What to watch this Weekend (Oct 25th - Oct 30th)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 1. Friday @ 10:55am - 12:30pm (ESPNU) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 2. Friday @ 2:55pm - 4:30pm (ESPNU) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 3. Saturday @ 10:55am - 12pm (ESPNNEWS) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualifying. Saturday @ 1:55pm - 3pm (ESPNNEWS) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Race. Sunday @ 2:30pm - 5pm (ABC) live
• Garage Squad. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Wheeler Dealers. Tuesday @ 10pm - 11pm (MotorTrend) new
• Bitchin Rides. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new
• Garage Squad. Season 6 Ep 10. Wednesday @ 10pm - 11pm (MotorTrend) new

Welp, things are pretty much sown up -- Merc AMG took their sixth consecutive Constructors Championship in a row, since the start of the turbo-hybrid era in 2014, as well as all six Drivers Championship's even though that hasn't officially been decided upon yet. Bottas took the win in Suzuka despite Ferrari still being the fastest and Red Bull Honda hoping that the new spec power upgrade was going to put them at the front. Hamilton took 3rd after team strategy betting on a one stop not being good by the end of the race; while he wasn't pleased with not topping Vettel for second or Bottas for first, he's another step close to taking his sixth championship -- it's between him and Bottas now. Merc is trying to claw back some performance from Ferrari heading into 2020, but time will tell if that'll be possible. In the meantime we're headed to Mexico; Leclerc is trying to take control of Ferrari, Vettel is trying to stay the clear number one, Mclaren is looking to finish strong and maintain fourth in the constructors take best of the rest, Albon is still interviewing for a job on the main Red Bull team for next year and Hulkenberg is still looking for a 2020 drive. This weekend should be another entertaining race; hopefully Perez can give him home fans some excitement to cheer for.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.

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What to watch this Weekend (Jan 4th - Jan 9th)

• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
• Bitchin Rides. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrendHD) new
• Restoration Garage. Wednesday @ 5pm - 6pm (MotorTrendHD) replay

Enjoy your weekends.

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What to watch this Weekend (Oct 26th - Oct 31st)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 1. Friday @ 10:55am - 12:30pm (ESPNU(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 2. Friday @ 2:55pm - 4:30pm (ESPNU(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 3. Saturday @ 10:55am - 12pm (ESPNNEWS(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualifying. Saturday @ 1:55pm - 3:30pm (ESPNNEWS(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Race. Sunday @ 2:55pm - 5pm (ABC(HD)) live
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Bitchin' Rides. Season 5 Ep4. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new
• Garage Squad. Season 5 Ep10. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 10pm - 11pm (VelocityHD) new

What more can you say about the last F1 weekend besides, what a weird, but unexpectedly satisfying race in Austin last week. Hams finished third, Vettel finished fourth (after spinning again touching front wheels with another car mid-turn), Bottas finished fifth (which really made Toto snap his pencil), Verstappen had a hell of a drive to take second place, finally getting on the podium in the USGP and everyone's favorite, Kimi Raikkonen, took his first win since 2013. Kimi earned it and was fortunately in a place where the team couldn't force a switch of positions for the sake of team points. The Red Bulls were really fast with the Spec C engine, but Ricciardo had some electrical failure leading to his car turning off on it's own, mid-race; unfortunately he's staying with his engine supplier with his move to Renault for the next two years. The Point Force India's where in a train for most of the race (sound familiar?) and Ocon finished ahead of Perez, only to be DQ'd later due to exceeding fuel flow limits on lap 1. Magnussen got DQ'd for exceeding the 105kg race fuel limit. Even with both of them taken out of the points Vandoorne still missed out on the points. Alonso DNF'd after car damage from lap one melee came back to bite him laps later, Grosjean and LeClerc met similar ends from contact with others. With the smoke cleared, Hamilton is another 3 points up on Vettel so he now needs 5 points to claim the Driver's Championship. Vettel can stay in the mix if he wins the last 3 races. Ferrari made up about 12 points on Merc in the Constructors Championship. On to Mexico. Viva Kimi!

Enjoy your weekends.

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What to watch this Weekend (Oct 27th - Nov 1st)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice 1. Friday @ 11am - 12:30pm. Practice 2. Friday @ 3pm - 4:30pm (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualifying. Saturday @  2pm - 4pm (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Race. Sunday @ 3pm - 5pm (NBC(HD)) live; replay @ 8:30pm on NBCSN
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Velocity Live from SEMA. Ep 1. Tuesday @ 8pm - 9pm (VelocityHD) new
• Bitchin Rides. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new
• Velocity Live from SEMA. Ep 2. Tuesday @ 8pm - 9pm (VelocityHD) new 
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new
• Garage Squad. Wednesday @ 10pm - 11pm (VelocityHD) new

Short week so no race recap, but we have F1 in Mexico this weekend and plenty of coverage.

Enjoy your weekends.

