Welcome to Going Off Track, a Formula 1 podcast! We're your hosts, Kathryn and Emily, a pair of F1 obsessed Americans who dove head-first into the sport during the 2021 season. Because of our background working in college athletics, we don't know how to relate to sports like normal people, hence, the podcast was born. Every week, we'll come to you with our thoughts on the raceday on-track results, react to the almost inevitable Ferrari strategy blunders, speculate on Silly Season contract news, and dream of one day being featured on Martin Brundle's grid walk.
Don't know where to start with F1? We've got you covered too, with our F101 series: bite-sized introductions to different aspects of the sport we love. F1 is for you if you only have the time to watch on Sundays, or if you're all in on all the coverage from February testing to the season finale in November.
The Formula 1 2024 season finale is here!
As we head into Abu Dhabi after a truly wild 2024 season, Kathryn and Emily (returned from her deserted island vacation) had a LOT to discuss, including:
-Zand…
Well that was...a race.
And here we thought the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix was going to be calmer considering just how much of a mess the 2023 edition was. But it was not.
Joined by Kathryn's dad, Paul, the…
Formula 1 is back in action this weekend in Qatar!
And we have a LOT to talk about, mostly about how Cadillac/GM is coming to F1 as an 11th team in 2026.
Joined by Kathryn's dad Paul, they discuss:
-Mon…
Formula 1 has officially survived a second running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
And unlike the 2023 edition, it was actually pretty sane in the lead up to the actual race, go figure.
With Guestie Besti…
F1's second fall break is officially over and we're moving into the home stretch, starting with the second edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix
In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily discuss:
-That thing…
Formula 1, are you okay?
Because holy cow that has been a LOT of news since things wrapped up at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix.
As we come to the end of Weird F1 Fall Break Part 2, with the 2024 Las V…
Who had a double Alpine podium on their bingo cards, because we sure didn't!
We knew that the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix was going to be a wild one with all that rain in the forecast, but we did NOT se…
As we wrap up our Americas triple header, Formula 1 heads to the São Paulo Grand Prix.
It's cool like Mexico, but also probably featuring the great equalizer: rain!
On a newly resurfaced track to boot.
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Well that was a dramatic Mexico City Grand Prix!
In today's reaction, Kathryn and Emily discuss:
-Carlos Sainz' epic drive in his final weeks as a Ferrari driver
-The late battle between Lando Norris a…
The F1 triple-header continues this weekend with one of our favorite races: The Mexico City Grand Prix.
In today's episode, we discuss:
-An overlooked tangle in COTA between Esteban Ocon and Franco Col…
Who had Charles Leclerc winning the United States Grand Prix on their bingo cards, let alone a Charles Leclerc/Carlos Sainz 1-2?
The grand prix weekend at COTA was a wild one, and there's a lot to tal…
We have officially survived the Formula 1 "Fall Break"!
We're back at it in COTA and have a ton to cover, including:
-Our reaction to Danny Ricciardo being replaced by Liam Lawson at VCARB
-LVMH becomin…
How many team names can an F1 team be named? So many names.
We're back with Part 5 of our F1 Team Genealogy series, covering two of the most entertaining team histories: Alpine and Aston Martin.
From K…
As we inch closer to the end of the Formula 1 "fall break", we inch closer to the end of our F1 Team Genealogy Series.
In today's episode, Kathryn and Emily talk the histories of the two most successf…
Can I interest you in a rebrand? Or you? Or you?
*Insert Oprah gif here*
In Part 3 of our F1 Genealogy project, we cover the two teams on the grid with the current worst names in the history of Formula…
F1 Team Genealogy is back and...did we really go from two of the most historic and successful F1 teams to...Haas and Williams?
Yes, we did.
But there is a method to our madness, we promise.
In today's …
It's Formula 1's weird Fall Break and we are BACK with the F101s we've been threatening to do since before the Summer Break.
In our F1 Team Genealogy series, we're going to explore the histories of th…
Well Singapore sure was...a humid parade!
Not exactly how we wanted F1 to go out before this four-week so-called Fall Break, but...that's what you get in Singapore.
In today's episode, Kathryn and Emil…
A livery celebrating...jeans? Only in F1.
It's time to head to Singapore for Formula 1's OG sprint race on the streets of Marina Bay and, as always, it's one of the coolest and most unique tracks on t…
To paraphrase SNL's Stefon, this.race.has.everything.
Papaya rules not being a factor. Oscar Piastri's flawless overtake on Charles Leclerc en route to the win. Leclerc losing out from pole in Baku fo…