#alex Lynn

[nudesnoises]

Alex Lynn

[ryo-hirakawa]

happy race day

[nnato]

[formulatrash]

You're so right, it doesn't/didn't get talked about enough that Mitch stopped his car to check on Alex after his car got turned upside down!!!!!

Sure, he wouldn't have scored points anyway, but a finish could have very well made a difference at the end of the season for the championship standings if there had been equal points with someone else...

it was such a genuinely heroic thing to do, like he clearly wasn't thinking about anything but Alex at that moment. Mitch wasn't in the points but his teammate was leading, so his priority should have been to get the car back safely and not risk anything that might mean there was a restart where Sam could lose the victory - or a disqualification for Mitch for, y'know, abandoning his car in the middle of a race track. and yeah, you're right, it could have been decisive in the title battle if it had gone to countback.

I didn't turn my recorder on when I spoke to him about it afterwards because we didn't know how Alex was at the time (he had a mildly bruised thumb, was the totality of it but he'd been taken to hospital and no one knew anything, not even the team) so I just asked him if he was ok and if he was willing to say anything about Alex. which he was, since he was perfectly fine and obviously fully conscious, a huge relief.

I did ask him about it at the next race and he just said it was the obviously right thing to do, so he did it without even thinking. only thing I can think to compare it to is George going mad and getting out of his car at Silverstone after Zhou's crash. there's a lot of press and pundits that talk about them as these cold competitors who effectively hate each other but there is real solidarity to being the 20 or 24 or even 186 people doing something no one else is. and of course being friends from childhood changes that even more.

at the time, Formula E's own communications department had sold the photos of the crash to the Sun (who were not at the race) even though we had no idea if Alex was alive, officially. Mahindra were terrified he was seriously injured and I was the only person who'd managed to speak to Mitch, so had to go and tell them he was probably ok. Alex never forgave them for selling the pictures and it made the crash the story, without the detail that turned it away from the horror, which was Mitch stopping to help him.

but I also think Mitch is just a good person. the next year in Diriyah he arrived to the (freezing, the temperature was below 0C because the desert at night and it hadn't been warm even during the day) media pen in just a t-shirt. I was a bit confused given he's one of the ones that tends to wrap up at the sight of a cloud and asked him about it, he just said he was running kind of hot. Adrian (the then-Jaguar PR) pulled me over after and I thought he was gonna tell me I couldn't use one of Mitch's answers or something but he just said "since he won't tell you, Mitch gave his coat to a local girl from the scrutineering team because she was freezing."

sometimes they are just good, the little car men.

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[l1veleak]

WOO that was a long time coming!! CADILLAC POLE !!!!!!!💙💙

[alexalblondo]

Aw cute

[babysdrivers]

my man!!!

[gardenofadonis]

He's so Hollywood...

[nnato]

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[watercolor-hearts]

I realised that we never discussed what stethoscope Alex would have. What are your thoughts? Would he match with Mitch or go for a different style?

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Oh boy, one of the best asks I've ever gotten. 😍

My first thought was navy blue, which might seem boring for most people but I really love it and I usually give it to people who are special to me. I think it fits him perfectly. I tried to find something that's more fun but for me this is the perfect match.

But I'm interested how you see it because you know him better. 😊

But in an alternate universe it'd be fun if he went with the opposite of Mitch's, so one with black tube and white/silver chest piece and eartubes. It'd be quite romantic, kind of like a yin and yang situation. 😃

[jessmac566]

How is it only now that I realised Alex Lynn didn't score any points in Bahrain because he didn't fulfill his mandated minimum driver time?? Wtf so it means that he is down in 20th in the championship with 26 pts and Earl is 15th with 38 pts