Emanuele Pirro on developing an iconic McLaren and being a Driver Steward

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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In his long career, Emanuele Pirro has experienced everything motorsport can throw at a driver. In the 1980s, the Italian raced for Benetton while simultaneously helping to develop Prost and Senna’s mighty McLaren Honda MP4/4. Later, he battled soaking conditions at the infamous 1991 Australian GP and won Le Mans five times. Emanuele has enjoyed an incredible career, and has great stories to tell. Why did he reject Ferrari? Why did Riccardo Patrese hit him on the helmet after his final Grand Prix? Emanuele also tells Tom Clarkson about his current role as an FIA Driver Steward.

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0:48.8	Welcome to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:59.8	My guest this week is a driver best known for winning the Le Mans 24 hours.
1:04.8	But he was also a brilliant single-seater driver.
1:07.8	And he raced in Formula One for three seasons.
1:10.8	And more than the actual racing, he also got to test perhaps the best car in the history of Formula One
1:17.8	on a regular basis.
1:19.8	The man I'm talking about is of course, Immanuel E. Piro.
1:23.8	He raced for Beneton in 1989 and Scuderia Italia for the following two years,
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