Lewis Hamilton ‘to make three new films’ but Verstappen snubs F1 screening
Lewis Hamilton has revealed his film production company is working with screenwriters to produce three films in the future.The seven-time world champion was speaking after a private screening of the forthcoming film F1: The Movie, held on Wednesday night in Monte Carlo, on which he was a producer and an adviser.“At the beginning you see all the different logos for the different production houses and my one comes out, which I worked on for so long, which is Dawn Apollo and it was just amazing to see that,” he said.“This has gone in very high.Couldn’t go any higher for my first movie but we will be producing more movies in the coming years.
I’ve got three concepts that I’m writing.But I’m going to write with a writer.“I’ve got these concepts, at least two of them will be animations and one of them we’re in the phase of the first part of a script already, so it’s exciting.Then there will be documentaries, there will be TV series at some stage, but mostly movies.I love movies.
”In Monaco before this weekend’s grand prix, Hamilton also admitted he had been concerned about the reaction of his fellow drivers when they were shown the film for the first time at the private screening.“Yesterday all the drivers are there.I sat in the middle and I was nervous.Everyone is seeing it for the first time,” he said.“It was great to look around and see some of the reactions.
Particularly the drivers, you know.I really care what the drivers think and I wanted them to think highly of it.“I mentioned to them afterwards, you know I welcome your honest opinions about it.The great thing is the sound is great, the image is incredible.It’s something that’s never been done before.
So it’s something I’m really proud of,”Max Verstappen, however, continued to observe his singular approach to Formula One and opted against attending the private screening,It is understood that attendance was mandatory but, because it was during the drivers’ free time not over what constitutes a race weekend, they could not be forced to attend,All the drivers apart from Verstappen and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll did go to the screening,Verstappen said he informed F1 in advance he wanted time with his family.
“I just wanted to spend more time at home,” said Verstappen, who has just had a baby with his partner, Kelly Piquet.“It was just my private time and I prefer to spend that private time at home, especially because in Formula One you’re away from home so much already.“Wanting to spend more time at home on days like that is pretty normal.Now that the family is growing, then I definitely prefer to spend more time at home.”
Ollie Pope smashes 169 off Zimbabwe to show England selectors his class
There were shades of The Thick of It after Ben Stokes gave his press conference a day out from this one-off Test against Zimbabwe. When the minister – or in this instance the England captain – said Jacob Bethell would be straight back in for the series against India, this apparently referred to the squad and not necessarily the XI.That Stokes sought to make this clarification through the back channels perhaps said more about the task at hand than England’s true thoughts on the subject. No captain would ever wish to send a player out believing whatever they achieved would be irrelevant, especially not a vice-captain and selfless cricketer such as Ollie Pope.Either way, Pope was scarcely destabilised by the prospect of Bethell returning from the Indian Premier League and reclaiming the No 3 berth
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That’s it from us. Thanks for your company, correspondence and jokes about Blessing and Pope. The OBO will be back in the morning, and so will Ollie Pope – as long as Ben Stokes doesn’t declare overnight.Zak Crawley is giving an interview. In England’s practice kit, black shorts and a purple sweatshirt, he looks more laid-back than ever
Lewis Hamilton ‘to make three new films’ but Verstappen snubs F1 screening
Lewis Hamilton has revealed his film production company is working with screenwriters to produce three films in the future. The seven-time world champion was speaking after a private screening of the forthcoming film F1: The Movie, held on Wednesday night in Monte Carlo, on which he was a producer and an adviser.“At the beginning you see all the different logos for the different production houses and my one comes out, which I worked on for so long, which is Dawn Apollo and it was just amazing to see that,” he said. “This has gone in very high. Couldn’t go any higher for my first movie but we will be producing more movies in the coming years
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Enhanced Games competitors run the risk of their libido being “killed off” as well as a greater chance of heart attacks and psychiatric issues by taking performance enhanced drugs, leading experts have warned.Prof Ian Broadley, whose research has been supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and his colleague Martin Chandler, a research fellow who specialises in PEDs, also told the Guardian that organisers’ claims that banned drugs can be made safer if taken under medical supervision are “incorrect and misleading”.Organisers of the Enhanced Games revealed on Wednesday that they will stage a four-day event in Las Vegas next year, but confirmed that they had already given the Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev $1m for dipping under the 50 metre freestyle world record time by using banned drugs.Meanwhile the Australian former Olympic swimmer, James Magnussen, has said that he “feels like 18 again” after taking testosterone, peptides and banned drugs, including BPC-157, CJC-1295 and the growth hormone ipamorelin to prepare for the event.However, Boardley and Chandler have warned that Magnussen and other Enhanced Games competitors are underestimating the risks and dangers from taking steroids and other experimental drugs
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From sharing more first-person stories to using destigmatising language in community football, the AFL can do more to improve mental health outcomes according to experts, whether or not the league pursues a themed round explicitly dedicated to the cause.The footy community has been beset by grief this week following the death of West Coast premiership player Adam Selwood at age 41, three months after his twin brother Troy – a former Brisbane player – died by suicide.Former Kangaroos and Swans player Wayne Schwass, Cats great Jimmy Bartel and Swans’ premiership-winning coach Paul Roos have been leading voices in the call for the establishment of a mental health round, but others including former Hawthorn president and Beyond Blue founder Jeff Kennett are opposed to the idea.As many as 43% of people aged 16–85 experience a mental disorder at some time in their life according to the ABS, and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 15-44.The AFL developed its first mental health strategy in 2020 and updated it last year, outlining a vision that employees of the AFL and its clubs are “supported to thrive in football, work and life”
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