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David Mayernik is an architect, artist, writer, educator and most of all, he is a life-long student. David grew up in Allentown Pennsylvania. As he tells us during this episode, even at a young age of two he already loved to draw. He says he always had a pencil and paper with him and he used them constantly. His mother kept many of his drawings and he still has many of them to this day.   After graduating from University of Notre Dame David held several positions with various architectural firms. He always believed that he learned more by teaching himself, however, and eventually he decided to leave the professional world of architecture and took teaching positions at Notre Dame. He recently retired and is now Professor Emeritus at Notre Dame.   Our conversation is far ranging including discussions of life, the importance of learning and growing by listening to your inner self. David offers us many wonderful and insightful lessons and thoughts we all can use. We even talk some about about how technology such as Computer Aided Design systems, (CAD), are affecting the world of Architecture. I know you will enjoy what David has to say. Please let me know your thoughts through email at michaelhi@accessibe.com.     About the Guest:   David Mayernik is an architect, artist, writer, and educator. He was born in 1960 in Allentown, Pennsylvania; his parents were children of immigrants from Slovakia and Italy. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and the British Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, and has won numerous grants, awards and competitions, including the Gabriel Prize for research in France, the Steedman Competition, and the Minnesota State Capitol Grounds competition (with then partner Thomas N. Rajkovich). In 1995 he was named to the decennial list of the top forty architects in the United States under forty. In the fall of 2022, he was a resident at the Bogliasco Foundation in Liguria and the Cini foundation in Venice.   His design work for the TASIS campus in Switzerland over twenty-eight years has been recognized with a Palladio Award from Traditional Building magazine, an honorable mention in the INTBAU Excellence Awards, and a jury prize from the Prix Européen d'Architecture Philippe Rotthier. TASIS Switzerland was named one of the nine most beautiful boarding schools in the world by AD Magazine in March 2024. For ten years he also designed a series of new buildings for TASIS England in Surrey.   David Mayernik studied fresco painting with the renowned restorer Leonetto Tintori, and he has painted frescoes for the American Academy in Rome, churches in the Mugello and Ticino, and various buildings on the TASIS campus in Switzerland. He designed stage sets for the Haymarket Opera company of Chicago for four seasons between 2012 and 2014. He won the competition to paint the Palio for his adopted home of Lucca in 2013. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, London, Innsbruck, Rome, and Padova and featured in various magazines, including American Artist and Fine Art Connoisseur.   David Mayernik is Professor Emeritus with the University of Notre Dame, where for twenty years he taught in the School of Architecture. He is the author of two books, The Challenge of Emulation in Art and Architecture (Routledge, UK) and Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy, (Basic Books), and numerous essays and book chapters, including “The Baroque City” for the Oxford Handbook of the Baroque. In 2016 he created the online course The Meaning of Rome for Notre Dame, hosted on the edX platform, which had an audience of six thousand followers. Ways to connect with David:   Website: www.davidmayernik.com Instagram: davidmayernik LinkedIn: davidmayernik EdX: The Meaning of Rome https://www.edx.org/learn/humanities/university-of-notre-dame-the-meaning-of-rome-the-renaissance-and-baroque-city     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:17 Well, hi and welcome once again. Wherever you happen to be, to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to chat with David Mayernik, unless you're in Europe, and then it's David Mayernik, but either way, we're glad to have him. He is an architect. He is an award winning architect. He's an author. He's done a number of things in his life, and we're going to talk about all of those, and it's kind of more fun to let him be the one to talk more about it, and then I can just pick up and ask questions as we go, and that's what we'll do. But we're really glad that he's here. So David, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   David Mayernik ** 01:57 Oh, thanks so much. Michael, thanks for the invitation. I'm looking forward to it.   Michael Hingson ** 02:02 Well, I know we've been working on getting this set up, and David actually happens to be in Italy today, as opposed to being in the US. He was a professor at Notre Dame for 20 years, but he has spent a lot of time in Europe and elsewhere, and I'm sure he's going to talk about that. But why don't we start, as I mentioned earlier, as I love to do, tell us kind of about the early David growing up.   David Mayernik ** 02:25 Well, so my both of my parents passed away several years ago, and when I was at my mom's funeral, one of our next door neighbors was telling my wife what I was like when I was a kid, and she said he was very quiet and very intense. And I suppose that's how I was perceived. I'm not sure I perceived myself that way I did. The thing about me is I've always drawn my mom. I mean, lots of kids draw, but I drew like credibly, well, when I was, you know, two and three years old. And of course, my mother saved everything. But the best thing about it was that I always had paper and pencil available. You know, we were terribly well off. We weren't poor, but we weren't, you know, well to do, but I never lacked for paper and pencils, and that just allowed me to just draw as much as I possibly could.   Michael Hingson ** 03:16 And so I guess the other question is, of course, do you still have all those old drawings since your mom kept   David Mayernik ** 03:23 them? Well, you know? Yeah, actually, after she passed, I did get her, Well, her collection of them. I don't know that all of them. My father had a penchant for throwing things away, unfortunately. So some of the archive is no longer with us, but no but enough of it. Just odds and bits from different areas of my life. And the thing is, you know, I was encouraged enough. I mean, all kids get encouraged. I think when they're young, everything they do is fabulous, but I had enough encouragement from people who seem to take it seriously that I thought maybe I had something and and it was the kind of thing that allowed me to have enough confidence in myself that I actually enjoyed doing it and and mostly, my parents were just impressed. You know, it just was impressive to them. And so I just happily went along my own way. The thing about it was that I really wanted to find my own path as somebody who drew and had a chance in high school for a scholarship to a local art school. I won a competition for a local art school scholarship, and I went for a couple of lessons, and I thought, you know, they're just teaching me to draw like them. I want to draw like me. So for better or worse, I'm one of those autodidacts who tries to find my own way, and, you know, it has its ups and downs. I mean, the downside of it is it's a slower learning process. Is a lot more trial and error. But the upside of it is, is that it's your own. I mean, essentially, I had enough of an ego that, you know, I really wanted to do. Things my way.   Michael Hingson ** 05:02 Well, you illustrate something that I've believed and articulate now I didn't used to, but I do now a lot more, which is I'm my own best teacher. And the reality is that you you learn by doing, and people can can give you information. And, yeah, you're right. Probably they wanted you to mostly just draw like them. But the bottom line is, you already knew from years of drawing as a child, you wanted to perhaps go a slightly different way, and you worked at it, and it may have taken longer, but look at what you learned.   David Mayernik ** 05:37 Yeah, I think it's, I mean, for me, it's, it's important that whatever you do, you do because you feel like you're being true to yourself somehow. I mean, I think that at least that's always been important to me, is that I don't, I don't like doing things for the sake of doing them. I like doing them because I think they matter. And I like, you know, I think essentially pursuing my own way of doing it meant that it always was, I mean, beyond just personal, it was something I was really committed to. And you know, the thing about it, eventually, for my parents was they thought it was fabulous, you know, loved great that you draw, but surely you don't intend to be an artist, because, you know, you want to have a job and make a living. And so I eventually realized that in high school, that while they, well, they probably would have supported anything I did that, you know, I was being nudged towards something a little bit more practical, which I think happens to a lot of kids who choose architecture like I did. It's a way, it's a practical way of being an artist and and that's we could talk about that. But I think that's not always true.   Michael Hingson ** 06:41 Bill, go ahead, talk about that. Well, I think that the   David Mayernik ** 06:44 thing about architecture is that it's become, well, one it became a profession in America, really, in the 20th century. I mean, it's in the sense that there was a licensing exam and all the requirements of what we think of as, you know, a professional service that, you know, like being a lawyer or a doctor, that architecture was sort of professionalized in the 20th century, at least in the United States. And, and it's a business, you know, ostensibly, I mean, you're, you know, you're doing what you do for a fee. And, and so architecture tries to balance the art part of it, or the creative side, the professional side of it, and the business side. And usually it's some rather imperfect version of all of those things. And the hard part, I think the hardest part to keep alive is the art part, because the business stuff and the professional stuff can really kind of take over. And that's been my trial. Challenge is to try to have it all three ways, essentially.   Michael Hingson ** 07:39 Do you think that Frank Lloyd Wright had a lot to do with bringing architecture more to the forefront of mindsets, mindsets, and also, of course, from an art standpoint, clearly, he had his own way of doing things.   David Mayernik ** 07:54 Yeah, absolutely he comes from, I mean, I wouldn't call it a rebellious tradition, but there was a streak of chafing at East Coast European classicism that happened in Chicago. Louis Sullivan, you know, is mostly responsible for that. And I but, but Right, had this, you know, kind of heroic sense of himself and and I think that his ability to draw, which was phenomenal. His sense that he wanted to do something different, and his sense that he wanted to do something American, made him a kind of a hero. Eventually, I think it coincided with America's growing sense of itself. And so for me, like lot of kids in America, my from my day, if you told somebody in high school you wanted to be an architect, they would give you a book on Frank Lloyd Wright. I mean, that's just, you know, part of the package.   Michael Hingson ** 08:47 Yeah, of course, there are others as well, but still, he brought a lot into it. And of course there, there are now more architects that we hear about and designers and so on the people what, I m Pei, who designed the world, original World Trade Center and other things like that. Clearly, there are a number of people who have made major impacts on the way we design and think of Building and Construction today,   David Mayernik ** 09:17 you know, I mean America's, you know, be kind of, it really was a leader in the development of architecture in the 20th century. I mean, in the 19th century was very much, you know, following what was happening in Europe. But essentially, by the 20th century, the America had a sense of itself that didn't always mean that it rejected the European tradition. Sometimes it tried to do it, just bigger and better, but, but it also felt like it had its, you know, almost a responsibility to find its own way, like me and, you know, come up with an American kind of architecture and and so it's always been in a kind of dialog with architecture from around the world. I mean, especially in Europe, at Frank Lloyd Wright was heavily influenced by Japanese architecture and. And so we've always seen ourselves, I think, in relationship to the world. And it's just the question of whether we were master or pupil to a certain extent,   Michael Hingson ** 10:07 and in reality, probably a little bit of both.   David Mayernik ** 10:12 Yeah, and we are, and I think, you know, acknowledging who we are, the fact that we didn't just, you know, spring from the earth in the United States, where we're all, I mean, essentially all immigrants, mostly, and essentially we, you know, essentially bring, we have baggage, essentially, as a culture, from lots of other places. And that's actually an advantage. I mean, I think it's actually what makes us a rich culture, is the diversity. I mean, even me, my father's family was Slovak, my mother's family Italian. And, you know from when I tell you know Europeans that they think that's just quintessentially American. That's what makes you an American, is that you're not a purebred of some kind.   Michael Hingson ** 10:49 Yeah, yeah. Pure purebred American is, is really sort of nebulous and and not necessarily overly accurate, because you are probably immigrants or part other kinds of races or nationalities as well. And that's, that's okay.   David Mayernik ** 11:08 It's, it's rich, you know, I think it's, it's a richer. It's the extent to which you want to engage with it. And the interesting thing about my parents was that they were both children of first generation immigrants. My mom's parents had been older Italian, and they were already married, and when they came to the States, my father's parents were younger and Slovak, and they met in the United States. And my father really wasn't that interested in his Slovak heritage. I mean, just, you know, he could speak some of the language, you know, really feel like it was something he wanted to hold on to or pass along, was my mom was, I mean, she loved her parents. She, you know, spoke with him in Italian, or actually not even Italian, the dialect from where her parents came from, which is north of Venice. And so she, I think she kind of, whether consciously or unconsciously, passed that on to me, that sense that I wanted to be. I was interested in where I came from, where the origins of my where my roots were, and it's something that had an appeal for me that wasn't just it wasn't front brain, it was really kind of built into who I was, which is why, you know, one of the reasons I chose to go to Notre Dame to study where I also wound up teaching like, welcome back Carter, is that I we had a Rome program, and so I've been teaching in the Rome program for our school, but we, I was there 44 years ago as a student.   Michael Hingson ** 12:28 Yeah. So quite a while, needless to say. And you know, I think, well, my grandmother on my mother's side was Polish, but I I never did get much in the way of information about the culture and so on from her and and my mom never really dealt with it much, because she was totally from The Bronx in New York, and was always just American, so I never really got a lot of that. But very frankly, in talking to so many people on this podcast over almost the last four years, talking to a number of people whose parents and grandparents all came to this country and how that affected them. It makes me really appreciate the kind of people who we all are, and we all are, are a conglomerate of so many different cultures, and that's okay, yeah? I mean,   David Mayernik ** 13:31 I think it's more than okay, and I think we need to just be honest about it, yeah. And, you know, kind of celebrate it, because the Italians brought with them, you know, tremendous skills. For example, a lot of my grandfather was a stone mason. You know, during the Depression, he worked, you know, the for the WPA essentially sponsored a whole series of public works projects in the parks in the town I grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. And Allentown has a fabulous park system. And my grandfather built a lot of stone walls in the parks in the 1930s and, you know, all these cultures that came to the states often brought, you know, specialized skills. You know, from where they they came from, and, and they enriched the American, you know, skill set, essentially, and, and that's, you know, again, that's we are, who we are because of that, you know, I celebrated I, you know, I'm especially connected to my Italian heritage. I feel like, in part because my grandfather, the stone mason, was a bit of jack of all trades. He could paint and draw. And my mom, you know, wrote poetry and painted. And even though she mostly, you know, in my life, was a was a housewife, but before she met my father, and they got married relatively late for their day, she had a professional life in World War Two, my mom actually went to Penn State for a couple of years in the start of at the start of the war, and then parents wanted her to come home, and so she did two years of engineering. Penn State. When she came back to Allentown, she actually got a job at the local airplane manufacturing plant that was making fighter planes for the United States called company called volte, and she did drafting for them. And then after World War Two, she got a job for the local power company drafting modern electrical kitchens and and so I've inherited all my mom's drafting equipment. And, you know, she's, she's very much a kind of a child of the culture that she came from, and in the sense that it was a, you know, artistic culture, a creative culture. And, you know, I definitely happy and proud of   Michael Hingson ** 15:37 that. You know, one of the things that impresses me, and I think about a lot in talking to so many people whose parents and grandparents immigrated to this country and so on, is not just the skill sets that they brought, but the work ethic that they had, that they imparted to people. And I think people who have had a number of generations here have not always kept that, and I think they've lost something very valuable, because that work ethic is what made those people who they were   David Mayernik ** 16:08 absolutely I mean, my Yeah, I mean my father. I mean absolutely true is, I mean tireless worker, capable of tremendous self sacrifice and and, you know, and that whole generation, I mean, he fought in World War Two. He actually joined, joined the Navy underage. He lied about his age to get in the Navy and that. But they were capable of self, tremendous self sacrifice and tremendous effort. And, you know, I think, you know, we're always, you know, these days, we always talk about work life balance. And I have to say, being an architect, most architects don't have a great work life balance. Mostly it's, it's a lot of work and a little bit of life. And that's, I don't, you know. I think not everybody survives that. Not every architects marriage survives that mine has. But I think it's, you know, that the idea that you're, you're sort of defined by what you do. I think there's a lot of talk these days about that's not a good thing. I I'm sort of okay with that. I'm sort of okay with being defined by what I do.   Michael Hingson ** 17:13 Yeah, and, and that that's, that's okay, especially if you're okay with it. That's good. Well, you So you went to Notre Dame, and obviously dealt with architecture. There some,   David Mayernik ** 17:28 yeah. I mean, the thing, the great thing about Notre Dame is to have the Rome program, and that was the idea of actually a Sicilian immigrant to the States in the early 20th century who became a professor at Notre Dame. And he had, he won the Paris prize. A guy named Frank Montana who won the Paris prize in the 1930s went to Harvard and was a professor at Notre Dame. And he had the good idea that, you know, maybe sending kids to five years of architecture education in Indiana, maybe wasn't the best, well rounded education possible, and maybe they should get out of South Bend for a year, and he, on his own initiative, without even support from the university, started a Rome program, and then said to the university, hey, we have a Rome program now. And so that was, that was his instinct to do that. And while I got, I think, a great education there, especially after Rome, the professor, one professor I had after Rome, was exceptional for me. But you know, Rome was just the opportunity to see great architecture. I mean, I had seen some. I mean, I, you know, my parents would go to Philadelphia, New York and, you know, we I saw some things. But, you know, I wasn't really bowled over by architecture until I went to Rome. And just the experience of that really changed my life, and it gave me a direction,   Michael Hingson ** 18:41 essentially. So the Rome program would send you to Rome for a year.   