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US based Formula 1 podcast made by fans for fans. American host Brian is joined by his British co-host Rob as they discuss all things F1. Not trying to be experts but just looking to bring the fun side of F1 with some of the technical parts sprinkled in. Once the season starts we will have a regular section focused on Fantasy F1 which you can join in with.#F1 #Formula1 #motorsport
School's Out! Our F1 2026 End of Spring Report Cards
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School's out for summer, which means it's time for the Dirty Side Podcast End of Spring Report Card!
With the Formula 1 season approaching the halfway point, we hand out grades across the paddock and take a look at who has exceeded expectations, who needs summer school, and which teams might be heading for detention before the championship battle reaches its conclusion.
We break down the biggest winners and losers from the season so far, discuss surprise performances, championship contenders, underachievers, rookie impressions, team progress, and the storylines that have...
Slow Burn, Big Finish | Barcelona-Catalunya GP Review 2026
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The 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix wasn't a race that grabbed you from lap one, but Formula 1 has a habit of rewarding patience. What looked like a slow-burning afternoon in Spain eventually produced plenty for fans to talk about, and this week we break down everything that unfolded in our full F1 Race Review.
We discuss the key moments from the Barcelona GP, the biggest winners and losers, championship implications, team performances, and the dramatic late developments that completely changed the conversation after the chequered flag. As always, we share our thoughts from...
Monaco GP Review: More speeding penalties than overtakes?
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The Monaco Grand Prix always delivers talking points, and this week on Dirty Side Podcast we dive into our full Formula 1 Monaco GP Race Review. We break down the key moments from one of the most famous races on the F1 calendar, discuss the biggest winners and losers, and share our thoughts on how the championship battle is shaping up after another fascinating weekend on the streets of Monte Carlo.
We discuss the standout performances, strategy calls, controversial moments, and what the result means for the drivers and teams as the F...
Monaco GP Preview 2026 | Plus the Canada Stories We Forgot to Tell!
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After an unforgettable trip to the Canadian Grand Prix, we realized there were still plenty of stories, observations and memories that never made it into our race review episode.
So before we turn our attention to Monaco, we revisit our Montreal adventure and discuss some of the moments we forgot to cover the first time around. From experiences around the circuit to behind-the-scenes stories from the weekend, we share a few more highlights from what was one of our favourite Formula 1 trips to date.
With the Canadian Grand Prix n...
Grandstands to Garage | Our Canadian GP Story
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After an incredible weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix, we’re back with a full race weekend review covering everything we can actually remember from three unforgettable days at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve!
This episode includes:
🏁 Our full Canadian GP experience
🏎 F1, F2 & F1 Academy action
🔥 The atmosphere around Montreal all weekend
👀 A visit to the Cadillac garage & paddock
🍻 Drinks with Pitlane Paul
😂 Venue chaos, fan moments, and everything in between
We also dive into another edition of Brian’s Video Vault featuring some of the best F1 conten...
Canadian GP Preview + Our Trip to Montreal
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Canadian GP Preview + Our Trip to Montreal! | F1 News, Videos & Race Weekend Plans
We are just one week away from the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix and the excitement is building!
Not only are we previewing the race at the legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve — we’ll actually be there in Montreal for the race weekend.
In this episode we run through the latest F1 news, social media highlights, and some brilliant videos from around the paddock, before diving into our 2026 Canadian...
The ABCs of Formula 1 (Dirty Side Edition!) | F1 Off Week Special
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We find ourselves in an off week after Miami and it's a double off week meaning no race to preview either.
With the recent race cancellations we had drained our non-race week topics dry until Brian came up with a genius idea for this week.
What if we ran through the ABCs of not just F1 but also what each letter means to this here podcast!
Yeah, we know you know it's gonna be gold!
Episode running order is...
1) News & Social<...
Thunderstorms, Sprint Chaos & Miami Drama | F1 Miami GP Review
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The F1 season roared back into life in the sunshine state as the paddock arrived in Miami for another action-packed race weekend at the Miami Grand Prix.
With thunderstorms threatening to disrupt proceedings, the weekend schedule was shaken up before a wheel had even turned. Teams also arrived with a raft of upgrades as they tried to close the gap to Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
Could Scuderia Ferrari or McLaren Formula 1 Team challenge at the front?
Woul...
F1 Returns! Miami GP Preview & Season Recap
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We are through the break, kinda, as we finally get to preview a race again!
Next week is the F1 race in Miami and we take an extended look at this upcoming race as the F1 world returns to action.
We include a reminder of what has happened in the first three races just to get everyone back up to speed and ready to go racing!
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
The life & legacy of F1 champion Jochen Rindt
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We are nearly through the F1 spring break and this week we do another entry in our Vale's tales series of looking at historical drivers.
This time it's the tragic tale of Jochen Rindt, the only world champion to not live to see the moment they secured the WDC.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
2) Brian's Vide...
Midfield Podcast Takeover! F1 Hot Takes, Bets & Banter
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It's week two in this mini-break from F1 but we have an absolute belter of an episode as we have an awesome pair of guests!
Dan and Patrick are the hosts of the Midfield Podcast and we have been guests on their pod, but they have never graced the Dirty Side (despite what Rob thinks) until now.
We chat to them about things they can't normally discuss such as race winners given that they focus purely on the battle of the midfield.
We also touch on some...
Jamey Price - A Tale of Two Paddocks
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It's our first off week in this mini-break from F1 but we have an absolute belter of an episode as we have an awesome guest!
