Painterly teal and ochre car seats with a steering wheel on a muted teal surface.

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Mario Andretti

No team manager will tell you this; but they all want to see you come walking back into the pits sometimes, carrying the steering wheel.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says no team manager will admit it, but they all want to see the person addressed occasionally return to the pits carrying the steering wheel. The remark suggests that pushing so hard that things break is secretly valued, even though officially unspoken.

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