He just keeps on winning. It's Alex Palou's world, we're just living in it. So let's talk about the 2026 IndyCar Season with Dre Harrison, RJ O'Connell and Frontstretch's own Chris DeHarde.

As a trio, they address a lot of the post-season stories that we didn't get time to cover on the main show. For example, the shock move at AJ Foyt for them to release Santino Ferrucci and bring in Dale Coyne Racing's Dennis Hauger. There's also more on the IndyCar evaluation test as Josh Pierson fights to get on the grid against a rule that was seemingly created to stop paying drivers of his nature from getting on the grid in the first place. 

We also go team by team up and down the grid and break down their seasons as well as their future prospects. For example, Juncos actually kepy one of the drivers of the year in Rinus Veekay, who finally had the breakout season so many speculated he had in him. And what will Meyer Shank do as they sit on the brink of expansion. Are they bringing in Honda's own Super Formula ace in Kaku Ohta or former Red Bull Racing driver Yuki Tsunoda, as well as Mick Schumacher's surprising promotion up the grid?

And of course, the sport's elite class. Has McLaren actually made themselves weaker and strengthed their main opposition by gifting Chip Ganassi the third place finisher of Christian Lundgaard? And can Andretti rally behind Kyle Kirkwood to finally topple Alex Palou? So many questions, all covered in a 150-minute comprehensive edition of Motorsport101!

So you mean to tell me that MotoGP saw Aprilia have a 1-2-3-4 lockout of its Grand Prix, and yet arguably made their World Championship situation worse? Oh boy.

It turns out it kinda did end up that way? In Indonesia, the story of the weekend started on Saturday when a four wide between Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Marquez and Diggia ended up with Martin going from 5th to 1st, Marquez going to second, and Fernandez and Bezzecchi took themselves out of action in a chain reaction. But with Jorge Martin triggering his tyre pressure warning system, he had to cough up a Sprint win and ultimately finished four, giving Marquez an easy Sprint win in Mandalika.

Martin came back to finish 3rd in the GP was Bez won his first GP in 133 days, but with Marquez 6th, the Championship gap is STILL just 2 points with five races to go. Did Aprilia fumble the bag? Do they need team orders? And has this handed the advantage back to Marc Marquez? 

There's also a rant about the terrible state of Michelin tyres as Mandalika forced the final appearance of the heat-protected carcass rear that's been the bain of the sport for half a decade. Oh, and is fining riders for missing promotional events a good thing?

Hard to believe that this was ther 10th time Max Verstappen has tried and he's now finally won the Singapore Grand Prix. And he did it with a Sprint win in what was a dominant weekend, but with a few twists thrown in for shits and giggles.

We had George Russell briefly lead said Sprint after another half an hour torrential downpour - Nature of having two races in two weeks around the equator. So of course, Russell stacked it a lap in. We also had Ferrari get in the mix, but a radio blackout and some miscommunications cost them a likely double podium finish. We also had the McLaren's hit each other in the Sprint's final lap too.

Overall, this was a messy, messy race weekend. And we haven't even discussed the new news of the week - F1's returning to Africa for the first time since Kyalami in 1993. We're going to Rwanda for the African Grand Prix, sometime in the early 2030's. But there's some problematic questions that need answering with it...

It's quickly becoming a two-horse race in MotoGP land as Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin threw down at Motegi for the Japanese Grand Prix, and this time it was Marquez that came out on top as he took his fifth Double Victory of the 2026 season and move to within two points of the Championship lead. But how we got there messy as yet more Michelin tyre drama got in the way. 

This time around, Michelin brought the stiffer carcass rear tyre as a reserve, that ultimately ended up being the main race tyre after multiple rear tyres started failing towards the end of the Sprint. And turns out, it was the best race tyre of the weekend too. Dre, RJ and Cam break it all down.

They also talk about the surprise performances of Enea Bastianini and Somkiat Chantra, as well as the first reaction to the big news of the day, as MotoGP announced a new weekend format, with less practice, and Sprint Qualifying introduced on a Friday. Will it work in the long run? 

Well, this was a messy mothertrucker and a half wasn't it? Formula 1 went all in for a return to Sepang for the first Grand Prix in Malaysia since 2017, even with all the Bahrain branding, Gulf Air sponsorship and even 500 Bahraini marshals flown in for the occasion. Weird.

And it took us 105 minutes to get this race going after a torrential downpour on Sunday, followed by an embarassing engine software bug that led to the FIA scrambling to fix themselves after their own regulations pigeon-holed's the cars. A genuinely good return to Malaysia, tainted by yet another cock-up by a sport whose power-units are clearly too complicated to function as is.

Anyway, Max Verstappen completely dominated the outlier weekend that was, to take his streak of winning seasons up to 11 and score his 72nd win for Red Bull, now the second most of any driver/team combination ever (Only Hamilton's 84 with Mercedes is greater). We talk how he did, how George Russell's late engine blowout effectively ends the title fight, and how Hamilton had to charge through the field on slicks on a damp track just to get back where he started (in spectacular fashion). 

Also in the news, more talk about Esteban Ocon leaving Haas at the end of the season for Rafa Camara, and James Vowles at Williams plan to try and update the cost cap. 

We're really sorry this episode came out later than billed, we had a medical emergency at our original recording date and we doubled this up on Sunday with our Baku recording instead. We'll make it up to you down the toad, promise. 

