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Chasing the Apex

Welcome to Chasing the Apex, a motorsport-focused podcast. My name is Sid Sudhir, and my goal is to bring you insightful conversations with the most interesting personalities in the world of motorsport. I hope you enjoy what I have to offer!

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00:53:31

BMW LMDh Chief Engineer Loïc Descamps - Episode 024

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2025/08/14

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am speaking with BMW LMDh Program Chief Engineer Loïc Descamps. Loïc began his career as an engineering intern with the W Racing Team, taking part in racing events across France and Belgium. His first full-time role involved working as a Data and Performance Engineer for Hitech GP in the FIA F3 series. From there, Loic moved to the French DAMS team, where his responsibilities included managing the Driver in the Loop simulation architecture

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01:13:40

Porsche Penske Lead Vehicle Performance Engineer Alex...

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2025/08/07

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today, we are sitting down with Alex Athanasiadis, the Vehicle Performance Lead Engineer for the Porsche Penske WEC program. Originally from Greece, Alex started his career as a Junior Performance GT3 Engineer with Callaway Competition in Germany. From there, he moved to a role as a Vehicle Dynamics Engineer with McLaren Automotive. In this role, he worked on the 720S-Spider, Elva, Senna GTR, and 765LT. Alex then spent some time as a freelance

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01:16:39

Former F1 Design Engineer Fabio Segalini - Episode 022

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2024/02/04

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with Fabio Segalini. After earning his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Parma, Fabio started his professional career with Dallara. While at Dallara, he held a multitude of different design oriented roles. Fabio then became the Technical Director and Race Engineer at Durango Engineering which competed in both the F3000 and GP2 championships. After almost three years with the team, Fabio

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00:30:28

FIA Head of Technical Audit Dominic Harlow - Episode 021

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2024/01/28

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with motorsports engineer, Dominic Harlow. After earning a degree from Imperial College London, Dominic started his career working on rally and touring cars with the Motorsports Development firm. Dominic then joined the Williams Touring Car group, working as a Design and Race Engineer before entering F1 with the Jordan team. After a six year stint with Jordan, he then moved to the Force India team where he held roles as the

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01:03:52

Indy NXT Driver Josh Green - Episode 020

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2024/01/17

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex. Today I am sitting down with Indy NXT driver Josh Green. Originally from New York, Josh started his karting career in 2015, working his way through the ranks until he made his formula car debut in 2019. Since then, Josh has competed in both the USF 2000 and Indy Pro 2000 series before moving up to the Indy NXT series with HMD in 2023.Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/chasingtheapex

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01:04:52

Motorsports Journalist Sam Smith - Episode 019

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2023/11/20

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down with motorsport journalist Sam Smith. Sam started out his career as a press officer for the FIA Sportscar Championship before spending nearly a decade as the Communications Manager with Lola Cars. Sam then transitioned to a role as the Media Officer of the World Endurance Championship, while running a media company and writing the first definitive book on Formula E at the same time. Within the past few years, Sam has also

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00:50:31

Arrow McLaren Team Principle Gavin Ward - Episode 018

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2023/11/04

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team Principal Gavin Ward. After attending Oxford Brookes for schooling, Gavin started his career with Red Bull F1, working positions as a Tire and Trackside Control System Engineer before becoming a Trackside Race Engineer, working with drivers Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo, and reporting directly to Adrian Newey. Gavin then worked as an aerodynamicist for the team before moving stateside to work

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00:51:11

Ferrari LMh Race Engineer Justin Taylor - Episode 017

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2023/02/18

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I’m sitting down with someone who has a long and exciting list of experiences in motorsport, Justin Taylor. Justin started out his career as a race mechanic before quickly working his way up to becoming a Data Engineer for the Audi Sport LMP1 team. From there he spent almost 10 years race engineering many of Audi’s different LMP1 cars where he racked up accolades like a win and podium at Le Mans, three wins at Sebring, 1st place in the 2012

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01:03:29

IndyCar Driver Sting Ray Robb - Episode 016

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2023/01/31

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, I’m your host Sid Sudhir and today we are sitting down with racing driver Sting Ray Robb. Sting Ray first got in a go-kart at age 5 and it wasn’t long before he was racing competitively, winning a national karting championship in 2015. This helped springboard him into his car racing career, starting with the Pro Mazda series before transitioning to the Indy Pro 2000 series. He spent two years in Indy Pro with Juncos, winning the series in 2020

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00:41:51

IndyCar Driver Devlin DeFrancesco - Episode 015

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2023/01/26

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today I’m sitting down with IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco. Devlin first got into a go-kart at the age of 6 and quickly became a competitive young driver, racing in several karting series in the United States, Canada, and Italy. After graduating from karts Devlin spent a year in the Italian and British F4 championships before coming 3rd in the 2017 Euroformula Championship and winning the Spanish F3 series. Devlin then spent time in the GP3 and

