The Outside Line Podcast

This week we cover the first proper race of the new year, namely Formula E in Mexico. In the 150th Formula E race, we saw DS Penske incorrectly celebrate for too long, Nyck De Vries sit in a broken car for too long, and Edo Mortara wait too long (to take his final attack mode). However, it was Citroen, the not really new team who got the energy strategy perfect and got Nick Cassidy into the lead t...

As the off-season continues, we turn to the Amazon Prime TV show Formula E: Driver for our motorsport sustenance. The Drive to Survive clone follows Ticktum, Wehrlein, Barnard, da Costa, and Rowland during the 2024/2025 season. We review the four episodes of season two, which saw an actual rivalry between Pascal and António, an attempted rivalry between Dan and Taylor, and a lot of angry curtain p...

A very special episode this week where we look back on our favorite rants from Emma's Attack Mode. A diverse collection that includes a varied list of people, places, rules, media, metaphysical concepts, and even countries that all incurred Emma's wrath during the past year of motorsport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode we review the F1 season just finished. We go all the way back to March 2025 and look at how it all started for the 20 drivers on the grid this year. We recap the major incidents throughout the full, 24 race, calendar including unexpected podiums, unexpected exits, numerous false dawns for Ferrari, and the inescapable Papaya Rules. We also decide if it was a good, bad, or mid...

It’s our end of year honours shows, the spectacular Pato Awards. Who will win the coveted Pato statuette for Driver of the Year? Who will win Rookie of the Year? And who will win Baby Boy of the year? We also give out the Oscar (Piastri) for best scriptwriting (aka most surprising incident), an Emmy for outstanding attack mode (named for co-host Emma’s weekly feature), an (Aurelia) Nobels peace pr...

This week we cover the season finale of F1 in Abu Dhabi where Oscar, Max, and Lando were vying for the drivers championship, while all the other drivers were terrified of doing a Latifi, and affecting the result. Then as we say goodbye to the ground effect era in F1, we say hello to the air effect era of FE, where Pepe Marti gets launched in the season opener in Brazil. We also cover the final rac...

With the twelfth season of Formula E starting in Brazil this weekend, we encourage everyone to give the series a go, and so here’s a bonus episode that covers everything you need to know. We discuss the history, the missteps, the rules, the energy, the overtakes, the tracks, the teams, and the drivers.  Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-l...

This week we cover the penultimate race of the F1 season in Qatar, where again we saw a dramatic result from a less than dramatic race. Pirelli mandated a high pressure for their tyres, but could Lando and Oscar withstand the pressure of a Max comeback. We also talk stickers, gravel, and wombats. In F2, Fornaroli can clinch the championship if Crawford, Browning, and Vershoor all underperform, whi...

This week we cover the Las Vegas Grand Prix where sparks were flying, although sadly for Lando and Oscar, it was mainly from their titanium skid blocks. In a wet qualifying session, we actually got to see wet tyres instead of red flags, while in the race, we got to see Lando try to bully Max instead of the other way round. While there was plenty of drama at the first corner, the real drama came se...

This week we cover the Macau Grands Prix in F4, GT3, and Formula Regional, where once a year the world gathers to watch cars repeatedly crash at Lisboa corner. We come across some familiar names and witness heartbreak for Freddie Slater and Fionn McLaughlin as some drivers manage to Nael the safety car restarts. However, the saddest moments comes as the best liveried car, the Sanrio Cinnamoroll Au...

This week we cover the F1 weekend in São Paulo, Brazil, where we saw the butterfly effect in action as small differences in racing produced wildly different outcomes. Sadly for Bortoleto the Borboleta effect didn’t help him, as he crashed out of both races. We also saw a fractal crash in the sprint race as 3 cars had self-similar crashes, there was a 3 body problem at turn 1 and Max pursued a bifu...

No racing of note this weekend, so instead we take a deep dive into the defunct A1 GP series, the so-called World Cup of Motorsport. Running for just 4 seasons from 2005-2009, we look at its foundation, format, competition, and eventual collapse. Along the way we run into a few familiar names at the start of their motorsport careers, and a few at the end. Finally we ask if something like it could...

In the week before Halloween, we cover the Mexican GP in F1, where two marshals got a scare on track, race-control panicked with a late VSC, and Lando got some boos. An eventful race saw several drivers taking a wide radius by cutting the opening corners, Max getting his elbows out as usual, Lando being shoulders above the rest, Oscar not finding it humorous, and Ollie’s dad exercising his right t...

