S11 E7: 2008 Italian GP - Vettel stuns for 'Minardi'

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Bring Back V10s makes its regular detour into F1's V8 era to look back on Sebastian Vettel's sensational first grand prix victory in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

Glenn Freeman is joined by Jonathan Noble and Karun Chandhok (who was racing in GP2 that weekend at Monza) to reflect on how Vettel was able to take such a commanding victory for Red Bull's second team Toro Rosso, only three years on from it racing as Minardi!

We look back on why McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen offered no threat despite starting from the front row, and how the other McLaren of Lewis Hamilton was more of a victory contender despite starting 15th on the grid.

Also on the agenda: Robert Kubica's conflict with his BMW team over his fading title hopes, Kimi Raikkonen signing a contract extension that he wouldn't see out with Ferrari, Fernando Alonso's floating role in the driver market, Adrian Newey's wisdom on F1's overtaking debate, and Williams's Sam Michael making an incredibly accurate prediction about how the 2009 season would play out under F1's incoming rule changes.

We then dive into the fallout from Vettel's win for Toro Rosso, including the role it played in the political battle over customer cars in F1, and how it heaped pressure and embarrassment onto Red Bull Racing.

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0:34.0	The Athletic.
0:45.1	No. The Athletic As far as first F1 wins go Sebastian Vettles is pretty tough to be.
0:47.7	Not only did he take a commanding victory from pole position at Monsor in 2008 in very
0:52.6	tough conditions, but he did it for an unfancy team
0:55.6	that spent the entirety of F1's V10 era as Minardi.
1:00.0	For our regular detour into F1's V8 era, though, we're looking back on that memorable weekend
1:05.1	when Italy's other team got its moment in the spotlight and managed to spark all kinds
1:10.2	of debate and controversy
1:11.2	about the way this team was set up to operate while also embarrassing Red Bull Racing,
1:16.4	the A team.
1:17.7	We'll also look at if the McLaren that started 15th on the grid could have won the race,
1:22.3	and if the McLaren that started second on the grid should have won it,
1:25.8	plus digging into all the off-track news on a weekend
1:28.2	where Robert Kubitsa had heated talks with his BMW team and Kimmy Rykenen signed an F1
1:33.3	contract extension that was meant to cover the 2010 season he never raced in. Joining me, Glenn Freeman,
1:39.7	to go through all that and much more. We have two men who were there that weekend, although
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