After a year of announcements, wait, anticipation and an investigation by the European Commission, Liberty Media were finally given the green light to complete their majority purchase of Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holders of MotoGP, for $4.2 billion. On this week's episode of Tank Slappers, Dre Harrison, Richard Asher and Uri Puigdemont break down the move and what they hope will be the key areas that Liberty focuses on in order to grow the sport, such as revenue sharing, marketing impr...
Jun 25, 2025•53 min•Ep. 128
Dre Harrison introduces another special interview for Tank Slappers, as Alberto Gomez was able to sit down with 1999 500cc World Champion, and MotoGP Hall of Famer, Alex Criville. Alex talks In-depth on the differences between his era of 2-stroke racing, compared to the 4-strokes and modern-day prototypes, what he admires about Marc Marquez and how his rivalry with Francesco Bagnaia is comparable to Alex’s own with Mick Doohan. There’s also a chat about what the sport needs to do to improve, and...
Jun 23, 2025•19 min•Ep. 127
It was a truly perfect weekend in Aragon for Championship leader, Marc Marquez. Dre Harrison sits down with Richard Asher and Uri Puigdemont to review a stunning weekend from the Spaniard, with a Grand Chelem victory, and the first rider to lead in every single session across the weekend since... Marc himself did it in Germany back in 2015. It was a close fight from behind as Alex Marquez limited the Championship damage with another pair of second place finishes, with Francesco Bagnaia making a ...
Jun 10, 2025•49 min•Ep. 126
Dre Harrison introduces a special episode of Tank Slappers, featuring a sit down interview with former rider, LCR Team Principal and new President of the IRTA, Lucio Cecchinello. In a wide-ranging interview, Lucio talks about what he misses most about being a rider, his new role as IRTA President, and what it was like juggling being both a rider and a team boss at the same time. There's also a chat about his partnership with Honda, and having the last two wins the manufacturer has earned in Moto...
Jun 05, 2025•19 min•Ep. 125
Dre Harrison is joined again by Richard Asher and Uri Puigdemont to review what was an incredibly dramatic Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone. It was a shocking win for Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia winning their first race of 2025, and it couldn't have come at a better time with the unstable future of World Champion Jorge Martin still looming over the horizon. But will that win and Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivera's plea for Martin to stay hold up? There's also a discussion on the heartbreaking re...
May 28, 2025•56 min•Ep. 124
Dre Harrison, Richard Asher and Oriol Puigdemont host an emergency edition of Tank Slappers off the back of one of the biggest bombshell MotoGP stories of 2025 so far. The majority of the show is taken up with the breaking news that Jorge Martin met with Aprilia discreetly during the French GP weekend at Le Mans and told the team that he intends to leave at the end of the season via a performance clause that was in his contract that gave him an option to leave after six races if Martin wasn't pl...
May 12, 2025•37 min•Ep. 123
Alex Marquez said to the media at the start of the season that he might win a MotoGP race, 'If his brother let him." And in his 93rd attempt, at his home Grand Prix, the younger Marquez brother finally has his first GP victory. Dre Harrison is joined by Autosport MotoGP reporter Richard Asher, and Motorsport.com MotoGP writer Uri Puigdemont to review an incredibly dramatic Spanish GP weekend with 100,000 in attendance in Jerez. If you didn't know any better, you may have thought Alex Marquez too...
Apr 30, 2025•46 min•Ep. 122
Dre Harrison is back to host another episode of Tank Slappers after a newsworthy Grand Prix of Qatar, joined by Autosport and Motorsport.com writers Uri Puigdemont and Richard Asher. Once again it was Marc Marquez who dominated from the front to take his third double victory of the season in the Sprint and the Grand Prix. The trio talk about Marquez’s brilliance despite the early clash with his brother Alex, and the worry for teammate Francesco Bagnaia, who was expected to win on a track he’s wo...
Apr 15, 2025•51 min•Ep. 121
In an exclusive interview, Uri Puigdemont sits down with eight-time World Champion and newest Ducati MotoGP rider, Marc Marquez. In it, Marc talks about his career-defining switch from Honda to Ducati in 2023, the relationship between himself and brother Alex as they both compete for the sport’s greatest prize, how his family are dealing with the fights on-track, and how he’s getting along with new teammate Francesco Bagnaia. There’s also a deep dive into Marquez’s mentality, from the recent cha...
