Pedro de la Rosa on spygate, Hamilton vs Alonso, and racing Christian Horner

F1 Beyond The Grid

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News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

As a racer, Pedro de la Rosa competed in more than 100 Grands Prix, and drove many, many more miles as an F1 test driver for the likes of McLaren and Ferrari. And on this week’s show the Spaniard gives host Tom Clarkson a fascinating perspective on F1, from life behind the scenes during the explosive 2007 season at McLaren, to what it was like being in the garage during Lewis Hamilton’s maiden test.

Then there are stories of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, racing against Red Bull boss Christian Horner, life as a test driver, and what happened when he handed in his resignation to Ron Dennis…

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0:31.0	Hello everyone, this is Pedro de la Rosa and you're listening to Beyond the Grid.
0:42.0	Hi everyone and welcome to Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
0:46.0	Now the world is feeling like an unusual and worrying place for many of us at the minute.
0:51.0	But we're here to give you your Formula One fix, even if the start of the 2020 season has been put on hold
0:56.0	due to the coronavirus crisis.
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1:05.0	He's a driver who I've known for many years and I've always loved his company.
1:09.0	He made his Formula One debut with arrows in 1999, scoring a world championship point in his first race.
1:16.0	And he went on to carve out a Grand Prix career of more than 100 races,
1:20.0	driving for the likes of Jaguar, SAlba and of course McLaren for whom he claimed a podium at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
1:28.0	But as well as being a very good race driver, this guy was renowned for being a brilliant test driver as well.
1:34.0	He used to pound around the test tracks of Europe mainly for McLaren and Ferrari and he worked very closely with Louis Hamilton and Fernando Alonzo.
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