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My favourite F1 Magazine covers Part 3:

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no this isn’t a self insert second POV fic lol this is (or was) the actual official GP2 series blog

writing so good i wanna chew on it

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The Jaguar inflatable donkey saga.

During Jaguar Racing's final F1 season in 2004, one of the team's mechanics took an inflatable of Donkey from Shrek they won as part of a contest held by Ribena to F1 events. From the Belgian Grand Prix to the season finale at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the inflatable was present in the F1 paddock, with A. LOT. of photos.

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Jaguar Racing competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2004. After underachieving in the sport, Ford lowered the team's budget for its last season, before the team was sold and became Red Bull Racing from 2005 onwards. In an attempt to gain positive PR, Jaguar would engage in a variety of stunts throughout the season, including promoting the film Ocean's Twelve at the Monaco Grand Prix by inserting two $300,000 diamonds on the nosecones of each car, driven by Mark Webber and Christian Klien. After Klien crashed out on the opening lap, the diamond on his car went missing and was never recovered.

Later that season, a team member entered a competition held by Ribena, which was giving away thousands of prizes related to the upcoming animated film Shrek 2. They won an inflatable of the character Donkey. In an attempt to boost morale and distract themselves from the very possibility they would be made redundant following the season's conclusion, a mechanic took or according to Tim Malyon, stole the inflatable, with it travelling from the team's headquarters in Milton Keynes to Spa-Francorchamps.

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Initially, the inflatable was to have been exclusively present at the Belgian Grand Prix for a single photoshoot. However, it became a symbol of resistance for the team, who were progressively discouraged with the running of the team, which reached a boiling point when Ford announced on 17th September that it would put Jaguar up for sale, potentially risking over 300 jobs. While Jaguar's PR team banned the inflatable from appearing at any subsequent races for fear it would damage the team's reputation, Donkey would travel to the remaining races for more photoshoots. This included photos of it being within the cockpits of each constructor's car, as well as light-hearted and occasionally risqué interactions with other team members.

pictures below

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The lawn mower will always be famous 😭

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I miss racing so here are some ramblings as I go through 2012 season, pt. 1

2012 Australia

1. Button 2. Vettel 3. Hamilton

- mclaren 1-2 quali

- Kimi is back! and good race

- Alonso, Rosberg good starts

- Seb I love you

- Ferrari shit car, Alonso is a god, nobody's surprised

- can't help but think about little Oscar Piastri somewhere in that city

- Seb great race, made up a lot of time to the mclarens

- 1 safety car

- I hate listening to martin brundle 😤

- Maldonado in williams great race but crashed on the last lap

- race for 3rd till the end

- Jenson's dad ❤️

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89 brazil gp

note: was excited for this one & it did indeed deliver

before we start:

pole: prost, p6: mansell

first race of the season (odd to me to start here knowing its always v end now)

1st mansell in ferrari race!!

my thoughts + reactions!

crazy start wow

seena/berger beefing into t1 > berger looses parts of his car

comms were not expecting ferraris to last the whole race (wow...)

comms calling everyone stupid i laugh

about senna sitting in the pits: "he must be fuming & crying"

the f1 archive has the graphics in spanish lol

comms talking about senna enjoying himself lapping backmarkers

comms talking about patrese being super fit because he skied all winter

the teal car is the same color as my eighth grade bedroom

>>> side note: patrese being charged with manslaughter???

no limit on fuel unlike the turbos from 88

newey car!!!!

tires look so big on the onboard cam

praised the mclaren organization. gag

also ferrari slander????

prost most winningest driver in brazil - 5/7 at the time

gilles mention

nannini in f1, in f2, son of first cousin is f1.. etc but man

much longer pit stops - 9 sec stopped is very fast

sooo many tire changes

track was previously a swamp ???

cheever has heat exhaustion & is on the ground

13 cars left on lap 40

entire steering wheel change for mansell on lap 40

mansell/prost for leads oh yum i love to see it

patrese longest driver in f1 - first to reach 200 races

oh his car died

3 way battle for p2

johnny herbert first f1 race (recovering from bad injuries) & is doing very well

talking about mansell's golfing lol

piquet back from injuries to race

p1 mansell (1st race in a ferrari!!!!) p2 prost p3 gugelmin

my rating: 4.5/5

i loved!!! i love nigel mansell & i love ferrari what a fantastic combo. prost! w2w! comms super funny! lots to love with this one!

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My favourite genre of pics ✨

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Michael Schumacher takes sight with an archery during a rest as Ferrari practices on the Fiorano Circuit. Fiorano Circuit, Northern Italy, January 15 2005 Photo by NICO CASAMASSIMA/AFP via Getty Images