From Winning 7 Formula 1 Championships To 3D Printing Batteries

From Winning 7 Formula 1 Championships To 3D Printing Batteries

March 17, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 92

About this episode

The episode features a Miami native who shares his journey from Formula 1 to 3D printing batteries, highlighting the challenges and persistence required in elite motorsport engineering.

A single “no” can end a career plan or it can light the fuse. Our first guest post-relaunch is a Miami native and co-founder of Material who proves what persistence looks like: he gets shut down at Honda, quits days later, sells nearly everything he owns, moves to the UK, and fights through sponsorship rejections until Mercedes Formula One finally says yes. We unpack what it’s actually like to design at the highest level and why elite motorsport engineering culture feels so different from th...

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