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Rob and Scott sit down for a brief catch up post Miami GP, Rob still cant get F1s Gimicks. George Russell looks rattled after Antonellis 3 Wins. Mclarens Back after an upgrade, Leclerc with a harsh penalty. Then they look at the Club Scene, Robs new gig in the Time Attack Paddock, a HUGE Roadsports grid supporting the GTs at Brands and the worrying look at some failing grids.. BTCC heads to brands this weekend, we have a little look at the talking points before looking at the new PMR Junior series as the first pictures break cover!

Rob and Scott sit down and make an all time BTCC Top 10. Both have made a list and combine them to make 1 all time top 10 of the greatest BTCC drivers..who makes the cut? Find out...

Rob and Scott try to catch a breath after a crazy few weeks, they finally talk a well overdue TCR Round 1 at Brands, Rob debriefs a brilliant Snetterton Opener on the BRSCC Broadcast, Scott Talks Porsche Club to GT cup before they get to the maingame that is the BTCC from Donington Park. Sutton vs Ingram vs Rowbottom is certainly looking to be touch paper being lit! Qualifying races, overboost, PMR Flying, Rainford the silent assasin and so much more!!

Once again Robin Welsh joins Rob & Scott alongside Katie Ramsey-Gough of Driven Minds to talk about the new C1 Club season as it got underway! As well as C1 Discussion the guys chat about some of the Clubs facing challenges around the country including some smaller grids, Robins thoughts on F1 and Katies dream of being a "NASCAR Wife"

The BTCC Gets underway this weekend and Rob and Scott have a look through the runners this year. Scott certainly notes the Quality over quantity with One Motorsport and Unlimited Motorsport missing from the Lineup. The guys also discuss a basic looking WSR line up but argue that means the budget is being spent in the right areas instead! This and more on this weeks episode. Filmed trackside at Brands Hatch no less!

Rob & Scott talk through another chaotic Japanese GP after a scary shunt for Ollie Bearman. Surely enough is enough with these power units!BTCC testing is complete at Croft and the lad discuss goings on with many seats still to be filled. Theres also a bumper weekend ahead over easter weekend and they preview some of the runners and riders!

Rocket-!ts Nick Underwood joins the show this week to...as he puts it...Pull the pin and drop the grenade. He has a good catch up with Rob and Scott and talks about Starting a motorsport business in Covid. How this has progressed through even tougher times since! The guys also chat about the Club motorsport action over the weekend, focusing on a social media faux pas by BARC as they post a startline shunt online!! Nick also gives his view on the Current F1 Regulations, Rallying brings some fond memories and the REAL cost of rallying post Covid, Scott also asks...are we actually looking forward to the new BTCC season like we used to??

Rob and Scott break down some of the views expressed online after the "Pinnicle of Motorsport" Rant.... 2 GP Weekends in... Where is F1 going? Hamilton and Leclerc starting to brew into another stormy team rivalry!! Taka finally breaks his duck at the Safari Rally.!! NASCAR Brawls in Vegas and Rob looks at the First Club meeting of the UK Season which gives him hope.

Rob has lost his head at the F1 Debut for the new regulations, Him and Scott debrief an Australian GP that saw the polesitter backing off on the straights on his polelap...However! A Full Aus GP Breakdown.. Piastri Outlap Shunt, Mercedes Dominant, Ferrari Hope, Aston Martin Shambles and a quiet weekend for Lando... Also... Glorious Supercars races as the supports, Controversy as Whincup calls out Walkinshaw on the AHU Podcast! Brilliant Brodie! BTCC on track at Snetterton with Tongues wagging over WSR Driver lineup! Finally a look at the Club Season starting to get underway!

As the F1 gets underway at Albert Park, the boys give you their predictions for the 2026 Season.... Who Wins, Who Misses out and Who flops!Also, the boys clarify thoughts on Formula E, Plato Racing Complete BTCC Lineup, SVG defeated at COTA in NASCAR and some clubracing news to boot!

BTCC | NAPA NEWBUILD | F1 PREVIEW | NASCAR | V8 SUPERCARS🏎️ Scotts Fuming at the F1 Hybrid Tech🚗 The Lad reaction to the BTCC news - Speedworks and NAPA changing Focus 🏁 V8 Supercar lookback at SNP Round 1 🏁 NASCAR Round 2 - Another Tyler Reddick Win and SVG showing his Oval talent coming good..

Rob starts off with a really important message, then the lads get down to the F1 testing woes for Aston.. are Mercedes about to have the engine advantage snatched away? Toyota make it 2 from 2 in the WRC after a dominant display in Sweden... Plabottom Racing in the BTCC? Then we apply some context to a recent reel that generated some interesting comments. The conversation then heads down to the Bathurst 12 Hours and the Daytona 500 in the headline acts from the weekends racing. The 2026 Motorsport Season officially is GO!!

