Enrique Bernoldi: the unsung driver from one of F1’s greatest rookie classes

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This episode of F1 Beyond The Grid is brought to you by Salesforce, the Global Partner of Formula 1®. Visit Salesforce.com/F1 to learn more about how Formula 1 wows fans and grows its global fanbase with Salesforce.

With no World Championship points from 28 Grand Prix starts, it’s fair to say Enrique Bernoldi’s Formula 1 career took a very different path to Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya – his fellow rookies in 2001.

But the Brazilian still grabbed plenty of headlines during his brief stint in the fast lane with Arrows. Hear why Enrique was at the centre of a decision that changed the course of Red Bull’s F1 existence, and the gripping tale of his heated encounter with Ron Dennis at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2001.

Plus, Bernoldi tells Tom Clarkson why he didn’t succeed in F1, what led to his fallout with teammate Jos Verstappen falling out, and much more.

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0:00.0	This episode of F1 Beyond the Grid is brought to you by Salesforce, the global partner of Formula One.
0:07.0	Visit salesforce.com slash F1 to learn more about how Formula One wows fans and grows its global fanbase with Salesforce.
0:21.0	Reaching F1 is every driver's dream.
0:24.0	They arrive full of optimism, determined to write their names in the record books.
0:29.0	In 2001, a new batch of hopefuls made their debuts, Fernando Alonzo, Kimi Reichen and Juan Pablo Montoya and Enrique Benoldi.
0:38.0	Four drivers fought very different careers.
0:41.0	Benoldi's F1 journey may not have followed the glittering path of the drivers he made his debut with, but there was rarely a dull moment.
0:49.0	At the very start, he and Reichen and were involved in a shootout for the second salverse seat, a battle that ultimately changed the course of F1 history.
1:00.0	I think was the time when Red Bull wanted to be more involved.
1:03.0	They didn't want to be just a sponsor.
1:05.0	It was a lot of clashes regarding that.
1:08.0	Sauber didn't want to lose control of the team.
1:11.0	I was coming along and I was one of the reasons for the splitting and also Sauber that they were inclined to favor Kimi.
1:20.0	While Reichen went on to become well champion, Benoldi's Formula One career stalled before he'd really got going.
1:28.0	January 2003.
1:30.0	I'm jobless.
1:31.0	At age of 23, 24.
1:33.0	And I realized I don't have a helmet.
1:35.0	I don't have an overall.
1:37.0	After two seasons in Formula One racing, I was sitting in my apartment in January, jobless without a helmet without anything.
1:44.0	I could not even do my job.
1:51.0	Hello and welcome to F1, Beyond the Great, with me Tom Clarkson.
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