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Tech genius John Barnard on his game-changing F1 inventions

Tech genius John Barnard on his game-changing F1 inventions

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 6 Jahren

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John Barnard can stake a claim to shaping all modern F1 cars. Not
only was he responsible for victoriously introducing the now
ubiquitous carbon fibre chassis to F1, he also was the brains
behind the semi-automatic gearbox that is now an integral part of
every Grand Prix car.

On this week’s show he gives us an eye-opening look into these
innovations, as well as describing what it was like to negotiate
setting up a Ferrari factory in the UK with Enzo Ferrari, what it
was like to work with the likes of Michael Schumacher and Alain
Prost, and the remarkable story of how he discouraged Ayrton
Senna from joining Benetton…