Technical director Andrew Green on giant killing with Racing Point, surprising with Jordan and more
F1 Beyond The Grid
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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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On this week’s show, Tom chats to Andrew about what makes Racing Point such a lean, mean fighting machine, why under an Aston Martin re-brand they could become race winners, what it was like seeing Michael Schumacher drive an F1 car for the first time and much, much more…
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to helping those that really need it, action is louder than words. |
| 0:07.0 | So here's what we've been doing at British Gas. |
| 0:10.0 | Over the past year, we've given 50 million pounds in energy debt support, |
| 0:15.0 | including grants to help with bills, |
| 0:18.0 | and we're keeping homes powered with emergency energy credit. |
| 0:21.0 | That's enough talking. Let's get on with the doing. |
| 0:25.0 | British Gas. |
| 0:27.0 | eligibility criteria apply. |
| 0:36.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to be on the grid. |
| 0:39.0 | My name's Tom Clarkson and first up, |
| 0:41.0 | I hope you're all keeping safe and well. |
| 0:44.0 | Now today I'm delighted to welcome another great guest for you. |
| 0:48.0 | It's Andrew Green, technical director of Racing Point. |
| 0:51.0 | As we've already learned on this show with the likes of James Allison and Gordon Murray, |
| 0:55.0 | tech experts are some of the most fascinating F1 people to chat to, |
| 0:59.0 | and Andrew is especially so. |
| 1:01.0 | Because what he and his team of engineers have achieved in recent seasons |
| 1:05.0 | is little short of astounding. |
| 1:08.0 | In 2016 and 17, with the smallest budget on the grid, |
| 1:12.0 | force India outperformed many well-heeled opponents |
| 1:15.0 | to finish fourth in the Constructors Championship. |
| 1:18.0 | It was giant killing on the grandest of scales. |
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