Dirty Side Digest #1

On the Dirty Side this week…

Well here we go with our first proper newsletter. Let us know what you think and what else you’d like to see in here!

First up let’s remind you of our latest episode…

This week we bring back the Rob vs Brian contest. 

We will battle it out all season to see who takes home the coveted title of "Best and most awesome host of the Dirty Side".

To kick things off they both give their predictions for the WCC order.

After getting the competition out of the way we then both rate our top 10 driver pairings from 2025. 

Forget the cars they all drive, if they were all in equal machinery how would the guys rank the pairings.

There are some controversial picks here for sure!

News & Social in a nutshell

These are the main stories we covered this week but obviously you need to listen to the episode to hear what our thoughts were on them all

Instagram rumor suggests Lewis Hamilton to team back up with former trainer Angela Cullen

Adidas join F1 for the first time as they partner with Mercedes for the 2025

Franco Colapinto becomes an Alpine reserve driver, increasing the pressure on Jack Doohan

Spa got a multi-year deal to keep it around but that still involves being part of a rotation until 2031 but means no Spa in 2028 or 2030

Aston Martin announce Andy Cowell as Team Principal alongside his position as CEO with immediate effect, with Mike Krack moving to the position of Chief Trackside Officer as part of an organizational restructure

2025 car reveals for Ferrari & Williams in addition to the special 75th anniversary reveal on Feb 18th

Red Bull say correlation mismatches between CFD/Wind tunnel vs what was seen on track were to blame for the aero issues that led to inconsistent balance with the RB20 and ultimately led to them not winning WCC for first time since 2021

General Motors and TWG Motorsports have announced the formation of a new company that will build powertrains for the Cadillac F1 project

Update on Adrian Newey and when he can start working for Aston Martin

Toyota is “gradually moving” towards a full scale return to F1 according to their director of global motorsport, Masaya Kaji

Brian’s Video Vault

What’s in the vault this week?

• The Best Battles & Overtakes of 2024

  • On the Formula One channel

  • 17 minutes of wandering down memory lane to revisit all the best battles and overtakes that the 2024 season gave us.

In the marbles

Diving into the marbles that make up the dirty side of the track is where you’ll find some subscriber only content!

Rob picked up some new merch this week courtesy of his wife who had a trip to Chicago over the weekend and came back with an F1 hoodie and even a pair of F1 socks!!

Yup, you came here for subscriber exclusives and you got socks!

We’ll try harder for some better exclusives next time around but there is a chance it will be at the same level as socks again!