Bertrand Gachot – The driver whose prison sentence handed Schumacher his F1 debut

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The story of how Michael Schumacher made his debut, 30 years ago this week in Belgium, could have been lifted from a Hollywood movie. The German rookie got his chance when Jordan’s regular driver Bertrand Gachot was dramatically sent to prison on the eve of the race – the rest, as they say, is history. But what of Gachot himself? This week the Luxembourg-born racer joins Tom to tell his incredible story – including the full, incredible story of how he ended up in prison, what life was like for an F1 driver behind bars, how he feels about Schumacher now, and how he got his career back on track after his release.

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0:00.0	I've entered the Rick and Morty multiverse so many times at all for that I don't know whether I'm Rick, Morty.
0:07.3	Oh, myself.
0:08.5	Am I Rick?
0:09.6	Am I Morty?
0:10.7	Am I me?
0:11.9	Am I Rick?
0:12.9	Am I Morty?
0:14.0	Am I me?
0:15.3	I don't know.
0:16.4	Watch now at all for the UK's biggest free streaming service.
0:20.5	Watch and rewatch!
0:21.5	Watch and rewatch!
0:22.2	Watch and rewatch!
0:22.8	Go for me!
0:23.5	Compare Channel4.com slash verify.
0:26.3	The first time somebody spoke to me about Michael Schumacher is one of the guards in jail.
0:33.3	And he said the new guy that they hired is so good they don't need you anymore.
0:39.1	So you can stay here.
0:49.1	For those of you old enough, can you remember what you were doing 30 years ago?
0:53.8	Because my guest this week certainly can.
0:56.5	He was banged up in a London prison and his race seat at the Jordan team for the Belgian
1:01.3	Grand Prix was taken by a young German rookie called Michael Schumacher.
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