David Richards: a leader of legends

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Automotive, Sports, News, Sports News, Leisure

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jenson Button. Jacques Villeneuve. Colin McRae. Sebastian Loeb. The list of elite racing drivers David Richards has led is long and legendary. As an F1 Team Principal in the 2000s, he, Button and the BAR team challenged Ferrari for race wins. David tasted podium champagne, but the bottle never had ‘1st’ printed on it. Not so in the World Rally Championship and at Le Mans, where his teams and drivers have won a multitude of titles. David tells Tom Clarkson the story of his incredible life in motorsport: success in rallying, decades in F1 with Benetton, BAR and Honda, and he remembers the behind the scenes negotiations to bring his own company, Prodrive, onto the grid. Plus, desert racing with Sebastian Loeb, Extreme E with Lewis Hamilton’s team and his ongoing work to make motorsport more inclusive and sustainable as chair of Motorsport UK.

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0:32.1	I never get more upset when I come home after a weekend when we finish second.
0:38.4	Those are the words of a racer, David Richards.
0:42.5	He's led teams to world rally championships, to Le Mans victories,
0:46.7	and to challenge for Formula One wins. 2004 was the year David, his BAR team and his
0:54.1	driver JensenButton came closest. 11 podiums and second in the Constructors
0:59.8	Championship, but a win somehow eluded them. David's experiences of success,
1:06.0	near misses and behind the scenes dealings in Formula One make him a fascinating
1:11.3	person to listen to. Welcome everyone to F1 Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:18.8	There's another incredible thing about David. His experience of working with
1:23.0	drivers from Giancolo, Physicella and Alex Vertz in his Benetan Formula One days,
1:28.0	to Jacques Villanerv, Jensen and others at BAR, and of course Colin McCray and Sebastian
1:33.8	Loeb in rallying. There are three attributes you really need to be a great driver.
1:39.2	If you mark each of those skill sets one to ten, very few drivers get a 30.
1:43.9	We talk about what those attributes are plus the drivers David thinks do get a full score.
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