David Mayernik ** 18:46 Yeah, which is unusual too, because a lot of overseas programs do a semester. We were unusual in that the third year out of a five year undergraduate degree in architecture, the whole year is spent in Rome. And you know, when you're 20 ish, you know, 20 I turned 21 when I was over there. It's a real transition time in your life. I mean, it's, it was really transformative. And for all of us, small of my classmates, I mean, we're all kind of grew up. We all became a bit, you know, European. We stopped going to football games when we went back on campus, because it wasn't cool anymore, but, but we, we definitely were transformed by it personally, but, it really opened our eyes to what architecture was capable of, and that once you've, once you've kind of seen that, you know, once you've been to the top of the mountain, kind of thing, it can really get under your skin. And, you know, kind of sponsor whatever you do for the rest of your life. At least for me, it   Michael Hingson ** 19:35 did, yeah, yeah. So what did you do after you graduated?   David Mayernik ** 19:40 Well, I graduated, and I think also a lot of our students lately have had a pretty reasonably good economy over the last couple of decades, that where it's been pretty easy for our students to get a job. I graduated in a recession. I pounded the pavements a lot. I went, you know, staying with my parents and. Allentown, went back and forth to New York, knocking on doors. There was actually a woman who worked at the unemployment agency in New York who specialized in architects, and she would arrange interviews with firms. And, you know, I just got something for the summer, essentially, and then finally, got a job in the in the fall for somebody I wanted to work with in Philadelphia and and that guy left that firm after about three months because he won a competition. He didn't take me with him, and I was in a firm that really didn't want to be with. I wanted to be with him, not with the firm. And so I then I picked up stakes and moved to Chicago and worked for an architect who'd been a visiting professor at Notre Dame eventually became dean at Yale Tom Beebe, and it was a great learning experience, but it was also a lot of hours at low pay. You know, I don't think, I don't think my students, I can't even tell my students what I used to make an hour as a young architect. I don't think they would understand, yeah, I mean, I really don't, but it was, it was a it was the sense that you were, that your early years was a kind of, I mean an apprenticeship. I mean almost an unpaid apprenticeship at some level. I mean, I needed to make enough money to pay the rent and eat, but that was about it. And and so I did that, but I bounced around a lot, you know, and a lot of kids, I think a lot of our students, when they graduate, they think that getting a job is like a marriage, like they're going to be in it forever. And, you know, I, for better or worse, I moved around a lot. I mean, I moved every time I hit what I felt was like a point of diminishing returns. When I felt like I was putting more in and getting less out, I thought it was time to go and try something else. And I don't know that's always good advice. I mean, it can make you look flighty or unstable, but I kind of always followed my my instinct on that.   Michael Hingson ** 21:57 I don't remember how old I was. You're talking about wages. But I remember it was a Sunday, and my parents were reading the newspaper, and they got into a discussion just about the fact that the minimum wage had just been changed to be $1.50 an hour. I had no concept of all of that. But of course, now looking back on it, $1.50 an hour, and looking at it now, it's pretty amazing. And in a sense, $1.50 an hour, and now we're talking about $15 and $16 an hour, and I had to be, I'm sure, under 10. So it was sometime between 1958 and 1960 or so, or maybe 61 I don't remember exactly when, but in a sense, looking at it now, I'm not sure that the minimum wage has gone up all that much. Yes, 10 times what it was. But so many other things are a whole lot more than 10 times what they were back then,   David Mayernik ** 23:01 absolutely, yeah. I mean, I mean, in some ways also, my father was a, my father was a factory worker. I mean, he tried to have lots of other businesses of his own. He, you're, you're obviously a great salesman. And the one skill my father didn't have is he could, he could, like, for example, he had a home building business. He could build a great house. He just couldn't sell it. And so, you know, I think he was a factory worker, but he was able to send my sister and I to private college simultaneously on a factory worker salary, you know, with, with, I mean, I had some student loan debt, but not a lot. And that's, that's not possible today.   Michael Hingson ** 23:42 No, he saved and put money aside so that you could do that, yeah, and,   David Mayernik ** 23:47 and he made enough. I mean, essentially, the cost of college was not that much. And he was, you know, right, yeah. And he had a union job. It was, you know, reasonably well paid. I mean, we lived in a, you know, a nice middle class neighborhood, and, you know, we, we had a nice life growing up, and he was able to again, send us to college. And I that's just not possible for without tremendous amount of debt. It's not possible today. So the whole scale of our economy shifted tremendously. What I was making when I was a young architect. I mean, it was not a lot then, but I survived. Fact, actually saved money in Chicago for a two month summer in Europe after that. So, you know, essentially, the cost of living was, it didn't take a lot to cover your your expenses, right? The advantage of that for me was that it allowed me time when I had free time when I after that experience, and I traveled to Europe, I came back and I worked in Philadelphia for the same guy who had left the old firm in Philadelphia and went off on his own, started his own business. I worked for him for about nine months, but I had time in the evenings, because I didn't have to work 80 hours a week to do other things. I taught myself how to paint. And do things that I was interested in, and I could experiment and try things and and, you know, because surviving wasn't all that hard. I mean, it was easy to pay your bills and, and I think that's one of the things that's, I think, become more onerous, is that, I think for a lot of young people just kind of dealing with both college debt and then, you know, essentially the cost of living. They don't have a lot of time or energy to do anything else. And you know, for me, that was, I had the luxury of having time and energy to invest in my own growth, let's say as a more career, as a creative person. And you know, I also, I also tell students that, you know, there are a lot of hours in the day, you know, and whatever you're doing in an office. There are a lot of hours after that, you could be doing something else, and that I used every one of those hours as best I could.   Michael Hingson ** 25:50 Yeah. Well, you know, we're all born with challenges in life. What kind of challenges, real challenges did you have growing up as you look back on it?   David Mayernik ** 26:01 Yeah, my, I mean, my, I mean, there was some, there was some, a few rocky times when my father was trying to have his own business. And, you know, I'm not saying we grew up. We didn't struggle, but it wasn't, you know, always smooth sailing. But I think one of the things I learned about being an architect, which I didn't realize, and only kind of has been brought home to me later. Right now, I have somebody who's told me not that long ago, you know? You know, the problem is, architecture is a gentleman's profession. You know that IT architecture, historically was practiced by people from a social class, who knew, essentially, they grew up with the people who would become their clients, right? And so the way a lot of architects built their practice was essentially on, you know, family connections and personal connections, college connections. And I didn't have that advantage. So, you know, I've, I've essentially had to define myself or establish myself based on what I'm capable of doing. And you know, it's not always a level playing field. The great breakthrough for me, in a lot of ways, was that one of the one of my classmates and I entered a big international competition when we were essentially 25 years old. I think we entered. I turned 26 and it was an open competition. So, you know, no professional requirements. You know, virtually no entry fee to redesign the state capitol grounds of Minnesota, and it was international, and we, and we actually were selected as one of the top five teams that were allowed to proceed onto the second phase, and at which point we we weren't licensed architects. We didn't have a lot of professional sense or business sense, so we had to associate with a local firm in Minnesota and and we competed for the final phase. We did most of the work. The firm supported us, but they gave us basically professional credibility and and we won. We were the architects of the state capitol grounds in Minnesota, 26 years old, and that's because the that system of competition was basically a level playing field. It was, you know, ostensibly anonymous, at least the first phase, and it was just basically who had the best design. And you know, a lot of the way architecture gets architects get chosen. The way architecture gets distributed is connections, reputation, things like that, but, but you know, when you find those avenues where it's kind of a level playing field and you get to show your stuff. It doesn't matter where you grew up or who you are, it just matters how good you are, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 28:47 well, and do you think it's still that way today?   David Mayernik ** 28:51 There are a lot fewer open professional competitions. They're just a lot fewer of them. It was the and, you know, maybe they learned a lesson. I mean, maybe people like me shouldn't have been winning competitions. I mean, at some level, we were out of our league. I wouldn't say, I wouldn't say, from a design point of view. I mean, we were very capable of doing what the project involved, but we were not ready for the hardball of collaborating with a big firm and and the and the politics of what we were doing and the business side of it, we got kind of crushed, and, and, and eventually they never had the money to build the project, so the project just kind of evaporated. And the guy I used to work with in Philadelphia told me, after I won the competition, he said, you know, because he won a competition. He said, You know, the second project is the hardest one to get, you know, because you might get lucky one time and you win a competition, the question is, how do you build practice out of that?   Michael Hingson ** 29:52 Yeah, and it's a good point, yeah, yeah.   David Mayernik ** 29:55 I mean, developing some kind of continuity is hard. I mean, I. Have a longer, more discontinuous practice after that, but it's that's the hard part.   Michael Hingson ** 30:07 Well, you know, I mentioned challenges before, and we all, we all face challenges and so on. How do we overcome the challenges, our inherited challenges, or the perceived challenges that we have? How do we overcome those and work to move forward, to be our best? Because that's clearly kind of what you're talking about here.   David Mayernik ** 30:26 Yeah, well, the true I mean, so the challenges that we're born with, and I think there are also some challenges that, you know, we impose on ourselves, right? I mean, in this, in the best sense, I mean the ways that we challenge ourselves. And for me, I'm a bit of an idealist, and you know, the world doesn't look kindly on idealist. If you know, from a business, professional point of view, idealism is often, I'm not saying it's frowned upon, but it's hardly encouraged and rewarded and but I think that for me, I've learned over time that it's you really just beating your head against the wall is not the best. A little bit of navigating your way around problems rather than trying to run through them or knock them over is a smarter strategy. And so you have to be a little nimble. You have to be a little creative about how you find work and essentially, how you keep yourself afloat and and if you're if you're open to possibilities, and if you take some risks, you can, you can actually navigate yourself through a series of obstacles and actually have a rich, interesting life, but it may not follow the path that you thought you were starting out on at the beginning. And that's the, I think that's the skill that not everybody has.   Michael Hingson ** 31:43 The other part about that, though, is that all too often, we don't really give thought to what we're going to do, or we we maybe even get nudges about what we ought to do, but we discount them because we think, Oh, that's just not the way to do it. Rather than stepping back and really analyzing what we're seeing, what we're hearing. And I, for 1am, a firm believer in the fact that our inner self, our inner voice, will guide us if we give it the opportunity to do that.   David Mayernik ** 32:15 You know, I absolutely agree. I think a lot of people, you know, I was, I for, I have, for better or worse, I've always had a good sense of what I wanted to do with my life, even if architecture was a you know, conscious way to do something that was not exactly maybe what I dreamed of doing, it was a, you know, as a more rational choice. But, but I've, but I've basically followed my heart, more or less, and I've done the things that I always believed in it was true too. And when I meet people, especially when I have students who don't really know what they love, or, you know, really can't tell you what they really are passionate about, but my sense of it is, this is just my I might be completely wrong, but my sense of it is, they either can't admit it to themselves, or they can't admit it to somebody else that they that, either, in the first case, they're not prepared to listen to themselves and actually really deep, dig deep and think about what really matters to them, or if they do know what that is, they're embarrassed to admit it, or they're embarrassed to tell somebody else. I think most of us have some drive, or some internal, you know, impetus towards something and, and you're right. I mean, learning to listen to that is, is a, I mean, it's rewarding. I mean, essentially, you become yourself. You become more, or the best possible self you can be, I guess.   Michael Hingson ** 33:42 Yeah, I agree. And I guess that that kind of answers the question I was was thinking of, and that is, basically, as you're doing things in life, should you follow your dreams?   David Mayernik ** 33:53 You know, there's a lot, a lot of people are writing these days, if you read, if you're just, you know, on the, on the internet, reading the, you know, advice that you get on, you know, the new services, from the BBC to, you know, any other form of information that's out there, there's a lot of back and forth by between the follow your dreams camp and the don't follow your dreams camp. And the argument of the don't follow your dreams camp seems to be that it's going to be hard and you'll be frustrated, and you know, and that's true, but it doesn't mean you're going to fail, and I don't think anybody should expect life to be easy. So I think if you understand going in, and maybe that's part of my Eastern European heritage that you basically expect life to be hard, not, not that it has to be unpleasant, but you know it's going to be a struggle, but, but if you are true to yourself or follow your dreams, you're probably not going to wake up in the middle of your life with a crisis. You know, because I think a lot of times when you suppress your dreams, they. Stay suppressed forever, and the frustrations come out later, and it's better to just take them on board and try to again, navigate your way through life with those aspirations that you have, that you know are really they're built in like you were saying. They're kind of hardwired to be that person, and it's best to listen to that person.   Michael Hingson ** 35:20 There's nothing wrong with having real convictions, and I think it's important to to step back and make sure that you're really hearing what your convictions are and feeling what your convictions are. But that is what people should do, because otherwise, you're just not going to be happy.   David Mayernik ** 35:36 You're not and you're you're at one level, allowing yourself to manipulate yourself. I mean, essentially, you're, you know, kind of essentially deterring yourself from being who you are. You're probably also susceptible to other people doing that to you, that if you don't have enough sense of yourself, a lot of other people can manipulate you, push you around. And, you know, the thing about having a good sense of yourself is you also know how to stand up for yourself, or at least you know that you're a self that's worth standing up for. And that's you know. That's that, that thing that you know the kids learn in the school yard when you confront the bully, you know you have to, you know, the parents always tell you, you know, stand up to the bully. And at some level, life is going to bully you unless you really are prepared to stand up for something.   Michael Hingson ** 36:25 Yeah, and there's so many examples of that I know as a as a blind person, I've been involved in taking on some pretty major tasks in life. For example, it used to be that anyone with a so called Disability couldn't buy life insurance, and eventually, we took on the insurance industry and won to get the laws passed in every state that now mandate that you can't discriminate against people with disabilities in providing life insurance unless you really have evidence To prove that it's appropriate to do that, and since the laws were passed, there hasn't been any evidence. And the reason is, of course, there never has been evidence, and insurance companies kept claiming they had it, but then when they were challenged to produce it, they couldn't. But the reality is that you can take on major tasks and major challenges and win as long as you really understand that that is what your life is steering you to do,   David Mayernik ** 37:27 yeah, like you said, and also too, having a sense of your your self worth beyond whatever that disability is, that you know what you're capable of, apart from that, you know that's all about what you can't do, but all the things that you can do are the things that should allow you to do anything. And, yeah, I think we're, I think it's a lot of times people will try to define you by what you can't do, you   Michael Hingson ** 37:51 know? And the reality is that those are traditionally misconceptions and inaccurate anyway, as I point out to people, disability does not mean a lack of ability. Although a lot of people say, Well, of course it, it is because it starts with dis. And my response is, what do you then? How do you deal with the words disciple, discern and discrete? For example, you know the fact of the matter is, we all have a disability. Most of you are light dependent. You don't do well with out light in your life, and that's okay. We love you anyway, even though you you have to have light but. But the reality is, in a sense, that's as much a disability is not being light dependent or being light independent. The difference is that light on demand has caused so much focus that it's real easy to get, but it doesn't change the fact that your disability is covered up, but it's still there.   