thank you so much for the translation of cristina gutierrez's interview! if it's not a bother, what did she say about dakar if anything? and did she talk about any other series she has her eye on?
local cristina fan @powertrains. thank you again!
i'm so sorry it took me a while to get back to you!! i'm here now though. so this is SUPER long bc this podcast was 3 hours long and they spoke about dakar for about half of it so i'm not transcribing word for word (like i did with the lewis section) bc if i were, you'd be getting a reply in april 2030. also disclaimer: i knew absolutely nothing about dakar before this podcast, some of what i mention you might already know, so sorry about that! i learned a lot though it was fascinating i'm so glad you sent this ask! also! she didn't talk about other series she's looking at at all :(
ok here we go:
CRISTINA GUTIĆRREZ and her Dakar experience:
she spoke a lot about how expensive dakar is, just signing up (driver, copilot & car) is super expensive and that's like. just the start. so she spoke about her trajectory, how she improved during the first four years to get to the team where she is now. she also spoke about how she finally has enough money to train and do races about twice a month (before, she was putting all the money she made into dakar, so she didn't have money to train or develop the car or practice at all)
the interviewer asked her if the year she finished 3rd she had a car that could've given her 1st. she said yes, the car could've won 1st place, but that was the year they were debuting it, so they had a bunch of reliability issues, and that's why she finished 3rd.
she describes dakar as a taxing experience not only physically but also emotionally and spiritually, in every way you're putting yourself through a crazy amount of pressure
she says dakar is a different experience depending on whether you're going with an amateur team or with a well established top team. not only the car, but also for example where you sleep (tents on the ground vs motorhomes)
tw death, accidents / she talks about stopping for other drivers when she sees they might be hurt, about driving past people surrounding a person who died, about colleagues telling her about driving past people with broken necks, etc.
she mentions the parties ! says even in countries where you're not allowed to drink (e.g. saudi) people smuggle alcohol in hair gel containers. says the parties were crazy in south america, her second time she stayed up all night partying until 7am the next day. she tells a story about a man who tried to smuggle drugs out of south america in the tyres, got caught, and went to prison. she also says extreme e parties are crazier than dakar parties.
she talks about the one time night fell and she was still out driving the car, she stopped for a moment and looked at the sky, there was obviously no light pollution so she could see like. literally every star. says she felt at peace, in that moment she was like, "there's no way i can quit this," she wanted to do it forever
she brings up the time she went 3 days without sleep. the interviewer asks her to describe what each of those days felt like:
day 1: she stopped being aware of the time, didn't remember if she'd eaten or not, was surviving on redbull and energy shot drinks that they sell at sports stores, her parents would throw food into the car whenever they could
day 2: her copilot and her started falling asleep while still being awake? so it was like. she says she was awake but her brain was sleeping and she was dreaming and everything. she would say things, like when you talk in your sleep, and her copilot would be like HUH? and then he'd do the same thing. that's how exhausted they were. this was the night her copilot had to get out of the car and climb up the dunes and show her the way with a flashlight because it was so dark it was dangerous to drive. she said dunes at night are the worst thing that can happen to you
day 3: she overheats in the car. it was 50 degrees C in argentina and she was, again, running on energy drinks and prayers at that point. she had to stop the car and get out to sit in the shade. while she was there, she heard the voice of her uncle who had passed away about a year before that, he kept telling her "VAMOS!" so she's like, i need to finish this! and does.
she says the fourth day she only slept for one (1) hour but she felt fully rested afterwards. she also mentions at some point during those 3 or 4 days she was driving and kept seeing people running around and she thought she was gonna hit them, kept swerving to try to avoid them. then she realized they weren't people but literally just trees, her brain was just exhausted.
re: hygiene, she says she doesn't pee in the car, some people wear diapers, some wear devices that allow them to pee like on the floor of the car (?????). she says she just stops if she has to pee. she also said one time before racing she went to eat senegalese food with her friends and the next day she had to stop the car and just like do her business in front of whoever drove by. she was like "if they look it's bc they wanna see and that's on THEM!" she also said she always showers when she has the chance, that some drivers don't change their uniforms bc they think it's bad luck so they just stink. she also said it's gross how some drivers will eat breakfast and then get in the car without brushing their teeth.
the interviewer asked her about something about dakar no one knew. she spoke about a terrorist attack when they raced in saudi. she says she knows this because it happened to her ex team, and she's still close to them. they told her someone put a bomb under one of the mechanics' cars. the bomb exploded, they thought someone was gonna lose their legs because of it, but they didn't in the end. she said this was kinda kept secret, no one spoke about it much.
