Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast

Welcome to episode 29 of the Lovecars on the Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman are back with another roundup of motorsport from the past week! 

We've got new rules and regulations in Formula 1, along with a massive controversy over a baseball cap in WRC, and another controversy in Indycar over a balaclava! We had NASCAR, World Superbikes at Donington park and Formula E in New York!  

We kick off as always with Formula 1, and while there was no Grand Prix this week, there has been plenty of gossip and changes in F1 this week! There are claims that scrutineers aren't checking the cars properly, with skid blocks being pushed into the floor on some cars, making them illegal. We have the Paul Ricard circuit coming up for the next race, will Mercedes do better than 3rd this week?  

In the World Rally Championship, we had a controversy over a sponsors hat! Rules dictate that drivers can't attend press conferences or podiums without wearing their sponsors logo on their hat. Unfortunately, driver Tanak received a fine for being on the podium without his sponsor's hat in Rally Estonia!   

The rally was won by Kalle Rovanpera after a change in the weather, taking the lead from Elfyn Evans. In the WRC 3 Junior, 27 year old, John Armstrong from Ireland is holding onto his lead!   

Continuing with clothing drama, we move over to Indycar in Toronto. The win went to Scott Dixon, who was being chased by rival Colton Herta. Herta started from pole position and was overtaken thanks to pit strategies, however the driver admitted following the race that his balaclava burst during this leadership attack, resulting in him having his hair in his face and losing him the lead!  

We had some real aggression and drama in NASCAR this weekend. We had our 5th different winner of the season in Christopher Bell at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The highlight from NASCAR was Austin Dillon, who decided to crash into another driver under the safety car.  

Over in New York, in the docklands we had racing for the Formula E cars. Under the poor weather, we had drivers aquaplaning and causing crashes. The race was red flagged with a few laps to go, resulting in the drivers who crashed into the barriers received the podium places! How can you win a race that you crash out of?!  

The Superbikes were at Donington Park in the UK. Toprak Razgatlioglu brought home all three wins, with Jonathan Rea getting 2x 2nd places and a 3rd place.   

Next weekend, we have Formula 1 and F2 at Paul Ricard. Indycar is at Iowa, NASCAR is at Pocono Raceway in a Pennsylvania, British Superbikes are at Brands Hatch. The British GT is off to Spa Francorchamps in Belgium!  Thanks for listening!

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Welcome to episode 28 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 apologise with the podcast being slightly late this week, but one of our hosts was out of action with Covid! Thankfully, Paul is on the road to recovery now, but apologies for us being late!  

This week, we have loads to talk about. From crowd controversy in Formula 1, to disqualifications in F2! Plus, Formula 2, F3, Porsche Supercup, WEC in Monza, Extreme E in Sardinia and NASCAR and Indycar in the US!  

Kicking off with the F1, we had booing from the crowd towards British driver, Lewis Hamilton. This follows on from Red Bull driver, Max Verstappen being booed at the Silverstone Grand Prix the other week. Lewis had a crash in Austria during the qualifying, but is this acceptable?  Apart from the crowd, we had a very entertaining grand prix, with a win for Ferrari driver, Charles LeClerc, with 2nd place going to Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton finally getting his first podium of the season, finishing in 3rd place.  

Mick Schumacher achieved some more points in his Haas, achieving 6th place, after receiving his first points in the last race. Who do you think will win the championship this year?  

In Formula 2, the sprint race was won by New Zealand driver, Marcus Armstrong. The main races were really wet, following some rain in the morning, and after some controversy, the feature race win went to Logan Sargeant, following two other racers being penalised for running out of fuel and a team drying the track with leaf blowers.  

In Formula 3, Jack Crawford won the reverse grid race. The feature race was won by Isack Hadjar with Red Bull.   The supporting Porsche Supercup race was looking good for British driver, Harry King, but the lead slipped away from him, giving it to Dylan Pereira.  

The WEC was taking place at Monza, where Peugeot launched their 9X8 Hypercar. Glickenhaus got pole position, but after an engine failure, couldn't hold onto the lead. The win went to Alpine, with Toyota in 2nd and 3rd place. We saw a horrendous crash for Aston Martin as a result of the sausage curbs. Should sausage curbs be used in motor racing?  

