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James Watt Automotive (JWA) is proud to compete in the ultra competitive GT2 class of Europe’s premier sports car championship, the Le Mans Series. Campaigning the unmistakable Aston Martin Vantage GT2, JWA firmly embraces the rich pedigree that goes with representing such a famed automotive manufacturer. Our podcast aims to keep you in touch with the team and what happens over race weekends.
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Welcome to Chasing the Apex, a motorsport-focused podcast. My name is Sid Sudhir, and my goal is to bring you insightful conversations with the most interesting personalities in the world of motorsport. I hope you enjoy what I have to offer!
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Endurance Chat

Endurance Chat

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A thoroughly biased, overtly passionate, under researched and overly opinionated podcast about the World Endurance Championship, the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the European Le Mans Series, SRO GT World Challenge, and every level of sportscar racing in between!
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with Fabio Segalini. After earning his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Parma, Fabio started his professional career with Dallara. While at Dallara, he held a multitude of different design oriented roles. Fabio then became the Technical Dire…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with motorsports engineer, Dominic Harlow. After earning a degree from Imperial College London, Dominic started his career working on rally and touring cars with the Motorsports Development firm. Dominic then joined the Williams Touring Car group, working as a Design and R…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex. Today I am sitting down with Indy NXT driver Josh Green. Originally from New York, Josh started his karting career in 2015, working his way through the ranks until he made his formula car debut in 2019. Since then, Josh has competed in both the USF 2000 and Indy Pro 2000 series before moving up t…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down with motorsport journalist Sam Smith. Sam started out his career as a press officer for the FIA Sportscar Championship before spending nearly a decade as the Communications Manager with Lola Cars. Sam then transitioned to a role as the Media Officer of the World Enduranc…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team Principal Gavin Ward. After attending Oxford Brookes for schooling, Gavin started his career with Red Bull F1, working positions as a Tire and Trackside Control System Engineer before becoming a Trackside Race Engineer, working with drivers Mar…
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In the midst of the summer break, Michael and Austin get together to catch up on everything they should have been talking about before they went on break themselves! (whoops) Join them for Monza discussions, ELMS Paul Ricard discussions, IMSA Road America discussions and also other discussions too! Timestamps: 0:04 WEC Monza Wrap 0:42 Looking ahead…
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After a short break to recover from what was an incredible race, Michael and Austin catch up to wrap up the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. A race befitting a centenary edition, we chat about some of the issues that sprung up, give a review on every Hypercar manufacturer performance, talk LMP2 and GTE-Am, and revell in one of the best Le Mans races in re…
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Welcome back! After a month off because of some motor race or something, Kiwi and Flood return to catch you up on everything sport as we watch on From The Grandstands! We talk Supercars from bottom to top, catch up on everything Ashes related, and get on board two of the biggest sporting events; the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Tour de France! Ti…
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Completing the trio of Class Breakdowns for the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hour, Michael and Kris get together to chat LMP2. We talk through the philosophy of the class, the power of the Oreca 07, the importance of the Am driver plus give an explanation on Pro-Am, all while taking a deep dive into the 24 strong grid that makes up LMP2 for the 24 Hours of Le M…
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Slightly out of order, join Michael and Kris as we break down all 21 GTE cars in the swansong performance of GTE at Le Mans. We discuss the lack of Pro class, where the additional entries have come from, talk through every team, car, and driver, before reminiscing on some of our favourite GTE memories at Le Mans Timestamps: 0:01 No GTE-Pro - What's…
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Join Michael and Austin as they break down all 16 cars that make up this year's Hypercar Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We talk through the manufacturers, teams, cars, and drivers, to give you the low down on the state of play in the top class of Sportscars, and who is most likely to take home the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ti…