**Warning Contains Racecar Noises**This week Rob & Scott come to you from a very Wet Donington Park!! The MSVR Season Launch provided the perfect backdrop for Will Gibson to launch the UKLegends Season! We catch up with the Drivers, the new owner Will Gibson & the REAL Boss of the UKLegends... Find out here.. !!

F1 cars are out preseason testing.....Except Williams... But have Ferrari suddenly found how to be comppetitive? Nascar kicks off with the clash. Tumbleweed fever has hit the BTCC so we look at the diffiicult market conditions for sponsorship. The Freedom 250...Enough said feat Robs Crap Trump impersonation.

Shiraz Khan Joins Rob and Scott to talk through a Relatively new racing career that has bloomed in the recent years in the Porsche Club Championship, reflecting on humble upbringings to stepping on the podium at Brands Hatch.!! The APEX Dental club and exactly how that started, a chance oppirtunity to race in the middle east at the Abu Dhabi 6 hours. Before finally looking to his futues goals that could well see him enter the works porsche championships in the UK.

We are very much in the Quiet period before the motorsport season REALLY kicks off.. However Rob and Scott talk about the storm thats on the horizon as the season starts to get underway! Daytona, WRC, Bathurst 12 Hours and all sorts!!

Greg Rose Joins Robin Welsh and the guys for our first Roadshow in a while at RAW Motorsport/C1 Racing Club HQGreg has a very interesting upbringing in motorsport, working with Andy Rouse. Racing a V8 Supercar..on a thursday night...? At Silverstone?? Yep! Supertourers, Toyota Carinas, the Glory days of the QMN Saloon Championship and his latest builds for the DS3 and C1 Series.. Robin Welsh also once again talks tails of Cest La vie and Growing up in motorsport alonside greg including unearthing a lost BTCC RS500 which was bought for spares!!

This week Rob and Scott Evans discuss the prospects of the new Motorsport Season.... Whats F1 gonna look like this year? Robs going to be watching via the Highlights... Scott looks towards Nascar. The WRC is an exciting prospect this year with some youth at Ford! Oh and of course Rob mentioned the V8s

For our first Episode of the new year we look back on an exciting conclusion to the motorsport world in 2025. F1 once again has a British World Champion, Ogier wins Number 9 in WRC .Should it be SIR Michael Dunlop? Rob has his views on the V8 Supercar Season with the new playoff system. SVG Reigns road coarse supreme in NASCAR. All of this is done with Millie Johnson, after her first season presenting Motorsport in the UK shes joined the boys to give her views and talk all things Motorsport!

Rob Lewis & Scott Evans sit down for a great discussion with Legends Legend Will Gibson chatting about topics including: - #ForTim, The path taken after losing his Brother- Finally Winning the Championship after so many near misses - Moving from Racing to Championship Ownership - What makes these Legends Great to race

MAx Watt Joins the Podcast this week to tell all about his relatively short racing career so far.. From Junior Rallycross to C1s in Scotland, Winning the Boxster Cup in 2025 before next year embarking on his greatest challenge to date in the Porsche Sprint Challenge..!!

We look back on a great era of racing with Rob Chapman who was in the thick of it! - Barry Lee- Prime Eurocar V6s- ASCAR -Rockingham - 2 Seater F1 Cars

Alex Keens joins us as the Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy Champion! He talks about what it took to get to the top on one of the tightest budgets on the grid. Signing various....Ahem Apendages once he was champion & the controversy surrounding a rival team towards the business end of the season.

Scott Evans and Robert Lewis deliver a brief news segment in the BTCC world. - MB Motorsport Switch to Toyota- Qualifying Rules Updated for 2026- 2 Driver signings for Toyota

Rob Lewis and Scott Evans digest some issues they believe exist in clubracing in 2025, its a candid discussion including:-- Scotts Scrutineer Grievances- Driving Standards in Club Motorsport and what do we do about it? - Are we seeing more Serious incidents?- Using a method used in Ovals to keep Racecars safeFinally we end with OUR Choice of a dream Club race weekend. 1 Track , 5 Series (Or 7 Rob if your greedy) plus some extras!

Rob Lewis and Scott events turn their attention to the support package or rather the lack of it in the TOCA Paddock this year, other topics covered include:-- WTF happened to TOCA juniors? - Scott lamenting no genuine replacement for Ginetta Championships- Our list of Championships WE would like to see support the big dogs - The Rover Vitesse - Could Toyota bring its GT86 Series to the UK/Europe?

