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RACING
SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES
44 THE LEGACY OF AYRTON SENNA
Twenty years after Senna’s death, Richard Williams
examines the lasting impact of the sport’s greatest racer
50 SENNA: HIS LAST HOURS
Former Williams commercial director Richard West reveals
the story of Senna’s last – and previously lost – interview
58 SENNA’S 20 GREATEST MOMENTS
The astonishing highlights that put him in a class of his own
68 HÜLKENBERG: STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Will his talent continue to simmer in a mid-grid car, or
will someone give him the top-team drive he deserves?
74 NEW-LOOK NOSE DESIGN
Every team has developed their own version of the reviled
’anteater nose’. We investigate how each one works

80 WE’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
Drivers now get to pick their own car number, which they
keep for their whole career. So who chose what – and why?
82 THE ICEMAN’S ARTIST
F1 Racing meets Uffe Tägtström, who talks us through
the painstaking process of designing Kimi’s helmets

86 IN CONVERSATION: JAMES ALLISON
Ferrari’s technical director on getting the team winning again

88 YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS
The inimitable Kamui Kobayashi discusses his racing return
and clears up a spot of confusion about paintballing…
94 VILLENEUVE: THE RETURN
The 1997 world champion has ditched commentating for
a cockpit comeback – this time competing in Rallycross
100 THE LION KING
Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo discusses the
team’s new driver pairing and his loathing of simulators

108 LUNCH WITH DR GARY HARTSTEIN
Now the go-to man for translating updates on the condition
of Michael Schumacher, the former F1 medical delegate
remains as engaging and outspoken as ever
FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS
10 IGNITION A TRIBUTE TO AYRTON SENNA
14 PARADES THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY FROM MELBOURNE
20 F1 INSIDER NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS
34 THE SCIENCE BEHIND DAMAGE REPAIR
36 PETER WINDSOR RED BULL’S STREAMLINED GARAGE
39 EMERSON FITTIPALDI ON THE DAWN OF A NEW SEASON
41 DIETER RENCKEN WHAT’S GOING ON AT RENAULT?
42 NOW THAT WAS A CAR: THE MARCH 711
98 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A MERCEDES TEAM PEN
COVER STORIES
AYRTON SENNA His final interview
revealed for the very first time
NEW NOSES The different takes on
the new nose regulations explained
DI MONTEZEMOLO On the past,
present and future of the Scuderia
VILLENEUVE A change of direction for
Jacques as he moves into Rallycross
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CONTENTS / APRIL 2014
THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT
118 AUSTRALIAN GP DEBRIEF FIRST BLOOD TO NICO ROSBERG
122 MALAYSIAN GP PREVIEW TEAMS FACE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
124 BAHRAIN GP PREVIEW DUSTY DESERT RACING
126 CHINESE GP PREVIEW A REAL DRIVER CHALLENGE
128 INBOX YOUR VIEWS ON THE NEW SEASON
130 MURRAY WALKER REMEMBERS AYRTON SENNA
100
44
50
Kamui Kobayashi
answers your
questions about
his Formula 1
comback with
Caterham
When will the
talented Nico
Hülkenberg
make it to the
big time?
Jacques
Villeneuve: back
at the wheel and
going sideways
in Rallycross
88
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94
Our 20-page
Senna special
celebrates the
career of an
F1 great, two
decades after his
tragic death, and
includes the
exclusive story of
his last interview
F1 Racing is
granted a rare
audience with
Enzo Ferrari’s
heir, Luca Di
Montezemolo
Maurice
Hamilton lunches
with Professor
Sid Watkins’
protégé, Dr Gary
Hartstein
44
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RACING
Thanks to Martin Anayi, Banksy, Idoia Bilbao, Matt Bishop, Renato Bisignani, Russell
Day, John Dunbar, Sophie Eden, Drew Gibson, James Gilbride, Ross Gregory, Will Hings,
Oliver Kraus, Emma Lay at Whittlebury Hall, Bradley Lord, James Mann, Chris Murray,
Tracy Novak, Sophie Ogg, Fernando Paiva, Stéphane Samson, Andy Stobart (for the
wheels), Deborah Tee, Roberta Valloresi, Benjamin Wachenje, Tom Webb, Steve Wright
Why Senna’s flame
burns ever brighter
Ignition / Anthony Rowlinson / 03.14
,W¶V D MRXUQDOLVW¶V GXW\ we`re LoId, Lo be ImpurLIuI
und dIspussIonuLe, Lo InLerroguLe IucLs, sepuruLe IIes
Irom LruLh, unuIyse knowIedge us presenLed, Lhen
convey suId InIormuLIon Lo u reuder, vIewer or IIsLener.
BuL Lhen uIong comes AyrLon Sennu, u mun, u drIver,
who chunneIIed emoLIons In u munner never prevIousIy
experIenced und who Louched u mIIIIon souIs - ULJKW
WKHUH - In such u wuy LhuL Lhey IeIL connecLed wILh LheIr
hero, Ior uII LhuL he knew noLhIng oI LheIr exIsLence.
Sennu desLroyed ImpurLIuIILy uImosL Irom Lhe
begInnIng, possessIng us he dId un ubIIILy Lo muke Lhe
ruLIonuI IrruLIonuI und Lhe cooI heuds hoL. For Lhe
medIu, he wus dynumILe und hIs InIIuence wenL Iur,
Iur beyond LheIr (our) peLLy squubbIes.
A Iew sporLIng greuLs do LhIs wILhouL LryIng, us do Lhe
greuL poIILIcuI Ieuders, or eru-deIInIng musIcIuns, urLIsLs
und LhInkers. ¡L`s how Lhey conjure un urdenL worIdwIde
IoIIowIng when operuLIng uL LheIr peuk und why, when
removed Irom LheIr IIeId Lhrough deuLh, poIILIcuI
upheuvuI, or Lhe wunIng oI LheIr powers, Lhey remuIn us
IconIc poInLs oI reIerence Ior IuLure generuLIons.
TwenLy yeurs uILer hIs deuLh, AyrLon Sennu occupIes
such u spoL, remuInIng us vIvId u IIgure Ior uny F1
IoIIower us he wus on 1 Muy 1qqq, und us he hud become
over Lhe precedIng seusons oI poIurIsIng brIIIIunce.
¡ndeed, us RIchurd WIIIIums, uuLhor oI 7KH 'HDWK
RI $\UWRQ 6HQQD urgues on puge qq, Sennu`s emInence
hus grown In Lhe posL-¡moIu decudes, IeuvIng hIm
unLouched und unLouchubIe, us u LoLem oI everyLhIng
u rucIng drIver couId ever be.
ThIs Is noL Lo suy LhuL Sennu wus u PRGHO rucIng
drIver, Ior hIs conducL oILen showed un overurchIng
degree oI urrogunce (excused by supporLers us spIrILuuI
convIcLIon). ¡I LhuL were hIs onIy Iegucy, he`d be un III-
remembered IIgure, noL u IeLed demI-god. BuL cun
unyone posIL LhuL Lhere hus exIsLed u EHWWHU rucIng drIver
Lhun Sennu? ¡, Ior one, doubL IL - und ¡`m noL uIone.
Tuke RIchurd WesL, Lhe Iormer WIIIIums commercIuI
dIrecLor who wus Lhe IusL mun Lo InLervIew Sennu on
LhuL suddesL oI duys. ShurIng hIs remurkubIe sLory oI
1 Muy (p¸o), WesL recuIIs how Sennu guIvunIsed uII
uround hIm Lo perIorm uL LheIr besL, noL by Lhe power oI
hIs repuLuLIon, buL by Lhe Iorce oI hIs deeds. The voId he
IeIL, WesL LeIIs us, wus Immense.
These emoLIons seem Lo huve been experIenced by
unyone who IeIL unyLhIng Ior Lhe mun. And us we ussess
Lhe IuII-ouL Irom Lhe zo1q AusLruIIun GP und prepure Ior
u yeur oI 'he suId, she suId`, perhups LhIs Is Lhe rIghL
momenL Lo reIIecL on why we IuII In Iove wILh F1 und
remember Lhe IuIIen hero(es) who Imbue our sporL wILh
u sourIng spIrIL LhuL Lrunscends on-Lruck compeLILIon.
¨OnIy connecL¨ wroLe EM ForsLer In +RZDUGV (QG,
mukIng reIerence Lo one oI Lhe Iew consLunL poInLs oI
vuIue In humun exIsLence. There couId be Iew beLLer
epILuphs, zo yeurs on, Ior u rucIng drIver who connecLed
IIke none beIore or sInce.
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Contributors
Richard West
The last person to
interview Ayrton Senna
Former WIIIIums commercIuI
dIrecLor, und now un
InLernuLIonuI moLIvuLIonuI
speuker, RIchurd hus never
LoId hIs sLory oI Sennu`s IInuI
hours - unLII now (p¸o)
Richard Williams
Jazz buff and doyen
of sports journalism
As Lhe uuLhor oI 7KH 'HDWK
RI $\UWRQ 6HQQD umong
oLher greuL sporLs books,
RIchurd Is perIecLIy pIuced
Lo ussess Sennu`s ongoIng
Iegucy (pqq)
Glenn Dunbar
More than just a
Formula 1 snapper
GIenn`s LrucksIde work und
F1 porLruILure IeuLures
reguIurIy In Lhese puges, buL
we hud someLhIng dIIIerenL
In sLore Ior hIm LhIs monLh.
See pqq Lo IInd ouL more
Emerson Fittipaldi
Racing legend and
F1R’s new columnist
ForLy yeurs uILer hIs
Iundmurk worId LILIe,
McLuren`s IIrsL doubIe,
Emerson brIngs hIs wIsdom
Lo beur In u musL-reud
monLhIy coIumn (p¸q)
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Mumm’s the word Nico Rosberg sprays the contents of his jeroboam
of Mumm champagne to celebrate victory in the opening grand prix of the
season. Since the inception of the world championship in 1950, the winner of
the first race has gone on to be champion 32 times. What chance 33 in 2014?
Where Albert Park, Australia When 6.50pm, Sunday 16 March 2014
Photographer Lorenzo Bellanca
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Scarlet fever Fernando Alonso teases the throttle pedal as he deftly manages
the torque of his new 1.6-litre V6 turbo power unit in the rear of his Ferrari.
As he dances over the kerbs, the timing screens begin to reveal the true
competitive order of this year’s cars. And Maranello are in the mix...
Where Albert Park, Australia When 5.54pm, Friday 14 March 2014
Photographer Glenn Dunbar/LAT
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Parade
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Bash is back Kamui Kobayashi returns to Formula 1 with a bang in
Melbourne. Heading into the first corner of the race, he smashes into the
back of Felipe Massa’s Williams, eliminating them both. Despite the initial
outcry from Massa, the stewards found that Kamui’s rear brakes had failed
Where Albert Park, Australia When 5.07pm, Sunday 16 March 2014
Photographer Vladimir Rys
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Parade
ANALYSIS
20 F1 Racing April 2014
Normal service resumed for Red Bull?
Despite a pre-season
testing programme about
as disastrous as imaginable,
Red Bull look set to be title
contenders again this year
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mude u sLrong sLurL Lo Lhe seuson In MeIbourne,
huvIng recovered ImpressIveIy Irom myrIud
reIIubIIILy probIems durIng Lhe wInLer.
Red BuII und engIne purLner RenuuIL ure noL
on Lop oI uII oI LheIr probIems yeL, buL LheIr cur
neverLheIess dIspIuyed un ImpressIve Lurn oI
speed uL Lhe IIrsL ruce.
So jusL how dId Red BuII bounce buck Irom
pre-seuson LesLIng, In whIch Lhe IongesL sIngIe
run Lhey munuged wus u mere zo Iups? AL Lhe
IIrsL ruce, DunIeI RIccIurdo IInIshed second
beIore he wus dIsquuIIIIed becuuse hIs cur
exceeded Lhe IueI-IIow IImIL.
TheIr probIems In LesLIng were LwoIoId.
RenuuIL were monLhs behInd wILh LheIr engIne
progrumme, und Lhe reur oI Lhe Red BuII wus
puckuged Loo LIghLIy, cuusIng probIems wILh
overheuLIng. The Leum uppIIed LheIr IormIdubIe
resources und Lhe IncompurubIe mInd oI desIgn
chIeI AdrIun Newey Lo Lhe cur Issues, whIch were
mosLIy soIved by Lhe second LesL.
RenuuIL, meunwhIIe, were suIIerIng Irom
uIIowIng LheIr engIne desIgn und buIId
progrumme Lo Iug wuy behInd LhuL oI LheIr rIvuIs.
Sources suy RenuuIL deveIoped Lhe InLernuI
combusLIon Lurbo eIemenL und Lhe energy-
NEWS OPINION ANALYSIS
20 28 26 RED BULL MCLAREN THE DRIVER’S WIFE
NEWS DIGEST
recovery purLs oI LheIr engIne sepuruLeIy, und
dId noL run Lhe enLIre engIne LogeLher on Lhe LesL
bed unLII mId-December. ThuL Is IncredIbIy IuLe
- und monLhs behInd Mercedes.
When Lhe RenuuIL dId run, ILs purLs were
IuIIIng Lo 'LuIk Lo euch oLher` properIy, und IL wus
breukIng reguIurIy us weII. ¡L wus uL LhIs poInL,
RenuuIL`s Leums reporL, LhuL Lhe RenuuIL buse
uL VIry-ChuLIIIon In Frunce, sLopped unswerIng
emuIIs. The beIIeI Is LhuL RenuuIL hud been
punIckIng ubouL Lhe sILuuLIon Ior some LIme,
F1 Racing April 2014 21
Engine woe: Ricciardo breaks down
at the first pre-season test (left) and
Vettel retires from the first race (below)
FDQ be mounLed. The F¡A muy yeL InsIsL LhuL
Red BuII provIde convenLIonuI cumeru mounLs.
And uILhough DunIeI RIccIurdo IInIshed
second In AusLruIIu, he wus IuLer dIsquuIIIIed
becuuse hIs cur hud gone ¨consIsLenLIy¨ beyond
Lhe muxImum IueI-IIow IImIL.
Red BuII InsIsL LhIs wus u probIem wILh Lhe
F¡A`s sensor, buL Lhe F¡A suys Red BuII were
wurned ubouL Lhe probIem eurIIer In Lhe weekend
und reIused Lo uddress IL. UnLII Lhe muLLer Is
resoIved, no concIusIon cun be druwn ubouL Lhe
Leum`s perIormunce shown In AusLruIIu.
The month’s big
stories at a glance
beIore IInuIIy udmILLIng Lo LheIr cIIenLs LhuL Lhey
were In sIgnIIIcunL LroubIe.
ThuL Is why RenuuIL were so underprepured
Ior Lhe IIrsL LesL In Jerez, whIch wus u ¨dIsusLer¨
In Lhe words oI more Lhun one InsIder. And Lhe
IIrsL BuhruIn LesL wus noL much beLLer.
SInce Lhen, however, RenuuIL`s Leums huve
been Impressed by Lhe rupId progress mude.
¨¡I Lhey curry on IIke LhIs,¨ u senIor IIgure Irom
one oI LheIr Leums suId, ¨by SpuIn, ¡ don`L LhInk
peopIe wIII be LuIkIng ubouL u power dIIIerence
beLween Lhe RenuuIL und Lhe Mercedes.¨
¡I LhuL Is so, IL couId puL Red BuII up Lhere
wILh Mercedes, especIuIIy sInce Lhe Leum ure
rumoured Lo huve u mujor upgrude Ior LhuL ruce.
Teum boss Horner hus denIed cIuIms LhuL LhIs
wIII eIIecLIveIy be u new cur, Lhough.
¨We wIII huve un upduLed cur us we huve
every yeur,¨ he suId, ¨und LhuL wIII come wILh
deveIopmenLs uL euch grund prIx - noL jusL
Ior Lhe Europeun seuson, buL euch grund prIx
LhroughouL Lhe yeur. There Is no sIIver buIIeL
In LhIs gume, und IL Is u muLLer oI engIneerIng
soIuLIons Lo engIneerIng probIems.¨
Red BuII`s rIvuIs huve noL been surprIsed by
Lhe puce oI Lhe RB1o, nor by LheIr ubIIILy Lo uppIy
LheIr resources Lo work uround LheIr probIems.
¨You couId LeII,¨ suId LewIs HumIILon.
¨ChrIsLIun kInd oI guve IL uwuy - Lhe LhIngs
he wus suyIng Ied me Lo beIIeve Lhey were
goIng Lo be sorLIng IL soon. PIus Lhey`ve Ied
Lhe chumpIonshIp Ior severuI yeurs now, und
you know Lhey ure u sLrong Leum. ThIngs cun
Lurn uround quILe quIckIy wILh u IoL oI work,
purLIcuIurIy when you huve u dIrecLIon. They`re
u greuL Leum buL we`re here Lo buLLIe wILh Lhem
und Lo gIve jusL us much II noL more buck.¨
Red BuII ure uIso Lhe subjecL oI some debuLe uL
Lhe momenL. RIvuI Leums ure unhuppy ubouL Red
BuII`s IuIIure Lo puL cumeru mounLs on LheIr cur,
InsLeud provIdIng u hoIe In Lhe 'vunILy puneI` on
Lhe nose und suyIng LhuL Is Ior Lhe cumeru.
The probIem Is LhuL Lhe F1 cumerus cunnoL
physIcuIIy be IIxed Lhere - und Lhe ruIes suy
Leums huve Lo provIde u pIuce where Lhe cumerus
Ricciardo certainly
looked fast in
Melbourne, but
until the appeal
against his
disqualification is
heard, the jury’s out
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24.2.14 Susie Wolff to make
selected FPl outings for Williams
24.2.14 Tro¸an virus strikes
Marussia computers at Bahrain test
28.2.14 Teams' body FOTA officially
disbands 28.2.14 All three engine
manufacturers make homologation
deadline 2.3.14 Bahrain names first
corner after Michael Schumacher
6.3.14 Long Beach City Council
defers decision on potential Fl
return 6.3.14 Martini return to Fl
with Williams 7.3.14 Pirelli confirm
tyre tests at Bahrain, Barcelona
and Silverstone 12.3.14 Schumacher
showing "small, encouraging signs"
according to manager 13.3.14 FIA
warns there will be "no tolerance"
for teams exceeding l00kg fuel
weight limit 15.3.14 Lotus and
Marussia are first teams to break
working~hours curfew 16.3.14 Daniil
Kvyat becomes youngest driver to score
Fl points, aged l9 years, ten months
and eight days
NEWS
Q1 At which 1975 race did Jochen
Mass become the first winner to
score half points?
Q2 What is the only GP for which
Ayrton Senna failed to qualify?
Q3 At the 1979 French GP, Renault
claimed the first victory for a
turbocharged car. Who was driving?
Q4 Juan Manuel Fangio took the
last victory for a supercharged car
in the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix – at
which circuit?
Q5 Troy Ruttman started eight
world championship grands prix, but
only one of them was a Formula 1
race. Which one was it?
Q6 At which circuit was the
fastest qualifier and race winner
traditionally awarded a bonus in the
form of bottles of champagne?
Q7 Only three of the seven
classified finishers in the 1996
Monaco GP took the chequered flag
on the lead lap. Who was the third?
Q8 Which Argentine driver was also
an accomplished polo player, with
a handicap of ten?
Q9 Who won the only US Grand
Prix to be held at Sebring?
Q10 Which future world champion
made his grand prix debut in a
March 711, as photographed on p42
of this issue?
Q11 Arthur Legat contested the
1952 and 1953 Belgian Grands Prix
in which type of car?
Q12 At which 1993 grand prix did
Ayrton Senna notch up McLaren’s
100th win?
Q13 Lance Reventlow, the driving
force behind Scarab’s abortive F1
involvement in the 1960s, was the
stepson of which Hollywood actor?
Q14 What was unusual about
Stirling Moss’s participation in the
1958 Argentine Grand Prix?
Q15 At which race did Daniel
Ricciardo make his first F1 start?
22 F1 Racing April 2014
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Wolff: Hamilton and
Rosberg “free to race”
Team are keen to avoid bad feeling between drivers, but
stop short of saying team orders will be banned altogether
0HUFHGHV KDYH VWDWHG LhuL LewIs HumIILon
und NIco Rosberg wIII be ubIe Lo compeLe uguInsL
euch oLher on un equuI IooLIng, us Lhe Leum seek
Lo wIn LheIr hrsL worId chumpIonshIp sInce 1q¸¸.
The Issue becume u LuIkIng poInL uL Mercedes
uL Lhe sLurL oI Lhe yeur, when IL becume cIeur
LhuL Lhey were In u domInunL posILIon und LhuL
HumIILon und Rosberg were evenIy muLched.
Mercedes ure sensILIve Lo Lhe Issue IoIIowIng
conLroversy uL IusL yeur`s MuIuysIun GP, when
Iormer Leum boss Ross Bruwn`s decIsIon Lo
order Rosberg Lo sLuy behInd HumIILon wouId
huve cuused more debuLe hud IL noL been Lhe
ruce uL whIch Red BuII hud LheIr own, Iur more
drumuLIc, Leum-orders conLroversy.
Mercedes execuLIve dIrecLor (busIness) ToLo
WoIII descrIbed MuIuysIu zo1¸ us ¨u perIecL
sLorm¨. He suId Lhe Leum huve Ieurned Irom IL
und LhuL he und execuLIve dIrecLor (LechnIcuI)
Puddy Lowe huve suL down wILh Lhe drIvers Lo
dIscuss how Lhey wIII hundIe u LILIe hghL.
¨They ure compIeLeIy Iree Lo ruce,¨ WoIII suId.
¨We huve hud some dIscussIons ubouL IL. ¡ don`L
LhInk LhIs Is goIng Lo be un Issue.¨
BuL Mercedes huve kepL open Lhe possIbIIILy oI
usIng Leum orders II Lhey IeeI IL Is upproprIuLe.
¨Our muIn compeLILors ure oLher Leums,¨ WoIII
suId. ¨We need Lo muke sure LhuL us u Leum we
ure runnIng sLrongIy und Lhen IL`s Lo be decIded
on u cuse-by-cuse busIs whuL goes on In Lhe curs.
BuL we huve dIscussed LhIs und we huve Iound u
soIuLIon uccepLubIe Lo NIco, LewIs und Lhe Leum.¨
The Issue hus uIso Iocused uLLenLIon on
wheLher HumIILon und Rosberg cun muInLuIn u
IrIendIy reIuLIonshIp umId Lhe pressures oI u LILIe
buLLIe. BoLh InsIsL Lhey cun.
HumIILon suId: ¨Everyone Is LuIkIng ubouL Lhe
reIuLIonshIp beLween us. We huve been rucIng
sInce we were 1¸ und been In chumpIonshIps Lo
Lhe end. ¡`ve won one; he`s won one. ThIs Is u
more serIous chumpIonshIp. A IoL Is rIdIng on IL,
buL ¡ don`L see uny Issues.¨
Rosberg suId: ¨The muIn LhIng Is Lo huve
u cIeur pIcLure oI whuL`s goIng on. BuL Lhere
wIII be buLLIes beLween LewIs und me. ThuL`s
ImporLunL, Ior Lhe TV und Ior us us u Leum. ThuL`s
rucIng. ThuL`s whuL we`re here Ior. BuL wILhIn
cerLuIn IImILs. You cun`L go cruzy us Leum-muLes.
We`re boLh here rucIng
Ior Mercedes. We`re
boLh here Lo huve greuL
success Ior Mercedes
und heIp brIng Lhem Lo
Lhe IronL oI F1. AL Lhe
sume LIme we wunL Lo
go rucIng und do some
excILIng sLuII on Lruck.
So you need Lo hnd
Lhe hne IIne.¨
SenIor hgures uL
Mercedes udmIL LhuL
Lhere wIII InevILubIy
come u ßush poInL
when one or boLh
drIvers IuII Lo ubIde by
whuL hus been ugreed.
BuL II LhIs huppens, Lhey suy Lhey wIII jusL
huve Lo revIsIL Lhe Issue uguIn.
Rosberg (left) and Hamilton (right) appear to be
evenly matched in dominant Mercedes machinery
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YOUNG GUNS
F1 Racing April 2014 23
Takuya Izawa is 29. He was born in Tokyo and will
contest this year’s GP2 Series with ART Grand Prix.
Who is he?
Izawa is an experienced racer on the Japanese domestic
scene. He has been competing in Super GT and Formula
Nippon/Super Formula regularly since 2008.
What brings him to GP2?
One word: Honda. In preparation for their F1 return as
McLaren's engine partner in 2015, they are rebuilding
awareness of their historic links with racing by joining
McLaren in partnership with one of GP2’s most successful
teams. Both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton became
GP2 champions with ART before graduating to F1.
How good is he?
He has been a frequent rather than regular or consistent
winner in domestic competition, finishing runner-up in Super
GT in 2009 and third in Super Formula in 2012. He won a
race in both disciplines last year, but scored just one other
podium finish. For Honda, though, it's important to be seen
to be promoting home-grown talent, and Izawa has been
a Honda man throughout his career.
How will he fare in GP2?
It depends. He has a quick and highly regarded team-mate
in Stoffel Vandoorne, and the rest of the GP2 grid is largely
populated by drivers with two or three years’ experience.
Can we expect to see him in F1?
Unless his 2014 results make the earth move for Ron
Dennis, we’re unlikely to see him in a McLaren. But given
Honda’s previous tenacity with Satoru Nakajima and
Takuma Sato, we may see him in F1 with a customer team.
Takuya
Izawa
Finding the stars of tomorrow, today
Crunch court case
looms for Ecclestone
F1 supremo wins civil case, but criminal trial is yet to come
7KH FULPLQDO FRUUXSWLRQ LrIuI LhuL
couId end BernIe EccIesLone`s sLewurdshIp
oI FormuIu 1 begIns In MunIch LhIs monLh.
The 8¸-yeur-oId Is churged wILh
puyIng u $qqm brIbe Lo Germun bunker
Gerhurd GrIbkowsky, who Is servIng u
prIson senLence Ior uccepLIng Lhe money.
EccIesLone denIes Lhe sum wus u brIbe.
He cIuIms he puId up Lo sLop GrIbkowsky
gIvIng IuIse InIormuLIon Lo Lhe ¡nIund
Revenue, whIch wouId huve LrIggered
u IengLhy und expensIve InvesLIguLIon.
EccIesLone hus won u sepuruLe buL
reIuLed cuse uL Lhe HIgh CourL In London,
In whIch Germun compuny ConsLunLIn
MedIen uccused hIm oI deIIberuLeIy
undervuIuIng Lhe busIness when IL wus
soId Lo CVC CupILuI PurLners In zoo¸.
BuL uILhough Lhe judge suId Lhere wus
no evIdence EccIesLone hud done so, he
dId suy Lhe F1 boss wus guIILy oI puyIng u
brIbe, und udded LhuL hIs evIdence hud noL
been ¨reIIubIe or LruLhIuI¨.
EccIesLone suId: ¨¡ dIdn`L IIe Lo Lhe courL.
¡ LoId Lhe LruLh. The judge jusL dIdn`L see
IL LhuL wuy. BuL even II ¡ dId IIe und wus
unreIIubIe, ¡ huve beIng doIng u reusonubIy
good job Ior ¸¸ yeurs. So why shouIdn`L
¡ curry on? ¡L`s busIness us usuuI.¨
CVC huve mude IL cIeur LhuL EccIesLone
wIII conLInue Lo run Lhe busIness whIIe
Lhe MunIch LrIuI Lukes pIuce, buL Lhey ure
ucLIveIy pursuIng u successIon pIun.
EccIesLone hImseII LoId Lhe )LQDQFLDO
7LPHV: ¨¡`ve been spendIng LIme on LhIs
|cIvII| cuse und Lo spend LIme on MunIch
¡ um noL ubIe Lo gIve whuL ¡ normuIIy
wouId do, zqJ;, Lo Lhe busIness. ¡`ve
been IookIng, over Lhe pusL Iew yeurs,
Ior somebody who cun joIn me Lo ussIsL
wILh whuL ¡ huve Lo do. ¡ wIII evenLuuIIy
be In u posILIon, II ¡ decIde Lo reLIre - or
unIorLunuLeIy become deud - Lo huve
someone Lo sLep InLo my shoes.¨
Rumour hus been rIIe LhuL Red
BuII`s ChrIsLIun Horner couId succeed
hIm, sInce EccIesLone suId LhuL Horner
wouId be ¨IdeuI¨. BuL EccIesLone cIuIms
he menLIoned Horner onIy becuuse,
when LuIkIng Lo u journuIIsL, ¨ChrIsLIun
Horner huppened Lo be wuIkIng pusL so
¡ suId 'whuL ubouL ChrIsLIun Horner?`
ThuL wus Lhe end oI IL.¨
EccIesLone uIso spurked conLroversy
by buckIng RussIun PresIdenL VIudImIr
PuLIn`s Iuws bunnIng 'guy propugundu`.
EccIesLone suId: ¨He |Mr PuLIn|
husn`L suId he doesn`L ugree |wILh
homosexuuIILy|, jusL LhuL he doesn`L wunL
Lhese LhIngs pubIIcIsed Lo un uudIence
under Lhe uge oI 18. ¡ compIeLeIy ugree
wILh Lhose senLImenLs und II you Look u
worId census you`d hnd qo per cenL oI
Lhe worId ugree wILh IL us weII.¨
F1 hoIds ILs hrsL RussIun Grund PrIx
In OcLober, u projecL personuIIy bucked
by PuLIn. The Iee Is suId Lo be $¸om u
yeur Ior hve yeurs.
Ecclestone post-trial in London: “Why
shouldn’t I carry on? It’s business as usual”
F1 BANTER
24 F1 Racing April 2014
$FFRUGLQJ WR %HUQLH (FFOHVWRQH Lhe nexL
new counLry Lo hosL F1 couId be AzerbuIjun. ¡I
LhuL seems un unIIkeIy desLInuLIon, consIder
LhuL Lhe oII-rIch sLuLe on Lhe CuspIun Seu hLs Lhe
prohIe oI F1`s eusLwurd expunsIon InLo pIuces
LhuL cun puy Ior IL, und whIch wunL Lo use Lhe
sporL Lo enhunce LheIr gIobuI prohIe.
The cupILuI cILy oI Buku hus umbILIons Lo
become Lhe DubuI oI Lhe CuspIun regIon. ¡L
seems Lo be heudIng In LhuL dIrecLIon uIreudy:
couLure desIgners Tom Ford und DIor huve shops
Lhere, und LumborghInIs ure u common sIghL on
ILs sLreeLs. One F1 InsIder, descrIbes IL us ¨A cooI
cILy - IIke Cunnes, onIy wILh beLLer curs¨. Money
Is dehnILeIy noL u probIem.
¡L's IILLIe surprIse, Lhen, LhuL Lhe groundwork
Ior Lhe scheme wus IuId by EccIesLone`s cIose
IrIend, Iormer RenuuIL Leum boss FIuvIo BrIuLore,
who hus opened one oI hIs BIIIIonuIre hIgh-end
cIoLhIng sLores In Buku.
EccIesLone udmILs LhuL orgunIsIng Lhe sLreeL
ruce Is ¨noL purLIcuIurIy sLruIghLIorwurd¨ - und
Lhose who uLLended un F¡A GT sporLscur ruce
NEWS
Azerbaijan mooted as
Indian GP replacement
A race around the streets of Baku could be on the
agenda as hopes of a return to New Delhi begin to fade
Lhere IusL yeur suy LhuL whIIe u cousLuI roud LhuL
Iorms purL oI Lhe Lruck Is wIde, Lhe resL oI Lhe
course wus sIngIe-hIe onIy. ¨¡L wouId noL be IdeuI
Ior F1, IL`s IuIr Lo suy,¨ one InsIder LoId us.
¡I IL does go uheud, Lhe AzerbuIjun GP wIII
IIkeIy hII Lhe sIoL LhuL hud been pencIIIed In Ior
Lhe ¡ndIun GP. ThuL ruce wus dropped uILer
zo1¸ becuuse oI Issues wILh Lhe wuy Lhe ¡ndIun
governmenL Luxed Lhe Leums und F1 Group.
¨AL Lhe momenL, ¡ndIu won`L be on Ior nexL
yeur Ior sure,¨ suId EccIesLone. ¨ProbubIy zo16...
Lhey`re gruduuIIy geLLIng over uII Lhe bureuucrucy
wILh Lhe Lux posILIon InsIde Lhe counLry und Lhe
generuI hnunce.¨
¡n Lheory, Lhe MexIcun Grund PrIx und Lhe
LwIce-posLponed ruce In New Jersey, overIookIng
MunhuLLen, couId uIso sLIII muke IL onLo Lhe zo1¸
cuIendur, uILhough Lhere ure sLIII doubLs over
New Jersey`s ubIIILy Lo ruIse Lhe necessury money
und buIId Lhe requIred InIrusLrucLure.
Baku’s long, wide coastal road is suitable
for F1, but other roads are single-file only
I recognise him. Didn’t he used to run an F1 team?
That’s right. He took over McLaren at the end of
1980 and was team principal until 2009.
What’s he been doing since then?
Building up the road car side of the business,
officially. He’s still the chairman of the McLaren
Group and a major shareholder. On the side?
A bit of cosying up to politicians. Last year
he accompanied the British PM on a trade
delegation to China where they tied up a deal
to export pig semen.
Yuck! I thought Ron was famous for taking
a ‘hands-on’ approach to management…
Objectively, perhaps not in the understandably
specialised business sector pertaining to
optimising the reproductive yield of the even-
toed ungulate. However, he is currently fully
engaged in leveraging his globally acknowledged
entrepreneurial expertise with the purpose of
implementing a thorough re-optimisation of his
previous enterprise. Axiomatically, therefore,
his objective is to remain fully invested in the
structural readjustment that he has initiated.
What?
He won’t be getting down and dirty with the pigs.
He’s got better things to do, having executed a
boardroom coup at McLaren to land the title of
Group CEO again.
Couldn’t you have said that the first time?
Just my bit of fun. Ron’s famous for his
distinctively convoluted oratorical style,
nicknamed ‘Ronspeak’.
Perhaps he should hire a speechwriter…
Don’t you think the McLaren comms team
have sufficient lexical firepower to conjure
a punchy peroration?
Stop it. I’m getting dizzy.
Imagine what the incumbent team principal felt
like when he heard the news that Ron was coming
back. Last season was McLaren’s first without
a podium since the Ronster joined in 1980. That,
chum, is the very definition of sub-optimal.
Do say Onwards and upwards.
Don’t say Anyone got Ross Brawn’s phone number?
Name Ron Dennis
Age 66
Appearance
Immaculate.
Uncreased. Optimised.
Disapproving.
PASSNOTES
Your essential F1 briefing
#1: Ron Dennis
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/RWXV KDYH VWDUWHG Lhe new seuson
wILhouL u permunenL Leum prIncIpuI,
IoIIowIng upheuvuI In EnsLone over
Lhe pusL Iew monLhs. ChuIrmun
Gerurd Lopez wIII LemporurIIy hII Lhe
roIe, buL on ruce weekends Lhe Leum
wIII eIIecLIveIy be run by LrucksIde
operuLIons dIrecLor AIun Permune,
wILh occusIonuI ussIsLunce Irom
LechnIcuI dIrecLor NIck ChesLer.
¡n AusLruIIu, LoLus uppoInLed
FederIco GusLuIdI - IormerIy Lhe
heud oI busIness deveIopmenL - us
LheIr new depuLy Leum prIncIpuI.
LoLus chIeI execuLIve oIhcer MuLLhew
CurLer wIII uIso be InvoIved, buL he
hus no experIence oI moLor rucIng,
so hIs Iocus wIII InevILubIy be on
Lhe busIness sIde.
¡L emerged over Lhe wInLer LhuL
Iormer PeugeoL moLorsporL boss
Temporary leadership plan implemented in
aftermath of Boullier departure and testing woes
Lotus to divide
team principal role
OIIvIer QuesneI wus consIdered us
u repIucemenL Ior BouIIIer, buL LhuL
Ideu hus sInce been dropped.
LoLus hud u dIsusLrous pre-seuson
LesLIng progrumme, puLLIng In Lhe
IewesL mIIes oI uny Leum. The cur
showed promIse, buL wus resLrIcLed,
us wus Lhe cuse wILh uII RenuuIL
Leums, by Lhe French munuIucLurer`s
ongoIng LechnIcuI dIIhcuILIes wILh
LheIr new power unIL.
Ever sInce Lopez`s GenII CupILuI
group boughL Lhe Leum Irom RenuuIL
In IuLe zooq, IL hus been dogged
by rumours oI ImpendIng hnuncIuI
coIIupse. The depurLure oI severuI key
sLuII members hus done noLhIng Lo
queII Lhe gossIp.
BuL Lopez InsIsLs Lhe Leum ure
hnuncIuIIy sLubIe. CerLuInIy In Lhe
wuke oI Lhe new hve-yeur engIne
purLnershIp deuI Lhey huve enLered
InLo wILh RenuuIL, IL seems us II
rumours oI LheIr demIse huve been
greuLIy exuggeruLed.
Lotus head honchos include Gerard
Lopez (below), Nick Chester and
Matthew Carter (bottom left and right)
COLUMN
THE
DRIVER’S
WIFE
O.C.De Facto
You know the shrink’s word association game where they
say, like, ‘beauty’ and I say ‘me’? Well, if they said ‘racing
driver’, you’d say ‘macho, virile, or fearless’… right?
I mean Amor is all those things and more, don’t you
doubt it, baby. It’s just there’s something that’s sort of
concerning me, and when your face is insured for double-
figure millions, worry wrinkles aren’t an option.
There were signs, but at first I thought it was just part of
his seduction technique, you know: ‘Look what a great guy
I am, I wipe down the basin after use so it’s drip-free for
you’ or ‘I am straightening all the pictures on the walls so
you don’t think the building is subsiding.’ Guys have done
a whole bunch of crazy stuff to impress me in the past
– this much beauty is intimidating.
Amor’s so considerate too, you know. He pees sitting
down as he said women can develop an irrational fear of
urinal splashback, or maybe it was my shrink who said that,
or maybe neither… anyway he does a lot for me, stuff that’s
not necessarily comfortable.
But now it’s affecting my social life. ‘You wanna watch a
film, baby?’ I said on one of our rare nights at home, pulling
a stack of DVDs off the shelf to find a romcom. He said
yes, then went all pale and twitchy and insisted on putting
all the cases back in alphabetical order. He missed the first
half of the film and the night was ruined, because it’s just
not funny when I laugh by myself.
I cornered him at breakfast, delaying the production of
his juice as I cut the wheatgrass blade by blade to force his
attention. ‘Amor, you are so sweet to always think of me,
but we have a housekeeper who’s paid to tidy up, so feel
free to be your reckless, wild and messy racing-driver self.’
‘Thanks, baby,’ he replied squatting down to restack the
recently loaded dishwasher using his special system.
I needed some perspective; you know, one is not a great
sample, so I invited some drivers and their partners over
for dinner. Conversation down the boys’ end was getting
heated, so I strutted over to see if it was the recounting of
high-octane manoeuvres or my Dior backless dress that
had got them so excited. If only, but no. A world champion,
two race winners and a rookie were locked in an intense
discussion on the merits of the Dyson Digital Slim. So the
high point of the evening, instead of the exclusive preview
of my Rio Carnival Samba routine, was a demonstration of
the bloody vacuum cleaner’s suction power. It would have
been funny if I hadn’t been laughing by myself.
God bless you and keep you alphabetised.
Beijos
26 F1 Racing April 2014
NEWS
5RQ 'HQQLV KDV VDLG he beIIeves McLuren`s
sLundurds huve sIIpped und LhuL he wIII uccepL
no compromIses Irom Lhe Leum us he seLs ubouL
resLorIng Lhem Lo Lhe Lop oI FormuIu 1. He cIuIms
McLuren hud become ¨dIsLrucLed¨ Irom LheIr
core responsIbIIILy oI wInnIng ruces und hus
mude IL cIeur LhuL he wIII noL uccepL unyLhIng
oLher Lhun LoLuI commILmenL.
¨¡ beIIeve we wIII wIn ruces LhIs yeur,¨ DennIs
suId. ¨¡ reuIIy beIIeve LhuL. How muny ruces we
wIII wIn? ¡ don`L know. When we wIII wIn? ¡
don`L know. BuL II everybody muLches my own
Dennis: McLaren
must suffer “pain”
Returning CEO slams team for becoming “distracted”
as he sets about implementing a radical restructure
commILmenL, pussIon und Iocus, Lhen we wIII
mosL dehnILeIy wIn.¨
DennIs uIso suId LhuL unyone who dId noL meeL
hIs exucLIng sLundurds wouId be sucked.
¨RIghL now Lhe compuny Is unhL, IL needs Lo
geL hL, und Lhere Is puIn Lo geLLIng hL,¨ he suId.
¨So hopeIuIIy everyone hus Lhe rIghL mIndseL Lo
undersLund whuL we expecL oI euch oLher und
whuL ¡ expecL oI Lhem. ¡L wIII Luke LIme Lo geL Lo
where we wunL Lo be, und we`II gIve peopIe LIme
Lo undersLund whuL Is expecLed. ¡I Lhey don'L geL
Lhere, Lhey won'L be wILh Lhe compuny.¨
Former LoLus Leum prIncIpuI ErIc BouIIIer
hus been broughL In Lo run McLuren`s rucIng
operuLIon. BuL DennIs udmILLed LhuL BouIIIIer
wus hrsL upprouched by MurLIn WhILmursh,
whose IuLure roIe uL McLuren, II uny, Is sLIII
unknown. ¡L remuIns Lo be seen how Lhe dIvIsIon
oI responsIbIIILIes beLween BouIIIer und sporLIng
dIrecLor Sum MIchueI wIII work ouL.
BouIIIer und MIchueI boLh unswer Lo Lhe new
roIe oI chIeI execuLIve oIhcer oI McLuren RucIng,
u posILIon hIIed LemporurIIy by chIeI operuLIng
oIhcer JonuLhun NeuIe. DennIs suId NeuIe wus u
cundIduLe Ior Lhe permunenL roIe - ¨eIIecLIveIy
noL onIy wouId he Iove Lo huve Lhe job, buL he
muy weII do Lhe job¨ - buL LhuL he, DennIs, wouId
¨Luke my LIme¨ In mukIng u hnuI decIsIon.
DennIs suId he wouId uLLend ruces buL LhuL he
hud ¨no InLenLIon oI runnIng Lhe Leum¨.