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The time has come, finally, for the centenary edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans. Join Michael and Josh (JebTheRebel) for an hour of history, looking back at the challenge of the event, the track, and the cars, before we focus in on this year's event, discussing the three classes taking to the grid this year, the depth and breadth of talent, of sto…
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Kris and Austin (Kriswascher97 and CookieMonsterFL) review and speculate on the upcoming 2023 Nürburgring24. We'll talk about favorites, what to watch, support series to tune into, and of course our famous butchering of driver's names during our entry list review. Timestamps: 0:01 - Intro to N24 04:15 - Recap of VLN Qualifying Races 08:15 - Proper …
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It has been a busy month in April, not just in Motorsports, but in the wider sporting world! So much so that Kiwi and Flood had to delay this episode just to catch up on everything! Join us From The Grandstands as we chat Supercars in Wanneroo, the constant battle between tradition, safety and technology in sports, crash over some cobbles, hit a ho…
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In the return of Cookie and Flood's intimate hour (and a half), Austin and Michael chat all things Spa Francorchamps off the back of possibly the best WEC event since 2016. We talk Tyre Warmers, Eau Rouge, multiclass traffic, LMP2 liveries, GT drivers, and gush at just about everything that Spa presented the 72,000 fans that were at the circuit, be…
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It's been a mad month in April and there's plenty to chat about! Join Michael and Kris as we talk WEC Portimao, IMSA Long Beach, ELMS Barcelona and already WEC Spa wrapping up a 2 week period where each major series has had a race. We've squeezed this in just ahead of the 6 Hours of Spa today so hopefully you can have a listen before race start!…
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Welcome back to From the Grandstands; Floody and Kiwi's monthly catch up on all things Sport. This month, we discuss Supercars Gen 3, the controversy around RBR and SVG, challenging times at the AGP, plus wrap up another exciting month of Cricket, both international and league, and look ahead to what we're watching in the month of April! Timestamps…
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Michael, Austin and Kris wrap up both the WEC and IMSA portions of the Super Sebring weekend! We give each of the Hypercar outfits a grade on their performance, talk GT and track safety, shine a light on IMSA driving standards, and discuss the upcoming rounds of the WEC at Portimao! Timestamps: 0:01 Super Sebring! The vibe from the campsites 0:10 H…
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Kris and Austin (Cookie) are back and ready to chat about SuperSebring! And don't forget AsLMS - we'll review the season and Le Mans auto-invites. Get our thoughts on the upcoming prologue and first round of the WEC and 2nd round of IMSA's NAEC! Timestamps: 00:45 SuperSebring - Intro 03:35 AsLMS - Season Review 09:45 WEC Prologue - Expectations 12:…
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Welcome back to From the Grandstands with Kiwi and Floody! After getting asked by some of you whether or not we were planning on previewing the Supercars season, or talking about some other sports, we've decided to bring this project back! Join Michael and Chris as we talk Gen 3, Newcastle, Test Cricket, Women's Premier League Cricket, and all the …
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In this two-part episode, Austin and Kris meet to wrap up the talking points from the Daytona 24 Hour, while Michael and Chris take on the Bathurst 12 Hour. Did Cookie make it to Daytona on time? How did GTP look on it's first outing? How many people went to Bathurst just to see Rossi? What does Maro Engel need to do to win Bathurst? All this and m…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I’m sitting down with someone who has a long and exciting list of experiences in motorsport, Justin Taylor. Justin started out his career as a race mechanic before quickly working his way up to becoming a Data Engineer for the Audi Sport LMP1 team. From there he spent almost 10 years race e…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, I’m your host Sid Sudhir and today we are sitting down with racing driver Sting Ray Robb. Sting Ray first got in a go-kart at age 5 and it wasn’t long before he was racing competitively, winning a national karting championship in 2015. This helped springboard him into his car racing career, start…
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Less than a week after Daytona and we're already gearing up for the next big endurance event: the Bathurst 12 Hour. Join Michael and Chris as we breakdown Australia's International Endurance race, discussing regulations, schedules, entries and of course, a run through of the teams and drivers making up this endurance classic! Timestamps: 0:02 Why d…
