Welcome to the Lovecars On The Grid Podcast! Our hosts today are Tiff Needell and Lovecars team member, Phil Bradley, as our regular host, Paul Woodman is in China to watch the Formula E and unable to join us!

We've had a jam packed weekend of motorsport, from Monaco F1 to MotoGP at Silverstone, an Indianapolis 500 spectacle, British GT and BTCC!

But firstly, we pay tribute to two motorsport drivers in Britain over the past few weeks.

In Monaco, we had an exciting first few laps of the Formula 1 Grand Prix, with Bortoleto overtaking fellow rookie Antonelli on the hairpin of the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo, resulting in Antonelli reclaiming the place back in the following corner, forcing Bortoleto into the barriers. Elsewhere, Pierre Gasly collided with Yuki Tsonoda as they came out of the tunnel, resulting in a broken front wheel and the end of Gasly's Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso was unfortunately also forced to retire from the race, following his car giving out smoke and being asked to stop the car by the team. The race was won by McLaren's Lando Norris, following closely by Ferrari's Charles LeClerc. The two McLaren drivers are now seperated by just 3 points in the World Championship.

Across the pond, we had the famous Indy500, where the Penske drivers were found to be cheating! It was Alex Palou who took his first victory at Indy500, after many crashes and even a fire at Indianapolis. Kyle Larsson was trying to do the double, and get both a win at the Indy500 and at NASCAR in Charlotte in the same weekend.

Unfortunately, it wasn't Larsson's weekend, after crashing at both events! The NASCAR race at Charlotte, otherwise known as the Coke 600 was another eventful one, where Larsson wasn't the only crash. The race was won by famous melon farmer Ross Chastain, who won from starting last on the grid!

We had a chaotic British MotoGP at Silverstone, with both the Marquez brothers dropping their bikes in the opening laps, resulting in a red flag with oil left on the track. Fabio Quartararo then took the lead, but was then penalised for ride height. The race was eventually won by Italian rider, Marco Bezzecchi.

Over at Oulton Park, we had the British GT, where there was a win for Mercedes and Lamborghini. The BTCC was at Snetterton, where Championship leader, Jake Hill qualified in 20th place. Dan Cammish ended up winning the race from pole position.

Next week, we have Formula 1 in Barcelona, Indycar in Detroit, sharing the track with IMSA. NASCAR are in Nashville, whilst Formula E are racing in Shanghai.

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