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30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

Released Saturday, 17th February 2024
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30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

30 Days of BTG: Day 20 – Why Scott Speed didn’t succeed

Saturday, 17th February 2024
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It's a race to the finish line you

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won't want to miss. Netflix's newest docuseries NASCAR

0:04

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0:08

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0:12

an in-depth look at who these drivers

0:14

are off the track and how they

0:17

and their teams navigate the physical, mental

0:19

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0:21

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0:23

stock car racing. After all, the race

0:25

to the finish is just the beginning.

0:27

Watch NASCAR Full Speed on Netflix to

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catch up on the characters, competition

0:32

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0:34

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0:39

18th at 2.30 p.m. Eastern

0:41

Standard Time on Fox. Hello

0:51

there, Tom Clarkson here. We're into

0:53

the final sector just 10 days

0:56

to go. If you've been

0:58

with us since day one or you're only

1:00

just joining us for the first time, welcome

1:02

everybody. It's great to have you

1:05

with us. We're counting down to the new series of

1:07

F1 Beyond the Grid, which starts

1:09

on Wednesday, the 28th of February, and

1:12

we're choosing some of the best bits from

1:14

our previous six seasons. For

1:17

day 20, I've chosen someone who with

1:19

a name like his was always destined

1:21

to be a racer. After

1:24

being discovered by Red Bull as America's

1:26

next star, Scott Speed drove for

1:28

Toro Rosso in 2006 and 2007. He

1:32

had natural talent and raw pace, but

1:35

in his own words, he had a bad

1:37

attitude, which meant he lasted just 18

1:39

months in Formula One. Oh,

1:45

gosh, how young I was

1:47

and uneducated, massive

1:49

ego. I just look

1:52

back at a silly kid. It's got them

1:54

embarrassing, honestly. I obviously had a

1:56

lot of ability. I was very good at

1:58

driving that type of vehicle. I

2:00

don't think I was at the level

2:02

of like your Rossbergs or your Lewis

2:04

from my generation. Those guys were special.

2:06

Obviously Lewis still is because he's still

2:08

competing with this next generation of driver,

2:11

which is remarkable. It's really insane. But

2:14

I didn't have a good why. You

2:16

know, my reason for doing that was just I

2:18

wanted to see how good I was. I didn't

2:20

have a good mental model. I certainly didn't have

2:22

a good mindset. I was put into

2:24

some incredibly great environments by Red Bull to help

2:26

me succeed and help me develop because when I

2:29

left America and went over there, I didn't have

2:31

the ability to do it. But

2:33

they did a great job of placing me with good teams

2:35

up the ladder where I could learn, even

2:37

though I didn't realize I was learning. I just thought that

2:39

if I was fast, it was because the car was good.

2:42

And if we were slow, the car was crap. You

2:44

know, I had no responsibility for any of that.

2:46

I honestly just thought that as a racing

2:48

driver, you could either you were either fast or

2:51

you were, which is pretty silly. But

2:54

at the time, that was my perspective. And

2:56

you know, so for me, it was more like, well, how

2:59

far can I go on motor racing? And

3:01

once I kind of saw where that was, I realized, you

3:03

know, I'm a pretty decent F1 driver. I can compete with

3:05

these guys. And in my mind, I was like, yeah, if

3:08

I change teams, I could run over here and I could

3:10

run in this position. I kind of

3:12

mapped it all out. And then when I realized that I

3:14

was checked out, I didn't have the

3:16

drive to keep getting better. I

3:18

didn't have the drive to keep pushing myself, you know,

3:21

without that proper motivation,

3:24

it ended the way it did. I wasn't the

3:26

guy that was going to take a team and

3:28

make everything better. Spiker flies

3:30

off the racetrack, Adrian Sotela. It's

3:32

Hamilton. It is Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton on last

3:34

three has gone off. There comes

3:36

another one. And this is going to get nasty. They're going to have to put

3:39

the safety guard. car.

3:44

And I think that's a good thing. I think that's a good thing.

3:46

I think that's a good thing. I think that's a good thing. It's

3:50

crawling facing it. You

4:00

know it in a popular one saw. The.

4:04

European Groom pre Nurburgring two thousand

4:06

and seven. Completely chaotic race or

4:08

it was raining. everyone was spinning

4:10

out. Marcus Winkle hot was leading

4:12

the race at one point I

4:15

remembered despite her, I mean it

4:17

was your last race and Formula

4:19

One. When. We you told.

4:21

That. It was the last race. Over

4:23

say go heated with friends to what? What can

4:26

you tell us about? what? What?

4:28

A great last race. Honestly, the so

4:30

it our car as as proven by

4:33

Federal later in the air was extremely

4:35

good in the wet. I. Remember,

4:37

in practice in Monaco for free practice one

4:39

I was p one on the border some

4:41

point. In. The Rain: Our car a

4:43

disparate every isn't It was really fast in the

4:45

rain and so we started raining. Other: All right

4:48

this the be great for us. We started like

4:50

really far back on the great relied eighteenth and

4:52

nineteenth. I. Think I came. It's hits

4:54

like a lemon Had passed like seven cars

4:56

on my way. But. They had wrong tires

4:58

in the pit box and so when a change

5:00

my tires added they put Tony as on and

5:02

had to take toenails off and a basically costs

5:05

us all light upon a time the race is

5:07

over. Really? from that point. That. Slap

5:09

some now front straight away. there's so much

5:11

water I'd come down and years know it's

5:13

a really down your corner. When. I

5:15

went to the braces hydroplaned may come close

5:17

to me. I would buy the apex. Gonna go

5:19

one hundred fifty miles an hour. Tigers know

5:21

where Major as like crash with the wall. And.

