Why I Love Formula 1:
My São Paulo Grand Prix Experience Started in Sector G
My first real Formula 1 experience was in Sector G at Interlagos, getting poured on for hours in a plastic poncho.
I was drinking beer and canned Jack and Coke with people I had never met. First, we were trying to hide from the rain. Later, we were dancing together in muddy fields.
Half the people around me didn’t speak the same language I did. Somehow, we still found ways to connect.
What I remember most is how they made room for me. When we were sheltering under a tent or gazebo, people shifted over and squeezed together so I could get underneath with them. They didn’t know me, but they welcomed me like family.
The F1 fan experience became personal for me right there: people I had never met making room for me like I belonged
That weekend made me fall in love with Formula 1. It also made me fall in love with Brazil.
I appreciate comfortable seats, air conditioning, and a beautiful hospitality space. But when I think about why this sport means so much to me, I still think about that plastic poncho, the mud, and the strangers who made me feel I belonged.
Our sport. Our passion. Our people.
The São Paulo trip that changed everything
I Wish I Had Found Formula 1 Earlier
Growing up in the United States with American parents, Formula 1 wasn’t something I heard much about at home. It wasn’t part of my world.
I had Arab and Italian friends growing up, and later Brazilian, Portuguese, Spanish, and South American friends. Some of their family members watched Formula 1 and talked about it. Looking back, I realize the sport was around me. I just wasn’t paying attention.
That changed when I went to work at a Ferrari dealership.
The training manuals and modules taught me about Ferrari’s history and heritage, including its connection to racing. Understanding the brand meant learning why all of this mattered so much to people.
Attending events was part of my job. I also attended races personally, outside my capacity as an employee. What began as something I needed to understand gradually became something I wanted to spend my own time learning about.
Now I get the questions. Friends call me about the current race, upcoming events, and things happening in Formula 1. I went from barely noticing the sport to being the person people associate with it.
The history pulled me in, too. The races, the parties, the personalities, the circuits, and the heritage behind the teams.
I hated history in school. Now I’ll voluntarily spend a night reading about it.
Apparently, I needed race cars involved.
Before working at Ferrari, I never really understood why someone would name their son Enzo.
Now I do.
The Formula 1 Community is Why I Keep Coming Back: You Don’t Have to Support the Same Driver to Belong
I’ve attended races in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Spain. One thing that keeps standing out is how people treat each other.
I have never personally seen a fight at a race over which team someone supports. You hear about rivalries turning ugly in football, soccer, baseball, and basketball. My experience at Formula 1 has been people supporting different teams and still enjoying the weekend together.
I’m describing what I’ve experienced. It’s a big part of why I keep going back.
It doesn’t matter who you support. Being an F1 fan is enough.
Sometimes a conversation starts with, “Did you see Senna back in the day?” Suddenly, someone is sharing a race they’ll never forget, and you’re telling them about yours.
For me, a race is one of the few places where I meet people from across the world simply by sitting beside them or waiting in line. For someone who doesn’t always find it easy to strike up a conversation, that matters.
The connection is already there.
In the grandstands, you might have someone on one side whose net worth has more zeros than you can imagine, and someone on the other who saved for months and made real sacrifices to attend.
You might never know which is which.
For those three days, they’re discussing the same drivers, debating the same decisions, and jumping out of their seats for the same overtake. People whose lives might rarely intersect outside the circuit can spend an entire weekend bonding.
A person’s budget doesn’t tell you how much they love the sport.
Why I Love Formula 1: The People Are Part of the Experience
In Spain, we got caught in the congestion of people trying to get onto the track while we were trying to leave. We ended up using a divider as a makeshift ladder to get over a fence.
It was chaotic. What stayed with me was how everyone helped each other get out.
In São Paulo, when I joined the crowd going onto the track, people around me made sure the little kids didn’t get crushed in the rush. Even in all that excitement, they were looking out for the children around them.
And the connections don’t end at the circuit.
On a flight back to Brazil, I made friends with a man about ten years older than me. He has three daughters and takes each of them individually to races. We talked for most of the flight.
That stayed with me. Each daughter gets her own trip with her dad, her own time with him, and memories they can share.
There we were, two people on a plane who found enough common ground through Formula 1to spend hours talking.
