Dirty Side Deckchair


Not content with dominating the airwaves via our Dirty Side podcast, we have decided to start up a midweek blog.

We'll be aiming to share our thoughts somewhere around Wednesday each week but whereas on the weekend you pull up a bar stool and chat F1 with us, the deckchair is a more laid back look at the world of F1.  

So come and hang out, relax in a deckchair, and let's see where this takes us.

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