¨¡ wIII guIde Lhem, gIve Lhem Lhe benehL oI my
knowIedge und, II necessury, use my execuLIve
uuLhorILy Lo chunge LhIngs,¨ he suId.
‡ 6HH QH[W PRQWK¶V LVVXH RI F1 RucIng IRU DQ
LQWHUYLHZ ZLWK 'HQQLV DERXW 0F/DUHQ¶V IXWXUH
28 F1 Racing April 2014
F1 STUFF
The pressure is on Jenson Button: as a
McLaren racer, Dennis expects him to win
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F1 Racing April 2014 29
DIECAST RACE MODELS
REPLICA HELMETS
These weighty 1:2 scale diecast
‘AYRTON SENNA BY
MCLAREN’ RANGE
This range pays tribute to the
legendary racer, who won his
three titles with McLaren. It
includes this Senna cap (£27.95)
with the colours of the Brazilian
flag stitched onto its peak.
www.mclarenstore.com
TW STEEL CEO TECH
DAVID COULTHARD
SPECIAL EDITION WATCH
This stainless steel wristwatch
is the latest collaboration
between TW Steel and David
Coulthard. It comes in two sizes:
44mm (£575) and 48mm (£595).
www.twsteeluk.com
ornaments are based on helmets
old and new, although some are
available only in limited numbers.
New arrivals include a replica of
the lid worn by Gilles Villeneuve
on his debut at the 1977 British
GP (£120), and a model Fernando
Alonso helmet (above) for £115.
www.diecastracemodels.com
MCLAREN ‘1974 COLLECTION’
It’s 40 years since our new
columnist Emerson Fittipaldi
scored McLaren’s first title
double. The team have produced
a commemorative range, which
includes this T-shirt (£24.95),
featuring Emmo and his M23.
www.mclarenstore.com
Champion
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th or lower
1950 G Farina
1951 J M Fangio
1953 A Ascari
1954 J M Fangio
1955 J M Fangio
1956 J M Fangio
1957 J M Fangio
1959 J Brabham
1962 G Hill
1965 J Clark
1969 J Stewart
1978 M Andretti
1980 A Jones
1983 N Piquet
1985 A Prost
1990 A Senna
1991 A Senna
1992 N Mansell
1993 A Prost
1994 M Schumacher
1995 M Schumacher
1996 D Hill
1998 M Häkkinen
2000 M Schumacher
2001 M Schumacher
2002 M Schumacher
2004 M Schumacher
2006 F Alonso
2007 K Räikkönen
2008 L Hamilton
2009 J Button
2011 S Vettel
* Died during
the season
1958 S Moss
1960 B McLaren
1963 G Hill
1964 G Hill
1972 J Stewart
1973 E Fittipaldi
1975 E Fittpaldi
1976 N Lauda
1977 J Scheckter
1984 A Prost
1988 A Prost
1999 E Irvine
2010 F Alonso
1952 P Taruffi
1961 S Moss
1981 A Jones
1986 N Piquet
1997 D Coulthard
1979 J Laffite
1982 A Prost
1987 A Prost
1989 N Mansell
1970 J Brabham
2005 G Fisichella
2012 J Button
2013 K Räikkönen
1966 J Stewart
1974 D Hulme
2003 D Coulthard
1967 P Rodríguez
1971 M Andretti
1968 J Clark 11th*
7R WKH UHOLHI RI DOPRVW HYHU\RQH bur BernIe
EccIesLone und ChrIsLIun Horner, FormuIu 1`s
ruIe-mukers huve decIded uguInsL exLendIng Lhe
conLroversIuI doubIe-poInLs scheme Lo Lhe hnuI
Lhree ruces oI zo1q.
The decIsIon Lo uwurd doubIe poInLs Ior Lhe
hnuI ruce In Abu DhubI hud uIreudy been meL
wILh derIsIon when IL wus pussed IusL December,
wILh SebusLIun VeLLeI suyIng he LhoughL IL wus
¨ubsurd¨. YeL despILe Lhe neguLIve reucLIon, F1
boss EccIesLone seL ubouL LryIng Lo persuude
Leums Lo exLend Lhe scheme.
The Issue wus on Lhe ugendu Ior u meeLIng
oI F1`s sLruLegy group beIore Lhe sLurL oI Lhe
seuson, buL Lhose InvoIved Look whuL one InsIder
descrIbed us ¨u sensIbIe pIII¨ und decIded noL
Lo press uheud wILh IL.
The mujorILy oI Lhe Leums were uguInsL Lhe
Ideu, buL Lhere were concerns LhuL EccIesLone
NEWS
Extension to double-
points plan rejected
Teams vote against unpopular scheme to award double
points for the final three grands prix of the season
wouId be ubIe Lo push IL Lhrough
wILh supporL Irom F¡A presIdenL
Jeun TodL und uIso Red BuII, who,
wILh probIems uL Lhe sLurL oI Lhe
seuson und u LuIenL Ior In-seuson
deveIopmenL, wouId benehL Irom
Lhe chumpIonshIp beIng weIghLed
Lo Lhe end oI Lhe yeur.
Red BuII Leum prIncIpuI
ChrIsLIun Horner hud mude IL cIeur
he LhoughL Lhree doubIe-poInLs
ruces were u beLLer Ideu Lhun one, becuuse IL Look
uwuy whuL he cuIIed Lhe ¨eIemenL oI IoLLery¨ oI IL
uppIyIng onIy Lo Lhe IusL ruce.
BuL TodL, who hud supporLed EccIesLone
In InLroducIng Lhe scheme Ior Abu DhubI, goL
coId IeeL us u resuIL oI Lhe overwheImIngIy
neguLIve reucLIon, und reIused Lo buck Lhe
exLensIon unIess Lhe Leums were ununImousIy
In Iuvour. WILh TodL wuverIng und Lhe Leums
unenLhusIusLIc, EccIesLone hud Lo uccepL deIeuL.
The prIncIpIe oI huvIng DQ\ doubIe-poInLs
ruces Is sLIII wIIdIy unpopuIur. As one senIor
hgure puL IL: ¨Cun you ImugIne Lhe reuIILy oI LhIs
ruIe when we geL Lhere? TeIIIng u drIver he hus
IosL Lhe LILIe becuuse oI un urLIhcIuI consLrucLIon?
LeL uIone dIsenIrunchIsIng uII hIs IoyuI Iuns.¨
INFO
More double-points races at the end of season could work
in Red Bull’s favour. But Vettel dismisses the plan as “absurd”
30 F1 Racing April 2014
He who laughs first in F1, often laughs loudest…
...We chart the
title destinies of
the 64 drivers
to have won
season-opening
F1 GPs

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NEWS IN BRIEF
INSIDER
MCLAREN CELEBRATE
MOBIL 1 ANNIVERSARY
The team ran a one-off livery in Australia to
mark the 20th anniversary of their partnership
with ExxonMobil, with more prominent
branding on the sidepods and rear wing.
GASTALDI PROMOTED BY LOTUS
After a number of management changes over
the winter, Lotus F1’s director of business
development, Federico Gastaldi, has become
deputy team principal. Team owner Gerard
Lopez continues to act as team principal.
STANFORD LEAVES WILLIAMS ROLE
Williams stalwart Dickie Stanford has left his
role as race team manager, a position that
will now be filled by former McLaren technical
co-ordinator Peter Vale. Stanford has been
with Williams since joining in 1985.
FIA APPROVES QUALIFYING TWEAKS
The FIA has approved plans to give drivers
an extra set of tyres in Q3 as an incentive to
participate in the session. At several GPs last
year, some drivers sat out Q3 in order to save
their tyres for the race.
HAMILTON JOINS SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Lewis Hamilton will be one of the judges
in an FIA-backed road safety campaign
competition launched by the UK’s Motor
Sports Association. Entrants must create
a short film with a road-safety theme.
NÜRBURGRING SOLD TO INVESTORS
The Nürburgring has been sold, allegedly for
“over €100million”. New owners, the Capricorn
Group, aim to develop the troubled facility into
an “automotive technology cluster”.
)RUPXOD WHDPV¶ JURXS SRZHU hus been
weukened IoIIowIng Lhe coIIupse oI LheIr
umbreIIu orgunIsuLIon, FOTA.
¡L wus dIsbunded, u sLuLemenL suId, ¨us u resuIL
oI InsuIhcIenL Iunds Lo conLInue und u Iuck oI
consensus umong uII Lhe Leums on u revIsed,
non-conLenLIous munduLe¨.
¡n LruLh, FOTA`s reIevunce und Inßuence hud
been doubLIuI ever sInce Red BuII und FerrurI
IeIL In IuLe zo11, IoIIowIng u row concernIng Lhe
Resource ResLrIcLIon AgreemenL (RRA). ThIs
IeguIIy bIndIng documenL wus creuLed by FOTA
Lo seL ouL Lhe meuns by whIch Leums` ubIIILIes
Lo pursue reseurch und deveIopmenL wouId be
IImILed, wILh Lhe uIm oI cuLLIng cosLs.
BuL Red BuII`s rIvuIs beIIeved Lhe worId
chumpIons were ßouLIng Lhe ugreemenL - FerrurI
beIng purLIcuIurIy vocuI. DIsugreemenL rumbIed
on unLII boLh Leums decIded Lhey couId no Ionger
conLInue In Lhe orgunIsuLIon.
¨FOTA hus run ILs course,¨ FerrurI suId uL
Lhe LIme. They were IoIIowed by Toro Rosso
und Suuber shorLIy uILerwurds, buL Lhe seven
remuInIng Leums sLruggIed on, Lhunks IurgeIy
Lo Lhe eIIorLs oI McLuren`s Lhen Leum prIncIpuI,
MurLIn WhILmursh, FOTA chuIrmun, und hIs
depuLy, ErIc BouIIIer, Lhen LoLus Leum prIncIpuI.
BuL when WhILmursh wus sIdeIIned uL
McLuren, wILh BouIIIer broughL In Lo run Lhe
ruce Leum, FOTA IosL LheIr drIvIng Iorce. ThIs
wus exucerbuLed by some Leums IuIIIng Lo puy
LheIr zo1¸ subscrIpLIons. GeneruI secreLury
OIIver WeIngurLen oIhcIuIIy dIsbunded Lhe
orgunIsuLIon beIore Lhe sLurL oI Lhe zo1q seuson.
¡Ls demIse creuLes uncerLuInLy. FOTA were
responsIbIe Ior orgunIsIng Lhe zo1q pre-seuson
LesLs, buL Lhe Lhree uddILIonuI In-seuson LesLs In
zo1q huve noL yeL been sorLed ouL. FOTA uIso
udmInIsLered Leums` submIssIons under Lhe
RRA, whIch ruIses doubLs ubouL ILs enIorcemenL.
NEWS
Formula One Teams
Association disbanded
Shorn of purpose and funding, the teams’ collective
bargaining tool has been forced to close
32 F1 Racing April 2014
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34 F1 Racing April 2014
Pat Symonds explains
THE SCIENCE BEHIND…
und Lo IImIL Lhe LhroLLIe openIng he couId uppIy.
He Is Lhen ubIe Lo 'IImp home` In suIeLy, wILhouL
cuusIng uny IurLher dumuge.
Do you have a ‘black box’ recorder like aircraft,
and does this help you ascertain damage?
We ucLuuIIy huve severuI 'bIuck boxes`. One
wus specIhcuIIy deveIoped Ior uccIdenL duLu
recordIng, uILhough Lhese duys IL Is uIso used
Ior oLher purposes. As weII us recordIng
ucceIeruLIons und moLIons uL hIgh speed und
wILh hIgh hdeIILy, LhIs box uIso ucLIvuLes whuL
Is known us Lhe 'medIcuI wurnIng IIghL`. ¡n Lhe
evenL oI un uccIdenL, Lhe box deLermInes Lhe
severILy oI Lhe IncIdenL und cun uuLomuLIcuIIy
IIIumInuLe u IIghL on Lhe chussIs II cerLuIn IImILs
ure exceeded. ¡I LhIs Is Lhe cuse Lhe drIver musL
Lhen presenL hImseII Ior medIcuI uLLenLIon, even
II he doesn`L LhInk he hus suIIered Injury. AILer
uII, IL`s noL jusL Lhe curs LhuL geL dumuged.
This year we can also see lights on the top of the
roll hoop. Are these associated with damage?
¡n u wuy, yes. These IIghLs monILor Lhe sLuLus oI
Lhe hIgh-voILuge sysLem InsuIuLIon LhuL Is purL oI
Lhe new hybrId power unILs. They ure IIIumInuLed
when Lhe cur Is LruveIIIng uL Iess Lhun z¸mph.
Green meuns Lhe sysLem Is suIe und shuL down;
umber LhuL Lhe sysLem Is runnIng wILh no IuuILs;
und red meuns Lhe sysLem Is dumuged und couId
presenL u dunger Lo unyone who Louches Lhe cur.
Presumably any repair or replacement part on an
F1 car is very expensive?
AbsoIuLeIy. There ure no cheup purLs on un F1
cur und Lhe unnoyIng nose dumuge LhuL resuILs
Irom u hrsL-Iup IncIdenL doesn`L jusL ruIn your
uILernoon, buL muy uIso come wILh u bIII Ior
uround £¸¸,ooo
A major concern in F1 must be damaging the car
when spares are in short supply. What happens
if the car is damaged in an accident?
The hrsL LhIng Is Lo esLubIIsh how IL huppened.
Wus IL u sImpIe cuse oI Lhe drIver LryIng Loo hurd
und IosIng conLroI, or wus IL cuused by u IuuILy
componenL or sysLem on Lhe cur? Becuuse oI
LhIs doubL, we ImmedIuLeIy LreuL Lhe evenL us II
IL were u crIme scene InvesLIguLIon und muke u
IorensIc sLudy oI Lhe duLu und evIdence uvuIIubIe
Lo us. ThIs wIII IncIude uskIng Lhe drIver whuL
huppened, buL uIso IncIudes cureIuI exumInuLIon
oI recorded duLu Lo undersLund Lhe sequence oI
evenLs LhuL Ied Lo Ioss oI conLroI.
What can you do if you are miles from base and
you establish that a component has failed?
The hrsL ruIe Is LhuL you don`L jusL hL u spure und
curry on. The IuIIure musL be undersLood und Lhe
operuLIonuI enveIope udjusLed uccordIngIy. ThIs
oILen meuns LhuL Lhe cur cunnoL be used whIIe
Lhe InvesLIguLIon Lukes pIuce. ¡I u componenL
hus broken, IL wIII be cureIuIIy exumIned Ior
evIdence oI u muLerIuI or munuIucLurIng IuuIL. ¡I
one cunnoL be Iound, Lhe desIgn ILseII musL be
cuIIed InLo quesLIon und meusures Luken Lo - Ior
exumpIe - reduce Lhe Ioud on Lhe componenL.
It must be hard to establish the cause of failure
in the field, without the sophisticated facilities
you have back at base…
¡L Is, buL we ure In consLunL conLucL wILh Lhe
IucLory und cun exchunge cIose-up phoLogruphs
oI u dumuged surIuce, Ior exumpIe, on whIch Lhe
experLs muy gIve un opInIon. We uIso exumIne
Lhe gIgubyLes oI duLu LhuL we wIII huve recorded,
IookIng Ior uny ubnormuIILIes or overIouds LhuL
muy huve cuused Lhe probIem. ¡I we ure uL u LesL,
obvIousIy Lhe cur Is sLopped whIIe LhIs huppens.
¡I we ure In u prucLIce sessIon uL u ruce evenL, we
Iuce Lhe dIIhcuIL decIsIon oI wheLher or noL Lhere
muy be suIhcIenL rIsk LhuL we huve Lo sLop Lhe
oLher cur runnIng unLII we huve esLubIIshed Lhe
cuuse oI Lhe probIem. SomeLImes exumInuLIon
oI Lhe second cur cun be u greuL heIp, sInce Lhe
IuuIL muy be presenL on LhuL cur buL noL yeL uL
Lhe poInL uL whIch IL becomes cuLusLrophIc.
Damage repair
Are you able to repair most types of damage
that a car might experience?
The shorL unswer Is 'no`. ¡n generuI, when uL Lhe
Lruck, we wIII repIuce u dumuged componenL
wILh u new one, purLIcuIurIy II LhuL componenL
hus suIIered coIIuLeruI dumuge us Lhe resuIL oI
u sImpIe uccIdenL or IuIIure oI unoLher eIemenL.
¡n pre-seuson LesLIng, we oILen don`L huve Lhe
Iuxury oI copIous spures. We muy huve Lo use
our IngenuILy Lo muke, In Lhe heId, u repuIr
LhuL we wouId normuIIy onIy underLuke usIng
Lhe sophIsLIcuLed
producLIon muchInery
LhuL we huve buck uL
our IucLory. ¡n our
LesL Lrucks we wIII
huve u smuII munuuI
IuLhe und mIII LhuL
u skIIIed mechunIc
cun use Lo muke
sImpIe purLs; und our composILe LechnIcIuns ure
cupubIe oI usLoundIng repuIrs Lo curbon hbre
componenLs usIng sImpIe heId LechnIques. ¡I u
sLrucLuruI componenL needs repuIr, Lhough, IL
Is u dIIIerenL muLLer und II one Is noL uvuIIubIe
LrucksIde IL normuIIy requIres u cuII Lo Lhe IucLory
und someone brIngIng someLhIng ouL on Lhe
nexL ßIghL. NoL necessurIIy Lhe eusIesL LhIng,
dependIng on where you ure.
Do you ever spot a failure when the car is out on
track, and if so can you get the driver back to the
pits before major damage is done?
Yes, on occusIon, Lhe reuI-LIme LeIemeLry, whIch
Is consLunLIy sLreumIng duLu buck Lo Lhe pILs,
enubIes Lhe engIneers who ure monILorIng IL Lo
spoL someLhIng und cuII Lhe drIver boLh Lo wurn
hIm oI Lhe IuIIure und Lo udvIse on upproprIuLe
ucLIon. A sImpIe exumpIe oI LhIs wouId be
deLecLIng u puncLure In u reur Lyre vIu Lhe
Lyre-pressure monILorIng sysLem. A cuII wouId
ImmedIuLeIy go ouL Lo Lhe drIver, wurnIng hIm oI
Lhe occurrence so LhuL he cun sIow down. Then,
In LhIs purLIcuIur cuse, he wouId be udvIsed whuL
swILch seLLIngs Lo use Lo Iock Lhe dIIIerenLIuI,
Lhereby ensurIng he hus drIve Lo Lhe InLucL wheeI
F1 TECH
A failure is treated as a
crime scene investigation.
It isn't a case of fitting a
spare and carrying on –
the reason for the failure
must be fully understood
Authority, wit and intelligence
from the voice of F1 Racing
RACER’S
EDGE
PETER WINDSOR
Red Bull go tripping
the light fantastic!
36 F1 Racing April 2014
LDVW \HDU WKH JORZ ZDV IuxurIous;
LhIs yeur IL`s puInIuI. From puce-seLLers Lo
pussengers In one ruIny wInLer. EILher wuy, Lhe
IIghL Is InLense. For zo1¸: whuL Is LheIr secreL?
For zo1q: whuL wIII go wrong nexL?
So here`s u IILLIe bIL oI Red BuII you mIghL
huve mIssed In uII Lhe gIure.
DespILe Lhe sLrIng oI wIns, despILe Lhe
sponsors who ßuLLer uround Lhe ßume, despILe
Lhe F1 IushIon uIwuys Lo grow bIgger und rIcher,
purLIcuIurIy when you`re wInnIng, Red BuII
decIded IusL wInLer LhuL Loo much wus beIng
spenL on LheIr hI-Lech guruge InLernuIs. SuvIngs
couId be mude; operuLIons couId be Ieuner.
And so Lhey worked on Lhe obvIous - Lhe
ßyuwuy ruces und Lhe poLenLIuI Lo send IreIghL
by (much cheuper) shIp ruLher Lhun uIr. OI
course uII Lhe F1 Leums do LhIs whenever
IeusIbIe. FeusIbIIILy, Lhough, Is compIIcuLed
In un F1 worId Iuced wILh cruzy IogIsLIcs und
IIIogIcuI cuIendurs. ¡L`s one LhIng Lo send your
sIx generuLors und sLurLer-moLor buLLery
pucks Lo Cunudu vIu Lhe ALIunLIc; IL`s unoLher
Lo reorgunIse LhuL kIL Ior unoLher seu LrIp Lo,
suy, BruzII. Or Lo AusLruIIu Lhe IoIIowIng yeur.
And, uIong Lhe wuy, Lo muxImIse sLorugeJ
deprecIuLIon IucLors - und Lhe InevILubIe
uncerLuInLIes oI Lhe F1 cuIendur.
work In Lhe Museum oI Modern ArL, or you cun
huve sImpIe bourds LhuL LeII u sImpIe sLory.
Hence Lhe urrIvuI, In modern F1 purIunce,
oI Lhe 'guruge LechnIcIun`. Buck In Lhe 1qqos,
when ¡ wus Leum munuger uL WIIIIums, IL wus
Lhe LruckIes who dId Lhe buIk oI Lhe guruge
work, heIped where possIbIe by Lhe mechunIcs.
Guys IIke SLeve CouLes und JImmy-Jock WuILer
wouId drIve Lhe Lrucks, seL up Lhe guruge (wILh
ussIsLunce Irom un udvunce purLy oI mechunIcs)
und, over Lhe weekend, perIorm brIIIIunLIy
eILher In Lhe Lyre or IueI depurLmenLs.
The LrunsILIon uwuy Irom Lhose duys hus
been sIow - purLIy becuuse IL cun be hurd, Lo
“The new, lean-mean Red Bull garage is
a work of F1 design-efficiency art”
¡mugIne, Lhe compIexILy oI desIgnIng und
buIIdIng u compIeLe 'seu IreIghL` guruge -
und oI decIdIng how muny oI Lhese shouId
be repIIcuLed In kIL Iorm. A compIeLe guruge,
Ior Lhose unIumIIIur wILh Lhe concepL,
IncIudes uII Lhe puneIIIng, IIghLIng sysLems,
overheud pods, ¡T rucks, power Ior uII oI Lhe
ubove, oIhces, mechunIcs` LooIboxes, heImeL
hoIdIng spuce, spures, muchInIng und
IubrIcuLIon ureus, ßoorIng where requIred.
uII Lhe LhIngs we Lend Lo Luke Ior grunLed, In
oLher words, us we wuIk down Lhe pILIune
und compure one Leum`s IIvery wILh unoLher.
On Lop oI LhuL, you cun cuL your guruge
cuke uny one oI ubouL Len dIIIerenL wuys.
You cun huve more oIhce spuce buL Iess
compuLer ruckIng - or vIce versu; you cun
dIvIde (or noL) Lhe engIne guys Irom Lhe
cur guys; you cun huve u cenLruI conLroI
moduIe In Lhe IronL oI Lhe guruge, or you cun
keep everyLhIng Lo Lhe sIdes. You cun huve
subIImInuIIy IIL sIde-puneIIIng LhuL wouId
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F1 Racing April 2014 37
Europeun ruces Is unoLher muLLer. ¡n reuIILy, IL
Isn`L u purL oI Lhe ruce Leum; IL`s run und buIIL
by u sepuruLe Red BuII dIvIsIon und In ILseII Is
surprIsIngIy IuncLIonuI.
As ¡ suy, you muy noL huve noLIced LhIs
new-sLyIe, Ieun-meun Red BuII guruge umId Lhe
gIure oI Lhe 'Hu hu; Lhey`re In LroubIe!` medIu
spoLIIghL LhuL hIL Lhe Leum pre-MeIbourne. YeL
Lhere IL wus - u work oI F1 desIgn-eIhcIency urL,
LypIcuI oI Lhe pILIune IdIom.
And whIIe we`re on Lhe subjecL oI Lhe worId
chumpIons, und LhIngs you muy huve mIssed
In uII Lhe hoopIu, IeL`s rewInd Lo ¡ndIu IusL
yeur Lo LhuL Seb VeLLeI wIn you muy huve hIed
uwuy us 'borIng`. Long uILer Lhe TV crews hud
IeIL on Sunduy evenIng - deep InLo Lhe guruge
sLrIp-down, In oLher words - Lhe boys decIded
Lhey shouId huve u whIp-round Ior Lhe IocuI
kId ussIgned Lo Lhe Red BuII guruge Ior Lhe
weekend by Lhe grund prIx orgunIsers. He`d
kepL LhuL guruge ßoor so cIeun Irom Thursduy
Lhrough Lo Sunduy nIghL LhuL he`d become
someLhIng oI u Iegend, u Leum muscoL Lo whom
Lhey`d uIreudy gIven un honorury cup und shIrL.
The whIp-round, whIch InvoIved everyone Irom
AdrIun und ChrIsLIun Lo Lhe boys In Lhe guruge,
produced Lhe heuILhy LoLuI oI uround £6oo.
PIcLure Lhe scene, Lhen: Lhe boys guLher
round, our young IrIend Is cuIIed IorLh und
suddenIy, InLo hIs hunds Is pIuced more money
Lhun hIs IuLher eurns In u yeur. He Iooks uL Lhe
conLenLs oI Lhe enveIope wILh dIsbeIIeI. He
bursLs InLo Leurs. He shukes wILh emoLIon
- Lhen expIuIns, In hIs broken EngIIsh, LhuL he
cun`L Luke Lhe money becuuse he`II never survIve
Lhe journey home. He IIves In u very dungerous
ureu, he suys. ¨ThIs Is u very enormous sum oI
money. ¡L wIII be suIcIde Ior me.¨
Whereupon Kenny Hundkummer, Red
BuII`s chIeI mechunIc, runs oII Lo hnd u roII oI
Lunk Lupe. ¨Here,¨ suys Kenny, dushIng buck.
¨ThIs`II sorL IL.¨ He IIILs up Lhe kId`s shIrL, sIups
Lhe enveIope up uguInsL hIs chesL und Lupes IL
Lhere, usIng ubouL huII Lhe roII oI Lupe. Round
und round und round. ¨There. Now no one wIII
know whuL you`re curryIng.¨
We don`L know whuL huppened when hIs
dud goL Lo see Lhe money buL IL`s u IuIr beL Lhe
Iuughs meL Lhe Leurs In equuI proporLIon.
spend money In order Lo suve IL. ¡L Look me
u Iong LIme buck In Lhe 1qqos, Ior exumpIe, Lo
persuude Frunk WIIIIums Lo spend £1¸,ooo on
u sLIcker muchIne LhuL wouId uILImuLeIy prove
more cosL-eIIecLIve Lhun buyIng Lhe Iogos Irom
un ouLsIde suppIIer. SIgnIng LhuL cheque wus
noL un eusy LhIng Ior u guy who`d worked hIs
wuy up Irom zero und wus now beIng usked Lo
Luke Lhe Ionger-Lerm vIew.
¡n zo1q, Lhough, und wILh EU reguIuLIons
husLIIng us uIong, u guruge LechnIcIun`s job
cun be IuII-LIme. TypIcuIIy he muy uIso be
ubIe Lo drIve u Lruck und pressure u PIreIII,
buL uILImuLeIy he Is responsIbIe noL onIy Ior
Lhe consLrucLIon und LroubIe-shooLIng oI Lhe
guruge, buL uIso Ior ILs desIgn und IuyouL.
¡`m sure Red BuII were noL Lhe onIy Leum
Lo revump over Lhe wInLer oI zo1¸, buL LhIs ¡
know: Lhe compIeLe Red BuII ßyuwuy guruge
- uIreudy u more sLruIghLIorwurd versIon oI
LheIr IuII-gIoss Europeun ruce guruge - wus
redesIgned, deveIoped, Lhen sIgned oII Lo Lhe
umounL oI sIx compIeLe seLs, euch IdenLIcuI,
euch Lo suII LheIr wuy over Lhe oceuns Lo vurIous
cIrcuILs oI Lhe gIobe, reducIng uIr-IreIghL bIIIs,
ImprovIng orgunIsuLIon uL Lhe ruce meeLIngs
In quesLIon und LhereIore ImprovIng overuII
eIhcIency. The Red BuII Energy SLuLIon seen uL
A lot of work goes into creating the
environment of a race weekend. From the
logistics of getting everything there to
setting up the spaces in which teams operate
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The double world champion
writes exclusively for F1 Racing
SPEED
KING
EMERSON FITTIPALDI
A new era awaits...
I¶P YHU\ H[FLWHG by uII Lhe chunges In F1 LhIs
yeur. There`s so much Lo Iook Iorwurd Lo: new
curs, new sounds, new cIrcuILs, young drIvers
hghLIng Lo muke LheIr murk uguInsL esLubIIshed
ones - und some dynumIc new drIver IIne-ups,
such us KImI RuIkkönen joInIng Fernundo
AIonso uL FerrurI. We`ve Lurned Lhe puge Lo u new
chupLer In Lhe sporL`s hIsLory
From whuL we`ve seen so Iur, Lhe Leums LhuL
sLepped uwuy Irom Lhe worId LILIe hghL eurIy IusL
yeur In order Lo Iocus on Lhese new ruIes ure seL
Lo prosper. Now, sInce ¡ um sILLIng down Lo wrILe
Lhese words shorLIy beIore Lhe Leums urrIve In
MeIbourne, und you wIII reud Lhem u Iew duys
uILer Lhe chequered ßug IuIIs on Lhe AusLruIIun
Grund PrIx, Lhe compeLILIve pIcLure muy huve
chunged In Lhe InLerIm. Such Is Lhe puce oI
deveIopmenL In FormuIu 1, und LhuL`s unoLher oI
Lhe IngredIenLs LhuL muke Lhe sporL so excILIng.
The pre-seuson LesLs showed good
perIormunce Irom McLuren und FerrurI, who
hud dIsuppoInLIng seusons IusL yeur, und Irom
Mercedes, who won ruces In zo1¸ buL perhups
noL so muny us Lhey wouId huve IIked. RenuuIL-
powered Leums seemed Lo sLruggIe, especIuIIy
Red BuII, und ¡`m sure SebusLIun VeLLeI wouId
huve wunLed more mIIeuge Lo prepure hImseII.
WILh uII Lhe resources Lhey huve, Lhough, ¡
LhInk Lhey wIII hnd reIIubIIILy very quIckIy.
¡L`s mude Ior u very InLeresLIng Ieud-In Lo Lhe
seuson, seeIng Lhese Leums LhuL hudn`L done so
weII showIng such murked ImprovemenL, und
prevIousIy domInunL Leums beIng IuId Iow by
unexpecLed LechnIcuI probIems.
The currenL LoLus shures more Lhun u nume
wILh Lhe LoLus ¡ drove Ior. Whenever ruIes
chunged, CoIIn Chupmun wouId deIIghL In
hndIng Lhe mosL creuLIve soIuLIons, Lo reuch
Lhe IImIL wILhIn Lhe new enveIope. WILh Lhe
new LoLus Ezz, Lhey ure LryIng Lo uchIeve
LhIs, whIch Is LruIy In Lhe spIrIL oI CoIIn. Even
beIore my LIme uL LoLus, when JIm CIurk wus
rucIng, CoIIn wus uIwuys expIorIng Lhe ruIes Lo
hnd un udvunLuge. ¡L`s dIIhcuIL Lo do Lhese duys,
becuuse Lhe ruIes ure mosLIy very
precIseIy worded, buL LhuL Is whuL
Lhe modern LoLus ure uLLempLIng
here.
Now more Lhun ever, Leums
puL resources InLo unuIysIng euch
oLher, und Lhe new ruIes huve
mude LhIs process ever more
InLensIve. WhIIe Lhe nose desIgns
oI Lhe curs Iook very dIIIerenL uL
Lhe momenL, by summer Lhey
muy become more sImIIur. ¡I one
purLIcuIur desIgn Is seen Lo be
workIng weII, oLher Leums wIII sLurL Lo evuIuuLe
LheIr own versIons oI IL In Lhe wIndLunneI.
AIreudy Lhey wIII be IookIng cIoseIy uL phoLos
oI LheIr rIvuIs In ucLIon. ThIs used Lo huppen
when ¡ wus drIvIng us weII - CoIIn Chupmun
wouId wuIk down Lhe grId, chuLLIng Lo oLher
Leums` mechunIcs, whIIe cureIuIIy meusurIng
LheIr curs` dImensIons wILh hIs IeeL. He wouId
check whuL rIde heIghL Lhey were runnIng by
sIIppIng hIs Loes underneuLh! ¡L`s been purL
oI grund prIx rucIng Ior u Iong LIme, und IL
huppened when ¡ wus drIvIng In ¡ndyCurs us weII.
You uIwuys wunL Lo know whuL your compeLILors
ure doIng, und uL every ruce you wouId Iook
uround Lo see II unyone hud unyLhIng new on
LheIr cur. WouId you cuII IL espIonuge? Everyone
does IL - und, uL u ruce weekend, everybody`s
LogeLher In one pIuce. ¡`m sure LhuL uL Lhe
AusLruIIun Grund PrIx, uII Lhe desIgners wIII huve
been very busy us Lhey wuIk down Lhe grId.
OI course, F1 Is more Lhun u conLesL beLween
muchInes. The humun eIemenL Is very ImporLunL
und LhIs new seuson hus seL up some IuscInuLIng
possIbIIILIes. Fernundo AIonso hus u very sLrong
Leum-muLe In KImI RuIkkönen, und ¡ LhInk LhIs
wIII huve un eIIecL on Lhe compeLILIon InsIde Lhe
Leum ILseII; IIkewIse uL WIIIIums, where Lhey now
huve Lhe experIence oI FeIIpe Mussu combIned
wILh VuILLerI BoLLus, who Is u very quIck und
uggressIve rucer. WhuL`s goIng Lo huppen Lhere?
AL McLuren Lhere wIII be u sImIIur sILuuLIon wILh
Jenson BuLLon und KevIn Mugnussen.
“This new technical package will test
teams and drivers in a different way ”
If one nose brings better performance than the rest, by summer,
all the other teams will be running their own versions of it
SmooLher drIvers cun muke Lyres IusL Ionger.
ThIs wIII muke u bIg dIIIerence Lo Lhe ouLcome oI
u ruce - more so Lhun beIng IusL over one Iup In
quuIIIyIng. PIreIII wIII Ieurn Irom Lhe experIence
oI zo1¸ und creuLe u new chuIIenge Ior Lhe Leums
und drIvers; und Lhose who undersLund Lhe Lyres
besL und cun muke Lhem work uII Lhe wuy Lo Lhe
end oI Lhe ruce wIII be In much beLLer shupe.
¡L`s very sLruLegIc: everyone now sLurLs wILh
1ookg oI IueI, und Lhe drIvers who hnd Lhe besL
seLup compromIse Ior Lhe cur`s behuvIour us LhIs
Ioud runs down, und cun reIuLe LhIs Lo Lhe correcL
Lyres Lo use, wIII be successIuI. BuL IL`s hurd Lo
geL rIghL becuuse Lhere ure so muny sLruLegIc
componenLs, und Lhe mosL cureIuI pre-ruce pIuns
cun be uIIecLed when cIrcumsLunces chunge.
So Ior me, Lhere ure IoLs oI reusons Lo be
excILed LhIs yeur. Chunge Is good, und Lhe Iresh
demunds oI LhIs new LechnIcuI puckuge wIII LesL
Lhe Leums und drIvers In u dIIIerenL wuy. ¡ cun`L
wuIL Lo see how Lhe seuson unIoIds.
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The stories F1’s bigwigs
would rather you didn’t know…
DIETER RENCKEN
Exit stage left
for Renault?
Buck in 2uu@[6, RenuuIL uchIeved u
remurkubIe doubIe - buck-Lo-buck LILIe wIns wILh
engInes oI dIIIerenL conhguruLIons: V1o power Ior
Fernundo AIonso`s hrsL LILIe; V8 Ior hIs second.
WILh LhuL Iegucy, und gIven RenuuIL`s domInuLIon
oI Lhe pusL Iour yeurs, hopes Ior u repeuL IeuLurIng
zo1¸ V8 Lo zo1q V6 hybrIds were hIgh.
So IusL Junuury, when RenuuIL InLroduced LheIr
engIne Lo seIecLed medIu by runnIng Lhe V6 on
LesL rIgs uL LheIr buse In VIry-ChuLIIIon ouLsIde
PurIs - becomIng Lhe hrsL operuLIon Lo do so
pubIIcIy - Lhe Leum, under LechnIcuI heud honcho
Rob WhILe, were buIIIsh, II noL overIy so.
YeL In zo1¸, rumour hud IL LhuL RenuuIL`s
uccounLunLs were huvIng dIIhcuILIes jusLIIyIng
Lhe numbers behInd Lhe F1 engIne progrumme.
RenuuIL-NIssun AIIIunce chuIrmun CurIos Ghosn,
uku /H &RVW &XWWHU, hus Iong demunded LhuL Lhe
F1 projecL wush ILs Iuce, und conLInues Lo InsIsL
LhuL red Ink creuLed by shorLIuIIs beLween cosL oI
engIne deveIopmenL und Income Irom cusLomer
Leums be oIIseL by murkeLIng successes.
FIgures breuk down IIke LhIs: F1 cosLs RenuuIL
uround £1zom per unnum, uguInsL whIch uround
huII Is recoverubIe Irom LheIr Leums (Red BuII,
LoLus, Toro Rosso und CuLerhum). The dehcIL
Is InLended Lo be mude good by vehIcIe suIes -
uILhough LhIs Is u serIous chuIIenge IoIIowIng
Lhe swILch oI F1 coveruge Lo subscrIpLIon
chunneI CunuI+ In Frunce - RenuuIL`s home
(und IurgesL) murkeL, where eyebuII ruLIngs
subsequenLIy pIummeLed by 6o per cenL
(zom vIewers).
FucLor In, Loo, LhuL RenuuIL`s Iogo on Lhe
Red BuII curs Is swumped by Lhe brundIng
oI ¡nhnILI; LhuL LoLus huve weII-documenLed
hnuncIuI Issues; LhuL Toro Rosso ure, by
dehnILIon, Red BuII`s nursery, und LhuL Lhe joInL
CuLerhumJRenuuIL- AIpIne sporLscur projecL Is
under pressure. No wonder LheIr perIormunce
Is under scruLIny.
So much so, LhuL sources ure udumunL
RenuuIL`s muIn bourd voLed IusL December Lo
puII Lhe pIug on F1, Lhe provIso beIng LhuL Lhe
compuny exIL eIegunLIy Irom u sporL In whIch IL
hus experIenced muny hIghs und Iows sInce ILs
pIoneerIng enLry wILh Lurbo power buck In 1q;;.
¡nsIders uIIege AIuIn ProsL`s F1 consuILuncy
conLrucL wus noL renewed us u resuIL oI LhuL voLe,
uILhough he conLInues us brund umbussudor
In uddILIon Lo runnIng u FormuIu E Leum. (The
nuscenL serIes sources eIecLronIcs InLegruLIon
experLIse Irom RenuuIL SporL F1JRenuuIL SporL
TechnoIogIes, wILh Lhe purenL hoIdIng co-numIng
rIghLs Lo Lhe Spurk-RenuuIL SRTo1E cur.)
These poInLs were puL Lo RenuuIL, druwIng
predIcLubIy sLern denIuIs. NeverLheIess durIng
Lhe pre-seuson LesLs In BuhruIn, Lhe word wus
LhuL RenuuIL`s F1 conLrucLs conLuIn one-yeur
breuk cIuuses - compeLILor deuIs run Ior Lhree
yeurs - whIIe WorId Endurunce ChumpIonshIp
InsIders ure udumunL NIssun hus commILLed Lo
Le Muns, where urch-rIvuIs ToyoLu Luke on AudI.
To duLe, onIy one Jupunese compuny hus
won uL Le Muns: Muzdu In 1qq1, whIIe NIssun`s
uppeLILe Ior zq-Hours gIory wus wheLLed by Lhe
success oI Lhe zo1z DeILuwIng, whIch reIIed on
NIssun Iour-poL power. ¡ndeed, NIssun reLurns
Lo Lu SurLhe In June wILh u deILu-shuped eIecLrIc
cur run ouL oI Lhe experImenLuI Guruge ¸6.
Sources sLuLe Lhey were grunLed LhIs enLry onIy on
condILIon NIssun wouId evenLuuIIy enLer LMP1
ThIs Is where LhIngs geL InLeresLIng, sInce
RenuuIL`s Energy F1 engIne cun be udupLed
Lo LMP1 reIuLIveIy eusIIy Lhunks Lo Lhe F¡A`s
InsIsLence on compuLIbIIILy, permILLIng Lhe
desIred eIegunL exIL whIIe suvIng ILs uIIIunce
purLner NIssun engIne deveIopmenL cosLs.
WhuL, Lhough, oI F1? Red BuII never do LhIngs
by huIves, und conLroI LheIr desLIny Lhrough
ownershIp. Why sponsor Ice hockey or ruce
Leums? Own Lhem. TV udverLIsIng? Purchuse u
chunneI, Servus TV. PrInL udverLIsIng? PubIIsh
5HG %XOOHWLQ. Spuce expIoruLIon? SLurL SLruLos.
CouId Red BuII ucquIre F1 rIghLs Lo RenuuIL`s
engIne - due Lo be 'Irozen` In spec us seusons
weur on - Lhen suppIy boLh LheIr Leums? Red
BuII wunL Lo run cosL-neuLruI F1 Leums; consIder,
Lhen, LhuL LheIr unnuuI engIne suppIy LoLuIs
uround £qom uL currenL ruLes - whIch couId be
oIIseL by seIIIng brundIng rIghLs. Why resLrIcL
yourseII Lo ¡nhnILI when you own Lhe engIne?
RenuuIL prevIousIy soId on LheIr V1o Lo
SuperLec, und whIIe perIormunce oI LheIr currenL
V6 hybrId Is u worry, LheIr LuIenL Is such LhuL
Lhe Issues ure buL u bIIp. LoLus und CuLerhum?
WeII, LoLus-Hondu hus u rIng Lo IL und Hondu
IndIcuLed Lhey wIII seek u second cusLomer Leum
uILer u yeur oI excIusIvILy wILh McLuren In zo1¸.
FerrurI ure uIso seekIng unoLher Leum Lo oIIseL
cosLs und CuLerhum couId be Lhe one, provIded
owner Tony Fernundes does noL wILhdruw.
¡I RenuuIL`s exIL comes Lo puss, remember Lhe
bourd (uIIegedIy) suL In December, Lwo monLhs
beIore RenuuIL`s currenL woes reured LheIr heud.
