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So, what do you do when it's the second long break of the F1 season and there will be no action on track until COTA at the end of October?    Maybe creating a fictional football club (soccer for those Dirty Siders from the US) on EAFC24 on the PS4 where the only players you are allowed to have in your squad must have names linked to Formula 1 isn't the first thing that springs to mind.  However, that's exactly what Rob did. The mission was to create a new team and place them in League Two before embarking on a campaign to reach the Premier League before lights out at COTA. This is the story of the epic journey one man and a football club went on... First things first - I needed a manager, team name, stadium name, and kit designs.  The first name that came to mind was Brackley FC who would play their home games at Silverstone. Then it was on to the design process for the kits.  As this was trying to be a generic F1 themed team I decided to try and incorporate a f...

Locked and loaded & ready for the off! As I sit here writing this blog it is Thursday 2nd March 2023 or F1-Eve as I will now call it. After what feels like an off-season that lasted forever, we can finally look forward to FP1 tomorrow and start building the excitement towards lights out on Sunday. However, as all content from this point forward will be rightfully based on this seasons events, I wanted to take a little time to review what happened here at the Dirty Side over the break. We were actually a little worried about how to fill the time and create content for each episode given both Brian & I have full time (non-F1) jobs. One option was to have a break and hang up the microphones for a little while. The problem is we enjoy this too much so didn't really fancy this as our go-to strategy. So, we figured we'd find a way to fill the off-season with something. Little did we know what that something would be! First things first we filled the end of 2022 with some post...

Max's secret identity revealed Anyone who watched the Brazil GP last weekend, and maybe some that didn't, will have seen two main stories taking up the column inches.  First up was the superb showing for Mercedes and specifically George Russell as he secured his first victory in Formula 1. Secondly was the murkier side of F1 as we heard Max refuse to follow team orders and give up his place for Checo. For those not familiar with the history of team orders, and maybe for those who want a stroll down memory lane, we have compiled a quick overview of team orders in F1 and also picked out some memorable ones. So, what are team orders? We need to remember that while each driver is trying to win for themselves, they are part of a team and the team wants to maximize it's points total for the constructors championship.   In addition, there are also times when the team might be trying to ensure maximum points for one of the drivers, especially if only one of them is in contention ...