The Italian GP of excessive hand gestures

[John]

Disclaimer: This is Part 13 of the series "The best GP introductions in the world. The author takes no responsibility for the relevance of the content regarding the actual GP itself.

Oh no. You're back.











So, Italy is the meme capital of Europe?

Yes.







Let's cut to the chase. Mongols?

No Mongols.

Do you actually know ANYTHING about Italy, John?



Mama mia. What do we drink for the race?



Any last words?



@caneparo

[PTRACER]

Having been in a car with @caneparo, I can confirm it is like Mario Kart. And throwing 'vaffanculo' at other drivers instead of bananas.

[XcraigX]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

[John]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

I love the anthem too - it has a great beat which isn't really that common in national anthems.

But there's soldiers and sacrifice in it as well.

[caneparo]

Having been in a car with @caneparo, I can confirm it is like Mario Kart. And throwing 'vaffanculo' at other drivers instead of bananas.

100% true ahahahah

[caneparo]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

I love the anthem too - it has a great beat which isn't really that common in national anthems.

But there's soldiers and sacrifice in it as well.

It s a great one indeed

[caneparo]

John talking of hand gestures vettel learned the italian manners

[John]

@caneparo can perhaps confirm this - but I've been told that the most dangerous Italians in traffic isn't the angry young men, but rather the 75 year old ladies in Fiat Pandas who stopped giving a damn 40 years ago.

John talking of hand gestures vettel learned the italian manners

@PTRACER we need to get the like-button added to this part of the forum as well.

[caneparo]

John, my grandpa had an old Panda and he kept driving until 93. Sometimes my friends compain he was driving in on way roads on the wrong way.

[XcraigX]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

I love the anthem too - it has a great beat which isn't really that common in national anthems.

But there's soldiers and sacrifice in it as well.

It does get quite grim in the last verse. (Drink the blood of the Polish and the Cossack). I think they leave that part off for the podium ceremony (not just to shorten it).

[John]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

I love the anthem too - it has a great beat which isn't really that common in national anthems.

But there's soldiers and sacrifice in it as well.

It does get quite grim in the last verse. (Drink the blood of the Polish and the Cossack). I think they leave that part off for the podium ceremony (not just to shorten it).

If you want grim - Le Marseillaise is your ticket. Angry lot, the French.

[caneparo]

Also...
Italians always seem to be enjoying themselves when they sing the Italian national anthem. I have no idea what the words are, but it looks like a fun song. Meanwhile, other national anthems recall dead soldiers and sacrifice and require solemn faces and seriousness.
So do Italians just understand how to enjoy life better than other nations?

I love the anthem too - it has a great beat which isn't really that common in national anthems.

But there's soldiers and sacrifice in it as well.

It does get quite grim in the last verse. (Drink the blood of the Polish and the Cossack). I think they leave that part off for the podium ceremony (not just to shorten it).

The last verses are often omitted.

Btw rain expected for saturday

[PTRACER]

Rain might be good for a decent bit of action. Thinking 2008...

Btw, one of my favourite F1 moments ever was 1998 Monza. Schumacher passing Hakkinen with Murray Walker and a bunch of V10 engines screaming away in the background.

[kals]

2008? Yeah that was great. Don’t forget 2017 though... that went well for quali didn’t it?

[Antonov]

Rain might be good for a decent bit of action. Thinking 2008...

Btw, one of my favourite F1 moments ever was 1998 Monza. Schumacher passing Hakkinen with Murray Walker and a bunch of V10 engines screaming away in the background.

Get it in reverse Mika!