Inside the busy schedule of an F1 team principal who oversees 1,000 employees

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A Formula 1 team principal can seem like a pretty fun, glamorous job. After all, fans typically see them spending race weekends in heated conversations with drivers, giving interviews to TV reporters, pounding their fists on tables, occasionally spraying Champagne, and earning tons of airtime on "Drive to Survive," the sport's Netflix docuseries.