“My name is formulalino and I owner of the Imola Hippodrome“.
This is how the famous Formula 1 kitten imagines himself, who lives on the Italian track and loves to race, so he tends to walk around the track. paddock free.
Unfortunately the kitty won’t be able to enjoy this weekend’s race after it’s been canceled Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix because of floods this plague of Imola.
good luck cat
Mitya is also known as “good luck cat”. But where did this name come from? we tell you.
Everything returns to Grand Prix 2020when completely pandemic the calendar was restructured and Imola became one of the venues in Europe.
With few people in paddock, Formulalino could walk everywhere. He even entered the pilot area to give interviews to the media.
was Sebastian Vettelwho at the time was a Ferrari driver.
I don’t like cats: Vettel
The interviewer told the German that the kitten was lucky, so he should call him.
However, Vettel replied that he did not like cats, that he had nothing to give him, and that he was overweight.
Hamilton and his love for animals
A few moments later Formulalino appeared in the Mercedes garage. Lewis HamiltonWHO He immediately walked over to her and stroked her.
What happened in the race? Hamilton finished first and Vettel finished twelfth outside the points.
“Lewis and the garage have been blessed with Imola the cat,” Mercedes tweeted at the time.
So there was a belief that Formulalino is a kitten of luck.
Formula King
Michi currently has over 21,000 followers on her Instagram account.
And those who lead his network constantly post different photos of a kitten spending time on the track and even posing with some kind of tires, cars and caps.
Source: Aristegui Noticias

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