Away We Go Podcast
Away We Go Podcast goes beyond the track limits to explore Formula 1, from racing to the travel, food and lifestyle of Grand Prix destinations. Hosted by Dianne Bortoletto, a pre-Drive to Survive F1 fan, travel writer and publicist with experience working in motorsport, the podcast offers a different perspective on the sport. Expect race recaps, informed opinion, thoughtful discussion, and interviews with journalists, industry insiders and guests who have experienced Formula 1 up close. The show combines Formula 1 analysis with stories from the paddock and insights into the places, people and culture that surround the sport. Until lights out. Away We Go Podcast © Copyright - all rights reserved #f1podcast #bestF1podcast #australianF1podcast #femaleF1podcast #formula1podcast #f1podcastspotify #bestf1podcastaustralia #newF1podcst
Episodes
After a five-week break, Formula 1 returned with an action-packed sprint weekend in Miami, and it delivered chaos on lap one, big performances up and down the grid, and plenty to unpack (including another round of Ferrari frustration).
Host Dianne Bortoletto is joined by Ciara Gillan from Formula Live Pulse to break down the Miami Grand Prix feature race and sprint, key moments, strategy calls, penalties, and what it all means headi...
After a five-week break, Formula 1 is back and Miami is a sprint weekend.
In Ep69 of Away We Go Podcast, Di is joined by Ciara Gillan (Formula Live Pulse) to unpack what’s changed off-track, what matters heading into the Miami Grand Prix, and the biggest rumours swirling through the paddock.
This episode covers Ferrari’s latest speculation, Red Bull’s long-lead departure news, and why super-clipping, lift-and-coast and battery manage...
Sky Sports F1 broadcaster and author Rachel Brookes joins Away We Go Podcast for a wide-ranging chat that moves from the chaos (and thrill) of live TV to what it really takes to build a career in elite sports broadcasting. Rachel shares unforgettable paddock moments (including an early run-in with Bernie Ecclestone), how Drive to Survive and Liberty Media changed Formula 1’s reach, and why she wrote F1 Racing Drive for new and long...
What do you do when you photograph one of Formula 1's most compelling personalities, pitch the story to every major magazine, and get knocked back by all of them? If you're Esme Buxton, you build your own magazine.
Esme is a fashion photographer and the founder and editor of The Paddock Journal, a Formula 1 fashion and lifestyle publication that launched just over a year ago and has already become one of the most distinctive new voi...
Japan Grand Prix trip planning starts here, this is a Suzuka special for those thinking of going to the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix.
In this episode, Di chats with Japan travel expert Tess Moone from Tessomewhere.com to help you plan a proper Japan trip, not just fly in, see the race, and fly out.
We cover where to base yourself (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, or Nagoya), how to get around Japan using IC cards like Suica, how the Shin...
Kimi Antonelli won back-to-back races at Suzuka to become the youngest championship leader in Formula One history, and he did it while sipping sparkling rose water on the podium — because at 19, Japan's legal drinking age of 20 means he wasn't allowed champagne.
Oscar Piastri returned from his race absence to lead for 15 laps and finish second, and the result raised a lot of questions about what both drivers are capable of this seas...
F1 journalist Reilly Sullivan left Sydney, moved to Beijing, and came straight out of the Shanghai paddock to talk to us. This episode is part race review, part travel guide, and part honest conversation about what it is actually like to pack up your life and move to China.
Reilly covers his first Chinese Grand Prix from inside the media centre, one of the most impressive press facilities on the calendar, purpose-built when China jo...
Shanghai delivered one for the history books. Di and Ciara break down the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, a race that had it all, DNSs, DNFs, a teenage winner, Ferrari back on the podium, and both McLarens failing to even start.
Italian driver for Mercedes Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest ever F1 pole sitter and converts it to his maiden race win in only the second race of the year, and the second season of his career. Di gets emot...
The 2026 Formula 1 season opened in Melbourne with a dramatic Australian Grand Prix. Mercedes locked out the front row, Ferrari launched brilliantly at the start, and Max Verstappen charged through the field after starting from the back.
I’m joined by Simone Scanu, co-founder of Formula Live Pulse, to break down everything that happened at Albert Park — from strategy calls to rookie performances.