David Mayernik ** 38:47 No, it's true. I mean, I think actually, yeah, knowing. I mean, you're, we're talking about knowing who you are, and, you know, listening to your inner voice and even listening to your aspirations. But also, I mean being pretty honest about where your liabilities are, like what the things are that you struggle with and just recognizing them, and not not to dwell on them, but to just recognize how they may be getting in the way and how you can work around them. You know, one of the things I tell students is that it's really important to be self critical, but, but it's, it's not good to be self deprecating, you know. And I think being self critical if you're going to be a self taught person like I am, in a lot of ways, you you have to be aware of where you're not getting it right. Because I think the problem is sometimes you can satisfy yourself too easily. You're too happy with your own progress. You know, the advantage of having somebody outside teaching you is they're going to tell you when you're doing it wrong, and most people are kind of loath do that for themselves, but, but the other end of that is the people who are so self deprecating, constantly putting themselves down, that they never are able to move beyond it, because they're only aware of what they can't do. And you know, I think balancing self criticism with a sense of your self worth is, you know, one of the great balancing acts of life. You.   Michael Hingson ** 40:00 Well, that's why I've adopted the concept of I'm my own best teacher, because rather than being critical and approaching anything in a negative way, if I realize that I'm going to be my own best teacher, and people will tell me things, I can look at them, and I should look at them, analyze them, step back, internalize them or not, but use that information to grow, then that's what I really should do, and I would much prefer the positive approach of I'm my own best teacher over anything else.   David Mayernik ** 40:31 Yeah, well, I mean, the last kind of teachers, and I, you know, a lot of my students have thought of me as a critical teacher. One of the things I think my students have misunderstood about that is, it's not that I have a low opinion of them. It's actually that I have such a high opinion that I always think they're capable of doing better. Yeah, I think one of the problems in our educational system now is that it's so it's so ratifying and validating. There's so we're so low to criticize and so and the students are so fragile with criticism that they they don't take the criticism well, yeah, we don't give it and, and you without some degree of what you're not quite getting right, you really don't know what you're capable of, right? And, and I think you know. But being but again, being critical is not that's not where you start. I think you start from the aspiration and the hope and the, you know, the actually, the joy of doing something. And then, you know, you take a step back and maybe take a little you know, artists historically had various techniques for judging their own work. Titian used to take one of his paintings and turn it away, turn it facing the wall so that he couldn't see it, and he would come back to it a month later. And, you know, because when he first painted, he thought it was the greatest thing ever painted, he would come back to it a month later and think, you know, I could have done some of those parts better, and you would work on it and fix it. And so, you know, the self criticism comes from this capacity to distance yourself from yourself, look at yourself almost as as hard as it is from the outside, yeah, try to see yourself as other people see you. Because I think in your own mind, you can kind of become completely self referential. And you know, that's that. These are all life skills. You know, I had to say this to somebody recently, but, you know, I think the thing you should get out of your education is learning how to learn and like you're talking about, essentially, how do you approach something new or challenging or different? Is has to do with essentially, how do you how do you know? Do you know how to grow and learn on your own?   Michael Hingson ** 42:44 Yeah, exactly, well, being an architect and so on. How did you end up going off and becoming a professor and and teaching? Yeah, a   David Mayernik ** 42:52 lot of architects do it. I have to say. I mean, there's always a lot of the people who are the kind of heroes when I was a student, were practicing architects who also taught and and they had a kind of, let's say, intellectual approach to what they did. They were conceptual. It wasn't just the mundane aspects of getting a building built, but they had some sense of where they fit, with respect to the culture, with respect to history and issues outside of architecture, the extent to which they were tied into other aspects of culture. And so I always had the idea that, you know, to be a full, you know, a fully, you know, engaged architect. You should have an academic, intellectual side to your life. And teaching would be an opportunity to do that. The only thing is, I didn't feel like I knew enough until I was older, in my 40s, to feel like I actually knew enough about what I was doing to be able to teach somebody else. A lot of architects get into teaching early, I think, before they're actually fully formed to have their own identities. And I think it's been good for me that I waited a while until I had a sense of myself before I felt like I could teach somebody else. And so there was, there was that, I mean, the other side of it, and it's not to say that it was just a day job, but one of the things I decided from the point of your practice is a lot of architects have to do a lot of work that they're not proud of to keep the lights on and keep the business operating. And I have decided for myself, I only really want to do work that I'm proud of, and in order to do that, because clients that you can work for and be you know feel proud of, are rather rare, and so I balanced teaching and practice, because teaching allowed me to ostensibly, theoretically be involved with the life of the mind and only work for people and projects that interested me and that I thought could offer me the chance to do something good and interesting and important. And so one I had the sense that I had something to convey I learned. Enough that I felt like I could teach somebody else. But it was also, for me, an opportunity to have a kind of a balanced life in which practice was compensated. You know that a lot of practice, even interesting practice, has a banal, you know, mundane side. And I like being intellectually stimulated, so I wanted that. Not everybody wants   Michael Hingson ** 45:24 that. Yeah, so you think that the teaching brings you that, or it put you in a position where you needed to deal with that?   David Mayernik ** 45:32 You know, having just retired, I wish there had been more of that. I really had this romantic idea that academics, being involved in academics, would be an opportunity to live in a world of ideas. You know? I mean, because when I was a student, I have to say we, after we came back from Rome, I got at least half of my education for my classmates, because we were deeply engaged. We debated stuff. We, you know, we we challenged each other. We were competitive in a healthy way and and I remember academics my the best part of my academic formation is being immensely intellectually rich. In fact, I really missed it. For about the first five years I was out of college, I really missed the intellectual side of architecture, and I thought going back as a teacher, I would reconnect with that, and I realized not necessarily, there's a lot about academics that's just as mundane and bureaucratic as practice can be so if you really want to have a satisfying intellectual life, unfortunately, you can't look to any institution or other people for it. You got to find it on your own.   46:51 Paperwork, paperwork,   David Mayernik ** 46:55 committee meetings, just stuff. Yeah, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 47:00 yeah. Yeah, which never, which never. Well, I won't say they never help, but there's probably, there's probably some valuable stuff that you can get, even from writing and doing, doing paperwork, because it helps you learn to write. I suppose you can look at it that way.   David Mayernik ** 47:16 No, it's true. I mean, you're, you're definitely a glass half full guy. Michael, I appreciate that's good. No. I mean, I, obviously, I always try to make get the most out of whatever experience I have. But, I mean, in the sense that there wasn't as much intellectual discourse, yeah, you know, as my I would have liked, yeah, and I, you know, in the practice or in the more academic side of architecture. Several years ago, somebody said we were in a post critical phase like that. Ideas weren't really what was driving architecture. It was going to be driven by issues of sustainability, issues of social structure, you know, essentially how people live together, issues that have to do with things that weren't really about, let's call it design in the esthetic sense, and all that stuff is super important. And I'm super interested in, you know, the social impact of my architecture, the sustainable impact of it, but the the kind of intellectual society side of the design part of it, we're in a weird phase where it that's just not in my world, we just it's not talked about a lot. You know,   Michael Hingson ** 48:33 it's not what it what it used to be. Something tells me you may be retired, but you're not going to stop searching for intellectual and various kinds of stimulation to help keep your mind active.   David Mayernik ** 48:47 Oh, gosh, no, no. I mean, effectively. I mean, I just stopped one particular job. I describe it now as quitting with benefits. That's my idea of what I retired from. I retired from a particular position in a particular place, but, but I haven't stopped. I mean, I'm certainly going to keep working. I have a very interesting design project in Switzerland. I've been working on for almost 29 years, and it's got a number of years left in it. I paint, I write, I give lectures, I you know, and you obviously have a rich life. You know, not being at a job. Doesn't mean that the that your engagement with the world and with ideas goes away. I mean, unless you wanted to, my wife's my wife had three great uncles who were great jazz musicians. I mean, some quite well known jazz musicians. And one of them was asked, you know, was he ever going to retire? And he said, retire to what? Because, you know, he was a musician. I mean, you can't stop being a musician, you know, you know, if, some level, if you're really engaged with what you do, you You never stop, really,   Michael Hingson ** 49:51 if you enjoy it, why would you? No, I   David Mayernik ** 49:54 mean, the best thing is that your work is your fun. I mean, you know, talking about, we talked about it. I. You that You know you're kind of defined by your work, but if your work is really what you enjoy, I mean, actually it's fulfilling, rich, enriching, interesting, you don't want to stop doing that. I mean, essentially, you want to do it as long as you possibly can. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 50:13 and it's and it's really important to do that. And I think, in reality, when you retire from a job, you're not really retiring from a job. You're retiring, as you said, from one particular thing. But the job isn't a negative thing at all. It is what you like to do.   David Mayernik ** 50:31 Yeah. I mean, there's, yeah, there's the things that you do that. I mean, I guess the job is the, if you like, the thing that is the, you know, the institution or the entity that you know, pays your bills and that kind of stuff, but the career or the thing that you're invested in that had the way you define yourself is you never stop being that person, that person. And in some ways, you know, what I'm looking forward to is a richer opportunity to pursue my own avenue of inquiry, and, you know, do things on my own terms, without some of the obligations I had   Michael Hingson ** 51:03 as a teacher, and where's your wife and all that.   David Mayernik ** 51:06 So she's with me here in LUCA, and she's she's had a super interesting life, because she she she studied. We, when we were together in New York, she was getting a degree in art history, Medieval and Renaissance studies in art history at NYU, and then she decided she really wanted to be a chef, and she went to cooking school in New York and then worked in a variety of food businesses in New York, and then got into food writing and well, food styling for magazines, making food for photographs, and then eventually writing. And through a strange series of connections and experiences. She got an opportunity to cook at an Art Foundation in the south of France, and I was in New York, and I was freelancing. I was I'd quit a job I'd been at for five years, and I was freelancing around, doing some of my own stuff and working with other architects, and I had work I could take with me. And you know, it was there was there was, we didn't really have the internet so much, but we had FedEx. And I thought I could do drawings in the south of France. I could do them in Brooklyn. So, so I went to the south of France, and it just happens to be that my current client from Switzerland was there at that place at that time, scouting it out for some other purpose. And she said, I hear you're architect. I said, Yeah. And I said, Well, you know, she said, I like, you know, classical architecture, and I like, you know, traditional villages, and we have a campus, and we need a master plan architect. And I was doing a master plan back in Delaware at that time, and my wife's you know, career trajectory actually enabled me to meet a client who's basically given me an opportunity to build, you know, really interesting stuff, both in Switzerland and in England for the last, you know, again, almost 29 years. And so my wife's been a partner in this, and she's been, you know, because she's pursued her own parallel interest. But, but our interests overlap enough and we share enough that we our interests are kind of mutually reinforcing. It's, it's been like an ongoing conversation between us, which has been alive and rich and wonderful.   Michael Hingson ** 53:08 You know, with everything going on in architecture and in the world in general, we see more and more technology in various arenas and so on. How do you think that the whole concept of CAD has made a difference, or in any way affected architecture. And where do you think CAD systems really fit into all of that?   David Mayernik ** 53:33 Well, so I mean this, you know, CAD came along. I mean, it already was, even when I was early in my apprenticeship, yeah, I was in Chicago, and there was a big for som in Chicago, had one of the first, you know, big computers that was doing some drawing work for them. And one of my, a friend of mine, you know, went to spend some time and figure out what they were capable of. And, but, you know, never really came into my world until kind of the late night, mid, mid to late 90s and, and, and I kind of resisted it, because I, the reason I got into architecture is because I like to draw by hand, and CAD just seemed to be, you know, the last thing I'd want to do. But at the same time, you, some of you, can't avoid it. I mean, it has sort of taken over the profession that, essentially, you either have people doing it for you, or you have to do it yourself, and and so the interesting thing is, I guess that I, at some point with Switzerland, I had to, basically, I had people helping me and doing drawing for me, but I eventually taught myself. And I actually, I jumped over CAD and I went to a 3d software called ArchiCAD, which is a parametric design thing where you're essentially building a 3d model. Because I thought, Look, if I'm going to do drawing on the computer, I want the computer to do something more than just make lines, because I can make lines on my own. But so the computer now was able to help me build a 3d model understand buildings in space and construction. And so I've taught myself to be reasonably, you know, dangerous with ArchiCAD and but the. Same time, the creative side of it, I still, I still think, and a lot of people think, is still tied to the intuitive hand drawing aspect and and so a lot of schools that gave up on hand drawing have brought it back, at least in the early years of formation of architects only for the the conceptual side of architecture, the the part where you are doodling out your first ideas, because CAD drawing is essentially mechanical and methodical and sort of not really intuitive, whereas the intuitive marking of paper With a pencil is much more directly connected to the mind's capacity to kind of speculate and imagine and daydream a little bit, or wander a little bit your mind wanders, and it actually is time when some things can kind of emerge on the page that you didn't even intend. And so, you know, the other thing about the computer is now on my iPad, I can actually do hand drawing on my iPad, and that's allowed me to travel with it, show it to clients. And so I still obviously do a lot of drawing on paper. I paint by hand, obviously with real paints and real materials. But I also have found also I can do free hand drawing on my iPad. I think the real challenge now is artificial intelligence, which is not really about drawing, it's about somebody else or the machine doing the creative side of it. And that's the big existential crisis that I think the profession is facing right now.   Michael Hingson ** 56:36 Yeah, I think I agree with that. I've always understood that you could do free hand drawing with with CAD systems. And I know that when I couldn't find a job in the mid 1980s I formed a company, and we sold PC based CAD systems to architects and engineers. And you know, a number of them said, well, but when we do designs, we charge by the time that we put into drawing, and we can't do that with a CAD system, because it'll do it in a fraction of the time. And my response always was, you're looking at it all wrong. You don't change how much you charge a customer, but now you're not charging for your time, you're charging for your expertise, and you do the same thing. The architects who got that were pretty successful using CAD systems, and felt that it wasn't really stifling their creativity to use a CAD system to enhance and speed up what they did, because it also allowed them to find more jobs more quickly.   David Mayernik ** 57:35 Yeah, one of the things it did was actually allow smaller firms to compete with bigger firms, because you just didn't need as many bodies to produce a set of drawings to get a project built or to make a presentation. So I mean, it has at one level, and I think it still is a kind of a leveler of, in a way, the scale side of architecture, that a lot of small creative firms can actually compete for big projects and do them successfully. There's also, it's also facilitated collaboration, because of the ability to exchange files and have people in different offices, even around the world, working on the same drawing. So, you know, I'm working in Switzerland. You know, one of the reasons to be on CAD is that I'm, you know, sharing drawings with local architects there engineers, and that you know that that collaborative sharing process is definitely facilitated by the computer.   Michael Hingson ** 58:27 Yeah, information exchange is always valuable, especially if you have a number of people who are committed to the same thing. It really helps. Collaboration is always a good thing,   David Mayernik ** 58:39 yeah? I mean, I think a lot of, I mean, there's always the challenge between the ego side of architecture, you know, creative genius, genius, the Howard Roark Fountainhead, you know, romantic idea. And the reality is that it takes a lot of people to get a building built, and one person really can't do it by themselves. And So collaboration is kind of built into it at the same time, you know, for any kind of coherence, or some any kind of, let's say, anything, that brings a kind of an artistic integrity to a work of architecture, mostly, that's got to come from one person, or at least people with enough shared vision that that there's a kind of coherence to it, you know. And so there still is space for the individual creative person. It's just that it's inevitably a collaborative process to get, you know, it's the it's the 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Side architecture is very much that there's a lot of heavy lifting that goes into getting a set of drawings done to get

