Going Off Track with Kathryn & Emily

It’s time to make some guesses about what’s going to happen during the 2024 F1 season! And we’re probably going to be wrong! Well, not about our picks for Driver and Constructor’s champion. We’re pretty confident those picks will shake out by the time we get to Abu Dhabi. We also picked our: -Driver’s Championship Podium -Constructor’s Championship Podium -Biggest Surprise - Team -Biggest Disappoi...

Let’s talk liveries! Now that all the 2024 cars have been revealed, Kathryn and Emily are going to unload on our thoughts and opinions about them. And we, as always, have plenty. Some teams played it SUPER safe, while others made some, shall we say, bold choices. Emily graded them on a scale from A to F, while Kathryn ranked them from 1 to 5. We crowned our Livery of the Year, along with our Carbo...

We are just days away from the release of the sixth season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive, and we have a LONG wish list. Will we see coverage of Emily’s favorite moment of 2023: Sergio Perez’s Double DNF in Suzuka? Will Carlos Sainz get the recognition he deserves? Just HOW much of this coverage will be dedicated to the merry-go-round of drivers through that second AlphaTauri seat? Will the Vegas c...

Anything newsworthy happen in Formula 1 last week? Oh right, yes. Not only did Lewis Hamilton drop a bomb on his Mercedes team (and the world of sports as a whole) by announcing his move to Ferrari on football deadline day, but we also got the news that the FOM (stupidly) decided to deny the Andretti bid to become the 11th Formula 1 team. And yes, Kathryn and Emily have THOUGHTS about it all. We a...

It can’t be Silly Season already, can it? Well, no, it’s not, because no one is surprised at the recently announced contract extensions for McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Hell, it’s not even the end of Lando’s contract, but McLaren boss Zak Brown and Team Principal Andrea Stella wouldn’t want to risk him running off to other, energy-drink themed pastures. Or Italy.  Kat...

Yes, Kathryn really did watch every race of the 2016 Formula 1 season, so you don’t have to. Why? Why not? But really, because there are so many times Kathryn and Emily can hear Nico Rosberg talk about beating Lewis Hamilton in 2016 in equal machinery before Kathryn decides she has to go and figure out the context behind it all. Kathryn and Emily look back at a season featuring -Some races at trac...

In our first recorded episode of 2024, it’s time to dive into all the news we missed over the winter break. And to think we were worried we weren’t going to have anything to talk about other than the failed Alfa Romeo new title sponsor roll-out. But then, team owner Gene Haas made the call to fire Team Principal and fan favorite Guenther Steiner. Kathryn and Emily share their thoughts on that deci...

The offseason winter break continues, but Going Off Track is back from our holiday break with a brand new episode! In this episode of our F101 series, Kathryn and Emily discuss the 2005 United States Grand Prix, which was one of the most ridiculous races in Formula One history. The race was marred by tire failures and safety concerns, leading to the withdrawal of 14 cars from the race, causing out...

In our winter finale, Kathryn and Emily discuss the Brawn GP Documentary on Hulu, which tells the unlikely story of the Brawn Formula One team's incredible journey to success in the 2009 season.  They explore the origins of the team, the challenges they faced during the global financial crisis, and the formation of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) to protect their interests amidst the...

We’re back with a quick one, to talk all things the 2023 season of the F1 Academy. F101, our F1 educational series is where Kathryn has an excuse to go on deep dives into specific facets of the sport, and in this one, we follow up on our F1 Academy introduction to cover: -Who DID win the 2023 F1 Academy Championship -What the F1 Academy Champion is going to do in 2024 -Who we’re going to see in th...

The 2023 season is officially in the books! In this episode, Kathryn and Emily look back at the 2023 Formula One season, and discuss: -The historic records set by Max Verstappen -Logan Sargeant’s contract extension -Our top-5 races to relive of the year -Our biggest highlights -Our biggest disappointments -Crown our Rookie Of The Year -And more! Programming note: during the offseason, we will be r...

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is officially in the books, as is the 2023 season! Now, Kathryn and Emily will get to our overall recap of the 2023 season, but in today’s episode, they discuss: 🦁 Max Verstappen doing Max Verstappen things, including surpassing the 1,000 laps led mark en route to his 19th win of the season 🏎️How Charles Leclerc put the Ferrari Strategist hat on while driving 200 miles an...

Abu Dhabi means that it’s time for our last race predictions episode of the 2023 season! In today’s episode, recorded on Thanksgiving (and we hope everyone who celebrates had a great day), Kathryn and Emily discuss: 📱The most exciting news of the week: Williams’ Team Principal, James Vowles, is on Instagram! 🤔Those rumors about AlphaTauri’s new name for next year 🐂Those OTHER rumors about Lewis...

