradley Ray, who is on his way to a championship win.  

Next weekend, we have BTCC at Brands Hatch and F1 in Japan. Will Max Verstappen win the Championship this time? We have the NASCAR oval at Charlotte, with 4 drivers being cut. Looking forward to next weekend!

Welcome to episode 39 of the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast!  Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week.  

We're a day late with the podcast this week (sorry), as Paul has been filming for our upcoming TV show!  

In Formula 1, Max Verstappen could take the F1 World Title this weekend, coming up to the record for the most wins in a season and probably the most dominant season we've ever seen in Formula 1! Zhou Guanyu has confirmed to be continuing to drive for Alfa Romeo next year, whilst the FIA has rejected Indycar driver, Colton Herta's application for a super license. Nicolas Latifi has also been confirmed that he will leave the Williams F1 team, where will he go next?  

There was a lot of motorbike racing, with Moto GP, Superbikes and British Superbikes!  In the British GT, we had the issue of track limits, allowing drivers to overtake off the track and made it more like an amateur banger race at Brands Hatch.  

Extreme E was in Venezuela for the Copper X-Prix, with absolute chaos with the dust between the cars. The winner was determined by penalties given to each driver for hitting marker flags. Team Hamilton X44 won ahead of McLaren thanks for these penalties.  

Moto GP had a wet qualifying at the Grand Prix of Japan. The race was won by Australian rider, Jack Miller on his Ducati. Just four rounds to go in Moto GP and a race in Kazakhstan in 2023!  The World Superbikes were in Barcelona, with wins in all three wins going to Alvaro Bautista on his Ducati.  

British Superbikes was full of drama at the weekend at Oulton Park, with Donington Park coming next weekend. Jason O'Halloran and Peter Hickman had a collision in the first race, as both riders attempted an overtake. In race 2, reigning champion, Tarran Mackenzie fell off and broke his femur after being struck by Peter Hickman. Mackenzie is recovering in hospital.  

Over the pond in NASCAR, the drivers were in Texas, with lots of tyre failures as teams push the limits of the Goodyear tyres. The next race is the lottery of Talledega!   

Next week, we have WRC in New Zealand, British Superbikes are at Donington Park, Moto GP is in Thailand and Formula 1 and W Series at in Singapore for the night race!

Welcome to Lovecars On The Grid, your global motorsport Podcast!

Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us the latest roundup of motorsport events from around the World! In this episode, we firstly pay our tributes to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the magnificent state funeral held today in England.

With no Formula 1, there wasn’t a lot of racing to look back at with just MotoGP from Aragon and NASCAR at Bristol – plus Tiff was at the Goodwood Revival in a Cobra and E-Type, while meanwhile Paul was going both ways at Knockhill in Scotland in the 2022 Caterham Championship.

There is controversy following the news of Colton Herta not being granted a Superlicence by the FIA which has opened up the driver debate, so we thought we’d look through the whole field to see who’s hot and who isn’t plus who is in the waiting room ready to grab any vacant seats?

Who would be your F1 drivers for 2023? Should Sergio Perez stay at Red Bull, Valtteri Bottas at Alfa Romeo, Pierre Gasly at AlphaTauri, Mik Schumacher at Haas? Who would get seats in your book?

There was huge drama in the MotoGP world as Marc Marquez makes his return – and makes a major impact at the same time!

We also look at Moto2 and a bizarre pitlane incident during Moto3.

NASCAR heads to Bristol Tennessee, and sees its 19th different winner this year – with the playoff field cut from 16 to 12.

Next weekend – MotoGP from Japan, WSB in Barcelona, Xtreme Buggies bounce round a Copper Mine in Chile and NASCAR heads to Texas while back home you can choose between Silverstone for the penultimate round of BTCC or BSB at Oulton Park

Welcome to episode 36 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast. Our presenters, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from around the World from the past week!  

What an exciting week we've had, from Formula 1, F2, F3, Porsche Supercup, WEC in Japan, WRC in Greece, Indycar in California, NASCAR, World Superbikes, British Superbikes and British GT.  

Starting with Formula 1, Max Verstappen is on another level, with yet another win in Monza at the weekend winning from 7th place, despite Charles LeClerc starting in pole position. We had the cinderella story of Nick De Vries in Williams. The driver was substituted for Alex Albon after the driver was suffering with appendicitis. De Vries qualified 13th, but thanks to other driver penalties, started in 9th. He managed to finish in the same position, achieving points in his very first race!   

We have to talk about the safety car controversy. Keeping the safety car out and allowing Max Verstappen to take the win. It's like Abu Dhabi with Michael Masi all over again! Should the FIA have red flagged the race and allow a restart for the last three laps? Did they make the decision? Let us know what you think!  

We had a strange weekend in Formula 2, with a Championship win for Felipe Drugovich, even with 3 races to go! The Sprint Race was won by Juri Vips.   Formula 3 ended up in a crash that causes a red flag. Victor Martins took the championship win from the pit wall. The Sprint Race win went to Franco Colapinto, whilst the feature race win went to Zane Maloney.  

