Matt Beer

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1,273 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 23 Jul

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The Race F1 Podcast · Bring Back V10s: The cult heroes who helped shape F1's V10 era · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

So what is this saying about Mikko Sarlo, who I had really high hopes for if he ever got a top drive and who did quite well for a bit at some tracks at Ferrari?

What is this saying about Jean Alessio, who we all thought could be a world champion?

And we're not that surprised now when he's behind...

Pedro Diniz on the grid so the Pedro Diniz story arc of encapsulating the worst of the pay driver bogeymen and then making you reassess a bunch of people who you thought were good or in one case was actually a world champion

And what that says about how you ranked drivers in this really weird era where ultimately everyone apart from Michael Schumacher ends up a little bit disappointing just plays into the V10s era storylines for me.

Add in the fact he started out in an atrocious, ugly, very yellow 40.

Add in the fact that he basically catches fire at Buenos Aires in 96 and then...

particularly iconic image with the spinning, blazing Ligier.

Even Nürburgring in 1999 makes a contribution to by having his roll hoop ripped off in that terrifying and bizarre shot.

Yeah.

Yeah, indeed.

He's there in some iconic moments.

I don't think he's better than you think he was.

I still don't think he's very good.

I think he makes other people look worse.

And for that, for me, he features in my feelings about the V10 Zero a lot and did at the time, mostly through anger, but I think it counts.

Yay, I'm pleased with that.

At the end of an era thing is a big part of why I think he sticks in my mind as well, because you give the example of Perez.

Pay drivers really changed after that.

Manufacturers came in and you didn't really need pay drivers for a spell.

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