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Otmar Szafnauer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
327 total appearances

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The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Yes.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

We should start a petition on this show to get the Bosco Quinn tree and plaque put back.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Plant a new tree.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

All right.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Well, we're going to investigate that and make it happen.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

into Formula 1 I don't mean like like bring them back to like resurrect them I mean bring them back to Formula 1 what about that yes I'm all for anything involving Eddie Jordan and Formula 1 like I want to keep it going forever I'd like the Jordan team to come back but hey I actually love it when who's driving a yellow DHL car in India at the moment and dominating

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

I can't look at Alex Palou's car without thinking of... Jordan.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Yeah, Jordan.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

For Chip Ganassi racing.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

So anyway, back to Toto Wolff and Mercedes.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

He has these plaques on the wall there and it has all of the world championships that they've won and other teams have won over the last few years.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

but then a load of empty plaques.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

And when we walked around together, he was sort of saying to me, like, I've put this up here to remind everyone in the team that that might be our past, but the history is not yet written.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

And I want to see the Mercedes logo on all of these next plaques.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

And there's like numerous of these around the factory everywhere you go.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

So my question for you guys is, seeing how far ahead they are, with the drivers they've got, the money they've got, the finances, the setup, the history, the knowledge of winning, could we be at the start of another period of Mercedes dominance, a new Mercedes era?

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

So why do you think this is the start of a new dominant era for Mercedes?

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Knock it back.

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

And our Ferrari far enough ahead of...

The High Performance Podcast
High Performance Racing is here! With Jake, Rob Smedley & Otmar Szafnauer

Even slower than it is at the moment.