F1 returns with a sprint weekend in Austin, Texas, where we again microdose the Papaya rules, as both McLarens crash out of the sprint. In the main race, we attempt to break the record for repeating the phrase “Lando can’t pass Charles” as Norris gets bogged down in red tape, allowing Max to escape into the distance. Luckily there are no Rosso or Rosé rules as Ferrari and Alpine gave us some feist...

After covering the actual Le Mans race earlier in the year, it’s only fair that we cover the 10hrs of racing at Road Atlanta that is the Petit Le Mans. It also helps that there wasn’t much else on this weekend. The race was enlivened by various ancient creatures, namely a Valkyrie and two dinosaurs, the #77 Rexy in GTD and Scott Dixon in GTP. The #99 Spike the Dragon is a dragon, and not a dinosau...

This week's episode is dominated by two incidents of clipping, Lando clipping both Max and Oscar, and Peter’s microphone audio clipping (he apologizes). Yes, in an incident deficit race (partly due to the TV coverage deciding to skip the majority of overtakes) in Singapore, we are forced to once again discuss whether the Papaya Rules actually mean something.  We also cover the penultimate rac...

In the week that Max enlightened everyone as to the joys of endurance racing, we cover the 6hrs of racing at the Fuji Speedway in WEC. After effectively ignoring most of WEC this season, we attempt to make up for this by giving the race in Japan our full attention. Sadly, this wasn’t enough to keep track of both Hypercar and LMGT3 for the whole race, but that might say more about us than WEC. We a...

This week we cover the record breaking F1 weekend in Azerbaijan. Sadly, the record breaking is for the sheer number of red flags in qualifying and not for better reasons. However it did make for an interesting starting grid and gave us the potential for a Carlodium or a Lawsodium. McLaren and their drivers seemingly crack under their own pressure, but thankfully papaya rules remain intact, as nobo...

In a week without our favorite motorsport series, we cover the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) race at Silverstone, where it was difficult enough to keep track of all the LMP2, LMP3, and LMGT3 cars, even before 2 red flags completely changed things. Max brings 60k viewers to the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie youtube to watch him race the Nordschleife. However, it appeared that none of the 60k unde...

The F1 race at Monza was the fastest in F1 history, which just left more time for Lando and Oscar fans to exchange paranoid conspiracy theories after fate tests McLaren’s papaya rules playbook. The speed and lack of tyre degradation shake up the usual order, allowing Max to achieve the remarkable feat of grabbing pole as he nails his qualifying lap thanks to a powerful tow. In F2, Arvid is breakin...

This week we review the Dutch GP from Zandvoort where co-host Emma was present to witness both a happy and sad Lando. We lament his misfortune robbing us of a close battle with Oscar but celebrate that it led to The Hadjodium. In F1 Academy, it’s a good weekend for the Dutch, as Maya Weug fights back in the championship. Lastly, we cover the final Indycar race of the year in Nashville, where short...

We review the penultimate Indycar race of 2025 in Milwaukee where the short oval format again delivers some chaotic action. That said, and as per usual this season, the chaos didn’t actually seem to touch Álex Palou, only his competitors. However a slight dusting of rain near the end completely upends the race, leading to an exciting finish and a new winner. We also stop by IndyNXT, GB3, GB4, ELMS...

As a weekend goes by without any Formula 1, Formula E, Indycar, or even WEC, we enliven the summer break doldrums by playing a true or false game of silly F1 trivia. Did Damon Hill play guitar on a Def Leppard track? Is the DHL yellow livery due to Jordan F1 racing? And is there a collectible pokemon card named Pierre Ghastly? Listen to find out the answers to these questions and more. Hosted on A...

We review the Portland GP in Indycar where Álex Palou can say hello to his third consecutive championship win if he can ward off Pato O’Ward, guard against Christian Lundgaard, and gain the will power to beat Will Power. Conor Daly brought his almost daily twitter spats on-track and demonstrates Indycar's vibe-based rules with his clash with the unchristianlike Christian Rasmussen. In Indy NXT, De...

In this week's episode we cover F1 and F2 in Budapest, Hungary. In F1, the drivers turn to the dark side as Max discovers littering, Lando discovers Nihilism, and Charles (finally) discovers his breaking point with Ferrari. In F2, we question how Martins found a picnic so fast after retiring and see if Fornaroli can win his first feature race in 4 years. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC...