Eddie Jordan gave Michael Schumacher his F1 debut.
Two weeks later, he’d lost him. Over one word.
August 1991. Jordan, a brand-new team, had just lost one of its drivers to a jail sentence. Eddie needed a replacement for the Belgian Grand Prix, fast.
He took a chance on a 22-year-old German sportscar driver. He later admitted he took him because he needed the money (Mercedes paid $150,000 for the seat).
Schumacher qualified 7th on his debut, at a track he’d never driven.
The whole paddock noticed.
Eddie thought he had him secured. He’d agreed in principle with Mercedes, who backed Schumacher, to keep him for the rest of the season.
But no contract was signed.
The letter of intent said Schumacher would sign “a contract”, not “the contract”. His manager later said that one-word difference is the only reason he didn’t have to stay.
Jordan went to court and lost. There was no contract to enforce.
The fight got so messy that F1 changed its rules. From 1992, every driver contract had to be officially registered.
By then, it was too late for Eddie. Schumacher had raced for Benetton in the next Grand Prix, and went on to win 91 races and 7 world titles.
All because of the difference between “a” and “the”.
“THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED. I LEAVE IN PEACE. I GAVE IT MY ALL.
"THIS JERSEY WAS A DREAM, MY PRIDE AND MY LIFE.
"THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME SO MUCH. I WILL MISS YOU.”
- LEO MESSI 💔🇦🇷
An emotional Shane Lowry talks his Katie Taylor moment, breaking records, fighting demons and winning in front of his mother at the Irish Open.
"My daughter is always asking when are you bringing a trophy home. I'm bringing one home."
Springboks vs All Blacks was a magnificent watch. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time in a packed Irish bar in Nice. Boks not perfect but deserved the win. An absolute master-class for N hemisphere teams…
Hatate leaving brings to an end an epic journey we all fully embraced with celebrations & songs through great times together..Thanks Ange Postecoglou 💫🍀💚🍀💫@CelticFC
Actually really sad about Hatate leaving. A proper end of an era.
The amount of joy they three Japanese boys brought to this football club is something else.
في يوم اعتزاله دوليا ما اخترت صورته وهو شايل كأس العالم ولا احتفاله بفوزه بالكوبا امريكا ولا ارقامه الدولية القياسية
اخترت هذا المقطع اللي مافيه اي بطولة او رقم يقدر يعبر عن مكانه اللاعب عند شعبه وبلده
ميسي ماكان مجرد لاعب دولي بل بطل قومي قادهم للمجد
Tears in Kate O’Connor’s eyes as Amhrán na bhFiann gets played out in front of all the Irish Fans in Birmingham ☘️
European Heptathlon Gold 🥇
Just Magic 👏
Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI):
"You no longer need to write prompts."
In just 38 minutes, he explains how to use ChatGPT at a level that most people can't even imagine.
It's a talk he gave to Stanford students. A friend sent me the recording last night.
After watching it, I realized I was only taking advantage of about 15% of what this tool can really do.
Watch it in full and then read the guide I leave below on how to create a system that prompts itself.
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Un ingeniero de Google Cloud acaba de mostrar cómo construir una aplicación completa con Claude desde cero.
Pasó 26 minutos en vivo en el escenario haciendo lo que la mayoría de los equipos tardan semanas en hacer.
Vale más que cualquier curso de codificación por vibras de $500, sin equipo, sin configuración, solo Claude y un objetivo.
Los que aprenden lo que Claude realmente hace están lanzando lo que todos los demás subcontratan a un equipo.
On this day in 1952, Big Mama Thornton recorded the original version of "Hound Dog", years before Elvis ever touched it.
The song was actually written specifically for her, and she absolutely killed the vocals. It ended up sitting at #1 on the R&B charts for 7 straight weeks.🎶
"Seeing her cry from joy, it means a lot. To have this for her, for all the years she sacrificed, all the years she decidated to me being successful, I owe it all to my Mum."
A jubilant Rhasidat Adeleke on the role played by her mother Ade.