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Crazy F1 Stories With Marc Priestley... Kimi Raikkonen DID WHAT! - PART 1

Pitstop

Jake and Fab

Sports

2.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

ANOTHER GUEST ON THE PITSTOP PODCAST! It's episode 62 and today we are joined by Marc Priestley aka F1 Elvis. Marc has had an amazing career in Formula 1 as a mechanic and pit crew, spanning 10 years during the glory days of Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, and Lewis Hamilton. Tune in to this 2 part episode where Marc spills all the juicy gossip on and off the track. You can follow Marc on Instagram @f1elvis. Join us every Monday & Thursday for more crazy stories and laughter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Ian Sirling and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their potatoes hang on these are odd-looking potatoes

0:06.0

That's kale Ian. You do know you need potato to make chips, right?

0:10.5

Yes, but we don't just grow potatoes. We actually rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy. So we eat McCain chips

0:16.8

I'm helping do some good. Exactly. Yeah, you're supporting the move to regenerative farming

0:22.3

By the way, I do know the difference between kale and potatoes

0:26.1

Of course you do.

0:27.6

McCain, let's all chip in.

0:30.8

I mean Sirling and today I'm at a McCain potato field being chased by a massive war

0:36.4

It's just a lady bird Ian. Well, it had a real war spanner, Jay. Why are they here? Well, we plot wildflowers to help encourage wildlife

0:44.7

Like birds and insects. So we eat McCain chips. I'm helping do some good. Yeah, exactly. You're supporting the move to regenerative farming

0:52.1

Okay, this time it's definitely a wasp. My life's in danger

0:55.8

Ian, that's a butterfly. McCain, let's all chip in

1:00.0

We had interference from a local Northampsonshire taxi firm on our radio channel

1:04.8

Nowadays the radios are all like military grading crypto, but about then they weren't and um, and honestly DC was getting messages about a pick up at

1:16.7

And every time we tried to call him in for a pit stop he missed like two or three pit stops because we were saying box box box

1:22.8

And he's getting can you pick up two of us from pizza right?

1:34.1

Hello, hello, hello, welcome back to the pit stop podcast. It's uh, it's currently 11 a.m

1:39.7

Probably it's time we've ever done one. It really is. I feel a little bit different

1:43.2

But I'm sure it's going to be still an unbelievable episode because we've got another guest with us today

1:47.7

Yeah, bringing back the guests breaking formula one. This is a special one. It's got cool stories

1:52.7

He has not only an amazing adventure. I've got written down here. He's one mechanic alongside some of the greatest names

1:58.8

Ever in the sport. He's worked in TV radio. He's got a book. Yeah, and I'm sure he's done a load of other amazing things

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