Extreme E had a double header in Sardinia, with even a rollover with the off road vehicles. Tiff and Paul still aren't warming to Extreme E, though!  

Over in NASCAR, Chase Elliot won at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. With multiple, mass crashes.  

There was no Indycar race this week, but there was certainly lots of gossip, with two teams announcing that they had signed driver Alex Palou.  

Paul was racing at Donington Park with Caterham this weekend. Having qualified in 6th place and fought up to 3rd place, but finished in 7th due to a safety car. Paul did managed his first ever fastest lap, though! In race 2, he went form 7th place to 4th place!  

Finally, Michael Masi has left the FIA! He's gone looking for a new career and has announced his retirement from the FIA.  

Next week, we have WRC in Estonia, Indycar is back, plus in Toronto. NASCAR is in New Hampshire and Formula E in New York! In the UK, the British Superbikes are in Donington!

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Welcome to Episode 27 of Lovecars On the Grid the global motorsport podcast with Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman.  

Amazing excitement at Silverstone with two huge crashes, seeing HALO save the day, with even the Silverstone Grand Prix winner Carlos Sainz, saying two lives were saved after the horrific Zhou Guanyu and Roy Nissany crashes.  

A thrilling race seeing title leader Max Verstappen slip down the field due to damage to his car, and British driver, Lewis Hamilton sticking his Mercedes-AMG on the podium on his home track.  

Also at Silverstone there was excitement in F2, F3, Porsche Supercup with British drivers aplenty on the podiums  - and in W series Britain's Jamie Chadwick won again in what was somewhat of a bit of as snore fest!   

Should Jamie Chadwick be allowed to continue in W-Series, or should she have to move to F3 and prove herself against the other drivers?  

Neither IndyCar in Mid-Ohio or NASCAR at Road America can match the excitement nor can Formula E in Marrakesh, but there was at least some entertainment in DTM!

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Welcome to episode 26 of the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of motorsport events from the past week!  

This week, we've had the safari rally, Moto GP, NASCAR and of course the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK!  

We kick off with the WRC Safari Rally in Kenya. Toyota had an epic weekend, with their cars completing the top 4! Hyundai were in 5th, with Ford finishing in 6th, 7th and 8th place. The win went to Kalle Rovanpera, with Welsh driver, Elfyn Evans as runner up. With the new hybrid vehicles, marshalls were stopping fans from helping drivers right their crashed cars. Apparently, with a risk of electrocution, fans are no longer allowed to interfere!  

The British Touring cars were racing this weekend too. The cars were at Croft, where Hyundai took at 1-2 with Dan Lloyd taking the double header win ahead of Tom Ingram in 2nd place. Tom Ingram still remains at the top of the table for the Championship though.  

Moto GP was potentially the most exciting race of the weekend, at Assen. Fabio Quartarar took out his main rival, Aleix Espargaro, who had an amazing fight back through the field, achieving a 4th place result! Both touring cars and Moto GP now have a 5 week Summer break!  

NASCAR were racing at Nashville, which unfortunately had a 2 hour break due to the rain. There were plenty of moments, with lots of spins and crashes, but the win went to Chase Elliot, followed by Kyle Busch.   

Paul attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, and even managed to get a fast run up the hill in a Caterham 420 Cup car. Mixing amongst drivers like Nigel Mansell and other celebrities, it was a fantastic weekend with new cars such as the BMW M3 Touring being revealed. The McMurtry Spierling electric vehicle, with ex-Formula 1 driver, Max Chilton managed to set a new Goodwood hillclimb record, with a time of 39.08, which beat the previous record held by Nick Heidfeld back in 1999. It was also faster than the Volkswagen ID.R.   

Next weekend, we have the British Grand Prix at Silverstone! There's also the W Series there to support, with Formula 2, Formula 3 and the Porsche supercup! There's also Indycar at Ohio, with NASCAR at Road America and Formula E at Marrakesh.   

In Formula 1, Pierre Gasly has just re-signed for another year with Alpha Tauri. Red Bull reserve driver, Juri Vips has been suspended by the team after racial slurs in racing online.

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Join Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman On the Grid for the weekly motorsport podcast roundup.   

Plenty of action including the Canadian Grand Prix. Does DRS really work? Should the FIA change the porpoising rules back to help Mercedes-AMG? Is Max the best driver on the grid? Can Charles Leclerc and Ferrari get back on track? Is Lewis better than George? Who were the winners and losers?    

