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Andre Harrison and Louis Suddaby are back with another heaped BikeLive! We talk Moto3 as time penalties dominated the headlines, as DiGi was robbed of his first win, and Jakub Kornfeil took flight... and survived! MotoGP came around and Marc Marquez stole the fields lunch money as Andrea Dovizioso and Johann Zarco made critical errors, and Pramac picked up the scraps with Petrux 2nd and Miller 4th! And we also have Greg Haines back on the show with an extended 40 minute interview (at 1:21:29) talking all things World Superbikes and the season so far! From Kawa vs Ducati, to the most stacked Supersport field ever, to the mayhem of the SSP300 class! Enjoy!

Please, no bumperino, Jimmer. In this episode of Motorsport101, Dre mourns the loss of James Hinchcliffe from the Indy 500 as he and Pippa Mann got bumped in qualifying. Ryan King, RJ O'Connell and the return of Zoe Hamilton end up as shoulders to cry on. We also run down the entire field, as Ed Carpenter, Oval Master, took his 3rd 500 pole position. We also review Formula E in Berlin, as Daniel Abt strolled to a comfortable Audi 1-2 victory ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Jean-Eric Vergne, in a race that absolutely happened. Also, all the news, and another Super GT review as well, enjoy! And don't forget, Day of Classics 3 on YouTube.com/Motorsport101 tomorrow at 1:40pm!

On a small tangent, this is the 200th Podcast in the history of Motorsport101. On behalf of the entire team, thank you all so much for the continued support. - Dre In this episode of BikeLive, me and Louis review all the action from Imola in the World Superbike Championship, as Kenan Sofogolu bowed out gracefully in his final race... which he didn't even start. We talk about a manic Supersport race in his absence, and why the series looks brighter than ever with SIX title contenders and another defensive masterclass from Jules Cluzel to take back-to-back wins! We mention SuperSport 300 and the ASS WHOPPING Ana Carassco laid out as she won an 11 lap race by 13.8 seconds, and made history as the first won to qualify on pole (By a second, mind you), and the first to lead a World Championship! And in the main event, Jonathan Rea became the all-time wins and doubles leader with a dominant double victory, as a gut punch to Chaz Davies, and anyone else fighting for the title! Enjoy!

Of course the episode is named after an F1 video game reference. In this week's show, we talk all the F1 and F2 action at Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton reminded us of his class with a ridiculous performance, Sebastian Vettel gets nailed by the stewards with a bad strategy call, and Romain Grosjean causes the biggest wreck of 2018 so far. In Formula 2, ART clean house as George Russell becomes the first repeat winner of the season, followed by Jack Aitken taking the sprint race. We also had the Halo passing its first major test with flying colours! We also talk about the IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis as Will Power dominated his war to another win, as Scott Dixon came out of nowhere to snatch 2nd, after Robert Wickens stole the show yet again. We also preview Indy 500 qualifying, talk about Super GT heading to Suzuka, and a whole lot more! Enjoy!

Apparently, Dani Pedrosa is still flying towards Le Mans as we speak! Bike Live is back, and Dre and Louis review a mad weekend in Jerez and at Oulton Park, as Marc Marquez took a surprise victory, and flossed over the line. Because of course. But the weekend will be known for a triple DNF between Dovi, Lorenzo and Pedrosa for 2nd place, once that saw the Samurai, take flight! We also talk Moto2 as Lorenzo Baldadarrsari strolled to his 2nd ever Moto2 win as Miguel Oliviera went from 14th to 2nd, and in Moto3, Aron Canet became a bowling ball and took out all the major title rivals as Phillipe Oettl held off Marco Bez to take his first GP win after 91 attempts! We also talk British Superbikes at Oulton Park as Leon Haslam held off attacks from Jake Dixon and Jason O'Halloran to take the double win and the Championship lead!

Hey folks, Dre here, due to a family emergency, I couldn't make this episode, but Ryan King and RJ O'Connell did a fine job in my absence, and don't worry, I'll be back for #BikeLive this weekend! In this episode, Sportscars are the name of the game as the WEC took centre stage for the opening round of its 2018-19 Super Season with the 6 hours of Spa. And in a shocking bit of news, Fernando Alonso's Toyota took the victory. All the fall out from that, team orders at the top, and a car getting flipped over. Literally. Also, IMSA kicked off in Mid-Ohio and Helio (Still with magnificent hair), got Team Penske his first win of 2018, as Ricky Taylor also impressed in an Acura 1-2. We also talk Super GT and their 500km race at Fuji as NISMO made history. Enjoy!

