Formula 1 on-stage host and chief statistician to the TV broadcasters. Making statistics the new rock 'n roll since 2003 🇮🇪 🇬🇧
San Diego CA, or an F1 track
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This is so old school. No sponsor backdrop, no retractable barriers to keep the journalists back, just a proper scrum in the middle of the paddock
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Daniel Ricciardo's fastest lap means that Max Verstappen is guaranteed the title if he finishes second to Norris in every remaining Grand Prix and sprint, regardless of the fastest lap bonuses #SingaporeGP
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Franco Colapinto DID just divebomb into turn one... and committed the heinous crime of reaching the apex and gaining three positions. Yeah, that what they're paying him to do #SingaporeGP
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The stewards have taken so long to rule on Hamilton and Verstappen that Lando Norris is now a year older than when the incidents occurred #BrazilGP #SaoPauloGP
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My best Baku stat is that when @NicolePiastri asked me back in June which race she should attend in the second half of the season, I told her she'd really enjoy Azerbaijan. I didn't imagine it would be THIS much, Nicole! :) #AzerbaijanGP
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I've come to realise lately that Lewis Hamilton is not only statistically the most successful F1 driver, but culturally the most important racing driver of all-time. As a sporting legend and force for change in the world, his name belongs with Muhammad Ali and Billie Jean King
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He's only three years older than Fernando Alonso, and he's the DAD of somebody on the grid :)
Proud father alert 🥰🚨
David Bearman watches on as his son attempts to reach Q2. It's looking good so far for Ollie!
#SaudiArabianGP
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If Norris' offence is worth a 10-second stop/go penalty, what's the penalty for not deploying an obviously-necessary Safety Car? #QatarGP
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It took me an hour of walking around the cemetery, but I finally found him. I couldn’t give up on today of all days #JB17
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Lewis Hamilton has more wins when not starting from pole (42) than Ayrton Senna scored from ANY starting position (41).
Alonso calls Hamilton an "idiot" and adds: "We had a mega start ... This guy only knows how to drive and start in first"
#F1 #BelgianGP
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I lost my sister Lisa in the early hours of Monday. Despite Down syndrome, a hole in the heart and other ailments meaning she wasn’t supposed to survive infancy, she lived to see her 50th birthday, and was always so kind, gentle and friendly to everyone. We are devastated 💔
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Those who have become F1 fans because of Drive To Survive are as equally welcome as those who have been fans for decades. If you hear anybody acting like a gatekeeper during 2023, refer them to me and I'll quiz them at my level on F1 history to see how they like it :)
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I appreciate that Max Verstappen is driving the best car, but he just doesn't make any mistakes these days. That hot-headed young driver of a few seasons ago has been replaced with a facsimile of Michael Schumacher.... with similar results #AustrianGP
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Fun fact: Lewis Hamilton now leads Max Verstappen in the Drivers' Championship by a greater margin than at any time in the entire 2021 season (15 points) #BahrainGP 🇧🇭
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Extraordinary sunset over Spa-Francorchamps this evening (video by kathrynn.444 on IG) #BelgianGP 🇧🇪
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I may never experience a more universally popular race victory. It felt like every person on every yacht and every balcony was cheering for Leclerc on the final lap. No wonder the Prince himself sprayed the champagne on the podium. Monaco has probably never had a day like it
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Just read a Formula 1 fan’s complaint that the cost of attending a Grand Prix was becoming prohibitive and that they “can’t afford this rich man’s sport”.
That fan’s letter is dated March 1964.
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Carlos Sainz's career qualifying performances in Mexico, in chronological order: 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 2nd, 1st #MexicoGP
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Pourchaire has just given a thumbs up to the crowd as he was loaded into the ambulance, the crowd responded with a huge cheer #F2 #SaudiArabianGP 🇸🇦
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Lewis Hamilton was accused of being potentially demotivated in the first half of 2022, but from the Canadian GP onwards - driving a car that isn't all there - only Verstappen and Leclerc have outscored him, and he's outqualified George Russell 6-0 since the summer break.
