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…And then you just improvise and take risks. What a sport. And then Senna, of course is a legendary risk-taker. Yes. And even before him. By the time … I mean, he died in the ’90s, but by the time we got to the ’90s, racing was already a lot safer than it was when Nik Lauda raced in the ’60s. That level of danger is no longer there. There’s still just a remnant of it and it is still dangerous, but nothing like that. And it’s a little hard to compare through the ages who’s the greatest driver of all time. I think there’s a fair argument that Senna is, but we don’t have the data. We don’t know who he was up against. How would he fare if we pitted him against Max Verstappen today? I do think sometimes that you can have a bit of a nostalgia for the all-time greats, but the world moves forward and new records are being set all the time and the professionalism keeps improving, sometimes to the detriment of the sport, I think. There’s a lot of professional drivers who are not only just very good at driving, but are very good at being corporate spokespeople, and it used to be quite different. There used to be more characters in racing that had a bit more personality that they were allowed to shine because there weren’t a billion sponsorships on the line that they were afraid to lose. Ridiculous question, what’s the greatest car ever made, or maybe what’s the funnest one to drive?…

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