CommercIuI consIderuLIons QRW LechnIcuI Issues
wIII huve been Lo bIume shouId Lhey dIsuppeur
Irom Lhe grId by Lhe end oI zo1¸.
“Could Red Bull acquire rights to Renault’s
engine and then supply both their teams?”
Renault are having to combat worries over their
2014 power unit, plus cost concerns from on high
POWER
PLAY
WORDS STUART CODLING PICTURES JAMES MANN
42 F1 Racing April 2014
Now that was a car
No 25: The March 711
Startled by the 2014 noses? They’ve got nothing on the March 711…
MARCH 711 TECH SPEC
Chassis Aluminium monocoque
Suspension Independent
double-wishbone
Engine V8
Engine capacity 2,993cc (Ford DFV),
2,998cc (Alfa Romeo)
Power output 450bhp (Ford DFV);
440bhp (Alfa Romeo)
Rev limit 9,800 (Alfa Romeo)
9,500 (Ford DVF)
Gearbox 5-speed manual
Weight 565kg (with Ford DFV);
580kg (with Alfa Romeo)
Wheelbase 2,438mm
Tyres Firestone, Goodyear
Notable drivers Ronnie Peterson, Niki
Lauda, Carlos Pace
F1 Racing April 2014 43
6RPH SHRSOH VSHQG \HDUV buIIdIng up u busIness, buL Murch
EngIneerIng LrIed Lo go Irom noLhIng Lo servIcIng muILIpIe
chumpIonshIps wILhIn u yeur. They sLurLed In 1q6q und by 1q;o were
spreudIng LhemseIves very LhInIy us Lhey soughL Lo suppIy cusLomer
chussIs und operuLe works Leums In FormuIu ¸, FormuIu z und F1.
The Leum nume wus creuLed Irom Lhe InILIuIs oI Iounders Mux
MosIey, AIun Rees, Gruhum Couker und RobIn Herd, und euch hud
LheIr specIuIILy. MosIey, u burrIsLer, dId Lhe commercIuI deuIs; Rees
munuged Lhe rucIng Leums; Couker supervIsed munuIucLure; und
Iormer McLuren desIgner Herd drew Lhe curs. They hud InILIuIIy come
LogeLher whIIe LryIng Lo buIId u rucIng Leum uround Jochen RIndL,
wILh seed cupILuI Irom BernIe EccIesLone. BuL RIndL grumbIed ubouL
drIvIng u cur ¨mude In Gruhum`s shuck¨ und chose Lo remuIn uL LoLus,
whIIe EccIesLone seL hIs sIghLs on buyIng Brubhum InsLeud.
Murch`s IIrsL F1 cur, Lhe ;o1, wus desIgned und buIIL quIckIy wILh
mIxed resuILs: JuckIe SLewurL puL IL on poIe uL Lhe 1q;o seuson-
openIng SouLh AIrIcun GP, Lhen won on Lhe cur`s second ouLIng In
SpuIn. BuL he dIsIIked Lhe ;o1, und us oLher curs - purLIcuIurIy Lhe
LoLus ;z - cume on song, IL IeII weII oII Lhe puce.
Herd uImed Ior u boIder concepL In 1q;1, engugIng Iormer LoLus
druughLsmun GeoII FerrIs und engIneer Frunk CosLIn Lo conjure
someLhIng IIghLer und LIghLer. CosLIn beIIeved he couId cIoLhe Lhe cur
In u Iow-drug shupe LhuL couId be worLh Lhe equIvuIenL oI zobhp more
power, und negoLIuLed u perIormunce-reIuLed deuI uIong Lhose IInes.
WILh no budgeL Ior wIndLunneI LesLIng, Lhe concepL hud Lo be done
by eye. CosLIn pushed Ior u sIIm, Lube-IIke proIIIe so us Lo creuLe u Iow
IronLuI ureu, wILh Lhe dIsLIncLIve sIngIe-pyIon IronL wIng mounLed In
cIeur uIr so IL Loo couId oIIer mInImuI proIIIe. Herd und FerrIs obIIged
wILh u sIIm monocoque, mounLIng Lhe bruke dIscs Inbourd Lo reduce
unsprung weIghL und Improve uIrIIow Lo Lhe sIde-mounLed rudIuLors.
BuL Lhe ;11 hIL severuI snugs: CosLIn hud InLerpreLed some ruIes Loo
IILeruIIy und IuIIy encIosed Lhe engIne, wILh onIy u Iow-proIIIe NACA
ducL on Lop Lo suppIy uIr Lo Lhe InIeL munIIoIds. OLher Leums run Iurge
uIr scoops Lhere, Lo beLLer eIIecL, so Murch soon reverLed Lo Lhe
soIuLIon pIcLured on Lhese puges. PuckugIng Lhe rudIuLors uIso proved
LrIcky, und when Lhe works Leum Iound Lhe cur wus no sIower wILhouL
bodywork uround Lhe engIne, LhuL`s how Lhe ;11 remuIned.
Murch LeeLered on Lhe brInk oI bunkrupLcy LhroughouL 1q;1, suved
onIy by some cunny MosIey deuIs - AIIu Romeo donuLed engInes DQG
puId In Lhe regIon oI £zo,ooo, whIIe GP debuLunL NIkI Luudu
sLumped up £¸¸,ooo oI personuI money. And yeL, on u shoesLrIng,
und wILhouL LukIng u sIngIe wIn, Lhe ;11 currIed RonnIe PeLerson Lo
Lhe runner-up spoL In Lhe chumpIonshIp: he wus LhwurLed by mere
Inches In Lhe IumousIy cIose IInIsh Lo Lhe ¡LuIIun GP LhuL yeur.
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The
lasting
legacy
of
Ayrton
Senna
No other driver
has ever embodied
heroism and villainy
in such a beguiling
package. His like
has not been seen
since Imola 1994
and perhaps, writes
Richard Williams,
it never will
he young woman works In u London urL
guIIery, Lhe sorL oI hIgh-ceIIInged, whILe-
wuIIed esLubIIshmenL In whIch oIIgurchs
und hedge-Iund munugers ure persuuded
Lo open LheIr wuIIeLs. ¨¡ wus 16,¨ she suId.
¨¡ udored everyLhIng ubouL hIm. ¡ IoIIowed
every ruce. When he dIed, ¡ IosL InLeresL.¨
BuL she wus un excepLIon. CounLIess
oLhers Iound Lhe deuLh oI AyrLon Sennu
exerLIng Lhe opposILe eIIecL. Sennu becume
more compeIIIng Lhun he hud been In IIIe,
Lhe sLurL oI u phenomenon whose eIIecL
meuns LhuL, zo yeurs IuLer, hIs conLInuIng
sIgnIIIcunce Lo F1 cunnoL be oversLuLed.
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SomeLImes IL seems us II he Is Lhe z¸rd drIver
on Lhe grId oI every sIngIe grund prIx: noL jusL
Lhe chumpIon who seL Lhe sLundurd uguInsL
whIch uII uspIrunLs musL meusure LhemseIves In
Lerms oI busIc vIrLuosILy, InherenL churIsmu und
Iocused umbILIon, buL Lhe mun whose LerrIbIe
IuLe - cupLured In LeIevIsed Imuges oI hIs IusL
seconds uL Lhe wheeI, oI Lhe medIcuI heIIcopLer
wheeIIng uwuy ubove Lhe Lrees IInIng Lhe cIrcuIL,
oI u Lruck sLuIned wILh hIs IIIebIood - ucLs us u
permunenL evocuLIon oI FormuIu 1`s deuLh-or-
gIory uppeuI, Iong uILer LhuL Imuge hus ceused Lo
possess very much IucLuuI jusLIIIcuLIon.
The gIory Is sLIII Lhere, despILe ruIe-LInkerIng
so exLensIve LhuL u hIgh proporLIon oI oId-
schooI Iuns IInd IL ImpossIbIe Lo greeL Loduy`s
chumpIons wILh Lhe unresLruIned udmIruLIon
und enLhusIusm oI oId. DeuLh, however, uppeurs
Lo huve removed ILseII Irom Lhe equuLIon. No
ucLIvILy In whIch men projecL LhemseIves uround
u cIrcuIL uL ImprobubIe veIocILIes whIIe cocooned
In IuIIIbIe LechnoIogy cun oIIer uncondILIonuI
guurunLees oI securILy, buL Lhe Irony oI Sennu`s
deuLh Is LhuL IL remInded us oI Lhe perII wILh
whIch rucIng drIvers IIIrL, whIIe uIso servIng
Lo ensure LhuL hIs successors wouId be more
eIIecLIveIy InsuIuLed Irom rIsk.
NexL Lo LhuL oI Enzo FerrurI, Sennu`s Is now
Lhe mosL emoLIonuIIy Iouded nume In moLor
rucIng. Muny who hud been onIy dImIy uwure oI
hIs exIsLence, or who hud seen hIm us noLhIng
more Lhun jusL unoLher worId chumpIon, Iound
LheIr emoLIons more IuIIy enguged In Lhe
uILermuLh oI hIs IuLuI uccIdenL uL ¡moIu on 1 Muy
1qqq. And Lhen, 16 yeurs IuLer, uIong cume u IIIm
LhuL drew hundreds oI Lhousunds Lo cInemus
uround Lhe worId, mukIng converLs oI Lhose
who hud cured IILLIe or noL uL uII Ior Lhe sporL
beIore Lhey seLLIed InLo LheIr seuLs und Iound
LhemseIves IuIIIng under Lhe speII oI Lhe mInd
behInd Lhose decepLIveIy soIL brown eyes.
¡n normuI cIrcumsLunces, u chumpIon`s IuLuI
uccIdenL, LukIng pIuce under Lhe guze oI u gIobuI
uudIence, mIghL huve been expecLed Lo InIIIcL
ImmedIuLe und perhups IusLIng dumuge on Lhe
sporL In quesLIon. There musL huve been oLhers
who, IeeIIng LhuL Lhe gume hud exucLed Loo
LerrIbIe u prIce, shured Lhe reucLIon oI Lhe young
womun In Lhe urL guIIery. BuL ruLher Lhun sInk
InLo u decIIne, FormuIu 1`s worIdwIde uudIence
regIsLered ImmedIuLe und susLuIned growLh.
BroudcusLers suw u sIgnIIIcunL rIse In vIewIng
IIgures. CounLrIes new Lo Lhe sporL cIumoured
Ior Lhe rIghL Lo pour LheIr weuILh InLo buIIdIng
cIrcuILs und hosLIng LheIr own grunds prIx.
Mujor cur munuIucLurers sLurLed Lo reLurn Lo Lhe
grId. On Lhe Lruck, u new seL oI heroes emerged,
Lo dIscover LhuL Lhey hud beneIILLed In more Lhun
one respecL Irom Sennu`s demIse.
FIrsL und mosL obvIous cume Lhe quesLIon oI
drIver suIeLy, whIch wus suddenIy promoLed Lo
Lhe sLuLus oI u mujor prIorILy und gIven uLLenLIon
Lo u degree prevIousIy unpuruIIeIed In Lhe sporL.
ThroughouL ILs IIrsL ;¸ yeurs, morLuI dunger
hud been Lhe drIvers` consLunL compunIon; IL
wus uccepLed LhuL some oI Lhem wouId dIe,
und LhuL noLhIng much wouId be done ubouL
IL. When WoIIgung von TrIps und 1¸ specLuLors
dIed uL Monzu In 1q61, Lhe worId wus shocked
buL IILLIe more wus done Lhun when GIuseppe
CumpurI, BuconIn BorzucchInI und CounL
CzuykowskI perIshed uL Lhe sume cIrcuIL In Lhe
course oI u sIngIe duy In 1q¸¸; und Iour yeurs
beIore LhuL, EmIIIo MuLerussI`s cur hud kIIIed zo
specLuLors on Monzu`s muIn sLruIghL. OnIy Lhe
mosL mInImuI uILeruLIons Lo Lhe Le Muns cIrcuIL
IoIIowed Lhe dIsusLer In whIch PIerre Levegh und
Senna’s death was the catalyst for huge steps forward
in driver safety in F1. Drivers now survive crashes from
which their predecessors could not have walked away
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8z specLuLors were kIIIed In 1q¸¸; cuIIs Lo bun
Lhe sporL ouLrIghL were heeded nowhere buL In
SwILzerIund. ¡L`s Lrue LhuL Lhe use oI sLruw buIes
us crush burrIers IeII ouL oI Iuvour uILer Lorenzo
BundInI wus IncIneruLed In Lhe cockpIL oI hIs
FerrurI on Lhe MonLe CurIo seuIronL In 1q6;, buL
noL unLII un epIdemIc oI IuLuIILIes In Lhe eurIy
`;os prompLed JuckIe SLewurL Lo Ieud u crusude
wus Lhere uny serIous oIIIcIuI ucknowIedgemenL
oI Lhe need Lo reduce rIsk.
¡n Lhe wuke oI Sennu`s deuLh, however,
no Ionger wouId IL be enough Lo sImpIy uLLend
Lhe IuneruI und Lhen geL buck Lo busIness us
usuuI. By LhemseIves, Rubens BurrIcheIIo`s
neur-cuLusLrophIc crush und Lhe uccIdenL LhuL
hud Luken Lhe IIIe oI RoIund RuLzenberger
eurIIer on In Lhe ruce weekend - Lhe IIrsL IuLuIILy
uL u FormuIu 1 meeLIng In 1z yeurs - wouId
huve mude very IILLIe dIIIerence. ¡L Look Lhe
deuLh oI Lhe sporL`s mosL seducLIve IIgure Lo
provoke chunge.
AILer Lhe shock hud been regIsLered und
Lhe Leurs shed, Lhe subsLunLIve reucLIon wus
LwoIoId. ¡n Lhe shorL Lerm, ¡moIu underwenL
chunges. When FormuIu 1 reLurned Lhe IoIIowIng
yeur, IL Iound LhuL TumbureIIo, Lhe IusL IeIL-
hunder where Lhe uccIdenL occurred, hud been
emuscuIuLed by Lhe InLroducLIon oI un urLIIIcIuI
chIcune InLended Lo sIow Lhe curs und keep Lhem
uwuy Irom Lhe concreLe wuII, whIch hud pIuyed
u purL In Lhe crush, even Lhough In un eurIIer eru
Lhe consequences - u suspensIon purL snuppIng
und speurIng Lhrough Lhe drIver`s heImeL -
wouId huve been dIsmIssed us sImpIy IreukIsh.
OLher cIrcuILs, oId und new, IoIIowed suIL. Run-
oII ureus becume Iurger und more eIIecLIve, und
drIvers IncreusIngIy Iound Lhe Lruck boundurIes
IdenLIIIed by u puInLed IIne ruLher Lhun Lhe wuIIs,
hedges und dILches IumIIIur Lo LheIr uncesLors.
¡n Lhe Ionger Lerm, Lhe LechnIcuI reguIuLIons
were rewrILLen Lo ensure LhuL IuLure generuLIons
oI F1 curs wouId be desIgned uccordIng Lo much
more sLrIngenL suIeLy crILerIu,
IncIudIng Lhe LoughenIng-up oI
crush-LesL requIremenLs und Lhe
modIIIcuLIon oI cockpIL desIgn. Look uL uny
IIIm oI F1 curs beIore 1qqq und IL Is u shock Lo
see how much oI Lhe drIver wus vIsIbIe Lo Lhe
specLuLor: noL jusL Lhe heImeLed heud, buL uIso
Lhe urms, shouIders und upper body, uII more or
Iess unproLecLed. Toduy IL Is onIy Lhrough In-cur
cumerus LhuL specLuLors cun geL u cIose-quurLers
vIew oI Lhe drIvers uL work, cuImIy LuppIng
geurshIIL puddIes und usIng Lhe buLLons und
dIuIs on LheIr sLeerIng wheeIs Lo udjusL seLLIngs
uccordIng Lo InsLrucLIons reIuyed Irom LheIr
engIneers. Sennu, by conLrusL, exIsLs In gruIny
IooLuge LhuL dIspIuys u dIIIerenL IeveI oI dynumIc
ucLIvILy: u consLunL buLLIe Ior conLroI. ¡L`s IIke Lhe
dIIIerence beLween u SpILIIre und u EuroIIghLer.
And, us wILh IIghLer pIIoLs, Lhe eurIIer Imuge
conLInues Lo provIde Lhe IdeuIIsed LempIuLe.
The specIuI uuru LhuL surrounded hIs
personuIILy wus enhunced by hIs pussporL,
whIch guve hIm uccess Lo u nuLIon oI pussIonuLe
sporLs Iuns. Two hundred mIIIIon BruzIIIuns
hud Lurned LheIr eyes uwuy Irom Lhe IooLbuII
pILch Lo uccIuIm hIs ruce wIns und hIs worId
chumpIonshIp. When he wuved LheIr nuLIonuI
As a driver, Senna has become the gold
standard to which any F1 driver considering
their own legacy must be compared
Estoril 1985: Senna arrives
48 F1 Racing April 2014
IIug Irom Lhe cockpIL on hIs vIcLory Iups, Lhey
reIIshed Lhe prIde und InLImucy oI Lhe gesLure.
BruzII`s IooLbuIIers ure Ioved by u gIobuI
uudIence noL jusL becuuse oI LheIr LechnIcuI
gIILs und Lhe joy wILh whIch Lhey InIuse u humbIe
gume, buL uIso becuuse Lhey represenL u nuLIon
oI Iuns who prIze Lhose quuIILIes ubove uII oLhers.
¡L wus Lhe sume wILh Sennu. AILhough he cume
Irom u more prIvIIeged kInd oI BruzII Lo Lhe one
LhuL produces Lhe vusL mujorILy oI Lhe counLry`s
Lop IooLbuIIers, hIs InherenL %UD]LOLDQQHVV -
IncIudIng LhuL IIuIdILy oI movemenL und speech
- wus u powerIuI IucLor In hIs ubIIILy Lo wIn Lhe
uIIegIunce oI un InLernuLIonuI uudIence. The
specIIIc uLLrIbuLes ussocIuLed wILh beIng SpunIsh,
FInnIsh, BrILIsh or Germun do noL udd much Lo
how Fernundo AIonso, KImI RuIkkönen, LewIs
HumIILon, Jenson BuLLon or SebusLIun VeLLeI
huve been perceIved.
So ure we jusLIIIed In LhInkIng oI Sennu us
unIque? He wusn`L Lhe onIy BruzIIIun worId
chumpIon. He wusn`L Lhe onIy LrIpIe worId
chumpIon. He wusn`L even Lhe onIy BruzIIIun
LrIpIe worId chumpIon. BuL II
Lhere wus Indeed onIy one oI
hIm, LhuL Lurns ouL Lo huve been
enough. AILhough MunIsh Pundey
und AsII KupudIu, Lhe wrILer und
dIrecLor oI Lhe uwurd-wInnIng
documenLury, uneurLhed unseen
und obscure IooLuge und dId
u IunLusLIc job oI wrIngIng Lhe
IusL drop oI emoLIon Irom every
Irume, Lhe bIogruphy oI no oLher
posL-wur drIver - noL even FungIo, HunL or
GIIIes VIIIeneuve - wouId huve provIded such
exLruordInury muLerIuI. For none hud u sLory
LhuL couId be pursued InLo whuL cun onIy be
cuIIed Lhe phIIosophIcuI und spIrILuuI dImensIon,
or InLo Lhe reuIm oI eLhIcuI behuvIour.
¡L Is Lhere LhuL we encounLer Lhe durker sIde
oI Sennu`s nuLure, und oI hIs Iegucy. For uII hIs
senLImenLuI cIuIm Lo huve Ioved hIs duys us un
unknown kurL rucer becuuse oI Lhe uncorrupLed
purILy oI Lhe sporL, IL wus he who InLroduced u
new seL oI vuIues Lo F1: u seL oI LwIsLed prIorILIes
LhuL cuImInuLed In hIs vengeIuI uLLuck on AIuIn
ProsL uL Lhe IIrsL corner oI Lhe 1qqo Jupunese
Grund PrIx. HIs sense oI enLILIemenL hud Ied
hIm Lo Lhe convIcLIon LhuL he deserved Lo wIn
becuuse oI who he wus, und LhuL hIs rIvuIs
hud no busIness geLLIng In hIs wuy. HIs more
uLLrucLIve personuI quuIILIes mude LhIs uIurmIng
IuceL oI hIs churucLer seem Iess LoxIc Lhun IL wus,
buL even u IrIend und udmIrer us commILLed us
Jo Rumirez, uL hIs sIde Lhrough Lhe McLuren
yeurs us Leum co-ordInuLor, und u rucIng mun
Lo hIs IIngerLIps, Iound Lhe Suzuku IncIdenL Loo
much Lo Luke und wus never ubIe Lo IeeI quILe Lhe
sume degree oI wurmLh Lowurds hIm uguIn.
Sennu`s desIre Lo wIn uL uII cosLs wus Lhe
churucLerIsLIc LhuL hus Impressed some younger
drIvers mosL oI uII, IncIudIng Lhe Lwo Germuns
who succeeded hIm uL Lhe sporL`s pInnucIe. OuL
on Lruck, MIchueI Schumucher wus u muchIne
Ior wInnIng honed Lo Lhe uILImuLe degree, buL he
Iucked Lhe sorL oI uuru LhuL mIghL huve soILened
Lhe edges oI hIs personuIILy und mILIguLed Lhe
ouLruge creuLed by hIs more neIurIous momenLs.
AL IeusL VeLLeI`s pubIIc Imuge Is IIghLened by hIs
pronounced sense oI humour. BuL boLh men`s
cureers ure murked by Lhe sorL oI cuIcuIuLed
ruLhIessness LhuL Sennu Look Irom kurLIng -
where IL currIed IILLIe or no personuI rIsk - und
InLroduced, vIrLuuIIy sIngIe-hundedIy, InLo F1.
ThuL uspecL oI Sennu`s Iegucy, uIong wILh Lhe
scuIe oI hIs LuIenL, Lhe poLenLIuI LhuL remuIns
unexpIored, und hIs IuLure ouLsIde Lhe cockpIL,
wIII be dIscussed Ior us Iong us F1 exIsLs. The
InexpIIcubIe nuLure oI hIs IuLuI uccIdenL -
whIch becume Lhe subjecL oI ¡LuIIun InquIrIes
und IormuI InquesLs IusLIng severuI yeurs buL
reuchIng no deIInILIve concIusIon - und Lhe III
IeeIIng surroundIng Lhe ubsence Irom hIs IuneruI
oI Mux MosIey und BernIe EccIesLone, Lhe Lwo
men who, beLween Lhem, run Lhe sporL, udded Lo
Lhe rIchness und compIexILy oI Lhe sLory.
Look uL Loduy`s zz drIvers und you see u IoL oI
LuIenL, buL noL much In Lhe wuy oI mysLery. And
LhuL, umong oLher LhIngs, Is Sennu`s conLInuIng
conLrIbuLIon Lo Lhe sporL. He remInds us LhuL
rucIng drIvers cun be muILI-IuceLed churucLers,
sImuILuneousIy uLLrucLIve und dIsLurbIng. And
unLII unoLher IIgure wILh u sImIIur combInuLIon
oI exLreme LuIenL und personuI mugneLIsm
uppeurs, gIvIng us u hero und u vIIIuIn In Lhe
sume puckuge, hIs memory Is uII we huve.
RIchurd WIIIIums Is uuLhor oI Lhe uccIuImed
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The win-at-all-costs ethics, so deeply rooted in
Ayrton’s psyche, have found echoes in Sebastian
Vettel and Michael Schumacher, the two most
successful world champions since Senna’s era
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the last time Senna spoke in public. Twenty years on, Richard
with Senna leading up to that fateful Imola weekend
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The San Marino GP at ¡moIu wus
uIwuys my IuvourILe ruce oI Lhe yeur. ¡L wus
Lhe begInnIng oI Lhe Europeun seuson und Lhe
moLorhomes hud reLurned Lo LhuL beuuLIIuI,
crumped puddock. ¡L wus uII very ¡LuIIun, wILh
Lhe pIzzerIu down Lhe roud, IoLs oI preLLy gIrIs
und greuL wIne. There were Lhe church beIIs LhuL
woke you up on u Sunduy mornIng, jusL uudIbIe
ubove Lhe burkIng dogs und Lhe ruIsed voIces oI
women rousIng LheIr husbunds In Lhe dIsLunce.
¡n SepLember 1qq¸, ¡`d uLLended Frunk
WIIIIums` house Lo wILness Lhe conLrucL sIgnIng
LhuL broughL AyrLon Lo WIIIIums. ¡ hud worked
wILh AyrLon when ¡ wus sponsorshIp co-
ordInuLor uL McLuren In Lhe IuLe 1q8os, und we
hudn`L uIwuys seen eye-Lo-eye on promoLIonuI
muLLers. ¡ joIned WIIIIums In November 1qqz,
brIeIed wILh deveIopIng u Iong-Lerm commercIuI
sLruLegy Ior Lhe Leum, whIch necessILuLed u LILIe
sponsor und, wILh Lhe resuILunL Iunds, u sLur
drIver: Frunk wunLed AyrLon.
¡n 1qq¸ Lhere wus mounLIng IrIcLIon beLween
AyrLon und McLuren so ¡ begun LuIkIng Lo hIs
munuger, JuIIun JukobI, uL Frunk`s behesL. ¡L
wus u proLrucLed negoLIuLIon becuuse AyrLon
wus eurnIng subsLunLIuIIy uL McLuren und whIIe
Frunk wus prepured Lo InvesL In hIm, he wouIdn`L
muLch Lhe monIes he wus receIvIng uL McLuren.
We hnuIIy sIgned AyrLon uL Frunk`s house
on Thursduy 16 SepLember, Lhree monLhs uILer
RoLhmuns were unnounced us LILIe sponsor.
Frunk Is un umuzIng person, buL he`s u very
Lough busInessmun. SomeLImes he cun be very
compussIonuLe, buL uL oLher LImes he cun be
ruLhIess. He jusL wunLed Lo geL on wILh IL und
geL Lhe conLrucL sIgned, buL ¡ wunLed Lo ensure
everyone wus huppy wILh Lhe commercIuI Lerms.
AyrLon wusn`L. He wus very keen Lo ensure
RoLhmuns dIdn`L use hIs Imuge In u wuy LhuL
wouId conßIcL wILh Lhe Sennu brund. He wus
uIwuys usLuLe on muLLers such us Lhese. FInuIIy,
we cume Lo un uccord und Lhe deuI wus done.
Then, wILhouL prompLIng, AyrLon Iooked
ucross uL my dIury. ¡ pussed IL over und he
wroLe. 'Muny Lhunks RIchurd, AyrLon Sennu,
¡`m IookIng Iorwurd Lo u good IuLure.` AII Lhe
hurd work we hud done over Lhe prevIous
monLhs hud hnuIIy come LogeLher. ¡L wus u
hIsLorIc momenL: we hud sIgned boLh RoLhmuns
und AyrLon Sennu.
FusL Iorwurd Lo Junuury 1qqq. RoLhmuns
und WIIIIums hud orgunIsed u mujor sponsor
Iuunch In EsLorII. Hundreds oI journuIIsLs,
phoLogruphers und hIm crews were presenL.
We heId u press conIerence In Lhe PuIucIo HoLeI
Lhe nIghL beIore Lhe LrucksIde Iuunch und ¡
InLervIewed AyrLon, Dumon und Frunk on sLuge.
The IoIIowIng mornIng, we heId u phoLoshooL
wILh Lhe cur on Lhe pIL sLruIghL, und In Lhe
uILernoon underLook hImIng wILh Lhe curs
IuppIng Lhe cIrcuIL.
Anyone who wus weurIng u heudseL LhuL duy
wIII never IorgeL whuL huppened nexL. JusL
Lwo-LhIrds In Lo hIs hrsL Iup, AyrLon wus suyIng
Lhe IoIIowIng LhIngs buck Lo hIs engIneer DuvId
Brown: ¨¡ don`L IIke Lhe Lurn-In oI LhIs cur. ¡L
IeeIs heuvy uL Lhe IronL end. My seuL needs Lo
go down u IILLIe.¨ ¡L oIIered un exLruordInury
InsIghL. ¡mmedIuLeIy he wus jusL on IL -
never beIore hud ¡ experIenced such InsLunL
commILmenL Lo Lhe Lusk.
¡n Lhe weeks LhuL IoIIowed, everyLhIng wus u
bIL oI u whIrIwInd. We wenL Lo BruzII und Jupun
Ior Lhe hrsL Lwo chumpIonshIp rounds. AILer hIs
hrsL-corner crush In AIdu, he spenL u bIL oI LIme
wuLchIng LrucksIde und reLurned Lo Lhe WIIIIums
hospILuIILy ureu In u very serIous Irume oI mInd.
He wus unhuppy ubouL Lhe BeneLLon und suId
he IeIL Lhe cur hud some sorL oI udvunLuge, such
us LrucLIon conLroI. ChrIsLIun ConLzen, who wus
heud oI RenuuIL SporL uL Lhe LIme, wus Lhere und
- whIIe noL InLendIng IL us u sIur - suId Lo hIm:
¨Yes, buL Lhey DOVR huve MIchueI Schumucher.¨
AyrLon wus exLremeIy unhuppy wILh Lhe
commenL und whIIe WIIIIums hud u preIerenLIuI
engIne ugreemenL wILh RenuuIL, he`d heurd
u rumour LhuL BeneLLon were uIso goIng Lo geL
Lhe sume power unILs us us.
¡ remember hIm suyIng: ¨¡ cume here on Iess
money Lo do u very specIhc job und ¡`ve come
here becuuse oI my reIuLIonshIp wILh Frunk,
us ¡`ve uIwuys wunLed Lo drIve u WIIIIums. ¡I
we geL Lo Lhe sLuge where ¡`m rucIng uguInsL u
compeLILor wILh Lhe sume engIne us us - Lhen ¡`II
Leur my conLrucL up, ¡`II wuIk uwuy.¨ ¡ remember
geLLIng ruLher LwILchy uL LhIs poInL und wus quILe
shocked by Lhe conversuLIon. AyrLon wus cIeurIy
pIssed oII. He wus very unhuppy und so when we
goL Lo ¡moIu, LhIs wus weIghIng on our mInds.
We urrIved uL Lhe cIrcuIL uL ¸pm on Thursduy.
¡L wus u beuuLIIuI duy. AyrLon hud been uL u
mounLuIn bIke IucLory where he`d meL Lhe peopIe
mukIng Lhe curbon-hbre bIke he`d endorsed.
¡ LhInk he`d uIso been Lo Lhe DucuLI IucLory. ¡
remember when he urrIved uL Lhe ¡moIu Lruck,
he uppeured reIuxed und Iooked greuL us he
uIwuys dId. ¡n shIrL, chInos, juckeL
und bIue cup. He usked me whuL
we hud pIunned LhuL weekend In
Lerms oI promoLIonuI work. ¡ run
hIm Lhrough Lhe scheduIe, sInce
we hud u group oI journuIIsLs Irom
Lhe MIddIe EusL who were guesLs
oI RoLhmuns; u new sponsor,
Ruy-Bun; und represenLuLIves Irom
SeguIredo. ¡ udded LhuL ¡ wouId
InLroduce hIm Lo 'BerLIe` GuerLner
(one oI Lhe Lop men uL RoLhmuns) und usked hIm
Lo exLend hIs renowned churm Lo hIm.
FrIduy duwned brIghL und ¡ Look BerLIe, uIong
wILh unoLher coIIeugue, Lo Lhe grundsLund Lo
wuLch prucLIce. ThuL`s when Rubens BurrIcheIIo
hud hIs coIossuI uccIdenL. ¡ couId see Lhere wus
bIood uround Rubens`s nose us Lhe medIcuI Leum
uLLended hIm, und whIIe BerLIe wus shuken up ¡
LrIed Lo reussure hIm by suyIng we dId huve Lhe
occusIonuI bIg shunL In F1.
Come SuLurduy, we wILnessed RoIund
RuLzenberger`s uwIuI uccIdenL. AyrLon wus
wuLchIng und he knew sLruIghL uwuy IL wus very
bud. And us Is weII known, he wenL ouL onLo
Lhe cIrcuIL Lo Lhe uccIdenL sILe und spoke wILh
ProIessor SId WuLkIns. When AyrLon reLurned
Lo hIs hoLeI LhuL uILernoon, he encounLered u
newIy wed coupIe. They hud no Ideu Lhere hud
been un uccIdenL; Lhey jusL suw AyrLon Sennu. He
puLIenLIy posed Ior LhIs mun und hIs new wIIe,
beIore poIILeIy noddIng und Lhen wuIkIng uwuy.
A IoL oI LhInkIng und LuIkIng wenL on LhuL
nIghL. ¡ beIIeve he spoke wILh Frunk, uILhough
Frunk hus never shured LhuL conversuLIon wILh
n unmurked puckuge urrIved uL my home In IuLe zoo1. ¡nsIde IL wus u
VHS vIdeo cusseLLe wILh u yeIIow PosL-IL noLe InscrIbed: ¨You shouId
see LhIs - memorIes oI u greuL mun.¨ ¡ wus busy uL Lhe LIme rebuIIdIng
Lhe BrILIsh TourIng Cur ChumpIonshIp, und ¡ puL Lhe JIIIy bug In u hIIng cubIneL und ImmedIuLeIy
IorgoL ubouL IL. Some yeurs IuLer, whIIe cIeurIng ouL my oIhce, ¡ wus ubouL Lo dIscurd Lhe puckuge
when ¡ remembered Lhe vIdeo. ¡ decIded Lo wuLch IL und wus umuzed uL whuL ¡ suw.
ShoL Lwo hours beIore AyrLon Sennu suL In u rucIng cur Ior Lhe very IusL LIme, Lhe IooLuge wus oI my
Puddock CIub InLervIew wILh Sennu und Dumon HIII on Lhe mornIng oI Lhe 1qqq Sun MurIno Grund
PrIx. Muny yeurs pussed beIore ¡ conLucLed BernIe EccIesLone und senL hIm Lhe Lupe. KIndIy, he hus
grunLed permIssIon Ior Lhe conLenL oI LhuL InLervIew Lo be mude pubIIc Ior Lhe very hrsL LIme, buL Lo
LhIs duy ¡ sLIII don`L know who senL me Lhe Lupe.
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me. ¡ sLuyed behInd uL Lhe cIrcuIL und hosLed u
RoLhmuns dInner Ior journuIIsLs, buL IL wus very
subdued. Dumon cume uIong und we were uL u
Ioss us Lo whuL Lo LuIk ubouL. We uII IeIL uwIuI.

When I first worked with AyrLon
uL McLuren In 1q88, one weekend LhuL sLood ouL
wus Monuco. ¡I you recuII, he sImpIy demoIIshed
AIuIn ProsL In quuIIIyIng. AILer Lhe sessIon, ¡ hud
u bIg sponsor evenL und IocuLed AyrLon Lo usk
hIm II he wus reudy Lo come und speuk on Lhe
V¡P bouL In Lhe hurbour.
He suId: ¨¡`m noL doIng IL. ¡`ve done whuL
¡ need Lo do Loduy und ¡`m noL geLLIng In u bouL
Lo LuIk Lo u bunch oI peopIe when ¡ don`L need
Lo. Tuke AIuIn InsLeud.¨ OI course when AIuIn
Ieurned AyrLon wusn`L goIng, he dIdn`L wunL Lo go
eILher. ¡ usked Ron DennIs Lo InLervene, und hIs
response wus: ¨¡ cun`L muke Lhem do IL.¨
SuddenIy, ¡ wus uwure we hud u new Iorce In
our mIdsL, und Irom LhuL poInL on ¡ hud Lo LreuL
AyrLon In u dIIIerenL wuy. ¡L dIdn`L puL u rIIL
beLween us, buL IL shocked me u bIL. ThIs guy
knew exucLIy whuL he wunLed und whuL he wus
prepured Lo do, und he dIdn`L go one sLep beyond
1 May 1994
Rothmans/Williams Paddock Club, Imola
Richard West (to guests): The ruce sLurLs In jusL over Lwo hours` LIme. ¡`m
sure you uII suw Lhe wurm-up LImes LhIs mornIng. Very encourugIng. The
onIy LhIng LhuL Is noL encourugIng, oI course, Is LhuL we don`L know whuL
Lhe oLher Leums ure doIng buL Schumucher Is buck In 11Lh pIuce.
The pIun now LhIs mornIng Is LhuL Lhe drIvers huve hud LheIr munduLory
brIehng uL 11 o`cIock. They huve Lo go In IronL oI Lhe sLewurds, Lhe cIerk oI
Lhe course, Lhe suIeLy oIhcer, Lhe docLor. ¡L`s u cIosed meeLIng, where Lhe
drIvers sIL Ior muybe Len, 1¸ mInuLes und ure LuIked Lhrough suIeLy uspecLs
on Lhe Lruck, whIch Is purLIcuIurIy reIevunL In vIew oI Lhe unIorLunuLe
IncIdenL LhuL occurred yesLerduy.
BuL on u more posILIve noLe, we hud u good wurm-up LhIs mornIng. ¡L`s
very dIIhcuIL Lo know when AyrLon Is compIeLeIy huppy, buL Dumon suys
he`s huppy wILh Lhe cur. AyrLon Is sLIII LuIkIng Lo Lhe engIneers now und wIII
probubIy conLInue Lo do so unLII ubouL u mInuLe beIore Lhe sLurL. |Sennu
und HIII enLer Lhe room Lo Lhe uppIuuse oI Lhe guesLs.|
AyrLon, you ure Lhe poIe mun yeL uguIn In your IIIusLrIous cureer. WhuL ¡
wouId IIke Lo usk you Lo do, Is Lo expIuIn Lo Lhe guesLs here Loduy Lhe Lype oI
condILIons und speeds you experIence und some oI Lhe ureus on Lhe cIrcuIL
LhuL perhups wouId be oI InLeresL. |A Iurge mup oI Lhe cIrcuIL Is provIded Ior
Lhe drIvers Lo unnoLuLe.|
Ayrton Sennu {looking ut his wutch; it is just beIore midduy):
Okuy. IL`s sLIII 'good mornIng.` ¡moIu Is Ior us drIvers u very IusL cIrcuIL,
very demundIng becuuse Lhe speeds we do uround here ure preLLy hIgh
und IL Lukes u IoL oI concenLruLIon Lo muInLuIn, mosL oI Lhe LIme, conLroI
oI Lhe muchIne.
However, IL`s u pIuce where we cun uchIeve muxImum speed here |He
murks un X on Lhe mup jusL beIore Lhe VIIIeneuve rIghL-hunder| where
¡ LhInk we reuch ¸z¸-¸¸o kIIomeLres per hour. We huve u number oI bIg
IL. Once you undersLood LhuL, deuIIng wILh hIm
becume much eusIer.
WILh LhuL pusL experIence In mInd, we hud u
sponsor evenL pIunned Ior Lhe Sunduy mornIng
uL ¡moIu, und, gIven everyLhIng LhuL hud uIreudy
huppened, ¡ doubLed he wouId uLLend. ¡ mude u
poInL oI uskIng hIm eurIy LhuL Sunduy mornIng.
He usked who wouId be Lhere, how muny peopIe
were goIng und wheLher he wus reuIIy needed. ¡
suId yes, und In reLurn he usked me Lo keep Lhe
uppeurunce shorL und Lo Lhe poInL.
When he urrIved uL Lhe Puddock CIub murquee
behInd Lhe pILs, he wus weurIng hIs ruce overuIIs
LIed cusuuIIy uround hIs wuIsL, hIs SennInhu
T-shIrL und hIs obIIguLory bIue cup, oI course.
Dumon wus weurIng whILe chInos und u whILe
poIo shIrL und hIs bIue RoLhmuns cup.
One oI my roIes In Lhe Leum wus Lo InIorm Lhe
guesLs ubouL Lhe weekend`s evenL und ¡ hud been
doIng LhIs Ior Lhe qo or so guesLs presenL Ior Len
mInuLes when AyrLon und Dumon urrIved uL Lhe
Puddock CIub. As AyrLon ushers Dumon Lowurds
me, you see on Lhe vIdeo LhuL he squeezes hIs
shouIder us II Lo suy, 'We`II geL Lhrough LhIs,
IL won`L Luke Iong.` ¡L`s u shorL InLervIew, buL
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brukIng poInLs und IL`s u cIrcuIL where you huve hIgh speed uL mosL oI Lhese
pIuces, so you huve Lo sLop Lhe cur u IoL, requIrIng u IoL oI brukIng Iorce.
¡L`s uIso u cIrcuIL where Lhe G-Iorces In our body und neck ure preLLy
hIgh, us we ure doIng LhIs corner |TumbureIIo| uL zqokph und IL`s u Iong
corner und your neck goes, goes, goes. Sume LhIng uround here |PIruLeIIu|,
sume LhIng, buL u bIL Iower G-Iorce.
BeIng u hIgh-speed cIrcuIL, Lhe uveruge speed Is hIgh und LhereIore Lhe
ruce dIsLunce In Lerms oI LIme Is ruLher shorLer Lhun mosL cIrcuILs. So Lhe
LoLuI ruce doesn`L IusL us Iong us mosL cIrcuILs.
¡L Is u cIrcuIL LhuL ¡ enjoy drIvIng - ¡ huve done weII here In Lhe pusL.
¡ won here u Iew ruces und Lhe crowd here Is specIuI In ¡LuIy, wILh Lhe
uLmosphere wILh FerrurI und Ior uII oI FormuIu 1 IL Is specIuI.
And ¡ hope LhuL Loduy`s ruce Is excILIng Ior Lhe pubIIc und IL Is good Ior
our Leum, Ior myseII und Dumon und Ior Lhe WIIIIums Leum, becuuse so
Iur LhIs yeur IL hus been ouL oI our hunds Ior uII oI us. So reuIIy ¡ LhInk Lhe
Leum need u good resuIL Lo busIcuIIy geL LhIs yeur`s chumpIonshIp goIng,
boLh Ior Dumon und myseII.
So now ¡ wIII hund over Lo Dumon, who
wIII compIeLe Lhe Iup, buL In beLLer EngIIsh
|The guesLs Iuugh und uppIuud und Dumon pIcks
up und conLInues Lo descrIbe u Iup oI ¡moIu.|
:HVW BeIore you go, AyrLon, II ¡ couId pose
you one more quesLIon? WILh reIueIIIng LhIs
yeur, we`ve seen u greuL deuI oI excILemenL In Lhe
ruces. From your perspecLIve, you ure In reguIur
communIcuLIon beIore und durIng Lhe ruce - whuL
InIormuLIon do you receIve Irom Lhe Leum over your rudIo prIor Lo comIng
In Ior your IueI und Lyre sLops?