5:24

Send as you saw like all these cars louis

5:26

crash their thing but was in a while there

5:28

everybody sarcasm there I remember sake like dow was

5:31

super fun like I know we did get a

5:33

result but like I passed a lot of cars

5:35

or mean armor passive Ralf Schumacher like on the

5:37

outside and when his course in the when I

5:39

was just it was so cool the feel like

5:42

I'd a fast car and I was making moves

5:44

you know and. It. Was his

5:46

side I had such a great experience

5:48

in I came in and and France

5:50

was super pissed. I was

5:52

is too happy about what happened and

5:54

see it as like what happened in

5:57

turn one. And I said wall

5:59

the same thing that. The day everybody else down

6:01

there are hide your flight up to drag I

6:03

would he be what happened and seven cars sit

6:05

out there. Bomb. He says know

6:07

not everybody just the winters. And.

6:09

I'm like okay yeah I think it's old the

6:12

eff off and I just walked ride to dismiss

6:14

them. At. He came in

6:16

the same chasing after mean as he let

6:18

me nod this pleased he was and to

6:20

be fair like I probably would actually the

6:23

same way like five as a sort of

6:25

like and see if row respect for set

6:27

you know about as is this young coffee

6:29

arid and tid. And as finally

6:31

found the limit of France's patience.

6:34

The services? What I like did

6:36

they bethel? Yeah, I've finally broken.

6:39

But. That was after like a long period

6:41

of dealing with that you know for me.

6:44

Ah, By cigar was at home. May.

6:47

Be waiting to go to like the next race

6:49

and they called said noting a puss out in

6:51

the car. As like sweet I

6:53

thought awesome because at that point that it was like

6:55

the golden child. My gray. Let's see him get nothing

6:57

and see what he does. And. Summer

6:59

Watson by the computer is there at

7:01

the Hunger or Ring Sir Not Settle

7:04

qualifies nineteenth. Oh member way race.

7:06

But it wasn't I was an amazing at all

7:08

and then and then then I knew for sure.

7:10

As okay great I can pack my go wherever

7:12

I want I know that are my lead a

7:14

normal the best you know the race in a

7:16

bloke are in the world and. If

7:19

I made about the best Bud Light for

7:21

me, I was so far beyond what I

7:23

thought as a kid that I'd ever achieve

7:25

our super happy and then same opportunities you

7:27

know, the meetings with on Williams and other

7:29

opportunities race other stuff. But. Ultimately,

7:31

when I met with the The Matter shirts soon

7:33

after, he'd basically gave me carte blanche to like

7:36

lox. Ah modesty, The cars not very good. where

7:38

do you want to go like I can give

7:40

you that one seat now. But if you want

7:42

to be a reserve driver at the big team

7:44

we can do that are like what you want

7:47

to do and. I. Said man I

7:49

want to go home like can we

7:51

race Nascar and us like Fully supportive

7:53

and as I guess definitely take your

7:55

stuff. Go back home. Me: with to

7:57

the steiner come up with a plan and doris

7:59

NASCAR on us. Thank you. And

8:03

I started a really humbling journey and the

8:05

disillusion of the Sky's lead ego

8:08

began at that moment. What

8:18

a brave or stupid to tell Frans

8:20

Toss where to go. Oh,

8:22

to be a fly on the wall when that happened. Scott

8:25

gave a very honest assessment of why

8:27

his Formula One career ended so quickly.

8:30

You can imagine how easy it is

8:33

for an F1 driver to become talking

8:35

the fame, the money, the glamorous lifestyle

8:37

travelling around the world, the fast nature

8:39

of the sport. Especially

8:41

all at such a young age, it must

8:43

be very hard not to let it go

8:45

to your head. But that's

8:48

what distinguishes the grape from

8:50

the good. Still being able

8:52

to focus fully on your goals

8:54

despite all the distractions and temptations.

8:57

Scott's a great laugh though and

8:59

he shares some brilliant stories in

9:01

our chats, including how he's actually

9:03

using his experiences to help younger

9:05

drivers avoid making the same mistakes

9:07

that he made. The link

9:09

to the full episode is in the description, so do

9:12

give it a listen. And I'll

9:14

be back tomorrow for a nice

9:16

Sunday stroll. Speak to you

9:18

then. Keep

9:24

up with the latest F1 action

9:26

on F1 Nation. Race

9:30

previews, post-race insights and exclusive

9:32

interviews from the heart of

9:35

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9:37

team effort all round. Huge win for us

9:39

today. We're pushing our dilemma. We must

9:41

have just got something wrong. Oscar, can we just grab

9:43

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9:45

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9:48

hear from the drivers, team principals,

9:50

engineers and F1 experts from

9:53

around the world. It's really, really nice

9:55

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9:57

the two of them in the points is quite impressive.

10:00

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10:02

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