The Outside Line Podcast

This week we cover the two Indycar races in Milwaukee, as Palou looks to wrap up the championship. Despite rain causing significant disruption to the weekend, the Milwaukee Mile delivers some fun races with every round of pit stops seemingly shuffling the pack a little. The only real constant being Rahal and Siegel getting in the way. After Honda comfortably win the manufacturers championship, they take their foot off the gas as Chevy somehow dominates in both races. Penske and McLaren emerge as the most likely winners, but whoever wins, we hope they don’t celebrate with a Gatorade dunk. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the return of F1 in Zandvoort following the summer break and the Freedom 250 on the streets of Washington DC in Indycar. Changeable weather conditions led to an apparently nervous Lando Norris defenestrating himself pre-race to reach the track, although more likely it was just to avoid Craig Slater. We also learnt that Max Verstappen signed a new 3 year deal with Red Bull this week which apparently included the option to watch the race from the pitlane if he so wishes. In Indycar, while there were ELMS and IMSA races this weekend, the real endurance racing was to be found in DC, as the length of the race was exhausting. There was no doubt that only an American racer would be allowed to win. So, the only question was which one of the eight American-born drivers would it be (although not even the Deep State could manufacture a Sting-Ray Robb victory).Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover FE in London and Indycar Markham. It was a dramatic end to the FE season as team-mates, and even customer-team-mates, got involved in a tight battle for the championship. A chaotic end to race 2 determined the overall winner which overshadowed an incredible fumble by Mahindra, who somehow lost a race no one was trying to win. A trip to the new street circuit in Markham also provided a dramatic race in Indycar, as it levelled the playing field, allowing both rookies, Foster and Schumacher and oldies, Grosjean, Power, and Ericsson, to shine.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the Indycar race in Portland, as it embarks on 6 races in 5 weeks. The theme this weekend was silliness,  as silly-season is in full swing in Formula E and Indycar as the Erik(c)ssons are resigned, but true silliness was to be found on the international feed as Kevin Lee and Renus VeeKay join the fray. On track, we again spent the time hoping that someone, anyone, would step up to challenge Palou and this week it was FRO and POW who gave it a go, but did they prevail or will Álex’s incredible luck/skill hold as usual? Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Since none of our usual series were racing this weekend, we take the opportunity to revisit Drive to Survive season 1. With 8 years of hindsight, we recap the episodes and pick out the funny, the ironic, and the cringeworthy moments from the first season of the show that has arguably had the biggest impact on F1 in the last decade.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we recap and review the F1 and F2 races in Hungary, the Formula E races in Japan, and, belatedly, the Indycar race in Nashville. It was a weekend of upsets as Aston Martin qualify for Q2 in F1, Kush Maini makes use of his experience in F2, Cupra Kiro actually get their strategy right in Formula E, and Mick Schumacher scores his first top 10 in Indycar, at an oval! There was also plenty of comebacks as McLaren regained competitiveness in F1, Jake Dennis gets back into contention in FE, and Noel Leon gets his bad karma from last week repaid with great karma this week.  Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license