Remember folks, what Verstappens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. 

Dre, Cam and RJ are back to review yet another mad twist in the Championship race. Max Verstappen overcome a wet qualifying session and a spooked Norris off the line to take a dominant win in Nevada, but with the added bonus of both McLaren's being disqualified after the race for excessive skid block wear. It turns out lifting and coasting and a really low ride height has been harming McLaren for some time. Are they at their limit, and can Norris wrap up the title this weekend in Qatar?

The trio also talk about the big breaking news story - Adrian Newey is taking over Aston Martin as their Team Principal for the first time in his 30+ year career, with current team boss Andy Cowell moving into the engine department as Chief Strategic Officer. Can a 67-year old Newey steer Aston Martin to glory? Or is this a waste of the great man's holistic talents?

There's also more on Mercedes double podium, Ferrari's malaise, whether Vegas is starting to fall flat and the maths heading into a Qatar GP where a 25-lap limit will be put on Pirelli's tires. 

One last ride to close out the 2025 MotoGP Season as Marco Bezzecchi takes to the front and dominates the final round of the Championship in Valencia, and seal third overall in the standings. With it he also seals Aprilia's best ever season in MotoGP, with 4 wins across the brand, the first to win two in a row, and their first 1-2 finish since Catalunya 2023. Is the most serious warning shot yet that Aprilia are coming for Ducati's crown?

There's also Fabio Di Giannantonio doing just enough to keep Ducati's 88-race podium GP streak alive, and one more horrible Pecco Bagnaia weekend for the road, including a fuel tank that wasn't filled during qualifying and then being absolutely blasted by Johann Zarco on the opening lap. Welp.

We also talk Diogo Moreira winning the Moto2 World Championship in a surprisingly sombre decider, the latest to come out of the Valencia test, Franco Morbidelli's embarassing crash that led to breaking a bone in his hand, and Joan Mir's kamikaze Sprint crash with his own teammate that pisses off one Cameron Buckley...

It was a weird MotoGP weekend in Portugal in the sport's first ever 21st round. We had one of the greatest Sprints ever with Pedro Acosta and Alex Marquez in combat for the win in what was a classic... followed by a completely boring GP where Marco Bezzecchi tinkered with the bike overnight and then dominated the opposition. As you do.

Dre and Cam throw out their usual script for the episode and decide to just wing in. And in doing so, talk about that great sprint, the state of Acosta's current form, whether Aprilia can keep up this challenge, and more. 

There's also a discussion about Miguel Oliveira leaving MotoGP for World Superbikes and that pre-race celebration before the off, and an update on Jose Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler with both riders now at home to continue their recoveries. 

Oh boy. Lando Norris is on a rampage. Six races ago, it looked like it was Piastri's to lose. Now there's a bigger chance that Lando Norris wraps the Championship up earlier. 

How did we get here? A perfect 33-point double victory weekend for Norris, who dominated Brazil, leading every single meaningful session in the process, with Piastri spinning in to the outside wall during the Sprint, and then limping home 5th in the Grand Prix after a 10-second penalty for causing a controversial collision with Kimi Antonelli. Dre, Cam and RJ break it down on a special Monday recording edition of the Podcast!

We also talk about Antonelli's breakthrough weekend, as well as the spicy comments made by Ferrari chairman John Elkann, who claimed his drivers needed to focus more and talk less in the fight for second in the Championship. We discuss why that's nonsense. Also, Ollie Bearman finishing the season red-hot in P6, and the great 9 car tailback at the end of the race!

It's been 11 years of Motorsport101 in your listening world, and to celebrate the occasion in a free week of F1 and MotoGP, Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell sit down to rewatch a iconic race of the turbo-hybrid era - F1's 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix from Sepang International Circuit.

It was iconic for many reasons. Sebastian Vettel won for Ferrari in just his second ever start in red, after spending almost his entire career to date in the Red Bull umbrella, and he single-handedly injected some hope into the sport again after a brtually dominant start to the V6 era in 2014 - Where Mercedes won 16 out of 19 races, with Lewis Hamilton winning six out of the final seven to take his second World Title. But after a dreadful 2014 for Ferrari, Seb was the shot in the arm that Maranello, and maybe the whole sport needed.

Dre and RJ talk about how Seb might now be underrated by modern-day metrics, how dominant the Ferrari was that day in terms of tire wear, just how surprisingly racy Sepang and the cars of 2015 were back then, and a whole lot more as they rewatch Sepang 2015 in full, and you can follow along too via the F1 TV access, listen in to hear how we did it!

