How Formula 1 Drivers Learn Languages FAST

🏁🏎️ I had no idea Formula 1 drivers were so good at languages! What’s their secret? Stick around while we take a deeper look at these fascinating drivers and how they learned so many languages. This video is respectfully dedicated to Michael Schumacher and his immeasurable impact on the sport.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Schumi
2:00 - The Honey Badger
4:00 - The Gasman
6:29 - Chilli
8:29 - Mad Max
10:43 - Estie Bestie
12:59 - Il Predestinato
15:57 - Magic Alonso
18:13 - Britney
20:36 - The Finger
23:17 - Toto
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[@storylearning]

Take the pedal to the metal with these Impossible Languages 👉🏼kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPbcmB9d759mJI

[@ELGOFIGHTER]

hi, i am italian, did you ever heard of "Lettura tridimensionale''?

[@EvoraGT430]

"quickly", not "fast".

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

"What’s their secret? " Have people around you that are either native or fluent in the languages you want to learn. That's what ive gotten so far out of the video.

[@ablair37]

its easy i speak English (Native), Dutch (its quite easy very close related) Germany (close to English and Dutch), Greek (lived there) i know some French and Spanish from school, and currently learning Finnish as Duolingo doesn't do Estonian but is dam close

[@mrgrumpycat9049]

thx bro saved me 26 mins

[@arthurvanrodds2772]

And lots of money because F1 drivers certainly don't have empty pockets

[@nieno9760]

Also most of F1 driver are born into very/extremely wealthy families, so it helps a lot when you have your family pay for the best of the class teachers and tutors.

[@Linus-tz2tk]

​@@nieno9760Even without rich parents most kids can speak 3 languages.

[@jonathanmoreiraph]

F1 , Military Personnel, and Soccer/Football players always amaze me at how many languages they know and how fluent they can speak

[@jonathan5809l]

I know from a friend who plays for German football team Eintracht Frankfurt's youth team that they give their international players a software called THINKIN to learn German quickly.

[@cockbeard]

I'm not a polyglot but I understand many languages and have been lucky enough to speak a few at different times. The two most important factors are exposure and motivation. I'd hope that 50k plus a week provides the motivation, and working 3 hours a day leaves plenty of time for immersion and exposure. Mostly referencing the sports guys there, but also I'm ex military and learning the local lingo saves so much time and gains so much local respect it's always worth doing. I don't know any professional soldiers who didn't invest in this at least after their first time abroad and not knowing anything

[@Tyta1978]

Not Messi...

[@drsrsv8884]

MotoGP

[@andrewwinslow9315]

My Favorite is Lukaku, He speaks like 8 languages, including Lingala, the language of his parents.

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

Danny Ric can also speak English, Australian, Canadian, Floridian, Californian, Texan...

[@uli9947]

BAHAHAHAHA TRUE

[@thedeejlam]

Canadian here. Um, yeah, no... unless it's some, well, Alberta or Saskatchewan dialect.

[@elainepotgieter9403]

When Danny Ric got his Monza win, he was speaking in Italian which really helped endear him to the Tifosi that day.

[@PatrickBautista_RR3Gamer]

He's half-Italian.

[@ellobo4290]

@@PatrickBautista_RR3Gamer no both his parents are of italian background so he's 100% italian and also has an italian passport. but he was born and raised in australia.

[@PatrickBautista_RR3Gamer]

@@ellobo4290 oh, I almost forgot that part.

[@hipotenuza5663]

Daniel knows only some words in Italian. He said it in one of McLaren videos.

[@NicotineRosberg]

@@hipotenuza5663don't let him fool u. The guy speaks & understands Italian

[@thedj9553]

Ferrari drivers (other than Kimi Raikkonen) are required to learn Italian and speak Italian with the Italian media

[@hoeegwarts]

what about lewis hamilton

[@thedj9553]

@@hoeegwarts I am sure he has clauses in his contract that say he is not required to learn or speak Italian, though I do hope he gives it a try.

[@ABPerlov]

Nigel Mansell famously never learnt Italian. His team mate Prost could speak Italian so he was able to get more out of the Italian engineers.

[@thedj9553]

@@ABPerlov That was before I started watching the sport, but yes that is true.

[@syfax3697]

Kimi is a different category himself

[@MattaRF25]

It doesn't matter what language TOTO speaks, they all sound German. great guy

[@andrew_owens7680]

German was my Covid project. I ended up with a Goethe Institute B1 level certification.

