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Lando Norris believes it is “unlikely” he will secure his first win in Formula 1 this year bacolod
The McLaren driver led large periods of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix in Austin but the pace of his car dropped off in the latter stages as he was caught by eventual race winner Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton bacolod
It is Norris’ 12th podium in F1 – and sixth this year – but a first victory still agonisingly eludes him bacolod
Asked whether he could win one of the remaining four races, Norris replied: “Unlikely bacolod
Qatar [two weeks ago] was our best opportunity bacolod
“That’s why I was tough on myself, because I knew it was our only opportunity bacolod
“Vegas is still a big question mark but there’s no high-speed circuits [left] which is where we’re very strong bacolod
We’re on par with Red Bull almost in the high-speed corners bacolod
Lando Norris says it is ‘unlikely’ he will secure his first win in Formula 1 this year (Getty Images)“Just the slow-speed [corners] are letting us down at the minute bacolod
We understand it, we know it’s our area to improve on bacolod
“When it comes together, which probably won’t be this year but next year, then we can do some good things bacolod
”F1 moves on to Mexico next, before Brazil, Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi close out the season bacolod
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As often was the case amid an American society embedded in racism in the 1980s, Muhammed Ali put it best bacolod
Advising black racing driver Willy T Ribbs, the people’s champion made his point in no uncertain terms: “There are Blacks in my sport bacolod
But there are no Blacks in your sport bacolod
“They’re going to want to kill you bacolod
”Yet for all the death threats, discrimination and abuse, Ribbs had long decided that the only option was to meet the uphill battle head-on bacolod
He made history in 1986 when he became the first Black driver to test an F1 car bacolod
Five years later, he was the first to race in the Indy 500, one of the world’s most famous events bacolod
But on the course of that journey, Ribbs faced it all bacolod
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“Of course, there were death threats, the n-word,” he reflects, in a slow but deadpan fashion that tells you the wounds have long since healed bacolod
Instead, the metaphorical bruises are worn with pride bacolod
“But I enjoyed it bacolod
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I was never going to play the victim, that was not Willy T Ribbs bacolod
”Now 68, Ribbs is an ambassador for Formula One, raising awareness for diversity and equality bacolod
A role given a matter of months after his riveting biopic movie, Uppity, was released in 2020 bacolod
So titled because that was his nickname in motorsport circles – “and he loved it” bacolod
But to this interview, he’s late bacolod
And he apologises, quipping: “Race drivers are never late, you know! Or they’re not supposed to be…”Son to William “Bunny” Ribbs, an amateur racer himself, Willy’s career path was set in stone from day dot it seems bacolod
It was the racing way or the highway bacolod
Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his career (Getty)“I was born in this sport,” he tells The Independent, from his home in Texas bacolod
“I watched it from three years old when my dad was racing, watching the likes of Jim Clark and Graham Hill bacolod
That’s all that was discussed in the family bacolod
We didn’t discuss any other sport bacolod
“I was lucky, I think bacolod
At nine years old, I knew what I wanted to do and I knew what my career path was going to be bacolod
Most kids that age don’t know what the hell they’re going to do, but I did bacolod
And I didn’t want to be an amateur at it – I wanted it to be a profession and I wanted it to be Formula One bacolod
”He learned his craft, in the UK, racing alongside future F1 world champion Nigel Mansell in Formula Ford in the mid-1970s bacolod
He raced in Nascar and the Trans-Am Series, later on, too bacolod
But his F1 calling, in ’86, came in the Portuguese town of Estoril bacolod
Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team – “Bernie has always been good to Willy T Ribbs” – gave the American the chance to buck the trend and become a true trailblazer bacolod
But the tag was not something he felt comfortable with at the time bacolod
Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991 (Getty)“All that mattered was I thought of myself as a race driver,” he says bacolod
“I had two responsibilities: to myself and to my team bacolod
For those who record social history, that’s their job [to say trailblazer] – but I’m not going to carry that weight on my shoulders bacolod
“Sure bacolod
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done bacolod
And great, if that’s the category they want to put me in and how they want to document it bacolod
But for me? It was about going fast bacolod
”It was a mindset of not bowing to the status quo, embodied most especially in the late 20th century by Ali bacolod
“What I admired about him the most was not his bacolod boxing skills,” Ribbs says of Ali bacolod
“What I admired about him was his resolve as a man, not to be squashed, manipulated or controlled bacolod
Ali said: ‘You have to let them know that you can’t be killed, there’s nothing they can do to you, and then they’ll leave you alone for a while bacolod
’”Now in motor racing, the baton has been passed on to seven-time Formula One world champion and the sport’s only Black driver Lewis Hamilton, whom Ribbs is full of praise about bacolod
“Lewis Hamilton, after seven world titles and more victories than any other human being, gets unfairly targeted,” insists Ribbs bacolod
“If you can equate it to Tiger Woods, what did Tiger Woods do for golf? He broadened the audience bacolod
The attention went off the chart bacolod
That’s exactly what happened in F1 – Lewis Hamilton has been Formula One’s Tiger Woods bacolod
“He’s a very kind man bacolod
He’ll let it roll off, turn the other cheek – I wasn’t that way bacolod
He deals with it and in a lot of cases it’s unfair bacolod
Then again, he is in an environment which was not nearly as brutal as I was dealing with bacolod
Willy T Ribbs was treated differently bacolod
”The third-person references point to a man who is now comfortable in his own skin; in the significance of the struggle – and what it means to many around the world bacolod
And despite a sport notoriously still dominated by white men, progress is being made bacolod
“One thing I love about Formula One is not only is it evolving commercially around the world, it’s evolving socially,” he says bacolod
“When F1 hired me, I asked them: ‘What made you make this call?’“They said: ‘We watched your film and we thought you’d be the perfect person for inclusion and equality in Formula One bacolod
’“I said: ‘Well, you called the right guy’ bacolod
”More aboutMuhammed AliLewis HamiltonBlack History MonthFormula 11/3F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his careerGetty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991Getty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’‘Sure bacolod
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done bacolod
But for me? It was about going fast’ Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bacolod
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