Eric Boullier on managing Raikkonen, Kubica’s accident and switching from Team Principal to Promoter

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Eric Boullier was Team Principal at Renault and Lotus before he became the Racing Director of McLaren. He resigned from that role in 2018 before switching camps to Paul Ricard, where he is now managing director of the French Grand Prix. In this episode, Tom probes Eric about his life in the sport, from the challenge of managing Kimi Raikkonen to dealing with the aftermath of Robert Kubica’s accident. There’s also time to chat about McLaren and the drivers he worked with there – Button, Alonso and Vandoorne – plus Eric brings us up to speed on all things French GP…

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0:30.0	Rally in Formula One, do you find someone who's worked as both a team principal and a promoter?
0:43.9	They are two completely different jobs and give two completely different perspectives on
0:48.7	the sport.
0:49.7	Yet that's exactly what Eric Boulier, my guest this week, has done.
0:55.0	So welcome to Beyond the Grid with Meet on Clarkson for a show that sheds light on both
1:00.6	sides of the F1 fence, the competitors who spend the money and the promoters who helped
1:06.5	to bring it in.
1:07.6	Now many of you will remember Eric as team principal of Renault and Lotus before he then
1:12.2	became the racing director of McLaren.
1:15.8	He resigned from that role in 2018 and switched camps to Paul Ricard, where he's now managing
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