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seeing your new icon in my notifs is making me sigh audibly love it
What an absolute banger of a look, right?? Lewis truly delivered yesterday, going absolutely above and beyond... I needed a fainting couch and I still do. He made me loop the Sailor Moon theme for almost an hour.
English also isnāt the first language of presumably most people on the Ferrari pit wall and not for Charles either, so I find that their task of communicating on the radio to be even more difficult under the stressful conditions of a race. This is something I honestly find quite frustrating, that they are restricted by an informal rule to speak in English on the radio when it is not the most effective way of communicating for them. I think Ferrariās communication could be a lot smoother if they could just speak in Italian, but they canāt, and theyāll just have to figure out how they can communicate in English more efficiently.
Thank you! I've said this before but a lot of the "memes" in the f1 community are just make fun of non native english speakers not being good at english and I'm honestly tired of it as an ESL speaker. Thanks a lot for the rest of the post, it was nuanced and a good response to the reactionary stuff on here!
yeah,,, you're right on that as well. it's why I tend to just. look away and not give any of those jokes my attention nor a place on my blog because after some point, it infuriates me a little as someone who is also an ESL speaker. granted, I am pretty much fully bilingual but still. English was not my first language, and I am very aware of how it is difficult for most people around the world and find it to be very unfair how it is treated as an expected lingua franca.Ā
For a sport that claims to be international, it does not sit right with me at all that there is so much...English-speaking bias let's say? In terms of media and broadcasting and teams. And it carries through around the Internet fanbases, which is just...deeply frustrating and discouraging. Itās another barrier for entry for non-British teams and manufacturers, and as a Ferrari fan, I am pained to find Ferrari usually...pretty disadvantaged when it comes to the media arena of F1 (which is. as much of a fight as the track and all the political and business nuances in the sport.)Ā
ok that was a whole tangent, but !! thank you for sending me an ask! I am glad it was nuanced enough. I might be a Ferrari fan but it's equal passion and reason I want to bring to the table, I am glad that post was able to provide some reason to some crazy reactions here š cheers to you and hope you have/had a lovely day!
I def understand why you answer questions about do engineers design cars to favour a driver over another with a solid no. Cause it's not true or even possible and that kind of speculation is genuinely boring. Unfortunately I'm gonna add to some of that. The same imperatives you stated, ie F1 teams are a business mean that they need to maximize engineering resources for race results. This affects whose feedback is given weight and solved first, if both drivers concern is different. ā powertrains
Yeah I do agree with this; I mean a massive example would be if your experienced driver is saying that the car is really draggy whilst a less experienced or rookie driver is saying itās over-steering you would sort out the experienced drivers problem because they likely know the car better and itās behaviours and should know where they are losing time.
Obviously when it comes to upgrades and set up changes in the season there usually is some more weight behind the driver with more experience in the team and the car as they are likely to be able to give more useful feedback about how it compares.
In a lot of cases thereās problems that either canāt be solved mid season or thereās problems that canāt be solved without a complete redesign of the car; Iāll use this years McLarenās braking behaviour as an example, it is possible that Landoās feedback carries more weight than Danielās at the moment as Lando knows the McLaren cars, even back to 2017 when he first tested them and as such understands their behaviour as well as what can be tweaked. This means that the team might be listening to his feedback slightly more in debriefs but it doesnāt mean that they are ignoring Danielās.
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"Nico falls into third place, and itās not just in the standings" from does he fill the space? I think about it everytime I see a gif of those 2015 conferences where Seb is taking the piss, Lewis is amused and Nico looks like he wants to kill Seb or cry. Also the scene in the restaurant from all this, and love too because it's fraught with so much, between them, their past and tradition.
Oh my gosh! Listen, I always get so šš š whenever someone brings up my Brocedes fics because most of the time I... genuinely donāt think anyoneās gone that far back and just assume theyāve been lost to time for the most part. Iām glad it still holds up as like a sort of snapshot of that era. The whole attitude towards and atmosphere around Nico at the time just really struck me and I felt I hadĀ to somehow put that into words, so Iām really glad it resonated with you!Ā
And ah, Iām glad you liked that scene! I remember reading about how thereās this one restaurant in Maranello thatās affiliated with the drivers and how they all get pictures taken with the chef/owner and leave their signature there and just how deeply ingrained that little restaurant is in the Ferrari tradition. Also, yāknow, I wanted an excuse to sneak a little past Sebchal implication in there. But more than that, it was Pierre still feeling out of sorts, still feeling that heās got big shoes to fill (given that Seb was such an intrinsic part of Ferrari for so long and that they both grew up idolising him in their own ways) while also having to deal with this worrying shift in his and Charlesās relationship. Iām glad that comes through!Ā
Thank you for sending this in! Seriously itās the best feeling, knowing that something you wrote resonated with someone out there, so I appreciate you taking the time š
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