Dirty Side of the Track
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
Episodes
228 episodes
F1 Returns! Miami GP Preview & Season Recap
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 ha...
The life & legacy of F1 champion Jochen Rindt
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...
Midfield Podcast Takeover! F1 Hot Takes, Bets & Banter
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 gr...
Jamey Price - A Tale of Two Paddocks
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 ...
Suzuka Delivers… but do the new F1 rules work? | Japanese GP Review
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?...
F1 vs 1980s TV and a Japanese Preview
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...
Chinese GP Review Feat. Zhou Guanyu!
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...
Australian GP Review and Chinese Preview
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 GPEpisode running order is...1) News & So...
F1 Australian GP Preview + Fantasy Tips & Drive to Survive Drama
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 g...
Testing Report | Ferrari & Aston - A tale of two tailspins
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 ...
Livery Leaderboard & Testing Tribulations
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 va...
The Discord 2026 Crystal Ball Predictions
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...
Breakdown of the Shakedown
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!Ep...
Latest livery launches - love them or hate them?
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 ...
A load of Bull and the launch of Cadillac Corner!
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 we...
DRS is dead, long live the Dirty Side Fastest Lap!
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 inau...
Back on the grid with Pitlane Paul
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 gi...
DRS featuring Jacques Villeneuve
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 i...
DRS featuring Nigel Mansell
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...
The Dirty Side of the Track end of season awards 2025
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 runnin...
Abu Dhabi GP - and the Champion is...
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 rac...
Qatar GP review - at least it might be exciting in Abu Dhabi
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 s...
Vegas GP review - Skid Block: Slave to the Grind
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 y...
