Sorry this show is so late. Tis was due to the guys work schedule and Rich traveling to Donington Park and Jim traveling to Belgium for work. So this show is a bit of a mash up. Jim kicks thing on with his thoughts on the race at the Sachsenring and then Rich discussing the race from Brno. Normal service will resume at the Reed Bullring and thanks for your patience!
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Episode 810: Casualties at the Cathedral
The guys get together again to talk about the action from Assen. This year the cathedral celebrated 100 years of racing. The action fast and furious as a number of riders had crashes on Friday. Marc Marquez and Ai Ogura having the biggest ones. The racing action started off with Moto3 and the pack racing was tight and exciting as always. The lunette crash at the chicane saw the Italian struck by Furusato. This brought out a red flag once the leaders had reach the 4th sector. Jim then goes on a rant, arguing that the red flag should have been displayed by at least sector two. The Moto2 race featured Moreira winning the race after stalking Canet the whole way. With this win Moreira becomes the first Brazilian to win a Moto2 race. MotoGp was also a crash filled event. The Sprint went off with out a hitch and saw Marc Marquez make a great start from the second row to win with his brother in second and Bezzecchi a strong third. Sunday Marc had another great start and cruised to victory at the slowest possible speed. Alex and Acosta tangled with Alex suffering a broke hand in the accident and Acosta was accused by Marc of riding too aggressively. Bagnaia set several fastest laps looked good and hopefully the podium will help him to fight at the front for the rest of the year.
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Episode 809: MotoGP Mugello – Game Over?
Jim and Rich are back to talk about Round 9 of MotoGP from majestic Mugello in Italy. First up there’s the news that Liberty is officially cleared to make its majority stake purchase from Dorna, which will see it take the reigns of MotoGP and World Superbike. The guys talk through what this means in terms of opportunities and risks. Then its on to the racing from Mugello. As always, Moto3 served up a race of bonkers pack action, with Máximo Quiles taking his maiden win. In Moto2, Manuel González took another dominant win to strengthen his grasp on the championship lead. Then in MotoGP Marc Márquez showed just how much he has in reserve to overcome a mishap at the start of the Sprint, then duke it out with Pecco and Alex for the win in Sundays main event. As far as the destination of the 2025 MotoGP world championship is concerned, both Jim and Rich feel like its game over for everyone else.
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Episode 808: Domination!
Apologies for the lateness of this Pod Cast! In this episode Jim and Rich cover everything from Aragon! The kick it off with some great listener feedback about semi-automated ride height devices. Then they go over the news of Martins contract issues and the semi bombshell of Toprak signing a one year deal to race a Pramac Yamaha in 2026.
Finally they guys cover the racing. The Moto3 Class was a classic with the twist of making sure you picked the right tire. This odd set of conditions resulted in a first time winner Munoz who just barely defeated the new rookie sensation Quiles!
The Moto2 race was the best of the weekend and also included a first time winner. Moreira rode through the pack and chased down race leader Oncu in the closing laps. Oncu never quit and kept pushing. On the last lap at the last turn Oncu rode around the outside of Moreira to win the closest Moto2 race ever by 0.003 seconds!!
MotoGp was a bit boring as Marc Marquez lead every secession ook pole position and won then sprint and on Sunday lead every lap in dominate fashion to win the main event. Domination like this has not been seen in this class since Marc himself did the same thing a decade ago at the German GP in 2015. This is the domination that we all feared when Marc was chosen to ride the factory Ducati. On the bright side Pecco appears to have found the feeling again on his Ducati and may yet be able to challenge Marc. Stay tuned!
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Episode 807: MotoGP Silverstone – One For The Agius
As Round 8 at Aragon gets set to commence, Jim and Rich look back at a highly eventful set of races 2 weeks ago at Silverstone in the UK. For once, Moto2 dished up the race of the day, but there was plenty of action and incident in the MotoGP and Moto 3 races too. The lads also discuss listener feedback, ongoing contractual disputes at Aprilia, a nasty injury for HRC’s Luca Marini and the vexed question of why Silverstone draws in such a small trackside audience.
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