Wearing an "arrest the cops who killed breonna taylor" shirt on the top step of the podium is fucking awesome, especially since motorsport has perhaps the most chud-laden fan base of any sport. We have no choice but to stan

  • ChillAssBear [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    He's the first black driver in F1 and probably the only one to come from a working class family

      • Bedandsofa [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Esteban Ocon's family lived in a trailer apparently, to save the money needed to get him into racing. Bottom line is that it requires a considerable investment to get on the path to an F1 seat, so even in Lewis Hamilton's case, his parents bought him go karts and whatnot.

        • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Is that middle class in the US sense of the term or the non-US anglophone sense of the term

            • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Wish I knew what that was lol. Being american I have no idea what political terms mean in other countries smh

      • acealeam [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        many drivers literally just pay a ton of money to the team in order to drive

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_driver

    • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I hate how dominant he is since it just gets boring how much Mercedes wins. That said if anyone has to be so dominant I'm glad it's a driver from a working class family. Very tough sport to get into if you don't come from money.

    • ARVSPEX [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I remember as a kid I really loved watching F1 thanks to my father who has always been a fan (fuck current F1 though, I would rather watch the sun slowly torch my corneas), had small toy F1 cars I would play with all day, would collect any posters, stickers and pictures of pilots and cars I could get my hand on, etc. I also remember the day my father told me in no uncertain terms that we were too poor and they could never get me started on motorsports.

      Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.