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The Grid Girls

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Episodes

Episode #47 - The Gang Goes To Montreal

In this episode, Sarah and Aleks chat with Hazel Southwell (@adjaruli on twitter) about the recent Formula E season finale, what we liked and didn't like about Formula E's third season, some Indycar at Mid-Ohio, F1 in Hungary, and more!

Aug 14, 20171 hr 31 min

Episode #46 - The Long Catch-Up

It's been a bit of a hiatus but the Girls are back! On this episode we chat about the Toronto indycar race, Formula E in New York, Formula 1 in Silverstone and more with special guest Nina Rochette! Find her on twitter at @ninarocky_48!

Jul 27, 20171 hr 25 min

Episode #45 - Spain and Indy GP: Live #Squadcast edition!

The squad heads to Indianapolis, witnesses a lot of overtakes during the Indycar GP despite ABC not showing them on TV, sees Fernando Alonso on a skateboard, watches qualifying for Spain from the spectator mound at IMS, watches Spain from the airBNB couch in Indy, spends a day at Indy 500 practices, then records a podcast live and in person....and has an excellent time doing all of it.

May 16, 20171 hr 25 min

Episode #44 - Phoenix and Sochi: The Seinfeld of Races

In this most #blessed of episodes, the Girls talk about Valtteri Bottas getting his first F1 win, Phoenix being less exciting than we'd hoped, the ECR #21 drivers beasting short ovals post-injury, and a lot of Indy previewing.

May 08, 20171 hr 17 min

Episode #43 - Barber: Josef and the Amazing Technicolor Race Win

Josef Newgarden? More like Josef Two-Garden. Our boy wins at Barber for the second time - his first Penske Race win - and Sarah, Aleks, Liza and special guest Sarah from St. Louis discuss it! Plus: hockey shenanigans, ladies slaying in NHRA, and more!

Apr 25, 20171 hr 3 min

Episode 42: Bahrain - Professional sadness men unite!

On this week's episode, Catherine, Aleks, Liza and Sarah talk about the Bahrain Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso's Indycar Adventure, and the implications of drivers crossing over between series. There's a little WEC talk thrown in for good measure too!

Apr 19, 20171 hr 6 min

Episode #41: McLaren and Andretti failure bingo

In this episode, the girls talk about the Chinese GP and the GP of Long Beach. It's a story of spinning behind the safety car, of a four-car team blowing up four car engines, of f1 rookies who struggle and one indycar rookie who's dominating, of Dale Coyne Racing figuring their business out a year too late, and much much more.

Apr 11, 20171 hr 27 min

Episode #40: All the way Abt

Lucas di Grassi won an incredibly eventful Mexico ePrix, and the squad is here to talk about it - plus a successful petition campaign directed at motorsport.com, the forward-mindedness of Indycar, and our favorite dinosaurs!

Apr 04, 20171 hr 17 min

Episode #39 - Melbourne: Seriously Blessed

The Formula 1 season is back, and we've got a special guest to welcome in the new year! Speedbeat Motorsport's Lara Hanhart joins us to talk about Melbourne, her work in the VLN series, life at the Nurburgring, and being a woman in racing. You can find Lara and her team on instagram at @larahanhart and @speedbeat_motorsport!

Mar 28, 20171 hr 21 min

Episode #38 - BOURDAIIIIIIIS

Our Scottish pal and fandom singularity Zoe Hamilton makes her debut on the podcast as we discuss the results of the Indycar race in St. Petersburg, Force India's pink livery, our favorite driver interactions of all time, and much more!

Mar 21, 20171 hr 46 min

Episode #37: Honda Pain, reprise

It's another Squadcast this week as Aleks Lynne joins Catherine, Sarah, Elizabeth and Liza to talk about a smorgasbord of motorsport shenanigans. The Girls discuss Ayla Agren's return to USF 2000, Tatiana Calderon's Sauber program, Indycar's triumphant return, the Daytona 500, and Indycar testing.

Mar 08, 20171 hr 21 min

Episode #36 - The ROC Squadcast

Season three of the Grid Girls begins with a load of yelling about Formula E, a quick Race of Champions recap, and...NASCAR?

Jan 31, 20171 hr 17 min

Episode #35 - Abu Dhabi: YASSSSSS, Rosberg.

The girls are finally back to wrap up the last races of the 2017 Season and what turned out to be maybe F1's most unexpected retirement EVER. It's Rosberg, Rosberg and Rosberg with a side of "How wet was Brazil?!", missing Massa and bidding goodbye to Button.