Finalmente anche Piercarlo Ghinzani porta a casa una vittoria importante per la Lancia con la LC1 in coppia con Michele Alboreto. La gioia è tanta e il giro d'onore è su un mezzo speciale appostiamente realizzato per l'occasione.

Spa could be the turning point of the season as Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are keen to stamp down the smack down before the summer.Climb the ladder with me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lawvsWith Red Bull bringing crucial upgrades and new leadership to Spa, all eyes are on whether Max Verstappen can regain momentum at his home away from home or the team has continued its spiral. McLaren arrives as the team to beat, fresh off back-to-back wins, while Oscar Piastri looks to channel his frustration from Silverstone into a statement victory here and in Budapest next week. Both tracks which served him well in his rookie outings. Ferrari's bold suspension changes around Mugello debut also and Mercedes' strong performance in cooler conditions promise to shake up the top five, while weather and Pirelli's new tyre strategy add layers of unpredictability to the weekend.Fernando Alonso's resurgence in the midfield could bring the team vital points whilst Antonelli's bid for points with Mercedes continues, this preview breaks down the form guide discussed the latest news and who I think will score and ultimately contest for the win!#f1 #belgiangp #formula1 #f1news #f1latest #formulaone #belgiangrandprix #f1predictions #predictions #maxverstappen #redbullracing #mclaren #landonorris #redbull #f12025 #formula12025 #mercedes #lewishamilton #oscarpiastriThe 2025 F1 Belgian Grand Prix Preview & PREDICTIONSMy Predictions for the 2025 F1 Belgian Grand Prixhttps://youtu.be/6OPpDPNJ1R0Join the VS Posse today!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXm93J-6YEUEBs8WlLagrA/join

