Mika Salo Interview | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast

[@smctfan39]

Finally, somebody has a good microphone on Beyond the Grid.

[@gerdoner1860]

Finally the Mika Salo episode. Been waiting for this for ages, Mika always was my fav F1 driver since he ran the whole 1997 Monaco Grand Prix without a pitstop and continued with a damaged front wing to finish 5th!

[@davidkoczo2166]

Fully agreed. He was always great in Monaco, scoring points on his every finish in machinery like Tyrrell, Arrows and Sauber.

[@stephencruse6525]

I believe he would of been a world champion if he had a full time seat with a top team. He was very underrated.

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

To be in the right place at the right time....that's being lucky in most respects,yet there can be underlying reasons for several excellent drivers didn't get the success they deserved.

[@chamindujanith6337]

@@INDIGOBLUE555 Jacques Villeneuve outqualified him by some margin in 1999 at BAR. Poor Jacques could have been World Champion in 1999 if he was with Ferrari or McLaren.😪😪

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

@@chamindujanith6337 My guess is that J.V. was extremely talented but his attitude wasn't possibly much appreciated in the F1 circus.

[@wolfganghertwig3865]

I can still remember the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in 1999 when Mika Salo was close to his first victory but was not allowed to win. At the time, Mika Hakkinen was more well-known than Mika Salo. But the fans appreciated his strong performance and chanted "Mika! Mika! Salo!" after the race. Will never forget this. He really deserved that victory.

[@SiVlog1989]

He admitted to come back to earth with a bump the race after that in Hungary. Spending most of the practice sessions doing race simulation and as such not running new tyres, he struggled with the balance change in Qualifying once he had new tyres and could only manage 18th on the grid, only making up 4 places in the race, finishing 2 laps down

[@RCMgb]

He and Irvine are my favourite all time drivers. Absolutely love Salo

[@gregmcmillan3503]

I was a big Irvine fan too. Such a character and got to live the dream by driving with Ferrari.

[@TheDoublePlays]

I would love to see Eddie on a episode, just imagine the stories from the Jaguar days.

[@aidenromine1000]

Feel so bad for Irvine, almost got the championship as a #2 driver.

[@MrBritishComedy]

At the end of the day, Irvine just didn't deserve to win the title. Häkkinen had a dreadful year. The car was fast but unreliable. He himself made quite some huge mistakes and yet Irvine wasn't capable of making the best of it. Half the time he was way off the pace. Then Schumacher comes back in Sepang after not driving the car for half the season and he's immediately much quicker both in Sepang and Suzuka. It's obvious that if he hadn't broken his leg, he would have beaten Häkkinen with ease that year.

[@eddiemalmsteen666]

Péssimos pilotos. Bad pilots.

[@aronagmar]

I'd love to see Jarno Trulli interviewed sometime! A long career, lots of teams, teammates, and an interesting post career as well (short lived Formula E team and his vineyard).

[@user-zr4wh3lh5v]

Aron Agmar. My favourite driver.😃 Always stayed loyal to him. Jarno had so much bad luck in his career. I am now really into Formula E 🙂

[@Kevin_Vanit]

Why does he sounds so freaking badass ?

[@jpheininen6465]

He is😂

[@lespaz1197]

Hes from finland

[@leewat9068]

Maybe he is a badass😃

[@Barricade157T]

Would have beaten Irvine..? Salo: O, easily :D 13:05

[@l-2112]

He's right. Salo was a naturally better driver than Eddie.

[@drivernephi2212]

Ferrari actually planned to replace Irvine with him but Ferrari politics are brutal.

[@Eltoca21]

In private I get the feeling Mika is a really funny guy with a dry sense of humour.

[@ahmadnazari3127]

I have some ideas for the next Beyond the Grid: Eddie Irvine, Nigel Mansell, Bertrand Gachot, Taki Inoue, Olivier Panis, Thierry Boutsen, Heinz-Harold Frentzen

[@leewat9068]

Jarno Trulli, Giancarlo Fisichella

[@DaveMcIroy]

I think at least 2 of these exist.