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00:58:03

Indy NXT & LMP2 Driver Josh Pierson - Episode 014

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2023/01/11

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex, today we are sitting down with 16-year-old racing driver Josh Pierson. Josh was first introduced to racing at just 2 years of age when his father let him have some fun with a mini-go-kart at a local track, and that interest very quickly blossomed into a promising racing career. Josh started out his professional career with the F1600 series before spending time in the USF 2000 series with both Exclusive Autosport and Pabst Racing. In 2022 Josh got

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00:48:30

Indy NXT Driver Ernie Francis Jr - Episode 013

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2023/01/08

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex. Today I’m sitting down with Ernie Francis Jr. Ernie started his professional racing career in 2013, racing with the Breathless Racing team run by his father in the Trans Am series. With 7 consecutive series titles under his belt in the Trans Am series, Ernie also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with MBM Motorsports in 2017 and in the Formula Regional Americas Championship in 2021. However, one of Ernie’s most significant career moments thus

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00:41:56

IndyCar Driver David Malukas - Episode 012

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2022/07/28

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm sitting down with rookie IndyCar driver David Malukas. In this episode we discuss David's rookie season so far, his success in Indy Lights, the story of HMD Racing, how David mentally prepares himself for a race, and so much more! Make sure to give this episode a listen to learn more about David and his journey in racing. Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/chasingtheapex

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00:36:56

ELMS & WEC Driver Bent Viscaal - Episode 011

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2022/06/08

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today we are sitting down with Dutch racing driver Bent Viscaal. Bent has plenty of experience in the world of racing, starting off his career by winning multiple karting championships and finishing as vice-champion in multiple F4 championships. He then continued this success in the Euro Formula and FIA F3 series before getting the call up to FIA F2 with the Trident team. After getting a couple of podiums at Monza and Jeddah in the 2021 F2 season,

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01:11:21

Porsche Formula E Race Engineer Fabrice Roussel -...

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2022/04/12

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! I'm your host Sid Sudhir and today I'm sitting down with Fabrice Roussel, an engineer with a wealth of experience in both the WEC and Formula E series. We start off by discussing Fabrice's time in the WEC and why the strategic nature of the racing garnered his interest. We then move on to discuss the 24 Hours of Le Mans and why it is so important to Fabrice as a Frenchman. Then, of course, we also discuss Fabrice's time on the DS Techeetah and

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00:50:27

Jaguar Racing Formula E Design Office Manager Patrick...

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2022/04/04

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I am sitting down with Patrick Coorey, an engineer with a wealth of experience in touring cars, GP2, Formula 1, and Formula E! In this episode, we start off by discussing how Patrick, a native of Australia, made the bold decision to move halfway around the world to pursue his passion for motorsport. We then go on to talk about Patrick's time in GP2 as well as his outlook on the still relatively new Formula E series and how he thinks it is

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00:45:24

E1 Series CEO Rodi Basso - Episode 008

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2022/02/26

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm sitting down with Rodi Basso, a man with a very impressive resume. Rodi started out his career working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center before assuming his first role in motorsport with the biggest name in the game: Ferrari. At Ferrari, he race engineered for Rubens Barichello and learned from figures like Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher. Rodi then moved to Red Bull where he race engineered for David Coulthard and reported to

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00:53:35

Director of Aerodynamic Development at IndyCar Tino...

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2022/02/18

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm sitting down with Tino Belli, an engineer with a wealth of experience in the IndyCar series. Tino started out his career working at March Engineering, reporting directly to the famed Adrian Newey. While at March, he worked on the team's IndyCar, Formula 3000, and Road Rallying programs. He then transitioned to F1, designing the Fondmetal and Larousse cars. However, he soon returned to IndyCar, working with the team now known as Andretti

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00:36:47

Sporting Director of Sauber F1 Beat Zehnder - Episode...

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2022/01/26

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm speaking with the Sporting Director of the Alfa Romeo Sauber Formula 1 team: Beat Zehnder. Beat has been with Sauber ever since they formed their Formula 1 team back in 1993. In fact, he has traveled with the team to every single Grand Prix that they've participated in. Beat started off as a mechanic, before being promoted to Chief Mechanic, Team Manager, and then finally the role he holds today. I hope you enjoy learning about the

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00:49:08

IndyCar Driver Callum Ilott - Episode 005

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2022/01/06

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing the Apex! Today I'm sitting down with British racing driver Callum Ilott. Callum has competed in both the FIA F3 and F2 series in the past, finishing runner up to Mick Schumacher in the 2020 F2 season. He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and held the reserve driver role for the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team in 2021. In this episode, we discuss Callum's upcoming IndyCar season, his journey through the lower formulas, and whether he still has ambitions of

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