Niki Lauda is a very successful former Formula 1 car driver who is very famous for his achievements as well as for his loud mouth. He has driven for teams like Ferrari and he is also one of the most successful Ferrari drivers second only to Michael Schumacher. Niki has faced many embarrassments in life either because of his loud mouth or because of his funny (and sometimes scary) acts. This is one of such incidents.
Niki was the team principle of Jaguar F1 racing team a few years back. Jaguar was not performing well that time (well actually it never performed and that’s the reason why the company was shut down in just a few years). Frustrated with his driver’s line-up and their poor show in races, Niki made a very bold statement that
"Even a monkey can drive a modern F1 car".
His stupidity did not end there. Just to back his rather insane overstatement, he decided to step into one of the Jaguar F1 cars and do a handful of laps.
Well as expected, when he stepped into the car and started driving it, he stalled the car nearly a dozen of times, spun more than a couple of times and failed to complete even a single lap. In the 'Overdrive' magazine's next month's issue, there was on article on this incidence. The title of that article was,
"Well, there is at least one monkey who cannot drive an F1 car."
Monday, November 12, 2007
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