Back then, I tended to sit through it but while mindlessly scrolling through my phone, only looking up when a crash happened.
but I can begin to see why many people are so obsessed by the roar of the engines and the heady smells of fuel and burning tyres. Attending the qualifier for the Singapore GP on Saturday , she told me that she’s a Hamilton fan not just because he holds multiple F1 records — the most number of pole positions and podium finishes just to name a few — but also for his personality.
How about my own growing interest in the sport? It wasn't just the Netflix series that got me hooked on F1. The raw reactions captured when a crash ends dreams in a shocking moment of drama had me realise that F1 was more than an overgrown adult's obsession with Hot Wheels.Though the series may have toned down on the drama — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen had boycotted the series until season five as he found it overly dramatised — I still found myself becoming more and more interested in the sport.
Social media posts like this are also drawing youths to the sport. For music concert junkie Wynne Teh,good looks caught her eye after she saw videos of him on TikTok focused on his looks leading up to the Singapore GrandPrix. Max Verstappen fan Gerald Chee was at the Esplanade mall on Sunday night. The 24-year-old National University of Singapore business student was enjoying the aircon while watching the race from a bar, although the race track was just outside the mall.