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The #BelgianGP not happening at all after George Russell put a Williams on the front row would be the absolute most George thing that could ever happen to George after 2+ seasons of incredibly George things
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Franco Colapinto is right beneath me here, and he walked completely around his car before climbing in, shaking hands with every mechanic. Very polite 🙂 #BrazilGP #BrazilianGP #SaoPauloGP 🇧🇷
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By the way, McLaren's long run pace looked really good on the soft tyre yesterday. They're a strong contender to finish on the same lap as Max Verstappen tomorrow #JapaneseGP
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Fernando Alonso made his F1 debut at Melbourne in March 2001. Oscar Piastri made his debut on Earth in Melbourne in April 2001. There’s never been an F1 race driver who was not yet born when another driver on the current grid was actively racing
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I want Lewis to win this world championship now, I felt that Max Verstappen crossed the line tonight. He’s Gilles Villeneuve excitement, but not Gilles Villeneuve principles #SaudiArabianGP
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I think any F1 fan should feel pride in the sport that there is a driver on the grid right now that can be in this photo and absolutely belong there :)
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Franco Colapinto is the first Williams driver to reach SQ3 this season. Hype intensifies... #USGP
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Max Verstappen will have been in F1 for 14 seasons by the end of 2028, by which time he should have started over 300 Grands Prix… yet he will still only be 31 years old at the conclusion of his new deal. At the same age, Damon Hill was still waiting to make his F1 debut (!)
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Boy that was as classy as post-race interview from Lewis Hamilton as i've ever seen, having just lost a world championship that was in his hands #AbuDhabiGP
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I’m at a well known racetrack this morning and you have to guess which one from my obscure clues. Here’s clue number one:
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You laugh, but this scenario played out for Williams at this racetrack in 2012....
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No Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen in the top six on the grid for the first time in over four years. The last time was Bahrain 2018 #HungarianGP
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Lewis Hamilton has scored in 47 consecutive races, and in 80 of the last 81 GPs. If you think it's easy to do in a Mercedes then tell Valtteri Bottas, who got lapped by Hamilton today. It doesn't matter how dominant the car, that level of consistency is unprecedented #TurkishGP
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Lewis Hamilton beats Bill Vukovich's 67-year-old record for the most laps led at a single venue in world championship history, one of the oldest records of them all #HungarianGP
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Otmar Szafnauer frequently tells the story of calling those two into his office and telling them if they collided again he would intentionally break one of their gearbox seals at the next race, to make sure they were at least 5 places apart on the grid
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Liz Truss is out after just three Grand Prix, barely lasting longer than Nigel Mansell at McLaren
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Michael Andretti has submitted one of the most impressive F1 entry applications in the sport's history. A big name team with a history of racing success, run by a big name family with a history of racing success, backed by a big name manufacturer new to F1. Hope he's successful
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I haven't formed an opinion on the FIA's cost cap findings yet because the FIA haven't published their cost cap findings yet. You know, like a normal person.
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That Max Verstappen repass of Lando Norris despite being in a DRS deficit reminds me that the thing I find most impressive about him is his ability to race wheel-to-wheel. I don't think anybody does it better than Max #AustrianGP
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The FIA should schedule the review into the Interlagos case for right after Abu Dhabi GP. Then put Max and Lewis up on the podium by themselves, and get Crofty to open a gold envelope and say "the winner of the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship IS...." 😂
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Now on the way back to the hotel to watch the Indianapolis 500. McLaren have finished second in Formula E and Formula 1 today, so can they complete the triple crown of near misses this evening?
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The medium-medium-hard tyre strategy did not figure in any of Pirelli's strategy recommendations for today's race, it wasn't even suggested as an alternative to the quicker strategies #HungarianGP
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The last time Lewis Hamilton was out in Q1 on pure pace (not because of imminent penalties, wet weather etc) was the 2009 British GP. We haven't seen this for nearly 13 years! #SaudiArabianGP
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You have to hand it to Nikita Mazepin. I can't think of any other driver that single-handedly required F1 TV to introduce a new on-screen graphic :) #SpanishGP
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You know, if Felipe Massa succeeded in getting the Singapore 2008 result annulled, which would reverse the outcome of that year's world title, Lewis Hamilton could try and get the Belgium 2008 penalty overturned, which would re-reverse the title back in his favour, by 1 point :)
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The top ten finish in starting grid order for the first time in F1 history. No previous F1 race had ever seen more than the top six drivers finish in the positions they started #MonacoGP
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Against the odds, Sebastian Vettel leads the 3,500th lap of his F1 career, just before his retirement! #USGP
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Wasn't Nyck de Vries bloody brilliant this weekend? I think it bears repeating. Only two drivers have previously scored points on their F1 debut at the wheel of a Williams, and both became world champions (Jacques Villeneuve and Nico Rosberg) #ItalianGP 🇮🇹
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This is one of the best answers i've ever heard to any question in an official press conference. I know there are many who look upon Verstappen negatively, but these two minutes really show that he's a RACER, and it's impossible to not respect him for that
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Long overdue, i'd say. Formula 1 isn't - and has never been - gender specific. Imagine if the regulations weren't updated and one day a female driver successfully argued that the regs as written didn't apply to them.
