Oscar and Lewis in a cooldown room is giving me and my grandpa at the family function: there is no blood between us but the only thing we can talk about is war crimes committed against him and he’s not so eager to share
lewis high off his own tears and sheer will to survive while lando is looking for the nearest cliff and this is the time max decides to start cracking jokes i have never said anything bad about formula one in my life
The thing I love about George is that he's not afraid to show his joy and be fun and silly about it.
He is never gonna downplay his excitement to look cool.
He WILL use the most niche british vernacular you've ever heard and sound like a caricature of himself. And he WILL do a silly pose on top of his car just bc he knows it makes people laugh
“I can’t stop crying. Since 2021 I have been trying. It’s my last British win for this team. I wanted to win it for this team. I love them. The important thing is to dig deep. There have been days since 2021 that I didn’t think I was good enough. I love you guys, God bless you.”
there's something so dystopian about eurovision silencing the booing during israel's set and supplanting them with fake cheers. what a strange hill to die on
Since some people may find it interesting here the main points of his speech (im trying to remember everything important but some thing were really technical and my memory is shit)
Quite a long post ahead
He briefly talked about the origins of his career in the kart championship cause he really loved the kart tracks here in italy but one of them in particular was quite challenging yet was still his favorite (now it doesnt exist anymore cause there is a shopping mall where it was)
He then talked about being in the same team as Schumaker and the chaos that would ensue from that (He told a little funny story that involved Michael's phone obsession, a toilet and a race but for his dignity's sake I wont talk about it here lol)
That period in Mercedes was a really positive one for him even tho he really felt the competion with Michael since he already was a f1 champion
Then he spent quite a lot of time talking about Lewis. He didnt talk about the early days of their friendship (sadly) but he recalled what happened in the 2013 season and the years after that.
He specified what happened that started all this drama between them (like the problem with this new button on the steering wheel the team proibited them from using and yet Lewis used nonetheless)
(He didnt say that out loud but he is still pretty pissed about that whole situation and about Lewis attitude back then)
Lewis wrote an apology letter addressed to him and the team but he said he read it though Toto cause he never received it first hand
After that the tension in the team built on so much the two of them had different mecchanics for their cars and none of these mecchanics had any info on the other pilot's car. The team had to switch mecchanics to balance out the disinformation inside their own team
(the host desperately tried to move on from the Lewis part but Nico just wasn't going to stop ranting about it lol)
The situation wasnt improving so, when he finally got the 2016 win, he decided to retire cause he felt it was the time to think of his family (his daughter in particular) and didnt want to end up kicked out by the team like it happened to other pilots
His mama was happy he stopped racing, his dad not so much lol
When asked if he and Lewis ever thought of fixing this whole mess before it was too late he said back then they never talked face to face about it and he kinda regrets that, cause at some point Niki Lauda was the only intermediary between them (like Niki wanted to meet them both at his house but as soon one entered the other just left)
He actually approves Lewis choice to join Ferrari (he wasnt glad to answer this question for the millionth time tho)
He was asked to come back to f1 some time ago but he refused
He is now happily working with startups and little enterpraises and thats his job now i think
They're all on different strategies, like 💀 RBR are fighting track records. Ferrari and McLaren are fighting one another for that 3rd place behind RBR. Alpine are fighting each other. Mercedes are fighting demons. Williams are fighting their overdue bills. What is even this race?
Our first store outside the US was in Britain and we have a very strong customer base in the UK. But at the same time, it happens that George looks like he's out of a Hollywood movie. - Tommy Hilfiger
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