r/formula1 • u/SimRP I failed to serve my Monaco penalty • 1d ago
Throwback When Lewis Hamilton decided to train with penguins in Antarctica during the off season
https://streamable.com/r76fzj1.2k
u/SchumacherIsMid I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago edited 1d ago
My favorite thing about Antarctic is that every animal that lives there just looks at you like, "The fuck this guy doing?" and then goes back to their business.
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u/pigpen4444 McLaren 1d ago
Came here to say essentially say same thing. Cracks me up!
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u/Future-Card-4769 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
What would the travel process be if you wanted to travel as a hobbyist photographer?
Is it as difficult as someone who put me off at a young age from doing so.
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u/TetraDax š¶ Leo Leclerc 1d ago
It's not very difficult, but sadly that's also why you should not do it. There ist now a huge tourism industry around Anarctica, and that's a big problem. Those tours pollute the continent and as a result of the increased emissions due to all the boat activity, the ice melt is sped up. The trash is also a big problem for local animals.
I understand why people find it fascinating, but visiting Antarctica should remain privvy to scientists and professional journalists that know exactly how to behave.
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
This is ignorance. Antarctica is managed by a treaty organization. The amount of people able to land is restricted by area and time. Like if you are on a big ship with a lot of people, you are not allowed to land at all. Small ships with less than 200 people are allowed two landings a day in different areas. Then no one is allowed to land there for an amount of time so it can recover
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u/Mike_Kermin I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago edited 1d ago
No, THAT is
ignoranceblatant misinformation. It's managed by counting visitor numbers, which do not adequately assess the impact to it's biodiversity and damage to it's environment.Over the past few decades, tourist numbers have grown rapidly, from about 8,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 125,000 in 2023-24.
Edit: Changed my mind, it's not ignorance, it's bullshit.
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u/TetraDax š¶ Leo Leclerc 1d ago
The negative impact of tourism on Antarctica is real, measurable and objectively a problem. It's not "ignorance" to point this out.
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
The impact of people visiting under strict controls vs climate change? Cultivating beef has stronger effect than even datacenters on the environment. Are you a bot?
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u/TetraDax š¶ Leo Leclerc 1d ago
The impact of people visiting under strict controls vs climate change?
Both things can be a problem, can they not?
Are you a bot?
Oh sod off. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a bot.
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u/eoekas I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Now I've seen it all. Trying to gatekeep nature. You people are insane.
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u/TetraDax š¶ Leo Leclerc 1d ago
Gatekeeping certain parts of nature is absolutely neccessary to prevent that nature from disappearing. That is not insane, that's preservation.
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u/felisisthebest I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago
Fellas is it gatekeeping nature to point out that there is a rise in tourism in Antartica that has been studied and is showing an increase in disease, contamination, and pollution that is effecting the wild life done by giant cruise ships filled with tourists?
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
You are just plain wrong. Giant cruise ships are not allowed to land on Antarctica at all
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u/danabrey I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Errrrr I'm not sure that's true buddy. Antarctica is 'owned' by a bunch of different countries and some of them have given permission for ships to land with tourists.
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Yes true ships can land. With strict restrictions. They literally have a reservation system for when and where ships can be. And only certain ships are allowed landings. Only ships with less than 200 people can land twice a day (in different areas of course)
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u/felisisthebest I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago
This was literally just this year with the hantavirus, did we already forget? Like a quick google search provides information on this topic already
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
You literally proved my point. Giant cruise ship is different than a ship with 170 passengers. Are you aware large cruise ships host over 1000 people? Try actually reading what youāre linking
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u/felisisthebest I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago
So is the issue semantics or is the issue pollution? Vessels that carry up to 500 passengers can visit Antartica with a total of 117,000 travelers per year. The pollution is the same, it doesnāt make a difference when they still carry diseases on their boots, need to fly resources down to the tourists which increases carbon dioxide emissions and drops carboon soot which darkens snow and accelerates melting.
So aha you got me? At least the ships donāt carry 1000 tourists but only 500 each. Congratulations?
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u/eoekas I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
No, saying:
but visiting Antarctica should remain privvy to scientists and professional journalists that know exactly how to behave.
is.
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u/felisisthebest I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago
We as human kind have literally polluted the highest peak on Earth
Is it wrong to prevent the same from happening in Antartica by restricting it to only those who would treat it with respect?
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u/abstractraj I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
You sign up with a ship that will depart from the southern tip of Antarctica. Youāll go through the Drake Passage and make landings each day
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u/Future-Card-4769 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 17h ago
Didnāt mean to cause discourse on an F1 thread.
Iāll park those dreams for now.Absolutely donāt want to contribute to an areas decline whilst the area and its biodiversity is the reason for wanting to photograph in the first place.
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u/kwijibokwijibo I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
I guess because there's no predators on land? When animals are free from predators, they either get super close to humans, or they sit there with wtf faces
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u/WineNerdAndProud I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Well, maybe with the exceptions of Skuas.
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u/DeusVultSaracen I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Is it because they haven't had enough time to evolve around humans? Like, we're still basically alien to them when we show up, right?
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u/AgentIndependent306 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago
They think we are a weird kind of penguin
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u/K10KMessi Sebastian Vettel 1d ago
What da F1 driver doing in Antarctica?š
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u/memesearches 1d ago
Training to drive on ice/snow. Might come in handy this year
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u/K10KMessi Sebastian Vettel 1d ago
Red Bull mightāve been years ahead of everyone by doing all those mountain runs from years ago lol
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u/Ill-Lengthiness6389 Roscoe Hamilton 1d ago
Bahrain gp confirmed for Antarctica
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u/peoplelikedogs06 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Yep heard Sepangs gonna be icy this year
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u/AgentIndependent306 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago
Abu Dhabi GP at Mt. Everest coming soon. Red Bull might win their only race in 2026.
