FIA VP for sixteen years, multiple rally-winner and sports administrator Surinder Thatthi talks about his four decades in motorsports from Jamhuri High to officiating at the top of world motorsports.
- The influence of Shekar Mehta in his rallying and management career.
- How does a co-driver write notes, communicate and develops an understanding with a rally driver.
- What was so terrifying about Group B cars, Walter Rohrl & Snakes, and why rally cars are destroyed after a season.
- How stewards make fast decisions to apply motorsports rules and what Michael Masi got wrong at Abu Dhabi 2021.
- How the Safari Rally returned to Kenya and the risk of “fesh-fesh.”
- Why Red Bull may not dominate F1 in 2024.
Guest: Surinder Thatthi on Twitter and Instagram.
Recorded on 18 October 2023 at the SemaBOX podcast incubator, Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineered by Doris Onyango for SemaBOX Africa.
