BONUS: The job of an F1 Race Engineer, by Kimi Raikkonen’s former right-hand man

The Race F1 Podcast

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4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a bonus episode for you, lifted directly from our brand-new sister podcast: The Race F1 Tech Show.

Each week, host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson dive headfirst into the wonderful world of F1 technology, discussing the sport’s big technical talking points, getting into the nitty gritty of car design and engineering, and answering fans’ burning tech questions.

On this week’s show, they talk to Kimi Raikkonen’s former Race Engineer at Alfa Romeo, Julien Simon-Chautemps, to get the low down on how to engineer both a car and a driver in the modern era - particularly one as famously taciturn as Raikkonen.

There's also chat on Ferrari's nightmare weekend in Baku, and how they might go about solving their tech problems, plus Gary's take on one listener's proposed solution to Mercedes' porpoising problems...

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.7	Hello, Ed Straw here to introduce a bonus episode in your feed this week, the latest offering
0:11.1	from our brand-new podcast, The Race F-1 Tech Show. It's hosted by myself and the inimitable Gary Anderson,
0:17.8	the former technical director of Jordan and Jaguar, whose F1 career dates all the way back to 1973.
0:23.9	What Gary doesn't know about F1 Tech isn't worth knowing, so if you're keen to learn more about
0:28.4	how stuff works in the world's fastest and most technically advanced sports, this is the podcast for you.
0:34.0	This week's episode features an exclusive interview with Julian Simon Chotomp,
0:38.7	Kimmy Rikinen's former race engineer at Alfa Romeo. He discusses what it's like to work with
0:43.3	Kimmy, the art of race engineering and the thorny issue of communications with a famously taciturned
0:49.2	driver. If you enjoy the episode, please do like, follow or subscribe to the tech show's feed to make
0:55.0	sure you never miss an episode. You can find it by searching for the Race F1 Tech Show in whatever
1:00.6	app you're listening to this in. Now, over to me with the episode.
1:15.5	The Race F1 Tech Show, brought to you by Aramco.
1:23.2	This week is all about those disembodied voices we hear calling the shots over the radio during a Grand Prix, the race engineers.
1:31.8	But what do they do? How important is their relationship with the drivers, and how can they make their car and driver go quicker in the cut and thrust of a race weekend?
1:36.7	We reveal all with the help of Kimmy Reichenen's former race engineer, Julian Simone Showton.
1:43.9	Hello, I'm Ed Strawer. Welcome to the Race F1 Tech Show brought to you by Aramco. Joining me for my favourite time of the week to delve into F1 Tech Show, brought to you by Aramco.
1:49.2	Joining me for my favourite time of the week to delve into F1's big tech topics is Gary Anderson.
1:54.5	Not only a former F1 technical director, but also a man with plenty of race engineering experience,
1:58.0	which is appropriate given that's our topic for the interview later in the podcast.
1:58.9	How's life, Gary?
1:59.9	Life's good, yeah.
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