Dirty Side Digest #6

On the Dirty Side this week…

This week on the Dirty Side we take a look back at round one of our February F1 Fantasticness and debate which match up results caught us by surprise or which ones we expected.

We then have the pleasure of welcoming Dirty Sider, Ben, onto the pod and chatting with him about his F1 origin story and thoughts about the coming season.

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

Perez in talks with Cadillac for 2026 season

Williams news bonanza….read on

Williams sign a deal with Atlassian to be their main title sponsor

Jacques Villeneuve joins Jenson Button and Jamie Chadwick as Williams ambassadors

Williams team principal James Vowles revealed Colapinto is on a loan to Alpine on a multi-year deal

Vowles also took great pleasure in stating they are not run on Excel anymore

McLaren & Williams had shakedown runs at Silverstone

F1 movie featured a trailer in the Super Bowl commercials.

ESPN seem to have missed the window in their exclusivity agreement with F1 and now NBC & Netflix are among the group rumored to be getting ready to pounce

Brian’s Video Vault

What’s in the vault this week?

• Behind the Scenes: Yuki Tsunoda Drives a Honda IndyCar. Honda Racing US channel. 7 mins. Was fun to see - esp as some of the similarities are discussed from Indy to F1.

• Valtteri Bottas opens up on his role at Mercedes this season. Sky Sports F1. 5 mins. Liked this one - felt like he has hope for a seat back on the grid at some point.

• Lewis Hamilton's First Days In Ferrari - Behind The Scenes. Ferrari channel. 9 mins. How many hands can one man shake? And if they are not filmed, do they apparently not count?

• Lando Norris: A Day in the Life with Hilton. Hilton channel. 13 mins. WAY TOO LONG of an advert. If you like Lando or Hilton or men putting a bathrobe on top of their clothes and then laying in a tub with no water, check it out.

• Finally, one that was too long for us to watch, but Ocon launched his new channel with a 46 minute video!!!! Esteban, what are you thinking???

In the marbles

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