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The Team Principal Podcast: How to integrate a new driver into an F1 team

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The Team Principal Podcast: How to integrate a new driver into an F1 team

The Race F1 Podcast›
Feb 22, 202550:57

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On the very first episode of his new show, The Team Principal Podcast, former Aston Martin and Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer is joined by The Race's Ben Anderson to discuss how a team principal goes about integrating a new driver into a team.

First, Otmar talks about Lewis Hamilton's switch from Mercedes to Ferrari and the role Scuderia boss Fred Vasseur will have played in helping the seven-time world champion settle over the winter.

Otmar offers his thoughts on what he'd do if he was in Fred's shoes, and then contrasts that approach with the a...

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