Why Russell is losing F1's off-track battle | Stay On Track E8, with Racing Bulls' Pierre Hamelin

On the latest episode of Stay On Track, Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert give their takes on a very big weekend for the 2026 F1 title fight in Canada and go deep on the most important relationship in F1: the one between a driver and their race engineer.

They're joined by special guest Pierre Hamelin, who listeners might recognise as Arvid Lindblad's race engineer at Racing Bulls.

Pierre has developed a reputation as a man who nurtures rookie drivers, having previously engineered Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Riccardo, Liam Lawson, Isack Hadjar and others. But how does he go about helping a young driver get the best out of himself and the car?

Pierre shares his secret tips and tricks, plus Johnny and Damon discuss the evolving F1 title race and why Canada is such an important grand prix for George Russell.

00:00 Tribute to the late Alex Zanardi
00:30 Herbert wins a race, Damon does hot laps in Miami
05:30 Antonelli versus Russell (versus McLaren & Red Bull?)
16:30 The psychology of race engineering F1 drivers
24:20 The art of communicating with F1 drivers (Pierre Hamelin interview)

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