Giancarlo Fisichella: history with Ferrari, Force India + Fernando Alonso

F1: Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports, Technology, Automotive

4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

His 14 F1 seasons were filled with drama, shocks and history. Three-time Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella is rightly very proud to have stayed at the top for so long, fulfilling his dreams of becoming a Formula 1 driver and racing for Ferrari.

From his dramatic first win with the Jordan team at Brazil in 2003, to the unlikely pole he took for underdogs Force India at Belgium in 2009, Giancarlo has experienced the most emotional highs F1 has to offer and he relives those iconic memories with Tom Clarkson.

He talks about helping Renault teammate Fernando Alonso become a two-time World Champion, the ‘pressure and power’ he felt as an Italian driving for Ferrari, whether his F1 journey would have continued had he not joined the Scuderia, and much more.

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0:00.0	Can you make yourself have a lucid dream? And if so, how?
0:05.0	How can you control your dreams? Is it possible to banish nightmares?
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0:12.0	With you, Professor Richard Weismans.
0:14.0	And you, Marnie Chesterton. That's Richard Weismans on your mind.
0:17.0	Answering your questions about the brain.
0:19.0	Available now, wherever you're listening to this.
0:23.0	There is the man who's going to come through to claim his third Grand Prix victory.
0:30.0	The nearly man, really, of Formula One, of the forgotten man in the Renault team.
0:35.0	Here's the winner of the Malaysian Grand Prix Giancarlo Fisiccala.
0:42.0	It's hard to believe that was the third and final win of Giancarlo Fisiccala's 14 years in Formula One.
0:50.0	The Italian's career looks more modest than his talent and race craft deserved.
0:55.0	But Fisiccala has fond memories of Formula One.
0:58.0	His former teammate, Fernando Alonso, and his five races with Ferrari.
1:04.0	My first race with Ferrari in Monza.
1:07.0	Everybody, all the media, all the people, the fans, they were around me.
1:12.0	It was pressure, of course, but also power.
1:16.0	And it was maybe better to don't go to Ferrari.
1:20.0	But this was my dream since when I was young. It was amazing.
1:27.0	Hello, I'm Tom Clarkson, and this is F1B on the grid.
1:31.0	This week, I'm speaking to one of the most popular and charismatic drivers of his generation.
1:37.0	Giancarlo Fisiccala.
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