Dec 05, 201654 min

Episode #33 - Japan: Land of the Rising Son

The girls are back with special guest sportswriter and NHRA expert Shannon Cole to talk the amazing women of the 1/4 mile, why Lewis Hamilton can't start a race and the retirement of Sasky's no-longer relevant favourite, Mark Webber.

Oct 18, 20161 hr 23 min

Episode #32 - Malaysia: Tin Foil Time

The girls are joined by RJ O'Connell to talk about landmark wins in IMSA, Lewis Hamilton PR Genius and Conspiracy Theorist, 3AM race times and which F1 driver would survive in jail the longest.

Oct 06, 20161 hr 24 min

Episode #31 - Singapore: F**K Me Up Silly Season

The girls are back in town to talk about driving under the bright lights, Simon Pagenaud's IndyCar Championship and just how silly, the silly season really is going to be.

Sep 23, 20161 hr 20 min

Episode #30 - Italy: No Country for Old Drivers

The girls get together to catch up on why you should always remember your blankets, how no one wins with Charlie Kimball and what happens when F1 puts you out to pasture.

Sep 12, 20161 hr 36 min

Episode #29 - Feminism: Everything’s Great in Theory

The girls get together (slightly late) to host Women in Motorsport 101, equality vs equity, why merit is a bullshit concept and how feminism is good for everyone. They also chat with Grace Doepker, Associate Applications Engineer at Arrow Electronics about the team's SAM Car Racing project, being a women in motorsport and why STEM is great.

Aug 29, 20161 hr 8 min

Episode #28 - Germany: That One Where Someone Drank From a Shoe

It's time to talk the German Grand Prix (snore), Tatiana Calderon's awesome GP3 Weekend and why IndyCar is swiftly stealing Sasky's heart. Side discussions include wine, Tony Kannan killing Alex Rossi and how to really stage a title battle.

Aug 07, 20161 hr 11 min

Episode #27 - Whatever: So Long Summer Break

Subtitle: TL:DR After a two month hiatus to visit numerous tracks (Indy, Detroit, Toronto), Australia and have shoulder surgery, the Grid Girls are back to talk the colour pink, going to IndyCar races and just how boring the Hungarian GP was.

Jul 30, 20161 hr 23 min

Episode #26 - Spain: That Escalated Quickly

Subtitle: Everything is Verstappening The Grid Girls catch up to talk about Max Verstappen's record breaking race, Tatiana Calderon's first weekend of GP3 and chat to IndyCar driver and all around #BadassLadyDriver Pippa Mann about the upcoming 100th Indy500.

May 17, 20161 hr 6 min

Episode #25 - Russia: From Russia with Shove

The girl's catch up to talk about being on #TeamTata, Barber, the formula E race no one watched, Sochi being cold as shit and how many people have been personally victimized by Red Bull Racing.

May 06, 20161 hr 17 min

Episode #24 - China: Making F1 Great Again

The girl's catch up after a hectic weekend of racing to discuss this week's episode of "Sexist Grandpa Bernie", salty drivers, celebrating the return of the best form of qualifying and just how you make F1 great again.

Apr 22, 201655 min

Episode #22 - Australia: It Sounded Good In Theory

F1 is back and with it an absolutely terrible new Qualifying format that turned out to be far worse than we had expected. Also Ferrari get a flyer and a fire, Indy Car takes over Florida and we chat with the super awesome Jennie Gow.

Mar 23, 20161 hr 21 min

Episode #21 - Pre-Season: Fireworks and Freedom

The Girls and special guest RJ O’Connell yell about America, Alexander Rossi’s entry into the world of Indycar, some Super Formula nonsense, and F1 testing. How bad are the liveries? Why is F1 like an exclusive party? Listen and find out!

Mar 23, 20161 hr 21 min

Episode #20 - Pre-Season: But Why Isn't It Yellow?

We're baacckk. The Grid Girls catch up on what happened in the off-season, the who, what, when and wheres of the upcoming IndyCar and F1 seasons as well as updating you on our favourite (and new) #BadassLadyDrivers. Also, the first appearance of #AskTGG.

Mar 23, 20161 hr 5 min

Episode #19 - Abu Dhabi: It's Over

For the first time ever, the girls are in the same place at the same time to record. It devolves into drinking games, poking and various episodes of bemoaning just how boring Abu Dhabi was (the answer is really).

Mar 23, 201655 min

Episode #18 - Brazil: Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Nico.

The girls catch up days before the season ends to reflect on a truly yawn inducing Brazilian GP, why Nico Rosberg gets good when it doesn't count and all the shit happening in series's other than F1.

Mar 23, 201651 min
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