Luca Di Montezemolo Interview | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast

[@TrueMexico]

Long-form content like this is just brilliant. I was genuinely missing Beyond The Grid over the winter, even Tom's BOSE ads. Please never stop this!

[@horsepower523]

The greatest man ever, only 2nd behind the Great Man(Enzo Ferrari) himself. Luca is an absolute legend and as a Tifoso I'm so grateful for everything that he did for Ferrari. We had such beautiful times together. He lives and breathes Ferrari and I wish he could come back to being the boss. Grazie mille Luca. Forza Ferrari!

[@jasongillard6185]

A passionate Italian....A heart of Ferrari! Great podcast :)

[@geoffnelson4777]

I found this particularly interesting because he and I are almost exactly the same age and, through books and magazines, I know the story well of his involvement with Ferrari in '74 and so on. If I'm not mistaken, his grandfather was one of the victims in the Ardentine Cave massacre in '44 by the SS. In '78 or ''79, I was driving down a street in. Beverly Hills and suddenly, at the side of the street, to my amazement, was Luca. I looked at him and grinned and he looked at me and grinned. I couldn't pull over and park and say hello because I was working. It turned out that, that weekend, Ferrari was in town for some kind of concours.

[@badoubade]

A true legend of the Sport and of Ferrari! We love you Luca, all tifosis love you! Grazie

[@TheCanadianBubba]

First interview that captivated me enough to see through to the finish. Thank you for this. Still believe the visual elements of seeing the interviewee's gestures and body language would provide an extra element to engross the 'viewer' even deeper.

[@enafreddo]

Finally someone who says the truth about Sebastian, im so tired hearing people just hating him when they do not know anything about their personal life etc. It is easy to criticize from outside but you do not know what is happening in the inside. Because Hamilton was perfect those last two years everyone thinks that Vettel does not know how to drive an F1 car

[@Balnazzardi]

Ofc not....no one is perfect, however we should just ignore the fact that those mistakes costed Vettel heck of a lot points and propably the championship....I would say that in 2017, even without Vettel's mistakes, he still would have lost it because Ferrari's poor reliability at the end of the season as well as fail to develope the car the way Mercedes did, but last season even though it was partly also that Ferrari's upgardes to the car during 2nd half didnt quite work as planned, Vettel's mistakes definitely costed more.

[@Leonardo-vj3hm]

@@Balnazzardi yeah exactly. 2017 Seb drove amazingly but was let down to reliability as you said. He had the second fastest car on the grid but still outdrove it in front of hamilton on many occasions. 2018 Seb did make mistakes but none he couldn’t recover from. Then after Belgium the ceo at Ferrari passed away which caused an internal political war for the ceo and team principal position. That caused them to lose focus on the wdc and lose the development race again. Bad luck didn’t help them either

[@mrwilz57]

Well done Tom, this is the best one so far in my opinion, to hear some fascinating stories from inside Ferrari was just amazing.

[@bjornnoevers7205]

The only true successor of Il Commendatore if you ask me. A CEO with understanding of the sport his successors seem to miss.

[@johnhillary7923]

What a beautiful guy seriously. I try to lead with my heart and to see someone who also lives that way become so successful is very inspiring

[@Balnazzardi]

To every and all Alonso fans out there, I actually suggest you listen what Montezemolo says... If you actually listen to what Montezemolo says, he doesnt really blame Alonso for losing those championships....he said that most of all he lost those championships because he was unlucky and because Red Bull was simply stronger during those years....only at 3rd reason he said (and he was more saying this compared to Schumi) that when things went badly, he didnt stick together with the team as much as the likes of Schumi did, that Alonso was more about himself rather than strong teamplayer. Still as driver Montezemolo said he rates Alonso as high as Hamilton and Vettel and thus even above Kimi, even though Kimi won them championships (although he also rated Kimi very high)

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Alonsoc called his team idiots over the air at Monza in 2013! Sorry he deserves all criticism from Luca. Luca rates Kimi lower? Well maybe that's because he never had the real Kimi. People at McLaren rank Kimi as high as Hakkinen and Senna. Ferrari never gave Kimi the proper conditions to dominate. Kimi is absolutely at Vettel and Alonso's level. He just has a narrower window.