I feel that same connection at watch parties and car shows. We talk about the cars, the drivers, and the racing. People who might otherwise walk past each other suddenly have a reason to stop and talk.
Sometimes All It Takes Is a Pair of Ferrari Shoes
I don’t have to be at a circuit for Formula 1 to connect me with someone.
I own Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, and McLaren gear, and I wear it a lot. I wear Ferrari Puma shoes to work every day.
People notice. A shirt, a logo, or a pair of shoes can start a conversation with someone I’ve never met.
It even helped me get invited to an invitation-only omakase experience. The person involved in arranging access had seen my Instagram and wanted to talk about Formula 1. That shared interest helped open the door.
That’s my world coming together: racing, food, and meeting people through something we both enjoy.
It doesn’t matter whether we support the same team. We already have something to talk about.
Even My NASCAR Customers Understand
I work at a Ford dealership in a very blue-collar area. A lot of my customers are big NASCAR and IndyCar fans. They love American cars and American racing, and they’re proud of it.
When I tell them I love Formula 1, they respect it. Would they rather get me watching more of the racing they follow? Absolutely.
But it gives us something to talk about. We can appreciate each other’s enthusiasm without having to choose the same favorite.
I understand their attachment to American racing. For me, the international side of Formula 1 is a huge part of the attraction.
I want to experience the world. I want to sit next to someone from another country, hear their story, and share a race weekend with them.
Formula 1 gives me a reason to do that.
One Driver, an Entire Team
What makes the racing exciting to me is how many people have to get things right.
The driver is an athlete competing against some of the best in the world, with someone in their ear helping them make decisions. Behind that driver are the mechanics, engineers, strategists, pit crew, and people back at the factory.
Then there’s everything happening with the car.
Tire temperature. Tire wear. Reliability. Setup. When to pit. When to push. When to hold something back.
The driver has to deliver while processing all of that. The team has to provide the equipment, information, and opportunities to make it possible.
Other sports depend on teamwork, too. What fascinates me about Formula 1 is how closely the human performance and engineering depend on each other.
One incorrectly secured wheel or one miscalculation can undo a weekend’s work.
A fast car can help win a race. A great driver can produce an extraordinary result. Winning a world championship takes a team delivering again and again across a season.
That’s why I have trouble with dismissing a driver’s success by saying, “They just have the best car.” Building, preparing, and extracting performance from that car is part of the competition.
The achievement belongs to more people than the person holding the trophy.
Why I Relate to Max
I’m a Ferrari fan. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are my drivers. But I’ve also become a huge Max Verstappen fan.
I can be a no-nonsense person in business and in life. That’s part of what I relate to in the way Max comes across. He’s direct, fiercely competitive, and sometimes an asshole about it. I can appreciate that personality.
Obviously, I don’t know him personally. But he strikes me as someone I could spend a night bullshitting with over drinks—gin and tonics, or preferably tequila for me.
Then he could beat my drunk ass on a simulator over and over again.
I’d love a chance at something like Max versus 100 in karts, too. The aggressive New York–New Jersey driver in me would want to give him a fight for position. Realistically, I suspect he’d be disappearing into the distance while I was still figuring out the first corner.
But that’s part of being a fan: imagining what it would be like to share the thing you love with someone who does it at a level you can barely comprehend.
I Was There for Both Comebacks
I was at Interlagos in 2024 when Max won from 17th on the grid.
I was there again in 2025 when he started from the pit lane and finished third.
Two different races. Two extraordinary recovery drives. I got to witness both in person. Formula 1’s São Paulo recap
Those are the races I’ll tell my grandnephews about. I’ll be able to say, “I was there.”
And now I’m going back in 2026.
I don’t know what this year’s race will bring. That’s part of the excitement. But I know how much it means to return to the place where I fell in love with the sport and the country.
Why I Love Formula 1: You Can Be Moved by Someone Else’s Win
In Barcelona in June 2026, I teared up watching Lewis win his first Grand Prix in Ferrari red. I was there for a moment I’ll always associate with that trip. FIA’s Barcelona race report
Then Kimi Antonelli won at Monza from 19th on the grid, becoming the first Italian to win there in 60 years, since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966. He was just 20 years old. Formula 1’s Monza report, Reuters
Would I have preferred Ferrari to win? Of course. It hurt a little that this Italian victory at Monza wasn’t in a red car. I would have loved a Max win, too.
