MotoPod

MotoPod

MotoPod - The internet radio show all about motorcycle road racing - is dedicated to MotoGP and motorcycle racing news, interviews, commentary, opinion and rumor! Find out what’s going on in the sport that is the pinnacle of motorsports, Grand Prix Motorcycle Road Racing! New episodes every week.

Episodes

July 3, 2025 124 mins
The guys get together again to talk about the action from Assen. This year the cathedral celebrated 100 years of racing. The action fast and furious as a number of riders had crashes on Friday. Marc Marquez and Ai Ogura having the biggest ones. The racing action started off with Moto3 and the pack racing was tight and exciting as always. The lunette crash at the chicane saw the Italian struck by Furusato. This brought out a r...
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Jim and Rich are back to talk about Round 9 of MotoGP from majestic Mugello in Italy. First up there’s the news that Liberty is officially cleared to make its majority stake purchase from Dorna, which will see it take the reigns of MotoGP and World Superbike. The guys talk through what this means in terms of opportunities and risks. Then its on to the racing from Mugello. As always, Moto3 served up a race of bonkers pack action, wi...
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June 15, 2025 120 mins
Apologies for the lateness of this Pod Cast! In this episode Jim and Rich cover everything from Aragon! The kick it off with some great listener feedback about semi-automated ride height devices. Then they go over the news of Martins contract issues and the semi bombshell of Toprak signing a one year deal to race a Pramac Yamaha in 2026. Finally they guys cover the racing. The Moto3 Class was a classic with the twist of making su...
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As Round 8 at Aragon gets set to commence, Jim and Rich look back at a highly eventful set of races 2 weeks ago at Silverstone in the UK. For once, Moto2 dished up the race of the day, but there was plenty of action and incident in the MotoGP and Moto 3 races too. The lads also discuss listener feedback, ongoing contractual disputes at Aprilia, a nasty injury for HRC’s Luca Marini and the vexed question of why Silverstone draws in ...
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May 14, 2025 132 mins
Jim and Rich dive into the crazy, complicated and confusing Grand Prix from Le Mans. The Moto3 boys kicked off the action on damp but drying tack on Sunday morning. The race was calm by the normal Moto3 standards, but the last lap more than made up for the lack of action. Kelso was looking for his first ever Moto3 win and was leading Munoz and Rueda. In the second to last turn Munoz dive bombed Kelso which caused both to go off...
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Jim and Rich catch up to talk through the race action at Jerez. The MotoGP race delivered the main talking points of the weekend, with Marc Marquez crashing out and younger brother Alex taking his maiden main race win. Heading into Round 6 at Le Mans, the championship is tight at top with the Marquez brothers and Bagnaia separated by just 20 points. If you’re a regular listener, please sign up to support the show financially if yo...
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April 24, 2025 61 mins
In this special interview episode show Jim starts off with a few news items and some rumors. The Jim is joined with Roadracing World editor Michael Gougis. The two of them talk about the first three MotoGp races and a few other things. If you’re a regular listener, please sign up to support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels. Thanks to all our loyal listeners and su...
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April 16, 2025 113 mins
im and Rich dive into the Qatar Grand Prix in this episode. They guys cover all of the great racing action as all three races plus the sprint with action packed and full of drama. The Moto3 boys started off the evening with a great race that came down to a last lap, last corner dash to the line. By luck or great race strategy Piqueras won his second race of the year will Rueda had a mechanical failure and did not earn any points...
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Ahead of this weekends MotoGP round in Qatar, Jim and Rich look back on the craziness that was round 3 at COTA. Weather interfered with proceedings throughout the weekend, throwing up curve balls and controversies aplenty for Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP. Elsewhere, there is a quick round up of the news and a brief look back at World Superbikes from Portimão, where Torak Razgatlıoğlu once again reigned supreme. If you’re a regular list...
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March 19, 2025 100 mins
Jim and Rich start of this episode with some listener feed back. Seems The guys missed the fact that American Rossi Moor has signed to ride in the Junior GP Moto2 class this year (link below). Next Jim and Rich tackle the news starting off with Pirelli becoming the sole tire supplier for the entire MotoGP paddock in 2027. They discuss the Ogura disqualification and chat about the X rant that people are becoming bored with the spri...