[@Balnazzardi]

@Ciaron Smith @SamuPapito F1 Oh calm your tits, both of you! I only quoted here what Montezemolo said..... Plus you can tell that while he rated Alonso as driver bit higher, on more personal level and as team player, he liked Kimi more. Overall you can tell from the comments from former and current Ferrari leadership that Kimi in many ways is kept in higher regard in the team for that, and ofc for the fact that he is still Ferrrari's latest champion.

[@carlossamuel9052]

Balnazzardi ur right Kimi is a great wingman hahahaha. Real champions aren’t wingman’s, Senna, Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Schumi but Kimi has been Vettel’s bitch. Im sorry but it’s true. Cmon hate on me...

[@Balnazzardi]

@@carlossamuel9052 again let me remind you that "wingman" is still not only Ferrari's latest champion, but also their latest race Winner and pole sitter.....but I quess it would be too much to ask some douchebag like you to show some respect to Kimi.... Everyone in Ferrari hugely respects Kimi, why cant you?

[@rosvokomppania]

@@carlossamuel9052 Degenarated fool liking his own comments and spreading cancer around. Your argumentation is comparable to brain dead neanderthal.

[@GregsMowing]

how can people dislike this video? Luca seems a great person with a great life story, great interview

[@adamadiop9803]

Very inspiring interview. I really appreciate the openness. A talented boss like no other.

[@carlovcc]

Brilliant podcast, my favourite of them all so far. What a great insight into such an historically private team. Fascinating, thank you!

[@zopyxx]

Bring Mika Hakkinen please!!!

[@TheRagingStorm98]

I wish these would get the views they deserve it's so interesting learning about everyone that has been apart of this sport. To have someone so close to Enzo is amazing

[@tat2thadevil76]

They should do these with Webcams! I never watched these until this one!

[@CicaeMeow]

tat2thadevil because you are stupid

[@tat2thadevil76]

@@CicaeMeow fuck you

[@BowMcGee]

Alonso comments 1:00:30

[@ahmedelshehaby]

Alonso said on Twitter yesterday "Boss never said that". IDK what will he say after this.

[@waltervila33]

Francisco Thanks I came here just to hear what the hell he has to say about the best driver in F1 right now

[@Ofitus21]

@@waltervila33 Stroll?

[@jaromT]

@@waltervila33 You mean the driver who lost against a rookie hamilton?..

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

@@Ofitus21 , lol @ stroll

[@V12F1Demon]

Love the way Tom skirts the era of Michael as though it's a foregone conclusion how brilliant that period was for Ferrari and Montezemolo. Still, it would've been nice to hear something from 'the boss' at Ferrari on those magical years & about what it was like with Michael behind the scenes as a driver & given they're close family friends now and that Mick Schumacher is now driving for Ferrari. These are moments who knows will come again from one of the all time great F1 managers...

[@imax2k2]

Yep I noticed threre was way more jumping around everytime Michael came up, quite disappointed about that.

[@leewat9068]

I like Alonso as a driver, but he was right at Alonso

[@alessiopirolo2946]

This was an amazing podcast thanks Tom!

[@andisalmon2945]

26:50 - Mr Codero Di Montezemolo's feedback to Niki Lauda when he asked "Where was he with the pit-board / messages during the race. This man is pure class, He embodies the Ferrari I fell in love with as a kid and a great embassy for the Marque may it be F1 or their commercial car manufacturing, plus he is responsible for possibly the most memorable football World Cup 'Italia 90' in history, which then catapulted Italian football into the limelight in the 90's. Shame he chose not to push his political aspirations, he'd be a great man to steer Italy forwards! Great Interview TC, well done in letting him answer fully, so we get a much better understanding of the man himself!!!