Al Mugello gare combattute e sei giri di MotoGP da cineteca, ma esito scontato: Marc & Alex, quattro Ducati davanti a tutti e poi l'Aprilia con Bezzecchi in recupero. Bene anche Raul Fernandez, che batte le KTM di Acosta e Binder. Morbidelli esagera, butta giù Vinales ed è sesto. Tanti temi da analizzare con l'ing. Bernardelle e con Zam e Renè rientrati dalla Toscana, cominciando dalla partenza di Marc nella Sprint: cosa è successo e come ha reagito (da fenomeno). Le gomme, il caldo, i motori e le grandi velocità sul dritto: con Aprilia e KTM più rapide e persino una Yamaha davanti alle Ducati. Aerodinamica in curva e accelerazione sono le protagoniste. Battuta di arresto per le giapponesi (incidentato e stoico Quartararo). Sfortunati Lunetta e Pini in Moto3, con Foggia tornato sul podio e Maximo Quiles al primo successo. In Moto2 domina Gonzales e Vietti quinto.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dopogp-motogp-moto-it--4070022/support.

Secondo l’OCSE, l’Italia ha registrato il maggiore calo dei salari reali tra tutte le principali economie avanzate: a inizio 2025, erano ancora inferiori del 7,5% rispetto al 2021. Sebbene siano stati rinnovati importanti contratti collettivi, gli aumenti non hanno compensato l’inflazione. Un lavoratore su tre è ancora coperto da un contratto scaduto. La crescita salariale reale resterà contenuta: i salari nominali aumenteranno del 2,6% nel 2025 e del 2,2% nel 2026, appena sufficienti a coprire l’inflazione prevista. Il mercato del lavoro italiano, tuttavia, mostra segnali di solidità: a maggio 2025, il tasso di disoccupazione è sceso al 6,5%, con un aumento dell’occupazione totale dell’1,7% nell’ultimo anno, trainato soprattutto dalle fasce più anziane. Tuttavia, il tasso di occupazione (62,9%) resta sotto la media OCSE (70,4%). L’inattività è calata, ma rimane elevata rispetto ad altri Paesi. L’OCSE invita l’Italia a intervenire sull’età pensionabile e a rafforzare le politiche per mantenere i lavoratori anziani nel mondo del lavoro, promuovendo formazione continua, ambienti sicuri e pensionamenti flessibili. Interviene Andrea Bassanini, relatore principale del rapporto Ocse sull'occupazione. Dazi la trattativa procede tra spiragli e nuove gelateL’amministrazione Trump minaccia nuovi dazi fino al 200% su prodotti farmaceutici e del 50% su rame. Lettere sono state inviate a numerosi Paesi, con l’UE in attesa di riceverne una. Nonostante le minacce, Bruxelles resta fiduciosa. Il commissario Maros Sefcovic ha annunciato l’estensione dello status quo fino al primo agosto, per guadagnare tempo nei negoziati. L’intesa, ancora da chiudere, potrebbe fissare un dazio-base del 10% sui prodotti europei, con possibili esenzioni per Airbus, dispositivi medici e superalcolici. Restano critici i settori farmaceutico e dei semiconduttori, finora esclusi dai dazi, ma che potrebbero essere colpiti in un secondo momento. Il confronto riguarda anche dazi su acciaio (50%), alluminio e automobili (25%). Per quest’ultimo, l’UE propone un sistema di quote e compensazioni per chi sposta la produzione negli Stati Uniti. L’Italia è tra i Paesi UE più penalizzati: i dazi medi sono passati dal 2,1% all’8%, peggio della media UE ma meglio della Germania (11%). Le differenze nei dazi dipendono dalla composizione settoriale dell’export: alcuni prodotti italiani sono colpiti più duramente di altri. Il commento è di Fabrizio Vigo, CEO e Founder di SevenData spa.Dazi la trattativa procede tra spiragli e nuove gelateLa FAI denuncia una situazione insostenibile sull’Autostrada A1, in particolare nel tratto toscano tra Incisa Valdarno e Barberino del Mugello, dove si registrano quotidiane code chilometriche che ostacolano il trasporto nazionale e internazionale. Le promesse fatte nel 2016 sull’ultimazione dei lavori non sono state mantenute: dopo quasi dieci anni, l’arteria resta incompleta. A peggiorare il quadro si aggiungono chiusure notturne frequenti e i lavori sul Viadotto dell’Indiano, che bloccano anche l’unico percorso alternativo. FAI chiede la riduzione dei cantieri nei tratti critici, l’apertura di un tavolo di confronto tra MIT, Autostrade e Regione Toscana, e maggiore tolleranza nei controlli sui tempi di guida, qualora siano documentabili ritardi dovuti al traffico. Intanto, la situazione ferroviaria non è migliore. Nell’estate 2025, sono previsti oltre 1.200 cantieri sulla rete nazionale, finanziati con fondi PNRR. La linea Milano-Genova subirà una parziale riduzione della capacità e una chiusura totale tra Pavia e Voghera dal 21 luglio al 29 agosto. Anche l’alta velocità risentirà pesantemente dei lavori, con allungamenti dei tempi di viaggio: sulla Roma-Milano fino a 4 ore e 50 minuti tra l’11 e il 17 agosto; sulla Milano-Bologna, tra l’11 e il 22 agosto, si prevedono ritardi fino a 2 ore; sulla Milano-Genova tra 20 e 60 minuti di attesa; sulla Milano-Venezia, tra il 5 e il 25 agosto, si arriverà a 90 minuti in più. La FAI si muove anche sul fronte della carenza di autisti. La segretaria Carlotta Caponi si è recata in Marocco per un’iniziativa volta a reclutare nuovi conducenti. L’autotrasporto italiano, secondo il Bollettino Excelsior di Unioncamere e Ministero del Lavoro, cerca quasi 100.000 addetti entro fine agosto, di cui 14.360 solo di autisti per veicoli industriali. Tuttavia, il 55,5% di questi profili è difficile da reperire, soprattutto per mancanza di candidati o preparazione inadeguata. Ne parliamo con Paolo Uggè, presidente Conftrasporto e Fai (Federazione autotrasportatori Italiani).