[@slof69]

wtf is that whys there certificates for talking

[@Linus-tz2tk]

​@@slof69Are you not familiar with the A-C Systhem? A1 is very basic, A2 is a bit better, B1 is probably enough to survive in the country for a few days, B2 is where the fun begins and where you can start to actually have real conversations and watch and read serios stuff, C1 is ad a very good level and somtimes better then some stupid nativ speakers and C2 is basically a native speaker. Also there is a difference between listening, speaking, reading and writing. For my selfe i can say that my listening and speaking in english is C1 while reading and writing is more like B2. And german is C2 btw since i am german.

[@slof69]

@@Linus-tz2tk I have never seen it before but I don't understand formal education in most things I guess I just stick to what feels natural from person to person with interactions

[@friedrich3384]

Same story; ended up with a C2 Goethe certificate now moving to Germany to study at a German university in a couple of days😅

[@Linus-tz2tk]

@@friedrich3384 You have a C2 in german as a non native speaker? Respect. Where do you come from?

[@GeorgeWashington76]

My dad randomly met Michael Schumacher in 2012 and they conversed in Italian, and I can tell you Michael could still speak Italian extremely well despite having been away from Ferrari for a few years at that point. By the way Michael could also speak french extremely well, there are interviews of him speaking it fluently without any mistake.

[@DenUitvreter]

It's very common for the Dutch to learn English, German and French in high school at the higher levels, but I saw Verstappen also do 40 minutes of talkshow in German, not just a few lines after the race but in depth, and mostly correct German. That's quite impressive without having been emersed in German like living and working there but just by schooling. The most remarkable language skill in F1 might actually be that Nico Hulkenberg is fluent in Dutch.

[@EarthlyJoys]

From what Ive heard Max learned German while driving in karting. The karting track belonged to Michael Schumacher, and Max was still a young child back then, so he picked up the language as kids do.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@EarthlyJoys Exposure makes a lot of difference in language learning, but it's also properly schooled German that he speaks.

[@l-2112]

Hulk was born in a city near the border with Netherlands.

[@veca4ever5]

why would be the most remarkable? Dutch and German are very similar language, it's very easy to learn from one to anothet. I know plenty of people to speak both languages fluently, mostly Dutch people speaking German, but also the other way around. And also they all speak English, which is also helpful to learn Durch from German. Regarding Max, i read an interview with him where he said that Helmut Marko required from him to talk in German between them, so it was kinda mandatory to him. After that, i think his German improved a lot to be able to do 40 minutes of talkshaw.

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

Yeah but dutch is a strange mix between English and German. It's very easy for them

[@jiraiya.13]

Just loved how Uncle Olly put "Britney" as Nico's nickname. 🤣🤣

[@lisamarydew]

It is his nickname, hehe

[@polyannamoreira6416]

Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc are almost learning portuguese by the amount of marketing they do when they race in Brazil.

[@GeorgeVenturi]

Rosberg speaking Spanish is really impressive, he does sounds like he is a native speaker.

[@DrunkCatAsleep]

also Italian, French .... etc... he is not fluent, he is native all languages😂

[@samuelalfred5392]

@GeorgeVenturi Nico Rosberg grew up and went to school in the Monaco Principality, which you probably already know. That means he knows both the Monegasque language and French. Probably fluent Italian as well, as he's on first name terms with Flavio Briatori, another Monaco resident, who prefers speaking Italian to English, which oddly, he's actually quite fluent. So, it's no surprise that Nico's Spanish is fluent. Italian and Spanish are very closely related languages. Thinking about Hamilton going to Ferrari, raises questions about the well known English reluctance to learn other languages; but, he is quite a capable musician (with both the guitar and piano) and obviously has 'the ear'. Picking up where he left off, when racing in Italy in his teens, (where he met and was friendly with Nico Rosberg), then under the guidance of Fred Vasseur. . . He's a wealthy fellow, so splashing the cash on an intensive 'total immersion' course in Italian in his in-between races time at permanent residence in Monaco and all holidays, will at least show willing, like Seb Vettel did, in his time at Ferrari . . . If he says 'he can't spare the time' - it means won't! And that would indicate to Italians that he has no respect for their culture and that of Ferrari . . . That would be a mistake. "Can't Means Won't!!"

