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Austria Preview, Schumacher's Lost Titles & Why F1's Penalty System is BROKEN

6/24/202648 min

With Otmar away, Jake Humphrey and Rob Smedley preview the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix. Rob dives deep into his legendary career, breaking down what it really takes to lead the technical side of an F1 team, the old-school mindset shift he brought to Williams, and what the current team is lacking on track. 

The duo also debated a massive F1 "what if", whether Michael Schumacher would have swept the 2007 and 2008 titles if Ross Brawn hadn’t retired. Plus, Rob reveals the incredible reality behind Felipe Massa’s terrifying 2009 Budapest crash, the chaos of engineering the unpredictable Jean Alesi, and a highly questionable new entry into Bullshit Corner. 

Want to guide the next episode? Reply in the comment below with your questions for Rob and Otmar, or nominate an F1 moment for Bullshit Corner! 

 

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Clips

Massa’s 20mm Brush With Death
Missing Ross Brawn’s Steady Hand
No Magic Bullet In F1
Otmar’s Vacation Trash-Talk

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jake Humphrey· Host0:02

    It's not the same, is it?

  2. Rob Smedley· Host0:03

    What? What, without your man?

  3. Jake Humphrey· Host0:06

    Hmm, your man. You know what we should call today's episode? Not Ottmar.

  4. Rob Smedley· Host0:10

    Not Ottmar?

  5. Jake Humphrey· Host0:12

    [laughs] [laughs] That's really bad. Actually, I think we should probably start today's episode explaining that you're responsible for Ottmar being on this show.

  6. Rob Smedley· Host0:21

    Yeah, we should.

  7. Jake Humphrey· Host0:22

    Shall I show a photo?

  8. Rob Smedley· Host0:24

    I made it all happen. Yeah, [laughs] that was very- [laughs] Fucking called him. And he's in bed. How many times?

  9. Jake Humphrey· Host0:33

    [laughs] I need to show you... I'm gonna show... Right, at this point, if you're listening to this podcast, please find a way to watch this podcast, 'cause I wanna show you this. Can you see that? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. What is that a picture of? Ottmar's sleeve. [laughs] Ottmar's sleeve. So, um, oh, I just... I'm gonna have to put this on my Instagram as well. Um, how do we... Um, we need to explain the story behind that photo. I mean, he's got his eyes closed. Actually, wouldn't you say he's lost a lot of weight, hasn't he?

  10. Rob Smedley· Host1:00

    He has, yeah. He has.

  11. Jake Humphrey· Host1:02

    And he said- We were chatting about that last week, me and him ... what was he saying?

  12. Rob Smedley· Host1:04

    Nothing. He's lost a massive amount of weight. He's, uh, he's, he's gone for it. Uh, good on him.

  13. Jake Humphrey· Host1:09

    Absolutely.

  14. Rob Smedley· Host1:09

    So, so how did all three of us get together? Which we're now not, 'cause, like- 'Cause Ottmar is on holiday. Yeah, again. Um, so we... So I did the, the, The Serious High Performance podcast and sat in that chair there.

  15. Jake Humphrey· Host1:24

    Yeah.

  16. Rob Smedley· Host1:25

    And then, um... Are we allowed to say that, that it's the same studio?

  17. Jake Humphrey· Host1:28

    I think people have probably

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