Welcome to the special extended Max Verstappen edition of a Motorsport101 episode where he absolutely became the main character.
Dre and RJ talk about two races in one podcast. First up, F1’s Japanese Grand Prix, where before we’d even started the weekend, the FIA had reduced the amount of regen the cars would be allowed to cut down on Superclipping, and Verstappen threw out a journalist from his media briefing on Thursday. So of course, we had to break down all of that.
Meanwhile, Kimi Antonelli dominated the second half of the race off the back of a Safety Car to take back-to-back pole and wins as George Russell was in the wars after having a bad setup. Given Kimi’s become the youngest man to ever lead the World Championship, could he go all the way?
That Safety Car though, may be the wake up call the sport needs after Ollie Bearman had a 30mph closing speed difference between himself, and Franco Colapinto who he was attempting to pass into the Spoon. He goes into the wall at 150mph, a 50G crash that caused a knee contusion. Will this be the catalyst for change in the sport?
There’s also discussion that Verstappen may retire because he dislikes the sport’s regulations that much. Is that really going to happen? All that and a review of IndyCar at Barber, on a double-stacked Motorsport101!