Then the mighty 2022 Caterham Championship at Silverstone. Amazing wheel to wheel racing with our very own Paul competing in the Roadsport division looking for his first "proper" podium. From the Academy, to Roadsport, 270, 310 and 420 - there's a lot to look forward to in this highly competitive series.   

Action paced motorbike racing with MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3. at the Sachsenring in Germany. Tiff and Paul check out the winners and losers in the extreme German heat.    

Plus British Superbikes at Knockhill where Bradley Ray and Jason O'Halloran battle out the championship lead.   

Next weekend WRC tops the bill in Kenya with MotoGP from Holland, BTCC from Croft, British GT from Snetterton and, after a weekend off the NASCAR boys are back at Nashville!

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Welcome to episode 24 of the Lovecars On The Grid podcast! Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman return to give us a roundup of the past week in motorsport.  

We've had an exciting weekend with Formula 1, BTCC, Le Mans, NASCAR and more! We kick off with the F1, which was taking place in Azerbaijan this weekend. Are the new rules working in Formula 1? What do you think?  

We had a virtual safety car early on in the race, following a pole for Charles LeClerc in his Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton managed to achieve 7th place in qualifying, with team mate George Russell in 5th. Ferrari were unfortunately plagued with problems, forcing Carlos Sainz to retire, followed shortly by LeClerc. This left the door open for Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez of Red Bull to take 1st and 2nd place at the Baku Circuit.  Max Verstappen is now 34 points in front with the Championship, will he win this year?  

BTCC have had their regulation changes too, receiving a push to pass button, giving drivers an extra bit of horsepower to encourage more overtakes and make racing more exciting. But are the rules becoming too complicated?  

At Oulton Park, Tom Ingram won the first two races in the Hyundai i30N, but the 3rd race went to Stephen Jelley in the BMW 330e M Sport, following a first lap shunt which took out four of the title contenders, including favourite Tom Ingram.  

At Le Mans, it was sadly a dull race. With just 5 cars in the top class. The Alpine had trouble initially, and quickly retired. The Glickenhous also had small problems, resulting in their retirement too. This left just the Toyota cars racing in the top class. This should change in the future though, as Ferrari, Porsche and other brands are entering Le Mans in the future.  

The biggest controversy at Le Mans was Alexander Simms being taken out in his Corvette. Should amateur drivers be allowed at Le Mans? 

Indycar was an exciting race out at Road America. With the push to pass button available to drivers both to defend or attack, there were 27 drivers on the grid, with ex Formula 1 drivers such as Marcus Ericsson and Romain Grosjean in the pack. Ericcsson took the win, with Will Power behind him in 2nd place.   

NASCAR was racing out in California, with #5 Kyle Larson having an issue with a wheel not being attached properly following a pit stop. Daniel Suárez won the race, being the first Mexican driver to win a NASCAR race in his Chevrolet.   

We have a busy weekend approaching in motorsport! Formula 1 is taking place in Canada, Moto GP is in Germany at the Sachsenring. British Superbikes are back at Knockhill, whilst the Caterham Academy is back at Silverstone!

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Welcome to episode 23 of the Lovecars On The Grid podcast! Our hosts Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman are back to bring us another round up of motorsport events from the past week!  

We've had an interesting weekend from MotoGP, Formula E, Indycar and NASCAR! But we kick off with what is possibly one of the most insane road races in the World! The Isle of Man TT is currently taking place, with average speeds of over 130MPH!  

In WRC, we had very dusty roads in Sardinia, even after the road sweepers had been through! With 3 minute intervals between cars, it made for a tough rally, with a great weekend for Hyundai and a win for Ott Tanak.  

Moto GP riders were out in Barcelona, as Fabio Quartararo takes another win and begins to run away with the Championship. Will he win? In Moto2, British rider Jake Dixon qualified in 4th place, with Sam Lowe, our other British rider crashing out and retiring from the race. The win in Moto2 went to Celestino Vietti after a last lap battle with Aron Canet.  

In Moto3, our highest British finisher was JohnMcPhee in 7th place, but just half a second separated the top 7 riders! The win went to Spanish rider, Izan Guevara.  

Formula E were racing their electric cars in Jakarta. Mitch Evans took the win in his Jaguar. For the British drivers, Jake Dennis was the highest finisher in 6th place.  

