S2 E4: Ferrari's Austria 2002 team orders controversy

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🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Austria 2002 remains an iconic moment in Formula 1 history... for all the wrong reasons. In this episode of Bring Back V10s we look back at everything that went on around that race, from why Ferrari was so dominant in 2002, how McLaren and Williams were dropping the ball, to how Ferrari management justified its actions even though Michael Schumacher already looked untouchable early in the 2002 season. We also look at how Schumacher's version of events differed from the way his bosses were explaining it, why Barrichello thought he'd never be asked to give up a win, and the role a similar incident in 2001 had in how everyone handled this controversy a year later. There's also time to remember Takuma Sato's lucky escape in a crash with Nick Heidfeld, and how Eddie Jordan and Honda disagreed over the terms of their contract, resulting in a big payday for EJ but no more Japanese engines for his team in the future - even though it was beating Honda's favoured team BAR. Finally, we look back at the FIA hearing Ferrari faced, why it couldn't be severely punished, and why the FIA knew a ban on team orders that followed was always destined to fail.

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0:00.0	When someone mentions the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, one image comes to mind immediately.
0:11.0	But was it a dark day for Formula One or a lot of fuss about nothing?
0:15.0	We'll try to get those answers on this latest episode of Bring Back V10s.
0:19.0	Before we get going, remember to send us your questions for our series finale using the hashtag Bring Back V10s. Before we get going, remember to send us your questions for our
0:21.4	series finale using the hashtag Bring Back V10s on Twitter. Or leave us a five-star review on your
0:26.7	favourite podcast platform and throw a question in there too. Weirdly, we've had so many questions,
0:32.3	but weirdly we're getting a lot of hypothetical questions this time. So what if this person
0:35.9	had gone here or what if this had happened?
0:38.4	And that's going to be a lot of fun to answer, even if we might not be able to have, well,
0:42.0	we might not be able to offer much substance. But keep the questions coming. We're really
0:46.0	enjoying how many we've got already. Joining me today, though, to talk Austria 2002,
0:51.8	two people making their first appearance of the series, Mark Hughes and Matt
0:55.5	Beer. So, guys, welcome back, and Mark will start by throwing the opening question to you,
1:00.7	which is quite simply, when you think back to Austria 2002, what's the first thing that comes
1:05.5	to mind? And I imagine it's quite obvious. Yeah, it's the non-race. It's the Ferrari non-race where the two
1:13.6	Ferrari drivers were arguing about who was going to win the race. Yeah, like I say, dark days for
1:19.6	F1, I think, in neutral fans. Eyes, what about you, Matt? Is there anything else you can pick
1:24.1	out of this race? No, but it's, for me, it's the way I learned about this event because I was at Pembrey that day
1:30.8	covering a bark meeting for motorsport news and autosport as at very much the other end of my career.
1:36.4	And I found out about this Ferrari swap by a very sullen Welshman coming into the commentary box
1:41.7	where I was watching from one of the officials of the meeting and just looking at me and the commentator and saying Schumacher won the Grand Prix
1:48.3	but Barakallo led to and they just did the kind of mimed gesture of a finish line and two
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