Hard Luck

I’m sure Daniel has a lot of input on what goes into the newsletter, but whoever writes these stuff always does such a good job capturing his voice and mannerism of speaking

The wedding ring on a chain AND the bracelet with H … now that’s asking too much commitment from Daniel

Anyway talking about Daniel’s lack of formal commitment today is funny because Michael Italiano just got married and if he and Daniel were still friends (Daniel would have at least been a groomsman) that would have been one of the last of his friends to get married. He’s probably the only one left now

Trying to guess anything about Daniel’s future is such a will he won’t he game but I do have to agree with you if there’s anything going, it’s very likely it wouldn’t be racing. Going off him being spotted wearing that enchante x Ford x f1 jacket and picking up on what Jaimie’s said, it’s very likely that (i) there might be an enchante pop up at Austin or (ii) given that Ford sponsors f1 on Apple TV, I think they might attempt to have him do a bit of hosting. It probably wouldn’t be on the same scale they attempted (and failed) during the Montreal race in 2023, but if something like that happens, it’d probably be him with someone else with Daniel appearing and talking for a limited time during the race …

The one intriguing thing to me is why choose London for it to be the place where he decides to be more of a public person???

yeah ive always felt that whatever Daniel’s done and said over the past two years isn’t definitely indicative of his future. He’s obviously gone through a traumatic experience and he needed time and space to just BE to heal, especially when he has the financial liability to do just that. But yeah, from the outside looking in, his life seems to be in a sort of limbo … he flits between LA New York Perth and London without staying in one place for too long (especially for a guy who keeps saying he’s lived out of suitcases and hotels for too long). All his athlete friends, whether they’ve retired or are still competing, seem to be engaged or married with kids whereas he doesn’t seem keen to commit even more to his own romantic relationship. I actually expected him to at the very least get engaged especially given how he’s always talked about starting a family after he’s done racing and I feel like that’s what retired athletes do - they try to bring stability and build roots to fill that gap left behind by sports. Daniel seems content to just float through life for the time being (which he deserves) but as you’ve said, he doesn’t seem like the type to do NOTHING for the rest of his life. Maybe he finally gets bored of doing nothing and he decides to do something about it … who knows