Jim Clark Had A Fight With A Policeman And Got Arrested During The Dutch Grand Prix In 1963.

mika and new lore about his turtle obsession never fails to amaze me

Ayrton

1975: Niki Lauda at the Austrian Grand Prix

Interviewer: There has been a lot of shock surrounding the fact that there is a female driver [Lella Lombardi] now. What do you think of a woman driving in F1?

Niki: Yes, why not? A woman has the same ability as a man. She’s just… just made a little bit differently... *smirks cheekily* But it has nothing to do with the ability to drive. Why shouldn’t she drive?

Holi crap bless up Niki was a feminist before it was sexy

reminder that he’s just iconic

The iconic F1 DNQ, DNF and DSQ lore:

German Grand Prix - 1977

involved: Hans Heyer

Hans Heyer in 1977 failed to qualify for the German Grand Prix.

However, Heyer was well known by the marshals who looked the other way on lap 1 when he pulled out of the pit lane and joined the race.

The stewards had no idea that he had joined the race until the local crowd erupted after seeing him drive by.

Hans retired from the race on lap 9 with a gearbox problem and then was disqualified leaving him with a DNQ, a DNF AND a DSQ in single Grand Prix. that’s just impressive at this point

There is so much classic Formula 1 lore and I have to talk about it

Okay we all know about Max’s Maxplaining but what about Ayrton’s Sennaplaining ayrtonplaining? Idk

This entire piastri-leclerc lore is going down in history

The briefcase incident lore:

Monza - 1991

involved: A.Senna & G.Berger

When Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger were flying in a helicopter to the Italian GrandPrix, Ayrton had a briefcase with him.

He claimed that the briefcase is indestructible because it’s made out of carbon fibre so Berger decided to test that theory.

When they were flying above the Monza track he literally threw out the briefcase (it had McLaren contract inside) out of the helicopter and watched it fall from the height of about 150m and hit the ground.

Ayrton had no idea that that happened because he was sitting in the front of the helicopter with the pilot and with a headset on (Mr. Important).

But after they landed a marshall came running towards them with Ayrton’s briefcase in hands.

At that moment Senna turned toward Berger and said “You didn’t do it”

I read a book last month and a word popped up: anemoia. Which is a beautiful word that means you are missing a time/person you’ve never known. Which is exactly what I feel about Ayrton.