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The art of communicating with F1 drivers - A race engineer shares his secrets

5/16/202657 min

On the latest episode of Stay On Track, Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert go deep on the most important relationship in F1 - the one between a driver and his race engineer.

They're joined by special guest Pierre Hamelin, who listeners might recognise as Arvid Lindblad's race engineer at Racing Bulls. Pierre has developed a reputation as a man who nurtures rookie drivers, having previously engineered Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Riccardo, Liam Lawson, Isack Hadjar and others. But how does he go about helping a young driver get the best out of himself and the car?

Pierre shares his secret tips and tricks, plus Johnny and Damon discuss the evolving F1 title race and why Canada is such an important grand prix for George Russell...

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Clips

Monza win through engineer’s eyes
Backing Arvid as champion material
The hidden ‘driver evolution’ factor
One voice to the driver
Preventing information overload
Outfoxing Villeneuve in Canada
Adrian Newey’s ruthless precision

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Johnny Herbert· Host0:00

    [gentle music] The Athletic. Well, we had some sad news, very sad news. Um, and I think we'd like to dedicate this episode of Stay on Track to former colleague, uh, and a former teammate of mine, Alex Zanardi, who sadly, uh, we lost. Um, great man, big, big heart and, uh, a big talent.

  2. Damon Hill· Host0:23

    Incredible what he did after his accident. Obviously, he was a lovely guy as well. So Alex, you will be missed and, uh, but never forgotten.

  3. Johnny Herbert· Host0:31

    [upbeat music] Welcome back to another episode of Stay on Track. Uh, looking forward to this one because we have an exciting show, uh, today, 'cause we have a special guest who's gonna be coming on, who we're gonna be ta- chatting to.

  4. Damon Hill· Host0:53

    We, we-- This will be our first ever guest.

  5. Johnny Herbert· Host0:54

    Yes, it will be.

  6. Damon Hill· Host0:56

    I'm so excited.

  7. Johnny Herbert· Host0:56

    Oh, I'm very excited. Yeah. Pierre Hamelin, who is Arvid Lindblad's, uh, engineer, but of course he's been through quite a good list of drivers, so we'll be speaking to him, uh, during this episode. So looking forward to that.

  8. Damon Hill· Host1:10

    Nothing's happened since we've been away.

  9. Johnny Herbert· Host1:12

    [laughs] Uh?

  10. Damon Hill· Host1:13

    Well- Excuse me, something has happened since we've, you know, been away. What, the Miami Grand Prix?

  11. Johnny Herbert· Host1:18

    Uh, Mi-Miami Grand Prix, yes. Um- I, I saw you doing that with your h- cap- Yes ...

  12. Damon Hill· Host1:22

    a moment ago.

  13. Johnny Herbert· Host1:22

    Yes. Winner's cap.

  14. Damon Hill· Host1:23

    Yeah.

  15. Johnny Herbert· Host1:24

    Winner's cap. Yeah.

  16. Damon Hill· Host1:24

    Now you want me to ask about the cap, don't you?

  17. Johnny Herbert· Host1:26

    Yes, please.

  18. Damon Hill· Host1:26

    Can I leave it till later?

  19. Johnny Herbert· Host1:27

    No, now.

  20. Damon Hill· Host1:28

    No.

  21. Johnny Herbert· Host1:28

    Now.

  22. Damon Hill· Host1:28

    I'm, I'm supposed to ask- Yes

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