F1 Racing - UK (2019-12)

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YOU ASK TH E

QUESTIONS

84 F1 RACING DECEMBER 2019

Probably just being able to

get to places atthe click of my

fingers. Teleportation, yes. With

the amountwe travel, it would

probably be very handy...

Which superpower

would you liketo have?

Stevo Eisele, Slovakia

Which supercar

would you own in

an ideal world?

Simon Baker, UK

“

I S EE FRANK

EVERY DAY I

GO INTO THE

FACTORY.

HE’S SUCH

AN AMAZING

PERSONALITY

AND AN

INCREDIBLY

FUNNY GUY

“

I’d like to drive a 1992 Mansell

car, that would be really cool.

And also maybe a 2004 car –

probably a Schumacher car.

F1R:Well, the Williams surely

can be taken care of, just ask the

Heritageteam to let youout. Instead of Karun Chandhok

doing it all the time – muscle in!

GR:I looked on my Twitter one day and found out they

were in bloody Jerez –with that car! I was ready to fly

out that day, but it didn’t happen. I was not happy at all...

If you could drive any

F1 car, either historic

or up-to-date, which

would it be and why?

Alison Jones, UK

I’m actually a bit of a

McLaren fan.

F1R:The Senna?

GR:No, definitely not the Senna –

that’s too in-your-facefor me.

F1R:You’re a more subtle kind of guy?

GR:I don’t think owning a McLaren would be subtle...

Who is your biggest

F1 hero?

Jonathan Price, UK

I don’t necessarily have one,

but if I had to say a name it

would be Michael Schumacher.

Schumacher was aguy I watched

growing up, and I used to have a Schumacher suit that

I wore when I was quad biking.

I never like to be cocky or

arrogant, but I absolutely believe

in myself. So, there’s your answer.

I’d like to know what he says. He

probably won’t be as confident.

Accept that you and

Lando Norris will one

day drivefor the same

team, who will be

better and why?

Marcel Nicke, Germany

How much interaction

with Frank Williams

do you have during

the year? He’s a

wonderful personality

and we are curiousto

know how he interacts

with his drivers.

Lou Caspary, USA

A lot, actually. I see Frank every

day I go intothe fa ctory. I often go

for a chat in his office. Quite often

we just talk on a personal level,

less so about racing, actually. He’s

such an amazing personality and

an incredibly funny guy, which I

never knew. Again, talking about

things I can’t repeat on tape...

Maybe it’s notadvicebut there’s

a saying ‘if in doubt go flat out’ –

I think that’s just... impractical

and unrealistic.

F1R:Anything you were advised

to do that you later thought ‘I

shouldn’t have done that...’?

GR:Yeah, definitely. Back in my first year of F3 [in 2015],

I used todoso muchpreparation – I used to gothrough

all the data of the previous years, write comments corner

by corner on what the guy who was quick did: his

braking style, his throttle trace – anything I could pick

up. I’d go through all the videos. And I thought

that was great. Butwhen I got to the race track, when I

was driving, I usedto be thinking [about] how to drive

rather than just driving quick.

For the following year, I went in with the philosophy

of just going to a track and driving as quick as possible–

keep it simple. I know what I need to do: brake late, carry

speed, throttle as early as possible, if I’vegot understeer

do this, if I’ve got oversteer do that, and let it flow. That’s

really worked for me since. I put a lot of work and effort

in withthe engineers,with theset-up,with theelectronic

tools – the differential, all the brake migration, theengine

braking – I put so much work in trying to maximisethat,

but from a driving perspective I just let it flow.

What’s the worst piece

of advice you’ve ever

received, who was it

from and why was

it so bad?

VictoriaPalmer, UK

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YOU ASK TH E

QUESTIONS

84 F1 RACING DECEMBER 2019

Probably just being able to

get to places atthe click of my

fingers. Teleportation, yes. With

the amountwe travel, it would

probably be very handy...

Which superpower

would you liketo have?

Stevo Eisele, Slovakia

Which supercar

would you own in

an ideal world?

Simon Baker, UK

I S NK

EV Y I

GO THE

FACTORY.

HE’S SUCH

AN AMAZING

PERSONALITY

AND AN

INCREDIBLY

FUNNY GUY

I’d like to drive a 1992 Mansell

car, that would be really cool.

And also maybe a 2004 car –

probably a Schumacher car.

F1R:Well, the Williams surely

can be taken care of, just ask the

Heritageteam to let youout. Instead of Karun Chandhok

doing it all the time – muscle in!

GR:I looked on my Twitter one day and found out they

were in bloody Jerez –with that car! I was ready to fly

out that day, but it didn’t happen. I was not happy at all...

If you could drive any

F1 car, either historic

or up-to-date, which

would it be and why?

Alison Jones, UK

I’m actually a bit of a

McLaren fan.

F1R:The Senna?

GR:No, definitely not the Senna –

that’s too in-your-facefor me.

F1R:You’re a more subtle kind of guy?

GR:I don’t think owning a McLaren would be subtle...

Who is your biggest

F1 hero?

Jonathan Price, UK

I don’t necessarily have one,

but if I had to say a name it

would be Michael Schumacher.

Schumacher was aguy I watched

growing up, and I used to have a Schumacher suit that

I wore when I was quad biking.

I never like to be cocky or

arrogant, but I absolutely believe

in myself. So, there’s your answer.

I’d like to know what he says. He

probably won’t be as confident.

Accept that you and

Lando Norris will one

day drivefor the same

team, who will be

better and why?

Marcel Nicke, Germany

How much interaction

with Frank Williams

do you have during

the year? He’s a

wonderful personality

and we are curiousto

know how he interacts

with his drivers.

Lou Caspary, USA

A lot, actually. I see Frank every

day I go intothe fa ctory. I often go

for a chat in his office. Quite often

we just talk on a personal level,

less so about racing, actually. He’s

such an amazing personality and

an incredibly funny guy, which I

never knew. Again, talking about

things I can’t repeat on tape...

Maybe it’s notadvicebut there’s

a saying ‘if in doubt go flat out’ –

I think that’s just... impractical

and unrealistic.

F1R:Anything you were advised

to do that you later thought ‘I

shouldn’t have done that...’?

GR:Yeah, definitely. Back in my first year of F3 [in 2015],

I used todoso muchpreparation – I used to gothrough

all the data of the previous years, write comments corner

by corner on what the guy who was quick did: his

braking style, his throttle trace – anything I could pick

up. I’d go through all the videos. And I thought

that was great. Butwhen I got to the race track, when I

was driving, I usedto be thinking [about] how to drive

rather than just driving quick.

For the following year, I went in with the philosophy

of just going to a track and driving as quick as possible–

keep it simple. I know what I need to do: brake late, carry

speed, throttle as early as possible, if I’vegot understeer

do this, if I’ve got oversteer do that, and let it flow. That’s

really worked for me since. I put a lot of work and effort

in withthe engineers,with theset-up,with theelectronic

tools – the differential, all the brake migration, theengine

braking – I put so much work in trying to maximisethat,

but from a driving perspective I just let it flow.

What’s the worst piece

of advice you’ve ever

received, who was it

from and why was

it so bad?

VictoriaPalmer, UK