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In this episode of endurance Chat, Austin and newcomer Indecisiverock walk the Daytona 24 paddock on Friday, chatting about the weekend's activities ahead of the first major 24hr event of the year. This is raw audio with literally no editing, so excuse the 20 seconds of dead air to start, but enjoy the ambiance of the sounds of Daytona speedway in …
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today I’m sitting down with IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco. Devlin first got into a go-kart at the age of 6 and quickly became a competitive young driver, racing in several karting series in the United States, Canada, and Italy. After graduating from karts Devlin spent a year in the Italian an…
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Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat! Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everyone! Austin, Kris, Ollie, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) host a post-qualifying session of the 24 Hours of Daytona - LIVE! We talk about updates, developments, hunches, and take questions from Discord and Youtube! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:03 Thoughts o…
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Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat! Today, Michael, Kris, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) preview the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and there's plenty to discuss! 61 cars across 5 classes, with the brand-new GTP class featuring 9 LMDh machines making their debut. As always, we ask the hard questions, make outlandish predictions, and mispronoun…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down with 16-year-old racing driver Josh Pierson. Josh was first introduced to racing at just 2 years of age when his father let him have some fun with a mini-go-kart at a local track, and that interest very quickly blossomed into a promising racing career. Josh started out h…
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Cookie and Kris catch up on December for the Final Stint! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro/Random News 05:27 - Gulf 12hr Recap 10:10 - Dubai 24 Preview 35:50 - AsLMS Season Preview 49:20 - Listener Questions! 01:09:10 - New segment: Grinding our GearsTM 01:32:35 - Outro - next races/episodes (live episode coming up after Rolex24 qualifying)…
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.....I don't know how but we literally never uploaded this episode for you guys. 100% apologies and basically useless but for consistency sake, here is the 40 day delayed episode of our 3rd Final Stint! -Cookie --- Cookie and Kris catch up on November for the Final Stint! Timestamps: 01:50 - 8 Hours of Bahrain Recap 18:15 - Gulf 12 Hours Preview 1:…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex. Today I’m sitting down with Ernie Francis Jr. Ernie started his professional racing career in 2013, racing with the Breathless Racing team run by his father in the Trans Am series. With 7 consecutive series titles under his belt in the Trans Am series, Ernie also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Se…
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Cookie and Kris catch up on October for the Final Stint, featuring a surprise appearance by Floody! Timestamps: 02:45 - WEC Bahrain Weekend Preview 29:20 - FIA Motorsport Games 42:30 - Ross Chastain and NASCAR 54:50 - General F1 chat 1:07:35 - Eulogy of CORE Autosport 1:16:40 - Kris' info: upcoming race weekends for the rest of 2022…
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A yearly tradition, Michael and Chris get together to talk about Australia's premier motorsport event, the Bathurst 1000. We pick apart what makes Bathurst so special, and walk you through the form guide and the driver combos ahead of 1000 kilometres of Australia's most famous piece of tarmac - including a few familiar names to regular sportscar vi…
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Join Kris (Wascher) and Austin (Zetzman) as they explore the previous month's sportscar topics, general motorsport buzz, or even non-racing related sports topics we've been itching to talk about. Look for upcoming episodes to feature live, at the track on-location, and also guest appearances by some of you! Episode 1: 00:00 - Intro 07:27 - IMSA Rec…
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Just in the nick of time! Join Austin and Kris as they look towards the premier GT3 race in the world, the 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps. Part of the SRO Intercontinental GT World Challenge, it is the crown jewel in the GT3 hierarchy. We take you through every car in every class, as well as where to watch and all the support category action!…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm sitting down with rookie IndyCar driver David Malukas. In this episode we discuss David's rookie season so far, his success in Indy Lights, the story of HMD Racing, how David mentally prepares himself for a race, and so much more! Make sure to give this episode a listen to learn more ab…