And here's Part 2 of our double header recording, and in this part, we talk all about Formula 2 in Baku, as George Russell went from a takeout in the feature race, to winning from 13th in the Sprint Race! Not to mention Alex Albon becoming Thailand's first ever world series junior winner, and the patience of us running out on Johnny Herbert on commentary. We also talk Formula E in Paris, as Jean-Eric Vergne took his third win of the season at home, and Sam Bird crossed the finish line with three wheels on his wagon. Seriously. And finally, we talk the Indy 500 first test as the rookies passed through, the veterans refreshed, including some woman called Danica. Apparently she's a big deal. There's even a Super GT preview! Enjoy!

Jerez has always been a bit of a fracas huh? In this episode of BikeLive, Louis Suddaby, Andre Harrison and Ryan King break down some of the biggest clashes the sport has seen at the legendary circuit de Angel Nieto, as well as talk heavily on the news of Johann Zarco heading to KTM's Factory Team for 2019!

Oh, and Lewis Hamilton won. Baku welcomed us back with open arms and shunted cars. This week, in the first of two episodes, Dre, King and RJ look back at the Formula 1 GP in Azerbaijan as Lewis Hamilton stole his 1st win on the year after his teammate inherited the lead from a Safety Car as Red Bull's Mega Power's collided after Max Verstappen threw one block too many at the front. We also talk Sebastian Vettel's lunge that didn't work, all the crazy contact through the opening lap, Roman Grosjean spinning behind the Safety Car, Checo back on the podium, and the news that front wings are getting simplifed for 2019! Tune in now!

And now for Part 2 as for the first time ever, #BikeLive had to split shows! Here's Louis Suddaby and Andre Harrison on the World Superbike weekend at Assen, the granddaddy of bike tracks! In this weekend, the green machine of Kawasaki returned with an extra 250 revs, and two victories to show for it as Rea and Sykes took a win each! Michael van der Mark treated the home fans to two podiums, but Ducati struggled along the way. But the showstopper was in the support classes with Randy Krummenacher falling to the back of the grid due to a fuel error, and still coming back to finish an incredible 2nd, just off Jules Cluzel's first win in 18 months! We also mention the most mental World Supersport 300 race finish EVER. Enjoy!

Only three things in life are certain, Death, Taxes, Marc Marquez winning at the Circuit of the Americas for the 6th time, and the 10th consecutive Marquez win in the USA. He fits in, he likes left turns. Anyway, we'll break down all the weekends action, from the blocking penalty that enraged Twitter, to Andrea Iannone's shock return to the podium, his first with Suzuki! Also more on Crutchlow's lost title lead, and the future of the race at COTA itself! We also talk Moto2 and Moto3 as Pecco Bagnaia broke Alex Marquez to take a hard-fought intermediate class victory, and Jorge Martin broke the tow of Enea Bastianini to take HIS 2nd win of 2018. All that with Andre Harrison, Louis Suddaby and special guest, the Hooniverse's Patrick Hoffstetter. Enjoy, and check back for Episode #57 on Tuesday!

M101 is back, and we're blessing the rains in Alabama, as we got a 4 day weekend! Rain so bad, the race had to be re-run on Monday.with Josef Newgarden dominating proceedings to take his 2nd win of 2018, with Ryan Hunter-Reay's best IndyCar finish in over 2 years, and James Hinchcliffe rounding off the podium. We get into the battle at the front, the rain, TWO cases of fight club between Marco Andretti, Zachary, Clackary, Machary, and Gabby Chaves and Simon Pagenaud nearly getting into a fistfight, and much, much more in this IndyCar special episode with Andre Harrison, RJ O'Connell and Ryan King!

We're back with the second part of another double taping! In this episode, we catch up with the IndyCar GP of Long Beach as Alex Rossi put on a dominant display to take the win over Will Power. The race also had the pass of the year from Sebastien Bourdais on Scott Dixon, and Graham Rahal wrecking Simon Pagenaud's race off Lap 1. We also bring in Hazel Southwell to talk all things Rome ePrix, as Sam Bird continued his title challenge with a win after "Driver for Hire" Felix Rosenqvist hit a kerb and took himself out. We also talk the awful pit lanes, Mitch Evans falling on his sword like a true gladiator, and much more more!

