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Many of you will remember Eric Boullier as Team Principal at [Renault](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-teams/renault-f1-team-information-statistics/) and [Lotus](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-teams/team-lotus/) before he became the Racing Director of McLaren. He resigned from that role in 2018 before switching camps to [Paul Ricard](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-circuits/circuit-paul-ricard-layout-lap-record/), where he is now managing director of the [French Grand Prix](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-calendar/french-grand-prix-f1-race-information/). On this week’s show, Tom probes Eric about his life in the sport, from the challenge of managing [Kimi Raikkonen](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-drivers/kimi-raikkonen/) to dealing with the aftermath of [Robert Kubica](https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-drivers/robert-kubica/)’s accident. 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