Well, it’s safe to say that the Las Vegas Grand Prix was a bit of a mess. Did it provide us with one of the best races this season? Yes.  Was it a Grade A Sh*tshow behind the scenes? Also yes. In our Las Vegas Grand Prix Recap, Kathryn and Emily discuss Why F1 needs to tell Europe to wake up an hour or two earlier so the driver’s aren’t driving in the middle of the night  The mess that w...

In 2017 in a press conference prior to the Australian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo mentioned that his dream race would be in Las Vegas. And now, in 2023, the ♣️Las Vegas Grand Prix♠️ is finally here! We could not be more excited for it—and also a little (okay a lot) nervous 😬 In today’s episode, we talk about: 🍑 Some non-Vegas news of the week regarding everyone’s favorite Finnish driver ⛳️ The...

It’s been a few months since Guenther Steiner’s 2022 season tell-all book, Surviving To Drive, was published, but Kathryn and Emily have finally had a chance to sit down and talk about how much we loved this book. And why you should read it too. Or, if you’re an audiobook listener like Emily, listen to it too. Without giving everything away, we talk about: How Haas is a team that by all rights, sh...

And with that, we say goodbye to the final triple-header of the season. Oh, and also the sprints in their current format. As you may have guessed, Kathryn and Emily are somewhat thrilled about that. In our São Paulo Grand Prix recap, Kathryn and Emily discuss -Yeah, just how thrilled we are that the sprint format is over with (including the biggest problem with SQ3) -Charles Leclerc’s formation la...

It’s time to go racing in Sao Paulo! And it’s the last sprint race of the year (but unlike our COTA episode, for real this time!) In this week’s predictions podcast, Kathryn and Emily discuss: 😀Why we’re SO happy this is finally the last sprint race of the year 🍼Some exciting news from the Williams racing family 😡Some not-so-exciting news out of Las Vegas 🤫Our blatant dismissal of some of thos...

Lesson learned from the Mexico City Grand Prix: cars aren’t meant to fly. In our recap, Kathryn and Emily relive: 🪽The unfortunate results of Sergio Perez’ full send 🏎️Ferrari blowing their front row lockout 🦁Max Verstappen running away with the win after a Kevin Magnussen-induced red flag 🔟Logan Sargeant’s 10-place grid penalty that actually advanced him from P20 to P19 🫠And recap our predict...

Vamos a la altitude! One of the most interesting races on the calendar, the Mexico City Grand Prix 🇲🇽 is almost a mile and a half above sea level, which is going to make things a little tricky for these F1 cars. Join Kathryn and Emily in our Mexico City Grand Prix Predictions where we discuss: -Lewis Hamilton’s new non-alcoholic venture -Some outstanding questions we have about the upcoming Las Ve...

The sprint was disappointing, the race was pretty standard, but the aftermath at the 2023 United States Grand Prix 🇺🇸 was something else. Sure, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen did Max things and became just the fifth F1 driver to win 5️⃣0️⃣ career races—and the second fastest to do so behind Michael Shumacher, but Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc stole the show. For all the wrong r...

It’s time for the United States Grand Prix at COTA! Kathryn and Emily are back, discussing one of our favorite races—one that happens to be located right in Emily’s backyard…when she’s not living in Argentina. The United States Grand Prix doesn’t just bring great races (even if we do have to put up with the sprint format), but also some amazing, Americana-themed social media content from each team...

Welcome back to another episode of F101, our educational series on F1 and the history of the sport. We do the research so you don’t have to. Today, Kathryn and Emily are discussing the F1 Academy and 📕 The history of women in Formula 1,  💇🏻‍♀️A stupid comment about women and the hairdresser’s 📉 The very quick rise and fall of the W Series 🤝 The partnership of the F1 Academy and Formula 1...

So, the Qatar Grand Prix was one heck of a race. Kathryn and Emily take a deep dive into the most recent sprint weekend and discuss How much we really do hate this season’s sprint format How Max Verstappen totally overshadowed Oscar Piastri’s sprint race win Just how taxing this race was on the entire field, and why we never want to see a race like this again Why you should still tune in to F1 eve...

Kathryn and Emily are back for another race week and another episode of the Going Off Track podcast. This week, F1 is back in the Middle East for the second edition of the Qatar Grand Prix 🇶🇦 In this week’s predictions episode, we cover -FIA’s announcement that they have approved Andretti Motorsport’s license application, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to be getting news of a new F1 team on the...