6HQQD >VPLOLQJ@ WeII, we huven`L hud LhuL muny chunces Lo go Lhrough
LhIs exercIse LhIs yeur. So uII ¡ cun go on Is BruzII und Lhere wus Lhe usuuI
punIc oI '¡`m comIng In, comIng In, comIng In` und Lhey jusL ucknowIedge
und suy 'okuy`. There wusn`L uny purLIcuIur probIem, IL wus jusL conhrmIng.
¡`m on Lhe wuy In, Lhey suy ¡ cun come In und LhuL`s IL.
BuL we pIunned everyLhIng beIorehund so we know when Lhe LIme Lo
come In Is. And Lhe Leum Is reudy, Lhere, sLundIng In Lhe pILs reudy Lo expecL
us. So IL`s been good so Iur und ¡ LhInk Lhe muIn cIrcuIL LhuL wIII be more
dIIhcuIL Ior suIeLy reusons wIII be MonLe CurIo - IL`s u very LIghL pILIune
wILh Loo muny peopIe In IL. ThuL ruce Is comIng nexL und IL wIII be very,
very dungerous. So we jusL LuIked Loduy ubouL IL und we ure LhInkIng ubouL
uskIng Lhe F¡A oIhcIuIs Lo InLroduce u speed IImIL Ior Lhe pILIune In MonLe
CurIo onIy Lo Lry und perhups mInImIse Lhe rIsk.
:HVW WeII ¡ LhInk we oughL Lo IeL you go. CouId you boLh
sIgn Lhe cIrcuIL mup II you wouId, pIeuse. A wurm round oI
uppIuuse, pIeuse, Ior AyrLon Sennu und Dumon HIII. |They
boLh sIgn Lhe mup und Ieuve Lhe Puddock CIub.|


The signature he made just next to the
TumbureIIo corner on Lhe cIrcuIL mup Is mosL IIkeIy hIs IusL
one ever. And IL wus Lhe IusL LIme he spoke In pubIIc.
A Iew mInuLes IuLer, ¡ wenL Lo geL my brIeIcuse Irom Frunk`s
moLorhome. The IIghL wus oII, ¡ wuIked In und AyrLon wus
sILLIng Lhere In sIIence. As ¡ upoIogIsed he suId,
¨Don`L worry, ¡`m jusL guLherIng my LhoughLs.¨ Then he
udded: ¨How ure \RX?¨ WhIch wus unusuuI Ior hIm so cIose
Lo u ruce sLurL, und he Lhen suId: ¨How oId ure you?¨ When ¡
repIIed ¨¸;¨ he suId: ¨ShIL, mun, you Iook oId!¨ And ¡ joked
LhuL ¡ Iooked oId becuuse ¡ hud Lo go chusIng uround Lhe worId
hndIng money Lo puy hIs suIury. We boLh Iuughed, Lhen uILer
u puuse ¡ mude un excuse Lo Ieuve.
¨Don`L you wunL Lo LuIk Lo me, Lhen?¨ he suId. WhIch, uguIn,
wus un unusuuI LhIng Ior hIm Lo suy. BuL IL wus neurIy one
o`cIock und wouId soon be LIme Lo geL InLo Lhe cur. So ¡ sImpIy
smIIed und wenL on my wuy.
The IusL LIme ¡ suw hIm, he wus sILLIng In hIs cur jusL beIore
Lhe grId wus cIeured oI peopIe. AILer Lhe sLurL-IIne uccIdenL
¡ wus expecLIng Lhe ruce Lo be red-ßugged, buL Lhe SuIeLy Cur
wus ouL on Lruck.
The SuIeLy Cur cume In, und on Iup ;, Lhere wus u huge
cIoud oI dusL uL TumbureIIo. ¡ remember LhInkIng, ¨ShIL,
LhuL`s u bIg uccIdenL,¨ und Lhen seeIng Lhe yeIIow heImeL.
There wus u sLunned sIIence In Lhe guruge und Lhen
we sLurLed wuLchIng IL unIoId on Lhe monILor. We suw AyrLon`s
heud move sIIghLIy und ¡ LhoughL, Ior u spIIL second, muybe
he`s jusL been knocked ouL. Lhen Lhe murshuIs cume up und
Lhen Lhey sLepped buck.
“I hope that today’s race is exciting for the public and it is good for
myself and Damon and for the Williams team” Senna in his final interview
From left to right:
Richard West, Damon
Hill and Ayrton Senna
at the Imola Paddock
Club, hours before the
race. This was the last
time Senna spoke in
public before his death
From LhuL momenL on, you knew LhuL IL wus goIng Lo be bud. AL LhuL poInL
¡ suId Lo Frunk LhuL ¡ needed Lo go und hnd ouL whuL wus goIng on. The
medIcuI cenLre wus pundemonIum - ¡ couIdn`L usk uny quesLIons. By LhuL
poInL he wus IuId on Lhe LrucksIde. And Lhen ¡ remember Lhe heIIcopLer
IIILIng oII und heurIng Lhe ruce resLurL.
¡ wenL Lo see BernIe. ¡ buzzed Lhe door Lo hIs bus und wenL In und suL
down. ¡ wus upseL. He LoId me Lo Luke u Iew mInuLes und he dIdn`L speuk.
Then he suId, ¨Are you okuy? Go buck Lo your guruge, remuIn cuIm, und do
whuL you need Lo do.¨ The Iew experIences ¡`ve hud wILh BernIe uL LImes oI
pressure - he wus very cuIm. He jusL guve me LhuL breuLhIng spuce. AbouL
1¸ mInuLes Irom Lhe end oI Lhe resLurLed ruce, ProI SId WuLkIns rung me.
He LoId me LhuL AyrLon wus breuLhIng, buL LesLs showed Lhere
wus no bruIn ucLIvILy. There wus no comIng buck.
The nexL coupIe oI hours were u bIur, buL ¡ remember
IeuvIng Lhe cIrcuIL by heIIcopLer wILh BerLIe, PuLrIck Heud
und AdrIun Newey. As we Look oII over Lhe RIvuzzu, Lhe crowds
hud scruped up uII Lhe IILLer und hud wrILLen 'Sennu` In bIg
IeLLers on Lhe hIII.
¡ dIdn`L sIeep LhuL nIghL und wenL Lo Lhe IucLory uL sIx Lhe
nexL mornIng. AIreudy Lhere wus u IoL oI medIu Lhere und Iuns
who hud IuId ßowers uL Lhe IucLory guLes, IncIudIng one coupIe
who hud drIven up Irom Devon Lhrough Lhe nIghL. There wusn`L
u sIngIe person who wusn`L devusLuLed. ¡L wus such u shock, buL
everyone wILhIn Lhe Leum ucLed exLremeIy proIessIonuIIy. Those sILuuLIons
chunge your vIew oI whuL`s ImporLunL In IIIe. ¡L`s unbeIIevubIe Lo LhInk LhuL
no muLLer how good or sLrong or LuIenLed you ure, IL cun uII be Luken uwuy
Irom you jusL IIke LhuL. You cun Iose everyLhIng In u spIIL second.
¡ ßew Lo Suo PuuIo overnIghL on Lhe Tuesduy Ior hIs IuneruI. WhuL sLuck
In my mInd wus Lhe quunLILy oI peopIe on Lhe sLreeLs. ¡L Look us hours Lo geL
Irom Lhe uIrporL Lo Lhe hoLeI. AyrLon`s body hud urrIved LhuL mornIng und
wus IuId In sLuLe Ior peopIe Lo puy LheIr IusL respecLs.
The nexL mornIng wus Lhe IuneruI corLège. By LhIs LIme, Lhe number oI
peopIe ¡`d seen on Lhe sLreeLs Lhe prevIous duy wus noLhIng compured wILh
whuL ¡ suw on Lhe Thursduy. ¡L wus very respecLIuI, very emoLIonuI. BuL IL
wus mIIIIons - ¡`m noL exuggeruLIng - mIIIIons oI peopIe, und Frunk, hIs
nurse und ¡ were In Lhe corLège heudIng Ior Lhe cemeLery.
TwenLy yeurs on, AyrLon Is sLIII greuLIy mIssed. And uILhough ¡ IeIL
WIIIIums u coupIe oI yeurs IuLer, ¡ know Lhere`s sLIII u greuL deuI oI
reverence Ior hIm uL Lhe Leum. He`s u purL oI LhuL compuny`s hIsLory und
Iegucy. Those who were Iucky enough Lo work wILh hIm In LhuL shorL perIod
oI LIme experIenced someLhIng very specIuI, und ¡ huve Lo reILeruLe whuL
Iormer WIIIIums Leum munuger ¡un HurrIson suId: Lhe Leum never reuIIy goL
Lo know hIm weII enough. WhIch wus u shume, becuuse noL onIy wus
he Lhe mosL umuzIng drIver, he wus un umuzIng humun beIng us weII. So
Lo whoever senL me LhuL vIdeo Lupe uII Lhose yeurs ugo: Lhunk you.
5LFKDUG :HVW ZDV WDONLQJ WR -DPHV 5REHUWV
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“Prof Sid Watkins said Ayrton was
breathing but there was no brain
activity. There was no coming back”
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Sheer speed marked out
Ayrton Senna as one of
the greats, but it was
his complex and driven
personality that both
fascinated and stamped
his authority on the sport.
We’ve selected the career
highlights that helped
create the legend
Senna’s
greatest
moments
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WORDS PAUL FEARNLEY
Oh, Lhe InjusLIce. ProsL wus error-
Iree, despILe u bruke probIem
In hIs McLuren, whereus Sennu
hud dumuged hIs ToIemun`s
suspensIon on u kerb. No muLLer:
LheIr roIes were cusL. The Iormer,
gesLIcuIuLIng Ior u sLoppuge, wus
devIous MuchIuveIII; Lhe IuLLer wus
GuIuhud, pure und compIIcuLed.
On \eur-oId MIcheIIn sIIcks
- McLuren hud Lhe IInuI su\ on
uIIocuLIon - Sennu quuIIIIed 1¸Lh.
On new-spec weLs - Lhe onI\
opLIon uvuIIubIe - Ior Lhe ruce,
he pIcked oII Jucques LuIIILe,
MunIred WInkeIhock, Keke
Rosberg, René Arnoux und NIkI
Luudu beIore pussIng ProsL on Lhe
IIne us Lhe red IIugs IIew.
OuLwurdI\ cuIm, he Iumed unLII
reuIIsIng LhuL: ¨¡ probubI\ goL
more pubIIcIL\ Lhun II ¡ hud won.¨
HuII-poInLs were uwurded. BuL
LhuL wus onI\ Lhe huII oI IL.
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ThIs wus WKH du\. He suId so
hImseII us he prowIed ubouL Lhe
worId chumpIon`s cur. He even
puLLed IL beIore bourdIng.
He dIdn`L IIL Lhe cur: Sennu
wus LuII und LhIn, whereus Keke
Rosberg wus broud und shorL.
The ph\sIcuI, however, wouId puIe
uguInsL Lhe meLuph\sIcuI.
He shed u Leur us mechunIcs
sLrupped hIm In us besL Lhe\ couId.
He reud Lhe cuuLIonur\ noLe Luped
Lo Lhe wheeI. And, IIke u veLerun,
he bIended cIuLch wILh LhroLLIe Lo
IuIIIII hIs desLIn\.
AILer u Iew Iups, he muLched Lhe
prevIous besL. B\ Lhe LesL`s end,
huvIng Iound WIIIIums` FWo8C
hud sIx noL IIve geurs, he sIIced oII
1.6secs, despILe u IueI Ioud InLended
Lo muke hIm Iook mereI\ promIsIng.
He pILLed - he`d
IeIL Lhe engIne LIghLen
- und suId Lhunk \ou.
Now IL wus D du\.
The IIrsL oI mun\.
A bIL oI Iun he Look oh-so-serIousI\.
As u no-murk repIucemenL In u
sLeIIur IIeId guLhered Lo ceIebruLe
Lhe openIng oI Lhe 'new` grund prIx
cIrcuIL, LhIs wus Sennu`s chunce
Lo shIne In equuI II mundune
muchIner\: u Merc suIoon.
He churmed AIuIn ProsL on
Lhe wu\ Irom Lhe uIrporL, umused
hIm b\ ceusIng communIcuLIon
uILer IosIng LheIr buLLIe Ior poIe,
und Irked hIm ro\uII\ b\ eIbowIng
hIm Irom Lhe Ieud. ThereuILer, Lhe
\oungesL mun In FormuIu 1 puL In
un ubsoIuLeI\ ImmucuIuLe drIve In
horrendous condILIons.
¡L IeIL greuL Lo beuL NIkI Luudu,
Keke Rosberg, Denn\ HuIme,
Jod\ ScheckLer, SIr Juck Brubhum,
John SurLees und PhII HIII -
worId chumpIons uII - buL, more
ImporLunLI\, he`d goL under
ProsL`s skIn.
MIschIeI wus hIs Iun.
Race of Champions
Nürburgring
12 May 1984
Monaco GP
Monte Carlo
3 June 1984
Formula 1 test
Donington Park
19 July 1983
EIIo de AngeIIs, In hIs sIxLh
seuson uL LoLus, ouLquuIIIIed
Sennu IIrsL LIme ouL. ¡n BruzII.
BuL Sennu puL LhuL rIghL In
PorLuguI b\ u murgIn - und
wILh un euse LhuL swung hIs
new Leum behInd hIm.
De AngeIIs deIended superbI\
Irom ruIn-musLer ProsL unLII Lhe
IuLLer`s McLuren Iooped on u
IIooded sLruIghL. AL whIch poInL
Lhe ¡LuIIun wuvered, wus pussed
b\ u FerrurI und suIIered u IIuL
when he IeIL Lhe roud.
Sennu IeIL Lhe roud, Loo, buL
reguIned IL, sLIII IeudIng, IuLer
gesLurIng Ior u sLoppuge. The
Iron\ wus IosL on hIm. And
b\ Lhe LIme Lhe ruce wus over,
ever\one wus bIInd Lo IL. Opuque
spru\. TrunspurenL LuIenL.
FIrsL poIe, IIrsL wIn und
second IusLesL Iup - \eL IL
wus Iur greuLer Lhun Lhe sum
oI ILs purLs.
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Estoril
21 April 1985
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PoIe; un eurI\ Ieud; u puncLure
LhuL reIeguLed hIm Lo eIghLh; Lhe
speed und uccuruc\ oI hIs drIvIng
und LoLus`s pIL work In recover\.
LhIs wus hurdI\ u run-oI-Lhe-mIII
wIn. YeL IL`s remurkubIe Ior whuL
huppened DIWHU Lhe chequered IIug.
Sennu puused on Lhe sIowIng-
down Iup Lo receIve u %DQGHLUR GR
%UDVLO. TIn\, us II pIucked Irom un
¡punemu sundcusLIe, IL IIuLLered
wILh u comIcuI IerocIL\ - buL Lhe
gesLure wus sweepIng. The worId
wus hIs sLuge, Europe hIs buse, buL
hIs heurL und souI Iu\ In BruzII.
WILh ILs 'sk\ oI puresL bIue`,
'peerIess green oI Lhese IoresLs`
und 'spIendour oI Lhe SouLhern
Cross`, hIs nuLIon`s s\mboI puInLs u
dreumscupe. Sennu, Lhough uwure
oI ILs hursher reuIILIes, wus proud Lo
be ILs brIghLesL sLur.
The promIse shown b\ u IronL-
row sLurL und un eurI\ Ieud Iuded
us MunseII (WIIIIums), ProsL
(McLuren) und PIqueL (WIIIIums)
overLook. B\ mId-dIsLunce, Sennu
wus buLLIIng ThIerr\ BouLsen`s
BeneLLon Ior IourLh.
AL whIch poInL Sennu heurd
u 'pop`. A boIL hud IuIIen Irom u
Lurbo-housIng und Lhe Ieuk sL\mIed
hIs boosL conLroI. MuLLers goL worse
us u sudden Ioss oI IronL-end grIp
senL hIm scurr\Ing Lo Lhe pILs. A
Iew Iups IuLer he reLurned Ior u new
nose. HIs ucLIve suspensIon hud
spuL ILs IIuId und Lurned pussIve
- In nume onI\ - und sugged onLo
'heIper` sprIngs desIgned Ior IImps
InLo reLIremenL. SLIII he pressed on.
HIs onI\ commenL uILer IInIshIng
LhIrd wus LhuL Lhe
bruke peduI hud gone
soIL - IL wus ucLuuII\
dungIIng Lhrough u
hoIe worn In Lhe IIoor.
US GP
Detroit
22 June 1986
German GP
Hockenheim
27 July 1987
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Imola
1 May 1988
Monaco GP
Monte Carlo
15 May 1988
BeuLIng new Leum-muLe ProsL wus
hIs Iocus; vIcLor\ wus u b\-producL.
Sennu hud been on poIe In BruzII,
onI\ Lo be dIsquuIIIIed Ior sLurLIng
u deIu\ed - noL huILed - ruce In Lhe
spure cur und Irom Lhe pILs. ThIs
LIme, he mude u brIIIIunL geLuwu\
Irom unoLher brIIIIunL poIe, neurI\
eIghL-LenLhs IusLer Lhun hIs Leum-
muLe, und buIIL u bIg Ieud us ProsL
recovered Irom u hesILuLIng engIne.
ProsL wus more cuuLIous In
LruIIIc, und Sennu, despILe u huII-
spIn, conLroIIed Lhe gup. 'The
Frenchmun`, us Sennu cuIIed hIm,
Lhough Iur Irom beuLen, wus on
Lhe buck IooL und conLempIuLIng
udupLuLIons. Sennu, IusLer, more
ruLhIess, hud Imposed hIs wIII.
ThuL LheIr curs were so superIor,
b\ Lhree seconds In quuIII\Ing
und b\ u Iup In Lhe ruce - meunL u
Lwo-horse LILIe ruce. PrecIseI\ whuL
Sennu wunLed.
HIs IIrsL worId chumpIonshIp
wouId be unoLher b\-producL.
The rucer wILh deep-seuLed beIIeIs
wus huvIng u reIIgIous experIence.
Wus LhuL God uL PorLIer?
Even urdenL ugnosLIcs couId
see LhuL Sennu wus operuLIng on
u hIgher pIune. ProsL, no doubL
IeeIIng vuInerubI\ humun, rode IL
ouL wILh u wIde-e\ed ¨FunLusLIc!¨
ProsL Iooked IusL, \eL Sennu
hud supernuLuruI rh\Lhm some
Lwo seconds beLLer. Even he hud
noL experIenced ILs IIke beIore.
The work oI someLhIng be\ond
LuIenL, he wus sLeppIng Lhrough
u prevIousI\ Iocked door.
When udvIsed Lo desIsL becuuse
nobod\ couId beLLer hIs LIme, he
repIIed LhuL KH couId. And he dId.
He wus sLIII deuIIng wILh Lhese
sensuLIons when he crushed Irom
u commundIng Ieud. Wus LhuL
Sennu uL PorLIer?
He gIveLh und he LukeLh uwu\.
BeIIeIs und demons.
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BuL Ior Lhe sIope, IL wouId huve
ended uL Lhe begInnIng. Sennu
sLuIIed, Lhrew up hIs urms, und
bump-sLurLed hIs Hondu Lurbo
LwIce beIore IL cuughL. FourLeenLh
uL Turn 1, he wus eIghLh by Lhe end
oI Lhe IIrsL Iup.
ProsL rushed InLo Lhe Ieud.
Any LhoughL oI hIs ChrIsLmus
huvIng come eurIy, however, wus
erused by u buuIkIng LrunsmIssIon
cuused by u worn cIuLch. One
mIssed shIIL uIIowed ¡vun CupeIII`s
Murch Lo Ieud Ior u Iew yurds.
Sennu, meunLIme, wus rushIng
Lhrough Lhe IIeId wILh u LerrIIyIng
decIsIveness, whIch ProsL udmILLed
he couId noL muLch. On Iup z8, Lhey
swupped pIuces when u buckmurker
muddIed Lhe mIx.
Though u squuII In Lhe cIosIng
Iups cuused Sennu dIsquIeL - und
more gesLIcuIuLIon - he conLInued
Lo puII uwuy.
The LILIe wus hIs.
ProsL hud wurned he wouIdn`L gIve
wuy. BuL sLIII, LhIs wusn`L hIs scene.
Though hIs cur wus undumuged,
he wunLed ouL. Sennu, hIgh on
udrenuIIne, urged Lhe murshuIs
Lo push. He wunLed buck In.
TheIr heIp wus IeguI; Lhe
McLurens were dungerousIy
LungIed In Lhe mIddIe oI Lhe Lruck.
Sennu`s bypussIng oI Lhe chIcune,
however, wus deemed worLhy oI
dIsquuIIIIcuLIon.
ProsL`s Iow-downIorce seLLIng
hud gIven hIm Lhe edge Ior mosL
oI Lhe ruce. He`d been unusuuIIy
dynumIc In LruIIIc, Loo. YeL sLIII
Sennu hunLed hIm down. The
Iunge, when IL cume, InevILubIy
demunded compIIunce. ProsL wus
LrudgIng besIde Lhe pIL enLry when
hIs uppurenLIy IrresIsLIbIe Ioe
durLed pusL In seurch oI u new nose.
There hud been whIIIs
oI conLroversy ubouL LheIr
reIuLIonshIp, und Lhe purLs pIuyed
by McLuren, Hondu und F¡SA In
generuLIng runcour, buL now Lhe
whoIe LhIng sLunk.
Japanese GP
Suzuka
30 October 1988
Japanese GP
Suzuka
22 October 1989
He hud Lo see Ior hImseII und
rushed Lo Lhe scene. There wus
MurLIn DonneIIy, conLorLed IIke
u dIscurded puppeL, hIs LoLus
reduced Lo drIveLruIn, Lunk und
IrugmenLs by ILs 1qomph ImpucL.
Sennu, shocked by Lhe IrugIIILy
oI mun und muchIne seL Lhe IusLesL
quuIIIyIng LIme by u second - und
In LrIbuLe. NoL everyone suw IL LhuL
wuy. And perhups Lhere wus un
eIemenL oI seIIIshness: he wunLed
Lo Ieurn Irom DonneIIy`s pIIghL.
BuL Lhere wus seIIIessness
Lhere us weII. He wenL Lo vIsIL
hIs comuLose coIIeugue und Lhen
Lrucked hIs LorLuous recovery vIu
hIs IrIend, ProIessor SId WuLkIns.
HIs churIsmu hud durk corners,
buL on LhIs occusIon Lhey were
IIIumInuLed by dIgnILy und honour.
Even ProsL ugreed LhuL poIe shouId
huve been on Lhe rubbered sIde,
noL Lhe InsIde.
Sennu IeIL beLruyed by
cIrcumsLunce. HuvIng InsIsLed LhuL
Lhe muLLer oI Suzuku 1q8q wus
In Lhe pusL und LhuL he und ProsL
were now IrIends - Lhey`d shuken
hunds, uILer uII - resIduuI unger
bubbIed Lo Lhe surIuce. He mude
un eurIy exIL Irom Lhe drIvers`
brIeIIng. HIs Iuce: IIke Lhunder. HIs
mood: regurdIess oI consequence.
Turn 1 wus unoLher IeL-me-
Lhrough-or-we-crush move, more
drumuLIc und unequIvocuI LhIs
LIme, uL 1¸omph. As Lhey depurLed
LheIr respecLIve cockpILs, Lhe
poIILIcuI consequences were onIy
jusL begInnIng.
WorId chumpIon Ior u second
LIme, Sennu InsIsLed IL wus jusL u
rucIng uccIdenL. He InsIsLed, Loo,
LhuL he wus uL peuce.
Spanish GP
Jerez
28 September 1990
Japanese GP
Suzuka
21 October 1990
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Seven LImes, LhIs mosL cherIshed
wIn hud eIuded hIm: dodg\ Lurbo,
dIck\ eIecLrIcs, deLonuLed engIne, u
dIsquuIIIIcuLIon und Lhree coIIIsIons.
On LhIs occusIon, IourLh geur
hud gone mIssIng und LhIrd und
IIILh geurs were provIng Lo be
IuIr-weuLher IrIends. WILh seven
Iups sLIII Lo go, und u sLorm cIoud
IoomIng, Sennu`s sIxLh-sense
LIngIed und he sLuck IL In Lop geur.
CIeurI\ he wus humpered, buL
b\ whuL und b\ how much? HIs
cumouIIuge wus seumIess - un
envIous PIqueL quesLIoned Lhe
verucIL\ oI Sennu`s sLor\ gIven
Lhe Lruck`s eIevuLIon chunges - und
RIccurdo PuLrese, hIs WIIIIums`
semI-uuLo IeudIng hIm u dunce,
cIosed buL decIded uguInsL rIskIng
second pIuce, on sIIcks, In Lhe weL.
Sennu, who hud reuched new
heIghLs - und even Iound Lhe
sLrengLh Lo wuve on Lhe IusL Iup -
wus IIILed Irom Lhe cockpIL. There
couId be no neuLruIs LhuL du\.
Brazilian GP
Interlagos
24 March 1991
He dIdn`L sweur oILen In pubIIc -
buL, bo\, dId he bIusL Jeun-MurIe
BuIesLre on LhIs du\.
Sennu`s posL-ruce monoIogues
were u Suzuku LrudILIon (LhIs wus
hIs LhIrd In us mun\ \eurs) und
Lhough Lhe\ seemed peLuIunL, Lhe\
conLuIned Lhe LruLh us he suw IL.
The ouLgoIng F¡SA PresIdenL hud
¨robbed¨ hIm In 1q8q und ¨Iucked¨
hIm In 1qqo. ReIerrIng Lo Lhe IuLLer
occusIon, Sennu reLrospecLIveI\
reveuIed hIs reucLIon: ¨¡I Lomorrow
ProsL beuLs me oII Lhe IIne, uL Lhe
IIrsL corner ¡ wIII go Ior IL, und he
beLLer noL Lurn In becuuse he Is noL
goIng Lo muke IL.¨
Four du\s IuLer, buckLruckIng
onI\ sIIghLI\, he puL hIs sIgnuLure Lo
un InsIpId concIIIuLor\ press reIeuse
doLLed wILh Ronspeuk und suIIused
wILh Hondu poIILesse.
There couId be no puperIng over
Lhese crucks, Lhough.
A chInk oI IIghL: runuwu\ Ieuder
MunseII emerged Irom Lhe LunneI
convInced he hud u puncLure, und
prompLI\ sLopped Ior Iresh rubber.
Sennu, huvIng survIved Lhe
seuson on scrups IeIL us WIIIIums
gorged, hud never been hungrIer.
Though hIs L\res were IrIed, he
wusn`L ubouL Lo gIve up u Ieud he`d
onI\ jusL InherILed.
As MunseII, hImseII u Iun oI
LheuLrIcs, IuId down LhIck bIuck
IInes und IusLesL Iups us he
reeIed Lhe McLuren buck In, und
LhereuILer jInked LhIs wu\ und
LhuL und durLed Ior nonexIsLenL
gups, Sennu kepL resoIuLeI\ Lo u
deIensIve IIne.
An\where eIse und MunseII
wouId huve won; un\one buL
Sennu und he wouId huve won.
¡nsLeud, Sennu scored u record-
equuIIIng IIILh wIn (In sIx \eurs)
uL F1`s mosL presLIgIous GP.
The mun who IoughL Lo muke Lhe
sporL suIer meL Lhe mun who used
LhuL Lo hIs udvunLuge In u IIghL.
JusL IIve worId LILIes beLween
Lhem, Lhe\ were poIes upurL.
JuckIe SLewurL, Ior AusLruIIun
TV`s ChunneI q, used LrIgger
words, such us ¨muLure¨ und
¨prudenL¨, In reIerence Lo Lhe
recenL Suzuku conLrovers\.
Sennu, huckIes rIsIng, cuIIed hIm
¨SLewurL¨ und ¨Juck¨, hIs words
rushed us he shIILed Iorwurd on hIs
seuL und jubbed u IInger.
SLewurL wus cuIm und persIsLenL.
He`d eurned Lhe cIouL Lo usk
quesLIons no one eIse wouId. BuL
Sennu Iunded Lhe more noLeworLh\
bIows: ¨¡I \ou no Ionger go Ior
u gup. \ou ure
no Ionger u rucIng
drIver¨ und ¨¡ um
noL desIgned Lo come
LhIrd, IourLh or IIILh.¨
Japanese GP press conference
Suzuka
20 October 1991
Monaco GP
Monte Carlo
31 May 1992
Australian GP interview
Adelaide
1 November 1990
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unoLher oI Merc`s push\ \oung
pups, nIpped Lhrough Lhe gup In
hIs Suuber. So IL begun.
Schumucher wus dIspuLched
exILIng RedguLe, und WendIInger
on Lhe pIunge - IILeruII\, gIven
Lhe downpour - Lhrough Cruner
Curves. Dumon HIII wus umenubIe
uL McLeuns, und hIs WIIIIums Leum-
muLe ProsL wus gIven no choIce
uL Lhe MeIbourne HuIrpIn. Four
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conIerence IILun\ uL un end, II he
wouId IIke Lo swup curs. Nervous
IuughLer Iuded Lo sIIence, Ior uII
ussembIed knew LhuL such u swILch
wouId noL huve chunged Lhe resuIL.
European GP
Donington Park
11 April 1993
Sennu`s IInuI ruce wILh McLuren
wus hIs IusL uguInsL ProsL. AILer
wInnIng In Jupun In OcLober,
he hud Ignored ProsL`s hund,
exLended b\ wu\ oI reconcIIIuLIon
on Lhe podIum, und InsLeud sunk
u Iew schnupps, Iormed u IIsL und
punched dIsrespecLIuI newcomer
EddIe ¡rvIne.
¡L hud been un uneus\ cumpuIgn
oI ruce-b\-ruce conLrucLs (unLII
mIdseuson), bIuzIng rows wILh Ron
DennIs, und u besoLLed, exLended
courLshIp b\ WIIIIums. Sennu hud
pIu\ed IusL und Ioose, \eL wus ubIe
Lo LIe IL up neuLI\.
HIs IusL wIn wus McLuren`s
record 1oqLh. DennIs, who Is noL
desIgned Lo IInIsh LhIrd, IourLh
or IIILh, wus deIIghLed. As Ior
ProsL, Sennu hugged hIm on Lhe
podIum und suId Lhere wouId be
¨empLIness¨ wILhouL hIm. And
\ou sensed he meunL IL.
UnusuuII\, he suL bureheuded In
Lhe cur on Lhe grId und, mInus Lhe
Iumous hI-vIs heImeL, InLernuLIonuI
shorLhund Ior 'Move over!`
SuddenI\ he Iooked morLuI.
He`d promIsed hIs gIrIIrIend
he wouIdn`L ruce uILer RoIund
RuLzenberger`s IuLuI crush. And
he`d LoId ProI WuLkIns, who usked
hIm Lo wuIk uwu\ und come IIshIng
wILh hIm, LhuL he hud Lo ruce; IL
wus whuL he wus born Lo do.
¡L cosL hIm hIs IIIe.
He`d wurned, vIu Gerhurd
Berger, Lhe mun who LuughL hIm
how Lo IIve, ubouL sIow SuIeL\ Curs
und coId L\res. He wus concerned
ubouL hIs WIIIIums` hundIIng
ImbuIunce. And he wus deepI\
suspIcIous LhuL Lhe rIvuI gIvIng
chuse wus doIng so In u cur so
swIIL us Lo be IIIeguI.
He`d never IeIL more compeIIed.
He`d never been more compeIIIng.
ErIk Comus wus unconscIous und
hIs LIgIer wILhouL wheeIs uILer
hILLIng Lhe burrIer uL 18omph
BIunchImonL. Sennu weuved
Lhrough Lhe debrIs und drew Lo
u huIL. He knew whuL Lo do.
ProI WuLkIns wus on hIs wu\,
buL b\ Lhe LIme he urrIved, hIs
IrIend, uIwu\s keen Lo Ieurn,
hud done exucLI\ us
WuLkIns hud udvIsed
hIm he shouId.
HuvIng bruveI\
sprInLed Lhrough Lhe
dusL cIoud uguInsL unsIghLed
LruIIIc, Sennu ImmedIuLeI\
queIIed u screumIng RenuuIL
V1o communded b\ Lhe deud
weIghL oI ILs InerL drIver`s IooL.
GIven Lhe IIummubIe IIquIds
spIIIIng ouL oI Lhe wreckuge,
Comus Is udumunL LhuL LhIs
prompL ucLIon suved hIs IIIe.
And he regreLs LhuL he wus
powerIess Lo reLurn Lhe gesLure
on 1 Mu\ 1qqq, when hIs ouL-oI-
sequence Lurrousse wus sIgnuIIed
Lo sLop besIde Lhe devusLuLIon.
Belgian GP Free Practice
Spa-Francorchamps
28 August 1992
Australian GP
Adelaide
7 November 1993
San Marino GP
Imola
1 May 1994
YÒUPCHANCL TÒ
WlNASLNNAHLLMLT
Win a 1.2 sca|e Ayrton Senna ne|met wortn ±105


H
ave your own piece of F1
nistory and commemorate
tne |ife of a |e_end by
enterin_ our competition to win
one of tnese amazin_ 1.2 sca|e
Ayrton Senna rep|ica ne|mets.
Tnis mode| is a specia||y-
commissioned noma_e to
Sennas stunnin_ win in tne
Luropean CP at Oonin_ton
Par| in Apri| 1993, nai|ed as one
of nis fnest races. ln abysma|
conditions, ne |apped a|| but one
of nis competitors, ta|in_ nis
McLaren Ford MP^/B over tne
|ine more tnan a minute anead
of second-p|aced Oamon Hi||. At
130mmta||, tnis is a practica| and
accurate rep|ica wnicn is offcia||y
endorsed by TeamMcLaren.
We nave _ot ei_nt of tnese 1.2 sca|e
Snoei ne|mets to _ive away|
For your cnance to win, p|ease _o to.
www.fIrac|ng.co.uklcompet|t|on
and te|| us...
Q: Wnere did Senna c|incn tne 19BB
Formu|a Òne Wor|d Cnampionsnip?
A) Brazi| B) Austra|ia C) !apan
www.dleoastraoemodels.oom
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,I \RX¶UH RI D FHUWDLQ DJH or II you`ve ever seen 5HVHUYRLU 'RJV you`II be
IumIIIur wILh u cuIL cIussIc by SLeuIer`s WheeI LhuL churmed Lhe US churLs In
Lhe eurIy `;os: 6WXFN LQ WKH 0LGGOH :LWK <RX.
¨CIowns Lo Lhe IeIL oI me, jokers Lo Lhe rIghL,¨ wurbIes Gerry RuIIerLy,
¨here ¡ um, sLuck In Lhe mIddIe wILh you.¨
Now, IL wouId be IdIoLIc Lo suggesL LhuL uny hIghIy ruLed drIver oI u weII-
drIIIed mId-grId F1 Leum Is ¨sLuck¨, buL In Lhe cuse oI NIco HüIkenberg,
reLurned LhIs yeur Lo hIs Force ¡ndIu uImu muLer uILer u sIngIe-seuson
sojourn wILh Suuber, IL`s noL hurd Lo ImugIne hIm huvIng u Iew durk
LhoughLs oI LhIs nuLure us he seLLIes InLo unoLher yeur oI podIum-chusIng
und occusIonuI heudIIne-grubbIng drIves. Someone oI hIs LuIenL, muny
observers beIIeve, shouId uIreudy be esLubIIshed In u Lop-Leum groove.
Among hIs chumpIons hus been ErIc BouIIIer, IuLe oI LoLus und now
geLLIng used Lo hIs vIew oI Lhe McLuren TechnoIogy CenLre Iuke uIIorded
by hIs posILIon us Lhe Leum`s rucIng dIrecLor. AL Lhe LuII-end oI IusL yeur he
Nico Hülkenberg is the mid-grid superstar
most obviously crying out for a top-team
drive. Will Force India be a springboard to
greatness? Or will he remain on the fringes?
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
WORDS ANTHONY ROWLINSON
wus courLIng HuIk Ior u seuL uIongsIde RomuIn Grosjeun, In u Leum LhuL, Ior
uII ILs hnuncIuI woes, Is one oI onIy hve Lo huve won ruces consIsLenLIy over
Lhe pusL decude (wheLher us LoLus or RenuuIL). ¨¡I we secure Lhe necessury
hnunce,¨ BouIIIer LoId )5, ¨¡ wIII Luke HüIkenberg. ¡I we don`L huve IL, Lhen
we Luke MuIdonudo |und hIs $¸omIIIIon PDVSA buckIng|. ¡L`s LhuL sImpIe.¨
Money spoke IoudesL, so LhuL oII-seuson LrunsIer never cume Lo puss,
HuIk LukIng Lhe counseI oI hIs munuger Werner HeInz und opLIng Ior u
IumIIIur home. BuL LoLus weren`L Lhe onIy Leum Lo huve come knockIng.
FerrurI hud shown sLrong InLeresL beIore uILImuLeIy seLLIIng on possIbIy Lhe
mosL expensIve puIrIng ever LwInned In F1: RuIkkönen und AIonso.
Perhups IL`s u decIsIon The Reds wIII regreL, Ior uIreudy HuIk hus done
enough In euch oI hIs Lhree rucIng seusons (zo11 wus spenL us LhIrd drIver
Ior Force ¡ndIu) Lo cuLch Lhe eye In Lhe wuy LhuL Lhose desLIned Ior Lhe very
Lop Lend Lo do. There wus Lhe memorubIe BruzII zo1o poIe Ior WIIIIums;
jousLIng Ior Lhe Ieud Lhere wILh HumIILon Lwo yeurs IuLer; und IusL yeur
68 F1 Racing April 2014
Nico in the Force India VJM07 at the
second 2014 test in Bahrain: “I made
a good choice here. We are trying
to achieve something special”
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Ones that got away
(and then came back)
LhuL epIc uggressIve-deIensIve
drIve Lo Pq In Koreu, IendIng
oII AIonso, HumIILon und
Rosberg uIong Lhe wuy. ¡L
hud Lhe huIImurks oI GIIIes
VIIIeneuve`s IubIed Jurumu
`81 wIn uheud oI Jucques
LuIhLe, John WuLson, CurIos
ReuLemunn und EIIo de
AngeIIs, HüIkenberg usIng
LrucLIon und Lop speed Lo Iend
oII IusLer muchInery behInd.
PrompLed Lo LhInk buck Lo Koreu zo1¸, NIco Is muLLer-oI-IucL: ¨WeII Lhe
cur wus perIormIng preLLy weII LhuL duy. The key Lo our ruce wus good Lop
speed und very good LrucLIon. And II you Iook uL Lhe Koreu cIrcuIL IuyouL,
Lhe hrsL secLor Is sLruIghLs und hurd-brukIng huIrpIns. The resL oI IL In
secLors Lwo und Lhree Is LechnIcuI und nurrow, und IL`s hurd Lo overLuke, so
IL`s uImosL ImpossIbIe Lo puss II Lhe guy In IronL doesn`L muke u mIsLuke.
So once ¡ hud Lruck posILIon ¡ Iocused on usIng my cur where IL wus sLrong,
wILh Lop speed und LrucLIon ouL oI T1. ¡ wus sLIII drIvIng IusL, buL suvIng
Lyres where ¡ couId. ¡L`s ubouL usIng whuL you huve Lhe rIghL wuy.¨
There Is no beLLer munLru Ior Lhe chuIIenge IucIng F1 personneI In zo1q:
In LhIs eru oI eIhcIency, mukIng Lhe mosL oI whuL you`ve goL (1ookg
70 F1 Racing April 2014
“In Korea 2013,
I was driving fast,
but saving the
tyres where I could.
It’s about using
what you have
in the right way”
Nigel Mansell to Williams (1991)
Gerhard Berger to Ferrari (1993)
Fernando Alonso to Renault (2008)
After losing the Honda engine contract for 1988, Williams
endured an annus horribilis that prompted ‘Our Nige’ to jump
ship to Ferrari. By mid-1990, fed up with reliability troubles
and his fractious relationship with Alain Prost, Mansell had
announced his plans to retire from the sport. He signed a
new deal with Williams on the Monday after the Portuguese
Grand Prix, three races from the season’s end.
Berger nearly met his maker in a Ferrari at Imola in 1989.
Moving to McLaren for 1990, he enjoyed a good relationship
with team-mate Senna, but the summer of ’92 – with Senna
and Prost scrapping for a Williams drive, and McLaren
courting Michael Andretti – drove him back to Ferrari. “I was
tired of having to follow the politics of the driver market,”
he said. “I hated that. So I made my move first.”
In 2005, Fernando Alonso took the old maxim about quitting
while you’re ahead to a bizarre extreme: having won his first
title, he announced he was dispensing with Renault boss
Flavio Briatore’s management services and had tied up his
own deal to race for McLaren – in 2007. He won a second
title in ’06, moved to McLaren, fell out spectacularly with
Ron Dennis and hurried back to Renault’s bosom.
From top: taking pole
position for Williams
in Brazil 2010; fighting
Hamilton for the lead in
Brazil 2012; and fending
off Alonso to finish
fourth in Korea 2013
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72 F1 Racing April 2014
oI IueI, opLImIsed hybrId power, Lyre IIIe) Is Lhe key Lo success. And II u
drIver Is conhdenL In hIs ubIIILy Lo do so, he`s IIkeIy Lo prosper.
So, Loo, wILh Lhe Leum Ior whom HüIkenberg drIves. Force ¡ndIu huve
Iuunched InLo zo1q wILh quIeL upIomb. They huve quIck drIvers, un
enhunced murkeLIng depurLmenL LhuL hus Iured In Lhe IIkes oI MexIcun
IubrIcuLIon LILun RoshIruns (heIped by Lhe presence oI SergIo Pérez) und
zo1q`s power unIL oI choIce In Lhe buck end: Lhe Mercedes PU1o6A. On
LhIs duy, HuIk hus Lopped Lhe BuhruIn LIme sheeLs, wILh ;8 soIId Iups.
