E25 - GP2 2005 Monaco - the F1 star that got away (Ft. Adam Carroll)

2024-12-20

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FEATURING: Special guest Adam Carroll! In 2005, F3000 became GP2 (now F2), and brought with it a rush to get the next F1 seat... Last to join was British F3 runner-up Adam Carroll, but then on the streets of Monaco, the Irishman showed he was not messing around. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield recap on how he stepped up to beat Heikki Kovalainen, Nelson Piquet Jr and Nico Rosberg and soon joined the BAR F1 test team. ...What followed? The Ulsterman explains how he became Bernie's 'favourite' driver of 2005,...

FEATURING: Special guest Adam Carroll!

In 2005, F3000 became GP2 (now F2), and brought with it a rush to get the next F1 seat...

Last to join was British F3 runner-up Adam Carroll, but then on the streets of Monaco, the Irishman showed he was not messing around. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield recap on how he stepped up to beat Heikki Kovalainen, Nelson Piquet Jr and Nico Rosberg and soon joined the BAR F1 test team.

...What followed?

The Ulsterman explains how he became Bernie's 'favourite' driver of 2005, missed out on F1 seats, but nearly found a way in at Lola. And what of Pastor Maldonado? Well.

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Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

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