Ieri il cantiere del parco eolico del monte Giogo di Villore nel Mugello, in Toscana, è stato attaccato da circa una cinquantina di persone per fermare la costruzione di 7 pale eoliche. Oltre ai danni al cantiere e le minacce alle persone, rimane centrale il quesito su come e dove posizionare gli impianti rinnovabili.Negli Stati Uniti il Senato ha approvato ufficialmente il Big Beautiful Bill di Trump, che prevede enormi tagli alla sanità per milioni di persone, oltre a grossi tagli alla transizione energetica.Una delle più grandi zone di produzione di frutta in Italia, attorno a Saluzzo, sta sperimentando forme di accoglienza e servizi per combattere il caporalato.Serena Giacomin, metereologa, ci racconta di cosa è accaduto negli ultimi giorni, tra la fine un'ondata di calore, spesso pericolosa, e i nubifragi che spesso ne conseguono. Puoi scriverci a podcast@lifegate.it e trovare tutte le notizie su www.lifegate.it. Rassegna stampa: Nel distretto della frutta di Saluzzo, dove l'agricoltura di comunità sfida il caporalato, Luigi Mastrodonato 

For our 40th Episode of the Weekend Hangover, Ricky-Bobby and Dustin are joined by MotoAmerica Superbike racer Ben Smith. Ben has had a rather colorful season thus far in MotoAmerica racing an actual superbike after riding Stock1000 bikes the last few seasons. We'll all be discussing the GP races at Mugello along with the Rookies Cup. Should be fun for sure. Hope you enjoy.Get signed up for your next TrackDaz event:http://trackdaz.trackrabbit.com**Want a deal on some boxo tools? Use the following link, and save 10% while also helping us get a bit of a commish! Its Win-Win!https://boxousa.com/TrackDazOr the code TrackDaz10*PIRELLI TIRES!! **You can get your Pirelli rubber from us directly on our registration site. Follow us on Facebook: / trackdaz Follow us on Instagram: @trackdazFollow the TrackDaz Crew:@chili144@jimmyz853@phen2210@gil823@formula_r@chili144@lgbrown_@dkm60@canea121@g_offsims@ricardo.abueg@trackdazkaren@fharo3@modbaez@m39023@dreek46@bubblesrides @r6_krissy_@shaunsummers62

Dre Harrison and Oriol Puigdemont return to host another edition of Tank Slappers, as Marc Marquez made history at the 100th Anniversary of racing at the Assen TT. With his 68th Premier Class victory, he tied the legendary Giacomo Agostini for second on the all-time wins list, with only Valentino Rossi ranking higher. But Marquez didn't have it easy - Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi pushed him all the way to the flag, but was unable to get close enough to pass for the win. Dre and Oriol discuss how this plays perfectly into the Mugello talk from fans and some members of the media in regards to Alex Marquez's racecraft and the allegations that the Marquez brothers weren't racing each other hard enough, and why more criticism should be levelled at Pecco Bagnaia's garage... There's more on Alex Marquez during the show, after the Spaniard broke the metacarpal in his hand after crashing into Pedro Acosta in the Grand Prix, and with it, falling to 68 points behind brother Marc in the Championship standings.  Jorge Martin is back in the news after his agent continued to up the pressure on Aprilia, by claiming his client is still leaving at the end of the season, with Aprilia continuing to deny that the release clause exists in a feud where even Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezepelta's had to intervene. Is there any resoultion on the horizon?  And finally, with his first win in Moto2 confirmed, is Diego Moreira on the way to MotoGP? Oriol discusses the Brazilian's options with the sport keen to promote him with a home Grand Prix set for 2026. 

Marc Márquez volvió a completar un fin de semana perfecto, recogiendo los máximos puntos posibles, en una pista que no le era propicia y en la que ni siquiera fue el más rápido, pero sí quien mejor gestionó las carreras. Mientras las polémicas repiqueteaban de fondo en el paddock de Assen, Marc Márquez levitó por encima de todo y de todos, incluso de la historia de 'La Catedral', que cumplía 100 años de historia de carreras en la región y 76 desde que el campeonato del mundo piso por primera vez el circuito, para llevarse un nuevo pleno al 37, el segundo consecutivo, que le disparan al frente de la general dirección a su noveno título mundial, séptimo de la máxima categoría. Uri Puigdemont, Germán Garcia Casanova, Alberto Gómez y el gran Emilio Pérez de Rozas, se reúnen una vez más en torno al Podcast MotoGP 'Por Orejas', que en esta nueva entrega analiza y debate el plano deportivo y otras muchas circunstancias que se vivieron el Assen. Como en Mugello, donde hacía 11 años que no ganaba, Márquez se apoderó del control de las carreras, sin ser el más rápido y en un circuito que no es de los que le gustan. Pese a no salir en primera final de parrilla, algo extraño esta temporada, Marc sabía perfectamente dónde era más fuerte que el resto y en esos puntos consolido el paso de las vueltas sin que nadie pudiera acercarse lo suficiente como para inquietarle. El enorme control y la abismal superioridad que está demostrando Márquez contribuye a que el entorno del campeonato avive los pequeños incendios hasta convertirlos en auténticas polémicas. El sábado fue Alex Márquez, segundo de la general y el primero (destacado) de lo mortales, quien estuvo a rueda toda al Sprint de Marc, sin poder intentarlo ni una sola vez. Una dificultad que muchos interpretaron como una debilidad de Alex, acusándole de no querer atacar a su hermano. La teoría cogió vuelo y hasta Marc tuvo que salir el domingo a rebatirla, después de que Marco Bezzecchi, seguramente el piloto que más ganas le tiene a Marc de la parrilla, fuera 20 vueltas a rebufo del catalán, sin que pudiera ni siquiera mostrarle su neumático delantero una sola vez. "Hay que respetar a los pilotos de MotoGP, todos quieren ganar", cortó Márquez el debate. Lo que sigue abierto es el futuro del actual campeón del mundo, Jorge Martín, que tras unas semanas de tenso silencio, volvió a la palestra, primero con unas declaraciones de su representante, Albert Valera, asegurando que el piloto era libre para la temporada 2026, y en cadena, apariciones de Alberto Puig, de Honda, el CEO del Mundial, Carmelo Ezpeleta, y el jefe de Aprilia, Massimo Rivola. Pero como en los buenas novelas de intriga, el bombazo del podcast llega casi al final, cuando se debate sobre otro tema candente desvelado en Assen, el hecho de que la máxima leyenda de MotoGP, Valentino Rossi, haya dejado de seguir en redes sociales las cuentas oficiales del campeonato, una acción que viene a certificar lo que ya se veía venir hace tiempo: que Dorna ha perdido a su máximo referente para la causa. Pero cuidado, que Emilio nos desvela un secreto que os dejará con la boca abierta. http://es.motorsport.com ORIOL PUIGDEMONT en X - @uri_puigdemont  GERMÁN GARCÍA CASANOVA en X - @germax33  ALBERTO GOMEZ en X - @AlbertoGomezB

Victoria número 93 de Marc Márquez en MotoGP | GP Italia 2025 ️ Extracto de nuestro último programa en directo de AutoFM Motorsport Fin de semana perfecto para Marc Márquez en Mugello. Analizamos su dominio total en casa de Ducati, donde se impuso con autoridad tanto en la Sprint como en la carrera larga, sumando pole, doblete y liderato más sólido. Márquez gana el domingo con una carrera quirúrgica: ¡ya van 93 victorias! ⚔️ Espectacular lucha inicial con Bagnaia y Álex Márquez Di Giannantonio firmó otro gran podio tras superar a Pecco ⚡ Sprint para Marc también, con Álex segundo y Bagnaia tercero Mal día para Viñales, Acosta y Quartararo; Mir, el mejor de las Honda Toda la actualidad de MotoGP, de la mano de nuestro compañero Rubén Gómez, en este repaso a un GP de Italia con emoción, drama… y mucho ritmo Ducati. Puedes ver el programa completo y seguirnos en directo cada miércoles a las 22:00 en Twitch y YouTube. Escúchanos en: www.podcastmotor.es Twitter: @AutoFmRadio Instagram: autofmradio Twitch: AutoFMPodcast Contacto: info@autofm.es

Jim and Rich are back to talk about Round 9 of MotoGP from majestic Mugello in Italy. First up there's the news that Liberty is officially cleared to make its majority stake purchase from Dorna, which will see it take the reigns of MotoGP and World Superbike. The guys talk through what this means in terms of opportunities and risks. Then its on to the racing from Mugello. As always, Moto3 served up a race of bonkers pack action, with Máximo Quiles taking his maiden win. In Moto2, Manuel González took another dominant win to strengthen his grasp on the championship lead. Then in MotoGP Marc Márquez showed just how much he has in reserve to overcome a mishap at the start of the Sprint, then duke it out with Pecco and Alex for the win in Sundays main event. As far as the destination of the 2025 MotoGP world championship is concerned, both Jim and Rich feel like its game over for everyone else. If you're a regular listener, please sign up to support the show financially if you can and don't forget to connect with us via the social media channels. Thanks to all our loyal listeners and supporters and thanks also to show partner Roadskin. Zoom Zoom…….

MotoGP hits the Cathedral of Speed, but can Pecco rebound from Mugello? I preview the DutchTT, discuss the Liberty Media takeover, and make picks for Assen!The Rundown:- MotoGP News:- Liberty Media approved to buy Dorna - can they take the sport to the next level?- Assen! My Preview of the DutchTT- The Favorites - can Pecco come back from Italy?- The Watch List - Aprilia's hidden speed, last week's surprise rider- The Hot Seat - The competition at Pramac takes centerstage- The Picks! For the Sprint and MotoGP racesWho do you think will win the DutchGP? Let me know on Facebook or the Motoweek Reddit Sub.Find all of the latest episodes at Motoweek.net, follow on Bluesky and Instagram – and you can support the show on Patreon!Thanks for listening!

