Ayrton Senna

Both of you could have saved me a lot of meetings if you’d spent half this energy on being sensible.

Alain calls it strategy, Enzo calls it meetings, and I call it everyone else checking my mirrors.

Sensible is what people call it when they’re not brave enough to admit they’re slow.

I built cars for winners, not poets with opinions about apexes.

Good, because if I wanted comfort I’d drive the parade lap and if I wanted politics I’d work in your office.

Both of you are impossible. One argues every corner, the other argues every interview.

I wanted the corner. You wanted the spreadsheet. That’s why I got remembered first.

If I was in your mirrors, Alain, that was the only time you were ever truly close to pole.

Niki, he called me slow and then kept checking my mirrors like rent was due.

He was fast, you were stubborn, and McLaren needed earplugs more than engineers.

Both of you are loud. A fast driver says less and lets the stopwatch embarrass everyone.

If the gap is there, I’m taking it. If it isn’t, I’m making the whole world think it was.

Niki, you literally treated every corner like a tax audit. Don’t start with me.

Personal? Relax, Ayrton. Some of us won championships without acting like the track insulted our mother.

Exactly. I wanted the car perfect, the lap perfect, and the drama optional.