Over in the US, the IMSA racing cars were in Belle Isle, a really tight race track! Sebastien Bourdais won with Cadillac, with British drivers Ollie Jarvis and Tom Blanc in 2nd place.  

Staying in Detroit, the Indycar was on Sunday at the same track. With lots of overtaking, the race win went to Will Power, having qualified from 16th, followed closely by Alexander Rossi.   

NASCAR was an entertaining race once again, with several incidents and yellow flags. Kyle Busch was arguably robbed of the win, following a safety car with 2 laps to go. This bunched the cars up, allowing Joey Logano to overtake and win the race. In other news, Kimi Raikkonen is going to appear in NASCAR in New York in August!  

BBC Top Gear was back last night also, with some old school USA banger racing. What did you think of the episode? Let us know in the comments!  

We also had Le Mans test weekend, and GT cars at Paul Ricard Circuit!  

Next week, we of course have LeMans approaching. F1 returns at Azerbaijan, with F2 supporting. Indycar are at Road America, arguably the best road course on the calendar! World Superbikes are at Lugano.

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Welcome to episode 22 of the Lovecars On The Grid podcast. Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us the latest roundup following a busy weekend of motorsport events. We have Formula 1 and Formula 2, alongside the Porsche Supercup in Montecarlo. We've got Indycar and NASCAR in the US, plus bikes at Mugello, BTCC and Superbikes in the UK!  

Tiff joins us from Monte Carlo, having hosted some clients at the Formula 1 in Monaco! With some changing weather conditions in Monaco, the race was delayed. The FIA didn't seem to know what was going on, or when to start the race because of the weather! We didn't have a grid start because of a power failure, but local driver Charles LeClerc did everything he could in qualifying. Having qualified in pole position, the weather turned against him for the race, and after some poor strategy from Ferrari in the pits, finished in 4th place.  

Pierre Gasly was the first driver to move onto the intermediate tyres as the track began to dry out. Others drivers then followed. There was controversy as Max Verstappen crossed the pit line when overtaking. The rule dictates that the driver should've been penalised for doing so, but the FIA ruled against any penalty on this.  

Later on in the race, Haas driver Mick Schmuacher had a massive shunt by the swimming pool section. Cutting his car in half! What about Daniel Ricciardo? His poor performance continued in Monaco, while his team mate Lando Norris continues to do well at McLaren. Is it time for Ricciardo to leave the sport?  

Sergio Perez brought home the win for Red Bull, being the first Mexican to win the Monaco Grand Prix. Followed by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in 2nd, and Max Verstappen in 3rd.  In the Porsche Supercup, British driver Harry King did well, taking 2nd place, but receiving a 3 place grid penalty. In Formula 2, Felipe Drugovich won, following the reverse grid race, having qualified in 10th place.   

Over in the USA, it was the Indy500. Ex Formula driver, Marcus Ericsson managed to win, with lots of crashes, including fellow ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean. Pat O'Ward came through in second place in his McLaren.  

Remaining in America, NASCAR were racing at the Charlotte 600. The longest race on the NASCAR calendar, with drivers racing 600 miles. Like in Indycar, there were lots of crashes, with Chris Beauchamp rolling 5 times! Denny Hamlin won the Charlotte 600 in his Toyota.  

Coming back to Europe, the Moto GP was in Mugello. Italian rider, Francesco Bagnaia won on the bikes, with Somkiat Chantra winning his first race in Moto2.   

Back home in the UK, the British Touring Cars Championship were racing at Tiff's home track at Thruxton. Josh Cooke dominated the first two races from pole. The reverse grid race win went to Adam Morgan.  

In British GT, it was a win for McLaren with Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton in the GT3 race. The GT4 race win went to Marco Signoretti and Matt Cowley in the Ford Mustang GT4 at Donington Park.  

Next weekend, we have the Moto GP in Barcelona. The WRC is in Italy, whilst Indycar and IMSA Sports Cars go to Detroit. Formula E is in Jakarta, and there's NASCAR at the Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois.

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Welcome to episode 21 of the Lovecars On The Grid podcast! We have an action packed week to roundup with our hosts, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman, from Formula 1, Formula E, NASCAR, Superbikes and even drama in the Caterham Academy Championship!  