The old guard returned in a mad Superbike Sunday on #BikeLive with Andre Harrison and Louis Suddaby! This episode covers all of British Superbikes at Brands Hatch Indy this past weekend, and the World Superbike Championships return to Aragon. In the former, Bradley Ray proved his human and gifted Shakey a late win, before Leon Haslam dazzled in the wet to narrowly pip Glenn Irwin in a wet Race 2. As for Worlds, Jonathan Rea pulled off one of the most subtly impressive wins in Race 1, before Chaz Davies bullied him into a Race 2 victory! All that and more on #BikeLive!

Sometimes you gotta lick the stamp and deliver that son of a bitch. Daniel Ricciardo steals your girl, and your race wins, taking advantage of some brilliant double stacking and a sudden Safety Car to take his first win of the season, stealing the mantle off of Valtteri Bottas, who drove brilliant to overtake Sebastian Vettel on the undercut. We also mention Max Verstappen finally taking responsibility for a silly move on Sebastian Vettel, ruining the German's race, the Gasly/Hartley incident that caused the Safety Car, Lewis Hamilton's mediocre record-breaking weekend, and a whole lot more from Shanghai, with Andre Harrison, Ryan King, RJ O'Connell, Zoe Hamilton... and "Floyd". Enjoy!

And here's Part 2 of our doubleheader from last week as Ryan, Dre, Chris and RJ break down the IndyCar Grand Prix of Phoenix as Josef Newgarden stole an autograph contest and a win from Robert Wickens (Stop me if you've heard that one before!), with Alex Rossi filling out the podium! We also pay tribute to Jim Clark in the 50th anniversary of his passing!

You know it was kind of a crazy one, when Cal Crutchlow, the surprise winner of the race, wasn't mentioned until the second hour of the show. Welcome to the most heated edition of #BikeLive since the switch. Marc Marquez loses his head, Jack Miller gets screwed on a pair of sudden weather changes, and Alex Rins finishing 3rd barely cracks the Top 10 of crazy shit that went down in Argentina. Check in with Andre Harrison and Louis Suddaby as they review one of the maddest MotoGP races ever, with Moto2 and 3 Reviews, as well as previews for World Superbikes in Aragon and British Superbikes at Brands Hatch's Indy layout!

Thanks to Josh Sutill for the next two episode titles! And who'd have thought that Formula 2 would be the Main Event in Bahrain! In a weekend filled with ridiculous Motorsport, it would Artem Markelov and Lando Norris stealing the show in Bahrain with wins for both, in what was a pair of fantastic races! Also, Formula 1's race was pretty great too as Sebastian Vettel narrowly held of Valtteri Bottas to take his 2nd straight win in Bahrain, and in 2018, in a race with a broken leg, strategy screw-ups, and a Lewis Hamilton triple overtake, as you do! And we also discuss the outlines for F1 in 2021 as the first draft of plans were unveiled by Liberty Media! Check back on Sunday for Episode 132!

A large Ray of sunshine, on an otherwise cloudy day... Episode #53 of #BikeLive with Andre Harrison and Louis Suddaby review the opening round of the 2018 British Superbike Championship from Donington Park, and it was a massive shock to see Bradley "The Milkybar Kid" Ray, win his first and second races in the series in a dominating double! We also talk about the mixed fortunes of many riders in the field, like Shakey, more tyre woes for Haslam, James Ellison's great 2nd in Race 1 before a Race 2 crash, Josh Brookes way down the order, and much more! We also preview MotoGP in Argentina this weekend, and roast Aron Canet over an open fire for his... "interesting" riding in FP1. See you next week for a full review of Argentina!

Apparently, Haas is overpowered, who knew! In another 5-person show, Ryan, RJ, Dre, Zoe and Chris break down: - How do you know it’s post-Australia? The possibility of changing the race weekend format again? This time, a qualifying race. Yay?! - Holy shit, Haas is getting ALL the salt from the other midfielders! Force India and McLaren want investigation into Haas/Ferrari relationship after amazingly, building a car based around one that won 5 GP’s is a good idea! - The preview into the inevitable, us talking about the 2021 regulations, ahead of their outline unveiling next week. Is Customer Cars a thing again? - Formula 2 starts this weekend! A preview ahead of the opener in Bahrain. Stuff that, IndyCar’s back for a Triple Header this weekend in Phoenix! Yay, ovals! - Billy Monger returns in British F3, scores podium. (Hey, Jamie Chadwick got one too!) (Oh, and this might be the fairytale so many want it to be) - Spare Mailbag Questions that aren’t directly tied into a main segment!