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Jim and Rich are joined by Karl Hun, who just returned from the races at Mugello, to talk about all the racing action.  Moto3 was as exciting as ever.  It kicked off with qualifying when many riders missed their final laps because they waited in the pits too long.  Quiles never could catch a tow and ended up starting from 15th.  He soon raced his way to the front but almost high sided in the last corner on the penultimate and finished off the podium for the first time this year. 

The Moto2 was the best one of the weekend as all the intrigue was during the last four laps.  Viette was closing fast on the leaders after failing to get out of QP1.  He tired his best but could not catch Gonzalez.  Ortola's great ride was halted by a technical problem.  Finally a shout out to Escrig who had an excellent qualifying but was taken off the track by Lopez, who received a long lap penalty.

The MotoGP race saw Aprilia sweep the front row in qualifying, set a new top speed record of 229.3MPH and wins in both the sprint and GP on Sunday.  Marc Marquez returned to racing and finish fourth in the Sprint and seventh in the Gp after a race long battle with future team mate Acosta.

If possible please donate to Maria Costello recovery fund.  She was paralyzed from the chest down in one of the sidecar races at the TT  https://www.gofundme.com/f/maria-costello-mbe-road-to-recovery

Finally to all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…

Karl and Danny review Round 5 of World Superbikes at Most in the Czech Republic and Round 2 of the British Superbikes at Donington Park. There were changes and surprises within WSBK and BSB but these were short lived and normal service was resumed with the top riders showing their true colours. Karl also surprises us with the news that he's going to Mugello.....this is a shock to everybody. 

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…

Scott and Jake review MotoAmerica races at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama after spending three days at the beautiful racetrack under sunny skies.  There was great racing and also some unfortunate crashes - Ella Dreher perhaps suffering the most: Support-Ella-Here. Scott interviewed Jayson Uribe (102:50), Kayla Yaakov (110:54), Alessandro Di Mario (116:18) on Friday, and Mathew Scholtz (122:04) on Saturday.  Jake interviewed Kensei Matsudaira (127:45) and JD Beach (134:32) on Saturday.

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…

MotoGP Round 6 came from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The weekend was unseasonally cold throughout, leading to many crashes across the weekend. In Moto3, Max Quilles continued to dominate, whilst in Moto2 Manuel Gonzales took the win to further strengthen his early hold on the title fight. In MotoGP we had an exciting Saturday Sprint race, followed by a main Grand Prix with 3 starts following red flags for serious crashes involving Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco. Miraculously, neither rider was mortally injured. Equally miraculously were the other riders caught up in the chaos, one of whom would go on to win the race following the 3^rd start. It was a race that highlighted the inherent danger of motorcycle racing, and the need to pause for deep contemplation when considering street races.

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….

Danny and Karl return with the latest news from racing at the North West 200. The wind was blowing and there were overtakes galore. Some real surprise results, a number of red flags that altered the racing throughout the weekend. Danny struggles with corner names, Karl is called up to be Channing Tatum's body double and conversation closes with news of the upcoming Isle of Man TT. 

Make sure you follow us on social media and like, subscribe, share and comment. Coming up next is a hectic weekend of racing. Moto GP, WSBK, BSB and Moto America.

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….

Jim and Rich are back hosting the show as MotoGp raced in Le Mans this past weekend.  The weather, as usual played its part in creating controversy and chaos for the race teams and riders.  For Jim and Rich this means rants.  The show is filled with both guys ranting about cutting the length of the Moto3 and Moto2 races.  Jim really goes off on a tangent about Liberty wanting to run a MotoGP race in Miami on the F1 track.  This led to him also ranting on the attendance and the USGP in COTA and how Liberty can increase the number of spectators at US rounds.  Rich rants on about the use of social media, the lack of coherent story telling with the Moto3 and Moto2 riders and he rants about time management that causes Moto3 and Moto2 races to be reduced in laps for no apparent reason.  Oh and somewhere in this 2 hour long show the guys actually discuss the news and the actual racing from France.

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….

World Superbike Round 4 came from Balaton Park, Hungary and British Superbike Round 1 from Oulton Park in the UK. A lot to cover this week with Karl and Danny at the helm. The top riders of each discipline showed exactly why they are at the top, with neither dropping any points.....however, it was not plain sailing for the current leader of WSBK, Nicolo Bulega, and a red flag helped him out no end. Oliveira suffered a huge crash and there were mechanical issues left, right and centre. We also cover Cookstown 100, the real road racing from Northern Ireland with Michael Dunlop breaking records again. 

Unfortunately we bring you sad news with the death of Kamil Holan at the North West 200. Our thoughts go out to all who knew Kamil. 

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….

MotoGP Round 4 came from Spain’s iconic Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto. Weather was a feature this year, with a crazy MotoGP Sprint where the heavens opened and one Marc Marquez rode his luck to snatch a somewhat surprise win. Sunday offered up dry conditions and masterclass races from Max Quiles and Senna Agius in Moto2 and Moto3 respectively. Sunday’s MotoGP race was a humdrum affair, with the main talking point being Marc Marquez’s big early crash and his ongoing struggles with this year’s Ducati. On next to mighty Le Mans.

Speaking of France, a huge shout out to Sylvain Guintoli, who took part in the recent London Marathon. Sylvain ran in honour of his late son Luca, who tragically died aged 6 of cancer last year. Guinters completed the Marathon in 3 hours and 47 minutes, astonishingly doing so in full racing leathers. So far, this Herculean effort has raised ~£155k. The donations page is still open so please contribute if you can to this worthy cause and in recognition of a massive achievement in both physical and mental endurance. Donate here: https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/sylvain-guintoli

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….

Long time contributor Scott Bolton joins new host Jake Rower to cover the MotoAmerica races at Road Atlanta.  Scott got interviews at the track on Friday with Brenden Ketelsen (1:24), Darryn Binder (1:32) and Alex (1:42) Dumas, and on Saturday with Sonya Lloyd (1:54).  The MotoAmerica series kicked off in earnest and delivered a great weekend of close racing with many exciting moments around Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta that serves up a wide variety of corners and elevation changes.  Scott has been attending for decades and enlightens us with plenty of track history including a weekend in 1994 with Scott Russell and Colin Edwards.  One of the big stories of weekend started at Daytona and continued in Atlanta with Kayla Yaakov showing herself to be a real contender in the Supersport class.

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…

In this episode, Danny and Karl talk about all that happened at Assen, The Cathedral of Speed. Bulega becomes joint record holder with another 3 wins, Sam Lowes gains 3 podiums and Chantra's injury woes continue. The weekend had it all, overtakes, penalties and records to boot. Updates from testing in BSB, and with the NW 200 on the horizon followed by the infamous Isle of Man, the guys touch on what is to come.  

To all of our listeners, please support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels and spread the word amongst your like-minded race fan friends. In the MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group age, we need subscribers and downloads to help us push through the door for access to teams and riders. Your support will help us in trying to achieve those aims and keep MotoPod up there as the longest running and most heavily supported motorcycle road racing podcast. Cheers and here’s to an action packed 2026. Zoom Zoom…….