The Outside Line Podcast

This week we present our preview/primer for the upcoming Indycar season. Although, we do admit it’s a little early, given one driver hasn’t been officially announced and it’s even unclear whether one team will actually participate this year. Still, we review some of the reasons why we love Indycar, before discussing the cars, the tracks, the teams, and the drivers for 2026. We try to give a bit of information and context for all the teams, including the ultimate simplification of just calling a certain team, team evil.  Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we return to the so-called Sunshine State and discuss the Formula E Miami e-prix. The cold conditions caused many teams to gamble on their tyre pressures, leading to an interesting mix of drivers at the front. Can Drugovich show his potential? Can Evans return to winning ways? Can Wehrlein podium his way to a championship?and can Eriksson remind Emma that he exists?Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the famous 24hrs of Daytona, traditionally the start to the racing year. Although, this time, it was actually more like 17 hrs of Daytona due to a thick blanket of fog for most of the night. In fact, the only car that could be clearly seen was the fluorescence green and yellow number #911 car, or equivalently, the grello’s in the mist. Still, we got to see drivers from all our favorite series, IMSA, WEC, Indycar, Formula E, F1 (formerly), and F2 race each other. In GTP, the question was could anyone stop Penske Porsche from winning a third Daytona in a row. The question in LMP2 was whether first lap first turn carnage could actually affect a 24 hour race, and in GTD, the question was whether nominative determinism meant the number #1 car could only finish first. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

As the interminable off-season trundles on, we take the opportunity to discuss various bits of trivia from motorsport. Mainly from Formula E, but with a bit of Formula 1 and Indycar thrown in for good measure. Listen to find out the surprising number of drivers Andretti used in their first season in Formula E, why there were two Indycar GPs separated by 9000 km on the same day, and who was once sent to attend a Formula E race as a punishment.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

As the off-season continues, we turn to the Amazon Prime TV show Formula E: Driver for our motorsport sustenance. The Drive to Survive clone follows Ticktum, Wehrlein, Barnard, da Costa, and Rowland during the 2024/2025 season. We review the four episodes of season two, which saw an actual rivalry between Pascal and António, an attempted rivalry between Dan and Taylor, and a lot of angry curtain pulls. Thankfully FE returns next week.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

A very special episode this week where we look back on our favorite rants from Emma's Attack Mode. A diverse collection that includes a varied list of people, places, rules, media, metaphysical concepts, and even countries that all incurred Emma's wrath during the past year of motorsport.

In this week’s episode we review the F1 season just finished. We go all the way back to March 2025 and look at how it all started for the 20 drivers on the grid this year. We recap the major incidents throughout the full, 24 race, calendar including unexpected podiums, unexpected exits, numerous false dawns for Ferrari, and the inescapable Papaya Rules. We also decide if it was a good, bad, or mid season for each driver before asking how we think this season will be remembered in the future. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

It’s our end of year honours shows, the spectacular Pato Awards. Who will win the coveted Pato statuette for Driver of the Year? Who will win Rookie of the Year? And who will win Baby Boy of the year? We also give out the Oscar (Piastri) for best scriptwriting (aka most surprising incident), an Emmy for outstanding attack mode (named for co-host Emma’s weekly feature), an (Aurelia) Nobels peace prize for best rivalry, the Leclerc prize for saddest moment, and the Flavio Briatore conspiracy of the year, amongst other awards. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license