Testmagazin für Maria

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Stirling Moss
in a Vanwall,
or Michael
Schumacher
in a Ferrari?
Daniil Kvyat
There were a few nice cars
to drive in the past. Williams
was competitive in the late
‘1980s, so that would be
cool. I’d also add [Alain]
Prost and [Ayrton] Senna’s
McLarens to the list, or
[Michael] Schumacher’s
Ferraris. Any of those cars,
they are all so different, so
interesting. I’m sure racing
against Schumacher, Senna,
and Prost would have been
good fun!
Sebastian Vettel
It would have to be Michael
[Schumacher] in the 2004
Ferrari.
Kevin Magnussen
I would race Stirling Moss
in his Vanwall, the green
Vanwall from 1957 and ‘58.
He was a racing driver, first,
first, first, first, first, first,
first. He just won everything.
I’m a big fan of Stirling
Moss, he’s my racing hero.
In terms of the cars I think
the early ‘90s, late ‘80s was
the best, probably. The cars
were good, very good. I’d
love to really try and push in
one of those cars.
GARAGE ENVY SURTEES TS19
ADAM COOPER
Historic racing isn’t just for classic racing cars. Sometimes, it
brings classic drivers out of the woodwork too.
Jean-Denis Deletraz enjoyed a low-key career in F3000
before finding the budget to compete in the 1994 Australian
GP with Larrousse, plus San Marino and Germany for Pacific
in early 1995. He then established himself as a solid performer
in GT racing, even winning the Spa 24.
However, now he’s back in F1 – competing in the Surtees
TS19 raced by Alan Jones in 1976. One of a stable of cars owned
by wealthy Dubai-based businessman, car collector and racer
Fred Fatien, it runs in the Theodore Racing livery used by Jones
on his way to fourth place at the ‘76 Japanese GP.
“It’s amazing, because it’s real driving,” says the Swiss.
“You jump in and you have only the steering wheel and the
gearchange, and you have to manage everything by yourself –
no electronics, no traction control, no radio, no team orders.
They say it’s impossible to compare eras
in Formula 1. Maybe so, but it’s still a lot of
fun. Like any of us, the current crop of F1
drivers all grew up with their own racing
heroes. If they could pick any driver in
history to race against, who would they
choose? And what would they drive?
Kate Walker found out.
Jolyon Palmer
Senna. Schumacher would
be interesting as well,
but he was racing in the
modern era. And Senna in
the ‘80s, you know… he’s
obviously a massive legend,
and maybe the best driver
F1 had. I’d like to have seen
him race in something
modern. I want to see
what Senna could do in the
current Mercedes.
Carlos Sainz Jr
Can I choose three? I would
like… there are many,
actually! Senna, during
one of his world titles with
McLaren. The car I don’t
Masters Historic Racing
really mind, they were all
amazing, but for sure the
MP4-4. Then I would choose
Michael Schumacher in
2004, that car was so quick!
I think it was the quickest F1
car ever. And against a great
champion like Michael! And
then last but not least, 2007
– instead of having [Lewis]
Hamilton as the teammate
of [Fernando] Alonso,
it would be me. So I name
my three heroes: Fernando,
Michael and Ayrton in their
best cars.
It’s fantastic, pure pleasure. This was the dream period of F1,
with James Hunt.”
As for his brief ‘proper’ F1 career he says: “In 1994 we had
started with paddle shifts, but there was not lot of electronics
in those days. It was almost the same as the Surtees, apart
from the aerodynamics! Larrousse called me 10 days before
Adelaide, I had no testing, and then they went bankrupt. But
because I did F1 I was able to drive for Ferrari, Aston Martin,
and do Le Mans 10 times. So I have no regrets about that.”
Meanwhile the Deletraz name could yet return to the
contemporary F1 grid thanks to son Louis. The 19-year-old is
already supported by Renault, and having finished runner-up in
this year’s Formula V8 3.5 series he is destined for GP2 in 2017.
SO YOU WANT
TO BE A…
RACE TEAM
MANAGER
KATE WALKER
Working frantically behind
the scenes yet barely visible
to the public, F1 race team
managers operate like swans;
when they’re doing their job
properly, the effort to attain
perfection is hidden beneath
the surface. Aside from a knack
for organisation, the ability to
balance a budget, and strong
leadership skills, what does it
take to be a race team manager?
Adaptable
perfectionism
What works one year
might not work the next,
so your job is to treat
good practice as a moving
target – keep pushing
for better ways to keep
your team working at
their peak.
Multi-tasking, and
plenty of it
Accountant, HR officer,
travel agent, guidance
counsellor, nutritionist,
pit crew, mediator,
motivator… all of these
hats (and many more!)
will be yours to wear.
An analytical mind
How will next year’s rule
changes affect your team
and their working hours?
How can you smooth the
transition? Anticipating
and circumventing
potential issues is par
for the course.
Be able to plan ahead
Be ready to work several
races ahead at all times,
managing administrative
tasks for the Asian
flyaways while driving
around Europe, and
planning 2017 when 2016
has barely begun.
A sympathetic ear
Ensuring a team is
operating at their best
involves knowing what’s
going on with individual
team members, and
keeping an ear open
to problems both
professional and personal.
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CASE STUDY:
Paul Seaby, Renault
It’s weird to say, but really
when I come to a circuit
I’m not actually taking
part in that event; I’m
looking forward to other
events. Hopefully, by the
time we get to the track
most things have been
sorted, so I’m only there
as a back-up if there are
any problems.
Obviously, making
sure that the team
works properly is my
responsibility. So is making
sure the pitstops are as
good as possible, that’s
my responsibility at a race.
But as far as everything
else goes, I’ve got guys
that do it for me. I have
my chief mechanic, my
spares guy, and the
engineering coordinator.
They look after the build
of the cars, get that done.
Then there’s our
trackside operations
director, who looks after
the running of the team,
both the sporting side and
the engineering side. And
my race team coordinator,
who deals with the circuits
and things like that.
While that’s going
on I’m looking at paying
bills or organising for
upcoming events; travel
queries, personnel queries,
logistical queries... That’s
the sort of thing I look at.
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