He reckons LhuL In Lerms oI geLLIng u Lrue pIcLure oI zo1q Iorm IL`s sLIII
¨very eurIy duys¨ und LhuL ¨we`re IIke kIds IeurnIng Lo wuIk uguIn, wILh Lhese
new curs¨. BuL Lhere`s conhdence In whuL he`s Iound on reLurnIng Lo Force
¡ndIu: ¨¡ IeIL on good Lerms und comIng buck hus IeIL good. ¡ know Lhe
peopIe - ¡ sLIII huve Lhe sume ruce engIneer |Brud Joyce| und Lhe sume chIeI
mechunIc, und II you come buck Lo u Leum you worked Ior beIore, you know
Lhe sLrucLures und process. ¡L`s u greuL Leum, wILh u greuL uLmosphere.¨
Force ¡ndIu depuLy Leum prIncIpuI Bob FernIey verILubIy cIucks when
he LuIks ubouL how huppy he Is Lo huve re-recruILed NIco. ¨He LIcked uII
Lhe boxes comIng Lhrough,¨ suys FernIey, ¨wInnIng LILIes uL every IeveI
beIore F1 und LhuL`s whuL cuughL our uLLenLIon when we recruILed hIm Irom
WIIIIums In zo11. WhuL`s excILIng now Is LhuL he`s Lhe compIeLe puckuge.
He cun undersLund und work wILh engIneerIng sIde oI LhIngs, und he`s good
wILh Lhe medIu und murkeLIng
Leums. He conducLs hImseII In
u meusured, cureIuI wuy und
doesn`L geL Loo excILed. He`s
Lhe consummuLe proIessIonuI
uL u young uge.¨
Spend uny LIme chuLLIng Lo
'Lhose In Lhe know` und you`II
heur opInIons IIke LhIs voIced
reudIIy ubouL NIco. For uII
hIs upprouchubIIILy, he`s u
megusLur In wuILIng und you
sense LhuL - wILhouL uny InLrusIon oI ego - he knows IL.
ConsIder hIs response Lo quesLIons ubouL Lhe FerrurI-drIve-LhuL-wusn`L:
¨WeII LhuL`s u bIL Ionger ugo, now,¨ he observes. ¨AL LhuL LIme. when you
ure ubIe Lo smeII LhuL opporLunILy und IL doesn`L huppen, Lhen oI course
Lhere Is some IrusLruLIon. BuL |here`s Lhe cIosure|, IL`s sIgned oII und ¡`ve
moved on. Even wILh LoLus IL wus never dehnILeIy goIng Lo huppen. ¡ mude
u good choIce Lo come here. We ure LryIng Lo uchIeve someLhIng specIuI.¨
SLIII Lhough, Lhere`s u nuggIng convIcLIon, LhuL In u 'Germun generuLIon`
LhuL`s produced u quudrupIe chump und now, uL Mercedes, couId spuwn
unoLher, HüIkenberg shouId be buLLIIng wILh Lhem on IeveI Lerms, us
hIs rucIng record demunds. ¡sn`L IL REYLRXV he`s u poLenLIuI chumpIon
hImseII? He gIves Lhe IuInLesL ¨hmm¨ oI ugreemenL, buL won`L be druwn
InLo compurIsons wILh Lhe IIkes oI VeLLeI or Rosberg. He does, however,
oIIer LhIs: ¨OI course Seb geLs Lhe uLLenLIon, becuuse he`s Lhe Iour-LIme
chumpIon. BuL IL wouId be InLeresLIng Ior me Lo see In Lhe rIghL cur whuL
¡ cun deIIver. ¡`m sure ¡ cun chuIIenge Ior wIns und LILIes us weII.¨
There IL Is: us sImpIe und sLruIghL u munIIesLo us u drIver cun muke
wILhouL reverLIng Lo bombusL or IudIcrous seII-uggrundIsemenL. The
essenLIuI bedrock upon whIch u successIuI compeLILIve cureer musL be
Iounded - unshukeubIe seII-beIIeI - seems uII presenL und correcL.
SLuck In Lhe mIddIe? NoL u bIL oI IL. JusL reudy. And wuILIng.
Germany’s most recent star is Seb Vettel: is Nico Hülkenberg next in line?
Force India have high hopes of their
new pairing, Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio
Pérez (below); and the VJM07 makes its
first appearance at the Jerez test (right)
“It would be
interesting for me
to see in the right
car what I can
deliver. I’m sure I
can challenge for
wins… and titles”
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:LWK DOO WKH PDVVLYH FKDQJHV goIng on beneuLh Lhe bodywork, IL`s
uImosL dIsuppoInLIng LhuL so much LuIk ubouL FormuIu 1 In zo1q hus
Iocused on Lhe smuII buL ImmedIuLeIy obvIous secLIon uL Lhe IronL - Lhe
LIp oI Lhe Iceberg, us IL were. WhuL sLurLed ouL us u sImpIe meusure Lo
Improve suIeLy In Lhe evenL oI u nose-Lo-reur-Lyre uccIdenL - Lhe uIm
beIng Lo uvoId Lhe kInd oI ßIp-over we suw uL VuIencIu In zo1z when
Murk Webber run InLo Lhe buck oI HeIkkI KovuIuInen - hus unIeushed
u wuve oI creuLIvILy us Leums Lry Lo expIoIL Lhe new ruIes.
WhuL we`ve goL ure some oI Lhe sLrungesL IronL-end LreuLmenLs sInce
Lhe IIkes oI Lhe 'wuIrus Lusk` WIIIIums FWz6 oI zooq und Lhe 'Leu-Lruy
nose` 1q;1 Murch ;11 (see pqz). ¡n deLuII, Lhe ruIes demund LhuL Lhe ureu
¸cm behInd Lhe very end oI Lhe nose Is uL IeusL q,ooomm
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; LhIs resuILs In
u squure oI ubouL q.¸cm, uILhough uny shupe cun be used. ThIs nose LIp
musL Lhen be cenLred uL 18.¸cm ubove Lhe ßoor oI Lhe cur. By conLrusL,
IusL yeur`s noses were ubouL ¸z.¸cm hIgh. MosL Leums huve creuLed u
LIp us u LhIn exLensIon Lo Lhe nose, IeuvIng u wedge shupe ubove und
behInd Lhe exLensIon Lo ucL us boLh Lhe buIk oI Lhe crush sLrucLure und
Lo Iorm Lhe muIn uerodynumIc shupe oI Lhe nosecone.
Anteater? Aardvark? The pundits
are still scrambling for a universally
acceptable word to describe the
2014 cars’ wild and weird noses. But
how, technically, did it come to this?
Craig Scarborough investigates…
AHEAD
BY A
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UnsurprIsIngIy, AdrIun Newey`s Leum huve
cruILed one oI Lhe mosL compIex noses on Lhe
grId, whIch Newey cuIIs Lhe 'keeI` nose. Here, Lhe
nose LIp Is Iormed noL by u hnger shupe, buL by
u squure-IronLed keeI LhuL Lupers rupIdIy Lo Iorm
u shorL pod. KeepIng Lhe pod so smuII meuns ILs
obsLrucLIon Lo Lhe uIrßow Is reduced, even when
Lhe cur Is uL u yuwed ungIe Lo Lhe uIrßow. To oIIseL
Lhe obsLrucLIon oI Lhe pod even IurLher, Lhe Leum
huve creuLed whuL Lhey cuII u 'drIver-cooIIng sIoL`
In Lhe pod`s IronL Iuce. AIr buIIdIng up on Lhe pod
uL speed Ieeds InLo LhIs U-shuped orIhce, und Is
Lhen rouLed InLo Lhe IooLweII oI Lhe cur.
The upper purL oI Lhe nose Is very Iong und
shuIIow. Where Lhe nose pusses over Lhe Lop oI Lhe
IronL wIng, u chIn Is Iormed on ILs undersIde - LhIs
LrIck wus used by muny Leums IusL yeur Lo creuLe
u IILLIe bIL oI exLru downIorce under Lhe nose. To
euse Lhe puLh oI Lhe ßow pussIng over und under
Lhe nose, Red BuII huve reLuIned Lhe S-shuped ducL
InsIde Lhe nose seen on IusL yeur`s cur; Lhe InIeL Is
under Lhe nosecone, wILh u buckwurds-IucIng exIL
on Lop by Lhe ToLuI Iogo.
For Lhe Wo¸, Mercedes huve, IIke FerrurI, gone
Ior u Iow nose - uILhough LhIs dIIIers In ILs
InLerpreLuLIon oI whuL shupe Iorms Lhe nose LIp.
RuLher Lhun huvIng u wIde, recLunguIur shupe,
Lhe Wo¸ nose LIp Is un InverLed 'U`. The Iegs oI
Lhe 'U` ure Iormed by Lhe IronL wIng mounLs,
whIch, us you cun see, ure Iur Iurger Lhun Lhey
need Lo be. ¡n doIng LhIs, Lhe mInImum surIuce
ureu Is cenLred uL Lhe correcL 18¸mm heIghL
becuuse Lhe Iegs ure Iower Lhun Lhe horIzonLuI
purL oI Lhe nose.
ThIs uIIows Lhe wIder purL oI Lhe nose Lo be
hIgher, whIch permILs more uIr Lo puss Lhrough
Lo Lhe reur oI Lhe cur. ¡L`s u cIever pIece oI desIgn
LhuL shows how muny resources huve been
puL InLo reseurchIng new concepLs. BeneuLh
Lhe oversIzed wIng mounLs ure Lhe ucLuuI wIng
mounLs und Lhese ure oI Lhe usuuI sIIm shupe
LhuL Is seen on oLher curs.
AIso IIke FerrurI, Mercedes huve mude use oI
Lhe new hIgher posILIon oI Lhe cumeru pods Lo
ucL us un uerodynumIc uId Lo Lhe uIr ßow pussIng
over Lhe IronL oI Lhe cur.
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MERCEDES W05
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FerrurI huve u unIque Luke on Lhe new ruIes.
¡nsLeud oI u hnger exLensIon Lo u convenLIonuI
prohIe, Lhey huve Iowered Lhe enLIre nose. ¡n
doIng so, Lhey huve urrIved uL u wIde, ßuL LIp LhuL
curves upwurds Lo meeL Lhe chussIs; some huve
chrIsLened LhIs LreuLmenL Lhe 'Hoover`, whIIe
oLhers IIken IL Lo Lhe AIrbus A¸oo-6ooST BeIugu
LrunsporL uIrcruIL.
The F1q T`s desIgn uses Lhe nose`s undersIde
IIke u dIIIuser - uIded by u puIr oI curved
LurnIng vunes - Lo creuLe Iow pressure beneuLh
IL, Lhereby uddIng downIorce Lo Lhe IronL
uxIe. However, ßow goIng over Lhe nose Is
noL IorgoLLen, und Lhe pronounced chunge In
curvuLure huIIwuy up Lhe nose - where Lhe
cumeru pods ure uIso mounLed Ior uerodynumIc
eIIecL - dIverLs uIr uround Lhe nose und Lowurds
Lhe sIdepods. One oI Lhe Lrude-oIIs Ior huvIng
u Iow nose, Lhough, Is LhuL FerrurI ure Iorced Lo
huve shorL IronL-wIng mounLIng pyIons, so Lhey
mIss ouL on Lhe LurnIng-vune eIIecL Lhese ILems
cun oIIer. BuL, wILh Lwo vunes IurLher uIL, LhIs
muy noL prove Lo be such u weukness.
NoL sInce Lhe 'wuIrus-Lusk` WIIIIums FWz6
huve we seen such un uggressIve nose. WILh ILs
LwIn-Lusk IronL end, LoLus huve Iound u new
wuy oI uddressIng Lhe nose reguIuLIons und Lhe
uerodynumIcs uround Lhe IronL oI Lhe cur.
RuLher Lhun huvIng one nose LIp on Lhe cur`s
cenLre IIne, LoLus huve mude Lhe rIghL-hund
Lusk Lhe nose LIp, wILh Lhe IeIL-hund Lusk
IormIng purL oI Lhe crush sLrucLure und Lhe
IronL wIng mounL. SInce Lhe ruIes ure vugueIy
worded, Lhere wus no need Ior u cenLruI nose
LIp, mereIy one oI Lhe rIghL sIze und posILIon.
To be IeguI, Lhe IeIL Lusk Is ¸omm shorLer
Lhun Lhe oLher so us noL Lo counL us u second
nose LIp. WhIIe LoLus won`L guIn or Iose much
Irom LhIs smuII usymmeLry und Lhere won`L
be u dIIIerenL nose Ior unLIcIockwIse Lrucks,
Lhey Iree up uIrßow uIong Lhe cenLre IIne oI Lhe
cur. Euch Lusk Iorms u LurnIng vune, dIverLIng
LurbuIenL uIr uwuy Irom Lhe body whIIe keepIng
Lhe ßow cIeun uIong Lhe cur`s mIddIe. The muIn
chuIIenge wILh LhIs desIgn Is Lo meeL Lhe crush
reguIuLIons wILhouL uddIng weIghL uL Lhe IronL.
FERRARI F14 T
LOTUS E22
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As odd us Lhe zo1q 'hnger` noses Iook, Lhe VJMo; Is ubouL
us convenLIonuI us Lhey come. Force ¡ndIu huve IoIIowed Lhe
dIrecLIon oI mosL Leums und Iormed Lhe nose LIp wILh u Iong
exLensIon Lo Lhe nosecone, mercIIuIIy puInLed bIuck Lo dIsguIse
ILs shupe. ThIs hnger exLends weII uheud oI Lhe IronL wIng Lo
creuLe more spuce Ior Lhe nose Lo ucL us un ImpucL sLrucLure.
The muIn nosecone shupe sLurLs us Iur buck us possIbIe, whIch
meuns Lhe IronL-wIng mounLIng pyIons sLurL IurLher buck und
ure more IIke LurnIng vunes, ImprovIng downsLreum uIrßow.
McLuren were Lhe hrsL Lo unveII u hnger nose,
where Lhe munduLory LIp Is Iormed by u sIIm
exLensIon Irom Lhe muIn purL oI Lhe nosecone.
Thus Lhe LIp oI LhIs hnger meeLs Lhe reguIuLIons,
buL presenLs u smuIIer cross-secLIon, ImprovIng
uIrßow Lo Lhe dIIIuser. On Lhe LIp Is Lhe drIver-
cooIIng sIoL whIch, IIke Red BuII`s, wIII reduce Lhe
bIockuge Lhe nose LIp presenLs Lo Lhe uIrßow.
MosL oLher Leums huve IoIIowed LhIs 'unLeuLer
nose` desIgn upprouch (wILh Lhe excepLIon,
perhups sIgnIhcunLIy, oI Red BuII, Mercedes,
FerrurI und LoLus), buL McLuren huve kepL Lhe
muIn nose sLrucLure much hIgher und wIder. The
wIde-Iegged shupe oI Lhe IronL-wIng mounLIng
pyIons Is InLended Lo push uIr down Lowurds
Lhe IronL oI Lhe ßoor Ior more downIorce uL Lhe
dIIIuser, Lhough Lhe eIegunL und unbroken curve oI
Lhe bodywork Irom cockpIL Lo nose LIp Is probubIy
more Ior uesLheLIc reusons Lhun unyLhIng eIse.
¡L`s uIso InLeresLIng LhuL McLuren huve,
downsLreum oI Lhe nose, chunged Lhe IronL
suspensIon geomeLry Lo muke Lhe wIshbones
ßuLLer, und reverLed Lo pushrod ucLuuLIon.
Suuber`s hnger nose IncIudes some subLIe desIgn LwIsLs LhuL
wurrunL exumInuLIon. The hnger exLensIon ILseII Is quILe
rounded und Ieuds uII Lhe wuy Lo Lhe buck oI Lhe nosecone. From
Lhe sIde you cun see how Lhe undersIde oI Lhe nose sIopes down
Lo meeL Lhe chussIs, IunneIIIng more uIr down under Lhe cur.
There`s uIso u more sLreumIIned shupe, wILh Lhe hnger
bIendIng In wILh Lhe IeudIng edge oI Lhe nose. ThIs creuLes un
even shorLer upper nose LhuL requIres Lhe mounLIng pyIons Lo
reuch Iorwurds Lo meeL Lhe IronL wIng.
McLAREN MP4-29
SAUBER C33 FORCE INDIA VJM07
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MurussIu huve come up wILh u very neuL InLerpreLuLIon oI Lhe
nose ruIes. The MRo¸ IoIIows u very sImIIur phIIosophy Lo
LhuL oI Red BuII, whereby Lhe nose LIp Is u squure shupe LhuL
Lupers rupIdIy Lo u shorL pod. The muIn nose Iorm Is more
convenLIonuI, In LhuL IL Is Ionger und ßuL-boLLomed - us Is Lhe
cuse wILh Lhe WIIIIums. ThIs Is, no doubL, pureIy prugmuLIc
- huvIng Iess budgeL Lo InvesL In u compIex nose desIgn LhuL
cun uIso puss Lhe crush LesL meuns MurussIu huve IdenLIhed u
soIuLIon LhuL`s sImpIer und IIghLer.
Toro Rosso huve uIso gone Lhe convenLIonuI hnger rouLe, buL
Lhe STRq`s nose hus u very sIeek desIgn, becuuse Lhe enLIre IronL
edge oI Lhe cur Is Iower Lhun LhuL oI mosL oLher Leums. ¡Ls hnger
exLensIon Is very rounded uL ILs LIp, buL II you couId cuL Lhrough
Lhe hnger horIzonLuIIy, you`d see IL Iorms u Leurdrop shupe Lo
smooLh ILs obsLrucLIon Lo Lhe uIrßow. ¡n order Lo IunneI more
uIr under Lhe ruIsed nose, Lhe hnger meeLs Lhe muIn nosecone
wILh u sIIghLIy urched shupe.
The CTo¸`s IronL end uppeurs Lo be u vurIunL oI Lhe sLundurd
hnger shupe, buL IL`s sLrucLuruIIy very dIIIerenL. To suve weIghL,
much oI Lhe nose shupe Is u IIghLweIghL vunILy puneI. The reuI
nose, whIch Iorms Lhe crush sLrucLure, Is Lhe hnger exLensIon
LhuL pusses InsIde Lhe uwkwurd upper nose shupe. ThIs IeLs
Lhe sLrucLuruI segmenL huve u very sImpIe shupe, whIch gIves u
weIghL benehL und mukes IL eusIer Lo geL pusL crush LesLs. SInce
Lhe wedge-shuped upper nose Is pureIy uerodynumIc, Lhe IronL
wIng musL mounL Lo Lhe end oI Lhe hnger exLensIon.
ThIs desIgn Is un umuIgum oI oLher Ideus we`ve seen. RuLher
Lhun un overL hnger exLensIon, WIIIIums use un eIegunL
nosecone LhuL exLends beyond Lhe IronL wIng, Lhen sIIms InLo
Lhe munduLory Iow, nurrow LIp. ThIs ßuL-boLLomed shupe doesn`L
encouruge us much uIrßow under Lhe cur us oLher hnger desIgns,
buL shouId puss Lhe crush LesL wILhouL exLru sLrengLhenIng, so
IL`s probubIy IIghLer. One neuL IeuLure Is Lhe wIng mounLs, whIch
ure LwIsLed In u compIex shupe Lo ucL us LurnIng vunes.
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A new rule for 2014 gives drivers the opportunity to pick a race number they’ll
keep for the duration of their careers. So who chose what… and why?
WE’VE GOT YOUR
NUMBER
¨¡L hus been my Iucky number sInce 1qq6:
¡ wus 1q on 1q JuIy, drIvIng kurL number 1q
- und ¡ won Lhe worId chumpIonshIp.¨
¨¡L wus Lhe number ¡ ruced wILh uL Bruwn
when ¡ won Lhe zooq worId chumpIonshIp.¨
¨MIchueI Schumucher und NIgeI MunseII were
chumpIons wILh #¸, buL ¡ chose IL becuuse
¡ currIed IL successIuIIy In kurLs und when ¡
won my hrsL F1 LILIe In zo1o.¨ |As reIgnIng
chumpIon, VeLLeI wIII reLuIn #1 Ior zo1q|
¨My IuLher won Lhe LILIe wILh
number sIx, und IL`s uIso my
wIIe-Lo-be`s Iucky number.¨
¨¡ IIke number 1¸. Everybody wus surprIsed
by LhuL, becuuse nobody used IL beIore. ¡n
VenezueIu IL`s noL un unIucky number.¨
¨¡L wus my hrsL number In
kurLIng und ¡`m uIso u bIg
Iun oI |NASCAR Iegend|
DuIe EurnhurdL.¨
¨There`s no purLIcuIur sLory IInked Lo IL. ¡L`s
Lhe number ¡ uIreudy hud IusL yeur und ¡ suw
no reuson Lo chunge IL. ¡ IIke IL, whIch Is good
enough, Isn`L IL?¨
¨When ¡ sLurLed rucIng, my hrsL kurL hud
'qq` on Lhe pIuLe. ¡ won my hrsL BrILIsh
chumpIonshIp wILh IL. FIngers crossed IL wIII
brIng us much Iuck now us IL dId buck Lhen.¨
¨My wIIe wus born on 8 December, we sLurLed
duLIng In zoo8 und my son Is Lhe eIghLh
wonder oI Lhe worId.¨
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6
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Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton
Romain
Grosjean
Daniel
Ricciardo
Kimi
Räikkönen
Nico
Rosberg
Pastor
Maldonado
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
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5(1)
14
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¨The hIghesL number you couId pIck Is qq,
und In my IIIe ¡ uIwuys go Ior Lhe muxImum.¨
77
¨Ever sInce ¡ wus u kId, ¡ uIwuys wore Lhe 11
In kurLIng. AcLuuIIy, my emuII hus 11 In IL us
weII. A IoL oI LhIngs huve Lo do wILh 11, so ¡
IdenLIhed myseII wILh LhuL number.¨
¨¡ IIke Lhe TwILLer hushLug #BO;;AS¨ ¨¡L`s sImpIe. ¡ IIke LhIs number.¨
¨MqX¨
¨¡L wus my number In kurLIng, und my uncIe
uIso used '1q` when he ruced.¨
¨My hrsL choIce wus q, buL 1o wus Lhe number
¡ hud when ¡ mude my F1 debuL wILh ToyoLu.¨
¨¡ prevIousIy uppIIed Ior ;, z;, ;; und dIdn`L
geL uny oI Lhem. So wus IeIL wILh 1;.¨
¨¡ wus born on z¸ AprII.¨
¨.und ¡ wus born on z6 AprII.¨
¨So muny uskIng 'why z;?` PreLLy sImpIe
- IL`s my bIrLhduy duLes: 1q + 8.¨ |1q AugusL|
¨¡L wus Lhe sume number ¡ hud IusL yeur when
¡ won Lhe WorId SerIes by RenuuIL LILIe. ¡ uIso
hud IL when ¡ won In kurLIng, Loo.¨
¨¡L hus uIwuys been my IuvourILe number.
¡L`s uIso Lhe uge ¡ wus when ¡ sLurLed In F1.¨
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9
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25
26
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Nico Hülkenberg
Valtteri Bottas
Esteban
Gutiérrez
Kevin
Magnussen
Sergio
Pérez
Marcus
Ericsson
Max
Chilton
Felipe Massa
Kamui Kobayashi
Jules Bianchi
Jean-Eric
Vergne
Daniil Kvyat
Adrian Sutil
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2014
2001 2002 2003
THE ART OF UFFE TÄGTSTRÖM
The Iceman’s artist
Uffe Tägtström, the man behind the evolving look of Kimi Räikkönen’s helmet design,
tells F1 Facing about the painstaking process of transforming ideas into reality
WORDS PAUL FEARNLEY PORTRAITS VESA KOIVUNEN HELMETS LAT
84 F1 Racing April 2014
,W¶V D UDFLQJ GULYHU¶V ¿QJHUSULQW - und hIs
ruIsed dIgIL. JuLLIng InLo Lhe prevuIIIng breeze,
pokIng ubove Lhe cockpIL`s purupeL, IL`s Lhe vIsuuI
IInk beLween mun und muchIne, urL und scIence.
¡n un IncreusIngIy reguIuLed sporL, IL`s Lhe
boIdesL sLuLemenL oI IndIvIduuIILy.
RoguIsh René Arnoux oI 1q8os RenuuIL und
FerrurI Iume wus once usked why he shunned
u puInL scheme; he wore u pIuIn whILe crush
heImeL InsLeud. HIs repIy - becuuse IL wouIdn`L
muke hIm IusLer - wus undoubLedIy IogIcuI buL
IndubILubIy IoneIy. For jusL ubouL every oLher
drIver sInce skId-IIds becume munduLory In 1q¸z
hus mude u conscIous eIIorL Lo sLund ouL Irom Lhe
crowd: Irom AIberLo AscurI`s sky-bIue sheIIuc Lo
SebusLIun VeLLeI`s ever-chungIng hues, vIu JuckIe
SLewurL`s LurLun bundunu und AyrLon Sennu`s
ucIdIc EDQGHLUD. From Gruhum HIII`s Iond nod Lo
London RowIng CIub Lo MIchueI Schumucher`s
sLur-spungIed, becuuse-you`re-worLh-IL bonce,
vIu FrunçoIs CeverL`s sLyIIsh sLrIpes und Lhe vIvId
ruIndrops oI NeIson PIqueL`s heudgeur.
The sImpIIcILy oI 1q;os heImeL desIgns -
HenrI PescuroIo`s pIuIn peu green, NIkI Luudu`s
juIIu orunge, Jumes HunL`s schooI coIours -
gruduuIIy guve wuy Lo u méIunge oI whorIs und
Ioops, und some IdenLILy wus IosL.
¨¡ kIndu broughL LhuL In,¨ suys heImeL puInLer
UIIe TugLsLröm. ¨Becuuse oI my buckground In
moLocross, where heImeLs were more coIourIuI
und compIIcuLed, ¡ LrIed Lo IncorporuLe LhuL busy
sLyIe InLo moLor rucIng; ¡ wus LhInkIng Lhese
heImeLs ure so duII, so sImpIe. Then ¡ sLurLed
Lo reuIIse Lhey hud Lo Iook good Irom u dIsLunce
uIso. ¡L wus LrIuI und error.¨
ThIs Tumpere-bused FInn wILh u SwedIsh
surnume hus been desIgnIng und puInLIng KImI
RuIkkönen`s crush heImeLs sInce Lhe ¡cemun`s
kurLIng duys. He Is uIso McLuren`s oIhcIuI heImeL
suppIIer und numbers Fernundo AIonso umong
hIs pusL cIIenLs.
¨¡`m seII-LuughL,¨ he suys. ¨¡ hud no educuLIon
wILh regurds Lo urL. ¡ ruced moLocross In my
younger duys. AL LhuL LIme, uround 1q8¸-`86,
everybody hud u Iuncy crush heImeL, so ¡ puInLed
my own. SuddenIy, uII oI my ruce buddIes
wunLed one und my house wus IuII oI LheIr
heImeLs. ¡ wus so busy LhuL ¡ hud Lo sLop rucIng.¨
AILer u yeur spenL honIng hIs cruIL In FIorIdu,
un upprouch by counLrymun JJ LehLo, Lhen uL
Suuber, drew TugLsLröm InLo FormuIu 1 In 1qq¸:
¨Do you remember hIs crush heImeL wILh Lhe
IeuLhers on Lop? ThuL wus mIne. ThuL`s whuL
sLurLed IL uII.¨
TugLsLröm`s zo1¸ desIgn Ior RuIkkönen
wus urguubIy Lhe seuson`s spuresL und wus
ImmedIuLeIy recognIsubIe us u resuIL. The sume
wus Lrue oI Lhe one-oII Lhey concocLed Ior Lhe
zo1z Monuco Grund PrIx. TheIr respecLIuI
LrIbuLe Lo Jumes HunL, KImI`s rucIng hero, wus
more sLrIkIng Lhun prevIous dIumond-encrusLed
und goId-ßuked oIIerIngs, some oI whIch
TugLsLröm creuLed, uL FormuIu 1`s bIIng-und-buy.
¨We`d wunLed Lo do u HunL heImeL Ior yeurs,
buL |oh, Lhe Irony| IL wusn`L possIbIe uL McLuren,
or uL FerrurI, becuuse Lhey hud so muny
sponsors` Iogos. OnIy IusL yeur dId ¡ reuIIse we
couId do IL becuuse LoLus hud Iewer sponsors.
The muIn Ideu wus KImI`s. ¡L wus he who cuIIed
HunL`s son, Tommy, Lo usk Ior upprovuI.
¨We ure so busy durIng u seuson LhuL IL`s
noL usuuIIy me who suggesLs, 'Hey, IeL`s do
someLhIng LoLuIIy dIIIerenL.` The uveruge umounL
Is Ior 1¸ heImeLs per drIver per seuson. BuL
McLuren und FerrurI need huge umounLs oI
repIIcus Ior dIspIuy und murkeLIng purposes.
ThuL`s us bIg u busIness Ior us us Lhe ruce
heImeLs. When you desIgn Ior un F1 drIver, you
couId do u job us nIce us you couId ever wunL IL
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“You want the
lacquer smooth and
glossy but as thin as
possible. Hard to do,
easy to mess up”
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¡L`s dIIhcuIL Lo LeII when IL`s rIghL. Hurd Lo do,
eusy Lo mess up, IL`s someLhIng you musL Ieurn.¨
AIr brushes, smuII uIr guns, u ßume-reLurdunL
buse geI couL - someLImes uppIIed uL Lhe IucLory,
someLImes uL TugLsLröm`s sLudIo, buL uIwuys
rubbed down Ior u beLLer key und more precIse
edges - und (usuuIIy) wuLer-bused cur-IndusLry
puInLs: Lhe onIy mugIc IngredIenL Is suppIIed by
u creuLIve mInd und uppIIed by u sLeudy hund.
No wonder IL`s preIerubIe Lo produce Lhem In
buLches. And no surprIse, gIven Lhe demundIng
nuLure oI Lhe cIIenLs, LhuL LhIs Is oILen ImpossIbIe.
¨The drIver hus Lhe mosL suy,¨ suys TugLsLröm.
¨The personuI preIerences come Irom hIm: IL`s
hIs desIgn und he chooses who does IL. There ure
some guys who don`L Luke IL LhuL ImporLunLIy:
Lhey jusL cuII me or drop me un emuII once u
yeur wILh u Iew suggesLed chunges. BuL some ure
reuIIy InLo IL. Fernundo skeLches und Is reuIIy
pIcky: IeL`s chunge LhIs; IeL`s Lry LhuL.
¨KImI hus known me Ior so Iong LhuL he
knows whuL Lo expecL. He menLIons u coIour he
preIers Ior Lhe seuson und usuuIIy ¡ druw hIm Len
skeLches und he chooses one. He`s very good Lo
work wILh. We huve chunged hIs desIgn quILe u
bIL sInce Lhe McLuren duys. We wunLed Lo huve
someLhIng dIIIerenL Ior zo1q, Loo, und huve
LuIked Ior muny seusons ubouL goIng buck Lo bIue
- buL IL doesn`L hL wILh muny Leums.
¨SomeLImes Lhe Leums don`L wunL us Lo
chunge u desIgn. ThuL mukes sense becuuse oI
Lhe sponsors` phoLogruphs In udverLIsIng und
murkeLIng. The heImeL needs Lo be Lhe sume uL
IeusL Ior one seuson.¨
BuL geL LhIs - IL wus McLuren boss Ron DennIs
who cume up wILh Lhe '¡cemun` Ideu und Iogo.
Who wouId huve LhoughL IL?
TugLsLröm suys: ¨OI course, ¡ huve chunged
IL muny LImes over Lhe yeurs now. ¡ do Iogos
Ior euch und every drIver. Jenson BuLLon`s hus
sLuyed Lhe sume. ¡ upprecIuLe LhuL. ¡ huve become
u Iun oI Lhe guys who keep LheIr heImeLs so LhuL
Lhey cun be recognIsed by everyone. WILh KImI`s,
IL`s Lhe Lop secLIon. ¡ don`L know whuL you wouId
cuII LhuL desIgn - IL wus someLhIng ¡ drew 1¸
yeurs ugo - buL IL`s sLIII Lhere. ¡L hus evoIved und
chunged ILs coIour, buL busIcuIIy IL`s Lhe sume.
¨Pedro de Iu Rosu Is u Iong-LIme cusLomer oI
mIne. SomeLImes he cuIIs Lo usk II we shouId do
someLhIng new wILh hIs heImeL. When he dId
Lhose ruces Ior McLuren In zoo6, ¡ drew u IoL
oI dIIIerenL desIgns Ior hIm - und sLIII we chose
Lo use Lhe oId IIvery. ¡ uIwuys LeII hIm LhuL ¡ IIke
Lhe IucL LhuL he hus kepL Lhe sume desIgn, LhuL he
shouId be proud oI IL.¨
From Lhe Loo-sImpIIsLIc - uILhough Lhe
sLubborn Arnoux undoubLedIy sLuck ouL - Lo Lhe
overIy compIIcuLed, u sLrIkIng buIunce Is beIng
sLruck Lhese duys.
¨¡I you cun keep your heud when uII ubouL you
ure IosIng LheIrs.¨ - KIpIIng wouId huve IIked
KImI und UIIe.
und spend Loo much LIme on IL. BuL LhuL wouId
come buck Lo huunL you when you huve Lo do ¸o
oI Lhem. ¡L`s u buIuncIng ucL.¨
TugLsLröm uses desIgn soILwure becuuse
so muny dIIIerenL purLIes huve Lo upprove
hIs desIgns, buL he cIrcuIuLes ßuId skeLches
ruLher Lhun hxed puLLerns. CIIenLs know hIs
hnIshed producL wIII be more deLuIIed. There
ure urchILecLuruI Issues - Lhe 'cunvus` Is neILher
bIunk nor ßuL und meusuremenLs und Iogo
posILIons cunnoL be chunged - buL LhIs process Is
SuvIIe Row urL, noL row-upon-row scIence.
¨The shupe oI u heImeL creuLes probIems und
provIdes opporLunILIes,¨ TugLsLröm expIuIns. ¨¡I
u heImeL hud u LoLuIIy round shupe, IIke Lhey hud
zo-¸o yeurs ugo, IL wouId be more dIIhcuIL Lo
muke IL Iook good. Nowuduys, Lhey huve uII kInds
oI scoops, uL Lhe IronL, on Lhe Lop, uL Lhe buck,
und Lhese ure good Lo IncorporuLe.
¨AIso, we ure sLrIcLIy wILhIn Lhe IImILs oI whuL
Lhe Leums requIre. SomeLImes LhuL`s IrusLruLIng,
buL uIso IL meuns Lhere Is Iess Lo puzzIe ubouL; ¡
Lry Lo muLch coIours Lo Iogos. ¡`d suy LhuL IL heIps
me Lo huve Lhese requIremenLs.¨
From bure sheII Lo poIIshed gem cun Luke Lhree
duys; Lwo mInImum. PIn sLrIpIng - Lhe IuyIng
ouL oI Lhe IInes - Is Lhe mosL LIme-consumIng
process, purLIcuIurIy becuuse Lhe uppIIcuLIon
oI puInL upon puInL Is Irowned upon by u sporL
LhuL Is proßIguLe In uII LhIngs excepL weIghL. So
TugLsLröm`s Louch musL be IIghL us weII us deIL.
¨There ure Lwo LechnIques,¨ he suys. ¨You
couId musk everyLhIng und use u pInsLrIpe
pencII uILer Lhe puInL Is IuId. BuL q¸ per cenL oI
F1 heImeLs don`L use LhuL meLhod - excepL Ior
numes und some churucLers. ¡nsLeud, we use hne
IIne-Lupe, whIch Is removed uILer you`ve shoL Lhe
coIours. ThuL`s LrIcky becuuse oI Lhe curves.¨
¡L`s uImosL us LrIcky us Lhe hnuI IucquerIng.
Three cIeur couLs ure uppIIed und IeIL Lo dry
overnIghL beIore beIng rubbed buck down Lo u
sIngIe Iuyer; Lhe buresL essenLIuI once more.
TugLsLröm: ¨¡L`s u doubIe-sIded sLory: you
wunL IL smooLh und gIossy, buL us LhIn us possIbIe
wILhouL beIng ubIe Lo IeeI Lhe edges oI Lhe puInL.
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What would you say is the biggest lesson that
you have learnt so far with the new car?
ThuL IL`s no Iess dIIhcuIL Lhun we LhoughL IL wouId be.
And what is the main difference between the F14 T
and last year’s car – the F138?
ThIs cur houses Lhe new 1.6-IILre Lurbochurged
power unIL, whIch meuns everyone now hus Lhe sume
umounL oI IueI. Whoever cun muke LheIr engIne mosL
eIhcIenL und huve Lhe mosL power wIII succeed. So
Lhe engIne guys huve been workIng very hurd on
LhuL. AL Lhe sume LIme Lhey huve been uggressIve
und benL over buckwurds Ior us on Lhe chussIs sIde
Lo muke sure we produce un engIne LhuL Is puckubIe,
munugeubIe und uIIows ILseII Lo be cooIed. ThIs cur
hus u neuL cooIIng puckuge und Lhe bodywork Is smuII.
¡I you ever geL Lo see un engIne when Lhey ure
noL compIeLeIy covered In heuL shIeIds, you wIII
noLIce LhuL Lhey Iook IncredIbIy busy compured wILh
Lhe unILs we`ve hud over Lhe pusL Iew yeurs. And
LhIs cur hus been ruLher exquIsILeIy puckuged by Lhe
Leum, who sLurLed workIng on IL more Lhun Lwo yeurs
ugo und huve broughL IL Lo LhIs poInL. ¡L`s very neuL,
very smuII. And when you huve so much mechunIcuI
compIexILy goIng on beneuLh Lhe surIuce, mukIng IL
hL Is u reuI chuIIenge.
Tell us more about the nose…
On Lhe uerodynumIc sIde we`re doIng whuL we`ve
uIwuys done, whIch Is mInImIsIng drug, mukIng guIns
on downIorce, und mukIng sure LhuL downIorce Is
deIIverubIe Lo Lhe Lruck In u wuy LhuL Is drIvubIe.
¡I you Iook uround Lhe pILIune, you wIII see Lhere
Is u dIIIerenL nose on every cur und LhuL Lhere Is noL Loo much sImIIurILy
beLween uny oI Lhe curs. And Lhe reuson Ior LhuL Is Lhe nose ruIes uIIow
quILe u IoL oI geomeLrIcuI Ireedom. So II you go oII expIorIng LhuL Ireedom
Lhere Isn`L u sIngIe soIuLIon - IL mukes you beIIeve LhuL IL Isn`L LhuL sensILIve
un ureu. So Lhere ure IoLs und IoLs oI dIIIerenL soIuLIons LhuL work.
FACTFILE
Ferrari’s technical director on the challenges
involved in restoring the Scuderia to top form
INTERVIEW JAMES ROBERTS PORTRAIT SUTTON IMAGES
¡ cume over Lo FerrurI Irom LoLus. They huve u
very uggressIve soIuLIon, und ¡ worked wILh Lhe Leum
on LhuL. BuL In reuIILy ¡ onIy LhInk Lhey ure good
LhIngs Lo LuIk ubouL becuuse Lhey ure rIghL up uL Lhe
IronL oI Lhe cur.
Are you going to explore any other solutions?
We`ve Iooked uL dozens und dozens oI oLher noses oI
uII dIIIerenL shupes und sIzes. LIke uny oLher purL
oI Lhe cur, LhuL purL Is Iree Ior us Lo deveIop, so we
keep IookIng uL IL - us you wouId expecL.
What do you think about the sound produced by
the new turbo engines?
As Iur us Lhe engInes ure concerned, IL Is u very
dIIIerenL sound, buL ¡ ImugIne LhuL IL wIII very quIckIy
become Lhe sound everyone comes Lo ussocIuLe wILh
FormuIu 1. ¡L wus quILe dIIIerenL when we wenL Irom
V1os Lo V8s. ThIs Is dIIIerenL uguIn, buL ¡ LhInk we`II
uII geL used Lo IL very soon.
How satisfied are you with the progress you have
made with the new car?
WeII ¡`m reusonubIy huppy wILh whuL we`ve seen so
Iur. ¡ don`L LhInk Lhere huve been uny dIsusLers LhuL
we`ve uncovered. Then uguIn, runnIng u new cur Is
never sLruIghLIorwurd.
With the reduction in downforce, how much time do
you think you have lost?
¡I you Iook uL Lhe sIze oI Lhe reur wIngs compured wILh
IusL yeur, you`II see how much smuIIer Lhey ure. We
huve wIngs LhuL ure more or Iess u Cunudu-Lype reur
wIng, so LhuL`s u good guIde, roughIy speukIng, Lo where Lhe downIorce Is.
And we don`L huve Lhe bIowIng ßoor Lhere wus IusL yeur eILher. However,
Lhe new ruIes oIIer up new opporLunILIes, so Lhe ruLe oI hndIng downIorce
Is quILe sLeep. And you never know where IL wIII sIucken oII, buL IL doesn`L
show uny sIgn oI doIng so jusL yeL.
Name James Allison
Date of birth 22 February 1968
Place of birth Louth, UK
Team Ferrari
Role Technical director
2013 Ferrari technical director
2009 Lotus technical director
2005 Renault deputy technical director
2000 Aerodynamicist responsible
for track operations at Ferrari
1994-98 Senior aerodynamic
designer, then head of
aerodynamics at Benetton
1992 Head of aerodynamics at
Larrousse
1990 Junior aerodynamic designer
at Benetton
1989 Graduates from Cambridge
University with a degree in
Aerospace Engineering
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James Allison
I n conversati on wi th
20 F1 Racing March 2010
YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS
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WORDS JAMES ROBERTS PORTRAITS DREW GIBSON
Fans’ favourite ‘Bash’ makes his comeback
with Caterham and, in typically freewheeling
form, talks paintballing, Ferrari… and why
Alfred the dog won’t be joining him at races
Kamui
Kobayashi
The top üoor oI CuLerhum`s moLorhome cun be
u noIsy pIuce durIng u grund prIx weekend, buL
IL`s eerIIy quIeL LhIs mornIng. DespILe Lhe green
ßug, Lhere ure no curs ouL on Lruck. ¡nsLeud, Lhe
ucLIon Is uII goIng on In Lhe guruges us Lhe Leums
work Lhrough Lhe vurIous Issues Lhrown up
durIng Lhe mornIng`s eurIy runs.