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Just in: FIA have penalised Nino Farina 5 seconds for starting out of position at the 1950 British GP. Congratulations on your victory, Luigi Fagioli! :)
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George Russell takes his first F1 win without winning a Grand Prix, and Kevin Magnussen takes his first pole but starts 8th. I hate everything #BrazilGP
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I don't know if this is the right time to bring it up, but Ollie Bearman is now officially last in the @Formula2 Drivers' Championship, AND he lost the points for pole position. Tough weekend for the lad! #SaudiArabianGP
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Monegasques are barred from entering the Monte-Carlo Casino, which perhaps makes Leclerc the first native to hit the jackpot in this town #MonacoGP
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Ahh the Dutch national anthem. Haven’t heard this in at least 24 hours #FIFAWorldCup #NED
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I am as angry as I have ever been in my 20 years as a Formula 1 statistician. Let’s just leave it at that for today #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵
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I apologise if I offended anybody by pointing out that Carlos Sainz is on pole position. I will try to use this as an opportunity to learn and be better in the future.
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It’s a shame Le Mans clashes with the Canadian Grand Prix next year, given how many F1 drivers have chosen to take part this weekend
The #WEC has released an eight-round calendar for the 2025 season, with Le Mans 24 Hours clashing with the #F1 Canadian GP.
Full story and schedule:
motorsport.com/wec/news/emba…
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Are there people out there who think Charles Leclerc is magically driving far better than he was before? He was always this good. It’s the vice versa of saying Verstappen and Hamilton have forgotten how to drive since last December.
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Max Verstappen is now where Sebastian Vettel was in the latter days of the V8 era. Now try and imagine Verstappen being regularly knocked out in Q1 in around 8-9 years from now. Seems impossible but look at Vettel’s recent run. There’s no guarantee of anything in this game
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At 39 years 182 days, Lewis Hamilton is the oldest race winner of the 21st Century #BritishGP
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I started work at Walmart yesterday, as part of their emergency overnight crew. Immensely grateful to be hired at a time when millions are without their regular job - me included. When F1 starts again I hope to walk into the paddock wearing this vest and nametag.
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Thank you @SChecoPerez and @redbullracing for recording a very special get well message a few days ago. Wholesome content 🙏
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The last time Lewis Hamilton wasn't on the front row at Silverstone was when he was on row three after a wet qualifying in 2014, but he won the race. Tomorrow he's starting on row three, after a wet qualifying... #BritishGP
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Ollie Bearman led every F2 session in Baku this weekend (even with bent steering). When a 17-year-old rookie does that against the F2 regulars, I think everyone in F1 sits up and takes notice. He's well and truly put himself on the radar #AzerbaijanGP
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Are there people still genuinely angry that the first F1 test is not live on television? It's like getting angry because you can't watch Roger Federer trying a new racket on the practice court.
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Colton Herta has competed in 63 IndyCar races and won 7 of them. Max Verstappen had competed in fewer car races than that in his entire life - in ANY formula - before being granted an F1 Super Licence.