In the meantime, in this episode, we catchup on the Austrian Grand Prix as Pedro Acosta finally takes his maiden victory, after 56 starts and 15 times on the second of third step of the podium. We breakdown how Michelin bringing its stiffer carcass rear tyre finally allowed KTM to bridge the gap to the Aprilia and Ducati's, and how nervous we all were when Pedro crashed out from an easy Sprint win.

We talk more about the state of the title battle, and the fascinating place its in. Marquez loses 12 points to Jorge Martin, who took the Sprint and second in the GP after a front brake issue hampered Marquez to fifth. Who is favoured going into the flyaway stretch? Who else could potentially play spoiler with Ai Ogura back to good health and Marco Bezzecchi not out of the running at 42 points back. Could Pedro still limp his way back in too?

Also we chat about Yamaha's new nadir after another horrendous weekend, and the potential change to the weekend format. Is Sprint Qualifying coming to MotoGP next year?

Welcome to Azerbaijan on a Saturday, George Russell and the most dominant photo finish of all-time. But in all seriousness, Baku had George take off his belt and beat the field's ass with it. He was just one FP3 top away from F1's first perfect weekend since Italy 2015. And yet despite all that, due to a late Valtteri Bottas crash on the final lap, he won by just 20 metres from Max Verstappen's furious final attack on the Brit.

Dre, Cam and RJ make sense of all the action, including how Mercedes' deployment is dunking on the field, how Ferrari continue to malaise, and how Franco Colapinto pissed off everyone with a reckless crash on a Safety Car restart that essentially ended Lando Norris' slim chances of a Championship. Sure the Colapinto fanbase will take it well...

We also talk about the first draft of the 2030 engine regulations and why we're all kinda whelmed at going to V8 Hybrids with a 3 litre engine. 

Why not, Bez? This is why.

Dre and Cam review a heated San Marino Grand Prix with a major twist in the title race - Marco Bezzecchi after qualifying on pole and taking his best Sprint result of the year in 2nd, crashes on the opening lap and gift wraps Marc Marquez a 37-point double victory across the weekend. Throw in Jorge Martin dropping to 5th with a killer bout of Arm Pump and safe to say, Misano had an impact!

We also talk about Alex Rins potentially moving to two-wheeled racing as he announces his retirement from bike racing, Pecco Bagnaia and a conversation that leaked out to the press, Senna Agius going to Tech3 to complete the 2027 grid, and the idea that we may be heading to Qatar after all. 

Well... that was pretty dreadful. 

F1 finally headed to Madrid for its debut race around The Madring, and to put it into perspective, we had four on-track overtakes in the race. Four. Monaco had 10. Man. Dre and Cam break down how The Madring came together, and why it's such a disasterous circuit.

Then they talk about the race itself, and the VSC that ultimately decided it. Lance Stroll has to retire his car after a brake failure, a VSC comes out with Lando already past the start/finish line, but close enough for Antonelli and Verstappen to box, and with Lando having a 7-second pit stop, he fell behind to third in the queue, and Antonelli takes advantage to win his eighth race of the season. In shocking news, a discussion has broken out about the "fairness" of the VSC. Is it unfair? Should Lando have been given a chance to stop? Is the VSC inherently flawed, and is it okay that we have it in the sport as it is?

There's also shameless discussions on Mohammed Ben Sulayem batting extra hard for Fernando Alonso and trying to convince him not to retire, and the F1 2027 calendar is revealed, with 10 Sprints and Monaco getting one of them. God help us. 

After 35 races and two years out of the winner's circle, Scott McLaughlin finally quenches his first with a race victory at IndyCar's season finale at the Grand Prix of Monterrey. 

Honestly, not much to even really get into on this one because McLaughlin completely dominated, leading 87 out of 95 race laps, and his main threat - The near impervious Alex Palou, was given a completely dud strategy from strategist Barry Wanser. Two used soft tyre stints? Really? Phew.

With it, Cam and Dre take the opportunity to review the minor stories to tie up at the end of the season. Kylke Kirkwood finishing second on the road in just his second road course podium to take second in the Championship ahead of Christian Lundgaard, Pato O'Ward and David Malukas. We also had Dennis Hauger hold onto the Rookie of the Year title after being slammed into the wall by Sting Ray Robb. 

And finally, a look at IndyCar's new controversial rule - An evaluation system to determine Indy NXT talent that's eligible for an IndyCar Series License. The timing with 11th place finisher in IndyNXT, Josh Pierson, rumoured to be bringing a large amount of money to the grid, can't be ignored...

We can't call Kimi Antonelli a smol Italian child anymore. The man just grew up way too goddamn quickly, my word. And with it, Kimi just became an F1 winner from the second furtherest back spot on the grid ever - P19! Only JOhn Watson has ever won a GP from further back, back in 1983!

But the ramifications of the win are being felt through the paddock. How must it feel for George Russell, who's now 66 points back with just 10 races (We think it may be nine), to go. Is there any hope left for a title push when you lose out in a race you started from pole, with your teammate in 19th? 

How about Ferrari, who started their race with Charles Leclerc running Lewis Hamilton off the road at the opening chicane, only for the Monaco man to lose control a lap later and spin into the outside fence of the parabolica. Again. We talk in depth on Leclerc as a driver in the Ferrari setup, and Lewis Hamilton's rather blatant attempts to push the team in his direction. 

There's also Alpine going mad after Pierre Gasly stole pole despite 66-1 odds to do it, McLaren fighting with each other again, and Max Verstappen once againg going ballistic to take a podium finish in third with Red Bull. And that's before we mention another potential calendar shrinkage, and previewing the Madring coming up this weekend. Enjoy!