Episodes
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
The story of the 2024 Formula One season is "What has happened to Red Bull?" from McLaren MP4-4 levels of dominance last year, to a season that has seen eight race winners, and a ten race streak without the energy drink company on the top step of the podium.
So who better to analyse why, than a man with a PhD in Fluid Mechanics, who also happens to be a fan of...
Published 11/05/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
George Morgan isn't just any motorsport commentator. He may well be the first to make the leap from the virtual booth to commentary boxes at some of the world's most famous circuits.
George's first motor racing memory are the now immortalised words of Murray Walker, describing the moment Damon Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship at...
Published 10/27/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
We spoke to Will Kerrigan on the heels of him completing the final part of his Masters in Motorsport Engineering. He's already a motorsport technician for E3 Sports in the Ginetta series, and this episode will give you insights into what it's like to work in British motorsport, what his qualifications entail and his ambitions for the future.
If you're at...
Published 10/20/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
This weekend, Christoph Huber will lead the team that bears his name into the final round of the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup in Germany, leading both the drivers' and teams' championship.
Today's episode tells the tale of how Christoph got to this point, starting out as an F1 super fan in the 1990s, becoming the fourth employee of high performance motorsport...
Published 10/08/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Mike Yau was part of the UK's sim racing vanguard, Managing Director of the UK's premier motorsport simulator venue, Simply Race, which he founded long before it was a commonly understood leisure activity.
In this episode, we find out about his journey, starting his motorsport journey in the catering division of a go-karting venue, quickly rising to become one of the...
Published 09/30/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Celso Neto currently sits 2nd in the TCX America touring car series, after a recent double victory at Road America.
In this episode, we find out about his path into motorsport in Brazil and the US - including racing cars on the day his driving license arrived - and his aspirations for the future.
Celso's dream is to be a full time professional racing...
Published 09/01/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Christian Rose impressed so much the first time he drove a racing car, he turned professional there and then! Last year he finished top 3 in the points of the ARCA Menards series, on the road to Nascar.
In this episode, find out which other sport Christian played at college to a D1 level, who his racing heroes are and the day to day life of a man who aspires to...
Published 08/25/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
It's DRIFT SEASON(tm) here at the podcast! Following our recent interview with Formula Drift co-founder and President Ryan Sage, in this episode we're delighted to bring you PROSPEC series driver, Nate Chen.
Nate runs the #4 Toyota 86, in his fourth year in the Formula Drift PROSPEC series, with each season better than the last. But his drifting story runs...
Published 08/10/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Ziv Knoll is one half of Belgium's commentary dream team. He and Pierre Van Vliet cover Formula 1, Indycar and Le Mans. But his journey into the world of elite motorsport was unorthodox to say the least.
In this episode, you'll find out how a diamond dealer, became the proprietor of one of the most successful French language F1 new websites ever ( @F1iTV ) -...
Published 08/05/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Ryan Sage combined his business and marketing background with his passion for tuning cars, to bring Japan's D1 Grand Prix to the United States and bring Formula Drift ( @formuladrift) to the world.
Now in its 21st season, Formula Drift (or Formula D) is the United States' premier drifting series, with 84 licensed drivers and dozens of household names from the...
Published 07/29/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Darren Cox fought his way into a career in motorsport and ended up with a film about part of that journey, in which he was played by Orlando Bloom!
It was at Nissan that Darren dreamt up a marketing project called GT Academy, GT Academy, a show in which gamers were given the opportunity to compete for a drive in motorsport. It ended up in over 120...
Published 06/16/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
This week, our resident motorsport historian, Colin Johnston, interviews serial automotive innovator, team owner and racing driver Steven Lake.
Steven is the founder and director of Aim Technologies and since late 2022 has been CEO of EVIE Autonomous. He now owns and drives for Mahiki Racing in the British GT and European GT4 championships.
Let us know...
Published 06/03/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Bjorn Stenbacka is a Finnish entrepreneur who can trace his involvement with Formula One back to the early 1990s. Back then, he was asked by Finland's first world drivers' champion Keke Rosberg to employ his cutting edge analytical techniques to attract sponsors to help then-up and coming compatriot Mika Hakkinen enter the sport.
