QUOTE=astrochex;12120143]Milestone? Do tell please.[/QUOTE]
Your a gent, seeing as you asked, I'll indulge myself
Mexico was Max's record beating 16th win in a season so a great way to celebrate a larger number for me
400th race working in F1, not a big number but to put it in context.....
It's taken 23yrs of my working life helping 11 teams and 33 drivers start a race 1228x
Started out in the V8 era and now onto my 4th era of engine with the 2nd era of V6 Hybrid
Experienced the bad, good and ugly over but also very lucky to have worked with many super talented people who I've shared a few successes with too
49 pole positions, 60 fastest laps, 75 wins, 147 podiums, 646 points finishes, 1075 race distance finishes or around a combined 204,000 miles of flat out racing
Wins at probably every circuit, including 2x Monaco wins with Benetton, Honda, Ferrari, Redbull and Alpha Tauri teams, Renault, Honda and Ferrari engine manufacturers and Berger, Button, Massa, Raikkonen, Alonso, Vettel, Verstappen, Gasly and Perez
Race wins are good but championships are better, 3x Constructor wins with Ferrari and Redbull, 3x Driver wins with Verstappen
Came close but not close enough many more times, missed out on 3x driver wins, lost at the last race, one by only 4 corners, Made the championship podium 5x 2nd, 5x 3rd places in Constructor and 4x 2nd, 6x 3rd in Driver
Not sure I'll still have the speed to reach 500 races but I'll keep doing what I'm doing until team's stop calling, then I'll know I'm too slow for F1
In 1997 it started like this ....
In 2023, I've got all ends of the grid covered so it looks like this....
And this....
And finally this....