But Kimi’s moment still touched me.
I respect Mercedes and McLaren. Kimi, George Russell, Lando Norris, and Oscar Piastri are talented drivers. Recognizing the strength of their cars doesn’t stop me from appreciating what they contribute.
I’ve also personally watched Max and Lewis go over to congratulate a winner after a long race. When you’ve spent all that time fighting for a result, acknowledging the person who beat you means something.
There are rivalries, tempers, and disagreements. Of course there are. But I’ve seen respect alongside them.
I can want my drivers to win and still feel something when someone else achieves an extraordinary result.
Learning About the Greats
The more history I read, the more I appreciate the different qualities that make a great driver.
Michael Schumacher is a perfect example of what I mean about teamwork. Seven world championships tell you about his results. His relationship with Ferrari tells you about his leadership.
He spent time at the factory, worked closely with engineers, encouraged the people around him, and set an example through his preparation. Alongside the team’s leadership and technical staff, he helped build an extraordinary period of Ferrari success. Schumacher’s career
Ayrton Senna brings another dimension: intensity, commitment, and skill in difficult conditions. His second-place drive in the rain at Monaco in 1984, racing for the small Toleman team, showed his ability before he became a three-time world champion.
What stands out to me in his approach is the belief in his abilities and the relentless desire to improve. That’s my interpretation of what I’m learning about him: someone who took his talent seriously and kept asking how much further he could go. Senna’s career and approach
Niki Lauda returned to racing just six weeks after his near-fatal accident in 1976 and went on to win two more championships. Later, he helped bring Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes. His influence continued long after he stopped driving. Lauda’s life and career
Jackie Stewart won three world championships and used his position to fight for a safer sport. Looking after the people who race alongside you, and those who will come after you, is a legacy worth respecting. Stewart’s contribution
And remarkable comeback drives didn’t begin with the drivers I follow today. John Watson won from 22nd at Long Beach in 1983. Rubens Barrichello took his first F1 victory for Ferrari from 18th in Germany in 2000. Kimi Räikkönen won from 17th in Japan in 2005, taking the lead on the final lap. Formula 1’s historic comeback victories
I’m still learning these stories. That’s part of the enjoyment. Every one gives me another reason to appreciate what I’m watching now.
Why I Love Formula 1: I Found Athletes Whose Minds Interest Me
I never really idolized athletes growing up.
The people who caught my attention were people like Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. I was interested in how they thought, what they built, and how they made decisions.
Formula 1 gave me athletes whose minds interested me as much as their physical abilities.
A driver has to process what the car is doing and explain it clearly enough for engineers to act on it, while competing at extraordinary speed. That combination of concentration, judgment, and communication fascinates me.
Then you learn about their lives outside the cockpit.
Charles Leclerc plays piano and composes music. He released Dreamers, a collaboration with pianist Sofiane Pamart. That’s another side of someone I already enjoy watching race. Charles’s music
Nico Rosberg turned down a place to study aeronautical engineering at Imperial College London to pursue racing. He also achieved the highest score recorded at the time on Williams’s engineering aptitude test. Rosberg’s background
You don’t need a university degree to be intelligent. What interests me is how many different abilities these people bring to their lives and their work.
What They Give Back Matters
These drivers live extraordinary lives. There’s money, luxury, travel, and access most people will never experience. I enjoy that side of Formula 1, too.
I also respect what they choose to give back.
Senna’s legacy includes his concern for opportunities for children in Brazil. The Instituto Ayrton Senna carries that forward through work supporting public education, educators, and young people’s development. His name continues to mean something beyond the races he won. Instituto Ayrton Senna
That’s something I admire about Lewis Hamilton, too. I can get emotional watching Lewis win in Ferrari red and also respect what he’s building outside racing.