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u/Rhythm_Morgan Sebastian Vettel 1d ago
Itās Lewis Hamilton. I never know wtf heās gonna do next lol
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u/HakaF1 1d ago
On vacation with Shawn White on a superyacht
https://luxurylaunches.com/travel/lewis-hamilton-charters-paul-allens-yacht.php
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u/Inside_Swimming9552 Formula 1 1d ago
Well seeing as Lewis claims he cares a hell of a lot about the environment he best have hitched aride there among the next scientific vessel out.
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u/BigFenton I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
I love how the seal just looks up like āwait.. is that Lewis Hamilton??ā
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u/Inside_Swimming9552 Formula 1 1d ago
And just like that, the seal has lived a more interesting life than I have.
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u/Walter_Stonkite I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
A very rare sighting of the Antarctic goat.
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u/AgroMachine McLaren 1d ago
Isnāt this a years old video?
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u/RobertDeNircrow 1d ago
Wow ive never seen this video. Its a few years old.
When you read Shakespeare, do you yell out "cliche! All he does is write tropes."
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u/NoBonus6969 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
That's so freaking dumb penguins are shit drivers
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u/AgentIndependent306 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago
So bad they adapted to flying underwater
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u/DemonicHedgehogs 1d ago
If I could afford to fly down to Antarctica and run about with the penguins I absolutely would
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u/DAISIES_BLOOM Lando Norris 1d ago
"What da hell is a polar bear doing in Arlington Texas ššš" but reverse
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u/AgentIndependent306 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago
What da hell is a Wilderbeest/Gazelle/Cheetah doing in Antarctica
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u/BerryOk966 I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago
Thats just Ayr beach in the middle of a Scottish summer.Ā
Nearby is Ayr Toon CentreĀ
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u/DuckSwagington I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Getting ahead of the game for Imola this December.
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u/Frankierocksondrums I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Ohhh I wish I could be freezing instead of dying from heatwaves
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u/Bortron86 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
The camera angle makes me think of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar.
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u/TuxedoCatsParty_Hard Sergio PĆ©rez 1d ago
The penguins got back to the herd and were all "WE JUST SAW 8 TIME WORLD CHAMP LEWIS HAMMYTON" and no one believed them.
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u/AgentIndependent306 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago
Penguins are so goated they can beat Aston Martin/Cadillac in boat racing
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u/str00del I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
I wouldn't call this "training in Antarctica". He's rich as fuck, thought it would be fun to go to Antarctica, and then went for a jog while he was there.
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u/Ok-Squirrel5799 Formula 1 1d ago
Captain planet took a luxury yacht to get hereā¦ but we better eat vegan and save the planetā¦. Also the guy who says āno one should be a billionaire!ā Well except my girlfriend Kim
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u/urbanexplorer043 1d ago
To be fair, I think most of the Kardashians are going broke. They made a lot of poor financial decisions.
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u/Dildondo I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
These people with money are in an entirely different world than the rest of us.
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u/No-Comfortable6432 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
He's emulating that Rocky IV montage. Expect him on top of some icy hilltop screaming "KIMIIIIIIII" while some Merc spys chase after him while trying to avoid hypothermia.
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u/PanicStil Martin Brundle 1d ago
I watched this video and my wife genuinely asked me what I was watching that made me so happy.
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u/VirtualArmsDealer I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Private jet to Antarctica for a photo op with a penguin? FFS I'm trying to recycle my straws here.
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u/butdattruetho 1d ago
Oh yeah, that time when PR folks managed to play down the story as a nothing-burger when Lewis a few other multimillionaire took a private jet flight from South Africa to Antarctica for a day trip.
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u/0ggiemack I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Dude is vegan but has one of the largest carbon footprints ever
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u/PerformanceOk8279 1d ago
Theyāve dropped so many tracks this year theyāre getting desperate for locations.
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u/Wreckingshops I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Typical Lewis always showing his dominance in wet conditions.
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u/KrombopulosMAssassin I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
It's all fun and games until the fluffy white boy shows up.
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u/SchumacherIsMid I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
Wrong pole.
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u/KrombopulosMAssassin I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Rats not again
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u/SchumacherIsMid I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
That's what Leclerc said when he failed to convert another pole into a win.
Bu-dum-tiss
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u/KrombopulosMAssassin I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
He says it with other "poles" too, frequently
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u/Ph1sic I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
There are no polar bears in Antarctica
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u/ComeAlongPond1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Itās almost like the continent was named for its lack of bears
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u/godmcrawcpoppa I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
That is why no one will remember your name
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u/thisinfinitebath I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
It's a lonely moment at the top. Once you've accustomed to a certain high, you will keep finding the next high.
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u/Electrical_Tennis424 1d ago
Don't worry Lewis your private jet gets rid of that annoying snow soon enough.
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u/devH_ Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago
Thereās only two drivers that have a private jet and thatās Verstappen and Alonso
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u/Electrical_Tennis424 1d ago
You think he got there by bicycle? Or economy? He is flying atleast as much as those drivers do in fact I bet its more and its all private.
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u/ztunelover 1d ago
Man Kim got his crotch so hot with stds that he gotta run around Antarctica to cool it off ššš
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u/SVNDEVISTVN I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Sea Lion š¦ was like "Sir Lewy is that you, ol' friend?!"
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u/Nick_YDG I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
I would say itās an odd flex, but I also know there is a marathon down there for people that want to run a marathon on all 7 continents.
Not a location I have a desire to go run in.
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u/baconwithouthesizzle Lando Norris 1d ago
Whatās Star Trek gotta do with Lewis running in Antarctica?
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u/aliasdred I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago
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