WhIIe LhIs yeur`s Lhree pre-seuson LesLs huve
provIded LhIn grueI Ior Lhe runks oI reporLers
hopIng Lo 'IIvebIog` every LhrIIIIng momenL oI on-
Lruck ucLIon, Lhey`ve been even more chuIIengIng
Ior FormuIu 1`s desIgners, mechunIcs und
drIvers. The Iong perIods oI quIeL ure LesLumenL
Lo Lhe dIIhcuIL bIrLh oI Lhe new 1.6-IILre V6
Lurbochurged powerLruIns.
SLIII, Lhere ure benehLs. WhIIe Murcus
ErIcsson wuILs puLIenLIy Ior CuLerhum`s boILers
Lo prep Lhe CTo¸ Ior ucLIon, hIs Leum-muLe
KumuI KobuyushI Is uII ours. ThIs seuson, IeIsLy
KobuyushI hus been gIven u second chunce Lo
prove hIs worLh In FormuIu 1. We huve u sLuck oI
quesLIon curds posILIoned In IronL oI hIm - Lhe
IusL LIme we dId LhIs wus In Lhe sprIng oI zo11,
uIso uL u pre-seuson LesL. Buck Lhen, KumuI wus
dressed In Suuber coIours.
FusL Iorwurd Lhree yeurs und he`s dressed In
green, eyeIng up Lhe IuLesL buLch oI quesLIons
you`ve senL. He shuIßes Lhe puck, smIIes, und In
Lhe hushed surroundIngs, reuds Lhe hrsL curd.
How does it Ieel to be buck in Iormulu 1
uguin, und whut ure your hopes Ior the
coming yeur?
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¡ wouId suy LhuL we 'hope` Lo see Lhe chequered
ßug. ¡ LhInk LhIs Is Lhe mosL ImporLunL LhIng.
The key LhIng Ior us Is Lo hnIsh Lhe ruce und Lo be
reIIubIe. ¡I no curs hnIsh uL uII, Lhen Ior Lhe Iuns
IL Iooks sLupId. ¡ hope IL doesn`L huppen IIke LhuL.
To be buck In FormuIu 1 Is u greuL moLIvuLIon
Ior me und LhIs Is whuL ¡ wIshed Ior. The IeeIIng
Is good, und ¡ um moLIvuLed und ¡ huve Lo Lhunk
uII my Iuns who supporLed me Lo geL me buck
InLo FormuIu 1 uguIn.
I×cluding yourselI, who do you think hus
been the best Jupunese I1 driver?
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WeII uL Lhe momenL ¡ cun`L suy unybody,
unIorLunuLeIy. There ure no Jupunese drIvers
wILh success. ThuL`s my IeeIIng unywuy. ¡ wIsh
Lhere were young, IusL drIvers comIng up us ¡
wouId wunL Lo supporL Lhem, buL unIorLunuLeIy
IL doesn`L Iook IIke Lhere ure.
)5 WhuL ubouL drIvers IIke SuLoru NukujImu
or TukI ¡noue?
KK: TukI Is uIwuys menLIonIng me on TwILLer.
For whuLever reuson. And onIy me. ¡ don`L know
why. He Ioves me.
Why could you not convince Ierruri
munugement thut you should be u
replucement Ior Ielipe Mussu? Any
Ieedbuck Irom SteIuno Ðomeniculi?
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¡ LhInk LhuL muybe ¡ don`L huve enough
experIence. ThuL`s possIbIe. BuL oI course IL`s
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Despite negotiations with Ferrari,
Kamui (front) is adamant that he
doesn’t want to replace Alonso (back)
noL my decIsIon: IL comes Irom Lhe FerrurI sIde.
There were u coupIe oI LImes when we LuIked
wILh FerrurI buL noLhIng huppened. ¡n Lhe end IL
wus dIIhcuIL Lo geL u seuL uL FerrurI becuuse KImI
RuIkkönen Is goIng Lhere und Lhey now huve Lwo
worId chumpIons. So ¡ don`L LhInk Lhere Is uny
room Ior me.
)5 Muybe you`II repIuce Fernundo In u coupIe
oI yeurs?
KK: No, no. ¡ hope Lhey ure successIuI. These
ure my wIshes.
On Americun television, they cull you
'Mr I×citement`. Whut ure your thoughts
on this nicknume?
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¡ IIke IL. And ¡ IIke Lhe US us weII. ¡L`s been quILe
u Iong LIme sInce ¡ wus IusL Lhere. And euch LIme
¡ go buck Lo Lhe US ¡`m preLLy huppy. ¡`m gIud
Lhe peopIe Iove my drIvIng sLyIe - so hopeIuIIy
LhuL wIII meun more Iuns Ior myseII.
Would you consider u move to Hondu
iI they culled?
&DUO %DUWRQ 8.
One oI Hondu`s drIvers Is comIng InLo GPz LhIs
yeur und so Lhey ure dehnILeIy IookIng uL hIm.
HIs nume Is Tukuyu ¡zuwu und he`II be drIvIng
Ior ART us purL oI u McLuren junIor Leum. ¡`m
preLLy huppy uL CuLerhum, und whIIe ¡`m doIng
u good job here ¡ wIII sLuy. ThIs Is Lhe mosL
ImporLunL LhIng uL Lhe momenL, so ¡`m noL
IookIng uL Hondu. ¡L`s Loo eurIy.
Whut were you Ieeling when you crushed
your Ierruri during thut promotionul
event in Moscow?
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¡ LhoughL: 'Oh, LhuL`s noL good.` ¡`ve LrIed Lo
IorgeL ubouL IL. ¡L wus very weL und very bumpy
buL dehnILeIy ¡ wIII noL go buck Lhere uguIn
- Ior uny reuson.
“The mood here is
great. We don’t think
Tony Fernandes will
quit for no reason and
if we’re successful
he’ll be happy and
help us keep our jobs”
Are you concerned by Tony Iernundes`
remurks thut he muy quit Iormulu 1?
%UDG 3XUYLV 86$
OI course IL Is u worry. There ure more Lhun ¸oo
peopIe workIng In Lhe compuny. We need success
In zo1q Lo ensure LhuL everyone Is huppy und
LhIs Is my job. ¡L`s dIIhcuIL Lo suy where we wIII
be, buL ¡`m conhdenL we cun do weII. There Is no
excuse: we huve uII Lhe LooIs. We need Lo work
LogeLher Lhe whoIe LIme, even uL weekends. The
mood here Is greuL. We don`L LhInk Tony wIII
YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS
quIL Ior no reuson und II we`re successIuI he`II be
huppy und wIII heIp us keep our jobs.
Whut ure your Iuvourite hobbies {iI you
huve the time Ior hobbies)?
3DXOR )HOL[ 3RUWXJDO
Muny LhIngs. ¡L`s noL u hobby, buL hLness Is purL
oI my job now und my IIIe. ¡I ¡ don`L LruIn, Lhen
¡ IeeI uncomIorLubIe wILh myseII. For Lhe resL oI
Lhe LIme ¡ IIke musIc und now ¡ um producIng
my own musIc Loo, purLIcuIurIy In Lhe Iree LIme
¡ geL when ¡`m ßyIng und ¡ cunnoL sIeep. WILh
my compuLer ¡ muke u IILLIe musIc und LhuL`s
someLhIng ¡ enjoy.
)5 EIecLronIc musIc?
KK: Yeuh, buL IL`s noL reuIIy proIessIonuI:
IL`s muInIy Lo reIux.
)5 We noLIce LhuL you puL u IoL oI phoLos on
¡nsLugrum.
KK: Yes, ¡ IIke LukIng phoLos. ¡ IIke u IoL oI
LhIngs. Do you know Lhe survIvuI gume? WILh Loy
guns, wILh mugnums, shoLguns. where you cun
go InLo Lhe mounLuIns or Lhe heIds und you go
und shooL euch oLher? ThIs Is uIso quILe Iun.
)5 WhuL do you shooL?
KK: ¡L`s wILh coIoured buIIs.
)5 Ah, you meun puInLbuIIIng!
KK: Yes!
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Whut do you think ubout the look oI the
new 2u1¢ curs?
$UWXU 0DWRJD 3RODQG
AmuzIng. An umuzIng job by uII Lhe Leums. ¡`m
noL u IushIon desIgner buL ¡ LhInk IL`s cooI. ¡n
Lhe begInnIng, everybody wus shocked, buL we
soon goL used Lo LheIr Iook. ¡ hope we don`L
Iose uny Iuns becuuse oI IL - LhIs Is Lhe mosL
ImporLunL LhIng.
)5 A rucIng cur needs Lo be beuuLIIuI.
KK: ExucLIy. CooI. Very cooI.
I heurd thut you will be driving Ior Iree
this yeur. Is thut true?
0DJGDOHQD 1RZDN 3RODQG
Okuy, II ¡ geL some money Lhen ¡`II be huppy. BuL
II ¡ wunLed money Lhen ¡ couIdn`L huve goL LhIs
job. So ¡`m huppIer drIvIng Lhun geLLIng money.
)5 WIII your LruveI expenses be puId?
KK: OI course. ¡I ¡ hud Lo puy uII LhuL Lhen ¡
wouId huve hud Lo go Lo Lhe bunk und borrow
some money. LIke NIkI Luudu. ¡n Lhose LImes
IL wus possIbIe, buL Lo go now und usk Ior some
money - ¡ don`L LhInk so.
Ðo you think there will ever be u Jupunese
world chumpion?
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OI course. OI course.
)5 How soon?
KK: WeII ¡ wouId hope In FormuIu 1 wILhIn Lhe
nexL 1,ooo yeurs. AL Lhe momenL Lhere Is sLIII u
money Issue In Lhe sporL - IL`s geLLIng so dIIhcuIL
Ior everybody. ¡L`s onIy muybe FerrurI, McLuren,
Mercedes, Red BuII who cun wIn.
)5 BuL you couId be worId chumpIon gIven
Lhe chunce?
KK: Yes, oI course. ThIs Is my dreum. ¡ don`L
wunL Lo suy sLupId LhIngs, buL ¡`m workIng
Lowurds LhuL.
Considering Toyotu`s huge budget, why
were they u buck-oI-the-grid teum?
'DYLG 7KRPDV 8.
Ah, weII. Why? There ure u IoL oI LhIngs Lo suy
ubouL LhuL. BuL IL wus u new compuny, u new
IucLory, so Lhey hud Lo buIId u IoL oI LhIngs.
And uL LhuL LIme Lhere were u IoL oI poIILIcs us
weII. BuL IL wusn`L jusL Lhe money. UnIorLunuLeIy
Lhe Jupunese menLuIILy Isn`L good Ior Lhe poIILIcuI
scene. ¡ LhInk LhuL wus reuIIy Lhe weukesL poInL.
FInuIIy, Lhey Improved u IoL und Lhey Iooked In
good shupe - buL Lhey run ouL oI LIme. ¡I Lhey
sLurLed uguIn now, ¡ LhInk LhuL Lhey wouId be
sLronger. AII Lhe FormuIu 1 Leums now ure
usIng Lhe oId ToyoLu wIndLunneI, whIch jusL
proves how good IL Is.
Lewis Humilton occusionully brings
his dog Roscoe ulong with him to ruce
weekends. Are you going to bring AlIred?
0DUN 7D\ORU &DQDGD
No, dehnILeIy noL. ¡ wunL Lo Iocus on my job
- noL LhInk ubouL dogs uL Lhe ruceLruck.
It`s greut to see you buck in I1, but is
there unything you`re going to miss ubout
sportscurs?
(ZD .DOX]Q\ 3RODQG
DehnILeIy, yes: rucIng uL Le Muns. ¡ reuIIy
enjoyed doIng LhuL. And one duy ¡ wunL Lo go
buck und do IL uguIn. ¡ wus hugeIy excILed ubouL
doIng LhuL. ¡L wus such u greuL experIence. ¡L
dIdn`L muLLer so much ubouL Lhe resuIL - buL
Lo reuch Lhe chequered ßug, we couId suy Lo
ourseIves, 'Yes, we`ve mude IL.` To hnIsh LhuL ruce
Is u good LurgeL. ¡n FormuIu 1 IL`s noL IIke LhuL.
You huve Lo geL u resuIL.
It`s greut to see you buck in I1. When you
score Cuterhum`s ñrst points will you dye
your huir green?
&DUO 2DNHV 8.
No. Tony Fernundes, yes. Or Murcus ErIcsson.
Is it true thut SteIuno Ðomeniculi wus not
huppy with your decision to leuve Ierruri?
5RE 0F$OHHV 8.
OI course he`s noL very huppy, buL Lhey mude
me u greuL oIIer IusL yeur und Lhere couId huve
been unoLher oIIer Ior Lhe yeur uheud. ¡ huve Lo
Lhunk Lhem Ior Lhe job opporLunILy Lhey guve me,
buL ¡`m jusL z; und my dreum Is Lo huve more
success In FormuIu 1. So ¡ wus jusL very honesL
wILh SLeIuno. ¡ sLIII wunL Lo drIve In FormuIu 1,
und uILhough CuLerhum Is noL Lhe sLrongesL Leum
on Lhe grId, ¡ sLIII wunL Lo huve Lhe chunce Lo
show whuL ¡ cun do und LhIs Is my decIsIon. He`s
noL huppy, buL ¡ sLIII upprecIuLe Lhe supporL LhuL
Lhey showed me.
When wus the lust time you were reully
Iurious?
&DULQD *UXVHYVND /DWYLD
|Long puuse| When ¡ IosL my HubIoL wuLch.
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What Formula 1 car from any era would you
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SomeLhIng IIke LhuL. ¡ wunL Lo drIve LhuL cur.
The car Kamui would
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CODLING
PICTURES
GLENN
DUNBAR/LAT
Talking shop
as a TV pundit
doesn’t quite
cut it for 1997
world champ
Jacques
Villeneuve, so
he’s heading
back to the
cockpit. And,
like Formula 1
2014-style,
he’s going to
be a little bit
sideways…
VILLENEUVE
HE’S
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The west of Scotland in winter. HeudIng souLh oI
GIusgow, buLLered by drIvIng ruIn und howIIng wInds. As
moLorwuy becomes duuI currIugewuy becomes sIngIe-Lruck
roud, we Lhreud our wuy Lhrough u cruggy hInLerIund oI bIouLed
wuLercourses, muddy heIds, rocky rIdges crowned by spurse
IInes oI Lrees, und vIIIuges wILh neuL IInes oI pebbIedushed
semIs. A sIgn uL u T-juncLIon poInLs In Lwo dIrecLIons Lo
DumIrIes; one hve mIIes, one hve-und-u-huII. ¡s LhIs u rIddIe
or u LrIck quesLIon? You Luke Lhe hIgh roud und
¡`II Luke Lhe Iow roud.
MInuLes IuLer, Lhe LhoroughIure Ieuds Lo un
unussumIng concreLe buIIdIng LhuL couId eusIIy
be u cuLLIe shed, IdenLIhed onIy by u puIr oI
AIbuLec RucIng ßugs, sLreLchIng und ßuppIng In
Lhe guIe. ThIs Is noL quILe Lhe kInd oI sun-kIssed,
chumpugne-drenched MonLe CurIo venue you`d
expecL Ior Lhe 'grund reveuI` oI one oI rucIng`s
worsL-kepL secreLs: LhuL un ¡ndy ¸oo wInner
und u chumpIon oI boLh ¡ndyCur und F1 wIII
be rucIng In RuIIycross, Lhe F¡A`s newesL worId
chumpIonshIp. SLep InLo Lhe workshop, Lhough,
und you noLIce LhuL whIIe IL muy noL be Iuncy
InsIde or ouL, IL`s cIeun enough Lo puss InspecLIon
by Ron DennIs were he ever Lo vIsIL; IL`s ucLuuIIy
brund new, Lhe Leum huvIng bused LhemseIves
LemporurIIy In Frunce LhroughouL zo1¸.
When younger und enveIoped In Lhe gIILLer
oI F1, Jucques VIIIeneuve seL Lhe benchmurk Ior
modern drIver engugemenL In promoLIonuI work
- In oLher words, no more Lhun Lhe mInImum
conLrucLuuIIy obIIged - und he quIckIy guIned u
repuLuLIon Ior beIng u bIL, er. prIckIy (¨peLuIunL
IILLIe urse¨ Is how one oI Lhe sporL`s Lop
phoLogruphers puL IL). YeL here he Is, seemIngIy
cureIree, IuughIng und chuLLIng cusuuIIy wILh
press und mechunIcs uIIke, wILh hIs munuger und
one-LIme BAR IumInury RIck Gorne uIongsIde -
weurIng u puIr oI sLurdy green WeIIIngLon booLs.
RuIIycross hus undergone u revoIuLIon
und u rebrund over Lhe pusL coupIe oI yeurs,
guInIng F¡A WorId ChumpIonshIp sLuLus, und
sponsorshIp Irom MonsLer Energy. The curs In
Lhe Lop 'supercur` cuLegory huve Lurbochurged
Lwo-IILre engInes und Iour-wheeI drIve, und IL`s
cIuImed Lhey cun do o-6omph In uround Lwo
seconds. ¡n zo1¸, WRC chumpIon PeLLer SoIberg
becume Lhe hrsL bIg-nume drIver Lo joIn; ex-F1
pIIoL MIku SuIo hus uIso LesLed AIbuLec`s PeugeoL
zo8; und VIIIeneuve urrIves courLesy oI u deuI
brokered by serIes boss MurLIn AnuyI, who
pIuced hIm uL AIbuLec becuuse ¨we IeIL IIke Andy
|ScoLL, AIbuLec boss| wus goIng pIuces¨.
¨TV commenLury Isn`L us Iun us UDFLQJ,¨
he udmILs. ¨¡ jusL Iove u chuIIenge. HuvIng ruced
on Lhe Ice guve me un Ideu oI how much Iun
rucIng oII-roud couId be. BuL ¡ don`L wunL Lo huve
Lhe responsIbIIILy oI u pussenger. ¡I u pussenger
Is LeIIIng me how Lo drIve, LhuL`s hne, buL II IL`s
me pushIng Lo Lhe IImIL, und someLhIng goes
wrong und we crush, und ¡`m responsIbIe. LhuL
crosses u IIne Ior me. ThuL`s whuL`s kepL me
uwuy Irom ruIIyIng.
¨To ruce u powerIuI Iour-wheeI drIve cur
sIdewuys In u LIghL puck Is un excILIng chuIIenge.
WILh F¡A sLuLus, worId-cIuss sponsors ure
comIng In, so IL`s very uppeuIIng. And uIso,
Andy wus very enLhusIusLIc, very keen Lo work
wILh me, whIch sorL oI ßuLLered my ego In Lhe
rIghL dIrecLIon - ¡ know LhuL muy sound sLupId,
buL when you huve u sLrong group behInd you,
deLermIned Lo work LogeLher Lo be successIuI,
you know IL`s u good Ideu.
¨ThIs Is where ¡ wunL Lo puL my energy rIghL
now.¨ He Lups Lhe LubIe emphuLIcuIIy wILh one
hnger. ¨¡ sLIII huve my LeIevIsIon work, und rIghL
now ¡ huve Lo juggIe boLh. BuL uILImuLeIy ¡ don`L
wunL Lo juggIe.¨
So Iur so un-prIckIy. ) 5DFLQJ decIdes Lo LesL
Jucques` bonhomIe by uskIng - IIghLheurLedIy
- II he`II need u LrunsIuLor Lo cope wILh Lhe
DumIrIes uccenL.
¨No,¨ he Iuughs. ¨¡`ve known DC |DuvId
CouILhurd, who huIIs Irom jusL down Lhe A;¸
In TwynhoIm| Ior muny yeurs. We`re very cIose
IrIends, und ¡`ve spenL LIme wILh AIIun |McNIsh,
u DumIrIes nuLIve| us weII, so ¡`ve kInd oI goL
used Lo Lhe uccenL. ¡`II be hne! Though Lhere ure
u Iew words someLImes where ¡ wonder. buL
when you`ve spenL your IIIe LruveIIIng, you geL
used Lo dIIIerenL wuys oI LuIkIng.¨
A shorL whIIe IuLer, we reconvene on u ßuL
expunse oI usphuIL opposILe Lhe DumIrIes &
GuIIowuy AvIuLIon Museum - cIosed Ior wInLer,
u puLInu oI green mouId spreudIng ucross Lhe
sheIIs oI Lhe morIbund jeLs scuLLered uround
RALLYCROSS…
WHAT’S THAT THEN?
Now an official FIA championship, it’s an unruly
hybrid of circuit racing and rallying that’s
been around for nearly 40 years. Readers of a
certain age may recall our own Murray Walker
commentating on it for the BBC (search for
“John Button rallycross” on YouTube for footage
of Muzza in trousers-on-fire mode as Jenson’s
dad nerfs a rival into an end-over-end shunt).
Race weekends consist of a series of heats,
leading to a final where the winner is crowned.
¨Jucques Look. some persuudIng,¨ suys ScoLL.
¨He wunLs Lo wIn. BuL Irom duy one he enjoyed
hImseII. He jusL Ioved Lhe IeeI oI Lhe cur.¨
¨¡L`s goL more Lhun 6oobhp,¨ suys Jucques
wILh u broud grIn. ¨WhuL`s noL Lo IIke?¨
Jucques hus dubbIed In sporLscurs, NASCAR
und Ice rucIng (¨¡ uIso dId some V8 ruces, buL
IL wusn`L u good experIence.¨) sInce hIs ubrupL
depurLure Irom Lhe F1 cockpIL, 1z grunds prIx
InLo Lhe zoo6 seuson. RecenLIy he`s reLurned
Lo Lhe F1 puddock us u TV pundIL. And, whIIe
IL`s weII known LhuL he`s never been shorL oI un
opInIon or Lhree, Jucques mukes IL preLLy cIeur
LhuL LuIkIng ubouL oLher peopIe drIvIng doesn`L
Ieuve hIm enLIreIy IuIhIIed.
“When you’re actually racing, maybe
sideways isn’t always the quickest
way… but it’s fun finding the limits”
96 F1 Racing April 2014
Rallycross supercars have
2-litre turbos and can do
0-60mph in two seconds.
It’s not F1, but it’s still fast
Tearing along a potholed
muddy track, with 600bhp
at your disposal. As
Jacques himself says:
“What’s not to like?”
Lhe IoL. Dog wuIkers emerge Irom Lhe woods
neurby, sLure uL Lhe PeugeoL zo8 supercur
LhuL`s LIckIng over beneuLh un uwnIng (u hrmIy
LIed-down uwnIng), und hurry on LheIr wuy.
Jucques, dressed In pIuIn AIpInesLurs overuIIs,
emerges Irom Lhe AIbuLec ruce Lruck und sLrIdes
purposeIuIIy Lowurds Lhe cur. HIs huIr muy be u
IILLIe greyer und Lhere`s u IILLIe Iess oI IL, und hIs
demeunour Is cerLuInIy Iess InLense und more uII-
embrucIng, buL some LhIngs never chunge - Lhe
overuIIs ure deIIberuLeIy u coupIe oI sIzes Loo bIg.
He uIwuys preIerred Lhem buggy.
) 5DFLQJ sLrups In Lo Lhe pussenger seuL - noL
u sLundurd hLLIng In u ruIIycross cur buL here
jusL Ior Lhe duy - und oII we go. Jucques hooks u
geur und uppIIes IooL Lo LhroLLIe cIrcumspecLIy,
LurnIng Lhe cur uwuy Irom Lhe Lrucks, bumpIng
und burbIIng Lhrough ruIn-hIIed poLhoIes. You
wonder, gIven Lhe sLuLe oI Lhe usphuIL, wheLher
uL some poInL on our run we wIII re-enucL DocLor
FosLer`s Iumous puddIe-reIuLed ImbrogIIo on Lhe
roud Lo GIoucesLer. Aheud, u Iurge expunse oI
ßuL-Ish Iormer uIrsLrIp wILh jusL u puIr oI Iurge
burreIs spuced uL u wIde InLervuI.
¨They reckon LhIs Is uImosL us IusL us un F1 cur
Lo 6omph, Jucques. WhuL do you LhInk?¨
By wuy oI repIy he sLunds on Lhe ucceIeruLor
und Lhe cur shooLs Iorwurds In u bIudder-
LIghLenIng bursL oI ucceIeruLIon, Lurbo whIsLIe
compeLIng wILh Lhe engIne`s rour, sLruy sLones
cIuLLerIng uguInsL Lhe bure ßoor. ¡L Is, us
promIsed, very quIck. The end oI Lhe sLrIp,
bordered by Lrees, Iooms In our vIsIon wILh
undue husLe. Jucques sLunds on Lhe bruke,
bungs down u coupIe oI geurs, Lurns shurp rIghL
und pIunLs hIs IooL on Lhe LhroLLIe uguIn. LIke
un oId-sLyIe WRC cur on IuII chuL, Lhe PeugeoL
descrIbes u perIecL urc uround one oI Lhe burreIs
whIIe puwIng uL Lhe surIuce wILh uII Iour wheeIs,
LhrowIng up guIIons oI spruy.
Buck Lowurds Lhe ruce Lruck. Now we`re done
LurnIng corners - he Lhrows IL InLo u VeLLeI-sLyIe
donuL, IoopIng on Lhe spoL, Lhe horIzon genLIy
scroIIIng Irom rIghL Lo IeIL on u consLunL Ioop,
Lurbo now uILernuLeIy screumIng und chIrrupIng.
¡s IL supposed Lo sound IIke LhIs?
Turns ouL, IL Isn`L. Buck Lo Lhe Lruck, sIower
now. Smoke curIs Irom beneuLh Lhe bonneL.
¨BeLLer geL ouL,¨ he udvIses. ¨¡L mIghL seL
on hre.¨
As IL LrunspIres, u cIIp hus IuIIen oII und
Lhe Lurbo Is overboosLIng. A seurch purLy Is
despuLched Lo IocuLe Lhe errunL purL, noL so
much Lo repIuce IL buL Lo ensure LhuL Lhe cur
doesn`L run over IL IuLer. The zo8, now hILhy und
spIuLLered wILh mud, Is pushed InLo bonneL-up
repose beneuLh Lhe uwnIng once more. BuL In
spILe oI Lhe eurIy LermInuLIon oI hIs Iun, Jucques
Is sLIII smIIIng.
¨Okuy, so when you`re ucLuuIIy rucIng, muybe
sIdewuys Isn`L uIwuys Lhe quIckesL wuy. buL IL`s
Iun hndIng Lhe IImILs.¨
CouId be LhuL Lhe sIIghLIy Io-h nuLure oI
RuIIycross wIII suIL hIm - us u chumpIonshIp IL
promIses rucIng LhuL`s rough uround Lhe edges,
sIIghLIy eIbows-ouL, buL wILh Iess commercIuI
pressure und medIu scruLIny Lhun hus uLLended
hIs posL-¡ndyCur cureer. CompurIsons wILh hIs
IuLher used Lo InIurIuLe hIm; now he`s oId enough
Lo be hIs own mun. BuL he`s sLIII u bIg nume -
whIch couId muke hIm u LurgeL on Lruck.
¨GreuL! ThuL huppened In NASCAR und Lhe
sume LhIng huppened when ¡ goL on Lhe Ice. BuL
¡`m noL Lhe onIy nume In Lhere. Why gung up on
me? They cun gung up on euch oLher.¨
AnoLher gIImpse oI IeIsLy mId-qos Jucques,
Lhe mun who overLook MIchueI Schumucher
round Lhe ouLsIde oI Lhe hnuI corner uL EsLorII
In u move everyone suId couIdn`L be done. He
muy huve meIIowed u IILLIe oII-Lruck, buL you IeeI
LhuL Lhe compeLILIve urge, Lhe devII-muy-cure
uLLILude, und (mosL ImporLunLIy) Lhe peduI-Lo-
Lhe-meLuI sLyIe ure Lhe sume us ever. And Lhen -
rocked by u sudden bIusL oI wInd - he chuckIes,
puIIs on hIs wooIIy huL, cusLs u rueIuI gIunce uL
Lhe suIIen sky, excuses hImseII und sIopes oII Lo
Lhe wurmLh oI Lhe Lruck.
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2QH E\ RQH Lhe Grund OId BeusLs huve gone.
MosIey, BrIuLore, mosL recenLIy Bruwn. TodL
wenL Lo Lhe F¡A, DennIs wus kIcked upsLuIrs
(Lhough whuL u comebuck!), RIchurds, SLoddurL,
Suuber. puddock grundees uII, moved Irom Lhe
sporLIng jungIe In whIch Lhey once LhrIved.
BuL noL uII oI Lhem IeIL Lhe heId. One oI LheIr
number - greyer now, Lhough sLIII IeonIne In
grundeur, vuIpIne In ruLhIess InLenL - sLuyed Lhe
course. He wus Lhere us Lhe sporL emerged Irom
Lhe 'kIIIer yeurs`, becomIng FerrurI Leum munuger
In 1q;q; und he wus u key urchILecL oI boLh ILs
greuL perIods oI success: Lhe mId- Lo IuLe-;os und
Lhe IuLe-qos-eurIy-oos SchumI-superLeum eru.
Lucu Cordero DI MonLezemoIo, 66, Is LhuL mun
und, Loduy, us FerrurI chuIrmun, he reLuIns Lhe
The grandest of Formula 1’s grandees,
Luca Di Montezemolo rarely grants a media
audience. So when he does, you listen…
F1 Racing April 2014 101
scuIpeI-shurp InsIghLs LhuL mude hIm one oI Enzo
FerrurI`s mosL usLuLe hIres, buck In 1q;z.
¨ThIs Is Lhe z¸rd yeur oI my presence us u
chuIrmun,¨ he noLes, ¨und someLImes ¡ Iook buck
- ¡ preIer Lo Iook uheud - und ¡ cunnoL beIIeve
LhuL sInce ¡`ve been chuIrmun we huve won 118
ruces und sIx drIvers` chumpIonshIps. FIve wILh
MIchueI und one wILh KImI.¨
He doesn`L menLIon Lhe LILIes wILh Luudu und
ScheckLer. He Ieuves unspoken Lhe IInk buck Lo
Lhe OId Mun. DI MonLezemoIo Is noL D FerrurI,
buL In word und deed, he LV FerrurI, so more
InßuenLIuI u mun In F1 spheres Lhun unyone
suve BernIe EccIesLone. When he speuks, he
communds uLLenLIon - uII Lhe more so when he
sLurLs on LhIs yeur`s FerrurI drIver puIrIng.
¨Our decIsIon Lo hIre KImI wus |bused on|
one reuson: we preIer Lo huve u young, quIck
drIver wILh u IoL oI experIence. WILh Lhe new
ruIes we need u drIver wILh u IoL oI speed. And
how drIvers wIII hundIe Lhe ruces In zo1q wIII
be exLremeIy compIIcuLed, so we need u coId,
experIenced upprouch.
¨The second reuson Is LhuL sInce |SLeIuno|
DomenIcuII sLurLed Lo LuIk wILh KImI, he LoId
me how moLIvuLed, how concenLruLed he wus
Lo come buck Lo MuruneIIo.¨
DI MonLezemoIo Is uddressIng )5 wILhIn
u smuII medIu huddIe, so cIrcumsLunces don`L
uIIow menLIon oI Lhe ucrImony LhuL surrounded
RuIkkönen`s depurLure uL Lhe end oI zooq. Or
KImI`s InubIIILy Lo IoIIow express FerrurI

Lion
King
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orders uIwuys Lo curry u phone
- never Lo be swILched oII - kepL
Ior Lhe soIe purpose oI LukIng
cuIIs Irom Lhe chuIrmun.
ThuL wus Lhen. ThIs Is
zo1q - u seuson LhuL promIses
chuIIenges on every IronL, Lhus
demundIng sLrengLh In every
IuceL oI operuLIon, IncIudIng
drIvers, even II IL meuns InLernuI
IrIcLIon us ego spurks ego.
¨¡n FormuIu 1, Lwo guys
equuIIy LogeLher Is poLenLIuIIy dungerous,¨ suys
DI MonLezemoIo, ¨und DomenIcuII hus spoken
cIeurIy Lo boLh oI Lhem. They huve Lhe honour
und Lhe responsIbIIILy Lo drIve Ior FerrurI. Euch
drIver knows LhuL he doesn`L drIve Ior hImseII,
buL Ior Lhe Leum. ¡ LhInk Fernundo drIves noL
Ior hImseII, buL Ior FerrurI. ¡I uny drIver wunLs
Lo drIve Ior hImseII, Lhere ure possIbIIILIes Lo
do so. BuL In FerrurI, Lhese ure Lhe ruIes und
IL Is very cIeur, wILhouL uny probIems.¨
QuILe how 'cIeur` und 'Iree oI probIems`, we
wIII see. For now, DI MonLezemoIo Is conLenL
sImpIy Lo reIIsh Lhe prospecL oI huvIng secured
Lwo Lop guns: ¨The presence oI KImI wIII be
ImporLunL und useIuI Lo noL Ieuve Fernundo
uIone uL Lhe IronL Irom Lhe hrsL Iup,¨ he suys. ¨He
hus experIence, responsIbIIILy und purLIcuIurIy In
Lhe ruces, KImI Is very sLrong. He`II be ubIe Lo geL
poInLs oII oLhers - even Fernundo - Lo geL poInLs
Ior Lhe Leum. And he`s u very correcL guy. SInce
he hus been wILh us Lhere hus noL been even one
momenL oI probIems. ¡ um pIeused Lo huve Lwo
drIvers who ure In Lhe rIghL condILIon Lo wIn.
¡ wunL Lwo drIvers who wIII respecL euch oLher.¨
CouId LheIr puIrIng UHDOO\ be ¨dungerous¨, he
ponders, or wIII KImI vs Fernundo udd ¨pepper
Lo Lhe Iood¨? ¨Dunger,¨ us DI MonLezemoIo
recuIIs IL, hus un uILogeLher durker shude.
¨When ¡ reud urLIcIes ubouL LhIngs, muybe Lhey
|Lhe journuIIsLs| huven`L seen whuL ¡`ve seen.
Muny drIvers kIIIed, muImed, by
hre or Lhe guurdruII, by LechnIcuI
IuIIures - ¡ undersLund how oId
¡ um In FormuIu 1.¨
¡L`s u chusLenIng perspecLIve
Ior modern F1 medIu hounds, so
keen Lo creuLe drumu und crIsIs,
where once reuI news, puInIuI
humun LrugedIes, run Lhrough
Lhe sporL. And, keen Lo dumpen
uny IusL embers oI conLroversy
Irom Lhe much-pubIIcIsed zo1¸
spuL beLween hIm und AIonso, uILer Fernundo`s
burb LhuL he`d IIke ¨someone eIse`s cur¨ Ior hIs
bIrLhduy, DI MonLezemoIo oIIers LhIs: ¨¡n
Fernundo ¡ huve u drIver ¡ huve huge respecL
Ior,¨ he suys, ¨und ¡ need Lo Lhunk hIm Ior whuL
he`s done In Lhese pusL yeurs Ior FerrurI. PushIng
und doIng weII. He dId unoLher sLrong seuson In
zo1¸ und hIs muIn merIL wus Lo hnIsh wILh noL
Lhe sLrongesL cur In Lhe second huII oI Lhe seuson.
He hus someLImes been IrusLruLed by noL huvIng
u cur Lo wIn und ¡ undersLund LhuL, so now IL`s
Lhe rIghL LIme Lo work LogeLher. ¡L`s eusIer Lo
do LhuL when we wIn. Remember, even wILh
MIchueI, Lhe hrsL Iour seusons we dIdn`L wIn
Lhe LILIe. OnIy once In Jerez were we cIose.¨
“Kimi and Fernando have
the honour to drive for
Ferrari. Each knows he
doesn’t drive for himself,
but for the team”
Forty-one years. That’s the period
of time Luca Di Montezemolo has
spent at the heart of Ferrari – albeit
with a few interruptions – becoming,
in the process, one of the most
enduring top managers within a very
exclusive club, whose resonance is
felt worldwide.
Di Montezemolo started off
as Enzo Ferrari’s assistant, then
became sporting director, remaining
as a special consultant even when
engaged with other activities. He
was finally made chairman in 1991,
a post he seems likely to hold for
the considerable future.
From the glory years of Lauda
to the extended reign of Michael
Schumacher (plus Räikkönen’s
title, too), Di Montezemolo’s Ferrari
has brought joy to Italy during its
booming economic years in the
same way that it consoled the
country when Italy felt the first
signs of financial meltdown.
Di Montezemolo and Ferrari both
managed to nurture each other’s
myth. It’s no coincidence that Brand
Finance has judged Ferrari to be
the world’s strongest brand for a
number of years – and this year it
has given the Italian constructors
the top spot once more, in front
of names like Google and Coca-
Cola. Equally, the credibility that Di
Montezemolo has forged for himself
in the world of business and finance
is also down to the success of
Ferrari on the world’s race circuits.
While president of Ferrari,
Di Montezemolo has been
appointed to other senior executive
positions at various points. Such
as his chairmanship of Fiat, or
Confindustria (the association of
Italian industries), Maserati, the
LUISS University in Rome, NTV
(a private train line in Italy), The
Bologna Exhibition Centre, as well as
the vice chairmanship of Unicredit.
Previously, he was president of
Cinzano, RCS Video, the Italian
federation of newspaper editors,
and famously Italia ’90 – Italy’s turn
at hosting the FIFA World Cup.
He creates synergies around
him and has proved to be a sharp
political mover, having founded
a think-tank called Italia Futura,
which profited from the collapse of
Berlusconi to produce ministers and
influential opinions at a time when
Italy faced an uncertain future.
The relationship with Ferrari
began in 1972, when Enzo Ferrari
decided he wanted to get to know
the young law graduate who had
appeared in a motorsport radio
commentary. Di Montezemolo was
already well connected, having
taken part in rallies with Cristiano
Rattazzi, the son of Susanna Agnelli,
who was Fiat supremo Gianni
Agnelli’s sister. Di Montezemolo’s
introduction to the Agnelli dynasty
developed into a close relationship
over the years, with Luca treated
almost as a son. So when Agnelli
died, it was the family themselves
who chose Luca as his heir.
Enzo Ferrari, who kept a very
close eye on everything going
on with the movers and shakers
in Turin, gave his new employee
particular attention straight away.
It was the beginning of the 1970s.
Montezemolo built the remainder
of his reputation himself, thanks
to his brilliant negotiation skills,
uncanny ability to second-guess
the psychology of his interlocutors
and deep understanding of the
mechanisms of communications.
None of the big bosses in F1
can communicate as well as him,
hence nobody can enhance a
brand image in the same way. This
ability has helped establish Ferrari
as a global product of excellence;
something that is truly distinct.
Di Montezemolo is an able and
determined man, who has skilfully
dodged the bullets of those who
have tried to replace him over the
years – not just at Ferrari.
His inner strength stems from
the battles he has won both on and
off the track. And this strength lets
him press on with serenity, ready
to break the record for managerial
longevity of another phenomenon
with whom he has not always
enjoyed a loving and peaceful
relationship: Bernie Ecclestone.
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F1 Racing April 2014 103
Di Montezemolo: Enzo’s heir
Italian journalist Pino Allievi traces the rise
and rise of a consummate political animal
Enzo Ferrari overseeing testing of a new Ferrari at Monza in 1966 (left) and
heir, Di Montezemolo, at qualifying for the Italian GP at Monza in 2013 (right)
A young Di Montezemolo (left) as Ferrari
team manager at a Goodyear press
conference with Enzo Ferrari (far right)
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With in-season testing restricted,
testing at Ferrari’s own Fiorano
track (right and below) is a thing of
the past, with the focus, much to
Di Montezemolo’s chagrin, now on the
windtunnel (below right)
F1 Racing April 2014 105
A bIL WRR cIose, some mIghL
urgue, buL IeL`s noL IInger on LhuL
InIumous SchumI-VIIIeneuve
scuIße. LeL`s dIg deeper InLo Lhe
worId-vIew oI u mun powerIuI
enough Lo shupe F1, noL jusL
observe IL. LeL`s geL hIm LuIkIng
ubouL u known FerrurI bugbeur,
numeIy Lhe sporL`s IncreusIng
IncIInuLIon Lowurds non-Lruck
deveIopmenL: wIndLunneIs,
CFD, sImuIuLors und Lhe IIke.
¨KImI,¨ he decIures, wILh
u shudder oI dIsLusLe, ¨hus
been busy sInce Lhe begInnIng
oI Junuury In LhIs. sLrunge
muchIne LhuL ¡ don`L IIke uL uII
- Lhe sImuIuLor.¨
The brow hus Iurrowed, hIs
IIps LIghLened, und Ior u momenL
he oIIers u gIImpse oI how
unpIeusunL IL musL be Lo Incur
hIs wruLh, or even dIspIeusure.
¨¡L`s u joke,¨ he conLInues.
¨We`ve been LoId Lo InvesL u huge umounL oI
money In LhIs LerrIbIe muchIne. ¡L`s urLIhcIuI.
¡nsLeud oI beIng ubIe Lo LesL here |uL FerrurI`s LesL
Lruck, FIoruno| und uL MugeIIo. ¡I someone hus
money Lo LesL - IL`s beLLer Lo go und ruce In GPz.¨
FerrurI`s cuILuruI herILuge Is InIused wILh Lruck
LesLIng und onIy u IooI (or one oI Len rIvuI Leums
noL bIessed wILh LheIr own prIvuLe LesL Lruck)
wouId Lry Lo deny The ScuderIu`s proud beIIeIs
on LhIs LopIc. Becuuse noL so much hus chunged
sInce Enzo`s duy, when ßuL-1z-engIned scurIeL
rucers wouId roII soILIy pusL Lhe IronL door oI
Lhe converLed Iurmhouse Lhe OId Mun mude hIs
oIhce, heuded sLruIghL Ior FIoruno.
¨Don`L LhInk ¡`m conservuLIve
und oId In un InucLIve wuy,¨ he
usserLs. ¨We ure Iorced Lo InvesL
money InLo our wIndLunneI und
sImuIuLor, whIch Is urLIhcIuI und
noL good Ior Lhe young drIver,
or Lhe pubIIc. ¡L Is. u coId pIuce.
¡ IIke usphuIL. ¡L`s rIdIcuIous
we`re noL uIIowed Lo LesL. And we
spend mIIIIons on uerodynumIcs,
whIch we cunnoL LrunsIer In uny
wuy Lo my roud curs.
¨¡ wunL Lo LesL Lo hrsL oI
uII gIve new drIvers Lhe
possIbIIILy Lo drIve our curs
und Lo geL LhuL experIence. And
Lo gIve more experIence Lo Lhe
pubIIc und u good opporLunILy
Lo Lhe sponsors. ¡ don`L wunL
FormuIu 1 Lo become someLhIng
equuIIsed uL u Iow IeveI. ThIs
Is compeLILIon.¨
CompeLILIon, buL cosL, Loo.