[@JoseGonzalez-xb8lg]

I don’t think we care if you guys speak longer... the winners would be us... great episode

[@mcdonaldgeraldmark]

By far, the most interesting podcast that I have ever listened to! A bona fide legend indeed! Bravo, Beyond The Grid. Grazzie, Luca di Montezemolo!

[@markgiblin3970]

As an F1 fan since 2005 I had minimal knowledge of Luca until Michaels retirement in 2006. His retirement never sat well with me and I vilified Luca for “pushing him out”. Michaels body language during the Monza post race combined with the immediate Ferrari press release were red flags for me. I also remember hearing rumblings that Luca really pushed the agenda. This may or may not be true. I wish this was discussed more in depth here. Great interview overall. I now appreciate Luca more that I did an hour ago.

[@juandhaltrich]

you clearly don't know anything about him. 'F1 fan' yeh right

[@PT5684]

Great interview from the legendary Luca . Grazzie

[@gentnextdoor]

Skipping the Schumacher era was somewhat disappointing but what a man. A true Italian industrialist

[@keittomaster]

This might be the best so far

[@Arrows]

Oh, that will be very interesting. :) Thanks for your work as always! The season 2 of beyond the grid is already so amazing after hear the opinions of Raikkonen and Coulthard. Maybe one day I will see that you upload an interview with HHF and that would be one of my favourite days. :)

[@danielmills792]

Arrows Frentzen to cover the Mercedes sports car years with Michael, stealing his GF, early sauber and the shenanigans of Jordan and Arrows demise. And being a title contender in 1999. HHF would be a fantastic interview!

[@Arrows]

​@@danielmills792 And not to forget the fact that he redounded Frank Williams offer to drive for him / his team after Sennas death because he ( Frentzen ) couldn´t leave Peter Sauber so soon after Peter brought him finally in the F1, because Frentzen thought 1993 that his chance would never come to drive in the f1 ( Schumacher and Wendlinger, his fellows from the time when the three drove together the Mercedes sports cars, stayed the years after 1989/1990 with Mercedes and drove already 1993 in the f1 while he was in Japan and drove F3 ). Potentially the biggest mistake in his F1 career not to drive for Williams after Sennas death ( the Williams of 1997 was far less superior in comparision to the Williams cars of 1994 - 1996, as you probably already know ), but the honesty in these circumstances is unique and I think a lot of young fans don´t know these story. Who knows, if he accepted the offer back in 1994 he could be 2 or 3 time world champion today. And the possibilty to hear this from him himself...Through this interview HHF could achieve even more fans, I think. :)

[@r7coo]

The whole series of Beyond the grid podcasts are exceptional - essential listening for an f1 fan.

[@istanbultaroth1650]

What a great man and fantastic interview! Montezemolo is been so important for Ferrari and F1. His passion for the job is really the key to his success. İ am not sure but i think he won more championships than the man itself: Enzo Ferrari.

[@deathmetalshredify]

Everything Luca has said about the driver’s in Ferrari is 100% correct. Vettel is a freaking awesome driver, tired of all the BS from people...

[@JoWyNile]

If you have listened the whole audio here, you are a true tifosi!

[@jmen4071]

Beyond the Grid is great. Can you ask more questions about driver's techniques? Anything they do inside the car. Like Senna blipping the throttle around corners. I loved it when somebody you interviewed said that Schumacher used the 12 cylinder engine to rotate the car with trailing throttle over steer. Remember, most F1 fans are frustrated F1 drivers. Some of us do some amateur racing. Keep it coming.

