Germany 1999: When Irvine's shock title charge came alive | FULL EPISODE

The 1999 German Grand Prix marked the first time Eddie Irvine got to be the beneficiary of team orders at Ferrari, as Michael Schumacher stand-in Mika Salo was ordered aside to boost Irvine's unlikely title charge against Mika Hakkinen and McLaren at Hockenheim. Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Matt Beer look back on how Irvine and Ferrari were adapting to him being the team leader, and they explore how McLaren's scrappy 1999 season opened the door for this most unexpected of challenges. We also explore where Irvine fit into the driver market as he looked to move on from Ferrari, what the dynamic was between Hakkinen and team-mate David Coulthard after their collision at the previous race in Austria, how Ford was behaving around Stewart GP having just bought the team, and why Damon Hill parked a seemingly healthy car as his miserable 1999 campaign was dragged out against his will. GET EARLY ACCESS AND BONUS CONTENT:   / therace   00:00 Intro 03:15 McLaren team orders? 09:00 Irvine's future 13:08 Confusion at Ferrari 16:58 Stewart Ford tension 20:28 Ralf Schumacher speaks up 24:25 Bernie Ecclestone's views on F1 35:30 Salo outqualifies Irvine 39:52 David Coulthard's misadventures 43:55 Hakkinen's race falls apart 48:42 Ferrari team orders 56:38 More Hill misery 01:01:34 Herbert's struggles #f1 #bringbackv10s #formula1 #podcast #f1podcast #history #retro #nostalgia #f1history #classicf1 #v10