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Mike Krack: Vettel + Massa’s mentor, aiming high at Aston Martin

Mike Krack: Vettel + Massa’s mentor, aiming high at Aston Martin

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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He’s the newest member of ‘The Piranha Club’ – the nickname for
the ruthlessly competitive group of F1 Team Principals. Aston
Martin’s Mike Krack is not a newcomer to F1, however. A former
European go-kart racer, Mike earned his engineering stripes with
Sauber in the early 2000s, where he moulded and mentored a young
Felipe Massa. He witnessed the supreme strength and skill of
Robert Kubica, and steered Sebastian Vettel through his Grand
Prix debut at BMW in 2007. Vettel and Krack are now back together
at Aston Martin, and Mike has illuminating insight into how the
four-time champion has developed as a person and as a racing
driver. Mike tells Tom Clarkson about his life leading
major manufacturers’ racing programs, including the reason he
previously walked away from Formula 1. He explains how he’s
‘finding his way’ as boss of the sport’s most ambitious team,
charged with fulfilling owner Lawrence Stroll’s aims of
challenging for the World Championship.

Related episodes from the F1 Beyond The Grid archive:

Sebastian Vettel

Robert Kubica

Lance Stroll

Lawrence Stroll

Felipe Massa

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