Bring Back V10s: Spa 2000 with Mika Hakkinen

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In a special one-off takeover of The Race F1 Podcast's feed by our sister podcast, Bring Back V10s, Mika Hakkinen joins us to look back at one of his most famous battles with Michael Schumacher, which was decided by an iconic overtake in the closing stages. Mika joins Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw to discuss the whole race in great detail, from starting on pole position behind the safety car, to McLaren's cautious strategy that worked against David Coulthard, Hakkinen's spin that handed Schumacher the lead, and how he set about catching the Ferrari. Mika then describes in incredible detail how he felt when Schumacher chopped him on the run to Les Combes, how his run through Eau Rouge on the following lap was key to making the pass for the win, the role of backmarker Ricardo Zonta, and how it felt to see Schumacher's Ferrari in his mirrors after he'd pulled off one of F1's most memorable passes. Mika then explains his post-race conversation with Schumacher, and why declined to share details in public at the time or even discuss the block that left him "pissed off".

Away from Hakkinen's heroics, Glenn and Edd look back at all the other big stories from the Spa weekend, including pre-race crisis talks at Ferrari, Jenson Button's move from Williams to Benetton, Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve falling out (again), the idea of Juan Pablo Montoya signing for Toyota, Jarno Trulli emerging as a qualifying specialist, and the breakdown of Prost's all-French relationship with Peugeot.

If you like what you here, please subscribe to Bring Back V10s free via your podcast supplier of choice to enjoy two season's worth of episodes covering everything from Damon Hill's near victory in Hungary '97 and the real story behind Alain Prost being fired by Ferrari to Ayrton Senna's final home grand prix and Nigel Mansell's disastrous stint with McLaren.

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0:00.0	Hello, Ed Straw here. Something a little bit different in our podcast feed, because we thought you might enjoy listening to a very special episode of our sister podcast, Bring Back V-Tens, featuring Mika Hakenen.
0:12.7	It's all about the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix and his famous pass on Michael Schumacher. But if you think you've heard the story before, you will never have heard it in
0:21.3	this much depth. It's an absolute joy to listen to Micahacken and talk about it. Bring Back V10 tells
0:27.7	classic F1 stories from 1989 to 2005, and it's now in its second series. So if you enjoy this,
0:34.3	please do subscribe free from wherever you get your podcasts. So now, I'll hand over
0:39.2	to bring back V-10's host Glenn Freeman with his guests, Mika Hakenen, and me.
0:50.1	When you think of Mika Hakenan's rivalry with Michael Schumacher, one moment probably stands out,
0:56.5	the sight of the two fastest men in F1 at the time going either side of the white BAR of Ricardo
1:02.2	Zonta as Hakenan snatched victory at Spa in 2000 from Schumacher's grasp.
1:08.0	Today on Bringback V10s, we're looking back at that whole Belgian Grand Prix weekend in
1:12.4	great detail, and I'm delighted and honoured to say that later in this episode, Mika himself
1:18.3	will be joining us to describe the race from his perspective in great detail. Until then, you're
1:24.2	stuck with me, Glenn Freeman, and of course, Ed,
1:32.6	welcome along to our lonely beginning to the show, and the traditional question, therefore,
1:39.8	is all yours to kick the episode off. So quite simply, Spar 2000, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
1:43.4	I've got to quickly say that I'm sure you're honoured to have me on as well. You left that out,
1:45.3	so I just thought I'd add it in.
1:46.9	It goes about saying.
1:48.8	But it is, it's predictable.
1:51.3	It is the Hackan overtaking.
1:55.6	And actually what happened after the race almost even sticks in my mind more.
2:01.3	But I think probably from the time, the thing that really engulfed it was this greatest overtaking manoeuvre that was sort of suddenly foisted upon everyone at the time. It's kind of a thing we're used to now,
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