Damon Hill remembers Sir Frank Williams + Saudi GP Preview

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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‘I was in awe of Sir Frank’, says Damon Hill, who won the 1996 Formula 1 World Championship with Williams. ‘There’ll be so many people who were touched by his organisation, his determination to succeed and his love of motor racing’. Damon, TC and Natalie reflect on Sir Frank’s incredible passion and spirit. With his passing at the age of 79 he leaves behind a remarkable legacy, and the team he drove forwards for 40 years races onwards this weekend in Saudi Arabia. CEO of the Saudi Grand Prix, Martin Whitaker, gives us a detailed look at the Jeddah Corniche circuit, and reveals its insane top speeds. Plus, we go inside the minds of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton with a world-leading expert in driver psychology - Dr Riccardo Ceccarelli of Formula Medicine. He tells us how the two title rivals differ mentally, and which one is better suited to the immense pressure building at the end of this nail-biting season.

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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, underfinanced 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+.
1:35.0	I couldn't have wished for better life.
1:38.0	It was streaming for you, I'll tell that to anybody, I mean it with total sincerity.
1:43.0	I mean Formula 1 for many people, it must be a wonderful opportunity to enrich the participate.
1:49.0	There's no one can relax if you're pushed, when you're pushed somewhere near the top.
1:53.0	For those who are trying to get back up there, we call it relax either.
1:56.0	That's a very demanding taxing sport in many ways, but it's very worthwhile to the spirit and eventually to the pocket if you get it right.
2:04.0	Very sad news broke over the weekend that Sir Frank Williams has died.
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