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There’s no race to review this week, so naturally we decided to do what every pair of F1 fans should do when left unsupervised: fix Formula 1.
In this week’s Dirty Side Podcast, Rob and Brian put F1 under the microscope and come up with their own plan to improve the sport. We tackle eight big areas of Formula 1, from the cars and tires to circuits, sprint weekends, the championship and the rules. And yes, we get to the big question: what the hell do we do with sprint weekends? Could karts be the answer?
But before we completely redesign the world's biggest motorsport championship, we get through all the usual Dirty Side business, including News & Social, Brian’s Video Vault, our F1 chat and plenty of the usual disagreements.
And with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza just around the corner, we also turn our attention to the next race. We preview the Temple of Speed, look at the big storylines heading into the weekend, and make our latest F1 Casino picks. Will Rob and Brian finally make some sensible selections? Almost certainly not.
🛠️ THIS WEEK'S BIG DEBATE — FIX F1
We tackle eight areas where we'd change Formula 1:
🏎️ The Cars — What should an F1 car actually be like?
🛞 The Tires — Do we need more degradation, more strategy, or something completely different?
🏁 The Circuits — Which tracks need fixing, changing or saying goodbye to?
🌎 The Calendar — What would the perfect F1 season look like?
⚡ Sprint Weekends — Keep them, change them… or put everyone in karts?
🚨 The Rules — Can we let the drivers race without turning every incident into a stewards' investigation?
🏆 The Championship — Should winning matter more?
🤯 The Nuclear Option — The completely ridiculous ideas that might actually make F1 better.
Then it's time to head to Monza for our race preview and see what we think could happen at one of the most iconic circuits on the Formula 1 calendar.
🎥 BRIAN'S VIDEO VAULT
This week's selections:
🚗 Driving Francis Bourgeois' $70,000 Honda Jazz — Throttle House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq7wmfZMcvY
🏁 So Long Zandvoort | Cadillac Formula 1® Team — Cadillac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnO535qWI0
🇳🇱 The Last Race Review | Dutch GP 2026 — Lollipopman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5v6bzeboFw
👨🚀 10 Things F1 Driver Kimi Antonelli Can't Live Without — GQ*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjtGv5frNuY&pp=0gcJCRMMAYcqIYzv.
So grab a drink, tell us where we've got Formula 1 completely wrong, and let us know what YOU would change about F1.
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