[@pianostyler]

More ideas: Alonso, Max Verstappen, Nelson Piquet, Stoffel Vandoorne, Adrian Newey, Ron Dennis And for women: Susie Wolff, Angela Cullen (Hamilton's trainer)

[@sparkidee]

Pierluigi Martini

[@markknight4232]

Imagine Senna on here. Would be great.

[@Blueflag04]

He should've been given a seat with Hakkinen on the same team

[@DaveMcIroy]

With who?

[@smokeybandit9760]

@@DaveMcIroy Mika Hakkinen? Multiple F1 world champion who fought alongside Michael Schumacher.

[@EL1AS_]

@@smokeybandit9760 I'm pretty sure he's making fun of people writing Häkkinen without ä, like Hakkinen.

[@zevanoyaumalvasti3928]

Murray Walker will confused even more, don't do that to our lovely Murray😂

[@drumtracksdirect]

@@zevanoyaumalvasti3928 Imagine MW dealing with Mika Salo and Luiz Perez Sala as teammates!

[@minardistr]

Another great interview. Any chance we could get Pierluigi Martini or Gian Carlo Minardi? Also, would it be possible to get Kenneth McAlpine assuming he's in good health? He's the oldest living F1 driver and will turn 100 in September and hearing about the Connaught story would be interesting

[@HigherPlainGames]

Kudos to your username too. Forza Minardi forever.

[@sparkidee]

Ive been commenting on every video asking for him to interview Martini so its great to see someone else bigging up Minardi :)

[@sametozkan9175]

Mika Salo has a long sabbatical along with another Mika.

[@quillonrox]

Hello

[@yarzshow4932]

hello real sweat hehehehe🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cbn_scarzz8360]

F1: The season is starting in Austria Podcast: Yes

[@TheCoBBus]

Now we need Keke Rosberg to be on the podcast and that would be all the Finns in formula 1 done?

[@IdeaOfEvil]

JJ

[@npanic628]

JJ Lehto, Bottas, Kovaleinen...

[@TheCoBBus]

NPanic Bottas and Kovalainen have been onThe podcast but JJ hasnt that is true

[@kekepiket9153]

Keke is very eloquent and smart. Gives straight answers. 🤞

[@wabba67]

Missing Mikko Kozarowitzky and Leo Kinnunen.

[@alexisunited]

Mansell JJ Lehto Frentzen Wendlinger

[@616Themaster]

I second JJ Lehto. Probably would have been the next Finn to win races if he hadn't suffered injuries pre 1994 season.

[@mrwilz57]

Fascinating interview. Nice one Tom 👍

[@nascarstopmotionguy]

my favourite F1 driver, deserved better rides in f1

[@Life_Of_Lilliana]

Wow, racing with recurrent pleural effusions and intercostal drains is heavily painful. We usually sedate our patients to insert them in the ER so to do them under local anaesthesia and analgesics is quite incredible. 😳😳😳

[@svleda9145]

I love beyond the grid

[@MrRodzilla]

imagine being jean todt working 5am to midnight trying to win the title and people still have a theory that ferrari didnt want irvine to win the title

[@greatkali5866]

damn he became old... I liked Mika a lot especially in 99 and 2000. he was so strong in the Sauber and should have stayed, but yea... everyone expected more from Toyota (I suppose they were largest car manufacturer at that time).

[@joshpemberton8128]

Shame he never got the car he deserved......because he was extremely quick. I always liked Mike

[@oftengone]

PLEASE NEVER END BEYOND THE GRID

[@mattalford389]

Why so short???😢😢😢

[@MarkyFormula1]

This is an excellent episode. More like this please.

[@donathandorko]

To be fair, Irvine would have probably overtaken Salo in the German GP if they raced. Thats why Salo doesn't complain about that much. But this was Ferrari. In those days they were famous for making Irvine get out of Schumacher's way. Eddie had 2 paybacks in 99. In Germany he would win anyway, in Malaysia, Michael dominated. Salo was one of the best drivers of the 90s era. But he almost never got a chance in a good team.

[@audybharksuwana2041]

Eagerly waiting for a Kamui Kobayashi episode.

[@SEBBARU]

This appears twice on the playlist (as well as the Pat Symonds's episode).

[@karinlovell2834]

Really enjoyed this

[@Vylkeer]

Would love to have a video with the two Mikas.

