Few driver moves in Formula 1 history have had the impact of Michael Schumacher’s switch from the Benetton team with which he won his first two world championships to then-struggling Ferrari for the 1996 season.
In the latest episode of our Bring Back V10s classic F1 stories podcast, Karun Chandhok and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to delve into the driver market madness of that period, how Schumacher ended up at Ferrari when he’d long been tipped for McLaren, and how the big-money battle for his services impacted the rest of the grid.
The episode also looks at the messy start to Schumacher’s Ferrari career, all the way from a tense first meeting with car designer John Barnard, through chaotic winter testing, the late arrival of an ugly and unreliable car, to a Ferrari debut race that offered more promise than had been expected.
To find the show on your podcast provider of choice, search for ‘Bring Back V10s – classic F1 stories’.
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