Grandes carreras de la MarquezGP en Mugello y la Indy en Road America. Previa a la F1 en Austria y la pelicula de F1Rod y Marco

Arrancamos como siempre repasando la actualidad más destacada del motorsport: la IndyCar ha anunciado su nueva reglamentación para 2028 con importantes cambios en el apartado híbrido, Mario Boya ficha por la academia de Aston Martin y Pepe Martí se convierte en nuevo embajador de Cupra. En la sección Motorsport comenzamos con la sexta victoria del año para Álex Palou en Road America, que sigue cimentando su camino hacia un nuevo título en IndyCar. Hablamos también del E-Prix de Yakarta, donde Dan Ticktum logró su primera victoria en Fórmula E y también el primer triunfo para el equipo Cupra Kiro. ➡️ Repasamos las 24 Horas de Nürburgring, donde el BMW #98 de ROWE Racing venció con una alineación estelar: Farfus, Krohn, Marciello y van der Linde. También analizamos las 6 Horas de Watkins Glen de la IMSA, una carrera caótica marcada por la lluvia y numerosos accidentes. Y no nos olvidamos del campeonato Supercars, con Broc Feeney en estado de gracia tras lograr un hat-trick en Darwin y acumular ya cinco victorias seguidas. ️ En la sección de MotoGP, Rubén Gómez nos trae todo lo ocurrido en el GP de Mugello, donde se vivió otro intenso fin de semana en la lucha por el título. En Motor Deportiva repasamos lo más destacado de las categorías de promoción: Eurocup-3, F4 Española, F4 Británica, F4 Italiana, F4 Francesa, British GT y BTCC. Cerramos con la sección Bump&Fun, dedicada a la NASCAR, que visitó Pocono este fin de semana. Allí, Chase Briscoe consiguió su primera victoria con Joe Gibbs Racing tras una ajustada batalla estratégica por el consumo. En directo todos los miércoles a las 22:00 en nuestro canal de Twitch y YouTube. Escúchanos en: www.podcastmotor.es Twitter: @AutoFmRadio Instagram: autofmradio Twitch: AutoFMPodcast Contacto: info@autofm.es

Sin apenas tiempo para haber digerido el rodillo que pasó Marc Márquez en el circuito de Mugello, llegamos este fin de semana a Assen, donde el líder de MotoGP buscará consagrarse,en la Catedral del motociclismo mundial. Un circuito que se le da de maravilla a Pecco Bagnaia y donde ha ganado en las últimas tres ediciones. Pero el rival por el título no es el italiano, es Álex Márquez al que su propio hermano ha comparado con Andrea Dovizioso y las batallas que protagonizaron.

This week on For The Love Of MotoGP:Tim and Steve discuss the latest MotoGP race at Mugello, Italy. Talking points for this episode include:- Liberty Media's MotoGP takeover approved by the European Commision- Dovizioso's new job role - The special liveries The pair go on to chat about the top 5 finishers in Moto3, Moto2 and both MotoGP races. Enjoy the show FacebookJoin us in the Fantasy League Code: ZA6ARYTM PatreonYou can also find us on Instagram and Twitter @fortheloveofmotogp or you can reach us by email at fortheloveofmotogp@gmail.comReference material for this episode came from: https://www.motogp.com/ | https://www.the-race.com/ | https://www.wikipedia.org/ | https://www.motorsport.com/ | https://oxleybom.com/ | https://motoweek.net | https://www.crash.net | https://paddockpasspodcast.comThanks for listening!

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 improvements, and getting people to care about the riders, like F1 has with "Drive to Survive". All the action from the past weekend's Italian Grand Prix is also reviewed, with Marc Marquez taking control early on and never looking back enroute to his fifth win of 2025, and his first at Mugello since 2014. With Alex Marquez second again and Pecco Bagnaia off the podium, is the title battle already over? There's also a discussion in regards to whether Alex Marquez is racing his brother differently to others, and the struggles that Bagnaia has faced in Ducati. And finally, Franco Morbidelli was in the spotlight for causing a nasty crash with Maverick Vinales that led to the Italian taking a Long Lap Penalty. But is the current system in place not harsh enough for ending another riders race? 

MotoGP Round 9 brings us to the ever famous Mugello circuit, the question is, will the record breaking Italian crowd get their dream win from an Italian racer on an Italian bike? Sadly on this exciting weekend it was not to be. With a relatively heavy Spanish domination the Italian crowd booed at the end as the "wrong" rider crossed the finish line in 1st place!! Don't be fooled by the crowd though, the Italian star Pecco Bagnaia did not go down without a fight, but in the end he couldn't surpass the two Spanish brothers that have seemed to finish almost every round this year with the extremely familiar 1-2 finishing!! Italy still managed to pull a wonderful win, despite the crowds response, as all bikes on the podiums both days were in fact Bologna Bullets!! While we saw quite the same outcome in the end, we were given a wonderful weekend of racing as all the riders offered up their fare share of track drama and action throughout both Saturday and Sunday!!! https://fantasy.motogp.com/ Code: NF9ZDUE9

La llegada de Marc Márquez al equipo oficial Ducati ha llegado ha puesto patas arriba el campeonato del mundo de MotoGP, una 'explosión' que desde dentro, el equipo italiano está gestionando de forma excelente. El fichaje del español por el equipo oficial de Bolonia ha hecho confluir tres factores que han cambiado, absolutamente, las reglas del juego: La Desmosedici es la mejor moto, tras su grave lesión Marc Márquez se ha recuperado hasta el punto de estar en igual o mejor forma física que antes de la caída y, por último, el piloto español está, mentalmente y afectivamente, en el mejor momento de su vida. El resultado es que el mejor piloto tiene la mejor arma y ya nadie duda, tras su exhibición en Mugello, donde los tres últimos años había ganado Pecco Bagnaia, que el título 2025 de MotoGP ya tiene dueño. La situación, desde fuera puede crear inquietudes y, sobre todo en redes sociales, no poca polémica, ya que Bagnaia, hasta ahora santo y seña del ducatismo, está sufriendo la llegada de Marc como lo hicieron, en el pasado, todos los que han sido compañeros del #93. En esta nueva entrega del Podcast MotoGP 'Por Orejas', Uri Puigdemont, Germán Garcia Casanova y Alberto Gómez reciben la visita del Director de Comunicación del equipo Ducati Lenovo de MotoGP, Artur Vilalta, con el que, durante más de una hora, analizamos lo vivido durante el fin de semana de Mugello, el gran premio más importante del año para Ducati; la superioridad absoluta de Marc y los problemas por los que atraviesa Pecco, como se viven las celebraciones en contraste con los malos momentos de uno y otro, la gestión del día a día, los grandes avances a nivel mediático y comunicativo del equipo italiano con el estreno, este año, de 'Inside', la serie que cada semana de carreras muestra las imágenes de todo lo vivido en los grandes premios, y la influencia de los rumores y comentarios, tanto de los fans como de los sensacionalismos. Los abucheos a Marc Márquez en Mugello, sobre todo el sábado, y la reacción de Davide Tardozzi defendiendo con pasión a su piloto, es otro de los temas que centran el podcast de esta semana, así como tratar de descubrir cómo es, en el día a día, el trabajo con el gran gurú de Borgo Panigale, el ingeniero estrella Gigi Dall'Igna. Todo esto y mucho más en esta nueva entrega del Podcast 'Por Orejas'. http://es.motorsport.com ORIOL PUIGDEMONT en X - @uri_puigdemont  GERMÁN GARCÍA CASANOVA en X - @germax33  ALBERTO GOMEZ en X - @AlbertoGomezB

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Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Olivier Pierre et Stéphane débriefent le gp du Mugello 2025. On revient sur la nouvelle domination de Marc Marquez, les belles bagarres de Bagnaia et l'attentat de Morbidelli sur Vinales. On se retrouve très vite pour le prochain GP, à Assen Bonne écoute Twitter: @cqep_pod Discord: https://discord.gg/eAG5xem Générique : “Road trip” by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Maks Angelard, debiutant serii Prototype Cup Germany, ma za sobą pełną sukcesów pierwszą połowę sezonu w LMP3 i rywalizuje o mistrzostwo. Jakub Socha zapowiada Rajd Akropolu WRC. W audycji również podsumowanie weekendu polskich kierowców w seriach juniorskich i rundy MotoGP na Mugello. Goście programu:Maksymilian Angelard - kierowca Mücke Motorsport w klasie LMP3 w Prototype Cup Germany,Jakub Socha - dziennikarz motorsportowy, ekspert ds. rajdów samochodowych.Prowadzą Kamil Kowalik i Piotr Nałęcz. Z wszystkimi wydaniami audycji „Czas na Motorsport” można się zapoznać tutaj.Audycja „Czas na Motorsport” w każdy wtorek o godzinie 20.00 na antenie Radia Wnet. Zapraszamy! 

Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez lit up Mugello with a fierce five-lap showdown full of contact, aggression, and crowd-roaring drama - but what happened to Pecco at the end? I recap the ItalianGP, and try to figure out if Bagnaia's title hopes are finished.The Rundown:- Qualifying - Marc and Pecco trade record-breaking laps in a tense standoff- Sprint - Marc messes up, but stays focused- Alex is still faster than anyone thought he would be, while Pecco has to settle- The MotoGP Race: 5 laps of complete awesomeness- Marc Marquez turns in a massive statement performance- The Italian on the podium isn't the one the crowd was hoping for- Did Bagnaia give up at the end?- Aprilia is faster than they look- The MotoGP Championship - Is Pecco done? I do some early-season math- My take on MugelloWhat did you think of the ItalianGP? Let me know on Facebook or the Motoweek Reddit Sub.Find all of the latest episodes at Motoweek.net, follow on Bluesky and Instagram – and you can support the show on Patreon!Thanks for listening!

Moto2... WOW what racing!MotoGP WOW what racing! Supercross Silly Season news. Is anyone retiring?

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=THERACE&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=TheRACE&utm_content=date20250419A3LaunchAfter the big hints of a breakthrough at Aragon, Pecco Bagnaia came to his home MotoGP track Mugello - where he traditionally excels and far from a Marc Marquez stronghold - and… didn't even finish on the grand prix podium as Marquez took another maximum score.How bad was that for Bagnaia's season, and why did it happen? Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer debate what might be Bagnaia's most painful 2025 low so far on The Race MotoGP Podcast.As Bagnaia fell back, at least Alex Marquez was there to take the fight to Marc - but how hard was he really fighting? The siblings' (conspicuously gentle?) approach to racing each other is another hot topic after the Italian Grand Prix, as is stewarding after yet another Franco Morbidelli incident.We also tackle plenty of questions from The Race Members' Club on topics including Yamaha and Honda's awful weekends, the power balance between Maverick Vinales and Pedro Acosta at KTM, and where Fabio Di Giannantonio's sudden performance came from.Want more MotoGP podcast content? Sign up to our motorbike-only Riders tier on Patreon for our 2015 revisited series, ad-free listening and more.Follow the Race Moto channel on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠Check out our latest videos on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Italian Grand Prix and the decisive win from Marc Marquez. Win #93 in total and more importantly, defeating his title rivals. Can Bagnaia fix his issues or are they here to stay for the rest of 2025?Crash has been the global leader in terms of MotoGP news and features over the last 20 years so to expand our coverage of the sport we all love, we are now doing a weekly podcast!An in-house production brought to you by the Crash MotoGP team: Presented by Jordan Moreland (MotoGP Social Media Manager) - Peter McLaren (MotoGP Journalist) - Lewis Duncan (MotoGP Journalist)Jordan - https://twitter.com/jordanmoreland_Pete - https://twitter.com/McLarenMotoGPLewis - https://x.com/lewis__duncanFollow our channels:Twitter (X) - Crash MotoGPInstagram - Crash MotoGPFacebook - Crash Net MotoGP#MotoGP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Non era affatto scontato che Marc Marquez potesse dominare così al Mugello. Anzi, era improbabile. E' vero, già nella Sprint aveva fatto capire di avere passo e velocità, ma il Gran Premio è anche tattica, resistenza, aggressione.Bagnaia ha dimostrato di poter stare con i fratelli Marquez nei primi, infuocati, giri di gara, ma poi quando ha capito di non poter andare in fuga, si è progressivamente spento, tanto da cedere poi di schianto quando è stato raggiunto e supoerato anche da Fabio Di Giannantonio, autore di una bella rimonta.Un Gran Premio decisamente bollente. Lo raccontano il Decano, Matteo e Paolone Beltrano che augurano una pronta ripresa a Carletto Pernat che in settimana dovrebbe essere di nuovo a casa!

