The Gals are back, talking all about Zhou’s first home race :) There was chaos on track, chaos beside the track, chaos in the stewards room and chaos in pop culture generally this week! (Oh yeah, we talk about that Taylor Swift x F1 crossover)

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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

01:37 Practice 

06:45 Sprint Qualifying 

13:00 Sprint Race 

20:38 Qualifying 

25:18 Race 

44:37 News 

56:40 Final Remarks

Double digits baby! With China hosting the first sprint weekend of the year, the Gals decided to take the off week and talk all about sprints - do they differ from a normal race weekend, do they influence the grand prix, do we even like them? Listen and find out! 

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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

00:18 What is a Sprint?

01:22 History 

06:51 Why were Sprints Added? 

10:32 Weekend Format 

17:23 Edge Cases 

25:32 Points 

26:14 Thoughts on Sprints 

36:20 News

47:22 2025 Calendar 

53:29 Final Remarks

Just like Yuki getting his first points at his home race, good things happen to those who wait! Today we’ve got an (unintentionally) long episode for you, talking all about the race, the undercutting strategy and some big brain thinking. 

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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 

01:51 Pre-Race Updates 

15:57 Practice

24:11 Qualifying 

31:04 Undercuts

40:57 Race 

01:06:09 News 

01:12:20 Final Remarks

While Grace could probably talk about DTS for 44 hours (IYKYK), the Gals focus on the highlights from the recent season of the best sports show of all time, including the amount (or lack thereof) of female representation, our favourite moments, and how Amy had a better % match on Netflix. 

Note: This episode was recorded at the end of February, 2024. 

Helpful Links:

@ Netflix’s Drive to Survive 

Females in Motorsport article: https://www.femalesinmotorsport.com/post/drive-to-survive-claire-williams-helps-make-season-six-the-second-best-for-women-s-speaking-time 

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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 

02:26 Overall Thoughts

08:20 Female Representation 

14:13 Pundits 

15:42 Favourite Moments 

19:32 Mercedes Episode 

25:50 Danny Ric 

28:29 Surprise Exclusions 

30:49 Favourite Quotes 

32:31 Injury Clauses 

34:42 Ferrari Episode 

37:59 Running Commentary 

46:46 Final Remarks

Sounds like Red Bull and Mercedes weren’t the only ones having reliability problems this weekend…the Gals mics were having some technical difficulties! On today’s episode we’re in the land down under, talking about Williams’ controversial decision to have Albon race in Sargeant’s car, and Sainz’ victory, sans appendix. 

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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 

00:50 Track Talk 

03:07 Results

07:14 Practice

16:02 Quali 

20:28 Race

47:00 Indy Updates

Extra! Extra! Read…I mean hear all about it! The Gals are back for a bonus episode, talking all about the first round of F1 Academy, the all female race series. You can bet that if we’re going to talk about men’s sports, we’re going to cover women’s as well. 

Episode Sources: 

F1 Academy Overview: https://www.f1academy.com/About/5tFG4jMNrPG2LzxYgk5mxU/rules-and-regulations  

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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

1:10 Primer

5:54 Saudi Highlights  

15:42 Final Remarks 

Buckle up and get ready - today’s show is a busy one! The Gals chat about the Saudi Arabia GP, touch on recent news in the F1 world, and most importantly, talk about whiskers and wishbones (IYKYK). 

Episode Links: 

Wishbones: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.tech-weekly-the-novel-built-in-adjustment-on-mercedes-w15-that-they-can-tune.3wqHGqdMkCYjh3tqYS0vV5.html 

BrrrakeF1 Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWZC6TVC2M 

Laura Winter’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4Q_NdOMmn_/?igsh=amtzYTgyc3E0Zmtv  

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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 

00:48 Track Talk 

06:17 Quali/Race Recap 

06:58 Practice 

16:40 Qualifying 

19:10 Race

38:48 (Non) Tech Talk - Wishbones 

48:05 News 

53:43 Final Remarks

F1 is back baby! Today the Gals chat all about pre-season testing, the un-memeable opening titles and of course, bullet journals. Oh yeah, and in shocking news, Max Verstappen won the first race of the 2024 season. 

Episode Links: 

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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 / Bahrain GP

00:00 Intro

00:42 Sam Collins Appreciation Section

09:54 F1 Opening Titles 

13:53 GP Weekend 

19:50 Practice 

26:10 Qualifying 

31:46 Race 

41:37 Looking Ahead

45:40 Final Remarks

Come play spot the differences with the Gals! On this episode Grace and Amy take a first look at each of the car liveries for the 2024 season. They share their thoughts, feelings and Minecraft (or is it mind-craft??) is referenced a shocking number of times. 

Episode Sources:

Haas: https://www.instagram.com/p/C22SC_QoxZC/?igsh=aHl2aHg1cTd4N3pz 

Williams: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2-GSwAoFEi/?igsh=NTY2eTRqamRuY250 

Stake: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2-j3dtIIp4/?igsh=ejYxeDNuZXlyMGx4 

Alpine: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3DKo7TogOs/?igsh=MThubmFxbW0wM3Iyaw== 

Alpine WEC: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3DM_uyN5Zw/?igsh=cnU1ejc0cnZ3NW1q 

RB: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3HiINVuwSk/?igsh=MWZhM3l5MnJjODdjag== 

Aston Martin: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3PZK7br5ZN/?igsh=MWh0cTl1MHl2a2l5aA== 

Ferrari: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3SUSV9ICRU/?igsh=OHpqaHlkZXFpcXR5 

Mercedes: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3UwbFGOyPl/?igsh=MTNzdXJtaXhwZXNmMQ== 

McLaren: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2K2lLzM5Gf/?igsh=MXVob2pocXg5NG1pZA== 

Red Bull: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3YaLmyIOVk/?igsh=OTVhM3poMDhva3E2 

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00:00 Intro 

05:00 Haas

07:15 Williams

10:31 Stake

12:55 Alpine

16:10 RB

19:29 Aston Martin 

22:23 Ferrari

24:41 Mercedes

28:18 McLaren 

30:17 Red Bull 

32:15 Best/Worst Dressed 

37:45 Final Remarks

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 / Car Liveries 

Want to get into F1 but don’t know where to start? The Gals are here to help! Today we talk through how this crazy sport works and what you didn’t know you needed to know. Amy has done all the research and Grace is testing her working knowledge. 

For further information: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/tags.beginner-s-guide.7szZSRQkywApBCsTz1sDwg.html 

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00:00 Intro

02:47 F1 vs Other Motorsports 

07:35 Season Structure

11:45 Race Weekend

18:18 Sprints

20:45 The Race

27:50 Tyres and Pitstops 

35:52 Points 

38:49 Final Remarks

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