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Today, we review the Grand Prix of Endurance; the 24 Hours of Le Mans for 2022. Join Michael and Ollie as they dive into the nitty gritty of the numbers behind the biggest storylines from this year's Le Mans. Were Alpine hamstrung unfairly? Was LMP2 dominated by super silvers? Can a bronze be faster than a platinum? We answer these questions and mo…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today we are sitting down with Dutch racing driver Bent Viscaal. Bent has plenty of experience in the world of racing, starting off his career by winning multiple karting championships and finishing as vice-champion in multiple F4 championships. He then continued this success in the Euro Formula …
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Rounding out our trifecta of Le Mans preview episodes, Michael and Kris got together to preview the 30 GTE machines for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. We go through the state of play in GTE-Pro, discuss the season so far, discuss the big talking points in BoP and additional entries, dive deep into GTE-Am bronze drivers and as always, offer our pr…
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It's that time of year again! Michael and Ollie get together to break down the Prototype classes for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, diving deep into each team, car and driver, discussing the big talking points, and giving you all the information you need to follow the prototype classes at Le Mans! Timestamps; 0:06 Hypercar - The Teams, the cars, and…
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It's that time again; the height of summer, the middle of June, the 24 Hours of Le Mans! Join Michael and Kris as we talk you through everything you need to know, from how multiclass racing works, to how to actually follow a 24 hour race! Timestamps; 0:01 What is the 24 Hours of Le Mans 0:05 Multiclass Racing - Many races all at once 0:13 The four …
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As schedules got tight and time escaped, Kris and Austin got together to record a live preview of the Nurburgring 24 Hours that happened last week. Taking questions from the audience while talking about one of the most gruelling events on the sportscar calendar, we hope you enjoy this (slightly late) ep!…
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Today, Michael is joined by the dynamic duo of (Kiwi)Chris and Kris(Wascher) to preview the 2022 Edition of the Bathurst 12 Hour! While it's not quite the bombastic international descent onto the Mountain as it has been in editions previous, the event does feature a splash of international flavour amongst the best of the best of the Pro-Am Australi…
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Our host Michael caught up with FIAWEC, ELMS and AsLMS commentator and Editor in Chief of Dailysportscar.com, Graham Goodwin, for an AMA (ask me anything), with questions provided by the userbase of /r/WEC. We covered a lot of ground in LMH, the ByKolles project, GTE's future and GTD-Pro, plus a few questions around the life of broadcasting, motors…
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We're back! After a mini break, Michael, Austin and Kris get together to discuss the Super Sebring weekend, and catch up on the ELMS opener from Paul Ricard. We chat about the atmosphere in the campgrounds, the truncated WEC event, aspects of IMSA that are teething and long in the tooth, and ask once again, is ELMS the best sportscar series in the …
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Kiwi and Floody are back with the April edition of From the Grandstand. This month, we wrap up 3 rounds of Supercars action, reflect on an awesome Women's Cricket World Cup, get all the updates around the grounds in Rugby, Biathlon, the Soccer World Cup qualifications and the Premier League, and look forward to the month ahead! Timestamps; 0:00 A n…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! I'm your host Sid Sudhir and today I'm sitting down with Fabrice Roussel, an engineer with a wealth of experience in both the WEC and Formula E series. We start off by discussing Fabrice's time in the WEC and why the strategic nature of the racing garnered his interest. We then move on to discuss…
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Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with Patrick Coorey, an engineer with a wealth of experience in touring cars, GP2, Formula 1, and Formula E! In this episode, we start off by discussing how Patrick, a native of Australia, made the bold decision to move halfway around the world to pursue his passion for mo…
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Once more it's Kiwi Chris Riddell and Michael Zalavari wrapping up the sporting month of February From The Grandstands! Join us as we get excited for the Supercars season opener at a (likely) sodden SMP, catch up on the world of cricket, share our highs and lows from the Winter Olympics, before looking ahead to the month of March, with the Women's …
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