F1: Beyond The Grid Podcast
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krisdelta said:
RobM77 said:
Jenson Button posted today 
One of my favourite drivers ever. I'm looking forward to listening on the way home this evening.
Top chap and very sensible, will refresh my feed - cheers! One of my favourite drivers ever. I'm looking forward to listening on the way home this evening.https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Z4CZ_J8WO/?hl=en
Alex Albon - nice, humble, down-to-earth, BMF material; still think he's too nice for RBR/F1
Pastor Maldonado - whatever you think of the guy in F1 he's got a lot things to say that made it listenable
Ralf Schumacer - very analytical responses. I'm very surprised he's not made it by now in management.
Takuma Sato - fascinating how he got in to racing. A shame there was no time to go more in depth with Super Aguri
Pastor Maldonado - whatever you think of the guy in F1 he's got a lot things to say that made it listenable
Ralf Schumacer - very analytical responses. I'm very surprised he's not made it by now in management.
Takuma Sato - fascinating how he got in to racing. A shame there was no time to go more in depth with Super Aguri
I was listening to the Nigel podcast yesterday and my God , he really is the gift that keeps on giving isn't he ? Self mythologising, charmless , humble bragging , often inaccurate and paranoid rubbish at its very best. But still one of the most exciting Grand Prix drivers I have ever seen live - I was lucky enough to be i the Stowe grandstand in 87 and also saw him take his first GP win at Brands .But Christ above, you wouldn't want to share a stuck lift with him , now would you?
I've admired Takuma Sato since his wild days in F3 and found his story fascinating - what a delightful guy he comes over as being . And Andretti - not many people merit the term living legend but this guy does - and what a fascinating story he tells - and with a dignity and style his erstwhile teammate Mansell utterly lacks .
I enjoy the podcasts a lot and it's probably an age thing but Tom Clarkson sounds a little too like a kids' TV presenter at times - but well done to him for putting these together .
I've admired Takuma Sato since his wild days in F3 and found his story fascinating - what a delightful guy he comes over as being . And Andretti - not many people merit the term living legend but this guy does - and what a fascinating story he tells - and with a dignity and style his erstwhile teammate Mansell utterly lacks .
I enjoy the podcasts a lot and it's probably an age thing but Tom Clarkson sounds a little too like a kids' TV presenter at times - but well done to him for putting these together .
coppice said:
I was listening to the Nigel podcast yesterday and my God , he really is the gift that keeps on giving isn't he ? Self mythologising, charmless , humble bragging , often inaccurate and paranoid rubbish at its very best. But still one of the most exciting Grand Prix drivers I have ever seen live - I was lucky enough to be i the Stowe grandstand in 87 and also saw him take his first GP win at Brands .But Christ above, you wouldn't want to share a stuck lift with him , now would you?
Quite, but it also makes him totally worth listening to as well!Heads up, it Bernie in the latest BTG
coppice said:
I was listening to the Nigel podcast yesterday and my God , he really is the gift that keeps on giving isn't he ? Self mythologising, charmless , humble bragging , often inaccurate and paranoid rubbish at its very best. But still one of the most exciting Grand Prix drivers I have ever seen live - I was lucky enough to be i the Stowe grandstand in 87 and also saw him take his first GP win at Brands .But Christ above, you wouldn't want to share a stuck lift with him , now would you?
Well when you sell your house to get a drive with Lotus, and you make the most of it, I think you earn the right to be like him.Gotta say, I just listened to, and did enjoy Bernie's episode.
He is not a man I agree with about quite a few things, and he is somewhat uncomfortably from a very different era to the 'real world' we live in now, in some ways. In other ways, he's still obviously sharp enough to 'get' a lot of what makes the sport tick today. He's entertaining, and what a life.
As he says, he is more businessman than race fan, so he monetised the sport and ensured he controlled it to a) ensure it's survival and, b) ensure he remained filthy rich. On that basis, I can't argue with his methods as they worked, he achieved his goal... Do I believe him when he justifies certain actions as being 'the only way to protect F1'? Not really, most such actions/choices seemed to be made in order to protect HIS version of what F1 should be, in other words the cash cow he enjoyed - that's not to say that different courses of action would have killed the sport or even damaged it overall...
He's a wily old git. But he does it so naturally, so effortlessly that I imagine it's just the way he is, and he probably couldn't have done any of it differently. At least he's very frank when he talks, even if he's probably not entirely honest all the time. He's 90 now though, so I suppose he's old enough to have earned the right to wear rose tinted specs and have a somewhat selective memory
If I could re-wind time and take him out of the sport, I don't think I would. There was something very 'F1' about having a mega-rich crafty sod running the show for all those decade. The switch to Liberty was due in the modern world, but what he did with it before that was pretty much acceptable to me on the basis that F1 = winning by any means you can just about get away with. He did that.
He is not a man I agree with about quite a few things, and he is somewhat uncomfortably from a very different era to the 'real world' we live in now, in some ways. In other ways, he's still obviously sharp enough to 'get' a lot of what makes the sport tick today. He's entertaining, and what a life.
As he says, he is more businessman than race fan, so he monetised the sport and ensured he controlled it to a) ensure it's survival and, b) ensure he remained filthy rich. On that basis, I can't argue with his methods as they worked, he achieved his goal... Do I believe him when he justifies certain actions as being 'the only way to protect F1'? Not really, most such actions/choices seemed to be made in order to protect HIS version of what F1 should be, in other words the cash cow he enjoyed - that's not to say that different courses of action would have killed the sport or even damaged it overall...
He's a wily old git. But he does it so naturally, so effortlessly that I imagine it's just the way he is, and he probably couldn't have done any of it differently. At least he's very frank when he talks, even if he's probably not entirely honest all the time. He's 90 now though, so I suppose he's old enough to have earned the right to wear rose tinted specs and have a somewhat selective memory
If I could re-wind time and take him out of the sport, I don't think I would. There was something very 'F1' about having a mega-rich crafty sod running the show for all those decade. The switch to Liberty was due in the modern world, but what he did with it before that was pretty much acceptable to me on the basis that F1 = winning by any means you can just about get away with. He did that.
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