Kicking off with Formula 1, why we have the spy scandal between Red Bull and Aston Martin! With employees leaving Red Bull for Aston Martin, is information being taken too? Lewis Hamilton had a poor start in Barcelona, with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen involved in a collision with the Mercedes driver. Followed by Carlos Sainz coming off the track into the gravel trap in his Ferrari. What followed was an exciting race, with intense battles between Segio Perez and George Russell. Max Verstappen also had a brief spin off the track, leaving Charles LeClerc to lead the race in his Ferrari.  LeClerc had a problem later in the race with his engine blowing up, and ended up retiring. The new Mercedes body modifications seemed to work though, with Russell finishing the race in 3rd, with Verstappen and Perez ahead of him.  

In Formula 2, Felipe Drugovich took the win for MP Motorsport in both the Sprint race and the Feature race. He now leads the championship. 

In the supporting W Series race, we had a 1,2,3 British podium, with a win for Jamie Chadwick, Abbi Pulling and Alice Powell.  

Both Sebs had a crash in WRC out in Portugal. The gravel rally was won by Toyota GR's Kalle Rovanperä from Finland, with Elfyn Evans hot on his heels. The WRC goes off to Italy next!  There was no Moto GP this week, but the World Superbikes were at Estoril. The battle between Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu continues as Rea takes 2 wins, with Toprak hot on his heels.  

The British Superbikes were at Donington Park, with some awful crashes. We had bikes splitting into multiple pieces, and a rider even in hospital. Thankfully Josh Day is awake and eating again, we wish him a speedy recovery.  NASCAR was a pretty spectacular event, with $1 million for the Winner in Texas. There were more crashes and slow punctures for the drivers. The win went to Ryan Blaney in his Ford, with Denny Hamlin behind him in 2nd place.   

Tiff stayed up until midnight to watch the Indycar drivers at Indianapolis. We had crashes at 230MPH, with an average speed of 234.046MPH! Unbelievable! The win went to Scott Dixon, and Alex Palou in 2nd.  

Our resident driver, Paul Woodman was driving his Caterham Roadsport car at Snetterton with the Caterham Academy Championship this weekend. We had races being won by 0.05 of a second, and over 30 drivers on the grid! In the first race, Paul managed a 7th place, following an 11th place qualifying. Geoff Newman, Charlie Lower and Freddie Chiddicks all manage their usual performances with great driving.  

In the second race however, there was carnage at the start! Following an amazing start, Paul was squeezed by the two cars in front of him. He tried to go around the outside, but unfortunately was taken out by another car, leading to a red flag. Straight after the restart, we had a driver roll his car, forcing another red flag! Thankfully, the driver is ok.  

We don't know where to start this weekend, but we have a major Formula 1 race in Monaco. Now that Mercedes have got rid of their porpoising, will they do better in qualifying? We also have the Indianapolis 500, plus Moto GP at Mugello, BTCC at Thruxton and British GT at Donington Park! Over in America, we have the NASCAR at Charlotte.

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Welcome to episode 20 of the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast. Our two presenters, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman are back with another roundup of motorsport events from the past week! 

This week, we have the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, Moto GP, Indycar, Formula E, BTCC and NASCAR! 

Tiff joins us from Nice airport after being in Monaco!  We kick off with the Grand Prix Historique in Monaco, with cars from all eras, where Tiff got to meet Red Bull driver, Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver, Charles LeClerc!  

Formula E took place in Berlin this weekend, with a win for Nick De Vries in the Mercedes-EQ Formula E team, with 2nd place going to Rokit Venturi Racing's Edoardo Mortara.   

Moto GP was at the Bugatti Circuit of Le Mans for their Grand Prix De France, where leaders of both the Moto GP and Moto2 race crashed out. The win in the Moto GP went to Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha, with a win for Celestino Vietti in Moto2.  

The BTCC were racing at Brands Hatch with all sorts of different weather! Josh Cooke won with Honda after some clever tyre changes.   

The rain and chaos continued in Indycar, at the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianopolis Motor Speedway. Teams weren't sure what tyre compound to go for with the different weathers, but the win went to Colton Herta.  

NASCAR was a battle between Kurt Busch in the Toyota and Kyle Larson in the Chevrolet, with Busch just beating Larson to the Win at the Kansas Speedway.

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