[@rikringers2846]

Mauriçio Gugelmin & Thierry Boutsen interview please

[@cormacdoyle4747]

Who cant wait for f1

[@ACMEpowersports]

Gotta hear from Irvine on Salo comment!

[@TVieira91]

Yaaaay Mikaaaa 😁

[@smctfan39]

salo.

[@TVieira91]

@@smctfan39yeah... 😂

[@DuncanCunningham]

So Mika was held hostage for a week?

[@ebrahimebs]

Salo hakkinen raikkonen the real flying finns

[@pouetepouetekiki322]

Nigel Mansell Next please

[@DaveMcIroy]

Wow. That preview pic is horrible.

[@chrismuz]

Cool guy!

[@F1_311]

Yay

[@edwardo1988]

I Nominate Eddie Irvine, Ron Dennis and frank williams

[@Racingpapers]

Please Tom Clarkson get Pedro Diniz on the podcast.

[@616Themaster]

Diniz is too busy looking after his massive farm nowadays. Would be cool though.

[@FabJK4]

This is a short one...🙄

[@oftengone]

Lol this guy is a beast

[@Niftified]

If you're sitting on these interviews before a relevant race comes along to link it to can you please post the actual date of the interview?

[@loukabenevides2005]

Omg that was cool

[@piotrkobielus6156]

F1

[@automobili5796]

F1TV does not work during qualifying sessions and races 13:12

[@Ellisf1]

Love these interviews but there's way too many adverts, completely spoils the experience. Please stop

[@jarnokoivula1370]

Why was this episode so short?

[@drink4711]

18:12 can I really say what I think about it...?

[@Asp1re8]

Can someone explain to me what is driver's steward?

[@ekosim-racing754]

Nigel ! Nigel ! Nigel !

[@ronaldmorrison9802]

Its a bout time

[@master-kq3nw]

I miss old hickenheim

[@rock329999]

When Beyond The Grid was shorter than F1Nation

[@john-kl3ux]

Are all the commercial interruptions really necessary during these poscasts? Incredibly annoying

[@juanbrenner1648]

F1: Podcast Me: I do not speak english

[@master-kq3nw]

Mika salo best races was in tyrell

[@gabrielmenissier]

Bonsoir tt le monde

[@pixlgamerfr2004]

Salut un autre Gabriel !

[@TVieira91]

Bonsoir french ppl here

[@gabrielmenissier]

Le best prénom 👌 jsuis un 2003 jsp toi

[@hallquiche]

Get Mahaveer Raghunathan on this thing

[@saintuk70]

Sounds like the start of GTA ;)

[@jianh1989]

18:15

[@FACUNDOX197]

POLE!

[@rowen42069]

do all Finnish people speak exactly the same?

[@AlexLemberg]

Yes

[@wiverra]

No! 😂

[@luizguilhermemoreirasales1548]

Hello I Am Brasil Oh I Love F1 Nice N_N

[@donathandorko]

Salo > Bottas

[@RogueCylon]

Salo, nice job fixing the Russian GP with those penalties on Lewis. Can you explain why this is contrary to previous Practice Starts outside the pit lane? Like the Leclerc violation of incorrect stopping for practice starts, that had no penalty applied? Or why this was applied after race start? Nice fixing man.

[@sergiobrandan3907]

Ferrari se comporto muy mal con él

[@acuber9820]

Mika Hakkinen?!?? Jk😂

[@felchs]

Tá véio eim...

[@annamalaisureshbabu3671]

Hi, I'm Fernando Alonso. You're listening to Beyond the Grid. When can we listen to this?

[@hmagix9554]

2nd here

[@shaneperkinsgaming7537]

first i think

[@rafaelsimon8039]

Can I meet Lewis Hamilton

[@TVieira91]

Im going with you

[@swimdeep189]

No you can't.

[@Blueflag04]

Let me join you

[@rafaelsimon8039]

I can

[@rafaelsimon8039]

Coll

[@Real28]

Hmm. Jos Verstappen was only good at pole laps? Apple didn't fall far from that tree. Max is better but he's still not nearly as good in race as his qualifying runs.

[@joshpemberton8128]

Max is racing in an era when Mercedes are dominant.....the boy has achieved far more than his dad ever did

[@marcoboato9735]

This isn'nt a Greta video is boring