[@elainepotgieter9403]

Wow! Toto is impressive. I didn't know he could speak THAT many languages. Sebastian has always been a favourite of mine when it came to language skills. Thanks for this great vid Olly!, Please could you do one about soccer players and tennis players too as some of them are incredible polyglots, my favourite being Novak Djokovic.

[@storylearning]

I’ll take that under consideration!

[@TheAndostro]

not a suprise 2 langues from home german from place he live in franch and english from and italian cause he is smart as hell also his economy knowlage is impressive

[@ijmad]

Supposedly Daniil Kvyat (who was in F1 from 2013-2020) is native Russian, and speaks English, Italian, Spanish and knows a little Finnish and was learning Portuguese at one point (presumably while he was dating Kelly Piquet who is Brazillian). Nico Hulkenberg is a native German, but also speaks fluent Dutch (grew up near the border) as well as English

[@purokujunior4720]

Nico even know some basic Italian (he was close to a Ferrari contract).

[@BrockMak]

Kelly's partner is Max Verstappen now.

[@Andrea-rt2ii]

And Daniil speak italian very well! I remember he spoke with the former ISS Commander Luca Parmitano in italian without doing a single mistake.

[@williamnewton5556]

It’s because they grew up rich and traveled, and then traveled a lot when doing younger racing and picked up languages. Saved everyone the time

[@thamys2106]

with ocon being the exception

[@lorenzograndini2731]

@@thamys2106 W pfp

[@thamys2106]

@@lorenzograndini2731 yeeessss 🔥

[@andyf3837]

This was a Twitter community note on youtube, thank you for this.

[@Linus-tz2tk]

Most kids, even with poor parents, can speak 3 languages. 1 native and 2 in school. If the parents also can speak more then one then its easely 4-5.

[@crusherbmx]

I remember after Seb won a race for Ferrari, over hte radio he thanked the team in Italian, dedicated his win to Jules Bianchi (a French driver who recently died) in French and then continued speaking English.

[@londongael414]

That was fun! While many of these drivers have an enviable command of several languages, just as many demonstrate that you don't have to be fluent to enjoy having fun, doing your job and making friends in another language. It's not about passing exams or impressing with your polyglot skills, it's about sharing those moments with others.

[@lisamarydew]

Couldn't agree more!

[@storylearning]

Very true!

[@mateusomattos]

We need to include Barrichello here. He speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian and French. He learned Italian in the workshops when he was participating in karting championships in Italy. He even tends to use a lot of "bad words" and slang lol

[@justyeetthechicane656]

Nico Hülkenberg his Dutch deserves credit, the German is seriously good at it

[@j.k4984]

Correct, he raced karts in the Neetherlands at his early years.

[@j.k4984]

Toto Wolff speaking Polish is something i didn't know for sure, wow. I would add two former F1 drivers who really surprised me since they are very skilled and can have a proper conversation in other languages: Rubens Barrichello (native Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish) and Daniil Kvyat (native Russian, Italian, English, Spanish and French). Edit: Also, you were able to say 'Verstappen' in the right way!!

[@brummiesalteno-81]

I'm definitely going to look up some of those Italian interviews, that's my new language goal for this year.

[@storylearning]

That’s a great goal!

[@paulvnieuwburg73]

Hulkenberg speaks 4 languages at least. But a bit extra ordinary he is able to speak Dutch on a level you can grade as Native

[@JanBinnendijk]

Indeed he does, he even appeared on a Dutch TV program, where he was interviewed in Dutch, and at Formula 1 Races he was also speaking dutch to the dutch reporters.. cracking jokes that on one else would understand..

[@6e23]

Becuase car gos fast and learner go fast as a the result.. bogles the mind

[@storylearning]

Yes indeed!

[@sadiessafari2502]

Great video Olly! My two favorite things combined: F1 and language learning!

[@madjayax731]

No wonder the final Boss is Wolf.

[@storylearning]

For sure!

[@cockbeard]

I love that you said hanging out a restaurant works better than you think. We all know exposure, exposure, exposure

[@storylearning]

Couldn't agree more!

