Fascinating guy to listen to. A real shame that the interviewer instantly shut down talk of anything that wasn't, in his words, "positive" and routinely failed to further pursue discussing some of the potentially very interesting remarks Peter Collins had made.
I've only ever read a single interview Peter Collins did where he actually talked about his Team Lotus ownership years. He granted the interview to a Japanese motorsport journalist/magazine because he said he was forever grateful to the loyalty of the Japanese corporate sponsors & Lotus fans during the difficult times of the team, unlike the British motorsport press with whom he was VERY bitter about their words & treatment of Team Lotus in those final years. & there was definitely no mention of how a relatively small racing team could end up with the absolutely massive final debt they accumulated after 5 years under Collins' control...it was huge...!
There was also a Driver named Peter Collins who raced in F1 during the 50s He won 3 races(Spa and France in 1956 and Silverstone in 1959) but sadly died in an accident in 1958 during the German Grand Prix sadly
I'd of been 12..Remember Irvine's let down in 99 and Montoya on the scene. Also Eddie appears in jizzlaine maxwell's black book which wasn't a massive surprize😯
49:30 "Didn't _Mika_ live with you for a while? Couldn't you shove him out the door and send him for a run or something?" 😂😂 1:05:30 "In Hamilton, I see a lot of disruption." Though _Collins_ doesn't get to elaborate, I'm glad to hear someone finally point this out. I would go as far as to say HAM's seeking to influence company policy is one of the key reasons _Merc_ are losing their way and haemorrhaging key staff.
Speaking about Mansell at Lotus, the team boss at the time,peter warr, disliked mansell for his inability to keep up with elio de angelis and never thought of mansell becoming a grand prix winner
Dear Tom, the podcast off late has been a bit uninspiring. The podcast revolves around tbe same theme. We want to hear from the guest. There was a lot more that you could have asked rather than about others. I listen to both this and f1 nation. At the rare at which it is going and the effort you take to defend Lewis, you are going to lose a lot of listeners.
@@8-bitsteve500 Monza 2021, Max parks his car on Lewis's car. Crofty says that its Max's mistake, but Brundle shuts him down by saying that Lewis was wrong.
The advertising pitches are so so so bad, absolute cringe fest. I'd rather there be an external video advert break than hear the smarmy cheese of nonsense products Tom clearly doesn't actually have any affiliation to.
