Beyond The Grid podcast.
There are four special guests in the latest bumper episode of
Beyond The Grid this week with chief engineer Simon Cole, trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin, chief strategist James Vowles and sporting director Ron Meadows having been with the team not just since Mercedes took over Brawn GP at the end of 2009, but all the way back to the outfit's original incarnation as BAR – with Meadows' first job in 1997 overseeing the build of the factory the team still operates from today.
For 2010, Mercedes signed seven-time champion Schumacher – who had been out of Grand Prix racing since 2006 – alongside young German Nico Rosberg, and while initial results were decent, the team had to wait for 2012 for a pole position. It was delivered in stunning fashion by none other than Schumacher at the Monaco Grand Prix. However, the champion already had a five-place grid penalty from the previous race, leaving him starting from P6 and his hopes of a win in tatters.