[@stepladder3257]

We need this man more than ever

[@ali-ben-gator9149]

It seems, Tom is trying hard to avoid to many good words about Michael Schuhmacher. In every video when the talk goes in this direction he ask quickly an other question or like in this video cut the Schumacher era with one sentence from himself, and continunes with Kimi. Formula 1 had thier glory days with Michael Schuhmacher. With actual drivers and cars, the fascination is lost. To make the actuall era better looking, he tries to reduce the fascination of that man, that made this racing series so popular. But I hope people who watched the races in those and saw the amazing car control from Michael, will never forget how far he was ahaed from the drivers today.

[@fam.hunger5244]

Absolutely. Schumacher was head and shoulders about every other driver. There are only two drivers who are in the same League- Senna and Clark

[@colygayheart]

Great episode! Each one just keeps getting better and better. Thank you for this!

[@sircopperfield7420]

This is a high quality content!

[@take8297]

Niki never paid 😂😂😂😂😂

[@linslins4860]

@1:16:03 mentioned kimi is coming back to ferrari.

[@adithyamahesh6961]

Got excited for a second there

[@Nero_707]

Fuck you :(

[@NipponStiqqyPaint]

He got you

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@starigniter2308 Leclerc skipping Bahrain confirmed though.

[@jamesavickers5961]

Love the kimmi interview...but this is so enjoyable grazie grazie Mille ciao

[@robertbenassai3912]

Amazing interview

[@Dbf430]

Your too good Tom. Love your work! Graze Luca

[@Kabika117]

This was awsome!

[@michaelastockbauer672]

Skipping the Schumacher Era! The most sucessfull era for Ferrari ever? And era of brilliance and absolute domination from what Ferrari still profits today? Without this era Ferrari would not be No. 2 in F1...

[@Hanzlok]

01:00:19 There you go, guys :)

[@joonar991]

Alonso what have you said...

[@davidorama6690]

Another brilliant interview.

[@billleontaritis7638]

Well done. Fantastic interview and insight.

[@BrendanP]

So far. Kimi episode had time stamps in description. David episode had time stamps in the comments. Now, you don't have time stamps anywhere. Why is that F1, why is that?

[@rosvokomppania]

Nando told so

[@jakub0828]

1 dislike from alonso

[@adithyamahesh6961]

Alonso made 11 accounts

[@mistafiftyone9227]

What a legend of a man

[@titan_fx]

I'm not sure if they gonna get Alonso for a podcast now

[@across3211]

Would have liked a question about Leclerc!! But great overall.

[@Pinhead101]

I love this sanitized interviews

[@brunotulliani]

Very well said and controlling the narrative and protecting the legend it tantamount to Ferrari.

[@andisalmon2945]

"cassa integrazione" means redundancies / layoff's in Italian!

[@dudeabides6264]

Bring back Luka!

[@mateuszmatuszczak4282]

I know that is the official podcast, and an idea of podcasts is to listen but could you in the future add subtitles for people like me who don't know english really well yet?

[@TejasManoj]

COME OOON PLEASE BRING BACK FERRARI TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAIN!!!!!!!! ITS HURTING TO SEE FERRARI LOSING CHAMPIONSHIPS

[@iliovecaRS]

Gold

[@SceneArtisan]

How about interviews with Luca Badoer and Pedro de la Rosa?

[@take8297]

No grazie 😂😚

[@CicaeMeow]

Nobody would care mate

[@SceneArtisan]

@@CicaeMeow I beg to differ.

[@kidslovef1155]

Anyone here after Alonso’s twitter roast?

[@luca_de3263]

Oh yeessssss 😁

[@GregsMowing]

what happened?

[@onepairofhands]

i gave up on this - way to many Ad breaks

[@dhwanitmishra6574]

Avanti Fer!

[@ciaronsmith4995]

If they had kept Kimi in 2010, they would have won the title. Simple.

[@ardaakdeniz3905]

No he wouldn't. He would have finished behind both Mclaren's.

[@ARFSPRYG]

BRING BACK LUCA TO FERRARI!!!!

