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Pol Espargaró | The World's Fastest TV Pundit
Season 2, Ep. 36
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Moto2 World Champion. MotoGP podium finisher. KTM development rider. TV pundit. And still bloody fast.
Pol Espargaró joins Gav and Hodgy for a brilliant deep dive into life on both sides of the MotoGP fence.
Having returned to race action this season as Viñales' replacement while also helping develop KTM’s new 850cc machine, Pol is in a unique position to explain what MotoGP’s huge 2027 reset will actually feel like for the riders. He talks Pirelli tyres, less aero, overtaking, why the new bikes could transform the racing and why he still wants another chance to line up on the grid - albeit not on these flyaway races!
There’s also a fascinating look at Pedro Acosta. Pol calls him “one in a million”, explains the things he sees in Pedro’s data that simply don’t make sense, and discusses what we might learn when Acosta goes up against Marc Márquez. Who he has first hand experience of being teammate to...
Plus, returning to the madness of a MotoGP start after stepping away from full-time racing, the difference between testing and racing, and the crash that changed the direction of his career.
The world’s fastest TV pundit? We await any challenge to that statement.
Check out YouTube for a video version of the pod, and get in contact with the boys @gasitoutpod on Instagram.
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35. MotoGP Heads East | Japanese GP Preview
49:35||Season 2, Ep. 35MotoGP heads east, and the championship is entering the pressure cooker.Gav and Neil are already in Japan, Sylvain joins from home, and the boys look ahead to the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi as Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta continue their fight at the sharp end of the championship.Why could this be such an important weekend for Marquez? Can Aprilia stay in the fight? Does Motegi suit the braking strengths of Martin and Acosta? Could Pecco Bagnaia become a factor again? And might Japan finally give us another flag-to-flag thriller?Plus jet lag, life on the road, Japanese toilets and Sylvain making possibly the worst coffee of his life.It’s the Gas It Out Japanese Grand Prix preview.
34. First Bite! | Austrian GP Review
01:04:20||Season 2, Ep. 34Pedro Acosta is finally a MotoGP winner - and what a way to do it! After throwing away the Sprint with a bizarre mistake while leading, then crashing again in Sunday warm-up, "The Shark" bounced back to take his maiden MotoGP victory at KTM’s home Grand Prix in Austria. Gav, Neil and a returning Sylvain break down Acosta’s breakthrough weekend, why the KTM worked so well with Michelin’s reinforced rear tyre, and what went wrong for Ducati and Marc Marquez. Plus, Jorge Martin takes control of the World Championship, Marco Bezzecchi has ground to make up, the latest uncertainty surrounding Qatar, Moto2 and Moto3, and what - if anything - we can learn from the first proper look at the new 850cc MotoGP bikes. And SG returns from the Bol d’Or with a few stories of his own and a nice new cap...
33. 102 to 0 | San Marino GP Review - Austria Preview
01:03:28||Season 2, Ep. 33Marc Márquez has wiped out a 102-point MotoGP World Championship deficit in just seven Grands Prix. So how has he done it, and what happens now?Gav and Neil look back at Misano, where the pressure told on Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martín battled arm pump and Álex Márquez found himself in the middle of the inevitable question - how hard do you race your brother when he's fighting for the title?Plus, Neil explains exactly what arm pump feels like, Pedro Acosta gets promoted into MotoGP's "alien" conversation, Máximo Quiles and Manuel González get their dues, and we look ahead to Austria, where Acosta might just have his best chance yet to win on the KTM.And Sylvain? He's apparently got a fairly decent excuse for missing this one...
32. All on the line at Misano | San Marino GP Preview
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31. Challenge accepted! | Aragon GP Review
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30. Marc's Moment | Aragon GP Preview
52:53||Season 2, Ep. 30Gas It Out comes to you from the Italian seaside this week, where Gav and Neil are supposedly working rather than enjoying the pizza and vino bianco.First up, it’s all eyes on Aragon. Five riders remain firmly in the championship fight, but after a difficult Silverstone, is this the weekend Marc Márquez has to hit back? We look at why Aragon suits him so well, whether Aprilia can spoil the party, and who else could shake up a crucial weekend in the title race.There’s also plenty happening away from the track, with Luca Marini confirmed at Tech3, questions over Maverick Viñales’ future and more movement in the 2027 rider market.And then there’s Neil, who is just hours away from getting his hands on Ducati’s Desmoseidici MotoGP bike at Misano. Nearly 300 horsepower, dodgy ribs and, in his own words, all the gear and no idea. What could possibly go wrong?Sylvain may be absent, but naturally that doesn’t stop him phoning in with his two penn’orth.
29. Below the Line | We comment on your comments
01:06:34||Season 2, Ep. 29Gas It Out goes meta. Or whatever it is when we discuss what you've been discussing under our videos.We chat about your reaction to the British GP, what we think next year's rookies will do, and where Toprak might fit into the picture in year two in MotoGP. Plus plenty of other nonsense involving fish and chips, contact lenses and, inevitably, Sylvain finding something to sell.You lot started it. We just made it worse.