This week’s Beyond the Grid guest has led more the 700 laps in F1 – but you may never have heard of him. That’s because Bernd Maylander is the Safety Car driver, and has been for the last 20 years. When the weather is bad or there’s a serious incident, Bernd takes to the track to lead the field around at a safe speed. He gives us the inside line on his job, revealing who is the most aggressive behind the Safety Car, what happened with that massive re-start pile-up in Mugello recently and much more. 0:00 – Introduction
3:10 – On driving the SC for 20 years and leading over 700 laps in F1
7:50 – On how he feels about criticism of the SC going too slow
11:50 – On the different ways drivers behave behind the SC
15:07 – On the worst conditions he’s driven in during a GP
18:57 – On how he became F1’s SC driver and his own racing career
31:15 – On how the SC has changed over the years
38:00 – On what’s inside the SC
39:15 – On the big re-start crash at Mugello earlier this year
43:50 – On what a normal race weekend looks like for him
47:46 – On why he has two SCs For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:
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