Through Mission 44, the charity he founded, he supports efforts to help young people overcome barriers in education and employment. His own experiences helped shape that mission: creating opportunities for people who might otherwise be overlooked. Mission 44
Max has supported Wings for Life, which funds spinal cord injury research, including through charity memorabilia auctions. A helmet auction is one documented example of turning the demand for something connected to him into support for that work. Wings for Life
Sebastian Vettel has worked to expand opportunities for women in karting through Race 4 Women. Helping people find a way into the sport is a contribution I appreciate. Vettel’s work
Lando Norris, the reigning world champion, announced LN4 Fusion and a funded young-driver development programme in September 2026. The programme is intended to provide financial support, coaching, and guidance. Running a team is a business, but helping young talent overcome financial barriers is still worth recognizing. Reuters’ report
Lando has also spoken openly about his own mental-health struggles through Mind. That work predates his championship. I respect someone who lets people see that success and self-doubt can exist in the same person. Lando’s words for Mind
We don’t see every private act of generosity. I won’t pretend to know everything these drivers do away from the cameras. The work we can see gives me plenty to admire.
And the next generation is already developing. Kimi Räikkönen’s 11-year-old son, Robin, has signed with Red Bull’s driver development programme, with his involvement officially beginning in 2027. He’s still a kid in karting, with his own path ahead of him, but the possibility of watching another Räikkönen work toward Formula 1 is exciting. Formula 1’s announcement
Someday, my grandnephews might be telling me about the drivers they follow. I’ll have my own stories to share.
Ferrari Opened the Door. The Whole Sport’s Heritage Keeps Me Interested.
The more I learn, the more I appreciate the history beyond Ferrari.
Lotus deserves a place in that conversation. Colin Chapman’s team combined talented drivers with engineering ideas that changed the sport. Seven Constructors’ Championships demonstrate its success; its pioneering ground-effect work shows its influence. Drivers including Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Mario Andretti became world champions in Lotus cars. Lotus’s heritage, Its engineering influence
McLaren began with Bruce McLaren establishing his own team in 1963. Decades later, people are still working, racing, and winning under his name. McLaren’s heritage
Some of today’s teams also have histories you wouldn’t guess from the name on the garage.
The modern Mercedes operation’s ownership lineage runs through Tyrrell, BAR, Honda, and Brawn GP. Brawn competed for one season in 2009 and won both championships before becoming Mercedes.
Today’s Aston Martin operation traces its roots through Jordan, Midland, Spyker, Force India, and Racing Point.
And here’s a connection I particularly appreciate working at a Ford dealership: Red Bull’s operation began as Ford-backed Stewart Grand Prix before becoming Jaguar Racing under Ford’s ownership. Red Bull took over and began racing under its own name in 2005. Formula 1’s team histories
Learning those connections changes how I look at the grid. Behind a team can be decades of ambition, difficult seasons, new owners, breakthroughs, and people determined to keep racing.
The same happens when I read about a circuit. Knowing what happened there gives the place meaning before I even arrive.
When Ferrari’s Cars Became a Gesture of Respect
Sometimes a team’s most memorable gesture has nothing to do with winning.
At Monza in September 2001, just five days after the attacks in the United States, Ferrari removed its sponsor logos and painted the noses of its cars black. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello raced those cars as a tribute to the victims. The story of Ferrari’s tribute
An Italian team, at its home Grand Prix, made a visible gesture of mourning for people across the Atlantic.
That means something to me.
In a sport surrounded by advertising, prestige, and celebration, those cars expressed grief and respect. It’s another part of the history that helps me understand why people form such deep attachments to these teams.
I Love Hospitality. I’m Beginning to Prefer the Grandstands: Why I Love the Grandstand Experience
I’ve paid for paddock access and hospitality. I enjoy those experiences.
I like air conditioning. I like comfortable seats. Put me at a hot circuit for an entire weekend and I will absolutely appreciate somewhere cool to sit down.
I’ve also found that even the higher-end hospitality crowd, which can sometimes feel stuffy in other settings, loosens up around Formula 1. There’s a race to discuss, a driver to cheer for, or a strategy decision everyone has an opinion on.
That shared interest makes conversation easier.
But I’m beginning to prefer the grandstands.
I love being around the other fans. The conversations, the camaraderie, the shared excitement. I also get to experience something of the country through the people who call it home.
I can’t always afford tickets costing $10,000, $20,000, or $30,000. And the more races I attend, the more I realize that the grandstands give me something I actively want.
You don’t need a hospitality package to feel part of Formula 1. I’ve experienced that in Sector G at Interlagos and seen it among the fans watching from the grass in Barcelona.
There are different ways to experience a race at different budgets. Travel still takes planning, and affordability varies from person to person. But the most expensive ticket doesn’t buy you more passion.