And even Ior u Leum whose
roud cur dIvIsIon Lurns record prohLs, In Lhese
sLruILened LImes sIuIcIng money InLo hybrId
engIne LechnoIogy KXUWV.
¨WILh Lhe new engInes Lhere Is unbeIIevubIe
InvesLmenL,¨ DI MonLezemoIo uvers, ¨und cosL In
F1 Is u mujor probIem. ¡n Lhe IusL yeurs we huve
been In Loo muny dIrecLIons. SLurLIng wILh Lhe
budgeL cup where you`re noL uIIowed Lo spend
uny more - IL`s dIIhcuIL Lo udjusL Lo Lhe sume
IeveI Ior everybody. For exumpIe, we huve Lo
produce engInes, so we cun`L huve Lhe sume cosL
cup us Red BuII or WIIIIums. So when we suy we
huve Lo suve cosLs, we uIso huve Lo buIId our own
wIndLunneI und Iund LIme In IL.
BuIIL In 1q;z, FIoruno pre-duLes, jusL,
DI MonLezemoIo`s eru und IL`s us sLorIed u pIuce
us IL Is useIuI - were LesLIng Lo be de-resLrIcLed.
¨BeIng Irunk,¨ DI MonLezemoIo udmILs, ¨our
know-how us u cur munuIucLurer, us u Leum und
un ¡LuIIun compuny, Is noL In Lhe uerodynumIcs
buL In Lhe mechunIcs. FerrurI cuILure Is In
geurboxes und suspensIon. We cume wILh u Iow
experIence und know-how Irom Lhe sImuIuLor
becuuse our cuILure, our uLLILude, our hIsLory, us
wILh our roud curs, Is ubouL usphuIL.¨
DI MonLezemoIo denIes romunLIcIsm cIouds
hIs vIew, InsIsLIng LhuL Lruck LesLIng Is cIoser Lo
Lhe sporL`s essence Lhun deveIopmenL by duLu.
“We are forced to
invest money into
our windtunnel and
simulator, which is
artificial. I like asphalt”
HERITAGE.
VILLAGE.
Sample the.
culture of.
Abu Dhabl.
PIT STOP.
Refuel ln the.
beer tent.
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survIve wILh u good buIunce beLween uudIence
hgures und LeIevIsIon vIewers.¨
HIs commenLs on successIon ure uII Lhe
more upposILe gIven Lhe 'evenLs` surroundIng
EccIesLone. YeL, perhups ouL oI respecL Ior u
IeIIow 'bIg beusL`, he decIInes Lhe opporLunILy
Lo InßIcL u bIow oI hIs own.
¨For muny reusons BernIe
Is noL In Lhe besL momenL oI
hIs IIIe,¨ he noLes, wILh urch
dIpIomucy. ¨And when u person
Is Iess sLrong, IL`s eusy Lo uLLuck.
CVC Is un InvesLmenL compuny.
And Lhey wIII sooner or IuLer
gIve up Lhe money und seII.
BernIe Is Lhe onIy one InsIde
LhuL group who hus credIbIIILy,
knowIedge und know-how ubouL
FormuIu 1. The oLher peopIe Lry
Lo muxImIse LheIr besL, buL Lhey wIII one duy seII
Lhe busIness. ¡ huve noLhIng uguInsL Mr. er, Lhe
guy uL Red BuII.? Horner. BuL LhIs Is noL jusL
ubouL munugers, we need someone who knows
ubouL money, LeIevIsIon, commercIuI uspecLs,
murkeLIng. We mIghL need noL one person, buL u
group oI experLs who know LheIr dIIIerenL heIds.¨
WILh LhuL, our LIme Is up, suve u hnuI, whuL-
mIghL-huve-been ubouL RoberL KubIcu und Lhe
rumour LhuL Ior zo1z he`d huve ruced In URVVR.
¨¡ IIke hIm, he`s u reuI hghLer,¨ DI MonLezemoIo
reßecLs, wILh cIeur regreL. ¨He`s sLIII hghLIng uL
Lhe Lop. UnIorLunuLeIy Lhese LhIngs huppen. BuL
we were YHU\ cIose Lo sIgnIng un ugreemenL.¨
F1 Racing April 2014 107
Di Montezemolo
confirms that
Robert Kubica (“a real
fighter”) was in line for
a 2012 Ferrari drive
¨We hud greuL rucIng In Lhe
1qqos wILhouL hIgh cosLs, so
we need Lo be reuIIsLIc und
LhInk oI LhIngs LhuL do noL
Iuvour one Leum over unoLher,
Ior exumpIe: Iess wIndLunneI
LIme; or u smuIIer number oI
pIeces LhuL we huve Lo buIId or
deveIop; or noL beIng uIIowed Lo
muke modIhcuLIons oI Lhe cur
LhroughouL Lhe seuson.¨
¨SomeLhIng credIbIe¨ Is
needed, he suys, such us u
cup oI zoom per Leum, per
seuson. ¨Then, II ¡ wunL Lo LesL
LwIce u duy uL FIoruno, LhuL Is
my probIem, muybe ¡ huve Iess
money Lo spend on someLhIng
eIse. We huve Lo uchIeve u gouI.¨
SpeukIng, us we ure, Lo u mun
oI Inßuence wILhIn und beyond
hIs sporL, IL`s InevILubIe LhuL
LuIk broudens InLo quesLIons
ubouL ILs IuLure dIrecLIon. ¡s F1
weII Ied, we usk, wILh BernIe
EccIesLone sLIII IeguIIy ensnured?
And where Is IL heuded?
MenLIon oI BernIe umuses
DI MonLezemoIo, hIs shurp
IeuLures soILenIng us he LhInks oI
u peer whose sLory Is so cIoseIy
enLwIned wILh hIs own.
¨BernIe Is BernIe,¨ he suys,
¨wILh u IoL oI pIuses und
mInuses, us uII oI us huve.
¡ hope Ior hIm LhuL he cun sLuy
Ior u Iong LIme, buL LhIs Is noL
u 'Loduy` probIem. AILer BernIe
IL Is goIng Lo be unIque und IL
wIII be necessury Lo upprouch
u dIIIerenL governunce.¨
So muny quesLIons, In
DI MonLezemoIo`s vIew, wIII
huve Lo be uddressed dIIIerenLIy:
¨CommercIuI probIems, TV
rIghLs, rucIng In Lhe rIghL pIuces
- rucIng wILh no pubIIc Is u probIem. ¡ndeed
whuL kInd oI u reIuLIonshIp do we huve wILh
Lhe pubIIc? WhuL decIsIon do we Luke wILh new
LechnoIogy? WhuL do we do Lo Improve Lhe show
und Lo encouruge young peopIe Lo wuLch? They
enjoy curs Iess und F1 Iess Lhun Lhey used Lo.¨
HIs unswer Is boLh precIse und cuuLIous; wIde-
rungIng buL cuIcuIuLed. And on one poInL he Is
specIhc: ¨¡ wIII never suy LhuL InsLeud oI BernIe
we wIII huve Lucu DI MonLezemoIo. We need
u group oI governunce. A CEO und one person
In Lhe group who Is In churge oI moLor rucIng.
Then we cun work wILh Lhe ruIes, Lhe Leums, Lhe
F¡A und uII Lhe dIIIerenL voIces. Every sporL cun
Di Montezemolo with Bernie
Ecclestone (left). Despite being
tipped as a potential Bernie
successor, Di Montezemolo does
not see this as a viable solution
and has already brushed off
Bernie’s own suggestion that
Christian Horner (below) could
fulfill that role as “a joke”
“I will never say that
instead of Bernie
we will have Luca Di
Montezemolo. We need
a group of governance”
pproprIuLeIy, Dr Gury HurLsLeIn
und ¡ huve urrunged Lo meeL In
Murruy`s uL NorLhumpLonshIre`s
WhILLIebury HuII - u resLuurunL
LhuL puys homuge Lo commenLuLor Murruy
WuIker. Gury muy be Lhe cIInIcuI proIessor oI
unuesLhesIu und emergency medIcIne uL LIege
UnIversILy HospILuI, buL he cun uIso LuIk wILh
mussIve enLhusIusm ubouL moLorsporL.
HuvIng worked uIongsIde Lhe IuLe ProIessor SId
WuLkIns, HurLsLeIn becume F1 medIcuI deIeguLe
when Lhe Iegendury 'ProI` reLIred In zoo¸.
HurLsLeIn, u New Yorker hzzIng wILh energy,
pIuyed u key roIe In deveIopIng muny oI Lhe F¡A`s
medIcuI und suIeLy poIIcIes beIore hIs conLrucL
wus LermInuLed unexpecLedIy uL Lhe end oI zo1z.
He`s joIned me Irom neurby SIIversLone, where
he`s been deIIverIng u IecLure on chesL Injury us
purL oI un Advunced Truumu LIIe SupporL course.
As Murruy WuIker mIghL suy: ¨My goodness!
ThIs shouId be ubsoIuLeIy IuscInuLIng!¨
Maurice Hamilton: SInce MIchueI Schumucher`s
uccIdenL, your medIu presence hus been quILe
hIgh. PeopIe don`L undersLund u IoL ubouL heud
Injury even Lhough, In your worId, IL`s common.
Dr Gary Hartstein: ¡L Is. ¡ wunL peopIe Lo
undersLund u IoL oI whuL`s goIng on becuuse IL`s
u reuI roIIer-cousLer rIde Ior everybody; Lhe more
you undersLund, Lhe more you upprecIuLe LhuL.
MH: WILh heud Injury, Is IL IuIr Lo ussume LhuL
no Lwo InjurIes ure Lhe sume: Lhey cun be vusLIy
dIIIerenL, buL you cun`L LeII InILIuIIy?
GH: AbsoIuLeIy. You Luke Lhe LhoughL experImenL
oI '1oo MIchueIs` - sume veIocILy, sume ungIe,
sume uccIdenL - und you won`L huve 1oo
reproducIbIe ouLcomes. As LIme moves on, Lhe
IuLure becomes cIeurer.
MH: Huve heud InjurIes und concussIons become
someLhIng moLorsporL shouId be LhInkIng ubouL
more Lhun beIore?
GH: ProIessor SId WuLkIns wus u neurosurgeon
und when ¡ cume on bourd, we sLurLed LuIkIng
ubouL concussIon eurIy on. One oI Lhe LhIngs SId
dId wus esLubIIsh conLucL wILh Lhe guys In Lhe
SLuLes; Dr Terry TrummeII, Dr SLeve OIvey und
Dr Hunk Bock. SLeve, us u neuroInLensIvIsL, wus
uIreudy on LhIs und he opened our eyes. We`d
been doIng pre-seuson LesLIng oI drIvers` neuro-
cognILIve IuncLIon wILh u compuLerIsed buse.
MH: WhuL does LhuL meun?
GH: You LesL reucLIon LIme, perseverunce, verbuI
memory und spuLIuI memory - purumeLers
LhuL ure known Lo suIIer In u concussed puLIenL.
You`re esLubIIshIng u buseIIne. ¡L`s In Lhe regs
LhuL II uny oI Lhese guys geL u knock on Lhe heud,
or uny LIme Lhe medIcuI IoIk IeeI IL`s upproprIuLe,
Lhey huve Lo Luke unoLher LesL. When RoberL
KubIcu dIdn`L drIve Lhe week uILer hIs crush In
MonLréuI zoo;, LhuL wus becuuse one oI Lhose
purumeLers wus oII. OLherwIse, cIInIcuIIy, he wus
remurkubIy good - und he wunLed Lo drIve.
MH: ¡`m uIwuys umuzed by u drIver`s ubIIILy Lo
muILILusk uL 18omph.
GH: ¡L`s usLonIshIng. When peopIe usk whuL
mukes u greuL rucer, Lhey LuIk ubouL reucLIon
LIme. ¡ don`L LhInk LheIr reucLIon LImes, exceIIenL
108 F1 Racing April 2014
Since losing his job as F1 medical delegate in 2012, the vocal Dr Gary Hartstein is
still pushing for safety reform in the sport, as he tells Maurice Hamilton over lunch
PORTRAITS ANDREW FERRARO/LAT
“I’m a lot more outspoken now
because I have nothing to lose.
I live well with that because I did
a decent job. The people whose
respect means something to
me, they respect me”
A
THE MAUR¡CE
HAM¡LTON
¡NTERV¡EW
Dr Gary Hartstein
|InLer-crunIuI pressure| becomes u probIem,
Lo Lhe poInL where uII Lhe bruIn Is doIng Is jusL
muInLuInIng. You IeL Lhe ceIIs do noLhIng; Lhey
don`L huve Lo boLher wILh sendIng ImpuIses
und so on. ThuL wuy, everyLhIng cun be used Ior
ceIIuIur muInLenunce und ¡CP Lends Lo come
down when LhuL huppens.
MH: ¡s Lhe bruIn so compIex LhuL IL`s hurd Lo
predIcL whuL wIII huppen us Lhere`s so much goIng
on up Lhere? Excuse my broud LermInoIogy.
GH: ThuL`s hne, buL you wIII excuse my sLundurd
unswer Lo LhuL quesLIon. Tuke u Coke muchIne;
drop IL on LhuL rock Irom un equIvuIenL heIghL
und II ¡ puL In my quurLer - ¡`m showIng my uge
- ¡ wouIdn`L beL on u Coke poppIng ouL.
The bruIn hus us muny connecLIons us Lhere
ure sLurs In Lhe unIverse; IL`s LrIIIIon und LrIIIIons.
So you wunL Lo hope LhuL LhIs LhIng wIII puL
ILseII buck LogeLher. ¡L`s IIke Lhe suL-nuv In your
cur. You sLurL your engIne und suy ¡`m goIng
here; Lhe suL-nuv suys you`II geL Lhere uL Lhree
o`cIock. ThuL`s buIIpurk becuuse IL`s mukIng some
sLuLIsLIcuI ussumpLIons: on LhIs roud you`II go
LhIs IusL, Lhen on LhuL roud you`II be doIng LhuL
speed. BuL us you geL cIoser, Lhe predIcLIon geLs
more uccuruLe. ¡n Lhose InLermedIuLe sLuges,
we`re IunneIIIng down Lo un ouLcome. BuL LhuL
ouLcome won`L be cIeur Ior quILe some LIme.
MH: ThuL`s u very good unuIogy.
GH: ¡ dIdn`L LhInk oI LhuL unLII now... ¡ LuIk Lo
myseII. Some peopIe sIng In Lhe shower - ¡ LuIk!
MH: ¡ remember ProI LeIIIng me LhuL Lhe bruIn Is
such un exLruordInury pIece oI equIpmenL. Wus
he one oI Lhe besL bruIn surgeons you`ve meL?
GH: ThuL mun wus properIy In uwe oI Lhe humun
bruIn. ¡`ve heurd IoLs oI very good neurosurgeons
speuk very hIghIy oI SId`s LechnIcuI ubIIILy, buL
¡ never operuLed wILh hIm.
MH: ¡ suppose you couId LeII u IoL Irom Lhe muny
conversuLIons Lhe puIr oI you hud over Lhe yeurs.
When you LuIk Lo somebody ubouL moLorsporL,
you cun quIckIy LeII wheLher or noL Lhey LruIy
undersLund und Iove IL. ¡s IL Lhe sume when
medIcuI peopIe sIL down und chuL?
110 F1 Racing April 2014
THE MAUR¡CE
HAM¡LTON
¡NTERV¡EW
Dr Gary Hartstein
Lhough Lhey muy be, ure beLLer Lhun Lhose oI
oLher uLhIeLes. BuL on u physIcuI IeveI, Lhey huve
Lremendous ubIIILy Lo chunge Iocus wILh LheIr
eyes rupIdIy. ¡ LhInk LheIr ocuIur muscIes ure
IncredIbIy sLrong. There`s Lhe concenLruLIon, Loo.
DId you ever go In Lhe Lwo-seuLer F1 cur?
MH: ¡ dId; wILh MurLIn BrundIe und, on unoLher
memorubIe occusIon, Jeun AIesI, boLh uround
Yus MurInu In Abu DhubI.
GH: CouId you do IL Ior un hour und q¸ mInuLes?
MH: No wuy. ¡ dId ubouL sIx Iups euch LIme und
whuL sLruck me wus how exhuusLed ¡ wus jusL
sILLIng Lhere, brucIng myseII. ¡`d geL ouL oI Lhe cur,
druIned. AIrIghL, Lhey`re hL und ¡ wusn`L, buL.
GH: ThuL`s u huge IucLor. You`ve hIL Lhe nuII on
Lhe heud, buL ¡ don`L huve purumeLers Ior LhuL.
TheIr InIormuLIon-processIng Is phenomenuI
buL ¡ LhInk LhuL, suy, u EurohghLer pIIoL Is Lhe
sume. He`s LruckIng Lhree-dImensIonuI LurgeLs,
conLroIIIng Lhe ueropIune, seIecLIng weupons und
puIIIng 6G. So ¡ don`L LhInk drIvers ure demI-
gods, buL LheIr InIormuLIon-processIng seLs Lhem
upurL. Then you geL InLo Lhe more humun IucLors.
The greuL chumpIons huve been exLremeIy
InLeIIIgenL men; Lhey`re noL jusL rucers.
MH: Every worId chumpIon? WouId you IncIude,
suy, MIchueI Schumucher?
GH: Yes, ¡ wouId. He`s noL u guy wILh book
knowIedge buL he`d ImmedIuLeIy undersLund
Lhe essence oI un urgumenL und usk Lhe rIghL
quesLIon. PhenomenuIIy InLeIIIgenL. He`s un
exLruordInury Ieuder, whIch hus noLhIng Lo do
wILh hIs drIvIng. ¡ suw IncIdenLs where peopIe
uL FerrurI wouId Luke u buIIeL Ior LhuL guy.
They were IIke soIdIers; IL wus exLruordInury.
MH: LeL`s reLurn Lo MIchueI`s uccIdenL. From
u proIessIonuI sLundpoInL, when you heurd Lhe
news, whuL were you LhInkIng uL vurIous sLuges?
GH: ¡ LhoughL: 'SomeLhIng very bud`s huppenIng
here, Lhe wuy news Is drIbbIIng ouL.` Then ¡
heurd he wus uL GrenobIe HospILuI und ¡ knew IL
wus bud. He wus In u comu, buL Lhey were LuIkIng
ubouL u medIcuIIy Induced comu. ¡L`s u quesLIon
LhuL revoIves uround Lerms LhuL oughL noL be
used becuuse Lhey don`L IndIcuLe Lhe sILuuLIon.
ThuL`s why ¡`ve noL used Lhe Lerm 'medIcuIIy-
Induced comu`. Any serIousIy heud-Injured
puLIenL wIII be unuesLheLIsed.
MH: WhIch Is your heId.
GH: ¡L Is. ¡L`s hguruLIve; when you`re usIeep, ¡ cun
wuke you up. When you`re unuesLheLIsed, ¡ cun`L
wuke you up. There ure bIg dIIIerences beLween
sIeep und unuesLhesIu. UsIng convenLIonuI
Iunguuge, you huve Lo puL hIm Lo sIeep Lo conLroI
venLIIuLIon, conLroI Lhe uIrwuys und geL hIm InLo
Lhe scun Lo see whuL`s goIng on In hIs heud.
WhuL huppens In subsequenL sLuges Is LhuL Lhe
depLh oI LhuL unuesLheLIc cun be drumuLIcuIIy
Increused II necessury Lo cuIm Lhe puLIenL down
so he`s consumIng us IILLIe oxygen us possIbIe
und keepIng us much us possIbIe Ior Lhe bruIn.
BuL you cun deepen LhuL sIgnIhcunLIy II ¡CP
“After Michael’s accident I thought:
‘Something very bad’s happening
here, the way news is dribbling out’”
Robert Kubica’s 180mph crash at Canada 2007
(top). Although unhurt, he was medically required
to sit out the next race in the US (above)
F1 Racing April 2014 111
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GH: WeII, yes. BuL Lhe cIub you`re LuIkIng ubouL
depends on how you`re IookIng uL Lhe pIcLure.
For exumpIe, ¡`ve uIwuys noLIced Lhe wuy MurLIn
BrundIe LuIks Lo Seb VeLLeI. There`s u wuy drIvers
speuk Lo euch oLher LhuL no one eIse cun repIIcuLe,
even II Lhey`re noL LuIkIng ubouL drIvIng.
¡`ve uIwuys noLIced LhuL ubouL surgeons. Even
when Lhey`re noL LuIkIng ubouL medIcIne, Lhey
ure members oI u cIub. The IruLernILy SId und
¡ beIonged Lo Is Lhe IruLernILy oI moLorsporL
docLors. We LuIked ubouL medIcIne und, Irom
Lhe begInnIng, Irom 1qqo, ¡ LhoughL: 'Dumn, LhIs
guy`s uIrIghL.` He wus jusL on IL, und he uIso knew
whuL wus goIng on In u wIder sense.
MH: Your reIerence Lo MurLIn Is InLeresLIng. ¡`ve
uIwuys ussumed IL`s noL LhuL he knows whuL Lo
suy Lo Lhe drIvers, IL`s LhuL Lhey uccepL IL`s uIrIghL
Ior KLP Lo LuIk Lo Lhem becuuse he knows whuL
he`s on ubouL. He`s noL some journuIIsL who`s
never hud hIs bum In u rucIng cur.
GH: AbsoIuLeIy.
MH: You`re un unuesLheLIsL. ¡ hudn`L reuIIsed how
LrIcky IL Is Lo uppIy your Lrude; ¡ remember you
LeIIIng me once how Lhe body Is us cIose Lo deuLh
us IL`s ever goIng Lo be when under unuesLheLIc.
¡ wus quILe sLurLIed by LhuL.
GH: The gouI oI mosL unuesLheLIcs Is Lo prevenL
Lhe bruIn Irom perceIvIng someLhIng unpIeusunL.
UsuuIIy LhuL`s surgery, und one oI Lhe wuys we
do LhuL Is by suppressIng conscIousness und
uwureness Lo Lhe poInL where Lhe puLIenL Is
unurousubIe. BuL LhIs requIres munIpuIuLIng
drugs LhuL ure phenomenuIIy powerIuI.
MH: ThuL`s u heII oI u responsIbIIILy.
GH: Yes, buL mosL huppy unuesLheLIsLs ¡ know
don`L wuIk uround wILh LhuL weIghL on LheIr
shouIders. Those who do, Lhey`re sLressed und
Lhey`re Iess huppy In LheIr IIves. WhuL we`ve seen
Ior Len yeurs or so now - und IL`s someLhIng we
never suw beIore - Is LhuL In euch yeur oI new
LruInees, one or Lwo sLop becuuse oI sLress.
MH: How come, us u LruInee, you ended up In
u medIcuI schooI In LIege?
GH: WeII ¡ purLIed my wuy Lhrough unIversILy
In Lhe SLuLes. ¡ wenL Lo UnIversILy oI RochesLer,
upsLuLe New York, Lhen moved Lo BeIgIum.
MH: To geL cIoser Lo F1? Where dId Lhe Iove Ior
moLorsporL come Irom?
GH: When ¡ wus u kId, we hud neLwork TV und
every SuLurduy wus ABC`s :LGH :RUOG RI 6SRUWV.
¡ wus Lhe mosL un-uLhIeLIc humun. ¡ couIdn`L
swIng u buL. ¡ cerLuInIy couIdn`L hIL u buII. ABC
hud Lons oI moLorsporL. We`re LuIkIng ubouL Lhe
goIden duys oI NASCAR und ¡ndy. ¡ remember
wuLchIng Lhe Monuco GP und Le Muns, Loo.
Support from Ferrari and fans (including Lewis
Hamilton, above) for Michael Schumacher in the
aftermath of his December 2013 skiing accident
112 F1 Racing April 2014
“Sid knew about everything
– not just medicine, but life.
An extraordinary person”
THE MAUR¡CE
HAM¡LTON
¡NTERV¡EW
MH: ¡ wuLched on YouTube Lhe InLervIew you dId
wILh MurIo MuLh, und you LuIk ubouL beIng In
LIege und reuIIsIng, wILh Spu jusL down Lhe roud,
LhuL Lhere hud Lo be docLors Lhere. Were you
druwn by u mIxLure oI docLorIng und Lhe sporL?
GH: ¡ wusn`L druwn by Lhe Ideu oI renderIng
greuL cure uL Lhe cIrcuIL, becuuse LhuL wouId
ImpIy LhuL peopIe hud been Injured. ¡ wus goIng
Lhere becuuse Lhey wouId open Lhe guLes oI Lhe
cIrcuIL Ior me und sIL me In u cur Irom where ¡
wouId wuLch Lhe ruce. ¡ wus IuIIy reudy Lo deuI
wILh unyLhIng, buL, Lo be honesL, ¡ wusn`L goIng
Lhere Lo roII up my sIeeves.
MH: ThIs evenLuuIIy goL you InLo F1. You couIdn`L
huve hud u beLLer Leucher Lhun SId. ¡ wus Louched
by Lhe IucL LhuL, on Lhe vIdeo, you suId you wouId
oILen Lurn Lo hIm Ior udvIce ruLher Lhun, suy,
your IuLher - whIch Is quILe un udmIssIon.
GH: ¡L wus un Immense prIvIIege Lo huve been so
cIose Lo SId. He knew ubouL everyLhIng - noL jusL
medIcIne, buL IIIe. An exLruordInury person.
MH: So you hud your moLorsporL InLernshIp wILh
SId, IeurnIng Lhe Lrude. Then he reLIres und you
ussume hIs roIe. BuL you knew whuL wus InvoIved
becuuse you`d seen IL und done IL.
Dr Gary Hartstein
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do you do? KubIcu`s zoo; uccIdenL huppened
uL Lhe opposILe end oI Lhe cIrcuIL Lo where Lhe
MedIcuI Cur wus sLuLIoned. The uccIdenL wus ¸o
yurds Irom u rescue unIL, buL In Cunudu Lhey`re
compeLenL guys; Lhey goL on wILh IL. When ¡ goL
Lhere, uII ¡ dId wus geL Lhe umbuIunce reudy Ior
RoberL becuuse Lhe guys were doIng everyLhIng
needed. The medIcuI cur drIver, Iormer rucer
AIun vun der Merwe, puL Lhe cur In Lhe rIghL
pIuce becuuse he does LhuL; he`s u smurL guy.
MH: WhuL wouId 'Lhe rIghL pIuce` be on un
occusIon IIke LhuL?
GH: ¡L depends on Lhe conhguruLIon oI Lhe cIrcuIL
und where Lhe SuIeLy Cur Is goIng Lo Ieud Lhe F1
curs Lhrough Lhe scene. We wunL Lo be ouL oI
Lhe wuy, IdeuIIy purL oI Lhe burruge oI vehIcIes
proLecLIng Lhe uccIdenL Irom unybody who
moves, becuuse Lhe F1 curs wIII be weuvIng IIke
GH: ¡ dIdn`L geL InvoIved unIess SId wunLed
me InvoIved. ¡L wus very deIIcuLe beIng SId`s
ussIsLunL becuuse hIs job wus so coveLed by
everyone who wus u docLor und u moLorsporL Iun.
¡ never wunLed SId Lo LhInk LhuL our IrIendshIp
hud Lo do wILh my InLeresL In LhuL. So ¡ reuIIy
never LhoughL ubouL IL. BuL, yes, IL`s u huge job.
MH: How much responsIbIIILy dId you huve
Ior Lhe medIcuI guys uL Lhe Lruck und LheIr
compeLency? Whose concern wus LhuL?
GH: ¡n Lerms oI uILImuLe responsIbIIILy, medIcuI
cure uL Lhe cIrcuIL Is bused on Lhe IocuI Leum. ¡L`s
probIemuLIc when you come Lo new cIrcuILs In
counLrIes wILhouL u Iong moLorsporL hIsLory, DQG
Lhey don`L do pre-hospILuI medIcIne. Remember,
u docLor goes ouL on Lhe sLreeLs Lo IeLch uccIdenL
vIcLIms on Lhe heIIcopLer or on rescue unILs.
MoLor rucIng Is Lhe sume LhIng. The course ¡`ve
been LeuchIng here uL SIIversLone sLurLs when Lhe
puLIenL comes InLo Lhe emergency depurLmenL.
So Lhere`s u whoIe phuse beLween Lhe uccIdenL
und Lhe emergency depurLmenL LhuL Lhe course
doesn`L specIhcuIIy Leuch.
MH: You`re LuIkIng ubouL sLubIIIsuLIon uL Lhe
scene oI Lhe shunL?
cruzy. ¡I one oI Lhem Ioses IL, you wunL Lhem Lo
hIL one oI Lhe curs - noL Lhe InLervenLIon peopIe.
MH: FoIIowIng Lhe heId oII Lhe grId In Lhe
medIcuI cur, how hurd wus IL Lo ussess whuL
wus goIng on uL u crush scene on, suy, Lhe hrsL
corner? You`ve goL Lo be quIck decIdIng wheLher
Lo sLop, becuuse II you hung on und Lhere`s no
SuIeLy Cur, Lhe Ieuders ure on you In no LIme.
GH: ExucLIy. ChurIIe WhILIng LeIIs Lhe drIvers
reguIurIy: ¨¡I you`re goIng Lo LuIk Lo your Leum
suyIng '¡`ve spun; LhuL busLurd hIL me,` whuLever
you`re doIng, jusL puL your Lhumb up Ior Lhe
medIcuI cur.¨ ¡I ¡ suw u Lhumb go up or Lhe
sLeerIng wheeI come ouL, ¡`d know IL wus noLhIng
sIgnIhcunL. The drIver couId huve u broken wrIsL,
or u broken unkIe. ¡ wouIdn`L sLop Ior LhuL.
BuL drIvers IorgeL Lhe Ideu oI Lhe Lhumbs up
In Lhe heuL oI Lhe momenL. We`re wuILIng: '¡s
IL okuy? ¡s IL okuy?` ¡I Lhere`s no deLecLubIe or
upproprIuLe ucLIvILy, Lhen IL`s IIke: 'GoddummIL,
¡ huve Lo geL ouL.` ¡ don`L IIke geLLIng ouL oI Lhe
cur, becuuse Lhe Ionger we`re ouL Lhere, Lhe more
IIkeIy IL Is u SuIeLy Cur wIII huve Lo come ouL, jusL
Ior us. ¡ don`L mInd beIng purL oI Lhe cIrcus - buL
¡ don`L wunL Lo be purL oI Lhe ruce.
Gary’s friend and
mentor, the late
Professor Sid
Watkins, who died
in 2012 aged 84
26 ~ 29 jUNE
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“At Suzuka, you realise if this goes
pear-shaped, you’re dead. I’m sure
that’s why the drivers like it more”
MH: When you Look over Irom SId, uII Lhe
sLrucLures were In pIuce Lhrough hIs good work.
You seL ubouL rehnIng und ImprovIng Lhem und
produced un IncredIbIy ImpressIve munuuI.
GH: ¡L`s u good book wILh u IoL oI good uuLhors.
¡ puL Lhe Ideu Lo Mux MosIey und he suId: 'Do IL.`
MH: You goL uII Lhe rIghL peopIe Lo conLrIbuLe
Lo IL und LuIk ubouL LheIr vurIous roIes. BuL Lhen
noLhIng cume oI IL. How Iur hud you goL?
GH: AII Lhe phoLos, Lhe hgures und dIugrums; uII
Lhe LexL wus done - und noLhIng huppened Ior u
Iong LIme. ¡ don`L know whuL wus goIng on. Every
LIme ¡ broughL IL up, ¡ dIdn`L geL unswers.
MH: ¡s IL Loo bIunL Lo suy LhuL, when you hnuIIy
were eused ouL uL Lhe end oI zo1z, your Iuce
dIdn`L hL? You ure quILe ouLspoken, uren`L you?
GH: Yes, Ior sure. And ¡`m u IoL more ouLspoken
now becuuse ¡ huve noLhIng Lo Iose. ¡ cun IIve
weII wILh LhuL becuuse ¡ dId u decenL job. The
THE MAUR¡CE
HAM¡LTON
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peopIe whose respecL meuns someLhIng Lo me,
Lhey respecL me. So ¡`m hne wILh LhuL. WhuL
concerns me more Is LhuL IL doesn`L Iook us II
LhIngs wIII move uheud Lhe wuy Lhey moved
uheud In Lhe pusL. PuIIIng Lhe drIver`s IeeL behInd
Lhe IronL uxIe cosL noLhIng und suved cureers.
And hre. LhuL doesn`L huppen uny more. BuL
huge udvunces IIke LhuL ure noL huppenIng now.
MH: ¡I you were Lhere Loduy, whuL pIece oI
IegIsIuLIon wouId you brIng In on Lhe medIcuI und
suIeLy sIde oI LhIngs?
GH: The gouI wouId be Lo know Lhe suIesL cIosed
cockpIL und Lhe suIesL open cockpIL. WhuL ure
Lhe dImensIons, whuL ure Lhe muLerIuIs, whuL Is
Lhe besL wuy Lo buIId LhIngs Lo uvoId uII Lhe bud
sLuII LhuL huppens? So, you urrIve uL Lhese IdeuI
cockpILs. You suy Lo every serIes In rucIng: 'ThIs
Is Lhe cockpIL you`re buIIdIng InLo your cur. Now
go desIgn Lhe cur uround LhuL.`
Dr Gary Hartstein
Medics arrive at the scene of the first-corner pile-
up at Spa 2012. Says Hartstein: “I don’t like getting
out of the car because the longer we’re out there,
the more likely it is a Safety Car has to come out”
MH: DespILe ImprovemenLs wILh crush heImeLs,
Lhe HANS devIce und uII Lhe resL oI IL, Is Lhe muIn
worry LryIng Lo proLecL Lhe heud? There ure so
muny pros und cons ubouL un encIosed cockpIL.
Access Lo Lhe drIver hus goL Lo be vILuI, sureIy?
GH: AbsoIuLeIy. BuL Lhen Lhere Is Lhe quesLIon oI
un open-wheeI cur wILh un open cockpIL und un
open-wheeI cur wILh u cIosed cockpIL. How does
IL Iook? ¡s IL F1? Does LhuL quesLIon even muLLer?
MH: ¡L`s u hne IIne beLween uILImuLe proLecLIon
und Lhe sporL ILseII und whuL IL shouId Iook IIke.
¡s LhuL whuL we`re suyIng In very sImpIe Lerms?
GH: Yes, und ¡ um noL one Lo suy IL`s more
excILIng becuuse IL`s more dungerous. BuL go
round u cIrcuIL IIke Turkey. ¡L`s u LhrIIIIng Lruck.
Then go round Suzuku und IL`s: 'Grub hoId und
don`L breuLhe Ior Lhree mInuLes.` Turkey Is greuL
Iun. BuL, uL Suzuku, you reuIIse II LhIs goes peur-
shuped, you`re deud. ¡`m sure LhuL`s why Lhe
drIvers IIke IL more. ¡L`s u huIry pIuce; LerrIbIe In
some respecLs, buL more LhrIIIIng Lhun uny oLher.
MH: We`re geLLIng Lo Lhe quesLIon oI why u drIver
does LhIs. ¡L`s becuuse he wunLs Lhe buzz you don`L
geL Irom wuIkIng Lhe sLreeL und drIvIng u roud
cur. ¡L`s someLhIng specIuI, buL IL needs Lo be kepL
wILhIn reuson. ¡L`s been IuscInuLIng heurIng ubouL
your work In LryIng Lo keep moLorsporL suIeLy
wILhIn LhuL ureu oI reuson. Thunk you.
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INBOX
After all the speculation, a new era
of Formula 1 is finally upon us – and
you’ve got plenty to say about it
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Reports Previews Analysis Opinion Stats
FINISHING STRAIGHT
Nico wins at a canter
REPORTS PREVIEWS
124
BAHRAIN GP PREVIEW
Sand and wind can combine
to undermine any advantage
126
CHINESE GP PREVIEW
With its tight, technical corners,
Shanghai is a real test of ability
F1 Racing April 2014 117
The pre-season hype surrounding Mercedes turns out to be spot-on, as Rosberg
takes a comfortable win in Melbourne. The other teams have their work cut out…
122
MALAYSIAN GP PREVIEW
Teams are braced for monsoon
conditions and thermal degradation
118
AUSTRALIAN GP REPORT
Merc take their first – and almost
certainly not their last – win of 2014
130
MURRAY WALKER
Who better to have the final word on Ayrton
Senna, than the man who commentated on
every single grand prix he raced in?
FINISHING STRAIGHT
)RU WKH RSHQLQJ UDFH oI u new regIme, Lhe
AusLruIIun Grund PrIx IeIL sLrungeIy IIke sLeppIng
buck InLo u bygone uge. The zoo; seuson, In
IucL: un excILIng new rookIe unnouncIng hImseII
wILh un ussured podIum hnIsh; McLurens
cIussIhed second und LhIrd In Lhe hrsL ruce; Ron
DennIs never Iur Irom Lhe nurruLIve; u posL-ruce
LussIe over u IueI Issue; und sImmerIng runcour
beLween u IeudIng Leum und Lhe governIng body.
On Lhe podIum, Ior Lhe hnIshIng order LhuL
wus beumed IIve worIdwIde, wInner NIco
Rosberg und second-pIuced DunIeI RIccIurdo
hnIshed neck-und-neck In u smIIe-oII, wILh Lhe
usuuIIy ImpussIve KevIn Mugnussen cunLerIng
home u beumIng LhIrd. Euch hud compeIIIng
reusons Lo smIIe. BuL In Lhe puddock, recenLIy
reLurned McLuren supremo DennIs wus more.
nuunced In hIs Luke on proceedIngs.
¨The Leum wus very sLrucLured, very Iocused,¨
he LoId reporLers pucked InLo Lhe LIghL conhnes oI
McLuren`s hospILuIILy cubIn, hIs Iuce noL exucLIy
RACE DEBRIEF
Brave new world
A new season ushers in a new era of Formula 1. And the results are far from predictable…
uIIgned In u rIcLus oI unbrIdIed joy. ¨BuL we`re
noL here Lo come LhIrd, we`re here Lo wIn.¨
Mugnussen suw IL sIIghLIy dIIIerenLIy: ¨¡L`s noL
u wIn, buL IL IeeIs IIke u wIn.¨ PercepLIon, Lhey
suy, Is everyLhIng In FormuIu 1.
No one knew quILe whuL Lo expecL Irom
MeIbourne, Ior Lhe new ruIes - downsIzed hybrId
power unILs, 1ookg IueI IImIL und hook-nosed
uero - hud swepL uwuy esLubIIshed Iorm In Iuvour
oI u RumsIeIdIun LungIe oI known unknowns und
unknown unknowns.
So on Sunduy - reIIeI. A ruce Look pIuce. And,
whIIe IL wus noL purLIcuIurIy rIch In LucLIcuI
vurIeLy or IncIdenL, IL dIdn`L vuIIduLe uny oI Lhe
pre-seuson Ieurs LhuL Iuns wouId noL be ubIe Lo
muke sense oI whuL wus huppenIng, or LhuL IueI-
suvIng wouId hurm Lhe specLucIe und promoLe
whuL FerrurI presIdenL Lucu DI MonLezemoIo
cuIIed ¨LuxI-cub rucIng¨. F1 hud noL dIsgruced
ILseII. Then cume Lhe news LhuL RIccIurdo`s Red
BuII wus under InvesLIguLIon Ior u IueI ßow
IrreguIurILy, IoIIowed by un unedIIyIngIy Iong
wuIL - shudes oI BruzII zoo; - Ior u hnuI resuIL.
The ruce hnuIIy goL under wuy uILer u LechnIcuI
gIILch on JuIes BIunchI`s MurussIu cuused Lhe
hrsL sLurL Lo be uborLed. PIpped by boLh LewIs
HumIILon und RIccIurdo In quuIIIyIng, Rosberg
shoL Irom LhIrd Lo seIze Lhe Ieud uL Lhe hrsL corner
und wus never heuded LhereuILer. PoIesILLer
HumIILon wus sIower oII Lhe murk, buL so wus
RIccIurdo - huvIng reporLed Lo Lhe Leum LhuL hIs
RB1o wus boggIng down Irom u sLundIng sLurL.
RIccIurdo IuId down u murker, hrmIy cIosIng
HumIILon ouL uL Turn 1 Lo run second. By Lhe
end oI Lhe Iup HumIILon wus IourLh, demoLed by
Mugnussen, who hud uIreudy mude hIs one error
oI Lhe ruce by uppIyIng Loo much LhroLLIe uL Lhe
sLurL, sendIng hIs McLuren InLo u vIoIenL LwILch.
ThuL wus Lhe order uL Lhe IronL seL Ior Lhe
enLIre ruce. HumIILon wouId pIuy no IurLher purL,
hIs engIne uIreudy runnIng on jusL hve oI ILs sIx
cyIInders. AILer receIvIng some mIxed sIgnuIs
by Stuart Codling
Australian Grand Prix
16.03.2014 / Albert Park
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ALBERT PARK
Irom Lhe pILwuII, he reLIred on Lhe LhIrd Iup. And
SebusLIun VeLLeI? AIso cruIsIng InLo Lhe guruge
In u ßurry oI conIused rudIo messuges - ¨ThIs Is
rIdIcuIous, guys¨ - huvIng sLurLed 1zLh und gone
buck. A soILwure upduLe hud been uppIIed Lo hIs
RenuuIL power unIL on FrIduy evenIng und, us
smurLphone owners Lhe worId over huve oILen
Iound, soILwure upduLes cun be u mIxed bIessIng.
New ruIes, new worId order. Up IronL, we
hud Rosberg exerLIng hIs menLuI IucuILIes In
combInuLIon wILh u domInunL LechnIcuI puckuge
Lo munuge Lhe ruce perIecLIy: ¨We`d IIke mInus
o.¸ on Lhe deILu LIme. We need Lo puII u gup Lo
RIccIurdo und Lhen we`II be huppy,¨ suId ruce
engIneer Tony Ross on Lhe rudIo, wILh Lhe euse oI
u mun orderIng u cuppuccIno - no need Lo shouL
over Lhe muLed bIure oI u zo1q V6 - und Rosberg
obIIged. RIccIurdo Is u newcomer Lo Lhe shurp
end oI proceedIngs und LhIs wus Mugnussen`s
hrsL grund prIx, und whIIe neILher seemed
InLImIduLed by runnIng In such compuny, neILher
couId Lhey mounL u chuIIenge Lo Lhe Mercedes.
