The Outside Line Podcast

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

This week we cover the Formula 1 and Formula 2 races at Spa-Francorchamps. It’s hard to avoid conspiratorial thinking as George Russell’s car suffers further issues that don’t seem to affect Kimi Antonelli’s car and lenient stewarding and a suspiciously long VSC greatly advantage Leclerc. Conspiracies continue in F2 as Camara and Inthraphuvasak somehow avoid penalties and a very good weekend for Invicta Racing is and a very very bad weekend for Leon. Unfortunately the FIFA World Cup and the weather combine to postpone the Indycar race in Nashville, which we will cover in next week's episode. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the World Endurance Championship in Sao Paulo, but start by discussing the Goodwood Festival of Speed where Dan Ticktum, driving the Gen4 Formula E car, attempts to beat a rear wing with wheels at driving up a hill. In WEC, we do recap what happens to the hypercars but end up mainly talking about the story of Peter Dempsey in LMGT3. Then we stop in on ELMS and GB3 to see how previous F1 Academy winners are doing, before quickly checking in again on what’s going on in Indy NXT, Formula 3, FREC, Euroformula Open, and Eurocup-3 to see who is likely to make the step up the feeder ladder.  Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode we cover the nonstop weekend of motorsport that was the Formula 1, Formula 2, and F1 Academy races at Silverstone, the two Formula E races in Shanghai, and the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Bizarrely for Indycar, that race didn’t feature a single yellow flag, which would have been useful in FE, as none of the drivers actually obeyed them. In fact, a lot of bizarre things happened this weekend: Dixon leaving CGR after 24 years, a wildcard getting pole in F1A, someone winning 3 back-to-back races in F2, and most improbable Lola Yamaha ABT winning a race in FE.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the F1 Austrian GP where double trouble in qualifying thankfully prevents a front-row lock-out from Mercedes. However, there are several unsolved mysteries such as how the Red Bull car worked suspiciously well at the Red Bull Ring, how lifting off the throttle made you go faster, and how the F2 stewards were so lenient (unless your name is Stenshorne). The F2 races provided the best action as the reverse grid race became a reverse championship race and apple reveal the new ipod-cast Mini.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the Indycar Race at Road America and the Formula E race in Sanya. Despite being completely different formats, there were a lot of similarities between the two races. Both had trigger happy race directors, both finished with the green/white/checkered combo, both featured screw ups from defending champions, and in both Andretti were surprisingly competitive.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license