Bjorn has recently...
Published 05/12/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Molly Oxner is a woman of many talents - a founder of a popular TechTok series (@abunchofredflags on TikTok) and two podcasts ("Braking Bias" and "Engines, EVs and Espresso") and a field application engineer for McLaren in the Nascar Cup series.
Molly stopped by for an episode with F1 Blag in which she shared her story in motorsport, her mission to make...
Published 04/28/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Tom Brown is the Partnerships Executive at Blackbook Motorsport, a global business community for top-level motorsport - which makes him the perfect guest to talk about Liberty Media's acquisition of MotoGP, Indycar's $1 million challenge at Thermal Club and the commercial implications for Lewis Hamilton's move from Mercedes to Scuderia Ferrari.
Tom also gives a...
Published 04/07/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Paul Myers is the Managing Director of Britpart (@Britpart_videos ), the leading independent wholesaler of Land Rover (@landrover ) parts and accessories in the world.
Interviewed by our very own Colin Johnston, Paul shares his story about how he transitioned into the world of motoring, how a passion for motorsport has taken him and Britpart into the world of...
Published 03/31/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Nicole Bearne has spent the last 25 years working in Formula One, with British American Racing (BAR), Honda, Brawn GP and Mercedes where she was the Head of Internal Communications for the team’s unprecedented 8 consecutive World Constructors’ titles.
So needless to say, today’s episode is chock full of stories a history of motorsport: from charity events...
Published 03/17/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Dan Morris is an automotive aerodynamicist working for the legendary Gordon Murray Technology, working for the man behind the McLaren F1, and F1 chief designer of the likes of the McLaren MP4-4 and the Brabham BT46 fan car to name a few.
Dan's way with words makes this a not to be missed episode for anyone interested in learning more about aerodynamics, in road...
Published 03/03/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Ken Fukuda (@griffeydreams) sold everything he had to pursue his motorsport dream at 26 years old. He how competes in the IMSA Michellin Pilot Challenge, driving an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 in the colours of Skip Barber Racing School, where he is a driver coach and Director.
Before they went on air, Ken told Jorgy that he had some stories to tell, and this...
Published 02/25/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we pride ourselves on sharing a broad range of perspectives from across the motorsport community.
Klara Kowalczyk is a 12 year old who races go karts at world level! She started racing aged 7 in Poland, and has competed in Italy since the age of 9. Klara joined the show from her hotel room on the even of the latest round of the WSK Super Masters Series, where she competes in the OK Junior category for Ricky Flynn Motorsport.
In this episode, F1Blag asks...
Published 02/17/24
At Stripping the Dipping, we show you that there's more to elite motorsport than just the drivers.
Miguel Valverde is a motorsport software and IT engineer from Spain, currently working for Avalanche Andretti won the 2022-23 Formula E drivers' championship with Jake Dennis at the wheel.
We spoke to Miguel just days before Formula One rejected Andretti Global's bid to enter the sport, and hot on the heels of the sport's announcement of a Madrid Grand Prix from 2026.
If you've ever...
Published 02/04/24
For our second episode of season 3, we bring you part two of F1Blag's interview with professional driver and driver coach Mike Ogren.
This week Mike and Blag discuss the former's driver coaching, both at Skip Barber Racing School and track side, Mike shares his opinion on the rules of engagement in modern day F1, and gives his predictions for the 2024 season.
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Published 01/27/24
For our first recorded episode of season 3, we welcome back returning guest professional driver and driver coach Mike Ogren, interviewed by your usual co-host F1Blag. In fact, they got on so well, we've turned this into a two parter, with the second instalment coming next week.
This week, Mike and Blag discussed the former's success in 2023, his aspirations for the year ahead, and delve into the cost of going racing - including how sponsorship works in motorsport.
If you like what you...
Published 01/21/24
The Tim Silvey episode and that marks our year end of the season 02 and we will be back on January with SEASON 04...
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON AND A FANTASTIC NEW YEAR...
from,
Jorgy, Denz and yours truly F1blag
Published 12/16/23