Paddock Pass Podcast

The 2025 #MotoGP season is done and dusted. So it's time for our season review show of the year that just passed. Steve, Dave, Adam and Neil go share their impressions of MotoGP over the past 22 rounds and whether it delivered, go through their moments of their year and decide on their rider, disappointment and surprise of the past 12 months. 

Thanks to Renthal Street and Pole Position Travel for their support for the show.

We asked our Patreon backers for the burning MotoGP and WorldSBK questions they were desperate to get answered, and as always, they should they were a particularly well-informed bunch, coming up with great questions. Obviously, there's the "which rider gets signed first for 2027" question, which Neil, Adam, David and Steve managed to disagree about. But also:

By popular demand of our Patreon supporters Simon Crafar joins on this week's podcast to explain his role as the Chairman of the FIM Stewards Panel for MotoGP. If you'd like to support the podcast check out patreon.com/paddockpasspodcast.

The 500GP race winner has built a reputation within the paddock as a rider, an engineer, a commentator and now as an FIM Steward. When Neil sat down with Simon he explained the strengths of each member of his team and how they make decisions based on numerous factors.

This interview is a fascinating insight into what can be one of the most controversial roles in the sport and how Simon has approached the job!

Part 2 of our WorldSBK season review! Steve and Gordo are once again joined by Alex Raby to break down the WorldSBK season. In Part 2 of our review we look at Alvaro Bautista's form, Locatelli picking up his first win, Bimota's return to WorldSBK and much more.

The debate for our Top 5 heated up so let us know your thoughts on who makes your list!

Thanks to Renthal Street and Pole Position Travel for their support for the show.

WIth another year is in the books for the Paddock Pass Podcast covering the Superbike World Championship Steve and Gordo are joined by Alex Raby to break down the campaign that saw Toprak Razgatlioglu sign off his Superbike career as a triple champion before finally getting his MotoGP chance.

Nicolo Bulega impressed everyone from the start of the season and we look at the Italian's performance to become Ducati's team leader. His performance was such that he effectively relegated Alvaro Bautista to a Bologna after thought.

With Toprak moving on, Bulega having had a chance in MotoGP and Jonathan Rea retiring from full-time racing what does the future hold for WorldSBK and how is the overall health of the series?

The last round of 2025 is in the books, and so Adam, David and Neil gather to talk through what they saw. How Diogo Moreira won the Moto2 world championship, and how Pirelli has improved the racing in what was once a dire class. How Aprilia back up back-to-back wins with a podium one-two. Whether this is the real Raul Fernandez, and where his burst of form has come from. How Marco Bezzecchi has risen to the occasion. And how Valencia wasthe final insult in a year to forget for Pecco Bagnaia.

Plus the moments that meant the most to us, who or what we would hire and fire, and our overall grade for the Valencia GP.

Portimão is in the books and MotoGP has a sixth different winner in six races. David, Neil, and Adam talk through an eventful sprint race and uneventful MotoGP race from the Portuguese circuit, and try to work out what it all means.

Is the Aprilia better than the Ducati now? Is KTM catching Aprilia? How has Dani Pedrosa helped focus Pedro Acosta's mind? Who is the fourth best rider on the MotoGP grid? Where is Pecco Bagnaia currently on the 'so back/so over' scale? And is Diogo Moreira ready for the MotoGP prime time? Plus our moments, hires and fires, and grades.

Two more to go means two more chances for Pedro Acosta to finally crack into the winners column in MotoGP. Given his astonishing record at Portimão, this could be his best shot at getting that first MotoGP victory. Adam, Neil, David and Steve preview Portimão, give an update on Noah Dettwiler and Jose Antonio Rueda, debate whether we need to bring back warm up for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes, and assess Nicolo Bulega's chances of making an impact in MotoGP. That entails a deep dive into the history of World Superbike riders in MotoGP. How do we measure success? And why has it been so hard to thrive?

All this, plus predictions, and things that make us happy and unhappy about MotoGP right now.

It was a shocking and worrying start to the day at Sepang, but after the delay to deal with the horrific incident between Jose Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler, MotoGP got underway and delivered more than a few surprises. While more than a few people tipped Alex Marquez for the win on Sunday, nobody had Sepang down as the place we would see a revival by Pecco Bagnaia.

Adam and Neil were on the ground in Malaysia and call up David to chew through some of the heroics and hiccups of the 20th round of the season. After discussing the shocking start to the day with the Moto3 accident the guys also speak about Alex Marquez’s third win, Pecco’s puncture, KTM’s bounceback and the ongoing Honda revival. Plus, ‘Moments’, ‘Hire & Fires’ and ‘Grades’.

As the final round of the WorldSBK dawned it seemed like a foregone conclusion. There was little doubt that Toprak Razgatlioglu would be crowned for a third time as champion. Nicolo Bulega had proven to be an admirable rival but ultimately Toprak would have too much for his rival...that was the plan at least!

The reality was quite different and ultimately Sunday's Superbike action was the flashpoint of the season. Steve English and Gordon Ritchie guide you through the hows and whys of Spanish Round of WorldSBK

Thanks to Renthal Street and Pole Position Travel for their support for the show.