[@cockbeard]

But I have to be honest@@storylearning finding those restaurants and bars can be difficult. Being a native English speaker, a lot of the time living abroad, I would find that the locals wanted to practise their English on me and I'd not get a lot of time to practise my native on them. Despite most of them speaking almost perfect American English (yes I drew the distinction, sue me) Luckily we live in a world where it takes a little more searching but foreign films, radio, podcasts, music are available. Hell Hollywood is the main reason most of the world speaks passable English, so beat them at their own game

[@jmwild22]

I just tell people I want them to speak their native language to me, not English, and many oblige. Depends on how much time you're going to stay in that spot, though. @@cockbeard

[@shelleyneveling2214]

Olly, this is so informative, fun and such a pleasure to watch. I love F1 and was glued learning so many fun things about my F1 boys!!!! Well done 🎉🎉🎉

[@jmwild22]

😍

[@Artois2011]

I ❤️THIS!! Thank you, Olly! I knew about Carlos, Charles and Seb; but Toto was a surprise! Awesome!

[@storylearning]

Glad you liked it!

[@arwenelia4617]

Did not expect this video to pop up on my timeline 😍

[@storylearning]

Glad it did!

[@djzrobzombie2813]

​@@storylearningthat's what she said 😂

[@lenamafalda]

I did not expect Olly making video on Formula 1 drivers! It was a pleasant surprise on my recommended, since I also like F1.

[@GregPedrazas]

I am an f1 fan and love your videos. I love this video

[@ericcomel3399]

Sorry, as an italian F1 Ferrari fan, I gotta make a correction, it's Fiorano not Fiorino. Love ur vids btw.

[@lisamarydew]

Probably a typo :)

[@ericcomel3399]

Nope, he also said Fiorino

[@user-dc4jt8ox9l]

Fiorino a metano sul circuito di fiorano

[@saad_ghannam]

Not in F1, but Porsche Hypercar factory driver Laurens Vanthoor speaks (at least) four languages, his native Dutch, English, German and French, and while I can't speak for the latter his English and German are perfect. Iron Dames driver Michelle Gatting also speaks at least three languages, her native Danish, English and French.

[@PITPPodcast]

As a 14 year old girl whose learning 13 languages so she can do formula one media and journalism, this is super interesting!

[@becci42]

You go girl. Now that’s a great career to choose at such a young age. I bet you have the app babel.

[@joanodom2104]

The other day I described someone as being "Formula One handsome." This video legitimizes that phrase, without doubt. Meeeeow!!

[@jmwild22]

Yep 🤣

[@skiser65]

This is one reason I got so hooked on formula 1 they are so talented in so many ways

[@sebulbathx]

I mean they have lots of free time so the time to study a language is not an issue. That and it's somewhat part of their job makes it easier to learn a language, imo. The incentive to basically earn more money if you learn a new language is a pretty good incentive. Many F1 drivers traveled all over the world from a young age and they might have friends that is from another counbry so they have been exposed to foreign languages since they were young. Which I think also makes it easier to learn a new language.

[@Domiplaysontheiphone]

6:52 carlos sainz sr is a rallying legend thats probably why they had a carting track inside 😂

[@xoxo.9728]

So French person here to answer the Monégasque question! I'm pretty sure Monaco's official language is French and there isn't a language specific to the country. I don't know if it's because he is Monégasque, but Charles Leclerc has a tiny bit of an accent when he speaks French, which maybe due to the fact that he speaks Italien very well? Also since Monaco is located near the southern border of France, he may have picked it here because French people who live in the South usually have an accent too.

[@jmwild22]

Monégasque is a language similar to Italian (actually a dialect of Ligurian), but only a few people of Monaco still speak it natively. :)

[@xoxo.9728]

@@jmwild22 oh okay I wasn't aware it was an actual language! When I looked it up they said that French was the official language so I kinda assumed there wasn't a Monégasque language :)

[@julshg]

18:16 you forgot "Beating Sir Lewis Hamilton in equal machinery" xD

[@BinatLoves]

@Olly Richards it's a normal thing for germans to learn a second language in school. Most people tend to learn french. Which may explain where Sebastian Vettel learned french

[@juliswift]

Lovely video!!

[@ottojablonka]

When Max was speaking German, he was literally saying "Yeah we normally pay Renault for a good engine but this is just shit."

[@Zio_Goggo]

it's impressive how Rosberg speaks italian so accurately, the accent is perfect

[@ariellebeamer2956]

you mentioned in one of your other videos that you learned Cantonese which u said was a dominantly spoken language and I’m learning Tagalog so I’m in a very similar position. Would you have any tips? Specifically for what I could be studying or if I just continue listening and watching all that I can.

