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Ride Along Trackside is a sports podcast hosted by MotoGP Rats, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #27

  Ducati Dropped a Two-Time Champion for a 22-Year-Old

  Aug 17, 20267 minS1

  The rider leading the MotoGP world championship has already signed for a different team next year. So has the rider in third. And Ducati have pushed out a two-time world champion to make room for a 22-year-old who has never won a Grand Prix. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and the 2027 rider market shows why a MotoGP signing works nothing like an F1 one.In this one we go through how the entire 2027 grid got settled inside six months while the 2026 season was still running, from Ducati confirming Pedro Acosta on 3 February to Raul Fernandez re-signing at Trackhouse on 5 August. We line those contracts up against the championship table and find they completely disagree, with Aprilia holding four of the top six riders and losing two of them to Yamaha. And we get into the reason for all of it, the 2027 rules reset that takes engines from 1000cc down to 850, bans ride height devices outright and swaps Michelin for Pirelli across the whole grid, which turns a rider signing into a bet on who develops next year's bike.Lap Times:0:00 Ducati Dropped a Two-Time Champion for a 22-Year-Old1:47 Six Months That Settled 20273:13 The Contracts Don't Match the Standings3:57 A Bike That Doesn't Exist Yet5:21 The Fair ObjectionIf you come from F1, would Ferrari or McLaren ever drop a double world champion for a 22-year-old with no wins? Is MotoGP being braver, or just more ruthless? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

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  Episode #26

  MotoGP Just Got Team Radio. It's Nothing Like F1

  Aug 12, 20265 minS1

  For years, team radio has been half the drama of an F1 Grand Prix, and it was one thing MotoGP just didn't have. This weekend at Silverstone that changed, with team radio celebrations shown on the MotoGP broadcast for the first time. But if you tuned in expecting the F1 version, what you got was completely different. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and the way MotoGP is bringing in radio tells you exactly where the sport is heading under Liberty Media.In this one we break down what MotoGP team radio actually is, a one-way bone-conduction earpiece built for safety, not the two-way driver-and-engineer chat you know from F1, and why a rider like Alex Marquez said he can't always even hear it. We look at why it's arriving now, as Liberty Media opens up a sport that ran for years as a closed shop, the same move that helped blow F1 up. And we get into what Silverstone proved, with Aprilia locking out the podium for the third time this season and an injured Marco Bezzecchi finishing third in both the sprint and the race, in tears as his own garage chanted his name.Lap Times:0:00 MotoGP Just Got Team Radio. It's Nothing Like F11:13 What MotoGP radio actually is2:45 Why It's Opening Up Now3:36 What Silverstone provedIf you come from F1, would you want MotoGP to put riders on live two-way radio, or would that ruin something F1 has lost? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

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  Episode #25

  Why a Customer Team Can Win MotoGP but Never F1

  Aug 4, 20267 minS1

  Last year McLaren won the F1 drivers title with Lando Norris and took back to back constructors championships, and they did it buying their engine from Mercedes. Red Bull did the same thing with Renault. So in F1 a customer can clearly win. But in MotoGP a customer team can lease the exact same bike as the factory and beat them with it, and in 2024 one of them won the whole championship. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and it all comes down to one word: manufacturer.In this one we break down how MotoGP satellite teams actually work. They lease a complete bike from a manufacturer like Ducati, Yamaha, Aprilia, KTM or Honda and build nothing themselves, right down to the aero. We look at how Jorge Martin won the 2024 title on a satellite Pramac Ducati with a record 508 points, and how Ai Ogura and Trackhouse Aprilia scored a satellite 1-2 at Assen. Then we cross to F1, where every team has to build its own chassis and aero, which is exactly why McLaren and Red Bull win as engine customers while Haas, who buys as much as the rules allow, has never won a race. In F1 you have to be a manufacturer, and that is the whole difference.Lap Times:00:00 WHY A CUSTOMER TEAM CAN WIN MOTOGP BUT NEVER F101:06 THE MOTOGP MODEL03:05 A CUSTOMER WON THE TITLE04:45 WHY F1 IS THE OPPOSITEIf you come from F1, would you want F1 teams run the way MotoGP does, or MotoGP run more like F1? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

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  Episode #23

  Why MotoGP's 2027 Rules Could End the Ducati Era

  Jul 23, 20265 minS1

  MotoGP is about to tear up its rulebook. From 2027 the engines shrink to 850cc, ride-height devices are banned, the aero gets cut, every team sees every rider's GPS data, and Pirelli replaces Michelin. F1 fans just watched what a reset like this does to a grid - and MotoGP's is bigger.In this one we get into: what actually changes in 2027 and why it's a bigger teardown than F1's 2026 reset; what happened the last times the rules reset in both sports, from Stoner's 2007 Ducati title to Brawn, Mercedes and Red Bull; and why the manufacturers at the back might be the ones best positioned to win the new formula.Ride Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for motorsport fans who came in through F1 - the story behind the result, one race at a time.Which manufacturer do you think comes out of 2027 on top? Tell us in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 MotoGP’s 2027 Rules Reset0:57 MotoGP 2027: 1000cc → 850cc1:39 Two Bigger Changes for 20272:25 History Shows What Happens After a Rules Reset3:38 Who Takes the Lead in MotoGP 2027?#MotoGP #MotoGP2027 #RideAlongTrackside

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  Episode #22

  Marquez Threw His Season Away. Then He Won Everything.

  Jul 13, 20266 minS1

  Marc Marquez threw away the start of this season. This weekend at the Sachsenring he won the lot, and now he is right back in the title fight in a way a Formula 1 driver almost never could be.In this one we get into:- What Marquez actually did at the Sachsenring, and why it is this track of all tracks- Why a start to the season this bad would end your title bid in F1, but not in MotoGP- What it all means for Jorge Martin's championship lead heading into the summer breakRide Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for F1 fans - one lesson a week, with the latest race as the evidence.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:0:00 Marquez Threw His Season Away. Then He Won Everything.01:29 Marquez Dominates in Germany 02:39 Can You Do This in F1?04:25 Is Jorge Martin Safe?05:42 What Do You Think? #MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

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