How To Run an F1 Team | Ep2 – BWT Alpine F1 Team personnel
P1 with Matt and Tommy
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4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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This episode is brought to you in partnership with Amazon Music.
Have you ever wondered what goes into running a successful F1 team? We have! So, a few days before this year's Silverstone GP, we spent a few days with the BWT Alpine F1 team to find out!
Today, we head to Alpine's state-of-the-art Enstone factory to meet two men at the heart of the operation: Engineering Manager, Seb Sheppard and Race Team Factory Support Manager, Paul Seaby. The guys discuss the logistical challenges they have to overcome in their respective positions, how they design and support the cars across a 24-race calendar and just how vital the team's collective spirit and open collaboration are to success on the track.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | Today we're bringing you the second of our episodes we recorded with the BwT Alpine F1 team brought to you in |
| 0:15.4 | partnership with Amazon Music. Now we all see what happens on the track as the drivers |
| 0:20.5 | battle it out on the world's best racetracks, but have you ever wondered |
| 0:24.0 | about what goes into running a successful F1 team behind the scenes? |
| 0:28.9 | We did, so he sat down with two men at the heart of the Alpine operation to find out more. |
| 0:34.0 | Seab Shepard and Paul Seabee work at Alpine's awesome factory in Enstone England. |
| 0:39.0 | So we headed over there a few days before the British Grand Prix for a chat about their work and the challenges |
| 0:44.7 | they faced throughout their long careers in motors. |
| 0:48.7 | First up you'll hear from engineering manager Sebb Shepard, who spoke to us about how they go about designing different versions of the car for upcoming seasons, |
| 0:56.0 | what it's like working as part of a collaborative team that loves the sports, and how that team spirit is vital to everything they do. |
| 1:05.0 | We also asked Paul and Seb some of your questions. |
| 1:08.0 | If you want to hear our Q&A section with the guys |
| 1:10.0 | and to see if we asked a question you submitted, then head on over to Amazon Music. |
| 1:15.0 | Just search for P1 with Matt and Tommy and Amazon Music |
| 1:18.0 | and you can listen to the extended version of today's episode over there. |
| 1:21.0 | Better yet, you can listen ad free with your prime membership. Right, here's |
| 1:25.8 | Alpin Engineering Manager Seab Sheppard. We are here with Seab Sheppard, the engineering manager at Alpine. Thanks so much for coming |
| 1:36.1 | on to the P1 podcast. How are you? |
| 1:38.3 | Absolutely pleasure to be here. What a setting. The backdrop's quite beautiful, isn't it? This is quite spectacular when you walk in here every morning |
| 1:45.9 | Has the back of your neck always stand up when you think about the history what surrounds you the cars that you see the people who work with amazing now the drivers |
| 1:54.7 | obviously get a lot of attention but we're here to get a more of an understanding of the |
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