The Simon Racing Report
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Sports journalist Jonathan Simon hosts the evergrowing podcast called The Simon Racing Report, in which discussions about racing, F1 and further BS take place with personalities from around the Motorsport and sim racing world. Guests including the world's best drivers, commentators/broadcasters and more, will appear each episode and delve into in-depth deep and meaningful discussions that will almost certainly explode and combust into controversial and immature subjects.
Location:
Australia
Description:
Sports journalist Jonathan Simon hosts the evergrowing podcast called The Simon Racing Report, in which discussions about racing, F1 and further BS take place with personalities from around the Motorsport and sim racing world. Guests including the world's best drivers, commentators/broadcasters and more, will appear each episode and delve into in-depth deep and meaningful discussions that will almost certainly explode and combust into controversial and immature subjects.
Language:
English
Website:
http://thesimonracingreport.com/
Episodes
The Simon Racing Report has moved to Channel Klaxon!
3/24/2021
The Simon Racing Report has moved to Channel Klaxon and the Channel Klaxon Podcast Network! Visit channelklaxon.com for more information.
Duration:00:01:09
Repco Supercars Pro Eseries, Brad Jones Racing w/ Jake Burton (Episode 100)
10/25/2020
Jonathan Simon speaks to Brad Jones Racing driver Jake Burton ahead of the 2020 Repco Supercars Pro Eseries, talking how the championship dynamic/contenders will fare in 2020, his test in a Supercar @ Winton Raceway, what would Jake change from last year’s Eseries to this years’, broadcasting the Supercars Eseries draft, Josh Rogers sending Uber Eats to congratulate Jake Burton on his first Eseries win, Jake’s involvement in the 2020 BP Supercars All Stars Eseries, including setting...
Duration:01:00:53
Repco Supercars Pro Eseries, Triple Eight, Red Bull HRT w/ Jarrad Filsell (Episode 99)
10/11/2020
Jonathan Simon speaks to newly signed Triple Eight Race Engineering / Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver Jarrad Filsell – ahead of his second campaign in the Repco Supercars Pro Eseries. The two chat about how Jarrad signed with the team, the growing competitiveness of sim racing, visiting both Walkinshaw Andretti United (2019) and Red Bull HRT (2020) at The Bend, hanging out with Supercars drivers during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the new iRacing Supercars, working with Josh Rogers in...
Duration:00:57:18
Episode 98: 2020 iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series Preview
9/23/2020
Jonathan Simon is joined by officially licensed iRacing Rallycross World Championship driver Beau Albert – previewing the 2020 iRacing Rallycross World Championship, presented by Yokohama. Guest drivers include 2019 champion Sami-Matti Trogen, Yohann Harth, Bobby Zalenski and Josh Fox.
They preview all 2020 licensed drivers, the series calendar for 2020 (including brand new circuit – Hell Lånkebanen), the drivers’ survey results where the 2020 field were able to voice their opinion on a...
Duration:01:50:25
Rewatching the 1998 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix w/ Nick Rowland (Episode 97)
7/8/2020
Jonathan Simon is joined by Nick Rowland to rewatch the historic 1998 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, talking which Formula 1 TV intro was the best, the biggest crash in Formula 1 history, the second start, which corners look better or worse at Spa in the modern day, the Michael Schumacher – David Coulthard incident, the commentary team (Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, incl. James Allen in pits), the crazed fan who crossed the track at the end of the race, and more.
Duration:01:13:23
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is sim racing's opportunity to shine w/ Richard Arnaud (Episode 96)
3/20/2020
Jonathan Simon is joined by sim racing entrepreneur Richard Arnaud to discuss how the coronavirus (COVID-19) is sim racing's opportunity to shine, how having motorsport teams involved in sim racing doesn’t mean the sport has reached a level of professionalisation, copyright and Formula 1, F1 Esports and developing sim racing teams, the status quo of sim racing broadcasting, race formats for world championship level sim racing, the high turnover of sim racers and esports athletes (retiring...
Duration:01:36:56
2019 iRacing Rallycross World Championship Review (Episode 95)
12/7/2019
Jonathan Simon is joined by Randolph Chenowth — reviewing the 2019 Thrustmaster iRacing Rallycross World Championship, discussing the final championship standings, green and red flag moments, and handing out as many awards as the NHL do to our 2019 grid.
Duration:01:32:11
Gfinity Supercars Eseries, Aussie Driver Search w/ Jake Burton (Episode 94)
11/28/2019
Jonathan Simon is joined by Brad Jones Racing driver Jake Burton talking his experience in motorsport including Aussie Driver Search and the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the realism of modern day sim racing, the new and old Supercar in iRacing, the Aussie Driver Search Sim-to-Supercar Showdown, passing Garth Tander around the outside at Phillip Island in the Toyota 86 Series, the Gfinity Supercars Eseries media day shenanigans, the public reception and future of the Gfinity Supercars Eseries,...
Duration:01:35:35
Gfinity Supercars Eseries, sim racing in the 2000s w/ Madison Down (Episode 93)
11/20/2019
Jonathan Simon is joined by Shannons Racing / Trans Tasman Racing driver Madison Down discussing sim racing in the 2000s, why some real world drivers are quick in a sim, and some are slow, his racing experience in Shannons Nationals, Shelby Cobra, Aussie Driver Search, the media day experience for the 2019 Gfinity Supercars Eseries, the live round of the Gfinity Supercars Eseries, why Madison had to go through the draft for the series, and improvements to the future of the Gfinity Supercars...
