Dirty Side of the Track

“Send us a Hey Now!” The British Grand Prix never disappoints, and this year's Formula 1 weekend at Silverstone delivered drama from the Sprint right through to a tense finish behind the Safety Car. From wheel-to-wheel battles and changing fortunes to controversial moments and championship implications, there was no shortage of talking points.  This week on Dirty Side Podcast, we review the e...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The Austrian Grand Prix delivered everything Formula 1 fans could ask for. From soaring temperatures in the Styrian hills to yellow flag controversy and wheel-to-wheel battles throughout the field, there was plenty to unpack after another entertaining weekend at the Red Bull Ring.  This week on the Dirty Side Podcast we break down all the biggest moments from the Austrian GP....

“Send us a Hey Now!” School's out for summer, which means it's time for the Dirty Side Podcast End of Spring Report Card! With the Formula 1 season approaching the halfway point, we hand out grades across the paddock and take a look at who has exceeded expectations, who needs summer school, and which teams might be heading for detention before the championship battle reaches its conclusi...

“Send us a Hey Now!”  The 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix wasn't a race that grabbed you from lap one, but Formula 1 has a habit of rewarding patience. What looked like a slow-burning afternoon in Spain eventually produced plenty for fans to talk about, and this week we break down everything that unfolded in our full F1 Race Review. We discuss the key moments from the Barcelona GP, the bi...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The Monaco Grand Prix always delivers talking points, and this week on Dirty Side Podcast we dive into our full Formula 1 Monaco GP Race Review. We break down the key moments from one of the most famous races on the F1 calendar, discuss the biggest winners and losers, and share our thoughts on how the championship battle is shaping up after another fascinating weekend on the s...

“Send us a Hey Now!” After an unforgettable trip to the Canadian Grand Prix, we realized there were still plenty of stories, observations and memories that never made it into our race review episode.  So before we turn our attention to Monaco, we revisit our Montreal adventure and discuss some of the moments we forgot to cover the first time around. From experiences around the circuit to behind-th...

“Send us a Hey Now!” After an incredible weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix, we’re back with a full race weekend review covering everything we can actually remember from three unforgettable days at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve! This episode includes: 🏁 Our full Canadian GP experience 🏎 F1, F2 & F1 Academy action 🔥 The atmosphere around Montreal all weekend 👀 A visit to the Cadillac garage &amp...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Canadian GP Preview + Our Trip to Montreal! | F1 News, Videos & Race Weekend Plans We are just one week away from the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix and the excitement is building! Not only are we previewing the race at the legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve — we’ll actually be there in Montreal for the race weekend . In this episode we run through the latest F1 news, soci...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We find ourselves in an off week after Miami and it's a double off week meaning no race to preview either. With the recent race cancellations we had drained our non-race week topics dry until Brian came up with a genius idea for this week. What if we ran through the ABCs of not just F1 but also what each letter means to this here podcast! Yeah, we know you know it's...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The F1 season roared back into life in the sunshine state as the paddock arrived in Miami for another action-packed race weekend at the Miami Grand Prix . With thunderstorms threatening to disrupt proceedings, the weekend schedule was shaken up before a wheel had even turned. Teams also arrived with a raft of upgrades as they tried to close the gap to Mercedes-AMG Petronas For...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We are through the break, kinda, as we finally get to preview a race again! Next week is the F1 race in Miami and we take an extended look at this upcoming race as the F1 world returns to action. We include a reminder of what has happened in the first three races just to get everyone back up to speed and ready to go racing! Episode running order as always is... 1) News & S...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We are nearly through the F1 spring break and this week we do another entry in our Vale's tales series of looking at historical drivers. This time it's the tragic tale of Jochen Rindt, the only world champion to not live to see the moment they secured the WDC. Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out t...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's week two in this mini-break from F1 but we have an absolute belter of an episode as we have an awesome pair of guests! Dan and Patrick are the hosts of the Midfield Podcast and we have been guests on their pod, but they have never graced the Dirty Side (despite what Rob thinks) until now. We chat to them about things they can't normally discuss such as race winn...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's our first off week in this mini-break from F1 but we have an absolute belter of an episode as we have an awesome guest! Jamey Price is an award winning motorsport photographer who has covered many series including F1. He chats to us about his early life as a competitive jockey and how he pivoted away from competing to capturing the sporting world and how he eventuall...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The season is into it's third race and we have our review of the Japanese GP. We discuss the action on track and debate how we are feeling about these regs. Has F1 taken a wrong turn with them or are we enjoying the action on track? The drivers certainly have had a lot to say about them. Episode running order is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the spor...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We find ourselves in an off week before the F1 circus rocks up in Japan. Therefore this episode features a Japanese GP preview as we look towards how we think the current cars will perform on the Suzuka track. In addition we have an amazing feature where we decide which 80s TV show would each team be because why not! It's a huge blast down memory lane as we decide which c...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The season is into it's second week and we have our review of the Chinese GP. We discuss the action we saw across both the sprint and the main race. Oh, and Pitlane Paul has a rather special co-host of his review segment; none other than Cadillac reserve driver Zhou Guanyu! Episode running order is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out th...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The season is here and we have a race review AND a preview. We pull discuss the Australian GP, try to make our mind up about the new regulations, and then preview the Chinese GP Episode running order is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on the various social channels  2) Brian's Video Vault        ...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The season is basically here as this week we are able to do our first race preview of the season with Australia just one week away! We also have Rob AKA Formula Fantasy Hub to give us his view on both the season and also how the fantasy game will pan out this year including explaining a very confusing new rule. Oh, and we also squeeze in a quick recap of Drive to Survive. Epis...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Well testing is over and now we wait for the new season to start!  We reflect on what all three testing sessions told (or didn't tell) us, we reflect on moments of innovation, impact of new regs, and we also rank where we think each team is based on what we know. Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out the...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week saw the F1 teams head to Bahrain for the first round of pre-season testing.  We saw all the new liveries on display and got a first look at them on track as portions of the testing were televised. We pick apart the various theories coming out of testing and also rank the liveries to create our combined leaderboard. Episode running order as always is... 1) News &...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week we got a few of our Discord members to come along for our annual Discord episode and share their views on a few topics. With Andy, Az, and Lee we discuss what we all think will happen this year, what we think the big dramas will be that Drive to Survive 27 will look back on, and what our heart over head views are (both good and bad) for the upcoming season. Episode r...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week saw the F1 teams head to Barcelona for 5 days of pre-season shakedown testing (of which they could choose three to run the car on track). We read waaaaay to much into all of this and one of us makes an outrageous claim! Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on th...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week saw the livery launches from Haas, Alpine, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Audi. We pull them all apart and give our "expert" opinion on them all. We also visit Cadillac Corner again with some more suspect jingles. This week we also welcome Perry to the Dirty Side of the track to chat about his F1 fandom. Great conversation and he also takes on the Dirty Side Fastes...

“Send us a Hey Now!” The season is almost here as this week saw the livery launches from Red Bull and Racing Bulls. We also had Cadillac on track and to celebrate we have our first visit to our new feature......Cadillac Corner  This week we also welcome Lizzie to the Dirty Side of the track to chat about her F1 fandom. That's not an accidental repeat of last weeks guest notes as we have our s...