[@prokopisboliotis9214]

Vettel played a crucial reason for me to start learning Italian,so thank you Seb

[@eriknaamot]

Michael also speak french, due to living in the french speaking part of Switzerland :) Also a little norwegian, since they had a cabin here for many years! :)

[@leedouglass4106]

Omg a video about 2 of my special interests at the same time!!!!!!

[@storylearning]

Glad you liked it!

[@janephilpott6565]

Enjoyed this video! I'm a life long F1 fan and this has reminded me of one of the reasons why - love how intelligent these guys are. I also recall when Giancarlo Fisichella (aka fisi) had to learn English better very quickly in late 90's when he joined either Jordan or Benetton. I remember being impressed how quickly his interviews in english were improving! Yuki Tsunoda went through that a few years ago too. Would have been amusing to cover Kimi Raikkonen, who was super intelligent but basically refused to speak much full stop 😂 but I bet he has +3 languages under his belt too.

[@dougerrohmer]

He only knows the international "Bwaoh" 😁

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

Fun fact, Gasly was the next French driver to win a race since Panis did when he was 3 months old.

[@tomedmonson501]

One interesting use of languages by F1 drivers was the post race argument at the 2007 European Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso (Spanish) and Felipe Massa (Brazilian) had a heated discussion on TV in Italian. 😂

[@augure2589]

Nico Rosberg is the most fluent on every language he's speak. Barrichello also could be in this rank. (Portuguese, english, french (fluent I can tell) and italian, maybe more I don't know.

[@SalsadMango]

That's something I had observed, not everyone, but I believe that the majority speak a little or a lot of Italian. Checo speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese, and a bit of German (the reason being that when he arrived in Europe, he arrived in Germany to compete). However, he acknowledges that he doesn't remember it much anymore and it's easier for him to understand it than to speak it.

[@DrewMoorman-ld9uq]

Hi Ollie, I’m a wannabe polyglot who is right now trying to learn French, but I am also blind. Right now I’m doing decently well, but I feel like I’m at a bit of a roadblock in learning, because I can’t read print, do you have any ideas?

[@dougerrohmer]

What about Audiobooks?

[@DrewMoorman-ld9uq]

That’s mainly what I do, the thing is, I use braille, and that works fine with English, but I need a way to visualize the words that are being spoken to me.

[@reezlaw]

The most amazing Italian speakers are Alonso, Leclerc and especially Rosberg. Nico apparently has a lot of friends in Milan and the accent must have rubbed off on him because he basically sounds Milanese. Really impressive. Other than them it seems like every single pilot in F1 AND MotoGP except for Max Verstappen and most native English speakers can speak Italian to some degree. Kvyat is another good one who wasn't mentioned here

[@mazkaz5763]

Mick Schumacher also speaks many languages

[@Cafe--Racer]

I speak 5 languages not because I wanted to learn different languages but because I had to . When you don't have a choice you tend to learn things quick.

[@pasztorferenc6741]

Without watching the video I guess it's because of a tone of free time and constantly travelling around the world while speaking the foreign language

[@joshuapowers4623]

It's actually not a unique to F1 thing. It's just very common in Europe to speak multiple languages.

[@MarcoDelgado93]

Just bought 101 conversations in French and Short stories in French. Good books. Been reading for a Blount a week. I’m on day 12 of my 30 day French challenge.

[@crusherbmx]

I love it when Daniel Ricciardo uses a Southern U.S. accent and properly mispronounces his name as "Danny Rick-ee-ardo"

[@tarekdeeb7314]

The Toto edit had me on the floor 🤣🤣🤣

[@somethinggreatishappening8536]

As a German, I would guess that Sebastian Vettel may have learned French in school as many schools in Germany make you pick between French and Latin class in middle school/around 6th/7th grade.

[@shamal17]

i think both michael and seb probably learned french in part because they live in switzerland? i know mick schumacher (his son) went to a french-speaking school

[@BrockMak]

21:56 One of Vettel's first teammates was Jacques Villeneuve when Vettel was a test driver for Sauber in 2006. Because Jacques is from the State of Quebec , Canada, it's more than likely that Vettel picked up Quebecois before he picked up European French. 22:47 Well, given he was comfortably putting his hands off the wheels, the race was over. It's not pit limit speed, but it's still around 70-100kph. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnmcqot7pdSAe9k Vettel still holds the record to be the only driver to recite all F1 Champions from 2020 all the way back to 1950. 21-23 was Max Verstappen, so that isn't hard to add 3 more year on top of that.

