Lewis Hamilton: the early F1 years as revealed by McLaren's Mark Temple

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🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

TC and Alex finally present F1 Nation from the same place and discuss how Renault will cope swapping Daniel Ricciardo with Fernando Alonso (2:01), why the change in safety car will feel strange (5:48) and how will F1 cope with a knight on the grid in 2021 (7:18).

Plus TC sits down with McLaren's Principal Car Performance Engineer, Mark Temple (10:27) to reveal the unseen pressures of Lewis Hamilton's early F1 years including: adjusting to fame, coping with Jenson Button, learning to 'drive slowly to go faster', ultimately deciding to leave the team he grew up with and whether Fernando Alonso was faster.

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0:00.0	For the very first time, in the same room, this is really happening.
0:11.0	It's F1 Nation with TC and Alex, and we're in the F170 commentary box.
0:25.6	Was it on purpose?
0:26.9	No.
0:27.9	We did it that we can actually see each other, and it's not through a laptop screen.
0:32.6	Yes, we are.
0:33.6	TC.
0:34.6	How are you?
0:35.6	It's great to be in the same room.
0:36.6	Although we are still socially distanced, I know this.
0:39.3	We know the rules.
0:40.3	We know the rules.
0:41.3	It's great to see you in person.
0:43.3	What a year it's been.
0:44.3	I thought you only existed on a computer screen, to be honest with you.
0:47.7	Yeah.
0:48.7	A lot of people were thinking that I was some sort of algorithm that just made noise on
0:52.5	a Sunday.
0:53.5	But there we are.
0:54.5	Available on a Tuesday as well.
0:56.7	Actually, it must be said, AJ.
0:58.2	Yeah.
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