The Outside Line Podcast

This week we cover the São Paulo Grand Prix in F1 at Interlagos, where rain and grid penalties combined to give us a mixed up grid. Then we got a remix of the last few races in Brazil: Norris on pole, Verstappen going from the back to the front, and a Brazilian rookie crashing. Mercedes clinched the constructors championship but it was Lando who showed them how to celebrate the British Way: by smashing up bottles of alcohol and taking a firework to the face. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the F1 race in Mexico where Kimi Antonelli was crowned World Champion. It was a weekend for contradictions, dramatic AND predictable, old guys AND young guys thriving, distraught AND accepting, yet some things remained constant: Ferrari found a way to lose, Perez came last. Also Ocon was fired. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the F1 US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Kimi Antonelli shows us that it’s not his first rodeo (it’s his second) as he luckily avoids winning the championship in a country where he’s too young to drink champagne. George Russell shows he’s all hat and no cattle and bless their heart, Ferrari really looked like they might compete here. F1 Academy returned after a long break, but Alisha Palmowski continued to dominate as she wins the championship with 3 races to spare. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we dip back into supercars and discuss the 6 hours of Barcelona in WEC and the GT World Challenge Europe race at Portimao. As per usual, we couldn’t follow all the strategy, but still enjoyed the racing nevertheless. Max Verstappen increased the viewership of GTWC by a factor of 30, leading to idiot ignorant F1 fans arguing with idiot gatekeeping GT fans. In WEC, despite Genesis getting their first ever hyperpole, it was Toyota that dominated, despite having to plead with de Vries over the radio to not do anything crazy.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the F1 races in Singapore. That’s races plural, as for some reason it’s a sprint race weekend, despite the notorious lack of overtaking at the Marina Bay Circuit. Still we got to see plenty of classic Singapore moments: Russell hitting the wall, Ferrari strategic blunders, and Lando crashing into Piastri. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the Formula 1 Bahrain GP race in Sepang, Malaysia, where we got to see how much damage some rain could do to a billion dollar sport. Firstly, the FIA engine software stop the cars from accelerating on the formation lap and then half the grid gambles incorrectly on slick tyres. Still it leads to a fun race featuring many patches: software (from the FIA to the cars), purple (for Max’s recent form), bald (Gasly), and rocky (for George’s title hopes). Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week the review and recap the 2026 Indycar season. Looking back, we can see a few phrases kept cropping up: “Malukas comes second again”, “Rahal’s somehow in third again”, “Sting Ray’s in the way again”, and “how has Palou got away with it again”. Despite not being quite as dominant as last year and making a few more mistakes than last year, Palou just kept extending his lead as his rivals would step up one week and fall away the next. We try to say something about each race, before rating each driver’s season as good, bad, or mid, which was sometimes difficult as we had completely forgotten a few drivers were even in the series this year. Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week we cover the F1 Spanish GP taking place at the new Madring circuit, which somehow managed to make the, usually fun and chaotic, F2 and F3 races boring. In the absence of any actual on-track overtaking, we search for what entertainment we can find in a processional race. We do discover Emma’s true calling in life though, which is telling George Russell and Zak Brown to shut up.  The new track does mix up the order in F2 as Hitech and DAMS are surprisingly fast, while both championship contenders, Camara and Tsolev, struggle to win points. We also check in on the final standings in F3 and FREC.Music provided by Sascha Ende under the CC BY 4.0 license: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license