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Mika being congratulated by his dads Ron, Norbert and Jo and by his boyfriend Michael

#hitting him on the peach 🍑 ron dennis I know what you are #mika hakkinen #micheal schumacher #mika häkkinen #ron dennis #norbert haug #jo ramirez #makkinen #mclaren #formula 1 #formula one #classic f1 #f1 #flatoutin-eaurouge

Ayrton Senna reads a book about himself and Prost Renault’s turbo years with Jo Ramírez at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix

Bonus: the full book cover

#.mine #1991 #brazilian gp #hand strategically placed on arnoux’s head and jabouille’s car because this ain’t about them #ayrton senna #jo ramirez

Ayrton Senna and Jo Ramirez

#nothing can stand in the way of a friendship between two latinos #funny how you can easily find several photos of them on a motorcycle #yeah lets take jo where he wants #vroomvroom #ayrton senna #jo ramirez #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #.pic

These celebration stories have unlocked my memory box🥹Here are some excerpts from Jo Ramirez's book(after Mika won the 1998 World Championship):

As I had told Ayrton Senna many years before, I said to him: "You will realize it in the morning when the waiter brings the morning newspapers to your room." Mika said that Damon Hill had told him on the podium in Japan, in 1996: "When your turn comes, you will realize how wonderful the feeling is." Mika added: "After my crash, my life changed a bit; I think I became a better person. Will this change me again?" I told him that it would only change for the better, that he was now going to be a very busy person, but that he should enjoy it and make the most of it: "It is your moment, you deserved it and you worked hard to achieve it." But Mika really never made the most of it; he wasn't that type of person, even when he repeated it the following year and the economic climate was right in Formula One. He was never a super ambitious person; he was an uncomplicated man with a wonderful nature, a revealing and kind smile, and a name that could be sold a lot.

‘I think I became a better person’😭SHUT UP Mika baby ur perfect. And I love Damon sharing his feelings to Mika after he won the championship🥹

And also…According to Jo's description, the savage Ferrari…

I went to the Cabaña Rog (known as Log due to the difficulty Japanese people have pronouncing the R) to join the mechanics and the rest of the circus. This is the place where everyone ends the night drinking and singing karaoke in the different cabins around the main bar. At the moment I thought it was a very good idea to sneak into the Ferrari cabin singing We Are the Champions, but as soon as I finished the first sentence I was thrown to the ground by the two Schumachers, Ross Brawn, Nigel Stepney, Eddie Irvine, Stefano Domenicali, and others, and they ripped my shirt to shreds! But the feeling of satisfaction was worth having to pay for another Boss shirt.

#mika häkkinen #mika hakkinen #michael schumacher #damon hill #eddie irvine #jo ramirez

Mika Häkkinen and Jo Ramirez | Monaco GP | 1998

#mika hakkinen #mika häkkinen #jo ramirez #p: rainer schlegelmilch #monaco gp 1998 #1998

The more i think about the more hilarious is that both keke rosberg and jo ramirez response to suzuka 89 is some variation of: of course alain did it, he did it wrong tho

#like keke going with “how more obvious could have been?”#and jo with his “you should have finished the race! Ayrton was screwed!”#it also helps the appreciation of alain prost they both have #and jo ramirez still laughing about the ridicule of the situation #classic f1 #alain prost #keke rosberg #jo ramirez

🏁 What did Jo Ramírez just say about Checo???

On the ESPN Racing podcast, Jo Ramírez dropped this:

“The problem with Checo… I don’t know if he’ll like hearing it or not, is that he disconnected from racing. If you’re a Formula 1 driver, you should have Formula 1 for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”

He also compared him to Verstappen, saying Max has simulators on his plane and is obsessed with constant improvement.

Excuse me, what?!

🤔 How about using some actual judgment?

Jo comes from an era where F1 was treated like a religion. For him, obsession equals success. But that mindset doesn’t fit everyone anymore. Checo is looking for balance: family, business, racing. Does that make him less of a driver? Not at all. Comparing him to Max without context is unfair. Checo never had the car or the technical backing Max got, and still pulled off historic wins.

What’s really behind it? Ramírez isn’t speaking objectively. There’s disappointment, wounded pride. He admitted he was never friends with Checo and that their relationship ended when Checo left McLaren. But Checo joined McLaren during a rough patch, with a rigid British corporate culture that doesn’t always get Latin styles.

The deeper issue is, Jo was a pioneer, no doubt. But he also had to adapt to a system that wasn’t built for him. And in doing so, he may have unintentionally reinforced the rules that exclude others. Criticizing Checo for not “giving himself completely” is echoing the same narrative Jo had to swallow to survive.

Why are Latinos only celebrated when they fit the European mold?

Having a life outside the paddock isn’t weakness. It’s humanity. Maybe it’s time we stop measuring greatness by how much someone sacrifices themselves for a system that was never built to include them.

Checo didn’t fail the sport. The sport keeps failing to evolve—still clinging to its old hierarchies, its polished exclusions, its unspoken racism.

#sergio checo pérez #jo ramirez #formula 1 #f1 #max verstappen #personal rant #checo perez