[@fam.hunger5244]

Something is wrong with his Senna Senna story...in 94 he was already in the Williams...also the driver aids got forbidden in 93 for 94...in 94 driver aids were banned already. He probably means Imola 93. Not 94.

[@filipborin555]

And that interview missed one of the most important questions. What does Luca di Montedzemolo think about the Prost's words for the truck feeling of driving of the Ferrari's car in 91 season.

[@kybo1155]

Nigel Mansell Beyond The Grid Next ???? !!!!

[@NoName-jq7tj]

I would have liked to hear what Luca thought of Gianni Agnelli.

[@NippyMoto]

I think what is funny is he thinks the name of the podcast is "Behind" the grid lmao

[@twinturbo3470]

Think about this.......people don't like Luca Di Montezemolo. people didn't like Sergio Marchionne........till he died. THEN he was glorified for "turning" Ferrari around. When Luca Di Montezemolo dies, everything he did for Ferrari will be appreciated. I like Luca, fuck the haters, nobody is perfect

[@majikku-chan]

“Luca, its James...“

[@ShionShinigami]

Hat dich Hooked (speziell Robin)dazu gebracht für Formel 1 zu interessieren, oder war das schon vorher? (^__^)

[@majikku-chan]

@@ShionShinigami Seit ca. 20 Jahren vorher ;D

[@majikku-chan]

@@GFSCN69 Too bad for you, as you're going to read this comment under every F1 video from at least one person ;)

[@deniszhuravlev9772]

Doesn't make any sense here

[@majikku-chan]

@@deniszhuravlev9772 You think? Well l'm sorry to hear you have no sense of humor :(

[@michaelastockbauer672]

In my opinion Ferrari had made an important mistake - back in the Schumacher era Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne as some of the smartest guys ever, already installed People who were extremely good and who would have been able to keep Ferrari the Number 1 in F1. But Ferrari fell back into the pre Montezemolo/Pre Todt/Pre Brawn/Pre Byrne/Pre Schumacher Era and did not give these people the time they needed. And as these guys did not yet have the reputation of a Ross Brawn and without Brawns "protection" Ferrari fired them just because Ferrari did not win the championship and was only Nr. 2. Aldo Costa was implemented from Brawn/Byrne as Chief Designer. Also Tom Allison. But they got fired. And Brawn and Byrne knew they would be able to carry on their legacy. Ferrari fired them after they almost won the championship. Because it was just almost. But they would just have needed some time. But as in the era before Schumacher/Todt/Brawn Ferrari felt back to Act stupidly. They fired Costa and Allison. And Costa and Allison are they guys who build the dominating cars of Mercedes...Brawn and Byrne knew why they wanted them to get their positions when they retire...but Ferrari did not gave them the time they needed...and now Mercedes earns the victories that Ferrari would earn if they would just had given Costa and Allison some time.

[@leoleo3694]

Люблю его❤

[@albertommasi]

“My name is Giovanni Giorgio... but everybody calls me->”

[@neilperry2224]

If you also consider that Enzo himself never start his final race too.. But Enzo never looked back but you could say Mr Lauda did the same as Enzo was not in the right state to complete the race.

[@MartinBradyRallyCoDriver]

What is the audio at 19:39 ??

[@LightSightTCR]

Luca was right, Alonso was left.

[@ppascho1]

Listening to Luca, it is clear why Ferrari is not winning anymore... bureaucracy and brand marketing is currently first, winning races is way down in the priority list. Unfortunately.

[@andrea1995ri]

Risolleveremo l’audience del videooo, il volano dell’economiaaa, il volano dei nostri figli dei figli dell’economiaaaa -cit

[@waltervila33]

Is this where he starts talking smack about Fernando

[@Balnazzardi]

01:00:19

[@davidorama6690]

So Alonso isn’t a team player. It’s all about him.

[@Manoj17Patankar]

under the weather a little bit, Tom?