Key Talking Points
Episode Overview
The 2026 Formula One season brings the biggest rules overhaul in over a decade — and we have the perfect guest to break it all down. Host Diane Bortoletto is joined by Simone Scanu, co-founder of real-time F1 data and telemetry app Formula Live Pulse, and co-host Ciara Gillan for a deep-dive pre-season debrief covering Bahrain testing, Ferrari's jaw-dropping engineering innovations, the new hybrid power uni...
This week on Away We Go Podcast, Di sits down with Ciara Gillan — co-founder of Formula Live Pulse and now a regular voice on the show for the 2026 season.
You’ve heard Ciara on race recaps. You’ve heard her talk strategy, telemetry and team politics. But this episode is about her.
From asking “too many questions” during races (Simone’s words) to co-building one of the most data-rich second-screen experiences in Formula 1, Ciara’s jo...
This week, Away We Go Podcast sits down with Luke West, editor of the brand-new Pole Position magazine - a 2026 grand prix season and Australian Grand Prix preview.
We talk about Luke’s career and how he came to be the editor a new print Formula 1 magazine in Australia.
He also shares how he witnessed history watching Ayrton Senna win a rain-washed Adelaide Grand Prix, how he was a proud member of the Gerhard Berger fan club, being a...
Inside the F1 Exhibition, Dianne Bortoletto chats with Nicole Piastri, Oscar Piastri's former high performance coach Kim Keedle, F1 Academy Drivers Avia Anagnostiadis and Joanne Cicconte, and the producer of the F1 Exhibition.
The F1 Exhibition is held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre until April. https://f1exhibition.com
Download my free Melbourne Grand Prix Travel Guide here
Formula 1 and motorsport journalist and podcaster Matt Clayton has worked in F1 for close to 30 years. He pioneered Formula 1 podcasting back in 2010 before, erm, everyone became a podcaster.
Matt sits down with Di and his thoughts about the 2025 F1 season, McLaren’s papaya rules, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and of course Oscar Piastri.
He also shares stories of Bernie Ecclestone’s tactics to control interviews and ...
No yellow flags, no safety cars and no contact. The final race of the 2025 Formula 1 season was tense, because of what was at stake, but also quite boring as far as race action goes.
With Australian Oscar Piastri trailing championship leader by 16 points, his McLaren team mate Lando Norris, cinching the title was going to take more than pure race craft. Oscar needed a miracle, “a Bradbury”, especially with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ...
Late braking, fastest laps, pole positions and a sprint win at the Qatar Grand Prix saw a welcome return to Oscar Piastri’s top form.
However, in the main race, McLaren failed to pit both drivers on lap 7 of 57 when a safety car was deployed, when every other car on the grid did pit.
To add complexity to race strategies, it was mandated that the maximum a tyre could be used for was 25 laps, making Qatar a mandat...
The Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix has kept the World’s Drivers Champion wide open after both McLaren’s were disqualified after the race because the rear skid plates under the car were less than 9mm in depth.
Dianne Bortoletto is joined by Ciara Gillan from Formula Live Pulse and together they break down the race, the championship, and what needs to happen for Oscar Piastri or Max Verstappen to beat Lando Norris ...
Chris Holding is the owner of Palm Seven Films, a production company that creates content for brands and broadcasts. He is one of the most experienced sports broadcasters in the country. Chris has worked with every major UK broadcaster including BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 as well as ESPN, IMG, NewsCorp, Discovery and more.
And in Australia, Channels 7, 9 and 10 and he’s worked on every major sporting code you can imagine including thr...
The Formula 1 Sao Paolo Grand Prix in Brazil delivered plenty of action on the track and the results have upset the Australian apple cart.
McLaren’s Lando Norris drove an impeccable weekend in both the sprint and grand prix, qualifying on pole and finishing on the top step of both. While Norris fans are joyous, Piastri fans are deflated after a DNF in the sprint and 10-second time penalty in the race where he finished fif...
Stephen Corby is one of Australia’s leading motoring journalists, who “very occasionally gets to cover F1, and wishes he could do so more often”.
Sitting down with Di, Stephen recounts the weekend with Nicole Piastri and the surprising things she said about Oscar, his interviews with Mark Webber, the Monaco Grand Prix and how he ended up in a jacuzzi with a Euro pop star, and witnessing the utterly unbelievable “crash gate”.
Ste...
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