[@luisfelipebezerra9912]

Barrichello knows Portuguese (for sure), english, italian and spanish.

[@thato596]

I actually thought magic alonso is talking spanish because the way he speaks it sounds like it is spanish. but it was french

[@divinereverie]

you've just casually rallied people who are both f1 fans and language learners lol

[@Millerdebrasil]

To me language learning is very important. And a second language is a good skill to have.

[@7FlyingPenguin]

You can do one of these for footballers. Some such as Tiago Alcantara speak multiple languages. Mangers like Arsene Wenger too

[@valecasini]

4:37 didn't know that! It's like already the 3rd that I know restarted taking piano lessons during Lockdown! That it's not much but still it's interesting that they started 8:00 speak better then some of Italians 😂 I think that for one that speak Spanish-(ish) is much more easy to learn Italian than someone that speak English or other languages... Right? I wasn't watching F1 when Rosberg was around, but it's so impressive the fluency he has! 🤯 The majority of the drivers that know more than 3 languages (like Max) it's because of, in his case, a lot of team mates/other drivers that he have/had in the Red Bull family! (Tsunoda for Japanese, Gasly for French, Kvjat for Russian) that probably out of curiosity they asked to speak some of the mother language

[@prokopisboliotis9214]

I think i've seen a clip of Sebastian vettel speaking Dutch as well but not sure if he actually speaks fluently

[@PAWfessionalTennis]

'Das ist natürlich total scheisse' - Max Verstappen (He actually uses 'scheisse' a lot because even though he does speak German pretty well, he still sometimes misses other more specific words to describe situations he didnt like so he just goes back to using the s word sgsin and again 😅)

[@vincentsouchaud6717]

*1:14 Fiorano track.

[@therookie5182]

Epic

[@thato596]

And also football players. And i am talking about those who are fluent

[@jperez7893]

europeans typically know at least 3 languages fluently. I had a Belgian classmate who spoke 5 languages fluidly. the impressive well known figures that spoke a lot of languages fluently are pope John Paul ii and Benedict xvi. Pius xii also spoke more than 6 languages I think

[@sidharth1123]

Italian seems to be particularly common Olly. How do you distinguish between a multilingual person and polyglot? I speak four and understand five so which am I? Should probably finish both French and Spanish Uncovered for truly being the latter!

[@lisamarydew]

If you speak 4 at an upper intermediate level, which is decent fluency -- certainly enough to communicate easily - you can say you're a polyglot. :)

[@sidharth1123]

@@lisamarydew thanks for the clarification. Polyglot it is!

[@robertkatzenmeier6]

I‘m so proud that we native Luxembourgers speak 4 or even 5 languages. So we can watch F1 on many tv channels.😊

[@leobroich122]

Schumacher Raced for Jordan Benneton aswell

[@bison-yetistudio2296]

Fun Fact: Checo speaks 3 languages Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and English.

[@mclark23]

I think he said everyone studies Monagasque in school but they don’t really speak it

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Is that guy in the beginning singing to the tune of Toto Cutugno's "L'italiano"?

[@hipotenuza5663]

Yes, Sebastian Vettel

[@jmwild22]

Yes 😂

[@blue04mx53]

When my grandfather came to Canada in 1929 he could speak 5 or 6 languages. He came from a German speaking town in Hungary. But, when he got here he could not speak to anyone because he could not speak French nor English. He taught himself English by going to the movies and to read English from comic books. He and his fellow Hungaro-Germans also agreed that they would converse amongst themselves in English. After all that at the age of 85 if you woke him from a nap he would speak in German until you asked him to speak in English. One of my great regrets in life is that I didn't let him teach me German or Hungarion or Polish or Russian or Czech or Dutch.