In the Porsche Supercup, Harry King took pole position, but following a 3 place grid penalty after a shunt in the previous race, King took 2nd place, behind Bastian Buus. The Championship win was given to Dylan Pereira.  

The World Endurance Championship was taking place at Fuji, with 1st and 2nd place for Toyota and Alpine in 3rd.  

In the World Rally Championship, Hyundai had a 1, 2, 3 finish, following an awful start to the season.   

We had a spectacular Indycar race at Laguna Seca. Josef Newgarden made some great overtakes, but it was team mate, Will Power that took the Championship win the in Indycar series.  

The NASCAR series took place at the Hollywood Casino 400, with a win for Bubba Wallace. There's just 1 more race where drivers can qualify for the final 12 drivers, so exciting in NASCAR!  

In World Superbikes, the battle between Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu continues! Both riders fell off in the first 2 races.   

Next week, we have Moto GP and NASCAR!

Welcome to episode 35 of the Lovecars On The Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week!  

We kick off this week with a Max Verstappen masterclass in Zandvoort in the Netherlands. We were expecting a dull race, as there were very few places for overtakes, but we were shocked by the action we saw in the Formula 1 this weekend!  

We had another Ferrari blunder in Carlos Sainz first pit stop, which resulted in Sergio Perez running over one of the pit crew tyre guns in his Red Bull. In his second stop, Sainz was released unsafely, resulting in a time penalty for an unsafe release.  

We had both Tsunoda and Bottas cars break down. Tsunoda thought his tyres were not fitted correct, and after a 2nd pit stop, was told to stop his car by his pit crew. Valtteri Bottas was forced to stop his Alfa Romeo on the start/finish straight, resulting in a safety car, that forced Lewis Hamilton to lose his lead.  

George Russell took a late call with Mercedes to change his tyres during the safety car, but this left Hamilton exposed, allowing Max Verstappen to overtake on the first corner following the race restart. The final result was 1st to Max Verstappen, 2nd to Charles LeClerc and 3rd to George Russell, the British driver's best ever finish with Mercedes. 

We also finally have an update on the Oscar Piastri fiasco. The driver has now confirmed that he will be driving for McLaren next year. Meanwhile, AlphaTauri are working to secure Indycar driver, Colton Herta. Controversially, the driver hasn't received a super license, so the team are working to secure one for him in order for him to drive for them next year.  Elsewhere in F1, there's confusion between the Red Bull and Porsche deal, with questions being asked about if it's an engine deal, a chassis deal, or whether anything will happen at all!  

In F2, we had another safety car issue. Liam Lawson was holding up the rest of the pack, waiting as late as possible before restarting. The drivers further back in the field tried to speed up early, resulting in several drivers crashing.   

The feature race ended up being won by Brazilian driver, Felipe Drugovich, with Marcus Armstrong winning the sprint race.   

In Formula 3, we had a session ended early, following a red flag on the banked corner that was arguably not needed. We're all for safety first, but this red flag was a bit extreme! The feature race was won by Zane Maloney, whilst Caio Collet won the sprint race.  The Moto GP took place at Misano in Italy, won by Ducati rider,  Francesco Bagnaia. Australian rider, Jack Miller crashed in his Ducati, showing just how on the edge these riders really ride! In the USA, we had Indycar at Portland. We had a fairly dull race, however we still had safety cars! Following some new ruling, the cars restarted further back on the straight, which resulted in no crashes when it came to the chicane as the cars were more spaced out.   

Scott McLaughlin dominated the race and took the win, with team mate Will Power in 2nd place. 3rd place Scott Dixon went from 16th to take his podium position.   The NASCAR race was fairly chaotic, which took place at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Chase Elliot ended up spinning out. Kyle Busch blew his engine, and Kevin Harwick's car burst into flames! The win went to Erik Jones in his Chevrolet, with Denny Hamlin behind him in 2nd place.  Next week, we have Formula 1, F2, F3 and the Porsche Supercup at Monza. The World Endurance Championship is back in Fuji, with some reduction in weight on the Peugeot and Toyota cars. WRC is back in Greece for a tough rally. The final round of Indycar is next week too, at Laguna Seca. We also have NASCAR! At home, British GT is taking place at Brands Hatch, whilst the British Superbikes are at Snetterton.

Welcome to episode 34 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! Our presenters Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman are back to bring us an exciting roundup of motorsport events from this week!  

We kick off with some best wishes for the horrendous accidents in British Superbikes and the Ginetta Series.  

Tiff was at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium to watch Max Verstappen storm from 14th place to yet another victory for Red Bull in the Formula 1. We had a new track layout at Eau Rouge and Raidillon. Carlos Sainz managed to get pole position in qualifying and both Charles LeClerc and Max Verstappen suffered grid penalties for various changes with their cars.   

Hamilton was taken out of the race early in the first lap, following some contact with Fernando Alonso. Meanwhile, at Ferrari, the team tried to give Charles LeClerc the fastest lap, only to result in being overtaken by Fernando Alonso in another poor strategy decision and had to battle the Spanish driver in the final lap, only to be penalised for speeding in the pit lane following the race.  

