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Standard Time on Fox. Hello
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there, Tom Clarkson here. We're into
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the final sector just 10 days
0:56
to go. If you've been
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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
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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
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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
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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
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and uneducated, massive
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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
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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
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far can I go on motor racing? And
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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on F1 Nation. Race
9:30
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team effort all round. Huge win for us
9:39
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9:41
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9:43
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9:48
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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.
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