LL Cool J introductions were debated at feisty F1 drivers’ briefing in Miami
Rapper LL Cool J introduced each d🎐river one-by-one onto the grid, while Will.i.am also performed his new F1-themed song, in a new theatrical element to race day.
But it left drivers divided - with the majority preferring iꦺt did not happen.
“We spoke about it as drivers on Friday 🤪night,” R🎃ussell said.
“Everybody has༒ different personalities. It’s the American 🐻way of doing sport.
“Personally, probably, not for me. That’s just my p♒ersonal ✃opinion.
“I’m here to race, I’m not here for the show. I’m here to drive, here to win, bu♊t I guess we have t💎o roll with it.
“It is distracting because we’re on the grid for half-an-hour in a♛ll our overalls in the sun.
“I don’t think there’s any other sport in the world that 30 minutes before you go out to do your business that you’re out there in the sun, all the cameras on you and makiꦿng a bit of a show of it.
♈“I can appreciate that in the entertainment world, but we only want the best for the sport.
“We’re open to changes but I guess we 🧸wouldn’t want to see♎ it every weekend.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton enjoyed it, though: “It’s cool that the sport is continuously growing and evo🥃lving.
“They aren’t ♌just doing the same stuff they have done in the past.
“They are trying new things. They are trying to improve the show always ♍and I’m in full suppo♋rt of it.
“I grew up listening to LL Cool J! And you’ve൩ got Will.i.am, who is an incredible artist!
“You’ve got Serena and Venus Williams ༒standing there. I thought it wꦓas cool, it wasn’t an issue to me.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen said: “I think this is just a bit of a personality thing. Some people like to be more in the spotlight, som💮e peop🐭le don’t.
“I personally don’t.♒ So, for me,🥂 naturally what they did today is not necessary.
“I prefer to just talk to my engineers, ꩵwalk to my car, put the helmet on and drive. But I 📖understand the entertainment value.
“I hope we💞 don’t have that every single time because we have a very long season so we don’t need an entry like that every time.
“But it also depends on the crowds in terms of what you want in terms of ente꧃rtainment.
“So I think it’s just a personal preference from the driverওs. For me? Personally not.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris claimed: “None of the driv♚ers like it. But it’s not for us.
“We d𝓡o a lot of things, we’re probably💖 the only sport where we’re so close to the fans, we do so much publicity for the fans.
“🐈As drivers we all just want to sit down and focus on what we need to focus on and no🐬t do so much TV.
“It’s a business so it’s what we’ve got⛄ to do. But adding more and moꦆre stuff like this? No driver likes it.”
Fernando Alonso said: “If we have൲ to do it, I think we need to remove some of the other stuff we are doing like the parade lap.
“It’s in the middle of the preparation with engineers and t🌊he strategy meeting.”
Valtteri Bottas said: “There’s no other sport where the athletes do so much stuff before the start of the race or event. There needs to be a limit at som🍌e point.”
The ▨Friday night drivers’ briefing, where the LL Cool J introductions were debated, also reportedly featured a forthright conversation on DRS zones.
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