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Admittedly I've only seen it once, but the Hamilton pass on Leclerc to WIN the race seemed identical to the Hamilton/Verstappen collision, except that Leclerc gave Lewis space and then ran wide, and Max did not #BritishGP
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Good lord, how embarrassing for an F1 driver to drive onto the wrong track layout, as Nicholas Latifi just did. I'm not sure i've ever seen that happen before..? #JapaneseGP
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I have genuine goosebumps. They’re even playing that famous music that would accompany all of Senna’s wins on Brazilian television as Hamilton laps the track. Spine tingling moment in history #BrazilGP #BrazilianGP #SaoPauloGP 🇧🇷
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Max Verstappen has led every lap in Grand Prix racing since approximately 4.45pm on May 7 #CanadianGP
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I know the FIA haven’t published their conclusions yet, but here in my office I’ve finally put Abu Dhabi 2021 behind me
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Any F1 fan under the age of 24 has not lived through a Williams world championship - and that includes their current lead driver. As recently as 1996 they were only defeated 4 times all season, and in both 1992 and 1993 they took all-but-one pole each year, only beaten by Senna
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I think Max owes his team an apology. They’ve put him in a place where he could win two world titles, they’ve coasted to the constructors’ crown this year, and the only thing they’ve never done is finish 1-2 in points. All this for a 6th place finish today!?
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Last year’s #BelgianGP was a race with no fans. This year’s #BelgianGP was fans with no race 🇧🇪
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Why do I feel as though Verstappen is about ready to hand out one of those hidings that Michael Schumacher used to give the field after a poor previous weekend #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵
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If Vettel is seriously considering returning to Red Bull, he should know that driving like this would result in him being demoted back to Toro Rosso #ItalianGP
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Franco Colapinto is the first Argentine driver to qualify in the top ten since Carlos Reutemann started his final Grand Prix at Rio 1982 #AzerbaijanGP
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If Russell got a 5-second penalty for forcing someone off the road at the turn 12 earlier in the race, then Verstappen can't be the victim when he did the same thing to Norris, no? #USGP
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Max Verstappen led EXACTLY the same number of laps in the 2023 season as the McLaren MP4/4s of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost did in the 1988 season (1,003) #AbuDhabiGP
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Assuming Red Bull win both titles in 2022, this will be the second time in the last 13 years that Honda have pulled out of F1 only to see the team they left behind go on to win both championships in the following season
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If Lewis Hamilton did nothing to highlight social injustice right now people would just accuse him of being complicit / politically correct / protecting his income etc. I admire him being willing to rattle cages and still not losing his focus when it comes to business #TuscanGP
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Confirmation just in that Lewis Hamilton’s three-letter abbreviation on the Formula 1 timing and scoring screens next season will be changing from “HAM” to “SIR” ⭐️
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Full respect to Max Verstappen and to Red Bull Racing. It's not their responsibility to slow down for everybody else, just like it wasn't for McLaren in 1988. They're simply the best #HungarianGP
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I don't meet too many people who can do this even within my profession, so I am genuinely impressed to see this level of knowledge from an active Formula 1 driver
From Hamilton in 2020, all the way to Farina in 1950 🤯
How far could you get naming every #F1 champion back-to-back? Take it away, Seb...
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Good morning to everyone at Circuit of the Americas, especially to those who said they'd never watch F1 again after Silverstone 2021, Monza 2021, Abu Dhabi 2021, Miami 2022, Monza 2022 and Japan 2022. It's GREAT to see you here! :) #USGP 🇺🇸
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It just occurred to me that @McLarenF1 will have cars #3 and #4 this season. They last had those numbers in 2012, which was also the last time they won races, took pole positions and/locked out the front row. All while using Mercedes power....
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My timeline is full of negative reactions to the #BahrainGP. Watching Nigel Mansell winning in 1992 with a car ~3 seconds a lap quicker than Senna and Schumacher wasn't exactly thrilling either, but things change eventually. The sport is not dead, just like it wasn't back then
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Ferrari now have the satisfaction of having ruined McLaren’s perfect season in 1988 *and* Red Bull’s perfect season in 2023 😁
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Kevin Magnussen will sit in history as the only driver to take pole position without starting first on the grid, and George Russell the only driver to start first for a Grand Prix without taking pole. Thankfully we’ve stopped the madness.
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Two years ago, when I was working Walmart overnights for minimum wage during the first lockdown, I said that if things got back to normal I would take a picture on a superyacht at a Grand Prix wearing my Walmart vest and name tag. On Sunday afternoon I fulfilled that promise :)
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After seeing Alonso on track in a Renault R25, Kimi Raikkonen has continued the 2005 throwback by stopping at the side of the track with fire coming out of the back #AbuDhabiGP
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