Motorsport101 Dre Harrison

Originally a written article for Motorsport101.com, in another shock for McLaren's IndyCar team, Theo Pourchaire has been replaced for Nolan Siegel. Here's Dre on the seventh man in McLaren colours in 2024.

Sorry this one was a little late, we all in for Le Mans at M101 HQ, but we're back on schedule with a review on the 24 Hours later this week! But in the meantime, welcome back to M101 and it's another great Canadian Grand Prix to review!

With Montreal having its own island climate, we had a changeable conditions race for the ages once again, as Max Verstappen kept a cool head and limited the errors to win a tight battle with McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, as well as Mercedes George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, in a surprising comeback for the Brackley boys! Has their new front wing upgrade brought them into the fight?

We also talk about some of the silly season action as Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda both signed new contracts at Red Bull and RB respectively, as well as catch up on Esteban Ocon leaving Alpine. Was Checo's horror show weekend a regression to the mean and hence, a bad idea for Red Bull to keep him? And what does it mean for Daniel Ricciardo's future? And what about Ferrari, who left Canada with no points at all?
 
And finally, our first chat on the 2026 regulations and talking about MOM - Manual Override Mode. As you do. All that and more on another Motorsport101!

It's that time of year again, and almost time for the biggest race of the year as 62 cars from 14 different manufacteurs head to the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 92nd Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

WIth RJ proudly repping DailySportsCars this weekend, Dre Harrison and Cam Buckley sit down all the main contenders in the Hypercar class, as well as pick winners for LMP2 and LMGT3! Will Porsche and their fleet of six cars get their twentieth win and Roger Penske’s first as a team boss? Will Ferrari behurt by the new 250kph Power Gate restrictions taking away some of their top speed? Can Toyota make it six wins in the last seven years? Where do Alpine fit into this stacked Hypercar class? And where do the fringe contenders like BMW and Lamborghini end up? 

All that, as well as RJ's picks from France directly on our Le Mans Preview, on Motorsport101!

Originally a written article for Motorsport101.com, Enea Bastianini's move to Tech3 is finally announced... but in surprise news, Aprilia's Maverick Vinales is going there with him? Right move? Dre speculates in a written article!

Sorry this one's a little late folks, Dre was caught up with the day job, but allow yourself to catch up with what we thought about one of the most chaotic races in recent times, the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix!


It was THE chaotic race of 2024. Eight cautions, 12 driving penalties handed out (Four of which to Will Power, whose race position looked like an EKG monitor), and FORTY-SEVEN per cent of the race ran under yellow, including 20 straight in the middle of a damp Detroit where everyone was caught out by the bumpy braking point into Turn 3 on Chambers Street. Yikes.


In the end, Scott Dixon kept a cool head and did what he does best - save fuel brilliantly when a race broke out at the end and lead a Honda 1-2-3-4 in Chevrolet's back yard, and the gang try to make sense of one of the craziest IndyCar races in modern times, including a Penske implosion!


But there was also two major PR nightmare the series delivered that we had to discuss - Santino Ferrucci having a shoving match with Kyle Kirkwood and dropping a homophobic remark when interviewed about it (Right on the first day of Pride Month). Then Agustin Canapino and the first part of his verbal tirade after Theo Pourchaire hit him during the race, and Ricardo Juncos calls him a "Son of a thousand whores" on the team radio. There'll be more on this next week, but see where the story began.


All that and more on another Motorsport101!

Well, that took a turn. In one of MotoGP's biggest ever silly-season decisions taken by a factory side, Ducati announced yesterday that Marc Marquez had signed for the factory Ducati team, in a shock reversal from the Bologna factory's higher-ups.


According to Autosport and other reports, Championship leader Jorge Martin was offered the seat after the Catalan GP, but Ducati changed their mind when their suggestion to Marquez of joining Pramac was firmly rejected. Marc made a powerplay, forcing Ducati to make a decision, and pulled the trigger on turning Marc, red.


As a result, Jorge Martin's now heading to Aprilia, in a shock 24-hour lightning turnaround of a deal. So what does it all mean? Why did Ducati change their minds? Just how good has Marquez been so far?


And what does it mean for the rest of the field. Can Jorge Martin bring the #1 plate to Noale? What about the other forgotten man in the field in Enea Bastianini, who looks set to join Tech3 KTM? Will he clash with wonderkid Pedro Acosta?


And what about the rest of silly season? Will Ducati lose Pramac as a customer as Yamaha makes a compelling case to buddy up again? Will Trackhouse take Joe Roberts, or someone like Joan Mir? Where do the GP25's end up if Pramac moves? So many questions, so little time on a huge Motorsport101!


Oh and the Italian GP was mentioned too! (Special thanks to Lyla Carvallo for the wonderful edit, check her out at @lylasthinking on X)