I’ve experienced F1 travel on different budgets, and the most expensive ticket hasn’t always given me the best memories.
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Give Me a View of the Track
The people I went to Barcelona with were counting rows, working out where we should sit next time to get more shade.
I understood what they were doing. But my reaction was: fuck that, I loved our seats.
We were in the second row of the grandstand’s second level. There was only one row of people in front of us. I wanted a view of the track, a screen if possible, and a fun trip wrapped around the race.
I’ll sweat in the Spanish summer sun for that.
And I made the most of being there. I walked more than 12 miles on each of those days. There was roughly a two-mile walk to the circuit, and I spent hours walking around once I was inside.
When the cars weren’t running, I was exploring. Looking around the circuit, checking out different areas, and taking in the people and atmosphere.
I loved that part just as much.
What I particularly enjoyed in Barcelona was how much of the spectator grounds I could explore with my ticket. Compared with my experience in São Paulo, I had much more freedom to wander. That didn’t mean access to the paddock or every restricted area, but it gave me a lot to discover beyond my own seat.
For me, a race weekend includes all of that. I want to watch the racing, walk around, meet people, and experience the place.
Turning My Passion into Grand Prix Travel Planning: I Tried to Build a São Paulo Group Trip. It Didn’t Happen.
I’ve tried to turn this passion into something I can share with other people.
I put together a high-end São Paulo trip built around Formula 1. I wanted to bring a group there and show them the city, the food, the culture, and the people who made me fall in love with it.
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I didn’t get that group trip off the ground.
I failed at that attempt, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise. But I’m not stopping. I still offer that trip and help planning it.
Along the way, I’ve been able to plan trips for people to Montreal, Texas, São Paulo, Barcelona, Monza, and a few other circuits. Even without bringing a whole group to Brazil, I’ve helped people experience the sport and the destinations around it.
Now I’m reworking and rebranding what I offer. My goal is eventually to help people travel to every race, with options across a much wider range of budgets.
Give me a $2,000 budget or a $200,000 budget, and I want to explore what’s possible. Those are very different trips. The race, departure point, flights, and number of travelers will determine what works.
I won’t promise every race fits every budget. I want to find the opportunities.
I know what a beautiful hotel and a hospitality suite can add to a weekend. I also know what it feels like to stand in Sector G in a plastic poncho and have the experience change your life.
I want to help other people find their version of that.
Spain Was Amazing. I Also Spent Way Too Much.
My personal goal is to return to São Paulo for the race every year and visit at least one other circuit.
Family, finances, and schedules will have a say. I won’t always be able to do everything I want. But I’ll do what I can.
This year, I had an amazing nine days in Spain. I ate at incredible restaurants, explored some great places, and experienced a race weekend I’ll never forget.
I also spent way too much money. If I put the total here, plenty of people would think I’d lost my mind.
The race tickets were less than €1,000. I spent more than that at the track on helmets and souvenirs alone.
That’s worth admitting in a conversation about Formula 1 travel. The race ticket wasn’t what sent my spending through the roof. My choices did.
The restaurants, shopping, and extras were things I wanted. They weren’t requirements for enjoying the race.
I spent enough that I nearly had to miss Brazil.
At one point, I was prepared to go to São Paulo and watch the race on television. I wanted my feet on the ground in a city I love, feeling the energy of race weekend, even if I couldn’t get to the circuit.
But I worked my ass off and made it happen. I’m going.
Live the Fuck Out of Life as You Can
If I want more race weekends, I can make different spending decisions—or find ways to make more money.
Honestly, I prefer the second option.
That’s how I’ve approached most of my life. I’ve worked my ass off, sometimes way too much. Now I want that work to fund something I love. Hopefully, I can build a way to earn a living through that passion, too.
Over the last five years, Formula 1, travel, and food have changed what I want.
I’m less interested in accumulating possessions, buying a bigger house, or owning more land. I want time in places I haven’t been. Meals I’ll remember. Race weekends with people I haven’t met yet.
You can’t take any of this with you. But while you’re here?
Live the fuck out of life as you can.
“As you can” matters. I have family responsibilities, bills, a job, and limits like everyone else. Some years will allow more than others. I want to make the most of the opportunities I do have, while working toward more.
