On the Dirty Side this week…
We are still in the F1 off season but at least we are in February and car reveals happen this month!
This week we are lucky enough to be joined by listener Michael.
Michael has been a very active member on Twitter and is a much appreciated supporter if us over there.
Michael takes a run at both the 100 Seconds of DRS and the quiz, Who wants to host the Dirty Side. In between we chat about his F1 origin story.
Then we launch our third installment of February F1 Fantasticness where we will be crowing the best livery of all time.
Details of the contenders are down below in the “In the marbles” section but you’ll need to be a subscriber to read it!
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
Former grand prix driver Johnny Herbert has been dropped from his role as a steward in Formula 1
Lewis crashed his Ferrari in testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday
Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has passed his driving test just six weeks before he makes his Formula 1 debut
Haas have restructured their race operations team with a series of changes that include appointing Laura Mueller as the first female race engineer in Formula 1
Formula 1's governing body is to introduce tougher tests on wing flexing in the 2025 season
Newey says cost cap’s downside is that now F1 is not the pinnacle in terms of best paying series
Rwanda & South Africa are finalizing bids for a race in 2027
Brian’s Video Vault
What’s in the vault this week?
Cruise the Côte d’Azur with George Russell. Marriott Bonvoy channel. 30 seconds. About 10 seconds of clips of driving. Is it strange George is a number 1 now?
Max Verstappen COACHES England Cricketers At Sim Racing! Oracle Red Bull Racing. 2 and a half mins. Meh. But could you imagine Max coaching you at a sim? how cool.
10 times F1 Drivers Were Amazing Team Mates. Formula 1 channel. 10+ mins. Really its a bit of team orders video, not just great teammates. But you get the point.
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!
February F1 Fantasticness - Best Livery of all time
Here is the launch of our new bracket to find our best livery of all time. The bracket was randomly drawn so there was no seeding as it would have taken us weeks of arguing to agree the seeding order!
Here are the match ups as they stand now, although we’re so disorganized that we should have done this in last weeks newsletter as some ties are already over (as you’ll see in bracket below).
After the bracket we have our “trading cards” for each livery in the left hand side of the draw and will do the right hand side next week. Collect the set as they will be worth potentially some value at some point….or not.
Match up #1 - Jordan 7Up vs Brawn GP
Match up #2 - Lotus 1977 vs Renault 2004
Match up #3 - Williams 2024 British GP vs McLaren 1993
Match up #4 - Lotus 1965 vs Ferrari 2023 Vegas GP
Well the Jordan & the Lotus have advanced and right now the McLaren vs Williams is the active vote at time of sending this newsletter!
Make sure you keep an eye out for the polls and have your say in the voting!
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