All the thousands of yellow DHL planes, vans, trucks all over the world, just because Eddie had a pre-existing tobacco sponsor, points to someone who knew how to talk to a room. I can’t look at a DHL anything without thinking of how well that meeting went for Eddie. I think they paid him royalties also.

He’d have made a good lawyer, just with a worse wig.

Thanks for the memories, notably Spa 98, Magny Cours 99, all of those fantastic liveries and the great wisdom more recently through the podcast.

Sleep well Eddie…… GGGGRRRRRRRRRRR

RIP Eddie one of kind.

The 191, Schumacher, 1-2 at Spa, for a scrappy underdog there were certainly plenty of pretty moments.

Cheers Eddie.

Agreed.

Me too. I’m just here to upvote Roy +1

Crashing during SC is both embarassing

Be careful, posters here don’t like it when you call something ‘embarrassing’.

Maybe call it nerve-racking, or nerve-wracking; hard to hear the difference in German without the body language.

@alianora-la-canta

All F1 footage is slightly delayed like most live sports events to help prevent certain unfortunate/tragic situations from being aired allowing editors who are monitoring it live in the control room who can have time to bleep it. Please research it and let us know.

You will be missed, Eddie. Rest in Peace.

What I find a bit weird is when you contrast this with the reaction to the controversy around swearing. The argument in that case appears to be that they’re human beings, they have strong emotions and we want to see the drivers expressing those emotions without any filters. That it’s unreasonable to ask the drivers to exercise a little self-governance in that circumstance. Yet many of the same people making that argument appear to also be saying that you should never see a driver getting upset and shedding tears.

If your personal belief is that men should express emotions, but that certain emotions are effectively off limits and should never be shown in public, no matter the context, then I find that to be quite a toxic attitude. There are no end of studies that demonstrate conclusively that continually repressing certain emotions rather than processing them, is extremely unhealthy and damaging to mental wellbeing.

Men get upset, men cry. It’s ok. What’s important to understand is that emotions aren’t really positive or negative – what’s important is whether they’re appropriate to the context and how you process and deal with those emotions. There is a time for stoic compartmentalisation, and a time for expression and reflection. Finding the balance is a critical part of emotional maturity and good mental health.

@anunaki One of the dumbest comments of the day, Hadjar is no threat too Hamilton let alone his dad.