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“Send us a Hey Now!” This week we welcome Lizzie to the Dirty Side of the track to chat about her F1 fandom. Lizzie is an active member of F1 Threads which is where we managed to convince her to come on. Great conversation and she also takes on the inaugural running of the Dirty Side Fastest Lap Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's the start of the year so first of all, Happy New Year! This week we are joined by the third leg of the Dirty Side stool, Pitlane Paul. He talks to us about getting ready for the new season and how that is different this year given that Valtteri will be back on the grid as a driver for Cadillac. Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best b...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We are taking a couple of weeks off from recording full length episodes so have delved into our back catalog to bring you a couple of our favorites. Up this week is Rob's choice where he chose that we relisten to the episode we did back in Season 1, episode 32. What was special about that episode you ask? Only the appearance of one Jacques Villeneuve on the pod! Yes, the...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We are taking a couple of weeks off from recording full length episodes so have delved into our back catalog to bring you a couple of our favorites. Up this week is Brian's choice where he chose that we relisten to the Vale's Tale episode we did back in Season 2, episode 5 on the subject of Nigel Mansell. So, if you didn't catch it the first time (or even if you...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's the end of the season so before we hang up our microphones for 2025 we need to give out our end of season awards. We also have a bumper crop of stats to take a look at as we look back at the season that was 2025. 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 the vario...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went racing for the final time this season with the WDC on the line at the Abu Dhabi GP. It might have been a more intriguing/anxious race rather than exciting but still kept us interested until the very end. We'll review the race as well as the crowning of this years Champion. The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out the...

“Send us a Hey Now!” After the events of Vegas with the double McLaren disqualification, it was time for them to lick their wounds and see what Qatar would bring. Well what it brought was a very poor racing weekend but with the promise of an epic end to the season. Oh, and it also involved a discussion concerning cows & camels....well it did for Paul anyway. The flow will be... 1) News & S...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back racing after an off week last week and it was a return to the US for the race in Vegas!. The race weekend was gonna be a challenge for us in the US to keep up with given the late timings of sessions but we gotcha covered if you missed it. Oh, and there may be a special guest in Pitlane Paul's review!! The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's an off week before we head to Vegas so this week we decided to take a look at a season that has a few things in common with this season. The 2007 season saw McLaren end up with two number one drivers who battled each other for the title whilst also trying to fend off a driver from another team! Sound familiar? We look at a number of other things that took place that...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back racing after an off week last week and it was a return to Brazil for the race at Interlagos. The race weekend was also a sprint weekend so we had extra competitive action at a track we love here on the Dirty Side. The flow will be... 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 chan...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's an off week before we head to Brazil so this week we decided to take a look at how we might build a team if the only drivers we could pick from are this seasons six rookies. We debate who would be test driver, reserve driver, and which two would take our race seats. We then take a look ahead to Brazil and update our casino game selections. Episode running order as al...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back to back racing after COTA last week and it was a return to Mexico for the race in Mexico City. The race has been a bit of a snoozer in recent years so we went in with expectations pretty low. How wrong we were!!! The flow will be... 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 chann...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back to racing after a week off and it was a return to the US for the race at COTA. Was it a banger or a bore? Well that seems to depend on if you are a fan of tire management but on the plus side it was a sprint weekend so we got more racing. The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye o...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's an off week before we head to COTA so this week we decided to take a look at how team orders have taken shape down the years given the huge focus being put on everything McLaren are doing right now. We look at some of the big ones and also how we feel that McLaren might be trying to do something we've not really seen before. Episode running order as always is......

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week was the Singapore GP and it's a little bit of a different episode. We needed some help recording and threw the challenge over to the Dirty Siders and you answered. Just wanna say thanks to everyone to sent over reviews for us, it's appreciated. Support the show We would love you to join our Discord server so use this invite link to join us https://discord.g...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's an off week before we head to Singapore so this week we decided to take a look at how Cadillac might get on based on the debut seasons of the last seven new WCC entrants. We start back in 1991 with Jordan and come all the way up to 2016 with Haas. What can these teams tell us about what life is like in your first season on the grid? Best listen and find out! Episode...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back to racing after a week off and it was a return to the streets of Baku for the Azerbaijan GP. Was it a banger or a bore? Well that seems to depend on who you ask, but it had a whole host of talking points especially the qualifying session and a boat load of stats for Sap to get his teeth into. The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's an off week before we head to Baku so this week with eight races left we decided to look at the eight story lines we see as being left to unfold. We'll make our way through those then have a preview of the race next weekend in Baku. Episode running order as always is... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what ca...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We went back to back after the Dutch GP as F1 made it's way back to Italy in the form of Monza. Was it a banger? Maybe not, but it had a whole host of talking points that we pull apart in this episode, not least the subject of team orders from McLaren. The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our...

“Send us a Hey Now!” We finally emerged from the summer break and had racing back on track as we returned to the Netherlands for the Dutch GP. Was it a banger? Maybe not, but it had a certain magic about it and we were very glad to have a race to review again. The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on the variou...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's still the summer break but the end is in sight as we do have a race to preview! We also have a pair of guests who are a married couple that have seen both sides of the coin in terms of being involved in the F1 circus. Ben has worked for McLaren and is now at Williams and Cassandra is his wife who talks about what it's like to be married to someone in F1. Episode...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's still the summer break and it feels like it will be forever until we see cars on track again. So, we put on our thinking caps to see what we could discuss this week. We decided to take a look at a subject we've threatened to dive into since we started this pod - What exactly is a non-championship race?  We take a look at when & where they were held and debat...

“Send us a Hey Now!” It's the first week of the summer break and it feels like it will be forever until we see cars on track again. So, we put on our thinking caps to see what we could discuss this week. We decided to take a look ahead at 2026 and the calendar.  We both independently rated each track from 1st to 24th then compared our scores. What unfolds is a discussion around the ones we ha...

“Send us a Hey Now!” A week on from Oscar's win in Belgium and the focus switched back to Lando and whether he could close the gap before the summer shutdown. Could we see anyone else challenge the Papaya boys this week or would this be a straight fight between the two of them? Could Hungary deliver a better race than Spa? The flow will be... 1) News & Social All the best bits from both t...

“Send us a Hey Now!” A week on from Lando's win in Austria all the questions were concerning could he make it a first win on home soil or would Oscar bounce back? Could we see Lewis do well again at Silverstone, would George do it for the home fans, or would Max rain on the British parade? Join us, and a special guest, for our race weekend review and find out. The flow will be... 1) News &amp...