Apr 10, 2025•22 min•Ep. 120
Given MotoGP came out of Austin, Texas this weekend, it’s safe to say we got The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from Marc Marquez, who’s controversial last-minute bike switch caused chaos just minutes before the start of the Grand Prix of the Americas. Dre Harrison and Uri Puigdemont break down all the angles from the incident, including the dialogue that led up to Marquez’s last-minute switch. This includes why the conditions made that decision so difficult in the first place, why Race Director Mik...
Apr 01, 2025•57 min•Ep. 119
Welcome back to Tank Slappers. On this week's episode, host Dre Harrison is joined by Motorsport.com writers Oriol Puigdemont and Federico Faturos to report on all the action and news coming out of the 2025 Grand Prix of Argentina. At the front, it was almost a case of Deja Vu as Marc Marquez defeated his brother Alex in a one-on-one fight. But the trio ponders on whether Marc was at 100% of his speed in an attempt to win, or whether there could be even more potential in the tank for the Spaniar...
Mar 18, 2025•52 min•Ep. 118
Tank Slappers is back for the 2025 Season! Taking over the reins is Dre Harrison, alongside Autosport’s Chief Motorsport Writer Ben Hunt, and Motorsport.com MotoGP reporter Oriol Puigdemont. The trio sit down to review the opening round of the 2025 MotoGP season in Buriram, Thailand at the Chang International Circuit. It was a dream debut for Marc Marquez in the Ducati red, dominating the proceedings to finishing in a 1-2 in both the Sprint and Grand Prix with his brother Alex. How impressive wa...
Mar 04, 2025•41 min•Ep. 117
The 2025 MotoGP rider market exploded on Monday after Autosport revealed that Ducati had changed its mind and decided to promote Marc Marquez over Jorge Martin to its factory team. Ahead of last week's Italian Grand Prix, it looked as if championship leader Martin was set to get the nod for the factory Ducati team. Then it all unravelled as Ducati's hopes of placing Marquez on a factory bike at Pramac faded when the eight-time world champion said the team was "not an option". Ducati faced a cros...
Jun 03, 2024•28 min•Ep. 116
The 2024 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix offered up a raft of talking points as Francesco Bagnaia bounced back from a sprint crash with victory on Sunday. The reigning world champion crashed out of the lead on the final lap of the Catalan GP sprint to end a Saturday win drought dating back to the Austrian GP last year. It softened the blow of a difficult sprint for championship leader Jorge Martin, who was able to extend his points lead over Bagnaia. The factory Ducati rider bounced back brilliantly i...
May 27, 2024•35 min•Ep. 115
A thrilling French Grand Prix at the fifth round of the 2024 MotoGP season looks to have drawn the battle lines for a three-way title fight. Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin put in a perfect weekend to claim pole, sprint and grand prix wins, the latter coming after absorbing immense late pressure from Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia. Martin is now 38 points clear in the standings and put in the best weekend of his career at a point in which Ducati is nearing a final decision on its second fac...
May 13, 2024•43 min•Ep. 114
MotoGP returned home this past weekend with the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix from Jerez, and the fans were treated to an all-time classic between two of the very best riders in the world. Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia had an intense battle for the win, taking advantage of a Jorge Martin crash from the lead in the middle period of the race, and Bagnaia ultimately triumphed with his third straight Jerez victory by just four tenths of a second. On this week's edition of Tank Slappers, Autosport's L...
Apr 30, 2024•37 min•Ep. 113
Last weekend's Americas Grand Prix produced numerous talking points as the 2024 MotoGP season continues to thrill, with Maverick Vinales stealing the headlines for Aprilia. Thrown a career lifeline by Aprilia after his acrimonious split with Yamaha midway through 2021, Vinales had so far failed to deliver the kind of results expected of him. But in America, having taken a breakthrough sprint win in Portugal, Vinales put together a perfect weekend where he took pole, sprint victory and registered...
Apr 17, 2024•37 min•Ep. 112
On the latest episode of Tank Slappers, Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont react to the big news of the week, as Fabio Quartararo announces a new two-year extension at Yamaha's team, and the pair discuss the ripple effects of the move, including why Aprilia was turned down and who they might try for instead in what could be a chaotic silly season. Also, the big question as MotoGP heads to Austin this upcoming weekend for the Grand Prix of the Americas at COTA... is this the big win for Marc Marqu...
