
The 2024 Monaco Grand Prix will not go down in history as the most memorable Grand Prix in Formula 1 history…except for the fact that Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc FINALLY beat his home race curse and won in the principality for the first time.But that was really the only thing going for the race.(Pro tip: if you didn’t watch live, watch the opening laps, and then skip ahead to about Lap 75. There’s really not much to see in the middle)In today’s episode, Kathryn & Emily discuss:-Our favorite custom Monaco helmets for the weekend (and why Lando Norris' helmets are always awesome)-Why Prince Albert of Monaco was probably the highlight of the whole weekend-Oscar Piastri’s adoption into the Leclerc family and how F1 social media is some of the best social media on the internet.-Our disappointment in F1 driver fashion this season, except for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton-The opening lap disaster of a crash between Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez-What even George Russell’s race strategy was-The great radio calls all weekend long-ALL the drama at Alpine, especially in light of Ocon making contact with Gasly. Again.-Why we’re not going to know until 2 weeks in Canada how the grid is shaping up in light of the Imola upgrades-Relived our Monaco predictions (which went as badly as you expected)-If Monaco should still remain on the F1 calendar in light of this year’s race-And moreFollow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 27, 2024
56 min

It may not come to much surprise, especially if you listened to our Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix Reaction episode, but the Monaco Grand Prix is finally here!In today’s episode, Kathryn & Emily discuss:-The upcoming F1 Arcade opening in Las Vegas in 2025-Andretti’s new F1 hire, Pat Symonds-McLaren’s Senna tribute livery-Our thoughts, once again, the Monaco should be a sprint race-Charles Leclerc and the Monaco Curse-How there’s a huge chance that rain will have an impact on qualifying-Our pole, podium and P10 predictions-And moreFollow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 23, 2024
35 min

Imola! Well, that was…a race.We’re not going to lie, even with Lando Norris trying to get Max Verstappen in those last few laps, we were not really all that impressed with the race.Was the beginning exciting with the battle between Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri? Yes. Was the end exciting? Yes. But the middle? No.And can we talk about the fact that Max Verstappen won in Imola after also winning a 24-hour sim race? Ridiculous.In today’s episode, Kathryn & Emily also discuss:-McLaren telling Red Bull, “game on” with their full package of upgrades-How anonymous Charles Leclerc’s P3 was-How Carlos Sainz needs to improve on qualifying so he can put himself in a better position in the race.-How impressive Yuki Tsunoda’s performance was all weekend long-Why we’re (okay, mostly Kathryn) worried about Sergio Perez after his rough weekend-How excited we are for Monaco next week-And relieved our Imola race predictions.Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 20, 2024
39 min

It’s time for the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio Del Made In Italy e dell’Emilia-Romagna 2024 (or, Imola for short)Now, we haven’t raced in Imola in two years, thanks to the flooding that forced the race’s cancelation in 2023, so this is going to be new territory for a number of drivers, especially in light of the changes made to the track.In today’s episode, Kathryn & Emily discuss-The news of Alex Albon’s multi-year extension with Williams-The rumors surrounding a potential stay for Valtteri Bottas at Sauber-The shocking idea that someone who WASN’T Max Verstappen and Red Bull led the Drivers Championship and Constructors Championship last time we raced at Iola-The raft of upgrades we’ll be seeing from the likes of Aston Martin, Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Sauber-How excited we are to see Ollie Bearman’s appearance in FP1 for Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg-Our very well thought out and SECRET race predictions for Imola 2024-And moreFollow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 16, 2024
49 min

In today’s episode of From The DMs, Kathryn & Emily tackle (or try to) a question that…may not actually have an answer:How do we fix the formula 1 sprint format?Now, we on the Going Off Track podcast have made clear how much we don’t love the sprints (see: our 2023 Qatar Grand Prix recap), but we will admit that the 2024 format IS an improvement from what we had to deal with last season.As of recording, we’ve only had two sprint weekends so far, so there’s every chance that China and Miami were flukes, but we do admit that we hate it slightly less.But is the 2024 format better than the 2021 format? Yes in some ways and no in a lot of others.Throughout the episode, Kathryn & Emily also discuss:-Why we can & should get rid of the sprints-But why F1 won’t-Why Monaco could work out very well as a sprint race-If a sprint championship could help make things better-Or maybe turning the sprints into a spec series.-Or maybe, maybe it’s just all a bunch of unnecessary gimmicks.So, tune in to see if we really did manage to fix the sprint format in 45 minutes.Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 13, 2024
47 min

