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On Sunday the 13th of September, both F1 and MotoGP ran their fourteenth round on the same day. One of them finished 81 points apart. The other finished exactly level. In this one you will learn:- How MotoGP breaks a championship tie, and why Marc Marquez leads on five Grand Prix wins to Jorge Martin's one despite both being on 274 points- Why Formula 1 has the identical count-back rule and has never once had it decide a title, while MotoGP already has, back in 1967- What it is about MotoGP's 22 rounds and two scoring sessions a weekend that keeps producing title fights this close Ride Along Trackside is MotoGP explained for Formula 1 fans. One lesson a week, proven by what just happened on track. Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside Lap Times:0:00 Introduction0:55 The Weekend's Two Races2:06 How MotoGP Breaks A Tie2:45 Why Sprint Wins Do Not Count3:12 F1 Has The Same Rule4:11 1967, The Year MotoGP Needed It4:48 Two Structural Differences5:48 A Championship Is As Close As Its Rules Allow6:37 What It Means For The Last Rounds If your championship finished completely level on points, would you give the title to the rider with the most wins, or the one who was more consistent across the year? Both sports say wins. Let me know in the comments. #MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

On the Saturday at Monza, Marco Bezzecchi was in Kimi Antonelli's garage and got fitted into his Mercedes. He said he is still more comfortable on a bike. The next day Antonelli won the race in that car from nineteenth on the grid. Only one man has ever won a Formula 1 race from further back.In this video we work out what a grid slot is actually worth in each sport. Why a red flag and a virtual safety car can hand you a race in F1, and why every modern comeback win looks the same. Why a dry MotoGP race has no pit stops at all, so every place has to be taken on track. And why Formula 1 still races at Monza when the bikes stopped going there in 1987.If you come from F1, this is the clearest look you will get at the one rule that changes how a MotoGP race is actually won.Ride Along Trackside is where F1 fans get MotoGP explained, one lesson a week, no engineering degree required. Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:53 Antonelli's Monza Win1:46 Speed Or The Pit Lane2:29 MotoGP Has No Pit Stops3:38 How Far Back Can You Win From4:14 Brad Binder From Fifteenth4:52 Why F1 Gets Monza And MotoGP Doesn't6:10 Overtaking Is In The Rule Book7:07 Bezzecchi In The GarageWould you rather keep the strategy layer in F1, or take it away and make everyone go and pass each other on track? Let me know in the comments.#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

Marc Marquez just won at Aragon again. Here's the part that should not make sense to an F1 fan: he has now won at this one circuit on a Honda and on a Ducati, two completely different bikes, years apart.In this video we work out one thing an F1 fan already has an opinion about: how much of a MotoGP lap is the rider, and how much is the bike. We use the 2026 Aragon weekend as the evidence, plus the win that really proves it: Marquez taking Aragon in 2024 on a year-old Ducati that wasn't even the fastest bike on the grid.If you come from F1, this is the clearest answer you'll get to the "is it the driver or the car" question, from the sport where the human is a bigger part of the machine.Ride Along Trackside is where F1 fans get MotoGP explained, one lesson a week, no engineering degree required.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:49 Rider Versus Machine1:30 The Bike Makes The Difference2:31 One Lap Or A Full Race3:55 The Win That Shouldn't Have Happened4:36 The Bike Still Matters5:16 More Rider Than You Think6:07 Both Things Can Be True6:57 What Happens When Riders MoveWho do you think is the closest thing F1 has to a rider like Marc Marquez, someone who would perform in any machinery you put them in? Let me know in the comments.#MotoGP #MarcMarquez #RideAlongTrackside

Formula 1 raced at Zandvoort for the last time this weekend, in front of a reported 305,000 people across the weekend. The circuit wasn't dropped — the promoter turned down a rotation deal and walked. The reason has almost nothing to do with how many fans turn up.In this video we look at how a race that pulls over 300,000 people shuts down anyway, the French circuit F1 walked away from in 1967 that drew the largest crowd MotoGP has ever had, and whether MotoGP is heading the same way now Liberty Media owns it too.How far the F1 hosting fee has climbed since 2019, and how small MotoGP's is by comparisonWhy Assen has been on the calendar since the world championship began in 1949, and is signed through 2031The entertainment tax and the proposed VAT rise that finished Zandvoort offWhat the Phillip Island to Adelaide move tells you about MotoGP's next decadeRide Along Trackside is MotoGP for F1 fans — one lesson per video, built for people who know motorsport but are new to bikes.Subscribe if you want the sport explained properly rather than shouted at you.Lap Times:0:00 Introduction1:06 Two Circuits, Two Outcomes1:58 Chasing New Markets2:33 What A Slot Costs3:15 Who Pays4:36 The Taxes On Top5:26 It Comes Down To The Fee5:54 MotoGP Is Next#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

The rider leading the MotoGP world championship has already signed for a different team next year. So has the rider in third. And Ducati have pushed out a two-time world champion to make room for a 22-year-old who has never won a Grand Prix. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and the 2027 rider market shows why a MotoGP signing works nothing like an F1 one.In this one we go through how the entire 2027 grid got settled inside six months while the 2026 season was still running, from Ducati confirming Pedro Acosta on 3 February to Raul Fernandez re-signing at Trackhouse on 5 August. We line those contracts up against the championship table and find they completely disagree, with Aprilia holding four of the top six riders and losing two of them to Yamaha. And we get into the reason for all of it, the 2027 rules reset that takes engines from 1000cc down to 850, bans ride height devices outright and swaps Michelin for Pirelli across the whole grid, which turns a rider signing into a bet on who develops next year's bike.Lap Times:0:00 Ducati Dropped a Two-Time Champion for a 22-Year-Old1:47 Six Months That Settled 20273:13 The Contracts Don't Match the Standings3:57 A Bike That Doesn't Exist Yet5:21 The Fair ObjectionIf you come from F1, would Ferrari or McLaren ever drop a double world champion for a 22-year-old with no wins? Is MotoGP being braver, or just more ruthless? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside