Crazy Formula 1 Stories With Marc Priestley... Kimi Raikkonen DID WHAT!

The Legend Marc Priestley has joined us for todays PitStop Podcast. He's got some of the most amazing Formula 1 stories ever. Working with Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso & many more. Marc is here to tell us all the secret F1 stories. We could have filmed for hours we absolutely loved this episode. Thanks for all the recent Subscribers this channel is flying and we're loving making all the videos... Big trip coming this weekend ;)
Check out Marc's socials and Links here
His weekly F1 podcast - Pitlane Life Lessons podfollow.com/1552890037
His KZbin channel - / f1elvis
Get Marc's book - The Mechanic amzn.eu/d/4mGf1Vc
Instagram - / f1elvis
Thanks again Marc for taking the time to come and chat with us we would love you back soon to tell even more stories! We're gonna have a read of your book and get some questions ready for you!
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[@ciaronsmith4995]

Raikkonen at his peak was faster than Alonso or Lewis, frankly. As Marc says. I find it unfair that Marc says Kimi didn't "apply himself". Kimi lost 2 titles at McLaren not because of his approach but because the car kept breaking down. Constantly.

[@gofast-pj8ne]

Really where did you get your data😢😢😅😅😂

[@berkc06]

24:00 Great Kimi story

[@mcdc3498]

Thank you guys, that was quite a bit of fun! The Fernando launches story is so clever tho

[@PitstopPodcast]

So clever! Glad you enjoyed

[@jersak22]

@@PitstopPodcast In kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmKzn4B_rLacmac a guy from benetton back in flavio briatore's days explains how they found a "physics loophole" that effectively gave their car traction control. The galaxiest brain move i've ever seen.

[@TheBrendanzn]

36:25 There we go, Marc Priestly settles it finally - Kimi Raikkonen was a phenomenon like no other! 🔥 I swear I have yet to see anybody race the way he does. I think he was even more technically gifted than Senna. In those Mclaren years, it truly was something else. I've spent years battling Alonso and Lewis fans - and I keep on saying the same thing - respect to Lewis and Fernando, they're epic racers, but they were never as naturally sublime as Kimi in his prime. If Kimi had anywhere near their work ethic, he would've been the all time GOAT of F1. You can see it from what Marc says, Kimi was partying harder than he was working at racing lol. But I guess if he had the same work ethic, then he would not have been Kimi 😂

[@hannahgonzalez1520]

Man him confirming that kimi could have been a 6-7 world champion, loved it.

[@bimonsolivar8898]

Dude, he said that about Fernando :D

[@shakmarriott4820]

@@bimonsolivar8898what minute

[@MarkKroes]

I laughed so hard about the story of the blue hands of Kimi 🤣

[@parthlad]

Fernando's an absolute madman 😂. Him and Lewis are probably the two most complete drivers in the post-Schumacher era.

[@shakamaro2601]

Massa said fernando better than Schumacher

[@martinuso7446]

And Max...

[@timdrury3984]

Top Top interview elvis is a well sorted guy brilliant listen.

[@taneadeklerk5855]

Can we have a screaming meals collab!? It would be so good having Marcus, James and clem on here!

[@PitstopPodcast]

Would be UNREAL!

[@LL15onTT]

Is that guy who says "good job nice overtake" as I slam into a wall at 250kph

[@simewood2040]

Fantastic interview. Great war stories. Kimi always strikes me as the living spirit of James Hunt (like Barry Sheen on bikes). Anti-heroes.

[@gofast-pj8ne]

Adrian Newey, designed Kimi car when he was at McLaren, Adrian said his car was a champion winning car.

[@petermcclements6232]

hes the guy martin of the f1 world....down to earth and great mechanic /broadcaster

[@raunakghosh7829]

Kimi is a legend ❤

[@watermelonsugar7861]

This is getting better and better! Can wait to see more of your content. !!!

[@PitstopPodcast]

So many guests coming!!!

[@thomasjohns13]

I've been watching F1 for 20+ years. Since I was single digits old. You're enthusiasm and authenticity is 10/10. Keep up the good work. Good work getting Mark on. Awesome story teller. Well done

[@erikxtrema3845]

My parents always watched f1 so I watch f1 as a small child (now 47) Great to see you discover f1 Greetings from the Netherlands I love your podcast

[@saocir]

Amazing interview! Didn't know about him, but amazing to hear stories from the late 90s and early 00s, I grew watching F1 during that era

[@ksbkillerkommando1814]

Honest to god, I never watch podcasts, but I stumbled upon your channel and I have to say it's been amazing. The Quality is awesome, your living room makes a great studio btw, you talk about things people actually want to hear and you guys want to hear and that's what makes it so refreshing. Buckle up guys you're headed upwards real fast!

[@f1drivermarket603]

Brilliant interview. I wish you guys asked more questions about the drivers. Fascinating to hear the behind the scenes stories of the legends like Lewis, Fernando, and Kimi. But understand time is limited. Anyways you guys are killing it. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@denisgonzalez8350]

Mark has taught me so much about f1. He’s always a pleasure to listen to

[@tok14a]

I love your guys' podcast. I started watching F1 at the season finale last year and your pod seems so relatable! It is amazing! Keep up the good work! This is the only pod I watch regularly!

[@PitstopPodcast]

Thanks so much! We’re loving doing this and are excited for you to see the next few guests😉😉

[@chilli-soup]

Absolutely amazing interview with Marc guys the best ive seen of him and hung on every word. Ive watched his youtube and on TV for about 3 yrs this is my first one of yours whilst watching World Cup England V Iran and i missed our last 3 goals. Top notch. 👍🏁

[@jersak22]

Just wanted to say i love these interviews with mechanics, engineers, people from behind the scenes in general. Even more than with drivers. It is such a different perspective, very interesting and entertaining. Good job folks!

[@alandobson5395]

Excellent guest, inspiring and chock full of stories what your pod its all about! And you got his book, I need to pick that up!

[@MoideenMizyan7]

I just got stumbled upon you channel and it’s one of my favourite now ! 😍 You guys are awesome and podcasts are total infotainment ❤️

[@jdoe9518]

The third brake pedal was because the car that year was an understeering pig. By slowing the inside rear wheel it created a yawing moment for the car to pivot from therefore reducing the understeer

[@mauricebulmer2340]

...What a great interview guys...I had a smile on my face for most of the 59mins...

[@Asheroyal12]

Maximum Respect from across the pond.Great EP. keep up the good work......

[@DOPYT1]

Amazing stories. Keep up this podcast man. Asolutley love it

[@DonnieX6]

This was a great one to listen to, keep it up, love your podcast!!

[@DidierPeroni]

You guys are doing a fantastic job! This was a good one. Best wishes

[@davidfraser9365]

Elvis! 👍 He is such a great bloke. His memory is amazing. He works so hard on his TV and Media work. Thanks for dragging him in for a chat 👍🤘🤘 He’s fascinating.

[@mcbrite]

Every time with your podcasts, I click the Thumb thinking "let's just listen for a minute or two, see who is on the couch", half hour later I realize I'm still here and have to finish the episode... 😀

[@raeesaaaaaa]

Amazing Pod , Great to see the growth in your channel and pod 💙💙

[@PitstopPodcast]

Thanks so so much!!

[@Olliegroot]

That's just epic. Always love Marc's stories!

[@PitstopPodcast]

Such an amazing guest! Thanks for being here Olivier!

[@5mbbuilders459]

Great story's to listening to, and another great upload guys. Keep it up with these inside people. Loving it.

[@PitstopPodcast]

Thank so much. Big episodes coming;)

[@vrccb]

Brilliant podcast. Simply fascinating. Thanks

[@joshgroenewald7454]

Yeah love this, he is my favouritest. he was actually one of the guys that got me into f1

[@PitstopPodcast]

Amazing Josh! We're filming with F1 drivers this weekend ;)

[@LeroyJDJ]

This podcast is really amazing 💯

[@WTRacing]

this could be several hours long and id listem he was so interesting and such a good story teller

[@Sam_the_SimRacer]

Eye opening conversation!

[@iamSSharma]

Aww man i really didn't want this video to end it was just so amazing 🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰

[@mangafgc2891]

Amazing insight 👏 👌

[@alessandraderango2766]

Amazing video👏👏👏👏

[@vaaljan]

Yeah. I like that Pitstop is REAL WORLD !

[@MinionInc]

This episode was legendary

[@MinionInc]

Mate, just to add my thoughts to the Ferrari conversation: I think Jean Todts and Ross Brawn built a strong winning team especially around Michael Schumacher. Looking back at the season reviews (that are free on YT), I noticed how Michael Shumacher was treated as a golden child with essentially the whole Ferrari team and a lot of the f1 paddock for Michael to win. When Alonso de-throned Michael, that's around the same time Jean and Brawn left Ferrari. Shortly afterwards, Michael retired. Ferrari had a power vacuum and didn't know who they were without Jean Todt's, Ross Brawn, and Michael. They went through many team principals who tried to create a winning culture. IMHO, Maurizio Arrivabene was their best team principal who had the capability to get them back on track, but they sacked him too.

[@jackoflanagan]

Rebuild the tracks lol That was the best-misheard quote ever! can you imagine!?

[@doguduru6775]

For a wanna be F1 engineer this channel become a gem very quickly.

[@tinacamp5247]

Just watching you guys for the first time and love your show. You were talking about Ayrton Senna drifting around a corner, if you watch some KZbin about him you will see that in the turbo era he would pump the clutch to keep air in the turbo and that's what got him around corners. 😀😀😀

[@tomupton2000]

Go on boys

[@ethancouldridge8960]

recognised him instantly as the engineer from the f1 videogame

[@thomasbrown3281]

Hearing from a mechanic in f1 its surprising how similar his life was to my step dads who was a moto gp mechanic well it was back in the 500cc era

[@lolhappyOO7]

Love it

[@Mpayne1472]

McLaren also did straight line testing at Santa Pod. I used to watch them at lunchtimes

[@f1family]

Hi PitStop nice channel 👏🏻 from f1family

[@tinyspeaker]

How do you two get the guests you do considering how new you are?

[@magicofshootingstar5825]

About Lewis been more interested in car than Kimi: Well there is that little bit of info omitted that Kimi was mechanic before/while he was driver (in lower classes). So he didn't need to ask, he knew what stuff in the car did and could have fixed many problems in car himself 😃

[@magicofshootingstar5825]

I know F1 cars are specialised but the parts do same things as they do in road cars. Though Kimi didn't only work on road cars and motorcycles etc. He specifically worked on his and other people carting (and lower formula?) cars to pay for his carting. If I remember right, he never let anyone else work on his carburetor for example (his brother did most of his mechanic work which he didn't do himself). And yes, I do understand carts are miles away from F1 cars still 🙂 I more tried to say that he had a lot better understanding of the cars than most when they came in the sport.

[@alecjones4135]

I had no idea that's Marc from F1 22. I guess I haven't played enough of F122 because that game has lots of issues compared to 2020-2021

[@danielcervenka606]

Is that actually marc, the guy who replaced Jeff as engineer in F1 22???

[@iiTsFaded_]

yup

[@sk9ramgeea]

you guys should start a podcast

[@sahamation]

I’m seriously going to buy a 3bedroom condo in Valencia, California. You guys could be my roommates 🤓

[@Eden-ti6xq]

The first two minutes 🥹

[@PitstopPodcast]

He’s such a class guy

[@simonblackham4987]

There is a story about Jody Scheckter and Ayrton Senna testing for Williams... Question asked was something like "What revs did you pull down the main straight?" Scheckter: "I just drive the car ... how do you expect me to know?" Ayrton: "About 17000* in 5th then..." and a long explanation of every gear change and revs throughout the complete lap. I bet at least Lewis and Max would answer like Ayrton ... it would be interesting which category others would fall into? Could any (ex)mechanics categorise the current drivers?? I would imagine all of the drivers have an insane level of driving ability ... some are perhaps a step beyond and also have the analytical ability shown by Ayrton. Alonso would be interesting ... is his driving absolutely natural ability or is he a thinker? ... and Kimi perhaps wasn't interested in the car but still thought about the details of how he drove? I read somewhere that Alain Prost ("The Professor") would brake hard right up to the apex which made him faster than others that braked straight then powered through the corner. (Like the insane MotoGP riders that do 'stoppies' braking to the apex ie the rear wheel is off the ground as they brake and turn!) * I remember 7000 in 5th but that sounds too low ... even in those days of lower revs and fewer gears!

[@raydaher4209]

Maybe an F1 engineer next? 👀 Someone like Bono, GP .. I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT GUYS

[@azizhusseinz2083]

I remember as a kid in 2000's I really hate Fernando Alonso his cocky attitude plus he always winning, but Kimi Raikonen was the fastest driver in the grid much but his car was always breaking down. Yeah I really remember that era. The Hamilton debut was very very fantastic is like fairy tales coming true. He was an amazing rookie, nobody anticipate how good the Lewis was behind the wheel. And everybody wanted him to be WDC. I remember also Fernando Alonso mechanic screw up the pitstop two time, in Turkey and Shanghai I believe.

[@arturotoscanini3833]

Surely the Ferrari management followed the advice of Marc Priestley. Despite Iñaki Rueda's constant mistakes made in strategies since 2014, at Ferrari they continue to support him, despite the fact that he just can't learn from his mistakes.

[@varshauk2769]

What are his thoughts on Ricciardo’s situation?

[@usahillo]

Alonso wasn't trying to bribe the mechanics with money, he shared some of the money he won with his mechanics back when he was with renault as well.

[@Bashayr.]

really? this guy never worked at Renault or with Fernando in the past & wasn't even working on his car yet he got an envelope stuffed with cash along with every single person at the team except for lewis' side...come on mate u can not be this naive lol

[@joineralbert2493]

@@Bashayr. man , READ!!! And listen !!! Mark DID work on Fernando 's car , and the mechanics got a bonus at Renault as well , he never said Mark worked at Renault 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤬

[@Bashayr.]

@@joineralbert2493 No he did not work on fernando's car if you watched the actual vid he said he was working on the extra car (the t car) not fernando's. And said that everyone but lewis's team got them. As for the second part I thought he meant he was giving his old mechanics a gift & misunderstood. but that doesn't change the fact that this wasn't him "sharing" his money he was looking to gain favor with the mechanics via bribery...

[@usahillo]

@@Bashayr. Wow, almost as if he’d use that third car if his own got destroyed🤯🤯 When it’s renault it’s sharing but when it’s mclaren it’s suddenly bribery..

[@Bashayr.]

@@usahillo if your level of social intelligence really leads you to believe that someone handing out envelopes stuffed with cash to ALL but his rival's team, is him "sharing his money" then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you…You should try being less naive my boy. It's hard to explain the real world to someone who is obviously oblivious or simply too young. That's all I have to say about this...

[@TwoTwoFourSix]

Why dont you boys call the podcast On Our Sofa eg. On Our Sofa with F1 legend Nicholas Latifi Super personable name, strengthens the brand identity, and its genuinely on your couch, sells it well. and that allows PitStop as the parent brand to branch out into different content in segments rather than it be haphazard on the YT page. Just a suggestion

[@elsviec]

can you please get jack nicholls on the pod!

[@DLEE012]

Guy on the left looks like the “A little glonky” meme dude or is it just me

[@RockPhonic]

Which F1 game does he do the voice for?

[@iiTsFaded_]

22 and 23

[@yudhabagaskara98]

Since 2022

[@ethancallaghan5750]

Bwoah

[@berkc06]

Amazing amazing video. Alonso is always a toxic person.

[@mikedizzle2129]

Haha this looks like the non blonde haired/American version of Paul walker

[@theelf152]

Come-On Marc we know you love your employer Mclaren = I was a huge fan then too but why did you NOT mention how often the car failed between 2003-2006 almost half the races?. You mentioned it in other Forums why not here?. Everyone that worked with Kimi said he did what was required of him and his feedback was very precise Ok he's no Michael. or Lewis in that way but then if Kimi was in a Mercedes between 2014-20 he would have won several titles too.

[@oConshien]

smh these titles