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Sim Racing Special with Mike Channell

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Mike drops into the shed to give us his view from Inside the Sim racing tidal wave that washed over the Motorsport desert during the lockdown. We talk about racing against top names in Motorsport, where Sim racing sits in the Motorsport family, and where it goes next


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