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Quiz Val on his Silverstone MotoGP rider rankings

The Grand Prix of the Americas and the French Grand Prix were truly chaotic fare - but there's an argument to be made that the British Grand Prix was MotoGP's weirdest 2025 race yet.

The particularities of the track tore up the formbook, and the variable, sketchy weather during the weekend tore it up further, even if none of the qualifying segment...

Ask Edd about his Monaco GP F1 driver rankings

After every grand prix, Edd Straw answers your questions and comments about his F1 driver rankings, exclusively for The Race Members' Club on Patreon.

Have a read of his full rankings below, then leave your message for Edd in the comments at the bottom of the post!

Started: 1st Finished: 1st

This was Norris back on top fo...

Monaco Grand Prix race review (ad-free)

Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick the extreme strategy battle that was the Monaco Grand Prix.

The rule that forced two pitstops in the race was the big talking point heading into the weekend - but did it work, given the top four on the grid - Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen - finished in that order?

Edd, Mark and Scott also discuss the 'road block' tactics used by the likes of Racing Bulls and Williams to secure bi...

Why F1’s ‘manipulated’ 2025 Monaco F1 race went wrong [ad-free video]

Formula 1 tried an audacious plan to spice up the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix by mandating at least two pitstops for every car, but this unintentionally created a fair bit of controversy - and some impassioned pleas from drivers for a rethink. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble unpick one of the most contrived races in F1 history.

Silverstone MotoGP madness explained [ad-free video]

Ducati's worst weekend in years, a devastated Fabio Quartararo robbed of a deserved win for Yamaha and suddenly Aprilia's a winner again... Simon, Megan and Ollie report from a bizarre day at Silverstone.

Submit your ONE question for our Monaco F1 podcast

What do you want our F1 team to talk about, debate and answer on the Monaco Grand Prix episode of The Race F1 Podcast?

Drop your question in the comments before 5pm UK time today, and we'll include as many as we can in tonight's episode and elsewhere in our Monaco coverage.

Get your Silverstone MotoGP Podcast questions in!

What do you want to know about MotoGP's pretty crazy British Grand Prix weekend?

Drop your question in the comments below and Simon, Megan and Ollie will get through as many as they can in tonight's podcast and our other coverage.

Fancy a pre-Monaco GP Q&A? Drop a question below! ⬇️

Here's Scott with a small update on why things have been quieter than usual on Patreon this weekend from Monaco. However, now the guys are in the paddock for the day, they'll be able to answer some questions in the comments under this post between now and the race starting.

So leave a question below, and they will get through as many as they can over the next few hours!

Simon on Zarco's strong sprint and his Honda factory chances

Fifth place in the British GP sprint race might not match the heights of a shock outright win at Le Mans a fortnight ago, but Johann Zarco's just put in another impressive performance that couldn't have come at a better time.

Simon's in the Suzuka - sorry, Silverstone! - paddock to unpack another strong Zarco showing (in the dry, too) and explain why he's absolutely making himself a contender for a factory Honda MotoGP ride - one that we know is available in the wake of Honda's Jorge Ma...

Heading to Silverstone for MotoGP this weekend?

If you're heading to Silverstone this Sunday, come meet Simon, Megan and Ollie from The Race MotoGP Podcast! We'll be behind the Ducati Fan Stand (Abbey B) at 10am and we'd love to see as many folks from the Members' Club as we can!

Who's looking good after Indy 500's Carb Day practice?

Jack reports from Turn 1 at Indianapolis on Carb Day - the final practice session for the Indy 500.

Last-minute dramas, the latest developments in the Penske saga, Pato O'Ward milking a cow, a race for cars disguised as hot dogs and a noisy practice flyover all feature.

Everything we learned from F1's surprising Monaco Friday [ad-free video]

Ferrari (very) fast, Red Bull not so fast, lots of tyre and strategy headaches for everyone - here are Scott, Jon and Mark reporting from the Monaco harbourside to try to make sense of the events of Friday practice.

