Are Red Bull ‘catchable’? – Pedro and Smedley have their say

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Red Bull have been unstoppable so far in 2023. They’ve taken three pole positions and three victories in the first three races. So can the reigning World Champions be caught this season? Tom Clarkson is joined by former McLaren driver Pedro de la Rosa and ex-Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley to discuss how the rest of the grid can maximise a month without racing to close the gap. Lapo Elkann, the brother of Ferrari President John Elkann, has urged Ferrari to “wake up” as they sit fourth in the Constructors’ Standings, after a difficult start to the season. Rob shares some intriguing insight into just how high the standards are at Ferrari and how much influence the Italian media has on the team. The guys also discuss the progress made by Williams and whether changes at McLaren will take the team forward. Will Alfa Romeo be title contenders in the near future? Plus, Rob and Pedro answer some of your questions in Ask The Nation. Record and send your questions to F1Nation@F1.com

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0:00.0	It's one of the most incredible chapters in our sport's history.
0:04.0	Braun, the impossible Formula 1 story, is streaming exclusively on Disney Plus from the 15th of November.
0:11.0	The series stars Keanu Reeves as host and executive producer in addition to Formula 1 legends,
0:17.0	Ross Braun, Jensen Button, Nick Fry, Rubens Barrakello and Christian Horner.
0:22.0	It's an unscripted documentary series telling the remarkable story of how Ross Braun made the impossible happen.
0:30.0	His understaffed, under-financed and independent team, Braun Grompry, won the Formula 1 World Championship,
0:37.0	taking on the biggest titans of the industry, all after purchasing the team for just £1.
0:43.0	The series goes behind the scenes of this Formula 1 fairytale with the people who were there on the track,
0:49.0	in the garage and in the boardroom giving their own accounts of this miraculous year.
0:54.0	With access to the Formula 1 archives much of it previously unseen,
0:58.0	this series brings you along for the ride to victory, led by British Formula 1 driver Jensen Button and Ross Braun.
1:05.0	I remember that season so well, how the team turned up at pre-season testing and set a stunning lap time.
1:12.0	Their incredible start to the year and the tense race in Brazil where Jensen won the title.
1:17.0	This documentary tells the story so brilliantly, it's definitely worth a watch, especially if you're a newer Formula 1 fan.
1:25.0	Braun, the impossible Formula 1 story, an original series streaming November the 15th exclusively on Disney+.
1:33.0	Pedro, two weeks since the last race in Australia, two weeks until the next race in Baku, how have you been filling a time?
1:42.0	It's been a fantastic couple of weeks so far and I've been able to take a break.
1:47.0	I've been teaching my daughter how to drive because she just went through the license test in Spain,
1:54.0	so I had the chance to take a bit of a time off and teach my daughter how to drive properly, let's say.
2:01.0	It was fun, it was fun and I've been also pretty busy in Spain with different events, PR events, stuff like that,
2:07.0	but it's always nice to have a weekend off every now and then.
2:10.0	Oh my goodness it is, but I'm intrigued about Pedro de la Rosa, the driving instructor.
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