Duration:01:30:27
Porsche Esports Supercup, 2019 success w/ Kevin Ellis Jr (Episode 92)
10/27/2019
Jonathan Simon catches up with Apex Racing Team driver Kevin Ellis Jr to talk off-season sim racing, improving over the summer, Porsche Esports Supercup for 2019 and 2020, Kevin’s success in 2019 in both the Porsche Esports Supercup and endurance special events, live stewarding in world championship sim racing, and more.
Duration:01:13:02
Virtual Racing School, Open Wheelers, NTM V7 w/ Julian Dunne (Episode 91)
10/17/2019
Jonathan Simon is joined by Virtual Racing School driver coach, and open wheel extraordinaire Julian Dunne who drops by to talk about his involvement with Virtual Racing School as a driver coach, the nuances of the Pro Mazda in comparison to the Dallara F3, Julian’s sim racing history, setup tips, Pro Mazda, open wheel racing, Formula 1, iRacing’s new tyre model (NTM v7) and more.
Duration:01:18:38
2019 iRacing Rallycross World Championship Preview (Episode 90)
10/2/2019
Jonathan Simon is joined by Logitech G Altus Esports driver and Australia’s #1 ranked iRacing Rallycross talent Beau Albert — previewing the 2019 Thrustmaster iRacing Rallycross World Championship. Guest drivers include Steliyan Chepilevski, Josh Fox, Jon Robertson and Yohann Harth.
They preview all 2019 licensed drivers, the series calendar for 2019 (including Atlanta’s introduction to the schedule), the results of ‘The Drivers’ Survey’ where the 2019 field were able to voice their opinion...
Duration:01:25:10
Motum Simulation, Logitech G Altus Esports w/ Simon Feigl (Episode 89)
8/6/2019
The first ever live, in person podcast of The Simon Racing Report was recorded from the home of Motum Simulation in Melbourne, Australia. Jonathan Simon is joined by Logitech G Altus Esports driver Simon Feigl to talk Daniel Ricciardo and other notable racing car drivers who have driven the motion sims, the origins of Motum Simulation and services they offer, the evolution of Logitech G Altus Esports, driver lineup of the team, Simon’s GT Academy experiences (2010 and 2015) and more.
Duration:01:02:02
Status quo of broadcasting, memories & goodbyes w/ Jake Sparey (Episode 88)
7/16/2019
Jonathan Simon sits down with fellow sim racing commentator Jake Sparey to talk memories of Jake’s early commentary days, the status quo of sim racing broadcasting, memories and goodbyes, the Sim Racing Observer, and Jake’s new broadcasting company 4ever Sim Racing.
Duration:00:47:59
Karting, Trash Talking, Sim Racing w/ Josh Thompson (Episode 87)
7/11/2019
Jonathan Simon sits down with Thrustmaster Mivano Racing driver Josh Thompson to talk karting, how kart setups can help in sim racing, Josh’s karting history, trash talk stories, teammates at Mivano, the VRS GT iRacing World Championship, whether sim racing or karting is a better training tool, and more.
Duration:00:59:33
Post-race victory celebrations for the 6h of the Glen w/ Evolution Racing Team (Episode 86)
6/24/2019
Jonathan Simon joins Apex Racing Team members Alex Simpson, Kevin Ellis Jr, Michele Costantini and Zac Campbell to celebrate Kevin and Michele’s race victory in the iRacing 6h of the Glen, Zac and Yohann Harth’s technical issue that retired the car, a brief look at Jamie Fluke’s and Riley Preston’s event, talking on the merger of Apex Racing UK and the Evolution Racing Team, setup and track temperature conditions around Watkins Glen, different driver strategies between different teams, a fun...
Duration:00:41:22
2019 eROC winner James Baldwin (Episode 85)
5/20/2019
Veloce eSports driver and 2019 eROC champion James Baldwin drops by to discuss the upcoming F1 Esports draft, as well as the difficult in adapting to different sims, being an apprentice mechanic in Formula 3 and setting up cars in sim racing, who Veloce are and what their involvement is in sim racing, Jean-Eric Vergne’s involvement with Veloce, the 2019 eROC Final, the JMR scholarship competition, and more.
Duration:01:17:33
Williams Esports and F1 Esports w/ Isaac Price (Episode 84)
4/20/2019
Jonathan Simon sits down with Williams Esports and F1 Esports driver Isaac Price to talk Williams Esports and how it feels to be contracted to a Formula 1 team, how the teams Isaac has raced for show how sim racing is growing progressively, whether sim racing still enjoyable despite the extra pressure, racing for Fernando Alonso at G2 Esports and leaving CoRe SimRacing, going undrafted in the 2018 F1 Esports Pro Draft, does the dynamic in Williams Esports work the same as a typical sim...
Duration:01:24:30
Will Tregurtha (Episode 83)
4/14/2019
Jonathan Simon sits down with 2018 GT4 European Series runner up, and Thrustmaster Mivano Racing driver Will Tregurtha to discuss Round 1 of the 2019 VRS GT World Championship (6 hours of Spa), racing in the 2019 VLN Endurance Championship, Will’s three-way tie for the championship in European GT4, karting, driver coaching and driving styles, whether simulated race tracks replicate the real world well, Will’s helmet, and more.
Duration:01:15:45