The personalities are not gone from Formula 1
In the first of her brand new columns for AUTOSPORT, BBC Formula 1 pitlane reporter Lee McKenzie says that the theory that there are no characters left in the sport is a little wide of the mark
Word Up!
Contrary to the popular belief that most drivers are robots, churning out lines such as "I want to thank the team and all the guys back at the factory", "for sure" and other well known 'F1' phrases, the last couple of races have shown that there is plenty of passion in the young boys yet.
Normally the most outspoken are the crashers, the crashed-into and the retirements - my 'microphone of doom' while the race is still on is not something anyone looks forward to. But yesterday, after 60 laps of sheer entertainment from the Nurburgring, it was excitement, not angst, that was the lasting emotion.
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