Over The Limit
Laurens Vanthoor & Dries Vanthoor
Last episode 3 months agoA podcast show hosted by Laurens and Dries Vanthoor. Two professional race car drivers talking about their life as brothers in sports. Going further than the basics, talking behind the scenes with a sense of humour. Inviting guests from inside and outside motorsport to talk about their career and tell us their most secretive experiences. The goal is to have a laugh while talking about passion.
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Episodes (56)
Jules Gounon: A good example that getting there without money is still possible.
Jules Gounon, a passionate guy with an already excellent palmares in endurance racing. He explains us his way up to the top, showing us that this is still possible without a financial background. Although he had the name of his father, an ex F1 driver, his path was everything but easy. Jules shows us that he has a huge passion for motorsport. Besides that we had some serious fun on this podcast! Stuff like getting in trouble with Michelin, being together with Michelle Gatting and much more. We hope you enjoy!
Race Review: The 24 Hours of Spa
Finally, Dries managed to finish a race in front of Laurens in 2024. Although that was not difficult. We review our race at the 24 Hours of Spa. Laurens explains his disastrous weekend and goes into details of what went wrong. While finished finished on the podium and tell us about the difficult conditions, being tired and much more.
Race Review: The 24 Hours of Le Mans
Our review of the 24 hours of Le Mans. Laurens finished in fourth place after fighting for a win for most of the race. While Dries was involved in a controversial crash together with Robert Kubica... As always we summarise our races before we head over to the gossip area, where we discuss the accident, the mythical Le Mans week, Ferrari and look ahead to the 24 Hours of Spa. May we remind everyone that we all have our own opinion and we love to hear yours but we all must remain respectful with our comments.
Race Review: The 7 Hours of Nurburgring.
The 24 hours of Nurburgring... At least that was the plan but it ended up being only 7 hours. The race got neutralised and kind of canceled due to weather conditions. Laurens "finished" in second place while Dries his car crashed early in the race. We give our opinion, share some inside stories and look ahead to the 24 hours (hopefully) of Le Mans.
André Lotterer: Already a legend.
A long awaited episode finally in the books. Andre came to our studio ahead of this weekends third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Andre and Laurens have been teammates since 1,5 years and are currently leading the World Championship together with Kevin Estre. Andre his career is far from over but already now he obtains the status as a legend with his 3 overal victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and much more. We talk in depth about the start of his career, his life in Japan followed by his successful Endurance stint. We also chat about his amazing car collection, some crashes in a Carrera GT, him marrying Laurens his daughter in 15 years…. And much more. Enjoy!
Thomas Chevaucher: Technical Engineering Director at FIA talks with us about Hypercar, Balance of Performance and Hydrogen.
Our first episode of a different kind. Today we talked with Thomas Chevaucher, technical engineering director at FIA. We went over multiple topics which are on the technical side and maybe a lot of you don't always know what they mean, what they represent or how it works. Therefor Thomas carefully explained us multiple topics such at the comparison between Hypercar and LMP1. What Balance of Performance is and how it works. The future of Hydrogen. The process and rules around the homologation of a car and much more. Even we learned something new so we hope you do to!
Race Review: 6 hours of Imola. Podium for one, a red flag for the other.
Here we are again, a bit later as planned. Too much driving in circles... Our review of last weekend 6 hours of Imola. Laurens finished on the podium with Porsche Penske Motorsport and thus increased their championship lead. While Dries caused a Red flag... Something we will discuss in details, together with many other topics. Our next events. Sebastian Vettel. And the crazy Nurburgring finish. Ah yes, and an earthquake in New York...
Race Review: The 1812km of Qatar. Victory again!
Our review of the first round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Qatar. And.. another victory! Laurens won together with Kevin and Andre for Porsche Penske Motorsport, making it the first Belgian victory in 38 years. Dries had a less successful event at the debut of BMW Team WRT. We reviewed our race, talked the usual gossip, our thoughts about Qatar and the fact that Laurens has to pay to get a trophy....
Raffaele Marciello: The dream to become a legend.
In this episode we go through the highs and lows in Lello his career. From the point where he was almost an F1 driver to having to give up that dream but become one of the most successful and strongest GT drivers in his era. The long rivalry with Dries and how they will end up together with BMW in 2024. Definitely a joy to listen!
Race Review: The 12 Hours of Bathurst. Victory #1!
Our first straight after the race podcast and we straight away have good material to talk about, a victory for Laurens! We go over our race, talk about what happened. And uncover some behind the scenes stories such as Laurens his week on the toilet, balance of performance, the performance of Valentino Rossi and much more.
Race Review: The 24 Hours of Daytona 2024
New for 2024! As the both of us will compete in 90% of our races together this year, we will try and do a podcast episode within 24 hours after the flag drops. The best way to get the purest and most emotional review. Due to this, these episodes will only be available as an audio podcast. To start: The 24 hours of Daytona 2024. Laurens finished in fourth place and Dries in eight place. No big celebrations to talk about but still plenty of behind the scenes information. Please let us know in the comments or on social media what you would like to hear from us in these reviews!
