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Were you robbed? I ask him.

“Was I robbed? Obviously. I mean, you know the story. But I think what was really beautiful in that moment, which I take away from it, was my dad was with me. And we’d gone through this huge roller coaster of life together, ups and downs. And the day that it hurt the most, he was there, and the way he raised me was to always stand up, keep your head high. And I obviously went to congratulate Max, and not realizing the impact that that would have, but also I was really conscious of, like, there’s a mini-me watching. This is the defining moment of my life. And I think it really was. I felt it. I didn’t know how it was going to be perceived. I hadn’t, like, visualized it. But I was definitely conscious of: These next 50 meters that I walk is where I fall to the ground and die—or I rise up.”

“If I see a clip of it, I still feel it,” he says. “But I’m at peace with it.”

And the winning-less-ness that’s followed?

“My fans were really ride-or-die. I couldn’t understand it at first: ‘Guys, but I’m not winning anything!’ But I’ve realized it’s not easy to relate to someone that’s always finishing first. It’s inspiring. But there’s no—” There’s never been a comeback story until now.

LEWIS HAMILTON FOR GQ

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“for the outside, the measure is always whether you’re successful or not. but the real measure, i think, is whether lewis is happy or not”

— seb about lewis’s move to ferrari

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Lewis and Doriane <3

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most of the drivers' reactions to the whole Horner situation is so disappointing tbh. what do you mean someone in the paddock, an employee gets harassed by one of the top figures in the sport and your reaction is either "it has nothing to do with me", or "no comment", "i just like cars and i want to drive", "it's noise and distraction", "i'm here to race", and "it's a good thing for the media", "it doesn't affect me", "i don't really have an interest".

why is it so hard to care about something other than your racing career? you gotta have some morals, dude. not caring about women's safety in your oh so beloved sport is some fucked up behaviour. in situations like this it really shows how fucking privileged they are and it's honestly repulsive.

this is precisely why Lewis is always the one being asked about any non-sport related topic. because he's the only one who cares and gives honest and nuanced answers. genuinely terrified of what this sport will become when he retires, cause no one will speak out on anything.

and then people wonder why we say that f1 is not a safe place for women and that misogyny is still very much a thing in the sport? men don't care, including the president of the fia and f1, the other team principals and most of the drivers as well. when the faces of the sport clearly don't give a shit about women, what kind of hope is there?

they can talk about equality and progressive values and promoting women in motorsports, when this is the reality of how they actually treat the women working in the sport. imagine how that poor woman is feeling, seeing how much the drivers care about what she's going through. utterly disrespectful, with no compassion or empathy.

f1 needs to do so much better.

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lewis and charles at the bahrain gp '24

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if it hasn't occurred to you yet, every victim in that paddock just realized it won't do them any good to come forward. every victim was watching this, waiting to feel empowered to step forward as well or retreat further into the shadows and suffering alone, and they just got their answer. and every man in that godforsaken sexist cesspool of a paddock that's ever wanted to get handsy or make crude comments or worse just got the green light that nothing will happen if they do. shit like this never just impacts the victim of this specific instance.

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The best summary of F1

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2024

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You're living in the same house as Lewis Hamilton, your former colleague in Formula 1 at Mercedes.

Yes, we're neighbours. I've been living there my whole life. We see each other now and then, on Christmas my daughters get a huge box full of presents from him.

Hamilton shocked with his transfer recently, after many years at Mercedes he'll go to Ferrari in 2025. What's your take?

I was surprised. But if you look at the bigger picture: There are two legendary teams everybody wants to drive for - Ferrari and Mercedes. He's fulfilling a personal dream, I get that.

Interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, 15.02.24

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let's try this again

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"Hamilton had had a word."

- Rebecca Clancy, motorsport writer

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F1 Sources

I’ve been asked a few times about what F1 sources I deem as being reliable and here’s a mostly conclusive list

Some of these are particularly reliable for news about certain teams/drivers, and some are all rounders

Magazines/Media Outlets

- AMuS (Auto Motor und Sport), German Motorsport publication, personally my holy grail. Very good for reports on technical stuff.

- Canal+, reliable particularly for Alpine related stuff

- Sky Sports UK, typically don’t comment on rumours until they’re essentially confirmed but sometimes say the wildest shit with no real bearing

- Sky Italia, reliable about Ferrari

- Autosport

- Motorsport.com

People

- Chris Medland, honestly my favourite journalist, he won’t report on anything until it’s verified. Very handy during race weekends

- Giuliano Duchessa, great technical information and also really good for Ferrari news

- Tobi Grüner, AMuS journalist. Does tech stuff but also paddock news

- Albert Fabrega, credible Spanish journalist. Good technical source, especially for upgrades

- Craig Scarborough, excellent technical source

- Andrew Benson, BBC journalist pretty decent information

- Jolyon Palmer, very good technical information (but be aware he is employed by FOM so some things that he says may be influenced by that)

- Erik van Haren, this one is so-so in my opinion. Usually has very accurate news about Red Bull/Verstappen but also has occasionally been used in the past as a mouthpiece of sorts

Less reliable sources (imo)

- ESPN, a bit of a FOM mouthpiece (compared to other sources)

- Lawrence Barretto, FOM employee typically says/writes what they want

- Will Buxton, FOM employee typically says/writes what they want

- Joe Saward, used to be somewhat reliable but recently talks a lot of nonsense

- The Race, sometimes can have good information (particularly things written by Mark Hughes) but a lot is clickbait nonsense

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if it’s true that lewis asked for a 3-year deal + the ambassadorship and merc only offered the 1 year (+1), this comment from toto actually makes me feel a little sick:

how dare you make it sound like lewis just abandoned his poor motivated team, like he turned his back on them, when in reality they AND YOU abandoned him first, and still he believed and was ready to commit again

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...I just hope the victim is okay