Kimi Antonelli is finally world champion, and this week Jake, Otmar and Rob get the inside story from two people who were there for all of it.
Gwen Lagrue, the man who first spotted Kimi racing a go-kart in Adria in 2017, joins the guys to explain what made an 11-year-old stand out from everyone else. He also tells them about the phone call he got from Toto on the morning Lewis said he was leaving. Then Mercedes Deputy Team Principal Bradley Lord takes us inside the factory meeting where Toto told Kimi: “Lewis is leaving. It could be you.”
Bradley also shares what happened when the celebrations died down: the 40 minutes Kimi spent alone in an empty engineering office, trying to take in what he’d done. And there’s the cracked sump that left Kimi feeling his engine struggle with four laps to go, with the title on the line.
Rob opens up the engineering dark web to show how Kimi went from a difficult rookie season to champion, and the guys ask whether George Russell can bounce back.
Plus, Ferrari’s rules-of-engagement mess and how Rob says it used to work in Jean Todt’s office, Otmar’s take on Esteban Ocon’s exit from Haas, the latest on Liam Lawson, Rob ending up in BS Corner, and a signed cap up for grabs.
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