Welcome to our final episode of the 2024 year! While the racing season is over, we thought we’d put together a little episode from our archives (and Grace will take any excuse to talk about the Fast and Furious franchise!

Note: This episode was recorded when both Danny Ric and Logan were still on the grid.

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

00:00 Formation Lap: revving up the episode

02:04 Podium Pals: the drivers we’d hang out with

12:35 Yellow Flags: drivers we wouldn’t vibe with

15:34 Grand Theft Grid: the heist plan

20:52 Fuelling the Crew: our fast and furious driver picks

23:47 Overtaking Morality: which driver is in their villain era

27:54 The Cool Down Lap: our final thoughts

Happy Holidays to all those celebrating! The Gals are spending time with family, but that won’t stop us from recapping the final rounds of the 2024 F1 Academy season! We got to crown a driver’s champion (twice!), cover our final wildcard entries and get into all the 2025 news! 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

Chapters 

00:00 Intro

01:03 Did Amy finally watch F1A? 

02:49 Qatar 

06:33 Abu Dhabi 

11:26 2025 News 

22:43 Final Remarks

We did it! We finally made it to the end of the longest F1 season ever (how many times did you hear that on the broadcast over the weekend?). The Gals chat about the weekend, holding space for our thoughts on Lewis X Mercedes, the drivers dinner and how everyone needs a vacation. 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy

00:00 Intro

01:14 Emotional Check-in

04:08 General Weekend

10:05 Driver Changes 

15:36 Beef… and the Drivers Dinner 

23:05 Lewis’s Fashion Statements 

24:45 Weekend Stats 

28:44 Practice and Qualifying 

36:35 Grid Penalties 

39:15 Race

45:37 News 

53:24 Final Remarks 

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If there’s one word to sum up this race, it is “chaos”. The Gals are back discussing the Qatar GP weekend, including the mirror debris and controversial penalties. We also chat about what our favourite F1 team says about us, Logan versus Franco and how our wildcard drivers are. 

Helpful Links: 

The Gist’s Quiz - https://www.instagram.com/p/DCrs-ZGJsAc/?igsh=MTZjMzR6YWNzeXRpZw== 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

00:00 Intro 

01:10 General Weekend

06:16 Practice

11:20 Sprint Qualifying 

13:31 Sprint 

18:40 Qualifying 

22:41 Race

33:12 News

34:36 Favourite Underrated Driver

37:25 Other News

40:02 The Gist’s F1 Quiz

42:20 Final Remarks

Viva Las Vegas! We kicked off the last triple-header of the 2024 season (what a wild statement, eh?). The Gals chat about the Vegas weekend, the post-race show and Max winning his 4th WDC!

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

00:00 Intro

03:37 Max WDC Win

12:04 Las Vegas + Post Race 

15:50 Practice 

20:41 Qualifying 

25:57 Race 

27:40 Ferrari Strategy + Pit Stop

31:40 Final Weekend Thoughts 

33:25 Post Race Thoughts 

36:15 News 

45:49 Final Remarks

Brazil never fails to give us a great race weekend - it was HECTIC! There was rain, there were crashes, there was a historic car on track, there was more rain! This episode also maybe contains the shortest news section to date. 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy

00:00 Intro

00:21 Content Correction 

01:41 General Weekend

09:15 SQ + Sprint

18:43 Qualifying

25:25 Race

45:30 News

48:25 Final Remarks

At long last, the Gals are back talking about Round 5 of the F1 Academy season. We chat all about the firsts over the weekend, as well as some of the biggest news stories. Please note, this episode was recorded back in early October - we’ll catch up on all the recent women in motorsports news in our next episode! 

Helpful Links:

Ash Vandelay’s video - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAQp7C_xSEo/?igsh=MWdqd2hzMmM2OTg3dA== 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy

00:00 Intro

01:32 Weekend

04:49 Also Weekend 

10:11 Race 2 

12:29 News

18:41 Final Remarks

There’s an energy in the air today and the Gals are chatting about the Mexico City GP! There were lots of new faces in FP1, great battles on track, and everyone had their elbows out! Grace does a deep dive on teams’ right of review and Amy does a deep dive on the effect of thinner air. 

Helpful Links: 

Marissa’s Video - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBfOKmdypCq/?igsh=Njk3d3k5d3g2eGpv 

Charles’ Photo - https://www.instagram.com/p/DBcG0q_AFbT/?igsh=aHU4NnVpMndmOWti 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

00:00 Intro 

01:12 Updates from last weekend

07:08 General Weekend 

11:22 Practice 

21:05 Qualifying 

21:43 Race 

40:52 News 

50:14 Insurance Debate 

52:41 Final Remarks

Like the drivers, we’re feeling a LITTLE rusty in this week’s episode but (like the drivers) we’re jumping right back into things! This was truly a weekend to forget for Lewis fans, but there was a lot of other good racing to discuss. The Gals also chat about some of the biggest news stories from the last few weeks. 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy 

00:00 Intro

00:35 General Weekend

06:57 Practice

09:14 Sprint Quali + Sprint 

11:16 Qualifying 

13:44 Race

23:53 News

32:23 Final Remarks

Missing F1? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! The Gals discuss Kevin Magnussen’s return, Daniel Riccardo’s departure and, oh yeah, the Singapore Grand Prix. 

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Gals on the Grid is a mostly Formula 1-related motorsports podcast for fellow F1 fans and soon-to-be F1 friends. Grace and Amy are two Canadian sisters who like to chat about all things motorsport. Let’s drive into it! 

F1 / Formula 1 / F12024 / 2024 / IndyCar / Indy / NASCAR / NASCAR Canada / Motorsports / Canada / F1 Academy

00:00 Intro

00:40 Weekend 

08:51 Q3 

12:03 Race

15:15 Danny Ric 

32:06 Other News

42:57 Final Remarks