The Simon Racing Report

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by the greatest sim racer of all time, Greger Huttu, to talk Greger’s sim racing history, his experience racing in multiple series and simulators, the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series, whether Greger is slowing with age, his struggle when a season switches to a new car, how Team Redline work race to race, the Visa Vega eRace and World’s Fastest Gamer (#WFG), Greger’s most feared drivers over the years, and talking Formula 1 and his favourite Finnish moments.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by FA Racing G2 (and now Toro Rosso draftee) Cem Bolukbasi, talking about his experiences meeting Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, and Lewis Hamilton, the 2017 F1 Esports and the future of the league, the 2018 F1 Esports Pro Draft, The Red Bull Racing Family (including teammates Graham Carroll, Patrik Holzmann, Joni Tormala, and Frederik Rasmussen), The 2018 F1 Esports season, the Pro Driver Assessment week, and using public simulators.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by sim racing ‘OG’ João Vaz to discuss his sim racing history (since the 90’s), the best sim racing engines of all time, force feedback (FFB) and ‘feel’ in sim racing, the Orion Race Team, the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series, his latest season and his career results, tips to improving your pace/speed, Mitchell DeJong’s maturity at a young age, the unforgettable 2015-16 iRacing Road Pro Series, stories from the past, and why most drivers hate VIR (Virginia International Raceway).

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon sits down with Race Clutch CEO, team owner and manager Richard Arnaud to talk Race Clutch’s team history and squad, feeder leagues in sim racing, the iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series, negotiations with Formula 1 teams over F1 eSports, sim racing coaching, open wheel cars, setup knowledge and guides, and his sneaky tweet to Richard Branson.

RaceSpot TV's Jonathan Simon and Paul Smith mull over whether or not this has been Daniel Ricciardo's best victory in Formula 1, who are the current top 3 best drivers on the grid (and who gets snubbed), Formula1.com's Race Performance Rating, the Monaco GP results, hypotheticals for Daniel Ricciardo's next driver contract, whether this is rock bottom for Williams F1, whether Mercedes should hurt the Hamilton/Bottas partnership by signing another driver, and previewing the Canadian Grand Prix @ Montreal.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon and Jake Sparey break down the thrilling iWCGPS event for R5, 2018 @ Monza, who benefited the most from the chaos, the race of attrition, brilliant overtakes, uncanny mistakes and bizarre DNF’s.

RaceSpot TV's Jonathan Simon is joined by Radicals Online team boss Rob Cuss to discuss Radicals Online's current rebuild, their current driver lineup and past memories, Rob's sim racing history, the team's plans for the future, and some general motor racing and Formula 1 chat!

Then, Paul Smith joins the podcast to discuss the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, recapping qualifying and the race, as well as major events such as Nico Hülkenberg's crash, Lewis Hamilton's lockup, the Red Bull Racing 'racing' incident, Romain Grosjean's trademark blunder (now featuring a safety car), the safety car restart and how Baku is the best track in Formula 1 for safety car restarts, as well as a preview of the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.

After two thrilling rounds of Formula 1 action, Paul Smith is brought on to discuss the recent Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix, including the Haas pit crew dilemma, notable events of both races, why drivers should or shouldn't listen to team orders, the Toro Rosso induced safety car, the next round at Baku, and more.

Less than a day after his eighth place finish at Montreal, Kevin Ellis Jr jumps onto the podcast to discuss his topsy-turvy event at round 3 for the iWCGPS, how a minor setup adjustment helped propel him quicker around the race track, changing track conditions, Kazuki Oomishima and his 'Oomishima Dampers', F1 eSports, the new iWCGPS blue flag rules, and the lack of live stewards.

Jonathan Simon and Paul Smith recap the 2018 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, discussing the moments of the weekend, winners and losers, Jonathan's experience and antics at the Albert Park circuit as he attended yet another F1 race. They also discuss the fan's perspective from the track and preview the upcoming Bahrain GP.