“Send us a Hey Now!”

This week saw the F1 teams head to Bahrain for the first round of pre-season testing.

We saw all the new liveries on display and got a first look at them on track as portions of the testing were televised.

We pick apart the various theories coming out of testing and also rank the liveries to create our combined leaderboard.

Episode running order as always is...

1) News & Social

• All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on the various social channels

2) Brian's Video Vault

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7qAimzZ5YY Cadillac 2026 Super Bowl Commercial The Mission Begins Cadillac Formula 1 Racing. 1 min 6 seconds.
• https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUiGK79Dxl5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== extremecarsofficial_ Instagram. The moment when the Cadillac Formula 1 team unveiled their 2026 car in Times Square, New York City!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-rzpNM21zk. 10 Tales from F1 Testing. Formula 1 channel. 9 mins.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyw8etDrQ-c. Formula 1: Drive To Survive Season 8 Official Trailer | Netflix. Formula 1 channel. 2 mins.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HWVT-fzlmY. Asking F1 drivers the REAL questions | Get to know Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad. Visa cash app RB F1 channel. nearly 8 mins.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeBRmSFcRxs&t=9s. Valtteri Bottas REVEALS why he chose Cadillac! Kym Illman channel. 13 mins.

3) Cadillac Corner

• Updates from the team we saw this week in terms of the livery launch at the Super Bowl and Times Square

4) Livery Leaderboard

• We rank the liveries from 1-11 and use our combined scores to create the Dirty Side Livery Leaderboard

5) Testing Tribulations

• We take a look at all the key data coming out from testing and try to see if you can really use it to understand wher

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“Send us a Hey Now!”

This week we got a few of our Discord members to come along for our annual Discord episode and share their views on a few topics.

With Andy, Az, and Lee we discuss what we all think will happen this year, what we think the big dramas will be that Drive to Survive 27 will look back on, and what our heart over head views are (both good and bad) for the upcoming season.

Episode running order as always is...

1) News & Social

• All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on the various social channels

2) Brian's Video Vault

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEjafiNA-7c. Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas Talk New Cadillac F1 Team, Style and Mullets. Esquire UK. 3 mins.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0SXVCRkc8E. Ted & Craig PREDICT the F1 2026 pecking order so far. Sky Sports F1. 5 mins

3) Discord Crystal Ball

• Five way discussion on the upcoming season on a variety of topics

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“Send us a Hey Now!”

This week saw the F1 teams head to Barcelona for 5 days of pre-season shakedown testing (of which they could choose three to run the car on track).

We read waaaaay to much into all of this and one of us makes an outrageous claim!

Episode running order as always is...

1) News & Social

• All the best bits from both the sports news out there as well as what caught our eye on the various social channels

2) Brian's Video Vault

• https://youtu.be/t_f9pxCV_Ts?si=3ul9AVSHi0vg8uDT Dirty Side of the Track 2026 livery reveal. Dirty Side channel. 1 min 22. Music by Rumin band. Epic. Like & subscribe
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0IpRVr4Vc. Cadillac Formula 1® Team Has Arrived. Cadillac Formula 1 Team channel. 1.30.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBhI1nm2ec. “We are ready for Bahrain!” | James Vowles Team Update. Atlassian Williams F1 Team Channel. 3 mins.

3) Cadillac Corner

• Updates from the team we saw this week

4) Breakdown of the Shakedown

• Review of the amount of laps done by each team and what that may or may not tell us (clue - it tells us nothing yet!)
• Main stories from each team
• Review of the fastest lap times done because why not read way too much into meaningless shake down times!

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