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Written by Charlie Turner
"Never meet your heroes". So goes the old adage. In a world of false celebrity where the label seems easily won and increasingly transient meeting one comes laced with the risk of potential disappointment. But sometimes it doesn"t. I"ve been lucky enough to meet a number of genuine heroes, and while a few of them made the adage run true, the majority delivered on the levels of expectation. Actually meeting them merely added to the admiration I held for them and their achievements. Then there was Michael Schumacher. We had met briefly a number of times in my previous role working for Bernie Ecclestone, but I"d always wanted to drive with him, to see how the skills that had taken him to seven world championships translated into a road car. My opportunity came one baking-hot June day in 2009, at Ferrari"s test track in Maranello. It turned out to be something I"ll always remember.
Date written: 3 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14445
"Never meet your heroes". So goes the old adage. In a world of false celebrity where the label seems easily won and increasingly transient meeting one comes laced with the risk of potential disappointment. But sometimes it doesn"t. I"ve been lucky enough to meet a number of genuine heroes, and while a few of them made the adage run true, the majority delivered on the levels of expectation. Actually meeting them merely added to the admiration I held for them and their achievements. Then there was Michael Schumacher. We had met briefly a number of times in my previous role working for Bernie Ecclestone, but I"d always wanted to drive with him, to see how the skills that had taken him to seven world championships translated into a road car. My opportunity came one baking-hot June day in 2009, at Ferrari"s test track in Maranello. It turned out to be something I"ll always remember.
Date written: 3 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14445
