Michael Schumacher's F1 debut lasted only a few seconds, yet he made a huge impression and by the time of his second appearance he'd already switched teams. In this episode Glenn Freeman is joined by Jordan designer Gary Anderson and Edd Straw to revisit what happened in 1991 around Schumacher's famous debut, from how he got the Jordan drive for Spa, to why the team didn't have him under a secure enough contract to stop Benetton snapping him up for the next race at Monza. We also look at how Jordan's other car could have won the Belgian GP that year, how Roberto Moreno almost stopped the Benetton switch happening, why Flavio Briatore ordered Alex Zanardi to walk around the Monza paddock in Benetton overalls, and what led Ayrton Senna to weigh in on the saga in public. There's also the second contract controversy of Schumacher's career that happened just a few months later when he was preparing for his first full season in F1. ASK US ANYTHING: Get your questions in for our series finale, where you can ask us whatever you like about F1 from 1989-2005. Use #BringBackV10s on Twitter to submit your question! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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