[@Claire_16]

Toto 😍

[@NicotineRosberg]

Nico Rosberg is the final boss in all of this

[@multifandomnerd1328]

the key is; USE IT. it's no use learning a language from a book, if you're using it regularly you'll pick it up faster and better, and it'll stick with you longer

[@talbotd27]

I saw a DTS episode recently where Gunther Steiner was speaking Italian fluently to Mattia Binotto, and then I realized “dam this guy can speak Italian, English, and German.” And it seems like a ton of F1 drivers are multilingual

[@samuelalfred5392]

Most F1 racing drivers have to communicate in what is to them, a foreign language: English! Lando Norris, (McLaren) Sir Lewis Hamilton, (Mercedes) George Russell, (Mercedes) Alex Albon, (Williams) Oliver Bearman, (Ferrari) Daniel Ricciardo, (Alpha Tauri) Oscar Piastri, (McLaren) Lance Stroll, (Aston Martin) Logan Sargeant (Williams) were all born in countries where English is the first language. (i.e. England, Australia, Canada, United States.) Max Verstappen, (RedBull) Sergio Perez, (RedBull) Charles LeClerc, (Ferrari) Carlos Sainz, (Ferrari) Fernando Alonso, (Aston Martin) Pierre Gasly, (Alpine) Esteban Ocon, (Alpine) Mick Schumacher, (Mercedes) Nico Hulkenberg, (Haas) Kevin Magnusson, (Haas) Yuki Tsonoda, (Visa Cash team RB) Zhou Guanyu, (Steak F1 team RB Sauber) Valtteri Bottas, (Steak F1 team RB Sauber) all have first languages ranging from Netherland, Flemish, Spanish, French, Monegasque, German, Danish, Japanese, Chinese, Finnish. Some are fortunately able to make themselves understood in various combinations with French, Italian, Flemish, German etc. However, English is the accepted lengua franca. (Curious personalities like Toto Wolff team principal of Mercedes are muli-lingual. Born in German-speaking Austria with a Polish mother, educated in French at an educationally exalted institution, adds fluent Italian and English to his Arnold Schwarzeneggar accented German.) Retired 4xF1 world champion Sebastian Vettel speaks excellent colloquial English and passable Italian from his time with Ferrari. Max Verstappen's fluent English is more appreciated by native-speakers when he is temper-driven by a 'potty mouth' . . . Lando Norris has a Flemish-speaking Belgian mother. Daniel Ricciardo can make himself understood in Aussie accented Italian. Mick Schumacher has virtually no accent when speaking English.

[@rubiotaku7769]

Hello M8! Actually the place where Fernando is, is Asturias with an -s, not Asturia :)

[@ablair37]

keke rosberg - finnish, swedish, english, Germany kimi - finnish, english, italian alex albon - thai, english, italian

[@boahneelassmal]

"How Formula 1 Drivers Learn Languages FAST" great for giving us their biography...... how do they learn languages fast though? so far most of them learnt the languages in childhood or be in a super high pressure environment: you need to speak the language to get around in the team and their country...

[@stepparentingmadeeasy]

Rosberg is the one that speaks his languages the best

[@parkerohio6424]

“The king” 😂

[@askShar]

Funtastic 🎉

[@mavadelo]

9:05 The fact someone is Dutch/Belgian doesn't make them "naturally good at English". Yes I know. "we" have the highest English proficiency of all the non native English speaking countries... we still have to learn it as a second language. In fact, many (if not most) Dutch speak what we call "Steenkolen Engels" (which the English seem to call Pidgin English). When I look at myself for example, I read and write on almost A+ level, my speech however barely reaches a C-.

[@acolombo]

How Formula 1 Drivers Learn *Italian FAST

[@jmwild22]

[@joshuapowers4623]

I don't think it is actually that wierd. I'm fairly sure it's a pretty common thing in Europe to be multilingual. It's only us freaks in the US & England who cant be bothered.

[@joshuapowers4623]

Yea, just looked it up. About 65% of Europe's population can speak at least one other language, 25% at least 2 other, and 10% more than 3.

[@freezenexusblogspot]

I'am not gonna be original but it is obvious, when in US you drive 5 hours through Texas you are still in Texas. In Europe you can pass a few countries that some tend to have 2 official languages for example Belgium.Generally better educated people in Europe speak English , their native language and some other European one. I'am lazy so i've learned English only but not gonna lie, it isn't enough when you tend to move around and not sit on your ass like i do for example.

[@axwest1]

I wonder if Hamilton‘s doing Italian already?? That‘ll sound very strange I guess

[@nicolesgaming8917]

If Vettel picked up Finnish from Räikkönen, I wonder if he picked up French from Bourdais.

[@cronicaslinguisticas]

Where is Lewis Hamilton? 😂😂