Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

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  • 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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    36 min
  • 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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    41 min
  • 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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    48 min
  • 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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    39 min
  • 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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    48 min
  • 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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    41 min
  • 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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    38 min
  • 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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    36 min
  • F1 Confusion Down Under! Incredible Indycar. F2, F3, World Superbikes, Caterham. And much more with Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman - On the Grid motorsport podcast
    Join us for another episode of On the Grid, the global motorsport roundup with Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman.Kicking off with all the action from the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, where even the drivers were left bemused with a total of THREE red flags, the first time ever in F1 history!Are Liberty Media destroy the sport and focusing on entertainment before pure racing?In terms of the drivers, the guys discuss so many key moments including Perez's cockup in qualifying, to then surprisingly get driver of the day! Poor Alex and Carlos, but fantastic results for the old hands of Lewis and Fernando, and as always, magnificent Max (or was it magnificent, with an off onto the grass - was it more about the car and the aero than the driver?)Indycar at Texas was simply sensational with more thrills and spills in this oval race than you could shake a stick at. The race ended under a pace car, but that didn't detract from the scintillating spectacle. Back down under in Melbourne, there was also F2 and F3 action, together with the British drivers, plus a fiery Supercars. And the boys discuss the crowd issue of the people on the track during the race.There's MotoGP from Argentina, with some wet weather driving, after an exciting sprint race, and also NASCAR from Richmond, Virginia. Finally, a look at the first race of the season for the Caterham Championships from Oulton Park.Where to listen: Lovecars: https://lovecars.com/podcastsSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yTA0SRKquw4WkShhMNjoLApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lovecars-on-the-grid-global-motorsport-podcast/id1560811646?uo=4Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NDZkZDUwNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==--Follow the guys:Tiff: https://instagram.com/tiff_needellPaul: https://instagram.com/pwwKeep up to date: YouTube: https://youtube.com/lovecarsTVFacebook: https://facebook.com/lovecarsInstagram: https://instagram.com/lovecarsTwitter: https://twitter.com/lovecars

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    53 min
  • Max Verstappen legal battle! New driverless car series? NASCAR, MotoGP, Formula E & 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. We have lots of racing this weekend, and although we didn't have any Formula 1, there is plenty of gossip in F1! Max Verstappen is being sued by Nike for the launch of his new, MaxOne clothing brand, which Nike states it closely resembles their NikeAir brand.Elsewhere Nelson Pique has been fined $5 million for the racist comments against Lewis Hamilton, last year. The Abu Dhabi autonomous racing league is launching a new racing series with driverless cars!NASCAR was racing in COTA, with ex-Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen taking part! The British driver finished in 18th place, with a win for Tyler Reddick in his Toyota.Moto GP is back with a bang in the Algarve, with it's first ever Sprint Race. Francesco Bagnaia took the win in the main race on his Ducati, as he continues his dominance.Jaguar dominated the weekend in Formula E, finishing 1st and 3rd in Sao Paolo, with Nick Cassidy in 2nd with the Envision racing team.The Caterham racing series kicked off this weekend, too at the Curborough sprint race. This weekend, we have Caterhams at Oulton Park, plus the Australian Grand Prix in Formula 1. MotoGP is going to Argentina, Indycar is at the Texas Speedway, and NASCAR at at the Richmond Raceway.

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    31 min

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