Mathieu Jaminet: His career, the legendary Daytona battle and different approaches to be successful.
In this episode we go over Mathieu his career. We spoke about how he managed to turn around a difficult start into becoming a vers successful Porsche factory driver. We of course, had to discuss the legendary Daytona battle with Laurens and his view on different approaches to be successful in motorsport. Enjoy.
Renger Van Der Zande: Who the F*** is Renger?
Another great guest resulting in a great episode. We go over Renger his career, his highs but also his lows. How his self started business saved his career in motorsport. Comparing our days in single seaters versus the modern days. Winning the 24h of Daytona together with Fernando Alonso. How his insurance company and racing go together, or not always.. Finally we topped it up with the usual stories, hope you enjoy it! Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
The 2023 review.
Dries called it a Christmas special. Larry simply called it a 2023 review. Probably it’s a bit of both. We discuss some internal gossip and complain about the lack of support in our country, definitely worth a listen. Furthermore we discuss our season. We talked about our best, worst, most memorable,.. moments. And we quickly look ahead at 2024 before we had to leave because Mom texted us to be on time for Christmas dinner. Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
Rene Rast: The path to his successful career and the rivalry with Laurens at Audi.
This was an episode which we’ve been waiting for a while. We talked about Rene his hugely successful career path, his work ethic and a lot more. But the most interesting part was definitely the big rivalry with Laurens at Audi back in 2013, 2014 and 2015. A lot of untold stories got shared today! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
Macau Grand Prix Preview
In our latest episode we preview the upcoming Macau Grand Prix where Laurens will participate with Porsche. We review Petit Le Mans and the Indy 8h. Catch up on our winter plans, upcoming events and just randomly chat along about LMDh in 2024, DTM, simulator work and much more.
We are back!
We are sorry.. Our summer was busier than we expected! But we are back! And we have plenty of to talk about. Larry's road bike trip? Dries his first laps in the BMW LMDh? Our upcoming races and plans? Plenty of BS? We've got it all.. And no worries, we will be better organised to have more episodes frequently.
Race Review: The 24 Hours of Spa, our race gossips.
In this podcast episode we discuss our 24 hours of Spa race of last weekend. Unfortunately no glory for both of us, although we were both in the fight for a victory. But as always, we have plenty of stories and gossip to talk about!
Jordan Taylor: The dream of Corvette, racing with his family and a weird butt surprise.
This was probably the funniest episode we recorded so far. Jordan is known to be very good and successful race car driver in USA but an even funnier social media personality. We talk through his career and his dream of driving for Corvette, his NASCAR experience, racing with his brother and father. And we touched on his social media stories, Rodney Sandstorm and much more.. Hope you enjoy. Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
Race Review: The 24h of Le Mans, the best one ever?
Today we talk about the century edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. No success for the both of us but still the best event of the year. We talk about the high and lows of our race, the craziness of the whole Le Mans week and a terrorist attack in Dries his RV. Was it the best Le Mans ever?
Race Review: The 24h of Nurburgring, did it cross a line this year?
In this episode we discuss last weekends 24 hours of Nurburgring. As usual there was a lot of discussion afterwards about the accidents between amateurs and professionals. Did it cross a line this year? We shared our opinion.. And we look ahead to our upcoming events in the next week. Oh and Dries had misfires...
Earl Bamber: Getting sued by Coca-Cola, the best #BAMTHOR moments and life at Cadillac.
In our 10th episode we had a special one, Earl Bamber. Laurens his worse part of the #BAMTHOR history. We go deep in some behind the scenes #BAMTHOR moments, discuss the fact that Laurens was almost being sued by Coca-Cola, our love for red wine, dodgy late night evening stories and much much more. Definitely the episode with the most LOL moments so far. Enjoy.
Kevin Estre: His dream of Le Mans, the 0-100 approach and an investment from his wife.
We had the honours to have Kevin Estre in our show. We talked about his career and the fight to become a professional race car driver. Kevin has achieved many international victories by now and is known to be one of the best GT drivers at the moment. We discussed his 0-100% mentality and his history with Laurens over the past years. Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
Race Review II: Double duty at Sebring, victory in Kyalami and a pursuit in South Africa.
We’ve been on the road lately but here we are with episode #8. In this episode we review our races in Kyalami, Sebring and the Nurburgring. With nothing less than Vanthoor victories in all races. Laurens his dream come true by debuting in LMDh and Dries also had a special encounter in Kyalami.. Our sponsors for this show.Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-blackSacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk
Tom Boonen: The dream of Le Mans, comparing motorsport vs cycling and choosing between Le Mans or Paris Roubaix.
It was a honour to have Tom on our show. A cycling legend with wins in Paris Roubaix, Tour of Flandres, a world championship and much more. He switched to motorsport after his cycling career and we compared the two worlds and made him choose between winning Le Mans or Paris Roubaix, it was a closer call then you would expect! A ton of interesting stories. If you love cycling and motorsport, this is gold. Our sponsors for this show. Canon: https://robyns.be/nl/product/425520/canon/powershot-g7x-mkiii-black Sacred: https://sacredcafe.co.uk