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07:00Wake up. I"m not a morning person, but a race weekend is run at full speed with high adrenaline.08:45Arrive at the track. Breakfast with the team and our top technical guys, Paddy Lowe and Andy Cowell. I joke they are "my nerds", but they"re great leaders and deserve a lot of credit in the success we"ve had in recent seasons.09:30Sunday morning strategy briefing begins. We do it in two half-hour sections, first without the drivers to talk through the challenges of the race ahead, then with the drivers.10:30Sunday isn"t just race day, it"s also when we have our highest-profile guests and partners at the track. In Monaco, we had our board members and the CEO from every one of our sponsors in town.10:45Pre-race briefing with all the engineering team and both drivers. For me, the most important briefings of the weekend are after second practice on Friday and third practice on Saturday, when we"re collecting the drivers" feedback and understanding what problems we still have to fix.11:30 (approx.)At some point during the morning, I get the call to go to the little grey bus in the paddock. Bernie and I talk several times a week, from big-picture stuff to tiny details, and I"ve got a lot of respect for him. There"s always an angle, and I admire his skills as a negotiator.13:00Lunch in my office to get some quiet time before the race.13:05It doesn"t matter how I plan it, lunch is always interrupted by TV requests. The live TV stuff begins around an hour before the race. It"s not something I particularly enjoy I think only my mother likes seeing me on the telly but it"s important to keep that pressure away from the rest of the team.
Date written: 19 Jul 2016
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07:00Wake up. I"m not a morning person, but a race weekend is run at full speed with high adrenaline.08:45Arrive at the track. Breakfast with the team and our top technical guys, Paddy Lowe and Andy Cowell. I joke they are "my nerds", but they"re great leaders and deserve a lot of credit in the success we"ve had in recent seasons.09:30Sunday morning strategy briefing begins. We do it in two half-hour sections, first without the drivers to talk through the challenges of the race ahead, then with the drivers.10:30Sunday isn"t just race day, it"s also when we have our highest-profile guests and partners at the track. In Monaco, we had our board members and the CEO from every one of our sponsors in town.10:45Pre-race briefing with all the engineering team and both drivers. For me, the most important briefings of the weekend are after second practice on Friday and third practice on Saturday, when we"re collecting the drivers" feedback and understanding what problems we still have to fix.11:30 (approx.)At some point during the morning, I get the call to go to the little grey bus in the paddock. Bernie and I talk several times a week, from big-picture stuff to tiny details, and I"ve got a lot of respect for him. There"s always an angle, and I admire his skills as a negotiator.13:00Lunch in my office to get some quiet time before the race.13:05It doesn"t matter how I plan it, lunch is always interrupted by TV requests. The live TV stuff begins around an hour before the race. It"s not something I particularly enjoy I think only my mother likes seeing me on the telly but it"s important to keep that pressure away from the rest of the team.
Date written: 19 Jul 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4321
