On the Dirty Side this week…
Every now and again we are fortunate enough to get a guest come on the pod. Sometimes those folk end up being happy to do repeat visits.
Well that’s the case this week as Rob Reed comes on to chat to us again.
He’s just dropped an article on Forbes about the season so far and in it he also made some predictions for the rest of the season.
The article is here:
We felt is was only natural to go over this with him and see where we agreed and where we needed to challenge Mr Reed.
After that it was random segment time again and we’ll dig into that a little more at the end of this weeks newsletter.
Finally we take a look ahead to Miami as we’ll be back in the USA for racing again this week. We’re looking forward to which celebrities will be spotted over the course of the weekend and of course whether they all get named correctly. It’s a rare afternoon race here in the US so there may even be a beer or two consumed while watching 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
Chris Medland confirmed that GM will become an official power unit supplier starting in 2029. The Cadillac team will use a Ferrari engine until then
FIA document confirmed that Max’s penalty was a five second penalty not the usual ten due to it being a first lap incident
F1 Academy’s Netflix series F1: The Academy is set to launch globally on 28 May 2025, produced by Hello Sunshine, actor Reese Witherspoon’s production company
Brian’s Video Vault
What’s in the vault this week?
Saudi Arabian GP 2025 | Highlights | Comedy on F1 racing. Lollipopman. 7 mins. Especially like the Fernando/Gabi discussion and the Charles camera close-ups / radio with Brian and the return of Dr. Valtteri…
Inside Piastri & Verstappen's Tense Turn One Battle! | Jolyon Palmer’s F1 TV Analysis. F1 Channel. 8 mins. This was fine until he brought data and charts at the end and then wow - not just comparing Oscar and Max’s turn 1 telemetry, but then looking at Max’s Q3 T1 - NO WAY he was making that corner.
Aston Martin Aramco X The Rolling Stones. Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team channel - one minute. NO IDEA what this was. An advert for a t-shirt? what is the tie-in to the Rolling Stones?
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!
So, unbeknownst to us when we came up with this reverse track idea, it’s actual a real thing hitting the latest F1 game.
Yup, you’ll be able to drive Zanvoort, Silverstone, and the Red Bull ring in reverse layout mode.
It’s a shame that only one of our suggestions (Silverstone) made the cut as when we heard the game was adding this feature we got waaaaaay to excited about trying out Monaco. Oh well, at least we can see if we were right about how we felt Silverstone might feel.
Speaking of Monaco, how this is not the most watched video on YouTube we do not understand. The time Pitlane Paul reviewed Brian’s attempt to drive a lap of Monaco in a rental car.
Now he could have tried that in reverse in hindsight to let everyone know what that looks like. Real missed opportunity there by the Sap.
We do remember playing the early versions of Gran Turismo which featured many tracks in reverse but not the one we were trying to recall on the pod. It was Laguna Seca with the corkscrew that we thought would have been epic to try and drive in reverse.
On that note the soundtrack to those games was amazing and we’ll leave you on one of the most epic tracks to drive to on the original, Lose Control by Ash
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