lots of things in this short article about mclaren's 1999 launch of its driver support programme, among them:

12yo hamilton asking häkkinen how it's like to drive an f1 and häkkinen going "it's easy lol"

"poor wesley is [...] a bit shell-shocked. but i think it's nice - it gives you a feel-good factor" ???

hamilton and wesley graves's karts being repainted in the mclaren-mercedes colors as part of the program (iirc one of hamilton's karts is still somewhere in the mclaren technology centre)

baby hamilton going Feeling Pressured? Just Don’t.

hamilton saying he "will do anything to repay [ron dennis]"

dennis saying he will see the kids' school reports to check that they're doing well in school. like props to him for guaranteeing that they don't give up on their education but i can't help finding it a bit creepy

"there should be a feeling of commercial gratitude"

AS. THEY. SHOULD.

Trump called up FIFA's president Infantino (who awarded Trump the FIFA Peace Prize) and got Balogun's red card "suspended" so he can play next game. Insanely open corruption, lmao. [link]

“I asked for a review because I didn’t think it was a foul, [..] I didn’t know what the hell a red card was” Trump told reporters at the White House for an Oval Office event promoting the launch of Trump Accounts, an investment vehicle for children.

Can you tell I'm excited for spa lol