Girls Just Wanna F1

After literal YEARS of begging, we have finally convinced Lauren Gaudion, VP of Marketing & Communications for the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team/BFF of the pod to come on here and hang out with us ~*~virtually~*~ and we’ll say it: totally worth the wait. 

Lauren talks about what she actually does at her job, if it’s worth it to chase your dream career in motorsport, building an identity that’s true to McLaren AND IndyCar, the infamous Speedway Slammer incident, the number of times their colors are referred to as orange vs papaya, on the job nightmares, managing expectations vs reality when you can’t really share all the details, Pato’s new pet raccoon, how to get grounded during a race weekend (LOL), what constitutes a crisis, the first time she met us, and of course listener questions!

You can find more from Lauren on LinkedIn and Instagram. Go follow her and tell her what a great job she's doing!!!!

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Oooooh y’all are gonna love this episode so much! Jess Medland is here, and she talks us through carving out her unique path in a non-traditional way, being a woman in motorsport (what, like it’s hard?), what it’s like having millions of people watching your work, wanting to be special, the beautiful chaos behind Martin Brundle’s Grid Walk, her viral video calling Oscar Piastri’s crash at the Australian GP, having a job that gives you voices in your head, feeling like an alien, not knowing what the F you want to do with your life, and a special tip for torturing your partner LOL.
Other topics include Abu Dhabi 2021, the changing media landscape, knowing what audiences care about, our collective obsession with Fred Vasseur, how she champions women in motorsport, what it’s like being married to someone who also works in this space, if we’re seeing too much of the WAGs, and how having great instincts (and following them) is an integral part of her job.
She ditched a SkySports meeting for this, so y’all better listen up!
You can see more from Jess on her Instagram.
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Lock in, babes, because F1 Academy driver, Aston Martin girlie, and former ski racer (yes, really) Mathilda Paatz joins us this week, and you are gonna be SO into it! 
We chat about growing up on a race track, how to deal with your face being smashed up in a helmet for extended periods of time, the importance of flexing your mental AND physical muscles, her fave F1 diva, what she put on the back burner to pursue racing, working with Jessica Hawkins, breaking barriers, foods to try on her very first visit to the states, what we can do to support the series better, and being like, really super athletic (what, like it’s hard?). 
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Learn more about Mathilda through her feature on Aston Martin
The Elemis Superfood Facial Mist Mathilda can’t get enough of
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Esteemed motorsport journalist, historian, author, podcaster, girl's girl, shit poster, and cat mom Elizabeth Blackstock swings by the pod, and this episode easily could have been 3 hours long, but we all have ADHD by now (right??) so we reeeeally tried to reel it in.  
We talked about getting kimchi fries from Danny Ric, learning to read at 2, doing gin shots from a mop bucket, how to separate being a fan from a career lady, being Tumblr girlies, why you should explore series beyond F1, stumbling upon motorsport fans in the wild, experiencing Formula 1 before and after the Drive to Survive boom, watching races with crusty old white guys, people stealing content, being trash talked to your face, cosplaying as international media, seeing the humanity in drivers, being on the Cadillac hype train and so much more. 
We're already plotting her next appearance, so you definitely won't want to miss this one!
PS head to the GJWF1 YouTube page for exclusive AFTER THE CUT content from this episode!

You can find more from Elizabeth below:
Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys
Racing with Rich Energy
TikTok
Instagram
Bluesky 
Substack
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START YOUR ENGINES because season 5 is here, y’all!!! Consider this your friendly little plunge into what’s ahead for 2026. We discuss resolutions, being perfectionists, failing at being a pyromaniac, being absolutely obsessed with Heated Rivalry (DUH), thoughts on the 2025 WDC, motorsport news, already blowing it on the screentime front, hopes and dreams for this season including Mick’s big IndyCar debut, Isack’s trajectory in the 2nd Red Bull seat, and ways we can actually hang out IRL? You know us, always yapping. It’s been a few, but we missed yaaa!

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