Il successo nella Sprint del sabato conferma l'attuale stato di forma di Marc Marquez che ha regolato senza troppe difficoltà il fratello Alex e Pecco Bagnaia.Paolo, Marco e Matteo fanno diverse considerazioni interessante su un risultato che era tutt'altro che scontato.

El Atlético de Madrid obligado a ganar por tres goles de diferencia como mínimo en su partido contra Botafogo a las nueve de la noche. El Real Madrid gana 3-1 al Pachuca, con la primera victoria blanca y casi Rodrygo, ya que no jugó ni un minuto. Triplete español en el gran premio de Mugello. Máximo Quiles en Moto 3, Manuel González en Moto 2 y Márquez en Moto GP. Continúa la fiesta en Oviedo tras el ascenso a primera división contra el Mirandés. Y la Barra Libre de los lunes con Antonio Romero, Jordi Martí, Tala y Antón Meana.

El Atlético de Madrid obligado a ganar por tres goles de diferencia como mínimo en su partido contra Botafogo a las nueve de la noche. El Real Madrid gana 3-1 al Pachuca, con la primera victoria blanca y casi Rodrygo, ya que no jugó ni un minuto. Triplete español en el gran premio de Mugello. Máximo Quiles en Moto 3, Manuel González en Moto 2 y Márquez en Moto GP. Continúa la fiesta en Oviedo tras el ascenso a primera división contra el Mirandés. Y la Barra Libre de los lunes con Antonio Romero, Jordi Martí, Tala y Antón Meana.

Adam, David and Neil connect via the Mugello Media Centre to chop-up their opinions and takes on the ninth round of MotoGP. Moments, Flavours, Hire/Fires, the Marqui, Pecco's purgatory and more

Well, that was an extremely exciting and unpredictable race...until Marc Márquez woke up and showed everyone how it's done, again. Yes, nr. 93 achieved his 93th victory in his archrival's backyard, while his brother Alex fights off Bagnaia and a surprisingly competitive Di Giannantonio. So what else is there to talk about? Well, we've got a bunch of knobheads booing, a 'dead bike riding' and penalties escaliting into punishments. And a lot more, too, but you're just going to have to have a listen for yourself, eh?Cheers! Want more? Visit our website or support us on Patreon. With big thanks as always to Brad Baloo from The Next Men and Gentleman's Dub Club for writing our theme song. Check out The Nextmen for more great music!  

Un weekend di sport e musica. Guido Meda ci porta nella tappa del Mugello del motomondiale. In studio l'ex frontman degli Spandau Ballet Tony Hadley. Chiudiamo la settimana con l'immancabile pappardella di Aldo Rock!

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Toprak is making the jump to MotoGP, Yamaha tests a V4, and Pecco finally has the upper hand – or does he? I break down a busy Aragon test, Yamaha's big Silly Season move, and preview the ItalianGP at Mugello!The Rundown:- MotoGP News:- Aragon Test - lots of aero, Pecco makes gains - my analysis of each manufacturer- Aprilia surprises with an up-and-coming-rider- Yamaha V4 test - when will it be ready?- Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is finally coming to MotoGP: The interesting story of why it took so long, and whether he can make an impact for Yamaha- Mugello! My Preview of the ItalianGP- The Favorites - does Pecco have the advantage this time?- The Watch List - can Acosta build on his momentum- The Hot Seat - one young rider has a big opportunity- The Picks! For the Sprint and MotoGP racesWho do you think will win the ItalianGP? Let me know on Facebook or the Motoweek Reddit Sub.Find all of the latest episodes at Motoweek.net, follow on Bluesky and Instagram – and you can support the show on Patreon!

Here's an extended preview of a bonus episode available in The Race Members' Club on Patreon ahead of Mugello - an exclusive one-on-one with MotoGP podium finisher turned World Superbike star Scott Redding on his fascinating career.From coming agonisingly (literally) close to winning a Moto2 title to Honda, Pramac and Aprilia stints in MotoGP before rebuilding his career with an epic British Superbike season and then his current life of highs and lows in World Superbikes, Redding's story is an incredible one with rather a lot of ‘right place, wrong time' in it.And he's superbly honest and eloquent about every bit of it in this interview with Val.Want to listen to the full interview, plus get access to more exclusive MotoGP podcast content? Sign up to our motorbike-only Riders tier on Patreon for our 2015 revisited series, ad-free listening and more.Follow the Race Moto channel on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠Check out our latest videos on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on For The Love Of MotoGP:Tim and Steve discuss the upcoming MotoGP race at Mugello, Italy. Talking points for this episode include:- The Aragon test- Fermin Aldeguer's traditional MotoGP surgery- Michelin's move to WSBKThe pair go on to discuss what they're looking for in the next MotoGP race. Enjoy the show FacebookJoin us in the Fantasy League Code: ZA6ARYTM PatreonYou can also find us on Instagram and Twitter @fortheloveofmotogp or you can reach us by email at fortheloveofmotogp@gmail.comReference material for this episode came from: https://www.motogp.com/ | https://www.the-race.com/ | https://www.wikipedia.org/ | https://www.motorsport.com/ | https://oxleybom.com/ | https://motoweek.net | https://www.crash.net | https://paddockpasspodcast.comThanks for listening!

Welcome to our motorsports podcast where we discuss F1, IndyCar, IMSA, NASCAR, our own racing adventures, and some other adventures!Ferrari makes it three in a row at Le Mans! A 24 hour race that had a lot of green flag running with only one safety car during the entire race. Manthey Porsche takes the win in the GT3 class. George Russell and Mercedes take the win in Canada and the McLaren's collide into each other in the final laps!IndyCar had the race of the weekend at Gateway with multiple drivers in for a shot to win but Kyle Kirkwood came out on top to get his third win of the season!NASCAR visited Mexico for the first time in a while and SVG walked away victorious with a dominant stint in the final stage.Coming up this weekend: NASCAR at Pocono, IndyCar at Road America, MotoGP at Mugello, and IMSA at Watkins Glen.

Pace, pizza & panache: it can only be time for Mugello and the Italian Grand Prix. Adam, David and Neil talk about the Autodromo, some MotoGP news and views and also speak exclusively to HRC's Joan Mir.

We preview the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello and also talk a little bit about Yamaha's testing of the V4. Will we finally get to see Bagnaia vs Marquez this season? Crash has been the global leader in terms of MotoGP news and features over the last 20 years so to expand our coverage of the sport we all love, we are now doing a weekly podcast!An in-house production brought to you by the Crash MotoGP team: Presented by Jordan Moreland (MotoGP Social Media Manager) - Peter McLaren (MotoGP Journalist) - Lewis Duncan (MotoGP Journalist)Jordan - https://twitter.com/jordanmoreland_Pete - https://twitter.com/McLarenMotoGPLewis - https://x.com/lewis__duncanFollow our channels:Twitter (X) - Crash MotoGPInstagram - Crash MotoGPFacebook - Crash Net MotoGP#MotoGP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Il 93 senza rivali, il fratello Alex alle sue spalle, Bagnaia naufraga nella sprint ma domenica progredisce e va sul podio. Cosa ha trovato? E cosa abbiamo visto di nuovo nel test del lunedì in casa Ducati e nei box della concorrenza? La nostra analisi della ottava prova mondiale. Questa sera partiremo dai test appena conclusi e dalle novità viste nei box per Ducati che difende la sua supremazia, per Aprilia seconda forza¸ per KTM e le case giapponesi che avanzano con le concessioni. I fratelli Marquez, alla loro prima doppietta in terra spagnola, protagonisti assoluti del fine settimana davanti a Bagnaia: Pecco ritrovato? Tornerà davanti con la prossima gara nel “suo” Mugello? Tra i più forti ad Aragon anche Acosta con una buona KTM, Morbidelli in lotta con Aldeguer, Bezzecchi autore di grandi rimonte con una super Aprilia partendo dalla ventesima casella, Mir con la Honda. Questa volta indietro invece la Yamaha. Nelle altre classi belle battaglie, la prima vittoria del turco Oncu in Moto2, Lunetta tra i primi in Moto3. Non perdete la diretta di questa sera alle 18, sul sito e sul YT di Moto.it. 00:00 test del lunedì appena conclusi, i tempi 02:53 spazio alle novità tecniche: tutti i marchi 13:30 Bagnaia: "la confidenza sta tornando" 17:39 il video di Bernardelle su freni e forcella Ducati 20:41 veniamo al GP, trionfo dei fratelli Marquez (e del team Gresini) 27:21 il momento chiave del GP? La partenza (e abbassatore evo) 32:33 KTM benino, ma Acosta se ne vuole andare 38:00 perché qui Yamaha va male (e arriva Toprak, ormai è certo) 44:45 duello Morbido/Aldeguer tra tecnica e fegato 47:53 che talenti e che spettacolo in Moto2 e Moto3! 49:43 ora Mugello e Bagnaia deve confermare i progressi 52:33 tecnica: la GP25, che non è uguale alla GP24 57:05 spazio alle vostre domandeDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dopogp-motogp-moto-it--4070022/support.

Ad Aragon marc Marquez ha fatto il pieno: pole, sprint, vittoria in Gran Premio, e sempre primo in tutte le prove. Una dimostrazione di forza impressionante. Sempre più leader del mondiale, a +93 (!) su Bagnaia, qui comunque si è visto un Pecco decisamente più a suo agio rispetto alla sprint. E' vero, ha fatto solo terzo dietro al fratello di Marc, Alex, ma ha dimostrato una crescita grazie a nuove scelte tecniche di forcella e freni.Ora il tre volte campione del mondo deve ricominciare la scalata, se non al titolo, che in questo momento sembra lontano, quantomeno al secondo posto in classifica.Carlo, Paolo e Matteo parlano del difficile compito e delle ondivaghe prestazioni di Honda e Yamaha (ma anche di KTM) che penalizzano piloti come Quartararo ed Acosta.Si discute anche del valore di Morbidelli, della crescita di Aldeguer e del momento-no di Di Giannantonio, anche lui chiamato ad interpretare la difficile GP25.Ed ora occhi puntati sul GP d'Italia, al Mugello, fra due settimane!

Il Mugello contesta le nostre conclusioni: non è vero - dice - che il Mugello pratica per il GP d'Italia i prezzi più alti del mondiale. Noi facciamo notare che è il sito ufficiale della MotoGP a metterlo nero su bianco (!) ma correggiamo come è giusto alcune imprecisioni e allarghiamo l'analisi a Misano

Peter Mackay previews the Mugello 12 hours, plus Nick Daman’s team-by-team review of the Australian Grand Prix, and another round of “The answer’s not Scott Dixon”.