[@TheRagingStorm98]

Avanti Fer

[@mrCoffelino]

Get Martin Witmarsh!!!

[@brunotulliani]

Ferrari treated his drivers very poorly and was far from being a saint. He used them and got rid of them the moment they were not useful. RIP Villeneuve.

[@sota_59]

Alonso-fanboys here already?

[@LilSebastian_]

Off topic, but I am thinking about purchasing F1 TV/Live and wanted to know if you get to watch FP1-3 and qualifying with the $26.99 subscription or do I have to get the $79.99 package to watch that? I recently switched ISP's and live TV is through an app and there isn't a DVR so I have to stay up until 1 am or later to watch FP1-3, qualifying, and the race. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

[@TheRagingStorm98]

Don't bother just watch it for free on TV

[@LilSebastian_]

@@TheRagingStorm98 I would have to stay up late or set an alarm and wake up early because I live in the US and most of the races are between 1 and 5 am. I am trying to avoid that.

[@johnvaleanbaily4859]

@@LilSebastian_ Record the races ?

[@LilSebastian_]

@@johnvaleanbaily4859 DVR, Digital Video Recorder? I used to be able to set up my TV/DVR to record shows, movies, or sports. I switched ISP's and their live TV is through an online streaming app and it doesn't come with a DVR. I live in the US and a lot of the time FP 1-3, qualifying, and the race airs live between 1-5 am so I record FP 1-3, qualifying, and the race so when I wake up I can watch the race or watch it later on in the day. Since I don't have a DVR anymore, now I have to either stay up all night or set an alarm to wake up and watch the race live.

[@bumblebity2902]

His biggest mistake was to sign Alonso, knowing the Spainiard involvment in the politics at the Spygate scandal

[@V4Y4MIERD4DENOMBRE]

Alonso likes that

[@djmax09552]

Nice

[@Meine.Postma]

Great opinionated guy, "The Prancing Horse"

[@delbroox]

I apologise on his behalf to any British listener for when he said Soccer

[@GodsMemeTV]

El Nino (Alonso) Disliked this video. El Nino fans unsubbed from this channel.

[@spoons27]

You reap what you sow Alonso

[@roadrunner6224]

So Alonso went full Trump mode

[@rodrigoenlinea]

Let’s make Ferrari great again.

[@jianh1989]

41:25

[@cfctvaus]

Sod the comments about Alonso. Everyone knows that about Alonso. SENNA WAS MEANT TO COME TO FERRARI!! You have no idea how incredibly sad that makes me! Although if Senna joined, Schumacher probably never would have. Or at least later and might not have been as successful.

[@filipostojic1239]

59:00, cheap shot to Mark Webber

[@linslins4860]

Hi Mr Luca? Why your F1 team struggling to win championship?

[@CicaeMeow]

Not his team anymore.

[@linslins4860]

József so why no championship?

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@@linslins4860 why are you asking us or Luca

[@TT-pe9xx]

Not to defend Alonso here but this is unfair commenting on an ex-Ferrari driver not winning the Championship when the blame for it is on you, Mr. Montezemolo, at least partly. Yet I don’t see Alonso blaming you as you appear to be blaming him

[@Balnazzardi]

If you actually listen to what Montezemolo says, he doesnt really blame Alonso for losing those championships....he said that most of all he lost those championships because he was unlucky and because Red Bull was simply stronger during those years....only at 3rd reason he said (and he was more saying this compared to Schumi) that when things went badly, he didnt stick together with the team as much as the likes of Schumi did, that Alonso was more about himself rather than strong teamplayer. As driver Montezemolo said he rates Alonso as high as Hamilton and Vettel.

[@vishalbharadwaj570]

@@Balnazzardi exactly .. What he says there is a difference in character when team is not winning . alonso not fully supportive in that aspect but racing one of the best drivers in entire F1 history

[@silverfox7777]

Stfu all Niki Lauda is the best. And Niki told us ...