And Colossally That's History! S3 E8: Lotus 72 - The car that changed F1 forever

On the latest episode of And Colossally That's History! Richard and Matt are reappraising the legacy of one of F1's most enduring cars: The Lotus 72.

Named by no less than Adrian Newey as the car he wishes he'd designed, the 72 was a revolutionary machine in Formula 1 terms, setting the template, as it did, for all F1 cars that would follow.

It was also one of the longest-serving and most successful cars in F1 history, spending six years in the top flight (from ...

TT preview part 2: Catching up with Davey Todd and Peter Hickman about 8Ten Racing

For our latest The Race Members’ Club Isle of Man TT special, Simon Patterson spoke to two of the event’s biggest names about their exciting new venture.

With 16 wins between them, Davey Todd and Peter Hickman have been at the sharp end of the TT’s finishers in recent years.

For 2025, the pair have established a new team: 8Ten Racing, named after their race numbers.

Simon caught up with them at the North West 200 to hear how their preparation is going, the challenges o...

Reviewing the all-action Tokyo E-Prix double-header (ad-free)

A typically multi-threaded and all-action Formula E weekend played out in Tokyo with a first ever double-header on the streets of the Japanese capital.

Stoffel Vandoorne’s ending of his own personal fallow three seasons is analysed, as is Oliver Rowland’s seemingly unassailable rise to become Formula E world champion this year after winning his fourth race of the season.

Excellent performances by a rare zen weekend for Dan Ticktum and boy winder Taylor Barnard are also covered...

Simon on Martin's rivals' reactions to his bid to leave Aprilia

Simon reports from the Silverstone paddock as the MotoGP world reconvenes for the first time since the bombshell news that Jorge Martin is trying to get out of his Aprilia deal (which runs through 2026) having barely even raced the bike yet due to his injuries.

Martin's erstwhile title rival Pecco Bagnaia and Martin's close ally Aleix Espargaro had particularly interesting takes on it - and Espargaro also revealed a lot about Martin's struggles in recent months as his absence goes on. 2025-05-22 17:10:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Penske's Indy 500 scandal: Everything you need to know with Jack Benyon

The Indianapolis 500 can be a tricky enough event to follow at the best of times, but few storylines in recent years have moved apace like Penske's qualifying furore and the subsequent fallout from it - which has included three senior figures being fired and Roger Penske effectively acknowledging last year's winning car had an illegal part on it.

If you've struggled to keep up with all the developments in recent days - or are hearing about them for the first time - fear not: Jack Benyon...

🔧 Tech Show: Red Bull's resurgence + The intriguing strategic variables for Monaco (ad-free)

On the latest episode of The Race F1 Tech Show, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson look back on Imola and ahead to Monaco.

First, they discuss how Red Bull turned the tables on McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, asking whether this was a track-specific change in the pecking order, or whether Red Bull have made a significant step forward.

Next, Edd and Gary turn their attention to Monaco, looking at the specific setup that the street track demands ...

Driving Style Secrets Episode 3 - Oscar Piastri

After episodes on Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, the drivers lying third and second respectively in the standings, it's now time for a Driving Style Secrets episode on the current world championship leader: Oscar Piastri.

Join Edd Straw and Mark Hughes as they discuss the intricacies of Piastri's approach behind the wheel, where his strengths lie, and how his driving style differs to those he's racing most closely.

⭐️ BBV10s Extra: Which V10-era incident do you wish there were more camera angles for? Your questions answered

Glenn Freeman is joined by Matt Beer for our next members-only Bring Back V10s Extra Q&A episode. 

Topics discussed include famous moments we’d like to have had more TV angles for and to have heard the team radio chatter from, how Rubens Barrichello would have done if he’d stayed to be Jaguar’s lead driver in 2000, which CART/IndyCar champion should have got a shot at F1, and which driver/team partnerships we’d have liked to see go on for longer than they did. 

The latest twist in Red Bull and McLaren's off-track battle (ad-free)

In this episode, we tackle the latest technical intrigue between Red Bull and McLaren and look ahead to the potential for an upset in the Monaco Grand Prix.