Apr 09, 2024•22 min•Ep. 111
The motorsport world has been digesting one of the biggest announcements of the year on Monday after Formula 1 owner Liberty Media announced its acquisition of MotoGP. The American media giant announced on Monday 1 April that it had purchased majority shares in Dorna Sports from Bridgepoint Capital for €4.2 billion. The news means Liberty now owns the world's two biggest motorsport world championships in F1 and MotoGP. The deal will herald a new era for MotoGP as Liberty gets to work growing the...
Apr 01, 2024•28 min•Ep. 110
The 2024 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix was won by Jorge Martin but the collision between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia stole all the headlines. Pramac Ducati rider Martin put in a mature display to clinch his first grand prix win of the season, seeing off Aprilia's Maverick Vinales prior to the Spaniard's gearbox problems, and Ducati's Enea Bastianini to move into the lead of the championship. But it was the collision between Gresini Ducati rider Marquez and the reigning double world champio...
Mar 25, 2024•32 min•Ep. 109
The 2024 MotoGP season continues this weekend with the second round of the campaign at the Portuguese Grand Prix. After Ducati dominated the opening round of the season in Qatar with Jorge Martin winning the sprint and reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia taking the spoils in the grand prix, Portugal presents a new challenge for the Italian marque. The unique conditions of the Qatar race coupled with the fact a test took place there just two weeks before the season started means Port...
Mar 19, 2024•32 min•Ep. 108
ewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont are back to review the first round of the 2024 MotoGP Championship, where Francesco Bagnaia kicked off his MotoGP title defence with victory in a thrilling Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, ahead of Brad Binder and Jorge Martín with Marc Marquez finishing a strong fourth on his Ducati debut.
Mar 13, 2024•29 min•Ep. 107
The Tank Slappers is back for a brand new MotoGP season. The 2024 season promises to be one for the history books. Eyes will be Marc Marquez as he starts a new chapter in his career switching from Honda to Gresini-run Ducati Desmosedici GP23. Lewis Duncan is joined once again by Oriol Puigdemont as they preview the upcoming season.
Mar 06, 2024•47 min•Ep. 106
Francesco Bagnaia is the 2022 MotoGP world champion after finishing the Valencia Grand Prix in ninth with Fabio Quartararo fourth, as Alex Rins took an emotional race win. Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont are here for the final time this season to analyse all the action.
Nov 07, 2022•24 min•Ep. 105
Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont are together to review the San Marino GP, look at the title challengers, and say goodbye to Andrea Dovizioso after a brilliant MotoGP career.
Sep 05, 2022•15 min•Ep. 104
Surprise news that MotoGP from 2023 will have twenty one sprint race weekends for every grand prix weekend. Is it good for the championship? Are you excited for what it does for the sport? Whilst it's necessary for MotoGP to evolve, are sprint races the answer? And is it possible that so many sprint races devalue the main event grand prix? The promoters seems to have caught many of those in the paddock by surprise, which led to strong opinions being voiced last week. We discuss all those issues ...
Aug 22, 2022•31 min•Ep. 103
Lewis and Uri discuss the imminent retirement of MotoGP star Andrea Dovizioso, and how he didn't expect to struggle on the Yamaha. He won't be sticking around for the end of the season, but from Aragon GP onwards, he'll be replaced by Cal Crutchlow. The pair also look back at yesterday's British GP and the state of the championship, with Quartarao, Espargaro and Bagnaia all in the mix.
Aug 08, 2022•23 min•Ep. 102
Alex Rins joins Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont for his first interview with the media following news he's joining Honda for 2023.
Jul 22, 2022•24 min•Ep. 101
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia stormed to victory in a dramatic MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix after championship leader Fabio Quartararo crashed twice, while Valentino Rossi’s team got its first podium. Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigemont are back on the Tank Slappers podcast to analyse the race.
Jun 27, 2022•25 min•Ep. 100
Lewis Duncan and Oriol Puigdemont look back at the key moments in the German Grand Prix, as Fabio Quartararo dominated to take charge in the championship after his main title rivals faltered at the Sachsenring.
Jun 20, 2022•23 min•Ep. 99