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What to watch this Labor Day Weekend (Sept 1st - Sept 6th)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Practice. Friday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Race. Sunday @ 7:30am - 10am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• IndyCar Series - Grand Prix at the Glen. From Watkins Glen, NY. Sunday @ 1pm - 4pm (NBCSN(HD)) live  
• FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Mexico. Sunday @ 5pm - 7pm (FS2(HD))
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay 
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 9pm - 9:30pm (VelocityHD) new
• RMD Garage. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new
• Garage Squad. Wednesday @ 10pm - 11pm (VelocityHD) new

Plenty of great racing ahead this weekend and we're coming off a short week so no F1 preview this go around (still need to watch it off DVR). I'll be smoking ribs this weekend, as we say goodbye to summer, so I hope you all also enjoy the weekend with your friends and families.


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What to watch this Weekend (Oct 28th - Nov 2nd)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice. Friday @ 1pm - 2:30pm (NBCSN(HD)) delayed airing; replay @ 11:30pm
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualifying. Saturday @  2pm - 4pm (CNBC(HD)) live
• FIA WRC. Wales. Saturday @ 6am - 7am (MAVTV(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Race. Sunday @ 1:30pm - 4:30pm (NBC(HD)) live; replay @ 7:30pm on NBCSN
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (VelocityHD) replay 
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) 
• Garage Squad. Wednesday @ 10pm - 10:30pm (VelocityHD) new 

Enjoy your weekends.

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What to watch this Labor Day Weekend (Sept 2nd - Sept 7th)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Practice. Friday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Mexico. Saturday @ 2:30pm - 5:30pm, 7pm - 8:30pm (FS2(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Race. Sunday @ 7:30am - 10am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Wheeler Dealers. Mini-marathon. Wednesday @ 7m - 10pm (VelocityHD) replays

F1 returns to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, to follow up last weekend's action at Spa. Enjoy your Labor Day weekends. 

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What to watch this Weekend (Oct 30th - Nov 4th)

• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Practice. Friday @ 1pm - 2:30pm (NBCSN(HD)) delayed airing; replay @ 11:30pm
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualifying. Saturday @  2pm - 4pm (CNBC(HD)) live
• FIA WEC. Shanghi. Saturday @ 11pm - 4:30am (FS2(HD)) live, 4:30am - 6am (FS1(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Mexico; from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Race. Sunday @ 1:30pm - 4:30pm (NBC(HD)) live
• V8 Supercars. Surfer's Paradise. Sunday @ 2pm - 3pm (CBSSN) delayed airing from 10/25
• Top Gear (UK). Marathon of past episodes. Monday @ 2pm - 11pm (BBCAmerica(HD)) great replays
• Chasing Classic Cars. Mini-Marathon. Tuesday @ 10am - 1pm (VelocityHD)
• Wheeler Dealers. Mercedes-Benz 230E. Wednesday @ 8am - 9pm (VelocityHD) replay

The long rainy weekend in Austin Texas ended with a dry track and a declared World Drivers Champion. Before we get to that we have to talk about the rain. It rained so much the coverage of Qualifying was limited, taking place the morning of the GP. The various F1 teams entertained the few fans that camped out on; some dancing, some waving, some acting out imaginary rowing competitions. Rosberg took poll, with Hamilton in 2nd spot. The Ferrari boys had a 2016 power unit putting them over the limit for 2015. Being docked 10 grid positions they started no better than 13th. The Red Bulls were quick in the wet and were looking forward to competing. The race started somewhat predictably, but then it all went out the window. It wasn't raining, but the track was still wet, some spots worse than others. Everyone started on the Inters, but as incidents piled up and the yellow flags started waving, folks hit the pits early and gambled on the Softs, some too early. The McLaren's raced well with the conditions, along with Force India for another quick race. The Red Bulls brought it, Kvyat spent much of the early laps up Hams gearbox. Nico lost ground early but clawed his way back into the top four. Then the Inters started dropping off, Hams fell off the pace and hit the pits for Softs. Then things got really interesting. Without turning this into War and Peace, DNF's abounded. Nico bungled late and proved he wasn't ready to fight Hamilton this year. Hulkenburg made another bad mistake late resulting in a DNF. Alexander Rossi had a great first home race in Austin and was the crowd favorite next to Hams and Vettel was about one lap away from possibly challenging Rosberg for 2nd, which would've put off Hamilton's clinch for another race; but it was not to be.

With the smoke cleared, Rosberg leap frogs Vettel for 2nd overall, so they'll be duking it out for 2nd in the Drivers Championship. AMG Petronas Mercedes double Champions again for two years in a row, Hams passes Vettel in GP victories and matches Senna in World Championships. Sergio Perez has been on a tear lately and did well in Texas finishing 5th behind the young Max Verstappen in 4th. He'll be at his home GP this weekend in Mexico City so this should be a good one with last week's Hurricane now past. Enjoy your weekends.



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