F1 is at Spa this weekend- arguably the best track in the world.
Attended last year's race, and seeing the F1 feed makes me long to go back.
But I just learned about the fascinating history about this place, as shared by @wbuxtonofficial during FP3, and it has blown my mind. 🧵
My parents were married for 55 years. One morning, my mom was going downstairs to make dad breakfast, she had a heart attack and fell. My father picked her up as best he could and almost dragged her into the truck. At full speed, without respecting traffic lights, he drove her to the hospital.
When he arrived, unfortunately she was no longer with us.
During the funeral, my father did not speak; his gaze was lost. He hardly cried.
That night, his children joined him. In an atmosphere of pain and nostalgia, we remembered beautiful anecdotes and he asked my brother, a theologian, to tell him where Mom would be at that moment. My brother began to talk about life after death and guesses as to how and where she would be.
My father listened carefully. Suddenly he asked us to take him to the cemetery.
"Dad!" we replied, "it's 11 at night, we can't go to the cemetery right now!"
He raised his voice, and with a glazed look he said: "Don't argue with me, please don't argue with the man who just lost his wife of 55 years."
There was a moment of respectful silence, we didn't argue anymore. We went to the cemetery. With a flashlight we reached her grave.
My father sat down, prayed, and told his children: "It was 55 years... you know? No one can really talk about true love if haven't done life with a person."
He paused and wiped his face.
"She and I, we were together in the good and in the bad." he continued. "When I changed jobs, we packed up when we sold the house and moved. We shared the joy of seeing our children become parents, together we mourned the departure of loved ones, we prayed together in the waiting room of some hospitals, we supported each other in pain, we hugged one another each day, and we forgave mistakes."
And then he paused and added, "Children, that's all gone and I'm happy tonight. Do you know why I'm happy? Because she left before me. She didn't have to go through the agony and pain of burying me, of being left alone after my departure. I will be the one to go through that, and I thank God for that. I love her so much that I wouldn't have liked her to suffer..."
When my father finished speaking, my brothers and I had tears streaming down our faces. We hugged him and he comforted us, "It's okay. We can go home. It's been a good day."
That night I understood what true love is. It is more than just romanticism and sex, it's two people who stand beside one another, who are committed to one another ... through all the good and bad that life throws at you.
Peace in your hearts.
🖊 Author Unknown
Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries, who replaced Pierre Gasly, who replaced Alex Albon, who replaced Brendon Hartley, who replaced Carlos Sainz, who replaced Daniil Kvyat, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo.
I think that's the AlphaTauri/Toro Rosso circle of life. #F1
This is where Max Verstappen won pole. This line through the swimming pool chicane allowed him to pull 3kph more than Alonso through here. If you look at the delta plot he makes up 0.25s as a result. Through one chicane! That’s a masterclass. #MonacoGP
In '05 and '06, Alonso became champion with Renault, showing a driving technique never seen before... and no one has used it since then!👀
He used very high steering angles to manage the front tyre temperatures in a unique way🛞🔥
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Both Red Bull and Aston Martin understand this year's regulations.
The shape of the Mercedes gearbox (large) deprives the diffuser of freedom .
Due to the thick gearbox of the AMR23, the volume of air flowing through both the bottom and top surfaces of the diffuser is small.
Awesome…. This kills the theory that “older shaky onboard cameras make the cars look faster”.
Regulation weight for these cars was 505kg without driver so probably 575 versus 798kg now. Modern cars are much bigger in size.
Smaller, more agile cars just look faster.
Fact!