FurLher down Lhe roud, unoLher combInuLIon
oI u brund new Iuce und u IumIIIur one In un
unIumIIIur pIuce: 1q-yeur-oId DunIII KvyuL und
Jeun-ErIc Vergne, huvIng quuIIhed LheIr Toro
Rossos sLrongIy und upprouchIng Lhe ruce wILh
ussurunce, hnIshIng InsIde Lhe Lop Len on merIL.
And IueI suvIng seemed ubsenL Irom Lhe
ugendu oI VuILLerI BoLLus, sLurLIng hIs MurLInI-
gIIded WIIIIums ouL oI posILIon In 1¸Lh pIuce uILer
u geurbox chunge. The FW¸6 Is hurd on ILs reur
Lyres, buL on u more overcusL duy BoLLus churged
Lhrough Lo run sIxLh by Iup 8. He Lhen Lupped Lhe
wuII und popped hIs rIghL-reur Lyre oII Lhe rIm,
seLLIng oII u SuIeLy Cur depIoymenL LhuL IusL-
reucLIng Jenson BuLLon expIoILed Lo guIn Lhree
pIuces, uILImuLeIy coIIecLIng whuL hIsLory wIII
record us u podIum hnIsh. Four Iups behInd Lhe
SuIeLy Cur meunL Iew drIvers hud Lo IueI-suve.
For Lhe hrsL LIme In whuL seemed IIke un uge,
Loo, Lhere wus bureIy u compIuInL ubouL Lyres.
DegruduLIon Is jusL VR zo1¸.
The oId worId order hudn`L quILe been swepL
uwuy. NIco HüIkenberg snuLched IourLh pIuce
und heId onLo IL unLII Lhe second round oI
pILsLops In spILe oI Lhe besL eIIorLs oI Fernundo
AIonso, who once uguIn muxImIsed u FerrurI
puckuge LhuL Isn`L quILe Lhere yeL.
So, yes, much LhuL wus new und commendubIe.
RIccIurdo`s posL-ruce dIsquuIIhcuLIon, Lhough,
seemed LIresomeIy oId schooI - und, whuLever
Lhe hnIshIng order, IILLIe doubL remuIns LhuL
Mercedes huve Lhe sLrongesL cur. Everyone eIse,
IncIudIng McLuren, Lhe currenL Ieuders In Lhe
consLrucLors` chumpIonshIp, huve pIenLy oI
cuLchIng up Lo do.
¨We ure pIeused buL noL ecsLuLIc,¨ suId DennIs.
¨We suve 'ecsLuLIc` Ior wIns.¨
PercepLIon, IL seems, Is sLIII everyLhIng.
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The race restarts,
with fuel saving now
less of a concern
thanks to four laps
behind the Safety Car
Button makes his final
pitstop, and a series
of personal best laps
afterwards elevates
him to fourth place
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Ricciardo second.
But Ricciardo is later
disqualified over a
fuel-flow irregularity
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comeback drive
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lead from Hamilton,
while Kobayashi
suffers a brake failure
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Sebastian Vettel
drops to 16th place
due to a software
problem and retires
Bottas clips the wall
while challenging
Alonso for fifth place,
bringing out the
Safety Car on lap 12
Lewis Hamilton retires
after his engine drops
down to five cylinders
THE RESULTS (57 LAPS)
CLIMATE TRACK TEMP
THE RACE
FASTEST PITSTOP
THROUGH SPEED TRAP
Fastest: Kevin
Magnussen, 196.95mph
1st Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1h32m 58.710s
EXC Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull +24.525s*
2nd Kevin Magnussen McLaren +26.777s
3rd Jenson Button McLaren +30.027s
4th Fernando Alonso Ferrari +35.284s
5th Valtteri Bottas Williams +47.639s
6th Nico Hülkenberg Force India +50.718s
7th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +57.675s
8th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +60.441s
9th Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso +63.585s
10th Sergio Pérez Force India +85.916s
11th Adrian Sutil Sauber +1 lap
12th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber +1 lap
13th Max Chilton Marussia +2 laps
NC Jules Bianchi Marussia +8 laps
*Excluded for failing post-race scrutineering – subject to appeal by Red Bull
Retirements
Romain Grosjean Lotus 43 laps – MGU-K failure
Pastor Maldonado Lotus 29 laps – MGU-K failure
Marcus Ericsson Caterham 27 laps – oil pressure
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 3 laps – engine software
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 laps – engine
Felipe Massa Williams 0 laps – accident
Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 0 laps – accident
Kimi Räikkönen, 21.825secs (entry to exit)
Nico Rosberg, lap 19, 1min 32.478secs
FASTEST LAP
Slowest: Felipe
Massa, 135.48mph
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Australian Grand Prix stats
Soft
TYRE COMPOUNDS USED
Intermediate Medium Wet
For comprehensive
F1 statistics visit
www.forix.com
1st McLaren 33pts
2nd Mercedes 25pts
3rd Ferrari 18pts
4th Williams 10pts
5th Force India 9pts
6th Toro Rosso 6pts
7th Sauber 0pts
8th Marussia 0pts
9th Lotus 0pts
10th Caterham 0pts
11th Red Bull 0pts
CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS
1st Nico Rosberg Mercedes 25pts
2nd Kevin Magnussen McLaren 18pts
3rd Jenson Button McLaren 15pts
4th Fernando Alonso Ferrari 12pts
5th Valtteri Bottas Williams 10pts
6th Nico Hülkenberg Force India 8pts
7th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 6pts
8th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 4pts
9th Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 2pts
10th Sergio Pérez Force India 1pts
11th Adrian Sutil Sauber 0pts
12th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 0pts
13th Max Chilton Marussia 0pts
14th Jules Bianchi Marussia 0pts
15th Romain Grosjean Lotus 0pts
16th Pastor Maldonado Lotus 0pts
17th Marcus Ericsson Caterham 0pts
18th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0pts
19th Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0pts
20th Felipe Massa Williams 0pts
21st Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 0pts
22nd Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 0pts
DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
Sunny 27
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C 20
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C
The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Albert Park…
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*Five-place penalty for replacement gearbox **Allowed to start by stewards
***Modified under parc fermé conditions ‡ started from pitlane
THE GRID
19. ERICSSON
CATERHAM
1min 35.157secs Q1
22. GROSJEAN***‡
LOTUS
1min 36.993secs Q1
7. HÜLKENBERG
FORCE INDIA
1min 46.030secs Q3
2. RICCIARDO
RED BULL
1min 44.548secs Q3
17. CHILTON‡
MARUSSIA
1min 34.293secs Q1
4. MAGNUSSEN
MCLAREN
1min 45.745secs Q3
10. BUTTON
MCLAREN
1min 44.437secs Q2
3. ROSBERG
MERCEDES
1min 44.595secs Q3
14. KOBAYASHI
CATERHAM
1min 45.867secs Q2
6. VERGNE
TORO ROSSO
1min 45.864secs Q3
11. RÄIKKÖNEN
FERRARI
1min 44.494secs Q2
15. BOTTAS*
WILLIAMS
1min 48.147secs Q3
12. VETTEL
RED BULL
1min 44.668secs Q2
1. HAMILTON
MERCEDES
1min 44.231secs Q3
16. PÉREZ
SAUBER
1min 47.293secs Q2
9. MASSA
WILLIAMS
1min 48.079secs Q3
18. BIANCHI
MARUSSIA
1min 34.794secs Q1
20. GUTIÉRREZ*
SAUBER
1min 35.117secs Q1
21. MALDONADO**‡
LOTUS
NO TIME IN Q1
13. SUTIL
SAUBER
1min 45.655secs Q1
5. ALONSO
FERRARI
1min 45.819secs Q3
8. KVYAT
TORO ROSSO
1min 47.368secs Q3
FINISHING STRAIGHT
19/1ê March 8raa6s katch 8r|t|sh Iear|aq Car Champ|eash|p
11/11 kpr|| 8raa6s katch 8r|t|sh Irack kac|aq Champ|eash|p
1ê-11 kpr|| 8raa6s katch MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
19/11 kpr|| 0a|tea |ark 8r|t|sh 6I Champ|eash|p
1-î Ma¡ 0a|tea |ark MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
11 Ma¡ 8raa6s katch M|a| |est|ºa|
1I/1ê Ma¡ 8raa6s katch 6| 8|aacpa|a 6I !er|es
14-1î Ma¡ 8raa6s katch 6| Masters k|ster|c |est|ºa|
I/ê Iaae 0a|tea |ark 8r|t|sh Iear|aq Car Champ|eash|p
ê Iaae 8raa6s katch kmer|caa !pee6|est ||
11-1î Iaae !aettertea 1êê MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
11/11 Iaae !aettertea 1êê 8r|t|sh |1 aa6 6I Champ|eash|ps
11 Ia|¡ 0a|tea |ark M|a| |est|ºa|
11/11 Ia|¡ 8raa6s katch 6| k|ster|c !aperpr|x
1ê-1ê Ia|¡ 8raa6s katch 6| MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
1/1 kaqast !aettertea 1êê 8r|t|sh Iear|aq Car Champ|eash|p
ê-1ê kaqast 0a|tea |ark MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
1ã/1I kaqast 8raa6s katch 6| |etas |est|ºa|
11-1î kaqast Ca6we|| |ark MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
11-1î kaqast 0a|tea |ark k|ster|c 6e|6 Cap
1ê/11 kaqast 8raa6s katch 6| 8r|t|sh |1 aa6 6I Champ|eash|ps
11/14 !ept 8raa6s katch 6| 0atch !apercars
1ê/11 !ept 8raa6s katch |est|ºa| ef |ersche
11/14 !ept !aettertea 1êê 8r|t|sh Irack kac|aq Champ|eash|p
11/11 0ct 8raa6s katch 6| 8r|t|sh Iear|aq Car Champ|eash|p
1I-19 0ct 8raa6s katch 6| MCl 8r|t|sh !aperh|ke Champ|eash|p
1/1 Neº 8raa6s katch 8r|t|sh Irack kac|aq aa6 ||rewerks
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The Malaysian GP preview
FINISHING STRAIGHT
122 F1 Racing April 2014
7KH 0DOD\VLDQ *UDQG 3UL[ Lends Lo produce
u dIIIerenL wInner Lo Lhe seuson-opener uL
MeIbourne. One oI Lhe key reusons Is Lhe
dIIIerenL Lype oI chuIIenge LhIs cIrcuIL oIIers.
AL MeIbourne, Lhe cIoseness oI Lhe burrIers und
Lhe Iuck oI uny reuI sLruIghL dehne Lhe cIrcuIL,
whereus MuIuysIu Is dehned by ILs Lwo Iong
sLruIghLs und un ubundunce oI run-oII ureus.
Sepung Is IorgIvIng when drIvers run oII
Lruck, buL IL Is more punIshIng In oLher wuys.
Some oI Lhe hIghesL LemperuLures oI Lhe yeur ure
THE
ENGINEER’S
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Pat Symonds,
Williams’ chief technical officer
experIenced here, mukIng IL u reuI chuIIenge Ior
drIvers Lo sLuy hydruLed LhroughouL Lhe ruce.
A sIgnIhcunL purL oI Lhe Iup Is spenL uL IuII
LhroLLIe; hIgh Lop speeds ure reuched und
combIned wILh Lhe LemperuLures LhIs wIII muke
IL u very LesLIng ruce Ior Lhe new 1.6-IILre V6
engInes - LypIcuIIy Leums wIII open up cooIIng
venLs In Lhe bodywork und use LheIr mosL
eIIecLIve cooIIng soIuLIons here.
The hIgh LemperuLures und ubrusIveness oI Lhe
Lruck wIII uIso pIuce bIgger demunds on Lhe Lyres
LhIs yeur. Even Lhough PIreIII huve opLed Ior u
sLIIIer compound, LhIs mIghL meun LhuL wILh
Iower weur Lhe remuInIng rubber couId overheuL,
IeudIng Lo u kInd oI degruduLIon LhuL wus rureIy
seen In zo1¸ - LhermuI degruduLIon.
ThermuI degruduLIon LypIcuIIy uppeurs
Lowurds Lhe end oI u sLInL, wILh Iup LImes IuIIIng
uwuy quIckIy us Lhe rubber In Lhe Lyre chemIcuIIy
Round 2 / 28-30 March 2014 / Sepang, Kuala Lumpur
(und IrreversIbIy) chunges due Lo Lhe susLuIned
heuL InpuL. DrIvers cun buck oII u IILLIe Lo brIng
Lhe Lyres buck Lo IIIe somewhuL, buL Lhe dumuge
done Is IrreversIbIe und Lyres wIII noL presenL Lhe
sume kInd oI grIp us Lhey dId beIore.
Any LrucLIon Issues need Lo huve been resoIved
beIore Lhe Lwo Iong sLruIghLs, sInce Lhese ure Lhe
nuLuruI overLukIng spoLs. The resL oI Lhe Lruck
hus hIgh-speed corners LhuL puL severe IuLeruI
Iouds on Lhe Lyres, und Lhese ure where Lhe
muIn buIunce Issues presenL LhemseIves, numeIy
dIuIIIng ouL Lhe undersLeer In hIgher speed Lurns.
There ure u Iew Iower-speed corners us weII,
und Turns 1 und z ure purLIcuIurIy noLubIe due Lo
Lhe hIgh IeveI oI wurp, whIch Is why curs ure oILen
seen Lhree-wheeIIng Lhrough Lhese secLIons.
FInuIIy, Lo muke Lhe ruce weekend even more
unpredIcLubIe, IL Lukes pIuce In monsoon seuson,
whIch cun meun heuvy uILernoon downpours.
F1 Racing April 2014 123
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MALAYSIAN GP RACE DATA
Circuit Name Sepang
International Circuit
First GP 1999
F1 races held 15
Laps 56
Circuit length 3.444 miles
Race distance 192.878 miles
Direction Clockwise
Winners from pole 8
Tyre compounds
Medium/hard
TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 28 March
Practice 1 02:00-03:30
Practice 2 06:00-07:30
Saturday 29 March
Practice 3 05:00-06:00
Qualifying 08:00
Sunday 30 March
Race 09:00
Live coverage BBC One
& Sky Sports F1
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SEPANG TELEMETRY 2014 2013
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 3750 4000 4250 4500 4750 5000 5250
GEARS
SPEED
Louer minimum
speeJ in T5 jor 2u1(
Ccrs chcnçe into
top çecr lcter on
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compcreJ to 2u13
Winner Sebastian Vettel
Margin of victory 4.298s
Fastest lap 1m 39.199s, S Pérez
Race leaders 4
Pitstops 73
Overtakes 37
Sepang produced probably the most controversial
moment of the season last year. Mark Webber led
his Red Bull team-mate after the final pitstop and
the order ‘Multi-map-2-1’ was given. But Vettel
ignored the veiled team orders to steal the victory
from Webber.
BRAKING
HOW A SIMULATED LAP HERE IN A 2014 CAR COMPARES WITH LAST YEAR
Hiçher top speeJ
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strciçhts this çecr
Sand and gusty winds can create havoc at this stop/start desert track
The Bahrain GP preview
FINISHING STRAIGHT
124 F1 Racing April 2014
7KLV UDFH FDQ EH YHU\ FKDOOHQJLQJ Ior
drIvers und Leums, noL IeusL becuuse Lhe cIrcuIL
Is IocuLed In Lhe deserL, whIch meuns IL`s usuuIIy
very sundy on Lhe Lruck uL Lhe sLurL oI euch
sessIon, especIuIIy oII Lhe rucIng IIne.
ThIs Is oILen down Lo Lhe sLrong wInds, whIch
cun uIso uIIecL cur behuvIour on Lhe hIgher-speed
secLIons oI Lhe cIrcuIL. ¡n uddILIon, Lhe weuLher
Lends Lo be very hoL und dry. TogeLher, Lhese
condILIons puL drIvers und engInes Lhrough LheIr
puces, especIuIIy on Lhe Iour Iong sLruIghLs.
THE
ENGINEER’S
VIEW
Pat Symonds,
Williams’ chief technical officer
The key Lo seLLIng u quIck Iup uround here Is
huvIng Lhe upproprIuLe geur ruLIos. ThIs Is u new
chuIIenge Ior zo1q, sInce ruLIos ure now hxed
Ior Lhe enLIre yeur. ¡L's uIso someLhIng LhuL Is
compIeLeIy ouL oI Lhe hunds oI Lhe Leums, sInce
Lhey wIII uIreudy huve mude LheIr nomInuLIons
Iong beIore urrIvIng In BuhruIn.
¡L`s noL onIy u cuse oI huvIng u good Lop geur Lo
uchIeve beLLer Lop speeds on Lhe sLruIghLs, where
wInds cun undo uny udvunLuge. HIsLorIcuIIy, IL`s
been ImporLunL Lo seL u shorLer-Lhun-normuI hrsL
geur here, Lo ensure u good Iuunch Ior Lhe sLurL oI
Lhe ruce on Lhe grIppy surIuce.
The usphuIL here Is produced Irom grunILe
ImporLed Irom WuIes, und IL presenLs u unIque
demund on Lhe Lyres due Lo ILs ubrusIveness.
The IuyouL Is very sLopJsLurL, whIch pIuces more
IongILudInuI sLress on Lhe Lyres Lhun IL does
IuLeruI sLress, whIch meuns huvIng u good cur
Round 3 / 4-6 April 2014 / Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
under LrucLIon Is key, noL onIy Ior preservIng
Lhe Lyres, buL uIso Ior geLLIng up Lo speed on
euch oI Lhe sLruIghLs.
The sLopJsLurL nuLure oI Lhe cIrcuIL uIso puLs
u IoL oI energy InLo Lhe brukes over Lhe course
oI u Iup. ThIs cun Ieud Lo hIgher-Lhun-uveruge
bruke weur, und sInce u Iew IndIvIduuI brukIng
evenLs on Lhe Iup ure quILe severe, LhIs meuns
Lhe brukes wIII oILen experIence hIgh peuk
LemperuLures. Teums wIII spend u Iurge purL oI
FrIduy prucLIce mukIng sure LhuL Lhey ure In u
good posILIon Lo munuge boLh bruke weur und
cooIIng durIng Lhe ruce.
WhIIe Lhe cIrcuIL pIuces greuL demunds on
drIvers, engInes und curs (Lhe sund cun creuLe
huvoc wILh mechunIcuI eIemenLs und Lhe hILerIng
oI uIr unIess due cure und uLLenLIon Is Luken), IL
cerLuInIy provIdes excILemenL, wILh DRS zones
LypIcuIIy seL up Lo uIIow Lwo overLukIng spoLs.
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Sector 3
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BAHRAIN GP RACE DATA
Circuit Name Bahrain
International Circuit
First GP 2004
F1 races held 9
Laps 57
Circuit length 3.362 miles
Race distance 191.529 miles
Direction Clockwise
Winners from pole 4
Tyre compounds
Medium/soft
TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 4 April
Practice 1 12:00-13:30
Practice 2 16:00-17:30
Saturday 5 April
Practice 3 13:00-14:00
Qualifying 16:00
Sunday 6 April
Race 16:00
Live coverage Sky Sports F1
Highlights BBC One
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BAHRAIN TELEMETRY 2014 2013
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Lijt requireJ in
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The ccr is nou
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jncl corner
Winner Sebastian Vettel
Margin of victory 9.111s
Fastest lap 1m 36.961s, S Vettel
Race leaders 4
Pitstops 71
Overtakes 63
Despite claiming pole position, Nico Rosberg was
quickly passed by Vettel and Alonso. The latter had
a problem with his DRS, which stuck in the open
position, leaving Vettel clear to take a dominant
victory. He won from the Lotus duo of Kimi
Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean.
BRAKING
HOW A SIMULATED LAP HERE IN A 2014 CAR COMPARES WITH LAST YEAR
Almost iJenticcl speeJ
trcces betueen this cnJ
lcst çecr
10
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The last of the flyaway races is a highly technical circuit, notoriously tough on tyres
The Chinese GP preview
FINISHING STRAIGHT
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7KLV LV DQRWKHU modern cIrcuIL und one LhuL
hus u good mIx oI sIow-, medIum- und hIgh-
speed corners, wILh one oI Lhe IongesL sLruIghLs
oI Lhe yeur Lhrown In Ior good meusure.
Muny oI Lhe corners uL ShunghuI ure very
LechnIcuI und Lhe hrsL corner, u LIghLenIng,
Iong-duruLIon rIghL-hunder LhuL Ieuds dIrecLIy
InLo u bIInd upex, oILen cuLches drIvers ouL,
especIuIIy uL Lhe sLurL oI Lhe ruce when pIckIng
u IIne Lhrough LhIs compIex Is oI uLmosL
ImporLunce Ior Lhem.
THE
ENGINEER’S
VIEW
Pat Symonds,
Williams’ chief technical officer
Teums huve IILLIe LIme Lo resL beLween ruces,
gIven Lhe hrsL oI Lhe In-seuson LesLs Lukes pIuce
In BuhruIn jusL uILer Lhe GP Lhere. ConsequenLIy
IL muy Luke LIme Lo uccIImuLIse Lo Lhe dIIIerenL
demunds oI ShunghuI. AILhough Lhere ure u
Lwo Iong sLruIghLs here, Lhe brukes geL u chunce
Lo recover In beLween, und Lhe cIrcuIL Is dIIIerenL
Lo Lhe poInL-und-squIrL nuLure oI BuhruIn,
whIch hus Lhe hIghesL Lurn ungIe oI Lhe yeur.
WhIIe ShunghuI Isn'L hurd on Lhe brukes, IL's
sLIII ImporLunL Lo huve u good cur under brukIng,
sInce IL`s so eusy Lo desLroy u seL oI Lyres by ßuL-
spoLLIng Lhem. WILh zo1q reguIuLIons In Iorce,
Iower grIp und more Lorque wIII muke curIng Ior
Lhe reur Lyres even more ImporLunL uL u Lruck
LhuL Is noLorIous Ior ruInIng reur rubber.
TypIcuIIy cooI In Lerms oI LemperuLure und
wILh Iow ubrusIveness, ShunghuI cun creuLe
Issues wILh wurm-up und gruInIng. However,
Round 4 / 18-20 April 2014 / Shanghai International Circuit
boLh Lhese Issues shouId be uIIevIuLed somewhuL
by Lhe zo1q PIreIII Lyres, whIch huve u Iower
workIng runge (mukIng Lhem eusIer Lo wurm up)
und u beLLer gruInIng resIsLunce.
DespILe Lhe Improved resIIIence oI Lhe Lyres,
ShunghuI sLIIIs presenL u sLruLegy dIIemmu.
Becuuse oI Lhe dIIhcuILy wILh Lyre munugemenL,
Leums wIII be pushed Lowurds more pILsLops.
BuL Lhe Iower speed IImIL und un uIreudy IengLhy
pILIune wIII swuy Lhem Lowurds Iewer sLops.
ShunghuI Is Lhe IusL ßyuwuy ruce beIore
Europe, und IL wIII be some LIme beIore F1
reLurns Lo such u modern und Iurge IucIIILy us
LhIs. BuL huvIng been purpose-buIIL on recIuImed
murshIund does huve ILs downsIdes. ThIs cIrcuIL
sILs on u buoyunL poIysLyrene 'sundwIch`, mukIng
IL vuInerubIe Lo subsIdence und Lhe uppeurunce
oI bumps. WILhouL resurIucIng prIor Lo Lhe ruce,
Lhese bumps cun oILen cuLch drIvers unuwures.
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WHAT HAPPENED IN LAST YEAR'S RACE...?
CHINESE GP RACE DATA
Circuit Name Shanghai
International Circuit
First GP 2004
F1 races held 10
Laps 56
Circuit length 3.387 miles
Race distance 189.558 miles
Direction Clockwise
Winners from pole 5
Tyre compounds
Medium/soft
TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 18 April
Practice 1 03:00-04:30
Practice 2 07:00-08:30
Saturday 19 April
Practice 3 04:00-05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sunday 20 April
Race 08:00
Live coverage Sky Sports F1
Highlights BBC One
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SHANGHAI TELEMETRY 2014 2013
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GEARS
SPEED
Grecter top speeJ
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More lijt to bclcnce
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T13 jor 2u1(
Winner Fernando Alonso
Margin of victory 10.168s
Fastest lap 1m 36.808s, S Vettel
Race leaders 6
Pitstops 57
Overtakes 60
Fernando Alonso started on soft tyres and quickly
passed Lewis Hamilton to take the lead. His
strategy worked, helping him to his first victory
since Germany 2012. Vettel started ninth on the
mediums and was forced to make a late-race stop
for softs that placed him fourth at the flag.
BRAKING
HOW A SIMULATED LAP HERE IN A 2014 CAR COMPARES WITH LAST YEAR
Hectier brclinç
into T1 this çecr
Driters uill
mote up throuçh
the çecrs more
quicllç this çecr
to reJuce
uheelspin
128 F1 Racing April 2014
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Music to my ears
¡ IIke IL. ¡L`s Lhe Sunduy mornIng
beIore Lhe AusLruIIun GP und ¡`ve
woken up eurIy: ¡`m jusL Loo excILed
ubouL Lhe ruce, even Lhough uL Lhe
sLurL oI quuIIIyIng ¡ LhoughL uII my
Ieurs were beIng reuIIsed when Lhe
green IIghL cume on und Lhe curs
sIIenLIy 'ßouLed` ouL oI Lhe pILIune.
A Iew Iups In, however, ¡ wus
Lrunshxed. AIonso Iocked u wheeI
und ¡ couId heur Lhe Lyre squeuIIng.
LuLer on In hIs Iup ¡ LhoughL ¡ suw
hIm geL some undersLeer In Lhe hnuI
Lurn, und ¡ sweur ¡ couId heur Lhe
Lyres scrubbIng ucross Lhe Turmuc.
ThIs prevIousIy ImpercepLIbIe
uudILory InIormuLIon Is goIng Lo be
very useIuI In Lhe seuson Lo come.
¡ Iove Lhe new und compIex
LechnoIogy, despILe mosL pundILs
beIIevIng we Iuns ure noL InLeresLed
und Indeed ure noL cupubIe oI
comprehendIng IL. WeII, ¡ um noL
jusL some overLukIng-obsessed
NeunderLhuI: ¡ cun`L wuIL Ior
SIIversLone when ¡ cun heur Lhese
curs Ior myseII. Now ¡ never
expecLed Lo be suyIng LhuL!
Rob Stewart
Cambridge, UK
More info on ERS please
¡L Is hne II Iuns huve Lo puL up
wILh Lhe quIeLer new engInes.
BuL Lo repIuce Lhe exhIIuruLIon
we experIenced Irom Lhe sound
oI Lhe oId V8s, vIewers shouId
be provIded wILh more InsIghL
InLo Lhe IuncLIonIng oI Lhe new
ERS-equIpped V6s. TV broudcusLs
shouId IeuLure pIenLy oI gruphIcs
showIng how Lhe ERS Is beIng
uLIIIsed In reuI LIme.
AIso, why noL show us how Lhe
IueI-ßow ruLes chunge durIng Lhe
ruce? Perhups Lhe Leums wIII urgue
LhuL LhIs provIdes Lhe compeLILIon
wILh Loo much InIormuLIon. WeII,
Loo bud - Lhey wIII huve Lo deuI wILh
Exciting racing – it’s back!
WeII, whuL un openIng ruce! ¡L hud everyLhIng: engIne IuIIures, drIver
IuIIures, pIL-crew mIsLukes, SuIeLy Curs, overLukIng, excILemenL, und Lhen
LhuL chunge oI resuILs uILerwurds.
WhuL un exceIIenL ruce DunIeI RIccIurdo drove. He wus consIsLenL und
ubIe Lo remuIn cooI on hIs debuL Ior u huge Leum. ¡ um sure ¡ um noL Lhe
onIy F1 Iun who hud goose pImpIes, und ¡ IeIL reuIIy huppy when he cume
round Lhe IusL corner und Lhe crowd quILe sImpIy erupLed und couId be
heurd noL onIy over Lhe engInes (whIch Isn`L Lhe greuLesL IeuL In Lhe word,
buL LhuL`s unoLher sLory), buL so cIeurIy on our TVs.
Then cume Lhe dIsuppoInLIng news ubouL hIs dIsquuIIhcuLIon, und Lhe
Leums unnouncemenL LhuL Lhey wIII uppeuI Lhe decIsIon. BuL beIore LhuL
huppened, wuLchIng RIccIurdo`s posL-ruce InLervIew wus brIIIIunL. We huve
seen some drIvers wIn ruces und be Iur Iess emoLIonuI: RIccIurdo`s smIIe
wus quILe sImpIy heurLwurmIng.
Danny Carlisle
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LhuL us Lhe prIce oI enLerLuInIng Lhe
Iuns und keepIng Lhem enguged.
The Iuck oI such InIormuLIon
uL Lhe hrsL ruce broudcusL wus
InexcusubIe. AIso, whuL Is Lhe
poInL oI huvIng permunenL drIver
numbers II Lhey`re bureIy vIsIbIe?
¡`m sure Lhe Leums wIII suy Iurge
numbers Luke up vuIuubIe sponsor
spuce. BuL uguIn, someone needs
Lo sLep In und munduLe u sLundurd,
vIsIbIe number on uII curs. OI
course, LhIs uII ussumes F1 sLIII
hus some regurd Ior ILs Iuns.
Fareed Ali,
By email
What a sorry sound
So Lhe new eru oI F1 sLurLed wILh
Lhe AusLruIIun GP, und you couId
LeII we were In MeIbourne becuuse
Lhe drone oI Lhe new cur engInes
sounded IIke u cross beLween u
dIdgerIdoo und u B-1;. The onIy
oLher ruce engInes ¡`ve heurd LhuL
sound more borIng Lhun Lhese ure
Lhe AudI Le Muns dIeseI moLors. F1
Is u sporL LhuL shouId InvoIve boLh
your eyes und eurs, und u Iurge purL
oI Lhe Iun hus now been IosL.
The ruce wus preLLy good, buL
¡ LhInk Lhe SuIeLy Cur suved IL Irom
becomIng u IueI-conservuLIon run.
¡ um wIIIIng Lo beL Lhe F¡A wIII Lry
Lo brIng ouL Lhe SuIeLy Cur us much
us possIbIe now Lo uvoId jusL LhuL.
PosL-ruce, Lhe new reguIuLIons
reured LheIr heud und DunIeI
RIccIurdo wus excIuded over
hIs IueI-ßow ruLe. ¡ wIII reserve
judgemenL on how much more oI
Lhe seuson Lo wuLch, whIch Is sud
gIven LhuL ¡`ve been wuLchIng F1 Ior
more Lhun ¸o yeurs. The engInes
sound depressIng, und IL Is yeL Lo
be deLermIned II Lhe quuIILy oI Lhe
rucIng cun keep me wuLchIng.
Chuck Goldsmith
Colorado, USA
New tech? Tell us more…
¡L wus reIreshIng Lo reud PeLer
WIndsor`s vIews ('Rucer`s Edge`
Murch, p¸q) on Lhe need Lo brIng
F1 vIewers cIoser Lo Lhe sporL. ¡ very
much ugree wILh hIs commenLs.
Adum Purr In IucL mude sImIIur
commenLs IusL yeur on Sky SporLs
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F1. He remurked LhuL II Iuns
undersLund Lhe LechnIcuI sIde oI
Lhe sporL, Lhey cun upprecIuLe Lhe
rucIng on u dIIIerenL IeveI.
¡ huve u preLLy good knowIedge
oI mosL uspecLs oI F1, huvIng been
u Iun sInce Lhe uge oI Len. So, ¡ usk,
how cun ¡, sILLIng uL home, wuLchIng
my busIc TV coveruge, possIbIy geL
uny InsIghL InLo LhIs new LechnIcuI
sIde wILh whuL Is on oIIer? ¡ um
noL In u pILIune wILh Lhousunds
oI pIeces oI Leum InIormuLIon In
IronL oI me. The uveruge vIewer
geLs shown whuLever Lhe TV
dIrecLor wunLs Lo show, pIus Lhe
occusIonuI gruphIc, und, II you`re
Iucky, you mIghL geL Iup LImes
durIng quuIIIyIng. ¡I you wunL more
InIormuLIon, you generuIIy huve Lo
Iork ouL Ior un upp, or prIcey TV
subscrIpLIon LhuL muy oIIer you
uddILIonuI InIormuLIon onIIne.
Come on F¡A, Leums und cIrcuILs.
PIeuse open LhIs up u IILLIe und
muke LhIs u ¸6¸-duy F1 purLy.
Rachel Simpson,
By email
No fans… no F1
HuvIng been one oI Lhe Iucky F1
Iuns Lo huve benehLed Irom LheIr
Fun Forums, ¡ um devusLuLed by Lhe
demIse oI FOTA. The Fun Forums
were u crucIuI IInk Ior F1 Iuns
unubIe Lo uLLend ruce weekends due
Lo hnuncIuI consLruInLs. ¡L guve us
u chunce Lo enguge personuIIy wILh
Lhe sporL we Iove.
F1 hus uIwuys been dIsLunL
Irom Lhe supporLers, buL Lhe Fun
Forums were IunLusLIc uL breukIng
down burrIers und hud Lhe Leums
conversIng wILh us In u consLrucLIve
munner. Now wILh Lhe dIsbundmenL
oI FOTA ¡ Ieur Lhe Leums wIII go
buck Lo Lhe oId duys oI cIouk-und-
dugger ucLIvILIes und wIII noL work
LogeLher Ior Lhe good oI F1.
Yes Lhey need Lo Iook uILer
LheIr own InLeresLs, buL none oI
Lhem wouId exIsL II IL wusn`L Ior
F1. And F1 wouId noL exIsL II IL
wusn`L Ior Lhe Leum und sponsors
- und none oI Lhem wouId exIsL
II IL wusn`L Ior Lhe Iuns!
Clive Bariana
Worcestershire, UK
Will the influence of Ron Dennis at McLaren take
Jenson Button back to the top of the podium? Plus...
> Robert Kubica answers your questions
> Maurice Hamilton dines with a legend: Mario Andretti
> Revealed: the dark arts of Formula 1
THE RETURN OF RON...
Go #BO77AS!
¡L`s so reIreshIng Lo come ucross
u drIver IIke VuILLerI BoLLus In F1.
He`s IrIendIy, churmIng, open,
humbIe und LruIy respecLs Lhe
chunce he`s been gIven.
He hud u respecLubIe rookIe
seuson und hIs drIver`s perspecLIve
In IusL yeur`s ) 5DFLQJ coIumns
wus u joy Lo reud. WIII he be
successIuI wILh some podIums und
muybe more? OnIy LIme wIII LeII,
buL ¡`II be cheerIng hIm on.
Dennis Kline
California, USA
Let’s embrace change
¡ don`L undersLund Lhe vIews
expressed by peopIe IIke SImon
Cooke In your Murch Issue
('LeLLers`, p16o), cIuImIng chunge
In engInes, rev reducLIons und
IueI economy ure ruInIng LheIr
commILmenL Lo Lhe sporL.
¡ ugree wILh Adum BerrImun:
we shouId embruce chunge. F1 Is u
sporL, buL Lhe worId chunges und
Lhe sporL wIII chunge wILh IL. We`II
uII be drIvIng hybrIds soon, und
we`II be repIuced by u generuLIon
umuzed LhuL we used Lo burn IueI
wILhouL geLLIng Lhe mosL ouL oI IL.
LIke SImon, ¡`m u commILLed
SIIversLone uLLendee buL, unIIke
hIm, ¡ IuIIy InLend Lo geL my LIckeLs
Ior zo1q. ¡`II mIss Lhe uuruI ussuuIL
oI Lhe oId curs, buL ¡`m IookIng
Iorwurd Lo seeIng how F1 udupLs.
The eurIy ruces muy brIng IoLs oI
reLIremenLs und sLruggIes wILh IueI
economy buL, LhIs Is F1 - IL won`L
be Iong beIore Leums und engIne
munuIucLurers huve IL sussed und
we`II be upprouchIng sImIIur speeds
und reIIubIIILy Lo IusL yeur.
¡n u yeur or Lwo, reguIuLIons
regurdIng Lhe noses wIII be recLIhed.
And we`II uII benehL Irom IL; Irom
Lhe roud curs we drIve Lhrough
Lo F1 becomIng more LechnIcuIIy
udvunced und Lhe rucIng geLLIng
us good us we uII remember 'In Lhe
good oId duys`. And we`II LeII our
chIIdren, ¨¡ remember Lhe ruces
when Lhey used Lo burn us much
IueI us Lhey wunLed!¨
Andrew King
By email
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, VDZ D ORW RI KLP whIIe commenLuLIng on hIs
IIIusLrIous cureer. FormuIu Ford, FormuIu ¸,
every one oI hIs 161 F1 ruces und so muny
InLervIews. ¡ LhInk Brunds HuLch 1q81, uL Lhe end
oI hIs LILIe-wInnIng FormuIu Ford debuL yeur, Is u
good pIuce Lo sLurL. ¨How cun ¡ geL u vIdeo oI my
ruces Loduy?¨ he usked me. ¨¡I you wIn ¡`II send
you one,¨ ¡ repIIed. He dIdn`L wIn buL ¡ senL hIm
one unywuy und receIved u hundwrILLen
ChrIsLmus curd In reLurn, LhunkIng me Ior my
heIp. ThuL`s Lhe sorL oI bIoke he wus.
Beur In mInd LhuL In pursuIL oI hIs burnIng
umbILIon Lo geL Lo Lhe very Lop IeveI In
moLorsporL, he hud IeIL Lhe wurmLh und securILy
oI u weuILhy und IovIng IumIIy In BruzII, und gone
Lo Iur-oII EngIund, where Lhe wInLers were coId
und dump, where he knew nobody und where he
couIdn`L yeL speuk EngIIsh. ThuL wouId be
down, no poInLs und Schumucher on zo. Cun
you cIose Lhe gup?¨
¨WhuL huppened Lo ¨Eye-uIr-Lon?¨ he repIIed.
¨How on eurLh do you know ubouL LhuL? You`re
In Lhe cur when ¡`m commenLuLIng und you cun`L
heur me!¨
¨Ah Murruy, ¡ keep In Louch,¨ he suId.
JusL umuzIng.
Where ¡ wus concerned, AyrLon wus never
unyLhIng oLher Lhun heIpIuI und poIILe. LoLus
guve hIm u good cur In 1q8¸ und In PorLuguI he
won hIs IIrsL grund prIx In uppuIIIng weuLher.
AILerwurds, In u IIImsy murquee, coId und weL,
buLLered by drIvIng wInd und ruIn und excILedIy
josLIed by counLIess peopIe who hud no rIghL Lo
be Lhere, he couId huve been excused Ior
brushIng me oII, buL he dIdn`L. ¡ wus usLounded
by hIs muLLer-oI-IucL cuImness ubouL hIs IIrsL
grund prIx vIcLory. AccordIng Lo hIm, IL wus whuL
he wus Lhere Ior, wusn`L IL, und: ¨¡L`s noL Lrue
LhuL ¡ mude no mIsLukes. Once ¡ hud uII Iour
wheeIs on Lhe gruss.¨
AyrLon wus, however, noLhIng II noL humun.
AL Monuco In 1q88 he wus pressured ouL oI u
cerLuIn wIn by McLuren Leum-muLe AIuIn ProsL,
und Lhe BBC Leum spenL hours LryIng Lo IocuLe
hIm Ior un InLervIew. Broken-heurLed, he`d gone
buck Lo hIs upurLmenL und reIused Lo come ouL.
BuL ¡ uIwuys knew LhuL II he suId he`d gIve me un
InLervIew, he wouId - evenLuuIIy. ¡n 1q8q, when
he und ProsL were uL Ioggerheuds, ¡ wuILed Ior
Iour hours durIng one oI Sennu`s seemIngIy
endIess debrIeIs. ProsL emerged IIrsL und ¡
remember suyIng: ¨¡n Lhe nume oI God, AIuIn,
whuL Look you so Iong?¨
¨Oh, LhIs und LhuL, Murruy, buL ¡ do noL IIke Lo
be Lhe IIrsL Lo Ieuve.¨
AyrLon Sennu wus u mIxLure oI ruLhIess
umbILIon, dedIcuLed uppIIcuLIon Lo hIs chosen
IIIesLyIe, exLreme seII-InLeresL, wurmLh, churm
und greuL InLeIIIgence. He wus u God-IeurIng,
BIbIe-reudIng mysLIc, whose conLInuIng
conLrIbuLIon Lo BruzIIIun churILIes hus been
mussIve. He wus noL onIy u moLor-rucIng genIus
buL, uILer hIs cureer wus over, couId huve become
u busIness Lycoon or Lhe PresIdenL oI BruzII II
poIILIcs hud Luken hIs Iuncy. ¡L wus u duy oI
exLreme Lrugedy when ¡ hud Lo commenLuLe IIve
on hIs IusL und IuLuI ruce uL ¡moIu In 1qqq. The
sporL hus noL seen hIs IIke sInce.
enough Lo dIscouruge mosL peopIe buL, knowIng
EngIund wus where IL wus uL In Lerms oI
deveIopIng u rucIng cureer, he mude Lhe move
und even sucrIIIced hIs murrIuge us u resuIL. ¡ron
deLermInuLIon Indeed: und he succeeded.
¡nLervIewIng Sennu wus IIke InLervIewIng no
one eIse. There wus never u gIIb sLuLemenL. He
wouId ponder, someLImes Ior whuL seemed IIke
mInuLes, beIore producIng u perIecLIy Iormed
response. HIs musLery oI our Iunguuge wus
compIeLe und hIs uLLenLIon Lo deLuII uwesome.
He mIssed ubsoIuLeIy noLhIng. ¡ won`L bore
you wILh uII Lhe deLuIIs buL ¡ Ieurned LhuL Ior
yeurs ¡ hud been pronouncIng hIs ChrIsLIun nume
IncorrecLIy us 'AIr-Lun` InsLeud oI 'Eye-uIr-Lon.`
¡ resoIved Lo puL LhIs rIghL, onIy Lo be vIIIIIed by
Lhe pubIIc. So uILer jusL one ruce, ¡ reLurned Lo
Lhe oId wuy. ¨WeII, AIr-Lun,¨ ¡ suId. ¨Two ruces
“In Portugal 1985, Ayrton won his first race in appalling weather.
According to him, it was what he was there for, wasn’t it?”
“Ayrton Senna: where
to begin with this deep-
thinking, passionate and
charismatic legend?”
UNLESS I’M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN…
MURRAY WALKER
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