Learning about Senna’s commitment and seeing Hamilton use his success to create opportunities makes me think about what I want to do with my own life.
I’m not comparing planning someone’s vacation to changing access to education. But I understand the desire to take something that matters to you and make it useful to someone else.
For me, that can start with helping someone experience a race, discover a country, or feel confident taking a trip they’ve been putting off.
And it starts with allowing myself to live, too.
Sometimes that means a beautiful hotel and an incredible dinner. Sometimes it means sweating in a grandstand, walking miles around a circuit, or dancing in the mud with people whose language I don’t speak.
I’ve felt completely alive doing all of those things.
I’m 44. My goal is to spend three to five weeks a year traveling internationally and grow that over time. Local exploring is something I can do on weekends. I want more opportunities to experience other countries and continents.
If I had work I could do from anywhere, I’d love to follow the calendar and attend every race. I’d even stay in hostels to make it happen.
Private room and private bathroom, of course. Let’s not get carried away.
I still prefer a nice hotel.
Eventually, I’d love a life where home is a small base: somewhere to keep my seasonal clothes, recharge for a weekend or a week, and prepare for the next trip.
I may have to keep working for the rest of my life. I hope I can make that work something I love, something that brings me closer to the experiences I want.
I don’t want to keep postponing them until some perfect future when I finally have enough money or enough free time.
Something Worth Carrying Forever
I don’t have any tattoos.
I could never think of something I wanted on my body forever. I don’t have children. I could definitely see myself getting a tattoo of the pets who have meant so much to me, but until now, I haven’t taken that step.
Now I want to start marking the places and experiences that have become part of my life.
Flags of countries I’ve visited. The outlines of circuits where I’ve attended races. Something I can look at and remember being there.
Maybe a 44, for Lewis Hamilton and the age when I really began to understand the man I’ve become. Maybe a 3, for Max and the relentless competitive mentality I relate to. Maybe Senna’s helmet or Schumacher’s.
I’m still deciding what those tattoos will look like. But for the first time, I have things I want to carry that way.
One Senna quote that speaks to me is:
“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”
That wording appears in McLaren’s tribute to him. It puts into words something I’ve been trying to explain about the people I admire: the work, the ability, and the commitment behind their achievements. McLaren’s Senna tribute
His insistence on giving something your full effort resonates with me, too. I believe in my abilities. I also believe I can improve, and I intend to keep finding out how much further I can go.
About ten years ago, I took a step back in my career to build my property management and cleaning company.
That business has been doing well, and it no longer needs me to be as involved in the day-to-day work. That gives me a choice about where I put my time and energy next.
I could pursue the same kinds of positions I held before. I know what it takes to build a successful operation because I’ve done it.
Instead, I’m choosing to build my Formula 1, travel, and food blog into a career because I truly love it.
The results may take longer. The money may be less immediate. But I want to put my experience, intelligence, and drive into something I’m excited to keep building—something that brings together racing, travel, food, hospitality, and helping other people experience the world.
There will still be hard work. I’m comfortable with that. What’s different is how much I want to do this work and where I hope it will take me.
That’s why “Live the fuck out of life as you can” means so much to me. I’ve spent years building businesses and a career. Now I want to use what I’ve learned to build a life around the things I love.
A flag or a circuit outline would remind me of somewhere I actually went. People I met. A weekend I made happen. A moment when I felt fully present.
For years, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted on my body forever.
Now I’m building a life full of things I don’t want to forget.
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No Regrets. More Races.
Sometimes I wish I’d discovered this passion in my teens. Maybe I would have made different career decisions. Maybe my life would have taken a completely different direction.
But working at Ferrari helped bring me here. So did the people I met, the jobs I held, and the trips I eventually took.
The life I’ve lived made me the person who appreciates all of this today.
I wish I’d found it earlier. I don’t regret the life that led me to it.
Now I want to keep going for as long as I can. Another race. Another country. Another continent.
Maybe another planet.
Hopefully Elon gets Formula 1 to Mars before I die. It doesn’t even have to be cars. I’ll watch them race space shuttles.
Just give me a grandstand and some people who love it as much as I do.
And until then, I’ll keep trying to get back to São Paulo—to the place where strangers made room for me under a tent and helped turn an interest into a passion.
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