The Simon Racing Report

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon and Paul Smith provide 10 wacky and fortuitous, yet still realistic ideas that could potentially occur in Formula 1 in the future.

Coanda Simsport’s Mack Bakkum joins Jonathan Simon in the Film Room, The Simon Racing Report’s new feature series, to rewatch Coanda’s first ever 1-2-3 finish at the Suzuka Circuit, along with qualifying and the race. Mack analyses certain aspects of his race and reveals insights into his 2017 iWCGPS Season – also discussing his relationships with other drivers, technical challenges of the McLaren MP4-30, future ambitions and some laughs in between.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by Mazda Factory Development, Virtual2Reality™ Driver and the world’s first eSport racer to real world racer Glenn McGee to discuss his experiences in the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup, the difficulties of searching for sponsorship, Sick Sideways Racing teammate John Dean II, the importance of setup knowledge, Radicals Online and Team Potato, World’s Fastest Gamer / Visa Vegas eRace / F1 eSports Series, his experience in GT Academy, Sim Racing Expo 2017, the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix start crash, meeting Fernando Alonso through Zak Brown and a not so very quick speed round.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by Paul Smith to discuss the FIA’s analysis and presentation on the Halo, whether or not the Halo is Formula 1, silly season, Renault and Honda’s power unit development, Lewis Hamilton’s improvement and relationships with teammates, British drivers and their representative flag, Robert Kubica and Renault, Fernando Alonso’s ‘LeBron James Decision’ and McLaren, upcoming races (Spa, Monza, Singapore).

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by Nick Rowland to recap round 1 of McLaren’s World’s Fastest Gamer (#WFG) at the Silverstone Circuit on rFactor 2, discussing the car and track for round 1, event and background information, the list of prospective drivers, overall production, broadcast and commentary, the race, practice and talent of drivers on the grid, and the next round which will take place at Studio 397’s newly released Circuit Park Zandvoort.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by Apex Racing UK driver and rookie Kevin Ellis Jr to discuss his preparation leading up to his strong result for round 8 of the 2017 iWCGPS Season, why drivers don’t apologise and accept the blame for errors more often, teamwork and preparation leading up to Indy, recapping Kevin’s iWCGPS season so far race by race, Apex Racing UK, Scottish drivers, driver personalities and Formula 1, the halo and how it would be replicated in iRacing and SDK gate.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by Apex Racing UK driver and rookie Jamie Fluke to discuss his preparation leading up to his strong result for round 8 of the 2017 iWCGPS Season, learning different race tracks over the years, recapping his 2017 iWCGPS season race by race – talking current and future team goals, working with Graham Carroll and Michael Dinkel as teammates, Apex Racing UK’s rollercoaster 2017 season, world’s fastest gamer, and the BSRTC.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon is joined by VRS Coanda Simsport driver and Virtual Racing School driver coach David Williams to discuss his experiences teaching drivers, the challenges of learning how to teach himself, analysing driving visually along with telemetry, the history of Coanda Simsport, my3id and Clownpaint Gaming, team atmosphere and culture, GT Academy and real world racing, live sim racing competitions including LAN events, motorsport, as well as the Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton ‘brake testing’ incident under safety car at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon brings on Randolph Chenowth to discuss the current controversy surrounding the third party applications dilemma in the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series, looking at the positives and negatives of the issue and what should be classified as legal/illegal. Then, Alex Sadler jumps on to discuss the challenges for new and experienced sim racers, training and observing to learn and improve driving skills as a newcomer, and past experiences/stories in the sim racing community.

RaceSpot TV’s Jonathan Simon relieves Paul Smith from his indefinite suspension for sleeping during a Formula 1 race and brings him on to discuss Fernando Alonso’s IndyCar journey from Formula 1, the fork in the road moments during his career, the difference between #1 and #2 drivers this year in Formula 1, and sustaining performance as well as development for teams during the final stages of the season in 2017.