Dirty Side of the Track

“Send us a Hey Now!” We are into the F1 summer break and that means no cars on track for a while. We've been lucky enough to get some guests lined up to fill the void and we kick things off by welcoming Helz from the F1 Threads community to the pod. If you are not familiar with Threads then it is the Meta version of X and has been really booming recently in terms of users and the growth of th...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 14 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Spa for the last race before the summer break. F1 signs off for the summer with a banger of a race and also some post-race drama just ensure we all come back after the break! The running order of this episode 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...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 13 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Hungary for the penultimate race before the summer break. Fair to say that radio messages feature highly here...maybe more so than actual racing! The running order of this episode 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&apo...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week is an off week as we sit between Britain & Hungary. However, while there may not be a race to talk about we had the very great pleasure of talking with Elizabeth Blackstock.  She is the US editor of Planet F1 as well as a published author with the Racing with Rich Energy book, podcaster, and chef! It was a great chat and we won't give anything away other tha...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 12 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Britain for the final leg of the triple header. The Sap man makes a return to the pod this week after his European adventures. He shares his tales of visiting Silverstone for FP1, FP2, meeting Paul, and shaking Sir Jackie Stewart's hand. On top of that we had an absolute stonker of a race so stop reading this and get listening...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 11 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Austria for the second of the triple header. Rob is joined by Rob this week after he has recovered from the illness that stopped him joining last week. And what a race week to recover for! It was a sprint weekend and in addition it's fair to say that there was plenty for the two Robs to discuss!! The running order of this epis...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 10 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Spain for the first of a triple header. Rob has to find a last minute co-host as the planned deputy for Sap was planned to be Rob Reed but he got struck down with illness. Music man Andy valiantly stepped in at the last minute after only half-watching the race. At the same time Rob realizes how hard it is to play the sound effects...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week is an off week as we sit between Canada & Spain. However, while there may not be a race to talk about we had the very great pleasure of talking with Mark Schofield from SB Nation. It was a great chat and we won't give anything away other than to say we think you're in for a real treat. We also preview the race in Spain which will actually be one where S...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 9 of the F1 2024 season and we head to Canada for one of our fav tracks in F1. This could well be due to us being bias given we were there last year but we both really love this venue. For the first time since Canada 23, we were back together face to face and had a great time at Brian's local bar watching the race then recording the pod. The running order of this ep...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 8 of the F1 2024 season and we headed over to Monaco for the most famous race in F1. It was a race that split opinion at Dirty Side headquarters but there was plenty to discuss. The running order of this episode is: 1) News & Social 2) Brian's Video Vault   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OilCkgk0e5Y . MONACO F1: Billionaires' Harbour! Kym Illman. 7 mins. h...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 7 of the F1 2024 season and we headed over to Italy for the first European race this year in Imola. It was the very definition of a slow burner with the race being a bit of a stinker in all honesty until a final 10 lap dash from Lando generated some drama. In addition to the race review we also have a preview of Monaco which is up next week. The running order of this epi...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week is an off week as we sit between Miami & Imola. However, we are not finished with Miami just yet so we're going back for seconds.  The main thing to catch up on was the outstanding reviews from Pitlane Paul plus some of the TV audience stats. In addition we also have a preview of the Emilia Romagna GP from Imola next week. The running order of this episode i...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 6 of the F1 2024 season and  we are living it up n Miami! It was another sprint race of the season and did not disappoint in any way. The main event was also epic as we finally saw Lando Norris bring home a win after so many near misses in the past. It's fair to say that the guys could not be happier even though Rob was having to record on his phone after his laptop...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week is an off week as we sit between China & Miami. However, we have a great episode as there was a huge amount of news to dissect not least the story about Adrian Newey looking to leave Red Bull! We also preview the race in Miami which will actually be at a time that will allow Sap to tune in and watch live. The running order of this episode is: 1) News & Social...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 5 of the F1 2024 season and  we are back to China after a few years off. It was also the first sprint race of the season with yet another format after they tweaked it yet again! The weekend saw rain as well as fire plus some questionable strategies as well as decision making. We also get a triple helping of Pitlane Paul as he breaks up his insights to cover Friday, Satur...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week is an off week as we sit between Japan & China. However, we have a great episode as we caught up with Terry from the F1 Coffee Corner for a chat about all things F1. We also preview the race in China The running order of this episode is: 1) News & Social 2) Brian's Video Vault https://youtu.be/5Imrg30sv_s?si=Qs2P_kuJC1BHy1Ed Lollipop man Japanese Highlig...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 4 of the F1 2024 season and  we are back to the pattern of a Red Bull 1-2 as Max converted his pole to a win and Checo brought his car home in second. While this week's episode will follow a normal flow, we are thrilled to be joined by a guest host.  James Coker joined us just before Miami last year and he was very new to the sport but was starting to make an impact...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week we are deciding the driver line up for the 2025 season via a highly scientific and well thought out method; picking names out of a hat! There is also a bumper crop of videos to go with the usual news and social round up before we wrap things up with a look ahead to the Japanese Grand Prix next week which will be held at Suzuka. The running order of this episode is: 1...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 3 of the F1 2024 season and  we have a new winner for the season! Carlos Sainz was undergoing surgery not so long ago but today he was standing on the top step of the podium after driving his Ferrari to victory! It's fair to say Rob was pretty happy as the resident Ferrari fan as Charles came home second to make it a Ferrari 1-2. Big stories such as the Williams cal...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week we are joined live from Australia by Pitlane Paul! He is in the Adelaide hills so the signal just about held out for us which was a relief! For the last couple of weeks we have been asking folk for questions to put to him and on this episode we hold a live Q&A with him. We have him join our news & social roundup as well as our Australian GP preview. The runni...

“Send us a Hey Now!” Round 2 of the F1 2024 season and  Brian the grinch is closer than ever to ditching F1 and starting a pickleball podcast. It's fair to say this race was not a banger but maybe not as bad as last week's race in Bahrain. Big stories such as the rise of Oliver Bearman get looked at along with Kevin Magnussen playing a great game of "slow the pack down to let Hulk g...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week it's all about the start of a new season....or is it?  Are we just trapped in last year playing out again? It's fair to say the opening race was not a banger but the guys pull out all the main bits and even give some insights on maybe some optimism for the season ahead.....well, Rob does anyway.  Brian the grinch is getting close to ditching F1 and starting...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week it's all about cars on track as pre-season testing finally arrived! The guys look at all aspects of testing from aero rakes, flow vis paint, commentary padding, livery rankings, and of course trying to work out what to make of the times put up by each team. In addition to that there is the first appearance of a Pitlane Paul review, guest Adam from Fantasy HQ, an...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week it's all about the last of the liveries as we have now seen all 10 cars that will form the grid for the 2024 season! We also react to some of the team principal sound bites from the week as well as take a closer look at the wheel rims, Brian's videos, and then a look at the new and improved F1 Fantasy game that launched this week. The running order of this...

“Send us a Hey Now!” This week it's all about the news again.....well kinda! The off season really is giving us a lot to talk about so this weeks proper episode is focused on livery reveals and what we make of the four we have seen this week. We are then going to celebrate the one year anniversary of our chat with Valtteri Bottas by republishing that as a bonus episode. So the shorter running...