Matt Gallagher
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it's almost like one of the first core memories I have and probably is actually of seeing someone from the F1 world when I was a lot younger.
Some people will have heard this story maybe when we live stream.
But essentially, I used to work at a sort of bookstore called WH Smith back when I was literally 16.
I must have been 18 years old, I think.
I'd just come out of school, no idea what I wanted to do, and I just got a part-time job at WH Smith.
And I remember, honestly, I was on the tills, and a man walked in, and I was like...
that guy looks a little bit like Ross Brawn.
That's a bit weird.
And then looked again.
I was like, oh my God, that is Ross Brawn.
And he just walked in.
Diehard Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, and of course Ross Brawn in charge of Ferrari at the time.
He walks in and I'm like,
And I immediately communicated to every single other colleague in the building to not come anywhere near the tills.
I don't care how long of a line it is, I am serving Ross Brawn.
And I just remember, like, eventually, you know, he got whatever he came in for.
And then, obviously, I served him because nobody else was on the till.
And I just remember being like, hi, Ross.
I'm a massive Michael Shoemaker Ferrari fan.
How do you think you're going to do at Brazil this weekend?