Lovecars On the Grid. Global Motorsport Podcast With Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman

On The Grid today we look back at a weekend that was all about sportscars!

From big sportscars at Le Mans to little ones at Silverstone with Superbikes from Italy and BSB in Scotland.

Plus Supercars from down under and an entertaining debut for NASCAR at the Iowa Speedway.

Le Mans had awful weather

Meanwhile the Caterham crew congregated at Silverstone!

But first, in the news the FIA decide to bend the rules to allow a 17 year  old, who has yet to win an F2 race, to join the Grand Prix grid – when they wouldn’t do it for a 22 year old with 6 Indy Lights wins and 7 Indycar wins, plus our man, Fast Freddie Slater gets another hattrick in F4!

Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid podcast, where our hosts, Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman bring us another roundup of Motorsport events from around the World!

In this episode, Tiff and Paul discuss the epic Formula 1 race in Canada, where Max Verstappen had a difficult race, but ultimately cruised to victory. Plus, nephew of Joey Dunlop, Michael Dunlop breaks his uncle's lap record at the Isle of Man TT. Jake Hill at BTCC in Thruxton, plus plenty to discuss on the upcoming 2026 regulations in F1, as the musical chair games begin! In the US, Jamie Chadwick is making the headlines with her maiden Indycar victory.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

On The Grid today we look back at a weekend with just two mainstream racing fixtures – but also two devoted fan favourites!

We go from the glorious Mugello circuit for MotoGP to the somewhat scruffy streets of Detroit for Indycar and IMSA.

While the rally world concentrated on the WRC in Sardinia and devoted fans in their thousands either headed to their meccas at the Nürburgring for the 24 Hours or the Isle of Man for the TT races.

And, of course there was a NASCAR race.

But before all that we turn to golf … yes golf!!

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On the Gird podcast bringing you the latest and greatest motorsport news from around the world. With no F1 last weekend so where was the most exciting motorsport to be found?

There was World Championship rallying, World Sportscars, Formula E and MotoGP plus Indycars at Indianapolis, BTCC at Brands Hatch, and there’s always NASCAR – but which was he most entertaining?

In the news Steiner is suing Haas and Haas is suing Steiner.

Adrian Newey was racing a Lotus 49 at Monaco

Max not happy with Super Licence system

Liberty wants more ‘special’ venues, but they’ll have to put the hosting fees up – which could say bye bye to Spa, Barcelona, Hungary, Brazil

And Abbie Pulling becomes the first female to win in F4, but was it justified?

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This week with Tiff Needell and Paul Woodman on, On The Grid, the global motorsport podcast, the big headlines all come from the USA.

And from one high octane motorsport to another, as Lando Norris finally gets his first Grand Prix win in Miami …
… we look at the the closest ever NASCAR finish in Kansas.

While, back in the UK, the ‘Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe’ visited Brands Hatch - and the British Superbikes headed to Oulton Park.

And in the news, Adrian Newey finally confirmed all the rumours and announced his departure from Red Bull and Fernando Alonso pretty much accused the FIA stewards of being racist!

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On The Grid today we look back on a weekend packed with motorsport entertainment and excitement from around the world, plus all of the news and gossip from the various paddocks!

The prospect of a Max move to Mercedes grows and it seems like Adrian Newey will be moving to Ferrari.

From a drama filled Indycar race at Barber Motorsport Park – where the Penske scandal was still hot news and Georgina was one of the stars of the show!

To Spain where the MotoGP stars were at their brilliant best!

Monaco and more Formula E front wing smashing as the Peloton pack jostled for position.

Back home where British GT at Silverstone and BTCC at Donnington Park put on great shows in a rain affected weekend.

And back to the States for a NASCAR Dover duel between Dirty Den and cuddly Kyle.

Oh, and not forgetting the world’s first Autonomous Racing League race at Yas Marina Abu Dhabi – which was actually very forgettable!!

And Paul was either sitting on a boat in Monaco or beside World Rally stars in Italy!