Hi to all, it's Danik Vlad here and you're listening to the Beyond the Grid F1 podcast.

Hello friends and welcome to another edition of Beyond the Grid.

It's Tom Clarkson here and as you heard at the top of the show,

this week we've got a revealing conversation with AlphaTowery's Russian Rocket

Daniel Kaffirth coming your way. Before that though, I do hope you're all keeping fit and well

and managing to stay positive in these difficult times. Hopefully it won't be too long before we're

all racing again, but in the meantime we have an hour of escapism coming your way.

Now under normal circumstances, Daniel Kaffirth would be about to celebrate his 100th

Grand Prix, but there's way more to this guy than mere numbers. He's a driver I've always admired

because he's a bit different. He runs much deeper than many of his rivals and he has a mental

resilience to match the best. Something you need if you're a part of the Red Bull Young Driver

program as he'll explain. Of course, Danny's always been quick as his three podium finishes will

attest. Just two more corners to go here at the Hunkaro ring. It is for Danny Kaffirth,

a first ever podium in Formula One. Congratulations to him.

Well done, Danny. You know what podium he meets? So great job today.

He stacked up well against John Eric Vernon, his debut season at Toro Rosso, and he then outscored

Daniel Riccardo when they were teammates at Red Bull Racing in 2015. Yet he was out,

demoted back to Toro Rosso after just four races of 2016 in order to make way for Max Verstappen.

After of course, those famous torpedo moments in China and Russia.

Over the next hour or so, we'll talk it all through, including that redemptive podium in

Germany last year. His sabbatical as a Ferrari development driver, his thoughts on Red Bull

advise a helmet Marco, and even a little bit of classic literature. Yes, you did hear that right.

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