Paddock Pass Podcast

The WorldSBK championship has come to an end, with Jonathan Rea clinching his sixth title in succession at the final round in Estoril. That means it's time for the Paddock Pass Podcast WorldSBK Dynamic Duo to take a look back at the season, and how it all played out. Steve English and Gordo Ritchie have a lot to talk about.

The French Grand Prix at Le Mans was as weird and wonderful as you might expect, the first wet race in a long time, with a popular winner and a surprise podium. In the latest episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast, Neil Morrison and David Emmett try to make sense of it all, and what it means for the championship.

We kick off with a discussion of how the weather affected the race, and especially how it turned tire choice into a gamble, but one which produced a popular winner. We talk about Danilo Petrucci's victory, and Alex Marquez getting on the podium. We talk about how the rain doomed Jack Miller's race, forcing him to use an engine which had already developed a problem.

A soaking wet weekend of WorldSBK left Steve English and Gordon Ritchie a lot to talk about on the latest episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast. Steve and Gordo chat about how the weather affected the races, and what effect it had on pushing the title decision to the final round of the year at Estoril. They talk about how the additional grip of a new surface made for better racing in the wet, and perhaps made it harder for Jonathan Rea to wrap up the title in France.

The MotoGP race in Barcelona shook the tree of the 2020 championship, allowing a couple of riders to ascend and others to tumble to the ground. That gave Steve English, Neil Morrison, and David Emmett plenty to discuss on the latest episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast.

At a track notoriously tough on tires, the weather conditions played an outsized role, and we start off with a look at the decision which led to riders being caught between the soft and medium fronts. The conditions also caused a few crashes, including by Valentino Rossi, and we debate whether this could have been Rossi's last chance of a win in MotoGP.

It has been a busy week in the world of world championship motorcycle racing, with both WorldSBK and MotoGP on last weekend. After the Misano 2 MotoGP podcast released earlier this week, there is a second helping of Paddock Pass Podcast for you, this time with Steve English and Gordon Ritchie discussing how the series' first visit to the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo near Barcelona played out.

Another MotoGP race, another Paddock Pass Podcast. Freshly returned from Misano, Neil Morrison talks to David Emmett about yet another weird weekend of racing for MotoGP. We start off with Maverick Viñales remarkable turnaround, from despair on Friday to victory on Sunday, and discuss if we can draw any conclusions about Viñales' title chances from this performance.

The San Marino Grand Prix at Misano threw the 2020 MotoGP championship yet another curveball, producing the fifth winner in six races and the fourth first-time victor in the premier class. On Tuesday, the Paddock Pass Podcast crew gathered remotely to chew over the events of the weekend. David Emmett and Steve English talk to our man on the ground, Neil Morrison, about a wild Misano weekend.

In the latest episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast, Steve English and Neil Morrison get together to take a long look back at the second WorldSBK at Aragon last weekend, and a short look ahead to MotoGP at Misano.

They start off with a discussion of what happened at the Teruel round of WorldSBK at Aragon. Steve and Neil talk about how Jonathan Rea came away with a comfortable championship lead from the second round at the Motorland Aragon circuit, building on his strength at the track. They discuss how crew chief Pere Riba told Rea to dig inside himself to find something extra, and how Rea actually managed to do that, and how important that mental strength is to race.

In the middle of the first of two double headers for the WorldSBK series at the Motorland Aragon, Steve English and Gordon Ritchie sit down to talk about what a double header at the same track looks like. Steve and Gordo kick off with a few words on what to expect, and whether using the alternative layouts which Aragon has would have spiced things up a bit.

Another MotoGP round at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, another bunch of incident-packed races, and another Paddock Pass Podcast to chew it all over. In this edition Neil Morrison and David Emmett try to make sense of everything that happened on the second successive week in Spielberg.

There was plenty to talk about. Neil and David go over another thrilling finish, the race decided in the final corner as it so often is at the Red Bull Ring. We talk about KTM's success, with Miguel Oliveira getting their second MotoGP win in three weekends, the first for Portugal, and the first for the Tech3 team. We discuss Pol Espargaro vs Jack Miller, whether the Suzuki is the best bike on the grid, and how Joan Mir was foiled by a restart.