Going Off Track with Kathryn & Emily

We have officially survived the Formula 1 "Fall Break"! We're back at it in COTA and have a ton to cover, including: -Our reaction to Danny Ricciardo being replaced by Liam Lawson at VCARB -LVMH becoming F1's global partner in 2025 -F1 teaming up with Hot Wheels -Lewis Hamilton being tapped to co-chair the 2025 Met Gala -Renault dropping it's engine supplier program at the end of 2025 -Haas' techn...

How many team names can an F1 team be named? So many names. We're back with Part 5 of our F1 Team Genealogy series, covering two of the most entertaining team histories: Alpine and Aston Martin. From Kimi Raikkonen almost bankrupting Lotus, Flavio Briatore being banned from F1 for life (but also not), CrashGate, Midland and Spyker and Force India's financial collapse, plus Daddy Stroll buying a te...

As we inch closer to the end of the Formula 1 "fall break", we inch closer to the end of our F1 Team Genealogy Series. In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily talk the histories of the two most successful modern teams: Red Bull and Mercedes. For Red Bull, it started with a former F1 driver, shifted to become an advertising board for an American car company, and then the brain child of motorsport rac...

Can I interest you in a rebrand? Or you? Or you? *Insert Oprah gif here* In Part 3 of our F1 Genealogy project, we cover the two teams on the grid with the current worst names in the history of Formula 1: Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber and Visa Cashapp RB. They're a pair of teams with some interesting history, a bunch of notable drivers who didn't do much while driving for those teams, and rebrands eve...

F1 Team Genealogy is back and...did we really go from two of the most historic and successful F1 teams to...Haas and Williams? Yes, we did. But there is a method to our madness, we promise. In today's episode, we discuss: -How Kevin Magnussen is actually kind of Haas' most successful driver? -How the brain child of Gene Haas and Guenther Steiner (though, we all know it was mostly Guenther) could n...

It's Formula 1's weird Fall Break and we are BACK with the F101s we've been threatening to do since before the Summer Break. In our F1 Team Genealogy series, we're going to explore the histories of the F1 teams we know and love on the 2024 grid. Who were they before the team names we know now. And we're starting things off with the easy ones: the oldest surviving F1 team in Ferrari, and the second...

Well Singapore sure was...a humid parade! Not exactly how we wanted F1 to go out before this four-week so-called Fall Break, but...that's what you get in Singapore. In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss: -The rumors of Valtteri Bottas' contract extension with Stake -Lando Norris winning from pole for the first time in his career -Max Verstappen's surprising P2 finish -And also Max Verstapp...

A livery celebrating...jeans? Only in F1. It's time to head to Singapore for Formula 1's OG sprint race on the streets of Marina Bay and, as always, it's one of the coolest and most unique tracks on the calendar. In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss: -Franco Colapinto's potential to take the second Stake seat in 2025 -F1's upcoming Lego collab (sponsor us plz & thanks) -Our thoughts o...

To paraphrase SNL's Stefon, this.race.has.everything. Papaya rules not being a factor. Oscar Piastri's flawless overtake on Charles Leclerc en route to the win. Leclerc losing out from pole in Baku for the fourth straight season. A resurgent(?) Sergio Perez coming together with Carlos Sainz on Lap 50 of 51. Williams double points! Franco Colapinto getting more points in one race than Logan Sargean...

F1 is back in the streets of Baku! In this week's episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss: -Adrian Newey confirming that he's making the long-rumored jump to Aston Martin -Oscar Piastri has been told to play ball and help Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen in the World Driver's Championship -F2's Gabriel Bortoleto is the new frontrunner for the still-vacant Stake/Sauber seat if negotiations with Valtteri...

Did you have Charles Leclerc winning the 2024 Italian Grand Prix on your bingo card? Because we didn't! In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss: -Kimi Antonelli finally, officially, getting the nod to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025 -The rumors about Valtteri Bottas' future with Stake -That James Vowels/Mick Schumacher kerfuffle -How Charles Leclerc and a shockingly good Ferrari s...

Anything interesting happen between Zandvoort and Monza? No? Nothing? Yeah, let’s get into it. Logan Sargeant is out, Franco Colapinto is in at Williams, and will make his F1 debut at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix. Did we see the replacement coming? Sure. Did we see Colapinto taking over the drive? Definitely not. In today’s episode, Kathryn and Emily also discuss: -Why Liam Lawson DIDN’T get the Wi...