Wish this was a brighter and perkier episode of Motorsport101, but sometimes we get no choice in the matter. This episode is dominated by the horrific accident between Noah Dettwiler and Jose Antonio Rueda during the Moto3 sighting lap last week. Dettwiler's bike had a technical problem and was slow on the outside of the track, Rueda didn't know that and ploughed into the back of him at near full racing speed. 

Thankfully, since the time of recording this on Wednesday, Rueda's injuries are not life-threatening with a concussion and broken hand, with Noah now out of intensive care after suffering an open fracture to the leg, multiple cardiac arrests and a broken neck. 

Dre, Cam and RJ talk about the nature of Moto3's diminishing coverage and why dropping Sunday warm-ups may have indirectly contributed to the accident, what it could potentially take for a race to be cancelled and the nature of a horrible year in bike racing for injuries. 

There's also a brief review of the Malaysian GP itself as Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia split victories, with the latter suffering a rear puncture of all things, Joan Mir getting back on the podium for Honda, and more. And of course, our continued best wishes to Noah and Jose. 

What a time for Lando Norris to break out arguably his greatest weekend in his F1 career. Not once across the three days, even giving up a practice session for Pato O'Ward deterred Norris from dominating the weekend, taking pole by four tenths of a second, before leading every single lap enroute to a 30-second victory, the biggest win of the 2025 season so far.

Across the garage though, Oscar Piastri could only manage fifth in another struggling weekend for the Australian, and with it, he loses his Championship lead for the first time in 17 races. It's a four-race shootout for the crown, with Verstappen still just about in contention, 36 points back. Who takes the title?

Dre, Cam and RJ also breakdown a manic start and climax to the race involving grass shortcuts, debated stewarding calls and a VSC with 2 laps to go that ended two high tension fights for the podium. More on Carlos Sainz' disasterclass, a career-high P4 for Ollie Bearman for Haas, and yet another questionable moment for the rulebook as Verstappen and Hamilton clash on track again. 

After four years, the greatest Moto2 Rookie Season of all-time, three different times, and two different brands, Raul Fernandez finally reached the mountain top and took his first Premier Class victory in MotoGP, and in dominant fashion. Because 2025 hasn't finished being weird yet. 

Dre, RJ and Cam talk about what led Fernandez down the road of making him a MotoGP race winner, ponder whether Aprilia is back to compete for major honours, and the latest difficulty that faces Pecco Bagnaia after another nonsensical and poor weekend. I mean, at one point being as slow as Michele Pirro?! Really?

There's also a big catchup on Philip Island and why its days on the MotoGP grid may be numbered, Toprak taking his third World Superbike Championship over Nicolo Bulega and why KTM might be in more financial trouble... 

Uh-oh... why do I hear Jaws music playing in the background?

Just when McLaren badly needed a normal weekend just to restore some feeling, they wipe each other out in the Sprint, go slow in Qualifying, and then have a mediocre race so that Max Verstappen is now within 40 points of the title, an unthinkable prospect given he was 104 behind in Zandvoort barely two months ago. What the hell?!

Dre, Cam and RJ break down Max's dominant weekend, taking Pole and Win in both the Sprint and GP. Fun Fact: No-one else has ever done that in an F1 weekend, and Max has done it four times. For someone who hates the Sprint format, Max is devastatingly good at it. Oh and more on the Sprint crash seen around the world as Piastri's cutback led to a four car wreck, three DNF's, and a rattled Woking. 

Sadly, we can't talk about the Apple TV deal due to Cam-related reasons, but we also talk Hulkenberg getting back in the points, Alpine and one of the worst Team Orders calls we've ever seen, and Charles Leclerc still showing he has that dawg in him.

First of all, sincere apologies, this took about two weeks longer than we would have liked, a combination of commitments from our man RJ, me coming down with a cold, and Cam coming down with COVID meant this got pushed back a little bit. Won't happen again, I promise, and sorry for the wait - Dre

It's time to review one of the greatest seasons of IndyCar ever... if you're Alex Palou that is! It's hard to ignore the elephant in the room when one man dominates so thoroughly, but we still have 26 more drivers to review as well!

We go team-by-team across IndyCar to bring you what worked and what didn't from their 2025 season. From Prema and their very existence coming under question, to RLL and their contiuned struggling, and whether Mick Schumacher may be coming to town. There's also more on the disaster that was Penske 2025, Meyer Shank returning to the top-tier of the sport, and a new era for Andretti as their starboy Colton Herta heads for Europe.

Sincere thanks to everyone who's listened to our IndyCar coverage this season, and we'll be back in February for more! Until then!