Ultimately, with two all time great drivers like Alonso and Hamilton battling it out for supremacy and with their respective characters at the time, things became toxic.

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Každopádne vykreslenie fungovania bakstagu formule 1 v McLerene, keď miešal karty na predných pozíciách, sa čítalo veľmi dobre a ťažko sa od toho odtŕhalo. After he had been found, passed out on a rubber dolphin, in front of a night club on Gran Canaria, the team felt a public apology was required. Fortunately, I quickly got used to dealing with the pressure and was able to function at the highest level.Dále některé věty měly špatnou skladbu, jiné zase vůbec nedávaly smysl, kulturní narážky byly vpodstatě jen strojově přeložené (Cheshire Cat opravdu není cheširská kočka, ale kočka Šklíba), některé zaužívané formulové termíny také nebyly přeloženy úplně nejlépe. And after all the battles, the good times, the successes on track as well as the disappointment of not quite getting it over the line at McLaren, old friends hadn't forgotten each other. He set the trolley down on the ground, his victim lying on his back unable to move and then proceeded to take a shit on the poor bloke’s chest. But halfway through the race my engine blew up, as they sometimes did back then with the extremes we were pushing them to, putting an end to any podium hopes. It didn’t always work that way: the occasional practice pitstop sessions where we’d sent cars away with cross-threaded nuts or dropped the car off the jacks before the nuts were tight had taught me that mistakes sometimes happened.

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He joined them as a mechanic and worked his way up from being the guy to fit a nose cone in a race to become one of the men changing the wheels in the lightning fast 3-second pit stops. I did many jobs in pitstops over the years, but on this day I’m operating the right-rear wheel gun to remove and refit the retaining nut, while my teammates swap the wheels and tyres for me. F1 attracts many, but few sustain in that rare air of competition where the correct answer to any question is ‘Yes I can’.Zdá se mi, že knížka nebyla přeložena z původní angličtiny, nýbrž ze slovenského překladu – občas se v textu vyskytovaly slovenské výrazy. They would sometimes have to pull a-l night shifts after the drivers had wrecked the car, change engines when the had blown and ensured that their driver had the very best car at their disposal. Over the years I’ve seen people tied to the pit wall fence and covered with leftover food slops (which had been saved up during the week in preparation). Whether it be parties on luxury yachts in Monaco or elaborate photo opportunities in gravity-defying aeroplanes, this is a world which thrills on and off the track.

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It’s no surprise to me that after playing his part in securing Lewis Hamilton’s first World Title, Elvis has moved on to his next challenge, still surrounded by engineering excellence and cars but now in his role as a TV presenter, where his easy, relaxed style makes it feel like he’s putting his arm around the viewers’ shoulders and taking them on a walk behind the scenes of one of the biggest sports in the world. The pressure of performing in front of worldwide audiences could bring with it real anxiety when I first started out as a young man, and I was always struck by the surreal nature of working in a job that I’d been fascinated by as a kid. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Priestley tells a good story and this is an entertaining read of the slightly murky reality that lies behind the pristine world of F1. He also gives the inside story on the Spygate scandal that engulfed McLaren and the fierce rivalry between Alonso and Hamilton.Behind the tyre I can see thick smoke rising; the brakes are being licked by flame, but there’s no time to do anything about it. Elvis became one of the most experienced members of the pitstop crew, performing in nearly every position around the car at different times, including wheel on, wheel off, wheel gunner, front jack, rear jack, refueller, nose on and nose off. And yet, without the technical knowledge, competitive determination and outrightobsession from his garage of mechanics, no driver could possibly hope to claim a spot on thepodium.