Dope Vid. #262

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What to watch this Weekend (Nov 1st - Nov 6th)

• Formula 1 - US Grand Prix; from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Practice 1. Friday @ 11:55am - 1:30pm (ESPNU(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - US Grand Prix; from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Practice 2. Friday @ 3:55pm - 5:30pm (ESPNU(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - US Grand Prix; from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Practice 3. Saturday @ 1:55pm - 3pm (ESPNNEWS(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - US Grand Prix; from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Qualifying. Saturday @ 4:55pm - 6pm (ESPNNEWS(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - US Grand Prix; from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Race. Sunday @ 1:25pm - 4pm (ABC(HD)) 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. Wednesday @ 11pm - 12am (MotorTrend) replays

Short week, but Mexico was a wild one. Montezuma's revenge ran through the pit, no pun intended as I experienced similar on my last trip to Mexico, Verstappen had some bad luck during Q3 that cost him the pole he earned, then he had to run about 70 laps on hards during the race after getting a puncture early, taking it to 6th. Albon had another solid drive, along with Valteri and Seb, and Leclerc, who ended up inheriting pole position ended up fourth after his two stop strategy ended up not panning out, given the hard tires were way more resilient than anyone expected. Hulk got torpedoed on the last turn of the last lap, by Kvyat, but with penalty he ended up taking 10th. Hams took the win, but is still 4pts away from sealing his 6th chip. Back to back and the USGP is this weekend, should be another exciting race late in the year. We may soon see the Driver's Championship decided.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.

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Neo-Vintage Motorsport Feature: BTCC Touring Car Legends Documentary Part 2 (ITV4/badwolfmultimedia)

We continue ITV4's British Touring Car Legends series, with part 2.


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Automotive Workshop Feature: Learning To Drive Like a Professional | Is it Worth It? (savagegeese)

The Savagegeese team heads to the Bondurant HP Driving School for some knowledge.


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Enthusiast Topic Feature: Sports Car Giant Test 2019 (CarMagazine)

The CAR Magazine team pick out the best sports car of 2019.


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Dope Vid. #261

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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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