Paddock Pass Podcast

The latest episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast features a very special guest. AMA Supercross and MX legend Chad Reed joined the show to give his perspective, as a multiple SX and MX champion, on the MotoGP paddock, a place he knows very well. Chad is a frequent visitor to the MotoGP paddock, and has been friends over the years with most of the top riders, having spent time with Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Marc Marquez, Jack Miller, Fabio Quartararo, and more.

In the last Paddock Pass Podcast for 2022, Neil Morrison, Adam Wheeler, and David Emmett take a look back at the 2022 MotoGP season and pick out their highs and lows. They choose their riders of the year, their races of the year, the rider who has most surprised them, and what they would ask Santa Claus to bring them to make MotoGP even better in 2023.

There was a lot to talk about, so it's a long show, and as an added bonus, Neil Morrison sat down with KTM Moto2 rider and 2021 Moto3 champion Pedro Acosta.

In the second part of David Emmett's chat with former crew chief and now MotoGP expert commentator Peter Bom, the pair dive into the three remaining factories. We discuss what made Suzuki's GSX-RR so special, and why it was such a competitive bike. We discuss KTM, how they had success in the factory team, with Miguel Oliveira winning races and Brad Binder capable of passing so many riders, while the Tech3 satellite squad struggled with two rookies.

We also take a look at Honda, and what they did to the RC213V. Why did they have such a difficult year? What was wrong with the bike? Can the fix it in time to prevent Marc Marquez from leaving? And what happens if he goes to Ducati?

In this episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast, David Emmett sits down with veteran crew chief, data specialist and Dutch TV commentator Peter Bom to take a long and detailed look back at the 2022 MotoGP season. In the first part of the show, Peter tells David what he thought of Pecco Bagnaia's championship, and the pair go through the strengths and weaknesses of Ducati, Yamaha, and Aprilia. The other three factories and more will make an appearance in the second part of the interview.

The final race of the 2022 WorldSBK season is in the books, and Steve English and Gordon Ritchie have a special guest on the podcast, respected Italian journalist Carlo Baldi of Moto.it. The trio take a look back at the final WorldSBK of the season at Phillip Island, and assess how the 2022 championship has played out.

In this episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast, recorded ahead of the final round in Australia, Steve English, Charlie Hiscott, and Gordon Ritchie get together to discuss the state of the WorldSBK championship. Steve also speaks to Jonathan Rea, who tells Steve how much harder WorldSBK has been for the six-time champion this year, and why Kawasaki has struggled.

The final MotoGP race is in the books, and so the Paddock Pass Podcast crew have one last race to look back at. David Emmett, Neil Morrison, and Adam Wheeler review the Valencia MotoGP race, and how Pecco Bagnaia came to be champion.

After Alvaro Bautista put one hand on the WorldSBK title in Argentina, Steve English, Charlie Hiscott, and Gordon Ritchie look back at the racing from San Juan Villicum, and have a very long debate over the merits and disadvantages of introducing minimum combined rider/bike weights. Steve, Charlie, and Gordo dive into whether a weight limit will fix this, finding other ways to penalize racers, and compare WorldSBK with Touring Car championships. They also ask how to make WorldSBK's other riders more competitive.

Then, Steve sits down with Aruba.it Ducati's Michael Ruben Rinaldi for a Renthal Street Session interview.

With the penultimate round of MotoGP in the bag, the Paddock Pass Podcast crew look bag at a tense Sepang race and its effect on the 2022 MotoGP championship. Neil Morrison, Adam Wheeler, and David Emmett kick off the show with the question of whether Enea Bastianini did the right thing in pushing Pecco Bagnaia so hard, given they are both in the pay of Ducati, and will be teammates next year. That leads into a discussion of team orders, and whether they were needed.

After a barnstorming race at Phillip Island, the Paddock Pass Podcast crew got together to discuss whether Phillip Island truly is the greatest race track on the planet. After the usual pleasantries, Neil Morrison, Adam Wheeler, and David Emmett dive into what makes Phillip Island such a magnificent circuit, despite its many shortcomings. We talk wildlife, circuit layout, negating the effects of aerodynamics and ride-height devices, Alex Rins' victory, and how Marc Marquez made the soft tire work.