Scott Mitchell-Malm and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to explain the real story behind the technical directives that were issued before the Imola race, but only emerged after it. 

They also ask how the mandatory two pitstops might impact the Monaco race, and if there’s a way for a backmarker to leap up the order with some...

Revealed: Red Bull’s wildest theories on McLaren’s clever tyre tricks [ad-free]

Just when we thought it was ‘case closed’ over McLaren’s ingenious but legal brake system design, there has now been a fresh flare-up in its ongoing battle with Red Bull over exactly how McLaren manages rear tyre temperatures better than anyone else.

This latest chapter in a simmering fight between the two F1 teams has exposed for the first time some of the wildest theories that Red Bull has come up with to explain what McLaren is up to.

But now, amid the chase for answers...

Penske Indy 500 penalty furore explained

Getting two of your three cars thrown to the back of the Indianapolis 500 grid is a bad look for any top IndyCar team. When you’re the team whose owner also owns the championship and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it’s even more complicated.

Matt Beer borrows The Race IndyCar Podcast Jack Benyon’s host chair so he can quiz Jack on the dramatic developments since Indy 500 qualifying in a bonus mini-podcast.

Exactly what Penske did, the crisis over series regulating the fall...

Silverstone MotoGP - We want your views on the race and its future

It's MotoGP's British Grand Prix this weekend, and after a run of poor crowds at Silverstone, the question marks over the race's long-term future and what could or should be done to turn things around are building.

Simon, Megan and Ollie will all be at Silverstone for The Race and the event's future is high up their list of topics for the weekend.

We know there are plenty of British MotoGP fans here with us on Patreon and we're keen for your views on Silverstone. Are you going thi...

Edd answers your Imola F1 driver rankings questions

Edd Straw hasn't slept for what feels like days, but before crashing out he sat down to work his way through the latest batch of comments from our members on his F1 driver rankings from Imola.

Every 2025 F1 car’s strongest and weakest points [ad-free video]

The first seven races of the 2025 Formula 1 season have gone by in a flash, but taught us much about the strengths and weaknesses of all ten cars.

MotoGP's title fight is in big trouble (ad-free video)

Marc Marquez only has a 22-point cushion over his brother Alex and could concievably lose the MotoGP championship lead at Silverstone.

But Marquez's huge points day at Le Mans may well go down as the day the 2025 MotoGP title battle was 'broken', because on pure performance this year his rivals need every break they can get.

Can the 2024-spec Ducati stay good enough to keep Alex Marquez in the mix, and is there any route back for Pecco Bagnaia - who once overturned a 91-point defi...

Team Principal Podcast: Otmar on his plans for a 12th F1 team, Alpine upheaval and losing Piastri to McLaren

The Team Principal Podcast returns with exciting news, as Otmar Szafnauer brings us up to speed with on his plans to get a 12th team onto the F1 grid. Alongside his deputy TP Ben Anderson, Otmar explains why he thinks F1 would benefit from a 24-car grid and how he plans to make his vision a reality.

After that, Otmar and Ben go over recent events at Otmar's old team, Alpine. Otmar shares his views on the latest leadership crisis at the Anglo-French squad, and weighs in on the decision t...

Shwartzman on his shock Indy 500 pole (ad-free)

After a stunning Sunday of Indy 500 qualifying action, Robert Shwartzman and Prema Racing gave us one of the storylines that will go down in the event’s long history, and he’s here to tell us about it.

Shwartzman discusses the difficulty in putting his lap together, how the team went from nothing to being in contention for pole, what set up up to be able to achieve this, and more.

JR Hildebrand - who calls Shwartzman’s Fast 12 run one of the most incredible things he’s see...

10 things we learned from F1's 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix [ad-free video]

A shock change at the top of the pecking order, worrying trends for two struggling giants, and a dramatic and disappointing F1 comeback, were just some of the fascinating stories at what looks set to be the last race at Imola for the foreseeable future. Here are 10 things we learned as F1 returned to Europe for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.