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MotoGP action proper resumes just in time for MotoPod episode #800. Jim and Rich discuss the races from Thailand as the 2025 season gets properly underway. Great races in Moto3 and Moto2 with action and controversy in each. In MotoGP Marc Marquez starts off as he means to continue with a dominant double win, but elsewhere there was plenty to savour with Ogura stunning on his Trackhouse Aprilia debut and signs of real progress from ...
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February 26, 2025 96 mins
Jim and Rich sit down and try to predict the Champions in all three classes. First they start with the news that Jorge Martin will miss the opening Thai round and then proceed to run down their champions list for the MotoGp class. The guys are so wildly different until they reach the top two places. Then they move on to the top five in Moto2 and Moto3. Again their list could not be more different. Rich then brings us up to spee...
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February 24, 2025 94 mins
Jim and Rich discuss the two 2025 MotoGP pre-season tests from Malaysia and Thailand. Action and incident aplenty heading into the first round of the season, set to commence on February 28th. The guys discuss the woes for Aprilia and KTM, progress for Yamaha and Honda, as well as the ongoing dominance of the bikes from Bologna. There is also a look ahead to the first round of the World Superbike Championship taking place in Austral...
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For 797, its back to MGP Silverstone 2024 for one last time. This time Rich is chatting with a variety of people encountered in the paddock over the course of the weekend. In order of appearance, these are; Ryan Vickers, Derek Warwick, Steve Parish, Joe Achilles, Danny John Jules & Stuart Pringle. The impromptu paddock interviews are followed by a selection of media debriefs with the MotoGP riders as they discuss their plans and pr...
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February 3, 2025 92 mins
Happy New Year! Jim and Rich are back to go over all the news! The guys dive right in with a correction on the fuel regulations for 2027 and then talk about the Dakar Rally. Then they discuss the Liberty Media saga, which then leads to the KTM saga. Finally the guys discuss the potential of Moto3 going to 500cc twins. Lastly we talk injuries to Alonso and Roulstone. If you’re a regular listener, please sign up to support the ...
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For 795, Rich is back on the Silverstone 2024 interviews; This time it’s the Moto2 rider chats and in this show we hear from Senna Agius (05:33), Sergio Garcia (17:20) and Tony Arbolino (27:15). If you’re a regular listener, please sign up to support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels. Thanks to all our loyal listeners and supporters and thanks also to show partner Roa...
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Rich goes back to his interviews folder to bring the long awaited Moto3 rider chats collected at the 2024 Silverstone MotoGP round. In this show we hear from David Alonso (06:36), Jacob Roulstone (17:23), Iván Ortolá (32;51) and Joel Kelso (41:41). If you’re a regular listener, please sign up to support the show financially if you can and don’t forget to connect with us via the social media channels. Thanks to all our loyal listen...
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December 26, 2024 115 mins
In this show Jim sits down for another chat with RoadRacing World editor at large Michael Gougis. The guys talk about everything and anything motorcycles. Michael about chat about MotoGp , World Superbikes, discuss the Ktm saga and all of the problem the Austrian manufacturer is having and what is Pedro going to do? The guys even talk about having pits stops to change tires in MotoGp,instead of bike swaps. They even mention the ...
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December 5, 2024 79 mins
After a short pause for breath, Jim and Rich reconvene to chat through the final MotoGP round of the 2024 season held in Barcelona and titled the Solidarity GP following the widespread damage and loss of life in Valencia. The weekend would see Jorge Martin crowned 2024 MGP champion in a less than thrilling Sprint and main GP, albeit supported by the usual shenanigans in Moto2 and Moto3. Elsewhere in the show, Jim and Rich discuss ...
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November 13, 2024 63 mins
In this show Jim interviews author Michael Gougis about his book Legend: Marc Marquez’ 2019 MotoGP Championship. While the interview was supposed to be about the book, Jim took the liberty of asking Michael about World Superbikes, MotoGP, Aerodynamics, shape shifters and even Formula 1. Michael is a fantastic interview and since he is also editor at large for Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology magazine, Michael proved a uni...
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