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Last one today we go back to 1971 to relive the brilliant Mill Reef winning the Epsom Derby!
4 great horses we've covered today!
Amazing times for sure!
#CanadianGP 🇨🇦 | Lewis Hamilton talks about his mum being in Montreal this weekend:
“I've been trying to get my mum to come on the road for a while and she hasn't wanted to travel the last couple of years so she's only come to Silverstone for like the last, God knows how many years, and I tried to get her out of her comfort zone last year and bring her to Canada.”
“I wanted to take her to Lake Louise and so many beautiful places in Canada to visit and excuses kept coming up and so she promised me end of the year, she said “next year is the year I want to travel with you,” so we did China together which was honestly the best time we'd ever had together and and then she asked me if she could come to Montreal and I was like “absolutely (…) and I was like do you want to bring a friend and she's like “no I just want to come spend time with you.’”
“We have just a great time she's really my best friend so I'm really grateful that she's taking the time to come and be here. The energy is always, it definitely makes a difference to your weekend when you have support from your family.”
“When she came to China I got to show her all the team she loved being around the team she felt really integrated with the team and they made her feel so welcome and she loved being around Italians and the food was great so yeah so I'm really I'm excited for her to be here and fingers crossed she'll come tomorrow.”
#CanadianGP 🇨🇦 | Lewis Hamilton talks about his mum being in Montreal this weekend:
“I've been trying to get my mum to come on the road for a while and she hasn't wanted to travel the last couple of years so she's only come to Silverstone for like the last, God knows how many years, and I tried to get her out of her comfort zone last year and bring her to Canada.”
“I wanted to take her to Lake Louise and so many beautiful places in Canada to visit and excuses kept coming up and so she promised me end of the year, she said “next year is the year I want to travel with you,” so we did China together which was honestly the best time we'd ever had together and and then she asked me if she could come to Montreal and I was like “absolutely (…) and I was like do you want to bring a friend and she's like “no I just want to come spend time with you.’”
“We have just a great time she's really my best friend so I'm really grateful that she's taking the time to come and be here. The energy is always, it definitely makes a difference to your weekend when you have support from your family.”
“When she came to China I got to show her all the team she loved being around the team she felt really integrated with the team and they made her feel so welcome and she loved being around Italians and the food was great so yeah so I'm really I'm excited for her to be here and fingers crossed she'll come tomorrow.”
Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.
Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.
Shocked and deeply saddened to here of the passing of Kyle Busch. One of the greatest racers in motorsport. A massive talent gone too young. @NASCAR@KyleBusch