Rob & Another NEW Co-Host in Scott Evans start a new season of podcasts at Sandown Motorsport HQ and get straight into the BTCC Season including:-Tingram ExcellanceJake Hills 'Retirement' from BTCC WTF happened to Speedworks?PMR FirePlato RacingRobs Hatred of the Online Keyboard Warriors

Rounding up the results from the Final week of British Circuit Racing!! Paddock Chat will accompany the Driving Torque Podcast in 2026 bringing you the News and Results every 2 weeks! This Episode covers: BRSCC Race of Rememberance - AngleseyBARC/Britcar into the Night - Brands HatchMSVR EnduroKA500 - Brands Hatch

This week starts a 3 part special to kick off THE SPORTSCAR SHOW, a new fixture as part of the Driving Torque Podcast with Scott Woodwiss heading up the hosting duties! In this first part, Scott and Rob look over a mega LeMans 24Hours 2025 with action aplenty amoung the Hypercar runner s. Could Ferrari make it a 3peat? Could the Penske Porsches spring a rebute? What about the home marques? All this and more get answered as they digest one the biggest races in at least a decade.....

Rob is Joined by new Co-Host to the Driving Torque Podcast Scott Woodwiss to delve into the racing shenanigans this season.Covering the Youtube Deal struck with the BTCC aswell as the superb title fight that is opening up. British GT , V8 Supercars, and British Club Motorsports Winners and Losers so far this year! Its 2 Hours of Motorsport passion that rounds up a thrilling season so far, and we have just got started!

"2 Months on and it still hurts" A Very Raw episode where Max tells all about 2024 in the Porsche Sprint Challenge. Raw emotions come out here, we talk about consistancy throughout the season. Making the season work on a smaller budget than rival teams & the finale at Brands Hatch which ended in a 1 point championship defeat. This is an Unwrapped Episode not to be missed. Finally we end with Listener Questions! Max gives some very revealing answers including potential BTCC Drives!

Rob sits down with Nick & Katie Ramsey Gough to digest the 2024 racing season - Rob asks "Where are we at with British Motorsport", they talk about the new DS3 and Swift Challenge racing series being released for cost effective sprint racing, Sustainable racing, a worrying rise in costs, Race with respect...the list goes on! Finally of course, they talk about the progression of Driven Minds over the year.

The Mini Challenge Trophy might just be the most competitive one make championship in the UK at the moment. Rob sits down with 3 Drivers competing for honours in the final race weekend of the 2024 season at Brands Hatch. Rob also asks about Driving heroes, Actors who would play them and the question he trys to get the answer to the most.. whats the plan going forward? Its great to talk to young drivers that are hungry to move up the ladder in British Motorsport.. but face the same issues as many drivers. Budget. The talent is certainly 1 thing they do not lack at all.

This weekend is a momentus race on the world motorsport calender, its also the favourite race of Rob and this weeks guest Scott Woodwiss! We talk the 2024 storylines going into this years event...Will the Fords make it? Will Brodie get the bathurst win to add to his 2023 title? Which animal will appear midrace?? Rob and Scott then look at the Great races of old. From the WTCC 1987 race, Greg Murphys Lap of the Gods and the blockbuster 2014 Chaz Moztert Win

Rob & Max are joined by Britcar Trophy Champions Maurice and Hadley to talk about an amazing year in the Britcar Trophy Championship. We also chart the individual rises of both drivers aswell as the Team Boss point of view from Max! Finally we talk about a wet penultimate Cayman Sprint Challenge Round at Silverstone which has set up a Grand Stand finish at Brand Hatch this weekend.!!! Go on Max!!

This week! We are live trackside again as the Season comes to a close for the C1 Racing Club, We talk to Series owner Robin Welsh on the High and indeed the Lows of running a Club Motorsport Series in current times. 2024 has been tough! Katie Ramsey Gough also talks about her year as the series coordinator, rounding up quite literally hundreds of drivers over any given race weekend.!! Allen Prebble also talks about Gen2, sponsoring the series and supplying recycled parts to the series. Something thats getting even more important in these tough climate times!

This week sees some very special guests, BTCC Race winner Ronan Pearson and his very supportive Dad Chris. We also have Driven Minds Director Katie Ramsey Gough as a special cohost! Ronan & Chris talk about the rise up the ranks and the toll it took on them both, from JSCC to Clios to Minis and finally making the break in the British Touring Car Championship Culminating with a fabulous Race 3 win at Brands Hatch.

This week we grabbed the chance to talk to one of the best Driver Coaches in the UK - Chris Dymond, he's helping Max in his Championship Charge this year and in the most timely way possible he joins us as Max takes the lead of the Porsche Sprint Challenge. The Elephant in the room? Tyrestacks. Rob gets irrationallly angry alot of the time and this really got under his skin. We talk tyrestacks and quite literally access the Damage!! Chris also talks championship hunting in the Driven Minds Minute and then guides us through his fabulous racing career!