Lando Norris has won his first F1 race!Miami was a weekend we did not expect it to be, but in all the best ways. In today’s episode, Kathryn & Emily react to:-Lando Norris’ first-ever F1 win!-The absurd amount of sportsmanship and support from the rest of the grid after Lando’s win-Daniel Ricciardo besting Carlos Sainz in the surprisingly entertaining sprint-Kevin Magnussen’s day as human wrecking ball and penalty record winner (probably)-Fernando Alonso is mad at the stewards for anti-Spanish bias-Max Verstappen not winning a race that he actually completed for the first time since Singapore 2023-How much we REALLY still hate that awful Ferrari “blue” livery-Abbi Pulling’s dominant weekend in the F1 Academy feature races-F1 Academy getting the Drive To Survive treatment with a Netflix series from Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine-And how our weekend predictions were completely destroyed, but in all the best ways.(Oh, and we’re pretty sure KMags just picked up another 10-second penalty as we wrote these show notes.)P.S. Did you hear, Lando Norris won his first F1 race, and everyone loved that.Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 6, 2024
1 hr

It’s time to head to Miami and we have OPINIONS.Mostly on just how bad we think the whole “Blue Ferrari” livery drop has gone, but also things like:-Adrian Newey confirmed to be leaving Red Bull, and how, to be quite honest, we really don’t care.-United States’ Congress deciding it wants to get involved with the Andretti F1 bid-Guenther Steiner’s lawsuit against Haas for failure to pay out commissions owed-How many different places Ferrari has put the new HP logo on their car-VCARB’s surprise “Chameleon” livery drop-That…Sergio Perez might just have the custom helmet of the weekendWe also cover the F1 Academy updates ahead of their second weekend of the season in Miami, debate if Miami or Vegas is the most cringe F1 race of the year, and of course, make our race predictions for both the Grand Prix and the sprint.Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
May 2, 2024
51 min

Remember those wonderful days when the F1 Silly Season was like, a 3-5 week span in August every year, give for take the small handful of seats that would be announce at the end of the season?Yeah, we totally don’t have that this year, at all.And it’s not even like 2022 when the Silly Season unknowingly started when Sebastian Vettel, then at Aston Martin, announced his retirement in his very first Instagram post.This Silly Season started on February 1. Thanks Lewis Hamilton.It feels like you can’t talk about the 2024 season without talking about 2025, and we, Kathryn & Emily, spend a good amount of time speculating about the driver market in our DMs.So in today’s episode of In Our DMs, we give our: our 2025 Silly Season Silly Speculation.We’re going to discuss:-Our predictions for the 2025 grid (serious)-Some key dominos that need to fall before we really get a sense of what the grid will look like next year-Who we probably WON’T see on the grid in 2025 (and our apologies to them)-Dream driver pairings we know we’re never going to see-Pairings straight out of F1’s worst nightmares-Drivers who are safe, even if they don’t necessarily have a seat on the grid yet for 2025-And moreFollow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
Apr 29, 2024
47 min

Programming note: Technology sucks sometimes, and the platform we use to record our pod decided not to sync our audio tracks correctly (and also dropped some hilarious bits of audio completely), so Kathryn had to puzzle piece the episode together in iMovie. 0/10, do not recommend if you don’t have to. So there may be a couple odd cuts, but your listening experience should be fine overall. And if you’re watching on YouTube and wondering why Kathryn keeps disappearing, it’s because of the audio tracks. Hey Siri, play “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel.We didn’t have the track catching fire on our 2024 bingo cards, and especially not that it happened TWICE.But that said, we survived our first sprint of the 2024 season!We discussed:-How the Chinese Grand Prix sprint was only actually exciting because it rained-How much we loved Zhou Guanyu’s performance this weekend as the first Chinese driver to compete in the Chinese GP-The potential change of points allocations starting in the 2025 season-Lando Norris’ ups and downs, going from botching the sprint start to ending up P2 in the Grand Prix (and he didn’t break a trophy this time either!)-Max Verstappen doing Max Verstappen things, etc. etc.-How Daniel Ricciardo’s new chassis impacted his weekend (until Lance Stroll rear-ended him)-How Race Control absolutely messed up the safety car deployment-And more!Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
Apr 23, 2024
52 min

For the first time in 5 years, Formula 1 is racing in Shanghai!In this episode, Kathryn and Emily discussed:-Fernando Alonso’s contract extension with Aston Martin, leading to his future as an advisor a la Niki Lauda with Mercedes-Our thoughts on the 2025 F1 calendar, which puts the Australian GP back where it belongs-Rumors about the F1 teams seeking to limit the grid to 10 teams in the upcoming Concorde agreement for 2026-30-The Chinese GP special helmets, including the one we things is in the running for Helmet Of The YearWe also take a look back at the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix, the 1000th race in F1, including the rookie class, who was on the grid, and who isn’t on the grid anymore. And also: what Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon did off grid that season.We also discuss our lack of faith in the 2024 sprint format (seriously, why do the drivers need to qualify TWICE in one weekend?) and also make our predictions, which are probably going to be completely and totally wrong by the time we get to the end of the weekend.Follow Going Off Track:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/going.off.track/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wwpnAMPS6du32PcZGl2vv?si=8e229c627d094632Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-off-track-with-kathryn-emily/id1699138189 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7pLj9uEBtSVTF38skGHqg?sub_confirmation=1
Apr 18, 2024
56 min
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