Ep49: Austin Texas, a weekend for Piastri to forget with Ciara Gillan, F1 Live Pulse Artwork

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And Away We Go F1 Podcast goes beyond the track limits to talk about Formula 1, travel, food and lifestyle of F1 destinations.

Hosted by Dianne Bortoletto a pre-Drive to Survive (D2S) F1 fan, and Monique Ceccato, a post-D2S fan. In each episode, they recap the race, unpack F1 rumours, hold thought-provoking discussions, interview interesting people, and chat about the lifestyle surrounding the world’s greatest sport, including travel, food and, if Lewis’ outfit warrants it, fashion.

Although they’re separated by 14,000 kilometres—Di in Margaret River in southwest Western Australia and Monique in Norway—F1 brought them close together. Since discovering they both live to hear the words “Lights out and away we go!” they’ve been blowing up each others’ inboxes with facts, opinions, and rumours every race weekend. When messages escalated to long voice memos, the idea for And Away We Go F1 Podcast was born.

As travel writers and food lovers, Di and Mon bring a new perspective to Formula 1, going beyond the track limits to share the places, people and cuisine of each F1 host destination with listeners.

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Ep49: Austin Texas, a weekend for Piastri to forget with Ciara Gillan, F1 Live Pulse

October 21, 2025 • Dianne Bortoletto & Monique Ceccato • Season 1 • Episode 49

Austin, Texas, race 19 of the 24-race F1 season saw Max Verstappen take pole and win both the sprint race and the main race. With two McLaren DNFs in the sprint, thus scoring no points, Max is closing in on the World Drivers Championship, just 40 points behind Oscar, and 26 points behind Lando.

Monique is unwell this week and Di is joined by Formula Live Pulse co-founder Ciara Gillan, an Irish national living in Berlin. The business and life partner of Simone Scanu who was our guest on Episode 39.

Di and Ciara chat about the Austin race, the double McLaren DNF, Max’s championship charge, and both are willing Oscar on for the final five races.

The championship battle is on, and you can bet that the World Drivers Champion in the 2025 Formula 1 season is going to be hotly contested.

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