Jamey Price is an award winning motorsport photographer who has covered many series including F1.
He chats to us about his early life as a competitive jockey and how he pivoted away from competing to capturing the sporting world and how he eventually ended up in motorsport.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
Suzuka Delivers… but do the new F1 rules work? | Japanese GP Review
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The season is into it's third race and we have our review of the Japanese GP.
We discuss the action on track and debate how we are feeling about these regs.
Has F1 taken a wrong turn with them or are we enjoying the action on track?
The drivers certainly have had a lot to say about them.
Episode running order is...
1) News & Social
F1 vs 1980s TV and a Japanese Preview
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We find ourselves in an off week before the F1 circus rocks up in Japan.
Therefore this episode features a Japanese GP preview as we look towards how we think the current cars will perform on the Suzuka track.
In addition we have an amazing feature where we decide which 80s TV show would each team be because why not!
It's a huge blast down memory lane as we decide which characters the drivers would be and do it all to the back drop of theme musi...
Chinese GP Review Feat. Zhou Guanyu!
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The season is into it's second week and we have our review of the Chinese GP.
We discuss the action we saw across both the sprint and the main race.
Oh, and Pitlane Paul has a rather special co-host of his review segment; none other than Cadillac reserve driver Zhou Guanyu!
Episode running order is...
1) News & Social
2...
Australian GP Review and Chinese Preview
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The season is here and we have a race review AND a preview.
We pull discuss the Australian GP, try to make our mind up about the new regulations, and then preview the Chinese GP
Episode running order is...
1) News & Social
2) Brian's Video Vault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXfqTRWGOag. Welcome back Valtteri | Pretty Fly for a Finn gu...F1 Australian GP Preview + Fantasy Tips & Drive to Survive Drama
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The season is basically here as this week we are able to do our first race preview of the season with Australia just one week away!
We also have Rob AKA Formula Fantasy Hub to give us his view on both the season and also how the fantasy game will pan out this year including explaining a very confusing new rule.
Oh, and we also squeeze in a quick recap of Drive to Survive.
Episode running order is...
1) News & Social
Testing Report | Ferrari & Aston - A tale of two tailspins
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Well testing is over and now we wait for the new season to start!
We reflect on what all three testing sessions told (or didn't tell) us, we reflect on moments of innovation, impact of new regs, and we also rank where we think each team is based on what we know.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
2...
Livery Leaderboard & Testing Tribulations
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This week saw the F1 teams head to Bahrain for the first round of pre-season testing.
We saw all the new liveries on display and got a first look at them on track as portions of the testing were televised.
We pick apart the various theories coming out of testing and also rank the liveries to create our combined leaderboard.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
The Discord 2026 Crystal Ball Predictions
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This week we got a few of our Discord members to come along for our annual Discord episode and share their views on a few topics.
With Andy, Az, and Lee we discuss what we all think will happen this year, what we think the big dramas will be that Drive to Survive 27 will look back on, and what our heart over head views are (both good and bad) for the upcoming season.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
Breakdown of the Shakedown
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This week saw the F1 teams head to Barcelona for 5 days of pre-season shakedown testing (of which they could choose three to run the car on track).
We read waaaaay to much into all of this and one of us makes an outrageous claim!
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
2) Brian's Video Vault
https://youtu.be/t_f...Latest livery launches - love them or hate them?
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This week saw the livery launches from Haas, Alpine, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Audi.
We pull them all apart and give our "expert" opinion on them all.
We also visit Cadillac Corner again with some more suspect jingles.
This week we also welcome Perry to the Dirty Side of the track to chat about his F1 fandom.
Great conversation and he also takes on the Dirty Side Fastest Lap.
Episode running order as always is...
1) News & Social
A load of Bull and the launch of Cadillac Corner!
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The season is almost here as this week saw the livery launches from Red Bull and Racing Bulls.
We also had Cadillac on track and to celebrate we have our first visit to our new feature......Cadillac Corner
This week we also welcome Lizzie to the Dirty Side of the track to chat about her F1 fandom.
That's not an accidental repeat of last weeks guest notes as we have our second guest in a row called Lizzie!
Lizzie is an active member of F1 Th...
DRS is dead, long live the Dirty Side Fastest Lap!
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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
Back on the grid with Pitlane Paul
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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
DRS featuring Jacques Villeneuve
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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 World Champion himself graced our pod with his company and it was an epic ride.
DRS featuring Nigel Mansell
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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 did), take a listen as we recap his amazing F1 career.
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The Dirty Side of the Track end of season awards 2025
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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
2) Brian's Video Vault
https...Abu Dhabi GP - and the Champion is...
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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 there as well as what caught our eye on the various soci...Qatar GP review - at least it might be exciting in Abu Dhabi
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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 & Social
All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as w...Vegas GP review - Skid Block: Slave to the Grind
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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!!
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1) News & Social
All the best bits from both the sports news out...2007: A Race Odyssey
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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 year as there was a LOT of talking points that came up that...
Brazil GP - MaxMan vs SuperLan
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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 channels2) Brian's Video Vault
https://www.you...The Rookie Side of the Track
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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 always is...
1) News & Social
Vamos Mexico - Mexico City GP review
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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 channels2) Brian's Video Vault ...
US GP Review - Tired of tires
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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...Team orders and a COTA preview
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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...
1) News & Social
Singapore GP Review
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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.
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Formula First - Looking back at debut seasons in the WCC
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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 running order as always is...
1) News & Soci...
Baku to the Future - Azerbaijan GP Review
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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 sports news out ther...