Elsewhere in Formula 1 gossip, the argument for Oscar Piastri continues, as Alpine stated they had a contract with the driver, whilst McLaren also stating that the driver was to drive for them. The case lies with the Formula 1 lawyers!   

In Formula 2, Liam Lawson won the sprint race, whilst the feature race went to Jack Doohan in his Alpine. In Formula 3, British driver, Oliver Bearman won the sprint race, whilst the feature race went to Zane Maloney.  

The NASCAR race at Daytona was unfortunately postponed due to heavy rain on the Saturday. The win eventually went to Chevrolet driver, Austin Dillon.   

The British Touring Cars were racing at Thruxton, and after a horrific crash, race 1 went to Ford driver, Dan Cammish, Ashley Sutton won the second race and Josh Cook won the third.  

At Cadwell Park, we had the British Superbikes. Bradley Ray won the sprint race on his Yamaha. Danny Buchan won race 2 and 3.  

This week, we hope we can find out what will happen with Oscar Piastri, plus we have another Formula 1 race to look forward to at Zandvoort. Plus, we have Indycar at Portland, Moto GP at San Marino and the NASCAR playoffs begin!

Welcome to episode 33 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! Our presenters, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week!  

This week, Paul joins us from yet another hotel room! We have WRC, Moto GP, Indycar, and NASCAR!  

The WRC was in Belgium, where Max Verstappen's farther, Jos Verstappen entered and finished 60th! In just the second stage, we had Championship leader, Kalle Rovanperä roll his Yaris. Elfyn Evans received a 10 seconds penalty for checking in late, and ending up losing the rally by 5 seconds, to Ott Tänak, who stormed to victory in his Hyundai.   

Moto GP took place at the Red Bull Ring. Francesco Bagnaia took pole position and took the eventual win, having now won 5 of the 8 races, with the other top 5 all also riding on Ducati bikes!   

In Moto2 and Moto3, the Japanese riders took the win, with a win for Ai Ogura on his Honda in Moto2, and a win for Ayumu Sasaki on his Husqvarna for Moto3.  

Moving across to America, the Indycar drivers were racing at the Gateway Raceway at Illinois, with noticeably empty stands! After a break due to the poor weather, we had a win for Josef Newgarden, with David Malukas in 2nd place.  

NASCAR was at Watkins Glen, with ex-F1 driver, Kimi Raikkonen taking part! The Hendrick pair of Chase Elliot and Carl Larson were the two leaders, with Larson diving up the inside in the final 3 laps of the race, pushing Elliot wide and forcing him back to 5th place. Raikkonen qualified in 27th, and managed to achieve 9th place, but was taken out later in the race by another driver.  

Next weekend, we have some more European racing! Formula 1 is back at Spa in Belgium, with a slightly new layout at Eau Rouge and Radillion. We also have NASCAR at Daytona, being the last round before the playoffs, with just 1 spot left available. Back in Britain, we have the BTCC at Thruxton, and the British Superbikes at Cadwell Park.

Welcome to Episode 32 of the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast!  

Our hosts Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week. Paul joins us from a secret location where we are looking to do some filming!  

This week, we've had lots of exciting racing in the UK, NASCAR and more!  

The Formula 1 drivers are on their Summer break. If the FIA admitted human error in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, why have Mercedes let it go? Toto Wolff has been accused of being 'too powerful' in the World of Motorsport by Mario Andretti.   

Lewis Hamilton was seen in the W Series paddocks, stating that the drivers need more support to get into the sport.   With Paul being away, he wasn't present at the Caterham Race at Anglesey, where friend of the channel, Charlie Lower took another win!  

The British Superbikes were at Thruxton, with some of the best racing Tiff has ever seen! Jason O'Halloran took the win in the first two races, but Tarran Mackenzie took the lead in the third race with just a few corners to go! Very exciting racing.  

The other British racing this weekend was the Touring Cars at Snetterton. There wasn't much overtaking at this circuit, with a great weekend for BMW as the heat affected the FWD cars. Colin Turkington won the first two races, with Ford's Ashley Sutton taking the third win. The BTCC was supported by some amazing racing in the Ginetta series.  

Internationally, the NASCAR boys were racing at the Richmond Raceway in Virginia, with a second win on the trot for Kevin Harwick. Just two races to go before the playoffs! Watkins Glen is coming up, with Formula 1 driver, Kimi Raikonnen making a debut!  

The first race of the World Rallycross Championship also took place this weekend, the electric rallycross series. The series was in Norway, with just 8 cars on the grid.   

We had the last round of the Formula E Championship at Seoul in South Korea, with a win for Edoardo Mortara, with Stoffel Vandoorne securing second place and winning the Championship.  

Next weekend, we have Indycar at Gateway Oval as we have some the last three exciting rounds coming up. WRC is in Belgium, plus Moto GP at the Red Bull Ring.  Plus, we have Kimi Raikonnen at Watkins Glen in NASCAR!