Formula 1 is back from the summer break and Lando Norris completely and totally ran away with that race. In today’s episode we break down: -Jack Doohan’s graduation from the Alpine Academy to become Pierre Gasly’s teammate in 2025 -The fact that Toto Wolff pretty much confirmed Mercedes is on the verge of announcing Kimi Antonelli as their driver next season -The entire mess that is Haas’ legal tr...

The Formula 1 Summer Break is over and for the second season in a row was…really not all that silly. But after the first half of year that we’d all had, we all kind of needed the break. With Kathryn back in Arizona and Emily back in Texas, it’s time to dive into the second half of the 2024 season. We discuss: -What we think is going to happen with Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson and Daniel Ricciardo (Pa...

Breaking news: Carlos Sainz signs multi-year deal with Williams for 2025 and beyond! What do you think of the decision? Good? Bad? Career ending? Sound off in the comments. It's been a while since Kathryn and Emily had to red flag it (just over a year, in fact), but Carlos Sainz FINALLY deciding on a team for 2024 is just that newsworthy. In this episode, we also discuss: -How things will go for C...

Okay that was one hell of a summer finale at the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix! Kathryn and Emily react to the highlights, including George Russell’s shock disqualification after a flawless one-stop race, Lewis Hamilton inheriting the win on the 11-year anniversary of his first victory with Mercedes at the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, and the utter collapse of a performance suffered by Red Bull’s Sergio P...

We’re going to the Belgian Grand Prix, which means it’s the final race before the Summer Break! With a planned Max Verstappen grid penalty, a driven Lando Norris and driving rain predicted for Qualifying, it is shaping up to be a wild weekend to close out the first half of the 2024 season. Fresh off spending three days in the wilderness, Kathryn joins Emily to also discuss: -Esteban Ocon’s shiny n...

Well, that sure was a race! The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix may not be one for the history books, other than Oscar Piastri’s maiden F1 victory, but it sure was, once again, overshadowed by a massive McLaren strategy blunder, a very (rightfully) upset Lando Norris and a Max Verstappen who, according to Crofty, was overtired from all that sim racing the night before. In our opening of the second half...

Welcome to the second half of the 2024 Formula 1 season, we’re headed to the Hungaroring in Hungary, and it’s going to be a scorcher! With an excessive heat warning in, well, the entire country, conditions in Hungary are bound to be some of the most challenging this season, right up there with the 2023 race in Qatar that saw a number of drivers retire, require assistance getting out of the car, an...

Welcome back to From Our DMs, where we share with YOU what we’ve been talking about in our Instagram DMs while Emily’s been off traveling on her way back to the United States from Argentina. Thanks again to guests hosts Adam and Paul for subbing in while she was away! To kick off the episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss Emily’s thoughts on: -George Russell’s win in Austria -The significance of Lewis...

Lewis Hamilton just broke one of F1’s “unbreakable” records! He has become the first Formula 1 driver to win NINE races at the same circuit with his victory at the 2024 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Joined by this week’s guest host, Kathryn’s dad Paul, they discussed: -Ollie Bearman’s multi-year rookie contract with Haas for 2025 (plus rumors about Esteban Ocon taking the second Haas seat, an...

It is time for the 79th edition of the British Grand Prix at the historic Silverstone Circuit! Emily’s still traveling, so joining Kathryn this week is her dad, Paul!  In today’s episode, Paul and Kathryn discuss: -Mercedes parting ways with Puma and Tommy Hilfiger, its current apparel providers, in favor of Adidas in 2025 -The former Mercedes engineering boss, Andy Cowell, who will be replac...

Well the Austrian Grand Prix sure went out with a bang! Who had a George Russell victory on their bingo cards? Certainly not us! Also featuring Kathryn’s BFF Adam as guest host, in today’s episode, we discussed: -Why Jos Verstappen needs to cut it out and stop trying to destroy Max's career (feat. Kathryn's ever-growing list of former F1 drivers who need to stop talking to the media) -Yuki Tsunoda...

Wait, that's not Emily! No, Kathryn's BFF is cohosting while Emily is on her travels! And it's Max Verstappen vs. Lando Norris in the next sprint race of the 2024 season, also featuring the non surprise of Lance Stroll and Pierre Gasly's contract extensions, what could happen at VCARB with Daniel Ricciardo, and how the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix could avoid last year's track limits disaster. Also fe...

The 2024 Spanish Grand Prix is in the books and it’s game on between Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris, who sits in P2 in the Driver’s Standings for the first time in his career. In today’s episode, we also discuss: -That email that went to the paddock about Lewis Hamilton being sabotaged by Mercedes -The return of once-banned F1 team exec, Flavio Briatore -Kathryn’s critique of...