Rob Brings 2 Pauls to the Podcast this week! Paul Harvey returns to Co-host and both Harvs and Rob have a chat with Paul Nevill of the Modified Ford Series. They are facing a rule change from MotorsportUK to create more championships.. This has stirred up a quite literal hornets nest...!! Rob and Paul then discuss the incoming TOCA Junior Championship. with its rather eye watering pricepoint (says Rob) but already with teams commiting to the series, does it means its off to a good start?? Paul also hints at a potential racing return in the Driven Minds Minute! Porsche Testing at Donington prior to the BTCC Weekend and much more!!

Max & Rob Reunite to talk all things Croft Porsches, How good the BTCC has been this year - F1 & Lemans too!! How Goodwood Festival of Speed looks from the Sky and much much more. Paul couldnt join us for this one but we have some awesome episodes lined up with him - Enjoy!!

To start season 3 Rob sat down in a late Podcast with Robin Welsh and Nick & Katie Ramsey-Gough of Driven Minds. We talk Track limits, Cancelling a 24hour race and much more!!

Rob Grabs a 1 on 1 interview with one of the best characters in British Motorsport. Patrick Watts has raced against and beaten some of the very best drivers in the world. He won Multiple Championships in Minis, Honda CRXs and Mazda MX5s when they were fully factory backed championships.!! He is mostly remembered as the Mazda then Peugeot factory works driver in the BTCC in the ERA everyone remembers.. Supertouring!! He talks Bathurst, Why he felt Peugeot never got the success they deserved and finally a new challenge in 2024 - The Peking to Paris Rally!

Scott Woodwiss continues his chat with the guys on his favourite commentary moments, Working with the late Brian Jones in the Brands Hatch Commentary Box and what his aspirations are moving forward.

This week its Max thats otherwise engaged! So Rob & Paul sit down with Scott Woodwiss to talk about the news including the British Rally championship going back on terrestrial TV, The Daytona 24 hour results and the WRC opener the Monte Carlo Rally. Finally we start to delve into Scotts commentary beginnings starting with Sim racing.

Rhys Lloyd joins the show to talk about all things Dragonsport, running the only endurance scholarship in the UK. He goes into his humble beginnings karting at Pembrey, Winning the Euro Saloons and Welsh Titles before a GFC enforced break from the sport. Finally he's goes into how Dragonsport racing was formed with Amigo Motorsport, how he had to have the Astra TCR car as soon as he saw it! before we get the downlow on exactly what they are looking for in a Dragonsport ambassador. Max is on hand as Cohost and as a key figure of the Dragonsport team!

A New year and a New season of the Driving Torque Podcast. The guys get together and cover the silly seasons mutterings including the demise of Team Hard, what could be the most exciting WEC season coming up & the return of the Renault Clio Cup. Finally the debrief a manic 2023 before looking ahead to the new year!

Now for the second part of the Charles Rainford podcast, this part he tells all about Porsche Carrera Cup GB racing including a superb PROAM Championship win in 2022. He also looks back to a one off appearance as the support package for the LeMan 24hours!! Again its a great listen!! The Driving Torque Podcast - Now on Youtube!! https://youtube.com/@Thedrivingtorquepodcast?si=DoyhyDYADYoWqCNm

This week is the first part of a mega Bank holiday recorded podcast with Porsche Carrera Cup GB Racer Charles Rainford. He starts off with revealing exactly what goes into his haircare, his childhood which didn't actually have a lot to do with a classroom and racing MG Midgets. Goodwood circuit also gets a good mention and Paul takes the opportunity to tell all about an "EVO" trackday, not that it was anything special. Finally Charles talks historics, including his favourite historic race car to date. The Driving Torque Podcast - NOW ON YOUTUBE!! https://youtube.com/@Thedrivingtorquepodcast?si=yBT3FcuiPP-oZ7mS

Another one from the Archive, Again at the 2022 Enduro KA Indy 500. Alex Solley spoke to us about his season in the MINI Challenge Trophy and his views of how the year went, its certainly looked as a solid foundation for 2023.

Part 2 concludes the Brands BTCC finale tour behind the scenes at Graves Motorsport. We talk to Dom Wheatley after his 2nd season in the Top MINI Challenge JCW class, Nelson King Prepares to finish off his very Impressive Rookie campaign as does Spencer Stevenson. Then Rob talks to Karl Graves about how the journey started from Production BMW to Porsche's. Finally we managed to chat to Max before he started a crunch weekend aiming for Porsche Sprint Challenge Honours.!